What use is programmability if you're prevented from actually installing anything on your device in the first place? What use is your application if it is subject to the whims of whoever owns the cloud it's running on?
I suspect that the vast majority of them would gladly part with privacy or security in exchange for something flashier, faster, and/or cooler
It took him what, like 7 minutes to finish up what he was doing with those kids and move on to responding to the attack? It takes me that long to take a satisfying dump, but you expect him to magically be up to speed on the situation and already be engaged in a response?
I would rather have a President that understands his role in domestic emergency management, and doesn't jump the gun by rashly responding to threats he doesn't fully understand. Unlike some other emergencies during his Presidency, 9/11 was a pretty damn fine example of emergency responders doing their jobs without anybody butting in. Are you really proposing that the nation would have been better served by him terrifying a bunch of schoolchildren to take charge of a response that he was unqualified to personally handle.
Then he's not qualified to be president. What's the point of even having a president if they can't take charge during a national emergency? You're talking like he's from the movie "Dave", some dude playing the part of president, in way over his head, instead of someone who campaigned for months to be Commander in Chief.
Wow. Where to start. First of all, it was already at the point where they felt the need to inform the president. They walked in to the classroom and told him the country is under attack. So it was already well past the local "filters" point. And at that point, he should have put down "My Pet Goat" and gotten his ass in gear.
#2 it wasn't a regional New York attack (as if that mattered). They attacked the Pentagon as well, if you'll recall, and a fourth plane went down in PA. So it was a national attack, well beyond National Guard etc. Maybe if the government had acted more quickly at the Federal level, they could gotten fighters up to intercept the second WTC plane or the plane that hit the Pentagon.
Given the number of times this came up during GWB's Presidency...
Indeed. Bush's indifferent, laissez-faire attitude towards disaster in our nation resurfaced in his bungling of the Katrina disaster, where once again he sat back waiting for the "system" work. Or not.
No one said anything about being confrontational. It's my experience that most police officers are nice people as well. But maybe you lucked out ending up talking about Pigeon Forge because the officer was in a good mood, and liked the way you looked or whatever. Maybe the next officer who came around wouldn't have been so cool. As a general rule of thumb, I would go with the OP's advice and not risk it.
p.s. Was this in a big city? I'm guessing definitely not.
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especially if it's programmable
What use is programmability if you're prevented from actually installing anything on your device in the first place? What use is your application if it is subject to the whims of whoever owns the cloud it's running on?
I suspect that the vast majority of them would gladly part with privacy or security in exchange for something flashier, faster, and/or cooler
Some Blippy users found out the hard way that that's a bad idea.
It took him what, like 7 minutes to finish up what he was doing with those kids and move on to responding to the attack? It takes me that long to take a satisfying dump, but you expect him to magically be up to speed on the situation and already be engaged in a response?
I would rather have a President that understands his role in domestic emergency management, and doesn't jump the gun by rashly responding to threats he doesn't fully understand. Unlike some other emergencies during his Presidency, 9/11 was a pretty damn fine example of emergency responders doing their jobs without anybody butting in. Are you really proposing that the nation would have been better served by him terrifying a bunch of schoolchildren to take charge of a response that he was unqualified to personally handle.
Then he's not qualified to be president. What's the point of even having a president if they can't take charge during a national emergency? You're talking like he's from the movie "Dave", some dude playing the part of president, in way over his head, instead of someone who campaigned for months to be Commander in Chief.
Wow. Where to start. First of all, it was already at the point where they felt the need to inform the president. They walked in to the classroom and told him the country is under attack. So it was already well past the local "filters" point. And at that point, he should have put down "My Pet Goat" and gotten his ass in gear.
#2 it wasn't a regional New York attack (as if that mattered). They attacked the Pentagon as well, if you'll recall, and a fourth plane went down in PA. So it was a national attack, well beyond National Guard etc. Maybe if the government had acted more quickly at the Federal level, they could gotten fighters up to intercept the second WTC plane or the plane that hit the Pentagon.
Indeed. Bush's indifferent, laissez-faire attitude towards disaster in our nation resurfaced in his bungling of the Katrina disaster, where once again he sat back waiting for the "system" work. Or not.
p.s. Was this in a big city? I'm guessing definitely not.