Exactly. I have a Samsung Galaxy S3. I've been waiting for the official over the update to Jelly Bean from Verizon, and there isn't even a publicized release date. (No idea if it will be 4.1 or 4.2 either).
Until someone in the government takes the initiative and moves to protect consumer rights explicitly, or a lawsuit addresses the issue directly - this is a massive opportunity for a company like Medtronic with ethics. Medical data is very clearly private, and accessible to patients. This is very clearly medical data. If I had a company that competed with Medtronic I'd be looking to launch a marketing campaign:
"When other health device companies sell data they won't let you see, why spend your money with a company you can't trust? With MedicalCompany, your data is your own."
UK ISPs would block any effort by the Pirate Bay, even if they launched the Puppy Bay. Its about the source, not the content. The Promo Bay is essentially a PR tool for the Pirate Bay, and blocking that ability is as strategically important to Big Content (and their allies) as blocking actual sharing.
This sets a rather curious precedent, I wonder how much further they might take it?
Does Evite allow you to keep lists of friends, to easily keep inviting them to subsequent events? If you send an invite to your friend Captain Ahab, do you know the Captain will have a ready list of their own friends to invite? Evite.com doesn't provide the same convenience and reach that Facebook does.
Reasons I use Facebook: Events. I haven't found a site that is free, makes it as easy as Facebook does to invite friends and let those friends invite their friends. If you are involved in any kind of theater (especially comedy), this is a very valuable tool.
This makes a ton of sense. There is a natural urge to share the things you care about deeply. Whether you are passionate about the environment, religion's role in society, or a particular conflict - you are bound to have friends who disagree with you. Sometimes passionately. At the same time there is a palpable pressure not to be political on Facebook. So when you (or a friend) posts something polarizing, the attention it gets (or doesn't get) can really stress you out.
Its a shame, especially since political discourse is so very essential to a healthy society - that social sites like Facebook make it even more stressful than it already can be.
Actually the budget needs to be cut by 0%. Austerity has failed horribly in Europe, and those pushing it here are insane or corrupt. What we need is an increase in revenue. Some of that will come from tax increases and closing loopholes, but most of it will come from generating jobs and investment. Cutting funding to research programs that lead to new economic activity down the line is poorly advised.
Was it a Police Officer mad at the department? A criminal who gained access and wanted to undermine the PD? Or was this truly some far fetched accident?
The analogy is problematic but promising. You like regulations in some cases (power plants) but presumably not others. However you are stating the problem is with the number of regulations, rather than how and where they are applied. If your analogy shifted to "rather than all the cables in an unorganized mess on the floor, you organize them so people don't trip". Essentially, you make it simple to follow the rules and comply for anyone within their domain of expertise, and not such a horrible mess you need to hire a professional to help you navigate the regulations. (This might also apply to taxes).
Oh agreed, just for my usage (phone functions, maps, and messaging) my iphone 3GS worked fine. If I had the iphone 5 maps would be buggy right out the gate (alongside data usage apparently). There's a reason my current phone is a droid and not an iphone (a few actually). The only other bother is despite being a droid, since it only has MTP linux compatibility for syncing is pretty pathetic.
Oooh this is turning into one of those delightful anecdotal evidence threads! My Android phone is usually quite stable. Every so often "contacts" crashes, bringing down the ability to dial numbers. Basically my phone forgets its a phone, but remembers to be a portable computer. When I had an iphone for work, it was rock solid stable.
I wonder how stable the various phones are on the whole? A proper study would be fascinating.
I ported Linux onto a piece of whole wheat bread.
I don't have support for the root filesystem, USB keyboard, X server, Wi-Fi, or internet browsing yet, but it is ready for broad consumption.
The vast majority of the scientific community realizes climate change is real. Must they ALL be consulted for every single article? Why do we treat the objections of deluded conservatives and oil company purchased scientists as equal in value? If 99% of the scientific community says "the Earth revolves around the sun" and a small group of scientists funded by a megachurch says "the sun revolves around the Earth", would you take their claims seriously?
I had more than one link. Here's another. A cursory google search reveals a ton of info from respected scientists, the vast majority of whom agree climate change is real. The only people who don't are deluded conservatives and oil companies, and I am getting sick and tired of treating them as serious voices instead of the petulant reality denying fools they are. Life IS about making the right tradeoffs, and I refuse to trade human life for mindless exploitation of the environment.
It isn't a religious faith. Its science. Its writing on the wall, and serious people are finally starting to read it. The people polluting the Earth are already having an impact on our weather patterns - one that has claimed lives.
Good point about the cities, but I see that as a bonus. I don't see why someone's vote out in the country should count more than someone in a city. Let the people choose, not the political divisions of land we live on. Making it districts would rapidly become problematic given the horribly corrupt process of redistricting...
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Hahahaha, oh this needs to be modded up.
Exactly. I have a Samsung Galaxy S3. I've been waiting for the official over the update to Jelly Bean from Verizon, and there isn't even a publicized release date. (No idea if it will be 4.1 or 4.2 either).
Until someone in the government takes the initiative and moves to protect consumer rights explicitly, or a lawsuit addresses the issue directly - this is a massive opportunity for a company like Medtronic with ethics. Medical data is very clearly private, and accessible to patients. This is very clearly medical data. If I had a company that competed with Medtronic I'd be looking to launch a marketing campaign:
"When other health device companies sell data they won't let you see, why spend your money with a company you can't trust? With MedicalCompany, your data is your own."
UK ISPs would block any effort by the Pirate Bay, even if they launched the Puppy Bay. Its about the source, not the content. The Promo Bay is essentially a PR tool for the Pirate Bay, and blocking that ability is as strategically important to Big Content (and their allies) as blocking actual sharing.
This sets a rather curious precedent, I wonder how much further they might take it?
Of COURSE a relative of Ash would be the first to sequence Bigfoot's DNA. He's the very best like no one ever was!
Does Evite allow you to keep lists of friends, to easily keep inviting them to subsequent events? If you send an invite to your friend Captain Ahab, do you know the Captain will have a ready list of their own friends to invite? Evite.com doesn't provide the same convenience and reach that Facebook does.
Reasons I use Facebook: Events. I haven't found a site that is free, makes it as easy as Facebook does to invite friends and let those friends invite their friends. If you are involved in any kind of theater (especially comedy), this is a very valuable tool.
This makes a ton of sense. There is a natural urge to share the things you care about deeply. Whether you are passionate about the environment, religion's role in society, or a particular conflict - you are bound to have friends who disagree with you. Sometimes passionately. At the same time there is a palpable pressure not to be political on Facebook. So when you (or a friend) posts something polarizing, the attention it gets (or doesn't get) can really stress you out.
Its a shame, especially since political discourse is so very essential to a healthy society - that social sites like Facebook make it even more stressful than it already can be.
Actually the budget needs to be cut by 0%. Austerity has failed horribly in Europe, and those pushing it here are insane or corrupt. What we need is an increase in revenue. Some of that will come from tax increases and closing loopholes, but most of it will come from generating jobs and investment. Cutting funding to research programs that lead to new economic activity down the line is poorly advised.
Was it a Police Officer mad at the department? A criminal who gained access and wanted to undermine the PD? Or was this truly some far fetched accident?
The analogy is problematic but promising. You like regulations in some cases (power plants) but presumably not others. However you are stating the problem is with the number of regulations, rather than how and where they are applied. If your analogy shifted to "rather than all the cables in an unorganized mess on the floor, you organize them so people don't trip". Essentially, you make it simple to follow the rules and comply for anyone within their domain of expertise, and not such a horrible mess you need to hire a professional to help you navigate the regulations. (This might also apply to taxes).
Mod parent up. Comments that acknowledge climate change on slashdot tend to get modded down.
Oh agreed, just for my usage (phone functions, maps, and messaging) my iphone 3GS worked fine. If I had the iphone 5 maps would be buggy right out the gate (alongside data usage apparently). There's a reason my current phone is a droid and not an iphone (a few actually). The only other bother is despite being a droid, since it only has MTP linux compatibility for syncing is pretty pathetic.
Oooh this is turning into one of those delightful anecdotal evidence threads! My Android phone is usually quite stable. Every so often "contacts" crashes, bringing down the ability to dial numbers. Basically my phone forgets its a phone, but remembers to be a portable computer. When I had an iphone for work, it was rock solid stable.
I wonder how stable the various phones are on the whole? A proper study would be fascinating.
I ported Linux onto a piece of whole wheat bread. I don't have support for the root filesystem, USB keyboard, X server, Wi-Fi, or internet browsing yet, but it is ready for broad consumption.
The vast majority of the scientific community realizes climate change is real. Must they ALL be consulted for every single article? Why do we treat the objections of deluded conservatives and oil company purchased scientists as equal in value? If 99% of the scientific community says "the Earth revolves around the sun" and a small group of scientists funded by a megachurch says "the sun revolves around the Earth", would you take their claims seriously?
I had more than one link. Here's another. A cursory google search reveals a ton of info from respected scientists, the vast majority of whom agree climate change is real. The only people who don't are deluded conservatives and oil companies, and I am getting sick and tired of treating them as serious voices instead of the petulant reality denying fools they are. Life IS about making the right tradeoffs, and I refuse to trade human life for mindless exploitation of the environment.
What makes you think this is anti-white racism? Lower expectations hurt students in many ways.
It isn't a religious faith. Its science. Its writing on the wall, and serious people are finally starting to read it. The people polluting the Earth are already having an impact on our weather patterns - one that has claimed lives.
Sandy is being treated (appropriately) as proof of climate change's impact: changing weather patterns. These more extreme/unusual patterns lead to storms that have already killed people who would be otherwise be alive. The Pentagon is treating the threat as a serious one, when will we take the steps necessary to end it?
I like to think of him as the Pai Mei of the Microsoft world.
Hopefully they improve working conditions (beyond just installing air conditioners), or their offer to hire veterans takes on a less impressive light.
Is it just me, or did they nail it? Anakin Solo, ready to Emote!
Someone needs to talk to the tree of liberty about its ghoulish drinking problem.
Good point about the cities, but I see that as a bonus. I don't see why someone's vote out in the country should count more than someone in a city. Let the people choose, not the political divisions of land we live on. Making it districts would rapidly become problematic given the horribly corrupt process of redistricting...