Depends on the person. As a large guy, I find onscreen keyboards horribly inconvenient, especially when switching between case or letters/numbers/symbols (my passwords kill me on onscreen keyboards). My girlfriend is the opposite, after a half hour she could type nearly as fast as on a physical keyboard and didn't mind it at all. Of course, I'm usually much more into grammar and capitalization than most people on mobile device. From the companies I've supported using iPhones for their mobile salesforce, most of them find it to be a good balance between perceived coolness, functionality and simplicity of use.
Does it? I can't run most of my Windows programs on Linux, games in particular. A lot of which don't have any comparable Linux counterpart. So it would seem I can't do whatever I want with Linux... I can merely do what Linux allows me to do, same as Windows. Linux might give you more leeway if you're a good mechanic, but there's still plenty of limitations.
"This is how the law works. If you're stopped by a policeman in the UK, he'll pay you zero attention if you're polite, genuine, "I know, officer, I was speeding. It's a fair cop." about it. Start being pricky towards them for no reason and they'll have you for your tyre wear, the rear light, the slightly-covered number plate, look up your insurance, your license, run a check on your name, look through the car for anything you shouldn't have, etc."
Very true. I've been pulled over four times in the past four years and the only ticket I got was equipment failure (all four brakelight bulbs were out, I wasn't aware of it before I got pulled over) and I got that dropped the next day. Every time I was pulled over (different parts of the state each time), I was polite to the officer and they were polite to me. I have a book written by a former state trooper on avoiding traffic tickets, and the chapter on what to do after you get pulled over basically boils down to "be nice to them and they'll be nice to you, don't try to outsmart them because they're experience will beat your wits, and never give them reason to think you might possibly have a weapon".
In contrast, I have numerous friends who get a ticket every time they get pulled over because they prefer to "stick it to the pigs".
I imagine the same attitudes hold true when dealing with 98% of people in power, including judges.
After doing a bit of research, the fifth amendment appears to be limited to testifying against yourself, it has nothing to do with turning over evidence. As has been mentioned in previous stories on Slashdot, this might fall more under the fourth amendment against unreasonable search and seizure. The case of Katz vs United States established that something qualifies as Search if 1) a person expects privacy of the thing searched (which most people expect privacy on a private computer) and 2) society believes that expectation is reasonable (which I believe most people would)
Search without a warrant requires probable cause in most cases, such as unusual conduct that may indicate criminal activity. The officer conducting the search must be much more specific than a hunch. However, once a warrant is issued, there's much fewer restrictions depending on what the warrant says.
Most people would consider a password to be more of a key than information in its own right, which is why the fifth amendment is pretty shaky ground but the fourth amendment might be a little more relevant.
And a L!nux car would have to be filled with L!nux air and would only work on L!nux roads and would not be able to drive to most entertainment venues...
"Ugly American" is a funny term considering the diversity of ethnic backgrounds in the US... so the rest of the world is basically insulting themselves.
You sound like someone who has never spent much time talking to Americans. I've met very few that believe the Earth is any less than about 4 to 5 billion years old. (Source: I'm an American who has traveled the country and has met a lot of different people across the country).
That may have something to do with the fact that the United States has only been around for a little more than a tenth of the time Christianity has been around. There's also been a divergence between religion and scientific advances in recent years because science is requiring more specialized tools. Nonetheless, challenge accepted.
- Jennifer Wiseman, Chief of the Laboratory for Exoplanets and Stellar Astrophysics at NASA as well as the director of the American Association blah blah blah Science, Ethics and Religion (it's a really long name that I didn't feel like typing out in its entirety) - Martin Nowak, a Harvard professor on evolution (!!!) and mathematics as well as a Roman Catholic. Gave a lecture a few years ago called "Evolution and Christianity" - Francis Collins, director of the US National Institute of Health with some impressive former credentials, has also written on numerous religious topics - Robert Bakker, a preacher and paleontologist from New Jersey
Take it up with Gregor Mendel, an abbot who is also credited as the father of modern genetics; or Pope Sylvester II, who furthered the fields of astronomy and mathematics in his time; or Michael Stifel, a monk that did some important mathematical work; or Otto Brunfels, a theologist and one of the fathers of botany.
Let's not forget others who were not part of the church but were still religious, such as Copernicus, Napier, Kepler, Galileo, Newton, Babbage and Pasteur.
And that's just covering folks from good ol' Christianity and is far from a definitive list, nevermind the other eighty million religions this world has seen.
Why did Google choose Kansas City, Kansas and Kansas City, Missouri? Nearly 1,100 communities across the country expressed interest in this project. Our goal was to find a location where we could build efficiently, make an impact on the community, and develop working partnerships with the local government, utility and community organizations. We believe we’ve found this in both Kansas City, Kansas and Kansas City, Missouri.
It's going on existing utility poles, which tells me two things: 1) It's much, much cheaper for the initial implementation as well as any additions or repairs later on compared to burying it 2) The poles already exist, so tornadoes are likely already accounted for by the existing infrastructure
Errr, what? The world was determined to be round centuries before the birth of Christ, and the polytheistic deities at the time had no issues with it. The whole Christopher Columbus "Earth is flat" myth was... a myth. The only mistake Columbus made was thinking the globe (a sphere) was smaller than it actually was.
While hardcore Creationists may deny evolution, most Christians, not to mention the thousands of other religions, are in favor of evolution.
Much of that might be true, except removing cartoons from the Internet permanently. Contrary to popular belief, Google is neither the Internet nor do they control a significant portion of the Internet. It may become more difficult to find, but content on the Internet is damned near immortal.
This is India, not the US. Although I'm not familiar with the Indian government, I they don't follow the United State's First Amendment to the same degree we pretend to follow it her and in much of the West.
Although Religion may be outdated, we can thank it for many cultural and technological advances, even in modern fields such as genetics.
If Turing didn't commit suicide as a result of this, we may have had a working time machine by now! So all we need to do is a send a message into the past to tell Turing to hold out a little longer and he'll get a pardon. If only Turing was here, he'd know what to do.
I've grown food and sold it. Does that qualify as a farmer? You decide. Even if I'm not still in a rural area, some people need to be to grow food, etc. Fuckwad.
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I predict all of the Pi stories will move from my Slashdot RSS feed to my Hackaday RSS feed.
Depends on the person. As a large guy, I find onscreen keyboards horribly inconvenient, especially when switching between case or letters/numbers/symbols (my passwords kill me on onscreen keyboards). My girlfriend is the opposite, after a half hour she could type nearly as fast as on a physical keyboard and didn't mind it at all. Of course, I'm usually much more into grammar and capitalization than most people on mobile device. From the companies I've supported using iPhones for their mobile salesforce, most of them find it to be a good balance between perceived coolness, functionality and simplicity of use.
Does it? I can't run most of my Windows programs on Linux, games in particular. A lot of which don't have any comparable Linux counterpart. So it would seem I can't do whatever I want with Linux... I can merely do what Linux allows me to do, same as Windows. Linux might give you more leeway if you're a good mechanic, but there's still plenty of limitations.
"This is how the law works. If you're stopped by a policeman in the UK, he'll pay you zero attention if you're polite, genuine, "I know, officer, I was speeding. It's a fair cop." about it. Start being pricky towards them for no reason and they'll have you for your tyre wear, the rear light, the slightly-covered number plate, look up your insurance, your license, run a check on your name, look through the car for anything you shouldn't have, etc."
Very true. I've been pulled over four times in the past four years and the only ticket I got was equipment failure (all four brakelight bulbs were out, I wasn't aware of it before I got pulled over) and I got that dropped the next day. Every time I was pulled over (different parts of the state each time), I was polite to the officer and they were polite to me. I have a book written by a former state trooper on avoiding traffic tickets, and the chapter on what to do after you get pulled over basically boils down to "be nice to them and they'll be nice to you, don't try to outsmart them because they're experience will beat your wits, and never give them reason to think you might possibly have a weapon".
In contrast, I have numerous friends who get a ticket every time they get pulled over because they prefer to "stick it to the pigs".
I imagine the same attitudes hold true when dealing with 98% of people in power, including judges.
How did you know its an encrypted drive and not just one full of gibberish?
Instead of using rot13 twice, why not use rot52 four times? It's eight times stronger!
After doing a bit of research, the fifth amendment appears to be limited to testifying against yourself, it has nothing to do with turning over evidence. As has been mentioned in previous stories on Slashdot, this might fall more under the fourth amendment against unreasonable search and seizure. The case of Katz vs United States established that something qualifies as Search if 1) a person expects privacy of the thing searched (which most people expect privacy on a private computer) and 2) society believes that expectation is reasonable (which I believe most people would)
Search without a warrant requires probable cause in most cases, such as unusual conduct that may indicate criminal activity. The officer conducting the search must be much more specific than a hunch. However, once a warrant is issued, there's much fewer restrictions depending on what the warrant says.
Most people would consider a password to be more of a key than information in its own right, which is why the fifth amendment is pretty shaky ground but the fourth amendment might be a little more relevant.
We are the government
You have no rights
Surrender your passwords
And turn over your cell phones
Appeal is futile
Don't worry, it will get better when they post the videos of microgravity sex experiments.
And a L!nux car would have to be filled with L!nux air and would only work on L!nux roads and would not be able to drive to most entertainment venues...
"Ugly American" is a funny term considering the diversity of ethnic backgrounds in the US... so the rest of the world is basically insulting themselves.
You sound like someone who has never spent much time talking to Americans. I've met very few that believe the Earth is any less than about 4 to 5 billion years old. (Source: I'm an American who has traveled the country and has met a lot of different people across the country).
That may have something to do with the fact that the United States has only been around for a little more than a tenth of the time Christianity has been around. There's also been a divergence between religion and scientific advances in recent years because science is requiring more specialized tools. Nonetheless, challenge accepted.
- Jennifer Wiseman, Chief of the Laboratory for Exoplanets and Stellar Astrophysics at NASA as well as the director of the American Association blah blah blah Science, Ethics and Religion (it's a really long name that I didn't feel like typing out in its entirety)
- Martin Nowak, a Harvard professor on evolution (!!!) and mathematics as well as a Roman Catholic. Gave a lecture a few years ago called "Evolution and Christianity"
- Francis Collins, director of the US National Institute of Health with some impressive former credentials, has also written on numerous religious topics
- Robert Bakker, a preacher and paleontologist from New Jersey
Just to name a few.
We must be prepared in case we're ever involved in a land war in Asia.
What better way to secretly test ICBMs than claim they're supposed to go into orbit?
Take it up with Gregor Mendel, an abbot who is also credited as the father of modern genetics; or Pope Sylvester II, who furthered the fields of astronomy and mathematics in his time; or Michael Stifel, a monk that did some important mathematical work; or Otto Brunfels, a theologist and one of the fathers of botany.
Let's not forget others who were not part of the church but were still religious, such as Copernicus, Napier, Kepler, Galileo, Newton, Babbage and Pasteur.
And that's just covering folks from good ol' Christianity and is far from a definitive list, nevermind the other eighty million religions this world has seen.
Why Topeka? From Google's official FAQ:
Why did Google choose Kansas City, Kansas and Kansas City, Missouri?
Nearly 1,100 communities across the country expressed interest in this project. Our goal was to find a location where we could build efficiently, make an impact on the community, and develop working partnerships with the local government, utility and community organizations. We believe we’ve found this in both Kansas City, Kansas and Kansas City, Missouri.
http://www.google.com/fiber/kansascity/faq.html
It's going on existing utility poles, which tells me two things:
1) It's much, much cheaper for the initial implementation as well as any additions or repairs later on compared to burying it
2) The poles already exist, so tornadoes are likely already accounted for by the existing infrastructure
Errr, what? The world was determined to be round centuries before the birth of Christ, and the polytheistic deities at the time had no issues with it. The whole Christopher Columbus "Earth is flat" myth was... a myth. The only mistake Columbus made was thinking the globe (a sphere) was smaller than it actually was.
While hardcore Creationists may deny evolution, most Christians, not to mention the thousands of other religions, are in favor of evolution.
Much of that might be true, except removing cartoons from the Internet permanently. Contrary to popular belief, Google is neither the Internet nor do they control a significant portion of the Internet. It may become more difficult to find, but content on the Internet is damned near immortal.
This is India, not the US. Although I'm not familiar with the Indian government, I they don't follow the United State's First Amendment to the same degree we pretend to follow it her and in much of the West.
Although Religion may be outdated, we can thank it for many cultural and technological advances, even in modern fields such as genetics.
flying purple unicorns
If Turing didn't commit suicide as a result of this, we may have had a working time machine by now! So all we need to do is a send a message into the past to tell Turing to hold out a little longer and he'll get a pardon. If only Turing was here, he'd know what to do.
Of course it would. Didn't you know that God answers to the Queen?
Teenage Mutant Ninja Androids
I've grown food and sold it. Does that qualify as a farmer? You decide. Even if I'm not still in a rural area, some people need to be to grow food, etc. Fuckwad.