I have a permit too, and in a situation like this where many, many lives are at stake it would depend on the specifics what I would do. Am I somewhere else in the building and can only hear what's going on? Am I in immediate peril? Can I somehow maneuver myself into a position to stop it? Do I seem overmatched in terms of the person's armament or ability? Are others able to escape or are they trapped? Are authorities on the scene, or is no help in sight?
It's not one size fits all, and frankly, even if it would be legally justifiable to stop them I don't want to have to live with the questions the rest of my life if there was ANY other way.
There's no one standing between an iPhone user and Apple disrupting the process. The user's phone is connected directly to the vendor, who can push updates to it without interference.
As a result, a user who bought an iPhone 4S in 2011 is still on the latest and greatest today. Someone who bought a Galaxy S2 in 2011 was left at Jelly Bean.
Fragmentation is one of Android's weaknesses, not a strength.
Calling for more fragmentation makes no sense. It would leave people stuck on islands where features lag behind, incompatibilities abound, and no fixes will be available for future vulnerabilities. Fragmentation makes the problem worse, not better.
The point isn't to emulate a walled garden, nor is it to have everyone brew their own a la Linux. The point is to make the user experience close to the simplicity and compatibility of the walled garden, while still preserving the open platform.
It was pretty foolish of them to publish a teardown of a pre-release developer unit. They could have taken it apart, published something on the repairability of it, etc., and left the teardown until the product was available for sale. Apple only really cares that the information was leaked and people got a look at it that wasn't the look they wanted to be first.
All iFixit has done here is made sure they won't receive any developer units from Apple in the future.
If you don't have a house, it might not make sense to buy an electric car anyway. Charging stations aren't exactly abundant at this point.
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Back when "The Millionaire Next Door" was written, the author included data from a survey that said the most common car driven by millionaires at that time was a Jeep Grand Cherokee. I think the next most common was a Ford F-150.
But there are a lot of misconceptions about millionaires (people with a net worth of > $1 million). Most are self-made, most are entrepreneurs, most are worth in the single digit millions, etc.
But the overall theme was, these aren't the people you see out there flaunting wealth. Those people are usually not worth anything. People who are really building wealth are not the conspicuous consumers.
I am a staunch conservative, but I'm not so partisan as to think that people who are equally disposed from the center on the liberal side of things have "no good intentions".
So, unfriending someone is bullying, presumably not accepting a friend request in the first place is bullying, maybe not sending someone a friend request is bullying too? We are all bullies now.
It's more about the outgoing leadership of the party, the Boehner/McConnell coterie, and their style of politicking on the hill.
That is to say they give the Democrats everything they want, then go back out in public and have a play-fight so it appears to their constituents that they haven't surrendered, even though they always do.
I agree that App Slicing is interesting, but I don't really agree with their premise on the 16GB phones. A 16GB phone is still crippled these days. Do customers want an iPhone that has so little storage for music and photos, and isn't upgradable?
Sure, Apple will say "but you can store all your photos and music in iCloud". But that's hardly an option as wireless carriers continue to try to drive down data usage with data caps, throttling, and exorbitant overage charges.
I like the Apple platform and I will stick with it, but it's a bad business decision to herd people into 16GB phones they are going to be less than happy with.
I agree, but in real life things are often not this simple. You get requirements that you aren't sure are a good idea or the right thing to do, and you question them - but PHB assures you that it's all been approved and cleared by the people on higher floors, and you may even contact some of them and hear their agreement. You're a coder and now a lawyer, so...? You go ahead and write IF OBDIIPortHasSomethingConnectedToIt THEN EnterDiagnosticMode .
This case seems very egregious, but the truth of ethics in real life is often difficult to determine, and it's being thought about by a human whose livelihood may depend on the choice.
It's not hard to see how things like this happen. People will almost always act in (what they think is) their own best interest.
I wonder if someone will do a study on whether or not there are any people left who don't know that soda is bad for you, or what it is that forces people to drink it...
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I have a permit too, and in a situation like this where many, many lives are at stake it would depend on the specifics what I would do. Am I somewhere else in the building and can only hear what's going on? Am I in immediate peril? Can I somehow maneuver myself into a position to stop it? Do I seem overmatched in terms of the person's armament or ability? Are others able to escape or are they trapped? Are authorities on the scene, or is no help in sight?
It's not one size fits all, and frankly, even if it would be legally justifiable to stop them I don't want to have to live with the questions the rest of my life if there was ANY other way.
Gun violence is down across the board.
Media glorification of the incident?
A desire by someone who's life is falling apart to be famous?
An opportunity for people to escape their problems, while making people feel sorry for them for being "mentally ill"?
It means no one will bring guns there, because there are signs saying it's against the rules.
Seems like it means "opposition-free zone"
There's no one standing between an iPhone user and Apple disrupting the process. The user's phone is connected directly to the vendor, who can push updates to it without interference.
As a result, a user who bought an iPhone 4S in 2011 is still on the latest and greatest today. Someone who bought a Galaxy S2 in 2011 was left at Jelly Bean.
The carriers are only going to do the minimum for each device. Why would they invest development time in a device that isn't for sale anymore?
Fragmentation is one of Android's weaknesses, not a strength.
Calling for more fragmentation makes no sense. It would leave people stuck on islands where features lag behind, incompatibilities abound, and no fixes will be available for future vulnerabilities. Fragmentation makes the problem worse, not better.
The point isn't to emulate a walled garden, nor is it to have everyone brew their own a la Linux. The point is to make the user experience close to the simplicity and compatibility of the walled garden, while still preserving the open platform.
It's always been the audience that scares me, not the stage.
Would any other company be gracious about someone flamboyantly violating their NDA?
It was pretty foolish of them to publish a teardown of a pre-release developer unit. They could have taken it apart, published something on the repairability of it, etc., and left the teardown until the product was available for sale. Apple only really cares that the information was leaked and people got a look at it that wasn't the look they wanted to be first.
All iFixit has done here is made sure they won't receive any developer units from Apple in the future.
Is this like that facebook meme where if you added up everything a mom does in a day, it would cost you ONE BEEEELION DOLLARS a year?
If you don't have a house, it might not make sense to buy an electric car anyway. Charging stations aren't exactly abundant at this point.
Back when "The Millionaire Next Door" was written, the author included data from a survey that said the most common car driven by millionaires at that time was a Jeep Grand Cherokee. I think the next most common was a Ford F-150.
But there are a lot of misconceptions about millionaires (people with a net worth of > $1 million). Most are self-made, most are entrepreneurs, most are worth in the single digit millions, etc.
But the overall theme was, these aren't the people you see out there flaunting wealth. Those people are usually not worth anything. People who are really building wealth are not the conspicuous consumers.
Slashdot posted a BS headline. What happened next shocked everyone...
I know it's a troll, but "I have used SLASHDOT VIDEO to find a sex partner" made me LOL
Oh yeah, well, I accepted a friend request from one of your friends, but not from you!
Say Uncle!!!
I am a staunch conservative, but I'm not so partisan as to think that people who are equally disposed from the center on the liberal side of things have "no good intentions".
So, unfriending someone is bullying, presumably not accepting a friend request in the first place is bullying, maybe not sending someone a friend request is bullying too? We are all bullies now.
You say "gridlock" like it's a bad thing.
Every time Congress does anything, more of our rights and more of our money disappear.
They can all take a good long vacation, if you ask me.
It's more about the outgoing leadership of the party, the Boehner/McConnell coterie, and their style of politicking on the hill.
That is to say they give the Democrats everything they want, then go back out in public and have a play-fight so it appears to their constituents that they haven't surrendered, even though they always do.
I agree that App Slicing is interesting, but I don't really agree with their premise on the 16GB phones. A 16GB phone is still crippled these days. Do customers want an iPhone that has so little storage for music and photos, and isn't upgradable?
Sure, Apple will say "but you can store all your photos and music in iCloud". But that's hardly an option as wireless carriers continue to try to drive down data usage with data caps, throttling, and exorbitant overage charges.
I like the Apple platform and I will stick with it, but it's a bad business decision to herd people into 16GB phones they are going to be less than happy with.
I agree, but in real life things are often not this simple. You get requirements that you aren't sure are a good idea or the right thing to do, and you question them - but PHB assures you that it's all been approved and cleared by the people on higher floors, and you may even contact some of them and hear their agreement. You're a coder and now a lawyer, so...? You go ahead and write IF OBDIIPortHasSomethingConnectedToIt THEN EnterDiagnosticMode .
This case seems very egregious, but the truth of ethics in real life is often difficult to determine, and it's being thought about by a human whose livelihood may depend on the choice.
It's not hard to see how things like this happen. People will almost always act in (what they think is) their own best interest.
Doesn't this all apply to cupcakes and candy and anything else you might eat in excessive quantities?
(FTR, I don't drink soda and haven't for 7 or 8 years)
I wonder if someone will do a study on whether or not there are any people left who don't know that soda is bad for you, or what it is that forces people to drink it...