I had a friend who worked at the Apple Store in NYC. He said they used to get huge lines of Chinese people every day when they opened who would buy as many iPhones as they'd be willing to sell. Apparently they were jailbreaking the phones and reselling them for huge markups in China. Not sure if this is still going on, but from what he was telling me there's huge demand for iPhones in China.
I enjoyed the response of Europeans a lot more when they learned their governments were doing the exact same thing. Americans care about this stuff. When people in other countries learn their governments do the exact same things, they try to excuse it then turn the conversation back to America.
I've never been interrogated, but once when I was 20 there was a string of robberies in my neighborhood and apparently the small-town neighborhood called in two detectives from New York to investigate (it was a pretty wealthy neighborhood in New Jersey). They pulled me over on my bike at like 2 in the morning and started questioning me (trying to do the good cop, bad cop). When they asked to search my backpack, I told them I didn't think they had probable cause. Then I told them that if they weren't going to arrest me I was going to go home, so I left and they couldn't do anything about it.
I didn't do anything wrong. My belief was that it's important that every person upholds their rights, otherwise we risk losing them. But my refusal to cooperate apparently started an in-depth investigation on me. I was told by a guy who had been arrested that police showed him a picture of me on my way to work and asked him what they knew about me. If I had done something wrong, they probably would have found it.
It's fine to not cooperate with the police, but take note that if you refuse to cooperate it will make them suspicious of you.
On that note, by brother is a sheriff. He tells me that police will usually let you off if you're honest with them, since so few people are honest with them. I've gotten off for speeding on multiple occasions by just being honest with the police.
Interesting, but it's still not that much different from a printer with an algorithm to imitate a painterly look. There is software (like Corel Painter) that can transform photos to look like they were painted using different mediums. I could load a photo, use an automated feature in Painter, and print it, and it would basically do the same thing as this robot.
That aside, however, the US can only let itself get punched so many times before it hits back. The Chinese are doing a lot more than just probing our networks, and they've been doing these things for a long time now: http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2011/04/wikileaks_cable.html [ Schneier on Security]
Feedly just sent out an alert today that they launched some new program that replaces Google Reader with syncing (I can't remember the name of it now). I just started using them recently.
I disagree. Even the Big Bang theory has the concept of something coming out of nothing, or an eternally existing matter that creates all life (depending on how you look at it). The theory is based on the idea that matter was formed by a pre-existing, compressed matter. The difference between this and religion, on a basic level, is the idea of whether that original matter was conscious—and the origin of consciousness is something science is still uncertain of. There are two main paths you could go down with consciousness: either it's part of matter, or it's separate from matter. If it's part of matter, then going by the Big Bang theory, you have a conscious, eternally existing form of matter that creates the entire universe and all life. If it's separate from matter (which isn't consistent with science), then you have the idea of a separate form of consciousness that enters matter and forms life. Aside from the belief in morality and the afterlife, this isn't any different from religion.
They have systems just for sifting through email and such. I'm pretty sure the main one used by the feds is EINSTEIN 3. It's also available to big businesses, but voluntarily. Email monitoring wasn't in the earlier versions, but EINSTEIN 3 can read the content of email.
Some of the simplest pens are the best. I'm a writer (books, poetry, news) and carry around a notebook and pen in place of a wallet (money and ID stuffed in the back of the notebook). I've tried fountain pens, fancy expensive pens, and all sorts of the new ones out there. But I find the simple, cheap pens are actually the best.
My recommendations:
Pentel EnerGel Liquid Gel Ink pens
- they come in different widths (I like the 0.7). You can make very long lines with them and the width won't change. You can hold the pen down on one spot of the paper and it bleeds very little if at all. The only downside is that the ink dries just a bit slower than your regular ink, so I sometimes smudge it a bit if I accidentally lay my hand on the ink just after making a mark.
Staples Comfort Stic 1.0
- These are some of the cheapest, yet best pens out there. The ink flows well, dries fast, and despite their simple design, they're reliable.
I've been stuck in my apartment, constantly online, with blankets on my windows... actually, things aren't much different from every other day. Only when I peek outside, it's raining.
I used to go to Costa Rica during the winters when I was a kid, and I loved watching the hermit crabs. There are TONS of them there. All over the beaches. Crawling in the sand going down to the beach. I actually watched them hijacking shells from each other (although I'd play the good guy and get their shells back sometimes).
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*Kids play cops and robbers* That's it! We're going to Ferguson!
I had a friend who worked at the Apple Store in NYC. He said they used to get huge lines of Chinese people every day when they opened who would buy as many iPhones as they'd be willing to sell. Apparently they were jailbreaking the phones and reselling them for huge markups in China. Not sure if this is still going on, but from what he was telling me there's huge demand for iPhones in China.
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel reiterated the defense treaty yesterday. He said it applies to the disputed islands.
I'd rather hear we're building interceptors than building nukes.
I enjoyed the response of Europeans a lot more when they learned their governments were doing the exact same thing. Americans care about this stuff. When people in other countries learn their governments do the exact same things, they try to excuse it then turn the conversation back to America.
They could have just recycled the Flash Gordon theme song: "Thor! Oh, oh! Master of the universe!"
I just realized that in some parts of the world, there is a very real threat of being killed by robots.
I've never been interrogated, but once when I was 20 there was a string of robberies in my neighborhood and apparently the small-town neighborhood called in two detectives from New York to investigate (it was a pretty wealthy neighborhood in New Jersey). They pulled me over on my bike at like 2 in the morning and started questioning me (trying to do the good cop, bad cop). When they asked to search my backpack, I told them I didn't think they had probable cause. Then I told them that if they weren't going to arrest me I was going to go home, so I left and they couldn't do anything about it.
I didn't do anything wrong. My belief was that it's important that every person upholds their rights, otherwise we risk losing them. But my refusal to cooperate apparently started an in-depth investigation on me. I was told by a guy who had been arrested that police showed him a picture of me on my way to work and asked him what they knew about me. If I had done something wrong, they probably would have found it.
It's fine to not cooperate with the police, but take note that if you refuse to cooperate it will make them suspicious of you.
On that note, by brother is a sheriff. He tells me that police will usually let you off if you're honest with them, since so few people are honest with them. I've gotten off for speeding on multiple occasions by just being honest with the police.
Good. After it turned out the government really was watching all of us, the conspiracists can have something new to play with :)
Interesting, but it's still not that much different from a printer with an algorithm to imitate a painterly look. There is software (like Corel Painter) that can transform photos to look like they were painted using different mediums. I could load a photo, use an automated feature in Painter, and print it, and it would basically do the same thing as this robot.
This is genius: "Invest in continued stupidity." I think it may be the only stable market.
I'm wondering now if it's time to buy a RIFD proof wallet. Anyone have experience with them? Do they work?
You can run your Steam games in offline mode. Always works for me, at least.
Or when they released their "EA Indie Bundle."
This shouldn't be that shocking. Congress authorized offensive cyberattacks in 2011. Remember? We talked about it: http://it.slashdot.org/story/11/12/23/1850209/us-congress-authorizes-offensive-use-of-cyberwarfare [Slashdot]
That aside, however, the US can only let itself get punched so many times before it hits back. The Chinese are doing a lot more than just probing our networks, and they've been doing these things for a long time now: http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2011/04/wikileaks_cable.html [ Schneier on Security]
I think Buckshot Yankee was one of the first major ones (unless you count the Blaster Worm).
Feedly just sent out an alert today that they launched some new program that replaces Google Reader with syncing (I can't remember the name of it now). I just started using them recently.
I disagree. Even the Big Bang theory has the concept of something coming out of nothing, or an eternally existing matter that creates all life (depending on how you look at it). The theory is based on the idea that matter was formed by a pre-existing, compressed matter. The difference between this and religion, on a basic level, is the idea of whether that original matter was conscious—and the origin of consciousness is something science is still uncertain of. There are two main paths you could go down with consciousness: either it's part of matter, or it's separate from matter. If it's part of matter, then going by the Big Bang theory, you have a conscious, eternally existing form of matter that creates the entire universe and all life. If it's separate from matter (which isn't consistent with science), then you have the idea of a separate form of consciousness that enters matter and forms life. Aside from the belief in morality and the afterlife, this isn't any different from religion.
They have systems just for sifting through email and such. I'm pretty sure the main one used by the feds is EINSTEIN 3. It's also available to big businesses, but voluntarily. Email monitoring wasn't in the earlier versions, but EINSTEIN 3 can read the content of email.
You literally made me laugh out loud. Thanks for that :)
Yeah, especially when everyone who gets free Internet uses it to stream movies.
Some of the simplest pens are the best. I'm a writer (books, poetry, news) and carry around a notebook and pen in place of a wallet (money and ID stuffed in the back of the notebook). I've tried fountain pens, fancy expensive pens, and all sorts of the new ones out there. But I find the simple, cheap pens are actually the best. My recommendations: Pentel EnerGel Liquid Gel Ink pens - they come in different widths (I like the 0.7). You can make very long lines with them and the width won't change. You can hold the pen down on one spot of the paper and it bleeds very little if at all. The only downside is that the ink dries just a bit slower than your regular ink, so I sometimes smudge it a bit if I accidentally lay my hand on the ink just after making a mark. Staples Comfort Stic 1.0 - These are some of the cheapest, yet best pens out there. The ink flows well, dries fast, and despite their simple design, they're reliable.
Speaking of which, George, we liked Boba Fett... until you made 10 million of them and stuffed them into a terrible, terrible film.
I've been stuck in my apartment, constantly online, with blankets on my windows... actually, things aren't much different from every other day. Only when I peek outside, it's raining.
I used to go to Costa Rica during the winters when I was a kid, and I loved watching the hermit crabs. There are TONS of them there. All over the beaches. Crawling in the sand going down to the beach. I actually watched them hijacking shells from each other (although I'd play the good guy and get their shells back sometimes).