Nope. TFA is complaining because Google will not suggest "torrent". If you type in the name of a movie, Google will not suggest "movie torrent", but if you type "torrent", Google will make suggestions that contain the word.
As for autocomplete, Google has a setting that will disable it. Look under "Search Settings" in the upper right corner.
Why bother repeating this meme? I understand the "you signed up for this, stop complaining about it" angle, but how many people are really going to quit using facebook because they saw it for the 947th time on Slashdot?
So why did the Democrats lose this last election? Some pundits say it is because America is becoming more conservative. Some say it is because people don't like Obama, or something he did. Other say that it is the centrists who got kicked out and they lost because they didn't fight hard enough for a liberal agenda. Different people all looked at the same numbers and coming to radically different conclusions about what the people want and how the politicians should act.
But the main thing they look at is "how do I win". If every candidate who promoted policy X got re-elected, politicians would support policy X. Some would even push the envelope a little, and the debate would shift from "X or not-X" to "X or 2X".
Is the problem too much power or too little? Obama is trying to make sure that Democrats continue to get elected (him being one of them). To do so, he has to get money, without cock-blocking other Dems. So, he has to answer to people with money, and also show them that the DNC will not screw them over. The problem is the imbalance of power; the fact that politicians need corporate support to get their ideas across.
I thought the reason for this is because they try to have some level of quality in the marketplace (no malware, for example), and downloaders allow people to circumvent those protections. Of course, your answer may be a larger reason for them.
So, if throttling becomes a business model, how will this standard need to be changed? Is it really relevant that you have a 6mb connection, but are viewing hulu at severely reduced speed because they didn't pay the ISP tax? What if hulu paid up, but Blizzard didn't? How do you factor in "occasionally gets kicked off of WoW" into this assessment?
For that matter, how are they treating China in the matter?
But I would not complain about the phone's stability.
I would. It wasn't crashing every other day, but it did happen often enough. I used to joke that Windows is like an old man; once it goes to sleep, you never know if it will wake up. The WinMo phone had just a bit of that. Around once per month, I would look at the display and notice that it locked up about an hour ago.
People who insist that voting doesn't matter aren't just part of the problem, they're the entirety of the problem. If they all voted, we'd have more than enough votes to toss out anyone who didn't respect the people.
People who don't keep informed about political issues and candidates are also part of the problem. There's a reason why our debate is constantly getting dumbed down to "has to wear a helmet" levels. There is a reason why you see commercials making ridiculous accusations against other candidates ("my opponent voted to put child molesters in day care centers."). It is because this stuff influences votes. When people get serious about politics, AND THEN start voting, we will see some change.
This is reminding me of the article from yesterday about how that a new hire was getting paid 30% more than someone who had been with the company for 10 years. The most common meme was "do your 50 hours, then go home and learn new things so that you can be more valuable to them later". I didn't comment, because I couldn't find the words to articulate my thoughts, but the phrase "chewed up and spit out" came to mind.
Good news. Your faux password program may be completely unnecessary.
(From TFA)
While the search incident to arrest exception gives police free rein to search and seize mobile phones found on arrestees’ persons, police generally cannot lawfully compel suspects to disclose or enter their mobile phone passwords. That's because the Fifth Amendment's protection against self-incrimination bars the government from compelling an individual to divulge any information or engage in any action considered to be "testimonial"—that is, predicated on potentially incriminating knowledge contained solely within the suspect's mind.
They can still try to guess your password, (I assume), but they can't require you to divulge it.
But, this does raise another question. Some people have mentioned that your plan may be "tampering with evidence". If you have a screen-unlock program that clears the data after X unsuccessful attempts, then can you claim that this is a privacy measure* and get out of a tampering with evidence rap?
* (see the comment about the guy with the corporate phone who is worried about someone stealing business secrets, for an example of a perfectly legal justification of why this exists)
Another thing, Catholicism never got out of beta. They are still working on the same code base as 2000 years ago. Can't keep people's attentions if you don't add new features.
I was raised devout Catholic. I got over it.
So are you implying the Catholic Church is run by Google? Thank FSM I'm not Catholic. I don't want them selling my confessions to the highest bidder.
Yeah, why should anyone admire a man who donated enormous amounts of money to charity?
I'm not going to say that Gates is evil, but I would say that someone who is struggling to pay their bills, but donates just a little bit to the food bank every Christmas should be more admired than somebody who has $67 billion and gives half of it away.
Not every billionaire does that, and I think I am starting to change my mind about him for the reason you mention, but the donation should honestly been seen as a percent of total accumulated wealth.
Hey, never underestimate the power of "Has never covered up a massive multinational paedophilia ring" on your CV...
But everybody lies on their CV.
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Too bad there's no money in keeping the status quo up. If only OPEC, the GOP, and 80% of the talking heads on radio and TV had a vested interest in seeing GW disproved, you might be able to hire some real scientists to show a more accurate picture...
Of course, the fact that they're not doing any science, but are instead putting all their resources into smear campaigns does not in any way imply that they're wrong. I guess I'm just wondering why that everybody who studies the subject for a living believes X, when there are so many people getting paid extremely well to state the opposite.
Scientists will win, lose, lose, and lose
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IANA climate scientist, but I suspect that three things will happen:
1. As this is a complicated subject, nobody can predict exactly what will be happening in 2010. Some will be right. 2. Some will be wrong. 3. Supporters will claim victory for the first group. 4. deniers will claim victory due to the second group. 5. Ten years will have passed, and we will still be arguing about whether we should do something about the issue.
This was taught to me in a network security class as "Risk Management". Of course, it was being applied to questions like "how much should I spend on security measures for facility x?" The big difference with MBAs is that ethical implications are a possibility but not a deterrent.
I can agree that, in a perfect world, everything would be tested, very well. We would know every possible consequence of using ginseng, in any dose, for example. But, the reason I say it is sad is that we have more productive avenues to explore, but we are having to choose between the avenue that is more likely to lead to new preventative measures and the one that will make us feel good.
To run these tests would be the medical equivalent of security theater.
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Nope. TFA is complaining because Google will not suggest "torrent". If you type in the name of a movie, Google will not suggest "movie torrent", but if you type "torrent", Google will make suggestions that contain the word.
As for autocomplete, Google has a setting that will disable it. Look under "Search Settings" in the upper right corner.
Why bother repeating this meme? I understand the "you signed up for this, stop complaining about it" angle, but how many people are really going to quit using facebook because they saw it for the 947th time on Slashdot?
So that's where all the funding went. To delete a tape, you need a magnet. To delete an event, you need a terminator.
So why did the Democrats lose this last election? Some pundits say it is because America is becoming more conservative. Some say it is because people don't like Obama, or something he did. Other say that it is the centrists who got kicked out and they lost because they didn't fight hard enough for a liberal agenda. Different people all looked at the same numbers and coming to radically different conclusions about what the people want and how the politicians should act.
But the main thing they look at is "how do I win". If every candidate who promoted policy X got re-elected, politicians would support policy X. Some would even push the envelope a little, and the debate would shift from "X or not-X" to "X or 2X".
Is the problem too much power or too little? Obama is trying to make sure that Democrats continue to get elected (him being one of them). To do so, he has to get money, without cock-blocking other Dems. So, he has to answer to people with money, and also show them that the DNC will not screw them over. The problem is the imbalance of power; the fact that politicians need corporate support to get their ideas across.
Google Marketplace: "My house, my rules."
Android Phone User: "My phone, my rules."
Apple App Store: "My house, my rules."
iPhone User: "My phone, Apple's rules."
Windows Mobile User: Fuck, is that a tumbleweed?
I thought the reason for this is because they try to have some level of quality in the marketplace (no malware, for example), and downloaders allow people to circumvent those protections. Of course, your answer may be a larger reason for them.
So, if throttling becomes a business model, how will this standard need to be changed? Is it really relevant that you have a 6mb connection, but are viewing hulu at severely reduced speed because they didn't pay the ISP tax? What if hulu paid up, but Blizzard didn't? How do you factor in "occasionally gets kicked off of WoW" into this assessment?
For that matter, how are they treating China in the matter?
Or it could be like replacing an air filter after you find it contains too much crap for anything useful to flow out of it.
(Does that count as a car analogy?)
You don't think The Pirate Bay would have the balls to buy thepiratebay.music?
Thanks for posting that.
But I would not complain about the phone's stability.
I would. It wasn't crashing every other day, but it did happen often enough. I used to joke that Windows is like an old man; once it goes to sleep, you never know if it will wake up. The WinMo phone had just a bit of that. Around once per month, I would look at the display and notice that it locked up about an hour ago.
People who insist that voting doesn't matter aren't just part of the problem, they're the entirety of the problem. If they all voted, we'd have more than enough votes to toss out anyone who didn't respect the people.
People who don't keep informed about political issues and candidates are also part of the problem. There's a reason why our debate is constantly getting dumbed down to "has to wear a helmet" levels. There is a reason why you see commercials making ridiculous accusations against other candidates ("my opponent voted to put child molesters in day care centers."). It is because this stuff influences votes. When people get serious about politics, AND THEN start voting, we will see some change.
you forgot "piracy = ripping your legally purchased CD to MP3 to play on your RIO MP3 player (late 90's)"
This is reminding me of the article from yesterday about how that a new hire was getting paid 30% more than someone who had been with the company for 10 years. The most common meme was "do your 50 hours, then go home and learn new things so that you can be more valuable to them later". I didn't comment, because I couldn't find the words to articulate my thoughts, but the phrase "chewed up and spit out" came to mind.
Good news. Your faux password program may be completely unnecessary.
(From TFA)
While the search incident to arrest exception gives police free rein to search and seize mobile phones found on arrestees’ persons, police generally cannot lawfully compel suspects to disclose or enter their mobile phone passwords. That's because the Fifth Amendment's protection against self-incrimination bars the government from compelling an individual to divulge any information or engage in any action considered to be "testimonial"—that is, predicated on potentially incriminating knowledge contained solely within the suspect's mind.
They can still try to guess your password, (I assume), but they can't require you to divulge it.
But, this does raise another question. Some people have mentioned that your plan may be "tampering with evidence". If you have a screen-unlock program that clears the data after X unsuccessful attempts, then can you claim that this is a privacy measure* and get out of a tampering with evidence rap?
* (see the comment about the guy with the corporate phone who is worried about someone stealing business secrets, for an example of a perfectly legal justification of why this exists)
There are only 68 million Catholics in the US according to wikipedia. How many Windows users are there?
That says something. The fact that there aren't more non-Catholic admirers of the pope says one of two things:
1. The pope hasn't done much to earn admiration.
2. We're all bigots.
I suspect that the first explanation is more accurate.
Another thing, Catholicism never got out of beta. They are still working on the same code base as 2000 years ago. Can't keep people's attentions if you don't add new features.
I was raised devout Catholic. I got over it.
So are you implying the Catholic Church is run by Google? Thank FSM I'm not Catholic. I don't want them selling my confessions to the highest bidder.
Yeah, why should anyone admire a man who donated enormous amounts of money to charity?
I'm not going to say that Gates is evil, but I would say that someone who is struggling to pay their bills, but donates just a little bit to the food bank every Christmas should be more admired than somebody who has $67 billion and gives half of it away.
Not every billionaire does that, and I think I am starting to change my mind about him for the reason you mention, but the donation should honestly been seen as a percent of total accumulated wealth.
Hey, never underestimate the power of "Has never covered up a massive multinational paedophilia ring" on your CV...
But everybody lies on their CV.
Too bad there's no money in keeping the status quo up. If only OPEC, the GOP, and 80% of the talking heads on radio and TV had a vested interest in seeing GW disproved, you might be able to hire some real scientists to show a more accurate picture...
Of course, the fact that they're not doing any science, but are instead putting all their resources into smear campaigns does not in any way imply that they're wrong. I guess I'm just wondering why that everybody who studies the subject for a living believes X, when there are so many people getting paid extremely well to state the opposite.
IANA climate scientist, but I suspect that three things will happen:
1. As this is a complicated subject, nobody can predict exactly what will be happening in 2010. Some will be right.
2. Some will be wrong.
3. Supporters will claim victory for the first group.
4. deniers will claim victory due to the second group.
5. Ten years will have passed, and we will still be arguing about whether we should do something about the issue.
This was taught to me in a network security class as "Risk Management". Of course, it was being applied to questions like "how much should I spend on security measures for facility x?" The big difference with MBAs is that ethical implications are a possibility but not a deterrent.
It could also be the product of people having children at older ages. Older fathers are associated with a higher risk of autism.
I always thought it was the age of the mother that mattered...Are you sure about that?
I can agree that, in a perfect world, everything would be tested, very well. We would know every possible consequence of using ginseng, in any dose, for example. But, the reason I say it is sad is that we have more productive avenues to explore, but we are having to choose between the avenue that is more likely to lead to new preventative measures and the one that will make us feel good.
To run these tests would be the medical equivalent of security theater.