U.S. Attorney John Murphy delivered a letter to lawmakers Tuesday saying the bill would conflict with federal law. The letter warned legislators that TSA would "likely be required to cancel any flight or series of flights for which it could not ensure the safety of the passengers and crew."
Since the TSA can't really ensure the safety of any passengers or crews, shouldn't they immediately cancel all US flights?
First they sucker eBay into buying them for a lot of money. Then eBay eventually figures out that it was a mistake and sells it back for chump change.
Now they've sold it M$ for even more money. The folks in Redmond will phase the management team out in a year or so (but they're happy and rich so they won't care.) Then they'll let the product drift for a bit and eventually it will be assimilated into their portfolio of OK-to-mediocre products and become part of the load of crap software that comes pre-installed on PCs. That will insure that they have a lot of users. How they will monetize it remains to be seen.
Yep. karma can be a bitch...as Sony is finding out now.
I've somewhat boycotted them since the rootkit days.
I've definitely avoided their branded items, but its pretty hard to avoid Sony parts inside of other products or Sony movies from sources such as Netflix.
I haven't bought any Sony branded equipment since 2005 when it was revealed that they believed that rootkit'ing their customers was a valid business practice.
It's about time that a company as overtly evil as Sony gets it comeupance.
They've got 1760 PS3's in a supercomputer cluster (http://www.physorg.com/news/2010-12-air-playstation-3s-supercomputer.html)
I wonder what happens there if they ever need an update or want to add more nodes?
When you decided to turn on a cell phone, you gave up any semblance of privacy that your location has. Worst of all, that data isn't stored in a file you can clear on your phone...It is stored in servers at kind and gentle companies like AT&T and Verizon where it is imminently available to most any agency that needs it.
Google sets cookies in your browser and tracks your location by IP address on every query you make (or map you hit or gmail you read or...) Your ISP does much the same thing. How are they less dangerous to your privacy?
If you really want to remain anonymous and not be tracked then don't have or use a cell phone or 3G data service. Don't have any internet service. Constantly clear your browser temp files/data and store them only in a ram disk. Also, change your mac address every time you connect in any way to the internet. Better yet. Pick a random library and use their computer.
Staying away from credit/debit cards would be a good idea as well. Just use cash and buy gift cards.
I don't pay a lot of attention to IDC's forecasts.
In mid 2010 IDC gave an authoritative forecast of 7.6M tablets sold worldwide for 2010. http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=prUS22345010
They completely missed that. Why should they be any more accurate on the Windows phone (or anything else for that matter?)
Why didn't he just buy a linux notebook factory loaded with the linux server bits that he needs to deploy on?
Oh, wait. Turns out none are available. He would have to buy some notebook and then install the server bits and hope that they supported his integrated graphics, wifi, etc... He could do that on his Macbook too.
Or maybe I misunderstood and what he really would have been happy with was a notebook running Windows.
I abandoned Windows in the late 90's for linux and then went mac when they went intel.
One of the greatest joys I've had as a result was being able to tell all of my friends and family that looked to me to support their Windows installations that I don't really know Windows and they should always buy systems that come with support.
This article isn't particularly overwhelmed with scientific accuracy.
Misleading elements of the story such as "A USA Today/Gallup poll conducted in January found that 83 percent of Americans want Congress to pass legislation promoting alternative energy" in the same paragraph as “climate-denier sect” pretty clearly show their bias and demonstrates a lack of rigor.
The context of the article would lead us to believe that those 83% believe in ACC.
I doubt that that is factual and it is definitely not substantiated in the article. While the reality is that many do believe in ACC, many will believe that alternate energy will reduce geo-political issues the country faces; many believe it will create jobs; many will believe it will help keep air breathable and water drinkable, some will believe all of the above.
What does that 83% really represent. Based on the content of the article, we have no idea.
Journalists are just as adept at fudging numbers and using questionable stats to skew stories and justify their positions as anyone else who's power and income depend on promoting their own agenda.
I doubt that they are embarassed. The Chinese have chosen to have a limited grasp of IP and
If you don't believe in Intellectual Property rights then why would you be embarrassed by the repurposing a film for other uses without permission?
They filed their case in early 2009 for documents through 2008. I'd be extremely surprised if anything has changed in 2009 or 2010 (or now in 2011.)
Government agencies are not in the habit of giving up powers just because an administration changed. Once you get below the appointee level, its the same folks doing the job regardless of who's running things.
"concealment of the chat logs is actively blinding journalists who have been attempting to learn what Manning did and did not do"
Have the rules of evidence changed? Is there now a requirement on the judicial system that all evidence be turned over to journalists to investigate and report on their interpretation of what Manning did or did not do. This seems more like a requirement placed on them by their parent organizations who need such stories and speculation to generate income.
If I were Manning, I would want evidence presented under the rules of evidence without prejudicial interpretations by the press.
No real surprise that Fox promotes a POV and slants its reporting (a lot) to pander to specific demographic.
The big surprise is that MSNBC came out as the most accurate. Based on the obvious slant that they put on their reporting it just means that their viewers agreed with more of the answers to the questions that the survey's designers picked.
What we need now is a study to determine how the questions in the survey biased the results.
Its interesting that there never seem to be any internal Russian or Chinese revelations.
Its possible that they've never gotten any at Wikileaks.
Its more probable that they've noted how the Russians and the Chinese deal with people who pry in places that they aren't wanted. Anyone remember Alexander Litivenko or Anna Politkovskaya?
Its very difficult to come up with an example of the legislative branch (or the judicial or the executive for that matter) doing a thorough, cogent job of dealing with technology and the law.
For the most part, their investors..er...campaign donors tell them what to believe and how to vote and that is as deep as it goes.
The sad thing is that over time, we'll end up with some legislators who get it, but by then, the current level of corruption will have been instiitutionalized and they will be so unacquainted with the Constitution and ethics and so beholden to the donations of their masters that it won't make much difference.
I think you've nailed it (both overly dramatic and mostly about costs/benefits.)
The 'outrage' in the media surprises me. Maybe I'm confused, but I don't believe that Microsoft includes java on any of their platforms. Why isn't the media wound up about that?
I punted on M$ and windoze in 1999 and exclusively ran linux desktops on my notebooks and desktops until 2006. After 7 years of battling everything from not-quite-there apps, to desktop inconsistencies and notebook driver issues I gave up and switched to OSX (cause I wasn't going back to M$.) I chose it because of the unix-like underpinnings. The move was a bit of a struggle at the time (primarily in getting used to using my mouse so much more than I would prefer and I've since figured out how to be mainly a keyboard user again) but I haven't looked back. I still run linux on all of my servers but life is too short to have to wage war with my desktop when I am trying to use it to run my business. I run various linux distros (and XP) in VMware on my MBP for any missing functionality that I still need but I don't resume them very often.
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From the article:
U.S. Attorney John Murphy delivered a letter to lawmakers Tuesday saying the bill would conflict with federal law. The letter warned legislators that TSA would "likely be required to cancel any flight or series of flights for which it could not ensure the safety of the passengers and crew."
Since the TSA can't really ensure the safety of any passengers or crews, shouldn't they immediately cancel all US flights?
Information like this shouldn't be banned...It isn't going to work.
A better approach would be to ignore or scorn those who would post such personal information about something that is purely a painful family issue.
My hat is off to them
First they sucker eBay into buying them for a lot of money. Then eBay eventually figures out that it was a mistake and sells it back for chump change.
Now they've sold it M$ for even more money. The folks in Redmond will phase the management team out in a year or so (but they're happy and rich so they won't care.) Then they'll let the product drift for a bit and eventually it will be assimilated into their portfolio of OK-to-mediocre products and become part of the load of crap software that comes pre-installed on PCs. That will insure that they have a lot of users. How they will monetize it remains to be seen.
Yep. karma can be a bitch...as Sony is finding out now.
I've somewhat boycotted them since the rootkit days.
I've definitely avoided their branded items, but its pretty hard to avoid Sony parts inside of other products or Sony movies from sources such as Netflix.
Indeed.
I haven't bought any Sony branded equipment since 2005 when it was revealed that they believed that rootkit'ing their customers was a valid business practice.
It's about time that a company as overtly evil as Sony gets it comeupance.
They've got 1760 PS3's in a supercomputer cluster (http://www.physorg.com/news/2010-12-air-playstation-3s-supercomputer.html) I wonder what happens there if they ever need an update or want to add more nodes?
Get over it.
...) Your ISP does much the same thing. How are they less dangerous to your privacy?
When you decided to turn on a cell phone, you gave up any semblance of privacy that your location has. Worst of all, that data isn't stored in a file you can clear on your phone...It is stored in servers at kind and gentle companies like AT&T and Verizon where it is imminently available to most any agency that needs it.
Google sets cookies in your browser and tracks your location by IP address on every query you make (or map you hit or gmail you read or
If you really want to remain anonymous and not be tracked then don't have or use a cell phone or 3G data service. Don't have any internet service. Constantly clear your browser temp files/data and store them only in a ram disk. Also, change your mac address every time you connect in any way to the internet. Better yet. Pick a random library and use their computer.
Staying away from credit/debit cards would be a good idea as well. Just use cash and buy gift cards.
I don't pay a lot of attention to IDC's forecasts. In mid 2010 IDC gave an authoritative forecast of 7.6M tablets sold worldwide for 2010. http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=prUS22345010 They completely missed that. Why should they be any more accurate on the Windows phone (or anything else for that matter?)
Why didn't he just buy a linux notebook factory loaded with the linux server bits that he needs to deploy on?
Oh, wait. Turns out none are available. He would have to buy some notebook and then install the server bits and hope that they supported his integrated graphics, wifi, etc... He could do that on his Macbook too.
Or maybe I misunderstood and what he really would have been happy with was a notebook running Windows.
I abandoned Windows in the late 90's for linux and then went mac when they went intel. One of the greatest joys I've had as a result was being able to tell all of my friends and family that looked to me to support their Windows installations that I don't really know Windows and they should always buy systems that come with support.
This article isn't particularly overwhelmed with scientific accuracy.
Misleading elements of the story such as "A USA Today/Gallup poll conducted in January found that 83 percent of Americans want Congress to pass legislation promoting alternative energy" in the same paragraph as “climate-denier sect” pretty clearly show their bias and demonstrates a lack of rigor.
The context of the article would lead us to believe that those 83% believe in ACC.
I doubt that that is factual and it is definitely not substantiated in the article. While the reality is that many do believe in ACC, many will believe that alternate energy will reduce geo-political issues the country faces; many believe it will create jobs; many will believe it will help keep air breathable and water drinkable, some will believe all of the above.
What does that 83% really represent. Based on the content of the article, we have no idea.
Journalists are just as adept at fudging numbers and using questionable stats to skew stories and justify their positions as anyone else who's power and income depend on promoting their own agenda.
I had the same thought? I've never seen a credible security report that claimed OS X is more insecure than any flavor of Windows.
I doubt that they are embarassed. The Chinese have chosen to have a limited grasp of IP and If you don't believe in Intellectual Property rights then why would you be embarrassed by the repurposing a film for other uses without permission?
They filed their case in early 2009 for documents through 2008. I'd be extremely surprised if anything has changed in 2009 or 2010 (or now in 2011.) Government agencies are not in the habit of giving up powers just because an administration changed. Once you get below the appointee level, its the same folks doing the job regardless of who's running things.
"concealment of the chat logs is actively blinding journalists who have been attempting to learn what Manning did and did not do"
Have the rules of evidence changed? Is there now a requirement on the judicial system that all evidence be turned over to journalists to investigate and report on their interpretation of what Manning did or did not do. This seems more like a requirement placed on them by their parent organizations who need such stories and speculation to generate income.
If I were Manning, I would want evidence presented under the rules of evidence without prejudicial interpretations by the press.
They can't have it both ways.
Either be independent and (theoretically above the fray) and survive on donations or become a fully commercial entity and give up that independence,
If they can't generate enough value to survive on donations then perhaps there's not a lot of real value there. If so, why bother doing it?
No real surprise that Fox promotes a POV and slants its reporting (a lot) to pander to specific demographic.
The big surprise is that MSNBC came out as the most accurate. Based on the obvious slant that they put on their reporting it just means that their viewers agreed with more of the answers to the questions that the survey's designers picked.
What we need now is a study to determine how the questions in the survey biased the results.
Its interesting that there never seem to be any internal Russian or Chinese revelations.
Its possible that they've never gotten any at Wikileaks.
Its more probable that they've noted how the Russians and the Chinese deal with people who pry in places that they aren't wanted. Anyone remember Alexander Litivenko or Anna Politkovskaya?
We've all seen or heard about such things. Primitive, uneducated, unsophisticated peoples often fear that cameras will steal their souls.
Maybe DSLRs are considered big enough to steal souls while camera phones and point-and-shoots just aren't big enough to hold a soul.
Its very difficult to come up with an example of the legislative branch (or the judicial or the executive for that matter) doing a thorough, cogent job of dealing with technology and the law.
For the most part, their investors..er...campaign donors tell them what to believe and how to vote and that is as deep as it goes.
The sad thing is that over time, we'll end up with some legislators who get it, but by then, the current level of corruption will have been instiitutionalized and they will be so unacquainted with the Constitution and ethics and so beholden to the donations of their masters that it won't make much difference.
Wow! I didn't realize MySpace was still around. I guess I haven't been as bored as I thought I was.
I think you've nailed it (both overly dramatic and mostly about costs/benefits.)
The 'outrage' in the media surprises me. Maybe I'm confused, but I don't believe that Microsoft includes java on any of their platforms. Why isn't the media wound up about that?
Now I know what to tell Santa that I want...My very own Holometer and my own Holographic Universe too!
I punted on M$ and windoze in 1999 and exclusively ran linux desktops on my notebooks and desktops until 2006. After 7 years of battling everything from not-quite-there apps, to desktop inconsistencies and notebook driver issues I gave up and switched to OSX (cause I wasn't going back to M$.) I chose it because of the unix-like underpinnings. The move was a bit of a struggle at the time (primarily in getting used to using my mouse so much more than I would prefer and I've since figured out how to be mainly a keyboard user again) but I haven't looked back. I still run linux on all of my servers but life is too short to have to wage war with my desktop when I am trying to use it to run my business. I run various linux distros (and XP) in VMware on my MBP for any missing functionality that I still need but I don't resume them very often.
If that one had gone off, my /. account would not exist. I was a sleepy 5 year old about 6 miles from where that B-52 went down. :->