Snopes says "Firearms", I said "Rifles". This is an example of not paying attention to the actual claim.
From the FBI's own statistics... 323 (Rifles) vs 496 (Blunt Objects) (clubs / hammers).
Hammers are neither clubs nor bats, so even if we ignore the obvious fact that you left out all "accidental" deaths by focusing on murder, "no citation given".
"More people are killed by clubs and bats than rifles" [citation still needed]
Two weeks ago, when technology companies were accused of indiscriminately sharing customer data with government agencies, Apple issued a clear response: We first heard of the government’s “Prism” program when news organizations asked us about it on June 6. We do not provide any government agency with direct access to our servers, and any government agency requesting customer content must get a court order.
Like several other companies, we have asked the U.S. government for permission to report how many requests we receive related to national security and how we handle them. We have been authorized to share some of that data, and we are providing it here in the interest of transparency.
From December 1, 2012 to May 31, 2013, Apple received between 4,000 and 5,000 requests from U.S. law enforcement for customer data. Between 9,000 and 10,000 accounts or devices were specified in those requests, which came from federal, state and local authorities and included both criminal investigations and national security matters. The most common form of request comes from police investigating robberies and other crimes, searching for missing children, trying to locate a patient with Alzheimer’s disease, or hoping to prevent a suicide.
Regardless of the circumstances, our Legal team conducts an evaluation of each request and, only if appropriate, we retrieve and deliver the narrowest possible set of information to the authorities. In fact, from time to time when we see inconsistencies or inaccuracies in a request, we will refuse to fulfill it.
Apple has always placed a priority on protecting our customers’ personal data, and we don’t collect or maintain a mountain of personal details about our customers in the first place. There are certain categories of information which we do not provide to law enforcement or any other group because we choose not to retain it.
For example, conversations which take place over iMessage and FaceTime are protected by end-to-end encryption so no one but the sender and receiver can see or read them. Apple cannot decrypt that data. Similarly, we do not store data related to customers’ location, Map searches or Siri requests in any identifiable form.
We will continue to work hard to strike the right balance between fulfilling our legal responsibilities and protecting our customers’ privacy as they expect and deserve.
If he'd root his device he could still use modern Android on it, at least version 4 or higher.
Yeah, right. c`t magazine recently reported that Samsung refused repairs under warranty because of an "unsupported OS". And that was actually an update coming from Samsung itself. http://www.heise.de/ct/inhalt/2013/12/68/ (in German behind a paywall)
> Not only that, but the new Mac Pro is probably the most original desktop computer design since.. desktop computers were invented.
Only if you ignore hobbyists.
If you acknowledge the enthusiast case modding scene, then nothing that Apple has done with the Mac Pro is at all interesting. It's notable primarily for how it is mismatched to the market segment they are trying to sell it to.
The trash can would make a great high end consumer Mac.
Forcing it on computing professionals is criminal stupidity.
Fucking techno-hipsters who can't tell design from looks. "Design is not how things looks but rather how things work". Putting a couple of off-the-shelf parts with blinkenlights on them into a self-knitted case that looks like the Titanic isn't design. Building a PC with a new efficient way of cooling it is design.
AT&T has several wireless devices that are WEA capable, including new 4G LTE devices. WEA capable devices will display the following logo on the packaging and in the device instruction manual:
There are three new features to note in this Google Now update:... Support for emergency messages has been added in this update as well, giving you severe weather warnings and other emergency alerts right on your Now page. This will undoubtedly come in handy for the more turbulent areas of the world, and it could potentially save a few lives, so it’s good to have it along.
Given the ruthless efficiency with which the PRISM system collected communications, I'd compare it more closely to the former East German (DDR) Stasi
Technically, if you believe the NSA has no direct access, the ISPs and Telcos actually collected the information and sent the NSA copies. [ So when James Clapper, was asked, "Does the NSA collect any type of data at all on millions or hundreds of millions of Americans?" and he responded, "No" he wasn't technically lying to Congress... ]
Since the NSA does collect direct data everywhere in the world, and they can't filter Americans out, I think he was technically lying.
As of 2013, the user can attach arbitrary tags to a file and search by tag as well as filename (e.g. "important"). Turns out MS introduced file "comments" with Win XP, although searching by comment was awkward. Vista improved upon it, and of course Win 7 inherited it from Vista.
1. The seller shall be held liable under Article 3 where the lack of conformity becomes apparent within two years as from delivery of the goods. If, under national legislation, the rights laid down in Article 3(2) are subject to a limitation period, that period shall not expire within a period of two years from the time of delivery.
That is interesting. Does that mean that the Reality Distortion Field is limited in time? Or does every new Apple product have its own RDF that can't overlap and if that is the case, why do the newer one have priority?
No, he means that Apple is trying hard to sell you a warranty extension so that they are sure to be forced to replace your machine when (not if) your machine dies after a year. Or so Apple Hater logic goes.
Mac Pro’s flash internal storage will offer an astoundingly fast 1.25GBps reads and 1.0GBps writes. That's great, but is this a sign of things to come? Like a Macbook Pro with PCIe flash? Oh, the possibilities...
a) You seriously think people are really going to set up fake cellphone towers and try to brute force people's pins just for the lulz?
b) With about 0.000001% of my brain power I can think of a way around your "unsolvable" problem. Can you think of a basic flaw in my plan or just mindless nitpicks based on key sizes and whatnot?
I wouldn't really call a Xeon or Dual AMD FirePro GPUs "Laptop Hardware", however putting them in a barely serviceable enclosure surely is laptop-esque.
It looks pretty serviceable to me... take the cover off, and the hardware is all accessible, arranged around the perimeter. I'm probably missing something obvious, though...
Maybe you're not engulfed in hate enough. That seems to help being objective about Apple.
The PowerMac G3 used to have a model with integrated CRT, if you count that as the Pro line.
That was only available to the education market, so calling it a Pro is stretching it. Still: "To access the motherboard remove 4 screws then grab the built in handle and slide the motherboard out. This is a very expandable Mac"
The summary implies they've had this in the works for multiple iterations of iOS and never did it. I find it highly doubtful they were ready to implement this, but didn't for what, 5 consecutive versions of iOS?
Your post implies that all the other security mechanisms in iOS, that get disabled by jailbreaking, don't exist.
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Blunt Instruments as represented by "clubs and bats". Clear enough you moron?
Or like your intellect. Sure.
They don't call you guys "gun nuts" because you like guns - but because you are nuts.
And as usual, you miss the point being a dickhead moron.
Projecting, eh?
Now you're being a dickhead.
Because I point out that you keep moving goalposts? Boo-hoo-hoo.
citation given
original citation
Snopes says "Firearms", I said "Rifles". This is an example of not paying attention to the actual claim.
From the FBI's own statistics ... 323 (Rifles) vs 496 (Blunt Objects) (clubs / hammers).
Hammers are neither clubs nor bats, so even if we ignore the obvious fact that you left out all "accidental" deaths by focusing on murder, "no citation given".
"More people are killed by clubs and bats than rifles" [citation still needed]
http://www.apple.com/apples-commitment-to-customer-privacy/
Two weeks ago, when technology companies were accused of indiscriminately sharing customer data with government agencies, Apple issued a clear response: We first heard of the government’s “Prism” program when news organizations asked us about it on June 6. We do not provide any government agency with direct access to our servers, and any government agency requesting customer content must get a court order.
Like several other companies, we have asked the U.S. government for permission to report how many requests we receive related to national security and how we handle them. We have been authorized to share some of that data, and we are providing it here in the interest of transparency.
From December 1, 2012 to May 31, 2013, Apple received between 4,000 and 5,000 requests from U.S. law enforcement for customer data. Between 9,000 and 10,000 accounts or devices were specified in those requests, which came from federal, state and local authorities and included both criminal investigations and national security matters. The most common form of request comes from police investigating robberies and other crimes, searching for missing children, trying to locate a patient with Alzheimer’s disease, or hoping to prevent a suicide.
Regardless of the circumstances, our Legal team conducts an evaluation of each request and, only if appropriate, we retrieve and deliver the narrowest possible set of information to the authorities. In fact, from time to time when we see inconsistencies or inaccuracies in a request, we will refuse to fulfill it.
Apple has always placed a priority on protecting our customers’ personal data, and we don’t collect or maintain a mountain of personal details about our customers in the first place. There are certain categories of information which we do not provide to law enforcement or any other group because we choose not to retain it.
For example, conversations which take place over iMessage and FaceTime are protected by end-to-end encryption so no one but the sender and receiver can see or read them. Apple cannot decrypt that data. Similarly, we do not store data related to customers’ location, Map searches or Siri requests in any identifiable form.
We will continue to work hard to strike the right balance between fulfilling our legal responsibilities and protecting our customers’ privacy as they expect and deserve.
If he'd root his device he could still use modern Android on it, at least version 4 or higher.
Yeah, right. c`t magazine recently reported that Samsung refused repairs under warranty because of an "unsupported OS". And that was actually an update coming from Samsung itself. http://www.heise.de/ct/inhalt/2013/12/68/ (in German behind a paywall)
> Not only that, but the new Mac Pro is probably the most original desktop computer design since.. desktop computers were invented.
Only if you ignore hobbyists.
If you acknowledge the enthusiast case modding scene, then nothing that Apple has done with the Mac Pro is at all interesting. It's notable primarily for how it is mismatched to the market segment they are trying to sell it to.
The trash can would make a great high end consumer Mac.
Forcing it on computing professionals is criminal stupidity.
Fucking techno-hipsters who can't tell design from looks. "Design is not how things looks but rather how things work". Putting a couple of off-the-shelf parts with blinkenlights on them into a self-knitted case that looks like the Titanic isn't design. Building a PC with a new efficient way of cooling it is design.
http://www.att.com/esupport/article.jsp?sid=KB410692&cv=820#fbid=X5Yfnrwu8Fd
AT&T has several wireless devices that are WEA capable, including new 4G LTE devices. WEA capable devices will display the following logo on the packaging and in the device instruction manual:
Wireless Emergency Alerts Capable Logo
The following AT&T devices are WEA capable*:
http://www.slashgear.com/google-now-update-brings-emergency-alerts-to-android-4-1-jelly-bean-30244815/
There are three new features to note in this Google Now update: ... Support for emergency messages has been added in this update as well, giving you severe weather warnings and other emergency alerts right on your Now page. This will undoubtedly come in handy for the more turbulent areas of the world, and it could potentially save a few lives, so it’s good to have it along.
Given the ruthless efficiency with which the PRISM system collected communications, I'd compare it more closely to the former East German (DDR) Stasi
Technically, if you believe the NSA has no direct access, the ISPs and Telcos actually collected the information and sent the NSA copies. [ So when James Clapper, was asked, "Does the NSA collect any type of data at all on millions or hundreds of millions of Americans?" and he responded, "No" he wasn't technically lying to Congress... ]
Since the NSA does collect direct data everywhere in the world, and they can't filter Americans out, I think he was technically lying.
Given the ruthless efficiency with which the PRISM system collected communications, I'd compare it more closely to the former East German (DDR) Stasi
I'd rather compare it to the NSA - who obviously was much more efficient because the Stasi is gone, and the NSA is still spying on everybody.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walker_(mobility)#Rollators
As of 2013, the user can attach arbitrary tags to a file and search by tag as well as filename (e.g. "important"). Turns out MS introduced file "comments" with Win XP, although searching by comment was awkward. Vista improved upon it, and of course Win 7 inherited it from Vista.
Oooh. Are you sure you wanna go there? http://www.themacintoshguy.com/mactips/archive/tip14.shtml
Jan 1997. The feature is older, actually, but I'm too lazy to dig further.
might make a nice porta-potty... there's even a hole in the top for you to shit in :)
Where the fan is, blowing up. Takes an Apple hater to shit in a fan blowing towards him just to bash Apple.
The iPhone 4 was already obsolete when it came out, as the specs were on par with competing phones that had been released for months already
So those phones were also already obsolete? Do you even know what obsolete means?
It applies to the manufacturer.
No, it doesn't, where the hell did you get that idea from? http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:31999L0044:en:HTML
Article 5
Time limits
1. The seller shall be held liable under Article 3 where the lack of conformity becomes apparent within two years as from delivery of the goods. If, under national legislation, the rights laid down in Article 3(2) are subject to a limitation period, that period shall not expire within a period of two years from the time of delivery.
That is interesting. Does that mean that the Reality Distortion Field is limited in time? Or does every new Apple product have its own RDF that can't overlap and if that is the case, why do the newer one have priority?
No, he means that Apple is trying hard to sell you a warranty extension so that they are sure to be forced to replace your machine when (not if) your machine dies after a year. Or so Apple Hater logic goes.
Mac Pro’s flash internal storage will offer an astoundingly fast 1.25GBps reads and 1.0GBps writes. That's great, but is this a sign of things to come? Like a Macbook Pro with PCIe flash? Oh, the possibilities...
The new Airs already have PCIe flash.
a) You seriously think people are really going to set up fake cellphone towers and try to brute force people's pins just for the lulz?
b) With about 0.000001% of my brain power I can think of a way around your "unsolvable" problem. Can you think of a basic flaw in my plan or just mindless nitpicks based on key sizes and whatnot?
DDoS - you can use Android botnets for that.
It isn't proper multitasking, just an updated interface for the crippled stuff they always had.
False. An updated interface and full multitasking for all apps.
I wouldn't really call a Xeon or Dual AMD FirePro GPUs "Laptop Hardware", however putting them in a barely serviceable enclosure surely is laptop-esque.
It looks pretty serviceable to me... take the cover off, and the hardware is all accessible, arranged around the perimeter. I'm probably missing something obvious, though...
Maybe you're not engulfed in hate enough. That seems to help being objective about Apple.
The PowerMac G3 used to have a model with integrated CRT, if you count that as the Pro line.
That was only available to the education market, so calling it a Pro is stretching it. Still: "To access the motherboard remove 4 screws then grab the built in handle and slide the motherboard out. This is a very expandable Mac"
Yeah because no thief has ever put it into another iPhone box and shrink wrapped it and sold it as new before...
Why would they bother putting an old iPhone in it, when they can just sell a lump of clay?
The phone's CPU could have a special PIN number that comes on a scratch card in the box when you buy it.
If your phone gets stolen you call your operator and read them the PIN. They send out a "kill" signal and the phone commits suicide.
This is impossible for hackers to fake - they can never know the PIN.
Yeah, they can only send millions of kill messages with random PINs out. No harm done.
The summary implies they've had this in the works for multiple iterations of iOS and never did it. I find it highly doubtful they were ready to implement this, but didn't for what, 5 consecutive versions of iOS?
Your post implies that all the other security mechanisms in iOS, that get disabled by jailbreaking, don't exist.
Whats wrong with IMEI blacklisting.
Ask the people who just last month complained that it wasn't enough. Like the NYT, who of course singled out Apple.