Humm. The problem that Google is trying to solve is that some companies "Verizon" sold a phone with Bing as the default and locked in search engine. Most Android users really did not like that. And you do not have to install any Google apps to use Android but if you want to load any of the Google Apps you have to install all of the apps.
So they do not believe in science? Over 16 thousand people died from the tsunami. According to the World health organisation report the expected deaths from radiation are below the statistical limits of detection. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F... In other words water is far more deadly than a worst case nuclear disaster.
Agreed but trying to prove you have a valid point by calling it a slippery slope is a terrible choice. The law may be too broad but I have come to the conclusion that laws are a lot like wishes in DnD. If you do not close every loophole something terrible will happen. If you make the law too broad then it can restrict perfectly safe and reasonable actions which is bad. If you make the law too narrow and then it does provide the protection that is needed.
This law is designed to prevent film crews setting up a shoot in the middle of a national forest. What you do not want is to prevent visitors from getting a snap of the wife and kids at Old Faithful. You also have a middle ground of say a bunch of high school kids shooting a youtube video with sets and props. Or a small independant film.
3g HSPA+ is actually more than fast enough for most smartphone tasks for something like a box an a semi that tracks the location it is more than fast enough. For a device in a car that allows you to stream pandora and do remote function it is also more than good enough. The key thing will be the cost of service.
Is it really? You can probably buy satellite images pretty cheap today. Or you could just rent a plane and a pilot. If the area is large enough it would probably both faster and cheaper than using an RC quadcopter.
The problem with Geothermal in Hawaii is that all of the good sources are on the big island "Hawaii" while the island of Oahu has roughly 5 times the population.
Just like PCs what matters has shifted. On the desktop speed is becoming less important while video is becoming slightly more important thanks to GPU compute being used for transcoding video and of course games. Laptops cpu speed is less important than display quality, graphics performance, battery life, and weight. Oh phones it is really all about the screen and battery life for most people. CPUs right now are fast enough for majority of people. Of course there are users that need the fastest CPU, GPU and so on and others that need the lowest possible power draw.
I expect better from the tech community. If the tech world can rally around the destruction anyone that says anything homophobic why do they tolerate someone that called Neil Armstrong a liar less than a week after his death?
Actually Neil Armstrong never punched anybody he was always known to be a real gentleman and always seemed to live to a very high standard. Buzz Aldrin is the one that punched the idiot Lunar Loon. Frankly I am really torn over who, out of the two I admire most.
BTW Adam Curry should never been seen or heard from again in the tech community IMHO.
"In the US, we have this thing called the 5th amendment so no one can be compelled to provide a password which, if used, may incriminate them." Actually that has not be proven in the courts yet. For example they can under a court order demand all email communications. The 5th only states that you can not be forced to testify or provide evidence. For example if you are asked where do you keep your kiddie porn you do not have to answer. But if they asked what computers you have used you do. The reqirement to decrypt an hard drive seems to be along the lines of having surrender your email or bank records.
I have seen it a lot in the arts. Gay men trying hook up with straight men and accepting that their advances are unwanted. Straight women trying to hook up with gay men that are just not interested. Straight men hitting on straight women that are not interested. Straight women hitting on married or men in committed relationship.
That is why a court order is needed. So now all the big companies will use the same method on all of their communications. Of course the court could just order you to turn over your password.
Those are hard to come by. Might I suggest a computer running OpenBSD? Lock it down so they do not have access to root and you should be pretty secure as far as malware. OpenBSD is very secure and frankly desktop malware does not target the 6 people using OpenBSD for desktops. The odds of them getting exploited is very low.
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Humm. The problem that Google is trying to solve is that some companies "Verizon" sold a phone with Bing as the default and locked in search engine.
Most Android users really did not like that.
And you do not have to install any Google apps to use Android but if you want to load any of the Google Apps you have to install all of the apps.
So they do not believe in science?
Over 16 thousand people died from the tsunami.
According to the World health organisation report the expected deaths from radiation are below the statistical limits of detection.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F...
In other words water is far more deadly than a worst case nuclear disaster.
You mean the same Germans that are building more coal fired power plants?
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/...
Yeah Solar supplements natural gas peaking power. It does not compete with Coal...
Yeah you have just proved my point.
Then it is not a slippery slope.
Agreed but trying to prove you have a valid point by calling it a slippery slope is a terrible choice.
The law may be too broad but I have come to the conclusion that laws are a lot like wishes in DnD. If you do not close every loophole something terrible will happen.
If you make the law too broad then it can restrict perfectly safe and reasonable actions which is bad.
If you make the law too narrow and then it does provide the protection that is needed.
This law is designed to prevent film crews setting up a shoot in the middle of a national forest.
What you do not want is to prevent visitors from getting a snap of the wife and kids at Old Faithful.
You also have a middle ground of say a bunch of high school kids shooting a youtube video with sets and props.
Or a small independant film.
Unlike the EU that closes Nuclear plants when the science clearly shows they actually save lives.
3g HSPA+ is actually more than fast enough for most smartphone tasks for something like a box an a semi that tracks the location it is more than fast enough. For a device in a car that allows you to stream pandora and do remote function it is also more than good enough.
The key thing will be the cost of service.
You do know that the slippery slope argument is a logical fallacy.
It actually sounds pretty good as a law to me.
And this is how dictators get power and military takeovers happen.
The current government is so bad that the people figure any change might be better.
I would say that you need some good people to run for office but if they did they might end up in jail or worse.
Don't worry I am sure that the current government will tell everyone that it is the fault of the British and start a new war soon.
How do you figure? You could survey 312 square miles for the cost of the drone and that does not take in account the cost of the operator's time.
Is it really? You can probably buy satellite images pretty cheap today. Or you could just rent a plane and a pilot. If the area is large enough it would probably both faster and cheaper than using an RC quadcopter.
Which is why we need to move more to nuclear.
You have this backwards. Samzenpus thinks this is a great idea. He if far more MSNBC than FOXNews material.
The problem with Geothermal in Hawaii is that all of the good sources are on the big island "Hawaii" while the island of Oahu has roughly 5 times the population.
Just like PCs what matters has shifted.
On the desktop speed is becoming less important while video is becoming slightly more important thanks to GPU compute being used for transcoding video and of course games.
Laptops cpu speed is less important than display quality, graphics performance, battery life, and weight.
Oh phones it is really all about the screen and battery life for most people.
CPUs right now are fast enough for majority of people. Of course there are users that need the fastest CPU, GPU and so on and others that need the lowest possible power draw.
I expect better from the tech community. If the tech world can rally around the destruction anyone that says anything homophobic why do they tolerate someone that called Neil Armstrong a liar less than a week after his death?
Let's all be honest Armstrong should be the ultimate tech poster boy. After walking on the Moon he became a college professor.
What is every idiots answer? "You never know."
Yea they will never know anything of worth.
Actually Neil Armstrong never punched anybody he was always known to be a real gentleman and always seemed to live to a very high standard.
Buzz Aldrin is the one that punched the idiot Lunar Loon.
Frankly I am really torn over who, out of the two I admire most.
BTW Adam Curry should never been seen or heard from again in the tech community IMHO.
"In the US, we have this thing called the 5th amendment so no one can be compelled to provide a password which, if used, may incriminate them."
Actually that has not be proven in the courts yet.
For example they can under a court order demand all email communications.
The 5th only states that you can not be forced to testify or provide evidence.
For example if you are asked where do you keep your kiddie porn you do not have to answer.
But if they asked what computers you have used you do.
The reqirement to decrypt an hard drive seems to be along the lines of having surrender your email or bank records.
I have seen it a lot in the arts.
Gay men trying hook up with straight men and accepting that their advances are unwanted.
Straight women trying to hook up with gay men that are just not interested.
Straight men hitting on straight women that are not interested.
Straight women hitting on married or men in committed relationship.
You name it and it has probably happened.
That is why a court order is needed. So now all the big companies will use the same method on all of their communications.
Of course the court could just order you to turn over your password.
If your in Cuba odds are the NSA is not your real worry.
Those are hard to come by. Might I suggest a computer running OpenBSD?
Lock it down so they do not have access to root and you should be pretty secure as far as malware. OpenBSD is very secure and frankly desktop malware does not target the 6 people using OpenBSD for desktops.
The odds of them getting exploited is very low.
Yes and no.
The whole work from home thing is becoming less common. Agile development is doing a good job killing it.