Sadly, they are all under the Executive branch so: 1. Nothing will be found; 2. If something is found refer to #1.
And even if the Judiciary or the Legislative bodies became involved both of them have also already surrendered to "the ends justifies the means" as far as domestic spying goes. Well except that some members of Congress is now saying "Woah! Hold on there, we didn't think this applied to us!"
Everyone who has paid attention to Windows the last couple of decades knows, Windows 8 is the one you skip. Just like Vista, just like Millennium Edition before that. Sure they threw a in a minor wrinkle in with 8.1, but that was just a distraction to make you think they are doing something, not a major version roll. 98(SE) decent, ME suck, XP decent, Vista suck, 7 good, 8 suck. Next time around they'll keep the back end improvements and fix all the crap they screwed up in the front end.
I don't think they are powerless either. I think this guy is going around saying that their power is diminished so that people will get more comfortable and move on while the NSA continues almost business as usual.
If they had not been abusing their power to conduct illegal surveillance then Snowden may not have resorted to this. Perhaps then their techniques would have remained secret and been available for legitimate purposes. Perhaps they should be looking in the mirror when placing the blame.
Interesting point. But the choice isn't to put him in jail or just tell him to stop. People like this typically don't stop unless forced. So then, what is the cost to the general population of SPAM? Time wasted, resources expended on filtering technology or effort spend manually sifting through the crap. And it wasn't just unsolicited, it was fraudulent as well.
I don't understand this attitude. (Applies here and to the AC OP). This is a negotiation. Both parties have skin in the game. This shouldn't be viewed as an all or nothing proposition. These are the only the starting positions. This shouldn't be emotional; it certainly isn't for Amazon. If a solution can be had that is at least acceptable to both parties then it will be reached. The worst case scenario is that they can't agree and Amazon pulls back to other neighboring countries, while shipping products into Germany from the outside. But this will only happen if the workers in Germany are unwilling to negotiate and push the cost of doing business there up over the combined cost of doing business elsewhere and shipping stuff into Germany from the outside.
Ease of rooting depends on the device and can vary greatly from "download an app and press a button" to "download part of the Android dev environment to your PC, put the phone in dev mode and run a script." My current phone fell into the latter category, and even that wasn't bad with the detailed instructions.
As to your second point, I agree that there should be an easier way, but I don't think it should be enabled by default. Not having Root provides a level of security from malicious apps. Even with root, the phone will prompt you every time an app wants super user access.
Gives granular control of app permissions. Requires Root, but it's worth it. I figured this change was never going to be permanent because it messes with Google's (and app developers') revenue stream.
For lack of a better option, I guess it would be how they are selected for tenure today. If I understood correctly, the parent to my original post was asserting that people who have never done anything particularly noteworthy should be hired by universities and subjected to little oversight. This model has the potential to find some really outstanding young academics (which I think was the point of the earlier post), but most of what you will have are just average. Do I want to commit to keeping a bunch of average academics around forever on my limited budget?/Leaving aside the fact that tenure decisions are usually made by a committee which is the best way to make sure the optimal decision is never actually reached.
I don't think I understand your point. How is anybody being denied "academic freedom?" Who is stopping these PhDs from studying whatever they want? Or by academic freedom do you mean "the freedom to make somebody else pay them for their studies?"
This isn't a dig, I really feel like I'm missing a piece of the puzzle because I just don't get the outrage, particularly with this statement: "The idea of academic freedom being available only to those who have already made their most significant contribution (and therefore get tenure which is supposed to provide academic freedom) is an idea that needs to be discussed. It is a problem." If I only have a small pool of money to pay tenured professors, why wouldn't I want to select the ones that have proven themselves?
So the NRA gets criticized for not wanting "reasonable" restrictions on the purchase of firearms. Now you criticize them for conceding that mentally ill should not have guns. You're not helping.
While I don't agree with her being denied entry, one of the key similarities of the spree shooters in the last several years has been depression and having that depression treated with drugs.
Is that why so many of them use Facebook and Google services? It is possible that they don't "want" it, but if they don't care enough to stop using Facebook and Google then what makes you think they would want to use Tor? Also, people doing lots of legit downloading don't want anything that negatively impacts download speeds and gamers don't want anything that impacts latency and couldn't give a rats ass about the government knowing that they play BF4..
Again, this is just anecdotal.. The cars were at the fire station a lot, not just from time to time. There weren't that many cars in the area. There were only 2 cars assigned to that sector and the officers were rotated between sectors periodically. And they were there for more than 15 minutes at a shot. Just one example, the cop was there when we went on an aid call and the same cop was there when we got back; still no paperwork in sight. So unless he's taking a 15 minute break every hour, I think he was there for the whole time. We dealt with the cops a lot at the fire department. I even once asked a sergeant "what do cops do all day when it's quiet?" just because of the situations I observed. The response was patrol, public relations, and traffic enforcement (and there were areas in my town in drastic need of patrol) and when I pressed him he said, and I remember this clearly, "they should never have nothing to do."
And to your lazy coworker example... My observations are similar to yours. I'm sure it isn't everyone. My father in law was an "operating engineer" which is union speak for heavy equipment operator. The union kept the ranks artificially low so that they could get the guys more OT. I remember him refusing to take jobs unless he could get a guarantee of OT (not work, but pay), which was calculated on a daily basis rather than weekly. The contractors had to give in because these were public works contracts and they were mandated to use the union. He would brag about all the time he spent taking breaks on the clock so that he could extend the job later into the evening when he got into OT pay. And since these were mostly public works projects, it was at taxpayer expense. The contractors dare not complain because then none of the union guys would work for them, or they would slow down the work. It was a good deal for the operators... the union held the health insurance and the pension, so they could jump between employers at will.
The full time paid firefighters worked 24 hour shifts, but the cops worked 8 hours in the sector, plus an hour or two for whatever administrative tasks they needed to do at the precinct. Funny that I rarely saw cops at the manned fire stations. But like your ambulance crew friend, the fire fighters had a union contract that specified that they had day hours where scheduled work was to be done, e.g. maintenance, inspections, physical training, professional training, public outreach, etc... After 5pm they were on their own time unless there was a call, with the caveat that they had to be at the station. But that's working a 24 hour shift. The cop gets to go home when he's done with work.
I'm sure they would rather be chasing bad guys than doing mundane tasks. But mundane tasks are part of most jobs (like placing the decimal point in the correct place). Take the firefighters, they liked training, responding to calls, PT, but they didn't like maintenance. They did it anyway because it was part of the job. At my job I set, with my boss, specific goals each year and am measured against them. So he doesn't really keep close tabs on my time. Unfortunately we don't have good performance metrics for police. The ticket writing and the like isn't really a good measure. If we had good metrics I would say leave them alone, and only address the ones with performance issues. But we don't have a good way of doing that. Suggestions?
Just anecdotal, but when I was a volunteer firefighter the local police had the combination to the fire stations so they could go in, use the bathroom, and catch up on paperwork. So very often I'd find a cop sitting in the day room, feet up on the coffee table, soda in one hand TV remote in the other and no paperwork in sight. Every time I would think "I pay this guy's salary with my tax dollars." Also, just like dash cameras and audio recordings, this data could be used to back up a police officer's story if he is being accused of something, or to pinpoint his location if he needs help and can't radio. So I wholeheartedly agree, for so many reasons, that they should be tracked when on the clock. I'd also be okay with a system that uploads the dash camera video so that nothing unfortunate happens to the data.
I use Safestrap recovery. It allows you to create partitions that can be used to install more than one image while leaving your stock image intact. I can switch back and forth at will. I don't even have to back up the image to a PC. By the way, when it reverted to stock it still had all my old settings and, as a bonus, apps that use SD card storage for data picked up where they left off on either image.
I use Safestrap recovery. It allows you to create partitions that can be used to install more than one image. In fact, just this summer I installed CyanogenMod 10.1.3 in a separate partition. It was a little too buggy so I went back to the main image by just booting into recovery and selecting the stock image. I can switch back and forth at will. I don't even have to back up the image to a PC. By the way, when it reverted it still had all my old settings.
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Much like the convenience advantages of using Facebook and Google where the majority are either ignorant or feel it's worth the trade?
Sadly, they are all under the Executive branch so: 1. Nothing will be found; 2. If something is found refer to #1.
And even if the Judiciary or the Legislative bodies became involved both of them have also already surrendered to "the ends justifies the means" as far as domestic spying goes. Well except that some members of Congress is now saying "Woah! Hold on there, we didn't think this applied to us!"
/Yes parent post was (probably) a joke
Everyone who has paid attention to Windows the last couple of decades knows, Windows 8 is the one you skip. Just like Vista, just like Millennium Edition before that. Sure they threw a in a minor wrinkle in with 8.1, but that was just a distraction to make you think they are doing something, not a major version roll. 98(SE) decent, ME suck, XP decent, Vista suck, 7 good, 8 suck. Next time around they'll keep the back end improvements and fix all the crap they screwed up in the front end.
If you have some time to kill, you might try "I refuse to answer any questions and I do not consent to any search." Just keep repeating that.
I don't think they are powerless either. I think this guy is going around saying that their power is diminished so that people will get more comfortable and move on while the NSA continues almost business as usual.
If they had not been abusing their power to conduct illegal surveillance then Snowden may not have resorted to this. Perhaps then their techniques would have remained secret and been available for legitimate purposes. Perhaps they should be looking in the mirror when placing the blame.
We absolutely test all boundary conditions, on both sides. This is standard practice where I work, for just that reason.
Interesting point. But the choice isn't to put him in jail or just tell him to stop. People like this typically don't stop unless forced. So then, what is the cost to the general population of SPAM? Time wasted, resources expended on filtering technology or effort spend manually sifting through the crap. And it wasn't just unsolicited, it was fraudulent as well.
I think the real issue is that he ignored court orders to stop spamming. They are prosecuting for criminal contempt.
I don't understand this attitude. (Applies here and to the AC OP). This is a negotiation. Both parties have skin in the game. This shouldn't be viewed as an all or nothing proposition. These are the only the starting positions. This shouldn't be emotional; it certainly isn't for Amazon. If a solution can be had that is at least acceptable to both parties then it will be reached. The worst case scenario is that they can't agree and Amazon pulls back to other neighboring countries, while shipping products into Germany from the outside. But this will only happen if the workers in Germany are unwilling to negotiate and push the cost of doing business there up over the combined cost of doing business elsewhere and shipping stuff into Germany from the outside.
Ease of rooting depends on the device and can vary greatly from "download an app and press a button" to "download part of the Android dev environment to your PC, put the phone in dev mode and run a script." My current phone fell into the latter category, and even that wasn't bad with the detailed instructions.
As to your second point, I agree that there should be an easier way, but I don't think it should be enabled by default. Not having Root provides a level of security from malicious apps. Even with root, the phone will prompt you every time an app wants super user access.
Gives granular control of app permissions. Requires Root, but it's worth it. I figured this change was never going to be permanent because it messes with Google's (and app developers') revenue stream.
For lack of a better option, I guess it would be how they are selected for tenure today. If I understood correctly, the parent to my original post was asserting that people who have never done anything particularly noteworthy should be hired by universities and subjected to little oversight. This model has the potential to find some really outstanding young academics (which I think was the point of the earlier post), but most of what you will have are just average. Do I want to commit to keeping a bunch of average academics around forever on my limited budget? /Leaving aside the fact that tenure decisions are usually made by a committee which is the best way to make sure the optimal decision is never actually reached.
I don't think I understand your point. How is anybody being denied "academic freedom?" Who is stopping these PhDs from studying whatever they want? Or by academic freedom do you mean "the freedom to make somebody else pay them for their studies?"
This isn't a dig, I really feel like I'm missing a piece of the puzzle because I just don't get the outrage, particularly with this statement: "The idea of academic freedom being available only to those who have already made their most significant contribution (and therefore get tenure which is supposed to provide academic freedom) is an idea that needs to be discussed. It is a problem." If I only have a small pool of money to pay tenured professors, why wouldn't I want to select the ones that have proven themselves?
While I don't agree with her being denied entry, one of the key similarities of the spree shooters in the last several years has been depression and having that depression treated with drugs.
Is that why so many of them use Facebook and Google services? It is possible that they don't "want" it, but if they don't care enough to stop using Facebook and Google then what makes you think they would want to use Tor? Also, people doing lots of legit downloading don't want anything that negatively impacts download speeds and gamers don't want anything that impacts latency and couldn't give a rats ass about the government knowing that they play BF4..
The standard can be implemented in a secure way. Not all implementations are equal. Not all sources of key materials are equal.
I see none of those things being especially friendly to females vs. all employees.
But can the operator... use his cell phone during take off and landing?
Again, this is just anecdotal.. The cars were at the fire station a lot, not just from time to time. There weren't that many cars in the area. There were only 2 cars assigned to that sector and the officers were rotated between sectors periodically. And they were there for more than 15 minutes at a shot. Just one example, the cop was there when we went on an aid call and the same cop was there when we got back; still no paperwork in sight. So unless he's taking a 15 minute break every hour, I think he was there for the whole time. We dealt with the cops a lot at the fire department. I even once asked a sergeant "what do cops do all day when it's quiet?" just because of the situations I observed. The response was patrol, public relations, and traffic enforcement (and there were areas in my town in drastic need of patrol) and when I pressed him he said, and I remember this clearly, "they should never have nothing to do."
And to your lazy coworker example... My observations are similar to yours. I'm sure it isn't everyone. My father in law was an "operating engineer" which is union speak for heavy equipment operator. The union kept the ranks artificially low so that they could get the guys more OT. I remember him refusing to take jobs unless he could get a guarantee of OT (not work, but pay), which was calculated on a daily basis rather than weekly. The contractors had to give in because these were public works contracts and they were mandated to use the union. He would brag about all the time he spent taking breaks on the clock so that he could extend the job later into the evening when he got into OT pay. And since these were mostly public works projects, it was at taxpayer expense. The contractors dare not complain because then none of the union guys would work for them, or they would slow down the work. It was a good deal for the operators... the union held the health insurance and the pension, so they could jump between employers at will.
The full time paid firefighters worked 24 hour shifts, but the cops worked 8 hours in the sector, plus an hour or two for whatever administrative tasks they needed to do at the precinct. Funny that I rarely saw cops at the manned fire stations. But like your ambulance crew friend, the fire fighters had a union contract that specified that they had day hours where scheduled work was to be done, e.g. maintenance, inspections, physical training, professional training, public outreach, etc... After 5pm they were on their own time unless there was a call, with the caveat that they had to be at the station. But that's working a 24 hour shift. The cop gets to go home when he's done with work.
I'm sure they would rather be chasing bad guys than doing mundane tasks. But mundane tasks are part of most jobs (like placing the decimal point in the correct place). Take the firefighters, they liked training, responding to calls, PT, but they didn't like maintenance. They did it anyway because it was part of the job. At my job I set, with my boss, specific goals each year and am measured against them. So he doesn't really keep close tabs on my time. Unfortunately we don't have good performance metrics for police. The ticket writing and the like isn't really a good measure. If we had good metrics I would say leave them alone, and only address the ones with performance issues. But we don't have a good way of doing that. Suggestions?
Just anecdotal, but when I was a volunteer firefighter the local police had the combination to the fire stations so they could go in, use the bathroom, and catch up on paperwork. So very often I'd find a cop sitting in the day room, feet up on the coffee table, soda in one hand TV remote in the other and no paperwork in sight. Every time I would think "I pay this guy's salary with my tax dollars." Also, just like dash cameras and audio recordings, this data could be used to back up a police officer's story if he is being accused of something, or to pinpoint his location if he needs help and can't radio. So I wholeheartedly agree, for so many reasons, that they should be tracked when on the clock. I'd also be okay with a system that uploads the dash camera video so that nothing unfortunate happens to the data.
I use Safestrap recovery. It allows you to create partitions that can be used to install more than one image while leaving your stock image intact. I can switch back and forth at will. I don't even have to back up the image to a PC. By the way, when it reverted to stock it still had all my old settings and, as a bonus, apps that use SD card storage for data picked up where they left off on either image.
I use Safestrap recovery. It allows you to create partitions that can be used to install more than one image. In fact, just this summer I installed CyanogenMod 10.1.3 in a separate partition. It was a little too buggy so I went back to the main image by just booting into recovery and selecting the stock image. I can switch back and forth at will. I don't even have to back up the image to a PC. By the way, when it reverted it still had all my old settings.
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