But then they could always do what software companies sometimes do, an nag you for updates every 2 seconds.
Also, what's to stop some smart hacker from bypassing that system?
Still, I find it kind of silly that us Americans get so hyped up over sports events like the Superbowl (though entertaining), and how companies spend so much money advertising during it, while people in the third-world starve and suffer under dysfunctional governments, not to mention other problems like a lack of some basic necessities.
....Well actually we do notice, but it's more like we notice some horrendous thing happening in some regime for a day, and forget about it right after, while for these other events we hype over days afterward(Superbowl ads, anyone)?
Poverty will always be present in society, unless we totally change our culture. Instead, however, we can redefine poverty, and make it less negative than it maybe, perhaps is, nowadays.
I hope I don't sound to much like your politicians:-) .
If the government controls the media, like in some certain countries, what's to stop them from making it seem like their citizens are oh-so happy and not totally oppressed?
Keep in mind media control is still very powerful, and there are still people who think the Onion is a(n) legitimate/accurate news source.
A kill-switch would be essentially lose-lose. Also, a skilled user could reenable the phone or install an alternate OS, as well as probably being able to sell the phone parts at least.
With GPS tracking, the police may at least be able to track it down, rather than just losing it and killing it off.
(Or a combination of both)
Hours of being detained that could have been avoided if they had just searched his devices (which he repeatedly suggested they do): "Eventually, after a long time somebody came with a laptop and an USB cable at which point he told me it was my last chance to come clean. I repeated for the hundredth time there is nothing to come clean about and this is a big misunderstanding so the FBI guy finally connected my Glass to the computer, downloaded all my personal photos and started going though them one by one (although they are dated and it was obvious there was nothing on my Glass that was from the time period they accused me of recording). Then they went through my phone, and 5 minutes later they concluded I had done nothing wrong." Update: 01/21 21:41 GMT by U L : The Columbus Dispatch confirmed the story with the Department of Homeland Security. The ICE and not the FBI detained the Glass wearer, and there happened to be an MPAA task force at the theater that night, who then escalated the incident.
Surprisingly, for once the government is reluctant to look at private data.
Sadly, everyone seems to lose.
Cop probably will get off lightly with a sentence in prison, as he did make contributions to society which could be taken into account, but still he had no reason to kill a man for texting. Still, it seems kind of cruel that he may spend the rest of his life incarcerated.
The man who got killed definitely had an unjustified death; you don't bring guns into movie theaters, and you don't fatally shoot them for pelting you with popcorn (we don't even know if that actually happened).
There's a lot that should get this squashed. Unfortunately, the person whose job it is to do the squashing (Sen. Dan Patrick, chair of the Texas Senate Education Committee) has said that he believes in Creationism and is a fan of the program.
What happened to the division of religion and government?
The Senator's Oath requires them to abide and uphold the Constitution, and the U.S. Constitution and its amendments make for a clear provision prohibiting favored religions.
I think North Korea(sorry, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea:-)) ) already had this idea some time ago...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Next thing we know, the NSA creates its own "secure" OS for distribution to ensure the continued freedom and democracy that they so ardently claim they are protecting and preserving for us.
Just get rid of Adobe Flash.
How much longer will you think that people will still use Flash for things besides advertisements? Even Youtube has HTML5 now.
this is why the NSA has to be curtailed. it is incompatible with democracy. the NSA will destroy this country, make everyone believe their government is fake
The FBI once actually tried to blackmail Martin Luther King into committing suicide. Instead of getting any sort of punishment, the head at the time of the FBI, Hoover, ended up getting a building named after him.
Is this the type of country we learn about in our grade school years?
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Great. They should've posted this before I got Windows 8. :)
just turn off internet access in stead of bothering with censorship
even if it means your country will be severely disadvantaged and all that...
But then they could always do what software companies sometimes do, an nag you for updates every 2 seconds. Also, what's to stop some smart hacker from bypassing that system?
I hope I don't sound to much like your politicians :-) .
wut?
If the government controls the media, like in some certain countries, what's to stop them from making it seem like their citizens are oh-so happy and not totally oppressed? Keep in mind media control is still very powerful, and there are still people who think the Onion is a(n) legitimate/accurate news source.
How can either be secure if the NSA has already built in backdoors into both?
Of course, I'm talking about spray paint.
What now? Is there going to be any change?
well, yeah, but do you think that any old country can afford to pay for the prices of designing fancy, better equipment for sports events?
Perhaps we've got a solution for the use of our nuclear arsenals!
Or some kind of techno-luddite who still believes that IE 6 is "ahead"
wait... the Olympics ban drugs... but they allow suits that give athletes advantages?
I still think his strategy is awesome.
A kill-switch would be essentially lose-lose. Also, a skilled user could reenable the phone or install an alternate OS, as well as probably being able to sell the phone parts at least. With GPS tracking, the police may at least be able to track it down, rather than just losing it and killing it off. (Or a combination of both)
Or the equivalent of mentioning Obamacare to Congress
Wait... Windows Vista had a market?
Next, the British government might as well start dressing up its agents like Batman, since TV shows seem to prove that it lowers the crime rate.
Surprisingly, for once the government is reluctant to look at private data.
Sadly, everyone seems to lose. Cop probably will get off lightly with a sentence in prison, as he did make contributions to society which could be taken into account, but still he had no reason to kill a man for texting. Still, it seems kind of cruel that he may spend the rest of his life incarcerated. The man who got killed definitely had an unjustified death; you don't bring guns into movie theaters, and you don't fatally shoot them for pelting you with popcorn (we don't even know if that actually happened).
There's a lot that should get this squashed. Unfortunately, the person whose job it is to do the squashing (Sen. Dan Patrick, chair of the Texas Senate Education Committee) has said that he believes in Creationism and is a fan of the program.
What happened to the division of religion and government? The Senator's Oath requires them to abide and uphold the Constitution, and the U.S. Constitution and its amendments make for a clear provision prohibiting favored religions.
Next thing we know, the NSA creates its own "secure" OS for distribution to ensure the continued freedom and democracy that they so ardently claim they are protecting and preserving for us.
Just get rid of Adobe Flash. How much longer will you think that people will still use Flash for things besides advertisements? Even Youtube has HTML5 now.
The FBI once actually tried to blackmail Martin Luther King into committing suicide. Instead of getting any sort of punishment, the head at the time of the FBI, Hoover, ended up getting a building named after him. Is this the type of country we learn about in our grade school years?