Nope. Not really. Because you have willingly interacted with enforcement agents, your rights are different. Suggest you read this: https://www.eff.org/wp/defendi...
Here's the pertinent part:
"If a border agent asks you to provide an account password or encryption passphrase or to decrypt data stored on your device, you don’t have to comply. Only a judge can force you to reveal information to the government, and only to the extent that you do not have a valid Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination.38
However, if you refuse to provide information or assistance upon request, the border agent may seize your device for further inspection or consider you uncooperative, which the agent may take into consideration when deciding whether to allow you to enter the United States."
The case cited in the Ars Technica article is a different situation because the plaintiff/defendant unwillingly interacted with law enforcement. By approaching the US Border and "willingly" interacting with CBP and/or ICE you give up a certain amount of rights. Same is true with a TSA checkpoint.
Millions of Americans (hundreds of millions, really) are still using incandescent light bulbs, a technology that is almost 150 years old.
Millions of Americans are still driving cars powered by internal combustion engines, a 150 year old technology.
What's the problem with a 60 year old programming language? Should these agencies re-write to run on a 40 year old operating system using a language based on another 40 year old language? Hell! maybe they should re-write the whole stack in Rails! We've seen how successful that has worked out.
That old code, with some new code too, running on modern mainframes forms the backbone of the worlds business. Mainframe technology, though seemingly dated and arcane, is extremely robust and supports exceptionally high volumes using COBOL and in many cases, mainframe assembler.
You don't replace something because it is old, you replace it when the economics of not fixing it demand replacement.
I am by no means a Apple or Mac Fanboy, but I must say that iTunes 4 was pretty decent. I used to use it to play music as well as loading my iPod.
That was the last version that was usable. iTunes 5 sucked, and every version since has sucked harder.
Now I only start iTunes to mess with what is stored on my iPod. I should probably convert to RockBox
I will not hesitate to bitch about the new iPods, disposable pieces of crap that they are. I'm on my 2nd iPod, and I intend to keep it running as long as possible: a iPod Video 30GB from gen 5. It's on it's third battery, and last Summer I replaced the internal 30 GB drive with a SD card (which sadly is not easily removable.) It works better than any other player I've used, though when if finally dies I will simply stream everything from "the cloud."
Bullshit. it's the 30s and 40s with their 7 kids that cost money to the work place. the Elders' kids have all moved out, and their health care costs are just for self and maybe spouse.
Our grandparents' parents electric lights and telephone are now the internet and wireless and google and wikipedia -- nearly instant access to nearly the sum of human knowledge nearly anywhere.
There's an inflection in the productivity graph, yes, but it is opposite of what Gordon says, productivity will go up, not just in the USA but worldwide.
1. it is a small state, with about 1.3 million residents 2. it is a rich state, #6 on per-capita income and household income 3. there are jobs to be had, the state has a favorable economic climate 4. there's a lot to do, mountains, lakes, the ocean. 5. no sales tax, no income tax (OTOH property taxes are very high)
Visit your local surplus stores and buy stuff. Let's keep these places in business.
Or when traveling. If you go to Orlando, you should visit Skycraft. You can spend a long time browsing in there. And buy stuff the TSA is never gonna let you take on the plane.
ESS in Manchester NH is a good place for some odd stuff, too.
And as one other poster mentioned, there are a lot of components and other oddities to be had at hamfests, especially the bigger ones.
More proprietary stuff from Apple, and is anyone surprised? This is bad for the consumer, but great for Apple's stockholders.
What happened to their D-shaped 3.5 mm plug they patented recently? another proprietary connector that nobody's headphones -- except Apple's -- will fit.
Don't even get me started on the patented and essentially single-source MagSafe, and the MagSafe to MagSafe 2 converters.
30 mA will light most modern LEDs screaming bright. Or very bright, at least.
Deciding that the camera is not uploading images to the cloud based on power consumption is like deciding that water is wet by looking at clouds... I did not see any mention of ethernet packet capture in TFA. You want to see if the thing is uploading? show me some captured packets.
The argument is specious at best. It is a wireless camera, administered over an internet connection. In "power down" mode it still needs a way to be powered back on -- so it needs to keep its microprocessor and wifi radio on.
The researcher says that power down mode should reduce current by 10-100 times. Let's see. 1/10 of the 322 mA cited for 360p "video record -- no motion" would be 32 mA. I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say you cannot run a microprocessor and wifi radio at that power level. And the 1/100th? 3.2 mA? NFW.
TFA is a troll, perhaps by a shill. it is a crock of shit, and it stinks.
My social security retirement benefit at 65 years old is going to be over $32,000 a year.
You try to pay me $10,000 for my social security benefits I've been paying into for over 30 years and I'll be coming for you with pitchfork, torch, and 12-gauge.
Let's print money with a perpetual motion machine!
The problem with this idea is the basic fact that the government has no money of its own. All the money the government gets comes from levies on the taxpayers. That's taxes.
The best indication of how naive this idea is comes right off their own page: http://www.basicincomeaction.o... -- Let's increase the money supply! If we print more, then we can give away more! Never mind that printing more money devalues the money that has already been printed. A death spiral.
To quote our friends from Monty Python: "what a stupid concept."
Me too. In 1970. I brought a box to school, all taped closed, with a switch and a blinking light. 2nd grade. Teacher asked me "what's that?". I answered "It's a bomb."
They called my mom. "XXX says he has a bomb. Does he really have a bomb?". "No, he has a vivid imagination." That was the end of it.
Where was the radioactive fallout? If there was an atmospheric test there should have been detectable amounts of radioactive fallout. The article does not mention any. What's up with that?
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Nope. Not really. Because you have willingly interacted with enforcement agents, your rights are different. Suggest you read this: https://www.eff.org/wp/defendi...
Here's the pertinent part:
"If a border agent asks you to provide an account password or encryption passphrase or to decrypt data stored on your device, you don’t have to comply. Only a judge can force you to reveal information to the government, and only to the extent that you do not have a valid Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination.38
However, if you refuse to provide information or assistance upon request, the border agent may seize your device for further inspection or consider you uncooperative, which the agent may take into consideration when deciding whether to allow you to enter the United States."
The case cited in the Ars Technica article is a different situation because the plaintiff/defendant unwillingly interacted with law enforcement. By approaching the US Border and "willingly" interacting with CBP and/or ICE you give up a certain amount of rights. Same is true with a TSA checkpoint.
So... "Good luck with that!"
Good luck trying this with U.S. ICE and/or CBP. There are no good outcomes.
* You could be interrogated for hours
* You could be arrested
* You could be refused entry
* Your device could be seized
"I don't know the password" will likely get your device seized.
Millions of Americans (hundreds of millions, really) are still using incandescent light bulbs, a technology that is almost 150 years old.
Millions of Americans are still driving cars powered by internal combustion engines, a 150 year old technology.
What's the problem with a 60 year old programming language? Should these agencies re-write to run on a 40 year old operating system using a language based on another 40 year old language? Hell! maybe they should re-write the whole stack in Rails! We've seen how successful that has worked out.
That old code, with some new code too, running on modern mainframes forms the backbone of the worlds business. Mainframe technology, though seemingly dated and arcane, is extremely robust and supports exceptionally high volumes using COBOL and in many cases, mainframe assembler.
You don't replace something because it is old, you replace it when the economics of not fixing it demand replacement.
I am by no means a Apple or Mac Fanboy, but I must say that iTunes 4 was pretty decent. I used to use it to play music as well as loading my iPod.
That was the last version that was usable. iTunes 5 sucked, and every version since has sucked harder.
Now I only start iTunes to mess with what is stored on my iPod. I should probably convert to RockBox
I will not hesitate to bitch about the new iPods, disposable pieces of crap that they are. I'm on my 2nd iPod, and I intend to keep it running as long as possible: a iPod Video 30GB from gen 5. It's on it's third battery, and last Summer I replaced the internal 30 GB drive with a SD card (which sadly is not easily removable.) It works better than any other player I've used, though when if finally dies I will simply stream everything from "the cloud."
No, when the interviewer remarks "You're a little old", that is an invitation to sue.
Ya think?
median age at google: 29.
median age at facebook: 29.
median age at amazon: 31.
median age at microsoft: 33.
Note that these are median ages -- not mean.
The bulk of these company's employees are below the median ages.
Bullshit. it's the 30s and 40s with their 7 kids that cost money to the work place. the Elders' kids have all moved out, and their health care costs are just for self and maybe spouse.
real engineers don't write VBA.
"that's what we know"? Not an engineer.
Our grandparents' parents electric lights and telephone are now the internet and wireless and google and wikipedia -- nearly instant access to nearly the sum of human knowledge nearly anywhere.
There's an inflection in the productivity graph, yes, but it is opposite of what Gordon says, productivity will go up, not just in the USA but worldwide.
1. it is a small state, with about 1.3 million residents
2. it is a rich state, #6 on per-capita income and household income
3. there are jobs to be had, the state has a favorable economic climate
4. there's a lot to do, mountains, lakes, the ocean.
5. no sales tax, no income tax (OTOH property taxes are very high)
oh, it's not so bad.
Just October, November, December, January, February, March and part of April.
Visit your local surplus stores and buy stuff. Let's keep these places in business.
Or when traveling. If you go to Orlando, you should visit Skycraft. You can spend a long time browsing in there. And buy stuff the TSA is never gonna let you take on the plane.
ESS in Manchester NH is a good place for some odd stuff, too.
And as one other poster mentioned, there are a lot of components and other oddities to be had at hamfests, especially the bigger ones.
OOOOH. Down-modded because I slammed Apple. Must not piss off the fanbois!
News flash: Apple is more proprietary than Microsoft.
Here come more down-mods. ROFL.
More proprietary stuff from Apple, and is anyone surprised? This is bad for the consumer, but great for Apple's stockholders.
What happened to their D-shaped 3.5 mm plug they patented recently? another proprietary connector that nobody's headphones -- except Apple's -- will fit.
Don't even get me started on the patented and essentially single-source MagSafe, and the MagSafe to MagSafe 2 converters.
uggh.
30 mA will light most modern LEDs screaming bright. Or very bright, at least.
Deciding that the camera is not uploading images to the cloud based on power consumption is like deciding that water is wet by looking at clouds... I did not see any mention of ethernet packet capture in TFA. You want to see if the thing is uploading? show me some captured packets.
The argument is specious at best. It is a wireless camera, administered over an internet connection. In "power down" mode it still needs a way to be powered back on -- so it needs to keep its microprocessor and wifi radio on.
The researcher says that power down mode should reduce current by 10-100 times. Let's see. 1/10 of the 322 mA cited for 360p "video record -- no motion" would be 32 mA. I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say you cannot run a microprocessor and wifi radio at that power level. And the 1/100th? 3.2 mA? NFW.
TFA is a troll, perhaps by a shill. it is a crock of shit, and it stinks.
DECterm: the closest to a VT320 you can get on X11
I call dibs on the ones on the moon.
There's three of them up there, just waiting to be salvaged.
that's not what TFA said. Follow the link and read before you comment.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
It's like what Margaret Thatcher said:
“The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.”
My social security retirement benefit at 65 years old is going to be over $32,000 a year.
You try to pay me $10,000 for my social security benefits I've been paying into for over 30 years and I'll be coming for you with pitchfork, torch, and 12-gauge.
Let's print money with a perpetual motion machine!
The problem with this idea is the basic fact that the government has no money of its own. All the money the government gets comes from levies on the taxpayers. That's taxes.
The best indication of how naive this idea is comes right off their own page: http://www.basicincomeaction.o... -- Let's increase the money supply! If we print more, then we can give away more! Never mind that printing more money devalues the money that has already been printed. A death spiral.
To quote our friends from Monty Python: "what a stupid concept."
if your first criteria is what the lady looks like, then maybe you have some issues.
I always wanted to know if she was rich. What's wrong with this guy?
Me too. In 1970. I brought a box to school, all taped closed, with a switch and a blinking light. 2nd grade. Teacher asked me "what's that?". I answered "It's a bomb."
They called my mom. "XXX says he has a bomb. Does he really have a bomb?". "No, he has a vivid imagination." That was the end of it.
This really happened.
Where was the radioactive fallout? If there was an atmospheric test there should have been detectable amounts of radioactive fallout. The article does not mention any. What's up with that?