Only if your plan is to hurt the consumer.
A tariff is like a tax, companies don't pay them, they just collect them.
Low wage schmucks like me pay them in higher prices for goods.
For all I know it's a part of the car right out of the factory.
Oh no, don't give them any new ideas...
In other news the "Lost Drivers Act" of 2011 has been passed - all car manufacturers are now required to include
turn by turn GPS based navigation in all cars. (What they don't tell you is that the device also reports back to
the eye in the sky whenever you ask for directions as well as your current location at any time - and it can probably
shut down your engine like On*Star, you know in case some bad guy is driving your car)
Build the American autobahn- no entrance or exit except just outside larger cities, forms a backbone across the USA - no speed limit - 2 lanes each direction (inner lane reserved for passing only) - Perhaps charge toll.
I wonder if you are caught speeding but have purchased your pass for the day if the officer will charge you with reckless driving or if the accident you cause while permissive speeding will automatically be 100% your fault. (State saves money on investigation-bonus!)
Of course the developers have their own unit test environment. What I was talking about was an off-line environment where the final product is fully assembled and assumed to be ready for prime time. The very last test before going live.
The developers should have no access to that environment. There is a chance the developer will want to "fix the test environment" rather than "fix the bug in the program." The employees that operate that final test will write reports and the problems will get fixed that way.
Why don't you just let them do what they will during the 14-16 hours they sit in your chair. Instead of micromanaging their minutes give them set tasks and goals they they must complete. "Keep your PO list down to 3 at the end of the day", "Handle all your tickets withing a 5 hour time frame (or whatever the SLA says it should be)" or "Get the new server built, configured and online within 3 days"
Actually for one phone the police would probably just say "That's nice, go tell your insurance the phone was stolen and get a new one" You might as well remote-brick it.
Lots of things that can be misused and have not been (yet) are present now. But it seems that there is a mindset more and more in government and business that the populace must be tracked and cataloged "for their own good".
Why isn't anyone worried about the Wal*mart RFID initiative?
Wal*mart says if a company wants to sell its product in Wal*mart it must have an RFID in it. It also
seems that they do not intend to disable these RFIDs once you buy the product - one of the goals is to identify the specific
item when you want to return it. (stopping the "My X broke but it's out of warranty so I'll buy a new one and return the old one" ploy).
I'll just use cash you say?
If you bought anything with your credit card or with you ATM card each of those things is "pinned" to you. Things you get with
cash get pinned to you by being associated with things you bought with plastic next time you walk through the door. You will be identified
by the cloud of RFID devices one or two in each article of clothing you wear - in each item you carry. (each pinned to you)
Next time you walk into Wal*mart it's "Welcome Back Pentalive" need more jeans? t-Shirts? Since the data belongs to walmart,
the next time you walk into another business that bought the database from WM they also will be "Welcome to McDonald's, Pentalive".
Hope you -never- go anywhere where you want to be anonymous (or at least never wear anything from WM.)
Yes we are in public and thus have no expectation of privacy. But is it Wal*mart's business if you have been shopping at Target recently?
And if Wal*mart knows where you have been - all the Government has to do is ask nice and they know too. Remember the Government
can setup RFID readers too. Then they don't have to ask.
You walk through the metal detector at the airport, a loop of wire built right in can read all your RFIDs at the same time.
Arguments aside of "Well I will just microwave everything" does that really work or do you end up ruining that $100 pair of "Air Jordans" by
melting parts? How about the RFID built into that nice laptop or netbook, or cell phone or iPad? Can't microwave those.
Also if Wal*mart demands RFIDS in everything, perhaps it will just be easier for companies to put RFIDS in any products that might be sold at Wal*mart or
might be sold somewhere else? That nice new polo shirt you got at Target, no RFID there right? You sure? They also sell that kind
of shirt at WM.
Iris scanning like Minority Report? Wear dark glasses, turn away from the sensor. RFID cloud? ? ? Wear your tinfoil spacesuit! I suppose it should be "I, for one, welcome my new location-tracking overlords."
If the families sue the district then there is less money to go into the class room.
Taxes must be raised to properly educate the children.
If the families sue individuals the individuals will just be reimbursed by the district or the district's insurance company. Once again class-room money
is drained away and taxes must be raised to replace it.
Unless individuals can be sued and barred from getting any reimbursement.
This is assuming the person and the phone are not separated by the earthquake.
Rescuer - We spent 30 hours digging carefully and found - a phone (the person was five feet away and died 20 hours ago)
Actually, I think the taxi driver want you to pay him to take you to the Hotel, but then wants the hotel to pay him for *everyone* *any taxi* delivered in that day.
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Only if your plan is to hurt the consumer. A tariff is like a tax, companies don't pay them, they just collect them. Low wage schmucks like me pay them in higher prices for goods.
It does help others find your previous work.
Heh... they have nixed a commodore 64 emulator, and an MSDOS emulator - quick someone whip up an Apple II emulator for them to nix.
For all I know it's a part of the car right out of the factory.
Oh no, don't give them any new ideas ...
In other news the "Lost Drivers Act" of 2011 has been passed - all car manufacturers are now required to include
turn by turn GPS based navigation in all cars. (What they don't tell you is that the device also reports back to
the eye in the sky whenever you ask for directions as well as your current location at any time - and it can probably
shut down your engine like On*Star, you know in case some bad guy is driving your car)
Build the American autobahn- no entrance or exit except just outside larger cities, forms a backbone across the USA - no speed limit - 2 lanes each direction (inner lane reserved for passing only) - Perhaps charge toll.
I wonder if you are caught speeding but have purchased your pass for the day if the officer will charge you with reckless driving or if the accident you cause while permissive speeding will automatically be 100% your fault. (State saves money on investigation-bonus!)
Of course the developers have their own unit test environment. What I was talking about was an off-line environment where the final product is fully assembled and assumed to be ready for prime time. The very last test before going live.
The developers should have no access to that environment. There is a chance the developer will want to "fix the test environment" rather than "fix the bug in the program." The employees that operate that final test will write reports and the problems will get fixed that way.
I have a lenovo y510 with one of those "Centrino inside intell swoop" stickers on it.
The sticker has scratched a sticker shaped mark on the screen part of the laptop.
It is just a clear plastic cover - perhaps something will buff out the mark...or make it worse.
What happens when a company builds a quantity of units with a current patent number, that then sit in a warehouse for a few years before being sold?
...But after this, I'm not too sure. AT&T or Comcast? Both are really BAD choices, but they're my only two.
Guess I am preaching to the choir here, but that bit stood out to me.
(learned recently in my BS-Information System Security program)
Actually, wouldn't have been in the original code for the cc command in an early version of Unix? not Linux?
If you have time, for extra credit, you can also include english.
As long as there are supply runs...
Why don't you just let them do what they will during the 14-16 hours they sit in your chair. Instead of micromanaging their minutes give them set tasks and goals they they must complete. "Keep your PO list down to 3 at the end of the day", "Handle all your tickets withing a 5 hour time frame (or whatever the SLA says it should be)" or "Get the new server built, configured and online within 3 days"
I want them to be able to figure out who douche bag is who stole my phone, where they are and brick the device
I thought the idea was that Apple would brick the phone if it was jailbroken - not stolen. Now if the thief also jailbreaks the phone...
And another issue - vendors can now remotely kill devices that they consider to be too old to force users to buy a new one.
Planned obsolescence with extreme prejudice.
Actually for one phone the police would probably just say "That's nice, go tell your insurance the phone was stolen and get a new one" You might as well remote-brick it.
Lots of things that can be misused and have not been (yet) are present now. But it seems that there is a mindset more and more in government and business that the populace must be tracked and cataloged "for their own good".
Wal*mart says if a company wants to sell its product in Wal*mart it must have an RFID in it. It also seems that they do not intend to disable these RFIDs once you buy the product - one of the goals is to identify the specific item when you want to return it. (stopping the "My X broke but it's out of warranty so I'll buy a new one and return the old one" ploy).
I'll just use cash you say? If you bought anything with your credit card or with you ATM card each of those things is "pinned" to you. Things you get with cash get pinned to you by being associated with things you bought with plastic next time you walk through the door. You will be identified by the cloud of RFID devices one or two in each article of clothing you wear - in each item you carry. (each pinned to you)
Next time you walk into Wal*mart it's "Welcome Back Pentalive" need more jeans? t-Shirts? Since the data belongs to walmart, the next time you walk into another business that bought the database from WM they also will be "Welcome to McDonald's, Pentalive".
Hope you -never- go anywhere where you want to be anonymous (or at least never wear anything from WM.)
Yes we are in public and thus have no expectation of privacy. But is it Wal*mart's business if you have been shopping at Target recently? And if Wal*mart knows where you have been - all the Government has to do is ask nice and they know too. Remember the Government can setup RFID readers too. Then they don't have to ask. You walk through the metal detector at the airport, a loop of wire built right in can read all your RFIDs at the same time.
Arguments aside of "Well I will just microwave everything" does that really work or do you end up ruining that $100 pair of "Air Jordans" by melting parts? How about the RFID built into that nice laptop or netbook, or cell phone or iPad? Can't microwave those.
Also if Wal*mart demands RFIDS in everything, perhaps it will just be easier for companies to put RFIDS in any products that might be sold at Wal*mart or might be sold somewhere else? That nice new polo shirt you got at Target, no RFID there right? You sure? They also sell that kind of shirt at WM.
Iris scanning like Minority Report? Wear dark glasses, turn away from the sensor. RFID cloud? ? ? Wear your tinfoil spacesuit! I suppose it should be "I, for one, welcome my new location-tracking overlords."
The families in the school district.
If the families sue the district then there is less money to go into the class room. Taxes must be raised to properly educate the children. If the families sue individuals the individuals will just be reimbursed by the district or the district's insurance company. Once again class-room money is drained away and taxes must be raised to replace it.
Unless individuals can be sued and barred from getting any reimbursement.
This is assuming the person and the phone are not separated by the earthquake. Rescuer - We spent 30 hours digging carefully and found - a phone (the person was five feet away and died 20 hours ago)
Don't CAD systems represent everything in very large integers?
I love class-action lawsuits. ... I wonder what I'll get out of the PS3 class action deal?
A coupon good for $12.50 at any sony store, and if you are lucky best buy.
Actually, I think the taxi driver want you to pay him to take you to the Hotel, but then wants the hotel to pay him for *everyone* *any taxi* delivered in that day.