They would need to keep the SSNs to share with their loan servicer(s?) and backup companies.
In most cases, when you take out a loan with somebody, your data is likely being shared with everybody they do business with related to the servicing of the loan... especially if you're a "high risk" customer (e.g., low credit score).
This link in this item suggests all the members of the Commerce Committee support the bill? Uh... how about making it more clear by listing who really is sponsoring it, and by posting a separate link of who to contact (on the Commerce Committee) to kill it.
If the music distributors would drop iTunes, Apple could contract with artists to drop their labels and use Apple as their sole distributor. This would allow artists a larger share of the pie while keeping tunes at the $0.99 rate.
Everybody would win... except the big labels.:) Digital music is the way of the future, and this is Apple's big opportunity to capitalize on it...
Geez... Jobs' speech wasn't so much about the value of dropping out of college. He spoke on the value of life-long learning. Ya know, when "higher education" isn't limited to only four years of college.
Universities are catching on to this stuff. Why do you think there are so many certificate programs and eclectic continuing education courses out there?
It's only a matter of time before four years of "college" becomes college a la carte within a PK-16 system...
The judges wrote: Appellant argues that his "internet use had nothing to do with the issues in this case;" "there was no evidence that there was anything encrypted on the computer;" and that he "was prejudiced because the court specifically used this evidence in its findings of fact and in reaching its verdict." We are not persuaded by appellant's arguments. The record shows that appellant took a large number of pictures of S.M. with a digital camera, and that he would upload those pictures onto his computer soon after taking them. We find that evidence of appellant's internet use and the existence of an encryption program on his computer was at least somewhat relevant to the state's case against him. See Minn. R. Evid. 401.
It appears the presence of crypto was not viewed as evidence for malfeasance, but instead used to describe a part of the procedure in which the appellant loaded pictures of the victim onto his computer.
This time, Gates is right. Our educational system is obsolete. What's the point of spending so much time teaching kids how to calculate when calculators are cheap and abundant? Why teach them to learn how to memorize things when information is readily available through new technologies?
We should be teaching kids how to think critically and how to create new knowledge. Our schools need to focus on human capital development that will drive innovation in society.
...if you have to ask Slashdot folks what you should use to teach, then you're basically asking us what you should be teaching.
If you have a business plan and a clear understanding of your own instructional approach, instructional technology should fall into place. You should start with the basics and check back when you're ready.
I partially agree with you. Twenty years for nanobots is probably overly optimistic. But, 20 years from now, would be be talking about nanobots or the "next best thing?"
Our culture and educational systems are woefully ignorant of the future and, in particular, the chaos and ambiguity of the singularity. Kurzweil does a good job in starting discussions about the future, and educating us about a need to discuss the future. His forecast is a snapshot of what he envisions the future will be today. Ten years from now, it will probably be vastly different.
Just as we cannot forecast the future past the event horizon of the singularity, we cannot possibly predict the behavior of individuals vastly more intelligent than we are. From our standpoint, it's probably safe to assume we will either need to adapt or die. But, after we create something more intelligent than ourselves in a world of continuous innovation and change, we will never understand what they view and need of us.
Then, you need to ask youself, "what is the point of existing at all?" History seems to show we're really great at having babies and killing each other. Folks, this is evolution. Survival of the fittest.
What Kurzweil is saying is that, as a species, it's time for us to create our children. The next step in our evolution is to for us to transcend humanity... which is likely to make some people very unhappy because we would, in effect, be emulating god.:)
"In other news, SCO CEO Darl McBride was named as the leading candidate to fill the job of Iraqi Information Minister, recently vacated by Muhammed Saeed al-Sahaf."
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China is building over 100 new universities, each of them looking to eclipse Harvard...
- higher-ed-time-for-us-to-wake-up/
It's time for the US and others to wake up...
http://www.educationfutures.com/2006/06/12/inside
My coffee machine is a computer, too.
They would need to keep the SSNs to share with their loan servicer(s?) and backup companies.
In most cases, when you take out a loan with somebody, your data is likely being shared with everybody they do business with related to the servicing of the loan... especially if you're a "high risk" customer (e.g., low credit score).
I believe this concerns time share loans, in which case a SSN would be required in the credit process.
Anybody else notice that most of their "current headlines" come from China's propaganda agency, Xinhua News Agency?
Odd start indeed...
This link in this item suggests all the members of the Commerce Committee support the bill? Uh... how about making it more clear by listing who really is sponsoring it, and by posting a separate link of who to contact (on the Commerce Committee) to kill it.
Just a thought...
This is great news for Apple and artists.
:) Digital music is the way of the future, and this is Apple's big opportunity to capitalize on it...
If the music distributors would drop iTunes, Apple could contract with artists to drop their labels and use Apple as their sole distributor. This would allow artists a larger share of the pie while keeping tunes at the $0.99 rate.
Everybody would win... except the big labels.
Sounds like a loaded question if I ever heard one...!
Does this mean that the Oscillation Overthruster is behind OSX? I've always had my suspicions...
Why is this posted under "politics?"
I mean, c'mon... even politics has a hint of civility to it.
There was no civility in this.
Zzzzzzzzz...
If Huebner were to imagine himself twenty years from now and reconstruct the present, do you think he'd really find innovation today to be in decline?
The most effective firewall is the server's power switch in the off position. Nothing will get through with the server in that configuration.
Geez... Jobs' speech wasn't so much about the value of dropping out of college. He spoke on the value of life-long learning. Ya know, when "higher education" isn't limited to only four years of college.
Universities are catching on to this stuff. Why do you think there are so many certificate programs and eclectic continuing education courses out there?
It's only a matter of time before four years of "college" becomes college a la carte within a PK-16 system...
Microsoft, the defender of innovation in the world cluttered with open source madness, once again leads the pack!
What can we expect next? The "Start" menu to be replaced with "Menu?"
Oh, it's just speculation... but, I can always dream, can't I???
Is it April Fools' Day or Memorial Day weekend???
This is the dumbest thing posted on Slashdot to date. Kudos to Zonk for posting what he learned in kindergarten science...
This is freaky... I actually know one of the judges...
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The full opinion is available online at http://www.lawlibrary.state.mn.us/archive/ctappub
The judges wrote: Appellant argues that his "internet use had nothing to do with the issues in this case;" "there was no evidence that there was anything encrypted on the computer;" and that he "was prejudiced because the court specifically used this evidence in its findings of fact and in reaching its verdict." We are not persuaded by appellant's arguments. The record shows that appellant took a large number of pictures of S.M. with a digital camera, and that he would upload those pictures onto his computer soon after taking them. We find that evidence of appellant's internet use and the existence of an encryption program on his computer was at least somewhat relevant to the state's case against him. See Minn. R. Evid. 401.
It appears the presence of crypto was not viewed as evidence for malfeasance, but instead used to describe a part of the procedure in which the appellant loaded pictures of the victim onto his computer.
Why spend so much time thinking of better humans when something that's better than humans will emerge sooner than later?
The moment we will create something that is smarter than us, we'll enter an age of posthumanity and probable decline of the human species.
This time, Gates is right. Our educational system is obsolete. What's the point of spending so much time teaching kids how to calculate when calculators are cheap and abundant? Why teach them to learn how to memorize things when information is readily available through new technologies?
We should be teaching kids how to think critically and how to create new knowledge. Our schools need to focus on human capital development that will drive innovation in society.
...if you have to ask Slashdot folks what you should use to teach, then you're basically asking us what you should be teaching.
If you have a business plan and a clear understanding of your own instructional approach, instructional technology should fall into place. You should start with the basics and check back when you're ready.
I partially agree with you. Twenty years for nanobots is probably overly optimistic. But, 20 years from now, would be be talking about nanobots or the "next best thing?"
Our culture and educational systems are woefully ignorant of the future and, in particular, the chaos and ambiguity of the singularity. Kurzweil does a good job in starting discussions about the future, and educating us about a need to discuss the future. His forecast is a snapshot of what he envisions the future will be today. Ten years from now, it will probably be vastly different.
Just as we cannot forecast the future past the event horizon of the singularity, we cannot possibly predict the behavior of individuals vastly more intelligent than we are. From our standpoint, it's probably safe to assume we will either need to adapt or die. But, after we create something more intelligent than ourselves in a world of continuous innovation and change, we will never understand what they view and need of us.
Then, you need to ask youself, "what is the point of existing at all?" History seems to show we're really great at having babies and killing each other. Folks, this is evolution. Survival of the fittest.
:)
What Kurzweil is saying is that, as a species, it's time for us to create our children. The next step in our evolution is to for us to transcend humanity... which is likely to make some people very unhappy because we would, in effect, be emulating god.
To possibly help streamline the RH9 - FC2 upgrade for me and others, what was your grub.conf issue???
"In other news, SCO CEO Darl McBride was named as the leading candidate to fill the job of Iraqi Information Minister, recently vacated by Muhammed Saeed al-Sahaf."