I booked a trip via orbitz and they unilaterally changed my itinerary with only an email notification. They claimed that the AIRLINE was the one that made the change, citing some obscure policy that allows the airlines to do so at any time including during the trip. The change completely screwed up the entire trip but when I called orbitz (steaming mad) I was able to persuade them to change it back.
The punch line is that my return flight originally had a connecting flight and now is direct! wOOt!
AFAIK this is correct. The nazis were being told by their crypto guys that it was mathematically impossible to crack enigma. The british finished work begun by the poles exploiting subtle flaws in the system that allowed it to be cracked.
The quality of information flowing over enigma confirmed to the allies that the nazis never lost faith in the basic concept embodied by enigma, even if they did add rotors later in the war.
There was a news item the other week about the company that provides security for PHL as well as other large airports. The FAA had ordered them to fix security flaws and they didn't bother to comply. Backround checks were not performed resulting in convicted felons being hired to work as security guards. A few days after the 9/11 attack a local guy got arrested for carrying a box cutter through security checkpoints *twice*. He then called the police to complain about the lax security and was promptly arrested for his trouble...
I'm pretty sure the search and seizure rules apply only to law enforcement. Employers can probably do just about anything they want in this regard, so long as the employees will put up with it without quitting. Since employers have numerous ways to coerce employees into doing things they would rather not, especially in weak economies, I don't see any way around it.
IIRC the bodily waste issue has actually been examined in cases where people were suspected of swallowing drugs or other contraband wrapped in plastic. The decision was that since the poop was being "thrown away" there was no legal problem with the authorities searching it. (How'd you like to do that job?) I think similar decisions had been handed down about searching the contents of trash cans.
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I booked a trip via orbitz and they unilaterally changed my itinerary with only an email notification. They claimed that the AIRLINE was the one that made the change, citing some obscure policy that allows the airlines to do so at any time including during the trip. The change completely screwed up the entire trip but when I called orbitz (steaming mad) I was able to persuade them to change it back.
The punch line is that my return flight originally had a connecting flight and now is direct! wOOt!
AFAIK this is correct. The nazis were being told by their crypto guys that it was mathematically impossible to crack enigma. The british finished work begun by the poles exploiting subtle flaws in the system that allowed it to be cracked.
The quality of information flowing over enigma confirmed to the allies that the nazis never lost faith in the basic concept embodied by enigma, even if they did add rotors later in the war.
There was a news item the other week about the company that provides security for PHL as well as other large airports. The FAA had ordered them to fix security flaws and they didn't bother to comply. Backround checks were not performed resulting in convicted felons being hired to work as security guards. A few days after the 9/11 attack a local guy got arrested for carrying a box cutter through security checkpoints *twice*. He then called the police to complain about the lax security and was promptly arrested for his trouble...
I'm pretty sure the search and seizure rules apply only to law enforcement. Employers can probably do just about anything they want in this regard, so long as the employees will put up with it without quitting. Since employers have numerous ways to coerce employees into doing things they would rather not, especially in weak economies, I don't see any way around it.
IIRC the bodily waste issue has actually been examined in cases where people were suspected of swallowing drugs or other contraband wrapped in plastic. The decision was that since the poop was being "thrown away" there was no legal problem with the authorities searching it. (How'd you like to do that job?) I think similar decisions had been handed down about searching the contents of trash cans.