Based on your argument, Netscape and Microsoft should have major disclaimers in their advertising because browser caches can be incriminating. Or how about core dumps. These and other things leave incriminating evidence.
The key issue is that these devices in cars were designed and intended to do other things, NOT provide evidence in court. In most of the cases sited in the article, they run safety equipment such as air bags. It turns out that the equipment can provide other information. Just like your browser cache is intended to speed up browsing, not provide evidence in court.
...Where I come from, likening chinese and blacks with dogs are racist...
I would like a little more proof that this was intended to be racist. The obvious intent is to identify tracking children and pets as a use.
One of the major problems I have with accusations of racism is that behavior frequently is assumed to be racist without any investigation. To illustrate, a few years ago a news program covered racial sensitivity training that a resturant chain was ungoing as part of a court settlement. Cashiers were told to always place the change in the hand of the customer, never on the counter. Because many blacks interpret putting the money on the counter as meaning "you don't want to touch them." This hit me directly, because I have a habit of putting it on the counter regardless of whether the person is white, black, or other. Mainly because I found it easier. So the question becomes how many people thought I was racist, for doing something that I do to everyone. My futher thought is, I want more proof that things are racist before believing so. Racism exists, but not every innocent act is racist.
I agree with 2nd Post. Many of the press reports have cited the fact that Apple is widely known and respected in the entertainment industry. Apple computers represent an unusually large share of computers in the music business. And Jobs, because of Pixar, is a media mogul. All of this gave Apple an inside track.
You've missed several key points. If you read many of the press reports regarding this service, you'll find out that the big 5 labels were willing to give such liberal rights to Apple because it represents such a small share of the computer market. The major labels look upon this as an experiment. In fact, the contracts are written such that they can back out of the service after a year. If it continues to be such a success they intend to allow Apple to sell to Windows users. Basically, it is more than writing a Windows application. You need to sign agreements with the major labels. Apple is first in line.
To me this sounds like many of the other poorly concieved ideas for indexing files. Much like meta-data fields that require me to fill out extra fields that can be searched later. The vast majority of people don't fill the fields in. And where required, they typically use bogus data.
This situation seems much the same. Most of the files I save on a computer are NOT associated with some object I have lying around the house. For example, everytime I write a letter to Mom, I'm suppose to scan her picture? Why not just save it in a folder called, "Letters to Mom." Its easier, quicker, and I don't have to find Mom's picture. Similarly at work, most of my files are associated with some email telling me to do work on some project. Do I scan the email? Seems kind of pointless.
In my view, like metadata, this suggestion adds steps that the vast majority of users won't do.
I don't understand your statement, that "this could be a start to restricting our use of airwaves?" We are already restricted in many way. Regardless of whether we're talking 802.11b or setting up a radio station. There are power and frequency limits, and many regulations. And speaking from a strictly American point of view, there is no Constitutional right to airwaves.
Several posts have asked if this has military applications. The answer is yes for testing. They use the sled to examine the interactions between weapons and targets in a controlled dynamic environment. For example, you park an aircraft at the end of the rail. Shot a warhead down the track and let it hit the target.
Why not do this in the air? You can carefully place cameras and other instrumentations to observe the test. Afterwards, you can easily collect debris for further analysis.
Why set a new land-speed record? Think of the Republican Party's wildest dream -- National Missile Defense.
I agree the sample size is too small. For most of the industries his sample size is 1, 2 or 3. He can't take meaningful conclusions from such small samples.
But I have other problems with the analysis. For example, he lumps all restaurant jobs together. This apparently includes a wide-variety of specialties (e.g., manager, cook, waiter) under a wide-variety of skill-levels (e.g., McDonalds and a Five-Star Restaurant). Similar comments could be made for Engineering. I might expect a difference in say Civil Engineers (the construction industry is doing well) and Electrical Engineers. He also doesn't consider years of experience directly. For those jobs requiring a college degree, he doesn't consider degree level. The list goes on...
I agree that this "new method" has the potential to be a problem for wildlife. But its not like above ground transmission lines don't have a problem -- many animals, and some people, are killed via electrocution. The question is safety significantly differ from that for above ground lines.
I can't wait until John Walsh appears on TV giving us the profile of this week's "Most Wanted" spammer. I just want to see the mug shots and police identikit sketches.
This spammer goes by many aliases including spammer@aol.com and fred@slashdot.org. He is considered armed and dangerous and is known to use forged headers.
couldn't they have said that a bit earlier, or did they just find the flame wars funny?
I would suggest asking Dilbert. I think the scenario played like this -- a worker bee noted the flamewar, suggested to management that a response was needed. Schedule three meetings to decide if a response is really needed. Schedule two more to examine potential responses. Present proposals to management, with a recommended solution. Management sends the study team back to research the idea further. Lather, Rinse, Repeat. Four days later, after a grand total of 52 meetings, a response is made. Management is now reconsidering their decision.
The cure is more democracy. Abolish the electoral college
I believe that the electoral college is a good thing. One of the things that the founding fathers worried about was tyranny of the majority. That a few big states would run roughshod over the small states. Hence, the division of powers between the House and the Senate, and devices such as the Electoral College.
Without the Electoral College, the candidates would focus exclusively on the major urban centers where all the votes are. The rural areas would receive even less consideration then they do now. As it is now, the Republicans play to the rural areas, the Democrats to the urban areas. That works because of the Electoral College. Without it, the rural areas would be ignored.
I really wish I understood the legal limits of parody and satire. It is often cited that copyright law allows it. At the same time, I once heard an interview with Weird Al Yankovic. He was talking about his parodies of pop songs. He mentioned that he always got permission from the copyright owners before he published one. He almost always got it, but he did ask. This would suggest that there are some potential legal hassles if you're not careful.
I can remember reading an article about Mosiac in Infoweek around then. The article gushed over it. Saying how the combination of text and pictures would revolutionize the Internet.
I still remember thinking what's the big deal. Revolution, Shemzolution. This thing will never take off.
If I understand your post, you view Carbon has something that should be dropped. That applications should be Cocoa only. I don't understand this view. As someone who has written apps for the Mac, Carbon and Cocoa have different strengths and weaknesses. And developers should look at those strengths and weaknesses and pick the appropriate tool for the problem. Cocoa is not automatically better than Carbon.
The analogy I would use is MacOS X. There is a difference. Office is available in Mac native version, we're not running under WINE. Nonetheless, I think having Office on the Mac has been beneficial to the platform.
In the months after the Bush-Gore election, the dead-tree version of the WSJ had a series of articles on election problems in other parts of the country. Stories that were overshadowed by the Florida story. One of the common themes of the stories was that election equipment and the associated budgets are low priority items throughout the U.S. Primarily because local officials would rather spend money on potholes that voters see everyday than equipment they see once every two years.
One of my favorite stories occured in a western state, I believe New Mexico. The local election official was suppose to set up the "tailor" files for the electronic vote counting system. Afterward, he was suppose to run a variety of test cases to make sure it all worked right. So on election night, their counting the ballots and someone noticed that the totals don't add up right. As I recall, a large group of ballots were being ignored. In a panic, they ID the problem and call the equipment vendor asking how to make the necessary changes. The vendor begs them not to change a thing and call a judge, pointing out that any changes made on election night will probably led to a election fraud trial. They call in a judge, who brings in reps from the handful of political parties. It takes days to fix the problem.
You're correct, the Supreme Court has the final word on whether something is Constitutional. However, it is a long slow process. The Supreme Court does not take a case unless a Consitutional question is an issue. And they don't take it until it is "ripe." That is, it has to have been through all the various levels of courts beneath the Supreme Court, and the specific Constitutional issues identified. Things that tend to bring the Supreme Court into action are instances where courts in different parts of the country interpret an issue differently. So if an appeals court on the west coast and an appeals court on the east coast come to different conclusion on Constitionality, the Supreme Court is more likely to step in and settle the issue. What this question requires is a little more riping.
The thing I like about Rutan designs is that they show some imagination. They don't look like everybody elses design. And this spacecraft design is no different. It reminds me of those futuristic designs in magazines of the 40s and 50s. Very off the wall.
Personally, I think if they had set a trend of actually rejecting patents that don't belong
I understand the hatred of many business method patents. I believe they should not be allowed. However, according to this article 65 to 70 percent of business method patents are rejected. Up from a rejection rate of 30 to 35 percent.
I have no doubt that social engineering works. I've seen it work. At the same time, I have questions about this survey. How do they know that people told them their real passwords? I'm sure many people did. But I'm also sure other people just made stuff up for the free prize. I would.
When I was in college, Sears was giving away cups if you applied for a credit card. My friends and I must have applied for 50 of them. Yes, my name is Hugh Ugly. And I live at 314 Pi Street.
My experience is that you don't find out why. You have to remember the government is a HUGH beaurcracy. The left hand generally doesn't know what the right hand is doing. Typically an order will be sent out that says the agency has to come up with X million dollars, now go find it. The people who have to find the money may not even know why.
And I am talking from experience. My significant other just found out today that her funding was pulled. She doesn't know why either. (And she didn't make any anti-war statements.)
Anyone who has worked in the defense research biz can tell you that it is not uncommon for funding to be pulled. No big conspiracy is required. Generally, the funding agency has funding diverted from them to pay some other government bill. The price of something else, with a higher priority, went up. The funding agency then has to come up with the money. So they grab money from lower priority projects.
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The key issue is that these devices in cars were designed and intended to do other things, NOT provide evidence in court. In most of the cases sited in the article, they run safety equipment such as air bags. It turns out that the equipment can provide other information. Just like your browser cache is intended to speed up browsing, not provide evidence in court.
I would like a little more proof that this was intended to be racist. The obvious intent is to identify tracking children and pets as a use.
One of the major problems I have with accusations of racism is that behavior frequently is assumed to be racist without any investigation. To illustrate, a few years ago a news program covered racial sensitivity training that a resturant chain was ungoing as part of a court settlement. Cashiers were told to always place the change in the hand of the customer, never on the counter. Because many blacks interpret putting the money on the counter as meaning "you don't want to touch them." This hit me directly, because I have a habit of putting it on the counter regardless of whether the person is white, black, or other. Mainly because I found it easier. So the question becomes how many people thought I was racist, for doing something that I do to everyone. My futher thought is, I want more proof that things are racist before believing so. Racism exists, but not every innocent act is racist.
I agree with 2nd Post. Many of the press reports have cited the fact that Apple is widely known and respected in the entertainment industry. Apple computers represent an unusually large share of computers in the music business. And Jobs, because of Pixar, is a media mogul. All of this gave Apple an inside track.
You've missed several key points. If you read many of the press reports regarding this service, you'll find out that the big 5 labels were willing to give such liberal rights to Apple because it represents such a small share of the computer market. The major labels look upon this as an experiment. In fact, the contracts are written such that they can back out of the service after a year. If it continues to be such a success they intend to allow Apple to sell to Windows users. Basically, it is more than writing a Windows application. You need to sign agreements with the major labels. Apple is first in line.
This situation seems much the same. Most of the files I save on a computer are NOT associated with some object I have lying around the house. For example, everytime I write a letter to Mom, I'm suppose to scan her picture? Why not just save it in a folder called, "Letters to Mom." Its easier, quicker, and I don't have to find Mom's picture. Similarly at work, most of my files are associated with some email telling me to do work on some project. Do I scan the email? Seems kind of pointless.
In my view, like metadata, this suggestion adds steps that the vast majority of users won't do.
I don't understand your statement, that "this could be a start to restricting our use of airwaves?" We are already restricted in many way. Regardless of whether we're talking 802.11b or setting up a radio station. There are power and frequency limits, and many regulations. And speaking from a strictly American point of view, there is no Constitutional right to airwaves.
Why not do this in the air? You can carefully place cameras and other instrumentations to observe the test. Afterwards, you can easily collect debris for further analysis.
Why set a new land-speed record? Think of the Republican Party's wildest dream -- National Missile Defense.
I don't know who moded the parent as flamebait, but he raises a legitmate issue.
But I have other problems with the analysis. For example, he lumps all restaurant jobs together. This apparently includes a wide-variety of specialties (e.g., manager, cook, waiter) under a wide-variety of skill-levels (e.g., McDonalds and a Five-Star Restaurant). Similar comments could be made for Engineering. I might expect a difference in say Civil Engineers (the construction industry is doing well) and Electrical Engineers. He also doesn't consider years of experience directly. For those jobs requiring a college degree, he doesn't consider degree level. The list goes on...
I agree that this "new method" has the potential to be a problem for wildlife. But its not like above ground transmission lines don't have a problem -- many animals, and some people, are killed via electrocution. The question is safety significantly differ from that for above ground lines.
This spammer goes by many aliases including spammer@aol.com and fred@slashdot.org. He is considered armed and dangerous and is known to use forged headers.
Without the Electoral College, the candidates would focus exclusively on the major urban centers where all the votes are. The rural areas would receive even less consideration then they do now. As it is now, the Republicans play to the rural areas, the Democrats to the urban areas. That works because of the Electoral College. Without it, the rural areas would be ignored.
I really wish I understood the legal limits of parody and satire. It is often cited that copyright law allows it. At the same time, I once heard an interview with Weird Al Yankovic. He was talking about his parodies of pop songs. He mentioned that he always got permission from the copyright owners before he published one. He almost always got it, but he did ask. This would suggest that there are some potential legal hassles if you're not careful.
I still remember thinking what's the big deal. Revolution, Shemzolution. This thing will never take off.
If I understand your post, you view Carbon has something that should be dropped. That applications should be Cocoa only. I don't understand this view. As someone who has written apps for the Mac, Carbon and Cocoa have different strengths and weaknesses. And developers should look at those strengths and weaknesses and pick the appropriate tool for the problem. Cocoa is not automatically better than Carbon.
One of my favorite stories occured in a western state, I believe New Mexico. The local election official was suppose to set up the "tailor" files for the electronic vote counting system. Afterward, he was suppose to run a variety of test cases to make sure it all worked right. So on election night, their counting the ballots and someone noticed that the totals don't add up right. As I recall, a large group of ballots were being ignored. In a panic, they ID the problem and call the equipment vendor asking how to make the necessary changes. The vendor begs them not to change a thing and call a judge, pointing out that any changes made on election night will probably led to a election fraud trial. They call in a judge, who brings in reps from the handful of political parties. It takes days to fix the problem.
You're correct, the Supreme Court has the final word on whether something is Constitutional. However, it is a long slow process. The Supreme Court does not take a case unless a Consitutional question is an issue. And they don't take it until it is "ripe." That is, it has to have been through all the various levels of courts beneath the Supreme Court, and the specific Constitutional issues identified. Things that tend to bring the Supreme Court into action are instances where courts in different parts of the country interpret an issue differently. So if an appeals court on the west coast and an appeals court on the east coast come to different conclusion on Constitionality, the Supreme Court is more likely to step in and settle the issue. What this question requires is a little more riping.
WW II: 21,000 (16%)
Vietnam war: 8,000 (14%)
Gulf War: 35 (23%)
Afghanistan (2002): 4 (13%)
The difference today is instant communications. And the small number of total casualties allows the media to focus on each death.
The thing I like about Rutan designs is that they show some imagination. They don't look like everybody elses design. And this spacecraft design is no different. It reminds me of those futuristic designs in magazines of the 40s and 50s. Very off the wall.
When I was in college, Sears was giving away cups if you applied for a credit card. My friends and I must have applied for 50 of them. Yes, my name is Hugh Ugly. And I live at 314 Pi Street.
And I am talking from experience. My significant other just found out today that her funding was pulled. She doesn't know why either. (And she didn't make any anti-war statements.)
Anyone who has worked in the defense research biz can tell you that it is not uncommon for funding to be pulled. No big conspiracy is required. Generally, the funding agency has funding diverted from them to pay some other government bill. The price of something else, with a higher priority, went up. The funding agency then has to come up with the money. So they grab money from lower priority projects.