They are more than welcome to search any of my devices for child porn and malware, with a proper warrant.
And they will do so at their facility downtown, and take 18 months to do it. Yes, you are innocent until proven guilty. But the initial investigation would start with you and your home network.
And, after the case is dropped, the local newspaper might print a retraction, saying that Mr. PitaBred is not guilty of distributing child porn. Of course, after the initial flurry of press coverage, you've lost your job, your kid is taken away for a time by DSS, and your front window has been broken 3 times by angry vigilantes.
I had a similar experience several years ago. I had built a personnel database for all of our call center workers. Held name, address, SSAN, when and why they quit, etc, etc. We quit that portion of the business, and sold the servers and sublet the office space to a new company. The personnel db was part of the deal, including all the data. *Most, but not all*, of our employees got hired with the new company.
I was instructed to send the new company an install disk, and all of the data.
I told our IT VP that, no...I'll send them the empty shell, because not all of our people work for the new company. They have no reason to hold that info on people that do not work for them.
They pushed. I pushed back. Eventually, it got down to "ok...I'll send them the entire thing. If, and only if we have a signed letter from legal, HR, and you, Mr CTO, saying this is OK, and absolving the company, and me personally, of any future actions regarding this data".
I ended up sending them the blank shell. They can reenter the data as needed.
Have someone else look at your code or design. Most likely, they will suggest something that could be done better, or in other ways. Other people in your organization have seen similar problems before.
The rules are a bit different for trucks of various classes, most SUVs and vans fall into the you get the full benefit at 5 MPG more.
I currently drive a 2000 F-150. I looked into all the new full size trucks, and only 2 models actually get the gas mileage to qualify me for the rebate money. The hybrid GM and Chevy, starting at $38,000. All of the other (full size) trucks do not get enough better mileage than mine to qualify. And I'm not about to drop $40k on a new truck.
And as the GP mentioned (and you conveniently ignored) there may be passengers in the vehicle...
I do believe I said: "Install it so the screen is not in the drivers field of vision."
Why yes, it appears I did. I think that counts as not ignoring his statement about passengers.
TV, being a pervasive visual medium, is quite hard to ignore if it is in your line of sight. And since we don't have independant eyeball movement, eyes drawn to the TV are drawn away from the road.
Yes, there is the audio. But there are several aftermarket radios that get TV audio. So no need for the moving screen.
What's the difference between a camera recording an incident and an eyewitness who can later give testimony? The only difference that I can see is that the camera can't be intimidated and doesn't need to be put into a witness protection program.
That recording is (potentially) forever. What is not illegal/immoral today may well be tomorrow. It can be matched with other recordings to give an account of the travels of everyone who passed by that evening. With enough cameras in an area, 1 or 2 observers can 'follow' everyone, all night long, all around town. Start small, expand as needed. Today, just in the trouble spots. Tomorrow, down the quiet leafy suburban street.
Do you really want to live in a world where you are on camera all of the time? I don't. But it may be inevitable, given the percentage of sheeple.
"In 50 Iranian cities the number of votes cast in this month presidential election exceeded the number of eligible voters, the state's election watchdog admitted today. "
and I don't think I've seen any statistic that showed Obama getting a lot more media coverage than McCain
Time and Newsweek, for example. (Speaking of 2008) "Obama's face or name has somehow made it onto the cover of Time just about half of the time this year (25 out of 52 issues -- 48%)
Newsweek has had 49 issues this year so far (through Dec. 22), so Obama has been featured on about a quarter of its covers as well."
"...the Republican nominee, John McCain, made the cover of Newsweek just four times the entire year, and twice he shared it -- once with Obama and once with Sarah Palin"
She could have stole a CD from a store with 24 songs on it and got a slap on the wrist. What makes it so different that it is done on a computer?
It's not the 'taking' of the files (shoplifting) that is the issue, but rather the giving them out (unauthorized distribution). Which, with Kazaa, can be done thousands of times from your one copy. Having said that...the fine is several orders of magnitude too large.
As for embracing things too quickly, go put on your tin foil hat, and just don't sign up for the service. You are not REQUIRED to sign up for this service. You can keep your own privacy if you don't trust Google to abide by its own terms and conditions.
Actually, he may have no choice. If someone else signs up for it, and then calls him...they have forced the use of GV on him. This same concern came up during the rollout of gmail.
Whats wrong with living in a high rise? I'd be happy to do so, if there were any here.
Well, that's good for you. Luckily, not all humans have the same likes and dislikes. Personally, I would despise it. And yes, I've lived in highrises before.
But how many of those cars from 1989 are not on the road because their owner had to have the latest model 3-5 years later
The original owner did not scrap it after 3 years. He traded/sold it to someone else. And if viable, it would still be on the road. And still there aren't a lot of them around. Eventually, parts replacement gets too expensive.
Personally, I don't mind older cars. Our current vehicles are a '95 sedan and a 2000 truck, both bought (slightly) used. 135k and 175k miles respectively. The sedan will be replaced soon, and the truck will be driven until the wheels literally fall off.
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I'm no parent,...
That is blindingly obvious.
They are more than welcome to search any of my devices for child porn and malware, with a proper warrant.
And they will do so at their facility downtown, and take 18 months to do it.
Yes, you are innocent until proven guilty. But the initial investigation would start with you and your home network.
And, after the case is dropped, the local newspaper might print a retraction, saying that Mr. PitaBred is not guilty of distributing child porn. Of course, after the initial flurry of press coverage, you've lost your job, your kid is taken away for a time by DSS, and your front window has been broken 3 times by angry vigilantes.
Yet another symptom of how the government has forgotten it exists to SERVE We The People
No, they haven't. They are 'serving' you up on a platter with an apple in your mouth, and a nice honey glaze.
Try driving a car with blinded windows and a defective speedometer and an unreliable rev-meter.
And if you go 5 mph too slow, the car flips over, and if you go 5 mph too fast, the wheels fall off.
Why can't they use a battery-operated GPS-based measure of airspeed as a backup
Because GPS knows nothing about *airspeed*.
A GPS recorded speed of 100mph, into a 50mph headwind = 150 mph airspeed.
I had a similar experience several years ago. I had built a personnel database for all of our call center workers. Held name, address, SSAN, when and why they quit, etc, etc.
We quit that portion of the business, and sold the servers and sublet the office space to a new company. The personnel db was part of the deal, including all the data. *Most, but not all*, of our employees got hired with the new company.
I was instructed to send the new company an install disk, and all of the data.
I told our IT VP that, no...I'll send them the empty shell, because not all of our people work for the new company. They have no reason to hold that info on people that do not work for them.
They pushed. I pushed back.
Eventually, it got down to "ok...I'll send them the entire thing. If, and only if we have a signed letter from legal, HR, and you, Mr CTO, saying this is OK, and absolving the company, and me personally, of any future actions regarding this data".
I ended up sending them the blank shell. They can reenter the data as needed.
Have someone else look at your code or design. Most likely, they will suggest something that could be done better, or in other ways.
Other people in your organization have seen similar problems before.
Gotcha. Masked by default, unmask by choice. My bad.
but it should be an option of the input field, i.e. right-click and then select "Show Passwort" or so.
Introducing another usability blip, in that I now have to stop and choose every time.
The rules are a bit different for trucks of various classes, most SUVs and vans fall into the you get the full benefit at 5 MPG more.
I currently drive a 2000 F-150. I looked into all the new full size trucks, and only 2 models actually get the gas mileage to qualify me for the rebate money. The hybrid GM and Chevy, starting at $38,000. All of the other (full size) trucks do not get enough better mileage than mine to qualify.
And I'm not about to drop $40k on a new truck.
There goes Panasonic off my list for an upcoming camera buy.
And as the GP mentioned (and you conveniently ignored) there may be passengers in the vehicle...
I do believe I said:
"Install it so the screen is not in the drivers field of vision."
Why yes, it appears I did. I think that counts as not ignoring his statement about passengers.
TV, being a pervasive visual medium, is quite hard to ignore if it is in your line of sight. And since we don't have independant eyeball movement, eyes drawn to the TV are drawn away from the road.
Yes, there is the audio. But there are several aftermarket radios that get TV audio. So no need for the moving screen.
Only if you help the wrong guys (i.e. those who lose)...
That's why you always, always fund both sides.
Similarly with TV, what if passengers want to watch it?
Install it so the screen is not in the drivers field of vision.
All these "safety features" do is inconvenience the legitimate users.
I'd love to hear what the 'legitimate use' is for the driver watching TV as they drive?
What's the difference between a camera recording an incident and an eyewitness who can later give testimony? The only difference that I can see is that the camera can't be intimidated and doesn't need to be put into a witness protection program.
That recording is (potentially) forever. What is not illegal/immoral today may well be tomorrow.
It can be matched with other recordings to give an account of the travels of everyone who passed by that evening. With enough cameras in an area, 1 or 2 observers can 'follow' everyone, all night long, all around town.
Start small, expand as needed. Today, just in the trouble spots. Tomorrow, down the quiet leafy suburban street.
Do you really want to live in a world where you are on camera all of the time? I don't. But it may be inevitable, given the percentage of sheeple.
So is there any evidence of election rigging yet?
"In 50 Iranian cities the number of votes cast in this month presidential election exceeded the number of eligible voters, the state's election watchdog admitted today. "
Take that as you will.
and I don't think I've seen any statistic that showed Obama getting a lot more media coverage than McCain
Time and Newsweek, for example. (Speaking of 2008)
"Obama's face or name has somehow made it onto the cover of Time just about half of the time this year (25 out of 52 issues -- 48%)
Newsweek has had 49 issues this year so far (through Dec. 22), so Obama has been featured on about a quarter of its covers as well."
"...the Republican nominee, John McCain, made the cover of Newsweek just four times the entire year, and twice he shared it -- once with Obama and once with Sarah Palin"
She could have stole a CD from a store with 24 songs on it and got a slap on the wrist. What makes it so different that it is done on a computer?
It's not the 'taking' of the files (shoplifting) that is the issue, but rather the giving them out (unauthorized distribution). Which, with Kazaa, can be done thousands of times from your one copy.
Having said that...the fine is several orders of magnitude too large.
As for embracing things too quickly, go put on your tin foil hat, and just don't sign up for the service. You are not REQUIRED to sign up for this service. You can keep your own privacy if you don't trust Google to abide by its own terms and conditions.
Actually, he may have no choice. If someone else signs up for it, and then calls him...they have forced the use of GV on him.
This same concern came up during the rollout of gmail.
"Call Record - Record calls and store them online"
In a lot of places, both parties must be notified if the call is being recorded. I wonder what controls they put in place for this.
Whats wrong with living in a high rise? I'd be happy to do so, if there were any here.
Well, that's good for you. Luckily, not all humans have the same likes and dislikes. Personally, I would despise it.
And yes, I've lived in highrises before.
Its on the Background check form.
I'm don't think they actually ask for passwords. I wish I could see the form.
"Background Check Form"
About 1/2way down the page - website/Domain Username/Member Log-in Password(if aplicable)
But how many of those cars from 1989 are not on the road because their owner had to have the latest model 3-5 years later
The original owner did not scrap it after 3 years. He traded/sold it to someone else. And if viable, it would still be on the road.
And still there aren't a lot of them around. Eventually, parts replacement gets too expensive.
Personally, I don't mind older cars. Our current vehicles are a '95 sedan and a 2000 truck, both bought (slightly) used. 135k and 175k miles respectively. The sedan will be replaced soon, and the truck will be driven until the wheels literally fall off.
while produts like the Aptera are going to be unaffordable (unlike the Tesla)
Tesla - $100,000 - Unaffordable
Aptera - estimated $30,000(?) - not too bad. Unobtainable, maybe. But price not too bad.