That would be some concern. I suppose it depends on the nature of the filters. If one wanted to protect against potential mailbombs, then filtering against messages that were send OR read and not-deleted might help.
Border security (and the post office as well, I believe) have the authority to search certain suspicious types of packages. Part of those tests are automated, and many generally involve machine scanning (X-ray with pattern recognition, residue detection, etc). The machine can flag a suspicious package for further (human) investigation, and then a human can involve authorities for further investigation and possible prosecution.
In this case the "package" is an email message, but the process is in many ways similar. Saying it will be used for speeders an tax evaders (how, exactly, does one fingerprint a tax-evader or speeder's email?) is a pretty far stretch.
There are opportunities for abuse in pretty much any industry. I don't see the post-office flagging "potential speeders" if they order a radar-detector in the mail. Currently I don't see Google doing such either.
OK. I'm going to chime in here and drop some moderations I've done, because I think this comment is approaching a critical level of idiocy. Do you seriously think that people who produce this type of material aren't going to make "new stuff" because old stuff is available, or that there would be a greatly reduce market for new stuff if older stuff exists.
With regular (non-illegal) pr0n, there's probably more than any person can view in a lifetime. However, having known some people who are "collectors", there's always a compulsion for such to gather more and newer material. I'd be willing to bet money that those collecting illegal material are much the same.
As for the signatures, it sounds like a somewhat reasonable trade-off if there's an automated system involved in the checking. I'd imagine that they're implemented in a manner very similar to the signatures that Google uses to do a (fairly wonderful, IMHO) job of filtering spam. This wasn't used to convict the guy, it was used to trace evidence back to a suspect, and allowed for further investigation. There is *NOTHING* that indicates this was the only material found, in fact the "further investigation" uncovered other material.
So, sorry if the fairly well-known fact that G's bots have access to your mail is a sticking point for you. If it bothers you, well, DON'T USE GMAIL. As for whether CP is the only material checked against a database, I've already mentioned filtering spam/fraud emails, and I'd imagine that certain other material might be flaggable as well. When we find somebody who has been tagged due for something beyond this - either for stuff that's not illegal but the gov't doesn't like, or for heuristic measurement of potential offending images (as opposed to known signatures), let's raise the panic level. Until this, this seems to be a reasonable policing of their product. Certainly I don't see anyone complaining when it's spam they're flagging and weeding out, hell is why many use gmail instead of outlook.com/hotmail/yahoo.
Uh, so they paid out the model at $5k even though the violation was actually committed by a third-party? I'm not sure how much the model would normally be worth but depending on what was involved prior to obtaining a settlement, 5k doesn't sound terrible.
From what I see, there's a 45W A8-7600 @ 3100/3300Mhz, and a 65W A8-7600 @ 3300/3800
The clock turn clock would be the second for either version, but the 65W's base close is equiv to the turbo of the other, and the 65W has a 3800Mhz turbo.
I didn't check my frame-rate on the 7850, but at 1080p (full detail) it didn't have any notable lag or tearing, so that's good enough for me.
Beyond that: (at any hotel I've attended recently) the front desk still verifies my credit card is present along with my photo ID. Without this step, it seems even easier to book a room on a fraudulent/stolen card. I'm sure criminals will love it!
In terms of performance, the big difference seems to be a somewhat lower number of graphics cores and lower CPU clock, but the lower TDP (45W vs 95W) could make it attractive along with the price-point. I wonder how it does for heat compared with the 7850k. From reviews it looks like gameplay FPS is slightly lower but playable. Still not many details on heat though
These aren't exactly new news. I've had a 7850k since March/April. It's a nice CPU, with my main complains being that a) It gets hot very quickly b) The accompanying heatsink/fan is crap
The nice part: The APU is quite nice for gaming. I haven't had any issues running most games at 1080p with graphics settings cranked, especially mantle-enabled stuff (BF4, etc). I've got dual-monitors, but I haven't played much which takes advantage of that so while gaming it's usually 1 for the game and another running monitoring/benchmarking. It won't likely compare well to a hardcare rig with beefy dedicated graphics cards. Against my mid-level gaming rigs that had a mid-range graphics card, the APUt compared nicely, with the advantage of being more compact when using a mini-itx board.
The "RichShumaker" picture looks like a CGI'ed image. I could put off the ears as being plastic, but the face looks waxy and the eyes/hair don't seem real either.
There's process and then there's information. If a till at the supermarket breaks, once can (theoretically) still process cash purchases by hand, but how about Debit/Credit?
As per the article, it addresses why it was not possible to implement some manual workaround : "We cannot 'handwrite' visas because security measures prevent consular officers from printing a visa unless it is approved through our database system. Until the system is brought back to full capacity and we are able to work through the backlog, service to our customers will be below normal."
Yes=en. Its a short syllable pronounced from the throat with the mouth closed (somewhat grunt-like but not so inelegant). This is effective for most interrogatives.
No is roughly "bu" (boo). This is more a negative so it is often combine with other words, but "bu xie" (Boo shie / no thank you) is generally effective, but in the case of the "do you have" question a straight "boo" wouldn't be correct and the "I don't have" variety is useful. Conversely, "do you want [my pen/to go for lunch]" is generally answerable with "bu xie"
Maybe the parent should swap "simple positive and negative" instead of "yes and no", but the intent is the same and quite often it's not a language issue are you've put forth so much as a culture issue in terms of providing a straightforward response (whether it be ethnic culture or industry culture, etc).
It quite often still comes down to certain people or groups (companies etc) just being naturally evasive towards a straightforward answer.
Alternately, move towards being a game provider rather than a console+game. Generally, people are buying Nintendo stuff because the games are fun, not because the hardware is spectacular. For innovative stuff like wiimote etc, perhaps they could also manufacturer hardware accessories, but much of the Wii U controller functionality could have been replaced by a mobile App.
How much could they make selling copies of Mario [Party/Kart/Bros], Metroid, Zelda, etc on multiple platforms. Games from other vendors that used to be Nintendo exclusives such as Final Fantasy, Castlevania etc seem to manage to do well across consoles.
Most of these devices are manufactured in China. What's to stop the government from planting a little "something extra" in the webcam's controller, or your cheap USB stick etc?
Plenty of avenues for exploit there. Given that the NSA has been known to intercept hardware and implant chips in it, I can see that too, but it's even easier for China
Or maybe they just need a paralegal/lawyer who reads Slashdot and can note the above case. Perhaps they can call NYCL (is he still around, these days?)
File in small claims court and send them a notice. It'll cost them more to deal with it then to discharge it
Or pay a lawyer on a percentage basis and let him/her handle it. Little work on your part, and you still end up with more money than if you did nothing.
Given the "always online" nature of most games, it's pretty much an expensive subscription model anyhow, and per-game at that! Seriously, when they decide to cut the servers from [favorite game X] in favour of their latest incarnation, then your game is fairly worthless, and it likely cost more than a $30/year subscription.
That said, it's EA. I'm sure they'll find a way to make this equally awful, if not more.
I don't pay 7% or 30% for these either. Had credit cards for over a decade. I think I paid $0.50 once when I accidentally charged the wrong card and didn't notice a (small) bill.
It's not about not having a credit card, it's about living within your means to have as little outstanding debt as possible (which may be none). This applies to credit cards but also to high-interest loans (car loans, money broker, whatever). There are plenty of useful things about having a CC, the foremost of them being that if somebody racks up charges on your CC, it's a whole lot easier to deal with than if somebody drains your bank account using a debit card etc.
Here here. While there are a lot of people who miss bills, there are also a *lot* of companies who simply screw the pooch on them. My wife cancelled her old phone and still had to deal with their billing department multiple times to get the bills they sent us "afterwards" cleared up. My ex moved and asked the gas corp what was owed, but after paying it somehow still ended up at collections (her # never changed but they never even called).
Not really. I'm sure many companies just bury it in the ToS. The only bias there is towards the type of people that a) Use the service b) Don't read ToS's (or don't care).
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That would be some concern. I suppose it depends on the nature of the filters. If one wanted to protect against potential mailbombs, then filtering against messages that were send OR read and not-deleted might help.
Border security (and the post office as well, I believe) have the authority to search certain suspicious types of packages. Part of those tests are automated, and many generally involve machine scanning (X-ray with pattern recognition, residue detection, etc). The machine can flag a suspicious package for further (human) investigation, and then a human can involve authorities for further investigation and possible prosecution.
In this case the "package" is an email message, but the process is in many ways similar. Saying it will be used for speeders an tax evaders (how, exactly, does one fingerprint a tax-evader or speeder's email?) is a pretty far stretch.
There are opportunities for abuse in pretty much any industry. I don't see the post-office flagging "potential speeders" if they order a radar-detector in the mail. Currently I don't see Google doing such either.
OK. I'm going to chime in here and drop some moderations I've done, because I think this comment is approaching a critical level of idiocy. Do you seriously think that people who produce this type of material aren't going to make "new stuff" because old stuff is available, or that there would be a greatly reduce market for new stuff if older stuff exists.
With regular (non-illegal) pr0n, there's probably more than any person can view in a lifetime. However, having known some people who are "collectors", there's always a compulsion for such to gather more and newer material. I'd be willing to bet money that those collecting illegal material are much the same.
As for the signatures, it sounds like a somewhat reasonable trade-off if there's an automated system involved in the checking. I'd imagine that they're implemented in a manner very similar to the signatures that Google uses to do a (fairly wonderful, IMHO) job of filtering spam. This wasn't used to convict the guy, it was used to trace evidence back to a suspect, and allowed for further investigation. There is *NOTHING* that indicates this was the only material found, in fact the "further investigation" uncovered other material.
So, sorry if the fairly well-known fact that G's bots have access to your mail is a sticking point for you. If it bothers you, well, DON'T USE GMAIL. As for whether CP is the only material checked against a database, I've already mentioned filtering spam/fraud emails, and I'd imagine that certain other material might be flaggable as well.
When we find somebody who has been tagged due for something beyond this - either for stuff that's not illegal but the gov't doesn't like, or for heuristic measurement of potential offending images (as opposed to known signatures), let's raise the panic level. Until this, this seems to be a reasonable policing of their product. Certainly I don't see anyone complaining when it's spam they're flagging and weeding out, hell is why many use gmail instead of outlook.com/hotmail/yahoo.
Uh, so they paid out the model at $5k even though the violation was actually committed by a third-party? I'm not sure how much the model would normally be worth but depending on what was involved prior to obtaining a settlement, 5k doesn't sound terrible.
Also, Microsoft products? This seems to be about patents, and Android != Windows.
Maybe it has since determined that none of the patents MS was holding in that regard are valid?
"What the hell did they do in the 1950s??"
I'd imagine (and in many ways hope) that security requirements and policies have changed quite a bit since the 1950's
From what I see, there's a 45W A8-7600 @ 3100/3300Mhz, and a 65W A8-7600 @ 3300/3800
The clock turn clock would be the second for either version, but the 65W's base close is equiv to the turbo of the other, and the 65W has a 3800Mhz turbo.
I didn't check my frame-rate on the 7850, but at 1080p (full detail) it didn't have any notable lag or tearing, so that's good enough for me.
Gold coins are fairly useless in functional value, but as a conductor or a rust-resistant coating gold is pretty common.
Beyond that: (at any hotel I've attended recently) the front desk still verifies my credit card is present along with my photo ID. Without this step, it seems even easier to book a room on a fraudulent/stolen card. I'm sure criminals will love it!
Not very well thought through, I'm afraid.
In terms of performance, the big difference seems to be a somewhat lower number of graphics cores and lower CPU clock, but the lower TDP (45W vs 95W) could make it attractive along with the price-point. I wonder how it does for heat compared with the 7850k.
From reviews it looks like gameplay FPS is slightly lower but playable. Still not many details on heat though
These aren't exactly new news. I've had a 7850k since March/April. It's a nice CPU, with my main complains being that
a) It gets hot very quickly
b) The accompanying heatsink/fan is crap
The nice part:
The APU is quite nice for gaming. I haven't had any issues running most games at 1080p with graphics settings cranked, especially mantle-enabled stuff (BF4, etc). I've got dual-monitors, but I haven't played much which takes advantage of that so while gaming it's usually 1 for the game and another running monitoring/benchmarking.
It won't likely compare well to a hardcare rig with beefy dedicated graphics cards. Against my mid-level gaming rigs that had a mid-range graphics card, the APUt compared nicely, with the advantage of being more compact when using a mini-itx board.
The "RichShumaker" picture looks like a CGI'ed image. I could put off the ears as being plastic, but the face looks waxy and the eyes/hair don't seem real either.
There's process and then there's information. If a till at the supermarket breaks, once can (theoretically) still process cash purchases by hand, but how about Debit/Credit?
As per the article, it addresses why it was not possible to implement some manual workaround : "We cannot 'handwrite' visas because security measures prevent consular officers from printing a visa unless it is approved through our database system. Until the system is brought back to full capacity and we are able to work through the backlog, service to our customers will be below normal."
Yes=en. Its a short syllable pronounced from the throat with the mouth closed (somewhat grunt-like but not so inelegant). This is effective for most interrogatives.
No is roughly "bu" (boo). This is more a negative so it is often combine with other words, but "bu xie" (Boo shie / no thank you) is generally effective, but in the case of the "do you have" question a straight "boo" wouldn't be correct and the "I don't have" variety is useful. Conversely, "do you want [my pen/to go for lunch]" is generally answerable with "bu xie"
Maybe the parent should swap "simple positive and negative" instead of "yes and no", but the intent is the same and quite often it's not a language issue are you've put forth so much as a culture issue in terms of providing a straightforward response (whether it be ethnic culture or industry culture, etc).
It quite often still comes down to certain people or groups (companies etc) just being naturally evasive towards a straightforward answer.
Alternately, move towards being a game provider rather than a console+game. Generally, people are buying Nintendo stuff because the games are fun, not because the hardware is spectacular. For innovative stuff like wiimote etc, perhaps they could also manufacturer hardware accessories, but much of the Wii U controller functionality could have been replaced by a mobile App.
How much could they make selling copies of Mario [Party/Kart/Bros], Metroid, Zelda, etc on multiple platforms. Games from other vendors that used to be Nintendo exclusives such as Final Fantasy, Castlevania etc seem to manage to do well across consoles.
I'd imagine that if they have security at that USB-device-verification level, they've also got plenty of cameras
Most of these devices are manufactured in China. What's to stop the government from planting a little "something extra" in the webcam's controller, or your cheap USB stick etc?
Plenty of avenues for exploit there. Given that the NSA has been known to intercept hardware and implant chips in it, I can see that too, but it's even easier for China
Or maybe they just need a paralegal/lawyer who reads Slashdot and can note the above case. Perhaps they can call NYCL (is he still around, these days?)
File in small claims court and send them a notice. It'll cost them more to deal with it then to discharge it
Or pay a lawyer on a percentage basis and let him/her handle it. Little work on your part, and you still end up with more money than if you did nothing.
Given the "always online" nature of most games, it's pretty much an expensive subscription model anyhow, and per-game at that!
Seriously, when they decide to cut the servers from [favorite game X] in favour of their latest incarnation, then your game is fairly worthless, and it likely cost more than a $30/year subscription.
That said, it's EA. I'm sure they'll find a way to make this equally awful, if not more.
I don't pay 7% or 30% for these either. Had credit cards for over a decade. I think I paid $0.50 once when I accidentally charged the wrong card and didn't notice a (small) bill.
It's not about not having a credit card, it's about living within your means to have as little outstanding debt as possible (which may be none). This applies to credit cards but also to high-interest loans (car loans, money broker, whatever). There are plenty of useful things about having a CC, the foremost of them being that if somebody racks up charges on your CC, it's a whole lot easier to deal with than if somebody drains your bank account using a debit card etc.
Here here. While there are a lot of people who miss bills, there are also a *lot* of companies who simply screw the pooch on them.
My wife cancelled her old phone and still had to deal with their billing department multiple times to get the bills they sent us "afterwards" cleared up.
My ex moved and asked the gas corp what was owed, but after paying it somehow still ended up at collections (her # never changed but they never even called).
The only time I've seen Erlang was back when I used eJabberd (which at the time was better than the regular jabberd).
Depending on one's industry, I'd say that GLSL would also be a useful (and interesting) thing to learn.
Moreover: OKC's experiment is related to improving the user experience. FB's... not so much.
Not really. I'm sure many companies just bury it in the ToS. The only bias there is towards the type of people that
a) Use the service
b) Don't read ToS's (or don't care).