Not really. Nowhere in TFA does it mention these records being available to the general public, let alone free to download over the net. Just because they are digitizing the archives for some safety/redundancy does NOT mean that the church is suddenly backtracking and opening the archives up to everyone.
http://news.slashdot.org/story/10/04/27/2113224/Arizona-Papers-Please-Law-May-Hit-Tech-Workers So it's bad to make illegal immigration a real crime, but we need to stop those crazy bastards from offering toys with kids meals ? The whole "Think of the kids" excuse is REALLY getting tired. Fun fact: It's almost always the parents buying the things for the kids. If adults disagree with the practice, don't buy the kids meals for your kids. Oh, but it'll be so much nicer not to have little Jimmy complain about not getting his meal/toy ? Start being a parent.
The government has NO REASON to be involved in these kinds of things.
The sad fact is that the "but" after that phrase is a necessary evil. The federal government has been unbelievably lax in regards to immigration law. If the feds would enforce their own laws this whole thing would be unneeded.
Agreed. Arizona is just looking out for their own good. The amount of drugs and violence brought over by illegals is astounding. It has nothing to do with race/ethnicity/etc, it's just defending communities.
As a college student who may/will end up in IT one day, I'm not even sure I really WANT everyone to be competent with computers. While it would obviously keep a lot of leaks/hacks/phishing/etc from happening, I might end up being the guy getting paid to clean up the mess (please though, only for the first year or two, I hope)...
I consider computer illiterate people to be helping me secure my future!
I know quite a few people who develop for the iPhone. Although every one of them will admit to the pain caused by app store policies, it's still the only real game in town. It's a simple platform to program on, and much like this app, you don't really need much functionality to sell a ton of copies. It's much easier to throw together 10 half-assed apps hoping just ONE will be a decent seller and pay your bills vs. spending time to put together a good app for the Android platform, where even if it does become a "good seller", your still barely covering your overhead.
Although there's a lot more technology in the classroom today, things like essays are still printed out, for the most part. In my college English classes, even if you emailed the professor your paper (because you missed class or something), he still wanted a hardcopy the next class. In fact, every normal, face to face class I've had so far (in ~ 2.5 years in college) has required hardcopies of all papers/slideshows/etc.
The only time I don't have to print things out for school is for my online classes (for obvious reasons). It really is nicer for us students to not worry about getting to class on time and making sure we have a hardcopy of our papers, but tbh the prof's always prefer the real thing. I'm sure this kind of printing is a small fraction of a fraction of overall paper sales, but college papers are responsible for at least 90% of my printing.
I can honestly say that I don't think the internet produces the same kind of compulsion, at least for me. I've been sober for a while now, and really can "feel" when that compulsion is trying to kick in. Obsession sucks. I can gamble a bit without feeling any obsession either, so it's definitely a person to person deal.
The kind of addiction I deal with on a daily basis (when new people come around) is generally the kind that has you stealing from your family, writing bad checks and walking the streets... Do these "internet addicts" really do this kind of stuff to subsidize their habit ? Not that it's necessary to be an addict, but do they really have the hallmarks of addiction ? There's a difference between doing something a bit too much and REALLY being an addict.
This has been going on for ages. Industries always pay for one-sided studies. They are still doing it. It must work to some extent, otherwise they wouldn't be spending the money. Hence the necessity of articles like this to expose this form of dishonesty to a few new souls.
How strange that the study paid for by AT&T et al. is a complete 180 from the study mentioned in the article that is NOT paid for my any carrier: http://policyintegrity.org/documents/Free_to_Invest.pdf Of course there's something "suspect" about the study claiming that net neutrality will cost the carriers billions - especially when it's PAID FOR by the groups it claims are going to be hurt.
...and I think that's the crux of the matter. It has nothing to do with their status as a "journalist" or anything else. They KNEW it wasn't sold with the blessing of Apple, and they had to know that this outcome was possible. Gizmodo decided to hedge their bets and they lost.
There are other mirrors up there. why actually search for this one ?
FTFA: Now the team can eventually pin down the changing shape of the lunar orbit to the millimeter to help test Einstein’s theory of general relativity.
There might be other reflective things on the moon, but I assume that this one is somehow special. I at least *hope* that the people searching for it know what they are doing:p
In the end it doesn't matter whether there are effects or not. So long as the masses believe that violent video games caused Columbine etcetc, this argument will always exist - and unfortunately will prevail a lot of the time. Good parenting > nanny state.
No, it's not a crime. The movie/music/video game industries adopted ratings and admission/sales policies as an act of self-preservation. It was either that or the government was going to start regulating them. While it's not illegal to run a movie theater that doesn't follow the rating guidelines, it will soon not have any movies to show as all the other companies will stop supporting the theater.
This "For the kids" excuse is really getting old. It's one of those things that politicians can get away with time after time because no one wants to attack that position and look like they are "anti-kid" to the less-than-informed general public.
What does Google think the Nexus One is it's version of the iPhone? I own a Nexus One and I love the device, but Google is being morons the way they are holding onto it. I should be able to call my carrier for support, especially since Google is absolutely clueless on how to give customer support.
I'm personally glad that Google is "holding onto it" like they are. The sooner we get away from a carrier-controlled phone market the better. Phone prices might go up a little, but we subsidize their purchase through our bills anyway. Good for Google.
According to the article, these new squads are not just for tech-related IP issues, but also counterfeit medicine and electronics. FWIW, we do need someone to go after those making counterfeit medicine before it enters the US supply stream. Also according to the article, even the Department of Defense has had run-ins with fake electronics. That kind of thing could lead to serious consequences, and therefor must be taken seriously.
I wish that movies/music/software "sharing" was separated from movie/music/software counterfeiting and fake medicine and goods of course, but either way the American public needs to be protected from those threats.
Here's an interesting look inside the Planck satellite, in case anyone is interested in where and how these pictures are obtained:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYqr3IX7Ufk
After all, if the warhead contains more than 3 ounces of fluid in any one container, or won't fit in a one liter zip-lock bag, there is no way that the TSA will allow the launch...
If the TSA's word isn't sufficiently reassuring, we could always stencil "No nukes here, we're saving them for Ivan" on all conventional ordnance...
Only problem is that the TSA will want to scan the nukes first... Then we'll have pictures of naked nuke internals getting passed around the 'net!
This guy did research for YEARS to publish this article ? I like Nintendo/Mario as much as the next person, but somewhere between year 1 and 2 you think he would have thought "Damn, maybe this isn't really all that important..."
FTFA:
The idea is not new: President George W. Bush and his staff promoted the technology, imagining that this new generation of conventional weapons would replace nuclear warheads on submarines.
In face-to-face meetings with President Bush, Russian leaders complained that the technology could increase the risk of a nuclear war, because Russia would not know if the missiles carried nuclear warheads or conventional ones. Mr. Bush and his aides concluded that the Russians were right.
Partly as a result, the idea “really hadn’t gone anywhere in the Bush administration,” Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, who has served both presidents, said recently on ABC’s “This Week.” But he added that it was “embraced by the new administration.”
First time I've seen something like this, where Obama is more hawkish on a military matter than Bush ? Man that seems wierd...
Is there anything in this blog post that wasn't in the comments for the last 3 (or more) articles on this subject ?
Really it's up to Apple what they want to do - assuming it isn't all a ruse in the first place. Although the same thing could happen to anyone with a prototype, it's still a Bad Thing (TM) and it's still up to Apple what they want to do. There's really no news here at all...
I really don't see why this is modded down "Troll" as I'm inclined to think the same thing. I'm using IceWeasel aka FireFox, and it really doesn't seem as put-together as it once did. I've experienced more FF crashes in the past year than I have since I started using it. Firefox is still a great browser, and still one of the best out there, but IMO I must agree with the "Troll" - it's not what it used to be.
I've been stuck on truly DELETING my profile for quite a while now. I don't know the password, and the email address used was a college one that I haven't been able to access for a few years now. I tried sending them a message about the situation, Facebook never even bothered to auto-reply. It really sucks because there's a picture of an ex-girlfriend and me as my profile pic, so when my new girlfriend looked on Facebook there was that picture... If anyone has any advice, lay it on me!
How will this effect future relations with ACTA countries ? Depending on the wording of ACTA, this could end up having a rather large effect since ACTA does not take the same stance as far as this goes...
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Not really. Nowhere in TFA does it mention these records being available to the general public, let alone free to download over the net. Just because they are digitizing the archives for some safety/redundancy does NOT mean that the church is suddenly backtracking and opening the archives up to everyone.
http://news.slashdot.org/story/10/04/27/2113224/Arizona-Papers-Please-Law-May-Hit-Tech-Workers So it's bad to make illegal immigration a real crime, but we need to stop those crazy bastards from offering toys with kids meals ? The whole "Think of the kids" excuse is REALLY getting tired. Fun fact: It's almost always the parents buying the things for the kids. If adults disagree with the practice, don't buy the kids meals for your kids. Oh, but it'll be so much nicer not to have little Jimmy complain about not getting his meal/toy ? Start being a parent.
The government has NO REASON to be involved in these kinds of things.
The sad fact is that the "but" after that phrase is a necessary evil. The federal government has been unbelievably lax in regards to immigration law. If the feds would enforce their own laws this whole thing would be unneeded.
Agreed. Arizona is just looking out for their own good. The amount of drugs and violence brought over by illegals is astounding. It has nothing to do with race/ethnicity/etc, it's just defending communities.
As a college student who may/will end up in IT one day, I'm not even sure I really WANT everyone to be competent with computers. While it would obviously keep a lot of leaks/hacks/phishing/etc from happening, I might end up being the guy getting paid to clean up the mess (please though, only for the first year or two, I hope)...
I consider computer illiterate people to be helping me secure my future!
I know quite a few people who develop for the iPhone. Although every one of them will admit to the pain caused by app store policies, it's still the only real game in town. It's a simple platform to program on, and much like this app, you don't really need much functionality to sell a ton of copies. It's much easier to throw together 10 half-assed apps hoping just ONE will be a decent seller and pay your bills vs. spending time to put together a good app for the Android platform, where even if it does become a "good seller", your still barely covering your overhead.
Although there's a lot more technology in the classroom today, things like essays are still printed out, for the most part. In my college English classes, even if you emailed the professor your paper (because you missed class or something), he still wanted a hardcopy the next class. In fact, every normal, face to face class I've had so far (in ~ 2.5 years in college) has required hardcopies of all papers/slideshows/etc.
The only time I don't have to print things out for school is for my online classes (for obvious reasons). It really is nicer for us students to not worry about getting to class on time and making sure we have a hardcopy of our papers, but tbh the prof's always prefer the real thing. I'm sure this kind of printing is a small fraction of a fraction of overall paper sales, but college papers are responsible for at least 90% of my printing.
I can honestly say that I don't think the internet produces the same kind of compulsion, at least for me. I've been sober for a while now, and really can "feel" when that compulsion is trying to kick in. Obsession sucks. I can gamble a bit without feeling any obsession either, so it's definitely a person to person deal.
The kind of addiction I deal with on a daily basis (when new people come around) is generally the kind that has you stealing from your family, writing bad checks and walking the streets... Do these "internet addicts" really do this kind of stuff to subsidize their habit ? Not that it's necessary to be an addict, but do they really have the hallmarks of addiction ? There's a difference between doing something a bit too much and REALLY being an addict.
This has been going on for ages. Industries always pay for one-sided studies. They are still doing it. It must work to some extent, otherwise they wouldn't be spending the money. Hence the necessity of articles like this to expose this form of dishonesty to a few new souls.
How strange that the study paid for by AT&T et al. is a complete 180 from the study mentioned in the article that is NOT paid for my any carrier: http://policyintegrity.org/documents/Free_to_Invest.pdf Of course there's something "suspect" about the study claiming that net neutrality will cost the carriers billions - especially when it's PAID FOR by the groups it claims are going to be hurt.
...and I think that's the crux of the matter. It has nothing to do with their status as a "journalist" or anything else. They KNEW it wasn't sold with the blessing of Apple, and they had to know that this outcome was possible. Gizmodo decided to hedge their bets and they lost.
There are other mirrors up there. why actually search for this one ?
FTFA: Now the team can eventually pin down the changing shape of the lunar orbit to the millimeter to help test Einstein’s theory of general relativity.
:p
There might be other reflective things on the moon, but I assume that this one is somehow special. I at least *hope* that the people searching for it know what they are doing
In the end it doesn't matter whether there are effects or not. So long as the masses believe that violent video games caused Columbine etcetc, this argument will always exist - and unfortunately will prevail a lot of the time. Good parenting > nanny state.
No, it's not a crime. The movie/music/video game industries adopted ratings and admission/sales policies as an act of self-preservation. It was either that or the government was going to start regulating them. While it's not illegal to run a movie theater that doesn't follow the rating guidelines, it will soon not have any movies to show as all the other companies will stop supporting the theater.
This "For the kids" excuse is really getting old. It's one of those things that politicians can get away with time after time because no one wants to attack that position and look like they are "anti-kid" to the less-than-informed general public.
What does Google think the Nexus One is it's version of the iPhone? I own a Nexus One and I love the device, but Google is being morons the way they are holding onto it. I should be able to call my carrier for support, especially since Google is absolutely clueless on how to give customer support.
I'm personally glad that Google is "holding onto it" like they are. The sooner we get away from a carrier-controlled phone market the better. Phone prices might go up a little, but we subsidize their purchase through our bills anyway. Good for Google.
According to the article, these new squads are not just for tech-related IP issues, but also counterfeit medicine and electronics. FWIW, we do need someone to go after those making counterfeit medicine before it enters the US supply stream. Also according to the article, even the Department of Defense has had run-ins with fake electronics. That kind of thing could lead to serious consequences, and therefor must be taken seriously.
I wish that movies/music/software "sharing" was separated from movie/music/software counterfeiting and fake medicine and goods of course, but either way the American public needs to be protected from those threats.
Here's an interesting look inside the Planck satellite, in case anyone is interested in where and how these pictures are obtained: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYqr3IX7Ufk
After all, if the warhead contains more than 3 ounces of fluid in any one container, or won't fit in a one liter zip-lock bag, there is no way that the TSA will allow the launch... If the TSA's word isn't sufficiently reassuring, we could always stencil "No nukes here, we're saving them for Ivan" on all conventional ordnance...
Only problem is that the TSA will want to scan the nukes first... Then we'll have pictures of naked nuke internals getting passed around the 'net!
This guy did research for YEARS to publish this article ? I like Nintendo/Mario as much as the next person, but somewhere between year 1 and 2 you think he would have thought "Damn, maybe this isn't really all that important..."
FTFA: The idea is not new: President George W. Bush and his staff promoted the technology, imagining that this new generation of conventional weapons would replace nuclear warheads on submarines. In face-to-face meetings with President Bush, Russian leaders complained that the technology could increase the risk of a nuclear war, because Russia would not know if the missiles carried nuclear warheads or conventional ones. Mr. Bush and his aides concluded that the Russians were right. Partly as a result, the idea “really hadn’t gone anywhere in the Bush administration,” Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, who has served both presidents, said recently on ABC’s “This Week.” But he added that it was “embraced by the new administration.”
First time I've seen something like this, where Obama is more hawkish on a military matter than Bush ? Man that seems wierd...
Really it's up to Apple what they want to do - assuming it isn't all a ruse in the first place. Although the same thing could happen to anyone with a prototype, it's still a Bad Thing (TM) and it's still up to Apple what they want to do. There's really no news here at all...
I really don't see why this is modded down "Troll" as I'm inclined to think the same thing. I'm using IceWeasel aka FireFox, and it really doesn't seem as put-together as it once did. I've experienced more FF crashes in the past year than I have since I started using it. Firefox is still a great browser, and still one of the best out there, but IMO I must agree with the "Troll" - it's not what it used to be.
I've been stuck on truly DELETING my profile for quite a while now. I don't know the password, and the email address used was a college one that I haven't been able to access for a few years now. I tried sending them a message about the situation, Facebook never even bothered to auto-reply. It really sucks because there's a picture of an ex-girlfriend and me as my profile pic, so when my new girlfriend looked on Facebook there was that picture... If anyone has any advice, lay it on me!
To be honest Palm never really got off the ground in any major way. I don't see why HTC would want anything to do with that mess anyway.
How will this effect future relations with ACTA countries ? Depending on the wording of ACTA, this could end up having a rather large effect since ACTA does not take the same stance as far as this goes...