With the precedent of this case, If you had the skill to do something the FBI needed for an investigation they could simply compel you to do so under the all writs act and if they refuse you could go to jail until you comply.
FWIW, I jailbroke and unlocked my paid off and out of contract AT&T 3GS iPhone, and use it in the EU with basic drop-in SIM "pay as you go" carriers. My still GPS works fine.
Imagine if there was a really obnoxious person who thousands of people spontaneously disliked, all at once. And each one, without an autodialer, called just a few times a day to ask the person to stop being obnoxious. Is that/should that be illegal?
Interesting point. In fact, doesn't this happen all the time? For example, when activist groups organize 'call-ins' or 'fax-ins' to a company/congressman/government office, with the goal of both voicing their displeasure and jamming phone lines?
I'm going to miss having that option, though I'm not sure it's a deal-breaker for many people.
actually, i use target disk mode daily. i know i'm in a minority, but it's quite convenient.
i bring my black macbook to the office, start it up in target disk mode, and then plug it into one of the big fat 8core macpros with a large screen. then, i login to my own account with my own home folder on the macbook, while taking advantage of the macpro's hardware.
i also have a lot of fw peripherals, and daisy chaining multiple 2.5" external hard drives is great! to do this with usb, you'd have to plug power and data into each hard drive separately.
i'll miss firewire on the macbooks, but as long as the macbook pros keep it, i guess i'll be happy.
They will either evolve to accomodate their new conditions or they will die. It will be interesting to see if we get new species evolving more rapidly there or if the existing populations just wither and die off. Frankly, I would suspect that most of the animals there have been driven out of habitat elsewhere. That's how Mother Nature works. The looser is always the one that migrates. I'm not complaining much because that's what drove apes out of the forest and on to the plains to become the first hominids.
i think this would be an interesting discussion to have. some points:
i don't think the environmental conditions are considerably "new". it seems as if the environmental pressures of the area are approaching a pre-industrialized state, say 200-300 years ago. as for radiation, see no.3
i would not suspect most of the animals living there now were driven out of their existing habitats; rather i would expect a natural diffusion into an uninhabited area. nor would i suspect the current inhabitants are separate species migrating to a new area, as in your example; while i don't know specifics on northern ukrainian wildlife or flora & fauna, i imagine the explosion blew a hole in an existing population, and did not completely exterminate any existing species from the area
would new species really evolve more rapidly or at all? the only major difference in environmental pressure would be the increase in radiation levels, which don't appear to be great enough to favor the creation of new species based solely on protection of reproductive ability (the only necessary additional survival trait); i infer from the article's limited information that animals are living long enough to reproduce, whatever ills they may be afflicted with
based on an evolutionary timeline, the environmental pressure of high radiation levels is a blip on the radar screen (albeit a larger blip) due to caesium's 30 year half-life
in short, i would not expect new species to evolve any differently than elsewhere in the ukraine, ceteris paribus. your thoughts?
Many larger corporations and governments are loathe to go with sole-source suppliers. If Dell screws up, there are a dozen other suppliers to get computers from. If Apple screws up, then you're screwed. No one other than Apple sells those machines.
sorry, but i don't understand your point. sure only apple sells macs, does anyone other than dell sell dells? sure only apple sells osx, but does anyone other than microsoft sell windows? now that the only major hardware difference between a mac and a dell is the motherboard, why can't you get hardware from "a dozen other suppliers" if you're running windows anyway?
man i feel you. there is so much i LIKE about gnome, but so many pervicaciously braindead and frustrating decisions made by the developers that it just drives me (and a lot of other people) crazy. so what i want to know is, why doesn't somebody just fork the goddamn code and put in the changes that we the users actually want??
on a related note, one of the other cool examples of bonjour is being able to be on a wired network and browse itunes shares using your wireless card (or vice versa, etc.)
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Interesting! Sounds similar to the situation with Tesla taxies at the Stockholm Arlanda airport.
Sounds like a modern version of the Quartering Acts:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
FWIW, I jailbroke and unlocked my paid off and out of contract AT&T 3GS iPhone, and use it in the EU with basic drop-in SIM "pay as you go" carriers. My still GPS works fine.
Snow Leopard was released in 2009, and according to Wikipedia, Apple has used DEP since 2006.
Is he referring to some aspect of DEP in particular?
That they're a bunch of Dorics?
Interesting point. In fact, doesn't this happen all the time? For example, when activist groups organize 'call-ins' or 'fax-ins' to a company/congressman/government office, with the goal of both voicing their displeasure and jamming phone lines?
Well said, and thought provoking.
agreed. also, i think a lot of mac users appreciate target disk mode. i use it daily:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=999229&cid=25415561
Seconded. The wiebetech boxes are great for storage.
I'm going to miss having that option, though I'm not sure it's a deal-breaker for many people.
actually, i use target disk mode daily. i know i'm in a minority, but it's quite convenient.
i bring my black macbook to the office, start it up in target disk mode, and then plug it into one of the big fat 8core macpros with a large screen. then, i login to my own account with my own home folder on the macbook, while taking advantage of the macpro's hardware.
i also have a lot of fw peripherals, and daisy chaining multiple 2.5" external hard drives is great! to do this with usb, you'd have to plug power and data into each hard drive separately.
i'll miss firewire on the macbooks, but as long as the macbook pros keep it, i guess i'll be happy.
Come on guys! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unnatural_Selection_(Star_Trek:_The_Next_Generation)
i listened to a program about this very subject on the radio this morning.
1) smaller amounts are reported than $5k
2) banks track and rate every single transaction, even if it's a $1 charge
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=88132229&sourceCode=RSS
WOOOOSH!!
i think this would be an interesting discussion to have. some points:
in short, i would not expect new species to evolve any differently than elsewhere in the ukraine, ceteris paribus. your thoughts?
Afterall the main role of any operating system is to provide a good interface upto the root level.
if i had mod points, i'd mod you hilarious.
and sadly, they get it wrong, too. he's not black; at the least, he's half-black, and even better, he's mixed.
both of them play AAC... why wouldn't this become the standard?
...that would be AJCWX, and that is totally unpronounceable.
haha, not to us poles!
silly americans...
Many larger corporations and governments are loathe to go with sole-source suppliers. If Dell screws up, there are a dozen other suppliers to get computers from. If Apple screws up, then you're screwed. No one other than Apple sells those machines.
sorry, but i don't understand your point. sure only apple sells macs, does anyone other than dell sell dells? sure only apple sells osx, but does anyone other than microsoft sell windows?
now that the only major hardware difference between a mac and a dell is the motherboard, why can't you get hardware from "a dozen other suppliers" if you're running windows anyway?
man i feel you. there is so much i LIKE about gnome, but so many pervicaciously braindead and frustrating decisions made by the developers that it just drives me (and a lot of other people) crazy. so what i want to know is, why doesn't somebody just fork the goddamn code and put in the changes that we the users actually want??
mods: +1 for using the word of the day?
haha
i was thinking the same thing exactly
on a related note, one of the other cool examples of bonjour is being able to be on a wired network and browse itunes shares using your wireless card (or vice versa, etc.)
it's getting there:
http://centerstageproject.com/
supplement that reading with this informative little clip from msnbc: http://www.prisonplanet.com/video/Countdown-nsa-Ha yden.wmv