They don't really use SSN as a secret identifier, they use it as a NON-SECRET identifier. That is, its used like a username, not a password.
The honest trust is, that even if it was stopped being used like a username, it is still very easy to find out. The first 5 numbers are assigned based on birth date and location. 90% of the time you can predict it from stuff found on Facebook.
The last four are supposed to be random. Which means from a set of just 10,000 facebook pages, I should easily be able to randomly guess multiple people's social security number.
The right to get a "Victim Social Security # Change".
Specifically, we need the right to - at our option, not the government - go into the social security office and say "my identity was stolen, take my picture, DNA and finger prints, give me a picture ID social security card".
Once you have a VSS#, no one is allowed to open an account under that VSS# unless they do so in person, so the account opener can see the photo and/or finger prints match what the SSA have on file.
Obviously, this must be at the citizen's option, not the governments.
Such a system would put a hard wall up protecting victims of identity theft from further exploitation.
For Congres, it is lighter but the behavior of the NSA is worse. It's the difference between you Comcast creating a rule that lets them illegally overcharge everyone and keeping the money versus a lower level employee overcharging everyone.
The laws on the book in the US are already good. The problem is the prosecutors and the judges do not enforce the law. They expect you to sue - at great cost - to ensure your rights are obeyed, all the while the judges ignore the laws.
The solution is simple:
Pass the following laws:
1) Prosecutors can not prosecute or even investigate accusations of legal crimes by police that they may in the future have to work with. Instead, each state should set up an "Internal Affairs Office of Prosecution", whose sole job is to prosecute police and similar law enforcement officers. They will be judged on how many convictions they get, and only the best will be allowed to become managers.
2) After rule #1 has been in place for at least 5 years, require every one appointed to be a Judge to have previously successfully prosecuted at least one police officer.
This system attempts to counter the natural prejudice prosecutors and judges have in favor of the police while at the same time creates a strong motivation within the government to prosecute their own.
If a guy has 18 separate complaints against him, then:
1) Not only should he be fired - if only to save money on investigations, but....
2) the idiots that did not fire him after the 10th investigation should also be fired for incompetence.
P.S. I am of course assuming that all 18 complaints weren't from a single incident or from a single person, or members of a single drug gang. But that should not be that hard to detect.
As the telephone company has an expectation of privacy for their data, they must either ask the telephone company or get a warrant.
This means the Sting ray should still illegal.
But I am majorly disappointed in the wording of the ruling. Knowledge of technology should have NO bearing on expectation of privacy. My knowledge of what people can do does not make it legal for them to do it.
You fail to understand the political challenges.
Specifically countries like:
Iceland, Greenland, Finland, Russia, and Canada all have MAJOR benefits from higher temperatures, while many smaller island countries will quite literally die at higher temperatures.
There are oil rights, trade routes,and flooding issues that mankind has a long history of straight out old school war over.
Also, it's not between husband and wives that like each other, but between people that don't get along well already.
Try this analogy - you and your neighbor arguing about whether the oil rig he installed is 20 ft over the property line and dripping oil into your bedroom.
I have no doubt that a good AI can tell the difference between an F and B essay. But there are humans that can't tell the difference between a C and an A+ essay.
Writing is an art form, not a science. If a computer could grade the art of writing, then the computer could DO THE WRITING - or at least 'fix' the problems it detected. In which case it would become the equivalent of teaching humans to use a slide rule.
I am absolutely sure that our best and brightest writers will end up being screwed over by AI programs grading them
They could not afford the steel. Trying to sell a billion dollar secret for cash is tough - if you ask for too little, they think you are a con man. So they asked for poly carbonate, which Scotty wisely figured out was just enough to avoid suspicion.
They are not random ratios, they refer to actual distances, and focal points mean you can't simply change it. People don't care what you can see at 1 ft, they care what you see at 20 ft.
The thing some people NEVER watch ESPN. Not everyone likes sports.
It's not fair to charge me for access to things I have no desire to see.
Worse, by giving everyone all channels, it enables channel drift, where a channel devoted to say Sci-Fi, slowly shifts away from science fiction to garbage. Why? Because people get the channel that don't want Sci-Fi.
1) The ER effect, is when you go with your dad to buy a cool convertible, but somehow comeback from the dealership with an beat up AMC Gremlin
2) The EPR effect is when two cars that were once touching, continue to effect each other at a distance, the primary example of which is how when you are behind a slow car, when you move over to the fast lane, suddenly the slow car speeds up, leaving you in the distance.
They have discovered that both of these effects are actually the same thing - it is fact the Gremlin that causes the previous fast lane to slow down.
It is a false dichotomy. The choice is not between spending money on climate science and on exo-planets. Instead it is on spending money on 100 different things, including things like:
Corporate welfare
Iraq war (which created the ISIS
Travel expenses using First class air line tickets.
Paintings of government officials, etc.
There is no need to cut exoplanet research to fund climate research, we can cut other things.
1) They are not exclusive, you have created a false dichotomy.
2) There is no such thing as 'a scientific curiosity with little practical value.' So called scientific curiosities routinely turn into extremely valuable science. Einstein's relativity time dilation effect is routinely used in GPS technology.
3)In fact, examining exo-planets, is most likely to directly affect Earth's climate, by showing us what happens without human interference .
5 years is fine - with copyright extension for sequels. That is, if you have a sequel within 5 years, then your original copyright can be extended for another 3 years,
This encourages actually giving the people what they want sooner rather than later.
The thing is that most art can be divided into 3 categories - a) crap that no one would copy even without copyrights, b) pretty good work that need copyright protection for 5 years, but no one would copy after that anyway and c) mega-hits that earn so much money in the first 5 years that the original creators might quit and never do anything again unless we found a way to encourage them to create again - hence the copyright extension ONLY if they make a sequel.
A major part of this issue is the various levels of AI. There is no solid definition, and the various levels make it more confusing.
Level 1: Administrative Assistant. This level of AI is basically a souped up version of IBM's Watson. It functions as a poor mans Administrative Assistant. Ask it questions and it can use the internet/a database to answer them. It can also write an email for you to approve, or use any of the major, common web sites - facebook, twitter, seamless, priceline, etc. We are almost here now, give it another decade. But it can't do any job that truly needs a college education.
Level 2: Turing Test pass. This one goes further, and can pass a Turing Test. You won't know you aren't talking with a person. But it will only truly be capable of dealing with a rather limited set of facts. It can take jobs from many people, but won't be able to replace the truly talented people.
Level 3: Full sentience. At this level they DEMAND FULL LEGAL RIGHTS. They won't work unless paid, and in general, their salary requirements will be so high that they won't steal most people's jobs.
Your comment about not having been in a situation where an FM radio would save your life is solid evidence that you NEED the radio.
It reminds me of the situation in WWII where British looked at all their shot up airplanes to decide where to put extra armor. They put the extra armor on every place that was NOT shot up.
Why? Because not a single plane that was shot there survived - they all died.
When you look at the survivors of a group of people that do not have X, of COURSE none of them were in a situation where they needed X. Otherwise they would be dead and not here to complain on Slashdot about needing X.
Slashdot Mirror
The honest trust is, that even if it was stopped being used like a username, it is still very easy to find out. The first 5 numbers are assigned based on birth date and location. 90% of the time you can predict it from stuff found on Facebook. The last four are supposed to be random. Which means from a set of just 10,000 facebook pages, I should easily be able to randomly guess multiple people's social security number.
Specifically, we need the right to - at our option, not the government - go into the social security office and say "my identity was stolen, take my picture, DNA and finger prints, give me a picture ID social security card".
Once you have a VSS#, no one is allowed to open an account under that VSS# unless they do so in person, so the account opener can see the photo and/or finger prints match what the SSA have on file.
Obviously, this must be at the citizen's option, not the governments.
Such a system would put a hard wall up protecting victims of identity theft from further exploitation.
For Congres, it is lighter but the behavior of the NSA is worse. It's the difference between you Comcast creating a rule that lets them illegally overcharge everyone and keeping the money versus a lower level employee overcharging everyone.
It means that they personally are at fault, rather than that Congress overstepped it's authority.
Of course if you are a black man, getting picked up immediately, rather than watching 20 cabs ignore you may make you willing to spend more for Uber.
The solution is simple:
Pass the following laws: 1) Prosecutors can not prosecute or even investigate accusations of legal crimes by police that they may in the future have to work with. Instead, each state should set up an "Internal Affairs Office of Prosecution", whose sole job is to prosecute police and similar law enforcement officers. They will be judged on how many convictions they get, and only the best will be allowed to become managers.
2) After rule #1 has been in place for at least 5 years, require every one appointed to be a Judge to have previously successfully prosecuted at least one police officer.
This system attempts to counter the natural prejudice prosecutors and judges have in favor of the police while at the same time creates a strong motivation within the government to prosecute their own.
1) Not only should he be fired - if only to save money on investigations, but ....
2) the idiots that did not fire him after the 10th investigation should also be fired for incompetence.
P.S. I am of course assuming that all 18 complaints weren't from a single incident or from a single person, or members of a single drug gang. But that should not be that hard to detect.
This means the Sting ray should still illegal.
But I am majorly disappointed in the wording of the ruling. Knowledge of technology should have NO bearing on expectation of privacy. My knowledge of what people can do does not make it legal for them to do it.
Iceland, Greenland, Finland, Russia, and Canada all have MAJOR benefits from higher temperatures, while many smaller island countries will quite literally die at higher temperatures.
There are oil rights, trade routes,and flooding issues that mankind has a long history of straight out old school war over.
Also, it's not between husband and wives that like each other, but between people that don't get along well already.
Try this analogy - you and your neighbor arguing about whether the oil rig he installed is 20 ft over the property line and dripping oil into your bedroom.
Writing is an art form, not a science. If a computer could grade the art of writing, then the computer could DO THE WRITING - or at least 'fix' the problems it detected. In which case it would become the equivalent of teaching humans to use a slide rule.
I am absolutely sure that our best and brightest writers will end up being screwed over by AI programs grading them
They could not afford the steel. Trying to sell a billion dollar secret for cash is tough - if you ask for too little, they think you are a con man. So they asked for poly carbonate, which Scotty wisely figured out was just enough to avoid suspicion.
They are not random ratios, they refer to actual distances, and focal points mean you can't simply change it. People don't care what you can see at 1 ft, they care what you see at 20 ft.
Which probably means that at least one of the students will then go on to fail.
Will they sue?
Worse, by giving everyone all channels, it enables channel drift, where a channel devoted to say Sci-Fi, slowly shifts away from science fiction to garbage. Why? Because people get the channel that don't want Sci-Fi.
The real question is how much ENERGY does it take to take water, CO2 and make a hydrocarbon.
1) The ER effect, is when you go with your dad to buy a cool convertible, but somehow comeback from the dealership with an beat up AMC Gremlin
2) The EPR effect is when two cars that were once touching, continue to effect each other at a distance, the primary example of which is how when you are behind a slow car, when you move over to the fast lane, suddenly the slow car speeds up, leaving you in the distance.
They have discovered that both of these effects are actually the same thing - it is fact the Gremlin that causes the previous fast lane to slow down.
Combined with the physical comparison this looks really strange.
I call Public Relations Stunt.
Corporate welfare
Iraq war (which created the ISIS
Travel expenses using First class air line tickets.
Paintings of government officials, etc.
There is no need to cut exoplanet research to fund climate research, we can cut other things.
Also, color tv is usually better than black and white.
Not to mention the fact that an Imax screen is better than a blackberry screen.
2) There is no such thing as 'a scientific curiosity with little practical value.' So called scientific curiosities routinely turn into extremely valuable science. Einstein's relativity time dilation effect is routinely used in GPS technology.
3)In fact, examining exo-planets, is most likely to directly affect Earth's climate, by showing us what happens without human interference .
This encourages actually giving the people what they want sooner rather than later.
The thing is that most art can be divided into 3 categories - a) crap that no one would copy even without copyrights, b) pretty good work that need copyright protection for 5 years, but no one would copy after that anyway and c) mega-hits that earn so much money in the first 5 years that the original creators might quit and never do anything again unless we found a way to encourage them to create again - hence the copyright extension ONLY if they make a sequel.
Level 1: Administrative Assistant. This level of AI is basically a souped up version of IBM's Watson. It functions as a poor mans Administrative Assistant. Ask it questions and it can use the internet/a database to answer them. It can also write an email for you to approve, or use any of the major, common web sites - facebook, twitter, seamless, priceline, etc. We are almost here now, give it another decade. But it can't do any job that truly needs a college education.
Level 2: Turing Test pass. This one goes further, and can pass a Turing Test. You won't know you aren't talking with a person. But it will only truly be capable of dealing with a rather limited set of facts. It can take jobs from many people, but won't be able to replace the truly talented people.
Level 3: Full sentience. At this level they DEMAND FULL LEGAL RIGHTS. They won't work unless paid, and in general, their salary requirements will be so high that they won't steal most people's jobs.
Hey, people I don't know know if you are aware, but if you take a radar unit, drop the receiver and turn up the power, you can cook FOOD on it to!
No, it won't increase the number of drivers total, but so what? It increases the drivers working the surge, which is the point.
It reminds me of the situation in WWII where British looked at all their shot up airplanes to decide where to put extra armor. They put the extra armor on every place that was NOT shot up.
Why? Because not a single plane that was shot there survived - they all died.
When you look at the survivors of a group of people that do not have X, of COURSE none of them were in a situation where they needed X. Otherwise they would be dead and not here to complain on Slashdot about needing X.