That two year release cycle looks like a growing liability to Apple in the face of much faster moving competitors.
What the devil are you talking about? They release a new model every year. Given that contracts are 2 years, that will satisfy the majority of people as they typically do not buy smartphone off contract. The competitors release a new every few months but they are typically incremental updates most of which should be released as a software update rather than new hardware.
If you want to continue ridiculous update of hardware on the android side be my guest but where pray tell can one buy an Android handset with a 64bit processor, Motion chip and fingerprint sensor like the 5S? How long will it take for Android to catch up? 6months? A year? Longer?
We should all right now remember how the media had tried to slander this guy as having only had a GED and how he had such a high wage. How ridiculous that he would pull such bacon? Why on earth did they trust him to work for the NSA!? Now he is brilliant. This all smells to high heaven right now.
I don't have a college degree. I was partially self taught and I had a year of technical college training. Some of my colleagues have masters degrees in computer science. College and University can equip individuals with valuable skills and provide useful experience, however, real world experience usually trumps all of that.
Would I have wanted to go to university? Yes, but sometimes life throws you a few curve balls and you have to find your own way. Employers respect motivated people and while completing a degree can represent a motivated individual with tenacity, it is not the only path.
Snowden did have knowledge of the security model from his previous stint with the the NSA, however he was not employed at that facility at the time. Snowden figured out which facility was most vulnerable, used social engineering to regain access that he previously had and was smart enough to avoid detection when he left the facility with the thumb drive. He also had a plan of escape from the US to Hong Kong and had planned a "deadman" switch for the data at an undisclosed location.
All in all, I would call that a pretty brilliant plan.
Sorry, I am a fan of him and grateful he leaked only certain documents as opposed to Manning just dumping everything out into public, but stealing classified documents to leak is a bit different than the story we've been given as a true whistle-blower.
I think the type of information Snowden took was of a different sort. He stole information detailing the existence of spying programs, how they worked and their extent putting the programs themselves at risk whereas Manning stole and leaked operational information that potentially put lives at risk by exposing agents in the field and/or operational plans in the field.
What Snowden leaked so far embarrasses the government but is not "outing" anyone as an agent. This is more inline with what a whistleblower would usually talk about. He leaked the powerpoint slides as evidence of his claims.
Actually, prominent atheists like Daniel Dennett "believe in" free will (if such can be parsed for something like compatiblism). However if you are a Christian, you cannot, since in various points of the story of Moses' interactions with Pharaoh it is said that Yahweh 'hardens his heart' and makes him do things he otherwise would not. Oh and the cool part is Pharaoh is still blamed for these actions which a supposedly omnipotent divine force made him do, because it's totally the sock puppet's ethical culpability for what the puppeteer says and does. I can't wait to test that in court.
I think you misunderstood those passages. How's that worldly stuff working at filling that hole in your heart? Is it working or do you still feel hollow?
First read "The Missionary Position: Mother Teresa in Theory and Practice", by Christopher Hitchens, then come say how altruistic she was.
About atheist altruistic endeavors, you won't see many of them because:
1. the majority of atheists (myself included) are not organized in groups;
2. we don't publicize our good deeds in name of $DEITY, we don't publicize them at all.
Still, there are some atheist groups, such as the one in Austin, TX, that organizes these kinds of actions. You just have to look for it.
I think it is time for you to stop lying to yourself. Everyone and I mean every single person on this earth is born selfish. Toddlers are a perfect example of this. We have to be taught to share.
Given this, since you, by your own admission have no motivation to do selfless good to others, you are not going to bother. Every human activity is governed by motivations.
I am sorry but you just don't get it. Christianity, in a nutshell is about loving your neighbour as yourself. There is the loving god part but in terms of what christians are called to do for others, that is it.
I don't care how much self-delusional talk you might speak to yourself, every human has a hole in their heart. Many people try to fill that hole with money, possession, food, drink, drugs, sex, new experiences etc... but none of that works. Do you think I was born a christian? Do you think I never doubted or had to make a personal decision of faith? If you think your life is so completely unique and that nobody would get why you are you and why you are an atheist, go read the book of Ecclesiastes. The author of that book tried everything you could imagine. He indulged in all sorts of pleasures but in the end he realized that none of it filled that hole in his heart. No earthly possession or experience can. Once you let that sink in, go read the gospels. Maybe start with John.
Yep, they weren't hers. The Catholic Church is the one owning around 1.1 billion drones.
I'm pretty sure that even catholics still believe in free will but atheists like you don't. So who is the drone? If you do believe in free will then perhaps you should have a discussion with one of those prominent atheists like Dawkins who do not. To him, you are just another drone.
Uh, yeah... this is a story about internet connectivity and not which cities are the best for people to leech off from free wifi. A lot of people have houses with wired internet service from an ISP that they "PAY" for.
For example why would LTE be in a criteria for free and fast? Tokyo for example has great mobile coverage and speed, but not a lot of free wifi. Being a tourist having free wifi is better than no access because your phone cannot be used on the network or the cost is prohibitive. Maybe a better breakdown than what is in the article is required, because getting internet access in London is easier than Toyko; although the speed is not as fast.
The ratings are for speeds available to local residents. They were not concerned about accessibility for tourists.
I also noticed the lack of wifi hotspots accessible by non-Japanese in Tokyo regardless of whether they were free or not.
At least you could go to McDonald's or the Apple Store for free wifi.
Caucasian, as in from the Caucasus region? I find it interesting that you insisted on black, but refrained from using white... No hate, just an observation.
There in lies the problem with mixing scientific classifications with politically correct ones. Maybe we should just use scientific grouping instead for everyone for racial groups and only allow everyone to use their "Motherland"-American, "Motherland"-Canadian etc... if they are first or second generation? That would be more fair for everyone. Even the Caucasian grouping seems a bit too broad. For example, Finns are closest to Cro-Magnons in terms of anthropological measurements and yet they are grouped with other Europeans as Caucasian.
hedwards (correctly IMHO) deduced the poster is racist from this comment:
"...everyone not merely the black man."
Or perhaps they don't want to use the bullshit politically correct moniker "African American"? Unless if you are a first or second generation immigrant from Africa, you should lose the right to that moniker IMHO. Let's just stick with the relatively inoffensive labels of black, caucasian etc.. Africa is a continent, not a race or even a country. Do you see people labeled as European American? No and it will be a bit silly to call a white Australian who immigrated to the US an European American.
Are you sure that you are not racist yourself and you are just pandering out of some misplaced white guilt?
Enough with the PC bullshit and enough with labels that bring up slavery. The current people living in US were all born free men. It is just that some of them have voted in leaders who want to enslave everyone.
Why do you care? The fact that you do says something about you.
Stop referring to yourself in the third person. We get it that you have issues. The fact of the matter is that you cannot reassign chromosomes so Bradley Manning will always be a male genetically regardless of what you chop off or glue on.
Besides, that's Canadian dollars. It be what, a few thousand American. Free publicity for the guy. Well worth a couple of grand. If this drivel makes it up on Slashdot imagine the other e-rags picking this who-cares up.
This is trumped by hate speech laws, for example. It stands in all cases where it is not overridden for some reason thought reasonable by the legal system. So lawsuits can happen about anything, and will come to court as long as the plaintiff can convince the judge that the nullification of freedom of expression is reasonable in this instance.
Seems like in this case, they're trying to trump freedom of expression with libel/slander laws. Possible, but not likely in this case, and this is NOT the kind of publicity a hotel should be wanting to bring on itself.
Here is the thing of it. Hate speech laws are not about trumping anything but rather balancing out the rights of two different individuals and their rights. With hate speech, you are threatening the fundamental rights from section 1 which are life, liberty and security of person. This differs from the American version which is life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
If your life is being threatened then you cannot exercise the right to life or security of person effectively. This is a fundamental and important difference between the two systems. In Canada, you have to be able to feel "free" in order to be free and it focuses on individual security rather than security of the state or society.
If the Americans had the right to security of person, perhaps they would not have such a huge surveillance state.
That's because it was a fallacy - a non sequitur. They might as well have blamed rights being "striped away" (presumably flattering horizontal stripes, all part of the gay agenda) on say, rogue elephants piloting jets laying down chemical contrails, or unexpected solar flares boosting democratic votes through the cunning use of magnets. I'd warrant that drooling nutcase with just as much ability to reason beyond their own bigotry as if it had been.
Congrats on looking away while all of your most important rights as a human being and citizen were striped away. You have the attention span of a gnat. You were busy looking at the distraction instead of the main event.
And yet you voted Paul Harper back for another go-round? Oh well. It isn't good that Scott Walker is not on the media radar currently, so maybe that is 2016 for the US.
That's Stephen Harper and he kicked that Senator out of his party because is is a real "Conservative". I'd like to see either Republicans or Democrats have the guts to kick out a Senator or Representative for wrong doing. Never going to happen.
22 comments and not one joke about his Miranda Rights?
Last I checked, Miranda Rights are a US thing, not a UK thing. I would also not be surprised if Miranda rights were limited at the US Border. I think you are required by law to answer certain specific questions about your origin and destination, and probably about your personal effects as well.
Faux outrage for faux news... Don't believe any of this crap. It's all a big show
Are you an agent provocateur? Which agency do you work for? If it is all a big show, what is the truth? Stop trying to distract everyone from the scandal. Either tell us what you know or shut the hell up. In case you cannot read the summary, we are talking about the unlawful detention of a journalist and the theft of their property without any probable cause. All of this happened to intimidate the other journalist.
Attention span is limited, attention given to bullshit issues such as gay rights or abortion rights takes away from real issues.
Bingo. LavouraArcaica, is so focused on their ideology that they fail to see the misdirection going on right in front of them. They fail to see even what this story represents. It represents an encroachment on the fundamental rights of everyone.
"Miranda was released without charge, but officials confiscated electronics including his mobile phone, laptop, camera, memory sticks, DVDs and games consoles."
In other words, after nine hours of intimidation, they robbed Miranda of several thousand dollars worth of his personal property.
It's clear who the criminals are here, who are the true menace to society.
This reminds me of the old saying: "Don't steal, the government hates competition.".
How, exactly, one right destroys another right?
If there is a correlation, it would be quite the opposite: more rights for the minories means more rights (and more fights for rights) for everyone.
Your argument looks like a terrible fallacy.
BTW. Did you notice that Obama is now screwing over a GAY journalist and his partner? He was accused of being a terrorist and he had his personal electronics stolen by the state. That is a violation of his most basic HUMAN rights. I see him as a HUMAN first and foremost and his orientation as irrelevant as far as how his rights as a human being were violated. I only see that characteristic as ironic given how Obama claims to be a champion of gay rights while denying the most basic human rights to him and everyone else.
Journalists are supposed to be protected by the first amendment but Obama's administration is trying to threaten a journalist's family. I feel the same outrage about how that man was treated regardless of how I might feel about his relationship with that other man. This goes beyond any debate of gays as such things affect not just a small minority but all journalists and all people.
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That two year release cycle looks like a growing liability to Apple in the face of much faster moving competitors.
What the devil are you talking about? They release a new model every year. Given that contracts are 2 years, that will satisfy the majority of people as they typically do not buy smartphone off contract. The competitors release a new every few months but they are typically incremental updates most of which should be released as a software update rather than new hardware.
If you want to continue ridiculous update of hardware on the android side be my guest but where pray tell can one buy an Android handset with a 64bit processor, Motion chip and fingerprint sensor like the 5S? How long will it take for Android to catch up? 6months? A year? Longer?
And what apps and features utilize the full 64bit core?
The built in apps, the Apple paid apps, the new free iWorks suite of apps?
Apparently, some programs only need a recompile to be able to take advantage of the extra speed.
See: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kaveri
We should all right now remember how the media had tried to slander this guy as having only had a GED and how he had such a high wage. How ridiculous that he would pull such bacon? Why on earth did they trust him to work for the NSA!? Now he is brilliant. This all smells to high heaven right now.
I don't have a college degree. I was partially self taught and I had a year of technical college training. Some of my colleagues have masters degrees in computer science. College and University can equip individuals with valuable skills and provide useful experience, however, real world experience usually trumps all of that.
Would I have wanted to go to university? Yes, but sometimes life throws you a few curve balls and you have to find your own way. Employers respect motivated people and while completing a degree can represent a motivated individual with tenacity, it is not the only path.
All in all, I would call that a pretty brilliant plan.
Sorry, I am a fan of him and grateful he leaked only certain documents as opposed to Manning just dumping everything out into public, but stealing classified documents to leak is a bit different than the story we've been given as a true whistle-blower.
I think the type of information Snowden took was of a different sort. He stole information detailing the existence of spying programs, how they worked and their extent putting the programs themselves at risk whereas Manning stole and leaked operational information that potentially put lives at risk by exposing agents in the field and/or operational plans in the field.
What Snowden leaked so far embarrasses the government but is not "outing" anyone as an agent. This is more inline with what a whistleblower would usually talk about. He leaked the powerpoint slides as evidence of his claims.
Actually, prominent atheists like Daniel Dennett "believe in" free will (if such can be parsed for something like compatiblism). However if you are a Christian, you cannot, since in various points of the story of Moses' interactions with Pharaoh it is said that Yahweh 'hardens his heart' and makes him do things he otherwise would not. Oh and the cool part is Pharaoh is still blamed for these actions which a supposedly omnipotent divine force made him do, because it's totally the sock puppet's ethical culpability for what the puppeteer says and does. I can't wait to test that in court.
I think you misunderstood those passages. How's that worldly stuff working at filling that hole in your heart? Is it working or do you still feel hollow?
First read "The Missionary Position: Mother Teresa in Theory and Practice", by Christopher Hitchens, then come say how altruistic she was.
About atheist altruistic endeavors, you won't see many of them because: 1. the majority of atheists (myself included) are not organized in groups; 2. we don't publicize our good deeds in name of $DEITY, we don't publicize them at all.
Still, there are some atheist groups, such as the one in Austin, TX, that organizes these kinds of actions. You just have to look for it.
I think it is time for you to stop lying to yourself. Everyone and I mean every single person on this earth is born selfish. Toddlers are a perfect example of this. We have to be taught to share.
Given this, since you, by your own admission have no motivation to do selfless good to others, you are not going to bother. Every human activity is governed by motivations.
I am sorry but you just don't get it. Christianity, in a nutshell is about loving your neighbour as yourself. There is the loving god part but in terms of what christians are called to do for others, that is it.
I don't care how much self-delusional talk you might speak to yourself, every human has a hole in their heart. Many people try to fill that hole with money, possession, food, drink, drugs, sex, new experiences etc... but none of that works. Do you think I was born a christian? Do you think I never doubted or had to make a personal decision of faith? If you think your life is so completely unique and that nobody would get why you are you and why you are an atheist, go read the book of Ecclesiastes. The author of that book tried everything you could imagine. He indulged in all sorts of pleasures but in the end he realized that none of it filled that hole in his heart. No earthly possession or experience can. Once you let that sink in, go read the gospels. Maybe start with John.
Mother Teresa didn't have drones.
Yep, they weren't hers. The Catholic Church is the one owning around 1.1 billion drones.
I'm pretty sure that even catholics still believe in free will but atheists like you don't. So who is the drone? If you do believe in free will then perhaps you should have a discussion with one of those prominent atheists like Dawkins who do not. To him, you are just another drone.
Uh, yeah... this is a story about internet connectivity and not which cities are the best for people to leech off from free wifi. A lot of people have houses with wired internet service from an ISP that they "PAY" for.
For example why would LTE be in a criteria for free and fast? Tokyo for example has great mobile coverage and speed, but not a lot of free wifi. Being a tourist having free wifi is better than no access because your phone cannot be used on the network or the cost is prohibitive. Maybe a better breakdown than what is in the article is required, because getting internet access in London is easier than Toyko; although the speed is not as fast.
The ratings are for speeds available to local residents. They were not concerned about accessibility for tourists.
I also noticed the lack of wifi hotspots accessible by non-Japanese in Tokyo regardless of whether they were free or not.
At least you could go to McDonald's or the Apple Store for free wifi.
Caucasian, as in from the Caucasus region? I find it interesting that you insisted on black, but refrained from using white... No hate, just an observation.
There in lies the problem with mixing scientific classifications with politically correct ones. Maybe we should just use scientific grouping instead for everyone for racial groups and only allow everyone to use their "Motherland"-American, "Motherland"-Canadian etc... if they are first or second generation? That would be more fair for everyone. Even the Caucasian grouping seems a bit too broad. For example, Finns are closest to Cro-Magnons in terms of anthropological measurements and yet they are grouped with other Europeans as Caucasian.
hedwards (correctly IMHO) deduced the poster is racist from this comment:
"...everyone not merely the black man."
Or perhaps they don't want to use the bullshit politically correct moniker "African American"? Unless if you are a first or second generation immigrant from Africa, you should lose the right to that moniker IMHO. Let's just stick with the relatively inoffensive labels of black, caucasian etc.. Africa is a continent, not a race or even a country. Do you see people labeled as European American? No and it will be a bit silly to call a white Australian who immigrated to the US an European American.
Are you sure that you are not racist yourself and you are just pandering out of some misplaced white guilt?
Enough with the PC bullshit and enough with labels that bring up slavery. The current people living in US were all born free men. It is just that some of them have voted in leaders who want to enslave everyone.
Says someone with bigger issues.
Why do you care? The fact that you do says something about you.
Stop referring to yourself in the third person. We get it that you have issues. The fact of the matter is that you cannot reassign chromosomes so Bradley Manning will always be a male genetically regardless of what you chop off or glue on.
Besides, that's Canadian dollars. It be what, a few thousand American. Free publicity for the guy. Well worth a couple of grand. If this drivel makes it up on Slashdot imagine the other e-rags picking this who-cares up.
Jury
Funny troll. 90,278.41 USD.
There section 2 of the Bill of Rights and Freedoms built right into the constitution of Canada. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section_Two_of_the_Canadian_Charter_of_Rights_and_Freedoms however since the hotel is in Quebec and they have not ratified that constitution, my advice would be to avoid the province of Quebec entirely.
This is trumped by hate speech laws, for example. It stands in all cases where it is not overridden for some reason thought reasonable by the legal system. So lawsuits can happen about anything, and will come to court as long as the plaintiff can convince the judge that the nullification of freedom of expression is reasonable in this instance.
Seems like in this case, they're trying to trump freedom of expression with libel/slander laws. Possible, but not likely in this case, and this is NOT the kind of publicity a hotel should be wanting to bring on itself.
Here is the thing of it. Hate speech laws are not about trumping anything but rather balancing out the rights of two different individuals and their rights. With hate speech, you are threatening the fundamental rights from section 1 which are life, liberty and security of person. This differs from the American version which is life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
If your life is being threatened then you cannot exercise the right to life or security of person effectively. This is a fundamental and important difference between the two systems. In Canada, you have to be able to feel "free" in order to be free and it focuses on individual security rather than security of the state or society.
If the Americans had the right to security of person, perhaps they would not have such a huge surveillance state.
Your argument looks like a terrible fallacy.
That's because it was a fallacy - a non sequitur. They might as well have blamed rights being "striped away" (presumably flattering horizontal stripes, all part of the gay agenda) on say, rogue elephants piloting jets laying down chemical contrails, or unexpected solar flares boosting democratic votes through the cunning use of magnets. I'd warrant that drooling nutcase with just as much ability to reason beyond their own bigotry as if it had been.
Congrats on looking away while all of your most important rights as a human being and citizen were striped away. You have the attention span of a gnat. You were busy looking at the distraction instead of the main event.
And yet you voted Paul Harper back for another go-round? Oh well. It isn't good that Scott Walker is not on the media radar currently, so maybe that is 2016 for the US.
That's Stephen Harper and he kicked that Senator out of his party because is is a real "Conservative". I'd like to see either Republicans or Democrats have the guts to kick out a Senator or Representative for wrong doing. Never going to happen.
22 comments and not one joke about his Miranda Rights?
Last I checked, Miranda Rights are a US thing, not a UK thing. I would also not be surprised if Miranda rights were limited at the US Border. I think you are required by law to answer certain specific questions about your origin and destination, and probably about your personal effects as well.
*WOOOOOOOSH*
His last name is Miranda.
Faux outrage for faux news... Don't believe any of this crap. It's all a big show
Are you an agent provocateur? Which agency do you work for? If it is all a big show, what is the truth? Stop trying to distract everyone from the scandal. Either tell us what you know or shut the hell up. In case you cannot read the summary, we are talking about the unlawful detention of a journalist and the theft of their property without any probable cause. All of this happened to intimidate the other journalist.
Attention span is limited, attention given to bullshit issues such as gay rights or abortion rights takes away from real issues.
Bingo. LavouraArcaica, is so focused on their ideology that they fail to see the misdirection going on right in front of them. They fail to see even what this story represents. It represents an encroachment on the fundamental rights of everyone.
"Miranda was released without charge, but officials confiscated electronics including his mobile phone, laptop, camera, memory sticks, DVDs and games consoles."
In other words, after nine hours of intimidation, they robbed Miranda of several thousand dollars worth of his personal property.
It's clear who the criminals are here, who are the true menace to society.
This reminds me of the old saying: "Don't steal, the government hates competition.".
Apparently he is a journalist but he is also a human being so he has human rights that stem from the fact that he is a human being.
How, exactly, one right destroys another right? If there is a correlation, it would be quite the opposite: more rights for the minories means more rights (and more fights for rights) for everyone.
Your argument looks like a terrible fallacy.
BTW. Did you notice that Obama is now screwing over a GAY journalist and his partner? He was accused of being a terrorist and he had his personal electronics stolen by the state. That is a violation of his most basic HUMAN rights. I see him as a HUMAN first and foremost and his orientation as irrelevant as far as how his rights as a human being were violated. I only see that characteristic as ironic given how Obama claims to be a champion of gay rights while denying the most basic human rights to him and everyone else.
Journalists are supposed to be protected by the first amendment but Obama's administration is trying to threaten a journalist's family. I feel the same outrage about how that man was treated regardless of how I might feel about his relationship with that other man. This goes beyond any debate of gays as such things affect not just a small minority but all journalists and all people.