It doesn't matter how many police were involved as long as there was at least one involved in this. If those 3 or 6 police couldn't take him down peacefully they should have called for someone capable.
I have a different view. Megacorps view this stuff the same way they view the rampant theft at retail stores. It's a cost of doing business and it's passed on to competitors.
You can pass losses on to competitors!? In that case, Walmart should open it's door, fire the staff and put up a sign saying "PLEASE DEPOSIT CORRECT PAYMENT INTO BOWL BEFORE LEAVING". This would cut down on labor costs and really stick it to Target when they pass any losses on.
That works out to a radius of about 60 miles. Doesn't sound nearly as impressive as 12,000 sq mi.
Having read the parents post... your 12,000 sq mile coverage area isn't nearly as impressive as my competing technologies 989,113 cubic mile coverage area*!!!
That's okay. No one understands why anybody uses Opera.
I don't use Opera on my PC but I use it on my Android phone. It's lightweight and simple so it's well suited for portable devices. But I like the plugins I get with Firefox so it's my main desktop browser.
"It's not about acting on market information. It is purely arbitrage. A mis pricing allows one to buy and sell simultaneously and lock in the difference minus trading costs.
In the old days, traders used to do this in the trading pit. Now it's computers closest to the exchange feed.
Tied in with this is the automatic trading. In the case of that big intra day fall, a wrong trade was entered. I forget the details but it was big enough to push down the market xx amount, which triggered automatic sell programs from non-arbitrage automated computer selling, which triggered a market sell off, which in turn triggered more selling until the market circuit breakers kicked in.
During the mandatory no trading period, the original bad trade was discovered and reversed. This IIRC also triggered automated buy programs and the whole thing went in reverse. The bad thing is that the market whipsaw really hammered some real end investor trades as collateral damage.
I remember watching the Hang Seng Index the day that Soc Gen announced Jerome Kerviel's fraud and liquidated the positions. It was a full trading day of massive market swings for big losses to big gains several times throughout the day. It was almost all computer generated programmatic trading."
Oh, please, spare me. I see this sentiment everywhere, and it's nonsense. Traditional investing still works. At the end of the day, investors are still going to look at how much money a company makes and assess how much risk that company's stock poses. If HFT causes blips in a stock's price, the the market will eventually correct the price.
...we really do very normal (and useful!) things in the market...
You can't tell me that a company changed direction in 1/5th of a microsecond. You're not allocating capital investment to companies based on actual merit, you're skimming money from other investors.
John Templeton and Warren Buffet didn't get rich through micro-transactions. They allocated capital to companies, allowed them time to prosper and *if* they did, then they were rewarded.
You've convinced me of your technical skills but not that "[you] really do very normal (and useful!) things in the market".
Not surprising. Wall street is basically a hot bed of criminals, so it's not surprising to see them using an operating system that is built from stolen Microsoft technology.
That's a twist ending even M. Night Shyamalan would be proud of...
"In high-frequency trading (HFT), programmers eke out every last incremental tick in performance to build algorithms that battle other algorithms for computational supremacy and millions in profits -- and earn a lot in the process."
Skimming money off billions of micro-transactions. Ahh, yes... forget investing in ideas and backing well managed companies... this is the way capitalism was envisioned.
Pscyhology actually causes inflation, it is not any kind of natural law. An individual decides to raise prices, why should he do that just because there's more money in existence? If there's more knowledge does that make each individual peice of knowledge worth less? If we learn how to make processed food, does that make the knowledge of how to grow organic food worth less?
This article and people like you are an embarrassment to this site. I don't even need to explain why.
This is why America is going in the toilet. Laugh all you want but the housing crisis was just the tip of the iceberg. Go ahead and sell each other increasingly more expensive houses until it blows up. Go ahead and print money until it's worthless.
You've pissed away your competitive advantage over the rest of the world when it was busy rebuilding from WWII. The only thing the US has left is the FIRE economy and the Entertainment industry. The FIRE economy is already gutting itself and the US is going insane trying to clamp down on "international piracy" to salvage it's last dying money maker.
In the 30's there were pictures of people lined up in soup kitchens. Today it is hidden, because 44 Million people are using food stamps... blending in as if everything is normal. But things aren't normal, and they aren't going to get better by spending more fvcking money... money you don't have and didn't earn.
This article submission is an embarrassment to slashdot. There's no hack to creating money, if you want to print more then just go ahead and do it but beware of the consequences. Fiat money has no value it is just a marker representing the services and goods of the economy, and shifting that marker only rewards savers and punishes debtors.
A scientist thinking that 'printing money is the answer' is on par with an economist suggesting 'giant outdoor AC units to combat global warming'. And I am not exaggerating... they are analogous.
I'd rather read intelligent posts. And economists must not be doing their job. Look at the economy great shape huh?
This article submission is an embarrassment to slashdot. There's no hack to creating money, if you want to print more then just go ahead and do it but beware of the consequences. Fiat money has no value it is just a marker representing the services and goods of the economy, and shifting that marker only rewards savers and punishes debtors.
A scientist thinking that 'printing money is the answer' is on par with an economist suggesting 'giant outdoor AC units to combat global warming'. And I am not exaggerating... they are analogous.
Why bother, when you can simply talk to a few people at the bank's ISP, exchange a bit of something under the table, and get a list of all the banks' customers' account numbers, PINs and login info.
After some careful analysis, I've determined you could make off with tens of dollars by hacking the average Pakistani's bank account. It would be more lucrative and less effort to trick dumb and greedy Americans into Nigerian money laundering scams.
They're interested in content rather than b/w utilisation. I suggest you RTFA...no-matter how preposterous it may sound.
Instead of generic encrypted traffic now users will to resort to stenography. Just embed encrypted traffic in otherwise boring video streams and pictures.
I take it no one does any actual work over the internet in Pakistan?! How about banking, stock trades, online purchases? How ass-backwards is this country?
I have a Nexus S with Android 2.3.4. Whenever I plug in a USB data cable, a pop-up asks me to "Turn on USB storage". This is only accessible after I enter my password. I realize he is bitching in general but with respect to this specific problem... it's a non-issue.
"Even more because simply attaching the phone to a USB port allows complete access to the internal memory and SD card regardless of whether a password is entered."
I have a Nexus S with Android 2.3.4. Whenever I plug in a USB data cable, a pop-up asks me to "Turn on USB storage". This is only accessible after I enter my password. I realize he is bitching in general but with respect to this specific problem... it's a non-issue.
This research would imply that the further south you live in the US the less intelligent you were. So I did a quick Google search for "dumb american southerners"... turns out there is strong anecdotal evidence! Where's my research grant.
The recent riot in Vancouver is an excellent example of this. The police probably caught a good hundred people directly thanks to social media. Maybe they would have found most of those people by other means.. but they basically had the worst offenders all identified within hours thanks to social media.
They aren't filtering anything or violating personal privacy. They're posting information and pictures on their page so that people can visit it (or see updates on their facebook status updates) and leave information if they know something about it. This all has been possible and done before, but now they're just using tools that are more accessible and relevant in the current generation. It's refreshing and good to see, actually.
So Facebook is a success.
The CIA tried creating a database of people but found the manpower far to expensive to be feasible. The only way was to crowd source the work. If they could trick 'idiots' into updating their own profile, law enforcement wouldn't have to work as hard to find information, and it would be virtually free. Welcome to Facebook, any governments wet dream.
We need a "National Record the Police in Public Day". I think that a public event like this would enforce the point far more strongly that the police losing an occasional lawsuit.
There are a lot of the days that are meaningless. But this I could really get behind. +1
We need "broadcast" 'net connected video and photo cams. That stream LIVE into hosting services in realtime.
Smash my camera. Take it away.
The goods are already distributed.
I use "DailyRoads" on my Nexus S. It's a dash cam for cars that can stream to a host. I haven't actually caught anything worthwhile yet... but who knows. It's a great application and I'm not saying that just because it's free.
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That may very well be, but you DO NOT have enough information to reach that conclusion.
Here's your information: http://morallowground.com/wp-content/uploads/Kelly-Thomas-Police-Beating-500x2995.jpg
It doesn't matter how many police were involved as long as there was at least one involved in this. If those 3 or 6 police couldn't take him down peacefully they should have called for someone capable.
I have a different view. Megacorps view this stuff the same way they view the rampant theft at retail stores. It's a cost of doing business and it's passed on to competitors.
You can pass losses on to competitors!? In that case, Walmart should open it's door, fire the staff and put up a sign saying "PLEASE DEPOSIT CORRECT PAYMENT INTO BOWL BEFORE LEAVING". This would cut down on labor costs and really stick it to Target when they pass any losses on.
"certain personnel getting promoted without necessary qualifications"
The prosecution may have merit, wouldn't the above qualify as obscene?
... bullshit that minorites in this country have been dealing with forever...
Wait, I forgot... which one is the cry baby race?
That works out to a radius of about 60 miles. Doesn't sound nearly as impressive as 12,000 sq mi.
Having read the parents post... your 12,000 sq mile coverage area isn't nearly as impressive as my competing technologies 989,113 cubic mile coverage area*!!!
* As tested in outerspace
That's okay. No one understands why anybody uses Opera.
I don't use Opera on my PC but I use it on my Android phone. It's lightweight and simple so it's well suited for portable devices. But I like the plugins I get with Firefox so it's my main desktop browser.
This guy nails it - http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/archive/index.php/t-601887.html
"It's not about acting on market information. It is purely arbitrage. A mis pricing allows one to buy and sell simultaneously and lock in the difference minus trading costs.
In the old days, traders used to do this in the trading pit. Now it's computers closest to the exchange feed.
Tied in with this is the automatic trading. In the case of that big intra day fall, a wrong trade was entered. I forget the details but it was big enough to push down the market xx amount, which triggered automatic sell programs from non-arbitrage automated computer selling, which triggered a market sell off, which in turn triggered more selling until the market circuit breakers kicked in.
During the mandatory no trading period, the original bad trade was discovered and reversed. This IIRC also triggered automated buy programs and the whole thing went in reverse. The bad thing is that the market whipsaw really hammered some real end investor trades as collateral damage.
I remember watching the Hang Seng Index the day that Soc Gen announced Jerome Kerviel's fraud and liquidated the positions. It was a full trading day of massive market swings for big losses to big gains several times throughout the day. It was almost all computer generated programmatic trading."
Oh, please, spare me. I see this sentiment everywhere, and it's nonsense. Traditional investing still works. At the end of the day, investors are still going to look at how much money a company makes and assess how much risk that company's stock poses. If HFT causes blips in a stock's price, the the market will eventually correct the price.
Like this blip?
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-05-06/electronic-trading-to-blame-for-stock-market-plunge-nyse-s-leibowitz-says.html
...we really do very normal (and useful!) things in the market...
You can't tell me that a company changed direction in 1/5th of a microsecond. You're not allocating capital investment to companies based on actual merit, you're skimming money from other investors.
John Templeton and Warren Buffet didn't get rich through micro-transactions. They allocated capital to companies, allowed them time to prosper and *if* they did, then they were rewarded.
You've convinced me of your technical skills but not that "[you] really do very normal (and useful!) things in the market".
Not surprising. Wall street is basically a hot bed of criminals, so it's not surprising to see them using an operating system that is built from stolen Microsoft technology.
That's a twist ending even M. Night Shyamalan would be proud of...
"In high-frequency trading (HFT), programmers eke out every last incremental tick in performance to build algorithms that battle other algorithms for computational supremacy and millions in profits -- and earn a lot in the process."
Skimming money off billions of micro-transactions. Ahh, yes... forget investing in ideas and backing well managed companies... this is the way capitalism was envisioned.
Pscyhology actually causes inflation, it is not any kind of natural law. An individual decides to raise prices, why should he do that just because there's more money in existence? If there's more knowledge does that make each individual peice of knowledge worth less? If we learn how to make processed food, does that make the knowledge of how to grow organic food worth less?
This article and people like you are an embarrassment to this site. I don't even need to explain why.
This is why America is going in the toilet. Laugh all you want but the housing crisis was just the tip of the iceberg. Go ahead and sell each other increasingly more expensive houses until it blows up. Go ahead and print money until it's worthless.
You've pissed away your competitive advantage over the rest of the world when it was busy rebuilding from WWII. The only thing the US has left is the FIRE economy and the Entertainment industry. The FIRE economy is already gutting itself and the US is going insane trying to clamp down on "international piracy" to salvage it's last dying money maker.
In the 30's there were pictures of people lined up in soup kitchens. Today it is hidden, because 44 Million people are using food stamps... blending in as if everything is normal. But things aren't normal, and they aren't going to get better by spending more fvcking money... money you don't have and didn't earn.
This article submission is an embarrassment to slashdot. There's no hack to creating money, if you want to print more then just go ahead and do it but beware of the consequences. Fiat money has no value it is just a marker representing the services and goods of the economy, and shifting that marker only rewards savers and punishes debtors.
A scientist thinking that 'printing money is the answer' is on par with an economist suggesting 'giant outdoor AC units to combat global warming'. And I am not exaggerating... they are analogous.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-PG_OKjw4o
That should read: and shifting that marker only punishes savers and rewards debtors, dammit
I'd rather read intelligent posts. And economists must not be doing their job. Look at the economy great shape huh?
This article submission is an embarrassment to slashdot. There's no hack to creating money, if you want to print more then just go ahead and do it but beware of the consequences. Fiat money has no value it is just a marker representing the services and goods of the economy, and shifting that marker only rewards savers and punishes debtors.
A scientist thinking that 'printing money is the answer' is on par with an economist suggesting 'giant outdoor AC units to combat global warming'. And I am not exaggerating... they are analogous.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-PG_OKjw4o
Why bother, when you can simply talk to a few people at the bank's ISP, exchange a bit of something under the table, and get a list of all the banks' customers' account numbers, PINs and login info.
After some careful analysis, I've determined you could make off with tens of dollars by hacking the average Pakistani's bank account. It would be more lucrative and less effort to trick dumb and greedy Americans into Nigerian money laundering scams.
http://www.einfopedia.com/per-capita-income-of-pakistan.php
They're interested in content rather than b/w utilisation. I suggest you RTFA...no-matter how preposterous it may sound.
Instead of generic encrypted traffic now users will to resort to stenography. Just embed encrypted traffic in otherwise boring video streams and pictures.
I take it no one does any actual work over the internet in Pakistan?! How about banking, stock trades, online purchases? How ass-backwards is this country?
I have a Nexus S with Android 2.3.4. Whenever I plug in a USB data cable, a pop-up asks me to "Turn on USB storage". This is only accessible after I enter my password. I realize he is bitching in general but with respect to this specific problem... it's a non-issue.
This first appeared in Android 2.2.1
http://books.google.ca/books?id=yTrYZ2t7oPQC&pg=PA60&lpg=PA60&dq=android+%22turn+on+usb+storage%22+android+2.2&source=bl&ots=h4Z4ERUvtP&sig=REGSUTfY4y2VrnRHwUIsdsJh7ew&hl=en&ei=TeQxTpq9Gqnu0gHEn6XiCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CFgQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q&f=false
And technically, unauthorized people cannot remove the SD card from a Nexus S :)
"Even more because simply attaching the phone to a USB port allows complete access to the internal memory and SD card regardless of whether a password is entered."
I have a Nexus S with Android 2.3.4. Whenever I plug in a USB data cable, a pop-up asks me to "Turn on USB storage". This is only accessible after I enter my password. I realize he is bitching in general but with respect to this specific problem... it's a non-issue.
This research would imply that the further south you live in the US the less intelligent you were. So I did a quick Google search for "dumb american southerners"... turns out there is strong anecdotal evidence! Where's my research grant.
The recent riot in Vancouver is an excellent example of this. The police probably caught a good hundred people directly thanks to social media. Maybe they would have found most of those people by other means.. but they basically had the worst offenders all identified within hours thanks to social media.
Watch out for a future crime spree from Casey Anthony...
http://gawker.com/5824690/the-casey-anthony-latex-mask
They aren't filtering anything or violating personal privacy. They're posting information and pictures on their page so that people can visit it (or see updates on their facebook status updates) and leave information if they know something about it. This all has been possible and done before, but now they're just using tools that are more accessible and relevant in the current generation. It's refreshing and good to see, actually.
So Facebook is a success.
The CIA tried creating a database of people but found the manpower far to expensive to be feasible. The only way was to crowd source the work. If they could trick 'idiots' into updating their own profile, law enforcement wouldn't have to work as hard to find information, and it would be virtually free. Welcome to Facebook, any governments wet dream.
I wonder what the boot time would be with SSDs?
We need a "National Record the Police in Public Day". I think that a public event like this would enforce the point far more strongly that the police losing an occasional lawsuit.
There are a lot of the days that are meaningless. But this I could really get behind. +1
We need "broadcast" 'net connected video and photo cams. That stream LIVE into hosting services in realtime.
Smash my camera. Take it away.
The goods are already distributed.
I use "DailyRoads" on my Nexus S. It's a dash cam for cars that can stream to a host. I haven't actually caught anything worthwhile yet... but who knows. It's a great application and I'm not saying that just because it's free.
http://www.dailyroads.com/voyager.php
Is that what we're calling it these days?
Yeah, to be honest, I look forward to a robot that can "force choke" it's "opponent" too.
Actually, they have those already:
"Wolowitz Penis problems with robotic hand Big Bang Theory" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWwikNgKvQE