I think that my worst experience with this was with a new HP printer. I was on the phone with one person for 30-40 minutes, until I was transferred to the next level. I spent 30-40 minutes with the next level person answering the very same questions. It was not only a waste of my time, it was also a waste of the technicians' time.
Of course it wasn't worth it, because your privacy is far less important than your security.
Maybe mine is, but what about members of Congress? How many members of Congress have secrets that can be used to influence votes? How many votes does it take to influence the policy of the US Government?
Let's face it, the "security threats" are vastly overblown. When teenage kids get get over airport fences we can be farly sure that terrorists are not trying.
We adults make fun of this sort of thing.
Not the real adults. Only the scared, little-minded people.
What if the claim that the files have been decrypted is false? Just the claim disrupts intelligence operations. Perhaps they have some information that was obtained by other means and has been used to "prove" that the files have been cracked, when, in reality, they have not?
How can a judge accept the president asking him to ignore the law?
Because it is not "the law". A second circuit decision is only binding on the second circuit. Judges in other districts may take notice of such a decision, but they are not bound by it. If the Supreme Court had reviewed the decision and either ruled on it or declined to review it, then it would be binding on the whole country.
This is what we did at the County of Santa Cruz HSA almost 20 years ago, with some credit card-sized barcode readers. Today I'd hope to use a scanning reader, not one you have to slide over the code; and one with a keypad, so that you can enter codes that you can't conveniently scan.
Those people who already use something like Spotify or Pandora won't immediately switch, but I guess that Apple expects that there will be a very large number of people who have never used an Internet radio service that will sign up for Apple's service.
Reducing friction in the sign-up process will certainly make a difference and I expect that Apple will make it easy to sign up.
It is my impression that Yahoo email accounts are compromised and used to send spam far more often than other services. This could be due to one of 3 reasons: 1. Yahoo has more email subscribers than competing services. 2. X-site scripting vulnerabilities in Yahoo. 3. More clueless users.
I don't think that the magnitude of 1 is large enough, so options 2 and 3 are left. I think that there were some cross-site scripting vulnerabilities reported a year or two back, so it might be this.
Remember that ALL evidence related to a case MUST be disclosed to the defense at trial,... So they simply DON'T develop evidence which isn't 100% legal, obtaining warrants when necessary, the risks are too great
Is that meant as sarcasm? If it was meant to be serious, then you are seriously mis-informed. Google "Parallel construction"
Yes, but.. The courts have established that law enforcement CAN do surveillance in public areas and collect evidence of crimes.
People's back yards are not public areas. Also law enforcement cannot use tools that are not generally available in order to spy into people's houses (specifically, the case was about thermal imaging, but using a plane to see into private back yards is exactly the same).
I've seen various comments/analysis on other sites about how unsafe this makes people feel. My response was completely the opposite: security is completely ineffective yet it's quite rare for terrorists to blow up airliners. Conclusion: terrorists don't pose a massive threat to our safety and we can do away with all the infringements of our liberties made in the name of safety from terrorists.
Exactly. Not only are the passenger searches ineffective, but also teenagers have breached airport fences. What this shows is that there is no threat.
The claims of "increased threat levels" are pure propaganda.
In addition to being expensive as hell, the new HFA inhalers SUCK.
Buy them in Asia. A couple of years ago, I bought some Ventolin inhalers in India for the equivalent of $2 each. No prescription required.
Also, be aware that the active ingredients in inhalers run out before the propellant does. Unless you count uses, you may just be getting a lungfull of propellant only.
Obviously the CFC industry wasn't as big and powerful as the fossil fuels industries, didn't spend enough money obfuscating the issues,....
Nonsense. The producers of CFCs realized that there was more money to be made in producing (and patenting) the replacements. As an example, look at the price of an
Albuterol inhaler. Or think about the cost of recharging an A/C system in comparison to the cost before Freon was banned.
Years ago, I had a number of Nokia flip phones. I also converted emails to text messages and sent them to the phone (actually, probably MMS, not SMS), so that I could read my emails on a dumb phone.
However, every now and again, I would receive a "text of death". The phone would receive a text message, crash, reboot, attempt to download text messages again, crash.... etc.. It continued to do this until the network would decide to give up attempting to send that MMS message.
I had several phones of the same model and they all did this.
What if you emply a patent attorney and the attorney tells you that you don't infringe? In the past, this provided a defence against "willful infringment" claims. But now?
"Private vendors will provide drivers with small digital devices to track miles"
My car doesn't have a 12V outlet, you insensitive clod (and if it did, the polaritity would be reversed) -- car built in '57, with positive ground wiring.
These two are done. They're not going to work as cops ever again.
They may not work for a police department again, but there are probably many places where they can be hired as a sherriff's deputy. Even working as a police officer isn't beyond the realm of possiblity -- none of them was fired.
I wonder if the initial model for long-distance trucks will be trucks that runs 24 hours per day, while an attendant rides the truck for the few remaining manual task. Heck, you could have an outsourced programmer working 2 jobs at the same time: programming and baby-sitting the truck!. Increasing the number of hours per day that the truck runs is a significant increase in productivity.
Just like postal voting, Internet voting is a bad idea.
In a family group, you simply don't know who is really voting. Yes, the correct person may be marking the postal ballot, or clicking the votes, but a dominant family member can be looking over the voter's shoulder, making sure the vote corresponds to the dominant family member's preferences.
One would also need to admit that the US spends more per pupil than all but a small handful of countries
... and then compare the cost of living between those countries. Also (as you acknowledge), spending per pupil isn't the same as teacher salaries. Perhaps the overhead involved at the district, county and state levels needs to be looked at very carefully. Ask yourself, where are the nicest premises that any school district has? Probably it's the district offices.
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I think that my worst experience with this was with a new HP printer. I was on the phone with one person for 30-40 minutes, until I was transferred to the next level. I spent 30-40 minutes with the next level person answering the very same questions. It was not only a waste of my time, it was also a waste of the technicians' time.
Of course, I should have written MI6 instead of CIA.
Indeed. Does the NSA even have details of CIA operatives? Surely not, unless the NSA is spying on the CIA? In which case, WTF?
Maybe mine is, but what about members of Congress? How many members of Congress have secrets that can be used to influence votes? How many votes does it take to influence the policy of the US Government?
Let's face it, the "security threats" are vastly overblown. When teenage kids get get over airport fences we can be farly sure that terrorists are not trying.
Not the real adults. Only the scared, little-minded people.
What if the claim that the files have been decrypted is false? Just the claim disrupts intelligence operations. Perhaps they have some information that was obtained by other means and has been used to "prove" that the files have been cracked, when, in reality, they have not?
Because it is not "the law". A second circuit decision is only binding on the second circuit. Judges in other districts may take notice of such a decision, but they are not bound by it. If the Supreme Court had reviewed the decision and either ruled on it or declined to review it, then it would be binding on the whole country.
Why use barcodes? Why not use RFID tags instead?
Those people who already use something like Spotify or Pandora won't immediately switch, but I guess that Apple expects that there will be a very large number of people who have never used an Internet radio service that will sign up for Apple's service.
Reducing friction in the sign-up process will certainly make a difference and I expect that Apple will make it easy to sign up.
I am not sure that being made to run so hard that their bones fracture is "a pampered life".
Math fail.
It is my impression that Yahoo email accounts are compromised and used to send spam far more often than other services. This could be due to one of 3 reasons:
1. Yahoo has more email subscribers than competing services.
2. X-site scripting vulnerabilities in Yahoo.
3. More clueless users.
I don't think that the magnitude of 1 is large enough, so options 2 and 3 are left. I think that there were some cross-site scripting vulnerabilities reported a year or two back, so it might be this.
Is that meant as sarcasm? If it was meant to be serious, then you are seriously mis-informed. Google "Parallel construction"
People's back yards are not public areas. Also law enforcement cannot use tools that are not generally available in order to spy into people's houses (specifically, the case was about thermal imaging, but using a plane to see into private back yards is exactly the same).
Exactly. Not only are the passenger searches ineffective, but also teenagers have breached airport fences. What this shows is that there is no threat.
The claims of "increased threat levels" are pure propaganda.
Another way to descript this would be:
Elon Musk structures his businesses to support government priorities.
Buy them in Asia. A couple of years ago, I bought some Ventolin inhalers in India for the equivalent of $2 each. No prescription required.
Also, be aware that the active ingredients in inhalers run out before the propellant does. Unless you count uses, you may just be getting a lungfull of propellant only.
Nonsense. The producers of CFCs realized that there was more money to be made in producing (and patenting) the replacements. As an example, look at the price of an Albuterol inhaler. Or think about the cost of recharging an A/C system in comparison to the cost before Freon was banned.
Years ago, I had a number of Nokia flip phones. I also converted emails to text messages and sent them to the phone (actually, probably MMS, not SMS), so that I could read my emails on a dumb phone.
However, every now and again, I would receive a "text of death". The phone would receive a text message, crash, reboot, attempt to download text messages again, crash .... etc.. It continued to do this until the network would decide to give up attempting to send that MMS message.
I had several phones of the same model and they all did this.
What if you emply a patent attorney and the attorney tells you that you don't infringe? In the past, this provided a defence against "willful infringment" claims. But now?
Even worse, they got bonuses for their behaviour.
My car doesn't have a 12V outlet, you insensitive clod (and if it did, the polaritity would be reversed) -- car built in '57, with positive ground wiring.
They may not work for a police department again, but there are probably many places where they can be hired as a sherriff's deputy. Even working as a police officer isn't beyond the realm of possiblity -- none of them was fired.
I wonder if the initial model for long-distance trucks will be trucks that runs 24 hours per day, while an attendant rides the truck for the few remaining manual task. Heck, you could have an outsourced programmer working 2 jobs at the same time: programming and baby-sitting the truck!. Increasing the number of hours per day that the truck runs is a significant increase in productivity.
Just like postal voting, Internet voting is a bad idea.
In a family group, you simply don't know who is really voting. Yes, the correct person may be marking the postal ballot, or clicking the votes, but a dominant family member can be looking over the voter's shoulder, making sure the vote corresponds to the dominant family member's preferences.