You are correct. The sun has turned up the heat, so to speak. Even Mars is feeling it. It's polar ice pack has also been shown to have gotten smaller in the last century. When you combine that with the fact that PPM of CO2 have increased from around 250 to around 380 in the last century, you can see that we haven't been helping the situation either. (In the last Ice Age, PPM of CO2 was around 150)
There's no one reason or one solution. The system is so complex that we honestly cannot point to one cause and know there were no others. It may be that, even with all our work, the sun may overwhelm the planet with heat anyway. It just seems foolish to throw our hands up and not at least try to improve what we can. I think the coutry is finally recognizing that as well.
You are pretty much correct in your assessment of the Democratic machines of the last 100 years or so. There are examples of on both sides of the aisle though and this could easily degenrate into a nasty pointless flogging of both parties.
I think you're missing the point. This isn't about partisan loyalties, it's about trust in the electorial process. Once the voters lose faith in the system they become disinfranchised and, if the situation continues, open to other, less pacifistic ways to solve their governmental issues.
Once trust is lost you risk chaos. Diebold hasn't done a good job on gaining anyones trust in their products, by any definition I can think of. Trusting them with elections, however true their intent, isn't something I'm willing to do right now. Maybe in the future, but a lot of work will have to be done between now and then.
The issue that you encounter with taping two cameras together is that the depth of field is going to be different between them because the pupils of the cameras are at different points.
Correct me if I'm wrong here, but to project this, you have to make room for the viewer. Seems like the difference in perspective would be desireable. I'd think that you'd really want the camera's to be physically placed around the camera in as close to a spherical configuration as possible. This should leave room for the camera person, or, at least, the camera.
My mind flashes back to a Superman comic book where Lex Luthor bends light around himself to become invisible. He is then left blind, because any flaw that allowed him to see out could be used by Superman to find him.
If I remember right, the big auto manufacturers killed off as many electric rails as they could. They used tactics that even Micosoft would envy. Even the big railroads were affected. Someone had developed an electric engine for long hauls of heavy loads. I believe Ford developed a deisel engine and then priced it so low that the electric engine manufacturer went out of business. This was all helped to some degree by some congress critters they had on a leash. Don't remember specific details much past that. I just remember that they killed the public transit system in LA so that the city would buy more of their deisel busses. Better for the stockholders and all that.
I'd imagine something simular would happen if you tried to do this on a big scale. One of the big manufacturers would cry, "Whoa is me" and someone in Government would step in and mandate some sort of open contract to evaluate the various technology. Low and behold, the big manufacturer has the advantage on price and gets the job. Sorry about electric concept guys, gotta serve the CEO...er....taxpayer and spend their money wisely.
* you will be arrested if you do not pay your debt;
* they will seize, garnish, attach, or sell your property or wages, unless the collection agency or creditor intends to do so, and it is legal to do so; or
* actions, such as a lawsuit, will be taken against you, when such action legally may not be taken, or when they do not intend to take such action.
After reading TFA, it seems like they violated that last point. Wonder how they got away with that.
Whether this is leak was harmful to Apple is not as cut-and-dried as you make it out to be. Remember, it's not just the consumer that now has access to this information, but Apple's competitors. I think Apple can fairly make the claim that this is very harmful to their business, though it would be up to a court to decide that matter.
I agree with you here. This is very similar to the reasons put forward by the retailers on Black Friday adds.
Shield laws were to designed to protect whistleblowers. If Apple had been committing accounting fraud, or some such scandalous behavior, and an employee leaked the information to one of these sites, then the California shield law could appropriately be applied.
This is the deciding factor then. With these two points, I guess I would agree that Apple has a good case for going after the web sites. I still think Apple needs to guard that info better, but whose to say they haven't instituted internal procedures to cap this type of leak.
if I were in Apple's position I would want to know who was leaking trade secrets.
I agree! If I were Apple, I'd want to know as well.
I guess we disagree on the course of action. I believe that Apple should clean it's own house if it has a problem, not take the easy way out and attack a news/rumor site. This might set a very bad example. If you can't protect your sources when they give you the truth, why should they ever come forward in the future?
My concern is that this has the potential to restrict the honest reporting that is still out there. That's a very dangerous direction if we still want to keep a democratic republic in the USA.
--> but the information on the sight was far too complete to have come from speculation alone.
I haven't seen the offending site's content so I can't comment on this.
--> If a large magazine where to publish this information, which could have a negative effect on Apple's survival, they would be held liable too.
Agreed. However, even though I haven't seen the content, I was under the impression that the site was an apple review site. Was the information really harmful to apple? If not, what's the issue, other than a rogue employee.
This seems like the Black Friday information issue. Wal-Mart and Target, et al, all want to keep sale items secret so you choose their store based on reputation. This hurts the consumer slightly, when you find out that a better deal was to be had at the other end of the mall. If that's the real issue, I can see why Apple might be a bit upset, but there again, don't go after the publisher, go after the employee's who are breaking trust with you. The publisher is providing a valuable service to the consumer based on knowledge at hand.
I agree with your whole post. The point, I think, is that apple should be pursuing this internally. They should be instituting rigor around information that is trade secret. The employee that leaked the info is the one who violated whatever employment agreements that are in place. The employee should be held accountable. If they can't find that employee, they aren't controlling access to their data well enough.
Instead, they've gone after someone who isn't in the apple employee family. They're suing the publisher of the information.
The blogs never broke any contract. You can't break a contract you didn't sign. They only related a rumor from a supposed insider. This happens on/. all the time. It happens at ABC, CBS, CNN, FOX and other organizations as well.
So the question becomes, are the bloggers journalists? What defines a journalist? This judge seems to be making decision to define that. I don't like his opinion myself, but that's what this is about.
That officer would have the power to appoint people, but the power would not extend to appointing, say, horses. Any attempt to appoint a horse would be legally meaningless and the horse's status in law would not change, regardless of whether said horse was treated by its supposed colleagues and superiors as having all the benefits and privileges of rank and its antecedent requirement of legal personality.
Police dogs and horses have rank in their forces don't they? I also believe that there are, in some places anyway, laws that specify different penalties for harming them while on duty. This would counter your statement that they don't have a change in legal status.
An yes IANAL!:P
I believe there was an Outer Limits episode that followed those steps exactly. It was called "Think like a dinosaur". The entire episode revolved around a transport that had an uncertain completions status, so they weren't sure whether to kill the young lady involved. Pretty good episode.
I think that this is one of the better reviews I've read on/. lately. Lots of good info on what to expect and not expect and what's covered and not covered. Makes me want to spend some of my hard earned SAF (Spousal Approval Factor) points and check this out myself.
It's easy to slam him because he's being a butthead today, and I hate to be a troll or anything, but what have you or any of us created that has had the impact of Star Wars on society in general?
The original release of this somewhat original movie (really just a western in space, written many times by then in book form) made SF widely acceptable in the mainstream. I'd have to say that it was stunning at the time. I remember that we all rode home in silence after that flick. The effects of those movies are still felt today. I wish I had one idea that would have this type of positive effect on the world.
Buying things usually is an unemcombered transaction. You buy a knife and you can use it to spread butter or as a screw driver. Your choice.
This isn't always the case though. One good example is when buying a house. Many times there are binding covenants that require you to take certain actions, even after the sale. They are enforced by the local law. These aren't a function of the mortgage either if that's what you're thinking. They are binding agreements that curtail some actions you may or may not take with respect to your house.
I'm a home owner though, not a lawyer, if you want more info on them, spend $120/hour to find out.
Once you get into a job, having varied skills will be a big plus. Being the go-to-guy is the best job security. Until then though, those little pieces of paper, the degree and the certs, are your best bets.
HR drones don't usually know jack about tech skills. They just do a match against the internal req. document they are given from whomever approves them. The first cut for anyone not already in the company is always the degree. Always! They are the union card for the salaried masses.
I'd also check the following for getting to the interview and beyond. "Knock 'em Dead, 2004" by Martin Yate. It was recommended to me by the career consultant who helped me with my resume. After three months of hearing nothing back, I sent this resume out on a Monday to three places and heard back from two of them Tuesday. Pure magic! Give it a read. Good stuff within.
This whole dicussion seems to have digressed into the same tired arguments about P2P vs. MPAA/RIAA. Mod that as a troll if you have to.
The BIG issue is exactly what the first poster pointed out. A government official is circulating a document on policy that was written or at least corrected by a single industry representative. This guy is president of an association of state attorney generals and the RIAA/MPAA is mainlining their message directly through him to the country. What happened to the dialog that government reps are supposed to engage in, even AG's, when it comes to policy.
Maybe I'm ranting, but that to me is offensive and wrong and that's what we should be discussing in this thread.
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If you're against the FOSS idea, you should be able to find something here that pays.
You are correct. The sun has turned up the heat, so to speak. Even Mars is feeling it. It's polar ice pack has also been shown to have gotten smaller in the last century. When you combine that with the fact that PPM of CO2 have increased from around 250 to around 380 in the last century, you can see that we haven't been helping the situation either. (In the last Ice Age, PPM of CO2 was around 150)
There's no one reason or one solution. The system is so complex that we honestly cannot point to one cause and know there were no others. It may be that, even with all our work, the sun may overwhelm the planet with heat anyway. It just seems foolish to throw our hands up and not at least try to improve what we can. I think the coutry is finally recognizing that as well.
You are pretty much correct in your assessment of the Democratic machines of the last 100 years or so. There are examples of on both sides of the aisle though and this could easily degenrate into a nasty pointless flogging of both parties.
I think you're missing the point. This isn't about partisan loyalties, it's about trust in the electorial process. Once the voters lose faith in the system they become disinfranchised and, if the situation continues, open to other, less pacifistic ways to solve their governmental issues.
Once trust is lost you risk chaos. Diebold hasn't done a good job on gaining anyones trust in their products, by any definition I can think of. Trusting them with elections, however true their intent, isn't something I'm willing to do right now. Maybe in the future, but a lot of work will have to be done between now and then.
That's great news! Where can I pick up a +5 sword of flame and kick some monster butt? Does Wal-Mart carry those now? lol
The issue that you encounter with taping two cameras together is that the depth of field is going to be different between them because the pupils of the cameras are at different points.
Correct me if I'm wrong here, but to project this, you have to make room for the viewer. Seems like the difference in perspective would be desireable. I'd think that you'd really want the camera's to be physically placed around the camera in as close to a spherical configuration as possible. This should leave room for the camera person, or, at least, the camera.
My mind flashes back to a Superman comic book where Lex Luthor bends light around himself to become invisible. He is then left blind, because any flaw that allowed him to see out could be used by Superman to find him.
How come there's no "+1 Scary" mod point?
Correct. Thank you.
10 nit pick points to you.
If I remember right, the big auto manufacturers killed off as many electric rails as they could. They used tactics that even Micosoft would envy. Even the big railroads were affected. Someone had developed an electric engine for long hauls of heavy loads. I believe Ford developed a deisel engine and then priced it so low that the electric engine manufacturer went out of business. This was all helped to some degree by some congress critters they had on a leash. Don't remember specific details much past that. I just remember that they killed the public transit system in LA so that the city would buy more of their deisel busses. Better for the stockholders and all that.
I'd imagine something simular would happen if you tried to do this on a big scale. One of the big manufacturers would cry, "Whoa is me" and someone in Government would step in and mandate some sort of open contract to evaluate the various technology. Low and behold, the big manufacturer has the advantage on price and gets the job. Sorry about electric concept guys, gotta serve the CEO...er....taxpayer and spend their money wisely.
Beat to the punch.
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Well, thanks for making me laugh out loud at work and squirt water all over my keyboard. Jeez! If I had mod points, I'd throw 'em your way.
Couldn't have said it better myself. If I had mod points, I'd mod you up.
From that FTC site:
Debt collectors also may not state that:
* you will be arrested if you do not pay your debt;
* they will seize, garnish, attach, or sell your property or wages, unless the collection agency or creditor intends to do so, and it is legal to do so; or
* actions, such as a lawsuit, will be taken against you, when such action legally may not be taken, or when they do not intend to take such action.
After reading TFA, it seems like they violated that last point. Wonder how they got away with that.
Whether this is leak was harmful to Apple is not as cut-and-dried as you make it out to be. Remember, it's not just the consumer that now has access to this information, but Apple's competitors. I think Apple can fairly make the claim that this is very harmful to their business, though it would be up to a court to decide that matter.
I agree with you here. This is very similar to the reasons put forward by the retailers on Black Friday adds.
Shield laws were to designed to protect whistleblowers. If Apple had been committing accounting fraud, or some such scandalous behavior, and an employee leaked the information to one of these sites, then the California shield law could appropriately be applied.
This is the deciding factor then. With these two points, I guess I would agree that Apple has a good case for going after the web sites. I still think Apple needs to guard that info better, but whose to say they haven't instituted internal procedures to cap this type of leak.
if I were in Apple's position I would want to know who was leaking trade secrets.
I agree! If I were Apple, I'd want to know as well.
I guess we disagree on the course of action. I believe that Apple should clean it's own house if it has a problem, not take the easy way out and attack a news/rumor site. This might set a very bad example. If you can't protect your sources when they give you the truth, why should they ever come forward in the future?
My concern is that this has the potential to restrict the honest reporting that is still out there. That's a very dangerous direction if we still want to keep a democratic republic in the USA.
--> but the information on the sight was far too complete to have come from speculation alone.
I haven't seen the offending site's content so I can't comment on this.
--> If a large magazine where to publish this information, which could have a negative effect on Apple's survival, they would be held liable too.
Agreed. However, even though I haven't seen the content, I was under the impression that the site was an apple review site. Was the information really harmful to apple? If not, what's the issue, other than a rogue employee.
This seems like the Black Friday information issue. Wal-Mart and Target, et al, all want to keep sale items secret so you choose their store based on reputation. This hurts the consumer slightly, when you find out that a better deal was to be had at the other end of the mall. If that's the real issue, I can see why Apple might be a bit upset, but there again, don't go after the publisher, go after the employee's who are breaking trust with you. The publisher is providing a valuable service to the consumer based on knowledge at hand.
I agree with your whole post. The point, I think, is that apple should be pursuing this internally. They should be instituting rigor around information that is trade secret. The employee that leaked the info is the one who violated whatever employment agreements that are in place. The employee should be held accountable. If they can't find that employee, they aren't controlling access to their data well enough.
/. all the time. It happens at ABC, CBS, CNN, FOX and other organizations as well.
Instead, they've gone after someone who isn't in the apple employee family. They're suing the publisher of the information.
The blogs never broke any contract. You can't break a contract you didn't sign. They only related a rumor from a supposed insider. This happens on
So the question becomes, are the bloggers journalists? What defines a journalist? This judge seems to be making decision to define that. I don't like his opinion myself, but that's what this is about.
That officer would have the power to appoint people, but the power would not extend to appointing, say, horses. Any attempt to appoint a horse would be legally meaningless and the horse's status in law would not change, regardless of whether said horse was treated by its supposed colleagues and superiors as having all the benefits and privileges of rank and its antecedent requirement of legal personality. Police dogs and horses have rank in their forces don't they? I also believe that there are, in some places anyway, laws that specify different penalties for harming them while on duty. This would counter your statement that they don't have a change in legal status. An yes IANAL! :P
I believe there was an Outer Limits episode that followed those steps exactly. It was called "Think like a dinosaur". The entire episode revolved around a transport that had an uncertain completions status, so they weren't sure whether to kill the young lady involved. Pretty good episode.
I think that this is one of the better reviews I've read on /. lately. Lots of good info on what to expect and not expect and what's covered and not covered. Makes me want to spend some of my hard earned SAF (Spousal Approval Factor) points and check this out myself.
It's easy to slam him because he's being a butthead today, and I hate to be a troll or anything, but what have you or any of us created that has had the impact of Star Wars on society in general?
The original release of this somewhat original movie (really just a western in space, written many times by then in book form) made SF widely acceptable in the mainstream. I'd have to say that it was stunning at the time. I remember that we all rode home in silence after that flick. The effects of those movies are still felt today. I wish I had one idea that would have this type of positive effect on the world.
Alas, I only read slashdot.
Buying things usually is an unemcombered transaction. You buy a knife and you can use it to spread butter or as a screw driver. Your choice.
This isn't always the case though. One good example is when buying a house. Many times there are binding covenants that require you to take certain actions, even after the sale. They are enforced by the local law. These aren't a function of the mortgage either if that's what you're thinking. They are binding agreements that curtail some actions you may or may not take with respect to your house.
I'm a home owner though, not a lawyer, if you want more info on them, spend $120/hour to find out.
And in two years, I bet we only pay $200 to $400 for this. I can wait. I would be a blast to see what you could do with it though.
Once you get into a job, having varied skills will be a big plus. Being the go-to-guy is the best job security. Until then though, those little pieces of paper, the degree and the certs, are your best bets.
HR drones don't usually know jack about tech skills. They just do a match against the internal req. document they are given from whomever approves them. The first cut for anyone not already in the company is always the degree. Always! They are the union card for the salaried masses.
I'd also check the following for getting to the interview and beyond. "Knock 'em Dead, 2004" by Martin Yate. It was recommended to me by the career consultant who helped me with my resume. After three months of hearing nothing back, I sent this resume out on a Monday to three places and heard back from two of them Tuesday. Pure magic! Give it a read. Good stuff within.
This whole dicussion seems to have digressed into the same tired arguments about P2P vs. MPAA/RIAA. Mod that as a troll if you have to.
The BIG issue is exactly what the first poster pointed out. A government official is circulating a document on policy that was written or at least corrected by a single industry representative. This guy is president of an association of state attorney generals and the RIAA/MPAA is mainlining their message directly through him to the country. What happened to the dialog that government reps are supposed to engage in, even AG's, when it comes to policy.
Maybe I'm ranting, but that to me is offensive and wrong and that's what we should be discussing in this thread.