I think you may need to re-read the post you're flaming... "entitled woman" does not imply violence, and "she'll smack him around" implies this hypothetical (and yet strangely familiar) woman is the one being abusive.
It's not a troll to tell someone that advocating violence against woman is wrong... unless you're doing it in response to something that has absolutely nothing to do with advocating violence against women.
It's like if I posted "I'm planning to move to the tropic of cancer" and someone replied with "HOW DARE YOU IMPLY HAVING CANCER IS A HOLIDAY!" -- they'll get modded offtopic at a minimum, and more likely as a troll.
I've got karma to burn, so don't mind posting educational replies to flamebait threads.
I noticed there were no hardware manufacturers of note on the supported list -- are you planning to get chip-based support for Opus (so that it'll be handled transparently by all the phones etc out there, including, say Apple)?
Especially because so much of the tablet infrastructure depends on a properly configured and administered supporting network. This type of conversion needs to be sold to and dogfooded (dogfed?) by IT in the school long before being rolled out to the teachers.
I'm not sure what's so bizarre about using an AppleTV in that way though - it's designed for that purpose and it works great in that kind of situation.
The problem in this situation is usually that the AppleTV is on a different WiFi network than the iPads. Sometimes there's also ACL issues.
It sounds to me like IT didn't fully vet the conversion prior to dumping the new system on their users. Every user getting an iPad should have also got a bluetooth keyboard and a stylus at minimum; there should also be a few community PCs for teacher use to clean up/convert old documents. Finally, the USB Stick issue seems to again come back to IT: network infrastructure wasn't set up for easy transfer of files (USB sticks shouldn't be needed and are a security hazard anyway).
While a tablet doesn't completely replace a laptop in a school setting, it sounds to me like in this case the tablet never stood a chance, as its strengths were hobbled by IT (who likely weren't trained properly) from the get-go.
It's not about spies, it's about espionage -- if a game company correctly models a military base, than ANYONE who buys that game can simulate attacking/exploring that base and use that training against the real thing.
Military bases are national secrets, even though they're usually left out in plain sight. Aliens recording details about such places are illegally leaking state secrets.
Not saying it's right or wrong, but it's the way things are.
If you're talking hiking, you really need to get the annotations from the local hiking clubs. Usually they take the 1942 maps and then have an annotation list so you can place the markers yourself.
Of course, I've found that in reality, the annotations and some method of finding bearing are often all that's really needed, other than for staying in/outside of boundaries in unmarked areas. GPS is great at telling you where you're located in the world, but it tells you nothing about what's around you. A compass, an altimeter, and a big of experience/common sense generally works just as well as GPS in the real world, unless you're actually on a survey team and need accurate global reference.
So the versioning becomes slightly obvious, as do the names.
Microsoft is a bit less so -- they keep a consistend internal versioning system, but the "product" names are pure marketing.
Linux distros tend to waffle between pure versioning and attempting to be like Apple or Microsoft -- which makes sense, as there's no one vision driving them all.
Not only that, it's trivial to checksum the entire collection of PDFs and confirm that the checksums match those published by the airline. If the PDF collection is a standard set, you can even just have a single checksum for the entire collection.
So: verifying you've got what you need involves powering up your iPad, running the app, and checking the checksum listed in the app against the one printed on your flight card. If they match, you know all your documents are readable and accurate, and are good to go.
Plus, they've found creative ways of adjusting weight... have you noticed that size and weight restrictions for carry-on and stowed luggage have changed over the past few years? Also, have you noticed that seats are smaller, except for the seats that cost more? Large people can't fit into small seats, so have to purchase the more expensive ones. This way, they get to discriminate on size and weight without tying it directly to the people travelling (it becomes the customer's problem instead).
Interesting point: when I was in school orienteering was taught somewhere around grade 6, and students were expected to be able to use a compass and a sextant, and use a topographic map. I always thought that was useful for everyone, whether you're in the city or the country. Sadly, these days it seems that many people don't even really know how to use their GPS (they leave that to their navigation software).
Nothing beats memorizing landmarks and backing it up on paper -- but using a portable device in the moment is often useful, as long as you're using it for reference and not as your primary means of navigation.
I'd rather have my pilot try to decipher an emergency checklist on a torn up page than stare at his reflection in a blank iPad screen.
I still have paper documentation in my datacenter that tells me how to recover key servers because I know that technology sometimes fails, despite redundant safeguards.
I'd rather he stare at his reflection and then contact the ATC than spend his time attempting to decipher an emergency checklist. The problem would come when he found that he had the wrong checklist loaded, and didn't notice until he was already part way through it (pretty unlikely, but not impossible).
All we know now is where the data likely originated -- which is precisely where everyone assumed it originated anyway (a single developer list).
How quickly people forget. The original slashdot story a comments were only a few days ago, and there were many people who were assuming that Apple willingly gave (or sold) it to the FBI.
For sure they were idiots that like to seize any opportunity to call Apple evil. But no, everybody didn't assume this came from a 3rd party developer. Only the more intelligent people realised that.
Sorry; I was filtering out the astroturfers, trolls, bots and flamebait when I said "everyone":D
I couldn't see any other obvious signs of child-proofing (which would require engineering beyond even military ruggedization)
The military internet use is under parental control?
Yes; Uncle Sam knows best.
That's why military personnell tend to set up alternative networks outside of milnet; that way they don't have the strict controls over what goes in/out.
The developer got hacked prior to the attack? Do you mean that the attack was directly against Blue Toad? Or are you saying they got hacked, then they got attacked?
I like my answer better: the data likely originated with them, and eventually got from there to AntiSec's computers, through some unknown path that they claim involved the FBI, and the FBI claims didn't. Everything else is pure guesswork.
...and it could just as easily be a case where the FBI requested this list from Blue Toad, or Blue Toad submitted this list as part of an investigation. All we know now is where the data likely originated -- which is precisely where everyone assumed it originated anyway (a single developer list).
Isn't there provisions in the DMCA, that if you file knowingly false takedown notices you go on trial for perjury or similar?
So, if the content is not for the issuer to take down, I should think anyone attached to it can file a complaint.
She may also have grounds for unrightful termination of contract, so there should be at least 2 venues for responding to the takedown.
This is referred to as the "giant loophole" provision -- the key words are "knowingly false". Since the process is automated, the people responsible don't know if it's true or false, and likely don't even know about the notice until they receive a response.
That said, there is also a complaints process, and she has followed it. Most people just don't bother.
Complicating this is that the people sending the notice are sending it from a foreign country, and don't claim ownership to the data they're claiming infringes copyright -- and they don't even indicate whose copyright is infringed. Can't sue someone for perjury when they don't even have standing in the courts where the laws are interpreted and enforced.
You're absolutely right in fact the whole rabid religions from the dessert have been responsible for most of the general unhappiness in Eurasia for the better part of a thousand years, and the world at large for the last 500. Why does it seem that that whenever someone hears the voice of God, s/he feels compelled to shove it someone else's ear? We are funny hairless monkeys, eh?
That's from the same playbook as "Music from past decades is so much better than the junk they make today" -- you'll find that religions have been a major part of politics for as long as men have had politics (whether you believe in separation of church and state or not), and if you look at humanity, you'll see that there's always been a small percentage of people who have been responsible for most of the general unhappiness -- often using the same religions/political weapons that are used for good by others. The difference is that we tend to remember disasters better than successes; it helps us route around them as a society (and yet, history still repeats itself).
So no, whenever someone hears the voice of God, s/he doesn't feel compelled to shove it in someone else's ear -- those are just the ones you hear about, because they felt compelled to shove it in someone else's ear. For all you know, there are people all around you hearing the voice of God all the time -- but since they aren't telling you about it, you don't know. Most people who hear what some call the voice of God probably call it something else; some probably figure it's a psychological defect (which it may be), some call it "common sense, or the voice of reason". It's just that the ones being rabid about it (not just on the voice of God front) are the ones who will defend their point of view loudly, abrasively, and oftentimes to the death. Everyone else just feels a bit embarassed and figures it's not worth mentioning as others will look at them funny if they say something.
It's all very Halo/Convenant to me. Activate the rings... divine winds will whisp us off to heaven... everyone else is fucked.
Interestingly, the Bible also says almost nothing (definitely nothing direct about who goes, or where they go) about being whisked off to heaven leaving everyone else on earth to suffer... this doesn't really mesh with "the old heaven and earth will pass away" or the vision of the New Jerusalem coming down out of heaven to rest on the new earth. Also, it doesn't really mesh with the tale of Saul talking to the dead, of the few people who were "taken up", or the tale of the transfiguration.
Part of the problem is likely due to people reading English translations of the Bible and confusing the different Greek and Hebrew words translated as "heaven" and "heavens", among other things (like ancient culture having a different concept of what heaven, earth, the sun, sheol, hades, hell, etc. were than we do in a post-humanistic society).
Of course, there's lots of church myths and tales spun outside of what the Bible actually says that a lot of Christians think comes from the cannon -- but they'd do better to believe in Bel and the Dragon than to believe in Dante's Inferno, Milton's Paradise Lost/Paradise Regained or LaHaye and Jenkins' Left Behind series as literal truth.
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Fear: a terror level warning of paisley is on the side of each one permanently ensuring the helium will never risk leaving.
Oh good... for a second I thought you said parsley.
Prisons have free Internet access, don't they? I wonder what happens if someone downloads music while incarcerated....
Well, it's not very rare, definitely not well done, and I don't think it can tell the future.
I think you may need to re-read the post you're flaming... "entitled woman" does not imply violence, and "she'll smack him around" implies this hypothetical (and yet strangely familiar) woman is the one being abusive.
It's not a troll to tell someone that advocating violence against woman is wrong... unless you're doing it in response to something that has absolutely nothing to do with advocating violence against women.
It's like if I posted "I'm planning to move to the tropic of cancer" and someone replied with "HOW DARE YOU IMPLY HAVING CANCER IS A HOLIDAY!" -- they'll get modded offtopic at a minimum, and more likely as a troll.
I've got karma to burn, so don't mind posting educational replies to flamebait threads.
I noticed there were no hardware manufacturers of note on the supported list -- are you planning to get chip-based support for Opus (so that it'll be handled transparently by all the phones etc out there, including, say Apple)?
Especially because so much of the tablet infrastructure depends on a properly configured and administered supporting network. This type of conversion needs to be sold to and dogfooded (dogfed?) by IT in the school long before being rolled out to the teachers.
I'm not sure what's so bizarre about using an AppleTV in that way though - it's designed for that purpose and it works great in that kind of situation.
The problem in this situation is usually that the AppleTV is on a different WiFi network than the iPads. Sometimes there's also ACL issues.
It sounds to me like IT didn't fully vet the conversion prior to dumping the new system on their users. Every user getting an iPad should have also got a bluetooth keyboard and a stylus at minimum; there should also be a few community PCs for teacher use to clean up/convert old documents. Finally, the USB Stick issue seems to again come back to IT: network infrastructure wasn't set up for easy transfer of files (USB sticks shouldn't be needed and are a security hazard anyway).
While a tablet doesn't completely replace a laptop in a school setting, it sounds to me like in this case the tablet never stood a chance, as its strengths were hobbled by IT (who likely weren't trained properly) from the get-go.
It's not about spies, it's about espionage -- if a game company correctly models a military base, than ANYONE who buys that game can simulate attacking/exploring that base and use that training against the real thing.
Military bases are national secrets, even though they're usually left out in plain sight. Aliens recording details about such places are illegally leaking state secrets.
Not saying it's right or wrong, but it's the way things are.
killing mod slip of the fingers....
If you're talking hiking, you really need to get the annotations from the local hiking clubs. Usually they take the 1942 maps and then have an annotation list so you can place the markers yourself.
Of course, I've found that in reality, the annotations and some method of finding bearing are often all that's really needed, other than for staying in/outside of boundaries in unmarked areas. GPS is great at telling you where you're located in the world, but it tells you nothing about what's around you. A compass, an altimeter, and a big of experience/common sense generally works just as well as GPS in the real world, unless you're actually on a survey team and need accurate global reference.
Exactly. See for example:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Mac_OS
http://osxbook.com/book/bonus/ancient/whatismacosx/history.html
http://applemuseum.bott.org/sections/codenames.html
So the versioning becomes slightly obvious, as do the names.
Microsoft is a bit less so -- they keep a consistend internal versioning system, but the "product" names are pure marketing.
Linux distros tend to waffle between pure versioning and attempting to be like Apple or Microsoft -- which makes sense, as there's no one vision driving them all.
Not only that, it's trivial to checksum the entire collection of PDFs and confirm that the checksums match those published by the airline. If the PDF collection is a standard set, you can even just have a single checksum for the entire collection.
So: verifying you've got what you need involves powering up your iPad, running the app, and checking the checksum listed in the app against the one printed on your flight card. If they match, you know all your documents are readable and accurate, and are good to go.
Plus, they've found creative ways of adjusting weight... have you noticed that size and weight restrictions for carry-on and stowed luggage have changed over the past few years? Also, have you noticed that seats are smaller, except for the seats that cost more? Large people can't fit into small seats, so have to purchase the more expensive ones. This way, they get to discriminate on size and weight without tying it directly to the people travelling (it becomes the customer's problem instead).
Interesting point: when I was in school orienteering was taught somewhere around grade 6, and students were expected to be able to use a compass and a sextant, and use a topographic map. I always thought that was useful for everyone, whether you're in the city or the country. Sadly, these days it seems that many people don't even really know how to use their GPS (they leave that to their navigation software).
Nothing beats memorizing landmarks and backing it up on paper -- but using a portable device in the moment is often useful, as long as you're using it for reference and not as your primary means of navigation.
I'd rather have my pilot try to decipher an emergency checklist on a torn up page than stare at his reflection in a blank iPad screen.
I still have paper documentation in my datacenter that tells me how to recover key servers because I know that technology sometimes fails, despite redundant safeguards.
I'd rather he stare at his reflection and then contact the ATC than spend his time attempting to decipher an emergency checklist. The problem would come when he found that he had the wrong checklist loaded, and didn't notice until he was already part way through it (pretty unlikely, but not impossible).
All we know now is where the data likely originated -- which is precisely where everyone assumed it originated anyway (a single developer list).
How quickly people forget. The original slashdot story a comments were only a few days ago, and there were many people who were assuming that Apple willingly gave (or sold) it to the FBI.
For sure they were idiots that like to seize any opportunity to call Apple evil. But no, everybody didn't assume this came from a 3rd party developer. Only the more intelligent people realised that.
Sorry; I was filtering out the astroturfers, trolls, bots and flamebait when I said "everyone" :D
Wait... he's not allowed to play "pin the tail on the donkey?"
"Can't sue someone for perjury when they don't even have standing in the courts where the laws are interpreted and enforced."
There's also a dollar value on the fact that Mom doesn't need to spend any time or energy ensuring Junior doesn't download anything objectionable.
It's got Wifi access and a web browser, and is Flash-capable. So much for not downloading anything objectionable....
I couldn't see any other obvious signs of child-proofing (which would require engineering beyond even military ruggedization)
The military internet use is under parental control?
Yes; Uncle Sam knows best.
That's why military personnell tend to set up alternative networks outside of milnet; that way they don't have the strict controls over what goes in/out.
The developer got hacked prior to the attack? Do you mean that the attack was directly against Blue Toad? Or are you saying they got hacked, then they got attacked?
I like my answer better: the data likely originated with them, and eventually got from there to AntiSec's computers, through some unknown path that they claim involved the FBI, and the FBI claims didn't. Everything else is pure guesswork.
...and it could just as easily be a case where the FBI requested this list from Blue Toad, or Blue Toad submitted this list as part of an investigation. All we know now is where the data likely originated -- which is precisely where everyone assumed it originated anyway (a single developer list).
Isn't there provisions in the DMCA, that if you file knowingly false takedown notices you go on trial for perjury or similar?
So, if the content is not for the issuer to take down, I should think anyone attached to it can file a complaint.
She may also have grounds for unrightful termination of contract, so there should be at least 2 venues for responding to the takedown.
This is referred to as the "giant loophole" provision -- the key words are "knowingly false". Since the process is automated, the people responsible don't know if it's true or false, and likely don't even know about the notice until they receive a response.
That said, there is also a complaints process, and she has followed it. Most people just don't bother.
Complicating this is that the people sending the notice are sending it from a foreign country, and don't claim ownership to the data they're claiming infringes copyright -- and they don't even indicate whose copyright is infringed. Can't sue someone for perjury when they don't even have standing in the courts where the laws are interpreted and enforced.
You're absolutely right in fact the whole rabid religions from the dessert have been responsible for most of the general unhappiness in Eurasia for the better part of a thousand years, and the world at large for the last 500. Why does it seem that that whenever someone hears the voice of God, s/he feels compelled to shove it someone else's ear? We are funny hairless monkeys, eh?
That's from the same playbook as "Music from past decades is so much better than the junk they make today" -- you'll find that religions have been a major part of politics for as long as men have had politics (whether you believe in separation of church and state or not), and if you look at humanity, you'll see that there's always been a small percentage of people who have been responsible for most of the general unhappiness -- often using the same religions/political weapons that are used for good by others. The difference is that we tend to remember disasters better than successes; it helps us route around them as a society (and yet, history still repeats itself).
So no, whenever someone hears the voice of God, s/he doesn't feel compelled to shove it in someone else's ear -- those are just the ones you hear about, because they felt compelled to shove it in someone else's ear. For all you know, there are people all around you hearing the voice of God all the time -- but since they aren't telling you about it, you don't know. Most people who hear what some call the voice of God probably call it something else; some probably figure it's a psychological defect (which it may be), some call it "common sense, or the voice of reason". It's just that the ones being rabid about it (not just on the voice of God front) are the ones who will defend their point of view loudly, abrasively, and oftentimes to the death. Everyone else just feels a bit embarassed and figures it's not worth mentioning as others will look at them funny if they say something.
It's all very Halo/Convenant to me. Activate the rings... divine winds will whisp us off to heaven... everyone else is fucked.
Interestingly, the Bible also says almost nothing (definitely nothing direct about who goes, or where they go) about being whisked off to heaven leaving everyone else on earth to suffer... this doesn't really mesh with "the old heaven and earth will pass away" or the vision of the New Jerusalem coming down out of heaven to rest on the new earth. Also, it doesn't really mesh with the tale of Saul talking to the dead, of the few people who were "taken up", or the tale of the transfiguration.
Part of the problem is likely due to people reading English translations of the Bible and confusing the different Greek and Hebrew words translated as "heaven" and "heavens", among other things (like ancient culture having a different concept of what heaven, earth, the sun, sheol, hades, hell, etc. were than we do in a post-humanistic society).
Of course, there's lots of church myths and tales spun outside of what the Bible actually says that a lot of Christians think comes from the cannon -- but they'd do better to believe in Bel and the Dragon than to believe in Dante's Inferno, Milton's Paradise Lost/Paradise Regained or LaHaye and Jenkins' Left Behind series as literal truth.