The judge didn't know, as DEA agents perjured themselves by lying to the court as to the source of the evidence. This will give all of those cases grounds for appeal.
If there's any justice, every agent who committed perjury will receive a sentence of at least a couple years, along with loss of job and pension. Hopefully a few will get more than that.
Windows Defender. No, seriously. I haven't seen any issues over 2 years, even with multiple non-technical users. It works, stays out of the way, doesn't slow the machine down, doesn't demand money or personal information.
Forget about the bandwidth, what about the malware? How about "serving up malware laden ads is the same as handing out my bank account number to strangers"?
The comparison to piracy is interesting. Piracy forced the music and movie industries to change massively (sure, they're still not great, but we'd still be buying discs if Napster hadn't happened). I guess what he's saying is "use ad blockers until we're forced to change".
Stop using iTunes. If the eBook you want to load is hosted somewhere, download it through Safari. If not, put it on an SMB share and use Remote Files or one of the other umpteen SMB client for iOS and download it that way. "Opening" the eBook will prompt you to import it to your eBook reader (iBooks or otherwise). Same process works for everything (except, I suppose, music not bought from Apple).
Once every few months I try syncing my iPad Mini with iTunes, mostly when I need to back it up. I agree, it's so blindingly difficult to use that it's a pointless exercise.
Nope, getting WiFi to work at 70 MPH underground isn't an easy problem. It doesn't have the same range or tower handoff as cell networks.
On BART, they used to have (bad) WiFi but it's gone now, and LTE can be really slow during commute hours. There are towers in the tunnels, but crush load on a 10 car BART train is 2000 people, and 23 trains per hour go through the highest traffic area. That's a lot of people streaming music and reading the news on a network with seemingly limited capacity.
Muni's underground areas have neither WiFi nor LTE, though I am sometimes able to get a weak connection.
Caltrain studied adding WiFi, but found building such a network would be too expensive (even though it's above ground).
I seem to remember London's Tube didn't have WiFi, are LTE was spotty as well. Not sure it how it is on other subways but I'd be impressed to see one with working WiFi.
In the U.S. Apple has a program to amortize the cost over the life of the phone. You pay in monthly installments (0% interest). They just introduced it here, I'm sure it will expand internationally.
And yes, the cost difference is roughly $4/mo. The total cost (over 2 years) is identical to buying the phone with AppleCare (which is also included).
"Millions of gay men will hate you and your bigotry"
I'm one of them, and I'm sick of all these arguments that "porn degrades women" or "sex bots degrade women", etc. Gay men watch porn for the same reason that straight men do, and it has nothing to do with degrading anyone. They'll buy sex bots too. I live a few blocks from Folsom St, they'll be in shop windows!
But I generally agree that this is really a prudish family values argument dressed up as feminism.
In the case of programming the issue will resolve itself more simply. Businesses that pursue low cost over all other considerations will end up hiring bottom-of-the-barrel programmers, who will in turn write poor code that eventually destroys their business in a massive security breach.
I'll be watching from here with popcorn, in a company that's actually selective about who it hires.
On the other hand, if you want to organize programmers, go ask the Germans how a proper labor union works. US programmers will not join a sclerotic union system like the one that exists here in the U.S - where the unions exist mostly to stop progress and bleed companies until they're dead, rather than getting work done and improving the business.
I bought my iPad direct from Apple. Since you pay full price with T-Mobile anyway, there's really no downside to buying the an OEM phone and using it. When I had to send back my iPad for a while I just switched the SIM to a Moto E.
The bit I missed in my last comment was that these laws also create a form of legal discrimination against Nazi ideology. This is the same point made by gay marriage activists, legal discrimination against a group can justify and encourage social discrimination. In the case of Nazis, this can be seen as a good thing. (In a similar vein, laws banning racism can help make racists unacceptable).
First of all, the Nazis actually managed to pull that trick before.They convinced enough people to vote for them to get into parliament, then leveraged politicians who underestimated Hitler, defects in the German constitution and apathy to take power.
And yes, you got my exact point, there are cases where a free society makes choices to limit the influence of certain groups in order to maintain democracy. For instance, in a first past the post system (like the U.S.) third parties have virtually no chance to gain any influence at all. That means that many political viewpoints are ignored, and power remains with the entrenched parties, which are not required to act in a democratic manner (superdelegates).
You don't really need to worry about unrestricted freedom of speech in a system where party leaders can effectively control which issues matter in a national election. The German system allows for parties that can gain at least 5% of the vote to grow and gain influence, but it also puts certain things out of bounds.
If you really think that no form of speech is worth restricting, go look at how ISIS is recruiting people. That's pure speech.
All of that said, I feel more comfortable demanding that governments and corporations recognize there's no way to really restrict speech on the internet. I don't have a problem with restrictions on mass media sites like Facebook or Twitter. Making material like this difficult to find and difficult to distribute widely is all these laws were really ever intended to do, there's no way to eliminate it entirely.
Find somewhere on the T-Mobile site where it says unlimited without the qualifier right there. They're very clear about what they sell. This isn't a "buried in the contract" thing, it's a "before you even select an option we're going to make sure you know what the boundaries are" thing. There's no company that sells totally unlimited plans for tethered mobile devices.
All of these comments about why the law exists are off base. Germany is fully aware that there are still Nazis within its borders. These Nazis are quite simply evil. They are incredibly dangerous, but it would be politically untenable to lock them all up, so instead measures are taken to prevent them from spreading their ideas or gaining power.
Examples of this: - The BfV (office for protection of the constitution), the domestic intelligence agency, primarily charged with monitoring right wing extremists and disrupting their organizations when possible. - Home-schooling is illegal in Germany, this is to prevent Nazis from isolating their children from opposing viewpoints, thus hopefully ensuring that eventually the Nazi ideology dies out entirely. - Restrictions on use of Nazi symbols and Nazi speech (including Holocaust denial) - Restrictions on certain forms of political speech. For instance, it's illegal to give a public speech or make an advertisement claiming that a particular racial group (e.g. Roma) should not be eligible to receive social benefits, the right to which are enshrined in the constitution.
This is what you do when you want to have a free country, but a minority wants to literally destroy the concept of freedom. The Nazis that are left have to be opposed at every turn lest they spread their disease to others, and enshrining such measures in law adds a measure of comfort that they will never gain power again. If we (the U.S.) had any sense we'd do the same thing with the KKK and symbols of the Confederacy - keeping in mind that this country has engaged in internment, forced sterilization, and genocidal war on the basis of race in the past, and a major candidate for President is running on a platform that includes scapegoating particular groups for economic problems.
None of this, by the way, really infringes on free speech in Germany. The German people take their civil rights very seriously, see for example public reaction and protests over the Netzpolitik scandal.
Fine, but require AT&T to disclose (in large font) that it's not an internet connection, since the content is being modified en route.
Something like:
WARNING: Web pages you view may be recorded or altered by AT&T or its affiliates. Web pages and other content retrieved may not reflect the content available over a standard internet connection. Information you enter or retrieve may be transferred or sold to third parties. AT&T is not responsible for malware injected into your content by its affiliates, or damage done to you or your computer by said malware.
(Actually, I think that last sentence should be in large font at the top of every web page that uses ads inject by third parties)
I use my own Mac at work, if I didn't I'd be using a company provided Mac. I use a Windows (8.1 Pro) PC at home, but I'm planning to replace it with an iMac in the next year or two.
Nobody forces me to use Windows. If you do have to use a Windows machine at work... well, then it should only be the company's data that's getting spied on. If you put your own data on that machine, chances are your company IT department can spy on that already (if they're the kind of company that forces you to use Windows).
All that said, all of this sounds like an overreaction. I seriously doubt MS is going to send data about files stored on your HD back to its servers. The backlash would be immense.
Certainly not in San Francisco or other large cities, where the taxi systems are plagued by complaints of lack of service. Where I used to live in SF (Balboa Park area) it wasn't possible to get a taxi, same on the roads near Golden Gate Park. Before Uber, getting a taxi when a convention is in town was impossible (in fact that's why Uber was founded).
Go to NYC and you'll hear similar complaints (certainly about lake of service to areas such as Harlem).
Is Uber perfect? Hell no. Is it a good idea to ban all alternatives to taxis? Are you kidding?
No, it's not safe to say it's illegal. No president was ever impeached for infidelity. Only two presidents have been impeached, one for firing the War Secretary and the other for perjury and obstruction of justice.
They could also change the price, as Verizon did by raising one of their junk fees ("Regulatory Recovery Fee) during my contract. I called them and told them I wanted out, they claimed that only the basic monthly rate was locked in, they could freely raise the other fees sky high and force you to pay the fee or pay the ETF.
That's when I switched to Virgin, then to T-Mo. Signing a contract just isn't worth it if the phone company thinks they can legally raise your monthly bill from $75 to $750.
It's not hypocritical. If Firefox starts taking on all of the "downsides" of Chrome, then the equation changes. Now the question is, what does Chrome have that Firefox doesn't? What does Firefox have that Chrome doesn't?
On Mac, I use Safari. On Windows, I use Chrome, not FF. Why? Because FF can not seem to *get out of the fucking way* and let me browse.
Every time it updates I have to close the stupid update page. On first install, I lost count of the number of prompts I had to close before I could just use the browser. Then there's the "plugin scan". If something has to be disabled, do it in the background and let me know! Same for updates.
Desalination is not, however, cheaper than not having almonds. Before we shell out billions (and generate more pollution) legal reforms will be needed to eliminate this "senior water rights" nonsense. Then the costs of any new infrastructure can be spread amongst all water users, according to usage.
So that's 200 "errors" per day. Do you have any idea how many times cars encounter pedestrians on a given day? What would you say the error rate was on that? What if it turned out some cheaply made self driving car had an error rate of 1%? (or 5%?)
No matter how bad human drivers are, there will have to be standardized tests conducted by third parties before these things can be operated fully autonomously, or sold to consumers. The failure conditions will have to be understood. These cars are pretty fresh off the assembly line, no doubt well maintained. Just wait until regular people start driving them and maintaining them. The tests should combine those suggested by the industry with others that come from independent research. Minimum standard will have to apply.
I doubt the manufacturers will complain much, and I guarantee you that the regulatory approval will be used in advertising.
The same argument could be used to require labelling to include all pesticides used in the process, the names of any other chemicals were applied, and even what mechanical processes were applied to the food.
In fact, I think part of the objection GMO manufacturers have with labelling requirements is that they're cherry picking the GMO label but not requiring all the others. If we gave full labels for every food product, with GMO being little more than a bullet point, the amount of text would be so huge that people would just ignore it, much like most of the text on a OTC medication label.
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So your solution is to leave them in ISIS controlled territory so they can be conscripted? Brilliant.
Fortunately the vast majority of the German people disagree with you.
Try this:
Replace 'Syrian' with 'Irish'
Replace 'ISIS' with 'IRA'
Now try making your argument. Finding it tough to discriminate against white people?
The judge didn't know, as DEA agents perjured themselves by lying to the court as to the source of the evidence. This will give all of those cases grounds for appeal.
If there's any justice, every agent who committed perjury will receive a sentence of at least a couple years, along with loss of job and pension. Hopefully a few will get more than that.
Windows Defender. No, seriously. I haven't seen any issues over 2 years, even with multiple non-technical users. It works, stays out of the way, doesn't slow the machine down, doesn't demand money or personal information.
Forget about the bandwidth, what about the malware? How about "serving up malware laden ads is the same as handing out my bank account number to strangers"?
The comparison to piracy is interesting. Piracy forced the music and movie industries to change massively (sure, they're still not great, but we'd still be buying discs if Napster hadn't happened). I guess what he's saying is "use ad blockers until we're forced to change".
Stop using iTunes. If the eBook you want to load is hosted somewhere, download it through Safari. If not, put it on an SMB share and use Remote Files or one of the other umpteen SMB client for iOS and download it that way. "Opening" the eBook will prompt you to import it to your eBook reader (iBooks or otherwise). Same process works for everything (except, I suppose, music not bought from Apple).
Once every few months I try syncing my iPad Mini with iTunes, mostly when I need to back it up. I agree, it's so blindingly difficult to use that it's a pointless exercise.
Nope, getting WiFi to work at 70 MPH underground isn't an easy problem. It doesn't have the same range or tower handoff as cell networks.
On BART, they used to have (bad) WiFi but it's gone now, and LTE can be really slow during commute hours. There are towers in the tunnels, but crush load on a 10 car BART train is 2000 people, and 23 trains per hour go through the highest traffic area. That's a lot of people streaming music and reading the news on a network with seemingly limited capacity.
Muni's underground areas have neither WiFi nor LTE, though I am sometimes able to get a weak connection.
Caltrain studied adding WiFi, but found building such a network would be too expensive (even though it's above ground).
I seem to remember London's Tube didn't have WiFi, are LTE was spotty as well. Not sure it how it is on other subways but I'd be impressed to see one with working WiFi.
Carrier: T-Mo, EE in the UK
In the U.S. Apple has a program to amortize the cost over the life of the phone. You pay in monthly installments (0% interest). They just introduced it here, I'm sure it will expand internationally.
And yes, the cost difference is roughly $4/mo. The total cost (over 2 years) is identical to buying the phone with AppleCare (which is also included).
I'd suggest he get out of Texas and come here to SF. Employers here are barred from asking if you've been arrested (unless you were convicted).
"Millions of gay men will hate you and your bigotry"
I'm one of them, and I'm sick of all these arguments that "porn degrades women" or "sex bots degrade women", etc. Gay men watch porn for the same reason that straight men do, and it has nothing to do with degrading anyone. They'll buy sex bots too. I live a few blocks from Folsom St, they'll be in shop windows!
But I generally agree that this is really a prudish family values argument dressed up as feminism.
In the case of programming the issue will resolve itself more simply. Businesses that pursue low cost over all other considerations will end up hiring bottom-of-the-barrel programmers, who will in turn write poor code that eventually destroys their business in a massive security breach.
I'll be watching from here with popcorn, in a company that's actually selective about who it hires.
On the other hand, if you want to organize programmers, go ask the Germans how a proper labor union works. US programmers will not join a sclerotic union system like the one that exists here in the U.S - where the unions exist mostly to stop progress and bleed companies until they're dead, rather than getting work done and improving the business.
The only thing I want to know is:
Will the 28W parts be able to drive a 5K display when used with Alpine Ridge (Thunderbolt 3)?
That is: would a 13 inch Macbook Pro with Skylake be able to drive a Retina Thunderbolt Display?
Supposedly Thunderbolt 3 does support 5K resolution, and the Intel Iris 550 SKU will have 64MB of eDRAM.
I suppose we won't really know until next year.
What phones do they cripple?
I bought my iPad direct from Apple. Since you pay full price with T-Mobile anyway, there's really no downside to buying the an OEM phone and using it. When I had to send back my iPad for a while I just switched the SIM to a Moto E.
The bit I missed in my last comment was that these laws also create a form of legal discrimination against Nazi ideology. This is the same point made by gay marriage activists, legal discrimination against a group can justify and encourage social discrimination. In the case of Nazis, this can be seen as a good thing. (In a similar vein, laws banning racism can help make racists unacceptable).
First of all, the Nazis actually managed to pull that trick before.They convinced enough people to vote for them to get into parliament, then leveraged politicians who underestimated Hitler, defects in the German constitution and apathy to take power.
And yes, you got my exact point, there are cases where a free society makes choices to limit the influence of certain groups in order to maintain democracy. For instance, in a first past the post system (like the U.S.) third parties have virtually no chance to gain any influence at all. That means that many political viewpoints are ignored, and power remains with the entrenched parties, which are not required to act in a democratic manner (superdelegates).
You don't really need to worry about unrestricted freedom of speech in a system where party leaders can effectively control which issues matter in a national election. The German system allows for parties that can gain at least 5% of the vote to grow and gain influence, but it also puts certain things out of bounds.
If you really think that no form of speech is worth restricting, go look at how ISIS is recruiting people. That's pure speech.
All of that said, I feel more comfortable demanding that governments and corporations recognize there's no way to really restrict speech on the internet. I don't have a problem with restrictions on mass media sites like Facebook or Twitter. Making material like this difficult to find and difficult to distribute widely is all these laws were really ever intended to do, there's no way to eliminate it entirely.
Find somewhere on the T-Mobile site where it says unlimited without the qualifier right there. They're very clear about what they sell. This isn't a "buried in the contract" thing, it's a "before you even select an option we're going to make sure you know what the boundaries are" thing. There's no company that sells totally unlimited plans for tethered mobile devices.
All of these comments about why the law exists are off base. Germany is fully aware that there are still Nazis within its borders. These Nazis are quite simply evil. They are incredibly dangerous, but it would be politically untenable to lock them all up, so instead measures are taken to prevent them from spreading their ideas or gaining power.
Examples of this:
- The BfV (office for protection of the constitution), the domestic intelligence agency, primarily charged with monitoring right wing extremists and disrupting their organizations when possible.
- Home-schooling is illegal in Germany, this is to prevent Nazis from isolating their children from opposing viewpoints, thus hopefully ensuring that eventually the Nazi ideology dies out entirely.
- Restrictions on use of Nazi symbols and Nazi speech (including Holocaust denial)
- Restrictions on certain forms of political speech. For instance, it's illegal to give a public speech or make an advertisement claiming that a particular racial group (e.g. Roma) should not be eligible to receive social benefits, the right to which are enshrined in the constitution.
This is what you do when you want to have a free country, but a minority wants to literally destroy the concept of freedom. The Nazis that are left have to be opposed at every turn lest they spread their disease to others, and enshrining such measures in law adds a measure of comfort that they will never gain power again. If we (the U.S.) had any sense we'd do the same thing with the KKK and symbols of the Confederacy - keeping in mind that this country has engaged in internment, forced sterilization, and genocidal war on the basis of race in the past, and a major candidate for President is running on a platform that includes scapegoating particular groups for economic problems.
None of this, by the way, really infringes on free speech in Germany. The German people take their civil rights very seriously, see for example public reaction and protests over the Netzpolitik scandal.
Fine, but require AT&T to disclose (in large font) that it's not an internet connection, since the content is being modified en route.
Something like:
WARNING: Web pages you view may be recorded or altered by AT&T or its affiliates. Web pages and other content retrieved may not reflect the content available over a standard internet connection. Information you enter or retrieve may be transferred or sold to third parties. AT&T is not responsible for malware injected into your content by its affiliates, or damage done to you or your computer by said malware.
(Actually, I think that last sentence should be in large font at the top of every web page that uses ads inject by third parties)
I use my own Mac at work, if I didn't I'd be using a company provided Mac. I use a Windows (8.1 Pro) PC at home, but I'm planning to replace it with an iMac in the next year or two.
Nobody forces me to use Windows. If you do have to use a Windows machine at work... well, then it should only be the company's data that's getting spied on. If you put your own data on that machine, chances are your company IT department can spy on that already (if they're the kind of company that forces you to use Windows).
All that said, all of this sounds like an overreaction. I seriously doubt MS is going to send data about files stored on your HD back to its servers. The backlash would be immense.
Certainly not in San Francisco or other large cities, where the taxi systems are plagued by complaints of lack of service. Where I used to live in SF (Balboa Park area) it wasn't possible to get a taxi, same on the roads near Golden Gate Park. Before Uber, getting a taxi when a convention is in town was impossible (in fact that's why Uber was founded).
Go to NYC and you'll hear similar complaints (certainly about lake of service to areas such as Harlem).
Is Uber perfect? Hell no. Is it a good idea to ban all alternatives to taxis? Are you kidding?
No, it's not safe to say it's illegal. No president was ever impeached for infidelity. Only two presidents have been impeached, one for firing the War Secretary and the other for perjury and obstruction of justice.
They could also change the price, as Verizon did by raising one of their junk fees ("Regulatory Recovery Fee) during my contract. I called them and told them I wanted out, they claimed that only the basic monthly rate was locked in, they could freely raise the other fees sky high and force you to pay the fee or pay the ETF.
That's when I switched to Virgin, then to T-Mo. Signing a contract just isn't worth it if the phone company thinks they can legally raise your monthly bill from $75 to $750.
It's not hypocritical. If Firefox starts taking on all of the "downsides" of Chrome, then the equation changes. Now the question is, what does Chrome have that Firefox doesn't? What does Firefox have that Chrome doesn't?
On Mac, I use Safari. On Windows, I use Chrome, not FF. Why? Because FF can not seem to *get out of the fucking way* and let me browse.
Every time it updates I have to close the stupid update page. On first install, I lost count of the number of prompts I had to close before I could just use the browser. Then there's the "plugin scan". If something has to be disabled, do it in the background and let me know! Same for updates.
Desalination is not, however, cheaper than not having almonds. Before we shell out billions (and generate more pollution) legal reforms will be needed to eliminate this "senior water rights" nonsense. Then the costs of any new infrastructure can be spread amongst all water users, according to usage.
So that's 200 "errors" per day. Do you have any idea how many times cars encounter pedestrians on a given day? What would you say the error rate was on that? What if it turned out some cheaply made self driving car had an error rate of 1%? (or 5%?)
No matter how bad human drivers are, there will have to be standardized tests conducted by third parties before these things can be operated fully autonomously, or sold to consumers. The failure conditions will have to be understood. These cars are pretty fresh off the assembly line, no doubt well maintained. Just wait until regular people start driving them and maintaining them. The tests should combine those suggested by the industry with others that come from independent research. Minimum standard will have to apply.
I doubt the manufacturers will complain much, and I guarantee you that the regulatory approval will be used in advertising.
The same argument could be used to require labelling to include all pesticides used in the process, the names of any other chemicals were applied, and even what mechanical processes were applied to the food.
In fact, I think part of the objection GMO manufacturers have with labelling requirements is that they're cherry picking the GMO label but not requiring all the others. If we gave full labels for every food product, with GMO being little more than a bullet point, the amount of text would be so huge that people would just ignore it, much like most of the text on a OTC medication label.