the question was totally out of line (based on the rest of the questions) - all of them revolved around "American life" not politics
he didn't look like a university student (too old) and his English was too good to be in that class (beginner). the rest of the kids paused as they searched for the right words and made mistakes common to folks learning English for the first time. His question was "What is your opinion about the US presence in Afghanistan" - that's not beginner English - my sister taught 3 levels. He didn't need that class.
not so much arrogance/aggression as pure paranoia.. they don't fucking trust anyone.
my sister was stationed in China during for her tour in the Peace Corps. She was teaching English at a University.
My mom sent her a care package - including some nicknacks for her students (candy, shit like that).. the padding in the package was a US newspaper, which just happened to have full color pictures of a gay parade. within 24 hours - Washington got a call from Beijing. Apparently the Chinese didn't appreciate the nature of the packing material and threatened to expel my sister from the country if it happened again.
when I went to visit, I was a guest speaker in her class - I was peppered by the students with questions like "do i know Michael Jordan, what's a drugstore, do I have a car".. then one guy asks (in much better english than the rest of the kids) - how I felt about the US presence in Afghanistan (this was less than a year after 9/11). The Party put a mole in my sister's class.
Blaze backed away from its conclusion in light of the new data. Chief Technology Officer Guy Podjarny told CNET in a statement: This test leveraged the embedded browser which is the only available option for iPhone applications. Blaze was under the assumption that Apple would apply the same updates to their embedded browser as they would their regular browser. If this is not the case and according to Apple's response, it's certainly possible the embedded browser might produce different results. If Apple decides to apply their optimizations across their embedded browser as well, then we would be more than willing to create a new report with the new performance results.
"The Japanese Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency said that as many as 160 people may have been exposed to radiation around the plant, and Japanese news media said that three workers at the facility were suffering from full-on radiation sickness."
how hard would it be for FB to seek the "tag-ee's" permission to use the tag? click here to approve your tag on this photo. click here to deny.. even better a setting that says - NO CAN TAG
instead they just send a note that says "you've been tagged"
that they release something like this... if apple thought their users were missing out, they'd support flash. but adobe goes and does this because... why?
c'mon now.. an elementary school is not the same as an enterprise.. they don't have the same needs.
speaking from personal experience, the "ribbon" in the new office kicked my ass for a while.. never got any official training, but I can tell you it took me a lot longer to perform simple tasks in the new XL than it did in the the old one
the core functions didn't change, but having to re-learn where they put "set print area" or even the god damn "save as.." was annoying - did I need to call the IT guys? no, but I did spend an 5-10 minutes poking at the ribbon.. multiply that by 5-10 separate functions, and you lose an hour.
just because your teachers didn't call you doesn't mean finding what they needed didn't take extra time - I'll bet half of them clicked on every icon until they found a browser because there are a lot of people who think the "internet" is the IE icon, and had NO IDEA what the "orange dog on the blue globe" is.
upgrade the school district administration's machines and see what happens:
hi, ghandi_2 where's my shit?.. I think my computer is broken - the kittens don't show in my signature anymore. thanks - random luddite admin.
the Lugaru-gate incident was about copyright.. not malware. Apple looks for code that does bad things.. they do not (and CANNOT) check to see that every single line of code in every single app is original (or at least does not otherwise violate someone eles's IP)
but does that include things like Farmville? free to play, but making tons of cash with farmbucks or whatever it is you buy via microtransactions?
MMO's typically cost $15/mo, and I'm sure some people spend at least that so their apples grow faster or whatever.
the rising polularity of fash games isn't necessarily a sign of a bad economy.. they're more accessible (from both technical and player appeal perspectives) and social networking integration is a factor too. twitter and FB integration in flash other "social games" are the "non-gamer" version of achievements/trophies
"this whole thing really illustrates quite clearly is that it's that much more difficult to ensure that our laws are being respected"...in what country is stealing money by defrauding a bank legal?... it's not like you can't rip people off from a US based call center..
did you read the article?
"This case was a model of international cooperation, and serves as a warning to anyone who thinks they can hide behind the anonymity of the Internet and outside the United States to commit fraud. With our partners at the FBI and our law enforcement colleagues around the world, this Office will pursue identity thieves and their co-conspirators wherever they may hide” said Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara."
" The US does not have the power to enforce its laws in India anymore than the French have the right to enforce their laws in Mexico," we didn't have to use US law, the Czechs, Belarusians and Lithuanians all used their own at the request of the US.
Naskovets was arrested by Czech enforcement authorities for the purpose of extradition on April 15, 2010, at the request of the United States. Also on April 15, 2010, in a joint operation, Belarusian law enforcement authorities arrested Semasko in Belarus, and Lithuanian law enforcement authorities seized the computers on which the site was hosted.
are you talking about blog marketing because "rumor/new" + "apple" + "anything" = page hits?
doesn't make sense for Apple to leak because it will discourage people from buying the current model and emptying the channel while they prep for new SKU's
"...pointed out an AP investigation showing that the U.S. military spends billions to affect public opinion, both domestic and international," propaganda is to Government as marketing is to everyone else....this is just Comando Solo: online. a bunch of twitter/fb accounts are cheaper to maintain than an EC-130
(http://tech.military.com/equipment/view/89727/ec-130j-commando-solo-iii.html) The EC-130J Commando Solo, a specially-modified four-engine Hercules transport, conducts information operations, psychological operations and civil affairs broadcasts in AM, FM, HF, TV and military communications bands. A typical mission consists of a single-ship orbit offset from the desired target audience -- either military or civilian personnel.
say what you want, but the precedent has been set. MS is known to ban hacked 360s - i don't remember if the console is banned, or the user is (via credit card/gamertag or whatever) Blizzard is known to ban WoW accounts which farm/cheat - or use software that automates the grinding.
people may have sued, but they haven't won.
"unauthorized software" is a broad (perhaps overbroad) term, but we're not here to talk about legal syntax. let's say, for example, you're running something that gives you some kind of advantage - maybe a PS3 aimbot - in multiplayer. legit copy of multiplayer game.. but cheating because you can install whatever you want.
and they're not "confiscating" your games. they're still playable online - just not on a hacked console.
Kindle does offer subscriptions. You can get the NYT delivered daily for $20/month... magazines and other papers have a similar pricing model
only Amazon knows the numbers, but how many kindle titles are they selling to people that DON'T have kindle hardware... seems 70% is better than ZERO. There must be a pretty good market, else Amazon wouldn't have built apps for just about every platform in existence.
you know what a starTAC is.. those cost $500 back in the day. all they did was make calls. If I remember, the RAZR cost about the same when it first came on the scene - had a bit more memory. but was still just a phone.
Fast forward to 2011 - smartphones are only the next gen RAZR. they've only been in existence for 4 years..
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the question was totally out of line (based on the rest of the questions) - all of them revolved around "American life" not politics
he didn't look like a university student (too old) and his English was too good to be in that class (beginner). the rest of the kids paused as they searched for the right words and made mistakes common to folks learning English for the first time. His question was "What is your opinion about the US presence in Afghanistan" - that's not beginner English - my sister taught 3 levels. He didn't need that class.
not an exact match, but close enough for government work
http://www.uscis.gov/files/pressrelease/H-1BPetiRecApp_040403.pdf
http://www.uscis.gov/USCIS/Resources/Reports%20and%20Studies/H-1B/h1b_fy05_characteristics.pdf
not so much arrogance/aggression as pure paranoia.. they don't fucking trust anyone.
my sister was stationed in China during for her tour in the Peace Corps. She was teaching English at a University.
My mom sent her a care package - including some nicknacks for her students (candy, shit like that).. the padding in the package was a US newspaper, which just happened to have full color pictures of a gay parade. within 24 hours - Washington got a call from Beijing. Apparently the Chinese didn't appreciate the nature of the packing material and threatened to expel my sister from the country if it happened again.
when I went to visit, I was a guest speaker in her class - I was peppered by the students with questions like "do i know Michael Jordan, what's a drugstore, do I have a car".. then one guy asks (in much better english than the rest of the kids) - how I felt about the US presence in Afghanistan (this was less than a year after 9/11). The Party put a mole in my sister's class.
convenience.
no matter who issues your visa, they're all on the same "network" so you can use it anywhere - visa is that network.
Blaze backed away from its conclusion in light of the new data. Chief Technology Officer Guy Podjarny told CNET in a statement:
This test leveraged the embedded browser which is the only available option for iPhone applications. Blaze was under the assumption that Apple would apply the same updates to their embedded browser as they would their regular browser. If this is not the case and according to Apple's response, it's certainly possible the embedded browser might produce different results. If Apple decides to apply their optimizations across their embedded browser as well, then we would be more than willing to create a new report with the new performance results.
Read more: http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-20044325-264.html#ixzz1GtaYoees
unfrotunately, the NYT is reporting a handful of workers with radiation sickness.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/13/world/asia/13nuclear.html
"The Japanese Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency said that as many as 160 people may have been exposed to radiation around the plant, and Japanese news media said that three workers at the facility were suffering from full-on radiation sickness."
how hard would it be for FB to seek the "tag-ee's" permission to use the tag? click here to approve your tag on this photo. click here to deny.. even better a setting that says - NO CAN TAG
instead they just send a note that says "you've been tagged"
fuck. that. shit.
that they release something like this... if apple thought their users were missing out, they'd support flash.
but adobe goes and does this because... why?
c'mon now.. an elementary school is not the same as an enterprise.. they don't have the same needs.
speaking from personal experience, the "ribbon" in the new office kicked my ass for a while.. never got any official training, but I can tell you it took me a lot longer to perform simple tasks in the new XL than it did in the the old one
the core functions didn't change, but having to re-learn where they put "set print area" or even the god damn "save as.." was annoying - did I need to call the IT guys? no, but I did spend an 5-10 minutes poking at the ribbon.. multiply that by 5-10 separate functions, and you lose an hour.
just because your teachers didn't call you doesn't mean finding what they needed didn't take extra time - I'll bet half of them clicked on every icon until they found a browser because there are a lot of people who think the "internet" is the IE icon, and had NO IDEA what the "orange dog on the blue globe" is.
upgrade the school district administration's machines and see what happens:
hi, ghandi_2
where's my shit?.. I think my computer is broken - the kittens don't show in my signature anymore.
thanks -
random luddite admin.
the Lugaru-gate incident was about copyright.. not malware. Apple looks for code that does bad things.. they do not (and CANNOT) check to see that every single line of code in every single app is original (or at least does not otherwise violate someone eles's IP)
or just the one they took apart? /s
but does that include things like Farmville? free to play, but making tons of cash with farmbucks or whatever it is you buy via microtransactions?
MMO's typically cost $15/mo, and I'm sure some people spend at least that so their apples grow faster or whatever.
the rising polularity of fash games isn't necessarily a sign of a bad economy.. they're more accessible (from both technical and player appeal perspectives) and social networking integration is a factor too. twitter and FB integration in flash other "social games" are the "non-gamer" version of achievements/trophies
"this whole thing really illustrates quite clearly is that it's that much more difficult to ensure that our laws are being respected" ...in what country is stealing money by defrauding a bank legal?... it's not like you can't rip people off from a US based call center..
did you read the article?
"This case was a model of international cooperation, and serves as a warning to anyone who thinks they can hide behind the anonymity of the Internet and outside the United States to commit fraud. With our partners at the FBI and our law enforcement colleagues around the world, this Office will pursue identity thieves and their co-conspirators wherever they may hide” said Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara."
" The US does not have the power to enforce its laws in India anymore than the French have the right to enforce their laws in Mexico," we didn't have to use US law, the Czechs, Belarusians and Lithuanians all used their own at the request of the US.
Naskovets was arrested by Czech enforcement authorities for the purpose of extradition on April 15, 2010, at the request of the United States. Also on April 15, 2010, in a joint operation, Belarusian law enforcement authorities arrested Semasko in Belarus, and Lithuanian law enforcement authorities seized the computers on which the site was hosted.
and the perps pled guilty in Manhattan.
are you talking about blog marketing because "rumor/new" + "apple" + "anything" = page hits?
doesn't make sense for Apple to leak because it will discourage people from buying the current model and emptying the channel while they prep for new SKU's
affirmative action is used in the states too.
"...pointed out an AP investigation showing that the U.S. military spends billions to affect public opinion, both domestic and international," ...this is just Comando Solo: online. a bunch of twitter/fb accounts are cheaper to maintain than an EC-130
propaganda is to Government as marketing is to everyone else.
(http://tech.military.com/equipment/view/89727/ec-130j-commando-solo-iii.html)
The EC-130J Commando Solo, a specially-modified four-engine Hercules transport, conducts information operations, psychological operations and civil affairs broadcasts in AM, FM, HF, TV and military communications bands. A typical mission consists of a single-ship orbit offset from the desired target audience -- either military or civilian personnel.
say what you want, but the precedent has been set.
MS is known to ban hacked 360s - i don't remember if the console is banned, or the user is (via credit card/gamertag or whatever)
Blizzard is known to ban WoW accounts which farm/cheat - or use software that automates the grinding.
people may have sued, but they haven't won.
"unauthorized software" is a broad (perhaps overbroad) term, but we're not here to talk about legal syntax. let's say, for example, you're running something that gives you some kind of advantage - maybe a PS3 aimbot - in multiplayer. legit copy of multiplayer game.. but cheating because you can install whatever you want.
and they're not "confiscating" your games. they're still playable online - just not on a hacked console.
this move is aimed at cheaters and pirates, not home brewers.. I'm pretty sure the USAF doesn't care about this because their consoles have never even seen PSN: http://www.physorg.com/news/2010-12-air-playstation-3s-supercomputer.html
banning cheaters/pirates is a good move.
I have an account, but haven't logged in in... well, I can't even remember when.
show me where Apple DEMANDS the increase
http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2011/02/15appstore.html
Kindle does offer subscriptions. You can get the NYT delivered daily for $20/month... magazines and other papers have a similar pricing model
only Amazon knows the numbers, but how many kindle titles are they selling to people that DON'T have kindle hardware... seems 70% is better than ZERO. There must be a pretty good market, else Amazon wouldn't have built apps for just about every platform in existence.
blantant rent seeking?
if you were to sell something on consignment, you'd have to pay the store a cut of the selling price.
whats the difference here?
yes. you know.. every time I want to re-up for a magazine or whatever, I have to pay (again).. don't see why anything would change here.
sharing news of a democratic revolution is SPAM?
complaining because there's seeds in your orange juice is SPAM.
Twitter, just like the rest of the ENTIRE INTERNET, is only as good as you make it.
you know what a starTAC is.. those cost $500 back in the day. all they did was make calls.
If I remember, the RAZR cost about the same when it first came on the scene - had a bit more memory. but was still just a phone.
Fast forward to 2011 - smartphones are only the next gen RAZR. they've only been in existence for 4 years..
a lot of these comments side with the school district.
but a lot of the comments here (where someone WON a lawsuit against their employer because of dispariging comments about the boss) side with the employee
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/02/09/0233227/Feds-Settle-Case-of-Woman-Fired-Over-Facebook-Posts#comments
i do not see the difference. the teacher, and the person in the other artcile are making comments about their lives on their own time.