...I seriously hope there is a dedicated device that serves as a fail-safe for his phone, regardless of operating system. I would rather not imagine the issues possible with a hacked pacemaker... brings on a whole new level to hostage / kidnapper scenarios.
What I write is mine... unless there's something in the $3/day contract they push on people that indicates they have ownership of it... either way, if they choose to let me write down material that becomes a part of public record, they had better give me a copy at the least if not the original. Doodles are important after all.
The only time I've ever had anyone in a hospital or doctor's office ever request that I actually turn a phone off was in the radiology section. Apparently there is concern (I have no idea if it is founded or not) that the radio in the phone, when active, will cause problems with sensitive testing equipment. Everyone else simply has the "no cell phone" policy because they, like everyone else, likes to be able to get work accomplished without having to think over the noise of an angry family member to a patient yacking to somone else or perhaps walking through the halls oblivious to others. I have always avoided both tendencies and have never had trouble with being allowed to use my phone.
A more likely idea: Maybe they both bought identical rings from a TV advertisement. If you call in the next 10 minute, you can purchase this $12,000 ring for a mere $19.95 (plus shipping and handling). But wait, there's more. If you act now, you will also receive this set of Ginzu knifes, a pocket fisherman, and a portable bottle opener. This amazing offer is limited to the first 100,000 callers, so act now.
Or not. Remember that diamonds used in jewelry usually have laser etched serial numbers on them now. They can trace this back immediately to the store that it was purchased at and find the owner (even assuming the original owner was already known, as in this case, they can verify ownership).
It strikes me that this "art" project could easily be used to try and find people with immune systems to copy... someone out there is probably immune to HIV (or other similar diseases). It would be great to find that person and if it takes gladiatorial blood cell contests to find him, more power to them.
Typing it in straight into firefox was just a mistake on my part - it is apparently related, as near as I can tell before I got the window shut, to a group (real or fake, I don't care to look into it more) seeking to promote men/boy relationships (an attempt to legalize pedophilia was my first impression and I won't be pursuing more info on it as a result).
The problem with this whole line of thinking (and I like the idea of one giant taking down another one for being "bad"), is that the MPAA would probably then try to get racketeering charges filed against Google... when, of course, they are the ones that started it with their own racketeering efforts, but I digress...
A recent study brought to my attention in a professional development course indicated that the number of "difficult students" has risen over the past decades (from A big part of it is in finding a balance with the students in each class... personalities and how you respond to them. Another big part is in demonstrating to the students (at whatever level) that you actually care about them as individuals, not just as cogs in a machine or percentage points toward your school's Average Yearly Progress (a wonderful tool developed by the very wise educators that develop national educational laws over at Congress... wait... well-meaning, with a good premise, but flawed in legal implementation).
With that said, class numbers are a significant problem--how can you teach a foreign language class with effective practice time in a controlled setting (why practice it wrong without correction after all) with no language lab facilities available and 35-40 kids in a classroom? How can a science lab work as a hands on opportunity for students to learn when there are ten students sitting on the shelf in the back of the room because there aren't enough seats or lab spaces available (or room to divide the room between lab students and other assignment students)? There are opportunities to work around this--one of the best physics teachers in a high school that I know of regularly takes students outside for demonstrations and projects... but this only works in some locations.
Another option is to not bother teaching towards the test--this will eventually get an individual let go from teaching depending on the administrator and the teacher's approach, but it can allow for those students impacted to actually learn real world skills (be it in math, science, or what have you) related to the field (rather than the ability to select A, B, C, or D as the case might be).
I think I am mostly saying not that people are stupid or gullible, merely that they are either not informed or are badly informed as to internet safety practices. This is not, I've worked in a high school for several years, something covered in technology courses, nor is it something most people are going to treat as relevant information.
I will agree with your point on stupidity, however, as it applies to certain individuals I know. I've said time and again (to simplify things for them)--don't go to websites you haven't seen ads for on TV (this is by no means a failproof scenario, but it does simplify things) and always copy / paste a link in an email into google first before even thinking about going to it (google will catch the less obviously scam-related links much more frequently than they will). The response, after they've done so and downloaded malware is to say, "but I didn't... except that someone sent me a link to go see fuzzy penguin cartoon games and I just had to" or similar... The problem is (1) ignorance in some cases and (2) willful ignorance in others.
Most spam is unsophisticated junk. When you get that link from a friend (they've forged the sender info or else pwned the account) with actual text "thought this was interesting, what do you think?" type of thing, it can be tempting (at least it would be if you weren't aware of the possibilities). If you aren't given training in an area, there should be no expectation that people wouldn't click on a link from a friend (I admit, I don't understand the viagra spam incentives at all unless they are aimed at Jr. Highers).
On a related note to help highlight this, when I injured my hand in a present-opening accident ten years ago, I bound up the cut and immobilized the area affected. Visiting the surgeon later to repair the tendon damage, I learned that the way in which I had bound up my hand had likely exacerbated the problem. The surgeon couldn't believe I had been so "stupid" with my hand (how I had treated it... he was understanding about accidents happening), but he forgot something significant: College freshmen, particularly those who have only had high school biology (even AP anatomy) are not likely to know the precise placement of tendons in the body nor how to react to damaging one. The same type of thing applies here. Most slashdot readers have at least a basic awareness of how to interact with email / web pages / etc. Most of the rest of the world should not be thought to have that basic knowledge. Ignorance needs to be addressed (it was in my case by the surgeon) and we should definitely make sure our friends / family know better than to click on the "ooh kittenz" link from their best friends.
another option: I have a different email address (catchall) for each company I do business with. If I start getting spam on one, I know which company lost or sold my email address. I can block them and away I run. So far so good, though. Companies appear to be doing a better job policing their client lists than in the past.
Vatican 2 would indicate otherwise: http://dlibrary.acu.edu.au/research/theology/ejournal/issue3/hall.htm. Though it does indicate that it is the most complete source of truth, those religions which most closely parallel its own teaching would appear to get rough approval. While the linked article does not discuss Protestant / Catholic issues, the Protestant churches of the world are those most likely to find approval under the Vatican 2 schema. "All truth is God's truth" is significant (though not stated this way) in the related documents and has led some Catholic theologians to look towards a type of inclusivistic redemption for those in other religions.
Just now saw this... if I were fined a dollar for downloading MP3s via torrent (I don't, but that's not important), and if that fine went to the company selling the mp3s, that would be ideal. Crimes of this sort don't really need to have a big fine attached to them... just sort out what the actual cost was (.99 / mp3 I would assume) and then bill them an hour for processing time (say, $50 total all mp3s included). The fine doesn't have to be huge before people stop... in fact, piracy of the non-sneakernet sort would probably stop fairly quickly if everyone had a situation like this happen... if all the people who illegally downloaded the latest Miley Cyrus songs (hopefully not many here but wildly popular among the teens I mentor) were charged 5.95 plus $ 50 for processing / data entry, the record companies would make a ridiculous sum of money and it would be hard to protest that they had an unfair advantage (they would be recouping losses for reasonable expenses).
Alternatively, they could just stop selling CDs and continue encoding user information into mp3s and we wouldn't have to worry about Cindy the 10-year old pirate but only John from Nigeria who started the whole thing.
Sounds to me like we need to seriously re-work criminal penalties. If committing an act that could lead to violence (either through application of the Castle law in your state or through the burglar freaking out and hurting / killing someone) has less penalty than one that only has economic impact, we have a problem in our system (and I am not arguing that we shouldn't be concerned about IP--though personally, I think there needs to be a change in how we look at this too).
Especially since the merchandise is always sold (everywhere I've been anyway) as "authentic" - claiming ignorance and stating you've noted the quality of movies in general dropping in the last few years seems reasonable if there is ever an issue for buying from a bootleg vendor.
I would definitely agree that reporting events should come after careful consideration of the individual situation. In the case where I was the "outcry" witness, I did go and speak with the school's counselor first in order to make sure I had a proper perspective on things. When we fail to interact with others, bad decisions quickly result.
You apparently do not have much experience with children who have been abused. In working for a public school I was the first to hear of one situation (which made me legally required to fill out a form for the state) and a second to hear on several occasions (one where the mom murdered dad and then after the mom's boyfriend moved in (prior to conviction), the student started sleeping with him after he made advances... messed up). After the initial information given to CPS, the first to hear is not always in the loop unless needed for a potential court case.
People can't repeat their their date of physical birth either--I find mine highly important (in that it happened, not nearly as much the yearly commemoration). Most others also appear to have found their birth to have been a significant, non-repeatable event.
History also in many ways should be prevented from repeating, BUT knowing what happened is one of the key ways to accomplishing this prevention. Thus, a number of key things in this universe are relevant and non-repeatable (and strictly speaking, no event is repeatable, we simply have the potential, in some circumstances, to have nearly identical serial events).
This is where the geologists come in, yes? Climatology is a pretty varied field of study. We go from meteorologists claiming this as their field (acknowledging the ongoing discussion about this very thing below) to paleontologists...
All I've seen of late is rhetoric on both sides. Yes, the data for climate change is available to any who look at it, but we could use some popular media group paying attention to that data instead of blasting one side or the other as if there's a grand scientific debate going on. By focusing on a bit of showmanship by Bastardi, the media might actually start paying attention to real data (because it would heighten interest in the "debate"). And helping people actually learn is not a bad thing.
Hypothesis followed by observation... admittedly, it cannot be repeated, but it is, at the very least, a step in the right direction. All too often people let their emotions / politics / media-lust get in the way of doing actual work towards understanding the planet we live on. Is it showmanship for him to do it this way? Sure. But at least it is showmanship with a useful point.
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...or even that he is hoping to sell his ps3 for money towards the xbox.
...I seriously hope there is a dedicated device that serves as a fail-safe for his phone, regardless of operating system. I would rather not imagine the issues possible with a hacked pacemaker... brings on a whole new level to hostage / kidnapper scenarios.
What I write is mine... unless there's something in the $3/day contract they push on people that indicates they have ownership of it... either way, if they choose to let me write down material that becomes a part of public record, they had better give me a copy at the least if not the original. Doodles are important after all.
The only time I've ever had anyone in a hospital or doctor's office ever request that I actually turn a phone off was in the radiology section. Apparently there is concern (I have no idea if it is founded or not) that the radio in the phone, when active, will cause problems with sensitive testing equipment. Everyone else simply has the "no cell phone" policy because they, like everyone else, likes to be able to get work accomplished without having to think over the noise of an angry family member to a patient yacking to somone else or perhaps walking through the halls oblivious to others. I have always avoided both tendencies and have never had trouble with being allowed to use my phone.
A more likely idea: Maybe they both bought identical rings from a TV advertisement. If you call in the next 10 minute, you can purchase this $12,000 ring for a mere $19.95 (plus shipping and handling). But wait, there's more. If you act now, you will also receive this set of Ginzu knifes, a pocket fisherman, and a portable bottle opener. This amazing offer is limited to the first 100,000 callers, so act now.
Or not. Remember that diamonds used in jewelry usually have laser etched serial numbers on them now. They can trace this back immediately to the store that it was purchased at and find the owner (even assuming the original owner was already known, as in this case, they can verify ownership).
How many nukes would it take to disrupt that equilibrium?
Mars is (averaged) 4 light-minutes away. (http://casswww.ucsd.edu/public/tutorial/Intro.html)
It strikes me that this "art" project could easily be used to try and find people with immune systems to copy... someone out there is probably immune to HIV (or other similar diseases). It would be great to find that person and if it takes gladiatorial blood cell contests to find him, more power to them.
Typing it in straight into firefox was just a mistake on my part - it is apparently related, as near as I can tell before I got the window shut, to a group (real or fake, I don't care to look into it more) seeking to promote men/boy relationships (an attempt to legalize pedophilia was my first impression and I won't be pursuing more info on it as a result).
A NSFW post would have been helpful there
The problem with this whole line of thinking (and I like the idea of one giant taking down another one for being "bad"), is that the MPAA would probably then try to get racketeering charges filed against Google... when, of course, they are the ones that started it with their own racketeering efforts, but I digress...
A recent study brought to my attention in a professional development course indicated that the number of "difficult students" has risen over the past decades (from
A big part of it is in finding a balance with the students in each class... personalities and how you respond to them. Another big part is in demonstrating to the students (at whatever level) that you actually care about them as individuals, not just as cogs in a machine or percentage points toward your school's Average Yearly Progress (a wonderful tool developed by the very wise educators that develop national educational laws over at Congress... wait... well-meaning, with a good premise, but flawed in legal implementation).
With that said, class numbers are a significant problem--how can you teach a foreign language class with effective practice time in a controlled setting (why practice it wrong without correction after all) with no language lab facilities available and 35-40 kids in a classroom? How can a science lab work as a hands on opportunity for students to learn when there are ten students sitting on the shelf in the back of the room because there aren't enough seats or lab spaces available (or room to divide the room between lab students and other assignment students)? There are opportunities to work around this--one of the best physics teachers in a high school that I know of regularly takes students outside for demonstrations and projects... but this only works in some locations.
Another option is to not bother teaching towards the test--this will eventually get an individual let go from teaching depending on the administrator and the teacher's approach, but it can allow for those students impacted to actually learn real world skills (be it in math, science, or what have you) related to the field (rather than the ability to select A, B, C, or D as the case might be).
I think I am mostly saying not that people are stupid or gullible, merely that they are either not informed or are badly informed as to internet safety practices. This is not, I've worked in a high school for several years, something covered in technology courses, nor is it something most people are going to treat as relevant information.
I will agree with your point on stupidity, however, as it applies to certain individuals I know. I've said time and again (to simplify things for them)--don't go to websites you haven't seen ads for on TV (this is by no means a failproof scenario, but it does simplify things) and always copy / paste a link in an email into google first before even thinking about going to it (google will catch the less obviously scam-related links much more frequently than they will). The response, after they've done so and downloaded malware is to say, "but I didn't... except that someone sent me a link to go see fuzzy penguin cartoon games and I just had to" or similar... The problem is (1) ignorance in some cases and (2) willful ignorance in others.
Most spam is unsophisticated junk. When you get that link from a friend (they've forged the sender info or else pwned the account) with actual text "thought this was interesting, what do you think?" type of thing, it can be tempting (at least it would be if you weren't aware of the possibilities). If you aren't given training in an area, there should be no expectation that people wouldn't click on a link from a friend (I admit, I don't understand the viagra spam incentives at all unless they are aimed at Jr. Highers).
On a related note to help highlight this, when I injured my hand in a present-opening accident ten years ago, I bound up the cut and immobilized the area affected. Visiting the surgeon later to repair the tendon damage, I learned that the way in which I had bound up my hand had likely exacerbated the problem. The surgeon couldn't believe I had been so "stupid" with my hand (how I had treated it... he was understanding about accidents happening), but he forgot something significant: College freshmen, particularly those who have only had high school biology (even AP anatomy) are not likely to know the precise placement of tendons in the body nor how to react to damaging one. The same type of thing applies here. Most slashdot readers have at least a basic awareness of how to interact with email / web pages / etc. Most of the rest of the world should not be thought to have that basic knowledge. Ignorance needs to be addressed (it was in my case by the surgeon) and we should definitely make sure our friends / family know better than to click on the "ooh kittenz" link from their best friends.
another option: I have a different email address (catchall) for each company I do business with. If I start getting spam on one, I know which company lost or sold my email address. I can block them and away I run. So far so good, though. Companies appear to be doing a better job policing their client lists than in the past.
Vatican 2 would indicate otherwise: http://dlibrary.acu.edu.au/research/theology/ejournal/issue3/hall.htm. Though it does indicate that it is the most complete source of truth, those religions which most closely parallel its own teaching would appear to get rough approval. While the linked article does not discuss Protestant / Catholic issues, the Protestant churches of the world are those most likely to find approval under the Vatican 2 schema. "All truth is God's truth" is significant (though not stated this way) in the related documents and has led some Catholic theologians to look towards a type of inclusivistic redemption for those in other religions.
Just now saw this... if I were fined a dollar for downloading MP3s via torrent (I don't, but that's not important), and if that fine went to the company selling the mp3s, that would be ideal. Crimes of this sort don't really need to have a big fine attached to them... just sort out what the actual cost was (.99 / mp3 I would assume) and then bill them an hour for processing time (say, $50 total all mp3s included). The fine doesn't have to be huge before people stop... in fact, piracy of the non-sneakernet sort would probably stop fairly quickly if everyone had a situation like this happen... if all the people who illegally downloaded the latest Miley Cyrus songs (hopefully not many here but wildly popular among the teens I mentor) were charged 5.95 plus $ 50 for processing / data entry, the record companies would make a ridiculous sum of money and it would be hard to protest that they had an unfair advantage (they would be recouping losses for reasonable expenses).
Alternatively, they could just stop selling CDs and continue encoding user information into mp3s and we wouldn't have to worry about Cindy the 10-year old pirate but only John from Nigeria who started the whole thing.
Sounds to me like we need to seriously re-work criminal penalties. If committing an act that could lead to violence (either through application of the Castle law in your state or through the burglar freaking out and hurting / killing someone) has less penalty than one that only has economic impact, we have a problem in our system (and I am not arguing that we shouldn't be concerned about IP--though personally, I think there needs to be a change in how we look at this too).
Especially since the merchandise is always sold (everywhere I've been anyway) as "authentic" - claiming ignorance and stating you've noted the quality of movies in general dropping in the last few years seems reasonable if there is ever an issue for buying from a bootleg vendor.
I would definitely agree that reporting events should come after careful consideration of the individual situation. In the case where I was the "outcry" witness, I did go and speak with the school's counselor first in order to make sure I had a proper perspective on things. When we fail to interact with others, bad decisions quickly result.
You apparently do not have much experience with children who have been abused. In working for a public school I was the first to hear of one situation (which made me legally required to fill out a form for the state) and a second to hear on several occasions (one where the mom murdered dad and then after the mom's boyfriend moved in (prior to conviction), the student started sleeping with him after he made advances... messed up). After the initial information given to CPS, the first to hear is not always in the loop unless needed for a potential court case.
People can't repeat their their date of physical birth either--I find mine highly important (in that it happened, not nearly as much the yearly commemoration). Most others also appear to have found their birth to have been a significant, non-repeatable event.
History also in many ways should be prevented from repeating, BUT knowing what happened is one of the key ways to accomplishing this prevention. Thus, a number of key things in this universe are relevant and non-repeatable (and strictly speaking, no event is repeatable, we simply have the potential, in some circumstances, to have nearly identical serial events).
This is where the geologists come in, yes? Climatology is a pretty varied field of study. We go from meteorologists claiming this as their field (acknowledging the ongoing discussion about this very thing below) to paleontologists...
All I've seen of late is rhetoric on both sides. Yes, the data for climate change is available to any who look at it, but we could use some popular media group paying attention to that data instead of blasting one side or the other as if there's a grand scientific debate going on. By focusing on a bit of showmanship by Bastardi, the media might actually start paying attention to real data (because it would heighten interest in the "debate"). And helping people actually learn is not a bad thing.
Hypothesis followed by observation... admittedly, it cannot be repeated, but it is, at the very least, a step in the right direction. All too often people let their emotions / politics / media-lust get in the way of doing actual work towards understanding the planet we live on. Is it showmanship for him to do it this way? Sure. But at least it is showmanship with a useful point.