Sure conspiracy is a crime, but it's not an easy one to prove.
Even when the conspirators are sitting on a stockpile of forged documents, assault rifles, ammunition and explosives?
Criminals (of any sort, not just terrorists) need tools and intelligence (of the targeting sort, not the brainpower sort), and the best opportunity to stop them is during the phase where they're gathering that stuff. Obviously, you're not going to do much if the attacker is basically walking out the door with a knife and stabbing the first person they see, but bigger targets need more tools and information gathering.
I'm not making an argument, by the way, for pervasive surveillance or anything like that; it's pretty darn obvious now that law enforcement goes to shit when you do it with a dragnet. But there's definitely a time and place for law enforcement doing proper undercover intelligence gathering and investigations. If they stopped dicking around with all the Orwellian stuff they might even have the time and money to do it right.
And money, documents, connections, etc. don't scale if your goal is to move 1,000 fighters into Europe, not a squad's worth of men.
If ISIS actually had 1000, or even 100, hardcore fighters who could be integrated into the refugee streams without the cat being let out of the bag somewhere along the way, then Europe is fucked no matter what.
Because that is easier than blaming Merkel and like-minded leaders for self-righteously taking a position that they knew, beyond any reasonable doubt, would give ISIS incredibly easy access to their streets.
ISIS would have access to their streets whether or not refugees were accepted; what, you think an ISIS terrorist is going to take his chances going across the Mediterranean in a swamped, sinking refugee boat? They've got the money, documents, and connections needed to take a plane and rent an apartment like any normal person. He'll be wearing a nice suit, carrying quality luggage, and probably show a student visa or EU passport or something.
The main problem with the refugees is that if, rather than integrating and educating them, they dump them into refugee ghettos and don't provide them with decent opportunities then in 30 years there will be a whole new crop of "home grown" converts to whatever extremist cult is popular at that time.
The only long-term solutions to extremism are integration, education and wealth. Period.
As a (surprisedly) happy Surface user, it seems strange that Apple aren't trying to regain initiative here.
It wouldn't surprise me if Apple is at the point where they truly believe that any initiative they lose can be easily regained should they decide to enter a particular market with an iDevice.
Recent history might even lend support for that kind of belief.
If you're trying to say that Saudi Arabia should be considered "batshit crazy evil" and that the US State Department and the UN are complicit shitbags, most rational westerners won't argue too hard against that position.
If you're trying to say something else... well, sorry, I missed your point.
Chopping people's heads off to make a point and to recruit more crazies is not necessarily evil... uh huh.
Well, ISIS doesn't consider it evil. The rest of us think it's batshit crazy evil.
Getting back on topic, it's one thing for a western politician to argue that ISIS doesn't see their actions as evil; knowing your enemy should always be an input into your engagement strategy, and showing awareness of your enemies twisted viewpoint demonstrates you're not a complete moron.
But to phrase it they way he did on Twitter of all places, leaving any suggestion that he might sympathize with their viewpoint, shows a abject lack of understanding of public relations and political debate tactics. Social media is not the medium on which to make academic arguments about moral relativism.
This first move was by far the easiest and is universally approved.
Implementation might be a whole other story. I've yet to see it pointed out anywhere that for the last decade, the people who have been enforcing this stupidity were by and large not Conservative politicians, but management within the government. Those people are still there. The people with morals and backbone are gone or got pushed into positions where they dislike for Conservative policies wouldn't be an issue (i.e. where they'd have no power).
It's a step in the right direction, but I'd still be treading carefully.
His reasoning: the compiler could have a bug and this way you would catch that bug.
Compiler bugs have a way of making you question your sanity, and you never completely regain the trust; I can only imagine the sort of nasty bug that led to him adopting that behaviour.
This will continue until the components shrink so much... that the phones actually have to be made bigger than they need to be so that people can hold them.
There's an argument that this is already happening with phones... witness complaints like "you introduced a camera bulge rather than a smooth back and a bigger battery?!?" about the iPhone 6. Bendgate was a lot of nonsense, but one of the main points was that flat and thin isn't an optimal shape for something you stick in a pocket. There's physical room for connectors (and larger batteries) in recent generations of phones if designers get off the "thin at all costs" bandwagon. I'm less confident about room in the budget.
As to the nonsense about not having a bathroom... I know people who live in converted vehicles. About 50% of the ones without regular jobs have bathrooms in their vehicle. 100% of the ones with jobs have that.
Yeah, I have a real problem with this too. I get the this guy has no handyman skills to speak of; I mean, he's relying on Home Depot to cut his 2x4's. But it's not rocket science. A cordless saw (when you're at Home Depot, just grab a 18V One+ kit and an automotive charger), an RV toilet with an attached 5 gallon tank and a handful of plumbing parts later and you've got a unit with an external black waste hookup.
And the door thing... cripes. That shared bulkhead between the cab and the box is basically just sheet metal, and most modern cube vans have a door there. Even if the cab has a bench seat you can still (with hand tools, even) cut out enough of an opening to avoid being trapped in the box.
... but damn, if nothing else his blog reminds me of how incredibly un-handy some people are. A van can be made extremely comfortable and practical for a pittance if you've got some decent skills and a handful of basic tools.
Writers will be replaced. By 2018, 20% of all business content, one in five of the documents you read, will be authored by a machine.
That's because about 50% of business documents aren't written so much as compiled, rehashed or, in the case of most press releases, randomized from a buzzword bingo card.
They just need to change the button from a press to a slide or something like that
Seems to be what they've done in 5.1.x... at least, nothing on the lock screen appears to respond to just a press or a press-and-hold. It's all slides or double-tap.
I think I'm going to need the see the fine print on that promise... the words "$corporation will accept liability" are rarely written without conditions a truck could drive itself through.
Give them the choice; perpetual security updates or open source. You want to keep your stuff closed source, you make sure it stays secure. You don't want to maintain it indefinitely, you open source it. You're welcome to migrate between those options at your convenience, but those are the only acceptable states.
Won't happen, of course, but it's got better odds than "force everyone to open source".
Yeah, everyone wants minute by minute logging of their Coolant Temperature and Throttle Position.
It's not as crazy as it sounds. Cars generate a ton more information than they have instruments to display. If you have a general purpose computer just sitting there, then why not use it?
I run Torque Pro with a Bluetooth ODBII dongle in my van when towing precisely for this reason... 90% of the item I don't give a shit, but when I'm hauling 4500lbs up a mountain I kind of like a little more feedback than I get from the stock dash.
But then I realized that none of the MS OEMs were building equipment to compete with Apple.
Sony was maybe closest with the VAIO series. But look what happened there.
Microsoft can afford to lose money (or at least not profit) on hardware. MS OEM's can't.
A higher end Windows device is competing against all other Windows devices at all kinds of price points, while Apple devices are almost competing in a whole other market. And not enough people were willing to buy high end Winstuff over cheaper models to make chasing that market worthwhile.
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Even when the conspirators are sitting on a stockpile of forged documents, assault rifles, ammunition and explosives?
Criminals (of any sort, not just terrorists) need tools and intelligence (of the targeting sort, not the brainpower sort), and the best opportunity to stop them is during the phase where they're gathering that stuff. Obviously, you're not going to do much if the attacker is basically walking out the door with a knife and stabbing the first person they see, but bigger targets need more tools and information gathering.
I'm not making an argument, by the way, for pervasive surveillance or anything like that; it's pretty darn obvious now that law enforcement goes to shit when you do it with a dragnet. But there's definitely a time and place for law enforcement doing proper undercover intelligence gathering and investigations. If they stopped dicking around with all the Orwellian stuff they might even have the time and money to do it right.
Individually, sure. But they came from a restrictive, barbaric, extremist culture. It's about the environment, not the individuals.
I doubt we'll see western culture take the long view, anyway. We're too stuck on instant gratification, quick fixes, and reactionary thinking.
If ISIS actually had 1000, or even 100, hardcore fighters who could be integrated into the refugee streams without the cat being let out of the bag somewhere along the way, then Europe is fucked no matter what.
ISIS would have access to their streets whether or not refugees were accepted; what, you think an ISIS terrorist is going to take his chances going across the Mediterranean in a swamped, sinking refugee boat? They've got the money, documents, and connections needed to take a plane and rent an apartment like any normal person. He'll be wearing a nice suit, carrying quality luggage, and probably show a student visa or EU passport or something.
The main problem with the refugees is that if, rather than integrating and educating them, they dump them into refugee ghettos and don't provide them with decent opportunities then in 30 years there will be a whole new crop of "home grown" converts to whatever extremist cult is popular at that time.
The only long-term solutions to extremism are integration, education and wealth. Period.
It wouldn't surprise me if Apple is at the point where they truly believe that any initiative they lose can be easily regained should they decide to enter a particular market with an iDevice.
Recent history might even lend support for that kind of belief.
And?
If you're trying to say that Saudi Arabia should be considered "batshit crazy evil" and that the US State Department and the UN are complicit shitbags, most rational westerners won't argue too hard against that position.
If you're trying to say something else... well, sorry, I missed your point.
Well, ISIS doesn't consider it evil. The rest of us think it's batshit crazy evil.
Getting back on topic, it's one thing for a western politician to argue that ISIS doesn't see their actions as evil; knowing your enemy should always be an input into your engagement strategy, and showing awareness of your enemies twisted viewpoint demonstrates you're not a complete moron.
But to phrase it they way he did on Twitter of all places, leaving any suggestion that he might sympathize with their viewpoint, shows a abject lack of understanding of public relations and political debate tactics. Social media is not the medium on which to make academic arguments about moral relativism.
Implementation might be a whole other story. I've yet to see it pointed out anywhere that for the last decade, the people who have been enforcing this stupidity were by and large not Conservative politicians, but management within the government. Those people are still there. The people with morals and backbone are gone or got pushed into positions where they dislike for Conservative policies wouldn't be an issue (i.e. where they'd have no power).
It's a step in the right direction, but I'd still be treading carefully.
Compiler bugs have a way of making you question your sanity, and you never completely regain the trust; I can only imagine the sort of nasty bug that led to him adopting that behaviour.
Real programmers know there's one more option...
There's an argument that this is already happening with phones... witness complaints like "you introduced a camera bulge rather than a smooth back and a bigger battery?!?" about the iPhone 6. Bendgate was a lot of nonsense, but one of the main points was that flat and thin isn't an optimal shape for something you stick in a pocket. There's physical room for connectors (and larger batteries) in recent generations of phones if designers get off the "thin at all costs" bandwagon. I'm less confident about room in the budget.
It does happen. A friend of mine spent about 20 years as a welder because of one of those "get women into the trades" programs.
It's a straight up application of Schneier's Law:
-- Bruce Schneier
Someone might be able to break it, but if they can I doubt they'd talk about it.
Yeah, I have a real problem with this too. I get the this guy has no handyman skills to speak of; I mean, he's relying on Home Depot to cut his 2x4's. But it's not rocket science. A cordless saw (when you're at Home Depot, just grab a 18V One+ kit and an automotive charger), an RV toilet with an attached 5 gallon tank and a handful of plumbing parts later and you've got a unit with an external black waste hookup.
And the door thing... cripes. That shared bulkhead between the cab and the box is basically just sheet metal, and most modern cube vans have a door there. Even if the cab has a bench seat you can still (with hand tools, even) cut out enough of an opening to avoid being trapped in the box.
... but damn, if nothing else his blog reminds me of how incredibly un-handy some people are. A van can be made extremely comfortable and practical for a pittance if you've got some decent skills and a handful of basic tools.
Yeah, right, like Monsanto would take responsibility for side-effects of their products...
"Hmmm. Okay, well, the last backup tape I know for sure was verified was the one I made a couple days before I was laid off..."
That's because about 50% of business documents aren't written so much as compiled, rehashed or, in the case of most press releases, randomized from a buzzword bingo card.
What you want to see when you're shopping is truthful reviews and information like specifications and comparisons to competitors.
You want to see ads... I dunno. Superbowl? When you're watching live television and need to take a piss?
Seems to be what they've done in 5.1.x... at least, nothing on the lock screen appears to respond to just a press or a press-and-hold. It's all slides or double-tap.
I think I'm going to need the see the fine print on that promise... the words "$corporation will accept liability" are rarely written without conditions a truck could drive itself through.
Give them the choice; perpetual security updates or open source. You want to keep your stuff closed source, you make sure it stays secure. You don't want to maintain it indefinitely, you open source it. You're welcome to migrate between those options at your convenience, but those are the only acceptable states.
Won't happen, of course, but it's got better odds than "force everyone to open source".
It's not as crazy as it sounds. Cars generate a ton more information than they have instruments to display. If you have a general purpose computer just sitting there, then why not use it?
I run Torque Pro with a Bluetooth ODBII dongle in my van when towing precisely for this reason... 90% of the item I don't give a shit, but when I'm hauling 4500lbs up a mountain I kind of like a little more feedback than I get from the stock dash.
Sony was maybe closest with the VAIO series. But look what happened there.
Microsoft can afford to lose money (or at least not profit) on hardware. MS OEM's can't.
A higher end Windows device is competing against all other Windows devices at all kinds of price points, while Apple devices are almost competing in a whole other market. And not enough people were willing to buy high end Winstuff over cheaper models to make chasing that market worthwhile.
It is. On Android, it's the "Unknown Sources" toggle under the Security settings area. Then you install an ad blocker.
They could have made that a little easier to get at, mind you...