At least one of these companies has a toll free number that they claim is anonymous that anyone can call and leave anonymous tips to avoid being caught
So, when the government offers whistle blowers the opportunity to break their NDA agreement to expose serious ethical or legal concerns, the government is the one breaking the law?
did you realize that in some states, folks have been prosecuted for knowingly having affairs as this is considered to be knowlingly interfering with a legal contract?
If that's the case, then it would appear that any and all attempts to encourage unlawful behavior (such as offering to sell or buy drugs, offering to sell or buy sex) would be as illegal as the act itself -- which are tactics the Police often use.
Free speech has limits.... I don't think any mainstream newspaper would do anything like this
First of all -- the reports were basically just scoops, this is information that was planning to come out in the first place, not something that was intended to remain secret. REPORTERS DO REPORT ON THINGS LIKE THIS ALL THE TIME.
Apple (Steve Jobs) is only upset because they feel they didn't get as much of a BANG out of the announcement. This is an attack on the press to intimidate the free flow of information, period. Ultimately, it is bad for everyone. It makes Apple look very petty. And it may keep someone from divulging something important out of fear of being found out
Apple has a right to try and find out who leaked their information, but I think they need find another way.
The real danger is that if Apple prevails (and while I am a fan of Apple's, I don't think this is a good move on their part), then anonymous sources will dry up -- not just for Apple "leaks", but for more important things, like government corruption and abuse.
Bloggers and other non-traditional online press sites are becoming the new watchdogs since, sadly, all the networks, newspapers, and news stations are either afraid of the government or worse (FoxNews), in collaboration with certain controlling parties of the government. That means incompetence and abuse is more easily hidden from the public eye.
NDAs are a civil contract between the "leaker" and the company. Think Secret and company are acting as the press and should be protected with our shield laws, period.
Apple needs to use another method to find its leakers.
I think a CEO needs to know the product line if he/she is to have a clear vision for where the company is going.
I worked for a financial software company that replaced its CEO with a "number cruncher" with zero knowledge of the products being sold. In fact, several years later, I don't think he knows the products very well. He has visions, but it's just of increased stock price. Of course, the more focus that was put on the stock price, the less likely it was to actually increase (over the past 2-3 years, the price has been flat -- with some rises and dips along the way).
While the company has not nose-dived, it has lost its leadership and appears to be floundering. Of course, he doesn't follow half the items listed, so that could point to some of the problems as well.
I think all the bullet points listed are important, but you have to know what benefit your company is providing (and that means that if you're selling a technical product, you have to have SOME understanding of it), else how can you have a vision of where the company is going?
I don't think a CEO has to be a techie -- but he should have a good understanding of the products his company sells. I think Steve Jobs is a good example of this.
I used to quote Ben Franklin on this topic, but sadly people don't seem to care.
That's the problem with a fear based society that we've been building (and that has made significant progress in the last 4 years). President Bush used fear to win the last election -- we sent us to war and then had Cheney stumping that we would be attacked with some kind of nuclear weapon of mass destruction in one of our cities. At this point, would YOU be willing to vote for an UNKNOWN quantity? Stick with what you know. -- what total crap!!
It's why we are always involved in some nebulous war (War on Drugs, War on Terror) that cannot have a definitive ending (when do you declare victory on either one of these?). We have government agencies dedicated to these efforts (DEA, Homeland Security) and they will continue indefinitely because we don't know when they've been successful. The DEA can legally (upheld by several courts now) seize property because they suspect it is tied to drug activity. You are considered guilty and then have to PROVE that it WASN'T drug activities (good luck with that). Same thing is true with the war on Terror. Someone just has to implicate you (without any evidence) and you have to PROVE you're not a terrorist. Innocent until Proven guilty? Not Here. But let us not quibble about such things as we spread this "FREEDOM" across the globe.
We did this in the 50's too.. we called it the McCarthy Era and supposedly took steps to prevent this sort of government activity (guess we failed).
Sadly, the masses belief that crap fed to them. Those of us who are frightened by this huge power grab are deemed paranoid, nuts, etc (by the Government no less).
I just wish our government spent as much time promoting FREEDOM INSIDE OUR BORDERS as it apparently is trying to promote outside our borders.
And you're arguing for the other extreme.
You're a prick for attacking someone who is standing up for his rights, something you obviously are not interested in doing for yourself.
We are not any more secure because of this, but we are a LESS FREE!!
We are treated like criminals now, just because we are flying. And there is NO ACCOUNTABILITY for the TSA actions. You can submit a complaint form to the TSA about the TSA, and are expected to give your name and address (God only knows what they'll use it for).
It's not paranoia when they are actively taking away your rights!
Sadly, it's this type of argument that threatens our freedom the most. Complacency allows the government to restrict our rights in ever greater amounts.
As it is, you are now treated as a criminal, subject to invasive search (we're only one step away from full strip searches), for the simple act of flying. And folks like you think that we should do whatever the government asks for the HOPE that we might, possibly make things safer by throwing away our rights.
If I can predict the next 5+ "random" songs, it's definitely a pattern and not just in my head.
I have seen this happen (I've got 180 songs on my shuffle and noticed the repeat after about 30-40 songs).
But I don't think it's a conspiracy, more likely a bad random seed or an algorithm that needs tweaking.
iTunes has an option "choose higher rated songs more often" which can have an effect. I left this off, but I'm wondering if it might always think it is on?
The solution for me was the remove all the songs from my shuffle, and then "autofill" them back (from my playlist). That seemed to shuffle the songs up.
I haven't verified whether the new update (1.1) addresses the random song issue in any way.
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At least one of these companies has a toll free number that they claim is anonymous that anyone can call and leave anonymous tips to avoid being caught
So, when the government offers whistle blowers the opportunity to break their NDA agreement to expose serious ethical or legal concerns, the government is the one breaking the law?
did you realize that in some states, folks have been prosecuted for knowingly having affairs as this is considered to be knowlingly interfering with a legal contract?
If that's the case, then it would appear that any and all attempts to encourage unlawful behavior (such as offering to sell or buy drugs, offering to sell or buy sex) would be as illegal as the act itself -- which are tactics the Police often use.
Free speech has limits. ... I don't think any mainstream newspaper would do anything like this
First of all -- the reports were basically just scoops, this is information that was planning to come out in the first place, not something that was intended to remain secret. REPORTERS DO REPORT ON THINGS LIKE THIS ALL THE TIME.
Apple (Steve Jobs) is only upset because they feel they didn't get as much of a BANG out of the announcement. This is an attack on the press to intimidate the free flow of information, period. Ultimately, it is bad for everyone. It makes Apple look very petty. And it may keep someone from divulging something important out of fear of being found out
Apple has a right to try and find out who leaked their information, but I think they need find another way.
The real danger is that if Apple prevails (and while I am a fan of Apple's, I don't think this is a good move on their part), then anonymous sources will dry up -- not just for Apple "leaks", but for more important things, like government corruption and abuse.
Bloggers and other non-traditional online press sites are becoming the new watchdogs since, sadly, all the networks, newspapers, and news stations are either afraid of the government or worse (FoxNews), in collaboration with certain controlling parties of the government. That means incompetence and abuse is more easily hidden from the public eye.
NDAs are a civil contract between the "leaker" and the company. Think Secret and company are acting as the press and should be protected with our shield laws, period.
Apple needs to use another method to find its leakers.
Did Apple somehow pick up the SCO operations manual?
I think a CEO needs to know the product line if he/she is to have a clear vision for where the company is going. I worked for a financial software company that replaced its CEO with a "number cruncher" with zero knowledge of the products being sold. In fact, several years later, I don't think he knows the products very well. He has visions, but it's just of increased stock price. Of course, the more focus that was put on the stock price, the less likely it was to actually increase (over the past 2-3 years, the price has been flat -- with some rises and dips along the way). While the company has not nose-dived, it has lost its leadership and appears to be floundering. Of course, he doesn't follow half the items listed, so that could point to some of the problems as well. I think all the bullet points listed are important, but you have to know what benefit your company is providing (and that means that if you're selling a technical product, you have to have SOME understanding of it), else how can you have a vision of where the company is going? I don't think a CEO has to be a techie -- but he should have a good understanding of the products his company sells. I think Steve Jobs is a good example of this.
I used to quote Ben Franklin on this topic, but sadly people don't seem to care.
That's the problem with a fear based society that we've been building (and that has made significant progress in the last 4 years). President Bush used fear to win the last election -- we sent us to war and then had Cheney stumping that we would be attacked with some kind of nuclear weapon of mass destruction in one of our cities. At this point, would YOU be willing to vote for an UNKNOWN quantity? Stick with what you know. -- what total crap!!
It's why we are always involved in some nebulous war (War on Drugs, War on Terror) that cannot have a definitive ending (when do you declare victory on either one of these?). We have government agencies dedicated to these efforts (DEA, Homeland Security) and they will continue indefinitely because we don't know when they've been successful. The DEA can legally (upheld by several courts now) seize property because they suspect it is tied to drug activity. You are considered guilty and then have to PROVE that it WASN'T drug activities (good luck with that). Same thing is true with the war on Terror. Someone just has to implicate you (without any evidence) and you have to PROVE you're not a terrorist. Innocent until Proven guilty? Not Here. But let us not quibble about such things as we spread this "FREEDOM" across the globe.
We did this in the 50's too.. we called it the McCarthy Era and supposedly took steps to prevent this sort of government activity (guess we failed).
Sadly, the masses belief that crap fed to them. Those of us who are frightened by this huge power grab are deemed paranoid, nuts, etc (by the Government no less).
I just wish our government spent as much time promoting FREEDOM INSIDE OUR BORDERS as it apparently is trying to promote outside our borders.
And you're arguing for the other extreme. You're a prick for attacking someone who is standing up for his rights, something you obviously are not interested in doing for yourself. We are not any more secure because of this, but we are a LESS FREE!! We are treated like criminals now, just because we are flying. And there is NO ACCOUNTABILITY for the TSA actions. You can submit a complaint form to the TSA about the TSA, and are expected to give your name and address (God only knows what they'll use it for). It's not paranoia when they are actively taking away your rights!
Sadly, it's this type of argument that threatens our freedom the most. Complacency allows the government to restrict our rights in ever greater amounts. As it is, you are now treated as a criminal, subject to invasive search (we're only one step away from full strip searches), for the simple act of flying. And folks like you think that we should do whatever the government asks for the HOPE that we might, possibly make things safer by throwing away our rights.
If I can predict the next 5+ "random" songs, it's definitely a pattern and not just in my head.
I have seen this happen (I've got 180 songs on my shuffle and noticed the repeat after about 30-40 songs).
But I don't think it's a conspiracy, more likely a bad random seed or an algorithm that needs tweaking.
iTunes has an option "choose higher rated songs more often" which can have an effect. I left this off, but I'm wondering if it might always think it is on?
The solution for me was the remove all the songs from my shuffle, and then "autofill" them back (from my playlist). That seemed to shuffle the songs up.
I haven't verified whether the new update (1.1) addresses the random song issue in any way.