Half of the cause for the depression was people buying stocks at inflated values that the market couldn't support with money they didn't have. Holding that as the true state of our pre-depression economy is ridiculous.
I don't have an cost effective use for any of the ultra-bandwidth solutions they're prototyping, or IPv6 but I'm glad there isn't a rule that states technology must have a current application before anyone should work on it.
Quantum cryptography may never be useful, but I don't like the argument that because it isn't currently useful it's useless.
My old password was alphanumeric, long, and unrelated to my work, personal life, hobbies or anything else that would go in a brute force dictionary.
Now that I have to change my password every month along with a handful of other requirements my passwords are just a vertical row of keys, once with the shift key once without. Anyone who saw me type it once would know it instantly. Good thing we're more secure.
In my experience you don't even have to answer the questions correctly. When we came down from Vancouver into Washington we were so hung over we could hardly explain that we were from one state, staying in another, on our way to a third, and had stopped in Canada for the hell of it.
Putting a lock on your door is not obstruction of justice. If however you changed the numbers on your house then sat outside telling the police you're not the people they're looking for...
Speaking with utter sincerity here, I would say it's because pretty much everyone lines up to chide absolutely anything Americans do regardless of the reasons, results or actual happening of the events.
I think they think it's nice to see, if only sometimes, a country that on some limited basis is clearly worse off.
Bikes are cheap and I'm sure you can find a landlord willing to rent without background or credit checks. It sounds like a tremendous pain in the ass, but I bet it's no worse than if I decided not to make left turns anymore, and about as useful.
Except that there is no law requiring you to remember your password. There are laws (at least in the U.S.) that cover the standards and punishments for criminal negligence (and more specifically for firearms) as well as traffic laws.
Of course it wouldn't take them too long to pass another law stating that if you encrypt you have to store the password in an easily accessible place or some other such nonsense, but until they do it's apples and oranges.
Article 2(4): All members shall refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state, or in any other manner inconsistent with the Purposes of the United Nations.
- Debatable
Article 2(7): Nothing contained in the present Charter shall authorize the United Nations to intervene in matters which are essentially within the domestic jurisdiction of any state or shall require the Members to submit such matters to settlement under the present Charter; but this principle shall not prejudice the application of enforcement measures under Chapter VII.
- Nope
You got me on the last one though, I could say that the actions of the security council at this point and at many others are just more self supporting politics, but it's just as easy to counter with a reminder that the UN is a completely voluntary organization, you say "subject to" I say certainly not "bound by."
The fact that the UN can't do anything to enforce it's own rules because they'd need the support of the rule breakers is the exact reason it doesn't work. (That's actually my point, the rest was just fluff lead up)
In the comics industry we call that "retconning" for Retroavtive Continuity and it explains why one character can have 10 fathers, 5 real names, and originate from any time at any place.
You can tell I think it's done wonders for quality story writing.
I had a teacher in highschool who spent some time every year trying to convince his classes that the autistic Leo is his "real personality" and that he's just some kind of savant who can meld into all the other roles he plays.
It was a lot easier before he started appearing in a film or two every year.
So if we made the next James Bond movie and had him played by Dakota Fanning it'd be ok as long as she put in a good performance?
It's just a movie after all. I hear 50 Cent is still into acting, maybe we can remake Schindler's List since Indian Jones already got the new Speilburg treatment.
Agreed.
As someone who has done both, no one who has a basis of personal comparison would ever draw the conclusion that talking on a cell phone is worse than driving drunk.
Are you implying that a situation involving school networks running Windows and hacked websites is some new phenomenon. Instead of talking about this like it's some sort of hypothetical why don't you you ask the people who actually deal with that exact situation on a daily basis.
From my experience, school districts, much like any large business, have a staff that handles things like this as well as other IT related matters. So the answer to your question is most likely none of the above. I understand smaller/poorer school districts probably tack it onto a "computers teacher" or volunteer, but even in that case, your question was answered long before you ever asked it.
Slashdot posters may disagree, but most people will never have the desire nor the necessity to set up up Wiki or a server for that matter. If you're going to argue which route is the best to take with this laptop rollout I can't argue against Linux, nothing wrong with free and the learning curve difference simply isn't there for the average user.
I would however argue that giving laptops to every child, regardless of support, is a high tech solution to a problem that doesn't exist, and the comments to this story in favor of it don't do much to change my mind.
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Half of the cause for the depression was people buying stocks at inflated values that the market couldn't support with money they didn't have. Holding that as the true state of our pre-depression economy is ridiculous.
How long have you been here?
Bad analogies get negative replies.
the Tesla Roadster would likely just go the way of the EV1 if put in the hands of Ford or GM.
You mean being slated for the commercial market in the next few years? The Chevy Volt has been posted about on the front page a few times already.
I don't have an cost effective use for any of the ultra-bandwidth solutions they're prototyping, or IPv6 but I'm glad there isn't a rule that states technology must have a current application before anyone should work on it.
Quantum cryptography may never be useful, but I don't like the argument that because it isn't currently useful it's useless.
No, he tends to get stuck with a lot of the "less motivated" students which I think he offsets by keeping them on their toes.
Agreed.
My old password was alphanumeric, long, and unrelated to my work, personal life, hobbies or anything else that would go in a brute force dictionary.
Now that I have to change my password every month along with a handful of other requirements my passwords are just a vertical row of keys, once with the shift key once without. Anyone who saw me type it once would know it instantly. Good thing we're more secure.
So why give anyone to tools to secure things if some moron is going to give away their password? Is that really an argument?
"Computer Error"
I was trying to get my files and this damn Windows Vista screwed everything!
In my experience you don't even have to answer the questions correctly. When we came down from Vancouver into Washington we were so hung over we could hardly explain that we were from one state, staying in another, on our way to a third, and had stopped in Canada for the hell of it.
Didn't give us a second glance.
I wonder if that would work, make the passphrase a confession for whatever crime you think you'll be tried for?
Putting a lock on your door is not obstruction of justice. If however you changed the numbers on your house then sat outside telling the police you're not the people they're looking for...
Speaking with utter sincerity here, I would say it's because pretty much everyone lines up to chide absolutely anything Americans do regardless of the reasons, results or actual happening of the events.
I think they think it's nice to see, if only sometimes, a country that on some limited basis is clearly worse off.
It would mean more if you still had a king or royal authority.
So don't drive and don't buy a home.
Bikes are cheap and I'm sure you can find a landlord willing to rent without background or credit checks. It sounds like a tremendous pain in the ass, but I bet it's no worse than if I decided not to make left turns anymore, and about as useful.
Except that there is no law requiring you to remember your password. There are laws (at least in the U.S.) that cover the standards and punishments for criminal negligence (and more specifically for firearms) as well as traffic laws.
Of course it wouldn't take them too long to pass another law stating that if you encrypt you have to store the password in an easily accessible place or some other such nonsense, but until they do it's apples and oranges.
Article 2(4): All members shall refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state, or in any other manner inconsistent with the Purposes of the United Nations.
- Debatable
Article 2(7): Nothing contained in the present Charter shall authorize the United Nations to intervene in matters which are essentially within the domestic jurisdiction of any state or shall require the Members to submit such matters to settlement under the present Charter; but this principle shall not prejudice the application of enforcement measures under Chapter VII.
- Nope
You got me on the last one though, I could say that the actions of the security council at this point and at many others are just more self supporting politics, but it's just as easy to counter with a reminder that the UN is a completely voluntary organization, you say "subject to" I say certainly not "bound by."
The fact that the UN can't do anything to enforce it's own rules because they'd need the support of the rule breakers is the exact reason it doesn't work. (That's actually my point, the rest was just fluff lead up)
Our country doesn't make the same promises about liberty in a single document which all our countrymen regard as some kind of holy scripture.
Does that make you feel better about this?
In the comics industry we call that "retconning" for Retroavtive Continuity and it explains why one character can have 10 fathers, 5 real names, and originate from any time at any place.
You can tell I think it's done wonders for quality story writing.
I had a teacher in highschool who spent some time every year trying to convince his classes that the autistic Leo is his "real personality" and that he's just some kind of savant who can meld into all the other roles he plays.
It was a lot easier before he started appearing in a film or two every year.
So if we made the next James Bond movie and had him played by Dakota Fanning it'd be ok as long as she put in a good performance?
It's just a movie after all. I hear 50 Cent is still into acting, maybe we can remake Schindler's List since Indian Jones already got the new Speilburg treatment.
They gave Janeway a ship and she got lost on her first day. Clearly Starfleet aint what it used to be.
Agreed. As someone who has done both, no one who has a basis of personal comparison would ever draw the conclusion that talking on a cell phone is worse than driving drunk.
To be fair, I think most people's conversations are painful to listen to regardless of how many sides of it I'm getting.
Suck it up like the rest of us crybaby.
Are you implying that a situation involving school networks running Windows and hacked websites is some new phenomenon. Instead of talking about this like it's some sort of hypothetical why don't you you ask the people who actually deal with that exact situation on a daily basis.
From my experience, school districts, much like any large business, have a staff that handles things like this as well as other IT related matters. So the answer to your question is most likely none of the above. I understand smaller/poorer school districts probably tack it onto a "computers teacher" or volunteer, but even in that case, your question was answered long before you ever asked it.
Slashdot posters may disagree, but most people will never have the desire nor the necessity to set up up Wiki or a server for that matter. If you're going to argue which route is the best to take with this laptop rollout I can't argue against Linux, nothing wrong with free and the learning curve difference simply isn't there for the average user.
I would however argue that giving laptops to every child, regardless of support, is a high tech solution to a problem that doesn't exist, and the comments to this story in favor of it don't do much to change my mind.