... the government wants to ensure that any magistrate in a judicial district where a crime may have occurred can sign off on a search warrant that gives investigators remote access to the computer.
And if the remote computer is located somewhere that local magistrate doesn't have any jurisdiction?
Just throwing this out there if anyone's interested. I thought The Windup Girl was a pretty good (YA) dystopian biopunk story by Paolo Bacigalupi set in the 23rd century after GMO farming and global warming have taken their tolls. Heard his following book, Ship Breaker was good too, but haven't read it.
Apparently a "football pitch" is foreign for "soccer field."
On the other hand... More people probably play Soccer all around the world than (American) Football - the latter, ironically, having little foot and ball interaction.
I wonder how much of this is actual consumer demand for listening to ads and the same songs every hour to avoid data overages vs. FM radio's last desperate gasp to remain relevant now that streaming is offering an alternative?
My Kyocera Hydro Vibe (Android) has an FM tuner and I use the free app NextRadio to listen to live radio, usually NPR, at work where streaming isn't available. My provider is Ting so I also don't want to burn data minutes by streaming. The app supports an ad-free basic mode, selecting stations by frequency and uses zilch data or an enhanced mode that displays album art for the current song/album playing on the local radio stations, station selection by tile and (reportedly) uses very little data. Small banner ads are displayed at the bottom of the screen in enhanced mode.
Head of IT at my college last week: "Windows 10 is more secure, because prior Windows versions were always based on what came before, but Windows 10 has been totally rewritten from scratch."
Sorry the head of IT at your college is a moron. Win 10 wasn't "rewritten from scratch". It's also based on prior version of Windows - duh. Switch to another school.
detached from the world and can't, for example, use the location data for Cortana / Bing searches, etc... (disabling location disables Cortana, from what I read)
Right, because that's a highly used feature on secured networks. NOT.
You're correct, but they were just examples off the top of my head. I'm sure there are a lot of other Win10 "features" that won't work on a segregated network.
If it's any different, it's less secure and will be broken when used on the secure network, detached from the world and can't, for example, use the location data for Cortana / Bing searches, etc... (disabling location disables Cortana, from what I read).
The Marines are using the DoD version of Windows 10, most of that stuff is actually disabled..
Okay. How do the rest of us get *that* version - you know, the secure one with all the crap and spyware disabled.
Meanwhile the U.S. Marine Corps has discovered half their computers unexpectedly can't remotely upgrade to Windows 10, slowing their transition to what they expect to be a much more secure operating system.
Why would they expect it to be *more* secure - 'cause 10 is higher than 7 and 8? If it's any different, it's less secure and will be broken when used on the secure network, detached from the world and can't, for example, use the location data for Cortana / Bing searches, etc... (disabling location disables Cortana, from what I read).
... there are still serious moral questions about using your platform to deliberately mislead the public about the popularity of various ideas and opinions.
Kind of like the Republicans squawking about The Affordable Care Act or how the national debt is *so* bad that we need to cut entitlements, but also lower taxes on the rich and increase defense spending. Politicians, and especially the Republicans, are no strangers to using mis/disinformation to serve their own agendas and/or when they don't get what they want.
Dear Senator John Thune (R) from South Dakota, Chairman for the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation,
Fuck off. We're a corporate not government entity and can do whatever we want with our property. Remember, you Republicans are are suppose to be way into that.
I don't know of anybody suggesting that corporations should have "rights"...
I don't mind if corporations have rights as long as (a) they also have responsibilities and (b) their rights and responsibilities are inline with those of individuals (and vice versa). For example, corporations can incorporate in Delaware, with (basically) nothing more than a mailing address for liability and tax reasons. Individuals go to jail when they do something wrong, corporations (and/or their management) generally don't. Corporations get tax breaks that individuals do not and can use different accounting standards than individuals - writing things off on different schedules.
No. The problem is that the woman who raised the issue is a moron. Does she think "math" is magical and that someone could down a plane by scribbling out an equation? Even if he *was* a terrorist, quietly doing math on a notepad isn't dangerous or illegal - even by TSA / DHS standards. I can only hope that this woman doesn't breed or vote.
Glancing at Ghostery, it's blocking 7 trackers. AdBlock Plus is blocking 3 elements. Right here on Slashdot.
And what's with all the freaking third-party Javascript on/. (including the aforementioned janrain) -- seems to be more Javascript now that they've been bought out. I've got NoScript blocking the below and Disconnect reporting 4 advertising requests and 25 Google content requests. What the hell/. Why is all this crap necessary?
The only 'bonus' these criminals [the Sheriff's Department officers] are likely to see could be a bullet to their apparently empty skulls.
I'm not sure I see the problem here because (a) Freedom of Speech and (b) he/she made no actual threat, just offered speculation about one possible outcome. DHS needs to dial it down a bit and the Hancock County, IN Sheriff's Department needs to stop stealing.
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As long as Emily Blunt is my pair-programming partner ...
My wife watched House Hunters International.
I'd rate it a 1.
You know... If they merged the two shows "House" and "Hunters" I might watch that.
... the government wants to ensure that any magistrate in a judicial district where a crime may have occurred can sign off on a search warrant that gives investigators remote access to the computer.
And if the remote computer is located somewhere that local magistrate doesn't have any jurisdiction?
Just throwing this out there if anyone's interested. I thought The Windup Girl was a pretty good (YA) dystopian biopunk story by Paolo Bacigalupi set in the 23rd century after GMO farming and global warming have taken their tolls. Heard his following book, Ship Breaker was good too, but haven't read it.
Apparently a "football pitch" is foreign for "soccer field."
On the other hand... More people probably play Soccer all around the world than (American) Football - the latter, ironically, having little foot and ball interaction.
If I'm paying for an FM radio receiver, I'd like to be able to use that FM radio receiver.
See my post about the free NextRadio app for Android.
I wonder how much of this is actual consumer demand for listening to ads and the same songs every hour to avoid data overages vs. FM radio's last desperate gasp to remain relevant now that streaming is offering an alternative?
My Kyocera Hydro Vibe (Android) has an FM tuner and I use the free app NextRadio to listen to live radio, usually NPR, at work where streaming isn't available. My provider is Ting so I also don't want to burn data minutes by streaming. The app supports an ad-free basic mode, selecting stations by frequency and uses zilch data or an enhanced mode that displays album art for the current song/album playing on the local radio stations, station selection by tile and (reportedly) uses very little data. Small banner ads are displayed at the bottom of the screen in enhanced mode.
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Highly-Conductive Shark Jelly
I'm sure the orchestra will be both inspired and grossed-out.
Head of IT at my college last week: "Windows 10 is more secure, because prior Windows versions were always based on what came before, but Windows 10 has been totally rewritten from scratch."
Sorry the head of IT at your college is a moron. Win 10 wasn't "rewritten from scratch". It's also based on prior version of Windows - duh. Switch to another school.
detached from the world and can't, for example, use the location data for Cortana / Bing searches, etc... (disabling location disables Cortana, from what I read)
Right, because that's a highly used feature on secured networks. NOT.
You're correct, but they were just examples off the top of my head. I'm sure there are a lot of other Win10 "features" that won't work on a segregated network.
If it's any different, it's less secure and will be broken when used on the secure network, detached from the world and can't, for example, use the location data for Cortana / Bing searches, etc... (disabling location disables Cortana, from what I read).
The Marines are using the DoD version of Windows 10, most of that stuff is actually disabled..
Okay. How do the rest of us get *that* version - you know, the secure one with all the crap and spyware disabled.
Meanwhile the U.S. Marine Corps has discovered half their computers unexpectedly can't remotely upgrade to Windows 10, slowing their transition to what they expect to be a much more secure operating system.
Why would they expect it to be *more* secure - 'cause 10 is higher than 7 and 8? If it's any different, it's less secure and will be broken when used on the secure network, detached from the world and can't, for example, use the location data for Cortana / Bing searches, etc... (disabling location disables Cortana, from what I read).
A lot of folks I know have their password in a QR code.
Oh! That's an awesome idea. I need to put one of those up by my front door.
Just leave your house key at the door so they can just go read the password off the post-it -- we all -- have taped to the bottom of the router.
... so that option will be removed in the upcoming Windows 10
Of course, we'll keep *collecting* that information ... 'cause it's Windows 10, which is all about data collection. /cynical
I'm going to go write some audio-processing software for my printer.
Are you *still* working on Pulse Audio Lennart?
If money can be free speech, how can speech not be free speech?
Actually, Money is Money.
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... there are still serious moral questions about using your platform to deliberately mislead the public about the popularity of various ideas and opinions.
Kind of like the Republicans squawking about The Affordable Care Act or how the national debt is *so* bad that we need to cut entitlements, but also lower taxes on the rich and increase defense spending. Politicians, and especially the Republicans, are no strangers to using mis/disinformation to serve their own agendas and/or when they don't get what they want.
Dear Senator John Thune (R) from South Dakota, Chairman for the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation,
Fuck off. We're a corporate not government entity and can do whatever we want with our property. Remember, you Republicans are are suppose to be way into that.
Hugs and Kisses,
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I don't know of anybody suggesting that corporations should have "rights" ...
I don't mind if corporations have rights as long as (a) they also have responsibilities and (b) their rights and responsibilities are inline with those of individuals (and vice versa). For example, corporations can incorporate in Delaware, with (basically) nothing more than a mailing address for liability and tax reasons. Individuals go to jail when they do something wrong, corporations (and/or their management) generally don't. Corporations get tax breaks that individuals do not and can use different accounting standards than individuals - writing things off on different schedules.
... its gym washing service ...
The fuck is that?
Do employees have to wash their gyms or the company's gym themselves now?
... xenophobic attitudes ...
No. The problem is that the woman who raised the issue is a moron. Does she think "math" is magical and that someone could down a plane by scribbling out an equation? Even if he *was* a terrorist, quietly doing math on a notepad isn't dangerous or illegal - even by TSA / DHS standards. I can only hope that this woman doesn't breed or vote.
Why is Slashdot participating in the tracking?
Glancing at Ghostery, it's blocking 7 trackers. AdBlock Plus is blocking 3 elements. Right here on Slashdot.
And what's with all the freaking third-party Javascript on /. (including the aforementioned janrain) -- seems to be more Javascript now that they've been bought out. I've got NoScript blocking the below and Disconnect reporting 4 advertising requests and 25 Google content requests. What the hell /. Why is all this crap necessary?
The only 'bonus' these criminals [the Sheriff's Department officers] are likely to see could be a bullet to their apparently empty skulls.
I'm not sure I see the problem here because (a) Freedom of Speech and (b) he/she made no actual threat, just offered speculation about one possible outcome. DHS needs to dial it down a bit and the Hancock County, IN Sheriff's Department needs to stop stealing.
... according to Canonical's Will Cooke, Ubuntu Desktop Manager.
apt-get remove ubuntu-desktop-manager
The iPhone ... forever changing how we ... complete many everyday tasks.
Like what? Seriously.