How about expecting a mathematician who has no experience in algebra? Should college "sink or swim" and just expect college students to know algebra! Obsurd! College should dumb it down so much, we teach students how to count!/sarcasm
... summed it up brilliantly. This is like someone discovering Google Maps for the first time and spying on the backyards of the wealthy. Nothing of real interest here except the obvious, "Why is the WSJ so interested in tracking private citizens given the fact that it was FREAKING out over 'privacy' issues, like *gasp* ad companies track people, and the fact that it is conservative, and isn't that all about personal freedom, 'don't take mah gun, git yer camera outta my backyard'?"
I know we have done dark matter tests in deep mines, and we also test with super colliders. But this is just a box that sits there right? What's the advantage of this over one in a mine that justifies the cost, which I'm sure is much more than an earth based solution. It seems to me that dark matter, which doesn't directly interact with matter anyways, would be more suitable in the deep mines away from space/solar radiation, not sitting directly out in it.
Identifying themselves could be satisfied if they are wearing badges and uniforms. Did you know a cop can pull you over and not be in uniform? They just have to be in a police cruiser. Alternatively, a cop in uniform can pull you over in an unmarked, so long as they are in uniform.
Identification isn't just saying "Police!"
And, I find it funny these John Wayne types that think they'll grab their gun from the nightstand drawer and shoot down a home invader.
Most home invaders break in, and try to be quiet. Police barrel through the door with guns drawn. If you can't tell the difference, you've never watched an episode of Cops.
The police have a right to work safely. What if every citizen says "This unlawful, come in here and I'll shoot you!"
My question is, who the hell gave individual citizen's the right to dictate what is lawful and unlawful? Sometimes, yes, it is obvious. But it's not up to a citizen to determine of the bar of probable cause has been met. That's the job of the court. Its the reason we don't allow lynch mobs to prosecute criminals.
To another responder to you: 2nd amendment chilling effects my ass... this is a civil society, not freaking Syria. Courts decide legal issues, not guns. In the hands of private citizens, guns are for protection, not for enforcement of your will on others.
See, this is why when I get pulled over, I drive away with a warning, and you guys end up on youtube getting tasered. You don't have to be confrontational to police in every damn situation. If you have a problem, go to court... go complain to the police chief... complain to your mayor. Don't go whipping out your "big gun" to make yourself feel like a badass.
You're not Chuck Norris, and they will beat your ass with a night stick. And resisting arrest charges are fairly hard to fight when you pull a weapon.
It'll never survive federal court. This is a state official just looking to pocket RIAA money and favors through a bill he know can't survive. It's the same tactic Mitch Daniels of Indiana is using by blocking medicaid/medicare from Planned Parenthood, which is also illegal for him to do.
They do it for press, money, and if they want to seek higher office. But all they are really doing is wasting our time and money on fruitless court battles they can't win.
You have a right to protection from unlawful entry, not the right to "resist". IE - No, you can't aim a gun at police, shove them out, or punch them in the face. What you do have the right to do is sue them in court. And they, no you, will determine what is lawful and what is unlawful as far as the entry.
... stick your fingers in your ears and repeat after me, "La-la-la-la-la-la-la..."
Asking people not to listen (such as the US government telling college students, of all people, not to read ANYTHING about Wikileaks) makes as much sense as telling the speakers not to speak.
True, and I still have those "copies" way back from high school. But, musicians seem to show each other more respect than say, technologists. Few technologists would consider writings of their peers as supporting the writers themselves, but musicians ultimately think the sheet music they purchase supports the composer.
Ironically, both are usually owned by large companies, and the composers probably (I have no idea) receive royalties less for their work. Then again, they do tend to be meaningful for much longer. A song written in 1930 has more value than a technical journal from 1930.
So, if your iPad ran a full version of Chrome with extensions, would you like that ability to hide a URL bar then? How about a phone? Still a bad idea?
They're not taking it away, they're adding the option to display how you want.
I read about this over 10 years ago. It was the same time hand writing recognition was supposed to turn Palms into ultra-secure password verifiers, and someone said "Hey, we can do that with typing too!". It went nowhere. Anyone got a link to the old research?
This also sounds like the old program to allow the NSA to identify anonymous blog writers. But instead of typing patterns, it used words already typed patterns.
But still, this is OLD tech. Nothing new to see, move along.
Why are comments obviously from non-apple users "+5 Funny" (pointing to first +5 funny comment and the parent comment here), but the ones from apple users (the ones below said +5 funny ones) are "+5 Insightful"... Is this the mod's proving the validity of TFA?
Music departments have to pay for EVERY copy of music. I'm not saying that's right, fair, or whatever. But why is the music department not allowed to copy, but the biology department can hand out wholesale copies of scientific journals. Not saying I agree or not, but... It's a strong argument for a plaintiff.
Now, here is what I agree on. How the #&$! are schools going to copy, but then have tough as nails plagiarism policies? Hypocrites much? What kind of message does that send to students? And before you say that plagiarism is about claiming and citing properly, it's really the fact of using something that is not yours. Most colleges I know limit papers to only 10-20% of their content being from an outside source, even if it is properly cited. But, WTF do I know... the last class I took was auditing the Harvard's Ethics/Philosophy course of Michael Sandel's 'Justice: What's The Right Thing To Do?'... And I walked away thinking that academics would have taken an Ethics course at some point too.
It still saves stores money. The cost of a device is far less than the cost of a cashier, and far less than a self-checkout line. The problem will come with easier shop lifting and scanning lower priced items and putting higher priced items in the cart.
And before you say, "Yeah, but they probably check the weight," remember, 2 similar bottles of shampoo weigh close enough to the same that someone can walk out with a $40 bottle of shampoo, but only pay $10 for a bottle of Suave. Yes, they can trace inventory. But attaching missing inventory to a specific credit card purchase is impossible in a busy big box store. Every advance in convenience works for the convenience of theives.
Stores know this, though, and factor it in as "Inventory Shrinkage" or something similar. At the end of the day, "most" people are honest, and the heavy shop lifters do get caught, usually by good old fashion cameras watching people stuff items into their coats. Security already knows which areas to watch... nobody really steals cereal boxes, but plenty steal meat.
What's so bad about 50%? Imagine if the income ratio were reversed, and you came here to work. They make what, like an average of $0.50/hr? You make what, $43/hr (you said $90k per year, averaging 52 weeks at 40 hours). So, you make 100x an hour more than them. So, imagine if someone came here, and made $4326 an hour. Should someone making $4326/hr be taxed at 50%? HELL YES THEY SHOULD!
The ultra wealthy used to pay 90% taxes in the good ole USA. So stop your bitching, cause you are ultra-wealthy to the average Chinese. Hell, you're more than double the average US income as well, so your bitching here about another 26% doesn't really bother me either, especially since it is your company footing the bill and you get the free ride.
...that says something like "Persons are smart individually, but people are dumb." I didn't need a scientific study to reveal that factoid to me.
"In short, crowd intelligence only works in cases where the opinion of others is hidden." Hell yeah, that's why bad comments get moderated up, but moderating down Goatse posts works brilliantly!
Or, they were experimenting with quantum physics, and the heat up was a backwards time release of energy from the meltdown to occur days later... oOoOoOo!
I don't believe what I just said, but it sure sounds cool.
Been reading The Stand? It's not as crazy as that. Smallpox is bad, but it won't be the end of the world. They're keeping it so that we have a point to start from if there is an outbreak.
At least 1 in 14 programs is from A) a file sharing site, B) a porn site, and C) an email link. I have no data, but my experience on fixing computers is that this is the bulk of the problem. The rest are adware sites.
I don't get them myself mainly because, I use Gmail (no spam), Chrome w/ ad blocking extension (no ads), Pandora (no file sharing)...... I just have to be really careful about using quality porn sites.
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How about expecting a mathematician who has no experience in algebra? Should college "sink or swim" and just expect college students to know algebra! Obsurd! College should dumb it down so much, we teach students how to count! /sarcasm
... summed it up brilliantly. This is like someone discovering Google Maps for the first time and spying on the backyards of the wealthy. Nothing of real interest here except the obvious, "Why is the WSJ so interested in tracking private citizens given the fact that it was FREAKING out over 'privacy' issues, like *gasp* ad companies track people, and the fact that it is conservative, and isn't that all about personal freedom, 'don't take mah gun, git yer camera outta my backyard'?"
I thought they said "Acolytes". Was I the only Warcraft player to immediately wonder what kind of magic this breed of Undead could do?
I know we have done dark matter tests in deep mines, and we also test with super colliders. But this is just a box that sits there right? What's the advantage of this over one in a mine that justifies the cost, which I'm sure is much more than an earth based solution. It seems to me that dark matter, which doesn't directly interact with matter anyways, would be more suitable in the deep mines away from space/solar radiation, not sitting directly out in it.
Identifying themselves could be satisfied if they are wearing badges and uniforms. Did you know a cop can pull you over and not be in uniform? They just have to be in a police cruiser. Alternatively, a cop in uniform can pull you over in an unmarked, so long as they are in uniform.
Identification isn't just saying "Police!"
And, I find it funny these John Wayne types that think they'll grab their gun from the nightstand drawer and shoot down a home invader.
Most home invaders break in, and try to be quiet. Police barrel through the door with guns drawn. If you can't tell the difference, you've never watched an episode of Cops.
The police have a right to work safely. What if every citizen says "This unlawful, come in here and I'll shoot you!"
My question is, who the hell gave individual citizen's the right to dictate what is lawful and unlawful? Sometimes, yes, it is obvious. But it's not up to a citizen to determine of the bar of probable cause has been met. That's the job of the court. Its the reason we don't allow lynch mobs to prosecute criminals.
To another responder to you: 2nd amendment chilling effects my ass... this is a civil society, not freaking Syria. Courts decide legal issues, not guns. In the hands of private citizens, guns are for protection, not for enforcement of your will on others.
See, this is why when I get pulled over, I drive away with a warning, and you guys end up on youtube getting tasered. You don't have to be confrontational to police in every damn situation. If you have a problem, go to court... go complain to the police chief... complain to your mayor. Don't go whipping out your "big gun" to make yourself feel like a badass.
You're not Chuck Norris, and they will beat your ass with a night stick. And resisting arrest charges are fairly hard to fight when you pull a weapon.
It'll never survive federal court. This is a state official just looking to pocket RIAA money and favors through a bill he know can't survive. It's the same tactic Mitch Daniels of Indiana is using by blocking medicaid/medicare from Planned Parenthood, which is also illegal for him to do.
They do it for press, money, and if they want to seek higher office. But all they are really doing is wasting our time and money on fruitless court battles they can't win.
You have a right to protection from unlawful entry, not the right to "resist". IE - No, you can't aim a gun at police, shove them out, or punch them in the face. What you do have the right to do is sue them in court. And they, no you, will determine what is lawful and what is unlawful as far as the entry.
... stick your fingers in your ears and repeat after me, "La-la-la-la-la-la-la..."
Asking people not to listen (such as the US government telling college students, of all people, not to read ANYTHING about Wikileaks) makes as much sense as telling the speakers not to speak.
True, and I still have those "copies" way back from high school. But, musicians seem to show each other more respect than say, technologists. Few technologists would consider writings of their peers as supporting the writers themselves, but musicians ultimately think the sheet music they purchase supports the composer.
Ironically, both are usually owned by large companies, and the composers probably (I have no idea) receive royalties less for their work. Then again, they do tend to be meaningful for much longer. A song written in 1930 has more value than a technical journal from 1930.
So, if your iPad ran a full version of Chrome with extensions, would you like that ability to hide a URL bar then? How about a phone? Still a bad idea?
They're not taking it away, they're adding the option to display how you want.
Yeah, 50 pixes on a 4" smart phone screen when they unify it with Android... That's a pretty big deal. Do you see a URL bar on your smartphone now?
Yeah, it's hidden on phones, with no problem at all. To get full Chrome on a phone, it needs the ability to hide too.
Anyone who is clamoring about how horrible this is must not own a touch screen phone.
Me thinks the Ubuntu Unity people saw trouble ahead for Gnome.
I read about this over 10 years ago. It was the same time hand writing recognition was supposed to turn Palms into ultra-secure password verifiers, and someone said "Hey, we can do that with typing too!". It went nowhere. Anyone got a link to the old research?
This also sounds like the old program to allow the NSA to identify anonymous blog writers. But instead of typing patterns, it used words already typed patterns.
But still, this is OLD tech. Nothing new to see, move along.
Why are comments obviously from non-apple users "+5 Funny" (pointing to first +5 funny comment and the parent comment here), but the ones from apple users (the ones below said +5 funny ones) are "+5 Insightful"... Is this the mod's proving the validity of TFA?
Music departments have to pay for EVERY copy of music. I'm not saying that's right, fair, or whatever. But why is the music department not allowed to copy, but the biology department can hand out wholesale copies of scientific journals. Not saying I agree or not, but... It's a strong argument for a plaintiff.
Now, here is what I agree on. How the #&$! are schools going to copy, but then have tough as nails plagiarism policies? Hypocrites much? What kind of message does that send to students? And before you say that plagiarism is about claiming and citing properly, it's really the fact of using something that is not yours. Most colleges I know limit papers to only 10-20% of their content being from an outside source, even if it is properly cited. But, WTF do I know... the last class I took was auditing the Harvard's Ethics/Philosophy course of Michael Sandel's 'Justice: What's The Right Thing To Do?'... And I walked away thinking that academics would have taken an Ethics course at some point too.
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It still saves stores money. The cost of a device is far less than the cost of a cashier, and far less than a self-checkout line. The problem will come with easier shop lifting and scanning lower priced items and putting higher priced items in the cart.
And before you say, "Yeah, but they probably check the weight," remember, 2 similar bottles of shampoo weigh close enough to the same that someone can walk out with a $40 bottle of shampoo, but only pay $10 for a bottle of Suave. Yes, they can trace inventory. But attaching missing inventory to a specific credit card purchase is impossible in a busy big box store. Every advance in convenience works for the convenience of theives.
Stores know this, though, and factor it in as "Inventory Shrinkage" or something similar. At the end of the day, "most" people are honest, and the heavy shop lifters do get caught, usually by good old fashion cameras watching people stuff items into their coats. Security already knows which areas to watch... nobody really steals cereal boxes, but plenty steal meat.
What's so bad about 50%? Imagine if the income ratio were reversed, and you came here to work. They make what, like an average of $0.50/hr? You make what, $43/hr (you said $90k per year, averaging 52 weeks at 40 hours). So, you make 100x an hour more than them. So, imagine if someone came here, and made $4326 an hour. Should someone making $4326/hr be taxed at 50%? HELL YES THEY SHOULD!
The ultra wealthy used to pay 90% taxes in the good ole USA. So stop your bitching, cause you are ultra-wealthy to the average Chinese. Hell, you're more than double the average US income as well, so your bitching here about another 26% doesn't really bother me either, especially since it is your company footing the bill and you get the free ride.
Exploitative? Puh-lease!
It all went downhill when we convinced them to start using 2 button mice and scroll wheels...
...that says something like "Persons are smart individually, but people are dumb." I didn't need a scientific study to reveal that factoid to me.
"In short, crowd intelligence only works in cases where the opinion of others is hidden." Hell yeah, that's why bad comments get moderated up, but moderating down Goatse posts works brilliantly!
...we bring the Information into the Government Age!
Or, they were experimenting with quantum physics, and the heat up was a backwards time release of energy from the meltdown to occur days later... oOoOoOo!
I don't believe what I just said, but it sure sounds cool.
George Washington.
Now get off my Tobacco field!
Been reading The Stand? It's not as crazy as that. Smallpox is bad, but it won't be the end of the world. They're keeping it so that we have a point to start from if there is an outbreak.
At least 1 in 14 programs is from A) a file sharing site, B) a porn site, and C) an email link. I have no data, but my experience on fixing computers is that this is the bulk of the problem. The rest are adware sites.
I don't get them myself mainly because, I use Gmail (no spam), Chrome w/ ad blocking extension (no ads), Pandora (no file sharing)... ... I just have to be really careful about using quality porn sites.