I can't help but notice that the map not only uses the "north = up, therefore north = good" ideology but also places Europe square in the middle of the map. I expected better from an elite artist.
That is why HE is an elite artist, and you aren't. This view shows the MOST flight patterns. Notice how there are almost NO flights to the west of the US? There are like 10 heading from US to Hawaii and like 2 heading from Hawaii. Putting Europe in the center allowed him to center on the flights as well. Do something stupid at put US in the center and half the flights would be on the right, meanwhile the left would be a big blank square. Do something dumb like "south = up" or moronic like "west = up" and people wouldn't even understand they are looking at a map.
I don't see how suspect could plead the 5th in this situation, as doing so implies this encrypted drive is his,
Pleading the 5th does NO such thing. Now the prosecutors might believe it means there is something on the drive to find, and they will then have to find it. But the fact that he pleaded the 5th can NOT hurt him in a court of law. IT would definitely be grounds for an appeal if the lawyer even tried to insinuate that.
And he could be perfectly innocent... and it isn't his drive, and he would still be within his rights to plead the 5th. And so should you if you are ever caught.
So you can't argue that they cops are learning anything new regarding putting this guy in prison.
Additional counts. Other crimes. All kinds of incriminating stuff could be on the other drives.
That's a tactic they use all the time, and often with good reason. Here they want an Alice in Wonderland interpretation of the 5th.
Sure you can argue they can learn something new. But this isn't an Alice in Wonderland interpretation. IF they have reasonable suspicion you have to let them search. Suppose they pull you over, there is a tarp covering the stuff in the back. They can't lift the tarp up to search the vehicle. They can't force you to lift the tarp up. But, if while they are standing there talking to you, gust of wind comes along and blows the tarp up for a second for the cops to see the dead body under it... They now have enough cause to lift the tarp and search the vehicle. That is what happened here. They have evidence the disks belong to this guy, AND contain child porn. They now have the reasonable suspicion to believe the other drive does as well.
Let's ignore the whole copyright issue of EVERYTHING else on the website. The CSS, the HTML, the words, and so on. The article talks about "it prevents people from understanding, modifying and building on the programs they are running" Well no it doesn't. Other than it being copyrighted. People could still understand it, modify it... But legally you can't run it, just like you can't take the text or the images and stick them on your page. Or is Richard suggesting we should do that as well?
Many hostels have a "quiet" reading area (it isn't always quiet) Some have decent wifi. Yes sometimes it is horrible, sometimes it isn't. One option is a 3g card or similar. Pick one up in the country you are in.
Pretty much any country you go to will have restaurants or coffee shops you can hang on it, especially if they are off hours. A bar can be a good place to hang out in during the day.
I like your idea behind hosteling at first. You might want to hop a bit more. But hostels are a GREAT way to meet other tourists (not so great of a way to meet locals)
Looks like you can only spend 90 days every 180 in Europe. So plan accordingly. I love your idea, and don't pay attention to the naysayers.
I'd recommend setting things up so you can do all of your work without using the internet. I did some great working, sitting outside, watching the sunset and enjoying a nice cool evening deep in the alps. You will also probably want to work whenever you are on the train for a long trip, and they don't always have internet.
Do you travel for 6 months or 2 years at a time? There is a difference between taking a one or two week vacation, and travelling for months and months.
With today's electronics you probably won't need a voltage converter. I stopped carrying one about 5 years ago. MOST electronics made this century can handle both voltages. If you do have a device that can't handle the other voltages, then just buy something locally. A voltage converter is big and heavy, and you don't want it.
And as more devices use USB power...
As long as you understand that you will very likely get robbed, or have your laptop stolen at some point,
Why? Why must you understand this? He is just as likely to be robbed or have his laptop stolen by working at coffee shops in the US as working in coffee shops anywhere else.
True, if you want to work on the project 40 hours a week. But it sounds like OP's main goal is to travel. But at the same time he doesn't want to stay away from programming for a year or two.
You want to travel AND you want to grow as a developer?
Why not? Travelling takes time. If you take the train, you can spend quite a bit of time on the train travelling between destinations.
You will have plenty of down time from travelling and site seeing. You can spend some of that time programming.
But I am also guessing the OP wants to spend a month or two or three at one location. You can "travel" every day like that. There are some days you'll just want to relax.. and programming is one way to do that.
How is "hardening your computer against future attacks" going to prevent you from installing the rootkit yourself? Want to play the game or watch the movie, then "install this rootkit' You can have the most secure house in the world, but it doesn't matter if you hand the keys to the robber.
Nothing is perfect, everything can be improved on. Computers are faster and can do more stuff, with higher resolution. Grammar checkers can still be improved, for example. And the ease of use can always be improved.
The problem is, MS keeps trying to improve how easy it is to use, and as long as you use it in that exact way it is easier to use. Problem is with hundreds of millions of users, not everyone uses it that way.
I hate the ribbon with a passion. Yet there are lots of little features in the ribboned office that I like. Zoom control instead of a modal zoom dialog or zoom menu is just one small example. I am sure there are lots of features in the latest version of Office you use, that you'd miss if you went back to a previous version. By the same token there are things that you loathe in the current version that you would not miss if you went back.
"The suite was released as an alpha version, which means that not everything works yet." So, it looks like anyone can build anything in 30 days... then claim that not everything works yet.
The article advocates more passwords, and stronger passwords,
Why do companies have archaic password limitations? Must be less than 12 characters (or 16 or some other arbitrary short length) Must NOT be the following characters... Why is there a limit on the characters I use? Whenever I see boneheaded rules like this, I assume someone is incompetent, and I wonder what other security holes there are.
How about making it illegal to hack into my property; and then why don't you go about aresting and prosecuting criminals?
It is, and they do... But there is also only so much they can do to arrest and prosecute foreigners.
Do you have locks on your doors at home? Do you use them, or do you expect the government to make trespassing illegal and to arrest and prosecute criminals?
or is there something seriously wrong with our entire economy when one guy can threaten to destroy an entire (very profitable) industry,
No there isn't. While there may be problems with our economy, this isn't one of them. Not to mention, that it has always been like this.
Why do people have a problem with one person acquiring a fortune. Should there be a limit to how much one person can own? What happens when the person is at the limit, and is walking down the street, and is handed a dollar? SWAT comes zeroing in? Or should we fine and tax them as the close in one some arbitrary dollar amount?
Or are you just bitter that he is successful?
What does the height of the car in front of you have to do with rear-enders? I drive a pretty small car, and as much as I hate driving among the giants, I've NEVER had a problem with rear enders... cause I pay attention to the car in front of me. Not the car in front of the car in front of me.
Besides, who else drives in Manhattan but taxis, town cars, and delivery trucks?
An "agile" project cannot fail and cost Billions because it must always deliver runnable software with a maximum of a few weeks delay
Of course an agile project can fail. Anything can fail. Event stuff that isn't using.net. I'm not saying this was Agile (most projects claiming to be Agile, aren't) but just running an Agile project doesn't guarantee the software will be runnable after a few weeks delay... An when it isn't your project is failing. But that doesn't mean you aren't following Agile procedures. Agile isn't some magic cure all formula.
EVERY book has to be professionally edited by multiple people.
Are you suggesting the ebook version has to be re edited?
I'm not saying the ebook should be free. But if I have a choice between purchasing a physical book at 10% of a suggested price of 7.99, or the ebook at 7.99 or higher... I'll choose the physical book. I'm getting the same content. But I'll save my 10 to 25%.
Actually, lately, I've stopped purchasing books from the big 6, because of this practice. So they aren't even getting my 10% of 7.99 anymore. The independents get my money now.
Of course, you realize that you could have simply bought those dead-tree versions and saved yourself that $100, right?
Prior to Apple coming along many ebooks were in the $5 range. After apple came along, the ebook prices were the same or higher than the mass market price (typically 8 or 13)...
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I can't help but notice that the map not only uses the "north = up, therefore north = good" ideology but also places Europe square in the middle of the map. I expected better from an elite artist.
That is why HE is an elite artist, and you aren't. This view shows the MOST flight patterns. Notice how there are almost NO flights to the west of the US? There are like 10 heading from US to Hawaii and like 2 heading from Hawaii. Putting Europe in the center allowed him to center on the flights as well. Do something stupid at put US in the center and half the flights would be on the right, meanwhile the left would be a big blank square. Do something dumb like "south = up" or moronic like "west = up" and people wouldn't even understand they are looking at a map.
I don't see how suspect could plead the 5th in this situation, as doing so implies this encrypted drive is his,
Pleading the 5th does NO such thing. Now the prosecutors might believe it means there is something on the drive to find, and they will then have to find it. But the fact that he pleaded the 5th can NOT hurt him in a court of law. IT would definitely be grounds for an appeal if the lawyer even tried to insinuate that.
And he could be perfectly innocent... and it isn't his drive, and he would still be within his rights to plead the 5th. And so should you if you are ever caught.
So you can't argue that they cops are learning anything new regarding putting this guy in prison.
Additional counts. Other crimes. All kinds of incriminating stuff could be on the other drives. That's a tactic they use all the time, and often with good reason. Here they want an Alice in Wonderland interpretation of the 5th.
Sure you can argue they can learn something new. But this isn't an Alice in Wonderland interpretation. IF they have reasonable suspicion you have to let them search. Suppose they pull you over, there is a tarp covering the stuff in the back. They can't lift the tarp up to search the vehicle. They can't force you to lift the tarp up. But, if while they are standing there talking to you, gust of wind comes along and blows the tarp up for a second for the cops to see the dead body under it... They now have enough cause to lift the tarp and search the vehicle. That is what happened here. They have evidence the disks belong to this guy, AND contain child porn. They now have the reasonable suspicion to believe the other drive does as well.
Indeed. I'm writing this from a fresh Windows 7 install (about 36hrs old) and the c:\windows folder alone has over 17,000 folders and 100,000 files.
Yea, but is it intricate? AND electronic?
Let's ignore the whole copyright issue of EVERYTHING else on the website. The CSS, the HTML, the words, and so on. The article talks about "it prevents people from understanding, modifying and building on the programs they are running" Well no it doesn't. Other than it being copyrighted. People could still understand it, modify it... But legally you can't run it, just like you can't take the text or the images and stick them on your page. Or is Richard suggesting we should do that as well?
To me, free speech and free press are human rights
So if you allow someone into your home, it is ok if they just start filiming without your permission.
Many hostels have a "quiet" reading area (it isn't always quiet) Some have decent wifi. Yes sometimes it is horrible, sometimes it isn't. One option is a 3g card or similar. Pick one up in the country you are in.
Pretty much any country you go to will have restaurants or coffee shops you can hang on it, especially if they are off hours. A bar can be a good place to hang out in during the day.
I like your idea behind hosteling at first. You might want to hop a bit more. But hostels are a GREAT way to meet other tourists (not so great of a way to meet locals)
Looks like you can only spend 90 days every 180 in Europe. So plan accordingly. I love your idea, and don't pay attention to the naysayers.
I'd recommend setting things up so you can do all of your work without using the internet. I did some great working, sitting outside, watching the sunset and enjoying a nice cool evening deep in the alps. You will also probably want to work whenever you are on the train for a long trip, and they don't always have internet.
Do you travel for 6 months or 2 years at a time? There is a difference between taking a one or two week vacation, and travelling for months and months.
Oh, and a voltage converter thing.
With today's electronics you probably won't need a voltage converter. I stopped carrying one about 5 years ago. MOST electronics made this century can handle both voltages. If you do have a device that can't handle the other voltages, then just buy something locally. A voltage converter is big and heavy, and you don't want it.
And as more devices use USB power...
As long as you understand that you will very likely get robbed, or have your laptop stolen at some point,
Why? Why must you understand this? He is just as likely to be robbed or have his laptop stolen by working at coffee shops in the US as working in coffee shops anywhere else.
True, if you want to work on the project 40 hours a week. But it sounds like OP's main goal is to travel. But at the same time he doesn't want to stay away from programming for a year or two.
You want to travel AND you want to grow as a developer?
Why not? Travelling takes time. If you take the train, you can spend quite a bit of time on the train travelling between destinations.
You will have plenty of down time from travelling and site seeing. You can spend some of that time programming.
But I am also guessing the OP wants to spend a month or two or three at one location. You can "travel" every day like that. There are some days you'll just want to relax.. and programming is one way to do that.
How is "hardening your computer against future attacks" going to prevent you from installing the rootkit yourself? Want to play the game or watch the movie, then "install this rootkit' You can have the most secure house in the world, but it doesn't matter if you hand the keys to the robber.
Nothing is perfect, everything can be improved on. Computers are faster and can do more stuff, with higher resolution. Grammar checkers can still be improved, for example. And the ease of use can always be improved.
The problem is, MS keeps trying to improve how easy it is to use, and as long as you use it in that exact way it is easier to use. Problem is with hundreds of millions of users, not everyone uses it that way.
I hate the ribbon with a passion. Yet there are lots of little features in the ribboned office that I like. Zoom control instead of a modal zoom dialog or zoom menu is just one small example. I am sure there are lots of features in the latest version of Office you use, that you'd miss if you went back to a previous version. By the same token there are things that you loathe in the current version that you would not miss if you went back.
"The suite was released as an alpha version, which means that not everything works yet." So, it looks like anyone can build anything in 30 days... then claim that not everything works yet.
The article advocates more passwords, and stronger passwords,
Why do companies have archaic password limitations? Must be less than 12 characters (or 16 or some other arbitrary short length) Must NOT be the following characters... Why is there a limit on the characters I use? Whenever I see boneheaded rules like this, I assume someone is incompetent, and I wonder what other security holes there are.
How about making it illegal to hack into my property; and then why don't you go about aresting and prosecuting criminals?
It is, and they do... But there is also only so much they can do to arrest and prosecute foreigners.
Do you have locks on your doors at home? Do you use them, or do you expect the government to make trespassing illegal and to arrest and prosecute criminals?
or is there something seriously wrong with our entire economy when one guy can threaten to destroy an entire (very profitable) industry,
No there isn't. While there may be problems with our economy, this isn't one of them. Not to mention, that it has always been like this.
Why do people have a problem with one person acquiring a fortune. Should there be a limit to how much one person can own? What happens when the person is at the limit, and is walking down the street, and is handed a dollar? SWAT comes zeroing in? Or should we fine and tax them as the close in one some arbitrary dollar amount?
Or are you just bitter that he is successful?
What does the height of the car in front of you have to do with rear-enders? I drive a pretty small car, and as much as I hate driving among the giants, I've NEVER had a problem with rear enders... cause I pay attention to the car in front of me. Not the car in front of the car in front of me.
Besides, who else drives in Manhattan but taxis, town cars, and delivery trucks?
An "agile" project cannot fail and cost Billions because it must always deliver runnable software with a maximum of a few weeks delay
Of course an agile project can fail. Anything can fail. Event stuff that isn't using .net. I'm not saying this was Agile (most projects claiming to be Agile, aren't) but just running an Agile project doesn't guarantee the software will be runnable after a few weeks delay... An when it isn't your project is failing. But that doesn't mean you aren't following Agile procedures. Agile isn't some magic cure all formula.
EVERY book has to be professionally edited by multiple people.
Are you suggesting the ebook version has to be re edited?
I'm not saying the ebook should be free. But if I have a choice between purchasing a physical book at 10% of a suggested price of 7.99, or the ebook at 7.99 or higher... I'll choose the physical book. I'm getting the same content. But I'll save my 10 to 25%.
Actually, lately, I've stopped purchasing books from the big 6, because of this practice. So they aren't even getting my 10% of 7.99 anymore. The independents get my money now.
Of course, you realize that you could have simply bought those dead-tree versions and saved yourself that $100, right?
Prior to Apple coming along many ebooks were in the $5 range. After apple came along, the ebook prices were the same or higher than the mass market price (typically 8 or 13)...
. It is a suggested price. The seller can sell below this.
You do know for e-books the seller could NOT sell below the "suggested" price. Hence this lawsuit.
Every time a state starts printing metric speed limits, it inevitably ends up rounding the limit DOWN.
I-19 is signed in metric... EXCEPT for the speed limit sign.
It's not a waste of money if the Feds simply say that any new signs paid for with Federal highway funds must have SI units as their primary measure.
Ahhh perfect. So the first sign says "55" and "2 miles to exit 32" a mile later it says "1500 meters to exit 32" and "85" Uhmmm ok...