Yeah, except they aren't. Based on what history do you claim that this is a "high" chance? Name a single product where they have released a smaller size version that was more expensive than the full size? Oh wait, you can't. Hurp durp!
The Google/Verizon proposal still keeps the transparency and disclosure requirements in place for wireless services. This is really the only part that's necessary to make sure I'm buying what I think I'm buying. If no company ever wants to offer a neutral wireless network to play on, then I'll just content myself with my wired connection and just use my phone to make calls.
I guess it's just based on how you're introduced. I vaguely remember being first taught rudimentary variables in the second grade. When they were first introduced to us, we were actually given a box to fill in rather than an X.
Something like 2 + 7 = [ ] + 5.
Then the next week we moved on to N. 2 + 7 = N + 5
I never saw an X in a math problem until about the 6th grade.
Course, I guess the problems in TFA are also foreign to me because I didn't have to wait until middle school to get this exposure.
If you know how your enemy thinks and acts, you can predict his enemy and work against him. Don't be so stupid in your thinking.
I might give you that much, but how do you learn how your enemy thinks and acts? It's certainly not through tens of thousands of classified documents. That much information is mostly just noise, and the fact that often in the spy game information gets generated with the expectation of it being leaked means some of it is just complete hogwash.
"The Japanese planes are 200 miles from Pearl Harbor and closing steadily." -- This is useful information, it gives operational details of an imminent threat.
"We have a memo leaked from a trusted source inside Egypt saying they plan to mobilize forces against Israel and will attack within a week. It is from their defense minister." -- Looks like a smoking gun in hindsight, but not all that useful when you consider that the same thing was reported about 60 different times over the course of two years prior to an actual attack happening.
Or take this cute example from an old play:
Leader of small soviet bloc country gets knowledge of a spy in the US embassy, he decides to play both sides against each other to get a good deal for the information. He goes to the US Embassy.
Leader: I have knowledge of a spy in your embassy! It will cost you to get it.
US Official: We know about the spy, we have been feeding him false information for months.
Leader heads over to the Russian embassy.
Leader: They know about the spy you have in the US embassy.
Russian Official: Yes, we know and have been acting normally so as to not arouse suspicion.
Leader heads back over to the US Embassy.
Leader: They know that you know about the spy.
US Official: What? Were they serious?
The sad truth is, with modern technology and the size of government bureaucracy, this is pretty much the norm for the modern spy game. The actual benefit of the spy game is no longer to gain reliable intelligence, it's to make your enemy doubt the accuracy of theirs.
Yet that's exactly what we see these Red State Citizens doing; they actively support warmongering, when they're the Americans who suffer the greatest from war.
How is that sub program going? Ours are parked 2 minutes flight time off your coast. Enjoy!
Ahhh, threats of nuclear annihilation never get old.
Not sure if you meant ballistic missile subs or not, but if that's the case most of them are actually in the arctic under the ice. The plan is literally to emerge, bust up through dozens of feet of ice, launch a volley of nuclear-warhead-equipped SLICBMs, then submerge again to make for the most epic-looking launch sequence ever.
If you let business be you don't have a patent system. A patent system is a state-granted monopoly, the exact opposite of what the free market stands for.
Yes you do. If you 'let business be' then they eventually grow large enough to influence the outcome of elections and lobby politicians to legislate in their favor. They even get large enough to lobby the government to increase its own power so that said business can redistribute more wealth to itself through monopolies, grants, and bail-outs.
This is exactly what happens when there aren't tight controls on business from the beginning
I believe businesses and corporations should only be allowed to lobby through their trade association, because then at least the legislation they gain favors all the companies within that sector of the economy, allowing them to still compete against each other. Even this system still has drawbacks, though.
Wait...you actually have to get a freakin' license for a swimming pool on your own property?!?!?
Why wouldn't you? Honestly, it may be your property but if I live nextdoor to you then it's my property (most likely my garden) that is severely threatened if you don't know the proper chlorine concentration that people/plants can tolerate and you have a leaky pool or splashy kids. Making sure your pool plan conforms to standards that allow it to be both fun and safe is part of the process.
Also part of this process is making sure the electrical system is properly installed, because electrocution in your pool would be bad.
In all fairness, most football programs MAKE money for the University.
[Citation Needed]
I'd be very curious to see data on this, maybe an aggregation of ticket sales, revenue from football merchandise, and some correlation statistics based on donations and football wins (I think I suddenly have a new R project).
Because if I think about this based on my own anecdotes (which is all I have at the moment), it seems like some bigger football schools would make an absolute fortune from the sport, but most like my alma mater will spend the same fortune and recoup almost none of it, because our football team was mediocre at best.
The question is: does the industrial revolution just correlate well with it, Or can you prove causation?
Personally my business model would be screwed up if someone could prove causation, So I'm not likely to buy it unless shown undeniable proof. You can start by disproving the space weather theory.
So wait... We can only prove the industrial revolution as a cause to global warming by disproving space weather? I don't really see how this works. If I put a pot of water on a hot stove, it's going to heat up. Likewise, if I drop a searing hot rock into a pot of water, the temperature also goes up. Are you telling me that if I do both at once that somehow only one is now a cause?
Or are you subscribing to creationist logic? You can't disprove god, so he must exist!
I'm pretty sure undeniable proof can be presented without ever touching the credibility or the data of your precious space weather theory. Just like we can present proof for thousands of scientific principles without ever addressing whether or not god did it.
Well... Bank of America may be a bit angry if you have one of their ATMs in your living room, but getting one of the mass produced brands that companies set up at street events or in convenience stores isn't very difficult.
The regulation isn't so much on who can have one as on the manufacturers to keep the data of the people using it secure, and even they aren't required to do much.
It should also be noted that the guy's only "case study" has to do with an article poached from CNN. While Google Trends makes a likely culprit, this misbehavior could just as easily have started by people watching the "top articles" on CNN.
It's even possible that the article poachers gain their "content" from multiple sources. It doesn't take much effort to copy-paste every time you see a high traffic article.
That's going a bit too far. Atheism is not really one big giant group of people. It is more a characteristic of some groups of people. There are some religions which do not believe in deities, so yes there are some atheistic religions. There are also just people who reject the existence of a god and follow no religion. They are atheistic individuals.
I think it is somewhat fallacious to lump together all "atheists" under one banner. I do not even necessarily think it's correct to put all Christian denominations under the same banner.
Consumers and corporations just have competing interests here.
please explain me how internet neutrality is bad for corporations ?
It's not necessarily detrimental, but it does hinder their profits. You should not that the legislation doesn't have to hurt a corporation in order for their interest to be at odds with the consumers' interest. If your interest might be detrimental to corporate profits, then that's likely a competing interest.
Of course, not to be confused with the Internet Freedom Preservation Act of 2009. Which is the actual net neutrality bill that asks the FCC to enact consumer protections.
Though neither bill is technically aptly named, since in both cases the "freedom" of one body is going to limit another. Consumers and corporations just have competing interests here. That's how it goes.
We are Outlook. Lower your firewalls, and surrender your servers. We will add your biological and technological distinctiveness to our own. Your culture will adapt to service ours. Resistance is futile.
I understand that Apple's anonymizing may stink in the sense that I could probably take these daily randomized IDs and then rebuild a more continuous timeline by correlating long-term stationary locations (ie- these two random IDs were at the same exact GPS coordinates for the end of December 17, 2009 and the beginning of December 18, 2009, therefore I know they are the same person or at least members of the same household*).
I'm also presuming that if Apple were to sell this as "anonymized market research data" then they would not be handing over a customer database with names and addresses.
So with all this in mind, how easy would it be to really find out my specific (as in linked with my name and address) whereabouts and activities from this information? Also, to what extent might turning off my phone when I'm asleep help combat all this (assuming that my location data would no longer be contiguous; ie- I turn it off and turn it back on at different locations).
I'm also curious what people think would be an effective anonymization system.
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Yeah, except they aren't. Based on what history do you claim that this is a "high" chance? Name a single product where they have released a smaller size version that was more expensive than the full size? Oh wait, you can't. Hurp durp!
Power Mac G4 Cube
You're thinking of the FUBAR, that's down the street.
Someone should totally open up a bar for programmers. Just call it the Progress Bar.
That's more like a bar for the IT workers that install software on corporate computers all day.
All the cool programmers drink at the Foo Bar
The Google/Verizon proposal still keeps the transparency and disclosure requirements in place for wireless services. This is really the only part that's necessary to make sure I'm buying what I think I'm buying. If no company ever wants to offer a neutral wireless network to play on, then I'll just content myself with my wired connection and just use my phone to make calls.
Yeah, from what I've seen here in DC, playing farmville all day is worth only $40K max. That's with at least 2 years of FarmVille experience.
I guess it's just based on how you're introduced. I vaguely remember being first taught rudimentary variables in the second grade. When they were first introduced to us, we were actually given a box to fill in rather than an X.
Something like 2 + 7 = [ ] + 5.
Then the next week we moved on to N. 2 + 7 = N + 5
I never saw an X in a math problem until about the 6th grade.
Course, I guess the problems in TFA are also foreign to me because I didn't have to wait until middle school to get this exposure.
If you know how your enemy thinks and acts, you can predict his enemy and work against him. Don't be so stupid in your thinking.
I might give you that much, but how do you learn how your enemy thinks and acts? It's certainly not through tens of thousands of classified documents. That much information is mostly just noise, and the fact that often in the spy game information gets generated with the expectation of it being leaked means some of it is just complete hogwash.
"The Japanese planes are 200 miles from Pearl Harbor and closing steadily." -- This is useful information, it gives operational details of an imminent threat.
"We have a memo leaked from a trusted source inside Egypt saying they plan to mobilize forces against Israel and will attack within a week. It is from their defense minister." -- Looks like a smoking gun in hindsight, but not all that useful when you consider that the same thing was reported about 60 different times over the course of two years prior to an actual attack happening.
Or take this cute example from an old play:
Leader of small soviet bloc country gets knowledge of a spy in the US embassy, he decides to play both sides against each other to get a good deal for the information. He goes to the US Embassy.
Leader: I have knowledge of a spy in your embassy! It will cost you to get it.
US Official: We know about the spy, we have been feeding him false information for months.
Leader heads over to the Russian embassy.
Leader: They know about the spy you have in the US embassy.
Russian Official: Yes, we know and have been acting normally so as to not arouse suspicion.
Leader heads back over to the US Embassy.
Leader: They know that you know about the spy.
US Official: What? Were they serious?
The sad truth is, with modern technology and the size of government bureaucracy, this is pretty much the norm for the modern spy game. The actual benefit of the spy game is no longer to gain reliable intelligence, it's to make your enemy doubt the accuracy of theirs.
The only real difference between a terrorist and a revolutionary is who wrote the history book.
FTFY
Yet that's exactly what we see these Red State Citizens doing; they actively support warmongering, when they're the Americans who suffer the greatest from war.
You forget, they also like guns
War means free guns!
How is that sub program going? Ours are parked 2 minutes flight time off your coast. Enjoy!
Ahhh, threats of nuclear annihilation never get old.
Not sure if you meant ballistic missile subs or not, but if that's the case most of them are actually in the arctic under the ice. The plan is literally to emerge, bust up through dozens of feet of ice, launch a volley of nuclear-warhead-equipped SLICBMs, then submerge again to make for the most epic-looking launch sequence ever.
If you let business be you don't have a patent system. A patent system is a state-granted monopoly, the exact opposite of what the free market stands for.
Yes you do. If you 'let business be' then they eventually grow large enough to influence the outcome of elections and lobby politicians to legislate in their favor. They even get large enough to lobby the government to increase its own power so that said business can redistribute more wealth to itself through monopolies, grants, and bail-outs.
This is exactly what happens when there aren't tight controls on business from the beginning
I believe businesses and corporations should only be allowed to lobby through their trade association, because then at least the legislation they gain favors all the companies within that sector of the economy, allowing them to still compete against each other. Even this system still has drawbacks, though.
Ohm, I see what you did there.
Wait...you actually have to get a freakin' license for a swimming pool on your own property?!?!?
Why wouldn't you? Honestly, it may be your property but if I live nextdoor to you then it's my property (most likely my garden) that is severely threatened if you don't know the proper chlorine concentration that people/plants can tolerate and you have a leaky pool or splashy kids. Making sure your pool plan conforms to standards that allow it to be both fun and safe is part of the process.
Also part of this process is making sure the electrical system is properly installed, because electrocution in your pool would be bad.
In all fairness, most football programs MAKE money for the University.
[Citation Needed]
I'd be very curious to see data on this, maybe an aggregation of ticket sales, revenue from football merchandise, and some correlation statistics based on donations and football wins (I think I suddenly have a new R project).
Because if I think about this based on my own anecdotes (which is all I have at the moment), it seems like some bigger football schools would make an absolute fortune from the sport, but most like my alma mater will spend the same fortune and recoup almost none of it, because our football team was mediocre at best.
The question is: does the industrial revolution just correlate well with it, Or can you prove causation?
Personally my business model would be screwed up if someone could prove causation, So I'm not likely to buy it unless shown undeniable proof. You can start by disproving the space weather theory.
So wait... We can only prove the industrial revolution as a cause to global warming by disproving space weather? I don't really see how this works. If I put a pot of water on a hot stove, it's going to heat up. Likewise, if I drop a searing hot rock into a pot of water, the temperature also goes up. Are you telling me that if I do both at once that somehow only one is now a cause?
Or are you subscribing to creationist logic? You can't disprove god, so he must exist!
I'm pretty sure undeniable proof can be presented without ever touching the credibility or the data of your precious space weather theory. Just like we can present proof for thousands of scientific principles without ever addressing whether or not god did it.
Well... Bank of America may be a bit angry if you have one of their ATMs in your living room, but getting one of the mass produced brands that companies set up at street events or in convenience stores isn't very difficult.
The regulation isn't so much on who can have one as on the manufacturers to keep the data of the people using it secure, and even they aren't required to do much.
So it's most likely Google Trends.
It should also be noted that the guy's only "case study" has to do with an article poached from CNN. While Google Trends makes a likely culprit, this misbehavior could just as easily have started by people watching the "top articles" on CNN.
It's even possible that the article poachers gain their "content" from multiple sources. It doesn't take much effort to copy-paste every time you see a high traffic article.
Just thought I would point out that atheism is the "rejection of the belief in the existence of deities". Under some definitions of religion, atheism certainly qualifies.
That's going a bit too far. Atheism is not really one big giant group of people. It is more a characteristic of some groups of people. There are some religions which do not believe in deities, so yes there are some atheistic religions. There are also just people who reject the existence of a god and follow no religion. They are atheistic individuals.
I think it is somewhat fallacious to lump together all "atheists" under one banner. I do not even necessarily think it's correct to put all Christian denominations under the same banner.
Consumers and corporations just have competing interests here.
please explain me how internet neutrality is bad for corporations ?
It's not necessarily detrimental, but it does hinder their profits. You should not that the legislation doesn't have to hurt a corporation in order for their interest to be at odds with the consumers' interest. If your interest might be detrimental to corporate profits, then that's likely a competing interest.
The FCC's rush to takeover the Internet is just the latest example of the need for fundamental reform to protect consumers
Oddly enough he still uses the words "fundamental reform", which would imply a piece of legislation.
DeMint probably supports McCain's Internet Freedom Act of 2009. Which prohibits the FCC from placing any regulation over the internet.
Of course, not to be confused with the Internet Freedom Preservation Act of 2009. Which is the actual net neutrality bill that asks the FCC to enact consumer protections.
Though neither bill is technically aptly named, since in both cases the "freedom" of one body is going to limit another. Consumers and corporations just have competing interests here. That's how it goes.
We are Outlook. Lower your firewalls, and surrender your servers. We will add your biological and technological distinctiveness to our own. Your culture will adapt to service ours. Resistance is futile.
Okay, I'm honestly curious on this point.
I understand that Apple's anonymizing may stink in the sense that I could probably take these daily randomized IDs and then rebuild a more continuous timeline by correlating long-term stationary locations (ie- these two random IDs were at the same exact GPS coordinates for the end of December 17, 2009 and the beginning of December 18, 2009, therefore I know they are the same person or at least members of the same household*).
I'm also presuming that if Apple were to sell this as "anonymized market research data" then they would not be handing over a customer database with names and addresses.
So with all this in mind, how easy would it be to really find out my specific (as in linked with my name and address) whereabouts and activities from this information? Also, to what extent might turning off my phone when I'm asleep help combat all this (assuming that my location data would no longer be contiguous; ie- I turn it off and turn it back on at different locations).
I'm also curious what people think would be an effective anonymization system.
* - iPhone Stacking Party, anyone? :)
The revamp calls for lifting the antenna [...] to a height of about 5 millimeters
They should really avoid holding it that way.
Okay! I hadn't made used the joke yet! It can die now.
Neither did speakeasies [virginia.edu]; you had to pay for the beer...
Correct. I wasn't actually under the impression that speakeasies offered free booze. I was just bored and made a failed attempt at punning :P
Interesting point on radio, though.
They are comparable to prohibition in the US in the 1920s
I wish a bittorrent network was anything like a speakeasy.
Filesharing may be free as in beer, but it does not deliver you free beer.