Posts by Harthin 19 publicly visible posts • joined 8 Jan 2010
I would imagine you don't have kids. Three hots & a cot doesn't mean anything if you can't see your kids.
Not to mention, he has made the careers of a number of government employees. There is a good chance he will find a place thanks to them.
You're missing the fact that the shuttle and X-37B do so by exiting the atmosphere, the same as an ICBM. I believe the intent here is to create a device that does so by not leaving the atmosphere. Achieving this feat while remaining in the atmosphere is considerably more difficult.
Wrong. They will be keeping some publicly available information that they find on the internet to identify Business class passengers. In other words, they are trying to make sure the Business class passengers receive more personalized customer service since they (or their companies) are paying gobs of money.
How I read this is that they will be able to look up a photo or other information in order to try to improve your flying experience by not asking silly questions. Many of these people probably spend a lot of time in BA seats and wouldn't mind not receiving the same questions repeatedly. I don't think there will be nearly as much trouble with this as many seem to expect. They are going to keep a list of preferences and basic information that is primarily culled from the internet.
There are two glaring reasons that they haven't redirected users.
1. The users would ignore the messages. Users have finally started to listen (at least some) when we tell them not to believe a pop-up or email. You really want us to have to tell them that this time it is real?
2. The legalities of hijacking a user's traffic are pretty clear in that it is illegal. Just acting as a proxy required a court order.
In the end, just cutting the existing computers off fulfills everything that all the suggestions above look to achieve with the major plus of less legal wrangling and red tape.
It would only be like that if Adobe provided all of the software needed for free.
Apple is a publicly traded corporation whose investors expect growth and profit. They are not a charitable organization and never have been. The chances are that most textbooks will already be in a publish-ready format and will simply be pasted and tweaked into iBooks.
I don't particularly love Apple, but this step isn't particularly surprising given their history of wanting to control content and profit from it.
A person mis-using a service has problems with the service? Primarily because the service which has been previously criticized for inadequate security uses a basic security measure that is in wide use and we're supposed to be outraged?
I really don't get it. Unless someone finally put the monkeys with typewriters theory to the test.
I know Razer makes a mouse with a keypad on the left "side" of the mouse. It is hardware buttons so you don't have to look down too. You hit the buttons with your thumb instead of having to move your entire hand to see a screeen. What use is a display that changes context but you have to interrupt the flow of using the computer to pull your hand up and refocus on a tiny screen? Not to mention the wear and tear on a touch screen that has a palm resting on it for many, many hours a day.
Bodyguards are probably employed by protection companies (such as Blackwater). Not that they shouldn't get good insurance and compensation, but it is probably up to the security company.
It doesn't matter where he gets paid from, it is still good to see someone get paid for such a terrible experience. Minor comfort to him right now, but hopefully it will help him out to get back into society.
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