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"I was 18 years old," said the Miami Heat's Rashard Lewis, "living on my own, not having my mom there to make me a plate of food, with no friends who could come over and help me think about something besides basketball." Lewis had jumped directly from a Texas high school to the Seattle SuperSonics, who drafted him in the second round, 32nd overall, in 1998. He struggled on the court, which made the solitude more difficult. "When I had bad games or even a bad practice, I didn't know where to turn," he said. "My phone bills were out of control. One day it got so bad that I asked a friend from high school to come live with me." Lewis eventually adapted to the NBA grind. Fourteen years later, he has more than 15,000 career points, two All-Star Game appearances, respect around the league. In an effort to ease his own transition, Beal has enlisted his older brothers to move to Washington with him. "At Florida, people were my age," he says. "I could talk to them. If I have a bad game now, I can't really knock on my neighbor's door and be, like, 'What's up?'"
Such situations are common now that rookie contracts can subsidize permanent houseguests. (Beal has a two-year rookie deal with options for a third and fourth year. He is guaranteed $4.13 million this season.) Yet they are often discouraged by NBA teams, who've been burned by relatives and friends giving all the wrong advice, or who see the player as a ticket to the good life. "It's hard to tell a kid, 'I don't want you to bring your mom out,' or 'You can't have your brother come,'" Wizards head coach Randy Wittman said. "They don't know it's a bad situation. Brothers and sisters can be draining and wanting, wanting, wanting, but they're brothers and sisters. How do you say no?"


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These were a gift from Ireland, barely worn as IMO they run big, at least the jackets do and my LO is itty bitty, so they fit in the summer only...
Navy Quilted Jacket and Hat, size 3-6 m, worn a few times, washed once. So cute $12 shipped$10ppd
if you are interested, I have a matching mama jacket to the above, navy quilted with folded up cuff or pink/white striped, not from next, but another european store.
Adorable little sailor coat, think worn twice if even. Navy and white striped with a soft yellow fleece lining. Little anchor buttons, nice and soft too. $14 shipped.$12ppd
Outfit to go with both of the above:
Soft NEXT sweatshirt like overall with adjustable straps. Overalls are lined with soft cotton inside also. Comes with a blue and white striped onesie. Throwing in the bib if you would like it. Bib has a small stain on it. $8 shipped.
Carter's and RL from last year, RL runs big IMO, worn a handful of times. Blue top I found one pinpoint stain on the back of the elbow, currently treating. Both 6 months. Ralph Lauren sold
Green velour outfit is from Adams, Irish/english brand. Love this in the winter, nice and snuggly. Has a back pocket with hippity hop on it. Size 3-6 months, runs little big, more the 6m then 3m. Socks, some still new from carter's. Swim trunks, 0-3m from Meijer, runs big! Never worn as he wore a HA zip up suit instead.
I'm missing a picture of the other RL romper, navy, blue and white size 3-6m with navy blue collar. Also there is a carters striped tee with teddy bear and two pairs of sweatpants 3-6/6-9 - they fit about 6-9 months.
Found the pic! $2 for RL, $1 each for other items. RL sold
Set of two organic l/s onesies, bought new for DS3, barely worn on this LO as off season. I might say $5 for both. Size 3-6 months for green, 6-9 for cream one, just some washwear, nice and soft.
Organic set sent from London for this LO. ADORE this one. I soaked a wash in oxyclean as other items had a stain and the blue from this bled . The most part is under where the pants are, but some at the top too. I'm scared to try a bleach pen on it. There is one spot in the back. Nice graphic clothing. Top say's organic, pants do not, so unsure. Pants seem to fit longer than the body, but my kids have long torso's. Size 62/68 euro. I want to say it fit us best around 5/6 months. So maybe a 3-6 month to be sure.
Snowman newborn hat knit by me, maybe $6. Worn offset to the face, soft cotton. totally open to offers on this
Blue striped knit sweater, Marks and Spencers UK, size 6-9m, initials on the tag(it's on the side, so hard to see this tag. $4, EUC
Green, Orange striped hoodie, heavier cotton, like a jacket, softly lined, size 3-6 months, runs little bigger IMO. $5, no flaws either. THIS ONE SOLD, TOP GONE TOO
Top - actually goes with the jeans at the begining, def has washwear so free with either the hoodie or jeans, if anyone want's it, ditto with matching socks.
Blue romper from NEXT UK, size 6-9m EUC, $3
Lightweight knit cotton elephant gray romper, size 6-9 months, $4. Socks match but have wear, throwing them in as they match. Also the bib if you want, needs a big oxy clean soak or let me know if you don't want it. I have a 3 set of pj's in this line that he is just about outgrown in GUC if interested let me know. BOTH SOLD
Little off season but cute wrangler short shorts, think this is about 3m, I will check if interested, cute with CD. But a summer item.
Both from UK, $2 each, size 0-3m, mothercare and Next. Striped one is accurate size, other runs big.
Knit by me hats, $4 teddy bear about 3m, $2 st pats, larger size about age 9-12months. St patricks one is not great Hats sold
BRU outfit, size 0-3 $2, great condition, barely worn.
Circo sports set - 0-3,, $1 for the set, Carters Lion 6m, small stain on front, $1 LION ONE SOLD
PJ lot - these are from other LO's, Terry ones are 6m/6-9m, others are 0-3/3. $1 each.ALL SOLD EXCEPT RED AND WHITE
Circo skull hoodie - worn about twice, size 3m, $2
Osh Kosh 0-3m, going to wash this top as not sure if it's a stain or just a transfer. Run little big, $2 all.
BRU, new last season barely worn, teeny spot on white line of shirt $3
Gymbo Dino pj, yard sale find, stretchy fleece, good bit of wear, but I like the fit of this. $2 GYMBO DINO SOLD
Pumpkin Patch outfit from Ireland, not worn much but has washwear on hoodie and shoes. Seems to be a lightening on the pants. Actually overalls are a different Irish brand, but this is the outfit I received. Size 0-3. Top is cute even with jeans. $3
Carters soft cotton blue cardigan - have the matching knit hat! Size 3-6 m, $2 CARDIGAN SOLD
Next White cotton sweater, 0-3 months, $2
Next White cable knit cardi, newborn, up to 10lbs, I think it's more 0-3, but depends on your baby. $5 or mmao
All next or not sure if zara as some have a ZA kinda blended together. These are from DS1. Two either side are run smaller, all are 3-6 months. White and orange top have a stain on the white part, I will see if I can work on that. $5 for all. That orange on orange top runs small, those pants are awesome, fully lined soft pants, good for cold weather.
Italian outfit, sent from Italy, really great outfit and EUC, worn twice, very white. A top, not a onesie inside, overalls are lined and a soft denim fabric, not so much denim like jeans. $5 or mmao. Prenatal is the brand.
PJ lot. Monkey striped and football are last seasons, 3m. The blue with stars is 3m, Blue with Balloons is designer Jasper Conran (english) $2 for this - *might* be able to find the hat, but not sure, $1 for others. Bit of washwear. BALLOON AND STARS ROMPERS SOLD
Carters Layette gowns, 0-3, $1 each. Have wrap over mittens. Set of 3 boutique burp clothes, EUC, my babies don't spit up barely. $3 for the set.
Bib that goes with gray elephant romper, shoes about 3m, $1 each for shoes
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After two months of high school basketball, the nonconference tilts and holiday tournaments are just about over. That means, the real season starts. Coaches have their rotations, they know what they can and can't do very well, and if they're like Don Corry, they know what every other team in the state can and can't do very well (the East girls coach is scouting every game I go to, it seems like, even when his team is playing in another gym!).
There are plenty of hoops fans in the area with no affiliation to one school. Or, maybe just maybe, your school isn't looking so good on the hardwood this year. Well, you're in luck. I've looked ahead at the rest of the season — the regular season ends Feb. 14 — and picked out a few games that I think will be worth the price of admission, whether you have a vested interest in either team or not.
Friday, Jan. 17: Asheboro at Ledford girls. The Comets, under former East coach Terry Allmon, are off to a surprising 13-2 start and look to be a real contender in the Mid-Piedmont Conference. But the Panthers, under first-year head coach Chris Doby, are as hot as anybody in the area. They won the Christmas tournament after a shaky first month, and had a nice win streak going before a loss at a much-improved North Davidson last Friday. This game will go a long way toward the MPC title. Honorable mention: East Davidson girls at North Rowan.
Friday, Jan. 24: North Forsyth at Ledford boys. This is a night where big time basketball fans need TV coverage of games in the area, with four big games to choose from. The Panthers are a real threat to win the MPC, which was initially thought to be the Vikings' title to lose. Ledford beat North in their first meeting; another win over the Vikings would be huge. Honorable mention: North Rowan at Thomasville girls, West Montgomery at South Davidson girls, and Mount Tabor at North Davidson doubleheader (the boys game features the Hatfield twins' return to Davidson County).
Friday, Jan. 31: North Rowan at Lexington boys. The Jackets want to win the Central Carolina Conference under rookie head coach Jon Weavil. But the road to the CCC title runs through the Cavaliers; any hopes of winning the league will hinge on beating newcomer North Rowan.
Tuesday, Feb. 4: East Davidson at Thomasville girls. The Golden Eagles are loaded, but the Bulldogs upended them in the semifinals of the Christmas tournament. East will be looking for revenge, and it all starts with sophomore post phenom Bayley Plummer. It actually starts with East's collection of guards, and how they're able to handle Thomasville's press.
Friday, Feb. 7: North Rowan at East Davidson girls. The CCC championship is shaping up to be a three-team race, with these two and Thomasville. North Rowan just lost leader Brielle Blaire for the season to a torn ACL, but the Cavaliers have plenty of other weapons. When North, East and Thomasville play each other, plenty will be at stake.
Tuesday, Feb. 11: Chatham Central at South Davidson girls. The Wildcats lost the bulk of last season's team, which won the YVC and hung around in the 1-A playoffs a while. But Fonda Jackson is a superb coach; if she wants to repeat atop the YVC, the Wildcats will have to get past the perennial contenders from Bear Creek. Honorable mention: Thomasville girls at North Rowan.
Friday, Feb. 14: Ahh, Valentine's Day. If you're not on a hot date, the hottest ticket in town will probably be the de facto girls Mid-Piedmont Conference championship game in Wallburg. The Cougars and Panthers traditionally fight for the league crown, and this year doesn't look any different.
Well, there you go. I'm sure I've left somebody out, in which case I apologize. The North Davidson girls are as good as I've ever seen them. But the CPC is loaded on the girls side, so the Knights may have picked a bad year to have a great team.
No matter what gym you go to, I hope the team you're pulling for comes away with the W.
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Thread: Mac book pro for switcher?
02-23-2006, 10:20 AM #1ArmenanteGuestMac book pro for switcher?
Hi people i am new to this forum and new to all things mac and well i am thinking of buying a mac book pro for genral use, typing stuff, msn, and just surfing the web. It is also a lot of money and i was just wondering if getting one would be a good use of my money and do you think that this is a good piece of hardware for a first time mac user?
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Sounds like you're not requiring any pro apps, or processor intensive software, so it should be a safe bet.
If your worried about $$$ then maybe look for an older powerbook or the like. MBP is top spec and may be too much for your requirements.Oh...and only pretty girls use Macs...
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02-23-2006, 02:14 PM #4ArmenanteGuest
maybe but my mum said she will go halves on the price and i will be going to university in 2 years and the mac book pro should still be top of the line when i go there so it will be nice to use and it is alway nice to have so powerful hardware to show off to your friends :mac:
02-23-2006, 02:17 PM #5ArmenanteGuest
oh yes and Discerptor i think an ibook would be too slow for me and i want to plug it into by hdtv and do a home media center type thing.
02-23-2006, 04:12 PM #6JSchultzGuest
wait to see what the new macbook (iBook) will be like.
I'm in the same boat as you, but don't want to spend LOTS of extra money just for a bigger screen. I don't do pro apps..etc. Also, the new ibook (macbook) will probably have a much higher resolution (1280x800) which is above 720p quality needed for HD. Don't know how much you'll need, but hold out a couple of weeks to see what apple puts on the table for the consumer line. Say the macbook is only $1399, with a student price of $1199, and the MBP is $1999 with a edu price of $1799...why spend $500 more than you have to?
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If it were my money, I would get the MacBook Pro and not look back. That's just me though, you spend it on what you want
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Summer 2011 was a barn-burner
Every year the library encourages the whole community to participate in summer reading programs. Along with helping children hold onto critical reading skills through their break from school, the programs reinforce the importance of lifelong learning for all ages. The programs – for young kids, teens and adults – all encouraged reading with events and rewards.
Summer of 2011 was a barn-burner.
More than 1,500 children birth through age 12 registered for their program, and 1,000-plus (67 percent) completed their reading records. These stats both are healthy increases over 2010 (just 59 percent finished the program last year).
Nearly 200 teens in grades 6 through 12 signed up for their program, a number that kept it on a steady growth pattern over the last five years. This year, more teens participated in programming inside the library than ever before.
City Transit's Buses to Books, which gave free rides to kids to and from the library, had a whopping 25 percent increase in participation over last year, according to Transit Manager Lynn Gilles. More than 870 kids participated, using their library cards as free bus passes.
Not to be left out, adults signed up for their summer program in steady numbers, enjoying logging their summer reading achievements and earning chances to win weekly prizes.
"We want kids and families to think of the library as their summer headquarters," said library Director Ken Hall. "Reading is the best way to keep young minds sharp, and the library is a great place to enjoy free, fun programs that keep learning alive all year round."


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International News
Stigma Hampers Afghan Fight Against AIDS
February 14, 2011
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Afghanistan officially has 636 cases of HIV and AIDS in a population of roughly 30 million. Health experts say the real figure is far higher, and growing. "Most UN agencies would say the number is in the thousands rather than the hundreds," said Olivier Vandecasteele of the humanitarian group Medecins Du Monde, which began providing antiretroviral treatment in Kabul in 2009.
Yet, alongside an almost decade-long war, desperate poverty and a government dependent on military and financial aid to reach beyond its cities, the fight against HIV/AIDS struggles to compete for resources. Most funding comes from foreign donors, such as the World Bank, which has spent $10 million over the past three years to combat HIV/AIDS in the country. Studies suggest Afghanistan has a "concentrated HIV/AIDS epidemic" within a growing population of injection drug users (IDUs).
Afghanistan provides 90 percent of the global supply of heroin and has around 1 million drug users. Of these, an estimated 20,000 are IDUs, with 80 percent of them sharing needles under squalid conditions.
Most people registered as HIV-positive in Afghanistan are homeless, jobless, and have lived abroad -- primarily in neighboring Pakistan or Iran, where drug addiction rates are also high. Few Afghans have access to HIV testing, and those living with the virus face being shunned by a deeply religious, conservative Muslim society that associates AIDS with people who have "immoral relationships," said Dr. Fahim Paigham, head of Afghanistan's National AIDS Control Program.
Health experts struggle to convince government officials overseeing prisons or counter-narcotics efforts to distribute condoms or clean needles. And studies suggest Afghan sex workers know little about HIV, rarely use condoms, and are unlikely to be tested for the disease.
"You know about the customs and culture of our country," said Dr. Tariq Suliman, director of the Nejat Center for drug rehabilitation and HIV/AIDS awareness. "The people aren't ready to talk about this issue."
02.09.2011; Matt Robinson
This article was provided by CDC National Prevention Information Network. It is a part of the publication CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update.
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Not sure if it's been mentioned yet - CafePress. Not only do they have any kind of T-shirt you could possibly want, but they also have great customer service. I somehow accidentally ordered the wrong size and contacted them to ask how to exchange it. They responded that they'll send a new shirt in the correct size and I don't need to send the other one back! Very nice, considering the size mix-up was my error and not theirs.
Hmm - I could think of a lot of places around here (I'm in a very friendly area), but I'll stick to one for now.Our local Ulta (makeup store/salon) is utterly AMAZING. I know pretty much nothing about makeup, I'm not very fashionable or pretty or the type who looks like I'm prepared to spend hundreds of dollars on making myself look good, and this combination usually leads to employees of any sort of makeup store giving me the hairy eye and then ignoring me as much as they possibly can. Honestly I was expecting the same thing when I went into Ulta, but I was pleasantly surprised - I was greeted immediately, the first saleslady I spoke to spent a good five minutes talking out with me what exactly it was I wanted to look for, and when I told her I tend to break out when I wear certain kinds of makeup, she recommended several brands for me that generally don't give those sorts of problems and called over the saleslady who was covering the section that had those brands to help me find something. This second saleslady then spent almost an hour with me picking out makeup that would flatter me, explaining how to apply it, and then giving me a free makeover with the colors I'd selected just to give me a general idea of what it'd look like.I loved it. I bought everything she recommended. And I keep going back and buying more just for fun. I think I have a problem. (For the interested, the specific brands I buy now are Urban Decay and Benefit - they're great! They don't wear off easily, they don't make me break out and they're actually fairly decently priced.)
One of my local Panera Breads. I usually stop by a few times a week for lunch, but went in for breakfast one day. My card was declined (due to a bank error) and I didn't have another way to pay. The woman working there waved it off and comped my breakfast for me rather than sending me away. I was near hysterical at the lack of funds, but she calmed me down and got me going well enough to figure out everything else. Whenever I have a choice I will be going back there.
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AU. In 1942, Edward and Bella, both human, were already happily married, with a young daughter. Then she got the telegram everyone dreaded, the one from the National War Office. But who is Dr. Cullen, and is Edward really as dead she thought he was?
1. The Letter
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Dear Mrs. Masen,
This is no official Army letter, and I'm sure you already have the telegram from the war office. Consider this a letter between friends, with information I thought your husband would want you to know.
Bella (I hope it's all right if I call you Bella. Your husband said that was what you preferred to called), I got to know Edward very well during his stay at the camp, or at least better than I did the others. He had a certain maturity, a quiet sadness that the other soldiers didn't. The first time he was in the hospital for a minor injury, I had a chance to talk to him. He told me a little about you, about Maggie. I admit, I was surprised. He seemed more anxious about the two of you than himself, despite how much less danger you were in. It was clear how much love he had for both of you. I'm sorry if any of this is hard for you to hear, but I thought you would want to know everything.
It was unusual that that a man (or perhaps boy, really) of his age to have a wife and baby daughter, and confirmed what I had thought about his being different from the others. I dismissed him from the hospital a short while later, with a cast on his arm and no other serious injury. I saw him around the camp a few times more and we exchanged words, but I didn't see him again until the end.
Foolish as it is to do so during a war, with death all around you, I'd grown an attachment to Edward, more so than the other soldiers, perhaps because of the devotion I saw that he had for you and your daughter Maggie. I sincerely wanted him to be able to go home to you and Maggie when the war ended.
Then he was admitted to the hospital again, a bomb had gone off next to him. He was severely injured, bleeding badly. It was clear he would not survive. He was unconscious, his face badly bruised. I can least tell you he went through no serious pain, and I hope it's some condolence. He awoke just once and his words were all of you and Maggie. He made me promise to write to you, and I'm fulfilling that promise now and told me to tell you to try to move on, not to dwell over him. He was vehement about this. He also said to say that he loved you both more than anything. He passed out a moment later and died early in the morning. I can say I'm immensely sorry. I know he loved you very much, and I will never forget either of you.
With my sympathies,
Doctor Carlisle Cullen
I read over the letter again. I felt bad about lying to the woman, causing her undue agony, even though most of what I said was true, with the exception of the painlessness. I'd shown him the letter and he'd responded with a nod. I wished there was a way he could return to her, but he was far too young. He loved them both too much to take that risk. He locked himself away most of the time, his still burning red eyes mournful. He was taking it hard, but I couldn't blame him. I folded the letter, sealed it, and sent it on it's destination.
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There are many photo-gallery programs available. Zoph is different, as it concentrates on the management of large collection of photos instead of just showing them on the Web. It can store a lot of information about your photos, including the regular EXIF info, photographer, location, title, description, rating, and the people in the photo. Photos can appear in multiple albums and categories. Additional features include search, slideshows, lightboxes, email, access privileges, and multiple languages.
Decoration is an image decorator. It applies effects to your photoset. It has an extensive set of effects (more than 100) including color border, gradient border, round corners, drop shadow, mirror, blur, reduce noise, tint, mosaic, superpose text, rotate, zoom, crop, button, brightness, contrast, gamma, glow, bend, sharpen, change transparency, kaleidoscope, oil, emboss, bump, and edge. You can also use it to generate buttons. Images can be located on your hard disk, on a Web site, or in the clipboard, or your can create an empty one. Examples are included in the software.
FYM is a media organizer that performs quick scans for media files (more than one hundred thousand media files in less than a minute). With its search engine, you easily find and open music, photos, videos, books, and other data types you determine. Covers of music folders and photo albums can be shown. It has strong random functionality.
Rapid Photo Downloader is an application for professional and amateur photographers, designed for use on the Linux desktop. It can download photos and videos from multiple cameras, memory cards, and portable storage devices simultaneously. It provides many flexible, user-defined options for subfolder creation, photo and video renaming, and backup.
PHP Photo Gallery is a powerful photo gallery script. It offers easy installation and easy management. It can create an online photo gallery with unlimited albums, subalbums, and photos. It can rotate, crop, lighten, darken, blur, and otherwise modify photos online. It allows you to upload many images at once. It supports watermarking with an image or text, user comments and ratings (optional), automatic thumbnail generation, template driven customization, interactive slideshows, the ability to extract EXIF data, and integrated search engine optimization, and RSS feeds. It can show random photos, the latest photos, or favorite photos.
AKVIS ArtSuite is photo decoration software that allows you to apply effects or add frames to your photos. Sample photo frames that come with ArtSuite can be easily tailored to your particular photo by choosing its color, form, style, brightness, and the intensity of the applied edge effect. You can use any picture as a pattern to generate an original photo frame. With artistic effects, you can convert a photo into a black and white image and add a color shade to it (for example, sepia effect), replace colors on an image, and add a texture so that the image looks like drawn on a surface such as canvas, wall, or corrugated paper. The Glamour effect conceals skin defects and reduces small wrinkles.
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Teamlist Tuesday is here with #NRL Teamlists and officials for Round 12 confirmed.
Head to bit.ly/L...
25 hours ago
Ben Ross has been found guilty on charges of a dangerous throw and striking at the NRL judiciary and as a result has been suspended for nine matches.
"We had a fair hearing but I would have to say that I am disappointed," coach John Lang told the media later. "I feel the sentence is a bit harsh."
In all likelihood it is the end of Ben's season.
The suspension would have been longer but the dangerous throw charge was downgraded from a Grade 4 to a Grade 3. The charge of striking was unchanged.
The heariing lasted over two and a half hours.
"Ben is absolutely shattered," Panthers Football Operations Manager Michael Leary said later.
Asked if there was any hope of an appeal, Mick said: "We discussed that with (former NRL Judiciary Commissioner) Jim Hall who represented Ben at the hearing. But we feel that we had a fair hearing and there are no grounds for appeal unless we can come up with some fresh evidence. So we have to live with it."
Ben himself declined to comment to reporters as they left the hearing.


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I went to college in a town that had the highest number of churches and bars per capita in the state.
Quote from: magicmiles on May 27, 2013, 02:41:59 AMNo. The point of my absurd analogy is that personal judgement doesn't need to be relied upon.Alright, then what do you rely on? That was the point of my response. And, can the thing you do rely on work with both your analogy and what we were originally talking about?
No. The point of my absurd analogy is that personal judgement doesn't need to be relied upon.
Quote from: magicmiles on May 27, 2013, 12:24:32 AMHmm. Assholes are assholes regardless of belief. The what's the point of religion? I thought it was, at least in part, to make people better, more moral, more decent. If it doesn't do that, then it's pretty useless, innit?
Hmm. Assholes are assholes regardless of belief.
Years ago I was working near a small town in Idaho and when I went to town to get supplies I was told by a bartender that the church/bar ratio in that and most small Idaho towns was 1:1. And after church, all the methodists went to one bar while all the presbyterians went to another, the catholics yet another, etc. I don't exactly know how accurate that little story was, but I did count and yes indeed, there were six bar and six churches. In a town that at the time (early 1980's) had a population of under 500. And the country had a population of around 800. I just checked, and 30 years later that country still doesn't have 1,000 people in it. I'm guessing it has more bars and churches though.
Really, my point is simply that we can rely on actual words written, along with their context, to determine what is being communicated.
It's certainly true that a person who has asked Jesus to be their saviour should strive to live as God desires. However, being a Christian doesn't automatically turn you into a saint as far as behaviour is concerned.
So then, I myself in my mind am a slave to God's law, but in my sinful nature[d] a slave to the law of sin.[/i]
they (hindus) live for works
and believe in a false god.
Quote from: neopagan on May 29, 2013, 12:33:19 PM they (hindus) live for works kick your friend in the balls for me next time you see him, please. Tell him Screwtape sends his respect.
Quote from: magicmiles on May 29, 2013, 05:20:42 AMReally, my point is simply that we can rely on actual words written, along with their context, to determine what is being communicated.Words are not enough. It seems like this point has been over a bajillion times. I don't know why at this stage of the game you fail to understand the point. Yeah, there are words, but they are not clear and unambiguous and interpretation is necessary. And as is demonstrated by the 33,000 denominations of xianity, there is no single, clear, agreed upon interpretation. You seem oblivious to this fact. You seem to think that everyone should be able to come to the same (correct) conclusion as you. Yet they do not. Thus your statement, and your point, is shown to be obviously false.
I always say what I mean. But sometimes I'm a sarcastic prick whose tone can't be properly communicated via text.
Why would you be surprised if I apparently don't understand a point you have previously communicated?
Would that suggest you have been a poor communicator?
The 33,000 denominations, by the way, is a massive red herring.
The differences in the most part would be confined to what type of hymns they sing or whether they hold Sunday school in the morning or the afternoon.
Question: if 50 people interpret meaning from a written text one way and 50 another way, is that an example of ambiguity in the text?Same question, but with a 70/30 ratio. 90/10 ratio99/1 ratioOr is ambiguity determined by something more concrete?
Whilst I don't doubt that such discrimination occurs, and I am sorry that it does, I have always been skeptical that a Christian culture is dominant in the USA to the extent indicated on this forum. No doubt it has pockets where church goers outnumber non-church goers, but what percentage of Americans go to church regulalry overall? 20-30%?In any event, the OP isn't affected by churches in New York. He lives in Australia same as me, where being a Christian is most definitely being the one singled out and made fun of.
Quote from: magicmiles on May 30, 2013, 05:21:53 PMQuestion: if 50 people interpret meaning from a written text one way and 50 another way, is that an example of ambiguity in the text?Same question, but with a 70/30 ratio. 90/10 ratio99/1 ratioOr is ambiguity determined by something more concrete?It is ambiguous till it is 100/0. Example of unambiguous text is "Thou shalt not cross the road if the light is red". An unambigous statement will have every reader interpret it in just the one way. How hard would it be for a god to do what we ordinary mortals can do.
Quote from: sun_king on May 31, 2013, 12:28:56 AM<snip>I agree that's unambiguous, although somewhat strange. Crossing the road with cars stopped at the red light seems like a safe way of doing it.


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Ruiz suspended 25 games for using amphetamineSuspension to begin at start of '13 season; Kratz likely to open as Phils' starting catcher
By Todd Zolecki /11/27/12 6:15 PM ET
PHILADELPHIA -- Major League Baseball announced Tuesday that Phillies catcher Carlos Ruiz has been suspended 25 games for using an amphetamine. The suspension begins at the beginning of the 2013 season, which means Ruiz is unable to play until April 28 against the Mets at Citi Field.
"I am sincerely regretful for my mistake in taking a prohibited stimulant," Ruiz said in a statement. "I apologize to my teammates, the Phillies organization and the Philadelphia fans. ... I look forward to returning to the field and working toward bringing a championship back to Philadelphia in 2013."
Losing Ruiz for most of the first month of the season will make that pursuit a little more difficult. Ruiz, who will forfeit about $770,000 of his $5 million salary, had a career season in 2012, hitting .325 with 32 doubles, 16 home runs, 68 RBIs, a .394 on-base percentage, a .540 slugging percentage and a .935 on-base-plus-slugging percentage.
This is the second time Ruiz has tested positive for an amphetamine. The first time a player tests positive for a prohibited stimulant the results remain private and the player is not suspended.
"The Phillies fully support Major League Baseball's drug program," Phillies general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. said in a statement. "We are disappointed by the news of this violation of the program. We will support Carlos in an appropriate manner and move forward to achieve our goal to play championship-caliber baseball in 2013."
The suspension means Erik Kratz likely will open the season as the team's starting catcher.
Kratz hit .248 with nine doubles, nine home runs, 26 RBIs and an .809 OPS in 50 games last season. But he hit just .181 with two doubles, two home runs, nine RBIs and a .515 OPS in 23 games from Aug. 24 through the end of the regular season.
Ruiz's absence means catching prospects Tommy Joseph and Sebastian Valle could get closer looks in Spring Training as the Phillies will need a backup catcher. Brian Schneider is not expected back.
Ruiz will be able to participate in Spring Training workouts and Grapefruit League games in Florida in February and March. He also will be allowed to take batting practice before the gates open before regular-season games. He is eligible to begin a rehab assignment five days before the end of his suspension, which would be April 23.


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Raiders finish strong at Bridgeport, Liberty Bell
Raider Track finished the regular season last week with meets on Tuesday in Bridgeport and Friday at Liberty Bell.
At both meets the Raider girls finished second behind Entiat. The Raider boys finished eighth at Bridgeport while at Liberty Bell they ended up fifth. "The athletes once again showed depth with more athletes scoring points as seen by the team standings," said Head Coach Lori Adkins on the strong finish her team had last week.
Kim Barry dominated, finishing first at Bridgeport in the 400, 800 (2 minutes 26.10 seconds), and the 1600 (5:32.6) with a second in the pole vault (7 feet). Barry's 400 time at Bridgeport was a career PR of 60.34 seconds.
At Liberty Bell Barry competed in only the 400, 800, and the 3200. She finished with a first in all three with times in the 400 of 62.94, 800 in 2:28.3, and the 3200 in 12:35.5.
Cheyenne Kelly-Marconi continues to move to the forefront of Raider girls track. She placed in all four of her events at both meets. In the 100 hurdles Marconi placed fourth on Tuesday (18.74) and seventh Friday (18.84). With the 300 low hurdles Marconi placed 3rd in Bridgeport (52.84) and 4th in Liberty Bell (52.54). In the Long and Triple Jump, Marconi placed fifth (14 feet, 3.5 inches) and second (31-8.5) at Bridgeport while at Liberty Bell she finished 3rd (14-0) and first (31-1). Freshman Katelyn Schilling at Bridgeport improved her shot put to 33-6, which placed her first at the meet and 10th on the 2B performance list at athletic.net. Schilling took second at Liberty Bell with a throw of 30-1.
At the Discus, Schilling took fourth at both meets with throws of 81-5 and 84-5. In the 200, Schilling continues to improve running a 30.22 at Bridgeport and a 30.18 at Liberty Bell which placed her eighth.
Miranda Salas stepped up her shot performance last week, setting a new PR at both meets and placing. At Bridgeport Salas threw 28-0.5 to place eighth. Friday she threw a foot further to finish fifth with the new PR throw of 29-2.
Mary Ann Matheson is coming alive in the 3200 at the right time, placing second at Bridgeport in 14:17. She took home a fifth at Liberty Bell in 14:23.7.
Charli Knight placed fifth in the Javelin at Liberty Bell, throwing 81-7, an overdue PR for her.
The girls' 4x100 relay team of Mikel Friedlander, Katelynn Schilling, Demi Whiteman, Miranda Salas and alternate Charli Knight has run now four times, improving each time taking fifth at Bridgeport 59.97 and 6th at Liberty Bell in 59.03.
Nick Gleason, Sean Waters, and Jesse Adkins led the Raider boys. Gleason place eighth and fourth in the 100, and seventh and third in the 200 at both meets. Gleason's 100 time at Liberty Bell of 11.77 was a career PR and puts him in serious state contention.
Gleason also set a new PR in the 200 at Liberty Bell running a 23.91 setting him up nicely for this week. At Bridgeport, Gleason was the pole vault champion, clearing 8 feet, 6 inches.
Sean Waters continues to be a man to beat in the throws.
In the shot, Waters placed third at Bridgeport with the career PR throw of 41-7, and from Liberty Bell took home second with a 40-10 throw. He placed fourth in discus at both meets 118-3 and 113-11.
Jesse Adkins did not go to Bridgeport but at Liberty Bell he placed first in both hurdle races and took home second in the triple jump. Adkins time in the 110 hurdles was a new PR at 15.84 seconds.
Freshman Octavio Alejandre has been working hard all season and he is now reaping the reward at the right time. Alejandre PRed in both the Discus and Javelin at Bridgeport with throws of 93-5. At Liberty Bell he PRed and placed fourth in the shot with 35-5.
Rahnee Jane came back from an injury that has prevented him from throwing since the Royal City meet on April 13 to place seventh at Liberty Bell in the javelin with the throw of 114-8.
The Raiders will travel to Oroville tomorrow for the Central Washington North Sub-District meet at Oroville starting at 4 p.m. This meet will determine which Raiders move on to the District 5-6 meet on May 19 at Eastmont High School.


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ST. LOUIS — Marty Marion, the brilliant shortstop and 1944 National League MVP with the St. Louis Cardinals and a former manager of the Cardinals and St. Louis Browns, has died. He was 93.
Marion, who played on World Series title teams in 1942, '44 and '46, died Tuesday night in St. Louis, Cardinals spokesman Brian Bartow said.
The 6-2, 170-pound Marion was nicknamed the "Octopus" and "Slats" for his long-armed, rangy fielding prowess, and was considered the best shortstop in Cardinals history before Ozzie Smith joined the franchise in 1982.
Teammate Stan Musial won all three of his MVP awards in the 1940s, in '43, '46 and '48. He hit .347 average with 12 homers and 94 RBIs in 1944, but Marion got the nod on the basis of his defense and team leadership after batting only .267 with six homers and 63 RBIs.
Joe Torre, who also played for and managed the Cardinals, remembered Marion as the franchise's gold standard for defense.
"Around St. Louis there's a sense of the history of the game," Torre said. "He was the one you measured against."
Hall of Fame second baseman Red Schoendienst played alongside Marion from 1945-50 and said Marion also should have received that honor. The 88-year-old Schoendienst is a special assistant to Cardinals general manager John Mozeliak and still suits up and hits fungoes daily.
"You look at his stats and everything, he should be in the Hall of Fame," Schoendienst said at the Cardinals' spring training site in Jupiter, Fla. "He never ever tried to say that he belonged in the Hall of Fame. He liked baseball, that's why he played it."
Team president Bill DeWitt III recalled Marion's title-winning teams of the 1940s.
"I think those are legendary teams and he was a big part of it," he said. "He definitely goes down as one of the great Cardinals."
Dick Zitzmann of St. Louis, who represented Marion at autograph signings and other old-timers functions, said Marion spent much of his later years at his farm just outside Springfield, Ill. Zitzmann remembered Marion as the epitome of a "Southern gentleman."
Though he had a career batting average of just .263 and never batted .300, Marion was an eight-time All-Star. His career cut short by a back injury, he managed the Cardinals in 1951, then was player-manager for the Browns in 1952-53. He also managed the Chicago White Sox for part of the 1954 season and all the 1955 and '56 seasons.
Martin Whiteford Marion was born in Richburg, S.C., on Dec. 1, 1917. He was 22 when he made it to the major leagues on April 16, 1940.
Schoendienst's rookie season was 1945, the year after Marion led the way with airtight defense in a six-game World Series victory over the cross-town Browns. The Cardinals committed just one error in the series.
"It was a big break for me to come up as a rookie and play second base with him playing short," Schoendienst said. "That was good, made it easier for me."
Schoendienst said he last saw Marion about six months ago at a baseball card show.
"He's lived good and he was a hell of a ballplayer," Schoendienst said. "I guess it's time, sometimes."


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Thomas Gets it Right - Thomas has to take some eggs across the island. He is frustrated to have to go so slowly and starts to speed up. When the eggs start breaking, Thomas feels badly. All is not lost, and when most of the eggs are delivered safely, Sir Topham Hatt declares him a Really Useful Engine! What's the Matter with Henry - Thomas and Percy don't believe Henry when he says he doesn't feel well. They leave him with lots of trucks to pull to teach him a lesson. When Emily notices that Henry is leaking water, Thomas and Percy are sorry for tricking him, and Henry is soon fixed and good as new. As Good as Gordon - Emily must pull Gordon's express. Gordon always crosses the Island of Sodor "twice by tea-time," and Emily is desperate to prove she can to do the same. She is so single-minded that her steam dries up, and her coal runs out. Sir Topham Hatt is cross. To make amends, Emily volunteers to take the slow train.
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Even well-intentioned software can backfire: Greek designer who issued "Anonymous" press release caught by metadata [newswhip.ie]
I didn't know that Open Office did this. It's not common knowledge.
Perhaps you live in a CAVE? Virtually *all* "office" type applications save meta data about who/what/when. If you didn't know this, you where not paying much (any) attention. It *IS* common knowledge.
It is. I learned it by exploring the interface of MS Word. So it is kind of obvious that Ood files would behave the same.
I mean, of course it is not common knowledge by the average user but it is know by the average geeky user who sets things up for their boss/family.
Your printer may be incorporating a secret code on every page it prints which could be used to identify the printer and potentially the person who used it
This is typically done by commercial colour laser printers,such as those made by Xerox, Konika Minolta, Ricoh, and so on. The code's printed in yellow toner - which isn't normally noticeable but becomes infuriatingly visible if you use these machines to print light coloured backgrounds - for example, a business card with a silver/light grey background tone. I don't know about Konika and Ricoh, but with the Xerox machines the code can lead right back to you pretty easily.
That said, the Xerox machines do some other interesting things as well - for example, they'll refuse to copy UK banknotes from the glass (presumably they identify the UV markers in the notes? amongst others. I assume this is either to reduce their liability if their machines were used that way, or due to a legal statute in one of their markets? Either way, interesting behaviour.
That said, the Xerox machines do some other interesting things as well - for example, they'll refuse to copy UK banknotes from the glass (presumably they identify the UV markers in the notes?
More likely, they look for EURion constellations [wikipedia.org].
I assume this is either to reduce their liability if their machines were used that way, or due to a legal statute in one of their markets?
The way I heard it, they had been threatened with regulations and statutes if they didn't voluntarily do these things.
That said, the Xerox machines do some other interesting things as well - for example, they'll refuse to copy UK banknotes from the glass
Just a step up from that, Konica-Minolta copiers will sense if you try to scan, copy or print a banknote. When it detects this, it will put the copier into a service lockdown that only a Konica-Minolta tech can unlock. The displayed error code will rat you out, AND the tech is legally obligated to inform law enforcement of the infraction.
That and yes, it definitely marks each page with a serial number linking it back to the copier.
Both were related to me by a Minolta tech.
without your explicit consent
Yup, there's the real issue. They can bury a one-sentence fragment within 52 pages of EULA that gives them "explicit consent." Someone will notice, it'll get a story posted on Slashdot, but still, only maybe one or two out of every several thousand will resist purchasing the next iPhone 5GSXT Pro-Air.
The root of the issue is the backtalk and walls of text used to placate users into 'agreeing' without understanding what rights they're sundering.
The root of the issue is the backtalk and walls of text used to placate users into 'agreeing' without understanding what rights they're sundering.
That and the one-sidedness of the deal. If two people were sitting at a table negotiating a business deal and one of them said:
You can use my product, but I get to dictate how, and I get to rewrite this contract whenever I want, and, if you want to know the new terms, you need to check my website every day, and also, my product may not work. It may damage your equipment. It may yell racial slurs at your co-workers. Who knows? We can't find every bug, and we don't promise to fix it if you find one that we didn't.
Well, 9 out of 10 times. the other guy would walk out before the second sentence. But the "we dictate our terms to you" age has desensitized us to unreasonable terms.
not that our devices embed information; but how that information is used. For example, having a geo location and serial number on every picture can aid in searching for images as well automating workflow (based on specific sensor characteristics). For me, that is good. Sending that info to the "mothership"" (sic), without my knowledge or permission, is bad because they have no reason to need that data; other than to sell it or use it for marketing.
I'd like to see companies that collect date require a more informed consent than burying it in a 50 page TOS agreement; and perhaps notification the first time teh data is sent.
Sending that info to the "mothership"" (sic), without my knowledge or permission, is bad because they have no reason to need that data; other than to sell it or use it for marketing.
What are you talking about? When you installed the software you clearly indicated that you had read and understood the terms and conditions, which clearly stated that your camera software would be sending information stored in each image the camera records back to the camera company.
That little check box is legally binding. Some specific parts of some ridiculous EULAs are not legally binding, but on the whole they are legitimate. You gave them permission to do this, I don't see why you are upset about it
That would be true in an idealised fantasy world where everyone had infinite time, were lawyers, and were aware of the potential problems with EULAs. Back here on Earth...
EULAs aren't upfront. Nobody reads them and nobody expects them to be read. People couldn't understand them if they tried. They're created with that fact in mind:
EULAs aren't specific. They are to a lawyer, but for the people reading them the text is incomprehensible obfuscated gibberish. Clearly they don't give a shit about agreement since it's physically impossible for most people to agree:
Consent requires comprehension. Perhaps you've heard of statuatory rape, a law that employs this principle. Contracts are also supposed to require mutual understanding because the entire concept is logically incoherant otherwise.
But of course that wouldn't be convenient in consumer electronics. So it's ignored, leaving us with a nonsensical system that bears no relevance to reality whatsoever. We pretend to agree and they pretend we agreed. And everyone knows it's bullshit.
Except for the law of course. "Legally binding" loses meaning as a defence when the law itself loses relevance. A law which completely fails to take into account how society operates is a law that should not exist.
Therefore, EULAs are hokum, people are dumbasses, companies are shitheads and the law is morally wrong. Merry Christmas!
"Either find some other way to use the device, or simply return the device."
There's a big, big hole in your theory. "Either find some other way to use the device" now often violates either the DMCA, patents or the companies last resort, the EULA. As far as returning the device, most of this applies to software which is pretty universally non-refundable. So the company gets your money whether you use the product or not. They're even successfully attacking the first sale doctrine so you can't even eBay it if you decide that you don't want to use it due to the EULA. As far as ot
Sending that info to the "mothership"" (sic), without my knowledge or permission, is bad because they have no reason to need that data; other than to sell it or use it for marketing.
What are you talking about? When you installed the software you clearly indicated that you had read and understood the terms and conditions, which clearly stated that your camera software would be sending information stored in each image the camera records back to the camera company.
That little check box is legally binding. Some specific parts of some ridiculous EULAs are not legally binding, but on the whole they are legitimate. You gave them permission to do this, I don't see why you are upset about it.
If you actually care about your privacy, you should actually read the Terms and Conditions, in which they actually tell you what they are actually going to do with your private data. If there is something in there you don't agree with, don't check the box, and don't install the software. Either find some other way to use the device, or simply return the device.
Well, if you had read all may post you might understand what I am talking about. I never said anything about the validity of an EULA, or that I am upset about what is in them. I do think they could be more clear, and think that you should have a legal right to opt out regardless of what is in a EULA. BTW, I do read them and have not bought some products as a result. I also think that if you cannot read the EULA before purchase (and having it on a website would not be sufficient) companies should be requ
IANAL, but clauses in a contract that which create a duty and/or burden on the customer which is generally unknown and/or has nothing to do with the normal performance of the contract are null and void.* It doesn't matter if they are hard to find, they could be printed in 48pt bold text right on the frontpage and it wouldn't matter.
I assume that sending your private info over to the man every time you shot a picture falls under that broad category.
*In the jurisdiction I live in. The Free Market Utopia a.k
Is there a list of this kind of products? When I buy a camera or a printer I'd like to know which ones hide serial numbers or the like in the images they produce. EFF should maintain such a list, I think.
What EFF needs to do is to bring this issue up to a level where 'normal' people at least understand the problems.
For the EFF to do that, there first needs to be a problem in the first place. As you point out, this data is actually quite useful (for EXIF). In the case of printers, it's also a non problem as far as I can see. (Though I'm certain that Slashdot's resident tinfoil hat brigade will be along in a moment with their far fetched scenarios 'proving' me wrong.)
What I see here is the EFF crea
You can edit EXIF data too, which opens up some interesting possibilities...
Digital Cameras put this stuff in the exif data structures.
Add a GPS device to your DSLR and it goes in too.
Many Serious (both Pro & Amatuer) Snappers find this information really useful. Match the GPS up with Google Maps and locating where you took a particular shot is simple.
You can easily get rid of the data in the images you publish.
In fact this is useful to help you prove your copyright of the image.
So not all 'Traitorware' is bad to all people. There is a thriving marked for GPS Addons' to high end DSLR's.
Things like the Laser Printer data is IMHO worse that useless. Just but yourself a $50 inkjet, print the offending pages and junk it. After all, the replacment inks will often cost more than a new printer....
They have an incomplete list of printers. It is obviously hard to collect this information as I'm sure most companies aren't too eager to help. I would also imagine an updated firmware could add this 'feature' to a previously non-tracking printer.
It surprises me that the US secret service didnt ask MS to add this as standard to the windows printer code on higher quality prints (or even if certain watermarks/EURion codes are found..
not true the fbi created the method... i fix copiers. no color copier is allowed to be sold in the usa without this dot pattern encoded in the image it is created in the print engine not from the image process even when the machine is internaly calibrating itself these dots are formed and visable on the transfer belt the only information encoded in the dots is model numbers and time and date that way if a faudulent document is found it can be traced back to the source
How Much Information Does Your GPS Store About Where You Have Been? [poi-factory.com] So, is Max Speed on your GPS a bug or a feature?
but with ATT low download cap / high data costs $10 a GIG will apple force that?
what about over seas up to $100 or more in data fees per location?
Dont attribute to malice what can be adequately explained by stupidity. Sometimes a software can be well intentioned, see a place where a lot of maybe useful information could be place and no look further on that, putting that in. Sometimes in some context that added information could be useful and intended, sometimes not, and you have not enough flexibility to decide by yourself when enable or disable that action.
Could the smtp protocol (and so every software that implements it) be considered traitorware? If you want to send an anonymous message it adds from which IP was sent, how different would be that from cameras that automatically adds gps coordinates in photos?
In the last term, a line between malice in this and what is not should be drawn, and will be very broad with a lot of things in the gray area, but would be good to have a list of what cleary is in the wrong side of it. And if well couldnt call traitorware all that is in the field of what sends somehow away information that could hurt your privacy, awareness of what they send and what exactly implies in that topic to use them, sometimes even in the manuals they warn which private information could be disclosed, well, that it be even the ones that don't disclose that.
Dont attribute to malice what can be adequately explained by stupidity.
We put up with far too much of both. I see no reason not to treat both as malice.
When GPS is already included in your camera stops to be something that you must buy intentionally and install on it to be something that you could be aware or not. Take current smartphones, with both camera and gps functionality, that could show or not that they are using geotagging, and that even depend on the app your using are using for taking photos.
And not just the camera, where you can eventually check the metatags of a photo and see if there is something that you could not like. What about apps tha
"EFF will be there to fight it [Traitorware]. We believe that your software and devices should not be a tool for gathering your personal data without your explicit consent.'"
This sounds a lot like spyware. Why do we need a new word?
One is hardware, the other is software.
Apple's iPhones know where you are when you use the maps and Apple can gather that data and use it to launch missiles at you! Adobe Photoshop can use the GPS data encoded into your photos and send that info to the CIA who will visit those places and scrawl lewd graffiti about your sexuality in all the nearby bathrooms, thus ruining your reputation in the locality and preventing you from being elected to political office!
This would be a lot more of a story if they actually cited some real misuse of data ins
The whole point of the EFF is to think about such problems and issues before they become common; hence the 'frontier' in their title. They are trying to alert people to a potential situation so that people can be aware of it and start thinking about the implications, and formulate either consumer strategies or legal frameworks before there is wide spread abuse.
Your point is still valid in that you yourself may not be interested until there has been abuse, but to ask the EFF not to write about it until that point does not make much sense.
At least the missiles they'll fire at you won't be made using itunes. Since its against the license agreement.
I read the article, and see nothing in the so-called "traitorware" that is objectionable.
I *like* cameras that incorporates metadata. This protects me from lawsuits and proves that the picture is mine and can be used however I want and as often I want. Because I can prove that the photo is mine through the metadata I have an easy way to defend myself in copyright and infringement lawsuits. For me the metadata is a selling feature and a benefit.
Printers that include tags on the paper that can be traced back to the person doing the printing I can also understand. People misuse printers to print out pedophilia (you are scum, and hope you are caught), counterfeiting (I like being able to use money, and hope you are caught), and threatening letters (my sister got several, and I hope you are caught). I just can't get that excited about anyone being able to trace what I print back to me. I can't think of a situation where I would care.
I don't own an IPhone (Droid), but I *like* the idea that it can send my location and heartbeat back to Apple. I'd have liked this on my laptop that had gotten stolen. I'd just call the police, and send Apple the police report. It would make tracking the device actually feasible, and maybe get some of these thieves to be arrested. Cars to some degree have this (called OnStar) and it's a big selling point. I refuse to get concerned about Apple wanting to listen to my heartbeat. Now if they would be so kind to implant the phone, monitor continuously, and notify medical help (and tell them where I am) if the heartbeat becomes arrhythmic and/or stops I would really appreciate that (heart problems is the leading cause of death).
How is this so-called "traitorware" an issue?
From reading the comments, you and I are the only ones to RTFA. I believe EFF has leaped off the deep end.
How is this so-called "traitorware" an issue?
Remember in university when you learned that argument from lack of imagination was a fallacy?
Remember in highschool when you learned that there was more than one side to an issue, and that issues generally aren't black and white even when you fully agree?
Remember in primary school when you learned other people had different preferences and sensibilities, that they didn't like everything you liked?
Combine them and *bam!*, understanding!
I *like* cameras that incorporates metadata. This protects me from lawsuits and proves that the picture is mine and can be used however I want and as often I want.
Sure, someone who wants to claim ownership of a picture would never be able to insert desired metadata in the file.
People misuse printers to print out pedophilia
You forgot terrorists. They also use printers.
Yes, there are legitimate uses for all these traitorware features in software/hardware. The point is that these features should be opt in and disabled by default, so that people who truly want them can enable them.
Sure, someone who wants to claim ownership of a picture would never be able to insert desired metadata in the file.
Sure, it has been done. Most notably demonstrated here [petapixel.com]. I only mentioned that the camera metadata protects me in case of a lawsuit.
There is a stock photography provider called Getty Images that looks for people that have been using their images without approval or payment. To those that infringe they send a RIAA-like letter offering a settlement if a fine is paid. I use a lot of stock photography (mostly through a different but well known and very legitimate site). When possible I use my own puny 6 megapixe
Because I can prove that the photo is mine through the metadata I have
Or you're proving that you can edit metadata.
counterfeiting (I like being able to use money, and hope you are caught)
Last time I checked off-the-shelf printers can't print out shiny paper and holograms...
I just can't get that excited about anyone being able to trace what I print back to me. I can't think of a situation where I would care.
Printing subversive anti-government materials in oppressive regimes? Anonymously organizing a protest, strike, or other mass demonstration? Whistleblowing? (also, this last point applies to camera traitorware as well).
I don't own an IPhone (Droid), but I *like* the idea that it can send my location and heartbeat back to Apple. I'd have liked this on my laptop that had gotten stolen. I'd just call the police, and send Apple the police report.
Or, alternatively, how about an app that sends my location back to me? All the security, none of the privacy infringement.
Bad thing #1: Locking down devices. Right now, people like the Dev Team jailbreak stuff within a month or two of release. However, eventually hardware chips will get added that are as hard if not harder than baseband modules to crack. Perhaps chips that "supervise" the OS, and if it runs something out of some strict parameters, the device gets shut down until taken to a $AUTHORIZED_STORE and fixed there.
Neutral thing #2: Phones do a lot. They acquire a lot of knowledge about the carrier.
Bad thing #3: Info by #2 is sent back home to carriers.
Bad thing #4: A combined push by LEOs and our *IAAs to find more info about people to start criminal or civil proceedings with ease. Remember, it wasn't that long ago that suing users in the thousands for having a song available, or snarfing a video clip was not thought of.
Bad thing #5: Ad providers being such a strong force. They don't just show disinterest in stopping malware payloads from being delivered through their networks, they want to add new vectors for infection using Phorm-like injectors. They will happily sell any information they get to all and sundry who have the cash.
Bad thing #6: The "piracy" bugaboo. This is a major excuse used for device lockdown.
Bad thing #7: No interest in anti-monopoly regulation.
Bad thing #8: Blacklists are in common use in the industry. For example, if someone gets banned from one casino in Las Vegas, they get banned from all of them.
Now, the day of convergence happens. All this stuff winds up merging. Joe User now buys a smartphone after all these converge:
Day 1: Joe goes out on a date with a co-worker to discuss business. His device notices that it is near other devices, transmits the GPS info to an ad agency. Joe's wife has a search tool that uses info gleaned from ad agencies to monitor where Joe is 24/7 even though his stuff isn't connected. She gives him a tongue lashing when he gets home.
Day 2: Joe visits a MMA place to see about casual sparring. The phone transmits the location, and insurance companies pick it up. They kick Joe off the health insurance because he is engaging in too risky pursuits.
Day 3: Joe posts a private rant on his favorite social network of choice about his job from his home computer. The social network has a top notch privacy policy and has no advertisers at all. However, Joe's phone has an app that quietly slurps up his posts, even though they are posted by another device and sends them to an ad agency. His work subscribes to an employee monitoring system which sends relevant posts if they have the company mentioned. His boss gets handed the rant, and Joe gets fired.
Day 4: Joe decides to go buy a dime bag because he has no job, an estranged wife, and no health insurance. He drives to a part of town that isn't too bad, but where the "upper" level distributers hang out. On the way back, Joe gets pulled over, his car searched and seized, and he ends up in jail. The local PD uses the ad agencies which keep track of all GPS settings of cars in the area, and has pattern matching. Any traffic pattern that is suspect gets an automatic traffic stop and the dog brought out.
Day 5: Joe's wife decides to file a divorce because she wants to move to someone who is making money. She gets someone to check the phone ad agencies and give her the goods on Joe. She serves him divorce papers via E-mail, and because the ad providers know when someone received the message, the E-mail stands up in court as a proper service, just as a visit from the constable.
Day 6: Joe is afraid of monitoring, so tries to flash a ROM without the 24/7/365 monitoring. The device auto-bricks, and he has to take it into an authorized store, pay $300 for them to flash a replacement ROM onto it. Essentially do a fancy version of RSD-Lite. Joe then uses a better utility that prevents the phone from bricking. However because it downloads a utility like su or Cydia, the cellular provider notices the communication between
Good for aesthetics...
It might take an unpracticed hand well over 5 mins of prying to get into the case before the battery can be pulled (assuming you did not want to destroy the device in the process)... you can upload a lot of data on a high speed network in that time... Apple will spin this as a feature which enables preservation of your important data prior to a remote wipe, of course it also has other uses...
'Your printer may be incorporating a secret code on every page it prints which could be used to identify the printer and potentially the person who used it.'
Which is precisely the audit trail your boss is looking for.
The same guy who buys the high end color printer that can produce a plausible counterfeit bill.
Last month was my last check to the EFF. It appears they are firmly entrenched in the world of paranoid conspiracy theory now.
LTR Patent FTW..
Your digital camera may embed metadata into photographs with the camera's serial number or your location.
Record your location? Sure, if it's a smartphone with GPS. For standalone cameras, GPS is not exactly a common feature. There are about two models of pocket digital camera on the market that have GPS, and not very many SLRs with it either
As for smartphone models, I don't know about the Apple or Windows offerings, but Android's camera app exposes it as an option right on the main screen, next to the flash and focus settings
Rather than scaring people about what their devices might be recording, it would be a lot more useful to tell people how to find out what tags are on their photos. For instance, the Linux command line program "exiftags" will tell you this kind of stuff: (Picked from a random image file I had lying around on my laptop.)
Camera-Specific Properties:
Equipment Make: OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO.,LTD
Camera Model: C2500L
Camera Software: Adobe Photoshop CS Macintosh
Maximum Lens Aperture: f/2.6
Image-Specific Properties:
Image Orientation: Top, Left-Hand
Horizontal Resolution: 173 dpi
Vertical Resolution: 173 dpi
Image Created: 2004:02:27 18:52:21
Exposure Time: 1/5 sec
F-Number: f/6.9
Exposure Program: Manual
ISO Speed Rating: 100
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Metering Mode: Center Weighted Average
Flash: No Flash
Focal Length: 20.70 mm
Color Space Information: Uncalibrated
Image Width: 736
Image Height: 767
Don't forget the Black Box recording in modern cars that rat you out to police, insurance companies, and the car companies themselves on items that are none of their business such as how fast you drive, and how long before the collision it was that you braked. You certainly didn't knowingly agree to this in buying your last car, yet it's common for your opponents to be able to get this data after an accident, insurance claim, even a vehicle warranty issue. THIS SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED WITHOUT YOUR EXPLICIT CONSENT.
You car doesn't call the cops and rat you out for speeding; the data only gets pulled after a serious collision with airbags deployed. At that point it's a legitimate criminal investigation and not simply a matter of privacy.
Well, if your bad driving was the cause of an accident, isn't it fair that you get punished for it?
There's far too many bad drivers out there, or drivers doing everything but pay attention to the road while driving, and I'd love for them to be scared shitless over being the cause of an accident, which makes them wake up and pay attention to their driving. No more cellphones, fiddling with the radio, lighting a cigarette, looking the girlfriend deep into her eyes, arguing with the people in the back seat and
...you can look forward to a day when your iPhone may record your voice, take a picture of your location, record your heartbeat, and send that information back to the mothership...
Look forward?
I thought it was able to do these things already, and they were marketed as features.
"We believe that your software and devices should not be a tool for gathering your personal data without your explicit consent.'"
Uh, they already have your "explicit" consent. It's buried in line 4,724 of the EULA that you never read. Don't feel bad, nobody reads those damn things anyway...
An elephant is a mouse with an operating system.


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