This is one of a number of bills they've passed that are explicitly opposite the wording of past SCOTUS decisions. Not sure about this one, but the other one this week (expanding what the death penalty can be for) in the text of the bill mentions the two SCOTUS decisions it is in direct opposition to and says those decisions were decided wrongly.
So basically it's a bunch of bills designed so the governor gets to have national recognition and media attention just before he runs for president.
If they actually cared about any of these issues I could almost understand, but they are just blatant ways to get the governor publicity.
In 2015 OERs really started to take off, so 2016 being when profits started to stagnate makes a lot of sense. They haven't replaced traditional textbooks yet, but a lot of classes in universities in Canada have been shifting over to OERs. So much so that there are entire post secondary programs that are being marketed as "Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) Programs" which are beginning to end OER and other free options.
That's exactly it, and yet we still have faster speeds cheaper than the US. It's so messed up there that people from the US are all over the comments saying that gigabit internet is a fantasy.
I've had 1000 down 100 up for the last year and I gotta tell you, it completely changes how you interact with the internet. Suddenly you start thinking of it not as an extra thing that you wait for but as an automatic thing, like water in the tap or power in a socket.
Last week our ISP had some issues and I was down to 30 down 10 up and hoo boy, did I notice that.
That's just to say, if you think that gigabit internet isn't needed, just wait till you try it. It's been especially noticeable on days that I'm working from home.
FYI for those in the US saying that it's too expensive, in Canada most gigabit internet is now the equivalent of $77 USD. And that's with a three to five (depending on what province you're in) company monopoly on it.
Yep, my library friends were just talking about how a feature an ed-tech company was trying to sell them (that their system used prior checkout info to better recommend books) was the thing that made them decide to never use that company's products.
Libraries learned this long ago. The government will eventually want to know what you know about patrons, so just don't collect it, or make sure that your information is purged regularly.
Hmmmm... I wonder how that "revocation of rights must be voluntary" decision is going to impact EULAs.
Attending school is mandatory, so signing away a right to attend school is clearly not voluntary. But joining Cheer is voluntary, so the logic behind being able to sign away rights for something that's optional seems to be the same logic that allows the signing away of rights to use a computer program.
Am I missing something here? Or is this going to get cited the next time someone has an issue with a EULA?
At least this time there were consequences for both the officer and the PD.
Officer was fired, and the city settled with her family for $5 Million. The family is donating a large ammount of the money to "organizations that prioritize crisis intervention training for law enforcement".
Bubble time
Didn't we get a ton of pointless wasteful mergers just as the dot com bubble was getting ready to burst?
Pre-Election Theatre is the worst
This is one of a number of bills they've passed that are explicitly opposite the wording of past SCOTUS decisions. Not sure about this one, but the other one this week (expanding what the death penalty can be for) in the text of the bill mentions the two SCOTUS decisions it is in direct opposition to and says those decisions were decided wrongly. So basically it's a bunch of bills designed so the governor gets to have national recognition and media attention just before he runs for president. If they actually cared about any of these issues I could almost understand, but they are just blatant ways to get the governor publicity.
2016 makes sense
In 2015 OERs really started to take off, so 2016 being when profits started to stagnate makes a lot of sense. They haven't replaced traditional textbooks yet, but a lot of classes in universities in Canada have been shifting over to OERs. So much so that there are entire post secondary programs that are being marketed as "Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) Programs" which are beginning to end OER and other free options.
Exactly
That's exactly it, and yet we still have faster speeds cheaper than the US. It's so messed up there that people from the US are all over the comments saying that gigabit internet is a fantasy.
I thought things were bad in Canada
I've had 1000 down 100 up for the last year and I gotta tell you, it completely changes how you interact with the internet. Suddenly you start thinking of it not as an extra thing that you wait for but as an automatic thing, like water in the tap or power in a socket. Last week our ISP had some issues and I was down to 30 down 10 up and hoo boy, did I notice that. That's just to say, if you think that gigabit internet isn't needed, just wait till you try it. It's been especially noticeable on days that I'm working from home. FYI for those in the US saying that it's too expensive, in Canada most gigabit internet is now the equivalent of $77 USD. And that's with a three to five (depending on what province you're in) company monopoly on it.
Re: Re: Take a page from libraries
Yep, my library friends were just talking about how a feature an ed-tech company was trying to sell them (that their system used prior checkout info to better recommend books) was the thing that made them decide to never use that company's products.
Take a page from libraries
Libraries learned this long ago. The government will eventually want to know what you know about patrons, so just don't collect it, or make sure that your information is purged regularly.
HP/Compaq redux
I wonder if John Stankey went to the Carly Fiorina school of management.
"revocation of rights must be voluntary"
Hmmmm... I wonder how that "revocation of rights must be voluntary" decision is going to impact EULAs.
Attending school is mandatory, so signing away a right to attend school is clearly not voluntary. But joining Cheer is voluntary, so the logic behind being able to sign away rights for something that's optional seems to be the same logic that allows the signing away of rights to use a computer program.
Am I missing something here? Or is this going to get cited the next time someone has an issue with a EULA?
Easy to spot sensitive locations
With this much information you get to see some interesting things about sensitive locations, like the White House or Pentagon.
1) where people are shows you the internal hallways of the building and main gathering points.
2) where people aren't but should be shows you where signals are being blocked or people aren't allowed to bring devices.
Someone watched Sneakers too many times
They do know that Sneakers (1992) isn't a documentary right?
Accountability
At least this time there were consequences for both the officer and the PD.
Officer was fired, and the city settled with her family for $5 Million. The family is donating a large ammount of the money to "organizations that prioritize crisis intervention training for law enforcement".
https://www.krqe.com/news/family-of-mary-hawkes-settles-lawsuit-with-city-former-officer_20180305063256974/1009429404