That article was - eh - short. I'm not sure I learned anything from it, maybe I'm having a TL;TR day.
But if the requestor really wants 13k documents - let'em crowd fund it and make the case to the public.
I'd be humored to find out if the gov't would even do the work if $1.4m showed up in their bank account. Hah - pay them in cash with amounts under $10,000 to trigger the IRS monitoring of drug crimes.
Why is this news worthy of geeks? Apple - may or may not be doing something - but it is too early to tell what - and they may not actually be doing it, and if they are it may or may not be with an iDevice. But we can't tell.
Look - Apple Watch!!
The man who built the free email encryption software used by whistleblower Edward Snowden, as well as hundreds of thousands of journalists, dissidents and security-minded people around the world, is running out of money to keep his project alive. Werner Koch wrote the software, known as Gnu Privacy Guard, in 1997, and since then has been almost single-handedly keeping it alive with patches and updates from his home in Erkrath, Germany. Now 53, he is running out of money and patience with being underfunded.
I see these things so last minute - always realizing that the object tracking firmware on my scope will need to be updated in order to track.
If only my system was internet updatable directly to the scope. Gotta find my Serial to USB connector
My VW GTI (aka Audi A3) has a "sound box" which makes a delightful little growl when you step on the gas. Coupled with a muffler that puts out a "pummp pummp" sound - it is all cool. VW didn't hide it - it is advertised albeit small print feature. Making my little 0-60 runs and hearing the deep tone change with each tap of the paddle-shifter, it just gives a little twinge of excitement in the lower region of the anatomy.
What is driving a car? I say the experience and exhilaration. Sure some of these features are like spinning wheel-caps - but they add to the fun. Its the feeling.
The performance geeks remove this box ( Y-delete) because it affects throttle response. But for us old people who bomb through the mountain pass with the windows open and Red Barchetta playing from the stereo - I'm after the surreal.
Just as long as it doesn't sound fake
My VW GTI (aka Audi A3) has a "sound box" which makes a delightful little growl when you step on the gas. Coupled with a muffler that puts out a "pummp pummp" sound - it is all cool. VW didn't hide it - it is advertised albeit small print feature. Making my little 0-60 runs and hearing the deep tone change with each tap of the paddle-shifter, it just gives a little twinge of excitement in the lower region of the anatomy.
What is driving a car? I say the experience and exhilaration. Sure some of these features are like spinning wheel-caps - but they do add to the fun.
The performance geeks remove this box ( Y-delete) because it affects throttle response. But for us old people who bomb through the mountain pass with the windows open and Red Barchetta playing from the stereo - I'm after the surreal.
Just as long as it doesn't sound fake
"Ninety percent of baseball is half mental." -- Yogi Berra
