I happen to have something put up to block your view into my bedroom... are you familiar with the concept of curtains or blinds?
So you are advocating doing away with windows as a concept?
Would I be upset if you used some sort of technology (i.e. the night vision) to help you see more than a reasonable person would expect someone to see?
And what would a reasonable person expect to see in a photo of your bedroom or backyard online?
There's quite a difference between going out of your way to photograph something, or semi-randomly from the middle of a public road.
You mean it is OK to photograph everything, but not OK to photograph something? And what do you mean by "going out of my way"? I just happen to have a night vision camera, so it's no trouble at all.
with no attempt made to shield said location from the public view
Let's say your girlfriend's naked ass showering in your bathroom is visible to my naked eye from a public place (at the end of your driveway, where I parked my cherry picker). I just happen to have brought a pair of Celestron SkyMaster zoom binoculars for no particular reason. Perhaps I am an amateur asstronomer.
Common sense says taking a picture from a publically accessable location is fair game.
You'd be surprised how much of your private life can be glimpsed from a public place. Would you get upset if I used a telephoto lens with night vision to film you shagging in your bedroom and posted it online along with your address? Naturally, I would only be filming you from a publicly accessible location. Or will you now expand your "common sense" point of view to include a limitation on equipment and intent?
Who at the bank inspects the underwear ?
It's Switzerland. They do have gnomes, you know.
Really, I think this just highlights something I've said for years: If you don't trust your IT people, they shouldn't be your IT people.
And if you decided to fire them, make sure you terminate their access to your network in a timely manner. Somehow I seriously doubt Ms. Fowler actually "hacked" their systems. It is far more likely that after four days she discovered her remote access account still works and she took full advantage of this.
NSA Director Says the US Must Secure the Internet
As of 10am EST this morning I have completely secured the Internet. The NSA director and my immediate management have been notified. I closed the ticket.
My whole point? We are so caught up in ascribing motives that we can't even argue about the real substance - the legislation itself.
I agree and I blame the comic book industry's irresponsible, apolitical position on the issue. I think more comics should be dedicated to in-depth discussion of new legislation. Who owns the copyright on the character of the Socialistman?
I understand that there are many jobs in IT that seem more attractive than teaching, but surely that goes for maths, or chemistry, or whatever, too.
It doesn't, actually. It is much easier for an "OK" programmer, sysadmin, network admin, etc. working as a teacher in school to find a better paying job in the industry than it is for an "OK" mathematician, chemist, or physicist. Unless you work at the Max Plank Institute for Physics or the Fermilab, chances are most commercial organizations have more IT staff than they do scientists.
You also need to consider what education your teachers received themselves. Physics, math, chemistry have well-established curricula at most colleges. Comp Sci, on the other hand, is still very much work in progress. As every other problem with our education system, low quality of IT education in schools is caused by a combination of factors. I attended school in USSR. I had programming classes and the teacher sucked. In every other respect the school was top-notch. Entry-level teaching positions back in those days paid much better than similar engineering positions.
I think the most important factor is lack of established college programs that teach IT education, as opposed to just IT. Being a brilliant mathematician, for example, doesn't necessarily qualify one as a good math teacher. I consider myself a proficient programmer and sysadmin, but when someone asks me to explain something to them, after a couple of minutes I just want to punch him in the face. So, probably, a teaching career would not be the optimal choice for me.
Hackers of the world, unite!