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"They believe that erosion of purchasing power will be offset by the returns on GDP growth but i don't see any convincing proof anywhere, quite the contrary."

Hey, what about the USA? Or post-USSR Russia? Or Chile? Or Brasil?

"Fake boom based on on nothing more but monetary policy invariably ends"

In the long run we're all dead.

"with a bust and deflation is there to liquidate excess inventories built upon rosy projections of a bubble."

Unless government steps in and replaces reduced demand with government-funded demand to refuel the bubble.

"If you cry a river because of all the poor becoming even poorer in heartless capitalist economies - guess what, they are slowly wiped by the very inflation you propose that eats their rarely updated wages and modest savings. "

Nope. Investments in bonds and stock market tend to grow faster than the economy. And as I've said, if you have a deflation then you won't really have much savings in the first place. Look at Japan, it had a near-zero inflation with several dips into deflation for a decade. Total savings have actually decreased in that period: http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_vhPkPUN2aT8/S1dxroArbYI/AAAAAAAABZk/EkSyucPxnQk/s1600-h/savings+rate+households.JPG , see here for the paper: http://www.nber.org/papers/w15601 - it's not actually that bad, dis-savings are compensated by the shifted structure of savings, but it's still not good - there's no significant growth.

"You seriously think that politicians can control the economy? Everything would be better if they couldn't. Name one successful man-made intervention in natural ecosystem that didn't bite in the ass with tons of unpleasant unintended consequences."

You're changing topics. I can name A LOT of successful interventions into economy which resulted in good well-being for at least a generation. That's because economy is not a natural phenomenon, it certainly can be influenced (which you do admit by citing bad consequences - they are results of actions).

Not a question, but I thought I'd point to this explanation as a good introduction, not so much to Bitcoin, but to the cryptographic background you need to even make sense of how something like Bitcoin can work in the first place. (Wikipedia is a way too verbose and doesn't answer a lot of what's on people's minds.)

Remember, people are uneasy about using something without a decent level of understanding about it, and it's hard enough for the average person to understand public key cryptography -- so you first have to accomplish that herculean task as a substep in explaining the specifics of bitcoin.

According to this person, nothing in BitCoin is encrypted.

many sites have location-aware store finders, etc. You can do a location aware serach for "museum brochure" and probably get the same result.

I smell apple marketing something that is already being done as somehow being their "new innovation"

It wasn't obvious to me at all for years... and then it just hit me, and now I can't hear it any other way: a child's introduction to the OT god (Blue Canary/B.C./electricity/lighting bolts). I was skeptical at first, figured I was projecting, because I thought TMBG, like most Jews, were atheists. After realizing that it might be the best interpretation (and I am really not all that religious), I went looking around and found a number of posts online that had at least pieces of what I interpreted.

Here is an over the top analysis, very TMBGish.
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Granted, John Linnell has said:

I mean, for example, "Birdhouse In Your Soul" is a song about a nightlight. That's it. It's written from the perspective of a nightlight serenading the occupant of its room. The thing is, there are so many syllables in the songs that we have to come up with something to fill the spaces. So it ends up being kind of Gilbert and Sullivany.

But what does he know? Like many artists, he's just a conduit. Often what is said goes far beyond who said what. Then again, the lyrics are so... contrived, not in a bad way, but the way many of TMBG songs seem to be constructed of pure (sometimes twisted) logic, musical mathematics, I really think he's simply avoiding controversy (because that's the way he seems to roll... either its fun or gtfo).

It wasn't obvious to me at all for years... and then it just hit me, and now I can't hear it any other way: a child's introduction to the OT god (Blue Canary/B.C./electricity/lighting bolts). I was skeptical at first, figured I was projecting, because I thought TMBG, like most Jews, were atheists. After realizing that it might be the best interpretation (and I am really not all that religious), I went looking around and found a number of posts online that had at least pieces of what I interpreted.

Here is an over the top analysis, very TMBGish.
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Granted, John Linnell has said:

I mean, for example, "Birdhouse In Your Soul" is a song about a nightlight. That's it. It's written from the perspective of a nightlight serenading the occupant of its room. The thing is, there are so many syllables in the songs that we have to come up with something to fill the spaces. So it ends up being kind of Gilbert and Sullivany.

But what does he know? Like many artists, he's just a conduit. Often what is said goes far beyond who said what. Then again, the lyrics are so... contrived, not in a bad way, but the way many of TMBG songs seem to be constructed of pure (sometimes twisted) logic, musical mathematics, I really think he's simply avoiding controversy (because that's the way he seems to roll... either its fun or gtfo).

I am not exactly sure what he thinks the safesearch option is for.

googling for it, the right solution turned up after 1 minute:

http://www.corenetworkz.com/2010/12/enable-google-safesearch-for-firerfox.html

Its called locking and was discussed in the google blog.

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/locking-safesearch.html

(And yes, your child will circumvent it at some point, and if its that far also a "google kids" domain wouldnt help - google cant fix the whole internet)

I don't know... that's not exactly the body type I'd picture pushing the Wheel of Pain...

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_c4lzk84-Q5U/S_MZB0_tV2I/AAAAAAAAASM/dM18eyQS5kw/s1600/wheel_of_pain.jpg

In Rainbows End the Army rains down networking nodes on a site that they want to control. I have been talking about doing this as a 501c. Make off the shelf Meraki style nodes with a mix and match of bands. E.g. 900mHz backbone and 802.11b/g with every 10th or so with a satellite uplink. Make them cheap enough to carpet bomb out of a b52. Give them a solar panel or a easy connect to a car battery or a 110/220. When ever someone tries to "turn off the internet" just drop a new one. The peer to peer cell phone also has a hand in this a Motorola f4 style phone or even a Belkin Skype phone could be dropped at the same time. TerraNet was already covered on /. http://snapvoip.blogspot.com/2007/09/peer-to-peer-mobile-phones-by-terranet.html

Did you know that eating dirt is good for kids? Did you know that years of scrubbing hospitals of every bacteria has made them an incubator for resistent staph? It is not the occasional exposure to internet filth that alarms me as a parent. What would bother me would be my kid focusing on it and consuming it in unhealthy quantities. Building a filter to stop all exposure is lazy parenting. What you want is a relationship such that your kids, when they happen on something, talk to you about it rather than hiding it (also called "teaching to the moment"). Our society is constantly assuming that harms from overexposure demonstrate or indicate that zero exposure should be the norm.

Access to porn correlates with lower rates of sexual violence. And this study at a Taiwanese hospital turned up strong evidence that gamma rays (from radioactive rebar inadvertently used in the concrete walls of the hospital) reduced the level of cancer dramatically. http://stan-heretic.blogspot.com/2010/05/gamma-radiation-protects-against-cancer.html "A mom's job is to make sure the kids don't get hurt, the dad's job is to make sure they don't get killed." ETC.

Actually, listening *all* iOS devices versus *all* Android devices defeats the point of pointing out that there are more Android devices than iPhones. There are more iOS devices than Android devices.

Basically, in the last year and a half, the only thing Android OEMs have done is just crap out more phones and Google hasn't been doing much on the OS side(In fact, some people are perpetually stuck on old versions of the OS software).

what about this?

This is worldwide share of phones and iPod Touch/iPad devices aren't included.

RIM's playbook is a goddamned joke. It hasn't sold well and they're losing market share every quarter.

You misspelled "alot".

I was under the impression that there were statutes that said so explicitly. But I didn't find any with a quick search.

Rather, what I am referring to may just be based on judicial procedure, and a (common) misinterpretation of it. It's so common, in fact, that I've been taught this by two different lawyers, and never really had any reason to doubt it. Basically, it is the rule that certain "questions of fact" are "for a jury to decide". This leads prosecutors (and even police) to mistakenly believe that their duty is just to collect evidence and pass it along to an eventual jury, instead of using any type of discretion. In actuality, of course, this rule only exists due to abuses like those of "Hanging Judge" Isaac C. Parker, who had a habit of denying defendants the right to a jury trial. The defendant has the right to have a jury decide the question, but it's not an absolute requirement like many apparently believe.

This is a good example:
http://justicebuilding.blogspot.com/2007/06/self-defense-and-prosecutors.html

"The truth hurt me in this case," said Williams, who expressed no surprise at the verdict.

"They were bringing a lot of violence to this defendant. It's tough to put yourself in that guy's shoes and say he didn't act appropriately. It's really tough."

Ultimately, Williams said, the self-defense issue was one for the community, not prosecutors, to determine.

This is bad news. It means the media will no longer pay attention to this DOD mismanagement. The more people pay attention to fraud the less often it will take place. For other examples of fraud in the DOD see here: http://natsecurityeb.blogspot.com/2010/10/top-secret-america.html

Sorry, the summary and title is just plain incorrect. This announcement has nothing to do with the Higgs.

A few months ago, CDF claimed that they detected a new particle which could not be the higgs, but was speculated to be a new particle. As explained here, it wasn't possible for the new particle to be the Higgs.

Today DZERO announced that they did not see any signal where CDF claimed to see one. So one of the two projects has an error in their analysis.

More info orig, new announcement, DZERO refutes, another source, even another source

You know sometimes they call that insanity.

No, "they" don't. Albert Einstein never did. Only AA (and maybe Rita Mae Brown, though I think she used it after AA did) makes that claim, and AA is idiotic and full of shit. (http://www.hulu.com/watch/207926/family-guy-friends-of-peter-g :) http://rationallyspeaking.blogspot.com/2006/07/alcoholics-anonymous-doesnt-work.html ) http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein

In case you weren't joking, (and for those who don't know,) they do, and they've been doing it for a while.

Any chance that this post was backdated? You know, post scheduling...

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I am already working for "software" patent reform. I live in Minnesota, and this morning I visited with Senator Franken's office, discussing "software" patent reform. Sen. Franken is also the Chair of the Senate Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology and the Law, so this is a topic he's paying attention to.

The America Invents Act is already in progress, so the reality is that Congress won't have the appetite to pick up the patent topic again in the next few years. So I'm afraid that the window has closed to get a law to enact "software" patent reform. Temporarily, anyway. This is unfortunate, since AIA doesn't really address any issues related to "software" patents or patent trolls.

However, it is possible to have a procedural change made with the USPTO. So I'm working that angle now.

To do that, we need to build popular support, enough voices that the Subcommittee will hear. As cheesy as it sounds, that means we need your help to contact your Senator's office and voice your opinion. Seriously, call their office, write them a letter (handwritten carries the most impact, but typed will do), or visit them in their office. Ask your Senator to push for "software" patent reform. Have some examples of "software" patents handy, and feel free to make a suggestion for how to fix the system. I think the citizen review method is a workable option. I've been discussing this topic with Sen. Franken's office for a while now, so if you don't have a particular suggestion to offer, ask your Senator to see what Sen. Franken is up to. I'm not kidding, they do listen to that. You can reference Katie Topinka, in Sen. Franken's Minnesota office, as the staffer who's closest to this. I'm working with her on this (and hopefully she won't mind me mentioning her name.)

If you live in Minnesota, New York, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Oklahoma, Utah, or South Carolina, note that your Senator is already on the Subcommittee for Privacy, Technology and the Law. This is a topic they will listen to.

The best advice I have heard in politics is that it's your politician's job to listen to you and to take that back to Washington to get it done. I'm lucky that my Senator actually does this. That's why if you don't feel your Senator will listen to you on "software" patent reform, you need to send them to Sen. Franken, because he will work on this. And Senators do talk to one another, even across the aisle.

I am already working for "software" patent reform. I live in Minnesota, and this morning I visited with Senator Franken's office, discussing "software" patent reform. Sen. Franken is also the Chair of the Senate Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology and the Law, so this is a topic he's paying attention to.

The America Invents Act is already in progress, so the reality is that Congress won't have the appetite to pick up the patent topic again in the next few years. So I'm afraid that the window has closed to get a law to enact "software" patent reform. Temporarily, anyway. This is unfortunate, since AIA doesn't really address any issues related to "software" patents or patent trolls.

However, it is possible to have a procedural change made with the USPTO. So I'm working that angle now.

To do that, we need to build popular support, enough voices that the Subcommittee will hear. As cheesy as it sounds, that means we need your help to contact your Senator's office and voice your opinion. Seriously, call their office, write them a letter (handwritten carries the most impact, but typed will do), or visit them in their office. Ask your Senator to push for "software" patent reform. Have some examples of "software" patents handy, and feel free to make a suggestion for how to fix the system. I think the citizen review method is a workable option. I've been discussing this topic with Sen. Franken's office for a while now, so if you don't have a particular suggestion to offer, ask your Senator to see what Sen. Franken is up to. I'm not kidding, they do listen to that. You can reference Katie Topinka, in Sen. Franken's Minnesota office, as the staffer who's closest to this. I'm working with her on this (and hopefully she won't mind me mentioning her name.)

If you live in Minnesota, New York, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Oklahoma, Utah, or South Carolina, note that your Senator is already on the Subcommittee for Privacy, Technology and the Law. This is a topic they will listen to.

The best advice I have heard in politics is that it's your politician's job to listen to you and to take that back to Washington to get it done. I'm lucky that my Senator actually does this. That's why if you don't feel your Senator will listen to you on "software" patent reform, you need to send them to Sen. Franken, because he will work on this. And Senators do talk to one another, even across the aisle.

That's not what he is talking about. Findings of a jury or of a judge trial is not whether someone is innocent, but whether they are guilty or not guilty of the charges. There is a difference.

You have about 9 seconds until that's no longer true. Bitcoin is money. You don't have a right to create your own money. Once the feds decide in-game* money is interfering with IRL money, they will ban and/or regulate it, then tax it**.

* - I'd say "online" but most cash is now electronic and therefore online.

** - before anyone goes there: it's a myth that barter is not taxable. any profit on barter constitutes taxable income. that dude that traded-up from a paper-clip to a house could have ended up owing tens of $K in aggregate. valuation on barter is fluffy, but any sale where IRL cash is involved, or published estimate of IRL cash value, determines value as far as the IRS is concerned, even for things with 0 intrinsic value, like art or Tarnished Bastard Swords.

The future of the Microsoft GUI is not with Windows but with SharePoint. SharePoint is now the true Heart of Microsoft while providing the richest developer experience for any sort of cleint GUI development. Please take the time to look at the SharePoint client object model this allows for development in Javascript, Silverlight or .NET for any real world client. SharePoint, apart from being the best server side backend available - fullstop Sharepoint leader in ECM Magic quadrant - a blog, This is about the only technology stack anyone scared about their career should be considering. And it is also the most sucessfully technology Microsoft has ever invested in, even back in 2008 with the previous version of SharePoint Bill Gates Says fastest growing software in Microsofts History Its sad to say, most Slashdot readers are NOT aware of this, and still caught up in the old ways of the world

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India:
http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/inf53.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_policy_of_India

China:
http://world-nuclear.org/info/inf63.html
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-05/26/content_12580470.htm

China is starting to suffer brownouts due to policy to limit coal. China is using 50% of world coal production.

http://www.worldcoal.org/resources/coal-statistics/
http://www.eia.gov/oiaf/ieo/world.html

I will disagree with EIA about coal in China. There is currently a new policy that says no more new coal power plants unless they replace old coal plants. New coal plants have to be more efficient too (eg. combined cycle, or coal gassification). China will also run out of its coal reserves within 30 years at current extraction rates.

China cannot grow coal because lack of the resource - they are become one of the largest importers of coal. This is expecting to cause brownouts this summer,

http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2011/05/energy-shortages-spreading-rationing-in.html

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/30/us-china-power-price-idUSTRE74T1TG20110530

http://www.cnbc.com/id/43219200

I ask not to argue, but to have something to slap in the faces of all the treehuggers...

You can say I am a treehugger - a nuclear treehugger ;) I view fossil based energy sources as vastly more damaging than nuclear. I would prefer that fusion be available, but alas, you have to do with what you have. Renewables are OK but there is a problem when you have 8 billion people and each one wants to have their energy (transport, heat, air conditioning, food, etc).

Energy independence is paramount and if nuclear is the only option for base-load non-CO2 emitting energy source, then I have no choice but welcome nuclear.

Frankly, I don't know what the "green" crowd (anti-everything crowd these days - can't call them rational anymore) wants. In Germany now they are protesting that they don't want the power lines to move power from north to south because they look ugly.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-13257804
http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,757658,00.html

http://mdsolar.blogspot.com/ is fairly revealing.

Did you trade things as a kid? Baseball cards? Stickers? How about trading up your current BlackBerry smartphone for a newer model? For a limited time,we’re giving you the chance to trade up to a new BlackBerry and get up to $120 back for your old one. http://spicenewz.blogspot.com/2011/06/trade-upto-new-blackberry-experience.html

"I guess you heard that Florian Mueller is at it again. He made strong claims of a smoking gun regarding alleged copyright infringement of Oracle files by Google. Well, in the cold light of day, some of the media who printed it without fact checking are now awakening to the news that the news wasn't as reliable or unchallengeable as they assumed". link

"The actual damages Oracle is demanding are unclear, since many portions of the latest five-page document are blacked out of view in the publicly available version filed Monday in federal court".

"After years of pretending to be a friend of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS), IBM now shows its true colors. IBM breaks the number one taboo of the FOSS community and shamelessly uses its patents against a well-respected FOSS project, the Hercules mainframe emulator", Florian Mueller

"IBM has no intention of asserting its patent portfolio against the Linux kernel, unless of course we are forced to defend ourselves", IBM

Here's an EASIER trick, with a FREE "Tool" you already own, that's only a single text file filter for your IP stack: A custom HOSTS file, that yields the same results!

(I think it'd be interesting to see this service, COMBINED w/ what I am about to speak of in custom HOSTS files usage, and benefits to the end-user).

"According to the article, the speed boost comes from two things" - by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 08, @12:42AM (#36371418)

The gains HOSTS files offer in both speed, & security, are twofold:

---

FOR ADDED SPEED:

1.) Blocks out adbanners & the lag they introduce into webpage loads/downloads for consumption

2.) Hardcoding in your favorite website (to avoid DNS roundtrip lookup & result return time)

---

FOR ADDED SECURITY:

1.) Blocks out KNOWN malicious sites/servers/hosts-domain names

2.) Protection vs. DNS issues (such as the "Kaminsky flaw", or downed/compromised DNS servers that have been "redirect poisoned")

---

They work, they're free, and you can obtain one easily!

(OR, just combine ALL of the ones listed in my 'p.s.' below, & a db import of the file using a SELECT DISTINCT query can do it for example, as a way, or mvps.org offers a tool called HOSTSMAN that does it also (there are others like it as well, I designed one, & so have others)).

You already can do this yourself since any OS that uses a BSD derived IP stack already has one (even ANDROID phones), easily, & populate the custom HOSTS file yourself from the sources noted above!

(I consolidate them all into a single de-duplicated/normalized version, that which currently blocks out 1,429,303++ KNOWN bad sites/servers/hosts-domains, AND, speeds me up VERY noticeably (via blocking out adbanners, a possible threat for years now in malicious code in them & a bandwidth + speed hog OR, by 'hardcoding in' my favorite sites (to bypass DNS lookup & return roundtrip time) also))

APK

P.S.=> Here are some reputable, & reliable sources for said HOSTS file security data (as well as prebuilt HOSTS files for instant download & usage on your parts):

http://safeweb.norton.com/buzz

http://doc.emergingthreats.net/bin/view/Main/HoneywallSamples

http://securehomenetwork.blogspot.com/search?updated-min=2011-01-01T00%3A00%3A00-05%3A00&updated-max=2012-01-01T00%3A00%3A00-05%3A00&max-results=12

http://www.malwaredomainlist.com/hostslist/hosts.txt

http://www.malwaredomains.com/

http://hosts-file.net/?s=Download

http://www.malware.com.br/lists.shtml

http://www.malware.com.br/lists.shtml

https://spyeyetracker.abuse.ch/monitor.php

https://zeustracker.abuse.ch/monitor.php?filter=online

http://www.malwareurl.com/

http://someonewhocares.org/hosts/

http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm

... apk

Here's an EASIER trick, with a FREE "Tool" you already own, that's only a single text file filter for your IP stack: A custom HOSTS file!

"They offer a security product for websites, and in the process of designing it so that it didn't add much latency, they inadvertently made it into a CDN that speeds things up. There. Now we all know what the trick is." - by Anubis IV (1279820) on Wednesday June 08, @12:56AM (#36371492)

The gains it offers in both speed, & security, are twofold:

---

FOR ADDED SPEED:

1.) Blocks out adbanners & the lag they introduce into webpage loads/downloads for consumption

2.) Hardcoding in your favorite website (to avoid DNS roundtrip lookup & result return time)

---

FOR ADDED SECURITY:

1.) Blocks out KNOWN malicious sites/servers/hosts-domain names

2.) Protection vs. DNS issues (such as the "Kaminsky flaw", or downed/compromised DNS servers that have been "redirect poisoned")

---

They work, they're free, and you can obtain one (or combine ALL of these, a db import of the file using a SELECT DISTINCT query can do it for example, as a way, or mvps.org offers a tool called HOSTSMAN that does it also (there are others like it as well, I designed one, & so have others)).

You already can do this yourself since any OS that uses a BSD derived IP stack already has one (even ANDROID phones), easily, & populate the custom HOSTS file yourself from the sources noted above!

(I consolidate them all into a single de-duplicated/normalized version, that which currently blocks out 1,429,303++ KNOWN bad sites/servers/hosts-domains, AND, speeds me up VERY noticeably (via blocking out adbanners, a possible threat for years now in malicious code in them & a bandwidth + speed hog OR, by 'hardcoding in' my favorite sites (to bypass DNS lookup & return roundtrip time) also))

APK

P.S.=> Here are some reputable, & reliable sources for said HOSTS file security data (as well as prebuilt HOSTS files for instant download & usage on your parts):

http://safeweb.norton.com/buzz

http://doc.emergingthreats.net/bin/view/Main/HoneywallSamples

http://securehomenetwork.blogspot.com/search?updated-min=2011-01-01T00%3A00%3A00-05%3A00&updated-max=2012-01-01T00%3A00%3A00-05%3A00&max-results=12

http://www.malwaredomainlist.com/hostslist/hosts.txt

http://www.malwaredomains.com/

http://hosts-file.net/?s=Download

http://www.malware.com.br/lists.shtml

http://www.malware.com.br/lists.shtml

https://spyeyetracker.abuse.ch/monitor.php

https://zeustracker.abuse.ch/monitor.php?filter=online

http://www.malwareurl.com/

http://someonewhocares.org/hosts/

http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm

... apk

X Men first class hits the box office.... http://spicenewz.blogspot.com/2011/06/x-men-first-class-2011-review.html

MUst watch its disgusting http://spicenewz.blogspot.com/2011/06/video-justin-timberlake-mila-kunis.html

It's also understandable why US tried to fight for copyrights so much - that's basically the only thing they produce now.

Although I share your worry that the US will become an IP-based economy, there's still a long way to go before that happens.

Manufacturing and trade still dwarf other the information and entertainment sectors:
http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/IBQTable?_bm=y&-filter=&-sortkey2=&-defOrder=N&-sortkey1=&-ds_name=EC0700A1&-sortkey0=-RCPTOT&-NAICS2007=00|21|22|23|31-33|42|44-45|48-49|51|52|53|54|55|56|61|62|71|72|81&-ib_type=NAICS2007&NAICS2007sector=*2&-geo_id=01000US&-dataitem=RCPTOT|GEO_ID$|NAICS2007|NAICS2007$|OPTAX$|FOOTID|ESTAB|PAYANN|EMP|NESTAB|NRCPTOT&-_lang=en
(Sorry link got FUBAR, paste it manually if you want to see it.)

The US also remains the world's largest manufacturer:
http://mjperry.blogspot.com/2009/10/us-still-worlds-largest-manufacturer.html
(Sorry to have to link to a blog, but the reference in the post is a dead link.)

Exactly, it is a feature of email. I've suggest adopting slow email; eventually people will expect to get a well thought out reply from you within 24 or 48 hours --- http://notes-from-a-sticky-wicket.blogspot.com/2008/03/my-slow-email-movement.html

I think we've all seen this before.... ... regulate the webs -- protect the children! ... don't buy this -- it helps terrorist (as he drives off in SUV from GE). ... but it will be used for the drug trade!

You know what ELSE is used for the drug trade? US Banks. http://prairiepundit.blogspot.com/2011/04/wachovia-accused-of-laundering-drug.html

No one actually got sent to prison with $450 Billion in transactions "unaccounted for." So, I'm guessing that something this large is part of the infrastructure. There wasn't some "dip" in drug laundering after Wachovia was caught was there? So maybe some hands got slapped, a corporate merger was made, and the next, better "connected" banker fills in the gap, making sure that the right politicians get donations next time.

But, BitCoin is EVIL! Because it doesn't use the banks,... because to do otherwise would, I don't know, level trade and keep us from economic imbalances?

To me, most of the Drug Enforcement and Judicial activities more and more look like the "real players" keeping down the "start ups" and we are supposed to usher in new and powerful laws so that THEY can keep down on the Competition. If we actually wanted to STOP drugs, maybe we'd revisit what the BCCI was doing with Dubai Banks, and the CIA -- or maybe we'd pay attention to articles that show that Blackwater Mercenaries were caught red-handed trading drugs with the Taliban by US forces -- you know, same, old, same old.

Read Google's blog post here:
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/06/ensuring-your-information-is-safe.html

Nowhere do they point fingers at the Chinese government. They merely pointed out source of the attack was based in a certain Chinese city. It is the Chinese who interpreted that as pointing at the Chinese govt. Why would the Chinese do that unless they are aware of the attack being carried out by their army/govt. They could've just said they will investigate further the origin and trace the attackers. No, instead they went into this defensive spin. Shows the Chinese govt is guilty (al though Google didn't accuse them).

#Lame #Fail.

Syria was off the Net for 28 hours. Did they disconnect because of world wide revulsion at the YouTube video showing the tortured and mutilated body of 13-year old Hamza Ali al-Khateeb? Did they reconnect because they realized that it was a futile effort? Was it the cost to the economy, the "dictator's dilemma?" See http://cis471.blogspot.com/2011/06/net-is-back-up-in-syria-why-did-they.html for discussion.

http://daviddfriedman.blogspot.com/2011/06/looking-for-honest-man-palinrevere-flap.html

I think Chromebook & ChromeOS can work, but only for a specific subset of people. A web-only netbook is interesting to me, and while I didn't make it into the Cr-48 pilot, I looked into how to build one on my own based on what I saw in Chromebook & ChromeOS. Having actually built such a thing (Note: it's easier with Firefox and Openbox, than with Chrome) I can talk a little about a web-only netbook.

If all you need to do is access email, browse the web, maybe write some short docs and manage a few household spreadsheets, a "Chromebook" is perfect. My wife is one of those people. She's been using Linux since about 1999, and she honestly doesn't care what's loaded on Linux. She uses her laptop to check news sites, YouTube, Facebook, and Gmail. My wife's laptop lives on the web - when she boots, she's immediately online, does her stuff. She has a few "Word" docs, but they are simple documents that could easily be managed in Google Docs. She doesn't even manage photos from her camera - she may dump a copy to her laptop, but then they're posted up on Flickr or into Facebook.

I see the rest of her family, and most of my family, to be the same class of user. Lots of web browsing, Facebook, Gmail - and a few photos, and simple documents (Christmas letters, lists of what's in the attic, etc.) I don't see a lot of people around me using Thunderbird or MacMail anymore; most have moved to Gmail. So these people are already the target audience for Chromebook.

For myself, I do a lot more than what a web-only netbook can do. Yes, I use Facebook and Gmail. But I also manage a small music collection that I take with me (Rhythmbox) so I have something to listen to in the office. I write code in my off-hours. I manage & retouch photos (Shotwell & Gimp) and post only a few. So I'm not the target audience of Chromebook.

But I also recognize that I'm in the minority. Most of slashdot is in the minority. Most people do not need that much from a laptop. That's why netbooks sold so well. That's why people really like the iPad.

My biggest concern for Google is that the netbook is no longer a "cool" item. It's all tablet computing now. When's the last time you heard a friend or someone in the office say "I want a netbook?" When's the last time you saw a netbook? A guy in our office has one, that he brings to meetings sometimes. And how many people say "I want an iPad" or who already have an iPad? I see lots of them at my office, and about half my friends have one. Will people actually buy a Chromebook today?

Sorta related

No one was run over by tanks.

Then what about this image(warning: EXTREMELY gory)?

***WARNING* Extremely graphic video below.

You know, I understand that people die in war. It's a fact of life. Poor guys, I hope it was quick. As for these SOBs that kill their own civilians and smile and laugh about it. That shit right there makes me angry. I sure as hell hope this particular group gets waxed in a hurry!

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2011/06/gruesome-video-of-syrian-soldiers.html

Sorry, people WERE crushed by tanks outside (if not in) Tienanmen square.

http://incredibleimages4u.blogspot.com/2010/03/june-4-1989-china-tiananmen-square-day.html

Sorry for the spammy site, I couldn't find the original link but the color pictures between the burning APC and the man throwing the bottle at an intact APC were taken by a coworker's father during the events of April, May, and June of 1989 and include a graphic photograph of someone's remains which have been crushed by a tank.

(4 digit UI, posting anon as I don't have my coworker's permission and I don't care about karma - but I can't let this falsehood by.)

Yeah, Tank Man:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tank_Man

Though it appears that at least some folks went by way of tank track (graphic):
http://pbh2.blogspot.com/2009/06/tiananmen-square-massacre-in-pictures.html

you don't point out that there is a hell of a lot of money sloshing around in all this, I doubt that these peoples motives are as pure, they are not just worried about 'national security.' Fraud in defense contracting is extremely common. See Boeing tanker contract fraud, BAE systems Bribery and the primary contractor for trailblazer, SAIC, has had previous fraud prosecutions for the FBI information system they worked on and the New York citytime contract: http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20110527/FREE/110529884 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/17/AR2006081701485.html http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/16/business/16tanker.html?_r=2 http://www.politico.com/blogs/laurarozen/0210/US_settles_with_BAE_in_Saudi_bribery_case.html This kind of activity is very common in the defense department and more generally in corporate america, see the massive amount of fraud that at least partially caused the 2007-2008 financial crisis. The U.S. needs to attack white collar crime much more vigorously. http://natsecurityeb.blogspot.com/2010/10/top-secret-america.html http://natsecurityeb.blogspot.com/2010/10/13-bankers-vrs-brooksley-born.html

you don't point out that there is a hell of a lot of money sloshing around in all this, I doubt that these peoples motives are as pure, they are not just worried about 'national security.' Fraud in defense contracting is extremely common. See Boeing tanker contract fraud, BAE systems Bribery and the primary contractor for trailblazer, SAIC, has had previous fraud prosecutions for the FBI information system they worked on and the New York citytime contract: http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20110527/FREE/110529884 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/17/AR2006081701485.html http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/16/business/16tanker.html?_r=2 http://www.politico.com/blogs/laurarozen/0210/US_settles_with_BAE_in_Saudi_bribery_case.html This kind of activity is very common in the defense department and more generally in corporate america, see the massive amount of fraud that at least partially caused the 2007-2008 financial crisis. The U.S. needs to attack white collar crime much more vigorously. http://natsecurityeb.blogspot.com/2010/10/top-secret-america.html http://natsecurityeb.blogspot.com/2010/10/13-bankers-vrs-brooksley-born.html

There is a hell of a lot of money sloshing around in all this, I doubt that these peoples motives are as pure as you present them, they are not just worried about 'national security.' Fraud in defense contracting is extremely common. See Boeing tanker contract fraud, BAE systems Bribery and the primary contractor for trailblazer, SAIC, has had previous fraud prosecutions for the FBI information system they worked on and the New York citytime contract: http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20110527/FREE/110529884 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/17/AR2006081701485.html http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/16/business/16tanker.html?_r=2 http://www.politico.com/blogs/laurarozen/0210/US_settles_with_BAE_in_Saudi_bribery_case.html This kind of activity is very common in the defense department and more generally in corporate america, see the massive amount of fraud that at least partially caused the 2007-2008 financial crisis. The U.S. needs to attack white collar crime much more vigorously. http://natsecurityeb.blogspot.com/2010/10/top-secret-america.html http://natsecurityeb.blogspot.com/2010/10/13-bankers-vrs-brooksley-born.html

There is a hell of a lot of money sloshing around in all this, I doubt that these peoples motives are as pure as you present them, they are not just worried about 'national security.' Fraud in defense contracting is extremely common. See Boeing tanker contract fraud, BAE systems Bribery and the primary contractor for trailblazer, SAIC, has had previous fraud prosecutions for the FBI information system they worked on and the New York citytime contract: http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20110527/FREE/110529884 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/17/AR2006081701485.html http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/16/business/16tanker.html?_r=2 http://www.politico.com/blogs/laurarozen/0210/US_settles_with_BAE_in_Saudi_bribery_case.html This kind of activity is very common in the defense department and more generally in corporate america, see the massive amount of fraud that at least partially caused the 2007-2008 financial crisis. The U.S. needs to attack white collar crime much more vigorously. http://natsecurityeb.blogspot.com/2010/10/top-secret-america.html http://natsecurityeb.blogspot.com/2010/10/13-bankers-vrs-brooksley-born.html

Men with no oversight are doing what they will in the name of national security because they've convinced themselves that they can't permit 9/11 to reoccur, and that it was their fault. They've driven themselves mad, falling into the mentality of "those who prefer security to freedom." It's not that they're innately cruel tyrants, or sadists, it's that they're paranoid and guilt-wracked—a horribly dangerous combination when you add on the "defend the collective" mentality that causes police officers to protect each other when corruption charges manifest.

you don't point out that there is a hell of a lot of money sloshing around in all this, I doubt that these peoples motives are as pure as you present them, they are not just worried about 'national security.' Fraud in defense contracting is extremely common. See Boeing tanker contract fraud, BAE systems Bribery and the primary contractor for trailblazer, SAIC, has had previous fraud prosecutions for the FBI information system they worked on and the New York citytime contract: http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20110527/FREE/110529884 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/17/AR2006081701485.html http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/16/business/16tanker.html?_r=2 http://www.politico.com/blogs/laurarozen/0210/US_settles_with_BAE_in_Saudi_bribery_case.html This kind of activity is very common in the defense department and more generally in corporate america, see the massive amount of fraud that at least partially caused the 2007-2008 financial crisis. The U.S. needs to attack white collar crime much more vigorously. http://natsecurityeb.blogspot.com/2010/10/top-secret-america.html http://natsecurityeb.blogspot.com/2010/10/13-bankers-vrs-brooksley-born.html