I'm not surprised, sad to say - people can be very unscrupulous - but how do you prevent this? Under *NIX, you can separate a lot of your data from the OS. But under Windows, with its registry, it's a little more difficult.
If I couldn't fix it myself, I'd at least put in a blank drive before I took it in to a repair center.
Are you factoring in the culture in this case? Honor means a lot to Asians. For them, failure of this magnitude may have only one acceptable response: seppuku, or the equivalent for the locale. It may seem a little drastic for Americans - is a product or company worth that much? - but we're obviously, and thankfully, not the model for every society.
In contrast, would you say the Republicans were at all concerned about whether our environment would be livable not only today, but in the future, as well? Did they consider long-term sustainable growth over short-term profit? Even if it meant less money for their corporate buddies?
I asked a similar question back before the US elections, just in case Bush, er, McCain won. Someone suggested Costa Rica. Apparently, they're "America-lite." They have similar institutions - three branches of govt - but just not as useless, I guess. Land is supposed to be cheap. It has coastlines on both oceans. I don't know about immigration laws, but it shouldn't be hard to look up.
I don't live there anymore, but, after Seattle, it was my favorite residence. Obviously, these jokers are basing their analysis on unflattering pictures, rather than driving through these towns. Just about everywhere you look as you drive on I-90, or 480, through Cleveland from one side to another, they're building. I'm including the suburbs because - and it's one of the great things about the area - getting around takes just a few minutes. The insurance company Progressive is huge in the area. I like my job in NYC, now, but I'd go back to Cleveland if I found something comparable.
At the same time, you can't deny that Joe American would be more likely to stick his nose into matters involving Iran - historically, we, as a country, certainly _have_ - than Zimbabwe simply because of the fact that, if we don't, it means more for us at the pump. Zimbabwe - not so much.
And, if We, the People, don't chastise our government for doing the wrong thing at the wrong time, or allow our elected officials to remain in office after knowingly doing wrong, aren't we just as bad? If we were subjects of a ruthless dictator, then, yeah, I could see where we'd have some room to talk. But as "owners" of our government, it falls on us correct the wrongs of our elected machinery, when necessary.
I think standing on the sidelines is the prudent approach, in this case, but we, as a country, are certainly deserving of being called hypocrites. "Iraqi War" ring a bell? Whatever happened to that "yellowcake" that Saddam supposedly had? Or his involvement in 9/11?
I get your point: if they're filming public space, it's not really "Big Brother."
But since when do strategically placed cameras replace "supervision"? How are you, as a parent, going to prevent Johnny from doing something potentially dangerous if you're three blocks away? How are you going to provide first aid when the kid gets hurt, or keep Bad Guys from running off with him? The surveillance might be useful "after the fact," but it's in no way a substitute for hands-on parenting.
Are you sure about that? Given how western mass media was totally absent - except McClatchy - during Bush's reign, willingly becoming "force message multipliers," and puppets of the Pentagon during the run-up to the Iraqi War, I'd think long and hard about that. It wasn't until the shit had hit the fan and had been spread pretty thin across the landscape that we started to get an inkling of what actually happened. Where are the headlines on those newspapers that previously called for "War!" calling for "accountability" for those war crimes that Bush & Co. committed? Many of the Republican / neocon mouthpieces cheering from the sidelines and eventually proven wrong are still given prominent slots on Fox News, The Washington Post, etc. If US mainstream media is the "best there is," Flying Spaghetti Monster help us all!
Maybe so, but in the meantime, in entertaining their pique, they're not doing their jobs. If this guy is dangerous, deal with him and remove the danger for the rest of us. If they're just being pricks, they're taking time away from their real job: finding and preventing bad guys from getting on a plane.
> After the government watches every single aspect of what we do with our electronic communications, what next?
Oh, that's easy, and I'm surprised at you: why, they'll lock us all in our own jail cells, "for our own good." Now, that might not be the _next_ step, but that's the ultimate goal.
It's for the good of the country, you know. And if you don't support this type of legislation, you must be some sort of "pedophile, terrorist or gangster."
When this gets bounced out of court as un-Constitutional, I hope the city fires their attorney, Greg Sullivan. It's one thing for a clueless HR person to come up with BS like this, but it's the job of people like Sullivan to review it for legality issues. This guy is clearly not up to the job if he allowed this to pass.
And, really, if I give them no information at all, how are they going to prove it? "Anyone not here, please raise your hand."
Our documentation is not nearly as bad as the OP's, but when I considered an approach to wrangling this mess into a usable state, Wiki was the first thing that came to mind. Wikipedia seems to work pretty well, and supports thousands of users all over the place. Couldn't be _that_ bad, could it?
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Finally, a thread right up my own alley...
Or is it the other way around, and that the worst jocks tend to fall into that stereotype?
I'm not surprised, sad to say - people can be very unscrupulous - but how do you prevent this? Under *NIX, you can separate a lot of your data from the OS. But under Windows, with its registry, it's a little more difficult.
If I couldn't fix it myself, I'd at least put in a blank drive before I took it in to a repair center.
Are you factoring in the culture in this case? Honor means a lot to Asians. For them, failure of this magnitude may have only one acceptable response: seppuku, or the equivalent for the locale. It may seem a little drastic for Americans - is a product or company worth that much? - but we're obviously, and thankfully, not the model for every society.
Yeah, in America, we call them Republicans.
Just as an experiment, why don't we throw a few Congress-people on it and see what happens. Worst that can happen? They come out just fine.
Don't forget: this is only the first pass. I'm sure there will be overruns, missed deadlines, re-designs, etc. This $18 mil is just the start.
Even though we posted at the same time, with pretty much the same content, I think mine should get precedence because my UID is lower. /kidding
Which ones: babies or monkeys?
In contrast, would you say the Republicans were at all concerned about whether our environment would be livable not only today, but in the future, as well? Did they consider long-term sustainable growth over short-term profit? Even if it meant less money for their corporate buddies?
I asked a similar question back before the US elections, just in case Bush, er, McCain won. Someone suggested Costa Rica. Apparently, they're "America-lite." They have similar institutions - three branches of govt - but just not as useless, I guess. Land is supposed to be cheap. It has coastlines on both oceans. I don't know about immigration laws, but it shouldn't be hard to look up.
I feel for ya, brother. Good luck.
Truth, Justice. Or the American way.
What's the contract say? If it says the company can do this, and you agreed to it, then where's the beef?
Do we know that there's absolutely no truth to the claim? How do we know there wasn't some connection?
I don't live there anymore, but, after Seattle, it was my favorite residence. Obviously, these jokers are basing their analysis on unflattering pictures, rather than driving through these towns. Just about everywhere you look as you drive on I-90, or 480, through Cleveland from one side to another, they're building. I'm including the suburbs because - and it's one of the great things about the area - getting around takes just a few minutes. The insurance company Progressive is huge in the area. I like my job in NYC, now, but I'd go back to Cleveland if I found something comparable.
At the same time, you can't deny that Joe American would be more likely to stick his nose into matters involving Iran - historically, we, as a country, certainly _have_ - than Zimbabwe simply because of the fact that, if we don't, it means more for us at the pump. Zimbabwe - not so much.
And, if We, the People, don't chastise our government for doing the wrong thing at the wrong time, or allow our elected officials to remain in office after knowingly doing wrong, aren't we just as bad? If we were subjects of a ruthless dictator, then, yeah, I could see where we'd have some room to talk. But as "owners" of our government, it falls on us correct the wrongs of our elected machinery, when necessary.
I think standing on the sidelines is the prudent approach, in this case, but we, as a country, are certainly deserving of being called hypocrites. "Iraqi War" ring a bell? Whatever happened to that "yellowcake" that Saddam supposedly had? Or his involvement in 9/11?
I get your point: if they're filming public space, it's not really "Big Brother."
But since when do strategically placed cameras replace "supervision"? How are you, as a parent, going to prevent Johnny from doing something potentially dangerous if you're three blocks away? How are you going to provide first aid when the kid gets hurt, or keep Bad Guys from running off with him? The surveillance might be useful "after the fact," but it's in no way a substitute for hands-on parenting.
Are you sure about that? Given how western mass media was totally absent - except McClatchy - during Bush's reign, willingly becoming "force message multipliers," and puppets of the Pentagon during the run-up to the Iraqi War, I'd think long and hard about that. It wasn't until the shit had hit the fan and had been spread pretty thin across the landscape that we started to get an inkling of what actually happened. Where are the headlines on those newspapers that previously called for "War!" calling for "accountability" for those war crimes that Bush & Co. committed? Many of the Republican / neocon mouthpieces cheering from the sidelines and eventually proven wrong are still given prominent slots on Fox News, The Washington Post, etc. If US mainstream media is the "best there is," Flying Spaghetti Monster help us all!
> because they're bored.
Maybe so, but in the meantime, in entertaining their pique, they're not doing their jobs. If this guy is dangerous, deal with him and remove the danger for the rest of us. If they're just being pricks, they're taking time away from their real job: finding and preventing bad guys from getting on a plane.
Depends on your definition of "free," doesn't it?
> After the government watches every single aspect of what we do with our electronic communications, what next?
Oh, that's easy, and I'm surprised at you: why, they'll lock us all in our own jail cells, "for our own good." Now, that might not be the _next_ step, but that's the ultimate goal.
It's for the good of the country, you know. And if you don't support this type of legislation, you must be some sort of "pedophile, terrorist or gangster."
When this gets bounced out of court as un-Constitutional, I hope the city fires their attorney, Greg Sullivan. It's one thing for a clueless HR person to come up with BS like this, but it's the job of people like Sullivan to review it for legality issues. This guy is clearly not up to the job if he allowed this to pass.
And, really, if I give them no information at all, how are they going to prove it? "Anyone not here, please raise your hand."
Are you talking about Iran or America? Just curious...
Our documentation is not nearly as bad as the OP's, but when I considered an approach to wrangling this mess into a usable state, Wiki was the first thing that came to mind. Wikipedia seems to work pretty well, and supports thousands of users all over the place. Couldn't be _that_ bad, could it?