If the school was spying on kids in their bedrooms then they have child porn in their possession. Why aren't the police confiscating their equipment? Why isn't the FBI involved? They are probably remaining silent precisely because they know as soon as they admit to having any pics they're caught dead to rights and it'll be grounds for a search warrant.
But if you ask me, there's already grounds for a warrant here...so what the hell is going on?
The information gleaned from Google will probably give the US a little bit of an advantage in the coming cold war against China. Additionally, this kind of cooperation without divulging proprietary code or sacrificing anyone's privacy would serve as a much needed template for other US companies to share vital attack info with the US government. Right now every Chinese company probably gives the Chinese government full and unfettered access to their systems, a considerable advantage for the Chinese. Democracy/capitalism is probably to the US's considerable disadvantage when it comes to cyber warfare/security.
Of course, we know the US telcos have sold their soul to the NSA but maybe the information gleaned by having all US telco communications on tap is of limited use. That kind of info isn't much help when Google (or any other company with offices in China) is attacked from within China, attacks enabled by inside Chinese employees doing their patriotic duty.
This kind of issue is probably being very closely watched by any company with offices there - it probably goes without saying that if you keep your closely guarded proprietary code there, you might as well be giving it to the Chinese. I doubt they respect NDA's.
I have no idea WTF you just said or meant, I suspect religious (e.g. retard) logic, but the wall hasn't led to 0 suicide bombers, not that that will matter much to the supporters of the wall because their purpose isn't to prevent suicide bombers anyway.
Ugh, I started reading TFA and first thing I see is "An Israeli-developed..." Yet another Israeli developed fancy weapon. Sometimes it seems like they don't know how to do anything else but wage war, it's getting to be really fucking annoying.
As a bicyclist myself, who prefers to ride than drive even though I can afford some decent wheels, Houston is totally out. If I were ever offered a job there, regardless how much I was offered the answer would be "Houston?! Fuck no."
As an environmentalist, you'd get the same answer...
As someone who tries to be ethically, socially or politically responsible, ditto...
As a vegetarian, likewise...
Isn't it interesting how car culture automatically precludes certain types or groups of people? It's not just Houston I would say no to, there are cities around my area that I don't even consider when I make any kind of important decision about buying a house, work, going to school, etc., simply because it doesn't support my way of life.
I haven't had a flu shot in more than a decade and, miraculously, I'm still alive and the flu, when I do get it, is your standard issue flu of normal severity.
I've never bought into the hype, it has never seemed worth it. The stats, which are always publicly available and easy to find, have never struck me as anything to be alarmed about. But also I refuse to inject something in myself which contains mercury. Try finding the non-thimerosol version of the shot, apparently this is something extremely difficult to do.
As one medical professional told me: "But mercury is in fish so it's safe!" Uh huh. I don't eat fish either.
Tinfoil hat time: The flu shot is probably a great way to dumb down the populace.
You know, I sincerely believe all of these will come to pass. I see a dark future for the internet as a whole, with people like you and I either going underground or swearing off technology altogether. There will probably be whole populations like us.
It's also Darwinian in the sense that PKD's offspring haven't developed the instincts of the wealthy for protecting their wealth. Survival of the fittest, natural selection and all that.
First hundred or so responses to the OP don't seem to like his lamenting that there's no satellite data showing the forest situation in the US, are busy asserting that there are more trees than ever before (with nary a citation or link in sight to reinforce this claim, but I guess that's because there's no comparative satellite data available...?), and I get the overall impression they really don't appreciate Google putting out this capability either, or the OP reporting it. Clampdown in effect, in other words.
...a la Youtube.
Weren't the Russians experimenting with a type of wobbly missile with an unpredictable trajectory?
And wouldn't a perfect spherical explosion like that mean it took place in zero gravity?
Otherwise, must be nice living next to the wormhole. Your pagh is strong, my son.
As sure as I'm sitting here, nothing will kill these annoying publishers deader than dead than google turning off access to news items on paywalled sites. NOBODY wants to pay for news and nobody wants advertising on their news sites. Get over it, already.
Good riddance, that Murdoch. What an asswipe he was.
It's interesting how suddenly search has become political. On our left, Google, the good, information wants to be free, standing for freedom and liberty, taking on the big evil conglomerates, exploiting their own weaknesses and beating them at their own game. On the right, Murdoch, ultra-orthodox neo-con, wanting to destroy Google and control the world via controlling the media. Microsoft now aligning itself with Murdoch against Google. Therefore, Microsoft now aligning itself with the same right-wing viewpoint of the world, coming to his assistance, helping him conquer.
It's like Star Wars or something, Murdoch as Emperor Palpatine, Balmer as Darth Vader, Google as the resistance...
Yeah, from where I sit up here in Canada, the whole of the US seems like a natural disaster-prone area and I often wonder why people live there. Nothing ever happens here, just forest fires in BC and the occasional tornado in the prairies.
The link entitled "burned a hole in a car's hood" links to a video where the laser does no such thing, it merely burns the paint, leaving a black mark, not a hole.
Can someone provide a link to a vid or something showing a laser doing real damage, as opposed to being a glorified flame-thrower? Because this whole thing smacks of propaganda to me.
Take a moment to think what will happen to you when/if the oil runs out.
No reason to panic, aside from the obvious losing your car, you'll start riding your bike and also go back to a mode of existence that most of our ancestors took for granted and which is much more in tune with nature, hopefully, due to lessons learned in retrospect. You'll have to make do without your plasma TV, go back to using cotton and rubber insulated cords, everything on store shelves will start appearing without the insane packaging and in glass jars instead of plastic. It'll be locally made stuff or local and organically grown. Hey, most advertising billboards will disappear, nice! It will no longer make any sense to live in the suburbs, so cities become towns and everyone moves back to the towns or countryside. The best jobs will be in the trades - carpentry, masonry, etc. In general, it'll be back to the simpler and less wasteful life, which I'd argue was better anyway.
OH, no laptops, no PC's, thus no slashdot either. OH GOD, kill yourself now!!!
As an environmentalist I WELCOME the day we run out of oil. And I'm ready, already most of the way to reducing my dependence on oil. Regardless of the oil question, I choose not to continue the wasteful inefficient lifestyle.
I use my own brain. I continue to surprise myself at how many passwords I can remember, even years later. If I counted I'm sure it would be in the hundreds. And I don't have any a special memory powers...
Also, it helps if the passwords you create follow some pattern that only you know but still pass the usual test of being more than 9 characters and both alpha and numeric. It might even help to go further than 9 chars.
I used to hang out with a bunch of seriously hardcore criminals and "bad types". I strongly suspect, from firsthand experience, that anyone who believes in "fear associated with criminal activity" hasn't known very many criminals and doesn't really understand the "criminal mind", especially the sort of criminal who is deranged.
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If the school was spying on kids in their bedrooms then they have child porn in their possession. Why aren't the police confiscating their equipment? Why isn't the FBI involved? They are probably remaining silent precisely because they know as soon as they admit to having any pics they're caught dead to rights and it'll be grounds for a search warrant.
But if you ask me, there's already grounds for a warrant here...so what the hell is going on?
The information gleaned from Google will probably give the US a little bit of an advantage in the coming cold war against China. Additionally, this kind of cooperation without divulging proprietary code or sacrificing anyone's privacy would serve as a much needed template for other US companies to share vital attack info with the US government. Right now every Chinese company probably gives the Chinese government full and unfettered access to their systems, a considerable advantage for the Chinese. Democracy/capitalism is probably to the US's considerable disadvantage when it comes to cyber warfare/security.
Of course, we know the US telcos have sold their soul to the NSA but maybe the information gleaned by having all US telco communications on tap is of limited use. That kind of info isn't much help when Google (or any other company with offices in China) is attacked from within China, attacks enabled by inside Chinese employees doing their patriotic duty.
This kind of issue is probably being very closely watched by any company with offices there - it probably goes without saying that if you keep your closely guarded proprietary code there, you might as well be giving it to the Chinese. I doubt they respect NDA's.
I hereby report the UK government
I have no idea WTF you just said or meant, I suspect religious (e.g. retard) logic, but the wall hasn't led to 0 suicide bombers, not that that will matter much to the supporters of the wall because their purpose isn't to prevent suicide bombers anyway.
Ugh, I started reading TFA and first thing I see is "An Israeli-developed..." Yet another Israeli developed fancy weapon. Sometimes it seems like they don't know how to do anything else but wage war, it's getting to be really fucking annoying.
As a bicyclist myself, who prefers to ride than drive even though I can afford some decent wheels, Houston is totally out. If I were ever offered a job there, regardless how much I was offered the answer would be "Houston?! Fuck no."
As an environmentalist, you'd get the same answer...
As someone who tries to be ethically, socially or politically responsible, ditto...
As a vegetarian, likewise...
Isn't it interesting how car culture automatically precludes certain types or groups of people? It's not just Houston I would say no to, there are cities around my area that I don't even consider when I make any kind of important decision about buying a house, work, going to school, etc., simply because it doesn't support my way of life.
I'm very interested in learning more about this too. Which city is it? Is there someplace where I can learn more?
I haven't had a flu shot in more than a decade and, miraculously, I'm still alive and the flu, when I do get it, is your standard issue flu of normal severity.
I've never bought into the hype, it has never seemed worth it. The stats, which are always publicly available and easy to find, have never struck me as anything to be alarmed about. But also I refuse to inject something in myself which contains mercury. Try finding the non-thimerosol version of the shot, apparently this is something extremely difficult to do.
As one medical professional told me: "But mercury is in fish so it's safe!" Uh huh. I don't eat fish either.
Tinfoil hat time: The flu shot is probably a great way to dumb down the populace.
What is it with this recent trend to put a tilde before a positive number? What's wrong with just saying 25%?
You know, I sincerely believe all of these will come to pass. I see a dark future for the internet as a whole, with people like you and I either going underground or swearing off technology altogether. There will probably be whole populations like us.
It's also Darwinian in the sense that PKD's offspring haven't developed the instincts of the wealthy for protecting their wealth. Survival of the fittest, natural selection and all that.
Reminds me of France (and any occupied country) under the Germans circa WW2.
First hundred or so responses to the OP don't seem to like his lamenting that there's no satellite data showing the forest situation in the US, are busy asserting that there are more trees than ever before (with nary a citation or link in sight to reinforce this claim, but I guess that's because there's no comparative satellite data available...?), and I get the overall impression they really don't appreciate Google putting out this capability either, or the OP reporting it. Clampdown in effect, in other words.
...a la Youtube. Weren't the Russians experimenting with a type of wobbly missile with an unpredictable trajectory? And wouldn't a perfect spherical explosion like that mean it took place in zero gravity? Otherwise, must be nice living next to the wormhole. Your pagh is strong, my son.
As sure as I'm sitting here, nothing will kill these annoying publishers deader than dead than google turning off access to news items on paywalled sites. NOBODY wants to pay for news and nobody wants advertising on their news sites. Get over it, already.
Good riddance, that Murdoch. What an asswipe he was.
When people (and corporations are people) do their patriotic duty for their countries? Your duty and loyalty should be to humanity instead.
It's interesting how suddenly search has become political. On our left, Google, the good, information wants to be free, standing for freedom and liberty, taking on the big evil conglomerates, exploiting their own weaknesses and beating them at their own game. On the right, Murdoch, ultra-orthodox neo-con, wanting to destroy Google and control the world via controlling the media. Microsoft now aligning itself with Murdoch against Google. Therefore, Microsoft now aligning itself with the same right-wing viewpoint of the world, coming to his assistance, helping him conquer.
It's like Star Wars or something, Murdoch as Emperor Palpatine, Balmer as Darth Vader, Google as the resistance...
Yeah, from where I sit up here in Canada, the whole of the US seems like a natural disaster-prone area and I often wonder why people live there. Nothing ever happens here, just forest fires in BC and the occasional tornado in the prairies.
The link entitled "burned a hole in a car's hood" links to a video where the laser does no such thing, it merely burns the paint, leaving a black mark, not a hole.
Can someone provide a link to a vid or something showing a laser doing real damage, as opposed to being a glorified flame-thrower? Because this whole thing smacks of propaganda to me.
Take a moment to think what will happen to you when/if the oil runs out.
No reason to panic, aside from the obvious losing your car, you'll start riding your bike and also go back to a mode of existence that most of our ancestors took for granted and which is much more in tune with nature, hopefully, due to lessons learned in retrospect. You'll have to make do without your plasma TV, go back to using cotton and rubber insulated cords, everything on store shelves will start appearing without the insane packaging and in glass jars instead of plastic. It'll be locally made stuff or local and organically grown. Hey, most advertising billboards will disappear, nice! It will no longer make any sense to live in the suburbs, so cities become towns and everyone moves back to the towns or countryside. The best jobs will be in the trades - carpentry, masonry, etc. In general, it'll be back to the simpler and less wasteful life, which I'd argue was better anyway.
OH, no laptops, no PC's, thus no slashdot either. OH GOD, kill yourself now!!!
As an environmentalist I WELCOME the day we run out of oil. And I'm ready, already most of the way to reducing my dependence on oil. Regardless of the oil question, I choose not to continue the wasteful inefficient lifestyle.
I use my own brain. I continue to surprise myself at how many passwords I can remember, even years later. If I counted I'm sure it would be in the hundreds. And I don't have any a special memory powers...
Also, it helps if the passwords you create follow some pattern that only you know but still pass the usual test of being more than 9 characters and both alpha and numeric. It might even help to go further than 9 chars.
Maybe when they meet resistance they just forward a request to the NSA?
Former generals and admirals receive their talking points from the Pentagon and White House.
If you believe McConnell, you're a first class sucker of the message machine
I used to hang out with a bunch of seriously hardcore criminals and "bad types". I strongly suspect, from firsthand experience, that anyone who believes in "fear associated with criminal activity" hasn't known very many criminals and doesn't really understand the "criminal mind", especially the sort of criminal who is deranged.
I say the safest route is to get the court filing via the court and post that, then for sure it wouldn't hurt SD's case.