It's not silly at all. The prosecutors were just dumb to not know the rules. The NSA properly marked the document as UNCLASSIFIED//FOUO then the dumbass attorneys wanted to say "it's classified!" when it clearly isn't, since FOUO is a handling instruction (not a classification) that is used for unclassified information only.
The point of FOUO is to exempt information from Freedom of Information Act. It doesn't meet the standards for the lowest classification of CONFIDENTIAL, but deserves shielding from public view, usually things like Names, Addresses, Phone Numbers, Military Unit schedules, etc.
Hey music industry suits. You know what will really slow down music pirating? When iTunes goes to a subscription-based services once all those pretty new servers are online in North Carolina, that's what! Unless of course you'll play the usual music industry thug card an not allow that.
Just because music is at an all time low right now, doesn't mean there aren't still hundreds of albums from about 1960-2010 that I'd like to own. Bad music today is not deterring my quest to get good music from the past.
There's plenty of good music to be purchased. You just have to look past the top 50 or so in the iTunes Top 100 until you start seeing anything worthy.
That's an old argument. Don't confuse the glut of pop-music as "there's no good music these days". There has always been bad pop music dominating the charts, and there has always been good album/adult - oriented music. Digital music is just making it easier for the crappy stuff to be over-representative of music in general.
Every time I change something in my code, I up the version number by one! That must mean my browser is awesome, right?
That guy is a serious shill. He asks what IE's greatest challenge is then answers it incorrectly. IE's greatest challenge is it's a piece of crap. It's slow, unresponsive, buggy and non-standard.
I'll use ANY browser (other than IE) because I frankly don't care about all the bells and whistles and don't have a favorite. But if you give me a browser that is so obviously slower (the fact you can actually perceive IE's slowness compared to the others says volumes) and buggier than the other options, I'll refuse to use it.
For all off you citizens of Namby Pamby land out there...who cares what the civilian purpose of this device is? It has a military purpose--situational awareness--that justifies its existence.
Something tells me you don't understand the importance of situation awareness, which is the entire point of this system. Should we ban radars and radios, while we are at it, since those are nothing other than sophisticated killing machines?
Cool stuff always starts as military and/or space technology, duh.
Care to cite zero drone flights in Japan? Because I know an entire military unit in Las Vegas that is doing nothing but 24/7 drone operations in Japan.
Yes, because all kids fit your perfect age span for expected behavior. My kid is 11 and a boy. He is more mature than his 14 year old brother, at times. Your arbitrary age ratings (and the completely arbitrary ratings of games and movies in general) are stupid, pointless, and miss the mark completely when it comes to parenting children.
Only stupid people (regardless of age) think they can pull off a double front wheel flip. There's a built in filter for stupid behavior like that called "fear" and "pain".
And stupid people who imitate media are not limited to a specific age group. They are just stupid in general, regardless of their age.
My kids (14, 11) play Call of Duty non-stop. Based on the other voices in the multiplayer games, I would guess probably the majority of players at any given time are school aged. My kids know it's a game (a fun one at that because you get to shoot people, and when you die, you come back to life...things that aren't possible in real life, thus part of the fun).
Yes, the Bobo Doll experiment. That's why games like Grand Theft Auto and Duke Nukem are inappropriate for that age group...THREE to SIX year-olds. But at the next stage of early childhood development, children learn not to beat up the Bobo doll. A pre- or early teen has a far more developed sense of right and wrong than a three year old.
As for pro wrestling and jackass, well, those guys are funny and I, as a 42 year old, would never try any of that stupid shit. That's why it's funny...because they are so stupid to do it, and I don't have to.
I'm one of those idiot parents. My kid knows far more evil from television and media OTHER than video games. This won't even measure on his radar. He's terrified of girls because, wait for it...he's an awkward 11 year-old. Some stupid video game isn't going to change that.
Great point! My point was to try to show that no matter how petty some slashdotters think I am, the guy got a job from me BECAUSE he has a degree. To say a degree doesn't matter is obviously false, in this case.
And this country is effing great for stories like your laundry mat guy.
I don't care who is better off. I care who can do the work. The guy took my blueprints and came back in a day with 3d/CAD software designs for my property. He then laid out plans for irrigation, stone/masonry work, sod, and a venting system for an outdoor fire pit under the covered portion of my patio. Mullet guy was off doing meth, so I hired the professional with credentials. Call me dumb, but I can now burn a fire under my patio without burning my house down AND I have nice grass.
But seriously, kids don't just see "logical beauty" for what it's worth, they have to be taught it. Math isn't like a hot chick who is inherently hot, no teaching necessary. Math does nothing for most kids unless they are shown the "what's in it for me" factor.
Actually, it shows the contrary, he's admitting his bias up front which shows he is capable of analysing his own bias and compensating for it
Actually, no, that's simple bias at best, some sort of red herring appeal to neutrality at worst. It's one thing to give "full disclosure", such as "I work for Company X who advertises with TV Show Y" but it's something completely different to say, "I hate Apple because of all their faggy hipster fanbois". You can't say "I severely dislike Apple for reasons a, b, c" and then have someone take your opinion seriously, especially if reasons a, b, and c aren't very compelling reasons to hate them.
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It's not silly at all. The prosecutors were just dumb to not know the rules. The NSA properly marked the document as UNCLASSIFIED//FOUO then the dumbass attorneys wanted to say "it's classified!" when it clearly isn't, since FOUO is a handling instruction (not a classification) that is used for unclassified information only.
The point of FOUO is to exempt information from Freedom of Information Act. It doesn't meet the standards for the lowest classification of CONFIDENTIAL, but deserves shielding from public view, usually things like Names, Addresses, Phone Numbers, Military Unit schedules, etc.
Hey music industry suits. You know what will really slow down music pirating? When iTunes goes to a subscription-based services once all those pretty new servers are online in North Carolina, that's what! Unless of course you'll play the usual music industry thug card an not allow that.
Just because music is at an all time low right now, doesn't mean there aren't still hundreds of albums from about 1960-2010 that I'd like to own. Bad music today is not deterring my quest to get good music from the past.
There's plenty of good music to be purchased. You just have to look past the top 50 or so in the iTunes Top 100 until you start seeing anything worthy.
That's an old argument. Don't confuse the glut of pop-music as "there's no good music these days". There has always been bad pop music dominating the charts, and there has always been good album/adult - oriented music. Digital music is just making it easier for the crappy stuff to be over-representative of music in general.
I download all kinds of songs, but none of them ever end up on this thing you are calling a CD? What's that?
But it's still slower, so A for effort, I suppose.
Every time I change something in my code, I up the version number by one! That must mean my browser is awesome, right?
That guy is a serious shill. He asks what IE's greatest challenge is then answers it incorrectly. IE's greatest challenge is it's a piece of crap. It's slow, unresponsive, buggy and non-standard.
I'll use ANY browser (other than IE) because I frankly don't care about all the bells and whistles and don't have a favorite. But if you give me a browser that is so obviously slower (the fact you can actually perceive IE's slowness compared to the others says volumes) and buggier than the other options, I'll refuse to use it.
For all off you citizens of Namby Pamby land out there...who cares what the civilian purpose of this device is? It has a military purpose--situational awareness--that justifies its existence.
Something tells me you don't understand the importance of situation awareness, which is the entire point of this system. Should we ban radars and radios, while we are at it, since those are nothing other than sophisticated killing machines?
Cool stuff always starts as military and/or space technology, duh.
Care to cite zero drone flights in Japan? Because I know an entire military unit in Las Vegas that is doing nothing but 24/7 drone operations in Japan.
I hope you are joking.
Because you get your money back by killing the prostitute, duh.
It's perfectly legal for macho guy to try and capture babes. I see it every weekend at the bars and clubs.
Yes, because all kids fit your perfect age span for expected behavior. My kid is 11 and a boy. He is more mature than his 14 year old brother, at times. Your arbitrary age ratings (and the completely arbitrary ratings of games and movies in general) are stupid, pointless, and miss the mark completely when it comes to parenting children.
Only stupid people (regardless of age) think they can pull off a double front wheel flip. There's a built in filter for stupid behavior like that called "fear" and "pain".
And stupid people who imitate media are not limited to a specific age group. They are just stupid in general, regardless of their age.
My kids (14, 11) play Call of Duty non-stop. Based on the other voices in the multiplayer games, I would guess probably the majority of players at any given time are school aged. My kids know it's a game (a fun one at that because you get to shoot people, and when you die, you come back to life...things that aren't possible in real life, thus part of the fun).
Yes, the Bobo Doll experiment. That's why games like Grand Theft Auto and Duke Nukem are inappropriate for that age group...THREE to SIX year-olds. But at the next stage of early childhood development, children learn not to beat up the Bobo doll. A pre- or early teen has a far more developed sense of right and wrong than a three year old.
As for pro wrestling and jackass, well, those guys are funny and I, as a 42 year old, would never try any of that stupid shit. That's why it's funny...because they are so stupid to do it, and I don't have to.
I'm one of those idiot parents. My kid knows far more evil from television and media OTHER than video games. This won't even measure on his radar. He's terrified of girls because, wait for it...he's an awkward 11 year-old. Some stupid video game isn't going to change that.
Oh, and how exactly can you classify a game as bad satire IF IT'S NOT AVAILABLE YET?
Great point! My point was to try to show that no matter how petty some slashdotters think I am, the guy got a job from me BECAUSE he has a degree. To say a degree doesn't matter is obviously false, in this case.
And this country is effing great for stories like your laundry mat guy.
I don't care who is better off. I care who can do the work. The guy took my blueprints and came back in a day with 3d/CAD software designs for my property. He then laid out plans for irrigation, stone/masonry work, sod, and a venting system for an outdoor fire pit under the covered portion of my patio. Mullet guy was off doing meth, so I hired the professional with credentials. Call me dumb, but I can now burn a fire under my patio without burning my house down AND I have nice grass.
I'm 42. We don't have hipsters at my age. We are too young for hippies and too old for hipsters.
All I could smell in Houston was smog and humidity.
You are seriously the only person on the planet advocating Houston over Austin. For one, Houston is East Texas, which is the same thing as Louisiana.
That's exactly what I did. Thanks!
But seriously, kids don't just see "logical beauty" for what it's worth, they have to be taught it. Math isn't like a hot chick who is inherently hot, no teaching necessary. Math does nothing for most kids unless they are shown the "what's in it for me" factor.
Hey, let's play matching anecdotes!
First gen models I own that still work:
iPod, intel Macbook, intel iMac, airport, iPhone
That's not counting all the first gen stuff I've bought and no longer have.
Actually, it shows the contrary, he's admitting his bias up front which shows he is capable of analysing his own bias and compensating for it
Actually, no, that's simple bias at best, some sort of red herring appeal to neutrality at worst. It's one thing to give "full disclosure", such as "I work for Company X who advertises with TV Show Y" but it's something completely different to say, "I hate Apple because of all their faggy hipster fanbois". You can't say "I severely dislike Apple for reasons a, b, c" and then have someone take your opinion seriously, especially if reasons a, b, and c aren't very compelling reasons to hate them.