We can always hope that Anonymous is like a stupid, weak virus that we can overcome with processes and regulations that are not too restrictive.
Better than getting hit with really bad and dangerous people, then risking the extreme overreaction that is characteristic of the United States and most Western governments.
This is a great idea. If a site wants to keep their material off Google, then they can. If they want their material to be on Google, they can do that too.
Yep he's destroying the hard work of Stratford milking our government for money for allegedly lousy evidence, if you believe the spin that Stratford is harmless, or acting like a CIA front for domestic surveillance, if you don't.
If a burglar burglarizes a drug house he's still a burglar. If he does it twice, he's still a repeat offender.
Hammond is a fool. He has the skills to work toward the society he wants by helping other people. Instead, he works toward the society he wants by violating the law.
I support a lot of the things Hammond stands for, but today's leftist 'ends-justifies-the-means' guy is tomorrows fascist. Maybe someday that idiot will figure that out.
The FBI always has the basic problem of proving beyond a reasonable doubt that the person seated in the defendant's chair actually sat at a computer and typed the stuff that resulted in the charged crime. That is why they did all the actual physical surveillance of the guy.
Sabu put Hammond into a connection with other people conspiring to do bad things. From that comes warrants, etc. that lead to other stuff.
They put a lot of effort into Hammond, because Hammond is a talented destroyer of other people's work. He is going to go down for years.
Sorry, the antics were not harmless. SEVEN HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS in fraudulent credit card charges from Mr. Hammond. That poor stupid repeat offender is going to spend years in prison. Years.
If his public defender gets him ten years or less, it will be a great victory. He could face a lot more.
He didn't learn from his first serious conviction. He stole a lot of money. He's extremely sophisticated. There isn't any remorse for his victims. I feel really sorry for this stupid young genius.
I didn't even read the Fox News article. I trusted those lying bastards in their coverage of Iraq--WMD. THEY BURNED ME BAD. I avoid all Rupert Murdoch lying scum news. They are continually slanting stuff.
The FBI is always cutting off the head of some criminal organization or another. After you've heard it for the nth time, it gets old . . .
Cops are trained to escalate their level of violence so that it is always one level above the level of violence presented by their contact.
Either you are going to back down, or you are going to escalate right along with the cop. If you escalate right along with the cop, you risk jail and physical harm.
If the cop is messing with you, gather your witnesses and sue his ass later. When you mess with the cop on scene you are like a fool giving away his money at a casino.
That is the stupidest thing that I have ever read. Never threaten violence against a policeman. Ever. That is how morons die. It is also against the law in many states.
I can totally relate to this. I have to sleep with a fan or some other true white noise in the background. HAVE to. Absolutely have to.
My (ex-)wife bought or was given this noise generator thingy because we had problems sleeping with snoring and TV and such, and when I say "we" I mean that I had a problem sleeping, and she had a problem not turning off the TV when it was time to go to sleep. Anyway, it had a bunch of audio modes to pick from: birds, happy burbling river noise, jungle, crickets, a few others, and a white noise track. Well, the track for each was, as you said, just long enough that I could pick out the patterns, and as we listened to them to try to pick one, I was saying "no" to each one rather quickly, and she was getting more and more frustrated. Finally I said, "just try the white noise one, I don't care if it's boring, it's the only one that's going to work." Rather soon (almost immediately) I realized the track for the white noise was simply an 8 second loop and the "whiteness" JUST barely didn't match up from the end and the beginning so I could hear this tiny clip in the audio when it looped. "NOPE THIS ONE WON'T WORK EITHER" in fact, it was by far the MOST annoying one of the bunch. She never understood why, and it got returned or thrown out or donated or whatever.
But yeah.
Patterns.
They suck sometimes.
Very similar for me. My wife got us a really big, variable speed, HEPA air filter. She can't hear my snoring, I don't have to subconsciously interpret the road noise, and her sinus problems are a thing of the past.
For those of you willing to spend a few hundred bucks, you can consider digital audio workstation software. You can use it to create sound patterns (including random ones) that will facilitate rest.
That's exactly what they want. They want to drown out legitimate debate. When the people involved in that debate revolt, they get to bring down the hammer on them. And then they get to smear their political enemies as lawless.
This is exactly what we saw them do with OWS last fall. But this time the muting is literal, instead of using a media blitz to drown out the real message with confused ones.
"They" are bad and must be stopped. We can blame all the world's problems on "them." Gosh, if we could only figure out who "they" and "them" are we could solve all of the world's problems.
Sounds too much like a child wailing about his all-powerful parents.
It's not about "you" being absolutely certain about what's in the encrypted archive--it's about presenting admissible evidence sufficient to convince a juror who doesn't know anything about anything in the case, beyond a reasonable doubt, about what's in the encrypted drive.
It's good to see a heavyweight intellectual like Rick Santorum weighing in on a complex environmental question. I think we can call "problem solved" on this one.
Somebody ought to ask Rick about global overpopulation. I bet he could solve that problem too! He'll just say "It's God's will. There's no overpopulation." Another problem solved.
Maybe Rick can solve all our complicated problems for us--so we don't have to think at all!!
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We can always hope that Anonymous is like a stupid, weak virus that we can overcome with processes and regulations that are not too restrictive.
Better than getting hit with really bad and dangerous people, then risking the extreme overreaction that is characteristic of the United States and most Western governments.
That is one of the funniest posts I've read in a long time. Thanks!!
Call it "The Other Tolkein's Estate"!
Traffic cameras save lives. They're excellent. My gripe is against the companies that soak citizens for every ticket.
Municipalities need to cut out the middleman and employ their own camera systems.
There is a great open source opportunity here.
This is a great idea. If a site wants to keep their material off Google, then they can. If they want their material to be on Google, they can do that too.
I fail to see the problem.
I'm kind of tired of all the juvenile whining. A bunch of stupid juvenile copycat vandals are not going to accomplish anything positive.
The potential of the Internet for change hasn't even been anywhere near fully explored yet.
I experienced Combat. Vic Morrow and Rick Jason were really good. I was really impressed by the guy who played Kirby, also.
I can hear the theme song too . . .
If a burglar burglarizes a drug house he's still a burglar. If he does it twice, he's still a repeat offender.
Hammond is a fool. He has the skills to work toward the society he wants by helping other people. Instead, he works toward the society he wants by violating the law.
I support a lot of the things Hammond stands for, but today's leftist 'ends-justifies-the-means' guy is tomorrows fascist. Maybe someday that idiot will figure that out.
The FBI always has the basic problem of proving beyond a reasonable doubt that the person seated in the defendant's chair actually sat at a computer and typed the stuff that resulted in the charged crime. That is why they did all the actual physical surveillance of the guy.
Sabu put Hammond into a connection with other people conspiring to do bad things. From that comes warrants, etc. that lead to other stuff.
They put a lot of effort into Hammond, because Hammond is a talented destroyer of other people's work. He is going to go down for years.
Sorry, the antics were not harmless. SEVEN HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS in fraudulent credit card charges from Mr. Hammond. That poor stupid repeat offender is going to spend years in prison. Years.
If his public defender gets him ten years or less, it will be a great victory. He could face a lot more.
He didn't learn from his first serious conviction. He stole a lot of money. He's extremely sophisticated. There isn't any remorse for his victims. I feel really sorry for this stupid young genius.
A Murdoch company crying to the police about being hacked.
What's next? Another Murdoch company complaining about being libeled?
Is Wikileaks leaky too?
I watched Fox's warmongering coverage. They sold WMD way past its expiration date. Anybody who puts their trust in that news organization is a fool.
Thanks for the voting tip, bossypants.
I didn't even read the Fox News article. I trusted those lying bastards in their coverage of Iraq--WMD. THEY BURNED ME BAD. I avoid all Rupert Murdoch lying scum news. They are continually slanting stuff.
The FBI is always cutting off the head of some criminal organization or another. After you've heard it for the nth time, it gets old . . .
I'm not talking about "giving in." I'm talking about not escalating in the first place.
Cops are trained to escalate their level of violence so that it is always one level above the level of violence presented by their contact.
Either you are going to back down, or you are going to escalate right along with the cop. If you escalate right along with the cop, you risk jail and physical harm.
If the cop is messing with you, gather your witnesses and sue his ass later. When you mess with the cop on scene you are like a fool giving away his money at a casino.
That is the stupidest thing that I have ever read. Never threaten violence against a policeman. Ever. That is how morons die. It is also against the law in many states.
Very similar for me. My wife got us a really big, variable speed, HEPA air filter. She can't hear my snoring, I don't have to subconsciously interpret the road noise, and her sinus problems are a thing of the past.
For those of you willing to spend a few hundred bucks, you can consider digital audio workstation software. You can use it to create sound patterns (including random ones) that will facilitate rest.
Always film your cameraman, preferably from a distance.
Beautiful evidence.
"They" are bad and must be stopped. We can blame all the world's problems on "them." Gosh, if we could only figure out who "they" and "them" are we could solve all of the world's problems.
Sounds too much like a child wailing about his all-powerful parents.
I am so waiting for my HUD visor displaying my rear view video camera output! The ultimate geek bicycle gizmo!
You demonstrated Assange's complete innocence in four sentences! Somehow, I think that it is a little more complicated than that.
I'll wait to see the indictment.
It's not about "you" being absolutely certain about what's in the encrypted archive--it's about presenting admissible evidence sufficient to convince a juror who doesn't know anything about anything in the case, beyond a reasonable doubt, about what's in the encrypted drive.
Slashdot is losing it (whatever it is). This article is pure Tesla Co. press release.
It's good to see a heavyweight intellectual like Rick Santorum weighing in on a complex environmental question. I think we can call "problem solved" on this one.
Somebody ought to ask Rick about global overpopulation. I bet he could solve that problem too! He'll just say "It's God's will. There's no overpopulation." Another problem solved.
Maybe Rick can solve all our complicated problems for us--so we don't have to think at all!!