The bomb would contain a layer of depleted uranium surrounding the plutonium core. Depleted uranium is not particularly radioactive and can't go critical on it's own, but assists the plutonium reaction.
Agreed. Why do people lump them together? Snowden and Assange/Manning/Wikileaks are polar opposites; Snowden blew the whistle on illicit spying, Wikileaks *is* illicit spying.
Believe it or not there are many hacking groups out there, and they have different agendas.
This attack, along with the Liberia, Dyn and Krebs on Security attacks, are being blamed on the Mirai botnet. To my knowledge no one reputable has linked Mirai with Russia, at least not the Russian government. Mirai's targets seem to be random, like the developers are simply demonstrating their capabilities. So far there doesn't seem to be a political agenda.
I read your article. And TFA. And watched the video. Not saying you're a liar, but [citation needed].
And being anti-war means taking whatever steps are necessary to prevent war, including standing up to expansionists. Appeasing Hitler didn't stop World War II, and tearing down NATO while Russia is annexing Europe's borders won't pacify Putin.
No, he really didn't get out the vote; Trump's vote count was in line with the losers of the last few elections. His strategy in the primary and the general was to drag the whole thing down so far into the mud that most people were too disillusioned to vote. Low turnout favors the 'fear/anger/hate' candidate.
Diplomatic sources in Beijing and Washington have confirmed that Beijing, aware of the high stakes for bilateral ties, has been following the election campaign closely and trying to maintain regular contact with both candidates, Clinton and Republican nominee Donald Trump, through their campaign teams and other channels.
Your point? Open relations with one of America's biggest trading partners is a lot different from secret contacts with an antagonistic power. Denying it through his campaign makes it look even worse.
The last time we elected a Republican president, he started a war that led to more than a million deaths.
While politics will always require a level of compromise between the major parties, that is how the system is supposed to work, and does not mean all politicians are equal or interchangeable. The right (or wrong) one can have a profound effect.
Extra Republican votes? He got several million fewer votes than any R or D candidate since 2000. Like I said in another post, Republicans have a minimum guaranteed turnout, Democrats don't. Trump got the minimum, Hillary got less.
Hillary is an expert politician and would have made an excellent president, but she didn't have the charisma to break Democrats out of 8 years of complacency and idealism.
Most of the senate seats up in 2018 are Democrats, not to mention how many supreme court justices he's replaced by then. We'll be dealing with the fallout from this for a long time.
And don't think for a minute that the Republican congress won't exploit Trump to get legislation passed. Narcissists are easy to manipulate; put their ego on the line and they can be goaded into anything.
Since term limits began we've been in a cycle of 8 years one party, 8 years the other. Bush (the first) was the only exception, because Reagan was ridiculously popular and Dukakis wasn't.
More accurately, Republicans have a base of ~40% that turns out no matter what; Democrats don't, which is why all the true landslides of the past 50 years have gone to Republicans. The party cycle is pretty much all because of Democrats; after two elections they become complacent and idealistic and stop turning out, then it takes a couple terms of Republicans to build up the fire in their belly again. It would be funny, except for how many people suffer in the meantime.
And if you were one of those idealists who would only vote for Bernie, remember that idealism is an extremism as dangerous as any other, because it ends in letting the world burn because you won't settle for second best.
Anyway, all hail Grand Nagus Trump and see you in 2018.
Yeah, every election year these scandals come out of the woodwork. All are blown horribly out of proportion; most are nothing but FUD and hand-wringing.
Vote on policy. That's what's going to impact your life, your country and your planet. Hundreds of millions of people have been enfranchised, disenfranchised, imprisoned, freed, saved, or killed because of US policy and its repercussions throughout the world. It's not an exaggeration—it's history. And the present. And the future too; the next president's decisions on issues from civil rights and liberties to global conflicts to drug enforcement to climate change will affect millions more, both in the next four years and in the shadow they cast over the next century.
People will die because of the next president's policy. People with names and faces and homes. People who can't vote in our election. People who are unable to vote. People who are your kids' or grandkids' age. People who aren't even born.
First, Google has been released from the gag order on this NSL, so as I understand it Google could publish the letter now with no penalty.
Second, the constitutionality of these gag orders has been seriously challenged, so if Google was willing a fight they could probably publish any NSL they wished. Gag orders have historically been the purview of courts, and judges take a dim view of other people doing their job for them.
Third, it's safe to assume Google tracks revisions to their pages, so yes, they would soon know who made the 'mistake'. Also, a letter like this should be shared with extremely few people within the company, so it shouldn't be hard to follow the chain until suspicious activity is found. Punishment for this sort of mishandling would be limited to a fine, however, so the FBI would go after Google's deep pockets rather than try to pin the crime on an individual. The employee should be safe from criminal charges, though not, presumably, from Google discipline.
I'm going to write my congressmen and demand to know if they are in the pocket of major technology companies, and if not, offer them a list of suggestions.
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Technology is a great enabler, but what changes society is who uses it and for what purpose.
If you had to describe the 1940s in a sentence, it probably wouldn't be "A lot of important new technologies were invented."
Do you even Android, bro?
Edit: Other sites are reporting this was a dummy bomb packed with lead. No idea why a dummy would have uranium, maybe BBC is in error.
In any case it wouldn't be the fissile variety. Depleted uranium is still toxic, though.
The bomb would contain a layer of depleted uranium surrounding the plutonium core. Depleted uranium is not particularly radioactive and can't go critical on it's own, but assists the plutonium reaction.
Agreed. Why do people lump them together? Snowden and Assange/Manning/Wikileaks are polar opposites; Snowden blew the whistle on illicit spying, Wikileaks *is* illicit spying.
How anyone can support both I have no idea.
Believe it or not there are many hacking groups out there, and they have different agendas.
This attack, along with the Liberia, Dyn and Krebs on Security attacks, are being blamed on the Mirai botnet. To my knowledge no one reputable has linked Mirai with Russia, at least not the Russian government. Mirai's targets seem to be random, like the developers are simply demonstrating their capabilities. So far there doesn't seem to be a political agenda.
Not to detract from the rest of your post, but it was Jeff Bezos who bought The Washington Post.
I read your article. And TFA. And watched the video. Not saying you're a liar, but [citation needed].
And being anti-war means taking whatever steps are necessary to prevent war, including standing up to expansionists. Appeasing Hitler didn't stop World War II, and tearing down NATO while Russia is annexing Europe's borders won't pacify Putin.
No, he really didn't get out the vote; Trump's vote count was in line with the losers of the last few elections. His strategy in the primary and the general was to drag the whole thing down so far into the mud that most people were too disillusioned to vote. Low turnout favors the 'fear/anger/hate' candidate.
Diplomatic sources in Beijing and Washington have confirmed that Beijing, aware of the high stakes for bilateral ties, has been following the election campaign closely and trying to maintain regular contact with both candidates, Clinton and Republican nominee Donald Trump, through their campaign teams and other channels.
Your point? Open relations with one of America's biggest trading partners is a lot different from secret contacts with an antagonistic power. Denying it through his campaign makes it look even worse.
Between conspiracy with the country's adversaries and tapping the DNC, Trump seems to be doing his best to emulate Nixon. We'll see if it comes to the same end.
Only if they take Florida with them.
The last time we elected a Republican president, he started a war that led to more than a million deaths.
While politics will always require a level of compromise between the major parties, that is how the system is supposed to work, and does not mean all politicians are equal or interchangeable. The right (or wrong) one can have a profound effect.
He's a Republican. It's a job requirement.
Extra Republican votes? He got several million fewer votes than any R or D candidate since 2000. Like I said in another post, Republicans have a minimum guaranteed turnout, Democrats don't. Trump got the minimum, Hillary got less.
Hillary is an expert politician and would have made an excellent president, but she didn't have the charisma to break Democrats out of 8 years of complacency and idealism.
Most of the senate seats up in 2018 are Democrats, not to mention how many supreme court justices he's replaced by then. We'll be dealing with the fallout from this for a long time.
And don't think for a minute that the Republican congress won't exploit Trump to get legislation passed. Narcissists are easy to manipulate; put their ego on the line and they can be goaded into anything.
Since term limits began we've been in a cycle of 8 years one party, 8 years the other. Bush (the first) was the only exception, because Reagan was ridiculously popular and Dukakis wasn't.
More accurately, Republicans have a base of ~40% that turns out no matter what; Democrats don't, which is why all the true landslides of the past 50 years have gone to Republicans. The party cycle is pretty much all because of Democrats; after two elections they become complacent and idealistic and stop turning out, then it takes a couple terms of Republicans to build up the fire in their belly again. It would be funny, except for how many people suffer in the meantime.
And if you were one of those idealists who would only vote for Bernie, remember that idealism is an extremism as dangerous as any other, because it ends in letting the world burn because you won't settle for second best.
Anyway, all hail Grand Nagus Trump and see you in 2018.
The physical laws went out the door months ago.
Everybody knows a four hundred pound hacker can cyber in and PCMCIA over the Internet. The security aspect of cyber is very, very tough.
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I swear there's been a secret coup and The Onion has taken over the world.
Yeah, every election year these scandals come out of the woodwork. All are blown horribly out of proportion; most are nothing but FUD and hand-wringing.
Vote on policy. That's what's going to impact your life, your country and your planet. Hundreds of millions of people have been enfranchised, disenfranchised, imprisoned, freed, saved, or killed because of US policy and its repercussions throughout the world. It's not an exaggeration—it's history. And the present. And the future too; the next president's decisions on issues from civil rights and liberties to global conflicts to drug enforcement to climate change will affect millions more, both in the next four years and in the shadow they cast over the next century.
People will die because of the next president's policy. People with names and faces and homes. People who can't vote in our election. People who are unable to vote. People who are your kids' or grandkids' age. People who aren't even born.
Vote for them.
It's four hundred ppm.
That's 400 ppm.
That's as many as forty tens. And that's terrible.
Well, these are transgenic plants according to TFAbstract, so the anti-GMO crowd can still demand we not have nice things.
First, Google has been released from the gag order on this NSL, so as I understand it Google could publish the letter now with no penalty.
Second, the constitutionality of these gag orders has been seriously challenged, so if Google was willing a fight they could probably publish any NSL they wished. Gag orders have historically been the purview of courts, and judges take a dim view of other people doing their job for them.
Third, it's safe to assume Google tracks revisions to their pages, so yes, they would soon know who made the 'mistake'. Also, a letter like this should be shared with extremely few people within the company, so it shouldn't be hard to follow the chain until suspicious activity is found. Punishment for this sort of mishandling would be limited to a fine, however, so the FBI would go after Google's deep pockets rather than try to pin the crime on an individual. The employee should be safe from criminal charges, though not, presumably, from Google discipline.
I'm going to write my congressmen and demand to know if they are in the pocket of major technology companies, and if not, offer them a list of suggestions.