And the reason nothing passed was the Democrats were attempting to be bi-partisan.
Tell me youre not trying to blame things on a minority that could not possibly have obstructed the majority from passing whatever they wanted.
Your post seems to indicate that regardless of who is in office or what happens, it will STILL always be the Right's fault. Things just dont work that way in reality.
Cant agree here. I dont think its out of line for a republican to cry foul when someone on slashdot states to rousing cheers that all republicans are this or that. Broad generalizations tend to be bad, and when you mix in politics it just gets worse.
You may some day have to accept that there is a large number of reasonable, intelligent, and even likable people who completely disagree with your views on government and policy. Just because someone has a political view doesnt mean you know squat about them, their finances, their situation, or their personality.
As long as you provide a vital public service you should be beholden to the Constitution.
You are! Except, the Bill of Rights is generally pretty specific that it is referring to what CONGRESS can and cant do, so (with the exception of local legislatures who are also bound under those terms) if you arent Congress then it doesnt restrict you.
So yes, "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press;" 'applies' to Delta, but seeing as they arent Congress it does not restrict them.
Private businesses have the right to decide that youre an idiot and they dont want to deal with you, and honestly thats not a right I want removed.
You call it courage, but it doesnt display a large amount of common sense to wear something deliberately provocative and then act surprised when it generates a response. Not gonna say that he should be targetted for wearing a shirt; but you probably wouldnt call someone "brave" for calling their teacher stupid and then wondering why the teacher tends to be harsher in grading your stuff.
That said, I guess its great that there are other people out there to take the heat and generate the controversy to try and keep the TSA in check.
Apparently, someone at NFTA recognized this bigoted meathead for the bigoted meathead he was and that nationality is simply a concept that exists solely on paper and cannot be discerned from just looking at someone.”
There are still other considerations-- the oft-cited security of Israeli airlines despite the gigantic target painted on them (if muslim terrorists are going to target someone, Israel tends to rank higher on "peoples we dont like" than the US) is often attributed to their use of profiling. But Bruce still makes some pretty good points about cost-benefit of profiling.
Regardless of anything else, this guy once again proves that you can be technically right, and still lack any common sense.
Kind of reminds me of the story of the girl who corrected her teacher in front of the whole class that the sunflower is the largest flower, rather than another, and then wondered why the teacher gave her a bad grade. Also relevant / oblig: http://xkcd.com/651/
We can talk about the potential of building planets when we manage to get anywhere near to puncturing the crust of the earth. Until then, its not even on the horizon of anything but science fiction.
For anyone who doesnt get how mind-boggling of a technology jump we are talking here, consider that over the entire course of human history we havent even gotten thru the crust of the earth-- only 20 miles thick, but the deepest hole ever (Kola Superdeep Borehole) is only 8 miles down. Now keep in mind that the earth's radius is roughly 4000 miles, and that it gets exponentially harder to go deeper as you go ( due to gravity etc).
And you think that anywhere in the near future we will be building planets? Get real. We have trouble enough exploring the depths of the one we have. Remember that the mariana trench-- considered an epic journey to visit-- is about 7 miles down.
Inertia and gravity are two entirely differnet things. Its not "artificial gravity", because it isnt a force that attracts two objects based on their mass-- its a force that is entirely dependent on the momentum an object has when its velocity changes.
Calling it "artificial gravity" might make sense when youre using it in a laymans sense, but its entirely different than being able to generate gravity which is on a whole other level of difficulty.
You... don't know. Here's a list of a couple hundred printers [apple.com] that work with the iPad
The vast vast majority do NOT, unless you do some crazy hacks to set up an AirPrint service on your laptop to make it act like a print server for IOS. There are literally thousands of printers out there, and most are not AirPrint compatible.
It does not look from that article that it has been "ruled uncrackable", except by NeoWin. They seem to assume that because AES is "uncrackable", and because Apple claims that they do not store the key, their implementation must therefore be uncrackable / without flaws.
Anyone who has watched security for any length of time knows that "hypothetically uncrackable" is a lot different than "practically secure". Maybe they leak key details; maybe they dont properly santize RAM before the iPad powers down (and therefore it may be susceptable to a cold boot attack).
Until some respected crypto expert looks at the thing, any declarations about security on the IOS are worthless marketing tools.
It's one of those annoying namespace pollution games, like how "China" now always means mainland China, and never Taiwan
That might have a rather lot to do with them being considered separate nations. I suppose China itself considers Taiwan to be a rebellious province, but most of the rest of the "free world" considers China to be China and Taiwan to be Taiwan.
Pretty sure they werent "rich", but thanks for speculating wildly. A new battery costs all of about $30. A "spoiled rich kid" would probably get a new laptop.
For how many years do they provide that service, and is it free? RAM doesnt tend to go bad for a few years, nor do disks, or processors, etc. THose tend to be year 4-6.
The rulings did indicate that there is more involved than simply who the final actor was. If your speech is considered to be "brigaded" with action, you can be charged with the crime it caused.
We have a right to own guns, not to use them in a way that threatens the rights of others. We have a right to free speech, but not to use it dangerously. I see no problem here.
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And the reason nothing passed was the Democrats were attempting to be bi-partisan.
Tell me youre not trying to blame things on a minority that could not possibly have obstructed the majority from passing whatever they wanted.
Your post seems to indicate that regardless of who is in office or what happens, it will STILL always be the Right's fault. Things just dont work that way in reality.
Cant agree here. I dont think its out of line for a republican to cry foul when someone on slashdot states to rousing cheers that all republicans are this or that. Broad generalizations tend to be bad, and when you mix in politics it just gets worse.
You may some day have to accept that there is a large number of reasonable, intelligent, and even likable people who completely disagree with your views on government and policy. Just because someone has a political view doesnt mean you know squat about them, their finances, their situation, or their personality.
Theres some kind of irony in your post but I cant place my finger on it.
aptitude to read the label that says "FAA approved".
Playing devils advocate here, why should anyone trust a random sticker applied to the side of something to be an arbiter of policy?
Seems like, as you say, they should know (or be able to check) what is / isnt approved, but looking to a sticker to back your case up seems weak.
As long as you provide a vital public service you should be beholden to the Constitution.
You are! Except, the Bill of Rights is generally pretty specific that it is referring to what CONGRESS can and cant do, so (with the exception of local legislatures who are also bound under those terms) if you arent Congress then it doesnt restrict you.
So yes, "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press;" 'applies' to Delta, but seeing as they arent Congress it does not restrict them.
Private businesses have the right to decide that youre an idiot and they dont want to deal with you, and honestly thats not a right I want removed.
You call it courage, but it doesnt display a large amount of common sense to wear something deliberately provocative and then act surprised when it generates a response. Not gonna say that he should be targetted for wearing a shirt; but you probably wouldnt call someone "brave" for calling their teacher stupid and then wondering why the teacher tends to be harsher in grading your stuff.
That said, I guess its great that there are other people out there to take the heat and generate the controversy to try and keep the TSA in check.
Apparently, someone at NFTA recognized this bigoted meathead for the bigoted meathead he was and that nationality is simply a concept that exists solely on paper and cannot be discerned from just looking at someone.”
I was going to comment on how profiling works regardless of it being PC, but thought I'd check up on Schneier's thoughts, and I find myself reconsidering my position. Its worth a read:
http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2012/05/the_trouble_wit.html
There are still other considerations-- the oft-cited security of Israeli airlines despite the gigantic target painted on them (if muslim terrorists are going to target someone, Israel tends to rank higher on "peoples we dont like" than the US) is often attributed to their use of profiling. But Bruce still makes some pretty good points about cost-benefit of profiling.
Regardless of anything else, this guy once again proves that you can be technically right, and still lack any common sense.
Kind of reminds me of the story of the girl who corrected her teacher in front of the whole class that the sunflower is the largest flower, rather than another, and then wondered why the teacher gave her a bad grade. Also relevant / oblig: http://xkcd.com/651/
Those playing D3 apparently disagree.
Theres TONS of regulation at the top, its just that big companies are super good at dealing with it.
Asking for MORE regulation just helps to kill the competition you seem to be implying is needed.
We can talk about the potential of building planets when we manage to get anywhere near to puncturing the crust of the earth. Until then, its not even on the horizon of anything but science fiction.
For anyone who doesnt get how mind-boggling of a technology jump we are talking here, consider that over the entire course of human history we havent even gotten thru the crust of the earth-- only 20 miles thick, but the deepest hole ever (Kola Superdeep Borehole) is only 8 miles down. Now keep in mind that the earth's radius is roughly 4000 miles, and that it gets exponentially harder to go deeper as you go ( due to gravity etc).
And you think that anywhere in the near future we will be building planets? Get real. We have trouble enough exploring the depths of the one we have. Remember that the mariana trench-- considered an epic journey to visit-- is about 7 miles down.
Inertia and gravity are two entirely differnet things. Its not "artificial gravity", because it isnt a force that attracts two objects based on their mass-- its a force that is entirely dependent on the momentum an object has when its velocity changes.
Calling it "artificial gravity" might make sense when youre using it in a laymans sense, but its entirely different than being able to generate gravity which is on a whole other level of difficulty.
Pretty sure I cant downmod in a thread I have posted in. Its everyone else who is downmodding you for being an utter troll.
Its refreshing to not see Slashdot trying to justify breaking laws and demonizing the enforcement of them. Anarchy is not good, guys.
You... don't know. Here's a list of a couple hundred printers [apple.com] that work with the iPad
The vast vast majority do NOT, unless you do some crazy hacks to set up an AirPrint service on your laptop to make it act like a print server for IOS. There are literally thousands of printers out there, and most are not AirPrint compatible.
It does not look from that article that it has been "ruled uncrackable", except by NeoWin. They seem to assume that because AES is "uncrackable", and because Apple claims that they do not store the key, their implementation must therefore be uncrackable / without flaws.
Anyone who has watched security for any length of time knows that "hypothetically uncrackable" is a lot different than "practically secure". Maybe they leak key details; maybe they dont properly santize RAM before the iPad powers down (and therefore it may be susceptable to a cold boot attack).
Until some respected crypto expert looks at the thing, any declarations about security on the IOS are worthless marketing tools.
I think in the classification of evils, we can pretty clearly say that firebombing is not quite as bad as mass rape and torture /death.
Go read this, and let me know what you think. Incidentally, I first heard this story on the BBC, so not exactly some US conspiracy here.
FWIW, I also have friends who have been there, and it really is as nightmarish of a police state as you could imagine.
Lets not forget good old Democratic Kampuchea
It's one of those annoying namespace pollution games, like how "China" now always means mainland China, and never Taiwan
That might have a rather lot to do with them being considered separate nations. I suppose China itself considers Taiwan to be a rebellious province, but most of the rest of the "free world" considers China to be China and Taiwan to be Taiwan.
Pretty sure they werent "rich", but thanks for speculating wildly. A new battery costs all of about $30. A "spoiled rich kid" would probably get a new laptop.
For how many years do they provide that service, and is it free? RAM doesnt tend to go bad for a few years, nor do disks, or processors, etc. THose tend to be year 4-6.
The rulings did indicate that there is more involved than simply who the final actor was. If your speech is considered to be "brigaded" with action, you can be charged with the crime it caused.
We have a right to own guns, not to use them in a way that threatens the rights of others. We have a right to free speech, but not to use it dangerously. I see no problem here.