Germany has a very advanced military, it could certainly get photos of the roof of a building more covertly than sending out a helicopter and making a public statement.
It is time someone made a public statement. No one seems to understand what this NSA spying means. I have yet to see anyone address the most troubling aspect of the NSA spying. The present, in power President has now got 100% access to all information about the opposition party. He can read their mail, listen in on all calls he has access to all confidential data from reporters, judges, congressmen and senators. How can his party lose? The only information the party in power does not have is mouth to ear communication and snail mail. This is equivelant to high tech WaterGate times 1000. At the close of the Constitutional Convention, Ben Franklin said "You have a Republic, if you can keep it". I'm sorry to say this but "We had a Republic, but it appears that we have indeed lost it". The U. S. government can not function when one political party has all the phones tapped and reads everyone's email. That is why we used to have a fourth amendment.
I have yet to see anyone address the most troubling aspect of the NSA spying. The present, in power leader has now got 100% access to all information about the opposition party. He can read their mail, listen in on all calls he has access to all confidential data from reporters, judges, congressmen and senators. How can he lose? The only information the party in power does not have is mouth to ear communication and snail mail. Sorry to say this but "We had a Republic, but it appears that we have indeed lost it".
I've been using Parallels Desktop for several versions now but I won't be 'upgrading' to version 9 until this is resolved. Up to now, Parallels has been a great product.
McAfee, is that you?
Sounds like Norton. They used to (still?) installed dozens of aux programs that took over your desktop.
It's not called impeachment when you're removing the entire ruling body. That's more of a revolution.
I'd wait until the military starts grumbling about it, or is deployed against us on our own soil (which will cause major strife within the lower ranks, at least). Right now, a revolution would be seen as undemocratic, too violent for what they've done. Which means they get to launch a military crackdown that the public will see as at least kind of justified.
Let's give the peaceful solutions some more time, or at least give the ruling body enough rope to hang themselves with. Because once the military is on our side, not theirs, the revolution won't be stopped by anything short of a nuclear attack of us, on ourselves. And I don't think they're willing to do that, because who wants to be emperor of the ash pile?
Can't be done. The system is designed so you can not get rid of an incumbent. No one in his party will run against him and Republicans won't vote for a Democrat and Democrats won't vote for a Republican. It's political gridlock and the likes of McCain, etc can not be gotten rid of.
and the money to fight it ..that's where justice is one ended : the govt has unlimited funds and know dang well that to fight them is impossible to do on even terms because of financial constraints , the average joe , that we can't match their dollars. Justice is a farce , to have justice you need to have huge loads of cash to throw at getting it which the average american and entrepreneur does not have. There is no justice when you have to buy it and you can't afford it.
You are so right That is the main problem with the legal system. It's not a justice system because the person with the most money gets their definition of "justice". To even the playing field somewhat, we should make the loser pay all court costs. Then perhaps we can tilt the scales a bit more towards true justice.
America used to be, and I repeat, USED TO BE a country which everyone looked up to., yours truly included
I came from a communist country, and I was so impressed with the United States of America that I ended up becoming a naturalized American citizen.
The place I came from there was no democracy, no human rights, no freedom and no justice, America had everything that I ever hoped for.
However, my American Dream slowly transformed into American Dismay, and finally ended up as American Disgust
From a country which cherishes and champion Human Rights, the United States becomes a country where "Human Rights" is used as a tool to criticize others
Democracy ? It sure is a convenient device to hoodwink the American voters.
Freedom ? If there is any genuine freedom left in the United States of America Mr. Ladar Levison wouldn't have to shut down Lavabit
Justice ? Can whatever that has happened to Mr. Snowden be anything remotely related to "Justice" ?
I find this to be so true. We have lost control of the government because we can't vote out the powerful members of the House and it is impossible to get rid of an incumbent Senator. Just think about it. The reason they can't be gotten rid of is because there no longer is anyone who is middle of the road. The people who vote for Republicans won't vote for a Democrat because they want someone who supports gun rights and religious morality. To reinforce this districts are mapped so that their district contains a majority of like minded voters. So even though they hate their Rep or Senator, (like McCain) they can't bring themselves to vote for the other party. The Democrat voters have the same dilemma, They can't bring themselves to vote for someone who wants to deny rights to gays, and other minorities. Therefore, once you have your seat in the Senate, you are there for life. The only solutions to the entrenched Senators problem are 1) term limits which will never happen. And 2) only slightly easier, repeal of the 17th amendment, which changed the original Constitution from where Senators were appointed by their State Governors. The 17th amendment reduced the power of the States to influence the Federal Government considerably. Term limits are the only way to get rid of entrenched Representatives. The parties seem to discourage members from challenging incumbents. We, the public, ladies and gentlemen, are pretty much screwed.
If you live in a place that doesn't get extreme heat, car batteries can last a long time. They have their shortest working lives in really hot places like Nevada or Arizona or the Australian outback, and tend to work longest in places that don't get very warm. Here where I live, in Saskatchewan, we're in the middle - but it's not our very cold winters that are the problem (they expose bad batteries but surprisingly aren't that hard on a battery's chemistry), it's the hot brief summers that drag our battery lives down. If I get 5 years I've done well.
You are 100% correct. I live in Phoenix, Az. and five years is the limit for batteries. We are fortunate, however, that they never really just quit. If you pay attention, they will warn you a day or two ahead that they are dying.
Under UK Law, downloading this could result in a prison sentence.
And yet I love the never ending posts about how America is the ONLY country which is a threat to liberty. It certainly is pushing at the boundaries of crazy but at least it is ostensibly legal to download that manual.
I was reading part of Benjamin Franklin's autobiography and memoirs and two quotes struck me which were written just a few months before the outbreak of the revolutionary war:
"Try on your fetters and if you don't like them, then we can talk."
And
"Either we must all be free, or none of us."
(I may have missed a word, but meaning is exact).
The former the attitude we are faced with. These programs are thrust on us, and we have to really complain for even the slightest hope of the patriot act to not be renewed.
The latter the attitude we must have not only regarding our fellow Americans, but with all of our allies who have traditionally been beacons of liberty. If our allies stumble, we fall. If we stumble we may drag everyone to the ministry of love with us.
I sent a full copy of the Constitution with all amendments to my two Senators and my Representative. I ask them to read it and then to defund and not renew the (un)Patriot Act. McCain did not respond. Flake sent me a canned response saying he supported the 2nd Amendment, when my email was about the Patriot Act. However my Rep voted to defund Prism and will do the same for the Patriot Act. What a bunch of arrogant people we have in our "House of Lords", the Senate. They need to be all replaced as soon as possible.
...and/or (2) we noticed something special prior to 9/11 but, well, didn't do enough about it.
They knew all sorts of things. They knew a plot would likely unfold soon, involving massive casualties. They'd been warned about strikes using airplanes, and that Jihadis were in the US, and that four were receiving flight training.
And might I mention the Boston Marathon bombings. The Russian told the U.S. the two brothers were terrorists and the U.S. let them blow the bombs anyway. You don't suppose this was another way to reinforce the position that security is far more important than that Old useless piece of paper that used to keep getting in the way of their power? I'm glad I'm old. I fought to defend this country and it's Constitution and now it seems no one cares that we have torn up that document and replaced it with secret courts and secret spying. This is not the country I was born into. I weep that the "Grand Experiment" is dying.
And precisely nothing was done. They didn't even warn the airlines.
One way or another, any weirdness surrounding 9/11 is dead and buried at this point. Whether random terrorism, domestic false flag, or some hybrid of the two (a Bush - Saudi - Bin Ladin 'understanding'), there is likely no remaining information that will ever be dislodged to 'resolve' the issue for anyone who remains unconvinced one way or another. What we do know, with absolute certainty, was that 9/11 was a godsend for US imperialism. Writing in 2000 on the subject of revitalizing the US military to put it back on a war footing, with a focus on a 'two-war capability' (i.e., the ability to fight two major wars simultaneously), the Project for the New American Century report Rebuilding America's Defenses notes that: (pp. 51)
... the process of transformation, even if it brings revolutionary change, is likely to be a long one, absent some catastrophic and catalyzing event – like a new Pearl Harbor.
A range of high level members of the Bush administration were members or signatories of the PNAC.
So regardless of the extent to which (1) is true in the parent posting, (2) is definitely the case. And if you are willing to look for causality or intention in that stubborn inaction, you do not have to look far – though you should be prepared for an onslaught of "omg lolz conspiracy theory!" declamations to put closure on any honest discussion of the incentives, invested parties, and policy outcomes.
Wish I had points. I agree. If the Rs were in power they would support their guy and believe he wouldn't to anything to hurt the Republic. However most of this was started by Republican Bush and has been continued by Democrat Obama. The camel has now got his head in the tent and it will be difficult to remove him. I think the Patriot Act is the most unpatriotic thing I have seen the government do. Being allowed to govern in secret is not a good thing. The secret court just rubber stamps what is put in front of them. I served four months on a Grand Jury a couple of years ago and I will attest that in Arizona you can indict a ham sandwich. Only the prosecution and police submit testimony, so there is no way to refute it. The one case we submitted a "no true bill" on was a case of jury nullification where we wanted to save a juvenile from having his life destroyed by having a felony conviction and lifetime probation. I hope he took our gift and ran with it.
What if this thing gets out of hand and plants start to become larger as they are fed more nitrogen. We could become overrun with weed type plants that we can't control. Almost everything has unintended consequences. From the laws made in Congress to the modification of plants.
I have to agree. I am no longer young but I remember well the days when commercials were five to seven minutes total for a half hour program. The Rifleman, for instance, now must be re-editied to be shown because the ads are so much longer. I, for one, am commercialed out. If I was forced to watch them I would buy DVDs and only watch content on that medium. We are so bombarded with commercials on radio and TV that I refuse to listen any longer. If they need the revenue, let them offer commercial free shows that we pay for. I would subscribe to that. Just look at HBO and Showtime.
I have a Mac developer license and I did not get this email.
This is the email I got from Apple:
Apple Developer Website Update
Last Thursday, an intruder attempted to secure personal information of our registered developers from our developer website. Sensitive personal information was encrypted and cannot be accessed, however, we have not been able to rule out the possibility that some developers’ names, mailing addresses, and/or email addresses may have been accessed. In the spirit of transparency, we want to inform you of the issue. We took the site down immediately on Thursday and have been working around the clock since then.
In order to prevent a security threat like this from happening again, we’re completely overhauling our developer systems, updating our server software, and rebuilding our entire database. We apologize for the significant inconvenience that our downtime has caused you and we expect to have the developer website up again soon.
So, if they find a marker linked to violence, what happens? Are all those people instantly incarcerated? What about the trigger level or the level of violence? There is a huge difference between punching someone in the nose and shooting up a public gathering. I would never trust government with this information. It reeks of Nazi Germany. Kill all the jews... kill at the homosexuals. Scary stuff.
- police record, including being accused of domestic violence, resisting arrest, and battery of law-enforcement officer.
- continued following TM, even when instructed by 911 operators not to.
So really, I don't see how your refutation adds anything to the discussion.
I don't know about Florida, but in Arizona, if you have been convicted of domestic violence, you can not legally own or posses a firearm. GZ had a CCW, carry concealed weapon permit. I doubt he was ever convicted of any felony.
System works as intended, by placing the responsibility of defense on the accused.
I wonder how long it took for that person with vanity plates 33 to get his ticket annulled. He probably had to go to court and speak to a clerk or two.
I am surprised they do not yet send occasional random tickets to 2%-3% in the database. What do they have to lose? Either the person would pay the fine or they would spend hours of their life trying to avoid paying it -- maybe they will be browbeaten into paying a fraction instead.
The picture of the car taken by the photo radar has to match the car on the registration. That is "supposed" to be checked before the ticket is issued. All he had to do was show the court that the photo radar picture didn't match the vehicle description to have the ticket thrown out.
In the US they don't either (at least not in NY), the solution is to not fine the driver. They fine the vehicle owner, but it's not considered a violation against the driver, thus it doesn't show up on your record and it doesn't affect insurance. Basically it's done the same way parking tickets are handled (which also don't need anything other than a license plate).
Sounds to me like that's the root of the problem, the tickets are for the vehicle owner, and the legislator plates are not tied to the vehicle, thus the system can't pull the owner from the database. They could send it to the driver, but generally that doesn't stand up in court so the systems don't do that.
That's interesting. Here in Arizona, if the picture isn't the owner and the owner won't rat the actual driver out, then the ticket is thrown out.
"Like many things their needs to be the correct balance."
Well said.
The headline here is incorrect. It isn't copyright that's making titles disappear. It's the extremes of copyright that the government has allowed.
I was complaining to a friend of mine who is just starting his graduate studies at Uconn. I was complaining about the DHS warnings on movies. What does Home Land Security have to do with IP? I own over 4000 original DVDs and I paid for every one. I used to buy 33 and 45 RPM records when I was his age. My young friend informed me that his generation doesn't buy either movies or music. Generational difference. OK, so his generation pirates IP, what the hell has that got to do with Home Land Security?
The fact that a system is subject to abuse (like forever copyrights) does not mean the system itself is a bad one. What's bad are the a**holes who have abused that system. (I'm looking at you, "content owners", and Congress.)
The monoculture of the public-school programs set for the entire nation by the federal Department of Education does not bother you, does it? It is only the fact, that one particular city is advancing it using a particular family of devices, that you find troubling...
It bothers me. When the Rs are in office we will have schools teaching about Jesus and the evils of science. When the Ds control we will be pushing the wonders of collectivism and how to get absolutely free stuff from the idiots who still pay taxes. Better to have the Texas system where local districts control the content of education than some self serving politicos in DC.
yes. A dollar won't even buy you a cup of coffee. A mega dollar can make crime legal and get people to like you even if you're an entitled sneering jackass with an ego the size of Texas.
what happens when they can develop swarming nanobot flying insects with cameras and microphones on them that dont need to charge and are attracted to noise. always swarming above peoples heads and fully autonomous.
It's real simple regardless of the technology. If they have a warrant issued by a real judge for that one specific purpose (which means probable cause for a specific crime), even long-term surveillance that violates privacy is OK. You may not like this, but that's the way it has been for many decades.
On the other hand, no warrant, no privacy-violating surveillance. They can still watch/listen to you when you are in public, but they can't legally listen to your phone calls, listen to conversations inside your house that are not loud enough to be heard without augmentation, etc. What this means is that they can't fly a drone over your house in the middle of your 40 acres of land to watch or listen to you unless they have a warrant. I'd even argue that a drone looking into your fenced backyard that can't otherwise be seen from public property would require a warrant.
I believe that the cops are using infrared cameras on planes to locate illegal marijuana cultivation and have been doing so for decades. They don't require a warrant.
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Germany has a very advanced military, it could certainly get photos of the roof of a building more covertly than sending out a helicopter and making a public statement.
It is time someone made a public statement. No one seems to understand what this NSA spying means. I have yet to see anyone address the most troubling aspect of the NSA spying. The present, in power President has now got 100% access to all information about the opposition party. He can read their mail, listen in on all calls he has access to all confidential data from reporters, judges, congressmen and senators. How can his party lose? The only information the party in power does not have is mouth to ear communication and snail mail. This is equivelant to high tech WaterGate times 1000. At the close of the Constitutional Convention, Ben Franklin said "You have a Republic, if you can keep it". I'm sorry to say this but "We had a Republic, but it appears that we have indeed lost it". The U. S. government can not function when one political party has all the phones tapped and reads everyone's email. That is why we used to have a fourth amendment.
I have yet to see anyone address the most troubling aspect of the NSA spying. The present, in power leader has now got 100% access to all information about the opposition party. He can read their mail, listen in on all calls he has access to all confidential data from reporters, judges, congressmen and senators. How can he lose? The only information the party in power does not have is mouth to ear communication and snail mail. Sorry to say this but "We had a Republic, but it appears that we have indeed lost it".
I've been using Parallels Desktop for several versions now but I won't be 'upgrading' to version 9 until this is resolved. Up to now, Parallels has been a great product.
McAfee, is that you?
Sounds like Norton. They used to (still?) installed dozens of aux programs that took over your desktop.
It's not called impeachment when you're removing the entire ruling body. That's more of a revolution.
I'd wait until the military starts grumbling about it, or is deployed against us on our own soil (which will cause major strife within the lower ranks, at least). Right now, a revolution would be seen as undemocratic, too violent for what they've done. Which means they get to launch a military crackdown that the public will see as at least kind of justified.
Let's give the peaceful solutions some more time, or at least give the ruling body enough rope to hang themselves with. Because once the military is on our side, not theirs, the revolution won't be stopped by anything short of a nuclear attack of us, on ourselves. And I don't think they're willing to do that, because who wants to be emperor of the ash pile?
Can't be done. The system is designed so you can not get rid of an incumbent. No one in his party will run against him and Republicans won't vote for a Democrat and Democrats won't vote for a Republican. It's political gridlock and the likes of McCain, etc can not be gotten rid of.
and the money to fight it . .that's where justice is one ended : the govt has unlimited funds and know dang well that to fight them is impossible to do on even terms because of financial constraints , the average joe , that we can't match their dollars. Justice is a farce , to have justice you need to have huge loads of cash to throw at getting it which the average american and entrepreneur does not have. There is no justice when you have to buy it and you can't afford it.
You are so right That is the main problem with the legal system. It's not a justice system because the person with the most money gets their definition of "justice". To even the playing field somewhat, we should make the loser pay all court costs. Then perhaps we can tilt the scales a bit more towards true justice.
America used to be, and I repeat, USED TO BE a country which everyone looked up to., yours truly included
I came from a communist country, and I was so impressed with the United States of America that I ended up becoming a naturalized American citizen.
The place I came from there was no democracy, no human rights, no freedom and no justice, America had everything that I ever hoped for.
However, my American Dream slowly transformed into American Dismay, and finally ended up as American Disgust
From a country which cherishes and champion Human Rights, the United States becomes a country where "Human Rights" is used as a tool to criticize others
Democracy ? It sure is a convenient device to hoodwink the American voters.
Freedom ? If there is any genuine freedom left in the United States of America Mr. Ladar Levison wouldn't have to shut down Lavabit
Justice ? Can whatever that has happened to Mr. Snowden be anything remotely related to "Justice" ?
I find this to be so true. We have lost control of the government because we can't vote out the powerful members of the House and it is impossible to get rid of an incumbent Senator. Just think about it. The reason they can't be gotten rid of is because there no longer is anyone who is middle of the road. The people who vote for Republicans won't vote for a Democrat because they want someone who supports gun rights and religious morality. To reinforce this districts are mapped so that their district contains a majority of like minded voters. So even though they hate their Rep or Senator, (like McCain) they can't bring themselves to vote for the other party. The Democrat voters have the same dilemma, They can't bring themselves to vote for someone who wants to deny rights to gays, and other minorities. Therefore, once you have your seat in the Senate, you are there for life. The only solutions to the entrenched Senators problem are 1) term limits which will never happen. And 2) only slightly easier, repeal of the 17th amendment, which changed the original Constitution from where Senators were appointed by their State Governors. The 17th amendment reduced the power of the States to influence the Federal Government considerably. Term limits are the only way to get rid of entrenched Representatives. The parties seem to discourage members from challenging incumbents. We, the public, ladies and gentlemen, are pretty much screwed.
If you live in a place that doesn't get extreme heat, car batteries can last a long time. They have their shortest working lives in really hot places like Nevada or Arizona or the Australian outback, and tend to work longest in places that don't get very warm. Here where I live, in Saskatchewan, we're in the middle - but it's not our very cold winters that are the problem (they expose bad batteries but surprisingly aren't that hard on a battery's chemistry), it's the hot brief summers that drag our battery lives down. If I get 5 years I've done well.
You are 100% correct. I live in Phoenix, Az. and five years is the limit for batteries. We are fortunate, however, that they never really just quit. If you pay attention, they will warn you a day or two ahead that they are dying.
I really want to start CCing the NSA into all my banal email conversations now.
That was my first thought also. Flood the bastards with email to where their email is slash dotted. What a wonderful idea.
Under UK Law, downloading this could result in a prison sentence.
And yet I love the never ending posts about how America is the ONLY country which is a threat to liberty. It certainly is pushing at the boundaries of crazy but at least it is ostensibly legal to download that manual.
I was reading part of Benjamin Franklin's autobiography and memoirs and two quotes struck me which were written just a few months before the outbreak of the revolutionary war:
"Try on your fetters and if you don't like them, then we can talk."
And
"Either we must all be free, or none of us."
(I may have missed a word, but meaning is exact).
The former the attitude we are faced with. These programs are thrust on us, and we have to really complain for even the slightest hope of the patriot act to not be renewed.
The latter the attitude we must have not only regarding our fellow Americans, but with all of our allies who have traditionally been beacons of liberty. If our allies stumble, we fall. If we stumble we may drag everyone to the ministry of love with us.
I sent a full copy of the Constitution with all amendments to my two Senators and my Representative. I ask them to read it and then to defund and not renew the (un)Patriot Act. McCain did not respond. Flake sent me a canned response saying he supported the 2nd Amendment, when my email was about the Patriot Act. However my Rep voted to defund Prism and will do the same for the Patriot Act. What a bunch of arrogant people we have in our "House of Lords", the Senate. They need to be all replaced as soon as possible.
The people at Codepoke had an app which did exactly the same thing. They removed it from the app store a while ago.
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The people at Codepoke had an app which did exactly the same thing. They removed it from the app store a while ago.
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I believe "War Games" said it best; The only winning move is not to play the game.
...and/or (2) we noticed something special prior to 9/11 but, well, didn't do enough about it.
They knew all sorts of things. They knew a plot would likely unfold soon, involving massive casualties. They'd been warned about strikes using airplanes, and that Jihadis were in the US, and that four were receiving flight training.
And might I mention the Boston Marathon bombings. The Russian told the U.S. the two brothers were terrorists and the U.S. let them blow the bombs anyway. You don't suppose this was another way to reinforce the position that security is far more important than that Old useless piece of paper that used to keep getting in the way of their power? I'm glad I'm old. I fought to defend this country and it's Constitution and now it seems no one cares that we have torn up that document and replaced it with secret courts and secret spying. This is not the country I was born into. I weep that the "Grand Experiment" is dying.
And precisely nothing was done. They didn't even warn the airlines.
One way or another, any weirdness surrounding 9/11 is dead and buried at this point. Whether random terrorism, domestic false flag, or some hybrid of the two (a Bush - Saudi - Bin Ladin 'understanding'), there is likely no remaining information that will ever be dislodged to 'resolve' the issue for anyone who remains unconvinced one way or another. What we do know, with absolute certainty, was that 9/11 was a godsend for US imperialism. Writing in 2000 on the subject of revitalizing the US military to put it back on a war footing, with a focus on a 'two-war capability' (i.e., the ability to fight two major wars simultaneously), the Project for the New American Century report Rebuilding America's Defenses notes that: (pp. 51)
... the process of transformation, even if it brings revolutionary change, is likely to be a long one, absent some catastrophic and catalyzing event – like a new Pearl Harbor.
A range of high level members of the Bush administration were members or signatories of the PNAC.
So regardless of the extent to which (1) is true in the parent posting, (2) is definitely the case. And if you are willing to look for causality or intention in that stubborn inaction, you do not have to look far – though you should be prepared for an onslaught of "omg lolz conspiracy theory!" declamations to put closure on any honest discussion of the incentives, invested parties, and policy outcomes.
They are bought and paid for.
Its our bandwidth and they're selling it off to their corporate cronies.
Where's the outrage, America ?
The outrage is in the same place the outrage against the NSA spying on U.S. citizens is. It aint. It sees today, apathy is our greatest product.
Wish I had points. I agree. If the Rs were in power they would support their guy and believe he wouldn't to anything to hurt the Republic. However most of this was started by Republican Bush and has been continued by Democrat Obama. The camel has now got his head in the tent and it will be difficult to remove him. I think the Patriot Act is the most unpatriotic thing I have seen the government do. Being allowed to govern in secret is not a good thing. The secret court just rubber stamps what is put in front of them. I served four months on a Grand Jury a couple of years ago and I will attest that in Arizona you can indict a ham sandwich. Only the prosecution and police submit testimony, so there is no way to refute it. The one case we submitted a "no true bill" on was a case of jury nullification where we wanted to save a juvenile from having his life destroyed by having a felony conviction and lifetime probation. I hope he took our gift and ran with it.
What if this thing gets out of hand and plants start to become larger as they are fed more nitrogen. We could become overrun with weed type plants that we can't control. Almost everything has unintended consequences. From the laws made in Congress to the modification of plants.
I have to agree. I am no longer young but I remember well the days when commercials were five to seven minutes total for a half hour program. The Rifleman, for instance, now must be re-editied to be shown because the ads are so much longer. I, for one, am commercialed out. If I was forced to watch them I would buy DVDs and only watch content on that medium. We are so bombarded with commercials on radio and TV that I refuse to listen any longer. If they need the revenue, let them offer commercial free shows that we pay for. I would subscribe to that. Just look at HBO and Showtime.
I have a Mac developer license and I did not get this email.
This is the email I got from Apple:
Apple Developer Website Update
Last Thursday, an intruder attempted to secure personal information of our registered developers from our developer website. Sensitive personal information was encrypted and cannot be accessed, however, we have not been able to rule out the possibility that some developers’ names, mailing addresses, and/or email addresses may have been accessed. In the spirit of transparency, we want to inform you of the issue. We took the site down immediately on Thursday and have been working around the clock since then.
In order to prevent a security threat like this from happening again, we’re completely overhauling our developer systems, updating our server software, and rebuilding our entire database. We apologize for the significant inconvenience that our downtime has caused you and we expect to have the developer website up again soon.
So, if they find a marker linked to violence, what happens? Are all those people instantly incarcerated? What about the trigger level or the level of violence? There is a huge difference between punching someone in the nose and shooting up a public gathering. I would never trust government with this information. It reeks of Nazi Germany. Kill all the jews... kill at the homosexuals. Scary stuff.
George Zimmerman:
- police record, including being accused of domestic violence, resisting arrest, and battery of law-enforcement officer.
- continued following TM, even when instructed by 911 operators not to.
So really, I don't see how your refutation adds anything to the discussion.
I don't know about Florida, but in Arizona, if you have been convicted of domestic violence, you can not legally own or posses a firearm. GZ had a CCW, carry concealed weapon permit. I doubt he was ever convicted of any felony.
Our system works, the database works.
System works as intended, by placing the responsibility of defense on the accused.
I wonder how long it took for that person with vanity plates 33 to get his ticket annulled. He probably had to go to court and speak to a clerk or two.
I am surprised they do not yet send occasional random tickets to 2%-3% in the database. What do they have to lose? Either the person would pay the fine or they would spend hours of their life trying to avoid paying it -- maybe they will be browbeaten into paying a fraction instead.
The picture of the car taken by the photo radar has to match the car on the registration. That is "supposed" to be checked before the ticket is issued. All he had to do was show the court that the photo radar picture didn't match the vehicle description to have the ticket thrown out.
In the US they don't either (at least not in NY), the solution is to not fine the driver. They fine the vehicle owner, but it's not considered a violation against the driver, thus it doesn't show up on your record and it doesn't affect insurance. Basically it's done the same way parking tickets are handled (which also don't need anything other than a license plate).
Sounds to me like that's the root of the problem, the tickets are for the vehicle owner, and the legislator plates are not tied to the vehicle, thus the system can't pull the owner from the database. They could send it to the driver, but generally that doesn't stand up in court so the systems don't do that.
That's interesting. Here in Arizona, if the picture isn't the owner and the owner won't rat the actual driver out, then the ticket is thrown out.
Apparently it was funny 40 years ago.
Trust me it was.
"Like many things their needs to be the correct balance."
Well said.
The headline here is incorrect. It isn't copyright that's making titles disappear. It's the extremes of copyright that the government has allowed.
I was complaining to a friend of mine who is just starting his graduate studies at Uconn. I was complaining about the DHS warnings on movies. What does Home Land Security have to do with IP? I own over 4000 original DVDs and I paid for every one. I used to buy 33 and 45 RPM records when I was his age. My young friend informed me that his generation doesn't buy either movies or music. Generational difference. OK, so his generation pirates IP, what the hell has that got to do with Home Land Security?
The fact that a system is subject to abuse (like forever copyrights) does not mean the system itself is a bad one. What's bad are the a**holes who have abused that system. (I'm looking at you, "content owners", and Congress.)
The monoculture of the public-school programs set for the entire nation by the federal Department of Education does not bother you, does it? It is only the fact, that one particular city is advancing it using a particular family of devices, that you find troubling...
It bothers me. When the Rs are in office we will have schools teaching about Jesus and the evils of science. When the Ds control we will be pushing the wonders of collectivism and how to get absolutely free stuff from the idiots who still pay taxes. Better to have the Texas system where local districts control the content of education than some self serving politicos in DC.
yes. A dollar won't even buy you a cup of coffee. A mega dollar can make crime legal and get people to like you even if you're an entitled sneering jackass with an ego the size of Texas.
You are defining politicians, aren't you?
what happens when they can develop swarming nanobot flying insects with cameras and microphones on them that dont need to charge and are attracted to noise. always swarming above peoples heads and fully autonomous.
It's real simple regardless of the technology. If they have a warrant issued by a real judge for that one specific purpose (which means probable cause for a specific crime), even long-term surveillance that violates privacy is OK. You may not like this, but that's the way it has been for many decades.
On the other hand, no warrant, no privacy-violating surveillance. They can still watch/listen to you when you are in public, but they can't legally listen to your phone calls, listen to conversations inside your house that are not loud enough to be heard without augmentation, etc. What this means is that they can't fly a drone over your house in the middle of your 40 acres of land to watch or listen to you unless they have a warrant. I'd even argue that a drone looking into your fenced backyard that can't otherwise be seen from public property would require a warrant.
I believe that the cops are using infrared cameras on planes to locate illegal marijuana cultivation and have been doing so for decades. They don't require a warrant.