This reminds me of an old science fiction story. The designers, builders and programmers assemble. The Switch is flipped. The computer boots. The first question they ask is, "Is there a God?" The machine hums away for a few seconds, then arc welds the power switch open and responds, "There is now!"
Forgive me, but what makes you think the US would attempt to extradite Assange for the alleged crime the Swedes want to talk to him about? He hasn't even been charged with anything. The Swedes claim they want him only for questioning, but decided not to go with the long-standing practice of conducting the interview by phone, as Swedish law allows under the Mutual Legal Assistance provisions.
Assange is worried that once Sweden gets physical custody of him, the US will charge him with something very serious and then file an extradition request.
Frankly, the whole thing stinks to high heaven, and if I was Assange, the only way they'd get me to Sweden would be by force.
Does anybody still doubt if this government gets hold of Julian Assange, they'll have his soon-to-be-dead ass on its way to the United States faster than you can say "American Lapdog"?
"We don't use this data to identify, contact or target advertising to our users and we don't share it with third parties."
There are certain grammatical rules in BusinessSpeak which should be kept in mind. For example, in proper BusinessSpeak, the phrase "At this time" which goes before "we" in the preceding quotation is silent.
No underground parking? I thought it was some kind of apartment building. Not that it matters. Minor adjustments would still yield the same results (i.e. a sudden increase in the number of rolled-up carpets going in and out.
I wonder how long the people of London would stand for it if 50 small trucks a day started pulling into the embassy garage, then pulling out again and heading for Europe. What kind of police presence would it take to search every one of them on a daily basis?
Maybe once in a while, just for a laugh, have somebody approximating Assange's physical appearance hop in for a ride around the city.
"Sad news, marking the end of a glorious and more optimistic era..."
I'm sure Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins will be happy to hear that the "era" ended with the death of one third of the Apollo 11 astronaut team, and that the era is defined in terms of one man among several who spent time on the Moon.
Across the face of the Earth, slashdotters everywhere raise their unkempt heads. For the first time hope shines in their reddened, monitor-strained eyes. As one, they unleash a great cry of joy into the fapmosphere, and shout, "Wow...that would REALLY feel like somebody else!"
I think what we're seeing here is a fundamental failure to have a meeting of the minds in light of new circumstances. Judge Lucy realizes that all the recent public interest in this trial exposed how much she's been in the tank for Apple, and she's decided to start playing it straight...or at least give that appearance.
Apple, on the other hand, still seems to believe that they own her skinny apps.;-)
I guess turnabout's fair play. They put a whole genetics textbook into a small amount of DNA. Somehow that seems nobler than the serious error of judgment I committed when I bought my "Victorian Underground Literature" textbook in a used book store. It probably had enough DNA in it to populate a small galaxy.
There's a huge difference between inappropriate comments and sexual assault. The crotch-grabbing incident described in TFA is felony assault. The perpetrator should have been tracked down, charged and sent to trial. And nobody who was in a position to grab the bastard (and physically up to the task) has any excuse for letting him get away.
Excellent comment! I never seem to have any Mod Points lying around when I need them. It looked to me like Courier was the device Microsoft could have used to turn around Apple's dominance of the market.
"The New York Times did note in a 2010 article that a self-driving car was rear-ended while stopped at a traffic light, so Google must not be counting the incidents that were the fault of flawed humans."
Stupid frickin' machine probably stopped at a yellow instead of speeding up, like any sane being would do. It got what it deserved, and probably should have been charged, convicted and cut up for scrap.
Movies used to be made and paid for on the basis that they'd be seen ONCE. Now the entertainment corporations want multiple kicks at the can. They want their first run theatre rights, which they've always had, PLUS DVD, Netflix, cable television, regular television and merchandizing revenue.
You aren't being "realistic". You're not even a troll. You're an industry bum-kisser. Why don't you tell us all how much money "The Avengers" made, then try to tell us again how the industry is bleeding to death.
Thanks for making my point. There's a difference between what's there to be seen and what's there to be recorded and saved for purposes that would formerly have required some kind of approval, if not a warrant.
Even if he did nothing else all day long, a police officer couldn't "see and record" more than a few hundred plates a day. That gives him an incentive to record only those that he thinks might be of interest. A few strategically located scanners could record hundreds of thousands, and keep them on file for purposes never intended by the people who enacted legislation requiring that kind of vehicle identification.
Just imagine what kind of capabilities a huge license plate location database would offer to a cop who wanted to find and track his ex-wife.
Similarly, a glimpse of carelessly-displayed panties is a very, very different thing from someone mounting a camera where it records a view of everybody who uses a public stairway so that the images can be searched, and embarrassing ones posted on a website.
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LMFAO! Excellent point. And it opens whole new doors in closeup photography.
Yeah, but the downside is that you wind up with bigger breasts, too. Hairy ones.
Damn...never a mod point around when I want one. I used to object to the term "sheeple". Not anymore.
This reminds me of an old science fiction story. The designers, builders and programmers assemble. The Switch is flipped. The computer boots. The first question they ask is, "Is there a God?" The machine hums away for a few seconds, then arc welds the power switch open and responds, "There is now!"
Right after we do conservatives. Start with the hard job, move to the easier ones. ;-)
"...so the foundations of quantum mechanics still appear to be sound..."
Are they sure about that? I think they fe-line to us.
Forgive me, but what makes you think the US would attempt to extradite Assange for the alleged crime the Swedes want to talk to him about? He hasn't even been charged with anything. The Swedes claim they want him only for questioning, but decided not to go with the long-standing practice of conducting the interview by phone, as Swedish law allows under the Mutual Legal Assistance provisions.
Assange is worried that once Sweden gets physical custody of him, the US will charge him with something very serious and then file an extradition request.
Frankly, the whole thing stinks to high heaven, and if I was Assange, the only way they'd get me to Sweden would be by force.
LOVE it! I wonder how much you could "gay up" a whole bunch of London cop uniforms without getting busted for impersonating an officer?
Does anybody still doubt if this government gets hold of Julian Assange, they'll have his soon-to-be-dead ass on its way to the United States faster than you can say "American Lapdog"?
Let's hope they remember to teach the rats not to start snacking on the face of any trapped victims they find.
"We don't use this data to identify, contact or target advertising to our users and we don't share it with third parties."
There are certain grammatical rules in BusinessSpeak which should be kept in mind. For example, in proper BusinessSpeak, the phrase "At this time" which goes before "we" in the preceding quotation is silent.
No underground parking? I thought it was some kind of apartment building. Not that it matters. Minor adjustments would still yield the same results (i.e. a sudden increase in the number of rolled-up carpets going in and out.
I wonder how long the people of London would stand for it if 50 small trucks a day started pulling into the embassy garage, then pulling out again and heading for Europe. What kind of police presence would it take to search every one of them on a daily basis?
Maybe once in a while, just for a laugh, have somebody approximating Assange's physical appearance hop in for a ride around the city.
You make an excellent point...one I wouldn't argue against.
"Sad news, marking the end of a glorious and more optimistic era..."
I'm sure Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins will be happy to hear that the "era" ended with the death of one third of the Apollo 11 astronaut team, and that the era is defined in terms of one man among several who spent time on the Moon.
Across the face of the Earth, slashdotters everywhere raise their unkempt heads. For the first time hope shines in their reddened, monitor-strained eyes. As one, they unleash a great cry of joy into the fapmosphere, and shout, "Wow...that would REALLY feel like somebody else!"
I think what we're seeing here is a fundamental failure to have a meeting of the minds in light of new circumstances. Judge Lucy realizes that all the recent public interest in this trial exposed how much she's been in the tank for Apple, and she's decided to start playing it straight...or at least give that appearance.
Apple, on the other hand, still seems to believe that they own her skinny apps. ;-)
I guess turnabout's fair play. They put a whole genetics textbook into a small amount of DNA. Somehow that seems nobler than the serious error of judgment I committed when I bought my "Victorian Underground Literature" textbook in a used book store. It probably had enough DNA in it to populate a small galaxy.
There's a huge difference between inappropriate comments and sexual assault. The crotch-grabbing incident described in TFA is felony assault. The perpetrator should have been tracked down, charged and sent to trial. And nobody who was in a position to grab the bastard (and physically up to the task) has any excuse for letting him get away.
Excellent comment! I never seem to have any Mod Points lying around when I need them. It looked to me like Courier was the device Microsoft could have used to turn around Apple's dominance of the market.
What a pity they sucked out!
If this exodus can delay or reverse the forced conversion to that gawd-awful "Timeline", then it's all to the good.
"The New York Times did note in a 2010 article that a self-driving car was rear-ended while stopped at a traffic light, so Google must not be counting the incidents that were the fault of flawed humans."
Stupid frickin' machine probably stopped at a yellow instead of speeding up, like any sane being would do. It got what it deserved, and probably should have been charged, convicted and cut up for scrap.
Movies used to be made and paid for on the basis that they'd be seen ONCE. Now the entertainment corporations want multiple kicks at the can. They want their first run theatre rights, which they've always had, PLUS DVD, Netflix, cable television, regular television and merchandizing revenue.
You aren't being "realistic". You're not even a troll. You're an industry bum-kisser. Why don't you tell us all how much money "The Avengers" made, then try to tell us again how the industry is bleeding to death.
Does this mean the judge will have to return all that Apple swag?
Thanks for making my point. There's a difference between what's there to be seen and what's there to be recorded and saved for purposes that would formerly have required some kind of approval, if not a warrant.
Even if he did nothing else all day long, a police officer couldn't "see and record" more than a few hundred plates a day. That gives him an incentive to record only those that he thinks might be of interest. A few strategically located scanners could record hundreds of thousands, and keep them on file for purposes never intended by the people who enacted legislation requiring that kind of vehicle identification.
Just imagine what kind of capabilities a huge license plate location database would offer to a cop who wanted to find and track his ex-wife.
Similarly, a glimpse of carelessly-displayed panties is a very, very different thing from someone mounting a camera where it records a view of everybody who uses a public stairway so that the images can be searched, and embarrassing ones posted on a website.