Don't worry the president wants it as do various IP holders (Hollywood types) so the Ds will mostly vote for it. Also it helps out big business and is a trade agreement so the Rs will also mostly vote for it while a few make hay.
Sadly if I got that response it would be an improvement. If I get a response from either of my senators it is usually something thanking me for my support (I didn't support their decision) and how hard it was to make this difficult decision or non decision (yes I did get a response about how hard their non decision was once thanks Klobuchar).
That was mostly tongue in cheek , that dog would just get so exited to see friends. It was a really nice dog but it never did learn to not jump up on people. I love those big powerful dogs and everyone I have ever met has been about the nicest dog ever. One friend had a boxer/bulldog mix that just wanted to be pet all the time, another had a boxer/pit bull mix who apart from a gas problem loved to just lay next to people, currently one of my friends has a bull-mastiff who's worst attribute is like likes to chase squirrels which I gather really sucks when taking it for a walk. Even on guy in my neighborhood has a couple of old English bulldogs and the worst thing about them is they like to lean in when getting pet.
This was my first thought. My neighbor built a big garage a couple of years ago and installed a waste oil burner for heat. So long as there aren't big bits of crap in the oil it will happily accept it. For cooking oil I just drive the moisture off (by using it to season my cast iron cook ware), filter it and add it to his tank. For motor oil, gear oil, transmission fluid, etc I just add them to his tank.
Hey those dogs are horrible. In college I had to deal with one that was a buddy's that thought it was a fucking lap dog. If it saw someone it knew it would take off in a full bore sprint and leap into your lap. Hopefully you were sitting otherwise it would knock you on your ass and would always attempt to lick your face off. Vicious as hell, I got a number of bruises from that dog.
Seriously just I wish that dog didn't think it was a lap dog. It was one of the friendliest dogs ever but was very protective and I would frequently borrow it when working security at college and had to take someone to the crack stacks. It seems that a lot of a dog's personality has to do with the owner but there is some part genetics play in it too.
But only after being written to continuously for several years. Given that the amount of data written to that drive was well beyond what a normal person would ever do I wouldn't be worried.
Well there are some places where things like that happen. I had a coworker lose his phone (at the time it was a new iPhone 4s) to an electronics shredder at a customer site where he had been told not to bring it into specific places. He didn't listen and then when he pulled it out the armed guard came took it from him and fed it to the shredder. So it does happen, the sad part was that he wanted the company to reimburse him for it even though he had been told several times by several people to not bring it.
What you may find interesting is that once you get out into the outer ring suburbs and rural areas there are a lot of people who own firearms yet there isn't massive gun violence or shootings. It is actually extremely rare for there to be a shooting as in it was a big deal last year when there was shooting in my town that hadn't had one in years. For example the small city I live in (an almost outer ring suburb in the Twin Cites area of Minnesota) most my my neighbors have several firearms in their homes. None of them feel they need them for home defense or personal defense while out doing their daily things. However many of them hunt and even a good number of their spouses hunt so 2-6 firearms in a house isn't really uncommon. The difference is that you never hear about these people in the news as we don't cause problems and even if you do it is usually in the local paper on the back page of the sports section around thanksgiving when someone shoots an exceptionally large buck during the deer season.
So what you see and hear in the news isn't the majority of regular responsible gun owners but the few criminal ones. These are mostly from the large inner cities where they have rampant gang, drug, crime, poverty, etc problems which are things that are lacking in Europe. As an American who lived in Paris for a while I never felt unsafe anywhere in that city (Paris proper) while in either of the large cities in my metro area I know the are specific neighborhoods where I would very likely be accosted if I went there at night and walked around (the Crack Stacks in Minneapolis). Even in some of the better areas it is amazing the police presence (Block E) at bar close in those cities while in Paris you just got told to leave once the subway started running the next morning.
For those of you who doubt this I deer hunt with a rifle that is about 119 years old and I can keyhole shots at 50 meters with it. It is a Finnish M39 (receiver and bolt were made in 1897) that was last re-barreled in 1944.
Do you also discourage people from owning table saws so they don't cut their fingers off?
Lies. We all remember that one kid in shop class who was screwing around during the safety explanation for the table saw and ended up taking a board to the seeds when the saw kicked it back. Or at least that seems to be the most common table saw injury in my shop classes.
Well considering that the US constitution is the supreme law of the land it should be relevant even 600 years from now. There is however a couple of methods for changing it which no one seems to be all that keen on doing. So instead we end up with very twisted rulings and laws that try to work around things, like most things dealing with terrorism and agencies that spy on US citizens.
If you have small children it is best to keep firearms locked up in a proper firearm safe. When mine are not in the safe but not being used they have their locks on them (I personally like the cable locks that you can thread through the receiver). Also as kids get older you do need to remove the curiosity about guns and also teach them proper handling and usage of firearms. Then again I am not one of those people who feels the need pack heat when going grocery shopping.
For those looking for some more info on the attack you can find it here. It is basically what some investigators have uncovered thus far and as a bonus it isn't in Ukrainian.
Having served on a jury once it was an enlightening experience. The case was a stupid civil one over a 2 car collision where the person who was rear-ended was the defendant. I saw plenty of really stupid people in the jury pool as most others do but afterwards the judge had a 10-15 minute Q&A with the jury to answer any questions we had about the process. The first question we all asked was why did this case make it this far as it took about 2 minutes to come to a decision (most of that was in picking a foreman for the jury) and was very clear the the defendant was not at fault and was something that should have been handled in small claims. The response was that everyone is entitled to have their case heard before a jury but he agreed that this should have ended long before the plaintiff was known to the judges as one who keeps appealing and getting things kicked up to a higher level until he runs out of options and looses. Also during the court proceeding there was a discussion between the 2 lawyers and the judge and we wondered what that was about. Turns out it was about insurance what wasn't relevant anyway.
Previous to sitting on that jury I spent 1.5 days in the selection process and when asked about level of education and stating I had a BS was immediately dropped from each one. Thankfully I did get selected so once that trial was done I didn't have to continue showing up for the rest of the week as I had served.
Well several weeks before (maybe a month or two) previous to the Paris attacks one of the big wigs from the CIA, or FBI said it would take a large attack where encryption was used in the planning to basically get the ball rolling on stopping people from having strong encryption. Then the Paris attacks happen and the big point that gets pushed in the media is the line about encryption so that wasn't a big surprise.
Hell traction control doesn't seem to be able to handle wet snow when starting I would hate to see how the current crop of self driving cars handles winter for now. When at a stop sign or light and the roads have a bunch of wet snow on them I flip the traction control off when starting. Just spin the wheels until you are down to pavement and you can get going much quicker instead of the traction control trying to figure out what the hell it should do by applying the brake and throttling down the engine. That said once moving at a reasonable speed I will flip it back on as it can react quicker to momentary changes than I can.
Don't worry. I'm sure my senators won't vote for it. Well shit they both voted for CISA in the senate last time. I guess Senator Klobuchar and Senator Franken do hate our freedoms. All that is really left is to find out if my freedom hating shit stain of a Representative (that would be you Kline you ignorant bastard) voted for it in the house.
If only those tasked with keeping us safe would have read them they would have had insider knowledge about the mastermind of the pairs attacks. It is actually really sad how absolutely incompetent both sides are. It almost reminds me of Spy vs. Spy, Get Smart, or the Pink Panther but alas I think Inspector Clouseau would have done a better job.
So what happens if a US citizen purchases it via my web shop?
Terror watch list.
Will this person be put into prison?
Probably
Or will I somehow magically commit a crime in in the US even though I live elsewhere and have never been there, and will be extradited to the US?
Probably.
In the latter case, how should I prevent that US citizens buy my program?
Your problem not ours.
IP-based geolocation that is easy to fool?
Your problem not ours.
While that is in jest it is sadly likely not far from the truth. The people proposing this, most of those who currently hold elected office or are seeking it as it is an authoritarian thing not D vs. R thing, are mentally deficient and would be best served by being institutionalized for the remainder of their lives lest they injure themselves or others. They do get lots of support because the general population, including the media, doesn't understand encryption and thinks that it is magic pixie dust like stuff.
Well as a CEO she long ago had the managerial lobotomy. Although given the current crop of management everywhere that happens in business school before they ever get their first job.
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So it looks like it will be an ex post facto law then.
Don't worry the president wants it as do various IP holders (Hollywood types) so the Ds will mostly vote for it. Also it helps out big business and is a trade agreement so the Rs will also mostly vote for it while a few make hay.
Sadly if I got that response it would be an improvement. If I get a response from either of my senators it is usually something thanking me for my support (I didn't support their decision) and how hard it was to make this difficult decision or non decision (yes I did get a response about how hard their non decision was once thanks Klobuchar).
That was mostly tongue in cheek , that dog would just get so exited to see friends. It was a really nice dog but it never did learn to not jump up on people. I love those big powerful dogs and everyone I have ever met has been about the nicest dog ever. One friend had a boxer/bulldog mix that just wanted to be pet all the time, another had a boxer/pit bull mix who apart from a gas problem loved to just lay next to people, currently one of my friends has a bull-mastiff who's worst attribute is like likes to chase squirrels which I gather really sucks when taking it for a walk. Even on guy in my neighborhood has a couple of old English bulldogs and the worst thing about them is they like to lean in when getting pet.
This was my first thought. My neighbor built a big garage a couple of years ago and installed a waste oil burner for heat. So long as there aren't big bits of crap in the oil it will happily accept it. For cooking oil I just drive the moisture off (by using it to season my cast iron cook ware), filter it and add it to his tank. For motor oil, gear oil, transmission fluid, etc I just add them to his tank.
Hey those dogs are horrible. In college I had to deal with one that was a buddy's that thought it was a fucking lap dog. If it saw someone it knew it would take off in a full bore sprint and leap into your lap. Hopefully you were sitting otherwise it would knock you on your ass and would always attempt to lick your face off. Vicious as hell, I got a number of bruises from that dog.
Seriously just I wish that dog didn't think it was a lap dog. It was one of the friendliest dogs ever but was very protective and I would frequently borrow it when working security at college and had to take someone to the crack stacks. It seems that a lot of a dog's personality has to do with the owner but there is some part genetics play in it too.
But only after being written to continuously for several years. Given that the amount of data written to that drive was well beyond what a normal person would ever do I wouldn't be worried.
Well there are some places where things like that happen. I had a coworker lose his phone (at the time it was a new iPhone 4s) to an electronics shredder at a customer site where he had been told not to bring it into specific places. He didn't listen and then when he pulled it out the armed guard came took it from him and fed it to the shredder. So it does happen, the sad part was that he wanted the company to reimburse him for it even though he had been told several times by several people to not bring it.
Only half a billion, and only for one stadium, you got off lucky.
What you may find interesting is that once you get out into the outer ring suburbs and rural areas there are a lot of people who own firearms yet there isn't massive gun violence or shootings. It is actually extremely rare for there to be a shooting as in it was a big deal last year when there was shooting in my town that hadn't had one in years. For example the small city I live in (an almost outer ring suburb in the Twin Cites area of Minnesota) most my my neighbors have several firearms in their homes. None of them feel they need them for home defense or personal defense while out doing their daily things. However many of them hunt and even a good number of their spouses hunt so 2-6 firearms in a house isn't really uncommon. The difference is that you never hear about these people in the news as we don't cause problems and even if you do it is usually in the local paper on the back page of the sports section around thanksgiving when someone shoots an exceptionally large buck during the deer season.
So what you see and hear in the news isn't the majority of regular responsible gun owners but the few criminal ones. These are mostly from the large inner cities where they have rampant gang, drug, crime, poverty, etc problems which are things that are lacking in Europe. As an American who lived in Paris for a while I never felt unsafe anywhere in that city (Paris proper) while in either of the large cities in my metro area I know the are specific neighborhoods where I would very likely be accosted if I went there at night and walked around (the Crack Stacks in Minneapolis). Even in some of the better areas it is amazing the police presence (Block E) at bar close in those cities while in Paris you just got told to leave once the subway started running the next morning.
Often people own working guns over 100 years old.
For those of you who doubt this I deer hunt with a rifle that is about 119 years old and I can keyhole shots at 50 meters with it. It is a Finnish M39 (receiver and bolt were made in 1897) that was last re-barreled in 1944.
Do you also discourage people from owning table saws so they don't cut their fingers off?
Lies. We all remember that one kid in shop class who was screwing around during the safety explanation for the table saw and ended up taking a board to the seeds when the saw kicked it back. Or at least that seems to be the most common table saw injury in my shop classes.
Well considering that the US constitution is the supreme law of the land it should be relevant even 600 years from now. There is however a couple of methods for changing it which no one seems to be all that keen on doing. So instead we end up with very twisted rulings and laws that try to work around things, like most things dealing with terrorism and agencies that spy on US citizens.
If you have small children it is best to keep firearms locked up in a proper firearm safe. When mine are not in the safe but not being used they have their locks on them (I personally like the cable locks that you can thread through the receiver). Also as kids get older you do need to remove the curiosity about guns and also teach them proper handling and usage of firearms. Then again I am not one of those people who feels the need pack heat when going grocery shopping.
As provided elsewhere here is some more information on what was actually found.
For those looking for some more info on the attack you can find it here. It is basically what some investigators have uncovered thus far and as a bonus it isn't in Ukrainian.
Having served on a jury once it was an enlightening experience. The case was a stupid civil one over a 2 car collision where the person who was rear-ended was the defendant. I saw plenty of really stupid people in the jury pool as most others do but afterwards the judge had a 10-15 minute Q&A with the jury to answer any questions we had about the process. The first question we all asked was why did this case make it this far as it took about 2 minutes to come to a decision (most of that was in picking a foreman for the jury) and was very clear the the defendant was not at fault and was something that should have been handled in small claims. The response was that everyone is entitled to have their case heard before a jury but he agreed that this should have ended long before the plaintiff was known to the judges as one who keeps appealing and getting things kicked up to a higher level until he runs out of options and looses. Also during the court proceeding there was a discussion between the 2 lawyers and the judge and we wondered what that was about. Turns out it was about insurance what wasn't relevant anyway.
Previous to sitting on that jury I spent 1.5 days in the selection process and when asked about level of education and stating I had a BS was immediately dropped from each one. Thankfully I did get selected so once that trial was done I didn't have to continue showing up for the rest of the week as I had served.
Well several weeks before (maybe a month or two) previous to the Paris attacks one of the big wigs from the CIA, or FBI said it would take a large attack where encryption was used in the planning to basically get the ball rolling on stopping people from having strong encryption. Then the Paris attacks happen and the big point that gets pushed in the media is the line about encryption so that wasn't a big surprise.
Hell traction control doesn't seem to be able to handle wet snow when starting I would hate to see how the current crop of self driving cars handles winter for now. When at a stop sign or light and the roads have a bunch of wet snow on them I flip the traction control off when starting. Just spin the wheels until you are down to pavement and you can get going much quicker instead of the traction control trying to figure out what the hell it should do by applying the brake and throttling down the engine. That said once moving at a reasonable speed I will flip it back on as it can react quicker to momentary changes than I can.
I did miss read that and stand corrected.
In my defense I would like to point out that Franken has not been friend to freedoms in the past.
Don't worry. I'm sure my senators won't vote for it.
Well shit they both voted for CISA in the senate last time. I guess Senator Klobuchar and Senator Franken do hate our freedoms. All that is really left is to find out if my freedom hating shit stain of a Representative (that would be you Kline you ignorant bastard) voted for it in the house.
If only those tasked with keeping us safe would have read them they would have had insider knowledge about the mastermind of the pairs attacks. It is actually really sad how absolutely incompetent both sides are. It almost reminds me of Spy vs. Spy, Get Smart, or the Pink Panther but alas I think Inspector Clouseau would have done a better job.
Well Slackware is immune.
Seriously how can a bug like this hang around as basic input validation is something that should be done.
So what happens if a US citizen purchases it via my web shop?
Terror watch list.
Will this person be put into prison?
Probably
Or will I somehow magically commit a crime in in the US even though I live elsewhere and have never been there, and will be extradited to the US?
Probably.
In the latter case, how should I prevent that US citizens buy my program?
Your problem not ours.
IP-based geolocation that is easy to fool?
Your problem not ours.
While that is in jest it is sadly likely not far from the truth. The people proposing this, most of those who currently hold elected office or are seeking it as it is an authoritarian thing not D vs. R thing, are mentally deficient and would be best served by being institutionalized for the remainder of their lives lest they injure themselves or others. They do get lots of support because the general population, including the media, doesn't understand encryption and thinks that it is magic pixie dust like stuff.
Well as a CEO she long ago had the managerial lobotomy. Although given the current crop of management everywhere that happens in business school before they ever get their first job.