Are you asking for citation? Here you go: http://www.justice.gov/jmd/afp/02fundreport/02_2.html http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91490480 -- NPR story detailing the huge amounts of money getting sent back to law enforcement.
It says clearly int he article they are using these devices against the European Union, which we have treaties with that ban this sort of thing. Your argument is like the dude at the highschool party telling the cops "Well everyone else was drinking!" Just because we suspect our government was doing illegal/immoral things, and just because other government are doing illegal/immoral things, does not mean we should just roll over and say "Oh well, I guess that's how the world works" Instead we should use this opportunity to change how the world works. To make it clear that we do not find this acceptable and that it needs to end.
I'm surprised there's even a limit. Think about it for a while... the USB device only has to receive. Their transmitter can be as powerful as they want, so that's not a problem. To send data back, either the USB can store what it needs and be picked up later... or, it can infect the computer and use it to transmit. If it has ANY wifi capability, they can use that to transmit, and even if it doesn't I'd imagine there's all sorts of nifty tricks they could do like varying current draw in pulses to send a signal... or maybe the NSA can see the computer through a window and they can flicker the power light.
Keep in mind they are saying "Up to" 8 miles away and the NYT has redacted info at the NSA's request. So it may be that if they're within 100 yards of it they can have direct coms with the device but beyond that they have lots of tricks and such to still be able to connect. Given an unlimited budget and resources this doesn't seem all that impossible.
and there's the rub... there are plenty of programers. The problem is, someone that's smart enough to code is also smart enough to do lots of other things that pay well. It doesn't matter how many coders they get in the market place, they're always going to be able to find a better job in management, accounting, engineering or whatever that pays twice what their employer wants to pay for coding. I'm sorry Microsoft/Apple, coding is not factory work. There's no way you're going to be able to pay minimum wage for this kind of talent.
Don't forget to mention that in most counties in this country, a large percentage of that seizure would go directly to that police department. It varies from state to state but many police departments end up getting new patrol cars and such have major busts. This is often sited as the reason minorities are so often targeted. Low hanging fruit with high payouts and low voter turnout means they're easy targets.
yea, but evolution tends to make animals that are better at making more animals... and not make them more tasty and fatter. They'll eventually genetically engineer the perfect pig... 2000lbs of pure fat and bacon... then they'll clone the heck out of that because the damned things wont survive long enough to breed.
Almost as much of an embarrassment as the definition of the kilogram? I'm kind of sick of this complaint... The weight of a kilogram is precise enough for nearly all applications. Those rare applications where its imprecision makes a difference should use a DIFFERENT unit of measurement. Invent a new one, like the mass of a hydrogen atom or something. "This thing here is 458 H masses" There, problem solved. The same with the Amp... it works fine for installing my celing fan. Don't go screwing with it just to satisfy some particle physicists. If Particle physicists don't think the amp is precise enough, USE A DIFFERENT UNIT.
Are they next going to complain that the AU is too imprecise for them to do proper measurements at the atomic level so we should therefore spend millions refining what an AU is? No... because that would be stupid. Measuring things that way thousands of grams with a unit that's precise to within a few hundred atoms is good enough. Stop using measurements designed for Newtonian physics at the atomic level and there's no longer a problem.
This is assuming that all humans are created equal. And while in a theological/philosophical sense we are (we all are born with the same human rights) we are not all created equal with regard to our ability to be valuable to industry. Computerized automation is replacing a lot of the jobs that people with some of the least valuable skill sets could fill. How long before McDonalds is nothing more than a glorified vending machine? Do gas stations really need a building? Car Washes are almost totally automated now. My cousin is an idiot, and those are the kinds of Jobs he can get... when they're gone, what is he supposed to do? Rob banks?
I'm not apposed to advances, I'm just suggesting that this is something we need to think about and address. There are people that just don't have the ability to program, or design. If we eliminate manual labor and service industry jobs, what are those people supposed to do?
Charter Schools have one purpose: To circumvent the teachers union. The republicans know this, the unions know this, but no-one wants to say it out loud. In nearly all other professions your success and pay are based on the quality of your work. Why not teachers? I'm not saying the proposals put forth by republicans are correct, they have a lot of flaws. But the teachers unions wont even entertain the idea... or any idea.
Here's my proposal: 1. Get rid of summer break. 2. Teachers get bonuses for their classes improvement on standardized tests. This means that working in "Good school" would mean they had the least chance of getting a large bonus. Great teachers could go to troubled schools, make big improvements and rake in the cash. This would make troubled schools attractive to those good at their jobs. 3. Eliminate Sports, Music, and Art. Stop giving children the false impression that those are actually careers you can follow. Their parents can take them to the YMCA after school if they want. It's not like school music and art programs are teaching kids anything about art that's relevant to modern society anyway. 4. The only computers in the school should be in the computer lab. The only classes that involve them should be a basic computer competency class and maybe a programming elective. This "The school district buys everyone an iPad" bullshit is insane and pointless. The $30k digital whiteboards are insane as well.
I'm curious, if you find security so important, why the hell do you have a link in your sig that directs people to pictures of your entire family? As much as I'm sure we're all thrilled to see your daughters piano recital I can't imagine I'd ever put pics of my kids on the net like that. I guess that's up to you but the slashdot crowd is not who I'd want having every intimate detail of my home life. I'm pretty sure your link would let me steal your identity a lot quicker than any data they got from target.
What a load of crap. Charter schools are about choice. Of course there are bad charter schools. Kids are getting SHOT in public schools, so should we consider them to be dangerous beds of anarchy? Is it fair to a family that cares about their childs future that they have to either let that child suffer through the Chicago public school system simply because they can't afford to move?
And lets not forget, this entire issue would not exist if it weren't for the complete and total iron grip the teachers unions have on our schools. If they could admit that there may be some things the teachers themselves could do to help, and that simply throwing more money at the school might not be the answer we might get somewhere. But when their pay is locked to their education level, you end up having teachers with Doctorates in English teaching kids how to read huckleberry fin and complaining that their $80k a year salary is not commensurate with their education level. That's because we don't need people with 12 years of college experience to explain huckleberry fin to 15yr olds! The fact of the matter is you should be getting paid half that!!! gah, this drives me nutz.
Yea, but if everyone you hang out with has $2000 PCs and they're playing team fortress all night long, now you're not shit out of luck. You can pick one up for $500 and hang with your friends. Not only that, but if you know how to use a screw driver you can build your own steam box for cheaper.
Why do we always try and segragate things like this? We seem to have some need to put everything in it's own little box. Atoms, molecules, planets, solar systems...
The definition of "Universe": all existing matter and space considered as a whole; the cosmos.
So, if there is no need for the term "Multiverse" The universe contains it all. Our universe is just a tad more complicated than we had assumed.
It's the "in flight" bit. When I saw the bass hit the swallow, it was flying low over the pond, an inch off the water getting bugs. How the bass could react that fast still amazes me today.
I went on a trip to Africa a few years back and by shear chance ended up traveling with a Microsoft Salesman. God was that a fun trip... I generally like giving people shit but this was special......and when he pulled out his windows phone, and it wouldn't connect... then it crashed... He had to borrow my Android... I just stood there grinning ear to ear every time he had to call home.
I've seen a Large mouth Bass catch a swallow in flight. It was only once... but we've often found them in their stomachs... as well as squirrels, chipmunks, once we found a dudes wallet (I have no idea why it'd eat that) My uncle. who's been a bass fisherman for 50yrs. has a favorite line "If Bass got as big as sharks I'd never go in the water"
Right, I think we need a government body to maintain this so we don't have to worry about things like this. All mining pools should have to pay into some sort of reserve just in case there's a crash... lets call it the "Federal bitcoin reserve" Then they can control how many bitcoins are mined and... oh wait
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2nd link didnt work right:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91490480
Are you asking for citation? Here you go:
http://www.justice.gov/jmd/afp/02fundreport/02_2.html http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91490480 -- NPR story detailing the huge amounts of money getting sent back to law enforcement.
It says clearly int he article they are using these devices against the European Union, which we have treaties with that ban this sort of thing. Your argument is like the dude at the highschool party telling the cops "Well everyone else was drinking!" Just because we suspect our government was doing illegal/immoral things, and just because other government are doing illegal/immoral things, does not mean we should just roll over and say "Oh well, I guess that's how the world works" Instead we should use this opportunity to change how the world works. To make it clear that we do not find this acceptable and that it needs to end.
I'm surprised there's even a limit. Think about it for a while... the USB device only has to receive. Their transmitter can be as powerful as they want, so that's not a problem. To send data back, either the USB can store what it needs and be picked up later... or, it can infect the computer and use it to transmit. If it has ANY wifi capability, they can use that to transmit, and even if it doesn't I'd imagine there's all sorts of nifty tricks they could do like varying current draw in pulses to send a signal... or maybe the NSA can see the computer through a window and they can flicker the power light.
Keep in mind they are saying "Up to" 8 miles away and the NYT has redacted info at the NSA's request. So it may be that if they're within 100 yards of it they can have direct coms with the device but beyond that they have lots of tricks and such to still be able to connect. Given an unlimited budget and resources this doesn't seem all that impossible.
and there's the rub... there are plenty of programers. The problem is, someone that's smart enough to code is also smart enough to do lots of other things that pay well. It doesn't matter how many coders they get in the market place, they're always going to be able to find a better job in management, accounting, engineering or whatever that pays twice what their employer wants to pay for coding. I'm sorry Microsoft/Apple, coding is not factory work. There's no way you're going to be able to pay minimum wage for this kind of talent.
Don't forget to mention that in most counties in this country, a large percentage of that seizure would go directly to that police department. It varies from state to state but many police departments end up getting new patrol cars and such have major busts. This is often sited as the reason minorities are so often targeted. Low hanging fruit with high payouts and low voter turnout means they're easy targets.
yea, but evolution tends to make animals that are better at making more animals... and not make them more tasty and fatter. They'll eventually genetically engineer the perfect pig... 2000lbs of pure fat and bacon... then they'll clone the heck out of that because the damned things wont survive long enough to breed.
Right in the summary is says these are used for research.
Almost as much of an embarrassment as the definition of the kilogram? I'm kind of sick of this complaint... The weight of a kilogram is precise enough for nearly all applications. Those rare applications where its imprecision makes a difference should use a DIFFERENT unit of measurement. Invent a new one, like the mass of a hydrogen atom or something. "This thing here is 458 H masses" There, problem solved. The same with the Amp... it works fine for installing my celing fan. Don't go screwing with it just to satisfy some particle physicists. If Particle physicists don't think the amp is precise enough, USE A DIFFERENT UNIT.
Are they next going to complain that the AU is too imprecise for them to do proper measurements at the atomic level so we should therefore spend millions refining what an AU is? No... because that would be stupid. Measuring things that way thousands of grams with a unit that's precise to within a few hundred atoms is good enough. Stop using measurements designed for Newtonian physics at the atomic level and there's no longer a problem.
It's dead, it died years ago.
This is assuming that all humans are created equal. And while in a theological/philosophical sense we are (we all are born with the same human rights) we are not all created equal with regard to our ability to be valuable to industry. Computerized automation is replacing a lot of the jobs that people with some of the least valuable skill sets could fill. How long before McDonalds is nothing more than a glorified vending machine? Do gas stations really need a building? Car Washes are almost totally automated now. My cousin is an idiot, and those are the kinds of Jobs he can get... when they're gone, what is he supposed to do? Rob banks?
I'm not apposed to advances, I'm just suggesting that this is something we need to think about and address. There are people that just don't have the ability to program, or design. If we eliminate manual labor and service industry jobs, what are those people supposed to do?
Charter Schools have one purpose: To circumvent the teachers union. The republicans know this, the unions know this, but no-one wants to say it out loud. In nearly all other professions your success and pay are based on the quality of your work. Why not teachers? I'm not saying the proposals put forth by republicans are correct, they have a lot of flaws. But the teachers unions wont even entertain the idea... or any idea.
Here's my proposal:
1. Get rid of summer break.
2. Teachers get bonuses for their classes improvement on standardized tests. This means that working in "Good school" would mean they had the least chance of getting a large bonus. Great teachers could go to troubled schools, make big improvements and rake in the cash. This would make troubled schools attractive to those good at their jobs.
3. Eliminate Sports, Music, and Art. Stop giving children the false impression that those are actually careers you can follow. Their parents can take them to the YMCA after school if they want. It's not like school music and art programs are teaching kids anything about art that's relevant to modern society anyway.
4. The only computers in the school should be in the computer lab. The only classes that involve them should be a basic computer competency class and maybe a programming elective. This "The school district buys everyone an iPad" bullshit is insane and pointless. The $30k digital whiteboards are insane as well.
I'm curious, if you find security so important, why the hell do you have a link in your sig that directs people to pictures of your entire family? As much as I'm sure we're all thrilled to see your daughters piano recital I can't imagine I'd ever put pics of my kids on the net like that. I guess that's up to you but the slashdot crowd is not who I'd want having every intimate detail of my home life. I'm pretty sure your link would let me steal your identity a lot quicker than any data they got from target.
Who's against the NSA now??
ME
What a load of crap. Charter schools are about choice. Of course there are bad charter schools. Kids are getting SHOT in public schools, so should we consider them to be dangerous beds of anarchy? Is it fair to a family that cares about their childs future that they have to either let that child suffer through the Chicago public school system simply because they can't afford to move?
And lets not forget, this entire issue would not exist if it weren't for the complete and total iron grip the teachers unions have on our schools. If they could admit that there may be some things the teachers themselves could do to help, and that simply throwing more money at the school might not be the answer we might get somewhere. But when their pay is locked to their education level, you end up having teachers with Doctorates in English teaching kids how to read huckleberry fin and complaining that their $80k a year salary is not commensurate with their education level. That's because we don't need people with 12 years of college experience to explain huckleberry fin to 15yr olds! The fact of the matter is you should be getting paid half that!!! gah, this drives me nutz.
I'm enjoying this. Thank you.
Don't worry, Jenny McCarthy will be over with a horde of uneducated soccer moms to fuck it all up for you soon enough.
Yea, but if everyone you hang out with has $2000 PCs and they're playing team fortress all night long, now you're not shit out of luck. You can pick one up for $500 and hang with your friends. Not only that, but if you know how to use a screw driver you can build your own steam box for cheaper.
Why do we always try and segragate things like this? We seem to have some need to put everything in it's own little box. Atoms, molecules, planets, solar systems...
The definition of "Universe":
all existing matter and space considered as a whole; the cosmos.
So, if there is no need for the term "Multiverse" The universe contains it all. Our universe is just a tad more complicated than we had assumed.
They saved money by telling their customers that they were PCI compliant and they really weren't. Fraud.
It's the "in flight" bit. When I saw the bass hit the swallow, it was flying low over the pond, an inch off the water getting bugs. How the bass could react that fast still amazes me today.
I went on a trip to Africa a few years back and by shear chance ended up traveling with a Microsoft Salesman. God was that a fun trip... I generally like giving people shit but this was special... ...and when he pulled out his windows phone, and it wouldn't connect... then it crashed... He had to borrow my Android... I just stood there grinning ear to ear every time he had to call home.
My point is, if they have the power to move a star, they sure as hell have a faster/better way to get where they're going without the star.
I've seen a Large mouth Bass catch a swallow in flight. It was only once... but we've often found them in their stomachs... as well as squirrels, chipmunks, once we found a dudes wallet (I have no idea why it'd eat that) My uncle. who's been a bass fisherman for 50yrs. has a favorite line "If Bass got as big as sharks I'd never go in the water"
Right, I think we need a government body to maintain this so we don't have to worry about things like this. All mining pools should have to pay into some sort of reserve just in case there's a crash... lets call it the "Federal bitcoin reserve" Then they can control how many bitcoins are mined and... oh wait