In fact, the response to Hurricane Katrina was by far the largest--and fastest-rescue effort in U.S. history, with nearly 100,000 emergency personnel arriving on the scene within three days of the storm's landfall.
The federal government has almost nothing to do with emergency response. It's idiotic to even suggest they should be involved. Local authorities need to have plans and prepare for such events like Florida does. As a last resort the feds show up when it's an unmitigated disaster. Katrina was a category 1 when it made landfall, New Orleans was completely unprepared. Money for levees, flood walls and other precautions was funneled by local politicians to casinos and other local business projects.
Unless the government has compromised nearly every software and hardware vendor in the world... at which point you couldn't even trust the devices you're using to connect. The fundamental problem here is the strength of the governing bodies constitution and the the respect it has for that constitution. If you have, as we do today, a government that considers the constitution to be an outdated stumbling block rather than the backbone of a free society that it is, no amount of security or encryption will save you. They have unlimited time, money and people. They will always win.
Your post is ironic given that this article is about the public policing itself. I wouldn't be surprised if civil litigation came out of this. We'll see.
The one time someone said to me: "I'm placing you under citizens arrest" My reply was "Go fuck yourself" and when the police showed up, it wasn't me that got carted off to jail. People need to learn about their rights.
The central bank of the united states is The Federal Reserve. From Wikipedia:
In its role as the central bank of the United States, the Fed serves as a banker's bank and as the government's bank.
and
Each regional Bank's board consists of nine members. Members are broken down into three classes: A, B, and C. There are three board members in each class. Class A members are chosen by the regional Bank's shareholders, and are intended to represent member banks' interests. Member banks are divided into three categories large, medium, and small. Each category elects one of the three class A board members. Class B board members are also nominated by the region's member banks, but class B board members are supposed to represent the interests of the public. Lastly, class C board members are nominated by the Board of Governors, and are also intended to represent the interests of the public
So we have a central bank, that is for the most part, run by the banks themselves.
uh, not that I like apple or anything but Ford had teams of thugs that would inspect your home to make sure you were "American" enough to work there...
The $5-a-day rate was about half pay and half bonus. The bonus came with character requirements and was enforced by the Socialization Organization. This was a committee that would visit the employees’ homes to ensure that they were doing things the “American way.” They were supposed to avoid social ills such as gambling and drinking. They were to learn English, and many (primarily the recent immigrants) had to attend classes to become “Americanized.” Women were not eligible for the bonus unless they were single and supporting the family. Also, men were not eligible if their wives worked outside the home.
VW has one of the worst ratings on consumer reports of any company. Their cars are junk. I was interested in the TDI because it's one of the few affordable diesels sold in the US but the user ratings on that car are horrendous and repair bills expensive. Yours is only 3 years old so it's rather telling how many times you've had to take it in already. I've got a 2009 Ford Escape and it's never had to be taken in. I believe there was 1 recall and it was for the seat covers, which I don't have in mine.
Asteroids hitting earth aren't that big of a deal. Asteroids hitting earth with a significant velocity relative to us is the problem. If we were moving one into orbit, it's relative velocity would be so low it would stand little change of doing any damage should it accidentally hit the planet.
What if the GMO crop saved millions of lives? Golden Rice, for example, is a huge boon for poor subsistence farmers in Asiatic countries. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_rice
Yea, come to the united states and vote... they'd likely let you since we don't even check ID here... then your choices are: SomeWhiteGuy#1 (D) SomeWhiteGuy#2 (R)
I keep wondering why all these guys keep trying to produce a gunpowder based gun. There are some incredible air rifles out there now....50cal, 1000fps awesome guns. Why not try an air rifle and avoid all issues involved with powder?
I've invented the best, most effective and cost effective internet content filter ever devised. Concerned as any parent is about what my son could be doing on the internet I set about thinking of a system where I could prevent him from getting interested in Midget porn or gaining the skills to build a meth lab in my basement. After many weeks of planning and development I finally implemented my system and it has worked flawlessly ever since. How does my flawless system work? I placed the computer in the living room and then faced the monitor towards the open room. Amazingly, he seems reluctant to go to sites that I'd disapprove of now. It's great what actual parenting can do...
My wife is in the medical field. She recently got a new job at a new place that uses a robotic needle. Having been the person that normally administers the needle she was a bit concerned about the whole robot thing but after she started using it she says it's far superior to doing it by hand. She's told me the robot is so good at it she's been told by the patients that they don't even feel the needle go in. Then there's the added benefit of no needle sticks. At least once a year my wife would have a needle stick accident. They are complex in the medical field, involve lots of paperwork, blood tests, co-operation from the patient to get tested for HIV etc... When you handle that many needles, that often it's just going to happen.
So then... you are saying that digital information can be considered as physical, personal property?
No, but some information about us as citizens has been determined as being private. Would the founders have objected to England opening your mail, making copies of the contents and then sending the original on to it's destination? Of course they would have.
And copying of said information constitues as search and seizure?
It does indeed. See above example.
I guess that would make the RIAA's argument that copying is the equivalent of stealing true huh?
Steeling is not an illegal search. Someone copying digital files that are ALREADY PUBLIC is not garnering any private information about the content owner. These are 2 completely separate subjects. I think that even those that think Piracy of movies and music is fine would object to someone hacking the same companies servers and publishing the health records of all their employees.
I'm sure our fore-fathers anticipated technological changes over the course of the next several centuries and took it into account when they wrote this document.
They did not, and they didn't need to. Our for-fathers understood human nature, which hasn't changed in thousands of years. The encroachment of tyranny on the civil liberties of the people always comes with he promise of protection from some new insidious threat. But rarely are the threats new. People have been blowing up buildings, shooting up schools, committing mail fraud and axe murders since the dawn of this country. None of this is new except our media exposure to it.
I guess we can continue to hang onto this 200 year old document and spout it as the clear and true gosepel though.
Wow... fanboy much? If either of you still think there's any difference between Obama and Bush then YOU are the problem. Stop voting Democrat/Republican. They are the same party at this point.
They are waste. They are basically ways to buy votes. Bills should be voted on for their merits, not because if you vote "yes" you'll get a bridge in your district.
A month ago the idea that the US government was monitoring the entire internet, had access to every major ISPs records and could listen to anyone's phone calls at any time was a joke. Now look where we're at. I'm not saying we have to believe the wildest of conspiracy theories but at this point we have no baseline from which to compare. What the NSA is doing with their spying is so outrageous that I can no longer use common sense to judge if a conspiracy theory about their actions is more or less likely. Just because it defies common sense, just because it would cost billions, just because it would be technically infeasible, immoral, unconstitutional and would result it little or no benefit to the NSA, government or American people, no longer means they wont do it. If you would have asked me a month ago what was more likely, that the Government was doing what we now know the NSA is doing, or if the Government was executing reporters and security researchers it thought were a threat to national security, I'd have quickly said the latter.
I know someone (I don't like this person) that works at a firm that enforces copyright as a service. It's very simple, they get a contract to find infringement. They have teams of people that use scripted software to find said infringement, then they GET PAID BASED ON HOW MUCH THEY FIND. They send their lists on to the legal department who gets it taken down. Then the client gets a bill... we found X number of infringements, we got Y taken down, Here are the ones you'll have to take to court, you owe us Z.
All the ones that just take them down without a fight never even get to the content owner. They just pay a fee to not deal with them. Does it make more sense now?
Sorry, I dunno if you're a spy or anything... not like it really matters, but dudes right. You're spending ALL day EVERY day spewing pro-NSA propaganda. I doubt you're actually a professional at this otherwise you'd have other posts to diffuse your agenda. Instead I think you're just a pro-government ass-hat that works 3rd shift and has little to do all night. Just keep in mind, your ability to post anonymously like this will someday be gone, and you can think back to how you helped make that happen.
The people can not be all, and always, well informed. The part which is wrong will be discontented in proportion to the importance of the facts they misconceive. If they remain quiet under such misconceptions it is a lethargy, the forerunner of death to the public liberty.
- Thomas Jefferson to William Stephens Smith, Paris, 13 Nov. 1787
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Complete bullshit.
In fact, the response to Hurricane Katrina was by far the largest--and fastest-rescue effort in U.S. history, with nearly 100,000 emergency personnel arriving on the scene within three days of the storm's landfall.
http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/environment/natural-disasters/2315076
The federal government has almost nothing to do with emergency response. It's idiotic to even suggest they should be involved. Local authorities need to have plans and prepare for such events like Florida does. As a last resort the feds show up when it's an unmitigated disaster. Katrina was a category 1 when it made landfall, New Orleans was completely unprepared. Money for levees, flood walls and other precautions was funneled by local politicians to casinos and other local business projects.
Unless the government has compromised nearly every software and hardware vendor in the world... at which point you couldn't even trust the devices you're using to connect. The fundamental problem here is the strength of the governing bodies constitution and the the respect it has for that constitution. If you have, as we do today, a government that considers the constitution to be an outdated stumbling block rather than the backbone of a free society that it is, no amount of security or encryption will save you. They have unlimited time, money and people. They will always win.
Your post is ironic given that this article is about the public policing itself. I wouldn't be surprised if civil litigation came out of this. We'll see.
The one time someone said to me: "I'm placing you under citizens arrest"
My reply was "Go fuck yourself"
and when the police showed up, it wasn't me that got carted off to jail.
People need to learn about their rights.
The central bank of the united states is The Federal Reserve.
From Wikipedia:
In its role as the central bank of the United States, the Fed serves as a banker's bank and as the government's bank.
and
Each regional Bank's board consists of nine members. Members are broken down into three classes: A, B, and C. There are three board members in each class. Class A members are chosen by the regional Bank's shareholders, and are intended to represent member banks' interests. Member banks are divided into three categories large, medium, and small. Each category elects one of the three class A board members. Class B board members are also nominated by the region's member banks, but class B board members are supposed to represent the interests of the public. Lastly, class C board members are nominated by the Board of Governors, and are also intended to represent the interests of the public
So we have a central bank, that is for the most part, run by the banks themselves.
uh, not that I like apple or anything but Ford had teams of thugs that would inspect your home to make sure you were "American" enough to work there...
The $5-a-day rate was about half pay and half bonus. The bonus came with character requirements and was enforced by the Socialization Organization. This was a committee that would visit the employees’ homes to ensure that they were doing things the “American way.” They were supposed to avoid social ills such as gambling and drinking. They were to learn English, and many (primarily the recent immigrants) had to attend classes to become “Americanized.” Women were not eligible for the bonus unless they were single and supporting the family. Also, men were not eligible if their wives worked outside the home.
Who says you have to live on the surface?
VW has one of the worst ratings on consumer reports of any company. Their cars are junk. I was interested in the TDI because it's one of the few affordable diesels sold in the US but the user ratings on that car are horrendous and repair bills expensive. Yours is only 3 years old so it's rather telling how many times you've had to take it in already. I've got a 2009 Ford Escape and it's never had to be taken in. I believe there was 1 recall and it was for the seat covers, which I don't have in mine.
Asteroids hitting earth aren't that big of a deal. Asteroids hitting earth with a significant velocity relative to us is the problem. If we were moving one into orbit, it's relative velocity would be so low it would stand little change of doing any damage should it accidentally hit the planet.
What if the GMO crop saved millions of lives? Golden Rice, for example, is a huge boon for poor subsistence farmers in Asiatic countries. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_rice
So make everything but the tank on the printer.
Yea, come to the united states and vote... they'd likely let you since we don't even check ID here... then your choices are:
SomeWhiteGuy#1 (D)
SomeWhiteGuy#2 (R)
I keep wondering why all these guys keep trying to produce a gunpowder based gun. There are some incredible air rifles out there now... .50cal, 1000fps awesome guns. Why not try an air rifle and avoid all issues involved with powder?
Not true at all. My father grew up on a subsistence farm. He'd hunt elk with a .22lr or sometimes a bow. He brought down many elk with that .22
I've invented the best, most effective and cost effective internet content filter ever devised. Concerned as any parent is about what my son could be doing on the internet I set about thinking of a system where I could prevent him from getting interested in Midget porn or gaining the skills to build a meth lab in my basement. After many weeks of planning and development I finally implemented my system and it has worked flawlessly ever since. How does my flawless system work? I placed the computer in the living room and then faced the monitor towards the open room. Amazingly, he seems reluctant to go to sites that I'd disapprove of now. It's great what actual parenting can do...
Yes you're a genius... none of us ever thought this would happen... lol
My wife is in the medical field. She recently got a new job at a new place that uses a robotic needle. Having been the person that normally administers the needle she was a bit concerned about the whole robot thing but after she started using it she says it's far superior to doing it by hand. She's told me the robot is so good at it she's been told by the patients that they don't even feel the needle go in. Then there's the added benefit of no needle sticks. At least once a year my wife would have a needle stick accident. They are complex in the medical field, involve lots of paperwork, blood tests, co-operation from the patient to get tested for HIV etc... When you handle that many needles, that often it's just going to happen.
So then... you are saying that digital information can be considered as physical, personal property?
No, but some information about us as citizens has been determined as being private. Would the founders have objected to England opening your mail, making copies of the contents and then sending the original on to it's destination? Of course they would have.
And copying of said information constitues as search and seizure?
It does indeed. See above example.
I guess that would make the RIAA's argument that copying is the equivalent of stealing true huh?
Steeling is not an illegal search. Someone copying digital files that are ALREADY PUBLIC is not garnering any private information about the content owner. These are 2 completely separate subjects. I think that even those that think Piracy of movies and music is fine would object to someone hacking the same companies servers and publishing the health records of all their employees.
I'm sure our fore-fathers anticipated technological changes over the course of the next several centuries and took it into account when they wrote this document.
They did not, and they didn't need to. Our for-fathers understood human nature, which hasn't changed in thousands of years. The encroachment of tyranny on the civil liberties of the people always comes with he promise of protection from some new insidious threat. But rarely are the threats new. People have been blowing up buildings, shooting up schools, committing mail fraud and axe murders since the dawn of this country. None of this is new except our media exposure to it.
I guess we can continue to hang onto this 200 year old document and spout it as the clear and true gosepel though.
If wisdom prevails, we certainly will.
Wow... fanboy much? If either of you still think there's any difference between Obama and Bush then YOU are the problem. Stop voting Democrat/Republican. They are the same party at this point.
They are waste. They are basically ways to buy votes. Bills should be voted on for their merits, not because if you vote "yes" you'll get a bridge in your district.
A month ago the idea that the US government was monitoring the entire internet, had access to every major ISPs records and could listen to anyone's phone calls at any time was a joke. Now look where we're at. I'm not saying we have to believe the wildest of conspiracy theories but at this point we have no baseline from which to compare. What the NSA is doing with their spying is so outrageous that I can no longer use common sense to judge if a conspiracy theory about their actions is more or less likely. Just because it defies common sense, just because it would cost billions, just because it would be technically infeasible, immoral, unconstitutional and would result it little or no benefit to the NSA, government or American people, no longer means they wont do it. If you would have asked me a month ago what was more likely, that the Government was doing what we now know the NSA is doing, or if the Government was executing reporters and security researchers it thought were a threat to national security, I'd have quickly said the latter.
No, it's about the NSA.
Uh... it's already being exploited...
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/hastings-crash-witness-113514329.html
I know someone (I don't like this person) that works at a firm that enforces copyright as a service. It's very simple, they get a contract to find infringement. They have teams of people that use scripted software to find said infringement, then they GET PAID BASED ON HOW MUCH THEY FIND. They send their lists on to the legal department who gets it taken down. Then the client gets a bill... we found X number of infringements, we got Y taken down, Here are the ones you'll have to take to court, you owe us Z.
All the ones that just take them down without a fight never even get to the content owner. They just pay a fee to not deal with them. Does it make more sense now?
Sorry, I dunno if you're a spy or anything... not like it really matters, but dudes right. You're spending ALL day EVERY day spewing pro-NSA propaganda. I doubt you're actually a professional at this otherwise you'd have other posts to diffuse your agenda. Instead I think you're just a pro-government ass-hat that works 3rd shift and has little to do all night. Just keep in mind, your ability to post anonymously like this will someday be gone, and you can think back to how you helped make that happen.
The people can not be all, and always, well informed. The part which is wrong will be discontented in proportion to the importance of the facts they misconceive. If they remain quiet under such misconceptions it is a lethargy, the forerunner of death to the public liberty.
- Thomas Jefferson to William Stephens Smith, Paris, 13 Nov. 1787