Sounds like quite the Pyrrhic victory to me. Sure, it's a nice surprise that half the ad networks are honoring it, but unless the vast majority of them do, I don't see how the flag is actually useful in practice.
Except he's not talking about going after the evil terrorists. He's talking about coming up with plans to protect key systems from cyber attack
We must act now and quickly develop and pass comprehensive legislation to protect our electric grid, air traffic control system, water supply, financial networks and defense systems and much more from a cyber attack.
and prevent leaks at the source.
developing adequate safeguards to detect and defeat any insider threat of disclosure of classified documents such as we experienced with the Wikileaks fiasco
It sounds like some people are really jumping to conclusions here. While finding a fossil from the time of the asteroid impact does indicate all dinosaurs hadn't died out before then, it doesn't mean they weren't gradually dying out due to environmental changes.
Someone dying when a rock fell on his head isn't proof he wasn't wasting away from a terminal disease.
Maybe simulators can train you for the real thing, but a case where a video game improved your ability to fly a model airplane does not in any way support your claim, as a model airplane is still just a simulation. So, in short, you merely provided evidence that practice with a simulator can improve your skill with another simulator.
When I read about this idea, for some reason, I just can't help imagining it being the brainchild of Cave Johnson...
"Those eggheads say we're falling behind in science because we don't have enough college graduates--well, I say we have too many college graduates! Everywhere you look, college graduates! It's getting so you can't pick them out of a crowd. What we need to do is take away those cushy scholarships we keep handing out--hell, we should be giving kids money not to go to college! Come to think of it, that's not a bad idea... Caroline, take a memo..."
Exactly. This wave of Sony security breaches is probably the result of two things: criminals hearing just how bad Sony's security is and rushing to focus their efforts on them; Sony going over their systems after the massive break-in and finding breaches they might not have noticed otherwise.
And, of course some of these breaches wouldn't have caught the public's attention so strongly before the big break-in.
Plus, as an owner of both a PS3 and a 360, it's yet another reason to favour the latte when making decisions on which platform to buy multi-platform games for.
Mmmm, latte... I applaud your decision to forgo the latest overhyped game and go out for a latte instead.
The vast majority of people who commit suicide are not thinking rationally at the time. No pledges, no clauses that say family members will only sue for the minimum monetary compensation allowable, will make a difference to someone not in their right mind.
A soda machine that can be remotely hacked to shoot cans/bottles at random passersby. Maybe it'll even be able to identify individuals by their smart phones and take out specific people!
Forget 'Have a Coke and a smile,' it's time to 'Have a Pepsi and a concussion!'
If I walk up to a person of faith and tell them their belief is wrong, the best I can hope for is to be labelled a heretic or infidel. As often as not, I can expect some form of retaliation, in some cases extreme enough to risk death.
Why do people keep poisoning their arguments for logic and rationality by demonizing all religious people? While I wouldn't be surprised if you got a negative reaction for going up to a person and declaring their belief system to be wrong, there are most certainly some who'll respond by simply saying, "I'm sorry you feel that way," or want to discuss the matter with you.
Do you really think it helps your case when you base it on statements that are clearly false (or grossly exaggerated)?
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It would have been nice to mention somewhere in the summary what GAO stands for.
(Note: it's the Government Accountability Office.)
It's in interesting idea, but I can't see it ending in any way other than the whole lot of them being swallowed by a small dog.
Shouldn't the article say more than the summary?
Sounds like quite the Pyrrhic victory to me. Sure, it's a nice surprise that half the ad networks are honoring it, but unless the vast majority of them do, I don't see how the flag is actually useful in practice.
Unless the legislation is, you know, to mandate security requirements and procedures at such organizations.
and prevent leaks at the source.
It sounds like some people are really jumping to conclusions here. While finding a fossil from the time of the asteroid impact does indicate all dinosaurs hadn't died out before then, it doesn't mean they weren't gradually dying out due to environmental changes.
Someone dying when a rock fell on his head isn't proof he wasn't wasting away from a terminal disease.
But will they be able to give it a name good enough to stand alongside drinks like Calpis and Pocari Sweat.
It's the Turk all over again! Will these chess computer scandals never end?!
Maybe simulators can train you for the real thing, but a case where a video game improved your ability to fly a model airplane does not in any way support your claim, as a model airplane is still just a simulation. So, in short, you merely provided evidence that practice with a simulator can improve your skill with another simulator.
They're filing in the Eastern District of Texas, you say? What a shock!
Test subjects.
The nickname 'Sparatcus' is not available.
Yay, Texas.
When I read about this idea, for some reason, I just can't help imagining it being the brainchild of Cave Johnson...
"Those eggheads say we're falling behind in science because we don't have enough college graduates--well, I say we have too many college graduates! Everywhere you look, college graduates! It's getting so you can't pick them out of a crowd. What we need to do is take away those cushy scholarships we keep handing out--hell, we should be giving kids money not to go to college! Come to think of it, that's not a bad idea... Caroline, take a memo..."
Exactly. This wave of Sony security breaches is probably the result of two things: criminals hearing just how bad Sony's security is and rushing to focus their efforts on them; Sony going over their systems after the massive break-in and finding breaches they might not have noticed otherwise.
And, of course some of these breaches wouldn't have caught the public's attention so strongly before the big break-in.
Mmmm, latte... I applaud your decision to forgo the latest overhyped game and go out for a latte instead.
We can get a pretty good idea by talking to people who tried to commit suicide but failed.
The vast majority of people who commit suicide are not thinking rationally at the time. No pledges, no clauses that say family members will only sue for the minimum monetary compensation allowable, will make a difference to someone not in their right mind.
A soda machine that can be remotely hacked to shoot cans/bottles at random passersby. Maybe it'll even be able to identify individuals by their smart phones and take out specific people!
Forget 'Have a Coke and a smile,' it's time to 'Have a Pepsi and a concussion!'
I'm not a troll! Honest! It's just my new cologne!
Why do people keep poisoning their arguments for logic and rationality by demonizing all religious people? While I wouldn't be surprised if you got a negative reaction for going up to a person and declaring their belief system to be wrong, there are most certainly some who'll respond by simply saying, "I'm sorry you feel that way," or want to discuss the matter with you.
Do you really think it helps your case when you base it on statements that are clearly false (or grossly exaggerated)?
They'd try to charge a licensing fee for streaming music from your ears to your brain if they thought they could get away with it.
You'd have a better case if you'd ended your post with "@!#?@!?"
Hey, how about Yahoo?