I still think it's hilarious that FoxNews refused to refer to Obama as "President". Most (if not all) reporting during his first term called him "Mr. Obama".
Then you don't remember very well. Other media outlets stood up for Fox. Fox returned the favor recently under the new administration. Whether you think that's because they have integrity or they just fear being locked out by the next guy is up to you.
The "Mr. Obama" stuff was done on day 1, sure. But it was a direct response to the "Mr. Bush" stuff that was prevalent for 8 years. It's a rejection of the President. I don't recall this being a big thing during Clinton's reign. Perhaps the media was more sane back then, perhaps both parties had actual issues to attack people on. I'm going to blame social media and the internet. All discourse is now dumbed down for the masses to chant. Instead of talking about platforms and policy, they just spout off #NotMyPresident" or shit about Obama's birth certificate.
Leaking confidential information? That's all sorts of illegal. You sign an nda then you ignore it?
That's not free press. That's being illegal.
Notice wiki leaks isn't on trial here? They're closer to a press \ media info.
1: Leaking confidential information, or information protected by an NDA, is not illegal if you're exposing a crime. If you put it to a sane jury who was informed of their right of nullification, the vast majority of such instances would be quickly decided in favor of the defendant. We are to be judged by a jury of our peers, not a single judge sitting at the bench. Not a military tribunal. Not some corporation's stooge in the form of "arbitration". Further, leaking information is never illegal - no one can restrain your freedom to speak. At worst, someone can sue you for contract violation or sue you for direct damages. The goings-on of our government are supposed to be legal, generally public, and auditable. Yet at every turn, FOIA are denied, records are "lost", and whistle blower "protection" laws are shown to be the exact opposite of their namesake. Beyond that, the the people and the press are expressly granted freedom to criticize and expose the wrongdoings of our government.
2: This is Slashdot. "Information wants to be free!"
Uh, you're an idiot. We're not talking about CNN not letting this guy onto the air. We're talking about CNN potentially harassing or blackmailing this person into silence. The government should absolutely intervene and slap the shit out of CNN if this is the case.
It's so bad in CA that illegal immigrants can officially get CA driver's licenses now. CA is one of the states that stands to have its citizens be fucked next year when it comes to flying. You'll need a passport or other decent ID to fly even on domestic flights - a CA state ID or driver's license won't cut it.
Unless CA is granted yet another extension or magically pulls out a new ID program out of their ass in the next few months, there's going to be chaos.
Most people vote by mail. If you move to another state and are on both voter rolls and a forwarding address. Boom, 2 ballots. I'd wager a lot of people would vote twice. Certainly a lot more than would report to jury duty in their old state.
Someone with a suspicious mind might think that Trump has something to hide by not releasing his Tax returns. At least that situation has some reasoning behind it (conflicts of interest, foreign investments/liabilities, etc), this "election committee" is pointless. Election fraud is about as rare as finding a winning lottery ticket fluttering in the wind.
Where are your tax returns? Do you have something to hide?
Quite the contrary: voter fraud numbers are miniscule. It's just not a problem.
Successful voter fraud isn't detected. You can't state that it's rare or a "minuscule" problem without at least a basic investigation into the votes cast and counted. Such an investigation would require information the commission is seeking from states. People who like to downplay the possibility of voter fraud sure like to enable it by opposing such checks, opposing voter ID requirements (even if the ID is free and easy to obtain), opposing auditable and securable voting machines (i.e., paper ballots), etc.
Whether you suspect voter fraud or you expect no voter fraud, the best way to start figuring it out is to do what the commission is trying to do.
Registering fake voters, voting multiple times, voting for other people, voting for dead people, etc. is standard fucking procedure in this country at every level. It's such a cliche that it was the basis for a Simpsons episode, and when Lisa decided to prove it, the level of "who gives a shit" was so high that she was simply handed the entire vote record. "Vote early, vote often." isn't just something people say, it's something they do.
When every single step of the game leading up to the election is rigged, do you really think they'd grow a conscience and stop at the sacred polls? Do you really think elections at the national level are any more secure than at the local level? If so, why? The scale of the election doesn't help you here, it hurts you. And you only need to "influence" a handful of states to have an impact. Hell, you can often target a handful of polling places each in a dozen counties to swing the legislative branch.
1) Apple does not make their own hardware. Apple doesn't own any fabs/foundries.
Apple somewhat designs their own hardware from the outside in. Form over function. They decide on a form factor, style, etc. then go shopping for shit to put in it. They pay enough to get custom designs for many actual components (such as batteries, touchpad sensors, etc.), and semi-custom designs for others (CPUs, GPUs, memory). Still, many other components are nothing more than the standard design with a firmware tweaked for Apple (such as the displays, SSDs, etc.). And of course, guess who Apple fights with on one front and tries to squeeze out of the other? Samsung used to supply storage, displays, and I think memory for many iThings. Then Apple had a tizzy over suits in a separate area and retaliated by switching to LG and other vendors.
Apple's actual processors were not designed by Apple. They were just IP purchased from other companies (some of whom Apple has since purchased) and have been iterated on ever since. And yet they beat the SHIT out of the ARM trash Qualcomm and Samsung put out. (To be fair to them, however, they're hampered by the disaster that is Android.)
2) So what if it is? There's handset market share and then there's "mobile" market share, including the store revenues. Apple makes almost all the app money. Besides, Apple was taking nearly everything from the music market, the app market, and the handset market just a few years ago. They absolutely used their success with the iPod and iTunes and iPhone and App Store to further the success of their own products across different markets and to lock out competition.
3) Speculation ahoy! But so what if they are? If you commit a crime, do you think the jury will care if you tell them "Man, I'm only here because my neighbors reported me and urged the state to prosecute!"?
You give them debt, age, and desperation. Then they'll beg to work for minimum wage, part time, with no benefits. Hell, some of them will fight to the death for an unpaid internship.
"Reasonable" is whatever society determines to be "reasonable". The shit the TSA does is universally considered unreasonable, for example. Of course there are unalienable rights. The constitution and its amendments have fun language like "shall not be..." or "shall make no law...". The fact the the government ignores that language is a problem.
I never said CNN was not free to publish his name. I was responding to the AC's first sentence.
And the first amendment protects you from governmental interference not CNN.
The first amendment establishes that people are free to say shit, worship shit, etc. It doesn't matter who would try to restrict that freedom.
The goal is to keep more cattle in the academia industrial complex because the massive debt they accumulate, and the years they waste not entering the workforce, help the corporate masters strengthen their grip.
The constitution and its amendments are written very clearly. People have inalienable rights, and powers not explicitly granted to the federal government are reserved by the states and the people. The right to free speech is an inalienable, natural right. The government's role is to PROTECT that right against any who would assail it, including the government itself.
They mention that possibility in the article, but rule it mostly out on account of the fact that 95% of the traffic to the page is from mobile devices, which are fairly atypical for botnet attacks.
Other AC has a great counterpoint. I'll offer another: The Wikipedia servers have no fucking clue what type of host is requesting the page. Anyone can send any packet with any headers. A botnet operator has reason to deceive, inveigle, and obfuscate (S04E04).
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I still think it's hilarious that FoxNews refused to refer to Obama as "President". Most (if not all) reporting during his first term called him "Mr. Obama".
Then you don't remember very well. Other media outlets stood up for Fox. Fox returned the favor recently under the new administration.
Whether you think that's because they have integrity or they just fear being locked out by the next guy is up to you.
The "Mr. Obama" stuff was done on day 1, sure. But it was a direct response to the "Mr. Bush" stuff that was prevalent for 8 years. It's a rejection of the President. I don't recall this being a big thing during Clinton's reign. Perhaps the media was more sane back then, perhaps both parties had actual issues to attack people on. I'm going to blame social media and the internet. All discourse is now dumbed down for the masses to chant. Instead of talking about platforms and policy, they just spout off #NotMyPresident" or shit about Obama's birth certificate.
Holy shit.
Leaking confidential information? That's all sorts of illegal. You sign an nda then you ignore it?
That's not free press. That's being illegal.
Notice wiki leaks isn't on trial here? They're closer to a press \ media info.
1: Leaking confidential information, or information protected by an NDA, is not illegal if you're exposing a crime. If you put it to a sane jury who was informed of their right of nullification, the vast majority of such instances would be quickly decided in favor of the defendant. We are to be judged by a jury of our peers, not a single judge sitting at the bench. Not a military tribunal. Not some corporation's stooge in the form of "arbitration". Further, leaking information is never illegal - no one can restrain your freedom to speak. At worst, someone can sue you for contract violation or sue you for direct damages. The goings-on of our government are supposed to be legal, generally public, and auditable. Yet at every turn, FOIA are denied, records are "lost", and whistle blower "protection" laws are shown to be the exact opposite of their namesake. Beyond that, the the people and the press are expressly granted freedom to criticize and expose the wrongdoings of our government.
2: This is Slashdot. "Information wants to be free!"
Your fallacy is that of an appeal to authority. Being "an established institution" doesn't mean anything.
All of the listed media groups have shown themselves to be absolutely unethical and without any shred of journalistic integrity.
Only because you crawled into your safe space, stuck your fingers in your ears, and started crying.
What are you about? 9 year olds?
No, the outrage is being queued. If you are outraged (or outrageous), please queue up.
This is correct.
Uh, you're an idiot.
We're not talking about CNN not letting this guy onto the air.
We're talking about CNN potentially harassing or blackmailing this person into silence. The government should absolutely intervene and slap the shit out of CNN if this is the case.
It's so bad in CA that illegal immigrants can officially get CA driver's licenses now. CA is one of the states that stands to have its citizens be fucked next year when it comes to flying. You'll need a passport or other decent ID to fly even on domestic flights - a CA state ID or driver's license won't cut it.
Unless CA is granted yet another extension or magically pulls out a new ID program out of their ass in the next few months, there's going to be chaos.
Most people vote by mail. If you move to another state and are on both voter rolls and a forwarding address. Boom, 2 ballots. I'd wager a lot of people would vote twice. Certainly a lot more than would report to jury duty in their old state.
Someone with a suspicious mind might think that Trump has something to hide by not releasing his Tax returns. At least that situation has some reasoning behind it (conflicts of interest, foreign investments/liabilities, etc), this "election committee" is pointless. Election fraud is about as rare as finding a winning lottery ticket fluttering in the wind.
Where are your tax returns? Do you have something to hide?
Quite the contrary: voter fraud numbers are miniscule. It's just not a problem.
Successful voter fraud isn't detected. You can't state that it's rare or a "minuscule" problem without at least a basic investigation into the votes cast and counted. Such an investigation would require information the commission is seeking from states. People who like to downplay the possibility of voter fraud sure like to enable it by opposing such checks, opposing voter ID requirements (even if the ID is free and easy to obtain), opposing auditable and securable voting machines (i.e., paper ballots), etc.
Whether you suspect voter fraud or you expect no voter fraud, the best way to start figuring it out is to do what the commission is trying to do.
Registering fake voters, voting multiple times, voting for other people, voting for dead people, etc. is standard fucking procedure in this country at every level. It's such a cliche that it was the basis for a Simpsons episode, and when Lisa decided to prove it, the level of "who gives a shit" was so high that she was simply handed the entire vote record. "Vote early, vote often." isn't just something people say, it's something they do.
When every single step of the game leading up to the election is rigged, do you really think they'd grow a conscience and stop at the sacred polls? Do you really think elections at the national level are any more secure than at the local level? If so, why? The scale of the election doesn't help you here, it hurts you. And you only need to "influence" a handful of states to have an impact. Hell, you can often target a handful of polling places each in a dozen counties to swing the legislative branch.
1) Apple does not make their own hardware. Apple doesn't own any fabs/foundries.
Apple somewhat designs their own hardware from the outside in. Form over function. They decide on a form factor, style, etc. then go shopping for shit to put in it. They pay enough to get custom designs for many actual components (such as batteries, touchpad sensors, etc.), and semi-custom designs for others (CPUs, GPUs, memory). Still, many other components are nothing more than the standard design with a firmware tweaked for Apple (such as the displays, SSDs, etc.). And of course, guess who Apple fights with on one front and tries to squeeze out of the other? Samsung used to supply storage, displays, and I think memory for many iThings. Then Apple had a tizzy over suits in a separate area and retaliated by switching to LG and other vendors.
Apple's actual processors were not designed by Apple. They were just IP purchased from other companies (some of whom Apple has since purchased) and have been iterated on ever since. And yet they beat the SHIT out of the ARM trash Qualcomm and Samsung put out. (To be fair to them, however, they're hampered by the disaster that is Android.)
2) So what if it is? There's handset market share and then there's "mobile" market share, including the store revenues. Apple makes almost all the app money. Besides, Apple was taking nearly everything from the music market, the app market, and the handset market just a few years ago. They absolutely used their success with the iPod and iTunes and iPhone and App Store to further the success of their own products across different markets and to lock out competition.
3) Speculation ahoy! But so what if they are? If you commit a crime, do you think the jury will care if you tell them "Man, I'm only here because my neighbors reported me and urged the state to prosecute!"?
You give them debt, age, and desperation.
Then they'll beg to work for minimum wage, part time, with no benefits. Hell, some of them will fight to the death for an unpaid internship.
"Reasonable" is whatever society determines to be "reasonable". The shit the TSA does is universally considered unreasonable, for example.
Of course there are unalienable rights. The constitution and its amendments have fun language like "shall not be..." or "shall make no law...". The fact the the government ignores that language is a problem.
I never said CNN was not free to publish his name. I was responding to the AC's first sentence.
And the first amendment protects you from governmental interference not CNN.
The first amendment establishes that people are free to say shit, worship shit, etc. It doesn't matter who would try to restrict that freedom.
The old people will die off. Problem solved.
If they don't, then clearly the economy, infrastructure, etc. is there to support them at the same (or higher) ratio as before. So what's the problem?
We need fewer people on this planet. We're well over 7 billion now. Even 1 billion would be sustainable and very resilient.
And these "cattle" end up knowing more than you and can hold a good job better than you, mister im-still-stuck-at-9.75-in-walmart.
I don't work at WalMart. I also don't make that little.
The goal is to keep more cattle in the academia industrial complex because the massive debt they accumulate, and the years they waste not entering the workforce, help the corporate masters strengthen their grip.
That's one hell of a gunpoint "apology".
WROOOOOOOOOOOOONG!
The constitution and its amendments are written very clearly. People have inalienable rights, and powers not explicitly granted to the federal government are reserved by the states and the people. The right to free speech is an inalienable, natural right. The government's role is to PROTECT that right against any who would assail it, including the government itself.
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As opposed to CNN's LULZaganda about Russia?
They mention that possibility in the article, but rule it mostly out on account of the fact that 95% of the traffic to the page is from mobile devices, which are fairly atypical for botnet attacks.
Other AC has a great counterpoint. I'll offer another: The Wikipedia servers have no fucking clue what type of host is requesting the page. Anyone can send any packet with any headers. A botnet operator has reason to deceive, inveigle, and obfuscate (S04E04).
You are right, this is common sense. However, the same common sense teaches us that the Sun is rotating around Earth.
Sol does rotate around Terra. All non-accelerating reference frames are equally valid.