And what was the reason for all this? Simple ignorance. If we had actually talked with Russia which basically saved the West's asses from Hitler and included them with our projects, sharing intelligence and the like and had closer American-Russian ties perhaps we could have avoided the entire cold war. Perhaps with the opening of relations between the two countries conditions would be better for the Russians and Americans alike.
Riiiiggghht... it was all a misunderstanding; Stalin was actually a nice, reasonable guy beneath that genocidal exterior and would have been a walk in the park to reason with.
Funny thing, there: it's more like hundreds of ingredients, if you count an ingredient as... well, an ingredient. Hell, even their "tortillas" alone probably have at least three different kinds of preservatives in them. Sure they'll kill you... but hey, in theory your corpse won't need as much embalming if you need enough 7-Layer burritos!
It looks like it'd take an economic meltdown to trigger nuclear reactor production in the US.
Well, that ought to happen soon enough. What, did you think that the steady devaluation of the dollar was going to magically reverse itself or something?:p
building a PC-based Mac was something done only by hard-core hackers and technophiles
What? This is a load of crap. Granted, it's not the simpest thing to do, but I'd say it was two years ago that hackintoshing became simple enough for the somewhat technical to figure it out.
Perhaps he uses the term "hard-core hacker" to describe the same sort of person that you would label merely "somewhat technical?"
When a DC official asked why internet voting could not be made secure when top government secrets were secure on the internet, Halderman responded that a big part of keeping government secrets secret was not allowing them to be stored on internet-connected computers. When a DC official asked the panel whether public key infrastructure couldn't allow secure internet voting, a panel member pointed out that the inventor of public key cryptography, MIT professor Ronald Rivest, was a signatory to the letter that had been sent to DC, urging officials there not to proceed with internet voting.
After watching the video I don't think the IBM computer shown is meant to be in a Soviet facility.
Perhaps not (I couldn't get the vid to play, at least not without letting a bunch of unknown shit past NoScript) but it's well known that IBM's Continental division sold computing devices to the Nazis during WWII. I also have it on good authority that Mitsubishi Zeros wore American rubber on their landing gear during the war and this was no secret at Goodyear.
Considering these aren't the only things I've learned that have implications which fly in the face of what we've been taught in the history books, it wouldn't surprise me one bit if the Soviets were using IBM's in their space program.
I'd be cueing up the track of a shotgun being pumped on my MP3 player, then playing it real loud for the perp under my car.
Sounds to me like the quickest way imaginable to get shot. On other hand, if you had a real shotgun (preferably a semi-automatic; pumps are overrated IMHO), you could call out to whoever's under your car and tell 'em he has two choices:
Show you a warrant or make peace with his god. 'Cause this country isn't going to shake off the tightening chains of tyranny unless people start growing a fucking pair and making it clear they mean business.
I wonder if these cross-dressing Nazi fucks are honest with themselves about who they really work for (hint: it sure as shit isn't the American people).
It is hard to prove that the header of an encrypted disk has not been corrrupted.
Contrary to all the warm, fuzzy bullshit we've been fed, there's no burden of proof on the part of the prosecution, certainly not in the UK nor the US. We're guilty until we prove otherwise and that's if we're lucky.
Is the contrarian attitude of nerds so overriding or are they paid shills who are required by contract to show that there is no use for bittorret etc.?
Mostly the former, I suspect; us nerds have a lot more negativity bottled-up than we usually realize and this is one of the way it manifests itself. I've been guilty of it myself, more often that I care to admit. Pretty sure I get it, at least in part, from my parents: they still do it every chance they get and they don't even hear themselves.
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And what was the reason for all this? Simple ignorance. If we had actually talked with Russia which basically saved the West's asses from Hitler and included them with our projects, sharing intelligence and the like and had closer American-Russian ties perhaps we could have avoided the entire cold war. Perhaps with the opening of relations between the two countries conditions would be better for the Russians and Americans alike.
Riiiiggghht... it was all a misunderstanding; Stalin was actually a nice, reasonable guy beneath that genocidal exterior and would have been a walk in the park to reason with.
...obviously excepting navel based warheads...
Didn't realize belly button lint could be that dangerous... no wonder she's flinches when at I threaten her with it!
...by mixing-and-matching roughly eight ingredients
Funny thing, there: it's more like hundreds of ingredients, if you count an ingredient as... well, an ingredient. Hell, even their "tortillas" alone probably have at least three different kinds of preservatives in them. Sure they'll kill you... but hey, in theory your corpse won't need as much embalming if you need enough 7-Layer burritos!
Ubuntu Relegated Roadkill, anyone?
Now, I know we're still 10 years out, but I would expect NY to be at least a couple inches under water by now.
Picture an ice cube sitting on a table, just beginning to melt. "It hasn't melted all the way, yet?! Guess it isn't going to."
Capiche??
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They stir-fry and sauté nicely. Drizzle with rubbing alcohol, top with a dollop of thermal compound and serve.
You Nexus, huh? I design your eyes.
It looks like it'd take an economic meltdown to trigger nuclear reactor production in the US.
Well, that ought to happen soon enough. What, did you think that the steady devaluation of the dollar was going to magically reverse itself or something? :p
which in tern
It should be clear that this isn't quite what I meant (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tern)...
So this would be like some pseudo-virus masquerading as an Easter egg of sorts, which in tern is masquerading as a software bug/glitch...? :p
building a PC-based Mac was something done only by hard-core hackers and technophiles
What? This is a load of crap. Granted, it's not the simpest thing to do, but I'd say it was two years ago that hackintoshing became simple enough for the somewhat technical to figure it out.
Perhaps he uses the term "hard-core hacker" to describe the same sort of person that you would label merely "somewhat technical?"
When a DC official asked why internet voting could not be made secure when top government secrets were secure on the internet, Halderman responded that a big part of keeping government secrets secret was not allowing them to be stored on internet-connected computers. When a DC official asked the panel whether public key infrastructure couldn't allow secure internet voting, a panel member pointed out that the inventor of public key cryptography, MIT professor Ronald Rivest, was a signatory to the letter that had been sent to DC, urging officials there not to proceed with internet voting.
Don't worry; they still won't get it.
After watching the video I don't think the IBM computer shown is meant to be in a Soviet facility.
Perhaps not (I couldn't get the vid to play, at least not without letting a bunch of unknown shit past NoScript) but it's well known that IBM's Continental division sold computing devices to the Nazis during WWII. I also have it on good authority that Mitsubishi Zeros wore American rubber on their landing gear during the war and this was no secret at Goodyear.
Considering these aren't the only things I've learned that have implications which fly in the face of what we've been taught in the history books, it wouldn't surprise me one bit if the Soviets were using IBM's in their space program.
The service stopped working for me a couple months ago.
Someone doing that in my neck of the woods would be greeted by a shotgun-toting homeowner and held for trespassing until the Sheriff showed up.
Lemme guess: Idaho, Montana, Montana or New Hampshire? :p
I'd be cueing up the track of a shotgun being pumped on my MP3 player, then playing it real loud for the perp under my car.
Sounds to me like the quickest way imaginable to get shot. On other hand, if you had a real shotgun (preferably a semi-automatic; pumps are overrated IMHO), you could call out to whoever's under your car and tell 'em he has two choices:
Show you a warrant or make peace with his god. 'Cause this country isn't going to shake off the tightening chains of tyranny unless people start growing a fucking pair and making it clear they mean business.
I wonder if these cross-dressing Nazi fucks are honest with themselves about who they really work for (hint: it sure as shit isn't the American people).
HTC and T-Mobile's new G2 can detect when it's been rooted and responds by reinstalling the factory OS.
I can't wait until Microshaft trains Windows to do this! :/
Will this constant erosion of freedom ever stop?
When the last Randy Weaver watches as his wife takes a bullet in the brain.
"Everything is proceeding as I have foreseen." -Emperor Palpatine to Darth Vader
It is hard to prove that the header of an encrypted disk has not been corrrupted.
Contrary to all the warm, fuzzy bullshit we've been fed, there's no burden of proof on the part of the prosecution, certainly not in the UK nor the US. We're guilty until we prove otherwise and that's if we're lucky.
A-fucking-men.
Or is this just rabid, unthinking anti-establishmentism I smell?
Indeed it is. There's even a term for it: liberty. It stinks even worse when it's rabid, thinking anti-establishmentism.
Getting slow in your old age, Slashdot? ;p
Is the contrarian attitude of nerds so overriding or are they paid shills who are required by contract to show that there is no use for bittorret etc.?
Mostly the former, I suspect; us nerds have a lot more negativity bottled-up than we usually realize and this is one of the way it manifests itself. I've been guilty of it myself, more often that I care to admit. Pretty sure I get it, at least in part, from my parents: they still do it every chance they get and they don't even hear themselves.