There have been Ukrainian military aircraft overflying the Russian separatists. Even if all those flights are for is mapping rebel positions for attack, those aircraft are still a valid military target. I doubt the rebels have IFF systems (means to avoid shooting at civilian aircraft) and they probably expected civilian aircraft to avoid their airspace (a reasonable airliner would have avoided overflying them) so their accidental shooting down of a civilian airliner is perfectly reasonable. The Russians and the Ukrainians taking turns slandering each other on Wikipedia is just damage control, and expected.
There is no (proven) scientific correlation between speeding and accidents. There is a correlation between reckless driving and accidents. There are numerous peer reviewed scientific studies that prove raising speed limits (selectively) would reduce accidents.
If the company publicly states that the data is private and only disclosed via warrant then that court ruling applies. If the ISP declares the data accessible to the police at will, then the client loses their expectation of privacy and the court ruling doesn't apply.
The news here is Google has found they don't need you to give your real name anymore, that they have found other ways to get that without actually asking.
Construction, electrician, plumber, welder. You can't offshore these jobs, they must be done here. There are jobs everywhere because everyone wants a house. People will always want a house so the jobs are safe. It's not glamorous like a rock star, but it pays well and there are plenty of jobs.
The headquarters (guys in charge of everything) is in the USA, so they can just order that undone in response to a judicial demand. The only way to stop this now is for the clients in Europe to get a court order to prevent it.
Most of Microsoft is outside the USA, but the headquarters is in the USA and they call themselves an American company. If they want to continue doing so they will turn over the data.
Cash isn't anonymous. Every time you spend cash it eventually gets scanned and the numbers sent to the government. You take cash from the bank, scan. The gas station deposits that money, scan. You might have paid a hooker with it, and then she bought cash- but if they can trace all the other money from the gas station to tourists then it's more likely it was you buying gas.
No envelopes stuffed with cash makes bribing government harder to do without getting caught much harder. It means everything you do makes a paper trail somewhere. Granted the powers that be have an interest in hiding, but when you are the ONLY people hiding it makes you stand out.
Politician is the oldest profession. The guy giving the orders takes a cut of what everyone else is doing. Prostitution is the second oldest profession, as they can't get paid till there is a revenue stream.
The point many people miss is that with modern technology there is no requirement for you to use local currency. You could use your phone to pay in Rubles or Pounds just as easily as in Dollars. What if you can pay bills in Bitcoins using your phone? Large parts of the economy might just vanish as far as the taxman knows. Big business has spent a lot of time/money/effort in not paying taxes. What if everyone does that? The ONLY thing required for this to happen is secure communications.
American companies and companies in 5 eyes countries build most of the worlds telephone and internet systems. Playing ball with the USA government pays well. So long as the NSA pays for the fiber, why would anyone object?
Why would Obama try to fix the NSA when it's doing exactly what he tells it to do? Obama can "fix" the NSA just by appointing a new director, with new orders.
This is what happens when very large companies with "many interests" own the media. They do what pays the best, and try to avoid upsetting the government. The USA is fading because Americans stopped caring.
The people of the USA should demand a Constitutional Expert Committee vet all new laws prior to getting voted in. If they say it's bad the Congress could still vote it into law- but if it was later thrown out by the courts then all the Congress critters who voted for it would be legally liable. This way the government can still "Do the right thing!" when they see the need, yet are still held accountable when they don't.
I would want uncompressed. When you go back over the stuff later you can pick up background noises, machinery and other people nearby. Knowing that Osama is near the wife of Abdul could tell you he's hiding in Abdul's house.
You could use sound analyses to identify machinery. You might be able to identify a terrorist bomb factory that way. You could identify the car he's in by the sound of the engine and gearbox, and therefore know who's hiding him. The NSA clearly wants to gather everything and keep it all forever specifically so they can hand it out like candy for kids when something happens.
Jammers and ECM aircraft can make drones crash. Politicians could decide to "Ban the drones!", like they decided that banning land mines was a good plan. We could discover that hackers have sent the unmanned aircraft to bomb us. In war you want options.
Stealth isn't a reliable solution to protecting aircraft.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1...
Four F18's cost about the same as one F35, so you outfit one with ECM's and jammers and get the job done.
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There have been Ukrainian military aircraft overflying the Russian separatists. Even if all those flights are for is mapping rebel positions for attack, those aircraft are still a valid military target. I doubt the rebels have IFF systems (means to avoid shooting at civilian aircraft) and they probably expected civilian aircraft to avoid their airspace (a reasonable airliner would have avoided overflying them) so their accidental shooting down of a civilian airliner is perfectly reasonable. The Russians and the Ukrainians taking turns slandering each other on Wikipedia is just damage control, and expected.
Traffic cameras should only be used in high accident intersections, assuming your goal is safety.
There is no (proven) scientific correlation between speeding and accidents. There is a correlation between reckless driving and accidents. There are numerous peer reviewed scientific studies that prove raising speed limits (selectively) would reduce accidents.
If the company publicly states that the data is private and only disclosed via warrant then that court ruling applies. If the ISP declares the data accessible to the police at will, then the client loses their expectation of privacy and the court ruling doesn't apply.
The news here is Google has found they don't need you to give your real name anymore, that they have found other ways to get that without actually asking.
Look at prices, we're getting double digit inflation right now only you can't see it because the government is hiding it.
Avoid the medical profession, as the 1st world governments and hospitals are trying to squeeze them to lower costs.
Construction, electrician, plumber, welder. You can't offshore these jobs, they must be done here. There are jobs everywhere because everyone wants a house. People will always want a house so the jobs are safe. It's not glamorous like a rock star, but it pays well and there are plenty of jobs.
The headquarters (guys in charge of everything) is in the USA, so they can just order that undone in response to a judicial demand. The only way to stop this now is for the clients in Europe to get a court order to prevent it.
Most of Microsoft is outside the USA, but the headquarters is in the USA and they call themselves an American company. If they want to continue doing so they will turn over the data.
Technical fix: have the American branch of the company a separate corporation. It can't give orders to the server admins outside the country that way.
Cash isn't anonymous. Every time you spend cash it eventually gets scanned and the numbers sent to the government. You take cash from the bank, scan. The gas station deposits that money, scan. You might have paid a hooker with it, and then she bought cash- but if they can trace all the other money from the gas station to tourists then it's more likely it was you buying gas.
No envelopes stuffed with cash makes bribing government harder to do without getting caught much harder. It means everything you do makes a paper trail somewhere. Granted the powers that be have an interest in hiding, but when you are the ONLY people hiding it makes you stand out.
Politician is the oldest profession. The guy giving the orders takes a cut of what everyone else is doing. Prostitution is the second oldest profession, as they can't get paid till there is a revenue stream.
The point many people miss is that with modern technology there is no requirement for you to use local currency. You could use your phone to pay in Rubles or Pounds just as easily as in Dollars. What if you can pay bills in Bitcoins using your phone? Large parts of the economy might just vanish as far as the taxman knows. Big business has spent a lot of time/money/effort in not paying taxes. What if everyone does that? The ONLY thing required for this to happen is secure communications.
So then we'll need a Drone License. And the police will as well, clearly. At least we'll have rules about what police drones are allowed to do.
If you are trying to ban non government use of drones, getting rid of all "reasonable" uses of drones is a required first step.
It doesn't have to "Route" through the USA, just get forwarded to the USA. Big difference.
American companies and companies in 5 eyes countries build most of the worlds telephone and internet systems. Playing ball with the USA government pays well. So long as the NSA pays for the fiber, why would anyone object?
Why would Obama try to fix the NSA when it's doing exactly what he tells it to do? Obama can "fix" the NSA just by appointing a new director, with new orders.
This is what happens when very large companies with "many interests" own the media. They do what pays the best, and try to avoid upsetting the government. The USA is fading because Americans stopped caring.
The people of the USA should demand a Constitutional Expert Committee vet all new laws prior to getting voted in. If they say it's bad the Congress could still vote it into law- but if it was later thrown out by the courts then all the Congress critters who voted for it would be legally liable. This way the government can still "Do the right thing!" when they see the need, yet are still held accountable when they don't.
I would want uncompressed. When you go back over the stuff later you can pick up background noises, machinery and other people nearby. Knowing that Osama is near the wife of Abdul could tell you he's hiding in Abdul's house. You could use sound analyses to identify machinery. You might be able to identify a terrorist bomb factory that way. You could identify the car he's in by the sound of the engine and gearbox, and therefore know who's hiding him. The NSA clearly wants to gather everything and keep it all forever specifically so they can hand it out like candy for kids when something happens.
Jammers and ECM aircraft can make drones crash. Politicians could decide to "Ban the drones!", like they decided that banning land mines was a good plan. We could discover that hackers have sent the unmanned aircraft to bomb us. In war you want options.
Stealth isn't a reliable solution to protecting aircraft. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1... Four F18's cost about the same as one F35, so you outfit one with ECM's and jammers and get the job done.