This reminds me of a movie I saw in chemistry back when I was high school. Apperently, this teacher was cleaning out the supply room at his school and found some big (on the order of a kilogram) chunks of sodium and potassium metal. He took them out to an abandonded mine with a lake-size puddle that needed its pH to be more balanced, and tossed in the metals. The reactions lasted several minutes. It was pretty cheesily narrated - including a part where the mad scientist in charge pointed out that even the cameraman was wearing safety glasses. The videotape was pretty grainy. It makes me think it got passed around from chemistry teacher to chemistry teacher.
I don't think there was anything that bizzare about Condit's sexual practices. Men dating younger women is pretty common. Granted, he was her boss, but that doesn't make the sex bizzare.
The problem is that this so called war will not be tempororary. This is a "war" more in the vein of the "war on drugs" or the "war on poverty" in that it has no declaration of war, due to a lack of a clearly-defined enemy, or even a way to know if that enemy is eliminated.
And yes, I'll say it: America was more free before Hitler. Taxes were much lower without, among other things, the requirement that we support a military that can fight two wars at the same time. Likewise, there was no talk of "forced volunteerism" (a contradiction in terms if I ever saw one).
Yes, times of war often produce restriction of liberties (incidentally, that does not mean that it is necessary), but not all liberties are returned afterwards.
Such a subpeona is for the logs of a _single_ user.
This new development is what comes down to looking at _all_ users' traffic, without any court giving permission. (i.e. _without_ a subpeona)
It is very important to realize that one may have reasons for encrypting data that are not related to anything remoteley criminal. Keeping secrets is not a crime.
What would it be like to send a letter (snail mail) to a loved one about intensely personal issues, such as the revelation that you have AIDS, knowing that a government agent will read it first? That would scare the shit out of me.
Freedom can not be saved by its destruction.
The difference between this "war" we seem to be in now and the wars previously mentioned is that the current war does not have a defined enemy. Indeed, we may be getting ourselves into a fight against Hydra - every terrorist we take down is replaced by three more. In effect, this is a "war" that may never end.
What is most disturbing is that members of congress and the president and other government types are saying that "we must defend freedom" as they attempt to destroy it.
I seem to recall a commercial from a few years ago lauding space technology on earth. The example that they gave was in fact a device that displayed stuff on a pair of glasses. I never heard anything else about that device though.
I certainly doubt that the cell phones caused a crash. I was somewhat aware of a), but thought that the high frequency of handoff events would cause the phone to malfunction.
To be cynical, it may also be that the airlines would rather you use the (non-cellular) phones in the seats and pay through the nose for it.
It was more that I thought that the phones would not work, and that the calls were propogandic fabrications. It has been suggested (not by a reliable source, and I don't believe it) that the planes were taken over remotely, reprogramming the autopilot, and that calls were invented as disinformation.
The last few times I've flown, I've been told that all cell phones must be turned off for the duration of the flight. I assumed that this was because they would interfere with cockpit communications. And now news reports are often talking about the cell phone calls made from airplanes during the hijackings. What gives?
I don't think that the telephone companies would be thrilled with the idea of ubiquitous free (or cheap) internet access like this, unless they manage to get a piece of the action. This would be just one more thing working at making pay phones less lucrative (along with cell phones, phone cards, etc.).
I believe that quite a few of the "payload speicalsts" on the space shuttle have been civilians. Christa McAullif and John Glenn spring to mind, but don't quite count. I think Sally Ride was a civilian as well.
I'm sure that the cylindrical symmetry had something to do with the choice of shape.
I do know quite a few college geeks that do drink, and many college non-geeks that don't.
And anyway, I don't think it would be possible to drink to excess with such a small glass.
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This reminds me of a movie I saw in chemistry back when I was high school. Apperently, this teacher was cleaning out the supply room at his school and found some big (on the order of a kilogram) chunks of sodium and potassium metal. He took them out to an abandonded mine with a lake-size puddle that needed its pH to be more balanced, and tossed in the metals. The reactions lasted several minutes. It was pretty cheesily narrated - including a part where the mad scientist in charge pointed out that even the cameraman was wearing safety glasses. The videotape was pretty grainy. It makes me think it got passed around from chemistry teacher to chemistry teacher.
I don;'t think they know that.
And anyway, it was just that one time.
I don't think there was anything that bizzare about Condit's sexual practices. Men dating younger women is pretty common. Granted, he was her boss, but that doesn't make the sex bizzare.
The problem is that this so called war will not be tempororary. This is a "war" more in the vein of the "war on drugs" or the "war on poverty" in that it has no declaration of war, due to a lack of a clearly-defined enemy, or even a way to know if that enemy is eliminated.
And yes, I'll say it: America was more free before Hitler. Taxes were much lower without, among other things, the requirement that we support a military that can fight two wars at the same time. Likewise, there was no talk of "forced volunteerism" (a contradiction in terms if I ever saw one).
Yes, times of war often produce restriction of liberties (incidentally, that does not mean that it is necessary), but not all liberties are returned afterwards.
Such a subpeona is for the logs of a _single_ user.
This new development is what comes down to looking at _all_ users' traffic, without any court giving permission. (i.e. _without_ a subpeona)
It is very important to realize that one may have reasons for encrypting data that are not related to anything remoteley criminal. Keeping secrets is not a crime.
What would it be like to send a letter (snail mail) to a loved one about intensely personal issues, such as the revelation that you have AIDS, knowing that a government agent will read it first? That would scare the shit out of me.
Freedom can not be saved by its destruction.
The difference between this "war" we seem to be in now and the wars previously mentioned is that the current war does not have a defined enemy. Indeed, we may be getting ourselves into a fight against Hydra - every terrorist we take down is replaced by three more. In effect, this is a "war" that may never end.
What is most disturbing is that members of congress and the president and other government types are saying that "we must defend freedom" as they attempt to destroy it.
I seem to recall a commercial from a few years ago lauding space technology on earth. The example that they gave was in fact a device that displayed stuff on a pair of glasses. I never heard anything else about that device though.
I certainly doubt that the cell phones caused a crash. I was somewhat aware of a), but thought that the high frequency of handoff events would cause the phone to malfunction.
To be cynical, it may also be that the airlines would rather you use the (non-cellular) phones in the seats and pay through the nose for it.
It was more that I thought that the phones would not work, and that the calls were propogandic fabrications. It has been suggested (not by a reliable source, and I don't believe it) that the planes were taken over remotely, reprogramming the autopilot, and that calls were invented as disinformation.
The last few times I've flown, I've been told that all cell phones must be turned off for the duration of the flight. I assumed that this was because they would interfere with cockpit communications. And now news reports are often talking about the cell phone calls made from airplanes during the hijackings. What gives?
I don't think that the telephone companies would be thrilled with the idea of ubiquitous free (or cheap) internet access like this, unless they manage to get a piece of the action. This would be just one more thing working at making pay phones less lucrative (along with cell phones, phone cards, etc.).
I believe that quite a few of the "payload speicalsts" on the space shuttle have been civilians. Christa McAullif and John Glenn spring to mind, but don't quite count. I think Sally Ride was a civilian as well.
I'm sure that the cylindrical symmetry had something to do with the choice of shape. I do know quite a few college geeks that do drink, and many college non-geeks that don't. And anyway, I don't think it would be possible to drink to excess with such a small glass.
I guess the obvious question is "will this only run on apple hardware?"