So when this has all played out, what will the NSA have achieved? Nothing, except a parasitic drain on everyone's resources and a layer of molasses over the whole system.
They are prohibited from telling us that they are sharing our data with the government.
They are prohibited from telling us that they are prohibited from telling us.
We cannot sue to ask, because we cannot demonstrate that our data have been shared, because we are not allowed to know or tell that our data have been shared.
The 1865 act required all road locomotives, which included automobiles, to travel at a maximum of 4 mph (6 km/h) in the country and 2 mph (3 km/h) in towns and have a crew of three travel, one of whom should carry a red flag walking 60 yards (55 m) ahead of each vehicle. (From Wikipedia)
Driving is not a privilege, it is a right, and you do not consent to give up your rights behind the wheel. The only requirement is that you demonstrate your competence by means of passing a driving test. This is a reasonable expectation for the safety of fellow road users, together with the requirement not to drive while impaired. Your right to drive, like your freedom, can only be taken away in a court of law.
We have very similar stories, except I am from Africa, and the bit about the swimming. I agree with you entirely.
I have noticed that people born in the USA take their liberty for granted, and are careless with it. On the other hand, those who have seen oppression (and I have seen the trajectory we are once already) understand the real and present danger we face.
All we need is a constitutional amendment that whatever the government does to the people, the people can do to the government.
If the government can read anyone's email, then I can read the email of anyone who works for the government. If they can listen to my calls, I can listen to theirs. If the can see my bank and medical records, I can see theirs.
I have yet to see any sign of the Red Cross in any online game. They should stop whining, get off their butts and help the poor and wasted I leave in my wake.
It's almost as if the Red Cross has no Playstations or XBoxes!
No sign of MSF, either. Think of how helpful they could be in TF2.
Buried in the article is this: "...the laws they were being charged under, were unjust in the first place, but that's a separate problem."
This is the root problem, together with the fact that the punishments are completely disproportionate in many cases.
A completely hypothetical example. I see some teenagers tagging a wall. In my view they are delinquents, should be made to clean up their mess, apologize and do some community service. Once completed, the matter is forgotten. If that were the outcome, I would not hesitate to call the cops.
But in reality, they will get arrested, jail time, school suspension, a criminal record for life that will completely screw up the possibility of getting a job and being a productive member of society, all over a stupid teenager prank. So no, I won't talk to the cops.
For any particular pressure (or vacuum) there is an associated dewpoint temperature. In this case, it is where the liquid water condenses from the steam. Condensers use cooling water to remove the heat of condensation and subcooling. Cooling water is often cooled by evaporating some of the cooling water in cooling towers, so that fresh makeup water is needed. The steam condensate is recycled to the boiler to be heated and vaporized back to steam to power the generator turbine.
However, the condensed water adhering to the condenser tubes is further sub-cooled below its dewpoint. This means that more cooling water is needed, more condenser surface area, and more energy to reheat and vaporize condensate back to steam.
I speculate that the technology described reduces the amount of condensate subcooling, leading to less cooling and heating duty, improving overall efficiency.
The object of this Essay is to assert one very simple principle, as entitled to govern absolutely the dealings of society with the individual in the way of compulsion and control, whether the means used be physical force in the form of legal penalties, or the moral coercion of public opinion. That principle is, that the sole end for which mankind are warranted, individually or collectively, in interfering with the liberty of action of any of their number, is self-protection. That the only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others. His own good, either physical or moral, is not sufficient warrant. He cannot rightfully be compelled to do or forbear because it will be better for him to do so, because it will make him happier, because, in the opinion of others, to do so would be wise, or even right... The only part of the conduct of anyone, for which he is amenable to society, is that which concerns others. In the part which merely concerns himself, his independence is, of right, absolute. Over himself, over his own body and mind, the individual is sovereign.
Brute-forcing or otherwise cracking the various algorithms is all well and good. However, I believe the reality is that the NSA (and others) have more success by using other means, combined with metadata. I'm am not sure what the other means are, but could include social engineering, keylogging, reading clues communicated in the clear, false certificates, MITM.
They vacuum up all data, encrypted or not, to be decrypted at leisure, when indicated by the metadata. But the underlying encryption is still (mostly) secure.
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No need to privatize. Just remove legislation protecting the USPS, together will any subsidies.
And for those of you who remember fondly the good old days - The Post Office used to be open and deliver on Christmas day.
So when this has all played out, what will the NSA have achieved? Nothing, except a parasitic drain on everyone's resources and a layer of molasses over the whole system.
They are prohibited from telling us that they are sharing our data with the government.
They are prohibited from telling us that they are prohibited from telling us.
We cannot sue to ask, because we cannot demonstrate that our data have been shared, because we are not allowed to know or tell that our data have been shared.
The 1865 act required all road locomotives, which included automobiles, to travel at a maximum of 4 mph (6 km/h) in the country and 2 mph (3 km/h) in towns and have a crew of three travel, one of whom should carry a red flag walking 60 yards (55 m) ahead of each vehicle. (From Wikipedia)
Driving is a privilege not a right.
Bullshit! I am sick and tired of this trope.
Driving is not a privilege, it is a right, and you do not consent to give up your rights behind the wheel. The only requirement is that you demonstrate your competence by means of passing a driving test. This is a reasonable expectation for the safety of fellow road users, together with the requirement not to drive while impaired. Your right to drive, like your freedom, can only be taken away in a court of law.
We have very similar stories, except I am from Africa, and the bit about the swimming. I agree with you entirely.
I have noticed that people born in the USA take their liberty for granted, and are careless with it. On the other hand, those who have seen oppression (and I have seen the trajectory we are once already) understand the real and present danger we face.
Any Cockney will tell you a "Richard" is something else entirely.
"We fought for Freedom, and all we got was democracy." - Pieter-Dirk Uys, South African satirist
All we need is a constitutional amendment that whatever the government does to the people, the people can do to the government.
If the government can read anyone's email, then I can read the email of anyone who works for the government. If they can listen to my calls, I can listen to theirs. If the can see my bank and medical records, I can see theirs.
FTFY
Why are we even discussing this before we have sufficient evidence that reducing carbon emissions is the optimal strategy?
"Actually, a government bureau is the nearest thing to eternal life we'll ever see on this earth."
- Ronald Reagan
Is this the same stuff as the black stone in the Kaaba?
I have yet to see any sign of the Red Cross in any online game. They should stop whining, get off their butts and help the poor and wasted I leave in my wake.
It's almost as if the Red Cross has no Playstations or XBoxes!
No sign of MSF, either. Think of how helpful they could be in TF2.
Couldn't happen to nicer people.
Buried in the article is this: "...the laws they were being charged under, were unjust in the first place, but that's a separate problem."
This is the root problem, together with the fact that the punishments are completely disproportionate in many cases.
A completely hypothetical example. I see some teenagers tagging a wall. In my view they are delinquents, should be made to clean up their mess, apologize and do some community service. Once completed, the matter is forgotten. If that were the outcome, I would not hesitate to call the cops.
But in reality, they will get arrested, jail time, school suspension, a criminal record for life that will completely screw up the possibility of getting a job and being a productive member of society, all over a stupid teenager prank. So no, I won't talk to the cops.
For any particular pressure (or vacuum) there is an associated dewpoint temperature. In this case, it is where the liquid water condenses from the steam. Condensers use cooling water to remove the heat of condensation and subcooling. Cooling water is often cooled by evaporating some of the cooling water in cooling towers, so that fresh makeup water is needed. The steam condensate is recycled to the boiler to be heated and vaporized back to steam to power the generator turbine.
However, the condensed water adhering to the condenser tubes is further sub-cooled below its dewpoint. This means that more cooling water is needed, more condenser surface area, and more energy to reheat and vaporize condensate back to steam.
I speculate that the technology described reduces the amount of condensate subcooling, leading to less cooling and heating duty, improving overall efficiency.
Just take a deep breath.
"if the FBI can force Lavabit to hand over their SSL key or face shutdown, they have done it to everyone."
FTFY
Anyone or anything you want, except the government.
The object of this Essay is to assert one very simple principle, as entitled to govern absolutely the dealings of society with the individual in the way of compulsion and control, whether the means used be physical force in the form of legal penalties, or the moral coercion of public opinion. That principle is, that the sole end for which mankind are warranted, individually or collectively, in interfering with the liberty of action of any of their number, is self-protection. That the only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others. His own good, either physical or moral, is not sufficient warrant. He cannot rightfully be compelled to do or forbear because it will be better for him to do so, because it will make him happier, because, in the opinion of others, to do so would be wise, or even right... The only part of the conduct of anyone, for which he is amenable to society, is that which concerns others. In the part which merely concerns himself, his independence is, of right, absolute. Over himself, over his own body and mind, the individual is sovereign.
— John Stuart Mill,
Bah, humbug!
Correct me if I'm wrong but doesn't the whole FREEDOM thing pertain to the citizens specifically?
You are wrong. Freedom is endowed by our creator, not by the US government. Therefore, everyone is inherently free, not just Americans.
"...removing the limits is a matter of getting into the hardware changing the code..."
What does this mean?
Recent history teaches us that he knows things that he is not allowed to talk about. This is his way of legally signalling that all is not well.
We have congresscritters trying to send the same message, without being labeled "traitors". See http://www.wyden.senate.gov/news/press-releases/wyden-udall-statement-on-reports-of-compliance-violations-made-under-nsa-collection-programs
Brute-forcing or otherwise cracking the various algorithms is all well and good. However, I believe the reality is that the NSA (and others) have more success by using other means, combined with metadata. I'm am not sure what the other means are, but could include social engineering, keylogging, reading clues communicated in the clear, false certificates, MITM.
They vacuum up all data, encrypted or not, to be decrypted at leisure, when indicated by the metadata. But the underlying encryption is still (mostly) secure.