Or maybe sign that some employees don't have the classification to read classified information even if that information has been broken out of the system. To them, it's still classified.
Stealing an encryption key from a diplomat is one thing. Seeing a diplomat throw out a SD card and retrieving it is another. Seeing a passphrase on a post-it note on a computer openly viewable is spying too.
Finger prints? Did that representative just throw away a disposable cup? Might have some usable DNA on it too.
Even the most cautious entity has the chance to slip up and reveal something they didn't intend to, it's just a matter of waiting and being observant and being able to utilize the opportunity.
So are dogs cats because they both have four legs and a tail?
"Secretary of State Hillary Clinton ordered American diplomats to collect information on foreign officials and diplomats"
People who view this as a revelation must have a very naive view of the world. Diplomats are just spies working in the open to both gather information and to spread misinformation (with the weight of a government official).
If they told the truth all the time they wouldn't be very diplomatic.
"In Calculus, there's functionally no difference between 0.999999999... and 1.0. In probability theory, however, there's an enormous difference between the two numbers."
There's functionally no difference because there is no difference, and not just in calculus. What number lies between.9... and 1?
Perhaps "..." doesn't mean what you think it means. It doesn't mean "and a lot of these but eventually stopping".
If by some you mean an infinitesimally small percentage, perhaps.
Get a group together of sufficient size and you'll need a permit for it, no matter the reason.
A DDoS may not be physically violent but it is an aggressive use of force, though I don't doubt you've got all the mental gymnastics practiced and all the semantics memorized to "prove" a DDoS is not a form of violence.
So the DDoSers aren't hiding their identity and expect to get caught in making their point? What's the equivalent of the riot police the can immediately incarcerate them or move them away to somewhere less disruptive? And who issues permits for a legal DDoS?
I hate to break it to you but torches aren't as convenient as the ones in Minecraft (although real-world gamma isn't as screwed up as MC's).
The West had oil lamps long before gas lamps but that didn't stop the brighter but differently-dangerous gas lights from replacing oil lamps. It didn't take long for the much brighter AND safer electric light to replace gas lights.
Any sort of combustion based light (or heat) source is going to give off soot and smoke and carries the risk of easily setting things on fire. None of those are healthy for humans. They also give off limited amounts of light while consuming relatively expensive fuel (do you use the fuel for light or for cooking?).
Clean energy for cooking would probably better than lighting but lighting takes a lot less energy than cooking so if you've only got a handful of watts to work with lighting is the obvious choice.
Then there's the disruption of local economies when a load of food aid is dropped on a region. Giving less incentives for the locals to produce their own food is such a great idea.
Aid is fine for short term events but long term aid is only self propagating.
You'd be hard pressed to find any domesticated crop that hasn't been genetically engineered. Corn wasn't a grass like plant that bore little resemblance to the modern plant and then Monsanto shows up and *poof* we have the cob and kernals we are familiar with. Corn was engineered thousands of years before Monsanto existed.
And if your crops are taking more and more chemicals each year you might want to try a new supplier.
Could be. Or Skype could have dropped a call from Wikileaks and Anonymous DDoS'd them. Of course, since there was an actual effect it probably wasn't them.
I wouldn't worry about F-16s, too fast, can't loiter, and small payload. A-10s and AC-130 gunships on the other hand would be murder on civilians. And then there's the BUFF.
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You forgot tailoring biological weapons to be specific to the target.
Or maybe sign that some employees don't have the classification to read classified information even if that information has been broken out of the system. To them, it's still classified.
Before Wikileaks people would go to one of the other leak sites that existed long before Wikileaks.
Stealing an encryption key from a diplomat is one thing. Seeing a diplomat throw out a SD card and retrieving it is another. Seeing a passphrase on a post-it note on a computer openly viewable is spying too.
Finger prints? Did that representative just throw away a disposable cup? Might have some usable DNA on it too.
Even the most cautious entity has the chance to slip up and reveal something they didn't intend to, it's just a matter of waiting and being observant and being able to utilize the opportunity.
So are dogs cats because they both have four legs and a tail?
Or in other words "pay attention and take advantage of an opportunity should it present itself".
"Hint: activities commonly associated with spying (blackmail, breaking and entering, identity theft, ...)"
Not all spies are James Bond 007 spies. Spying can be as simple as observing and reporting.
"Diplomacy and embassies on the other hand exist to further understanding between nations."
Same mission for spies. They just gather information the other side either doesn't want us to see or wants us to think they don't want us to see.
"Secretary of State Hillary Clinton ordered American diplomats to collect information on foreign officials and diplomats"
People who view this as a revelation must have a very naive view of the world. Diplomats are just spies working in the open to both gather information and to spread misinformation (with the weight of a government official).
If they told the truth all the time they wouldn't be very diplomatic.
"In Calculus, there's functionally no difference between 0.999999999... and 1.0. In probability theory, however, there's an enormous difference between the two numbers."
There's functionally no difference because there is no difference, and not just in calculus. What number lies between .9... and 1?
Perhaps "..." doesn't mean what you think it means. It doesn't mean "and a lot of these but eventually stopping".
If you think solitary is the most inhumane treatment imaginable you don't have much of an imagination.
The Inquisition was hundred of years ago and since then we've learned a lot about how nerves and pain in general work.
Anyone want to start a pool on when Anonymous will DDoS Wired for not supporting Wikileaks?
"Thus I think everyone has a responsibility to eliminate their own irrational beliefs."
You might want to look into that.
If by some you mean an infinitesimally small percentage, perhaps.
Get a group together of sufficient size and you'll need a permit for it, no matter the reason.
A DDoS may not be physically violent but it is an aggressive use of force, though I don't doubt you've got all the mental gymnastics practiced and all the semantics memorized to "prove" a DDoS is not a form of violence.
So the DDoSers aren't hiding their identity and expect to get caught in making their point? What's the equivalent of the riot police the can immediately incarcerate them or move them away to somewhere less disruptive? And who issues permits for a legal DDoS?
You wouldn't say "I have a 20 dollar note." You'd say "I have a 20 dollar bill." You also wouldn't say "I paid two hundred dollar for that."
Infrastructure requires stability, something that is lacking in those areas.
I hate to break it to you but torches aren't as convenient as the ones in Minecraft (although real-world gamma isn't as screwed up as MC's).
The West had oil lamps long before gas lamps but that didn't stop the brighter but differently-dangerous gas lights from replacing oil lamps. It didn't take long for the much brighter AND safer electric light to replace gas lights.
Any sort of combustion based light (or heat) source is going to give off soot and smoke and carries the risk of easily setting things on fire. None of those are healthy for humans. They also give off limited amounts of light while consuming relatively expensive fuel (do you use the fuel for light or for cooking?).
Clean energy for cooking would probably better than lighting but lighting takes a lot less energy than cooking so if you've only got a handful of watts to work with lighting is the obvious choice.
Then there's the disruption of local economies when a load of food aid is dropped on a region. Giving less incentives for the locals to produce their own food is such a great idea.
Aid is fine for short term events but long term aid is only self propagating.
You'd be hard pressed to find any domesticated crop that hasn't been genetically engineered. Corn wasn't a grass like plant that bore little resemblance to the modern plant and then Monsanto shows up and *poof* we have the cob and kernals we are familiar with. Corn was engineered thousands of years before Monsanto existed.
And if your crops are taking more and more chemicals each year you might want to try a new supplier.
Wasn't the dream of Libertopia realized in Somalia?
Could be. Or Skype could have dropped a call from Wikileaks and Anonymous DDoS'd them. Of course, since there was an actual effect it probably wasn't them.
Or just bring both terms with x to the same side for:
x - 3x = 1
-2x = 1
-2x(-1/2) = 1(-1/2)
x = -1/2.
"Every answerable question can be answered"
Now there's some tautology.
What's the point in learning Latin? It's a real world language that isn't used.
I wouldn't worry about F-16s, too fast, can't loiter, and small payload. A-10s and AC-130 gunships on the other hand would be murder on civilians. And then there's the BUFF.
How can they call themselves "The Hipster" if they don't hate Apple enough to not be on an Apple device? Applehate is the hippest of hip.