Can someone explain to me why the mushrooms inhabiting Foggy Bottom continue to do things that they *know* are in direct contravention to existing law before addressing those conflicting laws *first?*
It is because they are utter idiots, or is it because they really didn't mean it to succeed in the first place?:\
1) Can someone research for me how much a Masters from Harvard typically costs, in comparison? 2) Would anyone be willing to wager me that, after all this money is thrown at the problem, Johnny *still* won't be able to read?
....First of all, we do not rely on "obscurity" for protecting our users' privacy. Everything that one of ours users sends and receives is enciphered. It would take centuries for all the world's computers to decipher one of our users' browsing sessions even with full access to the Haystack source code....
Typical naive geek answer.
Here's the typical totalitarian state's answer: Drag you in for interrogation and beat on you until you tell them what all that encrypted traffic was.
Probably because you'll be able to go on your blissful, ignorant civilian way, never bothering to worry about how many people are going to die when those cables are released.
You realize, of course, that the first thing to be impacted by this will be GA, especially Cargo. This will cause logged flight hours, and therefore experience, to drop.
How will this impact both the number and average competency-level of our next crop of Airline Transport Pilots?
So far, I'm seeing a lot of screaming about ePub versus PDF, as if eBook readers were by definition incapable of handling more than one format.
So, why not both? Use ePub for mass-market stuff that can be easily scaled and flowed, and use PDF for technical stuff that needs tight control of the page layout.
"...donated to Canadian and other cancer societies, and especially the billions spent buying merchandise with little pink ribbons on it, if not to actual cancer research like this?"
Easy; it keeps the permanent institution of 'cancer research' going. If anyone ever did the unthinkable and actually published a cure, well, then all those cancer researchers in their pretty labs and all those administrators in their posh offices would have to go find another line of work.
You hit the nail on the head, and pointed-out a classic geek blind-spot:
A thug wants into your encrypted storage unit. Do you actually think he's going to whip-out a bunch of super-sophisticated tools to analyze your hardware and crack the system? No; he's going to whip-out a crowbar and beat you with it until you give him the password.
Hence: The Crowbar Effect. Welcome to the Real World, kiddies.... ];)
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Anyone want to bet that someone in this lunatic bin won't try this?
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....You know, that really would work!
....Because this crew has an extremely inflated view of their importance in the world.
I wonder if they look under their beds for CIA agents.
Can someone explain to me why the mushrooms inhabiting Foggy Bottom continue to do things that they *know* are in direct contravention to existing law before addressing those conflicting laws *first?*
It is because they are utter idiots, or is it because they really didn't mean it to succeed in the first place? :\
....That amounts to $137,619.05 per student.
1) Can someone research for me how much a Masters from Harvard typically costs, in comparison?
2) Would anyone be willing to wager me that, after all this money is thrown at the problem, Johnny *still* won't be able to read?
....First of all, we do not rely on "obscurity" for protecting our users' privacy. Everything that one of ours users sends and receives is enciphered. It would take centuries for all the world's computers to decipher one of our users' browsing sessions even with full access to the Haystack source code....
Typical naive geek answer.
Here's the typical totalitarian state's answer: Drag you in for interrogation and beat on you until you tell them what all that encrypted traffic was.
Welcome to the World, kiddies. . . .
The alternative was Operation Downfall.
I suggest you read-up on it.
"Can he build a high enough profile to protect himself from danger?"
No.
Once upon a time the U.S. Army brass came up with a policy called 'No mistakes, no excuses.'
'No excuses' we could understand, but 'no mistakes?' On a battlefield? What stupid little Ivy League wonk came up with this idiocy?
So, we all became liars.
....They'd all be too busy watching American Idol.
What I find amusing is that you assume some little 22-year-old kid is the least bit qualified to make such a decision.
....I know I consider him [a hero]....
Probably because you'll be able to go on your blissful, ignorant civilian way, never bothering to worry about how many people are going to die when those cables are released.
Think "file clerk," except with a security clearance.
An Intelligence Operations Specialist, which I suspect is what you're thinking about, is something else entirely.
You realize, of course, that the first thing to be impacted by this will be GA, especially Cargo. This will cause logged flight hours, and therefore experience, to drop.
How will this impact both the number and average competency-level of our next crop of Airline Transport Pilots?
Poorly, I suspect.
Professional pilots build-up experience in General Aviation, ofttimes Cargo, until they qualify for Airline Transport Pilot status with the airlines.
If those GA flights no longer have pilots aboard, where will future ATPs build time?
Regardless of who's actually in the right, this beats the hell out of tanks and combat troops.
So far, I'm seeing a lot of screaming about ePub versus PDF, as if eBook readers were by definition incapable of handling more than one format.
So, why not both? Use ePub for mass-market stuff that can be easily scaled and flowed, and use PDF for technical stuff that needs tight control of the page layout.
'Nuff said.
Or you trying to be funny, or are you just hypnotized by the M$ eye-candy?
A few things you might try sometime in the future:
GMail
Zimbra
Evolution
GroupWise 8
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I never said you'd be able to access your data, just that it would be secure.
Fill your server full of concrete and chuck it into an active volcano.
Otherwise, there's just varying degrees of risk.
"...donated to Canadian and other cancer societies, and especially the billions spent buying merchandise with little pink ribbons on it, if not to actual cancer research like this?"
Easy; it keeps the permanent institution of 'cancer research' going. If anyone ever did the unthinkable and actually published a cure, well, then all those cancer researchers in their pretty labs and all those administrators in their posh offices would have to go find another line of work.
They might even have to pay taxes.
];)
You hit the nail on the head, and pointed-out a classic geek blind-spot:
A thug wants into your encrypted storage unit. Do you actually think he's going to whip-out a bunch of super-sophisticated tools to analyze your hardware and crack the system? No; he's going to whip-out a crowbar and beat you with it until you give him the password.
Hence: The Crowbar Effect. Welcome to the Real World, kiddies....
];)
....the bank accounts of the ambulance-chasers involved.
“...are you saying that you've lost another nuclear submarine?”
];)
"Imagine a doctor in London performing surgery on your heart in New York!"
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