https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/13255/
Someone pointed me to a link, and I just paid the suggested $15 through paypal. I feel a wee bit better now, since I've been using Xmarks for two years (or more) and never paid a dime.
Since you live in a cave, and have never heard of Xmarks before - I won't bother asking you where the link is to PAY NOW. I signed the pledge, but where is the link that will actually open the pay/donation dialogue? Phhht. I'll go look again - probably hidden right in front of me where no normal person could miss it . . .
Oddly, though, every article that I've read regarding stuxnet seems to indicate that it is targeted on Iran and Iran's nuclear development. If I'm biased, it's because people in the know seem to believe that Iran is the target.
Do you have examples of industries being brought to a halt OUTSIDE Iran?
It actually seems reasonable to me to believe that Iran's nuclear program is the real target, unless we start hearing of other industries in other locations suffering.
I think it should be said, these PLC's could have been made by anyone, anywhere. Someone could just as easily have targeted any other brand of PLC - Siemens chips were targeted BECAUSE Iran's nuclear program relies on them. If the critical chips came from Japan, Korea, or any other place on earth, then THOSE CHIPS would have been targeted.
At this point, I don't think Siemens chips are any more or less susceptible to attack than any other chip in the world.
Depends on your personality? Maybe. But, first, you have to be AWARE of what is happening.
The young student and/or grad happens to lean a little left, or right, or whatever, so over the course of a few weeks, he reads several articles that appeal to him. Then, the customization kicks in, and feeds him a diet of articles that support his past habits. I see a downward spiral here, that can and will affect most normal people.
If you are conscious of this, and if you actively resist the affect, then you're good to go.
Hmmm. I never thought of that. I do visit both sites, but never thought about the affect it would have on Google. I certainly don't want any algorithm deciding which news I should read. I want the full spectrum - or, as full a spectrum as I am likely to get in the United States. I also go to BBC, Al Jazeera, and more outside the US, hoping to gain more perspective on the stories that do make it into our media.
Yes, actually they do. I remember reading about the guy now. Sorry, I was to lazy to google for him, especially since I didn't remember his name.
He seems to have been treated badly and wrongly. But, since the government hides all the info, I can't say for sure. What did the government know that I don't? I understand that Canada admits to supplying bad intel, and has settled with him for that. But, still - what did our government THINK that they knew, that I don't?
And, we're right back to those stupid assed laws passed under the un-Patriot Act. Bush and Cheney led that circus, and congress still hasn't admitted that the act was a total screw up committed by a bunch of panicky old women who were afraid of their own shadows in 2001 and 2002. If the government had information that they thought was reliable, they should be willing to take it into court. Claiming that the info is to secret to be discussed in court is bullshit. Court records can be sealed and kept from the public, after all.
"61.6 percent lower than sex offenders who were eligible for but did not participate in this program."
And, right there, you hit on two key bits of data that must be considered when determining who is dangerous.
Eligible, but did not participate? Obviously, those individuals are quite content with the fact that they are predators, and refused any offers of rehabilitation. Which leads us to the second bit of data. The individual MUST want to change his conduct and/or outlook on life. Without a willing effort on the part of the offender, there will not, cannot be any rehabilitation. The prisoner who takes advantage of the rehab program, but doesn't feel any need to change his conduct is just gaming the system.
But, then, your quoted text makes no distinction between one type of sex offender and another. A guy pissing on a bush can be labeled as a sex offender, and he was probably never a threat to anyone. Before we can put any meaning into those recidivism rates, we need to know exactly what type of offenders are being discussed. The man who "inappropriately touched" a teenaged child is something entirely different from the man who brutally rapes a prepubescent child.
When someone puts all those "rehabilitated" convicts into some kind of a chart, which categorizes them according to type of offense and severity of offense, THEN we might understand how well rehabilitation works.
And, finally, perhaps I didn't state my intentions clearly enough. Those who pose a clear danger to society should simply be executed. Those who pose a probable danger should be imprisoned for life. Those who are improbable dangers should be freed. Successfully completing a rehab program that has demonstrable success rates would move a man from one threat level to another, sure. But, always, if there is to be an error made, the error should be in favor of society - NOT in favor of the convicted predator.
"The pedophile will be released anyway."
That's where I have a problem. An individual who poses a threat to society should never be freed. Every prisoner should be evaluated on the basis of the threat he represents. Violent prisoners and sexual predators both get special considerations - as in "No need to burden society with their presence".
I suspect that you made that up, to be honest. Citations, or I refuse to believe it. One problem with your claim is, if some guy from South America or South Korea commits a crime in the US, SA or SK courts have no jurisdiction to enforce any kind of punishment for that crime. It would just be nuts to ask them to.
Rehabilitation is a liberal concept that has no place in reality. It's something that starry eyed young women believe in. They always think they can change a guy into something better than he is. Just goes to show how effeminate the liberals are.
My wife pays the price for wanting things done HER WAY. I used to do dishes. But, things weren't to her liking, so I quit doing dishes. Laundry? Ditto. You name it, if I did the chore, she had a reason to bitch and gripe. So, one by one, I just quit doing the chores. Now, she does them all, and only once or twice a month do I hear, "Well, you COULD" this or that. These days, I intentionally do this or that exactly opposite the way she would do it, LOL
The really funny thing? She's had 23 years in which to train our sons the RIGHT way to do things - and failed at that too!
I'll go with choice B - we all just sit around and complain. And, almost 99% of the time, we complain without thinking. It's simply amazing that being aware that France, Belgium, England, Russia, and every other nation on earth has their problems with bigotry, taxes, gangs, immigration, and all the other problems we have in the US sets a person apart from the masses. Ooops - I meant "ignorant masses".
Delaware. Haven't you learned ANYTHING about corporations in your short time on Earth? Delaware has the most corporate friendly laws in the nation. I never actually LOOKED in a Delaware phone book, but I'll bet the yellow pages have a separate listing for "Scuzzy Lawyers (corporate startup specialists)" You may have to rent a broom closet in some skanky former office building so that you have a "corporate presence" in Delaware - but "Scuzzy Lawyer" can fill you in on all the details. In fact, Scuzzy probably has a brother or cousin who can rent the broom closet to you!
I note your use of the words "seems to". I looked at my bank, and it also "seems to" permit me to examine ancient transactions. I used the calendars to select Sept 2007 through Sept 2010 - but when I downloaded, I only had the last six months of data. Also, First National has several format - 2 Quicken formats,2 Microsoft formats, CSV - and a couple more. You might want to look at DFCU again, to see if you can actually retrieve all the data that it "seems to" make available.
http://www.fnbhotsprings.com/
It isn't just the key members, either. The biggest star player doesn't play alone. Cold calling can be used to break up a winning team. Joe may be a good solid worker, and everyone relies on him, but he doesn't have the something extra to become a "key member". Hire him away, all the same, and you weaken the team that relies on him. You might even cripple it, if the high profile stars are lacking some quality that Joe has.
Simple. It's an artificial cap on wages. It limits a prospective employee's bargaining power. In a "free market" this wouldn't happen. If you don't understand what "free market" is all about, you should research the concept.
The fact is, we don't have a free market. Like democracy, we give some lip service to it - but we don't have it.
Jim Bell has some ideas that might work in theory. He has proven that he is pretty competent with a computer, and with accessing data on the internet. But, what has Jim Bell accomplished? I mean, aside from pissing off the government, and spending time in federal prison? What has he accomplished?
Granted, he may be a dangerous person, who is capable of causing damage - but the 9/11 hijackers are PROVEN dangerous persons who were demonstrably capable of causing damage.
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https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/13255/ Someone pointed me to a link, and I just paid the suggested $15 through paypal. I feel a wee bit better now, since I've been using Xmarks for two years (or more) and never paid a dime.
Since you live in a cave, and have never heard of Xmarks before - I won't bother asking you where the link is to PAY NOW. I signed the pledge, but where is the link that will actually open the pay/donation dialogue? Phhht. I'll go look again - probably hidden right in front of me where no normal person could miss it . . .
I wanna know how a geek keeps a wife and kids in his momma's basement. Sorry, that seemed to be obligatory, here on slashdot. ;^)
Oddly, though, every article that I've read regarding stuxnet seems to indicate that it is targeted on Iran and Iran's nuclear development. If I'm biased, it's because people in the know seem to believe that Iran is the target. Do you have examples of industries being brought to a halt OUTSIDE Iran? It actually seems reasonable to me to believe that Iran's nuclear program is the real target, unless we start hearing of other industries in other locations suffering.
I think it should be said, these PLC's could have been made by anyone, anywhere. Someone could just as easily have targeted any other brand of PLC - Siemens chips were targeted BECAUSE Iran's nuclear program relies on them. If the critical chips came from Japan, Korea, or any other place on earth, then THOSE CHIPS would have been targeted. At this point, I don't think Siemens chips are any more or less susceptible to attack than any other chip in the world.
Quick, give them rulers, scissors, and knives. Quickly now, before they breed!
Depends on your personality? Maybe. But, first, you have to be AWARE of what is happening. The young student and/or grad happens to lean a little left, or right, or whatever, so over the course of a few weeks, he reads several articles that appeal to him. Then, the customization kicks in, and feeds him a diet of articles that support his past habits. I see a downward spiral here, that can and will affect most normal people. If you are conscious of this, and if you actively resist the affect, then you're good to go.
Hmmm. I never thought of that. I do visit both sites, but never thought about the affect it would have on Google. I certainly don't want any algorithm deciding which news I should read. I want the full spectrum - or, as full a spectrum as I am likely to get in the United States. I also go to BBC, Al Jazeera, and more outside the US, hoping to gain more perspective on the stories that do make it into our media.
So, when do corporations enlist and/or get drafted into the military?
Ditto nicolas.kassis thanks. I had no idea that there was such a treaty. My apologies for my previous post.
Yes, actually they do. I remember reading about the guy now. Sorry, I was to lazy to google for him, especially since I didn't remember his name. He seems to have been treated badly and wrongly. But, since the government hides all the info, I can't say for sure. What did the government know that I don't? I understand that Canada admits to supplying bad intel, and has settled with him for that. But, still - what did our government THINK that they knew, that I don't? And, we're right back to those stupid assed laws passed under the un-Patriot Act. Bush and Cheney led that circus, and congress still hasn't admitted that the act was a total screw up committed by a bunch of panicky old women who were afraid of their own shadows in 2001 and 2002. If the government had information that they thought was reliable, they should be willing to take it into court. Claiming that the info is to secret to be discussed in court is bullshit. Court records can be sealed and kept from the public, after all.
"61.6 percent lower than sex offenders who were eligible for but did not participate in this program." And, right there, you hit on two key bits of data that must be considered when determining who is dangerous. Eligible, but did not participate? Obviously, those individuals are quite content with the fact that they are predators, and refused any offers of rehabilitation. Which leads us to the second bit of data. The individual MUST want to change his conduct and/or outlook on life. Without a willing effort on the part of the offender, there will not, cannot be any rehabilitation. The prisoner who takes advantage of the rehab program, but doesn't feel any need to change his conduct is just gaming the system. But, then, your quoted text makes no distinction between one type of sex offender and another. A guy pissing on a bush can be labeled as a sex offender, and he was probably never a threat to anyone. Before we can put any meaning into those recidivism rates, we need to know exactly what type of offenders are being discussed. The man who "inappropriately touched" a teenaged child is something entirely different from the man who brutally rapes a prepubescent child. When someone puts all those "rehabilitated" convicts into some kind of a chart, which categorizes them according to type of offense and severity of offense, THEN we might understand how well rehabilitation works. And, finally, perhaps I didn't state my intentions clearly enough. Those who pose a clear danger to society should simply be executed. Those who pose a probable danger should be imprisoned for life. Those who are improbable dangers should be freed. Successfully completing a rehab program that has demonstrable success rates would move a man from one threat level to another, sure. But, always, if there is to be an error made, the error should be in favor of society - NOT in favor of the convicted predator.
"The pedophile will be released anyway." That's where I have a problem. An individual who poses a threat to society should never be freed. Every prisoner should be evaluated on the basis of the threat he represents. Violent prisoners and sexual predators both get special considerations - as in "No need to burden society with their presence".
Careful with those "we all know about" stories. I notice that your source doesn't name names or anything.
I suspect that you made that up, to be honest. Citations, or I refuse to believe it. One problem with your claim is, if some guy from South America or South Korea commits a crime in the US, SA or SK courts have no jurisdiction to enforce any kind of punishment for that crime. It would just be nuts to ask them to.
Rehabilitation is a liberal concept that has no place in reality. It's something that starry eyed young women believe in. They always think they can change a guy into something better than he is. Just goes to show how effeminate the liberals are.
My wife pays the price for wanting things done HER WAY. I used to do dishes. But, things weren't to her liking, so I quit doing dishes. Laundry? Ditto. You name it, if I did the chore, she had a reason to bitch and gripe. So, one by one, I just quit doing the chores. Now, she does them all, and only once or twice a month do I hear, "Well, you COULD" this or that. These days, I intentionally do this or that exactly opposite the way she would do it, LOL The really funny thing? She's had 23 years in which to train our sons the RIGHT way to do things - and failed at that too!
he American Republic is heading down the same path as the Roman Republic AND the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics - bankruptcy. FTFY
I thought Thai restaurants steamed their boots, and served them with the noodles.
I'll go with choice B - we all just sit around and complain. And, almost 99% of the time, we complain without thinking. It's simply amazing that being aware that France, Belgium, England, Russia, and every other nation on earth has their problems with bigotry, taxes, gangs, immigration, and all the other problems we have in the US sets a person apart from the masses. Ooops - I meant "ignorant masses".
Delaware. Haven't you learned ANYTHING about corporations in your short time on Earth? Delaware has the most corporate friendly laws in the nation. I never actually LOOKED in a Delaware phone book, but I'll bet the yellow pages have a separate listing for "Scuzzy Lawyers (corporate startup specialists)" You may have to rent a broom closet in some skanky former office building so that you have a "corporate presence" in Delaware - but "Scuzzy Lawyer" can fill you in on all the details. In fact, Scuzzy probably has a brother or cousin who can rent the broom closet to you!
I note your use of the words "seems to". I looked at my bank, and it also "seems to" permit me to examine ancient transactions. I used the calendars to select Sept 2007 through Sept 2010 - but when I downloaded, I only had the last six months of data. Also, First National has several format - 2 Quicken formats,2 Microsoft formats, CSV - and a couple more. You might want to look at DFCU again, to see if you can actually retrieve all the data that it "seems to" make available. http://www.fnbhotsprings.com/
It isn't just the key members, either. The biggest star player doesn't play alone. Cold calling can be used to break up a winning team. Joe may be a good solid worker, and everyone relies on him, but he doesn't have the something extra to become a "key member". Hire him away, all the same, and you weaken the team that relies on him. You might even cripple it, if the high profile stars are lacking some quality that Joe has.
Simple. It's an artificial cap on wages. It limits a prospective employee's bargaining power. In a "free market" this wouldn't happen. If you don't understand what "free market" is all about, you should research the concept. The fact is, we don't have a free market. Like democracy, we give some lip service to it - but we don't have it.
Jim Bell has some ideas that might work in theory. He has proven that he is pretty competent with a computer, and with accessing data on the internet. But, what has Jim Bell accomplished? I mean, aside from pissing off the government, and spending time in federal prison? What has he accomplished? Granted, he may be a dangerous person, who is capable of causing damage - but the 9/11 hijackers are PROVEN dangerous persons who were demonstrably capable of causing damage.