I would really like to have that demonstrated to me. My telephone cares little which way I point it. Nor does my telephone much care which side of the tower I am on. Maybe the donut is flattened on one axis, but we all know that there aren't tens of thousands of antenna on the tower, each one mounted on independent gimbals, tracking each user.
Really, people - the admission that stingray "might" interfere with other user's telephone service is a no-brainer. Radio waves are generally transmitted in a spherical - or, more accurately, a donut shaped - direction. There ARE beam antenna, but who is going to attach a honking huge beam to a pocket sized transmitter? So - wherever this thing is turned on, it is GUARANTEED to interfere with normal usage, in all directions, out to the maximum range of the transmitter. In effect, they're hoping to shoot one fish in a barrel, but they're actually dragging a mile's long net through the ocean. Idiots.
You gotta understand that I met this crazy woman in Manhattan one night. She needed me to "help" her. It was the Jews. They played loud music when she tried to sleep. She heard demon voices on the telephone. Her stuff was stolen all the time. I gotta tell you, I listened, fascinated, for half an hour, as she described all the evil that the Jews committed against her. Utterly crazy.
So - demonic sounding voices on your telephone? IT'S THE JEWS!!! ROFLMAO, IT'S THE JEWS!!!!
Disclaimer: I've not worked with a lot of Jews, but I've liked all but one of those with whom I've worked.
When do we, the peasants, begin to understand that we serve two masters. One master offers us a shit sandwich, so we turn to the other in hopes of a better shit sandwich. At the end of the day, the smartest among the peasants figure out that both masters are shoveling shit from the same damned pile.
Tell me more about this republican misrule. Perhaps you refer to DHS, and TSA? Or, do you refer to totally meaningless immigration policies that no one enforces? Maybe you're concerned with NSA and it's siblings from the Five Eyes spying on everyone? Maybe you're upset about the totally screwed up tax structure? Go ahead - tell us exactly WHAT the republicans were doing wrong.
Once you've done that - tell me how we are one iota better off today with the democrat in the White House.
Only chumps and fools defend either party. Republicans and Democrats are an inbred family, sleeping together for the past three generations.
"infinitely better", huh? Go ahead, and tell us HOW it is better.
G+ had so much promise. They screwed up twice. When they linked virtually all services together, then again when they tried to insist that you use your real name on your accounts.
Hey, Picasso was a pretty cool thing, but I had little use for it. Gmail is pretty cool, and I use it a lot. Google Talk is really cool - I don't need it often, but when I do need it, it is pretty much indispensible.
WTF do I want all of that linked together? One little code screwup somewhere could expose all of my email to people in hangouts, or expose the mail of THOSE people to ME. G+ should have no connection to email. In order to tie any accounts together, the user should be required to explicitly do so.
Today, I can't believe that I anxiously waited for an invite to G+ when it started up.
You are correct - my statements contradict each other. I believe that you get the idea though.
As for the Paks playing us for fools - most Arabs, Persians, Asians, and Pacific Islanders do that readily. We do have a few small spheres of genuine influence, like S. Korea and Japan. The rest of our influence is largely bought with $$$$$ - and when the $$$$$ dries up, there will be no more influence.
"And if a country like Pakistan has a serious extremist problem, then action like that is justified."
When you make a statement like that, it becomes very obvious that you have little idea how extreme the problems are in Pakistan.
Let me make it as clear as I possibly can. The supposed "government" of Pakistan controls less than half of the country. Government troops aren't safe anywhere within the country. They can only move openly in little more than half the country - that is, within the portions they actually control, along with some border regions, and areas where the village chieftains view the government with favor. Elsewhere, within the borders of "Pakistan", the troops only move stealthily, or by air, or in force.
Pakistan is more lawless than Mexico, by an order of magnitude.
The northern areas are controlled by tribal chiefs and by the Taliban.
Now, you tell ME how serious the situation in Pakistan is.
Next, you can tell me what the chances are that the government is going to EFFECTIVELY enforce their edicts regarding these cellphones.
You do remember that Osama bin Laden was killed, living a life of relative luxury, inside the borders of Pakistan?
1) History repeats itself, while at the same time, technology enables the actors to take things to a higher level. The Stasi would have LOVED to have the tools available to today's NSA. That is where we are headed, worldwide, if people don't stand up and put a stop to it. Yes - control. If/when they find a way to read your thoughts, they're going to do it. And, I'm not trying to guess what "certain people" are thinking - I'm TELLING you what government and the alphabet soup agencies intend.
2) You've forgotten about CISPA? In effect, ALL the pickpockets will be gathered into one big network, where they can SHARE all the data they gather on you. Target, Walgreen's, WalMart, Dollar General, the hospital, your county assessor, your bank, Amazon - they'll ALL share data with the government, and the government will share it right back to them. The pickpockets will indeed be working for the government.
I strongly disagree. Constant government surveillance indicates that you are only free so long as government approves of your words and actions. Ultimately, government surveillance intends to monitor your very thoughts. Witness the number of not-so-bright people who have been convicted after having done a search for "how to dispose of my dead wife's body" or similar. Refuse to give up your password? Go directly to jail, do not pass "Go", do not collect $200. Encryption? Ditto - give us the keys or spend eternity plus life in the dungeons.
In short - police have no intention of doing police work, or detective work any more. They want all the evidence collected in advance, and they want you to hang yourself for them.
A free man is free to confront the footpad who follows him into an alley with evil intentions. In this modern day "free world", you are required to cooperate with the footpads and pickpockets, because they all work for government.
You can see how it would significantly hamper terrorists and criminals?
Maybe you're totally clueless about Mexico, and the fact that the cartels have built huge empires off of "illicit" goods. In effect, we have funded those cartels, so that they are more powerful than government. And, the cartels aren't hampered by human rights considerations, either.
You may look forward to a new Pakistani industry booming in the near future, with "terrorists" and "criminals" helping the common man to bypass these ridiculous regulations.
BTW - how many billions of western dollars have been invested in Ukraine now? You can bet your ass that all those dollars are being protected with western weapons. Think about it. Some dreary backwater of a nation which hasn't figured into much of anything for almost a hundred years suddenly looks like a good "investment" to some filthy rich capitalists. But - the Kool-Aid - you've chosen the flavor prescribed by those very filthy-rich capitalists, so you believe that Putin is to blame for all the problems there.
Adblock Plus, Ghostery, NoScript, HOSTS - need I go on? We all know that the web is exploited by a bunch of assholes who view us as sources of revenue. So - arm yourself to stop the flow of revenue. You're right, I don't go back to a restaurant where an ignorant ADHD waiter ruins my meal. So, I don't keep going back to annoyingadserver.USA The damned thing is blocked, first on my router, then on my computer, then in my browser.
Basically, you believe that the ends justifies the means. In this case, the ends are to extract money from the masses. And, the means involves lying.
This has damned near nothing to do with enforcing copyright law. Perhaps you didn't notice the name of the corporation involved - Rightscorp, acting on behalf of BMG. Or, you've forgotten how they've made news in the past. They dwell among the scum of the earth. They have been shot down time and again for exploiting loopholes in the law. And, oh yeah - perhaps you've also failed to notice that in this case, they are indeed exploiting a loophole in the law.
Rightscorp has no intellectual property to protect. It is nothing more than a remora, living off the larger shark, BMG.
Scum.
If you have any real intellectual property to worry about, are you willing to allow a remora like company to attach itself to you, so that it can milk money out of your property?
Who the hell can "afford" that health care? Uncle is paying a healthy subsidy on almost all of those "plans". The real "plan" is to rape the taxpayer endlessly. Wait until those subsidies are no longer being paid. I'll be longing for the day when my health insurance ONLY cost 8 grand a year. 8 THOUSAND and change, for health care that I've never used, and probably won't use until I get some debilitating condition. But, just wait and watch. It won't be long until the last subsidy is paid, and EVERYONE will be paying 16, 24, maybe 50 thousand per year.
Can't afford that? Well - it's off to court for you, so that Uncle can take every dime you've got so that he can help you pay for your unwanted health insurance.
I could hate you for bringing me back to reality. But, you're right. The ultimate goal, is to get mankind out there among the stars. And - that may never happen. Every attempt may fail. We MAY not even establish any self sustaining colonies here in the solar system. But, I sure as hell don't want to accept that idea as likely. I suppose you've seen this little video?
I would if I could - we ALWAYS seem to have mod points here, but not me, not today. I agree with AC. Like him, I grew up relatively poor, in a rather wealthy town. It wasn't until I walked the streets of Djibouti that I saw genuine soul grinding, body destroying poverty. No, rich people don't understand poverty - and in fact, there are only a small percentage of Americans who probably have seen it face to face.
I'm well aware of fake "philanthropy". Some of the more respectable philanthropy even fails. Supposing that some billionaire actually funds the lab that finds the cure for cancer - he has bought and paid for his brand of immortality. The world doesn't need or want any more pyramids, so cancer will do the trick.
All the same - if enough people are competing to accomplish something is space, SOMEONE is going to succeed.
Yeah, I buy it. Hell, I'd work for little more than a pretty meager wage if I could be reasonably sure of ACCOMPLISHING something meaningful in space.
Uhhhh - wow. That one looks pretty damned slick. The backlight shines THROUGH the keys, right? Double shot mold, you've got the clear plastic inside, opaque outside, so the letters/numbers will never wear off. You've got me seriously tempted on that one. $150? Not right now, right after Christmas, but maybe in a month.
Yeah, I touch type all the time, but sometimes, I do lose my place on the keyboard. So, I keep a light on beside the desk because the monitors aren't bright enough to show the faded out letters on my keyboard.
Lighting for the sake of cool doesn't cut it with me, but THIS lighting looks useful.
One last question - that thing feels like an IBM springy while you're typing - or close to it, at least? I'm almost sold here. Thanks for the link!
I clicked the link, and looked at the keyboards being touted. Power users? Really? WTF? Whatever happened to the concept of KISS? They've got frigging LIGHTS under the keyboard!!! WTF needs LIGHTS to type with? And, why introduce yet another component that can go bad?
I'll second the IBM/Unicomp model M nomination for POWER USERS!
Seriously? Lights? That makes me think of the posers who put lights on their car's wheels. "Oh, look at me, I'm so cool!"
The real policy is, that officers will not obstruct the airway - that is they won't "choke" people. The hold used by the officer in question did not obstruct the airway. There was no "choking" taking place.
Some fat slob resisted arrest, he was taken down to the ground so that he could be cuffed, and his medical problems killed him. The cop didn't kill that fat man, his own medical conditions coupled with his unwillingness to cooperate with police killed him.
I am not arguing semantics here, not at all. There is a very definite meaning of "choke hold". No choke hold was used here.
Talk to any wrestler, talk to any martial arts expert, talk to any cop. Get any of those individuals whom you have trust in to demonstrate the difference between a choke hold, and any number of other holds.
A reasonably healthy person can be held all day long in any hold which is not a choke hold, and he may suffer some pain, but his life will NOT be in jeopardy.
A choke hold, by definition, is a life threatening hold, which WILL kill the healthiest of men within minutes.
Go look at that video again. It wasn't a "choke hold". FFS - did you never wrestle as a kid? Have you never watched collegiate wresting? PLEASE don't cite any of the professional wrestlers - they are all as queer as a three dollar bill. You may cite just about any martial arts expert with a belt. Ask Chuck Norris, if you like.
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I would really like to have that demonstrated to me. My telephone cares little which way I point it. Nor does my telephone much care which side of the tower I am on. Maybe the donut is flattened on one axis, but we all know that there aren't tens of thousands of antenna on the tower, each one mounted on independent gimbals, tracking each user.
Really, people - the admission that stingray "might" interfere with other user's telephone service is a no-brainer. Radio waves are generally transmitted in a spherical - or, more accurately, a donut shaped - direction. There ARE beam antenna, but who is going to attach a honking huge beam to a pocket sized transmitter? So - wherever this thing is turned on, it is GUARANTEED to interfere with normal usage, in all directions, out to the maximum range of the transmitter. In effect, they're hoping to shoot one fish in a barrel, but they're actually dragging a mile's long net through the ocean. Idiots.
You gotta understand that I met this crazy woman in Manhattan one night. She needed me to "help" her. It was the Jews. They played loud music when she tried to sleep. She heard demon voices on the telephone. Her stuff was stolen all the time. I gotta tell you, I listened, fascinated, for half an hour, as she described all the evil that the Jews committed against her. Utterly crazy.
So - demonic sounding voices on your telephone? IT'S THE JEWS!!! ROFLMAO, IT'S THE JEWS!!!!
Disclaimer: I've not worked with a lot of Jews, but I've liked all but one of those with whom I've worked.
Better? How, exactly?
When do we, the peasants, begin to understand that we serve two masters. One master offers us a shit sandwich, so we turn to the other in hopes of a better shit sandwich. At the end of the day, the smartest among the peasants figure out that both masters are shoveling shit from the same damned pile.
Tell me more about this republican misrule. Perhaps you refer to DHS, and TSA? Or, do you refer to totally meaningless immigration policies that no one enforces? Maybe you're concerned with NSA and it's siblings from the Five Eyes spying on everyone? Maybe you're upset about the totally screwed up tax structure? Go ahead - tell us exactly WHAT the republicans were doing wrong.
Once you've done that - tell me how we are one iota better off today with the democrat in the White House.
Only chumps and fools defend either party. Republicans and Democrats are an inbred family, sleeping together for the past three generations.
"infinitely better", huh? Go ahead, and tell us HOW it is better.
LOL - which spellchecker does NOT flag "google" as a misspelled word?
G+ had so much promise. They screwed up twice. When they linked virtually all services together, then again when they tried to insist that you use your real name on your accounts.
Hey, Picasso was a pretty cool thing, but I had little use for it. Gmail is pretty cool, and I use it a lot. Google Talk is really cool - I don't need it often, but when I do need it, it is pretty much indispensible.
WTF do I want all of that linked together? One little code screwup somewhere could expose all of my email to people in hangouts, or expose the mail of THOSE people to ME. G+ should have no connection to email. In order to tie any accounts together, the user should be required to explicitly do so.
Today, I can't believe that I anxiously waited for an invite to G+ when it started up.
You are correct - my statements contradict each other. I believe that you get the idea though.
As for the Paks playing us for fools - most Arabs, Persians, Asians, and Pacific Islanders do that readily. We do have a few small spheres of genuine influence, like S. Korea and Japan. The rest of our influence is largely bought with $$$$$ - and when the $$$$$ dries up, there will be no more influence.
"And if a country like Pakistan has a serious extremist problem, then action like that is justified."
When you make a statement like that, it becomes very obvious that you have little idea how extreme the problems are in Pakistan.
Let me make it as clear as I possibly can. The supposed "government" of Pakistan controls less than half of the country. Government troops aren't safe anywhere within the country. They can only move openly in little more than half the country - that is, within the portions they actually control, along with some border regions, and areas where the village chieftains view the government with favor. Elsewhere, within the borders of "Pakistan", the troops only move stealthily, or by air, or in force.
Pakistan is more lawless than Mexico, by an order of magnitude.
The northern areas are controlled by tribal chiefs and by the Taliban.
Now, you tell ME how serious the situation in Pakistan is.
Next, you can tell me what the chances are that the government is going to EFFECTIVELY enforce their edicts regarding these cellphones.
You do remember that Osama bin Laden was killed, living a life of relative luxury, inside the borders of Pakistan?
1) History repeats itself, while at the same time, technology enables the actors to take things to a higher level. The Stasi would have LOVED to have the tools available to today's NSA. That is where we are headed, worldwide, if people don't stand up and put a stop to it. Yes - control. If/when they find a way to read your thoughts, they're going to do it. And, I'm not trying to guess what "certain people" are thinking - I'm TELLING you what government and the alphabet soup agencies intend.
2) You've forgotten about CISPA? In effect, ALL the pickpockets will be gathered into one big network, where they can SHARE all the data they gather on you. Target, Walgreen's, WalMart, Dollar General, the hospital, your county assessor, your bank, Amazon - they'll ALL share data with the government, and the government will share it right back to them. The pickpockets will indeed be working for the government.
I strongly disagree. Constant government surveillance indicates that you are only free so long as government approves of your words and actions. Ultimately, government surveillance intends to monitor your very thoughts. Witness the number of not-so-bright people who have been convicted after having done a search for "how to dispose of my dead wife's body" or similar. Refuse to give up your password? Go directly to jail, do not pass "Go", do not collect $200. Encryption? Ditto - give us the keys or spend eternity plus life in the dungeons.
In short - police have no intention of doing police work, or detective work any more. They want all the evidence collected in advance, and they want you to hang yourself for them.
A free man is free to confront the footpad who follows him into an alley with evil intentions. In this modern day "free world", you are required to cooperate with the footpads and pickpockets, because they all work for government.
Really? I suppose that the definition of "freedom" that you grew up with includes a phrase like "submit to government surveillance"?
You can see how it would significantly hamper terrorists and criminals?
Maybe you're totally clueless about Mexico, and the fact that the cartels have built huge empires off of "illicit" goods. In effect, we have funded those cartels, so that they are more powerful than government. And, the cartels aren't hampered by human rights considerations, either.
You may look forward to a new Pakistani industry booming in the near future, with "terrorists" and "criminals" helping the common man to bypass these ridiculous regulations.
Your obsession with the man needs attention.
BTW - how many billions of western dollars have been invested in Ukraine now? You can bet your ass that all those dollars are being protected with western weapons. Think about it. Some dreary backwater of a nation which hasn't figured into much of anything for almost a hundred years suddenly looks like a good "investment" to some filthy rich capitalists. But - the Kool-Aid - you've chosen the flavor prescribed by those very filthy-rich capitalists, so you believe that Putin is to blame for all the problems there.
The vendors have assured us that their servers are secure!
Adblock Plus, Ghostery, NoScript, HOSTS - need I go on? We all know that the web is exploited by a bunch of assholes who view us as sources of revenue. So - arm yourself to stop the flow of revenue. You're right, I don't go back to a restaurant where an ignorant ADHD waiter ruins my meal. So, I don't keep going back to annoyingadserver.USA The damned thing is blocked, first on my router, then on my computer, then in my browser.
Basically, you believe that the ends justifies the means. In this case, the ends are to extract money from the masses. And, the means involves lying.
This has damned near nothing to do with enforcing copyright law. Perhaps you didn't notice the name of the corporation involved - Rightscorp, acting on behalf of BMG. Or, you've forgotten how they've made news in the past. They dwell among the scum of the earth. They have been shot down time and again for exploiting loopholes in the law. And, oh yeah - perhaps you've also failed to notice that in this case, they are indeed exploiting a loophole in the law.
Rightscorp has no intellectual property to protect. It is nothing more than a remora, living off the larger shark, BMG.
Scum.
If you have any real intellectual property to worry about, are you willing to allow a remora like company to attach itself to you, so that it can milk money out of your property?
Who the hell can "afford" that health care? Uncle is paying a healthy subsidy on almost all of those "plans". The real "plan" is to rape the taxpayer endlessly. Wait until those subsidies are no longer being paid. I'll be longing for the day when my health insurance ONLY cost 8 grand a year. 8 THOUSAND and change, for health care that I've never used, and probably won't use until I get some debilitating condition. But, just wait and watch. It won't be long until the last subsidy is paid, and EVERYONE will be paying 16, 24, maybe 50 thousand per year.
Can't afford that? Well - it's off to court for you, so that Uncle can take every dime you've got so that he can help you pay for your unwanted health insurance.
I could hate you for bringing me back to reality. But, you're right. The ultimate goal, is to get mankind out there among the stars. And - that may never happen. Every attempt may fail. We MAY not even establish any self sustaining colonies here in the solar system. But, I sure as hell don't want to accept that idea as likely. I suppose you've seen this little video?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
That's the short take from a longer video, which is somewhat less "exciting" I guess the term might be.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day. Teach a man to fish, and he can eat for a lifetime.
I would if I could - we ALWAYS seem to have mod points here, but not me, not today. I agree with AC. Like him, I grew up relatively poor, in a rather wealthy town. It wasn't until I walked the streets of Djibouti that I saw genuine soul grinding, body destroying poverty. No, rich people don't understand poverty - and in fact, there are only a small percentage of Americans who probably have seen it face to face.
I'm well aware of fake "philanthropy". Some of the more respectable philanthropy even fails. Supposing that some billionaire actually funds the lab that finds the cure for cancer - he has bought and paid for his brand of immortality. The world doesn't need or want any more pyramids, so cancer will do the trick.
All the same - if enough people are competing to accomplish something is space, SOMEONE is going to succeed.
Yeah, I buy it. Hell, I'd work for little more than a pretty meager wage if I could be reasonably sure of ACCOMPLISHING something meaningful in space.
Uhhhh - wow. That one looks pretty damned slick. The backlight shines THROUGH the keys, right? Double shot mold, you've got the clear plastic inside, opaque outside, so the letters/numbers will never wear off. You've got me seriously tempted on that one. $150? Not right now, right after Christmas, but maybe in a month.
Yeah, I touch type all the time, but sometimes, I do lose my place on the keyboard. So, I keep a light on beside the desk because the monitors aren't bright enough to show the faded out letters on my keyboard.
Lighting for the sake of cool doesn't cut it with me, but THIS lighting looks useful.
One last question - that thing feels like an IBM springy while you're typing - or close to it, at least? I'm almost sold here. Thanks for the link!
I clicked the link, and looked at the keyboards being touted. Power users? Really? WTF? Whatever happened to the concept of KISS? They've got frigging LIGHTS under the keyboard!!! WTF needs LIGHTS to type with? And, why introduce yet another component that can go bad?
I'll second the IBM/Unicomp model M nomination for POWER USERS!
Seriously? Lights? That makes me think of the posers who put lights on their car's wheels. "Oh, look at me, I'm so cool!"
Cite the policy. Please, cite the exact policy.
The real policy is, that officers will not obstruct the airway - that is they won't "choke" people. The hold used by the officer in question did not obstruct the airway. There was no "choking" taking place.
Some fat slob resisted arrest, he was taken down to the ground so that he could be cuffed, and his medical problems killed him. The cop didn't kill that fat man, his own medical conditions coupled with his unwillingness to cooperate with police killed him.
I am not arguing semantics here, not at all. There is a very definite meaning of "choke hold". No choke hold was used here.
Talk to any wrestler, talk to any martial arts expert, talk to any cop. Get any of those individuals whom you have trust in to demonstrate the difference between a choke hold, and any number of other holds.
A reasonably healthy person can be held all day long in any hold which is not a choke hold, and he may suffer some pain, but his life will NOT be in jeopardy.
A choke hold, by definition, is a life threatening hold, which WILL kill the healthiest of men within minutes.
Semantics my ass.
Go look at that video again. It wasn't a "choke hold". FFS - did you never wrestle as a kid? Have you never watched collegiate wresting? PLEASE don't cite any of the professional wrestlers - they are all as queer as a three dollar bill. You may cite just about any martial arts expert with a belt. Ask Chuck Norris, if you like.
It wasn't a choke hold.