The part I find funny about copyright preventing alternative stories in the Star Trek universe is that Star Fleet Battles and Federation and Empire which were based on an early snapshot of Star Trek made a unashamed effort to copy the real world politics of the Cold War with the Klingons representing the Soviet Union, the Federation representing the US, and various other nations being represented by Kzinti, Hydrans, etc.
While they are both violent, Klingons have a deep sense of honor and integrity. In fact, Klingon violence is typically ritualized and regulated. There are rules of engagement and a great degree of shame for violating them.
I always got the impression from the overall collection of Star Trek stories that the Klingons became politically correct wimps over time. It seems like Niven's Kzinti which overlap through the Star Trek animated series were in response to this and become more like what the Klingons were suppose to be.
"Their wire" = ISP, that single point of failure that will always answer to government demands for tracing, censoring, etc. Yes, the capability of both anonymous and encrypted communication is the goal. That cannot happen under the present circumstances. Until we build a robust ad hoc peer to peer network and dump the DHCP and DNS server/client model, we have no way to circumvent them yet.
Well, I just pointed out how both anonymous and encrypted communication can be achieved despite cooperation of the ISP with the government short of blocking unapproved communications. The former costs a lot more bandwidth but is achievable. The later is trivial. Both of course are subject to exploits depending on the implementation but that will be the case for anything.
The above is one of the reasons I do not care as much about the protections provided by the 4th amendment and any other rights; the government is going to lie anyway and do what is pleases.
The properly implemented technological measures will ensure privacy despite government actions. If this prevents otherwise lawful interception, well, then it is too bad the government continued to abuse its powers. This point was brought up by one of the NSA working groups who pointed out that discovery of unlawful mass surveillance would result in a backlash and encourage the adoption of ubiquitous encryption to the determent of lawful interception. Well, guess what? They were right. It happened.
Mammals as a group include monotremes (duck billed platypus), marsupials (opossum), and placental mammals. The placental groups originated 105 to 120 million years ago so if you want to talk about earlier mammals, you are limited to monotremes and marsupials.
But one thing to remember is that as long as we remain on their wire, the game is lost. Only true ad hoc or mesh networking can make the entire argument go away while also serving to minimize the state's advantage in communications.
I am not clear what you mean by this. Are you referring to secret communication or anonymous communication or both? Encryption works to provide the former and the later is possible though not common; you can secretly communicate anonymously via NNTP for instance although that does not hide that you may be doing so.
So how much LN2 will the tires need to hold (and slowly release) to fool the thermal cameras?
Why add active cooling? Seal the frame, evacuate it, and add some distilled water or alcohol so it operates as a heat pipe and distributes the heat from the electronics evenly throughout the frame.
Larry Niven has written science fiction stories about alien species starting human wars in order to try and breed a more docile human species. We still have evolutionary pressure. It's just in the opposite direction the OP thinks it is.
Which stories were these or did you mean the opposite? His Known Space stories include the Puppeteers trying to breed a more docile Kzin by instigating wars with man but man became less docile.
... What engineer thought this was a good ideal considering the history of gear selection is beyond me...
Isn't GMC enough reason for this? I knew it was a bad idea when I first heard of it but I assume it goes along with glarey touch screens and that Apple look. The future is here and ignoring human factors engineering.
I recall a possibly apocryphal story that GMC came up with a new safety feature where the car would not start until the seat belt was fastened and being a GMC of course, sometimes not even then. Then some woman got raped because she could not get her car started quickly enough.
A parking brake is pretty weak only because it relies on the rear wheels which normally have a lot less traction in braking than the front tires. If it is working properly, it should be able to lock the rear tires while moving.
It might have been an old (1960s and 1970s) Ford thing. There was no clearance between the distributor and distributor cap for a gasket and the advice I got from someone with an older but unrelated Ford was to always keep a screwdriver and towel in the trunk as they had the same problem.
The NRA will never "return to its roots as a promoter of firearms education and safety"... What the "liberals" do has nothing to do with their behavior.
If the NRA returned to only promoting firearms education and safety, then in short order there would be no shooters to educate because there would be no firearms in civilian hands. Before the "liberals" (and "conservatives" as well) began passing significant anti-gun laws, the NRA supported gun control. That changed at the behest of the membership in the 70s and 80s in response to the CGA and FOPA.
Unfortunately, I don't think I trust Alphabet to be running my direct uplink and to NOT mine every little bit of traffic to deduce even more about my life than they've already figured out.
I'll probably revert to using Cox Cable for my normal uplink and only do huge downloads (or PS/XBox and streaming stuff) through Google Fiber.
You don't think Cox Cable uses DPI for the same reason?
Besides, what were the police and FBI going to do about the guy? Assuming they conclude he's likely to turn violent in the near future, what can they do? If it's due to mental illness they can request involuntary commitment, but the ability to hold someone indefinitely without a conviction is a civil rights nightmare.
But gun laws do work. It's not as if this is an untried experiment - there are many countries with strict gun laws, and they reap the benefits of not having stuff like this happen every other week. There are next to no mass shootings, people don't need guns for self defence (as those they need to defend themselves against are incredibly likely to not be armed with a gun), the police aren't on edge because every traffic stop or pat down might end up in a shoot-out, and so on and so on.
Work for what? Stopping homicides via firearms? Is that the only important thing here?
The US has proportionally more homicides via sharp objects, blunt object, and strangulation. Does the lack of gun prohibition increase the number of those crimes as well? Maybe, just possibly, there is something else going on which increases the general level of violence.
people don't need guns for self defence (as those they need to defend themselves against are incredibly likely to not be armed with a gun)
So firearms are *only* used to defend against other firearms? I am sure small females will be glad to know that when attacked by a large male.
the police aren't on edge because every traffic stop or pat down might end up in a shoot-out
Maybe if our police exhibited the "professionalism" Scalia talked about this would not be as large of a problem.
Sure, let's do everything except what will actually help, which is to restrict assault rifles.
I am sure they will keep their victim disarmament zones and maybe add a few more. Does inaction to repeal a law which may have made things worse count?
As to "the shooter", I'm waiting to find out how many of the shootees were shot by the cops, not the "terrorist". The fact that the local government is refusing to release the information at least suggests that some of them were shot by cops (if they knew that none were, they'd be trumpeting that to high heaven, instead of saying "we're not going to discuss that"....
I would not mind knowing that as well however we *do* know that the hours of delay prevented a timely medical response. How many died do to that because law enforcement waited?
Gun owners wised up years ago - when they see a liberal saying there needs to be a compromise what they see and hear is a liar who will make absolutely no compromise on his end, while demanding compromise on the other.
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You just insulted all Ferengis. Ferengis would produce a better product and not be blind to the good will of their customers.
The part I find funny about copyright preventing alternative stories in the Star Trek universe is that Star Fleet Battles and Federation and Empire which were based on an early snapshot of Star Trek made a unashamed effort to copy the real world politics of the Cold War with the Klingons representing the Soviet Union, the Federation representing the US, and various other nations being represented by Kzinti, Hydrans, etc.
While they are both violent, Klingons have a deep sense of honor and integrity. In fact, Klingon violence is typically ritualized and regulated. There are rules of engagement and a great degree of shame for violating them.
I always got the impression from the overall collection of Star Trek stories that the Klingons became politically correct wimps over time. It seems like Niven's Kzinti which overlap through the Star Trek animated series were in response to this and become more like what the Klingons were suppose to be.
"Their wire" = ISP, that single point of failure that will always answer to government demands for tracing, censoring, etc. Yes, the capability of both anonymous and encrypted communication is the goal. That cannot happen under the present circumstances. Until we build a robust ad hoc peer to peer network and dump the DHCP and DNS server/client model, we have no way to circumvent them yet.
Well, I just pointed out how both anonymous and encrypted communication can be achieved despite cooperation of the ISP with the government short of blocking unapproved communications. The former costs a lot more bandwidth but is achievable. The later is trivial. Both of course are subject to exploits depending on the implementation but that will be the case for anything.
The above is one of the reasons I do not care as much about the protections provided by the 4th amendment and any other rights; the government is going to lie anyway and do what is pleases.
The properly implemented technological measures will ensure privacy despite government actions. If this prevents otherwise lawful interception, well, then it is too bad the government continued to abuse its powers. This point was brought up by one of the NSA working groups who pointed out that discovery of unlawful mass surveillance would result in a backlash and encourage the adoption of ubiquitous encryption to the determent of lawful interception. Well, guess what? They were right. It happened.
Mammals as a group include monotremes (duck billed platypus), marsupials (opossum), and placental mammals. The placental groups originated 105 to 120 million years ago so if you want to talk about earlier mammals, you are limited to monotremes and marsupials.
I am not clear what you mean by this. Are you referring to secret communication or anonymous communication or both? Encryption works to provide the former and the later is possible though not common; you can secretly communicate anonymously via NNTP for instance although that does not hide that you may be doing so.
Ya, you might hurt their feelings.
It does when the US Department of Justice says it does and that is how they have been using it.
Great, so she was elected by the people who brought us 9/11. Twice.
While not considered canon, you might enjoy the insights provided by the stories in Man Kzin Wars 11 and 12 written by Matthew Joseph Harrington.
So how much LN2 will the tires need to hold (and slowly release) to fool the thermal cameras?
Why add active cooling? Seal the frame, evacuate it, and add some distilled water or alcohol so it operates as a heat pipe and distributes the heat from the electronics evenly throughout the frame.
Larry Niven has written science fiction stories about alien species starting human wars in order to try and breed a more docile human species. We still have evolutionary pressure. It's just in the opposite direction the OP thinks it is.
Which stories were these or did you mean the opposite? His Known Space stories include the Puppeteers trying to breed a more docile Kzin by instigating wars with man but man became less docile.
... What engineer thought this was a good ideal considering the history of gear selection is beyond me...
Isn't GMC enough reason for this? I knew it was a bad idea when I first heard of it but I assume it goes along with glarey touch screens and that Apple look. The future is here and ignoring human factors engineering.
I recall a possibly apocryphal story that GMC came up with a new safety feature where the car would not start until the seat belt was fastened and being a GMC of course, sometimes not even then. Then some woman got raped because she could not get her car started quickly enough.
A parking brake is pretty weak only because it relies on the rear wheels which normally have a lot less traction in braking than the front tires. If it is working properly, it should be able to lock the rear tires while moving.
It might have been an old (1960s and 1970s) Ford thing. There was no clearance between the distributor and distributor cap for a gasket and the advice I got from someone with an older but unrelated Ford was to always keep a screwdriver and towel in the trunk as they had the same problem.
The NRA will never "return to its roots as a promoter of firearms education and safety" ... What the "liberals" do has nothing to do with their behavior.
If the NRA returned to only promoting firearms education and safety, then in short order there would be no shooters to educate because there would be no firearms in civilian hands. Before the "liberals" (and "conservatives" as well) began passing significant anti-gun laws, the NRA supported gun control. That changed at the behest of the membership in the 70s and 80s in response to the CGA and FOPA.
You own (lack of) progeny aside, you don't care about the general survival of the human race or stewardship of this one and only home we call Earth?
The citizens does not care care as shown by their electing politicians who implement rent seeking instead of solutions so why should he?
If Comcast ran at zero profit and reduced the cost of all their services proportionally, the $80/mo internet service would be $72/month.
If they are competent, they are using Hollywood accounting to control their indicated profits.
Unfortunately, I don't think I trust Alphabet to be running my direct uplink and to NOT mine every little bit of traffic to deduce even more about my life than they've already figured out.
I'll probably revert to using Cox Cable for my normal uplink and only do huge downloads (or PS/XBox and streaming stuff) through Google Fiber.
You don't think Cox Cable uses DPI for the same reason?
You don't have a constitutional right to fly on an airplane.
Or on a highway, or on a ship, or on a train, or on a bus according to TSA. But you are free to walk anywhere, except on a highway.
Hold him using a material witness warrant.
Work for what? Stopping homicides via firearms? Is that the only important thing here?
The US has proportionally more homicides via sharp objects, blunt object, and strangulation. Does the lack of gun prohibition increase the number of those crimes as well? Maybe, just possibly, there is something else going on which increases the general level of violence.
So firearms are *only* used to defend against other firearms? I am sure small females will be glad to know that when attacked by a large male.
Maybe if our police exhibited the "professionalism" Scalia talked about this would not be as large of a problem.
Sure, let's do everything except what will actually help, which is to restrict assault rifles.
I am sure they will keep their victim disarmament zones and maybe add a few more. Does inaction to repeal a law which may have made things worse count?
As to "the shooter", I'm waiting to find out how many of the shootees were shot by the cops, not the "terrorist". The fact that the local government is refusing to release the information at least suggests that some of them were shot by cops (if they knew that none were, they'd be trumpeting that to high heaven, instead of saying "we're not going to discuss that"....
I would not mind knowing that as well however we *do* know that the hours of delay prevented a timely medical response. How many died do to that because law enforcement waited?
Gun owners wised up years ago - when they see a liberal saying there needs to be a compromise what they see and hear is a liar who will make absolutely no compromise on his end, while demanding compromise on the other.
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