Yes, exactly. I also know from limited, non-personal experience that ICE (Immigration and... erm... Citizen Express or whatever the new INS stands for) disallows people from entry who have certain misdemeanor crimes. My understanding is that if that crime is resolved in the home country and they no longer have it on their record, then they can visit the US; I could be wrong on this point however.
They knew exactly who this kid was, I'm sure right down to his shoe size and what his girlfriend wore to the dinner date they went on last Friday night. They would have pulled his school records and his medical records for any history of mental illness. They would have found all that out and then some to make sure they were accomplishing their task of presidential protection.
Then the feds called the local cops, they went and knocked on his door, the kid 'fessed up. According to the law I quoted, the feds damn well knew this kid was nowhere near "beyond a reasonable doubt" able to fulfill the legal requirements of the crime, so they did what they could to punish him. I use the term "punish" loosely in this case because the kid obviously doesn't care -- yet.
More broadly, however, and what I believe to be much more important is the resulting so-called chilling effect on speech around the world regarding our Dear Fearless Leader.
18 USC 871, makes it a Federal crime or offense for anyone to willfully make a true threat to injure or kill the President of the United States.
A person can be found guilty of that offense only if all of the following facts are proved beyond a reasonable doubt:
First: That the person uttered words alleged to be the threat against the President;
Second: That the person understood and meant the words he used as a true threat; and
Third: That the person uttered the words knowingly and willfully.
A "threat" is a statement expressing an intention to kill or injure the President; and a "true threat" means a serious threat as distinguished from words used as mere political argument, idle or careless talk, or something said in a joking manner.
The essence of the offense is the knowing and willful making of a true threat. So, if it is proved beyond a reasonable doubt that the person knowingly made a true threat against the President, willfully intending that it be understood by others as a serious threat, then the offense is complete; it is not necessary to prove that the person actually intended to carry out the threat.
Now granted, the kid wasn't prosecuted for any crime either in the UK or in the US in abstentia, and it is within the purview of the government to disallow any particular person immigration.
Still, it is a rather ridiculous thing to do especially in light of far more serious threats which need to be pursued.
I'm pretty sure that telling the feds "You can look, but the entire drive is encrypted so you can't look at anything which isn't garbled" is not going to win you a free ticket.
I think the point is that the encrypted portions are no longer "in plain sight" and thus cannot be innocently browsed, evidence for an unrelated offense found and used against you. With encrypted drives/portions on the HD, it forces the gov't to actually follow the rules and get probable cause, then a warrant issued as outlined in the 4th amendment and case law, yadda yadda.
Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan, as solicitor general last year, had urged the court to reverse itself amid complaints that federal prosecutions were being complicated, and computer searches were grinding to a halt, because of the detailed guidelines.
Are you being stupid and unscientific if you believe in Augustus Caesar, who you only know from historical writings?
If I believe in Augustus Caesar, known only in historical writings, no.
If I believe that Augustus Caesar is still hanging around watching me and occasionally lending a helping hand, most definitely.
My wife was less "unionized sanitation specialist" and more "unionized sanitation consultant." She pretty much got paid to tell me what to do and how to do it.
Swinburne in turn left the Church of England for the Orthodox Church after he found it the only Christian denomination that matched where his philosophical reasoning led him.
In some sense you must say that "they're equally likely to exist" - we have completely identical knowledge/proof about all gods existence (no idea at all),
While I agree with you, I wanted to nitpick slightly.
SO FAR -- all of the characteristics ascribed to various deities over the past ten thousand years or so have been proven to be incorrect; that basically deities are myth and invention made up by humans. First, we have to define what "god" means and again -- SO FAR -- those definitions have been refuted.
If there were no religion, people would find another excuse to be racists or homophobes. After all, communists also did most of the things you mentioned and they rejected religion.
And don't give me that crap "communism is good in theory, it's the power-hungry people who abused it". The same can be said for religion. As I said, just check The Ten Commandments. Especially those saying that you should not kill, rape or steal.
The point is, did religion every really prevent that stuff from happening? Not on a large scale it didn't. Maybe on a rare personal scale. Usually, the person or people were going to do whatever it was they wanted to do and religion, far from putting the brakes on the wholesale slaughter, actually was twisted to support it. So why bother with religion in the first place?
That's why we can't just dismiss the problem as "unhook the power plants from the internet." In a world that's increasingly hooked to the internet, we can't afford to overlook how the internet-connected components can possibly have an effect on the non-connected components.
Yeah, but then isn't it a little late?
Power plant: OMG! Two hundred thousand houses just turned off, simultaneously! The power plant's destroyed!
Government: Quick! Unplug the internet!
Now there goes hospital WAN connectivity, no more security monitoring of remote locations that went through a VPN, no more business to business communications like stock market stuff that travels over the internet... How much more disruptive would a country-wide internet blackout be compared to a powerplant?
Remember that famous botch job by the Miss America contestant? Because her answer was so stupid most people didn't notice that the question was: why can't 1 in 5 Americans find the US on the map?
Just think of Miss America contestants as I do. They're like toy poodles -- they're being bred for looks, not for brains.
My idea is to broadcast an announcement that a fourth Crocodile Dundee movie will be filmed and the resulting furor and rioting should pretty much take out all of Sydney.
Now, I understand that this announcement probably wouldn't match the huge bomb that was Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles, but a threat of this magnitude would almost certainly be considered a crime against humanity, so that's a bonus.
The flatbed truck equipped with special nozzles now drives around the 200-plus acre landfill spraying hundreds of gallons of a soapy, slightly citrus-scented liquid.
I bet Kim Kardashian's pretty excited that there's finally a use for her new perfume.
IANALBIHADIL (I Am Not a Lawyer But I Hold a Degree in Law, there must be a shorter one for this - any suggestions?)
Juris Doctor or JD is the degree in America. There are a few places in the country where having a law degree is not necessary to sit for the bar exam, most states do. Once you have achieved your law degree, it is not a requirement to sit for the bar; you would have the law degree, just not be able to practice law.
So, "Magnus Ahlberg, JD" would be your official title in the US, at least.
If you're on facebook at work when you should be working, I think the employer has a right to know about it.
You're right when it comes to FB at work.
TFS, however, states that the law would prevent potential employers from searching you out on FB before you're hired, to presumably prevent one from getting a job based on the inane stuff posted on FB.
Slashdot Mirror
You need intensive psychiatric treatment.
You might want to be careful of this particular AC; he might just turn your pseudonym into your reality.
Yes, exactly. I also know from limited, non-personal experience that ICE (Immigration and ... erm... Citizen Express or whatever the new INS stands for) disallows people from entry who have certain misdemeanor crimes. My understanding is that if that crime is resolved in the home country and they no longer have it on their record, then they can visit the US; I could be wrong on this point however.
That space is up.
Yeah, but the enemy's gate is down.
They knew exactly who this kid was, I'm sure right down to his shoe size and what his girlfriend wore to the dinner date they went on last Friday night. They would have pulled his school records and his medical records for any history of mental illness. They would have found all that out and then some to make sure they were accomplishing their task of presidential protection.
Then the feds called the local cops, they went and knocked on his door, the kid 'fessed up. According to the law I quoted, the feds damn well knew this kid was nowhere near "beyond a reasonable doubt" able to fulfill the legal requirements of the crime, so they did what they could to punish him. I use the term "punish" loosely in this case because the kid obviously doesn't care -- yet.
More broadly, however, and what I believe to be much more important is the resulting so-called chilling effect on speech around the world regarding our Dear Fearless Leader.
18 USC 871, makes it a Federal crime or offense for anyone to willfully make a true threat to injure or kill the President of the United States.
A person can be found guilty of that offense only if all of the following facts are proved beyond a reasonable doubt:
First: That the person uttered words alleged to be the threat against the President;
Second: That the person understood and meant the words he used as a true threat; and
Third: That the person uttered the words knowingly and willfully.
A "threat" is a statement expressing an intention to kill or injure the President; and a "true threat" means a serious threat as distinguished from words used as mere political argument, idle or careless talk, or something said in a joking manner.
The essence of the offense is the knowing and willful making of a true threat. So, if it is proved beyond a reasonable doubt that the person knowingly made a true threat against the President, willfully intending that it be understood by others as a serious threat, then the offense is complete; it is not necessary to prove that the person actually intended to carry out the threat.
Now granted, the kid wasn't prosecuted for any crime either in the UK or in the US in abstentia, and it is within the purview of the government to disallow any particular person immigration.
Still, it is a rather ridiculous thing to do especially in light of far more serious threats which need to be pursued.
I'm pretty sure that telling the feds "You can look, but the entire drive is encrypted so you can't look at anything which isn't garbled" is not going to win you a free ticket.
I think the point is that the encrypted portions are no longer "in plain sight" and thus cannot be innocently browsed, evidence for an unrelated offense found and used against you. With encrypted drives/portions on the HD, it forces the gov't to actually follow the rules and get probable cause, then a warrant issued as outlined in the 4th amendment and case law, yadda yadda.
Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan, as solicitor general last year, had urged the court to reverse itself amid complaints that federal prosecutions were being complicated, and computer searches were grinding to a halt, because of the detailed guidelines.
Lemme guess: they were using Bing?
Wow...anyone using Yahoo Answers on a physics exam deserves some kind of academic Darwin award.
What's the Yahoo Answers new tagline... "for twelve year olds, by twelve year olds"?
Are you being stupid and unscientific if you believe in Augustus Caesar, who you only know from historical writings?
If I believe in Augustus Caesar, known only in historical writings, no.
If I believe that Augustus Caesar is still hanging around watching me and occasionally lending a helping hand, most definitely.
That being said, the average person has 1 testicle and 1 boob, so maybe people who are average with themselves don't actually exist.
I'm an average person, you insensitive clod!
My wife was less "unionized sanitation specialist" and more "unionized sanitation consultant." She pretty much got paid to tell me what to do and how to do it.
Voltage Pictures has blamed the movie's relatively poor domestic performance on illegal file sharing.
Well, there's a shock.
Swinburne in turn left the Church of England for the Orthodox Church after he found it the only Christian denomination that matched where his philosophical reasoning led him.
And where did his scientific reasoning lead him?
In some sense you must say that "they're equally likely to exist" - we have completely identical knowledge/proof about all gods existence (no idea at all),
While I agree with you, I wanted to nitpick slightly.
SO FAR -- all of the characteristics ascribed to various deities over the past ten thousand years or so have been proven to be incorrect; that basically deities are myth and invention made up by humans. First, we have to define what "god" means and again -- SO FAR -- those definitions have been refuted.
If there were no religion, people would find another excuse to be racists or homophobes. After all, communists also did most of the things you mentioned and they rejected religion. And don't give me that crap "communism is good in theory, it's the power-hungry people who abused it". The same can be said for religion. As I said, just check The Ten Commandments. Especially those saying that you should not kill, rape or steal.
The point is, did religion every really prevent that stuff from happening? Not on a large scale it didn't. Maybe on a rare personal scale. Usually, the person or people were going to do whatever it was they wanted to do and religion, far from putting the brakes on the wholesale slaughter, actually was twisted to support it. So why bother with religion in the first place?
That's why we can't just dismiss the problem as "unhook the power plants from the internet." In a world that's increasingly hooked to the internet, we can't afford to overlook how the internet-connected components can possibly have an effect on the non-connected components.
Yeah, but then isn't it a little late?
Power plant: OMG! Two hundred thousand houses just turned off, simultaneously! The power plant's destroyed!
Government: Quick! Unplug the internet!
Now there goes hospital WAN connectivity, no more security monitoring of remote locations that went through a VPN, no more business to business communications like stock market stuff that travels over the internet...
How much more disruptive would a country-wide internet blackout be compared to a powerplant?
the game show relied on defaming the hero's character and manipulating the public into turning him in.
I hear the pilot for the TV series is starring Julian Assange.
Remember that famous botch job by the Miss America contestant? Because her answer was so stupid most people didn't notice that the question was: why can't 1 in 5 Americans find the US on the map?
Just think of Miss America contestants as I do. They're like toy poodles -- they're being bred for looks, not for brains.
Yeah, I kid you not. I had to look it up just to be certain myself.
My idea is to broadcast an announcement that a fourth Crocodile Dundee movie will be filmed and the resulting furor and rioting should pretty much take out all of Sydney.
Now, I understand that this announcement probably wouldn't match the huge bomb that was Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles, but a threat of this magnitude would almost certainly be considered a crime against humanity, so that's a bonus.
The flatbed truck equipped with special nozzles now drives around the 200-plus acre landfill spraying hundreds of gallons of a soapy, slightly citrus-scented liquid.
I bet Kim Kardashian's pretty excited that there's finally a use for her new perfume.
IANALBIHADIL (I Am Not a Lawyer But I Hold a Degree in Law, there must be a shorter one for this - any suggestions?)
Juris Doctor or JD is the degree in America. There are a few places in the country where having a law degree is not necessary to sit for the bar exam, most states do. Once you have achieved your law degree, it is not a requirement to sit for the bar; you would have the law degree, just not be able to practice law.
So, "Magnus Ahlberg, JD" would be your official title in the US, at least.
If you're on facebook at work when you should be working, I think the employer has a right to know about it.
You're right when it comes to FB at work.
TFS, however, states that the law would prevent potential employers from searching you out on FB before you're hired, to presumably prevent one from getting a job based on the inane stuff posted on FB.
except Otto Kerner already died and so needs to be disqualified
Exactly. Now that he's dead, he's eligible to vote in Chicago's elections which would give unfair advantage to Blago.
Hic liber est meus
Testis est Deus
Si quis furetur
Per collum pendetur
Hrm. My latin's a bit rusty, but here it goes:
This book is now mine
By methods divine
It's not real abhorrent
As long as you seed your bittorrent