A law that makes clear that a person's phone number is a unique identifier, and ALL data relating to it is personal data as defined by the 4th Amendment would probably achieve this - though given the ability of lawyers to find holes, it may be too much to hope for.
at the cost of decades of further enslavement for others. The British Empire got rid of slavery in the 1830s, the USA in the 1860s. But don't let that inconvenient truth rain on your parade...
Given how easy it is to skew the results by the questions before the actual one, as demonstrated by this clip from Yes Prime Minister, poll results need to be treated with great caution http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0ZZJXw4MTA
In this clip from the political series, you see how the questions asked before the central question is raised force the person to come up with the 'right' answer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0ZZJXw4MTA Enjoy
Because it provides a justification if they do subsequently use the data and their use of it comes out in public. Without it they might get into trouble for having data they shouldn't; with this they have a legal defence - though not enough to resist the people if we could be bothered to stand up to them.
That's bad. That's destructive and dangerous. He needs to be sacked for this, given the potential for this to be abused in the wild - otherwise we know that Google really is on the side of the criminals...
The turnpike system of private roads in England worked well enough.
The option of building the interstates as private roads was never attempted; instead the government just went ahead and did it. Same in Europe, except in France you do pay a toll to use their Freeways, though they are operated by the government. But from first principles there's no reason why a private firm shouldn't build, operate and charge for the use of a road.
You're probably right about the rest of the stuff - but it's as well to be bombproof!
means there are NO border checks between most of the countries in the EU - check wikipedia for the full list of countries. But even then, if you are within the EU, the customs controls between EU countries are very light; you're very unlikely to have a problem with customs.
Overall the EU is a generally safe place to travel within; once you get beyond its borders it's a lot more iffy...
Let them pay up - rather than punish them. But clearly Nepal has every right to impose this tax; it's not like they're Americans who expect to get to vote on taxes;)
A substantial solar array would allow most of the electricity they need for their purposes to come from that, especially if they fed into the grid during the day and only took out during the night.
Then you've got to allow for all the alien power sources that the NSA is bound to have got access to at Area 51; but all credit to them: if they hadn't whinged, we might have had additional evidence of those aliens' existence as a result. They are making sure they are covering themselves.;)
Who have been indulging in a lot of terrorism recently, so adding some cyber attacks would merely be broadening their palate. And blaming it on India is always good for misdirection.
Thanks for an enlightening reply. I guess I was assuming the data would be nicely segmented, but I guess these days it's all run together. Raises some interesting questions for lawyers and DBAs to get their teeth into.
It appears that the IRS had a legitimate search warrant. if the data had been appropriately encrypted, it would be impossible tor the IRS to get access to it without help. If they were shown to have got that help, then they would have been clearly in violation. As it is, the company is at least as much to blame, surely?
I made the mistake of watching Fantasia again recently; it was disappointing. I remember it as impressive and exciting - but now it appears ordinary to the point of dull. At the time it was amazingly innovative, but it's sadly obsolete now, which is a striking reflection of how things develop in culture and film especially. The same applies to the 'speed' with which things happen in films; by modern standards, the films of 20-30 years ago are painfully slow; I guess one could say that the 'language of culture' has developed, in the same way as language itself changes.
So the answer is to look rather hard at the rule book - health and safety is usually a good starting point - and find all the serious infractions that are occurring in her office etc etc. It's impossible to live by the rules because they are so complex - which is a deeply scary situation for all of us; if 'the man' want to remove us for something, then he can...
But yes, the prosecutor should be shredded. The challenge is to get the jury to do it if the judge won't; a verdict of contempt of court for the prosecutor for wasting the court's time would be a great outcome but probably too much to hope for.
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A law that makes clear that a person's phone number is a unique identifier, and ALL data relating to it is personal data as defined by the 4th Amendment would probably achieve this - though given the ability of lawyers to find holes, it may be too much to hope for.
No I can't tell you about the opinions for reasons that I can't tell you WILL be the inevitable outcome. FAR too little
at the cost of decades of further enslavement for others. The British Empire got rid of slavery in the 1830s, the USA in the 1860s. But don't let that inconvenient truth rain on your parade...
to see how to bias a poll to the 'right' result http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0ZZJXw4MTA (3 mins)
As this clip demonstrates, it can easily be tweaked to the right result http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0ZZJXw4MTA
Resistance in the forests of Lithuania to the Soviet occupiers lasted for SEVEN YEARS after WWII before being finally crushed.
Given how easy it is to skew the results by the questions before the actual one, as demonstrated by this clip from Yes Prime Minister, poll results need to be treated with great caution http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0ZZJXw4MTA
In this clip from the political series, you see how the questions asked before the central question is raised force the person to come up with the 'right' answer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0ZZJXw4MTA Enjoy
Who surely are being hoovered up?
which is a true classic of SF; winner of both Nebula AND Hugo. A superb combination of comedy, hard science fiction and characters
Because it provides a justification if they do subsequently use the data and their use of it comes out in public. Without it they might get into trouble for having data they shouldn't; with this they have a legal defence - though not enough to resist the people if we could be bothered to stand up to them.
and if you know the direct extension number of FBI agents, you might want to use those as well But don't ring the NSA.... they'll come and get you.
talks about that sort of building...
That's bad. That's destructive and dangerous. He needs to be sacked for this, given the potential for this to be abused in the wild - otherwise we know that Google really is on the side of the criminals...
The turnpike system of private roads in England worked well enough. The option of building the interstates as private roads was never attempted; instead the government just went ahead and did it. Same in Europe, except in France you do pay a toll to use their Freeways, though they are operated by the government. But from first principles there's no reason why a private firm shouldn't build, operate and charge for the use of a road. You're probably right about the rest of the stuff - but it's as well to be bombproof!
means there are NO border checks between most of the countries in the EU - check wikipedia for the full list of countries. But even then, if you are within the EU, the customs controls between EU countries are very light; you're very unlikely to have a problem with customs. Overall the EU is a generally safe place to travel within; once you get beyond its borders it's a lot more iffy...
Let them pay up - rather than punish them. But clearly Nepal has every right to impose this tax; it's not like they're Americans who expect to get to vote on taxes ;)
A substantial solar array would allow most of the electricity they need for their purposes to come from that, especially if they fed into the grid during the day and only took out during the night. Then you've got to allow for all the alien power sources that the NSA is bound to have got access to at Area 51; but all credit to them: if they hadn't whinged, we might have had additional evidence of those aliens' existence as a result. They are making sure they are covering themselves. ;)
Who have been indulging in a lot of terrorism recently, so adding some cyber attacks would merely be broadening their palate. And blaming it on India is always good for misdirection.
Thanks for an enlightening reply. I guess I was assuming the data would be nicely segmented, but I guess these days it's all run together. Raises some interesting questions for lawyers and DBAs to get their teeth into.
It appears that the IRS had a legitimate search warrant. if the data had been appropriately encrypted, it would be impossible tor the IRS to get access to it without help. If they were shown to have got that help, then they would have been clearly in violation. As it is, the company is at least as much to blame, surely?
I made the mistake of watching Fantasia again recently; it was disappointing. I remember it as impressive and exciting - but now it appears ordinary to the point of dull. At the time it was amazingly innovative, but it's sadly obsolete now, which is a striking reflection of how things develop in culture and film especially. The same applies to the 'speed' with which things happen in films; by modern standards, the films of 20-30 years ago are painfully slow; I guess one could say that the 'language of culture' has developed, in the same way as language itself changes.
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So the answer is to look rather hard at the rule book - health and safety is usually a good starting point - and find all the serious infractions that are occurring in her office etc etc. It's impossible to live by the rules because they are so complex - which is a deeply scary situation for all of us; if 'the man' want to remove us for something, then he can...
But yes, the prosecutor should be shredded. The challenge is to get the jury to do it if the judge won't; a verdict of contempt of court for the prosecutor for wasting the court's time would be a great outcome but probably too much to hope for.