Test the bill not the corrupt drunks. Simple software program scans each bill, if it contains one word not in a tenth grade dictionary it is shitcanned! Plain English only, no legaleze allowed. Why should the lawyers in Congress be allowed to write indecipherable crap to guarantee perpetual employment for themselves and their peers?
What makes you think it took any pressure? They have been doing it for years. There has been a story for years that AT&T built a backdoor into their electronic switches that were sold worldwide, made it easy for the CIA to do what they wanted. The plaintiffs won't get much from any suits, lawyers are the only ones who win those.
Most comments on this bill on slashdot speak of how wrong it is to give the "Telcos" immunity. Nobody makes any statements at all about what removing immunity would really do! It will do nothing for the people spied on. It will make a bunch of Shysters rich when they get to sue the Telcos. Of course they are the only group that ever wins a lawsuit. Why do you think the lawyers are the ones pushing the hardest to remove immunity?
Think I'm kidding? My Mom taught in public schools for 24 years, my Dad was a Professor for 30. When I graduated High School (1974) every teacher had a degree in what they taught and a minor in "Education". The NEA lobby got every state to require an "Education" degree to be allowed to teach. Now we have big "Education" Departments at Universities turning out people that might (and I do mean might) know how to teach but the students are lucky if the teacher has a minor in what they teach. See the problem? It applies to every subject, not just the Sciences.
Might work, but I'm sure the eviroflakes will come up with some reason to hold it up. How it's anchored will offend someone. These clowns hold up every other way to produce energy!
When the enviroflakes find out sea critters might get sliced and diced in the turbines, this will go the same way as wind generators because of birds. It will take an extra 5 years and countless wasted lawyer dollars to get a permit.
Someone wants to make sure he is re-elected this fall. After 2 badly failed attempts at President some of his constituents have figured out he is in it for power.
By the time Congress acted it would be to late anyway. This is just a big "look at me" grandstanding event for the cameras.
When it comes to tech some people are born stupid and some work at it, politicians are a blend of both. The longer they are in office the dumber they get.
No longer classified. All the Skipjack SSN 589 class boats and Thresher SSN 593 (renamed Permit SSN 594) class boats have been cut up for scrap. Very little about them remains classified. The MK37 torpedo was taken out of service in 78, my boat practiced with exercise versions one time in 78. Never took one on patrol MK48s only.
The MSW pipe ruptured because it wasn't made to spec, a corporate greed problem. This was cured by the Sub-Safe program adapted from aviation safety procedures. There were screens in the ballast tank blow valves that iced over blocking the flow. Those screens no longer exist.
The Scorpion was returning from the Med. and was found pointed in the wrong direction. When several Captains were asked, they replied that a "hot running torpedo" would cause them to reverse course to activate the auto shutdown feature. There was a serious battery problem with the MK37 during this time period.
They had only used towed cameras to photograph Scorpion before. The Thresher was visited by the Trieste and they had recovered some parts.
The Thresher did go down during sea trials after an overhaul. There were several factors that sank her, too many for here. One soul actually called the depth every 50 ft as they sank, no panic just steady data. He knew what was coming!
The Scorpion was sunk by a battery malfunction in a Mark 37 electric torpedo. The battery got hot enough to set off the warhead or exploded and set it off. Then the rest of the torpedo warheads detonated.
Electric torpedoes have sunk more of our subs than enemy vessels. The MK18 in WWII sank the Tang and several other boats as they had a tendency for circular runs. If anyone ever proposes another electric fish he should be shot!
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Test the bill not the corrupt drunks. Simple software program scans each bill, if it contains one word not in a tenth grade dictionary it is shitcanned!
Plain English only, no legaleze allowed. Why should the lawyers in Congress be allowed to write indecipherable crap to guarantee perpetual employment for themselves and their peers?
What makes you think it took any pressure? They have been doing it for years. There has been a story for years that AT&T built a backdoor into their electronic switches that were sold worldwide, made it easy for the CIA to do what they wanted.
The plaintiffs won't get much from any suits, lawyers are the only ones who win those.
Most comments on this bill on slashdot speak of how wrong it is to give the "Telcos" immunity. Nobody makes any statements at all about what removing immunity would really do! It will do nothing for the people spied on. It will make a bunch of Shysters rich when they get to sue the Telcos. Of course they are the only group that ever wins a lawsuit. Why do you think the lawyers are the ones pushing the hardest to remove immunity?
Think I'm kidding? My Mom taught in public schools for 24 years, my Dad was a Professor for 30. When I graduated High School (1974) every teacher had a degree in what they taught and a minor in "Education". The NEA lobby got every state to require an "Education" degree to be allowed to teach. Now we have big "Education" Departments at Universities turning out people that might (and I do mean might) know how to teach but the students are lucky if the teacher has a minor in what they teach. See the problem? It applies to every subject, not just the Sciences.
Why do cowards always have to kill their families too? I hope this gutless bastard roasts in hell!
Would I be the only one surprised if the BullShit Association told the truth?
Anything from them is a M$ policy ad.
Cloud computing is a buzzword in search of a function!
Congress should be ashamed that this is most highly thought of and effective law passed in the last 30 years!
In that case have fun! Make them look as stupid and corrupt as they really are. If the judge gets any more PO'd at them it will get interesting.
I wonder if the statements from Michigan can be sent to Lindor's legal team? If the Texas Judge gets pissed it could really hurt them even worse.
Enjoy your $4+ gas, if the enviroflakes had allowed deep water drilling 20 years ago we would be paying half that!
Who gave the dumbass enviroflake Mod points?
Might work, but I'm sure the eviroflakes will come up with some reason to hold it up. How it's anchored will offend someone. These clowns hold up every other way to produce energy!
When the enviroflakes find out sea critters might get sliced and diced in the turbines, this will go the same way as wind generators because of birds. It will take an extra 5 years and countless wasted lawyer dollars to get a permit.
"More chillingly, if eBay had launched the scheme in America would they have got away with it?"
Depends on whether they bribed enough of the right people or not. Simple and obvious to anyone with knowledge of our system.
Like M$ does every election?
Just remember that the only viable third party candidate in the last 50 years was Perot! That psycopath drew 19% and gave us Clinton.
The Capitol needs:
congress.dumbass
Actually I want two one for me one for the wife. Time to get on the phone to DMV. I live in NC and have not seen one yet.
Possibly the most intelligent comment in this whole thread.
"Claims by Microsoft that people were buying the software because it was good are pretty self-serving."
I didn't know anyone intentionally bought M$ products. I thought they got shoved down everyones throat when they bought a new PC.
Gates is a lousy programmer and a marketing genius.
Someone wants to make sure he is re-elected this fall. After 2 badly failed attempts at President some of his constituents have figured out he is in it for power.
By the time Congress acted it would be to late anyway. This is just a big "look at me" grandstanding event for the cameras.
When it comes to tech some people are born stupid and some work at it, politicians are a blend of both. The longer they are in office the dumber they get.
No longer classified. All the Skipjack SSN 589 class boats and Thresher SSN 593 (renamed Permit SSN 594) class boats have been cut up for scrap. Very little about them remains classified. The MK37 torpedo was taken out of service in 78, my boat practiced with exercise versions one time in 78. Never took one on patrol MK48s only.
The MSW pipe ruptured because it wasn't made to spec, a corporate greed problem. This was cured by the Sub-Safe program adapted from aviation safety procedures.
There were screens in the ballast tank blow valves that iced over blocking the flow. Those screens no longer exist.
The Scorpion was returning from the Med. and was found pointed in the wrong direction. When several Captains were asked, they replied that a "hot running torpedo" would cause them to reverse course to activate the auto shutdown feature. There was a serious battery problem with the MK37 during this time period.
They had only used towed cameras to photograph Scorpion before. The Thresher was visited by the Trieste and they had recovered some parts.
The Thresher did go down during sea trials after an overhaul. There were several factors that sank her, too many for here. One soul actually called the depth every 50 ft as they sank, no panic just steady data. He knew what was coming!
The Scorpion was sunk by a battery malfunction in a Mark 37 electric torpedo. The battery got hot enough to set off the warhead or exploded and set it off. Then the rest of the torpedo warheads detonated.
Electric torpedoes have sunk more of our subs than enemy vessels. The MK18 in WWII sank the Tang and several other boats as they had a tendency for circular runs. If anyone ever proposes another electric fish he should be shot!
A cold war Sub sailor.