Right now we are lucky... lucky because there is a giant imbalance between information and the means to process it.
But that gap is going to shrink... as more programmers and database analysts get hired and design methods for extracting the information given to them.
Do you really think the government's insatiable hunger for information is going to diminish? The key to finding terrorists is not in looking at their criminal history, racial profiling or by their favorite books.The key is in finding those who dissent against certain policies of the US and take a best guess at whether they are committed enough to lash out against them that they are willing to take their own life or other's lives in order to acheive attention for their cause.
So think about that the next time you complain about gun laws or taxes or the war on drugs or whether your speeding ticket was unfair. Because when the supply of information is dwarfed by the ability to interpret it, it may be your front door that gets kicked down at three in the morning.
Good points, however I don't see how moving the democratic process back into the hands of THE PEOPLE could be considered mob rule! Perhaps if people were actually given the opportunity to at least feel like they were making a difference and something was approved by the people there wouldn't be as much public outcry when something goes awry (after all, it's everyone's fault, just fix it and move on). Instead we have a system of finger pointing and bickering because "the mob" is the politicians and the people fueling the mob are those who lobby the loudest (and with the most money).
That doesn't sound democratic to me.
My point with the raises for elected officials has more to due with the fact that being a politician has become the career of choice for people who are already affluent. Mr. Talking head in a suit making $250K/yr does NOT represent the majority. Perhaps if we capped their salaries at upper middle class and granted them raises based on merit and performance they would actually work for the MAJORITY instead of the fat cat corporate minority.
We're in a recession and companies are STILL laying people off, yet California has the gall to blow $95M on too many licenses and software they don't need?
Sadly, fiscal responsibility in the government still seems to be generations away. If I still lived in Cali I'd try and get a proposition on the ballot that new expenditures over $(n)M have to be approved by the voter. Ditto for raises for elected officials, we should be able to fire these idiots as easily as we elect them.
I hope my children will grow up one day, be able to see the starry night sky free of light pollution and wonder why we ever needed all those blinking objects streaking across the sky.
Yay, it's Y2K all over again. Hooray for industry forecasters who never have any idea what the fuck they are talking about. There may be an illusional shortage and a good probability of a rate increase but if the road condition of downtown Atlanta is any indication of the industry, new fiber is going to keep ahead of demand. Good score for the telcos, who else feels like buying WCOM stock and praying that this actualy happens?
Windows isn't for everyone. It's built from the bottom up (meaning it's targeted at the lowest common denominator user). For you, I'm sure that a trustworthy OS is one that you can pick apart and see the guts of... AND THAT'S FINE! I'm not saying that Linux is better than Windows or vice versa, I'm simply saying that some people don't care how their OS works and what dependency tree they need to check if they want to install an update for their laptop speakers. It's about ease of use versus lookig under the covers. Some of us don't care how the OS works as long as it does.
Yeah, I've got plenty of karma to burn as well, so those mods who feel it's appropriate to mod me down because I don't march to the drums can kiss my ass.
BTW, I use XP on my desktop and I love it. I use Debian on my servers and I love that too. Windows does not fit well on a server just as Linux does not fit well on the Desktop, why can't people understand that?
Time for today'$ round of +5 Funny Micro$oft ba$hing (I u$e the $ in$tead of a 's' to $ymbolize that they are an axi$ of evil computing, no one has thought of this before me. HAHA!)
He was a script kiddie, I agree with you on that. However the manner still sounds suspicious, I'll give you the argument about the firepower because they wanted to intimidate. As I had noted before, someone obviously made the judgment call to bring in SWAT gear and a door banger. After all, script kiddies are dangerous, especially when they have a copy of the Anarchists Cookbook or bomb-making material on their website. Heck, not only that but he had a potically inciteful website, and he was hacking sites to advertise that site. And he Ddos-ed some government sites as well, very criminal. So you understand, you are correct in your assertation that he is dangerous.
Now, what I fail to understand, this script kiddie with a politically charged website which contains literature on constructing bombs, what I can't quite wrap my head around is why he's not in jail?
I mean, he's obviously a dnagerous person and not fit to be part of society. A simple interview and seizure of property? What kind of punishment is that? He should be behind bars. He had illegal bomb making literature and had admittedly hacked and Ddos-ed government servers? So if making a case against this kid and putting him in an orange jumpsuit is not the motive of the FBI then why go through all this trouble? </sarcasm>
They had surveillance on the guy for 6+ months. Using so much firepower was to scare the guy into silence. What crime are you referring to? Hacking into someone's site and defacing it? Having a pro-militant/pro-anarchist website? Having information on how to build super secret pipe bombs on his website? Speaking out against the government?
Don't delude yourself into thinking this was warranted for any of those reasons. Somewhere along the chain of command, someone though it would be a good approach to bust down the door, pointing guns at people's heads while they zip-tie their hands behind their back, ransack their house and take all of his equipment.
Because he has some different political view that was deemed as detrimental to the status quo.
There is a story here, you are just choosing to ignore it.
Can I use the service on more than one computer?link Yes, customers with home networks may order additional network addresses in order to connect several computers to the service through one cable modem.
You must first subscribe to the basic Comcast High-Speed Internet Service.
Once you become a subscriber, you can sign up for a second and third address.
You will need to have access to network expertise because Comcast High-Speed Internet Service neither installs nor supports networks.
The cost is $6.95 per month for each additional outlet. Customers can have two additional addresses, for a total of three.
Comcast will install the network card and software on a second and third computer for a change of $49 for each computer.
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I'm trolling for Jesus, he should be here any minute.
Right now we are lucky... lucky because there is a giant imbalance between information and the means to process it.
But that gap is going to shrink... as more programmers and database analysts get hired and design methods for extracting the information given to them.
Do you really think the government's insatiable hunger for information is going to diminish? The key to finding terrorists is not in looking at their criminal history, racial profiling or by their favorite books.The key is in finding those who dissent against certain policies of the US and take a best guess at whether they are committed enough to lash out against them that they are willing to take their own life or other's lives in order to acheive attention for their cause.
So think about that the next time you complain about gun laws or taxes or the war on drugs or whether your speeding ticket was unfair. Because when the supply of information is dwarfed by the ability to interpret it, it may be your front door that gets kicked down at three in the morning.
Thank you for your helpfulness, you will be spared in future bom.. I mean bo-mbings, ho ho!
Love and Hugs,
Osama
"Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel."
--Samuel Johnson
At least give a good karma whoring link if you are going to qoute something like that.
Good points, however I don't see how moving the democratic process back into the hands of THE PEOPLE could be considered mob rule! Perhaps if people were actually given the opportunity to at least feel like they were making a difference and something was approved by the people there wouldn't be as much public outcry when something goes awry (after all, it's everyone's fault, just fix it and move on). Instead we have a system of finger pointing and bickering because "the mob" is the politicians and the people fueling the mob are those who lobby the loudest (and with the most money).
That doesn't sound democratic to me.
My point with the raises for elected officials has more to due with the fact that being a politician has become the career of choice for people who are already affluent. Mr. Talking head in a suit making $250K/yr does NOT represent the majority. Perhaps if we capped their salaries at upper middle class and granted them raises based on merit and performance they would actually work for the MAJORITY instead of the fat cat corporate minority.
/rant
We're in a recession and companies are STILL laying people off, yet California has the gall to blow $95M on too many licenses and software they don't need?
Sadly, fiscal responsibility in the government still seems to be generations away. If I still lived in Cali I'd try and get a proposition on the ballot that new expenditures over $(n)M have to be approved by the voter. Ditto for raises for elected officials, we should be able to fire these idiots as easily as we elect them.
I think all the Nostradamus sooth-sayers are slacking off, I'm pretty sure the current world events (including this) were all described.
Pi Spiral Theory Illustration
I hope my children will grow up one day, be able to see the starry night sky free of light pollution and wonder why we ever needed all those blinking objects streaking across the sky.
Yay, it's Y2K all over again. Hooray for industry forecasters who never have any idea what the fuck they are talking about. There may be an illusional shortage and a good probability of a rate increase but if the road condition of downtown Atlanta is any indication of the industry, new fiber is going to keep ahead of demand. Good score for the telcos, who else feels like buying WCOM stock and praying that this actualy happens?
Windows isn't for everyone. It's built from the bottom up (meaning it's targeted at the lowest common denominator user). For you, I'm sure that a trustworthy OS is one that you can pick apart and see the guts of... AND THAT'S FINE! I'm not saying that Linux is better than Windows or vice versa, I'm simply saying that some people don't care how their OS works and what dependency tree they need to check if they want to install an update for their laptop speakers. It's about ease of use versus lookig under the covers. Some of us don't care how the OS works as long as it does.
Yeah, I've got plenty of karma to burn as well, so those mods who feel it's appropriate to mod me down because I don't march to the drums can kiss my ass.
BTW, I use XP on my desktop and I love it. I use Debian on my servers and I love that too. Windows does not fit well on a server just as Linux does not fit well on the Desktop, why can't people understand that?
Time for today'$ round of +5 Funny Micro$oft ba$hing (I u$e the $ in$tead of a 's' to $ymbolize that they are an axi$ of evil computing, no one has thought of this before me. HAHA!)
I like it. Vote XXX XXXXXX in 2002.
ha
Why don't you block them at the router?
lol
must. burn. karma.
I'm still waiting for CTRL+Enter.
Type yahoo in IE then hit CTRL+Enter and you will understand. Saves a lot of typing.
He was a script kiddie, I agree with you on that. However the manner still sounds suspicious, I'll give you the argument about the firepower because they wanted to intimidate. As I had noted before, someone obviously made the judgment call to bring in SWAT gear and a door banger. After all, script kiddies are dangerous, especially when they have a copy of the Anarchists Cookbook or bomb-making material on their website. Heck, not only that but he had a potically inciteful website, and he was hacking sites to advertise that site. And he Ddos-ed some government sites as well, very criminal. So you understand, you are correct in your assertation that he is dangerous.
Now, what I fail to understand, this script kiddie with a politically charged website which contains literature on constructing bombs, what I can't quite wrap my head around is why he's not in jail?
I mean, he's obviously a dnagerous person and not fit to be part of society. A simple interview and seizure of property? What kind of punishment is that? He should be behind bars. He had illegal bomb making literature and had admittedly hacked and Ddos-ed government servers? So if making a case against this kid and putting him in an orange jumpsuit is not the motive of the FBI then why go through all this trouble? </sarcasm>
They had surveillance on the guy for 6+ months. Using so much firepower was to scare the guy into silence. What crime are you referring to? Hacking into someone's site and defacing it? Having a pro-militant/pro-anarchist website? Having information on how to build super secret pipe bombs on his website? Speaking out against the government?
Don't delude yourself into thinking this was warranted for any of those reasons. Somewhere along the chain of command, someone though it would be a good approach to bust down the door, pointing guns at people's heads while they zip-tie their hands behind their back, ransack their house and take all of his equipment.
Because he has some different political view that was deemed as detrimental to the status quo.
There is a story here, you are just choosing to ignore it.
That's a feature, not a bug :)
This will allow me to keep both hands free while I surf for porn.
The grey area is in the definition of safety.
This is an article where my sig speaks for itself.
I read the AUP and the TOS, there was no mention of multiple computers. This is the only place I could find anything. So shut the fuck up.
This is a classic example of Slashdot BULLSHIT.
Can I use the service on more than one computer? link
Yes, customers with home networks may order additional network addresses in order to connect several computers to the service through one cable modem.
You must first subscribe to the basic Comcast High-Speed Internet Service.
Once you become a subscriber, you can sign up for a second and third address.
You will need to have access to network expertise because Comcast High-Speed Internet Service neither installs nor supports networks.
The cost is $6.95 per month for each additional outlet. Customers can have two additional addresses, for a total of three.
Comcast will install the network card and software on a second and third computer for a change of $49 for each computer.