I think this is pretty much it. What we are seeing here is the 1% trying to scam their way in because they can't drop $10M+ like the 0.01% can. Unfortunately for them, nobody is amused, not the Universities, not the Elites, and certainly not the middle-class (or lower) who were counting on these spots being up for fair competition. As others have pointed out, one dumb rich kid's endowment can fund the education of dozens of talented students, but these bribes help nobody but the people they went to.
What's the news thing here? I thought it was well known that connected people got their children in to "elite" educational institutions by donating a new library or something.
I guess the news is that they tried to avoid giving the college the money and instead tried to come up with a valid excuse reasons why their children might be accepted. But it seems like the crime is less bribing people to get into "elite" institutions and instead bribing the WRONG people.
I think the problem is these people simply are not wealthy enough for their kids to be accepted on that basis alone.
The reaction of people to Trump describing a situation they will never encounter always amuses me, because most people would act with hardly more honor in similar situations.
So you are saying most if not all rich or famous men have no respect for women?
I think you are wrong, but I'm happy to see the Me Too movement dealing with at least some of them.
we have countless women working for Trump before he was ever president, and working with him now - along with having daughters
Sure, rampant nepotism surely demonstrates his underlying respect.
That's the real problem with society and especially with liberals today, they cannot separate sex from ability. It's why they also shamefully attack sex workers and slut shame women left and right with the slightest pretext...
Right, it's liberals who have all the hangups about sex. The right are all about women's rights and free love. ROFLMAO.
There's been a continuous stream of "fuck you" proposals from the EU.
From here it looks mostly like the Irish border is the only real gamestopper. The EU has a duty to the Republic of Ireland, who is a member, and wants to stay that way. They have no duty whatsoever to Britain, who really no longer matters at all.
Really quite shocking nobody apparently thought of this before.
The end result will almost certainly be a "no deal" Brexit. Everyone agrees that's the worst possible situation
The worst for Britain, but why should the EU care about that? Some people in the EU will be hurt to be sure, but they are also gaining all those jobs and capital that are fleeing the UK in droves.
There's also the possibility that not all of CA would exit. SoCal might (probably would) want to stay. So there could be a N vs S situation as well.
Quite probably. Same with the First Nations in Quebec.
A referendum in Ireland (and quite possibly Scotland) is pretty much a sure thing eventually after the UK leaves the EU.
If you are going to start pulling things apart you ought to think about how small the pieces can get.
Would there be war with a CAexit? Yes. Would CA burn? Yes, but it does that every summer now. Would the US burn? Yes. Would Russia and China rile up all sides to encourage such a thing? Absolutely!
Would California be better off leaving the USA? Doubtful. Would Quebec be better off leaving Canada? Almost certainly not. Is the UK going to be better off without the EU. My money is on no.
Brexit was voted for primarily by old folks pining for the days when the British Empire was a significant player in the world. Those days are long gone and are not coming back. Sorry.
You were an important player on an important team. Soon you will be just another country of 65 million. Granted, you are twice the size of Canada, so I'm sure you will have relevance in the world commensurate with that going forward.
I'd rather have them join forces. Technologists could explain why laws can't work on a technical level, lawyers can explain why they won't work on a legal level and if they work together, there's a chance that the result is a law that DOES actually work on both levels.
The fact a law won't work on any level is in no way an impediment to its passage.
With key escrow, the device manufacturer keeps the keys in offline storage. The key for your device is only retrieved when presented with a lawful warrant.
And nobody with a brain will trust that device for anything important anyway.
If Hollywood makes a movie about this, that will kill the research. No politician will allow something to continue once it has been "proven" to be recklessly dangerous by a movie.
Hollywood: AGW: Listen to the scientists. They know best. GMO: Scientists are arrogant liars. Don't trust them.
How much per year and from where? Runbox is about $20 a year with around 100 aliases and 10? Or so domains so at least 1000 aliases per account. Good enough to create spare ones at will.
Use a catch all. It's easier than monitoring all those individual aliases.
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I think this is pretty much it. What we are seeing here is the 1% trying to scam their way in because they can't drop $10M+ like the 0.01% can. Unfortunately for them, nobody is amused, not the Universities, not the Elites, and certainly not the middle-class (or lower) who were counting on these spots being up for fair competition. As others have pointed out, one dumb rich kid's endowment can fund the education of dozens of talented students, but these bribes help nobody but the people they went to.
Sums it up well.
They have no duty whatsoever to Britain
Actually they do.
Only in the Brexiters imagination. All they owe you is your right to take your ball and go home.
What's the news thing here? I thought it was well known that connected people got their children in to "elite" educational institutions by donating a new library or something.
I guess the news is that they tried to avoid giving the college the money and instead tried to come up with a valid excuse reasons why their children might be accepted. But it seems like the crime is less bribing people to get into "elite" institutions and instead bribing the WRONG people.
I think the problem is these people simply are not wealthy enough for their kids to be accepted on that basis alone.
The reaction of people to Trump describing a situation they will never encounter always amuses me, because most people would act with hardly more honor in similar situations.
So you are saying most if not all rich or famous men have no respect for women?
I think you are wrong, but I'm happy to see the Me Too movement dealing with at least some of them.
we have countless women working for Trump before he was ever president, and working with him now - along with having daughters
Sure, rampant nepotism surely demonstrates his underlying respect.
That's the real problem with society and especially with liberals today, they cannot separate sex from ability. It's why they also shamefully attack sex workers and slut shame women left and right with the slightest pretext...
Right, it's liberals who have all the hangups about sex. The right are all about women's rights and free love. ROFLMAO.
You truly do live in a alternate universe,
The only thing it proves is Trumps people are smarted than good'ole boy Bill and know enough to keep at least POTUS out of perjury trap.
But doesn't Hilary routinely have people who cross her commit "suicide"?
That makes her a veritable criminal mastermind compared to Trump.
you can see how Trump behaves now and in the past around women
Indeed. You just grab em by the pussy.
There's been a continuous stream of "fuck you" proposals from the EU.
From here it looks mostly like the Irish border is the only real gamestopper. The EU has a duty to the Republic of Ireland, who is a member, and wants to stay that way. They have no duty whatsoever to Britain, who really no longer matters at all.
Really quite shocking nobody apparently thought of this before.
The end result will almost certainly be a "no deal" Brexit. Everyone agrees that's the worst possible situation
The worst for Britain, but why should the EU care about that? Some people in the EU will be hurt to be sure, but they are also gaining all those jobs and capital that are fleeing the UK in droves.
https://www.independent.co.uk/...
The UK has never had any winning cards in their hand. Completely amazing if anyone thought they did.
As bad as that is; it isn't the government, which was the focus of this, it is private enterprise.
Yes, you keep believing that. The NSA is lagging far behind Walmart.
Go ahead and explain my "naivete"
They are already using it at malls up here in the relative middle of nowhere.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada...
You Americans (and Brits I might add) are already done like dinner.
https://www.aclu.org/blog/priv...
I'm curious how many we have "killed" in response to that 3,000. I really don't know if we've killed that many or less.
You can't be that curious then.
As long as government facial recognition and tracking doesn't become normalized and spread to other place it may not be so bad.
Your naivete is quaint.
is a very important check on unfettered government power, and it thrives on cash.
Nothing good can come of this, and people pushing it (for their own self-interested motives) should be shunned.
I briefly wonder how Niemoller and Alex Jones would get along.
I quickly conclude not so well.
There's also the possibility that not all of CA would exit. SoCal might (probably would) want to stay. So there could be a N vs S situation as well.
Quite probably. Same with the First Nations in Quebec.
A referendum in Ireland (and quite possibly Scotland) is pretty much a sure thing eventually after the UK leaves the EU.
If you are going to start pulling things apart you ought to think about how small the pieces can get.
Would there be war with a CAexit? Yes. Would CA burn? Yes, but it does that every summer now. Would the US burn? Yes. Would Russia and China rile up all sides to encourage such a thing? Absolutely!
Putin has wet dreams about such things.
Reality is we're not giving up naval bases so it would mean war and California would burn.
So it really is like that line in Hotel California then.........
Would California be better off leaving the USA? Doubtful. Would Quebec be better off leaving Canada? Almost certainly not. Is the UK going to be better off without the EU. My money is on no.
Brexit was voted for primarily by old folks pining for the days when the British Empire was a significant player in the world. Those days are long gone and are not coming back. Sorry.
You were an important player on an important team. Soon you will be just another country of 65 million. Granted, you are twice the size of Canada, so I'm sure you will have relevance in the world commensurate with that going forward.
Enjoy.
I'd rather have them join forces. Technologists could explain why laws can't work on a technical level, lawyers can explain why they won't work on a legal level and if they work together, there's a chance that the result is a law that DOES actually work on both levels.
The fact a law won't work on any level is in no way an impediment to its passage.
"If we managed the game alone, we would have made a lot more."
So just a bad business decision then.
With key escrow, the device manufacturer keeps the keys in offline storage. The key for your device is only retrieved when presented with a lawful warrant.
And nobody with a brain will trust that device for anything important anyway.
governments are the entities people most need to be able to keep secrets from.
Just sayin.
https://www.volvocars.com/en-e...
Born on the racing circuits of Sweden !
If Hollywood makes a movie about this, that will kill the research. No politician will allow something to continue once it has been "proven" to be recklessly dangerous by a movie.
Hollywood:
AGW: Listen to the scientists. They know best.
GMO: Scientists are arrogant liars. Don't trust them.
I'd mod you up if I had not already posted.
but birds are apparently more important than people. I suspect any other animals this effects will end up more important than people as well.
How much per year and from where?
Runbox is about $20 a year with around 100 aliases and 10? Or so domains so at least 1000 aliases per account. Good enough to create spare ones at will.
Use a catch all. It's easier than monitoring all those individual aliases.
Lets not even get started on expressing dates.........