I don't see how government hacking is "far more dangerous". The government already has, or can legally get, access to most of your information without much trouble. I'm much more worried about private interests hacking into personal data.
To summarize: The likelihood of the government blackmailing you is pretty low.
In spite of what you say, they are following the rules you quoted exactly. They are merely trying to identify what constitutes an "eye" when the attack is digital. Just because the weapon was a hacker intrusion doesn't mean it can't kill or harm people. The same evaluations were made long ago with other forms of technology. The conclusion, and rightly so, that providing information which leads to killing is equivalent to killing, was made a long time ago.
I'm not sure corruption is really the issue. There has always been, and there always will be corruption.
I fear the issue is more that the USA was top dog for so long, and by such a huge margin, that the populace has become complacent. Americans see success, prosperity, and a dominant position in the world as something they are entitled to, rather than as something they need to earn. The US, along with, to a lesser extent, the Soviet Union and the UK (not to undersell the achievements of the USSR, but they won with blood, the US won with industrial output, giving them a clear post war advantage) earned world domination and wealth on battlefields and in factories during WW2. The spoils of those victories have worn off, in spite of brilliant American global political maneuvering which allowed the afterglow to continue well past the point one would have imagined possible.
The question is... what to do now? Stagnate while waiting for another massive international conflict?
The WPA prolonged the Great Depression by about 7 extra years.
That's a hell of a claim to make, especially without a citation. Even with a citation, I don't see how one could prove that claim one way or the other anyways.
It wasn't something that really was within the mandate allowed by the Constitution.
It wasn't something, as far as I know, prohibited by the Constitution either.
At least for the debt, pain, etc. we GOT that standing infrastructure. The same can't be said for Obama's Stimulus, which seems to have produced LITTLE.
Actually a fair point, but I don't really follow what your conclusion is. You're saying that government projects in the past were useful, but now they're pointless?
Yes, because a privacy violation is "chopping of your nose", while not being able to access medical care is "cutting yourself shaving". I think you have your analogy backwards, buddy.
Just put a blue coat antivirus firewall on every Internet cable that crosses a us border.
Arguments about the possibility of inspecting all international data traffic aside... You do realize that we're talking about data, and not some physical good, right? Once one copy of Ubuntu gets past the "customs department file server" it could be endlessly copied, at no charge, without paying the tariff. This would be legal too, since it is permitted by the software license.
No need for the future tense there buddy. There's been a global aristocracy for quite some time now. It used to be that the only time you mingled with them was as you walked from the door to the coach section as you boarded a plane.... but now most have private jets.
If you're looking to swindle money from people, EPA (East Palo Alto) isn't such a great place to start. You'd be much better off looking west over the freeway. That's where all the money is.... but I guess if you're a hacker living in the Philippines you wouldn't know that.
It's well known that padding in sports, while originally intended as a protective measure, actually just results in harder hits and more injuries. Boxing gloves are the best example; you can't hit someone all that hard without gloves... you'll just break your hand. Strap on gloves though, and you can hit them full force, and consequently give them some nasty concussions.
You apparently see government as a destabilizing force in the market, causing uncertainty.
I would say that government is actually the key stabilizing force in the market.
Where the Fed can cut interest rates to 0% or raise them to 10%?
This argument is silly, the Fed's chief goal is market stability, and sustained growth.
Do you want to explain how a company can plan years into the future when the EPA can declare tomorrow that oxygen is a pollutant?
The EPA is around to protect the environment; if your business model requires you destroying the environment to succeed, then you need to deal with the fact that the general populace doesn't want to sacrifice their breathable air so you can turn a profit.
Where Congress can pass a new minimum wage or new tax that makes your business model unsustainable?
If your business model requires paying workers wages that keep them below the poverty line, then you shouldn't (and shouldn't be allowed to) put it into practice. It seems like you would argue that slavery is good business model, if only the damn government would stay out of your way.
The success of your business shouldn't be valued over the success, happiness, and prosperity of society as a whole, sorry.
You say "socialistic" like it's a word, or as if you know what socialism really is. You seem to think that socialism and capitalism are mutually exclusive. They aren't.
because the cop used weak sauce pepper spray and casually doused them
Cops shouldn't be "casually dousing" any group of students assembled in a park, no matter how "weak sauce" the pepper spray is. Perhaps the resulting video was a little melodramatic, but the fact that you think it is okay for police to pepper spray citizens in a park shows you for the fascist that you really are. I hope you enjoy your anonymity, you pig.
Something tells me if the SSA defaults because the treasury wont pay, that army "backing the treasury up" won't be so eager to fight. Think about all the servicemembers for have parents on social security.
Wait, so you're saying that as literacy rates across the world have increased (say, since the 1800s), misspelling of names has increased as well? I have a hard time believing that. Besides, if, as you say,
It's trendy to nayhme (name) kids with obvious misspellings and variations
, then the misspelling is intentional, and it is not, in fact, an error. It's just a new name (which in all likelihood is probably not actually new, just rare).
I guess it depends on what you define as slang... I don't see why a word that originated as "slang" can't have a root. The "root" is simply the first known instance of it appearing in a written document. Who knows who the first person to actually coin the term was, and how prevalent its use was before someone wrote it down? I imagine many of the words we attribute to a particular author were actually in a regional use before they were first put into print.
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To summarize: The likelihood of the government blackmailing you is pretty low.
Yes, and when have we ever gone to war over a hack? Just because it hasn't happened doesn't mean you shouldn't make a plan for it in case it does.
Yes. You attack the people who attacked you, until they don't want to attack you anymore.
In spite of what you say, they are following the rules you quoted exactly. They are merely trying to identify what constitutes an "eye" when the attack is digital. Just because the weapon was a hacker intrusion doesn't mean it can't kill or harm people. The same evaluations were made long ago with other forms of technology. The conclusion, and rightly so, that providing information which leads to killing is equivalent to killing, was made a long time ago.
Also, afaik, Li-Ion batteries are completely sealed, so I don't see how changes in atmospheric pressure could have much effect.
I fear the issue is more that the USA was top dog for so long, and by such a huge margin, that the populace has become complacent. Americans see success, prosperity, and a dominant position in the world as something they are entitled to, rather than as something they need to earn. The US, along with, to a lesser extent, the Soviet Union and the UK (not to undersell the achievements of the USSR, but they won with blood, the US won with industrial output, giving them a clear post war advantage) earned world domination and wealth on battlefields and in factories during WW2. The spoils of those victories have worn off, in spite of brilliant American global political maneuvering which allowed the afterglow to continue well past the point one would have imagined possible.
The question is... what to do now? Stagnate while waiting for another massive international conflict?
The WPA prolonged the Great Depression by about 7 extra years.
That's a hell of a claim to make, especially without a citation. Even with a citation, I don't see how one could prove that claim one way or the other anyways.
It wasn't something that really was within the mandate allowed by the Constitution.
It wasn't something, as far as I know, prohibited by the Constitution either.
At least for the debt, pain, etc. we GOT that standing infrastructure. The same can't be said for Obama's Stimulus, which seems to have produced LITTLE.
Actually a fair point, but I don't really follow what your conclusion is. You're saying that government projects in the past were useful, but now they're pointless?
Yes, because a privacy violation is "chopping of your nose", while not being able to access medical care is "cutting yourself shaving". I think you have your analogy backwards, buddy.
such as possibly, stop charging income tax on interest
lol, if that's a "solution" it's to a completely different problem.
Just put a blue coat antivirus firewall on every Internet cable that crosses a us border.
Arguments about the possibility of inspecting all international data traffic aside... You do realize that we're talking about data, and not some physical good, right? Once one copy of Ubuntu gets past the "customs department file server" it could be endlessly copied, at no charge, without paying the tariff. This would be legal too, since it is permitted by the software license.
No need for the future tense there buddy. There's been a global aristocracy for quite some time now. It used to be that the only time you mingled with them was as you walked from the door to the coach section as you boarded a plane.... but now most have private jets.
Not to mention, I don't think anyone is actually losing money with each copy of Ubuntu distributed, so there is, in fact, no dumping taking place.
Google has a special filter which prevents translating dangerous jokes like that. You should be happy, Google just saved your life.
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If you're looking to swindle money from people, EPA (East Palo Alto) isn't such a great place to start. You'd be much better off looking west over the freeway. That's where all the money is.... but I guess if you're a hacker living in the Philippines you wouldn't know that.
It's well known that padding in sports, while originally intended as a protective measure, actually just results in harder hits and more injuries. Boxing gloves are the best example; you can't hit someone all that hard without gloves... you'll just break your hand. Strap on gloves though, and you can hit them full force, and consequently give them some nasty concussions.
I didn't contradict myself. Stability must be defined as sustained growth, since it must match the sustained growth of the population.
I would say that government is actually the key stabilizing force in the market.
Where the Fed can cut interest rates to 0% or raise them to 10%?
This argument is silly, the Fed's chief goal is market stability, and sustained growth.
Do you want to explain how a company can plan years into the future when the EPA can declare tomorrow that oxygen is a pollutant?
The EPA is around to protect the environment; if your business model requires you destroying the environment to succeed, then you need to deal with the fact that the general populace doesn't want to sacrifice their breathable air so you can turn a profit.
Where Congress can pass a new minimum wage or new tax that makes your business model unsustainable?
If your business model requires paying workers wages that keep them below the poverty line, then you shouldn't (and shouldn't be allowed to) put it into practice. It seems like you would argue that slavery is good business model, if only the damn government would stay out of your way.
The success of your business shouldn't be valued over the success, happiness, and prosperity of society as a whole, sorry.
You say "socialistic" like it's a word, or as if you know what socialism really is. You seem to think that socialism and capitalism are mutually exclusive. They aren't.
Indeed, I would imagine that, as someone who supports the pepper-spraying of protesters, you would think that.
I'd +1 punch you in the face if you weren't an anonymous coward.
because the cop used weak sauce pepper spray and casually doused them
Cops shouldn't be "casually dousing" any group of students assembled in a park, no matter how "weak sauce" the pepper spray is. Perhaps the resulting video was a little melodramatic, but the fact that you think it is okay for police to pepper spray citizens in a park shows you for the fascist that you really are. I hope you enjoy your anonymity, you pig.
Something tells me if the SSA defaults because the treasury wont pay, that army "backing the treasury up" won't be so eager to fight. Think about all the servicemembers for have parents on social security.
It's trendy to nayhme (name) kids with obvious misspellings and variations
, then the misspelling is intentional, and it is not, in fact, an error. It's just a new name (which in all likelihood is probably not actually new, just rare).
I guess it depends on what you define as slang... I don't see why a word that originated as "slang" can't have a root. The "root" is simply the first known instance of it appearing in a written document. Who knows who the first person to actually coin the term was, and how prevalent its use was before someone wrote it down? I imagine many of the words we attribute to a particular author were actually in a regional use before they were first put into print.