The older programmers, although I prefer the term "more experienced", have had a longer time to make idiotic mistakes and face the harsh reality that we really don't know everything. Of course the younger programmers have not had enough to time to even realize they don't know everything. Of course some of them who o get caught doing something stupid believe they are victims of some evil MS conspiracy. Of course I am prejudiced since I started my programming using BASIC (and not the Visual Basic either). Writing programs with only 640K memory or a whopping 1024K if you could make tap the extended memory really separated the men from the boys.
Name one government who is really prepared for this. Everyone has written rules and procedures but when the first bomb explodes those rules and procedures tend to go flying out the window just as fast as the body parts.
What crimes would that be? The only crime I see is the incompetence that allowed Manning to join the military service in the first place. In his chats he admitted to self medicateing himself and it's too bad he used he OD'd on stupid pills.
Sometimes a soldier's individual conscience comes in a distant second place when you are participating an active fight. Dodging incoming rounds probably leaves little time and opportunity to examine the pros and cons of your consciousness.
Your "Bush Administration" bullshit is the epitome of tiresome rhetoric. I asked about you personally. And for the record why don't you do something worthwhile an research how every administration since George Washington has both used and manipulated the legal system to support and justify their actions. The easiest example would be FDR. Investigate his masterful work in using the constitution and supporting laws to push his inflict his will on running the country. Also pay attention to the insults and accusations thrown at him and then take a look at the results of his actions. And please try to stay away from iloveprogressive.com and anarchy_forever.com when doing your research.
Manning's detention is in no way violating his 5th amendment right. He is being held without bail which is a common practice in the civilian criminal law. You can't modify the codified legal codes just because you feel sorry for the guy. His speedy trial will be held according to the UMJC protocols and his legal representation is free to contest this time period in court proceedings but that has not happened has it? And by the way speedy is not specifically defined. The time limits that define speedy vary state by state and be the type of offense. I imagine the UMJC has similar provisions using base restrictions instead of bail as the guarantor. There is absolutely no truth that he has been denied access to legal representation unless you think his lawyer should be allowed to set up his office in the same cell 24/7 just in case some legal issue comes up. Being in jail or confinement is not supposed to be a pleasant experience. If it was a pleasant experience why would anyone worry about breaking the law and getting arrested? He is getting 3 hots and a cot which is a hell of a lot more than a lot of people get on the outside. He is not being beaten, deprived of food, getting electrodes attached to his nuts, waterboarded, or gang raped. I imagine his initial solitary confinement was a direct result of the type of classified information he was accused of allegedly releasing. If allowed to interact with others what would have prevented him from divulging this same information orally to others thereby spreading even more potentially classified information? Prison is not supposed to be a pleasant experience or why would anyone care about the consequences of breaking a law? Judging by his online chats the guy was already bug fuck crazy filled with self pity and blaming the world around him for creating all his problems and his flaming neurosis. And he was not demoted for being gay or his political views, he was demoted for being a smart ass to another soldier of superior rank and trying to start a physical altercation. Lamo probably helped prevent this basket case from strapping on a suicide vest and heading to the nearest recruiting center or day school. The only government mistreatment of him would be if they took him out back and shot the whiny son of a bitch for treason which by the way is allowed for actions such as his. The real government and military screw up in this whole episode is how this guy ever got accepted in the military in the first place.
The purpose of the military is not to support the Constitution it is to make sure that there are US citizens existing and able to create a constitution without interference from any foreign interference or undue influence. Foreign militarises, especially in the Middle East, do just the opposite by ensuring their citizens do not have same the chance of creating their own constitutional rights. The people complaining about the US military refuse to acknowledge the simple fact that if it wasn't for the military there would be no US constitution to argue about. The constitution is not a suicide pack. It has been overriding on numerous occasions to ensure it continues to exist. One example would be FDR. He ignored it completely in order to make sure that the country would still be around to have a constitution. Congress outlawed wire taps and FDR simply directed the FBI to ignore it and do it anyway with a simple note. Congress and a great many of people of that era were so anti-war they make today's anti-war protesters look like crazed war mongers. Because of this Congress passed the Neutrality Act and FDR went around it using the Lend Lease act and expansion of US protected ocean coverage as a fig leaf while fully expecting Germany to fuck up and destroy a US ship and giving the US a reason to enter the war. And after all these "unconstitutional acts" he ended up achieving the total annihilation of 2 of the most vile powers in the world while at the same time protecting US interests and super charging the US economy to unprecedented levels which we are still benefiting from today. FDR came very close to impeachment charges during this time period but There are no absolute rules when it involves any President willing to put his ass on the line like that is worthy of respect. It's a crying shame the US currently has a shortage of leaders willing to act in the same manner. There are times when the end does justify the means and to not acknowledge truism just guarantees that eventually you will fail. The really amusing thing is that Carter, Clinton, Bush1, and Bush2 were interviewed after their terms in office and admitted without any reservation that they not only approved of FDR's actions but would have did the same damn thing. Even Carter!!! The indisputable fact is that the bedrock of US civilization was created and insured by violence and war and denying this while denigrating the military and its citizen soldiers is a travesty and supreme example of moral cowardice and unprecedented ignorance. Flame away!!
Please define these illegal orders. It seems the definition of legal and illegal are defined by a persons political leanings. And if you want to use narrow and self defined reasons that support your particular understanding and political viewpoint you are guilty of manipulating the legal system just to satisfy your political and personal viewpoints. You certainly are not defending any legal process.
Listen fart face it is not the individual, military or civilian, that defines what is legal and illegal it is the justice system.. Actions such as his just lead to anarchy and conflict which you probably support because you are most likely unable to understand the consequences of that behavior. If Manning was so opposed to military and US policy he had the legal right to declare conscientious objector status and be given a chance to defend his choices in a legal proceeding which he would have been provided with legal representation and given the chance to present his arguments. He chose another route and will have to put up with the consequences if found culpable.
Provide real world quantifiable evidence that OS is inherently more secure than closed source. And walking around with a chip on your shoulder is just a target for those wishing to knock it off.
The US has been practicing wholesale civil disobedience since it was founded. If you can't see that you are not paying close enough attention. The problem is everyone has their own ideas about where disobedience should be targeted against.
For what purpose do we need to inject billions of dollars into space for right now? Beside satellites everything else in orbit or cruising around the solar system are basically technology test platforms. We are no where near realistically able to create large scale habitats or orbital manufacturing platforms and the impetus to do so just isn't there right now. Space R&D will continue so when a real need or goal presents itself we can take address it. The US has by no means abandoned new space related projects. The X-37 is the latest NASA/DARPA sponsored space vehicle that gives the US a whole range of capabilities that other countries are not even close to acquiring.
I am just perplexed with how in this day and age everyone seems to accept the treatment of women in Saudi Arabia and the other predominantly Muslim countries. Everyone seems to rationalize this acceptance with statements like "well it's their religion imperatives so we just need to accept it and not interfere or speak out against this type of behavior". It's like if people in the US still practice slavery as long as someone can argue it's part of their religious dogma or killing homosexuals using religious ideology as the excuse. The treatment of women in Muslim countries possess all of the characteristics of slavery and are a clear affront towards the human rights being trumpeted around the world. Behavior such as this helps spur the growing animosity directed towards Muslims, the moderates as well as extremists. The Muslims immigrate to other countries and bring this type of behavior with them into societies that have struggled for years to eliminate this type of treatment of people.
Religion is ideally a personal commitment in faith not the mindless acceptance of man made rules and rituals that have little to do with the core beliefs of any religion. I am not a religious person and I don't have any problems with those who are but the behavior exhibited by some of these hardcore religious sects and the acceptance of these actions by the world at large really disturb me.
Being the reserve currency does provide great benefits but this fact has provided stability and is so embedded in the world economic model that changing to something else would be catastrophic for not only the world economy but also for the world diplomatic relations. This issue would prompt the US to really start using their every bit of leverage they posses to prevent this from happening. Classifying the change as "restructuring" is like describing violent genocide as mere population restructuring. This is just the kind of issue that can speed up the coming of WW3. Governments also do not have the final word on this issue because the global conglomerates for good or ill also have the means to throw up road blocks if it appears they are looking at economic upheaval. The sheer administrative costs associated with this type of change over is enough to cause problems. And then the question becomes what should become the new reserve currency? China's artificially manipulated currency, the Euro which is already raising red flags after the problems in Greece, the ruble, the yen, or the peso? When is the last time the countries of the world have come together unanimously on any issue of importance?
"Such a move would crater the US economy " If the US economy gets cratered so will every other economic system on the planet that is more complicated than using goats and virgins for as currency. Isn't it a simple and orderly world when everyone can blame the US for every single fucking problem? It offers absolution to everyone there by stifling any real efforts to actually address their own problems. If you believe the world can dump the dollar without bankrupting themselves you are living in a dream world. The current US debt load is not an insurmountable obstacle giving the sheer size and dominance of the US economy. As a percentage of GDP the US debt is ranked 36th in the world. The US per capita GDP is ranked 7th in the world only losing out to countries smaller than an average size US city such as Kuwait,UAE, and Qatar. People love to proclaim the US no longer manufactures anything but somehow they are still ranked the #1 exporter in the world. People like to claim China owns the US because of their purchase of government bonds and securities but never acknowledge that the Chinese consider these investments safe, profitable, and low risk. Any harm China would inflict in this arrangement would end up hurting them more than the US. China has the 2nd largest economy and is still about 4 trillion short of surpassing the US while having 4 times the number of people to support under their system and they have started running into their own difficulties lately which is slowing down their projected growth. There are countries looking to dump the Euro and return to their own currency so situations like the Greece meltdown doesn't take them down. If the world critics want any positive changes in the world they need to stop taking the easy way out by blaming the US for everything and expecting them to fix everything. The US does have problems and has created it's own share of problems and should be part of the concerted efforts to make things better but it is hardly the cause of everything that goes wrong in the world.
I was there about 2 years ago and didn't really have any problems. Granted I stayed primarily in tourist areas. I thought Saudi Arabia was just plain weird when I was there doing some work. I didn't have any problems but then again I wasn't female. The women in our group all seemed to be a little nervous when we went out in public.
There is a fairly large developer community that can't tell good software from bad so they just rely on the originating vendor to make their determination. MS - Bad, Apple - Good, OS - Excellent.
I visited there a couple of years ago and had a fairly good time but I think I will hold off making any future plans until all the excitement settles down.
I doubt they have to worry about any tree hugging iPhone using New Englanders or Old Englanders for that matter since they have managed to kill their number one industry which was tourism. It's relatively easy getting rid of a government but you should at least try and have some sort of plan to replace the old before you start storming the barricades.
Boeing has designs for both manned and unmanned versions. They published a synopsis laying out the pros and cons of manned versus unmanned designs. It's still basically a prototype because they are still testing different fuels and and booster engines. It just makes since to concentrate on the unmanned version first to limit the risk to test pilots. This vehicle is going to end up creating a shit storm from other countries once they realize the military anti-satellite capabilities a vehicle such as this provides.
Look up X-37,X-37B, OTV-2. Unmanned space plane capable of reaching orbit, orbital maneuvering, atmospheric hypersonic maneuvering, and run way landing. Unlike the shuttle this vehicle is actually aerodynamic and can fly in atmosphere. Sizable cargo space. Can be upgraded for manned missions. Has already had multiple test flights dating back to 2004 under heavy security. Project is being run under the DARPA umbrella which usually means military applications are part of the picture. The vehicle has served as a new aerospace technology testing platform since 2003. US technology initiatives are not quite as bad as everyone seems to believe or wants to believe.
Any software program more complicated than "Hello World" have exploitable weaknesses. If you were to demand that no software should be released until it is 100% exploit free there would be no software to release. While killing the bot masters is a little extreme to say the least the suggestion of following the money is a good strategy. Analyze the behavior of the bot and try to define the purpose of the bot, which is undoubtedly to make money for someone for something. Attacking the beneficiaries of the bot can be just as effective as attacking the bot itself.
Yes they do benefit from not having to put up with the same type of environmental or labor regulations as others do. The Chinese government tends to frown upon the citizenry protesting anything related to these practices. Many of the US regulations were instituted because of public outcries.
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The older programmers, although I prefer the term "more experienced", have had a longer time to make idiotic mistakes and face the harsh reality that we really don't know everything. Of course the younger programmers have not had enough to time to even realize they don't know everything. Of course some of them who o get caught doing something stupid believe they are victims of some evil MS conspiracy. Of course I am prejudiced since I started my programming using BASIC (and not the Visual Basic either). Writing programs with only 640K memory or a whopping 1024K if you could make tap the extended memory really separated the men from the boys.
Name one government who is really prepared for this. Everyone has written rules and procedures but when the first bomb explodes those rules and procedures tend to go flying out the window just as fast as the body parts.
What crimes would that be? The only crime I see is the incompetence that allowed Manning to join the military service in the first place. In his chats he admitted to self medicateing himself and it's too bad he used he OD'd on stupid pills.
Sometimes a soldier's individual conscience comes in a distant second place when you are participating an active fight. Dodging incoming rounds probably leaves little time and opportunity to examine the pros and cons of your consciousness.
Your "Bush Administration" bullshit is the epitome of tiresome rhetoric. I asked about you personally. And for the record why don't you do something worthwhile an research how every administration since George Washington has both used and manipulated the legal system to support and justify their actions. The easiest example would be FDR. Investigate his masterful work in using the constitution and supporting laws to push his inflict his will on running the country. Also pay attention to the insults and accusations thrown at him and then take a look at the results of his actions. And please try to stay away from iloveprogressive.com and anarchy_forever.com when doing your research.
Manning's detention is in no way violating his 5th amendment right. He is being held without bail which is a common practice in the civilian criminal law. You can't modify the codified legal codes just because you feel sorry for the guy. His speedy trial will be held according to the UMJC protocols and his legal representation is free to contest this time period in court proceedings but that has not happened has it? And by the way speedy is not specifically defined. The time limits that define speedy vary state by state and be the type of offense. I imagine the UMJC has similar provisions using base restrictions instead of bail as the guarantor. There is absolutely no truth that he has been denied access to legal representation unless you think his lawyer should be allowed to set up his office in the same cell 24/7 just in case some legal issue comes up. Being in jail or confinement is not supposed to be a pleasant experience. If it was a pleasant experience why would anyone worry about breaking the law and getting arrested? He is getting 3 hots and a cot which is a hell of a lot more than a lot of people get on the outside. He is not being beaten, deprived of food, getting electrodes attached to his nuts, waterboarded, or gang raped. I imagine his initial solitary confinement was a direct result of the type of classified information he was accused of allegedly releasing. If allowed to interact with others what would have prevented him from divulging this same information orally to others thereby spreading even more potentially classified information? Prison is not supposed to be a pleasant experience or why would anyone care about the consequences of breaking a law? Judging by his online chats the guy was already bug fuck crazy filled with self pity and blaming the world around him for creating all his problems and his flaming neurosis. And he was not demoted for being gay or his political views, he was demoted for being a smart ass to another soldier of superior rank and trying to start a physical altercation. Lamo probably helped prevent this basket case from strapping on a suicide vest and heading to the nearest recruiting center or day school. The only government mistreatment of him would be if they took him out back and shot the whiny son of a bitch for treason which by the way is allowed for actions such as his. The real government and military screw up in this whole episode is how this guy ever got accepted in the military in the first place.
The purpose of the military is not to support the Constitution it is to make sure that there are US citizens existing and able to create a constitution without interference from any foreign interference or undue influence. Foreign militarises, especially in the Middle East, do just the opposite by ensuring their citizens do not have same the chance of creating their own constitutional rights. The people complaining about the US military refuse to acknowledge the simple fact that if it wasn't for the military there would be no US constitution to argue about. The constitution is not a suicide pack. It has been overriding on numerous occasions to ensure it continues to exist. One example would be FDR. He ignored it completely in order to make sure that the country would still be around to have a constitution. Congress outlawed wire taps and FDR simply directed the FBI to ignore it and do it anyway with a simple note. Congress and a great many of people of that era were so anti-war they make today's anti-war protesters look like crazed war mongers. Because of this Congress passed the Neutrality Act and FDR went around it using the Lend Lease act and expansion of US protected ocean coverage as a fig leaf while fully expecting Germany to fuck up and destroy a US ship and giving the US a reason to enter the war. And after all these "unconstitutional acts" he ended up achieving the total annihilation of 2 of the most vile powers in the world while at the same time protecting US interests and super charging the US economy to unprecedented levels which we are still benefiting from today. FDR came very close to impeachment charges during this time period but There are no absolute rules when it involves any President willing to put his ass on the line like that is worthy of respect. It's a crying shame the US currently has a shortage of leaders willing to act in the same manner. There are times when the end does justify the means and to not acknowledge truism just guarantees that eventually you will fail. The really amusing thing is that Carter, Clinton, Bush1, and Bush2 were interviewed after their terms in office and admitted without any reservation that they not only approved of FDR's actions but would have did the same damn thing. Even Carter!!! The indisputable fact is that the bedrock of US civilization was created and insured by violence and war and denying this while denigrating the military and its citizen soldiers is a travesty and supreme example of moral cowardice and unprecedented ignorance. Flame away!!
Please define these illegal orders. It seems the definition of legal and illegal are defined by a persons political leanings. And if you want to use narrow and self defined reasons that support your particular understanding and political viewpoint you are guilty of manipulating the legal system just to satisfy your political and personal viewpoints. You certainly are not defending any legal process.
Listen fart face it is not the individual, military or civilian, that defines what is legal and illegal it is the justice system.. Actions such as his just lead to anarchy and conflict which you probably support because you are most likely unable to understand the consequences of that behavior. If Manning was so opposed to military and US policy he had the legal right to declare conscientious objector status and be given a chance to defend his choices in a legal proceeding which he would have been provided with legal representation and given the chance to present his arguments. He chose another route and will have to put up with the consequences if found culpable.
If the occupying military took the blow-them-the-fuck-up-and-ask-questions-later approach there would be about 100 people left living in Afghanistan.
Provide real world quantifiable evidence that OS is inherently more secure than closed source. And walking around with a chip on your shoulder is just a target for those wishing to knock it off.
The US has been practicing wholesale civil disobedience since it was founded. If you can't see that you are not paying close enough attention. The problem is everyone has their own ideas about where disobedience should be targeted against.
For what purpose do we need to inject billions of dollars into space for right now? Beside satellites everything else in orbit or cruising around the solar system are basically technology test platforms. We are no where near realistically able to create large scale habitats or orbital manufacturing platforms and the impetus to do so just isn't there right now. Space R&D will continue so when a real need or goal presents itself we can take address it. The US has by no means abandoned new space related projects. The X-37 is the latest NASA/DARPA sponsored space vehicle that gives the US a whole range of capabilities that other countries are not even close to acquiring.
I am just perplexed with how in this day and age everyone seems to accept the treatment of women in Saudi Arabia and the other predominantly Muslim countries. Everyone seems to rationalize this acceptance with statements like "well it's their religion imperatives so we just need to accept it and not interfere or speak out against this type of behavior". It's like if people in the US still practice slavery as long as someone can argue it's part of their religious dogma or killing homosexuals using religious ideology as the excuse. The treatment of women in Muslim countries possess all of the characteristics of slavery and are a clear affront towards the human rights being trumpeted around the world. Behavior such as this helps spur the growing animosity directed towards Muslims, the moderates as well as extremists. The Muslims immigrate to other countries and bring this type of behavior with them into societies that have struggled for years to eliminate this type of treatment of people. Religion is ideally a personal commitment in faith not the mindless acceptance of man made rules and rituals that have little to do with the core beliefs of any religion. I am not a religious person and I don't have any problems with those who are but the behavior exhibited by some of these hardcore religious sects and the acceptance of these actions by the world at large really disturb me.
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Being the reserve currency does provide great benefits but this fact has provided stability and is so embedded in the world economic model that changing to something else would be catastrophic for not only the world economy but also for the world diplomatic relations. This issue would prompt the US to really start using their every bit of leverage they posses to prevent this from happening. Classifying the change as "restructuring" is like describing violent genocide as mere population restructuring. This is just the kind of issue that can speed up the coming of WW3. Governments also do not have the final word on this issue because the global conglomerates for good or ill also have the means to throw up road blocks if it appears they are looking at economic upheaval. The sheer administrative costs associated with this type of change over is enough to cause problems. And then the question becomes what should become the new reserve currency? China's artificially manipulated currency, the Euro which is already raising red flags after the problems in Greece, the ruble, the yen, or the peso? When is the last time the countries of the world have come together unanimously on any issue of importance?
"Such a move would crater the US economy " If the US economy gets cratered so will every other economic system on the planet that is more complicated than using goats and virgins for as currency. Isn't it a simple and orderly world when everyone can blame the US for every single fucking problem? It offers absolution to everyone there by stifling any real efforts to actually address their own problems. If you believe the world can dump the dollar without bankrupting themselves you are living in a dream world. The current US debt load is not an insurmountable obstacle giving the sheer size and dominance of the US economy. As a percentage of GDP the US debt is ranked 36th in the world. The US per capita GDP is ranked 7th in the world only losing out to countries smaller than an average size US city such as Kuwait,UAE, and Qatar. People love to proclaim the US no longer manufactures anything but somehow they are still ranked the #1 exporter in the world. People like to claim China owns the US because of their purchase of government bonds and securities but never acknowledge that the Chinese consider these investments safe, profitable, and low risk. Any harm China would inflict in this arrangement would end up hurting them more than the US. China has the 2nd largest economy and is still about 4 trillion short of surpassing the US while having 4 times the number of people to support under their system and they have started running into their own difficulties lately which is slowing down their projected growth. There are countries looking to dump the Euro and return to their own currency so situations like the Greece meltdown doesn't take them down. If the world critics want any positive changes in the world they need to stop taking the easy way out by blaming the US for everything and expecting them to fix everything. The US does have problems and has created it's own share of problems and should be part of the concerted efforts to make things better but it is hardly the cause of everything that goes wrong in the world.
I was there about 2 years ago and didn't really have any problems. Granted I stayed primarily in tourist areas. I thought Saudi Arabia was just plain weird when I was there doing some work. I didn't have any problems but then again I wasn't female. The women in our group all seemed to be a little nervous when we went out in public.
There is a fairly large developer community that can't tell good software from bad so they just rely on the originating vendor to make their determination. MS - Bad, Apple - Good, OS - Excellent.
I visited there a couple of years ago and had a fairly good time but I think I will hold off making any future plans until all the excitement settles down.
I doubt they have to worry about any tree hugging iPhone using New Englanders or Old Englanders for that matter since they have managed to kill their number one industry which was tourism. It's relatively easy getting rid of a government but you should at least try and have some sort of plan to replace the old before you start storming the barricades.
Boeing has designs for both manned and unmanned versions. They published a synopsis laying out the pros and cons of manned versus unmanned designs. It's still basically a prototype because they are still testing different fuels and and booster engines. It just makes since to concentrate on the unmanned version first to limit the risk to test pilots. This vehicle is going to end up creating a shit storm from other countries once they realize the military anti-satellite capabilities a vehicle such as this provides.
Look up X-37,X-37B, OTV-2. Unmanned space plane capable of reaching orbit, orbital maneuvering, atmospheric hypersonic maneuvering, and run way landing. Unlike the shuttle this vehicle is actually aerodynamic and can fly in atmosphere. Sizable cargo space. Can be upgraded for manned missions. Has already had multiple test flights dating back to 2004 under heavy security. Project is being run under the DARPA umbrella which usually means military applications are part of the picture. The vehicle has served as a new aerospace technology testing platform since 2003. US technology initiatives are not quite as bad as everyone seems to believe or wants to believe.
Any software program more complicated than "Hello World" have exploitable weaknesses. If you were to demand that no software should be released until it is 100% exploit free there would be no software to release. While killing the bot masters is a little extreme to say the least the suggestion of following the money is a good strategy. Analyze the behavior of the bot and try to define the purpose of the bot, which is undoubtedly to make money for someone for something. Attacking the beneficiaries of the bot can be just as effective as attacking the bot itself.
Yes they do benefit from not having to put up with the same type of environmental or labor regulations as others do. The Chinese government tends to frown upon the citizenry protesting anything related to these practices. Many of the US regulations were instituted because of public outcries.