Actually he was shot at a distance in the chest, and then shot in the head afterwards to ensure he was dead. And you say the word 'assassination' as if anyone gives a shit, which assumes a lot. An assassination is just a death sentence handed down with the accused in abstentia, when transgressions and identity are well known and a trial would change nothing (and just end up being a spectacle).
Since you keep citing Eichmann, you should know that the Israelis killed several Nazis post WWII without bringing them back. In particular, the first Nazi war criminal hunted down and killed by the Mossad in Argentina was killed on site by four agents, after he had admitted to them who he was, his body left in a trunk with a note stuck to his body. He was unarmed when they put a couple bullets in the back of his head. It was their statement to the world about how they planned on dealing with Nazi war criminals.
Now I would have preferred they bring him back alive to a US aircraft carrier and held a military trial there, as there would be next to no possibility of an attack on the trial and they could have done the entire thing on video, which would have the secondary effect of ensuring nobody could say he wasn't dead. But I didn't know all the details of the operation, and it wasn't me conducting a raid into a foreign country without notifying their military of my presence for fear they might leak the info, so I won't sit here and play armchair critic, pretending I knew what was best.
Supposedly Microsoft is pushing out the 'Malicious Software Removal Tool' as part of Windows Update that will actually remove Coreflood if the user machine has already recieved the 'halt' command from the FBI servers. I guess that counts...
I feel secure in the knowledge that to launch a nuclear attack on the US is to basically ask to have your entire country set on fire. Not sure it's worth what we pay for it, but it's there. Considering that I live here (for now) and we have this tendency of pissing the rest of the (nuclear armed) world off, I'll take what I can get.
People aren't machines, and expecting us to operate heavy machinery with 100% accuracy all the time is not realistic. There has to be a 'close enough' to make it even remotely fair. That used to exist in the form of a cop making the decision. Now we just run an algorithm on your driving performance. On that scale, everybody is a criminal.
Yes, but T-bone collisions really only occur when someone runs the red light a few seconds after the light turned red. Red light cameras are often set up to catch anyone who is even in the intersection as the light turns red, which would not cause a T-bone collision provided you were the only one in violation (someone jumping the gun and running the opposing red light could cause it). As is par for the course, a huge number of people who would not have caused an accident and likely missed the light by a few fractions of a second (because, well, they're human) are fined because just ticketing those who are most likely to cause accidents is not the goal.
No matter that there is probably not a person in existence who has ever driven a car for more than a few hours who has not broken a traffic law. I'd even go so far as to say that there is probably not a driver in existence who has not violated the speed limit somewhere at some time, even if only by accident. How is ticketing a random sample of drivers with fines that are in excess of two hundred dollars (after taxes, that is nearly an entire work week at minimum wage) fair enforcement?
Hint: It's not, but it does bring in steady revenue, which should tell you something about the effectiveness of these citations. That is, if the point were to curtail violations, not bring in revenue.
I only say this because of all the programmers I know who use FOSS (which is quite a few), only one has ever regularly peruses the source code. The rest of us just use the provided documentation. I think maybe once we crawled through code to find a bug, only to find out it was a bug in our code anyway. The biggest motivating factor for us using FOSS in our toolchain is that a) it's free, and b) GPL doesn't touch the final product, just the tools. Having access to the source code is more or less just a bonus feature.
So if you RTFA, you'll notice that the '20th Hijacker' (Mohammed al-Qahtani) was caught because the TSA agent became suspicious (for whatever reason, probably profiling if I had my guess), asked why he didn't have a return flight ticket, and the hijacker became very angry and confrontational about it.
Ten years later, getting angry about security is now on the list of things to look out for. From a pencil-pusher's standpoint it seems an almost reasonable thing to add to the list, but I still don't like it.
Not just in our nature - it's pretty much in all of nature. Even some herbivores look 'peaceful' until they kill each other over a mate. Ever seen giraffes fight?
Oh, I agree. I just thought it was funny and figured I would share it with you, especially since all the 'don't tase me bro' guy did was ask questions people didn't like and he got modded down... to the floor... with a taser. Why respond as AC though? Reflex?:)
Funny, I use leftist to refer to liberals, socialists, progressives, etc., and right-wingers to refer to moral conservatives, neocons, fiscal conservatives, etc... because it groups them together. Don't think the original AC meant it as an insult. Bit defensive?
Anyway, here. If you read the article, you will see that those in the 250,000 ~ 500,000 range (which the article refers to as a HENRY, or High Earner Not Rich Yet) pay a higher tax rate than those who make millions, because millionaries tend to make so much money on low-taxed dividends and investments. So it seems that between the leftists looking to tax the rich guys and the right-wingers and their 'trickle down economics' theory, the upper-middle class (lower-upper class?) gets the shaft, which is what the original AC said. If you really want to get at the 'evil rich guy', you need to increase the tax on earnings through dividends.
I am also of the opinion that the upper-middle class is where it's at - that's the point at which investing in a business of your own looks reasonable option. Any less than that and you're probably stuck paying off school loans and a mortage.
You could say the same thing about America's military soldiers, but they keep enlisting. I should point out that I'm also in favor of giving teachers authority over who can and cannot be in their classrooms - as far as I'm concerned, the union probably would not be necessary if teachers could oust the children that repeatedly drag down the rest, especially when the parent refuses to cooperate. I have a friend who teaches, and the horror stories she tells... what teachers need is authority and respect. There are no college professor unions, because they have the authority and respect they require to do their job. Teachers aren't just blue collar workers, and the unions make them appear as such. They should start being treated like what they are - valuable public servants. The most successful public schools I've seen are the ones that give teachers this authority, allow the public school to concentrate on those who deserve it, and private schools for the 'troubled' children step in to fill the gap.
Not all Americans. Military personell 'enjoy' reduced freedoms. They get paid and they can deal with greivances, but not in the same way. Maybe when we stop pretending a public sector job should be 'the same' as a private sector job, we can get somewhere.
It's a government provided service, and you are a public servant. You don't just get to 'get your way'. If you don't like the way things are going, you appeal to the public.
I'm a great example of why they should be broken up.
How do you propose doing that without violating a person's right to free association?
Allow them to organize, bargain, and represent the interests of the teachers, which includes such things as bringing public attention to issues within the school system; after all, the school system answers to the public. Don't allow them to hold school systems hostage when they don't get their way.
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Actually he was shot at a distance in the chest, and then shot in the head afterwards to ensure he was dead. And you say the word 'assassination' as if anyone gives a shit, which assumes a lot. An assassination is just a death sentence handed down with the accused in abstentia, when transgressions and identity are well known and a trial would change nothing (and just end up being a spectacle).
Since you keep citing Eichmann, you should know that the Israelis killed several Nazis post WWII without bringing them back. In particular, the first Nazi war criminal hunted down and killed by the Mossad in Argentina was killed on site by four agents, after he had admitted to them who he was, his body left in a trunk with a note stuck to his body. He was unarmed when they put a couple bullets in the back of his head. It was their statement to the world about how they planned on dealing with Nazi war criminals.
Now I would have preferred they bring him back alive to a US aircraft carrier and held a military trial there, as there would be next to no possibility of an attack on the trial and they could have done the entire thing on video, which would have the secondary effect of ensuring nobody could say he wasn't dead. But I didn't know all the details of the operation, and it wasn't me conducting a raid into a foreign country without notifying their military of my presence for fear they might leak the info, so I won't sit here and play armchair critic, pretending I knew what was best.
News from the North is always more interesting. It's like a rule or something, so that's probably why.
Unless you're South of DC, then it's usually all just drivel.
Clearly they have not seen Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.
Great, they got to shoot Osama Bin Laden and they never saw that movie. Now I have two reasons to be envious.
Counter-Terrorists Win!
Supposedly Microsoft is pushing out the 'Malicious Software Removal Tool' as part of Windows Update that will actually remove Coreflood if the user machine has already recieved the 'halt' command from the FBI servers. I guess that counts...
The juxtaposition of your post and the AC post above you - delicious.
I feel secure in the knowledge that to launch a nuclear attack on the US is to basically ask to have your entire country set on fire. Not sure it's worth what we pay for it, but it's there. Considering that I live here (for now) and we have this tendency of pissing the rest of the (nuclear armed) world off, I'll take what I can get.
And amber lights are never set too long or too short, right? Or local cash-strapped governments never shorten the amber light time, do they?
If it was that close, they should have stopped.
People aren't machines, and expecting us to operate heavy machinery with 100% accuracy all the time is not realistic. There has to be a 'close enough' to make it even remotely fair. That used to exist in the form of a cop making the decision. Now we just run an algorithm on your driving performance. On that scale, everybody is a criminal.
Yes, but T-bone collisions really only occur when someone runs the red light a few seconds after the light turned red. Red light cameras are often set up to catch anyone who is even in the intersection as the light turns red, which would not cause a T-bone collision provided you were the only one in violation (someone jumping the gun and running the opposing red light could cause it). As is par for the course, a huge number of people who would not have caused an accident and likely missed the light by a few fractions of a second (because, well, they're human) are fined because just ticketing those who are most likely to cause accidents is not the goal.
No matter that there is probably not a person in existence who has ever driven a car for more than a few hours who has not broken a traffic law. I'd even go so far as to say that there is probably not a driver in existence who has not violated the speed limit somewhere at some time, even if only by accident. How is ticketing a random sample of drivers with fines that are in excess of two hundred dollars (after taxes, that is nearly an entire work week at minimum wage) fair enforcement?
Hint: It's not, but it does bring in steady revenue, which should tell you something about the effectiveness of these citations. That is, if the point were to curtail violations, not bring in revenue.
You're posting on Slashdot, so I believe you already found the answer.
The #1 reason is access to source code.
[Citation Needed]
I only say this because of all the programmers I know who use FOSS (which is quite a few), only one has ever regularly peruses the source code. The rest of us just use the provided documentation. I think maybe once we crawled through code to find a bug, only to find out it was a bug in our code anyway. The biggest motivating factor for us using FOSS in our toolchain is that a) it's free, and b) GPL doesn't touch the final product, just the tools. Having access to the source code is more or less just a bonus feature.
So if you RTFA, you'll notice that the '20th Hijacker' (Mohammed al-Qahtani) was caught because the TSA agent became suspicious (for whatever reason, probably profiling if I had my guess), asked why he didn't have a return flight ticket, and the hijacker became very angry and confrontational about it.
Ten years later, getting angry about security is now on the list of things to look out for. From a pencil-pusher's standpoint it seems an almost reasonable thing to add to the list, but I still don't like it.
Lies.
You mean when the machines blot out the sun to deprive us of solar power?
Wait, isn't that backwards? I'm confused.
Not just in our nature - it's pretty much in all of nature. Even some herbivores look 'peaceful' until they kill each other over a mate. Ever seen giraffes fight?
Note to self: cancel family vacation to Pen Island...
Oh, I agree. I just thought it was funny and figured I would share it with you, especially since all the 'don't tase me bro' guy did was ask questions people didn't like and he got modded down... to the floor... with a taser. Why respond as AC though? Reflex? :)
Heh... When I read your sig all I hear in my head is 'Don't mod me down, bro!'.
Funny, I use leftist to refer to liberals, socialists, progressives, etc., and right-wingers to refer to moral conservatives, neocons, fiscal conservatives, etc... because it groups them together. Don't think the original AC meant it as an insult. Bit defensive?
Anyway, here. If you read the article, you will see that those in the 250,000 ~ 500,000 range (which the article refers to as a HENRY, or High Earner Not Rich Yet) pay a higher tax rate than those who make millions, because millionaries tend to make so much money on low-taxed dividends and investments. So it seems that between the leftists looking to tax the rich guys and the right-wingers and their 'trickle down economics' theory, the upper-middle class (lower-upper class?) gets the shaft, which is what the original AC said. If you really want to get at the 'evil rich guy', you need to increase the tax on earnings through dividends.
I am also of the opinion that the upper-middle class is where it's at - that's the point at which investing in a business of your own looks reasonable option. Any less than that and you're probably stuck paying off school loans and a mortage.
You could say the same thing about America's military soldiers, but they keep enlisting. I should point out that I'm also in favor of giving teachers authority over who can and cannot be in their classrooms - as far as I'm concerned, the union probably would not be necessary if teachers could oust the children that repeatedly drag down the rest, especially when the parent refuses to cooperate. I have a friend who teaches, and the horror stories she tells... what teachers need is authority and respect. There are no college professor unions, because they have the authority and respect they require to do their job. Teachers aren't just blue collar workers, and the unions make them appear as such. They should start being treated like what they are - valuable public servants. The most successful public schools I've seen are the ones that give teachers this authority, allow the public school to concentrate on those who deserve it, and private schools for the 'troubled' children step in to fill the gap.
Not all Americans. Military personell 'enjoy' reduced freedoms. They get paid and they can deal with greivances, but not in the same way. Maybe when we stop pretending a public sector job should be 'the same' as a private sector job, we can get somewhere.
It's a government provided service, and you are a public servant. You don't just get to 'get your way'. If you don't like the way things are going, you appeal to the public.
How do you propose doing that without violating a person's right to free association?
Allow them to organize, bargain, and represent the interests of the teachers, which includes such things as bringing public attention to issues within the school system; after all, the school system answers to the public. Don't allow them to hold school systems hostage when they don't get their way.