JESUS CHRIST HE WAS ON YOUTUBE ADVOCATING FOR VIOLENT JIHAD.
I know! I know. The whole war on terror is extremely stupid, but, we shot and took down the guy at Ruby Ridge and we also set the Branch Davidian compound on fire. Sometimes people die when they're heavily armed and spouting violent religious overthrow of the US Government.
I'm not saying it's OK, but let's look at it pragmatically.
Al-Awlaki wasn't some guy they singled out and smeared by the military. Al-Awlaki himself rather went out of his way to proclaim the things he did. Times Square bombing? The Fruit of the Boom Christmas incident? On and on, were his work. He was bragging about it. There was a lot of good intel saying that he was pretty proud of doing these things. Not only that but I'd be willing to bet heavily that if we had done this legally it would've ended with a giant firefight and he'd have been dead anyway with out "due process" and everyone would be up in arms anyway.
It's really chilling because pragmatism can be used to justify all sorts of atrocities, but, when it comes down to it, that's a struggle we have as a people.
Let's be honest here, Al-Awlaki wasn't going to give himself up to the authorities.
The fact that there was a targeted killing of an American is extremely chilling, but, while we're not at war, what Al-Awlaki did was a matter of insurrection and treason under Article 3, Section 3.
Oppression? These guys can't even get the day to day stuff right. What makes you think they're organized enough to oppress anyone at this point?
If I hack and break into MI5 or Downing Street, does that mean that my extradition to the UK mean that "British laws apply everywhere in the world" too? Or does it mean that we have an extradition agreement with the UK?
Wikileaks. Having that email is interesting, but it is entirely devoid of any context or what the actual document is. Stratfor's an intelligence company. It could be misdirection for all we know.
Conspiracy minded thinking just doesn't jive me. It's pretty obvious the US Government isn't happy with Julian Assange, but, at what point does the conspiracy end? Show me the damn document.
yeah but it doesn't support saving or loading from the SD Card on Wii, you also can't use arbitrary USB devices for voice, controllers, etc.
I mean, the PS3 version of Counter Strike is going to be able to use USB keyboards and mice and play against PC players. The PS3 is simply *more* open. They're obviously locked down to a huge extent, but are PS3s locked down like Xboxes or Wiis? No.
If Sony was interested in THAT they'd make you buy *everything* from them or a third party who's been fully licensed.
HDD, controllers, headsets, memory units, etc. Oh and pay for online too.
The problem with your little theory is that no, Sony hasn't been on lockdown. They've been as open as possible at every turn except for the Memory Stick/UMD on the PSP, and now, well, the weird little memory units. Going back to the PSP/PSPGO, it makes sense.
Even the PS3 supports standard SD cards via USB.
Compare that to Nintendo and Microsoft.
Nintendo gets a pass because they're not posturing like Microsoft is.
err, more like the UMD drive was wildly unpopular or adding the UMD drive would've been a pain in the ass on the engineering side.
I don't get it. Just a few weeks ago/.ers were bagging on the UMD drive. They get rid of it, not just in the Vita but in the PSP GO as well, and... people are still bitching.
MGS: Portable Ops rewarded you with unlockables depending on where you used the GPS to find unlockables. Near a 7/11? Unlocked a special edition new recruit. Etc. etc.
Handheld is supposed to be done outside. Having GPS makes sense.
I picked up one early. Got the 3G early Adopter's Bundle, which came with a free month of 250mb of 3G and activation, an 8 gig memory card and a free game.
So I've more than made up my losses for going 3G, but the damn thing decided to not power back on when I got to work and I wanted to check the status of it's charge. I searched around, found out you had to hold the power button for SIXTY seconds, then another 2-3.
That aside, the screen is BEAUTIFUL. I hope more devs aside from Kojima take advantage of the rear touchpad. Played with the interface a little. Very smooth. iOS smooth. I just hope owning this thing isn't the pain in the ass I fear it will be.
I had a super liberal social studies teacher who, through pushing her ultra liberal agenda, actually got through to groups of rowdy rowdy students and taught us why it's important to know geography, multiculturalism and respecting others.
As shitty of a move as that was I think intel wasted a lot of good money. AMD never bothered to ramp up chip fabrication and manufacturing. Historically AMD's problem has been that they are unable to produce enough chips for the enterprise market. While I've said that OEMs are fools for going for this market(well, the way they've been going for it at least), CPU vendors aren't.
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JESUS CHRIST HE WAS ON YOUTUBE ADVOCATING FOR VIOLENT JIHAD.
I know! I know. The whole war on terror is extremely stupid, but, we shot and took down the guy at Ruby Ridge and we also set the Branch Davidian compound on fire. Sometimes people die when they're heavily armed and spouting violent religious overthrow of the US Government.
There is no extradition to the US. It's all rumor and heresay.
I'm not saying it's OK, but let's look at it pragmatically.
Al-Awlaki wasn't some guy they singled out and smeared by the military. Al-Awlaki himself rather went out of his way to proclaim the things he did. Times Square bombing? The Fruit of the Boom Christmas incident? On and on, were his work. He was bragging about it. There was a lot of good intel saying that he was pretty proud of doing these things. Not only that but I'd be willing to bet heavily that if we had done this legally it would've ended with a giant firefight and he'd have been dead anyway with out "due process" and everyone would be up in arms anyway.
It's really chilling because pragmatism can be used to justify all sorts of atrocities, but, when it comes down to it, that's a struggle we have as a people.
Investigative journalists investigate and actually do hard work before shitting out useless waste.
This is why Journalism is important. WikiLeakers aren't journalists. They're a data source, sure, but *journalists*? No. They are not.
he's been repeatedly fighting a simple police followup on a sex crime.
There's no conspiracy you nutjob. He's being difficult for no good reason.
It makes things worse for him because he has a history of rapey behavior. Just ask his ex-wife.
Seriously?
Let's be honest here, Al-Awlaki wasn't going to give himself up to the authorities.
The fact that there was a targeted killing of an American is extremely chilling, but, while we're not at war, what Al-Awlaki did was a matter of insurrection and treason under Article 3, Section 3.
Oppression? These guys can't even get the day to day stuff right. What makes you think they're organized enough to oppress anyone at this point?
If I hack and break into MI5 or Downing Street, does that mean that my extradition to the UK mean that "British laws apply everywhere in the world" too? Or does it mean that we have an extradition agreement with the UK?
Wikileaks. Having that email is interesting, but it is entirely devoid of any context or what the actual document is. Stratfor's an intelligence company. It could be misdirection for all we know.
Conspiracy minded thinking just doesn't jive me. It's pretty obvious the US Government isn't happy with Julian Assange, but, at what point does the conspiracy end? Show me the damn document.
Great, Stratfor claims to have a "secret indictment."
Well, where's the indictment? Leak that document.
For a quarter million?
I'm guessing the GP also upgraded their disk too.
Uh, he was thrown out of the room. Clementi wanted privacy. There's the expectation of privacy right there.
It is amazing to see how much fuckery has been going on in this thread. It's really really offputting.
Concerning data speed...
4G LTE sucks. It kills battery like crazy and the 5 gig cap is ridiculous(Really? Insane LTE speed and a 5 gig cap?)
HSDPA+ that both TMo and AT&T offer beat the hell out of EVDO by a goddamned mile and a half.
TMo is certainly less evil though.
yeah but it doesn't support saving or loading from the SD Card on Wii, you also can't use arbitrary USB devices for voice, controllers, etc.
I mean, the PS3 version of Counter Strike is going to be able to use USB keyboards and mice and play against PC players. The PS3 is simply *more* open. They're obviously locked down to a huge extent, but are PS3s locked down like Xboxes or Wiis? No.
wow. random racism ahoy.
If Sony was interested in THAT they'd make you buy *everything* from them or a third party who's been fully licensed.
HDD, controllers, headsets, memory units, etc. Oh and pay for online too.
The problem with your little theory is that no, Sony hasn't been on lockdown. They've been as open as possible at every turn except for the Memory Stick/UMD on the PSP, and now, well, the weird little memory units. Going back to the PSP/PSPGO, it makes sense.
Even the PS3 supports standard SD cards via USB.
Compare that to Nintendo and Microsoft.
Nintendo gets a pass because they're not posturing like Microsoft is.
err, more like the UMD drive was wildly unpopular or adding the UMD drive would've been a pain in the ass on the engineering side.
I don't get it. Just a few weeks ago /.ers were bagging on the UMD drive. They get rid of it, not just in the Vita but in the PSP GO as well, and ... people are still bitching.
MGS: Portable Ops rewarded you with unlockables depending on where you used the GPS to find unlockables. Near a 7/11? Unlocked a special edition new recruit. Etc. etc.
Handheld is supposed to be done outside. Having GPS makes sense.
nope.
It just lacks a UMD drive.
Oh and the damn thing is huge. Barely fits in my coat pocket. You can fit an iPhone 4S in between it's analog sticks and still have room to spare.
I picked up one early. Got the 3G early Adopter's Bundle, which came with a free month of 250mb of 3G and activation, an 8 gig memory card and a free game.
So I've more than made up my losses for going 3G, but the damn thing decided to not power back on when I got to work and I wanted to check the status of it's charge. I searched around, found out you had to hold the power button for SIXTY seconds, then another 2-3.
That aside, the screen is BEAUTIFUL. I hope more devs aside from Kojima take advantage of the rear touchpad. Played with the interface a little. Very smooth. iOS smooth. I just hope owning this thing isn't the pain in the ass I fear it will be.
Why do you think the us is the only one out to get him?
I had a super liberal social studies teacher who, through pushing her ultra liberal agenda, actually got through to groups of rowdy rowdy students and taught us why it's important to know geography, multiculturalism and respecting others.
She was awesome.
As shitty of a move as that was I think intel wasted a lot of good money. AMD never bothered to ramp up chip fabrication and manufacturing. Historically AMD's problem has been that they are unable to produce enough chips for the enterprise market. While I've said that OEMs are fools for going for this market(well, the way they've been going for it at least), CPU vendors aren't.
Intel should've just let this sort itself out.
Nice to see rationality be in low demand.
If they wanted him dead or in prison he'd be dead or in prison.
No. He's involved in a sex crime investigation at the behest of someone he may have raped.
Either the federal government is too incompetent at pinning something on Assange or the federal government doesn't care about him that much.
Getting rid of Assange does nothing. Stopping their leaks however...
They were testing whether or not the staff followed good practices with physical security.