Never having had to win a reasonably contested election until the one for President.
Seriously, he never did.
His state senate seat was Democratic, which means no Republican reasonably has any chance of winning. The first time in 1996 he had his only serious competition disqualified on a signature challenge, the very person who appointed him as her successor when she decided to run for higher office. In 1998 he ran unopposed in the primary, winning against the token Republican in the election. In 2002 he ran unopposed in both the primary and the election.
In 2004 his supporters helped Jack Ryan's divorce case be opened, releasing details that caused his only real competition to bow out of the race. He only had to go up against the last-minute token Republican from out of state.
1994-2008, not one hard-fought campaign win, one campaign loss, and no government executive experience.
How the hell did we elect a person like this to the office of President?
Even Sarah Palin had a better resume with city council (reelected once), mayor (elected against an incumbent, reelected against serious competition), president of the Alaska Conference of Mayors, won the Republican gubernatorial primary against a political powerhouse former US Senator and gubernatorial incumbent, then the election despite being outspent by a Democrat who was the previous governor.
Not only is it used when the law is considered unfair, but when the application of the law is considered unfair. In this case, I doubt few thought wiretapping law is unfair, they just thought this use of it was.
"and is transferred by a classified message to other organizations when that person travels on official business."
Not necessarily. It can just take a quick entry into JPAS on the sending side and an accompanying look-up on the receiving side. In fact, the government needs to get it all standardized regardless of any relation to the airlines. Security will be vastly enhanced if any agency can immediately look up a clearance.
And I'm not talking about showing security clearance paperwork every time you board a plane as Bruce was. If they are going to pre-clear passengers and enter that clearance into their own system, they should take a federal security clearance in lieu of their own investigation. Fill out a form, a quick look-up in JPAS (or equivalent), and you're on the list. It's a matter of efficiency in government, not doing the same thing twice.
For example, nobody with a Top Secret security clearance should have to undergo more than a cursory check. Their background, habits and the people they know have already been fully investigated.
You have knowledge in your head to make sense of the recorded information. You're a bookie with your log book, nicknames for all the clients. Can they force you to divulge which client has which nickname? You're a money launderer who does your books in code, with amounts, items and names mixed up according to a key you have in your head. Can they force you to divulge the key in order to prosecute you?
Not a chance. They get to figure that out for themselves, if they can. Without the code the books are useless, and information in them can't be used against you. In both of the above cases they would first give the person immunity, then force him to divulge the code. Somehow, when it comes to computers, people think they can force it.
You buy something expensive there, they try to sell you over-priced accessories on the spot considering you likely want to run straight home and use it, not stopping anywhere else.
The more valuable the main purchase item is, the more they can jack up the accessory price. $200 TV, maybe they'll "find" a $30 cable for you. $2,000 TV, the cable just went to $300. Too bad they're the same cable.
Just like vinyl records, you can cause damage to the tiny, delicate pits that hold the music. If you need to get to a future point, lift up the laser and carefully set it back down at the point you want to play. Be sure to use your anti-static brush.
It's purely because gold doesn't corrode. I had some old RCA cables that were looking pretty bad and couldn't make much of a connection because of the corrosion, but the gold-plated ones still work perfectly. The corrosion on the aluminum connectors on the cheaper components became the problem, you want gold there too.
But less than a gram of gold plating doesn't add much to the cost of a cable.
However, in this throwaway age you might not have your components or even a certain cable standard long enough for the corrosion resistance to matter.
But among those who aren't that I've known who have basic English skills can comprehend the words saying it has little to do with the environment anymore.
It's all about politics now, power, ideology. Money's in there too, and environment is dead last.
Not against. As noted, this is about political ideology, the desire for globalism and wealth redistribution. Climate change is only a mechanism, a fear that can be leveraged to accomplish their goals, which admittedly have little to do with the environment.
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And sometimes works easily with non-Apple Bluetooth devices.
It gets much less expensive when the government forces the owners of the dirt to let you dig there.
And then you get a decade+ monopoly in the area because you invested in the cable.
Never having had to win a reasonably contested election until the one for President.
Seriously, he never did.
His state senate seat was Democratic, which means no Republican reasonably has any chance of winning. The first time in 1996 he had his only serious competition disqualified on a signature challenge, the very person who appointed him as her successor when she decided to run for higher office. In 1998 he ran unopposed in the primary, winning against the token Republican in the election. In 2002 he ran unopposed in both the primary and the election.
In 2004 his supporters helped Jack Ryan's divorce case be opened, releasing details that caused his only real competition to bow out of the race. He only had to go up against the last-minute token Republican from out of state.
1994-2008, not one hard-fought campaign win, one campaign loss, and no government executive experience.
How the hell did we elect a person like this to the office of President?
Even Sarah Palin had a better resume with city council (reelected once), mayor (elected against an incumbent, reelected against serious competition), president of the Alaska Conference of Mayors, won the Republican gubernatorial primary against a political powerhouse former US Senator and gubernatorial incumbent, then the election despite being outspent by a Democrat who was the previous governor.
Oh yeah, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Don't see anything about climate in that.
I have an idea, let's assign responsibility for the next space mission to the EPA. Then maybe DOT can take over nuclear research for the DOE.
We were told that was because of global warming, and that it would get worse.
Then next hurricane season, quite mild.
Not only is it used when the law is considered unfair, but when the application of the law is considered unfair. In this case, I doubt few thought wiretapping law is unfair, they just thought this use of it was.
Every safeguard for freedom has the potential for abuse.
An Intel i3 540, more powerful than the CPU on most hardware RAID controllers.This thing will be doing very little other than handling the RAID sets.
They don't know if the reason for your being on the TSA quick list is a government security clearance or a TSA investigation.
They now all use JPAS. For example, from Bruce:
"and is transferred by a classified message to other organizations when that person travels on official business."
Not necessarily. It can just take a quick entry into JPAS on the sending side and an accompanying look-up on the receiving side. In fact, the government needs to get it all standardized regardless of any relation to the airlines. Security will be vastly enhanced if any agency can immediately look up a clearance.
And I'm not talking about showing security clearance paperwork every time you board a plane as Bruce was. If they are going to pre-clear passengers and enter that clearance into their own system, they should take a federal security clearance in lieu of their own investigation. Fill out a form, a quick look-up in JPAS (or equivalent), and you're on the list. It's a matter of efficiency in government, not doing the same thing twice.
For example, nobody with a Top Secret security clearance should have to undergo more than a cursory check. Their background, habits and the people they know have already been fully investigated.
the location of the body? Doing so is an admission of guilt. No way.
Disclosing your passphrase is also an admission of guilt if the encrypted files contain incriminating evidence.
You have knowledge in your head to make sense of the recorded information. You're a bookie with your log book, nicknames for all the clients. Can they force you to divulge which client has which nickname? You're a money launderer who does your books in code, with amounts, items and names mixed up according to a key you have in your head. Can they force you to divulge the key in order to prosecute you?
Not a chance. They get to figure that out for themselves, if they can. Without the code the books are useless, and information in them can't be used against you. In both of the above cases they would first give the person immunity, then force him to divulge the code. Somehow, when it comes to computers, people think they can force it.
It's all over the place.
For "climate change" the standard answer is DUH! of course the climate changes. It's been changing for as long as Earth had a climate.
To the record labels, Phillips is crippling technology that could help against the dreaded music pirates.
This will be resolved soon by altering the spec, either an official "DisplayPort to HDMI cable" or "HDMI cable with built-in DisplayPort adapter."
I'll try to keep up with the spinmeisters from now on.
I'd love to see Canadians deal with 20 years of almost no rainfall.
It's global warming's fault!
I've been using RCA cables since the 80s, and the gold ones I bought back then were the only ones that survived until today.
You buy something expensive there, they try to sell you over-priced accessories on the spot considering you likely want to run straight home and use it, not stopping anywhere else.
The more valuable the main purchase item is, the more they can jack up the accessory price. $200 TV, maybe they'll "find" a $30 cable for you. $2,000 TV, the cable just went to $300. Too bad they're the same cable.
Just like vinyl records, you can cause damage to the tiny, delicate pits that hold the music. If you need to get to a future point, lift up the laser and carefully set it back down at the point you want to play. Be sure to use your anti-static brush.
It's purely because gold doesn't corrode. I had some old RCA cables that were looking pretty bad and couldn't make much of a connection because of the corrosion, but the gold-plated ones still work perfectly. The corrosion on the aluminum connectors on the cheaper components became the problem, you want gold there too.
But less than a gram of gold plating doesn't add much to the cost of a cable.
However, in this throwaway age you might not have your components or even a certain cable standard long enough for the corrosion resistance to matter.
Give him two, one for guys and one for girls.
But among those who aren't that I've known who have basic English skills can comprehend the words saying it has little to do with the environment anymore.
It's all about politics now, power, ideology. Money's in there too, and environment is dead last.
Not against. As noted, this is about political ideology, the desire for globalism and wealth redistribution. Climate change is only a mechanism, a fear that can be leveraged to accomplish their goals, which admittedly have little to do with the environment.