The F-35 is a classic example of what is wrong with the military-industrial-political complex.
It's bloated. To an extreme nearly unimaginable. Layer on layer of bureaucracy and self interest slathered immeasurably deep. It's not possible for this to be efficient or effective.
The problem is NOT the concept of the plane or its implementation. Nor is it with the inevitable startup issues. Any design no matter how brilliantly conceived would have similar problems when constructed by the set of institutions that are in play here.
What I am afraid is that the only thing that will change this is a real existential threat to the United States. Only then will we see focus on what is really important. The sort of focus that led the United States to an economic output greater than the rest of world combined during WWII.
Writing off a loss generally doesn't do much for you. It might save you 30% of the charge or so.
Insurance companies have a better deal because their business often involves re-insurance, that is off-loading their liabilities to pools.
The best of all is credit cards. They charge fees to merchants to cover the losses. The merchants then bake the fees into the retail price which people pay regardless of whether or not they use the card.
So no, T-Mobile isn't quite in the same league as insurance and credit cards.
I didn't say there is no reason for it. There are in fact a lot of reasons, primarily in the tax code for such.
However the idea of 'group discount' is not one of these reasons. We have lots of other insurance programs that work fine for individual purchasers. Homeowners, auto, term life, umbrella policies etc. My experience (through CORBA) is that you can usually find coverage for LESS than what your employer is paying.
The reason I have a garden is to have a place where I can go outside and putter around with living things. The pace at which things happen in the garden is very slow and relaxing. The needs of the plants are simple.
The most stressful thing that happens in my garden is the annual competition between me and the birds to see who will get the grapes and blueberries. Really though I don't mind much if the birds get some. They are enjoyable to have around in their own way.
The last thing I want is some sort of automation that takes away from this process and replaces it with the technology that I am trying to escape from with my hobby.
The only reason US developed nuclear weapons was to put an end to wars that it didn't start and didn't want to be involved in.
Maybe Germany should think back to how lucky it was that the US didn't complete the Manhattan project before the end of WWII in Europe. Yes, the US probably would have nuked German cities if the war was still going on. Britain also wanted to nuke Germany in retaliation for Germany's blitz of London etc. - the first time mass bombings of civilian cities had been carried out.
While nuclear weapons are a terrible thing, let's not forget who REALLY started mass bombings of civilian targets. Some of the conventional strikes on cities in Europe killed far more people than either Hiroshima or Nagasaki.
> De-americanization has officially began when Russia signed gas deal with China bypassing dollar.
Relatively local trade of that sort has often avoided conversion into a third currency. Nothing new.
The idea that Russia or Chinese currency would make significant inroads against the dollar is preposterous. The ruble is so untrusted that commerce within Russia often is done in dollars as Russia is the largest holder of US banknotes in the world.. China - well let me know when their currency flows are not restricted, and they adopt some sort of internationally accepted accounting standard.
As far as American involvement in other countries, you guys in Europe seemed mighty happy back on this date in 1963 when Kennedy came to Berlin to express his solidarity.
As far as the Ukraine goes that's strictly a EU thing. Russia is getting bent out of shape because the Ukraine wants to start the process of joining the EU. However since the Russia basically keeps Europe from starving with natural gas that is converted into fertilizer, the EU is in no position to say boo to Russia so it's up to the US to try to exert pressure on them. Nothing new, the US has been propping up Europe for the last 60 years.
Personally I'd like to see the US withdraw from Europe (and NATO). It would help us immeasurably from a financial point of view to not pay for the EU's defense any more and in addition I'd get a laugh watching you starve in the dark when Russia shut off your gas and oil.
"If a border agent asks you to provide an account password or encryption passphrase or to decrypt data stored on your device, you donâ(TM)t have to comply. Only a judge can force you to reveal information to the government, and only to the extent that you do not have a valid Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination."
You do not have to give them a password. They can keep the device or anything else you are carrying. In fact you do not have to answer any questions if you are a US citizen. They can detain you for any reason or no reason. Whether or not you refuse to give a password has nothing to do with their ability to detain you.
However you do NOT have to give them the password.
No they can't. The Fifth Amendment prevents them from forcing you to divulge passwords unless they have some other evidence that what is on the lappy is criminal (i.e. kiddy porn).
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The F-35 is a classic example of what is wrong with the military-industrial-political complex.
It's bloated. To an extreme nearly unimaginable. Layer on layer of bureaucracy and self interest slathered immeasurably deep. It's not possible for this to be efficient or effective.
The problem is NOT the concept of the plane or its implementation. Nor is it with the inevitable startup issues. Any design no matter how brilliantly conceived would have similar problems when constructed by the set of institutions that are in play here.
What I am afraid is that the only thing that will change this is a real existential threat to the United States. Only then will we see focus on what is really important. The sort of focus that led the United States to an economic output greater than the rest of world combined during WWII.
Normal humans are excluded from a lot of things.
1. Olympic Gold Medal
2. 5x Jeopardy Champion
3. Professional Concert Pianist
4. Bolshoi Ballet
5. Supermodel
etc.
The idea is to find your niche in life and exploit it. Not call the whaaambulance.
Less than a flea bite.
This is a generic problem with media reports of medical results. No understanding of the statistics.
Add in the lack of repeatability of many studies (for example just about anything claiming bad effects from low doses of bisphenol-A has proven to not be repeatable) and outright fraud (Wakefield) or attempts to push the data using questionable statistics (Séralini) and you have a giant problem with media and medical research results.
The other crap in the lines is noise. It's insane to imagine that you could reliably extract any reliable information from it.
Given the cost overruns and the fact the schedule has been already pushed out 20 years any sane person would question what is going on here.
I'm in favor of government funded R&D but this one stinks of gross mismanagement big time.
Writing off a loss generally doesn't do much for you. It might save you 30% of the charge or so.
Insurance companies have a better deal because their business often involves re-insurance, that is off-loading their liabilities to pools.
The best of all is credit cards. They charge fees to merchants to cover the losses. The merchants then bake the fees into the retail price which people pay regardless of whether or not they use the card.
So no, T-Mobile isn't quite in the same league as insurance and credit cards.
I didn't say there is no reason for it. There are in fact a lot of reasons, primarily in the tax code for such.
However the idea of 'group discount' is not one of these reasons. We have lots of other insurance programs that work fine for individual purchasers. Homeowners, auto, term life, umbrella policies etc. My experience (through CORBA) is that you can usually find coverage for LESS than what your employer is paying.
Citations needed.
That's the basis for the lawsuit. However the Supreme Court decision covers more than just morning after drugs.
It covers the contraception mandate of the PPACA.
Coupling the two has always been a cluster fuck. This is just one more reason to abolish this particular linkage.
Hobby Lobby did not want to pay for contraceptive drugs that created a condition they consider to be abortion.
Others may have a different view as to what they consider objectionable.
This really did not establish much of a precedent because the court based the decision on Federal law, not Constitutional law.
The reason I have a garden is to have a place where I can go outside and putter around with living things. The pace at which things happen in the garden is very slow and relaxing. The needs of the plants are simple.
The most stressful thing that happens in my garden is the annual competition between me and the birds to see who will get the grapes and blueberries. Really though I don't mind much if the birds get some. They are enjoyable to have around in their own way.
The last thing I want is some sort of automation that takes away from this process and replaces it with the technology that I am trying to escape from with my hobby.
So I went into the thesis.
There is NOTHING quantitative here. Department of Thematic Studies? WTF?
As far as I can tell this is a conclusion based on building castles in the air.
The telegram was contributory, but the submarine attacks would have drawn the US into WWI by themselves.
https://history.state.gov/mile...
The only reason US developed nuclear weapons was to put an end to wars that it didn't start and didn't want to be involved in.
Maybe Germany should think back to how lucky it was that the US didn't complete the Manhattan project before the end of WWII in Europe. Yes, the US probably would have nuked German cities if the war was still going on. Britain also wanted to nuke Germany in retaliation for Germany's blitz of London etc. - the first time mass bombings of civilian cities had been carried out.
While nuclear weapons are a terrible thing, let's not forget who REALLY started mass bombings of civilian targets. Some of the conventional strikes on cities in Europe killed far more people than either Hiroshima or Nagasaki.
First, what kind of numbnut country outsources their state communications services? Come on man.
Then who are they going to get as a replacement? Some other company that has no doubt already been suborned by a secret agency?
Not really. German subs had already started unrestricted attacks on US shipping. The Zimmerman telegram was not necessary to get the US into WWI.
Regional conflicts are a whole lot less nasty than the world wars that were going on before the US became a superpower.
> De-americanization has officially began when Russia signed gas deal with China bypassing dollar.
Relatively local trade of that sort has often avoided conversion into a third currency. Nothing new.
The idea that Russia or Chinese currency would make significant inroads against the dollar is preposterous. The ruble is so untrusted that commerce within Russia often is done in dollars as Russia is the largest holder of US banknotes in the world.. China - well let me know when their currency flows are not restricted, and they adopt some sort of internationally accepted accounting standard.
As far as American involvement in other countries, you guys in Europe seemed mighty happy back on this date in 1963 when Kennedy came to Berlin to express his solidarity.
As far as the Ukraine goes that's strictly a EU thing. Russia is getting bent out of shape because the Ukraine wants to start the process of joining the EU. However since the Russia basically keeps Europe from starving with natural gas that is converted into fertilizer, the EU is in no position to say boo to Russia so it's up to the US to try to exert pressure on them. Nothing new, the US has been propping up Europe for the last 60 years.
Personally I'd like to see the US withdraw from Europe (and NATO). It would help us immeasurably from a financial point of view to not pay for the EU's defense any more and in addition I'd get a laugh watching you starve in the dark when Russia shut off your gas and oil.
I don't really think a trial judge would consider this a 'loophole'.
More like a crime.
I think this parallel construction thing is going to blow up big time.
The Feds can assume anything they want. However the Supreme Court does not have to agree, and it's THEIR opinion that counts here.
See the case citation in the other comment for more details.
Once you put it in a Faraday cage the exigent circumstance cannot possibly apply any more and you are thereby obligated to get a warrant.
Really it's going to be hard to justify exigent circumstances based on the possibility of a remote wipe.
From the article you cited:
"If a border agent asks you to provide an account password or encryption passphrase or to decrypt data stored on your device, you donâ(TM)t have to comply. Only a judge can force you to reveal information to the government, and only to the extent that you do not have a valid Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination."
You do not have to give them a password. They can keep the device or anything else you are carrying. In fact you do not have to answer any questions if you are a US citizen. They can detain you for any reason or no reason. Whether or not you refuse to give a password has nothing to do with their ability to detain you.
However you do NOT have to give them the password.
No they can't. The Fifth Amendment prevents them from forcing you to divulge passwords unless they have some other evidence that what is on the lappy is criminal (i.e. kiddy porn).