Curious that snopes already had THREE threads 'debunking' this before there was even a police report publicly released on the facts.
Not to mention, the Snopes article itself is suffused with as much conjecture, speculation, and 'implied guilt by association' as any anti-Clinton hack blog.
That the "Russian Breach" story is still being pursued actively (this is by the same FBI that refused to prosecute the Secretary of State for gross secrecy and public-information violations) when it's growing clearer that the recently-murdered DNC staffer was likely the source of the leaks.
You have a 5 digit id, so I can't ask if you're new here, but really, you should know that Slashdot measures things in libraries of congress, or perhaps swimming pools.
...to see that a nuclear plant built in your country by a state which has shown: - complete disregard for international norms, - a callous disregard for its own citizens lives (to say nothing of others) - a cheerful disregard of international commitments - policy goals inimical to the general goals of Western powers...might be a colossally bad idea, strategically.
"Because of (handwavy psych 101 rationalization shoehorned to fit some trivial data) this PROVES that - women are actually aroused by familiarity with obscure code jargon - avoiding sun in close proximity to one's maternal forbear (say, in a basement) leads to much higher intelligence - obesity is a sure sign of sexual prowess"
Their theft should be publicized, and the bounty paid by the US gov't for their head = 1/10 that amount stolen.
Sound draconian? The fact is that if we had a ring of thieves in this country* that were routinely scamming hundreds of thousands from people, we would be mobilizing at least scores of millions of dollars of FBI assets to put them down - either arrested or killed. As we do not have such resources, we could rely on their partners amorality and greed to kill each other off.
*not called "congress" or employees of Goldman Sachs, that is.
"...it did not appear to have any link to mental prowess, with no difference seen between lean and overweight or obese participants..."
Note also that there is growing evidence that being a little overweight (not morbidly obese, mind you) is actually beneficial to your survival going into mid- and later-old-age, particularly if you have certain diseases (specifically, cancer).
If all you still want to do is just WATCH TV, it still is that simple (even TFM admits that).
"The Bean Bird (assistive cartoon feature) setup process was pretty straightforward, but it gets you going just enough to start watching something. Tweaking all of the TV's many features, including common ones like picture tones and uncommon ones like zooming in on a part of the picture or using a built-in web browser, takes hours." So his ACTUAL complaint is that accessing the scores of special high tech or niche features, some of which require integration online, is actually complicated? No shit, Sherlock.
If you just want the function of a tv from your "golden age" you can get that with about as much effort (let's not forget that in that era a tv was at best 27" inches across, might weigh hundreds of lbs, was 20" deep, and cost $2000+ in 2016 dollars?).
If you want to stream netflix using your existing account, tweak your motion smoothing, and integrate your voice command system with your bluetooth headset on your HD media center 60" LED flatscreen that cost you maybe $800, yeah, that's going to be more complex.
Buying a complex piece of electronics is a complex process.
Getting it set up to perform basic functions is pretty simple. Getting to perform more complicated functions turns out to be more complicated? More options means more complicated.
Is that about it? When has that ever NOT been true?
How stupid-proof does the world have to be?
Further, "...folks at Best Buy were of little use when explaining these features, but did a good job making false claims such as "you have to buy a sound bar because the TV doesn't have good speakers" even when that wasn't necessarily the case..." Now, I'll agree that the drones at Best Buy are alternately stupid and rapacious motherfuckers (they sold my 85 yr old aunt a 36" flatscreen tv and sound bar for $1600), but ultimately it's caveat emptor, not caveat auctor. The speakers on tv's generally DO suck, and even a cheap soundbar is going to sound much better generally. Generally.
...as long as *actual* operational usability isn't a factor.
They're at least as combat-ready as the other giant contractor-subsidy program, the LCS ships...ie, pretty much not, and likely a death-trap for the unfortunate crew that have to operate them in actual combat anytime soon.
There are approximately 10500 athletes expected to participate in the 2016 Rio games.
What is the number of athletes you expect to be sickened, injured, or killed during the event?
Notes: the "sickness" window extends to sicknesses identified up to 90d after the Olympics. These must be exceptional injuries: pulling a hamstring running a race would NOT count. Pulling a hamstring fleeing a collapsing stadium WOULD count. Kidnapping, while not necessarily technically an injury, would count. It doesn't have to be at an Olympic venue: athletes killed when a shoddily built hotel collapses would count, as would a scenic light rail line tour plunging into the sea. Rough sex in the Olympic village would NOT count, but gang rape by street thugs would count.
Currently we have a number of values - closest to the final tally wins bragging rights.
We have guesses in the pool* ranging from 300-5000. (5000 was specifically chosen with the pessimistic fear of large-scale terror attack, and/or a combination of factors: the officials in the olympics downplaying diseases and infections and the inability of Olympians to keep from frucking like rabbits, and/or the likelihood that the condoms provided will be as faulty and dangerous as the venues built in the last 6 weeks). *currently not virus infested, so the safest pool related to CatastRIOphe2016
I pretty much stopped listening when BILL CLINTON gave a choked, emotional fireside description of how wonderful his life with Hilary has been and what a wonderful marriage they've had together.
The press just lapped that shit up without a *whisper* of irony or humor.
I'd expect that from the party faithful, but from journalists that claim neutrality? Think about that.
"You're still watching [movies] on a small platform, and it's not that social experience,"
1) I have a 70" 4k TV at home. I sit about 8' from the screen. Proportionally, at your typical theater distance of 36' feet, that's a what, 27' wide screen? Small Platform? WTF? Further, while a nice theater might have a very good sound system, I do too, with ample subwoofer and 7.1 THX select sound - my sound is just fine. Further, I have FAR more comfortable seating, I can lay down if I want to, and I never stick to the floor nor have to share a goddamned armrest with anyone. I have to take a crap? Pause - I missed nothing. So no, technically, I don't believe any theater can improve my 'home theater' technically.
2) I watch movies to... watch the movie. I DON'T WANT A SOCIAL EXPERIENCE. Stop talking. Put down your phone. No, I'm not explaining that to you. Watch the bloody movie. (Although, honestly, I'd probably have enjoyed Ferngully2000 - I mean Avatar - much, much more if someone had talked through the whole fucking thing.) Nobody walks in front of me, spills their food on me, or complains that my 6'4" frame blocks their view.
I very much like the new theme of Red Scare 2016(tm) that HRC has chosen as the 'deflection of choice' for this issue.
It's just such a nice, old-fashioned way to approach criticism. It used to be the GOP screamed "you're a communist!!!" at anyone they didn't like. Refreshing to see that the DNC has found their ability to repurpose this 'classic' to the 21st century.
If the US government fails to care about blatant disregard of law because...it's a Clinton and she's a Democrat...then perhaps it's legitimate to appeal to other state-level actors to help throw aside the veil of secrecy?
At what point are the people of the US entitled to recognize that their government directly serves the interests of a small coterie of oligarchs, and try to work around it?
Again, let's recall: "I don't have a private email server" "It was only private and family correspondence" "Well nothing secret went on that server" "Nothing I knew was secret was on that server" "Nothing ACTUALLY MARKED SECRET was on that server" and then, after at least a week of denials, a carefully vetted pile of emails was 'given' to the FBI/DOJ and there were STILL secret things found in the correspondence.
And yet, the response from half the electorate and most of the major news organizations is "What me worry?" and "Vast Right Wing Conspiracy*" *now including Red Scare 2016(tm)
I'd guess it has more to do with shitty, bad-performing companies having to either pay a lot to get someone to run it, or to get someone good enough to try to save them.
Because I don't recall it getting a lot of play when: 14 June 2016 -- In Vostok, temperature of -80.3 degrees was recorded.Coldest since observations began. (http://iceagenow.info/record-cold-antarctica/)
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Curious that snopes already had THREE threads 'debunking' this before there was even a police report publicly released on the facts.
Not to mention, the Snopes article itself is suffused with as much conjecture, speculation, and 'implied guilt by association' as any anti-Clinton hack blog.
That the "Russian Breach" story is still being pursued actively (this is by the same FBI that refused to prosecute the Secretary of State for gross secrecy and public-information violations) when it's growing clearer that the recently-murdered DNC staffer was likely the source of the leaks.
Willful ignorance, anyone?
You have a 5 digit id, so I can't ask if you're new here, but really, you should know that Slashdot measures things in libraries of congress, or perhaps swimming pools.
I've always wondered what the point was of 15+ minute porntube videos.
...to see that a nuclear plant built in your country by a state which has shown: ...might be a colossally bad idea, strategically.
- complete disregard for international norms,
- a callous disregard for its own citizens lives (to say nothing of others)
- a cheerful disregard of international commitments
- policy goals inimical to the general goals of Western powers
...new study validates sedentary tech guys.
"Because of (handwavy psych 101 rationalization shoehorned to fit some trivial data) this PROVES that
- women are actually aroused by familiarity with obscure code jargon
- avoiding sun in close proximity to one's maternal forbear (say, in a basement) leads to much higher intelligence
- obesity is a sure sign of sexual prowess"
Nerds go wild at the information.
Their theft should be publicized, and the bounty paid by the US gov't for their head = 1/10 that amount stolen.
Sound draconian? The fact is that if we had a ring of thieves in this country* that were routinely scamming hundreds of thousands from people, we would be mobilizing at least scores of millions of dollars of FBI assets to put them down - either arrested or killed. As we do not have such resources, we could rely on their partners amorality and greed to kill each other off.
*not called "congress" or employees of Goldman Sachs, that is.
...buried deep in the summary:
"...it did not appear to have any link to mental prowess, with no difference seen between lean and overweight or obese participants..."
Note also that there is growing evidence that being a little overweight (not morbidly obese, mind you) is actually beneficial to your survival going into mid- and later-old-age, particularly if you have certain diseases (specifically, cancer).
Eichmann: If we don't drown Jews in the freezing tanks of water, we will FALL BEHIND in the study of human thermodynamics and hypothermia!
Just because we CAN doesn't mean we SHOULD.
There are some things that it's perhaps better to "fall behind" on?
If all you still want to do is just WATCH TV, it still is that simple (even TFM admits that).
"The Bean Bird (assistive cartoon feature) setup process was pretty straightforward, but it gets you going just enough to start watching something. Tweaking all of the TV's many features, including common ones like picture tones and uncommon ones like zooming in on a part of the picture or using a built-in web browser, takes hours."
So his ACTUAL complaint is that accessing the scores of special high tech or niche features, some of which require integration online, is actually complicated? No shit, Sherlock.
If you just want the function of a tv from your "golden age" you can get that with about as much effort (let's not forget that in that era a tv was at best 27" inches across, might weigh hundreds of lbs, was 20" deep, and cost $2000+ in 2016 dollars?).
If you want to stream netflix using your existing account, tweak your motion smoothing, and integrate your voice command system with your bluetooth headset on your HD media center 60" LED flatscreen that cost you maybe $800, yeah, that's going to be more complex.
Let me see if I understand?
Buying a complex piece of electronics is a complex process.
Getting it set up to perform basic functions is pretty simple.
Getting to perform more complicated functions turns out to be more complicated?
More options means more complicated.
Is that about it? When has that ever NOT been true?
How stupid-proof does the world have to be?
Further, "...folks at Best Buy were of little use when explaining these features, but did a good job making false claims such as "you have to buy a sound bar because the TV doesn't have good speakers" even when that wasn't necessarily the case..."
Now, I'll agree that the drones at Best Buy are alternately stupid and rapacious motherfuckers (they sold my 85 yr old aunt a 36" flatscreen tv and sound bar for $1600), but ultimately it's caveat emptor, not caveat auctor. The speakers on tv's generally DO suck, and even a cheap soundbar is going to sound much better generally. Generally.
...as long as *actual* operational usability isn't a factor.
They're at least as combat-ready as the other giant contractor-subsidy program, the LCS ships...ie, pretty much not, and likely a death-trap for the unfortunate crew that have to operate them in actual combat anytime soon.
...you can see the viruses as they infect the athletes!
So that means I can get spammed with more craptastic "invites" from people I've never heard of but now with VIDEO?
Where do I sign up?
Oh wait, Linkedin already automagically signed me up and I can laboriously unsubscribe only to be 'mysteriously' resubbed over and over again!
There are approximately 10500 athletes expected to participate in the 2016 Rio games.
What is the number of athletes you expect to be sickened, injured, or killed during the event?
Notes: the "sickness" window extends to sicknesses identified up to 90d after the Olympics.
These must be exceptional injuries: pulling a hamstring running a race would NOT count. Pulling a hamstring fleeing a collapsing stadium WOULD count. Kidnapping, while not necessarily technically an injury, would count. It doesn't have to be at an Olympic venue: athletes killed when a shoddily built hotel collapses would count, as would a scenic light rail line tour plunging into the sea. Rough sex in the Olympic village would NOT count, but gang rape by street thugs would count.
Currently we have a number of values - closest to the final tally wins bragging rights.
We have guesses in the pool* ranging from 300-5000. (5000 was specifically chosen with the pessimistic fear of large-scale terror attack, and/or a combination of factors: the officials in the olympics downplaying diseases and infections and the inability of Olympians to keep from frucking like rabbits, and/or the likelihood that the condoms provided will be as faulty and dangerous as the venues built in the last 6 weeks).
*currently not virus infested, so the safest pool related to CatastRIOphe2016
I pretty much stopped listening when BILL CLINTON gave a choked, emotional fireside description of how wonderful his life with Hilary has been and what a wonderful marriage they've had together.
The press just lapped that shit up without a *whisper* of irony or humor.
I'd expect that from the party faithful, but from journalists that claim neutrality? Think about that.
Perhaps the servers would have been safer at her house?
...as long as they didn't KNOW that anything they took was secret, no prosecutable crime was committed?
After all, "... no reasonable prosecutor would bring such a case..."
"You're still watching [movies] on a small platform, and it's not that social experience,"
1) I have a 70" 4k TV at home. I sit about 8' from the screen. Proportionally, at your typical theater distance of 36' feet, that's a what, 27' wide screen? Small Platform? WTF?
Further, while a nice theater might have a very good sound system, I do too, with ample subwoofer and 7.1 THX select sound - my sound is just fine.
Further, I have FAR more comfortable seating, I can lay down if I want to, and I never stick to the floor nor have to share a goddamned armrest with anyone. I have to take a crap? Pause - I missed nothing.
So no, technically, I don't believe any theater can improve my 'home theater' technically.
2) I watch movies to ... watch the movie. I DON'T WANT A SOCIAL EXPERIENCE. Stop talking. Put down your phone. No, I'm not explaining that to you. Watch the bloody movie.
(Although, honestly, I'd probably have enjoyed Ferngully2000 - I mean Avatar - much, much more if someone had talked through the whole fucking thing.)
Nobody walks in front of me, spills their food on me, or complains that my 6'4" frame blocks their view.
No, I don't go to theaters any more.
I very much like the new theme of Red Scare 2016(tm) that HRC has chosen as the 'deflection of choice' for this issue.
It's just such a nice, old-fashioned way to approach criticism. It used to be the GOP screamed "you're a communist!!!" at anyone they didn't like. Refreshing to see that the DNC has found their ability to repurpose this 'classic' to the 21st century.
If the US government fails to care about blatant disregard of law because...it's a Clinton and she's a Democrat...then perhaps it's legitimate to appeal to other state-level actors to help throw aside the veil of secrecy?
At what point are the people of the US entitled to recognize that their government directly serves the interests of a small coterie of oligarchs, and try to work around it?
Again, let's recall:
"I don't have a private email server"
"It was only private and family correspondence"
"Well nothing secret went on that server"
"Nothing I knew was secret was on that server"
"Nothing ACTUALLY MARKED SECRET was on that server"
and then, after at least a week of denials, a carefully vetted pile of emails was 'given' to the FBI/DOJ and there were STILL secret things found in the correspondence.
And yet, the response from half the electorate and most of the major news organizations is "What me worry?" and "Vast Right Wing Conspiracy*"
*now including Red Scare 2016(tm)
I'd guess it has more to do with shitty, bad-performing companies having to either pay a lot to get someone to run it, or to get someone good enough to try to save them.
....attack the messenger.
Isn't that pretty much Lawyer Response 101?
Dovetails nicely with the purported "vast Right Wing conspiracy", doesn't it?
If a hacker reveals illegal conduct, is it "less illegal" if the hacker is Russian?
I haven't noticed anyone asserting the emails are not genuine.
...in this case "weather" IS climate?
I'm never sure when it is, or when it isn't.
Because I don't recall it getting a lot of play when:
14 June 2016 -- In Vostok, temperature of -80.3 degrees was recorded.Coldest since observations began.
(http://iceagenow.info/record-cold-antarctica/)
Curious, isn't it?
Not so much.
I'm not sure why a futurist telling us the obvious is worth posting?