... in a position to sneak in backdoors and overrides that will probably persist for 70 generations of refinement to his/her robot design.
That's about a week in duration at DARPA. You can be the proudest fellow around until the next installment of Dancing with the Stars is broadcast. That's certainly worth a big pat on the back.
The winner will have the privilege of knowing he/she was responsible for indirectly enslaving everyone he/she ever loved. Laws of unintended consequences, folks. Think about it, these contests are not underwritten by the CareBears. This is the US Department of Defense.
Remember those pesky drones we built to help us with foreign wars? Our chickens are coming home to roost -- almost literally.
"May contain" is insufficient. If the government has confiscated these servers, then they have the ability to determine for certain whether the servers do, in fact, contain child pornography. If we're playing the wild conjecture game, then servers may also contain the date of the Messiah's return; or the true location of Amelia Earhart; or the cure for cancer; or the recipe for the best chicken pot pie ever. Let's not limit ourselves to a ham-handed grope for an excuse by law enforcement.
To law enforcement: If there is child porn on the servers, copy the files to an evidence drive, delete the originals, then allow access to the legally permissible files. Genius. If a drug operation is detected at 123 Main Street, you get to secure that house, not the entire county.
You're kidding yourself if you think that cowardice will improve the situation. Leave the Zetas alone and they go away, right? Yes, people will be killed. People were killed by Zetas before the bloggers, and if Anonymous wimps-out people will continue to be killed. So what exactly are you preventing? You're only preventing with your caution? You're preventing/delaying the ultimate demise of the Zetas; and in the long run, you're costing more lives.
NO, a lot of blood would not be on their hands. The person/group who stands up to bullying is not responsible for the bullying itself, nor any increase in the amount of bullying. It's this type of pusillanimous social conformity that allows bullying to get a foothold in the first place. Go ahead and be a sheep, but don't criticize those who stand up and take account of themselves.
I believe you are incorrect. Gorelick was merely complying with the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA), which erected a firewall between domestic and overseas intelligence gathering services. FISA was itself the result of the Church Commission's investigation into US sponsored political assassinations of the early 1970s.
Congress demonstrated tremendous wisdom in the establishment of that firewall, and an embarrassing dearth of wisdom in allowing the administration to breech it.
Not nearly enough results considering how long they've been at it. Only took them 16 years to find Whitey Bulger who was hiding in plain view the whole time. For 14,000 agents and 56 field offices, the return-on-investment is depressingly bad. The other cases even taken in aggregate do not indicate they are working particularly hard, nor even merit their reputation.
A disagreement about interpretation of the facts does not equate to being poorly informed, and disrespectful conduct lowers the tenor of the discussion.
More baseless assumptions: "... you refuse to read a newspaper, look up statistics, or generally pretend that stuff that's happening isn't really happening." How many uninformed insults do you intend to hurl at me? I overlooked your poor conduct from your previous post, attributing it to a fit of pique, but now it seems a pattern of unmannerly behavior. Do you really think the insults are scoring points? You are merely revealing the weakness of your argument, sir. A strong position requires none of that distraction.
You really need to learn your limits, and are clearly speaking about something (me) about which you have zero knowledge. Incidentally, this vitriolic flailing tends to put the rest of your material into question, and suggests a lack of character on the part of the speaker.
You don't have much of an argument, do you? Nor many facts.
You've assumed I rely on Slashdot as a sole source of information.
Take a moment and fathom the improbability of that assumption.
It's a good thing the FBI is swatting at these gnats, diverting resources from investigating Chinese hacking, rampant industrial espionage, or the ubiquitous banking fraud. Fantastic work, G-men! You're making us proud.
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That's about a week in duration at DARPA. You can be the proudest fellow around until the next installment of Dancing with the Stars is broadcast. That's certainly worth a big pat on the back.
The winner will have the privilege of knowing he/she was responsible for indirectly enslaving everyone he/she ever loved. Laws of unintended consequences, folks. Think about it, these contests are not underwritten by the CareBears. This is the US Department of Defense. Remember those pesky drones we built to help us with foreign wars? Our chickens are coming home to roost -- almost literally.
"May contain" is insufficient. If the government has confiscated these servers, then they have the ability to determine for certain whether the servers do, in fact, contain child pornography. If we're playing the wild conjecture game, then servers may also contain the date of the Messiah's return; or the true location of Amelia Earhart; or the cure for cancer; or the recipe for the best chicken pot pie ever. Let's not limit ourselves to a ham-handed grope for an excuse by law enforcement. To law enforcement: If there is child porn on the servers, copy the files to an evidence drive, delete the originals, then allow access to the legally permissible files. Genius. If a drug operation is detected at 123 Main Street, you get to secure that house, not the entire county.
This is all very nice, but when will the public stop being treated like criminals during air travel?
I'm sure you think you're kidding.
How about hiring a professional that understand the technical issues instead of half-assing a solution by shouting into the dark?
Why does everything have to be a five year plan with China? http://youtu.be/CdtAFIl2jhc?t=17s
Is this the same Verizon who has been helping the NSA with warrantless wiretaps -- that is to say helping the gov't steal personal data in real time?
In an elevator fight, it's harder to cut your opponent's throat with an email or vcard. Business card for the win!
Poor ROI.
You are spot on. Once fielded, an astonishing number of DARPA's high-tech solutions are rapidly neutralized or undermined by low-tech countermeasures.
No, you're supposed to sit back, condescend, and radiate a false sense of superiority. You're right on track. Keep it up.
This must be a rerun ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6CkltzGAxY
Yet most Americans will weigh Madison's opinion more heavily than yours. Why is that?
With a score of negative-one. And your point was what?
Uh, no. The receiver doesn't pay for calls in the US, unless you have an 800-number or a cellphone.
You're kidding yourself if you think that cowardice will improve the situation. Leave the Zetas alone and they go away, right? Yes, people will be killed. People were killed by Zetas before the bloggers, and if Anonymous wimps-out people will continue to be killed. So what exactly are you preventing? You're only preventing with your caution? You're preventing/delaying the ultimate demise of the Zetas; and in the long run, you're costing more lives.
NO, a lot of blood would not be on their hands. The person/group who stands up to bullying is not responsible for the bullying itself, nor any increase in the amount of bullying. It's this type of pusillanimous social conformity that allows bullying to get a foothold in the first place. Go ahead and be a sheep, but don't criticize those who stand up and take account of themselves.
I believe you are incorrect. Gorelick was merely complying with the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA), which erected a firewall between domestic and overseas intelligence gathering services. FISA was itself the result of the Church Commission's investigation into US sponsored political assassinations of the early 1970s.
Congress demonstrated tremendous wisdom in the establishment of that firewall, and an embarrassing dearth of wisdom in allowing the administration to breech it.
Not nearly enough results considering how long they've been at it. Only took them 16 years to find Whitey Bulger who was hiding in plain view the whole time. For 14,000 agents and 56 field offices, the return-on-investment is depressingly bad. The other cases even taken in aggregate do not indicate they are working particularly hard, nor even merit their reputation.
A disagreement about interpretation of the facts does not equate to being poorly informed, and disrespectful conduct lowers the tenor of the discussion.
More baseless assumptions: "... you refuse to read a newspaper, look up statistics, or generally pretend that stuff that's happening isn't really happening." How many uninformed insults do you intend to hurl at me? I overlooked your poor conduct from your previous post, attributing it to a fit of pique, but now it seems a pattern of unmannerly behavior. Do you really think the insults are scoring points? You are merely revealing the weakness of your argument, sir. A strong position requires none of that distraction.
You really need to learn your limits, and are clearly speaking about something (me) about which you have zero knowledge. Incidentally, this vitriolic flailing tends to put the rest of your material into question, and suggests a lack of character on the part of the speaker.
You don't have much of an argument, do you? Nor many facts. You've assumed I rely on Slashdot as a sole source of information. Take a moment and fathom the improbability of that assumption.
Precious few accomplishments lately for so many busy, busy agents.
... and some commercially-available, affordable anti-aircraft missiles. We'll see your drones and raise you a family-pack of Stingers.
It's a good thing the FBI is swatting at these gnats, diverting resources from investigating Chinese hacking, rampant industrial espionage, or the ubiquitous banking fraud. Fantastic work, G-men! You're making us proud.
And in this case, it wasn't really a flash mob at all, it was just a gang of hoodlums.
This story doesn't seem relevant to this site at all to me.
Kind of a narrow and self-absorbed view, no?