While I certainly wouldn't hire Stratfor to secure any of my servers, do you publish a yearly review of your predictions and mention what you got wrong?
It's kind of funny how the "Stratfor is a joke" meme took hold. It just seems to slide past the critical thinking filter on some people. How many of you have read any Stratfor articles? You can read them for free right now right here, so give it a try. The only thing stopping you is fear of being proven wrong.
In the world of plea bargains, entrapment is irrelevant. Besides, someone who is innocent wouldn't steal credit card numbers even if said card numbers were offered up on the proverbial silver platter.
I wonder if, despite claims by some here that Stratfor was a joke, someone in the FBI wanted them trashed? Who was the first to mention Stratfor as a target? Was it Sabu? Why did Stratfor get picked?
I try to not overlook "bruised egos" as a motive. Ever.
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Having once subscribed to Stratfor (it was $130 per year at the time), I have to say that I liked their "Year in Review" reports. They would go over their predictions to see what they got right and wrong. It would be nice to see more news/intel/whatever organizations doing the same.
You do realize that the first link in those search results is to a site that also features an article on how Bill Gates is behind chemtrails and the second link in that search is to InfoWars, right?
You do realize that the first link is to a site that also features an article on how Bill Gates is behind chemtrails and the second link in that search is to InfoWars, right?
Indeed, I fired a handful of my computer support clients because of their repeated failure to follow basic instructions. Those failures did lead to more billable hours for me, but then I inevitably heard the question that makes my blood boil: "Why are we paying to fix this again when you said you fixed it three months ago?"
The answer is, of course: "Because you keep breaking it." And that's fine, up until the moment you start complaining about the bill, because I TOLD YOU how to avoid that problem the last three times and you either ignored me or refused to implement my preventive solution.
You have it backwards: People with compromised or deficient immune systems CANNOT safely receive vaccines, thus the higher the concentration of vaccinated people around them, the safer they are. People who CHOOSE to remain unvaccinated increase the chances that the immunodeficient folks will be exposed to something nasty. You would punish those with conditions outside their control in order to accommodate those with conditions under their control.
From an evolutionary point of view, the children certainly DO deserve to suffer for the stupidity of their parents. Gotta get those genes whittled down somehow.
True, they were desperate, but they certainly didn't capitalize on the opportunity. Instead, they played the "we're the only ones with the iPhone" card in response to complaints about their network, right up until that card expired: when Verizon and Sprint began to offer the iPhone.
Speaking of Apple avoiding non-Apple bloatware, I often smile when I imagine the wailing and tooth-gnashing at the wireless carriers that must have followed negotiations with Apple.
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While I certainly wouldn't hire Stratfor to secure any of my servers, do you publish a yearly review of your predictions and mention what you got wrong?
It's kind of funny how the "Stratfor is a joke" meme took hold. It just seems to slide past the critical thinking filter on some people. How many of you have read any Stratfor articles? You can read them for free right now right here, so give it a try. The only thing stopping you is fear of being proven wrong.
Sabu got caught because he slipped in renewing a domain under his real name and was subsequently doxed at least once.
I feel kind of dirty, typing "doxed".
Much of the current criminal law system depends on the rest of the speeders being intimidated by the sight of the few being pulled over and ticketed.
One look at the freeways in Los Angeles will tell you how well that is working.
In the world of plea bargains, entrapment is irrelevant. Besides, someone who is innocent wouldn't steal credit card numbers even if said card numbers were offered up on the proverbial silver platter.
I wonder if, despite claims by some here that Stratfor was a joke, someone in the FBI wanted them trashed? Who was the first to mention Stratfor as a target? Was it Sabu? Why did Stratfor get picked?
Indeed!
Perhaps Stratfor's Mexico reporting is what drew the ire of Anonymous?
Anonymous retreats from Mexico drug cartel confrontation (Note: since Stratfor was hacked the Stratfor link in the Guardian article no longer links to the specific article.)
I try to not overlook "bruised egos" as a motive. Ever.
Having once subscribed to Stratfor (it was $130 per year at the time), I have to say that I liked their "Year in Review" reports. They would go over their predictions to see what they got right and wrong. It would be nice to see more news/intel/whatever organizations doing the same.
Classic right wing spin? Like Reconciliation an Unlikely Outcome of Ivorian Elections?
Well played, good sir. Well played.
Default passwords remaining at default is caused by people.
Inconveniently for your contention, the higher mortality rate is due to other causes.
Have fun paying for that.
You do realize that the first link in those search results is to a site that also features an article on how Bill Gates is behind chemtrails and the second link in that search is to InfoWars, right?
You do realize that the first link is to a site that also features an article on how Bill Gates is behind chemtrails and the second link in that search is to InfoWars, right?
Got any supporting links that aren't imaginary?
Indeed, I fired a handful of my computer support clients because of their repeated failure to follow basic instructions. Those failures did lead to more billable hours for me, but then I inevitably heard the question that makes my blood boil: "Why are we paying to fix this again when you said you fixed it three months ago?"
The answer is, of course: "Because you keep breaking it." And that's fine, up until the moment you start complaining about the bill, because I TOLD YOU how to avoid that problem the last three times and you either ignored me or refused to implement my preventive solution.
Whew! I needed to vent.
You have it backwards: People with compromised or deficient immune systems CANNOT safely receive vaccines, thus the higher the concentration of vaccinated people around them, the safer they are. People who CHOOSE to remain unvaccinated increase the chances that the immunodeficient folks will be exposed to something nasty. You would punish those with conditions outside their control in order to accommodate those with conditions under their control.
From an evolutionary point of view, the children certainly DO deserve to suffer for the stupidity of their parents. Gotta get those genes whittled down somehow.
A most excellent anime, at that.
Oh yes, that is an excellent one!
True, they were desperate, but they certainly didn't capitalize on the opportunity. Instead, they played the "we're the only ones with the iPhone" card in response to complaints about their network, right up until that card expired: when Verizon and Sprint began to offer the iPhone.
Speaking of Apple avoiding non-Apple bloatware, I often smile when I imagine the wailing and tooth-gnashing at the wireless carriers that must have followed negotiations with Apple.
I, for one, welcome our cyborg sniper overlords.
That, or Dr. Evil is involved in Anonymous.