For a security sensitive place, like the US govt, I think lack of networking, and using floppy disks to transfer files is a good thing. It is harder to sneak out large amounts of data undetected. Doesn't the Kremlin use typewriters now?
A source at Russia's Federal Guard Service (FSO), which is in charge of safeguarding Kremlin communications and protecting President Vladimir Putin, claimed that the return to typewriters has been prompted by the publication of secret documents by WikiLeaks, the whistle-blowing website, as well as Edward Snowden, the fugitive US intelligence contractor.
The FSO is looking to spend 486,000 roubles – around £10,000 – on a number of electric typewriters, according to the site of state procurement agency, zakupki.gov.ru. The notice included ribbons for German-made Triumph Adlew TWEN 180 typewriters, although it was not clear if the typewriters themselves were this kind.
The service declined to comment on the notice, which was posted last week.
However an FSO source told Izvestiya newspaper: “After scandals with the distribution of secret documents by WikiLeaks, the exposes by Edward Snowden, reports about Dmitry Medvedev being listened in on during his visit to the G20 summit in London, it has been decided to expand the practice of creating paper documents.”
Unlike printers, every typewriter has its own individual pattern of type so it is possible to link every document to a machine used to type it.
"Moviegoers purchased just 1.26 billion movie tickets in 2014, the lowest number since 1.21 billion in 1995, according to early estimates. Attendance dropped 6% from 2013. Overall revenue is projected to finish at $10.36 billion, down 5% year-over-year, the sharpest decline in the industry in nine years,..."
Kim is a joke of a leader, no doubt. His p.r. people built up a false mystiqe about him, which was debunked by the facts. G.W. Bush's p.r. people did the same, until his record was debunked by the facts. Not much of a difference between them, both of their p.r. people straight up lied.
Look, if you're itching for a reason for the two Koreas to recommence their civil war, why not let it be over unfounded allegations. After all, many many bloody dreadful wars in human history have been launched for such non-sensible reasons. I assume you'll have no problem with writing the condolence letters to the families, while explaining the 'reasons' why those soldiers died.
Iraq had oil, and that is why the U.S. invaded. Countless billions of barrels of Iraqi oil magically 'disappeared' while under the control of the U.S. 'liberators'. Not too hard to understand, is it?
So if you don't get a slashdot reply within a small amount of time, that equates to my silence on the matter. That goes a way to explain why many here have opined that you are a bit of a jerk. Food for thought.
Are U.S. troops set up in Afghanistan anywhere except there's a running oil pipeline?
Hey, "Mr. Fjord", I've read enough of your/. comments to see that you are a 'thinking man', with definite opinions, and whether I agree with you or not, I respect you for taking a stance on whatever the given issue is. Having said that,...
I'm sure that you are aware of the U.S. involvement where Iraq is concerned. We install a dictator until he gets so out of control, then go in and knock him down, while the war profiteers rejoice.
So knowing that, don't you think that it's a little peculiar how this whole Sony hack is getting so much press recently? Is the U.S. creating another flimsy excuse to go to war against N. Korea? Do you really have such blind trust in your leaders that you believe any press release that they issue?
Has recent 20th century history taught you nothing? I suggest that you cool your jets for a bit before rushing to judgement, especially when it concerns global matters. Unless you are yourself enlisting to be in the infantry's front lines.
And as to why S. Korean banks are getting hacked, that can be a red herring hack done by a plethora of suspects. I'm not defending N. Korea here. I'm saying that there's no proof that it is from anywhere. AFAIC, some FBI press release is not 'proof'.
It's definitive. North Korea was behind the cyberattack on Sony Pictures, the Federal Bureau of Investigation said Friday.:
""As a result of our investigation, and in close collaboration with other US Government departments and agencies, the FBI now has enough information to conclude that the North Korean government is responsible for these actions," the FBI said Friday in a statement.:
North Korea was identified as the culprit based on the type of attacking software used to penetrate Sony Pictures' computer networks. Those malicious programs, known as malware, are among those known to have been used by North Korea in the past, the FBI said.:
The malware also included code that pointed to Internet addresses previously used by North Korea. The FBI also said the tools used to attack Sony were similar to those North Korea used against South Korean banks and media outlets.":
As much as I love my country, I have a lot of trouble believing a single f**king word uttered by any official of the U.S., be it the FBI, CIA, NSA, or any other "trust me, I'm from the government" representative that gets quoted in the press. If their lips are moving, I have to presume it's just another lie, until it's beyond a hadow of a doubt "proven".:
And this is not how I like to be, it's what I've had to learn to be, long before the WMD bullshit fiasco. Trust in this current group of lying bullshit artists? Been there done that. Prove it well beyond some mouthpiece's version of the 'truth", then we'll talk.
Gene Roddenberry came up with the transporter idea because in the original series they didn't have the budget money to keep using the shuttle visual effects.
It could just have easily been an inside job, done with portable drives, backed by any faction. We just do not have enough proof, one way or another, as to who's truly responsible. Nothing worth going to war over.
Mind Sifter (just watched) was a good one. Nice to see Klingons as they were originally portrayed, the space battle was 'neat', and production levels were higher. Better? The individual works shouldn't be compared, imo. What matters most is the writing. I can watch the different versions of ST and still be content, as long as there's a good story.
You have a relatively low/. id#, still that's not a sure indicator of age. Why 'more of the same'? Speaking for myself, having grown up in the late '60s/'70s, pre-VCR days, there wasn't a heck of a lot of choice available when it came to thought provoking television shows in the U.S. then. You had reruns of ST:TOS, The Twilight Zone, and The Outer Limits available to you, and not much else. So maybe it can be called 'comfort food' for those generations, perhaps akin to later generations seeing reruns of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. For my father's gen, it might have been cowboy movies. To be able to re-visit a show from your formative years is a type of 'Pepperidge Farms remembers' moment, and each gen has their own version.
At the start of this year Long Island's Nassau county installed school speed zone cameras. Doing 22 mph in a 20 meant a ticket. All the claims by the politicians about "think of the children's safety" was bullshit. Most areas that they were installed in had no history of accidents involving schoolkids. The main reason was the millions in revenue they were licking their chops over. The local public went ballistic (some people were receiving multiple $80 tickets in a short span of time), and there were many demonstrations against them that was aired on the local news station. Promises of larger signs, flashing lights when active were made (people were being ticketed at times when schools were closed and even on weekends). Finally now they're all being taken down, most tickets were negated and refunded, and all the cost to install and remove them are costing local taxpayers. Neighboring Suffolk County announced that they won't be going ahead next year with a similar program, mainly due to all the negative public reaction.
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For a security sensitive place, like the US govt, I think lack of networking, and using floppy disks to transfer files is a good thing. It is harder to sneak out large amounts of data undetected. Doesn't the Kremlin use typewriters now?
Yes! http://www.telegraph.co.uk/new...
A source at Russia's Federal Guard Service (FSO), which is in charge of safeguarding Kremlin communications and protecting President Vladimir Putin, claimed that the return to typewriters has been prompted by the publication of secret documents by WikiLeaks, the whistle-blowing website, as well as Edward Snowden, the fugitive US intelligence contractor. The FSO is looking to spend 486,000 roubles – around £10,000 – on a number of electric typewriters, according to the site of state procurement agency, zakupki.gov.ru. The notice included ribbons for German-made Triumph Adlew TWEN 180 typewriters, although it was not clear if the typewriters themselves were this kind.
The service declined to comment on the notice, which was posted last week. However an FSO source told Izvestiya newspaper: “After scandals with the distribution of secret documents by WikiLeaks, the exposes by Edward Snowden, reports about Dmitry Medvedev being listened in on during his visit to the G20 summit in London, it has been decided to expand the practice of creating paper documents.”
Unlike printers, every typewriter has its own individual pattern of type so it is possible to link every document to a machine used to type it.
http://time.com/3652040/movies...
lucm, re: this is me saying it was me.:^)
If God does not want to be 'proven by man', then God can easily hide Him/Her/Itself from humanity, until God "decides" to appear.
These are just the crimes that they are admitting to now. What scary to me is what they aren't copping to.
"Come on, come on, and do the Google motion with me..."
Just so you can fit the pieces into a standard fireplace/ stove etc. Got a bonfire going? Go nuts!
And now it's bedtime for me. :^) I must admit, this was fun. We must do this again...
Over a million barrels a day went missing, to the victors go the spoils, right?
Look, if you're itching for a reason for the two Koreas to recommence their civil war, why not let it be over unfounded allegations. After all, many many bloody dreadful wars in human history have been launched for such non-sensible reasons. I assume you'll have no problem with writing the condolence letters to the families, while explaining the 'reasons' why those soldiers died.
Iraq had oil, and that is why the U.S. invaded. Countless billions of barrels of Iraqi oil magically 'disappeared' while under the control of the U.S. 'liberators'. Not too hard to understand, is it?
They're also quite easy to chainsaw up into firewood, dry enough to burn well.
Call me an old neckbeard, but all this copyright shit has really gotten f**kin' tiresome. Figure it out already!!! How hard can it be??
It's been almost 10 minutes and you haven't replied, should I take that as your silence on the matter?
So if you don't get a slashdot reply within a small amount of time, that equates to my silence on the matter. That goes a way to explain why many here have opined that you are a bit of a jerk. Food for thought.
Hey, "Mr. Fjord", I've read enough of your /. comments to see that you are a 'thinking man', with definite opinions, and whether I agree with you or not, I respect you for taking a stance on whatever the given issue is. Having said that,...
I'm sure that you are aware of the U.S. involvement where Iraq is concerned. We install a dictator until he gets so out of control, then go in and knock him down, while the war profiteers rejoice.
So knowing that, don't you think that it's a little peculiar how this whole Sony hack is getting so much press recently? Is the U.S. creating another flimsy excuse to go to war against N. Korea? Do you really have such blind trust in your leaders that you believe any press release that they issue?
Has recent 20th century history taught you nothing? I suggest that you cool your jets for a bit before rushing to judgement, especially when it concerns global matters. Unless you are yourself enlisting to be in the infantry's front lines.
And as to why S. Korean banks are getting hacked, that can be a red herring hack done by a plethora of suspects. I'm not defending N. Korea here. I'm saying that there's no proof that it is from anywhere. AFAIC, some FBI press release is not 'proof'.
It's definitive. North Korea was behind the cyberattack on Sony Pictures, the Federal Bureau of Investigation said Friday.:
""As a result of our investigation, and in close collaboration with other US Government departments and agencies, the FBI now has enough information to conclude that the North Korean government is responsible for these actions," the FBI said Friday in a statement. :
North Korea was identified as the culprit based on the type of attacking software used to penetrate Sony Pictures' computer networks. Those malicious programs, known as malware, are among those known to have been used by North Korea in the past, the FBI said. :
The malware also included code that pointed to Internet addresses previously used by North Korea. The FBI also said the tools used to attack Sony were similar to those North Korea used against South Korean banks and media outlets.":
As much as I love my country, I have a lot of trouble believing a single f**king word uttered by any official of the U.S., be it the FBI, CIA, NSA, or any other "trust me, I'm from the government" representative that gets quoted in the press. If their lips are moving, I have to presume it's just another lie, until it's beyond a hadow of a doubt "proven".:
And this is not how I like to be, it's what I've had to learn to be, long before the WMD bullshit fiasco. Trust in this current group of lying bullshit artists? Been there done that. Prove it well beyond some mouthpiece's version of the 'truth", then we'll talk.
Gene Roddenberry came up with the transporter idea because in the original series they didn't have the budget money to keep using the shuttle visual effects.
It could just have easily been an inside job, done with portable drives, backed by any faction. We just do not have enough proof, one way or another, as to who's truly responsible. Nothing worth going to war over.
It seems I've confused my ST with Dune, turning in my geek card.
Mind Sifter (just watched) was a good one. Nice to see Klingons as they were originally portrayed, the space battle was 'neat', and production levels were higher. Better? The individual works shouldn't be compared, imo. What matters most is the writing. I can watch the different versions of ST and still be content, as long as there's a good story.
I just learned of all this from a news story this morning, and I think bswarm's comment should be modded higher.
You have a relatively low /. id#, still that's not a sure indicator of age. Why 'more of the same'? Speaking for myself, having grown up in the late '60s/'70s, pre-VCR days, there wasn't a heck of a lot of choice available when it came to thought provoking television shows in the U.S. then. You had reruns of ST:TOS, The Twilight Zone, and The Outer Limits available to you, and not much else. So maybe it can be called 'comfort food' for those generations, perhaps akin to later generations seeing reruns of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. For my father's gen, it might have been cowboy movies. To be able to re-visit a show from your formative years is a type of 'Pepperidge Farms remembers' moment, and each gen has their own version.
At the start of this year Long Island's Nassau county installed school speed zone cameras. Doing 22 mph in a 20 meant a ticket. All the claims by the politicians about "think of the children's safety" was bullshit. Most areas that they were installed in had no history of accidents involving schoolkids. The main reason was the millions in revenue they were licking their chops over. The local public went ballistic (some people were receiving multiple $80 tickets in a short span of time), and there were many demonstrations against them that was aired on the local news station. Promises of larger signs, flashing lights when active were made (people were being ticketed at times when schools were closed and even on weekends). Finally now they're all being taken down, most tickets were negated and refunded, and all the cost to install and remove them are costing local taxpayers. Neighboring Suffolk County announced that they won't be going ahead next year with a similar program, mainly due to all the negative public reaction.