Listen man, we don't all have CPUs that incorporate significant quantities of Sr2CuO3. Damn kids these days and their newfangled electrons, decaying into goshdarned component bits. It's just shameful.
The judiciary is part of the government. So yes, the original description was in fact accurate. I'll concede it would have been better for me to have linked to sovereign immunity in the United States as well, though. The process is also not as simple as you've described.
The funny thing about that idea is that the government actually gets to choose whether a suit against it has merit and can go forward. Good luck with that in many cases.
Nice to see you're as ignorant as the GP. Sorry man, I've actually been on/. since about 2001. New times, new nick, with the specific objective of using my actual name.
Did you actually bother to read the GP? If so, I take it you're advocating "stringing up" all law enforcement officers? That seems a bit, well, extreme. Some might say such a view would indicate either extreme immaturity, sociopathic tendencies, or a combination thereof.
You can review the rest of the posting history under this account if you'd like to get to know me a little better. You'll find I often have a bit of an off kilter sense of humor, but there are certain things I just don't joke about. In the meantime, enjoy your idiocy and comfort in applying gross generalizations to populations (which is, in a very real sense, what you're advocating), and please be sure to have a nice day.
Here, I packed your philosophical suitcase for you. Whenever you're done saying your goodbyes, I'll gladly wave goodbye as you depart to live in another country. People who spout pseudo-philosophical tripe like your post should have stayed in college for a few more years.
Norway is obviously the ancient home of the Clitorati. They only recently resurfaced thanks to the diligent efforts of the world's most dedicated Microsoft evangelists.
Calling Steve Gibson legit is a bit of a stretch. If you define legit as "unlikely to use what you enter for criminal purposes," sure. If you define legit as "somebody who isn't a years-long laughingstock and borderline fraud in the security community," then no. Have you ever visited the Gibson Research Corporation site?
Since the police in NZ gave them access to the source media and allowed the tools required (a bare bones PC, more or less) to use something like "dd" to make copies of said source media. Whether or not NZ is happy about the end result doesn't really matter in real life, and will have little effect on proceedings in the US. Feel free to take the issue up with the NZ authorities if you're upset about it, though.
Law enforcement agencies and cooperating entities send evidence via FedEx all the time. It's an accepted mode of transit. As for chain of custody, sorry, you're wrong there too, as long as it was properly documented. As for legally acceptable means of obtaining the materials (in this case, copies of data stored on hard drives, presumably bit-for-bit images of the drive contents), well, they're federal agents who I'm sure signed affidavits attesting to the means utilized to create the copies. Whether or not NZ decides it was okay is up to NZ, but will probably have little to no effect on proceedings in the US.
Now, on to the really important point. Where did you get your legal and/or law enforcement experience? I suspect it may have been a crackerjack box. Sorry, old episodes of Law and Order don't count.
No, it's not demeaning, unless you define "demeaning" as failure to place higher value on political correctness than scientific examination of things based on evidence. Beliefs being heartfelt doesn't make them scientifically valid, and oftentimes seems to result in irrational adherence to said beliefs. This occurs in the face of absolute lack of supporting evidence for said beliefs, and/or overwhelming evidence to the contrary.
This is bullshit. Since we're speaking in terms of hypothetical scenarios, if George Zimmerman had not had access to a gun, he might have been killed by having his head pounded into the pavement. You weren't there, so you can't prove otherwise, right? On a personal note, my father is probably still alive today because he's carried a pistol for decades, and actually had to use it to stop an assault on his person by several random thugs in a parking garage.
You do understand that making things illegal only stops law-abiding people from obtaining said items, right? I won't live in a country where I'm forced to put myself at a material disadvantage against a criminal assailant. So how about we agree to a compromise. You stay in your country of choice, and I'll stay in mine.
There's so much wrong with what you've postulated, I honestly don't even know where to begin. Fortunately, I've signed papers that say I can't begin, so I'll just enjoy a good laugh and move along. Your time would have been more productively spent reading a good book. At the rate you're going, you're surely not going to make it as an author, though.
Most of the people I know with real money, the kind measured in seven figures or more, don't have an MBA. In fact, half of them don't have a BA. They didn't inherit that money, either.
You're an idiot. I suggest performing some Google queries for ZFS and SSDs. Then again, judging by your post, you're probably coming from a world where NTFS is common. I would say it's understandable that a Windows-centric sysadmin would have trouble understanding these things, but I happen to know several Windows admins who do understand them. Thus, I'm pretty sure you're an idiot.
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Listen man, we don't all have CPUs that incorporate significant quantities of Sr2CuO3. Damn kids these days and their newfangled electrons, decaying into goshdarned component bits. It's just shameful.
It's caused by Slashdot's failure to handle Unicode properly, a problem I don't expect will ever be fixed.
The judiciary is part of the government. So yes, the original description was in fact accurate. I'll concede it would have been better for me to have linked to sovereign immunity in the United States as well, though. The process is also not as simple as you've described.
The funny thing about that idea is that the government actually gets to choose whether a suit against it has merit and can go forward. Good luck with that in many cases.
Nice to see you're as ignorant as the GP. Sorry man, I've actually been on /. since about 2001. New times, new nick, with the specific objective of using my actual name.
Did you actually bother to read the GP? If so, I take it you're advocating "stringing up" all law enforcement officers? That seems a bit, well, extreme. Some might say such a view would indicate either extreme immaturity, sociopathic tendencies, or a combination thereof.
You can review the rest of the posting history under this account if you'd like to get to know me a little better. You'll find I often have a bit of an off kilter sense of humor, but there are certain things I just don't joke about. In the meantime, enjoy your idiocy and comfort in applying gross generalizations to populations (which is, in a very real sense, what you're advocating), and please be sure to have a nice day.
Here, I packed your philosophical suitcase for you. Whenever you're done saying your goodbyes, I'll gladly wave goodbye as you depart to live in another country. People who spout pseudo-philosophical tripe like your post should have stayed in college for a few more years.
Well played, sir. Well played.
I'm not sure the words "pro," "tip," and "spoil" are going to produce the best visual in this context.
Norway is obviously the ancient home of the Clitorati. They only recently resurfaced thanks to the diligent efforts of the world's most dedicated Microsoft evangelists.
69. Now where's my prize?
Calling Steve Gibson legit is a bit of a stretch. If you define legit as "unlikely to use what you enter for criminal purposes," sure. If you define legit as "somebody who isn't a years-long laughingstock and borderline fraud in the security community," then no. Have you ever visited the Gibson Research Corporation site?
since when
Since the police in NZ gave them access to the source media and allowed the tools required (a bare bones PC, more or less) to use something like "dd" to make copies of said source media. Whether or not NZ is happy about the end result doesn't really matter in real life, and will have little effect on proceedings in the US. Feel free to take the issue up with the NZ authorities if you're upset about it, though.
Only the ones that don't involve computer crimes. Those are still pretty dreadful.
Law enforcement agencies and cooperating entities send evidence via FedEx all the time. It's an accepted mode of transit. As for chain of custody, sorry, you're wrong there too, as long as it was properly documented. As for legally acceptable means of obtaining the materials (in this case, copies of data stored on hard drives, presumably bit-for-bit images of the drive contents), well, they're federal agents who I'm sure signed affidavits attesting to the means utilized to create the copies. Whether or not NZ decides it was okay is up to NZ, but will probably have little to no effect on proceedings in the US.
Now, on to the really important point. Where did you get your legal and/or law enforcement experience? I suspect it may have been a crackerjack box. Sorry, old episodes of Law and Order don't count.
Apparently your client didn't say the magic word.
I'm pretty sure you are the only one, and I'm pretty sure you've got issues, bro.
I'd love to respond to the specifics of your post, but you posted AC. I don't provide meaningful replies for ACs.
No, it's not demeaning, unless you define "demeaning" as failure to place higher value on political correctness than scientific examination of things based on evidence. Beliefs being heartfelt doesn't make them scientifically valid, and oftentimes seems to result in irrational adherence to said beliefs. This occurs in the face of absolute lack of supporting evidence for said beliefs, and/or overwhelming evidence to the contrary.
This is bullshit. Since we're speaking in terms of hypothetical scenarios, if George Zimmerman had not had access to a gun, he might have been killed by having his head pounded into the pavement. You weren't there, so you can't prove otherwise, right? On a personal note, my father is probably still alive today because he's carried a pistol for decades, and actually had to use it to stop an assault on his person by several random thugs in a parking garage.
You do understand that making things illegal only stops law-abiding people from obtaining said items, right? I won't live in a country where I'm forced to put myself at a material disadvantage against a criminal assailant. So how about we agree to a compromise. You stay in your country of choice, and I'll stay in mine.
Oh, the ironing.
Did you just remember to finish your laundry? You may want to use a bit more starch this time; your trousers looked a bit rumpled yesterday.
we have less now than we did then
Please provide sources for your claim. I'm really, really interested.
Look, Jayne, it's not that open.
There's so much wrong with what you've postulated, I honestly don't even know where to begin. Fortunately, I've signed papers that say I can't begin, so I'll just enjoy a good laugh and move along. Your time would have been more productively spent reading a good book. At the rate you're going, you're surely not going to make it as an author, though.
Most of the people I know with real money, the kind measured in seven figures or more, don't have an MBA. In fact, half of them don't have a BA. They didn't inherit that money, either.
You're an idiot. I suggest performing some Google queries for ZFS and SSDs. Then again, judging by your post, you're probably coming from a world where NTFS is common. I would say it's understandable that a Windows-centric sysadmin would have trouble understanding these things, but I happen to know several Windows admins who do understand them. Thus, I'm pretty sure you're an idiot.