That's the entire point of Steve Bannon, the "President behind the curtain". He wants to destabilize the entire planet and destroy civilization as we know it. This is an exact quote from him:
“Lenin wanted to destroy the state, and that’s my goal too. I want to bring everything crashing down, and destroy all of today’s establishment.”
He's the one who's really writing many of these Executive Orders. He wants to burn it all down, and rebuild it in his own twisted image that fits his into his alt-right image. He knows that our society is held together by very fragile bonds formed through trust, past promises, monetary policy; attack these pillars and the whole thing will collapse.
DOD is a completely different level...your father wasn't just working for a company; he was probably also privy to many "state secrets" and such. That level of trust is cemented by moving the whole family over and full citizenship. I agree with your statement, at least in spirit. The h1b visa holders should have a very clear path to citizenship, and the companies bringing them in should have to pass a MUCH higher bar.
And yet, on the level of the "law", these two issues have nothing to do with each other. H1B is done via Department of Labor, border issues are Homeland. Now this EO does impact H1B holders from the "unlucky 7", so there is cross-contamination.
Trump must be stomping his feet around, cursing and screaming right now. Personally, I think this "ban" is one of the worst implementation ever. Wrong countries, no policies or procedures for the various people expected to implement it, zero involvement of anyone outside Trump's inner circle...but these 97 companies are poking a hornet's nest. Trump is very vindictive; his "work visa" reform will now probably be even more restrictive and down-right punitive against Silicon Valley.
My company company is doing the same thing. We're going with an EU-based 365 tenancy, specifically in Ireland were our corporate headquarters are. Yet, having to do a migration of 300 users across three countries is not going to be fun.
At least Slashdot has a moderation system that usually quickly mods down these types of post, and you can set your own page so you don't have to have them.
18 months is the average time to complete a Masters degree, of course that's AFTER a BA. It's also basically 4 semesters, so an Associates? What is he actually talking about? Is there actually programs here in the US that offer an 18 month course that promise to make someone a "machine learning scientist", whatever that is? I guess if you took 24 credit-hours per semester you COULD pull a BA out of 18 months.
We also have approximately 7,000 nuclear warheads that we could put on a 45-minute "rush delivery" if the EU gets too uppity. Trump's trigger finger is really itchy. I only wish I was joking! I am NOT an advocate of "peace (or trade) via superior firepower" but Trump has repeatedly hinted he really wants to set us up the bomb.
Windows 10 is even more fun, it implements user profiles without really telling. There are people with issues of corrupt profiles in 10 all over the place.
I block software installs at the AD level with Group Policy. When needed, I add that specific computer / user account info into the "do not apply", then we do the install. Then remove that, back to being locked down. We also use SonicWall's full suite of Gateway security. Plus disabling vssadmin.exe on all the servers. The admin over in EMEA does none of this. They have been hit with cryptolocker at least three times in the past two years. We never even get a virus, much less cryptoware. My users don't complain; they know why it's like it is since it's been all over the news for years. Sure it might add a bit to our admin efforts, but not having the entire file server locked up is worth it.
Of course, that's in a controlled corp environment. "You can't fix stupid", so if people don't understand to not install toolbars, click "yes" to every pop-up, and so on...then there isn't much to do. The constant reboot issue is a combination of having an OS that can do "everything", must support every device made in the last 10 years, monolithic system kernels, and having to turn it into a "nanny-state" OS because of ignorant users. Even if the first three things are fixed, the layer 8 issue is still there LOL
Well, probably because this back-end system, is managed by what used to be Hewlett Packard Enterprise. They've had so many layoffs, and shuffled from company to company so many times, that the people who actually know what they are doing are all long gone.
Wow, what an amazingly insightful comment on what I posted. The depth of your comprehension is truly astounding, and your ability to add a meaningful retort is legendary.
Um, no, that's not how it works. Your "friend" would have to actually be seeding said torrent, like in some program. You can't just "list" something, that's not how the protocol works. You MIGHT be able to sit outside near enough to your "friends" house to get on their wifi, assuming that's open, and then seed out torrents off a laptop or something...at least until they notice you sitting there for hours on end. Even then, your probably not going to be able to get enough signal to use up their entire pipe.
One, streaming isn't as illegal as torrenting, since the end-user isn't distributing it. So their less of a target. Two, by using Kodi you are avoiding the actual site's pages themselves. And, with Kodi, your rarely streaming for long from the same source, so it's harder to track and even harder to prosecute. And at a place like a hospital, it would be pretty difficult for the RIAA / MPAA to bring a suit against them, as they would have to somehow force a hospital to hand over their internal DHCP / DNS records to even get a MAC address...and by then whomever it is is probably long gone from the hospital and would be impossible to find.
Kodi users aren't easy targets for "john doe" blanket lawsuits, so no one chases them. Now, the actual front-end sites like Primewire DO get chased down, but they don't keep logs nor host actual infringing content...
to watch a movie still in the theater, maybe up to double the local ticket prices. I don't really like going to the theater, standing in line, missing parts if I need to use the bathroom, etc. But instead, I watch a "cam" for free, even though they usually are horrid it's better than my local theaters.
I see it this way; the first step on a difficult path. Now that they've started, future reduction steps will be far easier since it's now "implemented policy". And I think those here in the USA that oppose this would feel far different if forced to live through the pollution levels in Beijing.
I think their pretty happy with the US's issues with TPP too. Personally, I have some huge issues with TPP of course...but it is a policy to restrict China trade-wise and even rumors of the US abandoning it has allowed China to do various maneuvering.
In a way, I too wish Snowden would be allowed a public "day in court", with massive media attention...so he could once again explain just what he saw, how it all ties together, and why he feels it violates the US Constitution. Personally, I agree with his feelings; but I think that a "public trial" might get the surveillance panopticon back into the public mindset.
Unfortunately, the people who are against him won't change their minds no matter how often it's charted out for them. IMHO, it's quite ironic that Snowden is actually a "conservative" and that is why he is so upset about the violation of our 4th Amendment rights.
Seeing how there is currently no "US extradition request" for Julian Assange, obviously this is just wordplay. There IS a Swedish extradition request, but none from the US.
Well, if you consume 2+ bottles of Robitussin at once, it has some pretty intense "pain nullification" effects...along with some pretty intense "reality nullification" effects. When you get up to 3-4 bottles, you fall through the rabbit hole and then pull the hole in after you.
Perhaps you fall into the ideal of Progressive Republican:
"In all those things which deal with people, be liberal, be human. In all those things which deal with people's money, or their economy, or their form of government, be conservative." - Dwight D Eisenhower
"The legitimate object of Government is to do for a community of people whatever they need to have done but cannot do at all, or cannot so well do, for themselves in their separate and individual capacities. But in all that people can individually do as well for themselves, Government ought not to interfere." - Abraham Lincoln
Indeed, that's the first thought that came to my mind too! All the infrastructure like that will be required for his Mars colony, this is an excellent way to do industrial-scale R&D. I guarantee that is a huge part of why he's doing this; at least in the long-term. Having the engineering experience of building huge solar arrays, multi-phase water recycling, large high-density battery arrays...it's all tech needed for an off-world colony. Also consider the pure electric vehicles; no need to import "gasoline" to Mars.
I can only hope the next "retro" step is a bunch of hipsters wanting to use the old DAT cassette tapes...we've got several boxes in storage here at work I could shift off on to Ebay.
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That's the entire point of Steve Bannon, the "President behind the curtain". He wants to destabilize the entire planet and destroy civilization as we know it. This is an exact quote from him:
“Lenin wanted to destroy the state, and that’s my goal too. I want to bring everything crashing down, and destroy all of today’s establishment.”
He's the one who's really writing many of these Executive Orders. He wants to burn it all down, and rebuild it in his own twisted image that fits his into his alt-right image. He knows that our society is held together by very fragile bonds formed through trust, past promises, monetary policy; attack these pillars and the whole thing will collapse.
DOD is a completely different level...your father wasn't just working for a company; he was probably also privy to many "state secrets" and such. That level of trust is cemented by moving the whole family over and full citizenship. I agree with your statement, at least in spirit. The h1b visa holders should have a very clear path to citizenship, and the companies bringing them in should have to pass a MUCH higher bar.
And yet, on the level of the "law", these two issues have nothing to do with each other. H1B is done via Department of Labor, border issues are Homeland. Now this EO does impact H1B holders from the "unlucky 7", so there is cross-contamination.
Trump must be stomping his feet around, cursing and screaming right now. Personally, I think this "ban" is one of the worst implementation ever. Wrong countries, no policies or procedures for the various people expected to implement it, zero involvement of anyone outside Trump's inner circle...but these 97 companies are poking a hornet's nest. Trump is very vindictive; his "work visa" reform will now probably be even more restrictive and down-right punitive against Silicon Valley.
My company company is doing the same thing. We're going with an EU-based 365 tenancy, specifically in Ireland were our corporate headquarters are. Yet, having to do a migration of 300 users across three countries is not going to be fun.
At least Slashdot has a moderation system that usually quickly mods down these types of post, and you can set your own page so you don't have to have them.
18 months is the average time to complete a Masters degree, of course that's AFTER a BA. It's also basically 4 semesters, so an Associates? What is he actually talking about? Is there actually programs here in the US that offer an 18 month course that promise to make someone a "machine learning scientist", whatever that is? I guess if you took 24 credit-hours per semester you COULD pull a BA out of 18 months.
We also have approximately 7,000 nuclear warheads that we could put on a 45-minute "rush delivery" if the EU gets too uppity. Trump's trigger finger is really itchy. I only wish I was joking! I am NOT an advocate of "peace (or trade) via superior firepower" but Trump has repeatedly hinted he really wants to set us up the bomb.
Totally, that's why I'm in the process of rolling out a bitcoin miner across my entire companies Window's infrastructure!
Windows 10 is even more fun, it implements user profiles without really telling. There are people with issues of corrupt profiles in 10 all over the place.
I block software installs at the AD level with Group Policy. When needed, I add that specific computer / user account info into the "do not apply", then we do the install. Then remove that, back to being locked down. We also use SonicWall's full suite of Gateway security. Plus disabling vssadmin.exe on all the servers. The admin over in EMEA does none of this. They have been hit with cryptolocker at least three times in the past two years. We never even get a virus, much less cryptoware. My users don't complain; they know why it's like it is since it's been all over the news for years. Sure it might add a bit to our admin efforts, but not having the entire file server locked up is worth it.
Of course, that's in a controlled corp environment. "You can't fix stupid", so if people don't understand to not install toolbars, click "yes" to every pop-up, and so on...then there isn't much to do. The constant reboot issue is a combination of having an OS that can do "everything", must support every device made in the last 10 years, monolithic system kernels, and having to turn it into a "nanny-state" OS because of ignorant users. Even if the first three things are fixed, the layer 8 issue is still there LOL
Well, probably because this back-end system, is managed by what used to be Hewlett Packard Enterprise. They've had so many layoffs, and shuffled from company to company so many times, that the people who actually know what they are doing are all long gone.
Wow, what an amazingly insightful comment on what I posted. The depth of your comprehension is truly astounding, and your ability to add a meaningful retort is legendary.
Um, no, that's not how it works. Your "friend" would have to actually be seeding said torrent, like in some program. You can't just "list" something, that's not how the protocol works. You MIGHT be able to sit outside near enough to your "friends" house to get on their wifi, assuming that's open, and then seed out torrents off a laptop or something...at least until they notice you sitting there for hours on end. Even then, your probably not going to be able to get enough signal to use up their entire pipe.
One, streaming isn't as illegal as torrenting, since the end-user isn't distributing it. So their less of a target. Two, by using Kodi you are avoiding the actual site's pages themselves. And, with Kodi, your rarely streaming for long from the same source, so it's harder to track and even harder to prosecute. And at a place like a hospital, it would be pretty difficult for the RIAA / MPAA to bring a suit against them, as they would have to somehow force a hospital to hand over their internal DHCP / DNS records to even get a MAC address...and by then whomever it is is probably long gone from the hospital and would be impossible to find.
Kodi users aren't easy targets for "john doe" blanket lawsuits, so no one chases them. Now, the actual front-end sites like Primewire DO get chased down, but they don't keep logs nor host actual infringing content...
to watch a movie still in the theater, maybe up to double the local ticket prices. I don't really like going to the theater, standing in line, missing parts if I need to use the bathroom, etc. But instead, I watch a "cam" for free, even though they usually are horrid it's better than my local theaters.
IMHO, this is the best part of this story: "Digital Shadows noted that the Mirai author appears to have used another nickname: “OG_Richard_Stallman,”"
I see it this way; the first step on a difficult path. Now that they've started, future reduction steps will be far easier since it's now "implemented policy". And I think those here in the USA that oppose this would feel far different if forced to live through the pollution levels in Beijing.
I think their pretty happy with the US's issues with TPP too. Personally, I have some huge issues with TPP of course...but it is a policy to restrict China trade-wise and even rumors of the US abandoning it has allowed China to do various maneuvering.
In a way, I too wish Snowden would be allowed a public "day in court", with massive media attention...so he could once again explain just what he saw, how it all ties together, and why he feels it violates the US Constitution. Personally, I agree with his feelings; but I think that a "public trial" might get the surveillance panopticon back into the public mindset.
Unfortunately, the people who are against him won't change their minds no matter how often it's charted out for them. IMHO, it's quite ironic that Snowden is actually a "conservative" and that is why he is so upset about the violation of our 4th Amendment rights.
Seeing how there is currently no "US extradition request" for Julian Assange, obviously this is just wordplay. There IS a Swedish extradition request, but none from the US.
Well, if you consume 2+ bottles of Robitussin at once, it has some pretty intense "pain nullification" effects...along with some pretty intense "reality nullification" effects. When you get up to 3-4 bottles, you fall through the rabbit hole and then pull the hole in after you.
Perhaps you fall into the ideal of Progressive Republican:
"In all those things which deal with people, be liberal, be human. In all those things which deal with people's money, or their economy, or their form of government, be conservative." - Dwight D Eisenhower
"The legitimate object of Government is to do for a community of people whatever they need to have done but cannot do at all, or cannot so well do, for themselves in their separate and individual capacities. But in all that people can individually do as well for themselves, Government ought not to interfere." - Abraham Lincoln
Indeed, that's the first thought that came to my mind too! All the infrastructure like that will be required for his Mars colony, this is an excellent way to do industrial-scale R&D. I guarantee that is a huge part of why he's doing this; at least in the long-term. Having the engineering experience of building huge solar arrays, multi-phase water recycling, large high-density battery arrays...it's all tech needed for an off-world colony. Also consider the pure electric vehicles; no need to import "gasoline" to Mars.
Well, apparently the President Elect of the USA believes the anti-vaccination idea, so...soon it will move on from "fear and doubt" into "official policy".
I can only hope the next "retro" step is a bunch of hipsters wanting to use the old DAT cassette tapes...we've got several boxes in storage here at work I could shift off on to Ebay.