Nobody ever said that Microsoft was any better. I merely wanted to point out the fact that any firm with a market share the size of Google filing anti-trust complaints is funny and entertaining. Microsoft, Apple, Google, Amazon, doesn't matter to me. If any of those firms made the same allegation, I'd say the same thing.
For Google, Microsoft, Apple, etc. to file an antitrust complaint is 100% hypocritical. That's like North Korea filing a complaint about human rights in the United States.
Didn't Dexter get started with stuff like this? In 20 years there will be some kid suing/. because he read this article and turned into a serial killer.
Example: In the U.K. you can be held by law enforcement for 30 days before being charged with a crime. In the U.S. you can be held by law enforcement for 48 hours. So you would be OK with Ginsberg saying "Because this is legal in the U.K., it should be legal in the U.S.?" How about China's one-child policy? Ginsberg: "Since this policy works in China, I think it should be legal here."
It's not about whether or not laws work. It has everything to do with the simple fact that the (Canadian, British, French, etc.) Constitution was not ratified by any of the 50 states. Therefore it has no legal standing here on American soil. Ginsberg doesn't look at foreign law and say "that's a good idea," she says "This is the law in such-and-such-country and therefore is the law here." HUGE difference.
You've obviously never worked in the clearance field. Job requirements for any position that requires a clearance are:
1. Active blood pulse
2. U.S. citizen (negotiable)
3. Security clearance
I was offered a job one time to be a intelligence analyst. Never mind the fact that I had never "analyzed" any piece of "intelligence" in my life, I had a clearance. And they wanted to pay me an excessive amount. The interview was more like a sales pitch, the company telling me why I should work for them. Try working with those idiots from Boeing, Lockheed Martin, BAE, or any other defense contractor. Then see how fast your opinion changes.
That's a common misconception. Security clearances are part of the contract that the companies negotiate with the government for. The government says "XX% of hires must have a clearance, XX% we will obtain clearances for." The only expense the company has is undercutting their competition by stipulating that 100% will have clearances, or paying someone a salary to work at a corporate office while waiting for their clearance to go through. Companies don't write a check to OPM that says "for so-and-so's security clearance."
95% of the people that I have worked with that has a security clearance are completely unqualified. I was working as a systems administrator and the contractor gave us someone who's resume involved being a corpsman for the Navy. Needless to say, I spent a month teaching her VI. After that failed, I wrote out step-by-step instructions (cd/dir , vi file.txt, press "i", etc.) and she still managed to mess it up. I had to replace her with a well-written shell script.
PS - I know 5 people that fit all those descriptions, if you are actually looking for someone to fill that position.
As juxtaposed by Ginsberg, who likes to cite the laws of foreign countries as the basis of her legal argument? At least Scalia uses the U.S. Constitution for his legal justification.
First, there are hundreds of officers that sit around and create potential scenarios for war from basically every country you can imagine. So in that sense, we are "always" preparing for some sort of armed conflict. Now those guys are borderline paranoid-insane, the stuff they come up with is amazingly detailed and would make for some great movies.
Second, perhaps my definition of "war machine" was a little vague. U.S. officers were fighting for the British Air Force as early as 1938 (maybe 1939?) in an unofficial capacity. When I say war machine, I mean every factory started making bullets, the draft started, Freedom gardens got planted, etc. In other words, everyone in the country knew we were at war and were focused on that single task. We were doing a lot of that once everyone realized Hitler was a power-hungry maniac, but ordering Americans into harm's way didn't start in an official capacity until post Pearl Harbor.
Why are all research papers so freakin' obvious? Even better is the fact that Fox News has been saying climate change is more about political affiliation than it is intelligence for years now.
The Nazis were stopped because they blatantly violated (nearly) everyone's rules of Universal Human Rights -- so much so that many of their own detested it.
I would have to disagree. After Pearl Harbor, U.S. declared war on Japan, Japan declared war on the U.S., Germany declared war on the U.S. Then the war machine started cranking and the Allies took back Europe. Allies stumbled across concentration camps, and the world learned how evil the Nazis really were. We didn't enter WWII because they "violated human rights." We entered because the Axis attacked us.
These fabrication centers WERE running full time. Think about it, every radio, every o-scope, every computer that is not connected to the public internet, were all made right here in the U.S. At one of my duty stations, we had a server the size of 3 refrigerators that was fabricated in 1992. We used it as our backup server/router/gateway. All you had to do was turn on a switch and it did everything that we needed it to do. Plus we knew that there were no Chinese surprises in it.
They never ran their own computer architecture, in the late 80's and early 90's they were all SPARC-style computers with Solaris loaded on them (I believe they paid licensing fees, but don't quote me on that). Yes, some of those computers are still in use because they have been running for 15+ years. I know of a few that haven't even been rebooted since they were turned on in 1995. Most field systems (shelters on the back of a vehicle) still use these computers.
Also to consider, for performing the tasks a tactical field system needs to, they do not need a 8-core processor with 64GB of RAM and 4 GB of video memory. They need something that is rugged and can operate in 100+ degree environments while covered in sand (Air conditioners break all the time when it is hot as hell).
When I was in Iraq, the only things that broke were our Dell POS computers. I remember one time we had the SPARC machines running in a shelter with no air conditioning (except for the table fan I grabbed from my room). It was 130+ in that shelter and they ran just fine for the 3 hours it took to find a working AC. That's the kind of computers they need, and if it takes a few billion to put those in essential systems, I have no problem with it. Better than the other BS the government spends their money on.
Absolutely.
The US military should have a strict policy of only buying military parts from sovereign, free, democratic countries with a long history of friendship, such as Israel, Canada, Europe, Japan and South Korea.
And a preference should be given to American-made parts, since you need domestic factories to mobilise in times of war.
First problem..... they already have that policy. But the problem is that the components used for military and government applications have to be purchased from American companies. Then to save a buck, the companies sub-contract for components from places like China and "assemble" the equipment in friendly countries. That way, the product does not have a "made in China" sticker on them.
Second problem.... 20 years ago the DOD had their own processor manufacturing facilities, IC chips, etc. They were shut down in favor of commercial equipment because some idiot decided it was better to have an easier time buying replacement parts at Radioshack than buying quality military-grade components that could last in austere environments. (Yes, speaking from experience). Servers and workstations used to be built from the ground up at places like Tobyhanna Army Depot. Now, servers and workstations are bought from Dell.
Watch out there, if Candace finds out this is here she may decide to sue the whole lot of us for “libel, defamation, invasion of privacy, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and seek punitive damages as well as actual, court costs, attorney fees, and interest”. Translated from lawyer-speak into English --;-(
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Guess all of the "I Love Google" moderators are online this morning. Where are the mods with a sense of humor?
Sparticus is an anti-google troll. Possibly working some PR firm on behalf of Microsoft.
Oh noes! You caught me! They offered me an epic flying mount for my WoW character to post that comment! Oh noes /sarcasm
Nobody ever said that Microsoft was any better. I merely wanted to point out the fact that any firm with a market share the size of Google filing anti-trust complaints is funny and entertaining. Microsoft, Apple, Google, Amazon, doesn't matter to me. If any of those firms made the same allegation, I'd say the same thing.
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/05/google-nsa-secrecy-upheld/
For Google, Microsoft, Apple, etc. to file an antitrust complaint is 100% hypocritical. That's like North Korea filing a complaint about human rights in the United States.
Hi pot, my name is kettle. You are black!
When is the last government contract that DIDN'T go more than 50% over budget?
Red Hat != Fedora . Close, but they have been growing apart since Fedora 12/RHEL 5
Someone please mod this up!
Didn't Dexter get started with stuff like this? In 20 years there will be some kid suing /. because he read this article and turned into a serial killer.
Think it's time to conduct a test for /.
Example: In the U.K. you can be held by law enforcement for 30 days before being charged with a crime. In the U.S. you can be held by law enforcement for 48 hours. So you would be OK with Ginsberg saying "Because this is legal in the U.K., it should be legal in the U.S.?" How about China's one-child policy? Ginsberg: "Since this policy works in China, I think it should be legal here."
It's not about whether or not laws work. It has everything to do with the simple fact that the (Canadian, British, French, etc.) Constitution was not ratified by any of the 50 states. Therefore it has no legal standing here on American soil. Ginsberg doesn't look at foreign law and say "that's a good idea," she says "This is the law in such-and-such-country and therefore is the law here." HUGE difference.
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You've obviously never worked in the clearance field. Job requirements for any position that requires a clearance are:
1. Active blood pulse
2. U.S. citizen (negotiable)
3. Security clearance
I was offered a job one time to be a intelligence analyst. Never mind the fact that I had never "analyzed" any piece of "intelligence" in my life, I had a clearance. And they wanted to pay me an excessive amount. The interview was more like a sales pitch, the company telling me why I should work for them. Try working with those idiots from Boeing, Lockheed Martin, BAE, or any other defense contractor. Then see how fast your opinion changes.
1. Legally allowed to vote in the U.S.
2. Are who they say they are.
SPARC 20, with Solaris on it. And security people are super annoying when you want to increase the functionality of your system.
That's a common misconception. Security clearances are part of the contract that the companies negotiate with the government for. The government says "XX% of hires must have a clearance, XX% we will obtain clearances for." The only expense the company has is undercutting their competition by stipulating that 100% will have clearances, or paying someone a salary to work at a corporate office while waiting for their clearance to go through. Companies don't write a check to OPM that says "for so-and-so's security clearance."
Throwing the BS flag
95% of the people that I have worked with that has a security clearance are completely unqualified. I was working as a systems administrator and the contractor gave us someone who's resume involved being a corpsman for the Navy. Needless to say, I spent a month teaching her VI. After that failed, I wrote out step-by-step instructions (cd /dir , vi file.txt, press "i", etc.) and she still managed to mess it up. I had to replace her with a well-written shell script.
PS - I know 5 people that fit all those descriptions, if you are actually looking for someone to fill that position.
As juxtaposed by Ginsberg, who likes to cite the laws of foreign countries as the basis of her legal argument? At least Scalia uses the U.S. Constitution for his legal justification.
First, there are hundreds of officers that sit around and create potential scenarios for war from basically every country you can imagine. So in that sense, we are "always" preparing for some sort of armed conflict. Now those guys are borderline paranoid-insane, the stuff they come up with is amazingly detailed and would make for some great movies.
Second, perhaps my definition of "war machine" was a little vague. U.S. officers were fighting for the British Air Force as early as 1938 (maybe 1939?) in an unofficial capacity. When I say war machine, I mean every factory started making bullets, the draft started, Freedom gardens got planted, etc. In other words, everyone in the country knew we were at war and were focused on that single task. We were doing a lot of that once everyone realized Hitler was a power-hungry maniac, but ordering Americans into harm's way didn't start in an official capacity until post Pearl Harbor.
Why are all research papers so freakin' obvious? Even better is the fact that Fox News has been saying climate change is more about political affiliation than it is intelligence for years now.
Bring on the flames!
The Nazis were stopped because they blatantly violated (nearly) everyone's rules of Universal Human Rights -- so much so that many of their own detested it.
I would have to disagree. After Pearl Harbor, U.S. declared war on Japan, Japan declared war on the U.S., Germany declared war on the U.S. Then the war machine started cranking and the Allies took back Europe. Allies stumbled across concentration camps, and the world learned how evil the Nazis really were. We didn't enter WWII because they "violated human rights." We entered because the Axis attacked us.
These fabrication centers WERE running full time. Think about it, every radio, every o-scope, every computer that is not connected to the public internet, were all made right here in the U.S. At one of my duty stations, we had a server the size of 3 refrigerators that was fabricated in 1992. We used it as our backup server/router/gateway. All you had to do was turn on a switch and it did everything that we needed it to do. Plus we knew that there were no Chinese surprises in it.
They never ran their own computer architecture, in the late 80's and early 90's they were all SPARC-style computers with Solaris loaded on them (I believe they paid licensing fees, but don't quote me on that). Yes, some of those computers are still in use because they have been running for 15+ years. I know of a few that haven't even been rebooted since they were turned on in 1995. Most field systems (shelters on the back of a vehicle) still use these computers.
Also to consider, for performing the tasks a tactical field system needs to, they do not need a 8-core processor with 64GB of RAM and 4 GB of video memory. They need something that is rugged and can operate in 100+ degree environments while covered in sand (Air conditioners break all the time when it is hot as hell).
When I was in Iraq, the only things that broke were our Dell POS computers. I remember one time we had the SPARC machines running in a shelter with no air conditioning (except for the table fan I grabbed from my room). It was 130+ in that shelter and they ran just fine for the 3 hours it took to find a working AC. That's the kind of computers they need, and if it takes a few billion to put those in essential systems, I have no problem with it. Better than the other BS the government spends their money on.
Absolutely. The US military should have a strict policy of only buying military parts from sovereign, free, democratic countries with a long history of friendship, such as Israel, Canada, Europe, Japan and South Korea.
And a preference should be given to American-made parts, since you need domestic factories to mobilise in times of war.
First problem..... they already have that policy. But the problem is that the components used for military and government applications have to be purchased from American companies. Then to save a buck, the companies sub-contract for components from places like China and "assemble" the equipment in friendly countries. That way, the product does not have a "made in China" sticker on them.
Second problem.... 20 years ago the DOD had their own processor manufacturing facilities, IC chips, etc. They were shut down in favor of commercial equipment because some idiot decided it was better to have an easier time buying replacement parts at Radioshack than buying quality military-grade components that could last in austere environments. (Yes, speaking from experience). Servers and workstations used to be built from the ground up at places like Tobyhanna Army Depot. Now, servers and workstations are bought from Dell.
Watch out there, if Candace finds out this is here she may decide to sue the whole lot of us for “libel, defamation, invasion of privacy, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and seek punitive damages as well as actual, court costs, attorney fees, and interest”. Translated from lawyer-speak into English -- ;-(
To avoid copyright issues of my own.... Read more: http://www.baldheretic.com/2012/05/23/protecting-my-copyright#ixzz1vuKTe5iY