At my current workplace, we have 150+ people, and 2 IT people
As time marches on, people are becoming more IT literate and IT is becoming more people literate. In 20 years, those 2 IT people will be sitting in the basement playing Halo 16 justifying their existence by requiring a backup person to hold the passwords for the network infrastructure.
I am saying it is UNCONSTITUTIONAL. Illegal. Violation of oaths
I understand your argument and I know that your expectations are reasonable. Having said that, beyond nationalism lies independence. A state in and of itself can never be independent. Independence isn't a state or a state of mind, it's a modality of living.
Independance is living without dependence on others. ie. "Who cares if the politicians are violating the constitution? That has no effect on me" as opposed to saying "Because the US declared independence x00 years ago, I'm independent and I deserve my rights!".
Our minds have been entrapped to expect others to do things for us.
As we employ these people, we should have a say as to what is funded.
If I point at the sky and say "it's blue".. what does that say? You're pointing at the secret projects and saying "that's not fair". Of course it's not fair, but what are YOU going to do about it? Complain on a message board? The "We" in "We the People" is YOU.
This is beyond bizarre
What's bizarre is how someone can look to a government that clearly doesn't give a shit about the people and rant and rave about how unfair it all is. What do you expect the government to do? "OH.. we're terribly sorry citizens. We'll make it all better".
Are you dependent upon your government? What if you weren't? That would free YOU and disempower this plutocracy. Quit expecting others to solve your problems, take responsibility.
your people however would starve to death or die of dehydration
These politicians don't care about the people. They're only in it for their self interests. If imports fail, who gives a fuck.. the wealthy elite will be fine, only the people dependent upon them will starve to death. And there's nothing the people can do.. the people are even shouting for citizen disarmament while the politicians build up more and more armed power for the state.
What was once a fine example of shining freedom has devolved into a plutocratic dictatorship. Fine citizens of the USA.. wake the fuck up.
I wonder what threats NSA did bring to the table to get this through.
Never doubt that the NSA / CIA has coercive data on any politician they need to threaten to get insane crap done. They're tapping phones, using cameras to record citizen's actions and monitoring internet activity. Do you think the politicians are excluded from that targetting?
Politicians are prime candidates for total monitoring. If John Kerry farts, the NSA knows the time, smell and cause.
that's why they are doing this. Classic misdirection 101
I'd go as far as to suspect that Snowden is actually a plant and the whole debacle has been staged as a distraction. But it also brings secret information out into the public without the CIA / NSA / ??? having to own up to it. What's had me wondering since this whole Snowden thing blew up is.. why is he getting so much attention? There are hundreds upon hundreds of whistleblowers (search youtube for 'CIA whistleblower') out there.. but ONLY Snowden gets publicity.
Snowden works for the CIA, he comes out publically as a 'whistleblower' with information that is already public, the media promotes him, it takes attention away from the failing government and their clandestine manipulation of the populace. And what happens? OH Russia gives him 'Asylum' where he is of course trusted and bam! He's in Russia, talking with the secret police groups over there and once again, Russia is the big bad enemy which the US HAS to beat! The red enemy rises again!
Always remember.. the NEOCON's philosophy is to unite a people by pointing out a common enemy (real or ficticious) around which to rally. And never forget that these NEOCON's don't respect your intelligence.. they expect you to be blind, obedient and well programmed by the media. What happens when Russia falls? Generate a new 'threat'... invisible terrorism! If that fails? Invisible cyber war! If that fails? Setup a circumstance for Russia to be the big bad enemy again!
It worked before, it's bound to work again... right???
For those who don't know, Google Cloud Print connects Cloud Print-aware applications (across the Web, desktop, and mobile) to any printer
So if I want to print my document to a printer in Bulgaria, no problem! That's just flat out daft. Cloud storage, processing and applications provide ubiquitous accessibility. Cloud printing provides ubiquitous inaccessibility.
Google 2.0 is a collection of some of the dumbest ideas I've ever seen in my life. Surely there's still somebody with common sense working for Google?!?
Performance-wise, the new ThinkPad tablet convertible doesn't have a ton of horsepower, but the machine will get by well enough handling light multimedia and office app use with relative ease
I'd love to replace my current thinkpad with a unit that doesn't require a mouse. Unfortunately, laptop manufacturers keep the word 'tablet' synonymous with the word 'toy'. As long as getting rid of the mouse is a pipedream, tablets will continue to be a toy. If people want to play tablets and have ridiculous battery life, there's already a perfect platform for that.
What lenovo needs to build is a grunty cost effective business laptop replacement that doesn't require a mouse.
Pffft, anyone with any sense KNOWS that this is a complete fallacy. Even when it's documented by the CIA, it's just documented to throw people off the scent of the real projects the CIA are involved in.. projects like hunting down imfamous and deadly major islamist extremist terrorist organisations that organise precision aeroplane attacks on very public US targets... or putting a stop to the massive production and importation of heroin... and overthrowing foreign dictatorships in favor of democratic governance!
And don't even try to suggest that MkUltra has continued due to it's outlandish success and that the CIA is still involved in 'DID' programming practices and systemic child abuse. If you try to suggest that, I'm going to call you nasty names and I'll guarantee, you WON'T like them.
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At my current workplace, we have 150+ people, and 2 IT people
As time marches on, people are becoming more IT literate and IT is becoming more people literate. In 20 years, those 2 IT people will be sitting in the basement playing Halo 16 justifying their existence by requiring a backup person to hold the passwords for the network infrastructure.
We're a wealthy country
No, you're not. The US is a country with many wealthy people, the country itself is close to bankrupt due to it's endemic plutocratic corruption.
I would rather see them pay the billions they owe Washington state end the US government
There could be no more noble a goal.
At what point does the punishment no longer fit the crime?
When the people controlling money are making the laws.
.. how well platform divergence works. In a few years we could have the choice between a dozen different mobile operating systems! Hellelujah
I am saying it is UNCONSTITUTIONAL. Illegal. Violation of oaths
I understand your argument and I know that your expectations are reasonable. Having said that, beyond nationalism lies independence. A state in and of itself can never be independent. Independence isn't a state or a state of mind, it's a modality of living.
Independance is living without dependence on others. ie. "Who cares if the politicians are violating the constitution? That has no effect on me" as opposed to saying "Because the US declared independence x00 years ago, I'm independent and I deserve my rights!".
Our minds have been entrapped to expect others to do things for us.
As we employ these people, we should have a say as to what is funded.
If I point at the sky and say "it's blue" .. what does that say? You're pointing at the secret projects and saying "that's not fair". Of course it's not fair, but what are YOU going to do about it? Complain on a message board? The "We" in "We the People" is YOU.
This is beyond bizarre
What's bizarre is how someone can look to a government that clearly doesn't give a shit about the people and rant and rave about how unfair it all is. What do you expect the government to do? "OH .. we're terribly sorry citizens. We'll make it all better".
Are you dependent upon your government? What if you weren't? That would free YOU and disempower this plutocracy. Quit expecting others to solve your problems, take responsibility.
your people however would starve to death or die of dehydration
These politicians don't care about the people. They're only in it for their self interests. If imports fail, who gives a fuck .. the wealthy elite will be fine, only the people dependent upon them will starve to death. And there's nothing the people can do .. the people are even shouting for citizen disarmament while the politicians build up more and more armed power for the state.
.. wake the fuck up.
What was once a fine example of shining freedom has devolved into a plutocratic dictatorship. Fine citizens of the USA
I wonder what threats NSA did bring to the table to get this through.
Never doubt that the NSA / CIA has coercive data on any politician they need to threaten to get insane crap done. They're tapping phones, using cameras to record citizen's actions and monitoring internet activity. Do you think the politicians are excluded from that targetting?
Politicians are prime candidates for total monitoring. If John Kerry farts, the NSA knows the time, smell and cause.
that's why they are doing this. Classic misdirection 101
I'd go as far as to suspect that Snowden is actually a plant and the whole debacle has been staged as a distraction. But it also brings secret information out into the public without the CIA / NSA / ??? having to own up to it. What's had me wondering since this whole Snowden thing blew up is .. why is he getting so much attention? There are hundreds upon hundreds of whistleblowers (search youtube for 'CIA whistleblower') out there .. but ONLY Snowden gets publicity.
.. the NEOCON's philosophy is to unite a people by pointing out a common enemy (real or ficticious) around which to rally. And never forget that these NEOCON's don't respect your intelligence .. they expect you to be blind, obedient and well programmed by the media. What happens when Russia falls? Generate a new 'threat' ... invisible terrorism! If that fails? Invisible cyber war! If that fails? Setup a circumstance for Russia to be the big bad enemy again!
... right???
Snowden works for the CIA, he comes out publically as a 'whistleblower' with information that is already public, the media promotes him, it takes attention away from the failing government and their clandestine manipulation of the populace. And what happens? OH Russia gives him 'Asylum' where he is of course trusted and bam! He's in Russia, talking with the secret police groups over there and once again, Russia is the big bad enemy which the US HAS to beat! The red enemy rises again!
Always remember
It worked before, it's bound to work again
Are these imbeciles serious?
As serious as total economic and military collapse!
I wondered why they did that, thanks for clarifying.
You do know they lie for a living, right?
When did the NSA ever say they lied to the public?
You conspiracy theorist left wing radical communist marxist muslim fundamentalist terrorist!
I couldn't find anywhere designated for a Stargate
Thats the emergency action map. Everyone knows that in the event of an emergency you don't use the Stargate, take the stairs instead.
Even that reduced number struck Internet infrastructure expert Paul Vixie as high
My uneducated response was "Holy Fuck!". Lucky the experts were there to clarify.
Coincidence?
There are no coincidences.
I do find cloud print to be really convenient
I'm happy for you. Have you thought of starting a club?
But what do I know? I work for Google :P
Well blow me down with a feather! Someone working for Google who thinks Google's ideas are good.
Who would have seen that coming?
For those who don't know, Google Cloud Print connects Cloud Print-aware applications (across the Web, desktop, and mobile) to any printer
So if I want to print my document to a printer in Bulgaria, no problem! That's just flat out daft. Cloud storage, processing and applications provide ubiquitous accessibility. Cloud printing provides ubiquitous inaccessibility.
Google 2.0 is a collection of some of the dumbest ideas I've ever seen in my life. Surely there's still somebody with common sense working for Google?!?
Performance-wise, the new ThinkPad tablet convertible doesn't have a ton of horsepower, but the machine will get by well enough handling light multimedia and office app use with relative ease
I'd love to replace my current thinkpad with a unit that doesn't require a mouse. Unfortunately, laptop manufacturers keep the word 'tablet' synonymous with the word 'toy'. As long as getting rid of the mouse is a pipedream, tablets will continue to be a toy. If people want to play tablets and have ridiculous battery life, there's already a perfect platform for that.
What lenovo needs to build is a grunty cost effective business laptop replacement that doesn't require a mouse.
Just to be clear, for people not alive in the UK in the 80s the name of the band UB40 came from the code on the unemployment benefit form
You owe me a new geek credibility meter.
the best and fastest way to root a sim card is to stick it in the microwave oven for 10 seconds
I'd bet there's a bunch of folks on /. who can beat your record.
CREW biologists jerked off the rhino while he gorged himself. Pretty much any man's dream, right?
I'm just spitballing here, but you wouldn't happen to be a woman would you?
poised to bury a famous Star Wars film set
It's a set from EP1 .. I think the author meant to say 'infamous Star Wars film set'. It may not be dead and buried, but 1 out 2 aint bad.
you know about Project MKUltra
Pffft, anyone with any sense KNOWS that this is a complete fallacy. Even when it's documented by the CIA, it's just documented to throw people off the scent of the real projects the CIA are involved in .. projects like hunting down imfamous and deadly major islamist extremist terrorist organisations that organise precision aeroplane attacks on very public US targets ... or putting a stop to the massive production and importation of heroin ... and overthrowing foreign dictatorships in favor of democratic governance!
And don't even try to suggest that MkUltra has continued due to it's outlandish success and that the CIA is still involved in 'DID' programming practices and systemic child abuse. If you try to suggest that, I'm going to call you nasty names and I'll guarantee, you WON'T like them.