I am so tired of this snowden junk. hadn't he done enough damage and made his point yet? besides, most of this stuff is US spying on the rest of the world, just like foreign countries spy on US. If/when there are revalations in europe / SA / asia about these countries spying on US citizens, will everybody on slashdot be like oh noes! or will they be like serves you right! what does that say about the validity of your own opinion?
the algae is reportedly nontoxic to humans but can, however, leave behind the toxic gas hydrogen sulphide.
bad news: at low concentrations, hydrogen sulfide isn't toxic but reeks of rotten eggs. good news: at high concentrations it is fatal, but at least doesn't smell (because it overloads your nose sensors)
what a tool this Snowden is. he's a wanted fugitive, accused of treason and espionage. then he whines that US is blocking his asylum bids? no shit, sherlock! he needs to recognize the impact of his actions, and set his expectations accordingly. somebody call the waaambulance! US has long arms around the world, so he shouldn't be surprised when the MIB show up to put him on a plane to quantico in short, he did a really crappy thing (or herioc thingi if that's your worldview), and he's going to be held accountable to it. any statements to the contrary are naive and self centered (like assange himself).
FACT: CO2 is at a record high since the last 10,000 years, if not longer. FACT: storm severity is increasing. Katrina, Sandy. FACT: major ice cap / glacier melting.FACT: record heat wave in southern california RIGHT NOW. FACT: change in seasons for fruit, change in migration patterns for birds. GET YOUR HEAD OUT OF THE SAND. or perhaps you believe global warming is impossible because the geologic record is a lie because the earth is only 5000 years old. is this what it is about for you?
I agree with you 10000% and I'm really glad snowden exposed this, i think it was a great benefit for us as citizens. but why expose the foreign stuff like actions against the chinese? that's the NSA's JOB and right now there's a cyber cold war going on. this is just regular traitor material. in the 80s would he have given nuclear secrets to the russians, and it would be OK on slashdot? priorities, people!
I don't know where your from, but you think your shit doesn't stink? US is besieged by forign hackers. I'm relieved we're on the offense too. Maybe you would prefer Iran have the bomb, so it could strike at those evil US -Zionist imperialists. #openyoureyes
it's one thing to reveal domestic surveillance. that was a win for the common man. but spilling secrets to the chinese? who can justify that? traitor and criminal, i hope he is thrown in a hole in guantanamo.
wow an intelligent comment from Frosty Piss! I expected FR1ST!!1!1!
srsly tho, i agree that facebook and twitter are a waste, but linkedin for start, then participating in quora or stackoverflow or even having a simple blog/home on the interwebz is wise. pro tip - start a blog, write a dozen or so non-stupid posts, and edit the blog settings so each post doesn't have a time stamp. winning! you can let it sit and anybody who searches for you finds your blog and it doesn't look stale.
it's not my fault you don't know what a GED is. you should have learned that in high school. your argument appears to be "a portable secret van xray scanner would be both impractical, unhelpful and expensive, so it doesn't exist." but you don't know the largesse of the american government! as long as we can throw money at it, we will. until everybody's nads are fried.
I'm not 100% sure of the TSA, but for certain the UK Border Force have a number of fixed and mobile x-ray units for examining lorries and shipping containers coming into the country, in pursuit of illegal immigrants. Modifying such to produce a harmful beam would probably be difficult (vacuum physics can get difficult at high power) and need a fairly un-subtle power source, but it's probably doable. You'd need dose rates thousands or tens of thousands of times higher than medical X-ray machines, and probably hundreds of times higher than (say) weld inspection X-ray machines.
I never accused the TSA of having death beams. I am accusing them of driving around cities with unmarked vans inside which poorly trained "agents" with GEDs fiddle with the controls of secret portable xray scanners. as you say, the dosage on those is likely small so one blast wouldn't hurt you. but what if you were hit a couple times a day (say, whenever you entered or exited a subway station) every day for a year, or several year? are those GED agents going to help you when you get sick?
yes but if I have a pile of bug reports I'm working through? should I prioritze targeting the new version? for me, targeting the new version means writing code that takes advantage of new features in the new version. but wha't sthe bother if nobody has it anyway?
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I am so tired of this snowden junk. hadn't he done enough damage and made his point yet? besides, most of this stuff is US spying on the rest of the world, just like foreign countries spy on US. If/when there are revalations in europe / SA / asia about these countries spying on US citizens, will everybody on slashdot be like oh noes! or will they be like serves you right! what does that say about the validity of your own opinion?
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the algae is reportedly nontoxic to humans but can, however, leave behind the toxic gas hydrogen sulphide.
bad news: at low concentrations, hydrogen sulfide isn't toxic but reeks of rotten eggs. good news: at high concentrations it is fatal, but at least doesn't smell (because it overloads your nose sensors)
I think the bigger issue here is the parents are ashamed of their kids. And want to hide their shame. So they keep their sons hidden away.
what a tool this Snowden is. he's a wanted fugitive, accused of treason and espionage. then he whines that US is blocking his asylum bids? no shit, sherlock! he needs to recognize the impact of his actions, and set his expectations accordingly. somebody call the waaambulance! US has long arms around the world, so he shouldn't be surprised when the MIB show up to put him on a plane to quantico
in short, he did a really crappy thing (or herioc thingi if that's your worldview), and he's going to be held accountable to it. any statements to the contrary are naive and self centered (like assange himself).
FACT: CO2 is at a record high since the last 10,000 years, if not longer. FACT: storm severity is increasing. Katrina, Sandy. FACT: major ice cap / glacier melting.FACT: record heat wave in southern california RIGHT NOW. FACT: change in seasons for fruit, change in migration patterns for birds. GET YOUR HEAD OUT OF THE SAND. or perhaps you believe global warming is impossible because the geologic record is a lie because the earth is only 5000 years old. is this what it is about for you?
they don't need to record the conversations, they could just play the shows.
whatever... you can email me at fish@marker.forzta
I wrote a macro to do that automatically.
i just haxored ur kiosk... all ur keys belong to us.
what is scotus? makes no sense...
i like to think that if the govt gets blocked from passing a law, they can at least pass an amendment to make it legal. this is a big release valve!
their jurisdiction is companies that operate in america must follow american rules...
US already has a climate change plan - destroy the climate! I don't see why he'd want to change horses midstream...
I agree with you 10000% and I'm really glad snowden exposed this, i think it was a great benefit for us as citizens. but why expose the foreign stuff like actions against the chinese? that's the NSA's JOB and right now there's a cyber cold war going on. this is just regular traitor material. in the 80s would he have given nuclear secrets to the russians, and it would be OK on slashdot? priorities, people!
I don't know where your from, but you think your shit doesn't stink? US is besieged by forign hackers. I'm relieved we're on the offense too. Maybe you would prefer Iran have the bomb, so it could strike at those evil US -Zionist imperialists. #openyoureyes
It's the nsa's job to spy on foreign frenemies. For an American to expose this is treason. What moral excuse could there possibly be?
it's one thing to reveal domestic surveillance. that was a win for the common man. but spilling secrets to the chinese? who can justify that? traitor and criminal, i hope he is thrown in a hole in guantanamo.
ahh yes, san onofre. "everywhere I look, something reminds me of her."
wow an intelligent comment from Frosty Piss! I expected FR1ST!!1!1!
srsly tho, i agree that facebook and twitter are a waste, but linkedin for start, then participating in quora or stackoverflow or even having a simple blog/home on the interwebz is wise. pro tip - start a blog, write a dozen or so non-stupid posts, and edit the blog settings so each post doesn't have a time stamp. winning! you can let it sit and anybody who searches for you finds your blog and it doesn't look stale.
it's not my fault you don't know what a GED is. you should have learned that in high school. your argument appears to be "a portable secret van xray scanner would be both impractical, unhelpful and expensive, so it doesn't exist." but you don't know the largesse of the american government! as long as we can throw money at it, we will. until everybody's nads are fried.
I'm not 100% sure of the TSA, but for certain the UK Border Force have a number of fixed and mobile x-ray units for examining lorries and shipping containers coming into the country, in pursuit of illegal immigrants. Modifying such to produce a harmful beam would probably be difficult (vacuum physics can get difficult at high power) and need a fairly un-subtle power source, but it's probably doable. You'd need dose rates thousands or tens of thousands of times higher than medical X-ray machines, and probably hundreds of times higher than (say) weld inspection X-ray machines.
I never accused the TSA of having death beams. I am accusing them of driving around cities with unmarked vans inside which poorly trained "agents" with GEDs fiddle with the controls of secret portable xray scanners. as you say, the dosage on those is likely small so one blast wouldn't hurt you. but what if you were hit a couple times a day (say, whenever you entered or exited a subway station) every day for a year, or several year? are those GED agents going to help you when you get sick?
Murder isn't nearly as big a deal as telling secrets.
telling or selling?
who Zimmerman? the guy who shot trayvon martin? the stand your ground guy? that's a weird comparison.
yes but if I have a pile of bug reports I'm working through? should I prioritze targeting the new version? for me, targeting the new version means writing code that takes advantage of new features in the new version. but wha't sthe bother if nobody has it anyway?