Well, if the guy who oversees mass spying on everyone, friend and foe alike, then lies about it to congress, says he caused damage, well that's good enough for me.
Espionage is basically hindering the government/military operations. Aiding the enemy is helping the enemy's operations. Yes, there is overlap, in that hindering military operations may help the enemy's operations, but it isn't completely cut and dry. Personally, I mostly agree with this verdict. Manning's actions were clearly espionage, and he confessed to the leaks, but I don't think he intended it as aid to America's enemies, nor can you definitively say that it resulted in such, unless an enemy's mission statement is just embarrassing America. Whether the U.S. government deserved it or not is a different debate.
How long do we have to wait for this next disaster before you and yours accept that giving up our liberty is not worth the potential prevention of a hypothetical disaster? Is there any actual cost/benefit analysis going on, or have you just had a bad dream and need comforting at any cost?
Ok, suggesting Vivendi aren't villains was a mistake, but the headline beginning "Blizzard Breaks For Independence" gave me a brief moment of hope they were overthrowing the Evil Emperor Kotick.
When Blizzard and Activision separate, then there will be cause for celebration.
My congressman voted for this amendment. The only time I've contacted him before was after voting for CISPA, which I criticized him for. So I felt it fair to write him to thank him today, although I did mention that his wavering beliefs on overbearing government invasion of privacy on the internet seems indicative of a mental disorder.
Actually, while Yahoo has finally earned their first gold star from the EFF in one of six categories on protecting customer data from government, Google has five of six covered. I know it's becoming popular to hate on Google, and I've backed off using some of their services, but try to keep the facts straight when doing the whole company A is better than company B chest thumping thing.
I have no problem with the EFF giving recognition to Yahoo for the one area they are doing well in. They have their Who Has Your Back awards divided into six sections, and this is the only section that Yahoo has done well in. It doesn't excuse all of Yahoo's other BS, but the whole thing would be pointless if they refused to acknowledge good in one area while the others were yet lacking.
One thing I do think has been helpful is that the current debates have broken across once impenetrable ideological boundaries; people usually on opposite sides of the political divide are finding themselves agreeing with each other. It's forcing people on all sides to focus on the facts and issues rather than cling to ideology..
Instead of Democrat vs Republican, it is now Government vs The People. Isn't it nice how an adversarial government unites us?
Looks like I found the formula to be modded +5 interesting: make a snarky anti-corporation comment that implies Slashdot's choice of news stories aren't worthy of being called news. I'm learning!
I really wish the government would just rename all marriage, as it applies to government recognition, to civil unions and allow anyone to apply for one. I'm sick of this whole debate. If the majority of society have defined marriage as a religious institution, than the government shouldn't be protecting their particular religion's interpretation of that institution.
I feel like you are measuring success by very strict terms of achieving what you want them to achieve. Yes, we'd all like to see HL3, but you're being rather flippant about the success of Portal 1 and 2, Left4Dead and L4D2, as well as Team Fortress, DOTA2, and Steam as more than just a digital distribution service. I've been on Steam since HL2, so I've watched it develop from something I hated and merely endured in order to play HL2 to something that I have on all the time. Aside from my games library, it is my main form of social media and where I get 90% of my gaming news. Greenlight, Early Access, and Big Picture are all new developments that have great potential. If you're defining Valve strictly as a Half-Life sequel developer, I agree, they have failed in recent years. But that's a pretty narrow view of what goes on there.
Most of them honestly believe that they are doing something worth doing beyond just money.
Do you know most of the people who work for the NSA? What is the the basis of your positive assumption of the motivations of the NSA? If you're just stating your opinion as fact, I would argue that most people who pursue that type of career do so for the power. They are some of the most evil bastards on the planet.
That's kind of my point. If you don't care about privacy and broadcast everything for everyone to see, you end up with some nutjob lady getting so upset about a joke she calls local authorities who are too stupid to recognize a joke and this mess happens. Idiocy is easily avoided by avoiding other people.
Why target the Guardian then, except spite that they broke the story and had (or have) direct contact with Snowden? The information has already spread all over the internet, they can't block access to it all.
I don't know what the process is for officially declassifying the information, but I don't see how you can really call something that's public knowledge classified anymore.
Nothing you can do about companies using exclusives as an incentive to buy their console. It's up to the consumer to decide if those exclusives are worth the purchase of that console. However, with more consoles, assuming they are successful, it will become less beneficial to the game developers to make their game an exclusive. Not saying there won't be any, but there should be fewer.
On the other hand, Valve could just release Half-Life 3 as a Steambox exclusive and destroy all competition.
Agreed. But I think the odds are good that the Ouya, Google console, and Steambox at least should all share a library for the most part. Which could put pressure on the others to join in.
So the Ouya is out, and Apple, Google, and Valve are all working on consoles. I'll be interested in seeing how they develop, but the more competition for Microsoft/Sony, the better for the consumer.
You seem a very angry person.
I've lived in KC, Seattle, Austin, Houston, Minneapolis, Atlanta, and Miami. They all had there pros and cons. None made me so angry.
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Well, if the guy who oversees mass spying on everyone, friend and foe alike, then lies about it to congress, says he caused damage, well that's good enough for me.
Espionage is basically hindering the government/military operations. Aiding the enemy is helping the enemy's operations. Yes, there is overlap, in that hindering military operations may help the enemy's operations, but it isn't completely cut and dry. Personally, I mostly agree with this verdict. Manning's actions were clearly espionage, and he confessed to the leaks, but I don't think he intended it as aid to America's enemies, nor can you definitively say that it resulted in such, unless an enemy's mission statement is just embarrassing America. Whether the U.S. government deserved it or not is a different debate.
How long do we have to wait for this next disaster before you and yours accept that giving up our liberty is not worth the potential prevention of a hypothetical disaster? Is there any actual cost/benefit analysis going on, or have you just had a bad dream and need comforting at any cost?
I hate consequitively run sentences. It's unethiquical.
Ok, suggesting Vivendi aren't villains was a mistake, but the headline beginning "Blizzard Breaks For Independence" gave me a brief moment of hope they were overthrowing the Evil Emperor Kotick. When Blizzard and Activision separate, then there will be cause for celebration.
Call me when Blizzard breaks free of Kotick/Activision and actually starts making good games again.
My congressman voted for this amendment. The only time I've contacted him before was after voting for CISPA, which I criticized him for. So I felt it fair to write him to thank him today, although I did mention that his wavering beliefs on overbearing government invasion of privacy on the internet seems indicative of a mental disorder.
illegally allowing the government
That phrase made me laugh. Who is supposed to prosecute someone for illegally allowing the government to do something?
Actually, while Yahoo has finally earned their first gold star from the EFF in one of six categories on protecting customer data from government, Google has five of six covered. I know it's becoming popular to hate on Google, and I've backed off using some of their services, but try to keep the facts straight when doing the whole company A is better than company B chest thumping thing.
I have no problem with the EFF giving recognition to Yahoo for the one area they are doing well in. They have their Who Has Your Back awards divided into six sections, and this is the only section that Yahoo has done well in. It doesn't excuse all of Yahoo's other BS, but the whole thing would be pointless if they refused to acknowledge good in one area while the others were yet lacking.
One thing I do think has been helpful is that the current debates have broken across once impenetrable ideological boundaries; people usually on opposite sides of the political divide are finding themselves agreeing with each other. It's forcing people on all sides to focus on the facts and issues rather than cling to ideology..
Instead of Democrat vs Republican, it is now Government vs The People. Isn't it nice how an adversarial government unites us?
Looks like I found the formula to be modded +5 interesting: make a snarky anti-corporation comment that implies Slashdot's choice of news stories aren't worthy of being called news. I'm learning!
Corporation places self-interest over popular hot-button issue. Stay tuned for more.
I really wish the government would just rename all marriage, as it applies to government recognition, to civil unions and allow anyone to apply for one. I'm sick of this whole debate. If the majority of society have defined marriage as a religious institution, than the government shouldn't be protecting their particular religion's interpretation of that institution.
Kevin Spacey actively funds an organization that seeks to monitor me, take my money, and censor my views. I still watch his movies.
I feel like you are measuring success by very strict terms of achieving what you want them to achieve. Yes, we'd all like to see HL3, but you're being rather flippant about the success of Portal 1 and 2, Left4Dead and L4D2, as well as Team Fortress, DOTA2, and Steam as more than just a digital distribution service. I've been on Steam since HL2, so I've watched it develop from something I hated and merely endured in order to play HL2 to something that I have on all the time. Aside from my games library, it is my main form of social media and where I get 90% of my gaming news. Greenlight, Early Access, and Big Picture are all new developments that have great potential.
If you're defining Valve strictly as a Half-Life sequel developer, I agree, they have failed in recent years. But that's a pretty narrow view of what goes on there.
Most of them honestly believe that they are doing something worth doing beyond just money.
Do you know most of the people who work for the NSA? What is the the basis of your positive assumption of the motivations of the NSA? If you're just stating your opinion as fact, I would argue that most people who pursue that type of career do so for the power. They are some of the most evil bastards on the planet.
That's kind of my point. If you don't care about privacy and broadcast everything for everyone to see, you end up with some nutjob lady getting so upset about a joke she calls local authorities who are too stupid to recognize a joke and this mess happens. Idiocy is easily avoided by avoiding other people.
and lack of concern for privacy. Why should facebook posts by a teen in Austin TX even be visible to a woman in Canada?
Why target the Guardian then, except spite that they broke the story and had (or have) direct contact with Snowden? The information has already spread all over the internet, they can't block access to it all.
I don't know what the process is for officially declassifying the information, but I don't see how you can really call something that's public knowledge classified anymore.
Nothing you can do about companies using exclusives as an incentive to buy their console. It's up to the consumer to decide if those exclusives are worth the purchase of that console. However, with more consoles, assuming they are successful, it will become less beneficial to the game developers to make their game an exclusive. Not saying there won't be any, but there should be fewer. On the other hand, Valve could just release Half-Life 3 as a Steambox exclusive and destroy all competition.
Agreed. But I think the odds are good that the Ouya, Google console, and Steambox at least should all share a library for the most part. Which could put pressure on the others to join in.
So the Ouya is out, and Apple, Google, and Valve are all working on consoles. I'll be interested in seeing how they develop, but the more competition for Microsoft/Sony, the better for the consumer.
You seem a very angry person. I've lived in KC, Seattle, Austin, Houston, Minneapolis, Atlanta, and Miami. They all had there pros and cons. None made me so angry.
Didn't say it wasn't creepy, I was replying to the part about Google "crossing the creepy line with this". Meaning they already crossed it in my mind.