They have reserve powers that they can in theory use any time, but in practice can only use in the gravest constitutional emergency. Think of them as the Supreme Court with teeth.
If the Queen uses her reserve powers without reason, there'll be a republic by the end of the week.
Legal according to the laws of the country that sent them. Obviously spying is illegal according the country being spied on, duh. That's irrelevant though - it's the sponsoring government that matters in this case.
"he wholesale collection by the NSA of all the electronic communications _of its own people_" - which is why I specifically said "on foreign countries".
Every country does it. The Chinese based whole industries on it, as a proportion of economic output they're by far the worst. I'm not saying America doesn't, but your fixed it actually broke it.
The Chinese have been into industrial espionage more than anybody for decades and it doesn't seem to be limiting trade much. That's not a convincing argument. On the other hand, I do support making it illegal to pass information from government spy agencies to private companies.
I still don't see the problem. Spying on foreign countries has happened since they were invented, it's entirely legal and expecting it not to happen strikes me as hopelessly naive.
No, because any qualified lab can get the sequence by asking. This isn't like software where anyone can have a crack at it, this needs serious levels of equipment and expertise.
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If you do that AND put in red light cameras, it increases safety even more.
This should set the tinfoil hat brigade off screeching like demented howler monkeys.
It wouldn't be the only programme with that objective. Makes sense to me.
Yeah, I don't see why there's so much shock. "US ally assists US spy agency in spying." Wow. My flabber is truly gasted.
Without the weapons industry we wouldn't have space exploration. All the satellites we cherish so much go up on converted ICBMs.
It's from the Bhagavad Gita, quoted in this context by Robert Oppenheimer. Nothing to do with Confucius.
They have reserve powers that they can in theory use any time, but in practice can only use in the gravest constitutional emergency. Think of them as the Supreme Court with teeth. If the Queen uses her reserve powers without reason, there'll be a republic by the end of the week.
Which is why you don't give them any actual power.
They aren't, that's the point.
An unlit torch is a good symbol for a country where flaming is punishable by prison (at best) or being beaten to death by thugs (at worst).
Boycott Sochi until Putin figures out "human rights".
This is why idiotic grad student posters shouldn't be shown to over enthusiastic marketing types.
I wonder what a chrage jail looks like.
I pour out a can of spam every year in memory.
Med students, whinging? Well, I never heard such a disgraceful slur in all my days!
Everyone who's played Kerbal Space Program knows how useful lithobraking is.
I've never been to New York City, I'm from New Zealand. And your slippery slope argument is silly.
Legal according to the laws of the country that sent them. Obviously spying is illegal according the country being spied on, duh. That's irrelevant though - it's the sponsoring government that matters in this case.
"he wholesale collection by the NSA of all the electronic communications _of its own people_" - which is why I specifically said "on foreign countries".
Every country does it. The Chinese based whole industries on it, as a proportion of economic output they're by far the worst. I'm not saying America doesn't, but your fixed it actually broke it.
I meant legal according to the laws of the country doing the spying. Other than that I completely agree with you.
The Chinese have been into industrial espionage more than anybody for decades and it doesn't seem to be limiting trade much. That's not a convincing argument. On the other hand, I do support making it illegal to pass information from government spy agencies to private companies.
I still don't see the problem. Spying on foreign countries has happened since they were invented, it's entirely legal and expecting it not to happen strikes me as hopelessly naive.
I meant actual research on it, not whipping up a batch of botulism.
No, because any qualified lab can get the sequence by asking. This isn't like software where anyone can have a crack at it, this needs serious levels of equipment and expertise.
So much ignorance here! Here's a working scientist's opinion:
http://pipeline.corante.com/archives/2013/10/16/holding_back_experimental_details_with_reason.php
And Derek Lowe is about as libertarian as scientists get.