Because someone like McCarthy will never, ever EVER exist in the US at some point in the future.
What people like you are missing is that the consequence of private enterprise collecting and selling mass personal data is that the government could either get by coercion or buying; data it could not otherwise acquire without a warrant.
The FBI may need a warrant to wiretap you, but would they need a warrant to 'acquire' the exact same data-set from apple or google?
isn't that profoundly illegal? I mean, overtly stating that you are 'too old' ? I don't think even a 36 year old woman would be told that if she applied at Wet Seal.
Yep, while AIDS is preventable; it still kills a huge number of people in Africa. In the grand scheme of things AIDS deaths in the west are a drop in the bucket by comparison.
Should research not be done in an effort to help that situation, just because some gays in the west die from the same diesease?
What you said about lead based paint on toys is probably true -- they are more dangerous. But also more mundane, no one would bother reading an article about how a pseudo-dangerous toy from 1950 is stashed in a museum over in Ireland.
My guess is that the 'most dangerous' toy would be a marble. Probably offed more kids than any other, combined. (and no, not an atomic marble!)
I'm more upset at my tax dollars being used to fight the use of something as harmless as pot. Meth and pot are not in the same league, to claim otherwise shows how poor your grasp on reality is.
I will agree that the medicinal marijuana argument is a bit of a "camel's nose' strategy as is the let's make everything out of hemp!" -- but in terms of addiction, societal and bodily harm -- the fact that the biggest 'risk' to pot use is a legal one; is telling.
If we can't get women and minorities involved we have to import them from other places. Right? On that note I think the NBA should start importing white guys from the Dinaric Alps. Since clearly any organization suffering from such an appalling lack of diversity (the NBA is 90+% black) has some suspect hiring practices, and besides would clearly benefit from some imposed diversity.
This has got to be the most retarded thing I've ever heard leap from the mouth of any president. Silicon Valley did just fine, leading the world in technological innovation with what are apparently second rate white dudes (and some Asians, but we'll conveniently pretend they aren't a 'minority'). You take a field which since the 1970's has required next to no formal education, and starting in the 1990's extremely low barriers to entry, coupled with free and easy access to everything you'd ever need to teach yourself -- at that point the government should really have a hands off approach.
If the government is to intrude in the hiring practices for ENTIRE INDUSTRIES (I don't think they should, but that's just me), it should be in an effort to protect the wages of Americans -- rather than an attempt at currying favor with the likes of Zuck.
If it aint broke, please let the government fix it until it is. Sociological experiments run by the government always work out well. always.
So now men are expected to be mind readers, sussing out a woman's mental state? Are you serious. We're notoriously bad at figuring this out.
The real problem that YOU'RE tuning out is that women should be treated equally under the law. If a man were to be 'coerced' into drinking, he'd be responsible for his actions (up to, and including calling a fucking cab.) Women should not be excused for poor decision making simply because of consuming a few too many free drinks from the shady dude at the end of the bar.
Since Slashdot is full of pedantic twats, the situation I am NOT describing is a guy having sex with a girl who's passed out. That's rape, and that's wrong. but a girl who's had a few too many drinks is just as responsible for her body and her actions as a guy in the same situation. Either women are equal to men in terms of agency and responsibility, or they're not. The SJW machine does not get to pick and choose elements of equality to go by.
So if she drives a car, and is pulled over -- what then? Is she similarly not responsible for her actions? Or does alcohol's ability to invalidate someone's decision making ability only apply to sex?
Philistine, you do know that electrons have a spin don't you? The article doesn't quantify the quantum reasoning for well organized quanta, but I assure you, if you have electrons tumbling through a cable all willy-nilly, the frequency response will be fuzzier at the peaks (due to the random distribution of electrons, IE +- 50% directional tonality.)
also the cops only have to 'get lucky' once. the criminal (or suspect) needs to be lucky 100% of the time. The odds are definitely in the police's favor.
hah. eastern oregon and wash are about as red and conservative as you'll find in the US. They are closer to Texas (sans austin) politically than anywhere else. (Source: grew up in Milton-Freewater, just south of Walla Walla)
Just like the MHz/GHz war gave us the Pentium 4 focusing on one trait (even if it's mostly for marketing) at the expense of all others leads to a product that is less than optimal. Keep the thickness as low with the internals as possible, but for the love of god slap a manly battery onto it. Make a tablet that can run without being recharged for a week. Even if that leads to a tablet that's a a few mm thicker.
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Because someone like McCarthy will never, ever EVER exist in the US at some point in the future.
What people like you are missing is that the consequence of private enterprise collecting and selling mass personal data is that the government could either get by coercion or buying; data it could not otherwise acquire without a warrant.
The FBI may need a warrant to wiretap you, but would they need a warrant to 'acquire' the exact same data-set from apple or google?
That doesn't worry you, at all -- really?
Ah, thanks for pointing that out, had to look it up.. You'd think the young would suffer from age discrimination just as much as the 40 and up crowd.
(also, yep.. it would make sense that the gentleman is in the UK. Even before mentioning 'tribunal' :) )
isn't that profoundly illegal?
I mean, overtly stating that you are 'too old' ? I don't think even a 36 year old woman would be told that if she applied at Wet Seal.
Sorry, I didn't realize that English wasn't your first language. I take back my previous post. No bully okay?
Where's my latte dude? get back to work.
Yep, while AIDS is preventable; it still kills a huge number of people in Africa. In the grand scheme of things AIDS deaths in the west are a drop in the bucket by comparison.
Should research not be done in an effort to help that situation, just because some gays in the west die from the same diesease?
Blind, or evil -- take your pick.
as a resident of Lane County OR, I'd say we have faaaaaaaaaaar too many under employed creative types.
fair enough, but marbles have a several thousand year head start. neodymium-magnets are within the last couple decades, no? :)
What you said about lead based paint on toys is probably true -- they are more dangerous. But also more mundane, no one would bother reading an article about how a pseudo-dangerous toy from 1950 is stashed in a museum over in Ireland.
My guess is that the 'most dangerous' toy would be a marble. Probably offed more kids than any other, combined. (and no, not an atomic marble!)
I'm more upset at my tax dollars being used to fight the use of something as harmless as pot. Meth and pot are not in the same league, to claim otherwise shows how poor your grasp on reality is.
I will agree that the medicinal marijuana argument is a bit of a "camel's nose' strategy as is the let's make everything out of hemp!" -- but in terms of addiction, societal and bodily harm -- the fact that the biggest 'risk' to pot use is a legal one; is telling.
Is this the same military which decided that armor was too expensive for humvee's, and that body armor was too expensive for soldiers?
(It's a great idea, I just wonder how they'd ever pull it off.. an ounce of Kevlar is apparently NOT cheaper than a pound of 3d printed skeleton.)
If we can't get women and minorities involved we have to import them from other places. Right? On that note I think the NBA should start importing white guys from the Dinaric Alps. Since clearly any organization suffering from such an appalling lack of diversity (the NBA is 90+% black) has some suspect hiring practices, and besides would clearly benefit from some imposed diversity.
This has got to be the most retarded thing I've ever heard leap from the mouth of any president. Silicon Valley did just fine, leading the world in technological innovation with what are apparently second rate white dudes (and some Asians, but we'll conveniently pretend they aren't a 'minority'). You take a field which since the 1970's has required next to no formal education, and starting in the 1990's extremely low barriers to entry, coupled with free and easy access to everything you'd ever need to teach yourself -- at that point the government should really have a hands off approach.
If the government is to intrude in the hiring practices for ENTIRE INDUSTRIES (I don't think they should, but that's just me), it should be in an effort to protect the wages of Americans -- rather than an attempt at currying favor with the likes of Zuck.
If it aint broke, please let the government fix it until it is. Sociological experiments run by the government always work out well. always.
Because the uniforms were so much more stylish than everyone else's?
every fucking police officer in the United States.
"For your safety, I need to check your phone for evidence of illegal activity -- one second citiz... actually let me double check that too."
So now men are expected to be mind readers, sussing out a woman's mental state? Are you serious. We're notoriously bad at figuring this out.
The real problem that YOU'RE tuning out is that women should be treated equally under the law. If a man were to be 'coerced' into drinking, he'd be responsible for his actions (up to, and including calling a fucking cab.) Women should not be excused for poor decision making simply because of consuming a few too many free drinks from the shady dude at the end of the bar.
Since Slashdot is full of pedantic twats, the situation I am NOT describing is a guy having sex with a girl who's passed out. That's rape, and that's wrong. but a girl who's had a few too many drinks is just as responsible for her body and her actions as a guy in the same situation. Either women are equal to men in terms of agency and responsibility, or they're not. The SJW machine does not get to pick and choose elements of equality to go by.
pollan.
So if she drives a car, and is pulled over -- what then? Is she similarly not responsible for her actions? Or does alcohol's ability to invalidate someone's decision making ability only apply to sex?
Hey anonymous coward, I ordered my latte 10 minutes ago. Get back to work and stop making moronic posts on slashdot.
If you're sober and *happy* the morning after drinking; you drank in moderation.
(Or you're Irish.)
Philistine, you do know that electrons have a spin don't you? The article doesn't quantify the quantum reasoning for well organized quanta, but I assure you, if you have electrons tumbling through a cable all willy-nilly, the frequency response will be fuzzier at the peaks (due to the random distribution of electrons, IE +- 50% directional tonality.)
Do you even audiophile bro?
also the cops only have to 'get lucky' once. the criminal (or suspect) needs to be lucky 100% of the time. The odds are definitely in the police's favor.
probably because they'll be in FL.
hah. eastern oregon and wash are about as red and conservative as you'll find in the US. They are closer to Texas (sans austin) politically than anywhere else.
(Source: grew up in Milton-Freewater, just south of Walla Walla)
Just like the MHz/GHz war gave us the Pentium 4 focusing on one trait (even if it's mostly for marketing) at the expense of all others leads to a product that is less than optimal. Keep the thickness as low with the internals as possible, but for the love of god slap a manly battery onto it. Make a tablet that can run without being recharged for a week. Even if that leads to a tablet that's a a few mm thicker.
Hey man, if you ever fall in a freezing pond, and are hoisted out in a prone position...