This. Servers you control, communicating using strong encryption set up by yourself alone.
And never used for any purpose but converting electricity to heat... because once you hook them up to the wider world (even just to a monitor), you're compromised. (Traffic analysis, emissions analysis, etc... which most 'geeks' seem blithely unaware of, being at least as useful as actually reading the data.*) Seriously, it's a trade off - protecting data that nobody but you gives a fuck about anyhow, or actually using that data to accomplish something useful.
* Cryptography is fashionable among geeks, it's a cheap way to tighten the tinfoil, but it's only one small corner of information security. Go ahead and feel protected because your head is under the bed - but you should be aware that your ass is hanging out.
In some strange universe where people did nothing with their machines but watch Youtube videos and glorified typewriters... you'd have a point. (Especially since, in that strange universe, apparently computers are the only outlet for creativity.)
But we, or at least I, don't live in such a universe.
Yes, but I'm also saddened for a generation of kids who grow up interacting w/ computers to only consume media, not to create.
That would be... pretty much every generation that's grown up with computers. Seriously, creators are a tiny, tiny minority. Always have been, always will be.
Now your cost just went through the roof because you want to take the route of additional downtime versus fixing the problem outright.
Because "fixing the problem outright" never involves additional downtime, cost, and a host of potential new problems... Seriously, your world may be wonderfully simple and black-and-white, but the real world isn't.
You seriously don't find it objectionable when people announce their intent to take over the governance of another people - regardless of those people's views on the matter?
That's about as ignorant as... well, words fail me.
The ability of a long time residents to continue to have their desired form of local government is not included in this group's definition of 'liberty'.
This has to be the most insightful thing in the discussion so far. I've always felt there was something fishy about the "Free" State Project, and this nails it.
That's pretty much my thought... Haselton doesn't have a clue, doesn't want a clue. He has created a scenario where he is correct a priori and thus has no further need to demonstrate that he is correct - and his 'FAIL' codes are designed to reflect that... they seek to pre-empt argument and reasoned discussion.
This. In a rage I gave up trying to follow the disaster in the media after just a few days as it became clear there was little interest in the tens of thousands dead and harrowing stories of survival.
The problem isn't the media - the problem is that you're a sick bastard. How many must suffer so the media can feed your hunger for "harrowing stories of survival"?
I was about to say the same thing... I've traveled many times since 9/11, and have lost precisely nothing to the TSA. I put my pocketknife and lighter in my checked baggage the night before, and carry a spare lighter I can toss once I get to the airport. (I've got a couple of almost empty disposables stashed for just that purpose.) I've never had a problem finding a light at my destination.
The problem isn't the TSA, the problem is the grandparent is an idiot who won't take responsibility for his own actions.
The rest of your comments are irrelevant - I'm addressing the vast ignorance and stupidity in this one. (Not that your other comments are much better,)
Once again the US trying to enforce laws outside of its jurisdiction...
How exactly? These laws cover US corporations, operations on US soil, and/or launching from US territory. On top of that, by international law, such vehicles remain the responsibility of the US government. So, while you've quoted a popular meme, that's about the end of your intellectual accomplishments.
So my question is what would they do about it? Shoot down a rocket with 12 rich blokes on a joy ride into space? I would be interested in how the media would cover that...
More lowbrow chest beating... No, no need to shoot anyone down, as much as you and similar ignorant jackasses would like them to in order to provide you with stroke material. The existing laws provide sufficient penalties - fines and possibly jail time for the offending individuals.
I hope this brings to light - to those of us who have better things to do than 'follow animal rights issues' - how awful these people really are(beyond their stunts) and how wasted any money you may donate is.
Nope, it appears that dumbasses like you and the OP are beyond hope. You can't be bothered to pay attention or to google - unless some big news site puts it in your face, it's out of sight, out of mind.
You didn't fix shit, you cocky asshole. I've worked since I was 15, and guess what? Never needed parental permission, and the only "special legal restrictions" I dealt with were that I wasn't supposed to work past a certain time (10 PM I think) on schooldays
Then you worked under very unusual circumstances. And you're ignorant enough to mistake them for being universal. (As if your inability to express yourself without profanity wasn't example enough of your ignorance.)
Spend a little more time doing research, and a little less time being so sure of yourself, and maybe next time you won't come off as such an arrogant, know-nothing prick.
Your mistake (one among many) lies in thinking I didn't do research... And being " arrogant, know-nothing prick", that's a label often applied to me by ignorant people to justify their own ignorance. It doesn't bother me one bit.
Just so you know, the issue isn't AdWords - it's searches that yield pirate sites as top hits, pirate sites that happen to display Google advertising. (Which may, or may not be music ads as the displayed ads are a combination of page related and user specific ads.)
That being said, it's ridiculous to expect rights holders to have to pay pirates.
Evidence: I didn't know that16-year-olds who work at McDonald's only do so under special legal restrictions and with parental permission.
Fixed that for you too.
C'mon, PayPal; Fuckin' a kid around is bad enough, but then having the balls to lie to his face about why? That's uber-dickish.
Seriously, get a clue what you're talking about. The terms of the program require an active PayPal account - which a minor can't have. The only dick in this situation is the one puffing out his chest and prattling on about things he knows nothing about.
When my daughter started college she was only 17, but she controlled her own accounts at the UC she was attending without needing me to sign for everything.
No doubt because somewhere in the mountains of paperwork you signed was an agreement to be responsible for those accounts, and to hold the college harmless, etc... etc...
Seems like a BS excuse to me. Paypal could find a work around if they wanted to.
Nope, it's stone cold legal reality. Minors cannot enter into contracts. The college no doubt has all the boilerplate in place because 17 year olds start college all the time (I would have, had I gone to college), Paypal? Not so much.
I am 26 years old, and most of these systems were in development or introduced before I was born.
And you also seem to be unaware that weapons systems generally aren't fixed points in time - it's a very rare system where development halts when the system enters service. Upgrades and modernization are pretty much routine for anything much more complex than a rifle or a pistol.
The 2 most recent technologies have been fraught with problems in development, production, and deployment.
Something you're not old enough to appreciate is that such things are pretty common in the development of complex systems of any stripe.
I'm not worried about the Chinese gaining access to equipment that has been in use for decades: once something is out in the open and being used in combat/training operations, their capabilities are easily discerned and easy to copy.
You really do live in a bubble... If it were so easy, why does it not actually happen all the much in the real world? The answer of course, is that it is not.
It's not PETAS fault for being delivered animals (in some cases dozens from ONE incident) inches from death because of neglect or abuse.
Sadly, this happens routinely (discoveries of significant numbers of sick and neglected animals) - and shelters and humane societies around the country cope. They call in volunteers, they call up their usual supporters, they call in help from adjacent municipalities shelters and humane societies, they contact any nearby private shelters and any applicable breed rescues, they hit up the local media to ask for additional bodies, cash, and supplies.
They sweat and they bleed and they cry - but they cope and they do their damnedest for the animals. And they do it without immediately euthanizing the majority of them. That is what makes PETA so monstrous in this ongoing situation... they don't even try. Even when handed healthy animals.
Sure, it looks embarrassing for you, but one of the major elements of intelligence is counter-intelligence and misdirection. Let the enemy believe they now know something juicy, and they'll further base actions on incorrect intel.
Only in bad spy novels or if the real life 'enemy' is stupid or incompetent. In real life, it's much harder as even moderately competent intelligence agencies are on the look out for being spoofed and seek to confirm intelligence from multiple sources.
Let me preface this comment by stating that, as an animal advocate, I am not in ideological alignment with PETA and I do not generally support this organization.
No, but you certainly appear to have drunk their kool-aid... because you repeat their party line almost word for word.
That said, Nathan Winograd's HuffPo article amounts to little more than malicious hearsay and it is incredibly biased, leaving out critical information in favor of whipping lazy readers into a furor.
There's nothing in there that people who actually follow animal rights issues haven't heard before - and it's not all hearsay. This shelter has been under fire for years for it's euthanasia policies, and PETA's involvement with questionable euthanasia policies in other locations is well documented.
As far as I can tell, PETA has not attempted to deceive the public about their program or its purpose -- in fact, PETA maintains a website about the program called "Why PETA Euthanizes." PETA appears to be quite public about this program and why they believe it is necessary.
That sound you heard was the article's point zooming over your head - while your head was either deeply buried in the sand. PETA advertises the facility as a shelter - but makes no effort to operate it as a shelter. There's no adoption hours, no counselors, no rehabilitation, nothing but a freezer to store bodies.
Furthermore, Winograd is believed to be responsible for posting anonymous comments on articles by or about him to make it seem as though he has reinforcements.
I see... it's wrong for Mr Winograd to spread hearsay... but it's perfectly acceptable for you to do so. And you're amazingly ignorant of the state of animal advocacy in the US if you believe that there's so few opponents to PETA that an author has to create sockpuppets to make it appear that people support him.
tl;dr version: Either you're a PETA sockpuppet, or you're amazingly ignorant the facts.
I would probably never have known anything about this if it weren't for this. I will never donate to PETA again. Streisand indeed.
Sorry, but this is yet another case where there isn't any "Streisand effect". Anyone following animal rights issues at even the most casual level should have known about the so-called "no kill" PETA shelters, as it's been an ongoing controversy for about seven years now. If you're just now hearing about it, you're a dumbass who donates to make himself feel better, but who isn't bright or caring enough to actually do any research or follow the issues.
Higher up the thread someone who is actual working on the project pointed out that only the first ship produced has the issue. It's not a design problem, it's a modification issue. The Navy asked for more equipment, more weapons, larger cabin, etc after building was started rather than during the design phase.
The source of the issue is utterly irrelevant - it's still a screwup of cosmic proportions. Not to mention that modifications (major and minor) during construction are utterly bog standard routine because it's often years between the specs being set and metal being cut and welded down on the waterfront. Even major modifications can easily be accommodated - my boat was converted from one weapons system (Polaris A2) to another (Polaris A3) after launching. (Heck, consider the conversion of SSN-598 (USS Scorpion) in to SSBN-598 (USS George Washington) while under construction.)
Just another example of military people not having a clue how stuff works in the real world. They're every bit as bad as politicians.
Assuming of course it's the military's fault - and not that of the builder or design agent (which may or may not be the same organization) for not keeping their sums straight and notifying the military that there was a problem.
Weight and balance control is pretty much a requirement for any shipbuilding (both for controlling draft and controlling stability), but on submarines it's absolutely critical. The margins on a submarine are razor thin - much thinner than you might think. On my boat a mere eight ton error (heavier than calculated) once caused us to lose control on diving.
That being said - a 100 ton error in design and construction is a screwup beyond any analogy or hyperbole.
The metric system is way superior than the imperial system in many ways but the most important is that it is used everywhere and it is a consistent system
If those are you two 'most important reasons', frankly, you can skip the rest because these aren't in any way compelling or persuasive.
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And never used for any purpose but converting electricity to heat... because once you hook them up to the wider world (even just to a monitor), you're compromised. (Traffic analysis, emissions analysis, etc... which most 'geeks' seem blithely unaware of, being at least as useful as actually reading the data.*) Seriously, it's a trade off - protecting data that nobody but you gives a fuck about anyhow, or actually using that data to accomplish something useful.
* Cryptography is fashionable among geeks, it's a cheap way to tighten the tinfoil, but it's only one small corner of information security. Go ahead and feel protected because your head is under the bed - but you should be aware that your ass is hanging out.
In some strange universe where people did nothing with their machines but watch Youtube videos and glorified typewriters... you'd have a point. (Especially since, in that strange universe, apparently computers are the only outlet for creativity.)
But we, or at least I, don't live in such a universe.
Seriously, you're very disconnected from reality.
That would be... pretty much every generation that's grown up with computers. Seriously, creators are a tiny, tiny minority. Always have been, always will be.
Because "fixing the problem outright" never involves additional downtime, cost, and a host of potential new problems... Seriously, your world may be wonderfully simple and black-and-white, but the real world isn't.
You seriously don't find it objectionable when people announce their intent to take over the governance of another people - regardless of those people's views on the matter?
That's about as ignorant as... well, words fail me.
The ability of a long time residents to continue to have their desired form of local government is not included in this group's definition of 'liberty'.
This has to be the most insightful thing in the discussion so far. I've always felt there was something fishy about the "Free" State Project, and this nails it.
That's pretty much my thought... Haselton doesn't have a clue, doesn't want a clue. He has created a scenario where he is correct a priori and thus has no further need to demonstrate that he is correct - and his 'FAIL' codes are designed to reflect that... they seek to pre-empt argument and reasoned discussion.
The problem isn't the media - the problem is that you're a sick bastard. How many must suffer so the media can feed your hunger for "harrowing stories of survival"?
I was about to say the same thing... I've traveled many times since 9/11, and have lost precisely nothing to the TSA. I put my pocketknife and lighter in my checked baggage the night before, and carry a spare lighter I can toss once I get to the airport. (I've got a couple of almost empty disposables stashed for just that purpose.) I've never had a problem finding a light at my destination.
The problem isn't the TSA, the problem is the grandparent is an idiot who won't take responsibility for his own actions.
The rest of your comments are irrelevant - I'm addressing the vast ignorance and stupidity in this one. (Not that your other comments are much better,)
How exactly? These laws cover US corporations, operations on US soil, and/or launching from US territory. On top of that, by international law, such vehicles remain the responsibility of the US government. So, while you've quoted a popular meme, that's about the end of your intellectual accomplishments.
More lowbrow chest beating... No, no need to shoot anyone down, as much as you and similar ignorant jackasses would like them to in order to provide you with stroke material. The existing laws provide sufficient penalties - fines and possibly jail time for the offending individuals.
This issue been in the news since 2007
Nope, it appears that dumbasses like you and the OP are beyond hope. You can't be bothered to pay attention or to google - unless some big news site puts it in your face, it's out of sight, out of mind.
Then you worked under very unusual circumstances. And you're ignorant enough to mistake them for being universal. (As if your inability to express yourself without profanity wasn't example enough of your ignorance.)
Your mistake (one among many) lies in thinking I didn't do research... And being " arrogant, know-nothing prick", that's a label often applied to me by ignorant people to justify their own ignorance. It doesn't bother me one bit.
Just so you know, the issue isn't AdWords - it's searches that yield pirate sites as top hits, pirate sites that happen to display Google advertising. (Which may, or may not be music ads as the displayed ads are a combination of page related and user specific ads.)
That being said, it's ridiculous to expect rights holders to have to pay pirates.
On your part, yes. (I.E. TFTFY).
Fixed that for you too.
Seriously, get a clue what you're talking about. The terms of the program require an active PayPal account - which a minor can't have. The only dick in this situation is the one puffing out his chest and prattling on about things he knows nothing about.
Oh, I know it. Guinea Lynx (the main guinea pig board) is filled with those kinds of tales on a daily basis.
I could never run a rescue or work at the humane society - as Mr Incredible says. "I'm not strong enough".
No doubt because somewhere in the mountains of paperwork you signed was an agreement to be responsible for those accounts, and to hold the college harmless, etc... etc...
Nope, it's stone cold legal reality. Minors cannot enter into contracts. The college no doubt has all the boilerplate in place because 17 year olds start college all the time (I would have, had I gone to college), Paypal? Not so much.
And you also seem to be unaware that weapons systems generally aren't fixed points in time - it's a very rare system where development halts when the system enters service. Upgrades and modernization are pretty much routine for anything much more complex than a rifle or a pistol.
Something you're not old enough to appreciate is that such things are pretty common in the development of complex systems of any stripe.
You really do live in a bubble... If it were so easy, why does it not actually happen all the much in the real world? The answer of course, is that it is not.
Sadly, this happens routinely (discoveries of significant numbers of sick and neglected animals) - and shelters and humane societies around the country cope. They call in volunteers, they call up their usual supporters, they call in help from adjacent municipalities shelters and humane societies, they contact any nearby private shelters and any applicable breed rescues, they hit up the local media to ask for additional bodies, cash, and supplies.
They sweat and they bleed and they cry - but they cope and they do their damnedest for the animals. And they do it without immediately euthanizing the majority of them. That is what makes PETA so monstrous in this ongoing situation... they don't even try. Even when handed healthy animals.
Only in bad spy novels or if the real life 'enemy' is stupid or incompetent. In real life, it's much harder as even moderately competent intelligence agencies are on the look out for being spoofed and seek to confirm intelligence from multiple sources.
No, but you certainly appear to have drunk their kool-aid... because you repeat their party line almost word for word.
There's nothing in there that people who actually follow animal rights issues haven't heard before - and it's not all hearsay. This shelter has been under fire for years for it's euthanasia policies, and PETA's involvement with questionable euthanasia policies in other locations is well documented.
That sound you heard was the article's point zooming over your head - while your head was either deeply buried in the sand. PETA advertises the facility as a shelter - but makes no effort to operate it as a shelter. There's no adoption hours, no counselors, no rehabilitation, nothing but a freezer to store bodies.
I see... it's wrong for Mr Winograd to spread hearsay... but it's perfectly acceptable for you to do so. And you're amazingly ignorant of the state of animal advocacy in the US if you believe that there's so few opponents to PETA that an author has to create sockpuppets to make it appear that people support him.
tl;dr version: Either you're a PETA sockpuppet, or you're amazingly ignorant the facts.
Sorry, but this is yet another case where there isn't any "Streisand effect". Anyone following animal rights issues at even the most casual level should have known about the so-called "no kill" PETA shelters, as it's been an ongoing controversy for about seven years now. If you're just now hearing about it, you're a dumbass who donates to make himself feel better, but who isn't bright or caring enough to actually do any research or follow the issues.
The source of the issue is utterly irrelevant - it's still a screwup of cosmic proportions. Not to mention that modifications (major and minor) during construction are utterly bog standard routine because it's often years between the specs being set and metal being cut and welded down on the waterfront. Even major modifications can easily be accommodated - my boat was converted from one weapons system (Polaris A2) to another (Polaris A3) after launching. (Heck, consider the conversion of SSN-598 (USS Scorpion) in to SSBN-598 (USS George Washington) while under construction.)
Assuming of course it's the military's fault - and not that of the builder or design agent (which may or may not be the same organization) for not keeping their sums straight and notifying the military that there was a problem.
Weight and balance control is pretty much a requirement for any shipbuilding (both for controlling draft and controlling stability), but on submarines it's absolutely critical. The margins on a submarine are razor thin - much thinner than you might think. On my boat a mere eight ton error (heavier than calculated) once caused us to lose control on diving.
That being said - a 100 ton error in design and construction is a screwup beyond any analogy or hyperbole.
If those are you two 'most important reasons', frankly, you can skip the rest because these aren't in any way compelling or persuasive.