McCain must have had some help with this, we all know he doesn't use computers, doesn't know how to use e-mail and admittedly depends upon his wife for that. Talk about out of touch with the 21st Century. How is he ever supposed to become a Cybernetic Overlord? I mean really!
Vote Cthulhu 08 Why vote for a lesser evil when you can vote for a greater one!
The Bloomfield is Intel's new Quad Core Gaming CPU, with a bulk price to manufacturers at around $999 per unit. In other words unless you are a hard core gamer with money to burn, you probably shouldn't care about it at all.
I have a 4 year old that listens to CDs everynight at bed time. As you can image a small child can be a little bit tough on the old SpongeBob CD. Several of her CDs became unplayable. I purchased a Skip Dr at the local Best Buy for under $20. All I can say is it worked perfectly. All of the cheap solutions presented here, toothpaste, Brasso, etc all do the same thing. They are essentially rubbing compound. The difference with using the Skip Dr is that your strokes are perfectly uniform all the way around the surface of the disk and it takes less than 60 seconds to repair a disk. If you have severe scratches or gouges none of the inexpensive solutions are going to work well. One other note; when you read a forum and somebody says that the Skip Dr left scratches all over the CD, that person didn't bother to read the instructions. As with any of the buffing methods small radial scratching may occur and is normal, your player will ignore it.
Sorry but your last statement, FAIL! If at any time a PC repair person/company stumbles across something like child porn all work should simply stop on the machine and the authorities get called. Unless you are some kind of first rate sleaze nobody in their right mind would continue. This in no way shape or form compromises the evidence. That would be like if you were walking through the woods and found a huge stash of drugs and guns, and called the cops. Zero difference, it is all about the chain of custody after that. How do I know? Oh about a decade of doing computer work with Law Enforcement, including teaching classes, tools development, best practice guides and yes actually doing the forensic work on the machines personally.
Why yes I can. The first the comes to mind is the American Revolution, maybe you have heard about it. The second in more recent times was the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan. Maybe you have heard about that as well. Sorry to burst your bubble but it has happened on several occasions throughout history.
IANAL but doesn't this amount to the whole ignorance of a law isn't a defense kind of thing? If an individual or a company violates EPA standards and they get caught they get spanked with fines and such. So by their rational if the rest of us don't know about the new rules we get off the hook too right? Works for me!
My comparison to the Roman Legions was meant as a general historical example of the most powerful military of their time. The crux of my statement is that these very tactics, however distasteful to modern sensibilities, have been used throughout the ages in one form or another. I am not advocating them either, only that they should certainly not come as a surprise to anyone. I did not intend to make any subtle implications about standards to which anyone should be held. Water is wet, politicians lie, and war is very messy business.
Seriously how do people get surprised by this stuff? And no I do not mean the whole, "well the government is a bunch of criminals" mentality that has been dominating every thread like this. I mean WAR, plain and simple, is nasty business. Tactics such as those discussed in this manual have been in the playbook of armed combat since the dawn of war. Anyone who doubts that really needs to go pick up some history books. Hell that sounds just like the Roman Legions best practices guide to me. People need to get over the fact that war is dirty business period. This manual doesn't even warrant news. Before I get flamed, no I am not being cynical or being a war monger, just stating the obvious.
That is interesting considering that the same families of Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors and Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors are used for both humans and dogs. I even had a vet tell me to use childrens strength Bendryll to sedate my cat while I moved to a new house.
In regards to dentists, an oral surgeon is still just a specialized dentist, yet they perform surgery under while many patients are fully sedated. They also regularly prescribe antibiotics and pain killers.
Yes vets and your dentist can both prescribe any medication they want, they are all medical doctors, just of different flavors so to speak. My soon to be wife is a pharmacist, she says she fills prescriptions for pets all the time. There are several medications that are used for both humans and animals. Even more surprising is that your dentist could perform cosmetic surgery after a weekend seminar. Try to google the key works "dentist cosmetic surgery". One of the top results says "Find Doctors and Dentists for Breast Augmentation".
Just a heads up, but there are now roughly 416 generic prescription drugs available to you for only $4 at Walmart and several other chains are joining this trend. Several are also available in 90 day supplies for $10. This pricing is available to anyone regardless of having insurance or not. $4 that is it. The list of meds now also includes birth control and some breast cancer medications. So your theory on why people circumvent the system is seriously flawed.
The real draw to these online pharmacies are the drugs like Viagra and Cialis which are not available in a generic formula. What drives these sales is not the cost it is the embarrassment. Men do not want to go ask the family doctor for E.D. meds they would rather risk going online, picking some up in Mexico or going without. Interestingly enough their Dentist buddy or their vet could just as easily write them a script for any of the above legally.
Here is a project idea then, somebody start up a project to write a Firefox plugin that detects the inserted ads from Charter and either filter them out or replace them with something else.
As a Charter customer I can tell you that this comes as no surprise at all. They are shady as hell and their local offices are havens for the inept.
I work for an online retailer and one of my recent tasks was to evaluate Dynamics for potential use in house. The problem that we ran into was that the media that Microsoft sent us directly plain didn't work. We couldn't even get the package to install; hell we even read the manual. We tried it on XP, Server 2003, and 2008 beta. The installer walks you through all of the preinstall requirements and manages to explode every time. So are they sure SP3 dumping Dynamics isn't just a "feature"?
We are looking at the Apache Open For Biz suite now instead and if that doesn't satisfy management they will go with SugarCRM.
Actually my post was considerably paraphrased. My explanations were quite detailed and put into laymans terms citing several examples. The problem was that it took actual user intervention and they did not see any value in that. The first time I implemented a solution was pre HIPPA, after that was enacted and violations actually came with rather stiff financial penalties did it finally get their attention. Mainly because those violations are impossible to fight in court and they know it. When I asked what would happen if we were cited for a violation the response from the attorney was that we bring along our check book. So really the problem was apathy until it cost them money.
Several years ago now I set up a PGP server at work, mainly for my own use. However it was suggested that our attorney's might like to use it. Here is how the conversation went:
"Hey I just finished setting up an encryption system for the e-mail system"
"A what?"
"Encryption, you know to keep your corrispondence confidential..."
"A what what?"
Then about 5 years later I rolled out an automated encryption system that uses lexicons to detect patterns and auto encrypt e-mails if they trip the filters. That conversation with the attorney's went like this.
"You put in a what and why?"
A lengthy explanation later filled with examples of when they should be using it. Finally the lawyer who had just spent a few days at a HIPPA conference sees the light. DING DING DING Clueless I swear.
Actually if you read my parent post there is nowhere in it where I suggest that there is no possibility of abuse. Of course there is, just like everything else in this world. However I simply pointed out the fact that this program is aimed at Federal Offenses and not lesser States offenses.
A central DNA repository for criminal offenders has just as likely of a chance to free wrongly convicted persons. Just ask all of those who have been sitting in federal prisons only to be exonerated years later by DNA evidence.
Where I think we have a disagreement is that I am assuming that the swab will be taken after the arrest, and you are assuming that only arrests that will result in being charged with Federal offense will be swabbed. I agree, neither is overly clear.
Actually I am very well versed in things that are considered Federal crimes thank you. Your examples are good points. Now let me show you where you are making wrong assumptions about my post. First of all lets talk identity theft. You expand my example to a very large degree. Identity theft is as simple as stealing somebodies check book and using it to buy gas. The example you provide is called "wire fraud", if done by mail it is "mail fraud". Those are very specific examples of Federal crimes. As you put it "get uppity with a flight attendant". That is called "interfering with a flight crew". Are you starting to see where you went wrong yet? Taking a basic example and driving it out to a conclusion to fit your point of view is not a logical argument or a counter point. Sorry.
None of what you present there is an argument against my observation. If you steal a car and then take it to federal property that does not make stealing the car a federal offense. If you happen to get arrested in a specific location such as a national resource by park rangers fine. However the act of stealing the car is still not a federal offense. If you get into a fight on Federal property that still does not make it a Federal offense. Every crime has to pass a litmus test of requirements to be classified in a specific category of offense, location is simply one of many mitigating factors.
I saw this story on Good Morning America this morning and they phrased things a little bit differently than this article. What is obvious to some but not all readers is that if you are being arrested by federal agents it is for a "federal crime". This has nothing to do with somebody being arrested for stealing a car, identity theft, simple assault etc.
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McCain must have had some help with this, we all know he doesn't use computers, doesn't know how to use e-mail and admittedly depends upon his wife for that. Talk about out of touch with the 21st Century. How is he ever supposed to become a Cybernetic Overlord? I mean really!
Vote Cthulhu 08
Why vote for a lesser evil when you can vote for a greater one!
For those of you who missed this the first time, you should really read his take on this whole mess.
The Bloomfield is Intel's new Quad Core Gaming CPU, with a bulk price to manufacturers at around $999 per unit. In other words unless you are a hard core gamer with money to burn, you probably shouldn't care about it at all.
I have a 4 year old that listens to CDs everynight at bed time. As you can image a small child can be a little bit tough on the old SpongeBob CD. Several of her CDs became unplayable. I purchased a Skip Dr at the local Best Buy for under $20. All I can say is it worked perfectly. All of the cheap solutions presented here, toothpaste, Brasso, etc all do the same thing. They are essentially rubbing compound. The difference with using the Skip Dr is that your strokes are perfectly uniform all the way around the surface of the disk and it takes less than 60 seconds to repair a disk. If you have severe scratches or gouges none of the inexpensive solutions are going to work well. One other note; when you read a forum and somebody says that the Skip Dr left scratches all over the CD, that person didn't bother to read the instructions. As with any of the buffing methods small radial scratching may occur and is normal, your player will ignore it.
Sorry but your last statement, FAIL! If at any time a PC repair person/company stumbles across something like child porn all work should simply stop on the machine and the authorities get called. Unless you are some kind of first rate sleaze nobody in their right mind would continue. This in no way shape or form compromises the evidence. That would be like if you were walking through the woods and found a huge stash of drugs and guns, and called the cops. Zero difference, it is all about the chain of custody after that. How do I know? Oh about a decade of doing computer work with Law Enforcement, including teaching classes, tools development, best practice guides and yes actually doing the forensic work on the machines personally.
Why yes I can. The first the comes to mind is the American Revolution, maybe you have heard about it. The second in more recent times was the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan. Maybe you have heard about that as well. Sorry to burst your bubble but it has happened on several occasions throughout history.
IANAL but doesn't this amount to the whole ignorance of a law isn't a defense kind of thing? If an individual or a company violates EPA standards and they get caught they get spanked with fines and such. So by their rational if the rest of us don't know about the new rules we get off the hook too right? Works for me!
My comparison to the Roman Legions was meant as a general historical example of the most powerful military of their time. The crux of my statement is that these very tactics, however distasteful to modern sensibilities, have been used throughout the ages in one form or another. I am not advocating them either, only that they should certainly not come as a surprise to anyone. I did not intend to make any subtle implications about standards to which anyone should be held. Water is wet, politicians lie, and war is very messy business.
Seriously how do people get surprised by this stuff? And no I do not mean the whole, "well the government is a bunch of criminals" mentality that has been dominating every thread like this. I mean WAR, plain and simple, is nasty business. Tactics such as those discussed in this manual have been in the playbook of armed combat since the dawn of war. Anyone who doubts that really needs to go pick up some history books. Hell that sounds just like the Roman Legions best practices guide to me. People need to get over the fact that war is dirty business period. This manual doesn't even warrant news. Before I get flamed, no I am not being cynical or being a war monger, just stating the obvious.
They didn't want anyone to see all of those e-mails for v1agr4 that somebody has been saving...
Here is an interesting link regarding human/animal drug use. http://www.fda.gov/fdac/features/2000/600_pets.html
That is interesting considering that the same families of Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors and Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors are used for both humans and dogs. I even had a vet tell me to use childrens strength Bendryll to sedate my cat while I moved to a new house.
In regards to dentists, an oral surgeon is still just a specialized dentist, yet they perform surgery under while many patients are fully sedated. They also regularly prescribe antibiotics and pain killers.
You can't have a good story about probing without mention of Uranus...
Yes vets and your dentist can both prescribe any medication they want, they are all medical doctors, just of different flavors so to speak. My soon to be wife is a pharmacist, she says she fills prescriptions for pets all the time. There are several medications that are used for both humans and animals. Even more surprising is that your dentist could perform cosmetic surgery after a weekend seminar. Try to google the key works "dentist cosmetic surgery". One of the top results says "Find Doctors and Dentists for Breast Augmentation".
Just a heads up, but there are now roughly 416 generic prescription drugs available to you for only $4 at Walmart and several other chains are joining this trend. Several are also available in 90 day supplies for $10. This pricing is available to anyone regardless of having insurance or not. $4 that is it. The list of meds now also includes birth control and some breast cancer medications. So your theory on why people circumvent the system is seriously flawed.
The real draw to these online pharmacies are the drugs like Viagra and Cialis which are not available in a generic formula. What drives these sales is not the cost it is the embarrassment. Men do not want to go ask the family doctor for E.D. meds they would rather risk going online, picking some up in Mexico or going without. Interestingly enough their Dentist buddy or their vet could just as easily write them a script for any of the above legally.
Here is a project idea then, somebody start up a project to write a Firefox plugin that detects the inserted ads from Charter and either filter them out or replace them with something else.
As a Charter customer I can tell you that this comes as no surprise at all. They are shady as hell and their local offices are havens for the inept.
Sweet! I was wondering how I was going to handle the closing on that Mars property I have had my eye on!
I work for an online retailer and one of my recent tasks was to evaluate Dynamics for potential use in house. The problem that we ran into was that the media that Microsoft sent us directly plain didn't work. We couldn't even get the package to install; hell we even read the manual. We tried it on XP, Server 2003, and 2008 beta. The installer walks you through all of the preinstall requirements and manages to explode every time. So are they sure SP3 dumping Dynamics isn't just a "feature"?
We are looking at the Apache Open For Biz suite now instead and if that doesn't satisfy management they will go with SugarCRM.
Actually my post was considerably paraphrased. My explanations were quite detailed and put into laymans terms citing several examples. The problem was that it took actual user intervention and they did not see any value in that. The first time I implemented a solution was pre HIPPA, after that was enacted and violations actually came with rather stiff financial penalties did it finally get their attention. Mainly because those violations are impossible to fight in court and they know it. When I asked what would happen if we were cited for a violation the response from the attorney was that we bring along our check book. So really the problem was apathy until it cost them money.
Several years ago now I set up a PGP server at work, mainly for my own use. However it was suggested that our attorney's might like to use it. Here is how the conversation went:
"Hey I just finished setting up an encryption system for the e-mail system"
"A what?"
"Encryption, you know to keep your corrispondence confidential..."
"A what what?"
Then about 5 years later I rolled out an automated encryption system that uses lexicons to detect patterns and auto encrypt e-mails if they trip the filters. That conversation with the attorney's went like this.
"You put in a what and why?"
A lengthy explanation later filled with examples of when they should be using it. Finally the lawyer who had just spent a few days at a HIPPA conference sees the light. DING DING DING Clueless I swear.
Actually if you read my parent post there is nowhere in it where I suggest that there is no possibility of abuse. Of course there is, just like everything else in this world. However I simply pointed out the fact that this program is aimed at Federal Offenses and not lesser States offenses.
A central DNA repository for criminal offenders has just as likely of a chance to free wrongly convicted persons. Just ask all of those who have been sitting in federal prisons only to be exonerated years later by DNA evidence.
Actually I am very well versed in things that are considered Federal crimes thank you. Your examples are good points. Now let me show you where you are making wrong assumptions about my post. First of all lets talk identity theft. You expand my example to a very large degree. Identity theft is as simple as stealing somebodies check book and using it to buy gas. The example you provide is called "wire fraud", if done by mail it is "mail fraud". Those are very specific examples of Federal crimes. As you put it "get uppity with a flight attendant". That is called "interfering with a flight crew". Are you starting to see where you went wrong yet? Taking a basic example and driving it out to a conclusion to fit your point of view is not a logical argument or a counter point. Sorry.
None of what you present there is an argument against my observation. If you steal a car and then take it to federal property that does not make stealing the car a federal offense. If you happen to get arrested in a specific location such as a national resource by park rangers fine. However the act of stealing the car is still not a federal offense. If you get into a fight on Federal property that still does not make it a Federal offense. Every crime has to pass a litmus test of requirements to be classified in a specific category of offense, location is simply one of many mitigating factors.
I saw this story on Good Morning America this morning and they phrased things a little bit differently than this article. What is obvious to some but not all readers is that if you are being arrested by federal agents it is for a "federal crime". This has nothing to do with somebody being arrested for stealing a car, identity theft, simple assault etc.