'That the "enemy within" is the biggest threat to an enterprise is nothing new...' dossier's of 'suspect behaviour' "It has gotten to the point where we have to monitor everything everybody does, especially those working with sensitive data like the IT staff,"
WTF? In my years in IT I've never experienced this sort of paranoid 'treat your employees like potential threats' attitude. But then I've never worked in the US. Is treating your people like humans, keeping them invested and paying them fairly just an outdated, naive notion over there?
As well as this. Well, this one makes sense, as long as you define reality as what you believe to be true; thus, anyone who thinks differently is denying reality.
"Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away." Philip K. Dick
'We know from lots of studies and lots of data now that violent criminals very often begin their careers as nonviolent criminals. And the earlier you can get a nonviolent criminal's DNA in the data bank, the higher your chances are of apprehending the right person.'"
We also know that violent criminals very often start their lives as children. The earlier we get every child's DNA into a data bank the higher our chances of living in a crime free paradise.
I would think the exact opposite. Someone stealing one of your nukes and taking it back home somewhere abroad is 'unfortunate'. Having a hostile player steal one of your nukes with no intention of taking it anywhere is terrifying.
If it does get detonated, sure the damage on your soil would be unfortunate.
No. The purpose of extradition treaties is to prevent fugitives from escaping justice by leaving the country where they committed a crime, but there are obvious issues of sovereignty and jurisdiction. Extradition treaties will always include requirements that;
- The country asking for extradition has to have some claim of jurisdiction over where the crime happened. - The crime must be a crime in both countries and with similar punishments.
So no, if New Zealand didn't have a copyright law they would absolutely not extradite one of their citizens to a country that did. New Zealand citizens living in New Zealand are not subject to US law. And even New Zealand citizens that break US law while in the US wouldn't be extradited unless there was a similar law on the books in New Zealand.
My money's on that they weren't black (cause primates have white skin), but it could very well depend on the exact timing of the split).
Then you've lost your money. Primate skin, especially parts exposed to the sun, is rarely 'white'. Chimpanzees, our closest relatives, have faces ranging from pink to black. Our common african ancestors almost certainly had dark skin pigmentation - lighter skin is a relatively recent mutation.
We're removing ourselves from a cultural organization that promotes a culture we disagree with.
From the first line of the UNESCO constitution;
The purpose of the Organization is to contribute to peace and security by promoting collaboration among the nations through education, science and culture in order to further universal respect for justice, for the rule of law and for the human rights and fundamental freedoms which are affirmed for the peoples of the world, without distinction of race, sex, language or religion, by the Charter of the United Nations.
If you actually read the co-author's blog about the her differences with Muller, the one which starts "I have to say that there isn’t much that we disagree on", it becomes quickly obvious that it's you that is full of it.
But this is the moment I've been waiting for. Someone finally did the science openly and put all their cards on the table. They aren't hiding anything, including their funding sources. They even used new data that wasn't tainted and made sure to watch for the things sceptics have been critical of.
And the results of this new, 'honest' science? An almost exact match with the old 'tainted' data, (in fact a slightly higher measured increase than the 'climategate' CRU figures.)
The science hasn't changed, you just haven't been paying attention.
Because a black market will develop to avoid the taxes and other government controls, and we will be back to square one.
Taxes on cigarettes and alcohol are of the order of 1000% in some areas, which hasn't led to a violent or even significant black market. What makes you think other drugs will be different?
Controlled substances are most often controlled for good reasons, even if the enforcement is misguided. The self-destructive will drag others down with them (i.e. their own kids). Allowing easy access to satisfy curiosity is a very bad idea with highly addictive and ultimately destructive substances.
This sounds like Reefer Madness hysterics (won't somebody think of the children!!!), and is pretty much the opposite of real life experience where legalization has been tried.
What would likely result from legalization is more addicts and more drug-related crime. Crimes like possesion and distribution might go down, but fighting the black market would offset this gain. More addicts would yield more crimes committed by people with no other means to feed their addiction.
The market for many illegal drugs is already saturated. What evidence do you have, apart from your gut instinct, that legalization will increase the number of consumers? Again this is contrary to evidence.
No it's not terribly clear to anyone not in the field - and the linked article really doesn't shed much light. A quick glossary might help;
Linaro = a bunch of engineers who write Linux based tools and software for ARM devices. Origen = an ARM based motherboard for developing software for smartphones, tablets and various other small devices with screens.
Perhaps the right question is how have we got into a situation where what has become an essentially parasitical financial industry can simply siphon off the best minds in academia. Instead of being used in creating, building, discovering, teaching, that talent is wasted on efforts to find ever more elaborate ways of playing games with other people's money.
To MPA's credit, they have voluntarily retracted their claim.
And then, not so much to their credit, they demanded that the takedown email be removed from the IMSLP Journals website They then repeated the demand to 'takedown the takedown' even after the IMSLP informed them that they had written permission to reproduce it. The IMSLP's comment on this says it all;
Seriously, you can't expect to take down a major website, with a bogus DMCA takedown notice, and then try and hide the evidence. Can you see that? It makes you look ridiculous.
And while we're at it why oh why does the US, along with a few other countries, still drive on the wrong side of the road? I mean, come on chaps! Why cling to an outdated and illogical side of the road when the rest of the world, or at least the bit that counts, drives on the left?
And you know what, I like to think that most people still believe that universal access to postage is a good thing, but I suspect from the tone of your post that you consider this a case of country folk forcing the rest of us to pay for their lifestyle choices. The postal service - socialism gone mad!
Or perhaps we're talking a really self-confident police state? One that's reached such an impervious level of power that it can tolerate a little harmless dissent? The real test of course is can you say something that might realistically damage the president? For example if your average citizen (without, say, the protection of a press pass) were to say something like "my president is a war criminal and I have official evidence to the fact", would he still be safe from being thrown in jail?
Sigh. Yet another sales blurb from the defence industry making it to the front page of Slashdot. Really, where is the geek interest here? Or am I meant to channel Sarah Connor and murmur darkly about skynet every time someone comes up with yet another variation on a radio controlled aircraft?
And his disclosures to wikileaks are arguably responsible for triggering the revolution in Tunisia, which set off Egypt and Libya. Maybe he should get a peace prize before you go and kill him.
Believe me I understand this, but I think you missed my point - and where on earth did you read in my post that rape was sexy?? Maybe I should have added a 'sarcasm' tag.
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'That the "enemy within" is the biggest threat to an enterprise is nothing new...'
dossier's of 'suspect behaviour'
"It has gotten to the point where we have to monitor everything everybody does, especially those working with sensitive data like the IT staff,"
WTF? In my years in IT I've never experienced this sort of paranoid 'treat your employees like potential threats' attitude. But then I've never worked in the US. Is treating your people like humans, keeping them invested and paying them fairly just an outdated, naive notion over there?
As well as this. Well, this one makes sense, as long as you define reality as what you believe to be true; thus, anyone who thinks differently is denying reality.
"Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away." Philip K. Dick
I'm not sure many religions would pass that test.
'We know from lots of studies and lots of data now that violent criminals very often begin their careers as nonviolent criminals. And the earlier you can get a nonviolent criminal's DNA in the data bank, the higher your chances are of apprehending the right person.'"
We also know that violent criminals very often start their lives as children. The earlier we get every child's DNA into a data bank the higher our chances of living in a crime free paradise.
I would think the exact opposite. Someone stealing one of your nukes and taking it back home somewhere abroad is 'unfortunate'. Having a hostile player steal one of your nukes with no intention of taking it anywhere is terrifying.
If it does get detonated, sure the damage on your soil would be unfortunate.
Dr. Strangelove, is that you?
I'd be a lot more worried about it not leaving the country.
No. The purpose of extradition treaties is to prevent fugitives from escaping justice by leaving the country where they committed a crime, but there are obvious issues of sovereignty and jurisdiction. Extradition treaties will always include requirements that;
- The country asking for extradition has to have some claim of jurisdiction over where the crime happened.
- The crime must be a crime in both countries and with similar punishments.
So no, if New Zealand didn't have a copyright law they would absolutely not extradite one of their citizens to a country that did. New Zealand citizens living in New Zealand are not subject to US law. And even New Zealand citizens that break US law while in the US wouldn't be extradited unless there was a similar law on the books in New Zealand.
My money's on that they weren't black (cause primates have white skin), but it could very well depend on the exact timing of the split).
Then you've lost your money. Primate skin, especially parts exposed to the sun, is rarely 'white'. Chimpanzees, our closest relatives, have faces ranging from pink to black. Our common african ancestors almost certainly had dark skin pigmentation - lighter skin is a relatively recent mutation.
I don't like China because it is communist,.
those evil anti-capitalist commies.....
and because they are working hard to steal American jobs, American tech, and they are working hard to dominate American interests.
..competing with America on the global capitalist market and, er, winning.
Send a few dozen cruise missiles up their asses!
.. while at the same time supplying them weapons and buying their product. It's the American Way!
We're removing ourselves from a cultural organization that promotes a culture we disagree with.
From the first line of the UNESCO constitution;
The purpose of the Organization is to contribute to peace and security by promoting collaboration among the nations through education, science and culture in order to further universal respect for justice, for the rule of law and for the human rights and fundamental freedoms which are affirmed for the peoples of the world, without distinction of race, sex, language or religion, by the Charter of the United Nations.
Yeh, I see what you mean there.
If you actually read the co-author's blog about the her differences with Muller, the one which starts "I have to say that there isn’t much that we disagree on", it becomes quickly obvious that it's you that is full of it.
But this is the moment I've been waiting for. Someone finally did the science openly and put all their cards on the table. They aren't hiding anything, including their funding sources. They even used new data that wasn't tainted and made sure to watch for the things sceptics have been critical of.
And the results of this new, 'honest' science? An almost exact match with the old 'tainted' data, (in fact a slightly higher measured increase than the 'climategate' CRU figures.)
The science hasn't changed, you just haven't been paying attention.
Because a black market will develop to avoid the taxes and other government controls, and we will be back to square one.
Taxes on cigarettes and alcohol are of the order of 1000% in some areas, which hasn't led to a violent or even significant black market. What makes you think other drugs will be different?
Controlled substances are most often controlled for good reasons, even if the enforcement is misguided. The self-destructive will drag others down with them (i.e. their own kids). Allowing easy access to satisfy curiosity is a very bad idea with highly addictive and ultimately destructive substances.
This sounds like Reefer Madness hysterics (won't somebody think of the children!!!), and is pretty much the opposite of real life experience where legalization has been tried.
What would likely result from legalization is more addicts and more drug-related crime. Crimes like possesion and distribution might go down, but fighting the black market would offset this gain. More addicts would yield more crimes committed by people with no other means to feed their addiction.
The market for many illegal drugs is already saturated. What evidence do you have, apart from your gut instinct, that legalization will increase the number of consumers? Again this is contrary to evidence.
DigitalOne is based in Switzerland, they did host offshore in the US. That might have been a mistake.
No it's not terribly clear to anyone not in the field - and the linked article really doesn't shed much light. A quick glossary might help;
Linaro = a bunch of engineers who write Linux based tools and software for ARM devices.
Origen = an ARM based motherboard for developing software for smartphones, tablets and various other small devices with screens.
That's it.
Perhaps the right question is how have we got into a situation where what has become an essentially parasitical financial industry can simply siphon off the best minds in academia. Instead of being used in creating, building, discovering, teaching, that talent is wasted on efforts to find ever more elaborate ways of playing games with other people's money.
.. where did Australia rank?
To MPA's credit, they have voluntarily retracted their claim.
And then, not so much to their credit, they demanded that the takedown email be removed from the IMSLP Journals website They then repeated the demand to 'takedown the takedown' even after the IMSLP informed them that they had written permission to reproduce it. The IMSLP's comment on this says it all;
Seriously, you can't expect to take down a major website, with a bogus DMCA takedown notice, and then try and hide the evidence. Can you see that? It makes you look ridiculous.
And while we're at it why oh why does the US, along with a few other countries, still drive on the wrong side of the road? I mean, come on chaps! Why cling to an outdated and illogical side of the road when the rest of the world, or at least the bit that counts, drives on the left?
And you know what, I like to think that most people still believe that universal access to postage is a good thing, but I suspect from the tone of your post that you consider this a case of country folk forcing the rest of us to pay for their lifestyle choices. The postal service - socialism gone mad!
It's not like they would be able to fight it if USA was the same.
If? Seriously?
Or perhaps we're talking a really self-confident police state? One that's reached such an impervious level of power that it can tolerate a little harmless dissent?
The real test of course is can you say something that might realistically damage the president? For example if your average citizen (without, say, the protection of a press pass) were to say something like "my president is a war criminal and I have official evidence to the fact", would he still be safe from being thrown in jail?
Sigh. Yet another sales blurb from the defence industry making it to the front page of Slashdot. Really, where is the geek interest here? Or am I meant to channel Sarah Connor and murmur darkly about skynet every time someone comes up with yet another variation on a radio controlled aircraft?
And his disclosures to wikileaks are arguably responsible for triggering the revolution in Tunisia, which set off Egypt and Libya. Maybe he should get a peace prize before you go and kill him.
Believe me I understand this, but I think you missed my point - and where on earth did you read in my post that rape was sexy??
Maybe I should have added a 'sarcasm' tag.