They don't have the resources to demand keys from everyone. Sure, they can target people they already suspect for some other reason, but widespread encryption would stop the fuckers from being able to just grep through everyone's e-mail.
I refused to register, and never had any trouble attending college or getting financial aid. If you don't register, all they do is send three or four threatening letters and then you never hear from them again. They haven't prosecuted anyone since 1986. See http://www.duckdaotsu.org/resist.html.
It can't be scientifically proven that race A is superior to race B; superiority is a value judgement, and that's not what science does. The most science can say is that on average race A is more intelligent or whatever than race B or not.
Beyond that, securing one's computer is a technical and arcane skill that Joe Six-pack and Jane Home-maker don't have and no amount of whinning is likely to change that.
That won't happen. The Supreme Court have historically interpreted the interstate commerce clause to mean "the feds can do anything they want". If they can manage to interpret "commerce" as including private, non-commercial radio transmissions, they can also manage to ignore the plain meaning of "interstate".
It would be a bad idea to eliminate phaseouts. In your example, if the $5000 deduction went away as soon as your income went above $32767, suppose I have an income of $32767 and take the $5000 deduction for a taxable income of $27767. Furthermore suppose that the marginal tax rate is 10%. If my gross income increases $1 to $32768, my taxable income is now $32768, and my taxes increase by $500.10, so my net income is actually lower than it was at $32767, and won't exceed that level until my gross income is $37768. Phaseouts keep the derivative of net income with respect to gross income positive, and without that people have an incentive to reduce their income, which would be decidedly bad for the economy.
If OpenSSL were written in Java it wouldn't matter whether it had any security holes because the script kiddies wouldn't be willing to sit around and wait five years for the exploit to run.
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What the fuck is the point of having a Charter of Rights if the bastards can pass exceptions to it?
C++ is backwards compatible w/ C
int class;
No, the human eye jusut reflects, not retroreflects. That's why you can avoid red-eye by taking the picture from an angle.
Saying that Java is nice because it works on all OS's is like saying that anal sex is nice because it works on all genders
In other news, fans of anal sex everywhere protest the comparison to Java.
They don't have the resources to demand keys from everyone. Sure, they can target people they already suspect for some other reason, but widespread encryption would stop the fuckers from being able to just grep through everyone's e-mail.
Something non-Greek/Roman at last.
We want them to stick with classical names. Otherwise, the PC brigade steps in and we get stupid names like Quaoar.
I refused to register, and never had any trouble attending college or getting financial aid. If you don't register, all they do is send three or four threatening letters and then you never hear from them again. They haven't prosecuted anyone since 1986. See http://www.duckdaotsu.org/resist.html.
It would make our society a little 'tighter' and make people appreciate their freedoms a bit more.
Freedom is slavery, eh?
It can't be scientifically proven that race A is superior to race B; superiority is a value judgement, and that's not what science does. The most science can say is that on average race A is more intelligent or whatever than race B or not.
And I thought it sucked here...
This, from the same crapulous dictionary that lists 'orientate' and 'stick-to-itiveness'.
You see, I'm just not sure what the name is for 10^30...
Nonillion. Have fun.
Just how many possible combinations are there, and how long would it take to just go through them all if they have such a powerful computer network?
2^256, and somewhat longer than the life expectancy of the Universe.
whatever happened to named?
If you need DNS to resolve her name, she's probably a robot.
Beyond that, securing one's computer is a technical and arcane skill that Joe Six-pack and Jane Home-maker don't have and no amount of whinning is likely to change that.
You mean like spelling?
That won't happen. The Supreme Court have historically interpreted the interstate commerce clause to mean "the feds can do anything they want". If they can manage to interpret "commerce" as including private, non-commercial radio transmissions, they can also manage to ignore the plain meaning of "interstate".
some of the best Trek material is being put out right now on Enterprise
What the fuck are you smoking?
I love the smell of vaporware in the morning.
...and he loses a life.
I'd bet he didn't have one in the first place.
What kind of pathetic little computers do you use that your computer room isn't hot year round?
I'm a thirty second bomb! ...
Incredible! Someone used 'loose' on /. and actually didn't mean 'lose'.
It would be a bad idea to eliminate phaseouts. In your example, if the $5000 deduction went away as soon as your income went above $32767, suppose I have an income of $32767 and take the $5000 deduction for a taxable income of $27767. Furthermore suppose that the marginal tax rate is 10%. If my gross income increases $1 to $32768, my taxable income is now $32768, and my taxes increase by $500.10, so my net income is actually lower than it was at $32767, and won't exceed that level until my gross income is $37768. Phaseouts keep the derivative of net income with respect to gross income positive, and without that people have an incentive to reduce their income, which would be decidedly bad for the economy.
Wow. Just when I thought my opinion of the average person couldn't get any lower, I see something like this.
If OpenSSL were written in Java it wouldn't matter whether it had any security holes because the script kiddies wouldn't be willing to sit around and wait five years for the exploit to run.