Meh. The main reason this was done was because the crypto was already out there in every other country in the world. Remember PGPi? It was foolish to say "no 128-bit crypto software from the U.S." when the same software was freely and readily available from Finland, Switzerland or anywhere else. Horse. Barn Door. Close it?
Thanks, and have fun. Honestly, I'm one of those people who believe college is for education, not sports. I'll also be in Chicago this weekend, listening to people try and explain how it isn't the Bears' weak opening schedule, they're just good.:-)
Help me find that one on a map. Is that the place that got its ass kicked by the U.S. about 150 years ago? The place that has been totally pacified with NASCAR, pickled pigs feet, cheap alcohol and the SEC?
I'm re-reading this now. You really need to take a look at his two other books -- The Puzzle Palace and Body of Secrets, for all the history from the inception of the NSA forward.
When (if?) conservatives say "the government should not have that power", what they mean is "the liberals currently in government should not have that power, but it is okay for our side".
When (if?) liberals say "the government should not have that power", what they mean is "the conservatives currently in government should not have that power, but it is okay for our side".
Both conveniently forget the problem of not whether YOU will not abuse the power when asking for it, but once granted whether or not those elected AFTER you are gone will abuse the power. For those playing at home, the answer is invariably "YES".
A figure of speech in which the intended meaning is the opposite of that expressed by the words used; usually taking the form of sarcasm or ridicule in which laudatory expressions are used to imply condemnation or contempt.
The reactor and/or plant is part of a network itself. I doubt it is directly connected to any external network, like the Internet. It might be part of a separate, secure network that monitors multiple plants remotely.
Most likely the infection was brought in manually.
The devil is in the details. While the basics of making a uranium bomb are fairly common knowledge, the nitty, gritty details of making a proper plutonium bomb are well kept secrets. Get it wrong, and things don't really work. Or it blows up in your face, taking a small city with it. It is very complex and requires some very precise manufacturing capabilities that are beyond the abilities of most countries in the world to get right.
"Sensitive" is not "Classified". The GAO report listed only addressed slipshod contractor access to SBU (Sensitive, But Unclassified) information. Examples are business proprietary, attorney-client and personable identifiable information.
Once it hits "Secret" classification, the process is different and more stringent. "Top Secret" involves many (locked) hoops to jump thru for access. "Top Secret - SCI" is a major nightmare.
Honestly, you'll find very few accidental disclosures of Classified information and the higher you go in the classification levels, the fewer you'll find. Up there, in cases like what is going on with Wikileaks, the disclosures are NOT accidental.
I think it would have to be official policy, not just the opinion of a commander in the field. Gen. Patraeus doesn't make foreign policy, the President and Congress do. And they've have a very hard time getting a policy like that past the 1st Amendment.
The GP was probably fantasizing. While a church doesn't need to file the official form to be tax exempt, if the IRS suspects they are violating the rules they'll investigate. There are really only two rules for churches: be sincere in your beliefs and don't violate U.S. laws or policies. That is, no virgin sacrifices, etc.
Specifically, that one reads:
That the practices and rituals associated with the organization's religious belief or creed are not illegal or contrary to clearly defined public policy.
There is a bit of leeway in that to allow the gov't to remove tax-exempt status from churches if they go too far against gov't policy. The first example that comes to mind is if the U.S. decided to seriously enforce immigration law, and a church -- as an organization -- was giving harbor to illegal immigrants, falsifying documents, or lying to federal agents, the IRS could revoke their charitable status and tax exemption. The thing is, what the pastor is doing isn't illegal or against U.S. Policy, thus the IRS can't legally touch his tax-exempt status. They could crawl up his ass with a microscope to see if anything ELSE might be illegal. http://www.smh.com.au/world/pastor-in-koran-furore-accused-of-using-slaves-20100909-153bf.html
On a parallel note, this is also what gives the gov't the power to regulate things like private association membership. (I.E. -- Gays in the Boy Scouts of America) If you take gov't funds, they have the legal right to meddle in your affairs. The key is to not take gov't money and be 100% private. Then you can go tell them to fuck off, and usually get away with it. That's how we still have a few private country clubs in the U.S. that don't allow blacks, jews or women. They're 100% private. Augusta National Country Club comes to mind first.
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I bow before your superior college football program!
Congrats.
After all, you don't see evangelical Christians blowing up Planned Parenthoods and headshotting abortion doctors every day, do you?
Sounds like an awesome Counterstrike mod!
Yeah? WTF is slahsdot.org?
Only on Slashdot.
Unfortunately, no. This seems to be one of the major purposes of the internet and spawned the entire "No one knows you're a dog" meme.
Feel free to visit any of the "Christian Conservative" sites on the Internet and look for discussions regarding science.
Anything to do with global warming or evolution if you are brave.
Meh. The main reason this was done was because the crypto was already out there in every other country in the world. Remember PGPi? It was foolish to say "no 128-bit crypto software from the U.S." when the same software was freely and readily available from Finland, Switzerland or anywhere else. Horse. Barn Door. Close it?
Crypto in U.S. law was removed from the munitions classification back in 1996 by then President Clinton.
Shortly thereafter one of the exemptions granted was for open source. If the source code was freely available, you don't need an export license.
Thanks, and have fun. Honestly, I'm one of those people who believe college is for education, not sports. I'll also be in Chicago this weekend, listening to people try and explain how it isn't the Bears' weak opening schedule, they're just good. :-)
Fine, pork rinds, then. :-)
Tide? TIDE?!
GO GATORS!
Disclaimer, I'm not in the US. I live in Dixie.
Help me find that one on a map. Is that the place that got its ass kicked by the U.S. about 150 years ago? The place that has been totally pacified with NASCAR, pickled pigs feet, cheap alcohol and the SEC?
I'm re-reading this now. You really need to take a look at his two other books -- The Puzzle Palace and Body of Secrets, for all the history from the inception of the NSA forward.
Not qualified to be a politician and able to think for yourself. But, I repeat myself.
When (if?) conservatives say "the government should not have that power", what they mean is "the liberals currently in government should not have that power, but it is okay for our side".
When (if?) liberals say "the government should not have that power", what they mean is "the conservatives currently in government should not have that power, but it is okay for our side".
Both conveniently forget the problem of not whether YOU will not abuse the power when asking for it, but once granted whether or not those elected AFTER you are gone will abuse the power. For those playing at home, the answer is invariably "YES".
Yeah. Woosh!
A figure of speech in which the intended meaning is the opposite of that expressed by the words used; usually taking the form of sarcasm or ridicule in which laudatory expressions are used to imply condemnation or contempt.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irony
Do they still make these? And what would be the reason for not spending the extra $5 and getting an ethernet switch?
For the electrical geeks, the energy density is 108 mWh/g. Anyone want to compare that to a standard AA rechargeable?
The reactor and/or plant is part of a network itself. I doubt it is directly connected to any external network, like the Internet. It might be part of a separate, secure network that monitors multiple plants remotely.
Most likely the infection was brought in manually.
As opposed to the "some of the Google engineers have already read your mail. There isn't anything you need to see right now, anyway." Service? :-)
Allow me to introduce you to Google's "I lost my password, send me a code to my mobile phone to reset it" feature...
Thus killing 2,423,158 birds with one stone? Hmmm...
The devil is in the details. While the basics of making a uranium bomb are fairly common knowledge, the nitty, gritty details of making a proper plutonium bomb are well kept secrets. Get it wrong, and things don't really work. Or it blows up in your face, taking a small city with it. It is very complex and requires some very precise manufacturing capabilities that are beyond the abilities of most countries in the world to get right.
She doesn't know Linux from Windows from a bag of frogs, and doesn't care as long as it works.
Done properly, that would make one hell of a funny Monty Python skit!
Sorry, no.
"Sensitive" is not "Classified". The GAO report listed only addressed slipshod contractor access to SBU (Sensitive, But Unclassified) information. Examples are business proprietary, attorney-client and personable identifiable information.
Once it hits "Secret" classification, the process is different and more stringent. "Top Secret" involves many (locked) hoops to jump thru for access. "Top Secret - SCI" is a major nightmare.
Honestly, you'll find very few accidental disclosures of Classified information and the higher you go in the classification levels, the fewer you'll find. Up there, in cases like what is going on with Wikileaks, the disclosures are NOT accidental.
I think it would have to be official policy, not just the opinion of a commander in the field. Gen. Patraeus doesn't make foreign policy, the President and Congress do. And they've have a very hard time getting a policy like that past the 1st Amendment.
The GP was probably fantasizing. While a church doesn't need to file the official form to be tax exempt, if the IRS suspects they are violating the rules they'll investigate. There are really only two rules for churches: be sincere in your beliefs and don't violate U.S. laws or policies. That is, no virgin sacrifices, etc.
Specifically, that one reads:
That the practices and rituals associated with the organization's religious belief or creed are not illegal or contrary to clearly defined public policy.
There is a bit of leeway in that to allow the gov't to remove tax-exempt status from churches if they go too far against gov't policy. The first example that comes to mind is if the U.S. decided to seriously enforce immigration law, and a church -- as an organization -- was giving harbor to illegal immigrants, falsifying documents, or lying to federal agents, the IRS could revoke their charitable status and tax exemption. The thing is, what the pastor is doing isn't illegal or against U.S. Policy, thus the IRS can't legally touch his tax-exempt status. They could crawl up his ass with a microscope to see if anything ELSE might be illegal. http://www.smh.com.au/world/pastor-in-koran-furore-accused-of-using-slaves-20100909-153bf.html
On a parallel note, this is also what gives the gov't the power to regulate things like private association membership. (I.E. -- Gays in the Boy Scouts of America) If you take gov't funds, they have the legal right to meddle in your affairs. The key is to not take gov't money and be 100% private. Then you can go tell them to fuck off, and usually get away with it. That's how we still have a few private country clubs in the U.S. that don't allow blacks, jews or women. They're 100% private. Augusta National Country Club comes to mind first.
...excuse me while I go check the sky for bacon...
This gives me a whole new take on the phrase "manna from heaven". :-)