But an engineer would know how to problem solve, and we will need to have problem-solvers for a variety of things, not just mechanical, electrical, or software engineering.
Well, they are the reasons which we would like to believe and the U.S. government wants us to, but what other reasons do you speak of, besides removing a terrible dictator?
Considering that they handle a lot of our money, they probably shouldn't be using an operating system that, while originally may have been impressive, is now probably soon to be riddled with security hole.
I find it funny though, that essentially Microsoft is "fining" the IRS for not upgrading.
If they can conclusively prove that they were deceived into interviews for this movie, they should sue by all means. It is damaging to their reputations, and especially for the scientists duped into it.
Yes we are better off without Hitler, Saddam, or any of those category of cruel and oppressive regimes, but their actions do not warrant our usage of torture and secret trials to get the message of "liberty and democracy" across. By the way, Hitler and Mussolini also promised prosperity to their peoples, but the way they tried to obtain that (killing government dissenters, prejudice toward a certain group, attempted genocide) is considered a "crime against humanity". Unfortunately, the U.S and co., in Vietnam, also went around burning down people's villages, even those that weren't affiliated with the Vietcong, and drafting their citizens into wars; the FBI worked against Martin Luther King Jr., and Guantanamo's many abuses and the secret courts apparently don't get as much attention (well now they do).
I have to actually say, sometimes it's better that the U.S. no longer has as much of a grip on the U.N. anymore, or any one country in particular, at least currently.
Saddam's removal however, did have justifiable reasons, besides simply political incentive; he did commit crimes against humanity, and his treatment of his country was quite oppressive. In terms of crimes against humanity, the nations of the world had every right to remove him from power.
I really wish that the U.S. would live up to its ideals instead of going around toppling dictators only if they provide enough of an incentive to do so. For example, in Iran, one of the reasons why the British and U.S. CIA collaborated in the first place to overthrow the Iranian PM was because he was threatening the business of British oil companies who so happened to have a nice little grip on the oil there.
Since this "warmonger" seems to have garnered much criticism throughout her political career, I don't see why Dropbox would hire her in the first place.
Despite Snowden's disclosure of the NSA classifieds, not much has been done.
However, with SOPA, many sites actually stopped their services in protest to the proposed bill, so users of those sites actually got the message upon visiting them.
Maybe the government should take a look at their own drone safety record.
But anyways, I highly doubt the FAA will step in for legal action if he could potentially aid the search for missing children. Unless they are utterly ignorant bureaucrats, even they wouldn't want to face the public backlash and outrage.
Then again, if you look at the NSA, government agencies don't always care about public opinion, regardless of how badly their reputation is damaged.
The problem is, they will keep using the "National Security" excuse to justify their actions, as well as wording their responses to the general public in meaningless doublespeak. At the current stage, they seem to be utterly brainwashed in their own sewage, and the government unfortunately seems to be drinking in more of their trash everyday.
There was a project affiliated with Google that aimed to predict disease outbreaks using the search engine, but that didn't turn out that well. In fact, it barely succeeded in any of its predictions.
Mother Nature is a serial killer. No one's better. More creative. Like all serial killers, she can't help but the urge to want to get caught. But what good are all those brilliant crimes if no one takes the credit? So she leaves crumbs. Now the hard part, while you spent decades in school, is seeing the crumbs for the clues they are. Sometimes the thing you thought was the most brutal aspect of the virus, turns out to be the chink in its armor. And she loves disguising her weaknesses as strengths. She's a bitch. -Fassbach, World War Z
Right! Oh yeah, you forgot equal air time for Scientologists, Pastafarians,.............., some more cults........, and just about every other religion present in the U.S. Heck, don't forget Atheism!
A Pastafarian on a creationist show would be hilarious, anyways.
They probably have some experience studying, in order for them to get appointed on a specific committee in the first place. Problem is, they seem to ignore the more educated opinions of people who are actually more dedicated to whatever field the committee manages. (i.e. scientists, professors, doctors)
Let's say, when the Earth is about to get destroyed (hyperbolic example).
Scientist: Oh no! How are we going to save everyone. Or how are we going to save the few that are going to carry our species forward. What about ethics?
Politicians: Oh no! the world is ending. The scientists are working on asolution to get us out of here though, but only a few of us? If you vote me for reelection, I will guarantee that all you underrepresented [insert extreme party loyalist group here] will be guaranteed free and equal passage on this escape vehicle!
Just look at this. The representative here is spouting around claiming that his assumptions, essentially, flout the experiments of numerous scientists.
During the Bush administration the government came up for some bright plan for fuel-cell cars, and essentially decided to kill off electric cars in favor of fuel cells. Guess how many hydrogen stations you see across to country now?
And the Kevin Mitnick case. The ignorant justice officials in the court case apparently were so paranoid about giving a computer to the defendant, they wouldn't even let him review the evidence on a computer disconnected from a network. The prosecution also pressed for this, citing that the evidence was so much they couldn't print it all out. Is that constitutional to not allow the accused to review the evidence with an attorney?
And the "oh-global-warming-climate-change is a joke" attitudes? Well, go ask the Chinese. I'm pretty sure they would have some choice things to say about that.
And why the f**k do 'mericans elect these guys to office in the first place? Do we really need to shove everything in our politicians' faces to get them to understand?
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But an engineer would know how to problem solve, and we will need to have problem-solvers for a variety of things, not just mechanical, electrical, or software engineering.
Well, they are the reasons which we would like to believe and the U.S. government wants us to, but what other reasons do you speak of, besides removing a terrible dictator?
We should dolphinitely scale back on the fish puns.
Well, the longer the court case goes along, the more constant publicity they can milk, so hey why don't we all start taking selfies of ourselves?
Considering that they handle a lot of our money, they probably shouldn't be using an operating system that, while originally may have been impressive, is now probably soon to be riddled with security hole.
I find it funny though, that essentially Microsoft is "fining" the IRS for not upgrading.
If they can conclusively prove that they were deceived into interviews for this movie, they should sue by all means. It is damaging to their reputations, and especially for the scientists duped into it.
Yes we are better off without Hitler, Saddam, or any of those category of cruel and oppressive regimes, but their actions do not warrant our usage of torture and secret trials to get the message of "liberty and democracy" across. By the way, Hitler and Mussolini also promised prosperity to their peoples, but the way they tried to obtain that (killing government dissenters, prejudice toward a certain group, attempted genocide) is considered a "crime against humanity". Unfortunately, the U.S and co., in Vietnam, also went around burning down people's villages, even those that weren't affiliated with the Vietcong, and drafting their citizens into wars; the FBI worked against Martin Luther King Jr., and Guantanamo's many abuses and the secret courts apparently don't get as much attention (well now they do).
I have to actually say, sometimes it's better that the U.S. no longer has as much of a grip on the U.N. anymore, or any one country in particular, at least currently.
Saddam's removal however, did have justifiable reasons, besides simply political incentive; he did commit crimes against humanity, and his treatment of his country was quite oppressive. In terms of crimes against humanity, the nations of the world had every right to remove him from power.
I really wish that the U.S. would live up to its ideals instead of going around toppling dictators only if they provide enough of an incentive to do so. For example, in Iran, one of the reasons why the British and U.S. CIA collaborated in the first place to overthrow the Iranian PM was because he was threatening the business of British oil companies who so happened to have a nice little grip on the oil there.
Since this "warmonger" seems to have garnered much criticism throughout her political career, I don't see why Dropbox would hire her in the first place.
Despite Snowden's disclosure of the NSA classifieds, not much has been done.
However, with SOPA, many sites actually stopped their services in protest to the proposed bill, so users of those sites actually got the message upon visiting them.
Tell him also that you are searching for "potential target" in the fashion of a special ops agent in a 1900s movie.
Maybe the government should take a look at their own drone safety record.
But anyways, I highly doubt the FAA will step in for legal action if he could potentially aid the search for missing children. Unless they are utterly ignorant bureaucrats, even they wouldn't want to face the public backlash and outrage.
Then again, if you look at the NSA, government agencies don't always care about public opinion, regardless of how badly their reputation is damaged.
The problem is, they will keep using the "National Security" excuse to justify their actions, as well as wording their responses to the general public in meaningless doublespeak. At the current stage, they seem to be utterly brainwashed in their own sewage, and the government unfortunately seems to be drinking in more of their trash everyday.
There was a project affiliated with Google that aimed to predict disease outbreaks using the search engine, but that didn't turn out that well. In fact, it barely succeeded in any of its predictions.
Mother Nature is a serial killer. No one's better. More creative. Like all serial killers, she can't help but the urge to want to get caught. But what good are all those brilliant crimes if no one takes the credit? So she leaves crumbs. Now the hard part, while you spent decades in school, is seeing the crumbs for the clues they are. Sometimes the thing you thought was the most brutal aspect of the virus, turns out to be the chink in its armor. And she loves disguising her weaknesses as strengths. She's a bitch. -Fassbach, World War Z
That makes sense. No wonder why @dongatory was bombed by so many threats from ignorant users.
:)
Aliens!
alright just kidding, but seriously...if our brains really are just jumbled masses of impulses...
Then jumbled masses of impulses must be pretty darn good.
Given the sheer number of flaws in Windows, you shouldn't have any problem when you need some quick cash :).
A Pastafarian on a creationist show would be hilarious, anyways.
Let's say, when the Earth is about to get destroyed (hyperbolic example).
Scientist: Oh no! How are we going to save everyone. Or how are we going to save the few that are going to carry our species forward. What about ethics?
Politicians: Oh no! the world is ending. The scientists are working on asolution to get us out of here though, but only a few of us? If you vote me for reelection, I will guarantee that all you underrepresented [insert extreme party loyalist group here] will be guaranteed free and equal passage on this escape vehicle!
Just look at this. The representative here is spouting around claiming that his assumptions, essentially, flout the experiments of numerous scientists. During the Bush administration the government came up for some bright plan for fuel-cell cars, and essentially decided to kill off electric cars in favor of fuel cells. Guess how many hydrogen stations you see across to country now? And the Kevin Mitnick case. The ignorant justice officials in the court case apparently were so paranoid about giving a computer to the defendant, they wouldn't even let him review the evidence on a computer disconnected from a network. The prosecution also pressed for this, citing that the evidence was so much they couldn't print it all out. Is that constitutional to not allow the accused to review the evidence with an attorney? And the "oh-global-warming-climate-change is a joke" attitudes? Well, go ask the Chinese. I'm pretty sure they would have some choice things to say about that. And why the f**k do 'mericans elect these guys to office in the first place? Do we really need to shove everything in our politicians' faces to get them to understand?
The Wii's Sales have been declining, though.
If only the NSA would directly admit to its actions, rather than disguising the truth in a meaningless bundle of a paragraph...