And because of the "War on Terrorism, Life, Liberty, and every other Right in particular", and the ol' national security excuse, I would hope for him to at least get a speedy trial, given the different laws that apply to military courts, if the NSA counts as part of the military. Snowden was a contractor though, probably, so that depends.
The whole notion of battling factions in government is a terrible idea. How can you have a "Union" when the people in government are so divided? Though the political party in itself isn't inherently bad, we do have ultra-left/right morons and no-compromise party loyalists in the government that can't just seem to look past their reelection opportunities. And yet we still believe their "campaign promises" and vote them into a new term, only to have them spend it on campaigning for the next possible reelection.
Even Washington, in his Farewell Address, so astutely captures this sentiment:
The disorders and miseries which result gradually incline the minds of men to seek security and repose in the absolute power of an individual; and sooner or later the chief of some prevailing faction, more able or more fortunate than his competitors, turns this disposition to the purposes of his own elevation, on the ruins of public liberty.
Without looking forward to an extremity of this kind (which nevertheless ought not to be entirely out of sight), the common and continual mischiefs of the spirit of party are sufficient to make it the interest and duty of a wise people to discourage and restrain it.
It serves always to distract the public councils and enfeeble the public administration. It agitates the community with ill-founded jealousies and false alarms, kindles the animosity of one part against another, foments occasionally riot and insurrection. It opens the door to foreign influence and corruption, which finds a facilitated access to the government itself through the channels of party passions. Thus the policy and the will of one country are subjected to the policy and will of another.
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Who needs real friends and family when you can have thousand of them on Facebook?. Oh, and now, with virtual reality! So you can now see your firends, half of which are advertisement pages, virtuuaaalllly...ooooooooh
If Facebook bought Valve...No. No. No. The world as we know it will be over.
Look what Microsoft did to Rare. If the Facebook Machine with all its drama comes to ever buy Steam, *shudder*, then I will reach out through this comment box, and slap the next person lauding the advances of "social media".
No, to be quite honest, I believe there is a chance that the aircraft is still intact, because neither the wreck nor the black-box's tramission signal has been found yet. Still, I am not a professional on this, so you can't be sure.
It apparently seems the only tech-savvy government officials work in the intelligence departments, where they illicitly perform tasks. But when it comes to designing public service websites, they fall short.
Still, I have to say, good luck with your censorship. It doesn't work and will only bring more publicity. People in China have been doing this for years.
But of course we can trust the NSA! The government even helped set the "standards" for encryption so kindly! Surely they wouldn't do anything like this, would they?
in my opinion, the speculators who buy bitcoin are just making it worse and worse.
if they only started treating it more like a currency, and not just an investment to selfishly get rich off, they wouldn't have to be severely punished every time something happens, like a market crash.
so when we don't want the govt. to monitor us (read : NSA abuses), they continue nonetheless, but when we do, they make some weak half-assed attempt to do something then give up(...FCC and net neutrality)
and doesn't this mean that the NSA can now freely spy without having to conform to feeble restrictions for privacy on normal means of communication ?
You sir, seem to have explained basically what is happening in the madhouse full of "representatives" that we "graciously" sent to there with the actual impression they would do something.
Unfortunately, there seems to be no end to this ass-hole plugging up ass-hole business...
And you wonder why Washington opposed a partisan system of government.
Slashdot Mirror
Tinfoil hat time :-)
And because of the "War on Terrorism, Life, Liberty, and every other Right in particular", and the ol' national security excuse, I would hope for him to at least get a speedy trial, given the different laws that apply to military courts, if the NSA counts as part of the military. Snowden was a contractor though, probably, so that depends.
Apparently he realized the negative effects of this law only, well, several decades later. Still I laud him for standing up.
Many people on Facebook don't even have their real names posted.
With a serious identity problem
You think they'll get warrants?
That would explain the incompetence.
Who needs real friends and family when you can have thousand of them on Facebook?. Oh, and now, with virtual reality! So you can now see your firends, half of which are advertisement pages, virtuuaaalllly...ooooooooh
If Facebook bought Valve...No. No. No. The world as we know it will be over. Look what Microsoft did to Rare. If the Facebook Machine with all its drama comes to ever buy Steam, *shudder*, then I will reach out through this comment box, and slap the next person lauding the advances of "social media".
At least Android is (mostly) open source. Though I wouldn't trust the stuff Samsung preloads the phone with, there is always Cyanogenmod.
change that to "Armed Robbery"
What's to stop Kimmy and his bunch'o'cronies, as well as M16, and our own deary NSA from using this?
No, to be quite honest, I believe there is a chance that the aircraft is still intact, because neither the wreck nor the black-box's tramission signal has been found yet. Still, I am not a professional on this, so you can't be sure.
The FCC can do things? Oh wait...don't they outsource all their work to the NSA?
Just when you thought you've sharpened your spear to the finest, your opponent has fortified his shield to the fullest.
Still, I have to say, good luck with your censorship. It doesn't work and will only bring more publicity. People in China have been doing this for years.
And our wonderful friends in the government happen to be the same ones setting standards for encryption.
And are most definitely protecting us with a program named after a disastrous defeat...
And Putin was...democratically elected?
It isn't that hard anyways to claim "oops the technology failed us again...hehe"
if they only started treating it more like a currency, and not just an investment to selfishly get rich off, they wouldn't have to be severely punished every time something happens, like a market crash.
and doesn't this mean that the NSA can now freely spy without having to conform to feeble restrictions for privacy on normal means of communication ?
Unfortunately, there seems to be no end to this ass-hole plugging up ass-hole business...
And you wonder why Washington opposed a partisan system of government.
I find this slashdot article to be particularly funny.
Wouldn't that seem a little awkward?