No-one is saying that Awlaki should be left alone. If he can be captured, he should be captured and made to stand trial. If, during the capture attempt, it becomes necessary to use lethal force - well, so be it. But the standing orders shouldn't be "bring us the head of this guy".
I don't think we've ever gone out of our way to avoid taking out propaganda machines during war. We also don't shy away from blowing up their recruiting officers. This guy was both and then some.
That's not what international conventions and laws and customs of war say.
Are you implying that he was a civilian acting on his own?
And I repeat: if what you claim is true, then every American who publicly supports US military action in Iraq and Afghanistan is a legal target. Whether you consider it "irrelevant" or not doesn't make it any less true. Clearly the US is a country engaged in war, and clearly any "rah! rah! bomb 'em more!" blogger is its mouthpiece.
Since every US citizen is already considered a target by AQ, I don't see how this changes things. Either way, I doubt Germany or Japan would have hesitated to take out someone producing US propaganda during WW2.
Bob kidnaps someone. Fred wasn't there for the kidnapping, never saw the victim, but he writes the letters for Bob demanding ransom. Bob and Fred get caught. Bob goes to jail for kidnapping. Fred goes to jail for kidnapping.
The guy was the mouthpiece for a group engaged in war. He's part of their war machine and is no different from the person who picks up the gun and shoots at people.
al-Qaeda makes similar claims against those Americans who died on 9/11 in WTC, because they paid taxes that fund US military. I don't think that's a good company to be in.
Preaching jihad does not make one a combatant - practicing it does (otherwise a lot of right-wing political bloggers in US were "combatants" as well). Hence why I'm asking how exactly did Awlaki practice it.
The age of a build of an OS is amazingly relevant. Windows XP is optimized for single core P4 processors with under 2GB RAM. Things have changed since then.
Yes, you can run XP on a 6 core 8 GB SSD system. The OS will pretty much live on core 1, use up to 3.2GB of memory while using the SSD in some legacy mode. yay?
I remember back when I was 17. I would think to myself, "If only there was a time of year where there was no school and I could get a job to earn some extra cash."
I hope one day future generations could have some kind of vacation in the summer where they could work to earn extra money, even if it involves the occasional late shift.
You know, if everyone on Slashdot changed their WiFi MAC address on the same day most of the Geo services would have a fit.
Especially if they all changed them to addresses already in use. I did it a few times, I would watch the ipod map have a fit and throw me around the country a few times, mildly entertaining.
Tell me mr genius how you are going to handle 300k select queries on you mysql database holding 10 million rows, running on a virtual instance with shitty IO. Now add the fact that you have a very limited budget etc.
There are scenarios where NoSQL is a valid alternative, this is not one of them.
'Design and produce 50 helmets and suits, based on a sketch, for a movie I'm filming' doesn't equal 'Design and produce a statue, based on a sketch, for my garden'.
It was obviously a mass production of props for a movie set, the fact that they became popular doesn't change that.
If NOSQL really means Not Only SQL, then it's a smart idea.
If it means re-writing relational database code to behave like SQL, then you should have been using SQL in the first place.
If it means that your live object database that doesn't follow normal relationships has a much more efficient system, then you should not have been using SQL in the first place.
Simply, use the right tool for the job.
[I prefer a well defined stored procedure interface to my data, the slight amount of extra design time makes up for the fact that I not only reduce round trips to the DB server, I can scale it out easily without code changes on the web server. ]
I fail to see how this requires more cooperation than an all-way stop intersection.
I'm from New York, apparently people have not figured out the stop sign yet.
Usually something like this, when making a left turn at a 4 way stop, signal, come to a complete stop, proceed into the intersection and watch for the person 3 blocks away to speed up and ignore the stop sign at 40mph. They would be going faster, but it's a school zone.
It's a load of crap. Unpaid internships unfairly enrich larger companies at the expense of the smaller companies that can't possibly hope to attract a high level of what is, in most cases, free employees. It helps the company more than it helps the interns and it unfairly removes tax revenue.
Last time I checked, my government allows corporations to exist to benefit the people. It's not the other way around and it's WAY past time some of these companies learn that they are a privilege, not a right.
I don't think you know what a low-level format is.
MFM or RLL?
Yes, I know what it is, and yes, the result is erasing and re-writing the underlying track and sector map of the drive.
Of course, we don't low-level format anymore, there's no need, I was being dramatic. Zero out, would be the closest thing to a low-level format in today's environment.
Unless their life or liberty was endangered by a government.
Honestly, how many people fall into this category? Then out of them, how many of them are in this category doing something for the greater good and not for self enrichment?
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No-one is saying that Awlaki should be left alone. If he can be captured, he should be captured and made to stand trial. If, during the capture attempt, it becomes necessary to use lethal force - well, so be it. But the standing orders shouldn't be "bring us the head of this guy".
I don't think we've ever gone out of our way to avoid taking out propaganda machines during war. We also don't shy away from blowing up their recruiting officers. This guy was both and then some.
That's not what international conventions and laws and customs of war say.
Are you implying that he was a civilian acting on his own?
And I repeat: if what you claim is true, then every American who publicly supports US military action in Iraq and Afghanistan is a legal target. Whether you consider it "irrelevant" or not doesn't make it any less true. Clearly the US is a country engaged in war, and clearly any "rah! rah! bomb 'em more!" blogger is its mouthpiece.
Since every US citizen is already considered a target by AQ, I don't see how this changes things. Either way, I doubt Germany or Japan would have hesitated to take out someone producing US propaganda during WW2.
To use an example:
Bob kidnaps someone.
Fred wasn't there for the kidnapping, never saw the victim, but he writes the letters for Bob demanding ransom.
Bob and Fred get caught.
Bob goes to jail for kidnapping.
Fred goes to jail for kidnapping.
The guy was the mouthpiece for a group engaged in war. He's part of their war machine and is no different from the person who picks up the gun and shoots at people.
al-Qaeda makes similar claims against those Americans who died on 9/11 in WTC, because they paid taxes that fund US military. I don't think that's a good company to be in.
Irrelevant, and specious.
Preaching jihad does not make one a combatant - practicing it does (otherwise a lot of right-wing political bloggers in US were "combatants" as well). Hence why I'm asking how exactly did Awlaki practice it.
He was an accessory to a military action.
The age of an OS is irrelevant.
The age of a build of an OS is amazingly relevant. Windows XP is optimized for single core P4 processors with under 2GB RAM. Things have changed since then.
Yes, you can run XP on a 6 core 8 GB SSD system. The OS will pretty much live on core 1, use up to 3.2GB of memory while using the SSD in some legacy mode. yay?
Which will be done the same way it is now, by changing a registry key. from metro.exe back to explorer.exe
I'm betting it will just be a simple dialog box that changes a registry key.
Hmm. I wonder where I've heard these ideas before.
GeOS on the Commodore 64?
I remember back when I was 17. I would think to myself, "If only there was a time of year where there was no school and I could get a job to earn some extra cash."
I hope one day future generations could have some kind of vacation in the summer where they could work to earn extra money, even if it involves the occasional late shift.
You know, if everyone on Slashdot changed their WiFi MAC address on the same day most of the Geo services would have a fit.
Especially if they all changed them to addresses already in use. I did it a few times, I would watch the ipod map have a fit and throw me around the country a few times, mildly entertaining.
Tell me mr genius how you are going to handle 300k select queries on you mysql database holding 10 million rows, running on a virtual instance with shitty IO. Now add the fact that you have a very limited budget etc.
There are scenarios where NoSQL is a valid alternative, this is not one of them.
I see the opposite.
'Design and produce 50 helmets and suits, based on a sketch, for a movie I'm filming' doesn't equal 'Design and produce a statue, based on a sketch, for my garden'.
It was obviously a mass production of props for a movie set, the fact that they became popular doesn't change that.
Meh,
If NOSQL really means Not Only SQL, then it's a smart idea.
If it means re-writing relational database code to behave like SQL, then you should have been using SQL in the first place.
If it means that your live object database that doesn't follow normal relationships has a much more efficient system, then you should not have been using SQL in the first place.
Simply, use the right tool for the job.
[I prefer a well defined stored procedure interface to my data, the slight amount of extra design time makes up for the fact that I not only reduce round trips to the DB server, I can scale it out easily without code changes on the web server. ]
Wait, no blink?
Or people will simply switch to using NZB files pointing to Usenet servers.
Usenet is a messaging system, there are no files there. (whistle)
I fail to see how this requires more cooperation than an all-way stop intersection.
I'm from New York, apparently people have not figured out the stop sign yet.
Usually something like this, when making a left turn at a 4 way stop, signal, come to a complete stop, proceed into the intersection and watch for the person 3 blocks away to speed up and ignore the stop sign at 40mph. They would be going faster, but it's a school zone.
Sadly, this is one time that I'm not joking.
It's a load of crap. Unpaid internships unfairly enrich larger companies at the expense of the smaller companies that can't possibly hope to attract a high level of what is, in most cases, free employees. It helps the company more than it helps the interns and it unfairly removes tax revenue.
Last time I checked, my government allows corporations to exist to benefit the people. It's not the other way around and it's WAY past time some of these companies learn that they are a privilege, not a right.
Show me any malware that can survive a quick format, please
It's called a boot sector virus.
If I remember, quick format doesn't overwrite the MBR or partition tables. There are plenty of ways for a virus to survive that.
Yeah, because infections totally can persist if you just do a quick format. Low level format is the way to go, especially if you charge by the hour.
I figured turning the system into something that's unusable and near impossible to recover from would be a good starting point.
Burning people! He says what we're all thinking!
I don't think you know what a low-level format is.
MFM or RLL?
Yes, I know what it is, and yes, the result is erasing and re-writing the underlying track and sector map of the drive.
Of course, we don't low-level format anymore, there's no need, I was being dramatic. Zero out, would be the closest thing to a low-level format in today's environment.
Consider yourself told.
The only long term solution is to infect the infected with something that low level formats their HDD.
That will stop the problem.
It's amazingly illegal though, so it's not happening anytime soon.
I agree completely.
I think the best solution would be a home server that you can remotely access. Why give Google or Apple access to your items?
Good point, I guess I was being US-centric. In that case, follow my guide, including the river part. (Sorry, environmentalists)
Unless their life or liberty was endangered by a government.
Honestly, how many people fall into this category? Then out of them, how many of them are in this category doing something for the greater good and not for self enrichment?
Yeah, my BS detector went to 11 on this story.
Wait a sec, Slashdot has editors? Is this new? I've been here a while and I don't remember editors.