Or they could, you know, just read about the war to gain independence from England.
Actually, the moral of both of those stories is that people waging a war for themselves and their loved ones will *always* have the upper hand over those who are just fighting because they were ordered to. They will have superior morale, determination, and they will fight to their dying breath. The other side? Not so much.
Good question. Based on his statement, we're probably looking for a planet with two hemispheres, an axial tilt, and a period of ~365.25 days or so... Let me know if you come up with anything.
Take one eggplant, cut in ~3/8" slices. Lightly bread each side with Italian seasoned crumbs and grated Parmesan cheese, then toss delicately into a medium pail of garbage. Repeat the process if you need more practice, otherwise remove the veal cutlets from the fridge and make dinner.
The lozenges are good. It's basically just like dip (sustained release and stronger dose; what's not to love?) except that you put it in your cheek, like chaw, instead of behind your lip. As a bonus, there's no disgusting spit or oral cancer (AFAIK -- I'm not a doctor).
If you really want to quit nicotine, though, the patch works pretty well. It provides just enough nicotine to keep you from killing your neighbors, but not enough that it won't take significant willpower to resist other forms, which means you're actually participating in quitting rather than substituting one form for another. You could go through the whole step-down process over 3 months, but most people just forget to put on new patches after a couple of weeks and boom, they're done. Two weeks after that, and the cravings are almost completely gone.
The benefit of nicotine is that it's an excellent stimulant. The downside is that if you take it regularly (multiple times per day), as you'll be wont to do, then you'll quickly acclimate to the effects. From there, you're just paying money to maintain normalcy.
The psu (Practical Salinity Unit) is a ratio, so you're looking at a difference of about 5% (32 min to 37 max). The map is gradated to better see what are really very small differences in salinity.
I agree wholeheartedly with your position, but I find it interesting that we call it "drug abuse" when the drug is not suffering. It should really be called something else. "Self abuse" almost works, but usually it's the people around the abuser that suffer and besides, people should be free to abuse themselves if that's their thing.
Regardless, I think we need a better term to distinguish between responsible and/or drug use and the behavior that constitutes what we call drug abuse. As it stands "drug abuser" is basically interchangeable with "drug user" in our culture, which creates a false equivalence. Maybe we should have "drug education" like sex education -- we can't stop it; so let's teach people to be responsible about it. I can't ever see that happening in reality, but I think it would be fantastic, and I say this while holding the position that drug use is not something most people should engage in, but particularly people who aren't educated about how to avoid common pitfalls, and don't see the potential negative effects coming until it's far too late.
Most virus writers have little or no cost of failure, aside from the time invested. If the virus isn't as successful as they'd like, they just write another one.
The whole point of this attack was (or seems to be) in launching a specific attack against a target where, if you fail, they will succeed in creating weapons to annihilate you. There are no do-overs. Once the target is aware of his vulnerabilities, he will likely close them forever, and the time to find another vulnerability (if one even exists) may be greater than the time it takes him to succeed. That's pretty good motivation to get it right the first time, I'd say.
Meh.. would you turn down sex because you could go watch some porn? Or would you go out and rape someone if you couldn't look at porn? These are the connections you seem to be implying.
Firstly, porn doesn't assuage the desire for the real thing except in the very short term; but if anything, it intensifies that desire over the long term. This is why sex addicts, for example, aren't encouraged to watch more porn, but to eliminate it.
Secondly, any business grows with demand. While drug production is relatively victimless, and certainly drug abusers are victims of their own indiscretions, the production of child porn is anything but victimless, and as such, it makes sense to minimize demand.
Does Zuck really belong in this group? I mean he's certainly a millionaire, but the idea that he's a billionaire seems to be based squarely on valuations of his company rather than any cash on hand. Unless and until he actually sells his part in Facebook, it's all speculative as far as I'm concerned. The valuation of Facebook may be vaguely justifiable based on past offers perhaps, but dot coms aren't exactly blue chips, the future is unknown, and the track record for online business to date is poor, to put it mildly.
Exactly, and we all know Jesus said to prevent and prosecute pranks and ridicule at any cost. Oh wait, that was Chairman Mao. Well, Jesus, Mao, whatever.. the point stands that you can't just turn the other cheek when this sort of thing happens.
It was absolutely forbidden to patch a classified cable outside of the designated rooms and areas.
Which ignores the fact that it's absolutely trivial to patch into a network cable in the first place. Either the encryption wrapper is secure as it should be, in which case the transport mechanism is all but irrelevant, or else the data is vulnerable. That's why they stopped separating the data channels and started focusing on terminal area security instead.
The two person rule is common for handling of classified material, but it's only as good as the people involved. After a break-in period, people generally become comfortable with each other and don't typically feel the need to scrutinize each other's activities. Indeed, continuing to scrutinize the activity of an otherwise trusted individual can be taken as an insult, lead to lower job satisfaction, etc. Rotations or random pairing can mitigate this somewhat, but it doesn't preclude two trusting individuals from ever pairing, nor does it prevent collusion. In short, it sounds good in theory, but without accounting for apathy and the tedium of routine, it's far from a panacea.
I've attended many IA briefings, both as a civilian and as active duty, and it's no exaggeration to say that these kinds of policies are met with ridicule and/or contempt by people who actually have the duty of carrying them out, and that the presenters are even apologetic for the hoops that everyone has to jump through. Everyone in the room knows that people do the best they can, and sometimes shit happens, but the theory of perpetual vigilance only works in movies and on TV. Humans simply aren't wired for paying close attention to "nothing happening" for any extended period of time, even if it's two hours a day once a week. It's exactly the principle that law enforcement uses to its advantage in fugitive recovery -- it only takes one slip-up for the whole thing to come crashing down.
I'm not saying that reasonable efforts at counterintelligence shouldn't be maintained; I'm only saying that expectations of perfection are unreasonable, and will never be met. There is no single policy or group of policies taken together that will prevent the next leak; at best they will delay it.
Hah. Android advertising is just as much geared to image as iPhone, it's just a different image they're appealing to. It's the geek version of a pickup truck -- lots of features that few people use on a regular basis, but it sure gives that tough, rugged look.
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Or they could, you know, just read about the war to gain independence from England.
Actually, the moral of both of those stories is that people waging a war for themselves and their loved ones will *always* have the upper hand over those who are just fighting because they were ordered to. They will have superior morale, determination, and they will fight to their dying breath. The other side? Not so much.
Nice repartee, John Kerry.
Good question. Based on his statement, we're probably looking for a planet with two hemispheres, an axial tilt, and a period of ~365.25 days or so... Let me know if you come up with anything.
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Thank Beejus we've taken national pride and replaced it with national shame.
My favorite eggplant recipe is as follows:
Take one eggplant, cut in ~3/8" slices. Lightly bread each side with Italian seasoned crumbs and grated Parmesan cheese, then toss delicately into a medium pail of garbage. Repeat the process if you need more practice, otherwise remove the veal cutlets from the fridge and make dinner.
The lozenges are good. It's basically just like dip (sustained release and stronger dose; what's not to love?) except that you put it in your cheek, like chaw, instead of behind your lip. As a bonus, there's no disgusting spit or oral cancer (AFAIK -- I'm not a doctor).
If you really want to quit nicotine, though, the patch works pretty well. It provides just enough nicotine to keep you from killing your neighbors, but not enough that it won't take significant willpower to resist other forms, which means you're actually participating in quitting rather than substituting one form for another. You could go through the whole step-down process over 3 months, but most people just forget to put on new patches after a couple of weeks and boom, they're done. Two weeks after that, and the cravings are almost completely gone.
The benefit of nicotine is that it's an excellent stimulant. The downside is that if you take it regularly (multiple times per day), as you'll be wont to do, then you'll quickly acclimate to the effects. From there, you're just paying money to maintain normalcy.
In Soviet Russia, ancient memes mod YOU down!
True, but I don't trust Google more than I trust, say, you.
The man obviously didn't live in New York.
Aight, I put on my robe and wizard hat.
The psu (Practical Salinity Unit) is a ratio, so you're looking at a difference of about 5% (32 min to 37 max). The map is gradated to better see what are really very small differences in salinity.
children used to visit their neighbors or classmates at their home after school or on weekends to play together.
Hmm... our kids do these things. Guess we didn't get the memo.
I agree wholeheartedly with your position, but I find it interesting that we call it "drug abuse" when the drug is not suffering. It should really be called something else. "Self abuse" almost works, but usually it's the people around the abuser that suffer and besides, people should be free to abuse themselves if that's their thing.
Regardless, I think we need a better term to distinguish between responsible and/or drug use and the behavior that constitutes what we call drug abuse. As it stands "drug abuser" is basically interchangeable with "drug user" in our culture, which creates a false equivalence. Maybe we should have "drug education" like sex education -- we can't stop it; so let's teach people to be responsible about it. I can't ever see that happening in reality, but I think it would be fantastic, and I say this while holding the position that drug use is not something most people should engage in, but particularly people who aren't educated about how to avoid common pitfalls, and don't see the potential negative effects coming until it's far too late.
Most virus writers have little or no cost of failure, aside from the time invested. If the virus isn't as successful as they'd like, they just write another one.
The whole point of this attack was (or seems to be) in launching a specific attack against a target where, if you fail, they will succeed in creating weapons to annihilate you. There are no do-overs. Once the target is aware of his vulnerabilities, he will likely close them forever, and the time to find another vulnerability (if one even exists) may be greater than the time it takes him to succeed. That's pretty good motivation to get it right the first time, I'd say.
Meh.. would you turn down sex because you could go watch some porn? Or would you go out and rape someone if you couldn't look at porn? These are the connections you seem to be implying.
Firstly, porn doesn't assuage the desire for the real thing except in the very short term; but if anything, it intensifies that desire over the long term. This is why sex addicts, for example, aren't encouraged to watch more porn, but to eliminate it.
Secondly, any business grows with demand. While drug production is relatively victimless, and certainly drug abusers are victims of their own indiscretions, the production of child porn is anything but victimless, and as such, it makes sense to minimize demand.
Does Zuck really belong in this group? I mean he's certainly a millionaire, but the idea that he's a billionaire seems to be based squarely on valuations of his company rather than any cash on hand. Unless and until he actually sells his part in Facebook, it's all speculative as far as I'm concerned. The valuation of Facebook may be vaguely justifiable based on past offers perhaps, but dot coms aren't exactly blue chips, the future is unknown, and the track record for online business to date is poor, to put it mildly.
I call bullshit.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Droit_de_seigneur
http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1139/did-medieval-lords-have-right-of-the-first-night-with-the-local-brides
Exactly, and we all know Jesus said to prevent and prosecute pranks and ridicule at any cost. Oh wait, that was Chairman Mao. Well, Jesus, Mao, whatever.. the point stands that you can't just turn the other cheek when this sort of thing happens.
Oh yeah? Well my security clearance is so high it thinks it's an orange and it's freaking out that everyone's going to try to squeeze the juice out.
I'm not sure how to put this delicately, but your priest can't produce milk. Those weren't breasts. :(
It was absolutely forbidden to patch a classified cable outside of the designated rooms and areas.
Which ignores the fact that it's absolutely trivial to patch into a network cable in the first place. Either the encryption wrapper is secure as it should be, in which case the transport mechanism is all but irrelevant, or else the data is vulnerable. That's why they stopped separating the data channels and started focusing on terminal area security instead.
Yes, because games (and voting systems, to some extent) have an excellent track record for not being leaked. Please; go on.
The two person rule is common for handling of classified material, but it's only as good as the people involved. After a break-in period, people generally become comfortable with each other and don't typically feel the need to scrutinize each other's activities. Indeed, continuing to scrutinize the activity of an otherwise trusted individual can be taken as an insult, lead to lower job satisfaction, etc. Rotations or random pairing can mitigate this somewhat, but it doesn't preclude two trusting individuals from ever pairing, nor does it prevent collusion. In short, it sounds good in theory, but without accounting for apathy and the tedium of routine, it's far from a panacea.
I've attended many IA briefings, both as a civilian and as active duty, and it's no exaggeration to say that these kinds of policies are met with ridicule and/or contempt by people who actually have the duty of carrying them out, and that the presenters are even apologetic for the hoops that everyone has to jump through. Everyone in the room knows that people do the best they can, and sometimes shit happens, but the theory of perpetual vigilance only works in movies and on TV. Humans simply aren't wired for paying close attention to "nothing happening" for any extended period of time, even if it's two hours a day once a week. It's exactly the principle that law enforcement uses to its advantage in fugitive recovery -- it only takes one slip-up for the whole thing to come crashing down.
I'm not saying that reasonable efforts at counterintelligence shouldn't be maintained; I'm only saying that expectations of perfection are unreasonable, and will never be met. There is no single policy or group of policies taken together that will prevent the next leak; at best they will delay it.
Hah. Android advertising is just as much geared to image as iPhone, it's just a different image they're appealing to. It's the geek version of a pickup truck -- lots of features that few people use on a regular basis, but it sure gives that tough, rugged look.