It is interesting to see the double-standard with which the U.S. Government operates.
Indeed. We typically have spy planes trolling up and down China's coast, and since we are The Light of the World [tm], we are entitled to do that, especially against Devil of the Day [tm].
Imagine China (aka "Devil of the Day[tm]") trolling spy planes up and down California's coast, and them selling missiles to Cuba. The Righteous Indignation! The horror! The shock!
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For example: The Shredder team declined the invitation to come to Spain. I guess we can conclude from this piece that those computers aren't able to connect over public networks (yet?). If they can't do that i'm somewhat convinced they can't communicate directly between each other. IMO that would/could improve the games and totally get rid of any possible human errors.
The machine needs to be there physically so they can open it up and make sure Kasparov is not in there.
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I would go the other way.
What value do guns provide to society? Well what value do kiddie bopper boy groups provide to society? What value does alcogol provide to our society?
I think it is plain: government enforced prohibition does not work. When a person wants something, they will obtain it. If there are enough people who want something and are willing to pay money for it, someone will produce it
Interestingly, there was no organized crime before Prohibition. Prohibition (organized and implemented by Northeastern Post-Millenial Pietistic Women Suffragettes, wham bam thank you maam) was the opening for mass organized crime in the USA. At least we got "The Godfather" from it.
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No one out there has actually read the bloody constitution have they?
There is no 'right to bear arms' in the US. The constitution gives you a right to an armed peace time militia, not a right to have a gun 'cause you feel like it!!!
Yeah, we know how to read, and we know that the "militia" back then was just an armed rabble of civilians. Just like us. Not some state-approved state-run organinzation. Imagine back then, the militia, run by British officers! Yes, yes...the makins of a rebellion.
The best read BY FAR I've ever had on American History is Murray Rothbards' _Conceived in Liberty_. Ripping good fun.
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Really? Tell me. What did the gun companies have to do with it. Was it the gun company who told them to do it? Was it the gun company who pulled the trigger? I suppose in your view the gun companies are that little devil that sits on your shoulder and tells you to do the 'bad things'. Right? That is what you are implying. Are you not?
Exactly--the guns jumped up and started firing, after pulling the guys to school. Bad guns! Let's punish those guns, then. Of course, not all guns are bad.
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Well, if a gun could only be fired once is "safe", then obviously duels should be reinstated; they traditionally used single-shot pistols. Ask Alexander Hamilton how safe one is. Oh, wait, he was killed. By a single shot.
Second, saying that single-shot firearm is somehow useful for defense shows a misunderstanding of the reality of weapons used for defense. FBI statistics show that when firearms are used legitimately (this includes police officers), the rate of accuracy is low - something on the order of 20%. So, my "safe" single-shot pistol is virtually useless for defense. Only the most highly-trained marksmen would ever stand a chance of hitting a target - and police, like the military, don't get nearly enough firearms training.
That's why I recommend a sawed-off shotgun for home defense. You will hit the target. Problem is that it damages the furniture, too.
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Isn't there a higher risk of a postal worker going "postal"?
Maybe it's the uniforms that they wear.
I worked with a fellow who was an ex-post office employee/Vietnam Vet/raised in Idaho. I would joke with him about being a freakin' Triple Threat. He'd laugh, and tell stories about how if he ever had a run-in with anybody, he'd tell them, "If anything happens to me, my brother has your name already!"
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The jury awarded the verdict, which translated into 1 (or 2, I can't recall exactly) days of McDonald's coffee sales. They did this in order to send a message to McDonald's.
The message I got, was that you can surely find 12 morons to fill a jury.
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VA can call itself whatever it wants to, but under the US Constitution it's a state--and the Constitution is the supreme law of the land, accepted by VA over 250 years ago.
And rejected 140 years ago, and "reaccepted" four years later, with a little friendly persuasion.
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Why Not? Because CERT aren't the ones finding the bugs. Individuals are sending them bug reports to publish, knowing that they are doing a service by dissemating that information. Once CERT starts charging, their volunteer army will dry up very fast.
Besides that, they are federally funded. Either leave it public, or stop spending my tax money on it if it wants to run itself like a private business.
I can imagine CERT becoming like PBS. They get some gov't funding, but also need public support. When they need money, they run fundraisers, pumping out all the good and useful alerts in the middle. When they don't need money, they don't run the fundraisers, and they pump out "Microsoft Windows ME for Children!" how-tos.
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Another thing I have never understood is why not look at a model of sponsorship similar to the way PBS does it, a general news site about racing for instance could be sponsored my Texaco etc....
Yes, the news could be brought to us by NATO and Smith & Wesson.
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Can you imagine sitting through a 20 second flash ad each time you reloaded/.
All the FP trolls would disappear.
And the quality of the posts from those that run the mind-numbing brain-rotting ad gauntlet would surely degenerate.
Any way to include ad-reading moderation?
-2: I clicked on the ad and checked out the site. I have by now forgotten completely what is going on in the thread. I am ready to babble.
-1: I read the ad completely, I am likely to go offtopic.
0: I ignored the ad, and focused in on the music I have playing
+1: I ignored the ad, and pondered my reply carefully
+2: I ignored the ad, and am ready to do an anti-ad rant.
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Government school is where the nails get hammered down. Where all the square pegs (remember _that_ show anyone?) get rounded off. Where you are cranked-out on the government school factory assembly line to take your place in society as a docile consumer of amusements. --
I dont understand what the huge issue is. I personally dont encrypt anything. I dont worry about it. I dont worry about people who know what porn sites I go to, or what news sites I read. I dont care that someone tracks what computer parts I buy online, or what my typical path of bored websurfing is. I dont have anything to hide. If the government cares what sites I look at, why is that supposed to bother me? Let them buy the data, let them skim through it. Let them realize I'm harmless and move on. If they find one valuable clue in this that someone is doing something illegal, then I feel it was money well spent. The rest of us have nothing to worry about.
Hey, could you send me just one of your credit card numbers? Or do I have to go to the web and get all of them?
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Because now a bunch of people have gone to all the links about Scientology in the article. How many people read the quote that was removed? Not nearly as many I would guess as looked around about Scientology.
I, too, hate it that/. removed the comment. Scientology earns another black eye, some more negative exposure. That's a nice end, but the price paid (the means) may not be worth it. But in the grand scheme of things, they lose.
And isn't it Cosmic Justice that John Travolta's money goes to laywers, because of what he did to us in Saturday Night Fever?
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Indeed. We typically have spy planes trolling up and down China's coast, and since we are The Light of the World [tm], we are entitled to do that, especially against Devil of the Day [tm]. Imagine China (aka "Devil of the Day[tm]") trolling spy planes up and down California's coast, and them selling missiles to Cuba. The Righteous Indignation! The horror! The shock!
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The machine needs to be there physically so they can open it up and make sure Kasparov is not in there.
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Only problem is, you need to kill somebody once in while.
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Just convince them you are Don Corleone. The favors just start rolling in.
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Interestingly, there was no organized crime before Prohibition. Prohibition (organized and implemented by Northeastern Post-Millenial Pietistic Women Suffragettes, wham bam thank you maam) was the opening for mass organized crime in the USA. At least we got "The Godfather" from it.
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Yeah, we know how to read, and we know that the "militia" back then was just an armed rabble of civilians. Just like us. Not some state-approved state-run organinzation. Imagine back then, the militia, run by British officers! Yes, yes...the makins of a rebellion.
The best read BY FAR I've ever had on American History is Murray Rothbards' _Conceived in Liberty_. Ripping good fun.
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Exactly--the guns jumped up and started firing, after pulling the guys to school. Bad guns! Let's punish those guns, then. Of course, not all guns are bad.
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That's why I recommend a sawed-off shotgun for home defense. You will hit the target. Problem is that it damages the furniture, too.
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I worked with a fellow who was an ex-post office employee/Vietnam Vet/raised in Idaho. I would joke with him about being a freakin' Triple Threat. He'd laugh, and tell stories about how if he ever had a run-in with anybody, he'd tell them, "If anything happens to me, my brother has your name already!"
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The message I got, was that you can surely find 12 morons to fill a jury.
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Probably; if you accidentally run over someone, though, make sure you run 'em over good, so they don't sue you.
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Careful how you point that finger...if it looks like a gun, they may exile you to a reeducation camp in northern North Dakota.
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I think people will think Linux has a "white screen of death".
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Guido van Rossum in a Nutshell
Is that anything like Prince Albert in a can?
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Well, the only thing two programmers can agree on is how a third programmer's style is wrong. Python is the solution to that age-old problem.
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And rejected 140 years ago, and "reaccepted" four years later, with a little friendly persuasion.
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I avoid wasting time with lots of email by ignoring the email and wasting the time on /.
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I can imagine CERT becoming like PBS. They get some gov't funding, but also need public support. When they need money, they run fundraisers, pumping out all the good and useful alerts in the middle. When they don't need money, they don't run the fundraisers, and they pump out "Microsoft Windows ME for Children!" how-tos.
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Yes, the news could be brought to us by NATO and Smith & Wesson.
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And the quality of the posts from those that run the mind-numbing brain-rotting ad gauntlet would surely degenerate.
Any way to include ad-reading moderation?
-2: I clicked on the ad and checked out the site. I have by now forgotten completely what is going on in the thread. I am ready to babble.
-1: I read the ad completely, I am likely to go offtopic.
0: I ignored the ad, and focused in on the music I have playing
+1: I ignored the ad, and pondered my reply carefully +2: I ignored the ad, and am ready to do an anti-ad rant.
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Government school is where the nails get hammered down. Where all the square pegs (remember _that_ show anyone?) get rounded off. Where you are cranked-out on the government school factory assembly line to take your place in society as a docile consumer of amusements.
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Hey, could you send me just one of your credit card numbers? Or do I have to go to the web and get all of them?
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I learned in graduate school that if you copy one person, it's plagiarism, but if you copy many, it's research.
You mean, like how to keep California from sinking into the ocean under the weight of its bloated government bureaucracy?
I, too, hate it that /. removed the comment. Scientology earns another black eye, some more negative exposure. That's a nice end, but the price paid (the means) may not be worth it. But in the grand scheme of things, they lose.
And isn't it Cosmic Justice that John Travolta's money goes to laywers, because of what he did to us in Saturday Night Fever?