I know we're bashing Microsoft, but this kind of reminds me when Apple was caught sending huge files home with an OS upgrade on their portable devices. They released a patch that "fixed" it (ie encrypted it). I wonder if that data was also being forwarded to the NSA. That would just leave linux. I hope.
Or maybe the air-skin pulled over some "ribs"? I'm not an aerospace engineer, dunno what they're called. Still, I wonder what is kept exactly there that would have caught fire. I guess we'll find out eventually. Or not.
You're missing a zero. The government spent $12,000 for that $1000 widget. What with bureaucrats and bribes and kickbacks and stuff... widgets are expensive!
Yup, maybe we should start paying for software with a small percentage of counterfeit money. You know. And ask them to file a report when that money doesn't "work". And maybe get around to fixing the problem. Eventually.
There is less proof of god's existence. I don't see him chasing around people who say stuff about him. The US government, on the other hand, seems to be extremely eager to get their hands on him and shut him up. That in itself is an implied admission of guilt, or they'd write him off as a crackpot just like all the other crackpots. When did you see a 9/11 truther get their passport revoked, get stuck in a foreign country's airport, and have presidential planes diverted just because of the possibility he could be on board? Never. Because those are real crackpots. But Snowden is dangerous to the government. That's proof enough.
I doubt, at the end of the day if humans actually have smell receptors for everything.
Like water, for instance. Most animals have no trouble identifying and finding water even in a new environment. I don't think there are examples of humans that can do this - not by smell alone.
Ahh the joys of self-financing government departments. "We believe those assets were used in connection with a crime". Suddenly, they don't have to prove anything, they just have to seize it and it's theirs. Nice and convenient. Can they even prove where the bitcoins came from?
What does median mean. Well, it's the number where 50% of your sample is above, and 50% is below. So half the workers are over 29, and half are younger than 29. That's it. That's all it means.
From what I saw in the video it looks like it will. In fact it seems they couldn't even attach one of the panels properly (lower left side). Now if IKEA has trouble building their own product, imagine some illiterate 3rd world peasant. Also, why the hell would you want to make things more comfortable in a shelter? You do NOT want to give people a reason to stay longer.
Shall we continue with bad analogies? The answer is yes, in much the same way as putting a bullet in your head violates your human rights. It sort of depends, doesn't it? However the right of free travel across borders is in the declaration of human rights.
Seriously though, energy efficiency is not the problem when you are producing far more energy than demand. As long as it makes sense and pays the cost/maintenance on the pumps/storage site, it's a workable idea.
Yeah "I'm not going to scramble fighter jets for this guy", he'll just get other countries to do that for him... Hey but what is one more tiny human rights violation when you've already done so many.
"Collection and analysis of content is NSA's traditional way of reporting SIGINT. Content generally refers to words spoken during a telephone conversation or the written text of an email message. NSA collection of the content of telephony and Internet communications under the PSP improved its ability to produce intelligence on terrorist-related activity. For example, by allowing NSA access to links carrying communications with one end in the United States, NSA significantly increased its access to transiting foreign communications, ie, with both communicants outside the United States. General Hayden described this as "the real gold of the Program"..."
Taken from one of the leaked documents. But yeah, it's only metadata we promise.
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Yeah I half expect to be turned away at the border the next time I go to the US. But honestly I am disgusted with what is happening in that country. You can go ahead and put that in my file, NSA.
Yeah surprise surprise, scaremongering from a company that sells alleged "security".
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That's not the point. The point is for you to watch the circus, while the government (and its crony contractors) pinch the pie.
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No, better yet let's worry about gays and whether or not they should be "allowed" to marry or not.
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That would have to be one hell of a thick wall. What makes you think that the debris won't just flow right on over it, or take the wall with it? I don't want to think what it would cost.
There have been ships capable of navigating the high seas, 5500 years ago!
Er is that the point of view of academics whose closest contact with the ocean is when they take a bath? Yeah I'd like to see one of those ancient vessels in an average storm. I have sailed, and believe me you quickly realize how easy it is to visit the bottom of the ocean.
Just because they didn't, doesn't mean they couldn't.
Actually, it probably does mean that. While there is evidence that ancient peoples were capable of incredibly long trips - the proof of which being the colonization of Pacific islands by people sharing Asian genetic markers, those trips were probably the exception rather than the rule. People tend to take advantage of any activity that is fairly simple and fairly profitable. If it was so easy to cross the oceans, there would be much more evidence of contact between civilizations in the old world and the new. I'm not an anthropologist, but AFAIK besides the Phoenicians and the Vikings, there were not many other powers that dominated the waves.
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Exclusive to Roger's (and of course any spy agency that feels like listening to your calls).
The US government is sending a message: "We don't like whistle-blowers".
I know we're bashing Microsoft, but this kind of reminds me when Apple was caught sending huge files home with an OS upgrade on their portable devices. They released a patch that "fixed" it (ie encrypted it). I wonder if that data was also being forwarded to the NSA. That would just leave linux. I hope.
Or maybe the air-skin pulled over some "ribs"? I'm not an aerospace engineer, dunno what they're called. Still, I wonder what is kept exactly there that would have caught fire. I guess we'll find out eventually. Or not.
You're missing a zero. The government spent $12,000 for that $1000 widget. What with bureaucrats and bribes and kickbacks and stuff... widgets are expensive!
Yup, maybe we should start paying for software with a small percentage of counterfeit money. You know. And ask them to file a report when that money doesn't "work". And maybe get around to fixing the problem. Eventually.
Take your politically correct ass out of here. People are trying to have a normal conversation. Thank you.
The murderer an the rapist have the consent of the victim, otherwise these crimes simply would not happen.
There is less proof of god's existence. I don't see him chasing around people who say stuff about him. The US government, on the other hand, seems to be extremely eager to get their hands on him and shut him up. That in itself is an implied admission of guilt, or they'd write him off as a crackpot just like all the other crackpots. When did you see a 9/11 truther get their passport revoked, get stuck in a foreign country's airport, and have presidential planes diverted just because of the possibility he could be on board? Never. Because those are real crackpots. But Snowden is dangerous to the government. That's proof enough.
Yeah it's BS and he made it up, that's why they're hunting him.
I doubt, at the end of the day if humans actually have smell receptors for everything.
Like water, for instance. Most animals have no trouble identifying and finding water even in a new environment. I don't think there are examples of humans that can do this - not by smell alone.
Ahh the joys of self-financing government departments. "We believe those assets were used in connection with a crime". Suddenly, they don't have to prove anything, they just have to seize it and it's theirs. Nice and convenient. Can they even prove where the bitcoins came from?
What does median mean. Well, it's the number where 50% of your sample is above, and 50% is below. So half the workers are over 29, and half are younger than 29. That's it. That's all it means.
From what I saw in the video it looks like it will. In fact it seems they couldn't even attach one of the panels properly (lower left side). Now if IKEA has trouble building their own product, imagine some illiterate 3rd world peasant. Also, why the hell would you want to make things more comfortable in a shelter? You do NOT want to give people a reason to stay longer.
Shall we continue with bad analogies? The answer is yes, in much the same way as putting a bullet in your head violates your human rights. It sort of depends, doesn't it? However the right of free travel across borders is in the declaration of human rights.
Dig a shaft 100m down, put your turbines there, suddenly you have a hill?
Nah it goes down due to gravity see...
Seriously though, energy efficiency is not the problem when you are producing far more energy than demand. As long as it makes sense and pays the cost/maintenance on the pumps/storage site, it's a workable idea.
Yeah "I'm not going to scramble fighter jets for this guy", he'll just get other countries to do that for him... Hey but what is one more tiny human rights violation when you've already done so many.
"Collection and analysis of content is NSA's traditional way of reporting SIGINT. Content generally refers to words spoken during a telephone conversation or the written text of an email message. NSA collection of the content of telephony and Internet communications under the PSP improved its ability to produce intelligence on terrorist-related activity. For example, by allowing NSA access to links carrying communications with one end in the United States, NSA significantly increased its access to transiting foreign communications, ie, with both communicants outside the United States. General Hayden described this as "the real gold of the Program"..."
Taken from one of the leaked documents. But yeah, it's only metadata we promise.
Yeah I half expect to be turned away at the border the next time I go to the US. But honestly I am disgusted with what is happening in that country. You can go ahead and put that in my file, NSA.
Yeah surprise surprise, scaremongering from a company that sells alleged "security".
That's not the point. The point is for you to watch the circus, while the government (and its crony contractors) pinch the pie.
No, better yet let's worry about gays and whether or not they should be "allowed" to marry or not.
That would have to be one hell of a thick wall. What makes you think that the debris won't just flow right on over it, or take the wall with it? I don't want to think what it would cost.
There have been ships capable of navigating the high seas, 5500 years ago!
Er is that the point of view of academics whose closest contact with the ocean is when they take a bath? Yeah I'd like to see one of those ancient vessels in an average storm. I have sailed, and believe me you quickly realize how easy it is to visit the bottom of the ocean.
Just because they didn't, doesn't mean they couldn't. Actually, it probably does mean that. While there is evidence that ancient peoples were capable of incredibly long trips - the proof of which being the colonization of Pacific islands by people sharing Asian genetic markers, those trips were probably the exception rather than the rule. People tend to take advantage of any activity that is fairly simple and fairly profitable. If it was so easy to cross the oceans, there would be much more evidence of contact between civilizations in the old world and the new. I'm not an anthropologist, but AFAIK besides the Phoenicians and the Vikings, there were not many other powers that dominated the waves.