Considering the fact that Obama was perfectly willing to publicly state that he wasn't going to start grounding airplanes to catch Snowden and then did just that (setting a dangerous diplomatic precedent that has already been repeated) - I highly doubt Obama is going to be pardoning Snowden.
Snowden is assuming that a bureaucracy is a thinking, human beast. They don't care. Period. Not their problem. He's been labeled as a "bad guy", and absolutely no one has any incentive or compulsion to change that. Someone else's department. No one cares. US government suffers not one bit. Snowden's life is screwed forever. That's how it works. If you mess with government, they are going to mess with you right back. Problem is they have infinite resources, and that includes time. Your life is finite.
As both a physician who has worked for years in hospitals, as well as a patient who has spent MONTHS in intensive care, and months on a regular ward because I've been really sick and close to death several times myself (was actually dead once for a couple minutes), I will re-iterate my statement. If an LED is all you can complain about, you've not been in hospital long enough. Your points are valid but irrelevant. A LED pales in comparison to - staff talking loudly, carts rattling down the hallway, other patients (or their family) making noise, blood pressure cuffs inflating every 10-15 mins or so even when no longer necessary, monitors starting to beep if you change position and happen to pinch your IV line or decrease the blood flow to the finger your pulse oximeter is attached to, phlebotomists coming at all hours to draw blood, nursing staff pausing outside your door or by your bed handing off to the next shift, doctors doing the same, etc etc etc. You can't sleep at a hospital, period. I really don't notice the LED at all. Every little bit helps, but don't think you're saving the world if you eliminate a LED.
Cost of not knowing why you're $200m out of pocket?
If you're 200 million out of pocket the cost is known: it's your failure to insure yourself adequately. SpaceX should only be out the deductible, the higher future premiums (which they can pass on to their customers), and the real pain is from the loss of momentum and halt in operations while they get to the bottom of this. But everyone insures their rockets.
They still said she didn't do anything seriously wrong in the email 'scandal'.
No they didn't say that at all. They said that there was evidence of wrongdoing, but in this case they weren't going to proceed with "recommending" prosecution. Comey then added BUT OTHER PEOPLE SHOULD NOT TRY TO DO THIS. So Hillary gets a pass, but we'll go after anyone else.
Getting your government buddies in the FBI and attorney general's office to look the other way doesn't mean the scandal is fake. It just means you're too well connected to be prosecuted for your crime.
It's not like inequality is already programmed into our DNA. We can ALL swim like Michael Phelps. If you can't, you're just not trying hard enough. Yes this is sarcasm. No man is created equal. Which doesn't mean that a level playing field for all is a bad concept.
Any system is vulnerable if the user has physical access to the system. There is absolutely nothing stopping you from taking a sledgehammer to the system, too.
Some. But jail is also full of people who never thought they would get caught. Ergo, the "police" had zero influence on their choosing to commit a crime. Most people don't commit crimes because they were brought up properly, not because they're "afraid of the police". The police only have an effect on those borderline people who don't give a shit about anyone else but still care enough about themselves to not want to end up in jail. The sociopath doesn't give a shit, period. And decent human beings don't need police. in fact, lived many, many years without police. Police is a relatively NEW invention.
The police ARE the consequences and are the ONLY thing giving criminals second thoughts about breaking into your suburban house and knocking you over the head.
Which is exactly what I said. But then again considering the fact we still have crime, it doesn't seem to be working too well now does it?
You suburban white kids
You are quite obviously a racist fucker. You have no idea who I am or what I look like, let alone what my history is.
Slashdot Mirror
Enjoy your trip on the B-Ark. We'll be following right behind you.
The problem with bad guys is they never see themselves as the bad guy.
Hero or not, there is not a chance in hell of him getting any kind of pardon.
Considering the fact that Obama was perfectly willing to publicly state that he wasn't going to start grounding airplanes to catch Snowden and then did just that (setting a dangerous diplomatic precedent that has already been repeated) - I highly doubt Obama is going to be pardoning Snowden.
Snowden is assuming that a bureaucracy is a thinking, human beast. They don't care. Period. Not their problem. He's been labeled as a "bad guy", and absolutely no one has any incentive or compulsion to change that. Someone else's department. No one cares. US government suffers not one bit. Snowden's life is screwed forever. That's how it works. If you mess with government, they are going to mess with you right back. Problem is they have infinite resources, and that includes time. Your life is finite.
They named a release after my dog!
As both a physician who has worked for years in hospitals, as well as a patient who has spent MONTHS in intensive care, and months on a regular ward because I've been really sick and close to death several times myself (was actually dead once for a couple minutes), I will re-iterate my statement. If an LED is all you can complain about, you've not been in hospital long enough. Your points are valid but irrelevant. A LED pales in comparison to - staff talking loudly, carts rattling down the hallway, other patients (or their family) making noise, blood pressure cuffs inflating every 10-15 mins or so even when no longer necessary, monitors starting to beep if you change position and happen to pinch your IV line or decrease the blood flow to the finger your pulse oximeter is attached to, phlebotomists coming at all hours to draw blood, nursing staff pausing outside your door or by your bed handing off to the next shift, doctors doing the same, etc etc etc. You can't sleep at a hospital, period. I really don't notice the LED at all. Every little bit helps, but don't think you're saving the world if you eliminate a LED.
"It seems when you are sick and laying in a hospital bed and have trouble sleeping, the single LED shining in your eyes is an issue,"
A LED shining in your eyes is the LEAST of your worries when trying to get to sleep in a hospital.
Cost of not knowing why you're $200m out of pocket?
If you're 200 million out of pocket the cost is known: it's your failure to insure yourself adequately. SpaceX should only be out the deductible, the higher future premiums (which they can pass on to their customers), and the real pain is from the loss of momentum and halt in operations while they get to the bottom of this. But everyone insures their rockets.
You must work in the insurance industry. Standard cop out when they don't want to pay. Acts of god are never covered.
He said the reason was he couldn't see criminal intent. Because deleting 30,000 emails to cover your tracks is apparently not intent.
Right here next to my Hoverboard...
They still said she didn't do anything seriously wrong in the email 'scandal'.
No they didn't say that at all. They said that there was evidence of wrongdoing, but in this case they weren't going to proceed with "recommending" prosecution. Comey then added BUT OTHER PEOPLE SHOULD NOT TRY TO DO THIS. So Hillary gets a pass, but we'll go after anyone else.
even if 99% of them are fake
Getting your government buddies in the FBI and attorney general's office to look the other way doesn't mean the scandal is fake. It just means you're too well connected to be prosecuted for your crime.
The evil maid strikes again. Seriously this is a non issue. Unless they let absolutely everyone into the server room at your workplace.
Burning gasoline is the last thing you want to pour water on, too. Firefighters usually come prepared for all sorts of fires.
It's not like inequality is already programmed into our DNA. We can ALL swim like Michael Phelps. If you can't, you're just not trying hard enough. Yes this is sarcasm. No man is created equal. Which doesn't mean that a level playing field for all is a bad concept.
It's not like your house or building is hooked up to the power mains when they fight fires there - no risk of electrocution at all. /sarcasm
Any system is vulnerable if the user has physical access to the system. There is absolutely nothing stopping you from taking a sledgehammer to the system, too.
It was an "accident".
Some. But jail is also full of people who never thought they would get caught. Ergo, the "police" had zero influence on their choosing to commit a crime. Most people don't commit crimes because they were brought up properly, not because they're "afraid of the police". The police only have an effect on those borderline people who don't give a shit about anyone else but still care enough about themselves to not want to end up in jail. The sociopath doesn't give a shit, period. And decent human beings don't need police. in fact, lived many, many years without police. Police is a relatively NEW invention.
No - because we still have crime, police don't PREVENT crime. They respond to crime. That IS logic.
I know, right? :)
I live in a country you don't even dare visit. What you consider horrible crime I consider a normal day. But I'm happy here. Beats being a slave.
The police ARE the consequences and are the ONLY thing giving criminals second thoughts about breaking into your suburban house and knocking you over the head.
Which is exactly what I said. But then again considering the fact we still have crime, it doesn't seem to be working too well now does it?
You suburban white kids
You are quite obviously a racist fucker. You have no idea who I am or what I look like, let alone what my history is.