Perhaps because they are on parade for the queen they are not hiding a few miles off putting a shot into her head. It is a display. It is a display she can meet. Even the APC is repainted and polished.
There is enough reason to have worries about single strain crops. Bananas crops are genetically Identical (clones) and people still remember what happened to them. Luckily there was another breed to use.
In the UK pretty much anything in front of you has right of way (excluding cats, dogs and unowned beasties). Depending on size you may wish to avoid them anyway. Cattle and horses are owned. Deer probably not. If you encounter an elephant you probably have more to worry about than who to phone to report the accident.
Does this mean that the TSA security theatre is working? Nah I doubt it.:)
Security doors on aircraft and better screening of passengers does work but not the half arsed invasive approach taken in the US.
Yes you do not want people on board with dangerous thingies. But there is that which is true for most people and then there is taking it to far. In a way the only serious hijacking you are likely to get now is one that is intent on crashing the aircraft.
Previously there were two main reasons; Escape (from the law or from political oppression)...fly to another country, or to achieve political goals (release these people or we start to kill the hostages)...land somewhere appropriate and start killing the passengers.
Still more than enough to be detected. I have no idea if that is relevant for this. So I must sort of agree. It is tiny but yet it is probably the best that can be done now.
There are not that many speed cameras in the UK. And there are quite strict requirements as to when and where they can be placed (mostly related to traffic accident statistics). After the free for all there are now guidelines and regulations in place. What pisses me off is that when the camera is removed there is no obligation to remove the warning signs. Slowly the country is becoming covered with speed camera warning signs even though the cameras have not been there for many years.
The average time systems on motorways also seem to be sticking around for far longer than the roadworks they were there to protect.
Ho Hum.
(P.S. In the UK static speed cameras have to be sign posted very visibly well in advance of the camera.)
One of the security risks is that you have to plug the media into a computer. The operators are probalby not allowed to even potentially see the data. And who knows what the computer will do with the data. So degauss and crush.
Oddly enough I do agree with you. but once a system is in place it can be very hard to remove. If there is a system for dsposal then it is easier to use it than figure out a new protocol for your self.
If that is in place then it is easy for unrelated companies to point it out as an example of how things "must" be done.
As I said this is not really a technology issue. It s an sysdemic process issue. You don't need to do it and I do not either. But if there is an extant method to dispose of media then it will be used even if it is overkill
I can not disagree. It is wastefull and silly... Most of the time it is a "good enough" approach to just wipe the data and only reuse the drives in the same or above the security classification it had.
Even that is a pontless waste of time and effort.
But you have a choice. Try and dispose of the drives your self (and suffer the consequences if a few go missing) or send it through an approved destruction channel. (sign a bit of paper and it is now someone elses problem)
The reason this is done is for accountability and process. The military do not have a magic machne to retrieve data. I'm sure that if they wanted to they could get some specialist in to give it a try. I doubt they would suceed.
What they want is a clear process for disposal. Media storage came from A it has been transfered to B and then C. It is now in the correct place to dispose of it. Degauss then crush. When the auditors ask you can show them the nice crushed disk (serial numbers included) And it does not involve plugging it in to a potentially corrupted computer.
Well that is the problem. Hard disks are not digital. The analog signal recorded does depend on what was written before and what was written after the data of interest. You can't tell which as far as I know. But there are residual traces that potentially could be used to get some information.
The military have some stringent requirements. But most of those are to do with the process of discarding disks. A paper trail from the source of the disk to an easy to verify destoyed disk.
As long as the process works then there is a chain of custody from the original use through to data destrution through to physical destruction and a very broken bit of metal and silicon that can be accounted for. The people doing the data destuction and physical destruction will probalby not have a security clearene to potentially see the information on the disks before destruction.
This is why the military and government have these requirements. Industry does not need them and does not tend to have a process in place to handle that.But "if it is good enough for the NSA then it is what we should do" mentality still exsts.
Try Ken Macleod or Alister Renolds. Both are excelant authours. I like Ian M banks too. Asimov is cool too. Try Edgar Rice Buroughs if you want a taste of the past. John Carter of mars.
The earth has been cooling since it's creation. Unless you prefer a ball of molten rock to be your ideal habitat. I have a "feeling" that the formation of the planet has little to do with the current arguments:) A lot has changed since then such as life appearing.
have to agree with this anon coward. Jews were hunted down and killed and it started quite a long time before WW2. The current problems are in part due to that; but mostly because the UK (along with the rest of the world) decided that a reparation for the holocaust (I don't like the way that name has been hi-jacked) created Israel. Yep stick a dispossessed ideological concept into the middle of one of the most fought over areas of the planet, call it a new country, and shout out "come all yea faithful". What the fuck did they think was going to happen?
Yep. Empathy is not just a genetic thing. It requires training to override/re-enforce the urge to help someone. Why help some stranger? I do not know. It gives you a feeling of smug self satisfaction...perhaps. Or just because you can. The other person needs the help though.
I have noticed it. How many people lying on the floor have you just walked past? If they look home less? I fell down the stairs to the platform of a very popular train station. I knocked myself out. I know I elbowed a few people as I fell. They did not help me. I was wearing a suit, I had a brief case and a laptop bag. After I came around it was still some minutes before any of the people who were looking from a distance came forward to help me. (whoever you are mate, I am very grateful). I was bruised all over had a cut on my head which was bleeding lots and concussion.
Even in the western world you will be ignored if helping you would interfere with someones life. Well most of the time.
This stranger danger thing is hampering. There is now too much risk involved in trying to help a child. A kid screaming and saying "this is not my dad" could mean anything. Perhaps a tantrum with her real dad or perhaps a step dad. How many times have you seen kids misbehave like that in a supermarket? Lots.
I found a lost toddler in a super market and I had second thoughts about trying to help him. I decided to. On the way to the checkout, where they could put an announcement out, I was accosted by his mum.
In that video people where looking. People were taking note. That was not happening in the case of Yue Yue.
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Perhaps because they are on parade for the queen they are not hiding a few miles off putting a shot into her head. It is a display. It is a display she can meet. Even the APC is repainted and polished.
A pretty thing but not something to mess with.
Most monitors will display somewhere between 6 and 8 bits. Not great colour.
There is enough reason to have worries about single strain crops.
Bananas crops are genetically Identical (clones) and people still remember what happened to them. Luckily there was another breed to use.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama_disease#Banana_breeding_impeded_by_triploidy
In the UK pretty much anything in front of you has right of way (excluding cats, dogs and unowned beasties). Depending on size you may wish to avoid them anyway. Cattle and horses are owned. Deer probably not. If you encounter an elephant you probably have more to worry about than who to phone to report the accident.
Fortran?
Does this mean that the TSA security theatre is working? Nah I doubt it. :)
Security doors on aircraft and better screening of passengers does work but not the half arsed invasive approach taken in the US.
Yes you do not want people on board with dangerous thingies. But there is that which is true for most people and then there is taking it to far. In a way the only serious hijacking you are likely to get now is one that is intent on crashing the aircraft.
Previously there were two main reasons; Escape (from the law or from political oppression)...fly to another country, or to achieve political goals (release these people or we start to kill the hostages)...land somewhere appropriate and start killing the passengers.
Still more than enough to be detected. I have no idea if that is relevant for this. So I must sort of agree.
It is tiny but yet it is probably the best that can be done now.
There are not that many speed cameras in the UK. And there are quite strict requirements as to when and where they can be placed (mostly related to traffic accident statistics). After the free for all there are now guidelines and regulations in place. What pisses me off is that when the camera is removed there is no obligation to remove the warning signs. Slowly the country is becoming covered with speed camera warning signs even though the cameras have not been there for many years.
The average time systems on motorways also seem to be sticking around for far longer than the roadworks they were there to protect.
Ho Hum.
(P.S. In the UK static speed cameras have to be sign posted very visibly well in advance of the camera.)
Flags? I was commenting on the GP Baloroth who claimed "No one is going to even try hijacking a plane, not anymore."
Which just is not true.
And for other commenters. If you read through the list you will see that it has always been a rare occurrance that the Hijackers achieve thier goal.
It appears that you are very wrong.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_aircraft_hijackings
Nobody said it was cheap.
One of the security risks is that you have to plug the media into a computer. The operators are probalby not allowed to even potentially see the data. And who knows what the computer will do with the data. So degauss and crush.
Oddly enough I do agree with you. but once a system is in place it can be very hard to remove. If there is a system for dsposal then it is easier to use it than figure out a new protocol for your self.
If that is in place then it is easy for unrelated companies to point it out as an example of how things "must" be done.
As I said this is not really a technology issue. It s an sysdemic process issue. You don't need to do it and I do not either. But if there is an extant method to dispose of media then it will be used even if it is overkill
I can not disagree. It is wastefull and silly...
Most of the time it is a "good enough" approach to just wipe the data and only reuse the drives in the same or above the security classification it had.
Even that is a pontless waste of time and effort.
But you have a choice. Try and dispose of the drives your self (and suffer the consequences if a few go missing) or send it through an approved destruction channel. (sign a bit of paper and it is now someone elses problem)
Me thinks you are missng my point.
The reason this is done is for accountability and process. The military do not have a magic machne to retrieve data. I'm sure that if they wanted to they could get some specialist in to give it a try. I doubt they would suceed.
What they want is a clear process for disposal. Media storage came from A it has been transfered to B and then C. It is now in the correct place to dispose of it. Degauss then crush.
When the auditors ask you can show them the nice crushed disk (serial numbers included)
And it does not involve plugging it in to a potentially corrupted computer.
Well that is the problem. Hard disks are not digital. The analog signal recorded does depend on what was written before and what was written after the data of interest. You can't tell which as far as I know. But there are residual traces that potentially could be used to get some information.
The military have some stringent requirements. But most of those are to do with the process of discarding disks. A paper trail from the source of the disk to an easy to verify destoyed disk.
As long as the process works then there is a chain of custody from the original use through to data destrution through to physical destruction and a very broken bit of metal and silicon that can be accounted for.
The people doing the data destuction and physical destruction will probalby not have a security clearene to potentially see the information on the disks before destruction.
This is why the military and government have these requirements. Industry does not need them and does not tend to have a process in place to handle that.But "if it is good enough for the NSA then it is what we should do" mentality still exsts.
Its been tried
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilya_Ivanovich_Ivanov_(biologist)
No there is a christion bible and I will not support it. You know it is total gibberish
The Stars My Destination (Alfred Bester) although I think it was renamed Tiger Tiger. There are lots to read. Some are shit. Many are good.
Try Ken Macleod or Alister Renolds. Both are excelant authours. I like Ian M banks too. Asimov is cool too. Try Edgar Rice Buroughs if you want a taste of the past. John Carter of mars.
The earth has been cooling since it's creation. Unless you prefer a ball of molten rock to be your ideal habitat. I have a "feeling" that the formation of the planet has little to do with the current arguments :) A lot has changed since then such as life appearing.
have to agree with this anon coward. Jews were hunted down and killed and it started quite a long time before WW2. The current problems are in part due to that; but mostly because the UK (along with the rest of the world) decided that a reparation for the holocaust (I don't like the way that name has been hi-jacked) created Israel. Yep stick a dispossessed ideological concept into the middle of one of the most fought over areas of the planet, call it a new country, and shout out "come all yea faithful". What the fuck did they think was going to happen?
Yep. Empathy is not just a genetic thing. It requires training to override/re-enforce the urge to help someone. Why help some stranger? I do not know. It gives you a feeling of smug self satisfaction...perhaps. Or just because you can. The other person needs the help though.
I have noticed it.
How many people lying on the floor have you just walked past? If they look home less?
I fell down the stairs to the platform of a very popular train station. I knocked myself out. I know I elbowed a few people as I fell. They did not help me. I was wearing a suit, I had a brief case and a laptop bag. After I came around it was still some minutes before any of the people who were looking from a distance came forward to help me. (whoever you are mate, I am very grateful). I was bruised all over had a cut on my head which was bleeding lots and concussion.
Even in the western world you will be ignored if helping you would interfere with someones life. Well most of the time.
This stranger danger thing is hampering. There is now too much risk involved in trying to help a child. A kid screaming and saying "this is not my dad" could mean anything. Perhaps a tantrum with her real dad or perhaps a step dad. How many times have you seen kids misbehave like that in a supermarket? Lots.
I found a lost toddler in a super market and I had second thoughts about trying to help him. I decided to. On the way to the checkout, where they could put an announcement out, I was accosted by his mum.
In that video people where looking. People were taking note. That was not happening in the case of Yue Yue.
Perhaps the people who care are the ones that live there. I do not live in Iceland but I do understand America pissing over people.