The Yahoo lawyer clearly states that the public release of their sale of information to law enforcement would undermine their user's trust regarding privacy. This can only be taken as we don't want them to know that they in fact have none.
When I read that snippet from Schmidt, I immediately thought he was talking about Yahoo. I don't see him as the "if you have nothing to hide" kind of guy.
I think CSI is a load of old bollocks, but each to her own. I watched one episode of David Caruso doing an amazing impression of William Shatner and that was enough for me. I bet none of the chicks on CSI are as nerdy and sexy as Scully!
However, if it gets the masses interested in science and the technology that goes with it, more power to it. It's a hell of a lot better than "reality" tv.
But the real question is what shows are now out there for geeks? There's no more Buffy, X-Files, Xena, or Farscape, and I just can't sink to the depths of The Beastmaster or get interested in Stargate.
Thank God for Netflix. I heard Babylon 5 rocked so I'm going to try that to get my geek tv fix.
The level of detail varies widely, depending on the threat and what the FBI or another agency needs.
"In most cases, it's not intrusive," said the NGA's associate general counsel, Laura Jennings. "It is information to help secure an event and to have people prepared to respond should there be an attack, or to analyze the area where a threat has been made."
The sort of person who thinks that the United States is a horrible place is far more likely to be supportive to the insanity of radical-Islamist terrorism.
So does this mean that people from other countries are either with you or against you?
If you are an American who doesn't like the direction the country is taking does this mean you are a "bad" citizen?
I'm not trying to flame, I want to understand what you really mean.
It's a quote that is much bandied about in this day and age, but people like you should actually give it some thought if you can. Winston Churchill gave us this gem in 1940:
"Those who would trade a little freedom for a little security will soon find they have neither".
That one's for you, Sunshine.
-- Jude
(Not a coward, and not anonymous)
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I do. On all these issues.
And do you know what difference it's made? Absolutely none.
How much of a difference has your writing to your Congressman made?
I just don't know what can be done anymore. Ideas, anyone?
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United Kingdom is Europe's top "asylum" destination at the moment.
Also Germany, France, Belgium, Holland, Australia, New Zealand.
People are flocking to these countries by the thousands every day, and what pisses me off is that most are seeking asylum from nothing more than crappy economies, not state persecution.
I'm not a China supporter or a Communist, but the fact is that just because it's a bastard regime does not mean that the USA or anyone else has some divine-right to interfere.
No matter what Americans think, the Chinese are not inept idiots and when the shit hits the fan, are as capable of wiping the US off the face of the earth just as the US can do the same to it.
This "we could beat you up if we really wanted to" attitude is juvenile, naive, and will probably stop abruptly when the US is nuked, which is a fairly obvious ultimate goal for any terrorist organisation, of which there are many.
And please, comparing Alexander The Great to Curious George is an insult of global proportions....
So not having children makes a person completely "unqualified" to have an opinion on this subject?
Who died and made you God?
And what makes you the pinnacle of parenting? Being able to electronically tag and track your kids? I'm sure they would love and respect you for the trust you would so obviously be placing in them (or does that not matter to you?). Life is dangerous, and kids need to learn how to live with it, just like we did. If you distrust your kids enough to need one of these, that's your problem - if your kids are bad enough to need one of these, once again I feel it is the parent's problem (until the little demon becomes society's problem, but that's another debate).
I understand that children need protection above that of adults, but what's the matter with giving your kid a cell phone to make sure that both of you can stay in touch with eachother? Seems far more reasonable to me.
Shackling healthy children or adults with devices like these will do nothing but breed fear, paranoia and mistrust in those forced to wear them. I'm not talking about individuals with special needs, and I'm not talking about criminals. I'm talking about regular kids who wouldn't grow up to be regular adults, due to the fabulous parenting of some individual who is too afraid of being sued to trust thier own kids.
Kids are people too, and proper parenting makes decent adults.
As a citizen of the US and the UK, let me enlighten you a little.
The US is pretty disliked everywhere I've been in Europe. The US is seen as the world's bullyboy. You may not like it, but it's the truth. And before you spout the "You're jealous" crap, no-one envies the amount of homicides the US has, the homeless people begging at every turn (and you think of yourselves as civilised), rampant crime in general, the fact that the country is run by corporations and the alarmingly rapid decrease in the rights of the individual. Nor the arrogance of the type you've so proudly spouted.
The American government's complete disregard for the source of the problem is amazing all of the European people I know. Do you really think that the people who perpetrated the attacks just woke up one day and thought "Wow, I really hate the US and will bomb the crap out of innocent civilians"?
Wake up! People have reasons for their actions. They may not be particularly intelligent, or sane, but they *are* reasons, and actions of that magnitude are born of many, many deep-seated reasons. Those people were/are driven beyond our comprehension - those kinds of reasons don't happen overnight. Why do you think they hate the US so much? Have you even thought about it? Or do you just believe what the American media spoon-feeds you - because it sure sounds like you do.
I admire your patriotism, but don't let it blind you to the way of the rest of the world. The "with us or against us" bullshit is juvenile at best and potentially deadly at worst.
"The West" now has a big problem, and the US is feeling the brunt because it is the biggest target.
To put it in a nutshell, pull your head out of your ass and take a look around without your US brand blinders on.
Instead of watching Toughman, I'll venture to say that I've registered copyprotectedcds.org, and will maintain a list of "protected" cd's.
It'll take me a while to get the domain forwarding going and sort out the page (I'm away next week) but stop by my *very* basic page and email me with info.
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Having read Yahoo's correspondence with US Marshall's Service regarding price of information and the need to keep it secret, and subsequent correspondence between Yahoo's lawyers and Cryptome, I thought Schmidt was taking a potshot at Yahoo.
The Yahoo lawyer clearly states that the public release of their sale of information to law enforcement would undermine their user's trust regarding privacy. This can only be taken as we don't want them to know that they in fact have none.
When I read that snippet from Schmidt, I immediately thought he was talking about Yahoo. I don't see him as the "if you have nothing to hide" kind of guy.
I think CSI is a load of old bollocks, but each to her own. I watched one episode of David Caruso doing an amazing impression of William Shatner and that was enough for me. I bet none of the chicks on CSI are as nerdy and sexy as Scully!
However, if it gets the masses interested in science and the technology that goes with it, more power to it. It's a hell of a lot better than "reality" tv.
But the real question is what shows are now out there for geeks? There's no more Buffy, X-Files, Xena, or Farscape, and I just can't sink to the depths of The Beastmaster or get interested in Stargate.
Thank God for Netflix. I heard Babylon 5 rocked so I'm going to try that to get my geek tv fix.
The level of detail varies widely, depending on the threat and what the FBI or another agency needs.
"In most cases, it's not intrusive," said the NGA's associate general counsel, Laura Jennings. "It is information to help secure an event and to have people prepared to respond should there be an attack, or to analyze the area where a threat has been made."
yeah, so what about the cases that are intrusive?
The sort of person who thinks that the United States is a horrible place is far more likely to be supportive to the insanity of radical-Islamist terrorism.
So does this mean that people from other countries are either with you or against you?
If you are an American who doesn't like the direction the country is taking does this mean you are a "bad" citizen?
I'm not trying to flame, I want to understand what you really mean.
-- Jude
It's a quote that is much bandied about in this day and age, but people like you should actually give it some thought if you can. Winston Churchill gave us this gem in 1940:
"Those who would trade a little freedom for a little security will soon find they have neither".
That one's for you, Sunshine.
-- Jude
(Not a coward, and not anonymous)
I do. On all these issues.
And do you know what difference it's made? Absolutely none.
How much of a difference has your writing to your Congressman made?
I just don't know what can be done anymore. Ideas, anyone?
I'm preparing for New Zealand myself - better weather without the language barrier.
Plus it's a nuclear-free country and far enough away so that when the poop really hits the fan you have a chance to survive...
Jude
Because that's sure as hell what it seems like these days.
If you can pay more for it then the other guy, then it's all yours, plain and simple.
Jesus, I *so* hope you are joking.
Off the top of my head:
The United Kingdom is Europe's top "asylum" destination at the moment.
Also Germany, France, Belgium, Holland, Australia, New Zealand.
People are flocking to these countries by the thousands every day, and what pisses me off is that most are seeking asylum from nothing more than crappy economies, not state persecution.
I'm not a China supporter or a Communist, but the fact is that just because it's a bastard regime does not mean that the USA or anyone else has some divine-right to interfere.
No matter what Americans think, the Chinese are not inept idiots and when the shit hits the fan, are as capable of wiping the US off the face of the earth just as the US can do the same to it.
This "we could beat you up if we really wanted to" attitude is juvenile, naive, and will probably stop abruptly when the US is nuked, which is a fairly obvious ultimate goal for any terrorist organisation, of which there are many.
And please, comparing Alexander The Great to Curious George is an insult of global proportions....
So not having children makes a person completely "unqualified" to have an opinion on this subject?
Who died and made you God?
And what makes you the pinnacle of parenting? Being able to electronically tag and track your kids? I'm sure they would love and respect you for the trust you would so obviously be placing in them (or does that not matter to you?). Life is dangerous, and kids need to learn how to live with it, just like we did. If you distrust your kids enough to need one of these, that's your problem - if your kids are bad enough to need one of these, once again I feel it is the parent's problem (until the little demon becomes society's problem, but that's another debate).
I understand that children need protection above that of adults, but what's the matter with giving your kid a cell phone to make sure that both of you can stay in touch with eachother? Seems far more reasonable to me.
Shackling healthy children or adults with devices like these will do nothing but breed fear, paranoia and mistrust in those forced to wear them. I'm not talking about individuals with special needs, and I'm not talking about criminals. I'm talking about regular kids who wouldn't grow up to be regular adults, due to the fabulous parenting of some individual who is too afraid of being sued to trust thier own kids.
Kids are people too, and proper parenting makes decent adults.
Over half of my cd collection is across the Atlantic right now.
So if I download a cd that I already own, how am I breaking the law?
JLucien.
I work for the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, and when the public is invited to send comments they are merely counted.
In fact, at the Fed, no-one even cares, because the comments won't make a lick of difference.
But hey, it might be different with the DOJ. FWIW, I sent my own comments and I hope like hell it can help to make a difference.
JLucien.
I fear English sarcasm is obviously way over someone's head...
As a citizen of the US and the UK, let me enlighten you a little.
The US is pretty disliked everywhere I've been in Europe. The US is seen as the world's bullyboy. You may not like it, but it's the truth. And before you spout the "You're jealous" crap, no-one envies the amount of homicides the US has, the homeless people begging at every turn (and you think of yourselves as civilised), rampant crime in general, the fact that the country is run by corporations and the alarmingly rapid decrease in the rights of the individual. Nor the arrogance of the type you've so proudly spouted.
The American government's complete disregard for the source of the problem is amazing all of the European people I know. Do you really think that the people who perpetrated the attacks just woke up one day and thought "Wow, I really hate the US and will bomb the crap out of innocent civilians"?
Wake up! People have reasons for their actions. They may not be particularly intelligent, or sane, but they *are* reasons, and actions of that magnitude are born of many, many deep-seated reasons. Those people were/are driven beyond our comprehension - those kinds of reasons don't happen overnight. Why do you think they hate the US so much? Have you even thought about it? Or do you just believe what the American media spoon-feeds you - because it sure sounds like you do.
I admire your patriotism, but don't let it blind you to the way of the rest of the world. The "with us or against us" bullshit is juvenile at best and potentially deadly at worst.
"The West" now has a big problem, and the US is feeling the brunt because it is the biggest target.
To put it in a nutshell, pull your head out of your ass and take a look around without your US brand blinders on.
Just thought I'd ask...
Instead of watching Toughman, I'll venture to say that I've registered copyprotectedcds.org, and will maintain a list of "protected" cd's.
It'll take me a while to get the domain forwarding going and sort out the page (I'm away next week) but stop by my *very* basic page and email me with info.