Collecting e-mail without a warrant violates the fourth amendment. Any government official who does this or orders it done is violating the civil rights of both the sender and the addressee under color of authority. If we had a justice system in this country, they'd end up behind bars for that.
Holder's pretending that the constitution says "due process", when it actually says "due process OF LAW", which means that it's the courts, not the executive, that gets to make these determinations.
Of course, Holder's a criminal, so his view on the law is likely to be skewed.
Yeah, that's what they claim, and they're wrong. It's not the first time that a president has broken the law and the courts have shirked their duty to uphold the constitution. We like to believe that the USA has the rule of law, but the fact is that we live in a country where our government does whatever the hell they want.
No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.
An executive branch agency just deciding to keep your property because they don't like the outcome of their attempt to indict you is not the "due process of law". In fact, it's quite the opposite: it's grand larceny.
While I hold no illusions about the US government's willingness to break the law and violate the constitution whenever they find it convenient to do so, the constitution remains the entirety of the legal basis for its existence. When the government violates the constitution, it does not act as the agent of the people, but as usurpers of the people's sovereign power.
I agree with you on the menus and the Workspace app. Disagree about the dock. In NeXTSTEP, the number of dock slots is limited by the height of the screen.
But I did get a spam once from someone claiming that he had evidence that would land me in prison, and threatening to report me to the FBI unless I immediately wrote back for instructions on how to pay him.
I did reply with a rather graphic description of the services his parents perform for sailors, and never heard from him again.
Well, potentially. Their biggest problem though is an empire-building management culture, and if those attitudes continue into the smaller organizations that result from a breakup, they'd die faster.
They're not going to die this year, but they do have a long decline ahead of them, just like IBM in the 90s. Ballmer's been wasting the shareholders' money on failing ventures for many years now, and the Windows/Office cash cow is running out of steam.
Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort.
It's pretty hard to make a case for treason without a declared war in progress. Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, for example, were convicted of espionage, not treason, because the USA wasn't technically at war with the Soviet Union.
the vast majority of the 'FOSS' developer community thinks he's a dictatorial asshole.
Dictatorial? Seriously?
He's an ideologue with whom I have many points of disagreement, but I can't consider RMS a dictator because he has no power to compel me to do anything at all.
I really want to see him litigate this, and press criminal charges against every government minion who participated in seizing his assets without his ever having been convicted of any crime.
I think that if there's only 5 obj-c jobs in the Denver area, it probably means it's not a very useful skill.
What it means to me is that Denver is not quite the hotbed of development activity that you seem to believe it is.
You are aware that Denver metro is second in the number of tech jobs in the country, losing out only to silicon valley?
That's news to me. The last time I was looking to hire someone in Denver, I had about fifty applications for the gig. As for Denver being "second only to silicon valley", I'd need to see a source on that. Judging by the headhunter pings I get, you're way behind NYC, DC, LA, Chicago, Los Angeles, Seattle and Atlanta.
The PATRIOT act doesn't trump the fourth and fifth amendments. Any one of these "requests" that isn't an actual warrant issued by a neutral magistrate is a crime, and every government obedience enforcement operative (I will not call them "law enforcement" officers when they're breaking the law), has participated in depriving people of their civil rights under color of authority, which is a federal crime.
Anyone who votes for either Ruling Party candidate this time around, keep this in mind.
The whole purpose of Internet Explorer was to destroy Netscape by cutting off their main source of revenue. Ever since Netscape ceased to be a threat, MicroSoft hasn't cared about IE.
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The fourth amendment doesn't differentiate between American citizens and foreigners. FISA was always unconstitutional.
-jcr
Collecting e-mail without a warrant violates the fourth amendment. Any government official who does this or orders it done is violating the civil rights of both the sender and the addressee under color of authority. If we had a justice system in this country, they'd end up behind bars for that.
-jcr
Holder's pretending that the constitution says "due process", when it actually says "due process OF LAW", which means that it's the courts, not the executive, that gets to make these determinations.
Of course, Holder's a criminal, so his view on the law is likely to be skewed.
-jcr
Yeah, that's what they claim, and they're wrong. It's not the first time that a president has broken the law and the courts have shirked their duty to uphold the constitution. We like to believe that the USA has the rule of law, but the fact is that we live in a country where our government does whatever the hell they want.
-jcr
He was joking, dude.
-jcr
US Constitution, Amendment V:
No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.
An executive branch agency just deciding to keep your property because they don't like the outcome of their attempt to indict you is not the "due process of law". In fact, it's quite the opposite: it's grand larceny.
While I hold no illusions about the US government's willingness to break the law and violate the constitution whenever they find it convenient to do so, the constitution remains the entirety of the legal basis for its existence. When the government violates the constitution, it does not act as the agent of the people, but as usurpers of the people's sovereign power.
-jcr
Oh, like this?
If you’re sure the app is safe, you can manually override Gatekeeper by Control-clicking the app and choosing to open it.
-jcr
Java has always sucked on mobile devices. I have no need of it on iOS, and I will avoid any apps that use it.
-jcr
I agree with you on the menus and the Workspace app. Disagree about the dock. In NeXTSTEP, the number of dock slots is limited by the height of the screen.
-jcr
AC, have I offended you in some way, or are you just behaving like an adolescent because you can't help yourself?
-jcr
What, like violating the fourth amendment?
-jcr
But I did get a spam once from someone claiming that he had evidence that would land me in prison, and threatening to report me to the FBI unless I immediately wrote back for instructions on how to pay him.
I did reply with a rather graphic description of the services his parents perform for sailors, and never heard from him again.
-jcr
They would actually be more valuable broken up.
Well, potentially. Their biggest problem though is an empire-building management culture, and if those attitudes continue into the smaller organizations that result from a breakup, they'd die faster.
-jcr
They're not going to die this year, but they do have a long decline ahead of them, just like IBM in the 90s. Ballmer's been wasting the shareholders' money on failing ventures for many years now, and the Windows/Office cash cow is running out of steam.
-jcr
Doesn't Android include something equivalent to iOS's VoiceOver
-jcr
Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort.
It's pretty hard to make a case for treason without a declared war in progress. Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, for example, were convicted of espionage, not treason, because the USA wasn't technically at war with the Soviet Union.
-jcr
Yeah, it's so evil the way they sell us stuff we want for far better prices than anyone else would charge. The nerve of some people.
-jcr
Since disclosing classified intelligence would be an act of treason, you know.
Espionage, not treason. Under American law, there's a very specific definition of treason.
-jcr
the vast majority of the 'FOSS' developer community thinks he's a dictatorial asshole.
Dictatorial? Seriously?
He's an ideologue with whom I have many points of disagreement, but I can't consider RMS a dictator because he has no power to compel me to do anything at all.
-jcr
I really want to see him litigate this, and press criminal charges against every government minion who participated in seizing his assets without his ever having been convicted of any crime.
-jcr
I think that if there's only 5 obj-c jobs in the Denver area, it probably means it's not a very useful skill.
What it means to me is that Denver is not quite the hotbed of development activity that you seem to believe it is.
You are aware that Denver metro is second in the number of tech jobs in the country, losing out only to silicon valley?
That's news to me. The last time I was looking to hire someone in Denver, I had about fifty applications for the gig. As for Denver being "second only to silicon valley", I'd need to see a source on that. Judging by the headhunter pings I get, you're way behind NYC, DC, LA, Chicago, Los Angeles, Seattle and Atlanta.
-jcr
The PATRIOT act doesn't trump the fourth and fifth amendments. Any one of these "requests" that isn't an actual warrant issued by a neutral magistrate is a crime, and every government obedience enforcement operative (I will not call them "law enforcement" officers when they're breaking the law), has participated in depriving people of their civil rights under color of authority, which is a federal crime.
Anyone who votes for either Ruling Party candidate this time around, keep this in mind.
-jcr
The whole purpose of Internet Explorer was to destroy Netscape by cutting off their main source of revenue. Ever since Netscape ceased to be a threat, MicroSoft hasn't cared about IE.
-jcr
If there are only five Obj-C jobs open in Denver, perhaps you should be looking in a wider area.
-jcr
batshit insane ass clown
How clever of you to offer up such an insightful criticism of his policy objectives.
-jcr