If you're going to blame this on Trump, at least have the self-awareness to also put blame on Obama for not exactly being helpful to Assange, either.
Would you like to see an actual PDF of the Assange indictment? Please notice the big stamp on it and the date. Who do you think was president when this indictment was filed?
They have positioned themselves as data privacy champions.* If they were exposed as data miners of the likes of Google or Facebook, don't you think that exposing that hypocrisy would be massive news? I know I haven't seen any such news yet. Please feel free to link such news stories in case I simply missed them.
*Offer not good in the People's Republic of China.
The poor and the toughest to educate
Why would the rich want to educate their children at a place that attracts the poor and toughest to educate? Out of altruism or something? I am asking seriously.
"was notified that some U.S. mail, intended for UPS employees at the company's headquarters address, was redirected by an unauthorized change of address by a third party. The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) corrected the issue and the USPS Postal Inspector is investigating the incident."
Facebook, Google, MS... all three of these actually preform some kind of service for the data. The other beasts... the ones who offer no services but simple collect and peddle data are even worse. Acxiom, Corelogic, Datalogix, eBureau, ID Analytics, Intelius, Palantir, PeekYou, Rapleaf, and Recorded Future; these companies business is to collect and sell it data, and they've been around a long time.
People have been complaining for a long time about these groups, but i think this new wave of anger is because the masses are finally figuring out what only the few have known: data is power, and when it's abused, everything gets fucked quick. It's not a D or R thing, it's the fact that a lot more people are witnessing how things get fucked when they shouldn't.
It's a mirror of a lot of things in life.... some people see the problems before they happen, other's don't until it happens to them, some never do because they prefer to live in a fantasy land.
Yup, It wouldn't surprise me if a little bird from one of those companies planted the idea for this article. Better to have everyone focusing on the tech giants and ignoring the non-tech companies that are even worse (cf. Experian).
California sends half its fresh water directly out to the ocean without use other than scenic rivers and other environmental desires (like delta smelt). Agriculture is second place, at 40%, and urban is about 10%. Reduce the scenic rivers demand, and we'd have plenty of fresh water.
Due to the drought and very low snowmelt, there simply isn’t enough natural runoff from the Sierra Nevada to keep salinity out of the Delta. Controlling salinity is essential because the Delta provides fresh water to 23 million Californians and 3 million acres of farmland.
Although water deliveries from the Delta have been reduced to historic lows because of drought, officials want to keep salinity out of the Delta because, once it intrudes, the salty water can take weeks or months to flush out. As the summer wears on, sufficient water for that task in upstream reservoirs could run out.
Under state law, salinity also must be controlled to protect water quality for users who divert directly from the Delta. This includes farmers on Delta islands as well several urban water consumers.
Yes, but this assumes the businesses that saved that $1 in wages aren't going to spend it on something else. Paying a higher minimum wage doesn't magically create additional money. You don't think businesses or rich people just hoard piles of money like dragons with gold do you?
Actually, that is exactly what they are doing:
Why Are Corporations Hoarding Trillions? Jan, 2016: "This strange vogue for corporate hoarding seems to have begun around the turn of the millennium. General Motors is perhaps the most extreme: It now holds nearly half its value in cash. Apple holds more than a third. These numbers are maddening on their face. If the companies spent their savings, rather than hoarding them, the economy would instantly grow, and we would most likely see more jobs with better pay. In the 1990s, when companies saved far less of their profits, they built new factories, bought new buildings. In part because of all that corporate spending, the 1990s were a period of low unemployment and high growth. Remarkably, the United States government was able to tax all that productive corporate behavior so much that it came close to paying off all its debts for the first time in 160 years."
US companies are hoarding $2.5 trillion in cash overseas Sept, 2016: "American companies are holding $2.5 trillion abroad, an increase of nearly 20 percent over the past two years, according to the latest calculations from forecaster Capital Economics. The total is equivalent to nearly 14 percent of total U.S. gross domestic product."
How exactly is data sitting on a server in silicon valley "at the border" just because the person who created that data is at the border? By that logic, you can search their car, house, workplace and bank account without a warrant as long as they are standing at the border when you do it.
there are a good number of things I can think of where a 72 hour waiting period might be inappropriate such as disaster relief
The author(s) of Prop 54 agree. From the text of the proposed law (section 3, part c; emphasis mine):
To give us, the people, and our representatives the
necessary time to carefully evaluate the strengths and
weaknesses of the final version of a bill before a vote by
imposing a 72-hour public notice period between the time
that the final version is made available to the Legislature
and the public, and the time that a vote is taken, except in
cases of a true emergency declared by the Governor.
Wrong, a 2/3 vote is also needed: In section 4.2 of the prop, section 8.b.2 of Article IV adds "and the house considering the bill thereafter dispenses with the notice period for that bill by a separate rollcall vote entered in the journal, two thirds of the membership concurring, prior to the vote on the bill.
Long story short, they owe him something which is closer to the original payment than to the extortionist amount he seeks.
Unless this can be shown to be a willful breach of contract and infringement of the photog's copyright. That can trigger punitive and/or larger fines (at least in the US, I think--not sure about German law).
Woz said "taxes", not "Federal income tax". "Taxes" can include state income tax, federal capital gains tax, sales taxes, excise taxes, property taxes, etc.
Slashdot Mirror
Would you like to see an actual PDF of the Assange indictment? Please notice the big stamp on it and the date. Who do you think was president when this indictment was filed?
https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/11...
Just in case you've forgotten, Assange was arrested today. Trump has been president for over two years.
Mannnn, you don't get just how deep the Deep StateTM really is.
All these lamentations! But this might be the opening we need to kill systemd!
They have positioned themselves as data privacy champions.* If they were exposed as data miners of the likes of Google or Facebook, don't you think that exposing that hypocrisy would be massive news? I know I haven't seen any such news yet. Please feel free to link such news stories in case I simply missed them.
*Offer not good in the People's Republic of China.
Protip: Put a few pieces of toilet paper over the sensor.
My god, was that beautiful.
The poor and the toughest to educate Why would the rich want to educate their children at a place that attracts the poor and toughest to educate? Out of altruism or something? I am asking seriously.
How about self-preservation?
IBM has a far better record of destroying anything it partners with or acquires. For the old timers think of Timeplex, Taligent, Pink, OS/2.
and for the real old timers, Nazi Germany.
"was notified that some U.S. mail, intended for UPS employees at the company's headquarters address, was redirected by an unauthorized change of address by a third party. The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) corrected the issue and the USPS Postal Inspector is investigating the incident."
Based on this, looks like they have a working prototype.
Facebook, Google, MS... all three of these actually preform some kind of service for the data. The other beasts... the ones who offer no services but simple collect and peddle data are even worse. Acxiom, Corelogic, Datalogix, eBureau, ID Analytics, Intelius, Palantir, PeekYou, Rapleaf, and Recorded Future; these companies business is to collect and sell it data, and they've been around a long time. People have been complaining for a long time about these groups, but i think this new wave of anger is because the masses are finally figuring out what only the few have known: data is power, and when it's abused, everything gets fucked quick. It's not a D or R thing, it's the fact that a lot more people are witnessing how things get fucked when they shouldn't. It's a mirror of a lot of things in life.... some people see the problems before they happen, other's don't until it happens to them, some never do because they prefer to live in a fantasy land.
Yup, It wouldn't surprise me if a little bird from one of those companies planted the idea for this article. Better to have everyone focusing on the tech giants and ignoring the non-tech companies that are even worse (cf. Experian).
California sends half its fresh water directly out to the ocean without use other than scenic rivers and other environmental desires (like delta smelt) . Agriculture is second place, at 40%, and urban is about 10%. Reduce the scenic rivers demand, and we'd have plenty of fresh water.
Except that pretty much completely wrong. The outflow from the rivers keeps saltwater from intruding into ground water and pumping stations:
Yes, but this assumes the businesses that saved that $1 in wages aren't going to spend it on something else. Paying a higher minimum wage doesn't magically create additional money. You don't think businesses or rich people just hoard piles of money like dragons with gold do you?
Actually, that is exactly what they are doing:
Why Are Corporations Hoarding Trillions? Jan, 2016: "This strange vogue for corporate hoarding seems to have begun around the turn of the millennium. General Motors is perhaps the most extreme: It now holds nearly half its value in cash. Apple holds more than a third. These numbers are maddening on their face. If the companies spent their savings, rather than hoarding them, the economy would instantly grow, and we would most likely see more jobs with better pay. In the 1990s, when companies saved far less of their profits, they built new factories, bought new buildings. In part because of all that corporate spending, the 1990s were a period of low unemployment and high growth. Remarkably, the United States government was able to tax all that productive corporate behavior so much that it came close to paying off all its debts for the first time in 160 years."
US companies are hoarding $2.5 trillion in cash overseas Sept, 2016: "American companies are holding $2.5 trillion abroad, an increase of nearly 20 percent over the past two years, according to the latest calculations from forecaster Capital Economics. The total is equivalent to nearly 14 percent of total U.S. gross domestic product."
Announcement: Moody's: US corporate cash pile, led by tech sector, to grow to $1.77 trillion by end of 2016: "New York, November 03, 2016 -- US non-financial companies rated by Moody's will increase their cash holdings to $1.77 trillion by the end of the year, from $1.68 trillion at the end of 2015, Moody's Investors Services says in a report."
How exactly is data sitting on a server in silicon valley "at the border" just because the person who created that data is at the border? By that logic, you can search their car, house, workplace and bank account without a warrant as long as they are standing at the border when you do it.
Because it's within 100 miles of the coast (embedded PDF, with cites.)
Are. Semi-literate commenters are one thing
Oh, and "it's", as in "it is getting out of hand."
Forget about being a tech intern; a $150/hr escort makes an annualized $312,000 per year!
Because bitcoin is not anonymous?
getting two fiscal conservative governors in a row—Schwarzenegger
Schwarzenegger was nothing of the sort. On his first day he created a $4 billion deficit (in city and county budgets that the state backfilled). In 2004, he campaigned for Prop 57, which was $15B in bonds for operational costs, the interest on which was $1M a day for 11 years (another $4B). His administration, instead of "cut[ting] up the state's credit card," tripled the debt.
That's covered in the graduate-level course.
there are a good number of things I can think of where a 72 hour waiting period might be inappropriate such as disaster relief
The author(s) of Prop 54 agree. From the text of the proposed law (section 3, part c; emphasis mine):
To give us, the people, and our representatives the necessary time to carefully evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of the final version of a bill before a vote by imposing a 72-hour public notice period between the time that the final version is made available to the Legislature and the public, and the time that a vote is taken, except in cases of a true emergency declared by the Governor.
Wrong, a 2/3 vote is also needed: In section 4.2 of the prop, section 8.b.2 of Article IV adds "and the house considering the bill thereafter dispenses with the notice period for that bill by a separate rollcall vote entered in the journal, two thirds of the membership concurring, prior to the vote on the bill.
The only good part of Terminator Genisys is when they blew up the Oracle campus.
Long story short, they owe him something which is closer to the original payment than to the extortionist amount he seeks.
Unless this can be shown to be a willful breach of contract and infringement of the photog's copyright. That can trigger punitive and/or larger fines (at least in the US, I think--not sure about German law).
More "don't blame the player, blame the game" bullshit. I will blame the player--for playing the game.
Way to ruin the GP's smug sense of superiority.
Woz said "taxes", not "Federal income tax". "Taxes" can include state income tax, federal capital gains tax, sales taxes, excise taxes, property taxes, etc.
Well, Feinstein's opponent last time was Carly, and after what she did to Lucent and to HP, I was damned if I was going to vote for her.
Wrong CA senator; Carly went up against Barbara Boxer in 2010. Feinstein's opponent in the 2012 general was Elizabeth Emken (open primary results).