What I find more frightening is the enormous potential for someone to clone your passport, use it to enter a country, committ some act of terrorism or other crime, and then you get accused because it was your passport. Much like what happens to identity theft victims whose identities are then used to take out enormous loans.
Also consider that as we look further into the universe, we're looking back in time, so it's not really that farfetched that there might be slight variations in some of the universal constants of the past.
Sort of. This "war" doesn't have any of the characteristics of World War II. Namely, we're not fighting nation-states that will eventually surrender and the war will be over. This war is immensely open-ended, and will only end when the president says it's over.
We are at war with a stateless foe that moves from place to place easily.
We are at war with a foe that uses modern communications technologies to do their damage.
Firstly, that's the key. A STATELESS foe, unlike World War II.
And, they use airplanes, bombs and AK-47s to do their damage. They use communications technologies to communicate, just like everyone else. And also, every enemy we've ever fought has had modern communications technologies at their disposal.
The NSA is tracking calls from this foe. This foe calls American phone numbers, and in some cases, American citizens.
So says the NSA. But, since there's no oversight over the executive branch except, well, the executive branch, how do you know what's really happening? You don't. The Bush Administration keeps saying "trust us". This is why checks and balances were written into the Constitution in the first place.
With that in mind...will some of you learned people please tell me why it was good for FDR to monitor communications between Nazi and Imperial Japanese intelligence, and their assets here? All without a warrant, simply because wartime national security took precedence? And why can't Bush do the same?
As for the Times...yet again, the fourth estate has become a fifth column.
Who has says it was "good" for FDR to monitor Nazi and Japanese communications? It was necessary and expedient at the time, and it's only good because we're looking at it from the vantage point of 60 years in the future. FDR also interned 200,000 Japanese-American citizens, but no one mentions that - mostly because it turns out it was unconstitutional.
The argument is not that "all domestic eavesdropping is bad". The argument is "the Bush Administration's domestic eavesdropping is against the law". In 1972 Congress exercised their Constitutional authority and passed a law banning domestic wiretaps unless approved by a court. The Bush Administration decided that this oversight by the other two branches of government was unnecessary. And that is why there is outrage.
Oh, and concerning the New York Times, they have a chance of suing for the list and actually winning.
Leaving people in their jobs for hundreds of years destroys all opportunities for the young. They won't be able to get experience, because there are already people with decades of experience in their jobs. We'll eventually end up supporting an enormous population of people who do nothing. If you think our youth population is lazy and overfed and spoiled now, you haven't seen anything yet.
Elizabeth Moon has a fairly good example of what happens to a society when the old stop aging in her books.
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Well, unless you've got the Combat Reflexes feat and a Dex 14+, you only get 1 attack of opportunity a round. One extra roll per player isn't so bad.
While Standards do not really promote competition, standards make it easy for laypeople to access the 'Net. As a Verizon subscriber, and as a "alaunt" member, I would like nothing more than to see the Alaunt run beside us in battle. All Glory to Those who Came First.
Capital - Wealth in the form of money or property, used or accumulated in a business by a person, partnership, or corporation.
Almost all, if not all corporations in America are in the Business to Make Money. Money denotes how successful you are - the more money, the more successful. This belief is about to take a large monetary hit.
Look at Linux. In terms of corporate support, it has the one of the biggest names behind it: IBM. If IBM cannot defend itself against infringement of IP, then no one can. Linux introduces something into the Market that has not been there before. Linux is free - as long as you can Maintain a Linux Server. Pay thousands of dollars to MS to fix your problems that will be fixed in the free SP5 - or configure your own solution. Free vs. cost - hard decision. Choose wiselely, fellow/.ers.
We have already colonized this planet. There are those who do not believe, or who those who share differing beliefs, but this does not make their beliefs any less valid. We have no proof.
Give me the New Age of Imperialism. Imperialism will lead to WWIII, as we try to take more than "our fair share".
Alas, everything is not and cut-and-dried as you believe. Though it is not the path I would choose , only those with enough money will reach the Stars. And only those with the Drive to reach beyond the Stars will truly reach beyond the Stars. All Space is finite - Space is an Almost-Zero-Sum game - we can colonize, we can dominate, as long as Earth recognizes us as the dominant power. What happens in the New Age of Imperialism? I truly hope that I am not alive to find out.
I also hope that those who are free of mind can find their way.
The next generation of wars will not be fought on the ground.
World War II rolls around - the Japanese, and the Americans (the only ones really involved in the Pacific War) devote most of their time and resources to building up their Air Force. Why? Becuae airborne warfare was new, the next generation of warfare. What's next? We've already conquered the land, sea, and air. Space is the only logical conclusion. Build up your Space Defenses - or suffer the wrath of the Americans. I do not support American Militarism.
I support any country able to defend itself against the might of american Imperialism. Pay attention to phrashing.
Sputnik's Space Flight was important because it pushed the envelope. I have seen an increasing number of people who are content to stay as they are - no changes to the Mother, no changes to the Father, but rather changes in any who would believe what you're telling them. I reiteriate - "Think for Yourself. Question Authority."
Competition promotes rivals. Without the Space Race, we will not colonize, and there is only One Space left for colonists. Space is truly the next generation - we are hopeless, and hopeful, when we try to control the next generation of human expansion. What happened last time? The United States broke off from England. My prediction is that we will see a new rash of nationalism, supported by those countries that suppport Imperialism. Vote Dean, 2004. No, this is not a political message. Read the message. Think For Yourself. Question Authority.
100% of nothing is still nothing. I do not believe that the "social buzzcut" nerds are what the country, or any country, needs. We need new thinkers, new philosiphizers, people who are unafraid to think for themselves. We need people who are not bound by the tenets of society, people who can truly "think for themselves." People who unafraid to question authority. We need people who are unafraid to voice their opinions. We need the general people. Think of Aristotle. We bow to him as the Master of Those Who Know. We did not bow to him as the only alternative - rather, we bowed to him as the one who can describe the alternative.
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And the alternative to order is chaos.
I could not think of a better incentive for a Space Race than other countries competing. We have "Made it to the Moon" (depending on who you ask)...there are many many other countries out there who have yet to get off this planet. Technology is expanding beyond this planet - 25, 50 years. I'll still be alive. Let's see what happens.
The more countries that sign on, the better. Space exploration, limited to one or two countries, or those who control the ballot, is doomed to die. Will we succumb to Space: the Highest Bidder? or will it be: Space Whoever Gets There First?
Sure, if you want to spend all that energy separating the oxygen and hydrogen in the ice, and then pressurize/cool it down to liquid form. And, if we're launching ships from Mars, I certainly hope we've come up with an alternate fuel source. Good point about the water, though.
It doesn't have to be cold to form ice - a lot of pressure will do the trick. For H, this would be a lot of pressure, so I'm not sure of the feasibility of this, but I believe it can be done.
IANAP as well, but if I remember my high school chemistry and those gas laws by that D-guy...
How could we forsee a use for 3.8e38 addresses? 4 billion per person? Can computers handle this? Will they be able to? I don't really know how IP works (short of every computer is assigned one) - maybe someone can clue me in or link me? I imagine the IP is stored in each computer somewhere. Storing a unique number that large is going to suck up a lot of memory.
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What I find more frightening is the enormous potential for someone to clone your passport, use it to enter a country, committ some act of terrorism or other crime, and then you get accused because it was your passport. Much like what happens to identity theft victims whose identities are then used to take out enormous loans.
Also consider that as we look further into the universe, we're looking back in time, so it's not really that farfetched that there might be slight variations in some of the universal constants of the past.
Let's review ...
We are at war.
Sort of. This "war" doesn't have any of the characteristics of World War II. Namely, we're not fighting nation-states that will eventually surrender and the war will be over. This war is immensely open-ended, and will only end when the president says it's over.
We are at war with a stateless foe that moves from place to place easily.
We are at war with a foe that uses modern communications technologies to do their damage.
Firstly, that's the key. A STATELESS foe, unlike World War II. And, they use airplanes, bombs and AK-47s to do their damage. They use communications technologies to communicate, just like everyone else. And also, every enemy we've ever fought has had modern communications technologies at their disposal.
The NSA is tracking calls from this foe. This foe calls American phone numbers, and in some cases, American citizens.
So says the NSA. But, since there's no oversight over the executive branch except, well, the executive branch, how do you know what's really happening? You don't. The Bush Administration keeps saying "trust us". This is why checks and balances were written into the Constitution in the first place.
With that in mind...will some of you learned people please tell me why it was good for FDR to monitor communications between Nazi and Imperial Japanese intelligence, and their assets here? All without a warrant, simply because wartime national security took precedence? And why can't Bush do the same?
As for the Times...yet again, the fourth estate has become a fifth column.
Who has says it was "good" for FDR to monitor Nazi and Japanese communications? It was necessary and expedient at the time, and it's only good because we're looking at it from the vantage point of 60 years in the future. FDR also interned 200,000 Japanese-American citizens, but no one mentions that - mostly because it turns out it was unconstitutional.
The argument is not that "all domestic eavesdropping is bad". The argument is "the Bush Administration's domestic eavesdropping is against the law". In 1972 Congress exercised their Constitutional authority and passed a law banning domestic wiretaps unless approved by a court. The Bush Administration decided that this oversight by the other two branches of government was unnecessary. And that is why there is outrage.
Oh, and concerning the New York Times, they have a chance of suing for the list and actually winning.
A Tandy 1000HX, inherited from my grandfather.
Highwind Takes To The Skies.
Cough up those greens yo, I got me some Chocobos to raise. Knights of the Round!
Coincidence, maybe, that England's air traffic control goes down during a software upgrade, and then the same happens to the Royal Bank of Canada?
Paranoia keeps you healthy!
Leaving people in their jobs for hundreds of years destroys all opportunities for the young. They won't be able to get experience, because there are already people with decades of experience in their jobs. We'll eventually end up supporting an enormous population of people who do nothing. If you think our youth population is lazy and overfed and spoiled now, you haven't seen anything yet.
Elizabeth Moon has a fairly good example of what happens to a society when the old stop aging in her books.
Well, unless you've got the Combat Reflexes feat and a Dex 14+, you only get 1 attack of opportunity a round. One extra roll per player isn't so bad.
Certainly. Stupidity is a human attribute. Remember, computers only do what humans tell them.
I yell at mine and tell it to speak to me like Boris from Goldeneye.
if you want to steer the shuttle, you need a rudder. or come up with another way.
While Standards do not really promote competition, standards make it easy for laypeople to access the 'Net. As a Verizon subscriber, and as a "alaunt" member, I would like nothing more than to see the Alaunt run beside us in battle. All Glory to Those who Came First.
...is not as black and white as we wish.
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Capitalism.
Capital - Wealth in the form of money or property, used or accumulated in a business by a person, partnership, or corporation.
Almost all, if not all corporations in America are in the Business to Make Money. Money denotes how successful you are - the more money, the more successful. This belief is about to take a large monetary hit.
Look at Linux. In terms of corporate support, it has the one of the biggest names behind it: IBM. If IBM cannot defend itself against infringement of IP, then no one can. Linux introduces something into the Market that has not been there before. Linux is free - as long as you can Maintain a Linux Server. Pay thousands of dollars to MS to fix your problems that will be fixed in the free SP5 - or configure your own solution. Free vs. cost - hard decision. Choose wiselely, fellow
We have already colonized this planet. There are those who do not believe, or who those who share differing beliefs, but this does not make their beliefs any less valid. We have no proof.
Give me the New Age of Imperialism. Imperialism will lead to WWIII, as we try to take more than "our fair share".
-Austin
Alas, everything is not and cut-and-dried as you believe. Though it is not the path I would choose , only those with enough money will reach the Stars. And only those with the Drive to reach beyond the Stars will truly reach beyond the Stars. All Space is finite - Space is an Almost-Zero-Sum game - we can colonize, we can dominate, as long as Earth recognizes us as the dominant power. What happens in the New Age of Imperialism? I truly hope that I am not alive to find out.
I also hope that those who are free of mind can find their way.
-Austin
The next generation of wars will not be fought on the ground.
World War II rolls around - the Japanese, and the Americans (the only ones really involved in the Pacific War) devote most of their time and resources to building up their Air Force. Why? Becuae airborne warfare was new, the next generation of warfare. What's next? We've already conquered the land, sea, and air. Space is the only logical conclusion. Build up your Space Defenses - or suffer the wrath of the Americans. I do not support American Militarism.
I support any country able to defend itself against the might of american Imperialism. Pay attention to phrashing. Sputnik's Space Flight was important because it pushed the envelope. I have seen an increasing number of people who are content to stay as they are - no changes to the Mother, no changes to the Father, but rather changes in any who would believe what you're telling them. I reiteriate - "Think for Yourself. Question Authority."
Competition promotes rivals. Without the Space Race, we will not colonize, and there is only One Space left for colonists. Space is truly the next generation - we are hopeless, and hopeful, when we try to control the next generation of human expansion. What happened last time? The United States broke off from England. My prediction is that we will see a new rash of nationalism, supported by those countries that suppport Imperialism. Vote Dean, 2004. No, this is not a political message. Read the message. Think For Yourself. Question Authority.
100% of nothing is still nothing. I do not believe that the "social buzzcut" nerds are what the country, or any country, needs. We need new thinkers, new philosiphizers, people who are unafraid to think for themselves. We need people who are not bound by the tenets of society, people who can truly "think for themselves." People who unafraid to question authority. We need people who are unafraid to voice their opinions. We need the general people. Think of Aristotle. We bow to him as the Master of Those Who Know. We did not bow to him as the only alternative - rather, we bowed to him as the one who can describe the alternative.
br And the alternative to order is chaos.
I could not think of a better incentive for a Space Race than other countries competing. We have "Made it to the Moon" (depending on who you ask)...there are many many other countries out there who have yet to get off this planet. Technology is expanding beyond this planet - 25, 50 years. I'll still be alive. Let's see what happens.
5 seconds. Americans (speaking as one) always choose brute force when finesse would suffice.
The more countries that sign on, the better. Space exploration, limited to one or two countries, or those who control the ballot, is doomed to die. Will we succumb to Space: the Highest Bidder? or will it be: Space Whoever Gets There First?
I personally bet on Who Gets There First.
Sure, if you want to spend all that energy separating the oxygen and hydrogen in the ice, and then pressurize/cool it down to liquid form. And, if we're launching ships from Mars, I certainly hope we've come up with an alternate fuel source. Good point about the water, though.
It doesn't have to be cold to form ice - a lot of pressure will do the trick. For H, this would be a lot of pressure, so I'm not sure of the feasibility of this, but I believe it can be done.
IANAP as well, but if I remember my high school chemistry and those gas laws by that D-guy...
Microsoft can track anyone wearing one! This sounds like a great idea!
How could we forsee a use for 3.8e38 addresses? 4 billion per person? Can computers handle this? Will they be able to? I don't really know how IP works (short of every computer is assigned one) - maybe someone can clue me in or link me? I imagine the IP is stored in each computer somewhere. Storing a unique number that large is going to suck up a lot of memory.
Remember, IP n00b - don't yell at me.
That's because it's a ridiculous question.