They are both in focus... how did the photographer get them to stand still?
With a high enough shutter speed, you can make a rocket flying out of its launcher stand still.
That would be my guess, anyway. Never attribute to malice what is best explained through simple, good photojournalism.
At least China doesn't pretend to be a free society. We in the U.S. pride ourselves as being one of the most free nations in the world, but our government does many of the same things to monitor and control the thoughts of its citizens. Only we call it "national security" or "executive privilege."
Which is really the more evil?
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I'm pretty sure you mean the second Tuesday of next week.
And it's unlikely that a clerk at an airline counter is going to check some list of banned passengers when a Senator that (s)he recognizes stops at the counter in front of her. She'll issue the ticket without a second thought, unless she were a complete imbecile.
Not if it meant she'd lose her job. I don't know about the airlines, but the security training I've undergone has always stipulated that you always check IDs and you don't let someone through whose name is on a "do-not-pass" list just because you happen to recognize them. That would defeat the whole point of "do-not-pass" list, since then all a terrorist cell would have to do is get someone hired onto the airline staff.
Don't get me wrong, I think the do-not-fly list is a stupid idea and a gross invasion of privacy. But blame the people who came up with it, not the people who'd be out of work if they didn't carry it out.
Congratulations. However, by ALLOWING YOUR FINANCIAL INSTITUTION to send you correct and verifiable information over email, and since email is sent unencrypted they have in effect, published your information to the web at large.
Okay, so in that theoretical situation, someone gains access to the last four digits of my credit card number--nothing more or less than they might find through dumpster diving. That's not really the point of this exercise. The point is to make the job a bit tougher for the "phishers" by educating people not to give their private information away in the first place.
I kinda hope someone will bother to talk to Capt Farnham about failure to properly handle FOUO and Privacy Act data before his commander gets wind of it.
I always thought military desks had two machines on them. A public internet and a military internet, and at no point were they ever interconnected.
This is true at the base level, but not at the desk level - at least not for most folks. SIPRNET-linked computers, at least at the Standard Systems Group (and DISA, which are both on the same campus), are housed within secure facilities; and computers linked to the NIPRNET (the regular 'Net) are not.
But I think that's mostly because I recognize these as E-mails that I've actually received at some point. The Citibank one is especially funny since I'm not even a Citibank customer.
No, you just have to recognize the proper set of conditions. If an E-mail already contains correct and verifiable information about your account, or if it does not ask for any account information in the first place, it's probably legit. Otherwise, it's probably a fraud. My non-geek wife and I both took the test and scored 10 / 10.
Sometimes you just need a real human's perspective, if only to get the overall "feel" of a particular location.
Good point. No matter how many robot probes we have landed or could ever land on Mars, how different it will be when the first human foot steps onto that alien soil? Any robot can tell you the mineral content of the dirt or the air or the frequencies of sunlight that penetrate the Martian atmosphere. . . but only another human being can tell you how it feels to be there.
(1) If we're so stupid we can destroy the only planet we live on, I don't see how we're doing the universe a favor by spreading.
It has nothing to do with stupidity. Do you think the dinosaurs' relative intelligence had anything to do with their extinction?
We're at least intelligent enough that we, as a species, are capable of visiting, and yes, colonizing, other worlds. That doesn't sound stupid at all to me. In fact, it sounds like the best long-term shot we have at avoiding the dinosaurs' fate.
How many of these security measures are at the bequest of the DNC? How many are at the bequest of the Secret Service? And who's in charge of the Secret Service?
Yeah, it's a bit tinfoil-hattish for me, but I wouldn't put it beyond this administration to go that far in the name of "national security."
Posting sans karma bonus, since this discussion will probably be modded off-topic anyway.:)
Someone watched "The Core" one time too many. Earth's magnetic field does nothing to deflect UV radiation. I would recommend lead-lined clothing, not more sunblock.:)
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Neither, unless you're the government.
:)
Oh, right. Congressional staffers are the government, aren't they?
They are both in focus... how did the photographer get them to stand still? With a high enough shutter speed, you can make a rocket flying out of its launcher stand still. That would be my guess, anyway. Never attribute to malice what is best explained through simple, good photojournalism.
At least China doesn't pretend to be a free society. We in the U.S. pride ourselves as being one of the most free nations in the world, but our government does many of the same things to monitor and control the thoughts of its citizens. Only we call it "national security" or "executive privilege."
Which is really the more evil?
I'm pretty sure you mean the second Tuesday of next week.
Unconstitutional.
Do the editors even read /.?
No, but they do sometimes read the articles, and I find an ironic symmetry in that.
You can't break the law and then bitch about how the law is wrong.
Obviously you've never heard of civil disobedience. Or of a </a> tag, for that matter. :p
And it's unlikely that a clerk at an airline counter is going to check some list of banned passengers when a Senator that (s)he recognizes stops at the counter in front of her. She'll issue the ticket without a second thought, unless she were a complete imbecile.
Not if it meant she'd lose her job. I don't know about the airlines, but the security training I've undergone has always stipulated that you always check IDs and you don't let someone through whose name is on a "do-not-pass" list just because you happen to recognize them. That would defeat the whole point of "do-not-pass" list, since then all a terrorist cell would have to do is get someone hired onto the airline staff.
Don't get me wrong, I think the do-not-fly list is a stupid idea and a gross invasion of privacy. But blame the people who came up with it, not the people who'd be out of work if they didn't carry it out.
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By which you mean a Klingon that's actually moved out of his parents' basement, right? :)
Dunno, but sounds like something that would get you in loads of trouble and cast shadows on the good work of Open Sourcers.
Wait, helping promote Fair Use would "cast shadows on the good work of Open Sourcers"? How do you figure?
Congratulations. However, by ALLOWING YOUR FINANCIAL INSTITUTION to send you correct and verifiable information over email, and since email is sent unencrypted they have in effect, published your information to the web at large.
Okay, so in that theoretical situation, someone gains access to the last four digits of my credit card number--nothing more or less than they might find through dumpster diving. That's not really the point of this exercise. The point is to make the job a bit tougher for the "phishers" by educating people not to give their private information away in the first place.
I kinda hope someone will bother to talk to Capt Farnham about failure to properly handle FOUO and Privacy Act data before his commander gets wind of it.
I always thought military desks had two machines on them. A public internet and a military internet, and at no point were they ever interconnected.
This is true at the base level, but not at the desk level - at least not for most folks. SIPRNET-linked computers, at least at the Standard Systems Group (and DISA, which are both on the same campus), are housed within secure facilities; and computers linked to the NIPRNET (the regular 'Net) are not.
But I think that's mostly because I recognize these as E-mails that I've actually received at some point. The Citibank one is especially funny since I'm not even a Citibank customer.
No, you just have to recognize the proper set of conditions. If an E-mail already contains correct and verifiable information about your account, or if it does not ask for any account information in the first place, it's probably legit. Otherwise, it's probably a fraud. My non-geek wife and I both took the test and scored 10 / 10.
Sometimes you just need a real human's perspective, if only to get the overall "feel" of a particular location.
Good point. No matter how many robot probes we have landed or could ever land on Mars, how different it will be when the first human foot steps onto that alien soil? Any robot can tell you the mineral content of the dirt or the air or the frequencies of sunlight that penetrate the Martian atmosphere. . . but only another human being can tell you how it feels to be there.
(1) If we're so stupid we can destroy the only planet we live on, I don't see how we're doing the universe a favor by spreading.
It has nothing to do with stupidity. Do you think the dinosaurs' relative intelligence had anything to do with their extinction?
We're at least intelligent enough that we, as a species, are capable of visiting, and yes, colonizing, other worlds. That doesn't sound stupid at all to me. In fact, it sounds like the best long-term shot we have at avoiding the dinosaurs' fate.
Road Pizza, anyone? :)
Evidently, she's never asked him for sex on Monday, either. *Rimshot*
Thanks, folks! I'm here all week. . .
This is 2 days old... Google News already has 402 Stories about this. Yawn...
I don't think Slashdot will dupe this story 402 times, but you never know. . .
So you can tell where he banks. So what?
How many of these security measures are at the bequest of the DNC? How many are at the bequest of the Secret Service? And who's in charge of the Secret Service?
Yeah, it's a bit tinfoil-hattish for me, but I wouldn't put it beyond this administration to go that far in the name of "national security."
Posting sans karma bonus, since this discussion will probably be modded off-topic anyway. :)
How is this flamebait? It's a direct quote from TFA! Redundant, maybe. . . but c'mon, mods, get yer collective shit together.
Someone watched "The Core" one time too many. Earth's magnetic field does nothing to deflect UV radiation. I would recommend lead-lined clothing, not more sunblock. :)