I'm not sure you could say it "failed". It ended up becoming Windows 7, probably the best of the ms desktop os's ever, with a clean upgrade path to boot. So, if you think of it as "Window 7 v1"...it sure beat "Microsoft Bob".
>> every single conference room was occupied by "one person sitting in front of a laptop." I think I eventually found some corner by a stairwell.
Grow a pair. Here's how you do it if you're just a newbie. 1) Find a junior-looking guy/gal whose conference room you want 2) Look up that conference room and book it for just you in whatever system you use 3) Go back to the conference room and ask the person to beat it, asking them to check the room reservation if they want 4) Sit down with your laptop in your private conference room
Full text (copy/paste from https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/02/read-the-full-text-of-the-nunes-memo/552191/):
January 18, 2018
To: HPSCI Majority Members
From: HPSCI Majority Staff
Subject: Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Abuses at the Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Purpose
This memorandum provides Members an update on significant facts relating to the Committee’s ongoing investigation into the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and their use of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) during the 2016 presidential election cycle. Our findings, which are detailed below, 1) raise concerns with the legitimacy and legality of certain DOJ and FBI interactions with the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC), and 2) represent a troubling breakdown of legal processes established to protect the American people from abuses related to the FISA process.
Investigation Update
On October 21, 2016, DOJ and FBI sought and received a FISA probable cause order (not under Title VII) authorizing electronic surveillance on Carter Page from the FISC. Page is a U.S. citizen who served as a volunteer advisor to the Trump presidential campaign. Consistent with requirements under FISA, the application had to be first certified by the Director or Deputy Director of the FBI. It then required the approval of the Attorney General, Deputy Attorney General (DAG), or the Senate-confirmed Assistant Attorney General for the National Security Division.
The FBI and DOJ obtained one initial FISA warrant targeting Carter Page and three FISA renewals from the FISC. As required by statute (50 U.S.C. §,1805(d)(l)), a FISA order on an American citizen must be renewed by the FISC every 90 days and each renewal requires a separate finding of probable cause. Then-Director James Comey signed three FISA applications in question on behalf of the FBI, and Deputy Director Andrew McCabe signed one. Then-DAG Sally Yates, then-Acting DAG Dana Boente, and DAG Rod Rosenstein each signed one or more FISA applications on behalf of DOJ.
Due to the sensitive nature of foreign intelligence activity, FISA submissions (including renewals) before the FISC are classified. As such, the public’s confidence in the integrity of the FISA process depends on the court’s ability to hold the government to the highest standard—particularly as it relates to surveillance of American citizens. However, the FISC’s rigor in protecting the rights of Americans, which is reinforced by 90-day renewals of surveillance orders, is necessarily dependent on the government’s production to the court of all material and relevant facts. This should include information potentially favorable to the target of the FISA application that is known by the government. In the case of Carter Page, the government had at least four independent opportunities before the FISC to accurately provide an accounting of the relevant facts. However, our findings indicate that, as described below, material and relevant information was omitted.
1) The “dossier” compiled by Christopher Steele (Steele dossier) on behalf of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and the Hillary Clinton campaign formed an essential part of the Carter Page FISA application. Steele was a longtime FBI source who was paid over $160,000 by the DNC and Clinton campaign, via the law firm Perkins Coie and research firm Fusion GPS, to obtain derogatory information on Donald Trump’s ties to Russia.
a) Neither the initial application in October 2016, nor any of the renewals, disclose or reference the role of the DNC, Clinton campaign, or any party/campaign in funding Steele’s efforts, even though the political origins of the Steele dossier were then known to senior DOJ and FBI officials.
b) The initial FISA application notes Steele was working for a named U.S. person,
Thanks for telling Slashdotters that Cupertino is in the Silicon Valley. We had no idea.
And it's really important to list the rate card for products and services we discuss here too. There aren't too many of us with "hotel staying" experience.
If you wear a tracking GPS...it might track where you are. Film at 11.
Just tell our soldiers and sailors that their comrade/shipmate's activities may conjure some inbound and the "new guy with the pretty watch" problem should take care of itself.
...forward anything it hears to a permanent, centralized store to be forever associated with you and rescanned on a regular basis to mine new information. Just like any of these devices.
>> a three-foot-wide, carbon-fiber orb...will reflect light from the sun back to Earth to achieve this effect..."No matter where you are in the world, rich or in poverty, in conflict or at peace, everyone will be able to see the bright, blinking Humanity Star orbiting Earth in the night sky" said (crazy leader)
>> This is the closest the Clock has ever been to Doomsday, and as close as it was in 1953, at the height of the Cold War
Hmmm...2 away minutes = global nuclear destruction in 1953 but 2 away minutes = incremental climate changes and a possible limited exchange (over North Korea, etc.) in 2018. Why are the goalposts moving?
To be fair, Apple BASIC had a nice onramp to assembly. You weren't going to make music, for example, without knowing a little about PEEK and POKE.
That prepared me to walk off a similar cliff from C to PC assembly a few years later. (I didn't notice I was walking on air until coworkers pointed it out.)
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I'm not sure you could say it "failed". It ended up becoming Windows 7, probably the best of the ms desktop os's ever, with a clean upgrade path to boot. So, if you think of it as "Window 7 v1"...it sure beat "Microsoft Bob".
>> every single conference room was occupied by "one person sitting in front of a laptop." I think I eventually found some corner by a stairwell.
Grow a pair. Here's how you do it if you're just a newbie.
1) Find a junior-looking guy/gal whose conference room you want
2) Look up that conference room and book it for just you in whatever system you use
3) Go back to the conference room and ask the person to beat it, asking them to check the room reservation if they want
4) Sit down with your laptop in your private conference room
Full text (copy/paste from https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/02/read-the-full-text-of-the-nunes-memo/552191/):
January 18, 2018
To: HPSCI Majority Members
From: HPSCI Majority Staff
Subject: Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Abuses at the Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Purpose
This memorandum provides Members an update on significant facts relating to the Committee’s ongoing investigation into the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and their use of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) during the 2016 presidential election cycle. Our findings, which are detailed below, 1) raise concerns with the legitimacy and legality of certain DOJ and FBI interactions with the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC), and 2) represent a troubling breakdown of legal processes established to protect the American people from abuses related to the FISA process.
Investigation Update
On October 21, 2016, DOJ and FBI sought and received a FISA probable cause order (not under Title VII) authorizing electronic surveillance on Carter Page from the FISC. Page is a U.S. citizen who served as a volunteer advisor to the Trump presidential campaign. Consistent with requirements under FISA, the application had to be first certified by the Director or Deputy Director of the FBI. It then required the approval of the Attorney General, Deputy Attorney General (DAG), or the Senate-confirmed Assistant Attorney General for the National Security Division.
The FBI and DOJ obtained one initial FISA warrant targeting Carter Page and three FISA renewals from the FISC. As required by statute (50 U.S.C. §,1805(d)(l)), a FISA order on an American citizen must be renewed by the FISC every 90 days and each renewal requires a separate finding of probable cause. Then-Director James Comey signed three FISA applications in question on behalf of the FBI, and Deputy Director Andrew McCabe signed one. Then-DAG Sally Yates, then-Acting DAG Dana Boente, and DAG Rod Rosenstein each signed one or more FISA applications on behalf of DOJ.
Due to the sensitive nature of foreign intelligence activity, FISA submissions (including renewals) before the FISC are classified. As such, the public’s confidence in the integrity of the FISA process depends on the court’s ability to hold the government to the highest standard—particularly as it relates to surveillance of American citizens. However, the FISC’s rigor in protecting the rights of Americans, which is reinforced by 90-day renewals of surveillance orders, is necessarily dependent on the government’s production to the court of all material and relevant facts. This should include information potentially favorable to the target of the FISA application that is known by the government. In the case of Carter Page, the government had at least four independent opportunities before the FISC to accurately provide an accounting of the relevant facts. However, our findings indicate that, as described below, material and relevant information was omitted.
1) The “dossier” compiled by Christopher Steele (Steele dossier) on behalf of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and the Hillary Clinton campaign formed an essential part of the Carter Page FISA application. Steele was a longtime FBI source who was paid over $160,000 by the DNC and Clinton campaign, via the law firm Perkins Coie and research firm Fusion GPS, to obtain derogatory information on Donald Trump’s ties to Russia.
a) Neither the initial application in October 2016, nor any of the renewals, disclose or reference the role of the DNC, Clinton campaign, or any party/campaign in funding Steele’s efforts, even though the political origins of the Steele dossier were then known to senior DOJ and FBI officials.
b) The initial FISA application notes Steele was working for a named U.S. person,
Time for a nap.
>> How does a "retrained" worker compete with someone who has kept their skills up and has been involved with the technology for several decades
Quite well. As long you hop into a new and hard-to-define-what-you-do-all-day career like "big data" or "AI".
>> someone get hit by an automated pizza delivery vehicle
In Soviet Medina, pizza company pays you.
>> quoted block of text comes directly from the NY Times article
Please tell me again why SlashDot editors receive "paychecks".
>> is pro forma for the NYT travel section
Most of the city just uses that section for their bird cages. Keep in mind, is SlashDot, not some dead tree Boomer publication.
>> I'm a hotel manger
Have any virgins heavy with God's only son been by lately?
Thanks for telling Slashdotters that Cupertino is in the Silicon Valley. We had no idea.
And it's really important to list the rate card for products and services we discuss here too. There aren't too many of us with "hotel staying" experience.
I know. I was there for AS2-based drug pedigrees. How's that working?
Blockchain in the supply chain will fix that. My IBM commercial told me so.
Obligatory Oatmeal
http://theoatmeal.com/comics/reaching_people
If you wear a tracking GPS...it might track where you are. Film at 11.
Just tell our soldiers and sailors that their comrade/shipmate's activities may conjure some inbound and the "new guy with the pretty watch" problem should take care of itself.
...forward anything it hears to a permanent, centralized store to be forever associated with you and rescanned on a regular basis to mine new information. Just like any of these devices.
>> a three-foot-wide, carbon-fiber orb...will reflect light from the sun back to Earth to achieve this effect..."No matter where you are in the world, rich or in poverty, in conflict or at peace, everyone will be able to see the bright, blinking Humanity Star orbiting Earth in the night sky" said (crazy leader)
Congratulations - you've invented Sputnik!
He is truly the "Greatest Showman" of our time.
>> created 28 fake ad agencies and bought over 1 billion ad views
Sounds like SOP in national political campaigning.
>> Boring Company, the Flamethrower
If it's good enough for Spaceballs, it's good enough for Elon.
But Burger King restaurants are filthy.
>> (Large Media Company Buys Web Site For Too Much Money, Previous Owner Laughs To Bank, Then Site Shuts Down)
What, you thought it was going to end with the MySpace buyout? Or Tumblr?
>> big problem with sandwiches is meat
Yes, that was the bit. We got it.
>> It's better for the animals
(Smacks forehead. Wistfully remembers when Slashdot was for people with triple-digit IQs and a sense of humor.)
>> This is the closest the Clock has ever been to Doomsday, and as close as it was in 1953, at the height of the Cold War
Hmmm...2 away minutes = global nuclear destruction in 1953 but 2 away minutes = incremental climate changes and a possible limited exchange (over North Korea, etc.) in 2018. Why are the goalposts moving?
To be fair, Apple BASIC had a nice onramp to assembly. You weren't going to make music, for example, without knowing a little about PEEK and POKE.
That prepared me to walk off a similar cliff from C to PC assembly a few years later. (I didn't notice I was walking on air until coworkers pointed it out.)
>> we wanted to design a programming language that is as easy to learn as our products are to use
Congratulations you invented LOGO!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logo_(programming_language)
>> linked to fake...addresses, were...under others' names and addresses and were even attributed to people known to be dead
Wow, sounds horrible - almost as bad as typical vote fraud!