Nobody expects the USA to adhere to treaties anymore.
Oh really, name one treaty the US has not adhered to recently. The ABM treaty? The US withdrew from it accordingly to the treaty's terms.
So name one. I thought so. You can't name any. Now that I've utterly and completely destroyed your idiotic post, the mods should mod you down for being so baseless.
CmdrTaco knowingly and falsely insinuated that the Bush Administration and Karl Rove had something to do with this. Instead of saying "I'm sorry", michael just had to insert another bit of gratitutous Bush-bashing for no reason, and just noted that google is just slow to update.
Michael and the rest of the editors had to be dragged kicking and screaming into this lame and uncontrite retraction because it was so untrue.
You guys are fawning over a couple of gizmos and a playground? This hardly counts as "superior technologies" to me. And "transit debit" card systems are available almost everywhere in the US metro areas. It's not a big deal.
So the Chinese now has a couple of nice gadgets, big whoop.
You are not allowed to discuss any charges brought against you. You can be held without council. You can be held indefinately.
Congratulations, you've just proven that you've never actually read the Patriot Act! The Patriot Act does not provide for indefinite imprisonment of anyone, and does not provide for being held without council.
Before you scream about civil liberties dying, why don't you actully read what you are complaining about before spouting off nonsense?
A huge nation with a corrupt, fascist, evil government run by one small party of old men who are all afraid of what would happen to them if they lost power.
Wait which one - China or the US?
Why don't you try shouting that statement out in Tianamen Square and then at the Statue of Liberty, and find out the difference?
This PSA is hardly a 'Get out the Vote' commercial. It's a single-minded attack on the Bush Adminstration. I have no problem with this type of juvenile, unfunny material, but the writeup deliberately misleads and deceives on what this is.
It's not just "highly critical", it's just a minute long blame-Bush screed.
A better title would have been "Vote out Bush or Don't Bitch".
This bill excludes programs used by the FBI or spy agencies, though.
You left this out from the article: The House bill approved Tuesday explicitly permits snooping software built by the FBI (news - web sites) or spy agencies secretly collecting information under a court order or other legal permissions affecting federal departments.
There excluded when they have a court order, issued by a judge for cause. They can't just do it willy nilly for kicks.
You know, cops can also run red lights and speed when they're chasing suspects too. On no! abuse of power!! Sheesh.
All this article says is hey, go check out George Soros website where it takes you to his front page which is rather unhelpful and devoid of content. I wonder if this only made slashdot because of the anti-Bush angle.
At least this article could have taken the time to point out this man is rabidly anti-Bush, and is one of the biggest bankroller of opposition groups like MoveOn.
You think Badnarik and Cobb are more worthy to be called the third party candidates?
Get real now. Ralph Nader is registering 1 percent in the polls. He is more worthy of being in the debates than these two clowns.
Hardly anybody knows who Badnarik and Cobb are, why they hell should they be in the major leagues? Maybe if they ran a better campaign, got the names on the ballots, and polled better than 0%, they would be on prime time. As it is, I have no problem excluding any yahoo from the debate just because they think they belong.
Who are you and what makes you think you can be President of the United States?
I see from your bio that you have no political experience, have never served government in any capacity, and almost no management or leadership experience. What makes you think you can be leader of the free world?
This is a serious question. Any yahoo or nutcase can run for president(see Nader and Perot). Why should anybody take you seriously?
You dumb shit, how about practicing what you preach? Where in my post did refer to playing sports? That's right, no where. Everything I said could have easily applied to watching and playing, but it flew past you.
you dumb bitch.
Let me guess.. you were the fat, disgusting nerd who got roughed up by the jocks in school, right? That would explain why you have such anger towards sports and physical activity.
It's funny to see some of the slashdorks praising things like Anime, Dungeons & Dragons, and Linux to the high heavens, but see no value in sports. I guess if you don't enjoy competition, teamwork, physicial exertion, or the outdoors, that would explain it.
The arrogance and anger of your post shows why it may be better that you stay in your parents basement instead of getting out.
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two-year-old internal HP memo has just surfaced that talks about how 'Microsoft could attack Open Source Software for patent infringements against
This kind of fluff makes front page news? Anybody COULD do anything. Why don't you report on it when MS does? In the meantime, isn't there better stuff to report, like real news?
That doesn't change the fact that the officer in question is the sole person responsible for deciding whether or not you're "under suspicion" for some crime...a crime which may be invented after the fact.
That's sort of police work is done. You ever heard the phrase "tell it to the judge"? That's how your complaint can be rectified. Yea, I'm sure the police are framing people as a matter of policy.
Unlike what you see in the movies or on TV, the police are law-abiding citizens like almost everybody else. I guess even the police aren't immune from the paranoid, black-helicopter crowd on slashdot. You can laugh your ass off, because you are able to sit behind your comfortable computer knowing there are people putting their lives on the line for ungrateful scumbags like yourself.
Today the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that anybody can be compelled at any time to identify themselves, if a police officer asks.
No, that is just not correct. The court held that police, based on reasonable suspicion that a person is involved in criminal activity can compel him to identify themself.
This ruling doesn't change the fact that police just can't ask to for your name for no reason at all. At least get the facts right in your own damn summary before going off on "your rights".
This not only to help protect the lives of US and coalition forces, this robot has the potential to save the lives of innocent civilians.
A big problem with entering buildings, and around corners is that nobody knows whats behind it. If a coalition soldier sees that there are no insurgent force, or confirm that there is one, then it will greatly enhance their fighting capabilities and situational awareness.
This is exactly why continuing research of defense technologies is needed. It's not to better kill, it's to better save lives.
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Oh really, name one treaty the US has not adhered to recently. The ABM treaty? The US withdrew from it accordingly to the treaty's terms.
So name one. I thought so. You can't name any. Now that I've utterly and completely destroyed your idiotic post, the mods should mod you down for being so baseless.
Michael and the rest of the editors had to be dragged kicking and screaming into this lame and uncontrite retraction because it was so untrue.
So the Chinese now has a couple of nice gadgets, big whoop.
Congratulations, you've just proven that you've never actually read the Patriot Act! The Patriot Act does not provide for indefinite imprisonment of anyone, and does not provide for being held without council.
Before you scream about civil liberties dying, why don't you actully read what you are complaining about before spouting off nonsense?
The Patriot Act requires a judge to authorize these searches.
Whining about this part is pretty silly.
Not only are you stunningly ignorant about the differences between the USA and China, you also don't keep up with current events.
Wait which one - China or the US?
Why don't you try shouting that statement out in Tianamen Square and then at the Statue of Liberty, and find out the difference?
It's not just "highly critical", it's just a minute long blame-Bush screed.
A better title would have been "Vote out Bush or Don't Bitch".
This bill excludes programs used by the FBI or spy agencies, though.
You left this out from the article:
The House bill approved Tuesday explicitly permits snooping software built by the FBI (news - web sites) or spy agencies secretly collecting information under a court order or other legal permissions affecting federal departments. There excluded when they have a court order, issued by a judge for cause. They can't just do it willy nilly for kicks.
You know, cops can also run red lights and speed when they're chasing suspects too. On no! abuse of power!! Sheesh.
There has to be something going on, or at least michael just enjoys pissing people off.
At least this article could have taken the time to point out this man is rabidly anti-Bush, and is one of the biggest bankroller of opposition groups like MoveOn.
If you want more information on this man,
Here's one excellent background piece.
Here's an article where he compared Bush to Hitler.
Get real now. Ralph Nader is registering 1 percent in the polls. He is more worthy of being in the debates than these two clowns.
Hardly anybody knows who Badnarik and Cobb are, why they hell should they be in the major leagues? Maybe if they ran a better campaign, got the names on the ballots, and polled better than 0%, they would be on prime time. As it is, I have no problem excluding any yahoo from the debate just because they think they belong.
I see from your bio that you have no political experience, have never served government in any capacity, and almost no management or leadership experience. What makes you think you can be leader of the free world?
This is a serious question. Any yahoo or nutcase can run for president(see Nader and Perot). Why should anybody take you seriously?
You dumb shit, how about practicing what you preach? Where in my post did refer to playing sports? That's right, no where. Everything I said could have easily applied to watching and playing, but it flew past you. you dumb bitch.
Let me guess.. you were the fat, disgusting nerd who got roughed up by the jocks in school, right? That would explain why you have such anger towards sports and physical activity.
It's funny to see some of the slashdorks praising things like Anime, Dungeons & Dragons, and Linux to the high heavens, but see no value in sports. I guess if you don't enjoy competition, teamwork, physicial exertion, or the outdoors, that would explain it.
The arrogance and anger of your post shows why it may be better that you stay in your parents basement instead of getting out.
This kind of fluff makes front page news? Anybody COULD do anything. Why don't you report on it when MS does? In the meantime, isn't there better stuff to report, like real news?
That's sort of police work is done. You ever heard the phrase "tell it to the judge"? That's how your complaint can be rectified. Yea, I'm sure the police are framing people as a matter of policy.
Unlike what you see in the movies or on TV, the police are law-abiding citizens like almost everybody else. I guess even the police aren't immune from the paranoid, black-helicopter crowd on slashdot. You can laugh your ass off, because you are able to sit behind your comfortable computer knowing there are people putting their lives on the line for ungrateful scumbags like yourself.
No, that is just not correct. The court held that police, based on reasonable suspicion that a person is involved in criminal activity can compel him to identify themself.
This ruling doesn't change the fact that police just can't ask to for your name for no reason at all. At least get the facts right in your own damn summary before going off on "your rights".
good to have you back bringing some sanity to this place.
Sarin?
What Sarin?
If slashdot wants to now report Cannes news, it's odd that this was the time to do it.
Editors can post whatever they want, i know. But let's stop this charade that they aren't trying to push politics here.
But he's a hero on slashdot. No surprise there.
On-topic, relevant, critical, contrary opinions are being "censored" here.
The liberal moderators here seem to have no qualms about censorship.
How many other Cannes Film Festival stories have we seen previously on slashdot? That's right, none. So why is this a front page story, Taco?
The parent comment deserves to be modded up, it's completely relevant, and no less off-topic than this article.
A big problem with entering buildings, and around corners is that nobody knows whats behind it. If a coalition soldier sees that there are no insurgent force, or confirm that there is one, then it will greatly enhance their fighting capabilities and situational awareness.
This is exactly why continuing research of defense technologies is needed. It's not to better kill, it's to better save lives.