The really baffling thing about this case is that the government somehow made the argument that terrorists, given uncertainty about whether or not the government is snooping in this way, will assume that it isn't happening.
Any competent terrorist has almost certainly been operating under the assumption that this already happens for years. I mean, they're being hunted by the world's biggest military power, and we're supposed to think they don't even take basic precautions?
If you're not similarly skeptical about information in the rest of the media, you're naive.
Hearing the tech reporting on the news is pretty scary. I imagine it's similarly painful for experts in other fields to hear their field discussed by reporters.
Increasing the chances of the long-term survival of the human race? Check! Serving as a stepping-off point for future, more productive space exploration? Check! Providing a nice spot for space telescopes? Check!
At the end of the war do you think anyone is really going to be fucked?
Considering American forces already assist in mine clearing operations all over the world, yes, I think they'd do it - especially if all it takes is the press of a button.
They'd only have to transmit the instant they detonate, to clue in the rest of the mines. I imagine the transmissions could be kept exceedingly short to prevent triangulation, too.
There is nothing with Geek Squad, in the same way there is nothing wrong with Taco Bell.
I'd have to disagree. With Taco Bell, you know full well going in that you're getting the Grade Triple-Z beef gristle microwaved and thrown on some soggy cardboard. You get exactly what you're expecting.
According to Wikipedia, the (optional) guidance stage can be done from the launching plane, another fighter, or even an AWACS plane. Doesn't sound like needing to point the F/A-18 at the target to me...
With the upgrades done over the years, it still the the best carrier fighter we have.
With the upgrades done over the years, it still the the best carrier fighter we don't have.
Fixed that for ya. They've been decomissioned since March.
It has range, computer power, ability to lock onto six different targets at the same time and shoot them all down, and doesn't need to be pointed at the bogeys after the missles are fired. The F-18 Hornet is a short range fighter, and has to keep itself pointed in the general direction of the bogeys until the missles hit.
Incorrect, to my knowledge. Fire-and-forget is based on the weaponry, not the platform firing it. Just about every air-to-air weapon - the only exception being the AIM-7 Sparrow, which is being phased out for the AMRAAM - the F/A-18 launches is fire-and-forget and doesn't require external guidance from the launching aircraft. It can carry more payload, too, if Wikipedia is to be believed.
If creating a tiered internet: 1. does not worsen my connection *at all* 2. does not cost me *any* more money (assuming I am not benefiting from it), either directly or indirectly 3. is *entirely* paid for by people or companies that can benefit from it
And if you could shit gold bars, you'd be rich.
Let's break it down.
1. It does. If you have Verizon, and Google refuses to pay Verizon, and you like Google, your access to Google isn't as zippy as it would otherwise be - they've slowed it down.
2. Sure it will. Companies that have to pay these extortion fees will pass on their costs to you - more advertising on their sites instead of content, higher fees for their paid content and services, etc.
3. There is no benefit other than to the ISPs. "You can now pay us money to get the same service you used to get!" is not a benefit.
Yeah, I was really bothered by it. Heard it while driving and was saying out loud 'lie... lie... wow, that's misleading... another lie... already happens...'
I get SMS spam already, I have no idea how they got my 10digit@vzw.com SMTP-to-SMS redirect address.
To: 0000000000@vzw.com, 0000000001@vzw.com, 0000000002@vzw.com, 0000000003@vzw.com...
(narrow the first lot down to valid area codes, or even go so far as to find out which number groups that cellphone provider has access to, and you've got a nice big list of SMS addresses)
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The really baffling thing about this case is that the government somehow made the argument that terrorists, given uncertainty about whether or not the government is snooping in this way, will assume that it isn't happening.
Any competent terrorist has almost certainly been operating under the assumption that this already happens for years. I mean, they're being hunted by the world's biggest military power, and we're supposed to think they don't even take basic precautions?
A dollar per ten million impressions?
I think you're overestimating it.
I'm guessing metal pots are prohibitively costly when the crabs are two meters wide...
Why on earth would Mac users expect to get Virtual PC for free?
I'm guessing this had something to do with it:
"Microsoft announced today it is offering Virtual PC as a free (as in beer) download."
Someone should probably let Wikipedia know that they're not an encyclopedia... At the top of the Main Page:
Welcome to Wikipedia,
the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit.
If you're not similarly skeptical about information in the rest of the media, you're naive.
Hearing the tech reporting on the news is pretty scary. I imagine it's similarly painful for experts in other fields to hear their field discussed by reporters.
"I am an idiot."
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If it was so public how come Belgian's own government didn't realize it was there?
Dude, the Belgian government didn't realize Hitler was there, so it's not that hard to imagine.
The iSight camera alone is $129 IIRC. Sure, you could get a Logitech piece of crap, but the comparison wouldn't be very fair.
.doc right out of the box - and you're getting up towards the Mac's price point.
Add in MS Word - OSX can (usually) read
Comparisons like these are invariably flawed, but yours was particularly unfair.
Increasing the chances of the long-term survival of the human race? Check!
Serving as a stepping-off point for future, more productive space exploration? Check!
Providing a nice spot for space telescopes? Check!
More?
Well, she wasn't in a hospital. She was in a hospice, where food and water are "withheld" all the time.
Schiavo was worse off than the average hospice patient, too - she was dead, just like a corpse kept on a ventilator awaiting organ harvest is dead.
At the end of the war do you think anyone is really going to be fucked?
Considering American forces already assist in mine clearing operations all over the world, yes, I think they'd do it - especially if all it takes is the press of a button.
The technology in this article could - and probably would - be used to make them safer for civilians, as well.
Hell, with this, at the end of the war you could just drive a truck to the minefield and tell the mines to hop into the back.
They'd only have to transmit the instant they detonate, to clue in the rest of the mines. I imagine the transmissions could be kept exceedingly short to prevent triangulation, too.
Sam Nitzberg said "a program like photoshop", not "a program like smashing your head through a plate glass window"...
I'd have to disagree. With Taco Bell, you know full well going in that you're getting the Grade Triple-Z beef gristle microwaved and thrown on some soggy cardboard. You get exactly what you're expecting.
According to Wikipedia, the (optional) guidance stage can be done from the launching plane, another fighter, or even an AWACS plane. Doesn't sound like needing to point the F/A-18 at the target to me...
Did you have an actual quibble with my post, or did you just want to be a jackass?
This study says 20%. This one says most of the bottom 21% can't figure out the price difference between two advertised products. The National Institute for Literacy says nearly 50% of Americans are in the lowest two levels of literacy - 20% higher than Sweden.
Anything else?
Oops... forgot to mention range.
Apparently not that much of a concern these days, considering the new F-35 was designed with similar range.
With the upgrades done over the years, it still the the best carrier fighter we have.
With the upgrades done over the years, it still the the best carrier fighter we don't have.
Fixed that for ya. They've been decomissioned since March.
It has range, computer power, ability to lock onto six different targets at the same time and shoot them all down, and doesn't need to be pointed at the bogeys after the missles are fired. The F-18 Hornet is a short range fighter, and has to keep itself pointed in the general direction of the bogeys until the missles hit.
Incorrect, to my knowledge. Fire-and-forget is based on the weaponry, not the platform firing it. Just about every air-to-air weapon - the only exception being the AIM-7 Sparrow, which is being phased out for the AMRAAM - the F/A-18 launches is fire-and-forget and doesn't require external guidance from the launching aircraft. It can carry more payload, too, if Wikipedia is to be believed.
Last time I checked, the US literacy rate was 99%.
How many of those are functionally illiterate, though? I've heard figures as high as 30% for the States.
If creating a tiered internet: 1. does not worsen my connection *at all* 2. does not cost me *any* more money (assuming I am not benefiting from it), either directly or indirectly 3. is *entirely* paid for by people or companies that can benefit from it
And if you could shit gold bars, you'd be rich.
Let's break it down.
1. It does. If you have Verizon, and Google refuses to pay Verizon, and you like Google, your access to Google isn't as zippy as it would otherwise be - they've slowed it down.
2. Sure it will. Companies that have to pay these extortion fees will pass on their costs to you - more advertising on their sites instead of content, higher fees for their paid content and services, etc.
3. There is no benefit other than to the ISPs. "You can now pay us money to get the same service you used to get!" is not a benefit.
Yeah, I was really bothered by it. Heard it while driving and was saying out loud 'lie... lie... wow, that's misleading... another lie... already happens...'
Ugh.
Out of curiosity, who thinks that Microsoft should pay for the traffic caused by millions of people downloading security patches for Windows?
Unless you don't think they pay for their datacenters' bandwidth, they, uh... do.