Will you be among the best and brightest serving arrest warrants in barricaded drug houses to heavily armed drug dealers?
The cops think they're in a Steven Seagal movie, too. Allow me to excerpt one paragraph:
In 2010 a massive Maricopa County SWAT team, including a tank and several armored vehicles, raided the home of Jesus Llovera. The tank in fact drove straight into Llovera’s living room. Driving the tank? Action movie star Steven Seagal, whom Sheriff Joe Arpaio had recently deputized. Seagal had also been putting on the camouflage to help Arpaio with his controversial immigration raids. All of this, by the way, was getting caught on film. Seagal’s adventures in Maricopa County would make up the next season of the A&E TV series Steven Seagal, Lawman. Llovera’s suspected crime? Cockfighting.
Believe me, there's a lot more where that came from. If you have the attention span and the interest, the whole article is worth reading. But the truth is, it's almost never a "barricaded" anything, just people living their lives. Especially in these sleepy southern towns, where a lot of this SWAT nonsense goes on.
The solution has been around for a long time. If people would use password managers, then they could use better (and unique) passwords. I've never had an account compromised, and I believe that is in large part because, thanks to Apple's Keychain, I'm using strong, unique passwords for every account I sign up for. Every Apple computer has come with this integrated password manager since at least 2002, (that's how far back my oldest passwords go), but idiots don't use it. I have no idea what the situation is like for Windows users, but I'm guessing you'd have to pay for one, and it might not be as well integrated, as far as working with apps. Every OS should come with a password manager, enabled by default, and with a strong password generator.
"Unfortunately many social scientists have long denied that there is a biological basis to race."
This is not my field, but clearly, people from different parts of the world look very obviously different. I've never understood how that could not be biologically, or genetically, based. It just seems logical that there might be other differences. This is true of every other animal, when populations become separated. It is unfortunate that people immediately start ranking traits as superior or inferior.
I haven't read the book, but the author's statement that, "opposition to racism should be based on principle, not on the anti-evolutionary myth that there is no biological basis to race," seems eminently sensible. It's always disappointing when politics influence research, but it happens far more often than many people think.
Computers and code always function perfectly, and never fail. Have you ever had a computer crash while you were doing something important? Of course not. I will happily put my life, (and yours), in the hands of a computer.
Maybe in Lake Wobegon. As someone who drives over 10,000 miles per month, (and has an excellent view of the road), let me assure you that your made-up statistics are wildly optimistic. From what I see, most car drivers are barely conscious of what they're doing, and behave like they're defending territory.
That's right. Give a kid free internet, he has free internet for six months. Teach a kid how to collect and analyze packets, he has free internet for life.
People ought to know by now that the internet is not "private." You can't expect privacy from providers. Everyone is responsible for their own security. You can't store something on someone else's server and expect no one will ever look at it, unless you've encrypted it, and encrypted it on your own machine. The only area where we don't have this control is with email, since it takes two to encrypt. But that's not your email provider's fault.
Good. Take your ball and go home. The internet could use a few less for-profit entities twisting their content in order to maximize cashflow.
Wish I had mod points, I couldn't agree more. I liked the web better before the commercial gold rush. Of course, I've been blocking ads since they began appearing, so that's not a big problem - but content was better before, IMO. And the whole spying game began with, and continues to be driven by, advertisers.
I wonder what would happen if we opened the border in both directions? Let their workers come up, let our investors go down, (I'm not talking about maquiladoras, I'm talking about changing Mexican law). It might even out after a while.
I don't really understand why this is an issue. Neither Google nor Facebook ask for IDs. I don't use my real name on either service, or anywhere else on the internet. In fact, their insistence on "real names" kinda gives you some cover. If a potential employer ever asked me for my Facebook password, I can plausibly say that I have no Facebook account, which they can verify by searching under my real name.
If your password manager lives on your own computer, and you don't access it remotely, you have little to worry about. That is, unless you're the kind of person that has to worry about someone willing to break into your home and install a key-logger. This is not a problem for the vast majority of users. Regardless, it's a much better solution than using the same simple password for everything.
Mac OS has come with a very good password manager since at least 2002, (that's how far back my passwords go, anyway), and it's trivial to use it to generate unique passwords, which is what I do for every account I sign up for. I've never had an account compromised in all that time, yet almost everyone else I know has.
I think most doctors believe its beneficial but I also think they somehow see acetaminophen opiate formulations as some kind of bulwark against abuse.
That is, in large part, why it's in there. But, a lot of people are unaware of of acetaminophen's toxicity, and others will use it anyway, out of desperation, making it the "denatured alcohol" of drug prohibition. Instead of Jake leg, you get liver failure.
Myself, I won't take anything except aspirin when I want a simple over-the-counter pain reliever, and always insist on acetaminophen-free opiates.
Soon, you won't be able to. Already, you can't buy a new car without all of that crap, and you can't get Photoshop without connecting yourself to Adobe's servers. TVs are next, and soon enough, everybody selling any kind of appliance will be implementing some kind of so-called "smart" technology, so that shit won't work without an internet connection. Better stock up on appliances now.
Right, what he said. Vacuum-sealing doesn't work, nor does trying to hide the odor among more pungent odors. You can't fool a dog's nose. What you can do is encourage a dog to alert, even when it detects no drugs, (or whatever it's been trained to alert for).
"If its so fucking efficient then why do they keep needing to take other people's money to make it practical?"
It's because too many lazy assholes won't get out of their cars and take the bus. And yeah, government funds are inevitably mismanaged. The truth is, most government funds are intermingled, whatever their intended use was. That's why Social Security is "broke." They spent the money on other shit.
Where can I find a vacuum transistor tester. They took all of the tube testers out of the front of my local Radio Shack years ago, will they be replaced?
Yeah, and if you think it's a bitch to replace a burnt-out tube in your amp...
I haven't watched television at home for decades, don't listen to commercial radio, and have used ad blocking almost from the day ads began to appear on the web. I hate advertising. Yet, I see enough advertising in my daily life that I'm aware of brands that I've never used, and probably never will. People like to think they're immune to advertising, (I was one of them), but the fact is, we are all influenced in some degree by advertising.
without mentioning the elastic definitions of "permission" used at times on the Internet.
Exactly. The permission will be buried at the end of a long Terms of Service Agreement the customer has to click on.
You know, I just had the experience last night, of not being able to use my PS3 until I downloaded and installed an update. And to get the update, I of course had to click on the Terms of Service Agreement. It's not like you have much of a choice.
Yes, this. I have long thought that the DEA's focus should be turned away from recreational drugs, and towards antibiotics. Antibiotic abuse, (mostly by factory farming operations), is a very real threat to society, unlike recreational drug use, plus, the drug warriors wouldn't have to fight legalization out of fear of losing their jobs.
And yes, we need to reduce our germophobia, as well.
Yes, I was going to add that, and 'government and corporate snooping' to divinity's comment. Remember when paranoids used to think their TV was spying on them? Their worse nightmare is coming true. The time is coming when you won't be able to buy anything but a "smart TV." And, we've seen the stuff they're already trying pull with those. It will likely be the same with other appliances.
A lot of the "teeth" have been removed from many regulators over the years, in order to prevent their "interfering" with Big Business. That also helps explain part of the recent financial crisis, as banking regulators were carefully de-fanged over the last thirty years. Also, what Trepidity said.
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Will you be among the best and brightest serving arrest warrants in barricaded drug houses to heavily armed drug dealers?
The cops think they're in a Steven Seagal movie, too. Allow me to excerpt one paragraph:
In 2010 a massive Maricopa County SWAT team, including a tank and several armored vehicles, raided the home of Jesus Llovera. The tank in fact drove straight into Llovera’s living room. Driving the tank? Action movie star Steven Seagal, whom Sheriff Joe Arpaio had recently deputized. Seagal had also been putting on the camouflage to help Arpaio with his controversial immigration raids. All of this, by the way, was getting caught on film. Seagal’s adventures in Maricopa County would make up the next season of the A&E TV series Steven Seagal, Lawman.
Llovera’s suspected crime? Cockfighting.
Believe me, there's a lot more where that came from. If you have the attention span and the interest, the whole article is worth reading. But the truth is, it's almost never a "barricaded" anything, just people living their lives. Especially in these sleepy southern towns, where a lot of this SWAT nonsense goes on.
Twitter Bots are GREAT!
Yes they are. In fact, I am in love with a Twitterbot. Her name is Olivia Taters.
The solution has been around for a long time. If people would use password managers, then they could use better (and unique) passwords. I've never had an account compromised, and I believe that is in large part because, thanks to Apple's Keychain, I'm using strong, unique passwords for every account I sign up for. Every Apple computer has come with this integrated password manager since at least 2002, (that's how far back my oldest passwords go), but idiots don't use it. I have no idea what the situation is like for Windows users, but I'm guessing you'd have to pay for one, and it might not be as well integrated, as far as working with apps. Every OS should come with a password manager, enabled by default, and with a strong password generator.
"Unfortunately many social scientists have long denied that there is a biological basis to race."
This is not my field, but clearly, people from different parts of the world look very obviously different. I've never understood how that could not be biologically, or genetically, based. It just seems logical that there might be other differences. This is true of every other animal, when populations become separated. It is unfortunate that people immediately start ranking traits as superior or inferior.
I haven't read the book, but the author's statement that, "opposition to racism should be based on principle, not on the anti-evolutionary myth that there is no biological basis to race," seems eminently sensible. It's always disappointing when politics influence research, but it happens far more often than many people think.
Computers and code always function perfectly, and never fail. Have you ever had a computer crash while you were doing something important? Of course not. I will happily put my life, (and yours), in the hands of a computer.
Maybe in Lake Wobegon. As someone who drives over 10,000 miles per month, (and has an excellent view of the road), let me assure you that your made-up statistics are wildly optimistic. From what I see, most car drivers are barely conscious of what they're doing, and behave like they're defending territory.
That's right. Give a kid free internet, he has free internet for six months. Teach a kid how to collect and analyze packets, he has free internet for life.
People ought to know by now that the internet is not "private." You can't expect privacy from providers. Everyone is responsible for their own security. You can't store something on someone else's server and expect no one will ever look at it, unless you've encrypted it, and encrypted it on your own machine. The only area where we don't have this control is with email, since it takes two to encrypt. But that's not your email provider's fault.
Good. Take your ball and go home. The internet could use a few less for-profit entities twisting their content in order to maximize cashflow.
Wish I had mod points, I couldn't agree more. I liked the web better before the commercial gold rush. Of course, I've been blocking ads since they began appearing, so that's not a big problem - but content was better before, IMO. And the whole spying game began with, and continues to be driven by, advertisers.
I wonder what would happen if we opened the border in both directions? Let their workers come up, let our investors go down, (I'm not talking about maquiladoras, I'm talking about changing Mexican law). It might even out after a while.
I don't really understand why this is an issue. Neither Google nor Facebook ask for IDs. I don't use my real name on either service, or anywhere else on the internet. In fact, their insistence on "real names" kinda gives you some cover. If a potential employer ever asked me for my Facebook password, I can plausibly say that I have no Facebook account, which they can verify by searching under my real name.
If your password manager lives on your own computer, and you don't access it remotely, you have little to worry about. That is, unless you're the kind of person that has to worry about someone willing to break into your home and install a key-logger. This is not a problem for the vast majority of users. Regardless, it's a much better solution than using the same simple password for everything.
Mac OS has come with a very good password manager since at least 2002, (that's how far back my passwords go, anyway), and it's trivial to use it to generate unique passwords, which is what I do for every account I sign up for. I've never had an account compromised in all that time, yet almost everyone else I know has.
I think most doctors believe its beneficial but I also think they somehow see acetaminophen opiate formulations as some kind of bulwark against abuse.
That is, in large part, why it's in there. But, a lot of people are unaware of of acetaminophen's toxicity, and others will use it anyway, out of desperation, making it the "denatured alcohol" of drug prohibition. Instead of Jake leg, you get liver failure.
Myself, I won't take anything except aspirin when I want a simple over-the-counter pain reliever, and always insist on acetaminophen-free opiates.
Soon, you won't be able to. Already, you can't buy a new car without all of that crap, and you can't get Photoshop without connecting yourself to Adobe's servers. TVs are next, and soon enough, everybody selling any kind of appliance will be implementing some kind of so-called "smart" technology, so that shit won't work without an internet connection. Better stock up on appliances now.
Right, what he said. Vacuum-sealing doesn't work, nor does trying to hide the odor among more pungent odors. You can't fool a dog's nose. What you can do is encourage a dog to alert, even when it detects no drugs, (or whatever it's been trained to alert for).
This is great news! (at least for Americans). See? We are not the only idiots denying climate change. Take that, rest of the World!
"If its so fucking efficient then why do they keep needing to take other people's money to make it practical?"
It's because too many lazy assholes won't get out of their cars and take the bus. And yeah, government funds are inevitably mismanaged. The truth is, most government funds are intermingled, whatever their intended use was. That's why Social Security is "broke." They spent the money on other shit.
Where can I find a vacuum transistor tester. They took all of the tube testers out of the front of my local Radio Shack years ago, will they be replaced?
Yeah, and if you think it's a bitch to replace a burnt-out tube in your amp...
Yep. This is what happens when metaphors are taken literally. It's a bad precedent for the next "War on [blank]"
How about a taco that craps ice cream?
Yeah! They could call it the Choco Taco, or something. Eh, it would never work....
I haven't watched television at home for decades, don't listen to commercial radio, and have used ad blocking almost from the day ads began to appear on the web. I hate advertising. Yet, I see enough advertising in my daily life that I'm aware of brands that I've never used, and probably never will. People like to think they're immune to advertising, (I was one of them), but the fact is, we are all influenced in some degree by advertising.
without mentioning the elastic definitions of "permission" used at times on the Internet.
Exactly. The permission will be buried at the end of a long Terms of Service Agreement the customer has to click on.
You know, I just had the experience last night, of not being able to use my PS3 until I downloaded and installed an update. And to get the update, I of course had to click on the Terms of Service Agreement. It's not like you have much of a choice.
Yes, this. I have long thought that the DEA's focus should be turned away from recreational drugs, and towards antibiotics. Antibiotic abuse, (mostly by factory farming operations), is a very real threat to society, unlike recreational drug use, plus, the drug warriors wouldn't have to fight legalization out of fear of losing their jobs.
And yes, we need to reduce our germophobia, as well.
Yes, I was going to add that, and 'government and corporate snooping' to divinity's comment. Remember when paranoids used to think their TV was spying on them? Their worse nightmare is coming true. The time is coming when you won't be able to buy anything but a "smart TV." And, we've seen the stuff they're already trying pull with those. It will likely be the same with other appliances.
A lot of the "teeth" have been removed from many regulators over the years, in order to prevent their "interfering" with Big Business. That also helps explain part of the recent financial crisis, as banking regulators were carefully de-fanged over the last thirty years. Also, what Trepidity said.