Frankly, not every biological intelligence wastes neural capacity on politics, let alone political slander-mongery, so yeah, it's reasonable to point out the political bias inherent in the question, let alone question its value as some kind of politically-correct faux-Turing test.
As long as they don't have species preservation logic, we're OK. All of our emotions and logic is based strictly on species preservation and expansion.
So, as long as computers don't get horny, we're safe?
I think you may be right. I saw a documentary about this.
And, by the massively transformative process of quadruple ROT-26 (after base64 encoding, and followed by base64 decoding), they are creating derivative data which is ALL THEIRS. THEIRS THEIRS THEIRS ALL THEIRS MWAHAHAHA!
And a trade secret, too, so completely immune to your puny powers of "Freedom of Information" and "Data Rights".
I am reassured that although we now understand better the molecular interactions between top-grade extra virgin olive oil and an extravecchio balsamic vinegar, the mysteries of the delightful concoction created by forcibly mixing the two are still untouched.
Explain a good salad dressing down to the quantum level, and it will still be good beyond human comprehension.
There are exceptions. Unless it's a capital offense or child sexual abuse, or "continuing and uninterrupted offenses" (fugitive from the law, possession of counterfeit money, etc.) the maximum appears to be 10 years.
With one eye-catching exception:
In cases of defrauding the United States, if the fraud was related to a contract, property, or other claim with the Department of Defense (eg, Navy, Air Force, Marines, or Army) and the US is at war, the statute of limitations does not begin to run until after hostilities have ended. 18 USC 3287.
So... all we need is for the government to assert that the camera was actually military property (by some tortured extension of the relationship between NASA and the DoD, or by the fact that Mitchell was a Navy Officer at the time of the offense), and that the United States has been at a continuous state of war since the time of the offense.
Judging from how the government has been treating other civil rights, I could definitely imagine it arguing for that latter point. Haven't we been in a state of undeclared war since 1950 or something? I mean, we've always been at war with Eastasia. ALWAYS.
Of course, IANAL, and this is all speculation. But there is a Federal Statute of Limitations, and it would take some kind of brass to just handwave it away.
By the logic of "It makes going after the Bad Guys* tougher!"
*"Bad Guys" is whomever the government says at the moment. Having to designate "Bad Guys" and stick to that designation also makes going after the Bad Guys harder.
This logic has the basic underpinnings of one of my 5-year-old twins yelling "That's not fair!" because I give both of the twins exactly and scrupulously the same treatment, but he wants favorable treatment. (For instance, both kids getting exactly the same amount of ice cream, but he wants more than his sister.)
This one. Assuming the gov goes through with funding the human-rating process and any engineering changes needed. I guess some seed money has already gone to ULA to kickstart the process.
always brings to mind the iron bed of Procrustes. So, to make this "prodigy" "fit", we'd have to cut his intellect down to size. A task, I believe, public education is well-suited for.
And by "we" you mean non-slashdotters, of course. Let's be realistic here. The only hot chicks we can get are at KFC, and those are deep-fried, and we are unfortunately smart enough to know they're lying when they talk about the number of herbs and spices they're using.
Being a geek is a sad and lonely life, and being a Yank isn't much compensation.
From JulDes' user page and contributions, I see no reason to assume he or she is part of the Evil Astrolabe Cabal, either.
Other than the fact that every single contribution is focused on inserting information about the importance and notability of Thomas G. Shanks as the author of "The most extensive collection of timezone and daylight saving time history data has been published by Thomas Shanks in two volumes The American Atlas (1978) and The International Atlas (1985)." (quoting JulDes' interpolation into the Wikipedia article "Time Zone".)
The account was created on 3 September and all contributions were on that day or the next.
I've actually had leadership-types ask me, straight-faced and very upset, "Why did you let me ignore those warnings you've been sending me?"
There is, of course, no answer. (Well, there are answers, but they're pretty dickish: "I tried mind control, but apparently you have no mind." Or "I'm not your mommy, Major." And by "dickish", I mean "likely to get my uniformed ass into correctional custody." To quote Coulton, "Code Monkey not say it out loud; Code Monkey not crazy, just proud")
This blog article has an analysis of the action. It appears, essentially, that Astrolabe publishes an altas that the tz database is based on (in terms of reproducing time zone information from the atlas in the db):
Defendant Olson's unauthorized reproduction of the Works have been published at ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/tzarchive.qz, where the references to historic international time zone data is replete with references to the fact that the source for this information is, indeed, the ACS Atlas.
I thought the issue of whether you could copyright facts (e.g., phone numbers, timezone values for specific locations) was already settled law.
Slashdot Mirror
Sectoids are just flunkies and puppets. We all know the real threat are the Ethereals.
Whose bases are all underground. Probably interconnected by tunnels.
NOW IT ALL MAKES SENSE!
I see that yet again, Dilbert has pioneered critical storage technologies.
Frankly, not every biological intelligence wastes neural capacity on politics, let alone political slander-mongery, so yeah, it's reasonable to point out the political bias inherent in the question, let alone question its value as some kind of politically-correct faux-Turing test.
As long as they don't have species preservation logic, we're OK. All of our emotions and logic is based strictly on species preservation and expansion.
So, as long as computers don't get horny, we're safe?
I think you may be right. I saw a documentary about this.
Geez, give them a brake. Save your rage for spammers and trolls trying to pedal they're shoddy ideas.
(Ouch. My inner English teacher is wincing and glaring at me right now.)
No, actually, they stumbled into the treasure trove of all that data when Santa signed up for Facebook.
Now he's not the only one who knows if you've been bad or good. Damn FB game apps leaking all kinds of information back to FB.
And, by the massively transformative process of quadruple ROT-26 (after base64 encoding, and followed by base64 decoding), they are creating derivative data which is ALL THEIRS. THEIRS THEIRS THEIRS ALL THEIRS MWAHAHAHA!
And a trade secret, too, so completely immune to your puny powers of "Freedom of Information" and "Data Rights".
That's an interesting observation. It's an international IP harmonization treaty counterfeiting the appearance of a trade agreement.
The irony is so massive I'm surprised it doesn't cause to Sun to collapse like a type II supernova.
I am reassured that although we now understand better the molecular interactions between top-grade extra virgin olive oil and an extravecchio balsamic vinegar, the mysteries of the delightful concoction created by forcibly mixing the two are still untouched.
Explain a good salad dressing down to the quantum level, and it will still be good beyond human comprehension.
Well, let's consider the Federal Statute of limitations.
This page has a summary.
The basic Fed statute of limitations is 5 years.
There are exceptions. Unless it's a capital offense or child sexual abuse, or "continuing and uninterrupted offenses" (fugitive from the law, possession of counterfeit money, etc.) the maximum appears to be 10 years.
With one eye-catching exception:
So... all we need is for the government to assert that the camera was actually military property (by some tortured extension of the relationship between NASA and the DoD, or by the fact that Mitchell was a Navy Officer at the time of the offense), and that the United States has been at a continuous state of war since the time of the offense.
Judging from how the government has been treating other civil rights, I could definitely imagine it arguing for that latter point. Haven't we been in a state of undeclared war since 1950 or something? I mean, we've always been at war with Eastasia. ALWAYS.
Of course, IANAL, and this is all speculation. But there is a Federal Statute of Limitations, and it would take some kind of brass to just handwave it away.
Just wait around, eventually they will be water boarding little school girls for their tax revenue stream.
FTFY.
By what logic is the judge ignoring the law?
By the logic of "It makes going after the Bad Guys* tougher!"
*"Bad Guys" is whomever the government says at the moment. Having to designate "Bad Guys" and stick to that designation also makes going after the Bad Guys harder.
This logic has the basic underpinnings of one of my 5-year-old twins yelling "That's not fair!" because I give both of the twins exactly and scrupulously the same treatment, but he wants favorable treatment. (For instance, both kids getting exactly the same amount of ice cream, but he wants more than his sister.)
And a few moments of Google-fu yields this article about man-rating the proposed LV for the X-37C platform.
This one. Assuming the gov goes through with funding the human-rating process and any engineering changes needed. I guess some seed money has already gone to ULA to kickstart the process.
Was, a flying mouse? I thought they were quieter. Maybe a little squeaky, but not "Whooshy".
There's a well known correlation between your body's acidity and your intelligence, not to mention your relevancy.
I've submitted several times, and never been accepted, but I'm not bitter.
Yes, NSA, where they do electronic, communications, and computer intelligence processing. And only that.
As opposed to NGA, or NRO, both of which are involved with imagery intel.
Try to get your agencies right.
always brings to mind the iron bed of Procrustes. So, to make this "prodigy" "fit", we'd have to cut his intellect down to size. A task, I believe, public education is well-suited for.
For example, the word "psikhushka" could bring a shudder of remembered revulsion to many Soviet-era dissidents.
In the eyes of an oppressive government, "Dissent" is "Deviance" and must be treated...for the good of the Citizen, as well as for the State.
At the end of that long hall awaits Room 101.
And by "we" you mean non-slashdotters, of course. Let's be realistic here. The only hot chicks we can get are at KFC, and those are deep-fried, and we are unfortunately smart enough to know they're lying when they talk about the number of herbs and spices they're using.
Being a geek is a sad and lonely life, and being a Yank isn't much compensation.
From JulDes' user page and contributions, I see no reason to assume he or she is part of the Evil Astrolabe Cabal, either.
Other than the fact that every single contribution is focused on inserting information about the importance and notability of Thomas G. Shanks as the author of "The most extensive collection of timezone and daylight saving time history data has been published by Thomas Shanks in two volumes The American Atlas (1978) and The International Atlas (1985)." (quoting JulDes' interpolation into the Wikipedia article "Time Zone".)
The account was created on 3 September and all contributions were on that day or the next.
Yeah. smells like sockpuppet from where I stand.
The mod system did a very good job of driving me away from /. as a whole, which was probably its intended job the way it was constructed.
And yet here you are, commenting. It looks like the moderation system isn't really trying hard enough to drive you away.
Thanks for your feedback.
I've actually had leadership-types ask me, straight-faced and very upset, "Why did you let me ignore those warnings you've been sending me?"
There is, of course, no answer. (Well, there are answers, but they're pretty dickish: "I tried mind control, but apparently you have no mind." Or "I'm not your mommy, Major." And by "dickish", I mean "likely to get my uniformed ass into correctional custody." To quote Coulton, "Code Monkey not say it out loud; Code Monkey not crazy, just proud")
They didn't have to raise the speed of light; they just raised it a semitone.
That's right. The universal constant for the speed of light is c#.
This blog article has an analysis of the action. It appears, essentially, that Astrolabe publishes an altas that the tz database is based on (in terms of reproducing time zone information from the atlas in the db):
I thought the issue of whether you could copyright facts (e.g., phone numbers, timezone values for specific locations) was already settled law.