I don't see the difference between this and finger printing. If you are going to do either and the person is not found guilty that stuff should all be tossed out.
They don't throw out fingerprints...why do you think they'd throw out DNA?
They already have license to run said 'dragnet' with your fingerprints. I'm as liberal as they come...and I really don't see the issue here. Now, like fingerprints, once charges are dropped, all such collected evidence should be destroyed.
Where did you ever get the idea that your fingerprints once taken are destroyed???
To expand on that, your mug shot and finger prints can't really be used to deny you medical coverage, increase your insurance premiums, or give much insight into your medical history. Your DNA obviously can. With the cost of sequencing going down, it won't be much longer before law enforcement agencies start sequencing your genome rather than just doing the DNA profiling they do now (which wouldn't be able to, say, predict if you were going to develop Huntington's disease or were prone to cancer, while full sequencing will.)
Combine this with the proposed measure that basically creates an ID biometric database within the current versions of the Immigration Reform polices in the Senate right now, and Voila!! You now have a complete biometric dossier on just about every citizen.
It's only a matter of time.
Didn't anybody tell the Govt. that the book 1984 was supposed to be a work of fiction, and not a roadmap for the future?
IN the book there was no Carousel...geez, they really fucked up a great story with THAT movie adaptation. They completely blew off the coolness that was "the gun" in the book. Where was the homer?
You know...I like many of Dick's stories, and some of the movies from them have been very interesting....I've never really seen the appeal of Blade Runner, certainly not enough for a sequel.
Granted, I saw it in the theater when it came out, and I was expecting more of a Star Wars thing, due to the time in history and at that time it was about all I'd ever seen Harrison Ford in)...so, I was confused and kinda disappointed, and possibly that has carried on in some small way into adulthood. While I've seen the movie as an adult, I've not seen it in a couple decades at least.
Perhaps I need to watch it again. I've heard there are director and other cuts that might make it a bit better movie...not sure which version is the definitive to watch.
But anyway, even with that...I just never saw it as that great of a movie, not that breakthrough...just seemed dull honestly.
I much more support "GMO-free" labeling, like we have "organic" labeling.
Interesting point...sadly since it is so prevalent, you may have the best idea here, show was is NOT GMO, with the assumption that pretty much everything else is.
Perhaps I shouldn't have said follow along and ban them.
But I do support fully, the labelling requirements so that the US consumer has the option of where to spend their $$'s....if they want GMO, fine. Just make it easier to make an informed decision.
I'm usually VERY opposed to the govt intervening on what you can and cannot consume, and I'll still support that here. But I do want to KNOW what I'm potentially purchasing, and that seems reasonable and fair.
Labeling laws haven't hurt seafood sales or production, it shouldn't hurt for the same on our produce!!
If so many other countries are banning GMO foods, why aren't we in the US seriously considering this? If nothing else, why don't we at least label foods as GMO, so the consumer can decide?
Hell, Bloomberg and others want lables on every french fry that comes out of a fast food joint, why is there so much pushback on the more raw ingredient foodstuffs?
We're gonna start labeling meat from source to shelf, why not GMO foods?
Hmm...seems this company can't figure out what the problem is....
That most gun owners don't WANT this type of tech, that could potentially bork and not allow you to fire at a critical moment.
A gun works JUST fine now....simple, mechanical, etc.
And by the way...can those folks in MA either vote out said congressman putting that bill forth, or just contain such laws to your state if you want them that way?
Sheesh, if this type thing comes about, I guess we'll see more efforts like recent ones, to have states certify guns make and labeled for "in state sales only" to get around the Feds being able to mess with and regulate them.
Most people will do what it takes to get what they want in life...period.
Lying to women to get laid...check
Speeding to get a delivery made quicker and have low turnaround time....check
Checking your answer on a test with your neighbors'....check
When competition is up for ANYTHING....people that are really driven to succeed, will often do what it takes to win. Sure, I'd say most people prefer to do everything honest and aboveboard (I'm an optimist), but I also think most people that are consistently successful and manage to stay on top of their game in any en devour, have gone outside the 'rules' in order to win (I'm realistic).
I have about 5-6 computers at any given time up and running 24/7 at home. I don't feel like booting them up when I want just jump quickly on them...some for play, some for email sever, webserver...etc.
During summer with the AC running 24/7 for the most part (in New Orleans this lasts from roughly May through November), I'd not even notice a blip on the power bill if I turned the computers off all over the house.
I did try using mutt with IMAP and gmail...and it recaches all the headers EVERY time it polls or connect to gmail..that's what is the PITA I was talking about.
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Having mutt download all 20K+ mails on the folder there every time is just not manageable, and I've not found a way for it to download the headers once, and then only do the new ones as needed.
I first got email on the internet in 1992, and reading them in the order they come in isn't realistic any more: there's simply too much spam and non-important emails. That's why GMail's "Priority Inbox" is such a boon to me: I have it set so that different emails automatically have different tags and priorities set for me, and then the inbox is automatically sorted so that important emails are shown at the top, and unimportant emails are shown farther down, in different categories ("starred", "important", "everything else"). All the mailing list junk gets put in "everything else" and if I feel like looking at it sometime, I can, otherwise it just sits there, and I can see important emails right away in the upper categories.
Hmm...well, I have a few throwaway email accounts that I use for setting up internet stuff, or registering for a contest...etc. I rarely look at those accounts.
My main acct that I do need to read things...Ionly give that out to friends and people that I wish to deal with.
Aside from that...gmail spam catcher is quite good...so, it makes the traffic quite manageable without having separate boxes, or starring or marking this or that...and yes, I still do get a LOT of email (mailing lists, etc).
I need to dig out my old postfix email server again and fire it up at home.
I like the great spam filter gmail uses, but I'm growing tired of everything else.
I'm also tired and weary of Google having all my email they can look through.
I guess I need to reeducate myself on setting up postfix, and finding out what good spam utilities (spam assassin still good?) are good for setting up with it.
I'd like to say mutt....but I can't figure how to hook it to gmail, and not have to spend time downloading EVERY fscking old email on the server (thousands and thousands) each time it polls gmail.
I mean, what is so difficult about reading all my incoming emails in the order I see them...like I've done with email since I first got email on the internet in about '93.
What has changed so much that they need to potentiall fsck up the interface yet again?
I think by now, we've pretty much gotten email front ends and MTA's done about right, not much need for new tinkering that I can fathom.
Relative to their income, they are shirking their responsibility.
What responsibility?
The only responsibility the company has is to its shareholders, and to pay the taxes they legally own by working within the laws in the system.
My only responsibility to the govt/community..is to pay what I own within the system.
If you feel the need to pay more, then by all means, don't bother trying to take all the deductions that you are able to take, and pay more than your fair share.
Fair share is defined by, what you legally owe after all legal deductions.
When you buy stuff, you really should pay the entire cost of that stuff which should include the costs and benefits of the legal, political, education, and infrastructure (roads, communications, etc.) which went into making that stuff. Some of these costs are publicly funded by taxes.
Err, that stuff is already paid for by my:
Local and State Sales Tax
Local and State Property Tax
Local and State Income Tax
Local, State and Federal Gas taxes...
and other taxes I already pay...these pay for my legal, education, infrastructure, etc used for everything.
I dunno WTF I'd want to be paying for political stuff with my taxes though...unless we in the US were to make all political office stuff 100% publicly funded, which I'd support if it would get the big money out of govt.
But that's a different topic.
But corporate taxes...they don't pay for this shit, they just get passed onto the consumer, which in essence means they pay for all these services TWICE.
I think this is mostly going to work on the newer 5D3. It is already doing more long, continuous RAW video shots at 1080p.
I think this is where the prime use of this is going to land. On the lower end cameras, if you're happy with 720p, likely as not you will be able to use those for that at outstanding quality for post, but in the lower resolution.
Limitations seem to be cameras with SD cards only...you need really fast CF cards, and I think they're looking into some sort of CF to cable out adapter, so you could run out to an external recorder, which would really open things up.
It is the always on, always front recording feature that bothers most people.
We're on camera ENOUGH already....I think a lot of people that aren't even that privacy conscious even are concerned about so many live feeds going to Google (or anyone for that matter, since the govt. will have free access to it too).
Meanwhile, Steve in the next cube over is answering the call as he's next in line, he responds to the email that comes in and generally puts forth more effort than you. This is recognized by management. Steve gets a promotion eventually, you do not. Moreover, management sees Steve's fervor, they want more Steves and they hire more Steves. Eventually there is a dip in funds and we have increased costs, someone must go. Who do you think they fire? (Hint: it isn't one of the Steve clones).
Well, you do have to be a very valuable employee or contractor to get your way too.
I am the "Steve" you mentioned in my normal hours working job. If there is an emergency, I wil work, however, when I start a job, W2 or 1099, I state up front and get in writing that I do not work for free, ever. I get paid for every single hour I'm at work, or on call.
Again, my free time is much too valuable to me...and even on some cases, even with compensation being offered, I will turn it down to have MY time with MY friends and MY family....etc.
If they dont' want to go by those rules, well....there ARE always other jobs out there.
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They don't throw out fingerprints...why do you think they'd throw out DNA?
Where did you ever get the idea that your fingerprints once taken are destroyed???
Combine this with the proposed measure that basically creates an ID biometric database within the current versions of the Immigration Reform polices in the Senate right now, and Voila!! You now have a complete biometric dossier on just about every citizen.
It's only a matter of time.
Didn't anybody tell the Govt. that the book 1984 was supposed to be a work of fiction, and not a roadmap for the future?
IN the book there was no Carousel...geez, they really fucked up a great story with THAT movie adaptation. They completely blew off the coolness that was "the gun" in the book. Where was the homer?
Granted, I saw it in the theater when it came out, and I was expecting more of a Star Wars thing, due to the time in history and at that time it was about all I'd ever seen Harrison Ford in)...so, I was confused and kinda disappointed, and possibly that has carried on in some small way into adulthood. While I've seen the movie as an adult, I've not seen it in a couple decades at least.
Perhaps I need to watch it again. I've heard there are director and other cuts that might make it a bit better movie...not sure which version is the definitive to watch.
But anyway, even with that...I just never saw it as that great of a movie, not that breakthrough...just seemed dull honestly.
What am I missing?
In Chicago, they likely still have the same VOTES left in the machines too.....
Interesting point...sadly since it is so prevalent, you may have the best idea here, show was is NOT GMO, with the assumption that pretty much everything else is.
Seems like a strange idea, for a small market...I mean, we've seen how well the inject-able RFID chips have sold....
But I do support fully, the labelling requirements so that the US consumer has the option of where to spend their $$'s....if they want GMO, fine. Just make it easier to make an informed decision.
I'm usually VERY opposed to the govt intervening on what you can and cannot consume, and I'll still support that here. But I do want to KNOW what I'm potentially purchasing, and that seems reasonable and fair.
Labeling laws haven't hurt seafood sales or production, it shouldn't hurt for the same on our produce!!
If so many other countries are banning GMO foods, why aren't we in the US seriously considering this? If nothing else, why don't we at least label foods as GMO, so the consumer can decide?
Hell, Bloomberg and others want lables on every french fry that comes out of a fast food joint, why is there so much pushback on the more raw ingredient foodstuffs?
We're gonna start labeling meat from source to shelf, why not GMO foods?
That most gun owners don't WANT this type of tech, that could potentially bork and not allow you to fire at a critical moment.
A gun works JUST fine now....simple, mechanical, etc.
And by the way...can those folks in MA either vote out said congressman putting that bill forth, or just contain such laws to your state if you want them that way?
Sheesh, if this type thing comes about, I guess we'll see more efforts like recent ones, to have states certify guns make and labeled for "in state sales only" to get around the Feds being able to mess with and regulate them.
Most people will do what it takes to get what they want in life...period.
Lying to women to get laid...check
Speeding to get a delivery made quicker and have low turnaround time....check
Checking your answer on a test with your neighbors'....check
When competition is up for ANYTHING....people that are really driven to succeed, will often do what it takes to win. Sure, I'd say most people prefer to do everything honest and aboveboard (I'm an optimist), but I also think most people that are consistently successful and manage to stay on top of their game in any en devour, have gone outside the 'rules' in order to win (I'm realistic).
I have about 5-6 computers at any given time up and running 24/7 at home. I don't feel like booting them up when I want just jump quickly on them...some for play, some for email sever, webserver...etc.
During summer with the AC running 24/7 for the most part (in New Orleans this lasts from roughly May through November), I'd not even notice a blip on the power bill if I turned the computers off all over the house.
Some I check once in a blue moon, others I just let die and create new ones for registering new sites.
Having mutt download all 20K+ mails on the folder there every time is just not manageable, and I've not found a way for it to download the headers once, and then only do the new ones as needed.
Hmm...well, I have a few throwaway email accounts that I use for setting up internet stuff, or registering for a contest...etc. I rarely look at those accounts.
My main acct that I do need to read things...Ionly give that out to friends and people that I wish to deal with.
Aside from that...gmail spam catcher is quite good...so, it makes the traffic quite manageable without having separate boxes, or starring or marking this or that...and yes, I still do get a LOT of email (mailing lists, etc).
We should make people with kids pay more taxes since they use much more infrastructure...?
I like the great spam filter gmail uses, but I'm growing tired of everything else.
I'm also tired and weary of Google having all my email they can look through.
I guess I need to reeducate myself on setting up postfix, and finding out what good spam utilities (spam assassin still good?) are good for setting up with it.
I'd like to say mutt....but I can't figure how to hook it to gmail, and not have to spend time downloading EVERY fscking old email on the server (thousands and thousands) each time it polls gmail.
No shit.
I mean, what is so difficult about reading all my incoming emails in the order I see them...like I've done with email since I first got email on the internet in about '93.
What has changed so much that they need to potentiall fsck up the interface yet again?
I think by now, we've pretty much gotten email front ends and MTA's done about right, not much need for new tinkering that I can fathom.
What responsibility?
The only responsibility the company has is to its shareholders, and to pay the taxes they legally own by working within the laws in the system.
My only responsibility to the govt/community..is to pay what I own within the system.
If you feel the need to pay more, then by all means, don't bother trying to take all the deductions that you are able to take, and pay more than your fair share.
Fair share is defined by, what you legally owe after all legal deductions.
Err, that stuff is already paid for by my:
Local and State Sales Tax
Local and State Property Tax
Local and State Income Tax
Local, State and Federal Gas taxes...
and other taxes I already pay...these pay for my legal, education, infrastructure, etc used for everything.
I dunno WTF I'd want to be paying for political stuff with my taxes though...unless we in the US were to make all political office stuff 100% publicly funded, which I'd support if it would get the big money out of govt.
But that's a different topic.
But corporate taxes...they don't pay for this shit, they just get passed onto the consumer, which in essence means they pay for all these services TWICE.
I think this is where the prime use of this is going to land. On the lower end cameras, if you're happy with 720p, likely as not you will be able to use those for that at outstanding quality for post, but in the lower resolution.
Limitations seem to be cameras with SD cards only...you need really fast CF cards, and I think they're looking into some sort of CF to cable out adapter, so you could run out to an external recorder, which would really open things up.
We're on camera ENOUGH already....I think a lot of people that aren't even that privacy conscious even are concerned about so many live feeds going to Google (or anyone for that matter, since the govt. will have free access to it too).
JUst my $0.02.
Well, you do have to be a very valuable employee or contractor to get your way too.
I am the "Steve" you mentioned in my normal hours working job. If there is an emergency, I wil work, however, when I start a job, W2 or 1099, I state up front and get in writing that I do not work for free, ever. I get paid for every single hour I'm at work, or on call.
Again, my free time is much too valuable to me...and even on some cases, even with compensation being offered, I will turn it down to have MY time with MY friends and MY family....etc.
If they dont' want to go by those rules, well....there ARE always other jobs out there.