I think it's a quibble to say that politics haven't played a role in the nomination and confirmations of Negroponte and McConnell, among others. Neither of those are working at NSA in any capacity. Negroponte is the Deputy Secretary of State and before that he was the Director of National Intelligence. Neither position is in the National Security Agency. Mike McConnell is the current Director of National Intelligence, having previously served as the Director of the NSA having been appointed as such by the Department of Defense like any other flag command position in the military commanded by a general or admiral. But that still doesn't make anyone at NSA a political appointee. It would be like saying that since Richard Carmona was appointed Surgeon General from his position as chairman of the State of Arizona Southern Regional Emergency Medical System (ASREMS) that the ASREMS has political appointees in it. Absurd.
The NSA is a DoD agency with no vacancies that are filled by political appointment. There are NO political appointees in it. None. Not a one. Not now. Not ever.
That's a good question. Where do Russian techies hang out? I know Live Journal is very popular there. Maybe somewhere there? Anyone know of a good Russian social tech site like Slashdot?
All personnel on Gitmo use the same ISP and have the same IP. The US government provides all communications links to/from there. How do you know this edit was not made by one of the children of the soldiers who are stationed there? It's not like they can get a private account from a Cuban company or any other commercial provider. They HAVE to use the US government links. There's no proof the PAO officer did this.
And your number 5 was not actually edited by anyone in Guantanamo, but is vandalism by someone with a Romanian IP. The fact that it is included in the article in an attempt to smear the Guantanamo poster is propaganda of another sort.
For comparisons' sake I would like to see the same graph of percentage vs turnout in the presidential race for Florida counties in 2000 and Ohio counties in 2004.
BTW, when I was a kid and compilations of hits by cover groups was common (sorta like "Kidz Bop" now is) rarely would compilations of the original songs be offered on TV due to the high costs of getting the licenses. But I remember one TV offer in particular that was a group of recent hits and the name of the cover group was "The Original Artists." The come-on was something like: "20 of 19xx's greatest hits all by 'The Original Artists." I still LOL over the marketing slimeball that came up with that one.
So if you shot a powerful positron beam at something and also shot a powerful electron beam at it also, would you have a continuous antimatter explosion at the crossover point?
Without a model release signed by the girl (and her parents if under 18) the counselor will lose the case. Use of someone's image in a commercial context requires a model release from any identifiable people in the image.
Isn't anything sacred to these people?" Yes, there is something sacred to them. Money.
U.S. branded GI Joe's may not sell as well outside the US as a multinational task force would.
I would like to see school systems that provide the same resources to students in inner cities (who are mostly minorities) that are provided to richer students in the suburbs. The school system with the highest spending per student schooled is the DC public school system. More money won't help.
You are reading that wrong. The phrase "The Congress shall have power... to promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries" is answering the what and how, not the why and what.
What can they do? They can "promote the progress of science and useful arts." How can they do that or by what means are they authorized to do that (since the document is stating the powers the the people are delegating to the Congress)? Answer - They are authorized to provide for "securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries."
It is not answering the questions like you have read them. What can they do? They can provide for "securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries." Why can they do that? In order "to promote the progress of science and useful arts." This "what" isn't telling Congress what power is being delegated to them.
There are no extra-terrestrial rovers that have lasted 90 days that I remember.... If you know of any counterexamples, please let me know. Lunokhod-1 lasted 322 days roving for 10.5 km on the moon in 1970-71.
Lunokhod-2 lasted for four months and explored 37 km in 1973.
I recall there was a conscious decision back in the Reagan Administration to get the Patent Office to approve many more patent applications. The corporations had complained that the USPTO was being too rigid and denying too many patent applications so the word came down to allow more patents and if there was a problem the problem would be decided in the courts rather than by a patent examiner. The goal was to move the burden of making the decisions about patent applicability away from bureaucrats and onto the courts. It didn't just happen -- it was a conscious decision to "free up the process."
The difference is that Telmex *IS* a competitive and efficient company. If it wasn't for Slim's investment in telecom infrastructure, we mexicans would still be calling the state-driven phone company to complain that our 24K modems disconnect too often. I do remember those times... There's a logic fallacy in your argument. I could just as easily say: "The difference is that Microsoft *IS* a competitive and efficient company. If it wasn't for Gate's investment in GUI-based operating systems for personal computers, we Americans would still be using a command-line interface to telenet into mainframes when we needed to use a computer. I do remember those times... " And if I did, I would probably be as wrong about how the future of PCs played out over the last 20 years as you are about how the future of the Mexican telecom industry played out over the same period. If not Gates then someone else. If not Slim, then someone else.
But for Fitzgerald to prosecute Libby he would have had to prove that Libby knew that Plame was covert, since the law specifies that a crime is committed only if the leaker knew of the covert status at the time of the leak -- and he could not do that. Quote:
"Midway through his CIA leak investigation, Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald was pretty sure of two things: First, he wasn't going to charge White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby with revealing a covert operative.... On one hand, they [the documents released last week by Fitzgerald] show that Fitzgerald had no evidence that Libby knew Plame was a covert officer -- and thus he could not be charged under a federal law protecting her identity." Fitzgerald eyed perjury early for Libby
why the affadavit, which has been "released", is not printed in any of the articles? Because they don't want you to see the fax number of a Kinko's in Abilene, Texas printed across the top. And also if you recreate it in Microsoft Word in Times New Roman and all the default settings, import it into Photoshop, and compare it to the original affidavit, it matches precisely!
Really all they have done is allow you to input a waypoint along a route and automatically reroute to get to/from it along your track. It just appears like you are moving the track, when you are really entering a waypoint. This would be considered innovative if we still lived in 1998.
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The NSA is a DoD agency with no vacancies that are filled by political appointment. There are NO political appointees in it. None. Not a one. Not now. Not ever.
>Staffed and run by a lot of political appointees. There are no -- as in none -- political appointees at NSA. Not a one.
I know some good ol' boys in Eastern Tennessee who make ethanol from corn mash for less than $1 a gallon. Been doin' it for decades.
A SIM card is removeable storage is it not? The amount of data it stores is small, but it stores data and is removeable.
Let me see your e-mails from 2001-2003.
"Let he who is without sin throw the first stone."
Weren't White House e-mails reconstructed from erased tapes in the Paula Jones lawsuit?
That's a good question. Where do Russian techies hang out? I know Live Journal is very popular there. Maybe somewhere there? Anyone know of a good Russian social tech site like Slashdot?
http://www.slashdot.ru/
Of course it exists.
All personnel on Gitmo use the same ISP and have the same IP. The US government provides all communications links to/from there. How do you know this edit was not made by one of the children of the soldiers who are stationed there? It's not like they can get a private account from a Cuban company or any other commercial provider. They HAVE to use the US government links. There's no proof the PAO officer did this.
And your number 5 was not actually edited by anyone in Guantanamo, but is vandalism by someone with a Romanian IP. The fact that it is included in the article in an attempt to smear the Guantanamo poster is propaganda of another sort.
For comparisons' sake I would like to see the same graph of percentage vs turnout in the presidential race for Florida counties in 2000 and Ohio counties in 2004.
BTW, when I was a kid and compilations of hits by cover groups was common (sorta like "Kidz Bop" now is) rarely would compilations of the original songs be offered on TV due to the high costs of getting the licenses. But I remember one TV offer in particular that was a group of recent hits and the name of the cover group was "The Original Artists." The come-on was something like: "20 of 19xx's greatest hits all by 'The Original Artists." I still LOL over the marketing slimeball that came up with that one.
So if you shot a powerful positron beam at something and also shot a powerful electron beam at it also, would you have a continuous antimatter explosion at the crossover point?
Without a model release signed by the girl (and her parents if under 18) the counselor will lose the case. Use of someone's image in a commercial context requires a model release from any identifiable people in the image.
Maybe we can finally get a decent lander or rover on Venus.
U.S. branded GI Joe's may not sell as well outside the US as a multinational task force would.
That's not a close-up of the propeller -- THIS is a close-up!
You are reading that wrong. The phrase "The Congress shall have power ... to promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries" is answering the what and how, not the why and what.
What can they do?
They can "promote the progress of science and useful arts."
How can they do that or by what means are they authorized to do that (since the document is stating the powers the the people are delegating to the Congress)?
Answer - They are authorized to provide for "securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries."
It is not answering the questions like you have read them.
What can they do? They can provide for "securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries."
Why can they do that? In order "to promote the progress of science and useful arts." This "what" isn't telling Congress what power is being delegated to them.
Lunokhod-2 lasted for four months and explored 37 km in 1973.
I recall there was a conscious decision back in the Reagan Administration to get the Patent Office to approve many more patent applications. The corporations had complained that the USPTO was being too rigid and denying too many patent applications so the word came down to allow more patents and if there was a problem the problem would be decided in the courts rather than by a patent examiner. The goal was to move the burden of making the decisions about patent applicability away from bureaucrats and onto the courts. It didn't just happen -- it was a conscious decision to "free up the process."
Really all they have done is allow you to input a waypoint along a route and automatically reroute to get to/from it along your track. It just appears like you are moving the track, when you are really entering a waypoint. This would be considered innovative if we still lived in 1998.