Call it the Department of Defense. Then we can call the offensive military services the Department of War. Let's just call a spade a spade and stop this Orwellian pussy-footing around.
He cuts the departments that cost the least and, along with HHS, do the most good for the country. How about axing DHS and the war department?
Some of Commerce's functions are mandated by the U.S. Constitution: Patents, Copyrights, Census, NIST (weigths and measures) What happens to them?
Ron Paul is a nut job. I love him, but he's still a nut job.
ASF will (IMO) take anything any company wants to foist upon it. Look at the RogueWave-contributed stdcxx project (a C++ standard library) that was receiving contributions from the Sun/Oracle compiler team. The developer mailing list has been virtually silent. It's a dead project now.
The last post was back in June about Pathscale forking it to simplify the development and contribution model. The June discussion is more telling if you realize that one of the participants (Teleman) is from Sun/Oracle.
I am very happy that I don't do C++ development on Solaris any more.
How many of the parts for these weapons systems have "Made in China" stamped on them? Or "made in Israel"? Or wherever. The entire world is out to infiltrate the U.S. military.
The book reviews in my local independent book store are all done by the people trying to sell the books. They are not exactly unbiased. (Or, more accurately, they are not reviewed by many people with a wide variety of biases some of which I may share.)
Politicians do not get enough kickbacks (I mean "campaign contributions") from the Basic Research crowd. Until this fundamental deficiency is addressed, the lack of public funding for basic research will not improve.
In the U.S., most people's savings are in their homes and in their investment accounts (401K, IRA, personal investment account). Some older folks still have defined-benefit pensions. (These defined-benefit pensions are not so well-defined anymore.) People do have savings accounts at the bank, but they have a negative ROI (interest - inflation - currency devaluation).
There is a simple answer to all of this. Hold legal entities financially liable for security breaches. Companies will need to buy insurance to cover this liability. Insurance companies will set rates based on practices that actually, verifiably work to reduce security breaches. Companies will have a financial incentive to implement those practices.
Problem solved.
Until there is a strong financial incentive to implement practices that work to reduce security breaches, this will not ever be fixed.
That was my first thought -- "How do we know this isn't a trick like in Ender's Game?"
I was going to say "because we have journalists covering it and would see reports in the media." But I see your point. Here in the U.S., our best news reports are on a comedy channel.
This map is a joke. Wishful thinking at best. Qwest is shown in my neighborhood as providing 3-6Mbps down. Go to their site and type in the exact same address that I did and you'll find they offer up to 768Kbps down. My wireless broadband carrier is showing the same thing (3-6Mbps). Yet they only offer up to 2.5Mbps in my neighborhood, and you'll only get 500kbps during prime time (making Netflix unwatchable).
Here's why the map is really a joke. It asks for feedback -- "crowd-sourcing" they say. However, you can only provide feedback as to whether the provider actually serves the area, not whether the bandwidth numbers are accurate. It seems they do not want all of the facts, just some of them.
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That is an excellent question. Here are some follow-ups:
What other ways do we have to acheive the same goals in a modern society?
Has it outlived its usefulness and should it be repealed?
Well said. I was just about to post this:
Call it the Department of Defense. Then we can call the offensive military services the Department of War. Let's just call a spade a spade and stop this Orwellian pussy-footing around.
I guess tht makes me a union man. Really, I never understood what that term meant. (ACM - Look it up if you don't get it.)
He cuts the departments that cost the least and, along with HHS, do the most good for the country. How about axing DHS and the war department? Some of Commerce's functions are mandated by the U.S. Constitution: Patents, Copyrights, Census, NIST (weigths and measures) What happens to them? Ron Paul is a nut job. I love him, but he's still a nut job.
ASF will (IMO) take anything any company wants to foist upon it. Look at the RogueWave-contributed stdcxx project (a C++ standard library) that was receiving contributions from the Sun/Oracle compiler team. The developer mailing list has been virtually silent. It's a dead project now.
The last post was back in June about Pathscale forking it to simplify the development and contribution model. The June discussion is more telling if you realize that one of the participants (Teleman) is from Sun/Oracle.
I am very happy that I don't do C++ development on Solaris any more.
How many of the parts for these weapons systems have "Made in China" stamped on them? Or "made in Israel"? Or wherever. The entire world is out to infiltrate the U.S. military.
Are you are troll or just stupid?
False dichotomy.
There is a very slight difference between the Democratic and Republican parties in U.S. governance. You're witnessing it here.
Being a billionaire would attract a lot of women regardless of how you look. [Emphasis mine]
I don't think that gender matters much here.
You created a great site here. I think I've had it up on every computer I have ever owned or used since 1997. Good times. Thanks a bunch, Taco.
The book reviews in my local independent book store are all done by the people trying to sell the books. They are not exactly unbiased. (Or, more accurately, they are not reviewed by many people with a wide variety of biases some of which I may share.)
So, you are suggesting that taxes be voluntary? Care to elaborate on how that might work?
Politicians do not get enough kickbacks (I mean "campaign contributions") from the Basic Research crowd. Until this fundamental deficiency is addressed, the lack of public funding for basic research will not improve.
Reason #1 why no U.S. politician wants to cut defense spending right there.
In the U.S., most people's savings are in their homes and in their investment accounts (401K, IRA, personal investment account). Some older folks still have defined-benefit pensions. (These defined-benefit pensions are not so well-defined anymore.) People do have savings accounts at the bank, but they have a negative ROI (interest - inflation - currency devaluation).
1. Iraq
2. Afghanistan
3. Libya
4. Yemen
5. Drugs
6. Poverty (lost)
7. Terrorism
8. Iran (Cyber)
9. Cuba (Economic)
I'm probably forgetting a few.
10. Pakistan (pardon us while we bomb your sovereign territory).
So, yes, three wars. For a surprisingly high value of three.
There is a simple answer to all of this. Hold legal entities financially liable for security breaches. Companies will need to buy insurance to cover this liability. Insurance companies will set rates based on practices that actually, verifiably work to reduce security breaches. Companies will have a financial incentive to implement those practices.
Problem solved.
Until there is a strong financial incentive to implement practices that work to reduce security breaches, this will not ever be fixed.
Is it me, or is it getting a bit warm on such a fine, sunny day?
Use HTML4 and Flash. That's good enough for everyone that matters. :-)
Anyone buying Sun hardware knows where the increased revenue is coming from...
That was my first thought -- "How do we know this isn't a trick like in Ender's Game?"
I was going to say "because we have journalists covering it and would see reports in the media." But I see your point. Here in the U.S., our best news reports are on a comedy channel.
Just for you: http://effbot.org/zone/ponies.htm
This map is a joke. Wishful thinking at best. Qwest is shown in my neighborhood as providing 3-6Mbps down. Go to their site and type in the exact same address that I did and you'll find they offer up to 768Kbps down. My wireless broadband carrier is showing the same thing (3-6Mbps). Yet they only offer up to 2.5Mbps in my neighborhood, and you'll only get 500kbps during prime time (making Netflix unwatchable).
Here's why the map is really a joke. It asks for feedback -- "crowd-sourcing" they say. However, you can only provide feedback as to whether the provider actually serves the area, not whether the bandwidth numbers are accurate. It seems they do not want all of the facts, just some of them.
You can't discuss ethics on an empty stomach.
You cannot understand ethics unless you have lived for a while with an empty stomach.
Which city is closest to the center of the Earth?
Since Earth is an oblate spheroid, it would probably be the most northern or southern coastal city on Earth.
This is probably it (city > 1000 people): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longyearbyen