Naturally that implies that UKUSA/Echelon is morally equivalent to those nasty totalitarians, but it wouldn't surprise me if EVERY/b> country with enough money is slurping at the fiber optic fire hose.
Foreigners in this country (whether legal or illegal) *do* deserve extra scrutiny from our security services, and they *don't* deserve the same quantity or quality of protections as do US citizens.
(The questions then become those of degree and scale, and the answers aren't simple.)
What, pray tell, is the BRIC currency? Thus, it can't replace the dollar.
Brazil: don't know enough about.
Russia: a failing kleptocracy.
India: mired in poverty, corruption and incompetence that is inconceivable in the West.
China: going to implode in about 20 years because of it's aging crisis. Hell, it might implode in 10 years because Chinese are becoming more prosperous -- and thus demanding higher wages and better safety and environmental regulation, which jack up costs -- while low wage manufacturing moving to Vietnam.
But it will give the US a chance to reboot and become something better
No it won't. To many people want something for nothing.
I'm pretty sure they did that 100 years ago. Most trains I see nowadays -- if they aren't pulling tank cars -- pull container cars: lifted off of the ship onto the train and then off the train onto a trailer. Note the progression from huge to large to small.
Still, roads are 1000x more flexible than rails, and if you can't see that, you need to clean your glasses.
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I was hoping more for Insightful instead of Funny.
There aren't even many Linux Zealots left.
No need to gloat when you've conquered the world.
Since the original BSD license is a year (1988) older than the GPL v1, it's not possible for BSD to have been released under the GPL.
Don't forget Russia, PRC and Iran.
Naturally that implies that UKUSA/Echelon is morally equivalent to those nasty totalitarians, but it wouldn't surprise me if EVERY/b> country with enough money is slurping at the fiber optic fire hose.
Post NSA, I try to avoid Google services.
Since the NSA has been around for 60 years, and Google for 14, what exactly do you mean by "Post NSA"?
not much if you're in the USA, quite a bit if you're not and behind an ISP NAT
What if you're in the USA and not behind an ISP NAT?
BTW, WTH does ISP NATting have to do with this?
most end points are likely run by the likes of the NSA and FBI...
Then why isn't the FBI rounding up scads of drug buyers and paedophiles on a daily basis?
Tin-foil Hat Boy says, "because they *are* drug pushers and paedophiles", but that's a stretch.
it does have an obligation to respect universal rights, regardless of citizenship.
There are no universal rights; there are only those which have been bought with blood in violent struggle.
Foreigners in this country (whether legal or illegal) *do* deserve extra scrutiny from our security services, and they *don't* deserve the same quantity or quality of protections as do US citizens.
(The questions then become those of degree and scale, and the answers aren't simple.)
You're a citizen of the world, aren't you?
Have you forgotten that "spying on foreigners" is what countries *do*, and have done since civilizations got big enough to bump into one another?
Collected until demonstrated boring.
Don't tell me you're as Stupid as you are Cowardly.
They're not US Citizens and therefore don't fall under the protection of the US Constitution.
I'd be disappointed if the FSB, "MI5" and Chinese MSS aren't trying to do the same to the US.
There's more going on here than a city semi-reasonably fighting a domain squatter.
who would ever want this?!
Each and every spy and law enforcement agency larger than the county sheriff.
BRIC is set to replace the dollar.
What, pray tell, is the BRIC currency? Thus, it can't replace the dollar.
Brazil: don't know enough about.
Russia: a failing kleptocracy.
India: mired in poverty, corruption and incompetence that is inconceivable in the West.
China: going to implode in about 20 years because of it's aging crisis. Hell, it might implode in 10 years because Chinese are becoming more prosperous -- and thus demanding higher wages and better safety and environmental regulation, which jack up costs -- while low wage manufacturing moving to Vietnam.
But it will give the US a chance to reboot and become something better
No it won't. To many people want something for nothing.
although I'm pretty sure that you've obtained the 1000x figure by means of rectal extraction
You're right. It's "only" 4374784 / 224792 = 19.46x more flexible. Although the network effect might make it 19.46x(19.46-1) = 359.23x more flexible.
the drivers will be expensive compared to alternatives
Sooo... automated trucks.
and so will hydrocarbon fuel
It' already been well established for decades that it's stunningly cheaper to move a ton of cargo by rail compared to truck.
That pesky flexibility thing, though, keeps commercial trucking in business.
I hope US influence implodes -- we need freedom and democracy again.
And then which economically powerful countries will hold greatest sway?
I'm pretty sure they did that 100 years ago. Most trains I see nowadays -- if they aren't pulling tank cars -- pull container cars: lifted off of the ship onto the train and then off the train onto a trailer. Note the progression from huge to large to small.
Still, roads are 1000x more flexible than rails, and if you can't see that, you need to clean your glasses.
Who has a 1TB repository? Even 200GB is 15 shades of ginormous.
How so? (The tracks still don't run everywhere that roads do.)
The VAX uses the 32-bit MACRO-32 assembler.
Less skilled microprocessor design team, and less up to date processes, are now good enough. ... That is very bad for intel's profit margins.
Then why is AMD losing money hand over fist while Intel is raking in the cash?
all Intel's current problems
With US$18Bn in cash and other marketable securities, sales of US$53.3Bn and net income of $11.0Bn, I'll take Intel's problems any day.
The only reason there's so many truckers in the US is because...
1) roads go where the people are, train tracks don't;
2) a truck can be either big or small, and can leave whenever you want.
Trains are great for carrying bulk goods on fixed schedules, but there's much more to society than that.
Huh?