The reality is that that statement it's a reflection of their world, a world in which the nature of threats and how they were faced was very different than it is today. I think it's pretty absurd to speculate about whether George Washington would have wanted John Doe to be able to own an AK-47 in a world where a national military faces off against other nations with F-16s and stealth bombers.
In 2016, individual soldiers wielding AK-47s are still highly-effective -- just look at the tactics being used in Syria.
Or, you know, interpret the second amendment as written and require gun owners to be part of a well regulated militia.
Every US citizen is inherently a member of the militia. "Well-regulated" was historically a synonym for "well-trained," so an actually-Constitutional example of gun control would be something more akin to mandatory marksmanship practice for gun owners.
All I can say is "fuck Gwinnett County!" It's that sort of outrageously stupid suburban attitude that helped convince me to move to Atlanta.
There's no way in Hell I would apply for such a permit as a matter of principle. Either there is no legal justification for such a policy, or what legal justification there is is bullshit and needs to be overturned by the courts.
You mean like free speech, right to bear arms, etc?
Federal laws (including the Constitution do not "permit" things like freedom of speech (for example); they prohibit Congress from infringing upon rights that already naturally exist independently of government. That's why the First Amendment starts with "Congress shall make no law..."
Although it doesn't solve the underlying issue (that people are hypersensitive idiots these days), my recommendation for posting stuff for free on Craigslist is to write in the ad "The item is on the curb. If this ad is still posted, the item is still available. Do not contact me; just take the damn thing."
You don't get it: politicians, especially the corrupt ones, hate FOIA. Properly responding to one without a goddamn court order is closer to a fire-able offense than denying one is!
I have never used Oracle, but I can say that MS SQL Server is pretty convenient to work with if you're hooking it to.NET code via LINQ and developing in Visual Studio. I wouldn't necessarily call that an "advantage," though...
protect good cops who take the appropriate actions but afterwards are second-guessed and told they acted inappropriately
Considering how often police literally get away with murder, I refuse to believe the frequency with which this sort of thing happens is anything more than negligible.
The fact that cops, in general, hate to be filmed by the public is prima-facie evidence that it does need to be counterbalanced. As the saying goes, "if they have nothing to hide, they have nothing to fear" -- and that's a sentiment that legitimately applies to agents of the state, unlike private citizens.
Damn, I screwed up the link. (Actually, it wasn't my fault; Firefox has suddenly stopped including the "http://" in the address bar for non-HTTPS URLs for some reason. WTF, Firefox?) Here's the correct one: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2008/06/carterfone-40-years/
A "digital converter" lets you view a digital signal on an old analog TV. A "cable box" is a bullshit tactic that adds DRM to your cable signal (all it does is replace the functionality of the QAM tuner your TV already has, because the cable company intentionally broke it by encrypting the signal) and inflates the cost by giving the cable company a flimsy excuse to charge extra per-TV fees on top of the already-overpriced subscription itself.
Cable boxes are an attack on consumers and the FCC should never have allowed them to exist in the first place, especially in light of the Carterfone decision (the principles of which should have been applied to cable TV service just as much as to phone service).
So is it secure? Yeah not really. Is this the correct business choice for Comcast? Probably.
It's only the correct business choice because companies are no longer held accountable for products that are blatantly not fit for purpose, but fraudulently marketed as such.
I was with you up to this point. While I wish I could ignore all the shitty decisions other people make, it still affects me because the good choices I want to make become more difficult or impossible. For example, it's probably no longer possible to buy a new car that doesn't spy on you. Even if I keep driving antique cars myself, sooner or later that fact would make me stand out enough that I become trackable anyway.
Not only is that not an excuse, that's a tacit admission that a "wireless security system" is an oxymoron and a fruitless endeavor, and marketing a product as such is tantamount to fraud.
No exhaust gas is ever re-introduced into the intake, as that would completely coat the charge pipe in soot, ruin any O2 sensors, coat the inside of any intercooler that is present and decrease it's operating efficiency, and deprive the engine of oxygen for combustion per unit volume.
At least, not by the turbocharger. That's what the EGR (Exhaust Gas Recirculation) valve is for!
(See also Youtube videos with titles like "How to clean the soot out of your TDI's intake manifold with a blowtorch.")
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Paper dollars are stupid; they wear out too fast. Dollar coins (and maybe $2 and $5 coins) would be much more efficient.
In 2016, individual soldiers wielding AK-47s are still highly-effective -- just look at the tactics being used in Syria.
Every US citizen is inherently a member of the militia. "Well-regulated" was historically a synonym for "well-trained," so an actually-Constitutional example of gun control would be something more akin to mandatory marksmanship practice for gun owners.
All I can say is "fuck Gwinnett County!" It's that sort of outrageously stupid suburban attitude that helped convince me to move to Atlanta.
There's no way in Hell I would apply for such a permit as a matter of principle. Either there is no legal justification for such a policy, or what legal justification there is is bullshit and needs to be overturned by the courts.
Federal laws (including the Constitution do not "permit" things like freedom of speech (for example); they prohibit Congress from infringing upon rights that already naturally exist independently of government. That's why the First Amendment starts with "Congress shall make no law..."
Although it doesn't solve the underlying issue (that people are hypersensitive idiots these days), my recommendation for posting stuff for free on Craigslist is to write in the ad "The item is on the curb. If this ad is still posted, the item is still available. Do not contact me; just take the damn thing."
You don't get it: politicians, especially the corrupt ones, hate FOIA. Properly responding to one without a goddamn court order is closer to a fire-able offense than denying one is!
No, Microsoft is tired of not being able to spy on its users the way Google can.
Also, the fact that Microsoft's software is insecure is it's own damn fault.
We have candidates like that -- e.g. Jon Huntsman in 2012 -- but because they're moderates, they have no chance in the primary.
Well, there's OpenStreetMap, which all third-parties should be using since, as TFA proves, using the Google Maps API is not safe.
In terms of "traditional" SQL, the GGP's answer is wrong because it fails to be atomic. The whole thing needs to be wrapped in a transaction.
It's the same reason why the entirety of Star Wars is an OSHA nightmare (bottomless pits everywhere; no guardails): who the fuck cares, it's a movie!
Wrong federal agency: the Air Force handles that.
That depends: how much coax cable and how many antennas do you have?
I have never used Oracle, but I can say that MS SQL Server is pretty convenient to work with if you're hooking it to .NET code via LINQ and developing in Visual Studio. I wouldn't necessarily call that an "advantage," though...
Yep. I take issue with the proliferation of fixed-position surveillance cameras, but have no problem with body-worn ones.
Considering how often police literally get away with murder, I refuse to believe the frequency with which this sort of thing happens is anything more than negligible.
The fact that cops, in general, hate to be filmed by the public is prima-facie evidence that it does need to be counterbalanced. As the saying goes, "if they have nothing to hide, they have nothing to fear" -- and that's a sentiment that legitimately applies to agents of the state, unlike private citizens.
Damn, I screwed up the link. (Actually, it wasn't my fault; Firefox has suddenly stopped including the "http://" in the address bar for non-HTTPS URLs for some reason. WTF, Firefox?) Here's the correct one: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2008/06/carterfone-40-years/
A "digital converter" lets you view a digital signal on an old analog TV. A "cable box" is a bullshit tactic that adds DRM to your cable signal (all it does is replace the functionality of the QAM tuner your TV already has, because the cable company intentionally broke it by encrypting the signal) and inflates the cost by giving the cable company a flimsy excuse to charge extra per-TV fees on top of the already-overpriced subscription itself.
Cable boxes are an attack on consumers and the FCC should never have allowed them to exist in the first place, especially in light of the Carterfone decision (the principles of which should have been applied to cable TV service just as much as to phone service).
It's only the correct business choice because companies are no longer held accountable for products that are blatantly not fit for purpose, but fraudulently marketed as such.
I was with you up to this point. While I wish I could ignore all the shitty decisions other people make, it still affects me because the good choices I want to make become more difficult or impossible. For example, it's probably no longer possible to buy a new car that doesn't spy on you. Even if I keep driving antique cars myself, sooner or later that fact would make me stand out enough that I become trackable anyway.
Not only is that not an excuse, that's a tacit admission that a "wireless security system" is an oxymoron and a fruitless endeavor, and marketing a product as such is tantamount to fraud.
The first thing I thought of was "why the fuck is this scientific topic linking to an article from Forbes, of all places?"
At least, not by the turbocharger. That's what the EGR (Exhaust Gas Recirculation) valve is for!
(See also Youtube videos with titles like "How to clean the soot out of your TDI's intake manifold with a blowtorch.")