Um, the public isn't the government, it's the people. I don't mind the government handling the bookkeeping on public assets, with proper oversight and reporting, of course, but I'm just a footsoldier in the tin foil hat brigade...
It'd be almost trivial, relatively speaking, running an oceanic cable from Asia (Russia) to Alaska, following the Aleutians chain. I'm not sure how deep the water gets there, but I'm fairly sure it's shallower on the average than further south in the Pacific. Good, quick, cheap way to wire the globe, I'm thinking...
There is a significant portion of the US population that is functionally illiterate when it comes to anything more than what they hear on reality tv or Fox news.
Fear of injury and litigation have killed so many things for kids. I guess with today's way of thinking...it is amazing a sufficient number of people my age survived childhood in order to reproduce. Bikes without helments, bicycle ramps imitating Evel Kineval (sp?), swimming without 'swimmies', diving boards...[shudder] playing outside on our own days at a time without supervision or cell phones....
What the hell were our parents thinking?
I shudder when I think my kids could get arrested for allowing my grandkids to do the same things that my parents allowed me to do.
Evel Knievel? Meh. I rollerskated off the roof of our porch, wiped out, and got up and laughed my ass off. No helmet, knee or elbow pads, no jockstrap, just plain white tshirt & non-designer label jeans. And cheep $2 tennis shoes.
Especially in an election year, with the legislation in question hurtful to your campaign contributors. It's almost enough to make a politician swear off hookers, Congressional pages, and blow. I highly doubt this 'reform' bill will make any reforms. My money is, it gets neutered to the point of uselessness, then passed just before the elections so that the Congresscritters can say, "Hey, we did something about the problem" and get re-elected.
The 'something' will of course mean 'make things worse'.
This kind of thinking is actively encouraged by US 'business schools', especially the elite ones that produce the bulk of US business management.
No, the bulk of US business management is produced by state universities and such. they make up the permanent 'middle management' tier that has practically no chance of breaking the glass ceiling because they never had the chance to 'network' at the elite schools. Don't have a Harvard MBA? Don't count on being CEO of any Fortune 500 company.
Where's their component division? Gone. What do they make these days? Cell phones. CHEAP cell phones, like this C139 that I'm surprised still works a month after I bought it, with a whacked software pack that won't let me toggle back out of all caps in text mode.
They were impressive back in the day, the processor of choice for Apple. I learned assembler on a 6809 (a spanking new Tandy Color Computer, if you must know, back in '84). For a 'small' computer, it was a LOT more computer than people gave it credit for. Likewise, the Atari ST and the Amiga, all killed by Lotus, which gave us the term 'killer app' in that it ran on IBMs & clones, under DOS, and was the business software of choice.
Of course they do. The only country to embargo them is the United States. They can get all the computers they want from other countries. You are aware there are other countries out there, right?
Besides, National security is about the security of the country, not maintaining the reputation of some politician that did something wrong and wants to keep it secret.
Sure it does, when the action in question is guaranteed to shred the confidence of the American people in the government. An event that would throw the country into full blown anarchy would definitely fall under the heading of 'against national security and the national interest'.
That has been the description of the entire administration, from the entire cabinet, to congress.
Not so much Congress, I think, though there are serious exceptions to the observation. Most Congresscritters just want to be re-elected, and what better way to do that than to support a 'popular' President? If it means you compromise what principles you have left, how is this any different than jumping through the hoops to get elected in the first place?
The law requires all Presidential records to be archived. If they wanted the data shredded on these computers, they shouldn't have been in the White House. That the computers were 'owned' by the Republican Party brings up issues of ethics. Why couldn't they have stored them offsite in an office someplace? Oh, wait, security is 'cheaper' at the White House because the taxpayer picks up the check...
"I was frustrated when I met with the [ACLU] report authors and they could not point to a single instance of a fusion center violating someone's civil rights or liberties," Harman said. "In fact, state and local laws and protections in place at many fusion centers are more rigorous than their federal counterparts."
Of course there's been no 'single instance of a fusion center violating someone's civil rights or liberties' because they're not named 'fusion centers' yet. If there are no Siberian tigers living in Central Park, why are you surprised by the lack of Siberian tiger attacks there?
You may rightfully question the legality of acquisition methods and raise privacy concerns, but mocking the technique only demonstrates an ignorance of the topic.
Torture is also great way to find criminals.
Wrong. Torture generates a lot of bad leads, interrogators are told what they want to hear.
I think the previous poster was refering to confessions given during torture. If the guy zapping your nuts with a cattle prod keeps telling you, "We know you are guilty. We have proof. I'll stop doing this as soon as you confess to your crimes", I'm sure you'll think of something to confess to.
Will Linux people help me get Vista installed and running under WINE?
You really are a glutton for punishment. You'd be better off hitting yourself in the head with a hammer than running Vista.
Besides, WINE just allows Windows binaries to run under Linux somewhat natively. There's no full OS support in it whatsoever. Look into Xen or VMWare if you really want to run Vista under Linux.
I've always found the definition of 'unsupported by Microsoft' to mean 'we won't fix your problems when we release our next service pack that's designed to break your 3rd party software. You're SOL, so why not call your Microsoft salesclone and go totally Microsoft today so you don't have to worry about these trivial things?'
It would be a wonderful thing if some white-hat hackers started showering LEA's with all these forms of abuse, especially cybercrime investigation units and the FBI.
Said white hats would be in jail shortly thereafter. No good deed goes unpunished, remember?
If you're clicking on the links, you're a pervert who needs to be locked away to keep Society safe from you. The more people they put behind bars, the 'safer' Society will be.
The clicking of the link itself triggers a search warrant. The search warrant, in the case above, produced evidence that indicated that the suspect did, indeed, consume child porn. I would not like to see conviction based on a link-click, but as the basis for a search warrant, I'm not sure that's inappropriate.
A search warrant needs the signature of a judge, and an oath by the officer involved as to the necessity of the warrant, what he's looking for, etc. This is an administrative subpoena, just needs the signature of the FBI agent needing to serve it.
I'd be packing my bags if I thought there was a place to run. The only option is to crank up resistance and vote these evil bastards out of office. It's time to dismantle the police state.
Great idea, but 'voting these evil bastards out' only gets rid of the bosses. Problem is, every government bureau is a hotbed of bureaucrats who aren't elected and be voted out. Add to it the concept of the administrative subpoena:
What is an administrative subpoena?
An administrative subpoena is essentially a piece of paper signed by an FBI agent that requires any recipient to disclose any documents (or any other tangible things). The proposed administrative subpoena would also compel a person to give testimony, essentially forcing anyone to talk to the FBI. Administrative subpoenas are issued with no prior judicial, prosecutorial or grand jury approval. Under the current proposals, failure to comply with an administrative subpoena could result in civil and criminal penalties, and the subpoenas would be executed in complete secrecy. In fact, under one of the proposals, anyone who disclosed the existence of an administrative subpoena could be subject to up to five years in prison.
Technically, a person getting an administrative subpoena could ask for judicial review. But, in the case of subpoenas for documents, why would they? Most - if not all - administrative subpoenas for records would be issued to third-party businesses to get information about their customers. The business has immunity for complying with the subpoena and little incentive to spend its money challenging a subpoena for records that pertain to someone else. And since the business is prohibited from notifying its customer of the existence of the subpoena, the customer can never exercise his right to challenge the subpoena.
So, now our JEdgar can pull out a handy form, fill in the blanks, and hand it off to whomever and aquire any information he desires, without the benefit of a search warrant. In the case of this 'kiddie porn' site, I'd think, since kiddie porn is such a hot button issue, that getting a real live honest-to-God search warrant and subpoena wouldn't even be a minorleague speedbump. The question in my mind is, why settle for something of dubvious legal value when you can get something that stands up in court, unless of course, you're on dubvious legal ground to start with...
This would do a lot of things. It would a) keep tabs on anyone who was not american (potential terrorists!) b) keep tabs on problem individuals c) increase national security, because sex offenders could be tracked (and given poor service when they're trying to access govn't services.
Why does all this scare me? Is it because I could be classified a 'problem individual' based on my political leanings? Is it because the Executive Branch reserves the right to pull American citizenship at will? Is it because even the Russians know the best way to deal with a recalicrant individual, no matter what his power base, is to tar him as a sex offender?
My other question is of course, if I'm out and about, living my life in a lawful manner, why should the government care about me?. Police aren't there to arrest the lawful, they're there to arrest the criminals after commission of a crime. Where is the mandate to surveil everybody in sight waiting for them to commit a crime?
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Um, the public isn't the government, it's the people. I don't mind the government handling the bookkeeping on public assets, with proper oversight and reporting, of course, but I'm just a footsoldier in the tin foil hat brigade...
It'd be almost trivial, relatively speaking, running an oceanic cable from Asia (Russia) to Alaska, following the Aleutians chain. I'm not sure how deep the water gets there, but I'm fairly sure it's shallower on the average than further south in the Pacific. Good, quick, cheap way to wire the globe, I'm thinking...
If a terrorist somehow manages to build one of these suckers, he's not gonna have to worry about Homeland Security comin after him.
He's gonna have to worry about a pack of l*wy*rs from a patent troll hounding him to the ends of the earth.
Which would you rather face?
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I shudder when I think my kids could get arrested for allowing my grandkids to do the same things that my parents allowed me to do.
Evel Knievel? Meh. I rollerskated off the roof of our porch, wiped out, and got up and laughed my ass off. No helmet, knee or elbow pads, no jockstrap, just plain white tshirt & non-designer label jeans. And cheep $2 tennis shoes.
The 'something' will of course mean 'make things worse'.
No, the bulk of US business management is produced by state universities and such. they make up the permanent 'middle management' tier that has practically no chance of breaking the glass ceiling because they never had the chance to 'network' at the elite schools. Don't have a Harvard MBA? Don't count on being CEO of any Fortune 500 company.
It doesn't even make a good paperweight.
Damn, I'm getting old...
Whelp, there goes my plan to build nano-sharks with fricken nano-lasers on their fricken heads to clean out my arteries...
Of course they do. The only country to embargo them is the United States. They can get all the computers they want from other countries. You are aware there are other countries out there, right?
Sure it does, when the action in question is guaranteed to shred the confidence of the American people in the government. An event that would throw the country into full blown anarchy would definitely fall under the heading of 'against national security and the national interest'.
My question is, which acts required these steps?
Not so much Congress, I think, though there are serious exceptions to the observation. Most Congresscritters just want to be re-elected, and what better way to do that than to support a 'popular' President? If it means you compromise what principles you have left, how is this any different than jumping through the hoops to get elected in the first place?
The law requires all Presidential records to be archived. If they wanted the data shredded on these computers, they shouldn't have been in the White House. That the computers were 'owned' by the Republican Party brings up issues of ethics. Why couldn't they have stored them offsite in an office someplace? Oh, wait, security is 'cheaper' at the White House because the taxpayer picks up the check...
Of course there's been no 'single instance of a fusion center violating someone's civil rights or liberties' because they're not named 'fusion centers' yet. If there are no Siberian tigers living in Central Park, why are you surprised by the lack of Siberian tiger attacks there?
I think the previous poster was refering to confessions given during torture. If the guy zapping your nuts with a cattle prod keeps telling you, "We know you are guilty. We have proof. I'll stop doing this as soon as you confess to your crimes", I'm sure you'll think of something to confess to.
You really are a glutton for punishment. You'd be better off hitting yourself in the head with a hammer than running Vista.
Besides, WINE just allows Windows binaries to run under Linux somewhat natively. There's no full OS support in it whatsoever. Look into Xen or VMWare if you really want to run Vista under Linux.
I've always found the definition of 'unsupported by Microsoft' to mean 'we won't fix your problems when we release our next service pack that's designed to break your 3rd party software. You're SOL, so why not call your Microsoft salesclone and go totally Microsoft today so you don't have to worry about these trivial things?'
Said white hats would be in jail shortly thereafter. No good deed goes unpunished, remember?
Actually, I think he was onto something there. Scenario 3 is the most likely to happen first...
If you're clicking on the links, you're a pervert who needs to be locked away to keep Society safe from you. The more people they put behind bars, the 'safer' Society will be.
Besides, putting more people behind bars in the US feeds the prison industrial complex.
A search warrant needs the signature of a judge, and an oath by the officer involved as to the necessity of the warrant, what he's looking for, etc. This is an administrative subpoena, just needs the signature of the FBI agent needing to serve it.
Great idea, but 'voting these evil bastards out' only gets rid of the bosses. Problem is, every government bureau is a hotbed of bureaucrats who aren't elected and be voted out. Add to it the concept of the administrative subpoena:
So, now our JEdgar can pull out a handy form, fill in the blanks, and hand it off to whomever and aquire any information he desires, without the benefit of a search warrant. In the case of this 'kiddie porn' site, I'd think, since kiddie porn is such a hot button issue, that getting a real live honest-to-God search warrant and subpoena wouldn't even be a minorleague speedbump. The question in my mind is, why settle for something of dubvious legal value when you can get something that stands up in court, unless of course, you're on dubvious legal ground to start with...
That turned out well, didn't it?
Why does all this scare me? Is it because I could be classified a 'problem individual' based on my political leanings? Is it because the Executive Branch reserves the right to pull American citizenship at will? Is it because even the Russians know the best way to deal with a recalicrant individual, no matter what his power base, is to tar him as a sex offender?
My other question is of course, if I'm out and about, living my life in a lawful manner, why should the government care about me?. Police aren't there to arrest the lawful, they're there to arrest the criminals after commission of a crime. Where is the mandate to surveil everybody in sight waiting for them to commit a crime?