If revealing top-secret information can "harm political enemies," isn't that exactly what whistle-blowing is for? If the information is top secret but couldn't harm political enemies, then revealing it would be espionage. The thing about "harm political enemies" is that information that is harmful to someone politically shouldn't exist. If it does, it's because the person whom it would harm did something wrong. And that means that blowing the whistle is precisely the right thing to do.
To put it another way, Snowden is saying that in order for it to be espionage, you have to have actually transferred the secret to a foreign government; if we are not allowed to consider the motivation for the release, then we can't establish that as a matter of fact. Of course we can always _say_ that a journalist is actually an agent of a foreign government, but under the espionage act we aren't even allowed to address that question.
Are you kidding? We have events like Manchester happening all the time. They just aren't typically perpetrated by Muslims, with a few notable exceptions (e.g., the Boston Marathon bombers). Usually, it's some social misfit, typically white male, with a semi-automatic weapon who does the killing. I think about the killings in Newtown, Connecticut every time I drive through there on the way to New York.
That's why the external battery. You just don't bring a battery. Then you can carry it on, because there's no battery, so you don't have to worry about getting ripped off.
Phones are okay because the battery doesn't have enough mass to be replaced by an explosive that can damage the airframe.
No, i don't mean that. I mean laptops with external batteries. Removable batteries means that you can't have a standardized battery, so there's no rental market.
That's about the only positive spin I can put on it. If they're worried about laptops with batteries, let me have one without; then I can just rent batteries when I travel, and the airline doesn't have to worry about it. It would be nice if the whole system could be more modular than laptops currently are.
You're talking about a different thing than I am talking about. Fossil methane is a problem. Methane produced by farms is not. It's a missed opportunity at present, for the most part.
Methane is a hugely valuable resource. What blows my mind is how many people are leaving that money on the table. Methane from farms is zero-impact, because it comes through a renewal cycle, not from fossil fuels. If you put all your manure in methane digesters, you can generate a fuck-ton of power from it, and as a bonus, what comes out of the digester is a lot less nasty to dispose of.
It's not out of the question that some actual retribution could follow. However, Vermonters tend to be absurdly nice, so we might forgive them. Could go either way. It's a small state, so it's not as easy for government to get away with shit here as elsewhere.
Yeah, there's a study that was publshed in one of Elsevier's journals. Unfortunately it's not up on scihub yet, so I can't include a link.
All joking aside, yes, this is an itch being scratched, not a primarily political thing. Real work was being blocked by the unavailability of journals anywhere without a strong currency, or without really substantial funding, There's no question that the Elsevier model prevents useful work from being done.
Yup, there have been cases recently where people have used photographs to get a person's fingerprints. Amazing but true.
Getting rid of passwords is a good idea, though. It's just that replacing them with biometrics is a change for the worse. A change for the better is to use public key cryptography: instead of your keychain containing passwords that you have to remember and that are sent to the far end, you have public keys, possibly more than one, for every service you need to contact, and you use your private key to authenticate with them. Trust is established at first use, or in person (with your bank).
There's work being done on this in the IETF, using token binding. It's early days, but you can enable it in Chrome. Dunno if it's in Firefox yet.
The theory is that if you press the laptop up against the fuselage in the passenger cabin, you can bust a big enough hole to bring the airplane down; if it's in the hold, there's no opportunity to do that.
I didn't say Wifi was good enough. I said it's what we have. Your claims about digging are silly: it's quite rare to be able to dig dirt the way you describe anywhere other than on virgin farmland with soft soil. Even there, digging trenches is expensive, and they are easy to attack if your global mesh becomes unpopular with the authorities.
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Do you know what leading means? It doesn't mean "most popular." It means "reporting on stories that other outlets aren't yet reporting on."
If revealing top-secret information can "harm political enemies," isn't that exactly what whistle-blowing is for? If the information is top secret but couldn't harm political enemies, then revealing it would be espionage. The thing about "harm political enemies" is that information that is harmful to someone politically shouldn't exist. If it does, it's because the person whom it would harm did something wrong. And that means that blowing the whistle is precisely the right thing to do.
That is all.
To put it another way, Snowden is saying that in order for it to be espionage, you have to have actually transferred the secret to a foreign government; if we are not allowed to consider the motivation for the release, then we can't establish that as a matter of fact. Of course we can always _say_ that a journalist is actually an agent of a foreign government, but under the espionage act we aren't even allowed to address that question.
Politics in San Francisco is radioactive. Blaming it on a party is cute.
Really, if they want to say that "our streets are made for people," they should ban cars and allow robots.
Are you kidding? We have events like Manchester happening all the time. They just aren't typically perpetrated by Muslims, with a few notable exceptions (e.g., the Boston Marathon bombers). Usually, it's some social misfit, typically white male, with a semi-automatic weapon who does the killing. I think about the killings in Newtown, Connecticut every time I drive through there on the way to New York.
I really do not get this attitude.
Speak for yourself, bub.
That's why the external battery. You just don't bring a battery. Then you can carry it on, because there's no battery, so you don't have to worry about getting ripped off.
Phones are okay because the battery doesn't have enough mass to be replaced by an explosive that can damage the airframe.
Small batteries don't have enough mass to pose a problem.
No, i don't mean that. I mean laptops with external batteries. Removable batteries means that you can't have a standardized battery, so there's no rental market.
That's about the only positive spin I can put on it. If they're worried about laptops with batteries, let me have one without; then I can just rent batteries when I travel, and the airline doesn't have to worry about it. It would be nice if the whole system could be more modular than laptops currently are.
You're talking about a different thing than I am talking about. Fossil methane is a problem. Methane produced by farms is not. It's a missed opportunity at present, for the most part.
It is cyclical, but there is nothing in the fossil record showing as rapid an upward cycle as we are seeing now. That's why the worry.
Methane is a hugely valuable resource. What blows my mind is how many people are leaving that money on the table. Methane from farms is zero-impact, because it comes through a renewal cycle, not from fossil fuels. If you put all your manure in methane digesters, you can generate a fuck-ton of power from it, and as a bonus, what comes out of the digester is a lot less nasty to dispose of.
It's not out of the question that some actual retribution could follow. However, Vermonters tend to be absurdly nice, so we might forgive them. Could go either way. It's a small state, so it's not as easy for government to get away with shit here as elsewhere.
Yup. God knows we need more apps. That's totally the itch I need scratched.
Yeah, there's a study that was publshed in one of Elsevier's journals. Unfortunately it's not up on scihub yet, so I can't include a link.
All joking aside, yes, this is an itch being scratched, not a primarily political thing. Real work was being blocked by the unavailability of journals anywhere without a strong currency, or without really substantial funding, There's no question that the Elsevier model prevents useful work from being done.
It's a government-imposed monopoly, not capitalism.
Why are you even still memorizing passwords? Mine are all random 13-letter strings that I store in a key safe.
Yup, there have been cases recently where people have used photographs to get a person's fingerprints. Amazing but true.
Getting rid of passwords is a good idea, though. It's just that replacing them with biometrics is a change for the worse. A change for the better is to use public key cryptography: instead of your keychain containing passwords that you have to remember and that are sent to the far end, you have public keys, possibly more than one, for every service you need to contact, and you use your private key to authenticate with them. Trust is established at first use, or in person (with your bank).
There's work being done on this in the IETF, using token binding. It's early days, but you can enable it in Chrome. Dunno if it's in Firefox yet.
I never said it made sense. I was just describing the reason behind it.
The theory is that if you press the laptop up against the fuselage in the passenger cabin, you can bust a big enough hole to bring the airplane down; if it's in the hold, there's no opportunity to do that.
Don't forget satellite internet. This tends to _severely_ suck on boats.
...now, imagine a twinkie 35 feet long weighing 600 pounds...
I didn't say Wifi was good enough. I said it's what we have. Your claims about digging are silly: it's quite rare to be able to dig dirt the way you describe anywhere other than on virgin farmland with soft soil. Even there, digging trenches is expensive, and they are easy to attack if your global mesh becomes unpopular with the authorities.