If it is a Windows-based machine and I can get into it with local admin-level access via RDP AND it has been logged into at any point by someone with Domain-level admin access, then YES I can get domain-level admin access.
Since Windows machines cache a list of recent logins, and that cache INCLUDES Domain usernames and passwords AND can be accessed by third party software then I can get any username and password that is either in the local SAM or has recently logged in from the Domian. Why? Because logging in via RDP session on a local Admin account doesn't clear the domain login cache.
All I need is CAIN & ABLE, a good rainbow table, and some time. (Usually less than 72 hours on a 2 GHZ Dual-core machine.)
Frankly, I'd be surprised if they didn't have full access back already. Assuming that their current admins are even remotely competent. (Yes, that's always a sticking point, I know.)
My thoughts exactly. the RIAA would have a FIELD DAY with this ruling. It basically says that you can't play ANY song in digital format on a PC since it's necessary to load it into RAM in order to get it to play. GAH!
Thankfully, this IS the Ninth "Circus" Court, the single most overturned federal bench in all of American Jurisprudence. I expect there will be an appeal and a smarter outcome in a smarter court.
Atleast with wind power you sort of know what it will cost.
No, you don't. You aren't taking maintenance of an essentially mechanical process into account, plus the MASSIVE amount of space that a wind farm takes, plus (and this is the biggie) The essential UNreliability of wind power! There are tons of hidden costs related to reliability that make the reliability of a power source a PRIME concern.
Wind will never ever ever ever be the solution. Why? Because Wind is NOT a stable and reliable power source. It's fine as an ADDITIVE to an existing baseline source, but it is NOT capable of providing long-term baseline level power on a large scale. No matter WHAT the eco sites may say, it is not practical. Anyone who says otherwise is selling you a lie.
Nuclear, on the other hand, can provide, safe, clean, baseline power for YEARS to come while we work on the highly complex issues of cold fusion. I have no doubt that we will have cold fusion (if you will excuse the pun) down cold by the time we are running out of FISSABLE material.
Nuclear Electric is the way to go for the forseeable future. yes, it's more expensive to build than a wind farm, but it's more practical and reliable. Also, costs can be brought down significantly (at least in the US) if the sitting president declares that Energy Independence is a National Security issue and sweeps aside all the lefty NIMBY special interest groups. We could get those Nuke plants built MUCH more cheaply if we didn't have to deal with NIMBYs.
Well, given how badly misreported this law has been, I'm not surprised that you misunderstood it.
All this law does is provide legal protection for teachers to tech "alternate views" to the Theory of Evolution. It is NOT exclusively restricted to ID teaching. This could, logically, also include FSM theory. So don't worry, be Happy! Teachers in LA can now ALSO tell children about the Noodly beginnings of humanity in addition to other creationist teachings.
Seriously, this really is much ado about nothing. It's just an anti-stupid lawsuit law, to protect teachers who simply ACKNOWLEDGE the fact that not everyone believes ToE is correct. That's it, nothing more, no matter what the militant Atheist sites and D-Kos may say.
Except that the "Business End" of ANY Hydrogen refueling station is....
The end of the pipe that you refuel from!
Hydrogen as a fuel alternative to Gasoline is NEITHER as economical OR as safe as plain old gasoline. It just isn't. Maybe someday in the future, if we develop the technology further, but NOT anytime within AT LEAST 20 years.
Face it; Right now the only semi-viable alternatives we have are biodiesel and electric. BOTH have serious problems of scale due to transportation and storage issues (biodiesel), grid weakness (electric) and production and capacity issues (both).
To be blunt, the ONLY short-term solution is to DRILL MORE OIL. There just isn't any other way around it in the SHORT term. Now, If we follow McCain's plan and build more Nuclear-based Electric capacity and build out the grid (in America and around the world) Then reasonably clean electric is the mid-term solution and possibly a long-term one as well.
Unfortunately, I think bio-diesel is going to run afoul of the same issues Ethanol has, but for small-scale projects I can see it working well. Personally, I would love to be able to get a small Diesel SUV and just make my own bio-diesel. Unfortunately, in NY state our laws are so mired in bureaucracy that we can't even GET those small diesel passenger vehicles. (unless already used).
Oh, and in case anyone cares, I would also LOVE to see a nuke power plant in my area. I live in WNY, and we have a big dirty coal-fired power plant here that really should be replaced by a nice clean nuke plant. I'd love to see that. Big beautiful twin curvy nuke towers to replace the ugly rusty coal-blackened steel gantry stacks. That would be GREAT!
Would this even be necessary? I can install and run Truecrypt off of a USB Thumb drive or an SD card on a Win or Lin based PC. If you use a Windows PC to install the Win version of Trucrypt, and then plug the SD card into a Win-based PDA, would it not function normally? Admittedly, I am not well versed on PDA software installation, but it seems like it SHOULD work.
Since you guys seem to be very "up" on this "DNA" stuff, I shall posit a question...
From the Apex of my complete ignorance about Synthetic DNA, does this discovery mean I should:
A) Begin stocking up on weapons, ammunition and food in a highly defensible bunker for the inevitable Solanum virus outbreak and subsequent zombie horde plague.
B) Begin boning up on my virtual gaming ability as our new Synthetic DNA Overlords encapsulate all of humanity in a virtual world until such time as The One frees us all.
C) Ignore this as yet another pointless discovery which shall lead to nothing, and just go have another [insert food or beverage of choice].
D) ???
E) Invest large amounts of money into the company these scientists work for and make PROFIT!
One of the functions of a government is to force a policy that a free-market won't readily adopt.
You have that worded wrong. Allow me to assist you;
"One of the misuses of government is to try and enforce policies that the free market won't readily adopt due to lack of profitability or practicality. See: Ethanol mandates."
There. That's better.
You see, all Government manages to do when it gets involved in things like this is muck things up, slow things down, and prevent people from actually fixing the issues in question. Government is a big, slow, stupid behemoth that stomps on all the people it is supposedly trying to help. Getting the government involved is a recipe for failure. Government is NEVER the answer.
The Market, on the other hand, is quick, nimble, and a genius. It fixed problems quickly and profitably, and is able to sustain mankind down the road. Letting market forces loose on any problem ASSURES that it will be fixed, often in much less time and at much higher quality than originally expected. The Market is ALWAYS the answer.
Excellent point. However you missed one crucial point: If you are taking the time and effort to recycle all the trace elements, why would you NOT also go ahead and recycle as many other things out of the material as possible?
They do this NOW with regular recycling. If you have ever seen the Discovery Channel programs on recycling you would see this in action. They take a complex item, such as a car, for example, and break it down into it's constituent elements via various processes such as grinding, magnetic separation, water washing, tank settling, heating, and vaporizing. (just to name a few) Once the elements are broken down as much as possible, the resulting raw materials are sold to manufacturing companies for re-use in new products. Obviously this is an energy-intensive process, usually requiring large amounts of Electricity.
Of course, if we listen to (and Elect) McCain and get a crapload of Nuke plants set up like the French have, Electrical supply won't really be an issue for a long time. So powering the recycling operations should be reasonably trivial.
Ultimately, the solution to our problems lies in our own ingenuity and market forces. If there is a profit to be made, it WILL be done. No need for Government interference with burdensome regulation or laws that just serve to slow the whole process down. Let us put our minds and wallets to it and watch us fly.
I was thinking the exact same thing. Mining copper, zinc, rare elements, Heck, even IRON is a labor-intensive and expensive process. It seems to me that Landfills are concentrated piles of these materials all mixed in with other detrius. Seems to me it would be more practical to set up massive recycling plants next to the dumps, and begin excavating the oldest parts of the dumps where the organics have largely broken down into dirt again, and just separating the synthetics and smelting the rest.
Seriously. Have any of your ever SEEN a mining or a recycling operation? I have. They are HUGE endeavors, and the recycling plants are mostly automated nowadays. I seriously doubt it would be much MORE of an expense to "mine" a dump than it is to mine a section of regular land.
Once the economys of scale come into play, I'm sure that dumps and junkyeards will become the new motherlodes of all the materials we need to continue our daily lives.
Now we just need to get into space and start grinding up those mineral-rich asteroids! (Ok, maybe I've been playing too much EVE Online...)
* Slide 1, Eliot Spitzer -- No party ID on New York's current Democratic governor.
* Slide 2, Mark Foley -- immediately labeled "R-Fla."
* Slide 3, Randy "Duke" Cunningham -- immediately labeled "R-Calif."
* Slide 4, David Vitter -- immediately labeled "R-La."
* Slide 5, Randall Tobias (Deputy Secretary of State; April 2007) -- party affiliation not identified, and apparently not known.
* Slide 6, Bill Clinton -- No Democratic party ID. The slide only mentions Monica Lewinsky. Others, who the BBC 10 years ago referred to as "All the President's Women," are nowhere to be found: Paula Jones, Gennifer Flowers, Kathleen Willey, and several others. Juanita Broaddrick (backup link)? Surely you jest.
* Slide 7, Jim McGreevey -- No party ID on the former New Jersey Governor, who resigned in 2004.
* Slide 8, Larry Craig -- immediately labeled "R-Idaho."
* Slide 9, James E. West -- No party ID on Republican former Spokane, WA Mayor, 2005. Big whoop, as if a lower-level GOP overlook makes up for the other oversights identified here.
* Slide 10, Bob Livingston -- GOP Party ID noted in the first sentence.
* Slide 11, Daniel Crane -- immediately labeled "R-Ill."
* Slide 12, Gerry E. Studds -- immediately labeled "D-Mass." The Studds scandal dates to 1983.
* Slide 13, Wilbur Mills -- No party ID on the former Democratic House Speaker.
Summary:
* Six Republicans immediately identified; one relatively obscure GOP member not ID'd.
* Four Democratic affiliations not noted; one, involving a matter dating back a quarter-century, immediately identified.
* One party affiliation not clear, and apparently not known.
Then there is the case of Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick (D). The Today Interview completely IGNORED his political affiliation.
Heck, just go to Newsbusters.org, hit the search feature and put in "Republican, Scandal" or "Democrat, Scandal" You will find HUNDREDS of articles and links to media outlets that back me up.
I'm not trying to claim that either Republicans or Democrats are more corrupt, they both are to varying degrees. The point is though, when you have a National Media ACTIVELY covering up for ONE side, it unevenly loads the presentation of the parties and ultimately, skews elections.
Personally, I think that the template for presenting politicians in ANY news story in ANY media outlet should automatically be [title] [name, first, last] [political party affiliation]. Just automatically, without regard to anything else. Not that I expect it will ever happen. That would be too honest.
Glad I'm not the only one who looked at the title and thougt "W00T! FEMBOTS!"
Of course, the rest of it was kind of a letdown. Ah well. I guess learning electronics and circuit soldering is it's own reward. Even if there is no sweet sweet robot girl loving involved.
Did you read ANY of the responses to your post? If you had, and then checked up on their claims (they are correct, BTW) you would have found that the only thing painfully obvious about your post is that it was a politically motivated post couched in BDS and ignorance, intended to inflame other posters. In other words, a Troll post. You were modded properly.
Nothing personal, I'm sure you are a fine fellow, but your post came off as horribly trollish. I would recommend dumping the BDS. You'll be better off without it.
(BDS = Bush Derangement Syndrome: An Irrational fear of anything related to the George W. Bush presidency, and a tendency to blame everything wrong with the US Government, America, the World, and one's own personal life solely on G.W. Bush.)
It's pretty much the same way with most of the American media.
If a Republican is involved in anything that even might, maybe, sort-of, slightly, if-we-tweak-it-just-a-bit, appear improper, then thier name and party affiliation is shouted from the rooftops for weeks and weeks on end, even AFTER it is shown that the Republican in question was innocent, or that the issue in question was not illegal or unethical, maybe just slightly immoral.
If a Democrat is involved in even the most heinous and criminal of scandals, up to and including extortion, blackmail, embezzlement, child porn, rape and murder, it is given the most cursory treatment possible, buried as quickly as possible, and the political affiliation of the politician in question is NEVER mentioned.
While I can't speak for other country's media outlets, in American that's pretty much the way it works. Not even Fox News is innocent of doing this, although they at least TRY and mention the political affiliation of the politician. Sometimes.
And, to look at it from another perspective, it's like saying "I drove by this house and saw the front door open. So I went inside and watched their cable TV. An open door implies permission"
Your analogy is incomplete and incorrect.
A proper analogy would be something more like;
"I was driving by their house and a Circus Barker was outside, saying 'Hurry, hurry, hurry! Free Internet inside! Come and see the amazing Internet! Hurry, hurry, hurry!' (SSID broadcast set to on). So I walked up, asked the Barker if I could enter (DHCP), he gave me a ticket (IP address). I entered, and the Internet was there. They gave me permission."
I am 50 years old, and have 'learned' English and grammar some 'years back', and have noticed some changes since then.
Allow me to put my explanation of the language differences in a manner you will be comfortable with, as you are someone who grew up in the 60's and 70's.
"Ch-ch-ch-changes! Turn and face the strange, ch-ch-changes!"
Basically, you are now part of the old and outdated. Welcome to fogeyism, here's your cane and coke-bottle glasses, your rocker is over on the porch, just behind the lawn you need to keep kids off of. I'll be bringing your medication around just after lunch, we're having Prunes and Malt-o-meal!;)
. I'm seriously starting to wonder if all those calls for a tighter border and a giant wall between us and Mexico isn't to keep us in as much as to keep them out.But that is my 02c,YMMV
Please don't try and conflate the issues of Illegal Search and Seizure with border security.
I find this entire situation vile. While it's disgusting that this guy had kiddie porn on his laptop, it is NOT the business of customs to be searching through this guy's personal info on a fishing trip for possibly illegal stuff. That's Totalitarian behavior.
Incidentally, I put many of these types of incidents at the feet of a unionized and unaccountable customs bureaucracy. Why the heck do we respond to the issue of Islamofascist terrorism with a bureaucratic nightmare organization that blanket targets everyone with no due process? It's moronic, ineffective and self-defeating.
However, properly securing our borders against infiltration by both Illegal Aliens and Foreign Agents is an integral part of National Defense. Not to mention that it spares the border environment the horrific amounts of garbage Illegals have been leaving in our delicate sub-desert ecosystems.
I'm all for making easier to legally emigrate to America. Less red tape and paperwork is always good. I think America should rightly welcome all who wish to come here and participate in Freedom and Free Enterprise by working hard (or smart) and earning their way to a comfortable and happy life for them and theirs. However, I am NOT interested in paying for those who would come here ILLEGALLY, flaunt our laws, commit all sorts of crimes, and try and use our social welfare systems as a hammock while they send cash back home. Sorry, America isn't your sugar daddy.
So you see, even a died-in-the-wool Conservative like me can see that these are two separate issues, and it is possible to support them both without being either a pedophile or a racist.
As far as the article goes, More sunspots mean more solar radiation, less sunspots mean less solar radiation.
If the sun has been going through a period of low activity as of recent years, that would certainly explain the cooling trends seen by scientists in recent years. Of course, some refuse to talk about it, and continue to hyperventilate about "Anthropogenic Global Warming" as if it was some kind of gospel, rather than just another scientific hypothesis that has yet to be proved even enough to garner "theory" status.
Of course, this is why real scientists continue to collect data, and to test the hypothesis. Many scientists are beginning to see serious cracks in AGW thought, and are beginning to question it's legitimacy. Unfortunately, AGW seems to have garnered quite a few political opportunists and quasi-religious acolytes who continue to insist there is a consensus where none exists.
Personally, I've not bought into the AGW hysteria, and am continuing to gather data. But the more I gather, the more I see that our Earth's climate has been fluctuating between warm and cool for eons, well before Man arrived on the scene, and will continue to do so until the death of the Sun. We are just a passing fancy for our planet, soon to be forgotten. How arrogant of us to think we could affect the deep and wide forces that move and shape our world.
Good. I hope I don't hear a peep out of you when you pay $100 every 10 days to fill up your car. I hope I don't hear any opinion from you about how to lower gas prices, because you have obviously no need for lower gas prices.
Congratulations! You have officially reached the nonsense threshold!
How the hell does having ideas on how to solve a community issue like high gas prices have anything to do with how I choose to live my own life? Oh, that's right, those are totally unrelated issues. Unless, of course, you are a communist who doesn't believe in Free Market solutions to problems and thinks that they know better than other people how THEY should live THEIR lives. Sounds to me like you might be.
Here's a clue for ya: Just because I don't give a shit about how YOU want me to live my life, doesn't mean I give up the right to Free Speech, Free Assembly, or any of my other God given and Constitutionally guaranteed rights.
So I will ABSOLUTELY complain about the high cost of gasoline and ABSOLUTELY put forth Free Market ideas on how to resolve the gas price issue, because your perception of my "obvious" needs is apparently completely skewed by your Moonbat Leftism.
Of course, you are free to ignore my ideas, as I won't be telling you how to live your life. We Conservative/Libertarian types are like that. As long as you aren't breaking the law or hurting anyone else, you are free to live your life as you see fit. If you want to drive a Hybrid, be my guest. I will never complain about your choice. If you want to go hog-wild with the "green" thing, recycling everything, living in a dirt house and making your own clothes from Hemp, Be my guest. I will never complain about your choice. Just DO NOT ask me to like that lifestyle or try to force me (through laws or manufactured guilt-trips) to live the same way you do.
See how that works? Everyone lives the way they want and we all get along. It's all about Freedom.
It's _my_ money to buy it, it's going to be _my_ money to make it go. Thus when I buy a car it's going to do exactly what I want it to do, within the limits of my pocketbook and the law.
DAMN STRAIGHT!
I dunno about you, but I am fucking sick of people who do NOT pay my bills telling me I'm selfish for spending MY money in the ways I see fit.
Hey, all you leftover hippies, eco-freaks and socialist/commie/liberal social-engineering types. I'll tell you what. When you are willing to PERSONALLY pony up the cash for my car payment, I will willingly drive whatever you holier-than-thou pricks tell me to drive. What's that you say? Oh, you can't afford to pay for my car? You just want to tell me how to live my own life? Well then, you can just shut up, fuck off and die. You have NO RIGHT to tell me how to spend my own money or live my life.
How did people handle those tough Buffalo winters before they invented these asshole mobiles? It doesn't snow in NJ anymore, but a few years ago it used to. Incidentally, if you live in a city, you do not need an off-road vehicle to get around. I really don't care what you say you need, there is no way it's necessary. PS: Liberty gets shit gas mileage anyway.
They got stuck. Frequently. Try looking up the "Blizzard of '77" some time.
Also, I don't live IN the city, I live in the suburbs. Why? Because I have two special-needs kids that need the extra space and services available in the 'Burbs that just aren't there in the city of Buffalo. At least 30-60 days out of the year I am driving on snow-covered and slick roads, where 2-wheel drive is only marginally safe. Of course, living in NEW JERSEY you would have no fucking CLUE what I need, so I don't give a shit what you believe about my needs or not.
And yes, the Liberty doesn't get fantastic mileage. (still better than a full-size SUV) But I just drive it to work and back, and to haul supplies from the home improvement store, and for family trips. For all other driving we use the Hyundai Elantra, which has pretty good gas mileage.
And ya know what? Try thinking a bit outside yourself and realize that maybe, just maybe, other people have different needs than you and are as smart or a hell of alot smarter than you and have used the available information to make a different buying decision than you have. Your choice of whatever vehicle you drive might be fine for you, but I seriously doubt it would work for me. Making a different choice doesn't make me an asshole, or my vehicle an "asshole mobile". However, making snap judgments about other people's lives and needs sure as hell makes YOU an asshole.
I went in to look at them a couple years ago..and most of the interior is all plastic and foam?!?!? I mean...if you leave these new ones out with the top off or something...you've got a REAL mess on your hands.
What are you talking about?
I mean, yes, the Wrangler dash and interior are mostly plastic, but they have been largely plastic since the early 90's. And the seat have ALWAYS been cloth-covered foam seats, since the Wrangler was introduced in the late 80's. Before that the Jeep CJ had vinyl-covered foam, or Leather-covered wool padding (Willys used a leather and wood seat. Ouch! HARD!) If you really need a waterproof seat, try a vinyl or plastic seat cover.
Also, modern plastics are much more resilient and attractive than the painted metal ones, even with no top and left in the rain. They won't rust, (a problem around the dash gauges for 1970's CJs.) they stay cooler in the sun, and are SAFER in an accident (yeah, try and fit an airbag behind a metal dashboard. Ain't gonna happen.)
So yeah, if you want a death trap, feel free to pick up an old 1970's CJ. The rest of us want a practical off-road vehicle that won't get us killed.
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If it is a Windows-based machine and I can get into it with local admin-level access via RDP AND it has been logged into at any point by someone with Domain-level admin access, then YES I can get domain-level admin access.
Since Windows machines cache a list of recent logins, and that cache INCLUDES Domain usernames and passwords AND can be accessed by third party software then I can get any username and password that is either in the local SAM or has recently logged in from the Domian. Why? Because logging in via RDP session on a local Admin account doesn't clear the domain login cache.
All I need is CAIN & ABLE, a good rainbow table, and some time. (Usually less than 72 hours on a 2 GHZ Dual-core machine.)
Frankly, I'd be surprised if they didn't have full access back already. Assuming that their current admins are even remotely competent. (Yes, that's always a sticking point, I know.)
My thoughts exactly. the RIAA would have a FIELD DAY with this ruling. It basically says that you can't play ANY song in digital format on a PC since it's necessary to load it into RAM in order to get it to play. GAH!
Thankfully, this IS the Ninth "Circus" Court, the single most overturned federal bench in all of American Jurisprudence. I expect there will be an appeal and a smarter outcome in a smarter court.
I hope so, anyway.
No, you don't. You aren't taking maintenance of an essentially mechanical process into account, plus the MASSIVE amount of space that a wind farm takes, plus (and this is the biggie) The essential UNreliability of wind power! There are tons of hidden costs related to reliability that make the reliability of a power source a PRIME concern.
Wind will never ever ever ever be the solution. Why? Because Wind is NOT a stable and reliable power source. It's fine as an ADDITIVE to an existing baseline source, but it is NOT capable of providing long-term baseline level power on a large scale. No matter WHAT the eco sites may say, it is not practical. Anyone who says otherwise is selling you a lie.
Nuclear, on the other hand, can provide, safe, clean, baseline power for YEARS to come while we work on the highly complex issues of cold fusion. I have no doubt that we will have cold fusion (if you will excuse the pun) down cold by the time we are running out of FISSABLE material.
Nuclear Electric is the way to go for the forseeable future. yes, it's more expensive to build than a wind farm, but it's more practical and reliable. Also, costs can be brought down significantly (at least in the US) if the sitting president declares that Energy Independence is a National Security issue and sweeps aside all the lefty NIMBY special interest groups. We could get those Nuke plants built MUCH more cheaply if we didn't have to deal with NIMBYs.
Well, given how badly misreported this law has been, I'm not surprised that you misunderstood it.
All this law does is provide legal protection for teachers to tech "alternate views" to the Theory of Evolution. It is NOT exclusively restricted to ID teaching. This could, logically, also include FSM theory. So don't worry, be Happy! Teachers in LA can now ALSO tell children about the Noodly beginnings of humanity in addition to other creationist teachings.
Seriously, this really is much ado about nothing. It's just an anti-stupid lawsuit law, to protect teachers who simply ACKNOWLEDGE the fact that not everyone believes ToE is correct. That's it, nothing more, no matter what the militant Atheist sites and D-Kos may say.
Except that the "Business End" of ANY Hydrogen refueling station is....
The end of the pipe that you refuel from!
Hydrogen as a fuel alternative to Gasoline is NEITHER as economical OR as safe as plain old gasoline. It just isn't. Maybe someday in the future, if we develop the technology further, but NOT anytime within AT LEAST 20 years.
Face it; Right now the only semi-viable alternatives we have are biodiesel and electric. BOTH have serious problems of scale due to transportation and storage issues (biodiesel), grid weakness (electric) and production and capacity issues (both).
To be blunt, the ONLY short-term solution is to DRILL MORE OIL. There just isn't any other way around it in the SHORT term. Now, If we follow McCain's plan and build more Nuclear-based Electric capacity and build out the grid (in America and around the world) Then reasonably clean electric is the mid-term solution and possibly a long-term one as well.
Unfortunately, I think bio-diesel is going to run afoul of the same issues Ethanol has, but for small-scale projects I can see it working well. Personally, I would love to be able to get a small Diesel SUV and just make my own bio-diesel. Unfortunately, in NY state our laws are so mired in bureaucracy that we can't even GET those small diesel passenger vehicles. (unless already used).
Oh, and in case anyone cares, I would also LOVE to see a nuke power plant in my area. I live in WNY, and we have a big dirty coal-fired power plant here that really should be replaced by a nice clean nuke plant. I'd love to see that. Big beautiful twin curvy nuke towers to replace the ugly rusty coal-blackened steel gantry stacks. That would be GREAT!
Would this even be necessary? I can install and run Truecrypt off of a USB Thumb drive or an SD card on a Win or Lin based PC. If you use a Windows PC to install the Win version of Trucrypt, and then plug the SD card into a Win-based PDA, would it not function normally? Admittedly, I am not well versed on PDA software installation, but it seems like it SHOULD work.
Anyone tried it yet?
Since you guys seem to be very "up" on this "DNA" stuff, I shall posit a question...
From the Apex of my complete ignorance about Synthetic DNA, does this discovery mean I should:
A) Begin stocking up on weapons, ammunition and food in a highly defensible bunker for the inevitable Solanum virus outbreak and subsequent zombie horde plague.
B) Begin boning up on my virtual gaming ability as our new Synthetic DNA Overlords encapsulate all of humanity in a virtual world until such time as The One frees us all.
C) Ignore this as yet another pointless discovery which shall lead to nothing, and just go have another [insert food or beverage of choice].
D) ???
E) Invest large amounts of money into the company these scientists work for and make PROFIT!
Anyone?
Bueller? Bueller? Bueller?
Oh, nice job. It's Slashdotted. Gopher site run over by Mack Truck of internet traffic from Slashdot. Poor little Gopher never saw it coming. :(
You have that worded wrong. Allow me to assist you;
"One of the misuses of government is to try and enforce policies that the free market won't readily adopt due to lack of profitability or practicality. See: Ethanol mandates."
There. That's better.
You see, all Government manages to do when it gets involved in things like this is muck things up, slow things down, and prevent people from actually fixing the issues in question. Government is a big, slow, stupid behemoth that stomps on all the people it is supposedly trying to help. Getting the government involved is a recipe for failure. Government is NEVER the answer.
The Market, on the other hand, is quick, nimble, and a genius. It fixed problems quickly and profitably, and is able to sustain mankind down the road. Letting market forces loose on any problem ASSURES that it will be fixed, often in much less time and at much higher quality than originally expected. The Market is ALWAYS the answer.
Excellent point. However you missed one crucial point: If you are taking the time and effort to recycle all the trace elements, why would you NOT also go ahead and recycle as many other things out of the material as possible?
They do this NOW with regular recycling. If you have ever seen the Discovery Channel programs on recycling you would see this in action. They take a complex item, such as a car, for example, and break it down into it's constituent elements via various processes such as grinding, magnetic separation, water washing, tank settling, heating, and vaporizing. (just to name a few) Once the elements are broken down as much as possible, the resulting raw materials are sold to manufacturing companies for re-use in new products. Obviously this is an energy-intensive process, usually requiring large amounts of Electricity.
Of course, if we listen to (and Elect) McCain and get a crapload of Nuke plants set up like the French have, Electrical supply won't really be an issue for a long time. So powering the recycling operations should be reasonably trivial.
Ultimately, the solution to our problems lies in our own ingenuity and market forces. If there is a profit to be made, it WILL be done. No need for Government interference with burdensome regulation or laws that just serve to slow the whole process down. Let us put our minds and wallets to it and watch us fly.
Indeed.
I was thinking the exact same thing. Mining copper, zinc, rare elements, Heck, even IRON is a labor-intensive and expensive process. It seems to me that Landfills are concentrated piles of these materials all mixed in with other detrius. Seems to me it would be more practical to set up massive recycling plants next to the dumps, and begin excavating the oldest parts of the dumps where the organics have largely broken down into dirt again, and just separating the synthetics and smelting the rest.
Seriously. Have any of your ever SEEN a mining or a recycling operation? I have. They are HUGE endeavors, and the recycling plants are mostly automated nowadays. I seriously doubt it would be much MORE of an expense to "mine" a dump than it is to mine a section of regular land.
Once the economys of scale come into play, I'm sure that dumps and junkyeards will become the new motherlodes of all the materials we need to continue our daily lives.
Now we just need to get into space and start grinding up those mineral-rich asteroids! (Ok, maybe I've been playing too much EVE Online...)
Fair enough.
How about CNN and William Jefferson
Or, even better, ABC News' slide show on POLITICAL SCANDALS?
Summation on the ABC Slide show from NewsBusters:
Then there is the case of Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick (D). The Today Interview completely IGNORED his political affiliation.
Heck, just go to Newsbusters.org, hit the search feature and put in "Republican, Scandal" or "Democrat, Scandal" You will find HUNDREDS of articles and links to media outlets that back me up.
I'm not trying to claim that either Republicans or Democrats are more corrupt, they both are to varying degrees. The point is though, when you have a National Media ACTIVELY covering up for ONE side, it unevenly loads the presentation of the parties and ultimately, skews elections.
Personally, I think that the template for presenting politicians in ANY news story in ANY media outlet should automatically be [title] [name, first, last] [political party affiliation]. Just automatically, without regard to anything else. Not that I expect it will ever happen. That would be too honest.
The particular fossil they found was of the "Humerus" bone.
*rimshot*
Thank you, I'll be here all week. Try the veal!
Whew!
Glad I'm not the only one who looked at the title and thougt "W00T! FEMBOTS!"
Of course, the rest of it was kind of a letdown. Ah well. I guess learning electronics and circuit soldering is it's own reward.
Even if there is no sweet sweet robot girl loving involved.
Did you read ANY of the responses to your post? If you had, and then checked up on their claims (they are correct, BTW) you would have found that the only thing painfully obvious about your post is that it was a politically motivated post couched in BDS and ignorance, intended to inflame other posters. In other words, a Troll post. You were modded properly.
Nothing personal, I'm sure you are a fine fellow, but your post came off as horribly trollish. I would recommend dumping the BDS. You'll be better off without it.
(BDS = Bush Derangement Syndrome: An Irrational fear of anything related to the George W. Bush presidency, and a tendency to blame everything wrong with the US Government, America, the World, and one's own personal life solely on G.W. Bush.)
It's pretty much the same way with most of the American media.
If a Republican is involved in anything that even might, maybe, sort-of, slightly, if-we-tweak-it-just-a-bit, appear improper, then thier name and party affiliation is shouted from the rooftops for weeks and weeks on end, even AFTER it is shown that the Republican in question was innocent, or that the issue in question was not illegal or unethical, maybe just slightly immoral.
If a Democrat is involved in even the most heinous and criminal of scandals, up to and including extortion, blackmail, embezzlement, child porn, rape and murder, it is given the most cursory treatment possible, buried as quickly as possible, and the political affiliation of the politician in question is NEVER mentioned.
While I can't speak for other country's media outlets, in American that's pretty much the way it works. Not even Fox News is innocent of doing this, although they at least TRY and mention the political affiliation of the politician. Sometimes.
Your analogy is incomplete and incorrect.
A proper analogy would be something more like;
"I was driving by their house and a Circus Barker was outside, saying 'Hurry, hurry, hurry! Free Internet inside! Come and see the amazing Internet! Hurry, hurry, hurry!' (SSID broadcast set to on). So I walked up, asked the Barker if I could enter (DHCP), he gave me a ticket (IP address). I entered, and the Internet was there. They gave me permission."
See the difference?
Allow me to put my explanation of the language differences in a manner you will be comfortable with, as you are someone who grew up in the 60's and 70's.
"Ch-ch-ch-changes! Turn and face the strange, ch-ch-changes!"
Basically, you are now part of the old and outdated. Welcome to fogeyism, here's your cane and coke-bottle glasses, your rocker is over on the porch, just behind the lawn you need to keep kids off of. I'll be bringing your medication around just after lunch, we're having Prunes and Malt-o-meal!
Nothing at all. That's the SlashKos effect you get with some moderators who don't understand that Troll != I disagree with you.
Give it a a bit and it should get fixed.
Please don't try and conflate the issues of Illegal Search and Seizure with border security.
I find this entire situation vile. While it's disgusting that this guy had kiddie porn on his laptop, it is NOT the business of customs to be searching through this guy's personal info on a fishing trip for possibly illegal stuff. That's Totalitarian behavior.
Incidentally, I put many of these types of incidents at the feet of a unionized and unaccountable customs bureaucracy. Why the heck do we respond to the issue of Islamofascist terrorism with a bureaucratic nightmare organization that blanket targets everyone with no due process? It's moronic, ineffective and self-defeating.
However, properly securing our borders against infiltration by both Illegal Aliens and Foreign Agents is an integral part of National Defense. Not to mention that it spares the border environment the horrific amounts of garbage Illegals have been leaving in our delicate sub-desert ecosystems.
I'm all for making easier to legally emigrate to America. Less red tape and paperwork is always good. I think America should rightly welcome all who wish to come here and participate in Freedom and Free Enterprise by working hard (or smart) and earning their way to a comfortable and happy life for them and theirs. However, I am NOT interested in paying for those who would come here ILLEGALLY, flaunt our laws, commit all sorts of crimes, and try and use our social welfare systems as a hammock while they send cash back home. Sorry, America isn't your sugar daddy.
So you see, even a died-in-the-wool Conservative like me can see that these are two separate issues, and it is possible to support them both without being either a pedophile or a racist.
Um...
You do realize that there is a difference between Cosmic Rays and Solar Radiation. Right?
As far as the article goes, More sunspots mean more solar radiation, less sunspots mean less solar radiation.
If the sun has been going through a period of low activity as of recent years, that would certainly explain the cooling trends seen by scientists in recent years. Of course, some refuse to talk about it, and continue to hyperventilate about "Anthropogenic Global Warming" as if it was some kind of gospel, rather than just another scientific hypothesis that has yet to be proved even enough to garner "theory" status.
Of course, this is why real scientists continue to collect data, and to test the hypothesis. Many scientists are beginning to see serious cracks in AGW thought, and are beginning to question it's legitimacy. Unfortunately, AGW seems to have garnered quite a few political opportunists and quasi-religious acolytes who continue to insist there is a consensus where none exists.
Personally, I've not bought into the AGW hysteria, and am continuing to gather data. But the more I gather, the more I see that our Earth's climate has been fluctuating between warm and cool for eons, well before Man arrived on the scene, and will continue to do so until the death of the Sun. We are just a passing fancy for our planet, soon to be forgotten. How arrogant of us to think we could affect the deep and wide forces that move and shape our world.
Congratulations! You have officially reached the nonsense threshold!
How the hell does having ideas on how to solve a community issue like high gas prices have anything to do with how I choose to live my own life? Oh, that's right, those are totally unrelated issues. Unless, of course, you are a communist who doesn't believe in Free Market solutions to problems and thinks that they know better than other people how THEY should live THEIR lives. Sounds to me like you might be.
Here's a clue for ya: Just because I don't give a shit about how YOU want me to live my life, doesn't mean I give up the right to Free Speech, Free Assembly, or any of my other God given and Constitutionally guaranteed rights.
So I will ABSOLUTELY complain about the high cost of gasoline and ABSOLUTELY put forth Free Market ideas on how to resolve the gas price issue, because your perception of my "obvious" needs is apparently completely skewed by your Moonbat Leftism.
Of course, you are free to ignore my ideas, as I won't be telling you how to live your life. We Conservative/Libertarian types are like that. As long as you aren't breaking the law or hurting anyone else, you are free to live your life as you see fit. If you want to drive a Hybrid, be my guest. I will never complain about your choice. If you want to go hog-wild with the "green" thing, recycling everything, living in a dirt house and making your own clothes from Hemp, Be my guest. I will never complain about your choice. Just DO NOT ask me to like that lifestyle or try to force me (through laws or manufactured guilt-trips) to live the same way you do.
See how that works? Everyone lives the way they want and we all get along. It's all about Freedom.
DAMN STRAIGHT!
I dunno about you, but I am fucking sick of people who do NOT pay my bills telling me I'm selfish for spending MY money in the ways I see fit.
Hey, all you leftover hippies, eco-freaks and socialist/commie/liberal social-engineering types. I'll tell you what. When you are willing to PERSONALLY pony up the cash for my car payment, I will willingly drive whatever you holier-than-thou pricks tell me to drive. What's that you say? Oh, you can't afford to pay for my car? You just want to tell me how to live my own life? Well then, you can just shut up, fuck off and die. You have NO RIGHT to tell me how to spend my own money or live my life.
Frigging assholes.
They got stuck. Frequently. Try looking up the "Blizzard of '77" some time.
Also, I don't live IN the city, I live in the suburbs. Why? Because I have two special-needs kids that need the extra space and services available in the 'Burbs that just aren't there in the city of Buffalo. At least 30-60 days out of the year I am driving on snow-covered and slick roads, where 2-wheel drive is only marginally safe. Of course, living in NEW JERSEY you would have no fucking CLUE what I need, so I don't give a shit what you believe about my needs or not.
And yes, the Liberty doesn't get fantastic mileage. (still better than a full-size SUV) But I just drive it to work and back, and to haul supplies from the home improvement store, and for family trips. For all other driving we use the Hyundai Elantra, which has pretty good gas mileage.
And ya know what? Try thinking a bit outside yourself and realize that maybe, just maybe, other people have different needs than you and are as smart or a hell of alot smarter than you and have used the available information to make a different buying decision than you have. Your choice of whatever vehicle you drive might be fine for you, but I seriously doubt it would work for me. Making a different choice doesn't make me an asshole, or my vehicle an "asshole mobile". However, making snap judgments about other people's lives and needs sure as hell makes YOU an asshole.
What are you talking about?
I mean, yes, the Wrangler dash and interior are mostly plastic, but they have been largely plastic since the early 90's. And the seat have ALWAYS been cloth-covered foam seats, since the Wrangler was introduced in the late 80's. Before that the Jeep CJ had vinyl-covered foam, or Leather-covered wool padding (Willys used a leather and wood seat. Ouch! HARD!) If you really need a waterproof seat, try a vinyl or plastic seat cover.
Also, modern plastics are much more resilient and attractive than the painted metal ones, even with no top and left in the rain. They won't rust, (a problem around the dash gauges for 1970's CJs.) they stay cooler in the sun, and are SAFER in an accident (yeah, try and fit an airbag behind a metal dashboard. Ain't gonna happen.)
So yeah, if you want a death trap, feel free to pick up an old 1970's CJ. The rest of us want a practical off-road vehicle that won't get us killed.