A) No, it does not. The FISA court has never said that domestic spying without a warrant is legal.
You are correct. The FISA court hasn't said that domestic spying without a warrant is legal. Of course, they haven't said it's ILLEGAL either. As a matter of fact, the FISA court hasn't made any statements on the NSA program simply because it is NOT WITHIN THIER JURISDICTION. Why? Because the NSA Program is NOT domestic spying! It is spying on enemy combatants attempting to communicate with thier agents inside our borders during a declared time of war. This is something that is well within the LEGAL jurisdiction of the President and the NSA. Don't believe me? Try this on for size. From a WSJ article:
Jimmy Carter's Attorney General, Griffin Bell, emphasized when FISA passed that the law "does not take away the power of the President under the Constitution." And in the 1980 case of United States v. Truong, the Carter Administration successfully argued the government's authority to have conducted entirely domestic, warrantless wiretaps of a U.S. citizen and a Vietnamese citizen who had been passing intelligence to the North Vietnamese during the 1970s Paris peace talks.
You see, this power has NOT ONLY been exercised before, but it HAS BEEN SUPPORTED BY THE COURTS. So therefore your points..
B)No, they did not. They got the required warrants from the FISA court.
and
C)What amazes me (not really) is people who are so blindly partisan that they will stand behind a man who is breaking actual laws and destroying the ideals of our country in the process. Who gives a shit about Democrats or Republicans, Bush is the problem here.
are not only dead wrong, but based on factually incorrect information.
Get your facts straight, and THEN form an opinion. Otherwise you just look foolish.
The NSA revoked Tice's security clearance in May of last year based on what it called psychological concerns and later dismissed him.
I would agree. We are talking about someone who got fired, and THEN decided to "whistle blow" If he reported this first and THEN got fired, then I would be more inclined to believe him. But the fact that he was fired first and afterward decided that he "needed" to report this to a newspaper (as opposed to filing a wrongful dismissal dispute via the legal system) does not speak well to his motives.
This call monitoring has been going on for well over a year. If it really bothered him all that much, why didn't he come out with this a long time ago? Seems to me that there is a good chance that he's just a disgruntled former employee with some mental stability issues who decided that this would be a good way to get his 15 minutes of fame and maybe a book deal on the side while getting even with his former employer.
It's FUBAR, not foobar. FUBAR is an acronym that stands for "F'ed Up Beyond All Recognition". Besides that, it's funnier if you spell it right. (and yes, I intentionally abbreviated the 'F' word.)
Pencil Eraser?? Geez. The main fuses in my house are the size of shotgun shells! of course, My house used to be owned by an electrician, so that might have something to do with it...
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Get out of the Kitchen.
As the old saying goes. Looks like he took it to heart. Smart too, it's never good to let the cult of personality interfere with policy. While I'm sad to see him go, I realize why he did it, and understand the need to step aside so the argument isn't about him. I'm sure he will be working from the sidelines as best he can. I wish him all the best of luck in his future endeavors.
If only our legislators followed your model more closely, many idiotic laws would not be on the books.
Your point reminds me of NY State's Anti-Cellphone law. A law was passed banning the use of Cellphones while driving in a car unless using a hands-free device. This was before any scientific studies were done. There was alot of press and public fervor about it, but the studies weren't complete yet. Well, the law was passed, and then the studies completed about 6 months later. The scientific studies concluded that while use of a cell phone in a car was somewhat distracting, it was only marginally more distracting than other legal in-car activites such as tuning the radio or talking to a passenger.
Conversely, the study found that using a hands-free device such as a speakerphone or a headset was actually much more distracting than just picking up the cellphone and talking. Mostly due to either fumbling with putting it on or (in the case of speakerphones) trying to find the "on" button so you can talk!
So here we have a law that not only was passed in the absence of good science, but actually CONTRADICTS the scientific conclusions!
The worst part about it is that the same nutcase politician that pushed the issue originally, now wants to go even further and ban the use of cellphones in cars TOTALLY!
Just goes to show you how politicians on a rampage can screw with our freedoms.
I mean, does anyone here really think that if a law puts that much power into the hands of an organized business cartel, that it's NOT going to be abused? Did anyone here NOT see this coming? Frankly, with a law as broad and Monopoly empowering as the DMCA, it was only a matter of time. And not a very long amount of time either.
Now, keep in mind, this is coming from a registered N.Y. State Conservative Party member, who listens to Rush Limbaugh every day, and voted for W. TWICE.
The amount of Individual Freedoms this law steals from people is abhorrent. It offends every Freedom loving, Patriotic bone in my body. Unfortunately, Most people don't see this as a priority. Like many of our laws, it's a "Creeping Freedom Stealer". Much like the old story of the frog in the frying pan, most people won't notice it taking thier Freedom until it's too late.
"In August of 1998, Clinton ordered an air strike against bin Laden and his compatriots because of "compelling information they were planning additional terrorist attacks against our citizens and others with the inevitable collateral casualties and.. seeking to acquire chemical weapons and other dangerous weapons." Many Republicans denounced the bombings as an attempt to divert attention from the Monica Lewinsky affair."
Hmm.. was that the one where he ordered the missle bombardment of an aspirin factory, or the one where the beaurocratic shackles he had previously placed on the CIA, the FBI and the military caused the information about Bin Laden to arrive so late that we blew up an empty mud hut? Could you refresh my memory?
"Siding with the Bush administration on ANY issue doesn't make you a right-wing, anti-science, anti-environment, war-mongering, redneck, torture advocating, moron AT ALL."
About time someone around here finally figured that out and explained it in a clear and concise manner.
Mcain-Feingold doesn't do jack to stop the wealthy special interests from donating as much as they want, but it does stop the middle class and small business owners from making worthwile donations.
Since we now understand that Buying Ads = Speech, we should all now understand that Mcain-Feingold LIMITS most people's free speech, not expands it. This (to many like myself) is a direct violation of the Bill of Rights and the Constitution.
The fact that Republicans want to stick with a Constitutional Contructionist view of how political speech is handled, and Democrats want to have a more "fluid" concept of speech (read: change it to what fits our agenda at the time) really shouldn't surprise anyone who has been following this.
According to the Transgaming website, WoW runs great under Cedega on Linux. I wonder if anyone has tested it with the new Warden software. If they have, I have a couple questions;
1) Does it run at all? 2) Does the Warden software function? 3) If the Warden software functions, can it read what you might be running in another Linux Window? (I suspect not)
Spoken like someone who doesn't understand what it takes to attract a sex partner.
Trust me. No matter HOW good looking you are, no matter how witty and personable, no matter how well read and intelligent, If your body funk wilts plants from across the room no-one will want to have sex with you.
Most of human attraction is BASED on scent. We usually don't notice it because it comes in the form of pheremones that we can't always conciously smell.
Commercial scents like Axe (I use Kilo scent) serve to enhance the naturally occuring pheremones you aready emit with a conciously detectable pleasant smell. This serves to increase your chances of ending up in the sack with that prospective member of the opposite sex. Nasty body funk does JUST the opposite.
I dunno about you, but I WANT my phone to have GPS. Simply so they can locate me if I call 911 on my wireless phone. I think that would be the most elegant and potentially useful idea. Registering all Wi-Fi access points is WAY too intrusive and complicated. Simply making wi-fi phone providers insert an inexpensive GPS locator into the phone makes much more sense, and the phone makers can turn it into a feature! (Wardriving with your Phone! W00T!)
That depends entirely on your general taste in multimedia entertainment. If you enjoy action flicks, I would recommend starting with 'Cowboy Bebop'. Great show with a tremendous soundtrack, and the English dub is spot-on teriffic. You don't even have to watch it in Japanese and read subtitles if you don't want to.
If you prefer something more thoughtful, I'd recommend 'Grave of the Fireflies' (Historical drama), or even 'Spirited Away' (Think 'Alice In Wonderland' but with Japanese cultural Iconography instead of British).
If you prefer Romantic Comedy, something like 'Love Hina' might be a good choice, although it's a long series and kind of goofy at times. I also really enjoyed 'Chobits' (story exploring relationships between people and thier computers in modern society) But the main character is a bit of a twit.
Whatever you choose, don't let anyone tell you you HAVE to watch it in Japanese. Mostly the English dubs are carefully done and well casted. In the case of Cowboy Bebop, I felt the English cast did a much better job than the Japanese cast did. But that's just me. Enjoy your exploration of the world of Anime, it's sure to be interesting!
Doesn't work because of the anonymous coward that just changed the password. Apparently being an ass does not keep you from reading slashdot.
Well, this login should please him. Here's a login that was apparently created by an ass . Got it from www.bugmenot.com
UN: george.im.an.idiot.bush@whitehouse.gov
PASS: alcohol
Umm No. Intelligent Design theory does not state nor imply that every single solar system in the universe be one capable of supporting human-like life. Merely that the variety and complexity of our universe is so great as to belie the possibility of it being totally random. So actually, having a funky goofy solar system such as this one supports the concept of Intelligent Design.
Unfortunately, it is not only a crazy, poorly formed idea, it will also NOT eliminate the problem.
What you are proposing is governmental / beaurocratic oversight of a free market problem. This is also known as Communism or Socialism. History has shown us very well that solutions of that nature do not and cannot work. Case in point: The Soviet Union. All aspects of commerce were controlled in a manner similar to what you are proposing. What happened? A dead market where nothing was available cheaply and quality was horrible! Long lines for food, cars that didn't run or fell apart (see YUGO for more info on that) and ultimately a country and a people sent to economic ruin.
A system such as the one you are proposing would ensure that nothing good ever gets produced again in the entertainment industry. While I'm sure you meant well, please return to the drawing board and try again.
With that kind of Data load, I'd say good old tape drive is your best best. hard drive for frequently accessed stuff, Tape drive for long term storage. BTW, Seagate has a nice 400 GB HD storage solution for about 300 bucks which should solve your storage needs temporarily until you can get the money together for a tape drive setup.
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A) No, it does not. The FISA court has never said that domestic spying without a warrant is legal.
You are correct. The FISA court hasn't said that domestic spying without a warrant is legal. Of course, they haven't said it's ILLEGAL either. As a matter of fact, the FISA court hasn't made any statements on the NSA program simply because it is NOT WITHIN THIER JURISDICTION. Why? Because the NSA Program is NOT domestic spying! It is spying on enemy combatants attempting to communicate with thier agents inside our borders during a declared time of war. This is something that is well within the LEGAL jurisdiction of the President and the NSA. Don't believe me? Try this on for size. From a WSJ article:
Jimmy Carter's Attorney General, Griffin Bell, emphasized when FISA passed that the law "does not take away the power of the President under the Constitution." And in the 1980 case of United States v. Truong, the Carter Administration successfully argued the government's authority to have conducted entirely domestic, warrantless wiretaps of a U.S. citizen and a Vietnamese citizen who had been passing intelligence to the North Vietnamese during the 1970s Paris peace talks.
You see, this power has NOT ONLY been exercised before, but it HAS BEEN SUPPORTED BY THE COURTS. So therefore your points..
B)No, they did not. They got the required warrants from the FISA court.
and
C)What amazes me (not really) is people who are so blindly partisan that they will stand behind a man who is breaking actual laws and destroying the ideals of our country in the process. Who gives a shit about Democrats or Republicans, Bush is the problem here.
are not only dead wrong, but based on factually incorrect information.
Get your facts straight, and THEN form an opinion. Otherwise you just look foolish.
FTFA:
The NSA revoked Tice's security clearance in May of last year based on what it called psychological concerns and later dismissed him.
I would agree. We are talking about someone who got fired, and THEN decided to "whistle blow" If he reported this first and THEN got fired, then I would be more inclined to believe him. But the fact that he was fired first and afterward decided that he "needed" to report this to a newspaper (as opposed to filing a wrongful dismissal dispute via the legal system) does not speak well to his motives.
This call monitoring has been going on for well over a year. If it really bothered him all that much, why didn't he come out with this a long time ago? Seems to me that there is a good chance that he's just a disgruntled former employee with some mental stability issues who decided that this would be a good way to get his 15 minutes of fame and maybe a book deal on the side while getting even with his former employer.
Is it just me, or does that picture make it look like Polaris just has some version of an interstellar zit? Maybe it's a boil...
It's FUBAR, not foobar. FUBAR is an acronym that stands for "F'ed Up Beyond All Recognition". Besides that, it's funnier if you spell it right. (and yes, I intentionally abbreviated the 'F' word.)
Sorry, that was just bugging me.
Pencil Eraser?? Geez. The main fuses in my house are the size of shotgun shells! of course, My house used to be owned by an electrician, so that might have something to do with it...
Get out of the Kitchen.
As the old saying goes. Looks like he took it to heart. Smart too, it's never good to let the cult of personality interfere with policy. While I'm sad to see him go, I realize why he did it, and understand the need to step aside so the argument isn't about him. I'm sure he will be working from the sidelines as best he can. I wish him all the best of luck in his future endeavors.
Well said Sir!
If only our legislators followed your model more closely, many idiotic laws would not be on the books.
Your point reminds me of NY State's Anti-Cellphone law. A law was passed banning the use of Cellphones while driving in a car unless using a hands-free device. This was before any scientific studies were done. There was alot of press and public fervor about it, but the studies weren't complete yet. Well, the law was passed, and then the studies completed about 6 months later. The scientific studies concluded that while use of a cell phone in a car was somewhat distracting, it was only marginally more distracting than other legal in-car activites such as tuning the radio or talking to a passenger.
Conversely, the study found that using a hands-free device such as a speakerphone or a headset was actually much more distracting than just picking up the cellphone and talking. Mostly due to either fumbling with putting it on or (in the case of speakerphones) trying to find the "on" button so you can talk!
So here we have a law that not only was passed in the absence of good science, but actually CONTRADICTS the scientific conclusions!
The worst part about it is that the same nutcase politician that pushed the issue originally, now wants to go even further and ban the use of cellphones in cars TOTALLY!
Just goes to show you how politicians on a rampage can screw with our freedoms.
Sorry in advance for any borked english ;)
*muffled chuckle* A Swedish guy said "bork"! Bwaaa haa haa haa!!
Heh. Sorry. I know it's off-topic, but I just couldn't resist.
I mean, does anyone here really think that if a law puts that much power into the hands of an organized business cartel, that it's NOT going to be abused? Did anyone here NOT see this coming? Frankly, with a law as broad and Monopoly empowering as the DMCA, it was only a matter of time. And not a very long amount of time either.
Now, keep in mind, this is coming from a registered N.Y. State Conservative Party member, who listens to Rush Limbaugh every day, and voted for W. TWICE.
The amount of Individual Freedoms this law steals from people is abhorrent. It offends every Freedom loving, Patriotic bone in my body. Unfortunately, Most people don't see this as a priority. Like many of our laws, it's a "Creeping Freedom Stealer". Much like the old story of the frog in the frying pan, most people won't notice it taking thier Freedom until it's too late.
wouldn't it be odd to find out that DRM is causing the xbox to crash?
:)
Odd, no. Ironic, maybe. Funny as hell, ABSOLUTELY!
Heck. I can give you ONE reason not to move to Vista, and it's all you need.
Trusted Computing.
'nuff said.
"In August of 1998, Clinton ordered an air strike against bin Laden and his compatriots because of "compelling information they were planning additional terrorist attacks against our citizens and others with the inevitable collateral casualties and .. seeking to acquire chemical weapons and other dangerous weapons." Many Republicans denounced the bombings as an attempt to divert attention from the Monica Lewinsky affair."
Hmm.. was that the one where he ordered the missle bombardment of an aspirin factory, or the one where the beaurocratic shackles he had previously placed on the CIA, the FBI and the military caused the information about Bin Laden to arrive so late that we blew up an empty mud hut? Could you refresh my memory?
Hang on... Lemme fix that post...
"Siding with the Bush administration on ANY issue doesn't make you a right-wing, anti-science, anti-environment, war-mongering, redneck, torture advocating, moron AT ALL."
Ahhh... Much better!
Bravo Sharp'r, bravo!
About time someone around here finally figured that out and explained it in a clear and concise manner.
Mcain-Feingold doesn't do jack to stop the wealthy special interests from donating as much as they want, but it does stop the middle class and small business owners from making worthwile donations.
Since we now understand that Buying Ads = Speech, we should all now understand that Mcain-Feingold LIMITS most people's free speech, not expands it. This (to many like myself) is a direct violation of the Bill of Rights and the Constitution.
The fact that Republicans want to stick with a Constitutional Contructionist view of how political speech is handled, and Democrats want to have a more "fluid" concept of speech (read: change it to what fits our agenda at the time) really shouldn't surprise anyone who has been following this.
I salute you sir, well said.
According to the Transgaming website, WoW runs great under Cedega on Linux. I wonder if anyone has tested it with the new Warden software. If they have, I have a couple questions;
1) Does it run at all?
2) Does the Warden software function?
3) If the Warden software functions, can it read what you might be running in another Linux Window? (I suspect not)
And yet it still holds 10 clowns! Go figure.
Spoken like someone who doesn't understand what it takes to attract a sex partner. Trust me. No matter HOW good looking you are, no matter how witty and personable, no matter how well read and intelligent, If your body funk wilts plants from across the room no-one will want to have sex with you. Most of human attraction is BASED on scent. We usually don't notice it because it comes in the form of pheremones that we can't always conciously smell. Commercial scents like Axe (I use Kilo scent) serve to enhance the naturally occuring pheremones you aready emit with a conciously detectable pleasant smell. This serves to increase your chances of ending up in the sack with that prospective member of the opposite sex. Nasty body funk does JUST the opposite.
I dunno about you, but I WANT my phone to have GPS. Simply so they can locate me if I call 911 on my wireless phone. I think that would be the most elegant and potentially useful idea. Registering all Wi-Fi access points is WAY too intrusive and complicated. Simply making wi-fi phone providers insert an inexpensive GPS locator into the phone makes much more sense, and the phone makers can turn it into a feature! (Wardriving with your Phone! W00T!)
Yep, the "e-mail" is slashdotted already.,
That depends entirely on your general taste in multimedia entertainment. If you enjoy action flicks, I would recommend starting with 'Cowboy Bebop'. Great show with a tremendous soundtrack, and the English dub is spot-on teriffic. You don't even have to watch it in Japanese and read subtitles if you don't want to.
If you prefer something more thoughtful, I'd recommend 'Grave of the Fireflies' (Historical drama), or even 'Spirited Away' (Think 'Alice In Wonderland' but with Japanese cultural Iconography instead of British).
If you prefer Romantic Comedy, something like 'Love Hina' might be a good choice, although it's a long series and kind of goofy at times. I also really enjoyed 'Chobits' (story exploring relationships between people and thier computers in modern society) But the main character is a bit of a twit.
Whatever you choose, don't let anyone tell you you HAVE to watch it in Japanese. Mostly the English dubs are carefully done and well casted. In the case of Cowboy Bebop, I felt the English cast did a much better job than the Japanese cast did. But that's just me. Enjoy your exploration of the world of Anime, it's sure to be interesting!
Doesn't work because of the anonymous coward that just changed the password. Apparently being an ass does not keep you from reading slashdot. Well, this login should please him. Here's a login that was apparently created by an ass . Got it from www.bugmenot.com UN: george.im.an.idiot.bush@whitehouse.gov PASS: alcohol
Umm No. Intelligent Design theory does not state nor imply that every single solar system in the universe be one capable of supporting human-like life. Merely that the variety and complexity of our universe is so great as to belie the possibility of it being totally random. So actually, having a funky goofy solar system such as this one supports the concept of Intelligent Design.
Now stop trolling, you silly.
Unfortunately, it is not only a crazy, poorly formed idea, it will also NOT eliminate the problem.
What you are proposing is governmental / beaurocratic oversight of a free market problem. This is also known as Communism or Socialism. History has shown us very well that solutions of that nature do not and cannot work. Case in point: The Soviet Union. All aspects of commerce were controlled in a manner similar to what you are proposing. What happened? A dead market where nothing was available cheaply and quality was horrible! Long lines for food, cars that didn't run or fell apart (see YUGO for more info on that) and ultimately a country and a people sent to economic ruin.
A system such as the one you are proposing would ensure that nothing good ever gets produced again in the entertainment industry. While I'm sure you meant well, please return to the drawing board and try again.
With that kind of Data load, I'd say good old tape drive is your best best. hard drive for frequently accessed stuff, Tape drive for long term storage. BTW, Seagate has a nice 400 GB HD storage solution for about 300 bucks which should solve your storage needs temporarily until you can get the money together for a tape drive setup.
Don't be too proud of this technological server you've created. It is nothing when comared to the power of the Slashdot!