Read your regulations. HIPPA (medical record) regulations alone require the destruction of any data like that using national-security level tools.
Medical records? We're talking about violations of the Presidential Records Act. All Presidential and Vice Presidential records have to be archived by the Office of Administration with mechanisms for restriction and public access (e.g. the Freedom of Information Act). Read the Act which says that the Whitehouse should "take all such steps as may be necessary to assure that the activities, deliberations, decisions, and policies that reflect the performance of his constitutional, statutory, or other official or ceremonial duties are adequately documented... and maintained as Presidential records."
This is a non-story, and the only reason it's being pushed time and again is as a kludge to try to attack Bush. I'll admit there are a hell of a lot of reasons to attack Bush (the bribery and scams over illegal immigration/amnesty alone!), but this one isn't it.
There's mounting evidence suggesting intelligence on Iraq's supposed WMD program and links to al Qaeda was being "fixed" and/or inflated to justify a war by the Bush Administration. Eighty-eight White House officials, including Karl Rove and Andrew Card, supposedly used RNC e-mails accounts for official White House work, which is illegal since these officials are required to use.gov accounts and not personal e-mail accounts. There's also suspicions that the Justice Department under Alberto Gonzalez knew this and took no action to stop it. These e-mails have been requested by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform to investigate; perfectly legal, perfectly reasonable.
No, you're missing the obvious picture. The whole point of symbols is represent something (A cause, goal, blah blah blah). What is so unjustly about making a symbol to represent the freedom to learn, change, adapt and and efficiently evolve computer software? I see no harm in doing so. You see, I see the exact opposite of segregation... see communion. This has some potential to introduce new people into the open source community, allowing them to see what the REAL hacker culture is about. The only real segregation this will bring is the segregation between Angalina Jolie and the contributers of the LDP.
If you're doing it for some other goal, you are a hacker in the sense of one who hacks, but not a hacker in the sense of one who would be most aptly described by 'hacker'.
You make this statement without clarifying what a hacker is. Simply saying a hacker is one who enjoys hacking doesn't cut it. Those two sentences didn't make one bit of sense to me. Keep it simple:To hack, is to be a hacker. No sense in adding senses especially when they appear to be insignificant and irrelevant.
...not a loosely and contentiously organized group which most people off the street would mistakenly identify as a word for computer criminals. This really doesn't make any sense- what are you branding yourself as? Are you an ESR/hacker?
Who ever said groups which produce "brand items" are only allowed to have logos? I see clubs and organizations all the time creating different ways to express self identity. And the one thing they all have in common is a purpose and a general goal. On the contrary to your claim, I believe an identity symbol such as the logo presented by ESR is perfect to counter effect the images of hackers brought on by media. It is simple, meaningful, and understandable. The symbol is most likely opposite of what the general public would expect from the hacker community and therefor has potential to change the hacker image. I am furiously exhausted of ignorant people thrashing, tearing and brutalizing the word to the point where it no longer convenes the passions and values the hacker community holds so dearly.
Attacking ESR's physical characteristics carrys no support or justice for your argument (Which at this point seems so....pointless). He's dedicated, GIVING, and holds for many of us a path and guide to become the best contributor we can be to the community. It is obvious he has earned his right to be in the position he is in. If you want to call his dedication and love for this great and valuable cause to be only of an ESR/Hacker, then fine. Call it what you want, but you'll be labeling an entire empowered community.
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Medical records? We're talking about violations of the Presidential Records Act. All Presidential and Vice Presidential records have to be archived by the Office of Administration with mechanisms for restriction and public access (e.g. the Freedom of Information Act). Read the Act which says that the Whitehouse should "take all such steps as may be necessary to assure that the activities, deliberations, decisions, and policies that reflect the performance of his constitutional, statutory, or other official or ceremonial duties are adequately documented ... and maintained as Presidential records."
This is a non-story, and the only reason it's being pushed time and again is as a kludge to try to attack Bush. I'll admit there are a hell of a lot of reasons to attack Bush (the bribery and scams over illegal immigration/amnesty alone!), but this one isn't it.There's mounting evidence suggesting intelligence on Iraq's supposed WMD program and links to al Qaeda was being "fixed" and/or inflated to justify a war by the Bush Administration. Eighty-eight White House officials, including Karl Rove and Andrew Card, supposedly used RNC e-mails accounts for official White House work, which is illegal since these officials are required to use .gov accounts and not personal e-mail accounts. There's also suspicions that the Justice Department under Alberto Gonzalez knew this and took no action to stop it. These e-mails have been requested by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform to investigate; perfectly legal, perfectly reasonable.
"They hate use [sic] for our FREEDOM. End of discussion." I love when people use pronouns without an antecedent.
40 Israel Civilians Dead
500-800 Lebanese Civilians Dead
8/5/06 Little Green Footballs' Post
8/7/06 ESTIMATED CASUALTIES:
40 Israel Civilians Dead
500-800 Lebanese Civilians Dead
That sure helped a lot...
Believe me, I'm all about being critical of the media , but it just doesn't seem to be a major concern for me right now...
No, you're missing the obvious picture. The whole point of symbols is represent something (A cause, goal, blah blah blah). What is so unjustly about making a symbol to represent the freedom to learn, change, adapt and and efficiently evolve computer software? I see no harm in doing so. You see, I see the exact opposite of segregation... see communion. This has some potential to introduce new people into the open source community, allowing them to see what the REAL hacker culture is about. The only real segregation this will bring is the segregation between Angalina Jolie and the contributers of the LDP.
If you're doing it for some other goal, you are a hacker in the sense of one who hacks, but not a hacker in the sense of one who would be most aptly described by 'hacker'. You make this statement without clarifying what a hacker is. Simply saying a hacker is one who enjoys hacking doesn't cut it. Those two sentences didn't make one bit of sense to me. Keep it simple:To hack, is to be a hacker. No sense in adding senses especially when they appear to be insignificant and irrelevant.
...not a loosely and contentiously organized group which most people off the street would mistakenly identify as a word for computer criminals. This really doesn't make any sense- what are you branding yourself as? Are you an ESR/hacker?
Who ever said groups which produce "brand items" are only allowed to have logos? I see clubs and organizations all the time creating different ways to express self identity. And the one thing they all have in common is a purpose and a general goal. On the contrary to your claim, I believe an identity symbol such as the logo presented by ESR is perfect to counter effect the images of hackers brought on by media. It is simple, meaningful, and understandable. The symbol is most likely opposite of what the general public would expect from the hacker community and therefor has potential to change the hacker image. I am furiously exhausted of ignorant people thrashing, tearing and brutalizing the word to the point where it no longer convenes the passions and values the hacker community holds so dearly.
Attacking ESR's physical characteristics carrys no support or justice for your argument (Which at this point seems so....pointless). He's dedicated, GIVING, and holds for many of us a path and guide to become the best contributor we can be to the community. It is obvious he has earned his right to be in the position he is in. If you want to call his dedication and love for this great and valuable cause to be only of an ESR/Hacker, then fine. Call it what you want, but you'll be labeling an entire empowered community.