According to polls most of the American people do not approve of his actions. And this is a democracy, so that matters.
Its a Constitutional Democracy. So what the mob thinks doesn't make it right. We have a Bill of Rights which Snowden (and others) claim is being violated.
Opinion poll results to the effect that Snowden did wrong point out another problem with him returning: How is he going to get a fair trial with practically every potential juror having read stories (propaganda) about him and having an opinion already?
The TC devs hold no keys, but could conceivably build a back door into future versions. Or perhaps there already is one, or a weakness overlooked. Its also possible that the NSA has known about the TC devs for some time, has possibly been leaning on one or more of them and this has only recently become evident to the entire team.
Some (wealthy) people conduct property transactions partially or entirely as private contracts. Back when I was in a business involving engineering in public right-of-ways, many county property records just described transactions as "for the price of $20 and other valuable considerations". Often for multi-million dollar waterfront lots. And then there's property which is held by a corporation, where the records of transfer (unregistered securities not available to the general public) will never be a matter of public record.
But these sorts of transactions are beyond the authority of the FHFA and CFPB. And that is by the design of the parties involved. So, in one sense, who cares? The common folk (who need consumer protection) are already a matter of record and the rich don't want/don't need the government meddling in their affairs.
Problems arise when parties at the margins of the public/private transaction decision look at this new body of law and push their decision over to the private side. I don't care about the mortgage fraud issue so much. But there is already a massive amount of property value that is 'off the books' and not contributing to local tax bases. And this sort of nonsense will just make it worse.
You only need the plans for the first decently made gun, then you can make as many as you want.
I wouldn't be surprised if the g-code (for CNC machining) for parts of an AR-15 are out there on line somewhere. And the cost of additive manufacturing equipment capable of building a functional gun is in the same neigborhood as that of CNC mills and lathes. So people can make as many as they want.
I'm assuming that any competent researcher would purchase their own "unnamed embedded device marketed towards children" and crack that. Otherwise, 'Duh.' I don't want you hacking my kid's toy.
But if you pick your own lock, it belongs to you. And so long as the purpose is research, DMCA and other laws do allow for some limited R&D exceptions.
Law enforcement doesn't want researchers uncovering their backdoors put into consumer products? Or some sleazy manufacturer with defective crap getting a buddy in the FBI to lean on people who might go public?
We have no authority to accept or implement NSLs at this company site. Please deliver them as an e-mail attachment to our government compliance department's (publicly readable) server.
'Computer', 'hard-wired' and 'integrated circuit' are unrelated. There were computers which were programmable but had no ICs (some even had vacuum tubes). There are also hard wired systems, complete with modern CPUs in use today (stretching the definition of hard wired). In the past, these were programmed by burning open fusible links on the chip, so they were for all intents and purposes 'hard wired'.
No registration needed - if you are unvaccinated and get a disease, you pay for your own treatment.
I wish it were that simple. The fact is; we treat everyone one way or another. Get sick, walk into an emergency room and claim poverty. They won't throw you out (and who is going to check some hobo's ID to see if he really has assets available). So we pay for that.
The problem with the anti-vaccine crowd: They don't want themselves of their kids vaccinated. Might cause autism, you know. But they are the most militant about getting everyone else stuck. Because that's how they keep themselves healthy. I say, "F* it!" I'm getting vaccinated. So are my kids. So if some little unvaccinated snot-dribbler shows up at school, my family is safe.
Problem: The unvaccinated little snot-dribblers are out there. And we are going to pay for them one way or another. Jack up the insurance rates and they'll drop coverage and show up at the ER, sick kid in tow. Or they'll go on the public plan and still we pay.
Simple regulation can still be quite onerous. That's why industries lobby for exemptions for special cases. Low profit, high cost markets could not be served were the providers held to the same requirements that higher revenue markets are. And then the corporations start gaming the system.
What we need are less burdensome regulations with clear goals. You want more rural service? Relieve the providers of some of the urban regulations. But then watch them to make sure they aren't playing with definitions.* We also need smarter regulators who are motivated to serve the public rather than seek big future paychecks from businesses under their jurisdiction.**
*A power company I used to work for defined a rather significant city in Washington State as a rural area so as noto to be obliged to increase service reliability there.
**But then 'troublemakers' like this are the first ones to either be hired away by businesses. Just to get them out of the way. Failing that, business lobbies Congress to have them removed.
... result from less intense storms. Which runs counter to the warmingists models. So, which is it?
Until the models are refined to the point that they make useful (and correct) predictions, how can we rely upon them to produce environmental policies with serious economic impacts?
Why? Why is an IT, CS, engineering profession a dog-eat-dog world? And if you think that this is just the nature of the working world in general, I've got news for you. You don't measure up. Not by a mile.
This dog-eat-dog bullshit is just a symptom of little man's disease. And I don't mean little in the literal sense. I mean you are working in a field that doesn't need the 'manly' attributes we've been taught about as kids. You want some real experience with tough guys on the job? Spend some time doing some blue collar work. Preferably something that takes a bit of skill as well as muscle. I spent some time with electric utility line crews before moving to an engineering job. And I've never seen more chest-thumping by a bunch of wimps than I did in the latter group. And it just made me laugh, knowing that the yelling, table pounding and strutting around would just get them laughed off a crew. And probably hung by the belt-loops from a crossarm.
So, you sell the Beemer, move out of the parents' house and maybe get a crap job. Just to prove to yourself and others that you're not 'entitled'. And if people pick on you, you take some martial arts lessons. To build up self confidence, learn that you can take a few hits and life isn't over and eventually kick a bully's ass.
And you keep the female therapist. Not for sex, but you tell her that she should give you feedback on your approach to women.
But here's the thing: This is what I'd do. But the thinking of a "high functioning Asperger" sufferer isn't going to be anything like that.
No problem. We'll do the hard work and 'pave the way'. But if you meatbags expect us to hold the camera when you arrive like MacArthur at Leyte, you're out of your fscking minds.
A and B are planets in one solar system or two different solar systems. We can assume that any civilization intelligent enough to engage in interplanetary radio (or laser) communications will have figured out how to aim their transmitter and how far to 'lead' their target to compensate for the finite signal speed.
Since the A to B alignment is determined optically (automatically including a factor for how far apart A and B are), we (at C) just have to be in that same line to intercept any signals.
Now, if we want to reply to A or B, we would have to figure out the aiming and lead problem.
When we (at C) see A,B and C line up, what we are seeing is a long past event. The property of alignment, determined by optical means, is exactly the time at which we would look for a signal traveling at the speed of light (electromgnetic).
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According to polls most of the American people do not approve of his actions. And this is a democracy, so that matters.
Its a Constitutional Democracy. So what the mob thinks doesn't make it right. We have a Bill of Rights which Snowden (and others) claim is being violated.
Opinion poll results to the effect that Snowden did wrong point out another problem with him returning: How is he going to get a fair trial with practically every potential juror having read stories (propaganda) about him and having an opinion already?
Back door != Keys
The TC devs hold no keys, but could conceivably build a back door into future versions. Or perhaps there already is one, or a weakness overlooked. Its also possible that the NSA has known about the TC devs for some time, has possibly been leaning on one or more of them and this has only recently become evident to the entire team.
A good keyboard should be sturdy enough to beat a man to death with.
And then use to write his obituary.
Mortgages are public records.
Most are. Some are not.
Some (wealthy) people conduct property transactions partially or entirely as private contracts. Back when I was in a business involving engineering in public right-of-ways, many county property records just described transactions as "for the price of $20 and other valuable considerations". Often for multi-million dollar waterfront lots. And then there's property which is held by a corporation, where the records of transfer (unregistered securities not available to the general public) will never be a matter of public record.
But these sorts of transactions are beyond the authority of the FHFA and CFPB. And that is by the design of the parties involved. So, in one sense, who cares? The common folk (who need consumer protection) are already a matter of record and the rich don't want/don't need the government meddling in their affairs.
Problems arise when parties at the margins of the public/private transaction decision look at this new body of law and push their decision over to the private side. I don't care about the mortgage fraud issue so much. But there is already a massive amount of property value that is 'off the books' and not contributing to local tax bases. And this sort of nonsense will just make it worse.
As a demonstration of your willingness to comply.
You only need the plans for the first decently made gun, then you can make as many as you want.
I wouldn't be surprised if the g-code (for CNC machining) for parts of an AR-15 are out there on line somewhere. And the cost of additive manufacturing equipment capable of building a functional gun is in the same neigborhood as that of CNC mills and lathes. So people can make as many as they want.
Yeah, right.
picking random locks that don't belong to them.
I'm assuming that any competent researcher would purchase their own "unnamed embedded device marketed towards children" and crack that. Otherwise, 'Duh.' I don't want you hacking my kid's toy.
But if you pick your own lock, it belongs to you. And so long as the purpose is research, DMCA and other laws do allow for some limited R&D exceptions.
Law enforcement doesn't want researchers uncovering their backdoors put into consumer products? Or some sleazy manufacturer with defective crap getting a buddy in the FBI to lean on people who might go public?
Understandable. They probably don't let their employees get on Sashdot. Or it would be 1200 per day.
We have no authority to accept or implement NSLs at this company site. Please deliver them as an e-mail attachment to our government compliance department's (publicly readable) server.
'Computer', 'hard-wired' and 'integrated circuit' are unrelated. There were computers which were programmable but had no ICs (some even had vacuum tubes). There are also hard wired systems, complete with modern CPUs in use today (stretching the definition of hard wired). In the past, these were programmed by burning open fusible links on the chip, so they were for all intents and purposes 'hard wired'.
Perhaps we are all inside the TV set.
people that don't get vaccinated and infect other people
innocent victims.
You want me and my kids to get vaccinated just so you can rely on the herd immunity and not vaccinate yourself?
Yeah, I now this overlooks the issue of less than 100% effectiveness of a vaccine. But this _is_ Slashdot, so I'm allowed to over-simplify.
No registration needed - if you are unvaccinated and get a disease, you pay for your own treatment.
I wish it were that simple. The fact is; we treat everyone one way or another. Get sick, walk into an emergency room and claim poverty. They won't throw you out (and who is going to check some hobo's ID to see if he really has assets available). So we pay for that.
The problem with the anti-vaccine crowd: They don't want themselves of their kids vaccinated. Might cause autism, you know. But they are the most militant about getting everyone else stuck. Because that's how they keep themselves healthy. I say, "F* it!" I'm getting vaccinated. So are my kids. So if some little unvaccinated snot-dribbler shows up at school, my family is safe.
Problem: The unvaccinated little snot-dribblers are out there. And we are going to pay for them one way or another. Jack up the insurance rates and they'll drop coverage and show up at the ER, sick kid in tow. Or they'll go on the public plan and still we pay.
Simple regulation can still be quite onerous. That's why industries lobby for exemptions for special cases. Low profit, high cost markets could not be served were the providers held to the same requirements that higher revenue markets are. And then the corporations start gaming the system.
What we need are less burdensome regulations with clear goals. You want more rural service? Relieve the providers of some of the urban regulations. But then watch them to make sure they aren't playing with definitions.* We also need smarter regulators who are motivated to serve the public rather than seek big future paychecks from businesses under their jurisdiction.**
*A power company I used to work for defined a rather significant city in Washington State as a rural area so as noto to be obliged to increase service reliability there.
**But then 'troublemakers' like this are the first ones to either be hired away by businesses. Just to get them out of the way. Failing that, business lobbies Congress to have them removed.
Until the models are refined to the point that they make useful (and correct) predictions, how can we rely upon them to produce environmental policies with serious economic impacts?
By throwing a temper tantrum until you cave and leave the cookies on the floor?
This toddler has enough money to see to it that his current parents are voted out and replaced by more compliant parents in the next term.
End result: The cookies will be left on the floor. Either by you or your replacement.
And the number of assholes is way under 1%.
But quite a few of those assholes are bible-thumpers, pissed off about why women aren't at home making babies and having dinner ready.
not challenged by the non-assholes present.
Try that some time and the Jesus People will come out of the woodwork after you.
We are expected to suck it up to[o].
Why? Why is an IT, CS, engineering profession a dog-eat-dog world? And if you think that this is just the nature of the working world in general, I've got news for you. You don't measure up. Not by a mile.
This dog-eat-dog bullshit is just a symptom of little man's disease. And I don't mean little in the literal sense. I mean you are working in a field that doesn't need the 'manly' attributes we've been taught about as kids. You want some real experience with tough guys on the job? Spend some time doing some blue collar work. Preferably something that takes a bit of skill as well as muscle. I spent some time with electric utility line crews before moving to an engineering job. And I've never seen more chest-thumping by a bunch of wimps than I did in the latter group. And it just made me laugh, knowing that the yelling, table pounding and strutting around would just get them laughed off a crew. And probably hung by the belt-loops from a crossarm.
This was EXACTLY his frustration.
So, you sell the Beemer, move out of the parents' house and maybe get a crap job. Just to prove to yourself and others that you're not 'entitled'. And if people pick on you, you take some martial arts lessons. To build up self confidence, learn that you can take a few hits and life isn't over and eventually kick a bully's ass.
And you keep the female therapist. Not for sex, but you tell her that she should give you feedback on your approach to women.
But here's the thing: This is what I'd do. But the thinking of a "high functioning Asperger" sufferer isn't going to be anything like that.
No problem. We'll do the hard work and 'pave the way'. But if you meatbags expect us to hold the camera when you arrive like MacArthur at Leyte, you're out of your fscking minds.
A and B are planets in one solar system or two different solar systems. We can assume that any civilization intelligent enough to engage in interplanetary radio (or laser) communications will have figured out how to aim their transmitter and how far to 'lead' their target to compensate for the finite signal speed.
Since the A to B alignment is determined optically (automatically including a factor for how far apart A and B are), we (at C) just have to be in that same line to intercept any signals.
Now, if we want to reply to A or B, we would have to figure out the aiming and lead problem.
Never mind.
When we (at C) see A,B and C line up, what we are seeing is a long past event. The property of alignment, determined by optical means, is exactly the time at which we would look for a signal traveling at the speed of light (electromgnetic).
I didn't see Brainfuck. Or Malbolge.