I'd expect an offer of amnesty/repatriation following disclosure of the documents in Snowden's possession. There is no way the NSA is actually going to get them back. First of all, encrypted copies are probably floating around all over the 'Net. Good luck finding them. And the NSA/Justice Department is smart enough to realize that Snowden is smart enough to hold on to a lifetime guarantee of his well being. Specifically, the decrypt keys* to those documents.
So the NSA will find out what is out there, which is valuable information by itself. They'll know what has the potential to be compromised and perhaps get some idea of which internal data stores were compromised and how.
*I assume that the documents have been broken up into blocks and that there's a key for each block. That way, Snowden can threaten incremental damage or negotiate in steps.
Take care using the assignment operator if the left operand is defined as a constant. While some languages allow this, reassignment may result in unpredictable results.
Who in the cell phone provider chain of managemet is going to file that complaint?
Cop pulls exec's Mercedes over. "Looks like you've got a broken taillight there, buddy." [Smash, tinkle, tinkle.]
And its surprising how easy it is to mistakenly enter "Wanted for killing two state patrol officers in cold blood" into the NCIC database instead of "defective equipment".
1) Take $300 million.
2) Split it between 44 people. $6.8 mill. each.
3) Tell them to go buy their own private executive class policies.
4) ????
5) Profit!
I guess this is what they meant by ending 'Urban Home Delivery'. Rural may stay the same (not sure what the distinction will be). But I didn't read this as changing rural delivery. Your mailbox will still be 1 km away at the end of your driveway. (Come on! Miles? In Canada?)
It will be interesting to see if the new revenge porn law stands up in court. This does not appear to be a charge under that law, but a violation of extortion laws. Or of California identity theft law, if TFS is to be believed.
I have an acquaintance that was getting ready to engage in what she thought was a private act with a few 'friends'. As she was getting started, one of them concealed and activated a camera. The resulting pictures now live in perpetuity on the Internet (initially Yahoo groups, but reposted from time to time on 4chan).
Not all pictures are taken with a subject's permission. And some are, but can be misappropriated by other than the intended recipient (someone picks up a phone and uploads them for example).
AT&T undoubtedly has a franchise agreement with municipalities to install and operate facilities within the public right-of-way. Until that agreement comes up for renegotiation, there isn't much a town can do to lean on any common carrier.
What? You say AT&T isn't a common carrier? Start pulling out those poles.
But she has offered to implement her ideas herself. So let her.
Only if you can tell her ideas are unlikely to have unforeseen bad effects, and can be implemented at reasonable cost.
Who has the burden of demonstrating that? And what is your threshold of 'unlikely' or 'reasonable'? It all comes down to taking calculated risks for an opportunity to improve. And if the people responsible for evaluating the cost/benefit ration have a vested interest in maintaining the status quo, perhaps it is them that need to move on.
I've never seen a successful business that tolerated middle management just sitting on a process rather than improving it. One must always seek opportunities to clean up, sort, and optimize their assigned task. Not just come to work and do the same crap every day.
It allows us to speak to other humans and learn things from them by building up explanations from the words they speak.
What about someone stuck on a deserted island? They can be 'creative' and formulate some ingenious ideas to aid in their survival. And yet there is no one to speak with.
On the other hand, understanding nature doesn't automatically lead to building upon that understanding to produce novel ideas or concepts. Some of the peoples most in tune with nature are living (and dying) much as their ancestors have for thousands of years. Where's the creativity?
1. Her ideas are crap and she's too sophomoric to know (Dunning-Kroger effect)
But she has offered to implement her ideas herself. So let her. If she is wrong, her lack of capability will be revealed. However, if she is right, management looks like morons.
# 2. She comes across as an abrasive know-it-all, or her communication skills are severely deficient in some other way
That's another way of saying "does not conform". Or "not a team player". Values that are worth less than many give them credit for. Except of course for people who depend on the anonymity of the team to mask their mediocrity.
then she should start her own company.
Not a skill set that everyone has. And perhaps she is realistic about it, wanting to work in her area of expertise rather than becoming a jack of all trades, handling all the crap that running a business entails. Perhaps she should go to work for your competitor.
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I'd expect an offer of amnesty/repatriation following disclosure of the documents in Snowden's possession. There is no way the NSA is actually going to get them back. First of all, encrypted copies are probably floating around all over the 'Net. Good luck finding them. And the NSA/Justice Department is smart enough to realize that Snowden is smart enough to hold on to a lifetime guarantee of his well being. Specifically, the decrypt keys* to those documents.
So the NSA will find out what is out there, which is valuable information by itself. They'll know what has the potential to be compromised and perhaps get some idea of which internal data stores were compromised and how.
*I assume that the documents have been broken up into blocks and that there's a key for each block. That way, Snowden can threaten incremental damage or negotiate in steps.
Information on remote neural monitoring has been blocked from release by The Reynolds Group to protect the markets for their products.
(or "women=people")
Take care using the assignment operator if the left operand is defined as a constant. While some languages allow this, reassignment may result in unpredictable results.
Who in the cell phone provider chain of managemet is going to file that complaint?
Cop pulls exec's Mercedes over. "Looks like you've got a broken taillight there, buddy." [Smash, tinkle, tinkle.]
And its surprising how easy it is to mistakenly enter "Wanted for killing two state patrol officers in cold blood" into the NCIC database instead of "defective equipment".
And how can a list of fictional ducks be complete without Dirty Duck?
1) Take $300 million.
2) Split it between 44 people. $6.8 mill. each.
3) Tell them to go buy their own private executive class policies.
4) ????
5) Profit!
And now, the poo-flinging begins.
Sexual activity generally plays a major role in bonobo society, being used as what some scientists perceive as a greeting,
And to think that I only tipped the cute barrista this morning.
I guess this is what they meant by ending 'Urban Home Delivery'. Rural may stay the same (not sure what the distinction will be). But I didn't read this as changing rural delivery. Your mailbox will still be 1 km away at the end of your driveway. (Come on! Miles? In Canada?)
You just think it has no inputs. All that is needed is to flip the hidden "NotSoRandom" flag to '1'.
The world is full of sociopaths. It would be a damned shame if one of them conned you out of something of value and you had no recourse.
Bernie Madoff comes to mind as an example.
This is true.
It will be interesting to see if the new revenge porn law stands up in court. This does not appear to be a charge under that law, but a violation of extortion laws. Or of California identity theft law, if TFS is to be believed.
Define stupidity.
I have an acquaintance that was getting ready to engage in what she thought was a private act with a few 'friends'. As she was getting started, one of them concealed and activated a camera. The resulting pictures now live in perpetuity on the Internet (initially Yahoo groups, but reposted from time to time on 4chan).
Not all pictures are taken with a subject's permission. And some are, but can be misappropriated by other than the intended recipient (someone picks up a phone and uploads them for example).
AT&T undoubtedly has a franchise agreement with municipalities to install and operate facilities within the public right-of-way. Until that agreement comes up for renegotiation, there isn't much a town can do to lean on any common carrier.
What? You say AT&T isn't a common carrier? Start pulling out those poles.
Well then, why not say "not permitted", "not approved" or whatever applies. Covering for bureaucratic incompetence should not be an option.
Place the blame where its due.
Sort of like the I-405 through Los Angeles.
Tesla already has one.
Beer cans, trolling jigs and outboard motors lost overboard.
Only allowed two digit ages and forgot to handle the overflow flag.
But she has offered to implement her ideas herself. So let her.
Only if you can tell her ideas are unlikely to have unforeseen bad effects, and can be implemented at reasonable cost.
Who has the burden of demonstrating that? And what is your threshold of 'unlikely' or 'reasonable'? It all comes down to taking calculated risks for an opportunity to improve. And if the people responsible for evaluating the cost/benefit ration have a vested interest in maintaining the status quo, perhaps it is them that need to move on.
I've never seen a successful business that tolerated middle management just sitting on a process rather than improving it. One must always seek opportunities to clean up, sort, and optimize their assigned task. Not just come to work and do the same crap every day.
Griping about Obama is getting pretty old. Can't you come up with anything new?
It allows us to speak to other humans and learn things from them by building up explanations from the words they speak.
What about someone stuck on a deserted island? They can be 'creative' and formulate some ingenious ideas to aid in their survival. And yet there is no one to speak with.
On the other hand, understanding nature doesn't automatically lead to building upon that understanding to produce novel ideas or concepts. Some of the peoples most in tune with nature are living (and dying) much as their ancestors have for thousands of years. Where's the creativity?
1. Her ideas are crap and she's too sophomoric to know (Dunning-Kroger effect)
But she has offered to implement her ideas herself. So let her. If she is wrong, her lack of capability will be revealed. However, if she is right, management looks like morons.
# 2. She comes across as an abrasive know-it-all, or her communication skills are severely deficient in some other way
That's another way of saying "does not conform". Or "not a team player". Values that are worth less than many give them credit for. Except of course for people who depend on the anonymity of the team to mask their mediocrity.
then she should start her own company.
Not a skill set that everyone has. And perhaps she is realistic about it, wanting to work in her area of expertise rather than becoming a jack of all trades, handling all the crap that running a business entails. Perhaps she should go to work for your competitor.