So stop spending money to fight terrorism. What will you say when a nuke is setoff in L.A.? Or Paris, Or London? How many will die in such an attack? Unlike vehicle accidents, the government is responsible for protecting its citizens from foriegn threats. That is the purpose of the government.
But it sounds like you may be willing to give up your car and ride only public transportation. That would solve most of those 50,000 deaths you mentioned. So lets ban all private vehicles and put a tax on everyone to build fleets of busses and other forms of public transport. Next problem?
If such information was, in fact, in that data, it would be classified and redacted in no time.
So if the info will be redacted and classified what good does it do for the NYTs to sue for it? They just want to exercise their lawyers? Or do they just want to publish a story showing that they can not get that data?
There are somethings that do not need to be made public. This is more about the NYTs trying to make a story out of nothing than anything else.
So after reading the article how many of you sent email to his phone? Could this be the first slashdoting of a phone? And does he get charged per message?
Yeah, the New York Times is doing the public a service. If by some fluke they manage to get the government to provide the information so they can publich the names and information in the paper, alerting the terrorists which members of their cells may have been compromised so they can change their plans and manage to take out a city with a dirty bomb or a biological weapon, I am sure the New York Times will cover that in all the gory detail and accuse the government of not doing enough to prevent such acts.
There are some things that should not be made public.
Larry Niven wrote some good stories about this specific issue. Eventually every crime resulted in the criminal being given to the organ banks. No jury would vote against it since they might need a body part at some point in the future. And what better way for a ciminal to make restitution for their crimes. He also wrote several stories involving organlegging, people stealing body parts to fill specific orders.
Actually if you want to know which format is going to win just find out whch one the porn industry is going to use. It was porn that got VHS into most homes. And it will be porn that decides which format is used more.
What most people don't realize is that the new formats won't be in high demand for several more years if then. Until inexpensive HD TVs become available and have had time to end up in most homes there won't be a real need for these new formats. The old formats provide a good enough picture for most people.
Resigned to the fact that no matter what political party is in power corruption is the standard way of conducting business. This is not only true of the U.S. but all governments. Those in power will do anything to stay in power. That is the only rule.
It should not be that hard. Just get the right people to build the machines and run them. In this case I would recommend you get the same people that buld ATM machines to build the voting machines. ATM machines have to be as close to 100% flawless as possible. Banks could not use a device that did not have near 100% flawless execution. And end users would not use ATMs if every 10 transactions it ate their money and did not have a way to correct the error.
But the Democrats don't want a full blown investigation. They just want to seed innuendo and take pot shots at the Republicans in an attempt to get voters confused enough to vote for the Democratic party. If the Democrats had real alternatives to real issues that were better than what the Republicans are doing they would be talking about those solutions. But all you get are innuendo and distorted half truths.
This is just chaff that the Democrats are throwing up to keep people from realizing that they don't have any better solutions to the real issues that should be debated. It is the old theory of "If I am not better than my opponent then make my opponent sound worse than me."
Watch for more stories like this as the next election draws closer. The Democrats will do anything they can, including lying and distorting facts, to get enough people pissed off at the Republicans to get them to vote for the Democratic party. The amount of mud that will be slung this next time will be epic.
Please note: the Republicans would do the same thing if they were on the losing side as well. Politicians are the same all over. Evolution has selected them for these traits. While our first president turned down being crowned King none of the current crop of politicians would do such a thing. Where is Cicero when you need him?
it's time for paper ballots with paper receipts given to the voters.
Giving paper receipts to the voters does nothing. When people talk about a paper receipt is a hard copy record of the vote cast that can later be checked against the memory of the machine. The problem with most electronic voting machines is that they don't have a hard copy record of the actual votes. It is much easier for numbers to be modified in memory when there is no way to verify those counts.
I don't see the problem with the optical scanning systems used in many places here in Florida. You get the benefit of a hard copy that can be recounted or checked plus you get the data collected by a machine which makes the initial tally fairly quick. No need for expensive touch screen equipment. Just pass out the paper ballots and markers. But that is apparently to easy.
Instead of dredging up old conspiracy theories and trying to re-hash the past elections why not present actual solutions to the problems we are facing? Wouldn't it be nice to actually have a serious discussion about the actual issues instead of each party sniping at each other? Oh wait, this is politics. The only real issue is getting your horse into power, not solving the critical issues of our time.
You get a do-over in a couple of years. Not that the Democrats will win then either.
They have been getting a little shrill lately in the wild accusations they are making. Besides, the Democrats don't seem to be offering alternative solutions to anything. They just want to be in charge of things so they can line their pockets and their backers pockets.
How many times have we heard that in the past? USENET can not possibly keep pushing around all those news groups, it's going to die! There's just to much traffic!
Should have put a picture of chicken little in a tin foil hat on this one.
I told you that the guy that denied the patent on the FTL drive would be fired. Can't let things like common sense and prior art get in the way of some under the table pay off.
The Japanese economy is struggling against their own demographics; there are fewer and fewer young people to support more and more older folks. Hard to say how that's going to sort itself out... but seems like a vacuum is opening there that will be filled by someone.
That is where Asimo will come in. They will build robots to take care of all the older folks.
And that Aibo dog robot.
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So that means that God is a virus?
Cool!
So stop spending money to fight terrorism. What will you say when a nuke is setoff in L.A.? Or Paris, Or London? How many will die in such an attack? Unlike vehicle accidents, the government is responsible for protecting its citizens from foriegn threats. That is the purpose of the government.
But it sounds like you may be willing to give up your car and ride only public transportation. That would solve most of those 50,000 deaths you mentioned. So lets ban all private vehicles and put a tax on everyone to build fleets of busses and other forms of public transport. Next problem?
If such information was, in fact, in that data, it would be classified and redacted in no time.
So if the info will be redacted and classified what good does it do for the NYTs to sue for it? They just want to exercise their lawyers? Or do they just want to publish a story showing that they can not get that data?
There are somethings that do not need to be made public. This is more about the NYTs trying to make a story out of nothing than anything else.
So after reading the article how many of you sent email to his phone? Could this be the first slashdoting of a phone? And does he get charged per message?
Tell that to the 2948 people that died on 9/11.
Yeah, the New York Times is doing the public a service. If by some fluke they manage to get the government to provide the information so they can publich the names and information in the paper, alerting the terrorists which members of their cells may have been compromised so they can change their plans and manage to take out a city with a dirty bomb or a biological weapon, I am sure the New York Times will cover that in all the gory detail and accuse the government of not doing enough to prevent such acts.
There are some things that should not be made public.
http://www.zoneminder.com/
Check out zoneminder. This may be the kind of solution you are looking for.
Larry Niven wrote some good stories about this specific issue. Eventually every crime resulted in the criminal being given to the organ banks. No jury would vote against it since they might need a body part at some point in the future. And what better way for a ciminal to make restitution for their crimes. He also wrote several stories involving organlegging, people stealing body parts to fill specific orders.
The proper term for this practice is organlegging, not body snatching. Read Larry Niven to see where this may go.
Actually if you want to know which format is going to win just find out whch one the porn industry is going to use. It was porn that got VHS into most homes. And it will be porn that decides which format is used more.
What most people don't realize is that the new formats won't be in high demand for several more years if then. Until inexpensive HD TVs become available and have had time to end up in most homes there won't be a real need for these new formats. The old formats provide a good enough picture for most people.
The real battle will be over DVRs and DRM.
Resigned to the fact that no matter what political party is in power corruption is the standard way of conducting business. This is not only true of the U.S. but all governments. Those in power will do anything to stay in power. That is the only rule.
But why can't they get a voting machine right?
It should not be that hard. Just get the right people to build the machines and run them. In this case I would recommend you get the same people that buld ATM machines to build the voting machines. ATM machines have to be as close to 100% flawless as possible. Banks could not use a device that did not have near 100% flawless execution. And end users would not use ATMs if every 10 transactions it ate their money and did not have a way to correct the error.
But the Democrats don't want a full blown investigation. They just want to seed innuendo and take pot shots at the Republicans in an attempt to get voters confused enough to vote for the Democratic party. If the Democrats had real alternatives to real issues that were better than what the Republicans are doing they would be talking about those solutions. But all you get are innuendo and distorted half truths.
This is just chaff that the Democrats are throwing up to keep people from realizing that they don't have any better solutions to the real issues that should be debated. It is the old theory of "If I am not better than my opponent then make my opponent sound worse than me."
Watch for more stories like this as the next election draws closer. The Democrats will do anything they can, including lying and distorting facts, to get enough people pissed off at the Republicans to get them to vote for the Democratic party. The amount of mud that will be slung this next time will be epic.
Please note: the Republicans would do the same thing if they were on the losing side as well. Politicians are the same all over. Evolution has selected them for these traits. While our first president turned down being crowned King none of the current crop of politicians would do such a thing. Where is Cicero when you need him?
it's time for paper ballots with paper receipts given to the voters.
Giving paper receipts to the voters does nothing. When people talk about a paper receipt is a hard copy record of the vote cast that can later be checked against the memory of the machine. The problem with most electronic voting machines is that they don't have a hard copy record of the actual votes. It is much easier for numbers to be modified in memory when there is no way to verify those counts.
I don't see the problem with the optical scanning systems used in many places here in Florida. You get the benefit of a hard copy that can be recounted or checked plus you get the data collected by a machine which makes the initial tally fairly quick. No need for expensive touch screen equipment. Just pass out the paper ballots and markers. But that is apparently to easy.
Instead of dredging up old conspiracy theories and trying to re-hash the past elections why not present actual solutions to the problems we are facing? Wouldn't it be nice to actually have a serious discussion about the actual issues instead of each party sniping at each other? Oh wait, this is politics. The only real issue is getting your horse into power, not solving the critical issues of our time.
Never mind.
Given the findings here, can we have a do-over?
You get a do-over in a couple of years. Not that the Democrats will win then either.
They have been getting a little shrill lately in the wild accusations they are making. Besides, the Democrats don't seem to be offering alternative solutions to anything. They just want to be in charge of things so they can line their pockets and their backers pockets.
Is there anyway to vote for "None of the above"?
Halo 3 the replacement for Duke Nukem Forever!
Can see it now, "My new computer is infected with a virus."
"You have one of them new Quantum computers don't ya?"
"Yes, I never turned it on, and it is infected already."
"Well those new Quantum computers don't have to be on, you can get them to do things while they are turned off."
"I don't even have it connected to the network!"
"Doesn't have to be, spooky things happen at great distances with Quantum computers."
"How can I protect my system?"
"Right now you can't, Microsoft has not issued fix yet, and they won't have an integrated Quantum firewall for another two years."
Microsoft reported earlier today that Windows performs better with your PC shut off.
Funny, most users report the same thing.
How many times have we heard that in the past? USENET can not possibly keep pushing around all those news groups, it's going to die! There's just to much traffic!
Should have put a picture of chicken little in a tin foil hat on this one.
I told you that the guy that denied the patent on the FTL drive would be fired. Can't let things like common sense and prior art get in the way of some under the table pay off.
But why take care of the elderly with robots? They may be more effectively put to use by the Soylent corporation.
Do you have any idea how tough old people are?
Anyone got the going odds on which nation will meltdown first?
Judging by the articles in the newspaper I would guess Iran is headed for a melt down fairly soon.....
I think you will need nuclear plants to generate the power needed to crack the water to get to the hydrogen.
The Japanese economy is struggling against their own demographics; there are fewer and fewer young people to support more and more older folks. Hard to say how that's going to sort itself out... but seems like a vacuum is opening there that will be filled by someone.
That is where Asimo will come in. They will build robots to take care of all the older folks. And that Aibo dog robot.