If we didn't have any spying then we'd have had no one claiming they had found evidence Saddam had WMD to justify the Iraq war; so explain exactly how the billions of dollars spent on spying helped us there.
The intelligence services are ultimately responsible to the government. If that government chooses to ignore or distort information for political ends, you can't blame the intelligence services.
Maybe... but the French government shouldn't have anything to be concerned about if they have nothing to hide, and if they are trying to hide something, then the NSA is doing a very good thing.
The job of the NSA is to spy and if they don't spy on everything spyable they aren't doing their job. Can't even figure out why this would worthy of a./ headline.
YMBNH.
The NSA has replaced the RPAA/MPAA (and before that Microsoft) as Slashdot Enemy Number One.
If the NSA announced they had discovered unicorns and a cure for cancer, most people here would assume it was cover for additional surveillance powers.
Did you know that Quentin tarantino wanted to use windows 10 as torture instrument in the torture basement scene in pulp fiction? It was then graded too violent, and he had to switch to what we've seen instead.
As the film was made in 1994, I assume this is some recycled Win 3.1/Win95 joke from AOL of the period?
Newer versions don't provide much additional usability and make certain things more difficult such as removing the ability to select chart curves directly from the legend.
If that's your only complaint about newer versions of Office, you're a lucky, lucky man.
So something that isn't homeopathic acually works? That says nothing about homeopathy, other than that it appears worryingly to be seen as a good "brand name" to advertise stuff.
Intelligent people never make mistakes? Intelligent people have lost far more than $250 on foolish endeavors, even with information available to them that would counsel them otherwise. Your suggestion that intelligence is infallible is.. not very intelligent.
No, the point is that intelligent people make different mistakes from stupid people, and paying $250 for a bottle of water is a stupid mistake.
You take cold remedies to help relieve symptoms, not to cure the disease.
Exactly, this is why the traditional hot brandy and lemon (or variation) is the best cold "remedy". If you have enough, you're pleasantly drunk and sleepy instead of just sitting there snuffling.
Ok, I don't believe in homeopathy, but I suspect the market is people with ongoing medical problems where they've been thru conventional medicine, the doctors haven't helped and have given up. If that happened to you, YOU would be willing to try homeopathy and pretty much anything else that might work, because you don't have an alternative.
If conventional medicine can't find out what's wrong with you, it's probably because there's nothing wrong with you in the first place.
Seriously, how many exotic, incredibly rare and untraceable diseases are there?
I generally find that those who advocate for banning some idea or belief do so without realising that the some mechanism can be applied to their own beliefs.
There is a fundamental difference between having an idea or belief in your own head, and acting on that idea or belief so that it affects other people.
For example, it's not illegal to be a paedophile, but it is illegal to go out and rape children.
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A quick google shows Greece at around 40th/50th richest in the world depending how you measure wealth, so it's in the top quartile.
If we didn't have any spying then we'd have had no one claiming they had found evidence Saddam had WMD to justify the Iraq war; so explain exactly how the billions of dollars spent on spying helped us there.
The intelligence services are ultimately responsible to the government. If that government chooses to ignore or distort information for political ends, you can't blame the intelligence services.
these are our allies; there is no legitimate reason to spy on them. We know what they are up to by their public actions
No you don't. Even your enemies know what your public actions are, so they are self evidently not the whole truth.
Any alliance is secondary to your own country's interests. Of course you spy on your allies, you are just expected to be a bit subtle about it.
Maybe... but the French government shouldn't have anything to be concerned about if they have nothing to hide, and if they are trying to hide something, then the NSA is doing a very good thing.
Way too subtle for slashdot.
Voulez vous etre sodomise' par une baguette?
Translation: my hovercraft is full of eels.
The job of the NSA is to spy and if they don't spy on everything spyable they aren't doing their job. Can't even figure out why this would worthy of a ./ headline.
YMBNH.
The NSA has replaced the RPAA/MPAA (and before that Microsoft) as Slashdot Enemy Number One.
If the NSA announced they had discovered unicorns and a cure for cancer, most people here would assume it was cover for additional surveillance powers.
Now they'll claim things are fine and they owe you no Monet
Your insurance company uses Impressionist paintings instead of cash?
That must be the only post in slashdot history to mention AOL, Lotus Notes and Microsoft in one post without metaphorically spitting three times.
Sometimes I get an email that says "Sender xxxx would like to recall the following message...", to which I reply, "Yeah, I bet they would!"
"...and sadly, I have already forwarded it to my lawyers, the local police and the FBI."
Did you know that Quentin tarantino wanted to use windows 10 as torture instrument in the torture basement scene in pulp fiction? It was then graded too violent, and he had to switch to what we've seen instead.
As the film was made in 1994, I assume this is some recycled Win 3.1/Win95 joke from AOL of the period?
You do know that that is exactly the wrong way to phrase the joke right? And that therefore you DON'T know the difference??
It's called trolling and I thought it ws quite funny.
It's quite popular in Europe. Try to get an European girlfriend next time.
As this is slashdot, I think that for "girlfriends" we can safely substitute "my sister and her friends".
at least the title isn't editorialized...
I just wish he'd been a bit clearer in his opinion of the government.
Newer versions don't provide much additional usability and make certain things more difficult such as removing the ability to select chart curves directly from the legend.
If that's your only complaint about newer versions of Office, you're a lucky, lucky man.
What are they doing? Using a mail merge macro to address the nuclear missiles on said submarine?
Jesus, Duckman, what part of "Top Secret" don't you understand?
I think I need "discrediting." Where do I sign up?
I read this as "General Mills To Drop Artificial Intelligence In Cereal" which confused the hell out of me.
I have worked hard to become an asshole in my own standing.
Congratulations on all your hard work, it's certainly paid off.
When medical science gives you no hope, you'll try anything.
Or you can just accept the fact that, like everyone else, you are not immortal, and work out a rational way of coping with the end.
So something that isn't homeopathic acually works? That says nothing about homeopathy, other than that it appears worryingly to be seen as a good "brand name" to advertise stuff.
Intelligent people never make mistakes? Intelligent people have lost far more than $250 on foolish endeavors, even with information available to them that would counsel them otherwise. Your suggestion that intelligence is infallible is.. not very intelligent.
No, the point is that intelligent people make different mistakes from stupid people, and paying $250 for a bottle of water is a stupid mistake.
You take cold remedies to help relieve symptoms, not to cure the disease.
Exactly, this is why the traditional hot brandy and lemon (or variation) is the best cold "remedy". If you have enough, you're pleasantly drunk and sleepy instead of just sitting there snuffling.
Ok, I don't believe in homeopathy, but I suspect the market is people with ongoing medical problems where they've been thru conventional medicine, the doctors haven't helped and have given up. If that happened to you, YOU would be willing to try homeopathy and pretty much anything else that might work, because you don't have an alternative.
If conventional medicine can't find out what's wrong with you, it's probably because there's nothing wrong with you in the first place.
Seriously, how many exotic, incredibly rare and untraceable diseases are there?
You first.
I generally find that those who advocate for banning some idea or belief do so without realising that the some mechanism can be applied to their own beliefs.
There is a fundamental difference between having an idea or belief in your own head, and acting on that idea or belief so that it affects other people.
For example, it's not illegal to be a paedophile, but it is illegal to go out and rape children.
they are also called pharmacists in the uk, chemist is a very old general term for the shop a pharmacist works in (and its easier to pronounce :o) ) .
The only people that I know in the UK who use the word "pharmacist" are pharmacists.