Don't get me started about storing air plane passenger information and bank account information of people who never set foot in the usa of murica.
So what's this I hear about them storing air plane passenger information and bank account information of people who never set foot in the usa of murica?
You won't be able to buy or sell online without your records going from the CIA, to the FBI and then over to the IRS with this facilities new capabilities.
You can moan about government surveillance all you like, but if they're cracking down on tax evasion, I for one am all in favour of it.
Sure, it's better than most people in Utah make, but by no means "good" pay by any objective metric.
That is one of the stupidest comments I have seen on slashdot today. If a salary is better than most people in State or Country X make, then of course it's good pay for that area.
Say half the people in Utah earn less than $30K a year, on $60K you're going to feel pretty well off. It's irrelevant that in San Francisco or Tokyo that would barely pay your rent.
The US gov know they can not release these men. Not because of what the prisoners supposedly have done, but because of what the US gov has done to the prisoners and the effect their release and statements in free media will have.
Non of these prisoners will be released. Gitmo can not close until the last prisoner has died in captivity, and this is the beginning of the US push to reach this end.
But they have let some prisoners go, and those prisoners' stories have been reported in the media. But maybe not in the "free" US media?
It's not a secret what's been going on, except apparently to most US citizens.
The "we're not as bad as Hitler or Stalin" defence is not a particularly impressive one when you are claiming the moral high ground of being the world's policeman and priest-philosopher.
Geneva conventions covers flagged soldiers and non-combatants. These guys were neither.
During the Troubles, Britain had a long struggle with how to deal with terrorists, and made mistakes such as internment without trial. But captured terrorists were basically tried as criminals through the criminal justice system.
We didn't just round up anyone in a green t-shirt and shoot them in the back of the head, however tempting it must have been to the British army once they had identified someone as a probable terrorist.
So the idea that the US has discovered some magic new category of wrong-doer of person who can be treated worse than an animal is the purest bullshit.
Even if you accept that spies and terrorists magically fall between the cracks of military and civil justice, the fact remains that the people in Gitmo have not received a fair and regular trial.
If you seriously think it is ok to hold, torture and execute them, your morality is that of the Nazis. People like you and Bush are the ones who should be put on trial for crimes against humanity.
Also at least 18 prisoners that were released from Guantanamo participated in attacks after release.
The point is that if it could have been proved they did something wrong, they should have been tried and sentenced accordingly.
Meanwhile, you are innocent until proven guilty. In a civilised society, if you can't find someone guilty of a crime, you should not be allowed to hold them indefinitely in the hope that they will eventually crack under torture.
If you mean that humans are essentially insatiable, I agree. However, it's pretty uncomplicated to become financial independent at a young age. Work hard and save most of your money. I did this for the first decade of my working life and then didn't *need* to work any more. I now only work on projects I am interested in and could go full time retired whenever I chose.
Bullshit, bullshit, bullshit.
You would need to be earning a pretty exceptional salary and have no social or other life to do this. It's not easy, uncomplicated or anything else.
Only a fool would waste their youth working hard chasing the chimera of financial independence.
Since ADHD is essentially a disease of the rich (in Tom Lehrer's immortal phrase) it's not something you should be proud of. Like all the self-diagnosed Aspies here, it's just an excuse for being an irritating prick, with delusions of grandeur, and a belief that mundane activities are beneath your precious gifts.
this is the other side of engineering, i don't how this became a programming only issue. One of the early intel engineers would randomly fly somewhere at the end of the week to relax.
Why couldn't they just go out and get drunk on Friday night like everyone else does to relax?
Its mostly aimed at windows user most likely.
If you happy with IE under winXP - you are probably lazy to educate self, ignoring a lot of facts and dont have or dont listen to friends with IT background. It can all say something about you. All of that is negative. pretty simple, right?
How about if you're at work and forced to use IE with winXP?
Or are you so holy that you don't ever apply for other jobs at work?
Programming is a job to these people, not a career. A career requires constant effort to stay on top of your chosen field of expertise.
No, a career requires abandoning the things you started off doing and moving into the more profitable areas of networking, self-promotion and arse-licking as soon as possible.
I take it you haven't dealt much with the type of people most companies hire for the Personnel department.
From the 3 gov't agencies, two non-profits and half-dozen private companies I've worked for as evidence, it seems that looking good in a tight dress is the major qualification.
That's because, historically, personnel departments have been staffed by women and managed by men. And, surprise surprise, the male managers chose attractive women when given a choice.
Nowadays, of course, personnel departments are mostly managed by lesbians, so you still get the most attractive women being given preference.
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Don't get me started about storing air plane passenger information and bank account information of people who never set foot in the usa of murica.
So what's this I hear about them storing air plane passenger information and bank account information of people who never set foot in the usa of murica?
You won't be able to buy or sell online without your records going from the CIA, to the FBI and then over to the IRS with this facilities new capabilities.
You can moan about government surveillance all you like, but if they're cracking down on tax evasion, I for one am all in favour of it.
Sure, it's better than most people in Utah make, but by no means "good" pay by any objective metric.
That is one of the stupidest comments I have seen on slashdot today. If a salary is better than most people in State or Country X make, then of course it's good pay for that area.
Say half the people in Utah earn less than $30K a year, on $60K you're going to feel pretty well off. It's irrelevant that in San Francisco or Tokyo that would barely pay your rent.
Jesus christ bitcoin people are delusional.
Ha! So you're one of them.
The US gov know they can not release these men. Not because of what the prisoners supposedly have done, but because of what the US gov has done to the prisoners and the effect their release and statements in free media will have.
Non of these prisoners will be released. Gitmo can not close until the last prisoner has died in captivity, and this is the beginning of the US push to reach this end.
But they have let some prisoners go, and those prisoners' stories have been reported in the media. But maybe not in the "free" US media?
It's not a secret what's been going on, except apparently to most US citizens.
The "we're not as bad as Hitler or Stalin" defence is not a particularly impressive one when you are claiming the moral high ground of being the world's policeman and priest-philosopher.
Geneva conventions covers flagged soldiers and non-combatants. These guys were neither.
During the Troubles, Britain had a long struggle with how to deal with terrorists, and made mistakes such as internment without trial. But captured terrorists were basically tried as criminals through the criminal justice system.
We didn't just round up anyone in a green t-shirt and shoot them in the back of the head, however tempting it must have been to the British army once they had identified someone as a probable terrorist.
So the idea that the US has discovered some magic new category of wrong-doer of person who can be treated worse than an animal is the purest bullshit.
If you seriously think it is ok to hold, torture and execute them, your morality is that of the Nazis. People like you and Bush are the ones who should be put on trial for crimes against humanity.
"Most of them did nothing wrong" citation pls?
Also at least 18 prisoners that were released from Guantanamo participated in attacks after release.
The point is that if it could have been proved they did something wrong, they should have been tried and sentenced accordingly.
Meanwhile, you are innocent until proven guilty. In a civilised society, if you can't find someone guilty of a crime, you should not be allowed to hold them indefinitely in the hope that they will eventually crack under torture.
There is no requirement for fair trials for those captured in a war.
There is no requirement in nature for a fair trial anywhere. But in civilised societies we have invented this thing called justice.
If you want the law of the jungle, fuck off to Somalia or somewhere.
I'm somewhat disappointed NASA decided to hype it up with green terms. Solar! Electric!
Yeah, NASA should be sticking to gasoline-powered vehicles. Anything else is unpatriotic.
>> you will never be that rich. No one ever will.
If you mean that humans are essentially insatiable, I agree. However, it's pretty uncomplicated to become financial independent at a young age. Work hard and save most of your money. I did this for the first decade of my working life and then didn't *need* to work any more. I now only work on projects I am interested in and could go full time retired whenever I chose.
Bullshit, bullshit, bullshit.
You would need to be earning a pretty exceptional salary and have no social or other life to do this. It's not easy, uncomplicated or anything else.
Only a fool would waste their youth working hard chasing the chimera of financial independence.
Thanks for the Insightful post. Is there a souce for where this three phase idea comes from?
It's just a simplified version of Abraham Maslow's hierarchy of needs.
Since ADHD is essentially a disease of the rich (in Tom Lehrer's immortal phrase) it's not something you should be proud of. Like all the self-diagnosed Aspies here, it's just an excuse for being an irritating prick, with delusions of grandeur, and a belief that mundane activities are beneath your precious gifts.
this is the other side of engineering, i don't how this became a programming only issue. One of the early intel engineers would randomly fly somewhere at the end of the week to relax.
Why couldn't they just go out and get drunk on Friday night like everyone else does to relax?
how many are there Mac users?
Its mostly aimed at windows user most likely. If you happy with IE under winXP - you are probably lazy to educate self, ignoring a lot of facts and dont have or dont listen to friends with IT background. It can all say something about you. All of that is negative. pretty simple, right?
How about if you're at work and forced to use IE with winXP?
Or are you so holy that you don't ever apply for other jobs at work?
Programming is a job to these people, not a career. A career requires constant effort to stay on top of your chosen field of expertise.
No, a career requires abandoning the things you started off doing and moving into the more profitable areas of networking, self-promotion and arse-licking as soon as possible.
Sometimes it is rather arbitrary, such as: lives too far away, or uses an unprofessional sounding email address (for example: hotkitty@aol.com)
Is it the hotkitty or the aol part you find most unprofessional?
double double that that
double this
double that
double double this that
(My daughters' handclapping song.)
I stopped reading after "THIS."
It's juvenile. Please stop.
Well said.
I've said it before, it's intellectually on a par with 1990s AOL users saying "me too".
I take it you haven't dealt much with the type of people most companies hire for the Personnel department.
From the 3 gov't agencies, two non-profits and half-dozen private companies I've worked for as evidence, it seems that looking good in a tight dress is the major qualification.
That's because, historically, personnel departments have been staffed by women and managed by men. And, surprise surprise, the male managers chose attractive women when given a choice.
Nowadays, of course, personnel departments are mostly managed by lesbians, so you still get the most attractive women being given preference.
It's just so unfair.
Just becasue you can't get with the program doesn't mean no one else can.
It's the twats talking on bluetooth headsets who aren't with the program. The "being a normal human being" program, that is.
I know this is slashdot, but just because something is technically possible doesn't mean it's socially acceptable.
One word: advertising. Right in front of your eyes is the most prime advertising space I can imaine.
What, from a Google product?
I'm shocked, shocked to hear someone saying that.
Unless you're Italian.
For everyone else, it's about 34.
Now that would depend on which direction your dick is pointing.
In the immortal words of Yazz, the only way is up.