In the People's Republic of California, a conviction equals guilt. It never matters if a crime actually occurred, or who did it. Just round up the usual suspects and see if any plausible story can be cooked up with the DA. Who is the jury gonna believe? We are all just out on our own recognizance until they find out who didn't bring a lawyer. A litmus test for people I meet is to tell about one of the times that I was grabbed off the street as a likely suspect. A witness was brought by my cell, he told the cop "That ain't the guy" cop says "Are you sure? look again." Witness got pissed off that the cops dragged him out there, cop was pissed that the witness wouldn't finger me. I reckon a lot of folks go "well maybe it could have been him". Its not like it was a line-up either, just me, alone in a box. An amazing (to me) number of people say I wouldn't have been arrested if I didn't do anything, and shun me. Those are MY peers.
I've sort of been wondering about this myself. Like that pathetic "CAN-SPAM" or whatever it was called. Who's paying our fearless leaders off? Perhaps no one has offered the right amount to grease the skids on this. It is so atypical of our chosen ones to pass up an opportunity to at least pretend to do something. Such an obvious opportunity to make noise, er, news. I've always seen it as a liability issue myself. Any just court (I'm using my imagination, so just fantasize here,) would find a tort for all the time and effort of dealing with unwanted software and spam, and order restitution AND damages for the egregious conduct. What is wrong with me that I could be so mistaken here? Spam seems analogous to everyone getting a free load of horse manure on their porch every morning. Some of us might like it for our compost or such, but after a while it can be a bit much. There's probably some law against it, and reasonably so. Malware could be analogous to various things, say a dose of cholera in the well. That too is probably illegal. Is the FTC the only agency with jurisdiction? What is the hold-up?
"Philbin's last scheduled day at FEMA was Thursday. He has been named as the new head of public affairs at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence." Does any one else find this disturbing? According to Laurence J. Peter, this boob's ascension should have terminated already. Yet he seems destined for higher levels of incompetence. Stay tuned.
I don't think the tweakers around here know how to boot up a computer. All the identity theft I've seen is pretty lame, mail box theft sort of stuff. Few crimes are committed by sophisticated Hollywood-fantasy thieves. (And fewer are solved by competent Hollywood-fantasy police people.)
Yes, we certainly have no right to interfere with free enterprise here in America. Proud Patriotic Persons all know that no law has ever impinged on any one's freedom here in the U.S.A. It just wouldn't do to start now by trampling the rights of some blameless corporation. It isn't like we have any right to complain about brutal slaughter of unarmed civilians by their own government, when we sort of encourage that all over the place ourselves, either. At least some one's getting a buck out of it. Or is that why Fortinet is looking into this? I wouldn't put it past those thugs to be software pirates too.
I think monorails have a pretty good record as far as collisions go. If it is as noisy as the ones in Seattle, they're welcome to route it over my yard, as long as the station is less than a ten-minute walk. "Light rail" seems to benefit big construction contractors more than anybody else. And let's get rid of the damn buses, okay?
Exactly. It's a good thing to ship these to our struggling bros, but I'm installing an ARRAY in my backyard. Here in the armpit of the San Joaquin delta, the wind is very adequate and reliable.
Are you kidding? I could build one of those! Well, maybe. Anyways the cost is magnitudes different from what I saw, and it looks to be user-repairable. Probably doesn't kill birds, either. Regarding the claimed efficiencies, I am not a scientist, but I learned from Tesla that efficiency increases with frequency. That thing was humming.
Funny how it's all been up and running for years. Oh, except for the program that detects "terrorist" suspects. Real soon they'll do the thing that they said it was all about, right? That IS what they're doing it for, right? They wouldn't lie and just PRETEND it was about terrorists, now, would they?
Maybe the "nutshell" summary is geared towards people who have already been following the story at blackboxvoting.org. Is Frederick Douglass incorrect? I'm sorry, I just can't help you there. Of course, as a citizen of the People's Republic of California, I've been watching Feinstein's moves for a while, and her name on a bill is just prima fascia evidence of evil and corruption to me. Prejudice? Hell yeah. Please disabuse me of my notions if you have ANY contrary evidence.
I guess if they're going to quit pretending to count my vote, maybe I can quit pretending it matters, and I can stay home and wait for the results on teevee like every one else. What a time-saver!
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In the People's Republic of California, a conviction equals guilt. It never matters if a crime actually occurred, or who did it. Just round up the usual suspects and see if any plausible story can be cooked up with the DA. Who is the jury gonna believe? We are all just out on our own recognizance until they find out who didn't bring a lawyer. A litmus test for people I meet is to tell about one of the times that I was grabbed off the street as a likely suspect. A witness was brought by my cell, he told the cop "That ain't the guy" cop says "Are you sure? look again." Witness got pissed off that the cops dragged him out there, cop was pissed that the witness wouldn't finger me. I reckon a lot of folks go "well maybe it could have been him". Its not like it was a line-up either, just me, alone in a box. An amazing (to me) number of people say I wouldn't have been arrested if I didn't do anything, and shun me. Those are MY peers.
Are you one of those tools that believes that everybody is guilty because the police allege it? Convicted by a jury of her peers. Pfft.
I've sort of been wondering about this myself. Like that pathetic "CAN-SPAM" or whatever it was called. Who's paying our fearless leaders off? Perhaps no one has offered the right amount to grease the skids on this. It is so atypical of our chosen ones to pass up an opportunity to at least pretend to do something. Such an obvious opportunity to make noise, er, news. I've always seen it as a liability issue myself. Any just court (I'm using my imagination, so just fantasize here,) would find a tort for all the time and effort of dealing with unwanted software and spam, and order restitution AND damages for the egregious conduct. What is wrong with me that I could be so mistaken here? Spam seems analogous to everyone getting a free load of horse manure on their porch every morning. Some of us might like it for our compost or such, but after a while it can be a bit much. There's probably some law against it, and reasonably so. Malware could be analogous to various things, say a dose of cholera in the well. That too is probably illegal. Is the FTC the only agency with jurisdiction? What is the hold-up?
"We want to reassure our customers, partners and the education sector that it is business as usual."
Bend over and take it like a customer.
"Philbin's last scheduled day at FEMA was Thursday. He has been named as the new head of public affairs at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence."
Does any one else find this disturbing? According to Laurence J. Peter, this boob's ascension should have terminated already. Yet he seems destined for higher levels of incompetence. Stay tuned.
I don't think the tweakers around here know how to boot up a computer. All the identity theft I've seen is pretty lame, mail box theft sort of stuff. Few crimes are committed by sophisticated Hollywood-fantasy thieves. (And fewer are solved by competent Hollywood-fantasy police people.)
Yes, we certainly have no right to interfere with free enterprise here in America. Proud Patriotic Persons all know that no law has ever impinged on any one's freedom here in the U.S.A. It just wouldn't do to start now by trampling the rights of some blameless corporation. It isn't like we have any right to complain about brutal slaughter of unarmed civilians by their own government, when we sort of encourage that all over the place ourselves, either. At least some one's getting a buck out of it. Or is that why Fortinet is looking into this? I wouldn't put it past those thugs to be software pirates too.
Amtrack sucks so I believe they get more respect than they deserve, btw.
I think monorails have a pretty good record as far as collisions go. If it is as noisy as the ones in Seattle, they're welcome to route it over my yard, as long as the station is less than a ten-minute walk. "Light rail" seems to benefit big construction contractors more than anybody else. And let's get rid of the damn buses, okay?
"Now, "commercial welfare" is just as valid as "national security"."
How long has it been since "National Security" was more important than commercial interest? I didn't get the memo.
"if we can make it run on microwaves"
Hmmm. Can we?
Exactly. It's a good thing to ship these to our struggling bros, but I'm installing an ARRAY in my backyard. Here in the armpit of the San Joaquin delta, the wind is very adequate and reliable.
Are you kidding? I could build one of those! Well, maybe. Anyways the cost is magnitudes different from what I saw, and it looks to be user-repairable. Probably doesn't kill birds, either. Regarding the claimed efficiencies, I am not a scientist, but I learned from Tesla that efficiency increases with frequency. That thing was humming.
I think these would sell.
Pfft.
IT people are different than average. Logic and integrity are similar functions, I think.
Above (beneath) the law. I for one, welcome our blue-suited overlords.
Is "breech" a legal term? I always (hopefully) thought that judges wore breeches under their robes. Please, breach the veil and enlighten us.
You were joking?
Mmmmm... nasty!
Funny how it's all been up and running for years. Oh, except for the program that detects "terrorist" suspects. Real soon they'll do the thing that they said it was all about, right? That IS what they're doing it for, right? They wouldn't lie and just PRETEND it was about terrorists, now, would they?
Number 4.
Maybe the "nutshell" summary is geared towards people who have already been following the story at blackboxvoting.org. Is Frederick Douglass incorrect? I'm sorry, I just can't help you there. Of course, as a citizen of the People's Republic of California, I've been watching Feinstein's moves for a while, and her name on a bill is just prima fascia evidence of evil and corruption to me. Prejudice? Hell yeah. Please disabuse me of my notions if you have ANY contrary evidence.
I guess if they're going to quit pretending to count my vote, maybe I can quit pretending it matters, and I can stay home and wait for the results on teevee like every one else. What a time-saver!
I heard that there are twelve types of people.