Germany is making sure that when they start a new world war, there will be no legal tools to crack their enigmas! A new record for Godwin's Law... Three posts.
As for TFA itself (or at least the summary), this is what happens when the computer illiterate think they should try to do something about them computer thingies. Chaos insues, and they end up making themselves look like fools.
This isn't a true "If I've got nothing to hide, why should I worry" idea, but TFA doesn't mention that they are doing any sort of cracking or decrypting. If you're a criminal stupid enough to make your activities known in a public, obvious way, then I say the FBI should have at 'em.
The problem is, I haven't been around for 25 years to do the voting (nor have many people in this country), and the one time I have voted (the last presidential election) ended with the person I did not want to win in power. Try not to blame the direction this country is going on 'Americans' in general, but rather the misinformed peoples who have unfortunatly brought things like this, ID in classrooms, and a shrubbery for a President. (Bias warning: I am a firm supporter of evolution, and though I'm not a Democrat, I really don't like the current administration)
So, I suppose, technically this kid has committed a crime. Fair enough. But I don't think he deserves something criminal. A short term suspension, at worst, would be the better route. It is sad to see resources going to waste on this sort of stuff when you know there are far bigger fish out there that need a good frying.
Interesting, the idea of a cleansing flood is pretty much a world-wide thing. The Babylonians had the Epic of Gilgamesh with a flood, the jews with the story of Noah, there are even stories in east Asia and in Central and South America among the Incans and Aztecs and the other local civilizations.
Such a widespread story probably means it has some historical basis in the distant pass; perhaps a brief but intense period of global warming, melting the ice caps for just a few years?
As for the expedition, well, I'm not a religious fellow, but I am interested in the outcome.
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This isn't a true "If I've got nothing to hide, why should I worry" idea, but TFA doesn't mention that they are doing any sort of cracking or decrypting. If you're a criminal stupid enough to make your activities known in a public, obvious way, then I say the FBI should have at 'em.
Alienware is a private company. Their corporate info
The problem is, I haven't been around for 25 years to do the voting (nor have many people in this country), and the one time I have voted (the last presidential election) ended with the person I did not want to win in power. Try not to blame the direction this country is going on 'Americans' in general, but rather the misinformed peoples who have unfortunatly brought things like this, ID in classrooms, and a shrubbery for a President. (Bias warning: I am a firm supporter of evolution, and though I'm not a Democrat, I really don't like the current administration)
So, I suppose, technically this kid has committed a crime. Fair enough. But I don't think he deserves something criminal. A short term suspension, at worst, would be the better route. It is sad to see resources going to waste on this sort of stuff when you know there are far bigger fish out there that need a good frying.
Interesting, the idea of a cleansing flood is pretty much a world-wide thing. The Babylonians had the Epic of Gilgamesh with a flood, the jews with the story of Noah, there are even stories in east Asia and in Central and South America among the Incans and Aztecs and the other local civilizations. Such a widespread story probably means it has some historical basis in the distant pass; perhaps a brief but intense period of global warming, melting the ice caps for just a few years? As for the expedition, well, I'm not a religious fellow, but I am interested in the outcome.