"How about some sort of fast-acting photochromic coating instead? So that it's transparent most of the time, but darkens when hit by laser (or any very bright) light."
That just moves the problem from the retina to the windows -- and targeting the windows is even easier.
"He noted that incidents of lasers being directed at commercial airliners during takeoff and landings have raised fears that "this in fact may be a new form of terrorism. Lasers are easily obtainable and can be self-manufactured weapons in the terrorist arsenal, which essentially can effect a soft-kill solution and leave virtually no detectable evidence."
-- instead of asking readers to anecdotally/idiosyncratically characterize the positions of various candidates, for the story to PROVIDE references where readers could FIND this info, to help their voting decisions.
Last week I called our town's Health Dep't. to ask to see records of permits for water-wells and septic-systems on 14 properties from the last 3 years. At first they tried to brush me off by saying I needed to file an FOIA request. In this case it wasn't security, merely civil-service laziness.
"2) Data languages (SAS, SPSS): The basic object here is a dataset with variables. Inverting a data matrix here is essentially a meaningless concept, and would be extremely difficult to do"
Not sure if this meets your definition, but I've been using SAS for boocoo years and can tell you that it has a "TRANSPOSE" facility explicitly for making columns into rows & vice versa.
"proxy...How many people would know how to look for it and use it? Also: countries like China seems to like blocking"
People who are savvy enough to be using TFA's website in the first place, could likely be reached via the same means which informs them of the DoD's block. But that's really beside the point, i.e. "better to light a candle than curse the darkness", and the lame inadequacy of the DoD's effort.
Also, I'd guess that the percentage of affected expats who are in China is miniscule.
Grammar/language/spelling/usage "asshole" or bigot, yes. But not nazi, and definitely not "snobby". It has nothing to do with an attitude of superiority or condescension. It's that some people feel that it's important and useful to put a finger in the dike, i.e. to fight to stem the tide of the dilution of the language.
The phrase "beg the question" very neatly captures a particular meaning -- a meaning which takes a lot more breath to convey if the phrase becomes useslessly ambiguous through sloppy usage.
Do you want to to talk about snobby? Here's what's snobby (or at least pretentious): the nascent incorrect usage of "beg the question" could be MORE effectively conveyed by simple alternatives like "raises the question". But some people say "beg" because it sounds erudite. THAT'S snobby.
"I read the whole article, and saw... The DoD is the agency that "owns" the site."
ok, my bad. but I agree with l4m3z0r (799504) who replied to you, saying that the DoD shouldn't be the owner.
Also, I disagree with you about "much ado about very little": either the site is intended to fulfill an important function -- for NON-mil expats -- or not; and if it is so intended, then DoD shouldn't be in charge, let alone blocking it.
"We are at war. There are people who would like to do us serious harm, and we must keep ourselves alert and not kid ourselves into thinking that religious faith or other statistical data is but a mere coincidence."
I've stopped using all public transport which requires ID, if it also means the potential for data retention or a database search (versus mere inspection of your ID).
All these comments about security versus privacy miss an important point: strictly speaking, security does NOT require that ANY privacy be sacrificed. There are alternatives.
Even tin-foil-hat (Ultimate Paranoid) I would be willing to submit to personal searches before boarding -- as exhaustive as needed to ensure that I present no risk -- IF it meant that I didn't have to PERMANENTLY risk any privacy/anonymity by making any info about myself available for recording, etc.
I'd gladly trade momentary personal "dignity", and additional costs and delays, to retain my long-term privacy.
All these "terrorism"-related measures aren't just about security. They're also about the inexorable tendency of large regulatory institutions to become impersonal and concomitantly unconcerned about individual rights, an observation which is part of the bedrock rationale for "anarchists".
Particularly in the case of law-enforcement, people in those institutions drool at the prospect of having an excuse to collect exhaustive data about the entire populace, for reasons and purposes far beyond the prevention of terrorism.
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"if you have a comment on why you don't want the governemnt reading your email..." [sic]
Where does it say that?
Reading an email repository isn't the same as sniffing packets.
(Unfortunately, it's also not illegal yet.)
"Do ATI or nVidia have a particularly good relationship with the OSS community?"
Like night & day.
Nvidia good, ATI bad.
"more informed than viewers of Jay Leno and David Lettermen"
. htm
Wow, do the Lettermen still perform shows?
http://www.grabow.biz/Nostalgia/Lettermen
"How about some sort of fast-acting photochromic coating instead? So that it's transparent most of the time, but darkens when hit by laser (or any very bright) light."
That just moves the problem from the retina to the windows --
and targeting the windows is even easier.
"He noted that incidents of lasers being directed at commercial airliners during takeoff and landings have raised fears that "this in fact may be a new form of terrorism.
Lasers are easily obtainable and can be self-manufactured weapons in the terrorist arsenal, which essentially can effect a soft-kill solution and leave virtually no detectable evidence."
(Sounds a lot like file-trading.)
No problem.
Just pass another law.
-- instead of asking readers to anecdotally/idiosyncratically characterize the positions of various candidates, for the story to PROVIDE references where readers could FIND this info, to help their voting decisions.
"0 to 60 mph in about six seconds"
Hardly a "rocket car". Several classes beat this on any cornering course.
And 185mph is no earth-shaker on ovals.
"used to be a theoretical physicist, a mathematician, IT consultant, programmer, data miner"
in what order, reverse chron?
and what prompted those transitions?
this was a polite prvt msg.
wtf?
foe me
IAR80, please email me, I'm just curious what motivated you to...
Last week I called our town's Health Dep't. to ask to see records of permits for water-wells and septic-systems on 14 properties from the last 3 years.
At first they tried to brush me off by saying I needed to file an FOIA request.
In this case it wasn't security, merely civil-service laziness.
"the perfect compliment to your digital music collection"
It's no wonder that people enter university with atrocious language skills.
Study Shows PHBs Are Security "Idiots"
"2) Data languages (SAS, SPSS): The basic object here is a dataset with variables. Inverting a data matrix here is essentially a meaningless concept, and would be extremely difficult to do"
Not sure if this meets your definition, but I've been using SAS for boocoo years and can tell you that it has a "TRANSPOSE" facility explicitly for making columns into rows & vice versa.
"As a partner in a small tech consulting business"
where, and in what skills/technologies?
"I actually work for the parent poster, have no degree"
doing what, *specifically*?
"proxy...How many people would know how to look for it and use it? Also: countries like China seems to like blocking"
People who are savvy enough to be using TFA's website in the first place, could likely be reached via the same means which informs them of the DoD's block.
But that's really beside the point, i.e. "better to light a candle than curse the darkness", and the lame inadequacy of the DoD's effort.
Also, I'd guess that the percentage of affected expats who are in China is miniscule.
"Please don't be a snobby grammar nazi."
Grammar/language/spelling/usage "asshole" or bigot, yes.
But not nazi, and definitely not "snobby".
It has nothing to do with an attitude of superiority or condescension.
It's that some people feel that it's important and useful to put a finger in the dike, i.e. to fight to stem the tide of the dilution of the language.
The phrase "beg the question" very neatly captures a particular meaning -- a meaning which takes a lot more breath to convey if the phrase becomes useslessly ambiguous through sloppy usage.
Do you want to to talk about snobby?
Here's what's snobby (or at least pretentious):
the nascent incorrect usage of "beg the question" could be MORE effectively conveyed by simple alternatives like "raises the question".
But some people say "beg" because it sounds erudite.
THAT'S snobby.
yes, I misunderstood that DoD is (although shouldn't be) the host for the site.
It's supposed to be for ALL expats, not just mil, right?
"how many tourists and other people overseas going to know how to do that?"
My point was:
someone in the **USA** should put up a proxy for *anyone* overseas to use.
didn't read that part, and I already copped to that.
my bad.
"I read the whole article, and saw ... The DoD is the agency that "owns" the site."
ok, my bad.
but I agree with l4m3z0r (799504) who replied to you, saying that the DoD shouldn't be the owner.
Also, I disagree with you about "much ado about very little":
either the site is intended to fulfill an important function -- for NON-mil expats -- or not;
and if it is so intended, then DoD shouldn't be in charge, let alone blocking it.
I have absolutely no idea to what your post refers.
Did you perhaps click the wrong Reply link?
"We are at war. There are people who would like to do us serious harm, and we must keep ourselves alert and not kid ourselves into thinking that religious faith or other statistical data is but a mere coincidence."
I've stopped using all public transport which requires ID, if it also means the potential for data retention or a database search (versus mere inspection of your ID).
All these comments about security versus privacy miss an important point:
strictly speaking, security does NOT require that ANY privacy be sacrificed.
There are alternatives.
Even tin-foil-hat (Ultimate Paranoid) I would be willing to submit to personal searches before boarding -- as exhaustive as needed to ensure that I present no risk -- IF it meant that I didn't have to PERMANENTLY risk any privacy/anonymity by making any info about myself available for recording, etc.
I'd gladly trade momentary personal "dignity", and additional costs and delays, to retain my long-term privacy.
All these "terrorism"-related measures aren't just about security. They're also about the inexorable tendency of large regulatory institutions to become impersonal and concomitantly unconcerned about individual rights, an observation which is part of the bedrock rationale for "anarchists".
Particularly in the case of law-enforcement, people in those institutions drool at the prospect of having an excuse to collect exhaustive data about the entire populace, for reasons and purposes far beyond the prevention of terrorism.