If you work in the field, sure you would. I have been out of college for a few decades, and that was the last time I was in the Chem lab. I'm sure a good amount of/. readers are working in the field, but many of us are not.
That aside, it was good to refresh the use of the term from chemistry.
As the old saying goes, "If it ain't broke don't fix it!". The reason people migrated to Windows NT from Novell was not because the server was better, it was because of marketing hype. When my small company back in the day migrated from 1 Novell server to NT we had to put in 4 to do the same job. We kept hearing how it was cheaper than Novell, but we had to buy Anti-Virus software, backup software that worked, pay extra for user licenses or face the wrath of the BSA, and buy bigger and faster computers for every new product that was released (or add servers). All of that quickly dwarfed what we paid to Novell, but the brass kept hearing how cheap and good Windows was, and feared the costs of moving back to Novell. Probably more, they feared having to admit they were wrong to waste money trying to migrate in the first place.
I never supported Windows after the initial fiasco of NT4 was released and have supported exclusively Unix/Linux since.
Windows may have come a long way since then, but the costs have never reduced either. Now, we have huge budget deficits in the private sector as well as the public sector.
Be happy you have something that works so well! And use that knowledge to your advantage. There is good money to be made consulting for Novell experts.
I get the point, it's just that the normal every day use of the term Organic is very different. I work in Math and Computers all day, it's been at least 20 years since the Chemistry lab. When I don't remember or know a term, I have no issues going to refresh my memory or learn. "Organic" is something seen every day with a very different meaning.
Outside of the Chemistry lab, the use of the term "organic" is very different. How the term is used in Chemistry is not the same as how you present it to the masses. If the author does not understand basic communications they should have hired someone to help them before releasing misleading information to the public.
I read the title and said "hmm", then I read what they claimed caused the "organic" pollution and said "What the F&*K!?". If the pollutants are caused by burning fuel, then it's not "organic" pollution. By their definition, absolutely everything should be considered organic. All computers must be 100% organic since they are made of Silicone, Copper, Gold, etc... Nuclear weapons are "organic" too, and the heat they give off is just energy which must be "organic" also.
Well, the detection is the biggest issue. We know this because the day we were tracking a close call, we had a strike that nobody saw coming (or at least they never told anyone about it, perhaps because of being helpless to stop it).
We have to remember, that while a large comet or asteroid strike would cause extinction, so would a hefty rain of smaller space rock. a 5000 ton rock we can detect or 10 50 ton rocks we can't both have a pretty similar chance of causing us to kiss our asses goodbye.
The MIT network was available to Schwartz. He showed his ID and was allowed inside. The Network closet was unlocked and anyone could enter at will. Schwartz did not pick a lock or break anything in order to gain access. He simply opened a door and walked in.
Illegal entry charges in this case are absolutely fabricated.
Schwartz plugged a laptop in to a port that was open on a network device. He did not "hack" to gain entry to their network, he had open access. It's no different than him using public WIFI. He did nothing illegal to connect to their network.
Hacking and wiretapping charges were simply fabricated.
Schwartz ran a script to copy data from the open network to his laptop. That was illegal, and I (as well as anyone else) won't discount that charge. Copying data against consent requests is not a big criminal issue, more of a civil issue due to copyrights.
So the prosecutor took the one valid charge, and added all kinds of bullshit charges to threaten him. That is not the prosecutors job! The prosecutors job is to ensure that he is charged for what he did do, not everything imaginable that may fit in order to get a massive punishment.
It was known that the Government could not end the depression in the 30s, simply not possible. The Government does not produce anything, it only consumes things. What really ended the depression after WW II is that we started producing and consuming on the civilian side. Converted factories had to be re-converted which required money. The people working on that project spent money, which had a ripple effect on the rest of the economy. We continued to build factories and produce workers right up until the 1970s. This meant that the economy continued to grow, and it had nothing to do with Government stimulus but rather a natural effect of an economy under a somewhat functional Republic.
Lets not kid ourselves either, the Government continued to consume and consume at a staggering rate. Some of that consumption went to NASA and the Military, which eventually ended the cold war. Not a bad outcome, but the costs was immense.
When the Government started importing without restriction, and moving factory jobs overseas we started the decline in our economy. Since moving those jobs became a priority, the deflation picked up. Now we see the full result, which is an economy teetering on collapse for what.. 5 years now? It's only being held up by fiat currency, and won't take much to topple.
I forget the persons name now, but in the 70s he was on lots of TV shows. Older gent with wide glasses. He ran lots of speaking tours, was on 60 minutes and Meet the Press, but smart economist. Anyway, I'm at work and can't dig out his name at the moment. He told us where we were headed, and we ignored him. He was not alone either. There were plenty at the time that agreed with his point.
1) The DOD IG is intended for companies providing DOD work primarily. Such as General Dynamics, Boeing. US Army persons would report to the Army IG. My original statement was incorrect, the fact that a US Army person would not use it was correct.
2) Again you are wrong. Just because you have a clearance does not mean you sign papers or see any classified data. Classifications and signatures come with projects, not simply having a clearance. I held TS-Special, while in the US Army, and worked in classified areas for decades. Then you make shit up, as if reading the mattress tag is a signature. Poppycock! There are papers you sign, I have had my signature on them. But that does not happen just because you have a clearance or specific MOS.
3) You go ahead and walk from where he was stationed to an office, it works out pretty well. Or are you suggesting that he go AWOL to do so? Maybe you think that he should have hand carried data to the capitol and sat on the steps waiting. You do realize that Soldiers get less vacation than the average American correct? You realize that you don't get sick time right? You also realize that while Manning could have written a letter to a Congressmen, this is exactly the same thing you could do. But you probably make a bit more money than a PFC in the Army, and get more time off where you could go to the Congressman or Senators office. In addition, any time a Soldier writes their Congressman and Senator the Military is flagged. Your commander may start asking you lots of questions and making things uncomfortable for you.
4) You absolutely missed the point. If you are going to leak information that the LAPD is breaking the law, you don't go the the LAPD to launch a complaint. You also don't go to the LAPD public affairs office, or internal memo people with the data. You go to a difference location to release the data. Doing so with something as large as the Government is much more complex.
5) If you believe that it's tinfoil, you should really get out and learn something other than what Fox is telling you. It was leaked that numerous news papers, including NYP and NYT released nothing without Government approval. Fox/NBC/ABC show you nothing but OP/ED pieces which slant stories to a favor that the Govt want's you to believe. At the same time, they don't show you what they don't want you to know. The lack of any coverage of Fast and Furious, The 2011 Defense Authorization act and the Presidents 3 appeals to the courts ruling that indefinite detention of US Citizens without warrant or trial make it very obvious that there is collusion to prevent people from knowledge. Those are easily proven and visible. More evidence is in the Syria conflict, and how they blatantly lied about the US involvement in Libya. There is no need to claim tin-foil anything when you are choosing to ignore facts that are right in front of you!
Your claim that the system was "perfect" is false. The point is not that Socrates defined a template either. The point should be what a Republic is and how it is defined. A Republic is a Government of the people and by the people. Your insistence that this does not require an open Government simply does not fit. If citizens are kept ignorant, then the citizens can not make decisions. This means that the citizens are not ruling the Government, and makes that form of Government something other than a Republic.
You can try to claim that blue is red all you want, reality does not match your claim.
So I'm not sure you ever actually studied "The Republic" or even read the book. If you did, you clearly have no understanding of what a Republic is!
This is not an office that any military person uses, this is an internal office. You are correct, as my description was incorrect. Army Soldiers would report to the US Army IG, Marines the Marines IG, etc...
Absolutely incorrect. The only lie allowed in the Republic is "The Noble Lie". By Socrates' definition, this was extremely small and only intended to put people on the right path to performing civic duties as guardians of the Republic. Since the guardians were supposed to be the highest educated in society, it is safe to assume that they learn over time about the Noble Lie.
As stated previously, a Government that keeps their citizens in the Dark is at best an Oligarchy and at worst tyranny. The keeping people in the Dark is addressed by the Allegory of the Cave from the same book! Please do yourself a favor and go read and study that book.
You must be really really close to the border and willing to jump in front of the impact zone. The NK Missile program is, well, rather prehistoric. In addition to a large amount of them having failing warheads that won't explode on impact, they are not very accurate.
The fear is really, if DPRK fires first they will let off a whole lot of artillery fire which would hit something and sting a bit. After they fired, air power would level their tanks and artillery making it a one sided war.
The prosecution is alleging that the document leak perpetrated by Bradley Manning directly aided the enemy (al-Qaeda) in their operations against the United States. So what's the problem with including testimony that documents leaked by Bradley Manning were present during the Bin-Laden raid? It's common sense.
Manning never gave anything to the enemy, he gave information to a media outlet. I think you are missing some of the "common sense" you are touting.
You can harp on for days about how "the documents revealed war crimes" or "it was the right thing to do."
It was the right thing to do if the classification of the documents was intended to prevent knowledge of illegal activities. Search what was dumped, and the reason for the classification is obvious. Perhaps not for everything, but for enough that it did matter.
Ultimately, the documents were classified, Bradley Manning signed a document stating that he would not reveal classified information when he enlisted in the Army, and did it anyways. He did not release the information the the DOD Inspector General, to a member of the House or Senate intelligence committee, or even to a legitimate member of the press corp.
Well, it's obvious that you know jack squat about both the military and just as little about classified work. No such document exists when you enlist in the Army. I'm not going to teach you about either Military or Classified work, I'm only going to tell you that you are absolutely wrong.
To your next point about who he released data too, you are also wrong. If the Military is performing illegal acts, Manning was correct not to release data to the Military. There is no DOD IG so that one is laughable, as is your next. You personally have as much access, and probably more access, to a Congressman or Senator. It's not like as an enlisted person you can just walk into the office, let alone walk into the office and say "guess what?". Manning's duty as a citizen was to ensure that the data was released to someone he felt would handle the data in the best possible manner. You can disagree with how Wikileaks handled the data, but that's a different issue and is not related to Manning or what he's being charged with.
He released it to some foreign website with no press credentials. That makes it a crime.
What? First there is no such thing as a website with press credentials. Even if their was, you think releasing documents showing that the US Government is doing bad things to a website with "Approved Press site for the US Government" will accomplish anything? Not only are you fabricating information, you are doing so very poorly.
He's not a protected whistle-blower because he did not send the information to any of the above whistleblower channels. Even the NSA warrantless wiretapping whistle-blower had enough common sense to go through the New York Times, which meant he was protected as a whistle-blower.
The NYT approves every govt. story through the CIA and Government. The little you know about happenings in our own country is a testament to the strength of the propaganda we currently call "News" and "Journalism". Keep up the good work citizen 2625955.
On point 1, Manning never gave anything to the enemy. Manning gave the information to a media agency who is bound by their journalistic duty to ensure the safety of the data released from them. You are wrong to claim Manning gave anything to the enemy. If the media agency dumps everything given to them, that's a different topic and a much longer discussion. Before that discussion occurs, I'd suggest you read and/or listen to a great man's words regarding the responsibilities of both the Government and Journalists.
Since you are absolutely wrong regarding point 1, you can not possibly be correct with point 2. If manning actually gave something to the enemy we could discuss his intent when providing data to the enemy. If he did not do something, intent discussions are idiocy.
Not that long ago, namely beginning in Gulf 1 this is exactly what happened. Media agencies were told not to report on live battle scenes or they would be aiding the enemy. What footage you saw of Gulf 1 and beyond was approved by the military after review. There were no live battle scenes, and there are no live scenes from Iraq or Afghanistan currently. It was leaked that the "Live from Iraq" guys at CNN during Gulf 1 were filming from a roof top in South Carolina. Back stage footage shows them laughing at the ignorance of the American people (which they were helping to keep ignorant).
Propaganda is a bitch, and it's been riding you for longer than you may know.
It does not need to state it in the Constitution. The US Government was founded as a Republic. If a citizen can not determine what the Government is doing, there is no Republic. The Government becomes some other form of Government.
If you are not clear about my statement, I'd recommend you go study what a Republic is. Why not go to the source and study Plato's Republic!
They have been doing that for a long time, the difference is really that now we have easier access to the knowledge. Even programs we know about by pieces being declassified have huge portions of the program remaining classified simply because 1) it's embarrassing and 2) you would want to prosecute people currently in positions of power that were on those programs.
It was not designed broken, that was management mandated changes later on in order to garner bonuses by saving money on the project. I'm sure you know the term transponder, and even if you don't you can look it up. All communications between planes and ATC are supposed to go through the transponder. No code, no data.
So the question should be: Is the manager that got the nice fat bonus check going to return the money and go to jail? But of course we'd never want to punish an exec for doing something wrong, so I realize that my question is not just rhetorical but silly.
Faulty logic. Poor administration of the software does not make the software poor, it makes the administration of the software poor. Just like people that load Linux and surf pr0n as "root" does not make Linux poor, it makes users foolish.
Many admins with your attitude believe that root ssh keys are more secure than Sudo as well. The logic is extremely bad.
I won't discount that people need to be trained in software like Sudo. I have spent 25+ years working in the business, the majority of that in secured and classified areas. I have trained dozens of people on "how to" administer Sudo, and unlike you I have seen places where it's implemented and used properly (though perhaps not efficiently).
Your experience and opinion does not make the software bad, it means you should spend time consulting. It also means that you have a pretty narrow view of the market. In summary, your claim that Sudo is worse than a virus is very untrue.
The US budget was balanced before 2000, but then we a) reduced our income by cutting taxes, especially on the rich, and then b) got into two very expensive wars and then c) the economy crashed which reduced federal income even more.
No it was not, the "projected" budget was balanced. There was no balanced budget under Clinton, go read the actual spending vs. income reports. Propaganda told you it was, and you believed them!
a) reduced our income by cutting taxes, especially on the rich, and then
This started long before 2000, maybe you forgot about "Reaganomics" and "Trickle Down Economy"? Taxes on the "rich" up until the 1970s was 90%. I agree that it has not changed for the better, but your year of influence is way off. The issue in reality is that it takes a long time for changes to begin to show up in a massive economy. Even large changes, like changing the tax rate on the top 1% from 90% to 15% take years. To be fair, the tax rates were not lowered immediately, it was done in steps. Each step with the same outcome as the last step, and average citizens were kept in the dark about both the change and result. Before you claim "foul" that they ever paid 90%, you had best have a very strong understanding of the Allegory of the Artisan. Socrates and Plato were correct, and you have been fooled.
b) got into two very expensive wars and then
That itself is not so bad, hang on and we'll get there..
c) the economy crashed which reduced federal income even more.
What you never mentioned was NAFTA, and it's impact. You never mentioned how the US Government was _paying_ companies to move factories over seas and out of the country. Those things are all documented and available, no I won't "cite" at your request since Google still works just fine. NAFTA created huge swaths of unemployed people in the US! Up until NAFTA, we had concerns about trade deficits with other countries. Now, it's a free for all and we are paying for it in huge deficits, high unemployment, and stagnating and eroding infrastructure.
Stop and think about it. The only thing the Government has been helping to fund in the US (outside of lining their own pockets) is an expanding police infrastructure. (Think about NSA's new super computer center opening this summer, expansions to NSA, TSA, DHS, FEMA, etc.. etc. etc...).
Deficit spending is never a good idea, especially from a Government. Read a history book, listen to some different economists, read a philosopher other than Rand, but get that idea out of your head that it's good for a Government to do. Reading a history book should immediately prove how bad of an idea it is! Read Plato and you will see how it leads to tyranny and oppression at best, but collapse shortly after! Reading other economists you should see how it absolutely ruins the economy!
Item 2 is not a tax, sorry but that's a load and I'm pretty sure you realize it.
Item 3 is also not a tax, second load of crap. Maybe you are trying to claim that income tax is an additional property tax? Or are you trying to claim that capital gains taxes are property taxes? I really have no idea, but what you said was not true.
Item 4 is also crap, but for slightly different reasons. We already pay medicaid and medicare tax, just like social security taxes we pay. This is not paid with wealth, but out of income (as it's currently written anyway).
Item 1 was correct, but sheesh don't make up things to try and validate what nobody would argue against.
Come now, I could go to history and tell you to read up on COINTELPRO but how about more recent and tell you to read up on Fast and Furious? If you think that lies are a unique problem to North Korea, you are sadly mistaken. I'd start telling you about the Gulf war and Afghanistan, but you would probably immediately label me a "conspiracy theorist" just like people have been brain washed.
I'd agree that North Korean leadership is more evil than the US, but lets not use easy to label "hypocrite" methods of demonstration.
North Korea does however have a tremendous amount of old military equipment including thousands of tanks and armored vehicles. If those are still able to roll and if they were allowed to mobilize and drive up to the DMZ they could cause a lot of trouble because of their sheer numbers if they were allowed to break through into South Korea. Their special forces could also cause lots and lots of damage if some of them managed to get through.
You do realize that Iraq's old tanks and personal carriers were taken out in approximately 48 hours don't you? So no, I don't think there is too much fear of the old T-60s driving through the DMZ. Iraq _was_ considered the 5th largest armored force in the world at the time.
N. Korean special forces would not be allowed to leave the country. The leader knows that if they did, they may catch a whiff of food coming from a restaurant and find out there really is such a thing as Food and defect immediately.
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If you work in the field, sure you would. I have been out of college for a few decades, and that was the last time I was in the Chem lab. I'm sure a good amount of /. readers are working in the field, but many of us are not.
That aside, it was good to refresh the use of the term from chemistry.
As the old saying goes, "If it ain't broke don't fix it!". The reason people migrated to Windows NT from Novell was not because the server was better, it was because of marketing hype. When my small company back in the day migrated from 1 Novell server to NT we had to put in 4 to do the same job. We kept hearing how it was cheaper than Novell, but we had to buy Anti-Virus software, backup software that worked, pay extra for user licenses or face the wrath of the BSA, and buy bigger and faster computers for every new product that was released (or add servers). All of that quickly dwarfed what we paid to Novell, but the brass kept hearing how cheap and good Windows was, and feared the costs of moving back to Novell. Probably more, they feared having to admit they were wrong to waste money trying to migrate in the first place.
I never supported Windows after the initial fiasco of NT4 was released and have supported exclusively Unix/Linux since.
Windows may have come a long way since then, but the costs have never reduced either. Now, we have huge budget deficits in the private sector as well as the public sector.
Be happy you have something that works so well! And use that knowledge to your advantage. There is good money to be made consulting for Novell experts.
I get the point, it's just that the normal every day use of the term Organic is very different. I work in Math and Computers all day, it's been at least 20 years since the Chemistry lab. When I don't remember or know a term, I have no issues going to refresh my memory or learn. "Organic" is something seen every day with a very different meaning.
Outside of the Chemistry lab, the use of the term "organic" is very different. How the term is used in Chemistry is not the same as how you present it to the masses. If the author does not understand basic communications they should have hired someone to help them before releasing misleading information to the public.
I read the title and said "hmm", then I read what they claimed caused the "organic" pollution and said "What the F&*K!?". If the pollutants are caused by burning fuel, then it's not "organic" pollution. By their definition, absolutely everything should be considered organic. All computers must be 100% organic since they are made of Silicone, Copper, Gold, etc... Nuclear weapons are "organic" too, and the heat they give off is just energy which must be "organic" also.
Well, the detection is the biggest issue. We know this because the day we were tracking a close call, we had a strike that nobody saw coming (or at least they never told anyone about it, perhaps because of being helpless to stop it).
We have to remember, that while a large comet or asteroid strike would cause extinction, so would a hefty rain of smaller space rock. a 5000 ton rock we can detect or 10 50 ton rocks we can't both have a pretty similar chance of causing us to kiss our asses goodbye.
The MIT network was available to Schwartz. He showed his ID and was allowed inside. The Network closet was unlocked and anyone could enter at will. Schwartz did not pick a lock or break anything in order to gain access. He simply opened a door and walked in.
Illegal entry charges in this case are absolutely fabricated.
Schwartz plugged a laptop in to a port that was open on a network device. He did not "hack" to gain entry to their network, he had open access. It's no different than him using public WIFI. He did nothing illegal to connect to their network.
Hacking and wiretapping charges were simply fabricated.
Schwartz ran a script to copy data from the open network to his laptop. That was illegal, and I (as well as anyone else) won't discount that charge. Copying data against consent requests is not a big criminal issue, more of a civil issue due to copyrights.
So the prosecutor took the one valid charge, and added all kinds of bullshit charges to threaten him. That is not the prosecutors job! The prosecutors job is to ensure that he is charged for what he did do, not everything imaginable that may fit in order to get a massive punishment.
It was known that the Government could not end the depression in the 30s, simply not possible. The Government does not produce anything, it only consumes things. What really ended the depression after WW II is that we started producing and consuming on the civilian side. Converted factories had to be re-converted which required money. The people working on that project spent money, which had a ripple effect on the rest of the economy. We continued to build factories and produce workers right up until the 1970s. This meant that the economy continued to grow, and it had nothing to do with Government stimulus but rather a natural effect of an economy under a somewhat functional Republic.
Lets not kid ourselves either, the Government continued to consume and consume at a staggering rate. Some of that consumption went to NASA and the Military, which eventually ended the cold war. Not a bad outcome, but the costs was immense.
When the Government started importing without restriction, and moving factory jobs overseas we started the decline in our economy. Since moving those jobs became a priority, the deflation picked up. Now we see the full result, which is an economy teetering on collapse for what.. 5 years now? It's only being held up by fiat currency, and won't take much to topple.
I forget the persons name now, but in the 70s he was on lots of TV shows. Older gent with wide glasses. He ran lots of speaking tours, was on 60 minutes and Meet the Press, but smart economist. Anyway, I'm at work and can't dig out his name at the moment. He told us where we were headed, and we ignored him. He was not alone either. There were plenty at the time that agreed with his point.
1) The DOD IG is intended for companies providing DOD work primarily. Such as General Dynamics, Boeing. US Army persons would report to the Army IG. My original statement was incorrect, the fact that a US Army person would not use it was correct.
2) Again you are wrong. Just because you have a clearance does not mean you sign papers or see any classified data. Classifications and signatures come with projects, not simply having a clearance. I held TS-Special, while in the US Army, and worked in classified areas for decades. Then you make shit up, as if reading the mattress tag is a signature. Poppycock! There are papers you sign, I have had my signature on them. But that does not happen just because you have a clearance or specific MOS.
3) You go ahead and walk from where he was stationed to an office, it works out pretty well. Or are you suggesting that he go AWOL to do so? Maybe you think that he should have hand carried data to the capitol and sat on the steps waiting. You do realize that Soldiers get less vacation than the average American correct? You realize that you don't get sick time right? You also realize that while Manning could have written a letter to a Congressmen, this is exactly the same thing you could do. But you probably make a bit more money than a PFC in the Army, and get more time off where you could go to the Congressman or Senators office. In addition, any time a Soldier writes their Congressman and Senator the Military is flagged. Your commander may start asking you lots of questions and making things uncomfortable for you.
4) You absolutely missed the point. If you are going to leak information that the LAPD is breaking the law, you don't go the the LAPD to launch a complaint. You also don't go to the LAPD public affairs office, or internal memo people with the data. You go to a difference location to release the data. Doing so with something as large as the Government is much more complex.
5) If you believe that it's tinfoil, you should really get out and learn something other than what Fox is telling you. It was leaked that numerous news papers, including NYP and NYT released nothing without Government approval. Fox/NBC/ABC show you nothing but OP/ED pieces which slant stories to a favor that the Govt want's you to believe. At the same time, they don't show you what they don't want you to know. The lack of any coverage of Fast and Furious, The 2011 Defense Authorization act and the Presidents 3 appeals to the courts ruling that indefinite detention of US Citizens without warrant or trial make it very obvious that there is collusion to prevent people from knowledge. Those are easily proven and visible. More evidence is in the Syria conflict, and how they blatantly lied about the US involvement in Libya. There is no need to claim tin-foil anything when you are choosing to ignore facts that are right in front of you!
Your claim that the system was "perfect" is false. The point is not that Socrates defined a template either. The point should be what a Republic is and how it is defined. A Republic is a Government of the people and by the people. Your insistence that this does not require an open Government simply does not fit. If citizens are kept ignorant, then the citizens can not make decisions. This means that the citizens are not ruling the Government, and makes that form of Government something other than a Republic.
You can try to claim that blue is red all you want, reality does not match your claim.
So I'm not sure you ever actually studied "The Republic" or even read the book. If you did, you clearly have no understanding of what a Republic is!
This is not an office that any military person uses, this is an internal office. You are correct, as my description was incorrect. Army Soldiers would report to the US Army IG, Marines the Marines IG, etc...
Absolutely incorrect. The only lie allowed in the Republic is "The Noble Lie". By Socrates' definition, this was extremely small and only intended to put people on the right path to performing civic duties as guardians of the Republic. Since the guardians were supposed to be the highest educated in society, it is safe to assume that they learn over time about the Noble Lie.
As stated previously, a Government that keeps their citizens in the Dark is at best an Oligarchy and at worst tyranny. The keeping people in the Dark is addressed by the Allegory of the Cave from the same book! Please do yourself a favor and go read and study that book.
You must be really really close to the border and willing to jump in front of the impact zone. The NK Missile program is, well, rather prehistoric. In addition to a large amount of them having failing warheads that won't explode on impact, they are not very accurate.
The fear is really, if DPRK fires first they will let off a whole lot of artillery fire which would hit something and sting a bit. After they fired, air power would level their tanks and artillery making it a one sided war.
The prosecution is alleging that the document leak perpetrated by Bradley Manning directly aided the enemy (al-Qaeda) in their operations against the United States. So what's the problem with including testimony that documents leaked by Bradley Manning were present during the Bin-Laden raid? It's common sense.
Manning never gave anything to the enemy, he gave information to a media outlet. I think you are missing some of the "common sense" you are touting.
You can harp on for days about how "the documents revealed war crimes" or "it was the right thing to do."
It was the right thing to do if the classification of the documents was intended to prevent knowledge of illegal activities. Search what was dumped, and the reason for the classification is obvious. Perhaps not for everything, but for enough that it did matter.
Ultimately, the documents were classified, Bradley Manning signed a document stating that he would not reveal classified information when he enlisted in the Army, and did it anyways. He did not release the information the the DOD Inspector General, to a member of the House or Senate intelligence committee, or even to a legitimate member of the press corp.
Well, it's obvious that you know jack squat about both the military and just as little about classified work. No such document exists when you enlist in the Army. I'm not going to teach you about either Military or Classified work, I'm only going to tell you that you are absolutely wrong.
To your next point about who he released data too, you are also wrong. If the Military is performing illegal acts, Manning was correct not to release data to the Military. There is no DOD IG so that one is laughable, as is your next. You personally have as much access, and probably more access, to a Congressman or Senator. It's not like as an enlisted person you can just walk into the office, let alone walk into the office and say "guess what?". Manning's duty as a citizen was to ensure that the data was released to someone he felt would handle the data in the best possible manner. You can disagree with how Wikileaks handled the data, but that's a different issue and is not related to Manning or what he's being charged with.
He released it to some foreign website with no press credentials. That makes it a crime.
What? First there is no such thing as a website with press credentials. Even if their was, you think releasing documents showing that the US Government is doing bad things to a website with "Approved Press site for the US Government" will accomplish anything? Not only are you fabricating information, you are doing so very poorly.
He's not a protected whistle-blower because he did not send the information to any of the above whistleblower channels. Even the NSA warrantless wiretapping whistle-blower had enough common sense to go through the New York Times, which meant he was protected as a whistle-blower.
The NYT approves every govt. story through the CIA and Government. The little you know about happenings in our own country is a testament to the strength of the propaganda we currently call "News" and "Journalism". Keep up the good work citizen 2625955.
On point 1, Manning never gave anything to the enemy. Manning gave the information to a media agency who is bound by their journalistic duty to ensure the safety of the data released from them. You are wrong to claim Manning gave anything to the enemy. If the media agency dumps everything given to them, that's a different topic and a much longer discussion. Before that discussion occurs, I'd suggest you read and/or listen to a great man's words regarding the responsibilities of both the Government and Journalists.
Since you are absolutely wrong regarding point 1, you can not possibly be correct with point 2. If manning actually gave something to the enemy we could discuss his intent when providing data to the enemy. If he did not do something, intent discussions are idiocy.
Not that long ago, namely beginning in Gulf 1 this is exactly what happened. Media agencies were told not to report on live battle scenes or they would be aiding the enemy. What footage you saw of Gulf 1 and beyond was approved by the military after review. There were no live battle scenes, and there are no live scenes from Iraq or Afghanistan currently. It was leaked that the "Live from Iraq" guys at CNN during Gulf 1 were filming from a roof top in South Carolina. Back stage footage shows them laughing at the ignorance of the American people (which they were helping to keep ignorant).
Propaganda is a bitch, and it's been riding you for longer than you may know.
It does not need to state it in the Constitution. The US Government was founded as a Republic. If a citizen can not determine what the Government is doing, there is no Republic. The Government becomes some other form of Government.
If you are not clear about my statement, I'd recommend you go study what a Republic is. Why not go to the source and study Plato's Republic!
They have been doing that for a long time, the difference is really that now we have easier access to the knowledge. Even programs we know about by pieces being declassified have huge portions of the program remaining classified simply because 1) it's embarrassing and 2) you would want to prosecute people currently in positions of power that were on those programs.
It was not designed broken, that was management mandated changes later on in order to garner bonuses by saving money on the project. I'm sure you know the term transponder, and even if you don't you can look it up. All communications between planes and ATC are supposed to go through the transponder. No code, no data.
So the question should be: Is the manager that got the nice fat bonus check going to return the money and go to jail? But of course we'd never want to punish an exec for doing something wrong, so I realize that my question is not just rhetorical but silly.
Faulty logic. Poor administration of the software does not make the software poor, it makes the administration of the software poor. Just like people that load Linux and surf pr0n as "root" does not make Linux poor, it makes users foolish.
Many admins with your attitude believe that root ssh keys are more secure than Sudo as well. The logic is extremely bad.
I won't discount that people need to be trained in software like Sudo. I have spent 25+ years working in the business, the majority of that in secured and classified areas. I have trained dozens of people on "how to" administer Sudo, and unlike you I have seen places where it's implemented and used properly (though perhaps not efficiently).
Your experience and opinion does not make the software bad, it means you should spend time consulting. It also means that you have a pretty narrow view of the market. In summary, your claim that Sudo is worse than a virus is very untrue.
The US budget was balanced before 2000, but then we a) reduced our income by cutting taxes, especially on the rich, and then b) got into two very expensive wars and then c) the economy crashed which reduced federal income even more.
No it was not, the "projected" budget was balanced. There was no balanced budget under Clinton, go read the actual spending vs. income reports. Propaganda told you it was, and you believed them!
a) reduced our income by cutting taxes, especially on the rich, and then
This started long before 2000, maybe you forgot about "Reaganomics" and "Trickle Down Economy"? Taxes on the "rich" up until the 1970s was 90%. I agree that it has not changed for the better, but your year of influence is way off. The issue in reality is that it takes a long time for changes to begin to show up in a massive economy. Even large changes, like changing the tax rate on the top 1% from 90% to 15% take years. To be fair, the tax rates were not lowered immediately, it was done in steps. Each step with the same outcome as the last step, and average citizens were kept in the dark about both the change and result. Before you claim "foul" that they ever paid 90%, you had best have a very strong understanding of the Allegory of the Artisan. Socrates and Plato were correct, and you have been fooled.
b) got into two very expensive wars and then
That itself is not so bad, hang on and we'll get there..
c) the economy crashed which reduced federal income even more.
What you never mentioned was NAFTA, and it's impact. You never mentioned how the US Government was _paying_ companies to move factories over seas and out of the country. Those things are all documented and available, no I won't "cite" at your request since Google still works just fine. NAFTA created huge swaths of unemployed people in the US! Up until NAFTA, we had concerns about trade deficits with other countries. Now, it's a free for all and we are paying for it in huge deficits, high unemployment, and stagnating and eroding infrastructure.
Stop and think about it. The only thing the Government has been helping to fund in the US (outside of lining their own pockets) is an expanding police infrastructure. (Think about NSA's new super computer center opening this summer, expansions to NSA, TSA, DHS, FEMA, etc.. etc. etc...).
Deficit spending is never a good idea, especially from a Government. Read a history book, listen to some different economists, read a philosopher other than Rand, but get that idea out of your head that it's good for a Government to do. Reading a history book should immediately prove how bad of an idea it is! Read Plato and you will see how it leads to tyranny and oppression at best, but collapse shortly after! Reading other economists you should see how it absolutely ruins the economy!
Item 2 is not a tax, sorry but that's a load and I'm pretty sure you realize it.
Item 3 is also not a tax, second load of crap. Maybe you are trying to claim that income tax is an additional property tax? Or are you trying to claim that capital gains taxes are property taxes? I really have no idea, but what you said was not true.
Item 4 is also crap, but for slightly different reasons. We already pay medicaid and medicare tax, just like social security taxes we pay. This is not paid with wealth, but out of income (as it's currently written anyway).
Item 1 was correct, but sheesh don't make up things to try and validate what nobody would argue against.
Come now, I could go to history and tell you to read up on COINTELPRO but how about more recent and tell you to read up on Fast and Furious? If you think that lies are a unique problem to North Korea, you are sadly mistaken. I'd start telling you about the Gulf war and Afghanistan, but you would probably immediately label me a "conspiracy theorist" just like people have been brain washed.
I'd agree that North Korean leadership is more evil than the US, but lets not use easy to label "hypocrite" methods of demonstration.
North Korea does however have a tremendous amount of old military equipment including thousands of tanks and armored vehicles. If those are still able to roll and if they were allowed to mobilize and drive up to the DMZ they could cause a lot of trouble because of their sheer numbers if they were allowed to break through into South Korea. Their special forces could also cause lots and lots of damage if some of them managed to get through.
You do realize that Iraq's old tanks and personal carriers were taken out in approximately 48 hours don't you? So no, I don't think there is too much fear of the old T-60s driving through the DMZ. Iraq _was_ considered the 5th largest armored force in the world at the time.
N. Korean special forces would not be allowed to leave the country. The leader knows that if they did, they may catch a whiff of food coming from a restaurant and find out there really is such a thing as Food and defect immediately.