But my point remains — NSA has not been used to actually harm innocents
My point remains -- this is pure speculation which can not be proven. Knowing the heads of the agency have perjured themselves, I don't trust any claim made by those same people.
Once again, You have stated that they have acted illegally and lied, but you then claim they have not done anything against innocents. I am pretty sure this is called speaking out of both sides of your mouth, and if you really believe it it's called delusion.
Don't get me wrong on that either. I'm not saying we have proof that they have harmed innocent people, I'm saying that their known illegal behavior makes any claim of altruism extremely suspicious and doubtful
This would assume that the outcome is not predetermined, and in the big (President, Governor, US Senate//Congress) I have come to believe it's fully controlled.
As much as you may disagree with him, look at the press coverage of Ron Paul. My kid in 7th grade noticed how any time they showed a clip on TV it portrayed him as crazy, and the commentary was always about him being crazy. Now look at Hillary who has not dropped out and the Democrats only other candidate is "Socialist Bernie Sanders". Listen to the messages, and the brainwashing becomes pretty obvious. Subtle, but obvious.
There is a whole lot of psychology involved in these campaigns, and even though people claim politicians are stupid that's not really true.
I had a lengthy reply but will just say "Read the Constitution and figure out what and why a warrant is required." The lack of a court order or warrant is illegal by our own laws, only made partially acceptable to politicians by the Patriot Act (which numerous people including myself fought and fight against).
I agree, that they are dangerous, but I'm not aware of anybody actually suffering because of them without deserving it.
If the Justice system is being bypassed, how can you claim that someone deserved suffering exactly? You don't see the Justice system being bypassed as infringing on Liberty? In your mind this is somehow not violating the US Constitution?
The rest of your comments I will summarize as this. The fact that you believe every turd painted gold has great value is rather frightening. To be very specific here is another great quote from you.
"parallel construction" helps police lie about how they knew of the accused's wrong-doing, but the target must be engaged in some criminality in the first place.
So you know damn well they are liars. You know that they are telling the truth about their lies how exactly?
Sorry, but I live in a very different reality than you. Where I am from, a liar is a liar and not a half-truth-teller or however you wish to paint it.
The NSA is a tool which can, and has been, used for bad as well as good. They have too much power and too little public accountability. A rifle is similarly a tool. In the right hands it can put food on the table and defend a family. In the wrong hands it can murder and maim innocent people. Here are a few highlights that we know happen, and we have no evidence that anything has changed since the Snowden leaks.
NSA data used in parallel construction allowing fabrication of data to arrest people. Data shared with all levels of law enforcement including state, city, county.
NSA data used to squash dissent and opinions. You know better than cops always being in force exactly where needed to disperse people well before a gathering.
NSA data used to mark US citizens as dangerous because they support the wrong party or organization. See Ron Paul followers in numerous States, and more recently the IRS targeting of certain groups. And that is just the tip of the iceberg.
Now from what we know, there is plenty we can logically speculate. Think bigger, because the people in power do.
I know I'm an odd ball, cynical, and critical. As proof, I use my phone as a Phone and iPod. I didn't like Palm Pilots either, for some of the same reasons. The screen is too small, the keyboard sucks ass, and it's too slow. Phones added a new dimension though.. which is whether or not I trust a network my phone connects to that I can't see or audit.
You can do what ever you want on your phone in my opinion. The vendor should be responsible for teaching people risks, but risks are then up to the consumer. Want to play games, brows the web, use custom Social media apps all on a mobile device? Good for you. I don't, and won't, and am pretty happy with my decisions.
You are just now figuring this out? Wholly hell, try to bring up points like "vaccines have risks" and "science has not dis proven a creator, only certain parts of theology". Good times.
Reagan stated "facts are stupid things" and corrected himself after saying that. Are you attempting to claim that the correction after the statement completely negates the statement? That, is irrational to the extreme.
The person provided a _correct_ quote. Is your next argument context that was not provided?
_Your_ use of the CLI does not argue or address my comment. Come back when you have something better to offer than a Straw Man based on your personal anecdote.
Linux people don't measure their productivity by "clicks", they measure by real productivity. How long does it take me to perform X task on Y computers, or how fast can I automate X task for Y computers. You Windows xenophobes just can't comprehend doing very much without your mouse.
I get it, and fully understand that we are different. You like to open Explorer and click through menus and objects until you find what you want. Good for you! I prefer to type it. In *nix my method is always faster than the GUI. Windows made working with CLI difficult intentionally, so in Windows you will almost always work faster in the GUI.
Now to your asinine statement above, they two are not even close to related. Imagine having to open character map and search through 1,000 little icons to find what you need. That is this 1,000 key keyboard. Whereas normally you and I would use the same keyboard and have the same ease in finding things due to familiarity and consistency.
I agree with the change based on context, I should have been more specific. In the paragraph I quoted, "scale" is being used as a nouerb, or perhaps a veroun? I also realize I was being quite pedantic. Read that article and try to guess what langue it was translated from, because it was not originally English. I quoted the worst, but not the only translation error.
“Every day, Amazon enough new server capacity to support all of Amazon’s global infrastructure when it was a $7 billion annual revenue enterprise,” said James Hamilton, Distinguished Engineer at Amazon, who described the AWS infrastructure at the Re:Invent conference last fall. “There’s a lot of scale. That volume allows us to reinvest deeply into the platform and keep innovating.”
Did they use AWS for translation on this paragraph? How do you have "a lot of scale"? One can scale up or down, but is this like a computer hokey pokey? Scale is a verb!
Really, I skimmed this one pretty lightly. It looks like a marketing article, not a technical article. Buzz words a plenty, so I'm guessing your question is answered by "marketing"..
The reason we have cost overruns is because we're willing to take a risk and follow up on potential solutions.
Ha ha ha, OMFG! oh.. wait.. wait... you haf tah.. HAHAHA!!
Okay, now that I can breath. You go tell it to an ignorant person who has not worked in the defense arena or served in or near a government office. You have a chance at bullshitting the ignorant.
As for myself, I'm a veteran of the US Army and worked in the Defense area for a very long time (just not within the last few years). I know the games played on both sides of that fence.
Large issue not just in Russia, but all Governments. "We want you to do X" becomes a contract to do exactly "X" without anyone questioning what A-W will be required to get to X. Also, is X required or can we get by with W?
If that seems convoluted, apology and I can try to think of better descriptions.
Obviously this company agreed to do X. Sounds to me like in Russia you have to actually meet your contractual obligations. Unlike the US which would allow overruns, partial plans, and decades of run around until the project was cancelled. (Nope, I would rather be in the US than the USSR but if we don't admit our own problems we look like idiots complaining about others).
If anything, someone reading GP should have assumed a statement against Donald Trump, who has been the most active in attacking people's personal records but not the only one. You, and a few other people, somehow jumped to a conclusion that was not implied anywhere in the statement. The only fact I provided was the timing of the CEO position which is absolutely true.
Try reading what people write instead of what you wished they would write. You will look much more intelligent. I fully realize that my writing generally requires a 9th grade education to comprehend, which is why I requested that you read it again.
Fine points vary from State to State, but the insurance drop is allowed mostly because of the legality. While the felony classification of suicide was removed from all States within the last 20-30 years or so, many places still consider suicide illegal under common law. Source
Oracle has just launched a new series of patent infringement lawsuits. Oracle allegations include reverse engineering Java to improve the speed of applications like Cassandra, benchmarking Java without permission. They are seeking an immediate cease and desist order, in addition to immediate financial relief for sustaining PPS (More commonly known as Poopy Pants Syndrome.).
Seriously, what the fuck is wrong with your country?
How long of a list do you want? Cronyism, nepotism, and more corruption than you could discuss in a week. Worse than some in certain areas, but not totally unique. Most of us from the US on Slashdot know about it and discuss it. Convincing the masses of the problems and working toward solutions is another story. Again, not unlike other countries where the masses live in extreme poverty and don't revolt, while the bureaucrats live like kings. Our poor just happen to be better off than your poor (I think)
If you are successful, you can not be prosecuted for the suicide but that does not make it legal. The legal question is answered by the Insurance, or should I say lack of insurance coverage after a suicide.
I fully agree with part of what you state. People may hate activities because of the time and place of activity and not the activity. That said, it's certainly not the only, or even majority, of the reason people dislike activities. Using your metaphor, I know plenty of people that hate sports but go to games because it's a social event with lots of drinking. I know plenty of wine drinkers that go to the sports bar, and plenty who hate wine and go to the same bar.
In between the two ends of the spectrum, there are plenty of variances.
In my opinion Susan Wojcicki is not demonstrating good parenting or knowledgeable thought on psychology. Her daughter did not like computers before the camp, so the camp would not change her opinion even if it was all girls. It may have been more tolerable because the daughter would have been able to attract similar minded girls to non computer related activities, but that is a huge leap to enjoying computers and programming.
Some people amazingly see more to life than a career. It's that part that we should be encouraging, not the "work till you die" mentality.
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But my point remains — NSA has not been used to actually harm innocents
My point remains -- this is pure speculation which can not be proven. Knowing the heads of the agency have perjured themselves, I don't trust any claim made by those same people.
Once again, You have stated that they have acted illegally and lied, but you then claim they have not done anything against innocents. I am pretty sure this is called speaking out of both sides of your mouth, and if you really believe it it's called delusion.
Don't get me wrong on that either. I'm not saying we have proof that they have harmed innocent people, I'm saying that their known illegal behavior makes any claim of altruism extremely suspicious and doubtful
This would assume that the outcome is not predetermined, and in the big (President, Governor, US Senate//Congress) I have come to believe it's fully controlled.
As much as you may disagree with him, look at the press coverage of Ron Paul. My kid in 7th grade noticed how any time they showed a clip on TV it portrayed him as crazy, and the commentary was always about him being crazy. Now look at Hillary who has not dropped out and the Democrats only other candidate is "Socialist Bernie Sanders". Listen to the messages, and the brainwashing becomes pretty obvious. Subtle, but obvious.
There is a whole lot of psychology involved in these campaigns, and even though people claim politicians are stupid that's not really true.
I had a lengthy reply but will just say "Read the Constitution and figure out what and why a warrant is required." The lack of a court order or warrant is illegal by our own laws, only made partially acceptable to politicians by the Patriot Act (which numerous people including myself fought and fight against).
Here is the problem:
I agree, that they are dangerous, but I'm not aware of anybody actually suffering because of them without deserving it.
If the Justice system is being bypassed, how can you claim that someone deserved suffering exactly? You don't see the Justice system being bypassed as infringing on Liberty? In your mind this is somehow not violating the US Constitution?
The rest of your comments I will summarize as this. The fact that you believe every turd painted gold has great value is rather frightening. To be very specific here is another great quote from you.
"parallel construction" helps police lie about how they knew of the accused's wrong-doing, but the target must be engaged in some criminality in the first place.
So you know damn well they are liars. You know that they are telling the truth about their lies how exactly?
Sorry, but I live in a very different reality than you. Where I am from, a liar is a liar and not a half-truth-teller or however you wish to paint it.
The NSA is a tool which can, and has been, used for bad as well as good. They have too much power and too little public accountability. A rifle is similarly a tool. In the right hands it can put food on the table and defend a family. In the wrong hands it can murder and maim innocent people. Here are a few highlights that we know happen, and we have no evidence that anything has changed since the Snowden leaks.
NSA data used in parallel construction allowing fabrication of data to arrest people. Data shared with all levels of law enforcement including state, city, county.
NSA data used to squash dissent and opinions. You know better than cops always being in force exactly where needed to disperse people well before a gathering.
NSA data used to mark US citizens as dangerous because they support the wrong party or organization. See Ron Paul followers in numerous States, and more recently the IRS targeting of certain groups. And that is just the tip of the iceberg.
Now from what we know, there is plenty we can logically speculate. Think bigger, because the people in power do.
I know I'm an odd ball, cynical, and critical. As proof, I use my phone as a Phone and iPod. I didn't like Palm Pilots either, for some of the same reasons. The screen is too small, the keyboard sucks ass, and it's too slow. Phones added a new dimension though.. which is whether or not I trust a network my phone connects to that I can't see or audit.
You can do what ever you want on your phone in my opinion. The vendor should be responsible for teaching people risks, but risks are then up to the consumer. Want to play games, brows the web, use custom Social media apps all on a mobile device? Good for you. I don't, and won't, and am pretty happy with my decisions.
You are just now figuring this out? Wholly hell, try to bring up points like "vaccines have risks" and "science has not dis proven a creator, only certain parts of theology". Good times.
Reagan stated "facts are stupid things" and corrected himself after saying that. Are you attempting to claim that the correction after the statement completely negates the statement? That, is irrational to the extreme.
The person provided a _correct_ quote. Is your next argument context that was not provided?
_Your_ use of the CLI does not argue or address my comment. Come back when you have something better to offer than a Straw Man based on your personal anecdote.
Linux people don't measure their productivity by "clicks", they measure by real productivity. How long does it take me to perform X task on Y computers, or how fast can I automate X task for Y computers. You Windows xenophobes just can't comprehend doing very much without your mouse.
I get it, and fully understand that we are different. You like to open Explorer and click through menus and objects until you find what you want. Good for you! I prefer to type it. In *nix my method is always faster than the GUI. Windows made working with CLI difficult intentionally, so in Windows you will almost always work faster in the GUI.
Now to your asinine statement above, they two are not even close to related. Imagine having to open character map and search through 1,000 little icons to find what you need. That is this 1,000 key keyboard. Whereas normally you and I would use the same keyboard and have the same ease in finding things due to familiarity and consistency.
I agree with the change based on context, I should have been more specific. In the paragraph I quoted, "scale" is being used as a nouerb, or perhaps a veroun? I also realize I was being quite pedantic. Read that article and try to guess what langue it was translated from, because it was not originally English. I quoted the worst, but not the only translation error.
“Every day, Amazon enough new server capacity to support all of Amazon’s global infrastructure when it was a $7 billion annual revenue enterprise,” said James Hamilton, Distinguished Engineer at Amazon, who described the AWS infrastructure at the Re:Invent conference last fall. “There’s a lot of scale. That volume allows us to reinvest deeply into the platform and keep innovating.”
Did they use AWS for translation on this paragraph? How do you have "a lot of scale"? One can scale up or down, but is this like a computer hokey pokey? Scale is a verb!
Really, I skimmed this one pretty lightly. It looks like a marketing article, not a technical article. Buzz words a plenty, so I'm guessing your question is answered by "marketing"..
The reason we have cost overruns is because we're willing to take a risk and follow up on potential solutions.
Ha ha ha, OMFG! oh.. wait.. wait... you haf tah .. HAHAHA!!
Okay, now that I can breath. You go tell it to an ignorant person who has not worked in the defense arena or served in or near a government office. You have a chance at bullshitting the ignorant.
As for myself, I'm a veteran of the US Army and worked in the Defense area for a very long time (just not within the last few years). I know the games played on both sides of that fence.
I'm old, you have to cut me some slack. It was the "USSR" for nearly 40 years of my life.
Large issue not just in Russia, but all Governments. "We want you to do X" becomes a contract to do exactly "X" without anyone questioning what A-W will be required to get to X. Also, is X required or can we get by with W?
If that seems convoluted, apology and I can try to think of better descriptions.
Obviously this company agreed to do X. Sounds to me like in Russia you have to actually meet your contractual obligations. Unlike the US which would allow overruns, partial plans, and decades of run around until the project was cancelled. (Nope, I would rather be in the US than the USSR but if we don't admit our own problems we look like idiots complaining about others).
If anything, someone reading GP should have assumed a statement against Donald Trump, who has been the most active in attacking people's personal records but not the only one. You, and a few other people, somehow jumped to a conclusion that was not implied anywhere in the statement. The only fact I provided was the timing of the CEO position which is absolutely true.
Try reading what people write instead of what you wished they would write. You will look much more intelligent. I fully realize that my writing generally requires a 9th grade education to comprehend, which is why I requested that you read it again.
Fine points vary from State to State, but the insurance drop is allowed mostly because of the legality. While the felony classification of suicide was removed from all States within the last 20-30 years or so, many places still consider suicide illegal under common law. Source
If you are truly so blinded by partisan bigotry that you take _any_ politician at their word, seek professional help after turning in your voter card.
Merged with Goatse links! The trifecta!
Oracle has just launched a new series of patent infringement lawsuits. Oracle allegations include reverse engineering Java to improve the speed of applications like Cassandra, benchmarking Java without permission. They are seeking an immediate cease and desist order, in addition to immediate financial relief for sustaining PPS (More commonly known as Poopy Pants Syndrome.).
Seriously, what the fuck is wrong with your country?
How long of a list do you want? Cronyism, nepotism, and more corruption than you could discuss in a week. Worse than some in certain areas, but not totally unique. Most of us from the US on Slashdot know about it and discuss it. Convincing the masses of the problems and working toward solutions is another story. Again, not unlike other countries where the masses live in extreme poverty and don't revolt, while the bureaucrats live like kings. Our poor just happen to be better off than your poor (I think)
If you are successful, you can not be prosecuted for the suicide but that does not make it legal. The legal question is answered by the Insurance, or should I say lack of insurance coverage after a suicide.
Not only do the laws allow abuse, but they ensure that the public has no other legal option.
Well known to modify company behavior, but difficult to implement.
I fully agree with part of what you state. People may hate activities because of the time and place of activity and not the activity. That said, it's certainly not the only, or even majority, of the reason people dislike activities. Using your metaphor, I know plenty of people that hate sports but go to games because it's a social event with lots of drinking. I know plenty of wine drinkers that go to the sports bar, and plenty who hate wine and go to the same bar.
In between the two ends of the spectrum, there are plenty of variances.
In my opinion Susan Wojcicki is not demonstrating good parenting or knowledgeable thought on psychology. Her daughter did not like computers before the camp, so the camp would not change her opinion even if it was all girls. It may have been more tolerable because the daughter would have been able to attract similar minded girls to non computer related activities, but that is a huge leap to enjoying computers and programming.
Some people amazingly see more to life than a career. It's that part that we should be encouraging, not the "work till you die" mentality.