He knew they were moving large amount of money. That is it.
Right now I have a couple grand in my wallet, am I suddenly some sort of criminal?
My brother repaid a loan that I made him. I will either deposit this money or put it in my safe. If I put it in my safe am I suddenly some sort of drug lord?
In the (greedy) eyes of the law, quite possibly. Sure, your brother just repaid that loan, but sadly that doesn't mean that the cops won't seize that cash until you convince a judge that you're not a drug dealer. "Asset forfeiture" hits crooks and innocent people alike. I don't like it either, but try convincing your legislator and you'll just get some crap about "balancing liberty with the need to stop drugs, mmmkay?"
There is a big difference between prosecuting a make of a Claw Hammer because it was used in a murder and prosecuting a make of a gun. A gun is for killing or maiming people and is not built for killing people. A claw hammer is built for driving nails and not built for killing people.
I don't think gun makers should be prosecuted either as I think the important thing is the killer's intent.
This case is even worse than the gun case, though. If a safe is bought and used to hide someone's stash does that make the safe maker liable? I would say hell no. I would say the case of secret compartments is more dubious, but there are tons of things it could be used legally for and I don't think the manufacturer of that hiding place has anything to do with the issue.
What you've said isn't really all that different than the point of the GP's post, which, if I read correctly implies that gun manufacturers don't get prosecuted when their customers do something illegal with them, whereas hidden-compartment guy does. That if the government wants to prosecute one kind of manufacturer for its customers' actions, it should be consistent about it: prosecuting (or not prosecuting) firearms manufacturers and hidden compartment makers alike.
Personally, I think a fair price for mp3's is under 10 cents these days.
Based on what, other than a sense of entitlement?
Based on basic economics. The buyer wants to minimize the price he pays. There's nothing "entitled" about that. We're not talking about a lemonade stand here.
Unless you've lived in another country, coming from France the USPS is downright amazing.. one rate to deliver across an entire continent? you guys are spoiled.
Letters, under a certain dimensional limit, are single-rate, but parcel delivery is billed by size and distance.
I know that there are atheists who object to atheism being called a religion. (I understand that reasoning and agree with their thinking.) I also assume the criminality figure the AC stated was pulled out of his ass, just like 87% of all statistics. But if you want to examine propensity for larceny rates by religion -- or any statistics regarding religion -- then you either have to have a chart with atheism (or "no religion") on the X axis with the other religions, or leave them out of the statistics altogether. Of course, if you left atheists out entirely, then the population of your country would be 0% atheist when categorized by religion. Not so bad when calculating crime rates, but not so good when arguing for representation in government.
I'm not trying to offend you or anyone else, but statistics can be useful -- or useless -- on their own merits whether or not anyone is offended by them. It is called the "dismal science," after all.
Is that the one with "Web Data", not "Internet Data"?
That sounds like the "StraightTalk" plan, which is marketed by WalMart*. However, unlike what the AC heard from the rep at the store, you can get a BYOD plan -- just not sign up for that at WalMart*, you need to go online for that. The T&C are confusing and somewhat self-contradictory regarding data use, which, while billed as "unlimited" is really more like 2 gigs a month.
The "web data" vs. "Internet data" mostly means you can use the web and send/receive email, just not stream audio and video. Whether youtube counts as web or streaming isn't clear.
*WalMart changed their logo from the star in the middle to an asterisk at the end, which I think leads to a footnote indicating that Target stores, while not quite as cheap, are a little cleaner.
As I type this, my father is on his phone yelling at his carrier. He's now spent over 20 hours this month yelling at them over the same billing error. He's furious, and it all makes sense.
I have the same carrier. I'm very happy with my carrier. But I've done things very differently. And I continue to do things differently.
I don't think the explanation is "people are dumb". I think the explanation is the companies know the numbers. They can find a "sweet spot" (accidentally or on purpose) in billing error amounts (intentional or just by luck that they're always in the company's favor). The sweet spot is just small enough that after you're put on hold for a certain amount of time (that they get to pick, not you), you give up and say "This isn't worth my time and frustration for $5" (or whatever amount the sweet spot is). Worst case scenario, they give you your money back that 10% of the time (or whatever) you're irritated or bored enough to wait on hold.
They're doing what Monty Burns described: "it's called playing the percentages, it's what smart managers do to win ballgames."
Why not just use T-Mobile's prepaid plans? They're the best I've seen so far. $50/month for unlimited everything. I put the $20-40 I save every month into a savings account to buy a new phone periodically even.
Which plan are you referring to? The only $50 prepay plan I see on their site is the unlimited talk/text with 500MB (and 2G speed after that) data plan. "Unlimted (for relatively small values of infinity) 3G/4G data is another $20 on top of that. Still not that bad of a deal compared to the contract plans, but I'd rather like to find the one you got.
The stewardess runs up and says "No electronic devices!" I say "It's in airplane mode, so it's not transmitting or receiving". And she says "We didn't invent airplane mode. Who knows what it does. You have to shut it off."
I understand her logic. That's why I insist on only flying in aircraft personally built and maintained by the pilot and crew.
Home routers with factory defaults (linksys, netgear, etc)? Something else? Like single board computers in the desert collecting rainfall data?
TFA:
The vast majority of all unprotected devices are consumer routers or set-top boxes which can be found in groups of thousands of devices. A group consists of machines that have the same CPU and the same amount of RAM. However, there are many small groups of machines that are only available a few to a few hundred times. We took a closer look at some of those devices to see what their purpose might be and quickly found IPSec routers, BGP routers, x86 equipment with crypto accelerator cards, industrial control systems, physical door security systems, big Cisco/Juniper equipment and so on. We decided to completely ignore all traffic going through the devices and everything behind the routers. This implies no arp, dhcp statistics, no monitoring or counting of traffic, no port scanning of LAN devices and no playing around with all the fun things that might be waiting in the local networks.
As I (cursorily) read it, they're targeting MIPS-based devices for the botnet.
Given the propensity of the American police responding to that sort of call to shoot first and possibly get round to asking questions a bit later on, SWATting somebody should be charged as attempted murder
Well, the SWAT guys get to shoot someone and your tormentor gets you (or at least your dog) killed. It's a win-win for the bad guys. And I seriously doubt that there would be any repercussions for the shooter, except high-fives all around.
In addition to unauthorized distribution of copyright works, I assume that DRM is also intended to prevent "unauthorized producers" of content from being able to distribute their works. Now that distribution no longer absolutely requires going through "official" channels, some means of preventing "pirate," that is to say, non-major-studio-authorized, content is needed.
You say you've got other contracts. You've got a good rapport with the company, presumably a good recommendation as well. Sounds like they're by choice or by necessity moving the project to a maintenance mode rather than active development. (I'm just assuming that because you say you believe they're bringing on a junior guy to replace, not supplement, you.) Again, I'm guessing, but you'd probably rather be doing something more active, so be nice and try to teach the new guy what you know about the project. Of course, you can't just to a full brain-dump, but do your best. Work out a mutually-beneficial support agreement when you do get released. Maybe, if you've enjoyed the work, things will turn around for the company, and they'll have more work for you. If not, at least you're spared the tedious and potentially draining task of going down on a sinking ship.
Yeah. I got the memo. And I understand the difference. And the problem is just that I let the spellcheck fix it one time. And I've already added it to the dictionary so it's not even really a problem anymore
Obama, Defender of Union Jobs (except miners, arguably the only job that still requires a union).
"Bankrupted" by huge demand for exports? Plenty of businesses would be delighted to be bankrupted that way.
Also, US reduction in coal burning has a lot more to due with the cost and supply of natural gas, improved efficiency of new gas generation plants, and their better responsiveness to rapid demand changes vs. coal-fired generation, rather than the reduction of carbon emissions per unit of energy. US utilities do sell their carbon credits, but they'd be increasing natural gas use on its own benefits to them.
yeah, a freeloader that doesn't actually need them (just wants something free). How do I know, I work with several people that take free stuff, even though they hardly need it. I would advise against it.
If your goal is to rid yourself of it, then as long as they don't bring it back, you got rid of it and someone who wants it has it. Maybe their motives are stupid, but who cares? Crazy/stupid people will find a way with our without us.
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you put your weed in there.
Someone here's not gonna get your reference.
Since when is money an illegal good?
He knew they were moving large amount of money. That is it.
Right now I have a couple grand in my wallet, am I suddenly some sort of criminal?
My brother repaid a loan that I made him. I will either deposit this money or put it in my safe. If I put it in my safe am I suddenly some sort of drug lord?
In the (greedy) eyes of the law, quite possibly. Sure, your brother just repaid that loan, but sadly that doesn't mean that the cops won't seize that cash until you convince a judge that you're not a drug dealer. "Asset forfeiture" hits crooks and innocent people alike. I don't like it either, but try convincing your legislator and you'll just get some crap about "balancing liberty with the need to stop drugs, mmmkay?"
False equivalency. *Total* false equivalency.
There is a big difference between prosecuting a make of a Claw Hammer because it was used in a murder and prosecuting a make of a gun. A gun is for killing or maiming people and is not built for killing people. A claw hammer is built for driving nails and not built for killing people.
I don't think gun makers should be prosecuted either as I think the important thing is the killer's intent.
This case is even worse than the gun case, though. If a safe is bought and used to hide someone's stash does that make the safe maker liable? I would say hell no. I would say the case of secret compartments is more dubious, but there are tons of things it could be used legally for and I don't think the manufacturer of that hiding place has anything to do with the issue.
What you've said isn't really all that different than the point of the GP's post, which, if I read correctly implies that gun manufacturers don't get prosecuted when their customers do something illegal with them, whereas hidden-compartment guy does. That if the government wants to prosecute one kind of manufacturer for its customers' actions, it should be consistent about it: prosecuting (or not prosecuting) firearms manufacturers and hidden compartment makers alike.
Personally, I think a fair price for mp3's is under 10 cents these days.
Based on what, other than a sense of entitlement?
Based on basic economics. The buyer wants to minimize the price he pays. There's nothing "entitled" about that. We're not talking about a lemonade stand here.
Maybe God hates USPS.
Well everybody else does
Unless you've lived in another country, coming from France the USPS is downright amazing.. one rate to deliver across an entire continent? you guys are spoiled.
Letters, under a certain dimensional limit, are single-rate, but parcel delivery is billed by size and distance.
I object. Don't call atheism a type of religion.
I know that there are atheists who object to atheism being called a religion. (I understand that reasoning and agree with their thinking.) I also assume the criminality figure the AC stated was pulled out of his ass, just like 87% of all statistics. But if you want to examine propensity for larceny rates by religion -- or any statistics regarding religion -- then you either have to have a chart with atheism (or "no religion") on the X axis with the other religions, or leave them out of the statistics altogether. Of course, if you left atheists out entirely, then the population of your country would be 0% atheist when categorized by religion. Not so bad when calculating crime rates, but not so good when arguing for representation in government.
I'm not trying to offend you or anyone else, but statistics can be useful -- or useless -- on their own merits whether or not anyone is offended by them. It is called the "dismal science," after all.
Is that the one with "Web Data", not "Internet Data"?
That sounds like the "StraightTalk" plan, which is marketed by WalMart*. However, unlike what the AC heard from the rep at the store, you can get a BYOD plan -- just not sign up for that at WalMart*, you need to go online for that. The T&C are confusing and somewhat self-contradictory regarding data use, which, while billed as "unlimited" is really more like 2 gigs a month.
The "web data" vs. "Internet data" mostly means you can use the web and send/receive email, just not stream audio and video. Whether youtube counts as web or streaming isn't clear.
*WalMart changed their logo from the star in the middle to an asterisk at the end, which I think leads to a footnote indicating that Target stores, while not quite as cheap, are a little cleaner.
As I type this, my father is on his phone yelling at his carrier. He's now spent over 20 hours this month yelling at them over the same billing error. He's furious, and it all makes sense.
I have the same carrier. I'm very happy with my carrier. But I've done things very differently. And I continue to do things differently.
I don't think the explanation is "people are dumb". I think the explanation is the companies know the numbers. They can find a "sweet spot" (accidentally or on purpose) in billing error amounts (intentional or just by luck that they're always in the company's favor). The sweet spot is just small enough that after you're put on hold for a certain amount of time (that they get to pick, not you), you give up and say "This isn't worth my time and frustration for $5" (or whatever amount the sweet spot is). Worst case scenario, they give you your money back that 10% of the time (or whatever) you're irritated or bored enough to wait on hold.
They're doing what Monty Burns described: "it's called playing the percentages, it's what smart managers do to win ballgames."
Why not just use T-Mobile's prepaid plans? They're the best I've seen so far. $50/month for unlimited everything. I put the $20-40 I save every month into a savings account to buy a new phone periodically even.
Which plan are you referring to? The only $50 prepay plan I see on their site is the unlimited talk/text with 500MB (and 2G speed after that) data plan. "Unlimted (for relatively small values of infinity) 3G/4G data is another $20 on top of that. Still not that bad of a deal compared to the contract plans, but I'd rather like to find the one you got.
How about we punish the idiots, and let the rest of us have our toys?
They did punish this guy. There was even a recent story on Slashdot about it.
Sounds like an easy solution. Use the gun to rob someone of their clothes.
Don't forget his boots and motorcycle.
Besides, it's only truly a danger if they can start 3D printing video games.
The ATF won't care about that. If you want their attention, try 3D printing a still.
The stewardess runs up and says "No electronic devices!" I say "It's in airplane mode, so it's not transmitting or receiving". And she says "We didn't invent airplane mode. Who knows what it does. You have to shut it off."
I understand her logic. That's why I insist on only flying in aircraft personally built and maintained by the pilot and crew.
The level of technology addiction here is just pathetic.
I see what you did there.
Home routers with factory defaults (linksys, netgear, etc)? Something else? Like single board computers in the desert collecting rainfall data?
TFA:
The vast majority of all unprotected devices are consumer routers or set-top boxes which can be found in groups of thousands of devices. A group consists of machines that have the same CPU and the same amount of RAM. However, there are many small groups of machines that are only available a few to a few hundred times. We took a closer look at some of those devices to see what their purpose might be and quickly found IPSec routers, BGP routers, x86 equipment with crypto accelerator cards, industrial control systems, physical door security systems, big Cisco/Juniper equipment and so on. We decided to completely ignore all traffic going through the devices and everything behind the routers. This implies no arp, dhcp statistics, no monitoring or counting of traffic, no port scanning of LAN devices and no playing around with all the fun things that might be waiting in the local networks.
As I (cursorily) read it, they're targeting MIPS-based devices for the botnet.
Given the propensity of the American police responding to that sort of call to shoot first and possibly get round to asking questions a bit later on, SWATting somebody should be charged as attempted murder
Well, the SWAT guys get to shoot someone and your tormentor gets you (or at least your dog) killed. It's a win-win for the bad guys. And I seriously doubt that there would be any repercussions for the shooter, except high-fives all around.
In addition to unauthorized distribution of copyright works, I assume that DRM is also intended to prevent "unauthorized producers" of content from being able to distribute their works. Now that distribution no longer absolutely requires going through "official" channels, some means of preventing "pirate," that is to say, non-major-studio-authorized, content is needed.
You say you've got other contracts. You've got a good rapport with the company, presumably a good recommendation as well. Sounds like they're by choice or by necessity moving the project to a maintenance mode rather than active development. (I'm just assuming that because you say you believe they're bringing on a junior guy to replace, not supplement, you.) Again, I'm guessing, but you'd probably rather be doing something more active, so be nice and try to teach the new guy what you know about the project. Of course, you can't just to a full brain-dump, but do your best. Work out a mutually-beneficial support agreement when you do get released. Maybe, if you've enjoyed the work, things will turn around for the company, and they'll have more work for you. If not, at least you're spared the tedious and potentially draining task of going down on a sinking ship.
Yeah. I got the memo. And I understand the difference. And the problem is just that I let the spellcheck fix it one time. And I've already added it to the dictionary so it's not even really a problem anymore
Obama, Defender of Union Jobs (except miners, arguably the only job that still requires a union).
"Bankrupted" by huge demand for exports? Plenty of businesses would be delighted to be bankrupted that way.
Also, US reduction in coal burning has a lot more to due with the cost and supply of natural gas, improved efficiency of new gas generation plants, and their better responsiveness to rapid demand changes vs. coal-fired generation, rather than the reduction of carbon emissions per unit of energy. US utilities do sell their carbon credits, but they'd be increasing natural gas use on its own benefits to them.
The title of the article should have been America Exports Black Energy Death Throughout the Globe, Condemning Humanity to Extinction
And I say we're just getting to the root cause of androgenic climate change.
Mind you, one could argue that taking 33 mil from people who are clearly prepared to gamble it away is less immoral than mugging a tramp...
And clearly more profitable.
Can you loose that autism?
"Loose" it on whom? And how?
Join a local Freecycle group (www.freecycle.org) and post an offer. Someone in your community might have a use for them.
At my old house, the recycling program was: leave it in the alley, and someone will be by to pick it up.
And ultimately, if no one else did, the trash truck would come buy and they'd drop it at the municipal e-waste facility (which turned a profit, BTW).
yeah, a freeloader that doesn't actually need them (just wants something free). How do I know, I work with several people that take free stuff, even though they hardly need it. I would advise against it.
If your goal is to rid yourself of it, then as long as they don't bring it back, you got rid of it and someone who wants it has it. Maybe their motives are stupid, but who cares? Crazy/stupid people will find a way with our without us.