I thought that (a) the weapons were fired from a gov-controlled facility, and (b) the US intercepted phone calls from Syrian army command to the weapon launching folks?
I do remember that alleged attack in..May, I think?, but it was apparently a tiny tiny tiny attack. I was willing to chalk that one up do some idiot loading the wrong rocket.
But this was an attack on 4 or 5 different cities all at the same time (2am). Obviously not an oops, and the pictures coming of those victims make it obvious they were hit with a nerve agent (microscopic pupils, etc).
Could it be a false flag attack? Maybe, but I doubt it. Too organized and coordianted.
I dirty-flashed my Nexus 4 (mako) with the new 4.3 nightly over the last/latest 4.2.2 nightly (and flashed the new gapps) and it was a disaster.
--Play Store broken, errors on every download/update even after clearing data/cache/etc --No audio on phone calls --Practically every Google app crashed --No photosphere in the camera app
This just goes to show how unbelievably rare terrorists are. You have this huge, massive, exploitable hole that literally *everyone* know about....yet it goes unexploited.
That's because the number of terrorists who have the inclination to actually do something like this is almost 0.
Airport security is a solution looking for a problem. 9/11 was (1) a fluke and (2) airport security is it is now wouldn't have stopped it anyway!
Don't forget, there are people in Canada who come to the US to use our "shit" system, because they can't get care in a reasonable time-frame in their socialized healthcare system.
Yes, because they have MONEY to do so. Not everyone does. The US has the best healthcare in the world....IF you can afford it.
It is well and good to have a "right" to healthcare, but if you have to wait in line for a year to treat something that is going to kill you in six months without treatment, it doesn't do you any good.
Real, actual citations needed. And, by the way, insurance companies do this in the US now! Healthcare rationing is here already.
Not unless you hang out in close proximity to smokers. No one holds a gun to your head to patronize a bar that allows smoking...freedom of choice and all.
Unless, of course, you work in a bar. It's a workplace safety issue.
Well right, but the sent messages won't have a "return number" of my normal SMS phone number for the recipient to reply tol they'll go to my gmail inbox instead and show up as emails.
What I really want is a totally transparent way to text from a PC. When the recipient gets the message, it looks like it came from my phone. When they reply, it's delivered to my phone (as well as to the web-based chat).
The ONLY reason I use Google Voice is that it allows me to easily send and receive SMS messages via a web interface. Who the hell wants to type out messages on a cell phone when you can do it on a full keyboard, without messing with your phone.
If I could do that with my real T-Mobile number, via some T-Mobile web interface, I'd use that instead. Why the hell isn't that an easy thing to do? SMS via website?
Running the check against the phone book would be *illegal*. Of course they have the capability, it's a matter of legality/whether they're allowed to do so or not.
Rather like cops have the ability to kill people whenever they want, but we don't let them because it's illegal.
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I thought that (a) the weapons were fired from a gov-controlled facility, and (b) the US intercepted phone calls from Syrian army command to the weapon launching folks?
Or not? Just what I thought had been "confirmed".
This world view makes perfect sense.
Which is why governments should use taxes to make that 30mpg car HURT your pocketbook more than the 50mpg car.
Oh I completely agree, I'm no Obama apologist. Peace Prize was ridiculous, and sure, the attack may be entirely about posturing.
I was merely saying that the Iraq invasion of 2003 is apples/oranges to this situation.
I do remember that alleged attack in..May, I think?, but it was apparently a tiny tiny tiny attack. I was willing to chalk that one up do some idiot loading the wrong rocket.
But this was an attack on 4 or 5 different cities all at the same time (2am). Obviously not an oops, and the pictures coming of those victims make it obvious they were hit with a nerve agent (microscopic pupils, etc).
Could it be a false flag attack? Maybe, but I doubt it. Too organized and coordianted.
No, they did have chemical WMDs, and used them....in 1988!
Not sure why we declared war on them 15 years later, though.
That and attacking a country within a week or two of chemical weapons use, instead of 15 years after the fact.
Seems like an important distinction...
Just get this and be done with it. Ive had it for almost 2 years and I absolutely love it:
http://www.amazon.com/Streaming-Media-Player-Wi-Fi-1080p/dp/B005KOZNBW
I've had this device (WDTV) for almost 2 years and it does everything you want:
http://www.amazon.com/Streaming-Media-Player-Wi-Fi-1080p/dp/B005KOZNBW
-Wifi/Ethernet/USB
-Netflix/YouTube/Hulu
-Streams content from SMB/NFS or a "media server" (like Vuse)
Love it love it love it. Plays any/everything I throw at it.
You are correct. But are those downsides worse than what we have now (basically unchecked police power)?
I dirty-flashed my Nexus 4 (mako) with the new 4.3 nightly over the last/latest 4.2.2 nightly (and flashed the new gapps) and it was a disaster.
--Play Store broken, errors on every download/update even after clearing data/cache/etc
--No audio on phone calls
--Practically every Google app crashed
--No photosphere in the camera app
Bleh, I'll wait until it's stable.
If they get into a wreck, if the phone records were pulled it would show that indeed, they were texting at that time.
I use Google Voice (data-based SMS gateway, not actually SMS on my end), so there. :)
muzzle energy != velocity
If these filed-down nails weigh a fraction of a .22 bullet (they probably don't, though), they could be moving pretty quickly.
Yup, did this years ago to protect against bots submitting our contact forms (Credit Union website).
I believe we hid the honeypot fields with CSS instead of JS, but either way it was damn effective.
Was doing this in the 90s using the Mac drafting program "Canvas" to arrange furniture in my dorm room.
Sure, it wasn't 3D (top-down view), but it worked GREAT!
This just goes to show how unbelievably rare terrorists are. You have this huge, massive, exploitable hole that literally *everyone* know about....yet it goes unexploited.
That's because the number of terrorists who have the inclination to actually do something like this is almost 0.
Airport security is a solution looking for a problem. 9/11 was (1) a fluke and (2) airport security is it is now wouldn't have stopped it anyway!
Scissors, cars, and matches have ENORMOUS social utility. Guns do not.
I'd argue that public pools don't either.
Damn, I was around for the genesis of that particular meme.
And now I feel old.
Don't forget, there are people in Canada who come to the US to use our "shit" system, because they can't get care in a reasonable time-frame in their socialized healthcare system.
Yes, because they have MONEY to do so. Not everyone does. The US has the best healthcare in the world....IF you can afford it.
It is well and good to have a "right" to healthcare, but if you have to wait in line for a year to treat something that is going to kill you in six months without treatment, it doesn't do you any good.
Real, actual citations needed. And, by the way, insurance companies do this in the US now! Healthcare rationing is here already.
Healthcare should not be pay-to-play.
Not unless you hang out in close proximity to smokers. No one holds a gun to your head to patronize a bar that allows smoking...freedom of choice and all.
Unless, of course, you work in a bar. It's a workplace safety issue.
Well right, but the sent messages won't have a "return number" of my normal SMS phone number for the recipient to reply tol they'll go to my gmail inbox instead and show up as emails.
What I really want is a totally transparent way to text from a PC. When the recipient gets the message, it looks like it came from my phone. When they reply, it's delivered to my phone (as well as to the web-based chat).
Thank you though! Maybe I can make it work.
The ONLY reason I use Google Voice is that it allows me to easily send and receive SMS messages via a web interface. Who the hell wants to type out messages on a cell phone when you can do it on a full keyboard, without messing with your phone.
If I could do that with my real T-Mobile number, via some T-Mobile web interface, I'd use that instead. Why the hell isn't that an easy thing to do? SMS via website?
Spheres are LIES.
All hail the TIMECUBE.
Yeah, they wouldn't let me pick mine up, they had to roll a truck. So I was prepared for the worst, and it worked out just fine.
Same with the new cable modem I bought. Called 800-COMCAST or whatever, told them the MAC address, they had it provisioned in 5 minutes.
I got a TiVo HD in 2009, called Comcast to have them install an M-card. They knew exactly what I was talking about.
Guy came, provisioned it, tested it, and was out the door in like 20 minutes. Never had a single problem with it since.
So, YMMV
Running the check against the phone book would be *illegal*. Of course they have the capability, it's a matter of legality/whether they're allowed to do so or not.
Rather like cops have the ability to kill people whenever they want, but we don't let them because it's illegal.