Multiple newspapers sat on or killed stories because, then Director of National Intelligence, Negroponte asked them to.
And the government isn't used to anybody telling them "no". That's the biggest reason they're pissed - because they aren't in control of this situation, Wikileaks is. I watched the full press conference yesterday where they issued this ultimatum. He looked like such a fool. "Demanding" that Wikileaks "does the right thing". If you ask me, Wikileaks has already done the right thing by asking for assistance from the U.S. Gov't (albiet indirectly) in redacting the documents. Wikileaks should issuea a public statement/open letter to the DoD making it clear that they want to do the right thing by redacting documents and omitting portions of them which could put people in danger. If (more likely when) the DoD refuses, the blood is on their hands.
The only problem here is, Wikileaks is essentially using these 15,000 documents as insurance. They're in somewhat of a stalemate now, since if they release them, they've lost their leverage. Unless they can use the un-redacted versions as insurance after they release the redacted ones.
No, it was stormy last night. The thunder woke me up because it was loud. Then the lightning assisted in keeping me awake because it was bright. Though I suppose it was stormy two nights ago as well.
Hey buddy! Yes, I know there's always an obscure law or a way to twist laws. What I was getting at was this. If I have been issued a permit or license and am in compliance with the necessary regulations, codes, requirements, etc, that should clear me of liability. Instead, liability should fall on the city (or whichever entity issued the permit) because by making me jump through their hoops in the name of keeping other people/property safe and giving me a permit, they told me I was A-OK.
I know this isn't the way the real world works, which is why the permit system is bullshit.
As a twice deployed Iraq Veteran with PTSD, and an avid gamer, this is right down my alley, though I will stay brief.
While I am adamantly opposed to both of our current wars, I don't have a problem with games being made about them. I've played a few games based on current conflicts (or modern era fictional conflicts) like BF2, modern warfare, etc, and I enjoyed them a lot. Sure, sometimes it got a little too realistic and I've had to take a break, but not a big deal. Real war isn't a game, there is nothing enjoyable about it. In fact, most of the time they're quite boring. I look forward to playing Six Days in Fallujah, and if it gets to be too much - I'll take a break and smoke a bowl.
The bottom line is this - take them for what they are: GAMES. Nothing more. Nothing less. Don't like them? Don't play them. It's not rocket science.
I'm not super hot on the idea of permits for things like pools, but I do understand their necessity. Sure, most of it has to do with taxes, but in a situation like you described, it can make sense for the safety of others (and their property). I have to wonder, hypothetically, if your friend's neighbor did indeed have a permit and everything was on the up and up - would that have protected him from any kind of liability? If not, then the whole thing is a sham.
Fair enough, you're right. I should have known better than to make a broad generalization like that. This statement from another post might have summarized the point I was trying to make a little better:
We need to quit making high schools force someone who would be an excellent mechanic into going to college 'just because'.
I graduated high school in '05. The attitude regarding college (from parents, teachers, counselors) was if you don't go, you won't be successful. You'll get stuck working some dead end job and will never amount to anything. This puts a lot of pressure on graduates to go to college, and the more people who have a degree, the less it means to have a degree.
I'm sure I'd like to see this happen just as much as you, but there's a couple problems. For one, NASA does have a limited budget. It may not be expensive for our country to build twenty of these, but it is expensive for NASA. We (as a nation) just don't value space exploration enough, which is sad.
The other problem is putting your eggs in the same basket. With each new rover we send, we can draw from lessons learned from past rover missions and improve them. What if all twenty had a fatal flaw that we didn't discover until it was too late? What if there was some instruments/capabilities that would be beneficial to have on them, but didn't know they would come in handy until after they landed? I would love to see a more aggressive space program. Although, it seems better for us to launch one rover every year for five years (each of which presumably more capable than the last), than to launch five all at once every five years.
Likewise the state should have to reimburse the accused for lost time when they're found innocent of a crime. These days simply being accused of a crime and having the gall to defend yourself is about all it takes to face financial ruin.
Well put on everything, especially this. Being accused of a crime is enough. Hiring a lawyer can be very expensive for some people, especially if you want one who will actually DEFEND you and go to trial. Then there's the time involved, having to miss work, possible embarrassment - simply being accused of a crime is a big deal and those acquitted should receive some form of compensation. Something needs to be put in place to make prosecutors think twice before filing charges and pursuing a case.
One of the guys I work with got a red light ticket in Chicago. There were two pictures of him ten seconds apart, the second one was while he was making a (legal) right hand turn through the red light. The city tried to argue that he did not come to a complete stop, even though he was at the intersection for at least ten seconds. Furthermore, the timestamps on the photo were wrong by a matter of hours. He was able to furnish proof that he was clocked in and at work at the "time" the camera photographed him.
Just goes to show, that the photograph alone is NOT proof.
This is just old principles being applied using the Internet/social networking. Loose lips sink ships is not new. Men being easily persuaded by women is not new.
Something doesn't add up here though. Most of the locations of FOBs in Iraq are well known to the locals. I'm sure the same is true in Afghanistan. The article said the pictures with GeoIP data were from the field. They won't bivouac in the same place twice, anyone in the military will tell you that's poor terrorism awareness. Don't use the same routes, don't use the same locations.
Now did they use "GeoIP" as stated in the article or geotagged EXIF data? As most of us here know, there's a difference and neither makes much sense. GeoIP wouldn't be accurate at all, and would probably lead to a location in either Virginia or Germany. At least that was the case when I was in Iraq. "Meet local single women in (some town), Germany!" EXIF data doesn't make sense either - doesn't facebook strip that?? So... where did these supposed coordinates come from?
Replying to myself (I know, lame). People have lost sight of the meaning of freedom. I should be able to pursue happiness however I want, so long as I don't impede on your rights to life, liberty and your own pursuit of happiness.
If I want to get married to a man, and stay home all day so we can jab syringes full of heroin into each other's cocks, why can't I do that? It doesn't affect you. It doesn't affect anybody except me and my man lover. If we OD, or get addicted or whatever - that's our problem not yours. There should be no legal consequences to doing that. Societal punishment is understandable, I'd expect to be treated differently from society at large, but that's no need to lock me and my man lover up.
But now, everybody wants to legislate everything so they can either:
1. Profit or..
2. Push their morals on me
I don't need you to protect me from myself or save my soul.
Pure democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for dinner. That isn't the way the US is supposed to work. The Constitution is specifically designed to protect minorities. Inalienable rights that ALL men possess. Admittedly, it wasn't perfect in the beginning (women, racial minorities), but those issues have been fixed.
Businesses don't care about what's best for consumers. They care about what's best for businesses and Ticketmaster has a near monopoly on that market. They're often the only place to buy tickets from. Even if you buy direct from a venue's box office - it's Ticketmaster. Don't forget about Ticketmaster's reseller's under different names and higher prices like ticketsnow and livenation. How much money can we squeeze out of these poor saps? More. More. More.
Who are you referring to when you say ticket scalpers? The guy selling tickets in the parking lot of a show or Ticketmaster? I've bought tickets from the guy in the parking lot in the past, and I for one am willing to pay a premium for the service he provides. I had a friend that decided to go to the show with our group at the last minute. Ticketmaster was no longer selling any tickets. So I ended up paying in cash $5 above the price printed on the ticket and had a ticket in my hand - ready to walk inside. Cheaper and easier than Ticketmaster's "convenience fee" for the ability to print it at home. Now, I didn't RTFA, but I'd bet they're going to tack on a fee to this paperless ticket (if they haven't already) and tout it as a convenience fee for not having to print it or worry about forgetting it.
Except the United States is not a Democracy. It is (supposed to be) a Republic. The RIGHTS of minorities are supposed to be protected. My rights and freedoms trump your right to not be offended.
While I don't necessarily agree with smoking bans or fox hunting bans, at least a case can be made to support them aside from "I don't like it".
Slashdot Mirror
Is that something like the unsinkable Titanic?
Will they accept a fax?
Not only that... 1-800-COLLECT
Multiple newspapers sat on or killed stories because, then Director of National Intelligence, Negroponte asked them to.
And the government isn't used to anybody telling them "no". That's the biggest reason they're pissed - because they aren't in control of this situation, Wikileaks is. I watched the full press conference yesterday where they issued this ultimatum. He looked like such a fool. "Demanding" that Wikileaks "does the right thing". If you ask me, Wikileaks has already done the right thing by asking for assistance from the U.S. Gov't (albiet indirectly) in redacting the documents. Wikileaks should issuea a public statement/open letter to the DoD making it clear that they want to do the right thing by redacting documents and omitting portions of them which could put people in danger. If (more likely when) the DoD refuses, the blood is on their hands.
The only problem here is, Wikileaks is essentially using these 15,000 documents as insurance. They're in somewhat of a stalemate now, since if they release them, they've lost their leverage. Unless they can use the un-redacted versions as insurance after they release the redacted ones.
No, it was stormy last night. The thunder woke me up because it was loud. Then the lightning assisted in keeping me awake because it was bright. Though I suppose it was stormy two nights ago as well.
Hey buddy! Yes, I know there's always an obscure law or a way to twist laws. What I was getting at was this. If I have been issued a permit or license and am in compliance with the necessary regulations, codes, requirements, etc, that should clear me of liability. Instead, liability should fall on the city (or whichever entity issued the permit) because by making me jump through their hoops in the name of keeping other people/property safe and giving me a permit, they told me I was A-OK.
I know this isn't the way the real world works, which is why the permit system is bullshit.
As a twice deployed Iraq Veteran with PTSD, and an avid gamer, this is right down my alley, though I will stay brief.
While I am adamantly opposed to both of our current wars, I don't have a problem with games being made about them. I've played a few games based on current conflicts (or modern era fictional conflicts) like BF2, modern warfare, etc, and I enjoyed them a lot. Sure, sometimes it got a little too realistic and I've had to take a break, but not a big deal. Real war isn't a game, there is nothing enjoyable about it. In fact, most of the time they're quite boring. I look forward to playing Six Days in Fallujah, and if it gets to be too much - I'll take a break and smoke a bowl.
The bottom line is this - take them for what they are: GAMES. Nothing more. Nothing less. Don't like them? Don't play them. It's not rocket science.
I'm not super hot on the idea of permits for things like pools, but I do understand their necessity. Sure, most of it has to do with taxes, but in a situation like you described, it can make sense for the safety of others (and their property). I have to wonder, hypothetically, if your friend's neighbor did indeed have a permit and everything was on the up and up - would that have protected him from any kind of liability? If not, then the whole thing is a sham.
Have them sign up, and use
Come on now, you know that's too much work for most users.
Very cool concept indeed. Must have been pretty neat to travel around Europe to get the present day photos to match the angle.
Fair enough, you're right. I should have known better than to make a broad generalization like that. This statement from another post might have summarized the point I was trying to make a little better:
We need to quit making high schools force someone who would be an excellent mechanic into going to college 'just because'.
I graduated high school in '05. The attitude regarding college (from parents, teachers, counselors) was if you don't go, you won't be successful. You'll get stuck working some dead end job and will never amount to anything. This puts a lot of pressure on graduates to go to college, and the more people who have a degree, the less it means to have a degree.
*rips off rubber ghost mask*
*gasp* "It's old man copyright troll, the guy who runs the haunted bittorrent tracker site!"
"And I would have gotten away with it, if it wasn't for you meddling kids!..."
"...and that mangy mutt of yours"
"scooby dooby dooooooo"
The biggest news here is that the head of the Microsoft empire is, apparently, an incoherent raving loon. RTFA. Wow. Just wow.
No. That's not news.
Infighting between departments is crippling the ability for Microsoft to actually innovate.
That's not quite fair, What about Street Slide?
I'm sure I'd like to see this happen just as much as you, but there's a couple problems. For one, NASA does have a limited budget. It may not be expensive for our country to build twenty of these, but it is expensive for NASA. We (as a nation) just don't value space exploration enough, which is sad.
The other problem is putting your eggs in the same basket. With each new rover we send, we can draw from lessons learned from past rover missions and improve them. What if all twenty had a fatal flaw that we didn't discover until it was too late? What if there was some instruments/capabilities that would be beneficial to have on them, but didn't know they would come in handy until after they landed? I would love to see a more aggressive space program. Although, it seems better for us to launch one rover every year for five years (each of which presumably more capable than the last), than to launch five all at once every five years.
Look both ways before you cross the street.
Likewise the state should have to reimburse the accused for lost time when they're found innocent of a crime. These days simply being accused of a crime and having the gall to defend yourself is about all it takes to face financial ruin.
Well put on everything, especially this. Being accused of a crime is enough. Hiring a lawyer can be very expensive for some people, especially if you want one who will actually DEFEND you and go to trial. Then there's the time involved, having to miss work, possible embarrassment - simply being accused of a crime is a big deal and those acquitted should receive some form of compensation. Something needs to be put in place to make prosecutors think twice before filing charges and pursuing a case.
One of the guys I work with got a red light ticket in Chicago. There were two pictures of him ten seconds apart, the second one was while he was making a (legal) right hand turn through the red light. The city tried to argue that he did not come to a complete stop, even though he was at the intersection for at least ten seconds. Furthermore, the timestamps on the photo were wrong by a matter of hours. He was able to furnish proof that he was clocked in and at work at the "time" the camera photographed him.
Just goes to show, that the photograph alone is NOT proof.
On an unrelated note, the proper way to say Vodka ("Wodka") sounds sexy as hell when a Russian says it.
Fixed that
This is just old principles being applied using the Internet/social networking. Loose lips sink ships is not new. Men being easily persuaded by women is not new.
Something doesn't add up here though. Most of the locations of FOBs in Iraq are well known to the locals. I'm sure the same is true in Afghanistan. The article said the pictures with GeoIP data were from the field. They won't bivouac in the same place twice, anyone in the military will tell you that's poor terrorism awareness. Don't use the same routes, don't use the same locations.
Now did they use "GeoIP" as stated in the article or geotagged EXIF data? As most of us here know, there's a difference and neither makes much sense. GeoIP wouldn't be accurate at all, and would probably lead to a location in either Virginia or Germany. At least that was the case when I was in Iraq. "Meet local single women in (some town), Germany!" EXIF data doesn't make sense either - doesn't facebook strip that?? So... where did these supposed coordinates come from?
Am I the only one who saw the picture of this guy and thought "there's no way he's only 20"? He's got the gray hair mad scientist look going on.
Replying to myself (I know, lame). People have lost sight of the meaning of freedom. I should be able to pursue happiness however I want, so long as I don't impede on your rights to life, liberty and your own pursuit of happiness.
If I want to get married to a man, and stay home all day so we can jab syringes full of heroin into each other's cocks, why can't I do that? It doesn't affect you. It doesn't affect anybody except me and my man lover. If we OD, or get addicted or whatever - that's our problem not yours. There should be no legal consequences to doing that. Societal punishment is understandable, I'd expect to be treated differently from society at large, but that's no need to lock me and my man lover up.
But now, everybody wants to legislate everything so they can either:
1. Profit or..
2. Push their morals on me
I don't need you to protect me from myself or save my soul.
Pure democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for dinner. That isn't the way the US is supposed to work. The Constitution is specifically designed to protect minorities. Inalienable rights that ALL men possess. Admittedly, it wasn't perfect in the beginning (women, racial minorities), but those issues have been fixed.
Businesses don't care about what's best for consumers. They care about what's best for businesses and Ticketmaster has a near monopoly on that market. They're often the only place to buy tickets from. Even if you buy direct from a venue's box office - it's Ticketmaster. Don't forget about Ticketmaster's reseller's under different names and higher prices like ticketsnow and livenation. How much money can we squeeze out of these poor saps? More. More. More.
Who are you referring to when you say ticket scalpers? The guy selling tickets in the parking lot of a show or Ticketmaster? I've bought tickets from the guy in the parking lot in the past, and I for one am willing to pay a premium for the service he provides. I had a friend that decided to go to the show with our group at the last minute. Ticketmaster was no longer selling any tickets. So I ended up paying in cash $5 above the price printed on the ticket and had a ticket in my hand - ready to walk inside. Cheaper and easier than Ticketmaster's "convenience fee" for the ability to print it at home. Now, I didn't RTFA, but I'd bet they're going to tack on a fee to this paperless ticket (if they haven't already) and tout it as a convenience fee for not having to print it or worry about forgetting it.
Ticketmaster is the real scalper.
Except the United States is not a Democracy. It is (supposed to be) a Republic. The RIGHTS of minorities are supposed to be protected. My rights and freedoms trump your right to not be offended. While I don't necessarily agree with smoking bans or fox hunting bans, at least a case can be made to support them aside from "I don't like it".