can someone explain what justification they are offering for this decision? besides what seems to be the only obvious answer of simply allowing the law enforcement to do whatever they please?
Won't somebody think of the children? Law enforcement needs to be able to stop people from importing kitty porn into the states at the border! Because obviously there is no other way to get data into the US than hand carrying it on a laptop! If you are against having your laptop arbitrarily taken away from you at the border, then you must be in favor of child pornography, you pervert!
"Warrantless" may be necessary; the alternative is to detain people and their laptop for as long as it takes to get a warrant. "Suspicion-less" I have a real problem with; this sounds like an open invitation for agents to exercise their personal prejudices and punish anyone who doesn't kiss their ass. If you are going to confiscate something, you should as least be able to clearly state a reason for doing so.
Buffalo have been brought back from the verge of extinction because they are kinda tasty. I don't know why we've worked so hard to save the California Condor, but then I've never had a Condor egg omelette.
So we should just give up an trying to save ethical politicians because they are far too few in number to survive anyway? Perhaps we could base the decision on whether or not to save them based on other factors, like "cuteness" or "taste". In that case, we should just go ahead and let the giant condor die off -- they're ugly and nobody wants to eat them.
Homophobia arose for very practical reasons. 3000 years ago, the well-being of a tribe was largely determined by it's birthrate. Anything that lowered the birthrate therefore became taboo. If I recall the story of Onan correctly, his real sin wasn't "spilling his seed on the ground", it was failing to impregnate his brother's wife when his brother was unable to do so. Women in Jewish society that didn't produce children were thought to have no value. These rule seem archaic now because too high a birth rate has become more of a problem than too low a birth rate in most parts of the world.
My thoughts exactly. Being buried as a woman doesn't mean you are "gay", it means you've successfully passed for a woman in your society. There are historical anecdotes of women who lived there whole lives as men; there must be some of men who lived their whole lives as women, I just can't think of any. A man being identified by his tribe as female is rare, but not unheard of.
Your rant is a little over the top, but I honestly believe the reason most record company execs don't want to give up control of the advertising and distribution of music is that with direct artist to consumer sales, these aging has-beens would no longer have any chance whatsoever of getting blowjobs from aspiring Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake wanna-bes. I don't think it's about economics, and the marketing of prefab boy bands preteen female vocalists can't possibly make economic sense -- their audience doesn't have any income!
If DARPA is does this, they are not doing it for grins and giggles, they are doing it to collect data on something. So what exactly is the data that this game is intended to generate?
Only the really successful at sub-hunting get hooked up to a real sub. If the simulation is good enough, you have no way of knowing for sure when they've switched you over.
Generally that's true. But as an engineer, I'm required to install drivers for the software I'm writing all the time, and calling IT to type in a password every time I get new hardware to support is kind of a pain.
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...does this mean they can take all of my luggage for no reason at all?
Why not? The airlines have been doing that for years!
Right, because cloud storage is so secure!
What could you possibly find on a computer that couldn't also be transfered digitally over the internet using encryption?
Cum stains.
can someone explain what justification they are offering for this decision? besides what seems to be the only obvious answer of simply allowing the law enforcement to do whatever they please?
Won't somebody think of the children? Law enforcement needs to be able to stop people from importing kitty porn into the states at the border! Because obviously there is no other way to get data into the US than hand carrying it on a laptop! If you are against having your laptop arbitrarily taken away from you at the border, then you must be in favor of child pornography, you pervert!
"Warrantless" may be necessary; the alternative is to detain people and their laptop for as long as it takes to get a warrant. "Suspicion-less" I have a real problem with; this sounds like an open invitation for agents to exercise their personal prejudices and punish anyone who doesn't kiss their ass. If you are going to confiscate something, you should as least be able to clearly state a reason for doing so.
Great decision. Win-win for everybody. You don't want to come here, and we don't want you here.
Buffalo have been brought back from the verge of extinction because they are kinda tasty. I don't know why we've worked so hard to save the California Condor, but then I've never had a Condor egg omelette.
Also, we aren't gaining new species as fast as we're losing them these days.
A few more Chernobyls and Fukashimas should solve that problem!
So we should just give up an trying to save ethical politicians because they are far too few in number to survive anyway? Perhaps we could base the decision on whether or not to save them based on other factors, like "cuteness" or "taste". In that case, we should just go ahead and let the giant condor die off -- they're ugly and nobody wants to eat them.
Homophobia arose for very practical reasons. 3000 years ago, the well-being of a tribe was largely determined by it's birthrate. Anything that lowered the birthrate therefore became taboo. If I recall the story of Onan correctly, his real sin wasn't "spilling his seed on the ground", it was failing to impregnate his brother's wife when his brother was unable to do so. Women in Jewish society that didn't produce children were thought to have no value. These rule seem archaic now because too high a birth rate has become more of a problem than too low a birth rate in most parts of the world.
My thoughts exactly. Being buried as a woman doesn't mean you are "gay", it means you've successfully passed for a woman in your society. There are historical anecdotes of women who lived there whole lives as men; there must be some of men who lived their whole lives as women, I just can't think of any. A man being identified by his tribe as female is rare, but not unheard of.
There you go... Anybody that doesn't like children has obviously never had them prepared properly!
Are we really passionately debating the imaginary wealth of fictional characters? Really, can't we think of anything better to do with our time?
Your rant is a little over the top, but I honestly believe the reason most record company execs don't want to give up control of the advertising and distribution of music is that with direct artist to consumer sales, these aging has-beens would no longer have any chance whatsoever of getting blowjobs from aspiring Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake wanna-bes. I don't think it's about economics, and the marketing of prefab boy bands preteen female vocalists can't possibly make economic sense -- their audience doesn't have any income!
I dislike children actually.
Have you tried them slathered in barbecue sauce and slow-roasted over an open spit?
Copyright must last at least as long as the lifetime of the corporations whose "rights" they are protecting!
What are you, some kind of pedophile? My daughter is a decade old, thank you very much!
Google translate says "Dansk jävlar!" is "Danish bastards!"... in Swedish. (Two words, not one.)
Du er fucking velkommen!
If DARPA is does this, they are not doing it for grins and giggles, they are doing it to collect data on something. So what exactly is the data that this game is intended to generate?
Only the really successful at sub-hunting get hooked up to a real sub. If the simulation is good enough, you have no way of knowing for sure when they've switched you over.
What Would Jimi Do?
Take too many drugs, choke on his own vomit, and die.
Are you sure you're choosing the right person to emulate?
Just don't ask me not to say "I told you so!" when the kids that are really good at this "game" start mysteriously disappearing!
The drones appear to have an antenna which sticks up above the surface of the water.
That was my first thought -- "How do we know this isn't a trick like in Ender's Game?"
Generally that's true. But as an engineer, I'm required to install drivers for the software I'm writing all the time, and calling IT to type in a password every time I get new hardware to support is kind of a pain.