Here is a link to a statement by Representative Ron Paul (Republican of Texas). I think he has good things to say about the Real ID Act
I think some of the other parts of the Bill (HR 418 ) are just as troubling. I am not a lawyer but some of the things sound a little spooky.
Dosent the part below mean the Secretary of Homeland Security has (http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?c109:3:./te mp/~c109hAhhtl::
SEC. 102. WAIVER OF LAWS NECESSARY FOR IMPROVEMENT OF BARRIERS AT BORDERS.
Section 102(c) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1103 note) is amended to read as follows:
`(c) Waiver-
`(1) IN GENERAL- Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall have the authority to waive, and shall waive, all laws such Secretary, in such Secretary's sole discretion, determines necessary to ensure expeditious construction of the barriers and roads under this section.
`(2) NO JUDICIAL REVIEW- Notwithstanding any other provision of law (statutory or nonstatutory), no court, administrative agency, or other entity shall have jurisdiction--
`(A) to hear any cause or claim arising from any action undertaken, or any decision made, by the Secretary of Homeland Security pursuant to paragraph (1); or
`(B) to order compensatory, declaratory, injunctive, equitable, or any other relief for damage alleged to arise from any such action or decision.'.
No. I think that MS is at best (best for them) just going to be around for a long long time. It will be the companies that deal with wide ranges of the data these databases are suposed to keep track of that will take over the world. MS will always be trying to be trendy. The companies that know who we are voting for, what we are buying, where we want to live, why we are afraid to travil to certain places, and how to keep track of all that and more are the companies that are going to have a shot at taking over the world.
Personaly, I think google is going to take over the world.
I don't know how much fuel the shuttles use on a typical mission but the Atlantis has averaged around 407934 miles a day during its lifetime. On the 11 days of the STS-121 mission the MPG is bound to come out at least as good as my car. Does any one know how much fuel it will use and how it compares with gasoline?
"Every major war of the last century has been won by economic might, more than by brillant stategies."
How many "major wars" were there in the last century? Vietnam, Korea, Afghanistan, Six Day War.
It seams that if you are going to pay to download something you might get paid to make that content available to upload, a sort of monetary incentive to be good citizens.
"He has designed a wallet that requires someone to show ID in order to see his ID. The device consists of a wallet with a card reader on it. His driver's license can be seen only partially through a display. And in order for someone to see the rest of his ID, they have to swipe their own ID through the card reader to open the wallet."
Shy wallets.
Maybe I am missing part of the point but isn't this sort of device a problem if wide spread? If both parties have such a wallet neither could identify themselves.
I agree that there is a sort of draconian over emphasis on surveillance and security, I do not want the teller at my bank to be handing out my money to someone claiming to be me.
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SEC. 102. WAIVER OF LAWS NECESSARY FOR IMPROVEMENT OF BARRIERS AT BORDERS.
Section 102(c) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1103 note) is amended to read as follows:
`(c) Waiver-
`(1) IN GENERAL- Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall have the authority to waive, and shall waive, all laws such Secretary, in such Secretary's sole discretion, determines necessary to ensure expeditious construction of the barriers and roads under this section.
`(2) NO JUDICIAL REVIEW- Notwithstanding any other provision of law (statutory or nonstatutory), no court, administrative agency, or other entity shall have jurisdiction--
`(A) to hear any cause or claim arising from any action undertaken, or any decision made, by the Secretary of Homeland Security pursuant to paragraph (1); or
`(B) to order compensatory, declaratory, injunctive, equitable, or any other relief for damage alleged to arise from any such action or decision.'.
No.
I think that MS is at best (best for them) just going to be around for a long long time. It will be the companies that deal with wide ranges of the data these databases are suposed to keep track of that will take over the world. MS will always be trying to be trendy. The companies that know who we are voting for, what we are buying, where we want to live, why we are afraid to travil to certain places, and how to keep track of all that and more are the companies that are going to have a shot at taking over the world.
Personaly, I think google is going to take over the world.
I don't know how much fuel the shuttles use on a typical mission but the Atlantis has averaged around 407934 miles a day during its lifetime. On the 11 days of the STS-121 mission the MPG is bound to come out at least as good as my car. Does any one know how much fuel it will use and how it compares with gasoline?
_ shuttle#Flight_ statistics_.28as_of_February_3.2C_2003.29/ spaceflight.nasa.gov/shuttle/archives/sts-1 21/index.html
References:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space
http:/
"Every major war of the last century has been won by economic might, more than by brillant stategies." How many "major wars" were there in the last century? Vietnam, Korea, Afghanistan, Six Day War.
It seams that if you are going to pay to download something you might get paid to make that content available to upload, a sort of monetary incentive to be good citizens.
"He has designed a wallet that requires someone to show ID in order to see his ID. The device consists of a wallet with a card reader on it. His driver's license can be seen only partially through a display. And in order for someone to see the rest of his ID, they have to swipe their own ID through the card reader to open the wallet." Shy wallets. Maybe I am missing part of the point but isn't this sort of device a problem if wide spread? If both parties have such a wallet neither could identify themselves. I agree that there is a sort of draconian over emphasis on surveillance and security, I do not want the teller at my bank to be handing out my money to someone claiming to be me.