If you compare U.S. power generation to North Korea's, it's more telling. NK has about 1/13th the population of the United States. The U.S. generates about 4000 TwH of electricity each year. If you adjust for population, NK would have to generate about 308 TwH a year to be comparable to the U.S. In actuality, they generate about 17 TwH. So they generate about 1/18th the electricity per person as in the U.S. Not a lot of room there for modern living.
Back in them days, Jimmy, we was called the "EuEsAy" and you could walk the streets right out in the open without a rifle. Not an alien in sight, if you can believe that. Then them damn eggs came.
Yeah, you going to unplug all the countries with the botnets around the world that they set up to conduct the attack too (including in the U.S. itself)?
Once every Portlander is biking everywhere, eating all organic foods, and having the health of their aura measured at least once a month--you won't need emergency services. No one will ever get sick, and all will live in a paradise of virtual immortality.
Or, at least, that's what that white guy with dreadlocks in my drum circle told me.
Then you had better go update the Wikipedia article on the subject. Obviously the editors at Wikipedia don't appreciate glorious reforms that Glorious Leader has made of late. Typical western imperialists!
The problem with defending the U.S. in a cyber attack is that there are so many targets and its economy has become so utterly and completely dependent on the internet and its computer systems. They're a very easy target because there are so MANY targets to hit there. Now, contrast that with a place like North Korea, which has almost no internet infrastructure and whose ragged economy probably wouldn't take a hit if every computer in the country exploded tomorrow. That's asymetric warfare taken to the nth degree. North Korea in that situation basically CAN'T loose a cyber war against the U.S. The worst that could happen is that the U.S. would stop their attack. And with enough attacks, one is bound to connect. And even one successful attack on an important sector or piece of infrastructure could produce chaos in the U.S.'s very large and powerful house of cards.
In comparison, what has North Korea got to lose? Their few power plants are running on 50's tech. Most of the country lives in abject poverty with no electricity (much less internet access). They're like Battlestar Galactica, a ship with such old technology that a computer virus doesn't even phase them. How the hell is the U.S. going to fight a cyber war against them and NOT lose?
Now, that's an extreme example. China, Russia, Iran, et. al. are a little more dependent on their network/computer infrastructure than North Korea. But NO ONE (outside of the first world, certainly) is as dependent on their IT infrastructure as the U.S. That's a real vulnerability that's almost impossible to plug.
The original Proposition 69 in 2004 just limited this to those arrested for sex offenses. But then in 2009 they extended it to everyone arrested for ANY felony. Even if they expected the original version to hold up in court, there is no way in holy hell that they couldn't have know that the 2009 revision would last about 5 minutes in front of any court.
Pretty big difference between being searched and having your DNA profile scanned and put into a database indefinitely (where it can functionally stay indefinitely whether you're convicted, never prosecuted, or even if you've been found innocent).
Apparently, they did at least try to specify, initially, that they could only keep these DNA profiles for 2 years. But then they stripped even that restriction of any teeth by allowing the lab to keep it indefinitely (based only on the assurance by the arresting cops that the suspect was still part of an "ongoing investigation") and absolving the lab of any legal penalties for not purging profiles from the database (or any defendant from claiming in his defense that his sample should have been purged).
99 cent games that are crappy clones of mediocre arcade games from the early 90's will be all the rage
Nostalgia will only carry you so far. And I say that as someone who has been gaming since the Atari 2600 was the cutting-edge. Most people have fond memories of old games and may get a kick out of playing them again for a while (yeah, I got half-an-erection the first time I played "Defender" again on a modern console). But the nostalgia wears off fast. And at the end of the day, most gamers are going to come back to the modern games--no matter how much they try to convince themselves with that "Games used to be better back in MY day" crap. I've played in every era of gaming and games today are the best, period. All my fond memories of The Bards Tale and Pool of Radiance aren't going to make them better than Oblivion.
God bless all the people out their playing games on their phones and iPads. More power to them. But if the implication is that console and PC gamers are going to give up their platforms of choice for the under-powered processors and AWFUL controls of your typical mobile device, then you need to lay off the crack. An iPad may be a great plaform for a quick, fun game of Angry Birds; but that is completely apples and oranges compared to playing Fallout New Vegas or Mass Effect 2 on my Xbox. And I can only imagine how the die-hard PC gamers would react, considering how much they bitch about even console controllers. Just try moving around a 3D environment with an inaccurate touch screen that responds maybe 3/4 of the time and gets smeared up from your greasy cheeto fingers. It's an exercise in "Just how pissed off can I get before I decide to chunk this expensive iPad across the fucking room?"
This whole thing reminds me of the "Motion controls are going to be THE controller of the future" hype from a few years back. I've got a Wii sitting in my closet that'll attest to the fact that the motion control thing gets old very fast.
Because they want to fly low over a city, blow the hell out of everyone's eardrums and windows, and prove once-and-for-all that the Flash would make a really shitty superhero in real life.
Because the first thing any block would do is to not only block all the known proxies and proxy lists, but probably log your IP for even trying to access them. And, depending on how well they enforce the "no bypassing" provision he mentioned, the next step may be them kicking down your door and dragging you off for questioning.
Interesting but how is smashing windows and grabbing TV sets, burning down a bank after you fail to get the money out of ATMs, and burning peoples cars fighting the power and not just plain looting?
Probably in the same way that looting the Egyptian Museum, burning cars and buildings, and raping reporters is fighting the power in Egypt.
You think there wasn't any looting or burning the Egyptian protests?!?!? Ha ha, why don't you ask Zahi Hawass (head of the Egyptian Museum) what he thinks of all those wonderful heroic protesters for democracy?
Face it, when revolutionaries are protesting against a government you like--you call them criminals/looters/thugs. When they're protesting against a government you don't like--they're freedom fighters/heroes/protesters.
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Goddamned sanctimonious piece of shit computer, telling *me* when I'm supposed to drive. *I* paid for this car, not that snooty bitch.
If you compare U.S. power generation to North Korea's, it's more telling. NK has about 1/13th the population of the United States. The U.S. generates about 4000 TwH of electricity each year. If you adjust for population, NK would have to generate about 308 TwH a year to be comparable to the U.S. In actuality, they generate about 17 TwH. So they generate about 1/18th the electricity per person as in the U.S. Not a lot of room there for modern living.
Back in them days, Jimmy, we was called the "EuEsAy" and you could walk the streets right out in the open without a rifle. Not an alien in sight, if you can believe that. Then them damn eggs came.
Yeah, you going to unplug all the countries with the botnets around the world that they set up to conduct the attack too (including in the U.S. itself)?
How do emergency services operate?
Once every Portlander is biking everywhere, eating all organic foods, and having the health of their aura measured at least once a month--you won't need emergency services. No one will ever get sick, and all will live in a paradise of virtual immortality.
Or, at least, that's what that white guy with dreadlocks in my drum circle told me.
Japan is a first world country. Can't really comment on the others, but I doubt they have as much to lose as the U.S.
Then you had better go update the Wikipedia article on the subject. Obviously the editors at Wikipedia don't appreciate glorious reforms that Glorious Leader has made of late. Typical western imperialists!
The problem with defending the U.S. in a cyber attack is that there are so many targets and its economy has become so utterly and completely dependent on the internet and its computer systems. They're a very easy target because there are so MANY targets to hit there. Now, contrast that with a place like North Korea, which has almost no internet infrastructure and whose ragged economy probably wouldn't take a hit if every computer in the country exploded tomorrow. That's asymetric warfare taken to the nth degree. North Korea in that situation basically CAN'T loose a cyber war against the U.S. The worst that could happen is that the U.S. would stop their attack. And with enough attacks, one is bound to connect. And even one successful attack on an important sector or piece of infrastructure could produce chaos in the U.S.'s very large and powerful house of cards.
In comparison, what has North Korea got to lose? Their few power plants are running on 50's tech. Most of the country lives in abject poverty with no electricity (much less internet access). They're like Battlestar Galactica, a ship with such old technology that a computer virus doesn't even phase them. How the hell is the U.S. going to fight a cyber war against them and NOT lose?
Now, that's an extreme example. China, Russia, Iran, et. al. are a little more dependent on their network/computer infrastructure than North Korea. But NO ONE (outside of the first world, certainly) is as dependent on their IT infrastructure as the U.S. That's a real vulnerability that's almost impossible to plug.
The original Proposition 69 in 2004 just limited this to those arrested for sex offenses. But then in 2009 they extended it to everyone arrested for ANY felony. Even if they expected the original version to hold up in court, there is no way in holy hell that they couldn't have know that the 2009 revision would last about 5 minutes in front of any court.
Pretty big difference between being searched and having your DNA profile scanned and put into a database indefinitely (where it can functionally stay indefinitely whether you're convicted, never prosecuted, or even if you've been found innocent).
Apparently, they did at least try to specify, initially, that they could only keep these DNA profiles for 2 years. But then they stripped even that restriction of any teeth by allowing the lab to keep it indefinitely (based only on the assurance by the arresting cops that the suspect was still part of an "ongoing investigation") and absolving the lab of any legal penalties for not purging profiles from the database (or any defendant from claiming in his defense that his sample should have been purged).
Does it cost more to produce a AAA title? You bet your ass.
But you can also sell it for $60, as opposed to the $2 you can get for you iPhone/iPad game.
Oh, you have to do it manually? You see, I use NoScript, which automates the whole process.
99 cent games that are crappy clones of mediocre arcade games from the early 90's will be all the rage
Nostalgia will only carry you so far. And I say that as someone who has been gaming since the Atari 2600 was the cutting-edge. Most people have fond memories of old games and may get a kick out of playing them again for a while (yeah, I got half-an-erection the first time I played "Defender" again on a modern console). But the nostalgia wears off fast. And at the end of the day, most gamers are going to come back to the modern games--no matter how much they try to convince themselves with that "Games used to be better back in MY day" crap. I've played in every era of gaming and games today are the best, period. All my fond memories of The Bards Tale and Pool of Radiance aren't going to make them better than Oblivion.
Hey Mario, let's see how far you can fly in real life, you little dago bastard.
God bless all the people out their playing games on their phones and iPads. More power to them. But if the implication is that console and PC gamers are going to give up their platforms of choice for the under-powered processors and AWFUL controls of your typical mobile device, then you need to lay off the crack. An iPad may be a great plaform for a quick, fun game of Angry Birds; but that is completely apples and oranges compared to playing Fallout New Vegas or Mass Effect 2 on my Xbox. And I can only imagine how the die-hard PC gamers would react, considering how much they bitch about even console controllers. Just try moving around a 3D environment with an inaccurate touch screen that responds maybe 3/4 of the time and gets smeared up from your greasy cheeto fingers. It's an exercise in "Just how pissed off can I get before I decide to chunk this expensive iPad across the fucking room?"
This whole thing reminds me of the "Motion controls are going to be THE controller of the future" hype from a few years back. I've got a Wii sitting in my closet that'll attest to the fact that the motion control thing gets old very fast.
The closest thing you can get to NoScript on Chrome is NotScripts. And I'm sorry but that sucks ass by comparison.
Because they want to fly low over a city, blow the hell out of everyone's eardrums and windows, and prove once-and-for-all that the Flash would make a really shitty superhero in real life.
the religious leaders or some ass hat who has a blog?
More like several hundred thousand asshats willing to kill for any perceived affront to their backward-ass religion.
Because the first thing any block would do is to not only block all the known proxies and proxy lists, but probably log your IP for even trying to access them. And, depending on how well they enforce the "no bypassing" provision he mentioned, the next step may be them kicking down your door and dragging you off for questioning.
Sorry, I don't judge civilizations on what they did 2500 years ago. I gotta go with what they've done for me lately.
Hey, when you believe in polygamy, something has to be done with all those extra young men.
The Egyptians know how to make this distinction.
Yeah, just ask Zahi Hawass and Laura Logan.
Interesting but how is smashing windows and grabbing TV sets, burning down a bank after you fail to get the money out of ATMs, and burning peoples cars fighting the power and not just plain looting?
Probably in the same way that looting the Egyptian Museum, burning cars and buildings, and raping reporters is fighting the power in Egypt.
You think there wasn't any looting or burning the Egyptian protests?!?!? Ha ha, why don't you ask Zahi Hawass (head of the Egyptian Museum) what he thinks of all those wonderful heroic protesters for democracy?
Face it, when revolutionaries are protesting against a government you like--you call them criminals/looters/thugs. When they're protesting against a government you don't like--they're freedom fighters/heroes/protesters.