In my opinion this man is a hero in the true spirit of our country and the freedom and promise that it used to represent.
In response to bl8n8r - This wasn't that sort of scenario, where they were under fire - I would never second guess a solider on the battlefield who is under fire; mistakes happen, civilians die unfortunately, that is part of war and something we've gotten better at avoiding. This was not that sort of situation, had it been, I am quite sure nobody would have risked their career and freedom to leak it.
It was definitely unprofessional conduct, and at worst murder. Those soliders were sloppy and trigger happy and they killed children, good samaritans, and a reporter as a result - and if it had happened to you, your family, or friends the people who think it's no big deal would feel a lot differently.
The other thing is that we shouldn't even have gone over there in the first place. It wasn't legal, it wasn't right, and our soliders deserve far better than to risk their lives for such bullshit.
I find Comcast's internet offerings to be the best option in all the areas I've lived where Comcast operates, far faster and more reliable than Time Warner or Adelphia. I download a lot of binaries and torrents and never had a problem - and I have 22/8 to the home, and 50/10 for my office - both of which I get (and then some) consistently in real world testing...The other services I have used and seen didn't have those speeds, and weren't as reliable.
I dislike some of Comcast's politics in the past, their support of "Partnership for a Drug-Free America," etc, as well as the cost of their TV services and some of the unclear undefined policies they used to have - but they have changed those.
If this has any chance of succeeding, (which I am sure it does) I will definitely have to stock up on pre-paid phones prior to the law going into effect.
No, not because I want to do anything wrong, but because I want the option to be able to make anonymous phone calls whenever I feel like it -and with the way law enforcement operates it doesn;t matter if you've committed a crime or not, you can be jailed, beaten, strip searched - simply for asking a question or being in the wrong place at the wrong time.
I am well aware of the the capabilities of law enforcement, we're beyond triggerfish now - but there still is no technology that can pinpoint a phone with it's batteries removed. The best they could hope for is knowing where the phone was when a call was made.
See, WB is a HUGE corporate empire; so they can do what they want. Piracy laws don't apply to them, they make the laws, they don't have to follow them - that's the American way.
In all seriousness though, it;s funny because when they had their campaign that was trying to equate downloading with theft and lost sales (everyone with half a brain who has looked at the situation knows that downloading does not correlate to lost sales; there's no 1-1 relationship, there's not even a 50-1 I am guessing......Yet, what they are actually doing comes a lot closer to being theft...
The 4TB iomega storcenter...Comes setup with RAID 5, uses all high quality components/drives....Have a TON of features (like Itunes server, media servers, and many other features. Will email you if it detects an issue or reaches any set point which you define...
I have tried other similar devices, like the Western Digital version of this - it is okay, but is more expensive, has less features, is a lot less eloquent of an interface as well...The Iomega has exceeeded my expectations in every way...
Most of all - it just works....perfectly....And to have a 4TB NAS with all of these features, $599 is a good price.
9/11 has been used as an excuse and a reason to subvert the constitution and make us less free.
Like a lot of people, I don't believe the official story, and I think that anybody who does really hasn't done the research, or just doesn't want to think about all of the implications.
I believe that the only way in which we MAY be slightly safer is that people are more observant of their surroundings, but any possible additional safety does not make up for what we've lost. The fact that people spend so much time and money and fear on something that is so unlikely to happen to any one of them just shows how politically useful it's been for those who would manipulate the public.
He's far from the only one who has reported this - an awful lot of very credible people have - people who have nothing to gain and everything to lose by even mentioning it.
So there is something going on.
I think people are remiss by dismissing people who report this stuff and labelling them as "crazy." History is full of examples of people reporting on anomalies and being called crazy only to find these anomalies accepted as fact later on.
The city should be smacked upside the head for sure over this case, but not for the "reason" you mentioned - and while your smacking hand is still warm, smack yourself one for not reading "the links or anything else" and then commenting that "it needs to be said," and clearly not understanding Child's job (or seemingly much else about this case).
Wish there was a way for the people to organize and pass judgement on these sorts of criminal organizations....Of course, if the people could deal with criminal organizations effectively, then we'd likely have 4/5ths of the government locked up as well...
First off, Usenet isn't the source, and Giganews isn't usenet, it's only a provider.
It's funny that you think usenet is the source. It's about as accurate as saying "or they could just shut down the INTERNET and get rid of the SOURCE for most of the priated content.."
As far as your intended meaning, IRC channels would be a bit closer to the "source," as that is where release groups are headquartered - but really the "source" is people within their own organization and the public.
Secondly, usenet has a LOT of uses, binaries are only one of them - and it's one that isn't anywhere near mainstream consciousness, thankfully - because if it were, I think we'd see more of a drive to fight it from these corporations. As it stands there are procedures for having materials removed.
Third, do we really want a corporation to have the power to destroy something like usenet? Usenet is awesome, historic.
I do worry that the internet's days (as we know it) are numbered unfortunately. Current authoritarian western governments cannot abide the freedom on information and organization that the internet allows. They will find a way to ruin it, and above all else I think that freedom on the web has to be protected at all costs.
Mixing viruses and genes in order to "cure" something seems like the sort of situation that is bound to end up with unintended consequences.
Viruses are masters at what they do: adapt and proliferate.
Maybe I have read too many books or watched too many movies, but I wonder what the possibilities are for this to mutate, or spread, or just go horribly wrong.
PS2 had a game called "The Getaway" that was a GTA3 type of open world crime shooter game, the map and landmarks/buildings were accurate to the real streets of London, (at least, that's what I remember) and it was actually quite a fun game....
It hink the possibilities for a London GTA storyline would be endless. They could have the typical london mob boss, like in Guy Ritchie movies, or, they could make it contemporary or set it in the days of the Krays.
I mean, they've done LA, Miami, and New York...London seems like the obvious choice.
I used to like AVG - I even deployed their network version on the servers and workstations at the company I run IT for, but for a home computer, in my experience for 99% of people Microsoft Security Essentials is the best AV. I like it a lot better than AVG, it;s got a smaller footprint (AVG seems to use a bit more resources than it did inprevious versions) and doesn't detect stuff quite as well. It's still very good.
A lot of people seem to like ESET, but I had issues with it using way more resources than I felt it should have needed.
Certainly *you* (meaning the parents) should have the right to interfere....but the state? FUCK THAT!
(Especially when it concerns a compeltely backwards political prosecution of CHILDREN over stupid photos consensually taken of each other, that in this case didn't even really have true nudity in most of them - it was a girl in bra and underwear in some - and charging said children as "sex offenders.")
Seriously, the stupidity and pettiness of some of these pwoer mad beaurocrats never ceases to amaze me.
Just because somebody died doesn't make it extreme negligence.
Was there negligence? Obviously, but the laws regarding this sort of thing differ by state, and checking my owners manuals, I don't see warnings of this sort lsited for Tennesee.
I don't think that the law or punishment for this particular case has more deterrent value than the actual outcome itself.
You said "Letting this guy get off scott free for extreme negligence opens the door for other stepfathers to "accidentally" leave a gun on the table cocked and loaded to get rid of the "nuisance" in their relationship."
Not imprisioning this guy does nothing of the sort. I don't think that your scenario is what went on here, and apparently the police don't either, because if they did the guy would have been charged - plus, there are all sorts of problems with your scenario, mainly that there is no guarantee that the child would shoot herself, pick the gun up, not shoot someone else...it's just stupid in my opinion.
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Meh. Meh says it all.
In my opinion this man is a hero in the true spirit of our country and the freedom and promise that it used to represent.
In response to bl8n8r - This wasn't that sort of scenario, where they were under fire - I would never second guess a solider on the battlefield who is under fire; mistakes happen, civilians die unfortunately, that is part of war and something we've gotten better at avoiding. This was not that sort of situation, had it been, I am quite sure nobody would have risked their career and freedom to leak it.
It was definitely unprofessional conduct, and at worst murder. Those soliders were sloppy and trigger happy and they killed children, good samaritans, and a reporter as a result - and if it had happened to you, your family, or friends the people who think it's no big deal would feel a lot differently.
The other thing is that we shouldn't even have gone over there in the first place. It wasn't legal, it wasn't right, and our soliders deserve far better than to risk their lives for such bullshit.
Honestly,
Comcast is better than most in the US, IMO.
I find Comcast's internet offerings to be the best option in all the areas I've lived where Comcast operates, far faster and more reliable than Time Warner or Adelphia. I download a lot of binaries and torrents and never had a problem - and I have 22/8 to the home, and 50/10 for my office - both of which I get (and then some) consistently in real world testing...The other services I have used and seen didn't have those speeds, and weren't as reliable.
I dislike some of Comcast's politics in the past, their support of "Partnership for a Drug-Free America," etc, as well as the cost of their TV services and some of the unclear undefined policies they used to have - but they have changed those.
No...they can't have it. Next question please....
If this has any chance of succeeding, (which I am sure it does) I will definitely have to stock up on pre-paid phones prior to the law going into effect.
No, not because I want to do anything wrong, but because I want the option to be able to make anonymous phone calls whenever I feel like it -and with the way law enforcement operates it doesn;t matter if you've committed a crime or not, you can be jailed, beaten, strip searched - simply for asking a question or being in the wrong place at the wrong time.
I am well aware of the the capabilities of law enforcement, we're beyond triggerfish now - but there still is no technology that can pinpoint a phone with it's batteries removed. The best they could hope for is knowing where the phone was when a call was made.
See, WB is a HUGE corporate empire; so they can do what they want. Piracy laws don't apply to them, they make the laws, they don't have to follow them - that's the American way.
In all seriousness though, it;s funny because when they had their campaign that was trying to equate downloading with theft and lost sales (everyone with half a brain who has looked at the situation knows that downloading does not correlate to lost sales; there's no 1-1 relationship, there's not even a 50-1 I am guessing......Yet, what they are actually doing comes a lot closer to being theft...
Unconstitutional.
Though that hasn't stopped federal and state government from doing all kinds of stupid shit.
I archive all files and collect lossless live reocrdings. On some days I dl a gig or more and this has been going on for 14 years.
I have built home storage tservers, I have used off the shelf products.
Of eveything I have used/created, the best is the following:
http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/products/Hard_Drives_External/productdetail.aspx?c=us&l=en&cs=19&sku=A3082986 I've ordered some from Dell, the price is better than most and they are quick at fulfilling.
The 4TB iomega storcenter...Comes setup with RAID 5, uses all high quality components/drives....Have a TON of features (like Itunes server, media servers, and many other features. Will email you if it detects an issue or reaches any set point which you define...
I have tried other similar devices, like the Western Digital version of this - it is okay, but is more expensive, has less features, is a lot less eloquent of an interface as well...The Iomega has exceeeded my expectations in every way...
Most of all - it just works....perfectly....And to have a 4TB NAS with all of these features, $599 is a good price.
Oh, you must mean when they made "hacking tools" illegal.
"hacking tools" being defined as anything that could actually explain what was happening on a machine....
I don't think this is what was said.....
9/11 has been used as an excuse and a reason to subvert the constitution and make us less free.
Like a lot of people, I don't believe the official story, and I think that anybody who does really hasn't done the research, or just doesn't want to think about all of the implications.
I believe that the only way in which we MAY be slightly safer is that people are more observant of their surroundings, but any possible additional safety does not make up for what we've lost. The fact that people spend so much time and money and fear on something that is so unlikely to happen to any one of them just shows how politically useful it's been for those who would manipulate the public.
He's far from the only one who has reported this - an awful lot of very credible people have - people who have nothing to gain and everything to lose by even mentioning it.
So there is something going on.
I think people are remiss by dismissing people who report this stuff and labelling them as "crazy." History is full of examples of people reporting on anomalies and being called crazy only to find these anomalies accepted as fact later on.
Why not a badge for system building, or tech troubleshooting?
I love video games, but scouting isn't about sitting in your home playing video games.
You know, the first thought I had when I read this was: as soon as this goes live there will be a rash of hot women mowed down on the street...
With your aptly demonstrated lightning fast reasoning and judgment skills, I think you'll go far in life my friend...
Have you ever considered politics?
The city should be smacked upside the head for sure over this case, but not for the "reason" you mentioned - and while your smacking hand is still warm, smack yourself one for not reading "the links or anything else" and then commenting that "it needs to be said," and clearly not understanding Child's job (or seemingly much else about this case).
I agree. It's disgusting too.
Wish there was a way for the people to organize and pass judgement on these sorts of criminal organizations....Of course, if the people could deal with criminal organizations effectively, then we'd likely have 4/5ths of the government locked up as well...
First off, Usenet isn't the source, and Giganews isn't usenet, it's only a provider.
It's funny that you think usenet is the source. It's about as accurate as saying "or they could just shut down the INTERNET and get rid of the SOURCE for most of the priated content.."
As far as your intended meaning, IRC channels would be a bit closer to the "source," as that is where release groups are headquartered - but really the "source" is people within their own organization and the public.
Secondly, usenet has a LOT of uses, binaries are only one of them - and it's one that isn't anywhere near mainstream consciousness, thankfully - because if it were, I think we'd see more of a drive to fight it from these corporations. As it stands there are procedures for having materials removed.
Third, do we really want a corporation to have the power to destroy something like usenet? Usenet is awesome, historic.
I do worry that the internet's days (as we know it) are numbered unfortunately. Current authoritarian western governments cannot abide the freedom on information and organization that the internet allows. They will find a way to ruin it, and above all else I think that freedom on the web has to be protected at all costs.
Despite any posturing, It's their fucking wet dream to be able to do it here too.
Mixing viruses and genes in order to "cure" something seems like the sort of situation that is bound to end up with unintended consequences.
Viruses are masters at what they do: adapt and proliferate.
Maybe I have read too many books or watched too many movies, but I wonder what the possibilities are for this to mutate, or spread, or just go horribly wrong.
PS2 had a game called "The Getaway" that was a GTA3 type of open world crime shooter game, the map and landmarks/buildings were accurate to the real streets of London, (at least, that's what I remember) and it was actually quite a fun game....
It hink the possibilities for a London GTA storyline would be endless. They could have the typical london mob boss, like in Guy Ritchie movies, or, they could make it contemporary or set it in the days of the Krays.
I mean, they've done LA, Miami, and New York...London seems like the obvious choice.
WHy not have both. Redundancy is a good thing when it comes to this sort of stuff.
I have to agree. MSE is really good.
I used to like AVG - I even deployed their network version on the servers and workstations at the company I run IT for, but for a home computer, in my experience for 99% of people Microsoft Security Essentials is the best AV. I like it a lot better than AVG, it;s got a smaller footprint (AVG seems to use a bit more resources than it did inprevious versions) and doesn't detect stuff quite as well. It's still very good.
A lot of people seem to like ESET, but I had issues with it using way more resources than I felt it should have needed.
Certainly *you* (meaning the parents) should have the right to interfere. ...but the state? FUCK THAT!
(Especially when it concerns a compeltely backwards political prosecution of CHILDREN over stupid photos consensually taken of each other, that in this case didn't even really have true nudity in most of them - it was a girl in bra and underwear in some - and charging said children as "sex offenders.")
Seriously, the stupidity and pettiness of some of these pwoer mad beaurocrats never ceases to amaze me.
Just because somebody died doesn't make it extreme negligence.
Was there negligence? Obviously, but the laws regarding this sort of thing differ by state, and checking my owners manuals, I don't see warnings of this sort lsited for Tennesee.
I don't think that the law or punishment for this particular case has more deterrent value than the actual outcome itself.
You said "Letting this guy get off scott free for extreme negligence opens the door for other stepfathers to "accidentally" leave a gun on the table cocked and loaded to get rid of the "nuisance" in their relationship."
Not imprisioning this guy does nothing of the sort. I don't think that your scenario is what went on here, and apparently the police don't either, because if they did the guy would have been charged - plus, there are all sorts of problems with your scenario, mainly that there is no guarantee that the child would shoot herself, pick the gun up, not shoot someone else...it's just stupid in my opinion.