No kidding, it took me a minute to figure out how the state of "Internet Protocol" has changed and how the summary was refering to "Internet Protocol" until I realized that wasn't the IP they were refering to.
Because in this country, corporations have the same rights as a person. Which in this country, gives them more rights then any non citizen. Pretty sick isn't it.
"Want a safe websurfing session? Easy just take out that little cables in the back of your computer, the power, the network and the keyboard one would do for starters."
I would think that pulling the power cable would make pulling the rest of the cables overkill.
"The new, Internet-connected and secure players will report any "hack" and the device can be disabled remotely."
What if I as the consumer don't hook up my internet connection to it? Will it then not play a video at all, or does it have to download an encryption key each time it plays a disc? Don't think I will buy one, in addition to other reasons, I don't like my stuff spying on me forcibly, by forcing me to hook it up to the internet so that "they" can monitor my video viewing habits.
Cause when I want to tinker with something, especially when its hardware that I buy and own, I tinker with it. Any prevention of such activities will result in me not purchasing said equipement.
"Contrast that with our current system where our inteligence services house clothe and feed you until you are released back to your home country, from there you are allowed to start shooting at US servicemen again and you get another round of spa treatement at GITMO."
I have beed to a few spas, and I wouldn't classify GITMO as equal to even the most run down and dirtiest spas out there. Now if they were being held at Diego Garcia, that would be a different story.
"Just to give you a sense of just how badly FEMA has f*cked up.
Posted by Clark Warner on September 3, 2005 - 9:25pm.
This is beyond my comprehension and after spending two frustrating days trying to just get someone to let us help we've FINALLY been told we can conduct "renegade" boat rescues via the just concluded press conference that Gov. Blanco just held.
Why is this JUST NOW being allowed? Well let's start from the very beginning as relayed to me.
On Wednesday morning a group of approximately 1,000 citizens pulling 500 boats left the Acadiana Mall in Lafayette in the early morning and headed to New Orleans with a police escort from the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Department. The flotillia of trucks pulling boats stretched over FIVE miles. This citizen rescue group was organized by La. State Senator, Nick Gautreaux from Vermilion Parish. The group was comprised of experienced boaters, licensed fishermen and hunters, people who have spent their entire adult life and teenage years on the waterways of Louisiana.
The State Police waved the flotillia of trucks/boats through the barricades in LaPlace and we sped into New Orleans via I-10 until past the airport and near the Clearview exit. At that time they were stopped by agents of the La. Dept. of Wildlife & Fisheries. A young DWF agent strolled through the boats and told approximately half of the citizens that their boats were too large because the water had dropped during the night and that they should turn around and go home.
They were pulling a large (24ft) shallow draft aluminum boat that can safely carry 12 passengers and had ramp access which would allow the elderly and infirm to have easier access to the boat. They then politely informed the DWF agent that the local and national media had consistently reported that the water level had risen during the night which contradicted his statement to them that the water was dropping and no boat over 16ft. in length would be allowed to participate in rescue operations.
They then specifically asked the DWF agent that they (and other citizens in the flotillia) be allowed to go to the hospitals and help evacuate the sick and the doctors and nurses stranded there. They offered to bring these people back to Lafayette, in our own vehicles, in order to ensure that they received proper and prompt medical care.
The DWF agent did not want to hear this and ordered them home -- ALL FIVE HUNDRED BOATS. They complied with the DWF agent's orders, turned around and headed back to Lafayette along with half of the flotillia. However, two friends were pulling a smaller 15ft alumaweld with a 25 hp. The DWF agents let them through to proceed to the rescue operation launch site.
They were allowed to drive to the launch site where the La. Dept. of Wildlife and Fisheries were launching their rescue operations (via boat). They reported to me that there were over 200 DWF agents just standing around and doing nothing. They were kept there for approximately 3 hours. During that time they observed a large number of DWF agents doing absolutely nothing. Why? After three hours had passed they were told that they were not needed and should go home. They complied with the DWF's orders and turned around and went home to Lafayette.
Watching CNN later that night, there was a telephone interview with a Nurse trapped in Charity Hospital in New Orleans. She said that there were over 1,000 people trapped inside of the hospital and that the doctors and nurses had zero medical supplies, no diesel to run the generators and that only three people had been rescued from the hospital since the Hurricane hit!
I can't come up with one logical reason why the DWF sent this large group of 500 boats/1000 men home when we surely could h
"NAGIN: You know the reason why the looters got out of control? Because we had most of our resources saving people, thousands of people that were stuck in attics, man, old ladies.... You pull off the doggone ventilator vent and you look down there and they're standing in there in water up to their freaking necks.
And they don't have a clue what's going on down here. They flew down here one time two days after the doggone event was over with TV cameras, AP reporters, all kind of goddamn -- excuse my French everybody in America, but I am pissed.
WWL: Did you say to the president of the United States, "I need the military in here"?
NAGIN: I said, "I need everything."
"
He seemed pretty upset with the national response to me.
The defendants memorandum of law will certainly force the *AA's lawyers and investigators to do much better work in future lawsuits, (assuming the mom will have the case dismissed due to lack of evidence) she got herself a good lawyer from what I read in the memorandums. I think their list of prior judgements is longer then the Plaintiffs rebuttal was. The law firm that the mom hired has some good clerks.
Here's my take on it, as a US citizen:
The US spends itself into debt while boosting the economies of all the other nations.
The US leads the world in the consumption of everyday consumables.
The US leads the world in the consumption of luxuries.
The US led the world in scientific research and invented everything from cars to the Internet almost single-handed(after importing a large number of great minds).
The US is a world centre for the arts (again, after importing a large number of great minds).
Possibly, considering unemployment statistics are based on the number of people without work that are seeking employment. Those that are not seeking employment(bums, 20 somethings living in their parents basements playing video games not seeking a job or going to the unemployment office, etc) are not counted in the unemployed workers numbers. Its a basic fact of economics.
"...video games increases aggressive thoughts, aggressive behavior and angry feelings..."
funny thing is, the violent video games never brought out those feelings in me, it was usually the (non-violent) puzzle type games that required a specific sequence of 25+ movements/actions or you would have to start over again from the very beginning that would increase my aggressive thoughts and angry feelings, especially when a mistake was made at the end of the puzzle and I would have to start again through the whole thing again.
What's really funny is, I remember when illegal file sharing was accomplished via an FTP site. Before that it was Newsgroups(and in some cases still is). The media never jumped on those distribution methods and labeled them evil. How is BitTorrent any different? They all have legitimate and illegitimate reasons to use them. Hell, I just used BitTorrent to get the latest version of FreeBSD.
"In Germany, they first came for the communists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a communist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist. Then they came for the Catholics and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Catholic. Then they came for me -- and by that time there was nobody left to speak up."
-Martin Niemoller
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No kidding, it took me a minute to figure out how the state of "Internet Protocol" has changed and how the summary was refering to "Internet Protocol" until I realized that wasn't the IP they were refering to.
You are talking about locking up the politicians right???/?//
Last I heard, prisoners don't have rights(I'm making no judgement on if that is right or wrong)
Because in this country, corporations have the same rights as a person. Which in this country, gives them more rights then any non citizen. Pretty sick isn't it.
I would think that pulling the power cable would make pulling the rest of the cables overkill.
Would you expect any less from FEMA?"
Would you expect anything else from the government?
I had no idea that CA could hold patents....
What if I as the consumer don't hook up my internet connection to it? Will it then not play a video at all, or does it have to download an encryption key each time it plays a disc? Don't think I will buy one, in addition to other reasons, I don't like my stuff spying on me forcibly, by forcing me to hook it up to the internet so that "they" can monitor my video viewing habits.
Cause when I want to tinker with something, especially when its hardware that I buy and own, I tinker with it. Any prevention of such activities will result in me not purchasing said equipement.
Why the insult to baboons?
I have beed to a few spas, and I wouldn't classify GITMO as equal to even the most run down and dirtiest spas out there. Now if they were being held at Diego Garcia, that would be a different story.
Possible replacements include Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales
Based on his past memos, that would be one of the scariest things for human rights as a whole.
It would be real helpful if they were allowed in to try and help.
From http://securingamerica.com/ccn/node/371
"Just to give you a sense of just how badly FEMA has f*cked up.
Posted by Clark Warner on September 3, 2005 - 9:25pm.
This is beyond my comprehension and after spending two frustrating days trying to just get someone to let us help we've FINALLY been told we can conduct "renegade" boat rescues via the just concluded press conference that Gov. Blanco just held.
Why is this JUST NOW being allowed? Well let's start from the very beginning as relayed to me.
On Wednesday morning a group of approximately 1,000 citizens pulling 500 boats left the Acadiana Mall in Lafayette in the early morning and headed to New Orleans with a police escort from the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Department. The flotillia of trucks pulling boats stretched over FIVE miles. This citizen rescue group was organized by La. State Senator, Nick Gautreaux from Vermilion Parish. The group was comprised of experienced boaters, licensed fishermen and hunters, people who have spent their entire adult life and teenage years on the waterways of Louisiana.
The State Police waved the flotillia of trucks/boats through the barricades in LaPlace and we sped into New Orleans via I-10 until past the airport and near the Clearview exit. At that time they were stopped by agents of the La. Dept. of Wildlife & Fisheries. A young DWF agent strolled through the boats and told approximately half of the citizens that their boats were too large because the water had dropped during the night and that they should turn around and go home.
They were pulling a large (24ft) shallow draft aluminum boat that can safely carry 12 passengers and had ramp access which would allow the elderly and infirm to have easier access to the boat. They then politely informed the DWF agent that the local and national media had consistently reported that the water level had risen during the night which contradicted his statement to them that the water was dropping and no boat over 16ft. in length would be allowed to participate in rescue operations.
They then specifically asked the DWF agent that they (and other citizens in the flotillia) be allowed to go to the hospitals and help evacuate the sick and the doctors and nurses stranded there. They offered to bring these people back to Lafayette, in our own vehicles, in order to ensure that they received proper and prompt medical care.
The DWF agent did not want to hear this and ordered them home -- ALL FIVE HUNDRED BOATS. They complied with the DWF agent's orders, turned around and headed back to Lafayette along with half of the flotillia. However, two friends were pulling a smaller 15ft alumaweld with a 25 hp. The DWF agents let them through to proceed to the rescue operation launch site.
They were allowed to drive to the launch site where the La. Dept. of Wildlife and Fisheries were launching their rescue operations (via boat). They reported to me that there were over 200 DWF agents just standing around and doing nothing. They were kept there for approximately 3 hours. During that time they observed a large number of DWF agents doing absolutely nothing. Why? After three hours had passed they were told that they were not needed and should go home. They complied with the DWF's orders and turned around and went home to Lafayette.
Watching CNN later that night, there was a telephone interview with a Nurse trapped in Charity Hospital in New Orleans. She said that there were over 1,000 people trapped inside of the hospital and that the doctors and nurses had zero medical supplies, no diesel to run the generators and that only three people had been rescued from the hospital since the Hurricane hit!
I can't come up with one logical reason why the DWF sent this large group of 500 boats/1000 men home when we surely could h
"NAGIN: You know the reason why the looters got out of control? Because we had most of our resources saving people, thousands of people that were stuck in attics, man, old ladies. ... You pull off the doggone ventilator vent and you look down there and they're standing in there in water up to their freaking necks.
And they don't have a clue what's going on down here. They flew down here one time two days after the doggone event was over with TV cameras, AP reporters, all kind of goddamn -- excuse my French everybody in America, but I am pissed.
WWL: Did you say to the president of the United States, "I need the military in here"?
NAGIN: I said, "I need everything."
"
He seemed pretty upset with the national response to me.
The defendants memorandum of law will certainly force the *AA's lawyers and investigators to do much better work in future lawsuits, (assuming the mom will have the case dismissed due to lack of evidence) she got herself a good lawyer from what I read in the memorandums. I think their list of prior judgements is longer then the Plaintiffs rebuttal was. The law firm that the mom hired has some good clerks.
SO, is Bill admitting that his company is evil then?
Here's my take on it, as a US citizen: The US spends itself into debt while boosting the economies of all the other nations. The US leads the world in the consumption of everyday consumables. The US leads the world in the consumption of luxuries. The US led the world in scientific research and invented everything from cars to the Internet almost single-handed(after importing a large number of great minds). The US is a world centre for the arts (again, after importing a large number of great minds).
As one of the many people that go through life with the last name Madden, I am tired of the game and the use of my name to promote a product.
Possibly, considering unemployment statistics are based on the number of people without work that are seeking employment. Those that are not seeking employment(bums, 20 somethings living in their parents basements playing video games not seeking a job or going to the unemployment office, etc) are not counted in the unemployed workers numbers. Its a basic fact of economics.
funny thing is, the violent video games never brought out those feelings in me, it was usually the (non-violent) puzzle type games that required a specific sequence of 25+ movements/actions or you would have to start over again from the very beginning that would increase my aggressive thoughts and angry feelings, especially when a mistake was made at the end of the puzzle and I would have to start again through the whole thing again.
What's really funny is, I remember when illegal file sharing was accomplished via an FTP site. Before that it was Newsgroups(and in some cases still is). The media never jumped on those distribution methods and labeled them evil. How is BitTorrent any different? They all have legitimate and illegitimate reasons to use them. Hell, I just used BitTorrent to get the latest version of FreeBSD.
I thought that this was the issue the FCC was confronting in this story.
You mean the budding police state to the south?
"In Germany, they first came for the communists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a communist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist.
Then they came for the Catholics and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Catholic.
Then they came for me -- and by that time there was nobody left to speak up."
-Martin Niemoller
Now I'm curious, can I boot windows off my 1Gb CF card from my camera?