The NSA is tasked with gathering foreign intelligence, and to accomplish that objective they sometimes have to decrypt encoded messages. How is the attempt to decrypt TOR traffic "illegal"? Is TOR only used by US citizens, for lawful purposes and between domestic end-points?
You mean I can run a server out of my home?! That's amazing!
How is this easier than spinning up a TurnkeyLinux appliance on an old Pentium 4 (or better) desktop you can get for free in almost any part of the country?
Let's see - I need to buy the RaspberryPi, a case, and a power brick at a (practical) minimum, which puts the system in the $75+ range - compared to a repurposed desktop that will cost around $0. Of course, the difference is in the monthly power bill - the old Pentium 4 desktop will use much more power. You could avoid that expense by running your appliances under, say, VirtualBox if you normally keep your desktop on 24x7....
Oh yeah, the TOS of most ISPs would preclude any server type work on a residential account, at least that is the case here in the US.
The cutoff date was also the end of the third quarter of 2013, and budgets have to be overrun or it would get cut next year (provided Congress and the President ever came up with a budget).
Close - it's actually the end of the fourth quarter of the 2013 fiscal year. October 1st is the first day of the 2014 fiscal year, and because there was no spending authorization to fund the government starting Oct. 1st, it shut down.
You are, of course, assuming that there are any major foreign telecom/computer networking manufacturers that haven't already rolled-over for the NSA in order to secure access to the very lucrative US telecom/computer networking markets...
If, as Rep. Holt apparently wishes, the NSA were to stop intercepting and decrypting electronic communication, what exactly is the point of the organization?
Their mission:
The National Security Agency/Central Security Service (NSA/CSS) leads the U.S. Government in cryptology that encompasses both Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) and Information Assurance (IA) products and services, and enables Computer Network Operations (CNO) in order to gain a decision advantage for the Nation and our allies under all circumstances.[Source}
Or is Rep. Holt insisting that the NSA not take shortcuts, and instead rely on brute-force decryption to somehow "level the playing field" and improve other country's opinion of us?
So the problem is we need to relocate millions and millions of people because of massive flooding, but we can't relocate those people to aprox. 33% of the uninhibited land mass because of a lack of water?
Sounds like the only thing holding back the previous poster's suggestion is a lack of desalination plants to provide fresh water to former desert regions, and as a result of the (anticipated) massive flooding, the pipelines could be quite short.
You can move lts ov people in a very short time, if you are really motivated - I seem to recall some studies that were carried out in the late 30's and early 40's that showed you could move millions and millions of people via the existing rail lines by repurposing existing rolling stock...
"I guess it was too much to expect someone posting as AC to actually click the link in the summary."
I guess it was too much to expect the editors at slashdot to a) know the difference between gigabit and gigabyte, and b) to check their own headline before they publish the story...
"I'm just sayin' a lot of people seem to be considering this a fact when in fact it was not proven in court. As such a jury would not be able to consider it as proof Zimmerman was not guilty.
By it's self, but combined with other evidence it can contribute to the decision to return a 'Not Guilty' verdict.
They were sent letters in advance of the election, were told that the state's records showed they were ineligible to vote, and provided with a means to appeal that decision. They were also able to vote provisionally in the upcoming election.
And they weren't all black.
But hey, aside from the inaccuracies and misrepresentations, good story.
She shot not the wall, endangered the lives of her children, and rather than stand her ground, she got away, returned, then fired the shots.
She was convicted of three assault charges, and because of the gun she used she got a mandated minimum sentence, after turning down a plea deal that would have resulted in a 2 year, not a 20 year sentence.
I just saw the movie, it was funny, my 16 year-old son really enjoyed it.
This isn't high art, it's a summer comedy. That it is set on Google's campus doesn't mean it is (or should even be considered) an accurate depiction of what goes on at Google w/r/t internships.
Personally, I found the movie entertaining, but a bit too much like "Dodgeball" for my taste - the plot line is very similar, including a near dodgeball-like Quidich match where contestants throw red rubber balls at opposing team mates to "take them out" of the game...
And the misfit band of outsiders that...
Well, if you've seen Dodgeball, this movie will seem familiar. It's worth seeing, I enjoyed it.
They wanted to pass on to the AP the cost of retrieving the tapes from their off-site storage facility, hire a couple dozen additional workers for a month to pour over the data on the tapes, and other crazy costs.
They are not allowed to pass on those costs, they are only allowed to pass on reasonable copier costs after the first 100 pages.
But hey, that's just the law - no need to sticklers about it!
Why did you start the Computer Club? Was it because you and a few friends wanted to start one, or was there some burning issue/need that no one else in the community/school were addressing?
I'm gonna go out on a limb and guess it's the first one, and I will go even further and speculate that it was an idea shared by you and three of your friends.
Successful groups form when they address needs, concerns or interests of a number of people - what are the needs, concerns or interests of the students in your high school? I'm a bit perplexed that you expect total strangers to suggest to you what your schoolmates are interested in...
Do you want to offer to help the school better-manage their computer resources (like so-called A-V Clubs used to do a few decades ago)?
Do you want to meet to discuss the latest computer games? Hardware advances?
Do you have some ability to attract industry leaders/spokespeople to come and speak to your group?
Do you want to marshal resources to assist some deserving charity?
Because once one administration starts something, the next administration is obliged to continue it...
It WAS a waste to spend federal dollars to add Km/hr speed limits to ALL signs, and the effort/expense of replacing a few speed limit signs was a big cost savings over finishing the conversion of all signs to include metric speed limits.
If Apple is deluged with requests for what is, most likely, a free service they offer is there any doubt they won't.make it easier for law enforcement/Apple by either offering CSI labs 'DIY' kits OR training an AppleGenius at each store to do it on-demand?
Nixon was going to be impeached for using the IRS to target his political enemies... Lucky thing for Obama some nameless, blameless low-level employee did this!
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Were the strikes based on the interviews with the suspect in the mainstream media over the course of the last year since the attack occurred?
The NSA is tasked with gathering foreign intelligence, and to accomplish that objective they sometimes have to decrypt encoded messages. How is the attempt to decrypt TOR traffic "illegal"? Is TOR only used by US citizens, for lawful purposes and between domestic end-points?
Oh, wait, isn't that kinda their job? The value of TOR lies in it's inability to be cracked, why is anyone surprised that the NSA tried to crack it?
Now, if the report was that the NSA had been able to successfully crack TOR that would be noteworthy...
You mean I can run a server out of my home?! That's amazing!
How is this easier than spinning up a TurnkeyLinux appliance on an old Pentium 4 (or better) desktop you can get for free in almost any part of the country?
Let's see - I need to buy the RaspberryPi, a case, and a power brick at a (practical) minimum, which puts the system in the $75+ range - compared to a repurposed desktop that will cost around $0. Of course, the difference is in the monthly power bill - the old Pentium 4 desktop will use much more power. You could avoid that expense by running your appliances under, say, VirtualBox if you normally keep your desktop on 24x7....
Oh yeah, the TOS of most ISPs would preclude any server type work on a residential account, at least that is the case here in the US.
Close - it's actually the end of the fourth quarter of the 2013 fiscal year. October 1st is the first day of the 2014 fiscal year, and because there was no spending authorization to fund the government starting Oct. 1st, it shut down.
You are, of course, assuming that there are any major foreign telecom/computer networking manufacturers that haven't already rolled-over for the NSA in order to secure access to the very lucrative US telecom/computer networking markets...
If, as Rep. Holt apparently wishes, the NSA were to stop intercepting and decrypting electronic communication, what exactly is the point of the organization?
Their mission:
Or is Rep. Holt insisting that the NSA not take shortcuts, and instead rely on brute-force decryption to somehow "level the playing field" and improve other country's opinion of us?
A lot of taxpayer dollars go into providing that "free" weather data - about $5.1BN this current fiscal year (FY 2013).
Ewww - relocate to a region between the Appalachian and Rocky Mountains? They'd likely rather drown...
So the problem is we need to relocate millions and millions of people because of massive flooding, but we can't relocate those people to aprox. 33% of the uninhibited land mass because of a lack of water?
Sounds like the only thing holding back the previous poster's suggestion is a lack of desalination plants to provide fresh water to former desert regions, and as a result of the (anticipated) massive flooding, the pipelines could be quite short.
The problem provides it's own solution!
Should read 'lots of people'...
You can move lts ov people in a very short time, if you are really motivated - I seem to recall some studies that were carried out in the late 30's and early 40's that showed you could move millions and millions of people via the existing rail lines by repurposing existing rolling stock...
Yes, guessing always has, and always will be, easier than deriving the correct answer.
I guess it was too much to expect the editors at slashdot to a) know the difference between gigabit and gigabyte, and b) to check their own headline before they publish the story...
By it's self, but combined with other evidence it can contribute to the decision to return a 'Not Guilty' verdict.
They were sent letters in advance of the election, were told that the state's records showed they were ineligible to vote, and provided with a means to appeal that decision. They were also able to vote provisionally in the upcoming election.
And they weren't all black.
But hey, aside from the inaccuracies and misrepresentations, good story.
She shot not the wall, endangered the lives of her children, and rather than stand her ground, she got away, returned, then fired the shots.
She was convicted of three assault charges, and because of the gun she used she got a mandated minimum sentence, after turning down a plea deal that would have resulted in a 2 year, not a 20 year sentence.
Just pipe twitter through a Tor server...
I just saw the movie, it was funny, my 16 year-old son really enjoyed it.
This isn't high art, it's a summer comedy. That it is set on Google's campus doesn't mean it is (or should even be considered) an accurate depiction of what goes on at Google w/r/t internships.
Personally, I found the movie entertaining, but a bit too much like "Dodgeball" for my taste - the plot line is very similar, including a near dodgeball-like Quidich match where contestants throw red rubber balls at opposing team mates to "take them out" of the game...
And the misfit band of outsiders that...
Well, if you've seen Dodgeball, this movie will seem familiar. It's worth seeing, I enjoyed it.
They wanted to pass on to the AP the cost of retrieving the tapes from their off-site storage facility, hire a couple dozen additional workers for a month to pour over the data on the tapes, and other crazy costs.
They are not allowed to pass on those costs, they are only allowed to pass on reasonable copier costs after the first 100 pages.
But hey, that's just the law - no need to sticklers about it!
"Find a need and fill it"
Why did you start the Computer Club? Was it because you and a few friends wanted to start one, or was there some burning issue/need that no one else in the community/school were addressing?
I'm gonna go out on a limb and guess it's the first one, and I will go even further and speculate that it was an idea shared by you and three of your friends.
Successful groups form when they address needs, concerns or interests of a number of people - what are the needs, concerns or interests of the students in your high school? I'm a bit perplexed that you expect total strangers to suggest to you what your schoolmates are interested in...
"Find a need and fill it"
Seriously? What the heck do you do for a living that requires you to figure out the percentage of a yard/meter?
I've walked this planet for nearly half a century, and I have never, not even in a word problem in math class, been asked to make such a calculation.
Because once one administration starts something, the next administration is obliged to continue it...
It WAS a waste to spend federal dollars to add Km/hr speed limits to ALL signs, and the effort/expense of replacing a few speed limit signs was a big cost savings over finishing the conversion of all signs to include metric speed limits.
If Apple is deluged with requests for what is, most likely, a free service they offer is there any doubt they won't.make it easier for law enforcement/Apple by either offering CSI labs 'DIY' kits OR training an AppleGenius at each store to do it on-demand?
Nixon was going to be impeached for using the IRS to target his political enemies... Lucky thing for Obama some nameless, blameless low-level employee did this!