I find the redaction to be one of the more fascinating memes since wikileaks did in fact redact the documents (which is why they took months to post) with the assistance of the 4th estate.... I see it as another example neither the media nor the state department are being entirely honest regarding how much harm these leaks actually do, which has been pretty minimal outside PR.
I think it would run better without him.. the guy is a douche... though with the figurehead gone various companies and governments would just start going after the other people... Assange DOES make a good lightning rod if nothing else....so maybe he does have a use.
Welcome to how precedent works ^_^ look for victims no one will bother defending and the legal framework is there for when you go after the ones that have defenders.
This makes me think of all that advice 'stupid kids' have been given lately about forwarding emails or posting on facebook... perhaps State Dept officials need to start listening? Normally they seem to treat the weight of the federal government as a blank check to do and say whatever they want yet still be protected by secrecy. Maybe having the same risk of embarrassment the rest of us have will give them a little empathy for all those little people they claim to be working for....
This is one of the complaints about ICE and DHS.. they tend to exempt themselves from silly things like courts and constitutional amendments because they claim things that cross the boarder are not protected. This is why they can do things like search your laptop without cause even though normal police can not do this.
Well, for starters, these sites were in other countries.. meaning the US is abusing it's power over ICANN to shut down websites that are not owned nor operated by its citizens and exist outside its boarders. There is also the issue of due process since they did this without notification or recourse... so basically implementing punishment without even talking to the people involved or even involving a real court of law.
The depressing/frustrating thing here is I have actually been pondering going back to school to get a higher degree, but the process of convincing them to let me in is... well... a hurdle. This piece makes me wonder how many of the other applicants have had a bit of 'help' with things like entrance essays or even just getting their previous degree.
A variant of that idea I rather liked. I had a professor who liked to give 'tests of 2'... i.e. every answer on the test was '2'.... but better show your work.
See, more attention I can see.. that is a media issue. However, a judge should not go to CNN to decide on sentencing. And let us not forget there are plenty of people out there who have lost jobs (or not gotten them) due to background checks that can look inside people's accounts... yet not only are those not punished, they are somehow legal. So simply saying it 'effected their job prospect' does not automatically make the case unique....
Well, I imagine the 'random person' cares quite a bit, but because they do not have political power the crime should not be considered as serious? Crimes against popular people are more important? And I would disagree that killing a 5 year old is worse then killing a 30 year old.. the kid's life is no more valuable or precious. Kill a random person and their age or popularity should not decide what sentence you get.
So this kid gets a year in prison... but most cases like this will not even get a return call from the police. I guess it is not just 'how much justice can you afford' but 'how much your victim can afford'.
Just because an acronym literally meant something at the time of its creation does not mean that it is being used that way today. Regardless of what the initials stand for, today 'PC' means an intel (or AMD) based consumer level machine running a Microsoft OS.
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Heh.... I remember running Windows 3.1 on a Mac IIsi via Soft PC ^_^
You could also buy x86 cards that you could plug into a Mac's buss and run Windows strait on intel hardware and get a pop-up window on the Mac Desktop.
I don't know.. I use two 16:9 monitors side by side for development and find it to be pretty useful. I can keep multiple code windows open side by side by side and still have plenty of space for output.
Auto insurance rates might have been lower before, but the social costs were much higher. I know a few people who were injured by other drivers before the mandatory insurance requirement... meaning no one was backing the driver and the effect they had on others, so the victims were left with perminate injuries and no way to pay for treatment.
Those plans only make sense if someone has lots of liquid assets in the first place, which is why they tend to be so popular among the upper middle class. I know plenty of people who only make about 15k per year..... so a multi thousand deductible might as well be no insurance at all.
Stopping buying all together will probably not help since they will just assume piracy and thus lobby to get more cut from consumer device sales.
If you really want to send a message only buy music from direct artist sales or small time places that are not pulling this shit. There are plenty of indy artists out there putting out good stuff that would be happy to take your money all for themselves.
And we have a winner. I am guessing this is exactly what is going on...getting a talking point for reelection since any retraction will probably be forgotten.. so instead of looking like an idiot who does not understand a very serious problem, he will get hailed as a diligent working trying to protect children.
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Just his general personal and PR behavior, interactions with the media, overstating and aggressive quotes. Stuff like that.
I find the redaction to be one of the more fascinating memes since wikileaks did in fact redact the documents (which is why they took months to post) with the assistance of the 4th estate.... I see it as another example neither the media nor the state department are being entirely honest regarding how much harm these leaks actually do, which has been pretty minimal outside PR.
I think it would run better without him.. the guy is a douche... though with the figurehead gone various companies and governments would just start going after the other people... Assange DOES make a good lightning rod if nothing else... .so maybe he does have a use.
Welcome to how precedent works ^_^ look for victims no one will bother defending and the legal framework is there for when you go after the ones that have defenders.
This makes me think of all that advice 'stupid kids' have been given lately about forwarding emails or posting on facebook... perhaps State Dept officials need to start listening? Normally they seem to treat the weight of the federal government as a blank check to do and say whatever they want yet still be protected by secrecy. Maybe having the same risk of embarrassment the rest of us have will give them a little empathy for all those little people they claim to be working for....
This is one of the complaints about ICE and DHS.. they tend to exempt themselves from silly things like courts and constitutional amendments because they claim things that cross the boarder are not protected. This is why they can do things like search your laptop without cause even though normal police can not do this.
Well, for starters, these sites were in other countries.. meaning the US is abusing it's power over ICANN to shut down websites that are not owned nor operated by its citizens and exist outside its boarders. There is also the issue of due process since they did this without notification or recourse... so basically implementing punishment without even talking to the people involved or even involving a real court of law.
The depressing/frustrating thing here is I have actually been pondering going back to school to get a higher degree, but the process of convincing them to let me in is... well... a hurdle. This piece makes me wonder how many of the other applicants have had a bit of 'help' with things like entrance essays or even just getting their previous degree.
A variant of that idea I rather liked. I had a professor who liked to give 'tests of 2'... i.e. every answer on the test was '2'.... but better show your work.
Perhaps 'valued by society' would be a better way of putting it. Teachers might be valuable, society does not hold them in high regard.
See, more attention I can see.. that is a media issue. However, a judge should not go to CNN to decide on sentencing. And let us not forget there are plenty of people out there who have lost jobs (or not gotten them) due to background checks that can look inside people's accounts... yet not only are those not punished, they are somehow legal. So simply saying it 'effected their job prospect' does not automatically make the case unique....
Well, I imagine the 'random person' cares quite a bit, but because they do not have political power the crime should not be considered as serious? Crimes against popular people are more important?
And I would disagree that killing a 5 year old is worse then killing a 30 year old.. the kid's life is no more valuable or precious. Kill a random person and their age or popularity should not decide what sentence you get.
So this kid gets a year in prison... but most cases like this will not even get a return call from the police. I guess it is not just 'how much justice can you afford' but 'how much your victim can afford'.
For "P"rofessional (the legal, not social, definition) engineers the same is true in the US.
Ask any random person what it means? Outside the tech equivalent of grammar nazis and they will tell you a PC is a home computer running windows.
Incorrect. You can buy copies of OSX that can be installed on a fresh hard drive. Otherwise rebuilding with a fresh drive would be very tedious.
Just because an acronym literally meant something at the time of its creation does not mean that it is being used that way today. Regardless of what the initials stand for, today 'PC' means an intel (or AMD) based consumer level machine running a Microsoft OS.
Heh.... I remember running Windows 3.1 on a Mac IIsi via Soft PC ^_^ You could also buy x86 cards that you could plug into a Mac's buss and run Windows strait on intel hardware and get a pop-up window on the Mac Desktop.
In general, people who make 15k/year are not paying 800$/mo for insurance. Checking in my HR site, I am only paying 50$/mo through my company...
I don't know.. I use two 16:9 monitors side by side for development and find it to be pretty useful. I can keep multiple code windows open side by side by side and still have plenty of space for output.
Auto insurance rates might have been lower before, but the social costs were much higher. I know a few people who were injured by other drivers before the mandatory insurance requirement... meaning no one was backing the driver and the effect they had on others, so the victims were left with perminate injuries and no way to pay for treatment.
Those plans only make sense if someone has lots of liquid assets in the first place, which is why they tend to be so popular among the upper middle class. I know plenty of people who only make about 15k per year..... so a multi thousand deductible might as well be no insurance at all.
Actually, they only showed up when a neighbor's house was in danger. They let the animals in the house die.
Stopping buying all together will probably not help since they will just assume piracy and thus lobby to get more cut from consumer device sales.
If you really want to send a message only buy music from direct artist sales or small time places that are not pulling this shit. There are plenty of indy artists out there putting out good stuff that would be happy to take your money all for themselves.
And we have a winner. I am guessing this is exactly what is going on.. .getting a talking point for reelection since any retraction will probably be forgotten.. so instead of looking like an idiot who does not understand a very serious problem, he will get hailed as a diligent working trying to protect children.