There's been plenty of information about the NSA's program for more than TEN years. U.S. Citizens, however, trusted that their government was doing the right thing when the NSA was constructing its electronic dragnet because it was right after 9/11. People are also too busy living their lives to get involved until it's often too late and the damage has been done.
NYT article from 2002: http://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/09/politics/09COMP.html
Mac Pro’s flash internal storage will offer an astoundingly fast 1.25GBps reads and 1.0GBps writes. That's great, but is this a sign of things to come? Like a Macbook Pro with PCIe flash? Oh, the possibilities...
According to a 2011 Pew study, more than 40 percent of ex-cons commit crimes within three years of their release and wind up back behind bars.
As reported on BBC Radio in 2005, the recidivism rates for released prisoners in the U.S. is 60% compared with 50% in the United Kingdom.
According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics of nearly 300,000 prisoners released in 15 states in 1994, 67.5% were rearrested within 3 years. A study of prisoners released in 1983 estimated 62.5%.
In general, U.S. prisons offer very little to inmates that would keep them from repeating crimes once they're released. Perhaps we should rethink this strategy?
Massachusetts' expertise at finding new things to tax is only surpassed by its ability to spend like drunken sailors. Case in point, the Central Artery/Tunnel Project in Boston, also known as Big Dig. The project, begun in the 1990s and completed in 2004, was the most expensive highway project in the U.S.
When construction began, the Big Dig's cost was estimated at $5.8 billion. Eventual cost overruns were so high that the chairman of the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority, James Kerasiotes, was fired in 2000.The total expenses eventually passed $15 billion. Interest brought this cost to $21.93 billion. So, almost a 400% cost overrun. Oh, and BTW, the tunnels have been falling apart lately. One person was already killed by falling ceiling panels, and remediation work has been flourishing.
Support your local electronics outlet. I buy all my audio and computer cables from You-Do-It Electronics in Needham, Mass. Not only do they have the least expensive, largest variety of cables, they also have actual experts on hand to help -- and no, they don't sell Monster.
Peace talks. LBJ escalated American involvement in the Vietnam War, from 16,000 American advisors/soldiers in 1963 to 550,000 combat troops by early 1968. And Johnson wants to blame someone else for sabotaging peace talks. Go sell the Brooklyn Bridge to someone else.
WOW. This is a momentous occasion! I've been moded a Troll for questioning the value of Tesla to the automobile marketplace. I've never been moded a troll. And, I didn't even try. Yeehaw! I should actually try trolling and see how I do.
But people don't post stories about Ferraris on mainstream publication's websites. And, you say THIS is the sort of tech most people will be driving a few years from now. Well, so is the Chevy Volt or any other all-electric vehicle. Why aren't stories being splashed all over the Internet about those? That's what most people will be driving.
I just think this Tesla company is getting all a lot of hype for a car that the overwhelming majority of people won't be able to afford.
I don't understand why everyone is so gaga over these Tesla's. Is it a beautiful car? Yeah. Is it well made? Yeah. But, the base price remains at $57,400. This is not a car for the masses. It's like writing about an all-electric Mercedes. Who cares?
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There's been plenty of information about the NSA's program for more than TEN years. U.S. Citizens, however, trusted that their government was doing the right thing when the NSA was constructing its electronic dragnet because it was right after 9/11. People are also too busy living their lives to get involved until it's often too late and the damage has been done. NYT article from 2002: http://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/09/politics/09COMP.html
Soylent Green Is People! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zAFA-hamZ0
Mac Pro’s flash internal storage will offer an astoundingly fast 1.25GBps reads and 1.0GBps writes. That's great, but is this a sign of things to come? Like a Macbook Pro with PCIe flash? Oh, the possibilities...
Just learned a new word: Panopticon. And, how frighteningly accurate it is in describing our government's intelligence activities as of late.
It could have been any liquid with similar viscosity.
"How do you think you'd feel if you knew you were on top of two million parts built by the lowest bidder in a government contract?"
the coolest astronaut ever. (And one heck of a good singer too).
We must consider the facts. Since Sept. 11, 2001, SEVENTEEN Americans have been killed in domestic terrorist attacks, according to the Global Terrorism Database. If that's not reason enough to set up a nationwide network of surveillance cameras recording our every public act, I don't know what would be. We must protect the 0.0000056 percenters of our population from terrorism. http://www.start.umd.edu/gtd/search/Results.aspx?chart=country&casualties_type=f&casualties_max=&start_yearonly=1970&end_yearonly=2010&dtp2=all&country=217
The public video taping police abusing their authority. For that you'll arrest citizens. While a no brainer that we can video tape police in public, it had to go to the Supreme Court yet again to be upheld yet again. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-supreme-court-rejects-plea-to-prohibit-taping-of-police-20121126,0,686331.story
My friends and I used to sit for hours and watch those flying monkeys on leashes go round and round.
It's two dimensional and has depictions of water falls on all sides.
Meh.
According to a 2011 Pew study, more than 40 percent of ex-cons commit crimes within three years of their release and wind up back behind bars. As reported on BBC Radio in 2005, the recidivism rates for released prisoners in the U.S. is 60% compared with 50% in the United Kingdom. According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics of nearly 300,000 prisoners released in 15 states in 1994, 67.5% were rearrested within 3 years. A study of prisoners released in 1983 estimated 62.5%. In general, U.S. prisons offer very little to inmates that would keep them from repeating crimes once they're released. Perhaps we should rethink this strategy?
Massachusetts' expertise at finding new things to tax is only surpassed by its ability to spend like drunken sailors. Case in point, the Central Artery/Tunnel Project in Boston, also known as Big Dig. The project, begun in the 1990s and completed in 2004, was the most expensive highway project in the U.S. When construction began, the Big Dig's cost was estimated at $5.8 billion. Eventual cost overruns were so high that the chairman of the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority, James Kerasiotes, was fired in 2000.The total expenses eventually passed $15 billion. Interest brought this cost to $21.93 billion. So, almost a 400% cost overrun. Oh, and BTW, the tunnels have been falling apart lately. One person was already killed by falling ceiling panels, and remediation work has been flourishing.
Support your local electronics outlet. I buy all my audio and computer cables from You-Do-It Electronics in Needham, Mass. Not only do they have the least expensive, largest variety of cables, they also have actual experts on hand to help -- and no, they don't sell Monster.
Hey! Watch it buddy. Those facts hurt feelings, you know.
Oh, so you must be an LBJ fan, you know, the Democrat who sent a half million troops into Vietnam. Get a clue.
Peace talks. LBJ escalated American involvement in the Vietnam War, from 16,000 American advisors/soldiers in 1963 to 550,000 combat troops by early 1968. And Johnson wants to blame someone else for sabotaging peace talks. Go sell the Brooklyn Bridge to someone else.
I shouldn't keep pointing my 1W Wicked Laser at passing airliners? Where's the fun in that?
We're entering into the age of the Minority Report.
After all, Obama was nominated for one just 12 days after he took office. They're handing them out like candy these days.
I'm so sorry, anonymous coward. I'll go back to the fields with the other serfs.
WOW. This is a momentous occasion! I've been moded a Troll for questioning the value of Tesla to the automobile marketplace. I've never been moded a troll. And, I didn't even try. Yeehaw! I should actually try trolling and see how I do.
But people don't post stories about Ferraris on mainstream publication's websites. And, you say THIS is the sort of tech most people will be driving a few years from now. Well, so is the Chevy Volt or any other all-electric vehicle. Why aren't stories being splashed all over the Internet about those? That's what most people will be driving. I just think this Tesla company is getting all a lot of hype for a car that the overwhelming majority of people won't be able to afford.
I don't understand why everyone is so gaga over these Tesla's. Is it a beautiful car? Yeah. Is it well made? Yeah. But, the base price remains at $57,400. This is not a car for the masses. It's like writing about an all-electric Mercedes. Who cares?