Generally, when I'm trying to stay off the grid to avoid the police, I don't retain an attorney and offer to come in for questioning. But, hey, that's just me, he may have discovered a new way to go incognito.
Indeed, he might have used them, but I haven't seen any credible reports to back the idea that it was even sexual assault. And the original prosecutor seemed to agree seeing as he didn't even bother to interview Assange when offered.
I did see reports that one of the women is a radical feminist, not sure what part, if any, that might have played in this whole thing. Radical feminists aren't exactly world renowned for their belief in fair play when it comes to men. It wouldn't surprise me at all if she wasn't using him for her own political gain separate from this whole Wikileaks thing.
I don't think at this stage that they're really trying to take down Amazon, just send a message. If they really wanted to screw with Amazon, they'd be targetting the DNS servers and routers which allow traffic to get to Amazon. Or they'd be throwing a hell of a lot more traffic there way. This is just a way of tapping them and suggesting that this sort of flip flop whoring can be costly.
No, this proves that being worthless scum whores might have some consequences. Mastercard, PayPal, Visa, EveryDNS and Amazon were all perfectly happy taking the money, they knew what they were taking money for and then chose later on to flip flop on the issue. Of those, EveryDNS is probably the only one with a halfway reasonable excuse, the others were happy with the money as long as they didn't need any spine.
Indeed, this is at best social engineering, and even that's questionable given that most of the people know perfectly well what's going on and are participating because they believe in it not in spite of their beliefs.
You don't have to. You could fight Wikileaks or you could stay out of it entirely. So, with three basic realms of possibility, I'd say that freedom still exists. Freedom does not ensure that all possibilities are particularly appetizing.
I'm always surprised at what sites seem to have Google tracking, as far as I can tell it's not just sites with ads either. I sincerely hope that's just a configuration error with Ghostery.
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Not really, my PNY GeForce 9400GT has two DVI ports and no VGA ports. They just included an adapter in the package for anybody that needed to go with VGA.
Plus, since when is Intel a legitimate vendor of graphics chips? They haven't released a decent card in at least a decade.
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Essentially yes, but HDMI adds additional features. Sound and DRM support being the main drivers. Personally, when I want a TV with DVI, I just go for a monitor with HDTV support. Mine has DVI, HDMI and VGA.
Admittedly, I've never seen lost, not even one episode, but it can't possibly be more pointless than a lot of that reality programming crap. Especially the ones where they follow around some rich folks doing stupid things. Or the ones where they make fun of hicks for not knowing about birth control and tubal ligation.
That can lead to awkwardness at times. I remember at a former job having somebody from the real NCIS show up and it was kind of awkward when I had to admit that I had no idea why anybody would comment on TV programming as a result.
Yes, but 2 weeks isn't a particularly compelling argument for going legal. Personally, it doesn't bother me, but the studios when they engage in this sort of thing aren't doing themselves any favors. It's far too common for material to be available prior to the release. For things like Lost and the Sopranos when they were still on, not seeing it the same day pretty much assured that you would have it spoiled before you got to watch it.
Which ones specifically? In fact, I challenge you to name even one theory that isn't testable. And String theory doesn't count. It's about as scientific as Astrology.
No. What might have to happen is an adjustment to the classification system used, but they wouldn't be plants.
These would almost certainly still be some form of animal, they might end up being moved around, but in general plants don't relocate themselves at will in search of food.
But, unlike Vietnam, we had little choice to avoid WWII. It was pretty clear that things were going to come to the US eventually. And allowing Hitler to take Europe would've just provided him with time and resources to come for the rest of the world. Just look at how much he was able to take out with only a portion of Europe under his control.
Vietnam on the other hand represented no such clear danger and we had to cause the Gulf of Tonkin incident in order to justify the invasion.
Those people are idiots. Assange offered the government the opportunity to negotiate for redactions, and was turned down because they, in effect, wanted the entire thing redacted. As in none of it released.
Strikes me as a bit suspicious that if it's really that damaging that they didn't accept that the materials were out there and at least try to contain the damage.
At the government level we tend to do well, mostly because we farm that work off to vigilantes and mobs. The government doesn't have to regulate speech because say something that the crowd doesn't like and they'll shun your ass.
Shunning is much more effective than a government block because you're not just cutting the access to a microphone, you're also cutting the audience as well. Making it hard or impossible for anybody to hear any valid point that you might make.
That's true, however we shouldn't be comparing ourselves to a nation that's so far below our standards. We should be comparing ourselves to countries that could actually compete with us. Otherwise it's basically just a wanking contest.
Historically that's been the case. The court Jester was often the only one that was able to break bad news to the king without being executed. Didn't always work.
People tend to be less prone to violence and anger when they're laughing. Brain chemistry being what it is. Plus it's really hard to hurt somebody when you're laughing co hard you can barely breathe.
That's a definition of irony, yes, but I'm guessing that the intended use was to refer to it as incongruous with the actual actions of the US government as of late with respect to it's own press.
Which has been a problem for a while. I'm not sure that the relationship between the press and the government officials has ever been particularly good, but going back to the Clinton and Bush administrations it seemed to be particularly bad. Personally, I don't think that the whole controversy about the genetic materials on garments was a legitimate use of the press' time, considering all the other things that were going on. And certainly not an impeachable offense. Having the press keep it in the press undoubtedly contributed to that.
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Generally, when I'm trying to stay off the grid to avoid the police, I don't retain an attorney and offer to come in for questioning. But, hey, that's just me, he may have discovered a new way to go incognito.
Indeed, he might have used them, but I haven't seen any credible reports to back the idea that it was even sexual assault. And the original prosecutor seemed to agree seeing as he didn't even bother to interview Assange when offered.
I did see reports that one of the women is a radical feminist, not sure what part, if any, that might have played in this whole thing. Radical feminists aren't exactly world renowned for their belief in fair play when it comes to men. It wouldn't surprise me at all if she wasn't using him for her own political gain separate from this whole Wikileaks thing.
To be fair, I'm guessing that has to do with PayPal being unredeemably evil and Amazon being only very evil.
I don't think at this stage that they're really trying to take down Amazon, just send a message. If they really wanted to screw with Amazon, they'd be targetting the DNS servers and routers which allow traffic to get to Amazon. Or they'd be throwing a hell of a lot more traffic there way. This is just a way of tapping them and suggesting that this sort of flip flop whoring can be costly.
No, this proves that being worthless scum whores might have some consequences. Mastercard, PayPal, Visa, EveryDNS and Amazon were all perfectly happy taking the money, they knew what they were taking money for and then chose later on to flip flop on the issue. Of those, EveryDNS is probably the only one with a halfway reasonable excuse, the others were happy with the money as long as they didn't need any spine.
Indeed, this is at best social engineering, and even that's questionable given that most of the people know perfectly well what's going on and are participating because they believe in it not in spite of their beliefs.
You know, it would be far quicker to just attach unique ID numbers to tinfoil hats.
You don't have to. You could fight Wikileaks or you could stay out of it entirely. So, with three basic realms of possibility, I'd say that freedom still exists. Freedom does not ensure that all possibilities are particularly appetizing.
This is /. that should be "-1 Google."
I'm always surprised at what sites seem to have Google tracking, as far as I can tell it's not just sites with ads either. I sincerely hope that's just a configuration error with Ghostery.
Not really, my PNY GeForce 9400GT has two DVI ports and no VGA ports. They just included an adapter in the package for anybody that needed to go with VGA.
Plus, since when is Intel a legitimate vendor of graphics chips? They haven't released a decent card in at least a decade.
Essentially yes, but HDMI adds additional features. Sound and DRM support being the main drivers. Personally, when I want a TV with DVI, I just go for a monitor with HDTV support. Mine has DVI, HDMI and VGA.
That gets annoying really fast. TVs only have so many inputs available for use. And adding single use players is kind of a pain.
I'm a little bit surpised that they don't have a deal worked out where they can just buy the discs they need from the owner.
Admittedly, I've never seen lost, not even one episode, but it can't possibly be more pointless than a lot of that reality programming crap. Especially the ones where they follow around some rich folks doing stupid things. Or the ones where they make fun of hicks for not knowing about birth control and tubal ligation.
That can lead to awkwardness at times. I remember at a former job having somebody from the real NCIS show up and it was kind of awkward when I had to admit that I had no idea why anybody would comment on TV programming as a result.
Yes, but 2 weeks isn't a particularly compelling argument for going legal. Personally, it doesn't bother me, but the studios when they engage in this sort of thing aren't doing themselves any favors. It's far too common for material to be available prior to the release. For things like Lost and the Sopranos when they were still on, not seeing it the same day pretty much assured that you would have it spoiled before you got to watch it.
Which ones specifically? In fact, I challenge you to name even one theory that isn't testable. And String theory doesn't count. It's about as scientific as Astrology.
No. What might have to happen is an adjustment to the classification system used, but they wouldn't be plants.
These would almost certainly still be some form of animal, they might end up being moved around, but in general plants don't relocate themselves at will in search of food.
But, unlike Vietnam, we had little choice to avoid WWII. It was pretty clear that things were going to come to the US eventually. And allowing Hitler to take Europe would've just provided him with time and resources to come for the rest of the world. Just look at how much he was able to take out with only a portion of Europe under his control.
Vietnam on the other hand represented no such clear danger and we had to cause the Gulf of Tonkin incident in order to justify the invasion.
Those people are idiots. Assange offered the government the opportunity to negotiate for redactions, and was turned down because they, in effect, wanted the entire thing redacted. As in none of it released.
Strikes me as a bit suspicious that if it's really that damaging that they didn't accept that the materials were out there and at least try to contain the damage.
At the government level we tend to do well, mostly because we farm that work off to vigilantes and mobs. The government doesn't have to regulate speech because say something that the crowd doesn't like and they'll shun your ass.
Shunning is much more effective than a government block because you're not just cutting the access to a microphone, you're also cutting the audience as well. Making it hard or impossible for anybody to hear any valid point that you might make.
That's true, however we shouldn't be comparing ourselves to a nation that's so far below our standards. We should be comparing ourselves to countries that could actually compete with us. Otherwise it's basically just a wanking contest.
Historically that's been the case. The court Jester was often the only one that was able to break bad news to the king without being executed. Didn't always work.
People tend to be less prone to violence and anger when they're laughing. Brain chemistry being what it is. Plus it's really hard to hurt somebody when you're laughing co hard you can barely breathe.
That's a definition of irony, yes, but I'm guessing that the intended use was to refer to it as incongruous with the actual actions of the US government as of late with respect to it's own press.
Which has been a problem for a while. I'm not sure that the relationship between the press and the government officials has ever been particularly good, but going back to the Clinton and Bush administrations it seemed to be particularly bad. Personally, I don't think that the whole controversy about the genetic materials on garments was a legitimate use of the press' time, considering all the other things that were going on. And certainly not an impeachable offense. Having the press keep it in the press undoubtedly contributed to that.