There is, of course, no serious discussion of the reality that if the police etc. believe the streets are nto safe for children, they should, perhaps, consider taking the necessary steps to make them so.
And if they cannot, then admit they are both powerless to stop the criminals who threaten these children, nor able to protect them.
Which many police departments actually now do - state that they are not, in fact, there to protect you. Some even as they disarm the population who are willing to take certain measures to protect themselves.
This makes it easier to identify the dangers, and your enemies.
And this cop is off the street, filling out paperwork, dealing with a relatively sane and harmless mother, when they could be patrolling the routes to the school keeping an eye out, and visibly deterring, the alleged threats to this child and others. And engaging lawyers, judges, bailiffs, etc. in 'useful work.
Most of the current leadership in America doesn't want to make things difficult for criminals. they want to make things difficult for law-abiding citizens, because we, being law-abiding, will actually *try* to follow the rules. Criminals don't.
And non-citizens don't get punished so much anyways, so what;s the point of following the rules for them?
If all the laws worked, would there be be any criminals?
Oh, and remember, if it's a law, they will send men with guns. Eventually.
If that were true, at least some businesses would stop pricing products and services in a way the resulted in single-cent values. But they don't, much. There is still advertising and marketing advantage to be found in pricing something for $14.99 plus tax, where it could have been priced at, say, $14.94 + 5% tax = $15.70 and cents required... Or $15.00 + that 5% tax and it's $15.75, no cents there either.
And he disclosed what should be recognized as abuse and overreach by our government and others.
In this case, punishing him as a traitor will also silence other whistle blowers. We may never know what our government is doing, secretly, ostensibly on our behalf.
And we will surely only guess at their motivations, though we should not. If secrecy were necessary for our protection, we could have that discussion, but have these programs actually resulted in improved security? The Catch-22 of not being able to cite successfully stopping an attack because it might disclose secrets is, sadly, unacceptable.
We have less reason to trust our government than we do to convict Snowden.
I regularly readjust my irrigation system to minimize waste from overspray, aiming, and excessive runtimes.
The same scrutiny should be be applied to our various government surveillance efforts.
'Better tools' should include identifying legitimate and dangerous targets based on general surveillance, focusing on real threats, and enhanced oversight and permission. Courts should have meaningful and genuine control over requests for detailed information.
The current scheme seems to be 'collect everything', with the alleged intent to go in and search for details when a threat is identified. I'm sure this makes sense to the watchers, as they want to be able to go back and look at the history when a suspect is identified. Well, so far we have not seen much success from this method, and have surrendered our privacy for no tangible benefit.
If they, the watchers, cannot give us any assurance of being able to thwart terrorist threats without wholesale collection, and cannot do so without immediate access unfettered by oversight, we will have to have the discussion of whether this method is compatible with a free society that also demands a limited government and an inferential right to privacy, or at least ownership of individual information. This includes email, Internet use history, text and other messaging history, and phone usage.
It may be that other methods need to be developed. The examples of this current method's success are, sadly, lacking. And the abuses are both obvious and not entirely disclosed, even now.
Thankfully you were flying where navigational aids were available. I learned to fly where they weren't, and while there were plenty of ponds to land a float plane in, none had barrels of avgas around, so being able to calculate fuel needs and such were damned handy. The E6-B ( I had an Jeppesen aluminum version in the planes I flew) solved every necessary calculation quickly and reliably, and often gave me an obvious answer to the question "can I do this?". A minute to figure out if I should go from A to B and then C, or A to C and then to B, where C had the fuel. No scratch paper necessary. Ours was considered so important it was fixed to one of the aircraft, the D-18, with a thin, perfect chain. The Cessnas each had one.
To my chagrin, they never let me fly the Otter, and I never cared for the Beaver. To this day I crave a 172, such a great plane. And I would still have an E6-B in it. It's just too handy, even working out new course info enroute, when I would not be comfortable messing with an iPad.
Where I work, security is designed to presume the device is compromised. The flow of data is what's analyzed, and improper activity is blocked and audited.
We also get regular spearfishing emails from our own security teams to test our responses. Failure to identify the attack results in notice to our management, required training and retraining, and may result in dismissal.
Some of this makes certain team I need to accomplish impossible. I have to get special permission.
And we have simple, one click encryption options where appropriate.
Amen and amen. We've become afflicted with a Millennial team redesigning the primary website I support, and a Millennial team implementing a replacement to several internal apps, finally consolidating the functionality globally. However, they;
0. Use the Agile process to avoid serious testing. Fixing it in production is now part of the process. 1. Make decisions without consulting with the 'business', implementing logic that neither meets the needs nor actually performed the required functionality. 2. Change things in the midst of declared 'freeze' periods, then wringing their hands when denied permission to fix their errors. 3. Telling product owners what is 'right'. 4. Engaging users for input after the design is finalized.
Some of us move funds into and out of accessible accounts, preferring to keep the minimal balance in that debit account to avoid being taken completely if something bad happens.
Think being concerned that an account might be compromised is doing it wrong? You're pretty sure you're account is secure? Keep the dream alive, my friend. Trust no 1.
My Kenmore has a Turbo Zone, a whole set of sprayers intended to zap the really crusty pan I set in front of them.
It also has High Temp Washes, heating the water. Take that, you tree huggers!
And Heated Dry. Obvious.
Hey, Poster, check out the plugs for the control panel, if it's the same as the higher models, risk a few bucks and buy a control panel for a higher model on eBay or something, and plug it in. If it has a heater, it can heat water and dry just fine.If it has a pump, it might have a two-speed, but that's unlikely. Otherwise, most cycle differences are time and temp.
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There is, of course, no serious discussion of the reality that if the police etc. believe the streets are nto safe for children, they should, perhaps, consider taking the necessary steps to make them so.
And if they cannot, then admit they are both powerless to stop the criminals who threaten these children, nor able to protect them.
Which many police departments actually now do - state that they are not, in fact, there to protect you. Some even as they disarm the population who are willing to take certain measures to protect themselves.
This makes it easier to identify the dangers, and your enemies.
And this cop is off the street, filling out paperwork, dealing with a relatively sane and harmless mother, when they could be patrolling the routes to the school keeping an eye out, and visibly deterring, the alleged threats to this child and others. And engaging lawyers, judges, bailiffs, etc. in 'useful work.
Well played, cops. I see what you did there.
Wow. I'm an ignorant economist, but you genuinely don't understand how that works.
What part of 'all prices' did you fail to recognize? The profit part?
How many 10 yen coins do you have to use to buy a pack of gum?
And you're complaining? It's gotten you access to /.
I round up to the nearest dollar for tipping.
"If you can't spare half a dollar, you can just keep your &%#^ing dime"
Does no one remember the Tipping Song?
Most of the current leadership in America doesn't want to make things difficult for criminals. they want to make things difficult for law-abiding citizens, because we, being law-abiding, will actually *try* to follow the rules. Criminals don't.
And non-citizens don't get punished so much anyways, so what;s the point of following the rules for them?
If all the laws worked, would there be be any criminals?
Oh, and remember, if it's a law, they will send men with guns. Eventually.
I've never seen or used a Diebold voting machine. They aren't as common as you seem to be making them out to be.
If that were true, at least some businesses would stop pricing products and services in a way the resulted in single-cent values. But they don't, much. There is still advertising and marketing advantage to be found in pricing something for $14.99 plus tax, where it could have been priced at, say, $14.94 + 5% tax = $15.70 and cents required... Or $15.00 + that 5% tax and it's $15.75, no cents there either.
Marketing. Because we are irrational beings.
Amen. The amendment states plainly what it protects. The definition of why is not even necessary to state that the right shall not be infringed.
And it is infringed substantially, in many ways, already. Those laws need to be enforced.
As an aside, would Chicago or Detroit benefit from a well-regulated militia?
" the last time the Republicans held both houses of Congress was just a year before the 1929 stock market crash"
Except for the 1994 election.From 1995-2000 and 2003-2005(?)
Oh, and 1947 and 1953.
At least that seems to be so based on some brief Googling.
Sorry,what were you saying?
Snowden is both a traitor and patriot.
Plainly he broke the law.
And he disclosed what should be recognized as abuse and overreach by our government and others.
In this case, punishing him as a traitor will also silence other whistle blowers. We may never know what our government is doing, secretly, ostensibly on our behalf.
And we will surely only guess at their motivations, though we should not. If secrecy were necessary for our protection, we could have that discussion, but have these programs actually resulted in improved security? The Catch-22 of not being able to cite successfully stopping an attack because it might disclose secrets is, sadly, unacceptable.
We have less reason to trust our government than we do to convict Snowden.
I regularly readjust my irrigation system to minimize waste from overspray, aiming, and excessive runtimes.
The same scrutiny should be be applied to our various government surveillance efforts.
'Better tools' should include identifying legitimate and dangerous targets based on general surveillance, focusing on real threats, and enhanced oversight and permission. Courts should have meaningful and genuine control over requests for detailed information.
The current scheme seems to be 'collect everything', with the alleged intent to go in and search for details when a threat is identified. I'm sure this makes sense to the watchers, as they want to be able to go back and look at the history when a suspect is identified. Well, so far we have not seen much success from this method, and have surrendered our privacy for no tangible benefit.
If they, the watchers, cannot give us any assurance of being able to thwart terrorist threats without wholesale collection, and cannot do so without immediate access unfettered by oversight, we will have to have the discussion of whether this method is compatible with a free society that also demands a limited government and an inferential right to privacy, or at least ownership of individual information. This includes email, Internet use history, text and other messaging history, and phone usage.
It may be that other methods need to be developed. The examples of this current method's success are, sadly, lacking. And the abuses are both obvious and not entirely disclosed, even now.
Not a word so far about the toughest tape ever. Drag yer lazy fingers to Google and look it up.
The price of beef has just gone up.
And you know the rest.
A perfect application of the device. Fuel consumption is critical when you're over water... Right?
Thankfully you were flying where navigational aids were available. I learned to fly where they weren't, and while there were plenty of ponds to land a float plane in, none had barrels of avgas around, so being able to calculate fuel needs and such were damned handy. The E6-B ( I had an Jeppesen aluminum version in the planes I flew) solved every necessary calculation quickly and reliably, and often gave me an obvious answer to the question "can I do this?". A minute to figure out if I should go from A to B and then C, or A to C and then to B, where C had the fuel. No scratch paper necessary. Ours was considered so important it was fixed to one of the aircraft, the D-18, with a thin, perfect chain. The Cessnas each had one.
To my chagrin, they never let me fly the Otter, and I never cared for the Beaver. To this day I crave a 172, such a great plane. And I would still have an E6-B in it. It's just too handy, even working out new course info enroute, when I would not be comfortable messing with an iPad.
Where I work, security is designed to presume the device is compromised. The flow of data is what's analyzed, and improper activity is blocked and audited.
We also get regular spearfishing emails from our own security teams to test our responses. Failure to identify the attack results in notice to our management, required training and retraining, and may result in dismissal.
Some of this makes certain team I need to accomplish impossible. I have to get special permission.
And we have simple, one click encryption options where appropriate.
Amen and amen. We've become afflicted with a Millennial team redesigning the primary website I support, and a Millennial team implementing a replacement to several internal apps, finally consolidating the functionality globally. However, they;
0. Use the Agile process to avoid serious testing. Fixing it in production is now part of the process.
1. Make decisions without consulting with the 'business', implementing logic that neither meets the needs nor actually performed the required functionality.
2. Change things in the midst of declared 'freeze' periods, then wringing their hands when denied permission to fix their errors.
3. Telling product owners what is 'right'.
4. Engaging users for input after the design is finalized.
Fun times, I'm telling ya.
Ditto for my employer. Our clients are, largely, rolling along on IE8 and complain when our websites drop compatibility and become more standard. IE9 is becoming passé for us, but our clients are just mired in unresponsive IT environments.
Banks that cater to end users are much more likely to be using current browser tech and supporting those browsers.
You have no idea what's going on in the payments industry. Otherwise known as banking.
They think. You just recognize it as price gouging, excess fees, and undesirable services.
Some of us move funds into and out of accessible accounts, preferring to keep the minimal balance in that debit account to avoid being taken completely if something bad happens.
Think being concerned that an account might be compromised is doing it wrong? You're pretty sure you're account is secure? Keep the dream alive, my friend. Trust no 1.
My Kenmore has a Turbo Zone, a whole set of sprayers intended to zap the really crusty pan I set in front of them.
It also has High Temp Washes, heating the water. Take that, you tree huggers!
And Heated Dry. Obvious.
Hey, Poster, check out the plugs for the control panel, if it's the same as the higher models, risk a few bucks and buy a control panel for a higher model on eBay or something, and plug it in. If it has a heater, it can heat water and dry just fine.If it has a pump, it might have a two-speed, but that's unlikely. Otherwise, most cycle differences are time and temp.
And experiment with detergents.