I agree. That's probably somewhere between 10k and 200k of printed pages I would guestimate. Somebody has to review each one to make sure unrelated and/or personal or sensitive info is not included, like employee vacation dates. And they may have to ask a lot of questions to know what it's talking about being the sifters were possibly not on the design team(s).
It's probably not a good expenditure of tax money unless there's decent evidence of nefarious activity. The problem is who determines "nefarious activity" in an unbiased way. Is anybody a FOIA lawyer out there?
I'm so happy I have choices in Chicago. I walked away from Comcast years ago
I live in a well-populated area and we have only two choices, and they both suck. One pulls billing tricks similar to TFA, the other has unreliable technology (flaky connections).
I was so happy when a 3rd player announced they were available in our area, but then they got bought out by one of the first two.
Historically, oligopolies usually suck. Competition makes a big difference, and insufficient competition almost always leads to crappy products and services. You need at least about 5 players to start getting decent choice.
It's why Japan kicked Detroit's ass in the early 1980's: Detroit's auto oligopolies grew fat and lazy due to lack of competition, and produced fragile expensive gas-guzzlers. Detroit cars still have not quite caught up, but are MUCH better now compared to the world market because they have to compete on the world market.
Another big telecom did this to us also multiple times. I suspect it's rampant in the industry(s) because nobody with authority is monitoring.
If a customer detects it on their bill, the company just says, "Oh, we're sorry, we must have misunderstood your prior call. We thought you asked for our deluxe roach-chewing-cable-wires insurance policy."
Coincidentally, their "misunderstanding" always benefits them, NOT us.
Obama had all the power in the world early on in his presidency and he and his beloved congress did nothing.
People were focused on the recession and budgets. Talking about Mars toys when people don't have jobs and can't pay their rent/mortgage would have been political suicide.
During the Republican debates, Trump admitted* to bribing just about every politician on the stage. Is a pimp better than a ho?
If he's the answer to corruption, then what's the question?
Almost all politicians are sleazebags. We just happen to be seeing the dirty laundry this time due to the hacking. The honest ones get steamrolled by slimers because voters are easily duped, inattentive, and forget history.
Is there any actual evidence that "the scary russians" are to blame for this?
Joint Statement from the Department Of Homeland Security and Office of the Director of National Intelligence on Election Security
"The U.S. Intelligence Community (USIC) is confident that the Russian Government directed the recent compromises of e-mails from US persons and institutions, including from US political organizations. The recent disclosures of alleged hacked e-mails on sites like DCLeaks.com and WikiLeaks and by the Guccifer 2.0 online persona are consistent with the methods and motivations of Russian-directed efforts. These thefts and disclosures are intended to interfere with the US election process. Such activity is not new to Moscow--the Russians have used similar tactics and techniques across Europe and Eurasia, for example, to influence public opinion there. We believe, based on the scope and sensitivity of these efforts, that only Russia's senior-most officials could have authorized these activities."
Most of the time Hillary's emotions look totally fake to me...for a brief moment she looked genuinely angry...I was able to imagine that she genuinely cared about something other than her own personal glory...
I don't mind politicians chasing personal glory IF it leads to good things. Did the inventor of the Internet do it for the good of humanity, or for personal glory?
Who knows. Either way, they achieved something. Altruism is only one of many forces of good and progress. Gordon Gekko was partially right, but too much greed is dangerous. Balance, yin/yang, etc.
You have to have a bit of asshole in you to deal with asshole dictators anyhow.
George W. Bush may have genuinely thought invading Iraq was the "right thing". I'll take "correct" over "genuine" in that situation.
Slashdot Mirror
With lipstick and a black leather skirt, I'd give it an 8 or 9.
Since PC's are not known to catch fire, perhaps their fortunes are about to change...
Because you are holding the sheep wrong.
- Steve Jo-o-o-o-obs
But they are very attractive sheep.
Just tell them to use the A-a-a-a-a-sk Toolbar that comes with Java, Sheep Edition.
Perhaps they are, but by going from "F" to a "D-"
I agree. That's probably somewhere between 10k and 200k of printed pages I would guestimate. Somebody has to review each one to make sure unrelated and/or personal or sensitive info is not included, like employee vacation dates. And they may have to ask a lot of questions to know what it's talking about being the sifters were possibly not on the design team(s).
It's probably not a good expenditure of tax money unless there's decent evidence of nefarious activity. The problem is who determines "nefarious activity" in an unbiased way. Is anybody a FOIA lawyer out there?
It's a slippery-slope request.
Chris Christie fan?
In my observation, political attention to it waxes and wanes.
If we actually want "science", we'd focus on UNmanned probes. They give much more science bang for the buck.
Space colonization is arguably a decent goal, but that's more about the economics of spreading humans around than pure "science".
You sound angry.
I live in a well-populated area and we have only two choices, and they both suck. One pulls billing tricks similar to TFA, the other has unreliable technology (flaky connections).
I was so happy when a 3rd player announced they were available in our area, but then they got bought out by one of the first two.
Historically, oligopolies usually suck. Competition makes a big difference, and insufficient competition almost always leads to crappy products and services. You need at least about 5 players to start getting decent choice.
It's why Japan kicked Detroit's ass in the early 1980's: Detroit's auto oligopolies grew fat and lazy due to lack of competition, and produced fragile expensive gas-guzzlers. Detroit cars still have not quite caught up, but are MUCH better now compared to the world market because they have to compete on the world market.
Another big telecom did this to us also multiple times. I suspect it's rampant in the industry(s) because nobody with authority is monitoring.
If a customer detects it on their bill, the company just says, "Oh, we're sorry, we must have misunderstood your prior call. We thought you asked for our deluxe roach-chewing-cable-wires insurance policy."
Coincidentally, their "misunderstanding" always benefits them, NOT us.
People were focused on the recession and budgets. Talking about Mars toys when people don't have jobs and can't pay their rent/mortgage would have been political suicide.
Only on Earth.
Just when it looked like this election couldn't get any weirder, UFO's are injected into it.
No, you got it wrong: it's a giant turd versus a douche sandwich.
During the Republican debates, Trump admitted* to bribing just about every politician on the stage. Is a pimp better than a ho?
If he's the answer to corruption, then what's the question?
Almost all politicians are sleazebags. We just happen to be seeing the dirty laundry this time due to the hacking. The honest ones get steamrolled by slimers because voters are easily duped, inattentive, and forget history.
* More like bragging
We need way more comets
A hype-bot, now we can replace politicians.
A great political cartoon because it trashes them all.
I suspect they'd reveal state secrets by giving us details.
Joint Statement from the Department Of Homeland Security and Office of the Director of National Intelligence on Election Security
"The U.S. Intelligence Community (USIC) is confident that the Russian Government directed the recent compromises of e-mails from US persons and institutions, including from US political organizations. The recent disclosures of alleged hacked e-mails on sites like DCLeaks.com and WikiLeaks and by the Guccifer 2.0 online persona are consistent with the methods and motivations of Russian-directed efforts. These thefts and disclosures are intended to interfere with the US election process. Such activity is not new to Moscow--the Russians have used similar tactics and techniques across Europe and Eurasia, for example, to influence public opinion there. We believe, based on the scope and sensitivity of these efforts, that only Russia's senior-most officials could have authorized these activities."
https://www.dhs.gov/news/2016/...
I don't mind politicians chasing personal glory IF it leads to good things. Did the inventor of the Internet do it for the good of humanity, or for personal glory?
Who knows. Either way, they achieved something. Altruism is only one of many forces of good and progress. Gordon Gekko was partially right, but too much greed is dangerous. Balance, yin/yang, etc.
You have to have a bit of asshole in you to deal with asshole dictators anyhow.
George W. Bush may have genuinely thought invading Iraq was the "right thing". I'll take "correct" over "genuine" in that situation.
In other words, a foot-in-mouth race.
So the election is a speed contest: anti-Hillary hackers vs. Trump's mouth.
So far, Trump's mouth seems to be "winning".
Trumpillary: It gropes itself then buys itself furniture via email.