It is idiots like you who can't think beyond their own pathetic paranoid posturing and fantasies. It is not gun ownership which is the problem but gun availability and use. If you keep your guns in a locked cabinet inside your house at all times only taking them out to use at a gun club or hunting trip then go for it. But the real problem with guns is not guns in the hands of criminals but guns in the hands of the average person who cannot in the aggregate be relied upon to be rational and responsible at all times. Don't blame shooting incidents on the mentally ill: blame the easy availability of guns to everyone including you. We don't know who the mentally ill are but we do know who you are, and in the aggregate you can't be trusted never to use a gun in a fit of anger or unjustified fear. It is an undisputed fact that the easy availability of guns dramatically increases the murder rate and don't tell me all such killings or even most are perpetrated by criminals or the mentally ill. It is YOU I worry about.
I am waiting for the French President to declare publicly that France does not conduct sigint operations against its friends and allies, most particularly against the US and UK.
Russia has Social Media, we have Edward Snowden. God bless him.
By the way, the Russians don't give a f*ck who thinks they have troops operating in the Ukraine. It is not an OpSec failure but a point of pride. The more people think so, the prouder the Russians are of it. Plus they have deniability: " We deny that we have Russian troops in the Ukraine". There you have it: the official denial.
Politicians are totally compromised by agreeing to secret briefings and by accepting that they are subject to prosecution for revealing information in the House or Senate. Sitting federal representatives should be immune from prosecution for anything sad in the House or Senate, as is the norm in other democratic political systems. Allowing oneself to be silenced is a complete dereliction of duty. Shame on you all.
I don't know why the NSA is so upset about Snowden's revelations. After all, if the NSA is not doing anything wrong then it has nothing to worry about.
Am I losing my sense of humour or are you really terminally stupid? Usually I can detect sarcasm but this has me wondering given the current debates over the NSA affair.
One should never vote for someone who wants to be elected to office. Political ambition is a dangerous character flaw. Consider: why are there far more lawyers in legislatures than religious leaders?
There is nothing new about assembling dossiers on everyone. The thing now is that it has become easier to assemble, sift and share data. There are files on you somewhere.
We decided that privacy as here defined was not really so important and that there were positive benefits to giving out personal information. The issue really is not that the information can be collected, aggregated and analysed, the issue is what is done with it. That is where the state comes in to play.
The only privacy you are entitled to is what takes place within four walls.
The Canadian Government finds it quite appropriate to collect sales tax on items purchased outside Canada and brought into Canada. This is collected at the border or by the mailman upon delivery of a package. This has nothing to do with customs duties but simply the sales tax collection.
Well put. There should be reasonable limits put on expressions of conspiracy and paranoia particularly when the incident takes place in another country and political-legal culture entirly unlike that in the US.
No it doesn't "look bad". Remember this is the UK not the US where paranoia and distrust of every form of authority runs rampant. Often with good reason with respect to the partisan US judicial system. The judge is no longer involved with the Apple-Samsung case; there is no evidence that his decision in that case was questionable on legal grounds; and he states that the Samsung job emerged well after the trial. Jocob is entitled by position and record to be taken at his word. I know, a strange concept in the corrupt US.
In the UK the judiciary is generally highly respected for integrity and independence. Conservative, yes, but that is the way it should be for a healthy society. Change should not be easy or simply popular. The US on the other hand has institutionalized a partisan and corrupt juidiciary through the election of judges and through blatant political appointments. You would be an idiot to credit US justices on the whole with integrity and independence. All to say that I see no reasonable appearance of conflict of interest or improper judicial behaviour arising from the Apple-Samsung case, and have no concern over Jacob's acceptance to work on the Samsung brief to the WTO. Apple lost its case over a point of law not from some arbitrary and corrupt judge's opinion.
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It is idiots like you who can't think beyond their own pathetic paranoid posturing and fantasies. It is not gun ownership which is the problem but gun availability and use. If you keep your guns in a locked cabinet inside your house at all times only taking them out to use at a gun club or hunting trip then go for it. But the real problem with guns is not guns in the hands of criminals but guns in the hands of the average person who cannot in the aggregate be relied upon to be rational and responsible at all times. Don't blame shooting incidents on the mentally ill: blame the easy availability of guns to everyone including you. We don't know who the mentally ill are but we do know who you are, and in the aggregate you can't be trusted never to use a gun in a fit of anger or unjustified fear. It is an undisputed fact that the easy availability of guns dramatically increases the murder rate and don't tell me all such killings or even most are perpetrated by criminals or the mentally ill. It is YOU I worry about.
I am waiting for the French President to declare publicly that France does not conduct sigint operations against its friends and allies, most particularly against the US and UK.
Russia has Social Media, we have Edward Snowden. God bless him.
By the way, the Russians don't give a f*ck who thinks they have troops operating in the Ukraine. It is not an OpSec failure but a point of pride. The more people think so, the prouder the Russians are of it. Plus they have deniability: " We deny that we have Russian troops in the Ukraine". There you have it: the official denial.
Don't let the NSA get read of this. They will be be scooping up all the sheets of toilet paper you use to check for secret writing.
I KNEW it!!! The bastards are going to hit us with shit-bombs!
I agree. My ASUS RT-N16/DD-WRT is on 24/7 and has been going strong for 3 years with absolutely no problems.
Politicians are totally compromised by agreeing to secret briefings and by accepting that they are subject to prosecution for revealing information in the House or Senate. Sitting federal representatives should be immune from prosecution for anything sad in the House or Senate, as is the norm in other democratic political systems. Allowing oneself to be silenced is a complete dereliction of duty. Shame on you all.
I don't know why the NSA is so upset about Snowden's revelations. After all, if the NSA is not doing anything wrong then it has nothing to worry about.
Am I losing my sense of humour or are you really terminally stupid? Usually I can detect sarcasm but this has me wondering given the current debates over the NSA affair.
One should never vote for someone who wants to be elected to office. Political ambition is a dangerous character flaw. Consider: why are there far more lawyers in legislatures than religious leaders?
Isaac would be proud of you.
Sorry.
You are confusing "denomination" with "value". They are not the same.
Now we have proof. A guys brain sits at the end of his cock.
' a government bureaucrat working for you full time"
We call them teachers.
While the US of course did nothing but continue to sell all it could to the Nazis. WW2 started in 1939. The US entered the war in 1941. Enough said.
He says that he is a conservative, not a Republican. There is a big difference.
There is nothing new about assembling dossiers on everyone. The thing now is that it has become easier to assemble, sift and share data. There are files on you somewhere.
We decided that privacy as here defined was not really so important and that there were positive benefits to giving out personal information. The issue really is not that the information can be collected, aggregated and analysed, the issue is what is done with it. That is where the state comes in to play.
The only privacy you are entitled to is what takes place within four walls.
Now everyone on /. knows forever how well you do English grammar and spelling.
The Canadian Government finds it quite appropriate to collect sales tax on items purchased outside Canada and brought into Canada. This is collected at the border or by the mailman upon delivery of a package. This has nothing to do with customs duties but simply the sales tax collection.
Only in Canada eh?
Well put. There should be reasonable limits put on expressions of conspiracy and paranoia particularly when the incident takes place in another country and political-legal culture entirly unlike that in the US.
No it doesn't "look bad". Remember this is the UK not the US where paranoia and distrust of every form of authority runs rampant. Often with good reason with respect to the partisan US judicial system. The judge is no longer involved with the Apple-Samsung case; there is no evidence that his decision in that case was questionable on legal grounds; and he states that the Samsung job emerged well after the trial. Jocob is entitled by position and record to be taken at his word. I know, a strange concept in the corrupt US.
In the UK the judiciary is generally highly respected for integrity and independence. Conservative, yes, but that is the way it should be for a healthy society. Change should not be easy or simply popular. The US on the other hand has institutionalized a partisan and corrupt juidiciary through the election of judges and through blatant political appointments. You would be an idiot to credit US justices on the whole with integrity and independence. All to say that I see no reasonable appearance of conflict of interest or improper judicial behaviour arising from the Apple-Samsung case, and have no concern over Jacob's acceptance to work on the Samsung brief to the WTO. Apple lost its case over a point of law not from some arbitrary and corrupt judge's opinion.
You have to get together and organize. As individua;s we are nothing. That is why we have unions.