Ok... done it here. They don't get that globalisation is more than just the economy...
And yes the viability of cyberterrorism is not a debate I'm interested in... I work in IT for the military but we can still do our job even if they somehow manage to kill the entire series of tubes...
It's a pretty stupid idea if the terrorists are going to run around blowing stuff up and taking people's airplanes, but there is no reason that should be the case.
Second Life, WoW and other MMO's could very easily be a recruitment tools but not for traditional terrorist training activities.
What about cyber terrorism? You get enough of them together and you don't need more than a couple tech savvy individuals to lead the groups, the rest of the mindless automatons just execute the actions/code they're given... That could actually be a pretty nasty terrorist attack if you hit the right areas.
You start out trying to cheat in MMO's which, while not a perfect parallel, is pretty good training for trying to circumvent security measures in many programs. If you can cheat successfully in WoW and not get caught by the authorities you should have the basics at least of where to start working on something a little more serious.
Don't put your blinders on just because in the past it's been all about explosives... That's almost as dumb as ignoring the warnings about people flying planes into buildings because someone hasn't done it yet.
I for one welcome this move. Many many problems have been caused by quick to act not very well thought out actions on the part of our government. The FTC said slow down lets make sure we don't fuck this up, that doesn't happen very often these days and should be welcomed with open arms. As a member of the US military I can say I am being directly effected by one of these rushes to judgment, maybe if the morons in the Hill had thought about shit first and made the intelligent rational choice instead of the "patriotic" one we wouldn't be in this mess.
Just for the record I'm net neutral by leaning but I understand why they corporations want what they do. Here's the catch though they're very often regional monopolies. I've lived and live in a place where there are one or if you're lucky two broadband providers. If backbone and distribution access was free and open then we wouldn't be having this issue. Time Warner and Verizon etc.. would have already tried this and failed when many of their subscribers moved onto providers that didn't restrict their access.
Or you could just, and maybe this is medicine talking, sign up for the contract to buy the phone and then pay the charge to cancel the contract. Usually between 150 and 250 dollars depending on what state you live in.
So iPhone: $750 to $850 depending on your local consumer protection laws.
I'd have to check but I've never had a return the phone clause to deal with on either of the occasions I had to break the contract.
$5B a year for the TSA is small change. We're spending that in roughly two weeks of operations in Iraq. I'm a US Marine so I'm not saying this from a peacenik's ignorance vacuum. If you want to find a place for much needed science funding (I also have a degree in Physics so I've seen the harm lack of funding has caused) start by supporting the Democrats in their fight to end this pointless war.
But after all the crap MS promised for Vista and fell through on almost completely I'll believe this when I see it. To me this is the same as some moron in WoW making some idiotic claim.
"SS or it didn't happen."
Ok, first let me say that I think this number is probably a little small BUT the two big projects people are throwing around are the Big Dig and the Chunnel.
The Big Dig was done in a highly populated area in some pretty nasty ground... I don't see how it relates in anyway.
The Chunnel is had some severe issues with the quality of the ground they were digging through, it was basically a sponge in many areas. The area under the Bering Sea may be more solid which not only make it a shit load cheaper but faster and easier. Also this tunnel is primarily a goods by truck tunnel. The Chunnel is for trains, goods, and automobile traffic. That means the Chunnel has more tunnels, more complications, and more safety issues to deal with.
People are talking about electricity and oil but there are many other goods that would profit as well, such as crab, timber, and mail order brides.
You know what I retract my previous statement. The great global warming swindle could have been great but I really should go look around a little more first. Mis quotes and the creators reaction have pretty well destroyed any credibility it may have.
I think he was being stupid. Last I checked Waterworld was a worst case and I'd say that would be a pretty damn large inconvenience. I don't know about you but I don't have gills...
Go Download "The Great Global Warming Swindle" It's a British documentary pretty well destroying the idea of human caused global warming using science and the same data the global warming politicans use.
The science behind human caused global warming is big buisness now, if people stop buying into it thousands of people lose their jobs. Having helped write grant requests, if it isn't connected to global warming you won't get funding but if you can connect it to global warming it is almost garunteed to get approved (assuming it's written at all professionally).
Global Warming is a fact, anyone with a thermometer can figure that out. Human caused global warming is pure fiction.
It means I can't brag about my blood being the rarest around anymore... My AB- negative blood will be no better than the weak sauce O- blood...
Not 1337
Not 1337 at all...
In rebuttal for pretty much everything you've said I respond with 2 words.
You Tube (.com)
Shit even my little sister was making fun of you.
I now return you to your regularly scheduled and hopefully more intelligent program.
I'm very pro-nuke. I was just pointing out that uranium is a limited fuel source which many people gloss over. Does this mean we don't have alternate fuels for a nuclear power plant? (*cough* plutonium) No... just that it's not as simple as nuclear saves world.
Nuclear power would be regional, or at least should be. Places like where I live, the Mojave Desert, would have the option of using wind power (already extensive and expanding here) or solar (not bad but sand storms scratch the glass here lowering the efficiency).
Nuclear, especially a pebble bed or similar solution (read meltdowns are impossible), is going to be the best solution for the North East and other areas. But then we have to overcome the lack of nuclear fuel, which just like fossil fuel is limited.
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What the Fuck Mate? Get a Livejournal or something.
Ok... done it here. They don't get that globalisation is more than just the economy... And yes the viability of cyberterrorism is not a debate I'm interested in... I work in IT for the military but we can still do our job even if they somehow manage to kill the entire series of tubes...
New no... just a new place to do it is all... I didn't say it was novel just that it could be legit.
It's a pretty stupid idea if the terrorists are going to run around blowing stuff up and taking people's airplanes, but there is no reason that should be the case. Second Life, WoW and other MMO's could very easily be a recruitment tools but not for traditional terrorist training activities. What about cyber terrorism? You get enough of them together and you don't need more than a couple tech savvy individuals to lead the groups, the rest of the mindless automatons just execute the actions/code they're given... That could actually be a pretty nasty terrorist attack if you hit the right areas. You start out trying to cheat in MMO's which, while not a perfect parallel, is pretty good training for trying to circumvent security measures in many programs. If you can cheat successfully in WoW and not get caught by the authorities you should have the basics at least of where to start working on something a little more serious. Don't put your blinders on just because in the past it's been all about explosives... That's almost as dumb as ignoring the warnings about people flying planes into buildings because someone hasn't done it yet.
I for one welcome this move. Many many problems have been caused by quick to act not very well thought out actions on the part of our government. The FTC said slow down lets make sure we don't fuck this up, that doesn't happen very often these days and should be welcomed with open arms. As a member of the US military I can say I am being directly effected by one of these rushes to judgment, maybe if the morons in the Hill had thought about shit first and made the intelligent rational choice instead of the "patriotic" one we wouldn't be in this mess. Just for the record I'm net neutral by leaning but I understand why they corporations want what they do. Here's the catch though they're very often regional monopolies. I've lived and live in a place where there are one or if you're lucky two broadband providers. If backbone and distribution access was free and open then we wouldn't be having this issue. Time Warner and Verizon etc.. would have already tried this and failed when many of their subscribers moved onto providers that didn't restrict their access.
Or you could just, and maybe this is medicine talking, sign up for the contract to buy the phone and then pay the charge to cancel the contract. Usually between 150 and 250 dollars depending on what state you live in. So iPhone: $750 to $850 depending on your local consumer protection laws. I'd have to check but I've never had a return the phone clause to deal with on either of the occasions I had to break the contract.
$5B a year for the TSA is small change. We're spending that in roughly two weeks of operations in Iraq. I'm a US Marine so I'm not saying this from a peacenik's ignorance vacuum. If you want to find a place for much needed science funding (I also have a degree in Physics so I've seen the harm lack of funding has caused) start by supporting the Democrats in their fight to end this pointless war.
You know you've been reading /. too long when you have trouble taking a comment seriously because he used "an" instead of "a".
But after all the crap MS promised for Vista and fell through on almost completely I'll believe this when I see it. To me this is the same as some moron in WoW making some idiotic claim. "SS or it didn't happen."
Now I can hitchhike to Moscow with a trucker named Bubba who wants to dance with me!
Ok, first let me say that I think this number is probably a little small BUT the two big projects people are throwing around are the Big Dig and the Chunnel.
The Big Dig was done in a highly populated area in some pretty nasty ground... I don't see how it relates in anyway.
The Chunnel is had some severe issues with the quality of the ground they were digging through, it was basically a sponge in many areas. The area under the Bering Sea may be more solid which not only make it a shit load cheaper but faster and easier. Also this tunnel is primarily a goods by truck tunnel. The Chunnel is for trains, goods, and automobile traffic. That means the Chunnel has more tunnels, more complications, and more safety issues to deal with.
People are talking about electricity and oil but there are many other goods that would profit as well, such as crab, timber, and mail order brides.
How soon till SCO stock is cheaper than toilet paper?
Does it make good ice cream?
You know what I retract my previous statement. The great global warming swindle could have been great but I really should go look around a little more first. Mis quotes and the creators reaction have pretty well destroyed any credibility it may have.
I think he was being stupid. Last I checked Waterworld was a worst case and I'd say that would be a pretty damn large inconvenience. I don't know about you but I don't have gills...
Go Download "The Great Global Warming Swindle" It's a British documentary pretty well destroying the idea of human caused global warming using science and the same data the global warming politicans use. The science behind human caused global warming is big buisness now, if people stop buying into it thousands of people lose their jobs. Having helped write grant requests, if it isn't connected to global warming you won't get funding but if you can connect it to global warming it is almost garunteed to get approved (assuming it's written at all professionally). Global Warming is a fact, anyone with a thermometer can figure that out. Human caused global warming is pure fiction.
It means I can't brag about my blood being the rarest around anymore... My AB- negative blood will be no better than the weak sauce O- blood... Not 1337 Not 1337 at all...
Penny Arcade took care of this need a few years ago with PAX... Maybe if they tried sticking it on the East Coast there would be a demand...
Donkey Konga took care of the drums for them... At least as much as beating a monkey... you know I'm just gunna stop there and cut my losses.
In rebuttal for pretty much everything you've said I respond with 2 words. You Tube (.com) Shit even my little sister was making fun of you. I now return you to your regularly scheduled and hopefully more intelligent program.
I'm very pro-nuke. I was just pointing out that uranium is a limited fuel source which many people gloss over. Does this mean we don't have alternate fuels for a nuclear power plant? (*cough* plutonium) No... just that it's not as simple as nuclear saves world.
Nuclear power would be regional, or at least should be. Places like where I live, the Mojave Desert, would have the option of using wind power (already extensive and expanding here) or solar (not bad but sand storms scratch the glass here lowering the efficiency).
Nuclear, especially a pebble bed or similar solution (read meltdowns are impossible), is going to be the best solution for the North East and other areas. But then we have to overcome the lack of nuclear fuel, which just like fossil fuel is limited.
Microsoft finally found their genuine advantage...
But if you can't catch the beer you've reached your limit... and a black eye courtesy conveniently flying beer.
Where will they put the Cartridge connector?