This just in, Wired is reporting that Bloomberg is working on an invention to help users talk over long distances without shouting and thus save the strain and inevitable hoarseness that comes with it:
If you'd bother to RTFA you'd know that the device in question is in fact a full-spectrum multi-wavelength high-energy data scrambler that will actually melt the circuits of any iPod/DS/GBA/PSP or Pacemaker within 100 meters.
Can't wait to hear about the military applications.
The real question is whether "the government that cried porn" will ever take a step back and wonder why they're trying to censor pornography to begin with?
The text of the subpoena specifies the allowable media upon which the requested information may be provided.
I'm guessing "handwritten on table napkins" isn't on there.
How many non-Americans have been incarcerated without trial? Who knows, it's classified! The U.S. government reaches far beyond our borders, as does Google.com.
I wasn't trying to make light of your post. I'm not entirely sure how this subpoena is even remotely legal. What the government is asking for amounts to basically a Freedom of Information Act request, not a subpoena.
Because the data is from the "internet" which is used by "terrorists" therefore the government has a right to know everything that happens on the internet.
First of all, lame research project is a rather mild way to describe allowing the government to legally data mine America's online usage. If you think anonymous data is "useless" or "lame" you may want to take a look at google's business model and an even harder look at their current market capitalization. Not to mention that once a judge allows the government access to an unlimited amount of anonymous data it becomes a precedent for future hearings on subpeonas for say two or three people's full search/URL history.
So the government isn't allowed to troll the personal information of every American without the slightest probability of cause? What happened to the "If you're not a terrorist, you have nothing to hide" doctrine?
Who is the target audience for BluRay DVDs? Hard drives are cheaper, portable, and easy to write to. They don't get scratched, smeared, melted, or destroyed. So you can put 12 movies on a BluRay and give it to your friend instead of just 1? I just can't see myself buying another expensive piece of hardware when the money could be better spent on another hard drive.
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This just in, Wired is reporting that Bloomberg is working on an invention to help users talk over long distances without shouting and thus save the strain and inevitable hoarseness that comes with it:
They are; it's called Vista.
If you'd bother to RTFA you'd know that the device in question is in fact a full-spectrum multi-wavelength high-energy data scrambler that will actually melt the circuits of any iPod/DS/GBA/PSP or Pacemaker within 100 meters. Can't wait to hear about the military applications.
No undo close tab? Say it isn't so!
The real question is whether "the government that cried porn" will ever take a step back and wonder why they're trying to censor pornography to begin with?
Who would have thought it'd be Microsoft capitalizing on a competitor's fumbling attempts at DRM resulting in confusion and loss of product usability?
Does it say anything about complying with illegal process?
The text of the subpoena specifies the allowable media upon which the requested information may be provided. I'm guessing "handwritten on table napkins" isn't on there.
How many non-Americans have been incarcerated without trial? Who knows, it's classified! The U.S. government reaches far beyond our borders, as does Google.com.
I wasn't trying to make light of your post. I'm not entirely sure how this subpoena is even remotely legal. What the government is asking for amounts to basically a Freedom of Information Act request, not a subpoena.
Because the data is from the "internet" which is used by "terrorists" therefore the government has a right to know everything that happens on the internet.
First of all, lame research project is a rather mild way to describe allowing the government to legally data mine America's online usage. If you think anonymous data is "useless" or "lame" you may want to take a look at google's business model and an even harder look at their current market capitalization. Not to mention that once a judge allows the government access to an unlimited amount of anonymous data it becomes a precedent for future hearings on subpeonas for say two or three people's full search/URL history.
So the government isn't allowed to troll the personal information of every American without the slightest probability of cause? What happened to the "If you're not a terrorist, you have nothing to hide" doctrine?
Who is the target audience for BluRay DVDs? Hard drives are cheaper, portable, and easy to write to. They don't get scratched, smeared, melted, or destroyed. So you can put 12 movies on a BluRay and give it to your friend instead of just 1? I just can't see myself buying another expensive piece of hardware when the money could be better spent on another hard drive.
Especially when USB hard drives are roughly the same size as, and far more resistant to damage than, dvds?