It may be time for me to revisit my position of not moderating. I've noticed some pretty poor moderation, as of late. I didn't moderate, because I don't believe I am qualified to judge. At the same time, it looks like I am more qualified than many others.
The information doesn't include who one voted for. Additionally, it is publicly available information. As in, you can go get this same information yourself. See the actual request letters, and don't rely on the journalists and/or commentators.
Unit 731 was the epitome of high culture. Ancestral worship of war-criminals just needs to be accepted and appreciated for what it is! By the way, it wasn't a 'death march' so much as it was a spirited hike in the mountains.
Also related, OCS is quite difficult, at least in the Marines. I can't speak for the other services, but I was stationed with the sorry bastards that were doing OCS. I was not an officer.
I used to be involved in computer security, but then I hired capable people. I still made an effort to learn more, and have gone to things like Defcon - multiple times.
I would guess that I'm about as well versed as a layman would be, if they were tangentially tasked with understanding computer security. I am not a professional, in other words.
That said, I have heard the 'threat method' used, more than once. I'd say it is probably quite common, given that I have heard its use and understand its meaning. I am not sure what that implies about you, however. It does seem strange that you are seemingly waving a proud flag of ignorance. You could also just use Google and read more about it...
That's rather disingenuous. Without the applications, the Linux kernel is also pretty much useless. There are surpringly few security flaws, known, in the Windows kernel. The Linux kernel is much the same. Like Linux, Windows is pretty useless without apps.
Meh... With some work, you can secure XP well enough. Depending on your security needs, there are a variety of products, methods, and services. I've been using Linux exclusively, for years, and I still have some fond memories of XP.
Yes, I would be okay with that. I'm kinda partial to a free press. I don't even care that they'd be partisan about it.
If anything, I'm a bit perturbed by the frequency at which they cite anonymous sources. I understand that it needs to be done, but I'm not so sure that it needs to be done with the frequency at which it is being done.
I am absolutely OK with a news organization "outing" critics en masse. I'm absolutely okay - even if they disclose their person's name and more. If I had one complaint, it would be that they didn't do so - but stated that they would, should the person continue their behavior. That seems a bit untoward, but it's well within their rights, even if I don't prefer they act that way.
I'd even go so far as to state that I suspect they'd result in an increase in GDP (even if vanishingly small in total). A bunch of bright young girls are probably more likely to be productive than the typical refugees we bring in - I suspect, I don't have numbers for this and don't know how to look them up.
I am not scared of terrorists. Then again, I'm almost certain that I'm just about the last person who will be harmed by terrorists. It just seems REALLY unlikely that they're going to manage to find my house, in the middle of nowhere, and want to cause me harm. I could probably post a video of me burning the Koran and not have to worry about repercussions. Not that I would, but that I probably could.
I don't have a problem with it. When you put stuff out in public, make it discoverable, and promote it - it's quite likely that someone's going to want to know the source - and publish that information. That they did so for this case, only stands to reason. It was, specifically, concerning them. I'm also not a fan of censorship (which wouldn't be done by the government, in this case). I'd rather they openly disclosed the source and have skipped the crap about hiding the source so long as they behaved themselves. Even that is something I consider to be their right, but a bit perturbing.
Do you think they shouldn't 'out' them? Your posts seem to indicate you are unhappy with CNN for having investigated who made the video. If you are, why are you displeased by that?
To be clear, I have no qualms with CNN having done so, though I dislike their hyperbole. As near as I can tell, there was nothing threatening in the video. Even without it being threatening, I have no concerns with them investigating to find the source. I'd also have no issues with them deciding to disclose the source.
For the average person, there exists a level of pseudoanonimity. For a dedicated person, one can do a lot to ensure anonymity, even if targeted by nation-state actors.
This, of course, makes the assumption that TOR is secure, for example.
In reality, few people will put that much work into it. But, yeah, I could push traffic out of TOR well enough to making timing determinations near useless for identification purposes. I am not actually sure why I, personally, would want to do so.
If you use DSL, chances are good that you have many choices, even though lots of people don't seem to know this. DSL is on the copper POTS lines and subject to different legislation.
Because I use DSL, I have the PUC watching my back. I can use any service provider that is willing to serve me. The owner of the lines must allow it, maintain it, and is limited in their abilities to charge for it - they must provision it, at a good price, to any company who wants to provide DSL services, as well as phone services - of course.
FairPoint owns my lines. I once got mad at them, for a billing error, and I switched to GWI. GWI only offered a lower speed capacity, so I switched back after the billing issue had been rectified. I could have switched to a third company, but didn't need to. I had no downtime while switching. I can use any provider who wants to support me - they don't even need to have a business presence in the State.
Chances are pretty good that it is very similar in your State. DSL is subjected to very different legislation because telephones are considered a necessary public utility. This is not true for cable.
I am not an expert, nor an authoritative source. As such, I am going to write this so that it doesn't look like an accusation or judgment.
Maybe they are 'failures' because they never had motivation to learn a good work ethic? Maybe they are failures because they haven't learned to be patient, and expect immediate gratification?
I don't know that those are true, but if they really are failures (a rather wide and vague category), then they may still turn into productive members of society. Though, at their presumed ages, it is probably only effective if you lead by example, or they are able to observe and emulate good peers.
I have only been to China, fewer than a half dozen times. None of them were on any real business, except two trips that were scouting. I didn't do business there, in other words.
The other times were mostly being a tourist. Two of my trips are what I'd call an extended stay - lasting longer than 27 days.
Now, you seem to understand the culture better.
It wasn't Japan-level, but if you owed someone then it was more an honor than a position of strength, like you might see in the West. Here, if we foreclose on a house, the bank takes it and we don't care. In China, debt will be repaid as a matter of duty. It may be honor, I don't know the culture well enough to opine.
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It may be time for me to revisit my position of not moderating. I've noticed some pretty poor moderation, as of late. I didn't moderate, because I don't believe I am qualified to judge. At the same time, it looks like I am more qualified than many others.
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The information doesn't include who one voted for. Additionally, it is publicly available information. As in, you can go get this same information yourself. See the actual request letters, and don't rely on the journalists and/or commentators.
Umm... I think that might be correct. The unions, belonging to the teachers. So, teacher's unions?
As it is different with each boot, can it still be validly signed?
I don't do this often, but noone isn't a word. I keep seeing people who don't understand how spellcheck works. Even autocorrect tries to fix it.
Unit 731 was the epitome of high culture. Ancestral worship of war-criminals just needs to be accepted and appreciated for what it is! By the way, it wasn't a 'death march' so much as it was a spirited hike in the mountains.
Why yes, yes I am being a bit facetious. ;-)
Also related, OCS is quite difficult, at least in the Marines. I can't speak for the other services, but I was stationed with the sorry bastards that were doing OCS. I was not an officer.
I used to be involved in computer security, but then I hired capable people. I still made an effort to learn more, and have gone to things like Defcon - multiple times.
I would guess that I'm about as well versed as a layman would be, if they were tangentially tasked with understanding computer security. I am not a professional, in other words.
That said, I have heard the 'threat method' used, more than once. I'd say it is probably quite common, given that I have heard its use and understand its meaning. I am not sure what that implies about you, however. It does seem strange that you are seemingly waving a proud flag of ignorance. You could also just use Google and read more about it...
> one terrible outlook, to the next.
See? You should use Thunderbird.
That's rather disingenuous. Without the applications, the Linux kernel is also pretty much useless. There are surpringly few security flaws, known, in the Windows kernel. The Linux kernel is much the same. Like Linux, Windows is pretty useless without apps.
Meh... With some work, you can secure XP well enough. Depending on your security needs, there are a variety of products, methods, and services. I've been using Linux exclusively, for years, and I still have some fond memories of XP.
Invariably?
Yes, I would be okay with that. I'm kinda partial to a free press. I don't even care that they'd be partisan about it.
If anything, I'm a bit perturbed by the frequency at which they cite anonymous sources. I understand that it needs to be done, but I'm not so sure that it needs to be done with the frequency at which it is being done.
I am absolutely OK with a news organization "outing" critics en masse. I'm absolutely okay - even if they disclose their person's name and more. If I had one complaint, it would be that they didn't do so - but stated that they would, should the person continue their behavior. That seems a bit untoward, but it's well within their rights, even if I don't prefer they act that way.
Weed does nothing to help make it more clear, once you end up with multiple people replying. Weed is no help. None, at all.
We are all guilty. LOL
I'd even go so far as to state that I suspect they'd result in an increase in GDP (even if vanishingly small in total). A bunch of bright young girls are probably more likely to be productive than the typical refugees we bring in - I suspect, I don't have numbers for this and don't know how to look them up.
I am not scared of terrorists. Then again, I'm almost certain that I'm just about the last person who will be harmed by terrorists. It just seems REALLY unlikely that they're going to manage to find my house, in the middle of nowhere, and want to cause me harm. I could probably post a video of me burning the Koran and not have to worry about repercussions. Not that I would, but that I probably could.
You know they can make the pipe longer, right?
What definition are you using for "publish?" I am not sure that I follow.
I don't have a problem with it. When you put stuff out in public, make it discoverable, and promote it - it's quite likely that someone's going to want to know the source - and publish that information. That they did so for this case, only stands to reason. It was, specifically, concerning them. I'm also not a fan of censorship (which wouldn't be done by the government, in this case). I'd rather they openly disclosed the source and have skipped the crap about hiding the source so long as they behaved themselves. Even that is something I consider to be their right, but a bit perturbing.
Do you think they shouldn't 'out' them? Your posts seem to indicate you are unhappy with CNN for having investigated who made the video. If you are, why are you displeased by that?
To be clear, I have no qualms with CNN having done so, though I dislike their hyperbole. As near as I can tell, there was nothing threatening in the video. Even without it being threatening, I have no concerns with them investigating to find the source. I'd also have no issues with them deciding to disclose the source.
For the average person, there exists a level of pseudoanonimity. For a dedicated person, one can do a lot to ensure anonymity, even if targeted by nation-state actors.
This, of course, makes the assumption that TOR is secure, for example.
In reality, few people will put that much work into it. But, yeah, I could push traffic out of TOR well enough to making timing determinations near useless for identification purposes. I am not actually sure why I, personally, would want to do so.
If you use DSL, chances are good that you have many choices, even though lots of people don't seem to know this. DSL is on the copper POTS lines and subject to different legislation.
Because I use DSL, I have the PUC watching my back. I can use any service provider that is willing to serve me. The owner of the lines must allow it, maintain it, and is limited in their abilities to charge for it - they must provision it, at a good price, to any company who wants to provide DSL services, as well as phone services - of course.
FairPoint owns my lines. I once got mad at them, for a billing error, and I switched to GWI. GWI only offered a lower speed capacity, so I switched back after the billing issue had been rectified. I could have switched to a third company, but didn't need to. I had no downtime while switching. I can use any provider who wants to support me - they don't even need to have a business presence in the State.
Chances are pretty good that it is very similar in your State. DSL is subjected to very different legislation because telephones are considered a necessary public utility. This is not true for cable.
I am not an expert, nor an authoritative source. As such, I am going to write this so that it doesn't look like an accusation or judgment.
Maybe they are 'failures' because they never had motivation to learn a good work ethic? Maybe they are failures because they haven't learned to be patient, and expect immediate gratification?
I don't know that those are true, but if they really are failures (a rather wide and vague category), then they may still turn into productive members of society. Though, at their presumed ages, it is probably only effective if you lead by example, or they are able to observe and emulate good peers.
I am fairly scientifically literate, but I've never heard of evolution having an opinion on such matters.
I have only been to China, fewer than a half dozen times. None of them were on any real business, except two trips that were scouting. I didn't do business there, in other words.
The other times were mostly being a tourist. Two of my trips are what I'd call an extended stay - lasting longer than 27 days.
Now, you seem to understand the culture better.
It wasn't Japan-level, but if you owed someone then it was more an honor than a position of strength, like you might see in the West. Here, if we foreclose on a house, the bank takes it and we don't care. In China, debt will be repaid as a matter of duty. It may be honor, I don't know the culture well enough to opine.
Is it honor, or?