Almost. Does the FBI work through U. S. Attorneys?
Yes. Although the FBI is responsible for investigating possible violations of federal law, the FBI does not give an opinion or decide if an individual will be prosecuted. The federal prosecutors employed by the Department of Justice or the U.S. Attorneys offices are responsible for making this decision and for conducting the prosecution of the case. http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/faqs
Local stuff is handled by a D.A. (District Attorney) or City. County, or State Prosecutor.
I agree his "insurance policy is useless... It's akin to soaking himself in a flammable liquid and threatening to light it. All he can do by releasing the decryption key is provide more evidence against himself.
Everyone spying on everyone is not a problem. In fact, it is even a solution to the problem of a selected few spying on everyone else.
Hey! If you add in some kind of bounty program this idea could end unemployment! Use a pyramid structure so that the people who can most effectively monitor larger groups get more money, with the caveat that all the people being monitored get to monitor anyone monitoring them provided they can figure out which people need watching the most. This way we get a wondrous infinite loop of surveillance that can pay for itself with property seizures and interest on assets in frozen bank accounts... I think we may be on to something here! /utter_nonsense ( I really shouldn't have to add that, but this is slashdot )
I want to know what a "co-working facility" is.
Is it "secure"? Can't he store a monitor in each facility?
I agree it is an ambiguous term, technically I guess you could say a Starbucks qualifies... Reduce overhead but have nomadic, slightly vibrating employees. You know, a "if it's Thursday this must be Ben White Blvd" type of thing. Not saying that's what we are talking about in this case...
Exactly. He also mentioned "biking" to locations and I can't think of a lot of monitors I'd like to bungee to a bike frame... unless said bike had a really nice softail. Laptops will take a bit of shaking, monitors, not really. I do see a 5.8 pound, 22" ( 1920 x 1080) LED/LCD unit under $130. http://us.aoc.com/monitor_displays/e2251fwu
I've got to change my default font, I first read that as "SMITE HIM WITH LLAMAS!" which was of course incorrect... a slightly amusing visual but incorrect none the less.
I took a disposable (plastic) stethoscope, removed the chest piece, and replaced it with an 12" long 1/4" dia. steel rod. The thing works well on engines, pillow blocks, bearings, and other hard surfaces. A sound camera would be a great help with soft noises like a vacuum leak, rattles, and squeaks. It would also be nice for identifying which ass-hat at a stop light has the bass turned so far up that things in my car are pulsing to the beat...
Aww, don't say that. My atoms just celebrated their 13,783,913,225th birthday and now you've hurt their feelings. I just hope they don't react by joining the free radical movement.
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Or worse, they could be so offended that they just split!
As this all occurred over twenty years ago so I don't think I'll worry about it... Also, it wasn't me, it really was a buddy that I now live about 1800 miles away from. I don't buy Kenmore because they used to have their brand built by the lowest bidder, so one year it's a Maytag and the next models are produced by Whirlpool or whomever beat out the previous manufacturer. The aforementioned Sears tech (long since retired I'm sure) tipped me off to that, he said it's why the reliability fluctuated so much and why parts were almost never in stock.
He did neither of those things. I was there and what he said when he canceled the repair was that the noise had stopped. At that time the fridge was making no noise, possibly because the auto defrost was cycling or perhaps no one had open the unit for a while and the compressor was cooled off from not running recently... in any case there was no noise when he called to cancel.
He never stated the TV was functioning. He said he had one, reported the serial number along with the information for the fridge, washer and drier. No one asked about the operating condition of any of the items, they just wanted to get his credit card info and close the deal. This may have been a third party warranty company or an off shore fulfillment service, I don't know.
Now, it could be argued that my buddy violated the "spirit" of the service contract, but each statement he made was concise and true in itself. He is a business man with a J.D. and he is very precise in word and deed... but he will let you infer and assume all you want. As to the "spirit" of the deal, from their end it is "give us money and the odds are we will never have to do anything for it". So if they lose now and then it won't bother me a bit.
BTW, I was there for all of this as well each visit from the tech. In fact I was there to let the tech in the second time, as we did not know exactly what time he would get there and my buddy was busy.
My friend made no statement that was false. The tech that reported his abundance of Sears products did so in order to make commission from the sale of a warranty. That same tech then came back and did the repairs under warranty... any alleged fraud should have been reported at that point, and it was not. Sears has such faith in their products that they will sell a warranty over the phone, they would not do that unless it was profitable in the long run. For them to raise prices as you suggest would only hurt their competitiveness and thus sales. Any overhead from warranty issues is already factored into the prices at Sears, if extended warranties became unprofitable they would simply not offer them or pass the service off to a third party for sales and fulfillment. And yes, when buying something that may or may not have actual value (like an extended warranty) I do look out for myself, as someone is actively trying to get money out of me in the hope of never having to do anything in return (gee, that sounds a bit like fraud). When they lose that bet, it's beautiful!
I have a buddy who called Sears to look at a noisy refrigerator. As the service tech is evaluating the fridge, he notes there is also a Sears (Kenmore) washer and drier. When he comments on this my buddy tells him that they also have a Sears TV. The tech estimates about $700 to replace the compressor in the fridge (yes it was a nice, big unit). and my buddy tells them to order the part. Next day my buddy gets a call from Sears wanting to know if he would like a warranty plan for all his Sears stuff. He tells them to let him talk to his wife and would they please call back in an hour. He then gets the service tech on the phone and asks him to stop the order on the repair of the fridge, as the noise has stopped. When the warranty sales person calls back he asks if the plan is effective immediately and is told yes. He gets warranties on everything, giving serial numbers and what not. Two days later he calls to say the fridge is making funny noises. The same tech comes out and starts the part order under warranty. My buddy asks if he can also look at the TV, which "suddenly stopped working", not mentioning it "suddenly stopped" a month ago... during lightning that killed a surge protector and a DirectTV box.
The fridge was the fixed the next week. The TV was determined to be a total loss after having it in the shop for a month (not big TV people here) and a credit for $500 was issued for a new Sears TV. My buddy was out less than $300.
Sometimes the extended warranty sales scam backfires.
Yeah. Why do they say housefly when it's so wrong?
Anyway it shows how far behind we are in tech. Houseflies can fly independently (for quite long too), navigate, try to avoid enemies, find their own fuel sources, digest it to usable fuel, reproduce.
and suddenly become invisible if someone picks up a fly swatter...
If it's any good then porn will jump on it right away. Downside, you take plastic to the movie like at an old Gallagher show... Upside, getting the phone numbers of the girls that like to sit in the front row with their mouths open...
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AMD. We're not as big a dicks as the other guys!*
*(But we are trying out one of those "pumps"...)
Almost.
Does the FBI work through U. S. Attorneys?
Yes. Although the FBI is responsible for investigating possible violations of federal law, the FBI does not give an opinion or decide if an individual will be prosecuted. The federal prosecutors employed by the Department of Justice or the U.S. Attorneys offices are responsible for making this decision and for conducting the prosecution of the case.
http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/faqs
Local stuff is handled by a D.A. (District Attorney) or City. County, or State Prosecutor.
I agree his "insurance policy is useless... It's akin to soaking himself in a flammable liquid and threatening to light it. All he can do by releasing the decryption key is provide more evidence against himself.
Everyone spying on everyone is not a problem. In fact, it is even a solution to the problem of a selected few spying on everyone else.
Hey! If you add in some kind of bounty program this idea could end unemployment!
Use a pyramid structure so that the people who can most effectively monitor larger groups get more money, with the caveat that all the people being monitored get to monitor anyone monitoring them provided they can figure out which people need watching the most. This way we get a wondrous infinite loop of surveillance that can pay for itself with property seizures and interest on assets in frozen bank accounts...
I think we may be on to something here!
/utter_nonsense ( I really shouldn't have to add that, but this is slashdot )
Is a temp censor one who only blocks out offensive material for a short time?
I was thinking you could just censor heat and thereby save a bundle in cooling costs...
I want to know what a "co-working facility" is. Is it "secure"? Can't he store a monitor in each facility?
I agree it is an ambiguous term, technically I guess you could say a Starbucks qualifies...
Reduce overhead but have nomadic, slightly vibrating employees.
You know, a "if it's Thursday this must be Ben White Blvd" type of thing.
Not saying that's what we are talking about in this case...
Exactly. He also mentioned "biking" to locations and I can't think of a lot of monitors I'd like to bungee to a bike frame... unless said bike had a really nice softail. Laptops will take a bit of shaking, monitors, not really. I do see a 5.8 pound, 22" ( 1920 x 1080) LED/LCD unit under $130.
http://us.aoc.com/monitor_displays/e2251fwu
Indeed. I am just thankful I live where there are liquor stores with drive up windows...
Oooooh. Analog hole? You make it sound so dirty.
Well, this IS the internet, so that's pretty much pro forma.
Welcome to 1984, man !!
If I don't get my 1984 body back then I'm not buying in...
Don't you mean "as the cress wil be"?
May the cress be with you.
...unless you're next to a router...
DYM, "TBC: ATO"?
I like their frozen yogurt...
SMITE HIM WITH LUMIAS!
I've got to change my default font, I first read that as "SMITE HIM WITH LLAMAS!" which was of course incorrect... a slightly amusing visual but incorrect none the less.
I took a disposable (plastic) stethoscope, removed the chest piece, and replaced it with an 12" long 1/4" dia. steel rod. The thing works well on engines, pillow blocks, bearings, and other hard surfaces. A sound camera would be a great help with soft noises like a vacuum leak, rattles, and squeaks. It would also be nice for identifying which ass-hat at a stop light has the bass turned so far up that things in my car are pulsing to the beat...
Aww, don't say that. My atoms just celebrated their 13,783,913,225th birthday and now you've hurt their feelings. I just hope they don't react by joining the free radical movement.
rgb
Or worse, they could be so offended that they just split!
As this all occurred over twenty years ago so I don't think I'll worry about it...
Also, it wasn't me, it really was a buddy that I now live about 1800 miles away from.
I don't buy Kenmore because they used to have their brand built by the lowest bidder, so one year it's a Maytag and the next models are produced by Whirlpool or whomever beat out the previous manufacturer. The aforementioned Sears tech (long since retired I'm sure) tipped me off to that, he said it's why the reliability fluctuated so much and why parts were almost never in stock.
Thanks for your concern.
He did neither of those things. I was there and what he said when he canceled the repair was that the noise had stopped. At that time the fridge was making no noise, possibly because the auto defrost was cycling or perhaps no one had open the unit for a while and the compressor was cooled off from not running recently... in any case there was no noise when he called to cancel.
He never stated the TV was functioning. He said he had one, reported the serial number along with the information for the fridge, washer and drier. No one asked about the operating condition of any of the items, they just wanted to get his credit card info and close the deal. This may have been a third party warranty company or an off shore fulfillment service, I don't know.
Now, it could be argued that my buddy violated the "spirit" of the service contract, but each statement he made was concise and true in itself. He is a business man with a J.D. and he is very precise in word and deed... but he will let you infer and assume all you want. As to the "spirit" of the deal, from their end it is "give us money and the odds are we will never have to do anything for it". So if they lose now and then it won't bother me a bit.
BTW, I was there for all of this as well each visit from the tech. In fact I was there to let the tech in the second time, as we did not know exactly what time he would get there and my buddy was busy.
My friend made no statement that was false.
The tech that reported his abundance of Sears products did so in order to make commission from the sale of a warranty.
That same tech then came back and did the repairs under warranty... any alleged fraud should have been reported at that point, and it was not.
Sears has such faith in their products that they will sell a warranty over the phone, they would not do that unless it was profitable in the long run.
For them to raise prices as you suggest would only hurt their competitiveness and thus sales.
Any overhead from warranty issues is already factored into the prices at Sears, if extended warranties became unprofitable they would simply not offer them or pass the service off to a third party for sales and fulfillment.
And yes, when buying something that may or may not have actual value (like an extended warranty) I do look out for myself, as someone is actively trying to get money out of me in the hope of never having to do anything in return (gee, that sounds a bit like fraud).
When they lose that bet, it's beautiful!
I have a buddy who called Sears to look at a noisy refrigerator. As the service tech is evaluating the fridge, he notes there is also a Sears (Kenmore) washer and drier. When he comments on this my buddy tells him that they also have a Sears TV. The tech estimates about $700 to replace the compressor in the fridge (yes it was a nice, big unit). and my buddy tells them to order the part. Next day my buddy gets a call from Sears wanting to know if he would like a warranty plan for all his Sears stuff. He tells them to let him talk to his wife and would they please call back in an hour. He then gets the service tech on the phone and asks him to stop the order on the repair of the fridge, as the noise has stopped. When the warranty sales person calls back he asks if the plan is effective immediately and is told yes. He gets warranties on everything, giving serial numbers and what not. Two days later he calls to say the fridge is making funny noises. The same tech comes out and starts the part order under warranty. My buddy asks if he can also look at the TV, which "suddenly stopped working", not mentioning it "suddenly stopped" a month ago... during lightning that killed a surge protector and a DirectTV box.
The fridge was the fixed the next week. The TV was determined to be a total loss after having it in the shop for a month (not big TV people here) and a credit for $500 was issued for a new Sears TV. My buddy was out less than $300.
Sometimes the extended warranty sales scam backfires.
4. Get busted because now they know who you really are,
(it's trivial for Graph to figure this out based on the friends you choose)
5. Jailtime?
Unless your selected "friends" are just sock puppet accounts.
Wonder where that idea came from...
Yeah. Why do they say housefly when it's so wrong?
Anyway it shows how far behind we are in tech. Houseflies can fly independently (for quite long too), navigate, try to avoid enemies, find their own fuel sources, digest it to usable fuel, reproduce.
and suddenly become invisible if someone picks up a fly swatter...
It's 1/2 rotor diameter...
http://www.copters.com/aero/ground_effect.html
Given how close you need to get to do this, more like wargrinding.
So... get CC data AND make a new friend!
Is that a smart phone in your pocket or are you just mildly pleased to see me?
It's been done before... The question is, is this implementation better?
If it's any good then porn will jump on it right away.
Downside, you take plastic to the movie like at an old Gallagher show...
Upside, getting the phone numbers of the girls that like to sit in the front row with their mouths open...
I thought, by definition, it was supposed to be good shit.
I don't know about that, but it is expensive shit...
I don't want to log-on with a country dance...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asNHCGYb9AA