How about the waiting list for maternity wards? Last I checked it was over 9 months...
They'd just rather see millions of their fellow american's die in the street than pay more taxes.
I've never seen anyone die in the street because he didn't get his surgery. Get real. And the everyone in the US is opposed to more taxes. The ultra-wealthy are supposed to pay over 50% of their income in takes. It used to be worse (over 90%). It's laughable, and nobody actually pays it.
Note: I am not ultra-wealthy, wealthy or even moderately wealthy.
The solution is to quit requiring large firms to provide insurance benefits so that individuals get to vote with their wallets. I don't know which party would do anything like that.
Are you talking about money you might have gained by not abusing customers? If the RIAA can't use stats about money it might have gained, don't tell EA to. I agree that this statistic is garbage, but let's be careful not to have a double standard.
Are you speaking of MMS? I know we're supposed to hate anything Windows, but that one works well and is implemented in most Linux distros. (It's also relatively easy to capture...)
No. Anyone who has a grasp of history is hoping for a president who can stand up to the next Cold War and prevent WWIII.
People need to wake up and see the big picture. China is bent on blowing Taiwan off the map and being able to wipe out the US satellite network whenever they please. Russia appears to be rewinding the clock towards the old Soviet Union, and it is rapidly preparing to win a war against the US or China. Check out some their new 'dodging' ICBMs, supercavitating torpedoes and thrust-vectoring jets. North Korea, Iran and all the other two-bit despots are working on nukes. Britain now has Sharia courts with power to enforce Muslim law.
The next presidency is not going to be a calm one, no matter how much you want it to be. We're not going to be sitting around arguing about healthcare. We're going to be gearing up to face off (and possibly fight) a host of anti-capitalist, anti-freedom regimes. The party is over.
The Unites States is the last stand of the West. Canada is nice, but it's gone socialist and its economy only works because it's sitting next to the US. They'll tank as soon as the US does. Europe is kinda small and sitting withing range of everyone, so they'll do the same thing they did last time (eg. nothing).
It's true that both candidates are pathetic on almost everything, but McCain has military experience, and Palin has no shortage of guts, which if you recall is very important during a Cold War. I don't like them much, but I can't shake the feeling that Obama would hand the US over to UN control (and disarmament) if everyone would just promise to be nice.
Also, for those people who've never touched a lathe, solid blocks of metal are expensive. Especially if you want high-grade metal, and you would for a laptop.
Microsoft is trying to force developers to get their apps into a reasonable security model, instead of requiring admin access all the time. The idea is that once developers start getting in line, the stream of prompts will dry up by itself. It's not a half bad idea, but apparently devs are stubborn, and legacy software is prevalent.
It seems to me that Mr.Haselton has admirable goals, but arguing with judges about your improper legal procedure isn't going to work. Does he need to go to law school, hire a real lawyer, or what? Surely somebody here is a lawyer and can explain how Haselton (and others of us who might be so inclined) ought to go about suing spammers?
The GP isn't calling for vigilante groups turning in terrorists. He's calling for old-fashioned cloak-and-dagger HUMINT. It works far, far better than the technological circus we are operating now. Humans will always outsmart machines made by humans. The only real accomplishment of mass government data mining is the oppression of the general public who aren't interesting in outwitting the government. They're just trying to live their lives.
In the old days (Revolution, World Wars, Cold War), when we were aware of our enemies, spies, analysts and cryptographers defeated the enemies with courage, brainpower and skill. Now we've replaced them almost entirely with people in offices. This isn't going to change until we have another wakeup call, and the next one will probably come from Russia. The red bear is back, and we aren't prepared to deal with it (or China). Much of Russia's new technology is ahead of the US, particularly in aerospace submarine areas. We do not have a real missile shield, we do not have space-based weapons, we do not have supercavitating torpedoes (or anything to stop them). About the only encouraging developments we do have are in robotics and lasers.
China isn't very technological (except for those nasty anti-sat weapons), but they have an enormous mountain of people they don't mind sacrificing for whatever they dream up. Their standing army is over 2 million. They're also currently building and testing over one ballistic missile a week. 2005 article2007 ArticleOct 6, 2008
Terrorist data mining won't help much of anything when an EMP hits and the computers are fried.
Game changer? More like a game-trasher. I purposely do not block text or image ads (only flash) on websites because I know why they are there. Ads exist in video and websites to fund the content. If everyone blocks ads in video sites, the video sites will simply go away. TiVo does not have a sustainable business model here.
And here we see illustrated why a reading the article isn't always a good thing. This summary is obviously designed to drive people to the site hosting this article (and lots of ads I'm sure), but by forcing people to read the article you've taken down your site and most of us will now leave this page. Nice.
On a side note, what we do have in the way of a summary suggests that there's very little for us to learn here. 1. Text messages work when voice calls are dropped for the same reason Morse can get through when SSB voice can't. 2. Your battery lasts longer in some places than in others because the phone automatically adjusts its transmit strength based on the distance from the tower. 3. You're not allowed to use phones on airplanes because of paranoid ignoramuses and the insightful people who realize how bad it could get when people in a flying bomb know what's going on (and how annoying cell phones are). 4. You can be notified of a voicemail message when your phone never rang because the network was too busy to initiate the connection, your phone was on vibrate or it didn't have a connection at the moment.
While I think it's a good thing that international cyber-vandalism (or whatever you want to call it) is being investigated in regular courts (instead of some super-world thingy), I think the most interesting part is the charges against Lee Graham Walker. According to the article, his crime was using IRC to chat with Gembe about the botnet's code. Now, I'm not a legal expert or even legal savvy, but that sounds like a charge that would easily apply to a lot of geeks who IM with geeks short on ethics. I don't think it's being misused in this case, but it does sound like a pretty wide net.
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By any metrics Canada is healthier than the US.
How about the waiting list for maternity wards? Last I checked it was over 9 months...
They'd just rather see millions of their fellow american's die in the street than pay more taxes.
I've never seen anyone die in the street because he didn't get his surgery. Get real. And the everyone in the US is opposed to more taxes. The ultra-wealthy are supposed to pay over 50% of their income in takes. It used to be worse (over 90%). It's laughable, and nobody actually pays it.
Note: I am not ultra-wealthy, wealthy or even moderately wealthy.
The solution is to quit requiring large firms to provide insurance benefits so that individuals get to vote with their wallets. I don't know which party would do anything like that.
Not much. They can refuse almost nothing. Ask an illegal. It's bankrupting border hospitals.
NAT is a hack, not a firewall.
Big networks don't like DHCP. I makes managing the network much harder, as everything is floating around. Static IPs also make for better security.
Are you talking about money you might have gained by not abusing customers? If the RIAA can't use stats about money it might have gained, don't tell EA to. I agree that this statistic is garbage, but let's be careful not to have a double standard.
Are you speaking of MMS? I know we're supposed to hate anything Windows, but that one works well and is implemented in most Linux distros. (It's also relatively easy to capture...)
What is "going green" if it isn't energy conservation?
Most peoples' idea of 'going green' somehow involves the government.
No. Anyone who has a grasp of history is hoping for a president who can stand up to the next Cold War and prevent WWIII.
People need to wake up and see the big picture. China is bent on blowing Taiwan off the map and being able to wipe out the US satellite network whenever they please. Russia appears to be rewinding the clock towards the old Soviet Union, and it is rapidly preparing to win a war against the US or China. Check out some their new 'dodging' ICBMs, supercavitating torpedoes and thrust-vectoring jets. North Korea, Iran and all the other two-bit despots are working on nukes. Britain now has Sharia courts with power to enforce Muslim law.
The next presidency is not going to be a calm one, no matter how much you want it to be. We're not going to be sitting around arguing about healthcare. We're going to be gearing up to face off (and possibly fight) a host of anti-capitalist, anti-freedom regimes. The party is over.
The Unites States is the last stand of the West. Canada is nice, but it's gone socialist and its economy only works because it's sitting next to the US. They'll tank as soon as the US does. Europe is kinda small and sitting withing range of everyone, so they'll do the same thing they did last time (eg. nothing).
It's true that both candidates are pathetic on almost everything, but McCain has military experience, and Palin has no shortage of guts, which if you recall is very important during a Cold War. I don't like them much, but I can't shake the feeling that Obama would hand the US over to UN control (and disarmament) if everyone would just promise to be nice.
The moral? Keep and bear arms.
JaRule is likely endorsing whoever promises to legalize marijuana.
Ron Paul?
Mod parent up!
Consumerism isn't ruining us. State intervention is.
A true economic conservative is someone who believes in traditional economic liberalism. (Liberalism used to mean 'freedomism'.)
Contractors LOVE changes. Charging for them is the continuing stream.
I think it depends on if your contractor is Dilbert or his PHB.
The folks who paid billions for the 700MHz C-block (Verizon) are required to do something "open" with it, and soon.
Also, for those people who've never touched a lathe, solid blocks of metal are expensive. Especially if you want high-grade metal, and you would for a laptop.
Microsoft is trying to force developers to get their apps into a reasonable security model, instead of requiring admin access all the time. The idea is that once developers start getting in line, the stream of prompts will dry up by itself. It's not a half bad idea, but apparently devs are stubborn, and legacy software is prevalent.
I think that's called bribery.
How about SD cards? They appear to be rather low on circuitry.
Oops, I meant http://govtrack.us./ govtrack.org is a squatter.
I use http://govtrack.org./ I also add their search engine to my Firefox.
It seems to me that Mr.Haselton has admirable goals, but arguing with judges about your improper legal procedure isn't going to work. Does he need to go to law school, hire a real lawyer, or what? Surely somebody here is a lawyer and can explain how Haselton (and others of us who might be so inclined) ought to go about suing spammers?
The GP isn't calling for vigilante groups turning in terrorists. He's calling for old-fashioned cloak-and-dagger HUMINT. It works far, far better than the technological circus we are operating now. Humans will always outsmart machines made by humans. The only real accomplishment of mass government data mining is the oppression of the general public who aren't interesting in outwitting the government. They're just trying to live their lives.
In the old days (Revolution, World Wars, Cold War), when we were aware of our enemies, spies, analysts and cryptographers defeated the enemies with courage, brainpower and skill. Now we've replaced them almost entirely with people in offices. This isn't going to change until we have another wakeup call, and the next one will probably come from Russia. The red bear is back, and we aren't prepared to deal with it (or China). Much of Russia's new technology is ahead of the US, particularly in aerospace submarine areas. We do not have a real missile shield, we do not have space-based weapons, we do not have supercavitating torpedoes (or anything to stop them). About the only encouraging developments we do have are in robotics and lasers.
China isn't very technological (except for those nasty anti-sat weapons), but they have an enormous mountain of people they don't mind sacrificing for whatever they dream up. Their standing army is over 2 million. They're also currently building and testing over one ballistic missile a week.
2005 article 2007 Article Oct 6, 2008
Terrorist data mining won't help much of anything when an EMP hits and the computers are fried.
Game changer? More like a game-trasher. I purposely do not block text or image ads (only flash) on websites because I know why they are there. Ads exist in video and websites to fund the content. If everyone blocks ads in video sites, the video sites will simply go away. TiVo does not have a sustainable business model here.
And here we see illustrated why a reading the article isn't always a good thing. This summary is obviously designed to drive people to the site hosting this article (and lots of ads I'm sure), but by forcing people to read the article you've taken down your site and most of us will now leave this page. Nice.
On a side note, what we do have in the way of a summary suggests that there's very little for us to learn here.
1. Text messages work when voice calls are dropped for the same reason Morse can get through when SSB voice can't.
2. Your battery lasts longer in some places than in others because the phone automatically adjusts its transmit strength based on the distance from the tower.
3. You're not allowed to use phones on airplanes because of paranoid ignoramuses and the insightful people who realize how bad it could get when people in a flying bomb know what's going on (and how annoying cell phones are).
4. You can be notified of a voicemail message when your phone never rang because the network was too busy to initiate the connection, your phone was on vibrate or it didn't have a connection at the moment.
There. Now you can get on with your day.
While I think it's a good thing that international cyber-vandalism (or whatever you want to call it) is being investigated in regular courts (instead of some super-world thingy), I think the most interesting part is the charges against Lee Graham Walker. According to the article, his crime was using IRC to chat with Gembe about the botnet's code. Now, I'm not a legal expert or even legal savvy, but that sounds like a charge that would easily apply to a lot of geeks who IM with geeks short on ethics. I don't think it's being misused in this case, but it does sound like a pretty wide net.