Posts by Tin Pot 23 publicly visible posts • joined 11 Sep 2009
I was surprised when ElReg decided to introduce the voting scheme, given the authors and readership I assumed it was a common understanding that popularity of an opinion is not an indicator of it's accuracy, insight, truthfulness or any other desirable characteristic. It's an indicator of it's popularity.
I also assumed past experience of slashdot had shown the pitfalls of such a system in this type of community.
Apparently not...Was it because 'crowdsourcing' came in vogue?
There will now be an App for Outrage.
I'm releasing an App, it will help cure people of their daily outrage against whatever it happens to be, and promotes an alternative lifestyle called don't-take-everything-so-bloody-seriously.
I will of course sue anyone who decries my chosen lifestyle, and sue anyone who incites anti-laissez-faire by objecting to, suing, soap-boxing, etc., anything that _just_isn't_all_that_important_in_the_grand_scheme_of_things.
Fail, because who really gives a monkeys?
You've posted a lot of sense, and not to mention the case has not been proven one way or the other, but even as someone who generally despises Assange there is no logical step from a man's behaviour in bed as to his general character.
At least I hope not, otherwise we're all in trouble. ;)
Naively publishing a huge volume of US Classified material of which he has no clue of what is in it deserves a prize in what category?
Prize plum?
Or prehaps you were referring to his self-publicising and revenue generation?
Prize for Entrepeneural Endeavour...
No - then maybe it was for his success in convincing the vast majority of Register commenters that naively publishing confidential information is a victory for Freedom Of Speech and Assange is somehow a good person?
Woolly-thinking Prize.
If someone asks me to nominate someone for a Nobel Prize , I'll vote for someone who knows what they are doing, aren't doing it for money, and doesn't dupe the public or try to ride on an unspecific anti-American sentiment whilst actually hurting virtually all the countries that *aren't* US.
So you're not a fan of mandatory access controls and data classification? A point worthy of debate, but hire Manning? Manningis a whistle blower? Do you even know what these terms mean?
You want to *employ* the man who cannot be trusted to keep Secret data secret, to 'reform the system'? The man *who* *cannot* *be* *trusted* ?
Whistleblowing is when you find something heinous that is not being dealt with through formal channels, and let the world know. Whistleblowing is not grabbing anything you can find without reading it and publishing it to hurt your employer because you got a bum deal.
Put down the crackpipe.
...doesn't mean you should.
"Anyone using anything DES related is an idiot and deserves to be 0wn3d pretty hard"
So, you have a moral obligation to break into things that are easy to break into?
You might want to have a word with your MP about the Theft Acts. I'm pretty sure they've been labouring under the crazy idea that people shouldn't be breaking and entering.
Oh, and check your door and window locks are strong, in case there are any burglars out there with the same moral code as you. After all we should be patting them on the back rather than locking them up.
Come to think of it, it's quite easy to avoid paying on public transport - be sure not to buy anymore tickets.
Oh and of course, babies are often left in control of candy, weak security if I ever saw it, you might want to swipe that as well.
To take part in a truly meaningful debate on military spending, I would have to have some credible material on the future threats we are likely to face. Current and historic data are a poor guide to future requirements, apart from vague recognition of the Argentinian threat I've seen nothing to clarify the kind of threat we are likely to meet in the future when the harvest is reaped from the choices made today.
Without that, I have no choice but to rely on the RAF, Navy and Army to make those decisions themselves...I hardly expect the PM to know better.
Great, my first comment gets a 12 thumbs downt on 1 up. :D
The fact that further criminal activity my steal law enforcement's tools does nothing to change the fact that the developers are admitting they have written it to disable law enforcement activity. Nor does it legitimize my prevention of those tools working should a law enforcement officer deploy them.
The fact that I know warrant cards can be forged, moreover that I have no idea how they should look, does not mean I can legitimately deny their authority.
Society works on the basis that it's citizens acept the State has the monopoly on violence, in this case against your precious laptop. If you can't accept that I suggest you move to a State that you trust more, or hide out in the mountains. May I suggest that it be a mountain with none too many bears? No? Fine - I know an excellent vendor of bear traps, though they can be disabled by humans - you may want to remove that feature in case a law enforcement officer tries to make a visit.
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