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They apparently have no clue about international law and treaty agreements. At the level of the court, I'm betting the judge is appointed rather than elected. The good ol' boy network strikes again. I daresay 90% if the judges fall into the "no clue of international law" with the prosecutors being right behind them. There's a right way and a stupid way. They chose "stupid".
Nah... not a police force, but enforcement and penalties to make being caught not worth doing the crime. Maybe... I'm musing out loud... castration, tossed into a pit of vipers/spiders/whatever, beaten by a bunch of pissed off Sysadmins who stayed up for 48 hours fixing a hack/crack. Pick one or all.. no matter.
The sad part is, you catch them, try them (if you're lucky) and very soon, they're back at it again.
Marty is right.. no word here in Oregon about this. Pity...
If ammo is needed about "keeping everyone secure and safe", just look to Sydney. Hell, he was well known by the cops... So what exactly have these agencies stopped? Or are they more like the Department of Homeland Security? They provide every one with a warm fuzzy feeling, poke their noses in everywhere, and have results that are at best, iffy.
I can understand keeping a eye on the "bad guys", but is every person in the world now considered a bad guy? Or are we all just targets of opportunity. The analogy of a building with a hole in the wall is a pretty good one, IMO.
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So if everyone follows the intent of their letter, Sony will never be heard from again? Hmm.... <flips coin> Tough decision. Ok El Reg.. you have to stop posting articles about this as the info might be stolen. <cough>
*As opposed to B.S. who's fame skyrocketed?
So pick a side: is digital vigilantism illegal, or not? If it is, then it is as illegal for a corporation as it is for an individual, full stop.
Trevor is right. Pick one and then live with it. If you say it's ok because Sony is an asshat, then what will you say when someone tries to pull the same crap on you or your company? The laws and rules in most places is blind in that it applies to everyone and every company whether they're asshats or not.
Maybe they're doing the right thing in poisoning the torrents in their collective mind. But the table is turned and they get the same medicine, they'll howl up a storm and cry and sue. They can't have it both ways.
Given that FB is paid for by ads, a "dislike" button would create more problems for them than it would solve. All it would take is say a mass "dislike" of Uber (if they were/are an advertiser) and it wouldn't matter where those came from.... again, let's say they came from India. Uber would take a financial hit because people who went to their page wouldn't see the comments from India specifically, only the number of "dislikes". I don't seriously see this particular button becoming a reality unless it's NOT offered on the "sponsored" pages or ads which will create another set of headaches for FB.
Well.. think about it for a minute. Up against such players as the ISIS or whatever the hell they call themselves, suicide bombers, etc. what would you do? Sign the Convention, play fair, and expect them to play fair? Go back in history... Vietnam. Both the French and US tried to follow the Convention but got their butts kicked by an enemy who didn't. Same for Korea. If you're fighting an enemy who follows the rules, great... follow the rules. Be they two lines drawn up and exchanging musket fire or waves of infantry. But in the warfare that's building since WWII, the convention is pretty damn meaningless against them. For example, they use (and these are expressly prohibited): non-uniformed military. suicide bombers. intentionally targeting civilians. harsh treatment of prisoiners such as beheading. The list goes on and on.
So... how would choose to fight them? Follow the convention rules or the enemy's rules only go one bigger. I forget who said it and I'm probably paraphrasing but I find it's true: "In a world of barbarians, the only way to have peace is to be a bigger barbarian then they are. They don't understand anything else."
Even the "hunks of lead" are covered. No dum-dums. No exploding rifle caliber bullets. No square bullets (that goes back the Brits and India). The list goes on....
Many military people (all countries and services) miss napalm. Against an entrenched enemy, it works wonders and sometimes it's the best way to clear out a cave system such as what was on Iwo Jima and certain tunnel systems in Vietnam..
White cops shot a couple of black kids and in one case used a choke hold that turned fatal. This has turned into a "racist" protest even though there's black cops shooting white kids and no one protests. The Huffington Post and other news outlets report breathlessly every thing that's going on and are keeping things stirred up. In Ferguson, there have literal riots and then looting. Strange that no one takes offense at the burning of looting of black owned business by black rioters.
Why they targeted him? I have no idea and story doesn't say. The IT side is Theil. The why is...well.. Berkeley stupidity.
In the Ferguson case, the cop was acquitted by a grand jury because of the circumstances and forensics but people aren't listening to the evidence.. they're just screaming and protesting.
Side note: Once upon a time, rioting and protests stopped in the winter time. This time around, they just keep going and the media seems to be egging them on.
In the 60's, Berkeley was (and still is)a hotbed of liberalism here in the States. They declared themselves a nuclear-free-zone even though there's no military bases or nuke plants nearby. Back in the 60's they were very socialist/communist oriented in their teachings and I guess they still are. They just seem to take every "civil rights" and "anti-war" protest to new heights of stupidity in their perceived effort to change the government and the world.
Footnote: I'm sure there's a ton of downvotes and some name calling for this but that's my take on what I'm seeing and hearing.
While we respect and sympathize with the protestor’s right to demonstrate, the right of free speech and discussion is a two-way street.
Seems the idiots, as usual, ignored the second part of that. But they got heard and rational discussion as always from there, went out the window. After the crap that's come out of Berkeley over the last 50 years, I'm all for nuking the place from space.
To much jumble. Everything seems scattered. The top article and top stories too big. The flashing menu bar is very AOLish/Huffington Postish and distracting. Put the gray back to separate the article area from everything else as the ads, etc. Maybe some separator bars on the right to separate the wheat from the chaff. And, the gray for "read" articles is part of the too monochrome.
Yep....looks like the Huffington Post and AOL were used as templates. Really a pity.
You get points for trying, though.
What it appears to say is the Congress doesn't want the agency to relinquish control. But one would think that "transition meetings" could also be used to stop the relinquishing. Very baffling.
Given that a rider can be attached to any bill, this one is confusing. In Congress, nothing happens without meetings. Maybe that's the way they view the real world? Afterall, most are lawyers and most have never done a real day's work. I'm wondering how this rider will be changed, added to, or gutted come the actual discussion, debate, etc.
Ah.... you're not in 'Merica are you? Competition amongst ISP's is a joke. Some folks are lucky to even have 1 ISP. Any city area has only 1 broadband ISP for hardwire due to old monopolistic contracts signed back in the early days of cable. This has been discussed on El Reg many times before in almost all the "Net Neutrality" and merger articles.
@Bloakey1
"The US has a juvenile, short term world view in my opinion."
Yep... in everything we do. Profits, Stock Market. Wars against '$x". If it's not instant gratification, it's not worth waiting for. Or remembering. Then again history isn't taught in schools and thus, we must constantly re-live it. Maybe not all people, but at least those in charge and those who elected them.
The company at one point had all of IT on salary and we were expected to be on call 24/7. For those true emergencies, we went in, the company bought dinner/midnight nosh, etc. Then.. the state took a look at things and determined we (the techs) should all have hourly from the beginning and thus, we were owed back OT pay from date of hire. Long story short, very few got anything because we never logged OT except when told to. Now that we're all hourly, the phone never rings after work hours unless it's a true emergency such as fire, flood, or general mayhem. Ah... it's peaceful this way.
First off, we're a rather well-thought, and intelligent bunch here. We rationalize and even think about things and opinions. So....
While I agree with the general sentiment that the "home offices" and basis of the major religions won't have a problem with finding life elsewhere, it's the "down in the trenches" I think will have the issue. Look at the way the Bible was justified for horrible things. A rather innocuous one, being the burning of the tablets on Easter Island. Or the various warring, not even nice to each other much less outsiders, fundamentalists in the Muslim world. Or how about here in the States. If NASA finds life, I expect the head of the Space Committee in Congress will raise hell about cutting off the funding since the Bible tells him that the Universe is only 6000 years old and yada-yada. He's not even one of the more radical "Christians". The list can go on, but that's the thought process.
It's the actions of the factions and those who follow blindly the teachings of their local shaman that I think will be cause the "not pretty" part of my original post.
Quite a bit really and the result of finding won't be pretty. How about all the major religions will now collapse or react violently to those "disbelievers" who tell this lie? Much like there are some who disbelieve we've ever stepped foot on the moon, instead of a fringe movement, this would probably be pretty much world wide.
We are a nasty life-form that doesn't like it's fairy tales to be found un-true.
“There is a general agreement now that if you review regularly you can stop the dangers that people have identified,” Blunkett said.
Who agrees with this? He makes a statement and offers no context as to who agrees.
The way I see this review of the Act is similar to what happens here in the States: a lackey delivers a 1000 page pile of paper for the act to each MP. The MP looks at the stack... mumbles to him/herself... as says: "Oh, very well. It looks good to me".
The next big news will then be: You can search everyone's posts (including non-friends) for all those keywords you have in common. This will allow you to connect with more people than just the ones you know. And allow us to sell more ads."
Yep.. I can see that happening.
I have to admit I admire them for this. If it were another country pulling the same thing on data in the US, I'm sure our government would react badly. It's good to see someone (or some company in this case) stand up to the bullying.
I do have to wonder if the NSA already has the data but the government needs the formal handover?
Disclaimer: I'm a US citizen and very angry at the way my government plays fast and loose with the rules.
we remain hopeful that the city will listen to Portlanders who want safe, reliable, hassle free ride options now.
Portland is one of the most accident prone cities in the US to drive in. Traffic is a nightmare when it rains (as it does much of the times) and not much better when it isn't. So Uber uses "regular" folks as drivers... I think I'll just avoid Portland all together from now on.
Under the current proposal, that role would be replaced by a committee of stakeholders pulled from the ICANN community, most of whom have little or no expertise or experience, no legal accountability, and who will be selected from a small pool of self-interested individuals through a chronically poor and opaque election process. In short, the alternative looks depressingly amateurish.
In other words, it will go down the same path of the UN then? No expertise, no experience, no accountability, delegates selected... etc.?
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