I'm shocked to find that spying is going on in here!
Intercepting another country's diplomatic messages is hardly a new, or even undocumented, issue.
After all, in the 18th Century this was done on an industrial scale with the Viennese "Geheime Kabinets-kanzlei" operating so efficiently they were opening, copying and resealing all diplomatic mail in Vienna without disrupting the normal mail delivery. See wikipedia
Allies are only allies at that moment in time, and on that particular instance.
Alliances change, and just because another country supported you on one issue doesn't mean they will on another.
Hence the need for contingency planning.
For example the US set up colour coded war plans for conflict with various nations, including allies - as an example http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Plan_Red. I would be surprised if other countries hadn't done so.
Th CFAA says things such as checking personal email at work, or presumably reading non-work related websites at work (as I'm doing just now - but shhhhh) could mean jail time.
"The distinction between a privateer and a pirate has been, practically speaking, vague, often depending on the source as to which label was correct in a particular circumstance. The actual work of a pirate and a privateer is generally the same (raiding and plundering ...)"
Can we start a fight between the MPAA/RIAA and IV?
I read the target word differently. By asking for all data, they're not "targetting" anyone in particular. Therefore they're not "targetting" US citizens.
Have to say that ultimately I'm not too bothered if restaurants buy in pre-prepared food. As long as combination of tasty food, nice service, ambience and price match up I'm happy.
After all, restaurant pizza is often the same as a home pizza, but people are willing to pay.
Don't try and belittle China's hypothetical response by ascribing it to some mystical belief in the need to keep face.
How about protecting their citizens from attack?
After all consider if some foreign power, say Iran, decided that a US citizen in the US had committed a crime against Iran, and so they hacked into US computers in an attempt to attack the targeted individual. How would the US react to that? I'm guessing a lot more belligerently than China would.
It doesn't take the Chinese government to fool the US population into thinking they're under attack. Broadcasting a novel about an invasion from Mars will do it.
I wondered if it could be deliberate market manipulation as well. Probably just someone having a laugh, but you never know. I bet the SEC is looking into the number of short trades that happened just before the tweet was posted and which were quickly closed out before the market realised the tweet was fake.
And it is wrong to exploit stupid people. A fool and has money may well be quickly parted but when it comes to investment markets at least there are all sorts of rules about what you can and can't do and say. See insider trading, ponzi schemes, pump and dump, etc
Why? I'm sure you can point to anecdotes of private prisons having problems (this article for example). However I'm sure I can point to government run prisons being similarly poor.
The problem lies not with the structure of the managing committee, but with the fact power corrupts. See the Stanford prison experiment for an example of how otherwise good people can degenerate when given prisoners (even through they knew the prisoners were similarly good).
Until we have some cure for the human condition all we can do in prisons is have some form of checks and balances.
To my mind, the key quality of DRM is restrictions on what I can do with the file once I have bought (licensed?) it. A watermark does none of this, all it does is allow the copyright holder to trace which file was leaked onto bittorrent.
A watermark is akin to being given a personalised item. As an example, would you say that personalised songs which are otherwise DRM free, are encumbered by DRM? I don't think so.
However I agree with you that I'm not sure about how useful watermarking is in practice. As you say, files could be stolen. More likely to my mind is someone will figure out how to edit the watermark part of the file, and either replace it with a null string, an Anonymous slogan, or someone else's watermark.
So their [doctor's] stated goal -- eliminate all disease -- is in fact not in their own best interests. Obviously, this isn't ever a pressing issue because the rate at which doctors eliminate diseases is slow enough not to matter to them.
And you don't feel the need to question why they are curing disease so slowly?
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I'm shocked to find that spying is going on in here!
After all, in the 18th Century this was done on an industrial scale with the Viennese "Geheime Kabinets-kanzlei" operating so efficiently they were opening, copying and resealing all diplomatic mail in Vienna without disrupting the normal mail delivery. See wikipedia
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Alliances change, and just because another country supported you on one issue doesn't mean they will on another.
Hence the need for contingency planning.
For example the US set up colour coded war plans for conflict with various nations, including allies - as an example http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Plan_Red. I would be surprised if other countries hadn't done so.
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CFAA + NSA surveillance = bad news
Th CFAA says things such as checking personal email at work, or presumably reading non-work related websites at work (as I'm doing just now - but shhhhh) could mean jail time.
Never mind the size of your lobsters, ever made a personal phonecall from work?
Still think you have nothing to hide?
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IV are pirates!
"The distinction between a privateer and a pirate has been, practically speaking, vague, often depending on the source as to which label was correct in a particular circumstance. The actual work of a pirate and a privateer is generally the same (raiding and plundering ...)"
Can we start a fight between the MPAA/RIAA and IV?
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I left my coat in a bar last night - could someone ask the NSA which bars I was in so I can go and get it?
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weasel targetting?
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After all, restaurant pizza is often the same as a home pizza, but people are willing to pay.
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Re: Re: Try "defending their citizens from attack"
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Try "defending their citizens from attack"
How about protecting their citizens from attack?
After all consider if some foreign power, say Iran, decided that a US citizen in the US had committed a crime against Iran, and so they hacked into US computers in an attempt to attack the targeted individual. How would the US react to that? I'm guessing a lot more belligerently than China would.
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Is that you Steve?
Damn creepers.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_War_of_the_Worlds_(radio_drama)#Public_reaction
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Re: Re: Deliberate manipulation
And it is wrong to exploit stupid people. A fool and has money may well be quickly parted but when it comes to investment markets at least there are all sorts of rules about what you can and can't do and say. See insider trading, ponzi schemes, pump and dump, etc
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Suffrage sounds like suffering so it must be bad, right?
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public or private prisons?
The problem lies not with the structure of the managing committee, but with the fact power corrupts. See the Stanford prison experiment for an example of how otherwise good people can degenerate when given prisoners (even through they knew the prisoners were similarly good).
Until we have some cure for the human condition all we can do in prisons is have some form of checks and balances.
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watermarking as DRM?
To my mind, the key quality of DRM is restrictions on what I can do with the file once I have bought (licensed?) it. A watermark does none of this, all it does is allow the copyright holder to trace which file was leaked onto bittorrent.
A watermark is akin to being given a personalised item. As an example, would you say that personalised songs which are otherwise DRM free, are encumbered by DRM? I don't think so.
However I agree with you that I'm not sure about how useful watermarking is in practice. As you say, files could be stolen. More likely to my mind is someone will figure out how to edit the watermark part of the file, and either replace it with a null string, an Anonymous slogan, or someone else's watermark.
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But are doctors trying to cure diseases?
And you don't feel the need to question why they are curing disease so slowly?
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