While you may be discussing the instantaneous sampling and finding moments of strong political action in a sea of inaction, the multi-year terms of politicians suggest that the apolitical average will apathetically maintain the norm. Even if spikes of activity occur they often have no significant or lasting effect. C.f. Obamacare outrage, Bush's war for oil (uh, I mean, "on terror"), Clinton's philandering, ad nauseam.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Transportation Security Administration announces its recent partnership with the Roman Catholic Church. Beginning in time for the Christmas travel season, the Vatican will supply additional staff to perform pat-down searches and monitor the full-body scanners.
A small but vocal minority of fliers have expressed concern regarding the program. TSA spokesman Dick Tickle dismisses the opposition as an aggrieved minority, stating that the financial savings and increased security benefit taxpayers and travellers alike.
"My co-workers and I are uncomfortable with the intimate nature of the pat-down searches required for those who opt out of the full-body scannings," notes TSA agent Willie G. Roper. "The priests don't seem to object, the people trust them, and they reportedly bring years of experience with them."
Father John Geoghan eagerly looks forward to helping secure America's transportation network. "I've seen the images produced by the backscatter/millimeter-wave systems, and there's no hiding anything."
Given the expected success of the new program, Tickle hints that the agency plans to extend its subcontracting relationships, starting with state correctional institutions. "A number of parolees and work-release prisoners have a difficult time finding jobs because of their record. In some cases, their names will appear on the sex-offender registry for the rest of their life. We offer them hope at reintegrating into society while making travel safer."
How long before the IP addresses of influential politicians are found, and traffic is spoofed using those addresses (or unsecured wireless routers) to get key players kicked off the net?
Yeah, back when men used to club women over the head and drag them into the cave. Dread lest times change and we progress further up Maslow's hierarchy from physical needs (caveman sex) to love/belonging (Brook's view of sexual intimacy) to self-actualization (spontaneity and problem-solving).
he points out that the restrictions on licenses, such as the LGPL, simply are too complex and too restrictive for some developers, and the end result is fewer developers, which is the last thing you should want
This seems an attempt to dictate the definition of value. Just as "free is not a business model" is an attempt to dictate that the value is in the selling of a good instead of the larger market, "fewer developers...is the last thing you should want" attempts to dictate that project value comes from developers. For some developers, the value is in the freedom afforded to the and users instead of amassing developer following. Those developers usually choose a GPL variant (LGPL, GPL2, GPL3, AGPL3) in accordance with their values and intent.
"create an intermediary, sort of like an ASCAP for the newspaper industry, which suggests a near total misunderstanding of the differences between news and music"
Unfortunately for much of modern news, music and news both now get classified as entertainment. I can watch 60 minutes of "news" or open my local newspaper, wherein I will find celebrity gossip, top-10 best sellers, top-10 music run-downs, cooking segments/columns, interviews with personalities, restaurant reviews, a few sports highlights, teasers for upcoming "news" segments and future prime-time broadcasts, ad. nauseum. The "news" portion of the show is nigh non-existent. What happened to on-site reporting, in-depth analysis, local event coverage, and other "news"? Oh, wait, that's what my RSS reader is for.
On the post: Just Because A Population Isn't Politically Active Now, Doesn't Mean They Can't Become Politically Active Quickly
Instantaneous vs. average
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Re: Dateline Washington, D.C.
On the post: President Obama, After Traveling With Naked Scanner CEO, Defends Naked Scans
Dateline Washington, D.C.
A small but vocal minority of fliers have expressed concern regarding the program. TSA spokesman Dick Tickle dismisses the opposition as an aggrieved minority, stating that the financial savings and increased security benefit taxpayers and travellers alike.
"My co-workers and I are uncomfortable with the intimate nature of the pat-down searches required for those who opt out of the full-body scannings," notes TSA agent Willie G. Roper. "The priests don't seem to object, the people trust them, and they reportedly bring years of experience with them."
Father John Geoghan eagerly looks forward to helping secure America's transportation network. "I've seen the images produced by the backscatter/millimeter-wave systems, and there's no hiding anything."
Given the expected success of the new program, Tickle hints that the agency plans to extend its subcontracting relationships, starting with state correctional institutions. "A number of parolees and work-release prisoners have a difficult time finding jobs because of their record. In some cases, their names will appear on the sex-offender registry for the rest of their life. We offer them hope at reintegrating into society while making travel safer."
On the post: Should The Knight Foundation Be Paying For Startups To Put Up Paywalls?
Fate happens
1) Knights pay startup, withdraw, and startup fails with paywall. Another data point in a long history.
2) Knights pay startup, withdraw, startup succeeds with paywall. Case study to look into
3) Knights pay startup, withdraw, startup succeeds after changing to a smarter business model. Agile business milks stupid investors.
4) Knights offer to pay, startup refuses. Doesn't make the news, but startup flies or flounders on its own merits.
So whatever. :)
On the post: UK Gov't Official: Innocent People Won't Get Kicked Off The Internet; Trust Us
Spoofed IP addresses
On the post: David Brooks: Mobile Phones Are Destroying Courtship
Certain accepted social scripts
Yeah, back when men used to club women over the head and drag them into the cave. Dread lest times change and we progress further up Maslow's hierarchy from physical needs (caveman sex) to love/belonging (Brook's view of sexual intimacy) to self-actualization (spontaneity and problem-solving).
-gumnos
On the post: Even The Open Source Community Gets Overly Restrictive At Times
last thing I want?
This seems an attempt to dictate the definition of value. Just as "free is not a business model" is an attempt to dictate that the value is in the selling of a good instead of the larger market, "fewer developers...is the last thing you should want" attempts to dictate that project value comes from developers. For some developers, the value is in the freedom afforded to the and users instead of amassing developer following. Those developers usually choose a GPL variant (LGPL, GPL2, GPL3, AGPL3) in accordance with their values and intent.
-Tim Chase
On the post: Newspapers' Plan For Survival: Charge Money, Beat Up On Craigslist And Keep Repeating To Ourselves That We're Needed
News vs. Music
Unfortunately for much of modern news, music and news both now get classified as entertainment. I can watch 60 minutes of "news" or open my local newspaper, wherein I will find celebrity gossip, top-10 best sellers, top-10 music run-downs, cooking segments/columns, interviews with personalities, restaurant reviews, a few sports highlights, teasers for upcoming "news" segments and future prime-time broadcasts, ad. nauseum. The "news" portion of the show is nigh non-existent. What happened to on-site reporting, in-depth analysis, local event coverage, and other "news"? Oh, wait, that's what my RSS reader is for.
-Gumnos
On the post: Why Is It So Difficult To Opt-Out Of Copyright?
An even looser license...
http://sam.zoy.org/wtfpl/
-gumnos
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