Approximately 9,192,631,770 periods of the radiation corresponding to the transition between the two hyperfine levels of the ground state of the caesium 133 atom.
This much power, once created, never goes unused. And now this unprecedented amount of power is hidden behind an unprecedented amount of secrecy and given to spies, the most unscrupulous people in the world. What could possibly go wrong? Keep that in mind when you hear them saying "We're the good guys. Trust us."
Rhode island, and a lot of other public pensions, and investing in private equity funds, which are off-market private deals that benefits those managers greatly. Yves smith at Naked Capitalism has been covering this very well:
TechDirt is a journalistic successor to I. F. Stone. There are differences of course. TechDirt isn't as liberal/lefty as Stone. But exposing corruption in business and government is hugely important, such as when people write themselves logical and moral blank checks and then use them to cause tremendous damage in self-serving ways, or when the sheer gravity of accumulated wealth warps the rules to increase said wealth with no further merit. Keep exposing examples of high/low court hypocrisy. Keep exposing examples of shady business practices by supposedly respectable brands. Keep exposing examples of regulatory overreach in the name of security. Keep printing articles that people in power don't want me to read.
Persons walking down the street may commit crimes. Accordingly we should not permit anonymous walking. All pedestrians must regularly identify themselves to use the sidewalks through validation of embedded RFID chips or bar code tattoos read by ubiquitous scanners. For ease of access, provide justification beforehand of the non-criminal purpose of your walking. Once that is approved simply follow the green arrows that the government will provide in your heads-up display. Be sure not to stray from the green arrows or you may lose your pre-approved walking privileges. Simple!
On the post: NSA Makes Metadata (Including Info On Americans) Available To Domestic Law Enforcement Via 'Google-Like' Search
Decision Memorandum for DNI on ICREACH (PDF)
Sharing Communications Metadata Across the US (PDF)
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On the post: Adam Carolla Settles With Podcasting Patent Troll: Even With A Strong Case And $500k In The Bank, It's Too Expensive To Fight
Also, what happens to the money I donated to Save Podcasting? EFF is still happily taking donations:
https://supporters.eff.org/donate/save-podcasting
Email him here: Ihaveissues@AdamCarolla.com
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On the post: Ron Wyden: It's Time To Kill The Third Party Doctrine And Go Back To Respecting Privacy
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On the post: From The Unsealed 'Jewel v. NSA' Transcript: The DOJ Has Nothing But Contempt For American Citizens
On the post: Ron Wyden: It's Time To Kill The Third Party Doctrine And Go Back To Respecting Privacy
On the post: Redditors Propose Setting Up A 'Consumers' Union' To Fight Back Against Broadband Giants
On the post: State Treasurer Cites Anomalous Kidnapping Case, Office Distraction In Denying Newspaper Access To State Pension Fund Records
http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2014/07/ri-treasurer-jusifies-hedge-fund-info-secrecy-wiith-need -to-minimize-attention.html
Here's Yves being interviewed about this by Harry Shearer on Le Show:
https://soundcloud.com/leshowharryshearer/le-show-with-harry-shearer-june-29th-2014
On the post: Snowden Says He Purposely Left Clues For NSA To See What He Took; Shocked By NSA's Incompetence In Figuring It Out
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On the post: New Report Challenges The Whole 'IP Intensive Industries Are Doing Well Because Of Strong IP' Myth
On the post: About Freaking Time: New York Times Will Finally Start Calling CIA Torture Practices 'Torture'
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On the post: Keith Alexander: I'm Worth $1 Million Per Month Because I'm Patenting A Way To Stop Hackers (Which I Didn't Tell The NSA)
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