"Each test attempted to prove the existence of extrasensory perception (ESP)"
Well there's your problem. Tests aren't supposed to 'attempt to prove things' they are supposed to generate impartial repeatable data. Then you are supposed to twist that data to mean whatever the hell you wanted to prove in the first place.
Damn kids letting their tests run loose again and look what it leads to. Sex. Always with the sex, these kids.
I'm sure they were also fine before they rode in a car, but we aren't trying to keep kids out of cars.
In each and every case of autism the child was recently in a car before being diagnosed.
The dramatic rise in autism certainly seems to be accompanied by the dramatic rise in automobiles. I'm certain that cars cause autism. We should now spend millions of dollars researching this.
(this is actually less absurd than the vaccination argument as, to my knowledge, there has not been over a decade of research put towards a link between cars and autism)
"Now with all this shit even if it is, it will never be looked into."
That's just it. It has been looked into extensively for more than a decade and nobody has been able to produce any data the even correlates autism and vaccinations.
We've done the research. There is no connection. Lets put that money into research that might actually be of benefit to people with autism instead of wasting millions (billions?) of dollars on a dead end.
My expectation (hope?) is that the tech will deal with this long before the law catches up, and the law will actually drive change in the way the tech works, just not in the direction the 'powers that be' will actually appreciate.
By that I mean I expect encryption to become the default standard for all data both in rest and in transit. We've already seen this with the crackdown on bit torrent traffic. Ubuntu will encrypt home directories as part of the standard install (it's been possible in *nix for a long time). Windows and OSX have software available to encrypt the hard drives. I'm sure phones won't be far behind.
So what you're saying is that if I am pulled over in front of my house, and I have my key (or maybe just my garage door opener), then the police can search my house, because it's right there. Got it.
Phones are rapidly becoming small computers (with mine I can ssh into my home server, does that mean if I get pulled over the police should be able to pull the full contents of my home server?)
The problem is that these devices are (or quickly becoming) not about what you choose to bring with you at that time, but about a connection to your whole life.
I throughly agree that we should hunt/find/make up anything we can/need to in order to in some way be able to paint Wikileaks, and Julian Assange personally, as bad, evil, and a threat to modern civilization as well as keep the focus on them.
Otherwise we might actually focus on what has been released, the various failures of government(s), and maybe look for solutions to fix them (which would most likely result in the loss of some power, and/or additional headache, for currently ensconced government officials).
I'm not completely convinced that companies have 'rights', but one part of this is the same as the TSA mess and it really bugs me.
That is this idea the 'entity' can 'give up thier rights by doing x'. I'm sorry but that is complete and total BS. The only thing that can cause a person to lose their rights is the committing and conviction (via a fair trial) of a crime.
I don't live in the area, nor do I know about this mayor. If he is this effective in his day to day operations I wouldn't call this a publicity stunt I would call it doing his job and being good at it. Alternatively, if his general job performance is sub-par, and continues to be sub-par going forward, then this really is just a publicity stunt.
Politicians should be visible in what their doing both good and bad.
I had a teacher in college that was convinced we had hit peak oil, had leveled off, and were about to start heading down. This was about 8 years ago. I argued a few times noting that the same prediction had been raised before. I quickly just left that alone so we could get back to the course work.
I think the point being that the judge's job is to protect against invalid seizure warrants, and should be especially careful in cases such as these when first amendment issues are relevant.
The fact that the warrant didn't even pay lip service to the first amendment should have made the judge at least question, and probably reject the warrant.
This is a subject that is very near and dear to me. I'm not a book writer, but a software engineer. The scarcity that I sell right now is my time (and I make a pretty good living at it). However there are a half dozen application ideas that I want to produce (you know, in my copious amounts of free time :) ). Some to donate for the betterment of others, and others to make money from. As my financial needs are currently met I focus whatever spare time it dedicate to side projects to those not meant to earn me direct profit (although if they go well they will certainly improve my ability to charge for my time in the future).
I strongly believe that software in general will be $free (not wants to or should be, but will be). I do, however, struggle on how I would make a living with software, after I've produced it, without charging for the actual software. May have to just keep charging for my time (which does seem to work well).
The way I see it this is just getting started and physical goods are going to start following the same trends. I can certainly see a point where the entire supply line for a product is completely automated with little or no marginal cost. Watching the reaction of these content producers I'm a little afraid of the reaction when the marginal cost of many/most/all physical goods approaches zero.
The case I see sited most often is the US v Guest case (which in my mind the travel part of that is a little interesting).
I read a pretty good breakdown of how one might find the TSA practices unconstitutional, but I can't find it right now. If I find it again I'll be sure to post it on a future TSA article (I'm sure we'll see more :) )
Freedom of movement is a right. It has been upheld in court (I don't know the case off the top of my head) that undue burdens put on air travel violate that right.
I'm fairly certain a lawsuit aimed at ridding us of the backscatter and 'fun' patdowns could succeed if properly executed. I suspect it would have to be from somebody who didn't fly because of them in order to make it into the courts.
"Once again, this isn't to say that there shouldn't be a security screening process..."
Why do we need to have a security screening process? Are planes really more dangerous than anywhere else? Do we put security around a bus or train?
I would say get rid of the whole deal, maybe put two trained security guards on each plane. Passengers won't sit around anymore. Also it shouldn't be the governments problem to solve.
The mindset that we absolutely must have some security to get on a plane I find very suspect. I wouldn't say we absolutely shouldn't have security, but leave it up to the airports and airlines to find the right level, even if that level is nothing.
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Tests
Well there's your problem. Tests aren't supposed to 'attempt to prove things' they are supposed to generate impartial repeatable data. Then you are supposed to twist that data to mean whatever the hell you wanted to prove in the first place.
Damn kids letting their tests run loose again and look what it leads to. Sex. Always with the sex, these kids.
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In each and every case of autism the child was recently in a car before being diagnosed.
The dramatic rise in autism certainly seems to be accompanied by the dramatic rise in automobiles. I'm certain that cars cause autism. We should now spend millions of dollars researching this.
(this is actually less absurd than the vaccination argument as, to my knowledge, there has not been over a decade of research put towards a link between cars and autism)
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Re: Re: Re:
That's just it. It has been looked into extensively for more than a decade and nobody has been able to produce any data the even correlates autism and vaccinations.
We've done the research. There is no connection. Lets put that money into research that might actually be of benefit to people with autism instead of wasting millions (billions?) of dollars on a dead end.
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By that I mean I expect encryption to become the default standard for all data both in rest and in transit. We've already seen this with the crackdown on bit torrent traffic. Ubuntu will encrypt home directories as part of the standard install (it's been possible in *nix for a long time). Windows and OSX have software available to encrypt the hard drives. I'm sure phones won't be far behind.
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Re: Re: Re:
Phones are rapidly becoming small computers (with mine I can ssh into my home server, does that mean if I get pulled over the police should be able to pull the full contents of my home server?)
The problem is that these devices are (or quickly becoming) not about what you choose to bring with you at that time, but about a connection to your whole life.
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Otherwise we might actually focus on what has been released, the various failures of government(s), and maybe look for solutions to fix them (which would most likely result in the loss of some power, and/or additional headache, for currently ensconced government officials).
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Re: Accountability
There, fixed that for you.
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Rights
That is this idea the 'entity' can 'give up thier rights by doing x'. I'm sorry but that is complete and total BS. The only thing that can cause a person to lose their rights is the committing and conviction (via a fair trial) of a crime.
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Publicity Stunt?
Politicians should be visible in what their doing both good and bad.
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I wonder if he's still as convinced.
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Re: Discussion
The fact that the warrant didn't even pay lip service to the first amendment should have made the judge at least question, and probably reject the warrant.
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yay
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Near a dear to me
I strongly believe that software in general will be $free (not wants to or should be, but will be). I do, however, struggle on how I would make a living with software, after I've produced it, without charging for the actual software. May have to just keep charging for my time (which does seem to work well).
The way I see it this is just getting started and physical goods are going to start following the same trends. I can certainly see a point where the entire supply line for a product is completely automated with little or no marginal cost. Watching the reaction of these content producers I'm a little afraid of the reaction when the marginal cost of many/most/all physical goods approaches zero.
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Interesting times
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Re: Damn
I actually really hope that starts happening.
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Re: Re: Re: Re: it works great!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_movement_under_United_States_law
The case I see sited most often is the US v Guest case (which in my mind the travel part of that is a little interesting).
I read a pretty good breakdown of how one might find the TSA practices unconstitutional, but I can't find it right now. If I find it again I'll be sure to post it on a future TSA article (I'm sure we'll see more :) )
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Re: Re: it works great!
"air travel is a privilege, not a right"
Freedom of movement is a right. It has been upheld in court (I don't know the case off the top of my head) that undue burdens put on air travel violate that right.
I'm fairly certain a lawsuit aimed at ridding us of the backscatter and 'fun' patdowns could succeed if properly executed. I suspect it would have to be from somebody who didn't fly because of them in order to make it into the courts.
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You're not saying it, but I will
Why do we need to have a security screening process? Are planes really more dangerous than anywhere else? Do we put security around a bus or train?
I would say get rid of the whole deal, maybe put two trained security guards on each plane. Passengers won't sit around anymore. Also it shouldn't be the governments problem to solve.
The mindset that we absolutely must have some security to get on a plane I find very suspect. I wouldn't say we absolutely shouldn't have security, but leave it up to the airports and airlines to find the right level, even if that level is nothing.
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