I used to machine (many years ago I was a robotics guy ,was even one of the tech advisers/safety inspectors on BattleBots), and I'll tell you one thing about modern machining. The low-end stuff today, is worse than the low-end stuff from the 40s.
Second, 90% of all mills and lathes come from China.
Third - there are a NUMBER of conversion kits, to turn regular mills and lathes into CNC machines, and has been for a long time. I remember the battleBot builder association SORC buying and installing a conversion kit in 1999.
Fourth -mills and lathes and CNC machines are not that complex. In fact they're a lot simpler than atomic weapons to construct. So, if you're worried about constructing a bomb, and don't want them to do it, trying to den them a much simpler tool used for it, aint going to work. Especially not when there are even open source kits out there. After all, how well did the Ban on CNC machines hamper the Manhattan project? (I know the ban was temporal, in that they hadn't been invented at that point, but the US made them without needing a CNC)
Good cops don't allow bad cops to continue. Good cops don't shield misconduct behind 'the thin blue line'. Good cops should be actively policing themselves, and getting the bad ones out.
There are potentials for effectively acting otherwise than in the best interests of the client when a layer accepts money from a third party. Thus the referenced rules make it clear that such things are to be done with the clients informed consent, and with the people funding being unable to direct the litigation, or obtaining information that's privileged.
Not going to be too hard to prove there were no professional standards violations.
Patel owns two gas stations, which have wifi. the alleged actions took place on one of those IIRC. (its been ~9 months. Was in the motion to set aside the default)
It was a kinda emotional day. I had major butterflies in my stomach and I barely said a word the entire hearing. Also the computer Blair was using to display documents to the court was running Ubuntu, not Windows, so he was flustered by the switch as well.
Re: And of course Prenda's by-the-checklist response:
That will take some balls. Judge O'Kelley's held his judgeship since 1970 (appointed by Nixon) and was Chief Justice until he retired (and took senior status) in 96.
I don't think that would wash. I think he's actually one of the longest serving federal judges (I think 3 longest currently, and 15th overall)
And yet earlier this week his own lawyers said he wasn't involved in any of this and joined at the end of it all. Those who know Hammond know he's a liar. This is one of them. If he had anything to back these claims up, he'd not have plead guilty, especially when he 'wasn't even there'.
Nate Anderson (deputy editor, Ars Technica) is writing a book covering this and other things. I've been speaking to him about my dealings with Hammond, including logs from the time. I've no problems providing evidence (I also provided some of the logs to Al Jezeera before the panel discussion with his lawyer I was on Tuesday) Hammond's the one claiming he had nothing to do with the credit card stuff, and the FBI was giving him a hit-list, and yet pled guilty without contesting any claims. I don't know about you, but it sure sounds like he has nothing to back his claims.
No, he hasn't. He REALLY hasn't. He's done a lot for people lookng to curtail our freedoms, by giving people and easily exploitable boogie-man, but anything productive, no.
Want to see a perfect act of 'online activism' - see last years SOPA/PIPA blackouts.
Hammond hardly has the best reputation in the world for telling the truth. I've had extensive dealings with him back to 06 (before he went to prison for Protest Warrior) and every time he did something, he'd start off by boasting about it. And then a few weeks later, when called on his boasts, he'd change the story.
When he did the mob action in Daley square, he told people at the time he wanted to mess things up for the politicians and cause as much trouble as possible. When it came time in court, it was 'youthful exuberance'.
I had things I was working on targetted by him, and a variety of lies given as to why, and then threatened that I'd better not talk to his parole officer, because 'snitches get stitches'. (The irony of what he claims to do never seemed to hit him)
It's also funny that he claims others stole the CC numbers and made charges, especially as he said it was his aim with the protest warrior hack. And if they were stolen before he was even involved (as one of his lawyers told me point blank tuesday), that should have been easy for him to prove. So for him to plead guilty to it shows knew they had evidence.
He's not an activist, he's an anarchist that wants to cause trouble, trying to cover things as activism, as a 'get out of jail' card. Because as a thug and vandal and thief, he has no support; as a poor maligned political activist being targeted by the Gov, he has a story people can get behind, despite it being a lie.
I'd much rather have a nuc plant here. As it is, within 25 miles of me, I have the biggest coal-fired plant in the US, and a hydro-plant. BTW, guess where the only cases of uranium poisoning of residents in the last 10 years in the state of Georgia happened? 2 years ago, within 5 miles of the coal plant.
Of course, yes, this is a tea-party district (I don't live here by choice) being covered by both Austin Scott, and Paul Broun.
The real problem most people have with nuclear power though is one of ignorance, and I partly blame superheros. Hulk, invisible man, fantastic 4, Spiderman, Sam Beckett, Alex Mac, Dr Manhattan etc... They all give the idea that 'radiation does things and changes you', and so people get afraid, because they don't know the reality. And unfortunately, in this area, people cherish their ignorance (my landlord is PROUD of the fact he's 84, and has got through life with only a 4th grade education)
That's actually the wider problem now. People in the US think that education means elitism, and that it's somehow 'wrong'. At least, that's the impression in the south.
Let's reiterate a few things that you've glossed over.
The damaged cooling pond was damaged because of a major earthquake and tsunami, and as yet has not killed anyone. The earthquake and tsunami killed tens of thousands, and the nuclear plant was not the only power plant to have issues. Almost a dozen were killed as a result of a hydro-dam breaking at the same time, and yet no-one's hitting on hydro-power, despite it being much more deadly (not just now, but in general).
I haven't done the maths you suggest, but I have worked in that field, developing some things at a different location that may be in use there now for this (I don't know how specific I'm allowed to go) and that's WHY people like me worked on the things we did.
Also, if your folks worked on the first two cores (and, I'd assume, the Demon Core?) you'd know just how NOT actually lethal it is until it reaches its criticality point.
I think you proved my point. Unless you do set your client up like that, it's bad. And will be for anyone else who opens the site before the story has dropped off the bottom.
I wouldn't even have noticed myself, had I been at my main system, but I'm not, so I did. And this was more a request for all the others that would be annoyed by it.
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Second, 90% of all mills and lathes come from China.
Third - there are a NUMBER of conversion kits, to turn regular mills and lathes into CNC machines, and has been for a long time. I remember the battleBot builder association SORC buying and installing a conversion kit in 1999.
Fourth -mills and lathes and CNC machines are not that complex. In fact they're a lot simpler than atomic weapons to construct. So, if you're worried about constructing a bomb, and don't want them to do it, trying to den them a much simpler tool used for it, aint going to work. Especially not when there are even open source kits out there. After all, how well did the Ban on CNC machines hamper the Manhattan project? (I know the ban was temporal, in that they hadn't been invented at that point, but the US made them without needing a CNC)
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Re: Good Cops
Good cops don't allow bad cops to continue. Good cops don't shield misconduct behind 'the thin blue line'. Good cops should be actively policing themselves, and getting the bad ones out.
How often are you seeing that?
Not very often?
Not many good cops then are there?
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Re: Re:
Not going to be too hard to prove there were no professional standards violations.
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Re: Re: ouch
Patel owns two gas stations, which have wifi. the alleged actions took place on one of those IIRC. (its been ~9 months. Was in the motion to set aside the default)
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Re: And of course Prenda's by-the-checklist response:
Judge O'Kelley's held his judgeship since 1970 (appointed by Nixon) and was Chief Justice until he retired (and took senior status) in 96.
I don't think that would wash. I think he's actually one of the longest serving federal judges (I think 3 longest currently, and 15th overall)
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Re: Esq. does not nesesarily mean lawyer
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Re: So, the legal system (eventually, sorta) works against copyright abuse...
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Re:
How about printing 'scribe theft'?
If you're going to make up terms, don't forget to apply them to the exact same situations in history.
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Re: Shoot the messenger!
Those who know Hammond know he's a liar. This is one of them. If he had anything to back these claims up, he'd not have plead guilty, especially when he 'wasn't even there'.
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Re: Re: Hammond lying again
Hammond's the one claiming he had nothing to do with the credit card stuff, and the FBI was giving him a hit-list, and yet pled guilty without contesting any claims. I don't know about you, but it sure sounds like he has nothing to back his claims.
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Hammond lying again
Want to see a perfect act of 'online activism' - see last years SOPA/PIPA blackouts.
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Re: Re: Hammond lying again
I agree with you that he usually had no idea what he was talking about.
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Hammond lying again
Hammond hardly has the best reputation in the world for telling the truth. I've had extensive dealings with him back to 06 (before he went to prison for Protest Warrior) and every time he did something, he'd start off by boasting about it. And then a few weeks later, when called on his boasts, he'd change the story.
When he did the mob action in Daley square, he told people at the time he wanted to mess things up for the politicians and cause as much trouble as possible. When it came time in court, it was 'youthful exuberance'.
I had things I was working on targetted by him, and a variety of lies given as to why, and then threatened that I'd better not talk to his parole officer, because 'snitches get stitches'. (The irony of what he claims to do never seemed to hit him)
It's also funny that he claims others stole the CC numbers and made charges, especially as he said it was his aim with the protest warrior hack. And if they were stolen before he was even involved (as one of his lawyers told me point blank tuesday), that should have been easy for him to prove. So for him to plead guilty to it shows knew they had evidence.
He's not an activist, he's an anarchist that wants to cause trouble, trying to cover things as activism, as a 'get out of jail' card. Because as a thug and vandal and thief, he has no support; as a poor maligned political activist being targeted by the Gov, he has a story people can get behind, despite it being a lie.
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Re: Where to Put the Power Plants
BTW, guess where the only cases of uranium poisoning of residents in the last 10 years in the state of Georgia happened? 2 years ago, within 5 miles of the coal plant.
Of course, yes, this is a tea-party district (I don't live here by choice) being covered by both Austin Scott, and Paul Broun.
The real problem most people have with nuclear power though is one of ignorance, and I partly blame superheros. Hulk, invisible man, fantastic 4, Spiderman, Sam Beckett, Alex Mac, Dr Manhattan etc... They all give the idea that 'radiation does things and changes you', and so people get afraid, because they don't know the reality. And unfortunately, in this area, people cherish their ignorance (my landlord is PROUD of the fact he's 84, and has got through life with only a 4th grade education)
That's actually the wider problem now. People in the US think that education means elitism, and that it's somehow 'wrong'. At least, that's the impression in the south.
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Re: How safe is the spent fuel?
The damaged cooling pond was damaged because of a major earthquake and tsunami, and as yet has not killed anyone.
The earthquake and tsunami killed tens of thousands, and the nuclear plant was not the only power plant to have issues. Almost a dozen were killed as a result of a hydro-dam breaking at the same time, and yet no-one's hitting on hydro-power, despite it being much more deadly (not just now, but in general).
I haven't done the maths you suggest, but I have worked in that field, developing some things at a different location that may be in use there now for this (I don't know how specific I'm allowed to go) and that's WHY people like me worked on the things we did.
Also, if your folks worked on the first two cores (and, I'd assume, the Demon Core?) you'd know just how NOT actually lethal it is until it reaches its criticality point.
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Re: Not entirely in the clear
Odds on it being CD's/floppies for free service...
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Re: Re: Video BAD
And will be for anyone else who opens the site before the story has dropped off the bottom.
I wouldn't even have noticed myself, had I been at my main system, but I'm not, so I did. And this was more a request for all the others that would be annoyed by it.
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