jmcmichael

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by jmcmichael 13y ago
> The intelligence community doesn't ignore senators and representatives. That isn't happening except in a political fantasy world where being opposed to the NSA is beneficial. You are ignorant of basic historical information n
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by jmcmichael 13y ago
> Because every group you've named has the same overarching goal - to keep people free and safe. This statement sounds hopelessly naive to me. Sure, those groups say they work to keep people free and save, but their track record w
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by jmcmichael 13y ago
There are many lines that one could draw to divide this whole mess into two sides. Who's the 'us' and who's the 'them'? I can think of quite a few lines to divide up the power-centers and sociological groups, a
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by jmcmichael 13y ago
Their talking points seem to be sticking close to these two phrases: "We do not listen to your telephone calls," and "We do not target your emails."[1] Interpreted the way the intelligence community interprets these word
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by jmcmichael 14y ago
I've used Symphony CMS (getsymphony.com) to build several websites, one of them quite large. I love it. It's the first CMS I've used that isn't a total mess architecturally. At it's core it provides a highly customizable interface for maint
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by jmcmichael 18y ago
A stock market is set up to trade fungible bits of paper that have been contractually linked to companies (securities), commodities (futures), or derivatives like options. The algorithms for pricing and linking up buyers and sellers of thes
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by jmcmichael 18y ago
I was part of a project about a few years ago to do such a thing. The algorithms for writing a stock exchange are quite well known. I was just working on the interface, so I don't have a complete understanding of what was going on under the