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   by plugger 10y ago

   This won't clean up Washington much at all as it only involves the Trump administration appointments. IF Trump was serious about clamping down on the revolving door between Lobbyists and Congress he would have to enact this ban for Con
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   by plugger 10y ago

   > If you want to build an analogy the display of power by Russia would be if it requested to extradite Litvinenko for trial and UK would comply (I don't know if they tried to do it). If you don't know if they tried then why eve
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   by plugger 10y ago

   Sure, they should. But they aren't. And I don't believe this case will be the catalyst to change the status quo.
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   by plugger 10y ago

   The problem here is that a Russian citizen targeted and hacked numerous US based computer systems. If an American citizen was hacking Russian computers and was caught in China I'm pretty confident that person would end up in Russia. I
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   by plugger 10y ago

   > why Russia, China or Iran cannot? But they can. They need preexisting extradition agreements and it's all good. And the system isn't asymmetric. By their nature extradition agreements are bilateral and therefore symmetric. Ho
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   by plugger 10y ago

   As does China, Russia, Israel, England, France, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, and pretty much everyone else in the first world. What's your point? Comparing the actions of nation states to criminal enterprises, while fun,
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   by plugger 10y ago

   By your logic prosecuting international computer crime wouldn't be possible. How do you expect that to work out in practice? Also, he was arrested in the Czech Republic, not Russia. The Czech Republic has an extradition treaty with the
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   by plugger 10y ago

   Agreed 100%. Another place to consider is soup kitchens. But as jfolkins points out volunteering your time to help others is very beneficial personally and that makes you more attractive to others. The fact that you're sacrificing your
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   by plugger 10y ago

   These wines have never even left their cellars, so UV resistant bottles aren't really necessary. And uncorking an old bottle is part of the allure. Resistance to newer and more technically sound closures like stelvins (screw caps) is e
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    by plugger 10y ago

    Yes folks, these wines will still be drinkable. I've had 1929 red Burgundies on more than one occasion and can confirm that aged wine is not only drinkable but enjoyable. I was in Bouchard's cellars last November and can tell you
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    by plugger 10y ago

    I think the assertion is that there's a pattern with wikileaks releases of late, specifically that most targeted countries and institutions happen to be adversaries of Putin and/or Russia.
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    by plugger 11y ago

    >>> Past arrests of Assange have resulted in violations of his inalienable rights. What past arrests? His possible arrest in Sweden is dependent on him being interrogated, which can't happen because he's holed up in the E
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    by plugger 11y ago

    Nation states are run by people. And people, Assange included, more often than not have their interests as their primary concern. I don't share your view of Assange as a whistleblower on a mission for free information and accountabilit
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    by plugger 11y ago

    I really wish Julian would pull his head out of his ass. I'm fed up with his antics but more importantly I'm disgusted with how his cult of personality has completely ruined what little legitimacy Wikileaks once had. There was so
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    by plugger 12y ago

    People do hunt and eat swans. I'm from North Carolina and have a lifetime sportsman license there. Each year I can apply for two swan tags, I believe the cost is something like $5-$15 for the tags. What this article doesn't explai
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    by plugger 13y ago

    Apparently the malware used three backdoors, given the reporting that it was in the wild for 7 years I can't help but think they were zero day exploits. http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2014/02/mask/
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    by plugger 13y ago

    I was about to say the same. When you're in immigration areas in many country this rule exists. The "no photography" rule also applies iirc.
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    by plugger 13y ago

    I've been administering Cisco PIX/ASA boxes for a half decade and I've yet to have one crash. Maybe I'm doing something wrong?
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    by plugger 13y ago

    Why is having no tax for individuals outlandish? Why not tax only corporations?
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    by plugger 14y ago

    Cheers for the link. Now I wonder what they're running on from a software perspective.
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    by plugger 14y ago

    Personally I'm more interested in WHAT they're running in these data centers. I suspect it's not wall to wall Mac Mini's. So what's Apple's back end running on?
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    by plugger 14y ago

    Why did Manning need to speak to anyone? Why couldn't he just send data discs to all the papers mentioned with the classified data? If his true motivation was whistle blowing you'd expect him to leak the data to as many media outlets as pos
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    by plugger 14y ago

    I think he was fully aware of the nature of his actions but incorrect in his expectations as to how he would be perceived. In the chats between Lamo and Manning it was apparent he thought he'd be seen as some sort of hero for his actions by
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    by plugger 14y ago

    Here are the details: This is our notice of a successful attempt to claim the Carmack Prize for an amateur flight above 100K'. Our flight on Tuesday 9/11/2012 reached 104659' AGL as verified by both the onboard Beeline GPS as well as APRS
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    AeroPac team takes out Carmack Prize at ARLISS launch at Black Rock(youtube.com)

    1 points by plugger 14y ago|1 comments
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    by plugger 14y ago

    We're talking about the FBI, not the CIA. You know, the same FBI that walked from Gitmo because detainee constitutional rights were being violated when they were being tortured. I'd love to read the warrant that granted this disclosure. If
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    by plugger 14y ago

    You do realise the British nukes are Polaris missiles bought from and serviced by the United States, correct? Put blunt, the UK wouldn't be a nuclear power right now if the US didn't sell them ICBMs. I believe the "special relationship" bet
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    by plugger 14y ago

    I think if there were patents in relation to Xcode Apple Legal would have acted on it. If the UI layout isn't patented then is there really an issue?
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    by plugger 15y ago

    > "All of this backstory knowledge fuels my rage. When I see Google talk about how “open” the platform is, setting it up as the foil to the “closed” (and framed as “evil”) iPhone, I want to scream and rip someone’s head off. It’s not on
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    by plugger 15y ago

    Do you live in Perth, or do you live in Clarkson or Rockingham with the rest of the Brits? Whilst your interests might not be complemented by living in Perth there are many others that would love to take your place. People interested in win