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Comment Re:What a guy (Score 3, Insightful) 389

convicted international war criminal

CITATION NEEDED

Who would that be? It isn't GWB, because there has never been a legitimate trial. I dare you to point to Malaysia kangaroo court ruling. Because if you think that is okay, then you also should subscribe to all of their laws, including those against gays and drug users.

Here is a quote from Polifact ..

http://www.politifact.com/trut...

Arrest warrants and the International Criminal Court

Interpol, the international police organization, does not list any outstanding arrest warrants for Bush or Cheney in their searchable database. Meanwhile, experts in international law said they were not aware of pending warrants, particularly from the most obvious entity that might issue one -- the International Criminal Court in the Hague.

Comment Re:more govenrnment waste!! (Score 2, Insightful) 389

Those people who view one side as better than the other, because they are "less evil" are simply delusional.

Those people who view Government as our protector against ... our government are even more delusional. Governments tend towards power accumulation and tyranny. There is only one restraint against that, revolution. However, give people enough circuses (NASCAR, NFL, NBA ...) and they don't have that problem.

Comment Re:Seems reasonable (Score 3) 119

I agree with your post. I'll just add that a big problem with IT security is that companies cannot rely on the same level of protection from governments in preventing intrusion.

I am in IT, but not in Security. However, I don't need to know security to know that a large part of the problem is that money fixes problems, and nobody wants to spend the money needed to fix the problems. Further, problems are pushed down to the people least able to fix them (consumers) more often than not.

These security breaches are going to be even more prevalent and no amount of security will ever resolve them completely. The real fix, IMHO, is to assume that all this info is publicly traded, even when it shouldn't be, and work the problem from there. IF the systems were in place that made assumptions such as this, the problem is much easier to define, and fix.

Comment Re:Time for a change? (Score 1) 234

Honestly, we've had this current system for so long, would it really hurt to try another one?

We've had the old system in place since the dawn of the Industrial Age. It no longer suits our needs because we don't need Industrial Education. YET, we are fighting to keep it, rather than use the metrics we have available under the information age to have appropriate education for every student at all times. We no longer need Teachers, but we rather need facilitators, to help kids maximize their potential at the time they can attain it. The methods of Industrial education do not afford us the ability to teach the smart kids like they are smart, and the slower kids like they need.

This is going to require a huge shakeup of status quo.

Comment Re:Well there's the problem... (Score 1, Insightful) 201

If licenses weren't numbered, the proliferation of taxis would render city streets unnavigable.

That is utter bullshit. It is fear mongering at its worse. What is the worst possible thing is to have Government Granted Franchise agreements, whereby politicians can be bought and paid for by those companies buying up such agreements. The public is never served by such agreements in the long run.

Comment Re:Does the infra-structure allow for this? (Score 1) 85

Improperly secured networks. Yes, you can use "internet connected" networks, but if you don't secure them properly, a simple PTP VPN tunnel connection, would allow for transactions ONLY (via VPN). If you don't allow any inbound, or outbound traffic, other than what transverses across the VPN, you can't have this kind of thing happen.

Comment Re:well that was sudden (Score 1) 206

What the hell is wrong with the FTC?!

I think you're under the false assumption that Federal Agencies actually do things with the budgets they are given. Oh, sure, every once in a while, they have to justify their existence, but on the main, are just big suck of taxpayer money.

However, in this case, it is government regulations that are causing the government to have to regulate more. Government regulation isn't complete until it has thoroughly broken everything in its path.

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