Exactly where has PFC Manning been denied due process as defined under the UCMJ? Please cite the specific section instead of trying for sensational statements. Don't forget that as part of his enlistment he voluntary agreed to be held to the UCMJ which the courts have upheld applies instead of the normal civilian legal system.

Exactly! Also another thing to consider is that while "The war on terror" is relatively new to the US. Around the world it has been going on for decades. So another thing that I don't have proof but I'd be willing to bet on is that at Madarasaa's kids are groomed to get engineering degrees while at the same time being indoctrinated about the evils of Western society and how Islam must rule the world. Literally generations of kids are being raised, most as cannon fodder, some for technical skills, and a small group as leaders.

I deal with IDS every single day. Now granted MS is being attacked several orders of magnitude greater then what I deal with, but between IDS and firewall nearly every single attack will be blocked before it hits the first MS server. Then hopefully MS is following good security standards and only has the presentation layer in their DMS with more firewall and IDS or IPS and you have a multi-tiered defense that means the actual servers see very, very few attack attempts.

You couldn't be more wrong about why we are trained to shoot center of mass when it comes to them being less likely to kill a target. Center of mass is taught because it is the easiest target in a high stress situation. On the opposite end it is taught because you are less likely to miss and hit something you didn't intend to. Center of mass shooting has nothing to do with it being less likely to kill. Matter of fact when using a firearm standard training is to shoot to kill. It isn't nice but it is practical.

I consider myself lucky to never have been in a situation where I've had to pull a gun, but I was trained to use the failure drill technique. 2 to the chest, 1 to the head.

As an IBM'er who has run Firefox for years as my primary browser I can tell you that a large number of web based tools just don't work with anything but IE. Maybe some parts of IBM can get away with only using IE, but in ITD we just can't. Even the corporate education site works better in IE and pretty much everyone has to use it several times a year.

What we are really seeing here IMHO is an internal political battle that has spilled outside the corporate structure. One exec has decided to stake his name on adopting Firefox and will blame the every development group that only supports IE when this fails.

You use technological controls. Company I support at work has a 3rd party developer in India. The area the developers work in is very controlled, first there are no printers. Access to the development area is restricted to people working on that project, typical policy of no cameras allowed. Then everything is done over a system similar to Citrix, so nothing is stored locally. All code is on US based servers run by the company I support. I've never been there but one other policy is nothing except people leaves the room without being destroyed. Take notes on paper, they get shredded. No cell phones in the area. Does this give 100% control, nope, but it does give a pretty high level of control.

Given that IE and Firefox pretty much set the standard, if you aren't developing for both of them then you are setting yourself up for failure. Sure you may be trying to do things the right way, i.e. fully standard compliant, but it isn't the real world answer.

Figure out what you need to do with your application to make it work in IE and Firefox is the only real solution.

Why should someone not of a particular cult be forced to follow the rules of that cult? Sure it is respectful to not draw Mohamed but respect also must be earned. The extremist who target artist with death threats and actual attempts on their lives are terrorist.

Your example of sticking your hand into a fire isn't even close. This is more like dealing with a school bully, no matter what you do that bully will be after you. How crazy is it to make threats over drawings? These crazies need to be exposed as what they are and there is no reason to kowtow to them.

Actually the attempt with the cap was a low probability fix as a public relations effort. At the depth this blow out occurred there just aren't many options. The one option that has a very good chance of working is to drill relief wells but it isn't quick.

If you don't want to follow security standards then don't check your email from your personal machine. If they make it a requirement that you be able to respond to email outside of the physical location then require a laptop. I really doubt you have any legal recourse, especially since HIPPA and PII data have so many additional requirements around them.

The story said the idiot aka father had been checking for a prowler. This most likely means a round was chambered and if the 380 had a safety it was off. Now it would take some effort to pull the trigger, but a lot less then having to rack the slide. Assuming the handgun was a S&W 380 Sigma then it has an 8 - 10lb trigger pull. For 3 year old that is possible but on the high side. Now a Sigma has a very heavy trigger pull, it isn't uncommon to see as low as 3 - 5lb pull.

When I was shopping for a new TV a couple years ago I didn't care how many inputs it had. I made sure it had a HDMI input. Then I spent time making sure my AV Receiver had all the inputs I needed and then some extras. A TV should not be the central control point in a decent home theater setup.

In a lot of ways I've got to disagree with the overall review. I'd call ME2 a good but not great game. Bioware took my RPG and infected it with a shooter.

First off is the lack of two basic PC settings. Anti-Aliasing and mouse sensitivity. Since I've got a pair of ATI 5850's and bought the Steam version of ME2 I don't have any AA and can't fool the ATI drivers into forcing it on. Hopefully ATI will update drivers to recognize the exe soon. Then having no real control of mouse sensitivity is a bit of a pain, particularly with the circuit board style bypass. Both of these issues only impact the PC.

The next big thing that the game lost is the open-ended feeling. Sure there were a few missions in ME1 that just ended and took you out of the area, but the majority didn't. With the new method you get to the end of a mission and when you hit F, you are taken back to your ship. No more running around the Citadel figuring out 3 or 4 missions at the same time.

I'm also not a fan of the heat clips. While it is true I've never run completely out of ammo playing a solider, I have run out of assault rifle ammo. This is really a pretty minor thing and if you never played ME1 you won't miss it.

Now not all is bad. The ability to influence a cut scene with a right or left mouse click is awesome. I've "solved" several problems with a bullet. The story and character interactions are very good. I'm just about done collecting my team and I'm looking forward to seeing what comes next.

It is a great safety feature that doesn't allow the ignition to be turned off while an automatic is in gear. Nearly every car out there has power steering, if you turn off the ignition at best you have lost the power steering and some cars lock the steering wheel. So for control issues it is far better to not turn off the car.

At this point I'm just hoping that after 4 years of Obama's "leadership" that I'll still have a little bit of change in my pocket.