In this case, mandate works best because this is something that the developer SHOULD be doing anyways. Not documenting your code is inexcusable.

It only requires creativity to come up with a reason you have standing. You will clearly have to show that you have such standing and what its actual negative impact is, but its not hard with the shenanigans that the overlords are pulling lately to show that.

Most states have their governor make such appointments.

Go back to Civics class. DOJ is executive branch. Its headed by the Attorney General of the United States. This position is appointed by the President.

Thus, Obama is Holder's boss and can [to my knowledge] fire him at will.

So what happens to the entire company when your un-vetted solution to whatever business need you have brings down the main database server because of security holes? Or enables your email server to be hijacked via malware. End users such as you never consider that there is a complexity in the picture that you have no idea about because its not your job to worry about it. It's IT's job to worry about it.

I grant that you may have issues with your IT department at the company you work for. Its not unheard of for IT people to be too dismissive of end-user wants and needs. But, be that as it may, ultimately there is a reason for being told no. Sometimes its some whacked geek on a power trip, but sometimes you work with professionals who know what they are about and tell you no for legitimate reasons.

This is a good example of why IT departments take the attitude of "not on my network, ever." Information security is not something to be blown off because you are annoyed with the security mechanisms. It may be tedious but the alternative is losing data that could result in lawsuits and fines that could bankrupt the business. Would you rather have a job and be a little annoyed by pushing 4 buttons on your phone to use it, or be unemployed?

Your assertion that the GOP is the cause of our issues is a fallacy. In fact, its blatantly disingenuous.

Our issues have nothing to do with the GOP specifically. They have to do with ALL of the politicians being in someone's pocket, or having a private agenda motivating their "service." The GOP functions by screwing the little guy so that business can prosper and make the business owners richer. The Dems function by screwing everyone by passing programs that are mathematically impossible to support. Both sides continuously pass the buck on fixing the issues. Both sides play partisan politics. Both sides are screwing the populace. Both sides are destroying our childrens' future. And "We The People" go right along with the whole mess by focusing the blame on one side or the other based on our own biases, playing the same partisan politics, when its clearly BOTH sides that are at fault.

In the end, this partisan stance that you and most other people take is the problem. It continuously stratifies the nation when we should be standing together to rid ourselves of the corrupt. Instead of playing one side or another, try playing the side that says whether this is right or wrong for the country as a whole, practice some critical thinking, practice some logic and determine that the programs the government has in place can't possibly, in any realistic mathematical sense, continue without intervention and some very hard decisions about our future.

Copyright infringement is not a criminal offense UNLESS it's done on a commercial scale. The government should not be involved in policing this illegal activity except when it is investigating commercial copyright infringement via the FBI. The definition of commercial copyright infringement is infringing for the purposes of personal gain, typically in a monetary fashion.

Therefore, the government should not be involved in individual copyright infringement at any level outside the judiciary, where civil matters are resolved.

also, its long been proven that stricter copyright, patent, and even trademark law leads to less innovation and fewer advances in technology and science.

Its pretty clear that the public interest is that technologies and sciences advance at a fairly rapid rate since they are the core of an expanding economy, along with sound banking, solid technical education, and good trade practices. The US fails on all fronts.

speaking of Fuck - Why the FUCK does it cost $1800 to start the paperwork for this. It should be a token filing fee of like $25. Citation needed?

Ask the Egyptians. I believe the fall of their government this year was presaged by the 99% standing in a square in their capital city for weeks.

The state can't even balance its checkbook. The state can't even create a budget. The state can't even invest the capital it does have in firms that stay solvent for more than a year.

How in the world will it control capital without more risk than we face now?

As individuals you and I have a lot to lose if we mismanage our funds but the government answers for their folly how? The money that the state controls is used by people who have nothing to lose if its mismanaged. Most of them believe they can just print more without having economic repercussions. Economics 101 teaches us otherwise.

Contributing to society is not the problem. The problem is they contribute (read: Bribe) to elected officials in one way or another. Greed is all well and fine. What's not fine is rigging the system by buying politicians, getting laws passed or shot down, and otherwise gaming the system so that you may crush competition or take advantage of people. This is what's been going on since the early 80s and the government, instead of protecting the people, not only allows it to continue but refuses to enforce the laws that do exist to prevent this sort of thing.

And this is the reason I laugh at the people who blame Obama or blame the GOP or blame the Dems. ALL of them have been doing this to us for 30 years. Not one side or the other - ALL OF THEM.

Encrypt the contents of the device and password protect its access. Even if they pull all the data off the phone they can't do much with it if its encrypted.

You are dead on. The majority of people will say to an announcement like this: what does this mean to me. Diamond planet - cool, that's an interesting thought. wonder what it looks like. etc. It has no meaningful impact to our lives. Climate change, on the other hand, has a potentially large impact on our lives all the way down to the poorest person on the street. Carbon credits, government taxation, cap and trade, etc. It has a direct impact on how we live our lives. And by and large, people do not like change.

Just wondering...