Those jobs are factory assembly work, not "tech". They are in the same category as assembling car parts, radios, or toy wagons. Cook is talking about creative development where you work with your mind, not simple low-skilled labor.

Yes, it sucks. But conflating the two in this article is dishonest.

The summary forgot the word "exclusive" as in "exclusive to PlayStation" or "exclusive to Xbox".

multi-platform titles fared much better, but can't be used as a reason to buy one console over another.

An SF-86 is what you fill out if you're getting a security clearance. If it is SECRET level, they pull a credit report, criminal check, and send postcards to your relatives and references asking questions about you.

If it is TOP SECRET they send investigators out to talk to former neighbors, friends and relatives instead of sending a post card. They do a real investigation.

The big question is whether or not the results of those investigations are kept in the system with the forms. You know, sort of one big file on an individual. My best guess would be "yes".

Most .gov sites buy certs from normal CAs, like Thawte and Verisign.

And the requirement isn't for just HTTPS-only, but for also implementing Strict Transport Security and suggesting using Perfect Forward Secrecy.

are you perchance a Scotsman?

you're implying if I close my eyes during a conversation I am no longer having a talk. that is just silly.

you are confusing a performance with music. if it is just a recording, then of what is it a recording? music

if you wish to differentiate between live music and recorded music that is fine, but to say recorded music isn't music is just wrong. you are splitting a hair that doesn't exist.

music may sound differentl coming from my home audio equipment than from the live performance due to the acoustics of my living room but that doesn't make it any less music.

I understand what you are trying to say, that the music is inseparable from the environment. that is one reason I despise recordings of "live" performances. the experience just for not translate for me and it bugs me. I prefer studio recordings which provide a neutral environment. that allows me to listen to the music in my current environment.

Uh, no.

The person wasn't the target, the building was. If the individual was bragging he was at a military / terrorist C&C location, then the building and everyone else in it were legitimate targets. If the moron was there then it was just gravy.

Five times removed? Are you afraid Kevin Bacon didn't get his cut?

These are government sites. The CIA wouldn't use proxies to hack them. They'd set up a VPN, send over an ISA/MOU and just download everything.

It is a lot broader than that. The Houston Chronicle has a decent article summarizing Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs).

Then there is that question about taking more than $10,000 in cash out of the country when traveling.

And, of course, seizures of suspicious amounts of cash when stopped by a law enforcement officer anywhere for anything.

(Suspicious being anything the local LEO decides it is. How fucked up is that?)

I'm all for that "fancy cat" invention. Bring it on.

Can you imagine if it had been on Small Pox?

Hmmm...we actually cured that in the mean time, so... how would they handle that? Brushing up on the new research could be fairly quick.

Part of the problem is this:

Are they deleting videos that DON'T deal with crimes after a set period? And why in God's name are they kept indefinitely? Anything the DA doesn't elect to prosecute should be deleted fairly quickly. Anything that hints at police misconduct or a criminal charge against an office is kept for the duration of the State Statute of Limitations.