We can hope, because that's the only way that the general public will finally see how dangerous having this capability is.

I think all too often people forget that water is just the medium that life uses. Without energy of some kind to get life going and sustaining itself, water is going to be just that - water. Water plumes or not, I suspect Ceres is just a dirty, dead snowball.

So people with Ivy League degrees never lie? He definitely tries more at being smooth-talking and glib but I trust him even less than Bush. Which is more dangerous, an incompetent crook that is blunt and makes mistakes or a competent one that doesn't?

I don't see any of the "changes" they've made or have talked about making as protecting American freedom from a surveillance state. All I see is Washington trying to sweep things under the rug and bury things deeper.

We made a change, won't you please forget it ever happened now? OOooooh look over there!!! Shiny!!!

Except that everyone is a suspect...so gee I feel so much better now.

I believe their "Premium" paid version does provide some real-time scanning. Having never used it, I don't know how useful it is beyond it's removal tool capabilities.

Nothing was going to happen anyways since this guy's verdict is restricted to only his court's jurisdiction. Unless the SCOTUS wants to weigh in and give the (correct) answer, and have the attorney general prosecute the law breakers, if everyone doesn't get automatically pardoned anyway, nothing will happen regardless.

Of course they care about profits! In this instance though, it might just work to our advantage. These are companies with a LOT of money, and in politics money is far more important than than anything else. These companies actually have the money and clout to make anything at all change.

You really think the voters have a chance to make their voices heard?

The difference being that meatspace activism is almost pointless these days. It might get a 30 second mention on the news on a slow day, but otherwise you're just shunted into a "free speech zone", traffic gets routed around the protest and is flat out ignored.

Hacktivism on the other hand, has relatively immediate, noticeable (sometimes very much so) consequences that can either cost an organization money or if nothing else cause embarrassment.

Meatspace protests make you feel good, and are probably amusing to the powers that be. Online, a few people can a real nuisance, which is what activism is trying to do: be a nuisance until a change happens. [sarcasm] We can't have things like that happening in this country. Obviously we have to set an example for these 14 people. [/sarcasm]

Unless I'm a suspect for a specific crime and you obtain a warrant, go take a flying leap you bastards.

You must know some really tiny 18-year-olds or some really big 2-year-olds! Most people I know are much more than twice as large as a 2-year-old when they become an adult.

Unless you mean brain size, in which case I think you're being generous to many adults.

Exactly.
Management doesn't want to hear about it.
Management doesn't understand it.
Management doesn't want to spend money on it.

Nothing happens until it becomes an "issue" and then it's somebody in IT who gets the axe while everyone above is covering their asses.

This is completely normal these days actually. There used to be a woman that was (supposedly) allergic to various scents in the building where I work. We all got sent an email telling us to refrain from any fragrances, perfumes, colognes, or deodorant that would aggravate her condition.

After she left, the women in the building threw a party because they could wear perfume again...so yeah, it happens.