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When will the IRS start issuing jack boots to all agents?
I'd be more curious who gets the money if they win? From TFA:
The suit seeks $25,000 in compensatory damages, per violation. The recordsâ(TM) seizure could impact up to one in 25 Americans, UPI said.
I assume they will be passing that money to affected Americans?
Billionaire Mike Bloomberg, whose current job is Mayor of New York City, evidently decided to break the mold by advising less academically adept youngsters to consider a career in plumbing
Without reading TFA, the key part is "less academically adept". Not everyone is well suited for a CS degree or an MBA
Perhaps not as plumber specifically, but if someone have no talent or interest for their current degree, they should switch to something else instead of just pushing on (as everyone in CS seems to do)
keep as little information as possible, but we a) are focused on speed, not security and b) must comply with court orders.
Can you please elaborate on that?
I understand the focused on speed part, but what is this about court orders? Is there a preemptive order requiring you to limit privacy?
The rental car company pays it and charges it to your credit card.
No, no, The rental car company pays it, adds a $30-$50 "convenience fee" and then charges everything to your credit card!
The people who made this decision need to be removed from office at the very least and potentially criminally prosecuted for endangerment [of a child].
I bet you that they have immunity of some sort. That is the problem
If people who make such decisions knew it could really bite them in the ass (as in fines and jail), they would think twice or thrice on these decisions.
Sorry, can someone explain to a Linux/Android guy how having an iPhone implies you can't kill misbehaving software on your Windows box?
Heheh, no, but as a Linux/Android guy you should be familiar with mandatory services that run on your damn phone. Anything you disable, will re-start shortly and cannot be uninstalled (without rooting and voiding warranty). I had a facebook app and several Sony apps that could not be removed, before I went with a better phone.
No one could be worse than Bush!
Hell yeah, if only we could impeach that Bush and get someone new (with promise of hope) instead.
Oh, wait...
The stereotypical argument of the rich always evading taxes typically doesn't happen.
It's not that they always evade taxes (although that happens too), it's that they have full time staff dedicated to not paying taxes.
Sometimes, it's just middle class people not having all the tools to find ways to sidestep taxes that the rich do.
If you are in the lobbying game, you have to grease the skids on both sides of the isle.
That may be true, but you would still do the greasing towards a unified goal.
Bringing in people from different sides of the isle into the same lobbying group causes tensions (as to what that goal is), which is presumably what caused Elon Musk to quit.
There are journals and conferences that publish your work for free?
Computer Science conferences and journals (that I interacted with) do not charge fees for publishing itself. You do pay a registration fee in order to attend the conference to present what you published.
Does it even qualify as scientific knowledge if it's not freely available for peer review?
Uhm... yes?
The peer in peer-reviewed refers to the experts from the same domain who are qualified to review your work. Not to the general population.
The authors and peer reviewers need to be able to afford to live or they can't write!
True as that may be -- if only the authors or peer reviewers got any of that money! But since they don't, your point is kinda irrelevant.
I have never made any money either submitting or reviewing for journals/conferences. I hear sometimes you even have to pay to get your work published (fortunately not in my field)
Who in their right minds stores credit card information on their web servers these days? To say that's against Best Practices is a bit of an understatement.
I don't see why not. If someone were to breach my account and steal my credit card info, the damage would be limited to an hour it takes for me to replace my auto-paying accounts. And perhaps the waiting for the replacement card to arrive.
Best practices or not, my credit card account gets unauthorized charges every 2-3 years at least. It's not like I am ever responsible for that.
I'd be more worried about my cell phone number (or even email) going into the wilderness than I would about someone stealing my credit card info.
Oh, yes, please heap some more insult on Americans. Don't bother with a citation, just dig deep into your sack of bullshit and hurl away.
I didn't say all Americans, but the effect is common and well known. Here's some references for you if you'd like to educate yourself (the CSI thing has a Wiki article for a while now)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CSI_effect
http://www.worlddialogue.org/content.php?id=460
Good luck if he thinks he convince the American public that televised fiction isn't fact.
Indeed. From what I understand almost everyone believes TV shows as documentaries.
"24" convinced people that beating the crap out of suspects is often the only (and effective) way
"CSI" convinced people that the crappiest image can be enhanced up to a perfectly clear picture in a few clicks.
My haircut is totally traditional!