Re: Q: How is the government ever going to convict bad guys without access to encryption?
Well.. they had the bad guy convicted and waiting for sentencing so the phone wasn't needed for that. So, yes... the things Sherlock would approve of.
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I think you've touched on a good point. And it's just not the folks on the right side of the pond but also us on the left. It would seem that there's a competition in the race to bottom. Maybe there's an award for which country can be the first to out do Stalin's Russia or Mao's China?
I've been watching both sides of the pond and it sure does look like there's a race on as to which government can be the most vile, most corporate-owned and the most Big Brother-ish.
Looks like kids' beachballs around the circumference and there's no sign of food or water in thing. I wonder what he was using for navigation also?
According to the link to the NY Daily News points out that he was held for several months as an illegal alien after getting lost on his bicycle in the Arizona desert, I'm wondering where his brain is. There's no landmarks in the ocean and with the wind and current (the Gulfstream), getting to Puerto Rico. Haiti, and Cuba would be damn near impossible.
Politics as usual here in the States and maybe ramped up a bit. We have the yelling and screaming Trump and on the other side, the Clintons. I'm not sure anyone else has a shot at it since those two have pretty well shouted down any contenders.
Personally, I have no use for either of them. They both are very scary and seemingly unstable. Yet, they have chased or beaten the more moderate and thinking contenders so far. I guess we take what we can get, not what we deserve. It's almost like watching a reality TV show... a cast of shouty and angry types and others who are more devious.
The only possibility of "balance" is for the President to be from one party and Congress to be controlled by the other. But, there's no one in any position of leadership (for some value of leadership) to negotiate and get them to work together. If it ends up with the President and the control of Congress with the same party, I think we're in really deep doo-doo as there will be no restraints, no checks, no balances. They'll just run amok.
As we get older, it seems death gets closer. The young who are "devastated" by this seemingly must have been sheltered and they think that everyone is immortal (or should be). We're not. No one gets out of this life alive. Some go unwillingly, others do it to themselves. And there's those who were in the wrong place at the time being healthy and with their whole life in front of them.
It's sadness all around when the great and the not-great die. If some of these "devastated" people would look beyond the celeb crowd, and maybe at someone they see regularly but never talk to, the world might be better off. There's too much hiding behind the computer/smartphone and not enough real human face-to-face interaction.
personality defect which is holding you back and stopping you from becoming a millionaire like Tom Cruise.
The money would be nice, but I don't want to jump up and down on a couch while screaming.... OH.... they can fix that defect then... Where do I sign up?
The cards are rolling out but the stores, etc. are, shall we say "having issues". Apparently, according to them, even if they have the C&P readers, the software takes months to get it work right. I think it's all just BS on the stores part. Either they don't care, or they don't want to spend anymore than they have to.
You hit it dead on. Most stockbrokers I've talked with(I talked to about 10 when I retired to move my 401K to an IRA) admit it's about emotion. Just like investing in a startup... emotion or buying new car.
I know anecdotal evidence isn't evidence, but they seemed pretty convinced based on what people told them to buy or sell.
I think this is why: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/04/21/big_cable_to_sue_fcc_over_boxes/ They save the cost of the boxes and through the proprietary app, lock in the customer. As others have pointed out, TV's are expensive for consumers to replace and the makers dump support over the side real fast...
Whlst I quite agree, it's this: When did a name have to capture ambition? I'll respond to.
Governments are over-stuffed with corporate types who live in their own worlds. Ever read the PR BS behind a new logo? A product name? They're filled with this kind of fluff and buzzwords. And so it goes.....
Is it not possible to get a retrospective warrant by presenting the same evidence to a different judge and asking him to grant it?
No. The equivalent would be the cops breaking down your front door and searching your house. And then going back to the judge asking for a warrant because of what they found. The warrants have to more specific than "anything illegal" or "contraband". There's been a couple of cases where the cops searching for (as I recall) drugs found evidence of other crimes and were unable to prosecute those other crimes on the illegal evidence.
Indeed there is a difference.. a tasty one. "Free Range" seems a bit more liberal the ubiquitous "Organic" that I'm seeing here in the States. I'm not sure there really is a thing like "Free Range" or "Organic" in commercial farming anymore.
I have bought things from a local organic farmer (veggies, pig, cow, etc.) and there's a world of difference between his stuff and the grocers. The problem is, word of mouth... When the sign goes up in the morning for the "harvest of the day", one had better get there early. Beef and pig is under a contract.
Here in the States when El Presidente visited locally (4 years ago), the restrictions were in place for 2 hours before and after arrival and 4 hours before departure. Once AF1 cleared the airspace on departure, all restrictions were lifted. But then, 4 years ago, drones weren't the problem they are today.
I just find it interesting and perplexing that this restriction applies for the entire time AF1 is on the ground.
Very true indeed. The other "catch" is that China has no international respect for patents, trademarks, or copyright. Unless the "invention" is patented in China by a native Chinese, it won't be recognized. This is, perhaps, just another way for them to get product without actually doing any design or engineering.