tkdguy Posted December 8, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2018 Paris in lockdown as France braces for new anti-Macron riots Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted December 8, 2018 Report Share Posted December 8, 2018 The United States isn't the only democracy with presidential issues these days. Although in both countries the root causes go much deeper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted December 8, 2018 Report Share Posted December 8, 2018 We are sooooo weird.https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2809849-lyle-erik-menendez-photographed-on-former-knicks-pg-mark-jacksons-hoops-card?utm_source=cnn.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=editorial In a nutshell: a basketball trading card apparently has 2 famous murderers in the shot as they sit courtside...so the price for the card has gone up from squat to 15-20 bucks.... We are celebrity-sick.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted December 9, 2018 Report Share Posted December 9, 2018 OK, so that was a real card and not photoshopped then... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Ruggels Posted December 9, 2018 Report Share Posted December 9, 2018 Q oQ)); . . . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Posted December 9, 2018 Report Share Posted December 9, 2018 On 12/7/2018 at 1:36 AM, Lord Liaden said: If giving the disgusting unwanted something to someone else equals getting rid of it, that could actually be viewed as a net gain. Without trying to evaluate whatever food/snack/other you are talking about: "One mans trash is another mans treasure" might apply. On 12/8/2018 at 2:13 PM, Lord Liaden said: The United States isn't the only democracy with presidential issues these days. Although in both countries the root causes go much deeper. In one country, a populist won. In the the other country, a populist lsot and tried to poision the political climate as much as possible beforehand. Classical autocratic tactic: Cause the problems only you yourself can later "fix" (by not causing them anymore). We had that pattern in germany. NSDAP, Kommunist and SPD party militias were doing open civil war in the streets. Hitler was elected and suddenly the NSDAP actions stopped. And then everything else went silent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted December 9, 2018 Report Share Posted December 9, 2018 Humans Are Pooping Plastic, And No One’s Certain How Bad That Is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted December 9, 2018 Report Share Posted December 9, 2018 9,000-year-old mask stuns archaeologists, raises eyebrows DShomshak 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeropoint Posted December 10, 2018 Report Share Posted December 10, 2018 Neolithic serial killer. Calling it now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted December 10, 2018 Report Share Posted December 10, 2018 Jason Voorhees went to great lengths to avoid water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted December 10, 2018 Report Share Posted December 10, 2018 The first domino. https://www.wired.com/story/australia-encryption-law-global-impact/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted December 10, 2018 Report Share Posted December 10, 2018 Just now, unclevlad said: The first domino. https://www.wired.com/story/australia-encryption-law-global-impact/ Well, #$#$ pinecone 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted December 10, 2018 Report Share Posted December 10, 2018 The only encouraging aspect is...it's Australia. For them it's par for the course. The question is going to be how successful they are in enforcing it, and we'd better hope...not at all. Because we know damn well that once the backdoors are in place, and the technical arguments become moot...a similar law will get pushed here VERY hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csyphrett Posted December 10, 2018 Report Share Posted December 10, 2018 12 hours ago, Cygnia said: Humans Are Pooping Plastic, And No One’s Certain How Bad That Is Wasn't there a story where bottled water had plastic floating in it? CES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted December 10, 2018 Report Share Posted December 10, 2018 I never drink bottled water, it tastes awful. Duke Bushido 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted December 10, 2018 Report Share Posted December 10, 2018 I only drink bottled water if it has caffeine and flavorings in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Posted December 10, 2018 Report Share Posted December 10, 2018 On 12/9/2018 at 7:48 PM, Cygnia said: Humans Are Pooping Plastic, And No One’s Certain How Bad That Is 14 hours ago, Starlord said: I never drink bottled water, it tastes awful. I do drink water from bottles almost exclusively. However I do tend to "refill" them with Tap Water. Of course my tap water is actually graded as drinking water without a extra filter, otherwise I might not do it. 19 hours ago, unclevlad said: The first domino. https://www.wired.com/story/australia-encryption-law-global-impact/ " For months, the bill has faced criticism that it is overly broad, vaguely worded, and potentially dangerous. The tech industry, after all, is global; if Australia compels a company to weaken its product security for law enforcement, that backdoor will exist universally, vulnerable to exploitation by criminals and governments far beyond Australia. Additionally, if a company makes an access tool for Australian law enforcement, other countries will inevitably demand the same capability. " Nothing really new. This already happened way before the turn of the century:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Export_of_cryptography_from_the_United_States The US had laws in place that prohibited the export of software beyond certain encryption levels. They just had to declare Encryption to he similar to Ammunition for export. "Accordingly, regulations were introduced as part of munitions controls which required licenses to export cryptographic methods (and even their description); the regulations established that cryptography beyond a certain strength (defined by algorithm and length of key) would not be licensed for export except on a case-by-case basis. This policy was also adopted elsewhere for various reasons." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jagged Posted December 10, 2018 Report Share Posted December 10, 2018 11 minutes ago, Christopher said: The US had laws in place that prohibited the export of software beyond certain encryption levels. They just had to declare Encryption to he similar to Ammunition for export. But it can be argued that the reason the US removed those laws was because they started to lose out on the crypto market. That might not matter to the Aussies as I can't think of any big tech companies ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
assault Posted December 10, 2018 Report Share Posted December 10, 2018 What actually happened with the Australian encryption bill: Labor passes encryption bill as Morrison dodges lower house vote on Nauru Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hopcroft Posted December 11, 2018 Report Share Posted December 11, 2018 Christmas is considered a happy time of the year -- unless you have the bad fortune to be a factory worker in China. yet despite all this effort, there are also reports that there could be a severe toy shortage as the holiday draws closer, because importing from China and similar nations is getting more expensive and there is no appreciable domestic production to make up the difference, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grailknight Posted December 11, 2018 Report Share Posted December 11, 2018 Actually the toy shortage would be caused by market uncertainty due to Toys'R'Us closing. Toy orders and levels are determined 6-8 months in advance but this year the manufacturers cut back due to uncertain demand as buyers like Walmart didn't know how much to increase their orders because no one can guess whether the sales will go to retailers or online. Excess toy inventory is really hard to move and that shelf space is needed for nonseasonal goods. Christopher 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted December 11, 2018 Report Share Posted December 11, 2018 Jury recommends life in prison plus 419 years for Charlottesville driver James Alex Fields Sounds just about right to me. Old Man, pinecone and L. Marcus 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archer Posted December 12, 2018 Report Share Posted December 12, 2018 On 12/9/2018 at 7:29 PM, Lord Liaden said: Jason Voorhees went to great lengths to avoid water. The article says the mask stunned the archaeologists. If I recall correctly, Jason prefers killing attacks to stun attacks. Hermit 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sociotard Posted December 12, 2018 Report Share Posted December 12, 2018 Nobody let Jim Carrey touch it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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