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I yet to see a single positive report on the Sochi Olympics. If I was a conspiracy theorist, I might think there's a semi-hidden agenda to discredit the games.
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Reminds me of VB GUI IP tracking[1] and double keyboarding[2]. [1]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkDD03yeLnU [2]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8qgehH3kEQ
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8qgehH3kEQ So this is what the pair programming experience is like! I like to imagine the next scene is the two >1000 hacksaws explaining ssh, remote X and basic Cisco admin to the yank-happy cord monster. Ever been on IRC? It's exciting stuff: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2rGTXHvPCQ
The longer version of the report shows more details: http://www.nbcnews.com/watch/nbc-news-web-extra/honeypot-tes... On the phone they went to a website and ignored warnings in order to download and execute a malicious APK. On the PC they followed a link in a scammy looking phishing email to download and open a malicious Office document. On the Mac they visited a website that had an ad suggesting that they needed an…
Well, more they were hacked because someone smart deliberately got them hacked. I don't actually know someone inept enough to achieve all three without help. It's actually quite hard to find malware these days if you use Google and the like to find sites as they are quite good at blocking them.
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Not to mention that most states have moved to at will employment, which means that you can be fired for no reason.
But "at will" means you can be fired for any reason except if the reason is "being in a protected class". Those include pregnant women, for examples. It is so ridiculous it is funny. In the US, the law guarantees NO paid maternity leave, but you can't fire a pregnant lady. So, as soon as she gives birth, you can stop paying her (but not fire her), and then, two weeks after she comes back from maternity leave, you can…
You can see huffingtonpost and drugereport post completely opposite, manipulative, news as far as American politics go. However, when it comes to international news, stories on both align perfectly, there is never a story that's off of the USA-party line. Russia bad! Putin bad! Olympics bad! I haven't seen a single positive thing, and I very much doubt there isn't a single positive to report. I read plenty in Russian…
There are many things I am sure they would agree on. Murder is bad. Theft is bad. I haven't read any positive thing in the press about murder or theft. Is it because they are all bought by anti-theft cabal or is it because they actually agree on it being bad? Maybe they just think Putin is bad and the preparation for Olympics was completely messed up. As for positive reports - news usually aren't positive. It always…
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Not to mention that most states have moved to at will employment, which means that you can be fired for no reason.
But "at will" means you can be fired for any reason except if the reason is "being in a protected class". Those include pregnant women, for examples. It is so ridiculous it is funny. In the US, the law guarantees NO paid maternity leave, but you can't fire a pregnant lady. So, as soon as she gives birth, you can stop paying her (but not fire her), and then, two weeks after she comes back from maternity leave, you can…
While I agree that a minimum is a good idea (though not sure how it would be legislated in practice) I also appreciate that the lack of labor regulation in the US results in a labor force and companies that are more responsive to change than in Europe and other places that are heavily regulated.
As for protected classes, it seems that sexual preference is kind of covered under Title VII, but it's flimsy (this is at the Federal level): http://www.eeoc.gov/federal/otherprotections.cfm
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But wait we can still stay on the #Sochiproblems bandwagon right?!
Remember when Georgia attacked Southern Osetia night before China Olympics? Our western friends are more delicate this time.
Are you aware that Russia perfectly timed it's Kavkaz 2008 military training near the border of Georgian Region of South Osetia? Just several days earlier before conflict heated up.
And what Russia does when conflict begins? Forwards it's Kavkaz 2008 troops towards Georgia as soon as conflict begins. What a coincidence...
BTW, name South Ossetia was created (yes created) by USSR which aimed to take control over Caucasus, and Georgia was kind of too unified by that time, that was against Russian plans.
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That analysis isn't entirely accurate either. For example: > Since 1993 gay sex was made legal in Russia, in 12 US States gay sex is a crime. The law is still on the books, but ever since Lawrence v. Texas [0], gay sex is legal in all 50 states (and all US territories). They're on the books simply because of inertia - there's no impetus to pass a new law repealing a law that's already been invalidated. Others include…
> In Russia you cannot be fired from your job for being an LGBT individual This is entirely incorrect, you sure as hell can and good luck finding a judge overruling it. There are polygraph companies in Moscow that help out gays to employers, and they are completely open about it.
http://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/225/do-polygraph...
What does he think he's doing with that MacBook box! @ 1m10s