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Vasudevan Deepak Kumar wrote: But nothing concrete has still been established in terms of security and hijacks
anywhere in the world!
That is what it appears to the public.
There is huge amount of 'intelligence' going on in the background which is steering these decisions. I was on a security course with work a few years back and it was interesting to hear that the [..........censored...........] were currently [..........censored...........]
Also some of the key targets such as [..........censored...........], is where the key concerns are. Take those out and it would [..........censored...........]
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Buses and trains are pretty inefficient as missiles.
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Depends on what your target is.
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You can jump out of Bus/Train,but not the Airplane...
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly"- SoMad
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Fear & the ability to instil fear & outrage - the objectives of terrorism.
Blow up a train or bus most people are going to survive. Try and take over a bus or train and the driver just needs to stop for people to escape. Now imagine you are on a plane - the victims are effectively trapped
and at the mercy og the terrorists, if they take down and everybody dies. The media will report a plane incident much more than the other modes of transport. To increase the effect, chances are this is going to be an international incident - multiple nationalities so the "message" is going to be sent far and wide.
My guess is that if reporting of terrorist incidents was completely banned the threat would be mostly removed - this isn't about killing people, it's about creating a climate of fear and disruption. To this end many of the of the security procedures are actually doing what the terrorist wants. I certainly wouldn't want to travel to the US under the current paranoia nut-job levels of security checking.
Alberto Brandolini: The amount of energy necessary to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it.
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Wish all my American Friends A Happy Independence Day!!
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Not ALL the Americans, surely?
There are those that live in Canada and Mexico who do not care much for it!
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Obscurum per obscurius.
Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur .
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I am Canadian. Mexicans live in Mexico. We live on the North American continent. I am NOT an American. Americans are those who live in the United States of America. Calling them USians is just plain stupid.
Get over it.
Happy 4th of July to ALL AMERICANS
Within you lies the power for good - Use it!
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So, by your argument, an Frenchman is not a European, and a Nigerian is not an African.
Are you sure?
I would also point out that you do not have to live in the United States of America to be an American.
In fact your argument gets weaker the more I read it.
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Obscurum per obscurius.
Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur .
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You can call me a North American if you want to, as dumb as that sounds to me. But I am definitely not an American.
Within you lies the power for good - Use it!
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Yes, you are.
Are you going to answer my points from the previous post?
I bet you describe a Chinese person as Asian.
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Obscurum per obscurius.
Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur .
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You too are talking about two different things. While you Dave are correct about American being by definition someone living on the American continent, "American" has in many cultures been strongly associated with the US which is what PJ is saying.
In French, for instance, an "américain" is definitely someone from the US, with very few exceptions. Plus we would never call someone from Canada or Mexico "américain", and I guess that's what PJ Arends was trying to tell you.
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Entropy isn't what it used to.
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Well if Canadians are North American , and Brazilians are South American , why arn't both Americans ?
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US Independence Day is fourth of July.
This also happens to be the end of Philippine-American War[^] and also the date where we get our Independence[^] for the second time. Also from the American colony. Is this purely coincidence or it's just America's favorite date? 
PS. Happy US Independence Day y'all Americans out there! 
Don't mind those people who say you're not HOT. At least you know you're COOL.
I'm not afraid of falling, I'm afraid of the sudden stop at the end of the fall! - Richard Andrew x64
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I think not! 
Have you heard of the MIB[^]?
Just asking!
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So I just re-installed my PC. Completely.
I formatted all disk drives and created a clean partition.
So when all is good and done I download Chrome, login to my Google account and check out CodeProject.
I login and, what do you know, Google remembered my password...
I always thought passwords were stored on the local computer (you know, security and safety and such). To make passwords roaming wouldn't they need to be stored on a server somewhere, unencrypted?
Apparently Google just knows all my passwords. Even after a clean install.
I can check them out right there in my settings. All of them.
So if I can just request all my passwords from anywhere wouldn't everyone be able to request my passwords from anywhere... Given they have my credentials?
It's an OO world.
public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
{
public void DoWork()
{
throw new NotSupportedException();
}
}
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The same thing applies to your browsing history, learned that the hard way (home browsing history showing up on work pc, looked like I had been in the office at 2AM looking up...stuff)
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Oh sh*t that is going to cause some ructions!
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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Indeed, literally check your Gmail at work on Chrome and it will helpfully sync your browsing history from home.
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HomerTheGreat wrote: literally check your Gmail at work
Phew that's a relief, GMail (and all web mail systems) is blocked at work, for once I can be grateful to the net nazi that plagues my system.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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Do you sign into other services (ie StackOverflow) with your Google ID? I have worked places before where I couldn't login to GMail, but could use my Google ID on other websites, I think that's enough.
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HomerTheGreat wrote: Do you sign into other services (ie StackOverflow) with your Google ID
Nah my paranoia won't let me use single identities across different platforms, besides as a contractor my work identity is (or used to be) a temporary thing.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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I requested they delete my Google ID. They didn't. So I signed out of google+. I hate Chrome, I don't use gmail except to buy things for my Android tablet.
For the past few weeks I have enjoyed the sight of youtube(which I've also orphaned - I use Vimeo now)fading away from any relevance as it is unable to track my choices.
It's like watching the Wicked Witch of the West melt.
Most satisfying.
Don't be evil? Who says Americans don't get irony? 
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