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Susan Davis meets with Illumina, Inc., picks up Ilumina stock
The culture of a “BladeRunner” future looks like a real possibility more and more. I thought the idea of immigration and immigrants was to assimilate our culture, and the English, not replace it with some hodgepodge as portrayed in the movie.— March 13, 2019 1:27 p.m.
Hacker stalls Port of San Diego's video spy network
Is it true Cassander too has a gingerbread head I don’t know, but if you disagree be on guard for the next response in the thread With a state of thought many others do dread Cassander logic has no cred.— March 12, 2019 8:36 p.m.
Hacker stalls Port of San Diego's video spy network
You really have a skewed view of the world and our Goverment. Try taking off the tin foil and getting out of the basement from time to time. The fresh air may do you some good. The tired liberal mantra...it’s our way and only our way. Anyone who does not see our way is to be attacked. Under Saul Alinski’s Rules for Radicals: "Power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinks you have." "Never go outside the expertise of your people." "Whenever possible go outside the expertise of the enemy." "Make the enemy live up to its own book of rules." "Ridicule is man's most potent weapon." "A good tactic is one your people enjoy." "A tactic that drags on too long becomes a drag." "Keep the pressure on." "The threat is usually more terrifying than the thing itself." "The major premise for tactics is the development of operations that will maintain a constant pressure upon the opposition." "If you push a negative hard and deep enough it will break through into its counterside." "The price of a successful attack is a constructive alternative." "Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it."— March 12, 2019 5:45 p.m.
Hacker stalls Port of San Diego's video spy network
I don’t understand how you could reach that conclusion. My third paragragh ***CLEARLY STATED*** the needs for rules, accountability and Trust ***BUT*** verify. See below... “So get legislation written and passed that requires rules and audits by independent parties. Hold the operators accountable for transgressions over the rights spelled out in our Constitution. The goal for all of us should be safe and crime free lives. But as was once spelled out by a former U.S. President, “Trust, but verify.” It applies to our government, at all levels, too.” I also take great offense at your comment of being “a good German”. While I understand you being unable to defend your out-of-context use of Franklin’s words, equating me or my thoughts to a despicable time in human history is utterly offensive and beyond the pale. You known nothing about me or my past. Besides this response to your foul words, I plan on contacting the Reader’s Moderator. Behavior such as yours should be banned.— March 12, 2019 2:35 p.m.
Hacker stalls Port of San Diego's video spy network
That quote is completely out of context but is typically used in these arguments by people who are ignorant of Franklin’s context. **The words appear originally in a 1755 letter that Franklin is presumed to have written on behalf of the Pennsylvania Assembly to the colonial governor during the French and Indian War. The letter was a salvo in a power struggle between the governor and the Assembly over funding for security on the frontier, one in which the Assembly wished to tax the lands of the Penn family, which ruled Pennsylvania from afar, to raise money for defense against French and Indian attacks. The governor kept vetoing the Assembly’s efforts at the behest of the family, which had appointed him. So to start matters, Franklin was writing not as a subject being asked to cede his liberty to government, but in his capacity as a legislator being asked to renounce his power to tax lands notionally under his jurisdiction. In other words, the “essential liberty” to which Franklin referred was thus not what we would think of today as civil liberties but, rather, the right of self-governance of a legislature in the interests of collective security.** https://www.lawfareblog.com/what-ben-franklin-rea…— March 11, 2019 4:20 p.m.
Hacker stalls Port of San Diego's video spy network
***“Of course, when the police conceal their use of surveillance technologies, they greatly enhance their ability to conceal its misuse, such as using a surveillance technology without a properly obtained warrant or in a discriminatory manner.”*** When in a public venue, business, or place where most everyone has their own cellphone cameras, what person would believe what they are doing is private in any fashion? Due to the ongoing and admirable reporting none of these surveillance initiatives are concealed from the public who care to stay informed. Will these systems catch some ignorant person who chooses to break the law in a public place? I hope so! So get legislation written and passed that requires rules and audits by independent parties. Hold the operators accountable for transgressions over the rights spelled out in our Constitution. The goal for all of us should be safe and crime free lives. But as was once spelled out by a former U.S. President, “Trust, but verify.” It applies to our government, ***at all levels,*** too. I started out my comment with a quote from the story. I’ll add this for your consideration. When the crooks and criminal opportunistic persons start stating how, when, where they intend to commit their crimes then law enforcement should disclose every tactic they use to catch them. Until then, it’s a game of cat and mouse. Sadly, statistically speaking, the mouse gets away more times than he’s caught. So introducing a new technology to reduce and or deter crime is a positive step in fight against crime.— March 11, 2019 12:33 p.m.
Kellen Winslow goes after 18-year-old after school, 77-year-old at Crunch Fitness
Just like Jussie Smullett, Mr. Winslow is entitled to presumption of innocence. With that said, I’m just wondering which one ends up in prison first?— March 9, 2019 7:45 a.m.
San Diego cops control streetlight spy video
How many crimes will be prevented and or solved? We will never know I suppose. In a representative form of government choices such as these rarely occur without notice. However, in this case there did not seem to be much, if any, reporting until after the installation. That, in my opinion, is where the story is. Was the RFP public? Were responses to any RFP discussed at Council? Who initiated this action? Mayor, Council, a City Department? Were there matching or grant dollars from another source? Lots of questions, few answers.— February 23, 2019 3:33 p.m.
San Diego cops control streetlight spy video
I sincerely doubt one of our basic 1st Ammendment rights is in jeopardy by public right-of-way video. I completely reject your dystopian view of the future.— February 22, 2019 5:48 p.m.
San Diego cops control streetlight spy video
Nonsense, of course it’s your choice. I choose not to commit criminal acts. I choose to not own a smart phone. Or, if I did, I choose to disable the “location services” on the apps I use. Of course, that doesn’t stop a carrier from triangulating my travel path from cellphone towers, but that goes back to choice #1 ... not being involved in criminal behaviors. The “state” must still convince a judge with reasonable suspicion and probable cause to get him or her to issue a search warrant for cellphone data records. If there’s an error here, it’s the lack of public information about the use of the technology in public spaces. You see, I believe there is a deterrent affect. If it was obvious video surveillance was present, how many people would make a choice and not commit a criminal act in the first place?— February 22, 2019 12:46 p.m.