Quote: Originally Posted by SimeyTheLimey Other than the warrant requirement (it's not required by the Constitution, and Congress has not enacted a statutory one), what you are …

Quote: Originally Posted by besson3c Is it the status quo? I'm not asking this in a combative way at all, I honestly don't know. Do all bank accounts and credit cards have this …

Military action and policing can be very effective for defending against terrorism. However, to tackle terrorism you must either eliminate all existing and potential terrorists or…

Quote: Originally Posted by SimeyTheLimey We are only talking here about large international wire transfers between major financial institutions. This has nothing to do with do…

Simey, I think the hardcore liberals are fighting shy of the original post because they know the positions they hold on terrorism are poorly developed at best.

Quote: Originally Posted by SimeyTheLimey Noone wants that to stop? Only it just did stop. It stopped because the NYT decided unilaterally to communicate the methods used to a…

A few months ago here in Nairobi, a top minister in the government didn't like what the national newspaper was reporting about a particularly large corruption scandal involving hun…

What a lame argument Nicko. The topic at hand isn't whether or not Bush should invade the New York Times for reporting a scandal. The question at hand is why the New York Times p…

Quote: Originally Posted by BRussell 1. The administration has repeatedly talked publicly about tracking terrorist financing. The reporting that they are, in fact, tracking terr…

Quote: Originally Posted by Nicko So you don't like the NYtimes, like we didn't already know that. And he doesn't like liberals because they "sympathize with the enemy." …

Quote: Originally Posted by besson3c I'm confused then. If these sorts of safety nets are in place, what is the point of SWIFT? To search records without a warrant? What is the …

Ok I just read the article, what is the big deal? The NYT disclosed the program and now that the public knows about it, they can make informed decisions on whether its a good idea …

Quote: Originally Posted by Nicko Ok I just read the article, what is the big deal? The NYT disclosed the program and now that the public knows about it, they can make informed …

So Nicko, since the same methods are used against organized crimes groups and arms dealers, as mentioned in the OP, should we shut down these law enforcement tactics too?

Quote: Originally Posted by SimeyTheLimey On point 1, I agree that the overall story is neither new nor problematic. Of course we all assumed that the government is doing this …

Quote: Originally Posted by Kerrigan So Nicko, since the same methods are used against organized crimes groups and arms dealers, as mentioned in the OP, should we shut down thes…

Quote: Originally Posted by BRussell I won't try to speak for all liberals, but I support my government's power being on a leash. This administration repeatedly claims that they…

Ok I was not sure which section to go for but felt this more of a techniocal problem. My old Fedora Core 5 Machine had a 60gig drive which I am keeping. I want to transfer the da…

Are you setting the Powerbook in target disk mode or are you just connecting these two together with Firewire, thinking they'll show up on the desktop? Shut down the Powerbook. C…

I want the Linux Drive which is in the external encloser to mount. There is no other computer. I have my 60gig that was in a Windows laptop and is now sold in an external encloser.…

Ok I have got the system to see the drive under USB connection. Its a Linux LVM partition but I can not mount it... so I am again stuck. Who can help here?

It won't mount because Mac OS can't understanfd the linux file system. If the drive is formatted with ext2/3 then you can get it to work with this little tool here: http://source…

I honestly am not sure what the hell format it is. I got the swap drive to load but the one thats a linux lvm drive refuses to mount... So I am really confused. I will try what y…

You could also just connect the two machines to your LAN and transfer the files over using rsync/scp or via a Netatalk connection.

The only machines I have are macs right now. My neighbor has an old Duron Windows system, I could try to usse it but I have no clue how to try the network on them. I have a cross…