MicroBarcode writes in about the color barcode technology that Microsoft developed but shelved two... The user who wrote in about this was MicroBarcode? I may have my tinfoil hat on, but doesn't that seem odd to anyone else?
Yes we do. Education is the key to solving so many of the world's problems, and one of the few single nations with enough power/influence to actually SOLVE some of these issues has an abysmal education system. Does it need to be discussed again? Yes, louder and louder every time, and in more and more public places until those with the power to rectify the situation listen. Slashdot is one avenue to get that message out, hopefully the people who create a 600-post discussion about it are as passionate about the subject offline as they are online.
I spend most of my time trying to ignore google ads now that popups are either gone or nullified by popup blockers, but I hadn't thought of this point. There's no way this guy's site would've had anywhere near the amount of traffic that slashdot provides without this article. As noted above, he's not only not having his ads show, google and yahoo have delisted him.
I cannot get this flaw to work in Firefox on Linux. I've gawked and re-written the code several times, created dummy text files that are mode 0666, to no avail. I think it could be exploitable only under the loosest of security profiles. Did I miss something from TFA that makes this windows-specific?
Vote, of course... and make sure that everybody you know makes an informed vote. That's the very least you can do. As it stands, we're stuck with our MPs (at least until spring... we'll see if a No Confidence goes through). So if your MP isn't responding to a phone call, call again. And again, and again, and again. Then get everybody you know to call, and call again, and again and again. Get your local media involved. Join a party, get involved. I'm already using my real social network (and probably going to write up an article on the local social networking website) to do most of these things.
If I receive no response from Laurie Hawn by Monday, I'm lining up an army of informed students from the local colleges and universities to swamp his office with phone calls, e-mails, letters. Since this afternoon I've got a meager 300 students to agree to this campaign, of those probably half will participate, but the half that do will contact their socially active/aware friends, and hopefully that 300 becomes 3000 (which really equates to about 1500 by my estimates). It's amazing what the power of a few text messages and putting aside my ADHD for an afternoon can do.:-)
If this was rambling and incoherent I apologize, it's nearing 1am...
Find your MP and put the pressure on, please. I've already called mine (Laurie Hawn), to find his position on the debate. The rep at his office had never heard of the Net Neutrality issue. While I hope this isn't common, I wouldn't be surprised. If your MP is a Conservative, put the pressure about how damaging this will be to small businesses, startups, and our fancy new "Knowledge-based economy" idea. It may be easier to convince the Liberal or NDPs about how damaging this could be to the consumer. I urge EVERY Canadian on Slashdot to put in a courtesy call or two to their local Member of Parliament. While you're at it, contact your MLA to see if you can help pressure your provincial government as well. I'll include links: Alberta British Columbia Manitoba New Brunswick Newfoundland Northwest Territories Nova Scotia Nunavut Territory Ontario Prince Edward Island Quebec Saskatchewan Yukon Territory
Early race drivers were often involved in bootlegging. The runners would modify their cars in order to create a faster, more maneuverable vehicle to evade the police. The next logical step for the owners of these cars was to race them. These races were popular entertainment in the rural Southern United States, and they are most closely associated with the Wilkes County region of North Carolina. Most races in those days were of modified cars, street vehicles which were lightened and reinforced.
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Yes we do. Education is the key to solving so many of the world's problems, and one of the few single nations with enough power/influence to actually SOLVE some of these issues has an abysmal education system. Does it need to be discussed again? Yes, louder and louder every time, and in more and more public places until those with the power to rectify the situation listen. Slashdot is one avenue to get that message out, hopefully the people who create a 600-post discussion about it are as passionate about the subject offline as they are online.
I spend most of my time trying to ignore google ads now that popups are either gone or nullified by popup blockers, but I hadn't thought of this point. There's no way this guy's site would've had anywhere near the amount of traffic that slashdot provides without this article. As noted above, he's not only not having his ads show, google and yahoo have delisted him.
I cannot get this flaw to work in Firefox on Linux. I've gawked and re-written the code several times, created dummy text files that are mode 0666, to no avail. I think it could be exploitable only under the loosest of security profiles. Did I miss something from TFA that makes this windows-specific?
Vote, of course... and make sure that everybody you know makes an informed vote. That's the very least you can do. As it stands, we're stuck with our MPs (at least until spring... we'll see if a No Confidence goes through). So if your MP isn't responding to a phone call, call again. And again, and again, and again. Then get everybody you know to call, and call again, and again and again. Get your local media involved. Join a party, get involved. I'm already using my real social network (and probably going to write up an article on the local social networking website) to do most of these things. :-)
If I receive no response from Laurie Hawn by Monday, I'm lining up an army of informed students from the local colleges and universities to swamp his office with phone calls, e-mails, letters. Since this afternoon I've got a meager 300 students to agree to this campaign, of those probably half will participate, but the half that do will contact their socially active/aware friends, and hopefully that 300 becomes 3000 (which really equates to about 1500 by my estimates). It's amazing what the power of a few text messages and putting aside my ADHD for an afternoon can do.
If this was rambling and incoherent I apologize, it's nearing 1am...
Find your MP and put the pressure on, please. I've already called mine (Laurie Hawn), to find his position on the debate. The rep at his office had never heard of the Net Neutrality issue. While I hope this isn't common, I wouldn't be surprised. If your MP is a Conservative, put the pressure about how damaging this will be to small businesses, startups, and our fancy new "Knowledge-based economy" idea. It may be easier to convince the Liberal or NDPs about how damaging this could be to the consumer. I urge EVERY Canadian on Slashdot to put in a courtesy call or two to their local Member of Parliament. While you're at it, contact your MLA to see if you can help pressure your provincial government as well. I'll include links:
Alberta
British Columbia
Manitoba
New Brunswick
Newfoundland
Northwest Territories
Nova Scotia
Nunavut Territory
Ontario
Prince Edward Island
Quebec
Saskatchewan
Yukon Territory