Ok, I'm not an American, but could this be a part of an effort to make the country remember the 'international threats' and remember how the Republicans handle the security issues 'better' than the Democrats?
I think the greatest improvement of our lifes from xkcd was when Stallman got a katana. Now I can sleep better, knowing he will be protected from the he-who-cannot-be-named, aka Bill.
I really don't agree. There is some information I don't care everyone would know, some information I want only my friends to know, and some information I don't want anyone to know.
For example: I wouldn't like that my future contractor knew that I'm part of the "I leave my work untouched until there's only 2 minutes to the deadline" community. And I wouldn't want my friends to know how much I'd like to get in my future job either.
And yes, it is a new world of information awareness, if not total. There is information avaiable online about pretty much everyone I know.
Anyone else see the insane paradox of mandatory voting ?
I always talk to people here in Brazil about this, and nobody seems to care. Here, there's a fine if you don't use a seat belt. And smoking is in its way of being prohibited.
I need to move to the Netherlands.
And no, I don't smoke.
If you can cite the source for this info, I'd be grateful. I've searched for it for some time and I just gave up because there's no official info anywhere. Where can I get the source code? I really don't think it's open source. Really.
As a good Brazilian, I don't trust our government and our politicians at all. Some weeks ago, the people that design the voting system published some comments in a technology blog saying the system is unsafe and anyone could boot it using an external device. And I won't even argue about the unavaiable source code.
If you can boot the voting machine with another system, where's the security? Even if there's a low probability that someone uses an external device and installs some trojan app... well, there's a risk. And I miss the paper, where I could write everything I wanted about the politicians and the mandatory voting system. Now the most that I can do is type 99999999, ok, ok.
And it will get worse. Last week, I saw some of the Elections big guys saying that in 2016 we'll have a biometric checking in every voting machine. Without the source code, how can I know some dirty goverment agency, hidden in some obscure basement, will not have an excel spreadsheet with 'name - vote'??? 1984 is getting closer, I thought. And nobody here seems to care.
I think the source of the information is not very good as well. This guy, Paul Hortop, wants his 'network security consultancy' job being requested. And if people are freaking out about their network status, they call Paul and he gets the job done. So, maybe he's interested in a study that says the network usage is totally out of control.
Hello, this is Terry, from -big company name-. We found your resume in one of our PC's... apparently, it appeared in the 'windows' folder of our newly-bought PCs.
Well, anyway, the thing is we liked your resume a lot. Can you stop by so we can talk, and maybe hire you? We'll pay you more than the value that's listed in the Excel sheet you're using to control your funds.
the average desk harbors 400 times more bacteria than the average toilet seat
Clearly, people are doing something wrong with their desks or with their toilets.
Ok, ok, stupid comment, you got me. Anyway, I said that because people in the world feel like the US are going on a "bomb-who's-different" run. I'm not saying Chavez thinks about it everyday (he knows they wouldn't do it), but it's a thought deep into many people's minds. Ordinary Brazilian people think Bush would bomb anything if he could get some oil out of it - even if Brazil itself wouldn't be in anyone's plans in that case.
Maybe it's just leftist propaganda, maybe there's some truth in it. Personally, I'm happy I live here.
If CD sales are being hurt, it's not because of online downloading.
It's because the music industry won't cater to what their customers are asking for.
I tottally agree. The industry still wanna use the laws against a new, big, fat, growing market, when they should be developing ways to hold it. People got used to have a zillion songs and they won't give that up easily. And yet, I think it could be perfectly done legally, everybody happy, end of story.
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Ok, I'm not an American, but could this be a part of an effort to make the country remember the 'international threats' and remember how the Republicans handle the security issues 'better' than the Democrats?
V for Vendetta and 1984.
I'd also add Brave New World and Fahrenheit 451.
"Oh, people can come up with statistics to prove anything, Kent. 14% of people know that."
I did recognize it... I just thought 65535 is even more cabalistic.
I'd be worried if someone lost for a 65535 votes margin.
Damn, it appears my LICENSE will be banned as well.
Your licence will be banned when the other geeks realize you can't spell licence.
You're not much of a bloggin' person, are you?
I forgot to mention the comic
Nah. It means Nova Scotia Wildlife Federation.
I think the greatest improvement of our lifes from xkcd was when Stallman got a katana. Now I can sleep better, knowing he will be protected from the he-who-cannot-be-named, aka Bill.
I really don't agree. There is some information I don't care everyone would know, some information I want only my friends to know, and some information I don't want anyone to know.
For example: I wouldn't like that my future contractor knew that I'm part of the "I leave my work untouched until there's only 2 minutes to the deadline" community. And I wouldn't want my friends to know how much I'd like to get in my future job either.
And yes, it is a new world of information awareness, if not total. There is information avaiable online about pretty much everyone I know.
What about the people that gather home addresses/telephone numbers/e-mails? Am I important to them? They try talking to me a lot.
Well, I don't know about Facebook, but Orkut was never any good to my social life. In fact, I had it deleted after a few fights with my wife.
Anyone else see the insane paradox of mandatory voting ?
I always talk to people here in Brazil about this, and nobody seems to care. Here, there's a fine if you don't use a seat belt. And smoking is in its way of being prohibited.
I need to move to the Netherlands.
And no, I don't smoke.
If you can cite the source for this info, I'd be grateful. I've searched for it for some time and I just gave up because there's no official info anywhere. Where can I get the source code? I really don't think it's open source. Really.
As a good Brazilian, I don't trust our government and our politicians at all. Some weeks ago, the people that design the voting system published some comments in a technology blog saying the system is unsafe and anyone could boot it using an external device. And I won't even argue about the unavaiable source code.
If you can boot the voting machine with another system, where's the security? Even if there's a low probability that someone uses an external device and installs some trojan app... well, there's a risk. And I miss the paper, where I could write everything I wanted about the politicians and the mandatory voting system. Now the most that I can do is type 99999999, ok, ok.
And it will get worse. Last week, I saw some of the Elections big guys saying that in 2016 we'll have a biometric checking in every voting machine. Without the source code, how can I know some dirty goverment agency, hidden in some obscure basement, will not have an excel spreadsheet with 'name - vote'??? 1984 is getting closer, I thought. And nobody here seems to care.
I think the source of the information is not very good as well. This guy, Paul Hortop, wants his 'network security consultancy' job being requested. And if people are freaking out about their network status, they call Paul and he gets the job done. So, maybe he's interested in a study that says the network usage is totally out of control.
Hello, this is Terry, from -big company name-. We found your resume in one of our PC's... apparently, it appeared in the 'windows' folder of our newly-bought PCs.
Well, anyway, the thing is we liked your resume a lot. Can you stop by so we can talk, and maybe hire you? We'll pay you more than the value that's listed in the Excel sheet you're using to control your funds.
Yours,
Terry
the average desk harbors 400 times more bacteria than the average toilet seat Clearly, people are doing something wrong with their desks or with their toilets.
I still don't see Santa Claus or Green People. They can do better than 1m x 1m.
And, anyway, NASA uses metric system now? Where's the American Imperial proud?
Ok, ok, stupid comment, you got me. Anyway, I said that because people in the world feel like the US are going on a "bomb-who's-different" run. I'm not saying Chavez thinks about it everyday (he knows they wouldn't do it), but it's a thought deep into many people's minds. Ordinary Brazilian people think Bush would bomb anything if he could get some oil out of it - even if Brazil itself wouldn't be in anyone's plans in that case.
Maybe it's just leftist propaganda, maybe there's some truth in it. Personally, I'm happy I live here.
I'm brazilian and I wouldn't. But that's just me. Maybe Petrov would do it again.
If CD sales are being hurt, it's not because of online downloading.
It's because the music industry won't cater to what their customers are asking for.
I tottally agree. The industry still wanna use the laws against a new, big, fat, growing market, when they should be developing ways to hold it.
People got used to have a zillion songs and they won't give that up easily. And yet, I think it could be perfectly done legally, everybody happy, end of story.