"That does not mean that everyone who says they want to vent their anger is going to kill people."
I agree, but...
Harris and Klebold did exactly that for almost two years before they went nuclear. And it was ignored (well, not entirely. The mother of one student was up in arms about it for ages).
The guy that went nuclear on a military base not long ago also did similar things, but nobody acted upon this.
There is a fine line between prudent concern and over-reactive fear-mongering.
There is also a fine line between threats and casual free-speech.
Who determines that line? The threatened, or the Free-speaker?
It is all a matter of perspective, and my suggestion was that that perspective must take into account multiple views. An off-campus talk would have addressed both of those perspectives without undue repercussions. If it was found that she was just venting, then the school admin and the cop leave. If they find that she is unstable and a danger, the issue requires further investigation/action.
Personally, I see no difference between her stating such things on Facebook and stating it in public, in person. Anyone that expects privacy on Facebook is a fool.
"I wonder how many times he used the foster girls without their permission."
Perhaps it is the daughters turn to use HIM?
"Klaudt's daughter, Roxy, reached by telephone at the family ranch near Walker, confirmed that her father had sent the copyright notice but would not explain why."
Maybe they are trying to secure funds to keep the ranch afloat now that the guy is no longer able to provide income? Do they have rights to his funds, as victims? Were they awarded some sort of compensation by the courts? Capitalizing on his name? Drumming up publicity for a movie deal?
"...which is that they called police first and talked to the student second."
And if they hadn't, and this girl goes nuts on campus, spearing fellow students and faculty, the school would be sued endlessly by the parents that will scream "Why didn't you call the cops!?"
A better approach would have been a high-level admin from the school approaching her OFF-campus, with a police officer in tow, and discussing the issue with her. It solves the issues of endangering other students/faculty, possibly preventing publicly humiliating her and a police presence would emphasize the seriousness of her actions/statements. This all could have been done as soon as the school was informed of the situation.
Why did they wait for her to actually come to the campus where things could have gone from bad to seriously worse?
When I was in High School, the campus had an open layout. DOZENS of entrances to dozens of buildings. Completely impossible to put metal detectors in every entrance because every classroom was a separate building.
We also had a smoking section.
In short, the school trusted their students, even to the point of allowing them to make their own informed decisions regarding smoking.
Now, with Columbine in the mix, would I have felt safer with all the metal detectors, cameras, etc in place?
FUCK no. If something similar had happened at my High School, I would have had dozens of EXITS to get away from any danger. Instead, today, we have High Schools that are basically a trap for anyone caught inside during such an attack. Now, attackers only have to cover a couple exits to keep their victims from escaping.
Is it possible to open multiple instances of the browser on an iPhone (I do not own one and never will)?
If so, simply stack the video download in multiple browser instances.
The only reason I know about this video (content is simply not there, it is the LENGTH of the video that is important, 4 hrs 36 mins) is because I am a Comcast "customer". The reset packets in my torrent downloads were getting annoying(the uploads, actually. But that effects the download rates).
What I found is that the reset packets seemed to not be a problem as long as I had some other data-stream going at the same time. Basically, my torrent download rates SOARED as soon as I added some other data to the stream. I simply load the video while I am downloading torrents and the problem of reset packets seemed to go away entirely. While the video is over 4 hours long, it buffers in about 2 hrs. That gives me 2 hours of full-speed torrents. I simply clear my cache and reload the video every 2 hours.
My bookmark for the video is labeled "Fuck you Comcast".
Sure, it is a complete waste of bandwidth, and only compounds the issue of bandwidth abuse, but then again, Comcast never told me they were censoring/hindering my internet usage. When they stop, I'll stop. I have a 250GB bandwidth cap and have NEVER exceeded it, yet they still drop reset packets on me. Fuck you, Comcast.
Reward those companies that get it right, ruin those that don't.
(and before anyone says "The crack is what is causing the problem", the vast majority of the problems I have encountered with torrents were also mentioned in the game developers forums, and thus experienced by non-cracked versions)
Is this an issue of AT&T changing the plan from Unlimited to limited, or is this an issue of them simply not being able to sustain the required bandwidth of the users they signed up?
If they are changing the plans from Unlimited to limited simply because they oversold their networks, then bomb them to hell and back (and keep it up until they promise to upgrade the network and back down from limiting bandwidth).
(Might I suggest viewing this video from Youtube--You only have to reload every few hours, depending on how fast the connection buffers the video. Took me about 2 hrs on my home PC http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ct8nZ6eTTiY )
If this is an issue of them blocking certain high-bandwidth apps, then they need to be sued, not DDOSed.
"TFA states the defendant answered the phone when a coke user acting as informant called and then police searched it."
THAT sounds like the cops knew they could not search the data on the phone unless they had some valid reason attributable to the case.
So what do they do? They instruct an informant(someone working with them...) to call the phone, someone they knew was a coke user, and thus CREATED a connection between the phone and they case they were pursuing.
Sounds like they knew exactly what the limitations of the law were and simply devised a way AROUND them. Stinks like entrapment to me.
Dell laptops do not allow a BIOS flash until after a "battery check" is performed, even if the machine is currently plugged in to a transformer/wall outlet. (take the battery out, or have a dead battery, and the BIOS flash will fail)
There is NO reason to do this except to make sure you have a functioning battery.
In short, they are forcing the user to buy a new battery if the old one doesn't work, even if the user never intends on unplugging the thing from the wall.
The worst part? The "live" BIOS flash system Dell uses also allows viruses to infect the BIOS, forcing the user to re-flash if infected.
Only reason I know this is I worked on a friends laptop, cleaned it of infections only to find out the BIOS was infected as well. When I tried to flash the BIOS, it failed with a message that explained that I needed a battery installed. It was installed, but dead. I basically had to inform my friend that he needed to buy a new battery to disinfect his machine. He opted to buy a new laptop instead. A NON-Dell.
ONE video upgrade 2 years ago (Nvidia 8600GTS, $129.00 at Newegg) and a nice Montego 5.1 card w/ 5.1 headset(totally unnecessary for gaming, but really cool)
I just installed Dragon's Age:Origins and it runs beautifully even though the minimum sys specs are much higher then what I have (torrented to make sure it worked before purchase!). I also play Lord of the Rings Online with ALL the settings at maximum.
Plus I get to use it for word-processing, web-surfing, playing music, watching videos, etc. etc.
My daughter has SIX consoles (has to fuck around disconnecting/reconnecting them to play all her games), 16 different controllers, numerous little add-ons (IR receiver, etc.) and still can't do half of what my PC does.
The worst part? Half of the consoles no longer even have games being developed for them.
The ONLY advantage I see her having over my PC is the few times she has company over for gaming. Her friends all fit in front the TV. I cannot say that about my PC.
"Every time a summary has the tiniest little compiler error in it..."
You do realize that you are addressing a large population of programmers, right?
Its is their JOB to notice such "tiniest little compiler error(s)". If they don't, rockets end up underwater instead of in space, people end up dead, Microsoft makes billions and programmers lose jobs.
I had a similar issue. I realized that prospective employers were Googling me and coming up with something that I wasn't even aware of.
It actually works in my favor.
The assholes that will hold something THAT minor over my head in the interview room are EXACTLY the same assholes I don't want to work for. In essence, I just turned things around to MY benefit. Anyone that brought it up, I simply thanked for their time and left...and they know EXACTLY why I did so.
Hopefully it makes them re-evaluate the desire to bypass common-sense by letting Google do their jobs for them.
Sticky subject that is likely to insult somebody, no matter how you approach it.
I can say that I have met some Jewish people with questionable business morals, but then again I've met people with NO religious beliefs that are far worse.
As far as slavery and forced labor goes, the long-running genocide in Darfur is essentially Muslim controlled militias attacking indigenous tribes-people, people that have been a source of slaves for Muslim slavers for hundreds of years.
The rallying cry for some of the Janjaweed (means "devil on horseback") militia forces has been "Kill the slaves, kill the slaves!"
But then again, the region where the Janjaweed are killing defenseless, unarmed villagers also happens to center around a government-held oil pipeline that sends 80% of the regions oil to China.
So maybe religion has nothing to do with it? Maybe some people are just assholes?
And to complicate matters, some people seem to feel compelled to put Scientology in the same group as Christianity and Islam when we ALL know Scientology is just a big SCAM. It is NOT a religion just because they say it is. It is a scam disguised as a religion.
Oranges and Apples, my friends...Don't give them the credit they so desire.
Release it privately to some of the "good guys" so they can fix it?
Can Linux be modified to prevent such malware from being run on any given machine? If so, why would you not want to help close such a glaring hole in the OS, while maintaining the least amount of disruption?
I see malware as something that needs fixing. You seriously do not?
To be honest, I don't really see why you are asking/.
You should be taking this straight to the folks that work on this stuff...uh...erm...Hrmm./exit stage, left
I've been trying to get my extended family to stop buying ITEMS as gifts for years.
Services, or better yet, EXPERIENCES, are something most people will remember for a lifetime. Often, people cannot even remember WHO gave them an item for Christmas.
The really nice thing about services/experiences, as a gift, is that you usually know who is benefiting from the purchase. Buy someone a round of golf at the local course? The guys working there at the course benefit. Buy someone a trip to Catalina Island for the weekend? The people that live there benefit. It keeps the money in OUR economy (unless you're buying someone a trip to Uruguay...but, hey, Urugauyans need money too. At least you know it is going to them and not some anonymous corporate shareholder).
Giving someone an experience...well, it is the gift that keeps giving regardless of time or place. You simply think about it to continue enjoying it.
My usual gift to the family is a lavish, one-of-a-kind Christmas dinner (I used to be a chef). Last year it was a cream-based bouillabaisse made with green-lip mussels, soft-shelled crab, sweet scallops, jumbo prawns, fresh Copper River Salmon and served with the best San Francisco sourdough bread I could get my hands on (not that crap from the supermarket...I prowl the city looking for the real stuff).
Sure, it was an object, but it was the experience of eating it with each other that my family remembers. And I know it isn't sitting, forgotten, in the back of the closet (at least I sure hope not!).
"Also to me there has to be something magic about an airplane disappearing into a 6 foot wide hole in the pentagon."
I'm hesitant to hop on conspiracy bandwagons, but this made me wonder as well. The icing on the cake was seeing the video from the Pentagon parking lot (security camera on a lamp post) that showed the Pentagon very shortly after the impact. There is one odd thing that, so far, I have yet to see ANYONE discuss.
The impact of airliners hitting the WTC was shown to create a massive fireball of ignited fuel. Massive amounts of BLACK smoke resulted as the fuel continued to burn. Understandable. The fuel is a hydrocarbon.
The smoke coming from the Pentagon, as shown in the video from the parking lot, was WHITE. No black smoke until much later when the building, and the objects inside, began to burn.
What happened to all the fuel from the supposed airliner that we are told hit the Pentagon?
The only conclusion that I can come up with is that it was not fuel, but something else, that caused the fires in the Pentagon.
The first thing that came to mind when trying to explain the white smoke? Ever watch a rocket launch? White smoke from the burning solid fuel components.
I'm sorry, but that video alone is enough to tell me that, at the VERY least, we were all lied to about the Pentagon. If they will lie to us about that, then I think it is entirely plausible that we could be lied to about the entire "attack".
I find it interesting one of those pager messages mentions a helicopter striking the Pentagon(or White house). If one did, I assume it would leave black smoke as well (the fuel onboard burning). The video doesn't show black smoke. But a rocket from a helicopter would leave white smoke.
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"That does not mean that everyone who says they want to vent their anger is going to kill people."
I agree, but...
Harris and Klebold did exactly that for almost two years before they went nuclear. And it was ignored (well, not entirely. The mother of one student was up in arms about it for ages).
The guy that went nuclear on a military base not long ago also did similar things, but nobody acted upon this.
There is a fine line between prudent concern and over-reactive fear-mongering.
There is also a fine line between threats and casual free-speech.
Who determines that line? The threatened, or the Free-speaker?
It is all a matter of perspective, and my suggestion was that that perspective must take into account multiple views. An off-campus talk would have addressed both of those perspectives without undue repercussions. If it was found that she was just venting, then the school admin and the cop leave. If they find that she is unstable and a danger, the issue requires further investigation/action.
Personally, I see no difference between her stating such things on Facebook and stating it in public, in person. Anyone that expects privacy on Facebook is a fool.
"I wonder how many times he used the foster girls without their permission."
Perhaps it is the daughters turn to use HIM?
"Klaudt's daughter, Roxy, reached by telephone at the family ranch near Walker, confirmed that her father had sent the copyright notice but would not explain why."
Maybe they are trying to secure funds to keep the ranch afloat now that the guy is no longer able to provide income? Do they have rights to his funds, as victims? Were they awarded some sort of compensation by the courts? Capitalizing on his name? Drumming up publicity for a movie deal?
Just a thought.
"...which is that they called police first and talked to the student second."
And if they hadn't, and this girl goes nuts on campus, spearing fellow students and faculty, the school would be sued endlessly by the parents that will scream "Why didn't you call the cops!?"
A better approach would have been a high-level admin from the school approaching her OFF-campus, with a police officer in tow, and discussing the issue with her. It solves the issues of endangering other students/faculty, possibly preventing publicly humiliating her and a police presence would emphasize the seriousness of her actions/statements. This all could have been done as soon as the school was informed of the situation.
Why did they wait for her to actually come to the campus where things could have gone from bad to seriously worse?
Actually, no, it hasn't.
When I was in High School, the campus had an open layout. DOZENS of entrances to dozens of buildings. Completely impossible to put metal detectors in every entrance because every classroom was a separate building.
We also had a smoking section.
In short, the school trusted their students, even to the point of allowing them to make their own informed decisions regarding smoking.
Now, with Columbine in the mix, would I have felt safer with all the metal detectors, cameras, etc in place?
FUCK no. If something similar had happened at my High School, I would have had dozens of EXITS to get away from any danger. Instead, today, we have High Schools that are basically a trap for anyone caught inside during such an attack. Now, attackers only have to cover a couple exits to keep their victims from escaping.
Is it possible to open multiple instances of the browser on an iPhone (I do not own one and never will)?
If so, simply stack the video download in multiple browser instances.
The only reason I know about this video (content is simply not there, it is the LENGTH of the video that is important, 4 hrs 36 mins) is because I am a Comcast "customer". The reset packets in my torrent downloads were getting annoying(the uploads, actually. But that effects the download rates).
What I found is that the reset packets seemed to not be a problem as long as I had some other data-stream going at the same time. Basically, my torrent download rates SOARED as soon as I added some other data to the stream. I simply load the video while I am downloading torrents and the problem of reset packets seemed to go away entirely. While the video is over 4 hours long, it buffers in about 2 hrs. That gives me 2 hours of full-speed torrents. I simply clear my cache and reload the video every 2 hours.
My bookmark for the video is labeled "Fuck you Comcast".
Sure, it is a complete waste of bandwidth, and only compounds the issue of bandwidth abuse, but then again, Comcast never told me they were censoring/hindering my internet usage. When they stop, I'll stop. I have a 250GB bandwidth cap and have NEVER exceeded it, yet they still drop reset packets on me. Fuck you, Comcast.
Torrent before purchase.
If it don't work, don't buy it.
If it does work, PAY FOR THE GAME.
Reward those companies that get it right, ruin those that don't.
(and before anyone says "The crack is what is causing the problem", the vast majority of the problems I have encountered with torrents were also mentioned in the game developers forums, and thus experienced by non-cracked versions)
Is this an issue of AT&T changing the plan from Unlimited to limited, or is this an issue of them simply not being able to sustain the required bandwidth of the users they signed up?
If they are changing the plans from Unlimited to limited simply because they oversold their networks, then bomb them to hell and back (and keep it up until they promise to upgrade the network and back down from limiting bandwidth).
(Might I suggest viewing this video from Youtube--You only have to reload every few hours, depending on how fast the connection buffers the video. Took me about 2 hrs on my home PC
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ct8nZ6eTTiY )
If this is an issue of them blocking certain high-bandwidth apps, then they need to be sued, not DDOSed.
Facebook.
Working as intended.
"TFA states the defendant answered the phone when a coke user acting as informant called and then police searched it."
THAT sounds like the cops knew they could not search the data on the phone unless they had some valid reason attributable to the case.
So what do they do? They instruct an informant(someone working with them...) to call the phone, someone they knew was a coke user, and thus CREATED a connection between the phone and they case they were pursuing.
Sounds like they knew exactly what the limitations of the law were and simply devised a way AROUND them. Stinks like entrapment to me.
Agreed. (no pun intended)
Dell laptops do not allow a BIOS flash until after a "battery check" is performed, even if the machine is currently plugged in to a transformer/wall outlet. (take the battery out, or have a dead battery, and the BIOS flash will fail)
There is NO reason to do this except to make sure you have a functioning battery.
In short, they are forcing the user to buy a new battery if the old one doesn't work, even if the user never intends on unplugging the thing from the wall.
The worst part? The "live" BIOS flash system Dell uses also allows viruses to infect the BIOS, forcing the user to re-flash if infected.
Only reason I know this is I worked on a friends laptop, cleaned it of infections only to find out the BIOS was infected as well. When I tried to flash the BIOS, it failed with a message that explained that I needed a battery installed. It was installed, but dead. I basically had to inform my friend that he needed to buy a new battery to disinfect his machine. He opted to buy a new laptop instead. A NON-Dell.
6 year old P4 single core-WinXp ($580 new)
ONE video upgrade 2 years ago (Nvidia 8600GTS, $129.00 at Newegg) and a nice Montego 5.1 card w/ 5.1 headset(totally unnecessary for gaming, but really cool)
I just installed Dragon's Age:Origins and it runs beautifully even though the minimum sys specs are much higher then what I have (torrented to make sure it worked before purchase!). I also play Lord of the Rings Online with ALL the settings at maximum.
Plus I get to use it for word-processing, web-surfing, playing music, watching videos, etc. etc.
My daughter has SIX consoles (has to fuck around disconnecting/reconnecting them to play all her games), 16 different controllers, numerous little add-ons (IR receiver, etc.) and still can't do half of what my PC does.
The worst part? Half of the consoles no longer even have games being developed for them.
The ONLY advantage I see her having over my PC is the few times she has company over for gaming. Her friends all fit in front the TV. I cannot say that about my PC.
"Every time a summary has the tiniest little compiler error in it..."
You do realize that you are addressing a large population of programmers, right?
Its is their JOB to notice such "tiniest little compiler error(s)". If they don't, rockets end up underwater instead of in space, people end up dead, Microsoft makes billions and programmers lose jobs.
You must be in marketing...or management.
I apologize for putting my foot in your mouth.
How is it this is only modded +4 Informative?
This is a non-story, as Elizabeth points out.
I sure the FUCK hope it doesn't have anything to do with the fact that the post appears to be from a female.
Thanks for clearing things up, Ellie. /nextarticle
Global police force?
The last time someone tried that, the Schutzstaffel endured much resistance and ultimately failed.
I suspect they would have as much difficulty today as then.
(It even starts the same with way, with some media moron(Berchtold) leading the Crusade)
Who the fuck needs the History Channel? Wait long enough and you get to see it all play out again, live...
"Life itself has very few privacy controls when you are in a public space."
And this is why we all live in basements...
Well, at least they are testing them on employees rather then the general public.
Probably cost them a lot less in legal fees when the batteries start exploding.
Bingo.
I had a similar issue. I realized that prospective employers were Googling me and coming up with something that I wasn't even aware of.
It actually works in my favor.
The assholes that will hold something THAT minor over my head in the interview room are EXACTLY the same assholes I don't want to work for. In essence, I just turned things around to MY benefit. Anyone that brought it up, I simply thanked for their time and left...and they know EXACTLY why I did so.
Hopefully it makes them re-evaluate the desire to bypass common-sense by letting Google do their jobs for them.
The fuckers are making US pay for our own data.
Selling us back our own shit.
Our taxes pay the cops, they milk the cops in exchange for OUR data.
Somebody sue these fuckers already...
Sticky subject that is likely to insult somebody, no matter how you approach it.
I can say that I have met some Jewish people with questionable business morals, but then again I've met people with NO religious beliefs that are far worse.
As far as slavery and forced labor goes, the long-running genocide in Darfur is essentially Muslim controlled militias attacking indigenous tribes-people, people that have been a source of slaves for Muslim slavers for hundreds of years.
The rallying cry for some of the Janjaweed (means "devil on horseback") militia forces has been "Kill the slaves, kill the slaves!"
But then again, the region where the Janjaweed are killing defenseless, unarmed villagers also happens to center around a government-held oil pipeline that sends 80% of the regions oil to China.
So maybe religion has nothing to do with it? Maybe some people are just assholes?
And to complicate matters, some people seem to feel compelled to put Scientology in the same group as Christianity and Islam when we ALL know Scientology is just a big SCAM. It is NOT a religion just because they say it is. It is a scam disguised as a religion.
Oranges and Apples, my friends...Don't give them the credit they so desire.
Release it privately to some of the "good guys" so they can fix it?
Can Linux be modified to prevent such malware from being run on any given machine? If so, why would you not want to help close such a glaring hole in the OS, while maintaining the least amount of disruption?
I see malware as something that needs fixing. You seriously do not?
To be honest, I don't really see why you are asking /.
You should be taking this straight to the folks that work on this stuff...uh...erm...Hrmm. /exit stage, left
I've been trying to get my extended family to stop buying ITEMS as gifts for years.
Services, or better yet, EXPERIENCES, are something most people will remember for a lifetime. Often, people cannot even remember WHO gave them an item for Christmas.
The really nice thing about services/experiences, as a gift, is that you usually know who is benefiting from the purchase. Buy someone a round of golf at the local course? The guys working there at the course benefit. Buy someone a trip to Catalina Island for the weekend? The people that live there benefit. It keeps the money in OUR economy (unless you're buying someone a trip to Uruguay...but, hey, Urugauyans need money too. At least you know it is going to them and not some anonymous corporate shareholder).
Giving someone an experience...well, it is the gift that keeps giving regardless of time or place. You simply think about it to continue enjoying it.
My usual gift to the family is a lavish, one-of-a-kind Christmas dinner (I used to be a chef). Last year it was a cream-based bouillabaisse made with green-lip mussels, soft-shelled crab, sweet scallops, jumbo prawns, fresh Copper River Salmon and served with the best San Francisco sourdough bread I could get my hands on (not that crap from the supermarket...I prowl the city looking for the real stuff).
Sure, it was an object, but it was the experience of eating it with each other that my family remembers. And I know it isn't sitting, forgotten, in the back of the closet (at least I sure hope not!).
"...monitorizes..."
Is that you, H.W.?
UPDATE:
Apparently, some people HAVE noticed since I saw the video, years ago.
This website mentions the same thing.
http://911research.wtc7.net/pentagon/analysis/videoframes.html
"Also to me there has to be something magic about an airplane disappearing into a 6 foot wide hole in the pentagon."
I'm hesitant to hop on conspiracy bandwagons, but this made me wonder as well. The icing on the cake was seeing the video from the Pentagon parking lot (security camera on a lamp post) that showed the Pentagon very shortly after the impact. There is one odd thing that, so far, I have yet to see ANYONE discuss.
The impact of airliners hitting the WTC was shown to create a massive fireball of ignited fuel. Massive amounts of BLACK smoke resulted as the fuel continued to burn. Understandable. The fuel is a hydrocarbon.
The smoke coming from the Pentagon, as shown in the video from the parking lot, was WHITE. No black smoke until much later when the building, and the objects inside, began to burn.
What happened to all the fuel from the supposed airliner that we are told hit the Pentagon?
The only conclusion that I can come up with is that it was not fuel, but something else, that caused the fires in the Pentagon.
The first thing that came to mind when trying to explain the white smoke? Ever watch a rocket launch? White smoke from the burning solid fuel components.
I'm sorry, but that video alone is enough to tell me that, at the VERY least, we were all lied to about the Pentagon. If they will lie to us about that, then I think it is entirely plausible that we could be lied to about the entire "attack".
I find it interesting one of those pager messages mentions a helicopter striking the Pentagon(or White house). If one did, I assume it would leave black smoke as well (the fuel onboard burning). The video doesn't show black smoke. But a rocket from a helicopter would leave white smoke.