Call me a troll if you want, but the Bush administration has clamped down hard on free speech, monitors just about everything, litmus tests public servants, puts whoever it wants on various lists, puts others in prison without charging them, declares pre-emptive war with no legal basis, and does it all while putting every citizen and their children so deep in debt they will probably never get out.
Talk about disappearing civil liberties, but this country might have well reverted to monarchy rule. It would really be tough to call it a democracy any longer.
Actually, there is quite a bit of activity in making roof materials that are solar panels. Researchers are working on making the cells more durable and making them look more like common roof treatments and materials.
Also, on thing people overlook is that photovoltaics are not the best answer -- they are part of the best answer. The most efficient way is to direct heat water and provide for direct heating of air. Those panels are cheap. Then use the remaining area for photovoltaics. Trying to run your water and space heating needs from solar panels is very wasteful, requires a lot of area, and is expensive. On the other hand, it is easier to install - just wiring instead of water piping, air ducts, etc.
The ones to blame are the short-sighted bean counters and execs who think the company does better by constantly RIFfing trained workers and keeping the rest scared.
The end result is that the good people will leave anyway and you end up with a less-capable workforce. The company does worse. The stockholders see short-term gains but long-term weakening of the company.
I strongly believe that a loyal company and a loyal workforce will do better in the long run. Constantly sloughing off people keeps a company disrupted, the remaining workers overworked, and the good remaining workers looking for their own way out before they get the axe too.
Actually, sumitting the platters to magnetic fields powerful enough to warp them doesn't make the data unreadable. The simplest and best way is still the ubiquitous hammer applied generously. And/or a drill press.
Personally, I am a big fan of homeopathic treatments. Everyone knows that the long term effects of electromagnetic fields are cancers. That's why I say not to use them for treatment! Go for the treatment that will not produce those nasty long term effects!
What an idiot. He could donate them to libraries, schools, prisons, whatever. He could also just recycle the paper. Burning them pollutes and adds to the CO2 loading. I hope someone from the EPA will be there to slap him with some nice fines for smoke and such and someone from the fire department to nail him if he doesn't have proper safeguards in place.
Some of the big box chains (Borders, Barnes & Noble) could be why his sales are down. Same for Amazon.
Because if they don't protect their copyrights, they lose the ability to enforce them.
I do believe them there are the rules.
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Actually, I think this is great. People standing up and telling Microsoft to shove it.
For too long Microsoft has bullied and intimidated. They have monopolized, stolen code (remember the Stacker lawsuit?), and tried to dominate the entire world. Sadly, they did pretty well at it.
But now, Linux is, IMHO, ready for the general user and the common desktop. It doesn't require the skills that it once did thanks to Gnome and KDE. For most people, web browsing, reading e-mail, and processing word documents, spreadsheets, and presentations, Linux looks and feels pretty damn close to Windows - but has added enhancements, has better security, and is far cheaper to own.
I'm sure these latest developments, with Dell offering Ubuntu, Vista being bad-mouthed by gamers and office users alike, and open sourcers far and wide mocking Microsoft and it's chair-throwing flunkie, Bill and company are just a wee tad worried.
I'm not sure I follow your comment. What I was saying is that with censorship, people's access to "forbidden" information is simply blocked - though records could certainly be kept and monitored of the attempts to access. Sure it is censorship but the point is to merely deny access to information.
However, monitoring is allowing free access but keeping tabs on the activities. Basically giving the citizenry the rope to hang themselves with.
In some cases, monitoring can be used to find terrorists and true enemies of the state. (whether a population prefers privacy over "security" is another issue) In others, depending on the paranoia level of the state, it can be used to find citizens who oppose a government or a "leader" but are not terrorists bent on killing as many as possible. Monitoring is the kind of activity that is desirable if you are a paranoid "leader" who wants to expand, consolodate, or hold on to power. It takes a lot of trust to allow a government to monitor and hope they won't use it for the wrong reasons. It seems that there are no examples where this has been allowed and not abused. Or even abused where not explicity allowed.
We are in one of those cycles now -- that's why more and more are calling for Alberto Gonzales' resignation over the illegal wiretaps that were justified as a way to combat terrorism.
It could be that it shows differences in standard of living which may conflict with how a government has portrayed another country or maybe such information would lead to unrest that a country's standard of living isn't as high as another. Maybe it shows a country isn't as militaristic as portrayed. Maybe more so.
There is another aspect to this - instead of blocking, some governments monitor. By monitoring, they can profile people who either openly oppose the regime du jour and then arrest/detain/harass as they wish.
Carnivore would be an example here. The new leaning on ISPs for user records. Requiring archiving of all activity. Or just silently copying and keywording all traffic.
In some ways, monitoring is more dangerous and insidious than censorship as it allows building cases against perceived "enemies" of the state.
I don't even remember how many years ago that there were lots of news stories on how MS Word stores "deleted" text within documents. When the story originally broke, lots of people went looking at company/government Word documents and found all sorts of embarassing stuff.
Those who don't learn from history...
Anyone using Word in any kind of sensitive capacity needs to know how to make sure the changes are all really gone. Training should address this specifically. Other word processors also store deleted text within a document and users of those need to also know how to make sure deleted text is really deleted.
Perhaps it is time that word processors kept twin files - one the actual document, and if the user wants to track changes, another that stores deleted text. Or maybe encrypt the deleted text. It wouldn't keep everyone out of it, but it would keep most people from reading the deleted passages.
Don't you consider lying to Congress breaking the law?
How about using private e-mail servers for official government business to subvert automatic record keeping (a violation of Federal law)?
Representatives of the Bush administration sit in front of Congress, with a nod and a wink, and say over and over they do not recall this meeting, that decision, pretty much everything that they are charged with overseeing or doing, they simply just say they do not remember.
The blogger had this to say: Put simply, this stinks. Earlier this months, Sen. Pat Leahy (D-Vermont) subpoenaed (http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2007/05/leahy_su poenas_.html) all e-mails between the Justice Department and the White House over the attorney firings. Yet our nation's top lawman refuses to obey the law of the land. And continues to be our nation's top lawman.
The Bush administration continues to openly flaunt their complete contempt for the laws of this country. Bring respect back to the White House my ass.
Sadly, you are probably correct. The only difference between Republican and Democrat politicians seems to be who they owe their favors to. The ones left holding the bag are U.S. citizens.
Holding those accountable who lie to Congress during sworn testimony about subversion of the Justice Department for political gain... or chasing after a kid that downloaded some mp3 files by (cough, wheeze) Metallica.
Check CNN - Bush is out stumping *against* greenhouse gas emissions. His oil-based corporate masters are having to take a back seat to Bush finding some kind of bandwagon that has public support that he can ride the coattails of. The same for Gonzales - they need every shred of positive press they can get right now.
With stories about how all those e-mails Gozales said didn't exist being leaked by insiders (http://news.nationaljournal.com/articles/070510nj 1.htm), and three US soldiers captured and most likely being tortured/killed, BushCo is pulling out the stops.
Hell, George might even roll Cheney over and sacrifice Rove for the Plame leak the way things are going.
The republicans running in the primary must really be proud.
Try different grades of gas too. For me it makes about a 4 mpg difference - which more than covers the cost of mid-grade compared to regular.
My Civic Hybrid has also got a since-new (aka ~38,000 mile) average of right at 50 mpg. But in town I get closer to 48-49 mpg and on the highway get 52-54 mpg. My best tank average was 54.something.
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Call me a troll if you want, but the Bush administration has clamped down hard on free speech, monitors just about everything, litmus tests public servants, puts whoever it wants on various lists, puts others in prison without charging them, declares pre-emptive war with no legal basis, and does it all while putting every citizen and their children so deep in debt they will probably never get out.
Talk about disappearing civil liberties, but this country might have well reverted to monarchy rule. It would really be tough to call it a democracy any longer.
Actually, there is quite a bit of activity in making roof materials that are solar panels. Researchers are working on making the cells more durable and making them look more like common roof treatments and materials.
Also, on thing people overlook is that photovoltaics are not the best answer -- they are part of the best answer. The most efficient way is to direct heat water and provide for direct heating of air. Those panels are cheap. Then use the remaining area for photovoltaics. Trying to run your water and space heating needs from solar panels is very wasteful, requires a lot of area, and is expensive. On the other hand, it is easier to install - just wiring instead of water piping, air ducts, etc.
The ones to blame are the short-sighted bean counters and execs who think the company does better by constantly RIFfing trained workers and keeping the rest scared.
The end result is that the good people will leave anyway and you end up with a less-capable workforce. The company does worse. The stockholders see short-term gains but long-term weakening of the company.
I strongly believe that a loyal company and a loyal workforce will do better in the long run. Constantly sloughing off people keeps a company disrupted, the remaining workers overworked, and the good remaining workers looking for their own way out before they get the axe too.
Actually, sumitting the platters to magnetic fields powerful enough to warp them doesn't make the data unreadable. The simplest and best way is still the ubiquitous hammer applied generously. And/or a drill press.
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Oh! But what about the long term effects?
Personally, I am a big fan of homeopathic treatments. Everyone knows that the long term effects of electromagnetic fields are cancers. That's why I say not to use them for treatment! Go for the treatment that will not produce those nasty long term effects!
Homeopathy! Yeah, that's the ticket!
What an idiot. He could donate them to libraries, schools, prisons, whatever. He could also just recycle the paper. Burning them pollutes and adds to the CO2 loading. I hope someone from the EPA will be there to slap him with some nice fines for smoke and such and someone from the fire department to nail him if he doesn't have proper safeguards in place.
Some of the big box chains (Borders, Barnes & Noble) could be why his sales are down. Same for Amazon.
Personally, I think it's a publicity stunt.
Than to hand our kids any kind of livable planet.
We should be ashamed.
By AT&T... and dutifully turned over to the Bush administration, and just like your phone logs -- without a warrant ever being presented.
Er, I meant patents. ...sigh...
But seriously - if Microsoft does not try to enforce their patent claims and protect them, they lose the ability.
Because if they don't protect their copyrights, they lose the ability to enforce them.
I do believe them there are the rules.
Actually, I think this is great. People standing up and telling Microsoft to shove it.
For too long Microsoft has bullied and intimidated. They have monopolized, stolen code (remember the Stacker lawsuit?), and tried to dominate the entire world. Sadly, they did pretty well at it.
But now, Linux is, IMHO, ready for the general user and the common desktop. It doesn't require the skills that it once did thanks to Gnome and KDE. For most people, web browsing, reading e-mail, and processing word documents, spreadsheets, and presentations, Linux looks and feels pretty damn close to Windows - but has added enhancements, has better security, and is far cheaper to own.
I'm sure these latest developments, with Dell offering Ubuntu, Vista being bad-mouthed by gamers and office users alike, and open sourcers far and wide mocking Microsoft and it's chair-throwing flunkie, Bill and company are just a wee tad worried.
I'm not sure I follow your comment. What I was saying is that with censorship, people's access to "forbidden" information is simply blocked - though records could certainly be kept and monitored of the attempts to access. Sure it is censorship but the point is to merely deny access to information.
However, monitoring is allowing free access but keeping tabs on the activities. Basically giving the citizenry the rope to hang themselves with.
In some cases, monitoring can be used to find terrorists and true enemies of the state. (whether a population prefers privacy over "security" is another issue) In others, depending on the paranoia level of the state, it can be used to find citizens who oppose a government or a "leader" but are not terrorists bent on killing as many as possible. Monitoring is the kind of activity that is desirable if you are a paranoid "leader" who wants to expand, consolodate, or hold on to power. It takes a lot of trust to allow a government to monitor and hope they won't use it for the wrong reasons. It seems that there are no examples where this has been allowed and not abused. Or even abused where not explicity allowed.
We are in one of those cycles now -- that's why more and more are calling for Alberto Gonzales' resignation over the illegal wiretaps that were justified as a way to combat terrorism.
It could be that it shows differences in standard of living which may conflict with how a government has portrayed another country or maybe such information would lead to unrest that a country's standard of living isn't as high as another. Maybe it shows a country isn't as militaristic as portrayed. Maybe more so.
There is another aspect to this - instead of blocking, some governments monitor. By monitoring, they can profile people who either openly oppose the regime du jour and then arrest/detain/harass as they wish.
Carnivore would be an example here. The new leaning on ISPs for user records. Requiring archiving of all activity. Or just silently copying and keywording all traffic.
In some ways, monitoring is more dangerous and insidious than censorship as it allows building cases against perceived "enemies" of the state.
I don't even remember how many years ago that there were lots of news stories on how MS Word stores "deleted" text within documents. When the story originally broke, lots of people went looking at company/government Word documents and found all sorts of embarassing stuff.
Those who don't learn from history...
Anyone using Word in any kind of sensitive capacity needs to know how to make sure the changes are all really gone. Training should address this specifically. Other word processors also store deleted text within a document and users of those need to also know how to make sure deleted text is really deleted.
Perhaps it is time that word processors kept twin files - one the actual document, and if the user wants to track changes, another that stores deleted text. Or maybe encrypt the deleted text. It wouldn't keep everyone out of it, but it would keep most people from reading the deleted passages.
I like it a lot better than the XBox anyway.
No laws were broken?
Don't you consider lying to Congress breaking the law?
How about using private e-mail servers for official government business to subvert automatic record keeping (a violation of Federal law)?
Representatives of the Bush administration sit in front of Congress, with a nod and a wink, and say over and over they do not recall this meeting, that decision, pretty much everything that they are charged with overseeing or doing, they simply just say they do not remember.
They mock the entire democratic process.
Wired posted this story last week ( http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2007/05/gonzales_ hides_.html ) after someone spotted this story: http://news.nationaljournal.com/articles/070510nj1 .htm.
u poenas_.html) all e-mails between the Justice Department and the White House over the attorney firings. Yet our nation's top lawman refuses to obey the law of the land. And continues to be our nation's top lawman.
The blogger had this to say: Put simply, this stinks. Earlier this months, Sen. Pat Leahy (D-Vermont) subpoenaed (http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2007/05/leahy_s
The Bush administration continues to openly flaunt their complete contempt for the laws of this country. Bring respect back to the White House my ass.
That Vista is selling like American flags in Baghdad.
Sadly, you are probably correct. The only difference between Republican and Democrat politicians seems to be who they owe their favors to. The ones left holding the bag are U.S. citizens.
Holding those accountable who lie to Congress during sworn testimony about subversion of the Justice Department for political gain... or chasing after a kid that downloaded some mp3 files by (cough, wheeze) Metallica.
Check CNN - Bush is out stumping *against* greenhouse gas emissions. His oil-based corporate masters are having to take a back seat to Bush finding some kind of bandwagon that has public support that he can ride the coattails of. The same for Gonzales - they need every shred of positive press they can get right now.
j 1.htm), and three US soldiers captured and most likely being tortured/killed, BushCo is pulling out the stops.
With stories about how all those e-mails Gozales said didn't exist being leaked by insiders (http://news.nationaljournal.com/articles/070510n
Hell, George might even roll Cheney over and sacrifice Rove for the Plame leak the way things are going.
The republicans running in the primary must really be proud.
Try different grades of gas too. For me it makes about a 4 mpg difference - which more than covers the cost of mid-grade compared to regular.
My Civic Hybrid has also got a since-new (aka ~38,000 mile) average of right at 50 mpg. But in town I get closer to 48-49 mpg and on the highway get 52-54 mpg. My best tank average was 54.something.
Good point. Also, I think as people tried to use it and set up Windows applications, it would turn into a support nightmare.