That's a surprise.. the American way is to get a burger like that, supersize and get a DIET soda. See... cuz you can save a lot by cutting out the calories from that soda.
WOW!... A reply on Slashdot that I would actually mod up for being informative!!:P
I thought of IV in that regard, but I didn't quite interpret it that way... all depends on the 'unreasonable' and 'probable cause' I suppose.
I agree with your point on X.
What I wonder is... if the founding fathers could see the issue of terrorism... what would they propose (besides the 2nd Amendment) in terms of securing the nation... ???
Cheers,
Galego
a privelege in some cases.... but a 'right'? I don't know the consitution all that well, and don't remember that in there. But... I *have* been wrong before. Is there a 'right to anonymity' mentioned in the constitution?
all at the same time. I switched from T-Mobile about a month ago. I could care less about pictures, phone calls or text messages. I hardly use text and haven't owned a camera phone...
My only question is whether or not access has been gained on a large enough scale to SSN's and other personal data.
And don't depend are social security, I know that I am not. (sic.)
Good point... now if only we could do something about all that money they continue to take out of our pockets that will supposedly provide this so-called 'security'.
hmmmphhhh!
As many of us find it interesting, scary, sad (anything but amusing though) that a certain company is known for an overpriced, mediocre OS riddled with security holes, but is still the #1 OS (by the numbers of 'puters it is on) out there. Strange folk we humans are, eh?
So what is Billy Gates equivalent to the 'reality distortion field' that Bill Gates has? The first that comes to mind is lawyers and marketing... but there's got to be something else...
I think you hit on something key there... It is possible to screw it up though. Say, for instance, someone wasn't paying attention and accidentally marked two candidates for the same position.emphasis added
But maybe instead of consoling, I'd go for the shock-treatment method!
Computer: Now insert your finger into the slot below the screen.
KAAAZZZZZOTTTT!!!
User: Yeeeeeeeooooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwww!!!!
Computer: Now... pay attention please! Oh, and go get a new ballot too.
I mean... we all have our zone-out moments, but when you're going to vote, you simply need to give it the attention it deserves... and no technology is ever going to overcome the stupidity, lack of attention of some citizens. And those citizens should lose their privelege to vote.
I heard someone taking some phone calls on a talk radio show asking people about their plans to vote... Some stated who they were voting for despite knowing nothing about the candidate's record as well as not knowing who either candidate's running mate was. As well as stating that they we're going to to vote for candidate X because he "said he was going to do this".
To those people...
Now insert your finger into the slot below the screen... KAZZZZZZOTTTTTTT!!!
I've put a few more faculty (and fellow geeks) on to Firefox or Mozilla (for those that use NS mail) here at the University. Most of the Faculty have been Mac users though who don't have an IE or good IE option available. I recommend Mozilla/Firefox before Safari even. Just downloaded FF 1.0 and already like some of the new features.... no apparent lag either.
I'd rather take four years with almost anybody as president than accept this kind of overt political manipulation as the new standard of behavior in American society.
Egggzzzzzaccckktttly!!!! Well... sorta.. read on:
What gets me is how folks are so intent on blaming and pointing their finger in the name of 'solving problems' or improving things... but all they do is point fingers, stir up contention and guess what... create more problems.
What is probably best is the "Anybody but [insert person's name here]" mentality for voting. All I can say to those folks is... be careful what you ask for, you just might get it.
I haven't fully made up my mind yet, but and it is hard to see past the crap and fighting to what the issues are... but let me give you a hint to seeing the real candidate: Look at the track record of prior political posts/years, not what they are doing/saying right now (Yeah... it's an election year folks). And don't look in order to 'dig up dirt', but to find out what they stand for or against... or if they don't stand, but rather wobble back and forth on issues all the time (Yes, that does scare me about Kerry as do different things about Bush, whom I didn't vote for before but am leaning towards now).
Also, keep in mind that your local and state elections have sway too... these people you're voting in locally now or as state senators etc., could be your kid's president(s) once you've retired off to Canada to buy prescriptions. I also really love how people think voting in or out one person is going to make all the difference. Granted, the president is one powerful person, and brings an 'administration' with him/her. But our system has checks and balances and if you look at it as a whole package instead of focusing all your time and energy on one person/decision, you might do it right.
As for Michael Moore, I wish he'd spend some/more time, talent and effort building up, instead of only attacking. And yes, I wish *both* parties/candidates would do that as well.
And will this require a dedicated switches/really high-bandwidth like the sun ray? (At least the Sun Ray used to require that.... haven't looked at them in a while, well... since I saw a demo by Sun 'round 2000).
Sun Ray was the first thing I thought of when I saw this. Of course... I also like the underwear analogy made earlier... very good point! I guess your underwear is really executed on the server in this case?
As someone else noted... 'unsolicited' IS 'unsolicited'. In fact... the only reason to hate them less would be if they *DID* take the money and then pass on feature enhancements or work out legitimate discounts on legitimate products sold by those advertisers.
Think about it.. the way you describe the BOND works better for M$ and there's less work for them. I'm sure there's details I'm omitting/overlooking, but humor this conspiracy theory for a moment...
Spammer (errr... Marketer?) signs up for whitelist
Spams/Markets away on innocent bystanding email users and employs questionable/misleading/illegal tactics
Users are the ones who will end up policing it... most likely by a few of them getting burned, and a few being vigilant and savvy enough to root out the bad guys.
M$ sits on the notice/'looks into it' until it becomes widespread common knowledge and can't be ignored (like most of their security holes).
M$ takes the BOND money, puts it in pocket and blacklists the Marketer... or I guess it's really Spammer at this point, right?
Rinse & Repeat
Seems like a little bit of patience will get Microsoft some cash with little effort.
Well... you do what I do. You get a neighbor who doesn't really have a clue about computers. You let him use your wireless router and set it up as close to your house as possible... inside his house, attached to his cable modem. Of course, I also helped him set up his second computer on the network in his house.
Sure, I only get wireless in one or two rooms (considering setting up some sort of 'relay' to expand the coverage... pointers anyone?), but my wife can use the dial-up (which keeps her happy) on one laptop while I surf at high(er)-speed on my work laptop.
Plus since it's an iBook and TiBook, I can do the donwloads on the Ti, set it to target mode (via firewire) and transfer the downloaded files to the iBook.
It's the only solution I can live with... we had DSL in MN before moving to the DC area. DSL hasn't made it to our pocket (well... reasonable DSL hasn't) and the Cable service is a gouge if you don't get cable already (which we don't).
After years of the Brits sending criminals down to Australia, this is the best they can do?
The number of virus attacks originating in Australia leaped last year, putting it among the top five countries for virus generation, a new report claims.
Good point... and I understand the whole choice issue. [Part of] My point is that I feel sexual-orientation is also a choice (ya see... I believe God made Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve). But anyway...
This is another grey area litigiously. Essentially what was said here was
"Yes, he discriminated against your because you are a lawyer. And that is because lawyers statistically are problematic for developers. Legally, he can do that."
Problem with that is it still takes the individual out of it (as do many of our laws/litigation). What's interesting is that you can be discriminated against for being white-male-christian... and it will most likely never be prosecuted even though it's three-in-one discrimination. The law doesn't list specific races, creeds, etc. but the law has an unspoken, inherent bias which is aimed at correcting another historical bias. So, certain races, creeds, or origins will most likely never get the benefit of this law.
OK, so I'm probably off-topic by now... it's Monday morning though. Mod me down if you must, I've been a karma-whore as of late anyway.
I spent some time doing temp work a while back. One of those jobs involved putting in some data in for doctors who were re-credentialing. I was able to see the malpractice suits etc. Some were obviously someone (patients) looking to pass blame for their own negligence/stupidity. Those usually got tossed. Others may have had cases, or not, but either way, they usually settled. Rarely, if ever, did a case (in the limited amount that I read through) go all the way through and find the doctor negligent. The case in this story (the Doctor hooked on pain-killers) is obviously negligence and cover-up... but why shouldn't doctors be aware of the who's-sued-who-for-what-and-how-much?
The American Medical Association said that it had just learned of the group and that it saw no ethical issues at stake.
"There's no question that physicians are totally frustrated by the relentless assault on the medical profession by trial lawyers,"
My father-in-law is a radiologist. He's had a few suits launched against him. Is he perfect?.... no. Is he negligent? hell no!!!
Recently a chain-smoker's family (daughter) came after him (amongst others) and claims that her dad wasn't warned soon enough about his lung cancer and the risks of smoking. My father-in-law only came in on the case (medically, not litigiously speaking) later as it was. This BTW.. because cause he lost his job since they could hire a youger, less-expensive radiologist who did less prone-to-malpractice suit types of readings. He was also asked if he warned the chain-smoking dude that smoking might lead to something like lung cancer. The suit has been carried forward by one of his daughters while the rest of the family stood by embarrassed of it all. Do doctors deserve fair warning against such a patient? In my opinion, yes. Do all people who have sued and won on malpractice deserve to be 'black-listed'... no. Do some deserve it... I'm sure. Question is how to determine that... ??? The only thing I can think of is full-disclosure... on both ends!
In most cases, the insurance company & the doctor decide to settle (guilty or not) and try send everyone home as happy as is possible and without breaking everyone involved financially. That doesn't tell anything about who was or wasn't negligent. I do think however in a case that was clear negligence, the doctor needs to be yanked from the profession just like drunk drivers should have their licenses yanked until they show they are not a threat to others in that position. But we see how good we are at taking drunk-drivers off the road, right? And it appears it's not much different for negligent doctors in many cases. And let's not even start on the number of patients who take no responsibility for their own health and expect the doctor to prescribe it to them in a bottle.
It's just sickening to see America(ns) looking for someone else to blame everything on and the lawyers getting fat and rich at the continual inflow of work due to hunt down someone else on which to drop the accountability. This will continue the trend of the brightest people going where the money is... practicing law, not into science and medicine. Where will that leave us then? With even sharper/sneakier lawyers... great! That's just what we need isn't it!?!?!?!
I'm sure someone will consider me flamebait for this... but it's Interesting that in this case, the law said that discrimination only applied to race, creed, religion, or national origin... not profession.
I guarantee that if someone complained against the same develoer of discrimination against their being gay/lesbian (which AFAIK is not included in any of the above) the outcome would have been different.
Granted, I'd be nervous selling/renting/etc. to a lawyer... but why should I be worred if I understand the agreement and have complied with my part of it? I understand the developer being nervous, but the developer is just as suspect of having something to hide (like the shoddy work that oh-so-many developers are known for these days).
These rolling retests require the driver to take the test as the car is moving. If the driver fails a retest, the horn sounds and the lights flash until the car is turned off.
I mean... I'm all for reducing drunk-driving, but they obviously haven't considered the full impact of this. Just a few human factors/reality issues:
Carmakers sued because someone couldn't get someone else/self to help in time due to an emergency situation and the person died... since the driver had to do a breathe test. I'm not saying it's likely... but hey, Coffee cups now have warning labels about hot contents don't they?
Teenagers: "Let's all go caravan in our cars (or parents' cars) and nobody do their rolling retest"... and purposely drive around annoying everyone (but I'm sure some law will cover that too, right?)
Breath tester thingamajig malfunctions and shuts car won't start/starts tooting and winking at random internvals
General American Populus becomes more grumpy in the AM because they are delayed 30 more seconds by breathe test.
And then the funny/unrealistic (but still possible ones)
System mistakes unbrushed teeth/bad breath for drunkenness and sends driver home for hygiene maintenance
Police cars winking and honking while driving down the street.
Police (or Keystone cop) car won't start for 30 seconds while criminal speeds away (who has bypassed his system anyway). They shouldn't be 'above the system, no?
Beneficial one here... system becomes new alternative to 'jump-starting your car'
New Bumper Stickers: "Stop Breathing, Start Driving"
At my doctor's office right now ...
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Opened up my TiBook and it found a nice strong signal and I was on the 'net. Well... my Orthopod to be exact... but this article was an interesting coincidence!
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That's a surprise .. the American way is to get a burger like that, supersize and get a DIET soda. See ... cuz you can save a lot by cutting out the calories from that soda.
WOW! ... A reply on Slashdot that I would actually mod up for being informative!! :P
I thought of IV in that regard, but I didn't quite interpret it that way ... all depends on the 'unreasonable' and 'probable cause' I suppose.
I agree with your point on X.
What I wonder is ... if the founding fathers could see the issue of terrorism ... what would they propose (besides the 2nd Amendment) in terms of securing the nation ... ???
Cheers,
Galego
a privelege in some cases .... but a 'right'? I don't know the consitution all that well, and don't remember that in there. But ... I *have* been wrong before. Is there a 'right to anonymity' mentioned in the constitution?
guess I should have used the preview button.
all at the same time. I switched from T-Mobile about a month ago. I could care less about pictures, phone calls or text messages. I hardly use text and haven't owned a camera phone ...
My only question is whether or not access has been gained on a large enough scale to SSN's and other personal data.
Good point ... now if only we could do something about all that money they continue to take out of our pockets that will supposedly provide this so-called 'security'.
hmmmphhhh!
So what is Billy Gates equivalent to the 'reality distortion field' that Bill Gates has? The first that comes to mind is lawyers and marketing ... but there's got to be something else ...
It is possible to screw it up though. Say, for instance, someone wasn't paying attention and accidentally marked two candidates for the same position. emphasis added
But maybe instead of consoling, I'd go for the shock-treatment method!
Computer: Now insert your finger into the slot below the screen. ... pay attention please! Oh, and go get a new ballot too.
I meanKAAAZZZZZOTTTT!!!
User: Yeeeeeeeooooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwww!!!!
Computer: Now
I heard someone taking some phone calls on a talk radio show asking people about their plans to vote ... Some stated who they were voting for despite knowing nothing about the candidate's record as well as not knowing who either candidate's running mate was. As well as stating that they we're going to to vote for candidate X because he "said he was going to do this".
To those people ... ... KAZZZZZZOTTTTTTT!!!
Now insert your finger into the slot below the screen
I've put a few more faculty (and fellow geeks) on to Firefox or Mozilla (for those that use NS mail) here at the University. Most of the Faculty have been Mac users though who don't have an IE or good IE option available. I recommend Mozilla/Firefox before Safari even. Just downloaded FF 1.0 and already like some of the new features .... no apparent lag either.
Egggzzzzzaccckktttly!!!! Well ... sorta .. read on:
What gets me is how folks are so intent on blaming and pointing their finger in the name of 'solving problems' or improving things ... but all they do is point fingers, stir up contention and guess what ... create more problems.
What is probably best is the "Anybody but [insert person's name here]" mentality for voting. All I can say to those folks is ... be careful what you ask for, you just might get it.
I haven't fully made up my mind yet, but and it is hard to see past the crap and fighting to what the issues are ... but let me give you a hint to seeing the real candidate: Look at the track record of prior political posts/years, not what they are doing/saying right now (Yeah ... it's an election year folks). And don't look in order to 'dig up dirt', but to find out what they stand for or against ... or if they don't stand, but rather wobble back and forth on issues all the time (Yes, that does scare me about Kerry as do different things about Bush, whom I didn't vote for before but am leaning towards now).
Also, keep in mind that your local and state elections have sway too ... these people you're voting in locally now or as state senators etc., could be your kid's president(s) once you've retired off to Canada to buy prescriptions. I also really love how people think voting in or out one person is going to make all the difference. Granted, the president is one powerful person, and brings an 'administration' with him/her. But our system has checks and balances and if you look at it as a whole package instead of focusing all your time and energy on one person/decision, you might do it right.
As for Michael Moore, I wish he'd spend some/more time, talent and effort building up, instead of only attacking. And yes, I wish *both* parties/candidates would do that as well.
Happy Voting!
Sun Ray was the first thing I thought of when I saw this. Of course ... I also like the underwear analogy made earlier ... very good point! I guess your underwear is really executed on the server in this case?
that one's easy ... yes!
To be a little more objective/blatantly honest:
Still ... the security holes should be an outright embarrassment to MS ... but people shrug it off and keep using it for some reason.
My default browser? FireFox 0.9.1
Or better yet ... when CERT reccommends using a 0.x release of another browser over the 6.x version of IE.
And you haven't even gotten to the lost jobs and unions factor, yet.
Think about it .. the way you describe the BOND works better for M$ and there's less work for them. I'm sure there's details I'm omitting/overlooking, but humor this conspiracy theory for a moment ...
Seems like a little bit of patience will get Microsoft some cash with little effort.
Sure, I only get wireless in one or two rooms (considering setting up some sort of 'relay' to expand the coverage ... pointers anyone?), but my wife can use the dial-up (which keeps her happy) on one laptop while I surf at high(er)-speed on my work laptop.
Plus since it's an iBook and TiBook, I can do the donwloads on the Ti, set it to target mode (via firewire) and transfer the downloaded files to the iBook.
It's the only solution I can live with ... we had DSL in MN before moving to the DC area. DSL hasn't made it to our pocket (well ... reasonable DSL hasn't) and the Cable service is a gouge if you don't get cable already (which we don't).
... And we all live happily ever after.
(This was posted via dial-up ... can ya tell?)
You mean like in most political elections, no?
The number of virus attacks originating in Australia leaped last year, putting it among the top five countries for virus generation, a new report claims.
This is another grey area litigiously. Essentially what was said here was
Problem with that is it still takes the individual out of it (as do many of our laws/litigation). What's interesting is that you can be discriminated against for being white-male-christian ... and it will most likely never be prosecuted even though it's three-in-one discrimination. The law doesn't list specific races, creeds, etc. but the law has an unspoken, inherent bias which is aimed at correcting another historical bias. So, certain races, creeds, or origins will most likely never get the benefit of this law.
OK, so I'm probably off-topic by now ... it's Monday morning though. Mod me down if you must, I've been a karma-whore as of late anyway.
The American Medical Association said that it had just learned of the group and that it saw no ethical issues at stake.
"There's no question that physicians are totally frustrated by the relentless assault on the medical profession by trial lawyers,"
My father-in-law is a radiologist. He's had a few suits launched against him. Is he perfect? .... no. Is he negligent? hell no!!!
Recently a chain-smoker's family (daughter) came after him (amongst others) and claims that her dad wasn't warned soon enough about his lung cancer and the risks of smoking. My father-in-law only came in on the case (medically, not litigiously speaking) later as it was. This BTW .. because cause he lost his job since they could hire a youger, less-expensive radiologist who did less prone-to-malpractice suit types of readings. He was also asked if he warned the chain-smoking dude that smoking might lead to something like lung cancer. The suit has been carried forward by one of his daughters while the rest of the family stood by embarrassed of it all. Do doctors deserve fair warning against such a patient? In my opinion, yes. Do all people who have sued and won on malpractice deserve to be 'black-listed' ... no. Do some deserve it ... I'm sure. Question is how to determine that ... ??? The only thing I can think of is full-disclosure ... on both ends!
In most cases, the insurance company & the doctor decide to settle (guilty or not) and try send everyone home as happy as is possible and without breaking everyone involved financially. That doesn't tell anything about who was or wasn't negligent. I do think however in a case that was clear negligence, the doctor needs to be yanked from the profession just like drunk drivers should have their licenses yanked until they show they are not a threat to others in that position. But we see how good we are at taking drunk-drivers off the road, right? And it appears it's not much different for negligent doctors in many cases. And let's not even start on the number of patients who take no responsibility for their own health and expect the doctor to prescribe it to them in a bottle.
It's just sickening to see America(ns) looking for someone else to blame everything on and the lawyers getting fat and rich at the continual inflow of work due to hunt down someone else on which to drop the accountability. This will continue the trend of the brightest people going where the money is ... practicing law, not into science and medicine. Where will that leave us then? With even sharper/sneakier lawyers ... great! That's just what we need isn't it!?!?!?!
I guarantee that if someone complained against the same develoer of discrimination against their being gay/lesbian (which AFAIK is not included in any of the above) the outcome would have been different.
Granted, I'd be nervous selling/renting/etc. to a lawyer ... but why should I be worred if I understand the agreement and have complied with my part of it? I understand the developer being nervous, but the developer is just as suspect of having something to hide (like the shoddy work that oh-so-many developers are known for these days).
These rolling retests require the driver to take the test as the car is moving. If the driver fails a retest, the horn sounds and the lights flash until the car is turned off.
I mean ... I'm all for reducing drunk-driving, but they obviously haven't considered the full impact of this. Just a few human factors/reality issues:
And then the funny/unrealistic (but still possible ones)
Opened up my TiBook and it found a nice strong signal and I was on the 'net. Well ... my Orthopod to be exact ... but this article was an interesting coincidence!