"So, the fact that someone broke the law (again, objecting to the law doesn't release you from being subject to it) and is punished is them being persecuted? Bullshit."
Persecution can take many forms. It can involve creating laws which create arbitrarily large punishments for small crimes.
If everyone flew as much as they drive, the air would be very much more crowded, and the potential for life-ending impacts would be much greater -- especially at airports.
If you could do a combo pedal + electric, you'd probably see a lot more people riding around towns such as Seattle or worse SF (plenty of uphill riding in both). You'd still be burning some calories -- more than in a car -- and you could maybe even eventually take the electric parts off (or replace the bike) when you get more in shape.
Besides, some people can't go to work all sweaty,;)
What I've always thought would be cool would be a system that reads the signs, and then lights up something behind the speedometer at the speed you're supposed to be going (only when you pass the sign, tho, so it doesn't keep showing you 55 when you turn off the highway 3 miles later.;)
It's more like they've authorized us to work on the server. They own it and are ultimately responsible for it. We provide our expertise in the form of advice and often times sysadminly stuff such as installing software/monitoring processes.
These users often have to hire out to have software installed (closed-source type stuff). We do what we can to advise they change the passwords afterwards, but ultimately, it's their decision who they give it to.
If we could provide them with a reasonable assurance that, even though they're having someone install software for them, their server's core functions will remain untouched, that would be great.
They own the server, and have other people install software on it. It's a less than ideal situation, I admit.
I'm thinking it'd just be a kernel mod. If you can lock down the kernel (disable loadable modules, of course), perhaps even boot it off of read-only media, that would be enough most of the time. Physical access changes all of that, but then there's little that can be done there other than hire a trustworthy guard.;)
And of course, I'm speaking of an opt-in device (pseudodevice or otherwise), and only for specific situations at the sysadmin's discretion. I would not be in favor of a company forcing this sort of thing down my throat.
Yeah, I dunno about runtime flags. I think if you wanted to restrict the system enough that only one specific program could.. say bind to port 22.. you would also strip out the options/config file processing and hardcode everything. Also, of course, static link the binary. That'd probably be the safest way to go, and I really do think there's value in this.
I've seen some proposals for this for FreeBSD, but I don't see any of them being implemented unfortunately.
" I can assure that no processes run on my machines that I didn't authorize now."
I can see you've never worked in a hosting environment, where customers have root access. That's one place I'd *really* like to see trusted/signed binaries. To have some sort of system where you couldn't bind to specific ports without passing some test would make installing a trojan'd sshd impossible -- or at least, damn hard. That would be worth something.
The roof isn't leaking -- except in California, where the problems can be blamed on Enron-esque monkeying, electricity/power has been very stable for a very long time. People have no reason* to change their ways, except perhaps to lower their power bills.
Sure, but warranties don't mean shit if the company is out of business.
Not all companies are fit to serve big contracts, and really, it's just common sense (as the company) not to let one customer be that important to your business. Customers are flakey.
But you have to sign up associates under you to receive your compensation. How is that not a pyramid? Is it because money doesn't continue to flow upwards after they sign up?
Plenty of non-profit organizations are not entirely legit, btw. The Red Cross, for instance.
It's a pyramid scheme! They even admit it. You give them $250, they give you $100 in their currency back. But you can make the remainder back by getting more people to sign up as associates!
If Badnarik is really for this ALC stuff, he's lost my vote, and respect.
I'm hoping they get rid of the 4-ways. It seems that everyone who parks in front of a fire hydrant or a drive way likes to throw on their 4-way lights, as if that's going to stop them from getting a ticket. I guess they also don't realize that, from behind, it often looks like they're just signalling to pull out, causing traffic to back up while people wait for them to make a move. Guh. Seattle drivers suck.:)
The pump and dump worked. The SCO executives took a 2 dollar stock and sold many thousands of shares at over 10 dollars.
The executives made small tons of money off of it, too, however what we don't know is how much the families and friends made. In another post someone said leave the families out of it -- I say, if the SEC is investigating, get 'em all.
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"So, the fact that someone broke the law (again, objecting to the law doesn't release you from being subject to it) and is punished is them being persecuted? Bullshit."
Persecution can take many forms. It can involve creating laws which create arbitrarily large punishments for small crimes.
I wonder what they think of people buying TV series (such as Stargate SG-1, Futurama, etc) on DVD. Seems like you'd have to pay the license fee still?
Confusing. I'm glad I don't live in the UK.
Wish they had them in mp3 or ogg, though. I'd love to be able to listen to them on my handheld, instead of having to sit at a computer while it plays.
Ha. Yes. They don't even look for 's. Unfortunately I couldn't figure out a way to encode a / in to the URL, else we'd have an example of an XSS vuln.
If everyone flew as much as they drive, the air would be very much more crowded, and the potential for life-ending impacts would be much greater -- especially at airports.
Drat, wish I could delete my own posts. Just R'd the TFA (took a chance, usually they're down due to a lack of mirroring, heh). N/m all that nonsense.
If you could do a combo pedal + electric, you'd probably see a lot more people riding around towns such as Seattle or worse SF (plenty of uphill riding in both). You'd still be burning some calories -- more than in a car -- and you could maybe even eventually take the electric parts off (or replace the bike) when you get more in shape.
;)
Besides, some people can't go to work all sweaty,
What I've always thought would be cool would be a system that reads the signs, and then lights up something behind the speedometer at the speed you're supposed to be going (only when you pass the sign, tho, so it doesn't keep showing you 55 when you turn off the highway 3 miles later. ;)
It's more like they've authorized us to work on the server. They own it and are ultimately responsible for it. We provide our expertise in the form of advice and often times sysadminly stuff such as installing software/monitoring processes.
These users often have to hire out to have software installed (closed-source type stuff). We do what we can to advise they change the passwords afterwards, but ultimately, it's their decision who they give it to.
If we could provide them with a reasonable assurance that, even though they're having someone install software for them, their server's core functions will remain untouched, that would be great.
They own the server, and have other people install software on it. It's a less than ideal situation, I admit.
;)
I'm thinking it'd just be a kernel mod. If you can lock down the kernel (disable loadable modules, of course), perhaps even boot it off of read-only media, that would be enough most of the time. Physical access changes all of that, but then there's little that can be done there other than hire a trustworthy guard.
And of course, I'm speaking of an opt-in device (pseudodevice or otherwise), and only for specific situations at the sysadmin's discretion. I would not be in favor of a company forcing this sort of thing down my throat.
Yeah, I dunno about runtime flags. I think if you wanted to restrict the system enough that only one specific program could .. say bind to port 22 .. you would also strip out the options/config file processing and hardcode everything. Also, of course, static link the binary. That'd probably be the safest way to go, and I really do think there's value in this.
I've seen some proposals for this for FreeBSD, but I don't see any of them being implemented unfortunately.
" I can assure that no processes run on my machines that I didn't authorize now."
I can see you've never worked in a hosting environment, where customers have root access. That's one place I'd *really* like to see trusted/signed binaries. To have some sort of system where you couldn't bind to specific ports without passing some test would make installing a trojan'd sshd impossible -- or at least, damn hard. That would be worth something.
The roof isn't leaking -- except in California, where the problems can be blamed on Enron-esque monkeying, electricity/power has been very stable for a very long time. People have no reason* to change their ways, except perhaps to lower their power bills.
* That they can understand or can see, anyways...
Sure, but warranties don't mean shit if the company is out of business.
Not all companies are fit to serve big contracts, and really, it's just common sense (as the company) not to let one customer be that important to your business. Customers are flakey.
Wouldn't it be nice if Slashdot could do something like that for the free{ipod,flatscreen,colonoscopy}.com sites?
But you have to sign up associates under you to receive your compensation. How is that not a pyramid? Is it because money doesn't continue to flow upwards after they sign up?
Plenty of non-profit organizations are not entirely legit, btw. The Red Cross, for instance.
Doesn't it all seem like kind of a scheme though?
"I simply hand them the currency as payment. 95% of the businesses accept it"
Come on now. If that's not a lie, it's sure a distortion.
Then I go to look for liberty merchants in my area (WA state), almost all of them are "associates". Then you look at this page:
Description of the associate system
It's a pyramid scheme! They even admit it. You give them $250, they give you $100 in their currency back. But you can make the remainder back by getting more people to sign up as associates!
If Badnarik is really for this ALC stuff, he's lost my vote, and respect.
Do you still have to micromanage your sim's bathroom habits? That was so rediculous I couldn't play Sims 1 longer than a day or so.
I think you've forgotten who the media's customers are. It's not you. You are the product.
Yeah, but it'd sure be sweet for LCD glasses.
Everyone knew what I was talking about. Some people call high-beams "brights". Some call soda "pop". *shrug*. No karma bonus here.
I'm hoping they get rid of the 4-ways. It seems that everyone who parks in front of a fire hydrant or a drive way likes to throw on their 4-way lights, as if that's going to stop them from getting a ticket. I guess they also don't realize that, from behind, it often looks like they're just signalling to pull out, causing traffic to back up while people wait for them to make a move. Guh. Seattle drivers suck. :)
eBay won't let you bid unless you prove you are willing to go through with payment, somehow.
The pump and dump worked. The SCO executives took a 2 dollar stock and sold many thousands of shares at over 10 dollars.
The executives made small tons of money off of it, too, however what we don't know is how much the families and friends made. In another post someone said leave the families out of it -- I say, if the SEC is investigating, get 'em all.
My bad, I thought I had the latest version, but I didn't. Perfect now that I do. Thanks all.