Maybe Comcast should get off its hind end and take care of this. But even so...this only deals with the passage of mail between two endpoints. It does nothing for the mail as it sits on the server, waiting to be delivered. And whose to say that a sniffing proxy of some kind can't sit between the SSL decryption point and it's final storage location?
DNA... well, playing the "X-files" strategy... who knows. We all get vaccinated as kids for various things... who knows *where* those used needles go. And how many of you have given blood?
You bring up a very interesting point. At what point to we relinquish our ownership right with respect to any personally-identifying information that might be acquired from something like a used syringe needle? If I drink from a pop can, and then dispose of it (which I am required to do), does this, by the fact that this can is now considered 'trash', grant the public at large a right to take this and do what they please with it? What if DNA were taken from the can without my knowledge or permission and tested, and what if these tests revealed something very sensitive about me? The implications here should be of grave concern, as the notion of 'trash' being in the 'public domain' essentially grants anyone access to *very* intimate details of your person.
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I live next to a major thoroughfare, and as soon as the start of the summer comes around, it's hell, as it's not uncommon to be assaulted 20-30 times a day by these drive-by tresspassers. These boomcar morons think they're bad-asses with their expensive toy stereos, but what they really need to do is grow the hell up and learn something about civility.
I am thankful that our local police department takes the issue seriously- after some initial prodding, they've pretty much eliminated the problem. The boomers here might be pissed because of repeated (and increasingly expensive) fines, but they ought to be thankful that they aren't faced with a law like they have in Michigan, where the equipment must actually confiscated and destroyed.
Those who are facing this problem might be interested in this Web Site. IT contains a lot of useful information about the problem, and interestingly, the boomers themselves.
If anyone has been following the discussions of the IETF regarding IPv6, there seems to be an ongoing, and rather embroiled debate over at least one issue: that being site-local addresses. Right now, v4 has the private address space (192.168.x, etc.), and if I remember correctly there was ongoing debate over whether or not the 'private' (site-local) addresses should be eliminated in favor of making what are essentially public address private via routing.
The biggest difference is that Microsoft extorts money from people; provides no real means to implement an alternative (post-entrenchment); is a closed, proprietary system; etc., etc. You can bet that if I'm paying Microsoft for something, it damn well better work.
Don't forget this most important issue...many people *started* using M$ products, but now, like a bad crack habit, they can't stop - the cost is just too great. I'd argue that they might like to look at alternatives, but M$' proprietary document formats, ever-changing APIs, etc, is making it next to impossible to implement a compatible alternative.
Now if more people would step down of their self-righteous perch and understand that they're dealing with someone else's property here. Like it or not, that's the way it is.
As I recall, Mr. Tauzin was a vocal opponent of legislation that would have identified and prohibited the obvious conflict of interest between accounting firms that provided both auditing and consulting services. Mr. Tauzin was also the recipient of some fairly significant contributions from none other than Arthur Anderson/Anderson Consulting, which turned out to be the cornerstone of one of the biggest breaches of public trust in this nation's history. If he's sponsoring legislation in favor of any commercial entity, the very next question on my list would be, "who is contributing to his campaign, and how much?"
If this is true, it suggests that the U.S. government has become quite corrupt, albeit in ways that are not entirely obvious. Given that whomever suggested and/or supported Poindexter's involvement had their reasons for doing so, the fact that it has happened in no way suggests that there is anything right about it, that it should be allowed to go unchallenged, or that remedial action should not be forthcoming.
It's not just 'free' that concerns me - that he's in a key position that demands a level of integrity that he does not posses.
I have no problem with the notion that Poindexter is free, but he should be serving in a position that is more suited to his character. I have a few ideas of my own, but I'm also open to suggestions.
I'm convinced that Iran/Contra must have been considered the penultimate act of patriotism. How else could one rationally explain former convict John Poindexter's involvement with the TIA effort? (For those with short memories, his felony conviction for his involvement with Iran/Contra was overturned on a technicality).
Since 70% of those who use the internet still rely on dialup connections, all those who would even THINK of waiting for a 300K ad to download, please raise your hand. Then, don't walk, RUN to your nearest phone to cancel your internet account.
In this case, it's theft of value. A piece of software it not a tangible item (like a car), but it does provide value, and you're suggesting that this value should be provided free and clear of any compensation- a notion with which I strongly disagree.
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For some reason, the idea that someone might want to journal events as they occur throughout the day seems to have escaped most of the PIM software authors. The prevailing model seems to be that every event is planned, has a date, a start time, and an end time. In many cases, though, it's far more appropriate to be able to log events that aren't planned, but that have just happened - as with an impromptu meeting or a telephone conversation. I'm looking forward to the day when this actually appears in something like KOrganizer...maybe the Chandler folks can get a jump on this.
Absolutely...I've pointed out the inherent weakness of the argument to which *I* responded. My point was that the U.S. Government is nothing special, as it is subject to the same corrosive dynamics as any other political system. As such, it is incumbent upon, not the government, but the citizens, to ensure that these dynamics are kept in check.
Agreed...since politicians are generally not people of conscience, and will bend which ever way the wind blows hardest, all it would really take is the threat of losing the next election. But that's just part of the problem...the real, long-term issues come into play when it's time to clean up the mess.
The case has drawn the attention of civil liberties groups nationwide, who say Mr. Hawash's case is an example of how the Bush administration is holding a handful of American citizens without offering them normal legal protection.
The fact that this can happen at all is a frightening commentary on the current state of the U.S. federal government.
Seriously. Governments are run by people - mostly men. Government positions tend to attract a certain personality type that thrives on the ability to wield control over others. There is *INHERENTLY* the potential for abuse, because the abuse represents the maximum degree of control one has at any given time. If it's not kept in check, it WILL be abused.
There are many examples of the kinds of abuse that can take place - COINTELPRO is but one, and in fact, I believe it was this kind of abuse that give birth to laws that forbid the sharing of information between government agencies.
This aside, all one has to do is to look at how the US political system is run...favorable legislation is sold to the highest bidder, and politicians are there for the long haul- or as long as they please the corp^H^H^H^H people who sign their paychecks. In other words, it's an entirely self-serving dynamic. This is not the mark of a government interested in the security and benefit of its citizens- it's more likely interested in the assurance of its own expansion, influence, and longevity.
It's only a recent anomaly that shops became so large and impersonal that you dealt with a different person each time; 50 years ago, you would buy your meat from a butcher, who would simply remember what meat you bought last time.
I believe there is a world of difference between this scenario, and what we see now. We we see now is a machine that feeds on personal information, purchasing profiles, and other personal information in order to sell us more. There is no person behind it, only a formula and an endless trail of entities that want my money. When I move away from the town with the butcher shop, I wouldn't expect to see the fact that I purchased 1 lb of ground beef every week to show up unexpectedly somewhere else. The reason for this is clear...with the butcher, I'm a valued customer - a person - a fellow human...with the machine, I'm a nothing more than a revenue node, with my personal information pimped to as many commercial entities that care to try and get me to spend my money.
I was very disappointed to find out that my favorite store had just started a card program. After one of the checkout clerks stuffed a flyer into my bag, I read that although they'd like you to provide information, you're not in any way required to. So, I put this to a test, and sure enough, I now have a discount card that does not indentify me in any way. I pay cash, so there's no way (that I know of), to establish a persistent record outside the store chain (as with what might exist with a credit card).
When they start telling me that I can't make anonymous purchases using cash, there will be something very wrong. But even then, there's no reason that groups of individuals can't set up purchasing 'clubs' that work much like net proxies.
And you'll soon be able to have the grill and the refrigerator working together to prepare the entire meal. If you're one egg short, it could even send an imessage to the grocer to order more. But unfortunately, that will only work when we teach the frig how to answer the door when the delivery person shows up.
I don't see many situations where people actually SAY they appreciate all the effort behind the code, but since Mozilla was released with tabbed browsing, it has become probably the one app that I use the most. It's not 100% perfect (nothing really is), but it's a damn fine job. *I* appreciate it. : )
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Maybe Comcast should get off its hind end and take care of this. But even so...this only deals with the passage of mail between two endpoints. It does nothing for the mail as it sits on the server, waiting to be delivered. And whose to say that a sniffing proxy of some kind can't sit between the SSL decryption point and it's final storage location?
DNA... well, playing the "X-files" strategy... who knows. We all get vaccinated as kids for various things... who knows *where* those used needles go. And how many of you have given blood?
You bring up a very interesting point. At what point to we relinquish our ownership right with respect to any personally-identifying information that might be acquired from something like a used syringe needle? If I drink from a pop can, and then dispose of it (which I am required to do), does this, by the fact that this can is now considered 'trash', grant the public at large a right to take this and do what they please with it? What if DNA were taken from the can without my knowledge or permission and tested, and what if these tests revealed something very sensitive about me? The implications here should be of grave concern, as the notion of 'trash' being in the 'public domain' essentially grants anyone access to *very* intimate details of your person.
I live next to a major thoroughfare, and as soon as the start of the summer comes around, it's hell, as it's not uncommon to be assaulted 20-30 times a day by these drive-by tresspassers. These boomcar morons think they're bad-asses with their expensive toy stereos, but what they really need to do is grow the hell up and learn something about civility.
I am thankful that our local police department takes the issue seriously- after some initial prodding, they've pretty much eliminated the problem. The boomers here might be pissed because of repeated (and increasingly expensive) fines, but they ought to be thankful that they aren't faced with a law like they have in Michigan, where the equipment must actually confiscated and destroyed.
Those who are facing this problem might be interested in this Web Site. IT contains a lot of useful information about the problem, and interestingly, the boomers themselves.
If anyone has been following the discussions of the IETF regarding IPv6, there seems to be an ongoing, and rather embroiled debate over at least one issue: that being site-local addresses. Right now, v4 has the private address space (192.168.x, etc.), and if I remember correctly there was ongoing debate over whether or not the 'private' (site-local) addresses should be eliminated in favor of making what are essentially public address private via routing.
They voted in favor of that religious right-trash Amendment 2.
Don't patronize whatever company is behind such foolishness. It's the one true way. It will work. No lawyers required.
The biggest difference is that Microsoft extorts money from people; provides no real means to implement an alternative (post-entrenchment); is a closed, proprietary system; etc., etc. You can bet that if I'm paying Microsoft for something, it damn well better work.
Don't forget this most important issue...many people *started* using M$ products, but now, like a bad crack habit, they can't stop - the cost is just too great. I'd argue that they might like to look at alternatives, but M$' proprietary document formats, ever-changing APIs, etc, is making it next to impossible to implement a compatible alternative.
Now if more people would step down of their self-righteous perch and understand that they're dealing with someone else's property here. Like it or not, that's the way it is.
As I recall, Mr. Tauzin was a vocal opponent of legislation that would have identified and prohibited the obvious conflict of interest between accounting firms that provided both auditing and consulting services. Mr. Tauzin was also the recipient of some fairly significant contributions from none other than Arthur Anderson/Anderson Consulting, which turned out to be the cornerstone of one of the biggest breaches of public trust in this nation's history. If he's sponsoring legislation in favor of any commercial entity, the very next question on my list would be, "who is contributing to his campaign, and how much?"
If this is true, it suggests that the U.S. government has become quite corrupt, albeit in ways that are not entirely obvious. Given that whomever suggested and/or supported Poindexter's involvement had their reasons for doing so, the fact that it has happened in no way suggests that there is anything right about it, that it should be allowed to go unchallenged, or that remedial action should not be forthcoming.
It's not just 'free' that concerns me - that he's in a key position that demands a level of integrity that he does not posses.
I have no problem with the notion that Poindexter is free, but he should be serving in a position that is more suited to his character. I have a few ideas of my own, but I'm also open to suggestions.
I'm convinced that Iran/Contra must have been considered the penultimate act of patriotism. How else could one rationally explain former convict John Poindexter's involvement with the TIA effort? (For those with short memories, his felony conviction for his involvement with Iran/Contra was overturned on a technicality).
Oh wait...there's this thing called irony.
"full-screen, 15-second, 300k online ad."
Since 70% of those who use the internet still rely on dialup connections, all those who would even THINK of waiting for a 300K ad to download, please raise your hand. Then, don't walk, RUN to your nearest phone to cancel your internet account.
'muffy' is NOT a good encryption key. Either that, or get a better name for your pet.
Copying is not stealing.
In this case, it's theft of value. A piece of software it not a tangible item (like a car), but it does provide value, and you're suggesting that this value should be provided free and clear of any compensation- a notion with which I strongly disagree.
For some reason, the idea that someone might want to journal events as they occur throughout the day seems to have escaped most of the PIM software authors. The prevailing model seems to be that every event is planned, has a date, a start time, and an end time. In many cases, though, it's far more appropriate to be able to log events that aren't planned, but that have just happened - as with an impromptu meeting or a telephone conversation. I'm looking forward to the day when this actually appears in something like KOrganizer...maybe the Chandler folks can get a jump on this.
Absolutely...I've pointed out the inherent weakness of the argument to which *I* responded. My point was that the U.S. Government is nothing special, as it is subject to the same corrosive dynamics as any other political system. As such, it is incumbent upon, not the government, but the citizens, to ensure that these dynamics are kept in check.
Agreed...since politicians are generally not people of conscience, and will bend which ever way the wind blows hardest, all it would really take is the threat of losing the next election. But that's just part of the problem...the real, long-term issues come into play when it's time to clean up the mess.
The case has drawn the attention of civil liberties groups nationwide, who say Mr. Hawash's case is an example of how the Bush administration is holding a handful of American citizens without offering them normal legal protection.
The fact that this can happen at all is a frightening commentary on the current state of the U.S. federal government.
Seriously. Governments are run by people - mostly men. Government positions tend to attract a certain personality type that thrives on the ability to wield control over others. There is *INHERENTLY* the potential for abuse, because the abuse represents the maximum degree of control one has at any given time. If it's not kept in check, it WILL be abused.
There are many examples of the kinds of abuse that can take place - COINTELPRO is but one, and in fact, I believe it was this kind of abuse that give birth to laws that forbid the sharing of information between government agencies.
This aside, all one has to do is to look at how the US political system is run...favorable legislation is sold to the highest bidder, and politicians are there for the long haul- or as long as they please the corp^H^H^H^H people who sign their paychecks. In other words, it's an entirely self-serving dynamic. This is not the mark of a government interested in the security and benefit of its citizens- it's more likely interested in the assurance of its own expansion, influence, and longevity.
It's only a recent anomaly that shops became so large and impersonal that you dealt with a different person each time; 50 years ago, you would buy your meat from a butcher, who would simply remember what meat you bought last time.
I believe there is a world of difference between this scenario, and what we see now. We we see now is a machine that feeds on personal information, purchasing profiles, and other personal information in order to sell us more. There is no person behind it, only a formula and an endless trail of entities that want my money. When I move away from the town with the butcher shop, I wouldn't expect to see the fact that I purchased 1 lb of ground beef every week to show up unexpectedly somewhere else. The reason for this is clear...with the butcher, I'm a valued customer - a person - a fellow human...with the machine, I'm a nothing more than a revenue node, with my personal information pimped to as many commercial entities that care to try and get me to spend my money.
I was very disappointed to find out that my favorite store had just started a card program. After one of the checkout clerks stuffed a flyer into my bag, I read that although they'd like you to provide information, you're not in any way required to. So, I put this to a test, and sure enough, I now have a discount card that does not indentify me in any way. I pay cash, so there's no way (that I know of), to establish a persistent record outside the store chain (as with what might exist with a credit card).
When they start telling me that I can't make anonymous purchases using cash, there will be something very wrong. But even then, there's no reason that groups of individuals can't set up purchasing 'clubs' that work much like net proxies.
And you'll soon be able to have the grill and the refrigerator working together to prepare the entire meal. If you're one egg short, it could even send an imessage to the grocer to order more. But unfortunately, that will only work when we teach the frig how to answer the door when the delivery person shows up.
I don't see many situations where people actually SAY they appreciate all the effort behind the code, but since Mozilla was released with tabbed browsing, it has become probably the one app that I use the most. It's not 100% perfect (nothing really is), but it's a damn fine job. *I* appreciate it. : )