I'm an RA here at Miami University and I can state that, at least here, your room is considered your own private space. Even as an RA, I may not enter a student's room without his/her permission. And once in the room, I may not look in fridges, closets, dressers, etc. without permission. Even the campus cops (who are fully sworn-in officers) may not enter or search a room without permission from the student (or a warrant, of course). I've seen the cops have to get signed waiver sheets from residents before searching their rooms.
Your room is treated as your own private space here, and it should be/is that way everywhere else.
Of course, according to this post, which is only a few down for me, if you search for "dean kamen" on google you get tons of pages. So which one of you is right?
Of course, according to this CNN article (via rc3.org), these new rights that we all get will be pretty much worthless, since most HMOs and other insurance plans will require their members to waive their new rights under this legislation in order to keep their coverage.
Bob, how did I know that your story was gonna come up in here somewhere? That was seriously fucked up, and I wish that I coulda done more to help you. But lowly RAs versus the Federal Bureau of Investigation? Please. Did the best I could, though.
These clips use the sorenson codec, which is the basis for quicktime 4. Unfortunately, the sorenson codec is closed source, and if you want to use it, you have to pay an insane amount of money for it. Thusly, there are no players for linux that can play this format yet. Sorry.
If I remember correctly, this was something that Compaq was doing. You might want to head over to www.compaq.com and see what you can dig up. Good luck...
ok, so I saw what you were referring to, but before I could check it out further, I reloaded the page and it had been fixed. Looks like someone is on top of things here.:)
It's a "2" because the poster of the comment has enough karma to get an automatic +1 bonus every time he posts. Oh, and I thought it was actually pretty funny.
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I guess my question is: how exactly does code for a website become dependent and integrated with the machine on which it is running? This is something that I've been wondering for a long time. If it's just a bunch of perl scripts and databases, just change paths to programs/files and database/table names. Or is that the problem? There are so many of those things that you have to change, and they're scattered all over the place. Or is it something else that I don't understand?
Man, it's too bad you said that. Personally, I was hoping that it would be moderated way, way up there so that JP almost had to answer it. I'd love to see how poor his answer was. Almost all of us know that he actually knows next to nothing about actual computer security, and so it'd be great to see him struggle to answer a reasonably simple question.
On the other hand, what people have been saying about boycotting this interview actually makes more sense. Oh well....
Is there a law against this sort of thing? I mean, can those who did it be arrested? They should be...
And what about lawsuits? I know that if I ran an e-commerce site who's traffic was affected by this outage, I'd be pretty pissed about the possible loss of sales. Is it possible to sue the utility company that did this for something like that? Or do you just have to chalk it up to bad luck and move on?
OK, so we all know what the so-called 7 Dirty Words are... we've known ever since we were little children that they are "dirty." But what I have never understood is why they are dirty, besides the fact that someone told us that they are.
Why is "fuck" a bad word? It is simply a synonym for sex, usually mindless sex. But is not "I fucked Susy" the same as, "I screwed Susy" or "I banged Susy"? If so, then why not add screw and bang to the dirty word list? Is is because screw and bang have other meanings, as in:"I just have to bang in one more nail and I'm done with the doghouse"? Then why not use fuck as a synonym, as in: "I just have to fuck in one more nail and I'm done with the doghouse"?
Yes, it sounds silly, but that's only because fuck is not part of our everyday language, just like the other 6 words. And there's no reason they can't be. The only reason that these words carry negative connotations is because someone told us that they do, not for the reasons that, say, "Satan" has negative connotations.
So what I say is this: Want to get rid of those words that offend people? The easiest way to do that is to make those word inoffensible. Let everyone use them in everyday language and they will lose their shock value. And then those who use them strictly for their shock value will stop using them, and those of us who use them to express ourselves will continue to use them just as we always have and always will.
While this is true, as long as you don't take steps to hide your IP (like a previous replier said), it is irrelevent since the issue here is the fact that ABC News took these IPs and broadcast them over a medium that the people whos IPs these are did not know about.
Personally, I have no problem with my IP being known on IRC, because I know that that's necessary and I know that my IP will be shown on IRC. I would have a huge problem if someone took my IP and somehow further spread it around (either through e-mail, posting it on a web page, or broadcasting it on TV), because I did not give my consent to it being broadcast over those mediums. I chose to broadcast it over IRC, but not over TV.
If someone wants to broadcast my IP over another medium, I have the right to be informed and object.
See? This is why I love slashdot so much. A seeminly innocuous post like mine can turn into a learning experience for me and others. I had no idea that the NY Times bought the Boston Globe or for what reason. Now I know, and that's damn cool. Thanks, babbage, and thanks, Rob.
You know, I had no idea about anything like that, but if the Globe is really owned by NY Times, well then, I'll take any credit for that joke.:) But it's nothing that I intended.
Come on, Boston Globe. Before going to press, you would think that you could at least check and see if all the URLs in your stories are correct. If you did so, you would realize that the web site for Major League Baseball is not mlb.com, as stated in your article:
The computer police entrusted with sniffing out corruption did their job, according to Alex Tam, director of Major League Baseball's web site (mlb.com).
It is, in fact, majorleaguebaseball.com. I could maybe expect something like this from the NY Times, but not from an organization as good as the Boston Globe:)
I know it won't take long for someone to figure out how to disable this tracking capability, so, question: When this happens, will it be illegal for us to do so?
Granted, if we are renting the set-tops then obviously, it will be. But if we buy them, and it's our box, we should be allowed to modify them in whatever manner we wish (as long as it's not to get those pay channels, since that is illegal). Would cable companies be allowed to tell us that we have to rent the boxes from them, or buy only boxes that are "approved" by them? And if so, could they also specify that we are not allowed to modify the boxes? If we do, could they detect that and cancel our service?
So, I guess my ultimate question is: How much power do the cable companies have over our freedom to use the set-top box of our choice?
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Dude, it's University of Arizona, not "Arazona". Don't worry, it's cool. Probably a typo.
I'm an RA here at Miami University and I can state that, at least here, your room is considered your own private space. Even as an RA, I may not enter a student's room without his/her permission. And once in the room, I may not look in fridges, closets, dressers, etc. without permission. Even the campus cops (who are fully sworn-in officers) may not enter or search a room without permission from the student (or a warrant, of course). I've seen the cops have to get signed waiver sheets from residents before searching their rooms.
Your room is treated as your own private space here, and it should be/is that way everywhere else.
Of course, according to this post, which is only a few down for me, if you search for "dean kamen" on google you get tons of pages. So which one of you is right?
Checking.... The other guy is.
Of course, according to this CNN article (via rc3.org), these new rights that we all get will be pretty much worthless, since most HMOs and other insurance plans will require their members to waive their new rights under this legislation in order to keep their coverage.
Bob, how did I know that your story was gonna come up in here somewhere? That was seriously fucked up, and I wish that I coulda done more to help you. But lowly RAs versus the Federal Bureau of Investigation? Please. Did the best I could, though.
These clips use the sorenson codec, which is the basis for quicktime 4. Unfortunately, the sorenson codec is closed source, and if you want to use it, you have to pay an insane amount of money for it. Thusly, there are no players for linux that can play this format yet. Sorry.
If I remember correctly, this was something that Compaq was doing. You might want to head over to www.compaq.com and see what you can dig up. Good luck...
ok, so I saw what you were referring to, but before I could check it out further, I reloaded the page and it had been fixed. Looks like someone is on top of things here. :)
Anyone care to share with me exactly what DMZ is? The only thing I can think of is "De-militarized Zone", and that's obviously not it.
It's a "2" because the poster of the comment has enough karma to get an automatic +1 bonus every time he posts. Oh, and I thought it was actually pretty funny.
I guess my question is: how exactly does code for a website become dependent and integrated with the machine on which it is running? This is something that I've been wondering for a long time. If it's just a bunch of perl scripts and databases, just change paths to programs/files and database/table names. Or is that the problem? There are so many of those things that you have to change, and they're scattered all over the place. Or is it something else that I don't understand?
Man, it's too bad you said that. Personally, I was hoping that it would be moderated way, way up there so that JP almost had to answer it. I'd love to see how poor his answer was. Almost all of us know that he actually knows next to nothing about actual computer security, and so it'd be great to see him struggle to answer a reasonably simple question.
On the other hand, what people have been saying about boycotting this interview actually makes more sense. Oh well....
Is there a law against this sort of thing? I mean, can those who did it be arrested? They should be...
And what about lawsuits? I know that if I ran an e-commerce site who's traffic was affected by this outage, I'd be pretty pissed about the possible loss of sales. Is it possible to sue the utility company that did this for something like that? Or do you just have to chalk it up to bad luck and move on?
OK, so we all know what the so-called 7 Dirty Words are... we've known ever since we were little children that they are "dirty." But what I have never understood is why they are dirty, besides the fact that someone told us that they are.
:"I just have to bang in one more nail and I'm done with the doghouse"? Then why not use fuck as a synonym, as in: "I just have to fuck in one more nail and I'm done with the doghouse"?
Why is "fuck" a bad word? It is simply a synonym for sex, usually mindless sex. But is not "I fucked Susy" the same as, "I screwed Susy" or "I banged Susy"? If so, then why not add screw and bang to the dirty word list? Is is because screw and bang have other meanings, as in
Yes, it sounds silly, but that's only because fuck is not part of our everyday language, just like the other 6 words. And there's no reason they can't be. The only reason that these words carry negative connotations is because someone told us that they do, not for the reasons that, say, "Satan" has negative connotations.
So what I say is this: Want to get rid of those words that offend people? The easiest way to do that is to make those word inoffensible. Let everyone use them in everyday language and they will lose their shock value. And then those who use them strictly for their shock value will stop using them, and those of us who use them to express ourselves will continue to use them just as we always have and always will.
While this is true, as long as you don't take steps to hide your IP (like a previous replier said), it is irrelevent since the issue here is the fact that ABC News took these IPs and broadcast them over a medium that the people whos IPs these are did not know about.
Personally, I have no problem with my IP being known on IRC, because I know that that's necessary and I know that my IP will be shown on IRC. I would have a huge problem if someone took my IP and somehow further spread it around (either through e-mail, posting it on a web page, or broadcasting it on TV), because I did not give my consent to it being broadcast over those mediums. I chose to broadcast it over IRC, but not over TV.
If someone wants to broadcast my IP over another medium, I have the right to be informed and object.
See? This is why I love slashdot so much. A seeminly innocuous post like mine can turn into a learning experience for me and others. I had no idea that the NY Times bought the Boston Globe or for what reason. Now I know, and that's damn cool. Thanks, babbage, and thanks, Rob.
You know, I had no idea about anything like that, but if the Globe is really owned by NY Times, well then, I'll take any credit for that joke. :) But it's nothing that I intended.
Come on, Boston Globe. Before going to press, you would think that you could at least check and see if all the URLs in your stories are correct. If you did so, you would realize that the web site for Major League Baseball is not mlb.com, as stated in your article:
:)
The computer police entrusted with sniffing out corruption did their job, according to Alex Tam, director of Major League Baseball's web site (mlb.com).
It is, in fact, majorleaguebaseball.com. I could maybe expect something like this from the NY Times, but not from an organization as good as the Boston Globe
I know it won't take long for someone to figure out how to disable this tracking capability, so, question: When this happens, will it be illegal for us to do so?
Granted, if we are renting the set-tops then obviously, it will be. But if we buy them, and it's our box, we should be allowed to modify them in whatever manner we wish (as long as it's not to get those pay channels, since that is illegal). Would cable companies be allowed to tell us that we have to rent the boxes from them, or buy only boxes that are "approved" by them? And if so, could they also specify that we are not allowed to modify the boxes? If we do, could they detect that and cancel our service?
So, I guess my ultimate question is: How much power do the cable companies have over our freedom to use the set-top box of our choice?
On the screenshots section of the Mandrake site, there is a screenshot of Netscape 4.5 viewing the Slashdot news page. More ego for Rob.