"This is a powerful idea, much closer to Thomas Jefferson's visions -- he didn't believe ideas could or should be owned -- than to those of contemporary political leaders. He also foresaw that the politics surrounding ideas could change. " and also according to jefferson's vision people can be property.
I still dont see where privact comes into play here. People are placing out information about what files they are making available with the intent that other be able to find, and USE this information (most use it to download the file).
How can one claim privacy invasion when they have actually taken deliberate steps to make that information public. The making of this information public is not a side effect of their actions but the direct intent of those actions.
It's amazing how long elementary FUD like this can abound, especially after it's been refuted countless times in OSS diatribes. Who do you know who has ever sued Microsoft for lost data and won? Have you ever heard of Sun getting busted up over a hardware failure? It is EXTREMELY difficult to prove that the system failed in the first place (who's to say you configured it correctly? not the experts from Oracle, that's for sure), and even if you can, you agree to a LOT of things when you put that software on your server.
well there is your firest mistake, you are trying to apply reason and logic to human behavior. The appearance of someone else being responsible is often enough to make people feel safer.
This issue could get tricky. If the authorities have a warrant to search your premises I dont believe you have an obligation to "assit" as in give them a tour of your computer files and such. If the police are searching your home and ask where such and such is. You dont have to tell them. They can just ignore it and the police have to go about looking for it (of course now you have pissed off the police and they'll make the search/seizure all the more unpleasant for you).
You also might have 5th amendment issues here. You can not be forced to incriminate yourself.
I wouldnt be suprised if congress tried and passed a law like this in the US. But I would think that the ACLU would have not to hard of a time taking this to the supreme court and challening it. Anyway it sounds like a minefield for the lawyers and legislators to traverse. No doubt some will get their legs blown off in the process.
Now im so sure about this one. Yes there is a NASA has a rule about whats UNITS to use. However for almost every program they waive those restrictions. and let contractors and such use English. This may sound stupid but there are some good reasons for doing this which I will not go into. the question now is did they waive the requirements on this mission as well and NASA is just using their "Standard" as a way to divert blame.
This thing has to do with two issues, Priorities and the scarcity of resources.
First the primary use of the network connection at universities is to aide student. Entertaintment although nice is a secondary to the first. If the second ever begins to conflict with the first. Esp in the case where persons A entertainment is interfering with person B education then person B takes the hit.
The schools bandwidth is a scarce resource. If people are gobbling it up on what is declared to be a secondary priority at the expense of the first. Then the school has an obligation to either stop it or regulate it.
And this I pay for it therefore i can use it has one flaw. And that is you are not the only one using it. Because you must share the network with others regulating becomes a nessecity.
Quote: "In the 20th century, the governments that aspired to such total domination all failed. The human drive for individuality and freedom, it turns out, is more potent than fearsome weaponry and cadres of secret police. But the offspring of the world's newest global movement - corporatism - are doing much better. " . Well If thats the case then we are fine. Because if that happens you can be rest assured the US and all these other evil capitalist governments will fall. Natural Selection does wonderful things;)
*A large percentage of the Flat Earth Society are in the Southern states of the US. umm ok, sure. But what does this have to do with anything *Yes, it does mean RSA can be used "freely" in the US, but that's about the limits of the benefit. One small continent, amongst many. Well i hope u meant country not continent. But either way but that is significant. The US has much more Demand for product like these than many other (not all) countries. I would suspect demand for these products is much higher in the US than like in Sudan or Guatemala making the opening of RSA in the US more significant.
You have a right to your opinion and you have a right to voice them. And he has a right to voice his opinion that some people here express opinions on subjects which they know little or anything about. An opinion i agree with. He says nothing about you not having rights, he simply says in his opinion your opinion aint worth J.S. And he is entitled to that opinion!
Their is no censorship in this part im 99% sure of it. The School reserves the right to do this and explains this to you in some pamphlet or something. Or at least every school ive seen. If you dont like it. If your using their network you have either agreed to these terms or are stealing network access (im assuming the first). So its your own damn fault they can block what they decide is questionable. Another point is because you are on the schools network your actions reflect on the school. In that case they have an obligation to make sure they use the network correctly.
But letting people break into computers just to break in makes no sense. Ohhh I broke into your house just to try breaking in so its not a crime. I Pulled a Knife on you and forced you into a dark alley just to show that I could If I wanted to rape and murder you. If someone went around doing stuff like that. They would be in serious serious trouble. same should apply to people breaking into computers Its the exact same thing. Using the excuse. I wasnt trying to cause any harm is a BS excuse for people who think they are above the law. also the altruistic excuse of. I was helping show weaknesses in their security is B.S. If thats the case. Start a company and start a job doing that were people pay you to do that. Again I dont want people breaking into my house just to show me how bad my securtiy system is.
You want an e-community (i hate that word) with anonimity(sp) fine go build one. If you want accountability for what people say. Fine to go build one. want something inbetween go ahead do that to. Katz seems to be making a black and white issue here. the fact is there is choice in this. If you dont like the idea of anonymity dont participate in forums which support/promote it. if you dont like the idea of being forced to divulge who you are then dont participate in those kind of groups. Its that simple. If/. or some other group is to hostile for your taste then dont participate. This everyone should be included and treated nicely is hogwash. The group/community sets the rules. whose allowed in. who is not. whats acceptable behavior and whats not. if hostility is acceptable then good of them. if not kudos to you too. the fact is that natural selection will decide what types of groups flourish on the net and which ones dont. No need to worry about trying to "Design" it. just let it be.
Yes the two missions where cheap but 184 million for both are "massaged" numbers. They basiclly only include the cost of the spacecraft and lander alone. Things like the launch vehicle are not included in the 184 million dollar pricetag. Double that number and you will get closer to the actual cost of the missions.
here is a better relative case in relation to the Melissa case. I have a car and some deviant over night does something to my engine (replaces a part, adds something, anything). This causes my car to explode killing everyone inside. its found that if the car manufacturer had used a different engine design the assailent would not have been able to use that method to cause my car to explode. Who is at fault? My opinion car company would not be liable but the person who tampered would. This is not the case of the computer doing damage on its own like faulty seating or bad brakes. Its the case of a person deliberately exploiting a weakness to cause harm. Those are two very different scenarios.
Their are two problems associated with radiation, Firs are high energy particles which will over time blow through the silicon chip damaging it. And the other is charged particles depositing charges on the chip. As charges build up on the chip in areas it can cause bits to flip at pretty much random. the higher end processors of today are much much more susceptible to this because they have smaller etchings and hence a smaller charge can cause a bit flip. and as we all know random bit flips are BAD BAD BAD. But they institute other procedures for this. (like having all gates in triplicate then feed them to a voting circuit).
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What do you think a Non -Disclosure Agreement is, You can see X provided you dont say anything about it. perfectly legal
"This is a powerful idea, much closer to Thomas Jefferson's visions -- he didn't believe ideas could or should be owned -- than to those of contemporary political leaders. He also foresaw that the politics surrounding ideas could change. " and also according to jefferson's vision people can be property.
I still dont see where privact comes into play here.
People are placing out information about what files they are making available with the intent that other be able to find, and USE this information (most use it to download the file).
How can one claim privacy invasion when they have actually taken deliberate steps to make that information public. The making of this information public is not a side effect of their actions but the direct intent of those actions.
It's amazing how long elementary FUD like this can abound, especially after it's been refuted countless times in OSS diatribes. Who do you know who has ever sued
Microsoft for lost data and won? Have you ever heard of Sun getting busted up over a hardware failure? It is EXTREMELY difficult to prove that the system failed in the
first place (who's to say you configured it correctly? not the experts from Oracle, that's for sure), and even if you can, you agree to a LOT of things when you put that
software on your server.
well there is your firest mistake, you are trying to apply reason and logic to human behavior. The appearance of someone else being responsible is often enough to make people feel safer.
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This issue could get tricky. If the authorities have a warrant to search your premises I dont believe you have an obligation to "assit" as in give them a tour of your computer files and such. If the police are searching your home and ask where such and such is. You dont have to tell them. They can just ignore it and the police have to go about looking for it (of course now you have pissed off the police and they'll make the search/seizure all the more unpleasant for you).
You also might have 5th amendment issues here. You can not be forced to incriminate yourself.
I wouldnt be suprised if congress tried and passed a law like this in the US. But I would think that the ACLU would have not to hard of a time taking this to the supreme court and challening it. Anyway it sounds like a minefield for the lawyers and legislators to traverse. No doubt some will get their legs blown off in the process.
Now im so sure about this one. Yes there is a NASA has a rule about whats UNITS to use. However for almost every program they waive those restrictions. and let contractors and such use English. This may sound stupid but there are some good reasons for doing this which I will not go into. the question now is did they waive the requirements on this mission as well and NASA is just using their "Standard" as a way to divert blame.
This thing has to do with two issues, Priorities and the scarcity of resources.
First the primary use of the network connection at universities is to aide student. Entertaintment although nice is a secondary to the first. If the second ever begins to conflict with the first. Esp in the case where persons A entertainment is interfering with person B education then person B takes the hit.
The schools bandwidth is a scarce resource. If people are gobbling it up on what is declared to be a secondary priority at the expense of the first. Then the school has an obligation to either stop it or regulate it.
And this I pay for it therefore i can use it has one flaw. And that is you are not the only one using it. Because you must share the network with others regulating becomes a nessecity.
Quote: "In the 20th century, the governments that aspired to such total domination all failed. The human drive for individuality and freedom, it turns out, is more potent than fearsome weaponry and cadres of secret police. But the offspring of the world's newest global movement - corporatism - are doing much better. " . Well If thats the case then we are fine. Because if that happens you can be rest assured the US and all these other evil capitalist governments will fall. Natural Selection does wonderful things ;)
*A large percentage of the Flat Earth Society are in the Southern states of the US. umm ok, sure. But what does this have to do with anything *Yes, it does mean RSA can be used "freely" in the US, but that's about the limits of the benefit. One small continent, amongst many. Well i hope u meant country not continent. But either way but that is significant. The US has much more Demand for product like these than many other (not all) countries. I would suspect demand for these products is much higher in the US than like in Sudan or Guatemala making the opening of RSA in the US more significant.
You have a right to your opinion and you have a right to voice them. And he has a right to voice his opinion that some people here express opinions on subjects which they know little or anything about. An opinion i agree with. He says nothing about you not having rights, he simply says in his opinion your opinion aint worth J.S. And he is entitled to that opinion!
Their is no censorship in this part im 99% sure of it. The School reserves the right to do this and explains this to you in some pamphlet or something. Or at least every school ive seen. If you dont like it. If your using their network you have either agreed to these terms or are stealing network access (im assuming the first). So its your own damn fault they can block what they decide is questionable. Another point is because you are on the schools network your actions reflect on the school. In that case they have an obligation to make sure they use the network correctly.
But letting people break into computers just to break in makes no sense. Ohhh I broke into your house just to try breaking in so its not a crime. I Pulled a Knife on you and forced you into a dark alley just to show that I could If I wanted to rape and murder you. If someone went around doing stuff like that. They would be in serious serious trouble. same should apply to people breaking into computers Its the exact same thing. Using the excuse. I wasnt trying to cause any harm is a BS excuse for people who think they are above the law. also the altruistic excuse of. I was helping show weaknesses in their security is B.S. If thats the case. Start a company and start a job doing that were people pay you to do that. Again I dont want people breaking into my house just to show me how bad my securtiy system is.
You want an e-community (i hate that word) with anonimity(sp) fine go build one. If you want accountability for what people say. Fine to go build one. want something inbetween go ahead do that to. Katz seems to be making a black and white issue here. the fact is there is choice in this. If you dont like the idea of anonymity dont participate in forums which support/promote it. if you dont like the idea of being forced to divulge who you are then dont participate in those kind of groups. Its that simple. If /. or some other group is to hostile for your taste then dont participate. This everyone should be included and treated nicely is hogwash. The group/community sets the rules. whose allowed in. who is not. whats acceptable behavior and whats not. if hostility is acceptable then good of them. if not kudos to you too. the fact is that natural selection will decide what types of groups flourish on the net and which ones dont. No need to worry about trying to "Design" it. just let it be.
Yes the two missions where cheap but 184 million for both are "massaged" numbers. They basiclly only include the cost of the spacecraft and lander alone. Things like the launch vehicle are not included in the 184 million dollar pricetag. Double that number and you will get closer to the actual cost of the missions.
here is a better relative case in relation to the Melissa case. I have a car and some deviant over night does something to my engine (replaces a part, adds something, anything). This causes my car to explode killing everyone inside. its found that if the car manufacturer had used a different engine design the assailent would not have been able to use that method to cause my car to explode. Who is at fault? My opinion car company would not be liable but the person who tampered would. This is not the case of the computer doing damage on its own like faulty seating or bad brakes. Its the case of a person deliberately exploiting a weakness to cause harm. Those are two very different scenarios.
Their are two problems associated with radiation, Firs are high energy particles which will over time blow through the silicon chip damaging it. And the other is charged particles depositing charges on the chip. As charges build up on the chip in areas it can cause bits to flip at pretty much random. the higher end processors of today are much much more susceptible to this because they have smaller etchings and hence a smaller charge can cause a bit flip. and as we all know random bit flips are BAD BAD BAD. But they institute other procedures for this. (like having all gates in triplicate then feed them to a voting circuit).
of course we are supposed to create life, we do it all the time. I assume you had parents and were not created spontaneously.