The solution to this entire issue is to download, download and download some more. Bittorrent-style, of course. Do not pay a single cent into this system anymore. And then, when your favorite band comes to town go see and support them and buy their bloody T-Shirt. Make your money go where your ears are and cut out the middlemen!
> The solution I've found is to use only Times New Roman and Arial in a > document where layout is important, because I know I can depend on every > Windows user having those two fonts.
AFAIK those two fonts are proprietary. Are there free fonts that also every Windows (and Linux) user has installed by default?
> Sure the restrainee shouldn't have done whatever they did to get the > restraining order in the first place
AFAIK/IANAL you can get a restraining order against anyone for anything and nothing. It's often used by soon-to-be-ex spouses as part of the war. You can go to a court room near you and see STACKS of them. The accused 'restrainee', as you call it, will agree to stay away from the other person and avoid any and all contact for a certain amount of time. Yes, that would include a 'poke'. Repercussions will ensue otherwise. However, he (and most of the time it will be a HE) does not admit any guilt to anything when agreeing to the restraining order, PFA and whatever other names it goes by. It does have negative consequences though for the accused, such as loss of weapons/permits for that time, restrictions/modifications to visitation rights if kids are involved, possible problems at work etc.. You can see why it's a very popular thing to make somebody's life hard(er). Not to say, that there aren't cases where it is very necessary and legitimate!
Judge: "Please explain to me just what the defendant was thinking when he shot the victim in the head?"
Lawyer: "Well, your Honor, as avid player of computer games he was thoroughly conditioned, that this action would have little to no consequence to the other party. In fact, my client was completely shocked at the amount of blood produced by the unfortunate victim as he had never seen something like that in the very real depictions of violence in his computer games. He also believed, and this may strike us as somewhat strange but was his reality at that moment, that the victim would quickly recover from any damages even if they had been caused by my client. That the unfortunate Mr. Smith didn't 'respawn', as my client had experienced thousands of times before, came as a true surprise to him. We therefore believe, while his the results of his actions are very regrettable he bears no guilt as he merely played according to the rules of his previous conditioning, which suggested no such dramatic outcome! Thank you."
> Banks install software on a machine? Whats to stop the fraudsters from doing this
Well, the fraudster is unlikely to sit on a desk at your bank shuffling your account opening papers around. And if s/he is, you have other problems than your computer being taken over:-)
I am wondering, what's so hard about fixing this issue once and for all. We've had e-mail signing for a couple decades now available to everybody. Since most folks will happily stick any "Installation CD" they get into their machines, why can't, for example, one be given out to each new bank customer which then adds a certificate or public key etc. to his e-mail. Hell, they could even install their own e-mail and browser app for exclusive use with their online services. If I had a bank I'd be ashamed for making customers hop through nonsensical procedures like forced password changes or automatic account disabling (my bank disabled my login after me not having used it for more than 90 days!), yet providing no secure communication channel via e-mail nor phones!
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> the more companies that make money by abusing our privacy, the more demand
> there is for privacy tools.
Oh you mean like the business model of the anti-virus industry? :-)
correct link:
http://www.cypherpunks.ca/otr
Sorry...typo.
http://www.cypherpuns.ca/otr
# apt-get install pidgin-otr
etc.
>> Full disclosure: I'm a songwriter and a member of a PRS. The money I make a
>> year on songwriting could maybe buy a nice dinner.
> So, you're not really a professional "song writer"
Actually he might be a professional song writer of the sort "We'll gladly sell
your music for $17.99 per CD! Here's 47 cents for you...."
The solution to this entire issue is to download, download and download some more. Bittorrent-style, of course. Do not pay a single cent into this system anymore. And then, when your favorite band comes to town go see and support them and buy their bloody T-Shirt. Make your money go where your ears are and cut out the middlemen!
I was gonna improve my brain 'n all but I can' remember what I was gonna search for... :-/
> The solution I've found is to use only Times New Roman and Arial in a
> document where layout is important, because I know I can depend on every
> Windows user having those two fonts.
AFAIK those two fonts are proprietary. Are there free fonts that also every
Windows (and Linux) user has installed by default?
> my wife just switched to KDE 4 this week (mainly because she wanted her main
> laptop to run openSUSE 11.2 and have EXT4 like the netbook).
One day I'll too have a wife that WANTS EXT4! ** dreams **
> Otherwise why has Linux still a 90%?
I know. But them pesky lil' alternative OS like Windows and MacOS are taking a little bit of the market share away, you know? :-)
> Seeing the pubic exercise their opinion has so offended certain elements out
> there.
That indeed seems to be the crux of the matter: some people being offended by :-)
the pubic exercises of others. Quite silly if you think of it (IMHO)
So what is the legal definition of a social networking site anyway. Is Slashdot a SNS?
> Is that like Shrodinger's Shag...
Pretty much. Basically it's getting the pussy in the bag. And if you're lucky, she's alive :-)
> > IANAL
> * poke *
I am so getting a restraining order against you! :-)
> Sure the restrainee shouldn't have done whatever they did to get the
> restraining order in the first place
AFAIK/IANAL you can get a restraining order against anyone for anything and
nothing. It's often used by soon-to-be-ex spouses as part of the war. You can
go to a court room near you and see STACKS of them.
The accused 'restrainee', as you call it, will agree to stay away from the
other person and avoid any and all contact for a certain amount of time. Yes,
that would include a 'poke'. Repercussions will ensue otherwise. However, he
(and most of the time it will be a HE) does not admit any guilt to anything
when agreeing to the restraining order, PFA and whatever other names it goes
by. It does have negative consequences though for the accused, such as loss of
weapons/permits for that time, restrictions/modifications to visitation rights
if kids are involved, possible problems at work etc.. You can see why it's a
very popular thing to make somebody's life hard(er). Not to say, that there
aren't cases where it is very necessary and legitimate!
> I understand quantum sex.
Me too! With my eyes closed I have the most awesome sex ever with gorgeous women but the moment I look I'm all alone :-/
> it'd be freakishly expensive to pay for that much computing horsepower for
> something that just doesn't matter.
So what about the login/password?
> Even SSL was handicapped for years by the USA's insane 80-bit limit for SSL
> in exported software.
It was 40-bits. Agree with your point...just sayin'.
> Couldn't the aftermarket industry simply offer up a E-Book sleeve/cover that
> has a built in solar cell
Great idea. It'll be the future anyway when clothing has solar cells built-in :-)
and we can charge any device by connecting to our jacket
A forerunner of that are bags, already available:
http://www.sakkuus.com/
> It feels like you want to jerk off, except you're sitting in church and the
> priest is looking right at you.
It feels like you want to jerk off, except you're sitting in church and the
priest is looking right at you while he's jerking off.
There...fixed it for 'ya!
> I remember when the Nobel Prize used to mean something, when people won it
> many years after tremendous accomplishments.
At least for the Peace Nobel Price that all finished the latest, when Henry
Kissinger was awarded wih one. Still boggles my mind.
Judge: "Please explain to me just what the defendant was thinking when he shot the victim in the head?"
Lawyer: "Well, your Honor, as avid player of computer games he was thoroughly conditioned, that this action would have little to no consequence to the other party. In fact, my client was completely shocked at the amount of blood produced by the unfortunate victim as he had never seen something like that in the very real depictions of violence in his computer games. He also believed, and this may strike us as somewhat strange but was his reality at that moment, that the victim would quickly recover from any damages even if they had been caused by my client. That the unfortunate Mr. Smith didn't 'respawn', as my client had experienced thousands of times before, came as a true surprise to him. We therefore believe, while his the results of his actions are very regrettable he bears no guilt as he merely played according to the rules of his previous conditioning, which suggested no such dramatic outcome! Thank you."
> Banks install software on a machine? Whats to stop the fraudsters from doing this
Well, the fraudster is unlikely to sit on a desk at your bank shuffling your account opening papers around. And if s/he is, you have other problems than your computer being taken over :-)
So what's the solution you advocate? :-)
I am wondering, what's so hard about fixing this issue once and for all. We've had e-mail signing for a couple decades now available to everybody. Since most folks will happily stick any "Installation CD" they get into their machines, why can't, for example, one be given out to each new bank customer which then adds a certificate or public key etc. to his e-mail. Hell, they could even install their own e-mail and browser app for exclusive use with their online services. If I had a bank I'd be ashamed for making customers hop through nonsensical procedures like forced password changes or automatic account disabling (my bank disabled my login after me not having used it for more than 90 days!), yet providing no secure communication channel via e-mail nor phones!
Fortunately his wife will continue to use online banking...