If I could mod this up, I would. This is the definition of why the electoral college was established, and why the United States is not a true democracy.
Something that I haven't seen commented on is the fact that the girl lied and didn't take responsibility for creating the MySpace page when first questioned about it.
That action there probably didn't help her avoid the suspension.
With the language used in the page, lying and avoidance of responsibility, no question that she should have been suspended.
What about the parents? Shouldn't they have backed up the penalties?
People have the right to express their opinions about someone else.
This is true, but a lot of people don't realize that you need to bear the consequences of expressing your opinions.
If you are in the record business and spout off a la Dixie Chicks about GW Bush, expect to suffer backlash in the form of fewer record sales from people that disagree with you. If you threaten to kill someone, expect to have law enforcement to become very interested in having a talk with you.
Free speech is great, but prices are paid for the execution of it.
The man gave the Soviets the theories and initial drafts of the workings of the hydrogen bomb, while working at Las Alamo. While he was a scientist which no one disputes, his political leanings and actions endangered the world.
While he was exposed because of the VERONA project code breakers, if lie detector tests were used on him, that would have given his interrogators leverage to press harder.
The/. summary says that "plan to test anti-virus software by creating viruses."
TFA says "Consumer Reports recently conducted one of the most thorough tests ever of antivirus programs. But to really put these security programs through the paces, the magazine hired a firm to create 5,500 new viruses, using them to test the antivirus software products for their ability to detect unexpected threats."
By the way: "In the results, McAfee scored in the middle of the pack. BitDefender and Zone Labs scored at the top, in part for the two program's abilities to detect new viruses."
I have let it be known that if there is a problem, and you have time to tell me about the problem; you have time to tell me about a solution to the problem. I'm not going to even talk to you without that step, and they damn well know that I won't ( I literally become a enraged 'WTF are you wasting my time' jerk ).
Nine times out of ten, people dig up a solution by themselves. The tenth one is usually serious enough for me to look into it.
I remember buying Dirty Harry for around $60 - $70 to play on my new $800 top-load RCA video player. At the time, there were NO rental places. You had to buy the movies.
Of course, that quickly changed to the rental landscape that lead to Blockbuster's.
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His tombstone would have the obligatory 'Are you an adult?' button before showing HIS life....
One thing that should be mentioned is that Joseph Wilson acknowledged recently that at the time of his wife being "outed", she was no longer a covert operative. She was working at a desk.
This invalidates, at least the legal argument, the accusation of naming an undercover CIA agent. The morality of this action is another question, though.
Also, remember that HE FORGED HIS RETURN ADDRESS, which was the real reason that he was slammed. The Virginia law said "no - can't do that". Forgery and evading the responsibility of replies made it serious.
Pretty much the same advice as "Everybody's Free to Use Sunscreen", except the former has a geekier feel. Understandable why it might be more appealing to the/. crowd...
I was reading "Accidental Empires" by Robert X. Cringely, published in 1992. He mentioned the Y2K problem then. Surprised me when I first read it and wondered how the hell were we going to fix it.
So even way back when, people were aware of the problem.
One thing that I think a lot of people are missing is the fact that passwords are not a business enhancement. This is not a productivity booster or natural business flow.
A lot of IT time is wasted on password setup, resetting, etc. including the individual user's time.
Ideally, what should happen is that the user should not have to do anything to start a process, but just start the application and bingo, you're securely logged in. (I am talking about internet and LAN activity, not ATMs). Biometrics are a start, but I think we've a long way to go, but our computers are going to have to recognize us as soon as we approach and adjust our security profiles as needed automatically without any user intervention.
Judge Jackson literally GAVE the life preserver to Microsoft, when he opened his mouth and opined his feelings about the case while he was still sitting on the bench in the case. This gave Microsoft ample ammunition during the appeals phase to soften the penalties and recommended 'fixes' to resolve the issues about the monopolistic practices. The only thing that held throughout everything was the 'finding of facts' that showed Microsoft guilty of abusing their power.
If there is a way to put a desktop node on the PC, then the headaches of DSL and cable are gone. Personally, I think this will keep the cable and DLS companies from jacking up prices to monopoly status, if this is nipping at their heels.
Unfortunately, the managers and top people who authorize the formatting of the pages are so clueless, that they spend time on making sure that the HTML code output corresponds to the paper form, that they don't realize that trying to print from a web page will differ from printer to printer.
I've tried to explain this, but it's like slamming into a wall...
The last pages that I've done have so many nested tables to make it like the damn form, it's not even funny. Ugh...
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If I could mod this up, I would. This is the definition of why the electoral college was established, and why the United States is not a true democracy.
Something that I haven't seen commented on is the fact that the girl lied and didn't take responsibility for creating the MySpace page when first questioned about it.
That action there probably didn't help her avoid the suspension.
With the language used in the page, lying and avoidance of responsibility, no question that she should have been suspended.
What about the parents? Shouldn't they have backed up the penalties?
This is true, but a lot of people don't realize that you need to bear the consequences of expressing your opinions.
If you are in the record business and spout off a la Dixie Chicks about GW Bush, expect to suffer backlash in the form of fewer record sales from people that disagree with you. If you threaten to kill someone, expect to have law enforcement to become very interested in having a talk with you.
Free speech is great, but prices are paid for the execution of it.
The man gave the Soviets the theories and initial drafts of the workings of the hydrogen bomb, while working at Las Alamo. While he was a scientist which no one disputes, his political leanings and actions endangered the world.
While he was exposed because of the VERONA project code breakers, if lie detector tests were used on him, that would have given his interrogators leverage to press harder.
The /. summary says that "plan to test anti-virus software by creating viruses."
TFA says "Consumer Reports recently conducted one of the most thorough tests ever of antivirus programs. But to really put these security programs through the paces, the magazine hired a firm to create 5,500 new viruses, using them to test the antivirus software products for their ability to detect unexpected threats."
By the way: "In the results, McAfee scored in the middle of the pack. BitDefender and Zone Labs scored at the top, in part for the two program's abilities to detect new viruses."
This is the perfect example of the reason for the Second Amendment. If the government had the ability to deny arms, corruption would have succeeded.
The way I deal with this issue is thus:
I have let it be known that if there is a problem, and you have time to tell me about the problem; you have time to tell me about a solution to the problem. I'm not going to even talk to you without that step, and they damn well know that I won't ( I literally become a enraged 'WTF are you wasting my time' jerk ).
Nine times out of ten, people dig up a solution by themselves. The tenth one is usually serious enough for me to look into it.
Solution:
More vaseline on the camera lens!
I remember buying Dirty Harry for around $60 - $70 to play on my new $800 top-load RCA video player. At the time, there were NO rental places. You had to buy the movies.
Of course, that quickly changed to the rental landscape that lead to Blockbuster's.
His tombstone would have the obligatory 'Are you an adult?' button before showing HIS life....
One thing that should be mentioned is that Joseph Wilson acknowledged recently that at the time of his wife being "outed", she was no longer a covert operative. She was working at a desk.
This invalidates, at least the legal argument, the accusation of naming an undercover CIA agent. The morality of this action is another question, though.
Also, remember that HE FORGED HIS RETURN ADDRESS, which was the real reason that he was slammed. The Virginia law said "no - can't do that". Forgery and evading the responsibility of replies made it serious.
It's got to be more peaceful than this.
Pretty much the same advice as "Everybody's Free to Use Sunscreen", except the former has a geekier feel. Understandable why it might be more appealing to the /. crowd...
I was reading "Accidental Empires" by Robert X. Cringely, published in 1992. He mentioned the Y2K problem then. Surprised me when I first read it and wondered how the hell were we going to fix it.
So even way back when, people were aware of the problem.
One thing that I think a lot of people are missing is the fact that passwords are not a business enhancement. This is not a productivity booster or natural business flow.
A lot of IT time is wasted on password setup, resetting, etc. including the individual user's time.
Ideally, what should happen is that the user should not have to do anything to start a process, but just start the application and bingo, you're securely logged in. (I am talking about internet and LAN activity, not ATMs). Biometrics are a start, but I think we've a long way to go, but our computers are going to have to recognize us as soon as we approach and adjust our security profiles as needed automatically without any user intervention.
Judge Jackson literally GAVE the life preserver to Microsoft, when he opened his mouth and opined his feelings about the case while he was still sitting on the bench in the case.
This gave Microsoft ample ammunition during the appeals phase to soften the penalties and recommended 'fixes' to resolve the issues about the monopolistic practices.
The only thing that held throughout everything was the 'finding of facts' that showed Microsoft guilty of abusing their power.
Sueing because SpamCop damaged his company's reputation?
That's like saying a whore's reputation was damaged because someone said she's a whore...
All males do this everytime one says "I do"...
So he advocates the commercialization of the infrastructure of the internet?
Hmmm... Let's see:
The US electrical power grid, due to deregulation, is as shaky as a Chihauhua in heat.
The commercialization of email has now choked the users inboxes with spam.
Best use for a cattle prod: " C'mere Stratton, lemme show you somethin'..."
BWAHAHAHAHA!!!!!
TiVo --> VHS
ReplayTV --> Beta
We now know who won the PVR war.
If there is a way to put a desktop node on the PC, then the headaches of DSL and cable are gone. Personally, I think this will keep the cable and DLS companies from jacking up prices to monopoly status, if this is nipping at their heels.
I've tried to explain this, but it's like slamming into a wall...
The last pages that I've done have so many nested tables to make it like the damn form, it's not even funny. Ugh...