Hmm... I would venture that there are civil engineering tasks equivalent to "code grinding"; and that they can be performed adiquately by any warm body with certification, just like in computing. Furthermore, I think I'll join you in the Land of the Sweeping Generalization, and say that while there are many software versions of the Tacoma Narrows bridge, we still have yet to see software equivalents for such monumental feats as the Hoover Dam, the Golden Gate bridge, or Colusseum..
I'm using Earthlink DSL to run an Xwindows session to a university box. Three times in the past 48 hours I have had my sessions clobbered by an address change. I'm with you that at least I'm not running that crappy WinPoet stuff..
"Tempting as it might be to go after the killers when something like this happens, the real problem is the soft human body which lets it happen in the first place."
"Tempting as it might be to go after the burglars when something like this happens, the real problem is the fragile window which lets it happen in the first place."
Yes, there are holes that are easy to exploit and should be fixed, but it comes down to the tautology that without virus writers, there would be no viruses.
A 3.5 meter insulating layer of water around both towers? On the moon? Someone is enjoying massive amounts of crack at this point. I would doubt there would be enough redily minable water within a reasonable distance to the site, and the thought of boosting that much H2O is laughable.
Yes, of course; and the Railtrack privatization fiasco never happened, and those four people who we thought were killed in the train crash at Hatfield never happened... About five (or so) years ago, I read a book that compared violent crime in cities that were roughly equal in populations and other factors. The European countries had violent crime rates higher than comparable American cities, but crime in American cities was more lethal.
I am amond the first to admit that there are severe problems in the U.S., including corporate influence on the political process, but I certainly do not think that we are alone.
Oh yeah! I remember finding one of those nuke slide rules in one of my Dad's (a Civil Engineer) books (on building for nuclear attack.) You'd dial up yield and airburst altitude, and it would return minimum survivable distances for different construction materials. After playing with that for a few minutes, I realized how futile all of those "duck and cover" drills were.
I think you might be a little less pleased... A child's birth information is commonly sold to commercial databases, and targeted advertising is sent to the parents based on the age and gender of the child. My son's first birthday is coming up, so We've been getting ads for portraits, "graduate" foods, etc. More crap for the recycling pile, and I certainly don't feel closer to Gerber.
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To muddy the waters further, when tracks are being laid, usually a berm is built up on the surface to support the ties and rails. If the cable is laid in the built up area for the berm, would that still be considered subsurface?
I think the problem is where you say "Most teenagers are honest enough, but if you end up with one that is consistently dishonest the only choice you have as a parent is to monitor them more closely."
As an exception handling device, for the 'bad seeds' I don't have a problem. But the article stated that parents are signing up for this in "droves." A majority of these kids then are going to be monitored; not because it is necessary, but because they can be. Surveillance _for the sake of surveillance_ outside of any other purpose is a big red warning light.
Americans (This sweeping generalization may also apply to other nationalities, YMMV.) currently have a fetish for information. They need to know everything _now_ even though almost all of this will not directly effect their lives. (I am as guilty of this as anyone.) The growth of "reality tv" shows the increase of this desire to be tapped into this...
Well, I think that you have every right _as a parent_ to install the filtering software of your choice, if that is the course of action you feel will best help your child. Now, is that the best solution, generally, no. But I can see cases where that would be the best solution. Of course, this does not apply to publicly accessable terminals such as a library.
As an aside, I have noticed as a recent parent that parent/child interactions are not as nearly black and white as I thought before... Obviously, taking a 5 year old to Hannibal is wrong, but I'm not nearly as opinionated about other people's parenting as I once was.
Well, Indymedia is proving his point, I think. Using the "30 years ago" benchmark, with the three networks, and most large newspapers chain owned, Indymedia would not have had a space to exist. _Yes_ there are concerns about the desire for profits to effect editorial content, but those concerns have always been there. The opening up of media pathways allows people to voice their concerns in ways that would not have been possible.
A silver cloud in this lining; this will prevent companies from snapping up all the domains that match thier company name, i.e. foo.com, foo.org, etc...
Blah blah, Amerikkka sucks, etc. Here's a helpful recap... The last time the U.S. executed someone for espionage was in 1953 (the Rosenbergs.) The Russians executed two agents that Hanssen uncovered, and that is just one case. Espionage is a very high stakes game, and all sides know that. The U.S. actually is fairly soft in the matter of punishing spies.(Jonathan Pollard actually might have a chance at release, for some reason.) But then that would spoil your view of evil (as you so originally put it) Amerikkka.
There is one more major system that had a lot of money thrown at it before getting deep sixed; Small ICBM (or MidgetMan.). These really cool looking trucks would tool around a wilderness reservation area in time of crisis, causing the bad guys to waste a lot of warheads to try to eliminate a retaliatory capacity.
Not to be pedantic (oh what the hell, that's what/. is for, right?) but libraries frequently make copies of objects for ILL (inter-library loan.)Articles from bound periodicals are generally copied, as well as sections from rare, valuable, or fragile works. There are networks that allow for the automated sending and routing of.PDF's of scanned items as well.
Libraries pay a pretty penny for all this; bound periodicals are expensive with just this copying in mind, for example.
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I realize that the revenue may help offset the cost of the censoring software (which is of dubious benefit anyway, but...), but is this a precedent we want to establish? It doesn't seem like a long leap to get to "Open your algebra books, which were provided by Pepsi, to Chapter 16. Remember, drink Pepsi for its great taste, and to support your school!" Hyperbole, yes.
Hyperbole, no. Remeber the case last year of the student who was kicked out of school for wearing a shirt (I believe for Pepsi) that had the logo of the compeitor of the drink company that gave the school a grant. Advertisers innundate teachers and schools with "teaching aids" that are glorified product placements ("If Timmy has three great tasting hot pockets, and gives one to Mary, how many of the tasty fun treats does he have?") There is always Whittle's Channel One, which beams news and advertising to a captive audience. Why have we decided to allow advertisers to colonize every square inch of our space(sometimes literally). The advertising dream is that wherever you look, you see an ad. I remeber listening to an ad exec on the radio talking about how their research shows that children as young as two can recognise brands. Holy Shit! Does the fact that a.)They think this is a good thing and b.)They did the research at all, disturb anyone else? As a new father, I am terrified that my child will be bombarded by (let's not mince words here)mind control at school as well as his environment. I can try to innoculate against these pernicious attacks, but I don't know how well...
You understand incorrectly. When buying property the lease has restrictive covenants that bind you to certain responsibilities and obligations. In a CID (common interest development (gated communities, condos, developments, etc.)) leases have covenants that state the property owners agree to abide by the rules of the board. You also agree to pay any judgements or fine levied by the board; failure to do so will constitute a contractual violation (of the lease agreement) that can result in eviction. Part of these restrictive covenants is a clause that they must be passed on to any later purchasers of the property, so someone buying it will have to follow the board rules as well. These have been tested in court many times, and people have lost propery and have been forced to pay fines. A good book that talks about the history of CID's the laws that apply to them, and their implications for public and private society is Privatopia by Evan McKenzie.
One negative personal experience should not be the basis for such a sweeping generalization. Daycare is a service, like any other; there are good providers and poor ones. Just because I was ripped off by a mechanic once does not logically justify stating that garages are anti-family, and that countries with good garages are the ones with people with no sense of human worth.
For what it is worth, I placed my son in a great daycare environment with a strong community of parents. Somehow I was able to get enough information by looking over certifications and checking references without having to plumb some database to see if there are any sexual offenders on staff. My goodness! Some effort and judgment instead of chunked out reports. It's a crazy idea but it just might work.
I used to read a few of the high volume/low s/n newsgroups (alt.folklore.urban, talk.origins, alt.religion.scientology, etc.) because I felt that amongst the dross, I was actually getting some good information. I then got too busy to read usenet... a year or so later, I thought I would check out the groups, see what was going on, and it was the same crap, only more so. Looking for discussions or arguments where facts and opinions battle it out is a futile task. I can only read so many posts where someone is demanding their opponents definition of a basic word, or asking someone if they wrote something dredged up from dejanews from two years back. I just don't have time for that crap anymore, I guess.
You can get a sharpening kit for a reel mower that isn't expensive... It consists of an abrasive paste and a hand crank to spin the reel. I have a postage stamp yard, and the reel mower is perfect. Meanwhile, my neighbor (with an equally small yard) justifies his gas mower purchase by mowing the front yards for half the block. I approve heartily, because I hate yardwork.
I think what is being missed is the "up to" part. I doubt this guy will get the full shot. Secondly, because this isn't a narcotics crime, with mandatory sentencing, this guy will get time off for good behavior. So if this guy keeps his nose clean, even in a worst case senario, he will be looking at 3.5 years. Granted, this is not a vacation, but not that extreme.
re:hat colors. I think that people who endorse white/grey hat hacking should be after this guy's head on a stick; it is black hat activity like this that that corrupts the perception of the entire "community" in the eyes of the public.
I'm sorry, but what part of my message gave you the idea I was critisizing the Russian contribution? I have problems with the ISS as a _whole_. Indeed, I have the highest respect for the Russian engineers who have done amazing things, and I would regret that my post would imply otherwise.
With the success of unmanned space devices, I am having a lot of problems with the ISS. I am all for humankind reaching for the stars, etc. etc., but this is a giant program to keep Russian Aerospace engineers employed. "The Russian-built, U.S.-financed FGB (Funktsioniy-Gruzovoy Blok in Russian, or Functional Cargo Block), code-named Zarya, was launched in November 1998" The Russian engineers have it tough, I know of one space program that was threatened by engineers leaving to be cabbies because they hadn't been paid in months, but risking lives over a space station that will provide us with not much more that warm fuzzies seems wrong.
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Hmm... I would venture that there are civil engineering tasks equivalent to "code grinding"; and that they can be performed adiquately by any warm body with certification, just like in computing. Furthermore, I think I'll join you in the Land of the Sweeping Generalization, and say that while there are many software versions of the Tacoma Narrows bridge, we still have yet to see software equivalents for such monumental feats as the Hoover Dam, the Golden Gate bridge, or Colusseum..
I'm using Earthlink DSL to run an Xwindows session to a university box. Three times in the past 48 hours I have had my sessions clobbered by an address change. I'm with you that at least I'm not running that crappy WinPoet stuff..
Your first sentance could go like this..
"Tempting as it might be to go after the killers when something like this happens, the real problem is the soft human body which lets it happen in the first place."
"Tempting as it might be to go after the burglars when something like this happens, the real problem is the fragile window which lets it happen in the first place."
Yes, there are holes that are easy to exploit and should be fixed, but it comes down to the tautology that without virus writers, there would be no viruses.
A 3.5 meter insulating layer of water around both towers? On the moon? Someone is enjoying massive amounts of crack at this point. I would doubt there would be enough redily minable water within a reasonable distance to the site, and the thought of boosting that much H2O is laughable.
Yes, of course; and the Railtrack privatization fiasco never happened, and those four people who we thought were killed in the train crash at Hatfield never happened...
About five (or so) years ago, I read a book that compared violent crime in cities that were roughly equal in populations and other factors. The European countries had violent crime rates higher than comparable American cities, but crime in American cities was more lethal.
I am amond the first to admit that there are severe problems in the U.S., including corporate influence on the political process, but I certainly do not think that we are alone.
Oh yeah! I remember finding one of those nuke slide rules in one of my Dad's (a Civil Engineer) books (on building for nuclear attack.) You'd dial up yield and airburst altitude, and it would return minimum survivable distances for different construction materials. After playing with that for a few minutes, I realized how futile all of those "duck and cover" drills were.
I think you might be a little less pleased... A child's birth information is commonly sold to commercial databases, and targeted advertising is sent to the parents based on the age and gender of the child. My son's first birthday is coming up, so We've been getting ads for portraits, "graduate" foods, etc. More crap for the recycling pile, and I certainly don't feel closer to Gerber.
To muddy the waters further, when tracks are being laid, usually a berm is built up on the surface to support the ties and rails. If the cable is laid in the built up area for the berm, would that still be considered subsurface?
I think the problem is where you say "Most teenagers are honest enough, but if you end up with one that is consistently dishonest the only choice you have as a parent is to monitor them more closely." As an exception handling device, for the 'bad seeds' I don't have a problem. But the article stated that parents are signing up for this in "droves." A majority of these kids then are going to be monitored; not because it is necessary, but because they can be. Surveillance _for the sake of surveillance_ outside of any other purpose is a big red warning light. Americans (This sweeping generalization may also apply to other nationalities, YMMV.) currently have a fetish for information. They need to know everything _now_ even though almost all of this will not directly effect their lives. (I am as guilty of this as anyone.) The growth of "reality tv" shows the increase of this desire to be tapped into this...
Well, I think that you have every right _as a parent_ to install the filtering software of your choice, if that is the course of action you feel will best help your child. Now, is that the best solution, generally, no. But I can see cases where that would be the best solution.
Of course, this does not apply to publicly accessable terminals such as a library.
As an aside, I have noticed as a recent parent that parent/child interactions are not as nearly black and white as I thought before... Obviously, taking a 5 year old to Hannibal is wrong, but I'm not nearly as opinionated about other people's parenting as I once was.
Well, Indymedia is proving his point, I think. Using the "30 years ago" benchmark, with the three networks, and most large newspapers chain owned, Indymedia would not have had a space to exist. _Yes_ there are concerns about the desire for profits to effect editorial content, but those concerns have always been there. The opening up of media pathways allows people to voice their concerns in ways that would not have been possible.
Not to be hyper pedantic, but they were in fact Micro Uzis
A silver cloud in this lining; this will prevent companies from snapping up all the domains that match thier company name, i.e. foo.com, foo.org, etc...
Blah blah, Amerikkka sucks, etc. Here's a helpful recap... The last time the U.S. executed someone for espionage was in 1953 (the Rosenbergs.) The Russians executed two agents that Hanssen uncovered, and that is just one case. Espionage is a very high stakes game, and all sides know that. The U.S. actually is fairly soft in the matter of punishing spies.(Jonathan Pollard actually might have a chance at release, for some reason.) But then that would spoil your view of evil (as you so originally put it) Amerikkka.
There is one more major system that had a lot of money thrown at it before getting deep sixed; Small ICBM (or MidgetMan.). These really cool looking trucks would tool around a wilderness reservation area in time of crisis, causing the bad guys to waste a lot of warheads to try to eliminate a retaliatory capacity.
"Regardless of what Channel 1 says you can and can't do, most schools just don't care"
Most schools might, but others will send you to jail. The colonization of our minds by advertising is proceeding apace. Sleep soundly citizens!
Not to be pedantic (oh what the hell, that's what /. is for, right?) but libraries frequently make copies of objects for ILL (inter-library loan.)Articles from bound periodicals are generally copied, as well as sections from rare, valuable, or fragile works. There are networks that allow for the automated sending and routing of .PDF's of scanned items as well.
Libraries pay a pretty penny for all this; bound periodicals are expensive with just this copying in mind, for example.
I realize that the revenue may help offset the cost of the censoring software (which is of dubious benefit anyway, but...), but is this a precedent we want to establish? It doesn't seem like a long leap to get to "Open your algebra books, which were provided by Pepsi, to Chapter 16. Remember, drink Pepsi for its great taste, and to support your school!" Hyperbole, yes.
Hyperbole, no . Remeber the case last year of the student who was kicked out of school for wearing a shirt (I believe for Pepsi) that had the logo of the compeitor of the drink company that gave the school a grant. Advertisers innundate teachers and schools with "teaching aids" that are glorified product placements ("If Timmy has three great tasting hot pockets, and gives one to Mary, how many of the tasty fun treats does he have?") There is always Whittle's Channel One, which beams news and advertising to a captive audience.
Why have we decided to allow advertisers to colonize every square inch of our space(sometimes literally). The advertising dream is that wherever you look, you see an ad. I remeber listening to an ad exec on the radio talking about how their research shows that children as young as two can recognise brands. Holy Shit! Does the fact that a.)They think this is a good thing and b.)They did the research at all, disturb anyone else?
As a new father, I am terrified that my child will be bombarded by (let's not mince words here)mind control at school as well as his environment. I can try to innoculate against these pernicious attacks, but I don't know how well...
You understand incorrectly. When buying property the lease has restrictive covenants that bind you to certain responsibilities and obligations. In a CID (common interest development (gated communities, condos, developments, etc.)) leases have covenants that state the property owners agree to abide by the rules of the board. You also agree to pay any judgements or fine levied by the board; failure to do so will constitute a contractual violation (of the lease agreement) that can result in eviction. Part of these restrictive covenants is a clause that they must be passed on to any later purchasers of the property, so someone buying it will have to follow the board rules as well. These have been tested in court many times, and people have lost propery and have been forced to pay fines. A good book that talks about the history of CID's the laws that apply to them, and their implications for public and private society is Privatopia by Evan McKenzie.
Please.
One negative personal experience should not be the basis for such a sweeping generalization. Daycare is a service, like any other; there are good providers and poor ones. Just because I was ripped off by a mechanic once does not logically justify stating that garages are anti-family, and that countries with good garages are the ones with people with no sense of human worth.
For what it is worth, I placed my son in a great daycare environment with a strong community of parents. Somehow I was able to get enough information by looking over certifications and checking references without having to plumb some database to see if there are any sexual offenders on staff. My goodness! Some effort and judgment instead of chunked out reports. It's a crazy idea but it just might work.
I used to read a few of the high volume/low s/n newsgroups (alt.folklore.urban, talk.origins, alt.religion.scientology, etc.) because I felt that amongst the dross, I was actually getting some good information. I then got too busy to read usenet... a year or so later, I thought I would check out the groups, see what was going on, and it was the same crap, only more so. Looking for discussions or arguments where facts and opinions battle it out is a futile task. I can only read so many posts where someone is demanding their opponents definition of a basic word, or asking someone if they wrote something dredged up from dejanews from two years back. I just don't have time for that crap anymore, I guess.
You can get a sharpening kit for a reel mower that isn't expensive... It consists of an abrasive paste and a hand crank to spin the reel. I have a postage stamp yard, and the reel mower is perfect. Meanwhile, my neighbor (with an equally small yard) justifies his gas mower purchase by mowing the front yards for half the block. I approve heartily, because I hate yardwork.
I think what is being missed is the "up to" part. I doubt this guy will get the full shot. Secondly, because this isn't a narcotics crime, with mandatory sentencing, this guy will get time off for good behavior. So if this guy keeps his nose clean, even in a worst case senario, he will be looking at 3.5 years. Granted, this is not a vacation, but not that extreme. re:hat colors. I think that people who endorse white/grey hat hacking should be after this guy's head on a stick; it is black hat activity like this that that corrupts the perception of the entire "community" in the eyes of the public.
I'm sorry, but what part of my message gave you the idea I was critisizing the Russian contribution? I have problems with the ISS as a _whole_. Indeed, I have the highest respect for the Russian engineers who have done amazing things, and I would regret that my post would imply otherwise.
With the success of unmanned space devices, I am having a lot of problems with the ISS. I am all for humankind reaching for the stars, etc. etc., but this is a giant program to keep Russian Aerospace engineers employed. "The Russian-built, U.S.-financed FGB (Funktsioniy-Gruzovoy Blok in Russian, or Functional Cargo Block), code-named Zarya, was launched in November 1998" The Russian engineers have it tough, I know of one space program that was threatened by engineers leaving to be cabbies because they hadn't been paid in months, but risking lives over a space station that will provide us with not much more that warm fuzzies seems wrong.