The only scenario I find troubling is that North Korea launches some sort of missile, which then has some boost failure that drops it onto Seoul, or some nearby highly populated region where it might hurt someone.
There's a possiblility they could accidentally hit China. Then they'd have some 'splainin' to do. "Sorry about the whole Beijing thing. Bad aim."
Now they could issue a different default for every device, but that would require printing a unique card for each device, which is significantly more effort than just telling users to change the default login.
They already print (and track) a different physical serial number for each device, that's how they manage warranties. It can't be that hard to do the same using electronic hardware and computers. Sounds a lot easier, actually.
...simply continuing the same decades-long tense standoff (in order to continue, on their side, receiving aid money/supplies as appeasement).
Clearly, giving money and supplies to North Korea is simply rewarding bad behavior. Continuing to do so is IMO insane, unless your goal is to encourage the same behavior.
Higher education today is more about getting credentials for employment than about actually learning something you are passionate about. It's a shame, too. I'm sure there are lots of people who would love to enroll in a humanities curriculum but don't because it just doesn't make economic sense to do so.
Then you need a prosecutor who is brave enough to prosecute.
You're missing the beauty of this. It needed ever get to the courts at all. Just send an official-looking document to each of the "accused" threatening to go to court if they don't pay a "settlement fee". All of the abusive power of the RIAA/MPAA/Prenda asshats can be yours for the low, low cost of a web server.
And the TOS for a web site could be random, arbitrary, and illegal... there is no attempt whatsoever to address this.
The very idea of this bit of legislation is so unfathomably stupid the only explanation is that these congresscritters have absolutely no idea how the internet works.
Anyone else notice that he says " I am now 84, going on 100 as I like to say." and then shortly thereafter says "as I say, I'm 85"
I'm not busting his balls or anything; I like the guy. Just struck me as odd. He either doesn't know how old he is or that video took a long time to make:P
Isn't blacklisting / whitelisting a bit of an obvious solution?
Yes, it is.
I'm sure someone could have come up with that without opening a competition.
This is the FTC we're talking about. If they weren't wasting money on astonishingly stupid stuff they wouldn't be a proper government bureaucracy. They have standards to uphold.
They should pay the same postage that everyone else has to. Right now they get a discount "bulk rate" even though delivering their junk requires the same effort as delivering first class mail. This would cut down on the amount of their obnoxious spam and help the post office stay afloat.
Also, if a person doesn't want to receive unsolicited mail, it should be trivial (and free) to return it to the sender. Let them throw it away.
Press a button, get your stuff. I'm surprised Amazon.com doesn't get into the fray with their one-click shopping patent. Or is pressing a button "... on a computer" a totally different technology?
What gets me is that the same people involved with increasing surveillance legislation (and, and imagine, secret programs that are impervious to oversight) are themselves American citizens and subject to the same surveillance.
They are in effect saying "I can't be trusted, and need to be monitored more closely."
So, yes, he was wrong in what he did, but the people involved with this who should really be investigated and held accountable are off scott free.
They are running scared, though. Hence the push for anonymity. It's too late for Aaron, but his family can still sue to hold them accountable. Intentional infliction of emotional distress, perhaps? Plenty of opportunity to get some redress with a civil lawsuit. That's what I'm hoping for, anyway.
Archived emails are an excellent way to track your own history. It often contains data about your life that simply doesn't exist anywhere else. I've used it to answer important questions about what medications I've taken before, who I've talked to about business problems, etc. Knowing exactly what was said and the date it was said on is extremely important data to me. I'm archiving it.
Well, to be fair, the OP states "I run LInux" right up front. So, it's not like anyone is pushing an agenda, it's more like we're answering his question appropriately.
Thank you for taking the time to answer our questions.
You probably knew going into this that/. is much like an asylum full of raving lunatics hell bent on arguing over the minutiae of each and every point just for the hell of it.
I found your responses to be an interesting read, and I'm glad you're still fighting the good fight.
What is so chronically wrong with Americans that the ones in charge pull shit like this and everyone else puts up with it?
What choice do we have? The only chance to effect change is once every 2 to 4 years at the election polls. Even then, the only influence we have is selecting someone who may or may not represent our interests in Washington. With the downfall of real investigative journalism and the increase in biased media-controlled news it's increasingly difficult to determine who is telling the truth and who's blowing smoke up your ass.
"You have nothing to fear if you're not doing anything wrong."
I've heard the exact words from my Mom. While it's true our emails consist of 99% cat photos and dinner/birthday plans for the family, she has on occasion sent me images of cancelled checks and computer passwords without even thinking twice about it.
I'm setting her up for one-click email encryption at the very next opportunity. If I can do it without any clicks, even better.
If you don't want Big Brother snooping your email, use encryption. No sense just handing them your electronic communications on a silver platter - make 'em work for it.
At least email is very easily encrypted. A lot easier than telephone or snail mail, for instance.
In a move federal prosecutors hope sends a strong message to the knuckleheads who point lasers at aircraft for fun...
Knucklehead isn't really the right term here. A knucklehead might give you a wedgie, dip your hand in warm water when you're sleeping, give you a noogie, or at worst cooties.
Trying to blind a piot of a commercial aircraft is something entirely different. "Attempted mass murderer" comes to mind.
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The only scenario I find troubling is that North Korea launches some sort of missile, which then has some boost failure that drops it onto Seoul, or some nearby highly populated region where it might hurt someone.
There's a possiblility they could accidentally hit China. Then they'd have some 'splainin' to do. "Sorry about the whole Beijing thing. Bad aim."
Now they could issue a different default for every device, but that would require printing a unique card for each device, which is significantly more effort than just telling users to change the default login.
They already print (and track) a different physical serial number for each device, that's how they manage warranties. It can't be that hard to do the same using electronic hardware and computers. Sounds a lot easier, actually.
1% of false negatives is good, but how about false positives?
That's the other 99%
And hell, during 9/11 one plane's passengers did resist successfully.
Are you referring to Flight 93? The one that crashed into the ground? If that's your definition of success I'm taking the train.
Clearly, giving money and supplies to North Korea is simply rewarding bad behavior. Continuing to do so is IMO insane, unless your goal is to encourage the same behavior.
Higher education today is more about getting credentials for employment than about actually learning something you are passionate about. It's a shame, too. I'm sure there are lots of people who would love to enroll in a humanities curriculum but don't because it just doesn't make economic sense to do so.
I totally read that in Dr Steel's voice.
I read it in Dick Cheney's voice. I didn't even realize it until I read your comment, but we all probably read it in one villain-voice or another.
Then you need a prosecutor who is brave enough to prosecute.
You're missing the beauty of this. It needed ever get to the courts at all. Just send an official-looking document to each of the "accused" threatening to go to court if they don't pay a "settlement fee". All of the abusive power of the RIAA/MPAA/Prenda asshats can be yours for the low, low cost of a web server.
I hope this bill passes!
Secretly, I do too. I can think of a number of ways to make money off this before they have time to repeal it.
Not ethical, no, but it would be legal.
And the TOS for a web site could be random, arbitrary, and illegal ... there is no attempt whatsoever to address this.
The very idea of this bit of legislation is so unfathomably stupid the only explanation is that these congresscritters have absolutely no idea how the internet works.
The water dowsers apparently had a much higher rate of success than the metal dowsers. Randi didn't even raise his eyebrows.
I'm not surprised. If you did a hole anywhere, you'll find water. It's called groundwater.
Anyone else notice that he says " I am now 84, going on 100 as I like to say." and then shortly thereafter says "as I say, I'm 85"
I'm not busting his balls or anything; I like the guy. Just struck me as odd. He either doesn't know how old he is or that video took a long time to make :P
p.s. According the Wikipedia, he's 85.
Isn't blacklisting / whitelisting a bit of an obvious solution?
Yes, it is.
I'm sure someone could have come up with that without opening a competition.
This is the FTC we're talking about. If they weren't wasting money on astonishingly stupid stuff they wouldn't be a proper government bureaucracy. They have standards to uphold.
Junk-mailers should be taxed heavilly.
They should pay the same postage that everyone else has to. Right now they get a discount "bulk rate" even though delivering their junk requires the same effort as delivering first class mail. This would cut down on the amount of their obnoxious spam and help the post office stay afloat.
Also, if a person doesn't want to receive unsolicited mail, it should be trivial (and free) to return it to the sender. Let them throw it away.
Press a button, get your stuff. I'm surprised Amazon.com doesn't get into the fray with their one-click shopping patent. Or is pressing a button "... on a computer" a totally different technology?
What gets me is that the same people involved with increasing surveillance legislation (and, and imagine, secret programs that are impervious to oversight) are themselves American citizens and subject to the same surveillance.
They are in effect saying "I can't be trusted, and need to be monitored more closely."
So, yes, he was wrong in what he did, but the people involved with this who should really be investigated and held accountable are off scott free.
They are running scared, though. Hence the push for anonymity. It's too late for Aaron, but his family can still sue to hold them accountable. Intentional infliction of emotional distress, perhaps? Plenty of opportunity to get some redress with a civil lawsuit. That's what I'm hoping for, anyway.
Don't be a data hoarder.
Dont tell me what to do with my data.
Archived emails are an excellent way to track your own history. It often contains data about your life that simply doesn't exist anywhere else. I've used it to answer important questions about what medications I've taken before, who I've talked to about business problems, etc. Knowing exactly what was said and the date it was said on is extremely important data to me. I'm archiving it.
Well, to be fair, the OP states "I run LInux" right up front. So, it's not like anyone is pushing an agenda, it's more like we're answering his question appropriately.
Thank you for taking the time to answer our questions.
You probably knew going into this that /. is much like an asylum full of raving lunatics hell bent on arguing over the minutiae of each and every point just for the hell of it.
I found your responses to be an interesting read, and I'm glad you're still fighting the good fight.
What is so chronically wrong with Americans that the ones in charge pull shit like this and everyone else puts up with it?
What choice do we have? The only chance to effect change is once every 2 to 4 years at the election polls. Even then, the only influence we have is selecting someone who may or may not represent our interests in Washington. With the downfall of real investigative journalism and the increase in biased media-controlled news it's increasingly difficult to determine who is telling the truth and who's blowing smoke up your ass.
They have NLP tools that will filter this as garbage, you have to be more creative!
Good - then it's safe to use as a signal to commence terrorist activities.
"You have nothing to fear if you're not doing anything wrong."
I've heard the exact words from my Mom. While it's true our emails consist of 99% cat photos and dinner/birthday plans for the family, she has on occasion sent me images of cancelled checks and computer passwords without even thinking twice about it.
I'm setting her up for one-click email encryption at the very next opportunity. If I can do it without any clicks, even better.
If you don't want Big Brother snooping your email, use encryption. No sense just handing them your electronic communications on a silver platter - make 'em work for it. At least email is very easily encrypted. A lot easier than telephone or snail mail, for instance.
In a move federal prosecutors hope sends a strong message to the knuckleheads who point lasers at aircraft for fun...
Knucklehead isn't really the right term here. A knucklehead might give you a wedgie, dip your hand in warm water when you're sleeping, give you a noogie, or at worst cooties.
Trying to blind a piot of a commercial aircraft is something entirely different. "Attempted mass murderer" comes to mind.