The problem is that now if you want to get into NSA's network (being an employee, I mean), you will HAVE to run Windows. Linux and OSX will be seen as security flaws because their program doesn't run in them. Now you have the NSA forcing all its employees that want access to the network to run Windows.
Well, seems like it's just the same thing here in Mexico with the registration of cars.
The thing is that a few years ago there came this RENAVE thing (National vehicle registration). I wasn't a car owner back then, so I never bothered to inform myself of it very much, but as far as I know, the point is that there would be a second register, with much more information, ran but a government-sponsored third-party, that included all the information about the owner you can think of. This was supposed to help in the fight against grand theft auto, but well, what I said earlier happened and it was a waste of time (and of 350 mexican pesos, which was the agency fee for such registration). I assume the RENAVE guys ended up with a couple million pesos in their pockets, as usual.
As of the Hoy no circula, it's a measure by the DF's government to lower pollution. Basically, everyone gets a colored sticker along with the licence plate. For each day of the week (except maybe sunday, but I don't know very much about it) there is a color. If you have that color in your sticker, you can't drive your car that day.
I am one of those who hasn't registered his phone. Not because I don't know how or didn't know I had to, but because I'm against it.
Besides my paranoia, which is well founded, I REFUSE to have a cell phone if things go this way. As the summary reads, many people have been registering to the President's name. While this is kind of funny, it means that it's possible for anyone to register under MY name, then go out and commit crimes with that phone.
The only way of knowing about this is to go to the SEGOB's page and manually check out which numbers are registered to your CURP. So what? I'm suppossed to do this every two days to make sure no one is using my CURP to register?!
This if a very stupid idea. Even if there was some ID check proccedure while registering (which would require posts being set exclusively to check that and you, the user, would have to personally go there with your ID card and whatnot), it's just a call for a wave of cellphone theft that will get out of hand and render the whole thing useless.
As of paranoia, a few years ago something was tried here just like this RENAUT thing, but with cars, called the RENAVE. It was a registration (mandatory) of new cars (and the plan was to extend it to used cars as well) to "help prevent auto theft". Well fuck it! A few months into it the news hit us that the one in charge was using the information to steal and sell stolen cars himself! Not to mention that he happened to be an Argentinan genocide from the 60s.
And now I'm supposed to trust the government with a cellphone-CURP database?! Fuck no! I'd rather go back to sending smoke signals to my friends and family!
You know, usually the way the law works is that you, as a citizen, are allowed to do anything it doesn't explicitly forbid. I don't think any law in any country forbids the use of automated guidance systems in your car, as they don't yet exist. I might be wrong, though.
Generally, links from one's own website to the front page of our website are acceptable
This suggests that you can still link to their front page, so you can't compare it to their physical address or phone number.
Of course, the "Generally" suggests they might forbid it in certain cases, but I don't see that happening since links to their front page are nothing but free publicity.
There are certain forums (free as in beer in many cases) that require registration to even read. If you reach one of their pages thru a link, you are redirected to a "You have to register to see this" page.
I'm talking about free forums using a template in many cases.
So this newspaper in Japan that is being paid cannot do the same? Is their IT department full of idiotic monkeys in crack so that they can't implement a simple check to see if the user is logged in (thus paying) or not?
Have you ever watched that movie called Big, with Tom Hanks? I remember very clearly this scene in which Susan is presenting her new revolutionary idea to her company. It is a cyber-comic book, in which you can display the pages of your favorite comic book and change the page and everything. Sounds familiar?
The executive, disgruntled, then asks: Why would a kid pay $100 for that device if he can get a comic book for just 15 cents?
So, a woman manages to overcome all the dificulties it represents to move in a male-dominated environment, doing what few women have done in the past, struggling not only to accomplish her main mission in space but also to destroy those obsolete, yet still in place, ideas that certain areas belong to men only, and here comes some idiotic designer saying "a girl has to be pretty"?!
so that she can feel at ease as she carries out a tough mission
I just find it amazing that their justification is "we're only seeing public information".
Following someone around and listening to all their conversations -which, unless you break into their homes and listen from within, are public- has a name: stalking.
Just because facebook is on the internet they think they can follow you around.
I wonder if I could get a restraining order to keep my employers away from my personal conversations on the internet, just like you would if someone was stalking you 24/7.
If your neighbour's children keep throwing rocks at your windows, what do you do? Do you install bullet-proof windows or do you go talk to the neighbour?
Just 'cause something has the potential to be abused you can't assume it will.
It seems to me that any measure the US takes in order to fix this or that is seen by slashdoters as evil incarnated trying to destroy our god-given free speech.
Just for a second get the free-speech crap out of your head and don't assume this measure will be abused. Then ask yourselves: will this work? If you come up with an answer while in that state of mind, fine, but until then keep all your "evil US is censoring me!" crap to yourselves or at least accept the fact that you're just ranting because it comes from the makers of the RIAA.
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Fool! You thought you could insult /.'ers and not be modded down?
You can't fight the system, man.
I thought the story was about Windows not Linux.
The problem is that now if you want to get into NSA's network (being an employee, I mean), you will HAVE to run Windows. Linux and OSX will be seen as security flaws because their program doesn't run in them. Now you have the NSA forcing all its employees that want access to the network to run Windows.
Won't it work with Linux or OSX? Or does the NSA run completely on -gulp- windows?
Whoa! Ain't this the Chuck Norris Facts for nerds!
Well, seems like it's just the same thing here in Mexico with the registration of cars.
The thing is that a few years ago there came this RENAVE thing (National vehicle registration). I wasn't a car owner back then, so I never bothered to inform myself of it very much, but as far as I know, the point is that there would be a second register, with much more information, ran but a government-sponsored third-party, that included all the information about the owner you can think of. This was supposed to help in the fight against grand theft auto, but well, what I said earlier happened and it was a waste of time (and of 350 mexican pesos, which was the agency fee for such registration). I assume the RENAVE guys ended up with a couple million pesos in their pockets, as usual.
As of the Hoy no circula, it's a measure by the DF's government to lower pollution. Basically, everyone gets a colored sticker along with the licence plate. For each day of the week (except maybe sunday, but I don't know very much about it) there is a color. If you have that color in your sticker, you can't drive your car that day.
'cause I am.
I am one of those who hasn't registered his phone. Not because I don't know how or didn't know I had to, but because I'm against it.
Besides my paranoia, which is well founded, I REFUSE to have a cell phone if things go this way. As the summary reads, many people have been registering to the President's name. While this is kind of funny, it means that it's possible for anyone to register under MY name, then go out and commit crimes with that phone.
The only way of knowing about this is to go to the SEGOB's page and manually check out which numbers are registered to your CURP. So what? I'm suppossed to do this every two days to make sure no one is using my CURP to register?!
This if a very stupid idea. Even if there was some ID check proccedure while registering (which would require posts being set exclusively to check that and you, the user, would have to personally go there with your ID card and whatnot), it's just a call for a wave of cellphone theft that will get out of hand and render the whole thing useless.
As of paranoia, a few years ago something was tried here just like this RENAUT thing, but with cars, called the RENAVE. It was a registration (mandatory) of new cars (and the plan was to extend it to used cars as well) to "help prevent auto theft". Well fuck it! A few months into it the news hit us that the one in charge was using the information to steal and sell stolen cars himself! Not to mention that he happened to be an Argentinan genocide from the 60s.
And now I'm supposed to trust the government with a cellphone-CURP database?! Fuck no! I'd rather go back to sending smoke signals to my friends and family!
I just saw the route on the map and man, are they going a looong way just to avoid the middle east conflict zone!
You know, usually the way the law works is that you, as a citizen, are allowed to do anything it doesn't explicitly forbid. I don't think any law in any country forbids the use of automated guidance systems in your car, as they don't yet exist. I might be wrong, though.
Yes, they have built-in AI just for that purpose.
or
RTFA and realize that they're running on solar energy. I guess that's too much to ask.
And let us not forget the ancient technology which Columbus used to cross the atlantic! I heard it was powered by wind and oceanic currents!
I would assume that such circulations are due to the hight population density (10 times higher in japan, according to wikipedia).
Generally, links from one's own website to the front page of our website are acceptable
This suggests that you can still link to their front page, so you can't compare it to their physical address or phone number.
Of course, the "Generally" suggests they might forbid it in certain cases, but I don't see that happening since links to their front page are nothing but free publicity.
There are certain forums (free as in beer in many cases) that require registration to even read. If you reach one of their pages thru a link, you are redirected to a "You have to register to see this" page.
I'm talking about free forums using a template in many cases.
So this newspaper in Japan that is being paid cannot do the same? Is their IT department full of idiotic monkeys in crack so that they can't implement a simple check to see if the user is logged in (thus paying) or not?
I always feared this would happen to Monolith.
So that's why nobody eats sushi outside of Japan!
Have you ever watched that movie called Big, with Tom Hanks? I remember very clearly this scene in which Susan is presenting her new revolutionary idea to her company. It is a cyber-comic book, in which you can display the pages of your favorite comic book and change the page and everything. Sounds familiar?
The executive, disgruntled, then asks: Why would a kid pay $100 for that device if he can get a comic book for just 15 cents?
Everyone laughs at Susan.
so that she can feel at ease as she carries out a tough mission
Fuck Tae!
From TFA:
"Like all law-abiding companies, we comply with U.S. laws and legal processes."
What does that mean? Google doesn't think China has laws? Maybe there was more to the China-Google slugfest than we were led to believe.
Just do what many do and become Hollywood advisors for space movies.
I had been wondering for years where he went.
I just find it amazing that their justification is "we're only seeing public information".
Following someone around and listening to all their conversations -which, unless you break into their homes and listen from within, are public- has a name: stalking.
Just because facebook is on the internet they think they can follow you around.
I wonder if I could get a restraining order to keep my employers away from my personal conversations on the internet, just like you would if someone was stalking you 24/7.
And by 87% I mean 77%, of course.
If your neighbour's children keep throwing rocks at your windows, what do you do? Do you install bullet-proof windows or do you go talk to the neighbour?
Just 'cause something has the potential to be abused you can't assume it will.
It seems to me that any measure the US takes in order to fix this or that is seen by slashdoters as evil incarnated trying to destroy our god-given free speech.
Just for a second get the free-speech crap out of your head and don't assume this measure will be abused. Then ask yourselves: will this work? If you come up with an answer while in that state of mind, fine, but until then keep all your "evil US is censoring me!" crap to yourselves or at least accept the fact that you're just ranting because it comes from the makers of the RIAA.
According to that site you gave, 23% of cybercrimes are from within the US. That means that 87% comes from outside of the US.
So, by doing this, the US is trying to attack that 87% which is, by far, the majority. It only makes sense, don't you think?