"This is the second edition of The Visual Display of Quantitative Information. Recently published, this new edition provides excellent color reproductions of the many graphics of William Playfair, adds color to other images, and includes all the changes and corrections accumulated during 17 printings of the first edition."
That's not the only problem here. The system still relies on the user to generate the password. I'll bet that, regardless of what they're shown, they still pick their wife's name. And there's still a password file that can be targetted.
Any system of password defined by the users is going to have holes. Using the example in the article we know that all the passwords are an even number of characters long.
Businesses who want real security should be relying on systems that use one time passwords like SecureID or multi-factor one time systems like these guys.
Me either, but I am married to a former PD, current ADA.
Downside: PDs are very often overworked
So are the ADAs. I know that my ADA has assembled a case in less than 24 hours becasue everything else pleads out.
BTW - If what you saw was an attorney going to trial with 7 minutes notice, that was an ethical breach by the judge and the defense attorney and the defendant should be able to have the conviction thrown out. Any ADA worth their salt would have objected if they knew about it.
a private sector lawyer would handle a single case
This isn't true. Private attorneys carry a large caseload as well. At no time is a money-making private attorney working on just one case.
Further, a PD will know the ADA and the judge. In our town the PD and the ADA are assigned to a courtroom for an entire year. They know who to trust and who not to. They know what will piss the judge off and how to keep them happy.
I was just refuting the "public defenders invariably suck" comment. I don't deny that the system is loaded towards those wealthy enough to pay for their own attorney. I deny that the PDs suck without exception, or even that sucky PDs are in the majority.
Bullshit. PDs spend more time in criminal court than their private counterparts and they have far more experience dealing with the motions and tactics of a criminal case.
Granted, individual PDs may suck, but you'll find a hell of lot more true believers in the PD's office than you will in private practice.
A crime involves both action and time. It's not that you can't be tried for violating the same law twice (else we wouldn't have recidivists now, would we?) it's that you can't be tried for the same crime twice. The second offense is a separate crime.
I think that the existance of the feature isn't what's troubling. It's the fact that you don't have central control over it, and you have to hunt it down to know it even exists.
I'm the guy who submitted the story (why I didn't get any karma for it is another thing, but we'll ignore that for now) and this was my concern.
I don't really think that the folks at Macromedia were watching and laughing at my haircut, but I am concerned that they didn't see fit to tell me that they were using my microphone and camera.
uh - no. All the words are from dictionary.com's audible pronunciation guide. Soem of them are done with male voices, some of them with female voices. It's a crap shoot which one you get.
I spent two hours looking for a 72 pin SIMM. I found 30 pin SIMMs and 168 pin DIMMs but no 72 pin anything. Luckily, in her purse Tracy had been carrying around a 32MB 72 pin SIMM from a Dell that got RMA'ed at her work.
And I thought my wife carried everything in her purse.
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Tufte makes this point in his presentations. He thinks it's fine for use as a slide projector, but terrible for building the images.
The classic example: Gettysburg
"This is the second edition of The Visual Display of Quantitative Information. Recently published, this new edition provides excellent color reproductions of the many graphics of William Playfair, adds color to other images, and includes all the changes and corrections accumulated during 17 printings of the first edition."
From his site.
Motel of Mystery
ask not for whom the greechneb tolls.
it tolls for thee.
That's not the only problem here. The system still relies on the user to generate the password. I'll bet that, regardless of what they're shown, they still pick their wife's name. And there's still a password file that can be targetted.
Any system of password defined by the users is going to have holes. Using the example in the article we know that all the passwords are an even number of characters long.
Businesses who want real security should be relying on systems that use one time passwords like SecureID or multi-factor one time systems like these guys.
First: IANAL.
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Me either, but I am married to a former PD, current ADA.
Downside: PDs are very often overworked
So are the ADAs. I know that my ADA has assembled a case in less than 24 hours becasue everything else pleads out.
BTW - If what you saw was an attorney going to trial with 7 minutes notice, that was an ethical breach by the judge and the defense attorney and the defendant should be able to have the conviction thrown out. Any ADA worth their salt would have objected if they knew about it.
a private sector lawyer would handle a single case
This isn't true. Private attorneys carry a large caseload as well. At no time is a money-making private attorney working on just one case.
Further, a PD will know the ADA and the judge. In our town the PD and the ADA are assigned to a courtroom for an entire year. They know who to trust and who not to. They know what will piss the judge off and how to keep them happy.
I was just refuting the "public defenders invariably suck" comment. I don't deny that the system is loaded towards those wealthy enough to pay for their own attorney. I deny that the PDs suck without exception, or even that sucky PDs are in the majority.
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Besides, public defenders invariably suck.
Bullshit. PDs spend more time in criminal court than their private counterparts and they have far more experience dealing with the motions and tactics of a criminal case.
Granted, individual PDs may suck, but you'll find a hell of lot more true believers in the PD's office than you will in private practice.
Or it could be that Kate Capshaw and Short Round were so FREAKING ANNOYING.
When one of them wasn't screaming, the other one was.
There were 2 other Batman movies?
He's moved on to something he might actually know something about.
Didn't he win last time?
Cite, please.
A crime involves both action and time. It's not that you can't be tried for violating the same law twice (else we wouldn't have recidivists now, would we?) it's that you can't be tried for the same crime twice. The second offense is a separate crime.
Boone's Farm Apple Wine.
Is it "Kaaaaaaaaaaaaaahn" or "Kahhhhhhhhhhhhhhn?"
What are you doing Friday night?
Maybe I should post again, this time with a link.
- ahem -
The Book of Persecution:
In which Gord is arrested.
Acts of Gord
In which Gord is arrested.
Basically people providing false answers will ver often pick a false answer based on location.
And this has what to do with the article?
... recon ... tho
Let me guess: you're using a Windows machine?
SureSource -- the unprofessional cockgobblers
Don't you mean no-talent ass clowns?
This is an urban legend, according to Snopes.
Men in Black
I'm the guy who submitted the story (why I didn't get any karma for it is another thing, but we'll ignore that for now) and this was my concern.
I don't really think that the folks at Macromedia were watching and laughing at my haircut, but I am concerned that they didn't see fit to tell me that they were using my microphone and camera.
Pardon me while I go tighten down my tinfoil hat.
uh - no. All the words are from dictionary.com's audible pronunciation guide. Soem of them are done with male voices, some of them with female voices. It's a crap shoot which one you get.
And I thought my wife carried everything in her purse.