Public Schools may censor the official school paper for content, but not Student initiated publications. They may limit distribution of unofficial publications on school grounds, but only with a showing that they are materiallly disruptive of normal class activities.
You're correct in seeing the fossil fuel source as a first step. Biogas (hydrocarbon gas generated by composting) is a likely replacement in the future, if we can get it more economical.
The economics of biomass are there now for on farm use in isolated areas. Agricultural ligno-cellulosic wastes (corn stalk, hemp hurds, bagasse...) are readily converted to either methanol or gasified (H2 + CO), and fed to the fuel cell. Inefficiency of the chemical process is offset by lack of transport costs.
Honestly, if you want find a way for my unused clock cycles to feed someone, I would be happy to sign up.
How about a distributed net to analyze satelite data for Third World Farmers? The pactice is becoming commonplace among big operators in the US Grain belt, allowing fine adjustments in fertilizer application, quick response to infestation, etc.
Emailed this on to the folks who run http://www.thehungersite.com
More likely than outright closing the system is massive content based filtering, as Big Bro will still need to pass their own command and control. Networks outside the US would survive the short term disruptions. How much uncontrollable bandwidth is out there for an underground information economy?
Doing SETI is completely orthogonal to helping starving Somalians. Show me a way to use spare CPU cycles to feed the third world. Show me a way to use food to find extraterrestrials. I'm waiting....
Analysis of satelite data to optimize planting schedules, varieties, pest controls????
Any presumption of good faith on the part of the FBI is erased by the assertion that they've been using it without taking the trouble to inform the Attorney General.
"A journalist has a constitutional right to the privelege not to disclose his sources of information recieved in confidential relationship, but when such confidence is in conflict with the public's overriding need to know, it must yield to the interest of Justice. The State need not affirmatively demonstrate proof of compelling need, or lack of an alternative method of obtaining the information sought, where the crime involved, and likelyhood of repetition of such crimes constitute a compelling need." State v Knops, 49 Wis 2d 647, 183 N.W. 2d 93
This case stemmed from the fatal bombing of the Army Math reasearch Center at UW Madison in 1970. Knops, the editor of the local underground newspaper, published communiques from the alleged bombers and refused to turn them over, eventually serving nearly a year.
So, does web page defacement present the same kind of "compelling need" as the first recorded use of a fertilizer and fueloil truckbomb?
O-LYM-PI-AD, n A period of four years reckoned from one celebration of the Olympic Games to another, and constituting an important epoch in history and chronology. The first Olympiad commenced 776 years before the birth of Christ and 23 years before the foundation of Rome. The computation of Olympiads ceased at the threehundred sixtyfourth Olympiad, in the year 440 of the Christian era.
O-LYM-PI-AN, a Pertaining to Olympus, or Olympia, a town in Greece.
Olympic Games, or Olympics: solemn games among the ancient Greeks, dedicated to the Olympian Jupiter, and celebrated once in four years at Olympia.
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In these civilized times we do not burn books. We delete them.
Tomorrow, the House judiciary Committee takes up the Methamphetamine AntiProliferation Act http://www.house.gov/judiciary/schedule.htm , which will allow the Justice Dept to order summary removal of Info from the net on a mere ALLEGATION that it can be used to manufacture or use a controlled substance.
Why wouldn't prospective purchasers of Windows 2000 need to know the contents of Microsoft's Kerberos specification in order to make informed judgments regarding interoperability in connection with their purchasing decisions?
So strong it would almost be a shame to win on one of the others.
HACK, v. t. 1. To cut up irregularly and into small pieces. 2. To speak with stops or catches, to speak with hesitation
HACK n. 1. A horse kept for hire, a horse used in draught, or in hard service, any thing exposed to hire 2. A coach or carriage kept for hire 3. Hesitating or faltering speech 4. A writer employed in the drudgery or details of bookmaking
HACK v. i. To be exposed or offered in common use for hire, to turn prostitute
HACKLE v. To seperate the coarse part of flax or hemp from the fine, by drawing it through the teeth of a hatchel
Committee didn't get to it, won't until at least Tuesday next week. Schedule goes up on Thomas Monday...
Republican backers are apparently feeling some heat, looking at narrowing the language, in particular removing the "use" from "information that can be used to manufacture or use..."
Since the H1b visa hearing was held, and all the big $ netfirms lobbyists were with Judiciary, I'm real curious what the had to say about the Meth bill.
The Senate has already passed a version, S 486. Just before passage an amendment protected ISPs and Search Engines, at the further expense of free speech.
b) IMMUNITIES AND OBLIGATIONS OF INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SERVICES-
(1) IN GENERAL- Such section 422 is further amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
`(g) IMMUNITIES AND OBLIGATIONS OF INTERACTIVE COMPUTR SERVICES-
`(1) IN GENERAL- An interactive computer service that satisfies the conditions of this subsection shall not be liable under this section or section 2 or 371 of title 18, United States Code, for the use of its facilities or services--
`(A) by another person, or
`(B) as an information location tool referred to in paragraph (6)(A), provided that the interactive computer service does not control or modify (except to prevent or avoid a violation of law) the content of the online location to which such location tool refers or links, to engage in activity that violates this section, except as provided in paragraph (2).
(2) NOTICE AND TAKE DOWN RESPONSIBILITY-
`(A) IN GENERAL- If an interactive computer service receives a notice described in subparagraph (B) that a particular online site residing on a computer server controlled or operated by the provider is being used to violate this section, the provider shall within 48 hours, not including weekends and holidays, remove or disable access to the matter residing at that online site that allegedly violates this section.
`(B) NOTICE- A notice is described in this subparagraph only if it is a written communication from the Attorney General, the Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration, or a United States Attorney supplied to the agent of the interactive computer service designated in accordance with section 512(c)(2) of title 17, United States Code, or to any employee of the provider if no such designation has been made, and includes--
`(i) identification of the matter that allegedly violates this section and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled;
`(ii) an allegation that such matter violates this section;
`(iii) information reasonably sufficient to permit the interactive computer service to locate such matter; and
`(iv) information reasonably sufficient to permit the interactive computer service to contact the Federal official, including an address, telephone number, and, if available, an electronic mail address at which the Federal official providing such notice may be contacted.
`(C) FAILURE TO TAKE DOWN MATTER- An interactive computer service that does not take the actions described in this paragraph upon receiving a notice meeting the requirements of subparagraph (B) shall be deemed to have knowingly permitted its computer server to be used to engage in activity prohibited by this section and to have actual knowledge that the activity is prohibited by this section.
`(D) APPLICABILITY TO PROVIDERS OF BROWSER SOFTWARE-
`(i) INAPPLICABILITY- This paragraph shall not apply to a provider of browser software to the extent that the provider provides access to information location tools controlled by another party.
`(ii) APPLICABILITY- This paragraph shall apply to a provider of browser software which provides matter consisting primarily of matter prohibited by this section or which holds itself out to others as a source of, or directory for, or means of searching for matter prohibited by this section.
As a result of this amendment, the feds do not need to get a ruling from a Judge to yank copy, they can order the ISP to pull it. THis can be done from anywhere. The US Attorney in UTAH can order my Wisconsin ISP to yank my page, and if I want to contest it I have to bring an action in Federal District Court in Utah, where you can't even party between court dates!
As the difficulty of copying approaches zero, this becomes the model, laws notwithstanding. The remaining question is whether the guitar case is fitted with a slot that rejects any currency not in quanta of $16.99
This is coming to you via a Centris 650, albeit with RAM maxed out. Survived a fire in '95 from atop a metal desk. Caused the monitor to explode and made a puddle of the modem. Never did get the CDROM drive to work again.
I'm figuring run time to date at 30,000 hours.
When Chicago pays up on my 1996 False Arrest case, I'll drop the $ for a G4.
What does this do to my Slashdot Purity Index?
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Consensus is pretty clear among top players that, at least in match play among comparable players, White plays to win, Black to draw, up to the point where white overreaches.
..."Then it should target pornographers by making it a crime, with a $1,000-per-violation penalty, to send e-mail that advertises a sexually explicit Web site to any of those registered e-mail addresses."
Of course the list of adresses to which one may not send porn spam becomes a rich trove for spam Bible sellers and Republican SpamCandidates.
Keeps most of Kyl's bill, but adds some long stalled privacy provisions, and gets rid of mandatory minimum sentences. Text and Leahy's coments here. http://cryptome.org/s2430is.txt
The bill also makes it easier for the Feds to sieze hardware, without the inconvenience of obtaining a criminal conviction.... Even as recently improved, the forfieture provisions of the Controlled Substance Act are lacking in due process. (d) CRIMINAL FORFEITURE- That section is further amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: `(i)(1) The court, in imposing sentence on any person convicted of a violation of this section, shall order, in addition to any other sentence imposed and irrespective of any provision of State law, that such person forfeit to the United States-- `(A) the interest of such person in any property, whether real or personal, that was used or intended to be used to commit or to facilitate the commission of such violation; and `(B) any property, whether real or personal, constituting or derived from any proceeds that such person obtained, whether directly or indirectly, as a result of such violation. `(2) The criminal forfeiture of property under this subsection, any seizure and disposition thereof, and any administrative or judicial proceeding relating thereto, shall be governed by the provisions of section 413 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 853), except subsection (d) of that section.'. (e) CIVIL FORFEITURE- That section, as amended by subsection (d) of this section, is further amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: `(j)(1) The following shall be subject to forfeiture to the United States, and no property right shall exist in them: `(A) Any property, whether real or personal, that is used or intended to be used to commit or to facilitate the commission of any violation of this section. `(B) Any property, whether real or personal, that constitutes or is derived from proceeds traceable to any violation of this section. `(2) The provisions of chapter 46 of this title relating to civil forfeiture shall apply to any seizure or civil forfeiture under this subsection.'.
They decline to state how long they will maintain reports after forwarding the juicy ones to schools. They claim they will not pass reports to other outside parties. Simple subtraction tells me they will sell their analysis, not the raw reports, in the form of Pre-employment recomendations.
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The controlling cases here are Hazelwood School Dist. v. Kuhlmeier 484 U.S. 260 (1988). and Tinker vs Des Moines School Dist.393 U.S. 503 (1969)
Public Schools may censor the official school paper for content, but not Student initiated publications. They may limit distribution of unofficial publications on school grounds, but only with a showing that they are materiallly disruptive of normal class activities.
You're correct in seeing the fossil fuel source as a first step. Biogas (hydrocarbon gas generated by composting) is a likely replacement in the future, if we can get it more economical.
The economics of biomass are there now for on farm use in isolated areas. Agricultural ligno-cellulosic wastes (corn stalk, hemp hurds, bagasse...) are readily converted to either methanol or gasified (H2 + CO), and fed to the fuel cell. Inefficiency of the chemical process is offset by lack of transport costs.
Gasification links http://www.sei.se/red/red9605b.html http://www.nrel.gov/research/industrial_tech/syngHow about a distributed net to analyze satelite data for Third World Farmers? The pactice is becoming commonplace among big operators in the US Grain belt, allowing fine adjustments in fertilizer application, quick response to infestation, etc.
Emailed this on to the folks who run http://www.thehungersite.com
Any presumption of good faith on the part of the FBI is erased by the assertion that they've been using it without taking the trouble to inform the Attorney General.
House Judiciary will have Markp on this in the morning. Get live audio here. http://www.house.gov/judiciary/mem106.htm
Contact you reps now!
Another Judge is substituted.
"A journalist has a constitutional right to the privelege not to disclose his sources of information recieved in confidential relationship, but when such confidence is in conflict with the public's overriding need to know, it must yield to the interest of Justice. The State need not affirmatively demonstrate proof of compelling need, or lack of an alternative method of obtaining the information sought, where the crime involved, and likelyhood of repetition of such crimes constitute a compelling need."
State v Knops, 49 Wis 2d 647, 183 N.W. 2d 93
This case stemmed from the fatal bombing of the Army Math reasearch Center at UW Madison in 1970. Knops, the editor of the local underground newspaper, published communiques from the alleged bombers and refused to turn them over, eventually serving nearly a year.
So, does web page defacement present the same kind of "compelling need" as the first recorded use of a fertilizer and fueloil truckbomb?
O-LYM-PI-AN, a Pertaining to Olympus, or Olympia, a town in Greece.
Olympic Games, or Olympics: solemn games among the ancient Greeks, dedicated to the Olympian Jupiter, and celebrated once in four years at Olympia.
We have determined that you have been spreading derogatory information about our company, http://ministryoftruth.org . You will be re-educated.
In these civilized times we do not burn books. We delete them.
Tomorrow, the House judiciary Committee takes up the Methamphetamine AntiProliferation Act http://www.house.gov/judiciary/schedule.htm , which will allow the Justice Dept to order summary removal of Info from the net on a mere ALLEGATION that it can be used to manufacture or use a controlled substance.
But does that really make him an expert on anything?
It makes him an expert on publicity, an area in which M$ hired expertise fails.
. however, I find:
HACK, v. t. 1. To cut up irregularly and into small pieces.
2. To speak with stops or catches, to speak with hesitation
HACK n. 1. A horse kept for hire, a horse used in draught, or in hard service, any thing exposed to hire
2. A coach or carriage kept for hire
3. Hesitating or faltering speech
4. A writer employed in the drudgery or details of bookmaking
HACK v. i. To be exposed or offered in common use for hire, to turn prostitute
HACKLE v. To seperate the coarse part of flax or hemp from the fine, by drawing it through the teeth of a hatchel
HACKSTER n. a bully, ruffian, or assassin
Put it in front of a Michigan jury. They can pull a lot more strings if you wait for charges to be filed in Seattle.
Committee didn't get to it, won't until at least Tuesday next week. Schedule goes up on Thomas Monday...
Republican backers are apparently feeling some heat, looking at narrowing the language, in particular removing the "use" from "information that can be used to manufacture or use..."
Since the H1b visa hearing was held, and all the big $ netfirms lobbyists were with Judiciary, I'm real curious what the had to say about the Meth bill.
b) IMMUNITIES AND OBLIGATIONS OF INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SERVICES-
(1) IN GENERAL- Such section 422 is further amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
`(g) IMMUNITIES AND OBLIGATIONS OF INTERACTIVE COMPUTR SERVICES-
`(1) IN GENERAL- An interactive computer service that satisfies the conditions of this subsection shall not be liable under this section or section 2 or 371 of title 18, United States Code, for the use of its facilities or services--
`(A) by another person, or
`(B) as an information location tool referred to in paragraph (6)(A), provided that the interactive computer service does not control or modify (except to prevent or avoid a violation of law) the content of the online location to which such location tool refers or links, to engage in activity that violates this section, except as provided in paragraph (2).
(2) NOTICE AND TAKE DOWN RESPONSIBILITY-
`(A) IN GENERAL- If an interactive computer service receives a notice described in subparagraph (B) that a particular online site residing on a computer server controlled or operated by the provider is being used to violate this section, the provider shall within 48 hours, not including weekends and holidays, remove or disable access to the matter residing at that online site that allegedly violates this section.
`(B) NOTICE- A notice is described in this subparagraph only if it is a written communication from the Attorney General, the Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration, or a United States Attorney supplied to the agent of the interactive computer service designated in accordance with section 512(c)(2) of title 17, United States Code, or to any employee of the provider if no such designation has been made, and includes--
`(i) identification of the matter that allegedly violates this section and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled;
`(ii) an allegation that such matter violates this section;
`(iii) information reasonably sufficient to permit the interactive computer service to locate such matter; and
`(iv) information reasonably sufficient to permit the interactive computer service to contact the Federal official, including an address, telephone number, and, if available, an electronic mail address at which the Federal official providing such notice may be contacted.
`(C) FAILURE TO TAKE DOWN MATTER- An interactive computer service that does not take the actions described in this paragraph upon receiving a notice meeting the requirements of subparagraph (B) shall be deemed to have knowingly permitted its computer server to be used to engage in activity prohibited by this section and to have actual knowledge that the activity is prohibited by this section.
`(D) APPLICABILITY TO PROVIDERS OF BROWSER SOFTWARE-
`(i) INAPPLICABILITY- This paragraph shall not apply to a provider of browser software to the extent that the provider provides access to information location tools controlled by another party.
`(ii) APPLICABILITY- This paragraph shall apply to a provider of browser software which provides matter consisting primarily of matter prohibited by this section or which holds itself out to others as a source of, or directory for, or means of searching for matter prohibited by this section.
As a result of this amendment, the feds do not need to get a ruling from a Judge to yank copy, they can order the ISP to pull it. THis can be done from anywhere. The US Attorney in UTAH can order my Wisconsin ISP to yank my page, and if I want to contest it I have to bring an action in Federal District Court in Utah, where you can't even party between court dates!
As the difficulty of copying approaches zero, this becomes the model, laws notwithstanding. The remaining question is whether the guitar case is fitted with a slot that rejects any currency not in quanta of $16.99
This is coming to you via a Centris 650, albeit with RAM maxed out. Survived a fire in '95 from atop a metal desk. Caused the monitor to explode and made a puddle of the modem. Never did get the CDROM drive to work again.
I'm figuring run time to date at 30,000 hours.
When Chicago pays up on my 1996 False Arrest case, I'll drop the $ for a G4.
What does this do to my Slashdot Purity Index?
Consensus is pretty clear among top players that, at least in match play among comparable players, White plays to win, Black to draw, up to the point where white overreaches.
Of course the list of adresses to which one may not send porn spam becomes a rich trove for spam Bible sellers and Republican SpamCandidates.
Keeps most of Kyl's bill, but adds some long stalled privacy provisions, and gets rid of mandatory minimum sentences. Text and Leahy's coments here. http://cryptome.org/s2430is.txt
The bill also makes it easier for the Feds to sieze hardware, without the inconvenience of obtaining a criminal conviction.... Even as recently improved, the forfieture provisions of the Controlled Substance Act are lacking in due process. (d) CRIMINAL FORFEITURE- That section is further amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: `(i)(1) The court, in imposing sentence on any person convicted of a violation of this section, shall order, in addition to any other sentence imposed and irrespective of any provision of State law, that such person forfeit to the United States-- `(A) the interest of such person in any property, whether real or personal, that was used or intended to be used to commit or to facilitate the commission of such violation; and `(B) any property, whether real or personal, constituting or derived from any proceeds that such person obtained, whether directly or indirectly, as a result of such violation. `(2) The criminal forfeiture of property under this subsection, any seizure and disposition thereof, and any administrative or judicial proceeding relating thereto, shall be governed by the provisions of section 413 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 853), except subsection (d) of that section.'. (e) CIVIL FORFEITURE- That section, as amended by subsection (d) of this section, is further amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: `(j)(1) The following shall be subject to forfeiture to the United States, and no property right shall exist in them: `(A) Any property, whether real or personal, that is used or intended to be used to commit or to facilitate the commission of any violation of this section. `(B) Any property, whether real or personal, that constitutes or is derived from proceeds traceable to any violation of this section. `(2) The provisions of chapter 46 of this title relating to civil forfeiture shall apply to any seizure or civil forfeiture under this subsection.'.
They decline to state how long they will maintain reports after forwarding the juicy ones to schools. They claim they will not pass reports to other outside parties. Simple subtraction tells me they will sell their analysis, not the raw reports, in the form of Pre-employment recomendations.