"This is especially useful now that Condoleeza Rice seems to have persuaded the major news sources to suppress the Other Side's public comments."
What the current administration ahs done is what I've been asking the news media do since the internet came about; responsible reporting of facts corroburated with multiple alternate sources. Dr. Rice has asked that themedia be responsible when showing these tapes. Is the news story what they have to say or that they said anything at all? Most of it is anti-american sentiment and can be summed up as such by the reporting anchor person. Place some static pictures of bin Laden or whoever is speaking at the time from his organization.
Freedom of the press is only guaranteed if the information is in fact true. Not partially true, not true when you consider some unsubstantiated rumor spreading on the internet, not true when you can get some moronic "specialist" to manipulate the story the way the media organization wants to spin the story, but true only when all facts are presented in a balanced and unbiased manner. It's time to get the "pretty boys" off the air and hire some journalists who know what they are doing.
How about a standard Lithium Polymer rechargable battery? The battery would never need to be replaced, could be outfitted onto the solid state drives with little or no problems and could offer battery backup when the system is off or during a power outage.
Computers could also be designed to bypass the hard drives when the system power is off. I doubt a hard drive would utilize much energy.
Windows already does this. If I right click on a text file Open resides at the top of the context menu but a little ways down there is an open with > option. This lits both Notepad and Internet Explorer as options for opening the text file. Below this, seperated by t horizontal line is the Choose Program option. This lets me select which application I want to use to open this file. The Open With dialog grants the user the choice to open this file once with the intended applicaiton (and adds this choice to the context menu for all time) or you can choose to Always open the file type with the new application chosen through this process. If a file type is unregistered then Windows automatically calls up the Open With dialog anyway.
Actually US copyright law was intended for more than scientific research:
"US Constitution, Article I, Section 8
To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries"
Our forefathers felt so strongly about protecting scientific research and useful arts that they granted this right before the right to free speech. That took an amendment to institute.
I agree, however, this is not what copyright was intended for and I doubt this would hold up in court. Obtaining a copyright is easy. Protecting it is more difficult.
You clearly have no idea what the RIAA does do you? Go to http://www.riaa.org/index1.cfm and learn a little about how they work. Education is a wonderful thing. Too bad the typilca/.'er thinks they are above learning a little more about the world around them.
The musicians are the ones who should ba able to distribute the music at virtually no cost to themselves. However, the fans should not ab able to distribute the music as themusicians will see no profits from this. Your analogy assumes that music and art are created out of thin air, not by musicians and artisans. They (well we actually since I'm an artist) need to make a living. If I want to forgo the normal channels of displaying my work in an art museum, instead opting to display it online, then I can do this. This, however, does not give you or anyone else the right to copy this image without my permission.
These patches were announced on Microsoft's Security list serve atleast a month before the exploits became a problem. Is this not puch enough for you? ALL ITs running IIS should be on this list serve or at the very least shoudl visit http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default. asp?url=/technet/security/default.asp.
There is a difference between law enforcement and vigilante justice. If you are not authorized to hack a system (i.e. a security consultant on retainer or contract) then don't whine when FBI comes knocking.
Onec again...you do NOT have to register. You DO have to activate the product. Both are completely seperate processes but only activation is necessary and only requires the user to input the WPA code. No personal information is sent along with this code. You could even choose to register your software as a completely fictional character if you chose and Windows XP would work just fine.
I know this is slashdot and goup-think is the norm but perhaps Microsoft has placed this in their EULA to avoid being sued by civil rights groups and intellectual property rigths owners. By stating you may not use the software to participate in these dubious and illegal activities they sever themselves from any harm caused by use of their software in this manner. Keep in mind this is lawyers speaking, not marketing or developers/engineers. Lawyers speak a different language altogether and often times if it is not read with the proper frame of reference it is misconstrued (as I believe it has been in this case.)
I meant to post this as me but I wasn't logged in, sorry...
You are thinking too far ahead. Yes, ANY system can be abused. However, do we shut down gun manufacturers because they can be used to kill people? Now, replace the gun manufacturers and uses with this; do we shut down face scanning and recognition because it can be used to track people? By the way, it is not illegal as of yet to collect data on people. There is also no direct correlation between the fourth amendment rights to illegal search and seizure and data collection as this is not an illegal search and seizure. In many cases it is offered as "payment" for services garnered.
Let's not put the cart before the horse and assume that this scanning and recognition INSIDE OF AIRPORTS will be abused. Perhaps if it saw more widespread uses outside of legitimate security procedures, such as the local seven eleven, there might be red flags waved concerning loss of civil liberties.
This system should be implemented in conjunction with increased funding and support for CIA and FBI field agents. Human intelligence gathering forces will be able to increase the size of the current database thereby stopping more people such as this at locations where it is in use.
I disagree. America hasn't faced a problem of this magnitude and scope before so public safety at the cost of freedom of expression has never truly been tested. Such a fine line has been draw between inciting imminent lawlessness and exercising freedom of speech that public safety has been irreparably harmed. I believe the liberals have puched this line too far in a knee-jerk reaction to the conservatives attacks and it must come back into balance once again. (I am neither liberal not conservative, I am for balance and cooperation.)
What I take this to mean is the States have the right to pass laws not covered by the federal statutes. If MA (my home state) wanted to write a privacy law to cover more than the fourth amendment then they could as long as it does not conflict with current federal statutes.
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
This Amendment does not give US citizens blanket immunity and unequivocable privacy, it only grants us limited privacy without probable cause. A backdoor into crypto systems does not violate the Fourth amendment, the abuse of this backdoor does. Our government and law enforcement officials should be granted the same level of protection as we are afforded. Unless individuals can prove law enforcement officials or government agents are abusing the system, then anything to the contrary is pure supposition and has no basis in fact.
The Tenth Amendment says nothing about privacy. This Amendment covers States rights.
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Hery fuck head. The Bill and Melinda Gates foundation has donated millions to help relief efforts in third world countries. They donated money to help eradicate diseases those of us in the civilized world take for granted. We get vaccinations for polio and measles. Poeple die daily from these diseases in Africa. How much did you give to help these poeple out?
There was no big deal made out of this except by dickheads like you. Microsoft wrote a press release. They wrote a press release. People like you are the problem. You're not part of the problem, you are the whole fucking problem. Too bad you weren't on one of those planes or in the top floors of the WTC. If more people like you were in these places, this wouldn't be such a tragedy.
Either donate a substantial amount of money or shut the fuck up about how much or in what way others donate money. Fucking unbelievable.
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They gave fuck wad. What did you do? Nothing? I thought as much. Who gives a rats ass WHAT they gave? The fact remains they donated to the effort more than most people and corporations. I don't condone ALL their actions but I think assholes like you are the problem with society today. You fuckwads can't appreciate a GIFT regardless of benefits to the giver. Do you think GE doesn't get a big tax break fromtheir donation? Oh, I forgot they're not MS so it's ok for them to get a tax break. Un-fucking-believable.
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You mean like this dipshit? It always amazes me how assholes can somehow spin things back to Microsoft being evil. I'm surprised no one is blaming MS Flight Simulator or Windows for causing these tragedies. Crawl back into your fucking cave troll!!!
No because the plane on that flight path went down 80 miles south of Pittsburgh, PA. My girlfriend and I speculated that the flight crew fought back and caused the crash well short of its intended target; Camp David? the US Capitol building? Who knows.
The assumptions aboutthe Middle East are more warranted here due to the level of coordination and sophistication required to hijack the planes and fly them. I find it highly unlikely that eco-terrorists would go to these lengths or are even capable of going to these lengths.
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This article was insightfulup until this point:
"This is especially useful now that Condoleeza Rice seems to have persuaded the major news sources to suppress the Other Side's public comments."
What the current administration ahs done is what I've been asking the news media do since the internet came about; responsible reporting of facts corroburated with multiple alternate sources. Dr. Rice has asked that themedia be responsible when showing these tapes. Is the news story what they have to say or that they said anything at all? Most of it is anti-american sentiment and can be summed up as such by the reporting anchor person. Place some static pictures of bin Laden or whoever is speaking at the time from his organization.
Freedom of the press is only guaranteed if the information is in fact true. Not partially true, not true when you consider some unsubstantiated rumor spreading on the internet, not true when you can get some moronic "specialist" to manipulate the story the way the media organization wants to spin the story, but true only when all facts are presented in a balanced and unbiased manner. It's time to get the "pretty boys" off the air and hire some journalists who know what they are doing.
I'll wait for the Apple iWatch in all its fruity colors thanks (make mine guava please.) I can be a geek in style.
How about a standard Lithium Polymer rechargable battery? The battery would never need to be replaced, could be outfitted onto the solid state drives with little or no problems and could offer battery backup when the system is off or during a power outage.
Computers could also be designed to bypass the hard drives when the system power is off. I doubt a hard drive would utilize much energy.
Windows already does this. If I right click on a text file Open resides at the top of the context menu but a little ways down there is an open with > option. This lits both Notepad and Internet Explorer as options for opening the text file. Below this, seperated by t horizontal line is the Choose Program option. This lets me select which application I want to use to open this file. The Open With dialog grants the user the choice to open this file once with the intended applicaiton (and adds this choice to the context menu for all time) or you can choose to Always open the file type with the new application chosen through this process. If a file type is unregistered then Windows automatically calls up the Open With dialog anyway.
Actually US copyright law was intended for more than scientific research:
"US Constitution, Article I, Section 8
To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries"
Our forefathers felt so strongly about protecting scientific research and useful arts that they granted this right before the right to free speech. That took an amendment to institute.
I agree, however, this is not what copyright was intended for and I doubt this would hold up in court. Obtaining a copyright is easy. Protecting it is more difficult.
You clearly have no idea what the RIAA does do you? Go to http://www.riaa.org/index1.cfm and learn a little about how they work. Education is a wonderful thing. Too bad the typilca /.'er thinks they are above learning a little more about the world around them.
Let's fix this anaolgy shall we?
The musicians are the ones who should ba able to distribute the music at virtually no cost to themselves. However, the fans should not ab able to distribute the music as themusicians will see no profits from this. Your analogy assumes that music and art are created out of thin air, not by musicians and artisans. They (well we actually since I'm an artist) need to make a living. If I want to forgo the normal channels of displaying my work in an art museum, instead opting to display it online, then I can do this. This, however, does not give you or anyone else the right to copy this image without my permission.
These patches were announced on Microsoft's Security list serve atleast a month before the exploits became a problem. Is this not puch enough for you? ALL ITs running IIS should be on this list serve or at the very least shoudl visit http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default. asp?url=/technet/security/default.asp.
There is a difference between law enforcement and vigilante justice. If you are not authorized to hack a system (i.e. a security consultant on retainer or contract) then don't whine when FBI comes knocking.
Onec again...you do NOT have to register. You DO have to activate the product. Both are completely seperate processes but only activation is necessary and only requires the user to input the WPA code. No personal information is sent along with this code. You could even choose to register your software as a completely fictional character if you chose and Windows XP would work just fine.
I know this is slashdot and goup-think is the norm but perhaps Microsoft has placed this in their EULA to avoid being sued by civil rights groups and intellectual property rigths owners. By stating you may not use the software to participate in these dubious and illegal activities they sever themselves from any harm caused by use of their software in this manner. Keep in mind this is lawyers speaking, not marketing or developers/engineers. Lawyers speak a different language altogether and often times if it is not read with the proper frame of reference it is misconstrued (as I believe it has been in this case.)
I meant to post this as me but I wasn't logged in, sorry...
You are thinking too far ahead. Yes, ANY system can be abused. However, do we shut down gun manufacturers because they can be used to kill people? Now, replace the gun manufacturers and uses with this; do we shut down face scanning and recognition because it can be used to track people? By the way, it is not illegal as of yet to collect data on people. There is also no direct correlation between the fourth amendment rights to illegal search and seizure and data collection as this is not an illegal search and seizure. In many cases it is offered as "payment" for services garnered.
Let's not put the cart before the horse and assume that this scanning and recognition INSIDE OF AIRPORTS will be abused. Perhaps if it saw more widespread uses outside of legitimate security procedures, such as the local seven eleven, there might be red flags waved concerning loss of civil liberties.
This system should be implemented in conjunction with increased funding and support for CIA and FBI field agents. Human intelligence gathering forces will be able to increase the size of the current database thereby stopping more people such as this at locations where it is in use.
Intervideo is making a Linux DVD player available.
If your computer does what it needs to now then you don't need either anOS or hardware upgrade, much less a switch to a new, foreign OSS OS solution.
I disagree. America hasn't faced a problem of this magnitude and scope before so public safety at the cost of freedom of expression has never truly been tested. Such a fine line has been draw between inciting imminent lawlessness and exercising freedom of speech that public safety has been irreparably harmed. I believe the liberals have puched this line too far in a knee-jerk reaction to the conservatives attacks and it must come back into balance once again. (I am neither liberal not conservative, I am for balance and cooperation.)
What I take this to mean is the States have the right to pass laws not covered by the federal statutes. If MA (my home state) wanted to write a privacy law to cover more than the fourth amendment then they could as long as it does not conflict with current federal statutes.
The Fourth Amendment:
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
This Amendment does not give US citizens blanket immunity and unequivocable privacy, it only grants us limited privacy without probable cause. A backdoor into crypto systems does not violate the Fourth amendment, the abuse of this backdoor does. Our government and law enforcement officials should be granted the same level of protection as we are afforded. Unless individuals can prove law enforcement officials or government agents are abusing the system, then anything to the contrary is pure supposition and has no basis in fact.
The Tenth Amendment says nothing about privacy. This Amendment covers States rights.
Hery fuck head. The Bill and Melinda Gates foundation has donated millions to help relief efforts in third world countries. They donated money to help eradicate diseases those of us in the civilized world take for granted. We get vaccinations for polio and measles. Poeple die daily from these diseases in Africa. How much did you give to help these poeple out?
There was no big deal made out of this except by dickheads like you. Microsoft wrote a press release. They wrote a press release. People like you are the problem. You're not part of the problem, you are the whole fucking problem. Too bad you weren't on one of those planes or in the top floors of the WTC. If more people like you were in these places, this wouldn't be such a tragedy.
Either donate a substantial amount of money or shut the fuck up about how much or in what way others donate money. Fucking unbelievable.
They gave fuck wad. What did you do? Nothing? I thought as much. Who gives a rats ass WHAT they gave? The fact remains they donated to the effort more than most people and corporations. I don't condone ALL their actions but I think assholes like you are the problem with society today. You fuckwads can't appreciate a GIFT regardless of benefits to the giver. Do you think GE doesn't get a big tax break fromtheir donation? Oh, I forgot they're not MS so it's ok for them to get a tax break. Un-fucking-believable.
You mean like this dipshit? It always amazes me how assholes can somehow spin things back to Microsoft being evil. I'm surprised no one is blaming MS Flight Simulator or Windows for causing these tragedies. Crawl back into your fucking cave troll!!!
Actually, they believe the White House was a target but apparently it's difficult to discern from the air AND it has SAM implacements on the roof :)
It is believed that the Pentagon was a secondary target and MUCH easier to see from the air.
No because the plane on that flight path went down 80 miles south of Pittsburgh, PA. My girlfriend and I speculated that the flight crew fought back and caused the crash well short of its intended target; Camp David? the US Capitol building? Who knows.
The assumptions aboutthe Middle East are more warranted here due to the level of coordination and sophistication required to hijack the planes and fly them. I find it highly unlikely that eco-terrorists would go to these lengths or are even capable of going to these lengths.
This site needs to be slashdotted. Profiting off a disaster like this is lower than tha act itself
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