The mercury-in-vaccinations and autism link is a straw that parents of autistic children grasp. Very sad. They want to think it could have been prevented. They want to think they can save other children. Close, close friend of mine fell victim to this misinformation.
Truth is for those who have eyes to see, ears to hear.
Both of you are right. I was wrong, Gitmo is not the worst atrocity of our generation. It's the worst atrocity that I felt directly responsible for, as a voting member of the US. I feel so responsible for this injustice, yet so powerless.
"If they are POWs they need to be treated like POWs."
Yes. We gain nothing, and lose much, by holding prisoners with no regard to Geneva Convention or US prisoner rights such as Habeus Corpus.
Also prohibited: many forms of exercise, including any form of organized exercise, martial arts practice, etc. This would include calisthenics, basketball, and so forth. This effectively denies the prisoners any physical exercise, which is a punishment itself.
Also personal mail has been added to the contraband list.
The camp is run without any oversight whatsoever, even a reality check so simple as guards going home to talk with their kids and sleep with their spouses. They are in an altered universe where the reality is defined by... by nothing but control and dominance.
WAKE UP! Gitmo is so inhumane, it is the worst atrocity of our generation. Anything (legal) I could do to end it, I would do.
I agree, given that Google is correct (since when does a company, rather than a spokesperson, speak?) I think it is highly likely that spammers are avoiding gMail.
OTOH they may be filtering out less spam not because there is less spam, but because their filters aren't working as well.
I had heard that gMail has highly effective filters, but when I began to use it more frequently 2 months ago, I did not notice a clean email box.
When every person, be it great or small, is or has been accused of ridiculously abhorrent atrocities, then we will longer be enslaved by the "utterly un-besmirch-able" paran so important in current (US) elections.
"Humorously, Apple still has a problem here. Vista ASLR requires a little cooperation [snip] Developers have to link their code with the flag/dynamicbase. This sets a bit in their compiled code that tells Vista it can randomize the layout of memory. Apple developers do not set that all-important flag, telling [ed note: NO!] Vista NOT to randomize their layout.
Even though Apple didn't set it, you can set that flag yourself. It's just a single bit within the DLL file. If you flip that bit, then Vista will load QuickTime in a randomized fashion. As far as we can tell, QuickTime runs just fine under Vista with the ASLR bit set.
The original location of QTOControl.dll.
QuickTime has multiple executables, all of which must be changed in this manner. We set this bit on all the DLLs, then tried the latest QuickTime exploits. As we expected, setting the flag stops the exploits from working, protecting the system.
Paranoid Wendy says, this is an exploit purposely found and publiciZed by Vista/MS.
A comment found in the OP link cites Edmunds Scientific as offering a great chemistry kit: get them while you can! Alarmed by this thread, I ordered one for myself. Gee, hope I can still take my scientific mind outside the country. Hate to wind up on that pesky no-fly list along with, what's it up to, sixty thousand other risky suspects, all for ordering a *real* chemistry set.
That sounds like a great password for a Fortress of Solitude, but probably not feasible for mere mortals. I can't decide if you are brilliant or insane.
With increasing frequency, I have seen math referred to as 'maths'. At what point did its plurality come into question, come under the vote, and change to this odd beast? It's MATH. Math is plural.
Flame on, dangitman. I responded directly to YOU with a linkito Brad's in-depth explanation that most "content" is implicitly copyrighted, then went on to discuss the question at hand. Not to break your bubble, but not every word I wrote was aimed at you. Sorry to cause you angst.
Wrong. I am one of the (few) people who has made a living on my copyrighted material while the material remains free online. Yet... I support copyright.
By publishing books, I have managed to make a living from my Darwin Awards stories. The website makes no money, but increases my audience share. I keep my 700 stories available of my own volition. It is my decision to make, not yours to make on my behalf.
Too many times, I have spoken with people who feel they do not need to pay for any creative item. And the logic they use to justify their theft (of movies, etc.) is based merely on the fact that they can.
If copyright laws didn't exist, I could not maintain any control over the definition of a Darwin Award, and people would be able to corrupt it by, say, giving a Darwin Award to someone who had killed many other people while removing themselves from the gene pool. By limiting the recipients to (1) adults who (2) remove (3) themselves alone from the gene pool in a (4) monumentally stupid manner which is (5) verifiably true, I have managed to create a niche of humor that amuses many people.
If I had no such control, you would see people nominating events in which innocent bystanders were injured, or where the deceased was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time, or children who make mistakes...
Who would laugh at a Darwin Award if it involved a kid who accidentally started a fire in a school that killed hundreds of children? Only one sicko in a thousand, that's who.
Copyright is essential not only for me to make a living, but for me to create a humor genre that most people enjoy, rather than one that makes most people cringe.
The Internet has made possible the mass distribution of creative works. But it is up to the copyright holder to decide if free distribution works for their material. Just because you *can* steal a copyrighted work, doesn't mean you should.
Don't paint all copyright holders with the EVIL RIAA brush.
Thanks for a (finally) intelligent comment on an interesting topic. We have evolved instincts that DO protect us from ancient dangers -- such as children becoming picky eaters at the time they are able to toddle away from their parents.
Many of our evolved instincts are very beneficial in small communities, yet exploited to bad ends by the advertising industry. We should trust our elders, they know what is dangerous! But we should not trust an old fellow on TV touting a product. We should avoid doing things that killed a friend! But we should not necessarily avoid things that kill the occasional random schmoe out of billions but are widely reported in the news media; the one-man or instance-of fallacy.
Our brains, like our bodies, evolved to help us survive. However, cultural change is so rapid now that these honed-over-millenia instincts are no longer sufficent.
Fortunately, education can train us in behaviors that are not instinctive. Witness Schneier himself.
Cultural adaptation is an evolved characteristic, and optimistically, I think it will be sufficient. Education is the solution to surviving until our brains catch up.
"Lawyer Aloft -- 1996 Darwin Award Confirmed True by Darwin
"(1996, Toronto) Police said a lawyer demonstrating the safety of windows in a downtown Toronto skyscraper crashed through a pane of glass with his shoulder and plunged twenty-four floors to his death. A police spokesman said Garry, thirty-nine, fell into the courtyard of the Toronto Dominion Bank Tower as he was explaining the strength of the building's windows to visiting law students. Garry had previously conducted the demonstration of window strength without mishap, according to police reports. The managing partner of the law firm that employed the deceased told the Toronto Sun newspaper that Garry was 'one of the best and brightest' members of the two-hundred-man association."
Far more damaging to *my* young psyche was learning about (some of the) harrible things that happened in Nazi Germany. Talk about something I would rather not know, for years it haunted me terribly.
In comparison, this flap about porn is overblown. I understand it springs from some religions, but I am stymied why sex was considered so important to control. Too many kids, without moral prohibitions? Too many diseases?
Keep kids away from it, by all means, because (1) yuck, and (2) ick, but if they see a little here and there, that's just part of the maturing process.
suppose that 95% of those porn sites, or exactly 95 in this sample, are blocked, whereas of the other 9,900 sites, 5%, or exactly 495 of them, are not blocked. Then the percentage of non-porn sites that are blocked is only 5%, but the percentage of blocked sites that are non-porn is actually 83%
Is it just me, or are there several glaring errors in the OP?
I agree. I don't know anyone who goes there, and I live in Silicon Valley, home of early adapters and cybergeeks.
IMCO, this is just another in a series of marketing ploys by the company. Remember the flying penises? The company arranged this deal with Coldwell Banker, to get plenty-o-exposure. It also appears that they employ a large cadre of people to comb the net, creating buzz./. is a very influential place, when it comes to buzz.
I finally wrestled a stalled contract to the ground, using the record of email follow-ups that proved our agreement to each and every point. This was a high-level contract with numerous lawyers "playing dirty" or, as my frustrated lawyer finally put it, "They are not negotiating in good faith."
In this negotiation, every F2F was friendly, persuasive, and seemingly effective. Yet the only way to finish the deal, was through arm-twisting made possible by email.
Thanks for the pointer, ElectricRook. I read all about Kimberlite Pipes and now I'm excited by the prospect of "unearthing" a motherlode of diamonds on the sea floor! Perhaps these scientists have embarked, or disembarked, on that rare beast -- science with an immenent financial payoff.
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The mercury-in-vaccinations and autism link is a straw that parents of autistic children grasp. Very sad. They want to think it could have been prevented. They want to think they can save other children. Close, close friend of mine fell victim to this misinformation.
Truth is for those who have eyes to see, ears to hear.
Both of you are right. I was wrong, Gitmo is not the worst atrocity of our generation. It's the worst atrocity that I felt directly responsible for, as a voting member of the US. I feel so responsible for this injustice, yet so powerless.
"If they are POWs they need to be treated like POWs."
Yes. We gain nothing, and lose much, by holding prisoners with no regard to Geneva Convention or US prisoner rights such as Habeus Corpus.
I read part of the diff ~ 20%
Also prohibited: many forms of exercise, including any form of organized exercise, martial arts practice, etc. This would include calisthenics, basketball, and so forth. This effectively denies the prisoners any physical exercise, which is a punishment itself.
Also personal mail has been added to the contraband list.
The camp is run without any oversight whatsoever, even a reality check so simple as guards going home to talk with their kids and sleep with their spouses. They are in an altered universe where the reality is defined by... by nothing but control and dominance.
WAKE UP! Gitmo is so inhumane, it is the worst atrocity of our generation. Anything (legal) I could do to end it, I would do.
Do you (you people) realize you are speaking in the
incomprehensible jargon of acronyms? Just saying.
Mod parent dumb. Google a common carrier? heh.
I agree, given that Google is correct (since when does a company, rather than a spokesperson, speak?) I think it is highly likely that spammers are avoiding gMail.
OTOH they may be filtering out less spam not because there is less spam, but because their filters aren't working as well.
I had heard that gMail has highly effective filters, but when I began to use it more frequently 2 months ago, I did not notice a clean email box.
Disapointed, I was.
When every person, be it great or small, is or has been accused of ridiculously abhorrent atrocities, then we will longer be enslaved by the "utterly un-besmirch-able" paran so important in current (US) elections.
I read both of your referenced sources.
/dynamicbase. This sets a bit in their compiled code that tells Vista it can randomize the layout of memory. Apple developers do not set that all-important flag, telling [ed note: NO!] Vista NOT to randomize their layout.
"Humorously, Apple still has a problem here. Vista ASLR requires a little cooperation [snip] Developers have to link their code with the flag
Even though Apple didn't set it, you can set that flag yourself. It's just a single bit within the DLL file. If you flip that bit, then Vista will load QuickTime in a randomized fashion. As far as we can tell, QuickTime runs just fine under Vista with the ASLR bit set.
The original location of QTOControl.dll.
QuickTime has multiple executables, all of which must be changed in this manner. We set this bit on all the DLLs, then tried the latest QuickTime exploits. As we expected, setting the flag stops the exploits from working, protecting the system.
Paranoid Wendy says, this is an exploit purposely found and publiciZed by Vista/MS.
It's actually a bug in VISTA.
Awww how sweet, breaking your mis-mod.
I don't see why you are modded +4 Informative,
as you just posted triply redundant information. <rolleyes>
A comment found in the OP link cites Edmunds Scientific as offering a great chemistry kit: get them while you can! Alarmed by this thread, I ordered one for myself. Gee, hope I can still take my scientific mind outside the country. Hate to wind up on that pesky no-fly list along with, what's it up to, sixty thousand other risky suspects, all for ordering a *real* chemistry set.
That sounds like a great password for a Fortress of Solitude, but probably not feasible for mere mortals. I can't decide if you are brilliant or insane.
You are trollish, using your paid +1 karma modifier.
I wipe my hands of you. > smack smack
"The maths is just easier the way we have it."
With increasing frequency, I have seen math referred to as 'maths'. At what point did its plurality come into question, come under the vote, and change to this odd beast? It's MATH. Math is plural.
"Do the math" not "do the maths."
Flame on, dangitman. I responded directly to YOU with a linkito Brad's in-depth explanation that most "content" is implicitly copyrighted, then went on to discuss the question at hand. Not to break your bubble, but not every word I wrote was aimed at you. Sorry to cause you angst.
Wrong. I am one of the (few) people who has made a living on my copyrighted material while the material remains free online. Yet... I support copyright.
By publishing books, I have managed to make a living from my Darwin Awards stories. The website makes no money, but increases my audience share. I keep my 700 stories available of my own volition. It is my decision to make, not yours to make on my behalf.
Too many times, I have spoken with people who feel they do not need to pay for any creative item. And the logic they use to justify their theft (of movies, etc.) is based merely on the fact that they can.
If copyright laws didn't exist, I could not maintain any control over the definition of a Darwin Award, and people would be able to corrupt it by, say, giving a Darwin Award to someone who had killed many other people while removing themselves from the gene pool. By limiting the recipients to (1) adults who (2) remove (3) themselves alone from the gene pool in a (4) monumentally stupid manner which is (5) verifiably true, I have managed to create a niche of humor that amuses many people.
If I had no such control, you would see people nominating events in which innocent bystanders were injured, or where the deceased was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time, or children who make mistakes...
Who would laugh at a Darwin Award if it involved a kid who accidentally started a fire in a school that killed hundreds of children? Only one sicko in a thousand, that's who.
Copyright is essential not only for me to make a living, but for me to create a humor genre that most people enjoy, rather than one that makes most people cringe.
The Internet has made possible the mass distribution of creative works. But it is up to the copyright holder to decide if free distribution works for their material. Just because you *can* steal a copyrighted work, doesn't mean you should.
Don't paint all copyright holders with the EVIL RIAA brush.
This is a hot button.
Thanks for a (finally) intelligent comment on an interesting topic. We have evolved instincts that DO protect us from ancient dangers -- such as children becoming picky eaters at the time they are able to toddle away from their parents.
Many of our evolved instincts are very beneficial in small communities, yet exploited to bad ends by the advertising industry. We should trust our elders, they know what is dangerous! But we should not trust an old fellow on TV touting a product. We should avoid doing things that killed a friend! But we should not necessarily avoid things that kill the occasional random schmoe out of billions but are widely reported in the news media; the one-man or instance-of fallacy.
Our brains, like our bodies, evolved to help us survive. However, cultural change is so rapid now that these honed-over-millenia instincts are no longer sufficent.
Fortunately, education can train us in behaviors that are not instinctive. Witness Schneier himself.
Cultural adaptation is an evolved characteristic, and optimistically, I think it will be sufficient. Education is the solution to surviving until our brains catch up.
Wendy
The two other replies miss nice-times' point.
"Upgrade" would not merely make things work better,
it would also likely give bigger voices to (ick) commercial interests.
The words of this song are illegible.
Don't bother to download.
Wendy
No need to push, they push themselves:
"Lawyer Aloft -- 1996 Darwin Award
Confirmed True by Darwin
"(1996, Toronto) Police said a lawyer demonstrating the safety of windows in a downtown Toronto skyscraper crashed through a pane of glass with his shoulder and plunged twenty-four floors to his death. A police spokesman said Garry, thirty-nine, fell into the courtyard of the Toronto Dominion Bank Tower as he was explaining the strength of the building's windows to visiting law students. Garry had previously conducted the demonstration of window strength without mishap, according to police reports. The managing partner of the law firm that employed the deceased told the Toronto Sun newspaper that Garry was 'one of the best and brightest' members of the two-hundred-man association."
Reference: http://darwinawards.com/darwin/darwin1996-01.html
Far more damaging to *my* young psyche was learning about (some of the) harrible things that happened in Nazi Germany. Talk about something I would rather not know, for years it haunted me terribly.
In comparison, this flap about porn is overblown. I understand it springs from some religions, but I am stymied why sex was considered so important to control. Too many kids, without moral prohibitions? Too many diseases?
Keep kids away from it, by all means, because (1) yuck, and (2) ick, but if they see a little here and there, that's just part of the maturing process.
suppose that 95% of those porn sites, or exactly 95 in this sample, are blocked, whereas of the other 9,900 sites, 5%, or exactly 495 of them, are not blocked. Then the percentage of non-porn sites that are blocked is only 5%, but the percentage of blocked sites that are non-porn is actually 83%
Is it just me, or are there several glaring errors in the OP?
I agree. I don't know anyone who goes there, and I live in Silicon Valley, home of early adapters and cybergeeks.
/. is a very influential place, when it comes to buzz.
IMCO, this is just another in a series of marketing ploys by the company. Remember the flying penises? The company arranged this deal with Coldwell Banker, to get plenty-o-exposure. It also appears that they employ a large cadre of people to comb the net, creating buzz.
I finally wrestled a stalled contract to the ground, using the record of email follow-ups that proved our agreement to each and every point. This was a high-level contract with numerous lawyers "playing dirty" or, as my frustrated lawyer finally put it, "They are not negotiating in good faith."
In this negotiation, every F2F was friendly, persuasive, and seemingly effective. Yet the only way to finish the deal, was through arm-twisting made possible by email.
The stress took a few years off my life!
Mod parent +1 (or at least 1 :P)Insightful.
Let the moderators do their jobs; they don't need your 2c.
(Apologies to Neal Stephenson)
Thanks for the pointer, ElectricRook. I read all about Kimberlite Pipes and now I'm excited by the prospect of "unearthing" a motherlode of diamonds on the sea floor! Perhaps these scientists have embarked, or disembarked, on that rare beast -- science with an immenent financial payoff.
The Diamond Rush of 2010...