we actually had to fight a war against communists in Vietnam, there wasn't anybody in the government who knew a damn thing about our enemies.
What did McCarthy have to do with Generals understanding jungle warfare? WTF?
I did not connect al-Qaeda to the Sniper or DDOS. I was pointing out that the possibility has to be examined. Going on about Genocide (when there isn't any) is irrational.
"...Muslims killing innocent civilions" is guilty of gross generalization
It's a fact. All of the people killed on 9/11 were killed by Muslims. I know we're not at war with all of Islam. However, Muslim have committed 100% of the terrorist acts against U.S. citizens since Oklahoma City.
I don't think the U.S. is 'running scared, either. For the most part, people are being very calm and rational about what has been going on, considering how nasty most of the attacks have been.
And re-read the post. I did not say that I thought the Sniper was Muslim or connected to Al-Qaeda, merely that between 9/11 and the Sniper attacks, people are going to be very wary and the war against radical Islam (is that okay with you?) is foremost in most people's minds.
So while we don't know who did the DDOS, for someone to suggest that it MIGHT be al-Qaeda is not irrational. Bending over backwards to say that it can't be or that we shouldn't suspect them? That's irrational.
Genocide? McCarthyism? No race is being systematically killed that I can see. McCarthy, though a power mad drunk and witless individual did point out the broadening influence of Communism and help to root out some very corrupt individuals. Wouldn't call him a hero. But his name has taken on a connotation that moves away from reality. Al Qaeda is not a random group. If people, especially Americans are paranoid right now, it might have something to do with Muslims killing innocent civilians for their religious salvation. Couple that with a sniper on the loose around the Nation's capital, and yeah, a DDOS attack on the backbone of the worldwide information structure the U.S. built, I'm thinking Terrorism is a fairly good guess. Why? Are you from France?
If we got around to having to produce a writing sample for yearly licenses, then the thinking could be rescanned (to allow for thought changes with age). Viewpoints which are initially registered are considered legit. Viewpoints which fail to get recertified are considered to be in the minds of criminals. Trace back to the original owner. How many viewpoints are they going to "misuse" before somebody figures out they are a revolutionary. As always, keep the cost of doing business very high for the citizens. e.g. everyone who writes opinions can misuse at most 2 before an investigation is initiated.
Yup. Sounds good. Report to Miniluv. Just making sure to preserve your right free speech. O'Brien is waiting for you.
If you embedded an RF tag into each registered gun, and then imaged a fired casing, connecting both in a database with the gun buyer (not necessarily owner),I think we could get past the gun-rights issue.
Of course you'd step right into a right to privacy issue...(see Amendment, 5th)
I don't know. My daughter is 4 months old, too. She does swat and can grab things (she grabbed the 'teething keys' in the Neglect-O-Matic the other day - I was astounded.) But it's not like she does anything with it other than stick it in her mouth and even that's a recent development. Nothing like: "other researchers had found evidence that infants between 2 and 5 months of age are developing strategies for exploring objects, like switching between visual and oral exploration" I mean, you might think you're seeing it, but, really, how much of that is the kid just doing something and how much of it is the psychologist ascribing it to them?
I think the two things that stick out are:
1. This applies not just to desktop but to ALL servers as well. and...
2. In order to use non-MicroSoft stuff, you need a waiver (which, based on the way government works, I'm sure is easy to get.)
Sorry to state the obvious, but this seems rather closed-minded on the DOI's part. Especially when you consider MicroSoft's track record for security.
Did you even read any of the above? Or did you just go into 'Troll' mode?
Another vote for dreamhost. The guys have been awesome.
Don't get in the way of their $$$
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Some sites (typically newspapers) charge for historical research/reproduction of articles. So it's free and searchable for a month or two, but then you have to pay for the results of the search. For info on the NY Times archiving you can click here and for the Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News you can look here. If you start interfering with their cash flow, you might be hearing from them. Funny enough, this stuff is still free in a library.
But doesn't being a citizen mean you agree and accept the norms of that society. Taking your analogy, as an American (though the Canadians are technically American, too), accepting you wouldn't do what you outlined. Now, if you really wanted to, you could always renounce your citizenship. I'm not big on laws that do not have any victims other than the doer (like the WOD -- a pure boondoggle). However, most Americans would say that kiddie porn and sex with 15 year olds is just not right due to the victimhood. But as an American, you're accepting a morality. You carry it with you. It's right there in your Passport. Now, this also doesn't account for the fact that society can change what's acceptable at any given time and without any resort to logic. Citizenship denotes an acceptance of moral norms, although lately, this really hasn't been a popular idea. And if I ever find myself in the great white north and in the company of a nekkid 15-year-old, I really don't know what I'd do.
Forcing our view of morality on the rest of the world is something the US has been doing far too much lately.
Like where? I wasn't aware of any U.S. policy mandating morality in another country. Or, for that matter, any country allowing themselves to be dictated to.
I understand the varying ages of consent. 'Adulthood' can be a loaded definition. Just because society considers an individual to be 'of age' doesn't mean they're biologically or psychologically an 'adult'. And I don't have to agree or disagree with their societal interpretation, since I can always ignore it (not the subject of this law.) And I think this law is foolish to some extent (new websites can be up in minutes -- who could keep tabs.)
But I'm interested in this forced morality. I keep hearing people say it like it's a fact, but I have never ever heard of an actual instance of mandated moral acceptance, either being proferred by the U.S. or accepted by another country.
What if they're an American living/visiting abroad? Or they have an overseas server? The tricky part is we're essentially asking the rest of the world to accept our notion of Freedom of Speech which is really Freedom of Political Speech. This doesn't fly too well with most other countries. But you're right, the sites should be shut down, wherever they are. I don't think Kiddie Porn is protected anywhere.
Dude, you shouldn't do drugs with your daughter...
Oh, wait.
Actually, baking is great. Try to bake a cake using only one-thirds and one-quarter measuring cups. Learn more in 5 minutes than their teachers will ever teach them.
Teachers are half the problem (or two-thirds, can't recall right now.) Case in point, I had a Calculus prof who was brilliant. Had been teacing for 50 years and could teach Calc in his sleep.
In college, it was like the profs were trying to confuse the students. There was no flow, logic or appreciation of the concepts.
What about spatial toys like Legos, Erector Sets and Lincoln Logs? It would seem to complement math learning.
Just make sure you don't push it too hard. Your duaghter is hitting an age where she's more inclined to do what you DON'T want, than in making Daddy happy. It's called puberty.
Good luck.
AOL has announced plans to introduce a for-fee service for corporations, but has yet to set a launch date. However, the company has talked about introducing such a service since early 2001.
That's smart. Far better a company keep paying AOL thousands a month than set up a Jabber server for, uh, nothing.
Good marketing model, fellows.
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Go to Dreamhost. They're awesome. All Debian and really great support.
With the growth of individual workstations and personal computers, developers concluded (incorrectly) that security was not as important on minicomputers or single-user computers. As the Internet grew, it became clear that even single-user computers needed security, but those ill-founded
decisions continue to haunt us today.
Big shock. AC does not read article. Weakly attempts a troll.
Slashdot Mirror
we actually had to fight a war against communists in Vietnam, there wasn't anybody in the government who knew a damn thing about our enemies.
What did McCarthy have to do with Generals understanding jungle warfare? WTF?
I did not connect al-Qaeda to the Sniper or DDOS. I was pointing out that the possibility has to be examined. Going on about Genocide (when there isn't any) is irrational.
"...Muslims killing innocent civilions" is guilty of gross generalization
It's a fact. All of the people killed on 9/11 were killed by Muslims. I know we're not at war with all of Islam. However, Muslim have committed 100% of the terrorist acts against U.S. citizens since Oklahoma City.
I don't think the U.S. is 'running scared, either. For the most part, people are being very calm and rational about what has been going on, considering how nasty most of the attacks have been.
And re-read the post. I did not say that I thought the Sniper was Muslim or connected to Al-Qaeda, merely that between 9/11 and the Sniper attacks, people are going to be very wary and the war against radical Islam (is that okay with you?) is foremost in most people's minds.
So while we don't know who did the DDOS, for someone to suggest that it MIGHT be al-Qaeda is not irrational. Bending over backwards to say that it can't be or that we shouldn't suspect them? That's irrational.
Genocide?
McCarthyism?
No race is being systematically killed that I can see.
McCarthy, though a power mad drunk and witless individual did point out the broadening influence of Communism and help to root out some very corrupt individuals. Wouldn't call him a hero. But his name has taken on a connotation that moves away from reality.
Al Qaeda is not a random group. If people, especially Americans are paranoid right now, it might have something to do with Muslims killing innocent civilians for their religious salvation.
Couple that with a sniper on the loose around the Nation's capital, and yeah, a DDOS attack on the backbone of the worldwide information structure the U.S. built, I'm thinking Terrorism is a fairly good guess.
Why? Are you from France?
Librarians are technically incompetent.
/.'ed.
Yeah, but his site didn't get
That's gotta be good for something.
Let's try it with the First Amendment:
If we got around to having to produce a writing sample for yearly licenses, then the thinking could be rescanned (to allow for thought changes with age). Viewpoints which are initially registered are considered legit. Viewpoints which fail to get recertified are considered to be in the minds of criminals. Trace back to the original owner. How many viewpoints are they going to "misuse" before somebody figures out they are a revolutionary. As always, keep the cost of doing business very high for the citizens. e.g. everyone who writes opinions can misuse at most 2 before an investigation is initiated.
Yup. Sounds good. Report to Miniluv.
Just making sure to preserve your right free speech. O'Brien is waiting for you.
If you embedded an RF tag into each registered gun, and then imaged a fired casing, connecting both in a database with the gun buyer (not necessarily owner),I think we could get past the gun-rights issue.
Of course you'd step right into a right to privacy issue...(see Amendment, 5th)
I thought it said 'Huge Plutonium BREAST FEEDER Reactor'
*bows*
we didn't even have comments for the first week or so!
Is this the 'Golden Age of Slashdot' that I hear so much about?
2)How would we tansmit (speeds, reliability, etc) from Mars to Earth?
C'mon. We'd use Subspace communicators. Anyone that's watched Star Trek knows that.
I don't know. My daughter is 4 months old, too. She does swat and can grab things (she grabbed the 'teething keys' in the Neglect-O-Matic the other day - I was astounded.) But it's not like she does anything with it other than stick it in her mouth and even that's a recent development.
Nothing like: "other researchers had found evidence that infants between 2 and 5 months of age are developing strategies for exploring objects, like switching between visual and oral exploration"
I mean, you might think you're seeing it, but, really, how much of that is the kid just doing something and how much of it is the psychologist ascribing it to them?
Here how Linus pronounces Linux: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Peaks/3609/ linux.au
I think the two things that stick out are:
1. This applies not just to desktop but to ALL servers as well. and...
2. In order to use non-MicroSoft stuff, you need a waiver (which, based on the way government works, I'm sure is easy to get.)
Sorry to state the obvious, but this seems rather closed-minded on the DOI's part. Especially when you consider MicroSoft's track record for security.
Did you even read any of the above? Or did you just go into 'Troll' mode?
Judas box
I've been wondering what to call it...
Another vote for dreamhost. The guys have been awesome.
Some sites (typically newspapers) charge for historical research/reproduction of articles. So it's free and searchable for a month or two, but then you have to pay for the results of the search. For info on the NY Times archiving you can click here and for the Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News you can look here.
If you start interfering with their cash flow, you might be hearing from them.
Funny enough, this stuff is still free in a library.
But doesn't being a citizen mean you agree and accept the norms of that society.
Taking your analogy, as an American (though the Canadians are technically American, too), accepting you wouldn't do what you outlined.
Now, if you really wanted to, you could always renounce your citizenship.
I'm not big on laws that do not have any victims other than the doer (like the WOD -- a pure boondoggle).
However, most Americans would say that kiddie porn and sex with 15 year olds is just not right due to the victimhood.
But as an American, you're accepting a morality. You carry it with you. It's right there in your Passport.
Now, this also doesn't account for the fact that society can change what's acceptable at any given time and without any resort to logic.
Citizenship denotes an acceptance of moral norms, although lately, this really hasn't been a popular idea.
And if I ever find myself in the great white north and in the company of a nekkid 15-year-old, I really don't know what I'd do.
Forcing our view of morality on the rest of the world is something the US has been doing far too much lately.
Like where? I wasn't aware of any U.S. policy mandating morality in another country. Or, for that matter, any country allowing themselves to be dictated to.
I understand the varying ages of consent. 'Adulthood' can be a loaded definition. Just because society considers an individual to be 'of age' doesn't mean they're biologically or psychologically an 'adult'. And I don't have to agree or disagree with their societal interpretation, since I can always ignore it (not the subject of this law.) And I think this law is foolish to some extent (new websites can be up in minutes -- who could keep tabs.)
But I'm interested in this forced morality. I keep hearing people say it like it's a fact, but I have never ever heard of an actual instance of mandated moral acceptance, either being proferred by the U.S. or accepted by another country.
What if they're an American living/visiting abroad? Or they have an overseas server?
The tricky part is we're essentially asking the rest of the world to accept our notion of Freedom of Speech which is really Freedom of Political Speech.
This doesn't fly too well with most other countries.
But you're right, the sites should be shut down, wherever they are. I don't think Kiddie Porn is protected anywhere.
Baking together as a way to sneak in fractions?
Dude, you shouldn't do drugs with your daughter...
Oh, wait.
Actually, baking is great. Try to bake a cake using only one-thirds and one-quarter measuring cups. Learn more in 5 minutes than their teachers will ever teach them.
Teachers are half the problem (or two-thirds, can't recall right now.) Case in point, I had a Calculus prof who was brilliant. Had been teacing for 50 years and could teach Calc in his sleep. In college, it was like the profs were trying to confuse the students. There was no flow, logic or appreciation of the concepts.
What about spatial toys like Legos, Erector Sets and Lincoln Logs? It would seem to complement math learning.
Just make sure you don't push it too hard. Your duaghter is hitting an age where she's more inclined to do what you DON'T want, than in making Daddy happy. It's called puberty.
Good luck.
You forgot the one post that would tell you to lighten up.
Which would be this one.
AOL has announced plans to introduce a for-fee service for corporations, but has yet to set a launch date. However, the company has talked about introducing such a service since early 2001.
That's smart. Far better a company keep paying AOL thousands a month than set up a Jabber server for, uh, nothing.
Good marketing model, fellows.
Go to Dreamhost. They're awesome. All Debian and really great support.
-J
Plan 9 from Bell Labs.
Have fun.
With the growth of individual workstations and personal computers, developers concluded (incorrectly) that security was not as important on minicomputers or single-user computers. As the Internet grew, it became clear that even single-user computers needed security, but those ill-founded decisions continue to haunt us today.
Big shock. AC does not read article. Weakly attempts a troll.