Here's something that pissed me off beyond words last time I flew. I stood in line. My photo id and boarding pass were verified. Both my laptops were pulled out of their bags and scanned. My shoes were scanned. I got in the x-ray machine and got to the "secure area".
What's staring me in the face? A fucking TGI Fridays.
Don't worry, I'm sure that, like all franchised eateries, the staff are well-paid, happy, and patriotic, and the turnaround is so low that there is NO WAY that some evil person could get a job there or that the employees would NEVER let a shady character obtain something dangerous.
Are you kidding? Terrorists are willing and able to strap explosives to various parts of their bodies in order to blow themselves (and others) up for the greater glory of their God. But to work at TGI Friday's for minimum wage? They ain't that crazy.
I basically agree with you, but I'd go one step farther.
It's highly questionable whether the machines are even capable of identifying "suspicious areas of the image." But suppose for a moment that they are.
Suppose we live in a world of fluffy pink unicorns and candy canes. The fact that we're even posing such a hypothetical scenario is part of the problem; we shouldn't even give them the benefit of the doubt. These pieces of garbage should never have been ordered at taxpayer expense until there was consistent, demonstrable proof of their effectiveness.
a DDoS is like getting a big crowd of people to stand in front of the doors of a store to make it really hard for anyone else to get in.
It's utterly non-violent in the sense that it's does no physical harm to any human and it damages no property.
Even slightly better, it's like getting a big crowd of people to continuously walk in and out of the front doors of the store. Some actual shoppers (i.e., packets) might slip through, but it's not likely.
in practice gay Uncle Tony will be helpful (as long as you don't ostracize him, of course) - he'll provide babysitting, he'll share food, he'll help throw parties, he'll hunt mammoths, etcetera -
Mammoths? I thought the accepted term these days was "beefcake"?
Probably it's a typo, and they meant to write "name" with reference to Calligula, but what the hell is a "neme". Is that some new-fangled internet term for a name-meme? And what the hell is that supposed to mean?
Yes, I googled it, and got no satisfaction. YMMV.
It's a new, made-up word that's popularized through internet dissemination. There's in fact a word for that: memologism.
The notion that consumers have no voice is absurd. Just look at MADD, or Brady Campaign. Angry citizens formed groups and changed laws despite large corporate entities (alcohol and firearms) and other interest groups (NRA).
Seriously? You quote two organizations which are KNOWN for hysterically bleating "THINK OF THE CHILDRENNN!N!!!!!!" and massaging statistics so well (to fit their preconceptions) that it'd make a Bangkok whore blush in envy.
No, sir, it wouldn't work simply because we (generally) have fact and reason on our side.
Back then corporations weren't given the same rights as human beings as they have now with none of the corresponding responsibilities. It's win/win for those who control the corps, it's lose/lose for everyone else.
If you had asked "well, do feminists actually not respect the rights of men" any feminist would tell you that that is not the case—actually, more likely they would ignore you because it's a pretty stupid question, tell you to read something before wading into a subject matter that you clearly have very little understanding of, or if you were really really lucky and they had nothing better to do they would explain the nuance between men's rights and men's privileges.
Oh? So now a woman feminist can explain the nuance between men's rights and men's privileges better than say... another man? And only if the feminist condescendingly had some spare time? That's more than a little hypocritical.
Ya know, kids invent useful things all the time. People in general often invent useful things all the time. Just that almost no one has a patent attorney for a dad that's willing to force a patent through on the inventor's behalf. Ladies and gentlemen, we are not looking at the next Mozart or Da Vinci -- we are looking at the next Bill Gates whose real success wasn't a brilliance with computers, but having a shifty lawyer for a dad to teach his kid how to manipulate and leverage the laws in his favor, regardless of the merits of the actual invention.
Problem is, the band wants all 100 seats in the venue to be filled...This is part of why they don't "just raise prices".
Then sell all the tickets auction-style to allow the market to find the equilibrium price while eliminating the possibility for scalpers to make a profit.
I understand that civil court does not have the same strict rules about how clear cut the case must be, but...
I hate to be an ass, but I don't think you do. Civil court is all about perponderance of evidence, not reasonable doubt. If I claim you infringed my copyright because I saw my copyrighted work being uploaded from your router's IP address, you saying, "But it could have been anyone!" doesn't cut it. If I provide evidence (no matter how superficial or circumstantial it might be) that tends to point to your guilt, and you provide nothing, then I win.
Again, I agree with what you're saying, though I would like to just point out that the judge is free to disregard any evidence you put forth. There are still *some* standards after all of what is considered evidence and what is not, even in civil matters, so it's not quite "no matter how superficial or circumstantial it might be."
Well, sure, it is more likely that the defendant has committed a copyright violation.
No, the point of the trial is to discover if it is more likely that the defendant has committed a copyright violation in this case and in this case only. It is completely irrelevant whether or not the defendant downloads a gig of torrents a day and has done so for the past year. In the instant case brought before the judge, the plaintiffs have to have the preponderance of the evidence that that one specific act occurred.
I agree with your statement otherwise, I just wanted to clarify this point.
DHS has been given authority to ensure critical networks are up to federal security standards. Apart from the discussion of if this will be useful, this does not, in any way, put them "In Charge" of the networks.
And what happens when a company controlling a network fails those federal security standards? "The power to destroy a thing, controls a thing."
A million dollar fine perhaps? Who will then pay for the fine? The company itself, right? What if the company cannot pay because the fines are too high? The company can't fail, it's a part of our nation's critical network infrastructure. So what then?
Windows is not a Russian OS either... I'm not aware of any OS which has been developed from scratch in Russia.
Linux at least comes with source code allowing the Russians to customise it however they wish. Windows doesn't provide that flexibility.
That's the thing: the Russkies don't need Microsoft to provide any flexibility. I mean, this is the Russians we're talking about -- they had some of the most successful high level spies in the world who stole top secret documents about the atom bomb from us. Do you really think that Microsoft could provide any kind of resistance to the Russians essentially waltzing in and stealing the source to Windows?
Nah. The Russian spies easily smuggled out the Windows source code and about ten minutes after their hackers started reverse-engineering it, one said to the other, "So, Dimitri... how's that torrent of Debian coming along?"
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Here's something that pissed me off beyond words last time I flew.
I stood in line. My photo id and boarding pass were verified. Both my laptops were pulled out of their bags and scanned. My shoes were scanned. I got in the x-ray machine and got to the "secure area".
What's staring me in the face? A fucking TGI Fridays.
Don't worry, I'm sure that, like all franchised eateries, the staff are well-paid, happy, and patriotic, and the turnaround is so low that there is NO WAY that some evil person could get a job there or that the employees would NEVER let a shady character obtain something dangerous.
Are you kidding? Terrorists are willing and able to strap explosives to various parts of their bodies in order to blow themselves (and others) up for the greater glory of their God. But to work at TGI Friday's for minimum wage? They ain't that crazy.
It's the new Zen koan of the age!
It's no longer, "In clapping both hands, a sound is heard. What is the sound of one hand?"
Rather, "In using Windows Media player, a sound is heard. What is the sound of an app crashing?"
The correct response is (when one has reached enlightenment, of course) to face the questioner, bow, and simply boot up Debian.
I basically agree with you, but I'd go one step farther.
Suppose we live in a world of fluffy pink unicorns and candy canes. The fact that we're even posing such a hypothetical scenario is part of the problem; we shouldn't even give them the benefit of the doubt. These pieces of garbage should never have been ordered at taxpayer expense until there was consistent, demonstrable proof of their effectiveness.
Maybe pushed by the same guys behind the whole dowsing rod bomb detectors?
a DDoS is like getting a big crowd of people to stand in front of the doors of a store to make it really hard for anyone else to get in.
It's utterly non-violent in the sense that it's does no physical harm to any human and it damages no property.
Even slightly better, it's like getting a big crowd of people to continuously walk in and out of the front doors of the store. Some actual shoppers (i.e., packets) might slip through, but it's not likely.
in practice gay Uncle Tony will be helpful (as long as you don't ostracize him, of course) - he'll provide babysitting, he'll share food, he'll help throw parties, he'll hunt mammoths, etcetera -
Mammoths? I thought the accepted term these days was "beefcake"?
Then I'll take no home internet at all, and take my laptop down to a Starbucks or a Barnes & Noble and buy a coffee when I need to jack in.
And where will you go when you need to jack off?
Probably it's a typo, and they meant to write "name" with reference to Calligula, but what the hell is a "neme". Is that some new-fangled internet term for a name-meme? And what the hell is that supposed to mean?
Yes, I googled it, and got no satisfaction. YMMV.
It's a new, made-up word that's popularized through internet dissemination. There's in fact a word for that: memologism.
Even worse, I fear that they might shut down my Viagra torrent site!
Just remember that even during hard times, do keep a stiff upper lip, come what may.
The notion that consumers have no voice is absurd. Just look at MADD, or Brady Campaign. Angry citizens formed groups and changed laws despite large corporate entities (alcohol and firearms) and other interest groups (NRA).
Seriously? You quote two organizations which are KNOWN for hysterically bleating "THINK OF THE CHILDRENNN!N!!!!!!" and massaging statistics so well (to fit their preconceptions) that it'd make a Bangkok whore blush in envy.
No, sir, it wouldn't work simply because we (generally) have fact and reason on our side.
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wifi?
I am male and have a university degree. I fear death more than anyone I've never met.
Lemme guess -- football scholarship?
Back then corporations weren't given the same rights as human beings as they have now with none of the corresponding responsibilities. It's win/win for those who control the corps, it's lose/lose for everyone else.
I do two chicks at once for the conversation. If there ends up being any, I don't have to get involved!
Exactly.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Begging_the_question
If you had asked "well, do feminists actually not respect the rights of men" any feminist would tell you that that is not the case—actually, more likely they would ignore you because it's a pretty stupid question, tell you to read something before wading into a subject matter that you clearly have very little understanding of, or if you were really really lucky and they had nothing better to do they would explain the nuance between men's rights and men's privileges.
Oh? So now a woman feminist can explain the nuance between men's rights and men's privileges better than say... another man? And only if the feminist condescendingly had some spare time? That's more than a little hypocritical.
Ya know, kids invent useful things all the time. People in general often invent useful things all the time. Just that almost no one has a patent attorney for a dad that's willing to force a patent through on the inventor's behalf. Ladies and gentlemen, we are not looking at the next Mozart or Da Vinci -- we are looking at the next Bill Gates whose real success wasn't a brilliance with computers, but having a shifty lawyer for a dad to teach his kid how to manipulate and leverage the laws in his favor, regardless of the merits of the actual invention.
Then sell all the tickets auction-style to allow the market to find the equilibrium price while eliminating the possibility for scalpers to make a profit.
Are you talking about a second price auction?
IANAL and this is not legal advice
I hate to be an ass, but I don't think you do. Civil court is all about perponderance of evidence, not reasonable doubt. If I claim you infringed my copyright because I saw my copyrighted work being uploaded from your router's IP address, you saying, "But it could have been anyone!" doesn't cut it. If I provide evidence (no matter how superficial or circumstantial it might be) that tends to point to your guilt, and you provide nothing, then I win.
Again, I agree with what you're saying, though I would like to just point out that the judge is free to disregard any evidence you put forth. There are still *some* standards after all of what is considered evidence and what is not, even in civil matters, so it's not quite "no matter how superficial or circumstantial it might be."
Well, sure, it is more likely that the defendant has committed a copyright violation.
No, the point of the trial is to discover if it is more likely that the defendant has committed a copyright violation in this case and in this case only. It is completely irrelevant whether or not the defendant downloads a gig of torrents a day and has done so for the past year. In the instant case brought before the judge, the plaintiffs have to have the preponderance of the evidence that that one specific act occurred.
I agree with your statement otherwise, I just wanted to clarify this point.
The brain arguably is man-made.
I think you'll find there's usually a woman involved in the process too. :)
This is slashdot. I'm sure he forgot to factor women into the equation.
DHS has been given authority to ensure critical networks are up to federal security standards. Apart from the discussion of if this will be useful, this does not, in any way, put them "In Charge" of the networks.
And what happens when a company controlling a network fails those federal security standards? "The power to destroy a thing, controls a thing."
A million dollar fine perhaps? Who will then pay for the fine? The company itself, right? What if the company cannot pay because the fines are too high? The company can't fail, it's a part of our nation's critical network infrastructure. So what then?
I hope they don't require a genital pat down to use the Internet.
You're not married, are you?
Windows is not a Russian OS either... I'm not aware of any OS which has been developed from scratch in Russia.
Linux at least comes with source code allowing the Russians to customise it however they wish. Windows doesn't provide that flexibility.
That's the thing: the Russkies don't need Microsoft to provide any flexibility. I mean, this is the Russians we're talking about -- they had some of the most successful high level spies in the world who stole top secret documents about the atom bomb from us. Do you really think that Microsoft could provide any kind of resistance to the Russians essentially waltzing in and stealing the source to Windows?
Nah. The Russian spies easily smuggled out the Windows source code and about ten minutes after their hackers started reverse-engineering it, one said to the other, "So, Dimitri... how's that torrent of Debian coming along?"
I have to second this. My girlfriend is trilingual and is a professional translator.
Ah. A cunning linguist, eh?
An off-the-cuff comment, nothing more.
In Soviet Russia, cuffs off you!
This is just evidence that he doesnt know what he is talking about. Nerds certainly dont fuck up kilobytes vs megabytes.. not even casually.
And he's done it more than once -- just check his posting history.
Yeah and I bet he doesn't even love the Commedore 64 either! Fuckin poser!