True. And they will, because it actually simplifies things, like removing obligatory reporting to state-level data protection authority. And in most states personal data protection is already strong, so business won't have change much.
The change will be dramatic to overseas companies. That is a reason for, not against.
The short answer is: I don't know, I live in Europe.
The long one is: don't ever think that changing the system is cure for all the evil on earth. Some people in Europe made that mistake several times. The one and only thing to improve is people. The best system will always fail when filled with bad people.
That said, maybe two-house parliament is complicated enough to understand for some of the MPs, spare ordinary citizens. The legislative process will have too many loopholes vulnerable to all kinds of shadowy lobbing etc. Think "bloat". There is some reason (other than historical connected with Westminster) that most democratic systems consist of two houses, more or less democratically elected, and some kind of one-person fuse (like president or king) with comparatively few powers but enough to block or severely delay some bad legislature. (In US it's different because the president is also head of the cabinet). Elections to parliament are by design desynchronized with presidential elections (4 and 5 years, respectively) just to avoid situations like "one party takes all" by the fluctuation of social feelings (and thus eliminate the blocking capability, because president will certainly agree with ideas of his own party). Maybe you could do something like that. Get some democratically elected body (few members at most) that will be devoted to protecting citizens rights, with legislative-blocking capabilities. There are some ancient patterns.
Random government won't have democratic legitimation, even if it will be chosen with uniform distribution among entire population (possibly with some age restrictions like 18-75 or so). That situation will backfire when it does something unpopular (and that seems to be the frequent case), so you will get some bonus social unrest (that is, more than normal). That unrest will probably be well enough to overthrow such power, so that is not really an option.
in Europe for example, where fundamentalism is almost non-existent.
Actually, no. France != Europe. But in Europe you can find christian fundamentalists inside the most numbering church in a particular state, probably Roman Catholic in Spain, Poland, Italy, Orthodox in Greece, Ukraine and Russia and so on. You just cannot generalise and say "Church/denomination/community X is fundamentalist", because there are great differences inside the Church.
Depending on state, its history and general financial wellbeing they represent different political options, from extreme left to extreme right. And center-left is rarely "fundamentalist", they typically represent the open wing of that community.
Diaspora does not solve the problem, because you either rely on outside hosting (in this case you're prone to excessive notice/takedown and screwed anyway) or serve that from own machine, in which case you are even more vulnerable to angry DDoS mob (vide: anon).
Of course you're right, but 1) who said there's only one who's got to check all projects 2) you can arrange for sequential checking with 15-20min per project team (in case you'd allow doing project in pairs) 3) it's not hard to do that in parallel (one team is coding while you choose which subroutine to wipe in another project).
All of above is fairly standard procedure on my university in Poland. (I am a student of Warsaw University of Technology). Lecturers are required to announce if there will be formal exam, project ar whatever he/she choses as a way to measure our knowledge at the end of course. Moreover, we know if there is exam or something else when we choose courses for next semester, long before actual lectures begin. Nobody sees anything wrong with that.
[...] but that is all done outside the browser using the standard corporate deployment procedures. Allowing anyone to dump cruft in a particular folder [...]
"corporate deployment procedures outside the browser" AFAIK _do_ involve dropping something somewhere and (optionally) messing with some sort of config, in this case the registry
1. In Poland (generally in former soviet block) there are many schools (especially those built in 1950's) that have shelters in basement. These are probably good places to consider. If your school don't have nuclear-proof shelter, but you know such place nearby, it probably wold be good idea to hide your stuff there.
2. http://www.keo.org/uk/pages/default.html
Even if you don't have comparable amount of money, there are plenty of ideas to borrow from such projects. For example all of your students could write one-page message that would be enclosed with your computer.
3. Including written materials and instructions is possible, ie. you do not have to rely on picture-based instructons, contrary to many projects (like Pioneer probes). The actual proof: it is easy to read text written 50 years ago or more.
4. On the other side 50 years should be enough to attract attention other than future students of your school. In 50 years there could be some sort of computer archeologist or other, who might be interested in such equipment. Think about: what I would like to have attached to computer that is 50 years old.
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What would happen when Motorola went to German court and obtained similar order on Microsoft, not to enforce order from TFA?
I only keep a Windows box around so I can play commercial games. For me, it's just a glorified game console.
Use the best: Linux for servers, Mac for graphics, Windows for Solitaire. (anon)
If you have illegally downloaded music you will have damaged the future of the music industry.
Sounds like a good reason to download music :>
True. And they will, because it actually simplifies things, like removing obligatory reporting to state-level data protection authority. And in most states personal data protection is already strong, so business won't have change much.
The change will be dramatic to overseas companies. That is a reason for, not against.
You vote with your feet. Basically, move to Europe. Simple.
Learn-in? Don't let the user pass unless he gives correct answers!
The short answer is: I don't know, I live in Europe.
The long one is: don't ever think that changing the system is cure for all the evil on earth. Some people in Europe made that mistake several times. The one and only thing to improve is people. The best system will always fail when filled with bad people.
That said, maybe two-house parliament is complicated enough to understand for some of the MPs, spare ordinary citizens. The legislative process will have too many loopholes vulnerable to all kinds of shadowy lobbing etc. Think "bloat". There is some reason (other than historical connected with Westminster) that most democratic systems consist of two houses, more or less democratically elected, and some kind of one-person fuse (like president or king) with comparatively few powers but enough to block or severely delay some bad legislature. (In US it's different because the president is also head of the cabinet). Elections to parliament are by design desynchronized with presidential elections (4 and 5 years, respectively) just to avoid situations like "one party takes all" by the fluctuation of social feelings (and thus eliminate the blocking capability, because president will certainly agree with ideas of his own party). Maybe you could do something like that. Get some democratically elected body (few members at most) that will be devoted to protecting citizens rights, with legislative-blocking capabilities. There are some ancient patterns.
Random government won't have democratic legitimation, even if it will be chosen with uniform distribution among entire population (possibly with some age restrictions like 18-75 or so). That situation will backfire when it does something unpopular (and that seems to be the frequent case), so you will get some bonus social unrest (that is, more than normal). That unrest will probably be well enough to overthrow such power, so that is not really an option.
My sig seems to be correct also this time.
in Europe for example, where fundamentalism is almost non-existent.
Actually, no. France != Europe. But in Europe you can find christian fundamentalists inside the most numbering church in a particular state, probably Roman Catholic in Spain, Poland, Italy, Orthodox in Greece, Ukraine and Russia and so on. You just cannot generalise and say "Church/denomination/community X is fundamentalist", because there are great differences inside the Church.
Depending on state, its history and general financial wellbeing they represent different political options, from extreme left to extreme right. And center-left is rarely "fundamentalist", they typically represent the open wing of that community.
mod parent up
Diaspora does not solve the problem, because you either rely on outside hosting (in this case you're prone to excessive notice/takedown and screwed anyway) or serve that from own machine, in which case you are even more vulnerable to angry DDoS mob (vide: anon).
Of course you're right, but 1) who said there's only one who's got to check all projects 2) you can arrange for sequential checking with 15-20min per project team (in case you'd allow doing project in pairs) 3) it's not hard to do that in parallel (one team is coding while you choose which subroutine to wipe in another project).
All of above is fairly standard procedure on my university in Poland. (I am a student of Warsaw University of Technology). Lecturers are required to announce if there will be formal exam, project ar whatever he/she choses as a way to measure our knowledge at the end of course. Moreover, we know if there is exam or something else when we choose courses for next semester, long before actual lectures begin. Nobody sees anything wrong with that.
the difference between brilliant coder, and brilliant at paying someone else to code for them is hard to check for.
No, it is not. In fact it's suprisingly easy to check, easier than check for cheating on written exam. I know three good methods:
The last one works best at Objective Programming, but not only.
sudo mod parent up; see sig
[...] but that is all done outside the browser using the standard corporate deployment procedures. Allowing anyone to dump cruft in a particular folder [...]
"corporate deployment procedures outside the browser" AFAIK _do_ involve dropping something somewhere and (optionally) messing with some sort of config, in this case the registry
That was not a long ago: pandemic of malware that spreaded on usb dongles...
...but you can try library management software. Good point to start is
http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/03/22/1320207
and
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/12/11/1756247
there is a doc about that extension, written by M$:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc716877.aspx
according to that site, its present sice *July* 2008
Next we try to poke into a mouse, cat, dog,...
Actually in 2002 humans were able to control rat by stimulating specific parts of its brain, similary to this bug. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guided_rat
There is also a US patent on this: http://www.freepatentsonline.com/5791294.html
What does this exactly mean? No such option in device configuration? Who get to interpret such rule?
Next step could be "means of changing any factory default" or even changing dashboard.
1. In Poland (generally in former soviet block) there are many schools (especially those built in 1950's) that have shelters in basement. These are probably good places to consider. If your school don't have nuclear-proof shelter, but you know such place nearby, it probably wold be good idea to hide your stuff there.
2. http://www.keo.org/uk/pages/default.html Even if you don't have comparable amount of money, there are plenty of ideas to borrow from such projects. For example all of your students could write one-page message that would be enclosed with your computer.
3. Including written materials and instructions is possible, ie. you do not have to rely on picture-based instructons, contrary to many projects (like Pioneer probes). The actual proof: it is easy to read text written 50 years ago or more.
4. On the other side 50 years should be enough to attract attention other than future students of your school. In 50 years there could be some sort of computer archeologist or other, who might be interested in such equipment. Think about: what I would like to have attached to computer that is 50 years old.