He is an amazing author. I've read around twelve of his books. I started with VALIS, and my most recent is The Galactic Pot Healer. I've actually d/led many of his novels off Kazaa, and am slowly replacing the PDF's with real books as I can afford it.
If you like The Matrix, VALIS will throw you for a trip.
I'm not sure if this is a joke or not. But, at least those actions keeps people like me employeed, fixing all those 'stupid' people who just do what the computer tells them to.
Philip K. Dick's UBIK has things in it like this. Everything takes change. Even to get the front door open, because the protagonist is too poor to afford a 'prepaid' normal house. He almost got locked into his house because the door wouldn't open, and it sat there and argued with him about opening.
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Actually, if I was getting paid the same, same benifits, I would rather build furniture. I have a decent physical build, and I do roof repair and painting on the side as well as coding. I don't really need the money, but doing something physical is an accomplishment. Showing someone off the street your C++ code will get you a "well, that's nice I guess" but a really nice table would get you a "that's a really nice table. How much?"
But I would rather code than work in a soda factory, or other menial labor factory-style. But it is nice to work outside in nice weather, even if it's somewhat physical.
Tulsa sucks, but we get a 1.5 business cable modem with two IPs run to our apartment for $105 a month. It's had some outages, but the tech support was great. They even call back and tell you when it's back up, although we just left the TV on until the signal came back.
The fiber plant is pretty new. Most of the town was just wired for cable broadband in the last 2-3 years, so it's still pretty swift. Even with other people on the line it blows the hell out of bell.
The sweetest thing is you can call Monday and have the service deployed by Tuesday, or maybe even Monday afternoon if you call in the morning. So far, no complaints.
It's because it's a "hacker company", and it really hurts the rep of many other companies. It's taken alot to gain the trust of corp world for these type of companies, and they just screwed that all up.
I'm glad none of the I work with read this, because it would just confirm their fears. It doesn't matter that my company isn't that way, nor ever mentions anything like that. It's that they still feel anyone doing security must be a theif (to know all that about it).
I've worked in tier 1 support for a large (15,000+ employee) company. The reason you need the software isn't because of things like that. It's because the user usually does something stupid, but usually not to the point of crashing. Just to the point of messing it up beyond their ability to fix, but not yours. That's when they call you.
You don't HAVE to repair it from the scanning machine. In fact, you still have to get on the machine to update it for patches. I use both products when I do my audits. I like Retina better, mainly because their reports and the interface looks better. I do audits for medical houses for their HIPAA security compliance.
For the funky stuff...that's why I suggest to always deploy changes/patches to a single PC, run it for 24 hours, then roll changes out to the rest. I always suggest something like SUS for patch control, so the boxes that don't have net access can still be updated. The main problem is I don't actually work at these places, so half the time they don't implement what I suggest and then wonder why things didn't go right. Luckly I have them sign off on my risk analysis, so I can always point and say "You didn't do XYZ, therefor you are having problems in ABC".
Retina, by Eeye, is another excellent scanning school. IMHO, it's better than GFILanguard. I especially like the ability to fix registry problems from the scanning machine. It's interface is also very smooth. It's located here. They also have another product for scanning IIS, but I haven't used it yet.
I had an Epson printer that was like this. IT would run "out" of ink according to the software. I would take the cartridge out, put it back in, and use it as a "new" cartridge for another six months. I'm assuming the driver had a built-in usage monitor of some type.
You should read VALIS by Philip K. Dick. It was written in the 1970's, but the similarities between it and The Matrix are strong. VALIS is much more Gnostic, actually naming the religion as a major "event" in the book. I'm not sure if the brothers read VALIS before writing The Matrix, or their just both based on the basic fundamentals of Gnosticism...
My personal road to maintaining my awakening lies in my own personal Red Pill...a carefully crafted drug cocktail that contains stimulants, psychedelics, and dissociatives. Some people say I cheat by not spending years in mediation...which is funny because that's what the Oracle is implying too. All I say to them is I don't have the time to spend in years of mediation to reach vipassana. If they do, good for them, and maybe they will reach some other areas I don't. We'll compare notes in about 10-15 years I suppose.
Actually, it's more of a Gnostic theme than a Orthodox Christianity theme. He's not Yeshua per say, but a normal human who have achieved gnosis via death and then rebirth (when he realizes he didn't really die, because it wasn't real in the first place). Jesus didn't really achieve gnosis in that way, it was a pre-planned end-run around the Blind One by Sophia. He achieved it when he was baptized (i.e. the "dove" descending on him). If you notice, he didn't start his major teachings until after that.
The Matrix also closely follows Philip K. Dick's VALIS. Read that book if you find the ideas in the Matrix interesting...it has much more "source" material (like where various ideas in the book actually come from in antiquity), and it's parallels to The Matrix are rather obvious.
If you find it REALLY interesting, check out sites like The Odyssey of Gnosis and so on.
I am sure that medical records will not be used in this database. They are covered under the 1996 HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability ACT) ruling. It is highly illegal (with fines and possible prison sentencing) to disclose PHI (personal health information) to any entity without specific written permission from the individual. This can't be a blank statement (like in many EULAs: permission to do whatever with the information), but must be very specific...such as I give permission to use XYZ information to XZY company for XYZ purposes. If it is used, then there are on-line forms at cms.gov anyone can use to report a HIPAA violation. It would be pretty easy to figure out what information came from what provider.
A problem with your statement is that, under the current Patriot Act, many times law enforcement no longer needs a search warrant to carry out an investigation. All they need is a adminstrative OK, which a judge has to certify. Plus, they can now go outside of the area they are investigating to get a warrant.
For example, if there is a single judge that will sign every search warrant presented in Florida, an FBI investigation in Utah could have him sign the warrant. Wonderful, isn't it?
My earliest is when I was two. I remember my grandpa taking his false teeth out and biting at me in play. My parents said that was when I was two.
I suppose it could be tied to language, because (having Asberger's Syndrom) I was speaking rather well at that time. Honestly, I think it has to do more with chemical balances and the ability to record, and the usefullness of the memory compared to helping you survive (in a primitive way). The event shocked me, therefor my mind recorded it for future use in case a simlilar situation occured I could react quicker.
My girlfriend STILL has that sticker on her truck. It's one of the things that attracted me to her in the first place...a true geek chick who is hot and a CCNA/MCSE and knows how to do packet sniffing. And has the same bloodtype as me. It doesn't get any better than this.
This, combined with the fallout over Williams Communications may be the last nail in the coffin for Tulsa. WCOM has nearly 1000 employees at their Cherokee plant. So much of our economy depends on them, that without them we are seriously screwed.
I loved that book. I especially like the suprise ending, with the methane based creatures that was completely unexpected. I re-read that one part half a dozen times. And the whole pulling people out of history by copying their brain...awesome.
I'm in Oklahoma, and I thought it was just Cox. It does seem like I can't get to quite a few sites...glad it's not just me.
Most of the backbone status is only avalible to the techs of the various companies that own the backbone (I used to work in the NOC at WCOM monitoring backbone).
Anyone who registers a Web address must provide the company that handles the registration with a name, mailing address, e-mail address and phone number -- certainly, not an unreasonable amount of information to exchange in a business relationship.
But everyone may not realize that this information is made available to the public in a searchable database called Whois, enabling Internet users to look up any Web address and find out -- in theory, at least -- who owns a particular address. The database is accessible through the Web sites of most registrars, or at some independent sites like betterwhois.com.
In practice, savvy holders of Web addresses know they can circumvent the system by entering fake information -- resulting in Web sites registered to John Q. Smith on 1234 Main Street or a site owner reachable only through a cryptic e-mail address.
In some instances the subterfuge is meant to hide online scams or other illegal activity. But in many cases the aim is simply to preserve the privacy of the site owner or to outwit marketers who regularly cull the Whois database for e-mail addresses and phone numbers to add to their spam lists.
The conflicting motives, and the competing agendas of those interested in finding this information, have lined up various interest groups on opposite sides of a continuing debate over the Whois database. Namely, how much information should be made available to the public about the individuals and businesses that have registered more than 35 million Web addresses (or domain names, as they are known in the trade)? What restrictions, if any, should be placed on who has access to this data?
On one side of the fence are law enforcement agencies, intellectual property owners and marketers. All of them favor a more accurate, widely accessible registry of domain-name holders, although for different reasons. Investigators and lawyers have been frustrated to find that suspected criminals and copyright infringers can hide behind fake data given to a registrar, which itself may not know the true identity of some customers who have registered domain names. (Some registrars do not even bother to verify credit card data, so a site registered with a stolen card could function for months before anyone bothered to cancel the address.)
Marketers have a different agenda, perceiving a gold mine of leads in databases they buy from registrars. Although marketers agree not to contact potential customers by e-mail or phone when they buy this data, some registrars privately acknowledge that this promise is routinely broken and that skilled entrepreneurs can capture the same data free -- whether by filtering from the Web's data stream, setting themselves up as registrars or using various other means.
On the opposite side of the fence are privacy advocates and many consumers and businesses that have registered Web addresses. They generally prefer some restrictions on who can have access to their contact information.
Registrars, for their part, are of two minds on the issue. They do not want customers angry about who may view their personal data; nor do they want to be responsible for verifying that registrants have submitted accurate information. But as revenue from domain registrations is sagging, some registrars see marketing their data as a source of income.
The Whois debate has been brewing for some time, but it could come to a boil soon, as Congress, the group overseeing the Internet's address system and privacy advocates all weigh in on how well the system is working. In December, the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet and Intellectual Property sent letters to 50 United States registrars requesting information about whether and how the companies verify customer data and how they deal with complaints about fraudulent information.
Responses were due by Feb. 1, but Chris J. Katopis, counsel to the subcommittee, said that as of last week many registrars had not replied. "If they're not going to respond to a government inquiry," he said, "what are they going to do to respond to an aggrieved individual when something happens?"
Although Congress is focusing primarily on the validity of information in the Whois database, registrars are pessimistic about the prospect of verifying customer data.
"It's an unsolvable problem," said Larry Erlich, president of DomainRegistry.com, a small registrar based in Bensalem, Pa. Even if registrars tried to weed out obvious problems with a registration, he said, customers could easily change their contact information later.
Registrars say that with the small profit margins in the business, they cannot afford more extensive screening.
"To require verification by human beings, I would guess, is going to be cost-prohibitive for most of the industry," said Elana Broitman, director of policy for Register.com (news/quote), one of the largest registrars.
Register.com is still involved in a lawsuit it filed against Verio, a company that registers domain names and provides other Internet services. Verio is appealing a court ruling that prevented it from using Whois information to market its services to customers of Register.com.
That lawsuit, among other things, led the group that oversees the domain-name system, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers -- or Icann -- to appoint a task force to study some of the issues surrounding use of the Whois database. The committee is still compiling a report based on more than 3,000 responses to a survey last summer.
In the meantime, privacy advocates are concerned about the prospect of an even more comprehensive database of domain holders being developed by VeriSign (news/quote), the company that formerly had a government- granted monopoly in the domain registration business. Unlike the current Whois database, which does not include all of the new domain extensions or those assigned to specific countries, the universal Whois repository that VeriSign is developing would be able to search for any domain name.
Sarah Andrews, research director for the Electronic Privacy Information Center, a privacy rights advocacy group, said the organization was following the development of the universal Whois closely. "We think there are significant risks to privacy, anonymity and free speech," she said, adding that the center is particularly concerned about the right of individuals, especially in less open countries, to publish online anonymously.
"We think there could be a distinction drawn between individuals and commercial domain-name holders," she said, "and that individuals would not necessarily have to register their names and contact information."
Miriam Sapiro, director of international policy for VeriSign, said the company was moving forward with development of the universal Whois, according to the terms of its contract with Icann.
"A lot of people want a better system for accessing information -- what kind of information is yet to be decided -- about domain- name registrants, on a universal basis," Ms. Sapiro said. VeriSign's work is "a technical effort," she said, adding, "It's not intended to get into policy issues that are the proper purview of Icann."
It's cursed. Once you move here, you can't escape. Much of that comes from the low cost of living. Can you rent a decent 850 sqft apartment anywhere else for $489/mo? My apartment is right off a major pedestrian area of town, and I'm within safe walking distance of two grocery stores, a Blockbuster, numerous semi-fast foods, my bank, and much more.
However, THE NIGHT LIFE SUCKS ASS. Tulsa has ORU, one of the largest religious schools anywhere. Expect to get preached to in the main town square. It happens all summer long, and he never shuts up. Everything is closed at 2:00 AM or earlier. I can count the number of clubs on my hands, and most of them suck. It's all a bunch of frat boys throwing beer around.
The 2600 group here is pretty cool. I hang with them occasionally. If your into wardriving, this is the place. This is also an M$ town. Everything is run on M$.
The main thing is that the town is ultra status-quo. It wants to maintain a 1950's outlook, where everyone goes to church on Sunday and no one stays up late. The city council is completely detached from reality, arguing amongst themselve about road improvements while the one of the largest employeers is getting delisted from the NYSE (WCG). They don't even realize it.
Don't move here. Flee while you can. It's too late for me, but I try to warn others.
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He is an amazing author. I've read around twelve of his books. I started with VALIS, and my most recent is The Galactic Pot Healer. I've actually d/led many of his novels off Kazaa, and am slowly replacing the PDF's with real books as I can afford it.
If you like The Matrix, VALIS will throw you for a trip.
I've suggested that before, but most people seem to be against it for some reason.
I'm not sure if this is a joke or not. But, at least those actions keeps people like me employeed, fixing all those 'stupid' people who just do what the computer tells them to.
Philip K. Dick's UBIK has things in it like this. Everything takes change. Even to get the front door open, because the protagonist is too poor to afford a 'prepaid' normal house. He almost got locked into his house because the door wouldn't open, and it sat there and argued with him about opening.
Actually, if I was getting paid the same, same benifits, I would rather build furniture. I have a decent physical build, and I do roof repair and painting on the side as well as coding. I don't really need the money, but doing something physical is an accomplishment. Showing someone off the street your C++ code will get you a "well, that's nice I guess" but a really nice table would get you a "that's a really nice table. How much?"
But I would rather code than work in a soda factory, or other menial labor factory-style. But it is nice to work outside in nice weather, even if it's somewhat physical.
Tulsa sucks, but we get a 1.5 business cable modem with two IPs run to our apartment for $105 a month. It's had some outages, but the tech support was great. They even call back and tell you when it's back up, although we just left the TV on until the signal came back.
The fiber plant is pretty new. Most of the town was just wired for cable broadband in the last 2-3 years, so it's still pretty swift. Even with other people on the line it blows the hell out of bell.
The sweetest thing is you can call Monday and have the service deployed by Tuesday, or maybe even Monday afternoon if you call in the morning. So far, no complaints.
It's because it's a "hacker company", and it really hurts the rep of many other companies. It's taken alot to gain the trust of corp world for these type of companies, and they just screwed that all up.
I'm glad none of the I work with read this, because it would just confirm their fears. It doesn't matter that my company isn't that way, nor ever mentions anything like that. It's that they still feel anyone doing security must be a theif (to know all that about it).
I've worked in tier 1 support for a large (15,000+ employee) company. The reason you need the software isn't because of things like that. It's because the user usually does something stupid, but usually not to the point of crashing. Just to the point of messing it up beyond their ability to fix, but not yours. That's when they call you.
You don't HAVE to repair it from the scanning machine. In fact, you still have to get on the machine to update it for patches. I use both products when I do my audits. I like Retina better, mainly because their reports and the interface looks better. I do audits for medical houses for their HIPAA security compliance.
For the funky stuff...that's why I suggest to always deploy changes/patches to a single PC, run it for 24 hours, then roll changes out to the rest. I always suggest something like SUS for patch control, so the boxes that don't have net access can still be updated. The main problem is I don't actually work at these places, so half the time they don't implement what I suggest and then wonder why things didn't go right. Luckly I have them sign off on my risk analysis, so I can always point and say "You didn't do XYZ, therefor you are having problems in ABC".
Retina, by Eeye, is another excellent scanning school. IMHO, it's better than GFILanguard. I especially like the ability to fix registry problems from the scanning machine. It's interface is also very smooth. It's located here. They also have another product for scanning IIS, but I haven't used it yet.
I had an Epson printer that was like this. IT would run "out" of ink according to the software. I would take the cartridge out, put it back in, and use it as a "new" cartridge for another six months. I'm assuming the driver had a built-in usage monitor of some type.
You should read VALIS by Philip K. Dick. It was written in the 1970's, but the similarities between it and The Matrix are strong. VALIS is much more Gnostic, actually naming the religion as a major "event" in the book. I'm not sure if the brothers read VALIS before writing The Matrix, or their just both based on the basic fundamentals of Gnosticism...
My personal road to maintaining my awakening lies in my own personal Red Pill...a carefully crafted drug cocktail that contains stimulants, psychedelics, and dissociatives. Some people say I cheat by not spending years in mediation...which is funny because that's what the Oracle is implying too. All I say to them is I don't have the time to spend in years of mediation to reach vipassana. If they do, good for them, and maybe they will reach some other areas I don't. We'll compare notes in about 10-15 years I suppose.
Actually, it's more of a Gnostic theme than a Orthodox Christianity theme. He's not Yeshua per say, but a normal human who have achieved gnosis via death and then rebirth (when he realizes he didn't really die, because it wasn't real in the first place). Jesus didn't really achieve gnosis in that way, it was a pre-planned end-run around the Blind One by Sophia. He achieved it when he was baptized (i.e. the "dove" descending on him). If you notice, he didn't start his major teachings until after that.
The Matrix also closely follows Philip K. Dick's VALIS. Read that book if you find the ideas in the Matrix interesting...it has much more "source" material (like where various ideas in the book actually come from in antiquity), and it's parallels to The Matrix are rather obvious.
If you find it REALLY interesting, check out sites like The Odyssey of Gnosis and so on.
Read VALIS by Philip K Dick. The similarities are amazing. They are both a telling of the same basic story, but VALIS is much more interesting.
I am sure that medical records will not be used in this database. They are covered under the 1996 HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability ACT) ruling. It is highly illegal (with fines and possible prison sentencing) to disclose PHI (personal health information) to any entity without specific written permission from the individual. This can't be a blank statement (like in many EULAs: permission to do whatever with the information), but must be very specific...such as I give permission to use XYZ information to XZY company for XYZ purposes. If it is used, then there are on-line forms at cms.gov anyone can use to report a HIPAA violation. It would be pretty easy to figure out what information came from what provider.
Yes, I do this for a living.
A problem with your statement is that, under the current Patriot Act, many times law enforcement no longer needs a search warrant to carry out an investigation. All they need is a adminstrative OK, which a judge has to certify. Plus, they can now go outside of the area they are investigating to get a warrant.
For example, if there is a single judge that will sign every search warrant presented in Florida, an FBI investigation in Utah could have him sign the warrant. Wonderful, isn't it?
My earliest is when I was two. I remember my grandpa taking his false teeth out and biting at me in play. My parents said that was when I was two.
I suppose it could be tied to language, because (having Asberger's Syndrom) I was speaking rather well at that time. Honestly, I think it has to do more with chemical balances and the ability to record, and the usefullness of the memory compared to helping you survive (in a primitive way). The event shocked me, therefor my mind recorded it for future use in case a simlilar situation occured I could react quicker.
My girlfriend STILL has that sticker on her truck. It's one of the things that attracted me to her in the first place...a true geek chick who is hot and a CCNA/MCSE and knows how to do packet sniffing. And has the same bloodtype as me. It doesn't get any better than this.
Exactly. I use them to burn movies I download too!
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This, combined with the fallout over Williams Communications may be the last nail in the coffin for Tulsa. WCOM has nearly 1000 employees at their Cherokee plant. So much of our economy depends on them, that without them we are seriously screwed.
I loved that book. I especially like the suprise ending, with the methane based creatures that was completely unexpected. I re-read that one part half a dozen times. And the whole pulling people out of history by copying their brain...awesome.
I'm in Oklahoma, and I thought it was just Cox. It does seem like I can't get to quite a few sites...glad it's not just me.
Most of the backbone status is only avalible to the techs of the various companies that own the backbone (I used to work in the NOC at WCOM monitoring backbone).
Anyone who registers a Web address must provide the company that handles the registration with a name, mailing address, e-mail address and phone number -- certainly, not an unreasonable amount of information to exchange in a business relationship.
But everyone may not realize that this information is made available to the public in a searchable database called Whois, enabling Internet users to look up any Web address and find out -- in theory, at least -- who owns a particular address. The database is accessible through the Web sites of most registrars, or at some independent sites like betterwhois.com.
In practice, savvy holders of Web addresses know they can circumvent the system by entering fake information -- resulting in Web sites registered to John Q. Smith on 1234 Main Street or a site owner reachable only through a cryptic e-mail address.
In some instances the subterfuge is meant to hide online scams or other illegal activity. But in many cases the aim is simply to preserve the privacy of the site owner or to outwit marketers who regularly cull the Whois database for e-mail addresses and phone numbers to add to their spam lists.
The conflicting motives, and the competing agendas of those interested in finding this information, have lined up various interest groups on opposite sides of a continuing debate over the Whois database. Namely, how much information should be made available to the public about the individuals and businesses that have registered more than 35 million Web addresses (or domain names, as they are known in the trade)? What restrictions, if any, should be placed on who has access to this data?
On one side of the fence are law enforcement agencies, intellectual property owners and marketers. All of them favor a more accurate, widely accessible registry of domain-name holders, although for different reasons. Investigators and lawyers have been frustrated to find that suspected criminals and copyright infringers can hide behind fake data given to a registrar, which itself may not know the true identity of some customers who have registered domain names. (Some registrars do not even bother to verify credit card data, so a site registered with a stolen card could function for months before anyone bothered to cancel the address.)
Marketers have a different agenda, perceiving a gold mine of leads in databases they buy from registrars. Although marketers agree not to contact potential customers by e-mail or phone when they buy this data, some registrars privately acknowledge that this promise is routinely broken and that skilled entrepreneurs can capture the same data free -- whether by filtering from the Web's data stream, setting themselves up as registrars or using various other means.
On the opposite side of the fence are privacy advocates and many consumers and businesses that have registered Web addresses. They generally prefer some restrictions on who can have access to their contact information.
Registrars, for their part, are of two minds on the issue. They do not want customers angry about who may view their personal data; nor do they want to be responsible for verifying that registrants have submitted accurate information. But as revenue from domain registrations is sagging, some registrars see marketing their data as a source of income.
The Whois debate has been brewing for some time, but it could come to a boil soon, as Congress, the group overseeing the Internet's address system and privacy advocates all weigh in on how well the system is working. In December, the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet and Intellectual Property sent letters to 50 United States registrars requesting information about whether and how the companies verify customer data and how they deal with complaints about fraudulent information.
Responses were due by Feb. 1, but Chris J. Katopis, counsel to the subcommittee, said that as of last week many registrars had not replied. "If they're not going to respond to a government inquiry," he said, "what are they going to do to respond to an aggrieved individual when something happens?"
Although Congress is focusing primarily on the validity of information in the Whois database, registrars are pessimistic about the prospect of verifying customer data.
"It's an unsolvable problem," said Larry Erlich, president of DomainRegistry.com, a small registrar based in Bensalem, Pa. Even if registrars tried to weed out obvious problems with a registration, he said, customers could easily change their contact information later.
Registrars say that with the small profit margins in the business, they cannot afford more extensive screening.
"To require verification by human beings, I would guess, is going to be cost-prohibitive for most of the industry," said Elana Broitman, director of policy for Register.com (news/quote), one of the largest registrars.
Register.com is still involved in a lawsuit it filed against Verio, a company that registers domain names and provides other Internet services. Verio is appealing a court ruling that prevented it from using Whois information to market its services to customers of Register.com.
That lawsuit, among other things, led the group that oversees the domain-name system, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers -- or Icann -- to appoint a task force to study some of the issues surrounding use of the Whois database. The committee is still compiling a report based on more than 3,000 responses to a survey last summer.
In the meantime, privacy advocates are concerned about the prospect of an even more comprehensive database of domain holders being developed by VeriSign (news/quote), the company that formerly had a government- granted monopoly in the domain registration business. Unlike the current Whois database, which does not include all of the new domain extensions or those assigned to specific countries, the universal Whois repository that VeriSign is developing would be able to search for any domain name.
Sarah Andrews, research director for the Electronic Privacy Information Center, a privacy rights advocacy group, said the organization was following the development of the universal Whois closely. "We think there are significant risks to privacy, anonymity and free speech," she said, adding that the center is particularly concerned about the right of individuals, especially in less open countries, to publish online anonymously.
"We think there could be a distinction drawn between individuals and commercial domain-name holders," she said, "and that individuals would not necessarily have to register their names and contact information."
Miriam Sapiro, director of international policy for VeriSign, said the company was moving forward with development of the universal Whois, according to the terms of its contract with Icann.
"A lot of people want a better system for accessing information -- what kind of information is yet to be decided -- about domain- name registrants, on a universal basis," Ms. Sapiro said. VeriSign's work is "a technical effort," she said, adding, "It's not intended to get into policy issues that are the proper purview of Icann."
It's cursed. Once you move here, you can't escape. Much of that comes from the low cost of living. Can you rent a decent 850 sqft apartment anywhere else for $489/mo? My apartment is right off a major pedestrian area of town, and I'm within safe walking distance of two grocery stores, a Blockbuster, numerous semi-fast foods, my bank, and much more.
However, THE NIGHT LIFE SUCKS ASS. Tulsa has ORU, one of the largest religious schools anywhere. Expect to get preached to in the main town square. It happens all summer long, and he never shuts up. Everything is closed at 2:00 AM or earlier. I can count the number of clubs on my hands, and most of them suck. It's all a bunch of frat boys throwing beer around.
The 2600 group here is pretty cool. I hang with them occasionally. If your into wardriving, this is the place. This is also an M$ town. Everything is run on M$.
The main thing is that the town is ultra status-quo. It wants to maintain a 1950's outlook, where everyone goes to church on Sunday and no one stays up late. The city council is completely detached from reality, arguing amongst themselve about road improvements while the one of the largest employeers is getting delisted from the NYSE (WCG). They don't even realize it.
Don't move here. Flee while you can. It's too late for me, but I try to warn others.