I belive that they are called 519 scams. Good it is about time that these spammers are getting their due. It has always befuddled me that they could get away with what is clearly fraud. Perhaps the J-dept is finally getting their act together on the Internet. Of course knowning Ashcroft his next target will be porn, but at least that guy is swinging the bat in the right direction for now.
You need to watch it on Adult Swim (Cartoon Network) at 11:30 pm. It was an orginal, just like "The Simpson's" was... Like on the recent Simpson's" Holloween special Homer became Death. To paraphrase from South Park "Family Guy did it".
I love that show, I saw every epoisode on Fox that I could catch, and I watch ever one that I can on adult swim.
As I remember it fox keep moving the show from night to night.
Sometimes showing it sometimes not, it really didn't make a log of sense.
It was one of those shows that you couldn't depend it being on. I am glad that Fox is reconsidering.
I don't know about NO ONE being Superior to anyone, my boss is superior in the organization, my son is (he's 1 yo) is much shorter than I am so I am Superior in height. So do we need to make everyone the same height and work status?
Assuming you mean "who decides that someone is doesn't apply the same value for human rights for others as they do for themselves". Who would decide what they think or is this on the "honor" system "If you think you are superior, please report to the execution chamber for termination"
Or would you just kill all the "arrogant people", well believe it or not those people may not agree with your classification, and they will fight back (go figure).
Well poor people in the middle of Africa cannot get heart transplants either. Does that mean we should stop doing them here (in the U.S.). Just because everyone can't immediately benifit, it doesn't mean we shouldn't do it.
We need to find ways to eliminate the selfishness and fear that are the cause of so many of humanity's problems.
... is very nice and all. However, I would be worried about what you call a "racist". Why not kill the "Bullies", the "A-holes", or better yet "Trolls".
Darl is like a blind man on the street, swinging a bat, hoping someone will pay him to stop. Hopefully, the cops will get him before he does any real damage.
Really, you have seen a "bloke" do this. For the record a seeing a guy do it in a movie doesn't count. I know a bloke who showed me a piece of the true cross, and another who owns a bridge in Brookyn, and yet another who was assulted by aliens (I've see it on TV so it must be true).
The fact is gelatine melts, and can't stand up to the pressure of pushing a thumb against the scanner. I think it would be nearly impossible to be consistant results. If you are going to make stuff up, please at least say "he used silicon" (maybe latex, or whatever). How did he make the imprint in the "gelatine" (maybe he carved it in by hand, using an exacto knife!). Perhaps there is a way to do it chemically, but you would still have to get it to the transfer media. Without any details your message is about a creditable as writing on the bathroom wall (your comment)
I don't use checks (except for bills). Credit cards have a thin signature strip on the back of them. You might have noticed store clerks looking at the back of credit cards when people use them. Anyways, the proceedures for writing checks are far more secure. A drivers license check (with a photo), and verification with a check clearing database (I can't think of the name, but I think Equifax runs it).
Either way you would need to re-authenicate all of your users. Comprimise of the key server would be mostly a problem if you don't control the access points for the entry. Say, a home user with their own fingerprint scanner trying to buy something online. A system like that could be faked. However, if you know that a particular scanner is "real" then you could be sure that the scan wasn't faked. Then the question would be how to tell that the scanner hasn't been replaced... a client cert would make it a lot harder, but not impossible.
Gelatine would make you print harder to read, a real problem if you are trying to pay for something. Not unlike wearing a glove, now if you are trying to avoid fingerprinting like at a police station or a DMV, it might be useful.
I use the self-checkout at Home Depot several times now. It's nice because you don't have to wait more than a minute or two to check out. The first two times, I had a couple of problems, but the system seems to be working better now. It still isn't perfect, but I find it quicker. Of course, most people still avoid those lanes and that helps alot. I think that these systems are great for "just a couple" of items, if I had more than a handful or really bulky item, it probally wouldn't make much sense.
As far as the actual thumb/eye scan I am looking forward to using them. Most ever time I get some cashier "verifying" my signature, I think (often out loud) "How much signature verification training have you had". In every case but one, they have said "none", the one person who did have training was the owner of a beach shop in FL who had training by the card company in the 60's. Matching signatures is a bad joke. Biometrics might have drawbacks but they are much harder to fake than a scrible of a signature on a thin stip of paper.
Furthermore, the substance used to coat the cotton skin -- a process known as "doping" which makes the fabric taut and more durable -- was extremely flammable. A combination of iron oxide, cellulose acetate and aluminum powder, "the total mixture might well serve as a respectable rocket propellant," Van Vorst said.
If you have ever saw the film you would note that it burned downward. Hydrogen is very very light (that is why they used it, duh), when it escapes, it really goes quick and strait up. Also just to be clear I did not say that the fabric exploded, really it would be proper to say that it burned (quickly), but that did not make it into that edit. Just in case some other spelling/ grammer troll is out there Yes, there is also an "a" missing in my orginal post.".
It was a pretty good article, but very weak on the Hindenburg details, many people seem to aggree these days that it was not the hydrogen that exploded, but the fabric.
Of course the Hindenburg is a fine example of how important a picture could be. Only thirty seven people died (97 lived), yet the burning fireball caught on film managed to kill decent method of long range travel.
Of course there are a couple of other problems with airships, like they don't do too well in strong winds, and they take a lot of "man handling" at the field, but in some applications they might make good sense.
So What! I was the "chubby nerdy kid" (go figure, on slashdot ), and I got picked on by kids who were "looking for an easy mark". After I hit them, they never bothered me again. Of course we moved a couple of times, so I had to do it three times total. The last two times they had to suspend me (in-school, very very boring), but even the administrators never "gave me a lession". They knew what was happening, and I don't think they blamed me.
However, I have never heard of bullies beating up kids just before a test to impove the "curve", that would assume that a typical bully cares about grades.
The James Webb Space Telescope, scheduled for launch in 2011, is designed to observe the universe in infrared wavelengths required to study the most distant galaxies as they accelerate outward.
But the problem is...It will not produce the spectacular visible wavelength images for which the Hubble is celebrated.
So no more great picutures of the universe like Hubble is famous for. I say that it is well worth the 600 mil to keep it up til at least 2020. As inspiration / backup, Hell that is less than a paltry 60 million a year.
Instead, NASA's plan now calls for building an unmanned craft, which would be launched on a throwaway rocket and attach itself to the Hubble to steer the telescope safely into the Pacific Ocean -- eliminating any possibility that the 12.5-ton telescope could fall on, say, Mexico City or Miami.
The speeds to be provided "are way more than what most consumers need in their home," Mr. Fenn said, adding, "Why provide a Rolls-Royce when a Chevrolet will do?"
As I see it, the project is more like building an 8 lane bridge when a 4 lane will do just fine. Of course, I think Salt Lake is very very wise for making the decision to do it. Getting everything on one large "pipe" is what most cable companies are already planning. Hell if telephone companies thought that they could push TV over twisted pair they would be talking about it too.
A few "watchdog" groups are a little worried about the spending, and I don't blame them, exp after the tech boom bubble burst. However, I am not sure of the price of rolled fiber cable, but I think it's a safe bet that it's better than it was 3 years ago.
I don't think that I am stepping outside of the "group think" of Slashdot when I say "Secure systems are more secure with open and accessable standards and code which will verify that they are indeed secure". Furthermore, "Security is not inhanced by elimating the freedom of discussion"
Of course they will, but as long as systems have a digital out (or a least speakers) there will be a way to get your "fair use" out of the music you buy.
On another note the technology seems really great, Just think, you could get your AOL "disk" built into a postcard (just pop out the chip), it could save millions for TW.
I wonder how long until you see readers for this technology.
Basicly the microsoft link to a page which says "use Sysprep.exe, before you try to image a system".
I am guessing that this removes the sid and puts the system in a state to generate new ones.
The microsoft link about "problems with Ghost" says Ghost 2001 can't do NTFS try Ghost 2002. The power quest "problem" was that.NET needed to be installed. OK it uses C#. WOW that's a problem. The rest of the links are the same, i.e. generally about the product, but don't mention the problem the submitter indicated.
I would like to see a discussion about drive imaging software, but if you are going to make charges, at least back them up with links that makes your case!
You can get the same functionality out of most cellular services by just fowarding your calls from your cellular to your home phone. It is a complete guess, but I think that all the base station does is automaticly start/end your call forwarding service.
The moon is a great place to build the first one..
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With it's low gravity, it's lack of atmosphere, and lack of development, the moon is the perfect place to build an experimental space elevator.
I don't know how they are doing, but (if they had any sense) it would not redirect a POST or a GET with a query string. Also, no banking application on the Internet should depend on a connection, if it does then it is very, very poorly written.
That being said, I still think that it is a rotten way of doing business. What if Very-slime does this on the backbone routers.
On January 15, 2000, I received the check from Microsoft for $500, in addition to a new copy of Visual Studio 6.0 (which I need to compile and run the decss program to decode my DVD's so that I can play them under Linux). I put the check up on ebay to raise money for charity.
If you crash your quantum computer would you rip a hole in the space-time continum. Maybe that is how black holes get started; one for every planet that just gets to this point and then loads Windows on a quantum computer.
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I belive that they are called 519 scams. Good it is about time that these spammers are getting their due. It has always befuddled me that they could get away with what is clearly fraud. Perhaps the J-dept is finally getting their act together on the Internet. Of course knowning Ashcroft his next target will be porn, but at least that guy is swinging the bat in the right direction for now.
You need to watch it on Adult Swim (Cartoon Network) at 11:30 pm. It was an orginal, just like "The Simpson's" was... Like on the recent Simpson's" Holloween special Homer became Death. To paraphrase from South Park "Family Guy did it".
I love that show, I saw every epoisode on Fox that I could catch, and I watch ever one that I can on adult swim. As I remember it fox keep moving the show from night to night. Sometimes showing it sometimes not, it really didn't make a log of sense. It was one of those shows that you couldn't depend it being on. I am glad that Fox is reconsidering.
I am sorry I am still not sure here...
I don't know about NO ONE being Superior to anyone, my boss is superior in the organization, my son is (he's 1 yo) is much shorter than I am so I am Superior in height. So do we need to make everyone the same height and work status?
Assuming you mean "who decides that someone is doesn't apply the same value for human rights for others as they do for themselves". Who would decide what they think or is this on the "honor" system "If you think you are superior, please report to the execution chamber for termination"
Or would you just kill all the "arrogant people", well believe it or not those people may not agree with your classification, and they will fight back (go figure).
Darl is like a blind man on the street, swinging a bat, hoping someone will pay him to stop. Hopefully, the cops will get him before he does any real damage.
Really, you have seen a "bloke" do this. For the record a seeing a guy do it in a movie doesn't count. I know a bloke who showed me a piece of the true cross, and another who owns a bridge in Brookyn, and yet another who was assulted by aliens (I've see it on TV so it must be true).
The fact is gelatine melts, and can't stand up to the pressure of pushing a thumb against the scanner. I think it would be nearly impossible to be consistant results. If you are going to make stuff up, please at least say "he used silicon" (maybe latex, or whatever). How did he make the imprint in the "gelatine" (maybe he carved it in by hand, using an exacto knife!). Perhaps there is a way to do it chemically, but you would still have to get it to the transfer media. Without any details your message is about a creditable as writing on the bathroom wall (your comment)
I don't use checks (except for bills). Credit cards have a thin signature strip on the back of them. You might have noticed store clerks looking at the back of credit cards when people use them. Anyways, the proceedures for writing checks are far more secure. A drivers license check (with a photo), and verification with a check clearing database (I can't think of the name, but I think Equifax runs it).
Either way you would need to re-authenicate all of your users. Comprimise of the key server would be mostly a problem if you don't control the access points for the entry. Say, a home user with their own fingerprint scanner trying to buy something online. A system like that could be faked. However, if you know that a particular scanner is "real" then you could be sure that the scan wasn't faked. Then the question would be how to tell that the scanner hasn't been replaced... a client cert would make it a lot harder, but not impossible.
Gelatine would make you print harder to read, a real problem if you are trying to pay for something. Not unlike wearing a glove, now if you are trying to avoid fingerprinting like at a police station or a DMV, it might be useful.
I use the self-checkout at Home Depot several times now. It's nice because you don't have to wait more than a minute or two to check out. The first two times, I had a couple of problems, but the system seems to be working better now. It still isn't perfect, but I find it quicker. Of course, most people still avoid those lanes and that helps alot. I think that these systems are great for "just a couple" of items, if I had more than a handful or really bulky item, it probally wouldn't make much sense.
As far as the actual thumb/eye scan I am looking forward to using them. Most ever time I get some cashier "verifying" my signature, I think (often out loud) "How much signature verification training have you had". In every case but one, they have said "none", the one person who did have training was the owner of a beach shop in FL who had training by the card company in the 60's. Matching signatures is a bad joke. Biometrics might have drawbacks but they are much harder to fake than a scrible of a signature on a thin stip of paper.
It was a pretty good article, but very weak on the Hindenburg details, many people seem to aggree these days that it was not the hydrogen that exploded, but the fabric.
Of course the Hindenburg is a fine example of how important a picture could be. Only thirty seven people died (97 lived), yet the burning fireball caught on film managed to kill decent method of long range travel. Of course there are a couple of other problems with airships, like they don't do too well in strong winds, and they take a lot of "man handling" at the field, but in some applications they might make good sense.
This will go down on your permanent record...
So What! I was the "chubby nerdy kid" (go figure, on slashdot ), and I got picked on by kids who were "looking for an easy mark". After I hit them, they never bothered me again. Of course we moved a couple of times, so I had to do it three times total. The last two times they had to suspend me (in-school, very very boring), but even the administrators never "gave me a lession". They knew what was happening, and I don't think they blamed me.
However, I have never heard of bullies beating up kids just before a test to impove the "curve", that would assume that a typical bully cares about grades.
They already are planning it
The James Webb Space Telescope, scheduled for launch in 2011, is designed to observe the universe in infrared wavelengths required to study the most distant galaxies as they accelerate outward.
But the problem is...It will not produce the spectacular visible wavelength images for which the Hubble is celebrated.
So no more great picutures of the universe like Hubble is famous for. I say that it is well worth the 600 mil to keep it up til at least 2020. As inspiration / backup, Hell that is less than a paltry 60 million a year.
Do you want a 12 tons falling on your house?
Instead, NASA's plan now calls for building an unmanned craft, which would be launched on a throwaway rocket and attach itself to the Hubble to steer the telescope safely into the Pacific Ocean -- eliminating any possibility that the 12.5-ton telescope could fall on, say, Mexico City or Miami.
The speeds to be provided "are way more than what most consumers need in their home," Mr. Fenn said, adding, "Why provide a Rolls-Royce when a Chevrolet will do?" As I see it, the project is more like building an 8 lane bridge when a 4 lane will do just fine. Of course, I think Salt Lake is very very wise for making the decision to do it. Getting everything on one large "pipe" is what most cable companies are already planning. Hell if telephone companies thought that they could push TV over twisted pair they would be talking about it too. A few "watchdog" groups are a little worried about the spending, and I don't blame them, exp after the tech boom bubble burst. However, I am not sure of the price of rolled fiber cable, but I think it's a safe bet that it's better than it was 3 years ago.
I don't think that I am stepping outside of the "group think" of Slashdot when I say "Secure systems are more secure with open and accessable standards and code which will verify that they are indeed secure". Furthermore, "Security is not inhanced by elimating the freedom of discussion"
Of course they will, but as long as systems have a digital out (or a least speakers) there will be a way to get your "fair use" out of the music you buy.
On another note the technology seems really great, Just think, you could get your AOL "disk" built into a postcard (just pop out the chip), it could save millions for TW.
I wonder how long until you see readers for this technology.
Basicly the microsoft link to a page which says "use Sysprep.exe, before you try to image a system". I am guessing that this removes the sid and puts the system in a state to generate new ones. The microsoft link about "problems with Ghost" says Ghost 2001 can't do NTFS try Ghost 2002. The power quest "problem" was that .NET needed to be installed. OK it uses C#. WOW that's a problem. The rest of the links are the same, i.e. generally about the product, but don't mention the problem the submitter indicated.
I would like to see a discussion about drive imaging software, but if you are going to make charges, at least back them up with links that makes your case!
You can get the same functionality out of most cellular services by just fowarding your calls from your cellular to your home phone. It is a complete guess, but I think that all the base station does is automaticly start/end your call forwarding service.
With it's low gravity, it's lack of atmosphere, and lack of development, the moon is the perfect place to build an experimental space elevator.
That being said, I still think that it is a rotten way of doing business. What if Very-slime does this on the backbone routers.
Well according to that guy's page...
On January 15, 2000, I received the check from Microsoft for $500, in addition to a new copy of Visual Studio 6.0 (which I need to compile and run the decss program to decode my DVD's so that I can play them under Linux). I put the check up on ebay to raise money for charity.
- So much for 128 bit encryption or 512, etc
- SETI would run out of signals to process
If you crash your quantum computer would you rip a hole in the space-time continum. Maybe that is how black holes get started; one for every planet that just gets to this point and then loads Windows on a quantum computer.