If you want a more hands on, how do I accomplish a specific task type approach to things, I've been very happy with the books in the O'Reilly Cookbook line. They usually run 35-50 bucks depending on topic and you'll want to page through one in a store before purchasing. All the information in the books can be found online, but they usually organize them nicely in the books. Most of the topics are 1-2 pages responding to a specific "How do I do X" type question. The Linux Networking Cookbook, bash cookbook, and Linux Cookbook and Linux Security cookbook might be a good set to start with for what you are currently playing with.
The title of the parent post is right, not the name in the link. I even reviewed the stupid thing. Go me.
Oh, and one of the advantage of it being a simple LAMP base is there's no reason you couldn't gen your own reports out of the data in the DB in whatever your favorite scripting language is (or you could learn their template format and add to the existing reports and submit back. Go you.).
One of Zero is a better than average ticketing system we've been trying out for the last several months for tracking issues/work requests and small project. Open source, easy to setup, LAMP base. I have a few issues with the current reporting options (they just aren't good enough for generating something simple to use for invoice creation), but it's been the best we've found for our small shop. There is supposed to be a completely new version sometime soon that is a rewrite from scratch and promises all sortsa nifty features . ..we'll see.
Oh, and my small office runs business software, not vice versa...Skynet has yet to take control.
Henceforth, all activity and research in the field of computer science must be explained by natural phenomenom. The term 'bug' will use the September 9th, 1945 definition and nothing else.
Unnatural explanations such as missing semi-colon's and its ilk fall into the category of religion and a belief structure not cohesive with the true definition of science.
I agree with you. I would use it on my consoles before going anywhere. The fact it is available on a phone is convenient and if most people were like you and checked before they drove and not while they drove, I'd be ra-ra-ing this as a great innovation.
It's just unfortunate that there's a big enough percentage of people who aren't you that we all know this won't be when it's used.
Similar, but not the same. Navigational tools have hardware designed for that purpose. They are made with few buttons that can relay directions with the least amount of distraction. Cell phones generally aren't made this way since for some reason in the last 5 years they are to be the all-in-one wonder device (rather than a phone...). It means people will spend more time fiddling with the devices than they have any right to while driving a machine that can easily take lives. Even if there were 'hands-free' options created, I no more want some doof who's easily distracted using his phone than I want my doctor talking on his phone with a hands free kit while operating on me.
Radios aren't the same as they are passive devices (except for those ADD types who can't leave the dial alone, and in that case, they are just as bad ..not a justification for something that is worse to be 'ok').
If it takes your eyes off the road, it is bad. Plain and simple. Live traffic updates on a cell phone is just about guaranteed to do this.
Normally I am supportive of google and their endeavors . . . but I would argue that doing anything to *encourage* someone to be on their phone while driving wouldn't fall under the mantra 'Dont be evil'. It's bad enough people are talking and text messaging, but giving those retards who can't drive already an incentive to be less attentive . . .
You KNOW the times it'll be most hit is when people are stuck in traffic, which is when they should be most attentive to the road, not to their toys.
Exactly, claiming this is an 'outlook replacement' is just not true, yet. Could this replace outlook express using pop/imap? I have very little doubt about it. Could it replace outlook for the savvy OSS user? If they don't need some features, probably.
I must not be that savvy today, after 10 minutes of searching, I still don't have an answer as to why I am unable to connect to a 2003 exchange server. I've found a few references to people having issues with the connector missing, but this doesn't appear to be the case here since I do get the drop down option. I've been watching evolution since ximian did their connector (and back then I decided I wasn't interested in paying for it) and hadn't checked it out since novell took it GPL. Today was my first re-peak at Evolution since pre 2.x.
I'm content to wait and keep watching. Most my users are firefox advocates now, the OE users are on Thunderbird, GAIM is a godsend . . . I'll happily agree with the articles re-claim that its an outlook replacement when it really is true.
Do you have a link for the rpc over https stuff (you said it was called something different)? I'm not getting the pdf of the manual to come down (it 404s) and when I'm trying the 'Microsoft Exchange' server type it doesn't appear to be connecting with the OWA server. (Or is this what you are referring to as the rcp over https stuff?).
There wasn't any confusion on the third point. The new outlook 2003 OWA is so close to outlook that I have a few clients that use it and never open their outlook interface. The RPC over HTTPS stuff is very convenient for my mobile laptop users that want to continue using outlook, syncing their folders, without having to rely on VPN connections. OWA has existed earlier than 2000, 5.5 had a really clunky version and the as far as I know, the new rpc over https support on exchange is only in 2003 (and much loved by my sbs based clients).
Ok, so I've downloaded it. I'm in the middle of the setup and it seems to be real easy. My mom could handle this, assuming she knew her username and such.
When I select 'Microsfot Exchange' as the server type, it asks for my username and the OWA URL (mom is now somewhat confused, but with a little nudge that OWA means webmail, she's able to keep going) . . . It doesn't talk directly to the exchange server but uses the web access interface? It defaults to http:/// . . . a windows admin that doesn't at least put a self signed cert on your corporate mail is a particularly bad windows admin (I know, most slashdotters have low opinions already). When I attempted to use my OWA server over https (which is verified up and working) I immediately get a 'Could not connect to server'. Joe User has now decided that this really isn't an outlook replacement and has now uninstalled the app... There is no help button, F1 does nothing and when I look on evolutions site to actually find the 2.6 manual, it's a 404.
Since I'm not a Joe User, I'm going to keep poking around to see why it immediately says 'no' when connecting (the connection message comes up immediately while my owa site usually takes a solid 2 seconds to load... makes me think its not even trying). I'm disappointed at the moment.
First, I *want* evolution to get to the point where it is an outlook replacement as much as thunderbird is an outlook express replacement.
I constantly see these bits heralding how great it is and you can replace outlook, but frankly it just isn't true.
To replace outlook the app would have to do more than just mail, be able to interact with the meeting requests that are sent out and the like.
I'm sure much of the problem is the legalities behind reverse engineering the proprietary protocols MS uses, but with Evolution, can I:
Go into public folders to make posts?
Manage security on inboxes so that say George Smith can also access my mailbox?
Do RPC over HTTPS to connect to my exchange server via the web (OWA)?
I don't mean to bad mouth evolution at all. I think it's great that work is constantly being made on it and they keep bringing it closer to something the windows/outlook exchange users can use instead of something that will run VBS... I am going to try out the new win32 version as soon as I can get it to download and see if I can use it as a sort of 'outlook lite' when I don't need the extra functionality. I just don't think it's right to consider it an 'outlook replacement' especially in an exchange realm just yet. Outlook isn't just an email and calendar app.
I'd rather think Web edition is a large cause...
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You used to have to buy the advanced server version of windows to get the load balancing (WLBS). It was significantly more expensive than standard edition. Now, you can buy 2003 web edition, which gives you the latest and greatest, it has all the stuff to do load balancing a couple systems, and the price is the cheapest of all the 2003 server OS's (~500 bucks retail). So, for 1000 in licensing, you can get a load balanced webserver setup. This will (and does) appeal to plenty of people out there.
Linux is good. LVS is great. But I would never say setting these up are easy for someone who doesn't have more than a little experience with Linux and networking. Setting up the new WLBS stuff on 2003 web edition is doable by most developers who come from a MS world...
I'm not advocating WLBS use, there's plenty of things wrong with it and I've had issues with it scaling up to 10+ servers (which is why where I *do* have 2003 web servers, they are fronted by LVS for balancing), I'm just saying that the pricepoint and ease of setup has to effect the marketshare...
The fact that the video is a bunch of screenshots where you only see the ball lightning in 2-3 of them has already been mentioned . . . But, they claim it lasts.3 seconds, and even using non-high-speed film at 27-ish fps, we should have gotten a good 8-9 frames . . .
Some of the statements in the article bug me too. They say it must not be hot because we put a piece of paper over it and it didnt catch fire! Er, I can hold a match under a piece of paper for.3 seconds and it wont catch fire either... How about "We measure it with a digitial thermometer and it was 39 degrees celsius, much cooler than expected!". I'm sorry, but I think our little minds can handle a number like that if we can handle.3 seconds...
The statement in the article that bugged me the most, which I think is just bad writing was: "Most accounts describe a hovering, glowing, ball-like object up to 40 centimetres across, ranging in colour from red to yellow to blue and lasting for several seconds or in rare cases even minutes." Ranging from Red to Yellow to Blue eh? So they are not . . black? If you range from any of the 3 primary colors to the other 3, don't you about cover everything that isn't a shade of grey and outside of our vision?
If it was on cnn.com I guess I could let it slide since this'd be closer to their norm, but a site dedicated to science articles? Come on . . .
Every one of your suggestions was done. I would have contacted the girls parents if I had some means to do so.
Shaming the men does nothing. They either don't care or they create new accounts or come from new IPs. Have you ever notified a teenage girl not to do something when she thinks she loves someone? I have. They already know that the man is 30. They already know it isn't right what they are doing. But they LOVE them!
Notifying the site at large has very little effect as well. You either cause the men to do nothing . ..or they tell the people who ask them "NO! I'm being *framed*" (Like I'd have something to gain by revealing their activities) and most of these girls naively accept it ..These guys have already sweet talked them into having sex, why wouldn't they believe everything else out of their mouths? Or rarely, the man will write directly and blusterously threaten lawsuits, barratry and the like. None of these actions does anything to dissuade their activies or do anything about preventing future activities.
I don't see this as an issue of sensitivity but of social responsibility. A coffee shop like any other business can report illegal and suspicious activies and law enforcement will investigate. A community website does not seem to share that same ability at this time.
I think I'm about done with this line of discussion as you keep making assumptions and are now nitpicking (even when corrected that this is not just about *3* people... The last 3 were the last straw is all). I have no urge to discuss economics of coffeeshop management.
If I observed these men propositioning girls for sex at my place of business and did nothing at all to do something about it? Yes, I think I'd feel guilty.
But in a situation like that, I *can* call the police, and *can* get them to come out to stop these men from doing these activities on my property.
Ogling isn't the same as sending plane tickets with the express purpose of having a minor cross state lines for sex. Yes, parents should be there to stop this and it is sad that they aren't. Is it my responsibility? No. Absolutely not. But standing idly by and knowingly allowing things to happen using something I created? I can't do that either. I didn't have to shut down out of any legal responsibility, it was absolutely because I have to feel good about myself and what I contribute. Some people could be alright with letting that happen and feeling like that isn't their responsibility. Good for them. I don't have that ability (be it bad or good, blame my mother). I'm ok with someone thinking less of me for my decision, and I would welcome alternatives that could let me bring things back while still allowing my personal sense of morals to not be in a bind.
I apologize for using the term minor and child interchangeably. Feel free to/child/minor/ and/children/minors/ in my post and I hope the gist of it remains the same.
No. I shut down because I found another 3 participating in this and I had no recourse.
Your analogies are bad.
Parades can increase security. Coffee shops can install cameras or hire security.
I had a situation where even in a small community there were repeated issues with sexual predators and I had nothing I could do about it. No one to report it to. No way to block them without spending an inordinate amount of time trying to figure out 'what IP are they using this time'. No way to prevent it.
You may think it is absurd that I do not want to be in a situation where I have no options that I consider viable. After years of trying to do something to stop this from happening, I was unsuccessful. So, I accepted my failure and inability to make a change to the situation and did the only thing that would allow me to continue to feel good about myself.
You may not have had to make the same decision, I accept that.
When trying to notify authorities that there was something they should look into, they were not able/willing to do so. One of the groups (I believe it was the Indiana Cyber Crime division? I think? It's been a while) mentioned that they only detain these individuals when they are caught in sting type operations.
I have watched coverage more closely since then and this seems to be universally true. I have only seen child predators caught when it's law enforcement posing as the girl and luring the man in (there was a video on the front page of cnn.com for this yesterday even...).
I am not saying it doesn't happen via other methods, but I've not seen anything other than sting operations and parent/guardians filing reports as being the catalyst to get something done about predators preying on children...
The problem isn't letting children on community driven sites. The problem is a community driven site has no way to properly police and identify it's members.
I ran a community based website for 8 years where users could create profiles, message each other, participate in tree style board discussions and it became very popular with high school age children. I went through most of the steps that would have made the site COPPA compliant (though it was unneeded) using email based multi-opt in methods to verify the user. The site was policed regularly for content that would have been inappropriate for underage users, erring on the side of caution. I didn't regulate what users sent privately to each other, though there were jobs that ran on the backend that would watch for things that should send up a red flag (ie, adults talking about 'plane tickets' with minors). It wasn't perfect, and most of the time the flags were false positives that I just ignored. Users were aware of the monitoring and generally approved.
I shut the site down about 10-12 months ago because I couldn't handle dealing with the child predators anymore. One of my monitors had gone off and upon investigation I found not just one but three different adults (30+ males) that were all attempting to 'hook up' with girls 13-16... I am not in position to judge, make laws, or anything of that nature. However, this activity is explicitly not what I wanted on my site (and since all parties were in the US, they all were beneath the laws of this country and their respective states). I attempted reporting these activities to the states the individuals were from (California and Indiana in this instance), was given the run around for a while and eventually just told in a round about way that nothing I could submit or do would effect anything. No investigation, no extra monitoring, no research into these individuals who were quite knowingly breaking laws and endangering a child (from at least the law books perspective).
I searched for ways I could as a small website operator (~20000 members) validate a users identity. I figured I could at least prevent some of these activities if users knew without a doubt that their accounts were tied to their real identity (even if it was hidden to other users). I hit a brick wall. I could not find any means to accomplish this and queries on solutions were left unanswered (though my Ask Slashdot question is still in Pending state and has been for the last many months).
I don't see this issue as being something that laws preventing children from getting on these sites is the solution. I *do* however feel the schools should have the right to block access to any sites they don't deem as needed for the education process. I happily blocked access to my site on my side at the request of school administrators that didn't have the technical wherewithall to block it on their side. Social networking websites have as much place in a classroom as cell phones and instant messaging devices. So blocking them I approve of, but at the school administrations discretion.
My biggest point here is the problem: "Sexual predators preying on children" is not solved by their solution "Block access to myspace while at school and put the load on the site delivering the service, not on the site accessing the service".
Most social networking sites ignore the fact that they KNOW their sites are/will be used by predators. Some of us let the guilt get to us and shut down.
This sounds really darn nifty. No backglow = better reading experience for my pleasure reading.
The only thing I'd be concerned about is burn-in type effects, which you just wont see for a long period of time.
Everyone's got that monitor that's the 'build bench' monitor or the 'data center' monitor because it was sitting on a login screen too long and it has permanent burnin on the screen.
Even though this thing doesn't have constant power putting the words there, I'm concerned about somethign like this even leaving a little trace of what used to be there . . . leave an etch-a-sketch picture too long and it's not gonna wipe, but you won't find out for months and months later.
If they've solved anti-burnin effects, woowoo! I want it for more than just a portable reader...
First off, 9 months seems excessive. Very little should take longer than a business quarter.
However, in my experience every person outside of IT and security groups has this mindset that IT groups hinder them for no real reason.
I do not doubt there is bureacracy that slows every company's process. However, the fact that you want a change made to one system now doesn't change that these IT people are responsible for the effects any change might have on an entire organization. I don't know how many times I hear "But all I want is X". And that person requesting 'X' doesn't realize that 'X' has these 3 possible security issues associated with it. Maybe it won't effect his server even if it is exploited, but that risk has to be evaluated, approved and lord knows what else.
The fact is, every change *must* go through a certain amount of bureacracy to make sure all that it could effect have taken the appropriate level of responsibility.
My best advice is work through your own internal processes to see if turnaround time can be expedited. Maybe all they need is a motivated developer type with your skills to assist in making their change control system better. Or maybe there are things you don't see. Don't assume IT folk are just pushing your stuff back because they don't like you (though that could be a factor). If you can get a 'champion' type in your IT group that can help you get your stuff moved through the most efficiently.
But in the end, it is not up to you to decide what priority your request is given over someone else's. Even a simple request should be evaluated properly and must be given priority that is likely outside the IT drone's choice... Maybe your manager/director type needs to champion your projects to get them pushed through with greater priority ...don't assume the issue is on the IT side I guess is the gist of it.
Oh, and Bill said he didn't wanna give you your ram because you ate his pudding cup.
"Microsoft, which is emerging as a key competitor to Cisco in the home entertainment market"
Maybe I'm out of touch, but what does Cisco have already in the home entertainment market? I don't see linksys type devices really counting ..even their gaming wireless adapters are more support devices for things in the home entertainment market. I wouldn't consider them part of the market themselves since they themselves don't bring entertainment?
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If you want a more hands on, how do I accomplish a specific task type approach to things, I've been very happy with the books in the O'Reilly Cookbook line. They usually run 35-50 bucks depending on topic and you'll want to page through one in a store before purchasing. All the information in the books can be found online, but they usually organize them nicely in the books. Most of the topics are 1-2 pages responding to a specific "How do I do X" type question. The Linux Networking Cookbook, bash cookbook, and Linux Cookbook and Linux Security cookbook might be a good set to start with for what you are currently playing with.
The title of the parent post is right, not the name in the link. I even reviewed the stupid thing. Go me.
Oh, and one of the advantage of it being a simple LAMP base is there's no reason you couldn't gen your own reports out of the data in the DB in whatever your favorite scripting language is (or you could learn their template format and add to the existing reports and submit back. Go you.).
One of Zero is a better than average ticketing system we've been trying out for the last several months for tracking issues/work requests and small project. Open source, easy to setup, LAMP base. I have a few issues with the current reporting options (they just aren't good enough for generating something simple to use for invoice creation), but it's been the best we've found for our small shop. There is supposed to be a completely new version sometime soon that is a rewrite from scratch and promises all sortsa nifty features . . .we'll see.
Oh, and my small office runs business software, not vice versa...Skynet has yet to take control.
Henceforth, all activity and research in the field of computer science must be explained by natural phenomenom. The term 'bug' will use the September 9th, 1945 definition and nothing else. Unnatural explanations such as missing semi-colon's and its ilk fall into the category of religion and a belief structure not cohesive with the true definition of science.
I agree with you. I would use it on my consoles before going anywhere. The fact it is available on a phone is convenient and if most people were like you and checked before they drove and not while they drove, I'd be ra-ra-ing this as a great innovation.
It's just unfortunate that there's a big enough percentage of people who aren't you that we all know this won't be when it's used.
Similar, but not the same. Navigational tools have hardware designed for that purpose. They are made with few buttons that can relay directions with the least amount of distraction. Cell phones generally aren't made this way since for some reason in the last 5 years they are to be the all-in-one wonder device (rather than a phone...). It means people will spend more time fiddling with the devices than they have any right to while driving a machine that can easily take lives. Even if there were 'hands-free' options created, I no more want some doof who's easily distracted using his phone than I want my doctor talking on his phone with a hands free kit while operating on me.
.not a justification for something that is worse to be 'ok').
Radios aren't the same as they are passive devices (except for those ADD types who can't leave the dial alone, and in that case, they are just as bad .
If it takes your eyes off the road, it is bad. Plain and simple. Live traffic updates on a cell phone is just about guaranteed to do this.
Normally I am supportive of google and their endeavors . . . but I would argue that doing anything to *encourage* someone to be on their phone while driving wouldn't fall under the mantra 'Dont be evil'. It's bad enough people are talking and text messaging, but giving those retards who can't drive already an incentive to be less attentive . . .
You KNOW the times it'll be most hit is when people are stuck in traffic, which is when they should be most attentive to the road, not to their toys.
Bleh to this.
Exactly, claiming this is an 'outlook replacement' is just not true, yet. Could this replace outlook express using pop/imap? I have very little doubt about it. Could it replace outlook for the savvy OSS user? If they don't need some features, probably.
I must not be that savvy today, after 10 minutes of searching, I still don't have an answer as to why I am unable to connect to a 2003 exchange server. I've found a few references to people having issues with the connector missing, but this doesn't appear to be the case here since I do get the drop down option. I've been watching evolution since ximian did their connector (and back then I decided I wasn't interested in paying for it) and hadn't checked it out since novell took it GPL. Today was my first re-peak at Evolution since pre 2.x.
I'm content to wait and keep watching. Most my users are firefox advocates now, the OE users are on Thunderbird, GAIM is a godsend . . . I'll happily agree with the articles re-claim that its an outlook replacement when it really is true.
Do you have a link for the rpc over https stuff (you said it was called something different)? I'm not getting the pdf of the manual to come down (it 404s) and when I'm trying the 'Microsoft Exchange' server type it doesn't appear to be connecting with the OWA server. (Or is this what you are referring to as the rcp over https stuff?).
There wasn't any confusion on the third point. The new outlook 2003 OWA is so close to outlook that I have a few clients that use it and never open their outlook interface. The RPC over HTTPS stuff is very convenient for my mobile laptop users that want to continue using outlook, syncing their folders, without having to rely on VPN connections. OWA has existed earlier than 2000, 5.5 had a really clunky version and the as far as I know, the new rpc over https support on exchange is only in 2003 (and much loved by my sbs based clients).
Ok, so I've downloaded it. I'm in the middle of the setup and it seems to be real easy. My mom could handle this, assuming she knew her username and such.
When I select 'Microsfot Exchange' as the server type, it asks for my username and the OWA URL (mom is now somewhat confused, but with a little nudge that OWA means webmail, she's able to keep going) . . . It doesn't talk directly to the exchange server but uses the web access interface? It defaults to http:/// . . . a windows admin that doesn't at least put a self signed cert on your corporate mail is a particularly bad windows admin (I know, most slashdotters have low opinions already). When I attempted to use my OWA server over https (which is verified up and working) I immediately get a 'Could not connect to server'. Joe User has now decided that this really isn't an outlook replacement and has now uninstalled the app... There is no help button, F1 does nothing and when I look on evolutions site to actually find the 2.6 manual, it's a 404.
Since I'm not a Joe User, I'm going to keep poking around to see why it immediately says 'no' when connecting (the connection message comes up immediately while my owa site usually takes a solid 2 seconds to load... makes me think its not even trying). I'm disappointed at the moment.
First, I *want* evolution to get to the point where it is an outlook replacement as much as thunderbird is an outlook express replacement.
I constantly see these bits heralding how great it is and you can replace outlook, but frankly it just isn't true.
To replace outlook the app would have to do more than just mail, be able to interact with the meeting requests that are sent out and the like.
I'm sure much of the problem is the legalities behind reverse engineering the proprietary protocols MS uses, but with Evolution, can I:
Go into public folders to make posts?
Manage security on inboxes so that say George Smith can also access my mailbox?
Do RPC over HTTPS to connect to my exchange server via the web (OWA)?
I don't mean to bad mouth evolution at all. I think it's great that work is constantly being made on it and they keep bringing it closer to something the windows/outlook exchange users can use instead of something that will run VBS... I am going to try out the new win32 version as soon as I can get it to download and see if I can use it as a sort of 'outlook lite' when I don't need the extra functionality.
I just don't think it's right to consider it an 'outlook replacement' especially in an exchange realm just yet. Outlook isn't just an email and calendar app.
You used to have to buy the advanced server version of windows to get the load balancing (WLBS). It was significantly more expensive than standard edition. Now, you can buy 2003 web edition, which gives you the latest and greatest, it has all the stuff to do load balancing a couple systems, and the price is the cheapest of all the 2003 server OS's (~500 bucks retail). So, for 1000 in licensing, you can get a load balanced webserver setup. This will (and does) appeal to plenty of people out there.
Linux is good. LVS is great. But I would never say setting these up are easy for someone who doesn't have more than a little experience with Linux and networking. Setting up the new WLBS stuff on 2003 web edition is doable by most developers who come from a MS world...
I'm not advocating WLBS use, there's plenty of things wrong with it and I've had issues with it scaling up to 10+ servers (which is why where I *do* have 2003 web servers, they are fronted by LVS for balancing), I'm just saying that the pricepoint and ease of setup has to effect the marketshare...
The fact that the video is a bunch of screenshots where you only see the ball lightning in 2-3 of them has already been mentioned . . . But, they claim it lasts .3 seconds, and even using non-high-speed film at 27-ish fps, we should have gotten a good 8-9 frames . . .
.3 seconds and it wont catch fire either... How about "We measure it with a digitial thermometer and it was 39 degrees celsius, much cooler than expected!". I'm sorry, but I think our little minds can handle a number like that if we can handle .3 seconds...
Some of the statements in the article bug me too. They say it must not be hot because we put a piece of paper over it and it didnt catch fire! Er, I can hold a match under a piece of paper for
The statement in the article that bugged me the most, which I think is just bad writing was: "Most accounts describe a hovering, glowing, ball-like object up to 40 centimetres across, ranging in colour from red to yellow to blue and lasting for several seconds or in rare cases even minutes." Ranging from Red to Yellow to Blue eh? So they are not . . black? If you range from any of the 3 primary colors to the other 3, don't you about cover everything that isn't a shade of grey and outside of our vision?
If it was on cnn.com I guess I could let it slide since this'd be closer to their norm, but a site dedicated to science articles? Come on . . .
In my 5th backpack next to my hearthstone, just like every other OCD player.
Every one of your suggestions was done.
.or they tell the people who ask them "NO! I'm being *framed*" (Like I'd have something to gain by revealing their activities) and most of these girls naively accept it . .These guys have already sweet talked them into having sex, why wouldn't they believe everything else out of their mouths? Or rarely, the man will write directly and blusterously threaten lawsuits, barratry and the like. None of these actions does anything to dissuade their activies or do anything about preventing future activities.
I would have contacted the girls parents if I had some means to do so.
Shaming the men does nothing. They either don't care or they create new accounts or come from new IPs. Have you ever notified a teenage girl not to do something when she thinks she loves someone? I have. They already know that the man is 30. They already know it isn't right what they are doing. But they LOVE them!
Notifying the site at large has very little effect as well. You either cause the men to do nothing . .
I don't see this as an issue of sensitivity but of social responsibility. A coffee shop like any other business can report illegal and suspicious activies and law enforcement will investigate. A community website does not seem to share that same ability at this time.
I think I'm about done with this line of discussion as you keep making assumptions and are now nitpicking (even when corrected that this is not just about *3* people... The last 3 were the last straw is all). I have no urge to discuss economics of coffeeshop management.
If I observed these men propositioning girls for sex at my place of business and did nothing at all to do something about it? Yes, I think I'd feel guilty.
But in a situation like that, I *can* call the police, and *can* get them to come out to stop these men from doing these activities on my property.
Ogling isn't the same as sending plane tickets with the express purpose of having a minor cross state lines for sex. Yes, parents should be there to stop this and it is sad that they aren't.
Is it my responsibility? No. Absolutely not. But standing idly by and knowingly allowing things to happen using something I created? I can't do that either. I didn't have to shut down out of any legal responsibility, it was absolutely because I have to feel good about myself and what I contribute. Some people could be alright with letting that happen and feeling like that isn't their responsibility. Good for them. I don't have that ability (be it bad or good, blame my mother). I'm ok with someone thinking less of me for my decision, and I would welcome alternatives that could let me bring things back while still allowing my personal sense of morals to not be in a bind.
I apologize for using the term minor and child interchangeably. Feel free to /child/minor/ and /children/minors/ in my post and I hope the gist of it remains the same.
No.
I shut down because I found another 3 participating in this and I had no recourse.
Your analogies are bad.
Parades can increase security.
Coffee shops can install cameras or hire security.
I had a situation where even in a small community there were repeated issues with sexual predators and I had nothing I could do about it.
No one to report it to. No way to block them without spending an inordinate amount of time trying to figure out 'what IP are they using this time'. No way to prevent it.
You may think it is absurd that I do not want to be in a situation where I have no options that I consider viable. After years of trying to do something to stop this from happening, I was unsuccessful. So, I accepted my failure and inability to make a change to the situation and did the only thing that would allow me to continue to feel good about myself.
You may not have had to make the same decision, I accept that.
When trying to notify authorities that there was something they should look into, they were not able/willing to do so. One of the groups (I believe it was the Indiana Cyber Crime division? I think? It's been a while) mentioned that they only detain these individuals when they are caught in sting type operations.
I have watched coverage more closely since then and this seems to be universally true. I have only seen child predators caught when it's law enforcement posing as the girl and luring the man in (there was a video on the front page of cnn.com for this yesterday even...).
I am not saying it doesn't happen via other methods, but I've not seen anything other than sting operations and parent/guardians filing reports as being the catalyst to get something done about predators preying on children...
Yes, I have no way to disallow people to act like cretins. There were postings that said "Dont do evil" yet it still happened.
The first person who's fun was destroyed was the original poster's.
The problem isn't letting children on community driven sites.
The problem is a community driven site has no way to properly police and identify it's members.
I ran a community based website for 8 years where users could create profiles, message each other, participate in tree style board discussions and it became very popular with high school age children. I went through most of the steps that would have made the site COPPA compliant (though it was unneeded) using email based multi-opt in methods to verify the user. The site was policed regularly for content that would have been inappropriate for underage users, erring on the side of caution. I didn't regulate what users sent privately to each other, though there were jobs that ran on the backend that would watch for things that should send up a red flag (ie, adults talking about 'plane tickets' with minors). It wasn't perfect, and most of the time the flags were false positives that I just ignored. Users were aware of the monitoring and generally approved.
I shut the site down about 10-12 months ago because I couldn't handle dealing with the child predators anymore. One of my monitors had gone off and upon investigation I found not just one but three different adults (30+ males) that were all attempting to 'hook up' with girls 13-16... I am not in position to judge, make laws, or anything of that nature. However, this activity is explicitly not what I wanted on my site (and since all parties were in the US, they all were beneath the laws of this country and their respective states). I attempted reporting these activities to the states the individuals were from (California and Indiana in this instance), was given the run around for a while and eventually just told in a round about way that nothing I could submit or do would effect anything. No investigation, no extra monitoring, no research into these individuals who were quite knowingly breaking laws and endangering a child (from at least the law books perspective).
I searched for ways I could as a small website operator (~20000 members) validate a users identity. I figured I could at least prevent some of these activities if users knew without a doubt that their accounts were tied to their real identity (even if it was hidden to other users). I hit a brick wall. I could not find any means to accomplish this and queries on solutions were left unanswered (though my Ask Slashdot question is still in Pending state and has been for the last many months).
I don't see this issue as being something that laws preventing children from getting on these sites is the solution. I *do* however feel the schools should have the right to block access to any sites they don't deem as needed for the education process. I happily blocked access to my site on my side at the request of school administrators that didn't have the technical wherewithall to block it on their side. Social networking websites have as much place in a classroom as cell phones and instant messaging devices. So blocking them I approve of, but at the school administrations discretion.
My biggest point here is the problem: "Sexual predators preying on children" is not solved by their solution "Block access to myspace while at school and put the load on the site delivering the service, not on the site accessing the service".
Most social networking sites ignore the fact that they KNOW their sites are/will be used by predators. Some of us let the guilt get to us and shut down.
This sounds really darn nifty. No backglow = better reading experience for my pleasure reading.
The only thing I'd be concerned about is burn-in type effects, which you just wont see for a long period of time.
Everyone's got that monitor that's the 'build bench' monitor or the 'data center' monitor because it was sitting on a login screen too long and it has permanent burnin on the screen.
Even though this thing doesn't have constant power putting the words there, I'm concerned about somethign like this even leaving a little trace of what used to be there . . . leave an etch-a-sketch picture too long and it's not gonna wipe, but you won't find out for months and months later.
If they've solved anti-burnin effects, woowoo! I want it for more than just a portable reader...
First off, 9 months seems excessive. Very little should take longer than a business quarter.
..don't assume the issue is on the IT side I guess is the gist of it.
However, in my experience every person outside of IT and security groups has this mindset that IT groups hinder them for no real reason.
I do not doubt there is bureacracy that slows every company's process. However, the fact that you want a change made to one system now doesn't change that these IT people are responsible for the effects any change might have on an entire organization. I don't know how many times I hear "But all I want is X". And that person requesting 'X' doesn't realize that 'X' has these 3 possible security issues associated with it. Maybe it won't effect his server even if it is exploited, but that risk has to be evaluated, approved and lord knows what else.
The fact is, every change *must* go through a certain amount of bureacracy to make sure all that it could effect have taken the appropriate level of responsibility.
My best advice is work through your own internal processes to see if turnaround time can be expedited. Maybe all they need is a motivated developer type with your skills to assist in making their change control system better. Or maybe there are things you don't see. Don't assume IT folk are just pushing your stuff back because they don't like you (though that could be a factor). If you can get a 'champion' type in your IT group that can help you get your stuff moved through the most efficiently.
But in the end, it is not up to you to decide what priority your request is given over someone else's. Even a simple request should be evaluated properly and must be given priority that is likely outside the IT drone's choice... Maybe your manager/director type needs to champion your projects to get them pushed through with greater priority .
Oh, and Bill said he didn't wanna give you your ram because you ate his pudding cup.
"Microsoft, which is emerging as a key competitor to Cisco in the home entertainment market"
.even their gaming wireless adapters are more support devices for things in the home entertainment market. I wouldn't consider them part of the market themselves since they themselves don't bring entertainment?
Maybe I'm out of touch, but what does Cisco have already in the home entertainment market? I don't see linksys type devices really counting .
Someone educate me?