I voted No twice on Lisbon and I'll be voting No again now on the Fiscal Compact Treaty. The lies of FG, FF and Labour will be see for what they are. Vote Yes for jobs? Lets see how well it works this time. I swear to god the media in this country would welcome the rise of the Nazi's in this country and simply say "think of the jobs that would be created by employing the skangers to legally rob people and the revenue that would be generated by the government taxing their procedes..." I just hope that the Irish people will see through the BS from FG/LAB/FF
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I think you are missing the point. A wealth tax is the ONLY way you can stem the ever rising gap between rich and poor. Income tax alone will only do so much.
When we talk about a wealth tax, we're not talking about the guy who has saved $20000 or even the guy who has saved $200000, we're talking about the person who has $20 Million and more. Purely because its recent and everyone is aware of it, I'm going to use Mitt Romney as an example.
Mitt Romney has paid an effective tax rate of 13.9% on his income, as shown by his now publicised tax returns. The US national average tax rate is somewhere around 30%. Now even if you ignore the fact that $18 million is still an extremely large amount to be taking home in one year and focus solely on the percentage of income. That is not a fair deal. Someone earning higher amounts should be on larger tax rates than people earning less. By earning more, you can afford to pay more tax, you might not be able to get 10 yachts this year, but you can still afford your house (if you didn't already buy it outright) food, heat, entertainment and STILL have a very very comfortable life. Not everyone who is paying lower percentage of tax can say the same.
The point from the above story is that income tax alone will not help to close the gap between rich and poor, this is the entire point of taxes and central government. The moral of the story is people who have excess amounts of wealth don't spend excess amounts of wealth, they usually sit on it and allow their considerable worth accumulate and then use that wealth for influence (if you don't think they do, you're crazy). Taxing wealth is not new, it isn't an agregeous act which should be shunned by society and it isn't going to end the rich being better off in society, it will simply mean that they will not have as much money.
Oh please. The argument of "we need to be able to defend ourselves from a tyranical government" is such a moot point! If there was a tyranical government in the United States, do you think your colt.45 or at best your M4 is going to be able to do much against the amassed strength of the United States Armed Forces?
The only purpose served by keeping those keys is allowing someone to decrypt their customers encrypted traffic
Ahem, don't know how to burst your buble, but RSA Tokens do not "encrypt" your traffic, it is a form of Two Factor Authentication(2FA). There is a big difference between the two.
Also if you are using the tokens properly, you will not just be using what is on display on the token, but also PIN number that is combined with whats on display.
As for why they kept the seeds, I don't know, but if you have your network properly secure, the compromise of the seeds does not instantly make your 2FA redundant. Yes you are instantly more vunerable to social engineering attacks. So even if "terrorists" put a gun to the CEO's head (which is such a typical cop out to any situation) they could only get the seed which unlocks only one part of the token passcode.
In relation to your point about postal votes, they don't exist for the general public here in Ireland. If you're not in your voting district on the day, you don't get to vote. The only postal votes that occur are for people who are deployed overseas by the government, namely Irish military on peacekeeping, Garda members who are deployed as advisors and protection of state officials who may be abroad on the day or diplomatic staff (e.g. embassy staff).
However its not that difficult to commit voting fraud in Ireland. I'm registered in one district here (Dublin South East) but I've just moved apartment. The registration process for the electroral register here has a form for transfering your vote to a new district. But its awkward because you have to go to a Garda (police) station and have a Garda sign it verifying you are who you say you are, but to register as a new voter before an election (as part of a registration drive the government has before an election) you only have to fill out the form and send it in the post, no need for garda verification. Personally I can't wait for my vote to be transferred over so I get my RFA2 form ASAP to transfer it from on district to the next, but a regular citizen will probably wait for the next registration drive. Then on the day of the election, they could go from one constituency to the next and vote without being challenged as long as they provide ID.
But being honest, our governments have been a joke with regards electronic systems, between the E-Voting system and the Payroll system for our Health Sector electronic payroll system our politicians are going to fear bringing any electronic system for anything leaving us in the dark ages...
I played one of their games years ago, it was a squad based 3rd person shooter. It was very much a US propaganda piece. It featured actual missions that took place in real life, but highly sanatised. Very little if any blood from what I remember, no pesky civilians in the way, US soldiers always acted professionally and used restraint before using weapons...
I always wondered why the game was free and how they were making any money. Now it makes a bit more sense.
Now as for whether or not he deserves to be in prison, let alone killed, I don't think so. But I think its time for double standards to be recognised by everyone. Iran spies on the US. The US spies on Iran. Iran tortures people. The US tortures people.
In many places in the world its illegal to smoke in public places and/or work places including, pubs, clubs, cafes etc. Driving on public roads may end up being illegal, while motor racing and private tracks may be legal. Just saying, don't rule it out just yet.
These are basically irrelevant stories which only last for a few weeks at most and serve only to annoy everyone concerned. It Isn't benefiting consumers, its not beneficial to either company and only wastes court time. No one wins from this tit for tat patent challenges
That would be pretty stupid in fairness. Salt is used to feck up a rainbow table attack, even if they got the salt values they would need to generate new rainbow tables. If you followed password guidelines (long, complex) it should be ok, it takes too long to generate salt tables for anything beyond 9 characters
I disagree with your assesment about the encryption keys, yeah its possible they have them, but its more likely they don't have them. There are any number of ways to get access to your databases and deface your site without them
Your argument seems to be based on the fact that the government is a static thing, its not, its a representative of the people elected by the people. Corporations are not representatives of the people and do not have the interests of the people in their interests. It doesn't often times conflict with their modus operandi to conflict with the people but their interests lie with their stock holders and we have seen time and time again that they will do very bad things in the name of making profit. The idea that "the market" will decide to buy their products or not is also a fallacy, with the size of corporations and the power they hold they often times leave consumers no choice.
In the United States especially, corporations are seen more and more as an individual and that is a very scary prospect. Private organisations should NEVER hold more power than the representatives of the people and anyone who thinks the other way around hasn't fully thought through what they are proposing
I honestly don't know if you're just trolling or if you're an Apple fanboy...
I don't think there are any issues. iPhone is designed to be used
Indeed you are right, but the issue is surrounding the length of time you can use it on a single charge.
I understand why owners of other phones don't really use them, but I love playing while on the move, and listen to music
What an arrogant statement that is. I have a Galaxy S2 and I can tell you that I play games while I'm travelling, listen to music practically all day and download music, videos, apps, etc. While I do all those things, I need to charge it once a day, but a friend who wasted his money on an iPhone 4S when he already had an iPhone 4, his battery life doesn't get him past lunch time on some days.
Excuse me, but just because someone disagrees with you regarding the use of nuclear power, doesn't mean you can label them as reacting to "hysteria and foolishness". There are real, rational and coherrent concerns regarding nuclear power. If you disagree with that, then fine, but please don't simply label your opposition as hysterical or foolish.
I completely agree with your observation about multiple nonsense programs. The reason I love steam is because it gives me flexibility with little problems. Its one application to install, for the most part its not very intrusive and is handy for communicating with my friends. My idea of a disaster is every game publisher and its cousin releasing their own download client. I was so annoyed by EA's decision to not release BF3 on steam. Their reasons to me seem petty. To force everyone to use their origin system frustrates many in the community. I don't want to have to install a piece of software to install for every publisher and I'm afraid its a case of you snooze you lose. Valve released a quality piece of software that was picked up by almost the entire community years ago, unless you are going to offer something different rather than just a re-hash of the same thing I'm afraid all I can say is jog on...
I have to agree, just because I disagree with some of his company's decisions and direction doesn't mean I don't respect the contribution made to the industry. My thoughts are with his family. In essence, iGrieve
Die Hard Trilogy... what a game! One of the few games to include Mercy Kills. That combination of the same scream everytime by a person completely on fire from head to toe, "Ahhhhh" followed by the emotionless "Sorry pal...".
Who could play that game without holding down the left or right button on the main game selection screen making it sound like the worlds worst party that always ended with..."supposed to stay in seats until the plane reaches the terminal..."?
And cue the blinkers to the actual problems of nuclear energy now.
Even modern Generation IV reactors are not entirely safe, we still don't know what to do with the waste that is building up and that its not going away any time soon and not to mention that when things go wrong we're not usually just talking about it affecting a handful of people we're talking about massive environmental damage and potentially huge effects on the human population.
I swear the people on slashdot who jump to the defence of nuclear power as soon as anything slightly related to nuclear power comes into the news really annoy me. Nuclear fision is at best a stop gap before the actual solution to our energy crisis. Yes coal is terrible, yes gas is terrible, yes oil is terrible but nuclear power is NOT a clean alternative, its as viable an alternative as "clean coal" (and no that does not mean that I'm saying we should be using "clean coal")
A big thank you from me and all the generation of slashdotters who are too young to have been around to get a user ID that's respectable to Rob and Jeff and everyone else who were involved in the creation of Slashdot. The site remains a beacon of hope in a sea of mediocrity and subordinacy. Your work will continue to inspire this and future generations to share and be part of a community beyond the childish and throw away culture that has developed else where
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AMD based PC built in the last two years? Why?
I voted No twice on Lisbon and I'll be voting No again now on the Fiscal Compact Treaty. The lies of FG, FF and Labour will be see for what they are. Vote Yes for jobs? Lets see how well it works this time. I swear to god the media in this country would welcome the rise of the Nazi's in this country and simply say "think of the jobs that would be created by employing the skangers to legally rob people and the revenue that would be generated by the government taxing their procedes..." I just hope that the Irish people will see through the BS from FG/LAB/FF
I think you are missing the point. A wealth tax is the ONLY way you can stem the ever rising gap between rich and poor. Income tax alone will only do so much.
When we talk about a wealth tax, we're not talking about the guy who has saved $20000 or even the guy who has saved $200000, we're talking about the person who has $20 Million and more. Purely because its recent and everyone is aware of it, I'm going to use Mitt Romney as an example.
Mitt Romney has paid an effective tax rate of 13.9% on his income, as shown by his now publicised tax returns. The US national average tax rate is somewhere around 30%. Now even if you ignore the fact that $18 million is still an extremely large amount to be taking home in one year and focus solely on the percentage of income. That is not a fair deal. Someone earning higher amounts should be on larger tax rates than people earning less. By earning more, you can afford to pay more tax, you might not be able to get 10 yachts this year, but you can still afford your house (if you didn't already buy it outright) food, heat, entertainment and STILL have a very very comfortable life. Not everyone who is paying lower percentage of tax can say the same.
The point from the above story is that income tax alone will not help to close the gap between rich and poor, this is the entire point of taxes and central government. The moral of the story is people who have excess amounts of wealth don't spend excess amounts of wealth, they usually sit on it and allow their considerable worth accumulate and then use that wealth for influence (if you don't think they do, you're crazy). Taxing wealth is not new, it isn't an agregeous act which should be shunned by society and it isn't going to end the rich being better off in society, it will simply mean that they will not have as much money.
There are term limits, they're called elections.
Oh please. The argument of "we need to be able to defend ourselves from a tyranical government" is such a moot point! If there was a tyranical government in the United States, do you think your colt .45 or at best your M4 is going to be able to do much against the amassed strength of the United States Armed Forces?
Ah the classic US foreign policy. If we can't arrest them, kill them, legally or otherwise...
The only purpose served by keeping those keys is allowing someone to decrypt their customers encrypted traffic
Ahem, don't know how to burst your buble, but RSA Tokens do not "encrypt" your traffic, it is a form of Two Factor Authentication(2FA). There is a big difference between the two.
Also if you are using the tokens properly, you will not just be using what is on display on the token, but also PIN number that is combined with whats on display.
As for why they kept the seeds, I don't know, but if you have your network properly secure, the compromise of the seeds does not instantly make your 2FA redundant. Yes you are instantly more vunerable to social engineering attacks. So even if "terrorists" put a gun to the CEO's head (which is such a typical cop out to any situation) they could only get the seed which unlocks only one part of the token passcode.
In relation to your point about postal votes, they don't exist for the general public here in Ireland. If you're not in your voting district on the day, you don't get to vote. The only postal votes that occur are for people who are deployed overseas by the government, namely Irish military on peacekeeping, Garda members who are deployed as advisors and protection of state officials who may be abroad on the day or diplomatic staff (e.g. embassy staff).
However its not that difficult to commit voting fraud in Ireland. I'm registered in one district here (Dublin South East) but I've just moved apartment. The registration process for the electroral register here has a form for transfering your vote to a new district. But its awkward because you have to go to a Garda (police) station and have a Garda sign it verifying you are who you say you are, but to register as a new voter before an election (as part of a registration drive the government has before an election) you only have to fill out the form and send it in the post, no need for garda verification. Personally I can't wait for my vote to be transferred over so I get my RFA2 form ASAP to transfer it from on district to the next, but a regular citizen will probably wait for the next registration drive. Then on the day of the election, they could go from one constituency to the next and vote without being challenged as long as they provide ID.
But being honest, our governments have been a joke with regards electronic systems, between the E-Voting system and the Payroll system for our Health Sector electronic payroll system our politicians are going to fear bringing any electronic system for anything leaving us in the dark ages...
I played one of their games years ago, it was a squad based 3rd person shooter. It was very much a US propaganda piece. It featured actual missions that took place in real life, but highly sanatised. Very little if any blood from what I remember, no pesky civilians in the way, US soldiers always acted professionally and used restraint before using weapons... I always wondered why the game was free and how they were making any money. Now it makes a bit more sense.
Now as for whether or not he deserves to be in prison, let alone killed, I don't think so. But I think its time for double standards to be recognised by everyone. Iran spies on the US. The US spies on Iran. Iran tortures people. The US tortures people.
In many places in the world its illegal to smoke in public places and/or work places including, pubs, clubs, cafes etc. Driving on public roads may end up being illegal, while motor racing and private tracks may be legal. Just saying, don't rule it out just yet.
These are basically irrelevant stories which only last for a few weeks at most and serve only to annoy everyone concerned. It Isn't benefiting consumers, its not beneficial to either company and only wastes court time. No one wins from this tit for tat patent challenges
Except you play as Russians...
That would be pretty stupid in fairness. Salt is used to feck up a rainbow table attack, even if they got the salt values they would need to generate new rainbow tables. If you followed password guidelines (long, complex) it should be ok, it takes too long to generate salt tables for anything beyond 9 characters I disagree with your assesment about the encryption keys, yeah its possible they have them, but its more likely they don't have them. There are any number of ways to get access to your databases and deface your site without them
Your argument seems to be based on the fact that the government is a static thing, its not, its a representative of the people elected by the people. Corporations are not representatives of the people and do not have the interests of the people in their interests. It doesn't often times conflict with their modus operandi to conflict with the people but their interests lie with their stock holders and we have seen time and time again that they will do very bad things in the name of making profit. The idea that "the market" will decide to buy their products or not is also a fallacy, with the size of corporations and the power they hold they often times leave consumers no choice.
In the United States especially, corporations are seen more and more as an individual and that is a very scary prospect. Private organisations should NEVER hold more power than the representatives of the people and anyone who thinks the other way around hasn't fully thought through what they are proposing
I don't think there are any issues. iPhone is designed to be used
Indeed you are right, but the issue is surrounding the length of time you can use it on a single charge.
I understand why owners of other phones don't really use them, but I love playing while on the move, and listen to music
What an arrogant statement that is. I have a Galaxy S2 and I can tell you that I play games while I'm travelling, listen to music practically all day and download music, videos, apps, etc. While I do all those things, I need to charge it once a day, but a friend who wasted his money on an iPhone 4S when he already had an iPhone 4, his battery life doesn't get him past lunch time on some days.
Excuse me, but just because someone disagrees with you regarding the use of nuclear power, doesn't mean you can label them as reacting to "hysteria and foolishness". There are real, rational and coherrent concerns regarding nuclear power. If you disagree with that, then fine, but please don't simply label your opposition as hysterical or foolish.
Bit of an unfair comparison, this would be the equivilant
I completely agree with your observation about multiple nonsense programs. The reason I love steam is because it gives me flexibility with little problems. Its one application to install, for the most part its not very intrusive and is handy for communicating with my friends. My idea of a disaster is every game publisher and its cousin releasing their own download client. I was so annoyed by EA's decision to not release BF3 on steam. Their reasons to me seem petty. To force everyone to use their origin system frustrates many in the community. I don't want to have to install a piece of software to install for every publisher and I'm afraid its a case of you snooze you lose. Valve released a quality piece of software that was picked up by almost the entire community years ago, unless you are going to offer something different rather than just a re-hash of the same thing I'm afraid all I can say is jog on...
I have to agree, just because I disagree with some of his company's decisions and direction doesn't mean I don't respect the contribution made to the industry. My thoughts are with his family. In essence, iGrieve
Die Hard Trilogy... what a game! One of the few games to include Mercy Kills. That combination of the same scream everytime by a person completely on fire from head to toe, "Ahhhhh" followed by the emotionless "Sorry pal...".
..."supposed to stay in seats until the plane reaches the terminal..."?
Who could play that game without holding down the left or right button on the main game selection screen making it sound like the worlds worst party that always ended with
And cue the blinkers to the actual problems of nuclear energy now.
Even modern Generation IV reactors are not entirely safe, we still don't know what to do with the waste that is building up and that its not going away any time soon and not to mention that when things go wrong we're not usually just talking about it affecting a handful of people we're talking about massive environmental damage and potentially huge effects on the human population.
I swear the people on slashdot who jump to the defence of nuclear power as soon as anything slightly related to nuclear power comes into the news really annoy me. Nuclear fision is at best a stop gap before the actual solution to our energy crisis. Yes coal is terrible, yes gas is terrible, yes oil is terrible but nuclear power is NOT a clean alternative, its as viable an alternative as "clean coal" (and no that does not mean that I'm saying we should be using "clean coal")
I tip my hat sir, that made me laugh and share the joke with people in work!
A big thank you from me and all the generation of slashdotters who are too young to have been around to get a user ID that's respectable to Rob and Jeff and everyone else who were involved in the creation of Slashdot. The site remains a beacon of hope in a sea of mediocrity and subordinacy. Your work will continue to inspire this and future generations to share and be part of a community beyond the childish and throw away culture that has developed else where
The place where a few seconds can mean the difference between making an arse of yourself... and making an even bigger arse of yourself.
Well I find this site far less biased than any other site that I've seen, one way or the other. Both sides have their advantages