There's a right not to vote, just as there's a right to vote. If someone hasn't taken the time to research and select a candidate who best serves their interests, then I want them to stay home on election day.
Even if the ammendment passes the Legislature, it has to be ratified by 2/3 of the states before it becomes law. Because the Electoral college system gives a disproportionate advantage to smaller states, we'll probably never reach that threshold.
Hate to say that it won't be decided on technical merit, but businesses have a history of choosing an inferior standard if it benefits their bottom line. (Think VHS vs. Beta.)
It's not a perfect solution, but if you can disable IE on your computers and force your employees to use Firefox or Opera, you'll cut down on a lot of the spyware vulnerability.
You can also force everyone to store everything on a network drive. That way, if someone's workstation gets too screwed up, you can just replace it and have them keep working.
"as secure as they could be made" is not good enough. Not nearly good enough.
There's an expression we use at work sometimes: "So secure even I can't use it." Security is as always a function of its weakest link. In these cases, that link's going to be the election workers. Until we can train them to a point where they can fix problems on their own, and are resistant to social engineering, we won't have truly secure elections, regardless of the mechanism.
That's exactly what I asked in my last letter to Sen. Hutchison. I do think its curious that they're still allowing H1-Bs in when there's a requirement to prove that they can't find someone from the States to fill the job.
I've learned to take reports like this with a rather large grain of salt. Sure there are some jobs moving overseas, but overall, the demand for new code seems to be increasing. There may be some temporary displacement as jobs are initially moved, but those people will be re-absorbed as new jobs are created. (At least, that's what I'm hoping for.)
Humans are way too manipulative to have all kinds of hate mongering online.
Yes, because we're far too stupid to think for ourselves. Don't you think that it's best to let everyone say what they want and then decide for themselves what is proper? Or do you think we should have a government agency which filters everything to insure that people come to the "correct" conclusions.
Don't you think that's the point? They're starting with hate speech, then they'll progress to unpopular speech, and then they'll go after anyone who says something which is against the will of the government. Ultimately, they'll create a society where speech is totally free, as long as they agree with what everyone else says.
So if you are going on trial you now need to get a good powerpoint guru as well as a good lawyer.
I don't know about Powerpoint, but if I were going to trial, I'd like to have a really good photoshop guy on my side.
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I haven't paged through the comments yet, but I'll bet I can tell what will be posted:
1. Java Sucks 2. C# sucks more, and it's put out by microsoft, which is evil. 3. Java's not so bad 4. C# is better than Java 5. Perl is better than either of them 6. Python rules! 7. "But I prefer [C/C++, Lisp, Fortran, Forth, etc.]" 8. In Soviet Russia... 9. I for one welcome our new [java|c#] overlords
And of course, this post will be modded as flamebait.
I've been using a Targus Gravity for about six weeks now. I've toted it everywhere, including twice on the plane. It's a tight fit under some airline seats, but otherwise isn't bad.
With a mag strip though, they have to physically stop you, identify themselves, and ask for your id. With this, all they have to do is be within 10m of you with the right model of reader.
Think about this scenario. You go to a protest, where a bunch of undercover cops sweep the crowd with RFID readers. You're now on a police watch list as a potential troublemaker.
Or, you're not involved at all, and you happen to walk by the protest. You're still on the list.
Or they could just get a box at the UPS store, or talk some nice sucker into receiving packages for them at home. There are a number of ways to set up a fake physical address.
Does anyone else have a problem with the level of detail in the article? They not only report on the scam, but tell exactly how it was carried off. They've even provided the names of the merchant transaction companies which can be suckered.
First, let's get the $200k from as many of the rich guys as we can. Then reinvest those profits in R&D for heavy launchers, orbiting habitats, asteroid mining, and planetary exploration and colonization. Those are the things that will make space pay off in the long term, and they can pay huge dividends for life on earth.
Oh, and if I can get a flying car out of this somehow, I'll be very happy.
Congressman Rangel didn't even vote for the bill? Or did he just not show up?
I hope this puts to rest the rumors about the Republicans' desire to reinstate the draft. It's interesting that the only person to even introduce the idea in the legislature is a Democrat.
Your government at work again. The cause of this was reported on at the time of the incident, and now a year later, they've issued a lengthy report. The gist of it being: If not bolted down, things tend to fall over.
Both major parties want to control your life. There's about five inches between the agenda of the Democrats and the Republicans, and only on highly divisive issues which are harped on because they're highly divisive.
They're also both aided and abetted by a media which never concentrates on substantive issues and instead gives us a constant, meaningless stream of soundbytes, empty endorsements, and stupid comments about which candidate had the slicker speaking style or better hair.
We've let politics in America degenerate to the banality of the Redskins/Cowboys rivalry, (btw: Go Cowboys!) and in effect, insured that the government will grow stronger at our expenses, and for the benefit of big business and other special interests.
What to do about it? This year, I'm seriously planning to vote for a third party candidate who more closely matches my values. I'm also taking the attitude that I should live my life the way I want to. If I don't like one state's tax policy, I'm not moving there. I voted with my feet and moved to Texas instead of California. If you don't like Wal-mart and other unethically run businesses, then find some locally owned businesses to patronize. If you don't have any, please move to Austin and support our local businesses. I didn't buy an SUV bacause I don't want to consume that much fuel, and I bought a 1000 square foot condo instead of the big house I can afford. I don't see the need to buy a bunch of needless crap to fill up a big house.
Does this mean we're going to start invading countries which build large particle accelerators? I'm not sure invading Switzerland would be such a hot idea.
In three to six months, get a fresh copy of your credit report from the credit bureau. Also, see this site about ID theft issues. It provides a pretty good cheat sheet for what to do in your situation.
I had the same thing happen to me last year. We had a break-in at the firm which handled my last company's payroll, which later turned out to be an inside job. Fortunately, I haven't had any problems, and I hope you don't either.
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There's a right not to vote, just as there's a right to vote. If someone hasn't taken the time to research and select a candidate who best serves their interests, then I want them to stay home on election day.
Even if the ammendment passes the Legislature, it has to be ratified by 2/3 of the states before it becomes law. Because the Electoral college system gives a disproportionate advantage to smaller states, we'll probably never reach that threshold.
Hate to say that it won't be decided on technical merit, but businesses have a history of choosing an inferior standard if it benefits their bottom line. (Think VHS vs. Beta.)
It's not a perfect solution, but if you can disable IE on your computers and force your employees to use Firefox or Opera, you'll cut down on a lot of the spyware vulnerability.
You can also force everyone to store everything on a network drive. That way, if someone's workstation gets too screwed up, you can just replace it and have them keep working.
"as secure as they could be made" is not good enough. Not nearly good enough.
There's an expression we use at work sometimes: "So secure even I can't use it." Security is as always a function of its weakest link. In these cases, that link's going to be the election workers. Until we can train them to a point where they can fix problems on their own, and are resistant to social engineering, we won't have truly secure elections, regardless of the mechanism.
That's exactly what I asked in my last letter to Sen. Hutchison. I do think its curious that they're still allowing H1-Bs in when there's a requirement to prove that they can't find someone from the States to fill the job.
I've learned to take reports like this with a rather large grain of salt. Sure there are some jobs moving overseas, but overall, the demand for new code seems to be increasing. There may be some temporary displacement as jobs are initially moved, but those people will be re-absorbed as new jobs are created. (At least, that's what I'm hoping for.)
Humans are way too manipulative to have all kinds of hate mongering online.
Yes, because we're far too stupid to think for ourselves. Don't you think that it's best to let everyone say what they want and then decide for themselves what is proper? Or do you think we should have a government agency which filters everything to insure that people come to the "correct" conclusions.
Don't you think that's the point? They're starting with hate speech, then they'll progress to unpopular speech, and then they'll go after anyone who says something which is against the will of the government. Ultimately, they'll create a society where speech is totally free, as long as they agree with what everyone else says.
So if you are going on trial you now need to get a good powerpoint guru as well as a good lawyer.
I don't know about Powerpoint, but if I were going to trial, I'd like to have a really good photoshop guy on my side.
I've been using a Targus Gravity for about six weeks now. I've toted it everywhere, including twice on the plane. It's a tight fit under some airline seats, but otherwise isn't bad.
With a mag strip though, they have to physically stop you, identify themselves, and ask for your id. With this, all they have to do is be within 10m of you with the right model of reader.
Think about this scenario. You go to a protest, where a bunch of undercover cops sweep the crowd with RFID readers. You're now on a police watch list as a potential troublemaker.
Or, you're not involved at all, and you happen to walk by the protest. You're still on the list.
Or they could just get a box at the UPS store, or talk some nice sucker into receiving packages for them at home. There are a number of ways to set up a fake physical address.
Does anyone else have a problem with the level of detail in the article? They not only report on the scam, but tell exactly how it was carried off. They've even provided the names of the merchant transaction companies which can be suckered.
First, let's get the $200k from as many of the rich guys as we can. Then reinvest those profits in R&D for heavy launchers, orbiting habitats, asteroid mining, and planetary exploration and colonization. Those are the things that will make space pay off in the long term, and they can pay huge dividends for life on earth.
Oh, and if I can get a flying car out of this somehow, I'll be very happy.
Looks like the guys at Dell will have an even cheaper place to outsource their maintenance operations to.
Congressman Rangel didn't even vote for the bill? Or did he just not show up?
I hope this puts to rest the rumors about the Republicans' desire to reinstate the draft. It's interesting that the only person to even introduce the idea in the legislature is a Democrat.
Your government at work again. The cause of this was reported on at the time of the incident, and now a year later, they've issued a lengthy report. The gist of it being: If not bolted down, things tend to fall over.
Both major parties want to control your life. There's about five inches between the agenda of the Democrats and the Republicans, and only on highly divisive issues which are harped on because they're highly divisive.
They're also both aided and abetted by a media which never concentrates on substantive issues and instead gives us a constant, meaningless stream of soundbytes, empty endorsements, and stupid comments about which candidate had the slicker speaking style or better hair.
We've let politics in America degenerate to the banality of the Redskins/Cowboys rivalry, (btw: Go Cowboys!) and in effect, insured that the government will grow stronger at our expenses, and for the benefit of big business and other special interests.
What to do about it? This year, I'm seriously planning to vote for a third party candidate who more closely matches my values. I'm also taking the attitude that I should live my life the way I want to. If I don't like one state's tax policy, I'm not moving there. I voted with my feet and moved to Texas instead of California. If you don't like Wal-mart and other unethically run businesses, then find some locally owned businesses to patronize. If you don't have any, please move to Austin and support our local businesses. I didn't buy an SUV bacause I don't want to consume that much fuel, and I bought a 1000 square foot condo instead of the big house I can afford. I don't see the need to buy a bunch of needless crap to fill up a big house.
You can laugh, but you'll probably need that much to run the next iteration of Windows.
"I just finished hammering out a quick analyzation..."
George, is that you?
Does this mean we're going to start invading countries which build large particle accelerators? I'm not sure invading Switzerland would be such a hot idea.
In three to six months, get a fresh copy of your credit report from the credit bureau. Also, see this site about ID theft issues. It provides a pretty good cheat sheet for what to do in your situation.
I had the same thing happen to me last year. We had a break-in at the firm which handled my last company's payroll, which later turned out to be an inside job. Fortunately, I haven't had any problems, and I hope you don't either.