The "reform" is a rather heavy-handed play to force popular representation off the system entirely, leaving only the corps and the govs in charge of the name system. It is, in my own cynical opinion, specifically aimed at Karl Auerbach, who is currently suing to get access to ICANN corporate records.
The fable of the "independant ICANN" is getting awfully threadbare, what with DOC and Congress claiming ownership. I expect the UN to announce their control at any moment...
No, American law applies in America. Dimitri wouldn't have had a problem, and wouldn't be cooling his heels in the stripey hole, if he'd had the sense to stay out of the US. Likewise, I imagine any Yahoo! execs travelling to France might have a surprise in store at French Immigration/Customs.
And anyway, the judge didn't say that the french judge was wrong, just that the US would not enforce his ruling. For now...
These bozos are really pushin' it. Dig this: The only people with a "stake" (fucking horrible PC bullshit word) in the internet are the Corps and those who "own domains". What a load of fertilizer...
and this: "The nine-member At-Large Membership Study Committee, created by the ICANN board earlier this year, recommends reducing at-large representation from one-half to one-third of the board seats.
In addition, individuals wishing to help select representatives would have to pay unspecified annual membership fees and own domain names, which typically cost about $30 a year.
``It's just utterly laughable,'' said Karl Auerbach, a current at-large board member.
Auerbach said he would consider resigning if the report is adopted. ``I would seriously question my desire to remain associated with a group that just slapped the Internet community in the face,'' he said."
And then -
"Supporters of the at-large reduction believe it's important to have board members who are knowledgeable about the technical issues surrounding the Internet."
So the same judges who've been quite forward about giving away *my* privacy, via a long and depressing string of judgements that it is perfectly ok for employers to snoop on their employees (to "closely monitor" in order to sniff out "inappropriate content", yada yada) are now whining that their employer (me) doesn't have that right wrt them.
They'll enforce it with a request to the State Dept. to have federal law enforcement go to the physical site and confiscate the servers. State submits the request to the Fed. courts, gets a siezure warrant, and presto-bingo, you got no hardware.
"the profits of the five largest american companies FOR ONE YEAR would feed the starving in africa for decades."
Actually, no it wouldn't.
Not because there wouldn't be enough money (obviously there is) or enough food (plenty out there), but because you could never DELIVER it to the starving Africans. Or Arminians, or whatever "starvation du jour" you like. There just ain't enough transport available, unless you put all forms of transport on the job, full time. And maybe not then.
We can't feed them, is isn't physically possible. We MAY be able to help them feed themselves, and that's a better solution, anyway.
A rash of cybercrime by high government officials.
Scenario: someone with a clue manages to break in to the central repository of ID's, steals lots of top LE/Govt ID's, starts churning out duplicate cards and selling them on street-corners...
Suddenly, India's government is a major pr0n junkie.
The GPL doesn't require you to release your source code unless you distribute/sell it, at which point you must give it up to your distributees/customers.
Internal use requires no source code release. But then, that's not gonna make M$ any money from other peoples work...
"There are no strict numerical criteria for a religion, but it must show an underlying belief system or philosophy, underpinned by an organisational structure, the ABS said. The census also recognises non-theistic belief systems such as humanism and rationalism."
I guess Cannibalism is ok, then? Good.
By the way, when can you guys stop by. I'd like to have you all for dinner...
The constitutional restrictions against unreasonable S&S don't apply to the rooskies.
They very definitely *do* apply to the FBI, manifestly an arm of the US Govt. and so subject to limits on what they can do.
Or, more simply, the constitution doesn't restrict people (see amend. 10), it restricts the US Govt.
Cheer up. We can't really destroy the planet. Ourselves, possibly, but the planet will survive and recover from anything we can do.
The cockroaches are waiting patiently.
An very interestin set of policies...
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SCHOOL-RELATED MISCONDUCT
A student shall be removed from class and placed in an alternative education program if the student commits the following on or within 300 feet of school property, as measured from any point on the school's real property boundary line, or while attending a school-sponsored or school-related activity on or off school property commits any of the following:
1)Engages in conduct punishable as a felony;
(self-explanatory.)
2)Engages in conduct that contains the elements of assault, as defined in Penal Code 22.01(a)(1).
(no yelling, kids...)
3)Engages in conduct that contains the elements of a terroristic threat, as defined in Penal Code 22.07.
(bingo! this baby's a catch-all for just about any "smart-mouth". Sarcasm-free zone ahead...)
4)Sells, gives, or delivers to another person or possesses, uses, or is under the influence of:
Marijuana or a controlled substance, as defined by the Texas Controlled Substances Act or by 21 U.S.C. 801, et seq.;
A dangerous drug, as defined by the Texas dangerous drug law in Chapter 483 of the Health and Safety Code.
(no gettin' loaded, ya little rats...)
5)Sells, possesses, gives, or delivers to another person an alcoholic beverage, as defined by the Alcoholic Beverage Code, or commits a serious act or offense while under the influence of alcohol, or uses or is under the influence of an alcoholic beverage.
(or drunk either...)
6)Engages in conduct that contains the elements of an offense relating to abusable glue or aerosol paint under the Texas Controlled Substances Act, or relating to volatile chemicals under Chapter 484 of the Health and Safety Code.
( or sniffin' glue...)
7)Engages in conduct that contains the elements of the offense of public lewdness under Section 21.07 of the Penal Code; i.e., engages in sexual contact or sexual intercourse in a public place or, if not in a public place, is reckless about whether another is present who will be offended or alarmed by the act.
(let alone screwin'...)
8)Engages in conduct that contains the elements of the offense of indecent exposure under Section 21.08 of the Penal Code.
(no wavin' yer winkie at the teachers...)
Further on,
NOT GUILTY / INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE / CHARGES DROPPED
The Superintendent or designee shall review the student's placement in the alternative education program upon receipt of notice under Article 15.27(g), Code of Criminal Procedure, stating that:
1)Prosecution of a student was refused for lack of prosecutorial merit or insufficient evidence, and no formal proceedings, deferred adjudication, or deferred prosecution will be initiated; or
2)A court or jury found the student not guilty or made a finding the child did not engage in delinquent conduct or conduct indicating a need for supervision and the case was dismissed with prejudice.
The student may not be returned to the regular classroom pending the review. The Superintendent or designee shall schedule a review of the student's placement with the student not later than the third class day after the Superintendent or designee receives notice from the office or official designated by the court. After reviewing the notice and receiving information from the student's parent or guardian, the Superintendent or designee may continue the student's placement in the AEP if there is reason to believe that the presence of the student in the regular classroom threatens the safety of other students or teachers. ("reason to believe"?...)
Searching.
We never sleep. Our IOS software is constantly searching the Internet 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Our intelligent scanning probes are customized to each client's needs and patrol the Internet searching for suspicious sites.
Hmmm...
Ok, lets do this: Form a company (Tonto Inc.?) that lives to bushwhack these nasty little critters.
Offer a bounty for the "skins", like they used to do for wolves and such.
Or maybe "turn" them like double agents, feeding bogus info into the intel databases...
Look, guys, if you're gonna go to all the trouble of shoving asteroids around, just slip a small nickel-iron one, say a billion tons or so, into a lagrange orbit for me, would you?
L2 would be nice, but even L5 would do.
Oh, and if you run across any chondrites, bring 'em along, by all means. It would make things so much easier...
>unfortunately, you are using a version of netscape that is not supported.
>
>this site looks best in Internet Explorer.
>if you must use netscape, please use netscape 6.
Ok, so maybe I'm a cynical bastard, but this couldn't *possibly* have anything to do with the upcoming anal probe that the US Congress is planning for ICANN, would it?
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The "reform" is a rather heavy-handed play to force popular representation off the system entirely, leaving only the corps and the govs in charge of the name system. It is, in my own cynical opinion, specifically aimed at Karl Auerbach, who is currently suing to get access to ICANN corporate records.
The fable of the "independant ICANN" is getting awfully threadbare, what with DOC and Congress claiming ownership. I expect the UN to announce their control at any moment...
No, American law applies in America. Dimitri wouldn't have had a problem, and wouldn't be cooling his heels in the stripey hole, if he'd had the sense to stay out of the US. Likewise, I imagine any Yahoo! execs travelling to France might have a surprise in store at French Immigration/Customs.
And anyway, the judge didn't say that the french judge was wrong, just that the US would not enforce his ruling. For now...
These bozos are really pushin' it. Dig this: The only people with a "stake" (fucking horrible PC bullshit word) in the internet are the Corps and those who "own domains". What a load of fertilizer...
and this: "The nine-member At-Large Membership Study Committee, created by the ICANN board earlier this year, recommends reducing at-large representation from one-half to one-third of the board seats.
In addition, individuals wishing to help select representatives would have to pay unspecified annual membership fees and own domain names, which typically cost about $30 a year.
``It's just utterly laughable,'' said Karl Auerbach, a current at-large board member.
Auerbach said he would consider resigning if the report is adopted. ``I would seriously question my desire to remain associated with a group that just slapped the Internet community in the face,'' he said."
And then -
"Supporters of the at-large reduction believe it's important to have board members who are knowledgeable about the technical issues surrounding the Internet."
What, Like Karl, Esther, et al. don't?
I smell Vint Cerf...
Nah. I heard it was 'cause Bill G. wouldn't give Billy C. a hummer...
So the same judges who've been quite forward about giving away *my* privacy, via a long and depressing string of judgements that it is perfectly ok for employers to snoop on their employees (to "closely monitor" in order to sniff out "inappropriate content", yada yada) are now whining that their employer (me) doesn't have that right wrt them.
Nice try. No cookie...
I'd think maybe he should've stayed the fuck out of Iran...
They'll enforce it with a request to the State Dept. to have federal law enforcement go to the physical site and confiscate the servers. State submits the request to the Fed. courts, gets a siezure warrant, and presto-bingo, you got no hardware.
Next.
"the profits of the five largest american companies FOR ONE YEAR would feed the starving in africa for decades."
Actually, no it wouldn't.
Not because there wouldn't be enough money (obviously there is) or enough food (plenty out there), but because you could never DELIVER it to the starving Africans. Or Arminians, or whatever "starvation du jour" you like. There just ain't enough transport available, unless you put all forms of transport on the job, full time. And maybe not then.
We can't feed them, is isn't physically possible. We MAY be able to help them feed themselves, and that's a better solution, anyway.
Bingo!
Give that man a cee-gar...
Don't like your ISP's policies?
Find another ISP.
A rash of cybercrime by high government officials.
Scenario: someone with a clue manages to break in to the central repository of ID's, steals lots of top LE/Govt ID's, starts churning out duplicate cards and selling them on street-corners...
Suddenly, India's government is a major pr0n junkie.
The GPL doesn't require you to release your source code unless you distribute/sell it, at which point you must give it up to your distributees/customers.
Internal use requires no source code release. But then, that's not gonna make M$ any money from other peoples work...
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>strings c:\winnt\system32\drivers\tcpip.sys > aha!
Note to Scientology Research Centre:
See if we can get a brain-sitter(tm) installed in this one. Humor can be terribly threatening.
"There are no strict numerical criteria for a religion, but it must show an underlying belief system or philosophy, underpinned by an organisational structure, the ABS said. The census also recognises non-theistic belief systems such as humanism and rationalism."
I guess Cannibalism is ok, then? Good.
By the way, when can you guys stop by. I'd like to have you all for dinner...
Develop a car that runs on old, useless CD-R's?...
>I would die for your American prices...
Well, if you insist...
The constitutional restrictions against unreasonable S&S don't apply to the rooskies.
They very definitely *do* apply to the FBI, manifestly an arm of the US Govt. and so subject to limits on what they can do.
Or, more simply, the constitution doesn't restrict people (see amend. 10), it restricts the US Govt.
That is, after all, it's purpose.
Cheer up. We can't really destroy the planet. Ourselves, possibly, but the planet will survive and recover from anything we can do.
The cockroaches are waiting patiently.
SCHOOL-RELATED MISCONDUCT
A student shall be removed from class and placed in an alternative education program if the student commits the following on or within 300 feet of school property, as measured from any point on the school's real property boundary line, or while attending a school-sponsored or school-related activity on or off school property commits any of the following:
1)Engages in conduct punishable as a felony;
(self-explanatory.)
2)Engages in conduct that contains the elements of assault, as defined in Penal Code 22.01(a)(1).
(no yelling, kids...)
3)Engages in conduct that contains the elements of a terroristic threat, as defined in Penal Code 22.07.
(bingo! this baby's a catch-all for just about any "smart-mouth". Sarcasm-free zone ahead...)
4)Sells, gives, or delivers to another person or possesses, uses, or is under the influence of:
Marijuana or a controlled substance, as defined by the Texas Controlled Substances Act or by 21 U.S.C. 801, et seq.;
A dangerous drug, as defined by the Texas dangerous drug law in Chapter 483 of the Health and Safety Code.
(no gettin' loaded, ya little rats...)
5)Sells, possesses, gives, or delivers to another person an alcoholic beverage, as defined by the Alcoholic Beverage Code, or commits a serious act or offense while under the influence of alcohol, or uses or is under the influence of an alcoholic beverage.
(or drunk either...)
6)Engages in conduct that contains the elements of an offense relating to abusable glue or aerosol paint under the Texas Controlled Substances Act, or relating to volatile chemicals under Chapter 484 of the Health and Safety Code.
( or sniffin' glue...)
7)Engages in conduct that contains the elements of the offense of public lewdness under Section 21.07 of the Penal Code; i.e., engages in sexual contact or sexual intercourse in a public place or, if not in a public place, is reckless about whether another is present who will be offended or alarmed by the act.
(let alone screwin'...)
8)Engages in conduct that contains the elements of the offense of indecent exposure under Section 21.08 of the Penal Code.
(no wavin' yer winkie at the teachers...)
Further on,
NOT GUILTY / INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE / CHARGES DROPPED
The Superintendent or designee shall review the student's placement in the alternative education program upon receipt of notice under Article 15.27(g), Code of Criminal Procedure, stating that:
1)Prosecution of a student was refused for lack of prosecutorial merit or insufficient evidence, and no formal proceedings, deferred adjudication, or deferred prosecution will be initiated; or
2)A court or jury found the student not guilty or made a finding the child did not engage in delinquent conduct or conduct indicating a need for supervision and the case was dismissed with prejudice.
The student may not be returned to the regular classroom pending the review. The Superintendent or designee shall schedule a review of the student's placement with the student not later than the third class day after the Superintendent or designee receives notice from the office or official designated by the court. After reviewing the notice and receiving information from the student's parent or guardian, the Superintendent or designee may continue the student's placement in the AEP if there is reason to believe that the presence of the student in the regular classroom threatens the safety of other students or teachers. ("reason to believe"?...)
From the Ranger Inc. website:
Searching.
We never sleep. Our IOS software is constantly searching the Internet 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Our intelligent scanning probes are customized to each client's needs and patrol the Internet searching for suspicious sites.
Hmmm...
Ok, lets do this: Form a company (Tonto Inc.?) that lives to bushwhack these nasty little critters.
Offer a bounty for the "skins", like they used to do for wolves and such.
Or maybe "turn" them like double agents, feeding bogus info into the intel databases...
(big grin)
Look, guys, if you're gonna go to all the trouble of shoving asteroids around, just slip a small nickel-iron one, say a billion tons or so, into a lagrange orbit for me, would you?
L2 would be nice, but even L5 would do.
Oh, and if you run across any chondrites, bring 'em along, by all means. It would make things so much easier...
Thanks -
The doc
"We'll send 10 of the highest-moderated inquiries to Bob (who is England this week)"
Is this another case of "le etat c'est moi" attitude, or just your run-of-the-mill typo?
In any case, I'd like to be considered as a royal advisor...
Anybody try mounting the suckers as a UDF filesystem?...
My personal favorite:
"George Schweitzer, CBS executive vice president of marketing, sees no conflict, nor ethical quandary, in the practices."
...because, as a general rule, marketers have no ethics. They're scum, pure and unadulterated. They couldn't get jobs otherwise.
(rolls on floor, laughing hysterically)
"...a microwave laser..."
is a contradiction. LASER is an acronym for "Light Amplification through Stimulated Emission of Radiation".
Just call it a MASER...
God, I hate sites that do this:
>unfortunately, you are using a version of netscape that is not supported.
>
>this site looks best in Internet Explorer.
>if you must use netscape, please use netscape 6.
Bite me, silicon god...
Ok, so maybe I'm a cynical bastard, but this couldn't *possibly* have anything to do with the upcoming anal probe that the US Congress is planning for ICANN, would it?
Nah... Silly me.
- Sig me baby, eight to the bar!...