Actually, I have one of those "new EU passports". They are the ones with the plastic page inside. The big deal is that they're machine readable; there is no biometric information imbedded.
As a European taxpayer, I applaud the plan to launch Gallileo! Competition is a good thing. This will also create jobs, and in the process of creating it, we will gain more experience in the space industry which will probably be a vital area in the future. Hey, guess what the more space infrastructure we get, the more likely we are to get to Mars.
Also, let's not forget that USEuropean relations are at a low. Being dependent on a system that HAS been switched off in the past is foolish. Just imagine the United States decide to re-implement selective availability - 22 meters accuracy just doesn't cut it. Imagine a ship entering a harbour being 20 meters off to one side. That's enough to ram something.
No, we need Gallileo, and we need not stop here. We need to become independent from the Americans, so in an ideal we can be equal partners and don't get pushed around by whatever weird ideas the US president of the day has.
The Americans who "saved Democracy twice" in Europe in the 20th Century are NOT the Americans running the US today. I will not get into a debate about what's fscked up with America today, but the list is truely long and growing by the month.
Europe cannot be the "center of the universe" (if that's what we want) without a reliable, working, accurate satellite navigation system. Even if you discount military uses, it's just too damn important for commerce today.
Finally, your "always the same gang" smells of jealousy. Yes, France in Germany are the "center of Europe". Together, we have about a third of the population, and I have no idea how much of the industrial output, but let's face it, it's a lot. Yes, France and Germany are in the limelight recently (The UK would, if it chose to participate in the EU instead of in the US). So, what's your point? Are you pissed that Portugal is not the center of attention? The idea behind the EU is that there is Europe of which everybody is a part. If you want your country to play a greater role, push your politicans to do something.
Sorry, but it's people like you why the EU will fail. Put aside your damn jealousy and realize that we are one continent, one people; we are free to live and work anywhere we chose, travel anywhere.
I am not German, I am European. If the EU issued passports and direct citizenship, I'd be the first in line.
Sorry to rant, but you it really pisses me off that we finally seize an opportunity, that the EU finally gets off their collective butts and actually DOES something that will benefit people, and which is a cool project on top of it, and you just cry foul and complain.
No, not really, but kind of. First of all, we're talking about a muncipal gov't here - a large city, but nothing more. Espionage from the United States against Munich specifically should be a minor issue.
That said, Germany has been pushing several issues in this direction for many, many years. Remember the Bundestag (German parliament) examining Linux as well - Linux lost, marginally, against Windows then. There are other examples, also in the private sector. I can tell you that a certain large German corporation that shall remain nameless looked at adopting Linux on the desktop as well. The reason was simple: Money. Windows simply cannot beat Linux' licensing fees, even if Steve Ballmer offers even more discounts. And many corporations but especially the public sector has a huge problem with shrinking budgets.
Now about the "Kind of" thingie. The German government has been advocating the use of encryption and other security measures for a long time. In fact they were pressured by Albright and co. to cease this policy. The reason was economic espionage, in which the United States excels, but other countries do it. So, the bottom line is: Yes, using open source has security implications too, but it's mostly a money decision.
Muahaha. Yeah, me too. "Also blocking port 25 doesn't work"? Next he will tell me that if I turn off my MTA's, he'll still be able to make me read his spams.
Whenever did "8th grade dropout" become a sign of coolness anyway..
On a dark and rainy night, a shadowy figure walks slowly down the piers of the harbour city. Stopping at a stack of crates, he pulls out a cigarette.
"The smelly donkey walks a funny walk," a voice whispers from the shadows.
"My rat has a scaly tail," replies the shadowy figure.
"Okay," the first speaker announces, leaving the protective shadows. "I have this package for you.."
Challenge - response, no? Everything else, encryption etc, is just add on. So, sounds to me like the patent fits the "obvious" criteria and should be invalid.
Well since the auto-completition idea has prior art, going from standalone to multi-user is trivial in my eyes once the basic technology of multi-user-whatever has been established. Thus the patent should have been rejected immediately.
"Neither Spamhaus nor any of the Defendants named had ever heard of EMarketersAmerica prior to this SLAPP suit being filed. The Plaintiff EMarketersAmerica could not have suffered any damages whatsoever."
Isn't this a bit of nonsense? Just because Spamhaus had not heard of Emarketers doesn't logically mean that Emarketers couldn't suffer damages from their actions. Of course I agree that any lawsuit over an RBL is a load of hogwash, but I really don't understand the logical of Spamhaus here, either.
Ah, and the US Military bombed Al Jazera (sp) in both Afghanistan and in Iraq. Coincidence? I think not. Military target? Uhm..... right.
I know perfectly well to distinguish between "real terrorists" and the propaganda ones. But that's the point - Propaganda works BOTH ways. For the US, the propaganda decries them as terrorists, for the other guys, the propaganda paints them as freedom fighters.
Note that I no where claimed that a "terrorist that is really freedom fighter" was one who attacked civilian targets. My point was that it's a broad label applied to everybody - case in point, Iraq and Al-Qaeda. Bush needed a reason to attack them, and when WMD didn't work, he tried the terrorist game.
Alright, fair enough - but how do you identify a weblog? They can do this for blogger/blogspot/whatever that they bought, and maybe standard software like moveable type etc. But what about sites based on slash, phpnuke or totally custom code? And where does a weblog begin and a news site end?
Filtering out usenet news is relatively easy, but weblogs? Mhhh, I shall remain sceptical until I see it implemented.
Nah, I didn't. But it sounds like a perfect example of why this terrorism crap is nonsense. It's just another propaganda ploy to get rid of the undesireables.
I never heard of such a thing. I think this is the subway in question. Some pictures and a movie on that site. Pretty cool, but then again, nobody has yet bid on ebay which should tell ya something:)
I would argue that most users are not "pre-trained". If you knew the kind of tickets we get - from support techs no less - amazing.
I think there are three major reasons why corporations use MS.
1) It's mainstream. People fear the unknown.
2) It's there already. MS has been adopted in corporations for what, 10-15 years now? It won't disappear overnight.
3) Someone to blame. Companies pay MS big $$$ for support - if something goes seriously wrong, THEY have to fix it. There's no possibility to get such support for most open source products. Yes, I know - even if it may not be needed, managers will ask the question and a "no" is not acceptable. Most managers are scared, clueless people when it comes to IT and they surely won't want to risk their rep or salary for some intangible benefit of the corporation.
Oh yeah, that and Exchange - there simply isn't a very capable replacement for that yet.
Your examples are very arbitrary. The idea behind only accepting correctly resolving mail is that it makes it much more difficult to pretend to be from, say, hotmail when you're not. You have to have access to both forward and reverse mapping to fake it.
How foolish. That just means they will relay their mail through china. What do you want to do, charge connections on port 25? So they'll use another port. What's the point? Thi sjust does not work.
Why would IT guys fiddle with computers in their spare time? I have no answer... I still do it. I guess I have no life. Big surprise, that.... not.:)
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It's still annoying. And while I can opt-out from AOL cd spam (I did), I still get tons of flyers from local businesses/bars/whatever. I wish I could just burn down their offices in retaliation. I do have a big "no advertisement" sticker on my mailbox; that should be enough to sue their asses off.
Sigh...
It's time to stop ALL kinds of unwanted advertisement.
My suggestion: have subscribers report dupes during the mysterious future time. Since posting isn't allowed during that time, no harm is done if the dupe gets pulled.
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Of course, Bush's "Axis Of Evil" speech and the example he set with Iraq probably aren't exactly a good incentive for a country to disarm.
Example link here
The biometric thing hasn't been decided yet, has it?
Either way, I want a direct EU citizenship.
It's a civilian system. It's supposed to further european relevance as a technology and commercial power.
How did THAT get modded up?
As a European taxpayer, I applaud the plan to launch Gallileo! Competition is a good thing. This will also create jobs, and in the process of creating it, we will gain more experience in the space industry which will probably be a vital area in the future. Hey, guess what the more space infrastructure we get, the more likely we are to get to Mars.
Also, let's not forget that USEuropean relations are at a low. Being dependent on a system that HAS been switched off in the past is foolish. Just imagine the United States decide to re-implement selective availability - 22 meters accuracy just doesn't cut it. Imagine a ship entering a harbour being 20 meters off to one side. That's enough to ram something.
No, we need Gallileo, and we need not stop here. We need to become independent from the Americans, so in an ideal we can be equal partners and don't get pushed around by whatever weird ideas the US president of the day has.
The Americans who "saved Democracy twice" in Europe in the 20th Century are NOT the Americans running the US today. I will not get into a debate about what's fscked up with America today, but the list is truely long and growing by the month.
Europe cannot be the "center of the universe" (if that's what we want) without a reliable, working, accurate satellite navigation system. Even if you discount military uses, it's just too damn important for commerce today.
Finally, your "always the same gang" smells of jealousy. Yes, France in Germany are the "center of Europe". Together, we have about a third of the population, and I have no idea how much of the industrial output, but let's face it, it's a lot. Yes, France and Germany are in the limelight recently (The UK would, if it chose to participate in the EU instead of in the US). So, what's your point? Are you pissed that Portugal is not the center of attention? The idea behind the EU is that there is Europe of which everybody is a part. If you want your country to play a greater role, push your politicans to do something.
Sorry, but it's people like you why the EU will fail. Put aside your damn jealousy and realize that we are one continent, one people; we are free to live and work anywhere we chose, travel anywhere.
I am not German, I am European. If the EU issued passports and direct citizenship, I'd be the first in line.
Sorry to rant, but you it really pisses me off that we finally seize an opportunity, that the EU finally gets off their collective butts and actually DOES something that will benefit people, and which is a cool project on top of it, and you just cry foul and complain.
No, not really, but kind of. First of all, we're talking about a muncipal gov't here - a large city, but nothing more. Espionage from the United States against Munich specifically should be a minor issue.
That said, Germany has been pushing several issues in this direction for many, many years. Remember the Bundestag (German parliament) examining Linux as well - Linux lost, marginally, against Windows then. There are other examples, also in the private sector. I can tell you that a certain large German corporation that shall remain nameless looked at adopting Linux on the desktop as well. The reason was simple: Money. Windows simply cannot beat Linux' licensing fees, even if Steve Ballmer offers even more discounts. And many corporations but especially the public sector has a huge problem with shrinking budgets.
Now about the "Kind of" thingie. The German government has been advocating the use of encryption and other security measures for a long time. In fact they were pressured by Albright and co. to cease this policy. The reason was economic espionage, in which the United States excels, but other countries do it. So, the bottom line is: Yes, using open source has security implications too, but it's mostly a money decision.
Muahaha. Yeah, me too.
"Also blocking port 25 doesn't work"? Next he will tell me that if I turn off my MTA's, he'll still be able to make me read his spams.
Whenever did "8th grade dropout" become a sign of coolness anyway..
Actually Osama used to be a hencmen of the US when they were fighting against the soviets... Draw your own conclusions.
On a dark and rainy night, a shadowy figure walks slowly down the piers of the harbour city. Stopping at a stack of crates, he pulls out a cigarette.
"The smelly donkey walks a funny walk," a voice whispers from the shadows.
"My rat has a scaly tail," replies the shadowy figure.
"Okay," the first speaker announces, leaving the protective shadows. "I have this package for you.."
Challenge - response, no? Everything else, encryption etc, is just add on. So, sounds to me like the patent fits the "obvious" criteria and should be invalid.
Next!
Well since the auto-completition idea has prior art, going from standalone to multi-user is trivial in my eyes once the basic technology of multi-user-whatever has been established. Thus the patent should have been rejected immediately.
IANAL of course.
From where I'm standing, SCO has been irrelevant for a very long time... :)
Yes, and had you spent fifteen seconds to actually ask the registrar they registered their domain with, you get decent information.
$ whois -h whois.register.com emarketersamerica.org
Organization:
Emarketers America
Mark Felstein
555 South Federal Highway ste 450
Boca Raton, FL 33432
US
Phone: 561-367-7990
Email: mefels@aol.com
and so on, and so on.
"Neither Spamhaus nor any of the Defendants named had ever heard of EMarketersAmerica prior to this SLAPP suit being filed. The Plaintiff EMarketersAmerica could not have suffered any damages whatsoever."
Isn't this a bit of nonsense? Just because Spamhaus had not heard of Emarketers doesn't logically mean that Emarketers couldn't suffer damages from their actions. Of course I agree that any lawsuit over an RBL is a load of hogwash, but I really don't understand the logical of Spamhaus here, either.
Ah, and the US Military bombed Al Jazera (sp) in both Afghanistan and in Iraq. Coincidence? I think not. Military target? Uhm..... right.
I know perfectly well to distinguish between "real terrorists" and the propaganda ones. But that's the point - Propaganda works BOTH ways. For the US, the propaganda decries them as terrorists, for the other guys, the propaganda paints them as freedom fighters.
Note that I no where claimed that a "terrorist that is really freedom fighter" was one who attacked civilian targets. My point was that it's a broad label applied to everybody - case in point, Iraq and Al-Qaeda. Bush needed a reason to attack them, and when WMD didn't work, he tried the terrorist game.
Your point being?
Alright, fair enough - but how do you identify a weblog? They can do this for blogger/blogspot/whatever that they bought, and maybe standard software like moveable type etc. But what about sites based on slash, phpnuke or totally custom code? And where does a weblog begin and a news site end?
Filtering out usenet news is relatively easy, but weblogs? Mhhh, I shall remain sceptical until I see it implemented.
Nah, I didn't. But it sounds like a perfect example of why this terrorism crap is nonsense. It's just another propaganda ploy to get rid of the undesireables.
I never heard of such a thing. I think this is the subway in question. Some pictures and a movie on that site. Pretty cool, but then again, nobody has yet bid on ebay which should tell ya something :)
One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter.
I would argue that most users are not "pre-trained". If you knew the kind of tickets we get - from support techs no less - amazing.
I think there are three major reasons why corporations use MS.
1) It's mainstream. People fear the unknown.
2) It's there already. MS has been adopted in corporations for what, 10-15 years now? It won't disappear overnight.
3) Someone to blame. Companies pay MS big $$$ for support - if something goes seriously wrong, THEY have to fix it. There's no possibility to get such support for most open source products. Yes, I know - even if it may not be needed, managers will ask the question and a "no" is not acceptable. Most managers are scared, clueless people when it comes to IT and they surely won't want to risk their rep or salary for some intangible benefit of the corporation.
Oh yeah, that and Exchange - there simply isn't a very capable replacement for that yet.
Your examples are very arbitrary. The idea behind only accepting correctly resolving mail is that it makes it much more difficult to pretend to be from, say, hotmail when you're not. You have to have access to both forward and reverse mapping to fake it.
...or MSFT buys company A toilet stocks and THEN implements Feature into its own product. :)
How foolish. That just means they will relay their mail through china. What do you want to do, charge connections on port 25? So they'll use another port. What's the point? Thi sjust does not work.
Why would IT guys fiddle with computers in their spare time? I have no answer... I still do it. I guess I have no life. Big surprise, that.... not. :)
It's still annoying. And while I can opt-out from AOL cd spam (I did), I still get tons of flyers from local businesses/bars/whatever. I wish I could just burn down their offices in retaliation. I do have a big "no advertisement" sticker on my mailbox; that should be enough to sue their asses off.
Sigh...
It's time to stop ALL kinds of unwanted advertisement.
My suggestion: have subscribers report dupes during the mysterious future time. Since posting isn't allowed during that time, no harm is done if the dupe gets pulled.