This is more Adrian Lamo-style secret knock stuff. The 119 accused persons merely asked the web server for information that was publically available--you just had to know how to ask for it.
And it was not as if they changed their acceptance status. Or accessed someone else's acceptance status. They just viewed their own information, which I reiterate, was publically available on a public web server.
If it was not to be viewed, then why was it present in a production database queriable from a production website?
And as this author also brings up, if someone tells you that personal and confidential information about your grad school application is unprotected on a public web server, would you be negligent not to check it out?
And those 21 actually received it directly from the writer--he emailed it to them! AFAIK there was no mechanism for replication, save for a WebTV subscriber sending the attachment to his friend as a favor.
"Hey Cletus, this is supposed to change your WebTV screen colors! Didn't work on mine, but give it a try! Um, I'll talk to you later- someone's at my front door..."
I saw his huge Marsyas installation at the Tate Modern in London and thought it was awesome. I really would have hoped he'd be above this sort of pedantry.
Do you think he has any say in how the public interacts with his art? I wonder if he even knows what Chicago is doing, or if he'd be able to stop it?
7.) Try walking around a lot in a hurry. This makes you look busy and determined.
And when you do this, always have a sheaf of papers in your hand! Makes you look at least 100% busier.
I haven't always worked in an office, though. I used to work for the U.S. Forest Service. Here's a tip for looking busy when working outdoors:
Even though you are just standing around talking with your buddies, whenever a public comes along the key is just to
point at something. Point in the direction of that thing over there, then sweep your arm over to point at something else, then make some gestures about the area in between the points.
Works like a charm! Passersby think their tax money is being well-spent, what with all the vigorous gestulating going on over there! "Obviously an important new system for some high priority item is being expertly planned by efficient professionals..."
Perhaps that artist was Jon Haddock? He did a project called ISPs (Internet Sex Photos). "Internet pr0nography, digitally edited to remove the figures."
I thought the alien conspiracy eps were the only good ones. The "freak-of-the-week" episodes were only season filler, though they did serve to draw out the alien plot and make those episodes more of a special treat.
Well, looks like they have come up with a plan to make money other than actually releasing software: selling baby doll shirts and hot pants. Or maybe selling click-thru's of people looking at their shirts and shorts on hard-nippled Maui babes--I can't tell...
Pilot/columnist Patrick Smith keeps pointing out that takeoff is really the vulnerable time for large aircraft, not approach or landing. See his last column at Salon.com (not free)
Very excited about Freeman getting the nod for this lead role! Judging by his performace on The Office as Tim, he'll be perfect!
I think that Billy Boyd would have been a good Ford Prefect. I think at the very least he'd have a better shot at pulling of a Guildford-like accent than Mos Def...
http://www.spychecker.com/program/winsockxpfix.htm l
Where can I find your Spybot S&D plug-in? I've never seen a sucessful implementation; all the one's I've ever tried only let Spybot scan the RAMDrive, not the C:\
Regulation essentially says that the market is not smart enough to sort itself out. (We are the market, remember -- we are smart enough to work this one out, right?)
Wrong. And believe me, this fact upsets me to no end. But I have come to realize that almost nobody gives a rat's ass about the ethics or morality behind the production of any good or service.
Hell, most aren't even wasting brain cells to figure out if they can even afford to buy the things they do, let alone the questions of whether or not they really need as much as they consume, or whether lifestyle changes would be more ultimately productive for them rather than trying to buy happiness. And you expect the masses to go well beyond even this and start figuring "the common good" into their purchasing decisions? Brother, it ain't gonna happen. Not anytime soon in the U.S., at least.
I think it was Chomsky who pointed out that an economic system cannot simultaneously maximize two variables. Capitalism maximizes efficiency, not justice. And believing that the omnipotent hand of The Market will shake out injustice along with ineffieciency is only wishful thinking. Actually, it is probably much worse, because it allows the "Haves" to look down at the "Have-Nots" and say "Just wait, and this comfort will trickle down to you, too." But it never will, and I think us "Haves" need to face our deception and get honest.
In my story submission, "Groklaw reports..." was a link to the actual story there, but samzenpus (whoever the hell that is) removed it. I also had a third sentence that referenced the significance of the court being able to now convert the motion for dismissal to a summary motion (which IMO is the *real* ace here...), but he removed that as well.
But I'm the one that looks like an ass...
Off-topic, I know, but I had to defend my honor.:)
Slashdot Mirror
Obligatory George Carlin ripoff: "And now an announcement from the Apple Computers- FUCK PEAR OS!
Because all the icons there are broken.
No, the icons are intact at Mirrordot.
This is more Adrian Lamo-style secret knock stuff. The 119 accused persons merely asked the web server for information that was publically available--you just had to know how to ask for it.
And it was not as if they changed their acceptance status. Or accessed someone else's acceptance status. They just viewed their own information, which I reiterate, was publically available on a public web server.
If it was not to be viewed, then why was it present in a production database queriable from a production website?
And as this author also brings up, if someone tells you that personal and confidential information about your grad school application is unprotected on a public web server, would you be negligent not to check it out?
Do you think he has any say in how the public interacts with his art? I wonder if he even knows what Chicago is doing, or if he'd be able to stop it?
And when you do this, always have a sheaf of papers in your hand! Makes you look at least 100% busier.
I haven't always worked in an office, though. I used to work for the U.S. Forest Service. Here's a tip for looking busy when working outdoors:
Works like a charm! Passersby think their tax money is being well-spent, what with all the vigorous gestulating going on over there! "Obviously an important new system for some high priority item is being expertly planned by efficient professionals..."
Perhaps that artist was Jon Haddock? He did a project called ISPs (Internet Sex Photos). "Internet pr0nography, digitally edited to remove the figures."
I thought the alien conspiracy eps were the only good ones. The "freak-of-the-week" episodes were only season filler, though they did serve to draw out the alien plot and make those episodes more of a special treat.
jwz has called the mork db format "the single most braindamaged file format that I have ever seen in my nineteen year career."
Suggestions would include switching to MySQL, or to an XML format like Safari uses. See Bugzilla #241438.
Well, looks like they have come up with a plan to make money other than actually releasing software: selling baby doll shirts and hot pants. Or maybe selling click-thru's of people looking at their shirts and shorts on hard-nippled Maui babes--I can't tell...
Pilot/columnist Patrick Smith keeps pointing out that takeoff is really the vulnerable time for large aircraft, not approach or landing. See his last column at Salon.com (not free)
Apparently there is a Y2K bug in Slashcode that puts comments on Y2K subjects into the wrong discussion threads.
Apparently there is a Y2K bug in Slashcode that puts comments on Y2K subjects into the wrong discussion threads
Windows and Linux versions.
I think that Billy Boyd would have been a good Ford Prefect. I think at the very least he'd have a better shot at pulling of a Guildford-like accent than Mos Def...
How about Monty Python's Logic vs. Sex?
Where can I find your Spybot S&D plug-in? I've never seen a sucessful implementation; all the one's I've ever tried only let Spybot scan the RAMDrive, not the C:\
Wrong. And believe me, this fact upsets me to no end. But I have come to realize that almost nobody gives a rat's ass about the ethics or morality behind the production of any good or service.
Hell, most aren't even wasting brain cells to figure out if they can even afford to buy the things they do, let alone the questions of whether or not they really need as much as they consume, or whether lifestyle changes would be more ultimately productive for them rather than trying to buy happiness. And you expect the masses to go well beyond even this and start figuring "the common good" into their purchasing decisions? Brother, it ain't gonna happen. Not anytime soon in the U.S., at least.
I think it was Chomsky who pointed out that an economic system cannot simultaneously maximize two variables. Capitalism maximizes efficiency, not justice. And believing that the omnipotent hand of The Market will shake out injustice along with ineffieciency is only wishful thinking. Actually, it is probably much worse, because it allows the "Haves" to look down at the "Have-Nots" and say "Just wait, and this comfort will trickle down to you, too." But it never will, and I think us "Haves" need to face our deception and get honest.
I thought it looked awkward, too, but it's Groklaw's english, not mine or samzenpus's (who?)
Oh, and in my original story submission I *did* have a link to the actual Groklaw article, but the editor removed it.
Really, the summary made a lot more sense when it left my computer...
In my story submission, "Groklaw reports..." was a link to the actual story there, but samzenpus (whoever the hell that is) removed it. I also had a third sentence that referenced the significance of the court being able to now convert the motion for dismissal to a summary motion (which IMO is the *real* ace here...), but he removed that as well.
But I'm the one that looks like an ass...
Off-topic, I know, but I had to defend my honor. :)
"I'm sorry, Mario- your story is in a different castle."
Mirrordot here.
Summaries here:
'Angry Howard Stern On Line 3'
Shock Jock Stern Crosses Swords with FCC's Powell
but not the audio clip...