Is it really wise to go after the one group most adequately prepared to sue back? Seriously, sue a bunch of lawyers? All you are going to end up with is a bunch of countersuits and years of legal wrangling. He should have picked a demographic to go after that couldn't arm themselves with infinite free legal representation. I mean, what, the RIAA has some sort of monopoly on suing the old and infirm?
Please. Every self respecting american plebian already has cable, possibly satellite, probably digital in either case. This only affects people who have been holding on to their rabbit ears and getting all the TV you can get for free. We entered the bread and circus stage a long time ago, and we did it voluntarily. In fact, we, as a populace, demanded it.
Why, because he said that if you aren't a doctor you aren't qualified to discuss whether a particular addition to surgical procedure is meritorious? And that if you aren't a lawyer you should avoid giving out legal advice?
That's not ego, it's simply the truth. In both cases, you are dealing with incredibly complex fields that contain a lot of specialist information. People spend 4 years _preparing_ to study these, and then another 4 years _studying_ them, and then years of internships, etc, before anyone will trust you to work on/for them unattended. I think because we have access to so much information right at our finger tips, we tend to forget that we aren't the specialists. I've learned enough about medicine to spot common diseases and to use the proper terminology to describe my symptoms. But you know what? If I'm sick and it doesn't go away after a week, I go to see a doctor I trust.
On a side note, I see this a lot whenever economics or investment comes up on/. This happens to have become my specialty, through a long and winding road. I'll admit that it doesn't require quite as much specialist training, but modern money management is complex stuff. Yet all the time on/. I read people getting the basics wrong, and with great fervor (like a recent conversation regarding stock market yields and the inflation rate where a poster came to the conclusion that nobody but Warren Buffett makes money in the stock market). I get called an idiot when I correct them. It makes me laugh.
If on average, everyone were staying still or losing money, everyone would invest their money in bonds. Period. And how do you explain the statistically significant positive gains (even adjusted for inflation) that mutual funds make every year?
Just because you are losing money doesn't mean everyone is.
And also, in response to the GP, just because a couple of TV shows have had stock portfolios picked at random win over celebrity stock pickers doesn't mean that no one knows how to pick stocks. It means those particular stock pickers performed at under market rates. No one argues with the fact that some people can't pick stock better than a monkey, but it is insane to claim that EVERYONE does no better than average.
Except if the claim is "No one can fake this! It MUST be real!"
So no, apollo 13 doesn't disprove the moon landing, but it disproves the idea that "no one could ever make a movie that looked like a trip to the moon". Not that apollo 13 was even about a moon landing.
Are you suggesting that there's no teamwork in engineering?
Interesting facts:
Most airplanes are designed by one person.
Most computer chips are designed by one person.
Buildings, ditto.
Oh wait. Hmm.
Anyway, even if engineering specifically didn't require the ability to work in a team, modern life does. That's why companies exist in the first place-- you can make more money together than apart.
I mean, mostly I care because its a bank failure in general. I don't care any more or less because it's 'OMG ONLINE BANK WOW'. And of course, you would expect some banks to fail here and there right now: a lot of them made poor lending decisions and deserve the consequences. The good news is we've learned from previous bank failures and now at least most customers won't be out anything.
If you really want an online bank every major bank offers online banking. Some have more features than others, but there are a few where you can get an almost full service banking experience without ever visiting a branch. Until I started working at my bank, I didn't step foot in a branch for over a year. So I would suggest to find a major player, scope out their online banking, and pick someone who has branches in your area anyway, just in case you happen to have to conduct a rare in person transaction. If you don't think you need any branch banking ever, eTrade is in the bank business and they appear to be very financially stable.
From reading the FA, it seems like a big part of the hospital's lawsuit is that the blog has been disclosing patient information. In some cases, enough patient information that the patient could be personally identified from the posting. So yes, part of it is your standard 'they are saying bad things about me and I don't like it and I want to know who it is!', but I think part of it is perfectly reasonable-- stop writing about the patients without their consent.
I think my hosts file might have been tampered with... I typed in slashdot, but somehow I ended up at free republic. This looks kind of like slashdot though. Hmm...
Exactly. Some of the most secured communications links in the world use XOR with one time pads distributed by trusted courier. I've even heard speculation about one-time readable media being used.
Except that that is exactly NOT how the trojan works. I won't comment on the malware via ads issue, because I'm not familiar with the details (something you should try).
Here's how the trojan actually works.
A monster.com affiliated recruiter is someone who pays monster.com to have access to the section of the site where they can search the database of resumes and profiles with some fairly powerful search tools, and find candidates that might be qualified for open positions at their company. This trojan finds one of these people's computers and infects it. It sniffs out account and password information, which it then uses to log into the recruiting site. The trojan then makes a very broad search-- one that should make available all of the resume information. It then aggregates all of this information and uploads it to an external server, where presumably badies will parse it, and attempt to either make a spam mailing list probably.
The thing is, this information is all basically PUBLIC information. I mean, yes, it is supposed to be public only to companies that pay monster.com to show it to them, but it is your resume for goodness' sake. You know, that document that you send all over creation, hoping people will read it? Yeah.
So basically, I think the people whose accounts were comprised will noticed a slight increase in their spam traffic from having their email address crawled yet one more time.
I'm confused. I've been hearing around here that copyright infringement isn't theft or piracy, because the copyright owner doesn't lose access to their property. Now/. is saying that it is just like theft, because making copyrighted files available is just like leaving your door open.
(Yes, I understand that different people here have different opinions, I'm just referring to the consensus position.)
I suspect that will be a wholly temporary phenomena. Contrary to popular belief, we haven't used nearly all of our arable land. I expect to see corn production increase soon (after all, why wouldn't you want to get into a market for a good that's prices are supposedly up 400%).
I'm sorry, but you are simply wrong on your point about not knowing what the pay off is. Simple statistics can be used to find the pay out AND your margin of uncertainty in measuring it. Over more and more trials, this margin shrinks. This is something that anyone in a first semester statistics course should be able to do. In fact, there are websites that do just this-- apply statistics to online casinos and compile lists of which ones cheat.
Well, except that wide spectrum antibiotics target whole categories of bacteria. What really matters is the type of cell wall, because that is usually what antibiotics disrupt. As long as the resulting bacteria has a cell wall like the ones in other bacteria (and I see no reason why they wouldn't be designed that way), then we will have no problems, especially if it is a gram positive bacteria.
I really wish they had chosen a better word than 'observer' when outlining quantum physics. It lends people to believe weird humanistic things about reality. Like that the universe was created just for us. I've also heard people talk about being able to harness our 'observer power' to gain superpowers and psychic abilities. The truth is, an observer as defined in quantum physics is essentially any system which extends beyond quantum scale. Rocks are observers. Water molecules are observers. So yes, I will accept that a necessary condition for the formation of a well ordered universe is a capability to form packets of mass at an atomic scale.
Yes, I'm sure with all the brilliant scientists who have worked in the field of genetics none of them have ever happened to take a chemistry or physics class. Never mind that these things are required, even for majors in bio sciences at most universities. Yes, I'm totally sure that you and your friend have solved an amazing puzzle via slashdot.
Or, let us try a more reasonable theory: This technique sucks, but it works better than the known alternatives when it was developed. Science, particularly in its application, is a delicate thing, full of trade offs.
But if you find one that will restrict himself to more eloquent speech, then you'll be fine.
Look, I actually believe that this is a power grab by the congress and FCC, but the theory that it is step one in some master plan to control information is totally bogus. For one, no one needs to censor the news in America, because almost no one watches the news in America anyway, and if they do, they can't tell anybody anything about it without being shunned by the reality TV crowd (i.e. everyone). That's on top of the fact that the biggest censorship is self-censorship-- stuffing the news with more 'light' content to draw in more viewers.
This has to do with the bi-annual industry vs. government pissing match that insures that the FCC and congress get their kickbacks.
I have my personal intelligent car in the driveway. I can get in it immediately. Unlike a train. With a train, I have to go to the station and wait.
It drives (almost) as fast as a current car. Ok, so about the same travel time.
It drives to the proper destination. Ok, so it goes where I want to go. As opposed to a train which follows the track and won't stop in front of the grocery store.
So really, intelligent cars have none of those issues.
You know, it isn't just the monied interests wanting cheap labor or democrats trying to pick up votes. Some of us happen to believe that a) open borders will lead to a better economy for everyone (Solow growth model indicates that population growth plus technology growth equals economic growth) and b) the freedom to move about the world freely is a fundamental human right.
I'm sorry, but I've just never heard a compelling argument for why someone is more entitled to live here just because they were born here. I am sympathetic to the argument that people should do it legally, but that condition can only really apply if we allow a legal option for everyone. As it is, most illegal immigrants couldn't legally move to America because of our quota and visa restrictions.
This whole concept of nationality and citizenship has ensured that every child is born into a prison.
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Is it really wise to go after the one group most adequately prepared to sue back? Seriously, sue a bunch of lawyers? All you are going to end up with is a bunch of countersuits and years of legal wrangling. He should have picked a demographic to go after that couldn't arm themselves with infinite free legal representation. I mean, what, the RIAA has some sort of monopoly on suing the old and infirm?
Please. Every self respecting american plebian already has cable, possibly satellite, probably digital in either case. This only affects people who have been holding on to their rabbit ears and getting all the TV you can get for free. We entered the bread and circus stage a long time ago, and we did it voluntarily. In fact, we, as a populace, demanded it.
Why, because he said that if you aren't a doctor you aren't qualified to discuss whether a particular addition to surgical procedure is meritorious? And that if you aren't a lawyer you should avoid giving out legal advice?
/. This happens to have become my specialty, through a long and winding road. I'll admit that it doesn't require quite as much specialist training, but modern money management is complex stuff. Yet all the time on /. I read people getting the basics wrong, and with great fervor (like a recent conversation regarding stock market yields and the inflation rate where a poster came to the conclusion that nobody but Warren Buffett makes money in the stock market). I get called an idiot when I correct them. It makes me laugh.
That's not ego, it's simply the truth. In both cases, you are dealing with incredibly complex fields that contain a lot of specialist information. People spend 4 years _preparing_ to study these, and then another 4 years _studying_ them, and then years of internships, etc, before anyone will trust you to work on/for them unattended. I think because we have access to so much information right at our finger tips, we tend to forget that we aren't the specialists. I've learned enough about medicine to spot common diseases and to use the proper terminology to describe my symptoms. But you know what? If I'm sick and it doesn't go away after a week, I go to see a doctor I trust.
On a side note, I see this a lot whenever economics or investment comes up on
Umm, except that everything I said holds true when measured in real values as well as nominal values.
http://www.econstats.com/BLS/blsnea1.htm
http://www.econstats.com/eqty/eqea_mi_12.htm
Take a look.
Over the last decade and a half, the INFLATION ADJUSTED ROR for the NASDAQ is about 14.5%.
Are you insane?
If on average, everyone were staying still or losing money, everyone would invest their money in bonds. Period. And how do you explain the statistically significant positive gains (even adjusted for inflation) that mutual funds make every year?
Just because you are losing money doesn't mean everyone is.
And also, in response to the GP, just because a couple of TV shows have had stock portfolios picked at random win over celebrity stock pickers doesn't mean that no one knows how to pick stocks. It means those particular stock pickers performed at under market rates. No one argues with the fact that some people can't pick stock better than a monkey, but it is insane to claim that EVERYONE does no better than average.
Except if the claim is "No one can fake this! It MUST be real!"
So no, apollo 13 doesn't disprove the moon landing, but it disproves the idea that "no one could ever make a movie that looked like a trip to the moon". Not that apollo 13 was even about a moon landing.
Yeah, that was my point. I guess my sarcasm didn't translate.
I think they probably mean the courage to try new things instead of sticking to the old tried and true methods. You know, like how progress gets made.
Are you suggesting that there's no teamwork in engineering?
Interesting facts:
Most airplanes are designed by one person.
Most computer chips are designed by one person.
Buildings, ditto.
Oh wait. Hmm.
Anyway, even if engineering specifically didn't require the ability to work in a team, modern life does. That's why companies exist in the first place-- you can make more money together than apart.
I mean, mostly I care because its a bank failure in general. I don't care any more or less because it's 'OMG ONLINE BANK WOW'. And of course, you would expect some banks to fail here and there right now: a lot of them made poor lending decisions and deserve the consequences. The good news is we've learned from previous bank failures and now at least most customers won't be out anything.
If you really want an online bank every major bank offers online banking. Some have more features than others, but there are a few where you can get an almost full service banking experience without ever visiting a branch. Until I started working at my bank, I didn't step foot in a branch for over a year. So I would suggest to find a major player, scope out their online banking, and pick someone who has branches in your area anyway, just in case you happen to have to conduct a rare in person transaction. If you don't think you need any branch banking ever, eTrade is in the bank business and they appear to be very financially stable.
From reading the FA, it seems like a big part of the hospital's lawsuit is that the blog has been disclosing patient information. In some cases, enough patient information that the patient could be personally identified from the posting. So yes, part of it is your standard 'they are saying bad things about me and I don't like it and I want to know who it is!', but I think part of it is perfectly reasonable-- stop writing about the patients without their consent.
I think my hosts file might have been tampered with... I typed in slashdot, but somehow I ended up at free republic. This looks kind of like slashdot though. Hmm...
Exactly. Some of the most secured communications links in the world use XOR with one time pads distributed by trusted courier. I've even heard speculation about one-time readable media being used.
Except that that is exactly NOT how the trojan works. I won't comment on the malware via ads issue, because I'm not familiar with the details (something you should try).
Here's how the trojan actually works.
A monster.com affiliated recruiter is someone who pays monster.com to have access to the section of the site where they can search the database of resumes and profiles with some fairly powerful search tools, and find candidates that might be qualified for open positions at their company. This trojan finds one of these people's computers and infects it. It sniffs out account and password information, which it then uses to log into the recruiting site. The trojan then makes a very broad search-- one that should make available all of the resume information. It then aggregates all of this information and uploads it to an external server, where presumably badies will parse it, and attempt to either make a spam mailing list probably.
The thing is, this information is all basically PUBLIC information. I mean, yes, it is supposed to be public only to companies that pay monster.com to show it to them, but it is your resume for goodness' sake. You know, that document that you send all over creation, hoping people will read it? Yeah.
So basically, I think the people whose accounts were comprised will noticed a slight increase in their spam traffic from having their email address crawled yet one more time.
I'm confused. I've been hearing around here that copyright infringement isn't theft or piracy, because the copyright owner doesn't lose access to their property. Now /. is saying that it is just like theft, because making copyrighted files available is just like leaving your door open.
(Yes, I understand that different people here have different opinions, I'm just referring to the consensus position.)
I suspect that will be a wholly temporary phenomena. Contrary to popular belief, we haven't used nearly all of our arable land. I expect to see corn production increase soon (after all, why wouldn't you want to get into a market for a good that's prices are supposedly up 400%).
I'm sorry, but you are simply wrong on your point about not knowing what the pay off is. Simple statistics can be used to find the pay out AND your margin of uncertainty in measuring it. Over more and more trials, this margin shrinks. This is something that anyone in a first semester statistics course should be able to do. In fact, there are websites that do just this-- apply statistics to online casinos and compile lists of which ones cheat.
Well, except that wide spectrum antibiotics target whole categories of bacteria. What really matters is the type of cell wall, because that is usually what antibiotics disrupt. As long as the resulting bacteria has a cell wall like the ones in other bacteria (and I see no reason why they wouldn't be designed that way), then we will have no problems, especially if it is a gram positive bacteria.
I really wish they had chosen a better word than 'observer' when outlining quantum physics. It lends people to believe weird humanistic things about reality. Like that the universe was created just for us. I've also heard people talk about being able to harness our 'observer power' to gain superpowers and psychic abilities. The truth is, an observer as defined in quantum physics is essentially any system which extends beyond quantum scale. Rocks are observers. Water molecules are observers. So yes, I will accept that a necessary condition for the formation of a well ordered universe is a capability to form packets of mass at an atomic scale.
Yes, I'm sure with all the brilliant scientists who have worked in the field of genetics none of them have ever happened to take a chemistry or physics class. Never mind that these things are required, even for majors in bio sciences at most universities. Yes, I'm totally sure that you and your friend have solved an amazing puzzle via slashdot.
Or, let us try a more reasonable theory:
This technique sucks, but it works better than the known alternatives when it was developed. Science, particularly in its application, is a delicate thing, full of trade offs.
But if you find one that will restrict himself to more eloquent speech, then you'll be fine.
Look, I actually believe that this is a power grab by the congress and FCC, but the theory that it is step one in some master plan to control information is totally bogus. For one, no one needs to censor the news in America, because almost no one watches the news in America anyway, and if they do, they can't tell anybody anything about it without being shunned by the reality TV crowd (i.e. everyone). That's on top of the fact that the biggest censorship is self-censorship-- stuffing the news with more 'light' content to draw in more viewers.
This has to do with the bi-annual industry vs. government pissing match that insures that the FCC and congress get their kickbacks.
Not to mention about $12k each from Qwest, Time Warner, Cablevision, and Viacom, all of which have at least some activity in the bandwidth market.
40,000 more somewhere else from increased range of tropical diseases and their carriers.
Umm no. Let us see.
I have my personal intelligent car in the driveway. I can get in it immediately. Unlike a train. With a train, I have to go to the station and wait.
It drives (almost) as fast as a current car. Ok, so about the same travel time.
It drives to the proper destination. Ok, so it goes where I want to go. As opposed to a train which follows the track and won't stop in front of the grocery store.
So really, intelligent cars have none of those issues.
You know, it isn't just the monied interests wanting cheap labor or democrats trying to pick up votes. Some of us happen to believe that a) open borders will lead to a better economy for everyone (Solow growth model indicates that population growth plus technology growth equals economic growth) and b) the freedom to move about the world freely is a fundamental human right.
I'm sorry, but I've just never heard a compelling argument for why someone is more entitled to live here just because they were born here. I am sympathetic to the argument that people should do it legally, but that condition can only really apply if we allow a legal option for everyone. As it is, most illegal immigrants couldn't legally move to America because of our quota and visa restrictions.
This whole concept of nationality and citizenship has ensured that every child is born into a prison.