Come now, that's not fair. Last I heard the French worked 32 hours per week... well, except for some industries where it's 26... oh, and only when they're not busy protesting....
A slashdotter who doesn't want his search history remembered... hmm, what could you POSSIBLY be searching for?
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Purdue University sort of offered something similar. CPT 455 was advertised to freshman as being a class where the lab portion involved securing systems and trying to break into each other's classes. Unfortunately, in reality that meant setting up a firewall 6 different times and then over the course of the last week or two trying to break into each other's systems and grab a certain file without ever having any training in the appropriate tools.
I don't want to demean Purdue's CIT program - it's actually quite good. Sadly, the department head (Jim Goldman) is an idiot with his head so far up his rear he can see daylight again, and he teaches this class.
I submitted this a week or so ago in the hopes that my life goal of getting an article on Slash. It got rejected, and now someone else gets the credit for submitting it. Is this the part where I start ranting and raving about Slashdot editors? I don't know, it's the first time I've ever tried to submit anything.;-)
Actually, I believe you have the cause and effect swapped. As people and businesses have moved to e-mail, the USPS has seen a decline in e-mail. As volume has decreased, per-letter costs have increased. There are other expenses as well, but I believe that e-mail has contributed to the increasing costs of postal mail.
Actually, some cell phone makers (such as Samsung) already have a call-blocking feature on their phones. I have one that I bought in January that can hold 10 or 20 numbers to block. Very nice.
The US built it's fortune from land stolen from the Native Americans.
You know, it's hard (and awfully tiring) to try to counter all the anti-US bigots in the world, but I couldn't let this one slide. You do realize that the first people to "steal land" from the natives were actually Europeans, right? Sure, we continued the trend once we "stole" the land from the British, French, and Spanish, but we were by no means first.
I know that people like Arlen Specter promise further hearings - but why pass what you know is flawed?
Because he thinks its the right thing to do, or the right thing to do to get more political power, and he doesn't want to lose his left-wing base, so he's trying to appease them.
Call me cynical, but unfortunately, I'm probably right. Not that I have a problem with the act, but society in general these days does not seem capable of saying what they mean, let alone politicians.
Man, you've got issues. There's nothing inherently immoral about killing or using animals - they are not people, for crying out loud. If you're worried about them feeling pain, then make sure you don't swat a fly or kill a mosquito that bites you. But why stop there? Aren't all forms of life special? Then make sure you don't buy flowers for your girlfriend (on the off chance that a Slashdotter actually has one) or step on a blade of grass, since you might damage it!
Yes, some of the things people do to animals are disgusting. I don't see a point in gratuitous violence against anything. All the same, I don't have any problems whatsoever in shooting Bambi and making sausage out of her. I'm hungry (and yes, I've seen butchering done before). Go try to push your morals and ethics off on someone else.
That's ridiculous - if people start to die, then more people who are in the grey area between choices will "realize" that all pirates are evil and support the "good" RIAA. Violence is only a necessary and viable option against those who use violence - in all other Western-world cases, it turns public opinion against you.
Sounds to me like you need to memorize a few words, like "spelling" and "dictionary."
Sorry, but by attacking my society as a whole you open yourself up to retaliation. Try to post intelligently without being insulting and you'll find that people will (mostly) respond in kind.
I'm curious to see how many others try to take advantage of this scheduled activity to launch their own attacks in the hopes that they can slide in under the radar. After all, if people are expecting to see increased pen-testing.... Still, I think it's a good idea to assess one's own strength, I just hope people are ready for those who would try to take advantage of us.
They'd get their asses kicked? Yeah, got news for you buddy... people have downed planes before.
Our security may not be 100 percent effective, but at least its almost impossible to get a bomb on a plane now. Can you imagine the consequences if someone did that 3 or 4 times? Air travel would grind to a halt, economies would crash, and our whole way of life would change.
I agree that we as a society go overboard in many areas (warning labels because my coffee is hot? Well, DUH, that's why I ordered it!), but in a few others I think we don't go far enough. I'd rather err on the side of recklessness when I only have to worry about myself, but on the side of caution when I have to worry about others over whom I have no control.
That might hold true if he had 80 billion in cash (maybe, although I don't think he's obligated to give any of it away regardless of how much he has or what form its in). Remember that a large percentage of his net worth is in MS stock - to give it away would be to potentially lose controlling interest in his company. Or the portion that he keeps might lose so much value on a DoJ breakup order that he's no longer on Forbes top 100 list. Why should he risk it?
So it's a little more complicated than just saying "x amount of money is enough for anyone." Kudos to anyone who gives anything - it's not for me to judge whether its enough or whether they should give at all!
While there is some element of truth to that, it's far from the whole story. By that argument, why have speedlimits? Why restrict the sale of weapons to children? Why have any security at an airport whatsoever?
Yes, we take risks, but we have to decide where to draw the line between mitigating them and inconveniencing ourselves. I don't believe it's an issue of whether to draw that line but actually where to draw it.
Actually, he proactively answers your concern by mentioning that vulnerabilities that could allow zombie attacks tend to be made available to everyone whereas spyware (which he sees, and I generally agree, as affecting only the user of that machine) is prevented by a tool only available to registered users. Fair enough, I think. Protect their interests while protecting the general public's.
Microsoft bashing aside, I have to appreciate that he responded to these questions. I mean, come on - this is essentially the home of the enemy for him, and he's unlikely to get much out of it... so props to him for taking the time to respond anyway.
I actually checked to see if I was logged in this morning; given that there was no story about the settings, I figured maybe they'd always been there and I just noticed.;-)
Looks good, I like it... but off topic, why is it only Taco's comments of the 40 that exist so far that actually meet my mod filter? Does he auatomatically get bonus points?:)
While the other responders to your comment mention that there are no laws preventing a city from entering a private marketplace yada yada blah blah blah, I'd point out that there is indeed an LA state law that prohibits municipalities from setting up their own public broadband networks. As originally posted on Slashdot, anyway, New Orleans is planning on breaking that law and challenging later.
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Albiet != although.
Come now, that's not fair. Last I heard the French worked 32 hours per week... well, except for some industries where it's 26... oh, and only when they're not busy protesting....
A slashdotter who doesn't want his search history remembered... hmm, what could you POSSIBLY be searching for?
I don't want to demean Purdue's CIT program - it's actually quite good. Sadly, the department head (Jim Goldman) is an idiot with his head so far up his rear he can see daylight again, and he teaches this class.
I submitted this a week or so ago in the hopes that my life goal of getting an article on Slash. It got rejected, and now someone else gets the credit for submitting it. Is this the part where I start ranting and raving about Slashdot editors? I don't know, it's the first time I've ever tried to submit anything. ;-)
Actually, I believe you have the cause and effect swapped. As people and businesses have moved to e-mail, the USPS has seen a decline in e-mail. As volume has decreased, per-letter costs have increased. There are other expenses as well, but I believe that e-mail has contributed to the increasing costs of postal mail.
Actually, some cell phone makers (such as Samsung) already have a call-blocking feature on their phones. I have one that I bought in January that can hold 10 or 20 numbers to block. Very nice.
You know, it's hard (and awfully tiring) to try to counter all the anti-US bigots in the world, but I couldn't let this one slide. You do realize that the first people to "steal land" from the natives were actually Europeans, right? Sure, we continued the trend once we "stole" the land from the British, French, and Spanish, but we were by no means first.
Get off the horse, already.
Or just buy from these guys. :-)
Given the complexity of the document and the simplicity of your post, my guess would be that you're in the majority!
Because he thinks its the right thing to do, or the right thing to do to get more political power, and he doesn't want to lose his left-wing base, so he's trying to appease them.
Call me cynical, but unfortunately, I'm probably right. Not that I have a problem with the act, but society in general these days does not seem capable of saying what they mean, let alone politicians.
Man, you've got issues. There's nothing inherently immoral about killing or using animals - they are not people, for crying out loud. If you're worried about them feeling pain, then make sure you don't swat a fly or kill a mosquito that bites you. But why stop there? Aren't all forms of life special? Then make sure you don't buy flowers for your girlfriend (on the off chance that a Slashdotter actually has one) or step on a blade of grass, since you might damage it!
Yes, some of the things people do to animals are disgusting. I don't see a point in gratuitous violence against anything. All the same, I don't have any problems whatsoever in shooting Bambi and making sausage out of her. I'm hungry (and yes, I've seen butchering done before). Go try to push your morals and ethics off on someone else.
Then reading the article might be good advice, given that it's Lenovo they've chosen, not Dell.
That's ridiculous - if people start to die, then more people who are in the grey area between choices will "realize" that all pirates are evil and support the "good" RIAA. Violence is only a necessary and viable option against those who use violence - in all other Western-world cases, it turns public opinion against you.
Sounds to me like you need to memorize a few words, like "spelling" and "dictionary."
Sorry, but by attacking my society as a whole you open yourself up to retaliation. Try to post intelligently without being insulting and you'll find that people will (mostly) respond in kind.
I'm curious to see how many others try to take advantage of this scheduled activity to launch their own attacks in the hopes that they can slide in under the radar. After all, if people are expecting to see increased pen-testing.... Still, I think it's a good idea to assess one's own strength, I just hope people are ready for those who would try to take advantage of us.
That link should be www.openxchange.com, not .org. Follow that one and I don't think you'll quite get what you were looking for. :)
They'd get their asses kicked? Yeah, got news for you buddy... people have downed planes before.
Our security may not be 100 percent effective, but at least its almost impossible to get a bomb on a plane now. Can you imagine the consequences if someone did that 3 or 4 times? Air travel would grind to a halt, economies would crash, and our whole way of life would change.
I agree that we as a society go overboard in many areas (warning labels because my coffee is hot? Well, DUH, that's why I ordered it!), but in a few others I think we don't go far enough. I'd rather err on the side of recklessness when I only have to worry about myself, but on the side of caution when I have to worry about others over whom I have no control.
That might hold true if he had 80 billion in cash (maybe, although I don't think he's obligated to give any of it away regardless of how much he has or what form its in). Remember that a large percentage of his net worth is in MS stock - to give it away would be to potentially lose controlling interest in his company. Or the portion that he keeps might lose so much value on a DoJ breakup order that he's no longer on Forbes top 100 list. Why should he risk it?
So it's a little more complicated than just saying "x amount of money is enough for anyone." Kudos to anyone who gives anything - it's not for me to judge whether its enough or whether they should give at all!
While there is some element of truth to that, it's far from the whole story. By that argument, why have speedlimits? Why restrict the sale of weapons to children? Why have any security at an airport whatsoever?
Yes, we take risks, but we have to decide where to draw the line between mitigating them and inconveniencing ourselves. I don't believe it's an issue of whether to draw that line but actually where to draw it.
Actually, he proactively answers your concern by mentioning that vulnerabilities that could allow zombie attacks tend to be made available to everyone whereas spyware (which he sees, and I generally agree, as affecting only the user of that machine) is prevented by a tool only available to registered users. Fair enough, I think. Protect their interests while protecting the general public's.
Microsoft bashing aside, I have to appreciate that he responded to these questions. I mean, come on - this is essentially the home of the enemy for him, and he's unlikely to get much out of it... so props to him for taking the time to respond anyway.
:)
Still a Mac user though.
I actually checked to see if I was logged in this morning; given that there was no story about the settings, I figured maybe they'd always been there and I just noticed. ;-)
:)
Looks good, I like it... but off topic, why is it only Taco's comments of the 40 that exist so far that actually meet my mod filter? Does he auatomatically get bonus points?
Psychological concerns like, say, his inability to keep a secret?
While the other responders to your comment mention that there are no laws preventing a city from entering a private marketplace yada yada blah blah blah, I'd point out that there is indeed an LA state law that prohibits municipalities from setting up their own public broadband networks. As originally posted on Slashdot, anyway, New Orleans is planning on breaking that law and challenging later.
So the short version is it's not allowable.