Wouldn't that be the Third? The US Civil War was the Second.
Actually, the Civil War was not an attempt to overthrow the current government, the Southern States were trying to split from the Union. I guess it could be categorized as a Revolution (albeit a failed one) but there is a certain distinction between Revolutions and Civil War. Anyways, my point is that there is probably going to be another in the forseeable future.
Um... I think you need to spend a little more time with the history books. "We Americans" (to be more specific, citizens of the United States) certainly fought -- and lost -- a very bloody civil war.
Technically, we still didn't lose... What I was referring to in this case though, was other countries trying to opress us. In this case it is our own government, which many are starting to see as non-American and not working in our best interest.
As for another one, it's certainly possible. When the USSR crumbled, I considered the possibility that the US would follow. At the time I felt it would be a result of global politics, but now, with our rights infringed on a more regular basis, I wonder if it will be internal politics instead that will light the fuse. The extensive restrictions on firearm ownership, "delightfully" in evidence with delays in gun sales, are only one of many violations of the US Constitution (as amended).
Agreed. But unfortunately, people aren't going to wise up and notice these infringements until the Gravy Train of our great economy begins to stop, and even start going in reverse (another 3-5 years I suspect, but who knows). It will take a deep financial blow to the citizens of the US to realize that the current government is not working in our best interest. Of course, when that time comes, we may be under a socialist democracy already.
I doubt it. What is a real Revolution to you? One that succeeds? If so (i.e., if that is why the US Civil War in the 1800s was not a Revolution to you), it will be over before you decide it's real.
I'll have to see it posted on/. first:) Actually the thing that would probably trigger a lot of folks would be another Waco or Ruby Ridge, but if the group being persecuted has done nothing to make the common Joe say "gee, those right wing nuts, they deserve what they get". The US gov't will probably screw up somewhere and American citizens will be sympathetic with those being persecuted. God help them if those folks start firing back...
apply the cookie bug, post username/password of slashdot member.
hehe, that would be kinda funny (not really, but I want to let people know that the current 'sploit is annoying rather than harmful, and that it could actually be malicious if someone coded it right).
"This is an attempt to show you we are not hiding anything," said Gene Habiger, director of security and emergency response for the Department of Energy. "If anyone thinks the government, the Department of Energy, can suppress the truth, they're wrong."
Press members were then given instructions on how to properly seal their BioHazard suits and what to do if the Radiation badge turned red.
After reading many of the posts here, I get the distinct feeling that many people are anticipating (not exact looking forward to it though) a Second American Revolution. I can't quite blame them though, with the whole Y2K thing going bust, everyone is wondering what "the next big thing" is going to be.
This is a smart enough audience to realize that once our beloved stock market finally comes to a grinding halt (it's supposed to happen, just like natural weather patterns predict hurricanes in the Summer), the US in particular is going to be in for a very rude awakening. For 10 or so years now, our government has been making laws that won't really affect us (while we enjoy the good times). But when the good times end, my guess is that we are going to get to see the "True Colors" of our goverment.
My conservative guess is that I will see it within my life-time (50-70 years, depending on whether they tax cigarettes out of existence). My more aggressive guess is 5-10 years after the next recession digs in (and it will be a long one, there are going to be so many companies that were driving along in the red during the good times that even the ones in black will plummet because of a micro-domino effect).
So what does this have to do with all you folks in Europe and *ahem* other NATO allies? The only thing I ask of you is not to help our government regain its dictatorship. We Americans have never lost a war fought on our own soil (even against our own government), and we won't lose the next one.
In light of my opinions and statements above, I just want to say that I'm not a "looney" or a "fear-monger" or some kind of "doomsday-sayer". I'm simply pointing out the obvious agenda that our government has (and any government for that matter, until someone figures out how to do it right), that agenda is to become large and tell it citizens how to live their lives, regardless of popular opinion.
BTW, I'll be part of the Revolution, but only after I'm sure that it's real...
Just to confirm: Windows 2000 is vulnerable. I think it's safe to say that any windows platform is vulnerable... gee, I wonder why? Can anyone say: "windowsupdate.microsoft.com"?
Now I know why that damn window pops up letting me know it's "checking for updates".
"The DOJ plan would effectively reduce Windows to a small core of low-level functionality that performs only the most basic operations."
So instead of making a better product, they now get to blame someone else for their own crud OS? How is this hurting Microsoft? Perhaps if Windows were regressed back to DOS it might actually be able to perform those "basic operations" without crashing.
I know this story is going to get a lot of posts, so I want to get straight to the point: This is a HORRIBLE idea... and I'm saying this from the "well duh department" because we can only scratch the surface on what the implications of something this big are. Say I go to work for company X, and they dig up a 3 year old list of speeding tickets on me (hey, it's a misdemeanor in many US States). So now I'm getting rejected a because of some arbitrary crap that doesn't even matter to my work performace? Ok, another scenario for you to think about: I'm a typical programmer going out for a quick 3AM meal and I get arrested because I fit a profile (it's a stretch, but not really), I get processed and released but then 3 months down the line... BAM, my face is in the database. Now I know that in certain agencies (Experian/Equifax), you can get these things cleared up, but that can take months.
Any body wanna guess what happens when you have bad credit? Not *that* big of a problem.
Anybody wanna guess what happens when you get arrested for a crime (and processed)?
I think they need to put the privacy checks in place before they actually start selling my personal life (true or not).
Personally, I think it would be really neat to find my name on a successful product if I ever wrote a nice piece of code.
The Open Source Software Community is also one based on "yeah i created it (initially), but if you can make it better, then that would be great"
I personally like to work on open source software because I: A> end up using it and it's a great asset to me, B> If I work hard enough at it, I may come up with an excellent feature, or bugfix and get my name in the credits or summit, C> I'm more inclined to write "good" code, which is not a hack or poorly thought out, since I know potentially hundreds of folks are going to be looking at my source and either saying "gee this helps" or "this guy is a complete idiot, i better fix his code" So to answer you question... we don't always get top recognition (outside of our dev team) in most cases, but then again, there are still quite a few folks in the world who don't even know what's going on in their PC . So it's not going to matter to them who wrote what code, just as long as it works.
this is simply more proof that even people who are in the "know" of MS software, still don't have a clue what the hell MS is doing:
Whatever it is, it appears to be meaningless junk text used as data.
pardon me for not sharing your apathy towards the subject, but perhaps we should let real programmers write real applications, and not half-hearted attemps at joke programs with "meaningless junk text" sprinkled in for laughs...
Personally, I'd wire input speaker connects (from indash cd/tape/radio) to a free-hanging "dongle" (no idea what it's really called) where I could connect a Rio or other portable player, then all you have to do is connect the player to the dongle via the output jack when you want (and also to your power supply, unless you like buying lots of batteries)
Of course, I also like the idea of an in-dash player that can read data CD's with MP3's on them, but I would assume this is going to be costly to implement (at first)
Shows of support include an introduction of legislation that permanently extends the current moratorium on Internet-related taxes and repeals the telephone tax.
Personally, I think Wal-Mart is trying to blow smoke up everyone's @$$ because they know that they are about to lose this one... These are the same people who want to fill out the long form census and tell exactly how much money you make and how many lightbulbs you have in your house because it's "...a potential threat to billions of dollars in state and local sales tax collections that pay for schools, roads, police and fire protection."
Come on, am I supposed to beleive that big Business WalMart and Circuit City could give a damn about the condition of my streets and city fire trucks? All they want to do is shut out competition by throttling the only avenue small business have... the Internet. I think we all know what happens when monopolies try to cut their competitors at the knees...
Why don't they just allow for a company to become "federally incorporated" (instead if becoming INC in AZ, NH, et al.) If the companies primary gross income is derived from Internet sales. The corp won't have to deal with the headache of filing with State 1 because the item was manufactured warehoused, state 2 because the item was shipped there and or state 3+ because the item was shipped through it or whatever.
If you also allow this taxing authority to have direct connection to the FTC, consumers will have more confidence in online sales.
Of course, in all reality, the Gov't shouldn't be trying to intervene at all, since everyone knows this is probably just going to become a nice fat podium topic for presidential elections.
In other words... laissez faire Leave commerce the way it is [because the market will always adjust]
I define a black-hat as anyone who is attempting un-authorized access to a system. This could be an 15 year old kid from Seattle, or a 45 year old company employee in accounting. Also, I refer to our black-hat as a he, however we have no idea what the true gender of the black-hat is.
This statement is absolutely false... Everyone knows that people in accounting don't know how to use their computers.
So if it's going to be cheap enough to spray on a car and possibly create an anti-collision system. How long will it take before the hackers will be able to hack into my car and make it burst into flames.
This is just another case of technology jut for the sake of technology
Also, since I can't even get DSL where I live, and this technology is supposed to be out by 2005, does this mean I will finally get DSL in 2005?
Will my new X-Box use this great technology, oh wait, I have to buy the proprietary MS-ETH/OPT-CHP conversion cable. Maybe I'll just hack my I-Opener and hook this thing on to the back as well.
Grrr, i expected this to be some revolutionary new NS, however it is nothing more than Mozilla with a different icon. They didn't even bother to fix the statusbar.text bug that's been buggin me (go to a site where the status text is set manually via javascript) I'm going to go download a skin that makes it look like the old Netscape, this one is just annoying.
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Wouldn't that be the Third? The US Civil War was the Second.
/. first :)
Actually, the Civil War was not an attempt to overthrow the current government, the Southern States were trying to split from the Union. I guess it could be categorized as a Revolution (albeit a failed one) but there is a certain distinction between Revolutions and Civil War. Anyways, my point is that there is probably going to be another in the forseeable future.
Um... I think you need to spend a little more time with the history books. "We Americans" (to be more specific, citizens of the United States) certainly fought -- and lost -- a very bloody civil war.
Technically, we still didn't lose... What I was referring to in this case though, was other countries trying to opress us. In this case it is our own government, which many are starting to see as non-American and not working in our best interest.
As for another one, it's certainly possible. When the USSR crumbled, I considered the possibility that the US would follow. At the time I felt it would be a result of global politics, but now, with our rights infringed on a more regular basis, I wonder if it will be internal politics instead that will light the fuse. The extensive restrictions on firearm ownership, "delightfully" in evidence with delays in gun sales, are only one of many violations of the US Constitution (as amended).
Agreed. But unfortunately, people aren't going to wise up and notice these infringements until the Gravy Train of our great economy begins to stop, and even start going in reverse (another 3-5 years I suspect, but who knows). It will take a deep financial blow to the citizens of the US to realize that the current government is not working in our best interest. Of course, when that time comes, we may be under a socialist democracy already.
I doubt it. What is a real Revolution to you? One that succeeds? If so (i.e., if that is why the US Civil War in the 1800s was not a Revolution to you), it will be over before you decide it's real.
I'll have to see it posted on
Actually the thing that would probably trigger a lot of folks would be another Waco or Ruby Ridge, but if the group being persecuted has done nothing to make the common Joe say "gee, those right wing nuts, they deserve what they get". The US gov't will probably screw up somewhere and American citizens will be sympathetic with those being persecuted. God help them if those folks start firing back...
apply the cookie bug, post username/password of slashdot member.
hehe, that would be kinda funny (not really, but I want to let people know that the current 'sploit is annoying rather than harmful, and that it could actually be malicious if someone coded it right).
"This is an attempt to show you we are not hiding anything," said Gene Habiger, director of security and emergency response for the Department of Energy. "If anyone thinks the government, the Department of Energy, can suppress the truth, they're wrong."
Press members were then given instructions on how to properly seal their BioHazard suits and what to do if the Radiation badge turned red.
After reading many of the posts here, I get the distinct feeling that many people are anticipating (not exact looking forward to it though) a Second American Revolution. I can't quite blame them though, with the whole Y2K thing going bust, everyone is wondering what "the next big thing" is going to be.
This is a smart enough audience to realize that once our beloved stock market finally comes to a grinding halt (it's supposed to happen, just like natural weather patterns predict hurricanes in the Summer), the US in particular is going to be in for a very rude awakening. For 10 or so years now, our government has been making laws that won't really affect us (while we enjoy the good times). But when the good times end, my guess is that we are going to get to see the "True Colors" of our goverment.
My conservative guess is that I will see it within my life-time (50-70 years, depending on whether they tax cigarettes out of existence). My more aggressive guess is 5-10 years after the next recession digs in (and it will be a long one, there are going to be so many companies that were driving along in the red during the good times that even the ones in black will plummet because of a micro-domino effect).
So what does this have to do with all you folks in Europe and *ahem* other NATO allies? The only thing I ask of you is not to help our government regain its dictatorship. We Americans have never lost a war fought on our own soil (even against our own government), and we won't lose the next one.
In light of my opinions and statements above, I just want to say that I'm not a "looney" or a "fear-monger" or some kind of "doomsday-sayer". I'm simply pointing out the obvious agenda that our government has (and any government for that matter, until someone figures out how to do it right), that agenda is to become large and tell it citizens how to live their lives, regardless of popular opinion.
BTW, I'll be part of the Revolution, but only after I'm sure that it's real...
Just to confirm:
Windows 2000 is vulnerable.
I think it's safe to say that any windows platform is vulnerable... gee, I wonder why? Can anyone say: "windowsupdate.microsoft.com"?
Now I know why that damn window pops up letting me know it's "checking for updates".
Why do I feel an urge to patent a: "process of suing another company when they have done something that threatens to bring competition to a market".
I would make millions {evil grin}.
"The DOJ plan would effectively reduce Windows to a small core of low-level functionality that performs only the most basic operations."
So instead of making a better product, they now get to blame someone else for their own crud OS? How is this hurting Microsoft?
Perhaps if Windows were regressed back to DOS it might actually be able to perform those "basic operations" without crashing.
I know this story is going to get a lot of posts, so I want to get straight to the point: This is a HORRIBLE idea... and I'm saying this from the "well duh department" because we can only scratch the surface on what the implications of something this big are. Say I go to work for company X, and they dig up a 3 year old list of speeding tickets on me (hey, it's a misdemeanor in many US States). So now I'm getting rejected a because of some arbitrary crap that doesn't even matter to my work performace? Ok, another scenario for you to think about: I'm a typical programmer going out for a quick 3AM meal and I get arrested because I fit a profile (it's a stretch, but not really), I get processed and released but then 3 months down the line... BAM, my face is in the database. Now I know that in certain agencies (Experian/Equifax), you can get these things cleared up, but that can take months.
Any body wanna guess what happens when you have bad credit? Not *that* big of a problem.
Anybody wanna guess what happens when you get arrested for a crime (and processed)?
I think they need to put the privacy checks in place before they actually start selling my personal life (true or not).
Personally, I think it would be really neat to find my name on a successful product if I ever wrote a nice piece of code.
The Open Source Software Community is also one based on "yeah i created it (initially), but if you can make it better, then that would be great"
I personally like to work on open source software because I:
A> end up using it and it's a great asset to me,
B> If I work hard enough at it, I may come up with an excellent feature, or bugfix and get my name in the credits or summit,
C> I'm more inclined to write "good" code, which is not a hack or poorly thought out, since I know potentially hundreds of folks are going to be looking at my source and either saying "gee this helps" or "this guy is a complete idiot, i better fix his code"
So to answer you question... we don't always get top recognition (outside of our dev team) in most cases, but then again, there are still quite a few folks in the world who don't even know what's going on in their PC . So it's not going to matter to them who wrote what code, just as long as it works.
SCO, are you well endowed? (someone had to make a reference to the whole Jeeves thing)
looks like the site was /.ed already and before the 10th post... i hope their products are more reliable than their ISP erster deutscher Pfosten
this is simply more proof that even people who are in the "know" of MS software, still don't have a clue what the hell MS is doing:
Whatever it is, it appears to be meaningless junk text used as data.
pardon me for not sharing your apathy towards the subject, but perhaps we should let real programmers write real applications, and not half-hearted attemps at joke programs with "meaningless junk text" sprinkled in for laughs...
Could someone set this up on NT? That way when it gets /. ed the whole building will turn blue.
:p
oh wait, NT doesn't run defrag
Has any created an in-dash version of this?
Personally, I'd wire input speaker connects (from indash cd/tape/radio) to a free-hanging "dongle" (no idea what it's really called) where I could connect a Rio or other portable player, then all you have to do is connect the player to the dongle via the output jack when you want (and also to your power supply, unless you like buying lots of batteries)
Of course, I also like the idea of an in-dash player that can read data CD's with MP3's on them, but I would assume this is going to be costly to implement (at first)
excerpt from E-Commerce Advisory Commission Report Gaining Bipartisan Support in Congress.
Shows of support include an introduction of legislation that permanently extends the current moratorium on Internet-related taxes and repeals the telephone tax.
Personally, I think Wal-Mart is trying to blow smoke up everyone's @$$ because they know that they are about to lose this one... These are the same people who want to fill out the long form census and tell exactly how much money you make and how many lightbulbs you have in your house because it's "...a potential threat to billions of dollars in state and local sales tax collections that pay for schools, roads, police and fire protection."
Come on, am I supposed to beleive that big Business WalMart and Circuit City could give a damn about the condition of my streets and city fire trucks? All they want to do is shut out competition by throttling the only avenue small business have... the Internet. I think we all know what happens when monopolies try to cut their competitors at the knees...
Why don't they just allow for a company to become "federally incorporated" (instead if becoming INC in AZ, NH, et al.) If the companies primary gross income is derived from Internet sales. The corp won't have to deal with the headache of filing with State 1 because the item was manufactured warehoused, state 2 because the item was shipped there and or state 3+ because the item was shipped through it or whatever.
If you also allow this taxing authority to have direct connection to the FTC, consumers will have more confidence in online sales.
Of course, in all reality, the Gov't shouldn't be trying to intervene at all, since everyone knows this is probably just going to become a nice fat podium topic for presidential elections.
In other words... laissez faire Leave commerce the way it is [because the market will always adjust]
all your favorite linux banner babes can be found here:
http://www.stileproject.com/lls.html
prepares to be moderated down for daring to link to stile project (yes, it sucks)
I define a black-hat as anyone who is attempting un-authorized access to a system. This could be an 15 year old kid from Seattle, or a 45 year old company employee in accounting. Also, I refer to our black-hat as a he, however we have no idea what the true gender of the black-hat is.
This statement is absolutely false... Everyone knows that people in accounting don't know how to use their computers.
I can see some asswhole actually designing a new drug-chip that stimulates the pleasure centers in your brain directly.
which reminds me maybe i should go ahead and register downloadheroin.com
As far as the Matrix goes...
user has quit brain(connection reset by peer)
So if it's going to be cheap enough to spray on a car and possibly create an anti-collision system. How long will it take before the hackers will be able to hack into my car and make it burst into flames.
This is just another case of technology jut for the sake of technology
Also, since I can't even get DSL where I live, and this technology is supposed to be out by 2005, does this mean I will finally get DSL in 2005?
Will my new X-Box use this great technology, oh wait, I have to buy the proprietary MS-ETH/OPT-CHP conversion cable. Maybe I'll just hack my I-Opener and hook this thing on to the back as well.
Yeah, it's impressive, :p
but i still prefer the flying stars one...
Grrr, i expected this to be some revolutionary new NS, however it is nothing more than Mozilla with a different icon. They didn't even bother to fix the statusbar.text bug that's been buggin me (go to a site where the status text is set manually via javascript) I'm going to go download a skin that makes it look like the old Netscape, this one is just annoying.