I have a bigger problem with studio photographers that try to asssert copyright on pictures they took of me and my family, but that I PAID TO HAVE TAKEN.
> The idea that your bank can cross reference your financial details with your medical details, just > on a whim, without your knowledge or consent, should worry you.
Would worry me too. But will a national ID card lead to such abuse? Seems to me that the ID would provide maybe a common primary key for many databases, kind of like how social security numbers are (still) being abused these days by just about everyone who has a database. Having a common primary key doesn't give your bank access to your medical records any more than your social security number does now.
The greater problem, in my opinion, is how they are going to prevent misuse of your ID info by identity thieves.
I dunno where you live, but everywhere I've lived, anybody can get a State ID card that's essentially the same as a driver's license for ID purposes, but without the driving privilege attached.
You, sir, have a point about the infrastructure needs, and I think it would be just fine for local governments, with the consent of the local citizens, to pay for the local infrastructure of the communities they serve, if need be.
But still, I want the federal government to keep its cotton pickin' hands in its pockets and just watch the blinkenlights.
Barak may care, but I'd prefer that whoever becomes the next prez, he and the rest of the federal government keep their grubby mitts off the internet.
Government doesn't need to define "broadband". Defining broadband to be X bits per second doesn't mean we automatically get fatter pipes. It just means that what we get is no longer called "broadband," if it doesn't meet the definition.
The marketplace can define what it considers broadband. Government only needs to ensure there is a marketplace free of monopolies (that's the big reason why things aren't improving). With a free marketplace in operation, people can vote with their wallets for what they consider to be broadband.
When the government comes around to "help" you, it's time to hang on to your wallets.
Slashdot Mirror
Next time, take a Viagra first.
The gods are gonna be pissed when they find out they're Slashdot virgins, and not female ones...
> What starts before 9, lasts about an hour, and ends after 11?
Prime Time Television?
Lasts about an hour, if you subtract all the commercials...
Hah!
.net, .org, .us, .biz and all the others.
I just had to try this.
I went to networksolutions website and check for availability of "fumpu.com"
It's available! Plus the
Then immediately went to godaddy and looked it up there.
FUMPU.COM is already taken!
I have a bigger problem with studio photographers that try to asssert copyright on pictures they took of me and my family, but that I PAID TO HAVE TAKEN.
Can you say, "work for hire"?
Information posted on The Internet is persistent!
So, you think the Earth is round? You're an idiot!
... Also known as the COAA.
Yet another damn *AA..
No, carafe is a two syllable English word. Always has been.
It was derived from the three syllable French word, which itself was derived from Arabic.
Would that be A-nal, or a-NAHL?
> The FISC is generally regarded as a rubber stamp; it approved over 4,000 surveillance requests in
> 2005 and 2006[PDF], rejecting none.
This means nothing interesting, unless you can point to some requests that should have been rejected.
> The idea that your bank can cross reference your financial details with your medical details, just
> on a whim, without your knowledge or consent, should worry you.
Would worry me too. But will a national ID card lead to such abuse?
Seems to me that the ID would provide maybe a common primary key for many databases, kind of like how social security numbers are (still) being abused these days by just about everyone who has a database. Having a common primary key doesn't give your bank access to your medical records any more than your social security number does now.
The greater problem, in my opinion, is how they are going to prevent misuse of your ID info by identity thieves.
I dunno where you live, but everywhere I've lived, anybody can get a State ID card that's essentially the same as a driver's license for ID purposes, but without the driving privilege attached.
The leaders of the "free" world have been given instructions to implement ID cards by... 2020 or so.
There. Fixed that for you.
No problem.
It's written on a piece of paper stuck to the bottom of your laptop.
> You can buy a shit load of grid tied windmills for 1.8 billion dollars...
But Not In My Back Yard!
> ... anyone who has spent time sitting in a church pew knows what I'm talking about.
Churches that still have pews still don't have projectors, I would guess.
That's right. And that's why one our local car dealerships is having a "giant patriot sale" on Sunday. It's not a Superbowl sale...
Largest multiple source, I'd say. It's a bot net after all.
Yeah, and now we're gonna hafta drain the ocean so we can clean up that mess!
You, sir, have a point about the infrastructure needs, and I think it would be just fine for local governments, with the consent of the local citizens, to pay for the local infrastructure of the communities they serve, if need be.
But still, I want the federal government to keep its cotton pickin' hands in its pockets and just watch the blinkenlights.
Barak may care, but I'd prefer that whoever becomes the next prez, he and the rest of the federal government keep their grubby mitts off the internet.
Government doesn't need to define "broadband". Defining broadband to be X bits per second doesn't mean we automatically get fatter pipes. It just means that what we get is no longer called "broadband," if it doesn't meet the definition.
The marketplace can define what it considers broadband. Government only needs to ensure there is a marketplace free of monopolies (that's the big reason why things aren't improving). With a free marketplace in operation, people can vote with their wallets for what they consider to be broadband.
When the government comes around to "help" you, it's time to hang on to your wallets.
Nothing fluffy is scary!
But I would be wary of "fluffy" puppies.
... was a patriot!
.... is indistinguishable from a Feature!