The original quote is correct. Most of the cars stolen here are by punks taking them for joyrides. Typically they will smash them up before they dump them. Sometimes they will steal several and have demolition derbies on the street. Often they are also used to facilitate the commision of other crimes, like break and enters as well.
We don't have a lot of chop shops. We have a lot of juvenile car thieves who the justice system seems incapable of doing anything about. Some repeat offenders have stolen literally hundreds of cars.
Since the insurer is paying most of the cost for installing these imobilizers, it seems like a reasonable tactic to me.
This guy was making an argument that he was essentially an ISP for whoever happened to drive by his house. There are established protections for ISP's that prevent search and siezure of their equipment when someone downstream transmits across their network.
Exactly true.
However, with those ISP protections come ISP obligations, like lawful access and the ability to produce usage records when a search warrant is produced.
I don't think either the courts or the politicians are going to let you have one without the other.
Quake, with its early GL patches for my old Rendition card, was the game that really made me appreciate 3D gaming. Sure, there have been sequels for both Quake and Doom, but they all have space-based, futuristic themes.
The original with its dungeons and grottos and cathedrals had a much creepier ambience that I would like to see re-done with the modern rendering engines and graphics chips. I guess I'll keep my fingers crossed for Quake 5...........
I'm all for changing our first-past-the-post voting system in favor of some sort of proportional representation. I'd be happy with a preferential ballot but I'd be willing to accept some form of hybrid list system. It's not hard to come up with a better and fairer system than what we have now.
Of course I'd like an EEE senate like Australia, and to do away with all association with the monarchy (which is such an anachronism in this day) as well. Unfortunately given the difficulty of constitutional change its unlikely any of these things will happen anytime soon.
A big reason I first voted Reform was because they wanted to shakeup the system. I won't hold my breath, but any steps in that direction are welcome. I think electing senators would be better than the current method of appointing party hacks a long term spot at the trough. So far the CPC appears to be just as fond of patronage as the Liberals, though.
Yes. I oppose the Iraq war, but think the war in Afghanistan is justified (and sanctioned by the UN as such), I'm all for environmental responsibility but recognize Kyoto as simply a wealth redistribution scheme with carbon credits and emission trading only corporate lawyers could love (and living in Winterpeg, I don't really mind these mild winters to be honest - global warming simply does not induce panic in me like many others). I have no problem with SSM and was glad to see that is pretty much a done deal. I agree that thier Middle East policy is one sided but domestic policies are bigger voting issues with me than foreign policy.
I have voted both CPC/CA/Reform and Liberal in the past. I consider myself socially liberal and fiscally conservative. Unfortunately such a party does not exist in this country, so all I can do is choose the party I dislike less at election time, and its a tough choice sometimes.
A good example of the conflict I face is drug laws, for instance. I supported the Liberal plan for decriminalization of pot, and dislike seeing the CPC actually making the laws even more draconian. OTOH, life is so cheap in this country that killing a total stranger on the street might get you 3 or 4 years in jail as a typical sentence, so I certainly support the CPC plan to crack down on violent criminals who are a threat to the public at large.
Whats a person to do? I'm pretty happy with minority governments and hope they become more common. It should hopefully serve as a check to keep any party from getting too ideological.
Make this a voting issue, and make it clear to your MP and other government representatives that it is. We have a minority government here right now, and an election is likely sooner rather than later. Issues like this could swing the balance of power, or make the difference between a majority or another minority government.
I voted CPC last election, but if they take away my fair use rights they will not get my vote again. Ever.
A: No. Skype uses a closed proprietary protocol, which they do not publish. That makes it hard to make Zfone work with it. Skype does not interoperate with the rest of the VoIP industry, which is built on open standards. I decided to follow the industry standards."
Given the likelihood of government eavesdropping (without a warrant of course) on VOIP calls, this is worth considering.
Using your analogy, a huge number of US news organizations are breaking Chinese laws from the safety of US soil.
Somehow I see the US vociferously protesting if the Chinese were to arrest Americans for what is essentially the same thing - making something globally available on the internet.
.....but it sadly lacks a couple important features. We use HP Openview - Network Node Manager at work, and I've been looking for something similar (but simpler and cheaper) for SOHO use.
If they could add adjustable polling intervals/schedules and (the single biggest ommision) notification on failure options (page, email, SMS, etc) it would be really useful for monitoring in small shops.
Quite a bit of work is done to reduce the aerodynamic friction of vehicles nowadays. Its a major source of inneficiency and is recognised as such.
Heat in the form of engine exhaust, and in the form of friction braking are two major areas of energy loss for a vehicle as well, but only recently has capturing this lost energy been a potentially desirable goal.
This BMW heat capture system seems like a great idea. Ford also has a regenerative braking system called Hydraulic Launch Assist which could capture much of the energy lost in braking as well. Electrics and hybrids already reclaim some of this energy by using it to generate electricity to charge the storage batteries.
It will be interesting to see if the ultra efficient cars of the future use any or all of these technologies.
I've been using Tripwire (and Tripwire Portable) for years. Recently I have started using Samhain in its place and have been quite happy with it.
Some useful features that it has which Tripwire doesn't is the ability to monitor kernel system call tables for changes (a common attack vector), and to run as a daemon to alert on changes immediately.
Not that I agree with Telus' actions, as they are not a judge, but there are questions about the legality of some of the content on the union's website. They are supposedly publishing names, addresses, and pictures of union members crossing the picket lines. I think its pretty likely that this is in violation of both provincial and federal protection of privacy laws.
Only problem is all the parties support it. And no matter who wins next time, or even if we have another minority, you can bet the intense special interest pressure to carry on down the same path will continue.......
Or, what I do myself is limit housecalls to short visits unless its a good friend, a known simple problem or someone looking for a tutor.
Running a spyware or virus scan on an infected machine can take 30 or 40 minutes by itself, while you sit there waiting and doing nothing but visiting. Ditto for an OS re-install, service packs, updates, etc. Lots of "clean-up" jobs are mostly idle time, which often inflates the bill above what it should realistically be.
Its much more productive to have the client bring their machine to you, so you can work on several at once, or at least do something else useful with your time while scans, downloads, installs, etc, run unattended.
Thanks to Nanopoint UK, we were given access to the test equipment used at its headquarters in Germany, where it is known as Maxpoint. This is where Tagan power supplies are designed.
No suprise that Tagan won the Editor's Choice award then.
Sounds like the sort of comparison test Microsoft would commission......
The point of the TSA is to con you into thinking you're "safe" so you'll go about your life instead of cowering in fear
Actually, keeping you in fear is part of the plan, but they still have to look like they are trying. That way you won't care if they have to take away some of your rights to help them with their difficult task of "protecting" you.
3000 people died on 9/11, and that is a terrible thing, but 40,000 people die in traffic accidents in the US every year. Would they give up their rights for that?
Perspective is clearly lacking when the fear factor is played up.
Domain Direct (a division of Tucows) has served me very well for many years. They don't have a method for automated changing of your records when your IP address changes (you have to log in and do it manually - a big deal on some ISPs, but not on mine where my dynamic IP changes maybe once or twice a year), but they do allow almost complete control over A records, CNAMEs, and MX records, and do simple redirection as well.
If you look at crime stats in the border states (ie compare Montana to Alberta, BC to Washington state, Saskatchewan to North Dakota and Manitoba to Minnesota) you will find not much difference in the rates of violent crime. In some cases it will be higher on the Canadian side.
US gun crime stats are very heavily skewed by huge crime rates in a handful of large metropolises like New York, Detroit, LA, etc. These huge cities also tend to have the most restrictive gun laws in the US, so I think your reasoning is questionable at best
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The original quote is correct. Most of the cars stolen here are by punks taking them for joyrides. Typically they will smash them up before they dump them. Sometimes they will steal several and have demolition derbies on the street. Often they are also used to facilitate the commision of other crimes, like break and enters as well.
We don't have a lot of chop shops. We have a lot of juvenile car thieves who the justice system seems incapable of doing anything about. Some repeat offenders have stolen literally hundreds of cars.
Since the insurer is paying most of the cost for installing these imobilizers, it seems like a reasonable tactic to me.
Exactly true.
However, with those ISP protections come ISP obligations, like lawful access and the ability to produce usage records when a search warrant is produced.
I don't think either the courts or the politicians are going to let you have one without the other.
My experience is the same. My primary MX gets all my legitimate messages, and a lot of spam.
My secondary MX only gets a lot of spam.
Quake, with its early GL patches for my old Rendition card, was the game that really made me appreciate 3D gaming. Sure, there have been sequels for both Quake and Doom, but they all have space-based, futuristic themes.
The original with its dungeons and grottos and cathedrals had a much creepier ambience that I would like to see re-done with the modern rendering engines and graphics chips. I guess I'll keep my fingers crossed for Quake 5...........
I'm all for changing our first-past-the-post voting system in favor of some sort of proportional representation. I'd be happy with a preferential ballot but I'd be willing to accept some form of hybrid list system. It's not hard to come up with a better and fairer system than what we have now.
Of course I'd like an EEE senate like Australia, and to do away with all association with the monarchy (which is such an anachronism in this day) as well. Unfortunately given the difficulty of constitutional change its unlikely any of these things will happen anytime soon.
A big reason I first voted Reform was because they wanted to shakeup the system. I won't hold my breath, but any steps in that direction are welcome. I think electing senators would be better than the current method of appointing party hacks a long term spot at the trough. So far the CPC appears to be just as fond of patronage as the Liberals, though.
Oh well, life is good in spite of politicians!
Yes. I oppose the Iraq war, but think the war in Afghanistan is justified (and sanctioned by the UN as such), I'm all for environmental responsibility but recognize Kyoto as simply a wealth redistribution scheme with carbon credits and emission trading only corporate lawyers could love (and living in Winterpeg, I don't really mind these mild winters to be honest - global warming simply does not induce panic in me like many others). I have no problem with SSM and was glad to see that is pretty much a done deal. I agree that thier Middle East policy is one sided but domestic policies are bigger voting issues with me than foreign policy.
I have voted both CPC/CA/Reform and Liberal in the past. I consider myself socially liberal and fiscally conservative. Unfortunately such a party does not exist in this country, so all I can do is choose the party I dislike less at election time, and its a tough choice sometimes.
A good example of the conflict I face is drug laws, for instance. I supported the Liberal plan for decriminalization of pot, and dislike seeing the CPC actually making the laws even more draconian. OTOH, life is so cheap in this country that killing a total stranger on the street might get you 3 or 4 years in jail as a typical sentence, so I certainly support the CPC plan to crack down on violent criminals who are a threat to the public at large.
Whats a person to do? I'm pretty happy with minority governments and hope they become more common. It should hopefully serve as a check to keep any party from getting too ideological.
Make this a voting issue, and make it clear to your MP and other government representatives that it is. We have a minority government here right now, and an election is likely sooner rather than later. Issues like this could swing the balance of power, or make the difference between a majority or another minority government.
I voted CPC last election, but if they take away my fair use rights they will not get my vote again. Ever.
"Q: Does Zfone work with Skype?
A: No. Skype uses a closed proprietary protocol, which they do not publish. That makes it hard to make Zfone work with it. Skype does not interoperate with the rest of the VoIP industry, which is built on open standards. I decided to follow the industry standards."
Given the likelihood of government eavesdropping (without a warrant of course) on VOIP calls, this is worth considering.
Using your analogy, a huge number of US news organizations are breaking Chinese laws from the safety of US soil.
Somehow I see the US vociferously protesting if the Chinese were to arrest Americans for what is essentially the same thing - making something globally available on the internet.
.....but it sadly lacks a couple important features. We use HP Openview - Network Node Manager at work, and I've been looking for something similar (but simpler and cheaper) for SOHO use.
If they could add adjustable polling intervals/schedules and (the single biggest ommision) notification on failure options (page, email, SMS, etc) it would be really useful for monitoring in small shops.
Heat in the form of engine exhaust, and in the form of friction braking are two major areas of energy loss for a vehicle as well, but only recently has capturing this lost energy been a potentially desirable goal.
This BMW heat capture system seems like a great idea. Ford also has a regenerative braking system called Hydraulic Launch Assist which could capture much of the energy lost in braking as well. Electrics and hybrids already reclaim some of this energy by using it to generate electricity to charge the storage batteries.
It will be interesting to see if the ultra efficient cars of the future use any or all of these technologies.
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Some useful features that it has which Tripwire doesn't is the ability to monitor kernel system call tables for changes (a common attack vector), and to run as a daemon to alert on changes immediately.
Its definitely worth a look.
Not that I agree with Telus' actions, as they are not a judge, but there are questions about the legality of some of the content on the union's website. They are supposedly publishing names, addresses, and pictures of union members crossing the picket lines. I think its pretty likely that this is in violation of both provincial and federal protection of privacy laws.
It will be interesting to see this go to court.
Yup. C-68 is a prime example of a liberal law ignored by most parties and most provinces as well.
Drug and prostitution laws are examples of more conservative laws that are also not worth the paper they are written on.
As a libertarian, I ignore in an equal opportunity fashion. :-)
Only problem is all the parties support it. And no matter who wins next time, or even if we have another minority, you can bet the intense special interest pressure to carry on down the same path will continue.......
So enjoy it for however long it lasts.
With such secrecy becoming ever more common down south too, think of it as a mutual public service.
Or, what I do myself is limit housecalls to short visits unless its a good friend, a known simple problem or someone looking for a tutor.
Running a spyware or virus scan on an infected machine can take 30 or 40 minutes by itself, while you sit there waiting and doing nothing but visiting. Ditto for an OS re-install, service packs, updates, etc. Lots of "clean-up" jobs are mostly idle time, which often inflates the bill above what it should realistically be.
Its much more productive to have the client bring their machine to you, so you can work on several at once, or at least do something else useful with your time while scans, downloads, installs, etc, run unattended.
No suprise that Tagan won the Editor's Choice award then.
Sounds like the sort of comparison test Microsoft would commission......
My parents get their TV from Manitoba Telecom Services through their phone line. Its been out for about a year.
I'm waiting for the cable companies to start offering serious phone service....
3 years later, its still 3000.
Car accidents have now claimed 120,000
Actually, keeping you in fear is part of the plan, but they still have to look like they are trying. That way you won't care if they have to take away some of your rights to help them with their difficult task of "protecting" you.
3000 people died on 9/11, and that is a terrible thing, but 40,000 people die in traffic accidents in the US every year. Would they give up their rights for that?
Perspective is clearly lacking when the fear factor is played up.
Because file sharing has some redeeming social value and spam does not?
And their servers are very reliable.
If you look at crime stats in the border states (ie compare Montana to Alberta, BC to Washington state, Saskatchewan to North Dakota and Manitoba to Minnesota) you will find not much difference in the rates of violent crime. In some cases it will be higher on the Canadian side.
US gun crime stats are very heavily skewed by huge crime rates in a handful of large metropolises like New York, Detroit, LA, etc. These huge cities also tend to have the most restrictive gun laws in the US, so I think your reasoning is questionable at best