If only there were a whistle-blower website of some kind that specializes in publishing leaked documents that someone at Wired with access to the chat logs could submit them to. Anybody know of such a website?
They never said they didn't share the chat logs with the government. In fact, Manning was arrested after Lamo tipped off the FBI about his confessions. I presume Lamo gave the FBI the same chat logs he gave Poulsen. This is about sharing the chat logs with everybody else.
'Our position has been and remains that the logs include sensitive personal information with no bearing on Wikileaks, and it would serve no purpose to publish them at this time,' writes Hansen.
Notice they don't say "...the logs ARE ENTIRELY sensitive personal information..."
We shouldn't have to take Hansen or Poulsen's word for it. Journalism 101: Redact the "sensitive personal information with no bearing on Wikileaks" and publish the rest.
You'll let your kids watch the government approved violence on TV and youtube and we'll protect them from any and all kinds of human sexuality (except the Disney approved sexualization of teen/tween "stars", of course) AND YOU'LL LIKE IT!
When the woman withdraws consent the man withdraws his organ, or it is rape....
What if she withdraws her consent after, when she finds out the man is an asshole who also had consensual sex with her friend not 24 hours after having it with her?
If only there were some site on the internet where a whistle blower with inside information could anonymously submit evidence about what's going on behind the scenes at WikiLeaks.
Regardless of what is more readable for the general population, a person born with a genetic condition that causes visuospatial processing difficulties and developmental delays often means said person is treated as unteachable and may never even learn to recognize lowercase letters in the first place.
Besides, your suggestion while seemingly viable and sensical, as well as natehoy's suggestion below to load different fonts, are doing two things wrong: (1) assuming others are just like you and access the internet the same way on the same devices which is an incorrect assumption. In this particular case, some of the people on the list use specialized equipment that is easier for them to operate that are not Firefox or Chrome or whatever and do not always support such web site zoom features in a usable/readable fashion or loading fonts, etc., and (2) placing the burden for this issue into the hands of the person least capable of understanding how to resolve the issue. It is trivial for the members of the list who may have previously seen all caps as shouting to simply realize all caps works better there and doesn't mean shouting in that context. It's less trivial for the people who can't even recognize all the lowercase letters of the alphabet to understand technology enough to implement a work around.
I appreciate the ideas people are coming up with and providing feedback to try and fit others into their mode of operation. But I'm suggesting maybe instead of trying to make the rest of the world fit into our preconceived notions of netiquette, we get over ourselves and realize maybe it's our perceptions that are in need of adjusting.
I am subscribed to an e-mail list for people and families of people with a genetic disorder that causes a variety of symptoms often including some form of vision problems and anywhere from mild to severe mental retardation. My son has the disorder and the e-mail list is a vital tool for the community of people facing the challenges associated with it. At least one member of the list who has the disorder has difficulty reading lowercase letters.
SO FOR HER MANY PEOPLE TYPE THEIR E-MAILS LIKE THIS. YOU HAVE BEEN CONDITIONED TO SEE THIS AS SHOUTING. I WAS CONDITIONED THAT WAY TOO. BUT I HAVE SINCE LEARNED TO SEE THIS AS HELPING FRIENDS COMMUNICATE.
Simply because someone is conditioned differently from you, and has a different contextual interpretation of all caps, hardly makes them stupid. Unaware of your custom, sure. But I presume you were equally unaware of the custom of using all caps as a way to help people with disabilities read text on a screen better and more fully participate in online communities...UNTIL NOW.
I gotta admit, I liked the way they handled it. I thought it showed their sense of humor. They even printed the code wheel using hard-to-photocopy color schemes.
.info domain names can be bought for around two bucks. I wonder if a bunch of "thissiteisnotwikileaks.info" and "whereswikileaks.info" domains will pop up all pointing to 213.251.145.96.
The fact is Microsoft is funding TurboHercules and thereby funding the lawsuit. Now why Microsoft is funding TurboHercules may have little or nothing to do with said lawsuit.There's room for conspiracy theories there and those who are into such things can (and likely will) take that ball and run with it but I don't know or care to speculate. Still, "Microsoft is funding TurboHercules lawsuit against IBM" [sic] is a statement of fact. They weren't funding it at the start, but they are now.
They have an IP address. And every site you visit that has any integration with Facebook turned on. And the time and dates you visit those sites. And the characteristics of the browser you're using, the OS on your computer as well and what plug-ins you currently have installed and/or enabled in said browser. That's a lot to know about someone who doesn't even use their services or ever have anything to do with them.
It also becomes a PITA fast. I run adblock and noscript and a number of sites just plain DO NOT "downgrade" gracefully. Many only half-ass work. Many others don't work at all. And I had to remove noscript from the home PC because my wife was sick of either not being able to use the web sites she actually wanted to use or the constant popups that she was just ignoring and clicking "YES" to anyway because fuqitol she just wants to check something on one of her favorite websites not be pestered to death and annoyed to the point she'd rather subscribe to the print edition of magazines than bother going through the root canal of visiting their websites.
That being said, I don't have a facebook or twitter account any more and block every domain and IP I can find that is tangentially related to them (and google analytics, etc)... But I know slashdot is tracking me everywhere I go. DAMN YOU COWBOYNEAL!!!
Slashdot Mirror
If only there were a whistle-blower website of some kind that specializes in publishing leaked documents that someone at Wired with access to the chat logs could submit them to. Anybody know of such a website?
They never said they didn't share the chat logs with the government. In fact, Manning was arrested after Lamo tipped off the FBI about his confessions. I presume Lamo gave the FBI the same chat logs he gave Poulsen. This is about sharing the chat logs with everybody else.
Notice they don't say "...the logs ARE ENTIRELY sensitive personal information..." We shouldn't have to take Hansen or Poulsen's word for it. Journalism 101: Redact the "sensitive personal information with no bearing on Wikileaks" and publish the rest.
<blockquote><i>The bouillon ownership will be banned like it was pre-1975.</i></blockquote>
Then how will I make soup?!
You'll let your kids watch the government approved violence on TV and youtube and we'll protect them from any and all kinds of human sexuality (except the Disney approved sexualization of teen/tween "stars", of course) AND YOU'LL LIKE IT!
Add a <blink> tag to show how urgent and important your plea is. People love that.
Just checked my software registration info. Yep, registered to one "Mr Nunya Biznes" as expected.
It felt a bit redundant considering the possibility of "hipster" once "stupid" was listed. It's like shades of grey.
Maybe the person you responded to isn't a troll or stupid, just a hipster.
I think you've got it backwards. Fox News would only hesitate to spew it if it wasn't total BS.
What if she withdraws her consent after, when she finds out the man is an asshole who also had consensual sex with her friend not 24 hours after having it with her?
If only there were some site on the internet where a whistle blower with inside information could anonymously submit evidence about what's going on behind the scenes at WikiLeaks.
https://ixquick.com/
If I had any mod points (and hadn't already commented) I'd mod you Funny.
Regardless of what is more readable for the general population, a person born with a genetic condition that causes visuospatial processing difficulties and developmental delays often means said person is treated as unteachable and may never even learn to recognize lowercase letters in the first place.
Besides, your suggestion while seemingly viable and sensical, as well as natehoy's suggestion below to load different fonts, are doing two things wrong: (1) assuming others are just like you and access the internet the same way on the same devices which is an incorrect assumption. In this particular case, some of the people on the list use specialized equipment that is easier for them to operate that are not Firefox or Chrome or whatever and do not always support such web site zoom features in a usable/readable fashion or loading fonts, etc., and (2) placing the burden for this issue into the hands of the person least capable of understanding how to resolve the issue. It is trivial for the members of the list who may have previously seen all caps as shouting to simply realize all caps works better there and doesn't mean shouting in that context. It's less trivial for the people who can't even recognize all the lowercase letters of the alphabet to understand technology enough to implement a work around.
I appreciate the ideas people are coming up with and providing feedback to try and fit others into their mode of operation. But I'm suggesting maybe instead of trying to make the rest of the world fit into our preconceived notions of netiquette, we get over ourselves and realize maybe it's our perceptions that are in need of adjusting.
I am subscribed to an e-mail list for people and families of people with a genetic disorder that causes a variety of symptoms often including some form of vision problems and anywhere from mild to severe mental retardation. My son has the disorder and the e-mail list is a vital tool for the community of people facing the challenges associated with it. At least one member of the list who has the disorder has difficulty reading lowercase letters.
SO FOR HER MANY PEOPLE TYPE THEIR E-MAILS LIKE THIS. YOU HAVE BEEN CONDITIONED TO SEE THIS AS SHOUTING. I WAS CONDITIONED THAT WAY TOO. BUT I HAVE SINCE LEARNED TO SEE THIS AS HELPING FRIENDS COMMUNICATE.
Simply because someone is conditioned differently from you, and has a different contextual interpretation of all caps, hardly makes them stupid. Unaware of your custom, sure. But I presume you were equally unaware of the custom of using all caps as a way to help people with disabilities read text on a screen better and more fully participate in online communities...UNTIL NOW.
You can have my pencil and paper when you pry them from my cold dead hands.
Fresh outta mod points or I'd tag your post +1 Insightful merely for the use of "Dude" by the help desk workers.
I gotta admit, I liked the way they handled it. I thought it showed their sense of humor. They even printed the code wheel using hard-to-photocopy color schemes.
For varying definitions of the word "good", VirtualBox does.
.info domain names can be bought for around two bucks. I wonder if a bunch of "thissiteisnotwikileaks.info" and "whereswikileaks.info" domains will pop up all pointing to 213.251.145.96.
The fact is Microsoft is funding TurboHercules and thereby funding the lawsuit. Now why Microsoft is funding TurboHercules may have little or nothing to do with said lawsuit.There's room for conspiracy theories there and those who are into such things can (and likely will) take that ball and run with it but I don't know or care to speculate. Still, "Microsoft is funding TurboHercules lawsuit against IBM" [sic] is a statement of fact. They weren't funding it at the start, but they are now.
They have an IP address. And every site you visit that has any integration with Facebook turned on. And the time and dates you visit those sites. And the characteristics of the browser you're using, the OS on your computer as well and what plug-ins you currently have installed and/or enabled in said browser. That's a lot to know about someone who doesn't even use their services or ever have anything to do with them.
The best way to maintain privacy is to use services like Tor and JonDoNym. Oh, wait. You said "good solution" didn't you? Nevermind.
It also becomes a PITA fast. I run adblock and noscript and a number of sites just plain DO NOT "downgrade" gracefully. Many only half-ass work. Many others don't work at all. And I had to remove noscript from the home PC because my wife was sick of either not being able to use the web sites she actually wanted to use or the constant popups that she was just ignoring and clicking "YES" to anyway because fuqitol she just wants to check something on one of her favorite websites not be pestered to death and annoyed to the point she'd rather subscribe to the print edition of magazines than bother going through the root canal of visiting their websites.
That being said, I don't have a facebook or twitter account any more and block every domain and IP I can find that is tangentially related to them (and google analytics, etc)... But I know slashdot is tracking me everywhere I go. DAMN YOU COWBOYNEAL!!!