Yes, it should be moderated flamebait, not offtopic. It sure as hell shouldn't be insightful - since when is hurling Nazi epithets insightful? It's usually a sure sign the hurler has no reasonable argument and nothing to say, just the usual name calling. It's the complete opposite of insightful.
This is Slashdot, dude. Expect a flood of left-wing crybabies using Nazi imagery and disinformation to attack Bush and Republicans about the Patriot Act (House passed it 357-66, Senate 98 to 1). Why, even Teddy Kennedy and John Kerry voted for it.
You also misinterpreted the article. The powers granted to the government aren't secret, but the specific point of law challenged by the ACLU is sealed (and subject to judicial review, which upheld the seal). By the way, YOU do live in the U.S. of Kafka, because your paranoia has distorted your ability to reason.
There's nothing wrong with the government of this country. What you see here is the Judicial branch checking the power of the Legislative and Executive branches. In November, the voters will check the powers of the Legislative and Executive again by voting out those who have done a poor job.
So stop whining and make your point. There are perfectly legitimate reasons for the govt to keep these details secret.
I hate stories like this because it brings out every armchair socialist in Slashdotland. Please witness the truth, which follows:
Dept. of Labor rules governing overtime pay haven't been updated since the 1970's. Those rules have an extensive list of occupations and exemption (from overtime) status - I think there are about 1300 of them. Since that time, many new "occupations" have been created (mostly in IT), and those that existed then are totally different now. If employees were in an occupation not covered by the DOL rules, they would often have to seek redress through the courts to have their overtime eligible status determined. This was very expensive and created an incomprehensible web of court rulings that employers couldn't make heads or tails from. The new DOL rules simply codify rulings already made. So for the first time in a long time, Employers and Employees will know the rules up front instead of a bunch of ad-hoc rulings that were fair to no one.
And by the way all of you "indentured servants" and "slaves" should get back to work now instead of reading Slashdot on your employer's dime.
Section 1, Article 8 of the US Constitution gives Congress the power to pass laws regulating foreign commerce and the President the right of enforcement. This clearly implies the power to inspect anything entering the country, including mail, packages, etc. Article IV of the Bill of Rights does not apply to foreign citizens, although there may be treaties that address the subject.
Unfortunately, these lower enrollments will give Corporate leaders yet another excuse to offshore NOW, due to the appearance that talent is becoming more scarce domestically, driving up salaries and bottlenecking development, like in the 90's. Instead of bringing the talent to the job (H1-B), the job will be sent to the talent (offshoring).
The airwaves are owned by the People - private concerns just rent them. The government administers the airwaves on behalf of the People. Licensees of the public airwaves are NOT entitled to use the airwaves for any purpose other than that granted in the license - if the licensee doesn't like the "no profane" speech requirement, then the licensee can find another distribution avenue - there are plenty of them (internet, press, cable & satellite). Just because you have the right to free speech doesn't mean you have to the right to have your speech subsidized by the People (and it is a subsidy, since we are talking about the allocation of a scarce public resource).
The FCC doesn't just regulate obscene content - what about the "equal time" requirements? What about the public service message requirements?
Hoagland is a con-artist who got lucky a long time ago and decided to parlay his scant credibility into an industry built on duping clueless dreamers out of their money. He's the Wade Cook of science.
Don't buy DRM capable hardware, and make sure everyone else knows which products have it. This is a PR battle. Go public, particularly on review boards where many people go to get advice before making purchases. If the sales of Samsung notebooks plummets, hardware makers will realize DRM is poison. Trusted Computing will only succeed if a sufficient market share of DRM enabled hardware is available for content makers to control.
There's a difference between "throwing" humans into earth orbit and "throwing" them to Mars - I'd wager "throwing" them to Mars would be far more dangerous, as it would include a landing, 1 1/2 years of exploration in a hostile environment, and then being "thrown" back to Earth. I don't think we can classify the Martian surface as being "in space."
Showing up at someone's business and threatening them to turn over merchandise "or else" is illegal, no matter the circumstances. It's called extortion - doesn't matter if the claim is legitimate or not. There's a reason governments have courts, legislatures, and police. If the RIAA thinks someone is doing something illegal, they should go to the authorities.
You act like we filled a suitcase with $800 million and sent that to Mars. No, all that money went into the pockets of engineers, clerks, managers, and mfg workers. It also went into hardware, software, facilities, and services. Yes, there's some inherent bureaucratic inefficiency (as with any govt program), but for the most part that $800 million was spent just like with any capitalistic endeavor, only the ROI isn't necessarily cash profit, but knowledge. So get back in your cage.
"One of the great computing challenges of this decade is to bring all network-connected devices to common management standards and interfaces," said Martin Reynolds, vice president at Gartner. "Without such technology, device and network management becomes impossible."
You are mostly right, I think. Religion wasn't "introduced", it grew out of a need to explain the unexplainable in nature. The sun, moon, stars, weather, cycle of life, animals, crops, dreams, etc. When man became smart enough to start pondering everything around him, he realized he had no explanation for the existence of anything.
Man has always personified the things around him, so all of The Unexplained were given (or assumed to have) human qualities, like the ability to hear and communicate. Man wanted to have a good relationship with the powerful Unexplained (because the Unexplained scared them), so they drew up simple rules of behavior that everyone was expected to follow, to keep the Unexplained happy. The first religions always involved nature worship, and were not mono-theistic.
It is only after this base of wide-spread nature worship was practiced by almost all people that leaders realized it could be used as a tool of control, because people feared the Gods, and looked to the leaders for...leadership.
You are correct about Hell. The idea of a place of eternal torture and torment is made up (in Christianity pricipally by the Catholic church, other religions have their sources too) as a tool to control behavior. The Bible does not talk about Hell as a place of eternal torment. The word used is Gehenna, which was a trash dump outside of Jerusalem where refuse was burned. It is the judgement that is eternal, not the torment. This means that when the wicked are judged, they will be cast into Gehenna and burned into non-existence, and this non-existence will last forever. In other words, the righteous will exist forever with God while the wicked will "cease to be", becoming ex-parrots.
SBC doesn't give a damn about customer privacy or the cost of subpoena compliance. They are DESPARATE to sell DSL service and they know that a large segment of their customer base uses DSL for file sharing. If the RIAA successfully scares file sharers that = No file sharing = no need for DSL = no customers for SBC.
I don't know the legal definition of commercial in regard to the Lanham Act, but skins are a commercial product. If Marvel decided to sell their own skins, the skins given away on Skindex would hurt Marvel economically (who would buy Marvel's skins when they can get good ones for free? on Skindex?).
If publishing company XYZ wanted to make their own Wolverine comic book, they couldn't legally do so, even if they gave the comic away.
I recently completed the original Shinobi on MAME. I played this game a lot back in the late '80's, never got past the 4th mission. The game is easy to beat, because it's possible to learn patterns that get you through each level. HOWEVER, learning those patters is a bitch, and requires tons of quarters, trial and error, or many hours spent watching others play. Not only that, but the 5th mission doesn't allow game continues (unless there's a bug with MAME or a secret I haven't learned), which makes the game nearly impossible to beat until you've learned the patterns and the methods to defeat the each boss incarnation at the end.
CCNA hasn't been desired in a couple of years now. Also, what makes you think you can get an entry-level job with a CCNA? You're lucky to get entry-level with a CCNP.
US Companies aren't supposed to hire H1-B's unless they can't find US talent to fill the position, right? Well, if a company is so desperate to fill a position, I say let them pay a hefty tariff per H1-B employed. Something around 50-100% of the H1-B's salary should be about right. This will do 2 things: It will make certain that a company is really desperate before they hire an H1-B, and it will make them more likely to hire a citizen and train them, the costs would be far less than paying the tariff. Also, it would ensure that H1-B's hired to fill a temporary need don't become permanent workers (they aren't supposed to be permanent anyway, right?).
My hosting provider offered this type of CGI remote shell several years ago. They stopped offering it after they realized what a dumb fucking idea it was.
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Yes, it should be moderated flamebait, not offtopic. It sure as hell shouldn't be insightful - since when is hurling Nazi epithets insightful? It's usually a sure sign the hurler has no reasonable argument and nothing to say, just the usual name calling. It's the complete opposite of insightful.
This is Slashdot, dude. Expect a flood of left-wing crybabies using Nazi imagery and disinformation to attack Bush and Republicans about the Patriot Act (House passed it 357-66, Senate 98 to 1). Why, even Teddy Kennedy and John Kerry voted for it.
You also misinterpreted the article. The powers granted to the government aren't secret, but the specific point of law challenged by the ACLU is sealed (and subject to judicial review, which upheld the seal). By the way, YOU do live in the U.S. of Kafka, because your paranoia has distorted your ability to reason.
There's nothing wrong with the government of this country. What you see here is the Judicial branch checking the power of the Legislative and Executive branches. In November, the voters will check the powers of the Legislative and Executive again by voting out those who have done a poor job.
So stop whining and make your point. There are perfectly legitimate reasons for the govt to keep these details secret.
Dept. of Labor rules governing overtime pay haven't been updated since the 1970's. Those rules have an extensive list of occupations and exemption (from overtime) status - I think there are about 1300 of them. Since that time, many new "occupations" have been created (mostly in IT), and those that existed then are totally different now. If employees were in an occupation not covered by the DOL rules, they would often have to seek redress through the courts to have their overtime eligible status determined. This was very expensive and created an incomprehensible web of court rulings that employers couldn't make heads or tails from. The new DOL rules simply codify rulings already made. So for the first time in a long time, Employers and Employees will know the rules up front instead of a bunch of ad-hoc rulings that were fair to no one.
And by the way all of you "indentured servants" and "slaves" should get back to work now instead of reading Slashdot on your employer's dime.
Section 1, Article 8 of the US Constitution gives Congress the power to pass laws regulating foreign commerce and the President the right of enforcement. This clearly implies the power to inspect anything entering the country, including mail, packages, etc. Article IV of the Bill of Rights does not apply to foreign citizens, although there may be treaties that address the subject.
Unfortunately, these lower enrollments will give Corporate leaders yet another excuse to offshore NOW, due to the appearance that talent is becoming more scarce domestically, driving up salaries and bottlenecking development, like in the 90's. Instead of bringing the talent to the job (H1-B), the job will be sent to the talent (offshoring).
The airwaves are owned by the People - private concerns just rent them. The government administers the airwaves on behalf of the People. Licensees of the public airwaves are NOT entitled to use the airwaves for any purpose other than that granted in the license - if the licensee doesn't like the "no profane" speech requirement, then the licensee can find another distribution avenue - there are plenty of them (internet, press, cable & satellite). Just because you have the right to free speech doesn't mean you have to the right to have your speech subsidized by the People (and it is a subsidy, since we are talking about the allocation of a scarce public resource).
The FCC doesn't just regulate obscene content - what about the "equal time" requirements? What about the public service message requirements?
Hoagland is a con-artist who got lucky a long time ago and decided to parlay his scant credibility into an industry built on duping clueless dreamers out of their money. He's the Wade Cook of science.
Don't buy DRM capable hardware, and make sure everyone else knows which products have it. This is a PR battle. Go public, particularly on review boards where many people go to get advice before making purchases. If the sales of Samsung notebooks plummets, hardware makers will realize DRM is poison. Trusted Computing will only succeed if a sufficient market share of DRM enabled hardware is available for content makers to control.
There's a difference between "throwing" humans into earth orbit and "throwing" them to Mars - I'd wager "throwing" them to Mars would be far more dangerous, as it would include a landing, 1 1/2 years of exploration in a hostile environment, and then being "thrown" back to Earth. I don't think we can classify the Martian surface as being "in space."
Showing up at someone's business and threatening them to turn over merchandise "or else" is illegal, no matter the circumstances. It's called extortion - doesn't matter if the claim is legitimate or not. There's a reason governments have courts, legislatures, and police. If the RIAA thinks someone is doing something illegal, they should go to the authorities.
Just like every other citizen.
You act like we filled a suitcase with $800 million and sent that to Mars. No, all that money went into the pockets of engineers, clerks, managers, and mfg workers. It also went into hardware, software, facilities, and services. Yes, there's some inherent bureaucratic inefficiency (as with any govt program), but for the most part that $800 million was spent just like with any capitalistic endeavor, only the ROI isn't necessarily cash profit, but knowledge. So get back in your cage.
You blindly purchased an entire series? Ever hear of a library?. It's a place where you can borrow books before you decide to spend money on them...
"One of the great computing challenges of this decade is to bring all network-connected devices to common management standards and interfaces," said Martin Reynolds, vice president at Gartner. "Without such technology, device and network management becomes impossible."
People PAY Gartner for conclusions like that?
We've been worried about China invading Taiwan - looks like Taiwan invaded China to me...
Man has always personified the things around him, so all of The Unexplained were given (or assumed to have) human qualities, like the ability to hear and communicate. Man wanted to have a good relationship with the powerful Unexplained (because the Unexplained scared them), so they drew up simple rules of behavior that everyone was expected to follow, to keep the Unexplained happy. The first religions always involved nature worship, and were not mono-theistic.
It is only after this base of wide-spread nature worship was practiced by almost all people that leaders realized it could be used as a tool of control, because people feared the Gods, and looked to the leaders for...leadership.
You are correct about Hell. The idea of a place of eternal torture and torment is made up (in Christianity pricipally by the Catholic church, other religions have their sources too) as a tool to control behavior. The Bible does not talk about Hell as a place of eternal torment. The word used is Gehenna, which was a trash dump outside of Jerusalem where refuse was burned. It is the judgement that is eternal, not the torment. This means that when the wicked are judged, they will be cast into Gehenna and burned into non-existence, and this non-existence will last forever. In other words, the righteous will exist forever with God while the wicked will "cease to be", becoming ex-parrots.
SBC doesn't give a damn about customer privacy or the cost of subpoena compliance. They are DESPARATE to sell DSL service and they know that a large segment of their customer base uses DSL for file sharing. If the RIAA successfully scares file sharers that = No file sharing = no need for DSL = no customers for SBC.
I don't know the legal definition of commercial in regard to the Lanham Act, but skins are a commercial product. If Marvel decided to sell their own skins, the skins given away on Skindex would hurt Marvel economically (who would buy Marvel's skins when they can get good ones for free? on Skindex?).
If publishing company XYZ wanted to make their own Wolverine comic book, they couldn't legally do so, even if they gave the comic away.
I recently completed the original Shinobi on MAME. I played this game a lot back in the late '80's, never got past the 4th mission. The game is easy to beat, because it's possible to learn patterns that get you through each level. HOWEVER, learning those patters is a bitch, and requires tons of quarters, trial and error, or many hours spent watching others play. Not only that, but the 5th mission doesn't allow game continues (unless there's a bug with MAME or a secret I haven't learned), which makes the game nearly impossible to beat until you've learned the patterns and the methods to defeat the each boss incarnation at the end.
Also, the payoff at the end of the game sucked.
CCNA hasn't been desired in a couple of years now. Also, what makes you think you can get an entry-level job with a CCNA? You're lucky to get entry-level with a CCNP.
For those with ??? floating abover their heads...
Dead Parrot Sketch
Proof of prior art
US Companies aren't supposed to hire H1-B's unless they can't find US talent to fill the position, right? Well, if a company is so desperate to fill a position, I say let them pay a hefty tariff per H1-B employed. Something around 50-100% of the H1-B's salary should be about right. This will do 2 things: It will make certain that a company is really desperate before they hire an H1-B, and it will make them more likely to hire a citizen and train them, the costs would be far less than paying the tariff. Also, it would ensure that H1-B's hired to fill a temporary need don't become permanent workers (they aren't supposed to be permanent anyway, right?).
My hosting provider offered this type of CGI remote shell several years ago. They stopped offering it after they realized what a dumb fucking idea it was.
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