it's somehow amazing how stupid some people can be, and doubly so when you look at companies, where there really should be some checks and balances in place.
but come on... a ~$5000 bribe? if you want to bribe me, you'd better cough up more than that
but seriously, What would samsung write that off as when the auditor came to visit? (or more likely would they just bribe the auditor as well)
"If you don't write it down, it never happened!" right?
also, a friend of mine (Who Is a lawyer, and a damn good, and conscientious one at that, he's an environmental lawyer) told the following story about his time in law school.
His professor would arrange for something to happen during a lecture (his year it was a streaker running through the lecture hall), and towards the end of class, he would ask the students what had happened during class. The answers would always vary wildly. This was done as an exercise to demonstrate how fallible the human memory can be, even among intelligent people.
"Your honor, you see, I have a degree in Mathematics, and in computer science, and I'm trying to develop a very good random number generator [hand over stack of hex codes, on punch cards.] While I do have encryption software on my computer, I only used it to test the system. The large data file you see on my hard drive is exactly that, a large data file. It contains about 2 CPU-hours worth of random numbers as generated by an older version of my algorithm.
Now I understand that this looks suspicious, but mathematically, there is no difference between random numbers and encrypted data. Given enough time, and access to powerful computers, I could design a tool that would convert the random numbers you see there into any given text. From the Magna Carta, to the complete works of shakespear, to your own biography written in klingon.
I wish I could help you, but I'm afraid that mathematically, there is nothing to do."
No, the sears here doesn't sell clothes, it's just a sears catalog store
yes there's Marden's, where you can sometimes buy clothing. If you're a twig.
and there's not a True Value any more (Being pedantic, but it just got bought out by SW Collins)
Sad but true, Walmart here has the best selection of infant Products (And Having a 2-year old, I've looked) From toddler silverware, to sippy cups, to bottles. The Shop & Save and IGA have a very limited selection, typically only 2 or 3 choices as opposed to the 15 or 16 that the walmart has. Electronics, There is nothing in the area, the closest is Presque Isle, about 45 miles north.
I'm not supporting WalMart, Hell, I'd love to be able to get things locally, but there's also the problem that most of the local stores close at 5. makes it difficult to get there.
How small does this small town have to be? I grew up in a small town, and I don't personally know anyone from there who shops at one. How does 6000-ish sound http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houlton,_Maine, Houlton, Maine. Population around 6000+ practically everybody shops at walmart, because there's nothing else. (For about 40 miles, and that's across the Canadian Border)
As for high Speed Internet... yes, there is DSL, and Wireless, but it's very limited, and there has been almost no development on either front in the last 3 years.
Dial-Up is still the norm here, if anything. There are still people in the area without electricity (and not just the Amish)
Truly. The real thesis of 1984 is not the constant supervision of the people, but the twisting of thought by language. The concept of Newspeak is quite interesting because it erodes people's perceptions of something that is intrinsically bad, but twists it to seem, if not completely opposite, but neutral to the communication at hand.
The constant vigilance of Big Brother was only to ensure that those who even hinted at seeing past Newspeak and the overall deception were properly dealt with. Sadly, we're already beginning to see this with English, but they're being far more subtle about it than were the engsoc's in 1984. they're not trying to create a separate language, rather they're just starting to use existing words differently.
as an example: A bumper Sticker I saw the other day "My son is an Iraq Freedom Fighter" with a US Army Logo. "Freedom fighter" is what is sometimes used by the "Insurgants" as they are fighting to free their country from the ocupying force.
Before we in the U.S. get to patting ourselves on the back for not being this bad
It was ruled long ago by the American courts, that the information on the envelope of a letter is not subject to privacy expectations and can be examined by the police without a warrant.
Germany's surveilance of the e-mail headers and connection's IPs is no different — fair game, as long as the contents is not looked at.
It's not right in Germany, and it's not right here.
It's been "right" here and there for decades — possibly, centuries. I can not even find any links quickly, which means, it is certainly a pre-Internet thing...
Yes, but no. Envolope: Address, adressee, sender, return address, location where it was mailed from (Via Postmark) e-mail: Address, adresse, sender, return address, server that it was sent from, a list of every server it's touched since being sent, subject, unique identifier, what software was used, what's being responded to, what type of document is included in the message, possibly spam status flags (Anything Bold is not located on the outside of an envelope)
There's a lot more information in e-mail headers than there is on the outside of an envolope.
While I agree that the outside of a letter isn't secret, and can be examined without a warrant, I think that any such rules for e-mail should match a physical letter as to what can be "examined"
now comes the catch, in the physical mail, you'd have to open the letter to see what was inside, for e-mail all of the "examinable" information simply precedes the message, all you have to do is "keep reading" (if you're sniffing the wire) If you're watching server logs, typically the logs only show a message ID, the sender and the reciever.
The exact wording of the law would make a big difference
In the US, copyright is NOT a property right. I own my car; it is my property. I can pass it to my descendants for a thousand years. My two registered ISBNs will expire. They are NOT my property, and the work will enter the public domain after an extremely retardedly long length of time. From Atricle I section 8 of the US Constitution:
To promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries;
The concept of "intellectual property" is unamerican. -mcgrew The problem that you'll run in to is the following: 90 years is techinically still a "Limited Time" as would be, hypothetically, 472 years, 19 days, 12 hours, 14 minutes, and 53 seconds, or 1000 years.
What I see happening is, effectively, and end-run around the "Limited Time" set forth in the constitution. As long as there is a set time frame, the test of "Limited time" is met, however, currently there is the unspoken assumption that said limited time will be expanded as the end of it gets closer, effectively making it unlimited.
this has a few major bonuses:
it isn't technically unlimited, there's no reason for it to get overturned by the courts.
The politicians can keep expecting bribes^H^H^H^H^H"donations" from media companies as they try to get it extended, Yet again.
The media companies can "honestly" say "We're not trying to get eternal copyright" becuase they're only pushing for the next 20 years.
Article 3 describes minimal protections which must be adhered to by all individuals within a signatory's territory during an armed conflict not of an international character (regardless of citizenship or lack thereof): Noncombatants, combatants who have laid down their arms, and combatants who are hors de combat (out of the fight) due to wounds, detention, or any other cause shall in all circumstances be treated humanely, including prohibition of outrages upon personal dignity, in particular humiliating and degrading treatment. The passing of sentences must also be pronounced by a regularly constituted court, affording all the judicial guarantees which are recognized as indispensable by civilized peoples. Article 3's protections exist even if one is not classified as a prisoner of war. Article 3 also states that parties to the internal conflict should endeavour to bring into force, by means of special agreements, all or part of the other provisions of GCIII.
Personally, I love Planeshift http://www.planeshift.it/ It's Free, fun, constantly growing, and it has a great community
I'll be the first to admit, it doesn't have quite the polish of a full-blown MMORPG, but we're working on it, (Yes, Disclaimer: I am a dev), but it is highly playable
If you like MMORPGs, and want to get your hands dirty working on one, please look and see if you want to help out, we're always looking for artists (2D and 3D), and coders
So when is that event scheduled, and will it be on pay per view? From http://www.darpa.mil/grandchallenge/ The Urban Challenge Final Event on November 3 will be webcast live at www.grandchallenge.org, starting at 7:30 am PT.
Time change for event start on November 3! Grounds continue to open at 6:00 AM PT for spectators, but the opening ceremony will begin at 7:30 AM, and vehicles will begin to launch at 8:00 AM.
If only they'd understand that.../me fires up bittorrent, and looks at his list: Planeshift Windows Client Planeshift Mac Client PlaneShift Linux-i386 Client PlaneShift Linux-64 Client Ubuntu Gutsy i386.iso
and that's it... nothing illegal, just me being a good lil' net-citizen making sure servers don't assplode all over the place on release day
To add to this: Not once have I ever had to reactivate a legitimate copy of XP here at work despite having swapped out motherboards on a few occasions. That's an easy one: Volume license installs don't require activation
... 10k Euros just to see the protocol specs... yeah right, for large corps that's chickenfeed, but for your OSS projects, that's a very good chunk o' change.
I'm to lazy to read the exact ruling, but charging 10k for it would seem to at least violate the spirit of the ruling
(From Wikipedia):
Ex post facto laws are prohibited in federal law by Article I, section 9 of the U.S. Constitution and in state law by section 10. From the US Consitution:
Section 9. The migration or importation of such persons as any of the states now existing shall think proper to admit, shall not be prohibited by the Congress prior to the year one thousand eight hundred and eight, but a tax or duty may be imposed on such importation, not exceeding ten dollars for each person.
The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in cases of rebellion or invasion the public safety may require it.
No bill of attainder or ex post facto Law shall be passed.
No capitation, or other direct, tax shall be laid, unless in proportion to the census or enumeration herein before directed to be taken.
No tax or duty shall be laid on articles exported from any state.
No preference shall be given by any regulation of commerce or revenue to the ports of one state over those of another: nor shall vessels bound to, or from, one state, be obliged to enter, clear or pay duties in another.
No money shall be drawn from the treasury, but in consequence of appropriations made by law; and a regular statement and account of receipts and expenditures of all public money shall be published from time to time.
No title of nobility shall be granted by the United States: and no person holding any office of profit or trust under them, shall, without the consent of the Congress, accept of any present, emolument, office, or title, of any kind whatever, from any king, prince, or foreign state. Now how is this legal?
As always people... Don't use the download link from the main page. spend the extra time to get a.torrent like [URL:http://ubuntu.gds.tuwien.ac.at/cdimage/releases/gutsy/ubuntu-7.10-desktop-i386.iso.torrent]
Currently: 1938 seeds, 4389 peers. and it's going *very* quickly.
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it's somehow amazing how stupid some people can be, and doubly so when you look at companies, where there really should be some checks and balances in place.
but come on... a ~$5000 bribe? if you want to bribe me, you'd better cough up more than that
but seriously, What would samsung write that off as when the auditor came to visit? (or more likely would they just bribe the auditor as well)
I can't tell if you're joking or not... but just in case I'm being "Humor Impaired" (I need more sleep)
A stone is 14 pounds, or about 6.4 Kg
only if the size of the data is the same as the "Encrypted data"
otherwise you might have to be a bit more complex to make the sizes match
"If you don't write it down, it never happened!" right?
also, a friend of mine (Who Is a lawyer, and a damn good, and conscientious one at that, he's an environmental lawyer) told the following story about his time in law school.
His professor would arrange for something to happen during a lecture (his year it was a streaker running through the lecture hall), and towards the end of class, he would ask the students what had happened during class. The answers would always vary wildly. This was done as an exercise to demonstrate how fallible the human memory can be, even among intelligent people.
"Your honor, you see, I have a degree in Mathematics, and in computer science, and I'm trying to develop a very good random number generator [hand over stack of hex codes, on punch cards.] While I do have encryption software on my computer, I only used it to test the system. The large data file you see on my hard drive is exactly that, a large data file. It contains about 2 CPU-hours worth of random numbers as generated by an older version of my algorithm.
Now I understand that this looks suspicious, but mathematically, there is no difference between random numbers and encrypted data. Given enough time, and access to powerful computers, I could design a tool that would convert the random numbers you see there into any given text. From the Magna Carta, to the complete works of shakespear, to your own biography written in klingon.
I wish I could help you, but I'm afraid that mathematically, there is nothing to do."
I see another fellow shire-towner :-)
No, the sears here doesn't sell clothes, it's just a sears catalog store
yes there's Marden's, where you can sometimes buy clothing. If you're a twig.
and there's not a True Value any more (Being pedantic, but it just got bought out by SW Collins)
Sad but true, Walmart here has the best selection of infant Products (And Having a 2-year old, I've looked) From toddler silverware, to sippy cups, to bottles. The Shop & Save and IGA have a very limited selection, typically only 2 or 3 choices as opposed to the 15 or 16 that the walmart has.
Electronics, There is nothing in the area, the closest is Presque Isle, about 45 miles north.
I'm not supporting WalMart, Hell, I'd love to be able to get things locally, but there's also the problem that most of the local stores close at 5. makes it difficult to get there.
As for high Speed Internet... yes, there is DSL, and Wireless, but it's very limited, and there has been almost no development on either front in the last 3 years.
Dial-Up is still the norm here, if anything. There are still people in the area without electricity (and not just the Amish)
1) Invest in hard Drive companies
2) Send massive amounts of spam to germany
3) ?
4) Profit
hrmm... maybe 3 = send stock spam about Western Digital to boost price even more?
The constant vigilance of Big Brother was only to ensure that those who even hinted at seeing past Newspeak and the overall deception were properly dealt with. Sadly, we're already beginning to see this with English, but they're being far more subtle about it than were the engsoc's in 1984.
they're not trying to create a separate language, rather they're just starting to use existing words differently.
as an example: A bumper Sticker I saw the other day "My son is an Iraq Freedom Fighter" with a US Army Logo. "Freedom fighter" is what is sometimes used by the "Insurgants" as they are fighting to free their country from the ocupying force.
It was ruled long ago by the American courts, that the information on the envelope of a letter is not subject to privacy expectations and can be examined by the police without a warrant.
Germany's surveilance of the e-mail headers and connection's IPs is no different — fair game, as long as the contents is not looked at.
It's been "right" here and there for decades — possibly, centuries. I can not even find any links quickly, which means, it is certainly a pre-Internet thing...
Yes, but no.Envolope: Address, adressee, sender, return address, location where it was mailed from (Via Postmark)
e-mail: Address, adresse, sender, return address, server that it was sent from, a list of every server it's touched since being sent, subject, unique identifier, what software was used, what's being responded to, what type of document is included in the message, possibly spam status flags (Anything Bold is not located on the outside of an envelope)
There's a lot more information in e-mail headers than there is on the outside of an envolope.
While I agree that the outside of a letter isn't secret, and can be examined without a warrant, I think that any such rules for e-mail should match a physical letter as to what can be "examined"
now comes the catch, in the physical mail, you'd have to open the letter to see what was inside, for e-mail all of the "examinable" information simply precedes the message, all you have to do is "keep reading" (if you're sniffing the wire) If you're watching server logs, typically the logs only show a message ID, the sender and the reciever.
The exact wording of the law would make a big difference
-mcgrew The problem that you'll run in to is the following: 90 years is techinically still a "Limited Time" as would be, hypothetically, 472 years, 19 days, 12 hours, 14 minutes, and 53 seconds, or 1000 years.
What I see happening is, effectively, and end-run around the "Limited Time" set forth in the constitution. As long as there is a set time frame, the test of "Limited time" is met, however, currently there is the unspoken assumption that said limited time will be expanded as the end of it gets closer, effectively making it unlimited.
this has a few major bonuses:
ergo, media wins, politicians win, we lose
bunbun FTW
http://sluggy.com/images/comics/980326a.gif
BUZZZZ... Wrong
Article 3 describes minimal protections which must be adhered to by all individuals within a signatory's territory during an armed conflict not of an international character (regardless of citizenship or lack thereof): Noncombatants, combatants who have laid down their arms, and combatants who are hors de combat (out of the fight) due to wounds, detention, or any other cause shall in all circumstances be treated humanely, including prohibition of outrages upon personal dignity, in particular humiliating and degrading treatment. The passing of sentences must also be pronounced by a regularly constituted court, affording all the judicial guarantees which are recognized as indispensable by civilized peoples. Article 3's protections exist even if one is not classified as a prisoner of war. Article 3 also states that parties to the internal conflict should endeavour to bring into force, by means of special agreements, all or part of the other provisions of GCIII.
Personally, I love Planeshift http://www.planeshift.it/ It's Free, fun, constantly growing, and it has a great community
I'll be the first to admit, it doesn't have quite the polish of a full-blown MMORPG, but we're working on it, (Yes, Disclaimer: I am a dev), but it is highly playable
If you like MMORPGs, and want to get your hands dirty working on one, please look and see if you want to help out, we're always looking for artists (2D and 3D), and coders
The Urban Challenge Final Event on November 3 will be webcast live at www.grandchallenge.org, starting at 7:30 am PT.
Time change for event start on November 3! Grounds continue to open at 6:00 AM PT for spectators, but the opening ceremony will begin at 7:30 AM, and vehicles will begin to launch at 8:00 AM.
If only they'd understand that... /me fires up bittorrent, and looks at his list: .iso
Planeshift Windows Client
Planeshift Mac Client
PlaneShift Linux-i386 Client
PlaneShift Linux-64 Client
Ubuntu Gutsy i386
and that's it... nothing illegal, just me being a good lil' net-citizen making sure servers don't assplode all over the place on release day
... 10k Euros just to see the protocol specs... yeah right, for large corps that's chickenfeed, but for your OSS projects, that's a very good chunk o' change.
I'm to lazy to read the exact ruling, but charging 10k for it would seem to at least violate the spirit of the ruling
If you don't want me reading your HTML code... DON'T FREAKING SEND IT TO ME!
p.s. I read my webpages with curl. suck it up and deal!
which is in effect, making it retroactively legal for them to have "Shared" information
The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in cases of rebellion or invasion the public safety may require it.
No bill of attainder or ex post facto Law shall be passed.
No capitation, or other direct, tax shall be laid, unless in proportion to the census or enumeration herein before directed to be taken.
No tax or duty shall be laid on articles exported from any state.
No preference shall be given by any regulation of commerce or revenue to the ports of one state over those of another: nor shall vessels bound to, or from, one state, be obliged to enter, clear or pay duties in another.
No money shall be drawn from the treasury, but in consequence of appropriations made by law; and a regular statement and account of receipts and expenditures of all public money shall be published from time to time.
No title of nobility shall be granted by the United States: and no person holding any office of profit or trust under them, shall, without the consent of the Congress, accept of any present, emolument, office, or title, of any kind whatever, from any king, prince, or foreign state. Now how is this legal?
isn't that the point?
As always people... Don't use the download link from the main page. spend the extra time to get a .torrent like [URL:http://ubuntu.gds.tuwien.ac.at/cdimage/releases/gutsy/ubuntu-7.10-desktop-i386.iso.torrent]
Currently: 1938 seeds, 4389 peers. and it's going *very* quickly.
No mod points in my jar... but "Fuckin' Awesome"
and yes, we've got a swear jar going here, not for for "Wattered down horsepiss" ^W^W^W Bud Light, but rather a bottle of good tequilla