The solution to this really isn't all that complicated. The blank ballot given out by the election staff contains a unique detachable serial number and a privacy sleave. When you go to drop your ballot into the ballot box, a member of the election staff checks your serial number to make sure your ballot is the same one you were given. Your votes are covered by the privacy shield so the secret ballot is still maintained. The serial number is then detached and you drop your ballot into the box.
I can't really claim any credit for this idea.... it's the one used where I vote.
There also needs to be some provision made for write-in canidates. Write-ins for President are pretty much useless it is possible to win a local electon (like, say for mayor) as a write in.
Point, yes, if you're filtering outgoing stuff you need to track FTP connections. But that's just a question of enabling one option in every decent firewall I've seen.
One option, quite possibly.... an option that I have access to setting behind a corporate firewall? Not so much. They may be "fringe cases," but there are valid uses for transmitting files over HTTP.
Another possibility where it may be desired is transmitting confidential data over HTTPS. While I admit that 2GB is a lot of data and there are probably more efficient was to transmit that much data securely (such as a good old-fashioned courier) that doesn't mean people won't try it:).
Just use passive mode and it will just work just as well as http.
Not always. Passive is better at working through firewalls, but not a guarantee. Let's look for a second what happens when you use passive FTP.
Your client (already connected to FTP via port 21) sends PASV to request a data connection.
The FTP server responds with something that resembles: 227 Entering passive mode (172,17,2,1,128,237)
This tells your FTP client to connect to 172.17.2.1 on port 33005. This port is entirely random.
On the control session (the original connection to port 21) your client sends the request for the file
The server sends the file back to the FTP client on the new data connection (port 33005 in this example)
When the transfer is complete, the server sends the following on the original control session (port 21): 226 Transfer complete.
Your FTP client can now close the data session (port 33005). If you request another file, a new data session will be set up.
Do note that even things such as directory listings are done on the control session. The only differense between passive and active is who establishes the connection. In active FTP, the client starts listen, fe, on port 33013 and sends PORT (172,17,0,23,128,245) to the FTP server. The FTP server then establishes the data connection to 172.17.0.23:33013.
So even passive FTP is not guarenteed to work in a NAT/Firewalled environment if outgoing traffic is port filtered (which isn't uncommon).
6. I would like to be able to take the things I TiVO and load them on to my laptop. TiVO says that the hold up on this is not them, not technology, but the MPAA. Given that, I doubt you'll be seeing this any time soon from anyone. It would certainly make for a more intersting commute to and from work.
While I've not personally tried it, I'm pretty sure there are scripts for MythTV that allow for a recorded show to be converted into other video formats. While I'm sure it's not nearly as easy to set up as TiVO from what I've been able to tell it has more features and expandability (though I've never had a TiVO, so I can't compare).
The weapon in this mini-game looks to me like a stanard issue US Army M4 Carbine (though it could also be an M16, but the barrel and hand grips look shorter like you'd find in the M4). So while the pixel map or whatever that's used to display this weapon in the browser may be from FarCry, the weapon itself is not their IP.
INAL, but I am in the US Military, so it instantly looked familar to me.
And just to keep things interesting, you have sites like this credit union that actually encourage their customers to enter their account number and password into a form that is not a secure site!
I had my wife using Firefox alomst exclusively... for about a day. Then she went to check her work email (Outlook Web Access) and found that "it wasn't right". MS serves up a cripled site to anything that isn't IE that's functional, but just barely. She started out using IE just to check work email, but when it's already open it's hard not to use it for those other sites, too.
If you purchase a CD in Russia, and the purchase is legal, then I would assume you can transport it back to the US.
When I was over in Iraq I bought a lot of bootleg DVD's (it's the only distribution channel over there). When returing to the USA, the rule passed down from customs was that you could bring back one of each title. This was meant to allow for personal use but prevent you from being a distrubutor.
Wrong. Ever heard of virtual hosts? They repond based on the DNS name that called them. http://yro.slashdot.org/ and http://yro.slashdot.org.us/ are NOT the same thing when apache looks at it. Most likely in this case that would only result in the yellow theme not being applied and instead viewing it with the green one, but in other cases the wrong site entirely would come up. Take www.swg-phoenix.com, for example. It's a virtual host residing on the same server as www.steenhagen.us. If it were to be accessed as www.swg-phoenix.com.us then the Star Wars Galaxies guild webpage would not come up, but instead you'd get the Steenhagen family blog index (which currently only contains 2 people... only one of which has the last name of Steenhagen:). Don't believe me, try putting it in your local hosts file that way.
And when you do that, I might recommend using proper capitlization, punctuation and sentence structure. I'd also suggest a spell checker. Something like "dude, those a$$ hats @ *AA are trying to take away my f@|r u53 rites & i'm just too l33t for that!1!!1!!" just isn't going to cut it.:)
What about Quicken? I tried to get Quicken Deluxe 2003 to work in wine once, but utterly failed. I've since upgraded to Quicken Deluxe 2005. If I could get that to run in Wine, I'd be a happy person.
Alternately, if I could find an open source alternative, I'd also be happy. GnuCash doesn't cut it... I need something that works almost identically to Quicken (account, categories, budgeting, etc) and also does online updates (the one step update stuff).
I have not read TFA (silly registration required stuff), but this could be related to http://weeklyradioaddress.com/ which, AFAICT, does not have anything that immediately says it's satire. And it's not just "evil corporations" and "the foolish American government" that are protecting certain images (such as logos and seals), but mozilla.org has trademarks, IIRC the Linux penguin is trademarked, it wouldn't suprise me if the slashdot logo was trademarked. And there are reasons for trademarks.
Wow, really good point. So distribution issues aside, what it's really saying is that once a week we'd have to lift a coil that weighs 3x what a full tank of gas does into a vehicle and somehow hook it up to the power plant? Ya, somehow I don't see my mom doing that.
I'm gonna patent the idea of patenting rediculious ideas w/no intention of producing a product and then waiting until somebody else impliments it and suing them. Then anytime somebody uses my method, they'll owe me royalites!
I see no problem with treating users like novices as the default settings... in fact, I think that's the way it should be. If you're not a novice, you should know how to change settings (though it is a little annoying to have to go into every computer I use and set explorer to show me everything).
What annoys me most about Microsoft (not that this is the only thing) is that they move things around in the advanced settings constantly and for no apparent reason. I mean seriously, network identification doesn't belong in the network properties why? Maybe some day I'll stop looking there... but it won't be where it is now by then!
You can buy a CD, copy it, rip it and give it away...is this a violation too? Or can you only give it to someone who already owns it? (doesn't make sense)
If you do all 4 of these things, then yes, it is a violation. If you do them in the any of the following combinations, it's legal:
* Buy a CD and give it away * Buy a CD, copy it, rip it * Buy a CD, copy it, give it and the copy to the same person * Buy a CD, rip it, give the CD away and delete all the riped files (or give them with the CD, as long as you don't retain a copy)
What's not legal is giving away the disk (basically your license to play the song) and keeping the music (or a copy of it) in any form.
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The solution to this really isn't all that complicated. The blank ballot given out by the election staff contains a unique detachable serial number and a privacy sleave. When you go to drop your ballot into the ballot box, a member of the election staff checks your serial number to make sure your ballot is the same one you were given. Your votes are covered by the privacy shield so the secret ballot is still maintained. The serial number is then detached and you drop your ballot into the box.
I can't really claim any credit for this idea.... it's the one used where I vote.
There also needs to be some provision made for write-in canidates. Write-ins for President are pretty much useless it is possible to win a local electon (like, say for mayor) as a write in.
One option, quite possibly.... an option that I have access to setting behind a corporate firewall? Not so much. They may be "fringe cases," but there are valid uses for transmitting files over HTTP.
Another possibility where it may be desired is transmitting confidential data over HTTPS. While I admit that 2GB is a lot of data and there are probably more efficient was to transmit that much data securely (such as a good old-fashioned courier) that doesn't mean people won't try it :).
Not always. Passive is better at working through firewalls, but not a guarantee. Let's look for a second what happens when you use passive FTP.
227 Entering passive mode (172,17,2,1,128,237)
226 Transfer complete.
Do note that even things such as directory listings are done on the control session. The only differense between passive and active is who establishes the connection. In active FTP, the client starts listen, fe, on port 33013 and sends PORT (172,17,0,23,128,245) to the FTP server. The FTP server then establishes the data connection to 172.17.0.23:33013.
So even passive FTP is not guarenteed to work in a NAT/Firewalled environment if outgoing traffic is port filtered (which isn't uncommon).
While I've not personally tried it, I'm pretty sure there are scripts for MythTV that allow for a recorded show to be converted into other video formats. While I'm sure it's not nearly as easy to set up as TiVO from what I've been able to tell it has more features and expandability (though I've never had a TiVO, so I can't compare).
I've heard of this attitude before... and with bank account numbers/passwords at that!!
http://service1fcu.com/cuathome.php
The weapon in this mini-game looks to me like a stanard issue US Army M4 Carbine (though it could also be an M16, but the barrel and hand grips look shorter like you'd find in the M4). So while the pixel map or whatever that's used to display this weapon in the browser may be from FarCry, the weapon itself is not their IP.
INAL, but I am in the US Military, so it instantly looked familar to me.
And just to keep things interesting, you have sites like this credit union that actually encourage their customers to enter their account number and password into a form that is not a secure site!
Or better question: Is it really possible for one bumbling idiot to always foil the chance of.... /me looks around.
Nevermind.
I had my wife using Firefox alomst exclusively... for about a day. Then she went to check her work email (Outlook Web Access) and found that "it wasn't right". MS serves up a cripled site to anything that isn't IE that's functional, but just barely. She started out using IE just to check work email, but when it's already open it's hard not to use it for those other sites, too.
/agree
:)
Though I have no mod points ATM
When I was over in Iraq I bought a lot of bootleg DVD's (it's the only distribution channel over there). When returing to the USA, the rule passed down from customs was that you could bring back one of each title. This was meant to allow for personal use but prevent you from being a distrubutor.
Wrong. Ever heard of virtual hosts? They repond based on the DNS name that called them. http://yro.slashdot.org/ and http://yro.slashdot.org.us/ are NOT the same thing when apache looks at it. Most likely in this case that would only result in the yellow theme not being applied and instead viewing it with the green one, but in other cases the wrong site entirely would come up. Take www.swg-phoenix.com, for example. It's a virtual host residing on the same server as www.steenhagen.us. If it were to be accessed as www.swg-phoenix.com.us then the Star Wars Galaxies guild webpage would not come up, but instead you'd get the Steenhagen family blog index (which currently only contains 2 people... only one of which has the last name of Steenhagen :). Don't believe me, try putting it in your local hosts file that way.
Or maybe Slashdot already posted this story...
3 51243.
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/04/02/2
Wanna know where I got that link? From the houstondemocrats.com link in your post!
And when you do that, I might recommend using proper capitlization, punctuation and sentence structure. I'd also suggest a spell checker. Something like "dude, those a$$ hats @ *AA are trying to take away my f@|r u53 rites & i'm just too l33t for that!1!!1!!" just isn't going to cut it. :)
Who was it that said that?
What about Quicken? I tried to get Quicken Deluxe 2003 to work in wine once, but utterly failed. I've since upgraded to Quicken Deluxe 2005. If I could get that to run in Wine, I'd be a happy person.
Alternately, if I could find an open source alternative, I'd also be happy. GnuCash doesn't cut it... I need something that works almost identically to Quicken (account, categories, budgeting, etc) and also does online updates (the one step update stuff).
I have not read TFA (silly registration required stuff), but this could be related to http://weeklyradioaddress.com/ which, AFAICT, does not have anything that immediately says it's satire. And it's not just "evil corporations" and "the foolish American government" that are protecting certain images (such as logos and seals), but mozilla.org has trademarks, IIRC the Linux penguin is trademarked, it wouldn't suprise me if the slashdot logo was trademarked. And there are reasons for trademarks.
Wow, really good point. So distribution issues aside, what it's really saying is that once a week we'd have to lift a coil that weighs 3x what a full tank of gas does into a vehicle and somehow hook it up to the power plant? Ya, somehow I don't see my mom doing that.
I'm gonna patent the idea of patenting rediculious ideas w/no intention of producing a product and then waiting until somebody else impliments it and suing them. Then anytime somebody uses my method, they'll owe me royalites!
I see no problem with treating users like novices as the default settings... in fact, I think that's the way it should be. If you're not a novice, you should know how to change settings (though it is a little annoying to have to go into every computer I use and set explorer to show me everything).
What annoys me most about Microsoft (not that this is the only thing) is that they move things around in the advanced settings constantly and for no apparent reason. I mean seriously, network identification doesn't belong in the network properties why? Maybe some day I'll stop looking there... but it won't be where it is now by then!
If you do all 4 of these things, then yes, it is a violation. If you do them in the any of the following combinations, it's legal:
* Buy a CD and give it away
* Buy a CD, copy it, rip it
* Buy a CD, copy it, give it and the copy to the same person
* Buy a CD, rip it, give the CD away and delete all the riped files (or give them with the CD, as long as you don't retain a copy)
What's not legal is giving away the disk (basically your license to play the song) and keeping the music (or a copy of it) in any form.
Ummmmm, ya.... doesn't everybody?
I think I've got an old 20gig drive w/bad sectors setting around here somewhere...
I once heard about (though never personally received) a telemarketing call that went something along the lines of:
How would like this to be the last telemarketing call you ever receive?