Although I agree with your post in what I thing was your point, I do find it a little insulting that just because my kids have access to the net you make the assumtion that they are on it every waking hour.
I make a good living and have the opportunity to provide my kids with technology that will hopefully help them to broaden their futures and help them be successfull in whatever they decide to do with their lives. Honestly most of what the boys do is play games for an hour or so on shockwave and the girls surf sailor moon sites. Outside of tht they get plenty of "dirt" time, as well as what I feel is a good solid family life.
Second, as a parent, do you *really* want the government to have that much of a say in how you raise your children?
Of course not. In this case it is more directed at the sites that have pr0n available without validation that the individual accessing the content is mature enough to view it. I like this legislation for two reasons, one it does help me protect my kids, and two, at work it can help me keep staff from surfing pr0n sites etc. from my network. This for some could be hugely beneficial. Although to be honest, most of our surfing time at work seems to be done here at/.
This isn't about "winning over government" it is about protecting kids from inappropriate sites and putting some some punishment teeth into existing laws. The censorship laws here (US) also have been largly ineffective, this legislation provides some hard and clear avenues for protecting privacy of not just the sites, but also the visitors, especially if their kids.
I'm not going to get into the whole gun debate thing.
I generally favor fewer laws and less government in my life. This is different for me. Maybe that means I'm not a firm in my principals as I thought, but I know a lot about this bill and overall thing that it started out as good legislation. It really doesn't take rights away from the general adult population, it enables the law enforcement community to come down much harder on the bad guys. Also it hold the U.S. based sites to a standard that has a somewhat higher ethical value. I'm sorry, but I think that's a good thing for the country.
I agree that more and better education of both parents and children is the longer term answer, however also don't forget the legislators. They need educating as well.
Bottom line, I know it's my resposibility as a parent to teach and protect my kids, but I don't want to keep them locked in a closet until they are 18 either.
Howeever the intent of the original legislation is to put part of the burden on the sites themselves. Using your analogy it would be the same as holding a pr0n shop liable if a ten year old kid walked in and started flipping through the magazines.
The main area of trouble for the bill, or series of bills is that the net is not just in the U.S. and much of the legislation was written as such. You'd think they would have learned by now. Anyway, along with the international mess, the ACLU jumped in and made things worse by crying foul that the bill(s) would restrict free speech.
I can see their point but, again using your analogy, it would be like the pr0n shop having their wares out in a mall in full display to everyone, including kids. Frankly I like the legislations concept and as unpopular as it is here, I would much rather see a little more lick down on the sites than put my kids at risk from some shithead who has a warped mind.
I know this is not going to be a popular opinion on this thread. However, I have four little trolls at home, 4,6,8 and 10 respectively, all have PC's in their rooms and all have net access. I lock their browsing down pretty hard, but we all know that only goes part of the way. The other two parts is one, for me as a parent to teach and inform my kids that there are plenty of nutcases out there, both in the park and on the net, and that there are rules for social interaction. Things like no talking to strangers etc. Some of the rules we have on surfing are, never give out your name, address, age, etc. The same holds true for the park and other such analogies.
The second is here in the U.S. we have some pretty weak laws on protecting children from creeps who like to prey on little kids, note I said "little" IMO this means around 15 or younger. I figure around 16 or so they are pretty well going to make their own decisions anyway. The laws we have both in the real world and on the net are weak for protecting children and although I have some problems with this peice of legislation, I believe that the intent is good. I think the ACLU should just butt out and let a relatively good concept evolve and not have the rights of child preditors change the effect it was trying to have in the first place.
As IBM, Compaq, and HP move their PC business to a direct model, the promotional soft dollars that sustained corporate resellers have diminished dramatically and now jeopardize reseller channel viability. Since January 2000, major PC resellers (CompuCom, Inacom, MicroAge, Comark, GE Capital ITS) have suffered significant setbacks. For example, since selling its distribution arm to Compaq, Inacom has received numerous customer complaints about deteriorating service and poor morale. Therefore, most Component providers like PowerLogix must aggressively reposition themselves as higher-service-level providers (e.g., inventory financing) or face major business viability questions (e.g., MicroAge declared Chapter 11 in April). Bottom Line: Large PC buyers should quickly build direct relationships with component vendors like PowerLogix to insulate themselves from further (expected) reseller channel disruptions. This will allow products such as iForce to add true value to the market instead of merely providing parts.
.. or are all of these "integrated" (and I use that term very loosely) office suites getting way out of hand? There is definitely such a thing as trying to do too much, and MS Office, StarOffice et al. are heading this way at a full gallop rather than concentrating on refining what's already there.
While still unproven, Microsoft's recently announced Staroffice integration will increase the visibility of business process automation (BPA) and raise market expectations for a small to medium sized shop. Although some G2000 organizations value BPA mechanisms for enterprise application integration (EAI; e.g., Vitria BusinessWare, Tibco/InConcert), these tools have not achieved widespread utilization. The notion of creating procedural flow logic in a graphical flowchart will extend from the EAI world to become a common development paradigm in many application server-centric environments during 2H01. Bottom Line: Users undertaking EAI and inter-enterprise integration initiatives should utilize BPA mechanisms to improve the speed of implementation/maintainability of these critical and complex solutions, targeting widespread use as a programming paradigm in 2002+.
Including a robust business process automation (BPA) engine in Staroffice Server differentiates a lackluster (and late) entrant into a crowded market. Staroffice promises the rapid, seamless integration of business processes across the enterprise and out to business partners. Though 2001/02, inter-enterprise integration (IEI) vendors (e.g., webMethods, Netfish) and BPA specialist Vitria will be pressured by Staroffice. A weak adapter SDK (software development kit) and refusal to directly support MQSeries will prevent Staroffice's general adoption for EAI in G2000 companies through 2004. Staroffice Orchestration will enjoy some tactical success in MSFT-centric shops, linking disjointed NT applications into a single process. Bottom Line: Organizations should continue selecting proven products (e.g., eGate, Mercator, MQSI) as EAI backbone infrastructure until Staroffice Server matures (2001/02) as an IEI adapter.
Because users have little leverage in last-minute software procurement, asset managers advancing procurement processes can reduce Suites and enterprise software costs 3%-5% each month the negotiation process is extended forward. Best-practice tactics include having standardized acquisition processes, paperwork, addenda, etc. and enforcing competitive suppliers. Suite users save 5%/month the first two months and up to 35% by concluding negotiations six months prior to license expiration or new product installation. This practice yields an interesting theorem of cost-control economics: it is not what users do to reduce cost, so much as when effective action is implemented, that pays the greatest dividend. Bottom Line: Software asset managers must develop programs that streamline and advance software purchasing cycles by three months or more, exploiting salespeople's desire to close business early.
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Information exciting with you contact to okay it's if asking and, are address email and speed connection your what, time more one just, you asking RealNetworks or, Pro to upgrade to want you if day every you asking and guidelines UI Apple's violating Quicktime's it's whether, experiences user awful have players both.
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This is osm's one chance in a year and you tag him with a -1. Lamer.
Just remember you bedwetting, saddleshoe wearing, lunch money challenged, pimply faced little mommas boy, We M2 several times a day. I will find you, I will M2 the only value you hold as a human being, your karma down to zippointshit, for fucking with osm on the one day he holds dear. This day means more to our little disfuctional buddy than Christmas, and you go and ruin it. Shithead. I'll bet you are still a virgin, live a home, have some lameass little desktop support job, no girlfriend, play with legos, still wear blue tube socks, don't own a car, never been drunk and the closest thing to sex yo ever had was watching yoru older sister get undressed in front of your dad!
Whew, I have got to lay off the beers. In any event, I will M2 nonstop till I find you and when I do I will Trollslap your ass right down to -2.
Where's the beef? This sounds rather hoax'sih to me. I would beleive that this could be done, but for all the press on radio and tv, someone would have come out with a real filename, or more information on what to look for if this was real. I have my doubts.
Thank you for the clarification, I stand corrected.
If anyone has a point or two left, please mod my parent post down as it appears to be factually incorrect as eloquently stated by Cryptnotic. And if you have an extra point, please pass it along to Cryptinic for pointing this out. His comment is not just plain flamebait, He made a good point.
Completely off-topic, but there was a time a number of months ago when an almost daily Salon reference hit the front page of slashdot. Most were fairly good IMO. Is the negative article from Andrew-whats-his-name partially due to the almost total lack of recent Slalon references? or is it just an ever expanding submission field from which to choose?
Standards are adopted and used as a baseline simply beacause they work. Good technology gets adopted, not so great technology doesn't, at lease not for the long haul.
I agree with your post and like the distinction between standard and specification. One point to complimenty yours however, it that most standards are adopted because a)they're good (technically or process wise) and b) they compliment stategig directions that are tied to money. If they support revenue, either by wizbang new and cool, like HTML was a few years back, or by being fairly solid and reliable that firm up infrastructure.
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I make a good living and have the opportunity to provide my kids with technology that will hopefully help them to broaden their futures and help them be successfull in whatever they decide to do with their lives. Honestly most of what the boys do is play games for an hour or so on shockwave and the girls surf sailor moon sites. Outside of tht they get plenty of "dirt" time, as well as what I feel is a good solid family life.
Of course not. In this case it is more directed at the sites that have pr0n available without validation that the individual accessing the content is mature enough to view it. I like this legislation for two reasons, one it does help me protect my kids, and two, at work it can help me keep staff from surfing pr0n sites etc. from my network. This for some could be hugely beneficial. Although to be honest, most of our surfing time at work seems to be done here at /.
This isn't about "winning over government" it is about protecting kids from inappropriate sites and putting some some punishment teeth into existing laws. The censorship laws here (US) also have been largly ineffective, this legislation provides some hard and clear avenues for protecting privacy of not just the sites, but also the visitors, especially if their kids.
I generally favor fewer laws and less government in my life. This is different for me. Maybe that means I'm not a firm in my principals as I thought, but I know a lot about this bill and overall thing that it started out as good legislation. It really doesn't take rights away from the general adult population, it enables the law enforcement community to come down much harder on the bad guys. Also it hold the U.S. based sites to a standard that has a somewhat higher ethical value. I'm sorry, but I think that's a good thing for the country.
I agree that more and better education of both parents and children is the longer term answer, however also don't forget the legislators. They need educating as well.
Bottom line, I know it's my resposibility as a parent to teach and protect my kids, but I don't want to keep them locked in a closet until they are 18 either.
Howeever the intent of the original legislation is to put part of the burden on the sites themselves. Using your analogy it would be the same as holding a pr0n shop liable if a ten year old kid walked in and started flipping through the magazines.
The main area of trouble for the bill, or series of bills is that the net is not just in the U.S. and much of the legislation was written as such. You'd think they would have learned by now. Anyway, along with the international mess, the ACLU jumped in and made things worse by crying foul that the bill(s) would restrict free speech.
I can see their point but, again using your analogy, it would be like the pr0n shop having their wares out in a mall in full display to everyone, including kids. Frankly I like the legislations concept and as unpopular as it is here, I would much rather see a little more lick down on the sites than put my kids at risk from some shithead who has a warped mind.
I know this is not going to be a popular opinion on this thread. However, I have four little trolls at home, 4,6,8 and 10 respectively, all have PC's in their rooms and all have net access. I lock their browsing down pretty hard, but we all know that only goes part of the way. The other two parts is one, for me as a parent to teach and inform my kids that there are plenty of nutcases out there, both in the park and on the net, and that there are rules for social interaction. Things like no talking to strangers etc. Some of the rules we have on surfing are, never give out your name, address, age, etc. The same holds true for the park and other such analogies.
The second is here in the U.S. we have some pretty weak laws on protecting children from creeps who like to prey on little kids, note I said "little" IMO this means around 15 or younger. I figure around 16 or so they are pretty well going to make their own decisions anyway. The laws we have both in the real world and on the net are weak for protecting children and although I have some problems with this peice of legislation, I believe that the intent is good. I think the ACLU should just butt out and let a relatively good concept evolve and not have the rights of child preditors change the effect it was trying to have in the first place.
Great job!!
Look closer, it was .ONG, not ORG.
Thanks, I'll update the engine.
As IBM, Compaq, and HP move their PC business to a direct model, the promotional soft dollars that sustained corporate resellers have diminished dramatically and now jeopardize reseller channel viability. Since January 2000, major PC resellers (CompuCom, Inacom, MicroAge, Comark, GE Capital ITS) have suffered significant setbacks. For example, since selling its distribution arm to Compaq, Inacom has received numerous customer complaints about deteriorating service and poor morale. Therefore, most Component providers like PowerLogix must aggressively reposition themselves as higher-service-level providers (e.g., inventory financing) or face major business viability questions (e.g., MicroAge declared Chapter 11 in April). Bottom Line: Large PC buyers should quickly build direct relationships with component vendors like PowerLogix to insulate themselves from further (expected) reseller channel disruptions. This will allow products such as iForce to add true value to the market instead of merely providing parts.
While still unproven, Microsoft's recently announced Staroffice integration will increase the visibility of business process automation (BPA) and raise market expectations for a small to medium sized shop. Although some G2000 organizations value BPA mechanisms for enterprise application integration (EAI; e.g., Vitria BusinessWare, Tibco/InConcert), these tools have not achieved widespread utilization. The notion of creating procedural flow logic in a graphical flowchart will extend from the EAI world to become a common development paradigm in many application server-centric environments during 2H01. Bottom Line: Users undertaking EAI and inter-enterprise integration initiatives should utilize BPA mechanisms to improve the speed of implementation/maintainability of these critical and complex solutions, targeting widespread use as a programming paradigm in 2002+.
Including a robust business process automation (BPA) engine in Staroffice Server differentiates a lackluster (and late) entrant into a crowded market. Staroffice promises the rapid, seamless integration of business processes across the enterprise and out to business partners. Though 2001/02, inter-enterprise integration (IEI) vendors (e.g., webMethods, Netfish) and BPA specialist Vitria will be pressured by Staroffice. A weak adapter SDK (software development kit) and refusal to directly support MQSeries will prevent Staroffice's general adoption for EAI in G2000 companies through 2004. Staroffice Orchestration will enjoy some tactical success in MSFT-centric shops, linking disjointed NT applications into a single process. Bottom Line: Organizations should continue selecting proven products (e.g., eGate, Mercator, MQSI) as EAI backbone infrastructure until Staroffice Server matures (2001/02) as an IEI adapter.
Because users have little leverage in last-minute software procurement, asset managers advancing procurement processes can reduce Suites and enterprise software costs 3%-5% each month the negotiation process is extended forward. Best-practice tactics include having standardized acquisition processes, paperwork, addenda, etc. and enforcing competitive suppliers. Suite users save 5%/month the first two months and up to 35% by concluding negotiations six months prior to license expiration or new product installation. This practice yields an interesting theorem of cost-control economics: it is not what users do to reduce cost, so much as when effective action is implemented, that pays the greatest dividend. Bottom Line: Software asset managers must develop programs that streamline and advance software purchasing cycles by three months or more, exploiting salespeople's desire to close business early.
GIF??
What a great site. I perused throught it and surprisingly the information seems to be very accurate. Wonder if LinuxOne is listed. . .
DVD to RLE to MP3 from everything for veiwer default my be to gets who over fighting stop they'll finally. Me to idea good a like sounds streams Quicktime and Real Player both play to tool single a of option the having. disagree I.
Information exciting with you contact to okay it's if asking and, are address email and speed connection your what, time more one just, you asking RealNetworks or, Pro to upgrade to want you if day every you asking and guidelines UI Apple's violating Quicktime's it's whether, experiences user awful have players both.
Mow is it than environments x[ui]n+. in implemented better be will Quicktime maybe just and, two than cat one herd to easier it's, though all in all.
TROLL!
Just kidding, but did they release it as GPL?
Clean yes, but is it released under GPL?
This is osm's one chance in a year and you tag him with a -1. Lamer.
Just remember you bedwetting, saddleshoe wearing, lunch money challenged, pimply faced little mommas boy, We M2 several times a day. I will find you, I will M2 the only value you hold as a human being, your karma down to zippointshit, for fucking with osm on the one day he holds dear. This day means more to our little disfuctional buddy than Christmas, and you go and ruin it. Shithead. I'll bet you are still a virgin, live a home, have some lameass little desktop support job, no girlfriend, play with legos, still wear blue tube socks, don't own a car, never been drunk and the closest thing to sex yo ever had was watching yoru older sister get undressed in front of your dad!
Whew, I have got to lay off the beers. In any event, I will M2 nonstop till I find you and when I do I will Trollslap your ass right down to -2.
What a Cockgobbler!
Where's the beef? This sounds rather hoax'sih to me. I would beleive that this could be done, but for all the press on radio and tv, someone would have come out with a real filename, or more information on what to look for if this was real. I have my doubts.
If anyone has a point or two left, please mod my parent post down as it appears to be factually incorrect as eloquently stated by Cryptnotic. And if you have an extra point, please pass it along to Cryptinic for pointing this out. His comment is not just plain flamebait, He made a good point.
However due to the U.S. tunnelvision when it comes to crypto, we may never see it in the states.
I admit we purposely skipped the Stallman "free software and free sex" story. It was flamebait.
Too bad, we were looking forward to that one, it would have been like a shark feeding frenzy.
Completely off-topic, but there was a time a number of months ago when an almost daily Salon reference hit the front page of slashdot. Most were fairly good IMO. Is the negative article from Andrew-whats-his-name partially due to the almost total lack of recent Slalon references? or is it just an ever expanding submission field from which to choose?
Standards are adopted and used as a baseline simply beacause they work. Good technology gets adopted, not so great technology doesn't, at lease not for the long haul.
I agree with your post and like the distinction between standard and specification. One point to complimenty yours however, it that most standards are adopted because a)they're good (technically or process wise) and b) they compliment stategig directions that are tied to money. If they support revenue, either by wizbang new and cool, like HTML was a few years back, or by being fairly solid and reliable that firm up infrastructure.
Once again SuSe makes things happen for the Linux community. They really seem to be hitting on all cylinders lately.