On the surface this sounds like a good idea. OTOH it has that lowest-common-denominator factor to it that gives me hives. Call me old fashioned, but I don't buy the idea that everything online should idiot proof. Should we really break stuff to keep the PEBKAC crowd happy?
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What's inconsistent is assuming that Anakin must have *invented* the protocol droid based on the fact that he built one.
Are we to assume that he invented the rest of the stuff in Watto's shop too?
Anyway... back to the topic at hand... I hope the movie deals with how Chewie and Han became partners, and that Chewie has to learn how to put together protocol droids so he'll know how to fix 3PO later. BUT WAIT... NO... that would mean...
Red Hat already seems to be the McDonald's of the Linux industry - fast, hot food for the masses, but not really all that tasty. It wouldn't be much of a stretch for it to become an AOL product. More power to 'em!
It's like a mantra, I swear - "a third party vote is a wasted vote". The media push two candidates, the parties push two candidates, and pretty soon we all believe there are only two candidates.
I used to feel that I shouldn't vote because I couldn't (didn't want to) keep up with all the back-and-forth maneuvering that goes on with the media and the parties. But it's possible to read up on the parties and the candidates. You can even find out where your views on the issues fall on the political map and compare it to the candidates. There are some really brilliant thinkers in the various newsgroups, unfiltered by corporate sponsorthink. Granted, some of the contributors are a taco short of a combo plate, but hey, at least we don't have to let the TV think for us anymore. We can also count on Salon to provide good coverage of the issues and candidates. It doesn't take much time at all to become informed enough to make a confident vote.
There are really no excuses left. Get informed and vote.
Re: 07-24-00 Committee on the Judiciary - Perrine Statement
Based on what I have read so far about Carnivore, ISP's will be forced to put a Windows box in front of their router. I'm not sure whether I feel better or worse about Carnivore knowing that, sitting right in front of any given ISP's router, will be a computer running a commercial OS that is vulnerable to intrusion, clearly unsuitable for any mission-critical work, and will probably need to be rebooted frequently.
So... (for security reasons, of course) the ISP is not going to be able to participate in the administration of a piece of hardware that is placed at the nerve center of their service. When there is an outage "because of the government", is the ISP going to just have to eat the expense of getting things working again, and losing their customers?
I wonder who is going to babysit the machine when it pukes from being the front door to the internet access for a large ISP.
I would feel better about Carnivore if the ISP could verify what was on the box, were paid to administer and monitor the access to it (i.e. double login by agent/ISP and no remote administration permitted as suggested earlier), and if a more secure, stable OS were used.
OTOH, it's pretty amusing to think that FBI Special Agents would need the ERF to let 'em know when the removable media is full. That's kind of basic, yes/no? Maybe we should encourage them to use "the AOL" also. That'll fix 'em.
I count ten uses of the word innovate (or derivatives) on the page, including the title of the page, the name of the URL and the graphic. The source code has nineteen.
Well said. eBay is a neat concept but it's not surprising to hear that they are buckling under to MS.
As for the spam - I've been using this notice to scare off spammers for a while now... I even use it at work in response to junk faxes:
I deny to receive any non-subscribed commercial mass-mailings free, if such mailings are sent to me, I reserve the right to charge sender $500.
Disputes of this fee may be resolved in court.
"By US Code Title 47, Sec.227(a)(2)(B), a computer/modem/printer meets the definition of a telephone fax machine. By Sec.227(b)(1)(C), it is unlawful to send any unsolicited advertisement to such equipment. By Sec.227(b)(3)(C), a violation of the aforementioned Section is punishable by action to recover actual monetary loss, or $500, whichever is greater."
Seems to me that someone could be collecting some money if eBay is misusing user info.
Yes, genocide is atrocious, but saying "we had Custer" is somewhat non sequitur... I haven't heard of anyone objecting to selling Custer memorabilia online, and he doesn't have any political parties or cult groups associated with him over here.
"You had a lots of people fighting (and still have some) for keeping slavery. And if you continue to go this way, you can surely have more."
Slavery can't be "kept" in the US - it was abolished in 1863. And you can't paint all of America with the same brush as some coward who wears a white sheet over his head and burns crosses. The KKK is hated by many and severely curtailed in the US, even in the South. Do you really think that "Never Again" is solely a European sentiment? The wounds are still healing over here, and it's a lot more complicated than "slavery is over now so let's all play nice".
"The most famous support of $cientology are american, like this f*cking actor. What about puritanism ? Isn't it trying to "regulate every imaginable facet of human activity" ?Intolerance ? What about the KKK ? Maccarthism?"
NONE of those things regulate the majority of Americans' lives. Scientology is NOT mainstream, neither is puritanism, and McCarthyism died in the fifties. You have so far demonstrated amply that you have *zero* grasp of modern American culture.
"We don't have such things in France. Do you really think your hands are clean, when your nation is built on the blood of american indians and african slaves?"
Clean hands? No. But I wouldn't be getting on my high horse if I were you about "what you don't have in France"... your freedom to trash my country was bought partially with the blood of American Allies while France cowered behind the Maginot Line.
Hitler was a monster. I want the world to remember what he did and be repulsed, don't you? How does this recent action by France help?
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On the surface this sounds like a good idea. OTOH it has that lowest-common-denominator factor to it that gives me hives. Call me old fashioned, but I don't buy the idea that everything online should idiot proof. Should we really break stuff to keep the PEBKAC crowd happy?
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Press release at http://www.verisign.com/corporate/news/2003/pr_200 30923.html
Site Finder Frequently Asked Questions
And Verisign's Site Finder news page
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Are we to assume that he invented the rest of the stuff in Watto's shop too?
Anyway... back to the topic at hand... I hope the movie deals with how Chewie and Han became partners, and that Chewie has to learn how to put together protocol droids so he'll know how to fix 3PO later. BUT WAIT... NO... that would mean...
Red Hat already seems to be the McDonald's of the Linux industry - fast, hot food for the masses, but not really all that tasty. It wouldn't be much of a stretch for it to become an AOL product. More power to 'em!
It's like a mantra, I swear - "a third party vote is a wasted vote". The media push two candidates, the parties push two candidates, and pretty soon we all believe there are only two candidates.
I used to feel that I shouldn't vote because I couldn't (didn't want to) keep up with all the back-and-forth maneuvering that goes on with the media and the parties. But it's possible to read up on the parties and the candidates. You can even find out where your views on the issues fall on the political map and compare it to the candidates. There are some really brilliant thinkers in the various newsgroups, unfiltered by corporate sponsorthink. Granted, some of the contributors are a taco short of a combo plate, but hey, at least we don't have to let the TV think for us anymore. We can also count on Salon to provide good coverage of the issues and candidates. It doesn't take much time at all to become informed enough to make a confident vote.
There are really no excuses left. Get informed and vote.
Interesting observations and good points.
Somebody mod this up!
Based on what I have read so far about Carnivore, ISP's will be forced to put a Windows box in front of their router. I'm not sure whether I feel better or worse about Carnivore knowing that, sitting right in front of any given ISP's router, will be a computer running a commercial OS that is vulnerable to intrusion, clearly unsuitable for any mission-critical work, and will probably need to be rebooted frequently.
So... (for security reasons, of course) the ISP is not going to be able to participate in the administration of a piece of hardware that is placed at the nerve center of their service. When there is an outage "because of the government", is the ISP going to just have to eat the expense of getting things working again, and losing their customers?
I wonder who is going to babysit the machine when it pukes from being the front door to the internet access for a large ISP.
I would feel better about Carnivore if the ISP could verify what was on the box, were paid to administer and monitor the access to it (i.e. double login by agent/ISP and no remote administration permitted as suggested earlier), and if a more secure, stable OS were used.
OTOH, it's pretty amusing to think that FBI Special Agents would need the ERF to let 'em know when the removable media is full. That's kind of basic, yes/no? Maybe we should encourage them to use "the AOL" also. That'll fix 'em.
I count ten uses of the word innovate (or derivatives) on the page, including the title of the page, the name of the URL and the graphic. The source code has nineteen.
Polly want a cracker?
As for the spam - I've been using this notice to scare off spammers for a while now... I even use it at work in response to junk faxes:
Seems to me that someone could be collecting some money if eBay is misusing user info.
Full legal text USC Title 47, Section 227
Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial E-Mail
===================
I'm not a lawyer, and I don't play one on TV.
"You had a Custer, who was the Hitler kind."
Yes, genocide is atrocious, but saying "we had Custer" is somewhat non sequitur... I haven't heard of anyone objecting to selling Custer memorabilia online, and he doesn't have any political parties or cult groups associated with him over here.
"You had a lots of people fighting (and still have some) for keeping slavery. And if you continue to go this way, you can surely have more."
Slavery can't be "kept" in the US - it was abolished in 1863. And you can't paint all of America with the same brush as some coward who wears a white sheet over his head and burns crosses. The KKK is hated by many and severely curtailed in the US, even in the South. Do you really think that "Never Again" is solely a European sentiment? The wounds are still healing over here, and it's a lot more complicated than "slavery is over now so let's all play nice".
"The most famous support of $cientology are american, like this f*cking actor. What about puritanism ? Isn't it trying to "regulate every imaginable facet of human activity" ?Intolerance ? What about the KKK ? Maccarthism?"
NONE of those things regulate the majority of Americans' lives. Scientology is NOT mainstream, neither is puritanism, and McCarthyism died in the fifties. You have so far demonstrated amply that you have *zero* grasp of modern American culture.
"We don't have such things in France. Do you really think your hands are clean, when your nation is built on the blood of american indians and african slaves?"
Clean hands? No. But I wouldn't be getting on my high horse if I were you about "what you don't have in France"... your freedom to trash my country was bought partially with the blood of American Allies while France cowered behind the Maginot Line.
Hitler was a monster. I want the world to remember what he did and be repulsed, don't you? How does this recent action by France help?