I was just wondering... would this make Excel illegal or ay/all of all MS Orifice illegal?
You laugh? Wasn't it debated here not too long ago that it could be possible to pass a law that could hold people accountable for not locking down their systems (criminal negligence?).
If a country passes laws that outlaws firearms based on appearance (ie US ban on assault weapons), then passing something like this is entirely plausible.
The scariest part is this (passing of laws that lay people support because they think hackers are synonomous with crackers and 1337 script kiddiez) would happen in the US in a heartbeat. The AOLamers would support it and they have quite a following. I guess what we open sourcers, *nix aficianados, and all sorts of other computer geeks need is a huge lobby with lots of money.....
Yeah like that is going happen....
The SR-71 was retired twice. Once in 1990 and brought back into service in 1997, article here and then retired the blackbird around 18 months later permanently article here.
Also yes, NASA has at least 2.
Now we will be able to wear something that allows us to surf and drive. And they think that a cell phone causes a distraction to those that are driving, what is this going to do?
Just think of this scenario: "Yes, your honor I am addicted to pr0n. I was surfing when I should have been driving, but I only looked away for a second..." The only people that will probably make more money off this than the manufacturers, will be the lawyers!
For those of you who didn't read the article, here are a few points:
Attorney General Eliot Spitzer has secured a guilty plea in a groundbreaking case against an internet service provider (ISP) that knowingly provided its subscribers with access to illegal child pornography.
So the NY State AG's office did secure a guilty plea. No need for a trial since the ISP was aware of the illegal activity that they aware and took no steps to prevent further activity and have now admitted guilt.
"Clearly the failure of the Internet Service Provider to identify and terminate the access to child pornographic sites is gravely unfortunate. Because the Internet knows no geographic boundaries, it is incumbent upon the ISPs, legally and morally, to be ever vigilant in protecting the public from this criminal activity," said State Police Superintendent James W. McMahon.
This part scares me...now my ISP is responsible for my moral protection? That is pretty scary!
Buffnet, a large regional ISP based in West Seneca, New York outside of Buffalo, pleaded guilty to the crime of Criminal Facilitation in the Fourth Degree, a Class A misdemeanor. The company admitted that it failed to take action when it was notified by a customer as well as by law enforcement that one of the newsgroups it carried was being used to distribute graphic child pornography.
Enough said.
Until now, prosecutions in this area focused primarily on individuals who subscribed to an ISP like BuffNET, and who logged on to a newsgroup and downloaded and traded in child pornography. The Attorney General's investigation widened its focus to include the ISP that knowingly provided the means and the opportunity for this criminal conduct to occur.
Kind of the same as if I were driving a friend around so that he could rob banks, they are being charged because of failure to do something after a customer AND police complaints. I don't know about you folks, but if I were running an ISP and someone told me that, I would at least have someone look into it. Once the cops got involved, I would consult my legal department to check for potential liability. But thats just me.
is the EFF or FTC. I am sure there are many lawyers that are out there ready to file suit for whatever a plaintiff wants.....
Just find the right shark. Who knows, maybe this could lay the foundation for lawsuits against BestBuy, and lots of company's that offer rebates. And lawsuits against the company's failing to fulfill the rebates.
second of all, what other tests will be run, stored, and later passed on to other agencies at MIB.
Thanks, but no thanks, I really don't even like my employer taking a urine sample once every few years for random drug tests, but I do it simply because I like my job.
Coming from a help desk for a major corporation, I think that I may offer some perspective. First, if the needs of the organization requires some UNIX knowledge, then require it. Otherwise, like in my situation, they taught us some of the basics. One of the admins sat us down and gave us a crash course in UNIX, Perl, and vi.
We now have had training in VAX/VMS, UNIX, and we primarily use Windows 2K. If you are looking into just getting some fundamentals, check the course listings at the local community college. Or buy a decent book.
Unfortunately in my experience the combination of a security person and net admin is a bad combination. I have heard of instances where 'security' has demanded that they have admin privs. Well, it was later found out that they wanted admin privs only to later add 'Network Admin' to their resume'.
And i have to agree with the following:
Your auditor may in fact be 'legitimately' concerned and really be looking out for your company. In my experience that is a very rare occurence.
If you are the manager in charge of the admin group or have influence on the decision, vote against having the security people have the admin privs.
Why was tech support left off of the list? Some of you probably work in this field and understand where I am coming from.
For those of you who don't know, you usually get to deal with many raving lunatics/knowitalls who do not take the two minutes to look the possible issue in their owners manuals. And yes, this is a daily occurence.
Life is wonderful, I wonder if I too can aspire to become a lackey......
Only in America! I do have a question, the Ham call signs, are these given out by the FCC or someone and is regulated?
Since IANAL, maybe he could lodge a letter of complaint with some federal agency about harassment?
It seems more and more that corporations are gaining more and more power. Eventually they could build their own governments. Ooops, already happened
IMHO, the internet has NOT peaked and probably will not peak for many years. Growth may slow to a crawl but it will probably continue to trend upwards.
New technologies will help to continue to develop the internet. So if anything, maybe we have reached a plateau.
My IP is actually in one state and I am in another! woohoo! The bad thing is that the IP is in Illinois and I am in Arizona. So I may have to put up with Chicago-style ads.
Don't use AOL. It sounds rather simple. I will admit several years ago when I started out, I had AOL, then I realized that it was better to have choices and real connectivity.
Some of you may not know this, but companies pay BIG money to have their products placed in films. Whether it is a cigarette, alcohol, or vehicle (which are some of the biggest advertisers).
Remember that film companies are businesses just like any other business. If they can make money through some form of advertising, they will. Next time you watch a movie notice how conspicuously some shots of products are. It is advertising pure and simple.
For those of you out there, who want to see pictures here is the url to see the prototype pictures.
Personally, I think that within 20 years we could be ordering these from Thinkgeek. But for now, I am sure that the price will be a little too high.
Oh, and if anyone is waiting on their flying car, check this out. Again price here is the restricting factor $400,000 US for a car. The one stipulation is that you have to probably get some sort of pilot license.
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oh and its not so bad, i lived there for 5 years. Could be worse.
What are you crazy? I use Cowboy Neal to get my data:)!
I was told this thing doesn't even come come with a modem.
I was just wondering... would this make Excel illegal or ay/all of all MS Orifice illegal? You laugh? Wasn't it debated here not too long ago that it could be possible to pass a law that could hold people accountable for not locking down their systems (criminal negligence?). If a country passes laws that outlaws firearms based on appearance (ie US ban on assault weapons), then passing something like this is entirely plausible. The scariest part is this (passing of laws that lay people support because they think hackers are synonomous with crackers and 1337 script kiddiez) would happen in the US in a heartbeat. The AOLamers would support it and they have quite a following. I guess what we open sourcers, *nix aficianados, and all sorts of other computer geeks need is a huge lobby with lots of money..... Yeah like that is going happen....
The SR-71 was retired twice. Once in 1990 and brought back into service in 1997, article here and then retired the blackbird around 18 months later permanently article here.
Also yes, NASA has at least 2.
Now we will be able to wear something that allows us to surf and drive. And they think that a cell phone causes a distraction to those that are driving, what is this going to do?
Just think of this scenario: "Yes, your honor I am addicted to pr0n. I was surfing when I should have been driving, but I only looked away for a second..." The only people that will probably make more money off this than the manufacturers, will be the lawyers!
For those of you who didn't read the article, here are a few points: Attorney General Eliot Spitzer has secured a guilty plea in a groundbreaking case against an internet service provider (ISP) that knowingly provided its subscribers with access to illegal child pornography. So the NY State AG's office did secure a guilty plea. No need for a trial since the ISP was aware of the illegal activity that they aware and took no steps to prevent further activity and have now admitted guilt. "Clearly the failure of the Internet Service Provider to identify and terminate the access to child pornographic sites is gravely unfortunate. Because the Internet knows no geographic boundaries, it is incumbent upon the ISPs, legally and morally, to be ever vigilant in protecting the public from this criminal activity," said State Police Superintendent James W. McMahon. This part scares me...now my ISP is responsible for my moral protection? That is pretty scary! Buffnet, a large regional ISP based in West Seneca, New York outside of Buffalo, pleaded guilty to the crime of Criminal Facilitation in the Fourth Degree, a Class A misdemeanor. The company admitted that it failed to take action when it was notified by a customer as well as by law enforcement that one of the newsgroups it carried was being used to distribute graphic child pornography. Enough said. Until now, prosecutions in this area focused primarily on individuals who subscribed to an ISP like BuffNET, and who logged on to a newsgroup and downloaded and traded in child pornography. The Attorney General's investigation widened its focus to include the ISP that knowingly provided the means and the opportunity for this criminal conduct to occur. Kind of the same as if I were driving a friend around so that he could rob banks, they are being charged because of failure to do something after a customer AND police complaints. I don't know about you folks, but if I were running an ISP and someone told me that, I would at least have someone look into it. Once the cops got involved, I would consult my legal department to check for potential liability. But thats just me.
is the EFF or FTC. I am sure there are many lawyers that are out there ready to file suit for whatever a plaintiff wants.....
Just find the right shark. Who knows, maybe this could lay the foundation for lawsuits against BestBuy, and lots of company's that offer rebates. And lawsuits against the company's failing to fulfill the rebates.
first of all, invasion of privacy.
second of all, what other tests will be run, stored, and later passed on to other agencies at MIB.
Thanks, but no thanks, I really don't even like my employer taking a urine sample once every few years for random drug tests, but I do it simply because I like my job.
Coming from a help desk for a major corporation, I think that I may offer some perspective. First, if the needs of the organization requires some UNIX knowledge, then require it. Otherwise, like in my situation, they taught us some of the basics. One of the admins sat us down and gave us a crash course in UNIX, Perl, and vi.
We now have had training in VAX/VMS, UNIX, and we primarily use Windows 2K. If you are looking into just getting some fundamentals, check the course listings at the local community college. Or buy a decent book.
Unfortunately in my experience the combination of a security person and net admin is a bad combination. I have heard of instances where 'security' has demanded that they have admin privs. Well, it was later found out that they wanted admin privs only to later add 'Network Admin' to their resume'.
And i have to agree with the following: Your auditor may in fact be 'legitimately' concerned and really be looking out for your company. In my experience that is a very rare occurence.
If you are the manager in charge of the admin group or have influence on the decision, vote against having the security people have the admin privs.
in person or prison? sorry. its late, i'm tired and the booze is getting to me.....
I know it's probably a bit too much to expect journalistic integrity out of a site like Slashdot
That's funny.....journalistic integrity and Slashdot.....
Years ago we did 'test tube babies'. Now we are doing cloning. Is it something that is really wrong?
Does this mean the US govt is going to clone people for war?
In case you are wondering...no I am not serious or from Sirius.
Actually we were discussing this last night at work. Does anyone know if there are any plans for any of the Dragonlance books to be made into movies?
Why was tech support left off of the list? Some of you probably work in this field and understand where I am coming from.
For those of you who don't know, you usually get to deal with many raving lunatics/knowitalls who do not take the two minutes to look the possible issue in their owners manuals. And yes, this is a daily occurence.
Life is wonderful, I wonder if I too can aspire to become a lackey......
Only in America! I do have a question, the Ham call signs, are these given out by the FCC or someone and is regulated?
Since IANAL, maybe he could lodge a letter of complaint with some federal agency about harassment?
It seems more and more that corporations are gaining more and more power. Eventually they could build their own governments. Ooops, already happened
IMHO, the internet has NOT peaked and probably will not peak for many years. Growth may slow to a crawl but it will probably continue to trend upwards.
New technologies will help to continue to develop the internet. So if anything, maybe we have reached a plateau.
Working for a large semiconductor manufacturer, I have seen gates under 100 angstroms. Some down to the 50 to 70 angstrom range.
Gallium Arsenide.
Further Update: Hordes of lawyers are currently flying to Florida to dispute. CNN says, "Its just too close to call."
My IP is actually in one state and I am in another! woohoo! The bad thing is that the IP is in Illinois and I am in Arizona. So I may have to put up with Chicago-style ads.
Now how this work with anonymizers?
Don't use AOL. It sounds rather simple. I will admit several years ago when I started out, I had AOL, then I realized that it was better to have choices and real connectivity.
Some of you may not know this, but companies pay BIG money to have their products placed in films. Whether it is a cigarette, alcohol, or vehicle (which are some of the biggest advertisers).
Remember that film companies are businesses just like any other business. If they can make money through some form of advertising, they will. Next time you watch a movie notice how conspicuously some shots of products are. It is advertising pure and simple.
For those of you out there, who want to see pictures here is the url to see the prototype pictures.
Personally, I think that within 20 years we could be ordering these from Thinkgeek. But for now, I am sure that the price will be a little too high.
Oh, and if anyone is waiting on their flying car, check this out. Again price here is the restricting factor $400,000 US for a car. The one stipulation is that you have to probably get some sort of pilot license.