So what is going to happen when little Johnny gets to see porn even with the filtering software installed in the library computers and his parents complain? The library isn't to blaim, the software was supposed to work and didn't. The town hall spent tens of thousands of dollars on a product that doesn't do what it claims to do.
So Johnny's parents (or town hall) sue the filtering companies for a gazillion dollars because little Johnny saw some nekkid breasts. Eventually, the filtering companies will be sued out of business and never heard from again, and possibly the libraries will actually do something reasonable, like hiring a monitor to make sure that the library computers are being used properly.
Of course, the filtering companies can't filter out all of the "bad influences" from the internet, but let's not tell Johnny's parents that.
Does anyone know how questions are selected for the presidential debates? I would be very interested in knowing how to put questions like copyright, DeCSS, and such to the candidates.
Why is this not on the main page? This is a really interesting article. We need discussion.
This may be one of the most important articles I've seen in a while, assuming the information is correct. The ability to fuse hydrogen at 3 Kelvin goes way beyond "Cold fusion". Maybe "Freezin' Fusion"? Also the fact that the fusion works best at 1 ev is nothing short of astounding.
I really wish there was some way of moderating these back page topics up to the front page. Maybe one day, if moderation ever gets fixed.
To quote from their web page: ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery, is an international scientific and educational organization dedicated to advancing the arts, sciences, and applications of information technology. With a world-wide membership of 80,000, ACM functions as a locus for computing professionals and students working in the various fields of Information Technology.
I have been considering the issues of copyright infringement and what it could mean to the current election. Currently, infringement of copyright is against the law of the United States. But consider what would happen if a political party decided otherwise.
If any of the third parties come out strongly against the DMCA and for limited copyrights (say 5 years as opposed to life + year-1929), then suddenly there are 20 million people who may just vote for them. It would be interesting to see whether or not Nader or Browne will come out against copyrights. It would be pleasant if one of the major candidates would do likewise, but with all that money from the movie and record industries out there, I kind of doubt that would occur.
While there are some aspects of corporate sponsorship on university campuses across the United States that are troubling, it is a way for those universities to provide better funding for themselves, and less reliance on taxpayer money. In theory, this would bring down tuitions for many students who are unable to afford college.
The problem is that this doesn't seem to be the case. Tuition is rising at a rate far above that of inflation, and student debt has become a crippling problem for the newly graduated college student. If the universities want to take grants and such from large corporations, then they better damn well make tuition affordable. Either that, or stop calling themselves places of higher learning and start calling themselves places of corporate customer training.
No, it is not useless. It is designed for people with a REAL reason for being anonymous, yet wanting to spread information. For example, whistlerblowers, or people in countries with a less than perfect track record of censorship. It is not designed for pirates who want their MP3's (go to freenet for that sort of stuff).
There is also going to be a list of files which is found to be "interesting". I hope that there will be some way for users to decide what is interesting enough to be listed (possibly a moderation system?), but even if not, there will be a list of some sort.
Yes, it will be eventually abused, but it's primary purpose isn't piracy, unlike certain other programs out there which will remain nameless.
Okay, according to the website here, Epsilon Eridani has approximately 80% of the mass of our sun, with about 34% of it's luminosity. At that range, the "life belt" (the range from the star that has liquid water, etc.) would be much closer than that of our sun. There could easily be a habitable planet at about the same location as mercury or thereabouts. And at that range, a jupiter-sized planet at the same distance as the asteroid belt would have almost the same gravitational effect as jupiter has on earth. (It depends heavily on the exact mass of the gas giant.) So it is conceivable that there could be life in that system.
For those who want to see the statistics Moody is using, look here. It's interesting to note that Slackware has zero bugs listed for 2000. Guess that makes them the best OS.
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So what is going to happen when little Johnny gets to see porn even with the filtering software installed in the library computers and his parents complain? The library isn't to blaim, the software was supposed to work and didn't. The town hall spent tens of thousands of dollars on a product that doesn't do what it claims to do.
So Johnny's parents (or town hall) sue the filtering companies for a gazillion dollars because little Johnny saw some nekkid breasts. Eventually, the filtering companies will be sued out of business and never heard from again, and possibly the libraries will actually do something reasonable, like hiring a monitor to make sure that the library computers are being used properly.
Of course, the filtering companies can't filter out all of the "bad influences" from the internet, but let's not tell Johnny's parents that.
But I thought East Germany no longer existed. Yet they are making RAM Chips?
Does anyone know how questions are selected for the presidential debates? I would be very interested in knowing how to put questions like copyright, DeCSS, and such to the candidates.
Why is this not on the main page? This is a really interesting article. We need discussion.
This may be one of the most important articles I've seen in a while, assuming the information is correct. The ability to fuse hydrogen at 3 Kelvin goes way beyond "Cold fusion". Maybe "Freezin' Fusion"? Also the fact that the fusion works best at 1 ev is nothing short of astounding.
I really wish there was some way of moderating these back page topics up to the front page. Maybe one day, if moderation ever gets fixed.
How do you know we haven't... I mean they haven't... I mean...
Darn. Not smart enough yet. Need to run myself through a few million more generations.
Speaking of which... could someone outline what the ACM is all about, i.e., who should join, and why?
You could always look here
To quote from their web page: ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery, is an international scientific and educational organization dedicated to advancing the arts, sciences, and applications of information technology. With a world-wide membership of 80,000, ACM functions as a locus for computing professionals and students working in the various fields of Information Technology.
I have been considering the issues of copyright infringement and what it could mean to the current election. Currently, infringement of copyright is against the law of the United States. But consider what would happen if a political party decided otherwise.
If any of the third parties come out strongly against the DMCA and for limited copyrights (say 5 years as opposed to life + year-1929), then suddenly there are 20 million people who may just vote for them. It would be interesting to see whether or not Nader or Browne will come out against copyrights. It would be pleasant if one of the major candidates would do likewise, but with all that money from the movie and record industries out there, I kind of doubt that would occur.
While there are some aspects of corporate sponsorship on university campuses across the United States that are troubling, it is a way for those universities to provide better funding for themselves, and less reliance on taxpayer money. In theory, this would bring down tuitions for many students who are unable to afford college.
The problem is that this doesn't seem to be the case. Tuition is rising at a rate far above that of inflation, and student debt has become a crippling problem for the newly graduated college student. If the universities want to take grants and such from large corporations, then they better damn well make tuition affordable. Either that, or stop calling themselves places of higher learning and start calling themselves places of corporate customer training.No, it is not useless. It is designed for people with a REAL reason for being anonymous, yet wanting to spread information. For example, whistlerblowers, or people in countries with a less than perfect track record of censorship. It is not designed for pirates who want their MP3's (go to freenet for that sort of stuff).
There is also going to be a list of files which is found to be "interesting". I hope that there will be some way for users to decide what is interesting enough to be listed (possibly a moderation system?), but even if not, there will be a list of some sort. Yes, it will be eventually abused, but it's primary purpose isn't piracy, unlike certain other programs out there which will remain nameless.Okay, according to the website here, Epsilon Eridani has approximately 80% of the mass of our sun, with about 34% of it's luminosity. At that range, the "life belt" (the range from the star that has liquid water, etc.) would be much closer than that of our sun. There could easily be a habitable planet at about the same location as mercury or thereabouts. And at that range, a jupiter-sized planet at the same distance as the asteroid belt would have almost the same gravitational effect as jupiter has on earth. (It depends heavily on the exact mass of the gas giant.) So it is conceivable that there could be life in that system.
For those who want to see the statistics Moody is using, look here. It's interesting to note that Slackware has zero bugs listed for 2000. Guess that makes them the best OS.
If you are interested in the types of bacterium and virii used in Biowarfare and some of their symptoms, check out http://telemedicine.org/BioWar/biologic.htm.
Warning, the site is pretty graphic and is aimed at medical professionals. Examine it at your own risk.