So in other words, I have a peice of paper that I get to take home with me and on that peice of paper is written:
------ Begin PHP Signed Text -----
ReceiptID 243524534523423454345234234
Voted For: Kodos
------ Begin PHP Signatre Block -----
(signature here)
------ End PHP Signatre Block -----
------ End PHP Signed Text -----
No.
The Corrupt Party could buy votes. After you leave the polling location the local party enforcer could give you $10 and take the receipt -- after all your vote is printed right on it.
Suppose the receipt only has an ID number on it. The enforcer then checks the polling website the next day. If it turns out your reciept is recorded as a vote for the Honest Party the enforcer tracks you down and breaks your arms.
It's safer to have witnesses from each party watching as human-readable ballots are counted.
Well, the 9th Court decision would have no force in NYC.
However, as soon as he is released (72 hours?) he should run out and buy another chalk-equipped bike and start printing the text of GULLIFORD v PIERCE COUNTY on the sidewalks. That should make a re-arrest more... interesting.
He can also start action to sue the city for the cost of the brand new bike -- even if he gets the old one back eventually he's being denied the opportunity to use it during the convention.
They should arrange a settlement where they give coupons for free copies of Linux to the shareholders and random unrelated school districts.
Unfortunately, the standard form for settling class-action lawsuits goes like this:
Company spends a lot on its own lawyers
Company gets to give a large payment to the ambulance chasers
'Class' members get something like a $5.00 off certificate good for the purchase of a new laptop. Be still my heart.
The trouble is class-action lawsuits are like spam: they're often 'opt out'. Like all good American consumers, I've gotten a couple letters explaining how I'm a member of some 'class' -- if I want to opt out of the lawsuit I need to find an envelope (not provided) and stamp (not provided) and send in a letter asking to be excluded.
As the owner of a whopping 100 shares of Red Hat stock I'll probably get another such letter. Is responding to it any more effective than responding to a spammer 'remove' address? All lawsuits should be 'opt-in'.
" Lindon, Utah-based SCO claims that parts of Linux were directly copied from Unix, which SCO owns."
The statement can be fixed with a bit of punctuation:
Lindon, Utah-based SCO claims that "parts of Linux were directly copied from Unix, which SCO owns."
I'm all for e-stamps. A penny isn't enough, though. Go for 10 cents per email.
A whitelisted sender isn't asked for an e-stamp.
An unknown sender is asked for an e-stamp. The email is accepted after a side transaction with the bank cashing the e-stamp.
A blacklisted sender is asked for an e-stamp. If one is sent it is cashed and the mail is forwarded to/dev/null -- hey, it doesn't hurt to ask!
When the human recipient gets around to reading the email, she can decide if it is non-spam. If so, she clicks a button to refund an e-stamp to the sender, and probably adds the sender to the whitelist. (Not doing so gets you labeled as a deadbeat, and people will stop sending you email.)
SMTP programs which don't support e-stamps can be sent an error message directing the sender to a webmail form.
The e-stamp plan depends on someone coming up with a CHEAP high-volume micropayment system. For it to work an e-stamp with a cash value of $0.10 shouldn't cost the sender more than ~$0.11, so mail between strangers costs the sender and recipient a penny each. Spam costs the sender 11 cents and gives the recipient a dime credit.
Since we all know when the 2nd Amendment to the US Constitution says "people" it means "states", when the UN says "all states" it means "all people"...
Do you also believe your local library should stock Playboy on the shelves with Popular Science?
My local library had back issues of Playboy in the stacks when I wanted to check the Playboy citation in Illuminautis. (And I found... yes, Playboy Advisor really did attempt to explain the Illuminati.)
The third item Microsoft search leads to is a page at tech.msn.com. Check out the survey at the tech.msn.com homepage -- "Was your home or work computer infected by a virus in the last 30 days?" -- currently 50% answered "yes". Frightening.
what is preventing SCO from adding in code from Linux (which is openly available) into their (closed) UNIX code and then claiming is was there first and was 'stolen' by Linux?
Their argument will go something like "the GPL prevents us from protecting our IP, therefore the GPL is an invalid license" blah blah blah.
Fine. Then they can
- negotiate a license with every author of each package they want to include, and
- rewrite the functionality of each package they don't want to license.
Even if they own the IP they can't use your code without your permission.
Spammers will use other locations to send their spam from. So it only works if you have an international law.
You don't need to collect a fine from the owner of the China-based open relay if you can collect from the person the spam advertises for... the printer ink distributer or "Rolex watch" dealer.
If it's a civil case you don't need to show beyond a reasonable doubt they hired the spam on their behalf.
Hit them with a few million cumulative fines and they will have a good reason (with actual dollar damages) to go after the folks who sell spam services.
Slashdot Mirror
Mind you it is a bit of a cash grab but I have found software that has the sticker has a tendency to run better in windows.
It's a wash. I've found software that has that sticker tends to work worse - or not at all - in Linux.
Also...
<Directory "/var/www/html/EvilPlots">
Order deny,allow
Deny from US-govt
ErrorDocument 404 http://www.terrorists.evil/404_not_found.html
</Directory>
and how about...b y_Google.html
...not every page on the Net has a link to it!
https://www.terrorists.evil/some_URL_not_indexed_
So in other words, I have a peice of paper that I get to take home with me and on that peice of paper is written:
------ Begin PHP Signed Text -----
ReceiptID 243524534523423454345234234
Voted For: Kodos
------ Begin PHP Signatre Block -----
(signature here)
------ End PHP Signatre Block -----
------ End PHP Signed Text -----
No.
The Corrupt Party could buy votes. After you leave the polling location the local party enforcer could give you $10 and take the receipt -- after all your vote is printed right on it.
Suppose the receipt only has an ID number on it. The enforcer then checks the polling website the next day. If it turns out your reciept is recorded as a vote for the Honest Party the enforcer tracks you down and breaks your arms.
It's safer to have witnesses from each party watching as human-readable ballots are counted.
They have had their DNS hijacked. Netcraft's OS, webserver and hosting history page has the story... changed just today. (After the /. story hit??)
Well, the 9th Court decision would have no force in NYC.
However, as soon as he is released (72 hours?) he should run out and buy another chalk-equipped bike and start printing the text of GULLIFORD v PIERCE COUNTY on the sidewalks. That should make a re-arrest more... interesting.
He can also start action to sue the city for the cost of the brand new bike -- even if he gets the old one back eventually he's being denied the opportunity to use it during the convention.
They should arrange a settlement where they give coupons for free copies of Linux to the shareholders and random unrelated school districts.
Unfortunately, the standard form for settling class-action lawsuits goes like this:
The trouble is class-action lawsuits are like spam: they're often 'opt out'. Like all good American consumers, I've gotten a couple letters explaining how I'm a member of some 'class' -- if I want to opt out of the lawsuit I need to find an envelope (not provided) and stamp (not provided) and send in a letter asking to be excluded.
As the owner of a whopping 100 shares of Red Hat stock I'll probably get another such letter. Is responding to it any more effective than responding to a spammer 'remove' address? All lawsuits should be 'opt-in'.
The insignia seems to be about "getting it up to the stars".
Or "plummeting into the sun".
I've got period where I'm on call 24/7, so how do you solve that? I just have to be reachable, but it's none of my employers business where I'm at.
Carry a pager (turned on) and a cell phone (turned off). If they need you they can leave a number and you'll call in.
" Lindon, Utah-based SCO claims that parts of Linux were directly copied from Unix, which SCO owns."
The statement can be fixed with a bit of punctuation:
Lindon, Utah-based SCO claims that "parts of Linux were directly copied from Unix, which SCO owns."
Google is strict about not allowing political causes, no matter how justified, to throw around their search results.
Maybe just this once Google could set up a special server just for requests coming from SCO's office IPs:
Travel agencies foreign [I'm feeling lucky] ==> Groklaw
RIAA music [I'm feeling lucky] ==> Groklaw
Garage Sale Utah [I'm feeling lucky] ==> Groklaw
Mac and cheese recipe [I'm feeling lucky] ==> Groklaw
And so on...
And how many geeks refuse to fly commercial flights because of TSA restrictions?
That's going to be a big surprise to the folks who manufacture transformers for switching mode power supplies.
Yes, they are smaller than the transformers needed for non-switching power supplies, but they are there.
Stiletto says:
70 dollars a month for the privilege of being able to suckle at the electric teat every night???
INSANE.
Now, $70/month for DSL, on the other hand...
(Yeah, I have static IPs and faster-than-minimum service.)
I'm all for e-stamps. A penny isn't enough, though. Go for 10 cents per email.
/dev/null -- hey, it doesn't hurt to ask!
A whitelisted sender isn't asked for an e-stamp.
An unknown sender is asked for an e-stamp. The email is accepted after a side transaction with the bank cashing the e-stamp.
A blacklisted sender is asked for an e-stamp. If one is sent it is cashed and the mail is forwarded to
When the human recipient gets around to reading the email, she can decide if it is non-spam. If so, she clicks a button to refund an e-stamp to the sender, and probably adds the sender to the whitelist. (Not doing so gets you labeled as a deadbeat, and people will stop sending you email.)
SMTP programs which don't support e-stamps can be sent an error message directing the sender to a webmail form.
The e-stamp plan depends on someone coming up with a CHEAP high-volume micropayment system. For it to work an e-stamp with a cash value of $0.10 shouldn't cost the sender more than ~$0.11, so mail between strangers costs the sender and recipient a penny each. Spam costs the sender 11 cents and gives the recipient a dime credit.
Since we all know when the 2nd Amendment to the US Constitution says "people" it means "states", when the UN says "all states" it means "all people"...
Do you also believe your local library should stock Playboy on the shelves with Popular Science?
My local library had back issues of Playboy in the stacks when I wanted to check the Playboy citation in Illuminautis. (And I found ... yes, Playboy Advisor really did attempt to explain the Illuminati.)
Maybe it's time for a week-long boycott just to show them we *can* get by without them - plus an email campaign to drive the point home.
Maybe they'll shut down for a week to show us we can't get by without them.
Meanwhile, my local electric utility stands acused of pulling power off-line in an attempt to jigger the price of power. Pioneer Press Article
The third item Microsoft search leads to is a page at tech.msn.com. Check out the survey at the tech.msn.com homepage -- "Was your home or work computer infected by a virus in the last 30 days?" -- currently 50% answered "yes". Frightening.
They use graphite (snip) there may be significant risk of a graphite fire (chernobyl, anyone?)
It's not a danger on Mars, where the atmosphere is mostly carbon dioxide.
what is preventing SCO from adding in code from Linux (which is openly available) into their (closed) UNIX code and then claiming is was there first and was 'stolen' by Linux?
The original author of the Linux code?
set up a Paypal account for Red Hat
Nah, just go to RedHat and buy a Hand Over the Code t-shirt.
This has already happened. In 1994 a (married) pair of California BBS owner/operators were tried and convicted on Tennessee porn charges.
CUDigest report
It's a particularly bad idea when an official in some other state decides to set you up for the fall.
Their argument will go something like "the GPL prevents us from protecting our IP, therefore the GPL is an invalid license" blah blah blah.
Fine. Then they can
- negotiate a license with every author of each package they want to include, and
- rewrite the functionality of each package they don't want to license.
Even if they own the IP they can't use your code without your permission.
You don't need to collect a fine from the owner of the China-based open relay if you can collect from the person the spam advertises for ... the printer ink distributer or "Rolex watch" dealer.
If it's a civil case you don't need to show beyond a reasonable doubt they hired the spam on their behalf.
Hit them with a few million cumulative fines and they will have a good reason (with actual dollar damages) to go after the folks who sell spam services.