Russia doesn't care about this stuff. They are busy buddying up with china. And, china is busy hacking DoD servers. The russian mafia has been in control of the country since the fall of the soviet union. The FSB is made up of former KGB and mafia officers. These gangs operate with complete impunity. The answer to these problems is physically denying network access to these countries. Turn off their Internet access. This creates two problems: Let's see how long russia can go without the Internet, and let's see how long the rest of the world can go without russian porn. While it's no surprise that communism creates immoral and unethical people, The US government needs to create a policy that makes sense.
The US government will not create that policy because russia is up to its old tricks. Russia has resumed bomber patrol flights. Russia is partnering with china in all sorts of treaties. Russia is creating tension over the US planned missile defense station in eastern europe.
The government, while not the stupid people we believe them to be, will not take steps to aggravate real potential threats against the country. Their "war on terror" is just a ploy to trick the American people into stepping up military production.
Make no mistake, there is a storm brewing between the US and China. Russia has chosen their side. The middle east is the only unsecured front right now. The US is trying to secure it. Iraq is going to be full of air bases and US production facilities.
So, when organized hacker gangs terrorize American citizens, the US treats it like a civilian law enforcement matter. The US cannot afford to provoke aggression from the Russians.
I glad they are starting to tackle this head on. I think thunderbird has massive potential. There are a few things missing from it though. The first thing missing is a built-in calendar. I don't think lightning+sunbird is quite there yet.
I use thunderbird exclusively for my email.
Things I'd like to see:
built-in encryption for mail stores. ability to choose mail store format. calendar with outlook compatibility so I can sync with my phone. better spam filtering. better newsreader support. (built-in encoding and decoding of popular nntp formats) firefox/thunderbird extension installation support. (I hate having to save and load into thunderbird.)
On the server end, I'd love to see a thunderbird collaboration suite of apps for thunderbird client and and new thunderbird group email server.
There is a PC and Projector in every classroom. There's also a sound system, VCR/DVD, and document projector.
That's every single classroom.
A lot of professors choose not to use any of it though.
I've had one professor use the document projector and DVD player. I've had one use the PC and sound system. My programming professor uses the PC and projector obviously. All the rest use markers on the whiteboard.
I guess if the professor is old, they don't like technology.
The only "unauthorized" downloading is when you access servers without the permission of the server maintainer. When I download a song or album, It's not unauthorized. The person making the files available has authorized me to download them. It's them who's actually breaking the law by offering copy protected files for upload.
Downloading isn't illegal. It's de facto public domain.
squid is only part of a solution. The real solution is sending your child to a psychologist to understand what motivates a teenage boy to want to look at naked women in the first place! If porn is wrong, then most of us, including you closeted christian freaks, are wrong.
I can't fathom not allowing my teenage son to view porn. It's the one great teenage pursuit. It's more productive than knocking up some 16 year old girl. That would be great parenting!
What can they amend the judgment with? Their entire case is based on mere speculation. With Jayson Street's expert testimony on the impossibility of the plaintiffs "experts" to determine which computer files were actually shared from, the RIAA has nothing.
The RIAA cannot actually prove that anyone shared the files they're accused of. That is why the RIAA will continue to lose in court.
Judges are getting wise to the trickery, false claims, lack of evidence, and outright fraud that the RIAA has been bringing to the courts.
I would love to see NBC sue CNET for showing people how to download tv shows from bittorrent. We'll finally get some precedents which make sense. The fact is, it's way easier to download TV shows via torrent. Easier than even my TIVO. My local NBC affiliate gives these shows away for FREE over the broadcast airways. I can do what I want with these shows. I can re-encode them for my phone if I like also. I primarily watch television on my pc now anyway. I watch about three shows on Tivo now. The greatest thing that ever happened to television was the Leaking of this fall's Shows on BitTorrent this summer. Now we know which shows will make it and which shows just suck ass.
62% said they had accessed another person's computer without permission I'm sorry if I got it wrong, but who says you don't have permission to access systems which you manage? This seems a little odd. There are situations in which you would want to keep an eye on certain employee's computing habits. Allowing these types of activities to persist can put the company in jeopardy. A good IT admin will institute a firewall which prevents employees from viewing pornography at work.
I guess these sorts of problems persist when you have IT managed by some mindless manager. IT should be managed by a CIO who has work experience in IT. IT employees should also go through extensive background checking.
first morals implies that you are doing something you know to be wrong by blocking ads.
second, I don't pay attention to banner ads or other site advertisements. Since I don't pay attention to them, I block them. The benefits for me outweigh any potential loss by the site. By blocking the advertisements, I am saving the site owner potential losses by wasting throughput of the ads on me which I won't click on to begin with. So, the ad blocking is a win-win for us both. I also employ ip-based blocking of known advertising servers. I also employ kaspersky ad blocking. This is the age of the informed consumer. Blind advertisement doesn't cut it anymore. I'd rather read about new products in a review on a website of my choosing.
And to those site owners who disagree, you did it to yourselves! you can go ahead and punch the monkey.
we believe in basic freedoms and other fundamental rights as being inalienable rights given by God, which no government has the right to impede. That talk is un-American.
Among these are the right to life. These so-called "liberals" you describe are far more "right to life" than you. They think those being raped, murdered, and tortured in certain dark parts of the world have a right to life. The "unborn" (and my wife is 6 months pregnant) aren't here yet. You can't force your religious beliefs onto other people, That's un-American. Remember, Freedom of Religion? (that's the freedom to practice yours and the freedom to let others practice theirs)
the right to self-government Well, obviously. A desire of self-government is usurping the U.S. Government. You are not above the law. Neither is Dubya. We must all follow the laws of the Government. They're written by our duly elected representatives. You're no exception neoconman.
the right to security of one's property We all desire security. You seem to favor your property above others' lives. Not very "right to life" here are you? This is where things get iffy. How did you get your property? If you got it by lying, cheating, and stealing like so many neocons did then I think the government should punish this behavior.
Kenneth Lay - neocon - unethical thief. Donald Rumsfeld - neocon - unabashed murderer. Ted Haggard - neocon - homosexual, drug-using hypocrite. Dick Cheney - neocon - war profiteer.
Your claims of your ideology aren't those of a neocon though.
The neocons started out as mostly Jewish liberals in the 1970's who wanted the USA to strengthen its defense and spread the reach of US industry. They became republicans in the 1970's and spread their hegemony through the guise of christian values.
Really, you are just fooled into following. Sad for you that you don't understand the truth.
a short timeline for you.
1973 US abandons "gold standard" for oil. 1974 OPEC sharply raises prices for oil to US. Oil shortage causes neocons to emerge. 1970's-ish Democratic Senator Henry Jackson's aides design new world order (middle east must be democratized to lessen threat to US through oil) 1978 USSR invades Afghanistan (we hate soviets more than afghanis so we help the afghanis) 1980 neocons convert to republican to use Ronald Reagan as the tool for their goals. (forcing either conflict or concord with the Soviet Union) 1980-1988 iran-iraq war (we hate iran so we help iraq) 1992 neocons miss opportunity to oust Saddam Hussein (Cheney publicly says it would be a quagmire. the power vacuum would destabilize the region) 2000 neocons stroll out Dubya. (His platform is against "Nation building" and military interference) 2001 9/11 9/11 9/11 9/11 neocons get excuse to invade iraq (something they've been planning since the 1970's) 2003 Dubya makes a speech at the American Enterprise Institute, HQ for the neocon policy goblins. (directly going against his platform) 2003 Dubya violates the NSA's single directive (don't spy on Americans) 2005 Halliburton begins building prison camps in America's heartland (dissenters beware) 2007 you wrote this post about your religious beliefs (not realizing the sweeping plan set under your own feet)
I hope you learned something new. Maybe you should re-evaluate your political philosophy. If Jesus were alive today, he'd be a Left-Wing Hippie. (blessed are the meek, blessed are the poor, blessed are the generous)
You, Erik Martin, are an unthinking follower. You apparently haven't read your own bible. You're not following your own religious beliefs.
Me? I'm an American. I want to wear blue jeans and eat cheese burgers and listen to Rock music. I also want to work for a living and take care of my family.
I believe We Americans can do this without causing harm, poverty, sickness, or suffering to other people in this country and others.
the dogs have been able to successfully detect internal tumors months before a blood test on other systems. Dogs have successfully detected kidney cancer as well.
Aren't relationships the core fundamental of a database?
I've got a database in about 6 shoeboxes in my bedroom. Old bills and documents. It's not relational. Is that a better way than a relational database?
I think what we're referring to here is a mass of data with tags that are searchable. This method, while more modern, does not mean better. Those tags have to be applied. And, they're still a relation.
I still think that, until someone presents a more efficient and reliable method, we should follow Codd's 12 rules.
Here's the problem: The patriot act is broad and vague. It provides too much power with too little oversight. Its abuse has been well documented. Claiming that it is partisan crap just makes you look like a fool. Anyone who cares about partisanship is a fool.
We're all Americans (of those of us who are) and we need to unite in the common cause of preserving our fair republic. These people in power now (who claim to be republicans) are actually neo-conservatives. (also known as reaganites). Their goals are not those of real republicans.
In the words of Ronald Reagan (a real republican who was used as a puppet) "In the present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem." This ideology is closer to what we, who think of ourselves as slightly conservative, believe ours to be.
Calling yourself a republican and supporting the party, when so little of it actually shares your ideology, is dangerous and foolhardy.
Neoconservatives have different goals than most Americans. They want a smaller government to have more power and less oversight. They want wealth to flow upward to a few captains of industry. They want to impose social restrictions on Americans. They want to turn their religious beliefs into Law. They want to keep the population scared and obedient. These ideals are not mine. I'm sure they aren't yours. They are very far from classic American ideology. Our current government has the idea that the people need to be controlled. They are leaning so far away from republicanism that they are scared of the people.
"A republic is a form of government maintained by a state or country whose sovereignty is based on consent of the governed and whose governance is based on popular representation. Rule of law is an essential feature of a republic." -- wikipedia
Our current government want to rule without the consent of the people and without full representation. "I'm the decider" -- George W. Bush
The PATRIOT ACT is a way of usurping the consent of the people and the oversight of the other branches of government. It is not necessary. The reason it is not necessary is because the NSA has been monitoring "signals" communication for over thirty years. They don't miss much.
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Russia doesn't care about this stuff. They are busy buddying up with china. And, china is busy hacking DoD servers.
The russian mafia has been in control of the country since the fall of the soviet union. The FSB is made up of former KGB and mafia officers.
These gangs operate with complete impunity.
The answer to these problems is physically denying network access to these countries. Turn off their Internet access.
This creates two problems: Let's see how long russia can go without the Internet, and let's see how long the rest of the world can go without russian porn.
While it's no surprise that communism creates immoral and unethical people, The US government needs to create a policy that makes sense.
The US government will not create that policy because russia is up to its old tricks. Russia has resumed bomber patrol flights. Russia is partnering with china in all sorts of treaties. Russia is creating tension over the US planned missile defense station in eastern europe.
The government, while not the stupid people we believe them to be, will not take steps to aggravate real potential threats against the country.
Their "war on terror" is just a ploy to trick the American people into stepping up military production.
Make no mistake, there is a storm brewing between the US and China. Russia has chosen their side. The middle east is the only unsecured front right now. The US is trying to secure it. Iraq is going to be full of air bases and US production facilities.
So, when organized hacker gangs terrorize American citizens, the US treats it like a civilian law enforcement matter. The US cannot afford to provoke aggression from the Russians.
I glad they are starting to tackle this head on. I think thunderbird has massive potential. There are a few things missing from it though. The first thing missing is a built-in calendar. I don't think lightning+sunbird is quite there yet.
I use thunderbird exclusively for my email.
Things I'd like to see:
built-in encryption for mail stores.
ability to choose mail store format.
calendar with outlook compatibility so I can sync with my phone.
better spam filtering.
better newsreader support. (built-in encoding and decoding of popular nntp formats)
firefox/thunderbird extension installation support. (I hate having to save and load into thunderbird.)
On the server end, I'd love to see a thunderbird collaboration suite of apps for thunderbird client and and new thunderbird group email server.
Visual aids always help! And software presentations of the material in a dynamic and encompassing manner.
The professors could provide these things for classroom instruction.
There is a PC and Projector in every classroom. There's also a sound system, VCR/DVD, and document projector.
That's every single classroom.
A lot of professors choose not to use any of it though.
I've had one professor use the document projector and DVD player. I've had one use the PC and sound system.
My programming professor uses the PC and projector obviously.
All the rest use markers on the whiteboard.
I guess if the professor is old, they don't like technology.
I actually do.
the contract makes no claims on throughput limits.
The only "unauthorized" downloading is when you access servers without the permission of the server maintainer. When I download a song or album, It's not unauthorized. The person making the files available has authorized me to download them. It's them who's actually breaking the law by offering copy protected files for upload.
Downloading isn't illegal. It's de facto public domain.
Uploading is illegal.
The "clarification" is purposely ambiguous.
They don't want to put a number on their "unlimited" service.
I signed a contract for unlimited internet access.
If comcast thinks they can alter that contract and I should "pray they don't alter it further", 30% of their subscribers are going to be pissed.
I smell a class action for breach of contract.
squid is only part of a solution. The real solution is sending your child to a psychologist to understand what motivates a teenage boy to want to look at naked women in the first place! If porn is wrong, then most of us, including you closeted christian freaks, are wrong.
I can't fathom not allowing my teenage son to view porn. It's the one great teenage pursuit. It's more productive than knocking up some 16 year old girl. That would be great parenting!
What can they amend the judgment with? Their entire case is based on mere speculation. With Jayson Street's expert testimony on the impossibility of the plaintiffs "experts" to determine which computer files were actually shared from, the RIAA has nothing.
The RIAA cannot actually prove that anyone shared the files they're accused of. That is why the RIAA will continue to lose in court.
Judges are getting wise to the trickery, false claims, lack of evidence, and outright fraud that the RIAA has been bringing to the courts.
I would love to see NBC sue CNET for showing people how to download tv shows from bittorrent. We'll finally get some precedents which make sense.
The fact is, it's way easier to download TV shows via torrent. Easier than even my TIVO.
My local NBC affiliate gives these shows away for FREE over the broadcast airways.
I can do what I want with these shows. I can re-encode them for my phone if I like also.
I primarily watch television on my pc now anyway. I watch about three shows on Tivo now.
The greatest thing that ever happened to television was the Leaking of this fall's Shows on BitTorrent this summer.
Now we know which shows will make it and which shows just suck ass.
This is the greatest boon to Linux I've ever seen.
This seems a little odd. There are situations in which you would want to keep an eye on certain employee's computing habits.
Allowing these types of activities to persist can put the company in jeopardy. A good IT admin will institute a firewall which prevents employees from viewing pornography at work.
I guess these sorts of problems persist when you have IT managed by some mindless manager. IT should be managed by a CIO who has work experience in IT. IT employees should also go through extensive background checking.
just have a bucket of moose quarters to reimburse customers to enter the apple store.
first morals implies that you are doing something you know to be wrong by blocking ads.
second, I don't pay attention to banner ads or other site advertisements. Since I don't pay attention to them, I block them.
The benefits for me outweigh any potential loss by the site.
By blocking the advertisements, I am saving the site owner potential losses by wasting throughput of the ads on me which I won't click on to begin with.
So, the ad blocking is a win-win for us both. I also employ ip-based blocking of known advertising servers. I also employ kaspersky ad blocking.
This is the age of the informed consumer. Blind advertisement doesn't cut it anymore. I'd rather read about new products in a review on a website of my choosing.
And to those site owners who disagree, you did it to yourselves! you can go ahead and punch the monkey.
and I would have gotten away with it if it hadn't been for you damn mac fanboys!
It was Sgt. Slaughter who was a G.I. Joe you tool!
Won't someone please give Jack Thompson a clue?
He's pleading for his license to practice law.
He thinks the president is going to give him a helping hand for "furthering" the agenda?
It doesn't work that way.
Jack Thompson, you are a lowlife scumbag.
truecrypt, daemon-tools, md5summer, KMP media player (it's bloated with features that seemingly need no resources), RealVNC
Kenneth Lay - neocon - unethical thief.
Donald Rumsfeld - neocon - unabashed murderer.
Ted Haggard - neocon - homosexual, drug-using hypocrite.
Dick Cheney - neocon - war profiteer.
Your claims of your ideology aren't those of a neocon though.
The neocons started out as mostly Jewish liberals in the 1970's who wanted the USA to strengthen its defense and spread the reach of US industry. They became republicans in the 1970's and spread their hegemony through the guise of christian values.
Really, you are just fooled into following. Sad for you that you don't understand the truth.
a short timeline for you.
1973 US abandons "gold standard" for oil.
1974 OPEC sharply raises prices for oil to US. Oil shortage causes neocons to emerge.
1970's-ish Democratic Senator Henry Jackson's aides design new world order (middle east must be democratized to lessen threat to US through oil)
1978 USSR invades Afghanistan (we hate soviets more than afghanis so we help the afghanis)
1980 neocons convert to republican to use Ronald Reagan as the tool for their goals. (forcing either conflict or concord with the Soviet Union)
1980-1988 iran-iraq war (we hate iran so we help iraq)
1992 neocons miss opportunity to oust Saddam Hussein (Cheney publicly says it would be a quagmire. the power vacuum would destabilize the region)
2000 neocons stroll out Dubya. (His platform is against "Nation building" and military interference)
2001 9/11 9/11 9/11 9/11 neocons get excuse to invade iraq (something they've been planning since the 1970's)
2003 Dubya makes a speech at the American Enterprise Institute, HQ for the neocon policy goblins. (directly going against his platform)
2003 Dubya violates the NSA's single directive (don't spy on Americans)
2005 Halliburton begins building prison camps in America's heartland (dissenters beware)
2007 you wrote this post about your religious beliefs (not realizing the sweeping plan set under your own feet)
I hope you learned something new. Maybe you should re-evaluate your political philosophy.
If Jesus were alive today, he'd be a Left-Wing Hippie. (blessed are the meek, blessed are the poor, blessed are the generous)
You, Erik Martin, are an unthinking follower. You apparently haven't read your own bible. You're not following your own religious beliefs.
Me? I'm an American. I want to wear blue jeans and eat cheese burgers and listen to Rock music.
I also want to work for a living and take care of my family.
I believe We Americans can do this without causing harm, poverty, sickness, or suffering to other people in this country and others.
Not true.
the dogs have been able to successfully detect internal tumors months before a blood test on other systems.
Dogs have successfully detected kidney cancer as well.
no, but your penis will be able to walk again.
Aren't relationships the core fundamental of a database?
I've got a database in about 6 shoeboxes in my bedroom. Old bills and documents. It's not relational.
Is that a better way than a relational database?
I think what we're referring to here is a mass of data with tags that are searchable. This method, while more modern, does not mean better.
Those tags have to be applied. And, they're still a relation.
I still think that, until someone presents a more efficient and reliable method, we should follow Codd's 12 rules.
Here's the problem: The patriot act is broad and vague. It provides too much power with too little oversight. Its abuse has been well documented.
Claiming that it is partisan crap just makes you look like a fool. Anyone who cares about partisanship is a fool.
We're all Americans (of those of us who are) and we need to unite in the common cause of preserving our fair republic.
These people in power now (who claim to be republicans) are actually neo-conservatives. (also known as reaganites).
Their goals are not those of real republicans.
In the words of Ronald Reagan (a real republican who was used as a puppet) "In the present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem."
This ideology is closer to what we, who think of ourselves as slightly conservative, believe ours to be.
Calling yourself a republican and supporting the party, when so little of it actually shares your ideology, is dangerous and foolhardy.
Neoconservatives have different goals than most Americans. They want a smaller government to have more power and less oversight. They want wealth to flow upward to a few captains of industry. They want to impose social restrictions on Americans. They want to turn their religious beliefs into Law. They want to keep the population scared and obedient. These ideals are not mine. I'm sure they aren't yours. They are very far from classic American ideology. Our current government has the idea that the people need to be controlled. They are leaning so far away from republicanism that they are scared of the people.
"A republic is a form of government maintained by a state or country whose sovereignty is based on consent of the governed and whose governance is based on popular representation. Rule of law is an essential feature of a republic." -- wikipedia
Our current government want to rule without the consent of the people and without full representation. "I'm the decider" -- George W. Bush
The PATRIOT ACT is a way of usurping the consent of the people and the oversight of the other branches of government. It is not necessary.
The reason it is not necessary is because the NSA has been monitoring "signals" communication for over thirty years. They don't miss much.
There are people who are training hound dogs to detect cancer in people.
8 20_040820_detectordogs.html
The dogs are better suited to the task than some million dollar laser beam.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/08/0
Dogs are cheaper to train and maintain. And, they provide therapy for those who are proven positive.
It's win-win.
Some eels have been reported to fight off predators with their thick green acid blood.