Couldn't agree more. If you're afraid to make mistakes you'll stick with what you know. If you stick with what you know, you'll never learn anything new.
Unfortunately our personality is shaped more by the bad experiences than the good. We fear more than we crave and so we soon learn that it's better to do nothing than take a risk.
I rue the day I forgot how much fun it can be to accidently break shit.
"It's up to all of us to make buying music about as easy as stealing it," Williams said.
When will music companies learn that they can make money out of the MP3s? When we start giving them money for MP3s.
We can rant on all we like against their policies and get nowhere, but slip them a few bucks for music and they'll take notice.
Don't tell me to go live on an island -- I don't want to do that either.
That may well be the choice. Live in a capitalist society and be a good consumer or try something completely different.
On a side note, communist Russia also had lots of adds posted everywhere, but instead of saying "Buy, buy, buy" they said "Learn, learn, learn". It would be nice if we could have our level of freedom with this level of non-consumerism.
It still seems very limited (Half the resolution, angle issues...) and the article doesn't even mention this as a use. They seem to treat it simply as a Head Up Display.
If it was [Carnivore], doesn't that violate Free Speech?
Free Speech isn't violated whenever somebody chooses to listen. It also isn't violated whenever someone chooses to act on what you have said.
Free Speech is only violated if you are forced not to speak.
Just in case Yahoo gets slashdotted...
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Whatever Happened to Carnivore?
Mon Apr 1, 2:45 PM ET
Jay Lyman, www.NewsFactor.com
Its name may have changed from Carnivore to DCS-1000, but the controversial cybersnooping software used by the Federal Bureau of Investigation is still on the hunt for information, and likely is scouring vast amounts of Internet communication.
In fact, Carnivore probably is chomping on more data than ever as a result of the
September 11th terrorist attacks in the United States. Following those events, it was
widely reported that the FBI (news - web sites) installed its e-mail snooping program
on several Internet service provider (ISP) networks around the nation.
But a recent court order may mean that more information will be revealed about how
Carnivore works and what it is being used for, according to privacy advocates.
After all, while a majority of people may now be more willing to come under government scrutiny in the name of security, civil libertarians say their concerns that the snooping software threatens privacy have actually heightened since September 11th.
Guarded by Government
Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) general counsel David Sobel told NewsFactor that acquiring information about the e-mail sifting software has been a long struggle. On March 25th, Washington D.C.-based EPIC won a round in that battle when U.S. District Court
Judge James Robertson approved a further search of FBI records on Carnivore.
"It looked like something was imminent, then again nothing happened," Sobel said in reference to last year's review of the snooping software by U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft (news - web sites).
Sobel added that despite a law passed last year requiring the FBI to report on Carnivore's use, Ashcroft's dismissal of disclosures and discussions was still another letdown in privacy groups' continuing efforts to learn about the software program.
Digging Deeper
However, Sobel said, EPIC and other organizations are keeping pressure on the U.S. Department of Justice (news - web sites) and the FBI to disclose exactly what law enforcement officials are doing with Carnivore and how the software, which is reportedly capable of
"filtering" e-mail, works.
"We're still criticizing, and we're still pursuing our Freedom of Information Act request," Sobel said. "The judge agreed the initial search was not complete, and the FBI has been sent back to do more searching. Now there's a likelihood that our lawsuit will generate more disclosure. I'm hopeful we'll learn more."
The FBI has until May 24th to conduct deeper information searches on Carnivore data, including searches in the bureau's offices of General Counsel and Congressional and Public Affairs, Judge Robertson ordered.
Willing To Be Watched
Still, SecurityFocus incident analyst Ryan Russell said the events of September 11th changed many citizens' minds.
"I think there is a lot less concern from the majority of people that they're going to be monitored," Russell told NewsFactor.
Sobel argued, conversely, that people know the FBI already had significant abilities -- both legal and technical -- to monitor communication before the attacks.
"As time goes on, people are going to realize these agencies had significant powers before September 11th, and it didn't prevent what happened," he said.
Let Off Leash?
Regardless of whether people approved of its decision, the FBI deployed Carnivore on ISPs across the country after September 11th, according to numerous reports.
While EarthLink had resisted Carnivore deployment on its network prior to the attacks, an EarthLink spokesperson told NewsFactor shortly afterward that he assumed every large ISP in the country had been contacted by the FBI and that all of them were cooperating.
More recently, however, EarthLink spokesperson Carla Shaw told NewsFactor that the company's cooperation with law enforcement does not mean that Carnivore is scanning the EarthLink network.
"Carnivore is not deployed on our network," Shaw said. "We certainly do comply with law
enforcement, but we do so in a way that does not compromise our users' privacy."
Once again the standard three-act schmaltz piece came out on top thanks to Hollywood's belief that awarding a ham-fisted, sledgehammer approach to a sensitive issue will sell more advertising space.
Then again, they never claimed to do anything else, so why complain.
I can't say I agree.
The professors' train of thought seems to go something like this:
- Maths is boring.
- The Simpsons is interesting.
- I'll talk about The Simpsons instead of maths.
Maths can be interesting in its own right and Piggy-backing it on the back of some Simpsons references could take away from that. Maybe they could try pepping up the maths with more maths references.
Or they could go the whole way and just give away free beer at every lecture.
Lisa: What do you get if you cross a pig and a sheep? <br> <br> Homer: I don't know lisa, what <I>do</I> I get if I cross a pig and a sheep? <br> <br> Lisa: The length of the pig by the length of the sheep by the sin of the angle between them. <br> <br> Homer: Go to your room.
Re:they trademarked two words. nice.
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Haven't they just corrected the mistake in Martini's "Anytime, anyplace, anywhere"?
Maybe I could trademark "To go boldly were no man has gone before".:)
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I think I'll stick with my "bottle-of-poisoned-whisky-in-the-glove-compartmen t" system.
Couldn't agree more. If you're afraid to make mistakes you'll stick with what you know. If you stick with what you know, you'll never learn anything new.
Unfortunately our personality is shaped more by the bad experiences than the good. We fear more than we crave and so we soon learn that it's better to do nothing than take a risk.
I rue the day I forgot how much fun it can be to accidently break shit.
There is something wrong with pricing when a soundtrack on CD costs more than the film on video.
The clear path for us, the consumers, is to buy as much downloadable music as possible...
"It's up to all of us to make buying music about as easy as stealing it," Williams said.
When will music companies learn that they can make money out of the MP3s? When we start giving them money for MP3s.
We can rant on all we like against their policies and get nowhere, but slip them a few bucks for music and they'll take notice.
Wouldn't it be a lot more productive to use real animals instead?
Another ham-fisted PR stunt to show the caring side of a massive multinational.
Don't tell me to go live on an island -- I don't want to do that either.
That may well be the choice. Live in a capitalist society and be a good consumer or try something completely different.
On a side note, communist Russia also had lots of adds posted everywhere, but instead of saying "Buy, buy, buy" they said "Learn, learn, learn". It would be nice if we could have our level of freedom with this level of non-consumerism.
One more thing...
:o\
This technique would also work with a regular screen with a grid of dots painted on the screen guard.
Thanks for the explanation. :)
It still seems very limited (Half the resolution, angle issues...) and the article doesn't even mention this as a use. They seem to treat it simply as a Head Up Display.
This is not a 3D screen. It's two 2D screens and as such doesn't offer any clear advantage over two regular screens IMHO.
:)
Besides, It will be obsolete once they invent the elusive "Translucent Middle Screen".
How does this impact junk snail-mail? At least with spam you can click the 'do not send' box.
If it was [Carnivore], doesn't that violate Free Speech?
Free Speech isn't violated whenever somebody chooses to listen. It also isn't violated whenever someone chooses to act on what you have said.
Free Speech is only violated if you are forced not to speak.
Whatever Happened to Carnivore?
Mon Apr 1, 2:45 PM ET
Jay Lyman, www.NewsFactor.com
Its name may have changed from Carnivore to DCS-1000, but the controversial cybersnooping software used by the Federal Bureau of Investigation is still on the hunt for information, and likely is scouring vast amounts of Internet communication.
In fact, Carnivore probably is chomping on more data than ever as a result of the
September 11th terrorist attacks in the United States. Following those events, it was
widely reported that the FBI (news - web sites) installed its e-mail snooping program
on several Internet service provider (ISP) networks around the nation.
But a recent court order may mean that more information will be revealed about how
Carnivore works and what it is being used for, according to privacy advocates.
After all, while a majority of people may now be more willing to come under government scrutiny in the name of security, civil libertarians say their concerns that the snooping software threatens privacy have actually heightened since September 11th.
Guarded by Government
Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) general counsel David Sobel told NewsFactor that acquiring information about the e-mail sifting software has been a long struggle. On March 25th, Washington D.C.-based EPIC won a round in that battle when U.S. District Court
Judge James Robertson approved a further search of FBI records on Carnivore.
"It looked like something was imminent, then again nothing happened," Sobel said in reference to last year's review of the snooping software by U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft (news - web sites).
Sobel added that despite a law passed last year requiring the FBI to report on Carnivore's use, Ashcroft's dismissal of disclosures and discussions was still another letdown in privacy groups' continuing efforts to learn about the software program.
Digging Deeper
However, Sobel said, EPIC and other organizations are keeping pressure on the U.S. Department of Justice (news - web sites) and the FBI to disclose exactly what law enforcement officials are doing with Carnivore and how the software, which is reportedly capable of
"filtering" e-mail, works.
"We're still criticizing, and we're still pursuing our Freedom of Information Act request," Sobel said. "The judge agreed the initial search was not complete, and the FBI has been sent back to do more searching. Now there's a likelihood that our lawsuit will generate more disclosure. I'm hopeful we'll learn more."
The FBI has until May 24th to conduct deeper information searches on Carnivore data, including searches in the bureau's offices of General Counsel and Congressional and Public Affairs, Judge Robertson ordered.
Willing To Be Watched
Still, SecurityFocus incident analyst Ryan Russell said the events of September 11th changed many citizens' minds.
"I think there is a lot less concern from the majority of people that they're going to be monitored," Russell told NewsFactor.
Sobel argued, conversely, that people know the FBI already had significant abilities -- both legal and technical -- to monitor communication before the attacks.
"As time goes on, people are going to realize these agencies had significant powers before September 11th, and it didn't prevent what happened," he said.
Let Off Leash?
Regardless of whether people approved of its decision, the FBI deployed Carnivore on ISPs across the country after September 11th, according to numerous reports.
While EarthLink had resisted Carnivore deployment on its network prior to the attacks, an EarthLink spokesperson told NewsFactor shortly afterward that he assumed every large ISP in the country had been contacted by the FBI and that all of them were cooperating.
More recently, however, EarthLink spokesperson Carla Shaw told NewsFactor that the company's cooperation with law enforcement does not mean that Carnivore is scanning the EarthLink network.
"Carnivore is not deployed on our network," Shaw said. "We certainly do comply with law
enforcement, but we do so in a way that does not compromise our users' privacy."
until you get paid to play catch in space.
Is that a cool job or what?
Once again the standard three-act schmaltz piece came out on top thanks to Hollywood's belief that awarding a ham-fisted, sledgehammer approach to a sensitive issue will sell more advertising space.
Then again, they never claimed to do anything else, so why complain.
Does this mean we can look forward to playing "CORBA Command"?
Sorry, that was supposed to be a link to the "Eezeewee". You'll just have to look it up yourself.
:)
You may laugh, but...
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http://www.fingaz.co.zw/fingaz/99/stage/archive
It's direct from the karma-friendly school of pretzel philosophy.
;)
It's not actually from an episode. It's just a math joke with Simpsons characters tagged on so as not to be modded "Off Topic".
:/
I can't say I agree.
The professors' train of thought seems to go something like this:
- Maths is boring.
- The Simpsons is interesting.
- I'll talk about The Simpsons instead of maths.
Maths can be interesting in its own right and Piggy-backing it on the back of some Simpsons references could take away from that. Maybe they could try pepping up the maths with more maths references.
Or they could go the whole way and just give away free beer at every lecture.
Lisa: What do you get if you cross a pig and a sheep?
Homer: I don't know lisa, what do I get if I cross a pig and a sheep?
Lisa: The length of the pig by the length of the sheep by the sin of the angle between them.
Homer: Go to your room.
Lisa: What do you get if you cross a pig and a sheep?
<br>
<br>
Homer: I don't know lisa, what <I>do</I> I get if I cross a pig and a sheep?
<br>
<br>
Lisa: The length of the pig by the length of the sheep by the sin of the angle between them.
<br>
<br>
Homer: Go to your room.
Haven't they just corrected the mistake in Martini's "Anytime, anyplace, anywhere"?
:)
Maybe I could trademark "To go boldly were no man has gone before".
Finally outdoor-jock technology is catching up with my desk-potato needs.
No more long hikes to the coffee pot for me.
It's possible to sculpt Venus using only a nail file (and a lump of marble).
That doesn't mean nail files are any more useful than we thought.