Why the hell can't they concentrate on the one and only one reason they should even exist:
Delivering a first-class letter within 1-2 days.
Leave the package delivery, the stamp collection promotion, the money order sales, the bicycle racing team sponsorship, and now friggin' eMail, to the entities that are damn well suited to handle these things
Then, and only then, will we see efficiency in this government organization.
It's just like the way Slashdot has evolved: the more it grows and the more audience it gains, the LESS it is taken seriously, particularly by the nerd and geek community for which it is intended.
You don't need to be a lawyer to be a musician, but you do need to know one legal term--copyright. To all creative artists--poets, painters, novelists, dancers, directors, actors, musicians, singers, and songwriters -- the term matters dearly.
To all artists, "copyright" is more than a term of intellectual property law that prohibits the unauthorized duplication, performance or distribution of a creative work. To them, "copyright" means the chance to hone their craft, experiment, create, and thrive. It is a vital right, and over the centuries artists have fought to preserve that right, artists such as John Milton, William Hogarth, Mark Twain, and Charles Dickens. Twain traveled to England to protect his rights, and Dickens came to America to do the same.
Copyright law all started with the "The Statute of Anne," the world's first copyright law passed by the British Parliament in 1709. Yet the principle of protecting the rights of artists predates this. It may sound like dry history at first blush, but since there was precedent to establish and rights to protect, much time, effort, and money has been spent in legal battles over the centuries.
In the United States, the principle took hold during the Constitutional Convention of 1787 when James Madison suggested that the Constitution include language "to secure to literary authors their copyrights for a limited time." The provision passed unanimously. It is found in Article I, Section 8, U.S. Constitution. It states...
The Congress shall have Power . . . To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries . ..
Before free speech, before freedom of assembly, before freedom of religion, there was copyright protection in our Constitution. The founding fathers knew copyright protection could improve society by preserving the economic incentive for people to come up with brilliant ideas and inventions. They also realized the fundamental fairness of granting control of the creative work to the author.
President George Washington signed the first copyright law on May 31, 1790. Nine days later, author John Barry registered his work, The Philadelphia Spelling Book, in the U.S. District Court of Pennsylvania, making it the first "writing" protected by copyright. Since then, the copyright laws have been revised numerous times. The revisions have been aimed at balancing the author's right to reap the benefits of his or her work, and society's ability to benefit from that same work.
Today, in the recording industry, singers Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Sheryl Crow, Don Henley, Bonnie Raitt, and many others, are fighting for their rights. In the music business, stars are made not born, and it takes plenty of hard work to make it. Poe cut her debut album, "Hello," in 1995. She knows the value of a copyright, "Copyright protects the creative process....It's rough out there....There is nothing more inspiring to creativity than independence and that requires protection. If you're an artist that can do something nobody else can, you need to know that your work will not be diluted or mass produced." It's as simple as that.
The principle that the work you created belongs to you and should be controlled by you is as timeless as it is global. For centuries, new inventions, from the printing press to the Internet, have threatened that principle. For centuries, advocates have resolutely defended it. The RIAA is just such an advocate today.
...negate the previous - a rip-roar of a release (I've been waiting on 7.x to configure a couple of new workstations) will renew interest in the green monster...
I bet the RIAA is laughing their collective asses off - what the hell kind of threat is posed by downloading MP3s onto payper? Maybe if it's the kind of scrolled payper that those player pianos use, but I can't see jogging around my neighborhood wearing a player piano mechanism...
Long-distance telephone calls and electricity are both metered services. Many people do feel a tension while they are on the phone, at least while making an international or other expensive call. At the same time, very few people worry about powering a lightbulb, even though doing so costs a few cents per hour. Electricity charges mainly serve to make people turn off the lights when they go to bed. The difference is clearly in the level of pricing:
less than a cent per minute and people use as much as they need (electricity) 10 cents per minute, and people ration their usage a little (long distance phone calls) 40 cents per minute, and people ration their usage a lot (international calls)
(a) the Information Technology and Associate Justice Minister as referenced here or is he (b) the Commerce Minister as referenced here?
I read this, and actually started getting interested in New Zealand politics. (slow weekend) A bunch of good starting points here
IANAL (I am not a Libertarian) but maybe these guys have the right idea: Libertarianz Altho as a whole, Libertarians are pretty strong on intellectual property rights, a whole 'nother issue...
Under 1.3. USERLAND CHANGES: Thread locking functions added to dynamic linker
Every time we patched with the latest release, we had to hack back in our custom thread locking functions. After submitting our code over 5 times we can finally use the stock dynamic linker.
When implementing secure e-mail, organizations need to consider the kinds of transactions that need to be secure, along with five security requirements:
(1) Confidentiality - Ensure unauthorized individuals cannot intercept and read your e-mail.
(2) Integrity - Ensure that the contents of the message are not altered in transmission. The message received at the other end needs to be exactly the same as the message that you sent.
(3) Authentication - Verify the identities of both the sender and receiver of a message. When you receive a message you need to be sure of the sender's identity.
(4) Access control - Ensure that your messages are not accessible to unauthorized individuals. For example, when you walk away from your desk, leaving your e-mail application open, you need to know that the contents of your messages are protected.
(5) Non-repudiation - The sender of a message should not be able to deny or repudiate signing a transaction. For example, the sender should not be able to deny signing a purchase order
Buffer overflow attacks form a substantial portion of all security attacks simply because buffer overflow vulnerabilities are so common and so easy to exploit.
However, buffer overflow vulnerabilities particularly dominate in the class of remote penetration attacks because a buffer overflow vulnerability presents the attacker with exactly what they need: the ability to inject and execute attack code.
The injected attack code runs with the privileges of the vulnerable program, and allows the attacker to bootstrap whatever other functionality is needed to control (or "own") the host computer.
Slashdot Mirror
Then, and only then, will we see efficiency in this government organization.
... It'l play games just fine.
This one from Good Systems Inc. works great for me!
It's just like the way Slashdot has evolved: the more it grows and the more audience it gains, the LESS it is taken seriously, particularly by the nerd and geek community for which it is intended.
To all artists, "copyright" is more than a term of intellectual property law that prohibits the unauthorized duplication, performance or distribution of a creative work. To them, "copyright" means the chance to hone their craft, experiment, create, and thrive. It is a vital right, and over the centuries artists have fought to preserve that right, artists such as John Milton, William Hogarth, Mark Twain, and Charles Dickens. Twain traveled to England to protect his rights, and Dickens came to America to do the same.
Copyright law all started with the "The Statute of Anne," the world's first copyright law passed by the British Parliament in 1709. Yet the principle of protecting the rights of artists predates this. It may sound like dry history at first blush, but since there was precedent to establish and rights to protect, much time, effort, and money has been spent in legal battles over the centuries.
In the United States, the principle took hold during the Constitutional Convention of 1787 when James Madison suggested that the Constitution include language "to secure to literary authors their copyrights for a limited time." The provision passed unanimously. It is found in Article I, Section 8, U.S. Constitution. It states...
Before free speech, before freedom of assembly, before freedom of religion, there was copyright protection in our Constitution. The founding fathers knew copyright protection could improve society by preserving the economic incentive for people to come up with brilliant ideas and inventions. They also realized the fundamental fairness of granting control of the creative work to the author.
President George Washington signed the first copyright law on May 31, 1790. Nine days later, author John Barry registered his work, The Philadelphia Spelling Book, in the U.S. District Court of Pennsylvania, making it the first "writing" protected by copyright. Since then, the copyright laws have been revised numerous times. The revisions have been aimed at balancing the author's right to reap the benefits of his or her work, and society's ability to benefit from that same work.
Today, in the recording industry, singers Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Sheryl Crow, Don Henley, Bonnie Raitt, and many others, are fighting for their rights. In the music business, stars are made not born, and it takes plenty of hard work to make it. Poe cut her debut album, "Hello," in 1995. She knows the value of a copyright, "Copyright protects the creative process....It's rough out there....There is nothing more inspiring to creativity than independence and that requires protection. If you're an artist that can do something nobody else can, you need to know that your work will not be diluted or mass produced." It's as simple as that.
The principle that the work you created belongs to you and should be controlled by you is as timeless as it is global. For centuries, new inventions, from the printing press to the Internet, have threatened that principle. For centuries, advocates have resolutely defended it. The RIAA is just such an advocate today.
II. MOZILLA CAPUT XXVII
...negate the previous - a rip-roar of a release (I've been waiting on 7.x to configure a couple of new workstations) will renew interest in the green monster...
"Not only will gMAX be free for download, it's also going to be Open Source"
Full press relase here
...and the associated costs.
Please refer to FAQ
I bet the RIAA is laughing their collective asses off - what the hell kind of threat is posed by downloading MP3s onto payper?
Maybe if it's the kind of scrolled payper that those player pianos use, but I can't see jogging around my neighborhood wearing a player piano mechanism...
A great resource that I refer to alot:
Sniffing (network wiretap, sniffer) FAQ
Long-distance telephone calls and electricity are both metered services. Many people do feel a tension while they are on the phone, at least while making an international or other expensive call. At the same time, very few people worry about powering a lightbulb, even though doing so costs a few cents per hour. Electricity charges mainly serve to make people turn off the lights when they go to bed. The difference is clearly in the level of pricing:
less than a cent per minute and people use as much as they need (electricity)
10 cents per minute, and people ration their usage a little (long distance phone calls)
40 cents per minute, and people ration their usage a lot (international calls)
I meant to type "our own planet"
Here's a good synopsis of the debate:
Pluto really is a planet
Pluto was given "planet" status only as a reward to the discoverer - hell, it's smaller than own moon
It's the "One throat to choke" theory.
Besides, have you checked out WebSphere lately?
WebSphere Studio allows you to develop on the Windows platform, and drop your application into AIX.
This Paul Swain guy, is he
(a) the Information Technology and Associate Justice Minister as referenced here or is he
(b) the Commerce Minister as referenced here?
I read this, and actually started getting interested in New Zealand politics. (slow weekend) A bunch of good starting points here
IANAL (I am not a Libertarian) but maybe these guys have the right idea: Libertarianz
Altho as a whole, Libertarians are pretty strong on intellectual property rights, a whole 'nother issue...
With a privacy policy like this one?
I guess that Joe A. Verage internet user is going to think, "Hey! They DO have a 'Privacy Policy' so I MUST be virtually anonymous!"
...or were they even trying to get the look & feel of the Microsoft WEB site, as well?
.net/sites/about.shtml
Open each of these sites in a separate browser window, and flip between them:
http://openwindows.sourceforge
and
http://www.microsoft.com
Even the two graphics, while unrelated (Windows Media Player 7, and the OpenWindows question mark icon) seem oddly similar...
Under 1.3. USERLAND CHANGES:
Thread locking functions added to dynamic linker
Every time we patched with the latest release, we had to hack back in our custom thread locking functions. After submitting our code over 5 times we can finally use the stock dynamic linker.
How to get started programming for the GAMEBOY:
http://www.loirak.com/prog/gbprog.htm
When implementing secure e-mail, organizations need to consider the kinds of transactions that need to be secure, along with five security requirements:
(1) Confidentiality - Ensure unauthorized individuals cannot intercept and read your e-mail.
(2) Integrity - Ensure that the contents of the message are not altered in transmission. The message received at the other end needs to be exactly the same as the message that you sent.
(3) Authentication - Verify the identities of both the sender and receiver of a message. When you receive a message you need to be sure of the sender's identity.
(4) Access control - Ensure that your messages are not accessible to unauthorized individuals. For example, when you walk away from your desk, leaving your e-mail application open, you need to know that the contents of your messages are protected.
(5) Non-repudiation - The sender of a message should not be able to deny or repudiate signing a transaction. For example, the sender should not be able to deny signing a purchase order
Buffer overflow attacks form a substantial portion of all security attacks simply because buffer overflow vulnerabilities are so common and so easy to exploit.
However, buffer overflow vulnerabilities particularly dominate in the class of remote penetration attacks because a buffer overflow vulnerability presents the attacker with exactly what they need: the ability to inject and execute attack code.
The injected attack code runs with the privileges of the vulnerable program, and allows the attacker to bootstrap whatever other functionality is needed to control (or "own") the host computer.