IF the person has a home network, then it only identifies that network. If the person lives alone and only has one computer, it does effectively identify the person.
Also, it's generally understood in legal circles, and is spelled out in most ISPs' TOS agreements, that the account owner is ultimately responsible for any activity originating from that connection. So, since an IP address can be used to identify a particular DSL/cable/dialup/whatever line, it can effectively be used to identify a person.
Things get muddier when talking about open wireless access points, but in general it's been held that if you open up your wireless connection, you're responsible for any illegal activity people might use it for. You only escape responsibility if you've taken some measure to restrict access and the perpetrator has defeated it.
Even if you don't buy any of that, identifying the home network itself is already an invasion of privacy. It may not identify you personally, but it almost certainly identifies your family or the group of people living in your house. Isn't that an invasion of privacy?
How is it that everyone on this site with a 7-digit UID is actually an old-timer with a single-digit UID who forgot his password? It's uncanny.
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Ever wonder why your parents told you not to look directly at the sun?
IT'S NAKED
Totally true. Being a rebellious kid, I did look directly at the sun, and it was not only naked, it was HOT! So hot that I started playing with myself while looking directly at it. I must have done that for hours, and you know what? They were right about masturbation making you go blind too!
Anyone who questions the validity of a theory should be heard.
Anyone who offers valid criticisms of your theory with data to back them up should be heard. Saying anyone who questions a theory should be heard might sound nice in theory, but in reality it means you have a bunch of people throwing out unsubstantiated garbage in order to muddy the waters and further their own agendas, which are rarely motivated by scientific concerns.
Well, as the number of nuclear missiles is reduced, the number of times each country could completely destroy the other is likewise reduced. For example, if the US and Russia could utterly destroy each other 30 times over with their current arsenals, reducing those arsenals by half would mean they could only completely annihilate each other a pitiful 15 times. So, think of it as a mathematics exercise. That's kind of geeky, right?
I really don't understand the long-term value proposition of running your stuff on a public cloud. I can, however, see the IT cost advantages of a properly automated internally managed cloud for internal IT needs. You can get more efficient utilization of hardware and easier administration using virtual servers in a cloud configuration. Of course, there are open source solutions for that, so I'm not sure where the notion that open source can't compete in this area is coming from. Hell, many of the software solutions for this sort of thing are based on the open source Xen these days.
"Cloud" has been, in many venues, too narrowly defined as being "outsourcing to someone else's cloud", when in fact if you already have an IT department that already manages your servers in house, you can probably get more bang for your buck building your own cloud and converting your existing servers to virtual machines running on it.
It's also incredibly dangerous to say the amount of horsepower you have is the most important thing for cloud computing. The most important part of the cloud is the automation and management software. If either of those two things are inadequate, the cloud will be inadequate and very expensive to maintain. The software is the key to a successful cloud implementation. The end result of a successful cloud implementation should be more efficient use of hardware and more efficient and easier administration, resulting in an overall reduction in cost. If the software pieces aren't in place, you won't reach those goals.
Focusing on something that 99% of us screw up at one point or another, particularly when our primary focus at the time is probably getting the service back online rather than checking the calendar to see if it's Daylight Saving Time or not, for me is always a red flag that you're an insufferable pedant.
What, was the backup data center on the floor directly below the primary data center?
If I had to guess, either they did something that stupid or they didn't properly test their failover procedures or their backup data center, and either one or both of those things turned out to be inadequate.
While she's undoubtedly not very intelligent, there's no evidence to suggest she's particularly promiscuous. Please edit and re-submit your rant accordingly.
I'm not sure what site you think you're on, but this is Slashdot. Our answers are generally some variation of "don't do it" and "what are you, stupid? I said don't do it!"
It's quite simple really...the moon landing sites, due to insufficient resolution images of the surface available at the time, turned out to be in some pretty bad neighborhoods. The lunar rovers are probably up on blocks by now, completely stripped by Moon hooligans, and most of the other equipment has likely been stolen. Since NASA wants to send men back there, they're going to need to doctor those photos. Nobody will want to go to the moon if it's revealed what a ghetto it is.
My kids never got into Neopets, but they have been really into Webkinz for the past year or so. I like the way Webkinz handles things a lot better...there are no open areas where people can chat about just anything. They can chat in common rooms, but only by picking things to say out of a list. There is no possibility of sending links or other such nastiness.
Even sites that do have forums like Nick.com have moderators approve every post. I'm sure it's more expensive to run it that way, but I would think if your site is built to cater to young children, it's incumbent on you to either moderator-approve every posting like Nick does or limit postings to pre-approved phrases like Webkinz does. Anything else is just asking for trouble.
Seriously, these things were made for the '80s! Back then, you needed your friends to help you put on your pants because they were so tight! If you ate too much during the day, you would need the paramedics to cut you out of your pants at night! You could clip a brick of lead to your belt loop and your pants would remain firmly in place.
Cassette tapes obviously aren't as vulnerable to scratching, but I don't know if "durable" is a word I would use. I spent many a tedious hour winding a tape back onto the spool after having a tape player spew it out everywhere, being careful not to crease it at any point, else it might catch in another player's mechanism and either unwind again or just break. The sound quality also noticeably degraded after the tape was played several times, and reproductions were incredibly lossy. And God help you if you left one in a hot car.
I have an account at rocketmail.com, but I never get my email by rockets. I'm disappointed now.
Of course you don't, sending rockets to individual users would be cost prohibitive, not to mention really bad for your lawn. No, rocketmail actually only uses rockets to deliver mail between them and your ISP.
Under the old boss, the EPA was accused of quashing reports on climate change made by climatologists. Now, they're accused of quashing reports on climate change made by economists. There's a fundamental difference there.
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If it can really be efficiently produced from urine, we should be able to collect all we need from factory pig and dairy farms.
Oh yeah, real risky bet there...95% of Slashdot articles are about crap.
IF the person has a home network, then it only identifies that network. If the person lives alone and only has one computer, it does effectively identify the person.
Also, it's generally understood in legal circles, and is spelled out in most ISPs' TOS agreements, that the account owner is ultimately responsible for any activity originating from that connection. So, since an IP address can be used to identify a particular DSL/cable/dialup/whatever line, it can effectively be used to identify a person.
Things get muddier when talking about open wireless access points, but in general it's been held that if you open up your wireless connection, you're responsible for any illegal activity people might use it for. You only escape responsibility if you've taken some measure to restrict access and the perpetrator has defeated it.
Even if you don't buy any of that, identifying the home network itself is already an invasion of privacy. It may not identify you personally, but it almost certainly identifies your family or the group of people living in your house. Isn't that an invasion of privacy?
No worries, I understand...my original UID was CmdrTaco until some jackass hijacked it.
How is it that everyone on this site with a 7-digit UID is actually an old-timer with a single-digit UID who forgot his password? It's uncanny.
Ever wonder why your parents told you not to look directly at the sun?
IT'S NAKED
Totally true. Being a rebellious kid, I did look directly at the sun, and it was not only naked, it was HOT! So hot that I started playing with myself while looking directly at it. I must have done that for hours, and you know what? They were right about masturbation making you go blind too!
Anyone who questions the validity of a theory should be heard.
Anyone who offers valid criticisms of your theory with data to back them up should be heard. Saying anyone who questions a theory should be heard might sound nice in theory, but in reality it means you have a bunch of people throwing out unsubstantiated garbage in order to muddy the waters and further their own agendas, which are rarely motivated by scientific concerns.
Well, as the number of nuclear missiles is reduced, the number of times each country could completely destroy the other is likewise reduced. For example, if the US and Russia could utterly destroy each other 30 times over with their current arsenals, reducing those arsenals by half would mean they could only completely annihilate each other a pitiful 15 times. So, think of it as a mathematics exercise. That's kind of geeky, right?
Not if the water company runs Linux!
I really don't understand the long-term value proposition of running your stuff on a public cloud. I can, however, see the IT cost advantages of a properly automated internally managed cloud for internal IT needs. You can get more efficient utilization of hardware and easier administration using virtual servers in a cloud configuration. Of course, there are open source solutions for that, so I'm not sure where the notion that open source can't compete in this area is coming from. Hell, many of the software solutions for this sort of thing are based on the open source Xen these days.
"Cloud" has been, in many venues, too narrowly defined as being "outsourcing to someone else's cloud", when in fact if you already have an IT department that already manages your servers in house, you can probably get more bang for your buck building your own cloud and converting your existing servers to virtual machines running on it.
It's also incredibly dangerous to say the amount of horsepower you have is the most important thing for cloud computing. The most important part of the cloud is the automation and management software. If either of those two things are inadequate, the cloud will be inadequate and very expensive to maintain. The software is the key to a successful cloud implementation. The end result of a successful cloud implementation should be more efficient use of hardware and more efficient and easier administration, resulting in an overall reduction in cost. If the software pieces aren't in place, you won't reach those goals.
Focusing on something that 99% of us screw up at one point or another, particularly when our primary focus at the time is probably getting the service back online rather than checking the calendar to see if it's Daylight Saving Time or not, for me is always a red flag that you're an insufferable pedant.
What, was the backup data center on the floor directly below the primary data center?
If I had to guess, either they did something that stupid or they didn't properly test their failover procedures or their backup data center, and either one or both of those things turned out to be inadequate.
3: WEAK INFRASTRUCTRUCTURE
It's good to see that you've provided redundancy for the "TRUC" part of your infrastructure, but I'm concerned about the rest of it.
While she's undoubtedly not very intelligent, there's no evidence to suggest she's particularly promiscuous. Please edit and re-submit your rant accordingly.
You'll get a lot of decent answers
I'm not sure what site you think you're on, but this is Slashdot. Our answers are generally some variation of "don't do it" and "what are you, stupid? I said don't do it!"
It's quite simple really...the moon landing sites, due to insufficient resolution images of the surface available at the time, turned out to be in some pretty bad neighborhoods. The lunar rovers are probably up on blocks by now, completely stripped by Moon hooligans, and most of the other equipment has likely been stolen. Since NASA wants to send men back there, they're going to need to doctor those photos. Nobody will want to go to the moon if it's revealed what a ghetto it is.
And really, why won't those damn kids stay off your lawn?
My kids never got into Neopets, but they have been really into Webkinz for the past year or so. I like the way Webkinz handles things a lot better...there are no open areas where people can chat about just anything. They can chat in common rooms, but only by picking things to say out of a list. There is no possibility of sending links or other such nastiness.
Even sites that do have forums like Nick.com have moderators approve every post. I'm sure it's more expensive to run it that way, but I would think if your site is built to cater to young children, it's incumbent on you to either moderator-approve every posting like Nick does or limit postings to pre-approved phrases like Webkinz does. Anything else is just asking for trouble.
Anyone know last 1% isn't mapped? Is it just hard to access or is it part of a top secret organization?
It's Barbra Streisand's house.
You know all those flies that are always buzzing around you, landing briefly on your Cheeto-stained fingers? Now they can help you tell time!
Seriously, these things were made for the '80s! Back then, you needed your friends to help you put on your pants because they were so tight! If you ate too much during the day, you would need the paramedics to cut you out of your pants at night! You could clip a brick of lead to your belt loop and your pants would remain firmly in place.
Cassette tapes obviously aren't as vulnerable to scratching, but I don't know if "durable" is a word I would use. I spent many a tedious hour winding a tape back onto the spool after having a tape player spew it out everywhere, being careful not to crease it at any point, else it might catch in another player's mechanism and either unwind again or just break. The sound quality also noticeably degraded after the tape was played several times, and reproductions were incredibly lossy. And God help you if you left one in a hot car.
I had a friend with an 8 track player in his Gremlin in High School. In 1994. It was not a chick magnet.
I have an account at rocketmail.com, but I never get my email by rockets. I'm disappointed now.
Of course you don't, sending rockets to individual users would be cost prohibitive, not to mention really bad for your lawn. No, rocketmail actually only uses rockets to deliver mail between them and your ISP.
Under the old boss, the EPA was accused of quashing reports on climate change made by climatologists. Now, they're accused of quashing reports on climate change made by economists. There's a fundamental difference there.