When you consider that I get a new Double-click cookie every time I start my browser, I think I accounted for a couple of thousand. (Netscape 4.X read-only cookie.txt file). Plus they couldn't tie it to my IP since I use a proxy. I'd say it's more like a quarter million actual unique browsers.
I agree, plus you aren't required to provide a social security number to get a drivers license in most states. I think I heard that Pennsylvania does (I could be wrong there, though), but no other state requires it. There is a space to enter your SS# on the form, but you don't have to put it in. I didn't put my SS# on my DL form and they didn't blink an eye over it.
Sure, people can go to some trouble to track things about you, but providing them an easy way to do it isn't smart.
I don't shop at stores requiring shopping cards and opt-out of every data-sharing option with all companies I deal with.
If this becomes mandatory, I suppose I'll just disappear.
Did you notice one Palistinian organization claimed responsibility for this action after the first two planes hit the WTC, but before the collapse. After everything else happened, they denied involvement in any of this. I'm sure they didn't do it and they realized what our response would (or should) be:
No holds barred.
Pave them over and make a parking lot.
To any country that stands in our way or says we shouldn't take such action, I say "Fsck You!"
Sorry, but you are NOT required by law to carry legal identification with you when in public OR to present it to any police officer who asks to see it. You are required to carry a driver's license IF you are driving. That's it. A local incident made the national news recently when a person asked various law enforcement officers in various jurisdictions how to file a complaint. One officer demanded to see identification, but the person refused. He was thrown in jail, but later released because he wasn't required to identify himself to an officer. Plus the public and other law enforcement agencies were demanding that he be fired. He wasn't, but I agree, he should have been.
My brother has an unfortunate similarity to a known criminal in another state. He was born on the same day and year and has the same (slightly unusual) spelling of his name. He is CONSTANTLY harrassed by police and other authorities. He was caught for speeding and was told by the cops that if their state had an extradition agreement with the other state, he'd be in handcuffs right then and there. He traveled out of the country for his honeymoon and was detained for a few hours at the airport. If he goes anywhere that he has to identify himself, the authorities attempt to detain him and there's nothing he can do about it. Informing one authority does nothing to stop others in other jurisdictions from stopping him.
Just imagine if this similarity was facial features. He wouldn't even have to identify himself. All he would have to do is show his face in public and he'd be arrested for no cause.
The difference between having the public see you or having a cop recognise you vs having the camera see you is that the camera will see EVERYTHING you do, EVERYWHERE you go. If a person, even a police officer did that, I'd have him arrested and charged with harrassment or stalking.
Plus just wait until they implement even more constitution ignoring laws like giving someone the finger. After all, it is offensive to the person on the receiving end and could incite a fight. Or how about when the camera sees you smoking. You know that smoking will be illegal in the United States in the next 20 years, right? Or how about taking apart your new hologram generator to see how it works. You're infringing on someone's intellectual property rights.
I don't see how secure this could be in the long run. Just imagine this scenario:
1. Thief gets his hands on a card.
2. Thief has card reader hooked to his computer.
3. Thief has gotten his hands on a piece of software that can act as the merchant.
4. Thief has another program that can reply to merchant program with PINs as the merchant program asks for it.
5. Thief now has a stolen card and the associated PIN.
Granted, a program like this would take some time to work, but I'm sure it can be cracked. Or if the card itself does the authentication, I can't see how that would be any tougher to crack.
I read the story and most of the patent. (My brain began to go numb and I had to stop.) I fail to see how this could be interpreted as a patent on software downloads. The way I read it, it's a patent on how store owners can send information regarding a product in their inventory to an interested shopper from the point of sale.
Any dispute relating in any way to your visit to Amazon.com or to products you purchase through Amazon.com shall be submitted to confidential arbitration in Seattle, Washington, except that, to the extent you have in any manner violated or threatened to violate Amazon.com's intellectual property rights, Amazon.com may seek injunctive or other appropriate relief in any state or federal court in the state of Washington, and you consent to exclusive jurisdiction and venue in such courts. Arbitration under this agreement shall be conducted under the rules then prevailing of the American Arbitration Association. The arbitrator's award shall be binding and may be entered as a judgment in any court of competent jurisdiction. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, no arbitration under this Agreement shall be joined to an arbitration involving any other party subject to this Agreement, whether through class arbitration proceedings or otherwise.
In other words, if you feel that Amazon wronged you, you agree to their form of arbitration. You can't sue them. If they feel you've wronged them, they can sue you. In addition, no class-action lawsuits allowed.
I have one email account that I give out ONLY to family and friends. I have NEVER given out that address to ANY business. I had NEVER received a single spam at that email address before.
Suddenly, I began receiving spam from Macromedia. I proceeded to follow their steps to remove my name from their spam list and continued to receive their spam.
I sent an email to their customer service department and they replied that they don't spam. That I HAD to have given them my email address.
Well, folks, I HADN'T! I went through their removal process a couple more times, then just added them to my email filter. I may continue to receive their spam. I just don't see it any more.
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Paper and pencil work worked fine in my voting booth. No confusion either.
Okay, so a voter made a mistake. The voter goes to the election official (BEFORE SUBMITTING HIS BALLOT!) and asks for a new ballot, just like the instructions say. If they refuse to give you a new ballot, you get the refusing person's name and head on up the chain of command until you get your ballot. It's your right, so they can't refuse.
If you make a mistake and don't realize it until after you submit your ballot, don't blame anyone but yourself. RTFI! Read your ballot! Pay attention to who you voted for! There's no way anyone can void your ballot once it's submitted. Chin up and decide to read your ballot and instructions more carefully next time.
What to do now? How about an re-vote, only in that county and ONLY those who voted in this election? At least at my polling place, I had to give my name and verify my address and sign beside my name. That book can tell them EXACTLY who voted last time and only those people can re-vote. If it isn't limited to those people, EVERYONE from that county will go and vote since it's so close.
Apparantly I profile as an extremely dishonest person (in their eyes).
I was stopped going out the door of a Best Buy after purchasing a $500 monitor. The bell didn't even go off. They just asked to see my receipt. I told them I didn't appreciate being treated like a thief and that next time I would say "No thanks" and just walk on by. One of the goons there said "I'LL stop you!" I talked to the manager and (against my better judgement) I told him I'd give them one more chance.
If they ask to search my bag, I tell them "No thank you" and continue walking. I also told him there were exactly two ways to get me to stop. One was for his goon to grab me and at that point I would insist on the police coming to the scene and I would press charges. The other was for them to accuse me of shoplifting, in which case I'd get them for false accusations, illegally detaining me, humiliation, libel etc...since I DO NOT STEAL
When I went in to that store next, and every time since, they don't check ANYONE'S bags any more. (unless they set off the buzzer) I was stopped at a competitor's store once since then. When asked, I turned around and said "Why?" The goon said "That's okay. Sorry to bother you, sir."
If harrassed and you know you're in the right, make it clear you won't put up with their bull.
Of course, they'll just make this software illegal like they did with DVD decrypting software. If you would have asked me five years ago if there would be a law against a piece of software, I never could have imagined it.
...with earth fungus/bacteria. We've already sent several probes which LANDED on Mars. I'm sure our cleaning of the spacecraft weren't 100% effective and there is (formerly Earth-) life on Mars right now.
If the Open Source community forces the issue and proves in court that Sun violated the license agreement, that will prove the legality of license agreements in software. This means that a company could place anything they wish into their license agreement and if you install it on your system, you would be held to it in court.
Now, I agree what Sun did was not in accordance with the license, but I don't think forcing the issue is the answer. I think chastising them without bringing the law in could make some see the light and make the switch to an Open Source OS.
...the cellular phone business. You sign up for service and get a free phone. The difference is that you don't get a free phone if you don't sign up for service. Once your contract is up, you can use the phone with someone else's service if you so choose. So, if we follow CueCat's business methodology, you could go to any cell phone business, ask for a phone and walk out with no obligation. The problem lies in CueCat's business model. It's no one's fault but their own that they didn't sign people up to the service when they got their barcode reader. They can't start adding restrictions when the person receiving the hardware didn't agree to anything in the first place.
I attempted to create a boot disk under WinME. The disk it creates has the path to run Windows from the C: drive. I then attempted to just sys a: and Windows refused. It said the only disk that can be sys'd is the C: drive. Dumbest thing I've seen in WinME
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When you consider that I get a new Double-click cookie every time I start my browser, I think I accounted for a couple of thousand. (Netscape 4.X read-only cookie.txt file). Plus they couldn't tie it to my IP since I use a proxy. I'd say it's more like a quarter million actual unique browsers.
I agree, plus you aren't required to provide a social security number to get a drivers license in most states. I think I heard that Pennsylvania does (I could be wrong there, though), but no other state requires it. There is a space to enter your SS# on the form, but you don't have to put it in. I didn't put my SS# on my DL form and they didn't blink an eye over it.
Sure, people can go to some trouble to track things about you, but providing them an easy way to do it isn't smart.
I don't shop at stores requiring shopping cards and opt-out of every data-sharing option with all companies I deal with.
If this becomes mandatory, I suppose I'll just disappear.
Did you notice one Palistinian organization claimed responsibility for this action after the first two planes hit the WTC, but before the collapse. After everything else happened, they denied involvement in any of this. I'm sure they didn't do it and they realized what our response would (or should) be:
No holds barred.
Pave them over and make a parking lot.
To any country that stands in our way or says we shouldn't take such action, I say "Fsck You!"
Sorry, but you are NOT required by law to carry legal identification with you when in public OR to present it to any police officer who asks to see it. You are required to carry a driver's license IF you are driving. That's it. A local incident made the national news recently when a person asked various law enforcement officers in various jurisdictions how to file a complaint. One officer demanded to see identification, but the person refused. He was thrown in jail, but later released because he wasn't required to identify himself to an officer. Plus the public and other law enforcement agencies were demanding that he be fired. He wasn't, but I agree, he should have been.
My brother has an unfortunate similarity to a known criminal in another state. He was born on the same day and year and has the same (slightly unusual) spelling of his name. He is CONSTANTLY harrassed by police and other authorities. He was caught for speeding and was told by the cops that if their state had an extradition agreement with the other state, he'd be in handcuffs right then and there. He traveled out of the country for his honeymoon and was detained for a few hours at the airport. If he goes anywhere that he has to identify himself, the authorities attempt to detain him and there's nothing he can do about it. Informing one authority does nothing to stop others in other jurisdictions from stopping him.
Just imagine if this similarity was facial features. He wouldn't even have to identify himself. All he would have to do is show his face in public and he'd be arrested for no cause.
The difference between having the public see you or having a cop recognise you vs having the camera see you is that the camera will see EVERYTHING you do, EVERYWHERE you go. If a person, even a police officer did that, I'd have him arrested and charged with harrassment or stalking.
Plus just wait until they implement even more constitution ignoring laws like giving someone the finger. After all, it is offensive to the person on the receiving end and could incite a fight. Or how about when the camera sees you smoking. You know that smoking will be illegal in the United States in the next 20 years, right? Or how about taking apart your new hologram generator to see how it works. You're infringing on someone's intellectual property rights.
Or maybe I'm rambling......I don't see how secure this could be in the long run. Just imagine this scenario:
1. Thief gets his hands on a card.
2. Thief has card reader hooked to his computer.
3. Thief has gotten his hands on a piece of software that can act as the merchant.
4. Thief has another program that can reply to merchant program with PINs as the merchant program asks for it.
5. Thief now has a stolen card and the associated PIN.
Granted, a program like this would take some time to work, but I'm sure it can be cracked. Or if the card itself does the authentication, I can't see how that would be any tougher to crack.
Or am I missing something?
I read the story and most of the patent. (My brain began to go numb and I had to stop.) I fail to see how this could be interpreted as a patent on software downloads. The way I read it, it's a patent on how store owners can send information regarding a product in their inventory to an interested shopper from the point of sale.
But first you must read their Conditions of Use:
DISPUTES
Any dispute relating in any way to your visit to Amazon.com or to products you purchase through Amazon.com shall be submitted to confidential arbitration in Seattle, Washington, except that, to the extent you have in any manner violated or threatened to violate Amazon.com's intellectual property rights, Amazon.com may seek injunctive or other appropriate relief in any state or federal court in the state of Washington, and you consent to exclusive jurisdiction and venue in such courts. Arbitration under this agreement shall be conducted under the rules then prevailing of the American Arbitration Association. The arbitrator's award shall be binding and may be entered as a judgment in any court of competent jurisdiction. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, no arbitration under this Agreement shall be joined to an arbitration involving any other party subject to this Agreement, whether through class arbitration proceedings or otherwise.
In other words, if you feel that Amazon wronged you, you agree to their form of arbitration. You can't sue them. If they feel you've wronged them, they can sue you. In addition, no class-action lawsuits allowed."when should the corporate veil be pierced for investors in a corporation that commits criminal acts?"
Shouldn't the investors/shareholders - who are the OWNERS be held responsible for the actions of the organization they are a part of?
VOTING shareholders should be held responsible. Anyone who can have their voice be heard at the meetings should be held accountable for their actions.
We meaning the population with the Slashdot mindset.
If GPL wins, the victory is obvious.
If GPL loses, that means that a click-through license is not enforcable.
Take your pick. I'll take either.
I have one email account that I give out ONLY to family and friends. I have NEVER given out that address to ANY business. I had NEVER received a single spam at that email address before.
Suddenly, I began receiving spam from Macromedia. I proceeded to follow their steps to remove my name from their spam list and continued to receive their spam.
I sent an email to their customer service department and they replied that they don't spam. That I HAD to have given them my email address.
Well, folks, I HADN'T! I went through their removal process a couple more times, then just added them to my email filter. I may continue to receive their spam. I just don't see it any more.
Isn't that called a "Blipvert"?
Except for the fact the the music/video is MEANT to be distributed. My private information was NEVER meant to be distributed.
If a file has the 'protected' bit set, you'll need a key to access it.
It should be a simple matter to run a file through a piece of software that will set and/or remove the 'protected' bit set.
Aw he11... for my comment, just recite Monty Python's "Four Scottsmen" skit.
Paper and pencil work worked fine in my voting booth. No confusion either.
Okay, so a voter made a mistake. The voter goes to the election official (BEFORE SUBMITTING HIS BALLOT!) and asks for a new ballot, just like the instructions say. If they refuse to give you a new ballot, you get the refusing person's name and head on up the chain of command until you get your ballot. It's your right, so they can't refuse.
If you make a mistake and don't realize it until after you submit your ballot, don't blame anyone but yourself. RTFI! Read your ballot! Pay attention to who you voted for! There's no way anyone can void your ballot once it's submitted. Chin up and decide to read your ballot and instructions more carefully next time.
What to do now? How about an re-vote, only in that county and ONLY those who voted in this election? At least at my polling place, I had to give my name and verify my address and sign beside my name. That book can tell them EXACTLY who voted last time and only those people can re-vote. If it isn't limited to those people, EVERYONE from that county will go and vote since it's so close.
Apparantly I profile as an extremely dishonest person (in their eyes).
I was stopped going out the door of a Best Buy after purchasing a $500 monitor. The bell didn't even go off. They just asked to see my receipt. I told them I didn't appreciate being treated like a thief and that next time I would say "No thanks" and just walk on by. One of the goons there said "I'LL stop you!" I talked to the manager and (against my better judgement) I told him I'd give them one more chance.
If they ask to search my bag, I tell them "No thank you" and continue walking. I also told him there were exactly two ways to get me to stop. One was for his goon to grab me and at that point I would insist on the police coming to the scene and I would press charges. The other was for them to accuse me of shoplifting, in which case I'd get them for false accusations, illegally detaining me, humiliation, libel etc...since I DO NOT STEAL
When I went in to that store next, and every time since, they don't check ANYONE'S bags any more. (unless they set off the buzzer) I was stopped at a competitor's store once since then. When asked, I turned around and said "Why?" The goon said "That's okay. Sorry to bother you, sir."
If harrassed and you know you're in the right, make it clear you won't put up with their bull.
Of course, they'll just make this software illegal like they did with DVD decrypting software. If you would have asked me five years ago if there would be a law against a piece of software, I never could have imagined it.
...with earth fungus/bacteria. We've already sent several probes which LANDED on Mars. I'm sure our cleaning of the spacecraft weren't 100% effective and there is (formerly Earth-) life on Mars right now.
If the Open Source community forces the issue and proves in court that Sun violated the license agreement, that will prove the legality of license agreements in software. This means that a company could place anything they wish into their license agreement and if you install it on your system, you would be held to it in court.
Now, I agree what Sun did was not in accordance with the license, but I don't think forcing the issue is the answer. I think chastising them without bringing the law in could make some see the light and make the switch to an Open Source OS.
...the cellular phone business. You sign up for service and get a free phone. The difference is that you don't get a free phone if you don't sign up for service. Once your contract is up, you can use the phone with someone else's service if you so choose. So, if we follow CueCat's business methodology, you could go to any cell phone business, ask for a phone and walk out with no obligation. The problem lies in CueCat's business model. It's no one's fault but their own that they didn't sign people up to the service when they got their barcode reader. They can't start adding restrictions when the person receiving the hardware didn't agree to anything in the first place.
Between an exploding torpedo and the Kursk.
Just use the cyberphunk/cyberphunk logon. No more demographics.
I attempted to create a boot disk under WinME. The disk it creates has the path to run Windows from the C: drive. I then attempted to just sys a: and Windows refused. It said the only disk that can be sys'd is the C: drive. Dumbest thing I've seen in WinME