Did it ever occur to you that maybe some people are anti movie-industry but that some people are pro movie-industry? Did it occur to you that slashdot is run by an entire community?
There isn't one voice, there isn't one agenda, and lumping everyone into a "slashdot crowd" is an overgeneralization. Slashdot presents stories that it's readers have found to be interesting. It's not some plutocracy deciding what we should be reading and thinking.
"Georgy Russell is a Software Engineer who works at VERITAS Software in the Advanced Technology Group. She graduated with honors in Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley in 1999."
"As a progressive, Georgy sees fairness as the underlying tenet which should frame decision making in California."
Taxes: Taxes like that means you (as a company) have to open your books to the government. While large companies do this all the time, it's a lot harder for small companies and sole proprieterships to keep records that detailed.
Gay Marriage: Is it better to have two loving parents or one parent with a shifting father/mother? Personally, I'd think a stable family is more important than their sexual preference.
Drugs: Exactly, drug problems aren't caused by drugs, they're caused by drug *money*.
Remember that those sig's aren't to recall davis. All they do is get the item on the ballot. Those 28 million voters who didn't sign the petition could simply vote "no" for the "recall davis?" question.
Using Tiny actually puts you more at risk: PFExploit.c due to a buffer overflow bug. Tiny is no longer issuing updates, but they gave/sold the source code to Kerio who is now offering the same product (same source code) with patches with Kerio Personal Firewall
Also remember that the strength of your personal firewall is only as good as the rules you set. You can easily open your computer by accidentally allowing too much traffic through.
We're recalling Davis not because there were power outages, but because he let the power companies (enron) screw us out of hundreds of millions of dollars and did nothing to fix the problem. he just bent over and gave them the money. Our money.
If you want to watch the MSNBC web feed without using their crappy IE popup, use media player to open http://a1181.l882824180.c8828.g.lm.akamaistr eam.ne t/D/1181/8828/v0001/reflector:23180
Of course, sometimes us experts call them up and spend an hour diagnosing the problem only to find out that I had uh, transposed two letters when I wrote down my user name...
Have you seen the movie Minority Report? They don't have to have a few centralized scanners that can scan a whole city, they need millions of small ones deployed at every hallway, every intersection, every supermarket. I don't doubt that the processing power needed to correlate all that would be substantial, but our computers are getting faster and faster every day.
Apparently you haven't heard of Catalina Marketing... They're one of the companies behind those store cards that get you discounts. In return for getting that discount, you're letting them put your buying habits into a giant database (250 million transactions per week for Catalina). It's already tied to who you are, and it already tracks what you've bought and when and where. The government doesn't have to get a search warrant for every store you visit, they just need one for the giant corporation that collects all that info from its clients.
I'm sure they can come up with an algorithm for when you sell/give something. Say you're always carrying 15 RFID's at a time, if one of those shows up on another person then it'll get flagged as being shared.
The more you think they can't do it, the more they're able to do it without you noticing.
Dual Monitor support is #1 for me. After getting used to two or three monitors on windows I just can't go back. Also start-menu editing in RedHat should be *possible*.
A lot of it depends on how they develop it. For example, the UPS system is good - you can track where a package is in the system and estimate when it will arrive. The USPS should do something similar.
The potential problems are: 1) You don't know your tracking number unless you send it from the post office. 2) The government can now automate "who sent letters to x, ever?"
I don't see this really helping in terrorism prevention though, the post office already stamps the letter with the first office it goes through, and the routing is static between offices...
1) How to avoid identity theft on the web (don't sign up for stuff using your real info) 2) How to combat spam (don't sign up for stuff using your real info; use filters) 3) How to avoid spyware (don't click on banner ads; use ad-filtering software; don't install file sharing or useless stuff like cursor/theme changers)
You could offer stuff like "How to pirate software and not get caught" but hopefully people would have enough of a clue to not sign up for a class about that...
Heh, one time I swore the guy calling was a recording, so I hit # on the phone, thinking it might skip the message or do something. The guy pauses, then continues. So I hit it again, he says "Hello?" and then eventually hangs up.
Kind of funny, even when he said "hello" it sounded like a recording.
Is it illegal to offer to share something copyrighted, or is it only illegal if you go through with a transaction?
For example, if I set up a table with a photocopier and some copyrighted books on it, and a sign that said "free copies", is it illegal to have the table set up or is it only a crime once someone actually makes a copy?
If it's legal to have the table, but not perform the act, then RIAA will have to prove that someone else participated in the crime. (I think)
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Okay, so should we outlaw divorce then? How many people are currently being raised by single parents?
We've already got a problem with the family, having two stable parents (no matter what their gender) is a good thing.
Did it ever occur to you that maybe some people are anti movie-industry but that some people are pro movie-industry? Did it occur to you that slashdot is run by an entire community?
There isn't one voice, there isn't one agenda, and lumping everyone into a "slashdot crowd" is an overgeneralization. Slashdot presents stories that it's readers have found to be interesting. It's not some plutocracy deciding what we should be reading and thinking.
About Georgy: http://www.georgyforgov.com/
"Georgy Russell is a Software Engineer who works at VERITAS Software in the Advanced Technology Group. She graduated with honors in Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley in 1999."
"As a progressive, Georgy sees fairness as the underlying tenet which should frame decision making in California."
Death penalty: What if you were innocent?
Taxes: Taxes like that means you (as a company) have to open your books to the government. While large companies do this all the time, it's a lot harder for small companies and sole proprieterships to keep records that detailed.
Gay Marriage: Is it better to have two loving parents or one parent with a shifting father/mother? Personally, I'd think a stable family is more important than their sexual preference.
Drugs: Exactly, drug problems aren't caused by drugs, they're caused by drug *money*.
Remember that those sig's aren't to recall davis. All they do is get the item on the ballot. Those 28 million voters who didn't sign the petition could simply vote "no" for the "recall davis?" question.
Using Tiny actually puts you more at risk: PFExploit.c due to a buffer overflow bug. Tiny is no longer issuing updates, but they gave/sold the source code to Kerio who is now offering the same product (same source code) with patches with Kerio Personal Firewall
Also remember that the strength of your personal firewall is only as good as the rules you set. You can easily open your computer by accidentally allowing too much traffic through.
I'd vote for it :)
*I* didn't, the millions of sheep did. :)
We're recalling Davis not because there were power outages, but because he let the power companies (enron) screw us out of hundreds of millions of dollars and did nothing to fix the problem. he just bent over and gave them the money. Our money.
If you want to watch the MSNBC web feed without using their crappy IE popup, use media player to openr eam.ne t/D/1181/8828/v0001/reflector:23180
http://a1181.l882824180.c8828.g.lm.akamaist
(no spaces in there)
Of course, sometimes us experts call them up and spend an hour diagnosing the problem only to find out that I had uh, transposed two letters when I wrote down my user name...
Have you seen the movie Minority Report? They don't have to have a few centralized scanners that can scan a whole city, they need millions of small ones deployed at every hallway, every intersection, every supermarket. I don't doubt that the processing power needed to correlate all that would be substantial, but our computers are getting faster and faster every day.
Apparently you haven't heard of Catalina Marketing... They're one of the companies behind those store cards that get you discounts. In return for getting that discount, you're letting them put your buying habits into a giant database (250 million transactions per week for Catalina). It's already tied to who you are, and it already tracks what you've bought and when and where. The government doesn't have to get a search warrant for every store you visit, they just need one for the giant corporation that collects all that info from its clients.
I'm sure they can come up with an algorithm for when you sell/give something. Say you're always carrying 15 RFID's at a time, if one of those shows up on another person then it'll get flagged as being shared.
The more you think they can't do it, the more they're able to do it without you noticing.
Privacy is not a crime.
Dual Monitor support is #1 for me. After getting used to two or three monitors on windows I just can't go back. Also start-menu editing in RedHat should be *possible*.
A lot of it depends on how they develop it. For example, the UPS system is good - you can track where a package is in the system and estimate when it will arrive. The USPS should do something similar.
The potential problems are:
1) You don't know your tracking number unless you send it from the post office.
2) The government can now automate "who sent letters to x, ever?"
I don't see this really helping in terrorism prevention though, the post office already stamps the letter with the first office it goes through, and the routing is static between offices...
Well, it was uphill, and it was cold and rainy on the mountainside. And they did win :)
Assembly isn't a lan party, it's a demo's and programming party.
1) How to avoid identity theft on the web (don't sign up for stuff using your real info)
2) How to combat spam (don't sign up for stuff using your real info; use filters)
3) How to avoid spyware (don't click on banner ads; use ad-filtering software; don't install file sharing or useless stuff like cursor/theme changers)
You could offer stuff like "How to pirate software and not get caught" but hopefully people would have enough of a clue to not sign up for a class about that...
Kallahar
Heh, one time I swore the guy calling was a recording, so I hit # on the phone, thinking it might skip the message or do something. The guy pauses, then continues. So I hit it again, he says "Hello?" and then eventually hangs up.
Kind of funny, even when he said "hello" it sounded like a recording.
Kallahar
Isn't it more like:
"The upcoming boom in automobiles is likely to fail unless we install ignition and door locks on all cars to inhibit theft."
Not really, they can be hardware based. KeyKatcher
Kallahar
Very interesting, and I like your analogy. why the hell did you get -1 flamebait?
:)
Oh, maybe the RIAA has slashdot users with mod powers
Is it illegal to offer to share something copyrighted, or is it only illegal if you go through with a transaction?
For example, if I set up a table with a photocopier and some copyrighted books on it, and a sign that said "free copies", is it illegal to have the table set up or is it only a crime once someone actually makes a copy?
If it's legal to have the table, but not perform the act, then RIAA will have to prove that someone else participated in the crime. (I think)
Check out Sutro Tower too, you can see the entire bay on a clear day, and there's a great viewing area at the top of the hill.
NAT. You get to reuse the IP's! Imagine that!