I would argue differently. I believe that it is time that government recognized that last mile broadband service is the electronic equivalent of the local road system. In other words, a service best provided by state and local governments and paid for by state and local taxes.
And for all the knee-jerk Libertarians, yes this would open a huge avenue for government regulation of the Internet. Sorry, it was bound to happen sooner or later, and I'd rather it be the government doing the regulation than Verizon's Board of Directors. I at least have some ability to change the former.
SSL is great if you're talking to a web site, but if you are using a wireless network to access GniCash, Quicken, whatever off of a home file server, the information would be available as it transferred to the laptop by the file server. That's what WEP is supposed to prevent, and evidently, it doesn't.
I am having trouble finding where in the Constitution or Bill of Rights the government is givin the task of dolling out tax dollars to fund any medical research.
Taking it from the top:
We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
Skipping a bit to Article I, Section 8:
Section 8. The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States; but all duties, imposts and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;
Doesn't anybody actually read the source material anymore?
I've got to argue, what can you possibly have on a home network that needs to be encrypted?
Uhhh... all of my finances in GnuCash, maybe? Credit card and bank account numbers, you know, that sort of trivial stuff. Or do you post yours on your personal web site for the world to see?
Uhhh, not to rain on your parade or anything, but the AAMRAM (Air-to-Air Medium-Range Missile) is an air-to-air missle, the replacement for the AIM-7 Sparrow. It is highly unlikely that one would be fired at a ground target. I'm guessing it was something in the AGM series, possibly one of the many variations of the AGM-65 Maverick?
I don't think that the media needs your consent to take your picture. I think they do generally ask before they publish it, however. If they do have have to ask, maybe I need to sue the Washington Post for some of the 4th of July crowd shots that I know I'm in, somewhere...
As for the police, acts in public (which is where these cameras are) have no reasonable right to privacy and no warrant is required for a police stop and search. Also, the information they are matching against is a database of individuals who have warrants against them, essentially an electronic version of the wanted posters down at the post office.
This is creepy as hell and the potential for abuse is huge, but I don't think we can do much to touch the legality of these devices short of passing laws that make them illegal. If you live in an area that wants to install these and are opposed, vote accordingly.
By the way, the unemployment rate here in the US is figured on the basis of how many people are eligible for and seek government assistance, not how many people would take a job if there was one. This was done by the Clinton administration to prop up labor unions and help them bargain for higher pay.
Funny, my macro-econ professor told me this was the way that the US calculated unemployment, in 1985. I didn't realize that Clinton had invented a time machine and hypnotized Reagan.
I think there's also some evidence of the use of gravity and fear to kill. Start a stampede in the direction of the nearest cliff, watch [mammoths|wooly rhino|bison] fall off, climb down and have a feast.
This would be not be a very sustainable hunting model, since each killing event would probably produce more meat that could be consumed before spoilage occured. On the other hand, it might quickly lead to the local extinction of the animals that were hunted in this fashion, but I think that's the point of this article.
I have a DSL circuit through a Covad reseller. The single biggest hurdle to getting it turned on was having Verizon deliver the local loop. It took them 3 tries, and the circuit was delivered 4 weeks after the initial FOC date. It went something like this:
Attempt One: I wait at home all day for Verizon (then Hell Atlantic) employee to come by. He shows up at 4:30 and is confused because some of the paperwork says that my line is to be line-shared, and they're not yet letting CLECs sell that service (they hadn't lost the lawsuit yet.) I say I'll call the ISP and go inside to get my cell. He gets in his truck and drives off while my back is turned. He then files the call as "complete" but of course the line won't pass loop test, because the jackass didn't do anything.
Attempt the Second: I wait all day for technician who never shows up. He files a report that says he could not locate my residence. Evidently maps are beyond Verizon's ability. They also had a telephone number that I could be reached at, but apparently they've not heard of that newfangled invention, the telephone.
Attempt the Third: Was successful. this was good, since Verizon's employees went on strike the next week.
The Covad tech showed up on time and had me up and running in about an hour. The only issue I had with him was that he forgot his socket wrench set at the previous install and needed to borrow mine to get the NID open.
I'm happy with the DSL line, now that it is installed, but I truly wonder if all of these problems would have occurred if I'd ordered the Verizon package instead of the Covad one. I got the feeling that Verizon was sending the trainees out to deliver the CLEC loops, while sending the more competent (a relative term!) techs out to service Verizon customers.
A Summary of Cryptosystems Midway down the page, you will see that AT&T sold a commercial one-time telegraph. Search for Vernam.
I also believe that Walker sold US one-time keys to the Soviets, but I can't find a reference right now. And of course there is an entire book on the subject as well.
So, in your information campaign, you get your name out there, stressing what Good Guys you are for doing all this research and testing ("Our quality products meet the highest level of testing for your safety", blah blah blah), and "the extra dollars are for quality and continued service" blah blah blah.... just like jeans ads, only less sexy.
And then the patient's health insurer says "screw that humanitarian BS, buy the cheap pill. (or pay for the expensive one yourself.)" You and I choose what jeans we buy. We do not often get much of a choice in prescription medicines. The only way I see this working is to force the generic drug manufacturer to duplicate all of the clinical work that the original manufacturer performed. Of course, if that were the rule, there wouldn't be any generics.
This isn't to say that the current system is perfect, only that there is a complicated problem out there and no "simple" solution is likely to work.
I always thought the "allez cuisine" was a command to the chefs, essentially "to the kitchen!" Of course, there should probably be an article in there somewhere.
Seven years of French and I can't even ask how Monique's cat is anymore. (sigh)
I have an Alpha, I run Redhat 6.0 on it. It's shit. They know that. They've told me to upgrade.
(Which is precisely the attitude which people criticise MS for "just apply service pathc 79...".) 7.0 is already announced for Alpha. I don't know if I can trust them. They've sold me poop before...
But of course you can legally get 7.0 without paying RedHat a red cent, and if you are angry about the quality of 6.0 I suggest you do just that. Half the time with MS, it isn't a service pack, it's a whole new rev of the OS, which isn't free.
At least with RH, I don't pay to test beta-grade software that is released as version X.0.
I guess everybody's different, but the biggest reason I bought a VAIO was that it was the only ultralight that didn't have a fscking trackpoint! Those things make my index finger go to sleep.
I'll second what some other folks have said about the construction of the Sony laptops, though. I live in mortal fear of dropping the thing, despite the magnesium case. The battery connection in particular is very weak. The only explanation I have is that it was designed after the consumption of way too much sake.
I wonder if duct tape matches the color scheme. That would would make sure the battery stays in place!
Why not scrounge up a couple million, and make some scientists come up with a quick and dirty way to set Mir down on the Moon without breaking it too much. If they can set it down without breaking it, they will have shelter on the surface of the moon for future missions.
If it's going to cost $60 million to shove it a few hundred miles back to Earth (with a gravity assist even!). It's going to cost way more than that to move it a quarter of a million miles to the moon and soft-land it!
There were no CS degrees in the glory days of NASA.
The subcontractor for the Apollo computer software was the Math Department at MIT. They might have been called "applied mathematicians," but they were CS Majors in all but name. And they were pretty damned good, too. Re-writing Apollo 14's descent software in one orbit to overcome a piece of solder lodged in a sensor comes to mind, as does the heroics they had to go to adjust 13's programming to manuver the CSM/LM combo with the LM's guidance computer.
Try looking for Chariots for Apollo at your favorite bookstore. It's a good read, even if does scrimp a bit on the development of the Saturn V.
And Ghandi fired at police when they came to arrest him? My point was that MOVE was not "non-violent," not that they fired first. A non-violent group would not have had the weapons in the first place.
Did the Philly police handle the situation incorrectly? Should they have gotten in a heap of trouble for their actions? Were the citizens of Philly morons to re-elect Goode? You betcha. That doesn't mean that the MOVE folks were saints.
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I would argue differently. I believe that it is time that government recognized that last mile broadband service is the electronic equivalent of the local road system. In other words, a service best provided by state and local governments and paid for by state and local taxes.
And for all the knee-jerk Libertarians, yes this would open a huge avenue for government regulation of the Internet. Sorry, it was bound to happen sooner or later, and I'd rather it be the government doing the regulation than Verizon's Board of Directors. I at least have some ability to change the former.
SSL is great if you're talking to a web site, but if you are using a wireless network to access GniCash, Quicken, whatever off of a home file server, the information would be available as it transferred to the laptop by the file server. That's what WEP is supposed to prevent, and evidently, it doesn't.
Taking it from the top:
We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
Skipping a bit to Article I, Section 8:
Section 8. The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States; but all duties, imposts and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;
Doesn't anybody actually read the source material anymore?
Uhhh... all of my finances in GnuCash, maybe? Credit card and bank account numbers, you know, that sort of trivial stuff. Or do you post yours on your personal web site for the world to see?
Uhhh, not to rain on your parade or anything, but the AAMRAM (Air-to-Air Medium-Range Missile) is an air-to-air missle, the replacement for the AIM-7 Sparrow. It is highly unlikely that one would be fired at a ground target. I'm guessing it was something in the AGM series, possibly one of the many variations of the AGM-65 Maverick?
I don't think that the media needs your consent to take your picture. I think they do generally ask before they publish it, however. If they do have have to ask, maybe I need to sue the Washington Post for some of the 4th of July crowd shots that I know I'm in, somewhere...
As for the police, acts in public (which is where these cameras are) have no reasonable right to privacy and no warrant is required for a police stop and search. Also, the information they are matching against is a database of individuals who have warrants against them, essentially an electronic version of the wanted posters down at the post office.
This is creepy as hell and the potential for abuse is huge, but I don't think we can do much to touch the legality of these devices short of passing laws that make them illegal. If you live in an area that wants to install these and are opposed, vote accordingly.
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wagn'nagl dominos.
Funny, my macro-econ professor told me this was the way that the US calculated unemployment, in 1985. I didn't realize that Clinton had invented a time machine and hypnotized Reagan.
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wagn'nagl dominos.
This would be not be a very sustainable hunting model, since each killing event would probably produce more meat that could be consumed before spoilage occured. On the other hand, it might quickly lead to the local extinction of the animals that were hunted in this fashion, but I think that's the point of this article.
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wagn'nagl dominos.
The Covad tech showed up on time and had me up and running in about an hour. The only issue I had with him was that he forgot his socket wrench set at the previous install and needed to borrow mine to get the NID open.
I'm happy with the DSL line, now that it is installed, but I truly wonder if all of these problems would have occurred if I'd ordered the Verizon package instead of the Covad one. I got the feeling that Verizon was sending the trainees out to deliver the CLEC loops, while sending the more competent (a relative term!) techs out to service Verizon customers.
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wagn'nagl dominos.
Bzzzt. Thank you for playing
References:I also believe that Walker sold US one-time keys to the Soviets, but I can't find a reference right now. And of course there is an entire book on the subject as well.
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wagn'nagl dominos.
Now don't get me wrong, emacs is my editor of choice, but calling it "small" makes me wonder what you consider "big."
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wagn'nagl dominos.
And then the patient's health insurer says "screw that humanitarian BS, buy the cheap pill. (or pay for the expensive one yourself.)" You and I choose what jeans we buy. We do not often get much of a choice in prescription medicines. The only way I see this working is to force the generic drug manufacturer to duplicate all of the clinical work that the original manufacturer performed. Of course, if that were the rule, there wouldn't be any generics.
This isn't to say that the current system is perfect, only that there is a complicated problem out there and no "simple" solution is likely to work.
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wagn'nagl dominos.
Seven years of French and I can't even ask how Monique's cat is anymore. (sigh)
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wagn'nagl dominos.
You mean like Adobe's lawyers?
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wagn'nagl dominos.
But of course you can legally get 7.0 without paying RedHat a red cent, and if you are angry about the quality of 6.0 I suggest you do just that. Half the time with MS, it isn't a service pack, it's a whole new rev of the OS, which isn't free.
At least with RH, I don't pay to test beta-grade software that is released as version X.0.
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wagn'nagl dominos.
I'll second what some other folks have said about the construction of the Sony laptops, though. I live in mortal fear of dropping the thing, despite the magnesium case. The battery connection in particular is very weak. The only explanation I have is that it was designed after the consumption of way too much sake.
I wonder if duct tape matches the color scheme. That would would make sure the battery stays in place!
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wagn'nagl dominos.
If it's going to cost $60 million to shove it a few hundred miles back to Earth (with a gravity assist even!). It's going to cost way more than that to move it a quarter of a million miles to the moon and soft-land it!
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wagn'nagl dominos.
Postage Due.
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wagn'nagl dominos.
Posting before the first cup of coffee is unwise! The last sentence should read:
I guess HTML needs a <JOKE> tag to go along with the <RANT> tag that Alan Cox has been calling for.
Now for more caffeine!
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wagn'nagl dominos.
I found the idea that someone could completely review a product in ten minutes quite funny and at about the same quality as the average ZDNet review.
I guess HTML needs a tag to go along with the tag that Alan Cox has been calling for.
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wagn'nagl dominos.
Let me guess. You're a reviewer for ZDNet, right?
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wagn'nagl dominos.
There were no CS degrees in the glory days of NASA.
The subcontractor for the Apollo computer software was the Math Department at MIT. They might have been called "applied mathematicians," but they were CS Majors in all but name. And they were pretty damned good, too. Re-writing Apollo 14's descent software in one orbit to overcome a piece of solder lodged in a sensor comes to mind, as does the heroics they had to go to adjust 13's programming to manuver the CSM/LM combo with the LM's guidance computer.
Try looking for Chariots for Apollo at your favorite bookstore. It's a good read, even if does scrimp a bit on the development of the Saturn V.
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wagn'nagl dominos.
I don't believe that Artistic Impression is of a British probe.
I mean, where is the mahogany casing, and the brass handles.
But I bet it leaks oil!
($me = "A former MG owner")
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wagn'nagl dominos.
And Ghandi fired at police when they came to arrest him? My point was that MOVE was not "non-violent," not that they fired first. A non-violent group would not have had the weapons in the first place.
Did the Philly police handle the situation incorrectly? Should they have gotten in a heap of trouble for their actions? Were the citizens of Philly morons to re-elect Goode? You betcha. That doesn't mean that the MOVE folks were saints.
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wagn'nagl dominos.
I remember well enough that the "non-violent" MOVE radicals had automatic weapons and were firing at the police.
Nonviolent? I don't think that that word means what you think it means.
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wagn'nagl dominos.