What do you think of this? He want to put readers in all computers that you have to login to with your goverment issued ID before you can get on the net.
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107_2-5147158.html
COMMENTARY--After Howard Dean's unexpected defeat last week in Iowa, public attention has focused on his temper, his character, and that guttural Tyrannosaurus bellow of his not-quite-a-concession speech. But Dean's views on Americans' privacy rights may be a superior test of his fitness to be president.
Dean's current stand on privacy appears to leave little wiggle room: His campaign platform pledges unwavering support for "the constitutional principles of equality, liberty and privacy."
Fifteen months before Dean said he would seek the presidency, however, the former Vermont governor spoke at a conference in Pittsburgh co-sponsored by smart-card firm Wave Systems where he called for state drivers' licenses to be transformed into a kind of standardized national ID card for Americans. Embedding smart cards into uniform IDs was necessary to thwart "cyberterrorism" and identity theft, Dean claimed. "We must move to smarter license cards that carry secure digital information that can be universally read at vital checkpoints," Dean said in March 2002, according to a copy of his prepared remarks. "Issuing such a card would have little effect on the privacy of Americans."
Dean also suggested that computer makers such as Apple Computer, Dell, Gateway and Sony should be required to include an ID card reader in PCs--and Americans would have to insert their uniform IDs into the reader before they could log on. "One state's smart-card driver's license must be identifiable by another state's card reader," Dean said. "It must also be easily commercialized by the private sector and included in all PCs over time--making the Internet safer and more secure."
The presidential hopeful offered few details about his radical proposal. "On the Internet, this card will confirm all the information required to gain access to a state (government) network--while also barring anyone who isn't legal age from entering an adult chat room, making the Internet safer for our children, or prevent adults from entering a children's chat room and preying on our kids...Many new computer systems are being created with card reader technology. Older computers can add this feature for very little money," Dean said.
There's probably a good reason why Dean spoke so vaguely: It's unclear how such a system would work in practice. Must Internet cafes include uniform ID card readers on public computers? Would existing computers have to be retrofitted? Would tourists be prohibited from bringing laptops unless they sported uniform ID readers? What about Unix shell accounts? How did a politician who is said to be Internet-savvy concoct this scheme?
Perhaps most importantly, does Dean still want to forcibly implant all of our computers with uniform ID readers?
Unfortunately, Dean's presidential campaign won't answer any of those questions. I've tried six times since Jan. 16 to get a response, and all the press office will say is they've "forwarded it on to our policy folks." And the policy shop isn't talking.
Then there are the privacy questions. To curry favor among the progressive types who form the backbone of his campaign, Dean has positioned himself as a left-of-center civil libertarian. He's guest-blogged for progressive doyen Larry Lessig, embraced the Brady Bill and affirmative action, told audiences on the campaign trail that the Bush administration has "compromised our freedoms in the name of fighting terrorism," and pledged to repeal parts of the USA Patriot Act.
It's difficult to reconcile Dean's current statements with his recent support--less than two years ago--for what amounts to a national ID card and a likely reduction in Americans' privacy. "Privacy is the new urban myth," Dean said in that March 2002 speech.
"I know of no other Democratic candidate who has this v
About your point C (and this doesn't apply to you, I am talking about companies in general) you should know that the only place that companies like for you to telecommute from is India! Get with the program!
Well, that is all we do know, that it landed. It will be sometime before we know if it is ok. And a/. discussion about the landing would be rather boring with nothing to talk about.
Those jobs are earmarked for the new blue-card workers that Bush is creating. You know an unlimited H1B like program with no limits on wages or # allowed?
Two things. One, it is more than just a few cents off, they jack the price up 25% or more (on some/most items) if you don't have the card. Two, just sign up for the card with fake info, they never check.
And if pigs had wings they could fly with out the assistance of explosives. Read the Constitution and you will find that we are not a republic and the majority of the states elect the president not the majority of the people. And the interest of those in the cities is vastly different those those in less populated areas.
I do not know what type they use but they have some sort of highpowered version that they use in the new Walmart Super Centers. The will work for about 1/2 mile around the building and everywhere inside.
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What do you think of this? He want to put readers in all computers that you have to login to with your goverment issued ID before you can get on the net.
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107_2-5147158.html
COMMENTARY--After Howard Dean's unexpected defeat last week in Iowa, public attention has focused on his temper, his character, and that guttural Tyrannosaurus bellow of his not-quite-a-concession speech. But Dean's views on Americans' privacy rights may be a superior test of his fitness to be president.
Dean's current stand on privacy appears to leave little wiggle room: His campaign platform pledges unwavering support for "the constitutional principles of equality, liberty and privacy."
Fifteen months before Dean said he would seek the presidency, however, the former Vermont governor spoke at a conference in Pittsburgh co-sponsored by smart-card firm Wave Systems where he called for state drivers' licenses to be transformed into a kind of standardized national ID card for Americans. Embedding smart cards into uniform IDs was necessary to thwart "cyberterrorism" and identity theft, Dean claimed. "We must move to smarter license cards that carry secure digital information that can be universally read at vital checkpoints," Dean said in March 2002, according to a copy of his prepared remarks. "Issuing such a card would have little effect on the privacy of Americans."
Dean also suggested that computer makers such as Apple Computer, Dell, Gateway and Sony should be required to include an ID card reader in PCs--and Americans would have to insert their uniform IDs into the reader before they could log on. "One state's smart-card driver's license must be identifiable by another state's card reader," Dean said. "It must also be easily commercialized by the private sector and included in all PCs over time--making the Internet safer and more secure."
The presidential hopeful offered few details about his radical proposal. "On the Internet, this card will confirm all the information required to gain access to a state (government) network--while also barring anyone who isn't legal age from entering an adult chat room, making the Internet safer for our children, or prevent adults from entering a children's chat room and preying on our kids...Many new computer systems are being created with card reader technology. Older computers can add this feature for very little money," Dean said.
There's probably a good reason why Dean spoke so vaguely: It's unclear how such a system would work in practice. Must Internet cafes include uniform ID card readers on public computers? Would existing computers have to be retrofitted? Would tourists be prohibited from bringing laptops unless they sported uniform ID readers? What about Unix shell accounts? How did a politician who is said to be Internet-savvy concoct this scheme?
Perhaps most importantly, does Dean still want to forcibly implant all of our computers with uniform ID readers?
Unfortunately, Dean's presidential campaign won't answer any of those questions. I've tried six times since Jan. 16 to get a response, and all the press office will say is they've "forwarded it on to our policy folks." And the policy shop isn't talking.
Then there are the privacy questions. To curry favor among the progressive types who form the backbone of his campaign, Dean has positioned himself as a left-of-center civil libertarian. He's guest-blogged for progressive doyen Larry Lessig, embraced the Brady Bill and affirmative action, told audiences on the campaign trail that the Bush administration has "compromised our freedoms in the name of fighting terrorism," and pledged to repeal parts of the USA Patriot Act.
It's difficult to reconcile Dean's current statements with his recent support--less than two years ago--for what amounts to a national ID card and a likely reduction in Americans' privacy. "Privacy is the new urban myth," Dean said in that March 2002 speech.
"I know of no other Democratic candidate who has this v
He has called for such things to be banned in the past, hasn't he?
0.86 millimeters = 0.0338582677 inches
That is 3/100 of an inch no 33/100 of an inch.
All the IRS would have to do is read /. and see that he doesn't edit the site. That would ruin his business expense right there!
One is a game the other is a human life. There is a difference.
Kill baby: Good
Video game: Bad
Sorry, but they have their priorities all fucked up.
About your point C (and this doesn't apply to you, I am talking about companies in general) you should know that the only place that companies like for you to telecommute from is India! Get with the program!
We trade with China.
Well, that is all we do know, that it landed. It will be sometime before we know if it is ok. And a /. discussion about the landing would be rather boring with nothing to talk about.
No. It's the first letters of my kids names. :->
If you would have just mentioned Ruby you would have had the trifecta of Languages that People Have To Fit Into Every Slashdot Post. LPHTFIESP.
Those jobs are earmarked for the new blue-card workers that Bush is creating. You know an unlimited H1B like program with no limits on wages or # allowed?
According to Bush, yes they can.
Don't ask me! I have been banned for moderating, since I started griping about the stupidity of buying a /. sub I haven't been able to mod.
/. sub.
As a matter of fact it started when some AC bought me a
I would like to thank you for you nice, even headed response. You make apple owners everywhere proud!
Anyone too stupid to do the research and find out what life is like in the Military before they join is stupid and the deserve what they get.
What is the name and web address of your company?
Sorry but RMS is too busy trying to force people to use UnFree doc licenses. Check my journal.
So what you are saying is GPL is best except in the case of your software when a dual license is best?
Please make up your fscking mind.
It doesn't take over your higher brain functions and make you ask questions about it in every forum you can like Python and Ruby.
That is a plus!
Two things. One, it is more than just a few cents off, they jack the price up 25% or more (on some/most items) if you don't have the card. Two, just sign up for the card with fake info, they never check.
And if pigs had wings they could fly with out the assistance of explosives. Read the Constitution and you will find that we are not a republic and the majority of the states elect the president not the majority of the people. And the interest of those in the cities is vastly different those those in less populated areas.
I do not know what type they use but they have some sort of highpowered version that they use in the new Walmart Super Centers. The will work for about 1/2 mile around the building and everywhere inside.
Because it stops the President from concentrating just on the Major Population centers and ignoring the rest of the country.
If we get rid of the EC than small states will not get a say in the Presidental election which is why we have the EC.