I agree with your point, but I think the remark cited by the parent post was clearly a joke, in the spirit of "If it looks like a duck and walks like a duck..."
We all know that Bush is not always an eloquent man, but the habit by Bush haters of criticizing even jokes and witicisms is moronic.
Thinking jobs that require creativity and new ideas to problem solving don't seem to work well in a military setting.
How incredibly wrong you are! Creative people with new ideas excel in today's military. Entire units, and even entire bases, exist to try new things in a "laboratory" setting (in quotes because sometimes the lab is a muddy forest!) If you were in the military, and I mean no disrespect when I say it sounds like you weren't, then you obviously had the misfortune to have a short and dull career. Such an experience, and the resulting attitude, is like working at JPL for a year and complaining that all you got to do was install hard drives. And if you're talking about developing new equipment, then yes, of course, not much of that is done in the military. They are the end users for the most part. Duh?
the US Army was the least screwed up of any organization I've worked for
Man, it's nice to hear someone say that. I spent 10 years in the Marine Corps, and while I experienced my share of bafoonery, all in all I'd say things ran pretty friggin well...most people worked hard and most bosses took care of their people.
...my experience says mostly that there is little difference in work environment.
I'm self employed now, but my wife works for the federal government. She's been enduring some really stupid stuff lately, and has talked about leaving for a private sector job. I said fine, if you want to leave then leave, but regardless of where you work, your boss will always be a knucklehead and your co-workers will always play politics (not that I'm so negative, but those are the complaints that bubble to the surface over time, and can start to outweigh the good.)
I don't have the pictures in front of me right now, but two buildings in the MIT picture are mirror images of two buildings in the original. I mean exact copies. Plus, notice the formation of jets flying overhead in both the MIT picture and the original.
Anyone who looks at the two works can plainly see that portions of the original were copied. The whole purpose of a jury is to make rational judgements without having to quantify everything in statutes. There is no need to have some sort of objective litmus test. And by the way, I'm not an expert in the matter, but the '5 word' definition seems a bit simlpistic to me. If you heard it in primary school, perhaps it was just a simple guideline given to students to help them rip their reports from encyclopaedias (that's what we used before the internet.) I find it very hard to believe that I can simply rewrite every fifth word of somebody else's work and publish it without fear of legal action.
My God! You don't see any difference between computers connected to a public network and papers locked behind people's closed doors?
Yes, there is a difference, but I think all the analogies relating to house-breaking are legitimate.
You seem to be implying that being connected to the public network means that you have less right to privacy and security. But the connection to the public network is for the owner's own use, or the use of others on the terms of the owners. The public connection is analogous to the sidewalk and driveway in front of your house..the fact that those paths exist doesn't give anyone the right to walk up them and through your (inadequately) locked front door.
I suspect that this term was misused by the media. Documents in the civilian world are frequently referred to as "confidential," but in the military this is an actual level of classification. If the documents were truly confidential, then someone does need to go to the brig. But I doubt that they were.
Although I suspect that we are on opposite sides of this issue, I do think that your analogy is mostly correct. But you need to add the fact that you sat down at several of the desks, opened the files, and read them for a few hours. Loan agreements, account records, etc.
Prosecution is completely appropriate. Let's not forget that the "seriousness" of the actual offense should be reflected in the sentence, eg. a fine and a few weeks in jail rather than years in the slammer.
a friend of mine runs a business that collects old monitors and circuit boards and send them overseas, where they are dismantled/refurbished/whatever. I think they go to Asia or someplace like that.
It's a great deal, because he gets paid to get rid of them, and the foreigners get paid to dispose of them. Sort of like an international Goodwill. It's a nice feeling to know that you can help someone who wouldn't otherwise have a job, and it also helps keep the environment clean over here.
I'm not even sure if a G-suit would keep you from blacking out.
Generally speaking, g-suits are designed to protect you from g's that press you down into your seat, in a turn for instance, not g's that press you into the back of your seat. G's from lateral acceleration, as would be experienced on this scramjet, would be unlikely to cause unconsciousness because blood is not being drained from the heads of the passengers. It would still be mighty uncomfortable, though.
I think it's more likely the fault of increased arsenic levels in our drinking water.
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I received two pieces of spam from Daimler Chrysler. They were addressed to a throwaway account I had set up to register at a single forum-type website. I never used the account for any purpose other than posting a few notes to that one site. I have never owned a Daimler Chrysler vehicle, nor have I ever had any contact with them in any manner whatsoever. Some relevent excerpts: (note the last paragraph)(my bold)
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On behalf of Chrysler, you and a guest are invited to attend a special VIP screening of Universal Pictures' "The Bourne Identity" starring Matt Damon, directed by Doug Liman. So be sure to save the date!
In addition, the 5 winning Extreme films from the Chrysler Million Dollar Film Festival will be shown. These 5-minute Extreme films, which feature the all-new Crossfire and the dynamic PT Cruiser, were recently premiered at the Cannes Film Festival.
If you would like to receive product information on any of our Chrysler products, please visit: http://daimlerchrysler.bfi0.com/Y5RT06DA3E D064B515 71
If you need to contact DaimlerChrysler directly regarding your current Chrysler vehicle, please visit: http://daimlerchrysler.bfi0.com/Y5RT06DA3E D164B515 71 or call our Customer Assistance Center at 1-800-992-1997.
This is a post-only mailing; please do not reply. You received this eMail because of your ownership of or expressed interest in Chrysler vehicles. If you do not wish to receive further eMail communications from Chrysler use the url below: http://daimlerchrysler.bfi0.com/Y5RT06DA3E D764B515 71
END QUOTE
I think this is a good example of a poorly informed marketing department at an otherwise respectable company.
That's not what he means. By "cleared" he means...
I believe the parent to your post is correct. If you sort the register by the "cleared" column, then the cleared balance will appear with the entry that contains the last cleared transaction. All balances shown after that will be based on uncleared transactions, eg. checks that have not been cashed.
Comcast, who forbid any use of VPN on "residential" service
My Comcast terms specify that I can't use my cable to connect a 'VPN Endpoint.' I'm not sure if that term has a technical definition, but to me it means that I can't have a VPN server awaiting connections. It doesn't seem to me that this would apply to using outgoing VPN, since there's not much difference between that and telnet or ftp.
The restrictions on running 'servers,' i.e. accepting multiple connections from anywhere on the Internet, seems like a [mostly] reasonable attempt to have a common-sense bandwidth limit. I would think that any type of OUTGOING traffic, initiated by me, should be OK, within reasonable limits. Of course, what seems reasonable to me may not seem reasonable to them, but if they're not going to allow an outgoing VPN connection, they might as well block everything but HTTP and POP, and call it a web and mail service.
I love a digital picture, especially when watching a movie. But one thing I've noticed with my Comcast digital box is that traditional channel surfing is painfully slow. Each channel seems to need a sync-up time lasting from a split second to a full second or two. This is especially annoying when I catch a glimpse of something interesting just as I'm changing channels, like a plane crash video or a blouse coming off. By the time I can switch back to the prior channel, I may have missed all the action.
My quesiton is this: will broadcast digital tv be like this? If so, I may rather stick to DVD for digital movies.
I guess those Houston police shouldn't bother prosecuting anyone who's crime doesn't rise to the level of the Enron looting. Priorities and all, you know.
that many people are confusing privacy with anonimity. If you want to have privacy, don't go to a public place. If you want your information private, don't post it on a website.
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I agree with your point, but I think the remark cited by the parent post was clearly a joke, in the spirit of "If it looks like a duck and walks like a duck..."
We all know that Bush is not always an eloquent man, but the habit by Bush haters of criticizing even jokes and witicisms is moronic.
No further comment required.
Thinking jobs that require creativity and new ideas to problem solving don't seem to work well in a military setting.
How incredibly wrong you are! Creative people with new ideas excel in today's military. Entire units, and even entire bases, exist to try new things in a "laboratory" setting (in quotes because sometimes the lab is a muddy forest!) If you were in the military, and I mean no disrespect when I say it sounds like you weren't, then you obviously had the misfortune to have a short and dull career. Such an experience, and the resulting attitude, is like working at JPL for a year and complaining that all you got to do was install hard drives. And if you're talking about developing new equipment, then yes, of course, not much of that is done in the military. They are the end users for the most part. Duh?
the US Army was the least screwed up of any organization I've worked for
...my experience says mostly that there is little difference in work environment.
Man, it's nice to hear someone say that. I spent 10 years in the Marine Corps, and while I experienced my share of bafoonery, all in all I'd say things ran pretty friggin well...most people worked hard and most bosses took care of their people.
I'm self employed now, but my wife works for the federal government. She's been enduring some really stupid stuff lately, and has talked about leaving for a private sector job. I said fine, if you want to leave then leave, but regardless of where you work, your boss will always be a knucklehead and your co-workers will always play politics (not that I'm so negative, but those are the complaints that bubble to the surface over time, and can start to outweigh the good.)
in order to have your opinion.
Read more about it here.
I don't have the pictures in front of me right now, but two buildings in the MIT picture are mirror images of two buildings in the original. I mean exact copies. Plus, notice the formation of jets flying overhead in both the MIT picture and the original.
Also, notice the formation of jets flying overhead. They are clearly visible in both the original and the copy.
Anyone who looks at the two works can plainly see that portions of the original were copied. The whole purpose of a jury is to make rational judgements without having to quantify everything in statutes. There is no need to have some sort of objective litmus test. And by the way, I'm not an expert in the matter, but the '5 word' definition seems a bit simlpistic to me. If you heard it in primary school, perhaps it was just a simple guideline given to students to help them rip their reports from encyclopaedias (that's what we used before the internet.) I find it very hard to believe that I can simply rewrite every fifth word of somebody else's work and publish it without fear of legal action.
No, my bad. Slashdot posted my synopsis verbatim...I messed up the width/length description.
My God! You don't see any difference between computers connected to a public network and papers locked behind people's closed doors?
Yes, there is a difference, but I think all the analogies relating to house-breaking are legitimate.
You seem to be implying that being connected to the public network means that you have less right to privacy and security. But the connection to the public network is for the owner's own use, or the use of others on the terms of the owners. The public connection is analogous to the sidewalk and driveway in front of your house..the fact that those paths exist doesn't give anyone the right to walk up them and through your (inadequately) locked front door.
I suspect that this term was misused by the media. Documents in the civilian world are frequently referred to as "confidential," but in the military this is an actual level of classification. If the documents were truly confidential, then someone does need to go to the brig. But I doubt that they were.
Although I suspect that we are on opposite sides of this issue, I do think that your analogy is mostly correct. But you need to add the fact that you sat down at several of the desks, opened the files, and read them for a few hours. Loan agreements, account records, etc.
Prosecution is completely appropriate. Let's not forget that the "seriousness" of the actual offense should be reflected in the sentence, eg. a fine and a few weeks in jail rather than years in the slammer.
a friend of mine runs a business that collects old monitors and circuit boards and send them overseas, where they are dismantled/refurbished/whatever. I think they go to Asia or someplace like that.
It's a great deal, because he gets paid to get rid of them, and the foreigners get paid to dispose of them. Sort of like an international Goodwill. It's a nice feeling to know that you can help someone who wouldn't otherwise have a job, and it also helps keep the environment clean over here.
Thanks folks. I'll be in town all week.
With luck maybe we'll be getting a piece of the pie when this is over.
The way these class action suits usually go, what you'll actually get is a coupon for $10 off the purchase of your next penis enlarger.
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So filter filters.
I'm not even sure if a G-suit would keep you from blacking out.
Generally speaking, g-suits are designed to protect you from g's that press you down into your seat, in a turn for instance, not g's that press you into the back of your seat. G's from lateral acceleration, as would be experienced on this scramjet, would be unlikely to cause unconsciousness because blood is not being drained from the heads of the passengers. It would still be mighty uncomfortable, though.
I think it's more likely the fault of increased arsenic levels in our drinking water.
I received two pieces of spam from Daimler Chrysler. They were addressed to a throwaway account I had set up to register at a single forum-type website. I never used the account for any purpose other than posting a few notes to that one site. I have never owned a Daimler Chrysler vehicle, nor have I ever had any contact with them in any manner whatsoever. Some relevent excerpts: (note the last paragraph)(my bold)
E D064B515 71
E D164B515 71
E D764B515 71
QUOTE
On behalf of Chrysler, you and a guest are invited to attend a
special VIP screening of Universal Pictures' "The Bourne
Identity" starring Matt Damon, directed by Doug Liman. So be sure
to save the date!
In addition, the 5 winning Extreme films from the Chrysler
Million Dollar Film Festival will be shown. These 5-minute
Extreme films, which feature the all-new Crossfire and the
dynamic PT Cruiser, were recently premiered at the Cannes Film
Festival.
If you would like to receive product information on any of our
Chrysler products, please visit:
http://daimlerchrysler.bfi0.com/Y5RT06DA3
If you need to contact DaimlerChrysler directly regarding your
current Chrysler vehicle, please visit:
http://daimlerchrysler.bfi0.com/Y5RT06DA3
or call our Customer Assistance Center at 1-800-992-1997.
This is a post-only mailing; please do not reply. You received
this eMail because of your ownership of or expressed interest in
Chrysler vehicles. If you do not wish to receive further eMail
communications from Chrysler use the url below:
http://daimlerchrysler.bfi0.com/Y5RT06DA3
END QUOTE
I think this is a good example of a poorly informed marketing department at an otherwise respectable company.
That's not what he means. By "cleared" he means...
I believe the parent to your post is correct. If you sort the register by the "cleared" column, then the cleared balance will appear with the entry that contains the last cleared transaction. All balances shown after that will be based on uncleared transactions, eg. checks that have not been cashed.
Comcast, who forbid any use of VPN on "residential" service
My Comcast terms specify that I can't use my cable to connect a 'VPN Endpoint.' I'm not sure if that term has a technical definition, but to me it means that I can't have a VPN server awaiting connections. It doesn't seem to me that this would apply to using outgoing VPN, since there's not much difference between that and telnet or ftp.
The restrictions on running 'servers,' i.e. accepting multiple connections from anywhere on the Internet, seems like a [mostly] reasonable attempt to have a common-sense bandwidth limit. I would think that any type of OUTGOING traffic, initiated by me, should be OK, within reasonable limits. Of course, what seems reasonable to me may not seem reasonable to them, but if they're not going to allow an outgoing VPN connection, they might as well block everything but HTTP and POP, and call it a web and mail service.
I love a digital picture, especially when watching a movie. But one thing I've noticed with my Comcast digital box is that traditional channel surfing is painfully slow. Each channel seems to need a sync-up time lasting from a split second to a full second or two. This is especially annoying when I catch a glimpse of something interesting just as I'm changing channels, like a plane crash video or a blouse coming off. By the time I can switch back to the prior channel, I may have missed all the action.
My quesiton is this: will broadcast digital tv be like this? If so, I may rather stick to DVD for digital movies.
I guess those Houston police shouldn't bother prosecuting anyone who's crime doesn't rise to the level of the Enron looting. Priorities and all, you know.
chose an example of crimes for which intent is built into the definition:
If there was intent, its murder...If it was an accident....
For various types of homicide, the crime is determined in part by intent. For illegal entry to a computer system, there is no such differentiation.
that many people are confusing privacy with anonimity. If you want to have privacy, don't go to a public place. If you want your information private, don't post it on a website.