Perhaps "Deleting Certain Files A DMCA Violation?" would be a better title.
This is the same misleading scheme used in the standard "Stupid Government Agency Says That If You Use [insert popular technology] You Are A Terrorist" headlines about specific cases or concerns involving criminal use of technology.
I understand the frustration with Vista, but come on, switch to Linux?! I've used all three versions of Linux, and I'll never use it again for two primary reasons: 1) Doesn't run Internet Explorer, and ) Not enough wizards to get stuff set up.
Don't even get me started on the lack of a Linux version of Weather Bug.
I wrestled with Myth for a few months back in about 2004, and finally gave up. It was never quite right with my modest hardware (I wanted to be fanless, so was somewhat speed-limited.) Then, about 18 months ago, I downloaded a KnoppMyth iso, and used it to boot the very same hardware. It did a semi-automatic Myth installation that worked flawlessly, and I've been using it ever since with no problems.
1. Drive around Arlington, VA (where the Pentagon is) and observe all the buildings with the names of defense contractors on them.
2. Say to yourself, "Everyone in all of these buildings understands that when they upload a file to the company server, it is available to anyone around the world."
- I flew into Osan (the base pictured in your links) many times in the 90's. The Patriot batteries were handy references to North.
- They had two Ford Mustangs that would drive alongside landing U-2's to catch the wing tips.
- I went there once and saw a U-2 nose down in a ditch, tail raised about 45 degrees. The pilot had ejected. It was a woman...not that that's relevant.
Don't forget the numerous admins who are forced to spend HOURS (not "little bits of time") dealing with spam, either fixing a problem caused by spam or trying to prevent one. This is real time and money that is being wasted on maggots like this guy.
It's a little obscure, but back when I was in flight school, I flew a jet that had an audio control header that controlled 6 or 8 audio sources that were piped into my headset and mic. Like a lot of gadgets today, this relied on just a few buttons and ONE knob to control everything...meaning that you had to cycle through some button pushing before the knob would be latched to the particular source whose volume you wanted to change. Let me tell you, a radio that starts blaring suddenly can be far past your eardrums and well into your brain before you can make it through the menu tree and turn it down.
A related annoyance is my current HP laptop, which has volume buttons that are apparently controlled by Windows. Which means that when I boot up, I can't do a damn thing with the volume until Windows is good and ready to let me. That's just wrong.
The summary didn't say the analysis was wrong...it said the conclusion was wrong. The summary claims, in effect, that these researchers proved that there was more than one gunman.
Let this be a lesson to you all that punctuation DOES matter! The excerpt does not prohibit anyone from "mentioning Google." What it does is prevent a person from releasing any "articles, advertising, publicity, or other matters" that mention Google. I think it is fair to interpret this as meaning any sort of "official" statement relating to Google. A blog post would probably be covered, unfortunately, but a chat with your friends on the weekend would not.
Regardless of the motive or the technical description, he admitted that he paid money to join a website that dealt in child porn. I would hardly call this being "falsely accused."
I didn't RTFA and don't really care much about this issue (I find the practice annoying, but I doubt it should be illegal, leaving me on the fence,) but I wonder how these legislators feel about the decades-old practice of selling cheap knockoffs out of stands with signs like "compare to RAYBAN," or "similar to CASIO." I've been seeing those for years.
Yes, we do have different interpretations of illegal search and siezure.
Two minor points before we agree to disagree:
if they suspect anyone of engaging in an illegal act they certainly have the right to get a warrant...
Ahhh, that's the easy part, isn't it? If you suspect a known person of wrongdoing, it is indeed easy to watch them and confirm or refute the suspicion. The tricky part is being able to find an unknown person who has committed an act that is a confirmed crime, as in the example I gave of blatant child porn. So a picture was uploaded...how do I find out who did it?
on the off chance that they may make something I've said or up/downloaded illegal.
Making something illegal after the fact is "ex post facto"...also prohibited by the Constitution. I'll assume that you don't really think that's what we're talking about here.
The law I referenced, mentioned in the article, related to another requirement for RECORD KEEPING to facilitate investigations involving the use of a telephone. Just keeping the records...not snooping, not reporting, not judging.
I suspect that where you and I differ is that I have no problem with an ISP or other service provider being PREPARED to assist in an investigation. To use the classic and obvious example, if police come across blatant child porn photos on the internet, I really and truly believe that they should be able to go to to the ISP and say, "Hey, who uploaded these pictures?" Now, if the police show up and say, "Hey, who uploaded this picture of Bush with a Hitler mustache photoshopped on?" then you and I will stand together in opposing such abuse.
Perhaps you run a web or email server, as I do? This law strikes me as no different than requiring me to keep the automatically generated logs rather than periodically deleting them. If you look at the standard logs, you'll see that they could be of great use to law enforcement investigating a crime...but they are very far from constituting a "dossier" on all users of the network.
Regardless of who is President, be it Clinton or Bush or whomever comes next, I tend to side with the guy who discovers a crime and is responsible for solving it.
I checked a price online once, then went to the store and it rang up differently. So I took the salesperson over to a machine and checked it online, confirming the lower price I had seen. The salesperson went to get a manager to see what to do, and this time when I showed him the web page, it showed a higher price! But they got me on the phone with someone who authorized the lower price.
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Suppose I come home and find a stranger sitting in my living room. He smiles and says, "Hi! I just came here for fun, and didn't cause any damage." What should I do?
Does your shirt change to an ugly color when your monitor is not calibrated?
You have some valid points--or maybe I should say some of your points have a valid basis--but the color and nature of the light in one's home is a very basic environmental factor with which one should be comfortable. You might just as well write a scathing diatribe in support of an air purifier that stinks just a little, or a generator that only makes a little bit of screechy whine 24 hours a day.
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Perhaps "Deleting Certain Files A DMCA Violation?" would be a better title.
This is the same misleading scheme used in the standard "Stupid Government Agency Says That If You Use [insert popular technology] You Are A Terrorist" headlines about specific cases or concerns involving criminal use of technology.
I understand the frustration with Vista, but come on, switch to Linux?! I've used all three versions of Linux, and I'll never use it again for two primary reasons: 1) Doesn't run Internet Explorer, and ) Not enough wizards to get stuff set up.
Don't even get me started on the lack of a Linux version of Weather Bug.
...movies that suggested that sparklers on the back of your rocket could get you there.
I think we'll be OK.
You do realize that "the government" is made up of people, right?
KnoppMyth.
I wrestled with Myth for a few months back in about 2004, and finally gave up. It was never quite right with my modest hardware (I wanted to be fanless, so was somewhat speed-limited.) Then, about 18 months ago, I downloaded a KnoppMyth iso, and used it to boot the very same hardware. It did a semi-automatic Myth installation that worked flawlessly, and I've been using it ever since with no problems.
Here's an exercise for you:
1. Drive around Arlington, VA (where the Pentagon is) and observe all the buildings with the names of defense contractors on them.
2. Say to yourself, "Everyone in all of these buildings understands that when they upload a file to the company server, it is available to anyone around the world."
3. Reflect.
- I flew into Osan (the base pictured in your links) many times in the 90's. The Patriot batteries were handy references to North.
- They had two Ford Mustangs that would drive alongside landing U-2's to catch the wing tips.
- I went there once and saw a U-2 nose down in a ditch, tail raised about 45 degrees. The pilot had ejected. It was a woman...not that that's relevant.
Don't forget the numerous admins who are forced to spend HOURS (not "little bits of time") dealing with spam, either fixing a problem caused by spam or trying to prevent one. This is real time and money that is being wasted on maggots like this guy.
It's a little obscure, but back when I was in flight school, I flew a jet that had an audio control header that controlled 6 or 8 audio sources that were piped into my headset and mic. Like a lot of gadgets today, this relied on just a few buttons and ONE knob to control everything...meaning that you had to cycle through some button pushing before the knob would be latched to the particular source whose volume you wanted to change. Let me tell you, a radio that starts blaring suddenly can be far past your eardrums and well into your brain before you can make it through the menu tree and turn it down.
A related annoyance is my current HP laptop, which has volume buttons that are apparently controlled by Windows. Which means that when I boot up, I can't do a damn thing with the volume until Windows is good and ready to let me. That's just wrong.
I believe it was also just a few grams of each person's remains.
The summary didn't say the analysis was wrong...it said the conclusion was wrong. The summary claims, in effect, that these researchers proved that there was more than one gunman.
and I'll call it "Manufacturer's Sales Cost Reduction."
Let this be a lesson to you all that punctuation DOES matter! The excerpt does not prohibit anyone from "mentioning Google." What it does is prevent a person from releasing any "articles, advertising, publicity, or other matters" that mention Google. I think it is fair to interpret this as meaning any sort of "official" statement relating to Google. A blog post would probably be covered, unfortunately, but a chat with your friends on the weekend would not.
Regardless of the motive or the technical description, he admitted that he paid money to join a website that dealt in child porn. I would hardly call this being "falsely accused."
I didn't RTFA and don't really care much about this issue (I find the practice annoying, but I doubt it should be illegal, leaving me on the fence,) but I wonder how these legislators feel about the decades-old practice of selling cheap knockoffs out of stands with signs like "compare to RAYBAN," or "similar to CASIO." I've been seeing those for years.
Don't forget that "all the way to the Supreme Court" = "lost every case so far."
Yes, we do have different interpretations of illegal search and siezure.
Two minor points before we agree to disagree:
if they suspect anyone of engaging in an illegal act they certainly have the right to get a warrant...
Ahhh, that's the easy part, isn't it? If you suspect a known person of wrongdoing, it is indeed easy to watch them and confirm or refute the suspicion. The tricky part is being able to find an unknown person who has committed an act that is a confirmed crime, as in the example I gave of blatant child porn. So a picture was uploaded...how do I find out who did it?
on the off chance that they may make something I've said or up/downloaded illegal.
Making something illegal after the fact is "ex post facto"...also prohibited by the Constitution. I'll assume that you don't really think that's what we're talking about here.
Thanks for the thoughtful debate!
The law I referenced, mentioned in the article, related to another requirement for RECORD KEEPING to facilitate investigations involving the use of a telephone. Just keeping the records...not snooping, not reporting, not judging.
I suspect that where you and I differ is that I have no problem with an ISP or other service provider being PREPARED to assist in an investigation. To use the classic and obvious example, if police come across blatant child porn photos on the internet, I really and truly believe that they should be able to go to to the ISP and say, "Hey, who uploaded these pictures?" Now, if the police show up and say, "Hey, who uploaded this picture of Bush with a Hitler mustache photoshopped on?" then you and I will stand together in opposing such abuse.
Perhaps you run a web or email server, as I do? This law strikes me as no different than requiring me to keep the automatically generated logs rather than periodically deleting them. If you look at the standard logs, you'll see that they could be of great use to law enforcement investigating a crime...but they are very far from constituting a "dossier" on all users of the network.
Regardless of who is President, be it Clinton or Bush or whomever comes next, I tend to side with the guy who discovers a crime and is responsible for solving it.
The proper term is pantywaist.
I support this measure and I support Clinton's as well. Bush is not my hero and I don't hate Clinton. Have a nice day.
Oh, by the way...what did you think of the law that was passed during the Clinton administration?
I checked a price online once, then went to the store and it rang up differently. So I took the salesperson over to a machine and checked it online, confirming the lower price I had seen. The salesperson went to get a manager to see what to do, and this time when I showed him the web page, it showed a higher price! But they got me on the phone with someone who authorized the lower price.
That was a big mystery to me until now.
What is your opinion of the earlier law mentioned in the article...the one passed during the Clinton administration?
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Suppose I come home and find a stranger sitting in my living room. He smiles and says, "Hi! I just came here for fun, and didn't cause any damage." What should I do?
This will cause a sea change in the Fark headlines.
Does your shirt change to an ugly color when your monitor is not calibrated?
You have some valid points--or maybe I should say some of your points have a valid basis--but the color and nature of the light in one's home is a very basic environmental factor with which one should be comfortable. You might just as well write a scathing diatribe in support of an air purifier that stinks just a little, or a generator that only makes a little bit of screechy whine 24 hours a day.