Non-lethal, less than lethal, etc, all of these technologies lend themselves to abuse of law enforcement types.
What's your point? That law enforcement should use lethal weapons exclusively?
Look, ANY non-lethal addition to law enforcement's arsenal is "a good thing".
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i leave my inernet connection wide open because I want people to use it. My internal network is protected behind a good firewall
Your firewall may protect you from the World, but, out of curiousity, how do you protect your internal network from anonymous WLAN users? Do you have more than 1 internal network (e.g. one for CAT5 and one for WLAN)?
I'm asking because I share my Internet connection with my neighbor but I've: changed the WAP defaults, enabled WEP, disabled SSID broadcasting, only allow certain MAC addresses, etc. It certainly isn't "wide open".
I did this because I didn't have an simple way of protecting my internal network from "bad" neighbors.
I'd recommend looking at what the City of Largo, Florida has done. Mid-summer last year they went live with a pretty big (+400) Linux/thin-client based system.
It's been detailed by all the Linux rags (including Slashdot). Last I heard Citrix and Microsoft paid them a (friendly) visit, but they're still running Linux.
If we make contact with ET, he will surely tell us how to cure all those deseases, No?
Uh, do you really thing that ET is going to have some advice on curing human diseases like Alzeihmers, cancer, or Anthrax?
The only thing that extraterrestrials will be able to tell us about medicine is how to get rid of intergalactic genital warts.
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I don't think of it as an either or. I look forward to the day when Linux can meet all my needs. I've long since given up or even looking forward to the day when Windows can.
If CNN had this cool engine built that allowed me to customize the news articles I saw, and then didn't actually USE that engine to the proper granularity, I think I'd call CNN and bitch, yes.
The problem with your logic is that Slashdot is a free service. You don't really have any right to complain about it at all - let alone about something so trivial as story categories.
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Jeebus Christ people. How fucking hard is it to NOT click the damn link? Do you call CNN every time they run a story you don't care about, or do you just change the channel?
If you don't care about Kernel releases - QUIT READING THE DAMN STORIES!!!
I wasn't trolling, but I knew I was gonna get flamed for my post.
The point I was trying to make is that if you're sophisticated enough to be making Win32 API calls or able to realize the advantages of the.NET CLR, odds are you won't be using a language so limiting as Visual Basic.
Doing "intelligent" coding with VB is like a machine shop that only uses Legos.
I've met quite a few VB developers who are unwilling to give up their syntax yet would love to take advantage of.Net.
Wow. This is going to sound pretentious - but I can't imagine there are that many VB developers that can actually comprehend the advantages of the.NET framework. Perhaps they are just keen on Microsoft's.NET services?
I mean, VB is a pretty basic development environment.
Miguel says: So when you copy your binary from Windows that was compiled with the Visual Studio.NET and run it on your Unix platform, it will just integrate nicely with your GNOME desktop.
Hmmmm, I wonder what the KDE people would have to say about that. Is there any talk on the KDE mailing lists about.NET CLI integration with KDE?
My worst fear is everything would go incredibly well with mono: diverse compilers, robust libraries, etc. and we would all start to build code around it, and then about 5 years down the line Microsoft whips out a patent and demands royalties for all the labor that we have done under the illusion that it would be free.
This is definitely a valid concern. However, what makes you so sure that the same thing couldn't happen with Java. In fact, since Java still hasn't been submitted to a standards body, I am thinking that C# may, in fact, be a safer route than Java. [Wow, that felt weird to say.]
I am getting soooo tired of this notion:
Arch also poses its own answer to the 'Linus Doesn't Scale' problem.
Look people, the "Linus doesn't scale" issue is NOT something that can be solved by replacing the use of 'patch'. Putting the Linux kernel on CVS (or Arch or whatever) would just allow people to commit stupid changes.
The reason Linus doesn't scale is not because he doesn't have enough time to run 'patch'. It's because changes to the kernel MUST be approved.
Let's say that your company has done nothing wrong, but the SEC thinks that you might have been leaking information to financial institutions, in order to affect your stock price. [..] Well, it turns out that you have an employee that sent a seemingly innocent comment to his friend at such a company, but now, in light of the charges, it could be seen as an indication that such activity did exist and widen the investigation.
That's a pretty thin case for moral justification of destroying documents. And just because you don't believe that such an act constitutes leaking of financial information does not make it so.
I'm going to have to agree with the original poster. Unless your concern is security related (i.e. information theft), there really isn't a valid reason to be destroying documents for most law-abiding corporations.
Sure it sounds kinda creepy in an Orwellian sort of way - but if a corporation is not doing anything illegal, they should have nothing to hide.
Linus Torvalds owns the Linux trademark and various other legal rights. If RedHat would stray too far from what he has in mind he'll just ask them to stop calling it RedHat Linux
Could Linus really enforce the Linux trademark? I'm probably wrong, but doesn't a trademark lose its value if the owner doesn't vigorously defend its usage. And Linus has basically let everyone under the sun use the term Linux wherever they want.
It's not called AOL Winamp, the presence of AOL is not there in any new version of winamp.
Don't be so naive. AOL's presence will become apparent in WinAmp - just give them a little time. Have you not noticed that on the download page for WinAmp in the table listing the 3 different versions, there is a column labeled: "Built in Ads". Although all three versions currently show NONE, I wouldn't count on it always being that way.
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Non-lethal, less than lethal, etc, all of these technologies lend themselves to abuse of law enforcement types.
What's your point? That law enforcement should use lethal weapons exclusively?
Look, ANY non-lethal addition to law enforcement's arsenal is "a good thing".
i leave my inernet connection wide open because I want people to use it. My internal network is protected behind a good firewall
Your firewall may protect you from the World, but, out of curiousity, how do you protect your internal network from anonymous WLAN users? Do you have more than 1 internal network (e.g. one for CAT5 and one for WLAN)?
I'm asking because I share my Internet connection with my neighbor but I've: changed the WAP defaults, enabled WEP, disabled SSID broadcasting, only allow certain MAC addresses, etc. It certainly isn't "wide open".
I did this because I didn't have an simple way of protecting my internal network from "bad" neighbors.
I'm betting that there are alot of posts like that, I wonder if 30,000 gun toting MS-Bush bashing people are enough for a revolution....
I doubt it, since all the gun toters voted for Bush.
I'd recommend looking at what the City of Largo, Florida has done. Mid-summer last year they went live with a pretty big (+400) Linux/thin-client based system.
It's been detailed by all the Linux rags (including Slashdot). Last I heard Citrix and Microsoft paid them a (friendly) visit, but they're still running Linux.
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Damn, you know you're around smart people when something like this gets moderated '+4 Funny'.
Egads. After reading your post I went back and checked the actual post you were responding to. Oops.
The way the articles were scored made it look like you were giving a smart ass response to an innocent question.
I should have done better research before flaming you - sorry.
Sorry. I have seen the error of my ways, and I will now only comform to the crowd.
Asshole.
You're the asshole. The guy asks a legitmate question and because you don't understand him you call him an asshole. Classy.
He didn't insult you. He didn't tell you were wrong. He simply asked what it is about anime that intrigues so many people.
I've always had the same question. Of course, I've never actually asked because I know some defensive dickwad like you would bite my head off.
Grow up, jackass.
[Ostentatious chest-puffing about all the donations you make.]
(c) 2002 Hank Zimmerman
Uhmm Hank - could you please give us your address so we know where to ship the medal?
Don't bother contributing to charities if you have to go around bragging about it.
If we make contact with ET, he will surely tell us how to cure all those deseases, No?
Uh, do you really thing that ET is going to have some advice on curing human diseases like Alzeihmers, cancer, or Anthrax?
The only thing that extraterrestrials will be able to tell us about medicine is how to get rid of intergalactic genital warts.
I don't think of it as an either or. I look forward to the day when Linux can meet all my needs. I've long since given up or even looking forward to the day when Windows can.
That is the truest Linux quote ever.
So if you see any guys in ninja suits burying copper plates in your rose bushes, be alarmed.
Yikes - I have just been ignoring them.
We have the right to complain about anything we want to, free or not.
You're right - being an asshole is your prerogitive.
If CNN had this cool engine built that allowed me to customize the news articles I saw, and then didn't actually USE that engine to the proper granularity, I think I'd call CNN and bitch, yes.
The problem with your logic is that Slashdot is a free service. You don't really have any right to complain about it at all - let alone about something so trivial as story categories.
Jeebus Christ people. How fucking hard is it to NOT click the damn link? Do you call CNN every time they run a story you don't care about, or do you just change the channel?
If you don't care about Kernel releases - QUIT READING THE DAMN STORIES!!!
I wasn't trolling, but I knew I was gonna get flamed for my post.
.NET CLR, odds are you won't be using a language so limiting as Visual Basic.
The point I was trying to make is that if you're sophisticated enough to be making Win32 API calls or able to realize the advantages of the
Doing "intelligent" coding with VB is like a machine shop that only uses Legos.
I've met quite a few VB developers who are unwilling to give up their syntax yet would love to take advantage of .Net.
.NET framework. Perhaps they are just keen on Microsoft's .NET services?
Wow. This is going to sound pretentious - but I can't imagine there are that many VB developers that can actually comprehend the advantages of the
I mean, VB is a pretty basic development environment.
Miguel says: So when you copy your binary from Windows that was compiled with the Visual Studio.NET and run it on your Unix platform, it will just integrate nicely with your GNOME desktop.
.NET CLI integration with KDE?
Hmmmm, I wonder what the KDE people would have to say about that. Is there any talk on the KDE mailing lists about
My worst fear is everything would go incredibly well with mono: diverse compilers, robust libraries, etc. and we would all start to build code around it, and then about 5 years down the line Microsoft whips out a patent and demands royalties for all the labor that we have done under the illusion that it would be free.
This is definitely a valid concern. However, what makes you so sure that the same thing couldn't happen with Java. In fact, since Java still hasn't been submitted to a standards body, I am thinking that C# may, in fact, be a safer route than Java. [Wow, that felt weird to say.]
I am getting soooo tired of this notion:
Arch also poses its own answer to the 'Linus Doesn't Scale' problem.
Look people, the "Linus doesn't scale" issue is NOT something that can be solved by replacing the use of 'patch'. Putting the Linux kernel on CVS (or Arch or whatever) would just allow people to commit stupid changes.
The reason Linus doesn't scale is not because he doesn't have enough time to run 'patch'. It's because changes to the kernel MUST be approved.
the epic tale of an early and tragic polar expedition [...] (Imagine spending New Year's en route to the southern ice.)
Oh yeah, I'm sure that missing New Year's eve was this guy's biggest concern.
First things first: I'm a big Mac fan [...]
Mmmmmmm, Big Macs....
Don't people like Intel and Motorola have product strategy maps for their next two or three processor revisions.
Interesting tidbit - I once read that Mitsubishi actually has a business plan for the next 200 years!!!
Let's say that your company has done nothing wrong, but the SEC thinks that you might have been leaking information to financial institutions, in order to affect your stock price. [..] Well, it turns out that you have an employee that sent a seemingly innocent comment to his friend at such a company, but now, in light of the charges, it could be seen as an indication that such activity did exist and widen the investigation.
That's a pretty thin case for moral justification of destroying documents. And just because you don't believe that such an act constitutes leaking of financial information does not make it so.
I'm going to have to agree with the original poster. Unless your concern is security related (i.e. information theft), there really isn't a valid reason to be destroying documents for most law-abiding corporations.
Sure it sounds kinda creepy in an Orwellian sort of way - but if a corporation is not doing anything illegal, they should have nothing to hide.
Linus Torvalds owns the Linux trademark and various other legal rights. If RedHat would stray too far from what he has in mind he'll just ask them to stop calling it RedHat Linux
Could Linus really enforce the Linux trademark? I'm probably wrong, but doesn't a trademark lose its value if the owner doesn't vigorously defend its usage. And Linus has basically let everyone under the sun use the term Linux wherever they want.
It's not called AOL Winamp, the presence of AOL is not there in any new version of winamp.
Don't be so naive. AOL's presence will become apparent in WinAmp - just give them a little time. Have you not noticed that on the download page for WinAmp in the table listing the 3 different versions, there is a column labeled: "Built in Ads". Although all three versions currently show NONE, I wouldn't count on it always being that way.