I thought the 4-digit pin was designed strictly for use with a physical key, i.e. my bank card
Sure, it's easy to have a computer brute force the 10000 possible 4 digit strings... but doing so while standing in front of an ATM might be a little more difficult, and look a bit suspicious, not to mention getting a copy of the physical key and using it before it's owner realized it's missing
You are quite correct, there are many ways to kill someone. However guns are one of the most effective force multipliers, especially compared to the ease of access. Sure you can kill someone with a baseball bat or knife, but it's a lot harder than using a gun. Sure you can kill a lot MORE people with an M1A1 Abrams than with a gun, but they're much more difficult to acquire, and good luck figuring out how to drive the thing.
Guns are the perfect balance. Imminently lethal, relatively cheap, easy to use, etc. The only thing that comes close is a car. Those can be had on the cheap (not quite as cheap as a gun, but not too steep if you're just looking for a clunker) and running someone over is easy enough.
That's not to say I support Chicago/DC style gun bans. Quite the opposite. I'm much more in favor of responsible ownership, much the same way we regulate cars. But most importantly, lets not cloud the issue with hyperbole about guns being anything less than a very very effective weapon.
The real issue with gerrymandering isn't just "making my guy lose." It's the extreme polarization of voters.
It's reached a point where many districts are completely comprised of deep end loonies, both left and right. In order to win any primaries, candidates have to be a bit off the deep end themselves.
A true centrist would never even make the ballot. Nor even a D/R who was generally willing to reach across the aisle and work for the betterment of the country.
The problem is comparing a home owner to a corporation.
Sure it's not as cost effective, and doesn't really address the main hurdles with solar... but it looks great on a PR report and it's certainly not coming out of the CEO's pockets.
The connection between end user and content IS the traffic. The exact same content will cause less traffic if the source is within my network, or just a few hops away. Instead, Comcast forces the content to be hosted far down the road.
Meatspace analogy : if we only had a grocery store every 30 miles, that would increase traffic... even if people bought the exact same groceries, even if these new mega-stores had the exact same total capacity, and could handle their increased workload, freeways and side streets would get crushed.
Netflix (being called out by name in this instance) has offered a decentralization solution. They've offered to install storage nodes to hold the majority of their library within Comcast's network and minimize traffic... but comcast said NO, as it would compete with their own digital movie delivery methods.
If the guy had already been warning about trespassing, then that might be worth investigating... but the "theft" is certainly not.
Next thing you know, some local gas station is going to arrest some one for using the restroom without buying anything. "The sign clearly says 'restroom is for customers only.' He stole the water used to flush! Lock him up!"
Exactly. Not only that, but getting caught in mass numbers can reaffirm exactly who is supposed to be in charge here.
Cops perp-walking 1 or 2 protesters is a photo op.
Cops trying to figure out what to do with 100, 1000, 10000 people who all have engaged in civil disobedience and require processing is a stark reminder that they are woefully unprepared to deal with things should the civility be removed.
Theft may be theft... but is this theft?? And I don't even care about the ridiculously low monetary value
IANAL, and I certainly haven't read through the EULA and TOS associated with the wall plug in question... but it sounds like something provided by the school for students and teachers to use on their personal electronics. Which is exactly what he was doing.
Seems more like stuffing your pockets full of "free samples." A bit tacky, maybe a wrist-slappable offense, but certainly not theft.
You (i.e. the school and/or cops) don't get to retroactively go back and say "We meant any personal electronics EXCEPT cars! Yeah, so you're in violation, arrest him"
If someone is willing to go to those lengths, that's the kind of person who'd run over a pedestrian in a heartbeat. Exactly the kind of person you DON'T want to be chasing at high speeds.
So, does Slashdot still have this silly restriction on characters used in passwords?
My username is taken from the message that I got when trying to use a forbidden character when selecting a password for Slashdot.
Certainly possible, but I'm not sure. My slashdot password is frightfully insecure... mostly because I've got basically nothing riding on it.
There's no financial data here, I'm not sending/receiving emails or other communication with known associates... worst case scenario, my account gets hacked and the karma of a 7-digit UID gets smeared. It's also risk management. If someone does hack/., learns my PW here, and somehow tracks this account back to an account I care about (bank, email, amazon, etc) the passwords aren't even remotely in the same ballpark...
That was my point. I don't care if silly fun sites like/. use weak PW restrictions. Sure, in a perfect world every site would allow every possible password... but in this imperfect world, I'm primarily concerned about banking sites that balk at complex passwords.
But that means that trying to outrun the police is a viable option, since they won't chase you, probably.
No, the problem is that minor offenders turn to outrunning too easily because they're scared. That is the real problem, IMO. If you knew that everything would be okay when you just pulled over and talked with the cop, maybe get a ticket, maybe a warning if you're lucky. But IRL cops are too macho / power hungry and offenders too easily scared.
It means that trying to run is a viable option if and only if you're willing to ditch your car, identity, job, etc. As soon as the cops get an eyeball on you, they've got your license plates, make, model, etc. The driver is also probably on camera somewhere, so they'll be able to track down your car with relative ease, and from there, track back to you. If all else fails, there's probably a helicopter in the area that can keep tabs on you from the sky. Pretty sure you're not outrunning that.
(as an aside, WTF is up with systems that do not allow special characters in passwords? Are they worried about SQL injection? If that's possible from a password field, the system is FUBAR.)
Agree on all counts, but especially especially this. I can't stand when websites, particularly ones upon which I'm planning financial transactions, have arbitrary limitations to their PW length or allowable characters.
On more than one occasion, I've started the new account creation process, just so that I could see what limitations a website imposed, and started working through my own thought process with that knowledge. "Ok, so if I wasn't allowed special characters, but needed to have at least one numeral, and 8 digits or more... I would probably have chosen..."
"Without a blatant display of humor, it is impossible to create a parody of extremism or fundamentalism that someone won't mistake for the real thing."
I guarantee you, someone at EA could read this and think "That's a great idea. SUE HIS PANTS OFF."
If there true it is a long term net positive (and I agree that there is) then forward thinking people and companies will keep solar going, despite the fact that it might be more expensive from a strict KWH comparison.
Similar theory: the majority of people who are going to torrent already have their libraries full, regardless of how much they're watching said library
TPB is famous enough that anyone even remotely in tune with the internet at large could easily figure out how to download the complete James Bond collection, or whatever they fancy. But once they have that (and the complete Star Trek collection, Game of Thrones, etc) there isn't as much of a glut. Just steadily downloading new stuff as it becomes available.
P.S. one of the primary reasons the mid-credits scene felt so bizarre : color pallet.
The entire movie was had a gritty dark color scheme, with deep red capes, dark emerald and forest greens for Loki, tons of black and grey for the bad guys... all bouncing around various grey gritty worlds full of sand and dirt.
The Collector scene, on the other hand, starts off with a neon-pink-skinned alien gal, in her vibrant outfit, walking past a bright blue butterfly thing in a cage, Benicio Del Toro looking like Mugatu with a fuzzy-backed jacket... I seem to recall a yellow person walking around, to compliment the Pink one... it was just a super colorful neon and pastel world. Like a unicorn had vomited rainbows all over the screen. More than a little jarring.
Slashdot Mirror
This right here is a bank that would instantly lose the privilege of holding my money for me.
I thought the 4-digit pin was designed strictly for use with a physical key, i.e. my bank card
Sure, it's easy to have a computer brute force the 10000 possible 4 digit strings ... but doing so while standing in front of an ATM might be a little more difficult, and look a bit suspicious, not to mention getting a copy of the physical key and using it before it's owner realized it's missing
Simple : It's not the fault of the charger, but the new charger protects against deficiencies in other areas... like shoddy house wiring.
You are quite correct, there are many ways to kill someone. However guns are one of the most effective force multipliers, especially compared to the ease of access. Sure you can kill someone with a baseball bat or knife, but it's a lot harder than using a gun. Sure you can kill a lot MORE people with an M1A1 Abrams than with a gun, but they're much more difficult to acquire, and good luck figuring out how to drive the thing.
Guns are the perfect balance. Imminently lethal, relatively cheap, easy to use, etc. The only thing that comes close is a car. Those can be had on the cheap (not quite as cheap as a gun, but not too steep if you're just looking for a clunker) and running someone over is easy enough.
That's not to say I support Chicago/DC style gun bans. Quite the opposite. I'm much more in favor of responsible ownership, much the same way we regulate cars. But most importantly, lets not cloud the issue with hyperbole about guns being anything less than a very very effective weapon.
The real issue with gerrymandering isn't just "making my guy lose." It's the extreme polarization of voters.
It's reached a point where many districts are completely comprised of deep end loonies, both left and right. In order to win any primaries, candidates have to be a bit off the deep end themselves.
A true centrist would never even make the ballot. Nor even a D/R who was generally willing to reach across the aisle and work for the betterment of the country.
The problem is comparing a home owner to a corporation.
Sure it's not as cost effective, and doesn't really address the main hurdles with solar... but it looks great on a PR report and it's certainly not coming out of the CEO's pockets.
That should be an advertising slogan : You'll sound as good as your favorite pop star, using the sane tools as your favorite pop star.
The connection between end user and content IS the traffic. The exact same content will cause less traffic if the source is within my network, or just a few hops away. Instead, Comcast forces the content to be hosted far down the road.
Meatspace analogy : if we only had a grocery store every 30 miles, that would increase traffic... even if people bought the exact same groceries, even if these new mega-stores had the exact same total capacity, and could handle their increased workload, freeways and side streets would get crushed.
Netflix (being called out by name in this instance) has offered a decentralization solution. They've offered to install storage nodes to hold the majority of their library within Comcast's network and minimize traffic... but comcast said NO, as it would compete with their own digital movie delivery methods.
If the guy had already been warning about trespassing, then that might be worth investigating ... but the "theft" is certainly not.
Next thing you know, some local gas station is going to arrest some one for using the restroom without buying anything. "The sign clearly says 'restroom is for customers only.' He stole the water used to flush! Lock him up!"
$100 Billion in fines sounds like justice, until you realize the crime was a $200 Billion theft.
Exactly. Not only that, but getting caught in mass numbers can reaffirm exactly who is supposed to be in charge here.
Cops perp-walking 1 or 2 protesters is a photo op.
Cops trying to figure out what to do with 100, 1000, 10000 people who all have engaged in civil disobedience and require processing is a stark reminder that they are woefully unprepared to deal with things should the civility be removed.
Theft may be theft ... but is this theft?? And I don't even care about the ridiculously low monetary value
IANAL, and I certainly haven't read through the EULA and TOS associated with the wall plug in question ... but it sounds like something provided by the school for students and teachers to use on their personal electronics. Which is exactly what he was doing.
Seems more like stuffing your pockets full of "free samples." A bit tacky, maybe a wrist-slappable offense, but certainly not theft.
You (i.e. the school and/or cops) don't get to retroactively go back and say "We meant any personal electronics EXCEPT cars! Yeah, so you're in violation, arrest him"
If someone is willing to go to those lengths, that's the kind of person who'd run over a pedestrian in a heartbeat. Exactly the kind of person you DON'T want to be chasing at high speeds.
So, does Slashdot still have this silly restriction on characters used in passwords? My username is taken from the message that I got when trying to use a forbidden character when selecting a password for Slashdot.
Certainly possible, but I'm not sure. My slashdot password is frightfully insecure... mostly because I've got basically nothing riding on it.
There's no financial data here, I'm not sending/receiving emails or other communication with known associates... worst case scenario, my account gets hacked and the karma of a 7-digit UID gets smeared. It's also risk management. If someone does hack /., learns my PW here, and somehow tracks this account back to an account I care about (bank, email, amazon, etc) the passwords aren't even remotely in the same ballpark...
That was my point. I don't care if silly fun sites like /. use weak PW restrictions. Sure, in a perfect world every site would allow every possible password... but in this imperfect world, I'm primarily concerned about banking sites that balk at complex passwords.
But that means that trying to outrun the police is a viable option, since they won't chase you, probably. No, the problem is that minor offenders turn to outrunning too easily because they're scared. That is the real problem, IMO. If you knew that everything would be okay when you just pulled over and talked with the cop, maybe get a ticket, maybe a warning if you're lucky. But IRL cops are too macho / power hungry and offenders too easily scared.
It means that trying to run is a viable option if and only if you're willing to ditch your car, identity, job, etc. As soon as the cops get an eyeball on you, they've got your license plates, make, model, etc. The driver is also probably on camera somewhere, so they'll be able to track down your car with relative ease, and from there, track back to you. If all else fails, there's probably a helicopter in the area that can keep tabs on you from the sky. Pretty sure you're not outrunning that.
(as an aside, WTF is up with systems that do not allow special characters in passwords? Are they worried about SQL injection? If that's possible from a password field, the system is FUBAR.)
Agree on all counts, but especially especially this. I can't stand when websites, particularly ones upon which I'm planning financial transactions, have arbitrary limitations to their PW length or allowable characters.
On more than one occasion, I've started the new account creation process, just so that I could see what limitations a website imposed, and started working through my own thought process with that knowledge. "Ok, so if I wasn't allowed special characters, but needed to have at least one numeral, and 8 digits or more... I would probably have chosen ..."
Poe's Law, in full effect here
"Without a blatant display of humor, it is impossible to create a parody of extremism or fundamentalism that someone won't mistake for the real thing."
I guarantee you, someone at EA could read this and think "That's a great idea. SUE HIS PANTS OFF."
Step 1 : Dismantle the NSA, and file criminal charges against their leadership.
Step 2 : There is no step 2.
If there true it is a long term net positive (and I agree that there is) then forward thinking people and companies will keep solar going, despite the fact that it might be more expensive from a strict KWH comparison.
You're giving it out anyway, whether you want to or not, to the three-letter-acronyms.
Might as well also give it to some one that might use it for good.
Similar theory: the majority of people who are going to torrent already have their libraries full, regardless of how much they're watching said library
TPB is famous enough that anyone even remotely in tune with the internet at large could easily figure out how to download the complete James Bond collection, or whatever they fancy. But once they have that (and the complete Star Trek collection, Game of Thrones, etc) there isn't as much of a glut. Just steadily downloading new stuff as it becomes available.
As an American, I'm sure we could let them have some of ours. We have way more prisoners than we know what to do with.
Let me Bing that for you.
P.S. one of the primary reasons the mid-credits scene felt so bizarre : color pallet.
The entire movie was had a gritty dark color scheme, with deep red capes, dark emerald and forest greens for Loki, tons of black and grey for the bad guys ... all bouncing around various grey gritty worlds full of sand and dirt.
The Collector scene, on the other hand, starts off with a neon-pink-skinned alien gal, in her vibrant outfit, walking past a bright blue butterfly thing in a cage, Benicio Del Toro looking like Mugatu with a fuzzy-backed jacket ... I seem to recall a yellow person walking around, to compliment the Pink one... it was just a super colorful neon and pastel world. Like a unicorn had vomited rainbows all over the screen. More than a little jarring.