"and are endowed by their creators with certain unalienable rights: life...."
Right: a moral or legal entitlement to have or obtain something or to act in a certain way.
Grammatically 2 interpretations make sense: We have a moral entitlement to life. We have a legal entitlement to life.
You could theoretically create an interp using the word "act," and say you have the right to act in the pursuit of living, but that would be invalid for 2 reasons: A) It specifies the pursuit of happiness not happiness. This implicity states that you do not have a right to be happy, simply to pursue it. This lends much more emphasis to the fact that no such modifier on the first 2 terms; they are absolute. B) For the interpretation to work you would have to essentially fill in words. So this interp is already flawed, because this is not necessary to interpret it the other way. Logically, most statements are meant to be interpreted literally, and literally is simply taking something on it's most basic terms.
If something is actually a right...particularly an unalienable right..granted by the government/social contract then that entity has an absolute duty to protect it. As it is "unalienable" as stated by the entity itself, maximizing that right should be weighed infinitely heavy against any other standard to evaluate whether an action was "good" or "bad." So the government actually has a duty to fulfill that right above all else, so long as it doesn't impact anyone else's unalienable right(s). So it actually has a duty to go beyond reason to the (literal) best of it's abilities.
It sounds to me like they themselves say it's their responsibility.
To be honest I don't buy that interpretation (and if you have a good counter interpretation I'd be interested), and I think obamacare/AHA/ACA/Othernamesit'sknownby is a horrible idea. The government can make even the most simple of processes food for insanity. If they can't get my driving record/information correct most of the time, how are they going to be able to get something far more unwieldly correct?
I've dealt with "free money" processes before with the FAFSA, and helping a friend with TANF. It took me over a year to actually get FAFSA funding due to an unfortunate situation that should have taken a phone call to resolve. Am I going to die at home, due to something preventable, because I filled out form 38-L-3 wrong?
I think we need to go straight for the throat in all honesty: create socialized CARE facilities, and let those who can afford insurance/out-of-pocket go to for-profit hospitals. Sure it sucks that one group gets superior medical care, but some people getting superior care is better than everyone getting shitty care isn't it?
How is Obamacare a derogatory term? I hear hardcore left-wing friends of mine use that term fairly often...is it like the N word and only they can say it? Have I made a faux pas?
"non-programming people" Somehow I'm almost 100% sure you fall into that category.
There is no excuse for a site to launch in this condition. No well-funded site should launch like this. If a site is obviously broken it does not get launched.
This is not a case of a few minor bugs, and I would almost say I need a bigger word than bugs.
"Obviously you don't have a clue as to how much it can cost to treat a serious illness. Very few of us have the means to set aside cash for that kind of event."
Obviously you live like a typical American. I have twice my yearly salary stored away, and it wasn't very hard. Drink tea, water, and coffee. Learn how to fix your computer, car, and anything in your house you feel you can tackle. Later on you can tackle more and more. Budget, and do not deviate from the budget. Have a diet you follow (even if it's not a particularly low calorie diet), so you can calculate out food costs.
It literally takes 3-4 hours a month to plan things out so that you have more money than you started at the end of the month. If you're making over $20k and don't have kids you don't have any excuse for a net loss at the end of the month the majority of months. At least in Texas...which has cheaper property, but you have to drive everywhere.
At the end of the day I did it at $20k, and now at just under 50. I'm not particularly intelligent, I'm not particularly organized, I have no common sense (I've walked into traffic by accident a few times), and I don't have a ton of willpower. If I can you can.
The corporation you speak of is going to sell the data off for marketing analytics. Healthcare is THE big business, and there is no way all that valuable data is going to go to waste.
If you think even 5 years will pass without this happening you are deluded.
Wow that's absolutely ridiculous. How is it that a site can be rolled out THIS unfinished? Amazon and eBay seem to have worked with what I imagine is a similar to greater load. All while managing to avoid any highly publicized information leaks (at least I think, correct me if I'm wrong), and having pretty good uptime.
Could you imagine finding lorem ipsum text or just completely broken scripts on either of those sites? The people responsible would be gone long before the project saw the light of day. You want to know what the price tag on the site is...634...MILLION dollars.
"This is akin to so many of my clients telling me that they have a virus because their computer is running slow (when it almost inevitably turns out to be something else)." Where are you finding these clients? It's always some sort of malware. And if you're faulting them for distinctions between malware you're just a dick.
[DoS attack: ACK Scan] from source: 37.59.29.220:80 Saturday, October 12,2013 18:11:26 [DoS attack: ACK Scan] from source: 200.201.161.106:80 Saturday, October 12,2013 17:47:40
So did any of you think that perhaps his firewall log is actually fairly intelligent? Perhaps he is being hit by a single IP at a time. Perhaps it doesn't spam every request made (since inevitably a DDoS would flood your log) and simply logs the attack entry, with basic info (IE ACK scan.) Also why does the router say DoS attack? Just saying...weird stuff no on has explored.
That being said this isn't a DoS... obvious (to a non-lay-person as (no offense) the asker is) for a few reasons.
One IP makes it unlikely even from a stresser service.
No one would use ACK packets for a DoS. You use a syn flood to create a bunch of half-open connections or sockstress if you use TCP
You guys clearly are not even remotely familiar with the landscape of online gaming today. DoS and DDoS attacks are so common in gaming today that it's nigh-unbelievable. Minecraft especially, there are groups of skids with booters, who purchase subscriptions to "stresser services" (EXTREMELY common), and even some I've seen who have their own botnets.
I'm talking about 12-16 year olds I might add. In most online gaming my personal experience is 3-5% of them have a stresser service they've bought or booter. Out of those about.01% have a no-bullshit botnet made with skid tools and tutorials online.
On minecraft I would peg it more at 5-10% with stresser services or booters, and about 1-2% of them have botnets. It's something I've encountered fairly frequently (I use a VPN for that exact reason in my teamspeak which has MC players.) In our teamspeak which has nearly a thousand people from several games at least 5-6 DoS/DDoS attacks will take place. Most if not all will be minecraft-related.
So if you're into online gaming, especially PC, and ESPECIALLY minecraft, it just might be a DDoS.
Note: I am NOT saying it's a DDoS. But I am saying that you guys who dismiss it outright and don't discuss mitigation don't realize these attacks are not "serious" anymore. It's not just done by people with know-how, and a few script-kiddies who are slightly more advanced.
Literally any random kid with $2.99 a month can run an attack on you. If they managed to steal or buy a better account to a stresser? They can launch an attack for literally 45 minutes to an hour at a go, unlimited times, from a server. If you think I'm exaggerating as to how popular it's become google "buy stresser" or something. Look at how many of those services are around...and notice the way the advertise..nuff said.
If you are actually being DDoSd or DoSd if it's from one IP (such as from a server in the above case) or a few, then you can make a few changes to your ip tables. You can set it to drop all packets from a specific IP.
I have to ask what the living fuck is wrong with you people? Who cares if he's actually being attacked or not? You're missing the entire point which is to discuss mitigation techniques.
Here is one: Look into sysctl hardening if you're on linux, and you can configure SYN cookies, and other mitigation goodies.
Okay let me put it another way...something IMPORTANT.
And on here both of those issues have fairly one-sided representation. Whether that's because one side finds a lot lot more evidence is up to the observer.
But yeah I'm tired of it too. Fucking people trying to stir the pot.
Between unity, privacy concerns, moving away from intercompatability with a new package manager, having a PAY STORE as the default app manager, and attempting to establish a walled garden with a new package manager I hope they fall hard. Or at the very least I hope they get back to their roots.
"To be a cynic: The voters got exactly what they wanted: Private enterprises buying their own law with no government in sight to stop them. That's what privilege means in its pure form: Private Law."
Lobbying is a double-edged sword, and it's arguable whether it causes more harm than good. It DOES serve as a fantastic way for say privacy and rights advocates to have their voice heard. Sometimes "little guy lobbying" is even effective. Sometimes.
So you're saying we can regulate away corruption? I don't think that has worked out well in other nations. Scrutiny and enforcement are (at least in my opinion) the answer to get rid of the corruption. It's always going to exist, but it can hopefully be minimized. Again, just opinion.
"So, why do you want a weak executive again? Or, if you interpret "small government" to include both legislative and executive, why are you so crazy to want that?"
Literally the only thing my post said is that the government has no business forcing a business model. I was bitching that one of the few benefits of a conservative congress is supposed to be an unregulated market.
But while we're here: Why the hell would you want MORE? None of what you said matters in the status quo (not saying this scathingly.) Let's look at the reality of the situation: The 3 pillars have never been balanced, and at the moment the judicial branch is literally a trump card. In addition the executive branch since Bush has been breaking United States law, and violating the constitution with impunity. While the legislative branch has been passing laws that are blatantly unconstitutional. They are all 3 extremely powerful right now...funny how they are each just lashing out in different directions instead of getting in each others' (they are intended to block each other) paths...almost as if they are all on the same "side."
I really have no problem with government, even fairly large government. I do however have problems with nonsensical laws (see texting at redlight laws), what I would perceive as "nanny state laws" (see NY soda ban, pot laws), and ill-defined or broadly defined laws.
A huge part of the problems that bother me is lack of accountability. There should be punishment (fairly minor for once or twice, people make mistakes) if a congressmen votes against the constituents in his district...Since we have a realID system being implemented let's use it in a product way..direct polling of a district's constituents handled by the rep's office in whatever way they deem fit.
Further, if you manage to just up and lose 100s of millions of dollars you should not only be fired, but thrown in prison. If you are a major architect in implementing a program to spy on the citizens you're supposed to serve you should be thrown in prison.
Sorry if this rant seems sort of nonsensicle it's 4:22a..
I'm not big on bashing religion (or religion bashing non-believers which is far more common), but that is a funny damn joke why are people downvoting it?
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"and are endowed by their creators with certain unalienable rights: life...."
Right: a moral or legal entitlement to have or obtain something or to act in a certain way.
Grammatically 2 interpretations make sense:
We have a moral entitlement to life.
We have a legal entitlement to life.
You could theoretically create an interp using the word "act," and say you have the right to act in the pursuit of living, but that would be invalid for 2 reasons:
A) It specifies the pursuit of happiness not happiness. This implicity states that you do not have a right to be happy, simply to pursue it. This lends much more emphasis to the fact that no such modifier on the first 2 terms; they are absolute.
B) For the interpretation to work you would have to essentially fill in words. So this interp is already flawed, because this is not necessary to interpret it the other way. Logically, most statements are meant to be interpreted literally, and literally is simply taking something on it's most basic terms.
If something is actually a right...particularly an unalienable right..granted by the government/social contract then that entity has an absolute duty to protect it. As it is "unalienable" as stated by the entity itself, maximizing that right should be weighed infinitely heavy against any other standard to evaluate whether an action was "good" or "bad." So the government actually has a duty to fulfill that right above all else, so long as it doesn't impact anyone else's unalienable right(s). So it actually has a duty to go beyond reason to the (literal) best of it's abilities.
It sounds to me like they themselves say it's their responsibility.
To be honest I don't buy that interpretation (and if you have a good counter interpretation I'd be interested), and I think obamacare/AHA/ACA/Othernamesit'sknownby is a horrible idea. The government can make even the most simple of processes food for insanity. If they can't get my driving record/information correct most of the time, how are they going to be able to get something far more unwieldly correct?
I've dealt with "free money" processes before with the FAFSA, and helping a friend with TANF. It took me over a year to actually get FAFSA funding due to an unfortunate situation that should have taken a phone call to resolve. Am I going to die at home, due to something preventable, because I filled out form 38-L-3 wrong?
I think we need to go straight for the throat in all honesty: create socialized CARE facilities, and let those who can afford insurance/out-of-pocket go to for-profit hospitals. Sure it sucks that one group gets superior medical care, but some people getting superior care is better than everyone getting shitty care isn't it?
Whoosh.
How is Obamacare a derogatory term? I hear hardcore left-wing friends of mine use that term fairly often...is it like the N word and only they can say it? Have I made a faux pas?
"non-programming people"
Somehow I'm almost 100% sure you fall into that category.
There is no excuse for a site to launch in this condition. No well-funded site should launch like this.
If a site is obviously broken it does not get launched.
This is not a case of a few minor bugs, and I would almost say I need a bigger word than bugs.
"Obviously you don't have a clue as to how much it can cost to treat a serious illness. Very few of us have the means to set aside cash for that kind of event."
Obviously you live like a typical American. I have twice my yearly salary stored away, and it wasn't very hard.
Drink tea, water, and coffee. Learn how to fix your computer, car, and anything in your house you feel you can tackle. Later on you can tackle more and more. Budget, and do not deviate from the budget. Have a diet you follow (even if it's not a particularly low calorie diet), so you can calculate out food costs.
It literally takes 3-4 hours a month to plan things out so that you have more money than you started at the end of the month. If you're making over $20k and don't have kids you don't have any excuse for a net loss at the end of the month the majority of months. At least in Texas...which has cheaper property, but you have to drive everywhere.
At the end of the day I did it at $20k, and now at just under 50. I'm not particularly intelligent, I'm not particularly organized, I have no common sense (I've walked into traffic by accident a few times), and I don't have a ton of willpower. If I can you can.
Nope, all Harry Reid.
The corporation you speak of is going to sell the data off for marketing analytics.
Healthcare is THE big business, and there is no way all that valuable data is going to go to waste.
If you think even 5 years will pass without this happening you are deluded.
Wow that's absolutely ridiculous. How is it that a site can be rolled out THIS unfinished?
Amazon and eBay seem to have worked with what I imagine is a similar to greater load. All while managing to avoid any highly publicized information leaks (at least I think, correct me if I'm wrong), and having pretty good uptime.
Could you imagine finding lorem ipsum text or just completely broken scripts on either of those sites? The people responsible would be gone long before the project saw the light of day. You want to know what the price tag on the site is...634...MILLION dollars.
Dafuq.
I guess the short answer to all this is: Use a VPN next time :)
"This is akin to so many of my clients telling me that they have a virus because their computer is running slow (when it almost inevitably turns out to be something else)."
Where are you finding these clients? It's always some sort of malware. And if you're faulting them for distinctions between malware you're just a dick.
[DoS attack: ACK Scan] from source: 37.59.29.220:80 Saturday, October 12,2013 18:11:26
[DoS attack: ACK Scan] from source: 200.201.161.106:80 Saturday, October 12,2013 17:47:40
So did any of you think that perhaps his firewall log is actually fairly intelligent? Perhaps he is being hit by a single IP at a time. Perhaps it doesn't spam every request made (since inevitably a DDoS would flood your log) and simply logs the attack entry, with basic info (IE ACK scan.) Also why does the router say DoS attack?
Just saying...weird stuff no on has explored.
That being said this isn't a DoS... obvious (to a non-lay-person as (no offense) the asker is) for a few reasons.
One IP makes it unlikely even from a stresser service.
No one would use ACK packets for a DoS. You use a syn flood to create a bunch of half-open connections or sockstress if you use TCP
Most skiddies use straight UDP flood DoS.
You guys clearly are not even remotely familiar with the landscape of online gaming today.
DoS and DDoS attacks are so common in gaming today that it's nigh-unbelievable. Minecraft especially, there are groups of skids with booters, who purchase subscriptions to "stresser services" (EXTREMELY common), and even some I've seen who have their own botnets.
I'm talking about 12-16 year olds I might add. .01% have a no-bullshit botnet made with skid tools and tutorials online.
In most online gaming my personal experience is 3-5% of them have a stresser service they've bought or booter. Out of those about
On minecraft I would peg it more at 5-10% with stresser services or booters, and about 1-2% of them have botnets. It's something I've encountered fairly frequently (I use a VPN for that exact reason in my teamspeak which has MC players.)
In our teamspeak which has nearly a thousand people from several games at least 5-6 DoS/DDoS attacks will take place. Most if not all will be minecraft-related.
So if you're into online gaming, especially PC, and ESPECIALLY minecraft, it just might be a DDoS.
Note: I am NOT saying it's a DDoS. But I am saying that you guys who dismiss it outright and don't discuss mitigation don't realize these attacks are not "serious" anymore. It's not just done by people with know-how, and a few script-kiddies who are slightly more advanced.
Literally any random kid with $2.99 a month can run an attack on you. If they managed to steal or buy a better account to a stresser? They can launch an attack for literally 45 minutes to an hour at a go, unlimited times, from a server. If you think I'm exaggerating as to how popular it's become google "buy stresser" or something. Look at how many of those services are around...and notice the way the advertise..nuff said.
If you are actually being DDoSd or DoSd if it's from one IP (such as from a server in the above case) or a few, then you can make a few changes to your ip tables. You can set it to drop all packets from a specific IP.
I have to ask what the living fuck is wrong with you people?
Who cares if he's actually being attacked or not? You're missing the entire point which is to discuss mitigation techniques.
Here is one:
Look into sysctl hardening if you're on linux, and you can configure SYN cookies, and other mitigation goodies.
Frankly you couldn't pay (or convince) me to live in a high density area again, ever.
Actual high-density dwellings like apartments? Never.
Probably not as creepy as norway.
Magnetic tape clearly.
North Korea must not have gotten the memo.
I dislike you a great deal.
I didn't like it because the training wheels, but ubuntu in the gnome2 era was pretty nice.
Oh and this http://www.cracked.com/quick-fixes/4-u.s.-cities-that-are-sadistically-screwing-with-residents/
Okay let me put it another way...something IMPORTANT.
And on here both of those issues have fairly one-sided representation.
Whether that's because one side finds a lot lot more evidence is up to the observer.
But yeah I'm tired of it too. Fucking people trying to stir the pot.
"News for nerds" and "stuff that matters" are completely subjective. Sit the fuck down.
I just thought it was a hilarious case of weird priorities. I honestly am desensetized at this point since you know, the news.
It would be kind of like reading an article that says "bomb goes off in boston during marathon, yields new insights into ballistics physics"
Between unity, privacy concerns, moving away from intercompatability with a new package manager, having a PAY STORE as the default app manager, and attempting to establish a walled garden with a new package manager I hope they fall hard. Or at the very least I hope they get back to their roots.
"To be a cynic:
The voters got exactly what they wanted: Private enterprises buying their own law with no government in sight to stop them. That's what privilege means in its pure form: Private Law."
Lobbying is a double-edged sword, and it's arguable whether it causes more harm than good. It DOES serve as a fantastic way for say privacy and rights advocates to have their voice heard. Sometimes "little guy lobbying" is even effective. Sometimes.
So you're saying we can regulate away corruption? I don't think that has worked out well in other nations. Scrutiny and enforcement are (at least in my opinion) the answer to get rid of the corruption. It's always going to exist, but it can hopefully be minimized. Again, just opinion.
"So, why do you want a weak executive again? Or, if you interpret "small government" to include both legislative and executive, why are you so crazy to want that?"
Literally the only thing my post said is that the government has no business forcing a business model. I was bitching that one of the few benefits of a conservative congress is supposed to be an unregulated market.
But while we're here:
Why the hell would you want MORE? None of what you said matters in the status quo (not saying this scathingly.) Let's look at the reality of the situation: The 3 pillars have never been balanced, and at the moment the judicial branch is literally a trump card. In addition the executive branch since Bush has been breaking United States law, and violating the constitution with impunity. While the legislative branch has been passing laws that are blatantly unconstitutional. They are all 3 extremely powerful right now...funny how they are each just lashing out in different directions instead of getting in each others' (they are intended to block each other) paths...almost as if they are all on the same "side."
I really have no problem with government, even fairly large government. I do however have problems with nonsensical laws (see texting at redlight laws), what I would perceive as "nanny state laws" (see NY soda ban, pot laws), and ill-defined or broadly defined laws.
A huge part of the problems that bother me is lack of accountability. There should be punishment (fairly minor for once or twice, people make mistakes) if a congressmen votes against the constituents in his district...Since we have a realID system being implemented let's use it in a product way..direct polling of a district's constituents handled by the rep's office in whatever way they deem fit.
Further, if you manage to just up and lose 100s of millions of dollars you should not only be fired, but thrown in prison. If you are a major architect in implementing a program to spy on the citizens you're supposed to serve you should be thrown in prison.
Sorry if this rant seems sort of nonsensicle it's 4:22a..
I'm not big on bashing religion (or religion bashing non-believers which is far more common), but that is a funny damn joke why are people downvoting it?