Banning technology or tools is what governments, organizations, etc do when they can't fix behavior.
It's that problem of controlling people, which tends to be difficult.
The BEST you can do is try to design your network so that all access requires that you can identify who the user is even if you can't identify the data (cause it's encrypted).
When the college gets called with a lawsuit because somebody violated the rules of behavior, you execute the consequences that the person agreed to when you gave them access to the network.
yea, why stories continue to be posted with direct links instead of using things like coral cache is beyond me. If you KNOW the site you are going to link to can't handle a slashdot load then DON'T LINK DIRECTLY TO IT.
Of course this does not include sadistic evil people who enjoy watching websites crash and burn (probably a sizable but not large percentage portion of the slashdot community)
It's that "Not Always" that's pesky to deal with, because how can you justify taking something by coercion or force from somebody that legitimately became rich under their own means (primarily) even if IF most of the people you are taxing by via some blanket rule didn't?
Yea...I know. I shot my mouth off a little and had not checked them out of late. It is MUCH better, but not quite as good as the standard 4-5Mb/s 720p/AC3 MKV's we see on bittorrent.
The issue is (and this is only according to what I've read) DOI was very evasive and misleading about the reasons Google was prohibited from submitting to the RFQ for consideration as the reason was "security" related.
That being said NO cloud service can be considered that is not FISMA compliant, not MS, not IBM.
I think their argument is that FISMA certification is arguably a competitive advantage they had to overcome before being available under GSA. Why should MS or IBM get a pass on FISMA certification when Google didn't?
In the end there may very well be good reasons to NOT take Google over MS, but MS still has to play by the same rules.
I've often watched my brother who is a multitasking jedi play WoW, SC2, etc and I've often asked him why he does not go into day trading. The skill sets of managing a quickly changing massive amount of information and evaluating probabilistic results for gain is EXACTLY what real time traders do.
Computer games, role playing games (with emphasis on the statistical portion), war games, RTS...
When it comes down to it, it's nothing more than statistical simulations.
If some game company can overlay something like WoW or SC over a real time stock trading system,...well...we will see what happens when a bunch of people who spend hours every day optimizing probabilistic statistical systems to their advantage has on world financial markets.
Probably would make a good Sci-Fi Novel if nothing else
Although I'm not holding my breath for IPv6 to be widely adopted any time soon....the fact that encryption is mandated in the protocol as an option is something that is long overdue. Clear text non-encrypted network traffic is something everybody should avoid if possible. (which is REALLY hard without a lot of work).
Maybe if encryption was mandated in packets sniffing this sort of stuff would not be a issue? (yes)
The answer is not centralization and more government regulation as it's the corporate players and interests which write the very rules they play under. The answer is distribution of institutionalized power as wide as feasibly possible.
That's really what federalism is for. What the Founders intended was for most of your experience of government to come from the local and state levels. The federal government was intended to be a distant entity only remotely involved in daily life, and even then only to the extent necessary to take care of things the states cannot do, like national defense and interstate affairs.
That way you can also vote with your feet without having to give up on being an American. Don't like the laws of your locality or state? Move to another one. If a locality or state pisses off enough residents, they move away and the locality or state starts losing its tax base.
This doesn't work when you have a gigantic, all-encompassing federal government that is increasingly intrusive and increasingly involved in daily life.
Yea...Mercantile Corporate Cronyism. It's the way our government works. The Neocons love it, use it and don't hide it. The democrats love it, use it and then blush when somebody points out the hypocrisy.
The whole damn thing is going to come crashing down at some point (financially). "When" is a good question.
The country needs to realize that the problem is not politicians, they are humans and act the way humans do. The problem is institutionalized governmental power. It's aggregated, enabled and USED by corporate interests. More government gives more power to corporate lobbys and big special interests.
The answer is not centralization and more government regulation as it's the corporate players and interests which write the very rules they play under. The answer is distribution of institutionalized power as wide as feasibly possible. That will not STOP consolidation, but it will slow it down instead of the current idea which is to pour gasoline on the fire.
I think your characterization of libertarians being against ALL government to be incorrect.
It sounds like you are mistaking your conceptual framework of what you believe classical liberalism to be vs what the people who actually believe in classical liberalism say they believe.
Classical liberals believe that government is necessary. It sounds like you need to do some research.
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Banning technology or tools is what governments, organizations, etc do when they can't fix behavior.
It's that problem of controlling people, which tends to be difficult.
The BEST you can do is try to design your network so that all access requires that you can identify who the user is even if you can't identify the data (cause it's encrypted).
When the college gets called with a lawsuit because somebody violated the rules of behavior, you execute the consequences that the person agreed to when you gave them access to the network.
http://www.woodmann.com.nyud.net/collaborative/knowledge/index.php/Super-secret_debug_capabilities_of_AMD_processors_!
may not work until SOMEBODY uses the coral cache and is able to see the site (and thus cache it for the first time)
yea, why stories continue to be posted with direct links instead of using things like coral cache is beyond me. If you KNOW the site you are going to link to can't handle a slashdot load then DON'T LINK DIRECTLY TO IT.
Of course this does not include sadistic evil people who enjoy watching websites crash and burn (probably a sizable but not large percentage portion of the slashdot community)
Because a friend of mine went to Federal big house in West Virginia for growing pot and got out early because of parole.
Most of the time, but not ALWAYS.
It's that "Not Always" that's pesky to deal with, because how can you justify taking something by coercion or force from somebody that legitimately became rich under their own means (primarily) even if IF most of the people you are taxing by via some blanket rule didn't?
Yea...I know. I shot my mouth off a little and had not checked them out of late. It is MUCH better, but not quite as good as the standard 4-5Mb/s 720p/AC3 MKV's we see on bittorrent.
I would like to say...that I had not been on Netflix for a while and the new stuff IS better :)
Sure, if you don't mind sub-par video quality even with their quasi hi-def Netflix is fine (even IF there is STILL a lot of missing content).
When they can stream to me a TV show at 720p with 4-5Mb/s using variable bit rate I'll be happy. Until then I'm not.
The law says MS's solution must be FISMA certified. MS's solution is not FISMA certified.
Until it is, it's not a product that they can use. Definitely NOT as a pilot with government data on it.
The issue is (and this is only according to what I've read) DOI was very evasive and misleading about the reasons Google was prohibited from submitting to the RFQ for consideration as the reason was "security" related.
That being said NO cloud service can be considered that is not FISMA compliant, not MS, not IBM.
I think their argument is that FISMA certification is arguably a competitive advantage they had to overcome before being available under GSA. Why should MS or IBM get a pass on FISMA certification when Google didn't?
In the end there may very well be good reasons to NOT take Google over MS, but MS still has to play by the same rules.
http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward.do?AwardNumber=1012208
above is direct link to award
cause the story does not link directly to it...lazy!
http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward.do?AwardNumber=1012208
I've often watched my brother who is a multitasking jedi play WoW, SC2, etc and I've often asked him why he does not go into day trading. The skill sets of managing a quickly changing massive amount of information and evaluating probabilistic results for gain is EXACTLY what real time traders do.
Computer games, role playing games (with emphasis on the statistical portion), war games, RTS...
When it comes down to it, it's nothing more than statistical simulations.
If some game company can overlay something like WoW or SC over a real time stock trading system,...well...we will see what happens when a bunch of people who spend hours every day optimizing probabilistic statistical systems to their advantage has on world financial markets.
Probably would make a good Sci-Fi Novel if nothing else
yea..the difference is a little creepy to a LOT creepy.
Given that Zork was originally run on the PDP-10 back in the late 70's chances are it already ran on a paper driven console..WHEN IT FIRST CAME OUT.
As a believer in Zen I object to the whole philosophical idea that a Kilogram can in any way be real. :)
But....Zen would teach that it's still useful.
Although I'm not holding my breath for IPv6 to be widely adopted any time soon....the fact that encryption is mandated in the protocol as an option is something that is long overdue. Clear text non-encrypted network traffic is something everybody should avoid if possible. (which is REALLY hard without a lot of work).
Maybe if encryption was mandated in packets sniffing this sort of stuff would not be a issue? (yes)
That's really what federalism is for. What the Founders intended was for most of your experience of government to come from the local and state levels. The federal government was intended to be a distant entity only remotely involved in daily life, and even then only to the extent necessary to take care of things the states cannot do, like national defense and interstate affairs.
That way you can also vote with your feet without having to give up on being an American. Don't like the laws of your locality or state? Move to another one. If a locality or state pisses off enough residents, they move away and the locality or state starts losing its tax base.
This doesn't work when you have a gigantic, all-encompassing federal government that is increasingly intrusive and increasingly involved in daily life.
I'm already a fan of Federalism :)
Yea...Mercantile Corporate Cronyism. It's the way our government works. The Neocons love it, use it and don't hide it. The democrats love it, use it and then blush when somebody points out the hypocrisy.
The whole damn thing is going to come crashing down at some point (financially). "When" is a good question.
The country needs to realize that the problem is not politicians, they are humans and act the way humans do. The problem is institutionalized governmental power. It's aggregated, enabled and USED by corporate interests. More government gives more power to corporate lobbys and big special interests.
The answer is not centralization and more government regulation as it's the corporate players and interests which write the very rules they play under. The answer is distribution of institutionalized power as wide as feasibly possible. That will not STOP consolidation, but it will slow it down instead of the current idea which is to pour gasoline on the fire.
And it's the last time we will see it either.
Java maintained by Apple has always been WAY behind what everybody else is using. I'm glad Apple is going to ditch it and leave it up to others.
Flash and Java will probably end up in the new Mac App store which will mean automatic updates but via the vendor that supplies them.
My reaction to this is one of mild joy and "whatever".
The east german police secret police tracked innocent civilians AND did plain old gum shoe police work against actual criminals.
Why do you think that if an organization does one thing it means they can't or will not in the future do the other?
I think your characterization of libertarians being against ALL government to be incorrect.
It sounds like you are mistaking your conceptual framework of what you believe classical liberalism to be vs what the people who actually believe in classical liberalism say they believe.
Classical liberals believe that government is necessary. It sounds like you need to do some research.
And yet here I am as part of the Movement and I don't support your view of the Tea party.
Reality is not what you want, it's what it is. There ARE MANY people within the Tea party that believe as I do.
I cannot help if you wish to not see us.
what invisible hand? It never existed in broadband to begin with.