UK law also has a similar provision in the UK's E-Commerce Regulations (scroll down to Minimum information to be provided). Google does not comply, I talked to a Google employee who told me, something like, that it was not convenient/efficient and that I should use a web form.
I don't like putting questions via web form since I don't get to keep a copy as I do when I send email.
I quite agree. I have a desire Z that I bought and got a SIM only contract. HTC will not update it, instead the come out with some lie about it already running the software that is best for its users - or some similar bollocks.
What is the legality of keeping them without trial indefinitely ? The right to a fair trial is one of the inalienable fundamental rights, to which the USA is a signatory. If they can't prove it, then the guys must be let go.
Pragmatically speaking: how many of these still incarcerated are a real risk ? (If they were in the first place.) I suspect that by no means all. So what is the purpose of continuing detention? I suspect some notion of revenge -- which belittles the concept of the USA being a humane and moral nation.
Citizens of the USA: what is being done in your name ?
There is a countdown timer, discrete in a corner somewhere. It gets bigger + more words and in a red font at 90 seconds, flashes at 30.
The users say that it is useful. If they don't allow javascript it just tells them the time by which they have to be done.
In one web application a form has to be completed within 10 minutes. I have a bit of javascript that puts a message the top of the screen when there are 90 seconds to go, and then makes it blink when there are only 30 seconds left. I don't pretend that it is pretty, but it can bring the user back to a task that they got part way through before being distracted.
Just because something can be used to create monstrosities does not mean that it should be banned. If that were the case, then ban.jpg on the grounds of what used to be found at goatse.cx
Because of the ambiguity I usually say either ''a thousand million'' or use the SI prefix Giga. So: it will be an archive of a Giga web page. Hmmm: doesn't quite trip off the tongue, unfortunately.
Similarly with dates. What does 10/5/13 mean ? 10 May 2013 or 5 October 2013 ? I favour the first (to know why see how I spelled 'favour'), but recognising that it can be misunderstood (by those who spell differently), I would usually write dates as 10 May 2013 - no ambiguity.
I have been to the USA, but well before 9/11. I now refuse to travel there, I work freelance I have refused work that would have required me to go there. The root cause of the TSA harassment is: power + lack_of_accountability = abuse.
This is all fuelled by the need to have an enemy, now that the ''red commies'' are no longer a threat another boojums have to be found to provide excuses for government spending and keeping the population under control. Terrorists and paedophiles are two of the current ones. I am not saying that they don't exist, but the threat is vastly exaggerated. It is more complicated than I have time for...
300Gb/s, what is that as a fraction of the total Internet bandwidth ? Without that number we don't know if it is a significant proportion of what is available.
Maybe we should be asking for that figure round/close-to the Spamhaus servers.
By total I mean the core internet routers, not including those in outlying backwaters.
The important opinions are of the two people who are getting married. If they choose to have a bit of fun on the day that they dedicate themselves to each other, why should they not do so ? If people claim that the force will help their marriage, they are not making a claim any less rational (or based on evidence) than those that say the same of the god of chrstians, jews, muslims, hindus,...
The churches like to give us the idea that, somehow, they ''own'' the concept of marriage. People had been getting married years before the churches brought the idea of religion into it.
You might write some true facts that someone else does not like -- eg you expose them (or cast doubt) as selling goods/services that do not do what they claim [[think chiropedist]]. They then sue you, under the current libel laws you have to prove (a very high standard) that you are correct. This sort of tactic has been used to stop legitimate comments.
I heard a discussion on the radio where it was said that the publisher had to bear the complainant's legal costs. This is OK if an individual is complaining that a big national newspaper has maligned them in the press -- but what about a corporate attacking an individual/blogger ""take that article down and apologise or pay out £500/hour solicitors""
In the UK you can demand that a company gives you all the data that it has on you, they must do so within 40 days. There is a statutory maximum charge of £10, it will probably cost them a lot more than that. The amount that they would have to supply would grow every year. It might be reasonable to ask once a year; this might encourage them to purge their data and only keep recent stuff... but this would only have an effect if enough people did this.
for each page view. With RoR, Django, etc., those things are only done once upon application startup and all pages are then served by the running application. Much faster.
I am not saying that PHP does not have its problems, but it is a good web platform. PHP's main problem is that there is a low barrier to entry, so people who do not have much clue can produce something... that looks good, but is buggy with horrible security problems.
I browse with javascript turned off, only switching on if I really need to. The firefox NoScript plugin allows you to be selective, thus I allow parts of what some sites try to run, but not everything.
A new tweak to file formats, you will need to have a subscription to be able to have it formatted as the guy who sent it to you wanted.
I don't think that Open/Libre Office is the main aim for M$ here, but they are going to be forever playing catchup.
Wow: a great treadmill, corporate IT support will have kittens over this.
Much as I like the idea of competitors working together I do have a slight concern that a security flaw found will be exploitable on many platforms. OK: more developers working to kill bugs, but this code is large and complicated.
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UK law also has a similar provision in the UK's E-Commerce Regulations (scroll down to Minimum information to be provided). Google does not comply, I talked to a Google employee who told me, something like, that it was not convenient/efficient and that I should use a web form.
I don't like putting questions via web form since I don't get to keep a copy as I do when I send email.
Bah! Just the power consumption of some uninteresting company, here is the real time power consumption of an entire country.
I also read both of those, I get them on subscription. There are also a few society/clubs that I am a member of that produce things.
I quite agree. I have a desire Z that I bought and got a SIM only contract. HTC will not update it, instead the come out with some lie about it already running the software that is best for its users - or some similar bollocks.
Quite simple: I won't buy HTC again.
What is the legality of keeping them without trial indefinitely ? The right to a fair trial is one of the inalienable fundamental rights, to which the USA is a signatory. If they can't prove it, then the guys must be let go.
Pragmatically speaking: how many of these still incarcerated are a real risk ? (If they were in the first place.) I suspect that by no means all. So what is the purpose of continuing detention? I suspect some notion of revenge -- which belittles the concept of the USA being a humane and moral nation.
Citizens of the USA: what is being done in your name ?
Was this voted on in Congress ?
I thought not.
Maybe juvenile, but I think quite accurate.
have found another target. Having bankrupted several major economies they are looking for virgin lands to grab.
Why not use a countdown timer?
There is a countdown timer, discrete in a corner somewhere. It gets bigger + more words and in a red font at 90 seconds, flashes at 30. The users say that it is useful. If they don't allow javascript it just tells them the time by which they have to be done.
In one web application a form has to be completed within 10 minutes. I have a bit of javascript that puts a message the top of the screen when there are 90 seconds to go, and then makes it blink when there are only 30 seconds left. I don't pretend that it is pretty, but it can bring the user back to a task that they got part way through before being distracted.
Just because something can be used to create monstrosities does not mean that it should be banned. If that were the case, then ban .jpg on the grounds of what used to be found at goatse.cx
Because of the ambiguity I usually say either ''a thousand million'' or use the SI prefix Giga. So: it will be an archive of a Giga web page. Hmmm: doesn't quite trip off the tongue, unfortunately.
Similarly with dates. What does 10/5/13 mean ? 10 May 2013 or 5 October 2013 ? I favour the first (to know why see how I spelled 'favour'), but recognising that it can be misunderstood (by those who spell differently), I would usually write dates as 10 May 2013 - no ambiguity.
Why do I keep on misreading his company name as: Intellectual Vultures ?
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The problem is getting them in the right order
I have been to the USA, but well before 9/11. I now refuse to travel there, I work freelance I have refused work that would have required me to go there. The root cause of the TSA harassment is: power + lack_of_accountability = abuse.
This is all fuelled by the need to have an enemy, now that the ''red commies'' are no longer a threat another boojums have to be found to provide excuses for government spending and keeping the population under control. Terrorists and paedophiles are two of the current ones. I am not saying that they don't exist, but the threat is vastly exaggerated. It is more complicated than I have time for ...
300Gb/s, what is that as a fraction of the total Internet bandwidth ? Without that number we don't know if it is a significant proportion of what is available. Maybe we should be asking for that figure round/close-to the Spamhaus servers.
By total I mean the core internet routers, not including those in outlying backwaters.
The really important things that were not mentioned are:
The important opinions are of the two people who are getting married. If they choose to have a bit of fun on the day that they dedicate themselves to each other, why should they not do so ? If people claim that the force will help their marriage, they are not making a claim any less rational (or based on evidence) than those that say the same of the god of chrstians, jews, muslims, hindus, ...
The churches like to give us the idea that, somehow, they ''own'' the concept of marriage. People had been getting married years before the churches brought the idea of religion into it.
You might write some true facts that someone else does not like -- eg you expose them (or cast doubt) as selling goods/services that do not do what they claim [[think chiropedist]]. They then sue you, under the current libel laws you have to prove (a very high standard) that you are correct. This sort of tactic has been used to stop legitimate comments.
I heard a discussion on the radio where it was said that the publisher had to bear the complainant's legal costs. This is OK if an individual is complaining that a big national newspaper has maligned them in the press -- but what about a corporate attacking an individual/blogger ""take that article down and apologise or pay out £500/hour solicitors""
In the UK you can demand that a company gives you all the data that it has on you, they must do so within 40 days. There is a statutory maximum charge of £10, it will probably cost them a lot more than that. The amount that they would have to supply would grow every year. It might be reasonable to ask once a year; this might encourage them to purge their data and only keep recent stuff ... but this would only have an effect if enough people did this.
There was an EU idea of the right to be forgotten, I don't know where that went.
There is the difference that with a standard PHP setup, the whole framework must be parsed from the code
Look at APC - compile once and cache the code thereafter
establish database connections
Find out about Persistent connections
for each page view. With RoR, Django, etc., those things are only done once upon application startup and all pages are then served by the running application. Much faster.
I am not saying that PHP does not have its problems, but it is a good web platform. PHP's main problem is that there is a low barrier to entry, so people who do not have much clue can produce something ... that looks good, but is buggy with horrible security problems.
Posting to undo an accidental (wrong) moderation - I wish there were a way to undo/change a moderation -- within, say, 30 seconds.
+1
I browse with javascript turned off, only switching on if I really need to. The firefox NoScript plugin allows you to be selective, thus I allow parts of what some sites try to run, but not everything.
A new tweak to file formats, you will need to have a subscription to be able to have it formatted as the guy who sent it to you wanted. I don't think that Open/Libre Office is the main aim for M$ here, but they are going to be forever playing catchup.
Wow: a great treadmill, corporate IT support will have kittens over this.
Much as I like the idea of competitors working together I do have a slight concern that a security flaw found will be exploitable on many platforms. OK: more developers working to kill bugs, but this code is large and complicated.