Sending either of those opinions to the DOJ mean that the sender is an semi-literate idiot, and they probably don't know what it means for a corporation to lose it's charter.
how much would you expect it to go for? the last time i replaced my video card was 3 years ago, and i bought it used from a friend, and i haven't kept up on the prices.
You know, he's a ruthless business and a monopolist, but he could be doing worse as a human: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=bill+gates+ch aritable+donation
Orwell would be chagrined that a bunch of whiny, priviledged citizens of the United States are complaining about how not being able to burn leaves and having to fill out a census.
First of all, leaf burning laws are local, not federal laws. Second of all, censuses have been in existence in the US since 1790. 2 years after the adoption of the Constitution. I can't bear to reply to the idea that federal standards on toilet flush capacity is Orwellian...
Unfortunately, at worst they are predatory scam artists. I wouldn't put the irritating special offers from real companies in anywhere near the same category as those who just spam to steal CC#'s, aol logins, SSN's, etc...
So while I hate spam of all kinds, I still think this is a great step for keeping people who aren't astute enough to keep themselves out of trouble from getting scammed.
Just for curiosity's sake, what do they stand to lose by letting in mail from Outlook users? Unless they use Outlook/Windows themselves, aren't there are very few of the Outlook based virii that affect their system? And wouldn't that be pretty hypocritical if they do use Outlook? And if they are concerned, couldn't they _very_ easily screen the email for attachments or suspicious content?
They sound like a pretty piss-poor security consulting firm if this their response to an insecure email client.
I could very well be wrong, but I have studied this a little. You can't recover from a severe enough CNS injury - the reason that some people can show improvement is that existing neurons will attempt to grow to reach other neurons, creating new connections. And when some connections survive a trauma, a person can (tortuously) re-learn tasks using the existing connections (essentially remapping brain to body connections).
Anyway, i'm no MD. But I am fairly certain that one doesn't re-grow neurons when recovering from a CNS injury (although I've heard of research where they found adult brains do have new neurons in them. The wonder of science). However, I'm pretty sure you're right that adults have stem cells - only they're not completely undifferentiated like embryonic stem cells or the ones supposedly discovered/created in the above article.
Okay, are these articles in the Indian Constitution the 'most foul extensions of the american affirmative action system' that you're refering to?
Article 14. Equality before law. -The State shall not deny to any person equality before the law or the equal protection of the laws within the territory of India.
Article 15. Prohibition of discrimination on grounds of religion, race, caste, sex or place of birth. -
(1) The State shall not discriminate against any citizen on grounds only of religion, race, caste, sex, place of birth or any of them.
(2) No citizen shall, on grounds only of religion, race, caste, sex, place of birth or any of them, be subject to any disability, liability, restriction or condition with regard to-
(a) access to shops, public restaurants, hotels and places of public entertainment; or
(b) the use of wells, tanks, bathing ghats, roads and places of public resort maintained wholly or partly out of State funds or dedicated to the use of the general public.
(3) Nothing in this article shall prevent the State from making any special provision for women and children.
(4) Nothing in this article or in clause (2) of article 29 shall prevent the State from making any special provision for the advancement of any socially and educationally backward classes of citizens or for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes.
Article 16. Equality of opportunity in matters of public employment. -
(1) There shall be equality of opportunity for all citizens in matters relating to employment or appointment to any office under the State.
(2) No citizen shall, on grounds only of religion, race, caste, sex, descent, place of birth, residence or any of them, be ineligible for, or discriminated against in respect of, any employment or office under the State.
(4) Nothing in this article shall prevent the State from making any provision for the reservation of appointments or posts in favour of anybackward class of citizens which, in the opinion of the State, is not adequately represented in the services under the State.
Article 17. Abolition of Untouchability. -"Untouchability" is abolished and its practice in any form is forbidden. The enforcement of any disability arising out of "Untouchability" shall be an offence punishable in accordance with law.
Sorry to point out the reality that social change lags behind government policy (even 52 years after...). But notice how I was able to disagree with you without insulting you personally. I suggest you try it.
GOOGLE AT A GLANCE
Google is a privately held and profitable company focused on search services. Named for the mathematical term "googol", Google operates a web site at www.google.com that is widely recognized as the "World's Best Search Engine" and is fast, accurate and easy to use. The company also serves corporate clients with cost-effective advertising targeted by keyword and with breakthrough search technology that makes it easy for visitors to find the information they need, whether on a client s web site or elsewhere on the Internet....
IANAL, but I don't think people in the US have any real rights until they turn 18.
Wow, that was the most immature and ignorant comment I've seen on slashdot in a long time.
I have an idea, why don't you talk to someone in the 'untouchable' caste in India, a woman in Saudi Arabia, or a political dissident in China about how you don't have any 'real rights'? Grow up...
i'm not saying it right that all these sites aren't w3c compliant, but why don't you just use IE in the first place when you're going to buy something and you know it's going to be a problem?
it's just like having a separate Windows system to run games...
That does do a lot to clarify it - thanks for the additional info. I agree that there should be a form of penalty for ISPs that allow this to continue.
I would only respond to 1 point. I would say DOSing is more like assault than breaking and entering (which I would equate more with (h|cr)acking). And in this case, where people lost there jobs, it is even worse.
The one wrong (ISPs with bad security) doesn't mitigate the other (socially stunted little idiots making other people suffer for kicks).
It seems to me that you are making exactly the same argument used by firearm opponents - who blame Colt, Smith&Wesson, et al. for violent crime, neglecting to blame the criminals for their part.
I would lay the responsibility for frivolous lawsuits entirely on the plaintiffs. Not that lawyers aren't people too, with power-plays, publicity-craving, and greed... but I think they have much less responsibility for the number of lawsuits in the US than they are usually blamed for.
Nobody holds a gun to anyone's head forcing them to go to a lawyer...
Under the terms of the deal, announced today, McOwen will receive one year of probation for each criminal count, to run concurrently, make restitution of $2100, and perform 80 hours of community service unrelated to computers or technology. McOwen will have no felony or misdemeanor record under Georgia's First Offender Act.
The initial criminal penalties were absolutely obscene... they wanted $.59 per CPU second. Amounted to about $800K, and up to 30 years in prison. I guess in comparison, this is so mild that it's easy for me to lose perspective. He really should've been fired/disciplined if they were unhappy with his work - any criminal prosecution at all is probably excessive.
Why are you giving lawyers a bad rap? They need a client - if the school acted responsibly, they would not have pursued litigation... don't blame a lawyer for doing his best to represent their client...
Installing a screensaver is neither a large nor is it a questionable change to a system.
It's a screensaver. Listen to yourself.
It uses bandwidth and lots of CPU cycles.
It communicates with an external server.
You can configure it to run all the time, not just when the screen saver is up.
It's not just a screensaver at all. It is a distributed computing client. Pretty benign (especially compared to other apps like AIM or Outlook), but still definitely not just a screensaver.
First, I totally agree with you (if you're implying #1 like i think you are).
Second... I agree that collaborative coders are, when all is averaged out, the most productive (and most pleasant to work with). However, at least were I got my BA, there were several large partner/group projects in a semester in addition to the individual assignments. So you did learn how to work with others (and part of the project grade was based on your ability to work with the others).
If not collaborating is part of the rules for an assignment, you just have to respect that. And since the program only does a syntactical analysis, you can still have discussions about higher level architectural issues (which is more important, anyway).
Slashdot Mirror
Sending either of those opinions to the DOJ mean that the sender is an semi-literate idiot, and they probably don't know what it means for a corporation to lose it's charter.
how much would you expect it to go for? the last time i replaced my video card was 3 years ago, and i bought it used from a friend, and i haven't kept up on the prices.
You know, he's a ruthless business and a monopolist, but he could be doing worse as a human: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=bill+gates+ch aritable+donation
Didn't you hear?
They _do_ exist, and took down RaiseTheFist.com, too...
Orwell would be chagrined that a bunch of whiny, priviledged citizens of the United States are complaining about how not being able to burn leaves and having to fill out a census.
First of all, leaf burning laws are local, not federal laws. Second of all, censuses have been in existence in the US since 1790. 2 years after the adoption of the Constitution. I can't bear to reply to the idea that federal standards on toilet flush capacity is Orwellian...
I think at best, spammers are useless.
Unfortunately, at worst they are predatory scam artists. I wouldn't put the irritating special offers from real companies in anywhere near the same category as those who just spam to steal CC#'s, aol logins, SSN's, etc...
So while I hate spam of all kinds, I still think this is a great step for keeping people who aren't astute enough to keep themselves out of trouble from getting scammed.
Just for curiosity's sake, what do they stand to lose by letting in mail from Outlook users? Unless they use Outlook/Windows themselves, aren't there are very few of the Outlook based virii that affect their system? And wouldn't that be pretty hypocritical if they do use Outlook? And if they are concerned, couldn't they _very_ easily screen the email for attachments or suspicious content?
They sound like a pretty piss-poor security consulting firm if this their response to an insecure email client.
I could very well be wrong, but I have studied this a little. You can't recover from a severe enough CNS injury - the reason that some people can show improvement is that existing neurons will attempt to grow to reach other neurons, creating new connections. And when some connections survive a trauma, a person can (tortuously) re-learn tasks using the existing connections (essentially remapping brain to body connections).
Anyway, i'm no MD. But I am fairly certain that one doesn't re-grow neurons when recovering from a CNS injury (although I've heard of research where they found adult brains do have new neurons in them. The wonder of science). However, I'm pretty sure you're right that adults have stem cells - only they're not completely undifferentiated like embryonic stem cells or the ones supposedly discovered/created in the above article.
I agree. I only intended to offer perspective.
Okay, are these articles in the Indian Constitution the 'most foul extensions of the american affirmative action system' that you're refering to?
. htm#P350_19723.
Article 14. Equality before law. -The State shall not deny to any person equality before the law or the equal protection of the laws within the territory of India.
Article 15. Prohibition of discrimination on grounds of religion, race, caste, sex or place of birth. -
(1) The State shall not discriminate against any citizen on grounds only of religion, race, caste, sex, place of birth or any of them.
(2) No citizen shall, on grounds only of religion, race, caste, sex, place of birth or any of them, be subject to any disability, liability, restriction or condition with regard to-
(a) access to shops, public restaurants, hotels and places of public entertainment; or
(b) the use of wells, tanks, bathing ghats, roads and places of public resort maintained wholly or partly out of State funds or dedicated to the use of the general public.
(3) Nothing in this article shall prevent the State from making any special provision for women and children.
(4) Nothing in this article or in clause (2) of article 29 shall prevent the State from making any special provision for the advancement of any socially and educationally backward classes of citizens or for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes.
Article 16. Equality of opportunity in matters of public employment. -
(1) There shall be equality of opportunity for all citizens in matters relating to employment or appointment to any office under the State.
(2) No citizen shall, on grounds only of religion, race, caste, sex, descent, place of birth, residence or any of them, be ineligible for, or discriminated against in respect of, any employment or office under the State.
(4) Nothing in this article shall prevent the State from making any provision for the reservation of appointments or posts in favour of anybackward class of citizens which, in the opinion of the State, is not adequately represented in the services under the State.
Article 17. Abolition of Untouchability. -"Untouchability" is abolished and its practice in any form is forbidden. The enforcement of any disability arising out of "Untouchability" shall be an offence punishable in accordance with law.
Please review this if you'd like to educate yourself further: http://www.hrw.org/reports/1999/india/India994-02
Sorry to point out the reality that social change lags behind government policy (even 52 years after...). But notice how I was able to disagree with you without insulting you personally. I suggest you try it.
Just an aside, this is a fantastic search resource for computer science, math, and related fields:
http://researchindex.com/
from http://www.google.com/corporate/facts.html
GOOGLE AT A GLANCE
Google is a privately held and profitable company focused on search services. Named for the mathematical term "googol", Google operates a web site at www.google.com that is widely recognized as the "World's Best Search Engine" and is fast, accurate and easy to use. The company also serves corporate clients with cost-effective advertising targeted by keyword and with breakthrough search technology that makes it easy for visitors to find the information they need, whether on a client s web site or elsewhere on the Internet....
IANAL, but I don't think people in the US have any real rights until they turn 18.
Wow, that was the most immature and ignorant comment I've seen on slashdot in a long time.
I have an idea, why don't you talk to someone in the 'untouchable' caste in India, a woman in Saudi Arabia, or a political dissident in China about how you don't have any 'real rights'? Grow up...
i really am happy for amazon.. but i wonder more if _i'm_ going to be around long enough to see that day...
i'm not saying it right that all these sites aren't w3c compliant, but why don't you just use IE in the first place when you're going to buy something and you know it's going to be a problem?
it's just like having a separate Windows system to run games...
come on, didn't the bold + exclamation points hint that this might be a joke?
:)
That does do a lot to clarify it - thanks for the additional info. I agree that there should be a form of penalty for ISPs that allow this to continue.
I would only respond to 1 point. I would say DOSing is more like assault than breaking and entering (which I would equate more with (h|cr)acking). And in this case, where people lost there jobs, it is even worse.
yeah, but that was before the release of Windows XP. This would never have happened if raw socket access was unavailable!
I want them arrested, and to suffer.
The one wrong (ISPs with bad security) doesn't mitigate the other (socially stunted little idiots making other people suffer for kicks).
It seems to me that you are making exactly the same argument used by firearm opponents - who blame Colt, Smith&Wesson, et al. for violent crime, neglecting to blame the criminals for their part.
I would lay the responsibility for frivolous lawsuits entirely on the plaintiffs. Not that lawyers aren't people too, with power-plays, publicity-craving, and greed... but I think they have much less responsibility for the number of lawsuits in the US than they are usually blamed for.
Nobody holds a gun to anyone's head forcing them to go to a lawyer...
Just so you know:
Under the terms of the deal, announced today, McOwen will receive one year of probation for each criminal count, to run concurrently, make restitution of $2100, and perform 80 hours of community service unrelated to computers or technology. McOwen will have no felony or misdemeanor record under Georgia's First Offender Act.
It's all good - we all make mistakes.
The initial criminal penalties were absolutely obscene... they wanted $.59 per CPU second. Amounted to about $800K, and up to 30 years in prison. I guess in comparison, this is so mild that it's easy for me to lose perspective. He really should've been fired/disciplined if they were unhappy with his work - any criminal prosecution at all is probably excessive.
Why are you giving lawyers a bad rap? They need a client - if the school acted responsibly, they would not have pursued litigation... don't blame a lawyer for doing his best to represent their client...
(IANAL)
Installing a screensaver is neither a large nor is it a questionable change to a system.
It's a screensaver. Listen to yourself.
It uses bandwidth and lots of CPU cycles.
It communicates with an external server.
You can configure it to run all the time, not just when the screen saver is up.
It's not just a screensaver at all. It is a distributed computing client. Pretty benign (especially compared to other apps like AIM or Outlook), but still definitely not just a screensaver.
First, I totally agree with you (if you're implying #1 like i think you are).
Second... I agree that collaborative coders are, when all is averaged out, the most productive (and most pleasant to work with). However, at least were I got my BA, there were several large partner/group projects in a semester in addition to the individual assignments. So you did learn how to work with others (and part of the project grade was based on your ability to work with the others).
If not collaborating is part of the rules for an assignment, you just have to respect that. And since the program only does a syntactical analysis, you can still have discussions about higher level architectural issues (which is more important, anyway).