I guess this is a national version of WIPO? Would NIPLAC deal directly with WIPO?
I work for a company that has been attempting to "clean up" some fraudulent sites who use our copyrighted name to spam and sell "vi\[ag)(ra" and "c[]el3br1x" via email, www popups, etc. We, as a company, have delt with WIPO on many occasions since it seems a lot of the domain owners are in Asian nations (like China). Our efforts have been mediocre at best (it's been 6 months of chasing registrars and new registered owners to just live up to the WIPO ruling).
Anyway, I wonder if we could use the gov't power of NIPLAC to assist us in obtaining these domain names. That would definately assist us in dealing with ICANN and their "approved" registrars, at the very least.
Linux compatibility is not a requirement for me, so I could really care less.
It works under Windows, and windows is probably the best platform for doing this kind of stuff anyway. (Windows is closer to a multimedia platform than Linux is, even after the three months worth of work)
Several months ago i spent time researching an HTPC (Home Theater PC) with the intent to have it do everything from HDTV, XM Radio, DVD Player, Music box w/ iTunes, etc.
From my research, specifically, into HDTV, I discovered that all the cards only will decipher over the air (yes, with an antenna) HDTV signals and not HDTV from a cable or satelite provider. Highly disappointing. While I do live in the NYC area, I could have gotten an antenna and received NBC, CBS, ABC and Fox all in HDTV over the air, I could not receive HBO, Discovery HD, etc. Because of this current limitation, I temporarily gave up on the HTPC and am waiting for more reasonable resources.
Oh, and something else I found, the FCC has declared that all cable providers MUST have firewire interfaces on their decoder devices as of May 2004. This would mean you could connect a PC to your cable HD converter in order to record programs, but it does not mean that once the programs are on your PC, you will be able to access them from anything other than your cable box.
Remember MagLev? That's right, magnetic levitation. Similar to that used in those bullet trains in Japan.
The principle is simple... run an electric current through the cable itself thus creating a magnetic force on the lift itself. Run the current one way to go up, the other way to go down.
Now, practically, what the current would need to be in order to lift 10,000lbs into space, I don't know. Maybe someone a little closer to the physics world can assist.
However, in 1997, 94 U.S. senators voted for and signed Senate Resolution 98 which says that the U.S. should not ratify the Kyoto Protocol if: 1) it did not impose restrictions on developing countries, and 2) it would "would result in serious harm to the economy.
John Freakin Kerry was also one of the senators to also sign this resolution.
Bush has been pushing for nuclear energy since his 2000 campaign. In fact, his Energy Bill included pushing nuclear energy.
The poster is correct, the left is against nuclear power. Why? I don't know.
When electricity first came out, people were afraid of it... people protested it, especially when someone was electricuted, and people just plainly would not accept it. But today, electricity is a given in everyday life in most countries.
Nuclear power is no different in this case. There are those who protest it, especially when there is a "disaster" like Chernobyl... and people just won't accept it. It's new... anything new will be shot down by fear.
And, yes, nuclear fuel is limited, as is oil. The point of building nuclear plants would not be to replace oil, but to reduce our reliance on oil for energy. This technology exists (while bio-tech is still an emerging technology). If we help reduce emissions with the use of nuclear energy, we can focus more time on bio-tech and less time complaining about global warming.
Mid-day, The exit polls showed Kerry up nearly 20 percentage points, however in the end, Bush only lost by 1 percentage point.
Was Pennsylvania one of "the two states"? No, you're referring to Ohio and Florida because those of the states Bush won. However, the exit polls in ALL STATES were wrong. And that's the real problem...
Due to Enron. (thanks Bush. Ken Lay in jail yet?) People lost confidence in the market because of the WIDESPREAD, UNCHALLENGED FRAUD!
The market crash following 9/11 had nothing to do with Ken Lay or Enron or Bush.... it had to do with 9/11.
Oh btw, all that fraud committed by Ken Lay was in the 1990s... where was Clinton then? Oh, that's right, he was busy signing into law the bill written and sponsored by Christopher Dodd (D-Conneticut) which relieved business from the liability of providing false information on their SEC anual reports.
*sigh* It's been a long day and there are too many blabbling inaccuracies in your lil rant to even consider debating them all.
But, we've had 18 months of growth which have been the strongest growth in over 20 years. Doesn't sound like there is plenty of growth. But rememeber, the stock market fell when Clinton was still in office... so again, blame the economy on Clinton, if you choose to blame it on any president at all.
There are really more important things than terrorists. Such as education, jobs, the economy..
Ah, you are wrong, grasshoppa...
Remember the stock market crash after 9/11? That was due to uncertainty of the future. If you do not have a stable future, where foreigners are willing to invest in the nation and it's companies, it's difficult to have a good economy. The stock market, and the economy in general, do better when there is certainty in the future. Remember that rating called 'consumer confidence?' Dealing with terrorism now helps maintain a stronger future and therefore a stronger economy.
Likewise, how many people lost their jobs after 9/11 due to the economic downturn? How many just lost their jobs because of the direct attacks (like the hot dog vendor sitting outside the WTC). If you don't have a stable nation where there is a secure and solid future, then the economy will be bad and employers wont hire new employees. Dealing with terrorism now helps maintain a stronger future, a stronger economy, and therefore there will be job growth.
One of the main problems with public education is funding. Schools are always looking for extra cash. While education hasnt been hurt so much due to the No Child Left Behind Act sponsored by Senator Kennedy and signed into law by President Bush, the state of education is directly related to the economy and jobs. Larger economy means more people employed means more tax revenvue means more money for the schools.
So, see, while education, jobs, the economy are important, their relevance is not any more than that of terrorism. Sorry you believe Michael Moore when he says, "there is no terrorist threat" but there is. And until we deal with the terrorist threat, there is no guarentee that our economy, our jobs or our education system will be mediocre at best.
What's the difference between defining the application based on 1) Meta data (like OSX) or 2) File extension (Windows) or the way described as being part of KDE 2.0?
There is no difference! Just different ways of doing it! No, Windows and OSX do not have a long way to go, but KDE is obviously JUST catching up to the idea of determine what application to open up based on such data!
The relationship between sun exposure and nonmelanoma skin cancer has been clarified greatly in the past several decades (Blum, 1959; Emmett, 1973; Urbach, 1974; Kricker et al., 1994). Observers noted in the late 1800s (Unna, 1894) that sailors exposed to the sun developed "Seemannshaut," or "sailor's skin," and in the early 1900s an excess risk of skin cancer was observed among farmers. The greater risk for Caucasians exposed to sun was also observed (Hyde, 1906).
Right, but what was said was that the ozone layer, or lack thereof, was responsible for skin cancer. According to your own link, people int he 1800s got skin cancer. That certainly wasn't due to the lack of an ozone layer.
OK. When you move, let me know and I'll chip in a few bucks.
BTW, I live in New Jersey where the SUV to people ratio is about 9 to 10... and NJ is definately not a conservative state. Therefore, it must be all your commies buying the SUVs.;)
Kerry has to appeal to the midwestern, rust belt, and southern voters because he was born in the big city, lives in the big city, and spends more time traveling between vacation spots than the average voter from these regions spends working.
And many are, however Republicans (and libertarians, like Larry Elder, who refers to himself as a 'republitarian'), see that maybe it isn't the right time to make the switch in administration.
While many republicans many similar views with Mr. Badnarik, some do not. I think the point here is to end up with a gov't in which Mr. Badnarik can run for president, but we need to get there slowly, one year at a time.
This is why Bush was viewed by Republicans so well for 2000. He promised to get rid of the Department of Education in the step to privatize education, but instead enforced it (to the disappointment of MANY republicans). His view, however, was to build a consensus with the Democrats ont he issue (read Ted Kennedy) which ended up a big failure. Other issues exist, but this is the primary one.
One step at a time... there is talk now about getting rid of the IRS, which I am 100% for... but whether Bush (or Kerry) could accomplish this is questionable. The fact, however, is that this kind of stuff is getting into the heads of the voters and eventually we will elect the necessary legislative and executive leaders that will institute the changes in 15-20 years (hopefully...)
You name it... radio manufacturing, cars, steel, etc etc the list goes on and on.
Yes, initially there was a significant loss of jobs due to this outsourcing, but then a light at the end of the tunnel.... more jobs in other industries. Industries were created when older industries outsourced to other nations, for instance the IT industry. Once the IT industry becomes outsourced completely and people are done losing their jobs, there is bound to be another industry that arrives which will require new workers and new skills. Everyone will flock to this new industry, which will eventually blow up... leaving people out of jobs and companies will begin to outsource to other countries.
And the cycle continues...
It can only be said that a country that continuously finds ways to outsource it's industries and maintain on the top of the world economic ladder is the country that truly innovates and grows. If we stop outsourcing, we'll stop growing... and stop innovating.
The Bush Administration is altering the laws of gravity in order to distract us from the situation in Iraq. A bill in Congress right now will nullify the law of gravity as we know it, taking away the rights of individuals to remain firmly planted on the Earth.
So you're saying that people who are self employed are irrelevant? I don't understand your logic. Whether the media and some politicians believe that the payroll survey is "the indicator" or not is irrelevant. The fact is, the household survey, which finds out from the homes themselves who is working and who isn't, it saying there are more people employed today than before the tax cuts.
It seems more like you would rather dismiss these numbers as pointless when in fact they are a better indication of who is actually earning money and supporting their families.
BTW, the unemployment rate that we see reported every month is actually based on the household survey, which lends merit to the fact that the household survey is the true indicator of actual employment status.
You may want to take a look at the results of the HOUSEHOLD survey as opposed to just the PAYROLL survey. The fact is, the payroll survery is not a true indicator of actual employment since it does not take into account those who are self employed.
Here's an interesting link which explains the differences in the results and how there have been a gain of 2.15 million jobs since Bush's tax cuts alone.
And Bush has created jobs. If you do the math (which I know is not hard for most slashdotters), the unemployment rate is currently at 5.4%. Also of note the unemployment rate when Clinton was re-elected was around the same rate. However, in the last 8 years, the U.S. population has increased in size.
Therefore, even if the US working age population in 1996 was let's say 100 million and today it's 120 million (not real numbers, just numbers pulled out of my ass) it means that in 1996 there were 94.6 million people employed. Today, that 120 million with 5.4% unemployment rate would mean that 113.5 million people are employed.
Therefore, there is a net gain in the number of jobs in the US simply because the population increased while the rate stayed the same.
This is why Republicans say Democrats are PESSIMISTIC on the economy. While they look at the number of 5.4%, they will say "hey that's 6.5 million people unemployed which is higher than the 5.4 million number from 1996." The Republicans look at the number which shows that there are actually more people working today than in 1996.
FACT: There are more people employed today than there were in 2000 simply because the population has grown at a greater rate than the unemployment rate.
(Yes, I know you want to compare to 2000, but the logic is still the same)
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I guess this is a national version of WIPO? Would NIPLAC deal directly with WIPO?
I work for a company that has been attempting to "clean up" some fraudulent sites who use our copyrighted name to spam and sell "vi\[ag)(ra" and "c[]el3br1x" via email, www popups, etc. We, as a company, have delt with WIPO on many occasions since it seems a lot of the domain owners are in Asian nations (like China). Our efforts have been mediocre at best (it's been 6 months of chasing registrars and new registered owners to just live up to the WIPO ruling).
Anyway, I wonder if we could use the gov't power of NIPLAC to assist us in obtaining these domain names. That would definately assist us in dealing with ICANN and their "approved" registrars, at the very least.
Linux compatibility is not a requirement for me, so I could really care less.
It works under Windows, and windows is probably the best platform for doing this kind of stuff anyway. (Windows is closer to a multimedia platform than Linux is, even after the three months worth of work)
Some more information....
This website, Digital Connection, provides much, much information regarding HDTC and HTPC. In fact, I see they have a which *may* work to decode HDTV signals from cable providers, however at the bottom of the page it says, "QAM decoding is under development due to the variations in Cable service providers. QAM256 generally has been reported to work, although QAM64 still poses problems with the decoding software. FusionHDTV QAM decoding is limited to only the non-encrypted channels available (generally the OTA local stations)."
Personally, I like the MyHD MDP-120 since all the decoding is done in hardware, but it only does ATSC (over the air HDTV broadcasts).
Several months ago i spent time researching an HTPC (Home Theater PC) with the intent to have it do everything from HDTV, XM Radio, DVD Player, Music box w/ iTunes, etc.
From my research, specifically, into HDTV, I discovered that all the cards only will decipher over the air (yes, with an antenna) HDTV signals and not HDTV from a cable or satelite provider. Highly disappointing. While I do live in the NYC area, I could have gotten an antenna and received NBC, CBS, ABC and Fox all in HDTV over the air, I could not receive HBO, Discovery HD, etc. Because of this current limitation, I temporarily gave up on the HTPC and am waiting for more reasonable resources.
Oh, and something else I found, the FCC has declared that all cable providers MUST have firewire interfaces on their decoder devices as of May 2004. This would mean you could connect a PC to your cable HD converter in order to record programs, but it does not mean that once the programs are on your PC, you will be able to access them from anything other than your cable box.
I personally would like France to be the "winner". If the reactor blows up, all we lose is a bunch of French people and maybe some of their bad wine.
If we blow up Japan, the price of memory and other computer components will go up. That will be a sad day, indeed.
Obviously, the right choice is to blow up the French!
Remember MagLev? That's right, magnetic levitation. Similar to that used in those bullet trains in Japan.
The principle is simple... run an electric current through the cable itself thus creating a magnetic force on the lift itself. Run the current one way to go up, the other way to go down.
Now, practically, what the current would need to be in order to lift 10,000lbs into space, I don't know. Maybe someone a little closer to the physics world can assist.
See, honesty is all you want. BTW, while I'm at it, I'll probably bomb your country while I'm president too. Thanks for you support! :)
However, in 1997, 94 U.S. senators voted for and signed Senate Resolution 98 which says that the U.S. should not ratify the Kyoto Protocol if: 1) it did not impose restrictions on developing countries, and 2) it would "would result in serious harm to the economy.
John Freakin Kerry was also one of the senators to also sign this resolution.
Bush has been pushing for nuclear energy since his 2000 campaign. In fact, his Energy Bill included pushing nuclear energy.
The poster is correct, the left is against nuclear power. Why? I don't know.
When electricity first came out, people were afraid of it... people protested it, especially when someone was electricuted, and people just plainly would not accept it. But today, electricity is a given in everyday life in most countries.
Nuclear power is no different in this case. There are those who protest it, especially when there is a "disaster" like Chernobyl... and people just won't accept it. It's new... anything new will be shot down by fear.
And, yes, nuclear fuel is limited, as is oil. The point of building nuclear plants would not be to replace oil, but to reduce our reliance on oil for energy. This technology exists (while bio-tech is still an emerging technology). If we help reduce emissions with the use of nuclear energy, we can focus more time on bio-tech and less time complaining about global warming.
What about Pennsylvania?
Mid-day, The exit polls showed Kerry up nearly 20 percentage points, however in the end, Bush only lost by 1 percentage point.
Was Pennsylvania one of "the two states"? No, you're referring to Ohio and Florida because those of the states Bush won. However, the exit polls in ALL STATES were wrong. And that's the real problem...
Due to Enron. (thanks Bush. Ken Lay in jail yet?) People lost confidence in the market because of the WIDESPREAD, UNCHALLENGED FRAUD!
The market crash following 9/11 had nothing to do with Ken Lay or Enron or Bush.... it had to do with 9/11.
Oh btw, all that fraud committed by Ken Lay was in the 1990s... where was Clinton then? Oh, that's right, he was busy signing into law the bill written and sponsored by Christopher Dodd (D-Conneticut) which relieved business from the liability of providing false information on their SEC anual reports.
*sigh* It's been a long day and there are too many blabbling inaccuracies in your lil rant to even consider debating them all.
But, we've had 18 months of growth which have been the strongest growth in over 20 years. Doesn't sound like there is plenty of growth. But rememeber, the stock market fell when Clinton was still in office... so again, blame the economy on Clinton, if you choose to blame it on any president at all.
There are really more important things than terrorists. Such as education, jobs, the economy..
Ah, you are wrong, grasshoppa...
Remember the stock market crash after 9/11? That was due to uncertainty of the future. If you do not have a stable future, where foreigners are willing to invest in the nation and it's companies, it's difficult to have a good economy. The stock market, and the economy in general, do better when there is certainty in the future. Remember that rating called 'consumer confidence?' Dealing with terrorism now helps maintain a stronger future and therefore a stronger economy.
Likewise, how many people lost their jobs after 9/11 due to the economic downturn? How many just lost their jobs because of the direct attacks (like the hot dog vendor sitting outside the WTC). If you don't have a stable nation where there is a secure and solid future, then the economy will be bad and employers wont hire new employees. Dealing with terrorism now helps maintain a stronger future, a stronger economy, and therefore there will be job growth.
One of the main problems with public education is funding. Schools are always looking for extra cash. While education hasnt been hurt so much due to the No Child Left Behind Act sponsored by Senator Kennedy and signed into law by President Bush, the state of education is directly related to the economy and jobs. Larger economy means more people employed means more tax revenvue means more money for the schools.
So, see, while education, jobs, the economy are important, their relevance is not any more than that of terrorism. Sorry you believe Michael Moore when he says, "there is no terrorist threat" but there is. And until we deal with the terrorist threat, there is no guarentee that our economy, our jobs or our education system will be mediocre at best.
What's the difference between defining the application based on 1) Meta data (like OSX) or 2) File extension (Windows) or the way described as being part of KDE 2.0?
There is no difference! Just different ways of doing it! No, Windows and OSX do not have a long way to go, but KDE is obviously JUST catching up to the idea of determine what application to open up based on such data!
The relationship between sun exposure and nonmelanoma skin cancer has been clarified greatly in the past several decades (Blum, 1959; Emmett, 1973; Urbach, 1974; Kricker et al., 1994). Observers noted in the late 1800s (Unna, 1894) that sailors exposed to the sun developed "Seemannshaut," or "sailor's skin," and in the early 1900s an excess risk of skin cancer was observed among farmers. The greater risk for Caucasians exposed to sun was also observed (Hyde, 1906).
Right, but what was said was that the ozone layer, or lack thereof, was responsible for skin cancer. According to your own link, people int he 1800s got skin cancer. That certainly wasn't due to the lack of an ozone layer.
The argument that there are no (or minimal) dangers ignores the fact that skin cancer exists.
Testicular cancer also exists... is that caused by the ozone layer, or lack thereof, too?
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OK. When you move, let me know and I'll chip in a few bucks.
;)
BTW, I live in New Jersey where the SUV to people ratio is about 9 to 10... and NJ is definately not a conservative state. Therefore, it must be all your commies buying the SUVs.
Kerry has to appeal to the midwestern, rust belt, and southern voters because he was born in the big city, lives in the big city, and spends more time traveling between vacation spots than the average voter from these regions spends working.
And many are, however Republicans (and libertarians, like Larry Elder, who refers to himself as a 'republitarian'), see that maybe it isn't the right time to make the switch in administration.
While many republicans many similar views with Mr. Badnarik, some do not. I think the point here is to end up with a gov't in which Mr. Badnarik can run for president, but we need to get there slowly, one year at a time.
This is why Bush was viewed by Republicans so well for 2000. He promised to get rid of the Department of Education in the step to privatize education, but instead enforced it (to the disappointment of MANY republicans). His view, however, was to build a consensus with the Democrats ont he issue (read Ted Kennedy) which ended up a big failure. Other issues exist, but this is the primary one.
One step at a time... there is talk now about getting rid of the IRS, which I am 100% for... but whether Bush (or Kerry) could accomplish this is questionable. The fact, however, is that this kind of stuff is getting into the heads of the voters and eventually we will elect the necessary legislative and executive leaders that will institute the changes in 15-20 years (hopefully...)
You name it... radio manufacturing, cars, steel, etc etc the list goes on and on.
Yes, initially there was a significant loss of jobs due to this outsourcing, but then a light at the end of the tunnel.... more jobs in other industries. Industries were created when older industries outsourced to other nations, for instance the IT industry. Once the IT industry becomes outsourced completely and people are done losing their jobs, there is bound to be another industry that arrives which will require new workers and new skills. Everyone will flock to this new industry, which will eventually blow up... leaving people out of jobs and companies will begin to outsource to other countries.
And the cycle continues...
It can only be said that a country that continuously finds ways to outsource it's industries and maintain on the top of the world economic ladder is the country that truly innovates and grows. If we stop outsourcing, we'll stop growing... and stop innovating.
The Bush Administration is altering the laws of gravity in order to distract us from the situation in Iraq. A bill in Congress right now will nullify the law of gravity as we know it, taking away the rights of individuals to remain firmly planted on the Earth.
I'm personally more impressed with Afghanimation.
So you're saying that people who are self employed are irrelevant? I don't understand your logic. Whether the media and some politicians believe that the payroll survey is "the indicator" or not is irrelevant. The fact is, the household survey, which finds out from the homes themselves who is working and who isn't, it saying there are more people employed today than before the tax cuts.
It seems more like you would rather dismiss these numbers as pointless when in fact they are a better indication of who is actually earning money and supporting their families.
BTW, the unemployment rate that we see reported every month is actually based on the household survey, which lends merit to the fact that the household survey is the true indicator of actual employment status.
You may want to take a look at the results of the HOUSEHOLD survey as opposed to just the PAYROLL survey. The fact is, the payroll survery is not a true indicator of actual employment since it does not take into account those who are self employed.
Here's an interesting link which explains the differences in the results and how there have been a gain of 2.15 million jobs since Bush's tax cuts alone.
And Bush has created jobs. If you do the math (which I know is not hard for most slashdotters), the unemployment rate is currently at 5.4%. Also of note the unemployment rate when Clinton was re-elected was around the same rate. However, in the last 8 years, the U.S. population has increased in size.
Therefore, even if the US working age population in 1996 was let's say 100 million and today it's 120 million (not real numbers, just numbers pulled out of my ass) it means that in 1996 there were 94.6 million people employed. Today, that 120 million with 5.4% unemployment rate would mean that 113.5 million people are employed.
Therefore, there is a net gain in the number of jobs in the US simply because the population increased while the rate stayed the same.
This is why Republicans say Democrats are PESSIMISTIC on the economy. While they look at the number of 5.4%, they will say "hey that's 6.5 million people unemployed which is higher than the 5.4 million number from 1996." The Republicans look at the number which shows that there are actually more people working today than in 1996.
FACT: There are more people employed today than there were in 2000 simply because the population has grown at a greater rate than the unemployment rate.
(Yes, I know you want to compare to 2000, but the logic is still the same)