Originally the internet was designed by the government. It was originally released to the public in order to watch over them. All along there have been people that have been trying to explain this to the public in various ways, but alas, not many believed that the US government would do such a thing. Technology is so fun now, and that fun is serving as a distraction to the reality at hand.
Now, as it stands, technology is fun for one side, and a huge data-grab for the other side. The side with the data is being given more and more rights, while those on the side having fun are restricted more and more to the limit(s) of said fun.
Us that do not "enjoy" the "fun" at hand, are (going to eventually be looked at as) the terrorists.
That this is being celebrated on a Tuesday is the only shocking thing to me, as almost all major events, including presidents' birthdays, are celebrated on a Monday.
Maybe just get rid of all cops, and increase the number of lawyers.
Hell, while we're at it, we can change the qualification to become a lawyer too: Memorize the dictionary. All you need to know are more words than others, and BAM, you're a lawyer.
In order to become a judge, you must own at least 2 hunting camps.
Maybe they should give guns to, and deputize everyone in these ghettos that you're speaking of. That way they could all just shoot and/or arrest each other. Last men standing get fired from the force. Maybe that'll reboot the ghettos.
The only way I create a password is to randomly type while randomly hitting SHIFT (usually to more than 25 characters), and save to my computer in a PW file. That PW file is encrypted with a password that's actually a sentence that I made up. I know it's not 100% fail-proof.
I don't tweet, but I wonder what percentage of their user base that is. Maybe it's small, but I wonder what that does to the attitude of investors, and/or those looking to sell ads. This number seems really high.
In other news, in the condition that the world is in these days, all that's going on, simply talking about what's happening, and sharing your thoughts makes it hard for others to NOT be able to look at what's been said as terror.
Only today, I realized that slashdot is actually over. I've been wondering why I get 15 mod points every time I log in, and only now does it hit me. I'll bet that I'm one of probably 5 people that are moderating, and I'll bet that there's less than 50 people that are actually participating in slashdot at all (commentators and moderators). Looking at the last few stories, it looks like there are less than 30 comments to most stories these days, and I haven't been seeing many posts even getting points, most (that aren't AC) are staying at 1 or 2, depending on karma I'm assuming. The stories are crap, and no one is actually participating.
I'm out. It was fun.
Oh, and to "I kan reed" it was me that modded you flaimbait today.:)
I will be traveling to a remote Himalayan village for year and won't have access to the internet. What offline resources would you all recommend to help me continue to develop my coding skills?
How about a book and a laptop? But why not use the time to learn about a higher meaning to life itself?
Typically the ISP will relay mail from any IP on it's network, performing it's own spam checks. I know AT&T used to not allow any traffic whatsoever out of it's network on port 25, so even trying to get another SMTP server to relay for you is impossible, unless you're using something other than port 25.
Comcast's relay is smtp.comcast.net (96.114.157.81). And you should have a user/pass with comcast, given at time of setup. That's the user/pass that you'll need to present their SMTP server with. If you're using Sendmail then you'd add:
define(`SMART_HOST',`[smtp.comcast.net]')dnl
to your (MC) config file. Here is some info on how to pass the user/pass. But of course you're not using Sendmail...
"Hear, hear" (usually with a comma and set apart as a self-contained sentence) is the conventional spelling of the colloquial exclamation used to express approval for a speaker or sentiment. It’s essentially short for "hear him, hear him" or "hear this, hear this", where these phrases are a sort of cheer.
"Here, here" is widely regarded as a misspelling, although it is a common one, and there are ways to logically justify its use. But for what it’s worth, "hear, hear" is the original form (the Oxford English Dictionary cites examples going back to the 17th century) and is the one listed in dictionaries. English reference books mention "here, here" only to note that it’s wrong.
And let's not forget that the only reason that these computers are given to the kids is simply to get them accustomed to the interface. The companies that are giving these laptops to the schools are not interested in the kids' learning progress, unless you're talking about learning the OS. They just want to get their product well understood in the kids' minds so that later in life, they'll automatically choose that OS. And all of this is expected to happen, as if nothing in the world is going to change in 10 years or so.
But who knows, maybe the whole thing will back fire. Maybe kids will grow out of computers like they grow out of toys.
Dunno, but who'd be in charge of watching all of that video, to check for illegal activity/wrong doing? (I think it'd require a bunch of lawyers because normal people are not trained in practices of law, and wouldn't know when something illegal happened) Then who pays them for their services? This camera idea, although a good idea in theory, is a slippery slope in practice. You'd have to double the current number of police employees in order to be able to sift through the data that the first half creates.
There are corrupt police officers, no doubt. But a camera isn't going to make them act in the way that we want them to.
There would have to be some sort of way that the officer could turn off the thing, they have bathroom duties like the rest of us.
Also, if you really want this type of oversight into governmental activities, then you should want this same sort of camera on all of your senate, congressmen/women, judges, jury, and all the way down to local mayors and governors, and most importantly - the president.
Keep the videos for 180 days or a year and delete unless they're part of a court order to keep.
I think that if they kept these videos for a year, that would be enough. Unless, like you say, there's a court order of some kind.
Only release to the public (including press) via court order. If citizens want to record the police, they're (usually) free to do so with their own equipment and on their own time.
That's just it, this is their (The People's) equipment. The People buy the cameras, pay the cops, and should have access to any/all of the data generated. If there is some reason to have public outcry due to something revealed by the videos, then, if you ask me, the system is working fine. Why not have a Youtube channel devoted to publishing all of it? Hell of a thing to do with your time. If you want to sit around spending hours of your life uploading and/or watching Youtube videos that cops took, go ahead. But, I can't think of a better way to have oversight of the police dept.
The technology-enabled all-seeing-eye should be (owned by) that of The People, not some single person in some place of power. After all, The People are the ones paying for the whole thing to take place, being that it's for their own protection.
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It's what a few cops do, and get charged for.
Originally the internet was designed by the government. It was originally released to the public in order to watch over them. All along there have been people that have been trying to explain this to the public in various ways, but alas, not many believed that the US government would do such a thing. Technology is so fun now, and that fun is serving as a distraction to the reality at hand.
Now, as it stands, technology is fun for one side, and a huge data-grab for the other side. The side with the data is being given more and more rights, while those on the side having fun are restricted more and more to the limit(s) of said fun.
Us that do not "enjoy" the "fun" at hand, are (going to eventually be looked at as) the terrorists.
That this is being celebrated on a Tuesday is the only shocking thing to me, as almost all major events, including presidents' birthdays, are celebrated on a Monday.
No no, you see it's 3 years Indian time. That's only like 2-1/2 months in American time.
If I don't recognize the number, I do not answer. If it's legit, they'll leave a message.
The truth behind this started long ago, and only seems to be more and more applicable as the years go by.
Maybe just get rid of all cops, and increase the number of lawyers.
Hell, while we're at it, we can change the qualification to become a lawyer too: Memorize the dictionary. All you need to know are more words than others, and BAM, you're a lawyer.
In order to become a judge, you must own at least 2 hunting camps.
Maybe they should give guns to, and deputize everyone in these ghettos that you're speaking of. That way they could all just shoot and/or arrest each other. Last men standing get fired from the force. Maybe that'll reboot the ghettos.
No. Even I can't tell if that's sarcasm or not.
The only way I create a password is to randomly type while randomly hitting SHIFT (usually to more than 25 characters), and save to my computer in a PW file. That PW file is encrypted with a password that's actually a sentence that I made up. I know it's not 100% fail-proof.
I guess ivory towers are outdated.
I'm pretty sure royalty, billionaires, politicians and Hollywood celebrities are using real underage kids.
This exactly. I'd just like to add that it takes a lot of "energy" to machine the damn things too. Those blades are magnificently large!
Yep. Evidently scientists have to do something. Sometimes the only science that's getting done is the science of getting funded. :)
In other news, in the condition that the world is in these days, all that's going on, simply talking about what's happening, and sharing your thoughts makes it hard for others to NOT be able to look at what's been said as terror.
Only today, I realized that slashdot is actually over. I've been wondering why I get 15 mod points every time I log in, and only now does it hit me. I'll bet that I'm one of probably 5 people that are moderating, and I'll bet that there's less than 50 people that are actually participating in slashdot at all (commentators and moderators). Looking at the last few stories, it looks like there are less than 30 comments to most stories these days, and I haven't been seeing many posts even getting points, most (that aren't AC) are staying at 1 or 2, depending on karma I'm assuming. The stories are crap, and no one is actually participating.
:)
I'm out. It was fun.
Oh, and to "I kan reed" it was me that modded you flaimbait today.
"Rad" is the new "bad"?
I will be traveling to a remote Himalayan village for year and won't have access to the internet. What offline resources would you all recommend to help me continue to develop my coding skills?
How about a book and a laptop? But why not use the time to learn about a higher meaning to life itself?
define(`SMART_HOST',`[smtp.comcast.net]')dnl
to your (MC) config file. Here is some info on how to pass the user/pass. But of course you're not using Sendmail...
"Hear, hear" (usually with a comma and set apart as a self-contained sentence) is the conventional spelling of the colloquial exclamation used to express approval for a speaker or sentiment. It’s essentially short for "hear him, hear him" or "hear this, hear this", where these phrases are a sort of cheer.
"Here, here" is widely regarded as a misspelling, although it is a common one, and there are ways to logically justify its use. But for what it’s worth, "hear, hear" is the original form (the Oxford English Dictionary cites examples going back to the 17th century) and is the one listed in dictionaries. English reference books mention "here, here" only to note that it’s wrong.
Yes, the typical scantron was replaced by some other, and it was able to detect any mark, even made by pen.
And let's not forget that the only reason that these computers are given to the kids is simply to get them accustomed to the interface. The companies that are giving these laptops to the schools are not interested in the kids' learning progress, unless you're talking about learning the OS. They just want to get their product well understood in the kids' minds so that later in life, they'll automatically choose that OS. And all of this is expected to happen, as if nothing in the world is going to change in 10 years or so.
But who knows, maybe the whole thing will back fire. Maybe kids will grow out of computers like they grow out of toys.
Maybe, but for some reason, anytime I find myself in complete darkness, I'm also trying to be really quiet. >:)
Did I just read "School Market"? Leave my kids alone!
Why do you think we don't want that?
Dunno, but who'd be in charge of watching all of that video, to check for illegal activity/wrong doing? (I think it'd require a bunch of lawyers because normal people are not trained in practices of law, and wouldn't know when something illegal happened) Then who pays them for their services? This camera idea, although a good idea in theory, is a slippery slope in practice. You'd have to double the current number of police employees in order to be able to sift through the data that the first half creates.
There are corrupt police officers, no doubt. But a camera isn't going to make them act in the way that we want them to.
There would have to be some sort of way that the officer could turn off the thing, they have bathroom duties like the rest of us.
Also, if you really want this type of oversight into governmental activities, then you should want this same sort of camera on all of your senate, congressmen/women, judges, jury, and all the way down to local mayors and governors, and most importantly - the president.
Keep the videos for 180 days or a year and delete unless they're part of a court order to keep.
I think that if they kept these videos for a year, that would be enough. Unless, like you say, there's a court order of some kind.
Only release to the public (including press) via court order. If citizens want to record the police, they're (usually) free to do so with their own equipment and on their own time.
That's just it, this is their (The People's) equipment. The People buy the cameras, pay the cops, and should have access to any/all of the data generated. If there is some reason to have public outcry due to something revealed by the videos, then, if you ask me, the system is working fine. Why not have a Youtube channel devoted to publishing all of it? Hell of a thing to do with your time. If you want to sit around spending hours of your life uploading and/or watching Youtube videos that cops took, go ahead. But, I can't think of a better way to have oversight of the police dept.
The technology-enabled all-seeing-eye should be (owned by) that of The People, not some single person in some place of power. After all, The People are the ones paying for the whole thing to take place, being that it's for their own protection.