Maybe the Attachmate CEO just ran out of shit to kill and has moved on to companies.
From Wikipedia:
Jeff Hawn—the president and CEO of Seattle-based Attachmate who lives in Austin, Texas—has been sentenced to 10 days in jail for authorizing the slaughter of 32 of his neighbor's bison that wandered onto his Colorado ranch. Hawn pleaded guilty in November to criminal mischief and animal cruelty. Hawn and hired hands shot and killed 32 bison, which had wandered onto and near his property from a neighboring ranch in Park County, Colorado — including cows carrying calfs. In Colorado, bison are allowed to wander under open-range laws.
The arrest warrant said most were left to rot.
Hawn, plead guilty to criminal mischief and cruelty to animals and was released free on a $15,000 bail. The Denver Post reports that the judge sentenced Hawn to 10 days in jail.
I don't care about autonomous cars out-driving the best of us. I want to see common cars that can out-drive the morons on the freeways! Out-drive the mediocre and worst of us and I'd be happy.
As someone who is considering moving to, and settling in western North Carolina (maybe Asheville), my question is how will this affect the availability of broadband connections to local businesses and residents?
These facilities seem to cluster just west of Charlotte, NC. They're definitely going to be bringing in ample amounts of backbone connections in.
How is the bandwidth in the area now, and is there any record of how network access improved when data centers were brought in at other rural locations around the country?
If you think copyright law should be different in regards to recipes and...
Copyright doesn't apply to recipes that are only lists of ingredients. It only applies to the description, illustration or explanations that surround the recipes.
He could have legally lifted the recipe list, then rewrote the body text and been 100% in the clear. He even could have said "I found this recipe on the web, originally put up there by Monica..." and still wouldn't have owed her a dime.
I would prefer it if there is no clean winner. Competition is driving the companies to put serious efforts into the browser market. The result is everyone benefits from faster, more robust and frequently more secure browsers.
I like having Safari, Firefox, Chrome, Opera, IE and all the others out there, at each other's throats.
I predicted this all along, and still stick with it.
Linux will become the desktop of choice among the masses when the desktop no longer exists.
That is, as applications move into the cloud and the desktop turns into a smart/thick client, Linux will be the primary choice. It is lighter weight, much more OEM-customizable friendly and cheaper than Windows or Mac.
Sun was right when they said "The network IS the computer". They were just a couple decades early in trying to bring it to the masses.
So far, every account I have has been "unlimited, but there is a cap" and over the cap they don't charge, but they start throttling hard.
I have 3 kids at home that live on online games, online videos and chat. It isn't uncommon for them to all be set up with Teamspeak and Xfire for voice chat, with multiple chats at once; WoW or some such; plus a TV show streaming in a window. I should probably look at my bandwidth usage...:-) Comcast hasn't screamed at me lately.
Yes, you're right in that there is a big legal gray area. I know the ISPs would be against it, because it impacts their over-subscription model. Of course, the only winners are the lawyers...
Interesting. Standard setup in the U.S., from major Cable/DSL/Fiber ISPs is a flat-rate, unmetered connection that is limited by data rate (and ISP whim). Short of a satellite or cellphone connection, I can't remember the last time I saw a metered connection offered.
With an open WiFi connection -- the only type I'm discussing -- you're walking a fine line with your definition. The problem is many systems are set up out-of-the-box to connect to any open wifi link in range. It makes life easier for tech support. The WAP broadcasts beacons and announcements into the public space, and any auto-connect would technically constitute accessing someone's network without explicit permission. Hell, my phone will auto-switch from 3G to wifi if available for and data access. I might not even notice which it is on when I use it to get e-mail or browse the web. I have an unmetered data plan on my phone, so don't pay it any attention.
So, yes. I'm arguing that the nature of open wifi accessible from public space gives implicit permission. This is why government and many corporate networks have login screens with dire warnings saying you must have EXPLICIT permission to access.
From a technical standpoint, this will soon be moot. Just about every WAP sold recently now comes with one of those "push button to secure network" features, making it brain-dead to lock your network.
And if you leave your front porch light on, should I be able to stand on the public sidewalk and read by it?
Or, if you leave your blinds open and your big screen T.V. on, should I be able to stand on the public sidewalk and watch?
Your cases are different because there are per-usage charges for the items you mention: water and electricity. If you paid a flat-rate for either, regardless of usage, it would be an interesting question. Especially because neither of them are "yours", you are just paying for usage from a utility.
A different case for your driveway, garden or gasoline. They are finite resources that use by another deprives your of their use. That is one of the basic issues behind theft.
Internet bandwidth, if used such that it didn't interfere with your usage, is a different animal. As long as you aren't saturating it, you aren't suffering a loss either of money or resource. With out a loss of product or service, how can you justify calling it a crime?
A person who's not scientifically literate doesn't understand the technical details of a science story...gets on television and tries to publicly influence governemtn science policy based off of her own profound ignorance and lack of understanding. It is that last part that really matters.
"The Budget" consists of two parts, and you're only talking about the smaller of the two.
Entitlements constitute 2/3 of all gov't spending and their levels are mandated by law. We'd need to change the laws to change the level of spending. This includes Social Security, Medicare and "Other Welfare" such as Unemployment, Food Stamps, etc. Total amount spent here is approximately $2.1 trillion dollars. The total U.S. gov't income is approximately $2 trillion dollars.
The part you are talking about is the "discretionary" budget, which includes defense as the biggest chunk. This is the part the President submits to Congress for debate and voting on. It is "discretionary" because none of it is mandated by law thus is up for debate. It totals about $1 trillion dollars.
Those who understand basic math will have just realized that we could ZERO OUT THE ENTIRE DISCRETIONARY BUDGET, from the Department of Education to Defense to the U.S. Park Service and the U.S. would still be deficit spending.
I also neglected to mention one little addendum. The wars in Afghanistan and Iraq are not part of either budget. They are an extra-budgetary expense. An "emergency request" if you will, and not calculated when Congress or the President talks to the press or public about budget deficits. Considering this is the 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY of the war in Afghanistan, I don't see a non-political-bullshit reason for keeping the expenses separate and not making them a line item in the discretionary budget.
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No. The PLCs are attached to multi-million dollar, room-sized equipment that was already purchased. Pirating a PLC is like buying an Rolls Royce Phantom for $450,000 and not wanting to pay $2.50 for a replacement spark plug.
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Yeah. By age 6 he should be able to spit out RenderMan code just by looking at common objects. :-)
That's why one of the first things you teach them is basic auto mechanics. If the kid can't rebuild a carb by age 4, the parent is a failure.
Okay, THAT is funny. :-)
I've found that in this case, direct cash payments work best.
I interpreted "manually distributing your certificates and CRL" as "walking it around".
He could e-mail the cert to everyone with instructions to have them install it.
He could also push a customized version of IE or Firefox with the cert and CRL already in the store.
Maybe the Attachmate CEO just ran out of shit to kill and has moved on to companies.
From Wikipedia:
Jeff Hawn—the president and CEO of Seattle-based Attachmate who lives in Austin, Texas—has been sentenced to 10 days in jail for authorizing the slaughter of 32 of his neighbor's bison that wandered onto his Colorado ranch. Hawn pleaded guilty in November to criminal mischief and animal cruelty. Hawn and hired hands shot and killed 32 bison, which had wandered onto and near his property from a neighboring ranch in Park County, Colorado — including cows carrying calfs. In Colorado, bison are allowed to wander under open-range laws.
The arrest warrant said most were left to rot.
Hawn, plead guilty to criminal mischief and cruelty to animals and was released free on a $15,000 bail. The Denver Post reports that the judge sentenced Hawn to 10 days in jail.
I don't care about autonomous cars out-driving the best of us. I want to see common cars that can out-drive the morons on the freeways! Out-drive the mediocre and worst of us and I'd be happy.
As someone who is considering moving to, and settling in western North Carolina (maybe Asheville), my question is how will this affect the availability of broadband connections to local businesses and residents?
These facilities seem to cluster just west of Charlotte, NC. They're definitely going to be bringing in ample amounts of backbone connections in.
How is the bandwidth in the area now, and is there any record of how network access improved when data centers were brought in at other rural locations around the country?
Just a nit to pick.
If you think copyright law should be different in regards to recipes and...
Copyright doesn't apply to recipes that are only lists of ingredients. It only applies to the description, illustration or explanations that surround the recipes.
He could have legally lifted the recipe list, then rewrote the body text and been 100% in the clear. He even could have said "I found this recipe on the web, originally put up there by Monica..." and still wouldn't have owed her a dime.
http://www.copyright.gov/fls/fl122.html
Reading the comments to that blog shows he reviewed a Beta, not the release. Every single bug he said he ran into had been fixed before the release.
I would prefer it if there is no clean winner. Competition is driving the companies to put serious efforts into the browser market. The result is everyone benefits from faster, more robust and frequently more secure browsers.
I like having Safari, Firefox, Chrome, Opera, IE and all the others out there, at each other's throats.
I predicted this all along, and still stick with it.
Linux will become the desktop of choice among the masses when the desktop no longer exists.
That is, as applications move into the cloud and the desktop turns into a smart/thick client, Linux will be the primary choice. It is lighter weight, much more OEM-customizable friendly and cheaper than Windows or Mac.
Sun was right when they said "The network IS the computer". They were just a couple decades early in trying to bring it to the masses.
Uhhh...how about stop reading about it and start living it? Amazon.com or download an e-book or twelve.
So far, every account I have has been "unlimited, but there is a cap" and over the cap they don't charge, but they start throttling hard.
I have 3 kids at home that live on online games, online videos and chat. It isn't uncommon for them to all be set up with Teamspeak and Xfire for voice chat, with multiple chats at once; WoW or some such; plus a TV show streaming in a window. I should probably look at my bandwidth usage... :-) Comcast hasn't screamed at me lately.
Yes, you're right in that there is a big legal gray area. I know the ISPs would be against it, because it impacts their over-subscription model. Of course, the only winners are the lawyers...
Interesting. Standard setup in the U.S., from major Cable/DSL/Fiber ISPs is a flat-rate, unmetered connection that is limited by data rate (and ISP whim). Short of a satellite or cellphone connection, I can't remember the last time I saw a metered connection offered.
With an open WiFi connection -- the only type I'm discussing -- you're walking a fine line with your definition. The problem is many systems are set up out-of-the-box to connect to any open wifi link in range. It makes life easier for tech support. The WAP broadcasts beacons and announcements into the public space, and any auto-connect would technically constitute accessing someone's network without explicit permission. Hell, my phone will auto-switch from 3G to wifi if available for and data access. I might not even notice which it is on when I use it to get e-mail or browse the web. I have an unmetered data plan on my phone, so don't pay it any attention.
So, yes. I'm arguing that the nature of open wifi accessible from public space gives implicit permission. This is why government and many corporate networks have login screens with dire warnings saying you must have EXPLICIT permission to access.
From a technical standpoint, this will soon be moot. Just about every WAP sold recently now comes with one of those "push button to secure network" features, making it brain-dead to lock your network.
And if you leave your front porch light on, should I be able to stand on the public sidewalk and read by it?
Or, if you leave your blinds open and your big screen T.V. on, should I be able to stand on the public sidewalk and watch?
Your cases are different because there are per-usage charges for the items you mention: water and electricity. If you paid a flat-rate for either, regardless of usage, it would be an interesting question. Especially because neither of them are "yours", you are just paying for usage from a utility.
A different case for your driveway, garden or gasoline. They are finite resources that use by another deprives your of their use. That is one of the basic issues behind theft.
Internet bandwidth, if used such that it didn't interfere with your usage, is a different animal. As long as you aren't saturating it, you aren't suffering a loss either of money or resource. With out a loss of product or service, how can you justify calling it a crime?
Mork's planet! If anyone remembers the 70s sitcom Mork & Mindy. Orkians were such big chickens they sometimes had to hide their entire planet.
Can it spell? Maybe it can help Slashdot with spell-checking titles and summary texts.
I believe the word you are looking for is "learn", not "lear".
Of course, this being Slashdot, they could mean "leer". NELL is really just a viral form of Xeyes.
...brain...
You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
You missed the key part.
A person who's not scientifically literate doesn't understand the technical details of a science story...gets on television and tries to publicly influence governemtn science policy based off of her own profound ignorance and lack of understanding. It is that last part that really matters.
As usual, XKCD has this covered. http://xkcd.com/154/
Well, not really, but it is as close as she is going to get on any subject.
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/09/odonnell-in-2007-scientists-have-created-mice-with-human-brains.php
"The Budget" consists of two parts, and you're only talking about the smaller of the two.
Entitlements constitute 2/3 of all gov't spending and their levels are mandated by law. We'd need to change the laws to change the level of spending. This includes Social Security, Medicare and "Other Welfare" such as Unemployment, Food Stamps, etc. Total amount spent here is approximately $2.1 trillion dollars. The total U.S. gov't income is approximately $2 trillion dollars.
The part you are talking about is the "discretionary" budget, which includes defense as the biggest chunk. This is the part the President submits to Congress for debate and voting on. It is "discretionary" because none of it is mandated by law thus is up for debate. It totals about $1 trillion dollars.
Those who understand basic math will have just realized that we could ZERO OUT THE ENTIRE DISCRETIONARY BUDGET, from the Department of Education to Defense to the U.S. Park Service and the U.S. would still be deficit spending.
I also neglected to mention one little addendum. The wars in Afghanistan and Iraq are not part of either budget. They are an extra-budgetary expense. An "emergency request" if you will, and not calculated when Congress or the President talks to the press or public about budget deficits. Considering this is the 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY of the war in Afghanistan, I don't see a non-political-bullshit reason for keeping the expenses separate and not making them a line item in the discretionary budget.
No. The PLCs are attached to multi-million dollar, room-sized equipment that was already purchased. Pirating a PLC is like buying an Rolls Royce Phantom for $450,000 and not wanting to pay $2.50 for a replacement spark plug.
Are you calling the DHS a bunch of pussies?