Since/. readers have a tendency to start screaming about national ID cards and identity databases without (apparently) actually reading the documents in question, I will provide the relevant quotes for you.
"In the proposed rule, DHS is proposing to limit the official purposes of a REAL ID license to those listed by Congress in the law: accessing a Federal facility; boarding Federally-regulated commercial aircraft; and entering nuclear power plants."
"Is this a National ID card? No. The proposed regulations establish common standards for States to issue licenses. The Federal Government is not issuing the licenses, is not collecting information about license holders, and is not requiring States to transmit license holder information to the Federal Government that the Government does not already have (such as a Social Security Number)."
"Will a national database be created that stores information about every applicant? No. The REAL ID Act and these regulations do not establish a national database of driver information. States will continue to collect and store information about applicants as they do today. The NPRM does not propose to change this practice and would not give the Federal government any greater access to this information."
"DHS is proposing minimum standards that will appear on the face of the card. The proposed regulation would require each of the following on the face of REAL IDs; space available for 39 characters for full legal name; address of principal residence; digital photograph; gender; date of birth; signature, document number; and machine readable technology."
"What is the Machine Readable Technology specified in the NPRM? The regulations propose the use of the 2-D barcode already used by 46 jurisdictions (45 States and the District of Columbia). DHS leans towards encrypting the data on the barcode as a privacy protection and requests comments on how to proceed given operational considerations."
So, let's see. What we're *actually* looking at is federal standards on what information needs to be displayed on state ID cards, and how identity needs to be proved prior to the issuance of a state ID card.
Gee, that's actually a lot less threatening then all the comments are making it sound. Hmm...
I'm at college, where downloading copyrighted stuff over the residence network is prohibited. To enforce this, they automatically lock student accounts that try to download anything via torrent.
So yesterday, I headed to a popular Windows help channel on DALnet to ask if there were any torrent clients that supported SOCKS so I could download America's Army over Tor. (America's Army, as you all probably know, is a freeware game, and downloading it via torrent is endorsed by their site.) I promptly got accused of trying to pirate things, break my residence contract, break international copyright law, commit acts of terrorism, etc.
Clearly, anybody who wants to download anything via a torrent is a criminal.
I got about two paragraphs into the article, then decided it was computer-generated essay designed to see how many people would actually think it meant something.
You can theorize about how plausible and great communism *could* be with the right people running it, and how horrible capitalism is...... then you should take a look at the real world, which has yet to see *one* workable communist state (with the dubious exception of China), and any number of successful capitalist states.
... though the fault, IMO, is simply being a language that's easy to use.
I can write secure PHP because I started web-scripting in Perl, and had to do a lot of stuff by hand (and learn how to do it by looking at other people's code), and in that way learned security principles that superseded whatever I was actually writing.
No offense to PHP coders, but it's too easy for any idiot to learn the basics, call themself a "web developer", and never learn a thing about good coding practices.
a government that can responsibly deter crime without infringing on the rights of the citizens.
In Germany, it's illegal to deny the Holocaust or possess Nazi paraphernalia. I'm not saying that these are good things, but I hardly think it's accurate to hail Germany as a paragon of civil liberty.
"C. You agree that you will not (i) modify or cause to be modified any files that are a part of a World of Warcraft installation; (ii) create or use cheats, "mods", and/or hacks, or any other third-party software designed to modify the World of Warcraft experience;"
What Blizzard is saying with this statement is "using cheats is illegal in our game but also creating them is too". So when that baseball pitcher who's hitting his 40's and lost alot of speed on his fast ball starts using hair gel, ben-gay etc to get a little extra speed on his throws, does Major League Baseball punish him and the companies that make those products?
But there's a key difference there. The products you mentioned have a legitimate everyday use, while WoWGlider exists for the sole purpose of breaking a legal agreement.
"The TARDIS is a fictional time machine and spacecraft in the British science fiction television programme Doctor Who. The name is an acronym of Time And Relative Dimension (or Dimensions) In Space."
Slashdot Mirror
Given the people in my area, I'd be more than happy to skip the mouth-to-mouth thing. :|
... that the Law of Slashdotting remains in effect.
I didn't know Diebold did anything *other* than electronic voting.
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Since /. readers have a tendency to start screaming about national ID cards and identity databases without (apparently) actually reading the documents in question, I will provide the relevant quotes for you.
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http://www.dhs.gov/xprevprot/laws/gc_117276763568
"In the proposed rule, DHS is proposing to limit the official purposes of a REAL ID license to those listed by Congress in the law: accessing a Federal facility; boarding Federally-regulated commercial aircraft; and entering nuclear power plants."
"Is this a National ID card? No. The proposed regulations establish common standards for States to issue licenses. The Federal Government is not issuing the licenses, is not collecting information about license holders, and is not requiring States to transmit license holder information to the Federal Government that the Government does not already have (such as a Social Security Number)."
"Will a national database be created that stores information about every applicant? No. The REAL ID Act and these regulations do not establish a national database of driver information. States will continue to collect and store information about applicants as they do today. The NPRM does not propose to change this practice and would not give the Federal government any greater access to this information."
"DHS is proposing minimum standards that will appear on the face of the card. The proposed regulation would require each of the following on the face of REAL IDs; space available for 39 characters for full legal name; address of principal residence; digital photograph; gender; date of birth; signature, document number; and machine readable technology."
"What is the Machine Readable Technology specified in the NPRM? The regulations propose the use of the 2-D barcode already used by 46 jurisdictions (45 States and the District of Columbia). DHS leans towards encrypting the data on the barcode as a privacy protection and requests comments on how to proceed given operational considerations."
So, let's see. What we're *actually* looking at is federal standards on what information needs to be displayed on state ID cards, and how identity needs to be proved prior to the issuance of a state ID card.
Gee, that's actually a lot less threatening then all the comments are making it sound. Hmm...
I'm at college, where downloading copyrighted stuff over the residence network is prohibited. To enforce this, they automatically lock student accounts that try to download anything via torrent.
So yesterday, I headed to a popular Windows help channel on DALnet to ask if there were any torrent clients that supported SOCKS so I could download America's Army over Tor. (America's Army, as you all probably know, is a freeware game, and downloading it via torrent is endorsed by their site.) I promptly got accused of trying to pirate things, break my residence contract, break international copyright law, commit acts of terrorism, etc.
Clearly, anybody who wants to download anything via a torrent is a criminal.
I got about two paragraphs into the article, then decided it was computer-generated essay designed to see how many people would actually think it meant something.
You can theorize about how plausible and great communism *could* be with the right people running it, and how horrible capitalism is... ... then you should take a look at the real world, which has yet to see *one* workable communist state (with the dubious exception of China), and any number of successful capitalist states.
Not at the time. :p
... though the fault, IMO, is simply being a language that's easy to use.
I can write secure PHP because I started web-scripting in Perl, and had to do a lot of stuff by hand (and learn how to do it by looking at other people's code), and in that way learned security principles that superseded whatever I was actually writing.
No offense to PHP coders, but it's too easy for any idiot to learn the basics, call themself a "web developer", and never learn a thing about good coding practices.
a government that can responsibly deter crime without infringing on the rights of the citizens.
In Germany, it's illegal to deny the Holocaust or possess Nazi paraphernalia. I'm not saying that these are good things, but I hardly think it's accurate to hail Germany as a paragon of civil liberty.
Pfft, hacking government systems are the SS/Evis - 2 button "I Win" rogues of hacking.
:P
SS/Evisc? Someone needs to learn2play.
What keeps bugging me is... what if it was done by someone who wanted us to *think* it was the Russians?
"C. You agree that you will not (i) modify or cause to be modified any files that are a part of a World of Warcraft installation; (ii) create or use cheats, "mods", and/or hacks, or any other third-party software designed to modify the World of Warcraft experience;"
Well?
What Blizzard is saying with this statement is "using cheats is illegal in our game but also creating them is too". So when that baseball pitcher who's hitting his 40's and lost alot of speed on his fast ball starts using hair gel, ben-gay etc to get a little extra speed on his throws, does Major League Baseball punish him and the companies that make those products?
But there's a key difference there. The products you mentioned have a legitimate everyday use, while WoWGlider exists for the sole purpose of breaking a legal agreement.
And about time, too.
Until you have that knowledge certified - in the form of a degree - it doesn't mean jack.
This attempt at political chicanery on Slashdot's part is so transparent it's laughable.
What, you expected something else?
If it hadn't bashed Microsoft, it wouldn't have made Slashdot.
Anyone want to chip in and buy this? Just think of all the money we could make selling hell.com subdomains!
What, you were expecting IE and Firefox to be evaluated objectively? This IS Slashdot, you know.
+5 Insightful? Wow, I should try throwing unrelated hyperbole into my posts more often.
In an attempt to suck up to the European Union
Holy shui. Bias much?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TARDIS
"The TARDIS is a fictional time machine and spacecraft in the British science fiction television programme Doctor Who. The name is an acronym of Time And Relative Dimension (or Dimensions) In Space."
What company does this guy run? I think now is an excellent time to short some stock...
... to see that Larry Wall didn't make the list.