> I have found that though I can tell the difference between a FLAC and 128Kbps > MP3, most of my friends can't. Most of them, if I play the same song back to > back, one FLAC and one MP3, they will almost always pick the MP3.
Well, then, they obviously _can_ tell the difference.
> One would think critical power networks would be close systems.
Read the article. What was broken into was the "corporate network" of the organization that runs the system. The control system was not broken into and in fact appears to be protected by an air gap.
True. Topsoil is several percent bacteria by weight.
> What assurances do we have that the bacteria won't mutate, self-replicate, or > turn against its master in the form of some horrendous new super-bug that > makes the 20,000 land-mine casualties a year seem like a drop in a bucket?
None. And the sames goes for the millions of other species of bacteria that infest every square meter of the Earth's surface.
> Hate crime laws apply when someone has committed a serious crime. They set > enhanced minimum penalties when the crime was committed out of hatred against > one of the enumerated minorities.
That was the original idea. Now, in certain jurisdictions, people have been charged with a "hate crime" for criticizing a religion.
Not in Germany, evidently. This is another area where Europe is way ahead of the USA, where we still harbor the quaint notion that the truth is an absolute defense. This deficiency is being adressed, though. See, for example, "hate crime" laws.
> I'm not a lawyer, but isn't the idea behind a corporation such that > individuals are not held legally responsible for crap like this, but > the company as a whole is?
Not in the USA. The idea behind a limited liability corporation is that the liability of the shareholders is limited to the total amount of their investments: if the company goes bust, is liquidated, and there isn't enough money to pay off all the bills the shareholders lose everything they've put in but don't have to sell their homes and cough up the remainder. It lets you buy stock in a company and be sure that all you have at risk is the $10000 you paid for the stock. That's all. The law does not treat employees of a corporation differently than those of a proprietorship.
Slashdot Mirror
> Wasn't Slashdot supposed to be for a semi-technical audience? Hell, even a
> semi-literate one.
Yes, it was. And some day it may find one.
> I have found that though I can tell the difference between a FLAC and 128Kbps
> MP3, most of my friends can't. Most of them, if I play the same song back to
> back, one FLAC and one MP3, they will almost always pick the MP3.
Well, then, they obviously _can_ tell the difference.
> Maybe they just got into the company web site or billing system.
That would appear to be the case.
> If the tradeoff is between money and security, money wins.
Not when security failures cost real money.
> One would think critical power networks would be close systems.
Read the article. What was broken into was the "corporate network" of the organization that runs the system. The control system was not broken into and in fact appears to be protected by an air gap.
> The hills are alive...
True. Topsoil is several percent bacteria by weight.
> What assurances do we have that the bacteria won't mutate, self-replicate, or
> turn against its master in the form of some horrendous new super-bug that
> makes the 20,000 land-mine casualties a year seem like a drop in a bucket?
None. And the sames goes for the millions of other species of bacteria that infest every square meter of the Earth's surface.
> How is that discerning and not credulous?
I'm discerning. You've been misled. The other guy is a credulous fool.
> Oh... Like Republicans?
Like all 'ans, 'ats, 'ists, 'als, and all other sorts of religious loons.
Go read about The War Of The Worlds .
> ...it's hard to know what sites to trust.
None. The Web is inherently insecure.
I don't think the fourth one is going to stay up this time...
As will the next one. And the one after that, and the one after that...
DNSSEC
> Now, is that something that search engines are legally bound to...
No.
> Yeah, he's bribing web site owners to move to Microsoft...
No, he's indulging in idle speculation in his blog.
...says it all.
> Hate crime laws apply when someone has committed a serious crime. They set
> enhanced minimum penalties when the crime was committed out of hatred against
> one of the enumerated minorities.
That was the original idea. Now, in certain jurisdictions, people have been charged with a "hate crime" for criticizing a religion.
> Are we not allowed to state simple facts now?
Not in Germany, evidently. This is another area where Europe is way ahead of the USA, where we still harbor the quaint notion that the truth is an absolute defense. This deficiency is being adressed, though. See, for example, "hate crime" laws.
> /.macromedia/Flash_Player/#SharedObjects/
Which on my machine is a symlink to /dev/null.
> I'm not a lawyer, but isn't the idea behind a corporation such that
> individuals are not held legally responsible for crap like this, but
> the company as a whole is?
Not in the USA. The idea behind a limited liability corporation is that the liability of the shareholders is limited to the total amount of their investments: if the company goes bust, is liquidated, and there isn't enough money to pay off all the bills the shareholders lose everything they've put in but don't have to sell their homes and cough up the remainder. It lets you buy stock in a company and be sure that all you have at risk is the $10000 you paid for the stock. That's all. The law does not treat employees of a corporation differently than those of a proprietorship.
> When it comes to "moral" matters, though, you get a certain subset of people
> who work in the opposite direction.
A subset which includes everyone except you and I.
Hawking radiation.
> And where exactly does the MBH evaporate to?
In all directions.
So the New Zealand dollar was at about $.03US at the time?
How long does your paper book last after it gets wet?
> For a "synthetic stone" product that is supposed to be super durable, that is
> chickenshit.
That's because they are actually plastic.