Simple test: Ask me what 3 questions *I* would ask if I were looking to hire someone, and what my answers would be. Then see how many of them *you* would have gotten right. And wonder why not *one* of those 3 questions had anything directly to do with writing code...
read what I highlighted - they said "most", which meant that Ratzinger indeed handled some before 2001. Or has your "blind faith" blinded you to the common meaning of the words you yourself referred me to...?
I've provided a way for you to demonstrate that I'm wrong. Simply go into the nearest gun store wearing a mask. According to you, there's no law against it, it's your right... supposedly.
One of the posters claimed that there were no such laws. I proved otherwise. Now, if you want to show that those laws are not in effect, do so, and pics or it didn't happen.
There is on constitutional right to go around wearing a mask, and various states, as well as municipalities, prohibit it. It's also probable cause for stopping you pretty much everywhere.
It's not up to me to go through the ordinances of 10,000 cities and towns to see which municipalities also have similar restrictions.
By the time you do notice, it may be too late to complain;
It might be for such a small amount that after getting the run-around, you let it pass;
You might notice the charge and think "my birthday/the holidays/our anniversary is coming up - it must be a surprise" - and let it slide until it's too late;
CowboyNeal stole your identity and gave you his, and now nobody believes you.
I'm sure people will add more reasons to the list.
People made a blanket statement that there was no such law - I proved that there is.
As for "unlikely to happen", tell that to the 8-year-old who was arrested for writing on her desk with an erasable marker, or the 5-year-old kid who was charged with sexual assault because he kissed a classmate.
enforcement of which against someone just going about his business while masked is laughably unlikely to happen in the first plac
Feel free to prove me wrong by going into your local bank wearing a mask. Better yet, go into your local gun shop wearing a mask. Do Darwin proud!:-)
Your statement isn't true. As an example, yesterdays' spam - that wasn't sent by a botnet.
Second, for the spam that IS sent by a botnet, you'll see that it tries to send people to specific sites. Those sites are the ones you want the whois information for. Often, they're hiding (like yesterdays) behind bogus throw-away email addresses (such as, in yesterday's case, gmail accounts).
Sure, you'll get a few phone calls - that's what call display is for. And with the new Do Not Call list, such calls net the caller an $11,000 fine. Haven't gotten one since I put my number on the list, so even if they harvest the phone number, they can't use it.
Sure, you'll also get a bit more spam - so what? If forcing all registration info to be valid and verifiable, we cut down on the overall amount of spam, you'd be way ahead.
It's all part of the responsibility of hosting a domain legitimately. Instead of complaining, why not take a few minutes a day to track down one spammer and send their upstream providers a complaint, complete with the necessary info to take action, and write about it? Be part of the solution, instead of complaining that nothing can be done to stop it at the source.
Cardinal Ratzinger "did not have any direct responsibility for managing the overall Vatican response to the crisis until 2001.... Prior to 2001, Ratzinger had nothing personally to do with the vast majority of sex abuse cases, even the small percentage which wound up in Rome."
In other words, Ratzinger did hav a say in some of those cases before 2001. To then go on and look only at what happened after 2001 is disingenuous.
I am not fighting for "the eradication of privacy and anonymity" - there is no requirement that people HAVE to have a domain, same as there is no requirement that people HAVE to have a drivers license. You're free to use the web, and you're free to walk on the street. However, the use of certain aspects should NOT be completely unregulated - both for driving cars and hosting domains. Either one you should be able to track down the responsible party for when they fail to act responsibly.
Rights come with responsibilities, as anyone who isn't thinking like a spoiled child would know. You want the right to register a domain, then that registration information should be public, so that when someone has a beef with you they have a legit avenue of complaint.
They're the government - give them time. They think that passing laws to make it illegal should be good and sufficient to keep the riff-raff and the great unwashed masses in thrall.
I am willing to be a test case because I am not a coward and I am STRONGLY against the dilution and elimination of my rights to privacy and anonymity. So you betcha! I have no problem being an activist, getting arrested, and going to court.... all for people like you. All through this countries history people have fought for your rights. The fact you don't value or them and are unwilling to fight for them saddens me, but does not affect my resolve in any way, shape, or form to fight for them nonetheless
Big talk, but I don't see any action.
And you also are wrong about me - I've been in plenty of protests, some of which I've organized, gotten bomb threats over them, police (and others) trying intimidation tactics, (they even called out the riot squad one time against one of the larger ones), probably been to court more times than you - in defense of constitutional rights - and successfully argued them without a lawyer (while in one case the 63 others who were arrested were so scared they used a lawyer and all ended up convicted - dumb-asses every one of them, ultimately found lacking the courage of their convictions).
I'm Darl McBride, and I'm dyslexic.
So, Satan, I sold you my soul, and what the (*^*%^&^%$S did I get in return???
I'll see you in HELL!
You can have my soul when you pry it from my cold dead body!
Or you can switch to a distro that wasn't put together by someone who is color-blind, aided by someone who is spatially challenged... because like you said, it's STILL ugly.
My opensuse desktop and laptop both look gorgeous with the black Oxygen taskbar. Every once in a while, I change the wallpapers... just 'cuz...
This is still America, I am still an American, and if there really IS a municipal law like that on the books anywhere lets see how long it lasts against the ACLU. I would be honored to be arrested for such a 'crime' and provide the litigation vehicle to overturn it.
You obviously didn't read the link - it lists STATES that ban masks, not cities.
So, since you've volunteered to be a test case, go for it and let us know how it turns out. We'll be watching... and remember : pics or it didn't happen.
Seriously... look at the difference between the fugliness that is Ubuntu (even with the new "blight" look), and the KDE variant. If they want to fix Ubuntu's visual problems once and for all, they should just do this. Because going from Halloween Orange-and-Black to "Rotting Eggplant" might be a change, but it's not much of an improvement
They came first for the iPhones but I didn't speak up for I was too hip for an iPhone And then they came for the iPads, And I didn't speak up because they are completely different markets. And then . . . they came for Mac OS. . . And by that time there was no one left to speak up.
All my info has been on "TeH InnerT00bZ" since I registered my first domain back in 1994.
While I'm a big advocate of privacy rights, I also think that hosting a domain is a public action, and needs to be directly tied to someone who will be physically accountable for their actions.
You have a face that's publicly viewable when you go on the street - and you don't have the right to wear a mask to hide it, What's the problem with that?
Where the heck did you get that idea? Look Comrade, this is still America and I am still free. If I want to wear a costume mask outside of Halloween it is my RIGHT TO DO SO.
Why? Because they're are no laws prohibiting me from doing so.
Do you want to put money on that? Several states say otherwise (and that doesn't count municipal laws to the same effect)
Now, back to fighting spam by using whois information - here's today's spammer exposed. They keep sending out crap claiming to be from Lennar Homes... hopefully their host - marliness.net - will do something about it.
And those individuals still have a public IP address, so you can contact their ISP - it's a one-line whois query away (at least if you're running a terminal under linux).
Or did you really believe all those "Your computer is broadcasting its IP address!!!!" fake warnings:-)
Or would you like to prove this isn't a big issue by posting your phone number, address, license plate number, and check routing/account numbers here for us?
STRANGELY ENOUGH the people who argue against privacy never seem to want to do that. They aren't terribly committed to their statements after all.
Follow the link to today's spammer tracking report, and see how handy the information can be to track down spam. Also, feel free to do a whois. My contact info is on-line. It's been on-line, under various domain registrations, since I registered my first domain in 1994.
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Exactly!
Add me to it.
Simple test: Ask me what 3 questions *I* would ask if I were looking to hire someone, and what my answers would be. Then see how many of them *you* would have gotten right. And wonder why not *one* of those 3 questions had anything directly to do with writing code ...
read what I highlighted - they said "most", which meant that Ratzinger indeed handled some before 2001. Or has your "blind faith" blinded you to the common meaning of the words you yourself referred me to ...?
One of the posters claimed that there were no such laws. I proved otherwise. Now, if you want to show that those laws are not in effect, do so, and pics or it didn't happen.
There is on constitutional right to go around wearing a mask, and various states, as well as municipalities, prohibit it. It's also probable cause for stopping you pretty much everywhere.
It's not up to me to go through the ordinances of 10,000 cities and towns to see which municipalities also have similar restrictions.
Just go out there and collect your Darwin.
I'm sure people will add more reasons to the list.
I noticed you left out my name - do you want to try again - AFTER reading my slashdot profile, so you at least get the pronouns right next time??? :-p
As for "unlikely to happen", tell that to the 8-year-old who was arrested for writing on her desk with an erasable marker, or the 5-year-old kid who was charged with sexual assault because he kissed a classmate.
Feel free to prove me wrong by going into your local bank wearing a mask. Better yet, go into your local gun shop wearing a mask. Do Darwin proud! :-)
Your statement isn't true. As an example, yesterdays' spam - that wasn't sent by a botnet.
Second, for the spam that IS sent by a botnet, you'll see that it tries to send people to specific sites. Those sites are the ones you want the whois information for. Often, they're hiding (like yesterdays) behind bogus throw-away email addresses (such as, in yesterday's case, gmail accounts).
Sure, you'll get a few phone calls - that's what call display is for. And with the new Do Not Call list, such calls net the caller an $11,000 fine. Haven't gotten one since I put my number on the list, so even if they harvest the phone number, they can't use it.
Sure, you'll also get a bit more spam - so what? If forcing all registration info to be valid and verifiable, we cut down on the overall amount of spam, you'd be way ahead.
It's all part of the responsibility of hosting a domain legitimately. Instead of complaining, why not take a few minutes a day to track down one spammer and send their upstream providers a complaint, complete with the necessary info to take action, and write about it? Be part of the solution, instead of complaining that nothing can be done to stop it at the source.
In other words, Ratzinger did hav a say in some of those cases before 2001. To then go on and look only at what happened after 2001 is disingenuous.
I am not fighting for "the eradication of privacy and anonymity" - there is no requirement that people HAVE to have a domain, same as there is no requirement that people HAVE to have a drivers license. You're free to use the web, and you're free to walk on the street. However, the use of certain aspects should NOT be completely unregulated - both for driving cars and hosting domains. Either one you should be able to track down the responsible party for when they fail to act responsibly.
Rights come with responsibilities, as anyone who isn't thinking like a spoiled child would know. You want the right to register a domain, then that registration information should be public, so that when someone has a beef with you they have a legit avenue of complaint.
They're the government - give them time. They think that passing laws to make it illegal should be good and sufficient to keep the riff-raff and the great unwashed masses in thrall.
That's why Australia is the New "Hotel California" - you can try to check out any time you like, but you can never leave ...
Big talk, but I don't see any action.
And you also are wrong about me - I've been in plenty of protests, some of which I've organized, gotten bomb threats over them, police (and others) trying intimidation tactics, (they even called out the riot squad one time against one of the larger ones), probably been to court more times than you - in defense of constitutional rights - and successfully argued them without a lawyer (while in one case the 63 others who were arrested were so scared they used a lawyer and all ended up convicted - dumb-asses every one of them, ultimately found lacking the courage of their convictions).
Can you say the same?
Three problems:
Sure, I slagged Ubuntu, but that's because it's Ubuntu ... it even looks crappy.
I'm Darl McBride, and I'm dyslexic.
So, Satan, I sold you my soul, and what the (*^*%^&^%$S did I get in return???
I'll see you in HELL!
You can have my soul when you pry it from my cold dead body!
Or you can switch to a distro that wasn't put together by someone who is color-blind, aided by someone who is spatially challenged ... because like you said, it's STILL ugly.
My opensuse desktop and laptop both look gorgeous with the black Oxygen taskbar. Every once in a while, I change the wallpapers ... just 'cuz ...
Here, let me fix that for you:
The root problem is that spammers are anonymous. Strip them of their anonymity, and watch how spam goes from 95% of all email to 5%.
We'll tell you everything WE want you to know.
Barack Obama
Dmitry Medvedev
GNOME is just jealous that they could be more popular if they just made it look and work more like KDE.
Seriously ... look at the difference between the fugliness that is Ubuntu (even with the new "blight" look), and the KDE variant. If they want to fix Ubuntu's visual problems once and for all, they should just do this. Because going from Halloween Orange-and-Black to "Rotting Eggplant" might be a change, but it's not much of an improvement
Well, now that the Apple iPhone To Get Same Features As Windows 3.0 20 Years Ago, maybe it's time to switch to a system that is truly both free and libre ... just use any Window Manager other than GNOME.
No wonder Apple killed the "I'm a Mac, I'm a PC" ads ... nothing left to steal from each other (just JOKING ... kind of ... :-)
No problem. But first, a demonstration of how useful whois info is for tracking down spammers,
All my info has been on "TeH InnerT00bZ" since I registered my first domain back in 1994.
While I'm a big advocate of privacy rights, I also think that hosting a domain is a public action, and needs to be directly tied to someone who will be physically accountable for their actions.
Do you want to put money on that? Several states say otherwise (and that doesn't count municipal laws to the same effect)
http://www.anapsid.org/cnd/mcs/maskcodes.html
Now, back to fighting spam by using whois information - here's today's spammer exposed. They keep sending out crap claiming to be from Lennar Homes ... hopefully their host - marliness.net - will do something about it.
And those individuals still have a public IP address, so you can contact their ISP - it's a one-line whois query away (at least if you're running a terminal under linux).
Or did you really believe all those "Your computer is broadcasting its IP address!!!!" fake warnings :-)
Spammers need a legit server to receive those clicks. See how I tracked down one spammer half an hour ago to learn more.
Pay particular attention to the section around the "Directory Listing Denied" segment.
You might also want to help ...
I'm still waiting for the "year of the linux desktop", so I don't hold out much hope for end-user education :-)
Follow the link to today's spammer tracking report, and see how handy the information can be to track down spam. Also, feel free to do a whois. My contact info is on-line. It's been on-line, under various domain registrations, since I registered my first domain in 1994.