No, however you are still liable if you facilitate a crime by leaving your car open to be stolen knowingly. If someone steals your car and you deliberately ignored the automatic lock switch on your car, and they go and kill someone in a hit and run the licenseplate is registered in your name, and I would bet (IANAL) that someone could sue you for negligence and collect.
The spread of worms is not just an operating system problem. A worm traverses many networks to be operable, both ISPs, overworked administrators and clueless users all contribute to this problem. Also, overworked users and clueless administrators have a limited affect in the same area. If a conglomorate of ISPS had done a job of blocking the proper ports, or you had treated your internet connection like you would treat a sexual encounter with an unknown individual and purchased propper protection...
If you had recieved an STD from a partner and you hadn't used protection you are at least partially to blame for not taking the propper precautions. If you read the paper, you know about virus outbreaks, if you care to educate yourself you know about virus outbreaks. Computer systems are not toys with a turnkey that just run, they are complex machines requiring at least a modicum of intelligence to comprehend and operate on a daily basis. You don't drive a car without a tune-up and an oil change periodically, and you don't operate a computer without regular virus maintanence and firewall protection of some kind.
In this analogy I would say that patching and applying antivirus is a bit in the same vein as needing to check your fluids twice a month, and change your oil ever 3k miles.
If a drivers engine explodes because they didn't perform regular maintanence and they hold up traffic for the rest of the populus they get a ticket.
Good thing we don't get lost in other unproven scientific ventures when it comes to physics and electronics right? Not like that guy claiming to have developed a 200% efficient engine right? Or the guys claiming to have developed cold fusion... or the guy with the porcelain engine that has such a high compression ratio it can ionize h20 and use both as fuel... yet they all have no evidence to back their theories up, and it's newsworthy here.
Like many mention, Troy was a fantasy before it's location was known. But with all the crackpots, I take any "Science" post on slashdot with a grain of salt.
other than that, a religious article on this forum, kinda screams flamebait to me regardless of content. Still, it's been a while now even if they do find something atop a "Mount" ararat... without any physical evidence for dating there's no way to tell if the artifacts are indeed of the age in question.
Also, if there aren't any surrounding materials dated there's no way to tell if some eccentric in the past 50 years didn't just put it up there as his/her final joke on the world.
The obvious problem being proof or lack of proof will be disputed by both theologians and scientists seeing as how many see theology as truth, and others see science as truth.
Also, for those seeking a flooding of the earth, there are shark remains in the mountains near my home... albeit they are far more ancient than the big book of B dates a flooding of the earth, still...
I have resorted to reference farming, since in my experience a bad reference can kill any chance you have at getting a job. I know from my experience of interviews there is a large glut of tech-certifiables. Just because they have the initials doesn't mean they know the stuff. Certifications are a bit like final exams. Sure you may have gotten an A on your calculus exam 5 years ago, but if you don't use the skills daily they will degrade.
Also, many people ignore the requirements on the job-descriptions for new applications. It surprised me at first when requesting for a SQL engineer and recieving resumes specifying MSaccess experience solely as for a DB admin position. Resume's like this go to the shredder.
From my own personal attempts at getting hired (which were quite extensive.) My biggest problem was a "poisoned" reference. It made all the other references pretty much worthless. Upon calling this individual, I learned later of course, that most of the prospective employers just stopped and tossed the resume in the circular file.
Also, presentation and attitude helps a ton. If you're looking for a new job be as personable as you would be with a client, as they potentially are. The employer is attempting to find someone who is not only adept, but also socially capable. Shave the beard (or trim it), at least tie the hair back and wear at least a tie when you even HAND in your resume. A good hand shake helps as well as your eye contact, making sure they know who you are is good since then they will know you're not just some resume spammer.
A smart employer will hire someone based upon their experience, if you have no professional experience in an area you would like to move into donate your time somewhere for an NPO, or find a way to utilize it in your current employers setup. A class or certification only helps so much, experience counts for so much more.
the whole problem with this ammendment is in one word... and it's been taken to the supreme court based upon this one word, "Unreasonable." Whether the intent of the founding fathers to allow officers of the law to have the measure of judgement aptly termed "Probable cause." Whether one calls this eroding of privacy laws, or a tool of enforcement included for in the constitution is solely upon the purpose of that one word.
For all it's merits, the bill of rights is sufficiently vague to allow for such qualifications. The tenth amendment has basically lost all meaning since potentially unconstitutional laws are passed en-masse at the federal level in the back corners of appropriations bills and the like, and are rarely challenged, but oft enacted.
Also, the privacy of individuals is surely not guaranteed, considering one can purchase camera systems to view via thermal methods, bypassing such trivial bullwarks such as "walls" or "window shades." These devices can be used by citizens or law enforcement officials without need for warrant or even probable cause. The same goes for other "pro-active" law enforcement surveilance techniques (ala: echelon etc.)
That's right purchase someone elses social security number so you can make their life a nightmare when it comes to registering for the same services this guy wanted to.
"(a)(1) It shall be unlawful for any Federal, State or local government agency to deny to any individual any right, benefit, or privilege provided by law because of such individual's refusal to disclose his social security account number.
"(2) the [The] provisions of paragraph (1) f this subsection shall not apply with respect to--
"(A) any disclosure which is required by Federal statute, or
"(B) the disclosure of a social security number to any Federal, State, or local agency maintaining a system of records in existence and operating before January 1, 1975, if such disclosure was required under statute or regulation adopted prior to such date to verify the identity of an individual.
"(b) Any Federal, State, or local government agency which requests an individual to disclose his social security account number shall inform that individual whether that disclosure is mandatory or voluntary, by what statutory or other authority such number is solicited, and what uses will be made of it."
Stop allowing companies, the federal, state and local governments to use your SSN for identification purposes, in any case when it doesn't match certain exemptions it MUST be optional. READ the back of your social security card, stay informed and if this isn't a case of a need to change your social security number, I don't know what is.
well uhh... they aren't checking for VIOLATORS sir... they are checking for ALL copyrighted material in the database... Transfering a song from one of my machines to another of my machines for my personal use, via EMAIL/P2P intercepted, and cancelled because it is copyrighted material is not protecting the copyright holder, it's preventing my fair use.
The support for Wifi has been fixed, ethereal hasn't worked in winblows since I installed the old netstumbler. A quick glance shows it's working much better now.
Taking a quick look at the survey explains why my connection is intermittent... there are 6 B networks in the area. Damnit... if only 2WIRE didn't have such a saturation.
The S/N ratio is showing all the crappy interference. No wonder, anyone know if G has the possibility to interfere as harshly as B? I know A is much better with crosstalk but I'm not about to put 3 APs in my apartment just to go through a measley wall or two.
Has nothing to do with the fact that it's Earth Day today...
There is only one way to halt human impact on the planet, and that would be to remove the human element. Otherwise we have the horrible motives and thoughts on both sides of the spectrum.
One camp says "Global warming is a farce" the other says "Humans are destroying M.Earth." Enviro-friendly doesn't mean 0 impact, it means less impact than if we didn't exist. Completely ignoring the fact that yes, we may be intelligent creatures, but we affect the environment on a proportion to our population on the planet.
It makes you wonder if a beaver really cares about his affect on the local environment around him... and if he does, does he try and fix it later?
Not that we're on the same level as a beaver, but we have clear cut forests and then done nothing to help the growth along... and now 50-70 years later those forests are regrowing but in a much tighter configuration than before. The risk of fire is far increased as well as the sanctions the EPA has put in place to prevent controlled burns to get rid of the undergrowth in a method nature has been using for millenia. So the undergrowth builds up until it is nearly impossible to have a burn that will stay controlled for very long.
We as a mass of intelligent creatures are playing a dangerous game, attempting to keep an unchanging environment that by OUR very nature is nigh impossible. If we are to prevent ourselves from damaging the environment irreperably then we need to enter domes, otherwise our very presence and natural existance affects the environment in the same way a beaver dam affects the creatures downriver.
So, the only solution that eco-nuts have that makes any sense is lets all live in domes, and the only solution the ignorant are pushing towards is a destruction of our atmosphere and environment that will lead us to live in domes.
I dunno about ya'll but I'll be buying my Oxygen compressor soon, since the moderate voice is always drowned out to the extremists.
Except to broadcast in FM/Am is to provide something with unlimited bandwidth, and it's available in the air that anyone with even a crystal tuned to the right frequency can listen to/record. On the internet, you provide something available on a pipe that you pay for, and are making available the music you are "listening" to for others who come to your virtual "abode" and partake in the listening experience.
Recording a stream is subject to similar nuances and failings that recording off the air is and as such, the only argument the RIAA could really win with would be that all computers/recording devices/mp3 players need to be taxed with the procedes going to them as the quality is not as good as the original by a longshot in this form.
Not that I think all should be taxed for the crimes of a few, but who knows what the RIAA can buy in congress.
From my daily reading it looked like the recent mailing regarding the Rose attack Which could affect nearly as many systems as this TCP vulnerability. With two vulnerabilities of this extent, and their relative quiet reception by the security community I don't think there will be much of a push to fix this problem, while the k1dd13s go to work acquiring proof of concepts.
Tom Smykowski: Well-well look. I already told you: I deal with the god damn customers so the engineers don't have to. I have people skills; I am good at dealing with people. Can't you understand that? What the hell is wrong with you people
This is a losing battle, also if your competency is being questioned then it sounds like you did something she didn't anticipate. Doing the right thing technically isn't necessarily the right thing for that particular user. Regardless if they want to infect themselves with spyware and post their personal information on a billboard for all who care to look to see, you cannot hamstring their utility even at the sake of security or you "broke it."
When it comes to in-laws, I just don't bother. My immediate family is skeptical sometimes, but they trust my judgement. But in-laws have higher standards (I did marry their daughter after all.)
Well, I am almost ashamed to admit it but I went ahead and purchased the ATT natural voice pack that comes along with the wonderfully _buggy_ Textaloudmp3. (Really just a voice kit for windows and a crummy Text to Mp3 app) but I was just really tired of the festival voices (which was how I used to do the following:) Slice up a raw text book into parts small enough to navigate through with ffwd and rwd and convert to mp3. Then copy to neuros for ubiquitous listening pleasure.
How do I get a hold of em? Well, I do try looking for others on P2P/UUnet etc of the books I own but don't want to slice up (ugh... it was psychologically devestating the first few times.) If I don't find them there, I slice the binding on the book and scan them in.
Currently I have a scanned OCR (either of my making, or acquired) library of pretty much every paper back book I had before I moved. Slicing the binding with a paper slicer was the hard part, lining the pages up on my toploading scanner direct to PDF allows me to keep a relatively complete library in an easy to read format (at least on my lappy).
My big complaint when it comes to visual reading on a 'puter is I would like a good visual way to read a PDF (oss if possible) that would let me toss visual bookmarks/annotations onto the document... but once you get used to reading on a PDA and/or listening to the fun-ky com-put-er voic-es it's no-t tha-t ba-ad.
I thought that was the sound of the smallest violin in the universe playing to SCO's upcoming pity party in which Darl will try and run to the press after the FSF donation fund purchases all the open shares at a hefty $0.05 a piece.
I have been quite alone in both financial and hands on help with this engine project. I do not accept the 25 or even 35 percent efficiency of today's engines when we have the technology to do better. From 1974, the year of my first patent on this engine, the efficiency of engines has not changed very much. It looks like we will continue to waste, pollute, and fight over the growing oil problem. I add these bits and pieces to answer questions I have been asked. How do I know this or that about my engine when I cannot see inside to know at that instant what is really going on. The great God of Abraham, through Jesus Christ, by way of the Holy Spirit has poured out his Spirit on me concerning this engine and how it is to be handled. This is something I do not take lightly and I will do as God has instructed me.
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No, however you are still liable if you facilitate a crime by leaving your car open to be stolen knowingly. If someone steals your car and you deliberately ignored the automatic lock switch on your car, and they go and kill someone in a hit and run the licenseplate is registered in your name, and I would bet (IANAL) that someone could sue you for negligence and collect.
The spread of worms is not just an operating system problem. A worm traverses many networks to be operable, both ISPs, overworked administrators and clueless users all contribute to this problem. Also, overworked users and clueless administrators have a limited affect in the same area. If a conglomorate of ISPS had done a job of blocking the proper ports, or you had treated your internet connection like you would treat a sexual encounter with an unknown individual and purchased propper protection...
If you had recieved an STD from a partner and you hadn't used protection you are at least partially to blame for not taking the propper precautions. If you read the paper, you know about virus outbreaks, if you care to educate yourself you know about virus outbreaks. Computer systems are not toys with a turnkey that just run, they are complex machines requiring at least a modicum of intelligence to comprehend and operate on a daily basis. You don't drive a car without a tune-up and an oil change periodically, and you don't operate a computer without regular virus maintanence and firewall protection of some kind.
In this analogy I would say that patching and applying antivirus is a bit in the same vein as needing to check your fluids twice a month, and change your oil ever 3k miles.
If a drivers engine explodes because they didn't perform regular maintanence and they hold up traffic for the rest of the populus they get a ticket.
And why aren't we supposed to blame the dumb-shit who doesn't Update their system, install AV nor Firewall on his Winblows box?
Good thing we don't get lost in other unproven scientific ventures when it comes to physics and electronics right? Not like that guy claiming to have developed a 200% efficient engine right? Or the guys claiming to have developed cold fusion... or the guy with the porcelain engine that has such a high compression ratio it can ionize h20 and use both as fuel... yet they all have no evidence to back their theories up, and it's newsworthy here.
Like many mention, Troy was a fantasy before it's location was known. But with all the crackpots, I take any "Science" post on slashdot with a grain of salt.
The gord speaks the truth about the dreamcast 128bit myth
IN SOVIET RUSSIA NOAH'S ARK FINDS YOU.
other than that, a religious article on this forum, kinda screams flamebait to me regardless of content. Still, it's been a while now even if they do find something atop a "Mount" ararat... without any physical evidence for dating there's no way to tell if the artifacts are indeed of the age in question.
Also, if there aren't any surrounding materials dated there's no way to tell if some eccentric in the past 50 years didn't just put it up there as his/her final joke on the world.
The obvious problem being proof or lack of proof will be disputed by both theologians and scientists seeing as how many see theology as truth, and others see science as truth.
Also, for those seeking a flooding of the earth, there are shark remains in the mountains near my home... albeit they are far more ancient than the big book of B dates a flooding of the earth, still...
I have resorted to reference farming, since in my experience a bad reference can kill any chance you have at getting a job. I know from my experience of interviews there is a large glut of tech-certifiables. Just because they have the initials doesn't mean they know the stuff. Certifications are a bit like final exams. Sure you may have gotten an A on your calculus exam 5 years ago, but if you don't use the skills daily they will degrade.
Also, many people ignore the requirements on the job-descriptions for new applications. It surprised me at first when requesting for a SQL engineer and recieving resumes specifying MSaccess experience solely as for a DB admin position. Resume's like this go to the shredder.
From my own personal attempts at getting hired (which were quite extensive.) My biggest problem was a "poisoned" reference. It made all the other references pretty much worthless. Upon calling this individual, I learned later of course, that most of the prospective employers just stopped and tossed the resume in the circular file.
Also, presentation and attitude helps a ton. If you're looking for a new job be as personable as you would be with a client, as they potentially are. The employer is attempting to find someone who is not only adept, but also socially capable. Shave the beard (or trim it), at least tie the hair back and wear at least a tie when you even HAND in your resume. A good hand shake helps as well as your eye contact, making sure they know who you are is good since then they will know you're not just some resume spammer.
A smart employer will hire someone based upon their experience, if you have no professional experience in an area you would like to move into donate your time somewhere for an NPO, or find a way to utilize it in your current employers setup. A class or certification only helps so much, experience counts for so much more.
the whole problem with this ammendment is in one word... and it's been taken to the supreme court based upon this one word, "Unreasonable." Whether the intent of the founding fathers to allow officers of the law to have the measure of judgement aptly termed "Probable cause." Whether one calls this eroding of privacy laws, or a tool of enforcement included for in the constitution is solely upon the purpose of that one word.
For all it's merits, the bill of rights is sufficiently vague to allow for such qualifications. The tenth amendment has basically lost all meaning since potentially unconstitutional laws are passed en-masse at the federal level in the back corners of appropriations bills and the like, and are rarely challenged, but oft enacted.
Also, the privacy of individuals is surely not guaranteed, considering one can purchase camera systems to view via thermal methods, bypassing such trivial bullwarks such as "walls" or "window shades." These devices can be used by citizens or law enforcement officials without need for warrant or even probable cause. The same goes for other "pro-active" law enforcement surveilance techniques (ala: echelon etc.)
That's right purchase someone elses social security number so you can make their life a nightmare when it comes to registering for the same services this guy wanted to.
No, it's the law.
Section 7 of Pub.L. 93-579 provided that:
"(a)(1) It shall be unlawful for any Federal, State or local government agency to deny to any individual any right, benefit, or privilege provided by law because of such individual's refusal to disclose his social security account number.
"(2) the [The] provisions of paragraph (1) f this subsection shall not apply with respect to--
"(A) any disclosure which is required by Federal statute, or
"(B) the disclosure of a social security number to any Federal, State, or local agency maintaining a system of records in existence and operating before January 1, 1975, if such disclosure was required under statute or regulation adopted prior to such date to verify the identity of an individual.
"(b) Any Federal, State, or local government agency which requests an individual to disclose his social security account number shall inform that individual whether that disclosure is mandatory or voluntary, by what statutory or other authority such number is solicited, and what uses will be made of it."
Stop allowing companies, the federal, state and local governments to use your SSN for identification purposes, in any case when it doesn't match certain exemptions it MUST be optional. READ the back of your social security card, stay informed and if this isn't a case of a need to change your social security number, I don't know what is.
well uhh... they aren't checking for VIOLATORS sir... they are checking for ALL copyrighted material in the database... Transfering a song from one of my machines to another of my machines for my personal use, via EMAIL/P2P intercepted, and cancelled because it is copyrighted material is not protecting the copyright holder, it's preventing my fair use.
The support for Wifi has been fixed, ethereal hasn't worked in winblows since I installed the old netstumbler. A quick glance shows it's working much better now.
Taking a quick look at the survey explains why my connection is intermittent... there are 6 B networks in the area. Damnit... if only 2WIRE didn't have such a saturation.
The S/N ratio is showing all the crappy interference. No wonder, anyone know if G has the possibility to interfere as harshly as B? I know A is much better with crosstalk but I'm not about to put 3 APs in my apartment just to go through a measley wall or two.
There's no guarantee the Brunette is backwards compatible.
Has nothing to do with the fact that it's Earth Day today...
There is only one way to halt human impact on the planet, and that would be to remove the human element. Otherwise we have the horrible motives and thoughts on both sides of the spectrum.
One camp says "Global warming is a farce" the other says "Humans are destroying M.Earth." Enviro-friendly doesn't mean 0 impact, it means less impact than if we didn't exist. Completely ignoring the fact that yes, we may be intelligent creatures, but we affect the environment on a proportion to our population on the planet.
It makes you wonder if a beaver really cares about his affect on the local environment around him... and if he does, does he try and fix it later?
Not that we're on the same level as a beaver, but we have clear cut forests and then done nothing to help the growth along... and now 50-70 years later those forests are regrowing but in a much tighter configuration than before. The risk of fire is far increased as well as the sanctions the EPA has put in place to prevent controlled burns to get rid of the undergrowth in a method nature has been using for millenia. So the undergrowth builds up until it is nearly impossible to have a burn that will stay controlled for very long.
We as a mass of intelligent creatures are playing a dangerous game, attempting to keep an unchanging environment that by OUR very nature is nigh impossible. If we are to prevent ourselves from damaging the environment irreperably then we need to enter domes, otherwise our very presence and natural existance affects the environment in the same way a beaver dam affects the creatures downriver.
So, the only solution that eco-nuts have that makes any sense is lets all live in domes, and the only solution the ignorant are pushing towards is a destruction of our atmosphere and environment that will lead us to live in domes.
I dunno about ya'll but I'll be buying my Oxygen compressor soon, since the moderate voice is always drowned out to the extremists.
Except to broadcast in FM/Am is to provide something with unlimited bandwidth, and it's available in the air that anyone with even a crystal tuned to the right frequency can listen to/record. On the internet, you provide something available on a pipe that you pay for, and are making available the music you are "listening" to for others who come to your virtual "abode" and partake in the listening experience.
Recording a stream is subject to similar nuances and failings that recording off the air is and as such, the only argument the RIAA could really win with would be that all computers/recording devices/mp3 players need to be taxed with the procedes going to them as the quality is not as good as the original by a longshot in this form.
Not that I think all should be taxed for the crimes of a few, but who knows what the RIAA can buy in congress.
From my daily reading it looked like the recent mailing regarding the Rose attack Which could affect nearly as many systems as this TCP vulnerability. With two vulnerabilities of this extent, and their relative quiet reception by the security community I don't think there will be much of a push to fix this problem, while the k1dd13s go to work acquiring proof of concepts.
Tom Smykowski: Well-well look. I already told you: I deal with the god damn customers so the engineers don't have to. I have people skills; I am good at dealing with people. Can't you understand that? What the hell is wrong with you people
This is a losing battle, also if your competency is being questioned then it sounds like you did something she didn't anticipate. Doing the right thing technically isn't necessarily the right thing for that particular user. Regardless if they want to infect themselves with spyware and post their personal information on a billboard for all who care to look to see, you cannot hamstring their utility even at the sake of security or you "broke it."
When it comes to in-laws, I just don't bother. My immediate family is skeptical sometimes, but they trust my judgement. But in-laws have higher standards (I did marry their daughter after all.)
Well, I am almost ashamed to admit it but I went ahead and purchased the ATT natural voice pack that comes along with the wonderfully _buggy_ Textaloudmp3. (Really just a voice kit for windows and a crummy Text to Mp3 app) but I was just really tired of the festival voices (which was how I used to do the following:) Slice up a raw text book into parts small enough to navigate through with ffwd and rwd and convert to mp3. Then copy to neuros for ubiquitous listening pleasure.
How do I get a hold of em? Well, I do try looking for others on P2P/UUnet etc of the books I own but don't want to slice up (ugh... it was psychologically devestating the first few times.) If I don't find them there, I slice the binding on the book and scan them in.
Currently I have a scanned OCR (either of my making, or acquired) library of pretty much every paper back book I had before I moved. Slicing the binding with a paper slicer was the hard part, lining the pages up on my toploading scanner direct to PDF allows me to keep a relatively complete library in an easy to read format (at least on my lappy).
Any (public domain) literature I feel like reading I go to the gutenberg library mirrors.
My big complaint when it comes to visual reading on a 'puter is I would like a good visual way to read a PDF (oss if possible) that would let me toss visual bookmarks/annotations onto the document... but once you get used to reading on a PDA and/or listening to the fun-ky com-put-er voic-es it's no-t tha-t ba-ad.
I thought that was the sound of the smallest violin in the universe playing to SCO's upcoming pity party in which Darl will try and run to the press after the FSF donation fund purchases all the open shares at a hefty $0.05 a piece.
Well it's good to know at least one company will have coffee and cigarettes for all.