"In short: there is plenty wrong with every country. I don't like the Induce act, but it isn't enough to make me exchange the rights violated in the US for the rights violated in the UK."
Except that those rights that are being violated are *supposed* to be guaranteed in the US.
" Nice - until Storms Blow thru and knock out the air conditioning, which short out the backup airconditioning, and having the server room heat to over 120 degrees, causing the machine doing all the emulation to lose three of the drives on the raid."
In central Ohio here... We had the AC in our server room go out in the middle of February one year. Akamai called because one of their colocated servers quit responding to pings... I opened the server room door, and thought I'd been hit by the backdraft from a fire... It was over 150 degrees in the server room, and the only machine effected, the Akamai machine, was restored to service with a reboot... But does anyone know how hard it is to get an AC repair shop to believe it's not a prank call when it's below 0 outside?!?!
"when they send this e-mail to a Federal Agent, Judge, etc. personal e-mail address? Making a death threat on any of these persons is a felony and the US could seek extradition. Or mayby W. would consider this a terrorist threat and deliver a $40,000 piece of ordinance via the U.S. Air Force."
"The ORIGINAL intent of the 2'nd amendment was so the citzens would have arms to take up against the govt if it became tyrannical."
Exactly. Now, with the watering down of the 2nd amendment, we can't even protect ourselves from the paperboy (if he happens to *really* want his $2)... The criminals could, but they have other things to worry about.
" All privacy rights and such aside - what do we have to hide? What do you not want the government to know about you?"
It's not about me hiding anything from the government. It's about the government wanting access to things that are not the government's god-damned business. And it sure as hell isn't about keeping us safe from terrorists. It's about erosion of rights. Hands up if you know what the original intent of the 2nd ammendment was. Anyone? The original intent was to keep the government honest. An armed population is one that the government listens to. Think China would still be communist after Tieneman (sp) Square if their population was well armed? With the erosion of rights we're seeing, it's only a matter of time before someone gets the bright idea of abolishing elections. I mean, voter turnout is low anyway, and who knows better, congress of the population?!
"Yes, Firefox is safe. Or, rather, as safe as it can be reasonably expected to get. Plugins and skins can only be installed by whitelisted servers, and must prompt the user before installation."
Also, these are new features to firefox, so I'd imagine the programmers took the time to get these features right before adding them. I'm using an older version (before it became known as Firefox) and these auto-install features simply did not exist in that version.
"Those American passports, Europe is nice, come over here, have some cheese and wine, and be free of your oppressors, huddled masses welcome!"
I'd mod this insightful, not funny. We are living in very scary times here on this side of the pond, but it's not because of the terrorists. I live in fear of my goverenment! I fear posting this, as the SS may decide that it can somehow be interpretted as a threat against the dictator^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H president of the United States. Shrug... Screw it... Anyone know how hard it is to imigrate to Ireland?
Welcome to the the United States. Home of the free and... Wait... What was that slogan again? Something to do with the Atlanta Braves, I think... Damn... Oh yeah... Home of the something or other, Land of the brave... Now, if I could just remember what that something was.
"Well, given that I met someone on match.com more than two years ago and that we're getting married in August, I'd say there's nothing wrong with meeting people on the web."
Congrats! I met my wife, back in the day, on the BBS scene. We've been marrried over 5 1/2 years now, and were best friends for about 4 years before we started dating. I had also met my best friend on the BBS scene. I've met a few people from the web as well, but normally meet up with meat-space friends online nowadays instead of making new friends online. Not sure exactly why that is (shrug)
"Don't worry, I just bought lkwdlgkhlhkgwq.com and I'm going to mirror the old sitefinder page. Just as a service to those who were missing it."
Please remove the lkwdlgkhlhkgwq.com domain, as it preys on the users of my site, lkwdlgkhlhkgwg.com. If the results of past cybersquatting cases are any indication, I believe I have a pretty good case;)
Everyone says they want to be able to copy cds so they can backup their apps, games, and dvds. Bull.
If the dvd falls apart and isn't your fault you can CALL THE MANUFACTURER AND GET A REPLACEMENT.
If you snap a cd in half well too bad, be careful with your belongings, don't let your kids handle them if you don't want them to break.
Afterall do you expect someone to replace your broken plates?
Ok, I'll feed the troll;) There is a problem with your analogy, according to the **AA at least. I own my plates, but the **AA would have us believe that they only license the content and I don't actually *own* it. Therefore, if making backups is illegal, then I should be provided a replacement. After all, my license is still valid.
"The Internet is great, broadband is great, computers are great. But as long as people are willing to give up their passwords for chocolate and have no clue what a firewall is or what it does, this problem will continue to plague everyone.
"...systems. The tone of the article seems to lay blame largely upon the worm itself. This is absolute horseshit. If users (and IT personnel) at these governments and places of business were responsible enough to do their jobs and ensure that computers were adequately patched, this problem never would have occured."
I have to take exception with this little bit of your rant, as others have pointed out that the patch itself has broken things for several users. And patching 5000 machines in a corporate environment takes lots of testing to avoid killing a critical app. Otherwise, I completely agree with your other points.
" I think the first time I saw one of those interviews was right before Spiderman, and the whole theater was balling."
The first time I saw one was directed after a pre-movie slide for SBC/Yahoo! DSL that said "Download a movie faster than you can watch it." Those slides no longer show, so apparently I'm not the only person to pick up on it.
You know what they say about assumptions, right? They make an ass out of u and umption.
In all seriousness, I'm with the parent post. The RIAA has also made its last cent off of me, regardless of whether I download music or not. Why? Because A) they've pissed me off by their heavy-handed tactics, and B) I don't download music.
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"In short: there is plenty wrong with every country. I don't like the Induce act, but it isn't enough to make me exchange the rights violated in the US for the rights violated in the UK."
Except that those rights that are being violated are *supposed* to be guaranteed in the US.
" or every method of communication on topics not approved by the government will be outlawed under the 'terror' banner"
Welcome to 2004 in the USA.
"How about legalizing (or promising to look the other way) vigilante attacks against spam sites?"
;)
I'd rather legalize vigilante attacks against the spammers rather than against their sites
"That said, neither is it an excuse for passing it, and every legislator that passes a bill before reading it should be shot."
;)
Isn't that a law somewhere?
And SCO's case disappears in a puff of logic.
" Nice - until Storms Blow thru and knock out the air conditioning, which short out the backup airconditioning, and having the server room heat to over 120 degrees, causing the machine doing all the emulation to lose three of the drives on the raid."
In central Ohio here... We had the AC in our server room go out in the middle of February one year. Akamai called because one of their colocated servers quit responding to pings... I opened the server room door, and thought I'd been hit by the backdraft from a fire... It was over 150 degrees in the server room, and the only machine effected, the Akamai machine, was restored to service with a reboot... But does anyone know how hard it is to get an AC repair shop to believe it's not a prank call when it's below 0 outside?!?!
"when they send this e-mail to a Federal Agent, Judge, etc. personal e-mail address? Making a death threat on any of these persons is a felony and the US could seek extradition. Or mayby W. would consider this a terrorist threat and deliver a $40,000 piece of ordinance via the U.S. Air Force."
Now why would the 419ers need a toilet seat?!
"The ORIGINAL intent of the 2'nd amendment was so the citzens would have arms to take up against the govt if it became tyrannical."
Exactly. Now, with the watering down of the 2nd amendment, we can't even protect ourselves from the paperboy (if he happens to *really* want his $2)... The criminals could, but they have other things to worry about.
" All privacy rights and such aside - what do we have to hide? What do you not want the government to know about you?"
It's not about me hiding anything from the government. It's about the government wanting access to things that are not the government's god-damned business. And it sure as hell isn't about keeping us safe from terrorists. It's about erosion of rights. Hands up if you know what the original intent of the 2nd ammendment was. Anyone? The original intent was to keep the government honest. An armed population is one that the government listens to. Think China would still be communist after Tieneman (sp) Square if their population was well armed? With the erosion of rights we're seeing, it's only a matter of time before someone gets the bright idea of abolishing elections. I mean, voter turnout is low anyway, and who knows better, congress of the population?!
"Yes, Firefox is safe. Or, rather, as safe as it can be reasonably expected to get. Plugins and skins can only be installed by whitelisted servers, and must prompt the user before installation."
Also, these are new features to firefox, so I'd imagine the programmers took the time to get these features right before adding them. I'm using an older version (before it became known as Firefox) and these auto-install features simply did not exist in that version.
"Those American passports, Europe is nice, come over here, have some cheese and wine, and be free of your oppressors, huddled masses welcome!"
I'd mod this insightful, not funny. We are living in very scary times here on this side of the pond, but it's not because of the terrorists. I live in fear of my goverenment! I fear posting this, as the SS may decide that it can somehow be interpretted as a threat against the dictator^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H president of the United States. Shrug... Screw it... Anyone know how hard it is to imigrate to Ireland?
"Something is very, very wrong here..."
Welcome to the the United States. Home of the free and... Wait... What was that slogan again? Something to do with the Atlanta Braves, I think... Damn... Oh yeah... Home of the something or other, Land of the brave... Now, if I could just remember what that something was.
"Well, given that I met someone on match.com more than two years ago and that we're getting married in August, I'd say there's nothing wrong with meeting people on the web."
Congrats! I met my wife, back in the day, on the BBS scene. We've been marrried over 5 1/2 years now, and were best friends for about 4 years before we started dating. I had also met my best friend on the BBS scene. I've met a few people from the web as well, but normally meet up with meat-space friends online nowadays instead of making new friends online. Not sure exactly why that is (shrug)
What we need to nail the spammers with is spam laws! It's good to see one less spammer out there, though. Not that it'll make a difference.
"Don't worry, I just bought lkwdlgkhlhkgwq.com and I'm going to mirror the old sitefinder page. Just as a service to those who were missing it."
;)
Please remove the lkwdlgkhlhkgwq.com domain, as it preys on the users of my site, lkwdlgkhlhkgwg.com. If the results of past cybersquatting cases are any indication, I believe I have a pretty good case
"with a simple ascii response of a web page to my simple http style request."
Maybe we have to ping it to get it display the page?
"...Bush and his crony Ashcroft..."
;)
Something seems backwards about this statement
Everyone says they want to be able to copy cds so they can backup their apps, games, and dvds. Bull.
;) There is a problem with your analogy, according to the **AA at least. I own my plates, but the **AA would have us believe that they only license the content and I don't actually *own* it. Therefore, if making backups is illegal, then I should be provided a replacement. After all, my license is still valid.
If the dvd falls apart and isn't your fault you can CALL THE MANUFACTURER AND GET A REPLACEMENT.
If you snap a cd in half well too bad, be careful with your belongings, don't let your kids handle them if you don't want them to break.
Afterall do you expect someone to replace your broken plates?
Ok, I'll feed the troll
"Besides, half the fun of researching in the library is the irrelevant but interesting information you stumble across as you browse!"
I remember a time when that was half the fun of using the internet for research as well.
"The Internet is great, broadband is great, computers are great. But as long as people are willing to give up their passwords for chocolate and have no clue what a firewall is or what it does, this problem will continue to plague everyone.
Nothing beats a good educated user."
Except, maybe, a good chocolate bar.
"...systems. The tone of the article seems to lay blame largely upon the worm itself. This is absolute horseshit. If users (and IT personnel) at these governments and places of business were responsible enough to do their jobs and ensure that computers were adequately patched, this problem never would have occured."
I have to take exception with this little bit of your rant, as others have pointed out that the patch itself has broken things for several users. And patching 5000 machines in a corporate environment takes lots of testing to avoid killing a critical app. Otherwise, I completely agree with your other points.
" I think the first time I saw one of those interviews was right before Spiderman, and the whole theater was balling."
The first time I saw one was directed after a pre-movie slide for SBC/Yahoo! DSL that said "Download a movie faster than you can watch it." Those slides no longer show, so apparently I'm not the only person to pick up on it.
"Which, of course, you do, right?"
You know what they say about assumptions, right? They make an ass out of u and umption.
In all seriousness, I'm with the parent post. The RIAA has also made its last cent off of me, regardless of whether I download music or not. Why? Because A) they've pissed me off by their heavy-handed tactics, and B) I don't download music.
Wasn't that because the format they recorded it on was quite obscure and they couldn't find a player to read back the data ?
Correct. One of many links is available here.
"True, but does turning a key force you to remember a complex stored memory? Nope."
You obviously haven't seen my keyring, have you?