It would be more accurate to say your history books are full of mistruths, but if you want examples, just pick nearly any thing from a high school history book... and then REALLY research it.
1) We're all told that Benedict Arnold was simply a traitor to the American Revolution... but not that he was mistreated prior to that. (note: I'm not drawing judgment, these are simply facts). 2) We're all told that the "Americas" were sparsely populated by a few tens of thousands - not millions - of "natives". The "Trail of Tears" gets about 1/2 page coverage - scant compared to other 19th and 10th century genocides.. 3) General Custer died a hero, and was NOT a coward who engaged in genocidal killings of women and infants. 4) Jesus was blonde, blue-eyed, and never took a wife
I'm just rattling off 4 I could think of inside of a few seconds.
(And to any perceived anti-US bias comments, it's untrue to suggest that. I happen to be most familiar with my own culture and therefore capable of poking holes in the lies it teaches. Every culture is guilty of this, but I can't be expected to have the same level of familiarity with those other cultures. Whatever, most people get it right?)
...Who solved the East front issue throwing at it 20 million human lives.
Dear god... you DISAGREE with that?
While it should be noted however that a lot of the Soviet's armies were cannon fodder conscripted from satellite nations and Soviet prisons, both the Soviets and the French deserve our thanks for throwing bodies at the German war machine, and at huge cost.
The French took the noble step of drawing a line in the sand and *choosing* war with Nazi Germany. The French didn't have as many bodies as the Soviets did, and the French made the mistake of not fortifying their non-German borders (discounting a German attack through Belgium).
The Soviets were less noble, having made deals to support and supply the Nazi regime... up to the day before Hitler attacked them.
I'm assuming you were not rooting for Hitler here, which is one way to view your statement/ Learn your history before making such wild statements, PLEASE.
To be fair, Paul works in a world where his entire livelihood depends on currying favor with Microsoft, or else he will be working at Best Buy. Have pity on the poor man: Honest and no-spin are not options for him.
Very true. Worse, if you were to DISCOVER an exploit in a home router and notify the OEM.. they'll ignore you, particularly if the firmware is just 3 years old/discontinued ("obsolete" )
I've seen 12 year old routers in play. Even half that is a concern.
The good news is we will EVENTUALLY be moving to open router platforms. Well, eventually.
Sad that you got buried as Flamebait, but your joke rings very true: those conservative fundamentalists (I suppose could be either party) make a *career* about campaigning against pornography or gays... and then get caught or outed, one way or another.
I wish this was Digg.. Digg's a bit more "democratic" in moderation.. your opinion counts. Moderators and Editors here are a closed circle.
I think the fact that it was "pornographic" is missing the point.
Only a very TINY minority of the population considers bikini's to be "pornographic": fundamentalist right wing Christians, and fundamentalist Muslims. It is your right to consider women in bikinis to be "pornographic", but this does NOT make it a fact... it is your subjective opinion.
This guy is not paying attention, yet will be voting on bills that will affect our entire country.
Oh, the irony! You could be forgiven for not RTFA, _and_ for not reading the Slashdot summary... but for not reading the HEADLINE? What are the first 2 words of the headline? "State Senator"... as in, of the Florida Legislature. "RTFH"... now that is a new one.
Lastly, this isn't some website he is looking at... it was something sent in his email. Most email clients will display attached images by default. You know this, correct?
How this trick works is I have someone - camera at the ready pointing at your laptop, filming... and then I email you a NSFW image. When your email client previews the image, ZOMG you are looking at porn. Guilty!
This is an OLD trick and it's already been done to several politicians and members of the media.
Don't forget healthcare: the one that the Democrats just passed actually INCREASES the level of privatization. The system the Democrats settled on is a LOT similar to ideas once put forth by Ronald Reagan and Richard Nixon.
Unfortunately, the GOP has moved WAY to the right of Reagan and Nixon.. or maybe a better way to say it is, they're more intent on "drowning the baby" (for those that don't know the term, Google it).
But why IS America so divided, and why if a majority are discontent with one or both parties.. why is it so difficult to have a viable third party??
AH.. now I am asking questions that are offensive to hard-core party loyalists... because questioning the election model in the USA means revisiting the crazy aunt in the attic... the Electoral College.
The Electoral College needs to be abolished. The EC existed as a compromise to the Deep South, and when we kicked their ass we forgot to repeal the EC. Today, the EC still serves to dillute the votes of some Americans...
Failing a repeal of the EC, concerned Americans should work to have their state adopt "proportional delegation" which eliminates the winner-take-all delegate assignment (which is exactly what keeps third party at exactly ZERO delegates... even in cases where the candidate's received almost 20% of the vote (as with Ross Perot in 1992... crazy bastard that he was, his ZERO delegate score just highights the problem).
Actually, I wish all employers did this - limit your access to the network such that you use a work provided device or PC, period.
It is NO FUN to have to come into work on Thanksgiving weekend and cleanup your company mailservers, try to get a quick de-list off SpamCop and Spamhaus, and clean up other PCs, all because someone brought in their infected personal laptop.
Oh, it was just a "accident".... and since management thought it was tragic, there was no traction to take ANY steps that would avoid a repeat incident (since there was no law, and it wasn't a medical IT job anyways).
Wait, that's not true exactly... the owner of the laptop DID say they would take steps to avoid a repeat... that their kids would have to "ask daddy before installing things downloaded with 'Limewire' ".
A union won't protect you from the company going bust, but it will protect you from unwritten policy that suggests you have to provide your own work computer at home.
GM's woes are management driven... instead of being a pyramid with just a few managers at the top - like Toyota of America does - it was a good old boys club. GM's management saw the danger years ago, but since they're all old and approaching retirement (or they have golden parachutes) they didn't CARE when happened in 8 years.
Saturn's woes BTW are purely GM management fault. They were profitable and had a special arrangement with the unions as a social and economic experiment, and Saturn did well. GM's other divisions got jealous, and deliberately undermined Saturn.
Unions are just "suppliers" to the corporation, providing labor. It's up to the corporation to choose their supply volume/schedule according to realistic projections.
You may be old enough now, but when you move out "on your own" (or have kids) you will see that the principled stance you suggest is an admirable LUXURY.
There's plenty of bosses who would see the request to install VPN software on your home PC as "reasonable". When your boss tells you "I did it", by all means.. TELL HIM you think he's a tool who likes to be ass-raped. See how that works for you.
You misunderstand - just know that words have multiple meanings. No, really - it's true. (rolls eyes).
OK, ARM is "twice" David: 1) for being a challenger to the biggest chipmaker, Intel 2) because ARM is RISC... and RISC has always been a niche or vertical application part challenging the dominant CISC designs (Intel, AMD).
Doesn't matter, as part of his parole he will probably be barred from using any electric device which has a display. Even if he gets a job interview, he'll be dead from climbing 19 flights of stairs because the elevator is computerized now...
I have not upgraded my desktop PC yet, but both my laptops (1 runs Intel, 1 runs nVidia video) are running 10.04 since the early alphas.
One of the reasons I upgraded during alpha was "blueman" Bluetooth PPP was not working so well under 9.10 (at least, not with my Samsung phone). I'd get BT tethering working, and then it would die with no obvious reason. Saw that there were some fixes in the new packages, but had issues running them under 9.10... so 10.x I went.
I should note I got *burned* on 9.10 due to bad Intel drivers... that was another reason to upgrade to 10.x.
Folks, before upgrading, do check that your wireless and your video work under a new release before jumping to it... but other than that, Ubuntu is awesome. Compared to my experiences using Red Hat and recent Fedora as a desktop, most of the time Ubuntu is clear sailing....
Karma doesn't seem to affect ANYTHING unless it is negative. My KArma's been "50" (or "Excellent") for years, and it's been a long long time since I was asked to moderate or metamoderate. I think that depends on how frequently you post matters more (which is sad because that inversely affects the quality of discussion if there's a million "me too" responses).
>We can pretend that we're shocked, but we all know that goods from Asia are dirt cheap and yet we never seem to ask "WHY"?
It's a devil's bargain: Americans rich and poor support this business model.
American workers feel the wage pinch, so need to depend on cheap Chinese goods to maintain their standard of living (even as their and their country's debt climbs).
America's wealthy/investor class on the other hand don't need the cheap goods, but they DO benefit from the downward wage and downward benefit pressure this puts on the American worker.
There are plenty of American workers are NOW sufficiently "ready" to concede and abolish the overtime and work safety laws... if it meant a job for them.
The rich client model has flaws (including making it too easy to shoot yourself in the foot), but that's not what's to blame here.
Netsol's application platform does not appear to sanitize tainted input... this was something we all learned to do back in the Perl 4 CGI days... years before the XSS and iframes appeared.
NetSol should hire back the people who were responsible for maintaining their applications, instead of coasting along without them.
Why do you expect this from Network Solutions? Do thei even do their "own" Technical Support... if not, it'll take DAYS for them to spot a trend and notify the right folks... who are probably developers in an outsourcing firm, or were local employees laid off (when there wasn't any other way for NetSol to scrounge up management bonus checks).
Folks, there's PLENTY of mid-sized indie shops. They treat you like gold, and they stay on top of their systems.
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It would be more accurate to say your history books are full of mistruths, but if you want examples, just pick nearly any thing from a high school history book... and then REALLY research it.
1) We're all told that Benedict Arnold was simply a traitor to the American Revolution... but not that he was mistreated prior to that. (note: I'm not drawing judgment, these are simply facts).
2) We're all told that the "Americas" were sparsely populated by a few tens of thousands - not millions - of "natives". The "Trail of Tears" gets about 1/2 page coverage - scant compared to other 19th and 10th century genocides..
3) General Custer died a hero, and was NOT a coward who engaged in genocidal killings of women and infants.
4) Jesus was blonde, blue-eyed, and never took a wife
I'm just rattling off 4 I could think of inside of a few seconds.
(And to any perceived anti-US bias comments, it's untrue to suggest that. I happen to be most familiar with my own culture and therefore capable of poking holes in the lies it teaches. Every culture is guilty of this, but I can't be expected to have the same level of familiarity with those other cultures. Whatever, most people get it right?)
non-sequitor. Parent didn't say anything about Soviet purges, nor did he HAVE to.. not without getting wildly off topic.
The GP post ridiculed Soviet loss of life in WW2, and/or implying that it was "Soviet" to oppose Hitler. Parent post responded to that.
...Who solved the East front issue throwing at it 20 million human lives.
Dear god... you DISAGREE with that?
While it should be noted however that a lot of the Soviet's armies were cannon fodder conscripted from satellite nations and Soviet prisons, both the Soviets and the French deserve our thanks for throwing bodies at the German war machine, and at huge cost.
The French took the noble step of drawing a line in the sand and *choosing* war with Nazi Germany. The French didn't have as many bodies as the Soviets did, and the French made the mistake of not fortifying their non-German borders (discounting a German attack through Belgium).
The Soviets were less noble, having made deals to support and supply the Nazi regime... up to the day before Hitler attacked them.
I'm assuming you were not rooting for Hitler here, which is one way to view your statement/ Learn your history before making such wild statements, PLEASE.
Reading the article AND finding multiple sources? Welcome, you must be new here!
To be fair, Paul works in a world where his entire livelihood depends on currying favor with Microsoft, or else he will be working at Best Buy. Have pity on the poor man: Honest and no-spin are not options for him.
Very true. Worse, if you were to DISCOVER an exploit in a home router and notify the OEM.. they'll ignore you, particularly if the firmware is just 3 years old/discontinued ("obsolete" )
I've seen 12 year old routers in play. Even half that is a concern.
The good news is we will EVENTUALLY be moving to open router platforms. Well, eventually.
Sad that you got buried as Flamebait, but your joke rings very true: those conservative fundamentalists (I suppose could be either party) make a *career* about campaigning against pornography or gays... and then get caught or outed, one way or another.
I wish this was Digg.. Digg's a bit more "democratic" in moderation.. your opinion counts. Moderators and Editors here are a closed circle.
Um, they're only "nude" if you consider a bikini nude.. in which case you are delusional.
The picture CLEARLY shows bikinis (even the ones that were partially black-boxed are obviously bikinis).
My question is: "Isn't his vote pre-decided by his political party?"
No, but if he was a Republican, he would be viewing beach photos of MEN... well-oiled (and with a wide stance).
I think the fact that it was "pornographic" is missing the point.
Only a very TINY minority of the population considers bikini's to be "pornographic": fundamentalist right wing Christians, and fundamentalist Muslims.
It is your right to consider women in bikinis to be "pornographic", but this does NOT make it a fact... it is your subjective opinion.
This guy is not paying attention, yet will be voting on bills that will affect our entire country.
Oh, the irony!
You could be forgiven for not RTFA, _and_ for not reading the Slashdot summary... but for not reading the HEADLINE?
What are the first 2 words of the headline? "State Senator"... as in, of the Florida Legislature.
"RTFH"... now that is a new one.
Lastly, this isn't some website he is looking at... it was something sent in his email. Most email clients will display attached images by default. You know this, correct?
How this trick works is I have someone - camera at the ready pointing at your laptop, filming... and then I email you a NSFW image. When your email client previews the image, ZOMG you are looking at porn. Guilty!
This is an OLD trick and it's already been done to several politicians and members of the media.
Because Microsoft made a deal with MPEG-LA, that's why. MPEG-LA makes money off patent licensing.
Don't forget healthcare: the one that the Democrats just passed actually INCREASES the level of privatization. The system the Democrats settled on is a LOT similar to ideas once put forth by Ronald Reagan and Richard Nixon.
Unfortunately, the GOP has moved WAY to the right of Reagan and Nixon.. or maybe a better way to say it is, they're more intent on "drowning the baby" (for those that don't know the term, Google it).
But why IS America so divided, and why if a majority are discontent with one or both parties.. why is it so difficult to have a viable third party??
AH.. now I am asking questions that are offensive to hard-core party loyalists... because questioning the election model in the USA means revisiting the crazy aunt in the attic... the Electoral College.
The Electoral College needs to be abolished. The EC existed as a compromise to the Deep South, and when we kicked their ass we forgot to repeal the EC. Today, the EC still serves to dillute the votes of some Americans...
Failing a repeal of the EC, concerned Americans should work to have their state adopt "proportional delegation" which eliminates the winner-take-all delegate assignment (which is exactly what keeps third party at exactly ZERO delegates... even in cases where the candidate's received almost 20% of the vote (as with Ross Perot in 1992... crazy bastard that he was, his ZERO delegate score just highights the problem).
Actually, I wish all employers did this - limit your access to the network such that you use a work provided device or PC, period.
It is NO FUN to have to come into work on Thanksgiving weekend and cleanup your company mailservers, try to get a quick de-list off SpamCop and Spamhaus, and clean up other PCs, all because someone brought in their infected personal laptop.
Oh, it was just a "accident" .... and since management thought it was tragic, there was no traction to take ANY steps that would avoid a repeat incident (since there was no law, and it wasn't a medical IT job anyways).
Wait, that's not true exactly... the owner of the laptop DID say they would take steps to avoid a repeat... that their kids would have to "ask daddy before installing things downloaded with 'Limewire' ".
A union won't protect you from the company going bust, but it will protect you from unwritten policy that suggests you have to provide your own work computer at home.
GM's woes are management driven... instead of being a pyramid with just a few managers at the top - like Toyota of America does - it was a good old boys club. GM's management saw the danger years ago, but since they're all old and approaching retirement (or they have golden parachutes) they didn't CARE when happened in 8 years.
Saturn's woes BTW are purely GM management fault. They were profitable and had a special arrangement with the unions as a social and economic experiment, and Saturn did well. GM's other divisions got jealous, and deliberately undermined Saturn.
Unions are just "suppliers" to the corporation, providing labor. It's up to the corporation to choose their supply volume/schedule according to realistic projections.
You may be old enough now, but when you move out "on your own" (or have kids) you will see that the principled stance you suggest is an admirable LUXURY.
There's plenty of bosses who would see the request to install VPN software on your home PC as "reasonable". When your boss tells you "I did it", by all means.. TELL HIM you think he's a tool who likes to be ass-raped. See how that works for you.
You misunderstand - just know that words have multiple meanings. No, really - it's true. (rolls eyes).
OK, ARM is "twice" David:
1) for being a challenger to the biggest chipmaker, Intel
2) because ARM is RISC... and RISC has always been a niche or vertical application part challenging the dominant CISC designs (Intel, AMD).
Doesn't matter, as part of his parole he will probably be barred from using any electric device which has a display. Even if he gets a job interview, he'll be dead from climbing 19 flights of stairs because the elevator is computerized now...
I have not upgraded my desktop PC yet, but both my laptops (1 runs Intel, 1 runs nVidia video) are running 10.04 since the early alphas.
One of the reasons I upgraded during alpha was "blueman" Bluetooth PPP was not working so well under 9.10 (at least, not with my Samsung phone). I'd get BT tethering working, and then it would die with no obvious reason. Saw that there were some fixes in the new packages, but had issues running them under 9.10... so 10.x I went.
I should note I got *burned* on 9.10 due to bad Intel drivers... that was another reason to upgrade to 10.x.
Folks, before upgrading, do check that your wireless and your video work under a new release before jumping to it... but other than that, Ubuntu is awesome. Compared to my experiences using Red Hat and recent Fedora as a desktop, most of the time Ubuntu is clear sailing....
You're absolutely correct - it WOULD be wiser to bring your argument to the Chinese equivalent of the FCC.
Oh wait, there is NO FCC-like entity in China, therefore your "point" has as much relevance as the the post you were critiquing.. none.
I name thee "Sony employee".
Back, demon, back into your cubicle!
What you are really doing here is condoning collective punishment, and smokescreening the blame.
Karma doesn't seem to affect ANYTHING unless it is negative. My KArma's been "50" (or "Excellent") for years, and it's been a long long time since I was asked to moderate or metamoderate. I think that depends on how frequently you post matters more (which is sad because that inversely affects the quality of discussion if there's a million "me too" responses).
Wow, a K5-er swooping in to Slashdot to call everyone with an opposing view a "scumbag". I am shocked, shocked I say!
I name thee, "Troll".
>We can pretend that we're shocked, but we all know that goods from Asia are dirt cheap and yet we never seem to ask "WHY"?
It's a devil's bargain: Americans rich and poor support this business model.
American workers feel the wage pinch, so need to depend on cheap Chinese goods to maintain their standard of living (even as their and their country's debt climbs).
America's wealthy/investor class on the other hand don't need the cheap goods, but they DO benefit from the downward wage and downward benefit pressure this puts on the American worker.
There are plenty of American workers are NOW sufficiently "ready" to concede and abolish the overtime and work safety laws... if it meant a job for them.
The rich client model has flaws (including making it too easy to shoot yourself in the foot), but that's not what's to blame here.
Netsol's application platform does not appear to sanitize tainted input... this was something we all learned to do back in the Perl 4 CGI days... years before the XSS and iframes appeared.
NetSol should hire back the people who were responsible for maintaining their applications, instead of coasting along without them.
Why do you expect this from Network Solutions? Do thei even do their "own" Technical Support... if not, it'll take DAYS for them to spot a trend and notify the right folks... who are probably developers in an outsourcing firm, or were local employees laid off (when there wasn't any other way for NetSol to scrounge up management bonus checks).
Folks, there's PLENTY of mid-sized indie shops. They treat you like gold, and they stay on top of their systems.