I wonder if they manage this by making it a pyramid like scheme.
User A1 through A10 were brought in under user A. If user B suddenly has 50 or more friends under him (or whatever metric they deem significant), you might just prune him and all of his friends. Or they may have a limit on the number of friends you can bring in.
Interesting concept though.
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Was it the sheep climbing onto the altar, or the cattle lowing to be slain, or the Son of God hanging dead and bloodied on a cross that told me this was a world condemned, but loved and bought with blood.
An individual determines which morals he believes in, yes, but whether he believes in absolutes or not, would not change them, if they exist.
I have always found it interesting that most people believe that there are physical absolutes, but to assume that the laws that govern the universe (the "God" of the universe if you will) could extend beyond the physical to concepts such as right and wrong is frequently scoffed at.
We believe that we created right and wrong instead of discovering them, and even more importantly, we may very well call evil, good and good, evil.
-- Was it the sheep climbing onto the altar, or the cattle lowing to be slain, or the Son of God hanging dead and bloodied on a cross that told me this was a world condemned, but loved and bought with blood.
Then you'd better hope that you don't run into someone who thinks murder is ok...
-- Was it the sheep climbing onto the altar, or the cattle lowing to be slain, or the Son of God hanging dead and bloodied on a cross that told me this was a world condemned, but loved and bought with blood.
Was it the sheep climbing onto the altar, or the cattle lowing to be slain, or the Son of God hanging dead and bloodied on a cross that told me this was a world condemned, but loved and bought with blood.
The TI-84 Plus, the TI-84 Plus Silver Edition, the TI-83 Plus/SE, the TI-89 Titanium, this is all too confusing. Just tell me hich one of these looks like Kristanna Loken, and where can I pick one up.
I need to do me some computin' on a beautiful calculator bent on the complete destruction of mankind. And I want USB support, too, dang it!
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Was it the sheep climbing onto the altar, or the cattle lowing to be slain, or the Son of God hanging dead and bloodied on a cross that told me this was a world condemned, but loved and bought with blood.
This new theory attempts to fill holes in the currently accepted concept of the "black hole".
Ha Ha Ha! Your puny theory will never escape from the irresistible gravitic pull of this horrible pun...
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Was it the sheep climbing onto the altar, or the cattle lowing to be slain, or the Son of God hanging dead and bloodied on a cross that told me this was a world condemned, but loved and bought with blood.
However, if I'm walking past your house and I notice a hole in your foundation, crawl under it, find some loose floorboards, and push them up giving me silent access to the first floor, which would you rather I did? Climb back out, knock on your front door, and let you know about the problem (and, if I know something about structural engineering or carpentry, maybe even suggest how you could easily and cheaply fix it), or just walk away and leave you gleefully oblivious until some psychotic rapist finds it?
I think the problem I have with this is... WHAT WERE YOU DOING CRAWLING UNDER MY HOUSE?
Evem if I'm babysitting your kids for you, you don't have the right to go crawling under my house.
Just send me a nice note saying, "Hey, it looks like you have a hole in your foundation, maybe you should check that out."
Right there, you've completely fulfilled any moral/ethical obligation you may have. Then you can decide if you want to let me babysit for you in the future. But saying that you have a moral obligation to violate my privacy to make sure you're being ethical... please!
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Was it the sheep climbing onto the altar, or the cattle lowing to be slain, or the Son of God hanging dead and bloodied on a cross that told me this was a world condemned, but loved and bought with blood.
From the ruling: "This case concerns the Recording Industry Association of America's use of the subpoena provision of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. 512(h), to identify internet users the RIAA believes are infringing the copyrights of its members."
"On appeal Verizon presents three alternative arguments for reversing the orders of the district court: (1) 512(h) does not authorize the issuance of a subpoena to an ISP acting solely as a conduit for communications the content of which is determined by others; if the statute does authorize such a subpoena, then the statute is unconstitutional because (2) the district court lacked Article III jurisdiction to issue a subpoena with no underlying ''case or controversy'' pending before the court; and (3) 512(h) violates the First Amendment because it lacks sufficient safeguards to protect an internet user's ability to speak and to associate anonymously. Because we agree with Verizon's interpretation of the statute, we reverse the orders of the district court enforcing the subpoenas and do not reach either of Verizon's constitutional arguments.*"
You are correct that the ruling did not reach the point of determining constiutionality, but it did reach a ruling that if upheld, sets a precedent for a larger scope than just this specific instance. The ruling as stated applies to the legality of DMCA subpoena issuance for any "ISP acting solely as a conduit for communications the content of which is determined by others" which applies to most internet traffic and definitely to P2P.
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Was it the sheep climbing onto the altar, or the cattle lowing to be slain, or the Son of God hanging dead and bloodied on a cross that told me this was a world condemned, but loved and bought with blood.
What the hell?! Lucas shocks us again! This is bigger than Vader begin Luke's father, or Leia being Luke's sister.
Vader is Luke's father?!?!!
Leia is Luke's sister!?!?
Man, talk about a bad day for me to wake up from a 26 year coma and immediately log onto Slashdot...
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Was it the sheep climbing onto the altar, or the cattle lowing to be slain, or the Son of God hanging dead and bloodied on a cross that told me this was a world condemned, but loved and bought with blood.
***This is an effort to put all existing news and current rumor together in such a way that we (the fans) can visualize what Star Wars Episode 3 will be like over a year before hand, in a more entertaining manner than simple lists of unorganized facts; sources include: Star Wars Hyperspace, Set Notes, Insider, Homing Beacon, SW web chats, and current rumors that fit well with the facts from TFN, T'Bone, Eppy X, and JediNet***
Star Wars Episode 3 - Revenge of the Sith (rumored title)
Rated PG - Rumored to push the PG envelope
Film time - Approximately 2hrs
Film Style - Sci-Fi adventure; reported to have more action & adventure than the 1st two prequels
Plot timeline and synopsis (keep in mind that the order and detail of scenes will be subject to change as new information becomes available; this is a living and breathing document):
- Opening Scroll: Episode III takes place 3 years after AOTC and is very important because the film opens up in the middle of things (like ANH).... Rumored paraphrase of the opening crawl: Supreme Chancellor Palpatine has been captured by the Separatists. Two Jedi, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker have found out where Palpatine is being held and lead a Squad of Clonetroopers to rescue the Chancellor...
- Giant space battle: Supposedly the clone wars end at the beginning of the film and a huge space battle is taking place above the planet of Coruscant. It looks that the battle will be focused around a 'kidnapped' Palpatine. Windu will be in some sort of space action... Anakin will be impressive in the opening battle as he shows us all why he's known as the best star pilot in the galaxy. R2 will be part of a space battle between proto-type Ties and X-Wings. R2 will be flying in the back of a small fighter (new Jedi Starfighter) in Eppy 3 (likely with Anakin). The opening battle is strictly a SPACE battle, but land battles will occur later on in the film! We will see gigantic fleets of starships. Choreography of E3 space battle will supercede the ROTJ space battle.
- Giant space battle - Jedi Starfighters: Anakin, Obi-Wan, Plo-Koon and other Jedi will fly Starfighters. These scenes include a Jedi being destroyed by enemy fire from behind, high-energy scenes of Anakin and Obi-Wan piloting a rotating Starfighter cockpit. Anakin will be wearing a similar headband seen used by Obi-Wan in the Jedi Starfighter in AOTC...
- Giant space battle - Trade Federation Cruiser Bridge: The shooting is on the fully-constructed Trade Federation Cruiser Bridge set which is one of the largest built for Eppy 3. The Neimoidian characters in the scene will show them working the controls of the ship and looking up with alarm at a new development. Sounds like someone is about to go kablooey!
- Giant space battle - Anakin Rescues Obi-Wan, Kills Dooku, and saves Palpatine: Dooku is supposed to die within the first 10 minutes of the movie... Christopher Lee shot a pivotal confrontation scene as Count Dooku which will have action and powerful dialogue. It's rumored he will be beheaded by Anakin due to a conversation between Nick Gillard's and Christopher Lee. While Lee was chatting with Gillard, he jokingly talked about decapitation. It's also rumored that Dooku will lose some limbs and Anakin will hack him up with two sabers...
- Rumored action: Obi-Wan and Anakin are flying new Jedi Starfighters that have a strange similarity to TIE fighters in the original trilogy. It's a very exciting scene with lots of action. Obi-Wan and Anakin try to get a lock on Shaak Ti's tracking device (she was captured along with Palpatine) and find that she and Palpatine are in the most heavily guarded ship. Obi-Wan and Anakin call for backup from the Clone troopers just as 20 or so droid fighters leave the ship and attack.
- The droid fighters look like smaller Imperial shuttles. The battle continues and one of the droid shuttles deploys a bunch of sphere shaped droids
Maybe it's just me, but so far this book's premise makes almost no sense:
I can get the part of comparing employees to blind men, and I can follow that we're trying to understand something [the project] that we can't see, but the project is an elephant?? And what's more, it's not important that it's an elephant, but that we improperly deduce what it is in exactly the same way as six Indian blind men... (a fan, a spear, a snake, a wall, etc)
What really worries me now that I've heard the concept though, is what if my project isn't an invisible elephant? What if my project is an invisible gopher, or a snake or a beaver?
Dear God, what if my project isn't an invisible animal at all? What if it's an invisible turkey baster... or an invisible lime green Edsel, or a very visible maytag washer unit... or Bob in accounting?
I may be on to something.
I gotta call my boss... and then... I gotta write a book. Maybe someone on Slashdot will review it...
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Was it the sheep climbing onto the altar, or the cattle lowing to be slain, or the Son of God hanging dead and bloodied on a cross that told me this was a world condemned, but loved and bought with blood.
I looked at her and smiled. Then, like the attention deficit disorder that I am, hearing the Simpson's theme song come from the TV, I said "ooh! the Simpson's is on!" and promptly plopped down on the couch next to her to watch some TV.
I'm hoping that someone can back me up on this.
I don't have the same problem that illumin8 does (ya freakin' weirdo... [grin]) but it's similar.
My problem, is that I think of off takes from Simpson's quotes to say at the worst possible moments (when my wife is telling me something important, when there is a romantic moment, anytime I should not be thinking along the lines of something funny). Even worse, some of the funnier ones are fairly insensitive if taken seriously. I don't mean them seriously, I mean them in the impersonal context of a quote from television, and frequently I don't even say them, I just get this look in my eyes that my wife has come to know as meaning I'm trying not to laugh.
Case in point: the Simpson's Halloween episode where the gypsie curses Homer. He and Marge are lying in bed. Marge says something to the effect that the gypsie's curse will endanger all those that he loves. Homer responds by walking his fingers up her arm and asking, "Are you coming on to me?"
Who could pass up using such a line in a similar moment (no, I have never been under a gypsie's curse, but once I did make an old Jewish lady so angry she said some very choice things to me in Yiddish.... so I know what I'm talking about:)
Anybody else have to deal with something like this?
Anybody?
Anybody?
Bueller?
oh well...
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Was it the sheep climbing onto the altar, or the cattle lowing to be slain, or the Son of God hanging dead and bloodied on a cross that told me this was a world condemned, but loved and bought with blood.
Oddly, everything you site as an example of original OSS development is actually derivative of something else.
Apple's Expose was a totally original concept that's now been copied by OSS developers.
Totally original? I doubt it. I think somone said, "you know how Windows will let you scroll through icons of open windows by hitting Alt-Tab, well what if that were more useful?"
It's a variation on a theme, it's like thumbnails crossed with alt-tabbing and made into a tremendously useful feature.
Don't get me wrong, I love Apple, expose, OSX, Linux, Open Source, apple pie, and... uhm... other stuff... that has has to do with computers, but there are very few, if any, things in the world that are totally original.
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Was it the sheep climbing onto the altar, or the cattle lowing to be slain, or the Son of God hanging dead and bloodied on a cross that told me this was a world condemned, but loved and bought with blood.
Bullshit. Zero cost does not give someone license to behave in a despicable manner. If someone offered a free cleaning service for your home or office and then used their access to rape your spouse, you would be perfectly in your rights to complain bitterly and have them arrested (hell, if you catch them in the act, you have the right to shoot them dead in most states, and rightly so). If someone offered a free food service and fed you bad food that put you in the hospital, you could bring them up on charges of violating safe food laws, and sue for civil damages
What?!! You are comparing unwanted email between a service provider and their client to rape and food poisoning? ACK! I'm reporting you to the analogy police, buddy.:)
What is really appalling is how Yahoo abuses the resources of others. This isn't SPAM going to yahoo mailboxes exclusively (or even mostly), it is SPAM going to everyone who ever used their online clubs, whoever browsed a web page they required one to register for (clubs, etc.) even in passing.
I would wager that most people getting email from yahoo have never canceled their accounts/club membership/etc. And when they joined, their agreement said that the terms could change at any time.
If you agree to Yahoo's terms, you are saying you are willing to put up with the fact that they may change their policies at any time. You're saying their services are worth that risk.
If you don't want to take that chance, don't use their service.
You're right though, it doesn't have anything to do with the service being free. It's just that with yahoo, you can't vote with your wallet, because you never paid them anything.
The one thing I agree with you over, is if course you have a right to complain. Raise a holy stink over it, and maybe Yahoo will change their minds...
But I can still laugh when you compare email to rape...
ROFL... If I had been drinking coffee when I read this. I would be dead right now. Thanks for the laugh:)
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Was it the sheep climbing onto the altar, or the cattle lowing to be slain, or the Son of God hanging dead and bloodied on a cross that told me this was a world condemned, but loved and bought with blood.
I wonder if there is not a way to defeat such a method?
For those who didn't read the article by Ken Thompson ( read it here) a compiler is corrupted so that it inserts a bug into all compilers that it compiles, and the purpose of that bug is to insert a bug into another program (such as login) when it compiles it (such as accepting a certain password as the root password)
Both bugs have to be a pattern based search method. They look for some string or some sequence of characters that the original hacker believes will be consistent in future code, and then make their modifications.
Running the code through a obfuscating precompiler that both randomized variable names and added random white space would potentially remove any pattern that the trojan was looking for.
Can anyone think of things that I missed (or ways to make the trojan continue to work in the face of obfuscation)
the obfuscator would, of course, be written in an interpreted language... ( [raises pink to corner of mouth and channels Dr. Evil] whose interpreter has of course been corrupted so that it inserts naughty limericks into every application it "obfuscates".... MUWAHAHAHA... MUWAHAHAH....)
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Was it the sheep climbing onto the altar, or the cattle lowing to be slain, or the Son of God hanging dead and bloodied on a cross that told me this was a world condemned, but loved and bought with blood.
Was it the sheep climbing onto the altar, or the cattle lowing to be slain, or the Son of God hanging dead and bloodied on a cross that told me this was a world condemned, but loved and bought with blood
I believe they were referring to the book not the place....
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Was it the sheep climbing onto the altar, or the cattle lowing to be slain, or the Son of God hanging dead and bloodied on a cross that told me this was a world condemned, but loved and bought with blood.
Yeah, but who's going to look twice at a list with names like these: darkmayo RhubarbCrumble Trigun 1nihilis t1 henbane hype7 slackr CmdrTaco
Yah there are better examples out there, I just didn't feel like looking for them.
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Was it the sheep climbing onto the altar, or the cattle lowing to be slain, or the Son of God hanging dead and bloodied on a cross that told me this was a world condemned, but loved and bought with blood.
I should clarify. I do believe God is a being and not just a creator of forces. Larry Wall described it much better than I can in his answer to question #7 in his Slashdot interview. One part I'd like to modify or add to concerning Larry's statements. He makes the assertion that "God is good to people who really look for him." I agree with that statement, but it's necessary to define what "good" is. One of the problems about discussing an all-powerful God and anything his existence affects (which is everything) is that we are each "gods" in respect to how we view such words as 'good' and 'evil', and 'right' and 'wrong'.
When it comes to right and wrong, good and evil, no matter what someone else believes, in the end, might is right. It may sounds kind of weird for a Christian to say that, but I think about it this way. To say something is wrong (or right) is an imposition of belief on nother people (who have their own definitions). You can only get away with this imposing your beliefs on others through two ways.
1. They can wilingly let you (for reasons known only to them) and accept your definitions OR 2. If you are strong/powerful enough you can make them follow your definition (punish them when they disobey/reward them when they don't).
So, I have a definition of good, you have a definition of good, everybody has a definition of good, the strong oppress the weak. But, if there is an all powerful God who is capable of imposing his views (read as "punish or reward") on others, then his definition of "good" wins. That's all I'll really say about that because I think Larry does a really 'good' job of explaining it.:)
You've probably noticed that I haven't really answered the question you asked yet. I will. I will try at least.
Some of what I've said so far is basically ground work (if I've made sense)
Here's the question I'm trying to answer. How is your view different from a non-religious one? It sounds as though you're saying that God put into place the workings of this universe. That being the case, doesn't that simply shift driving curiosity of science from discovering minute details of the universe to the makings of the creators? In essence, is that proof not simply a semantical argument defining nature as God?
Yes, I believe that science is basically discovering observable attributes of the forces God has instituted. But I don't believe that God is just nature. I don't believe that he's just a force.
Where my views differ from a non-religious one is that once God's existence is acknowledged, it changes the realm of the possible. Most of science does not acknowledge God, or if they do, they use him only to create the framework, but his involvement ends there. I truly believe that God is a being who wishes to have a relationship with man. I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.
I don't have more time to write. I hope I answered your question. (And I do realize that I'm not instructing you, but merely relaying what I believe to be true) If I haven't aswered satisfactorily, ask again, or email me. I'd be glad to carry on the discussion, with you or anyone.
Take care, Charles
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Was it the sheep climbing onto the altar, or the cattle lowing to be slain, or the Son of God hanging dead and bloodied on a cross that told me this was a world condemned, but loved and bought with blood.
If the world we live in is self-coherent then it must be so every corner of the universe
The thing that continually brings me back into a belief in an almighty God IS this universe. You're absolutely right, laws exist throughout the universe, there is no place where 1 + 1 equals 3, there is no place where the 2nd law of thermodynamics is violated. But from whence came this order? Even if I ascribe the ascension of life to evolution (I don't) where did the laws that allowed evolution to occur come from? Where did time come from? Where did the mass of the Big Bang come from? Where did the first bit of the fabric of time/space come from? Who crafted the rules that makes the universe run? Whoever did that is God. If there is a univese of order, there is a God. The question is not "is he?", but "who is he?"
In the end though, it is faith, and I can't change that. You will believe what you will, and I will believe what I will. My faith will either be justified, or it will not.
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Was it the sheep climbing onto the altar, or the cattle lowing to be slain, or the Son of God hanging dead and bloodied on a cross that told me this was a world condemned, but loved and bought with blood.
Slashdot Mirror
I wonder if they manage this by making it a pyramid like scheme.
User A1 through A10 were brought in under user A. If user B suddenly has 50 or more friends under him (or whatever metric they deem significant), you might just prune him and all of his friends. Or they may have a limit on the number of friends you can bring in.
Interesting concept though.
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Was it the sheep climbing onto the altar, or the cattle lowing to be slain,
or the Son of God hanging dead and bloodied on a cross that told me this was a world condemned, but loved and bought with blood.
An individual determines which morals he believes in, yes, but whether he believes in absolutes or not, would not change them, if they exist.
I have always found it interesting that most people believe that there are physical absolutes, but to assume that the laws that govern the universe (the "God" of the universe if you will) could extend beyond the physical to concepts such as right and wrong is frequently scoffed at.
We believe that we created right and wrong instead of discovering them, and even more importantly, we may very well call evil, good and good, evil.
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Was it the sheep climbing onto the altar, or the cattle lowing to be slain,
or the Son of God hanging dead and bloodied on a cross that told me this was a world condemned, but loved and bought with blood.
Moral rights are determined by self.
Then you'd better hope that you don't run into someone who thinks murder is ok...
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Was it the sheep climbing onto the altar, or the cattle lowing to be slain,
or the Son of God hanging dead and bloodied on a cross that told me this was a world condemned, but loved and bought with blood.
Sounds like someone got caught in the canary trap, which I first heard about reading Tom Clancy (can't remember which novel)
You can read more about the Canary Trap here
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Was it the sheep climbing onto the altar, or the cattle lowing to be slain,
or the Son of God hanging dead and bloodied on a cross that told me this was a world condemned, but loved and bought with blood.
The TI-84 Plus, the TI-84 Plus Silver Edition, the TI-83 Plus/SE, the TI-89 Titanium, this is all too confusing. Just tell me hich one of these looks like Kristanna Loken, and where can I pick one up.
I need to do me some computin' on a beautiful calculator bent on the complete destruction of mankind. And I want USB support, too, dang it!
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Was it the sheep climbing onto the altar, or the cattle lowing to be slain,
or the Son of God hanging dead and bloodied on a cross that told me this was a world condemned, but loved and bought with blood.
This new theory attempts to fill holes in the currently accepted concept of the "black hole".
Ha Ha Ha! Your puny theory will never escape from the irresistible gravitic pull of this horrible pun...
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Was it the sheep climbing onto the altar, or the cattle lowing to be slain,
or the Son of God hanging dead and bloodied on a cross that told me this was a world condemned, but loved and bought with blood.
However, if I'm walking past your house and I notice a hole in your foundation, crawl under it, find some loose floorboards, and push them up giving me silent access to the first floor, which would you rather I did? Climb back out, knock on your front door, and let you know about the problem (and, if I know something about structural engineering or carpentry, maybe even suggest how you could easily and cheaply fix it), or just walk away and leave you gleefully oblivious until some psychotic rapist finds it?
/ethical obligation you may have. Then you can decide if you want to let me babysit for you in the future. But saying that you have a moral obligation to violate my privacy to make sure you're being ethical... please!
I think the problem I have with this is... WHAT WERE YOU DOING CRAWLING UNDER MY HOUSE?
Evem if I'm babysitting your kids for you, you don't have the right to go crawling under my house.
Just send me a nice note saying, "Hey, it looks like you have a hole in your foundation, maybe you should check that out."
Right there, you've completely fulfilled any moral
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Was it the sheep climbing onto the altar, or the cattle lowing to be slain,
or the Son of God hanging dead and bloodied on a cross that told me this was a world condemned, but loved and bought with blood.
From the ruling:
"This case concerns the Recording Industry Association of America's use of the subpoena provision of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. 512(h), to identify internet users the RIAA believes are infringing the copyrights of its members."
"On appeal Verizon presents three alternative
arguments for reversing the orders of the district court: (1) 512(h) does not authorize the issuance of a subpoena to an ISP acting solely as a conduit for communications the content of which is determined by others; if the statute does authorize such a subpoena, then the statute is unconstitutional because (2) the district court lacked Article III jurisdiction to issue a subpoena with no underlying ''case or controversy'' pending before the court; and (3) 512(h) violates the First Amendment because it lacks sufficient safeguards to protect an internet user's ability to speak and to associate anonymously.
Because we agree with Verizon's interpretation of
the statute, we reverse the orders of the district court enforcing the subpoenas and do not reach either of Verizon's constitutional arguments.*"
You are correct that the ruling did not reach the point of determining constiutionality, but it did reach a ruling that if upheld, sets a precedent for a larger scope than just this specific instance. The ruling as stated applies to the legality of DMCA subpoena issuance for any "ISP acting solely as a conduit for communications the content of which is determined by others" which applies to most internet traffic and definitely to P2P.
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Was it the sheep climbing onto the altar, or the cattle lowing to be slain,
or the Son of God hanging dead and bloodied on a cross that told me this was a world condemned, but loved and bought with blood.
What the hell?! Lucas shocks us again! This is bigger than Vader begin Luke's father, or Leia being Luke's sister.
Vader is Luke's father?!?!!
Leia is Luke's sister!?!?
Man, talk about a bad day for me to wake up from a 26 year coma and immediately log onto Slashdot...
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Was it the sheep climbing onto the altar, or the cattle lowing to be slain,
or the Son of God hanging dead and bloodied on a cross that told me this was a world condemned, but loved and bought with blood.
The Definitive Episode 3 Plot Timeline Synopsis:
... Rumored paraphrase of the opening crawl: Supreme Chancellor Palpatine has been captured by the Separatists. Two Jedi, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker have found out where Palpatine is being held and lead a Squad of Clonetroopers to rescue the Chancellor...
***This is an effort to put all existing news and current rumor together in such a way that we (the fans) can visualize what Star Wars Episode 3 will be like over a year before hand, in a more entertaining manner than simple lists of unorganized facts; sources include: Star Wars Hyperspace, Set Notes, Insider, Homing Beacon, SW web chats, and current rumors that fit well with the facts from TFN, T'Bone, Eppy X, and JediNet***
Star Wars Episode 3 - Revenge of the Sith (rumored title)
Rated PG - Rumored to push the PG envelope
Film time - Approximately 2hrs
Film Style - Sci-Fi adventure; reported to have more action & adventure than the 1st two prequels
Plot timeline and synopsis (keep in mind that the order and detail of scenes will be subject to change as new information becomes available; this is a living and breathing document):
- Opening Scroll: Episode III takes place 3 years after AOTC and is very important because the film opens up in the middle of things (like ANH).
- Giant space battle: Supposedly the clone wars end at the beginning of the film and a huge space battle is taking place above the planet of Coruscant. It looks that the battle will be focused around a 'kidnapped' Palpatine. Windu will be in some sort of space action... Anakin will be impressive in the opening battle as he shows us all why he's known as the best star pilot in the galaxy. R2 will be part of a space battle between proto-type Ties and X-Wings. R2 will be flying in the back of a small fighter (new Jedi Starfighter) in Eppy 3 (likely with Anakin). The opening battle is strictly a SPACE battle, but land battles will occur later on in the film! We will see gigantic fleets of starships. Choreography of E3 space battle will supercede the ROTJ space battle.
- Giant space battle - Jedi Starfighters: Anakin, Obi-Wan, Plo-Koon and other Jedi will fly Starfighters. These scenes include a Jedi being destroyed by enemy fire from behind, high-energy scenes of Anakin and Obi-Wan piloting a rotating Starfighter cockpit. Anakin will be wearing a similar headband seen used by Obi-Wan in the Jedi Starfighter in AOTC...
- Giant space battle - Trade Federation Cruiser Bridge: The shooting is on the fully-constructed Trade Federation Cruiser Bridge set which is one of the largest built for Eppy 3. The Neimoidian characters in the scene will show them working the controls of the ship and looking up with alarm at a new development. Sounds like someone is about to go kablooey!
- Giant space battle - Anakin Rescues Obi-Wan, Kills Dooku, and saves Palpatine: Dooku is supposed to die within the first 10 minutes of the movie... Christopher Lee shot a pivotal confrontation scene as Count Dooku which will have action and powerful dialogue. It's rumored he will be beheaded by Anakin due to a conversation between Nick Gillard's and Christopher Lee. While Lee was chatting with Gillard, he jokingly talked about decapitation. It's also rumored that Dooku will lose some limbs and Anakin will hack him up with two sabers...
- Rumored action: Obi-Wan and Anakin are flying new Jedi Starfighters that have a strange similarity to TIE fighters in the original trilogy. It's a very exciting scene with lots of action. Obi-Wan and Anakin try to get a lock on Shaak Ti's tracking device (she was captured along with Palpatine) and find that she and Palpatine are in the most heavily guarded ship. Obi-Wan and Anakin call for backup from the Clone troopers just as 20 or so droid fighters leave the ship and attack.
- The droid fighters look like smaller Imperial shuttles. The battle continues and one of the droid shuttles deploys a bunch of sphere shaped droids
the more T-Shirts you buy, the less often you need to do laundry.
[sniffs armpits and grunts approvingly]
What is this laundry of which you speak?
Maybe it's just me, but so far this book's premise makes almost no sense:
I can get the part of comparing employees to blind men, and I can follow that we're trying to understand something [the project] that we can't see, but the project is an elephant?? And what's more, it's not important that it's an elephant, but that we improperly deduce what it is in exactly the same way as six Indian blind men... (a fan, a spear, a snake, a wall, etc)
What really worries me now that I've heard the concept though, is what if my project isn't an invisible elephant? What if my project is an invisible gopher, or a snake or a beaver?
Dear God, what if my project isn't an invisible animal at all? What if it's an invisible turkey baster... or an invisible lime green Edsel, or a very visible maytag washer unit... or Bob in accounting?
I may be on to something.
I gotta call my boss... and then... I gotta write a book. Maybe someone on Slashdot will review it...
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Was it the sheep climbing onto the altar, or the cattle lowing to be slain,
or the Son of God hanging dead and bloodied on a cross that told me this was a world condemned, but loved and bought with blood.
I didn't say it wasn't innovative. I said it wasn't totally original.
In my mind, there's a difference between the two.
I looked at her and smiled. Then, like the attention deficit disorder that I am, hearing the Simpson's theme song come from the TV, I said "ooh! the Simpson's is on!" and promptly plopped down on the couch next to her to watch some TV.
:)
I'm hoping that someone can back me up on this.
I don't have the same problem that illumin8 does (ya freakin' weirdo... [grin]) but it's similar.
My problem, is that I think of off takes from Simpson's quotes to say at the worst possible moments (when my wife is telling me something important, when there is a romantic moment, anytime I should not be thinking along the lines of something funny). Even worse, some of the funnier ones are fairly insensitive if taken seriously. I don't mean them seriously, I mean them in the impersonal context of a quote from television, and frequently I don't even say them, I just get this look in my eyes that my wife has come to know as meaning I'm trying not to laugh.
Case in point: the Simpson's Halloween episode where the gypsie curses Homer. He and Marge are lying in bed. Marge says something to the effect that the gypsie's curse will endanger all those that he loves. Homer responds by walking his fingers up her arm and asking, "Are you coming on to me?"
Who could pass up using such a line in a similar moment (no, I have never been under a gypsie's curse, but once I did make an old Jewish lady so angry she said some very choice things to me in Yiddish.... so I know what I'm talking about
Anybody else have to deal with something like this?
Anybody?
Anybody?
Bueller?
oh well...
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Was it the sheep climbing onto the altar, or the cattle lowing to be slain,
or the Son of God hanging dead and bloodied on a cross that told me this was a world condemned, but loved and bought with blood.
Oddly, everything you site as an example of original OSS development is actually derivative of something else.
Apple's Expose was a totally original concept that's now been copied by OSS developers.
Totally original?
I doubt it. I think somone said, "you know how Windows will let you scroll through icons of open windows by hitting Alt-Tab, well what if that were more useful?"
It's a variation on a theme, it's like thumbnails crossed with alt-tabbing and made into a tremendously useful feature.
Don't get me wrong, I love Apple, expose, OSX, Linux, Open Source, apple pie, and... uhm... other stuff... that has has to do with computers, but there are very few, if any, things in the world that are totally original.
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Was it the sheep climbing onto the altar, or the cattle lowing to be slain,
or the Son of God hanging dead and bloodied on a cross that told me this was a world condemned, but loved and bought with blood.
God, that's awful. Gives you some idea what to expect from "recycled advertising", if that's the jewel in their crown.
Yes... because all the other ballet commercials I've seen are so... hilarious...
Bullshit. Zero cost does not give someone license to behave in a despicable manner. If someone offered a free cleaning service for your home or office and then used their access to rape your spouse, you would be perfectly in your rights to complain bitterly and have them arrested (hell, if you catch them in the act, you have the right to shoot them dead in most states, and rightly so). If someone offered a free food service and fed you bad food that put you in the hospital, you could bring them up on charges of violating safe food laws, and sue for civil damages
:)
What?!! You are comparing unwanted email between a service provider and their client to rape and food poisoning? ACK! I'm reporting you to the analogy police, buddy.
What is really appalling is how Yahoo abuses the resources of others. This isn't SPAM going to yahoo mailboxes exclusively (or even mostly), it is SPAM going to everyone who ever used their online clubs, whoever browsed a web page they required one to register for (clubs, etc.) even in passing.
I would wager that most people getting email from yahoo have never canceled their accounts/club membership/etc. And when they joined, their agreement said that the terms could change at any time.
If you agree to Yahoo's terms, you are saying you are willing to put up with the fact that they may change their policies at any time. You're saying their services are worth that risk.
If you don't want to take that chance, don't use their service.
You're right though, it doesn't have anything to do with the service being free. It's just that with yahoo, you can't vote with your wallet, because you never paid them anything.
The one thing I agree with you over, is if course you have a right to complain. Raise a holy stink over it, and maybe Yahoo will change their minds...
But I can still laugh when you compare email to rape...
ROFL... If I had been drinking coffee when I read this. I would be dead right now. Thanks for the laugh :)
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Was it the sheep climbing onto the altar, or the cattle lowing to be slain,
or the Son of God hanging dead and bloodied on a cross that told me this was a world condemned, but loved and bought with blood.
I wonder if there is not a way to defeat such a method?
For those who didn't read the article by Ken Thompson ( read it here) a compiler is corrupted so that it inserts a bug into all compilers that it compiles, and the purpose of that bug is to insert a bug into another program (such as login) when it compiles it (such as accepting a certain password as the root password)
Both bugs have to be a pattern based search method. They look for some string or some sequence of characters that the original hacker believes will be consistent in future code, and then make their modifications.
Running the code through a obfuscating precompiler that both randomized variable names and added random white space would potentially remove any pattern that the trojan was looking for.
Can anyone think of things that I missed (or ways to make the trojan continue to work in the face of obfuscation)
the obfuscator would, of course, be written in an interpreted language... ( [raises pink to corner of mouth and channels Dr. Evil] whose interpreter has of course been corrupted so that it inserts naughty limericks into every application it "obfuscates".... MUWAHAHAHA... MUWAHAHAH....)
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Was it the sheep climbing onto the altar, or the cattle lowing to be slain,
or the Son of God hanging dead and bloodied on a cross that told me this was a world condemned, but loved and bought with blood.
Post the URL...
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Was it the sheep climbing onto the altar, or the cattle lowing to be slain,
or the Son of God hanging dead and bloodied on a cross that told me this was a world condemned, but loved and bought with blood
I believe they were referring to the book not the place....
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Was it the sheep climbing onto the altar, or the cattle lowing to be slain,
or the Son of God hanging dead and bloodied on a cross that told me this was a world condemned, but loved and bought with blood.
You might be pregnant Demona.
Check your last sentence in the first paragraph. You skipped a period.
Thanks folks, I'll be here all week.
Yeah, but who's going to look twice at a list with names like these:s t1
darkmayo
RhubarbCrumble
Trigun
1nihili
henbane
hype7
slackr
CmdrTaco
Yah there are better examples out there, I just didn't feel like looking for them.
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Was it the sheep climbing onto the altar, or the cattle lowing to be slain,
or the Son of God hanging dead and bloodied on a cross that told me this was a world condemned, but loved and bought with blood.
I should clarify. I do believe God is a being and not just a creator of forces. Larry Wall described it much better than I can in his answer to question #7 in his Slashdot interview. One part I'd like to modify or add to concerning Larry's statements. He makes the assertion that "God is good to people who really look for him." I agree with that statement, but it's necessary to define what "good" is. One of the problems about discussing an all-powerful God and anything his existence affects (which is everything) is that we are each "gods" in respect to how we view such words as 'good' and 'evil', and 'right' and 'wrong'.
:)
When it comes to right and wrong, good and evil, no matter what someone else believes, in the end, might is right. It may sounds kind of weird for a Christian to say that, but I think about it this way. To say something is wrong (or right) is an imposition of belief on nother people (who have their own definitions). You can only get away with this imposing your beliefs on others through two ways.
1. They can wilingly let you (for reasons known only to them) and accept your definitions OR
2. If you are strong/powerful enough you can make them follow your definition (punish them when they disobey/reward them when they don't).
So, I have a definition of good, you have a definition of good, everybody has a definition of good, the strong oppress the weak. But, if there is an all powerful God who is capable of imposing his views (read as "punish or reward") on others, then his definition of "good" wins. That's all I'll really say about that because I think Larry does a really 'good' job of explaining it.
You've probably noticed that I haven't really answered the question you asked yet. I will. I will try at least.
Some of what I've said so far is basically ground work (if I've made sense)
Here's the question I'm trying to answer.
How is your view different from a non-religious one? It sounds as though you're saying that God put into place the workings of this universe. That being the case, doesn't that simply shift driving curiosity of science from discovering minute details of the universe to the makings of the creators? In essence, is that proof not simply a semantical argument defining nature as God?
Yes, I believe that science is basically discovering observable attributes of the forces God has instituted. But I don't believe that God is just nature. I don't believe that he's just a force.
Where my views differ from a non-religious one is that once God's existence is acknowledged, it changes the realm of the possible. Most of science does not acknowledge God, or if they do, they use him only to create the framework, but his involvement ends there. I truly believe that God is a being who wishes to have a relationship with man. I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.
I don't have more time to write. I hope I answered your question. (And I do realize that I'm not instructing you, but merely relaying what I believe to be true) If I haven't aswered satisfactorily, ask again, or email me. I'd be glad to carry on the discussion, with you or anyone.
Take care,
Charles
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Was it the sheep climbing onto the altar, or the cattle lowing to be slain,
or the Son of God hanging dead and bloodied on a cross that told me this was a world condemned, but loved and bought with blood.
If the world we live in is self-coherent then it must be so every corner of the universe
The thing that continually brings me back into a belief in an almighty God IS this universe. You're absolutely right, laws exist throughout the universe, there is no place where 1 + 1 equals 3, there is no place where the 2nd law of thermodynamics is violated. But from whence came this order? Even if I ascribe the ascension of life to evolution (I don't) where did the laws that allowed evolution to occur come from? Where did time come from? Where did the mass of the Big Bang come from? Where did the first bit of the fabric of time/space come from? Who crafted the rules that makes the universe run? Whoever did that is God. If there is a univese of order, there is a God. The question is not "is he?", but "who is he?"
In the end though, it is faith, and I can't change that. You will believe what you will, and I will believe what I will. My faith will either be justified, or it will not.
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Was it the sheep climbing onto the altar, or the cattle lowing to be slain,
or the Son of God hanging dead and bloodied on a cross that told me this was a world condemned, but loved and bought with blood.