Why oh why does Slashdot keep running this kind of drivel. If you have an employment dispute, or a possible employment dispute, CALL A %$^! LAWYER. Pick up the phone and call his or her secretary and make an appointment. Bring your time records and pay stubs, which you kept (you didn't leave them at work, right?) If you have some irrational fear of lawyers, you might possibly get halfway decent advice at your state's labor board such as the California Department of Labor Standards Enforcement aka The State Labor Commissioner.
After 40-50 years, the county building inspectors will decide that your home is no longer up to today's building code, and it just so happens that there will be no exemptions for "grandfathered in" code variances. They will shake you down for thousands in order to possibly persuade them not to bulldoze your home, let alone the further shakedown it will take to get the house signed off as "up to code."
Since you used the word "province" I assume you are not in the U.S.
You should consult an attorney right away. In the US, disclosure of malfeasance in a university, governmental, or nonprofit environment, is subject to special laws for the benefit of "whistleblowers." If, for example, you were to discover someone filing false claims or otherwise defrauding a governmental entity, the False Claims Act provides cash bounties that can run into the millions of dollars. The attorney you consult can also tell you about your job rights and what to do if you suffer retaliation.
The question posed is a legal question, like all legal questions the answer is murky and varies from state to state, and you are a chump for bringing your legal woes to slashdot instead of calling your lawyer.
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More to the point, if you are in the hosting business you should have a regular source for legal advice that ain't Slashdot. Find a local lawyer and offer him free hosting if he will handle the occasional bogus DMCA letter.
Dude, buy or build onto a house in Malibu and you are going to want a -licensed- geologist to sign off on whether or not your house will survive the next mudslide, or whether it will become mud. The county building department will also insist on this.
Yeah, and lots of people will say, why bother? Who wants to get hassled or maybe even shot down for failure to comply with the TFR-du-jour? Lots of FBOs and other aviation businesses will close for good. I stand by my original metaphor.
"By logging into, or using, our FTP site you hereby certify to the truthfulness and accuracy of your FTP login name and password under penalty of perjury under the laws of [FTP site state or jurisidiction]. Clicking on the "OK" button below shall constitute your electronic signature under the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act (P.L. 106-229) and your acceptance of the above terms."
You don't have to be poor or have bad credit to be totally prohibited from flying. For example, everyone who flies private (GA) aircraft, or who patronizes a flight school, aircraft rental, or fixed base operator in the Washington area has been fucked in the ass by the Mayberry Machiavellians. To fly a Cessna around the pattern at JYO or HEF, assuming there will still be somewhere to buy fuel or tie the aircraft down at night, you now have to file a flight plan and transmit a discrete transponder code or risk interception.
I love my Kyocera Smartphone, but...
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... next time I'll buy a separate PDA, 'cause the airlines won't let me use a PDA-phone, even though the phone in my Kyocera SmartPhone powers-off separately and the PDA has a big, obvious display reading "PHONE IS OFF."
Dear mbstone:
Thank you for writing. We have recently updated our electronic device usage policy to include PDAs with cell phone capability (whether the phone is on or off) on the list of those items not approved for use during flight. We reached this conclusion because there is no definitive way to ensure the cell phone function is or remains off during flight. Therefore, in the interest of safety, we decided to prohibit their use all together.
We hope to have your understanding and cooperation on this important issue. Please travel with us again soon. It is a privilege to serve you.
You social-engineer the NSA or other TLA with teraflop codebreaking computer-capability into helping you crack the message. For example, consider the following method used by an Idahoan to get his potato field plowed:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>& gt; An old man lived alone in southern Idaho. It was early spring, and he wanted to spade a garden plot to prepare it for planting potatoes. But it was very hard work and he just didn't have the energy.
You see, his only son, who would have helped him, was in prison.
The old man wrote a letter to his son and mentioned his predicament.
A week later, he received a note back, which said, "For heaven's sake, Dad, whatever you do, don't dig up that section of the garden! That's where I buried the GUNS!"
The next morning, bright and early, a dozen police showed up and dug up the entire garden, without finding any guns.
Looking out the kitchen window, the old man thought "Now, what in the world is going on here?" Confused, he wrote another letter to his son telling him what happened, and asked him for advice.
Another week passed and his son's reply arrived in the mailbox. The old man carried the letter up to the house, sat down at the kitchen table and read, "Now plant your potatoes, Dad. It's the best I could do for you under the circumstances."
Duhhhrr.... ever tried RENTING THEM OUT???
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Bitch, bitch, complain. I wouldn't buy a car without renting the same model first. Why should Segways be any different? If there is anyplace to RENT a Segway, I haven't heard about it. How about renting them, for example, at all of the Las Vegas Strip hotels? You rent the thing outside the lobby of Casino A and turn it in at Casino B. When you are ready to return to your hotel, you get another one from the pickup line at Casino B and return it to Casino A. The Segway is the perfect vehicle for Vegas Strip transportation: The casinos are all within 1/2 to 2 miles of each other, and few tourists carry any baggage except for their (dwindling) bankrolls. Only problem, it would put the Vegas taxicab mafia out of business.
Not only that, but the Matthew Broderick character in WarGames was dead-on balls accurate (except for the weird modem tones). The picture accurately depicts him using an IMSAI 8080 machine equipped with 8" floppy drives and an acoustic-coupled modem, staying up for nights on end wrapped in printer paper, and ** NOT KNOWING HOW TO KISS ALLY SHEEDY ** !! The guy even had a complete set of National Semiconductor IC data books on the shelf, for crying out loud. Bless Lasky & Parkes.
A XML Schema is a way to define a set of XML data as set forth in the applicable W3C standards. A Scheme is a scam perpetrated by scam artists, e.g. the television industry. I stand by my English as used in my original post.
Tvspy.com is run by Don Fitzpatrick, a well-known agent for "news talent." The site hosts "ShopTalk," the pre-eminent listserv for people who work in the TV news biz. See also vault.com, a job board run by ex-TV news people. The tvspy.com site has nothing to do with spies, TIA, etc. (as far as I know).
Some posters have correctly observed that your employer can fire you at will, and although it's illegal to fire you in retaliation for filing a wage claim with the California Division of Labor Standards Enforcement aka The Labor Commissioner, this might be difficult or expensive to prove. Solution: 1) Keep accurate time records and keep all your pay stubs, offsite; 2) After the job ends and within 4 years of the earliest violation, file a wage claim or sue (your choice) for the back wages and/or overtime. Consult a labor and employment attorney. IAAFA4CADIR.
One negative effect of employee monitoring is, they don't trust you (or they don't trust you even more than before). Here is an article about some employees who received an email, pay us $50 or we'll tell your boss you were pr0n-surfing.
Nearly all of the (innocent) employees paid up rather than report the scam! Few, if any, trusted their PHBs to take their word for it that they were being scammed on!!
Ok, explain to me exactly WHY you aren't filing suit versus the Federal Government for gross violation of your constitutional rights ?
A criminal defendant can't sue for violation of civil rights based on his having been illegally searched or arrested if he or she was ultimately convicted of the underlying crime. Such a claim has to be (successfully) asserted in the criminal case by means of a motion to dismiss, by a direct appeal, or by a petition for habeas corpus. Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477 (1994). In other words, the fact of a criminal conviction means the alleged illegality of the search or arrest has already been decided adversely to the defendant. Since Mitnick pled guilty, he waived his right to argue that the search/arrest was illegal (as well as his appeal rights). Therefore, Heck precludes him from suing.
The constitutional rights you possess are not something you can "sign" away. The constitution guarantees those rights to all it's citizens, there is no provision for transferring your rights.
What bullshit. Of course you can sign them away. Enter a guilty plea as part of a plea bargain and with the stroke of a pen you have wiped out your right to appeal, the right of jury trial, the right to confront and cross-examine witnesses, the right to have witnesses in your favor subpoenaed into court, the right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures if you are on probation or parole, possibly the right to vote and to keep and bear arms, um, shall I continue? IAAL.
When I apply for Infosec work they invariably want to know about my custody fights, tax liens, late credit card payments, and other assorted computerized detritus that comes from living a long and reasonably colorful life. Oftentimes the job goes into a black hole and I never hear from them again. Do I actually have to steal stuff in order to become employable?
According to Prof. Gene Spafford in today's San Jose Mercury-News,, Microsoft "has a problem finding enough people trained in computer security." Muhawhawhaw. You already know MS security sucks and MS is not really interested in fixing the problem. The real wretched, awful truth is, the US Government does security even worse than does MS, and it is even less interested in fixing the problem than is MS. The US Government civil service is too cumbersome and politicized in its hiring process, as well as too low-paying, to attract IT talent; most Government agencies, instead, rely on "disadvantaged small business" contractors to do their IT security. And "doing IT security" means making sure users have 8-character passwords and that they download new virus definition files every day. That, and making the paperwork look good. If you only knew.
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Why oh why does Slashdot keep running this kind of drivel. If you have an employment dispute, or a possible employment dispute, CALL A %$^! LAWYER. Pick up the phone and call his or her secretary and make an appointment. Bring your time records and pay stubs, which you kept (you didn't leave them at work, right?) If you have some irrational fear of lawyers, you might possibly get halfway decent advice at your state's labor board such as the California Department of Labor Standards Enforcement aka The State Labor Commissioner.
What's to stop someone from buying the speakers in the future and doing the exact same thing to police?
Freeee Dooonutts.... Baack at the Staaation....
Trademark lawyers will note this as the day the term "World Wide Web" became merely descriptive.
Don Lancaster's page. Http://Www.tinaja.com.
After 40-50 years, the county building inspectors will decide that your home is no longer up to today's building code, and it just so happens that there will be no exemptions for "grandfathered in" code variances. They will shake you down for thousands in order to possibly persuade them not to bulldoze your home, let alone the further shakedown it will take to get the house signed off as "up to code."
No matter if it's built like a brick shithouse.
Since you used the word "province" I assume you are not in the U.S.
You should consult an attorney right away. In the US, disclosure of malfeasance in a university, governmental, or nonprofit environment, is subject to special laws for the benefit of "whistleblowers." If, for example, you were to discover someone filing false claims or otherwise defrauding a governmental entity, the False Claims Act provides cash bounties that can run into the millions of dollars. The attorney you consult can also tell you about your job rights and what to do if you suffer retaliation.
The question posed is a legal question, like all legal questions the answer is murky and varies from state to state, and you are a chump for bringing your legal woes to slashdot instead of calling your lawyer.
(end redundant part)
More to the point, if you are in the hosting business you should have a regular source for legal advice that ain't Slashdot. Find a local lawyer and offer him free hosting if he will handle the occasional bogus DMCA letter.
Dude, buy or build onto a house in Malibu and you are going to want a -licensed- geologist to sign off on whether or not your house will survive the next mudslide, or whether it will become mud. The county building department will also insist on this.
Yeah, and lots of people will say, why bother? Who wants to get hassled or maybe even shot down for failure to comply with the TFR-du-jour? Lots of FBOs and other aviation businesses will close for good. I stand by my original metaphor.
Amazon was granted exclusive registration rights for the new TLD, .scam
"By logging into, or using, our FTP site you hereby certify to the truthfulness and accuracy of your FTP login name and password under penalty of perjury under the laws of [FTP site state or jurisidiction]. Clicking on the "OK" button below shall constitute your electronic signature under the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act (P.L. 106-229) and your acceptance of the above terms."
You don't have to be poor or have bad credit to be totally prohibited from flying. For example, everyone who flies private (GA) aircraft, or who patronizes a flight school, aircraft rental, or fixed base operator in the Washington area has been fucked in the ass by the Mayberry Machiavellians. To fly a Cessna around the pattern at JYO or HEF, assuming there will still be somewhere to buy fuel or tie the aircraft down at night, you now have to file a flight plan and transmit a discrete transponder code or risk interception.
You social-engineer the NSA or other TLA with teraflop codebreaking computer-capability into helping you crack the message. For example, consider the following method used by an Idahoan to get his potato field plowed:
& gt ;
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
An old man lived alone in southern Idaho. It was early spring, and he wanted to spade a garden plot to prepare it for planting potatoes. But it was very hard work and he just didn't have the energy.
You see, his only son, who would have helped him, was in prison.
The old man wrote a letter to his son and mentioned his predicament.
A week later, he received a note back, which said, "For heaven's sake, Dad, whatever you do, don't dig up that section of the garden! That's where I buried the GUNS!"
The next morning, bright and early, a dozen police showed up and dug up the entire garden, without finding any guns.
Looking out the kitchen window, the old man thought "Now, what in the world is going on here?" Confused, he wrote another letter to his son telling him what happened, and asked him for advice.
Another week passed and his son's reply arrived in the mailbox. The old man carried the letter up to the house, sat down at the kitchen table and read, "Now plant your potatoes, Dad. It's the best I could do for you under the circumstances."
Bitch, bitch, complain. I wouldn't buy a car without renting the same model first. Why should Segways be any different? If there is anyplace to RENT a Segway, I haven't heard about it. How about renting them, for example, at all of the Las Vegas Strip hotels? You rent the thing outside the lobby of Casino A and turn it in at Casino B. When you are ready to return to your hotel, you get another one from the pickup line at Casino B and return it to Casino A. The Segway is the perfect vehicle for Vegas Strip transportation: The casinos are all within 1/2 to 2 miles of each other, and few tourists carry any baggage except for their (dwindling) bankrolls. Only problem, it would put the Vegas taxicab mafia out of business.
NPS Digital Maps are here.
Not only that, but the Matthew Broderick character in WarGames was dead-on balls accurate (except for the weird modem tones). The picture accurately depicts him using an IMSAI 8080 machine equipped with 8" floppy drives and an acoustic-coupled modem, staying up for nights on end wrapped in printer paper, and ** NOT KNOWING HOW TO KISS ALLY SHEEDY ** !! The guy even had a complete set of National Semiconductor IC data books on the shelf, for crying out loud. Bless Lasky & Parkes.
A XML Schema is a way to define a set of XML data as set forth in the applicable W3C standards. A Scheme is a scam perpetrated by scam artists, e.g. the television industry. I stand by my English as used in my original post.
Tvspy.com is run by Don Fitzpatrick, a well-known agent for "news talent." The site hosts "ShopTalk," the pre-eminent listserv for people who work in the TV news biz. See also vault.com, a job board run by ex-TV news people. The tvspy.com site has nothing to do with spies, TIA, etc. (as far as I know).
Some posters have correctly observed that your employer can fire you at will, and although it's illegal to fire you in retaliation for filing a wage claim with the California Division of Labor Standards Enforcement aka The Labor Commissioner, this might be difficult or expensive to prove. Solution: 1) Keep accurate time records and keep all your pay stubs, offsite; 2) After the job ends and within 4 years of the earliest violation, file a wage claim or sue (your choice) for the back wages and/or overtime. Consult a labor and employment attorney. IAAFA4CADIR.
One negative effect of employee monitoring is, they don't trust you (or they don't trust you even more than before). Here is an article about some employees who received an email, pay us $50 or we'll tell your boss you were pr0n-surfing.
Nearly all of the (innocent) employees paid up rather than report the scam! Few, if any, trusted their PHBs to take their word for it that they were being scammed on!!
Ok, explain to me exactly WHY you aren't filing suit versus the Federal Government for gross violation of your constitutional rights ?
A criminal defendant can't sue for violation of civil rights based on his having been illegally searched or arrested if he or she was ultimately convicted of the underlying crime. Such a claim has to be (successfully) asserted in the criminal case by means of a motion to dismiss, by a direct appeal, or by a petition for habeas corpus. Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477 (1994). In other words, the fact of a criminal conviction means the alleged illegality of the search or arrest has already been decided adversely to the defendant. Since Mitnick pled guilty, he waived his right to argue that the search/arrest was illegal (as well as his appeal rights). Therefore, Heck precludes him from suing.
The constitutional rights you possess are not something you can "sign" away. The constitution guarantees those rights to all it's citizens, there is no provision for transferring your rights.
What bullshit. Of course you can sign them away. Enter a guilty plea as part of a plea bargain and with the stroke of a pen you have wiped out your right to appeal, the right of jury trial, the right to confront and cross-examine witnesses, the right to have witnesses in your favor subpoenaed into court, the right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures if you are on probation or parole, possibly the right to vote and to keep and bear arms, um, shall I continue? IAAL.
When I apply for Infosec work they invariably want to know about my custody fights, tax liens, late credit card payments, and other assorted computerized detritus that comes from living a long and reasonably colorful life. Oftentimes the job goes into a black hole and I never hear from them again. Do I actually have to steal stuff in order to become employable?
According to Prof. Gene Spafford in today's San Jose Mercury-News,, Microsoft "has a problem finding enough people trained in computer security." Muhawhawhaw. You already know MS security sucks and MS is not really interested in fixing the problem. The real wretched, awful truth is, the US Government does security even worse than does MS, and it is even less interested in fixing the problem than is MS. The US Government civil service is too cumbersome and politicized in its hiring process, as well as too low-paying, to attract IT talent; most Government agencies, instead, rely on "disadvantaged small business" contractors to do their IT security. And "doing IT security" means making sure users have 8-character passwords and that they download new virus definition files every day. That, and making the paperwork look good. If you only knew.