While mailing the letters, do not ever handle the paper with your skin exposed so there is no chance of your fingerprints or dna being deposited on the enveoples.
Don't use your handwriting. Use a widly available laser printer, and a toner cartrige bought in a different state than the University involved. Purchase the envelope, paper, and toner cartrige with cash only. Do not keep any receipts.
Mail the letters from a public drop box where no ATMs, drive up windows, or gas stations are near by so you don't accidentally get on a security camera. Mail the letters on a high volume day, preferable 4 days before a major holiday (Christmas, Easter, Mothers/Fathers Day, Valentines Day, Thanksgiving Day).
In case a camera may catch you walking buy (never drive to the mail box), buy large baggy clothes you don't normally wear (with cash of course) and a wig / facial hair for your trip to the mail box.
Destroy the clothes either by burning them far out of town in a campfire (don't drive near the cam fire, bury the ashes), or by throwing them away in separate dumpsters on seperate days of the week, in seperate towns (preferably towns that do not send their trash to the same land fill.
If you take these precautions then you should be ok.
Walt Disney World, Florida. Home to the only independant police district that does not report anything to anyone voluntarily. More pedophiles per square mile of land that any where else in the world.
If you were from Europe or the pacific islands, I woudl suggest some of the attractions that only America has. The below seem to appeal to these demographics:
*The Grand Canyon: Utah / Arizona border. No really, it is huge. Check it out.
*Banff Canada: B.C. / Alberta border. Mountains, glaciers, bears. Etc. Most beautifull scenery ever.
*Yellowstone: Wyoming. Tetonics at work. worth it for its earth science geek factor.
Sept is a good time to go to all of these. Few visitors that late in season, but check for road closures due to snow.
Since you are from down under, you know about (or have the ability to see up close) large open spaces so these may or may not appeal to you. If you hate the out doors, as some are want to do, then the big famous cities are probably for you. I tend to avoid them at all costs, only having been to Chicago, Denver, Atlanta, San Fran, and others to change planes going someplace more interesting. Washington D.C. would be a great visit; Especially for the museums.
The only way to deal with terrorism is to send top notch commandos into other countries and kill them in their camps and then leave with out a trace. Soon terrorists world wide will be crapping their pants every time they think about going to sleep.
We have the technology, we have the ability, but unfortunately the world is not ours to operate.
robi this post brought to you by American-centric views
Every plane hijacked in the future will have passengers that will not cooperate. The pilots won't cooperate. Missions to use airliners as bombs are now useless: any sane attacker will of course now use other methods.
No doubt. I have a had time believing that any attacker will try this method again. There are far easier ways to kill lots of americans that do not require anything to do with airplanes. We have thousands of largs sporting events each year. Frenzied fans can easily hid a few mallicious individuals.
I see the Tom Clancy "Sum of All Fears" as a far more likely attack.
If the soft wall system is integrated into the firmware of the flight control system then this could work. As long as it is not electronically set apart from the rest of the control systems.
The scary thing is that it must be integrated with absolutely critical systems that must be turned for the plane to fly.
There could be a component of the soft wall in every system and all would have to be functional in order to activate/ boot/ turn on. This would seem to be similar to the paladium idea, where only encrypted or signed components can be used in the airplane.
A pilot / bad guy could not simple pop out and exchange the nav system with a crippled non-soft wall system because the non soft wall system would not have the encrypted signature.
I am not a pilot, so what would make this not work? What is missing?
That is the proper analogy to setting up a website that refuses to serve blind people.... and...
Is the web site actively refusing to serve them (create an account for them) or is it just not able to distinguish illegal use (automated account harvesting) from inability to use (blind person)?
If the service had some sort of knowledge of the customer other than the fact that the customer failed to authenticate I would agree that there is some foul play. But . . . the automated service cannot know that the person attempting to authenticate is disabled, it just knows that they were not able to authenticate.
Another thought I just had is that these mechanism are clearly not designed to eliminate use by people of any standard. The authentication mechanism is design to eliminate use by automated software which are only used for illegal uses (spam).
I think that would be enough of a reason to eliminate any legal liability.
If I wanted to sue a car company because they were not willing to install hand controlls on a car because I had no feet, even for an extra cost (ie they have no technology to do that) I would be in the wrong. There are people that will provide this special service and install the necesary system for me. The manufacturer should not be forced to make this available if they do not have the means. Now if the manufacturer had the parts, had the ability but still refused to install it, even for an additional price, then this would be wrong.
But it seems like the fact that technology is not present to solve the problem indicates that this is not a case for legal liability.
I also take issue with the claim that this (meaning access to email services that use this sort of verification) is a necessity. there are plenty of email services that do not require those means of verification.
Nothing I do outside of work requires me to have email from a company that provides this sort of an authentication system. Heck all my online time is spent on luxury items.
*Online banking so I can get instant account balance and so I don't have to balance my checkbook. *Online shopping cause I don't want to visit a store */.
I may just have larger sweeping issues with claims of liability. I think this is a result of a litigation frenzied society where so many lawsuits seem borderline stupid.
But I think you have a moral obligation to improve your authentication method to prevent this kind of discrimination.
Hummmmm. If the service is not designed to be used by a group of people; ie Ice cream sundae booths are not meant to be used by people allergic to milk. Should these people be able to sue the owners to make the owners use milk free ice cream?
Does this example apply to the situation of an online service?
This is not discriminatory. And speaking of that, why does every group, sect, division, race, gender, species, think that anything that isn't designed with them in mind is discriminatory? There are simply too many types of people, environments, ethics, laws, and other variables for every system to work equally, or even adequately for every person.
If I were to provide a service (even a paying one) of some sort (for example a dog wash) but then require that any customer that wants to use my service and pay me for it must hop once on their left legg as a way of verifying that they are in fact a biped and not a snake in a human disguise (just go with it). . . this would clearly be discriminatory against people missing their left legg. But that doesn't mean that I am some how liable financially or legally! I just have a clumsy authentication system and need to improve it. If I don't, then the left legged people of my town will go somewhere else to get their dog washed.
I once thought I could create a parody song based on this opera, but dang . . it is had to write words that match the meter and make sense! To complicate matters even more, the song is played at "ludicrous" speed to make the singer hyperventilate by the end.
ACS student chapters have been doing this for about 10 or more years. It is lots of fun. Mainly because while your are freezing the ice cream, you can get another bowl and fill it with the N2(l) and dip in other fun things like worms, flowers, bananas, etc. Then you smash 'em.
We used to make much larger portions than this guy and it would take more like 10 minutes to freeze the 1 gallon batches we made.
Did you bother to read and pay attention to the article? The net they use isn't even physically / logically connected to The Internet. They are two totally independant networks.
The difference with "Sipper" is that it's basically a far-flung local area network. To maximize security, it doesn't connect with the Internet proper.
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What about the margins? Doesn't AMA require 1/2" on each side?
robi
While mailing the letters, do not ever handle the paper with your skin exposed so there is no chance of your fingerprints or dna being deposited on the enveoples.
Don't use your handwriting. Use a widly available laser printer, and a toner cartrige bought in a different state than the University involved. Purchase the envelope, paper, and toner cartrige with cash only. Do not keep any receipts.
Mail the letters from a public drop box where no ATMs, drive up windows, or gas stations are near by so you don't accidentally get on a security camera. Mail the letters on a high volume day, preferable 4 days before a major holiday (Christmas, Easter, Mothers/Fathers Day, Valentines Day, Thanksgiving Day).
In case a camera may catch you walking buy (never drive to the mail box), buy large baggy clothes you don't normally wear (with cash of course) and a wig / facial hair for your trip to the mail box.
Destroy the clothes either by burning them far out of town in a campfire (don't drive near the cam fire, bury the ashes), or by throwing them away in separate dumpsters on seperate days of the week, in seperate towns (preferably towns that do not send their trash to the same land fill.
If you take these precautions then you should be ok.
That or just don't mail the notifications.
robi
I am willing to bet that the entire computer system would be physically taken if anything was taken. This would defeat the purpose of the system.
robi
Walt Disney World, Florida. Home to the only independant police district that does not report anything to anyone voluntarily. More pedophiles per square mile of land that any where else in the world.
robi
If you were from Europe or the pacific islands, I woudl suggest some of the attractions that only America has. The below seem to appeal to these demographics:
*The Grand Canyon: Utah / Arizona border. No really, it is huge. Check it out.
*Banff Canada: B.C. / Alberta border. Mountains, glaciers, bears. Etc. Most beautifull scenery ever.
*Yellowstone: Wyoming. Tetonics at work. worth it for its earth science geek factor.
Sept is a good time to go to all of these. Few visitors that late in season, but check for road closures due to snow.
Since you are from down under, you know about (or have the ability to see up close) large open spaces so these may or may not appeal to you. If you hate the out doors, as some are want to do, then the big famous cities are probably for you. I tend to avoid them at all costs, only having been to Chicago, Denver, Atlanta, San Fran, and others to change planes going someplace more interesting. Washington D.C. would be a great visit; Especially for the museums.
robi
Ahhhhh interesting detective work . . . I suppose I usually ignore AC posts that seem inflamitory.
.but interesting to know that someone:
I probably will still do so . .
a) has a standard troll post like that
and
b) it is moderately interesting troll post
and
c) someone bothered to remember a previous troll
May be I don't have enough time on my hands...
robi
The only way to deal with terrorism is to send top notch commandos into other countries and kill them in their camps and then leave with out a trace. Soon terrorists world wide will be crapping their pants every time they think about going to sleep.
We have the technology, we have the ability, but unfortunately the world is not ours to operate.
robi
this post brought to you by American-centric views
I would like to be packed into a sleeping position instead of those dang seats. At least then it would be easier to sleep!
robi
Every plane hijacked in the future will have passengers that will not cooperate. The pilots won't cooperate. Missions to use airliners as bombs are now useless: any sane attacker will of course now use other methods.
No doubt. I have a had time believing that any attacker will try this method again. There are far easier ways to kill lots of americans that do not require anything to do with airplanes. We have thousands of largs sporting events each year. Frenzied fans can easily hid a few mallicious individuals.
I see the Tom Clancy "Sum of All Fears" as a far more likely attack.
robi
If the soft wall system is integrated into the firmware of the flight control system then this could work. As long as it is not electronically set apart from the rest of the control systems.
The scary thing is that it must be integrated with absolutely critical systems that must be turned for the plane to fly.
There could be a component of the soft wall in every system and all would have to be functional in order to activate/ boot/ turn on. This would seem to be similar to the paladium idea, where only encrypted or signed components can be used in the airplane.
A pilot / bad guy could not simple pop out and exchange the nav system with a crippled non-soft wall system because the non soft wall system would not have the encrypted signature.
I am not a pilot, so what would make this not work? What is missing?
robi
That is the proper analogy to setting up a website that refuses to serve blind people.... and...
Is the web site actively refusing to serve them (create an account for them) or is it just not able to distinguish illegal use (automated account harvesting) from inability to use (blind person)?
If the service had some sort of knowledge of the customer other than the fact that the customer failed to authenticate I would agree that there is some foul play. But . . . the automated service cannot know that the person attempting to authenticate is disabled, it just knows that they were not able to authenticate.
Another thought I just had is that these mechanism are clearly not designed to eliminate use by people of any standard. The authentication mechanism is design to eliminate use by automated software which are only used for illegal uses (spam).
I think that would be enough of a reason to eliminate any legal liability.
If I wanted to sue a car company because they were not willing to install hand controlls on a car because I had no feet, even for an extra cost (ie they have no technology to do that) I would be in the wrong. There are people that will provide this special service and install the necesary system for me. The manufacturer should not be forced to make this available if they do not have the means. Now if the manufacturer had the parts, had the ability but still refused to install it, even for an additional price, then this would be wrong.
But it seems like the fact that technology is not present to solve the problem indicates that this is not a case for legal liability.
I also take issue with the claim that this (meaning access to email services that use this sort of verification) is a necessity. there are plenty of email services that do not require those means of verification.
Nothing I do outside of work requires me to have email from a company that provides this sort of an authentication system. Heck all my online time is spent on luxury items.
*Online banking so I can get instant account balance and so I don't have to balance my checkbook.
*Online shopping cause I don't want to visit a store
*/.
I may just have larger sweeping issues with claims of liability. I think this is a result of a litigation frenzied society where so many lawsuits seem borderline stupid.
robi
But I think you have a moral obligation to improve your authentication method to prevent this kind of discrimination.
Hummmmm. If the service is not designed to be used by a group of people; ie Ice cream sundae booths are not meant to be used by people allergic to milk. Should these people be able to sue the owners to make the owners use milk free ice cream?
Does this example apply to the situation of an online service?
Just thinking out loud here...
robi
I stand corrected on the "discrimination" charge since my example employs some means of discrimination, if the word is used in its largest sense.
I guess where I take exception to all the hub-hub is in legal liability.
robi
no. I have no legggg to stand on when it comes to sepllign.
:-)
I admit that.
robi
This is not discriminatory. And speaking of that, why does every group, sect, division, race, gender, species, think that anything that isn't designed with them in mind is discriminatory? There are simply too many types of people, environments, ethics, laws, and other variables for every system to work equally, or even adequately for every person.
If I were to provide a service (even a paying one) of some sort (for example a dog wash) but then require that any customer that wants to use my service and pay me for it must hop once on their left legg as a way of verifying that they are in fact a biped and not a snake in a human disguise (just go with it). . . this would clearly be discriminatory against people missing their left legg. But that doesn't mean that I am some how liable financially or legally! I just have a clumsy authentication system and need to improve it. If I don't, then the left legged people of my town will go somewhere else to get their dog washed.
robi
I once thought I could create a parody song based on this opera, but dang . . it is had to write words that match the meter and make sense! To complicate matters even more, the song is played at "ludicrous" speed to make the singer hyperventilate by the end.
robi
Oh yeah. You gets lots of "globs" of pure cream. Not the best ice cream. But it makes for an entertaining event in any case.
robi
ACS student chapters have been doing this for about 10 or more years. It is lots of fun. Mainly because while your are freezing the ice cream, you can get another bowl and fill it with the N2(l) and dip in other fun things like worms, flowers, bananas, etc. Then you smash 'em.
We used to make much larger portions than this guy and it would take more like 10 minutes to freeze the 1 gallon batches we made.
robi
NPR, & PRI are regularly interrupted for emergency system broadcasts regardign flood and sever storm warnings.
robi
Holy rusted metal Batman! I think you finally gave me an illustration that I can use when explaining this sort of stuff to friends!
Thanks for the thought and work on that!
robi
I thought he slipped her something that made her piss her pants. But may be I just take the less-naughty possibility.
robi
Interesting how my previous comment above has wasted two separate MOD points from someone be being moded down.
I used my mod points for Awsome. What do you use them for?
Well the armed forces never were all that worried about trendiness of their lingo.
robi
Did you bother to read and pay attention to the article? The net they use isn't even physically / logically connected to The Internet. They are two totally independant networks.
The difference with "Sipper" is that it's basically a far-flung local area network. To maximize security, it doesn't connect with the Internet proper.
robi
Someone must be trying to get a spam crawler to pick up these addresses.
not fun at all
robi