The wikipedia community might want to take it on themselves to promote a "Real Name" system that casts suspicion on and removes the benefit of the doubt from those who choose to post anonymously.
I remember when Amazon went to that system after it was discovered how many negative reviews were authored by competing writers attempting to anonymously besmirch eachother in the review comments. Now you really find the highest rated reviews are almost exclusively by people who have chosen to forego anonymity for the benefit of having a trackable reputation.
As an alternative to the fraud alert, most states now have regulated the ability to "freeze" your credit. No inquiries can be made to your credit while it is locked, period. If you want to enable a creditor to run a query, you have to "unfreeze" it temporarily, which can take up to 3 days to do.
Costs to do this vary by state, in some its free and in some there's a fee between $3 and $20. You can look it up here.
As long as you are thinking ahead on any loans or credit applications you do, it seems like a great option for almost anybody.
They have been promising this since before 2 came out, just one of the many places where they dropped the ball on 2.
I don't understand why they can't just do they same thing they do in LAN Co-op.. when one player reaches a certain spot it "transports" the other player automatically to that point. That "felt like Halo" enough for 1 and 2...
Sounds more like poor excuses to me. Halo is flirting with solidifying itself as a source of undelivered promises. In-game "vaporware", one might speculate.
Sarb-Ox was indeed put together and passed very quickly, and it shows. The cost to implement compliance is so overwhelmingly high that small and midsize businesses simply cannot afford to do it, and Congress has recognized this and delayed enforcement. It seems all but sure at this point that Sox will never take effect on small and midsize public companies in its current form.
The Do Not Call registry was timely? People have been complaining about unwanted phone solicitations for years and years. That is actually an excellent example of Congress showing that it is incapable of moving quickly enough.
And, finally, lets not forget about the USA PATRIOT act. That passed in 1 night in response to 9/11, and I'm sure my fellow Slashdotters will agree that it was brimming with righteousness and justice. Thank christ Congress acted quickly on that one.
No, I'm afraid kneejerk reactions by Congress are not the answer you seek. The elephant in the room that no one in Congress wants to recognize is that identify theft is so easy now only because we have tied ourselves to our Social Security numbers, something that was never supposed to happen and something that fundamentally undermines the idea of individual privacy and freedom. Do not look to the people who created this problem in the first place to fix it without continuing to divest you of your personal liberties.
"Ward said the ruling by the U.S. District Court of Appeals in Washington puts the ball squarely in the hands of Congress, which has already received more than half million messages urging members to pass legislation to cut the royalty rate to 7.5 percent of a company's annual revenue, bringing Internet radio in line with the rate by satellite radio."
Wouldn't hold your breath for that. There's a few, shall we say... urgent matters that need to be holding their attention right now.
Here's a real cute 'saying', and it's the only one that matters:
"The right of the people to be secure in their person, houses, papers and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated."
In the US, this is the foundation of privacy. It is a mandate to those who govern from the people who allow them to govern. If you really need to ask why, your ignorance of history is so staggeringly complete that it can only be attributed to being negligently willful.
A) turn in your geek card and slashdot ID at the door
B) check the trailer at 1:38-39. the sound prime makes as he is in his final stage of transforming is right out of the oldschool.
Incredible how a simple sound can induce such vivid recollection of days long gone by. They've got me, hook, line, etc.
How much is nostalgia worth? We'll find out July 9th, after its first full weekend.
What's funny is that not only did I post this back in '03 but that I also misspelled pedal in the story body and it didn't get picked up by the editor then either.
Slashdot is like buddhism for stories. All stories are headed for reincarnation until they reach Nerdvana.
-The fact that the US called for investigation into the Sony DRM debacle and dragged Sony USA into court. Cananda did not, and to date has not.
-A large percentage of Canadian business with Sony goes through Sony USA instead of through Sony Canada.
Sony has essentially offered to not infect Canadian computers with their software. I am no fan of Sony, but if Canada doesn't want to go through the procedures of taking Sony through Canadian courts, they shouldn't get to reap the benefits of the results that such an action might produce.
Why is it so difficult for phone companies to secure my personal records? How hard is it to simply lock down an email and mailing address and tell people that they can only receive their account info at those addresses?
It's just basic account privacy measures. Un-***ing-believable.
But does it benefit the company more, or does it benefit the employee more? If she gets training, she'll be better able to demand a higher salary from the company he's working for now, or a higher salary in his next job.
while this may be true, keep in mind that not everyone is interested in simply positioning themselves for that next promotion or job. Some people, like the submitter, actually place a higher value on thier personal time than anything the company can offer, besides leaving them alone during off hours.
And this goes double for IT. Especially if the location you are responsible for is open during hours that you aren't at work. However, the above poster's response isn't always possible.
Many IT professionals simply end up negotiating higher salaries based on the amount of personal time they are going to be giving up to be on call or to be in constant training. I realize this option isn't attractive to the submitter, but, especially if you're charged with mission-critical support for high availability networks, it seems to be the nature of the beast.
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I remember when Amazon went to that system after it was discovered how many negative reviews were authored by competing writers attempting to anonymously besmirch eachother in the review comments. Now you really find the highest rated reviews are almost exclusively by people who have chosen to forego anonymity for the benefit of having a trackable reputation.
As an alternative to the fraud alert, most states now have regulated the ability to "freeze" your credit. No inquiries can be made to your credit while it is locked, period. If you want to enable a creditor to run a query, you have to "unfreeze" it temporarily, which can take up to 3 days to do.
Costs to do this vary by state, in some its free and in some there's a fee between $3 and $20. You can look it up here.
As long as you are thinking ahead on any loans or credit applications you do, it seems like a great option for almost anybody.
They have been promising this since before 2 came out, just one of the many places where they dropped the ball on 2.
I don't understand why they can't just do they same thing they do in LAN Co-op.. when one player reaches a certain spot it "transports" the other player automatically to that point. That "felt like Halo" enough for 1 and 2...
Sounds more like poor excuses to me. Halo is flirting with solidifying itself as a source of undelivered promises. In-game "vaporware", one might speculate.
The Do Not Call registry was timely? People have been complaining about unwanted phone solicitations for years and years. That is actually an excellent example of Congress showing that it is incapable of moving quickly enough.
And, finally, lets not forget about the USA PATRIOT act. That passed in 1 night in response to 9/11, and I'm sure my fellow Slashdotters will agree that it was brimming with righteousness and justice. Thank christ Congress acted quickly on that one.
No, I'm afraid kneejerk reactions by Congress are not the answer you seek. The elephant in the room that no one in Congress wants to recognize is that identify theft is so easy now only because we have tied ourselves to our Social Security numbers, something that was never supposed to happen and something that fundamentally undermines the idea of individual privacy and freedom. Do not look to the people who created this problem in the first place to fix it without continuing to divest you of your personal liberties.
"Ward said the ruling by the U.S. District Court of Appeals in Washington puts the ball squarely in the hands of Congress, which has already received more than half million messages urging members to pass legislation to cut the royalty rate to 7.5 percent of a company's annual revenue, bringing Internet radio in line with the rate by satellite radio." Wouldn't hold your breath for that. There's a few, shall we say... urgent matters that need to be holding their attention right now.
...also a proven way to virtually extinguish one's sex life.
"The right of the people to be secure in their person, houses, papers and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated."
In the US, this is the foundation of privacy. It is a mandate to those who govern from the people who allow them to govern. If you really need to ask why, your ignorance of history is so staggeringly complete that it can only be attributed to being negligently willful.
A) turn in your geek card and slashdot ID at the door
B) check the trailer at 1:38-39. the sound prime makes as he is in his final stage of transforming is right out of the oldschool.
Incredible how a simple sound can induce such vivid recollection of days long gone by. They've got me, hook, line, etc.
How much is nostalgia worth? We'll find out July 9th, after its first full weekend.
this is not necessarily true.
the only reason I ask is because I know of several US Citizens that don't have SSNs.
After all, there's no law saying you have to have one.
sorry, I'm a little slow.
I'm betting there's going to be a lot of very polite and respectful replies in this story's thread.
"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means" - Indigo Montoya, The Princess Bride
Slashdot is like buddhism for stories. All stories are headed for reincarnation until they reach Nerdvana.
for they have largely been found to be "tricksy", not to mention "false".
I look forward to the dupe.
-The fact that the US called for investigation into the Sony DRM debacle and dragged Sony USA into court. Cananda did not, and to date has not.
-A large percentage of Canadian business with Sony goes through Sony USA instead of through Sony Canada.
Sony has essentially offered to not infect Canadian computers with their software. I am no fan of Sony, but if Canada doesn't want to go through the procedures of taking Sony through Canadian courts, they shouldn't get to reap the benefits of the results that such an action might produce.
It's just basic account privacy measures. Un-***ing-believable.
I think it's a pretty strong indication of brand value when the name of your company becomes a commonly used verb in the english language.
Perhaps, one that has decided that it doesn't need $500 million?
I know, it hurts my brain too.
I'm tired of the cavity search
I'm tired of rock concerts being at volume 11
not being able to see the band
perhaps you're just getting old and therefore out of the target demographic?
Maybe I'm just getting old.
ah, i see we agree. you forgot to mention how kids these days have no respect for their elders and how you liked walking uphill both ways to school.
also, searching for my alias loteck on google gives me an ego boost, accoonaing my nickname wants to sell me bad techno, it would appear.
Yeah, thats right. "Accoonaing"? Never gonna happen.
and more importantly, the internet is illegal, by its very nature!
while this may be true, keep in mind that not everyone is interested in simply positioning themselves for that next promotion or job. Some people, like the submitter, actually place a higher value on thier personal time than anything the company can offer, besides leaving them alone during off hours.
Many IT professionals simply end up negotiating higher salaries based on the amount of personal time they are going to be giving up to be on call or to be in constant training. I realize this option isn't attractive to the submitter, but, especially if you're charged with mission-critical support for high availability networks, it seems to be the nature of the beast.