Of course. And when the machines get pwned, they'll step right up and take that blame, rather than accusing the IT establishment of having failed. Because integrity would require that, even if it mean resigning in disgrace.
If someone wants your address bad enough, they're not going to stop at whois. (I guess this is a bit trollish, since I use a PO box in domain registrations, too. But I have no illusion that someone who wanted to find out where I live could if they so desired.) I also take the added precaution of misspelling my name. If I were ever called on it, I could claim it was a typo. But it makes it harder to use Google, county property tax records, or what have you to find me.
That's just apologism for money men. If China were completely isolated, their oppressive government would be overthrown from within. But with the cooperation of American corporations like Cisco, Yahoo, and now Google, the PRC is able to maintain it's grip on apparent legitimacy. The executives of these companies should be tried for crimes against humanity and hanged.
To quote Spiderman, "With great power comes great responsibility." They abdicated their duty (resulting from them having made their fortunes on the Internet) to be a beacon for freedom. Instead, they sold their souls to the PRC for their very own twenty pieces of silver.
Government created data can't be copyrighted. Of course, there's a huge loophole--the Federal government, for example, can hold copyright if the copyright is "donated." Of course, the government pays a contractor to create a big database, then asks the contractor to "donate" the database to the government. Not as bad as the UK, though, where the laws are subject to "Crown Copyright."
Their real-estate records already provide whose living where. Someone just has to know they can go to the country seat/town hall/city hall and look at them. And they're already in databases like Lexis/Nexis--so currently, would-be database-driven thieves have to make an investment in either time or money.
Rich people aren't entitled to any more privacy regarding real estate and tax records than the rest of us. They already use tricks like buying through shell companies or nominees to keep their names out of the public record. Those tricks aren't available to those of us whose banks don't need our business badly enough to concede to allow them on the contracts.
Classified information, while not only not "public record," as the term is commonly used, is specifically exempted from the Freedom of Information Act and state sunshine laws.
there's data of a tax/ownership nature that shouldn't be released electronically... if at all.
I don't know about Greenwich, but in my jurisdiction, property tax and ownership data are public record (and are available for online lookup, as public records should be). What is your argument for non-disclosure of real estate ownership records? Whatever it is, I bet the public interest trumps it.
The major point in the problem described in this thread, though, is that Greenwich knowingly created a public record, and now wants to refuse to disclose it. They sould like they're saying "Oh, we knew it was public record, but it was only public to people in the know. We wouldn't actually want the public to have unfettered access to the data."
Those who saw this coming have already migrated off Windows. I for one wouldn't want my business to stop because Bill's WPA thought I had a bogus copy of XP. And yes, I have seen it happen in small businesses with legitimate copies.
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Perhaps unrelated to terrorism, the data will be also tested to see if fraud or identity theft can be detected.
And in a few years, you'll be denied boarding and arrested after a swipe of your national ID reveals that you have some unpaid parking tickets in Peoria or you're a little behind on your child support payments.
Who else remembers being told about the horrors of Soviet Russia in elementary school, one of which being the internal passport and lack of freedom to travel? Guess what, kids--it's here.
. . . to strive for a job in the medical or dental fields, rather than pursuing an interest for which any related careers will have been completely outsourced to the Third World by their working years. Of course, this doesn't apply if you're wealthy enough to leave him a trust fund to support him his whole life.
What piracy? Iff Maxis could be certain they were only bothering people who were using their tools to make infringing copies (i.e. not just playing their legally purchased copy on a CD emulator), then they might be morally within their rights to insist on the disablement of these products. IMO, they're in violation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act for even sniffing a machine on which their product is running for other products.
I hope for Maxis' sake that this is an overzealous "volunteer" moderator and not an employee. If it's an employee, he should already be looking for a more suitable position for someone so surly--perhaps the parking lot attendant profession.
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Of course. And when the machines get pwned, they'll step right up and take that blame, rather than accusing the IT establishment of having failed. Because integrity would require that, even if it mean resigning in disgrace.
If someone wants your address bad enough, they're not going to stop at whois. (I guess this is a bit trollish, since I use a PO box in domain registrations, too. But I have no illusion that someone who wanted to find out where I live could if they so desired.) I also take the added precaution of misspelling my name. If I were ever called on it, I could claim it was a typo. But it makes it harder to use Google, county property tax records, or what have you to find me.
Without all the hard currency they're getting from the collaborators overseas, their economy would wither and die. And the PRC would be overthrown.
No surprise. And those responsbile would, in an ideal world, be hanged just as high.
Just a typical power-tripping Network Nazi given adminstrator access to desktops and a $30K/year salary and thinks he's Jesus Christ reborn.
That's just apologism for money men. If China were completely isolated, their oppressive government would be overthrown from within. But with the cooperation of American corporations like Cisco, Yahoo, and now Google, the PRC is able to maintain it's grip on apparent legitimacy. The executives of these companies should be tried for crimes against humanity and hanged.
To quote Spiderman, "With great power comes great responsibility." They abdicated their duty (resulting from them having made their fortunes on the Internet) to be a beacon for freedom. Instead, they sold their souls to the PRC for their very own twenty pieces of silver.
unless, of course, there's money in it. Welcome to the post-IPO Google, where the quest for profits yields to nothing.
I could make a mortgage payment or buy a new mid-range video card for that much money.
Government created data can't be copyrighted. Of course, there's a huge loophole--the Federal government, for example, can hold copyright if the copyright is "donated." Of course, the government pays a contractor to create a big database, then asks the contractor to "donate" the database to the government. Not as bad as the UK, though, where the laws are subject to "Crown Copyright."
Rich people aren't entitled to any more privacy regarding real estate and tax records than the rest of us. They already use tricks like buying through shell companies or nominees to keep their names out of the public record. Those tricks aren't available to those of us whose banks don't need our business badly enough to concede to allow them on the contracts.
Classified information, while not only not "public record," as the term is commonly used, is specifically exempted from the Freedom of Information Act and state sunshine laws.
I don't know about Greenwich, but in my jurisdiction, property tax and ownership data are public record (and are available for online lookup, as public records should be). What is your argument for non-disclosure of real estate ownership records? Whatever it is, I bet the public interest trumps it.
The major point in the problem described in this thread, though, is that Greenwich knowingly created a public record, and now wants to refuse to disclose it. They sould like they're saying "Oh, we knew it was public record, but it was only public to people in the know. We wouldn't actually want the public to have unfettered access to the data."
Well no shit you can get laid when you wear the white earbuds. You might as well wear a t-shirt that says "I'm a bottom!"
Those who saw this coming have already migrated off Windows. I for one wouldn't want my business to stop because Bill's WPA thought I had a bogus copy of XP. And yes, I have seen it happen in small businesses with legitimate copies.
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Computer Science salary figures sponsored by the ITAA (for those unfamiliar, staunch advocates of dumbing down computer science curricula, H-1B's, outsourcing, and generally assuring a supply of cheap nerd labor).
One dead platform emulates another. IIRC, the Dreamcast also runs BSD. A regular festival of electronic rigor mortis.
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And in a few years, you'll be denied boarding and arrested after a swipe of your national ID reveals that you have some unpaid parking tickets in Peoria or you're a little behind on your child support payments.
Who else remembers being told about the horrors of Soviet Russia in elementary school, one of which being the internal passport and lack of freedom to travel? Guess what, kids--it's here.
. . . to strive for a job in the medical or dental fields, rather than pursuing an interest for which any related careers will have been completely outsourced to the Third World by their working years. Of course, this doesn't apply if you're wealthy enough to leave him a trust fund to support him his whole life.
Whining about that usage is about as useful as whining about "hacker vs. cracker."
I'll lend some credence to your argument, though, if a Colombian is captured by Islamic nutcases, and reports his nationality as "American."
What piracy? Iff Maxis could be certain they were only bothering people who were using their tools to make infringing copies (i.e. not just playing their legally purchased copy on a CD emulator), then they might be morally within their rights to insist on the disablement of these products. IMO, they're in violation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act for even sniffing a machine on which their product is running for other products.
Making Google the most flagrant spyware purveyor on Earth, and loved by nerds everywhere for it.
I hope for Maxis' sake that this is an overzealous "volunteer" moderator and not an employee. If it's an employee, he should already be looking for a more suitable position for someone so surly--perhaps the parking lot attendant profession.