AFAIK, all evidence, electronic or physical, has to be admitted under oath by a witness. "Yes, that's mine."
Discovery is better, because they produce documents which are presumed authentic. Smoking guns are most frequently found in discovery material. If I had an outside source, I'd look through the discovery mountain to confirm it. IANAL
When someone tries to deny evidence, things get stickier. You'd have to find a different witness "Yes, I got that and we talked about it". Or show that the message has authentic [looking] headers, and was found/delivered from the expected place. Then the denyier has to explain how the forgery got there, and who would have access to do such a thing. Vanishingly few.
More interesting is the scope & medium of discovery. How much can someone ask for? Should they get it machine-readable, or printed on 8.5x11 floppies?:) What are the obligations of confidentiality on material not introduced into evidence? Should there be a "fruit of the poisoned vine" analogous doctrine?
I have always maintained that one of the keys to powerful software is carefully chosen defaults. Otherwise, there simply is too much for the user to learn before they see the value in learning it.
Perhaps some of the international versions of Mozilla will have Int'l name _enabled_ by default. A quick peek at $CHARSET would do.
The princess undoubtly has friends/acquaintences who still work at Navision, and more importantly, must be seen as protecting them. Now that this is out in the open, the Danish PM can't just backdown.
BG better back down & fast ("I was misinterpreted") or the Danish Parlement will pass a Navision Act (Whereas viability of Navision has been threatened by it's foreign owner to interfere in domestic politics, all material actions of Navision require review by the Dept of Labor).
... and if I and others decide to detest M$ over a hostile action, that too is our right. The separation of business and politics is a much bigger deal in the EU than in the US. Rightfully so IMHO. M$ just lost cred bigtime, especially if this is widely reported.
As for Martha, had she tried those stunts, I'm sure that the DoJ would be happy to add bribery (maybe extortion) charges and her shareholders would've sued her to powder. There is supposed to be separation between the legislative, executive and judicial branches of govt in the US. And an independant judiciary (incl prosecutors) most everywhere else.
RFID tags used for tollways (in Houston & elsewhere) can read a tag going 60+mph (100km/h) from a distance of 12+ft (2.5m). Reliably! The reader is a flat panel about one foot (30cm) square.
Perhaps these tags are mroe than a single chip, and have a small loop antenna. But so could casino chips. I'd expect multiple readers (up to one per gaming point, plus each seat & a series for the dealer) to be built-into gaming tables eventually.
RFIDs in the chips will make tracking the gamblers very easy: Record the RFIDs as issued, as bet and as paid out. Yes, it will require (gasp!) computers, but the casinos have money.
They will be able to track individual gabling habits, and from that, system usage.
Actually, I didn't think that cases were about parties or issues, but about behaviours. So long as a judge confines him/herself to criticism of past litigant behaviour, they are on safe ground. What crosses the line is predicting future behaviours.
However, a judge is perfectly entitled (and may be constiutionally required--speedy trial) to get impatient. I see nothing wrong with "You've shown the Court nothing substantive. Do you have any? Present it in two weeks or risk summary judgement.
My understanding is that drug dogs & firearm/bomb dogs are trained differently.
While I might (not certain) accept TSA mass-screening on grounds of air transportation safety,
I don't see that rationale extending to drugs. The 4th requires only certain things to be searched for. Drug dogs or (particularly) those swab drug sniffers are over the line.
I see these remarks as preparatory to a final demand for precise complaint and evidence (lines of code) under threat of summary judgement.
I think a judge has to make these sorts of remarks to withstand appeal of summary judgement. First IBM asked, and received naught. Now the Court is asking. If it receives not, then summary judgement or dismissal with prejudice becomes warrented. IANAL
Anyone else have trouble unsubscribing from a MMORPG? Nothing online, and no alternate contacts (800). I had to cancel the credit-card number (ouch!). The CSR was very helpful and immediately suggested a fraud claim. They must be getting quite a few and have redlined the vendor. Are the sysops becoming just as bad as the rogue players they rail about?
It is perfectly possible to sue the estate of a dead person for torts they committed while alive. A bit tougher if the estate has passed probate, but there are also limitations (typ 2 yrs) on any tort claim.
These sorts of things are typically imposed by an IT department who doesn't really have to bear the burden of the users costs. Strong & freq change is more secure, so why not? This obviously fails to "reductio ad absurdam" 100 char passwds, changing each time.
IMHO, more important is correct systems security policies. Slow response/lockout to eliminate dictionary attacks. Strength is _NOT_ needed if the cost of guessing wrong is high (ie not/etc/passwd with hashes). Changing passwords is perhaps more justifiable, but better still is disabling unneeded user accounts. Weaker passwords are less likely to "leak", so won't need changing as often.
There are always consequences for any action, and many inactions. The natural consequence of skipping school is reduced participation, learning, and ultimately further education. Many young people are well aware of the advantages of education (higher paying jobs) and have longer time horizons than they pretend. There are others, but truancy laws & enforcement serves to reduce the enticement these truants always flaunt. Furthermore, you appear to have missed my point that the parents may be the ones to decide about rights.
Easy. Most schools run this way. Many kids, mine included, actually like school.
If you don't like schools warehousing kids, I don't either. Nor am I sure that the kids can assert their civil rights, it may be up to their parents.
My son & daughter (both in HS) find it ruefully ironic that schools try to teach "citizenship" or "civics" while egregiously violating
important human rights like free speech, practice of religion, privacy, self-incrimination, etc. Go read your local "Student Handbook" that outlines the rules & punishments. Small wonder the little darlings rebel against such hypocracy.
Unfortunately, some don't and swallow the poison whole.
While teaching the disadvantaged is attractive, not everyone
who commits crime does so out of necessity.
Many criminals
are simply predators who view law-abiding citizens are their
rightful prey. Short of unconstitutional mind-altering,
they're going to leave prison with exactly the same view.
Trainging will help nothing. Vidgames will make the
incarceration easier to bear (boredom is the punishment),
and may hone skills.
AOL's marketing and UI are fine for their customer base. But extremely limited and really only suitable for beginners. Like MS-Win*.
I fear an expansion of their 80/20 mentality will shut the 'net down for the minority. And with it, much of what has made the 'net interesting. Freedom matters, and there's a price to be paid in disorderliness.
Smart? And trust spam filters? He must be ignoring his false-postives. Or those who just give up. I don't try to mail AOL users. It's just not worth the bother since the mail fails unpredicatably 2x more than anyone else.
I don't quite see. A second order effect is that the scrubbing rate will probably increase with temperature -- greater average evaporation/transpiration and improved mass-transfer coefficients.
Paranoia is a very unpleasant disease that leave sufferers permanently anxious. I won't live like that. There is no "absolute security". However I will take precautions:
Who are the threats? {family, boss, cybercrooks, burglars, fire}
What is the threat? Discovery, use or loss?
What is the cheapest/easiest precaution?
Multiple user accounts, removeable media, doorlocks, backups and selective crypto are all I bother with.
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Discovery is better, because they produce documents which are presumed authentic. Smoking guns are most frequently found in discovery material. If I had an outside source, I'd look through the discovery mountain to confirm it. IANAL
When someone tries to deny evidence, things get stickier. You'd have to find a different witness "Yes, I got that and we talked about it". Or show that the message has authentic [looking] headers, and was found/delivered from the expected place. Then the denyier has to explain how the forgery got there, and who would have access to do such a thing. Vanishingly few.
More interesting is the scope & medium of discovery. How much can someone ask for? Should they get it machine-readable, or printed on 8.5x11 floppies? :) What are the obligations of confidentiality on material not introduced into evidence? Should there be a "fruit of the poisoned vine" analogous doctrine?
Perhaps some of the international versions of Mozilla will have Int'l name _enabled_ by default. A quick peek at $CHARSET would do.
The princess undoubtly has friends/acquaintences who still work at Navision, and more importantly, must be seen as protecting them. Now that this is out in the open, the Danish PM can't just backdown.
BG better back down & fast ("I was misinterpreted") or the Danish Parlement will pass a Navision Act (Whereas viability of Navision has been threatened by it's foreign owner to interfere in domestic politics, all material actions of Navision require review by the Dept of Labor).
As for Martha, had she tried those stunts, I'm sure that the DoJ would be happy to add bribery (maybe extortion) charges and her shareholders would've sued her to powder. There is supposed to be separation between the legislative, executive and judicial branches of govt in the US. And an independant judiciary (incl prosecutors) most everywhere else.
Perhaps these tags are mroe than a single chip, and have a small loop antenna. But so could casino chips. I'd expect multiple readers (up to one per gaming point, plus each seat & a series for the dealer) to be built-into gaming tables eventually.
They will be able to track individual gabling habits, and from that, system usage.
However, a judge is perfectly entitled (and may be constiutionally required--speedy trial) to get impatient. I see nothing wrong with "You've shown the Court nothing substantive. Do you have any? Present it in two weeks or risk summary judgement.
I think a judge has to make these sorts of remarks to withstand appeal of summary judgement. First IBM asked, and received naught. Now the Court is asking. If it receives not, then summary judgement or dismissal with prejudice becomes warrented. IANAL
But they don't need to end up that way. In many cases, they should end up pretty negative towards one party. That's the basis for judgement.
All dislike is not prejudice. Some is well founded.
IMHO, more important is correct systems security policies. Slow response/lockout to eliminate dictionary attacks. Strength is _NOT_ needed if the cost of guessing wrong is high (ie not /etc/passwd with hashes). Changing passwords is perhaps more justifiable, but better still is disabling unneeded user accounts. Weaker passwords are less likely to "leak", so won't need changing as often.
Unfortunately, some don't and swallow the poison whole.
Many criminals are simply predators who view law-abiding citizens are their rightful prey. Short of unconstitutional mind-altering, they're going to leave prison with exactly the same view. Trainging will help nothing. Vidgames will make the incarceration easier to bear (boredom is the punishment), and may hone skills.
AOL's marketing and UI are fine for their customer base. But extremely limited and really only suitable for beginners. Like MS-Win*.
I fear an expansion of their 80/20 mentality will shut the 'net down for the minority. And with it, much of what has made the 'net interesting. Freedom matters, and there's a price to be paid in disorderliness.
Who are the threats? {family, boss, cybercrooks, burglars, fire}
What is the threat? Discovery, use or loss?
What is the cheapest/easiest precaution?
Multiple user accounts, removeable media, doorlocks, backups and selective crypto are all I bother with.