The article and the MATRIX homepage, seem to have some differences in what information they collect. The data that they do collect/have doesn't really seem like it would be a bad thing.
from the MATRIX homepage:
The Data Reference Repository EXCLUDED DATA
The reference repository does not contain the following:
* Telemarketing calling lists
* Direct mail mailing lists
* Airline reservations or travel records
* Frequent flyer/hotel stay program membership or activity
* Magazine subscriptions lists or reading lists
* Telephone calling logs or records
* Credit card or debit numbers
* Purchases (e.g., retail store, Internet, or even gas stations)
* Mortgage or car payments
* Bank account numbers or account balances
* The costs of a home addition
* Birth certificates
* Marriage licenses
* Divorce decrees
* Utility bill payments (i.e., gas, electric, phone, heating oil, cable or satellite TV)
Therefore, such data is not provided to law enforcement. Under federal law, when such data is required to further a law enforcement investigation, law enforcement must obtain a judicial order (i.e., subpoena) and serve it directly on the organization having or owning such data.
INCLUDED DATA
The data reference repository for the FACTS application contains public records from thousands of locations (i.e., county courthouses and other public records locations) on U.S. individuals and businesses. Examples include:
* FAA pilot licenses and aircraft ownership
* Property ownership
* Coast Guard registered vessels
* State sexual offenders lists
* Federal terrorists watch lists
* Corporation filings
* Uniform Commercial Code filings (i.e., UCCs or business liens)
* Bankruptcy filings
* State-issued professional licenses
From what I have heard, the file format in the new versions of Office will be XML. If anything, this gives the users the possibility to open these documents in other applications, without all the reverse engineering involved with the old file formats.
Are you joking me? I recently set-up a little LAN in my house, with six computers running Linux and one for the family running Win2K. Everytime I would check a box or change something in the network properties, I would have to reboot. It was rather disappointing the number of times I had to reboot (not only reboot, but wait 5 minutes each time) to get my configuration working correctly. I would much rather be using Linux, where you really don't have to reboot!
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Its funny you bring that up. I recently had the dilema of deciding which cellular phone provider to go with. In the end, I ended up with Sprint, just because of the fact that I could get a "big" phone. I thought all of the other phones they were trying to sell me were going to break.
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The article and the MATRIX homepage, seem to have some differences in what information they collect. The data that they do collect/have doesn't really seem like it would be a bad thing.
from the MATRIX homepage:
The Data Reference Repository
EXCLUDED DATA
The reference repository does not contain the following:
* Telemarketing calling lists
* Direct mail mailing lists
* Airline reservations or travel records
* Frequent flyer/hotel stay program membership or activity
* Magazine subscriptions lists or reading lists
* Telephone calling logs or records
* Credit card or debit numbers
* Purchases (e.g., retail store, Internet, or even gas stations)
* Mortgage or car payments
* Bank account numbers or account balances
* The costs of a home addition
* Birth certificates
* Marriage licenses
* Divorce decrees
* Utility bill payments (i.e., gas, electric, phone, heating oil, cable or satellite TV)
Therefore, such data is not provided to law enforcement. Under federal law, when such data is required to further a law enforcement investigation, law enforcement must obtain a judicial order (i.e., subpoena) and serve it directly on the organization having or owning such data.
INCLUDED DATA
The data reference repository for the FACTS application contains public records from thousands of locations (i.e., county courthouses and other public records locations) on U.S. individuals and businesses. Examples include:
* FAA pilot licenses and aircraft ownership
* Property ownership
* Coast Guard registered vessels
* State sexual offenders lists
* Federal terrorists watch lists
* Corporation filings
* Uniform Commercial Code filings (i.e., UCCs or business liens)
* Bankruptcy filings
* State-issued professional licenses
use latex.
after creating your document in latex, you can use a simple makefile to create all your formats.
From what I have heard, the file format in the new versions of Office will be XML. If anything, this gives the users the possibility to open these documents in other applications, without all the reverse engineering involved with the old file formats.
$ host -v -a -l cia.gov I think that about covers it.
Are you joking me? I recently set-up a little LAN in my house, with six computers running Linux and one for the family running Win2K. Everytime I would check a box or change something in the network properties, I would have to reboot. It was rather disappointing the number of times I had to reboot (not only reboot, but wait 5 minutes each time) to get my configuration working correctly. I would much rather be using Linux, where you really don't have to reboot!
Its funny you bring that up. I recently had the dilema of deciding which cellular phone provider to go with. In the end, I ended up with Sprint, just because of the fact that I could get a "big" phone. I thought all of the other phones they were trying to sell me were going to break.