Now what if I go to my sim house online, boot up my sim PC, and connect to the internet. What do I open in my web browser? And what if I download SimsOnline to my sim computer on SimOnline and play it. That would be wierd... Maybe people can get jobs as virtual system administrators. For the virtual virtual internet....
Install linux. Install VM-Ware. Create a WINXP VM, and a WIN98 VM. Run the old 98 games on the 98 VM session. Run the new windows stuff on the WINXP VM session. Make backups of both. When they crash etc, just reload the saved state.
Problem solved. And the best part is your kids get to learn about virtual machines.
This episode of Seasame Street was brought to you by the letters 'V' and 'M'. Can you say Virtual Machine little childrens? I knew you could!
That is so cool, I wish I would have thought of that idea first, man, I really have to give them credit, cause that'a a sneaky but really cool idea. I definitely support them on their trickyness.
The fact that the librarian can be jailed for telling that this happened is total BS! I don't agree with that part, that I would fight for. That is not acceptable, but knowing what I read is.
I am going to have to answer that question with a half ass answer... I say no and yes. The reason I say this is, because yes I believe in the system, so I will trust them until the it becomes so ridiculous to do so, that the trust must be revoked. And no, personally I don't trust every single person in office or power to act correctly, but I'll give them the benefit of the doubt to help make the system work. I hope that answers you question. You ask a good question, and I think to live in the United States we have to trust them, at least act as if we do, because without that trust we'd be in a sorry state.
Checking out books and driving on roads is a privilage, not a right. You waste time arguing about trivial things. Freedom is doing what is best for the majority, there is no other real way to define freedom. When I am most free is when I am most dependant on others for my welfare, but I don't have to worry about if I can trust them or where my help comes from. You are always free to make choices, have thoughts, and express yourself in this country, but you will never own anything. The land you live on does not belong to you, but to the government, (you pay taxes on it), the library you visit does not either, nor the roads, but... thankfully we are privilaged enough to be able to use these things. Innocent people have nothing to hide. Only the guilty need to hide things, therefore, no one should be opposed to having all information about themselves made available to the government, unless they are the ones who deserve it to be so. I think you will find that you will lose this battle, perhaps not to me, but to the world. When nuclear weapons, (and even more powerful weapons) become as easy to make as pipe bombs (and someday they will) you will have to give up certain freedoms for the human race to continue to exist. Those times are near, things like this, and other initiatives will slow this down, and help deter people in the future, who are really capable of doing damage from doing so.
That's exactly the information we need our government to have, who can make bombs, and who's the most likely to based on race, knowledge, and religion. Statistics can greatly help making good guesses at who we should keep an eye on.
Response to everyone who thinks they are smart, because they know that public libraries are paid for by taxes....
Yes, duh. Of course, and that makes them free. Whether there are libraries or not, you will still be paying taxes. The services at a library for all intents and purposes are free. When you checked out a book and what books you checked out should be public information, because my tax dollars (in your own arguments) pay for you to be able to check out books, therefore I want to be able to know what you are checking out and more importantly allow the FBI to find out. Also, I have to mention this, people did not die defending their rights to not have their library records seen. Also, is it against the law to not fill out the census? Yes, you MUST fill it out and correctly. Freedom means, doing what is best for the majority. The United States is a republic which operates on trying to make the best decisions for the majority. There is no due process in a time of war, and we are at war right now. And yes, you do have to pick your battles, you do have to play the game. People who do not believe this and still hold fast to their "library rights" will never win the game and never make any impact on the world or their own freedom. We can not have all the rights we want, otherwise we would have anarchy. There are lines of black and white which must be set, and judgements, must be made to decide what things are on what lines, for the good of the majority.
The libraries are provided FREE of charge by the government. Therefore why shouldn't they be able to get the information on what books you have read. Besides it's not like they weren't already doing this. Now that they are officially stating that they are allowed this would in essence give you more rights, since you know that your rights are not being violated. One also has to look at the cost versus the gain. By having the FBI have access to your reading habits, it could save you from being in a building that gets hit by a plane. That is a good trade off. Even if not one terrorist is busted from this whole inactment, everyone in the trade towers and on the flights would have definitely traded this for their lives. Stand up for things that matter, like P2P networks. Tracing your personal phone calls. Storing credit card numbers, and let these ones pass. Then when you speak you will be heard louder and not thought of as a whiner who whines at every single legislation that is passed. You have to know what battles to pick, and which ones not to.
How many of the agents and other government members that "busted" you, do you think have a pirated version of Windows or some other software. Do you think any of them have a version of the software you cracked, and don't you find this ironic.
Call Microsoft, offer to work on their DRM technology in exchange for them having one of their lawyers represent you in an appeal.
This very well may save your goatse.
This is the main problem that I see. Lets suppose they do get Kaaza etc... shut down. Well then myself (and probably others will build a new one.) And then if they shut that one down, someone will build another. The more they attack the more P2P users will defend. Their attacks make people hate the RIAA, which makes them want to use P2P networks more, which means RIAA will eventually lose. UNLESS, they come up with a better deal than the P2P networks currently offer. But this means RIAA has to change the way it's business model works.
Programming = Testing
If you guys love programming then you better love testing, because testing is just as vital if not more so to the finished product than the code itself (white box testing).
This kinda reminds me of the move "Signs"... This thing appeared in our skys, we don't know what it is... Wait till three lights appear in Mexico City...
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"Oh, yes! Writing code and squashing bugs. I usually get here at 7, 7:30 a.m., and I learned not to turn on the lights, because there are probably people who have been here all night coding, who are asleep on the couch or the floor."
Ahh, the error of my ways. I will admit when I am wrong... I am wrong you guys are right. I forgot about anonymousness (a word?) requirement, so throw my whole system out the window. But really I still think it should be fairly easy to do properly.:)
Your missing a critical point here. There does not have to be security, you can't tamper with the votes, because it would only take input. You could put in bogus input, but each input would have to be attached to a specific SSN or other ID, this would mean that duplicates could be cancelled out as tampering. Now, I know your saying "Hold up it can't fail." But lets look at the alternative, suppose it verified the data as it was entered? How would you do that? How would that prevent false data, if the false data was entered to look right, and the real data was rejected. It really would only do what the number cruncher would do later anyway. Either way those issues remain. Since you have to deal with the issue anyway, might as well deal with all the issues at the same time.
I have to counter in saying, yes I did ignore UI, but the reason I did is, because it is so simple. I mean really, all you are doing is putting up canidates names and a big button that says "Push here to vote" by their name, then confirm it. (Ok, there might be a little more to it than just that, but really it's simple enough.) The machine does not have to validate itself, because it is simply a data gathering machine. Sure you could make it into more, but why. It's easier to design, use and maintain as a simple data gathering machine. Let a big computer crunch the numbers.
The solution is by far more simple than you state. All the machine has to do is store votes and data. Assume this scenario... The machine does not verify anything, it does not need to store states, it only saves a transaction if it is completed, and all it does is store the data. Now when the voting day is done, big packets of data are sent to a central computer that verifies all the data and only counts votes that check out, then creates a list of votes that didn't check out and why. The people who made those votes are notified. Simple, I'd take the contract to solve this problem in a heartbeat. I know I could do a better job that this company, and I'll stand by that.
I would SERIOUSLY doubt this is true. Those of you who have web pages, look at your web stats, where are most people coming from? US probably. I know my webstats still show majority from US. I would like to know what this company based that research on, sounds really bogus to me.
Lets end this! Alot is one word. Why? Because it has become one word through it's use by many people as one word. This happens with many words and is how language evolves. A good number of words come about from their improper use, once again it is how language evolves.
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I am really impressed... It is quite rare to see such a dumb idea.
What a wimp, I would have definitely kicked the guy's ass and then blackmailed him for big cash.
The American way!
Yes... yes... yes... but how do you know when it's ringing?
Now what if I go to my sim house online, boot up my sim PC, and connect to the internet. What do I open in my web browser? And what if I download SimsOnline to my sim computer on SimOnline and play it. That would be wierd... Maybe people can get jobs as virtual system administrators. For the virtual virtual internet....
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"Maybe it's both..."
Install linux. Install VM-Ware. Create a WINXP VM, and a WIN98 VM. Run the old 98 games on the 98 VM session. Run the new windows stuff on the WINXP VM session. Make backups of both. When they crash etc, just reload the saved state.
Problem solved. And the best part is your kids get to learn about virtual machines.
This episode of Seasame Street was brought to you by the letters 'V' and 'M'. Can you say Virtual Machine little childrens? I knew you could!
That is so cool, I wish I would have thought of that idea first, man, I really have to give them credit, cause that'a a sneaky but really cool idea. I definitely support them on their trickyness.
The fact that the librarian can be jailed for telling that this happened is total BS! I don't agree with that part, that I would fight for. That is not acceptable, but knowing what I read is.
I am going to have to answer that question with a half ass answer... I say no and yes. The reason I say this is, because yes I believe in the system, so I will trust them until the it becomes so ridiculous to do so, that the trust must be revoked. And no, personally I don't trust every single person in office or power to act correctly, but I'll give them the benefit of the doubt to help make the system work. I hope that answers you question. You ask a good question, and I think to live in the United States we have to trust them, at least act as if we do, because without that trust we'd be in a sorry state.
Checking out books and driving on roads is a privilage, not a right. You waste time arguing about trivial things. Freedom is doing what is best for the majority, there is no other real way to define freedom. When I am most free is when I am most dependant on others for my welfare, but I don't have to worry about if I can trust them or where my help comes from. You are always free to make choices, have thoughts, and express yourself in this country, but you will never own anything. The land you live on does not belong to you, but to the government, (you pay taxes on it), the library you visit does not either, nor the roads, but... thankfully we are privilaged enough to be able to use these things. Innocent people have nothing to hide. Only the guilty need to hide things, therefore, no one should be opposed to having all information about themselves made available to the government, unless they are the ones who deserve it to be so. I think you will find that you will lose this battle, perhaps not to me, but to the world. When nuclear weapons, (and even more powerful weapons) become as easy to make as pipe bombs (and someday they will) you will have to give up certain freedoms for the human race to continue to exist. Those times are near, things like this, and other initiatives will slow this down, and help deter people in the future, who are really capable of doing damage from doing so.
That's exactly the information we need our government to have, who can make bombs, and who's the most likely to based on race, knowledge, and religion. Statistics can greatly help making good guesses at who we should keep an eye on.
Response to everyone who thinks they are smart, because they know that public libraries are paid for by taxes.... Yes, duh. Of course, and that makes them free. Whether there are libraries or not, you will still be paying taxes. The services at a library for all intents and purposes are free. When you checked out a book and what books you checked out should be public information, because my tax dollars (in your own arguments) pay for you to be able to check out books, therefore I want to be able to know what you are checking out and more importantly allow the FBI to find out. Also, I have to mention this, people did not die defending their rights to not have their library records seen. Also, is it against the law to not fill out the census? Yes, you MUST fill it out and correctly. Freedom means, doing what is best for the majority. The United States is a republic which operates on trying to make the best decisions for the majority. There is no due process in a time of war, and we are at war right now. And yes, you do have to pick your battles, you do have to play the game. People who do not believe this and still hold fast to their "library rights" will never win the game and never make any impact on the world or their own freedom. We can not have all the rights we want, otherwise we would have anarchy. There are lines of black and white which must be set, and judgements, must be made to decide what things are on what lines, for the good of the majority.
The libraries are provided FREE of charge by the government. Therefore why shouldn't they be able to get the information on what books you have read. Besides it's not like they weren't already doing this. Now that they are officially stating that they are allowed this would in essence give you more rights, since you know that your rights are not being violated. One also has to look at the cost versus the gain. By having the FBI have access to your reading habits, it could save you from being in a building that gets hit by a plane. That is a good trade off. Even if not one terrorist is busted from this whole inactment, everyone in the trade towers and on the flights would have definitely traded this for their lives. Stand up for things that matter, like P2P networks. Tracing your personal phone calls. Storing credit card numbers, and let these ones pass. Then when you speak you will be heard louder and not thought of as a whiner who whines at every single legislation that is passed. You have to know what battles to pick, and which ones not to.
How many of the agents and other government members that "busted" you, do you think have a pirated version of Windows or some other software. Do you think any of them have a version of the software you cracked, and don't you find this ironic.
Call Microsoft, offer to work on their DRM technology in exchange for them having one of their lawyers represent you in an appeal. This very well may save your goatse.
This is the main problem that I see. Lets suppose they do get Kaaza etc... shut down. Well then myself (and probably others will build a new one.) And then if they shut that one down, someone will build another. The more they attack the more P2P users will defend. Their attacks make people hate the RIAA, which makes them want to use P2P networks more, which means RIAA will eventually lose. UNLESS, they come up with a better deal than the P2P networks currently offer. But this means RIAA has to change the way it's business model works.
Programming = Testing If you guys love programming then you better love testing, because testing is just as vital if not more so to the finished product than the code itself (white box testing).
This kinda reminds me of the move "Signs"... This thing appeared in our skys, we don't know what it is... Wait till three lights appear in Mexico City...
"Oh, yes! Writing code and squashing bugs. I usually get here at 7, 7:30 a.m., and I learned not to turn on the lights, because there are probably people who have been here all night coding, who are asleep on the couch or the floor."
Ahh, the error of my ways. I will admit when I am wrong... I am wrong you guys are right. I forgot about anonymousness (a word?) requirement, so throw my whole system out the window. But really I still think it should be fairly easy to do properly. :)
Your missing a critical point here. There does not have to be security, you can't tamper with the votes, because it would only take input. You could put in bogus input, but each input would have to be attached to a specific SSN or other ID, this would mean that duplicates could be cancelled out as tampering. Now, I know your saying "Hold up it can't fail." But lets look at the alternative, suppose it verified the data as it was entered? How would you do that? How would that prevent false data, if the false data was entered to look right, and the real data was rejected. It really would only do what the number cruncher would do later anyway. Either way those issues remain. Since you have to deal with the issue anyway, might as well deal with all the issues at the same time.
I have to counter in saying, yes I did ignore UI, but the reason I did is, because it is so simple. I mean really, all you are doing is putting up canidates names and a big button that says "Push here to vote" by their name, then confirm it. (Ok, there might be a little more to it than just that, but really it's simple enough.) The machine does not have to validate itself, because it is simply a data gathering machine. Sure you could make it into more, but why. It's easier to design, use and maintain as a simple data gathering machine. Let a big computer crunch the numbers.
The solution is by far more simple than you state. All the machine has to do is store votes and data. Assume this scenario... The machine does not verify anything, it does not need to store states, it only saves a transaction if it is completed, and all it does is store the data. Now when the voting day is done, big packets of data are sent to a central computer that verifies all the data and only counts votes that check out, then creates a list of votes that didn't check out and why. The people who made those votes are notified. Simple, I'd take the contract to solve this problem in a heartbeat. I know I could do a better job that this company, and I'll stand by that.
How hard is it to make a voting machine that works? All it does is count votes, it's not like it does rocket science!
I would SERIOUSLY doubt this is true. Those of you who have web pages, look at your web stats, where are most people coming from? US probably. I know my webstats still show majority from US. I would like to know what this company based that research on, sounds really bogus to me.
Lets end this! Alot is one word. Why? Because it has become one word through it's use by many people as one word. This happens with many words and is how language evolves. A good number of words come about from their improper use, once again it is how language evolves.