The main difference between Iraq and the WTC was intent.
We have no problem with the Iraqi people...our problem was with the government...who in fact was killing its own people.
The WTC was intended to kill as many innocents as possible. Our military develops weapons that try to minimize that casuality rate, so innocents like the people living in Iraq are spared.
Nobody would like to use war as a tactic, but it happens....
You know, you don't need to present your ID to a police officer...They can't even prevent you from walking away from them if you aren't being charged with a crime...
Read up on some ACLU stuff...their site is pretty interesting. I think they have a little card you can carry in your wallet which lists your Civil Rights. I find it very informative.
Unless you have a fantastic firewall, instant messaging loggin can be circumvented by tunneling.
Currently, I have an SSH tunnel to my home, over which I encrypt all traffic, web, email, and instant messaging.
Pefereably, I would like to have an encrypted connection everywhere (thank you GAIM plugins), but this will have to do.
It is useless to log the SSH packets...so the only solution I see is to install a PacketShaper, and maybe filter out all SSH...but surely somebody must be using SSH legitimately...
Bottom line: logging communications is very difficult....
I have pondered this very thing as well, and come up with some interesting conclusions:
Let's say that nobody did anything, and people merely lived for living, didn't kill themselves at a "job"...etc. You still have to worry about:
protection
food
shelter
disease
offspring
Back in the day (lets call it 4000 years ago), these responsibilites alone would consume your entire day. After fighting off the bears and forest creatures, you needed to plant your garden, harvest what is in season, tend to your living area, somehow patch that wound on your leg, and maybe try and pass on your genes.
That sounds like a lot more than we do in a typical day. And then you would have to sleep!
What I have realized is that the whole world is a cycle, and everybody, yes everybody, is interdependent.
People work at jobs to provide a service, and in turn, they are compensated, which they use to compensate others who have found better and easier ways to provide their services.
It all comes down to marginal value (correct Economics term?). If you think your time is better spent gardening than working to buy vegetables, then by all means go be a gardener. But if its better to work, and have those things taken care of by somebody who can do it more efficiently, then that is a choice you have to make.
Example: Cable Internet vs. Dialup
Dialup - $10/month, Cable - $40/month
I think cable is worth it, because the time I save using it is worth far more than $30...This means I get to have more time with my friends, rather than having the extra $30. And that extra time is worth me working a job.
It is entirely possible to live a simple existence, no stress, and doing things all for yourself. You would have time to relax, etc.
But life is a trade-off. You just have to choose what you trade for what...
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Younger people are also more in-tune with current technology.
I am 21, and I spend a lot of my time at work explaining very basic skills to people not much older than me.
Today I : Showed somebody how to use the "Paste Special" features in Office XP, showed somebody else how to autofill MS Excel cells, and explained what PHP was to my webmaster. Yes, my webmaster.
Older people (I know...30 isn't old, but bear with me) just either don't get it, or haven't learned about it.
But along with that, it is also a generational gap - because most people over 25 haven't used Instant Messaging, and therefore don't see its vast potential. They see it as just chatting, and useless, while they wait for hours as emails are read and replied to. I have instant gratification over IM
Yes, younger people will work for less, especially in this economy, but the lack of knowledge definitely shows on those old-timers.
"We are not accessing anybody's "property," and we are certainly not violating anybody's personal rights. We are doing exactly the same thing that every other infringer is doing."
Whaaaaaat!!
If you are on my computer, you are accessing my property. I own the physical media, it is in my house, it is my property.
"Oh we'll just go in every open door in the neighborhood, after all, we aren't accessing anybody's property."
The whole fuss about rocket engines is the transportation used to get them from manufacturer to store. The people who handle explosives need to be certified that they can actually do that. It's like working a government job, they don't want some idiot who doesn't know proper safety measures to go careening down the highway and cause problems.
The background checks are a little weird, because you could just buy the explosives after they have been transported, but I can understand concerns about improperly trained people carrying payloads that could blow up in their, or somebody else's face. Maybe just some safety training would do...
I know its a departure from the norm, but people who handle these things should know what they are doing. It's a little overboard with the rocket engines, since they don't really explode, and the bottom of the article mentions how they are trying to get an exemption for them.
Once I found out I could type faster than I could write, I pretty much gave it up - printing and cursive.
Why would I waste time scribbling characters down when I could type what I needed, it was neat, and I had plenty of extra time to do other stuff.
The speed at which I write definitely affects my grades, because there is no way in hell I can write 5+ pages on my English or History final. Typing, I could easily pull out 10 pages in 2 hours on my laptop.
Writing is important, and the basics should be taught, but it is an antiquated way of getting ideas down on paper. Use the best tool for the job....
I can sympathize, both about the caffeine and the girlfriend sleeping.:-)
I once drank about 2 bottles of Green Tea (the smaller ones) before going to bed, and I stayed up for like 48 hours...it was rough. I wasn't wired, I just couldn't sleep. I think I am sensitive to it because I don't seek it out. But pre-bed caffeine is a one-way ticket to a night or two of reslessness.
Doesn't this fall under the category of "prior art"?
I have played around with digital cable systems that seem like the video on demand system the patent describes. Click here for movie. Yay, you've got a movie...Browse through listings, see previews.
How about Freevo? and MythTV? Even TiVo. They do similar things, or are at least a good base.
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Boy am I glad I bought 3 IBM 75GXP's....Never had a problem with them.
Oh wait, 4 of them failed. Yes, the one I got back from the manufacturer died as well, in addition to the 3 I purchased.
Just a loud clicking sound, and no data.
But that's nothing, my friend is running a RAID 0 of 4 IBM 75GXP's. Now, I have taken my share of probability courses. A serial connection of 4 drives doomed to fail - bad idea. Anyone want to do the MTBF numbers?
Its too bad this happened though, I have my old Seagate 200MB drive still functioning in my computer. This is from the early 90's. Seagate is one manufacturer that I have never had problems with.
I had the same problem using Kazaa, DC, etc....and I am on a cable modem.
Solution: I packetshape all the outgoing packets, because a cable line gets maxed for uploads at about 33kb/sec....and your downloading speed goes to hell.
I limit my upload on non webpage (port 80) data to 20kb/sec....and no problems. Try that.
Have you checked what's on TV on Saturday mornings now? - All I usually see are some Anime-esque shows, maybe a cartoon here or there, but nothing like the way it was back in the 80s and early 90s.
Anybody remember those computer-animated shows that were way ahead of their time? Must have taken months to render.
I have been scouring Kazaa, DC, etc for cartoons and shows, just so I have a record of them. They were so cool!
And yes, I am guilty of sitting down every now and then and watching some Fraggle Rock. Gotta love those Doozers - they are my favorite engineers.
I'll keep with the posts about hating cell phones.
If one more phone rings while I am taking my EE exams, I am going to take the loaded weapon out of my bag and shoot the person/phone/both.
How many people have been interrupted mid-conversation by some asshole taking a call?
Everyone please raise their hands.
The world isn't going anywhere in the few hours that you might not have your phone on you. People survived for thousands of years without being attached at the hip to a communication device.
I'll opt out of being wired all the time. I personally hate most people, hate the phone, and therefore don't want to talk to them.
Here at my school we are capped to 5GB a week, with rollover. Its not a bad policy, since only about 2% of the students complain (the ones using 70% of the bandwidth).
We run Phynd to try and lessen dependence on our external connection. There is also a Direct Connect server available, again keeping all sorts of bandwidth on campus.
The main problem with bandwidth is that applications keep increasing in complexity and resources, but most schools won't allow the extra traffic. When our freshmen class came in, bandwidth usage went up 40%, as opposed to the 20% it should have increased.
Why?
Faster computers. Easier data manipulation. People expect a fat pipe like the one (sorta) they have at home.
And the new Redhat is like 5 CDs.
Back in the day, a P2 MMX 233MHz couldn't run the high-bandwidth apps that most websites server. Now, the standard is 1GHz+.
Did anyone else read the title of this article and think: Wow! Now I can launch snow at my enemies / neighbors / both ?
I have thought of building a snowball gun similar to a potato gun, but I never really figured a good way to make the projectiles. Maybe some type of ice cream scoop loader?
At my school, our computers were locked down with something called WinGuard (this was a while ago). One of my friends created a fake program that mimiced WinGuard - the login prompt, and all the functions, because the EXE's were hidden from the regular user, but there were ways to access them. It was a spot-on match to the WinGuard GUI. Administrator types in password, program grabs, we check the log file.
This worked nicely because our admins used the same password for everything. In no time we had access to servers, other workstations, etc.
Did I mention how we also dissasembled the binary to find a backdoor password left by the original programmer?
I live in RI, but drive all around southern new england. We probably have the worst roads...ever...And by the list on the site, the states aren't included. How is this possible! The rain/snow line that is the Mass Turnpike is just ugly when weather strikes. It would be nice to have even a barebones forecast.
While they are at it, maybe they can revamp the DMV as well.
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The main difference between Iraq and the WTC was intent.
We have no problem with the Iraqi people...our problem was with the government...who in fact was killing its own people.
The WTC was intended to kill as many innocents as possible. Our military develops weapons that try to minimize that casuality rate, so innocents like the people living in Iraq are spared.
Nobody would like to use war as a tactic, but it happens....
You know, you don't need to present your ID to a police officer...They can't even prevent you from walking away from them if you aren't being charged with a crime...
Read up on some ACLU stuff...their site is pretty interesting. I think they have a little card you can carry in your wallet which lists your Civil Rights. I find it very informative.
Actually, I don't think that he admitted guilt.
The settlement was so they wouldn't go to court, but I don't think admission of fault was part of the terms...
Unless you have a fantastic firewall, instant messaging loggin can be circumvented by tunneling.
Currently, I have an SSH tunnel to my home, over which I encrypt all traffic, web, email, and instant messaging.
Pefereably, I would like to have an encrypted connection everywhere (thank you GAIM plugins), but this will have to do.
It is useless to log the SSH packets...so the only solution I see is to install a PacketShaper, and maybe filter out all SSH...but surely somebody must be using SSH legitimately...
Bottom line: logging communications is very difficult....
Let's say that nobody did anything, and people merely lived for living, didn't kill themselves at a "job"...etc. You still have to worry about:
protection
food
shelter
disease
offspring
Back in the day (lets call it 4000 years ago), these responsibilites alone would consume your entire day. After fighting off the bears and forest creatures, you needed to plant your garden, harvest what is in season, tend to your living area, somehow patch that wound on your leg, and maybe try and pass on your genes.
That sounds like a lot more than we do in a typical day. And then you would have to sleep!
What I have realized is that the whole world is a cycle, and everybody, yes everybody, is interdependent.
People work at jobs to provide a service, and in turn, they are compensated, which they use to compensate others who have found better and easier ways to provide their services.
It all comes down to marginal value (correct Economics term?). If you think your time is better spent gardening than working to buy vegetables, then by all means go be a gardener. But if its better to work, and have those things taken care of by somebody who can do it more efficiently, then that is a choice you have to make.
Example: Cable Internet vs. Dialup
Dialup - $10/month, Cable - $40/month
I think cable is worth it, because the time I save using it is worth far more than $30...This means I get to have more time with my friends, rather than having the extra $30. And that extra time is worth me working a job.
It is entirely possible to live a simple existence, no stress, and doing things all for yourself. You would have time to relax, etc.
But life is a trade-off. You just have to choose what you trade for what...
Younger people are also more in-tune with current technology.
I am 21, and I spend a lot of my time at work explaining very basic skills to people not much older than me.
Today I : Showed somebody how to use the "Paste Special" features in Office XP, showed somebody else how to autofill MS Excel cells, and explained what PHP was to my webmaster. Yes, my webmaster.
Older people (I know...30 isn't old, but bear with me) just either don't get it, or haven't learned about it.
But along with that, it is also a generational gap - because most people over 25 haven't used Instant Messaging, and therefore don't see its vast potential. They see it as just chatting, and useless, while they wait for hours as emails are read and replied to. I have instant gratification over IM
Yes, younger people will work for less, especially in this economy, but the lack of knowledge definitely shows on those old-timers.
"We are not accessing anybody's "property," and we are certainly not violating anybody's personal rights. We are doing exactly the same thing that every other infringer is doing."
Whaaaaaat!!
If you are on my computer, you are accessing my property. I own the physical media, it is in my house, it is my property.
"Oh we'll just go in every open door in the neighborhood, after all, we aren't accessing anybody's property."
Incorrect...
The whole fuss about rocket engines is the transportation used to get them from manufacturer to store. The people who handle explosives need to be certified that they can actually do that. It's like working a government job, they don't want some idiot who doesn't know proper safety measures to go careening down the highway and cause problems.
The background checks are a little weird, because you could just buy the explosives after they have been transported, but I can understand concerns about improperly trained people carrying payloads that could blow up in their, or somebody else's face. Maybe just some safety training would do...
I know its a departure from the norm, but people who handle these things should know what they are doing. It's a little overboard with the rocket engines, since they don't really explode, and the bottom of the article mentions how they are trying to get an exemption for them.
I feel your pain.
Once I found out I could type faster than I could write, I pretty much gave it up - printing and cursive.
Why would I waste time scribbling characters down when I could type what I needed, it was neat, and I had plenty of extra time to do other stuff.
The speed at which I write definitely affects my grades, because there is no way in hell I can write 5+ pages on my English or History final. Typing, I could easily pull out 10 pages in 2 hours on my laptop.
Writing is important, and the basics should be taught, but it is an antiquated way of getting ideas down on paper. Use the best tool for the job....
I can sympathize, both about the caffeine and the girlfriend sleeping. :-)
I once drank about 2 bottles of Green Tea (the smaller ones) before going to bed, and I stayed up for like 48 hours...it was rough. I wasn't wired, I just couldn't sleep. I think I am sensitive to it because I don't seek it out. But pre-bed caffeine is a one-way ticket to a night or two of reslessness.
Doesn't this fall under the category of "prior art"?
I have played around with digital cable systems that seem like the video on demand system the patent describes. Click here for movie. Yay, you've got a movie...Browse through listings, see previews.
How about Freevo? and MythTV? Even TiVo. They do similar things, or are at least a good base.
What the hell is sex?
Does not compute.....
Boy am I glad I bought 3 IBM 75GXP's....Never had a problem with them.
Oh wait, 4 of them failed. Yes, the one I got back from the manufacturer died as well, in addition to the 3 I purchased.
Just a loud clicking sound, and no data.
But that's nothing, my friend is running a RAID 0 of 4 IBM 75GXP's. Now, I have taken my share of probability courses. A serial connection of 4 drives doomed to fail - bad idea. Anyone want to do the MTBF numbers?
Its too bad this happened though, I have my old Seagate 200MB drive still functioning in my computer. This is from the early 90's. Seagate is one manufacturer that I have never had problems with.
I had the same problem using Kazaa, DC, etc....and I am on a cable modem.
Solution: I packetshape all the outgoing packets, because a cable line gets maxed for uploads at about 33kb/sec....and your downloading speed goes to hell.
I limit my upload on non webpage (port 80) data to 20kb/sec....and no problems. Try that.
I know I'll sound old for even reminicing about this, but Saturday Morning Cartoons used to be great.
Now they are crap.
Gummi Bears. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Garfield. Pee Wee's Playhouse. Fraggle Rock....etc
Have you checked what's on TV on Saturday mornings now? - All I usually see are some Anime-esque shows, maybe a cartoon here or there, but nothing like the way it was back in the 80s and early 90s.
Anybody remember those computer-animated shows that were way ahead of their time? Must have taken months to render.
I have been scouring Kazaa, DC, etc for cartoons and shows, just so I have a record of them. They were so cool!
And yes, I am guilty of sitting down every now and then and watching some Fraggle Rock. Gotta love those Doozers - they are my favorite engineers.
Now I can finally wipe my ass with Microsoft.
Oh the geeks will crap for days.
Good lord....change the color scheme....
I think the electron guns on my monitors just blew.
Some of my friends had a discussion about this in their Business Law class.
Apparently, in a federal civil lawsuit, the plaintiffs can only collect the net worth of the defendant at that very moment.
i.e. The RIAA cannot sue for future damages / salary.
I don't know about most other college kids, but my net worth = 2 computers + textbooks + stereo + coffee table.
How about the Orange Terror Alert that has been up for the last year or so.
This has got to be a good hoax.
To quote the Simpsons news anchor: "...and the alert has been raised to orange....which means absolutely nothing."
I'll keep with the posts about hating cell phones.
If one more phone rings while I am taking my EE exams, I am going to take the loaded weapon out of my bag and shoot the person/phone/both.
How many people have been interrupted mid-conversation by some asshole taking a call?
Everyone please raise their hands.
The world isn't going anywhere in the few hours that you might not have your phone on you. People survived for thousands of years without being attached at the hip to a communication device.
I'll opt out of being wired all the time. I personally hate most people, hate the phone, and therefore don't want to talk to them.
Here at my school we are capped to 5GB a week, with rollover. Its not a bad policy, since only about 2% of the students complain (the ones using 70% of the bandwidth).
We run Phynd to try and lessen dependence on our external connection. There is also a Direct Connect server available, again keeping all sorts of bandwidth on campus.
The main problem with bandwidth is that applications keep increasing in complexity and resources, but most schools won't allow the extra traffic. When our freshmen class came in, bandwidth usage went up 40%, as opposed to the 20% it should have increased.
Why?
Faster computers. Easier data manipulation. People expect a fat pipe like the one (sorta) they have at home.
And the new Redhat is like 5 CDs.
Back in the day, a P2 MMX 233MHz couldn't run the high-bandwidth apps that most websites server. Now, the standard is 1GHz+.
Times have changed.
Did anyone else read the title of this article and think: Wow! Now I can launch snow at my enemies / neighbors / both ?
I have thought of building a snowball gun similar to a potato gun, but I never really figured a good way to make the projectiles. Maybe some type of ice cream scoop loader?
At my school, our computers were locked down with something called WinGuard (this was a while ago). One of my friends created a fake program that mimiced WinGuard - the login prompt, and all the functions, because the EXE's were hidden from the regular user, but there were ways to access them. It was a spot-on match to the WinGuard GUI. Administrator types in password, program grabs, we check the log file.
This worked nicely because our admins used the same password for everything. In no time we had access to servers, other workstations, etc.
Did I mention how we also dissasembled the binary to find a backdoor password left by the original programmer?
So that basically disqualifies just about every CEO, CFO, COO from the boards, since most of them are crooks.
If you owned stock (like I did) in Enron, Lucent, Worldcom...etc, you know what I mean.
I live in RI, but drive all around southern new england. We probably have the worst roads...ever...And by the list on the site, the states aren't included. How is this possible! The rain/snow line that is the Mass Turnpike is just ugly when weather strikes. It would be nice to have even a barebones forecast.
While they are at it, maybe they can revamp the DMV as well.