Notepad can't read the current binary.doc files created by the current MS Word but if a new MS Word file is in XML format it could simply be a plain text file with a.doc (or whatever) extension. (I'm guessing though as I have not seen the format specs).
Although notepad and wordpad are not available for all other Operating Systems some sort of editor that can handle plain text will almost certainly be available.
2) Aimed at an audience reknowned for lack of security clue (average MS/IE users).
3) Does something redundant (just get Firefox if you want Firefox's features) and pointless (trying to secure IE is like trying to waterproof a string-vest).
IANAG* but I would guess that the increased complexity means that more can go wrong with the regeneration process, perhaps leading to mutation/cancers?
I also wonder if regenerating animals are more prone to risk-taking, as even an amputation is not a fatal setback.
Perhaps that would increase the chance of incurring a fatal injury, thus cancelling out any advantage?
It's kind of like making cars and roads safer - people feel safer so they take more risks.
(* I Am Not A Geneticist)
As far as I could tell from the article all that the ISP's staff were required to do was notify police if they were made aware of child pornography on their server.
It didn't mention requiring the ISP's to undertake snooping, surveillance, law enforcement, investigation or anything that would require new skills.
If they find some child pornography they call the police who then do the investigation.
I doubt many network techs need a training session in how to dial a phone number.
I repeat my point that in my opinion there should be no not ~need~ for legislation to force ISP's staff to do this, any halfway decent person would automatically report child pronography whether there was legislation requiring them to or not.
I'm all for preserving freedom and privacy but not the freedom to rape infants and distribute the evidence for the titilation of others.
"Next week we'll expect librarians to turn in people for checking out chemistry texts because those people might build bombs"
In today's climate I wouldn't be surprised if that is not happening already but although someone who checks out a chemistry book MAY be going to commit a crime but a guy who distributes photos of himself with his dick in a two-year-old HAS committed a crime. That's the legal as well as moral difference. Your librarian would be acting on suspicion, your ISP's sysadmin would be acting on evidence.
Your neighbour analogy is broken too, all that similar legislation would require is that if a neighbour happened to look through your window and see you murdering someone that they should report it to the police. They would not be not required to look through your window, just to report a terrible crime if they witness it happening.
Reporting is not the same as surveillance.
I don't trust governments not to abuse and stretch the domain of legislation any more than you do, in fact it's one of my pet ranting subjects and the one I'm mocked for the most as I'm quite rabid, but it should not prevent society taking action against what is considered by the vast majority of people as a moral as well as legal crime. Even many of those who care nothing for law find child abuse reprehensible. We just need to make sure the legislation is clear and restricted to it's original scope.
That all said it's a sad indication of human nature that we would need this legislation in the first place.
South Park summed it up well:
Kyle:"Dude. You have sex with children."
Stan: "Yeah. You know, we believe in equality for everybody, and tolerance, and all that gay stuff, but dude, f*** you."
In which case I would fight with every fibre of my being to prevent that escalation but that is not what is proposed. Proper legislation in this specific instance could easily prevent 'legislative creep' into other areas.
Being Jewish or Black is not illegal in Australia as far as I know. Kiddie porn is.
I saw an interview recently on the BBC's breakfast show (I think) where Mr Pratchett was asked if there were any plans to make Discworld movies. His response was something along the lines of..
"Nope, I'm rich enough, why would I let someone bugger up my books for Hollywood."
So this amateur affair may be as good as it gets movie wise.
He loves the theatrical versions as they are transient and mostly good fun but I can't see any big-budget (ie. enough to buy a car) Discworld movies coming soon.
So, if an ISP's employee finds child porn on their servers they have to report it to the police or the ISP will be fined?
Big deal, what sort of asshole wouldn't report child porn to the police if they found it on their servers (or anywhere else for that matter)?
As far as I can tell from the intro they don't even have to go looking for it, just file a report if they discover criminal material. The fine is not for hosting or publishing specific content but for failing to reporting an egregious crime.
I just don't see a problem here; any halfway decent person or company would not be affected by the law as they would report any child porn they became aware of anyway.
I already pay a flat fee of £25 a month for unlimited 512k broadband access to the Internet from home. My ISP and telecoms providers have paid to provide the service and they make a tidy profit from this.
If I use VoIP over this connection where is the increased cost to the ISP or telecoms company? Whether I was using VoIP or playing Halflife it's just packet shovelling and I can't use any more bandwidth than I am allocated anyway.
My phone provider takes a hit in lost earnings from landline calls but I'm sure BT can claw back a lot of that with their 'innovative' pricing changes.
Or am I missing something (I Am Not A Beancounter).
Yup, Just try downloading 'McAfee Anti-Virus Command-Line for Unix' from NAI's website without IE or Firefox. About three times a week I have to download it from a GUI, upload it to an ftp site and download it to the server from there. Grrrrr.
I still use Lynx all the time. The servers we build have a web-front-end but no X-server. Lynx is perfect for configuring them and for grabbing stuff for the servers from websites when there is no client machine running a graphical browser available.
I still make all my personal websites Lynx compatable because there is no compelling reason not to and it saves me making a parallel 'blind friendly' version of the site.
According to my server stats there ~are~ a few people who browse my sites with Lynx but as we all know you can't trust useragent strings so I haven't called the police. Yet.
Konqueror->Tools->Change Browser Identification->Internet Explorer 6.0 on Windows XP
Phew. Safe again.
Seriously, any real webserver admin knows useragent strings mean nada, the only people who pretend to take them seriously are the people trying to prove their browser's market share is biggest.
Too right! They should all follow your shining example of modernity; for a start they should cease all that old-fashioned, hippie-slime lovemaking shit IMMEDIATELY and get an MSN account, webcam and man-sized box of kleenex.
Seconded. I'm pissed off enough at having to install nvidia's binary-only drivers (by hand as I can't get them to emerge properly) every time I fiddle with X. Grrrrrrr.
On that point, anyone know of a GFX card manufacturer who do quality hadware comparable to Nvidia hardware but with up-to-date and well supported open-source drivers?
Thanks, I get sick of the drivel on slashdot and try to post something worth writing when I do.
As for the moral high ground thing I may have read more into your post than you intended, always a risk with online posts.
As for your not commenting on the Guantanamo Bay (sp?) situation, well, most people here have an instant and generally polarised opinion to hand so it's refreshing to find someone who doesn't rant about it at the first opportunity, however it is such an important issue of freedom and justice and goes to the core of American values, you really should think about it, even if you don't comment on it.
Have a good day.
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Notepad can't read the current binary .doc files created by the current MS Word but if a new MS Word file is in XML format it could simply be a plain text file with a .doc (or whatever) extension.
(I'm guessing though as I have not seen the format specs).
Although notepad and wordpad are not available for all other Operating Systems some sort of editor that can handle plain text will almost certainly be available.
1) Anonymous poster.
2) Aimed at an audience reknowned for lack of security clue (average MS/IE users).
3) Does something redundant (just get Firefox if you want Firefox's features) and pointless (trying to secure IE is like trying to waterproof a string-vest).
"Anyone seen Bruce Campbell lately? We might need him."
Yeah we need some of that 'Army Of Darkness' attitude.
When it comes to rounding up the zombie rodents B.C. could certainly give the scientists a hand,
then they could return the favour.
IANAG* but I would guess that the increased complexity means that more can go wrong with the regeneration process, perhaps leading to mutation/cancers? I also wonder if regenerating animals are more prone to risk-taking, as even an amputation is not a fatal setback. Perhaps that would increase the chance of incurring a fatal injury, thus cancelling out any advantage? It's kind of like making cars and roads safer - people feel safer so they take more risks. (* I Am Not A Geneticist)
Nah, just place the spawn points as far as possible from the nearest oil well.
It didn't mention requiring the ISP's to undertake snooping, surveillance, law enforcement, investigation or anything that would require new skills.
If they find some child pornography they call the police who then do the investigation. I doubt many network techs need a training session in how to dial a phone number.
I repeat my point that in my opinion there should be no not ~need~ for legislation to force ISP's staff to do this, any halfway decent person would automatically report child pronography whether there was legislation requiring them to or not.
I'm all for preserving freedom and privacy but not the freedom to rape infants and distribute the evidence for the titilation of others.
"Next week we'll expect librarians to turn in people for checking out chemistry texts because those people might build bombs"
In today's climate I wouldn't be surprised if that is not happening already but although someone who checks out a chemistry book MAY be going to commit a crime but a guy who distributes photos of himself with his dick in a two-year-old HAS committed a crime. That's the legal as well as moral difference. Your librarian would be acting on suspicion, your ISP's sysadmin would be acting on evidence.
Your neighbour analogy is broken too, all that similar legislation would require is that if a neighbour happened to look through your window and see you murdering someone that they should report it to the police. They would not be not required to look through your window, just to report a terrible crime if they witness it happening.
Reporting is not the same as surveillance.
I don't trust governments not to abuse and stretch the domain of legislation any more than you do, in fact it's one of my pet ranting subjects and the one I'm mocked for the most as I'm quite rabid, but it should not prevent society taking action against what is considered by the vast majority of people as a moral as well as legal crime. Even many of those who care nothing for law find child abuse reprehensible. We just need to make sure the legislation is clear and restricted to it's original scope.
That all said it's a sad indication of human nature that we would need this legislation in the first place.
South Park summed it up well:
Kyle:"Dude. You have sex with children." Stan: "Yeah. You know, we believe in equality for everybody, and tolerance, and all that gay stuff, but dude, f*** you."
In which case I would fight with every fibre of my being to prevent that escalation but that is not what is proposed. Proper legislation in this specific instance could easily prevent 'legislative creep' into other areas.
Being Jewish or Black is not illegal in Australia as far as I know. Kiddie porn is.
I saw an interview recently on the BBC's breakfast show (I think) where Mr Pratchett was asked if there were any plans to make Discworld movies. His response was something along the lines of.. "Nope, I'm rich enough, why would I let someone bugger up my books for Hollywood." So this amateur affair may be as good as it gets movie wise. He loves the theatrical versions as they are transient and mostly good fun but I can't see any big-budget (ie. enough to buy a car) Discworld movies coming soon.
So, if an ISP's employee finds child porn on their servers they have to report it to the police or the ISP will be fined?
Big deal, what sort of asshole wouldn't report child porn to the police if they found it on their servers (or anywhere else for that matter)?
As far as I can tell from the intro they don't even have to go looking for it, just file a report if they discover criminal material. The fine is not for hosting or publishing specific content but for failing to reporting an egregious crime.
I just don't see a problem here; any halfway decent person or company would not be affected by the law as they would report any child porn they became aware of anyway.
Maybe but check out http://www.google.com/intl/xx-hacker/
:)
5w337
You did better than I did, at first glance I thought they were going to start to sue people for illegally copying their own DNA..
All your child belong to us.
There is an old argument that security by obscurity is false security.
"Given that Skype doesn't actually have any spyware"
Yet.
I already pay a flat fee of £25 a month for unlimited 512k broadband access to the Internet from home. My ISP and telecoms providers have paid to provide the service and they make a tidy profit from this.
If I use VoIP over this connection where is the increased cost to the ISP or telecoms company? Whether I was using VoIP or playing Halflife it's just packet shovelling and I can't use any more bandwidth than I am allocated anyway.
My phone provider takes a hit in lost earnings from landline calls but I'm sure BT can claw back a lot of that with their 'innovative' pricing changes.
Or am I missing something (I Am Not A Beancounter).
Yup, Just try downloading 'McAfee Anti-Virus Command-Line for Unix' from NAI's website without IE or Firefox. About three times a week I have to download it from a GUI, upload it to an ftp site and download it to the server from there. Grrrrr.
"Though I guess you could use them to say Mikrosoft."
Errr, no you couldn't 'cos they would probably sue you
You might eventually get a free X-Box and tour of Microsoft HQ out of it though.
I still use Lynx all the time. The servers we build have a web-front-end but no X-server.
Lynx is perfect for configuring them and for grabbing stuff for the servers from websites when there is no client machine running a graphical browser available.
I still make all my personal websites Lynx compatable because there is no compelling reason not to and it saves me making a parallel 'blind friendly' version of the site.
According to my server stats there ~are~ a few people who browse my sites with Lynx but as we all know you can't trust useragent strings so I haven't called the police. Yet.
I'm shocked that you are shocked.
Presumption of innocence : 0wn3d
Right to fair trial : Own3d
Freedom of speech : Own3d
Human rights : Own3d
All your freedoms belong to U.S.
Konqueror->Tools->Change Browser Identification->Internet Explorer 6.0 on Windows XP
Phew. Safe again.
Seriously, any real webserver admin knows useragent strings mean nada, the only people who pretend to take them seriously are the people trying to prove their browser's market share is biggest.
Too right! They should all follow your shining example of modernity; for a start they should cease all that old-fashioned, hippie-slime lovemaking shit IMMEDIATELY and get an MSN account, webcam and man-sized box of kleenex.
Thank-you for showing us the way.
hmmmm, you didn't submit the story using Lynx did you?
Sad but true; at first glance I thought it had something to do with Superman. Then I guessed KDE apps. Would never have thought of the KIA, er, CIA.
Seconded. I'm pissed off enough at having to install nvidia's binary-only drivers (by hand as I can't get them to emerge properly) every time I fiddle with X. Grrrrrrr.
On that point, anyone know of a GFX card manufacturer who do quality hadware comparable to Nvidia hardware but with up-to-date and well supported open-source drivers?
Thanks, I get sick of the drivel on slashdot and try to post something worth writing when I do. As for the moral high ground thing I may have read more into your post than you intended, always a risk with online posts. As for your not commenting on the Guantanamo Bay (sp?) situation, well, most people here have an instant and generally polarised opinion to hand so it's refreshing to find someone who doesn't rant about it at the first opportunity, however it is such an important issue of freedom and justice and goes to the core of American values, you really should think about it, even if you don't comment on it. Have a good day.