NLPC was founded in late 1991 following the release of the Senate Ethics Committee report whitewashing the Keating Five. The report made reference to the Code of Ethics for Government, but not by name, presumably for fear of giving it greater standing. NLPC was founded to promote ethics, and to give the Code the visibility it deserves.
This seems to be an organization that focuses on politics more than anything else: its list of accomplishments seems to be targeted at Democrats more than Republicans, although there are a few Republican politicians named.
A quick Google turned up this page about the chairman of the NLPC's affiliations.
So why would a Republican-leaning group be aiming at Google?
From the FAQ:
"Most of those countries appear are on the U.S. Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control's list of embargoed counties for which we cannot provide economic assistance. If this list changes, we'll post a change to the rules and let you know. Quebec has other reasons."
Here's why Quebec is on the list.
"The law calls for the Web site to go online by Jan. 1, 2008. It will list federal grants and contracts greater than $25,000, except for those classified for national security reasons."
So it doesn't contain all the budget details, but it is a good start.
For more information on the Federal budget, Google turns up this site.
It's more than just the group of people who work with science that are affected by this.
Communities like Dover, PA and the state of Kansas have both been in the news because of decisions by their school boards limiting the teaching of evolution, whether by trying to include an alternate "theory" of Intelligent Design or redefining scientific theory outright.
In these cases, a small group of people can have a major impact on hundreds, or even thousands, of young, impressionable minds.
"That junk fax could be worth $100.00!
Fax Recovery Systems, Inc. (FRS) can help businesses and individuals combat the junk fax spammers that send unsolicited facsimiles day and night. These unwanted advertisements are illegal -- and a terrible waste of time and resources!"
I've never used their services, but my office gets enough of these junk faxes that it might be worth giving them a try.
America has offered olive branches to its critics. This summer, it acknowledged that other countries have sovereignty over their national addresses, and said it would never disrupt the system (ie, kick France's.fr address offline). And, at the meeting last week in Geneva, it supported the idea of a forum in which all governments can discuss these matters in an "evolutionary process". That sounds like an excellent scheme: just as startling as the speed of technological development is the slowness of decision-making in international forums. If this move works, it should succeed in parking the issue harmlessly for many years.
Citing a groundbreaking deal with ABC, owned by The Walt Disney Co., a longtime partner of chief executive Steve Jobs' Pixar Animation Studios Inc., Apple's online iTunes store will sell episodes of hit shows "Desperate Housewives" and "Lost" for $1.99 apiece, making them available the day after they air on television.
Yes, it's a tiny video screen, but you can attach the iPod to a monitor using S-Video plus audio cabling.
How can an organization like the RIAA justify wanting more than 99 cents per song when you can purchase 44 minutes of audio and video for two dollars?
The NYPD uses a system very much like this, called COMPSTAT.
More about the history of the program here (clicky)
Here's an excerpt from the NYPD website:
"Among the Command and Control Center's high-tech capabilities is its computerized 'pin mapping' which displays crime, arrest and quality of life data in a host of visual formats including comparative charts, graphs and tables. Through the use of MAPINFO software and other computer technology, for example, the CompStat database can be accessed and a precinct map depicting virtually any combination of crime and/or arrest locations, crime 'hot spots' and other relevant information can be instantly projected on the Center's large video projection screens."
What are the growth factors that are unsustainable?
Does that mean that Firefox will never take over IE's dominant share of the market? Would anyone really want to see that happen?
More importantly, what's to prevent Microsoft from releasing a new and improved IE as a service pack, instead of waiting for Longhorn, as a way to blunt the threat?
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Spoofstick is a plugin for FireFox or Internet Explorer that can help identify 'phishy' sites while surfing.
It does take a little more real estate out of the browser's window, but it's a pretty useful tool when teaching people about the dangers of clicking links blindly.
I've pretty much stopped reading paper magazines for tech news... Slashdot and related links keep me in tune with what's going on in the tech and scientific worlds.
Subscribing to the SecurityFocus mailing list keeps me alert to the latest bugs, exploits and such.
For "news" news, I keep an eye on the New York Times and the Washington Post.
Like a poster above, I read The Economist as regularly as I can... it's a great source for stories from a non-US perspective.
Because it's an election year, I look at and subscribe to factcheck.org - they do a great job of analyzing political advertisements and correcting the exaggerations and outright mistruths on both sides.
Last but not least, Arts & Letters Daily always has quite a lot of thought-provoking articles and essays.
CNN did break in to their regular programming to show the B-52 in-flight, carrying the rocket and scramjet.
They also had a reporter on the air via telephone linkup handling some of the voiceover work.
The whole segment was aired at the time that the rocket detached from the B-52.
But I do agree that it didn't get as much coverage as other NASA-related news does... usually, Miles O'Brien takes over to add some background information, etc.
Slashdot Mirror
That's no Moon!
Nice to see the company itself has a sense of humor...
From the NLPC's website,
This seems to be an organization that focuses on politics more than anything else: its list of accomplishments seems to be targeted at Democrats more than Republicans, although there are a few Republican politicians named.A quick Google turned up this page about the chairman of the NLPC's affiliations.
So why would a Republican-leaning group be aiming at Google?
... "from the assembled clues"?
Congratulations. You've just hardwired a rumor mill. Everyone knows how fast those things travel.
You forgot to mention that's it's being held on
SUNDAY! SUNDAY! SUNDAY!
Be There!
From the FAQ: "Most of those countries appear are on the U.S. Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control's list of embargoed counties for which we cannot provide economic assistance. If this list changes, we'll post a change to the rules and let you know. Quebec has other reasons." Here's why Quebec is on the list.
"The law calls for the Web site to go online by Jan. 1, 2008. It will list federal grants and contracts greater than $25,000, except for those classified for national security reasons."
So it doesn't contain all the budget details, but it is a good start.
For more information on the Federal budget, Google turns up this site.
It's more than just the group of people who work with science that are affected by this.
Communities like Dover, PA and the state of Kansas have both been in the news because of decisions by their school boards limiting the teaching of evolution, whether by trying to include an alternate "theory" of Intelligent Design or redefining scientific theory outright.
In these cases, a small group of people can have a major impact on hundreds, or even thousands, of young, impressionable minds.
The list is also available on the IDSA website, in a more-organized fashion: clicky
A little Googling came with with this company.
Quoting from their website:
"That junk fax could be worth $100.00! Fax Recovery Systems, Inc. (FRS) can help businesses and individuals combat the junk fax spammers that send unsolicited facsimiles day and night. These unwanted advertisements are illegal -- and a terrible waste of time and resources!"I've never used their services, but my office gets enough of these junk faxes that it might be worth giving them a try.
The statement holds true for very large values of "about to".
By the same token, 3D Realms is about to release DNF :)
When asked about his reaction to this story being posted on Slashdot, Dr. Smith could only reply:
We're doomed... doomed! Oh, the pain... the pain...
The NYPD uses a system very much like this, called COMPSTAT.
More about the history of the program here (clicky)
Here's an excerpt from the NYPD website:
"Among the Command and Control Center's high-tech capabilities is its computerized 'pin mapping' which displays crime, arrest and quality of life data in a host of visual formats including comparative charts, graphs and tables. Through the use of MAPINFO software and other computer technology, for example, the CompStat database can be accessed and a precinct map depicting virtually any combination of crime and/or arrest locations, crime 'hot spots' and other relevant information can be instantly projected on the Center's large video projection screens."
This website has downloadable MSI packages that will integrate Firefox into AD and GPO, as well as a howto.
This thread will show you how to do the same for OO.o, but only for the 2.0 beta version.
What are the growth factors that are unsustainable?
Does that mean that Firefox will never take over IE's dominant share of the market? Would anyone really want to see that happen?
More importantly, what's to prevent Microsoft from releasing a new and improved IE as a service pack, instead of waiting for Longhorn, as a way to blunt the threat?
Spoofstick is a plugin for FireFox or Internet Explorer that can help identify 'phishy' sites while surfing.
It does take a little more real estate out of the browser's window, but it's a pretty useful tool when teaching people about the dangers of clicking links blindly.
I've pretty much stopped reading paper magazines for tech news... Slashdot and related links keep me in tune with what's going on in the tech and scientific worlds.
Subscribing to the SecurityFocus mailing list keeps me alert to the latest bugs, exploits and such.
For "news" news, I keep an eye on the New York Times and the Washington Post.
Like a poster above, I read The Economist as regularly as I can... it's a great source for stories from a non-US perspective.
Because it's an election year, I look at and subscribe to factcheck.org - they do a great job of analyzing political advertisements and correcting the exaggerations and outright mistruths on both sides.
Last but not least, Arts & Letters Daily always has quite a lot of thought-provoking articles and essays.
That's not entirely accurate...
CNN did break in to their regular programming to show the B-52 in-flight, carrying the rocket and scramjet.
They also had a reporter on the air via telephone linkup handling some of the voiceover work.
The whole segment was aired at the time that the rocket detached from the B-52.
But I do agree that it didn't get as much coverage as other NASA-related news does... usually, Miles O'Brien takes over to add some background information, etc.
Different countries/governments/political systems have different laws concerning freedom of expression, privacy, property rights, etc.
How can it be possible to create one set of rules that can apply to all nations with regards to Internet access?
At the risk of being redundant, I think you're thinking of the Cyc project, or the open source version.
...just like he and Yao Ming did for the Powerbooks
Ken: You've *ruined*... You...
Buffy: Hey, Ken, wanna see my impression of Gandhi?
(crushes his skull with a club)
Lily: Gandhi?
Buffy: Well, you know, if he was really pissed off.
...shamelessly lifted from the Buffyverse Dialog Database