A leaked document by definition has no credibility. Unless and until NOAA releases an official communication, and the spokesperson gets on TV and backs it up (rather than dancing around it as this guy did), the report may as well be written in crayon on the back of a UGA diploma.
I installed Ubuntu 10 on a VM to play around with, and the first thing I noticed was the obvious effort to make it look like OSX and also Windows 7. It's almost like they took the worst elements of each of them and put them into one OS.
No, I have a residential account. I have the Extreme HD package, everything except Cinemax, 2 DVR boxes (which they rape you on) and 3 of the dumb boxes, the 5/20 internet service, and a basic budget phone line. It comes to just a shade under $200.
Any ISP that doesn't just give you a raw, unfettered network connection is going to have issues. I ran across one with Fios internet over the weekend when I discovered that their router doesn't do IPSec passthrough properly, and it breaks my IPCop net-to-net connections.
At least Comcast keeps their boxes on their own network away from your internet access. That's an advantage they have over Vz. They just suck everywhere else...
I have Verizon Fios, and it's great. They don't block port 80. They don't bitch at me if I download a new Linux DVD ISO. I get all the channels I pay for, and their HD is pretty good (although they've ratcheted up the compression since the infamous frame-by-frame comparison to Comcast... *cough*... Xfinity).
The on-demand and DVR functions are what I use the most, and I'm generally happy with the service.
Thanks for the history lesson. I didn't know that these were provisions designed for such a purpose. IANAB, so it's always nice to learn something new. I do know a few Brasilians, but we seldom talk history and politics.
"By that argument the mail service should open and check all letters and the phone company listen to all phone calls. You can use both to spread malicious lies anonymously."
Not really. The postal service (at least in the US) is generally prohibited by law from opening your mail. The postal service also does not own the location on which the content of letters may be posted. The same goes for wiretapping, which is also generally prohibited by law.
The reason Google has liability is because they are the physical actor in the posting of the message. The user of Google's orkut service simply tenders the content to Google, and Google posts that content onto a medium that it owns for the purpose of showing it to everyone else. The final decision whether a message is posted lies with Google.
If the Postal Service were to open a letter containing slanderous or otherwise illegal or unprotected content, and then willingly post that information on a public place knowing that it would be illegal to do so (anonymous speech in Brasil is a crime), then they become a party to the act.
A message sent through the mail that is libelous, slanderous, or otherwise not protected, is still not protected and the sender could be subject to the repercussions therefrom.
If I send you something through the postal mail that falsely accuses a third party of wrongdoing, or otherwise communicates falsehoods about another person with the intent to defame them, then I am still responsible for the damages caused.
Defamation, libel, and slander are never protected speech, regardless of the medium used to communicate them - both in the US and in Brasil.
The post office has no liability because the post office cannot legally open your mail (in the US) to ensure that the content is legal.
Now, if I run a public bulletin board wherein people can mail me things and I will pin them up, then I am a party to the posting of the messages, and if, as a reasonable person, I know or should know that a particular message that I am pinning up is slanderous or illegal (as an anonymous posting would be in Brasil), then I may as well change my name to "defendant" whether or not I disclose or even know the source of the message.
I don't believe so, because the homeowner played no part in the act. In this case, however, Google did take part in the act. As the other poster mentioned, messages posted on Orkut have to go through Google to get to a place where people can see them. So, barring hacking or other unauthorized access, Google basically was an accomplice to the original poster of the message. That made them culpable for the illegal act.
All you had to do was properly insert your Bell handset into the Acoustic Coupling Device, type ATQ0E0M1L2####### into the modem terminal command window, and away you go!
Well, if you really wanted to get hypothetical, the Supreme Court should just abolish State Governments altogether since they've held time and time again that anything anyone does "affects" interstate commerce and therefore falls under Federal Jurisdiction under the Commerce Clause.
"Anything a State Government does affects whether residents will move into or out of that State, and in moving, there is significant interstate commerce, therefore anything a State Government does falls under federal review." Or something like that..
Freedom of Speech does not apply to defaming, libelous, slanderous, or other illegal acts. Freedom of Speech is not Freedom to say whatever the hell you want.
You're free to call someone an asshole to their face. That is not anonymous. What you are not free to do is commit acts of libel, slander, or defamation, or do them anonymously.
How come the US is not on your blacklist? With initiatives like the Fairness Doctrine, ACTA, requiring permits to assemble, and all the other crap that goes on, what makes you think the various governments of the US want to keep free speech?
Guys, before you get all hot under the collar, please keep in mind that anonymity is forbidden in Brazil by her Federal Constitution; Title II, Chapter 1, Article 5, Paragraph 4:
IV - the expression of thought is free, anonymity being forbidden;
X - the privacy, private life, honour and image of persons are inviolable, and the right to compensation for property or moral damages resulting from their violation is ensured;
So, anonymously posting defaming material against someone else violates at least two of the victim's constitutionally guaranteed civil rights in Brazil.
Ummm.. if they have intergalactic travel capability, they would be able to get any resource they needed from a much nearer source. After all, every resource we use here on earth is available in vastly larger quantities elsewhere in the Universe than on our tiny little rock. Every resource here came from somewhere else, remember?
The argument that they would come here looking for resources is simply asinine.
In 10 years from now, when the IPV4 space has still not been exhausted, someone will start another chicken little thread on Slashdot asking what will happen when the imminent exhaustion of the IPV4 space occurs.:p
A/C systems are most efficient when they can come on and stay on for a long time. Short-cycling is TERRIBLE for efficiency and wear and tear on the system. If you turn the A/C off all day, and allow the temp to rise 20 degrees inside, you need a much larger system to cool it off in a reasonable period of time, say, 30 minutes. But, if you have such a larger system, then you'll be short-cycling once you arrive at your set point.
Two-stage systems deal with this to some degree, but they are very expensive and typically only used in very large, expensive homes. The other approach for single-stage homes is to reduce the capacity of the system so that the rate of change of temperature is longer, but the cycles are also longer around the set point, allowing the system to run long enough to reach high efficiency.
I switched from a 3.5 ton SEER6 system (old old old) to a 2.5 ton SEER15 system. It definitely takes twice as long to cool the house, but my cooling electricity usage plunged by more than 50%.
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Thanks for posting the model number for those who might be interested in knowing.
The only software I have on my laptop is OpenVPN. All I do once connected is VPN in and RDP to my workstation.
A leaked document by definition has no credibility. Unless and until NOAA releases an official communication, and the spokesperson gets on TV and backs it up (rather than dancing around it as this guy did), the report may as well be written in crayon on the back of a UGA diploma.
I installed Ubuntu 10 on a VM to play around with, and the first thing I noticed was the obvious effort to make it look like OSX and also Windows 7. It's almost like they took the worst elements of each of them and put them into one OS.
Sorry, but it is what it is.
and chain emails don't count..
"Claims are circulating on the Internet..."
There are claims circulating on the Internet for just about everything... so let's see some credible sources, m'kay?
No, I have a residential account. I have the Extreme HD package, everything except Cinemax, 2 DVR boxes (which they rape you on) and 3 of the dumb boxes, the 5/20 internet service, and a basic budget phone line. It comes to just a shade under $200.
Any ISP that doesn't just give you a raw, unfettered network connection is going to have issues. I ran across one with Fios internet over the weekend when I discovered that their router doesn't do IPSec passthrough properly, and it breaks my IPCop net-to-net connections.
At least Comcast keeps their boxes on their own network away from your internet access. That's an advantage they have over Vz. They just suck everywhere else...
lolz gonna blo d crap outta sum other beyatches in tanks. ps I'm at 31.184609,65.912476 kthxbai!
Oooh! OOO!!! I know!!
You're a MILLIPEDE!
What do I win, Alex?
.. that make fun of the change to Xfinity.
I have Verizon Fios, and it's great. They don't block port 80. They don't bitch at me if I download a new Linux DVD ISO. I get all the channels I pay for, and their HD is pretty good (although they've ratcheted up the compression since the infamous frame-by-frame comparison to Comcast... *cough*... Xfinity).
The on-demand and DVR functions are what I use the most, and I'm generally happy with the service.
Then again, for $200/month, I expect to be happy.
Thanks for the history lesson. I didn't know that these were provisions designed for such a purpose. IANAB, so it's always nice to learn something new. I do know a few Brasilians, but we seldom talk history and politics.
"By that argument the mail service should open and check all letters and the phone company listen to all phone calls. You can use both to spread malicious lies anonymously."
Not really. The postal service (at least in the US) is generally prohibited by law from opening your mail. The postal service also does not own the location on which the content of letters may be posted. The same goes for wiretapping, which is also generally prohibited by law.
The reason Google has liability is because they are the physical actor in the posting of the message. The user of Google's orkut service simply tenders the content to Google, and Google posts that content onto a medium that it owns for the purpose of showing it to everyone else. The final decision whether a message is posted lies with Google.
If the Postal Service were to open a letter containing slanderous or otherwise illegal or unprotected content, and then willingly post that information on a public place knowing that it would be illegal to do so (anonymous speech in Brasil is a crime), then they become a party to the act.
A message sent through the mail that is libelous, slanderous, or otherwise not protected, is still not protected and the sender could be subject to the repercussions therefrom.
If I send you something through the postal mail that falsely accuses a third party of wrongdoing, or otherwise communicates falsehoods about another person with the intent to defame them, then I am still responsible for the damages caused.
Defamation, libel, and slander are never protected speech, regardless of the medium used to communicate them - both in the US and in Brasil.
The post office has no liability because the post office cannot legally open your mail (in the US) to ensure that the content is legal.
Now, if I run a public bulletin board wherein people can mail me things and I will pin them up, then I am a party to the posting of the messages, and if, as a reasonable person, I know or should know that a particular message that I am pinning up is slanderous or illegal (as an anonymous posting would be in Brasil), then I may as well change my name to "defendant" whether or not I disclose or even know the source of the message.
I don't believe so, because the homeowner played no part in the act. In this case, however, Google did take part in the act. As the other poster mentioned, messages posted on Orkut have to go through Google to get to a place where people can see them. So, barring hacking or other unauthorized access, Google basically was an accomplice to the original poster of the message. That made them culpable for the illegal act.
Those were perfect for non-techy folks.
All you had to do was properly insert your Bell handset into the Acoustic Coupling Device, type ATQ0E0M1L2####### into the modem terminal command window, and away you go!
Well, if you really wanted to get hypothetical, the Supreme Court should just abolish State Governments altogether since they've held time and time again that anything anyone does "affects" interstate commerce and therefore falls under Federal Jurisdiction under the Commerce Clause.
"Anything a State Government does affects whether residents will move into or out of that State, and in moving, there is significant interstate commerce, therefore anything a State Government does falls under federal review." Or something like that..
Heh..
Freedom of Speech does not apply to defaming, libelous, slanderous, or other illegal acts. Freedom of Speech is not Freedom to say whatever the hell you want.
You're free to call someone an asshole to their face. That is not anonymous. What you are not free to do is commit acts of libel, slander, or defamation, or do them anonymously.
How come the US is not on your blacklist? With initiatives like the Fairness Doctrine, ACTA, requiring permits to assemble, and all the other crap that goes on, what makes you think the various governments of the US want to keep free speech?
>> There is a law in Brazil that allows only registered posts?
Yes, the Federal Constitution of Brazil forbids anonymity in speech.
Guys, before you get all hot under the collar, please keep in mind that anonymity is forbidden in Brazil by her Federal Constitution; Title II, Chapter 1, Article 5, Paragraph 4:
IV - the expression of thought is free, anonymity being forbidden;
X - the privacy, private life, honour and image of persons are inviolable, and the right to compensation for property or moral damages resulting from their violation is ensured;
So, anonymously posting defaming material against someone else violates at least two of the victim's constitutionally guaranteed civil rights in Brazil.
What model Gigabyte board do you have? I'd be willing to bet it'll boot from USB or CD.
The GigaByte board I recently bought boots from CD or USB Flash to do a firmware update.
Ummm.. if they have intergalactic travel capability, they would be able to get any resource they needed from a much nearer source. After all, every resource we use here on earth is available in vastly larger quantities elsewhere in the Universe than on our tiny little rock. Every resource here came from somewhere else, remember?
The argument that they would come here looking for resources is simply asinine.
In 10 years from now, when the IPV4 space has still not been exhausted, someone will start another chicken little thread on Slashdot asking what will happen when the imminent exhaustion of the IPV4 space occurs. :p
There are a couple of reasons.
A/C systems are most efficient when they can come on and stay on for a long time. Short-cycling is TERRIBLE for efficiency and wear and tear on the system. If you turn the A/C off all day, and allow the temp to rise 20 degrees inside, you need a much larger system to cool it off in a reasonable period of time, say, 30 minutes. But, if you have such a larger system, then you'll be short-cycling once you arrive at your set point.
Two-stage systems deal with this to some degree, but they are very expensive and typically only used in very large, expensive homes. The other approach for single-stage homes is to reduce the capacity of the system so that the rate of change of temperature is longer, but the cycles are also longer around the set point, allowing the system to run long enough to reach high efficiency.
I switched from a 3.5 ton SEER6 system (old old old) to a 2.5 ton SEER15 system. It definitely takes twice as long to cool the house, but my cooling electricity usage plunged by more than 50%.
And, unlike the iPad, it'll actually play DVDs!