Well, now that ISPs are losing all of their customers that won't bother using P2P anymore, they'll have to get RedHat to increase the frequency of Fedora releases to make up for it.. if that's even possible:)
Government has always spent the SS surplus - ever since the SS program was implemented. There is no SS "trust fund." There never has been, and there never will be.
SS has always been a sham and a pyramid scheme. The reason SS is going to fail is because the top of the pyramid is about to be bigger than the bottom, and it will fall over. SS depends on the population growth rate increasing monotonically over time. If it does not, the cash flow goes negative.
Bush has nothing to do with the fact that this is the way FDR implemented SS. He wanted a huge tax increase, and disguised it as this ridiculous scam to get people to support it.
Let me make this perfectly clear - every administration since FDR, including FDR, has spent every penny of the SS surplus. It's not a Bush thing or a Clinton thing, it is just the way the program works.
Just curious because a lot of apartments will tell you you can't, but it is in fact illegal for an apartment to interfere in any way with delivery of satellite TV. They must accomodate you in placing your dish if you wish to have one.
The problem with applying Patriot here is there is no clear and present terrorist intent. However, a terrorist might use this exact same method in order to obtain a biological agent. So, in order to answer the question and find out whether there was terrorist intent, an indictment must be issued and a trial conducted to discover the true facts of the case. The grand jury believed there was enough evidence to bring an indictment under Patriot, so either a) we do not have all of the evidence or b) the grand jury was comprised of individuals without salient knowledge relevant to the case. You know as well as I that there are certainly areas of the justice system that need some work, but until changes are made, we have to continue with the status quo. If the grand jury sees sufficient evidence to indict under Patriot, then we'll have the trial and see what facts come out of it.
Justice is not up to the court of public opinion. The fact that he has a popular website supporting his point of view does not mean he is innocent, no more than a popular website against his point of view would imply guilt. I will certainly be interested to see how this case progresses before I make judgements of my own.
I read the indictment against Mr. Kurtz, and if indeed they did conspire to obtain these bacteria by claiming they were to be used in Pitt. laboratories, then they are indeed guilty of at the very least violating the policies of both ATCC and the U. of Pitt. While I don't believe this to be necessarily criminal with respect to Patriot in this case, it was most certainly fraud to obtain these bacteria under false pretenses, especially if they were purchased on the U. of Pitt account using U. of Pitt funds.
A spammer can be sentenced to 9 years in prison, but a child molestor might.. MIGHT.. get 2 years. Rapists are often out in less than 10 - and let's not forget that double murderers often simply walk just because they are rich and can't wear small gloves.
I'm not standing up for the spammers here, but FFS, why does someone who sends nuisance email get more time than the drunk driver who last year killed one of my best friends from High School? (30m + 5y probation after plea bargaining down to an assault charge.. bullshit)...
>However the data we have indicates that it has never increased this rapidly before for this long, as it has since the beginning of the industrial era. This is the entire problem. The surprise here is not the earth warming, the surprise is a rapid shift away from the climate human life has become accustomed to.
And we are humans, and therefore our data must be complete, comprehensive, and correct, for all time > 0
>A poor example since a hurricane's strength is directly linked to the ocean temperature underneath it.
And atmospheric pressure, and prevailing winds, and latitude, and... just about everything else
So after reading this story I had to go to my local BJ's Wholesale to pick up stuff for my house. Just for kicks, I went around making note of stupid warning labels on things:
Seen on a home-stereo boombox type thing: "WARNING: Listening to loud music may damage your hearing over time. Do not play music loudly on this device"
Seen on a large container of Cashews: "WARNING: May contain one or more of the following: nuts, nut oils. Persons with allergies to nuts should exercise caution in the use of this product"
Seen on a home exercise device: "WARNING: Consult a physician before beginning this or any exercise program as serious injury may occur" - right below that one - "WARNING: Do not use this product if you are unhealthy or have a history of exercise injury" (?? I thought the point was to get healthy??)
Seen on a package of poker chips (ugh, don't get me started on that fad): "WARNING: Choking hazard! Do not allow infants to play with this product" Now, don't get me wrong, but I don't think that an adult could even manage to choke on one of these things - even if they tried.
Finally, seen on a brochure for a vacation to a tropical island (can't remember which one): "WARNING: Traveling out of the U.S. may be dangerous. Travelers are advised not to travel outside the U.S. until confirming travel status to that country with the U.S. Department of State."
We live in a sad state of affairs when we spend 80% of our gross world product protecting the stupidest 20%...
There are circumstances under which you can be stuck with the charge. Go read the fine print. The special rule for credit card purchases only applies to purchases made in your home state, or out of state within X miles of your billing address, unless your credit card issuer solicited the sale.
Also, if you don't notice a charge on your statement, and don't report it within the required time, you are also stuck with the bill. People who use their CCs for everything can often have a hundred charges on every statement, and if the thief only uses it once or twice for something small, it's very likely it will go unnoticed.
We did that for a while until someone from Visa came in and read us the riot act. A customer had complained about being asked for ID and to sign her card. She raised hell about how she shouldn't have to sign her card blah blah blah. We had denied the sale because she wouldn't. We were told on no uncertain terms that we were not to deny visa sales unless the swipe came back declined. Period. We were told that it was not our job to enforce credit card rules or to make our own judgement call about whether the person presenting the card was the actual authorized user of that card. They were very clear about the issue.
I had one of those cards a while ago... I glued a picture of Chris Rock on the front of it, and not ONCE was I ever questioned (even though I'm a white guy)...
I work part time in retail and our store used to have a policy about asking for ID with every CC purchase, but Visa threatened to pull out of our store because of it...
The CC companies and orgs do not want under any circumstances for retailers to ask for ID, even if the card is not signed. They are also against any and all PIN initiatives, or any other thing that might prevent credit cards from being used.
Even if there is a fraudulent charge, the only people that lose money are consumers. Retailers and Credit Card companies have insurance against fraudulent charges, and the cost of those premiums is worked into the merchant rate, which is passed along to consumers.
This is why CC companies and retailers DON'T CARE ONE BIT if a CC is stolen. If the retailer gets charged back, they just claim on their insurance, and pass the premium costs along to the consumer. If the chargeback is denied and the CC has to write it off, they claim _their_ insurance and pass the cost along to merchants, who then pass it along to consumers. If the thief gets away with it, the consumer is stuck with the bill for the fraudulent charge.
So, in any case, it's the consumers that are screwed, as usual.
They probably have no idea. Since they have no restrictions on who they'll sell your data to, there are probably still identity thieves on their customer rolls.
But... But... Slashdot is JOURNALISM! We can't have them running around and checking their facts all the time. After all, slashdot could be the New York Times some day!
I am in the same boat. I have a 3420C and the damn thing will go through an entire set of ALL 4 ink tanks in about 3 months - even when I don't print a single thing! $50 of ink in 3months just out the window. Now I keep the think turned off so it won't do it's cleaning cycle that it does every 6 hours if you leave it on. It just sucks that I can't use it as an incoming fax machine because of it.
I will never ever get rid of my 932C for that very reason. That think will suck every last atom of ink out of the cartridge and then some. I only use it when I need to print color (have an oki 4200 for b/w), so I rarely have to put new ink in it. I just occasionally have to use an alcohol swab to un-gunk the carts if I haven't printed in a long time..
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Well, now that ISPs are losing all of their customers that won't bother using P2P anymore, they'll have to get RedHat to increase the frequency of Fedora releases to make up for it.. if that's even possible :)
I think hard drives spin in the same direction regardless of where in the world they are... :)
Government has always spent the SS surplus - ever since the SS program was implemented. There is no SS "trust fund." There never has been, and there never will be.
SS has always been a sham and a pyramid scheme. The reason SS is going to fail is because the top of the pyramid is about to be bigger than the bottom, and it will fall over. SS depends on the population growth rate increasing monotonically over time. If it does not, the cash flow goes negative.
Bush has nothing to do with the fact that this is the way FDR implemented SS. He wanted a huge tax increase, and disguised it as this ridiculous scam to get people to support it.
Let me make this perfectly clear - every administration since FDR, including FDR, has spent every penny of the SS surplus. It's not a Bush thing or a Clinton thing, it is just the way the program works.
cat Windows_Security_Report.txt | sed s/Windows/Linux/ > Linux_Security_Report.txt
That is about the only explanation that I can think of...
Why can't you place your dish on your apartment?
Just curious because a lot of apartments will tell you you can't, but it is in fact illegal for an apartment to interfere in any way with delivery of satellite TV. They must accomodate you in placing your dish if you wish to have one.
The problem with applying Patriot here is there is no clear and present terrorist intent. However, a terrorist might use this exact same method in order to obtain a biological agent. So, in order to answer the question and find out whether there was terrorist intent, an indictment must be issued and a trial conducted to discover the true facts of the case. The grand jury believed there was enough evidence to bring an indictment under Patriot, so either a) we do not have all of the evidence or b) the grand jury was comprised of individuals without salient knowledge relevant to the case. You know as well as I that there are certainly areas of the justice system that need some work, but until changes are made, we have to continue with the status quo. If the grand jury sees sufficient evidence to indict under Patriot, then we'll have the trial and see what facts come out of it.
Justice is not up to the court of public opinion. The fact that he has a popular website supporting his point of view does not mean he is innocent, no more than a popular website against his point of view would imply guilt. I will certainly be interested to see how this case progresses before I make judgements of my own.
I read the indictment against Mr. Kurtz, and if indeed they did conspire to obtain these bacteria by claiming they were to be used in Pitt. laboratories, then they are indeed guilty of at the very least violating the policies of both ATCC and the U. of Pitt. While I don't believe this to be necessarily criminal with respect to Patriot in this case, it was most certainly fraud to obtain these bacteria under false pretenses, especially if they were purchased on the U. of Pitt account using U. of Pitt funds.
A basic understanding of how to speak Hindi...
Now that we know it's going to be HD-DVD, we can all go buy our hardware.. :)
...repeat after me. It is illegal for the government to compete with private enterprise..
Now, everyone go write that 100 times and turn it in by the end of class. Maybe then you will have learned something...
A spammer can be sentenced to 9 years in prison, but a child molestor might.. MIGHT.. get 2 years. Rapists are often out in less than 10 - and let's not forget that double murderers often simply walk just because they are rich and can't wear small gloves.
I'm not standing up for the spammers here, but FFS, why does someone who sends nuisance email get more time than the drunk driver who last year killed one of my best friends from High School? (30m + 5y probation after plea bargaining down to an assault charge.. bullshit)...
>However the data we have indicates that it has never increased this rapidly before for this long, as it has since the beginning of the industrial era. This is the entire problem. The surprise here is not the earth warming, the surprise is a rapid shift away from the climate human life has become accustomed to.
And we are humans, and therefore our data must be complete, comprehensive, and correct, for all time > 0
>A poor example since a hurricane's strength is directly linked to the ocean temperature underneath it.
And atmospheric pressure, and prevailing winds, and latitude, and... just about everything else
So after reading this story I had to go to my local BJ's Wholesale to pick up stuff for my house. Just for kicks, I went around making note of stupid warning labels on things:
Seen on a home-stereo boombox type thing: "WARNING: Listening to loud music may damage your hearing over time. Do not play music loudly on this device"
Seen on a large container of Cashews: "WARNING: May contain one or more of the following: nuts, nut oils. Persons with allergies to nuts should exercise caution in the use of this product"
Seen on a home exercise device: "WARNING: Consult a physician before beginning this or any exercise program as serious injury may occur" - right below that one - "WARNING: Do not use this product if you are unhealthy or have a history of exercise injury" (?? I thought the point was to get healthy??)
Seen on a package of poker chips (ugh, don't get me started on that fad): "WARNING: Choking hazard! Do not allow infants to play with this product" Now, don't get me wrong, but I don't think that an adult could even manage to choke on one of these things - even if they tried.
Finally, seen on a brochure for a vacation to a tropical island (can't remember which one): "WARNING: Traveling out of the U.S. may be dangerous. Travelers are advised not to travel outside the U.S. until confirming travel status to that country with the U.S. Department of State."
We live in a sad state of affairs when we spend 80% of our gross world product protecting the stupidest 20%...
I noticed that PA is missing from the list of states they can check...
industry lawyers warned a legislative advisory council away from proposing such action on patents, claiming it would be unconstitutional.
Not to mentionm that there would never ever be any new drugs because the drug companies wouldn't have the money to conduct the research..
This is just one more step towards socialism of medicine...
The cost of premiums are passed along to the merchants. All businesses pass along their costs to consumers.
There are circumstances under which you can be stuck with the charge. Go read the fine print. The special rule for credit card purchases only applies to purchases made in your home state, or out of state within X miles of your billing address, unless your credit card issuer solicited the sale.
Also, if you don't notice a charge on your statement, and don't report it within the required time, you are also stuck with the bill. People who use their CCs for everything can often have a hundred charges on every statement, and if the thief only uses it once or twice for something small, it's very likely it will go unnoticed.
We did that for a while until someone from Visa came in and read us the riot act. A customer had complained about being asked for ID and to sign her card. She raised hell about how she shouldn't have to sign her card blah blah blah. We had denied the sale because she wouldn't. We were told on no uncertain terms that we were not to deny visa sales unless the swipe came back declined. Period. We were told that it was not our job to enforce credit card rules or to make our own judgement call about whether the person presenting the card was the actual authorized user of that card. They were very clear about the issue.
I had one of those cards a while ago... I glued a picture of Chris Rock on the front of it, and not ONCE was I ever questioned (even though I'm a white guy)...
I work part time in retail and our store used to have a policy about asking for ID with every CC purchase, but Visa threatened to pull out of our store because of it...
The CC companies and orgs do not want under any circumstances for retailers to ask for ID, even if the card is not signed. They are also against any and all PIN initiatives, or any other thing that might prevent credit cards from being used.
Even if there is a fraudulent charge, the only people that lose money are consumers. Retailers and Credit Card companies have insurance against fraudulent charges, and the cost of those premiums is worked into the merchant rate, which is passed along to consumers.
This is why CC companies and retailers DON'T CARE ONE BIT if a CC is stolen. If the retailer gets charged back, they just claim on their insurance, and pass the premium costs along to the consumer. If the chargeback is denied and the CC has to write it off, they claim _their_ insurance and pass the cost along to merchants, who then pass it along to consumers. If the thief gets away with it, the consumer is stuck with the bill for the fraudulent charge.
So, in any case, it's the consumers that are screwed, as usual.
They probably have no idea. Since they have no restrictions on who they'll sell your data to, there are probably still identity thieves on their customer rolls.
But... But... Slashdot is JOURNALISM! We can't have them running around and checking their facts all the time. After all, slashdot could be the New York Times some day!
Because this has got to be a fscking joke..
I am in the same boat. I have a 3420C and the damn thing will go through an entire set of ALL 4 ink tanks in about 3 months - even when I don't print a single thing! $50 of ink in 3months just out the window. Now I keep the think turned off so it won't do it's cleaning cycle that it does every 6 hours if you leave it on. It just sucks that I can't use it as an incoming fax machine because of it.
CUPS works just fine for me - I haven't ever had to touch the config...
I will never ever get rid of my 932C for that very reason. That think will suck every last atom of ink out of the cartridge and then some. I only use it when I need to print color (have an oki 4200 for b/w), so I rarely have to put new ink in it. I just occasionally have to use an alcohol swab to un-gunk the carts if I haven't printed in a long time..