Quite accurate. Many of these rights and privlidges are extended to the captian from traditional military rules and regulations. Even in peace time, if the captian or officer in charge deemed any object within a vincinity of his crew and ship to be harmful, he has ever right to blow it out of the water/sky/land. They are highly trained professionals to make such judgement calls and this is where most of the airline pilots come from. The USA military, those of which who flew for our country's skies - independent of branch.
I do trust pilots with this level of authority. Flying at 30k feet - I demand my protection, and expect it!
Now such behaviors on land? VERY questionable. But this is what martial law is for if I'm not mistaken.
interesting. those of a Wiccan coven I've talked to, who happen to be friends from a long time ago, said it didn't matter which direction they flew in. Some did backwards, others didn't.
I guess it depends where you go. However, I've never seen anyone - nor has anyone of those pagan friends - fly a broom.:)
wait, something on gentoo came before slashdot? don't you have to wait for the information to compile? is slashdot THAT slow? ladies and gentleman, the day slashdot is slower than gentoo I'll eat my hat!
there is a difference between fiction, and actual practiced witchcraft / wizardry / and probably even some occult voodoo things than a book of fiction writing.
even those who do claim to be witches or in some other pagan cult would tell you the same thing.
Harry Potter is fiction, and those christian fundamentalists are so blind using such black and white ultimatum-isms of Devil/God are foolish for their blanket statements and accusations.
Life is full of colors, there is no one solution for many problems. Fiction should not be interfered with in many ways. But I leave it up to you to run your home, your life. Sooner or later, you'll see the consequences of your actions. Whether they are good or bad.
It's been ages since I've heard of that. I thought it was confirmed to be dead, unlike our BSD friends whom netcraft seems to confirm to some/.ers...:D
And this is a problem how? This is an honest question. The U.S. has had control of the root servers since inception (as far as I have ever known) and things have been running wonderfully since... so what's the issue? We backed out of a plan to hand control over to ICANN because we were concerned? DU-H! Any country as powerful or even close would probably have done the same thing.//here's my solution
Keep one/two root servers in each country based on population of internet users/total population. Really, this is what I could see as being "fair" or "international" as they come in terms of a solution that would benefit everyone. That's a LOT of servers, right? Each country can come up with a solution as to how and what they'll be. Let the other countries make their own DNS servers and agree to everyone just co-operating with each other.
In WinXP I've made this a part of my desktop via active desktop. Here's how:
Open The Display properties (righ-click desktop, properties) Click the Desktop Tab Click customize desktop tab Click WEB tab Click "NEW" Enter http://www.spacetoday.org/SolSys/Comets/DeepImpact CountdownSmall.html as the URL Click OK Click OK again to get out of the display properties
It's sitting on my desktop right now with the countdown. Nifty eh?
This is what I've been saying for HOW long now? People are always trying to get out of trouble and the consiquences for their actions. Especially if they're doing something illegal, not just wrong.
People need to learn to accept that what they do and say MUST be held accountable. For good or bad results. YOU CANNOT ASSUME YOU WON'T GET CAUGHT FOR SOMETHING!
27. Defendants Groklaw.com and Groklaw.net ("Groklaw") are Internet websites which are alter-egos of Pamela Jones and are operated by Pamela Jones and hosted by the University of North Carolina. These websites are extreme right-wing and, among other things, seem to predominantly promote messages of hatred and violence directed against members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints ("Mormons") , and against business entities who employee, are funded by, owned by, or operated by Mormons. These websites also attack other groups who support or espouse cherished beliefs or positive views of Native American Society, Culture, and Spirituality.
I've been reading groklaw for a while now, but have NEVER seen anything that would defame any religious or spiritual groups on that site by PJ or anyone else, aside from comments (which I have never read to date).
What gives? Looks like I will have to file a complaint against this individial myself and set some things straight.
And the coral cache network won't be sued? I did leave the copyright notice and a coral cache link to the page that holds the advertisements right on it.
I hate to break it to the moderators, but this marking this flamebait is abuse of the mod system.
I'd also like to point out that this is a REAL TATIC used on people. For military or other purposes, it is QUITE REAL since stereotypically poor equates ignorance and not a whole lot of self governing thought of intelligence.
Wow, I'm surprised at this moderation. I thought the slashdot crowd was slightly more intelligent than that. No matter how unpopular.
Pentagon Creating Student Database Recruiting Tool For Military Raises Privacy Concerns
By Jonathan Krim Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, June 23, 2005; A01
The Defense Department began working yesterday with a private marketing firm to create a database of high school students ages 16 to 18 and all college students to help the military identify potential recruits in a time of dwindling enlistment in some branches.
The program is provoking a furor among privacy advocates. The new database will include personal information including birth dates, Social Security numbers, e-mail addresses, grade-point averages, ethnicity and what subjects the students are studying.
The data will be managed by BeNow Inc. of Wakefield, Mass., one of many marketing firms that use computers to analyze large amounts of data to target potential customers based on their personal profiles and habits.
"The purpose of the system . . . is to provide a single central facility within the Department of Defense to compile, process and distribute files of individuals who meet age and minimum school requirements for military service," according to the official notice of the program.
Privacy advocates said the plan appeared to be an effort to circumvent laws that restrict the government's right to collect or hold citizen information by turning to private firms to do the work.
Some information on high school students already is given to military recruiters in a separate program under provisions of the 2002 No Child Left Behind Act. Recruiters have been using the information to contact students at home, angering some parents and school districts around the country.
School systems that fail to provide that information risk losing federal funds, although individual parents or students can withhold information that would be transferred to the military by their districts. John Moriarty, president of the PTA at Walter Johnson High School in Bethesda, said the issue has "generated a great deal of angst" among many parents participating in an e-mail discussion group.
Under the new system, additional data will be collected from commercial data brokers, state drivers' license records and other sources, including information already held by the military.
"Using multiple sources allows the compilation of a more complete list of eligible candidates to join the military," according to written statements provided by Pentagon spokeswoman Lt. Col. Ellen Krenke in response to questions. "This program is important because it helps bolster the effectiveness of all the services' recruiting and retention efforts."
The Pentagon's statements added that anyone can "opt out" of the system by providing detailed personal information that will be kept in a separate "suppression file." That file will be matched with the full database regularly to ensure that those who do not wish to be contacted are not, according to the Pentagon.
But privacy advocates said using database marketers for military recruitment is inappropriate.
"We support the U.S. armed forces, and understand that DoD faces serious challenges in recruiting for the military," a coalition of privacy groups wrote to the Pentagon after notice of the program was published in the Federal Register a month ago. "But . . . the collection of this information is not consistent with the Privacy Act, which was passed by Congress to reduce the government's collection of personal information on Americans."
Chris Jay Hoofnagle, West Coast director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center, called the system "an audacious plan to target-market kids, as young as 16, for military solicitation."
He added that collecting Social Security numbers was not only unnecessary but posed a needless risk of identity fraud. Theft of Social Security numbers and other personal in
Bennie Smith, the online advertising network's privacy chief, said the popularity of tools like Adblock -- an extension to the Mozilla Firefox browser -- which makes blocking online ads simple was tied to 'a negative vibe against advertising in general'
All he did was read Bram's responce to MS's research theories and decided to play captian obvious. He's feeding off the work of others. While most people would be modded -5 Redundant in the real world and laughed off stage or camera, he's made a thing about it online - where people pretend to be something and fooling the "masses" of drones who call themselves smart and want to be kept "informed".
He's just quick with the masses in guesswork, and riding off an unpopular "nerd" who programs "illegal" software (as it's been called around the net in uninformed, but unfortunately more popular than the truth, places.
He's a sham and shouldn't be placed on slashdot anywhere. I suspect someone's pockets are being lined here at/.
I see your point. Regardless of it being called an html viewer or KParts container, it still views web pages on the internet and is integrated... hence being a problem.
Though your advice to change.htm and the like to a different browser is commendable, it missed my point and I believe you're splitting hairs with your reasoning.
Slashdot Mirror
interesting. those of a Wiccan coven I've talked to, who happen to be friends from a long time ago, said it didn't matter which direction they flew in. Some did backwards, others didn't.
:)
I guess it depends where you go. However, I've never seen anyone - nor has anyone of those pagan friends - fly a broom.
does anyone have any ketchup?
if that's not the most messed up twist on scripture I have ever seen, I don't know what is.
there is a difference between fiction, and actual practiced witchcraft / wizardry / and probably even some occult voodoo things than a book of fiction writing.
even those who do claim to be witches or in some other pagan cult would tell you the same thing.
Harry Potter is fiction, and those christian fundamentalists are so blind using such black and white ultimatum-isms of Devil/God are foolish for their blanket statements and accusations.
Life is full of colors, there is no one solution for many problems. Fiction should not be interfered with in many ways. But I leave it up to you to run your home, your life. Sooner or later, you'll see the consequences of your actions. Whether they are good or bad.
Dennis... the Menace?
pray tell... how can you edit files on a server without uploading or downloading information without being on the server itself?
not sure what you're talking about, but it doesn't require anything.
t .aspx?file=/news/mft/2005/mft05070623.htm
you troll...
here's the coral cache anyhow http://www.fool.com.nyud.net:8090/Server/foolprin
...you insensitive clod???
It's been ages since I've heard of that. I thought it was confirmed to be dead, unlike our BSD friends whom netcraft seems to confirm to some /.ers... :D
THat's exactly why I didn't adopt it or give it a try. Why in the world would I buy into a product that "might" not work?
If they gave the beta away, or at least opened the source to an extent or all the way it would be adopted greatly.
I fear this has something to do with Godwins Law... but I'm unsure how it applies exactly. *Hmmm* Let me think...
GRAMMAR NAZI!
And this is a problem how? This is an honest question. The U.S. has had control of the root servers since inception (as far as I have ever known) and things have been running wonderfully since... so what's the issue? We backed out of a plan to hand control over to ICANN because we were concerned? DU-H! Any country as powerful or even close would probably have done the same thing. //here's my solution
Keep one/two root servers in each country based on population of internet users/total population. Really, this is what I could see as being "fair" or "international" as they come in terms of a solution that would benefit everyone. That's a LOT of servers, right? Each country can come up with a solution as to how and what they'll be. Let the other countries make their own DNS servers and agree to everyone just co-operating with each other.
How hard can it be?
In WinXP I've made this a part of my desktop via active desktop. Here's how:
t CountdownSmall.html as the URL
Open The Display properties (righ-click desktop, properties)
Click the Desktop Tab
Click customize desktop tab
Click WEB tab
Click "NEW"
Enter http://www.spacetoday.org/SolSys/Comets/DeepImpac
Click OK
Click OK again to get out of the display properties
It's sitting on my desktop right now with the countdown. Nifty eh?
~z
This is what I've been saying for HOW long now? People are always trying to get out of trouble and the consiquences for their actions. Especially if they're doing something illegal, not just wrong.
People need to learn to accept that what they do and say MUST be held accountable. For good or bad results. YOU CANNOT ASSUME YOU WON'T GET CAUGHT FOR SOMETHING!
HAt's off to you, Eagle'sFlight
27. Defendants Groklaw.com and Groklaw.net ("Groklaw") are Internet websites which are alter-egos of Pamela Jones and are operated by Pamela Jones and hosted by the University of North Carolina. These websites are extreme right-wing and, among other things, seem to predominantly promote messages of hatred and violence directed against members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints ("Mormons") , and against business entities who employee, are funded by, owned by, or operated by Mormons. These websites also attack other groups who support or espouse cherished beliefs or positive views of Native American Society, Culture, and Spirituality.
I've been reading groklaw for a while now, but have NEVER seen anything that would defame any religious or spiritual groups on that site by PJ or anyone else, aside from comments (which I have never read to date).
What gives? Looks like I will have to file a complaint against this individial myself and set some things straight.
I appreciate the heads up. But I HAve a retort.
And the coral cache network won't be sued? I did leave the copyright notice and a coral cache link to the page that holds the advertisements right on it.
*shrug*
Mods on crack.
I hate to break it to the moderators, but this marking this flamebait is abuse of the mod system.
I'd also like to point out that this is a REAL TATIC used on people. For military or other purposes, it is QUITE REAL since stereotypically poor equates ignorance and not a whole lot of self governing thought of intelligence.
Wow, I'm surprised at this moderation. I thought the slashdot crowd was slightly more intelligent than that. No matter how unpopular.
My mistake.
I realize this is supposed to be sarcastic..
but really... don't temp them.
Coral Cached Article
Pentagon Creating Student Database
Recruiting Tool For Military Raises Privacy Concerns
By Jonathan Krim
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, June 23, 2005; A01
The Defense Department began working yesterday with a private marketing firm to create a database of high school students ages 16 to 18 and all college students to help the military identify potential recruits in a time of dwindling enlistment in some branches.
The program is provoking a furor among privacy advocates. The new database will include personal information including birth dates, Social Security numbers, e-mail addresses, grade-point averages, ethnicity and what subjects the students are studying.
The data will be managed by BeNow Inc. of Wakefield, Mass., one of many marketing firms that use computers to analyze large amounts of data to target potential customers based on their personal profiles and habits.
"The purpose of the system . . . is to provide a single central facility within the Department of Defense to compile, process and distribute files of individuals who meet age and minimum school requirements for military service," according to the official notice of the program.
Privacy advocates said the plan appeared to be an effort to circumvent laws that restrict the government's right to collect or hold citizen information by turning to private firms to do the work.
Some information on high school students already is given to military recruiters in a separate program under provisions of the 2002 No Child Left Behind Act. Recruiters have been using the information to contact students at home, angering some parents and school districts around the country.
School systems that fail to provide that information risk losing federal funds, although individual parents or students can withhold information that would be transferred to the military by their districts. John Moriarty, president of the PTA at Walter Johnson High School in Bethesda, said the issue has "generated a great deal of angst" among many parents participating in an e-mail discussion group.
Under the new system, additional data will be collected from commercial data brokers, state drivers' license records and other sources, including information already held by the military.
"Using multiple sources allows the compilation of a more complete list of eligible candidates to join the military," according to written statements provided by Pentagon spokeswoman Lt. Col. Ellen Krenke in response to questions. "This program is important because it helps bolster the effectiveness of all the services' recruiting and retention efforts."
The Pentagon's statements added that anyone can "opt out" of the system by providing detailed personal information that will be kept in a separate "suppression file." That file will be matched with the full database regularly to ensure that those who do not wish to be contacted are not, according to the Pentagon.
But privacy advocates said using database marketers for military recruitment is inappropriate.
"We support the U.S. armed forces, and understand that DoD faces serious challenges in recruiting for the military," a coalition of privacy groups wrote to the Pentagon after notice of the program was published in the Federal Register a month ago. "But . . . the collection of this information is not consistent with the Privacy Act, which was passed by Congress to reduce the government's collection of personal information on Americans."
Chris Jay Hoofnagle, West Coast director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center, called the system "an audacious plan to target-market kids, as young as 16, for military solicitation."
He added that collecting Social Security numbers was not only unnecessary but posed a needless risk of identity fraud. Theft of Social Security numbers and other personal in
welcome to the thread Mr. Smith.
All he did was read Bram's responce to MS's research theories and decided to play captian obvious. He's feeding off the work of others. While most people would be modded -5 Redundant in the real world and laughed off stage or camera, he's made a thing about it online - where people pretend to be something and fooling the "masses" of drones who call themselves smart and want to be kept "informed".
/.
He's just quick with the masses in guesswork, and riding off an unpopular "nerd" who programs "illegal" software (as it's been called around the net in uninformed, but unfortunately more popular than the truth, places.
He's a sham and shouldn't be placed on slashdot anywhere. I suspect someone's pockets are being lined here at
Number 5 ... is ALIVE!
I see your point. Regardless of it being called an html viewer or KParts container, it still views web pages on the internet and is integrated... hence being a problem.
.htm and the like to a different browser is commendable, it missed my point and I believe you're splitting hairs with your reasoning.
Though your advice to change