China Daily reports that researcher Tuofu Zhu has discovered two women in an HIV Research program that are immune to the disorder via a mutant gene. [my emphasis]
If our President feels obligated to live within a moral standard of "not lying, cheating, stealing, murdering, etc", because of his religion, then so much the better.
How about his views on same sex marriages? Abortion? And his executive order to launch faith-based initiatives - overruling your congress, violating your constituion?
What if it was another religion, say one that wasn't so keen on women's rights for example?
Do you think the guy in the Oval Office is some kind of God handing down holy truth and his word is to be trusted above anyone else's
A significant number of people in the US think GWB was placed into his current position by "God" himself. So that's at least one large chunk of the group who blindly follows whatever he says.
I blame the followers of blind faith for a large portion of the failure of rationality in this country. The whole "faith" concept itself seems to be an excellent personality attribute to exploit.
You hit the nail right on the head!
I remember images of GWB standing at a press conference with the bible in his hand offering it as a guidebook for everyday life and politics. And there's the executive order to launch the faith-based charity initiatives, slashing through your first constitutional amendment - the same constitution he swore to protect as the President of the United States. Following 9/11 and the war on terror, there's the "good vs. evil" and the "crusade" references.
How about the previous (?) presedential debate where he said he viewed Jesus as his inspiration? When he was asked to elaborate he said that people wouldn't understand unless they'd experienced - I guess - his touch? I can't remember his exact words, but in any case he said he had had a religious experience that changed his life.
This is a guy who must believe he was chosen by his own god to be the President of the US. He openly discussed his religious motives during the presedential campaign, and it must surely have played a huge part in him getting elected - that makes him practically a religious leader.
All this is very disturbing to me! When you view the bigger picture, it turns out that the war on terror, etc. is basically a holy war wagered on both sides. It's truly saddening that the human race hasn't evolved beyond religion. We're still very much primitive in this regard.
Yeah, virtual is lame! You would have a thought he would just hook up Barbie to his computer, and wear a bra on top of his head? Can it really be that difficult to create a real chick?:-)
Well, there are some that already mail local documents/mails to whoever is in your address book. The documents are taken from the Windows "My Documents" folder for example.
I've always regarded the ones that do this as the most dangerous, as your personal privacy is at risk. Consider how this can be an easy and sure way to get out of the closet if you're gay? How about sensitive company data?
Getting your machine hosed by a virus is one thing (you probably have a backup?), but having your data made public? How do you restore that?
Something to keep in mind when weighing the risks and estimating the potential damages.
What I found was that a lot of time was wasted on getting some of the more complex applications to work on it (e.g. Oracle 9i), while getting the same sw to run on something more 'standard', such as RedHat, was a bit easier.
Oracle client installations are really a pain in this case, as they require almost as much time and effort as a full-blown database install. I've experimented a little with their new Instant Client however, and it worked wonderfully on Debian (RPMs converted with alien).
For now, you only get client libraries (100MB!) and SQL*Plus though. Fortunately, after many requests Oracle will also release client headers with their next patch set, so we can compile DBD::Oracle and PHP support for Apache, etc. At least Oracle seems to be listening.
It sounds like EVERY comment is going to be flamebait.
Well, one man's Flamebait/Overrated is another's Insightful/Overrated.
My guess is that you'll see +5 Insightful posts of various kinds of political perspectives. The best threads I've read on/. are the ones where directly opposing views are expressed in an alternating fashion through the replies of the thread.
A politics section is an interesting experiment though.
The only way to make joe user NOT want to use an Administrator account is to make it anoying to use. IE: -Display a NAG window everytime the user launches an application.
I'm afraid they'll just close the window and think nothing more of it, like they've been trained to do with pop-ups/pop-unders and all the other malware crap.
Take OS crashes, for example - they've been considered part of normal operation for years now.
But geez, that is one major patent! Surely even MS wouldnt have the guts to try and collect on that one?
Not yet, anyway. There's a royalty free license for it's use, however there are also prior art issues that might arise should they decide to relicense and cash in on it.
If Microsoft start patenting things the group is working at making, waiting until the standard is out to start suing (Hi, my names Rambus, id like to help you with your DDR tech!), or perhaps even joined, had a look what the groups doing, realises they have patents that covers it then pulls out.. ooh, i'll be angry!:/
Well, Microsoft did patent - behind the other members' backs - Cascading Style Sheets during the time the standard was developed at the W3C. Shortly thereafter they left the W3C.
OpenOffice.org support pivot tables - they call it DataPilot.
However, it's a severe resource hog if your source data is large (several thousand rows). Word is quite fast at recalculating sums when rows/cols are changed in the Pivot table, but it seems to have a limit on the number of rows/cols/sums you can include. At least, this is the case for Word 97.
The "Why is Internet Explorer Unsafe" section of the site links to a New York Times article: "In Search of a Browser That Banishes Clutter". It's about Katherine Sandlin who is devoted to Firefox.
It's not like they're going to close the poor bastards account or anything
Well, in case of some ISPs in my country (Denmark) the account is frozen if they can't get hold of the customer. The customer will just have to call back. Pretty effecient.:-)
And, well, there isn't too much to be spoofable. I check who sent the email to the mailserver I admin, and then just ship of a report to the ISP that admins that IP space.:) Most viruses doesn't seek out open relays to mail themselves from, and if they do - the ISP will know since I include the name of the virus (thus they know whether they've got a user with a virus, or a user with an open relay).
With regards to spam, sometimes the header has one or several spoofed "Received:" lines with both fake IPs and hostnames. Sometimes it's a bit tricky to locate the real originating IP.
If I've sent the email to the wrong ISP, I prefer being hit with a cluebat, instead of them having to relay the message for me.;)
Certainly! But I did say "after having to much beer". It happened to me once, ok!;-)
Hm, what does that tool do? What databases does it look up? Just the "hinfo" part of DNS?
From the hinfo page at packages.debian.org: "Hinfo will check (possibly obscured) address/hostname/website ownership and will display which blacklists (such as sbl.spamhaus.org and bl.spamcop.net) the site is listed on. It is primarily used in manual spam reporting."
It's by no means authoritative, but generates useful info such as matching entries from abuse.net's contact list. I just feed it the IP in question.
I tend to use the stock one that comes with suse. According to --version, its written by some "md plus whois at linux dot it" (obfuscated on purpose) -- which seems to match the name your mentioning.:)
That's the one! Don't forget to send him netblocks that it doesn't handle correctly (mostly Korean and Brazilian).
This is really good advice, but you can do more.:-)
Most ISPs really appreciate the complete header of the mail, and sometimes even the body in case of spam. First of all it adds to the authenticity, and second they'll be able to forward your complaint to the responsible ISPs if you had too much beer while reading a spoofed header (more so for spam than virus mails). Some ISPs are quite helpful in this regard.
To aid in identifying the correct abuse addresses I can recommend the hinfo utility as a complement to whois. Oh and if you're stuck with a standard whois, consider replacing it with the one made by Marco d'Itri - it's the default in Debian, and has the ability to guess the correct whois hosts to ask.
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China Daily reports that researcher Tuofu Zhu has discovered two women in an HIV Research program that are immune to the disorder via a mutant gene. [my emphasis]
A disorder? We're talking about a virus here!
zKerry is a practicing Catholic...who is pro-choice.
BTW, doesn't he have Jewish roots?
zIf our President feels obligated to live within a moral standard of "not lying, cheating, stealing, murdering, etc", because of his religion, then so much the better.
How about his views on same sex marriages? Abortion? And his executive order to launch faith-based initiatives - overruling your congress, violating your constituion?
What if it was another religion, say one that wasn't so keen on women's rights for example?
zDo you think the guy in the Oval Office is some kind of God handing down holy truth and his word is to be trusted above anyone else's
A significant number of people in the US think GWB was placed into his current position by "God" himself. So that's at least one large chunk of the group who blindly follows whatever he says.
I blame the followers of blind faith for a large portion of the failure of rationality in this country. The whole "faith" concept itself seems to be an excellent personality attribute to exploit.
You hit the nail right on the head!
I remember images of GWB standing at a press conference with the bible in his hand offering it as a guidebook for everyday life and politics. And there's the executive order to launch the faith-based charity initiatives, slashing through your first constitutional amendment - the same constitution he swore to protect as the President of the United States. Following 9/11 and the war on terror, there's the "good vs. evil" and the "crusade" references.
How about the previous (?) presedential debate where he said he viewed Jesus as his inspiration? When he was asked to elaborate he said that people wouldn't understand unless they'd experienced - I guess - his touch? I can't remember his exact words, but in any case he said he had had a religious experience that changed his life.
This is a guy who must believe he was chosen by his own god to be the President of the US. He openly discussed his religious motives during the presedential campaign, and it must surely have played a huge part in him getting elected - that makes him practically a religious leader.
All this is very disturbing to me! When you view the bigger picture, it turns out that the war on terror, etc. is basically a holy war wagered on both sides. It's truly saddening that the human race hasn't evolved beyond religion. We're still very much primitive in this regard.
zWhy is a web browser dangerous?
Because it includes encryption software, and encryption is considered a potential weapon.
z"The clown can stay, but the Ferengi in the gorilla suit has to leave!" :-)
zSeriously. They offered me a refund saying they couldn't help me.
Look on the bright side. You can always join a cult! :-)
zThat's right, he creates a virtual one.
Yeah, virtual is lame! You would have a thought he would just hook up Barbie to his computer, and wear a bra on top of his head? Can it really be that difficult to create a real chick? :-)
zWell, there are some that already mail local documents/mails to whoever is in your address book. The documents are taken from the Windows "My Documents" folder for example.
I've always regarded the ones that do this as the most dangerous, as your personal privacy is at risk. Consider how this can be an easy and sure way to get out of the closet if you're gay? How about sensitive company data?
Getting your machine hosed by a virus is one thing (you probably have a backup?), but having your data made public? How do you restore that?
Something to keep in mind when weighing the risks and estimating the potential damages.
zWhat I found was that a lot of time was wasted on getting some of the more complex applications to work on it (e.g. Oracle 9i), while getting the same sw to run on something more 'standard', such as RedHat, was a bit easier.
Oracle client installations are really a pain in this case, as they require almost as much time and effort as a full-blown database install. I've experimented a little with their new Instant Client however, and it worked wonderfully on Debian (RPMs converted with alien).
For now, you only get client libraries (100MB!) and SQL*Plus though. Fortunately, after many requests Oracle will also release client headers with their next patch set, so we can compile DBD::Oracle and PHP support for Apache, etc. At least Oracle seems to be listening.
zIt sounds like EVERY comment is going to be flamebait.
Well, one man's Flamebait/Overrated is another's Insightful/Overrated.
My guess is that you'll see +5 Insightful posts of various kinds of political perspectives. The best threads I've read on /. are the ones where directly opposing views are expressed in an alternating fashion through the replies of the thread.
A politics section is an interesting experiment though.
zI mean for gosh sakes, I never saw Scully make a battery out of a coconut!!
BTW, didn't MacGyver make a plane out of those when he was marooned on a desert island?
zThe only way to make joe user NOT want to use an Administrator account is to make it anoying to use. IE: -Display a NAG window everytime the user launches an application.
I'm afraid they'll just close the window and think nothing more of it, like they've been trained to do with pop-ups/pop-unders and all the other malware crap.
Take OS crashes, for example - they've been considered part of normal operation for years now.
zBut geez, that is one major patent! Surely even MS wouldnt have the guts to try and collect on that one?
Not yet, anyway. There's a royalty free license for it's use, however there are also prior art issues that might arise should they decide to relicense and cash in on it.
Here are some relevant links:
Microsoft patents CSS?
zMS Withdraws From WC3 Web Services Working Group
If Microsoft start patenting things the group is working at making, waiting until the standard is out to start suing (Hi, my names Rambus, id like to help you with your DDR tech!), or perhaps even joined, had a look what the groups doing, realises they have patents that covers it then pulls out.. ooh, i'll be angry! :/
Well, Microsoft did patent - behind the other members' backs - Cascading Style Sheets during the time the standard was developed at the W3C. Shortly thereafter they left the W3C.
zOpenOffice.org support pivot tables - they call it DataPilot.
However, it's a severe resource hog if your source data is large (several thousand rows). Word is quite fast at recalculating sums when rows/cols are changed in the Pivot table, but it seems to have a limit on the number of rows/cols/sums you can include. At least, this is the case for Word 97.
zThe "Why is Internet Explorer Unsafe" section of the site links to a New York Times article: "In Search of a Browser That Banishes Clutter". It's about Katherine Sandlin who is devoted to Firefox.
z1) Serve the public trust
z2) Protect the innocent
3) Uphold the law
4) Secret
Restoring sight to the blind is a Bibical miracle, a sign of divine powers.
Well, as The Doctor said: "Divine intervention is ... unlikely". :-)
zWow, you don't even need the usual 3 steps.
Yes you do! You forgot:
x) ???
zIf they were offering the original movies on DVD, I'd jump at it.
Me too! So sign the petition
Lucas only understands $$$.
zIs it there or isn't it? What is it? It's the Heisenberg Patch!
Well, I'm glad my OS comes with Heisenberg Patch Compensators. :-)
zIf they ever come up with a device for my computer that shoves a hot poker in my ass every so often, I'll be in heaven!
Or hell, it seems. :-)
zIt's not like they're going to close the poor bastards account or anything
Well, in case of some ISPs in my country (Denmark) the account is frozen if they can't get hold of the customer. The customer will just have to call back. Pretty effecient. :-)
And, well, there isn't too much to be spoofable. I check who sent the email to the mailserver I admin, and then just ship of a report to the ISP that admins that IP space. :) Most viruses doesn't seek out open relays to mail themselves from, and if they do - the ISP will know since I include the name of the virus (thus they know whether they've got a user with a virus, or a user with an open relay).
With regards to spam, sometimes the header has one or several spoofed "Received:" lines with both fake IPs and hostnames. Sometimes it's a bit tricky to locate the real originating IP.
If I've sent the email to the wrong ISP, I prefer being hit with a cluebat, instead of them having to relay the message for me. ;)
Certainly! But I did say "after having to much beer". It happened to me once, ok! ;-)
Hm, what does that tool do? What databases does it look up? Just the "hinfo" part of DNS?
From the hinfo page at packages.debian.org: "Hinfo will check (possibly obscured) address/hostname/website ownership and will display which blacklists (such as sbl.spamhaus.org and bl.spamcop.net) the site is listed on. It is primarily used in manual spam reporting."
It's by no means authoritative, but generates useful info such as matching entries from abuse.net's contact list. I just feed it the IP in question.
I tend to use the stock one that comes with suse. According to --version, its written by some "md plus whois at linux dot it" (obfuscated on purpose) -- which seems to match the name your mentioning. :)
That's the one! Don't forget to send him netblocks that it doesn't handle correctly (mostly Korean and Brazilian).
Anyways, thanks for a nice reply :)
No problem! You too. :-)
zThis is really good advice, but you can do more. :-)
Most ISPs really appreciate the complete header of the mail, and sometimes even the body in case of spam. First of all it adds to the authenticity, and second they'll be able to forward your complaint to the responsible ISPs if you had too much beer while reading a spoofed header (more so for spam than virus mails). Some ISPs are quite helpful in this regard.
To aid in identifying the correct abuse addresses I can recommend the hinfo utility as a complement to whois. Oh and if you're stuck with a standard whois, consider replacing it with the one made by Marco d'Itri - it's the default in Debian, and has the ability to guess the correct whois hosts to ask.
z