I take it back, this isn't about free speech. It's about a vague and ambiguous policy.
"E. Interpersonal Interactions - Each member of the MUSoD community is obligated to conduct interactions with each other, with patients and with others in a manner that promotes understanding and trust. Actions, which in any way discriminate against or favor any group or are harassing in nature, are condemned. Respect for the diverse members of the MUSoD student body, administrators, faculty, staff and patient base is expected."
In the new America, you have the right to not be offended by anything.
Unless I misread the first amendment, wouldn't this be considered protected speech? Or was the blog operating on Marquette servers? I applaud this guy, taking a stand for what's right. I love the part about him being offerd probation, if only he would admit to his guilt. Guilty of what? Bad writing? Censorship is so 20th Century.
I agree with the point about some of his material not being available. However, the sampling argument is quite specious. You can sample most, if not all, of the commercially available work. Plus, if you know enough to listen to Feynman, you know enough to know the difference between stealing and not stealing.
We may have a misunderstanding. Given the total failure on the part of the authorities, it was innapropriate for him to make those comments. Until those folks have water and food, it's classless to discuss whether they should be living there in the first place. I believe he made the comments on or around the same time that Mr. Brown was "finding out" about the people in the convention center.
The issue with his comment's was his timing. People were still stranded, and I recall his comments being a bit distasteful when I first heard them. The time for that debate was later, after folks had been rescued.
I'm doing the same thing right now, and Blockbuster is beating Netflix in service time.
Your single expereince is probably not enough evidcence to judge the entire service.
Essentially, the term "swing" as used in this context, means that the person does not fit nicely in to either the conservative or liberal category.
Justice O'Connor's decisions tended to defy American society's recent unrelenting desire to categorize every human behavior as a black or white issue. She was essentially a wild card that kept the court in balance. In very general terms, there are four judges that lean right, and four that lean left.
O'Connor tended to make up her own mind, regardless of her own political views, and as a result was more often than not, cast the deciding vote in very close decisions. Hence the term "swing" voters.
She was a very good justice, and her presence will be missed. Look for a good deal of chaos in the coming weeks, as everything that sucks about our two party system is about to kick in to overdrive.
I wonder what effect this will have on our connection to India, etc. A lot of companies are going to have a very bad day if they have to take down circuits to India to fix the problem in Pakistan. Too bad we'll never know for sure what happened. How'd you like to be the Navy Seal that slashdotted an entire country?
Tests show they are perfectly normal, with no brain damage.
I would like to know how they gauge "normal" behavior. Althought dogs are forgiving animals, I think they might hold a grudge if you killed them, and then brought them back to life. What are baseline are they using for "normal" behavior? Are we talking Scooby Doo, or a Pit Bull? Is success defined as the dog not developing a taste for human brains?
Not sure how this was modded insightful. You're asking the person who can't keep crapware off their pc in the first place to determine how long it will take to fix said crapware?
The same folks that can't keep their machine in working order are supposed to have a rigorous backup schedule? You are forgetting about the importance of data, which is the entire reason for owning a pc in the first place. I'm sure that the high income folks who are using this service are happy to pay it. Many of these people don't have any desire to learn how to operate a computer, a computer is simply a resource to them, like a tv, oven, or any other appliance.
However, you do have to wonder how much money Best Buy is making from their aquisition? Their recently reported profits are off the charts. My guess is that with the addition of the Geek Squad, they are indeed selling a lot more hardware. With those prices, a mid level consumer being told "you need to replace this" becomes a much easier sell.
True, but I am sure you have a few arrogant coders at your place of business. A few senior level coders certainly have an over inflated sense of self where I work. An experience like this would probably be beneficial in and of itself.
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Agreed. You should check out audible.com. I'm considering it for myself as well as for gift giving this holiday season.
I take it back, this isn't about free speech. It's about a vague and ambiguous policy.
"E. Interpersonal Interactions - Each member of the MUSoD community is obligated to conduct interactions with each other, with patients and with others in a manner that promotes understanding and trust. Actions, which in any way discriminate against or favor any group or are harassing in nature, are condemned. Respect for the diverse members of the MUSoD student body, administrators, faculty, staff and patient base is expected."
In the new America, you have the right to not be offended by anything.
Unless I misread the first amendment, wouldn't this be considered protected speech? Or was the blog operating on Marquette servers? I applaud this guy, taking a stand for what's right. I love the part about him being offerd probation, if only he would admit to his guilt. Guilty of what? Bad writing? Censorship is so 20th Century.
Some of them are already in place.
e .letter.domains.ap/index.html/
Check out http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/internet/11/29/singl
Sounds like they're expecting 6 to 7 figures for each domain name.
Check out the status of six single-letter names registered before restrictions were in place:
q.com: Jumps to Qwest Communications International Inc.'s "qwest.com."
x.com: Goes to eBay Inc.'s PayPal site. X.com Corp. is PayPal's former name.
z.com: Reaches Web page for Nissan North America's Z sports cars.
i.net: Used by I.NET, a domain name registration company.
q.net: Registered to "Q Networks," though Web site appears inactive. The Internet Archive last recorded activity atthe domain in 1997.
x.org: Home page for X.Org Foundation, which maintains graphical interface technology for Linux and Unix computers.
I agree with the point about some of his material not being available. However, the sampling argument is quite specious. You can sample most, if not all, of the commercially available work. Plus, if you know enough to listen to Feynman, you know enough to know the difference between stealing and not stealing.
You could of course just pay for your Feynman lectures, rather than just stealing them.
t s.asp?WRD=feynman&userid=0I26GdbCjr&cds2Pid=9481
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/resul
We may have a misunderstanding. Given the total failure on the part of the authorities, it was innapropriate for him to make those comments. Until those folks have water and food, it's classless to discuss whether they should be living there in the first place. I believe he made the comments on or around the same time that Mr. Brown was "finding out" about the people in the convention center.
The issue with his comment's was his timing. People were still stranded, and I recall his comments being a bit distasteful when I first heard them. The time for that debate was later, after folks had been rescued.
The damage that he's done to our economy, environment, our standing in the world, etc.
Yep,
Seems they would be better off hiring this guy. I'm thinking about a garage couch made of empty beer cases, just like when I was in college.
I'm doing the same thing right now, and Blockbuster is beating Netflix in service time. Your single expereince is probably not enough evidcence to judge the entire service.
Boss...Is that you? Quit reading slashdot and get back to work? Seriously though, I think I work with that guy.
And how many people reading slashdot from work right now be out of a job with our friends in Redmond? The grass is always greener my friend.
Essentially, the term "swing" as used in this context, means that the person does not fit nicely in to either the conservative or liberal category.
Justice O'Connor's decisions tended to defy American society's recent unrelenting desire to categorize every human behavior as a black or white issue. She was essentially a wild card that kept the court in balance. In very general terms, there are four judges that lean right, and four that lean left.
O'Connor tended to make up her own mind, regardless of her own political views, and as a result was more often than not, cast the deciding vote in very close decisions. Hence the term "swing" voters.
She was a very good justice, and her presence will be missed. Look for a good deal of chaos in the coming weeks, as everything that sucks about our two party system is about to kick in to overdrive.
See the obligitory Wiki article on the SCOTUS for more information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCOTUS
Any reason why this is better than a simple fingerprint? Other than Nick Cage, I've not seen anyone outwit that method?
Don't you mean thank Ganesh, or maybe Vishnu?
Although it's not likely that this was a bad tap, afterall, why not capture packets at the ISP, rather than the bottom of the sea?
Carnivore for crabs anyone?
http://computer.howstuffworks.com/carnivore.htm
I wonder what effect this will have on our connection to India, etc. A lot of companies are going to have a very bad day if they have to take down circuits to India to fix the problem in Pakistan. Too bad we'll never know for sure what happened. How'd you like to be the Navy Seal that slashdotted an entire country?
Agreed - Smoothwall was easy to setup. I know nothing about linux, and it took me a matter of about 15 minutes to have it up and running.
For those of you who were confused.
"Boffins": (Bôf ' ns) noun - the name for scientists and scholars working quietly to develop new and exciting techniques and skills
Tests show they are perfectly normal, with no brain damage.
I would like to know how they gauge "normal" behavior. Althought dogs are forgiving animals, I think they might hold a grudge if you killed them, and then brought them back to life. What are baseline are they using for "normal" behavior? Are we talking Scooby Doo, or a Pit Bull? Is success defined as the dog not developing a taste for human brains?
US scientists have succeeded in reviving the dogs after three hours of clinical death, paving the way for trials on humans within years.
I wonder what institution would be able to get these experiments approved? Stem cells are considered bad, but re-animating dogs and people is ok?
Questionable science, questionable source. All in all, a very slashdot like submission. Now if we could just get them to re-animate Timothy.
"I've had an old Dell Latitude CSx (500Mhz 128Mb)"
Not that a slashdot reader would actually consider reading the article, but I think the point is to use older hardware.
Not sure how this was modded insightful. You're asking the person who can't keep crapware off their pc in the first place to determine how long it will take to fix said crapware?
The same folks that can't keep their machine in working order are supposed to have a rigorous backup schedule? You are forgetting about the importance of data, which is the entire reason for owning a pc in the first place. I'm sure that the high income folks who are using this service are happy to pay it. Many of these people don't have any desire to learn how to operate a computer, a computer is simply a resource to them, like a tv, oven, or any other appliance.
However, you do have to wonder how much money Best Buy is making from their aquisition? Their recently reported profits are off the charts. My guess is that with the addition of the Geek Squad, they are indeed selling a lot more hardware. With those prices, a mid level consumer being told "you need to replace this" becomes a much easier sell.
True, but I am sure you have a few arrogant coders at your place of business. A few senior level coders certainly have an over inflated sense of self where I work. An experience like this would probably be beneficial in and of itself.