The system that the State of New Jersey uses for environmental air permits uses encrypted zip files to submit data to and from the state. I'm unsure of which method they use to encrypt the files. All of the work is done by the client program.
Clinton's all nighters were hardcore policy discussions with the staff. A clip of one of these appears in the documentary "The Clinton Legacy", iirc. Not something I would want to be doing at 2 am, although Clinton did order everyone take-out.
Generally, in the US, the victim must make the complaint. There are some cases where the State or someone else can act on behalf of another person, but that is usually in a class action type lawsuit, such as when many states sued the tobacco companies. In this case, only the people who illegally accessed the computer system in question would be charged. The releasers of the memo could theoretically be charged under copyright laws, but that would really be a stretch.
While I see where you're coming from and what you're trying to get at, your solution is simply draconian. You propose that all communications by legislators be recorded and released. This would result in an even more "sound byte", "spin" and "newspeak" culture than what we already have. Constituent casework would probably decline, because it would be easily traced through the public records to the legislator (Constituent casework is generally when a legislator pulls a few strings to help a citizen with a bureaucratic process or agency. it is legal and performed by every legislator at every level of government). Also, who would run for a political office where you are underpaid, overworked, and all of your communications are recorded for later use? (Yes. Legislators are underpaid. They must maintain two residences (one in the highly expensive DC area), many offices, and are constantly travelling back and forth each weekend. They also work nonstop.)
While your idea on its face sounds like it would improve democracy, it is my opinion that it would do the exact opposite.
That idea is ludicrous! Should all of the NSAs and DoDs computers be open, as well? Senators and Representatives need and deserve electronic storage that is secure.
5. Move control back where it belongs, where they now place the CAPS lock key. Caps lock is only good for AOL users and should be eliminated for the most part. Or else, move it somewhere out of the way.
No thanks. I grew up on Control there, and want it there (as do many other people, I would imagine). AFAIK, back to the PcJr I started on, control has been in the lower left.
I'm sorry, but that's some stupid thinking. ISPs, like any company, will not acknowledge threats from random people. If you send them a nice notice on letterhead, however, you might see some action. We don't need vigilantes running around trying to force ISPs to play nice using passive-aggressive methods. SPEWS needs to be OPEN and RESPONSIVE if it is going to be effective and accepted.
One exception does make a hypothesis technically wrong, but it doesn't mean that that hypothesis isn't still right for a majority of cases. One counter example simply isn't enough to prove anything in a subjective case like this.
I agree that one data point is not enough to prove a thoery, but one counter example is enough to disprove a theory.
If we're talking about something solid like x=2, yeah, sure. However we're talking about a really vague notion here: "Would there be more viruses written for Linux if Linux was more widespread?" You can't test that theory without Linux being widespread. Sure, Apache has more market share than IIS, but Linux still has a very small market share compared to Windows, so the conditions of the theory do not exist. I agree that the IIS vs. Apache makes a good case study as to whether there might be more viruses for Linux if it were more widespread, but it doesn't prove anything.
How about this scenario (obviously hypothetical): Linux is widespread, and successful viruses are released against many products, but not Apache. IIS still has many more vulnerabilites than Apache. In this case, how would you respond to "Linux has more vulnerabilites now that it is more widespread." Apache may still be a good product, but that doesn't say anything about any of the other Linux products. I'm attempting to show that while Apache may be indicative of other OSS projects, it may also not be indicative of other OSS projects, and that must be kept in mind. (Again this is only an example, if someone is going to flame me over it, you're wasting your time).
I don't really disagree with what you're trying to say, but your methods and wordings are incorrect and misleading.
a plot stolen straight out of "Enemy Mine" (human and alien stranded together on a planet)
TNG routinely ripped plots off, too. However, they usually modified it enough so that while you could recognize where it came from, it was not like the original. A good example of this is the episode "Darmok" which features Picard and an alien stranded on a planet.
Iron chef was in something like its 8th season when it was cancelled. It really had had its run. And, as another poster noted, Japanese production companies are not like American production companies. They tend to go out while the show is big, instead of making you cringe when you hear the cast of friends has signed on for their 26th season at 30 million an epsiode.
As a scientist, I'd think you'd know that only using one data point is not 'holding it up to the light'. I'm not saying the OP is correct, but you haven't proved anything, except that IIS has more reports on CERT than Apache does.
Parallel parking is on the test in New Jersey. However, drivers are permitted to fail one portion of the test and still pass. Most people fail parallel and still get their licence.
Unfortunately, when I viewed the DVD, the sound was poor. I mentioned it to my friend who owned the DVD and he said it had sounded much better on his audio system. We were only watching it through television speakers. While other posters are correct that the characters are talking through radios, it was very very difficult to hear in several scenes when I viewed it, without turning it up to an uncomfortable level.
look at the crap that gets stuck on your car over time and it doesn't come off at over 100km/h.
Yeah, but that's because it gets stuck on there at 100km/h. Take today's snow (in the northeast US). It was powdery and light. If I had taken the car out without cleaning it, it all would have blown off.
Would BK join a "SpeedPass" program already used by Mickey D's?
IMO, why not? It takes that much more incentive away from McDonalds. Of course, if the cost were too high, it might not be worth trying to take that miniscule incentive away.
I'd be curious to see how many Mobil SpeedPass holders pay some other way because they forgot the fob or out of habit...
My mom has hers on her keychain. Pretty hard to lose or forget.
And believe it or not, more places check than you'd think.
My experience (and I'm sure other people will chime in) says the complete opposite. I've used my parents credit cards to buy many things. I'm not talking about going and buying a pack of gum. I'm talking about TVs, air conditioners, stereo systems. Thousands of dollars. I was almost never questioned, even though I was signing a different name than was on the credit card (some times I just signed anything, who can read the scribble that is some people's signature?). The one time I can recall being questioned, the salesman said to me "just sign whatever name is on the front, and we'll be fine". And now, when I use my card, it is rarely in a situation where anyone can check the signature. At the grocery store, the card readers are on my side of the counter, and I sign on the reader. The clerk never sees the card. At the gas station (this is NJ, no self serve), at places where they don't have on-pump readers (which require no signature), they hand me back my card and my reciept, then I sign the store copy. How can they check the sig if they just handed me back the card? Before my card expired a few months ago, my signature had rubbed off the back. I specifically didn't resign it just to see if anyone noticed. No one did.
Third, people freak out when they see RFID even though it gives out as much info as using the credit cards everyone uses.
If by people you mean slashdot, then yes. If by people you mean people, then no. People use speedpass, and the people that do like it. People also use other RFID-type systems such as EZ-Pass, which is incredibly popular. Sure there are a few people, like my high school math teacher, who wouldn't use EZ-Pass because he feared getting speeding tickets. However, they are in the minority, despite what the sentiment on slashdot might be.
Now we see the building blocks being built before our eyes.
Please go on further about how a system which makes transferring money easier is a 'building block' to a world where one is classified by how much money spent per unit time. My hope is that you'll realize how stupid your statement was.
I think the central problem in this one example is that nobody wants to hand 10 bucks to a holding company to buy burgers on 49-cent Wednesday.
IMO the problem is only the lack of support, so to speak. If you can only use it at one or two places, the effort to setup an account and get the equipment isn't really worth the time.
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The system that the State of New Jersey uses for environmental air permits uses encrypted zip files to submit data to and from the state. I'm unsure of which method they use to encrypt the files. All of the work is done by the client program.
With the 30 seconds of downtime between plays gone, football was actually kind of interesting!
Then you didn't watch the game live?
Clinton's all nighters were hardcore policy discussions with the staff. A clip of one of these appears in the documentary "The Clinton Legacy", iirc. Not something I would want to be doing at 2 am, although Clinton did order everyone take-out.
Generally, in the US, the victim must make the complaint. There are some cases where the State or someone else can act on behalf of another person, but that is usually in a class action type lawsuit, such as when many states sued the tobacco companies. In this case, only the people who illegally accessed the computer system in question would be charged. The releasers of the memo could theoretically be charged under copyright laws, but that would really be a stretch.
While I see where you're coming from and what you're trying to get at, your solution is simply draconian. You propose that all communications by legislators be recorded and released. This would result in an even more "sound byte", "spin" and "newspeak" culture than what we already have. Constituent casework would probably decline, because it would be easily traced through the public records to the legislator (Constituent casework is generally when a legislator pulls a few strings to help a citizen with a bureaucratic process or agency. it is legal and performed by every legislator at every level of government). Also, who would run for a political office where you are underpaid, overworked, and all of your communications are recorded for later use? (Yes. Legislators are underpaid. They must maintain two residences (one in the highly expensive DC area), many offices, and are constantly travelling back and forth each weekend. They also work nonstop.)
While your idea on its face sounds like it would improve democracy, it is my opinion that it would do the exact opposite.
That idea is ludicrous! Should all of the NSAs and DoDs computers be open, as well? Senators and Representatives need and deserve electronic storage that is secure.
Actually, Bush makes sure to go to bed early, and wake up early, each day. OTOH, Clinton was famous for all-nighters at the White House with staff.
5. Move control back where it belongs, where they now place the CAPS lock key. Caps lock is only good for AOL users and should be eliminated for the most part. Or else, move it somewhere out of the way.
No thanks. I grew up on Control there, and want it there (as do many other people, I would imagine). AFAIK, back to the PcJr I started on, control has been in the lower left.
They're whores who would sell out their own children to child pornography websites if they were paid enough.
I really think that's a little far. If you want to have a civil discussion, I am open to it.
I'm sorry, but that's some stupid thinking. ISPs, like any company, will not acknowledge threats from random people. If you send them a nice notice on letterhead, however, you might see some action. We don't need vigilantes running around trying to force ISPs to play nice using passive-aggressive methods. SPEWS needs to be OPEN and RESPONSIVE if it is going to be effective and accepted.
One exception does make a hypothesis technically wrong, but it doesn't mean that that hypothesis isn't still right for a majority of cases. One counter example simply isn't enough to prove anything in a subjective case like this.
iirc, from previous articles, this only applies to color copiers/printers/etc. i seriously hope the irs isn't using color copiers to copy forms.
I agree that one data point is not enough to prove a thoery, but one counter example is enough to disprove a theory.
If we're talking about something solid like x=2, yeah, sure. However we're talking about a really vague notion here: "Would there be more viruses written for Linux if Linux was more widespread?" You can't test that theory without Linux being widespread. Sure, Apache has more market share than IIS, but Linux still has a very small market share compared to Windows, so the conditions of the theory do not exist. I agree that the IIS vs. Apache makes a good case study as to whether there might be more viruses for Linux if it were more widespread, but it doesn't prove anything.
How about this scenario (obviously hypothetical): Linux is widespread, and successful viruses are released against many products, but not Apache. IIS still has many more vulnerabilites than Apache. In this case, how would you respond to "Linux has more vulnerabilites now that it is more widespread." Apache may still be a good product, but that doesn't say anything about any of the other Linux products. I'm attempting to show that while Apache may be indicative of other OSS projects, it may also not be indicative of other OSS projects, and that must be kept in mind. (Again this is only an example, if someone is going to flame me over it, you're wasting your time).
I don't really disagree with what you're trying to say, but your methods and wordings are incorrect and misleading.
a plot stolen straight out of "Enemy Mine" (human and alien stranded together on a planet)
TNG routinely ripped plots off, too. However, they usually modified it enough so that while you could recognize where it came from, it was not like the original. A good example of this is the episode "Darmok" which features Picard and an alien stranded on a planet.
Iron chef was in something like its 8th season when it was cancelled. It really had had its run. And, as another poster noted, Japanese production companies are not like American production companies. They tend to go out while the show is big, instead of making you cringe when you hear the cast of friends has signed on for their 26th season at 30 million an epsiode.
As a scientist, I'd think you'd know that only using one data point is not 'holding it up to the light'. I'm not saying the OP is correct, but you haven't proved anything, except that IIS has more reports on CERT than Apache does.
Parallel parking is on the test in New Jersey. However, drivers are permitted to fail one portion of the test and still pass. Most people fail parallel and still get their licence.
Unfortunately, when I viewed the DVD, the sound was poor. I mentioned it to my friend who owned the DVD and he said it had sounded much better on his audio system. We were only watching it through television speakers. While other posters are correct that the characters are talking through radios, it was very very difficult to hear in several scenes when I viewed it, without turning it up to an uncomfortable level.
look at the crap that gets stuck on your car over time and it doesn't come off at over 100km/h.
Yeah, but that's because it gets stuck on there at 100km/h. Take today's snow (in the northeast US). It was powdery and light. If I had taken the car out without cleaning it, it all would have blown off.
Would BK join a "SpeedPass" program already used by Mickey D's?
IMO, why not? It takes that much more incentive away from McDonalds. Of course, if the cost were too high, it might not be worth trying to take that miniscule incentive away.
I'd be curious to see how many Mobil SpeedPass holders pay some other way because they forgot the fob or out of habit...
My mom has hers on her keychain. Pretty hard to lose or forget.
And believe it or not, more places check than you'd think.
My experience (and I'm sure other people will chime in) says the complete opposite. I've used my parents credit cards to buy many things. I'm not talking about going and buying a pack of gum. I'm talking about TVs, air conditioners, stereo systems. Thousands of dollars. I was almost never questioned, even though I was signing a different name than was on the credit card (some times I just signed anything, who can read the scribble that is some people's signature?). The one time I can recall being questioned, the salesman said to me "just sign whatever name is on the front, and we'll be fine". And now, when I use my card, it is rarely in a situation where anyone can check the signature. At the grocery store, the card readers are on my side of the counter, and I sign on the reader. The clerk never sees the card. At the gas station (this is NJ, no self serve), at places where they don't have on-pump readers (which require no signature), they hand me back my card and my reciept, then I sign the store copy. How can they check the sig if they just handed me back the card? Before my card expired a few months ago, my signature had rubbed off the back. I specifically didn't resign it just to see if anyone noticed. No one did.
Posts like this need a new mod.
(+5, Blantantly Obvious and Original Poster should be Humiliated)
Third, people freak out when they see RFID even though it gives out as much info as using the credit cards everyone uses.
If by people you mean slashdot, then yes. If by people you mean people, then no. People use speedpass, and the people that do like it. People also use other RFID-type systems such as EZ-Pass, which is incredibly popular. Sure there are a few people, like my high school math teacher, who wouldn't use EZ-Pass because he feared getting speeding tickets. However, they are in the minority, despite what the sentiment on slashdot might be.
Now we see the building blocks being built before our eyes.
Please go on further about how a system which makes transferring money easier is a 'building block' to a world where one is classified by how much money spent per unit time. My hope is that you'll realize how stupid your statement was.
I think the central problem in this one example is that nobody wants to hand 10 bucks to a holding company to buy burgers on 49-cent Wednesday.
IMO the problem is only the lack of support, so to speak. If you can only use it at one or two places, the effort to setup an account and get the equipment isn't really worth the time.