that website is clearly a hoax. I mean, it's only on the internet, right? and you can't believe anything that's on the internet without some form of corroboration.
> Whoops, I forgot to mention, PJ is a little crazy
I don't think there's any need to say this. I've read groklaw for a long time, and I don't see any evidence to support that. I mean, she's no more crazy than any of us who are working for open source causes in a closed source world.
the Jehovah's Witness thing may or may not be true; I haven't tried to seriously research it. but it's irrelevant because PJ has the ability (desire? need?) to separate her personal and professional lives.
the bottom line is that groklaw gives well-researched information. her integrity has fostered a lot of support and assistance from her readers. you mentioned her desire to see a knoppix-like linux distro with tools that those in the legal profession need and want, and I think it will eventually come to pass in some form in no small part due to that integrity she has.
the grandparent post (presumably from the AC I'm replying to) gave good advice: try to contact PJ and see what info she might have. it should have been left at that.
you forgot to "cd..". not that it really matters...
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> Flash in 2056? It's true irony...
I actually took this to be part of the joke. web content out of control, contributing to the hellishness of dystopia.
more accurately, I didn't take it as a direct slam on Flash, but rather a statement on how we seem to move toward complexity instead of simplicity. (cell phones are a good example.)
> I also have a passion for cooking, and I've > started learning techniques from all over the world.
techniques are good and useful, as you know, but simple food combination is fun as well. one usually takes cues from other cultures, but there is plenty of room for messing about, finding what you like.
this isn't strictly cooking, but have you ever tried a Guiness float? in the USA, we have these "pub packs" that have nitrogen capsules in the can (they make nice creamy foam). scoop some rich ice cream (in the USA, Haagen Dazs vanilla works well), and poor the stout over it, root beer float style. it sounds like a joke, but it's addicting, let me tell you.
OTOH, what does it say about the IQ of the staff at UCSB?
not much, really. if you RTFA, you'll see that they try to make it sound as if she did something technically savvy, but all she did was know the URL of the university's eGrades site. TFA has the quote:
"You have to use an encrypted web browser connection, so if you know that as the geeky https, you have to use an https connection, so that provides the real protection to it," Schmidt said.
which is bogus because her browser probably connected with https by default. it also mentions that she changed the profs' password using their Social Security numbers, which she got from her work at an insurance company.
it reads like the investigators are trying to spin it like she did something like cracking the system, but it's a simple case of identity theft and unauthorized access to the system, which is what the charges are. there's nothing that the UCSB staff could have done about this, except to follow their procedures. and it sounds like they did just that, which resulted in her arrest.
OTOH, the UC Berkeley incident sounds like lax staff. the person who put the info on the stolen laptop and subsequently left it unattended (presumably the same person) should be beaten severely.
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hey, that's a cool site. I liked this: http://wiki.cotch.net/index.php/Category:Fallacies .
is it your site?
well, when they wrote "couldn't get anything done", they weren't necessarily meaning "couldn't get any work done".
> it's the finger port
ew, gross.
I'm digging this scenario.
> and the link is down. Damn.
basically, we see a guy holding out against a damaged system and we slashdot him. eh, whoops.
I can tell you are lying by the spin of the electrons you are using.
that website is clearly a hoax. I mean, it's only on the internet, right? and you can't believe anything that's on the internet without some form of corroboration.
Hah, nice try. clearly you are trying to muddy the waters so that your viral marketing ploy is more difficult to root out.
> Which is why we're at this moment here at work patching all servers manually.
no, you're not. you're reading and posting to slashdot.
> Whoops, I forgot to mention, PJ is a little crazy
I don't think there's any need to say this. I've read groklaw for a long time, and I don't see any evidence to support that. I mean, she's no more crazy than any of us who are working for open source causes in a closed source world.
the Jehovah's Witness thing may or may not be true; I haven't tried to seriously research it. but it's irrelevant because PJ has the ability (desire? need?) to separate her personal and professional lives.
the bottom line is that groklaw gives well-researched information. her integrity has fostered a lot of support and assistance from her readers. you mentioned her desire to see a knoppix-like linux distro with tools that those in the legal profession need and want, and I think it will eventually come to pass in some form in no small part due to that integrity she has.
the grandparent post (presumably from the AC I'm replying to) gave good advice: try to contact PJ and see what info she might have. it should have been left at that.
do people actually believe the stuff they read here?
ah, you're right. mea culpa.
> ... && rm -fr maps.google.com && ...
..". not that it really matters...
you forgot to "cd
> Flash in 2056? It's true irony...
I actually took this to be part of the joke. web content out of control, contributing to the hellishness of dystopia.
more accurately, I didn't take it as a direct slam on Flash, but rather a statement on how we seem to move toward complexity instead of simplicity. (cell phones are a good example.)
gadgets gone wild, you know.
(Use the Preview Button! Check those URLs!)
> I also have a passion for cooking, and I've
> started learning techniques from all over the world.
techniques are good and useful, as you know, but simple food combination is fun as well. one usually takes cues from other cultures, but there is plenty of room for messing about, finding what you like.
this isn't strictly cooking, but have you ever tried a Guiness float? in the USA, we have these "pub packs" that have nitrogen capsules in the can (they make nice creamy foam). scoop some rich ice cream (in the USA, Haagen Dazs vanilla works well), and poor the stout over it, root beer float style. it sounds like a joke, but it's addicting, let me tell you.
> ...ot at home right now, so I can't give you the URL, but I'll follow up as soon as I get t...
not.
wow, too bad there's not a mod option like "sounds drunk".
> Human-Form Replicators
all I would care about is a form factor replicator. they just gotta fit.
> AOL's parent controls are not a substitute for proper parenting.
thank you.
heh. that was pretty good. you got me.
> I dunno if I would want to sit around drinking beer with some of the weirdos around here...
but think of the trolling opportunities!
oh, and she knew how to use google also. http://www.google.com/search?q=university%20califo rnia%20santa%20barbara%20egrades
not much, really. if you RTFA, you'll see that they try to make it sound as if she did something technically savvy, but all she did was know the URL of the university's eGrades site. TFA has the quote:
which is bogus because her browser probably connected with https by default. it also mentions that she changed the profs' password using their Social Security numbers, which she got from her work at an insurance company.it reads like the investigators are trying to spin it like she did something like cracking the system, but it's a simple case of identity theft and unauthorized access to the system, which is what the charges are. there's nothing that the UCSB staff could have done about this, except to follow their procedures. and it sounds like they did just that, which resulted in her arrest.
OTOH, the UC Berkeley incident sounds like lax staff. the person who put the info on the stolen laptop and subsequently left it unattended (presumably the same person) should be beaten severely.
> Anyone know any precedent for that one?
eh, any precedent would be country-specific anyway. and he ain't tellin' which country, for obvious reasons.