I think the number of civilians dying is an important issue that people need to be aware of (not saying these are accurate).
In terms of a decision of whether this was the right war, done the right way, whether "the average ordinary Iraqi is grateful" is not the only bar. Its using the ends to justify the means. And if you follow the logic far enough, we should have already been in the Sudan for a while (or any of a dozen african nations over the past decades).
And my guess is that history will prove that regardless of the results of the war, it was started under false pretexts and poorly planned, and is widely thought to have cost the 43rd President his chance at a second term.
Actually, the ACLU would most definitely step in and voice their opinion. Considering they
supported Rush Limbaugh when his privacy was violated in acquiring his medical records.
I wonder if he bashed the ACLU the day they defended his rights...
MySQL? Are you kidding? Nothing against the product, but there is not a chance in hell its market share is higher than SQL Server.
First of all, SQL Server has 20% market share across Windows and UNIX, and is the leader (with over 40% I believe) on Windows.
That is for purchased licenses. Also, everybody seems to somehow get MSDE (the free front-end-less version of SQL Server) installed. MSDE is as easy to install as IIS. Take that into account and I'll bet that the actually number of installed instances probably vies for first with either Oracle or DB2.
I'm not saying this is a good thing. The fact that so many desktops get a web server and network-aware RDMS service running on them is just frightening. But I do think that the sheer number of machines out there has an affect on what systems people try to attack. Couple that with the fact that MS is the company that people love to hate, and I'm sure you have a lot more effort going into writing exploits for Windows/IIS/SQL/etc than for MySQL.
Did you read the article? This is about making supply chain management software RFID aware so that companies can use RFID's for tracking their product between manufacturing, warehouses, etc. This is an ideal use for RFID, and has nothing to do with all of the privacy concerns of people following YOU around.
Unless you are a pallet of goods in a warehouse, in which case I apologize, and your comment can be deemed Insightful considering your situation.
If my company thought Apache was a better fit (security and flexibility), then we'd switch to Apache, not just have our servers identify as Apache.
And identifying as Apache wards off TRAFFIC from ATTEMPTED attacks, from our fully patched IIS servers.
I would think a "win for Apache" to be my company CHOOSING Apache, which they haven't. Thats like saying Mozilla users changing their browser to identify itself as IE as a win for Microsoft.
Its interesting that nobody here seems to note that there *are* people who make IIS report itself as Apache to reduce the number of attacks.
Nothing like the Linux/Slashdot reality bubble. When reports come out that IE has X market share, everyone clamors how its because they (and "everyone they know" have their Mozilla reporting itself as IE. These get modded as Insighful. Nothing against Mozilla, but I doubt this is why IE market share numbers are high.
Every company I've been at in the last four years have made IIS report as Apache. At my current company its part of the standard security process for publicly accessible web servers. Does this mean Apache market share isn't increasing? No. But it does mean you can't take Netcraft numbers and just start celebrating the Open Source Victory.
Digital Impact is not a "known spammer". Everything they send out has clear and effective unsubscribe methods.
There is a valid purpose for email marketing, and calling any mass email from a company Spam is ridiculous, if they have a method for opting out and/or unsubscribing.
Sybase isn't affected because the patents only apply to two areas (Data Tranformation Services and Analysis Services Cube Builder) that didn't exist until long after the two codebases branched. The features were added in SQL Server 7.0, the split was before 4.21.
Actually, BN.COM isn't the same as Barnes & Noble, they are separate corporate entities. Their stocks are even listed as separate companies. (BKS and BNBN)
You collect taxes for Illinois when the resident lives there. Sales taxes have always been based on the location of the customer, and when not in a retail store, have been the responsibility of the customer. Even with mail/phone orders, customers have the responsibility to pay the state a Use Tax (equal to the sales tax) when filing state taxes. Nobody does this, and of course its not feasable to enforce it at the consumer level. Much easier to (tro to) make business collect it for the government.
As it stands now, if you purchase a product from a company from another state, you are still expected to pay sales tax on it. I believe it is called a Use Tax, but it usually matches the sales tax. Of course, nobody does it, and its not feasible for the states to hunt down and prosecute individuals for violations (how would they know what their residents ordered from Amazon?)
Technically, I believe the onus has always been on the individual (and unenforced), so to me this represents a push towards holding the companies responsible. Although any future regulation on that would need to be federal in nature.
Just because none of us have ever paid taxes on out of state purchases doesn't mean we didn't owe taxes on them.
Also, where it gets fuzzy is with a company like Amazon. Their partnerships (with Borders, Target, Circuit City) blur the line between companies with Brick&Mortar in every state, and an online retailer with a physical presence in only a handful of states. They get around the Nexus issue by setting up separate companies for the partnership to avoid Nexus issues. I believe this practice (specifically for the Amazon/Borders partnership) is being challenged in California.
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I think the number of civilians dying is an important issue that people need to be aware of (not saying these are accurate).
In terms of a decision of whether this was the right war, done the right way, whether "the average ordinary Iraqi is grateful" is not the only bar. Its using the ends to justify the means. And if you follow the logic far enough, we should have already been in the Sudan for a while (or any of a dozen african nations over the past decades).
And my guess is that history will prove that regardless of the results of the war, it was started under false pretexts and poorly planned, and is widely thought to have cost the 43rd President his chance at a second term.
Actually, the ACLU would most definitely step in and voice their opinion. Considering they supported Rush Limbaugh when his privacy was violated in acquiring his medical records.
I wonder if he bashed the ACLU the day they defended his rights...
MySQL? Are you kidding? Nothing against the product, but there is not a chance in hell its market share is higher than SQL Server.
First of all, SQL Server has 20% market share across Windows and UNIX, and is the leader (with over 40% I believe) on Windows.
That is for purchased licenses. Also, everybody seems to somehow get MSDE (the free front-end-less version of SQL Server) installed. MSDE is as easy to install as IIS. Take that into account and I'll bet that the actually number of installed instances probably vies for first with either Oracle or DB2.
I'm not saying this is a good thing. The fact that so many desktops get a web server and network-aware RDMS service running on them is just frightening. But I do think that the sheer number of machines out there has an affect on what systems people try to attack. Couple that with the fact that MS is the company that people love to hate, and I'm sure you have a lot more effort going into writing exploits for Windows/IIS/SQL/etc than for MySQL.
How does this rate as Insightful?
Did you read the article? This is about making supply chain management software RFID aware so that companies can use RFID's for tracking their product between manufacturing, warehouses, etc. This is an ideal use for RFID, and has nothing to do with all of the privacy concerns of people following YOU around.
Unless you are a pallet of goods in a warehouse, in which case I apologize, and your comment can be deemed Insightful considering your situation.
Ahh, Slashlogic.
If my company thought Apache was a better fit (security and flexibility), then we'd switch to Apache, not just have our servers identify as Apache.
And identifying as Apache wards off TRAFFIC from ATTEMPTED attacks, from our fully patched IIS servers.
I would think a "win for Apache" to be my company CHOOSING Apache, which they haven't. Thats like saying Mozilla users changing their browser to identify itself as IE as a win for Microsoft.
Its interesting that nobody here seems to note that there *are* people who make IIS report itself as Apache to reduce the number of attacks.
Nothing like the Linux/Slashdot reality bubble. When reports come out that IE has X market share, everyone clamors how its because they (and "everyone they know" have their Mozilla reporting itself as IE. These get modded as Insighful. Nothing against Mozilla, but I doubt this is why IE market share numbers are high.
Every company I've been at in the last four years have made IIS report as Apache. At my current company its part of the standard security process for publicly accessible web servers. Does this mean Apache market share isn't increasing? No. But it does mean you can't take Netcraft numbers and just start celebrating the Open Source Victory.
Digital Impact is not a "known spammer". Everything they send out has clear and effective unsubscribe methods.
There is a valid purpose for email marketing, and calling any mass email from a company Spam is ridiculous, if they have a method for opting out and/or unsubscribing.
Sybase isn't affected because the patents only apply to two areas (Data Tranformation Services and Analysis Services Cube Builder) that didn't exist until long after the two codebases branched. The features were added in SQL Server 7.0, the split was before 4.21.
Dave
Actually, BN.COM isn't the same as Barnes & Noble, they are separate corporate entities. Their stocks are even listed as separate companies. (BKS and BNBN)
You collect taxes for Illinois when the resident lives there. Sales taxes have always been based on the location of the customer, and when not in a retail store, have been the responsibility of the customer. Even with mail/phone orders, customers have the responsibility to pay the state a Use Tax (equal to the sales tax) when filing state taxes. Nobody does this, and of course its not feasable to enforce it at the consumer level. Much easier to (tro to) make business collect it for the government.
Dave
As it stands now, if you purchase a product from a company from another state, you are still expected to pay sales tax on it. I believe it is called a Use Tax, but it usually matches the sales tax. Of course, nobody does it, and its not feasible for the states to hunt down and prosecute individuals for violations (how would they know what their residents ordered from Amazon?)
Technically, I believe the onus has always been on the individual (and unenforced), so to me this represents a push towards holding the companies responsible. Although any future regulation on that would need to be federal in nature.
Just because none of us have ever paid taxes on out of state purchases doesn't mean we didn't owe taxes on them.
Also, where it gets fuzzy is with a company like Amazon. Their partnerships (with Borders, Target, Circuit City) blur the line between companies with Brick&Mortar in every state, and an online retailer with a physical presence in only a handful of states. They get around the Nexus issue by setting up separate companies for the partnership to avoid Nexus issues. I believe this practice (specifically for the Amazon/Borders partnership) is being challenged in California.
Dave