"DNA can't be faked." No DNA can, but it sure as hell can be planted.
I don't buy this. If they simply sequence your DNA and store the results in an electronic database somewhere, then where do you think they can produce enough blood/urine/semen/hair, etc to "plant" at a crime scene? Unless there is a significant amount at the crime scene, I doubt it would be useful in court.
If they have already picked out someone to frame, they could accomplish this today by just going to your house and taking some hair out of your hairbrush or something. The DNA database doesn't make it any easier.
I don't see the problem with this. The standard argument with "if you didn't do anything wrong, then you have nothing to fear" revolves around potential abuse of the system. In this case, however, there isn't much abuse possible. DNA is DNA. Can't be faked.
If you are arrested for something you didn't do, then yes, you will be more likely to be caught for a subsequent crime you did commit. Thing is, you did commit the crime. This is nothing more than extra efficiency for law enforcement. We should thank these folks for decreasing costs and increasing convictions.
Gee, this whole "capitalism" thing doesn't seem to be working out for a lot of people either.
Agreed. But I think we could come up with a better alternative than "starving artist for everyone" syndrome. FOSS advocates love to talk about how "one day" there will be "thousands" of sponsors for these things (see sibling reply). But look at plain old art. It has been around a lot longer than sofware, and the artists still barely scrape by. I can't grasp how people think that the "software as art" model is going to be any different than the "art as art" model.
Just wait some days till many firms and thousand of users will step up and offer support for such a usefull product. We'll talk again then, about the open source business model, my friend.
Seriously, you guys should just collect your arguments into a list and then refer to them by number. It would save typing, and my time re-reading the same old re-hashed arguments.
Uhh. Thanks for the feedback, I suppose. I've corrected the typo, and searched around a bit for "prior art". I wasn't able to find any, but if you can point me at it, I'll be happy to change to another sig.:-)
Their system doesn't account for naps. I generally sleep from 3am-9am, and 6pm-8pm. Work for the man during the day. Take a nap to refresh yourself. Work for yourself at night. I've used this system on and off for a few years, and it works well.
With "unlimited" plans becoming more and more common, you may want to reconsider that logic.
They would stand to *save* money by having you use your own connection at home.
I was going to use the LCD display on my laptop to login to my home computer over the TCP/IP protocol (using my DSL line), so I could read the PIN number out of a document (in PDF format), but I think the UPC code sticker on my sunscreen (SPF factor 15) came loose and touched the NIC card somehow. I tried to access it with the UNC naming convention, but my ISP provider says that's against their AUP policy anyway. I called tech support, but the estimated ETA to have my call answered was too long (yes, I looked at all the FAQ questions before calling).
Re:Don't bother visiting with Firefox (Score:-1, Flamebait)
by I'm Don Giovanni (598558) on Tuesday April 06, @09:35PM (#8788210)
It couldn't possibly be that Firefox sucks, could it?
How exactly is this flamebait? Seems like a reasonable question to me.
If Firefox was a decent browser, it wouldn't "immediately exit" regardless of what content it was served. At least IE has the courtesy of presenting a box with error info.
It occurred to me, as I type this with my Microsoft Natural Keyboard (TM) (R) (btw, only 23.95 at Fry's (TM) (R)), that product placement in blogs, such as Blogger (TM) (R), Livejournal (TM) (R), and Diaryland (TM) (R) may be one of the things in store for the future.
Making it mass-marked may put it in more wrong hands, but rest assured, it was already in some wrong hands to begin with.
This is very similar to "security through obscurity" - if only the elite few have access, then you can be sure it will not be thoroughly checked for abuses.
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If they have already picked out someone to frame, they could accomplish this today by just going to your house and taking some hair out of your hairbrush or something. The DNA database doesn't make it any easier.
If you are arrested for something you didn't do, then yes, you will be more likely to be caught for a subsequent crime you did commit. Thing is, you did commit the crime. This is nothing more than extra efficiency for law enforcement. We should thank these folks for decreasing costs and increasing convictions.
FOSS advocates love to talk about how "one day" there will be "thousands" of sponsors for these things (see sibling reply). But look at plain old art. It has been around a lot longer than sofware, and the artists still barely scrape by. I can't grasp how people think that the "software as art" model is going to be any different than the "art as art" model.
Yea, open source. Works great as an economic system. Yep.
Aaahhhg. Damn arrogance. Here is clarification:
my worst work is better than (most of my co-workers)' best work.
NOT: my worst work is better than most of (my co-workers)' best work.
Why can't english be slightly less ambiguous?
Uhh. Thanks for the feedback, I suppose. I've corrected the typo, and searched around a bit for "prior art". I wasn't able to find any, but if you can point me at it, I'll be happy to change to another sig. :-)
Their system doesn't account for naps. I generally sleep from 3am-9am, and 6pm-8pm. Work for the man during the day. Take a nap to refresh yourself. Work for yourself at night. I've used this system on and off for a few years, and it works well.
Being tired at work is *good*. Give the man your worst hours. Keep the good hours for yourself.
shameless plog.
har, har.
With "unlimited" plans becoming more and more common, you may want to reconsider that logic.
They would stand to *save* money by having you use your own connection at home.
Riiight.. nothing new here. Standard household cordless phones are so easy to eavesdrop on, that I do it by accident sometimes.
I was going to use the LCD display on my laptop to login to my home computer over the TCP/IP protocol (using my DSL line), so I could read the PIN number out of a document (in PDF format), but I think the UPC code sticker on my sunscreen (SPF factor 15) came loose and touched the NIC card somehow. I tried to access it with the UNC naming convention, but my ISP provider says that's against their AUP policy anyway. I called tech support, but the estimated ETA to have my call answered was too long (yes, I looked at all the FAQ questions before calling).
This has been in the STL for quite some time:
// do something with theint
) );
#include <algorithm>
#include <set>
std::set<int> myset;
struct myfunc
{
void operator()(const int& theint)
{
}
};
std::for_each(myset.begin(),myset.end(),myfunc(
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I sniff with Olfactory 1.0.
How exactly is this flamebait? Seems like a reasonable question to me.
If Firefox was a decent browser, it wouldn't "immediately exit" regardless of what content it was served. At least IE has the courtesy of presenting a box with error info.
It occurred to me, as I type this with my Microsoft Natural Keyboard (TM) (R) (btw, only 23.95 at Fry's (TM) (R)), that product placement in blogs, such as Blogger (TM) (R), Livejournal (TM) (R), and Diaryland (TM) (R) may be one of the things in store for the future.
(==) != (=)
I thought NT came out before 95.
A language is not written in another language. A compiler or interpreter may be, but that is pretty much irrelevant.
This is very similar to "security through obscurity" - if only the elite few have access, then you can be sure it will not be thoroughly checked for abuses.