In actuality, I'm saying the opposite.
He is not nearly so stupid as his
public speaking skills make him appear on occasion.
In fact, he can be quite eloquent in the the use of misleading and evasive language.
It is that incongruity that makes me mistrust him.
And, on the topic, I'd say that what F911 is doing
is very publicly calling the administration
and those who supported/acquiesced to their agenda
out on their unfair arguments and the consequences of them.
Yeah, he uses emotional arguments, but you cannot counter emotion with logic, and these are emotional issues.
Nah, "documentary" just means that the footage is
mostly taken from direct, real life, sources.
The fact that the majority of the film is edited
from public sources clearly makes it a documentary.
As far as unbiased goes, documentaries have always been biased. Face it, who is going to make a documentary if they do not have a viewpoint on the subject matter. Even if the viewpoint is just "oooh, pretty!"
We shall see. I am not a prophet, but I have seen it now, and I'd say that it is a powerful enough movie to have some staying power. If it does bomb on the second weekend, that's the movie biz...
And I can assume you would be equally certain of your position when a right wing nutjob does a documentary on the Vince Foster was killed by Bill Clinton conspiracy theory?
That, and if the Illinois Nazi's want to march
through a Jewish neighborhood.
Freedom is freedom. I can't deny you your freedom
to say something I find morally repugnant without
risking my own freedom in the same breath. Of course, if more people realized this I'd bet that
fewer people would say things I find morally repugnant (like: that movie should be banned).
Grammar! INCLUDING. Doesn't say ONLY those terrorist organizations which planned 9/11 etc. Secondly, I believe the administration would make the point that there WERE connections between Iraq and al-Qaeda, these were even verified by the Sept 11 commission. That can easily fall under the "aided the terrorist attacks"--people in relationship with al-Qaeda,etc.
That the man who is noted for his mangling of the English language so carefully phrased this so as not to be "technically" a lie tells me that it is a lie of the first order, deliberate and with full knowledge that it was a lie.
If I tell you that "elements of discord and malcontent INCLUDING/. and k5 are yakking about how Intel sucks", I am drawing a connection between/. and k5 whether or not one actually exists.
I am convinced at this point that the President and all his senior staff are LIARS of the first and worst order.
Don't be too sure of that.
There is a brand of duct tape called "Duck Tape", and it is one of the more common brands out there.
I'll bet lots of people find this confusing;)
Are you trying to say that every unit defined with SI units is a Metric unit? Is the inch (defined as 2.54 cm) Metric?
Yes, and no. The tonne is a Metric unit, as it is defined within the rules of the Metric system.
The fact that the SI commitee doesn't believe in "convenience" units like the ton does not remove it
from the Metric system after over a hundred years of usage.
The inch was retro-defined WRT Metric units.
The metre is a light-time unit...
Ahem. You know I meant Light-Second and Light-Year. Light-minutes, days, weeks and months are in much less common usage.
The fact that the Meter has been retro-defined in terms of a particular frequency of light does not make it a light-time unit. OTOH a Light-nanosecond is about 3dm. That would be a nice handy unit.
Most ISP's are corporations these days.
They won't stick their necks out for anybody if they don't have to.
Fake open relays are a good idea - as a law enforcement tool. I'd say the FBI and other national
police forces should be the ones running honeypots,
fake open relays, and other tracking tools. That
is one of the things we are paying our taxes for, so
that we do not have to do law enforcement investigation ourselves. Especially when the victims of the crimes are so widespread.
You propose a nice concept of technical solutions
to spam. I simply believe that you are unrealistic
in your estimate of how effective they can be.
The sorts of frauds perpetrated by spammers
have been around longer than the Internet, longer
than computers, indeed longer than the steam engine.
As long as there are people around eager to attempt
these frauds they will find the most efficient
means to communicate with their intended victims while concealing their own identities.
Make no mistake on this, these people are highly
motivated, and there are large profits they are making by finding victims for their schemes. They will not be tracked or dissuaded by a few grumpy sysadmins.
What we need for what you propose to work is law enforcement (in all the countries involved) that is engaged and willing to help out and use the data that we can collect from regular logs on mailservers that are not configured as open relays. Why take the risk of keeping a system that is proven to be abusable when you don't have to?
You cannot eliminate spam.
Just not going to happen.
The best that can be done is to make what spam
remains traceable and act against the spammers
using relevant meatspace laws such as fraud, misuse of chattels, libel (or is that slander?), etc.
Open relays, zombie systems, and other "workarounds"
make this more difficult, so keep your doors locked, your systems patched, and your relays closed.
Metric units are units based on the Metric
system. The people who use them define them.
The ton is a well established unit of shipping. Rather than change 500 years worth of paperwork, the shipping indutry adopted 1000kg as the ton/tonne/long ton.
The km and spat haven't fared nearly as well in astronomical circles, where the AU, Parsec, and Light-time units rule for length, and solar mass rules for mass.
In meatspace there is a term for things
analogous to open relays. That is "attractive nuisance". Usually used to refer to such things
as unsecured structures that could attract
trouble.
In meatspace the owner of an "attractive nuisance"
bears some responsibility for the misuse
of the property if they do not show that they have made a reasonable effort to prevent such, like using
locks on the doors and monitoring the property.
This correlates strongly to "closing open relays"
and "keeping your system patched".
It is a service to the end-user
to disconnect their compromised machine
from the internet before it can be compromised further.
The looks on people's faces when they realize the
extent of their vulnerability when their machine
is zombied would tell you that.
The resistance you get is simply that most people don't have the gut feeling for the risk they are taking.
Besides, we could do _much_ better today.
The Shuttle ME's have a better ISP than the
Saturn V engines, and there is better than that on the drawing
board at every major aerospace company.
We _can_ return to the moon, I just hope that
next time it's to stay.
Frankly, if the Secretary of State (the particular
official responsible for elections in most states) made comments like that they would be hung out to dry. Or at least they would have 20 years ago.
Hint: There is no "secret conspiracy", it is all right there in the press and in the public writings and speeches of public figures like Wolfowitz, Rumsfeld, Ashcroft, and others. They have stated outright what their vision for the country is, that they aren't going to let little qualms about "civil rights" and "international law" get in their way, and from what I have seen out of the horses mouth, I wouldn't put domestic election rigging past any one of them. "Quack Quack".
Anyways.. saying "We will deliver the state for you" is the same as "I suport bush" or "i hope bush wins".
This is only true if the person who says it lacks the power to actually "deliver states".
The counter argument is that the president of Diebold does indeed have that power.
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He is not nearly so stupid as his public speaking skills make him appear on occasion.
In fact, he can be quite eloquent in the the use of misleading and evasive language.
It is that incongruity that makes me mistrust him.
Yeah, he uses emotional arguments, but you cannot counter emotion with logic, and these are emotional issues.
The fact that the majority of the film is edited from public sources clearly makes it a documentary.
As far as unbiased goes, documentaries have always been biased. Face it, who is going to make a documentary if they do not have a viewpoint on the subject matter. Even if the viewpoint is just "oooh, pretty!"
MM doesn't give the Democrats a free pass in his movie either. I could see Daschle being rather offended by his portrayal.
We shall see. I am not a prophet, but I have seen it now, and I'd say that it is a powerful enough movie to have some staying power. If it does bomb on the second weekend, that's the movie biz...
Freedom is freedom. I can't deny you your freedom to say something I find morally repugnant without risking my own freedom in the same breath. Of course, if more people realized this I'd bet that fewer people would say things I find morally repugnant (like: that movie should be banned).
If I tell you that "elements of discord and malcontent INCLUDING
I am convinced at this point that the President and all his senior staff are LIARS of the first and worst order.
Don't be too sure of that. ;)
There is a brand of duct tape called "Duck Tape", and it is one of the more common brands out there.
I'll bet lots of people find this confusing
The fact that the SI commitee doesn't believe in "convenience" units like the ton does not remove it from the Metric system after over a hundred years of usage.
The inch was retro-defined WRT Metric units.
Ahem. You know I meant Light-Second and Light-Year. Light-minutes, days, weeks and months are in much less common usage.The fact that the Meter has been retro-defined in terms of a particular frequency of light does not make it a light-time unit. OTOH a Light-nanosecond is about 3dm. That would be a nice handy unit.
They won't stick their necks out for anybody if they don't have to.
Fake open relays are a good idea - as a law enforcement tool. I'd say the FBI and other national police forces should be the ones running honeypots, fake open relays, and other tracking tools. That is one of the things we are paying our taxes for, so that we do not have to do law enforcement investigation ourselves. Especially when the victims of the crimes are so widespread.
The sorts of frauds perpetrated by spammers have been around longer than the Internet, longer than computers, indeed longer than the steam engine.
As long as there are people around eager to attempt these frauds they will find the most efficient means to communicate with their intended victims while concealing their own identities.
Make no mistake on this, these people are highly motivated, and there are large profits they are making by finding victims for their schemes. They will not be tracked or dissuaded by a few grumpy sysadmins.
What we need for what you propose to work is law enforcement (in all the countries involved) that is engaged and willing to help out and use the data that we can collect from regular logs on mailservers that are not configured as open relays. Why take the risk of keeping a system that is proven to be abusable when you don't have to?
Just not going to happen.
The best that can be done is to make what spam remains traceable and act against the spammers using relevant meatspace laws such as fraud, misuse of chattels, libel (or is that slander?), etc.
Open relays, zombie systems, and other "workarounds" make this more difficult, so keep your doors locked, your systems patched, and your relays closed.
And keep a light on.
The ton is a well established unit of shipping. Rather than change 500 years worth of paperwork, the shipping indutry adopted 1000kg as the ton/tonne/long ton.
The km and spat haven't fared nearly as well in astronomical circles, where the AU, Parsec, and Light-time units rule for length, and solar mass rules for mass.
In meatspace the owner of an "attractive nuisance" bears some responsibility for the misuse of the property if they do not show that they have made a reasonable effort to prevent such, like using locks on the doors and monitoring the property.
This correlates strongly to "closing open relays" and "keeping your system patched".
It may not be SI, but it is a Metric unit. One especially used in commerce and shipping.
The resistance you get is simply that most people don't have the gut feeling for the risk they are taking.
Sorry, ml H20 per Tonne.
6 inches on a side.
5280*12 inches to the mile.
20 gallons (duh).
If it is _so_ trivial with metric units, how
many ml are there to the ton?
No fair looking it up now...;)
Wow.
Surpassing eloquence and the best argument I've seen for going to space yet.
The Shuttle ME's have a better ISP than the Saturn V engines, and there is better than that on the drawing board at every major aerospace company.
We _can_ return to the moon, I just hope that next time it's to stay.
I would move to another country, but then I'd be a victim of our foreign policy...
Hint: There is no "secret conspiracy", it is all right there in the press and in the public writings and speeches of public figures like Wolfowitz, Rumsfeld, Ashcroft, and others. They have stated outright what their vision for the country is, that they aren't going to let little qualms about "civil rights" and "international law" get in their way, and from what I have seen out of the horses mouth, I wouldn't put domestic election rigging past any one of them. "Quack Quack".
This is only true if the person who says it lacks the power to actually "deliver states".
The counter argument is that the president of Diebold does indeed have that power.
If only Dmitri Hackforprofit and his buddies know about it, I'm toast.
Just because the bad guys exploit holes found by the good guys doesn't mean they don't know how to find them on their own.
Do I really need to point out the Zero-Day IE exploit that the white-hats still don't completely understand?