From today forward, Congress may write laws to state "We intend for this bill to make [some given thing] better." and it shall fall to the Supreme Court to interpret that into reality. Whatever makes it work is within the power of the Supreme Court, as we've seen today. If they can say that the intention was the opposite of the language used, and enforce their interpretation of that intention, they can say anything.
Brave new world!
This is what happens when any nation takes it upon themselves to try to legislate the internet: mindnumbingly stupid legislation.
We edge closer to this trap each day ourselves.
I'm not sure if this applies or not, but it might be worth investigating... you might now be able to close your Verizon account without incurring the (normally ginormous) cancellation fee, as this could represent an unauthorized change in the terms of your agreement with Verizon.
This has been done in years past based on changing fees for SMS and other rate changes. *It might be a stretch, as it is a fee for specific methods of payment vs a fee for a service provided, but you be able to make it work.
This would be more meaningful if we had stats on the number of issues vs. number of phones sold, and comparison numbers for other types of phones.
Currently, as suggested above, this could also, easily, be interpreted as "Wow, so few Software issues they ROCK!"
I can call my Dr for appointment this very morning, have an MRI immediately after, and begin treatment this afternoon. All for a $20 co-pay. We've been led to believe that many other nations' citizens have to wait greater than a few hours to get in for many specialists and tests. Also, I know it's easy to think of yours as free, but your taxes pay for it.
I do have health insurance, which I pay for along with my employer... and you pay for yours, too... through taxes. All this does is divert Medicare funding ($500B of funding comes from Medicare, which is bankrupt already), raise taxes ($496B of funding is from tax increases/fees), raise insurance premiums (to recover costs of preexisting conditions and mandated coverage for things like Abortion... even in policies for males), and dictate that everyone must now have it. The current version dictates that we must have a $12,000 premium for my family (4) or face $2500 penalties. $12000 is not free healthcare. My current healthcare (example above) cost a total of $10,000, so it would not be good enough.
We actually have charities that care for people who need assistance but can't pay for it. That's what we're good at: taking care of our people without requiring government intervention. Our most impoverished citizens have color TVs with cable programming subscriptions, cellular phones, at least one car, and generally more than 900sqft of living space.
Try not sound too superior.
How does our 5.6% unemployment rate sit with the rest of the world?
How does our $10K+ PER STUDENT spent on education compare?
It is costing alot of money to fight this fight, but many agree that the cost of ignoring these threats, and losing the war on Terrorism is greater.
In the interest of National Security, I'd risk pissing off some people. Especially if their interest in ignoring the situation in Iraq was credibly tied to their illegal profitting from curruption of the Oil for Food program.
I wonder how the NON-Technology forums out there are treating this topic?
I agree that our kids need our trust, but they also need our protection. Strange, scary old men in overalls who only take their hand out of their pants to shake yours (ewww) are out there pretending to be teenage girls/boys.
I wouldn't have a PC in their room at all. I'd put it in a den, living/family room. It's never too late to pull it out of there and put it in a public area. In the living room, I would expect (and be ok with) a little quick window-closing when I walk by... at least I have proximity on my side.
Also, you MUST tell them what's out there, and why some of it's bad. Keep an open mind about what they'll certainly want to see, and know that if you do, they'll keep an open mind about letting you know what they encounter.
"In some cases--for example, streaming media--it may not be desirable to provide all data within the current Web page. You can prevent Internet Explorer from prompting the user by using Dynamic HTML (DHTML) to load ActiveX controls from script."
The cost of evaluating the damage is, in my opinion, built into the salaries of those people who's job it is to constantly look for such damage and intrusions. This should not be a cost associated with a specific incident... this should be a constant process to ensure the security of any network. Do they only take security measures when a known event has taken place? I don't think so.
As long as you're able to pay the bills for your area on your salary, you're doing ok.
I lived in Toms River NJ, USA a few years ago where I made 32000, and paid 600 per month rent. Just going on that, we could have had the same life-style.
This would be an EXCELLENT reference... I've had the first for a few years, and use it to help train my employees on (and remind myself about) proper use and functionality.
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From today forward, Congress may write laws to state "We intend for this bill to make [some given thing] better." and it shall fall to the Supreme Court to interpret that into reality. Whatever makes it work is within the power of the Supreme Court, as we've seen today. If they can say that the intention was the opposite of the language used, and enforce their interpretation of that intention, they can say anything. Brave new world!
Clearly you misunderstand... US ought to be the top, is the top, and mine was an expression of pride at that fact. Hope this clarifies.
... 'cause: 'Merica! Oo RAH!
This is what happens when any nation takes it upon themselves to try to legislate the internet: mindnumbingly stupid legislation. We edge closer to this trap each day ourselves.
Did they really say "[they] know of no fires in real-world crashes" and then explain how they happened in the same paragraph?
I'm not sure if this applies or not, but it might be worth investigating... you might now be able to close your Verizon account without incurring the (normally ginormous) cancellation fee, as this could represent an unauthorized change in the terms of your agreement with Verizon.
This has been done in years past based on changing fees for SMS and other rate changes. *It might be a stretch, as it is a fee for specific methods of payment vs a fee for a service provided, but you be able to make it work.
Hope this provides food for thought.
This would be more meaningful if we had stats on the number of issues vs. number of phones sold, and comparison numbers for other types of phones. Currently, as suggested above, this could also, easily, be interpreted as "Wow, so few Software issues they ROCK!"
I can call my Dr for appointment this very morning, have an MRI immediately after, and begin treatment this afternoon. All for a $20 co-pay. We've been led to believe that many other nations' citizens have to wait greater than a few hours to get in for many specialists and tests. Also, I know it's easy to think of yours as free, but your taxes pay for it. I do have health insurance, which I pay for along with my employer... and you pay for yours, too... through taxes. All this does is divert Medicare funding ($500B of funding comes from Medicare, which is bankrupt already), raise taxes ($496B of funding is from tax increases/fees), raise insurance premiums (to recover costs of preexisting conditions and mandated coverage for things like Abortion... even in policies for males), and dictate that everyone must now have it. The current version dictates that we must have a $12,000 premium for my family (4) or face $2500 penalties. $12000 is not free healthcare. My current healthcare (example above) cost a total of $10,000, so it would not be good enough. We actually have charities that care for people who need assistance but can't pay for it. That's what we're good at: taking care of our people without requiring government intervention. Our most impoverished citizens have color TVs with cable programming subscriptions, cellular phones, at least one car, and generally more than 900sqft of living space. Try not sound too superior.
Beliefs/principles. hmmm...
How does our 5.6% unemployment rate sit with the rest of the world?
How does our $10K+ PER STUDENT spent on education compare?
It is costing alot of money to fight this fight, but many agree that the cost of ignoring these threats, and losing the war on Terrorism is greater.
In the interest of National Security, I'd risk pissing off some people. Especially if their interest in ignoring the situation in Iraq was credibly tied to their illegal profitting from curruption of the Oil for Food program.
I wonder how the NON-Technology forums out there are treating this topic?
I agree that our kids need our trust, but they also need our protection. Strange, scary old men in overalls who only take their hand out of their pants to shake yours (ewww) are out there pretending to be teenage girls/boys.
I wouldn't have a PC in their room at all. I'd put it in a den, living/family room. It's never too late to pull it out of there and put it in a public area. In the living room, I would expect (and be ok with) a little quick window-closing when I walk by... at least I have proximity on my side.
Also, you MUST tell them what's out there, and why some of it's bad. Keep an open mind about what they'll certainly want to see, and know that if you do, they'll keep an open mind about letting you know what they encounter.
According to Microsoft's User Experience page:
"In some cases--for example, streaming media--it may not be desirable to provide all data within the current Web page. You can prevent Internet Explorer from prompting the user by using Dynamic HTML (DHTML) to load ActiveX controls from script."
So maybe their hearts just aren't really in it.
The cost of evaluating the damage is, in my opinion, built into the salaries of those people who's job it is to constantly look for such damage and intrusions. This should not be a cost associated with a specific incident... this should be a constant process to ensure the security of any network. Do they only take security measures when a known event has taken place? I don't think so.
As long as you're able to pay the bills for your area on your salary, you're doing ok.
I lived in Toms River NJ, USA a few years ago where I made 32000, and paid 600 per month rent. Just going on that, we could have had the same life-style.
This would be an EXCELLENT reference... I've had the first for a few years, and use it to help train my employees on (and remind myself about) proper use and functionality.
It was much better than "Cats".
Didn't we recently read that 802.11g was to cut it's speed from 54Mbps to 10-20Mbps? What happened to this?
Didn't we recently read that 802.11g's rate was to be cut from 54Mbps to 10-20Mbps? What happened to this?