mistakes happen in all software, open or closed. this one was actually fortunate, because it was out there for everyone to see. at least with this incident these election officials will think twice before they can declare these machines 'virtually infallible.' once can also hope that there will be a thorough audit of how exactly the actual number of votes was lowered to 5352 from 144,000.
what causes me more worry are the bugs (features?) in these machines that are known only to a select few. i was hoping that after the elections last week more hue and cry would be made in the mainstream media about these machines by the candidates who lost. that doesn't appear to be forthcoming, though. pity.
permanent in the political context does not mean absolute. laws can (and are) changed and reversed over time. the permanent implies that the next batch of elected representatives (and the batches thereafter) do not have to pass laws exempting internet related products and services from taxation. but theres nothing stopping them from approving new legislation that would then enforce taxes on said products and services.
The technology mentioned in the article is not about triangulating an objects location using sattelites or cell phone towers. Its about using cellphone, radio, TV signals bouncing off an object like a car or a plane to track that object. Very interesting stuff. And they do mention that its difficult to pinpoint individuals using this process just yet, because the human body is a bad deflector of these signals, however research is currently underway to work around that.
Of course they're liable. And if they were worth billions of dollars they would've been sued for millions of dollars too. In most cases like these though, suing the parents for any amount of money would cost more than what could be recovered from them anyway.
Its the family of the victims doing the suing here, not the family of the teens. From the article:
The $100m legal action involves Joshua Buckner, 14, and his stepbrother William, 16, from Newport, Tennessee, who shot dead Aaron Hamel, 45, and seriously injured Kimberly Bede, 19, on 25 June..
...Miss Bede and the family of Aaron Hamel plan to sue Take-Two Interactive Software, which publishes Grand Theft Auto, for liability in a wrongful death lawsuit.
So this is the same old story.
I guess the NRA can now add video games to their ever expanding list of things that kill people (guns and god excluded).
U.S. Patent No. 6,328,121 (Ultra-Narrow Automobile Stabilized with Ballast)... Safety? It has jet-pilot seat belts and a racing-regulation roll cage; it weighs more than 3,000 pounds, about the same as a Toyota Camry, including 1,100 pounds of Yellow Top batteries under the floorboards as ballast, so it's not tippy on turns.
And moderators, RTFA before you mode up dumbass posts like the parent.
I agree. My comment wasn't in response to Fink/Gentoo/DarwinPorts working together. It was in response to this:
This is what Linux needs......to come together like this. The competing GUI's (KDE vs. GNOME), the competing browswers (Konqueror, Mozilla, Opera, Galeon), the competing distributions (SuSe, RH, Caldera), all drain human and financial resources that, if combined would make Linux into the powerhouse it could be.
Until then, Linux will remain second fiddle to the likes of Windows XP and MacOS X.
The emphasised parts indicated (to me anyway) that AC was advocating one distro, one browser, one gui. Or maybe (and I hope this is the case) s/he was being sarcastic and I missed it. Should've quoted in my reply. My bad.
Yes indeed. Get them all together. Package them all the same. Get rid of choice, it is overrated anyway. That is the only way to get Linux to be just like Windows, and the OSI, FSF et al to be like just like MS.
No I think it has more to do with Hynix making posting a loss (of about $800 mil, and its operating loss). If they were able to recoup their costs then Micron's claims of them artificially deflating their prices would not hold much water. As it stands, this does appear to be a case of government aided dumping.
If this lets audiences hear both sides of the story, that would be a good thing, eh? And as long as the onus of action does not lie with the blogger, this wouldn't lead to too much additional burden for them - how long does cutting-pasting/adding a hyperlink take? And if the blogger/organization that has been replied to does not agree with the reply, they can always respond to that. True, this can go on ad nauseam, but that is not different from some of the discussions here.
Yes, I am aware that news and blogs aren't supposed to be a discussion board. I am also of the opinion, however, that the right to free speech come with the responsibility of fair speech, and this, IMHO, would help to link these two online. The real shortcoming I see here is that the proposal does not affect corporations and groups like the RIAA (or the EFF, KKK, etc.). So in it current form, it puts an unfair burden on the individual. It would be a lot more acceptable if this would apply across the board.
In the meantime, if this is passed, people who don't want to be forced to bear the burden of reply can take the AC's way out and blog here.
In the desert, dust and noise would not be a problem. Hell, I'd guess the noise would be welcome out there. In urban areas though, anything that cuts down the dust and noise would be a godsend. Except that the machines look a little too big and too expensive to be used in city streets and for small projects. Would be nice if they got around those issues. Too bad they can't seem to get around the issue of this and most other technologies leading to fewer and fewer jobs.
RTFA dude. The FTC isn't asking for permission to hack into spammers' boxes. What they are asking for is this:
Because many spammers close up shop and hide their assets once they realize they are being targeted, FTC agents should be allowed to investigate them in secret for a limited period of time, commissioners said, or at least delay notification. FTC agents should be able to review spam complaints amassed by Internet providers and given greater latitude to go after spammers who hijack others' accounts, they said.
I honestly don't see how this would cut down on spam with the current set of laws. All this would do is give the government precedent to pass other ordinances infringe on people's privacy. Even if this did get passed, I am not sure how well it would hold up in court on appeal. Sounds pretty unconstitutional to me.
I also wonder if anyone has moved court against the companies that spammers advertize for. These would be a lot easier to track, and surely a company who markets gambling/porn to twelve year olds through a spammer should be held liable for it?
Just what is a single county doing with 65,534 IP addresses in the first place?
IPv6 may alleviate the current IP scarcity and the worldwide divide that it creates, but till that kicks in(and it doesn't look like it will anytime soon), ARIN et al need to take a closer look at this IP hoarding. Till that happens, this hijacking of IP space might be a good solution for ISPs in China, India, etc.
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what causes me more worry are the bugs (features?) in these machines that are known only to a select few. i was hoping that after the elections last week more hue and cry would be made in the mainstream media about these machines by the candidates who lost. that doesn't appear to be forthcoming, though. pity.
permanent in the political context does not mean absolute. laws can (and are) changed and reversed over time. the permanent implies that the next batch of elected representatives (and the batches thereafter) do not have to pass laws exempting internet related products and services from taxation. but theres nothing stopping them from approving new legislation that would then enforce taxes on said products and services.
The technology mentioned in the article is not about triangulating an objects location using sattelites or cell phone towers. Its about using cellphone, radio, TV signals bouncing off an object like a car or a plane to track that object. Very interesting stuff. And they do mention that its difficult to pinpoint individuals using this process just yet, because the human body is a bad deflector of these signals, however research is currently underway to work around that.
yes. and in real life downloading copyrighted works without a valid license would be called theft.
yeah, go ahead, mod this down as troll and/or flamebait, but had to be said.
1. The nearest entity with enough money to plausibly pay a ridiculous judgement, or
2. The nearest entity with whom one is most idealogically opposed?
1. US culture.
2. Human nature.
Of course they're liable. And if they were worth billions of dollars they would've been sued for millions of dollars too. In most cases like these though, suing the parents for any amount of money would cost more than what could be recovered from them anyway.
The $100m legal action involves Joshua Buckner, 14, and his stepbrother William, 16, from Newport, Tennessee, who shot dead Aaron Hamel, 45, and seriously injured Kimberly Bede, 19, on 25 June..
...Miss Bede and the family of Aaron Hamel plan to sue Take-Two Interactive Software, which publishes Grand Theft Auto, for liability in a wrongful death lawsuit.
So this is the same old story.
I guess the NRA can now add video games to their ever expanding list of things that kill people (guns and god excluded).
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Customs has been advised that the servers did not contain personal, business-related or national security information.
so those were just porn/game servers. no big threat to security, national or otherwise.
the question therefore is: why the fuck aren't the democrats raising a big hue and cry about it?
Top speed is 130 mph, not 160 mph.
RTFA some more.
U.S. Patent No. 6,328,121 (Ultra-Narrow Automobile Stabilized with Ballast)... Safety? It has jet-pilot seat belts and a racing-regulation roll cage; it weighs more than 3,000 pounds, about the same as a Toyota Camry, including 1,100 pounds of Yellow Top batteries under the floorboards as ballast, so it's not tippy on turns.
And moderators, RTFA before you mode up dumbass posts like the parent.
This is what Linux needs... ...to come together like this. The competing GUI's (KDE vs. GNOME), the competing browswers (Konqueror, Mozilla, Opera, Galeon), the competing distributions (SuSe, RH, Caldera), all drain human and financial resources that, if combined would make Linux into the powerhouse it could be.
Until then, Linux will remain second fiddle to the likes of Windows XP and MacOS X.
The emphasised parts indicated (to me anyway) that AC was advocating one distro, one browser, one gui. Or maybe (and I hope this is the case) s/he was being sarcastic and I missed it. Should've quoted in my reply. My bad.
Yes indeed. Get them all together. Package them all the same. Get rid of choice, it is overrated anyway. That is the only way to get Linux to be just like Windows, and the OSI, FSF et al to be like just like MS.
... where something like this would be a good idea?
...consumption of coffee is expected to increase by over 200 percent.
Yes, I am aware that news and blogs aren't supposed to be a discussion board. I am also of the opinion, however, that the right to free speech come with the responsibility of fair speech, and this, IMHO, would help to link these two online. The real shortcoming I see here is that the proposal does not affect corporations and groups like the RIAA (or the EFF, KKK, etc.). So in it current form, it puts an unfair burden on the individual. It would be a lot more acceptable if this would apply across the board.
In the meantime, if this is passed, people who don't want to be forced to bear the burden of reply can take the AC's way out and blog here.
Oh wait... isn't progress cause enough?
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The same kind that,when you are driving, lets you know in one glance how many miles per hour you will cover if you stay at your current speed.
Seems pretty informative to me.
In the desert, dust and noise would not be a problem. Hell, I'd guess the noise would be welcome out there. In urban areas though, anything that cuts down the dust and noise would be a godsend. Except that the machines look a little too big and too expensive to be used in city streets and for small projects. Would be nice if they got around those issues. Too bad they can't seem to get around the issue of this and most other technologies leading to fewer and fewer jobs.
Because many spammers close up shop and hide their assets once they realize they are being targeted, FTC agents should be allowed to investigate them in secret for a limited period of time, commissioners said, or at least delay notification. FTC agents should be able to review spam complaints amassed by Internet providers and given greater latitude to go after spammers who hijack others' accounts, they said.
I honestly don't see how this would cut down on spam with the current set of laws. All this would do is give the government precedent to pass other ordinances infringe on people's privacy. Even if this did get passed, I am not sure how well it would hold up in court on appeal. Sounds pretty unconstitutional to me.
I also wonder if anyone has moved court against the companies that spammers advertize for. These would be a lot easier to track, and surely a company who markets gambling/porn to twelve year olds through a spammer should be held liable for it?
IPv6 may alleviate the current IP scarcity and the worldwide divide that it creates, but till that kicks in(and it doesn't look like it will anytime soon), ARIN et al need to take a closer look at this IP hoarding. Till that happens, this hijacking of IP space might be a good solution for ISPs in China, India, etc.