depends on what they consume, but then again if they need radioactive waste, we would be for a limited amount of time getting along with them just fine... all the radioactive waste disappearing 'n stuff
so, if you get sent, let say a bank balacne statement from somone else and some bank you don't do business with, to your (snail) mail box and you just disregard it as spam and further more you disregard anything else from this bank as spam as well (remember you do not do business with them), then a judge can rule that the mailbox is removed and that the postman can not deliver ANY mail to your mailbox anymore... ever again?
sounds interesting, tell me more about this. this would mean no bills, no unwanted solicitations, no subpoena for that matter, NOTHING could be sent to you by mail, as you would not a an address that mail can be delivered to
personally, I'd find a world, in which you do NOT have lock up/away anything and still be sure that it would still be there unharmed when you come back to it, much more interesting to live in.
congratulations/., you have reached commercial media heaven
to have to publish stories (bs) like this in the summer months
that's well and truly admitting you guys have nothing better to do
just like the 'normal' media
The freedom of whom? This theory which this judge proposes (and nothing else is his somewhat backwards argument to be taken as), is that one should be able to control who reads ones posted content. Point being that this can be legally solved by laws that no one who matters, or sees themselves to be above ( 3 letter agencies, I am looking at you ) will follow, or with a technological solution that would deny certain things to be reached that way (deep linking, somewhat). But, oh wait, that solution exists already, or doesn't it?
well, judging by what movies have gone out on the frequencies, we are either a violent lot that has a DeathStar and will annihilate anything in its way, or on the other hand are a semi-violent lot that is on 5 year missions into space where no man has gone before..., or we have both factions and they never meet... that spells to me out as a big warning sign: AVOID ALL CONTACT. THOSE GUYS ARE NUTS!!!
they are orbs that engulf what they consume, and they communicate by fusing or changing colors and/or texture. But essentially as orbshaped beings they have no left or right side. So what now, space cadet?
Game theory - works always a charm on paper, but trying to transfer that to reality is like hanging a 'MISSION ACCOMPLISHED' sign on an aircraft carrier.
mind you if a Ferengi minded species would show up, it would be interesting how certain human-looking entities on earth would be working out in relations to these new business partners
Terry Childs did not render anything useless.
By withholding the passwords he rendered morons who didn't know shit about shit useless and they threw a tantrum.
The problem he has now, is the same problem that any admin with the level morons that he had to deal with has.
He will not be able to convince any jury of his inocence as only other admins are his peers. And the jury won't be other admins.
His employers hired consultants who didn't know what to do (save writing invoices) and therefore broke what they didn't understand. If said consultants were worth their salt so to say, they would have talked to Childs about his network structure and how things were configured. With this knowledge they could have determined what would happen when they did what they did.
Not only should compensation be paid to Childs, but the people who accused him should be thrown into prison.
The question here is: Have you been through this battle in an education environment?
I concede, it s true that a university is a business, but the dynamics of this sort of business are different from the run of the mill, say, stationary sales venture, or a software maker.
The product you sell in a educational facility, is skill(s). Skill to do something for above mentioned examples in the least expensive and most efficient way possible.
The need for certain skills isn't there right now, but it will be in a few months/years, at least for some things e.g. speaking quechua, or writing CuPit-2.
The currently needed skill-set is not there, because the licensing policies for 'educational facilities' and normal businesses differ vastly. "You can only squeeze a lemon until its dry."
The currently needed skill-set is, make due with what you have, or find a 'free' alternative.
So while Microsoft may well be the best of breed for you, (it certainly drives me up the wall, having to explain it often enough) if you can't afford it, you will need to learn to work with something else.
You are certainly right in parts of your statement. However your observation that plumbers, carpenters, etc. do not ask for their traveltime paid is wrong. They will, they do and they will keep doing so.
Furthermore it is usual that, if the customer is not able to explain the problem and you end up driving there, just to see that said customer then proceeds telling you that it (e.g.) "was just and he just forgot about it and you can leave again" you will end up wasting money. not the customers, but he will do the same thing again to you and not learn from his mistake.
The learning effect is only achived (at least for businesses) when there is a bill connected to a mistake. Otherwise it is not.
How much you want to get paid for a useless drive and propable other business lost, is up to you of course.
A statement "Nor should you." is IMHO short sighted.
Simple rule:
Family: don't bill them (expect if they want you to do work for their BUSINESS),
anyone private: a fixed price they can afford (like 50 bucks),
anyone business: an hourly rate in which you bill them for the started hour, including the time you needed to get there
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Would either side, alien and human alike, even recognize the other as 'intelligent', or for that matter, as beings/entities at all?
depends on what they consume, but then again if they need radioactive waste, we would be for a limited amount of time getting along with them just fine... all the radioactive waste disappearing 'n stuff
actually, no, but the statistics that I myself falsified point to that. And I always read and write at other peoples risk.
...considering where we are, in relation to other inhabited patches of the universe, that is no surprise to me
at last, another one that saw the reference here
wrong again: the moon is made of swiss cheese... this is proof, its one of the holes.
or is that wrong too? and the moon is a living being? and this is its 'out' hole?
so, if you get sent, let say a bank balacne statement from somone else and some bank you don't do business with, to your (snail) mail box and you just disregard it as spam and further more you disregard anything else from this bank as spam as well (remember you do not do business with them), then a judge can rule that the mailbox is removed and that the postman can not deliver ANY mail to your mailbox anymore... ever again?
sounds interesting, tell me more about this.
this would mean no bills, no unwanted solicitations, no subpoena for that matter, NOTHING could be sent to you by mail, as you would not a an address that mail can be delivered to
personally, I'd find a world, in which you do NOT have lock up/away anything and still be sure that it would still be there unharmed when you come back to it, much more interesting to live in.
you meant to post this in the forum of Dr. Ruth... this is /.
ever been to italy? What wall?
congratulations /., you have reached commercial media heaven
to have to publish stories (bs) like this in the summer months
that's well and truly admitting you guys have nothing better to do
just like the 'normal' media
just one question:
The freedom of whom?
This theory which this judge proposes (and nothing else is his somewhat backwards argument to be taken as), is that one should be able to control who reads ones posted content.
Point being that this can be legally solved by laws that no one who matters, or sees themselves to be above ( 3 letter agencies, I am looking at you ) will follow, or with a technological solution that would deny certain things to be reached that way (deep linking, somewhat).
But, oh wait, that solution exists already, or doesn't it?
well, judging by what movies have gone out on the frequencies, we are either a violent lot that has a DeathStar and will annihilate anything in its way, or on the other hand are a semi-violent lot that is on 5 year missions into space where no man has gone before..., or we have both factions and they never meet...
that spells to me out as a big warning sign:
AVOID ALL CONTACT. THOSE GUYS ARE NUTS!!!
they are orbs that engulf what they consume, and they communicate by fusing or changing colors and/or texture. But essentially as orbshaped beings they have no left or right side. So what now, space cadet?
one of the questions also could be:
Would they even notice us and our attempts of communication?
We could be to them what ants are to us after all.
they are the OOOD?!
why didn't you say so in the first place?
Game theory - works always a charm on paper, but trying to transfer that to reality is like hanging a 'MISSION ACCOMPLISHED' sign on an aircraft carrier.
mind you if a Ferengi minded species would show up, it would be interesting how certain human-looking entities on earth would be working out in relations to these new business partners
... who has the management style of a seagull manager. (comes flying in, screams around, leaves some shit, and flies out again)
Terry Childs did not render anything useless. By withholding the passwords he rendered morons who didn't know shit about shit useless and they threw a tantrum.
The problem he has now, is the same problem that any admin with the level morons that he had to deal with has.
He will not be able to convince any jury of his inocence as only other admins are his peers. And the jury won't be other admins.
His employers hired consultants who didn't know what to do (save writing invoices) and therefore broke what they didn't understand.
If said consultants were worth their salt so to say, they would have talked to Childs about his network structure and how things were configured. With this knowledge they could have determined what would happen when they did what they did.
Not only should compensation be paid to Childs, but the people who accused him should be thrown into prison.
The question here is: Have you been through this battle in an education environment?
I concede, it s true that a university is a business, but the dynamics of this sort of business are different from the run of the mill, say, stationary sales venture, or a software maker.
The product you sell in a educational facility, is skill(s). Skill to do something for above mentioned examples in the least expensive and most efficient way possible.
The need for certain skills isn't there right now, but it will be in a few months/years, at least for some things e.g. speaking quechua, or writing CuPit-2.
The currently needed skill-set is not there, because the licensing policies for 'educational facilities' and normal businesses differ vastly. "You can only squeeze a lemon until its dry."
The currently needed skill-set is, make due with what you have, or find a 'free' alternative.
So while Microsoft may well be the best of breed for you, (it certainly drives me up the wall, having to explain it often enough) if you can't afford it, you will need to learn to work with something else.
Well, if you are building a new facility... preferable in the shape of a cube...
You are certainly right in parts of your statement. However your observation that plumbers, carpenters, etc. do not ask for their traveltime paid is wrong. They will, they do and they will keep doing so.
Furthermore it is usual that, if the customer is not able to explain the problem and you end up driving there, just to see that said customer then proceeds telling you that it (e.g.) "was just and he just forgot about it and you can leave again" you will end up wasting money. not the customers, but he will do the same thing again to you and not learn from his mistake.
The learning effect is only achived (at least for businesses) when there is a bill connected to a mistake. Otherwise it is not.
How much you want to get paid for a useless drive and propable other business lost, is up to you of course.
A statement "Nor should you." is IMHO short sighted.
Simple rule:
Family: don't bill them (expect if they want you to do work for their BUSINESS),
anyone private: a fixed price they can afford (like 50 bucks),
anyone business: an hourly rate in which you bill them for the started hour, including the time you needed to get there
the answer is: YES!