...having cybercafes monitored. Under one condition... So long as I can view another public institution right alongside the same feed --- namely the same feed off of cameras that should be placed over the desk of every state employee.
I'd particularly appreciate the camera placed over top of the Governator's desk. It would be nice to see how the California government wastes the state's time and money in exchange for their invasion of privacy.
The Slashdot Advisory Board. Sounds like a great opportunity for an open-source project to me...:::ducking:::
Seriously though, great idea. Where do I sign up, or help out? Fundamentally, so much of us are involved in aspects of UI, Tech and otherwise we'd be a great, 'free', critical asset. God help them.
Ahh... actually it can make them money too. I know of more than one small to mid-size ISP that purposely sets up mass mailing addresses within the mail system and sells the 'location' of the individual mail address for broadcasting within the ISP itself to spamhouses.
The biggest disappointment is the total lack of visualizers to go with my music. I know there are some out there, believe me, I've found some decent ones (and some that were total crap) but I'd really like to see Apple spend a little money to have some proffessional graphics pros add some exciting new visuals go with the music.
I'd even be willing to pay a quarter per screensaver, so think about that Stevie J!
Okay, so one day you can't deny someone employment based on their Genes, if this bill becomes law.
So, some questions:
Let's think about how this might play around with the regulation regardling the Olympics and gene-doping. If the folks managing the Olympics are fearful of someone else's genes, should you be?
If you dope someone else's genes, are you considered a fraud? How would you prove your work or ability is your own if someone else's genes are giving you some of what's needed to do the job? (Okay, I know it's a stretch to presume work or ability has anything to do with Genes)
But while you can't fire someone for their genes, can you fire someone for using someone elses? I'd like to borrow Ted William's genes for example, I hear they're for sale and I'd love to be able to hit a baseball better than I do now...
Ah, but remember this - A lawyer probably isn't qualified to identify a spammer either. If this is going to become the groundwork of a new effort to police our society of "static that wastes our time", the public would expect standards and experts in the field to be established, and a legion of "do gooders" to be employed to hunt down and extinguish spammers based on the facts. Just the facts man;D
so how to do we qualify the experts? I'm not suggesting we as slashdotters declare who is a spammer and who isn't -- I'm more suggesting that the United States (sorry to exclude anyone else) is on a track to do this. Establishing a true "Spamcop" isn't that far off if something like this can happen in NZ, and vigilantism is at the root of it.
...all the Earl Grey tea is now gone from my local grocery, because all the Douglas Adams cultists have read this slashdot post and are now rioting for Earl Grey # 42....
...that this kind of thing continues. The same way that sex offenders lives are disrupted by having their names published in communities they move to, we could publish spammer's information here on slashdot.
Oops. we do that already I think...
Realistically though, is this something the US would want to adopt as a deterent? it seems to me way too open for abuse.
But let's suppose we could do that officially. Who is qualified to offically identify a spammer? How easy is it to detect a specific spammer (in terms of the skills required to get to right) and how easy is it to get the skills you'd need to do that? Not that Congress is going to authorize the establishment of an anti-spam unit...are they?
I groaned when I heard about Doom 3 being produced. My first question was why bother? It's all about Multiplayer these days.
(Multiplayer was only mentioned as being of minimal focus initially in Doom 3)
Well my opinion hasn't changed.
My guess is, Carmacks & Co. has gone ahead and produced a really incredible game. However, who's going to play it if it's not Multiplayer? FPS games are boring if you're up against an AI.
Fundamentally, either they created a game where they felt they needed to up the AI responsiveness to be more human, or they felt that Multiplayer had to become a lot more important to pursue, in this age of massively-multiplayer games.
It's a sad thing when our representatives introduce legislation that enables the federal government and/or public/private businesses into our homes on a mission of search and seisure without a warrant or proof of any kind, and to recommend that further legislation be enacted allowing someone to invade, no CONTROL your privacy and be permitted to nuke aspects of your private life at will, for better or worse, for right or wrong, mistake or no.
These bills are little more than the our legislators endorsing terrorism against American citizens, and there's no excuse for it.
Why is that the best bet? If he feels Dean can win where the Green Party will not, why fragment the Dean vote further? Sounds like a mistake if the guy with the best chance to win isn't getting the vote because of a suggestion like this.:::shrug:::
No, they aren't kidding. The industry is not going to be afraid of that if the review site is owned by the same company making the movie, which I guarantee will be the case. Every movie distributor will want a piece of the action to make sure the information you see and hear about THEIR movie is exactly what you should be hearing (in their minds). They will *pay* for that priviledge.
And if your cell minutes are used to do this, so will you.
Someone actually let Arnold make this movie, and god did it stink.
However, this is probably the same person who will actually agree to let Arny run for any political office of any kind.....
I think it'll only be a day or two before spammers simple start spamming random phone numbers against yahoo.com.
Especially given Verizon's big advertising push right now to promote "SMS your friends through Yahoo!"
Is everyone certain Yahoo.com won't sell that list? Is everyone certain Verizon won't sell that list???
I guess what bothers me even more about this is how this plays out against a certain "Act of Congress" known as the Communications Act of 1934. I realize there's been a some changes since then, but one of the things I've always been happy about is the apparent protection the Act has brought people when it comes to building their own receivers. As it was explained to me by one of the judges who helped create the act in question (he resided in Virginia, near where I live), the Act designates the airwaves public property. Meaning, in effect, you can create, purchase, or use any kind of receiver you wish to intercept transmissions sent over the airwaves. He said, "Technically, if you wanted to listen to Air Force One, you could. Just build a something to tap into the broadcasted signal. It's not against the law."
A friend of mine later used that same interpretation against another judge in Virginia to get out of the fine VA attempts to levy against you when you use a radar detector in your car. A state law cannot override an Act of congress.;D
Regardless of that segway... I wonder if the Communications Act of 1934 could save this poor guy, because if this interpretation holds, not only should this guy have not been fined, but he should have had the freedom to build whatever he wanted. If he built 5000 machines to listen in on Satellite TV broadcasts, well then... he _should_ free to do so and to sell said machines....
Slashdot Mirror
Doesn't matter. The MacOS is included with the machine, so you get it if you want it or not.
They most certainly do have enough resources...they're called "STUDENTS".
...having cybercafes monitored. Under one condition... So long as I can view another public institution right alongside the same feed --- namely the same feed off of cameras that should be placed over the desk of every state employee.
I'd particularly appreciate the camera placed over top of the Governator's desk. It would be nice to see how the California government wastes the state's time and money in exchange for their invasion of privacy.
Sorry guys, I fell asleep on the submit button again...
That's an excellent idea....
:::ducking:::
The Slashdot Advisory Board. Sounds like a great opportunity for an open-source project to me...
Seriously though, great idea. Where do I sign up, or help out? Fundamentally, so much of us are involved in aspects of UI, Tech and otherwise we'd be a great, 'free', critical asset. God help them.
>If you check out the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
>you'll notice that they have poured billions of dollars
> into global health projects.
Hey, if you're not healthy, you can't buy M$.
Ahh... actually it can make them money too. I know of more than one small to mid-size ISP that purposely sets up mass mailing addresses within the mail system and sells the 'location' of the individual mail address for broadcasting within the ISP itself to spamhouses.
So have a nice day.
The biggest disappointment is the total lack of visualizers to go with my music. I know there are some out there, believe me, I've found some decent ones (and some that were total crap) but I'd really like to see Apple spend a little money to have some proffessional graphics pros add some exciting new visuals go with the music.
I'd even be willing to pay a quarter per screensaver, so think about that Stevie J!
Okay, so one day you can't deny someone employment based on their Genes, if this bill becomes law.
So, some questions:
Let's think about how this might play around with the regulation regardling the Olympics and gene-doping. If the folks managing the Olympics are fearful of someone else's genes, should you be?
If you dope someone else's genes, are you considered a fraud? How would you prove your work or ability is your own if someone else's genes are giving you some of what's needed to do the job? (Okay, I know it's a stretch to presume work or ability has anything to do with Genes)
But while you can't fire someone for their genes, can you fire someone for using someone elses? I'd like to borrow Ted William's genes for example, I hear they're for sale and I'd love to be able to hit a baseball better than I do now...
what the frames per second would be on Q3A...Has anyone tried it yet?
no pun intended...
Ah, but remember this - A lawyer probably isn't qualified to identify a spammer either. If this is going to become the groundwork of a new effort to police our society of "static that wastes our time", the public would expect standards and experts in the field to be established, and a legion of "do gooders" to be employed to hunt down and extinguish spammers based on the facts. Just the facts man ;D
so how to do we qualify the experts? I'm not suggesting we as slashdotters declare who is a spammer and who isn't -- I'm more suggesting that the United States (sorry to exclude anyone else) is on a track to do this. Establishing a true "Spamcop" isn't that far off if something like this can happen in NZ, and vigilantism is at the root of it.
...all the Earl Grey tea is now gone from my local grocery, because all the Douglas Adams cultists have read this slashdot post and are now rioting for Earl Grey # 42....
Oops. we do that already I think...
Realistically though, is this something the US would want to adopt as a deterent? it seems to me way too open for abuse.
But let's suppose we could do that officially. Who is qualified to offically identify a spammer? How easy is it to detect a specific spammer (in terms of the skills required to get to right) and how easy is it to get the skills you'd need to do that? Not that Congress is going to authorize the establishment of an anti-spam unit...are they?
"All is well under the shield."
::grin::
Let's hope if they go this route, we won't have the kinds of problems Sean Connery and Christopher Lambert would need to pull us out of...
Well my opinion hasn't changed.
My guess is, Carmacks & Co. has gone ahead and produced a really incredible game. However, who's going to play it if it's not Multiplayer? FPS games are boring if you're up against an AI.
Fundamentally, either they created a game where they felt they needed to up the AI responsiveness to be more human, or they felt that Multiplayer had to become a lot more important to pursue, in this age of massively-multiplayer games.
It's a sad thing when our representatives introduce legislation that enables the federal government and/or public/private businesses into our homes on a mission of search and seisure without a warrant or proof of any kind, and to recommend that further legislation be enacted allowing someone to invade, no CONTROL your privacy and be permitted to nuke aspects of your private life at will, for better or worse, for right or wrong, mistake or no. These bills are little more than the our legislators endorsing terrorism against American citizens, and there's no excuse for it.
Why is that the best bet? If he feels Dean can win where the Green Party will not, why fragment the Dean vote further? Sounds like a mistake if the guy with the best chance to win isn't getting the vote because of a suggestion like this. :::shrug:::
No, they aren't kidding. The industry is not going to be afraid of that if the review site is owned by the same company making the movie, which I guarantee will be the case. Every movie distributor will want a piece of the action to make sure the information you see and hear about THEIR movie is exactly what you should be hearing (in their minds). They will *pay* for that priviledge. And if your cell minutes are used to do this, so will you.
Someone actually let Arnold make this movie, and god did it stink. However, this is probably the same person who will actually agree to let Arny run for any political office of any kind.....
I think it'll only be a day or two before spammers simple start spamming random phone numbers against yahoo.com. Especially given Verizon's big advertising push right now to promote "SMS your friends through Yahoo!" Is everyone certain Yahoo.com won't sell that list? Is everyone certain Verizon won't sell that list???
I guess what bothers me even more about this is how this plays out against a certain "Act of Congress" known as the Communications Act of 1934. I realize there's been a some changes since then, but one of the things I've always been happy about is the apparent protection the Act has brought people when it comes to building their own receivers. As it was explained to me by one of the judges who helped create the act in question (he resided in Virginia, near where I live), the Act designates the airwaves public property. Meaning, in effect, you can create, purchase, or use any kind of receiver you wish to intercept transmissions sent over the airwaves. He said, "Technically, if you wanted to listen to Air Force One, you could. Just build a something to tap into the broadcasted signal. It's not against the law."
;D
A friend of mine later used that same interpretation against another judge in Virginia to get out of the fine VA attempts to levy against you when you use a radar detector in your car. A state law cannot override an Act of congress.
Regardless of that segway... I wonder if the Communications Act of 1934 could save this poor guy, because if this interpretation holds, not only should this guy have not been fined, but he should have had the freedom to build whatever he wanted. If he built 5000 machines to listen in on Satellite TV broadcasts, well then... he _should_ free to do so and to sell said machines....
Y'know, armchair lawyer and all that....