At this point in the process, regardless if you like what's in the bill or not, every US citizen should be opposed to the procedures that are being skipped to "pass" this bill. Here's a history lesson:
The US government is setup in three branches: Executive (President), Legislative (Congress), and Judicial (Judges). The legislative is broken down into two groups, the senate and house (called congress), and are the only groups that can actually pass a bill. The founders decided that the best way to keep the country from turning into a dictatorship and for everyone to have representation is to split up the law making process. Therefore before any bill can be signed into law by the president both chambers of congress must pass the same IDENTICAL bill, then the president can sign it into law.
Regarding the current proposed bill, the Senate has voted on and passed the bill while the House has not. What is proposed and is currently happening is that the house has decided that the they will not vote on the original senate bill and are deeming that the bill has been passed. What they will be voting on on Sunday are proposed changes to the bill. This means the president will sign the exact bill the Senate passed not the changes the house is proposing. Then the senate has to decide to vote on the changes from the house before the president can sign the changes into law (which has no guarantees of happening).
The major problem I have with this is the lack of accountability. When our constitution was created, there was a process put in place for a reason and I am against skipping the process. I realize this has been used in the past but and I am opposed to how those bills were passed as well. I doubt the majority of US citizens actually knew this was taking place. If one process is going to be skipped how long before congress starts skipping other ones and eventually leading to the president basically having sole power of what becomes law. I know it seems like a stretch but it's the little things that add up.
Another problem with the proposal is that since insurance companies must cover pre-existing conditions is that one could choose to pay the fine (which could cost less than insurance) and then when a major medical bill arises apply for insurance. Doesn't quite seem fair to have someone not paying for coverage until they need it.
It's a little disturbing but I could actually see the Star Wars "adult line of novels" happening before the free placement plan would take place. That greedy bastard.
I agree, how is it a security threat if it is removed from the email. Would it not have to be in the email to cause damage. Maybe I just dense too. Someone care to enlighten us.
Could Google request what stats the Goverment wants and then come up with it? That way it wouldn't have to reveal any privacy or business information, only the stats about searches. We see search stats all the time. To me this seems like very doable possiblity. Would I be wrong?
Maybe we are thinking about the rating system the wrong way. I have to admit that until I read this article and several posts I thought the same way. Normally, I would rate my favoriate songs with a 5, average songs with a 3 and songs I don't like with a 1. And like several posters left most of my songs with no rating.
However, if you change the way you rate songs, the rating system would work better. Get away from the 3 is average thinking and start thinking no stars is average. Then you rate up from there. 1 star is a little better until 5 starts is a song you would want to listen to over and over and over and over again.
Would this not make more sinces when rating your songs on a scale such as this?
I love Firefox and the community, however, lately I'm starting to have issues with the community. We all talk about how better firefox and open source is and how buggy IE is. We say that OSS, while may have bugs, can be fixed quickly when an exploit is found.
My problems is since the URL exploit has been brought to light (and some can argue it's not firefox fault) there hasn't been an official update, only the manual hack. This really bothers me. When a security issue like this comes up, I want firefox to automatically update, or at least tell me there's an update.
While I can do the manual fix I know many users that if using FireFox would not or even know about the problem. Why do we talk about better security and quicker updates when it isn't actually happening. I am not a programmer, but I love the community and support where I can. This issue needs to be addressed before the script kiddies and Hackors start to use the exploits that are found.
Finally, I want to say thanks to the developers for a great product and congrats for the 25 million downloads.
Wow, Map24 is great, it didn't even find my parent's address correctly. It labeled their street wrong and gave their actual name to another street. Their road name is Woodland Drive. Map24 labled it Woodland Road. It then labeled a street fairly close by called Windwood as Woodland Dr.
Man I should use map24 for all my needs as I probably wouldn't find a thing correctly.
Just to try to ward of some of the -mod points, I'm sure it does get most thing right.
The climate was altered suddenly some 5,200 years ago with severe impacts.
Of course it was. When God created this world, I would say that would be a severe impact.
(Actually most Christians believe it was around 6000+ years ago, but then again 5200 is a lot closer than millions of years.)
The climate was altered suddenly some 5,200 years ago with severe impacts.
Of course it was. When God created this world, I would say that would be a severe impact.
(Actually most Christians believe it was around 6000+ years ago, but then again 5200 is a lot closer than millions of years.)
Just create a linux NAT box and keep you windows machines behind it. That way you are not required to have the software but you can still you windows freely.
I think a good way for this problem to be solved would be to just use the pen to start the transfer. Select on your computer what you want transfered then select the computer destination. The wired or wireless link between the two computers would then transfer the files.
I think there are several people that do not understand what a Not for Profit company really means. Not for Profit doesn't mean they do not make money it only means that they cannot have 'extra cash' on hand at the end of their fiscal year. They can still have money in savings because you can budget money into saving. Also at times, working for a NFP company can be a benifit since they can't have 'extra cash' then they sometimes pay really well.
Take Blue Cross Blue Shield (an American insurance company), they are actually a NFP organization. Most people don't realize this but it is true.
I know it was probably meant to be funny, but just to clarify, they changed the naming format.
It goes something like this (I believe): There will be about 4 official releases per year and the releases will be named by the year followed by which release it is.
So since this is the first release of 2004 the name is '2004.0'. The next release should be '2004.1'. The first release next year will be '2005.0' and so forth.
This is a little older (2002) but interesting non the less.
It is pulled from Hubble's website
Every day, Hubble archives 3 to 5 gigabytes of data and delivers between 10 and 15 gigabytes to astronomers all over the world.
See science highlights. As of March 2000, Hubble has:
Taken more than 330,000 separate observations.
Observed more than 25,000 astronomical targets.
Created a data archive of over 7.3 terabytes. (That is like completely filling a PC every day for 10 years.
Provided data for more than 2,663 scientific papers.
Traveled about 1.489 billion miles--nearly the distance from Earth to Uranus. It circles the Earth about every 97 minutes.
Received more than 93 hours of on-orbit improvements in three successful servicing missions.
You misunderstood what I meant. I understand that most if not all software companies say if something is wrong with the product that a user can't sue.
But that is not happening with the SCO case. Somebody could sue Microsoft for patient infrigment (Which Eolas is currently doing), but they can't touch the end user because microsoft created the product. Now your going to say (for example) Novell didn't create Linux so they won't protect you. Well, as you can see, Novell has already said that if you use their product with Linux (albiet the distro they specify) that they will take the heat for you.
Yes those have been is use since the early 80s, however, many corporations (I got it right this time) haven't been using Linux on a large scale for their buisness needs (Desktop and everyday use, not just webserver and the likes). Yes, bind and sendmail are some of the early models of this type of software, but Linux wasn't developed until the 90s, and that is what my comment is about.
I'll grant that I could be completely wrong, but that is the way I see it and I know other see it.
Linux at this point is obviously more than a hobby and at the end of the day it will bring more people into the light.
Some might not argee with me, but I think this lawsuit by SCO was inevitable for the Linux community. I have believed that Linux couldn't be considered a completely viable choice for many companies until something like this happened. Why? Because it hadn't been tested.
Linux is based on a new concept that many people don't understand. The right to freely use and change and redistribute doesn't make the Cooperate heads comfortable. Add that to the fact that most, if not all, distributions claimed not to take legal responsibility for their products. I believe that after SCO loses their lawsuit that companies will start providing legal immunity to their customers. In fact this is already starting to happen. Novell with their move into the Linux world has started to do this, IBM I believe is starting in some form or another and there could be others that I am not aware of.
Linux is going through its growing pains and afterwards it will be better for it. Once Linux moves through this, it will be well into it's young adult life. There will still be a lot of growth and "pain" involved but it will move on. While I know many will say, "But Linux has been around for many, many years," I say to them that yes, but it hasn't been tested legally. This will give it the legal ground to move forward and grow.
I remember several years ago during my early years in college one of my professors saying some time soon somebody would try to profit off of Linux's growth, they would take legal action and try to undermine the base that Linux is founded on. He also said that Linux wouldn't, and in reality, couldn't be a heavy weight contender in the marketplace until something like this has happened.
I believe that when all is said and done with the lawsuit Linux will be a better off and will show to all the skeptical CEO's and anybody else that is listening that Linux is a great foundation to build their network on and more.
"Some folks won't rest until we are all subsistence-farming vegetarians."
But then the extreme evironmentalist would cry that farming kills the natural plant life insects and the habitats of other animals. Wait a second they already do that.
It might cost more for *nix admins right now, but Windows is more prevalent. As *nix systems become more common place, the demand versus supply of *nix admins will decrease, and the salary of *nix admins will fall in line with Windows Admins.
Maybe I'm being a bit idealistic, but I think the different space programs from around the world should work together to get to Mars and do research.
Although if you look at the ISS, that has been hampered with cost and other problems from each country. Also it could limit the research and intelligence that is gather.
Slashdot Mirror
At this point in the process, regardless if you like what's in the bill or not, every US citizen should be opposed to the procedures that are being skipped to "pass" this bill. Here's a history lesson:
The US government is setup in three branches: Executive (President), Legislative (Congress), and Judicial (Judges). The legislative is broken down into two groups, the senate and house (called congress), and are the only groups that can actually pass a bill. The founders decided that the best way to keep the country from turning into a dictatorship and for everyone to have representation is to split up the law making process. Therefore before any bill can be signed into law by the president both chambers of congress must pass the same IDENTICAL bill, then the president can sign it into law.
Regarding the current proposed bill, the Senate has voted on and passed the bill while the House has not. What is proposed and is currently happening is that the house has decided that the they will not vote on the original senate bill and are deeming that the bill has been passed. What they will be voting on on Sunday are proposed changes to the bill. This means the president will sign the exact bill the Senate passed not the changes the house is proposing. Then the senate has to decide to vote on the changes from the house before the president can sign the changes into law (which has no guarantees of happening).
The major problem I have with this is the lack of accountability. When our constitution was created, there was a process put in place for a reason and I am against skipping the process. I realize this has been used in the past but and I am opposed to how those bills were passed as well. I doubt the majority of US citizens actually knew this was taking place. If one process is going to be skipped how long before congress starts skipping other ones and eventually leading to the president basically having sole power of what becomes law. I know it seems like a stretch but it's the little things that add up.
Another problem with the proposal is that since insurance companies must cover pre-existing conditions is that one could choose to pay the fine (which could cost less than insurance) and then when a major medical bill arises apply for insurance. Doesn't quite seem fair to have someone not paying for coverage until they need it.
Saying that a printed receipt at the end of the voting process would have solved this, then yes it can be tied back into a machine security fraud.
Just because an exploit in the system didn't occur by a malicious means of backdoor hacking doesn't mean it's any less of a system flaw.
If a car didn't have locking system it would be considered a system security flaw in the same manner this is a system security flaw.
It's a little disturbing but I could actually see the Star Wars "adult line of novels" happening before the free placement plan would take place. That greedy bastard.
I agree, how is it a security threat if it is removed from the email. Would it not have to be in the email to cause damage. Maybe I just dense too. Someone care to enlighten us.
Could Google request what stats the Goverment wants and then come up with it? That way it wouldn't have to reveal any privacy or business information, only the stats about searches. We see search stats all the time. To me this seems like very doable possiblity. Would I be wrong?
Maybe we are thinking about the rating system the wrong way. I have to admit that until I read this article and several posts I thought the same way. Normally, I would rate my favoriate songs with a 5, average songs with a 3 and songs I don't like with a 1. And like several posters left most of my songs with no rating.
However, if you change the way you rate songs, the rating system would work better. Get away from the 3 is average thinking and start thinking no stars is average. Then you rate up from there. 1 star is a little better until 5 starts is a song you would want to listen to over and over and over and over again.
Would this not make more sinces when rating your songs on a scale such as this?
I love Firefox and the community, however, lately I'm starting to have issues with the community. We all talk about how better firefox and open source is and how buggy IE is. We say that OSS, while may have bugs, can be fixed quickly when an exploit is found.
My problems is since the URL exploit has been brought to light (and some can argue it's not firefox fault) there hasn't been an official update, only the manual hack. This really bothers me. When a security issue like this comes up, I want firefox to automatically update, or at least tell me there's an update.
While I can do the manual fix I know many users that if using FireFox would not or even know about the problem. Why do we talk about better security and quicker updates when it isn't actually happening. I am not a programmer, but I love the community and support where I can. This issue needs to be addressed before the script kiddies and Hackors start to use the exploits that are found.
Finally, I want to say thanks to the developers for a great product and congrats for the 25 million downloads.
Man I should use map24 for all my needs as I probably wouldn't find a thing correctly.
Just to try to ward of some of the -mod points, I'm sure it does get most thing right.
LK
The climate was altered suddenly some 5,200 years ago with severe impacts.
Of course it was. When God created this world, I would say that would be a severe impact.
(Actually most Christians believe it was around 6000+ years ago, but then again 5200 is a lot closer than millions of years.)
The climate was altered suddenly some 5,200 years ago with severe impacts.
Of course it was. When God created this world, I would say that would be a severe impact.
(Actually most Christians believe it was around 6000+ years ago, but then again 5200 is a lot closer than millions of years.)
Just create a linux NAT box and keep you windows machines behind it. That way you are not required to have the software but you can still you windows freely.
LK
I think a good way for this problem to be solved would be to just use the pen to start the transfer. Select on your computer what you want transfered then select the computer destination. The wired or wireless link between the two computers would then transfer the files.
I think there are several people that do not understand what a Not for Profit company really means. Not for Profit doesn't mean they do not make money it only means that they cannot have 'extra cash' on hand at the end of their fiscal year. They can still have money in savings because you can budget money into saving. Also at times, working for a NFP company can be a benifit since they can't have 'extra cash' then they sometimes pay really well.
Take Blue Cross Blue Shield (an American insurance company), they are actually a NFP organization. Most people don't realize this but it is true.
I know it was probably meant to be funny, but just to clarify, they changed the naming format.
It goes something like this (I believe):
There will be about 4 official releases per year and the releases will be named by the year followed by which release it is.
So since this is the first release of 2004 the name is '2004.0'. The next release should be '2004.1'. The first release next year will be '2005.0' and so forth.
I hope I got this right.
, if those are real email address, for the people that own those accounts. This person has just given away a few free address.
Every day, Hubble archives 3 to 5 gigabytes of data and delivers between 10 and 15 gigabytes to astronomers all over the world. See science highlights. As of March 2000, Hubble has:
But that is not happening with the SCO case. Somebody could sue Microsoft for patient infrigment (Which Eolas is currently doing), but they can't touch the end user because microsoft created the product. Now your going to say (for example) Novell didn't create Linux so they won't protect you. Well, as you can see, Novell has already said that if you use their product with Linux (albiet the distro they specify) that they will take the heat for you.
Yes those have been is use since the early 80s, however, many corporations (I got it right this time) haven't been using Linux on a large scale for their buisness needs (Desktop and everyday use, not just webserver and the likes). Yes, bind and sendmail are some of the early models of this type of software, but Linux wasn't developed until the 90s, and that is what my comment is about.
I'll grant that I could be completely wrong, but that is the way I see it and I know other see it.
Linux at this point is obviously more than a hobby and at the end of the day it will bring more people into the light.
Some might not argee with me, but I think this lawsuit by SCO was inevitable for the Linux community. I have believed that Linux couldn't be considered a completely viable choice for many companies until something like this happened. Why? Because it hadn't been tested.
Linux is based on a new concept that many people don't understand. The right to freely use and change and redistribute doesn't make the Cooperate heads comfortable. Add that to the fact that most, if not all, distributions claimed not to take legal responsibility for their products. I believe that after SCO loses their lawsuit that companies will start providing legal immunity to their customers. In fact this is already starting to happen. Novell with their move into the Linux world has started to do this, IBM I believe is starting in some form or another and there could be others that I am not aware of.
Linux is going through its growing pains and afterwards it will be better for it. Once Linux moves through this, it will be well into it's young adult life. There will still be a lot of growth and "pain" involved but it will move on. While I know many will say, "But Linux has been around for many, many years," I say to them that yes, but it hasn't been tested legally. This will give it the legal ground to move forward and grow.
I remember several years ago during my early years in college one of my professors saying some time soon somebody would try to profit off of Linux's growth, they would take legal action and try to undermine the base that Linux is founded on. He also said that Linux wouldn't, and in reality, couldn't be a heavy weight contender in the marketplace until something like this has happened.
I believe that when all is said and done with the lawsuit Linux will be a better off and will show to all the skeptical CEO's and anybody else that is listening that Linux is a great foundation to build their network on and more.
Some might consider this off-topic, but I would be willing to bet the site doesn't get /.ed. Why? this page is mostly text.
Time will tell.
LK
But then the extreme evironmentalist would cry that farming kills the natural plant life insects and the habitats of other animals. Wait a second they already do that.
It might cost more for *nix admins right now, but Windows is more prevalent. As *nix systems become more common place, the demand versus supply of *nix admins will decrease, and the salary of *nix admins will fall in line with Windows Admins.
Maybe I'm being a bit idealistic, but I think the different space programs from around the world should work together to get to Mars and do research.
Although if you look at the ISS, that has been hampered with cost and other problems from each country. Also it could limit the research and intelligence that is gather.
6 on way, 1/2 dozen the other