In Germany, the Nazis first came for the communists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a communist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist. Then they came for the Catholics, but I didn't speak up because I was a protestant. Then they came for me, and by that time there was no one left to speak for me. - Martin Niemoelle
No mod points for me on this topic. But well worth it. IMO, it annoys me to no end when people use this "defense". "I don't care if Marijuana is illegal, I don't smoke it." "I don't care if <insert any of the many inane things that are illegal in the US here> is illegal, I don't do <said act>" This is *not* an excuse to sit back and do absolutely nothing while The Constitution is slowly dissolved. If I'm not mistaken, didn't Bush say we're at War with Terrorism? A never-ending war, seeing as how it's got no conditions FOR it to end? It's like the War On Drugs. The War On Illiteracy. The War on whatever. This country is ALWAYS at war. We're taught to fear everything. Ever notice what's on the news? Crime, crime, crime, bad news, more crime and the weather. Oh, can't forget the sports. We've had ONE ATTACK on our country. Now, ever since then, we've been hiding with our guns pointed at our doors waiting for someone to twitch. A population that lives in fear will look for someone in AUTHORITY for answers, that's what we're taught to do. Now, the Government has us constantly looking at each other and asking....is s/he a terrorist? Maybe they are...they look different than we do, and that guy over there...he acts...different. We're slowly becoming a nation of intolerants. I see it every day. Frankly, it scares the hell out of me to watch the fear and paranoia that have taken root in this country over the last few years. Fear is also the best way to control a population, think about it. In light of the newest "TERRORIST THREAT(TM)", then a few million stolen by a business doesn't seem to matter that much does it? Oh, and those people being held...not to worry, they were "different" too, just look at their names...nothing to worry about [/sarcasm] Look around you people, pay attention not only to WHAT is going on, but What is being said about it, and most importantly *WHY* it's being said.
In closing, I'm reminded of something from around the time of 9/11. It's a quote but I do not remember from whom at this point. " After the bombings, they could have told us to learn CPR, they could have told us to arm ourselves, they could have told us to donate our time or money to charities. They didn't. Instead, they told us to shop." (Horribly mis-quoted and I apologize... if anyone knows the quote I'm talking about I'd really appreciate posting it..)
Not trying to be FlameBait or a Troll, simply sharing the world how I see it.
On another/. story recently, I saw a recommendation about a program. This program would be a distributed system that takes lists of known sites that spam, and then crawls all over them using spare cpu cycles, opening useless HTML requests and the like. I'd D/L this in s *heartbeat* it's too bad that I don't know how to program something like that or I *would*. Also, one question keeps coming into mind. Why go after the spammers in the first place? (Note : this approach doesn't work for joe-jobs or scams, but you get the point.) Go after the *SITES* that benefit from the spam. Just a few thoughts:)
You know, you're right. I mean, the us would never detain people without trial under "suspision" of doing something would they? We wouldn't just toss the Geneva Conventions out the window like some common dictator would we? Oh, wait... those conventions don't apply to people designated "enemy combatants", and we do have this ongoing "WAR ON TERRORISIM", what was I thinking? You're right, guess I just don't have a clue, sorry. Mod me flamebait, I'm sick of people mouthing off that this country is the best in the world. I will admit that this country is great, but it could be SO much better. Things are being set into motion that I feel are going to make the US more a police state than a "Land of Opportunity". Another/.'er said it best : "The cure for 1984 is 1776"
You seem to be implying that the US didn't have camps of it's own in WW II.
Honestly though, growing up in the US as I have, and trying to find out what really happened in the past is becoming harder and harder. I'm beginning to think that a 1984-esque situation is happening. "Oh sure, those Nazi death camps happened, but what we're really concerned with was the fact that the US pulled together in a time of trouble, like we should be now...the Nazi's were Terrorists too..." bah.
"Moreover, they could certainly claim that they did not intend for their product to be insecure, so they had no malicious intent."
So that's why the *same* hole is in 3 DIFFERENT OS's? NT4.0,XP (which run off of what? NT kernal...) and Server 2003 (which I **believe** runs off the same, or a slightly modified kernal. But don't quote me on that one.)
As far as I am concerned, Microsoft has shown neglect in it's practices, plain and simple. They *knew* that the kernal was defective in NT4.0, they patched that. Then they turned right around and used the SAME DAMN KERNAL with the SAME DAMN HOLE in XP, how is this not neglect? It's late, I'm tired and mah brain's fuzzy, but that is how I feel. If Microsoft wants to be the big dog, it should act like it and be RESPONSIBLE. Do I think that they should be taken for a ride and leeched for all they are worth? Yyyy...No. Sorry, I really don't like MSFT and I'm trying to be objective;-) Anyway, I've seen time and time again where MSFT has put $$$ before quality. They rush shit out the door, give it a kiss goodbye and wait for the green herion to roll in. Then it's
while chance to get away with holes snowball's chance in hell:
say "whoops, ok we'll fix that."
...AND I forgot to submit that in plain text....there was paragraphs when I wrote it:-\.
*Two minutes of hold music so/. doesn't think I'm spam-posting*.........
Mmmkay. Here's the scoop guys...ready?
1.) Companies are there to make $MONEY$ PERIOD. They do not care if you starve, freeze to death, or die of a heart attack (read grocer, electricity co. and HMO respectivly). In case ya'll missed it, this country is being raped with a phallus coated with salt and iodine. Bush isn't helping matters, but I'm not going to wax political on this one...
2.) If a company is big enough, it *will* buy the laws necessary to grow larger and increase it's profits. Don't believe me? Look at Enron for starters.
3.) COMPANIES ARE ***NOT*** PEOPLE. Personally, I think that a lot of the laws that were passed for PEOPLE and suddenly applied to corporations should be revamped. As I read here a few days ago on copyrights... "Exactly what is the `natural life` of a corporation anyway?"
4.) Bussinesses are corrupt. Government is corrupt. What the hell makes you think that if you put the two of them together you're going to get something that's NOT corrupt??? "Two wrongs don't make a right".
All this useless blathering about "No FREE MARKET" "No! REGULATION!!!" is pointless. Until the POPULATION stands up for ITS rights, NOTHING will get done. Businesses will continue to buy laws, the governments will continue to be corrupt.
(I think I need to cut down on the caffiene...)
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-- So let me get this straight. Joe Greasemonkey at the goddamn gas station where I buy tires is recording my car's license number and sending a correlated list of plates and rfid's to the feds? Um, sure.--
Nope, Joe Greasemonkey is going to write down your Lic. # on his work order just like he has been for the past 30 or more years. Ever look at your bill? And speaking of it being a bill, did you pay for that with your Credit Card?...
Look, I don't honestly think that currently the Gov is trying to REALLY crack down and track everyone. BUT. I *DO* think that it's coming. You can't boil a frog by tossing it into boiling water, it'll just jump out. Put the thing in warm water and increase the temp a bit at a time? Voila! Boiled Frog. It's the same with people.
"They didn't take away our rights. They just locked them up for safe keeping"
Just FYI, YES, the amount of ocean water is staggering. BUT, it doesn't take that much fresh water to muck about with what's going on in the "conveyor" system. I'm too tired to search out sources, but check my journal later on today/tomorrow, I'll do it when I wake up;-D. From what I've read, it's actually a pretty delicate balance...
*sighs* You know...sometimes...*grumbles*...
Ok, first of all, this is what I get for only digging SO far. Forget I posted *points up* that, because apparently it's mis-worded. Consider it taken back and Jim Hightower flogged for being inflamatory.
This is from another source, and I'm posting it as a case in point. Now,corporations donated at *LEAST* 500,000US to BOTH parties, how much of that do you think went towards that parties election canidate? This also illustrates another thing that pisses me off about politics. It doesn't matter who you vote for, they're not in it for you, they're in it for the people who REALLY got them elected, BIG BUSINESS. B.T.W. notice that almost every pharm. company is on here? This was for the 2000 election, how much has the gov. helped these companies since then??
Corporations that have donated at least $500,000 to both Gore and Bush
[Source: Jim Hightower]
AT&T,Philip Morris,Amer Financial Group,Microsoft, Atlantic Richfield Co.,BC Communications, Enron, Mirage Resorts,Federal Express,Citigroup,Amer Airlines, Bell Atlantic,Anheuser-Busch,Limited Inc.,Pfizer, Rite Aid,Schering-Plough,BellSouth, Joseph E. Seagram & Sons,Bristol-Myers Squibb,Union Pacific,Blue Cross & Blue Shield, MBNA Corp, America Online,Amer Intl Group,MCI Worldcom,Ernst & Young, Circus Circus Enterprises, Sprint, AFLAC,Time Warner,Boeing,Prudential Insurance, Ocean Spray Cranberries, Paine Webber, MGM Grand, Archer Daniels Midland,Walt Disney, Coca-Cola, Flo-Sun Sugar Co.,Lockheed Martin, Intl. Game Technology,United Airlines,Oracle,Exxon Mobil,United Technologies,US West,Pacific Gas & Electric,Upjohn, Owens Corning,Chevron,Park Place Entertainment,Bacardi Martini USA,Boston Capital Partners,Eli Lilly & Co.,Georgia-Pacific,Amer Home Products, Amer Express,Bechtel Group,Loews Corp, Sunoco, General Electric,Northern Telecom,General Dynamics, New York Life Insurance,United HealthCare
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Ok now *THAT'S* funny...I had to read it 2x to pick up on the '.'
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Nice job
A_A
Why was this modded funny?! Insightful would be more like it...sheesh.
In Germany, the Nazis first came for the communists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a communist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist. Then they came for the Catholics, but I didn't speak up because I was a protestant. Then they came for me, and by that time there was no one left to speak for me. - Martin Niemoelle
No mod points for me on this topic. But well worth it. IMO, it annoys me to no end when people use this "defense". "I don't care if Marijuana is illegal, I don't smoke it." "I don't care if <insert any of the many inane things that are illegal in the US here> is illegal, I don't do <said act>" This is *not* an excuse to sit back and do absolutely nothing while The Constitution is slowly dissolved. If I'm not mistaken, didn't Bush say we're at War with Terrorism? A never-ending war, seeing as how it's got no conditions FOR it to end? It's like the War On Drugs. The War On Illiteracy. The War on whatever. This country is ALWAYS at war. We're taught to fear everything. Ever notice what's on the news? Crime, crime, crime, bad news, more crime and the weather. Oh, can't forget the sports. We've had ONE ATTACK on our country. Now, ever since then, we've been hiding with our guns pointed at our doors waiting for someone to twitch. A population that lives in fear will look for someone in AUTHORITY for answers, that's what we're taught to do. Now, the Government has us constantly looking at each other and asking....is s/he a terrorist? Maybe they are...they look different than we do, and that guy over there...he acts...different. We're slowly becoming a nation of intolerants. I see it every day. Frankly, it scares the hell out of me to watch the fear and paranoia that have taken root in this country over the last few years. Fear is also the best way to control a population, think about it. In light of the newest "TERRORIST THREAT(TM)", then a few million stolen by a business doesn't seem to matter that much does it? Oh, and those people being held...not to worry, they were "different" too, just look at their names...nothing to worry about [/sarcasm] Look around you people, pay attention not only to WHAT is going on, but What is being said about it, and most importantly *WHY* it's being said.
In closing, I'm reminded of something from around the time of 9/11. It's a quote but I do not remember from whom at this point. " After the bombings, they could have told us to learn CPR, they could have told us to arm ourselves, they could have told us to donate our time or money to charities. They didn't. Instead, they told us to shop." (Horribly mis-quoted and I apologize... if anyone knows the quote I'm talking about I'd really appreciate posting it..)
Not trying to be FlameBait or a Troll, simply sharing the world how I see it.
Fighting a war for peace is like fucking for virginity....it just makes no sense.
:rattle rattle rattle*
*plink plink
My 2cents.
Firebird sir, Firebird ;)
Now THAT'S amusing lol...
On another /. story recently, I saw a recommendation about a program. This program would be a distributed system that takes lists of known sites that spam, and then crawls all over them using spare cpu cycles, opening useless HTML requests and the like. I'd D/L this in s *heartbeat* it's too bad that I don't know how to program something like that or I *would*. Also, one question keeps coming into mind. Why go after the spammers in the first place? (Note : this approach doesn't work for joe-jobs or scams, but you get the point.) :)
Go after the *SITES* that benefit from the spam. Just a few thoughts
I really, REALLY, *REALLY* did not need to see that.
-Going to scour my brain with blasting sand...
You know, you're right. I mean, the us would never detain people without trial under "suspision" of doing something would they? We wouldn't just toss the Geneva Conventions out the window like some common dictator would we? Oh, wait... those conventions don't apply to people designated "enemy combatants", and we do have this ongoing "WAR ON TERRORISIM", what was I thinking? You're right, guess I just don't have a clue, sorry. /.'er said it best : "The cure for 1984 is 1776"
Mod me flamebait, I'm sick of people mouthing off that this country is the best in the world. I will admit that this country is great, but it could be SO much better. Things are being set into motion that I feel are going to make the US more a police state than a "Land of Opportunity". Another
You seem to be implying that the US didn't have camps of it's own in WW II.
Honestly though, growing up in the US as I have, and trying to find out what really happened in the past is becoming harder and harder. I'm beginning to think that a 1984-esque situation is happening. "Oh sure, those Nazi death camps happened, but what we're really concerned with was the fact that the US pulled together in a time of trouble, like we should be now...the Nazi's were Terrorists too..." bah.
"Moreover, they could certainly claim that they did not intend for their product to be insecure, so they had no malicious intent."
;-) Anyway, I've seen time and time again where MSFT has put $$$ before quality. They rush shit out the door, give it a kiss goodbye and wait for the green herion to roll in. Then it's
So that's why the *same* hole is in 3 DIFFERENT OS's? NT4.0,XP (which run off of what? NT kernal...) and Server 2003 (which I **believe** runs off the same, or a slightly modified kernal. But don't quote me on that one.)
As far as I am concerned, Microsoft has shown neglect in it's practices, plain and simple. They *knew* that the kernal was defective in NT4.0, they patched that. Then they turned right around and used the SAME DAMN KERNAL with the SAME DAMN HOLE in XP, how is this not neglect? It's late, I'm tired and mah brain's fuzzy, but that is how I feel. If Microsoft wants to be the big dog, it should act like it and be RESPONSIBLE. Do I think that they should be taken for a ride and leeched for all they are worth? Yyyy...No. Sorry, I really don't like MSFT and I'm trying to be objective
while chance to get away with holes snowball's chance in hell:
say "whoops, ok we'll fix that."
*nods* You beat me to it man ;-) And to the grand-parent poster, "Giant gorilla proof" *laughin* niiice. :D
Dude, I haven't laughed that hard in a *long* time. Thanks :D ...Lynksis switches mangle frame transmission indeed...*chuckles*
"Anonymous Coward" is /. speak for "I'm too chicken-shit to actually use my real name."
-or-
Perhaps that was just a joke?
...AND I forgot to submit that in plain text....there was paragraphs when I wrote it :-\.
*Two minutes of hold music so /. doesn't think I'm spam-posting* ... ... ...
Mmmkay. Here's the scoop guys...ready? 1.) Companies are there to make $MONEY$ PERIOD. They do not care if you starve, freeze to death, or die of a heart attack (read grocer, electricity co. and HMO respectivly). In case ya'll missed it, this country is being raped with a phallus coated with salt and iodine. Bush isn't helping matters, but I'm not going to wax political on this one... 2.) If a company is big enough, it *will* buy the laws necessary to grow larger and increase it's profits. Don't believe me? Look at Enron for starters. 3.) COMPANIES ARE ***NOT*** PEOPLE. Personally, I think that a lot of the laws that were passed for PEOPLE and suddenly applied to corporations should be revamped. As I read here a few days ago on copyrights... "Exactly what is the `natural life` of a corporation anyway?" 4.) Bussinesses are corrupt. Government is corrupt. What the hell makes you think that if you put the two of them together you're going to get something that's NOT corrupt??? "Two wrongs don't make a right". All this useless blathering about "No FREE MARKET" "No! REGULATION!!!" is pointless. Until the POPULATION stands up for ITS rights, NOTHING will get done. Businesses will continue to buy laws, the governments will continue to be corrupt. (I think I need to cut down on the caffiene...)
Ban these stupid AC posts. People just use them as a shield from behind which to toss MEANINGLESS IDIOCY.
And here...
-- So let me get this straight. Joe Greasemonkey at the goddamn gas station where I buy tires is recording my car's license number and sending a correlated list of plates and rfid's to the feds? Um, sure.--
...
Nope, Joe Greasemonkey is going to write down your Lic. # on his work order just like he has been for the past 30 or more years. Ever look at your bill? And speaking of it being a bill, did you pay for that with your Credit Card?
Look, I don't honestly think that currently the Gov is trying to REALLY crack down and track everyone. BUT. I *DO* think that it's coming. You can't boil a frog by tossing it into boiling water, it'll just jump out. Put the thing in warm water and increase the temp a bit at a time? Voila! Boiled Frog. It's the same with people.
"They didn't take away our rights. They just locked them up for safe keeping"
Ban. AC. Posts.
Just FYI, YES, the amount of ocean water is staggering. BUT, it doesn't take that much fresh water to muck about with what's going on in the "conveyor" system. I'm too tired to search out sources, but check my journal later on today/tomorrow, I'll do it when I wake up ;-D. From what I've read, it's actually a pretty delicate balance...
...and it makes me sad...very sad indeed.
Boooooooooooo!
*sighs* You know...sometimes...*grumbles*... Ok, first of all, this is what I get for only digging SO far. Forget I posted *points up* that, because apparently it's mis-worded. Consider it taken back and Jim Hightower flogged for being inflamatory.
This is from another source, and I'm posting it as a case in point. Now,corporations donated at *LEAST* 500,000US to BOTH parties, how much of that do you think went towards that parties election canidate? This also illustrates another thing that pisses me off about politics. It doesn't matter who you vote for, they're not in it for you, they're in it for the people who REALLY got them elected, BIG BUSINESS. B.T.W. notice that almost every pharm. company is on here? This was for the 2000 election, how much has the gov. helped these companies since then??
Corporations that have donated at least $500,000 to both Gore and Bush
[Source: Jim Hightower]
AT&T,Philip Morris,Amer Financial Group,Microsoft, Atlantic Richfield Co.,BC Communications, Enron, Mirage Resorts,Federal Express,Citigroup,Amer Airlines, Bell Atlantic,Anheuser-Busch,Limited Inc.,Pfizer, Rite Aid,Schering-Plough,BellSouth, Joseph E. Seagram & Sons,Bristol-Myers Squibb,Union Pacific,Blue Cross & Blue Shield, MBNA Corp, America Online,Amer Intl Group,MCI Worldcom,Ernst & Young, Circus Circus Enterprises,
Sprint, AFLAC,Time Warner,Boeing,Prudential Insurance, Ocean Spray Cranberries, Paine Webber, MGM Grand, Archer Daniels Midland,Walt Disney,
Coca-Cola, Flo-Sun Sugar Co.,Lockheed Martin, Intl. Game Technology,United Airlines,Oracle,Exxon Mobil,United Technologies,US West,Pacific Gas & Electric,Upjohn, Owens Corning,Chevron,Park Place
Entertainment,Bacardi Martini USA,Boston Capital Partners,Eli Lilly & Co.,Georgia-Pacific,Amer Home Products, Amer Express,Bechtel Group,Loews Corp,
Sunoco, General Electric,Northern Telecom,General Dynamics, New York Life Insurance,United HealthCare