I used to swim 2000-5000 meters a day, 5-6 days a week. Crawl. My left rotator cuff is destroyed, the right is on its way to getting back at me for what I did in my stupid youth.
Get on an Internet dating site. Go on a date with a gentleman (or lady) who will buy you dinner (not with some cheap ungentlemanly clod!) and voila - free food.
And no, I've never done this. Ever. Not even when I was a poor student. Really!
The question: is it possible in France today to publish software flaws, and the practical demonstration of these flaws? I am not yet judged, but I am pessimist about it, and it seems that we are heading towards a negative response. If I am declared guilty, full disclosure is going to be de facto forbidden in my country.
I'd be surprised if he were not acquitted, but you never know these days. It's very easy to pay off a judge. Anyways, one thing I would like to know is how publishing code in order to expose security flaws, and where the author(s)/owners of the code are referred to, is any different than publishing excerpts from a book in order to expose, say racist sentiment.
...the legitimate CD/DVD shops were full of Thai youth buying the latest whatever, while it seemed like the only people buying from the pirate stalls were white tourists (I only bought one DVD while on that trip, and I bought it in a legit shop).
Do they still have artists? How do they survive?
I'm not sure why I'm even bothering to answer this stupid question, but YES, they have artists (and some very good ones at that). Just because they're not on American MTV doesn't mean they don't exist. And they survive the same way other artists survive.
It cant be taken outside the European Economic Area without your consent
Personal data may be taken out of the EU/EEA only if without prejudice to compliance with the national provisions adopted pursuant to the other provisions of this Directive, the third country in question ensures an adequate level of protection. (EU Personal Data Directive 95/46/EC, Article 25). See here for whole Directive.
The United States is not a third country that the EU has determined to provide an adequate level of protection of personal data. However, if the individual companies or organizations in the US adhere to the Safe Harbor agreement, personal data may be transferred.
Unfortunately, it can ultimately be difficult to control that data once it gets to the US. A in Europe may determine that B in the US provides adequate protection via Safe Harbor. All is well, right? Not necessarily. What happens when B subcontracts to C, who subcontracts to D, who subcontracts to E, who subcontracts to F in country G where privacy laws don't exist? Yeah sure, there are rules, but if something were to happen, there would be more finger-pointing and "you weren't supposed to..." and the such, as opposed to taking on responsibility. But nonetheless, your personal data has been compromised. All the bickering in the world won't resolve that matter.
...I'm an anglophone in Norway, it's easier for me to understand Norwegians speaking Norwegian than anglophones speaking Norwegian.
I concur on your second point. I've never tried the third one, as I don't hang out with any of the American expats here, and even if I did they would want to speak English, not Norwegian.
I read an interesting article in cnn.com the other day about bloggers in Iran and their fear of an eventual clampdown. These blogs not only allow Iranians to voice their opinions about difficult issues, but they give an interesting view of Iranian society and people to the world. Links to some blogs can be found via the article.
I tried to search for information on the percentage of false positives these devices give, and most of the resulting homepages had FAQs that claimed that false positives were not a problem. Howerver, I did find some interesting things beyond the mouthwash false positives, for example that cigarette smoke and acetone breath (for ex. in type 1 diabetics who either don't know they have the disease or do a poor job in controlling it, or people on Atkins) can cause false positives.
Yes. Data on us are recorded every time we use a credit card or use the phone or buy a plane ticket or whatever else. However, the difference between the US and the EU is what can be done with this data.
Apparently in the US, "anything goes." Companies promise to keep data private, only to sell or transfer it to third parties, as in the case of several airlines. Sensitive personal data is outsourced to countries like India and Pakistan for processing. What happens? The natives can threaten to release this data if they're not paid a certain amount of money.
In Europe, EU and individual national laws dictate that this data can among other things only be used for a specific purpose determined before data collection, not be used for other purposes, and not be released to third parties without the consent of the data subject. Furthermore, personal data cannot be transferred to countries that do not have privacy laws equivalent to or stronger than the Directive.
The EU Directive is the rule; countries in the EU and EEA are required to have national privacy laws based on the Directive.
I was about ready to write "Oxymoron of the day: Privacy Officer for the Department of Homeland Security."
A nice little placebo position really. Let's make people think that privacy rights are being respected. It's like most privacy policies on websites; not worth the bandwidth they waste. Very little value when you don't have strong privacy laws as backup. And what's the point of having a privacy officer for the DHS when "anti-terrorism" laws don't allow for such things as being able to see what kind of information is registered on yourself in the first place?
when you shop at places like that, "everyone" is a size five...or zero for that matter.
shopper: I'll take this in a size four!
salesgirl:she's at least a ten Of course, madame. discreetly removes size label. Here you go. Size four!
Same principle with shoes.
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They don't care how they look in that Prada or D&G or whatever it is they're wearing as long as it's the latest designs. In fact, I doubt most of them would want to see a picture of their behinds because they'll suddenly start feeling fat or something. What they want is for the salesgirl to say "Oh, yes, you look fabulous in that! And so slim! And that color really brings out your eyes! Yes, it's really you!"
Does anyone know if the code-writing was outsourced abroad?
With all the lip service about "homeland security," one ought to be concerned about anything affecting national infrastructure being sent abroad where you really don't know who is doing the coding, whether the coding projects are being further outsorced to say alQaidaSoft, etc.
While I ought to be glad that these blokes are going over to Linux, I'm not too thrilled about why they're doing it. It just bugs me that they're doing it for testosterone-ego reasons rather than "Linux is an overall superior OS."
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I used to swim 2000-5000 meters a day, 5-6 days a week. Crawl. My left rotator cuff is destroyed, the right is on its way to getting back at me for what I did in my stupid youth.
read here!
If she's as smart as they make her out to be, then she'll have no problem deliberately finding those sites that Mom and Dad don't approve of ;-)
bigger penis = bigger WMD. Not sure about the other stuff though.
"They that would give up essential liberty for a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
-- Ben Franklin
This is the last thing we need - "justification" for more widespread surveillance and other privacy intrusions.
BBC Article
You're an hour and a half late! >:-)
And no, I've never done this. Ever. Not even when I was a poor student. Really!
They tried and failed with DVD-Jon. Let's hope they fail here as well.
I'd be surprised if he were not acquitted, but you never know these days. It's very easy to pay off a judge. Anyways, one thing I would like to know is how publishing code in order to expose security flaws, and where the author(s)/owners of the code are referred to, is any different than publishing excerpts from a book in order to expose, say racist sentiment.
Do they still have artists? How do they survive?
I'm not sure why I'm even bothering to answer this stupid question, but YES, they have artists (and some very good ones at that). Just because they're not on American MTV doesn't mean they don't exist. And they survive the same way other artists survive.
Personal data may be taken out of the EU/EEA only if without prejudice to compliance with the national provisions adopted pursuant to the other provisions of this Directive, the third country in question ensures an adequate level of protection. (EU Personal Data Directive 95/46/EC, Article 25). See here for whole Directive.
The United States is not a third country that the EU has determined to provide an adequate level of protection of personal data. However, if the individual companies or organizations in the US adhere to the Safe Harbor agreement, personal data may be transferred.
Unfortunately, it can ultimately be difficult to control that data once it gets to the US. A in Europe may determine that B in the US provides adequate protection via Safe Harbor. All is well, right? Not necessarily. What happens when B subcontracts to C, who subcontracts to D, who subcontracts to E, who subcontracts to F in country G where privacy laws don't exist? Yeah sure, there are rules, but if something were to happen, there would be more finger-pointing and "you weren't supposed to..." and the such, as opposed to taking on responsibility. But nonetheless, your personal data has been compromised. All the bickering in the world won't resolve that matter.
I concur on your second point. I've never tried the third one, as I don't hang out with any of the American expats here, and even if I did they would want to speak English, not Norwegian.
I wouldn't bet the farm on that one! :-P
Let's see...the Norwegian Personal Data Act. The EU Personal Data Directive. Other European legislation...
I read an interesting article in cnn.com the other day about bloggers in Iran and their fear of an eventual clampdown. These blogs not only allow Iranians to voice their opinions about difficult issues, but they give an interesting view of Iranian society and people to the world. Links to some blogs can be found via the article.
I tried to search for information on the percentage of false positives these devices give, and most of the resulting homepages had FAQs that claimed that false positives were not a problem. Howerver, I did find some interesting things beyond the mouthwash false positives, for example that cigarette smoke and acetone breath (for ex. in type 1 diabetics who either don't know they have the disease or do a poor job in controlling it, or people on Atkins) can cause false positives.
Apparently in the US, "anything goes." Companies promise to keep data private, only to sell or transfer it to third parties, as in the case of several airlines. Sensitive personal data is outsourced to countries like India and Pakistan for processing. What happens? The natives can threaten to release this data if they're not paid a certain amount of money.
In Europe, EU and individual national laws dictate that this data can among other things only be used for a specific purpose determined before data collection, not be used for other purposes, and not be released to third parties without the consent of the data subject. Furthermore, personal data cannot be transferred to countries that do not have privacy laws equivalent to or stronger than the Directive.
The EU Directive is the rule; countries in the EU and EEA are required to have national privacy laws based on the Directive.
A nice little placebo position really. Let's make people think that privacy rights are being respected. It's like most privacy policies on websites; not worth the bandwidth they waste. Very little value when you don't have strong privacy laws as backup. And what's the point of having a privacy officer for the DHS when "anti-terrorism" laws don't allow for such things as being able to see what kind of information is registered on yourself in the first place?
shopper: I'll take this in a size four!
salesgirl: she's at least a ten Of course, madame. discreetly removes size label. Here you go. Size four!
Same principle with shoes.
They don't care how they look in that Prada or D&G or whatever it is they're wearing as long as it's the latest designs. In fact, I doubt most of them would want to see a picture of their behinds because they'll suddenly start feeling fat or something. What they want is for the salesgirl to say "Oh, yes, you look fabulous in that! And so slim! And that color really brings out your eyes! Yes, it's really you!"
article here
With all the lip service about "homeland security," one ought to be concerned about anything affecting national infrastructure being sent abroad where you really don't know who is doing the coding, whether the coding projects are being further outsorced to say alQaidaSoft, etc.
While I ought to be glad that these blokes are going over to Linux, I'm not too thrilled about why they're doing it. It just bugs me that they're doing it for testosterone-ego reasons rather than "Linux is an overall superior OS."