"It's interesting that on Slashdot we criticize organizations like the RIAA for wanting to shut down technology like P2P because the RIAA fears that the technology will be abused, yet we are the ones who complain about the use of technologies such as video camera networks (and RFID, etc.) -- because we fear that they will be abused."
"At a surveillance center in the Atrium Building on Howard Street, 13 to 15 retired police officers or criminal justice college
students will monitor images, said Elliot Schlanger, Baltimore's chief information officer."
Yeah.. let the college students run that system, I can see it now...
Student 1: Oh, dude... check this chick out! If you zoom in close enough you can see her nipples!
Student 2: Yeah, I think she's in my History class. Look at that fine ass!
All the while the Bank of Baltimore is getting robbed across the street.
This whole thing sounds like a way Baltimore can keep their grants from the US Governmetn. It's very comparable to the construction
industry in every local city and state. If they don't use up ALL of the funds for that FY (and even request more) then there's a high chance that next FY it will be reduced.
Even Baltimore's city council president was concerned about this very thing saying "she was concerned that the federal grants would eventually run out and the city would be stuck with the bill.."
But the mayor says:
"Mayor Martin O'Malley said the Downtown Partnership's use of cameras has been successful and residents want to know
why the city does not use more cameras.
"You never want to have people operating cameras to look into windows," O'Malley said. "This is about being as proactive as you can be with
the limited police resources you have."
I'm sorry Martin O'Malley, but there are many other ways that you can prevent crime and terrorism than by setting up a 24-hour surveillance network in the city. How about increasing a police force in the city so that a presence is seen? Wouldn't residents feel a bit more
comfortable having an actual person than a camera?
You could hire more police officers and increase the workforce. But, instead you are going to pay retired police officers and college kids to sit on their ass and wait for somethign to happen. Plain stupid.
Here is some advice that I took after I graduated college. During my last few years of college there was a lot of talk that companies may start outsourcing their work to places such as India. Living in an area where there is a large air force base I was given the advice to get a job there working with either with a contractiong company or the civil service (government). They are so strung for computer-minded people that they can offer up to a $60,000 hiring bonus on top of about $60-70,000 per year just to get you to work for them. And the best part? The US government isn't going to outsource your job anywhere. The only thing to worry about, however, is that your job can be eliminated. But the benefit of working for the civil service? They also have to find you a new job of similar pay.
"Oh, so this makes it oK, then? You do realize that is what you are implying, don't you? Come on, think for yourself, the world really isn't an either-or situation."
No.. It doesn't make the matter OK and that's not what I was implying. I am just sick of hearing people blame it all on Bush and push off their vote for Kerry on just this issue alone in the upcoming election. Kerry seems to feel the same way Bush does on this very issue.
"In an interview set for broadcast Sunday on C-SPAN, presidential hopeful John Kerry says he supports the current FCC crackdown on television indecency, but comes out against the greater scrutiny of pay cable channels like HBO and Showtime.
"I think there is a distinction between public broadcast and the notions we've had historically about family time, family hour -- and what you buy privately and personally."
"I am not in favor of government interference and censorship and restriction of what an individual privately can decide to do in their home, in their own space, so to speak," Kerry said, but he did seem to be OK with indecency regulation "where you have children involved, where you have a broader cross-section of the public, where there is sort of a sense of family time or hour."
On media concentration:
"I wasn't there for the vote, but I was 100% in favor of overturning this rule.
"I think that too much media in the hands of one powerful entity or one individual is a mistake. I think it runs counter to the foundation of our country. I think it runs counter to the need for Americans to know what they are getting news and information from multiple sources that are not singularly controlled."
On the Janet Jackson Super Bowl 'nipple' incident:
"I thought that was in poor taste and wrong -- wrong venue, wrong timing, wrong place, wrong audience. So, there are some standards and pretty generally people should know what they are."
As a fan of Howard Stern's show from years ago I now live in an area where I cannot hear his show anymore unless I watch it on TV. Anyways, I now live in an area where we have another great morning show team "Todd and Tyler". Since the shake down from Clear Channel and the FCC they have had to lighten most of their content up. They still have found creative ways to bring the subject across to the listener in other ways, but sometimes I just wish they could say it.
What I don't seem to get is why this is happening. I mean.. I know that some of it is not meant for kids, but PARENTS need to learn to turn those programs off in front of their kids. No one is forcing you, or your kids, to watch it.
If the technology existed, would it be legal for ISPs to block out ads from competing ISPs and not tell the customer about it?
For example, when working at a local electronics store we would not give out any store prices over the telephone or Internet. We forced the customer to physically come into the store to see the price. We also would not write the price down for a customer either. This was put into effect so that we didn't get other competing stores calling and asking our prices, only to get a better price to the customer at their store.
"Take it down. If it really is copywritten material, then you won't hear from the user. If not, then the user will contact you and offer facts and their personal attribution that it's legal. (Think due dillgence.) Cost to ISP: $0."
However, what's to stop the user from turning around and duing the ISP? Let's say that the site taken down was a business and they lost money? Now, if that user is proven correct that the content was actually correct, s/he has a legitimate case against the ISP.
Cost to ISP: $Lots
Your subject had it right.. Damned if they do, damned if they dont.
Yeah but you are also paying for that bandwidth. OTOH, if I were getting it for free then they can tell me what I can and cannot put up because in that case I am using their bandwidth that they are paying for.
After reading CNET's version of this story (which also gives a good summary on what SCO is doing). SCO's forecast for next quarter doesn't really improve on last ones. The article states that this quarter (ending 31 July) SCO only expects revenue to fall between $10-12 million. But my favorite part of the article was this nice little blurb at the very bottom.
"The company also announced on Thursday that it had notified the Berlin-Bremen, Stuttgart and Frankfurt Freiverkehr stock exchanges that its ticker symbol had been listed without the company's permission. SCO is asking the exchanges to remove the symbol."
What's next? CNET gets a "Cease & Desist" letter from SCO because the company's name was used in this story?
Well.. since I am not able to install any software (work machine) I need something that is non MSI. I seem to remember there being an older verison that didn't require a Windows setup. Anyone have a link?
Get out of your pirate 0-day mindset and into a security one.
Usually, people that find a security hole will kepp it to themselves and alert the vendor about it. Then, giving them substantial time (in Microsoft's case) to fix the hole, you can release the hole and how it was exploited. When a hole is released in the wild without the vendor knowing about it, it's called 0-day.
Here is the BugTraq Archive link.. WARNING.. The link to this site contains OTHER links to the ACTUAL exploit as well as the source code and a non-harmless display. Use at your OWN risk. Just thought I would put out the disclaimer.
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You must be new here, huh?
Yeah.. let the college students run that system, I can see it now...
Student 1: Oh, dude... check this chick out! If you zoom in close enough you can see her nipples!
Student 2: Yeah, I think she's in my History class. Look at that fine ass!
All the while the Bank of Baltimore is getting robbed across the street.
This whole thing sounds like a way Baltimore can keep their grants from the US Governmetn. It's very comparable to the construction industry in every local city and state. If they don't use up ALL of the funds for that FY (and even request more) then there's a high chance that next FY it will be reduced.
Even Baltimore's city council president was concerned about this very thing saying "she was concerned that the federal grants would eventually run out and the city would be stuck with the bill.."
But the mayor says:
I'm sorry Martin O'Malley, but there are many other ways that you can prevent crime and terrorism than by setting up a 24-hour surveillance network in the city. How about increasing a police force in the city so that a presence is seen? Wouldn't residents feel a bit more comfortable having an actual person than a camera?
You could hire more police officers and increase the workforce. But, instead you are going to pay retired police officers and college kids to sit on their ass and wait for somethign to happen. Plain stupid.
I think that almost every president has been trying to further his own while in office. He has to think of himself when he gets out in 4/8 years.
Here is some advice that I took after I graduated college. During my last few years of college there was a lot of talk that companies may start outsourcing their work to places such as India. Living in an area where there is a large air force base I was given the advice to get a job there working with either with a contractiong company or the civil service (government). They are so strung for computer-minded people that they can offer up to a $60,000 hiring bonus on top of about $60-70,000 per year just to get you to work for them. And the best part? The US government isn't going to outsource your job anywhere. The only thing to worry about, however, is that your job can be eliminated. But the benefit of working for the civil service? They also have to find you a new job of similar pay.
Yeah.. so whos left? Perhaps the lead programmer and a few cronies under him? Yeah.. that'll get the game released sooner.
No.. It doesn't make the matter OK and that's not what I was implying. I am just sick of hearing people blame it all on Bush and push off their vote for Kerry on just this issue alone in the upcoming election. Kerry seems to feel the same way Bush does on this very issue.
Think what you will.
What I don't seem to get is why this is happening. I mean.. I know that some of it is not meant for kids, but PARENTS need to learn to turn those programs off in front of their kids. No one is forcing you, or your kids, to watch it.
For example, when working at a local electronics store we would not give out any store prices over the telephone or Internet. We forced the customer to physically come into the store to see the price. We also would not write the price down for a customer either. This was put into effect so that we didn't get other competing stores calling and asking our prices, only to get a better price to the customer at their store.
However, what's to stop the user from turning around and duing the ISP? Let's say that the site taken down was a business and they lost money? Now, if that user is proven correct that the content was actually correct, s/he has a legitimate case against the ISP.
Cost to ISP: $Lots
Your subject had it right.. Damned if they do, damned if they dont.
Yeah but you are also paying for that bandwidth. OTOH, if I were getting it for free then they can tell me what I can and cannot put up because in that case I am using their bandwidth that they are paying for.
...It actually mentions a lot about doing just that and how easy it would be. Oh wait.. this is /. ... sorry.
*enter Clippy*
"It looks like you are trying to breathe..."
Human graphics are freaky looking.
What's next? CNET gets a "Cease & Desist" letter from SCO because the company's name was used in this story?
Anyone remember that movie?
Haha.. Silly Americans and their fancy commas.
Since the bluejacking website is not loading.. Anyone care to explain what it is and how its done?
Atleast they called it an MP3 player and not an iPod!
I was looking for the ZIP files... Found here
http://www.desktopos.com/printfeature.php?artid=22
http://www.desktopos.net/printfeature.php?artid=2 (mirror)
Looks like its very promising... I think I might like it :)
Well.. since I am not able to install any software (work machine) I need something that is non MSI. I seem to remember there being an older verison that didn't require a Windows setup. Anyone have a link?
Usually, people that find a security hole will kepp it to themselves and alert the vendor about it. Then, giving them substantial time (in Microsoft's case) to fix the hole, you can release the hole and how it was exploited. When a hole is released in the wild without the vendor knowing about it, it's called 0-day.
"Maybe I'm stupid, but what is IE?" In any case, yes, you are. IE = Internet Explorer.
Here is the BugTraq Archive link.. WARNING.. The link to this site contains OTHER links to the ACTUAL exploit as well as the source code and a non-harmless display. Use at your OWN risk. Just thought I would put out the disclaimer.