Well, if they know their honestly written papers are added into a database to prevent plagurism, then they know they will be unable to sell/give their honestly written paper to someone taking the same class next year.
Honesty extends to the disposition of their work. If they do not disclose their work to other students, there is no problem with it being in a database, is there?
"Honesty" is such a subjective term, isn't it? Just ask Noam Chompsky (or his new fanboy Hugo Chavez)
When you said "GWB doing a U turn on energy policy", did you mean to imply that GWB is going to cancel his existing $1.2 billion hydrogen fuel cell initiative that he announced in February 2003?
There is an even more important reason to not use sound effects for errors - some people cannot hear them.
If the program (or O/S) has a serious problem and needs to get the attention of the user and help them understand the critical nature of problem, playing sound is not going to get the attention of a person with hearing loss (or if the sound is off, or is busy playing music, etc...) If the user has enabled an accessibility alternative (like SoundSentry in XP - flashing the screen, active window, ect....), all they know is there was a sound they didn't hear - it doesn't do anything to communicate the seriousness or consequences of the current situation.
One also might think this is a "lessons learned" post mortem about Clippy:)
However, I think it is also a mistake to project operating system U/I standards to application programs. Just because Finite State Machines are useful for some kernel functions does not mean every application program is best designed as a state machine.
It's interesting that nobody has yet mentioned their church/mosque/synagogue/temple as the 3rd place "where people can socialize and feel comfortable". For most people, that is their answer to this question.
Interesting, but not suprising.
Just keep this in mind when/if you think slashdot's view of the world is in any way representative of the world in general.
"COLUMBUS - Ohio Secretary of State J. Kenneth Blackwell today halted deployment of Diebold Election Systems' electronic voting devices in Ohio for the 2004 General Election. The decision is based on preliminary findings from the secretary of state`s second round of security testing conducted by Compuware Corporation showing the existence of previously identified, but yet unresolved security issues. Hardin, Lorain and Trumbull counties had selected to use new Diebold equipment this November. Those counties will use their current voting devices in 2004."
It might have something to do with the large numbers of non-US persons attending US universities, vacationing in Florida, underming IT salaries working on H1-B visas, and whining (now) about having to actually go through a screening process prior to entering the country (except for the non-OTM migrants arriving from Mexico through the virtual fence)
"COLUMBUS - Ohio Secretary of State J. Kenneth Blackwell today halted deployment of Diebold Election Systems' electronic voting devices in Ohio for the 2004 General Election. The decision is based on preliminary findings from the secretary of state`s second round of security testing conducted by Compuware Corporation showing the existence of previously identified, but yet unresolved security issues. Hardin, Lorain and Trumbull counties had selected to use new Diebold equipment this November. Those counties will use their current voting devices in 2004."
Well, if you aren't sure it didn't happen, that proves it did!
Back when I first learned HTML, the basic principle I read everywhere was that the author of an HTML document should make no assumptions about the screen size, capabilities, graphics driver, or layout capabilities of the client device... That HTML was merely a suggestion about how the browser should try to present the page.
When exactly did HTML authors/standards evolve to be the anal retentive "I'm in control of your browser, we control the horizontal, we control the vertical, we control the color, we control every pixel" attitude that this has evolved to?
Since I haven't yet had the privilege of using an electronic voting machine, this may already be something they do, but I tend to doubt it....
Once you have the computer and video screen platform in place, use the screen to provide information so people can make an *informed* vote, rather than just "a vote"... Within some rules agreed to by the election officials, for each candidate show an electronic portrait of the person, along with information about their education, professional credentials, related work experience, and some free form text area written by the candidate to explain why they should be elected. Most people will admit that often they have no idea who they are voting for, especially in minor offices like judicial positions (where those are elected offices).
This would slow down the voting process a lot, but would greatly improve the process, and one would hope that better information would result in a better outcome. It would also reduce the need for candidates to spend large amounts of money just to build name recognition.
In a perfect world, every voter would have done very careful research about every candidate prior to walking into the voting center, but we don't live in a perfect world.
"COLUMBUS - Ohio Secretary of State J. Kenneth Blackwell today halted deployment of Diebold Election Systems' electronic voting devices in Ohio for the 2004 General Election. The decision is based on preliminary findings from the secretary of state`s second round of security testing conducted by Compuware Corporation showing the existence of previously identified, but yet unresolved security issues. Hardin, Lorain and Trumbull counties had selected to use new Diebold equipment this November. Those counties will use their current voting devices in 2004."
In addition, Mr Ford announced today that his Model T will come equipped with a horse hitch in the event the owner does not wish to use a Ford Motor or opposes the use of petroleum products - and instead wishes to use an Open Source Horse to power his Model T.
At this time, there are no plans to equip the model T with a horse manure scooper, but that topic is still under active negotation.
"n. the act of making untrue statements about another which damages his/her reputation. If the defamatory statement is printed or broadcast over the media it is libel and, if only oral, it is slander. Public figures, including officeholders and candidates, have to show that the defamation was made with malicious intent and was not just fair comment. Damages for slander may be limited to actual (special) damages unless there is malice. Some statements such as an accusation of having committed a crime, having a feared disease or being unable to perform one's occupation are called libel per se or slander per se and can more easily lead to large money awards in court and even punitive damage recovery by the person harmed. Most states provide for a demand for a printed retraction of defamation and only allow a lawsuit if there is no such admission of error."
If you *did* cheat on your wife, and someone posted pictures online, that might be some other things, but it is not defamation, since the statement is true.
"A Florida county has grand plans to ditch its dump, generate electricity and help build roads -- all by vaporizing garbage at temperatures hotter than the sun."
with
"Up to eight plasma arc-equipped cupolas will vaporize trash year-round, non-stop. Garbage will be brought in on conveyor belts and dumped into the cylindrical cupolas where it falls into a zone of heat more than 10,000 degrees Fahrenheit."
(Sorry about Fahrenheit to the Global readers of Slashdot)
Doesn't the attitude of the Democratic Party leadership to Lieberman pretty much prove that "Independent Democrat" is an oxymoron?
If you're a Republican in Connecticut (and Lieberman isn't convinced to withdraw), it is easy to make a case for supporting Ned Lamont (contrary to the generally accepted media expectations and push polls) - to move the Democrats even more into the extreme left fringe and alienate the moderates in other states.
Lieberman isn't going to join the Republican Caucus no matter what, so what exactly is the point of supporting him with money and votes when he says he will vote against Republicans 80% of the time? (the other 20%?)
Lieberman's seniority only has significant value to Connecticut if he is a member of the majority party in the Senate. So are Connecticut and National Republicans rooting for a change to Democratic control of the US Senate in 2006? If that happens, how will Lieberman being in the Senate help the Republicans? None of this makes sense. There must be an obvious explanation that I just can't spot.
The Republican candidate has zero chance of winning, so he isn't a factor either way.
"COLUMBUS - Ohio Secretary of State J. Kenneth Blackwell today halted deployment of Diebold Election Systems' electronic voting devices in Ohio for the 2004 General Election. The decision is based on preliminary findings from the secretary of state`s second round of security testing conducted by Compuware Corporation showing the existence of previously identified, but yet unresolved security issues. Hardin, Lorain and Trumbull counties had selected to use new Diebold equipment this November. Those counties will use their current voting devices in 2004."
What part of "Non-Employee" directors is so confusing? The Board Members are -not- HP employees, which makes it all the worse.
Relating more to your point about the sanctity of the privacy of FBI backround checks so that people will continue to be candid in the future - have we found out yet who at the Clinton White House asked to peruse the FBI private background files of 900 people in the first Bush administation?
Have we found out yet who hired Craig Livingstone to be the White House chief of security?
(How long can the media and the Democratic Party ignore Ms. Rodham-Clinton's membership on the Board of Directors of WalMart while Bill was Governor of Arkansas during the early days of Wal*mart?)
So since US consumers already have a *right* to 3 free credit reports a year under Federal Law (one from each major agency), and Chase's "Free" year of credit monitoring will result in new revenue, we have a new business plan:
1) Recklessly misplace your customer's data 2) Issue a press release admitting you may have improperly disclosed some customer data 3) Give customers free credit reports for a year 4) Bill them for their free service after 12 months 5) Profit!
Slashdot Mirror
Everyone knows all weealth is created by the United Nations, silly.
Well, if they know their honestly written papers are added into a database to prevent plagurism, then they know they will be unable to sell/give their honestly written paper to someone taking the same class next year.
Honesty extends to the disposition of their work. If they do not disclose their work to other students, there is no problem with it being in a database, is there?
"Honesty" is such a subjective term, isn't it? Just ask Noam Chompsky (or his new fanboy Hugo Chavez)
When you said "GWB doing a U turn on energy policy", did you mean to imply that GWB is going to cancel his existing $1.2 billion hydrogen fuel cell initiative that he announced in February 2003?
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http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/02/2
There is an even more important reason to not use sound effects for errors - some people cannot hear them.
:)
If the program (or O/S) has a serious problem and needs to get the attention of the user and help them understand the critical nature of problem, playing sound is not going to get the attention of a person with hearing loss (or if the sound is off, or is busy playing music, etc...) If the user has enabled an accessibility alternative (like SoundSentry in XP - flashing the screen, active window, ect....), all they know is there was a sound they didn't hear - it doesn't do anything to communicate the seriousness or consequences of the current situation.
One also might think this is a "lessons learned" post mortem about Clippy
However, I think it is also a mistake to project operating system U/I standards to application programs. Just because Finite State Machines are useful for some kernel functions does not mean every application program is best designed as a state machine.
Would your mother agree with that advice?
It's interesting that nobody has yet mentioned their church/mosque/synagogue/temple as the 3rd place "where people can socialize and feel comfortable". For most people, that is their answer to this question.
Interesting, but not suprising.
Just keep this in mind when/if you think slashdot's view of the world is in any way representative of the world in general.
Not to mention if you forgot a closing </table> tag, Netscape 4.x went into a CPU loop and/or would not render the entire table...
Sure, in a perfect world everyone would validate their HTML, but most of us live in the real world.
"it's defition" is a troll, right?
Did you know there were no Diebold voting machines used in Ohio in the 2004 election?
http://www.sos.state.oh.us/News/Read.aspx?ID=102
"COLUMBUS - Ohio Secretary of State J. Kenneth Blackwell today halted deployment of Diebold Election Systems' electronic voting devices in Ohio for the 2004 General Election. The decision is based on preliminary findings from the secretary of state`s second round of security testing conducted by Compuware Corporation showing the existence of previously identified, but yet unresolved security issues. Hardin, Lorain and Trumbull counties had selected to use new Diebold equipment this November. Those counties will use their current voting devices in 2004."
It might have something to do with the large numbers of non-US persons attending US universities, vacationing in Florida, underming IT salaries working on H1-B visas, and whining (now) about having to actually go through a screening process prior to entering the country (except for the non-OTM migrants arriving from Mexico through the virtual fence)
If that generalization was true, then the EU would have no jursidiction over Microsoft.
This is a civil matter, not a criminal matter.
Extradition does not apply to civil judgements...
(Not paying your child support in the US being a possible exception)
IANAL
You are aware that there were no Diebold machines used during the 2004 election in Ohio, right?
http://www.sos.state.oh.us/News/Read.aspx?ID=102
"COLUMBUS - Ohio Secretary of State J. Kenneth Blackwell today halted deployment of Diebold Election Systems' electronic voting devices in Ohio for the 2004 General Election. The decision is based on preliminary findings from the secretary of state`s second round of security testing conducted by Compuware Corporation showing the existence of previously identified, but yet unresolved security issues. Hardin, Lorain and Trumbull counties had selected to use new Diebold equipment this November. Those counties will use their current voting devices in 2004."
Well, if you aren't sure it didn't happen, that proves it did!
You forgot:
Voters must present a valid photo ID that proves US citizenship in order to vote.
Back when I first learned HTML, the basic principle I read everywhere was that the author of an HTML document should make no assumptions about the screen size, capabilities, graphics driver, or layout capabilities of the client device... That HTML was merely a suggestion about how the browser should try to present the page.
When exactly did HTML authors/standards evolve to be the anal retentive "I'm in control of your browser, we control the horizontal, we control the vertical, we control the color, we control every pixel" attitude that this has evolved to?
Since I haven't yet had the privilege of using an electronic voting machine, this may already be something they do, but I tend to doubt it....
Once you have the computer and video screen platform in place, use the screen to provide information so people can make an *informed* vote, rather than just "a vote"... Within some rules agreed to by the election officials, for each candidate show an electronic portrait of the person, along with information about their education, professional credentials, related work experience, and some free form text area written by the candidate to explain why they should be elected. Most people will admit that often they have no idea who they are voting for, especially in minor offices like judicial positions (where those are elected offices).
This would slow down the voting process a lot, but would greatly improve the process, and one would hope that better information would result in a better outcome. It would also reduce the need for candidates to spend large amounts of money just to build name recognition.
In a perfect world, every voter would have done very careful research about every candidate prior to walking into the voting center, but we don't live in a perfect world.
You are aware there were no Diebold machines used in Ohio in the 2004 election, right?
http://www.sos.state.oh.us/News/Read.aspx?ID=102
"COLUMBUS - Ohio Secretary of State J. Kenneth Blackwell today halted deployment of Diebold Election Systems' electronic voting devices in Ohio for the 2004 General Election. The decision is based on preliminary findings from the secretary of state`s second round of security testing conducted by Compuware Corporation showing the existence of previously identified, but yet unresolved security issues. Hardin, Lorain and Trumbull counties had selected to use new Diebold equipment this November. Those counties will use their current voting devices in 2004."
In addition, Mr Ford announced today that his Model T will come equipped with a horse hitch in the event the owner does not wish to use a Ford Motor or opposes the use of petroleum products - and instead wishes to use an Open Source Horse to power his Model T.
At this time, there are no plans to equip the model T with a horse manure scooper, but that topic is still under active negotation.
or if he knew how to manipulate the stack pointers!
+10 points for using the Democratic talking point "word of the day" (defamation) incorrectly.
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http://dictionary.law.com/default2.asp?typed=defa
"n. the act of making untrue statements about another which damages his/her reputation. If the defamatory statement is printed or broadcast over the media it is libel and, if only oral, it is slander. Public figures, including officeholders and candidates, have to show that the defamation was made with malicious intent and was not just fair comment. Damages for slander may be limited to actual (special) damages unless there is malice. Some statements such as an accusation of having committed a crime, having a feared disease or being unable to perform one's occupation are called libel per se or slander per se and can more easily lead to large money awards in court and even punitive damage recovery by the person harmed. Most states provide for a demand for a printed retraction of defamation and only allow a lawsuit if there is no such admission of error."
If you *did* cheat on your wife, and someone posted pictures online, that might be some other things, but it is not defamation, since the statement is true.
Combine:
"A Florida county has grand plans to ditch its dump, generate electricity and help build roads -- all by vaporizing garbage at temperatures hotter than the sun."
with
"Up to eight plasma arc-equipped cupolas will vaporize trash year-round, non-stop. Garbage will be brought in on conveyor belts and dumped into the cylindrical cupolas where it falls into a zone of heat more than 10,000 degrees Fahrenheit."
(Sorry about Fahrenheit to the Global readers of Slashdot)
So how hot is the sun anyhow?
Doesn't the attitude of the Democratic Party leadership to Lieberman pretty much prove that "Independent Democrat" is an oxymoron?
If you're a Republican in Connecticut (and Lieberman isn't convinced to withdraw), it is easy to make a case for supporting Ned Lamont (contrary to the generally accepted media expectations and push polls) - to move the Democrats even more into the extreme left fringe and alienate the moderates in other states.
Lieberman isn't going to join the Republican Caucus no matter what, so what exactly is the point of supporting him with money and votes when he says he will vote against Republicans 80% of the time? (the other 20%?)
Lieberman's seniority only has significant value to Connecticut if he is a member of the majority party in the Senate. So are Connecticut and National Republicans rooting for a change to Democratic control of the US Senate in 2006? If that happens, how will Lieberman being in the Senate help the Republicans? None of this makes sense. There must be an obvious explanation that I just can't spot.
The Republican candidate has zero chance of winning, so he isn't a factor either way.
You are aware than no Diebold machines where used in Ohio in the 2004 election, right?
http://www.sos.state.oh.us/News/Read.aspx?ID=102
"COLUMBUS - Ohio Secretary of State J. Kenneth Blackwell today halted deployment of Diebold Election Systems' electronic voting devices in Ohio for the 2004 General Election. The decision is based on preliminary findings from the secretary of state`s second round of security testing conducted by Compuware Corporation showing the existence of previously identified, but yet unresolved security issues. Hardin, Lorain and Trumbull counties had selected to use new Diebold equipment this November. Those counties will use their current voting devices in 2004."
What part of "Non-Employee" directors is so confusing? The Board Members are -not- HP employees, which makes it all the worse.
Relating more to your point about the sanctity of the privacy of FBI backround checks so that people will continue to be candid in the future - have we found out yet who at the Clinton White House asked to peruse the FBI private background files of 900 people in the first Bush administation?
Have we found out yet who hired Craig Livingstone to be the White House chief of security?
http://www.judicialwatch.org/filegate.shtml
I look forward to 2008...
(How long can the media and the Democratic Party ignore Ms. Rodham-Clinton's membership on the Board of Directors of WalMart while Bill was Governor of Arkansas during the early days of Wal*mart?)
So since US consumers already have a *right* to 3 free credit reports a year under Federal Law (one from each major agency), and Chase's "Free" year of credit monitoring will result in new revenue, we have a new business plan:
1) Recklessly misplace your customer's data
2) Issue a press release admitting you may have improperly disclosed some customer data
3) Give customers free credit reports for a year
4) Bill them for their free service after 12 months
5) Profit!
Brilliant!