What are the good open source webmail clients? I still use Thunderbird because I want my email going through my domain, but SquirrelMail and those stupid late '90s webmail apps are not a good option. I loathe to forward my email address to gmail: Yes, I preserve my address, but I lose my control.
The terms "left" and "right" are mostly meaningless. ISIS is socially conservative AKA "right" and economically liberal AKA "left." You can't just label someone left or right without qualifying what topic they are left and right on. Most people are not conservative on all topics, or liberal on all topics.
Heck, the terms "conservative" and "liberal" change meaning over time. In the US, the founding fathers are often considered "conservative" but in their time, they were economically and socially liberal. They had wacky leftist views like "the King doesn't have absolute power" and "people can worship Jesus any way they want.";-) When Bill Clinton was in power, "conservative" Republicans believed that government shouldn't be able to snoop on its citizens and that we should mind our own affairs and stay out of foreign wars. Today, those same "conservative" Republicans believe that government should get access to anything without a warrant, and that wars that kill bad guys in other countries is a good thing.
While people are welcome to change their views, it is confusing that we seem to redefine the terms to suit whatever we believe at the time. Even stranger, when someone important redefines the terms, people change their views accordingly!
(Disclaimer: I gave my "economically liberal" assessment based on an AC who posted "they have been nationalizing businesses, tearing down banks, demanding tax from the rich, and giving to the poor. ")
Yeah, conventional antidepressants are a mess. At least St. Johns Wort s a really good placebo! I bet lots of herbal remedies are at least that: mostly harmless.
You make a valid point, in general. With regards to the specific things listed in the summary, there is scientific evidence that they do not work. St. John's Wort is no more effective than placebo. Ginseng may have some use against diabetes and respiratory tract infections, but it is not effective for gaining energy, cognitive function, or immune support which is what they are often sold for. Valerian root seems to improve the sleep quality of people who are withdrawing from the use of sleeping pills, but not for sleeplessness in general.
(Sources: Search for "effectiveness of X" and pick nih.gov or webmd)
Thinking like a techie and not a common user. The common user doesn't have SFTP. They have DropBox... is far more useful than having to type mystersious gobbledegook into a command prompt to set up a server, or horrors, pay for a service (note that most of those services offer a free level of account? How many SFTP sites do that?)
There is a big misunderstanding here. I'm not telling the user to setup an SFTP site. I'm telling DropBox, Facebook, Google Photo, and Amazon to support SFTP so that iPhoto and other client software can use standard protocols.
To expand on what I mean: the state of being where everyone uses a proprietary protocol is making it harder on everyone. Having options for "DropBox" and "Picasa" saves the user from entering a URL. But it makes it harder in every other way. Users who choose a different service are locked-out completely. Programmers now have to write code for every service they want to interact with. Testers have to test all these different sites. That drives up the cost and complexity of software. etc. etc, this is all the regular arguments for using standard protocols.
And we certainly could have it both ways if they just make SFTP an option in the list. Now the user enters in "myservice.com/~myusername." That really isn't showstopping complexity.
Just imagine if email clients didn't support entering an SMTP/POP server address, but instead only gave you a fixed list of options for Comcast, Google, Microsoft, or Yahoo email. ugh! Let us make sure that day never comes!
Your point about free services is interesting. I'm searching on that now.... hmmm... Dropbox actually does support SFTP. Wikipedia has a list of backup services, and some of those support SFTP too. Google Drive does not, and I see lots of people complaining about that for the same reason as the original submitter: people buying NAS boxes, copier/scanners, etc. that can't access Google Drive. There are various "adapters" out there that convert SFTP and other protocols to work over Google Drive, Amazon S3, etc. Interesting. But those forum posts I found were 3 years old, so clearly companies aren't adapting. That's a shame.
Wow, good work. I reported the DNS hijacking stuff years ago but I never thought of talking to the FTC. That actually makes more sense, because this is a monopoly issue more than a telecommunications issue.
In the last 5 years, fish oil, niacin and bad gut flora have been recognized by the medical industry; prior to that they were ridiculed as "alternative" medicine for 100, 50 and 35 years respectively.
Just to be clear: Now that science has finally recognized fish oil and niacin, we see that they are somewhere between ineffective and dangerous. So ultimately, the ridicule was correct, although it was not based on science until recently.
One reason that science often doesn't investigate these "alternative" medicines is because there is no money in doing so. Many "alternative" treatments are herbal, so if they were found effective no one would profit since they are not patentable. And if they are found ineffective, well, people will probably still buy it anyway since they don't trust science.
The biggest issue today is that the new webcams that come out don't support FTP, they all support sending images/video direct to a "private cloud" (e.g., Simplicam, Dropcam, etc...).
This is becoming a problem in lots of commercial software. iPhoto can submit pictures to Facebook in one click, but can I give it an SFTP address? It doesn't support WebDAV, but it supports DropBox!? Applications that come with digital cameras are like this. So are email programs. What the heck happened?
Unfortunately, the US does not have free market capitalism on broadband communications. In most areas it is either monopoly or duopoly, with local government regulating it. So it is really like having the worst of both systems and the best of neither.
Fair enough. I never bother to go there. But I'm heading to http://slashdot.org/recent now. Hmmm... Hovers over color icon with tooltip "Filter firehose entries rated blue or better." What colors are better than blue? *facepalm* Well, I'll try it out.
Bad example: Whining about how a snowstorm wasn't big enough.
Good example: A discussion about the mathematical modeling used to predict the snowstorms, and a historical graph comparing predictions to actuals. Oooh, how about graphing the delta between the two by color and overlay it onto a map so we can see where predictions are more or less accurate.
The reason for that 'ridiculous' law was that a nosiy car could, in fact, scare a horse and cause it to bolt,
One needs the historical context to make sense of the law. At the time, many of those laws really were created just to stifle the car industry, not to protect citizens from horses. Another example: In some state, the law required the driver to get out of the car, honk a horn, then fire a gun, then do something else equally ridiculous, then they could drive the car.
I don't think the term "probable cause" means "can conduct a search without a warrant." Rather, "probable cause" is justification for a warrant to be issued. But I think people get confused on this point because the courts have made exceptions for motor vehicles and that gets mixed up with "probable cause."
...without providing any specific details as long as the target computer location has been hidden through a technical tool like Tor or a virtual private network. It would also allow nonspecific search warrants...
Text of the 4th amendment to the constitution:
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects,[a] against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
The article is light on details, but if it is accurate, this looks like a straightforward violation of the 4th amendment. The devil is always in the details though. The article may be an oversimplification.
They started to go this route, then abandoned it. Last Christmas I was at Radio Shack and they sold Arduinos, Raspberry Pi, and 100-in-1 electronics kits. I asked for a gift card to Radio Shack, and I got one this Christmas. So I walked in the store to find none of those things were there any more. It was like someone decided they would appeal to the Makers then made a 100% backpedal on that. I hate to use the gift card to buy a $10 cable from them that costs $1 on NewEgg. Free is free, but it still hurts!
They do sell EL wire, and drivers. Unfortunately, the drivers they sell don't even power the length of EL wire they sell. And of course, the employees didn't even know what they do.
Nearby, we have a Micro Center which is what Radio Shack could have been and then some. They do sell all the things I listed, plus 3D printers, discrete computer parts, and general electronics. It's like Best Buy but more techie. I have never seen a Fry's but it might be like that.
Hypothetically, let me grant you that point. But once the country is no longer stable, can we switch back to the other voting system?
Many institutions work really well if you assume things like honesty, stability, fairness, etc. But much of the U.S. is designed under the assumption that those things aren't there, in order to protect it from ever becoming so. This is because if those assumptions are violated, there isn't some kind of fallback where the people can change back to the old way. We can't ever say "okay, the police are abusing their power again. It's time to reinstate the 4th amendment."
Surveillance is probably the best example these days. If we assume the "watchers" are not targeting anyone other than terrorists, then we should simply allow them full access to everything. This is the intention behind the phrase "There is no reason to hide if you have done nothing wrong." But even in a hypothetically "stable" country, honest law-abiding citizens may fight to keep their privacy, so that if and when the "watchers" become evil, they won't get control.
Free speech and gun control are based on similar reasoning to the secret ballot. Perhaps, one day, once we have permanently eliminated racism, greed, and jealousy then we can switch to the "stable" system. In the mean time, let us err on the side of caution.
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Firefox does not use WebKit. It uses Gecko.
What are the good open source webmail clients? I still use Thunderbird because I want my email going through my domain, but SquirrelMail and those stupid late '90s webmail apps are not a good option. I loathe to forward my email address to gmail: Yes, I preserve my address, but I lose my control.
Are we in danger of a software monoculture if all browsers become Chromium/webkit based?
yes.
Unfortunately, those philosophical reasons rarely are enough to keep a project going. For most practical purposes, Chrome/webkit is sufficient.
The terms "left" and "right" are mostly meaningless. ISIS is socially conservative AKA "right" and economically liberal AKA "left." You can't just label someone left or right without qualifying what topic they are left and right on. Most people are not conservative on all topics, or liberal on all topics.
Heck, the terms "conservative" and "liberal" change meaning over time. In the US, the founding fathers are often considered "conservative" but in their time, they were economically and socially liberal. They had wacky leftist views like "the King doesn't have absolute power" and "people can worship Jesus any way they want." ;-) When Bill Clinton was in power, "conservative" Republicans believed that government shouldn't be able to snoop on its citizens and that we should mind our own affairs and stay out of foreign wars. Today, those same "conservative" Republicans believe that government should get access to anything without a warrant, and that wars that kill bad guys in other countries is a good thing.
While people are welcome to change their views, it is confusing that we seem to redefine the terms to suit whatever we believe at the time. Even stranger, when someone important redefines the terms, people change their views accordingly!
(Disclaimer: I gave my "economically liberal" assessment based on an AC who posted "they have been nationalizing businesses, tearing down banks, demanding tax from the rich, and giving to the poor. ")
Yeah, conventional antidepressants are a mess. At least St. Johns Wort s a really good placebo! I bet lots of herbal remedies are at least that: mostly harmless.
I didn't believe it. But... wow. For those skeptical:
2008: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2...
2010: http://www.foodsafetynews.com/...
And yes, they really were executed.
(Personal side: This might be the best use of the death penalty ever.)
You make a valid point, in general. With regards to the specific things listed in the summary, there is scientific evidence that they do not work. St. John's Wort is no more effective than placebo. Ginseng may have some use against diabetes and respiratory tract infections, but it is not effective for gaining energy, cognitive function, or immune support which is what they are often sold for. Valerian root seems to improve the sleep quality of people who are withdrawing from the use of sleeping pills, but not for sleeplessness in general.
(Sources: Search for "effectiveness of X" and pick nih.gov or webmd)
that these firms are responsible for evaluating the safety and labeling of their products
In their defense, the companies confirmed that the labels were perfectly safe, and said exactly what they intended to say.
Thinking like a techie and not a common user. The common user doesn't have SFTP. They have DropBox...
is far more useful than having to type mystersious gobbledegook into a command prompt to set up a server, or horrors, pay for a service (note that most of those services offer a free level of account? How many SFTP sites do that?)
There is a big misunderstanding here. I'm not telling the user to setup an SFTP site. I'm telling DropBox, Facebook, Google Photo, and Amazon to support SFTP so that iPhoto and other client software can use standard protocols.
To expand on what I mean: the state of being where everyone uses a proprietary protocol is making it harder on everyone. Having options for "DropBox" and "Picasa" saves the user from entering a URL. But it makes it harder in every other way. Users who choose a different service are locked-out completely. Programmers now have to write code for every service they want to interact with. Testers have to test all these different sites. That drives up the cost and complexity of software. etc. etc, this is all the regular arguments for using standard protocols.
And we certainly could have it both ways if they just make SFTP an option in the list. Now the user enters in "myservice.com/~myusername." That really isn't showstopping complexity.
Just imagine if email clients didn't support entering an SMTP/POP server address, but instead only gave you a fixed list of options for Comcast, Google, Microsoft, or Yahoo email. ugh! Let us make sure that day never comes!
Your point about free services is interesting. I'm searching on that now.... hmmm... Dropbox actually does support SFTP. Wikipedia has a list of backup services, and some of those support SFTP too. Google Drive does not, and I see lots of people complaining about that for the same reason as the original submitter: people buying NAS boxes, copier/scanners, etc. that can't access Google Drive. There are various "adapters" out there that convert SFTP and other protocols to work over Google Drive, Amazon S3, etc. Interesting. But those forum posts I found were 3 years old, so clearly companies aren't adapting. That's a shame.
Wow, good work. I reported the DNS hijacking stuff years ago but I never thought of talking to the FTC. That actually makes more sense, because this is a monopoly issue more than a telecommunications issue.
In the last 5 years, fish oil, niacin and bad gut flora have been recognized by the medical industry; prior to that they were ridiculed as "alternative" medicine for 100, 50 and 35 years respectively.
Just to be clear: Now that science has finally recognized fish oil and niacin, we see that they are somewhere between ineffective and dangerous. So ultimately, the ridicule was correct, although it was not based on science until recently.
One reason that science often doesn't investigate these "alternative" medicines is because there is no money in doing so. Many "alternative" treatments are herbal, so if they were found effective no one would profit since they are not patentable. And if they are found ineffective, well, people will probably still buy it anyway since they don't trust science.
The biggest issue today is that the new webcams that come out don't support FTP, they all support sending images/video direct to a "private cloud" (e.g., Simplicam, Dropcam, etc...).
This is becoming a problem in lots of commercial software. iPhoto can submit pictures to Facebook in one click, but can I give it an SFTP address? It doesn't support WebDAV, but it supports DropBox!? Applications that come with digital cameras are like this. So are email programs. What the heck happened?
Make a complaint to the FCC about it. Complain about their DNS hijacking while you are at it. Opt-out is not neutral!
Unfortunately, the US does not have free market capitalism on broadband communications. In most areas it is either monopoly or duopoly, with local government regulating it. So it is really like having the worst of both systems and the best of neither.
Fair enough. I never bother to go there. But I'm heading to http://slashdot.org/recent now.
Hmmm... Hovers over color icon with tooltip "Filter firehose entries rated blue or better." What colors are better than blue? *facepalm* Well, I'll try it out.
News for nerds. Stuff that matters.
Bad example: Whining about how a snowstorm wasn't big enough.
Good example: A discussion about the mathematical modeling used to predict the snowstorms, and a historical graph comparing predictions to actuals. Oooh, how about graphing the delta between the two by color and overlay it onto a map so we can see where predictions are more or less accurate.
Ahhh, I get it. Thanks.
The reason for that 'ridiculous' law was that a nosiy car could, in fact, scare a horse and cause it to bolt,
One needs the historical context to make sense of the law. At the time, many of those laws really were created just to stifle the car industry, not to protect citizens from horses. Another example: In some state, the law required the driver to get out of the car, honk a horn, then fire a gun, then do something else equally ridiculous, then they could drive the car.
Perhaps we need to create a tailpipe that can clip-on to the back of a Prius, that spews actual hydrocarbons. :-)
I don't think the term "probable cause" means "can conduct a search without a warrant." Rather, "probable cause" is justification for a warrant to be issued. But I think people get confused on this point because the courts have made exceptions for motor vehicles and that gets mixed up with "probable cause."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F...
From the article:
...without providing any specific details as long as the target computer location has been hidden through a technical tool like Tor or a virtual private network. It would also allow nonspecific search warrants...
Text of the 4th amendment to the constitution:
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects,[a] against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
The article is light on details, but if it is accurate, this looks like a straightforward violation of the 4th amendment. The devil is always in the details though. The article may be an oversimplification.
They started to go this route, then abandoned it. Last Christmas I was at Radio Shack and they sold Arduinos, Raspberry Pi, and 100-in-1 electronics kits. I asked for a gift card to Radio Shack, and I got one this Christmas. So I walked in the store to find none of those things were there any more. It was like someone decided they would appeal to the Makers then made a 100% backpedal on that. I hate to use the gift card to buy a $10 cable from them that costs $1 on NewEgg. Free is free, but it still hurts!
They do sell EL wire, and drivers. Unfortunately, the drivers they sell don't even power the length of EL wire they sell. And of course, the employees didn't even know what they do.
Nearby, we have a Micro Center which is what Radio Shack could have been and then some. They do sell all the things I listed, plus 3D printers, discrete computer parts, and general electronics. It's like Best Buy but more techie. I have never seen a Fry's but it might be like that.
Not all energy harvesting products are scams.
Sorry to reply twice but I have a question: When did the US ever have an open ballot?
In a stable country, open voting is better.
Hypothetically, let me grant you that point. But once the country is no longer stable, can we switch back to the other voting system?
Many institutions work really well if you assume things like honesty, stability, fairness, etc. But much of the U.S. is designed under the assumption that those things aren't there, in order to protect it from ever becoming so. This is because if those assumptions are violated, there isn't some kind of fallback where the people can change back to the old way. We can't ever say "okay, the police are abusing their power again. It's time to reinstate the 4th amendment."
Surveillance is probably the best example these days. If we assume the "watchers" are not targeting anyone other than terrorists, then we should simply allow them full access to everything. This is the intention behind the phrase "There is no reason to hide if you have done nothing wrong." But even in a hypothetically "stable" country, honest law-abiding citizens may fight to keep their privacy, so that if and when the "watchers" become evil, they won't get control.
Free speech and gun control are based on similar reasoning to the secret ballot. Perhaps, one day, once we have permanently eliminated racism, greed, and jealousy then we can switch to the "stable" system. In the mean time, let us err on the side of caution.