Not surprising, though. In a small town or suburb where you CAN actually talk to the editor of the local paper, they are likely to respond as such. It's in large cities like San Frnacisco where most people are naturally suspicious of strangers where stuff like this goes unchecked.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 33 (commencing with Section 22948) is added to Division 8 of the Business and Professions Code, to read:
CHAPTER 33. ANTI-PHISHING ACT OF 2005
22948. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Anti-Phishing Act of 2005.
22948.1. For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings:
(a) "Electronic mail message" means a message sent to a unique destination, commonly expressed as a string of characters, consisting of a unique user name or mailbox (commonly referred to as the "local part") and a reference to an Internet domain (commonly referred to as the "domain part"), whether or not displayed, to which an electronic message can be sent or delivered.
(b) "Identifying information" means, with respect to an individual, any of the following:
(1) Social security number.
(2) Driver's license number.
(3) Bank account number.
(4) Credit card or debit card number.
(5) Personal identification number (PIN).
(6) Automated or electronic signature.
(7) Unique biometric data.
(8) Account password.
(9) Any other piece of information that can be used to access an individual's financial accounts or to obtain goods or services.
(c) "Internet" shall have the meaning as defined in paragraph (6) of subdivision (f) of Section 17538.
(d) "Web page" means a location that has a single uniform resource locator or other single location with respect to the Internet.
22948.2. It shall be unlawful for any person, by means of a Web page, electronic mail message, or otherwise through use of the Internet, to solicit, request, or take any action to induce another person to provide identifying information by representing itself to be a business without the authority or approval of the business.
22948.3. (a) The following persons may bring an action against a person who violates or is in violation of Section 22948.2:
(1) A person who (A) is engaged in the business of providing Internet access service to the public, owns a Web page, or owns a trademark, and (B) is adversely affected by a violation of Section 22948.2.
An action brought under this paragraph may seek to recover the greater of actual damages or five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000).
(2) An individual who is adversely affected by a violation of Section 22948.2 may bring an action, but only against a person who has directly violated Section 22948.2.
An action brought under this paragraph may seek to enjoin further violations of Section 22948.2 and to recover the greater of three times the amount of actual damages or five thousand dollars ($5,000) per violation.
(b) The Attorney General or a district attorney may bring an action against a person who violates or is in violation of Section 22948.2 to enjoin further violations of Section 22948.2 and to recover a civil penalty of up to two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) per violation.
(c) In an action pursuant to this section, a court may, in addition, do either or both of the following:
(1) Incre
I'll give one example from my local newspaper. Someone at the local high school snapped some pictures of a girl he disliked, her naked and I don't know what else, and he put that on the internet.
OK, then where did that naked picture come from in the first place? And just because it's on the Internet doesn't mean that everybody in the world saw it. This is no different than if somebody just passed along photocopies of compromising information and handed them out to people.
Believe it or not, the Prepaid Legal Services people sell their product through network marketing. They get a commission every time they purchase the product, and there are the usual chains and trickle down commissions in network marketing. See this link. I'd pick some other company to avoid supporting folks like them.
The Geo Metro used to do 58 mpg highway before they made it safer. Not 65 but pretty close. 5 speed manual transmission, no AC, rack and pinion steering, no airbags, and three cylinders with a 1 liter engine. I don't think the car ran faster than 70 mph.
Actually, a lot of government agencies provide electric car chargers, especially in California. The chargers all still function, too, despite having no vehicles plugged into them for a few years. The parking spaces also often happen to be right in front of the building, instead of having to park all the way in the boonies.
Of course, if I started doing it, then others would catch on and pretty soon I'd lose my nice parking spot. (At my work the electric car charging is right next to the spots for "employee of the month").
You know this violates the Americans with Disabilities Act, right?
Talk to a manager at the store. Then, no matter what the response, complain to the Justice Department. Despite the Bush administration, they still do accomplish a lot of good work.
I can't believe no one has mentioned the Tax Calculator. It uses Excel spreadsheets (which work in OpenOffice) for all schedules and most of the major supplemental forms to produce IRS forms with all the math done correctly. Don't download it now, but wait a month or so while the spreadsheet is being refined. It's probably the best tax software that works on all platforms, and it's completely free. As long as you can read IRS instructions, this works great.
Listing services, which typically charge tenants a set fee, also have succumbed to the great equalizer known as Craigslist.com. The familiar online clearinghouse lets visitors advertise apartments, used furniture, concert tickets or themselves for free. Only employers posting jobs pay fees.
A boon to consumers, Craigslist has proven a thorny problem for those who try to make money by publishing ads for workaday necessities.
"You can't compete with free," [Dana] Goodell said. "Our market niche is over."
Too bad the Rental List Association of America didn't exist. Maybe the NAA will be a little better.
Then you do a trusted post thing with moderation of the first post an individual makes and whitelisting them assuming they turn out OK. Or at least explain why you are doing this in the description.
I think that freecycle deserves a mention to help people dispose of stuff that has too little monetary value to hassle a price with it, but yet want to keep it out of the dumpster.
Yeah, but why do they moderate most of the groups so that you can't subscribe without giving a reason? Without giving a reason as to why they ask for that information. Generally I act fairly insolent toward those requests.
For starters, "sloncek"'s identity was essentially revealed by the Slovakian magazine Mladina.
It gave his initials (A and P), the high school he went to (which meant which town he lived in), and basically everything short of an online map to his house. In a small country like Slovenia, if the authorities know who the culprit is, it's very easy for them to put some pressure on "sloncek" to make him go away so that little Slovenia won't be declared a member of the Axis of Evil. I doubt that sloncek is going to jail, but he might have decided that cooperating is better than having his life made hell for the next few years like DVD Jon.
15% of all Jennings shows have had one contestant not participate in Final Jeopardy. That's way more than the usual amount which is closer to 5%. It should be noted that the cream rate dropped in Season 2 (remember than first two weeks of season 2 are actually technically taped in Season 1 due to the preproduction wait) as people who knew about Jennings and wondered WTF he was still on decided to play a bit more conservatively. (All episodes after Day 40 are in Season 2.)
From what I understand, they film a week's worth of episodes (or more, if it's on on-site thing, like the College Championship) on a Saturday, then if you make it through to the next week, they fly you back the next Staurday to start the new week.
However, there is a few month delay as they do post-production and editing for everything.
You can tell this by the timing of the Seinfeld plug in tonight's episode. The Seinfeld DVD was scheduled to be released November 23 (last Tuesday). So they probably decided to shove Kids Week in October to pad out the Jennings phenomenon. If, say, he had lost in Game 100, then Game 75 would have aired last Tuesday and we would be probably be counting down until February as Jeopardy pads out its season so that the end comes during sweeps.
Slashdot Mirror
Not surprising, though. In a small town or suburb where you CAN actually talk to the editor of the local paper, they are likely to respond as such. It's in large cities like San Frnacisco where most people are naturally suspicious of strangers where stuff like this goes unchecked.
SB 355
Page with information on votes
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 33 (commencing with Section 22948) is added to
Division 8 of the Business and Professions Code, to read:
CHAPTER 33. ANTI-PHISHING ACT OF 2005
22948. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the
Anti-Phishing Act of 2005.
22948.1. For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms
have the following meanings:
(a) "Electronic mail message" means a message sent to a unique
destination, commonly expressed as a string of characters, consisting
of a unique user name or mailbox (commonly referred to as the "local
part") and a reference to an Internet domain (commonly referred to
as the "domain part"), whether or not displayed, to which an
electronic message can be sent or delivered.
(b) "Identifying information" means, with respect to an
individual, any of the following:
(1) Social security number.
(2) Driver's license number.
(3) Bank account number.
(4) Credit card or debit card number.
(5) Personal identification number (PIN).
(6) Automated or electronic signature.
(7) Unique biometric data.
(8) Account password.
(9) Any other piece of information that can be used to access an
individual's financial accounts or to obtain goods or services.
(c) "Internet" shall have the meaning as defined in paragraph (6)
of subdivision (f) of Section 17538.
(d) "Web page" means a location that has a single uniform resource
locator or other single location with respect to the Internet.
22948.2. It shall be unlawful for any person, by means of a Web
page, electronic mail message, or otherwise through use of the
Internet, to solicit, request, or take any action to induce another
person to provide identifying information by representing itself to
be a business without the authority or approval of the business.
22948.3. (a) The following persons may bring an action against a
person who violates or is in violation of Section 22948.2:
(1) A person who (A) is engaged in the business of providing
Internet access service to the public, owns a Web page, or owns a
trademark, and (B) is adversely affected by a violation of Section
22948.2.
An action brought under this paragraph may seek to recover the
greater of actual damages or five hundred thousand dollars
($500,000).
(2) An individual who is adversely affected by a violation of
Section 22948.2 may bring an action, but only against a person who
has directly violated Section 22948.2.
An action brought under this paragraph may seek to enjoin further
violations of Section 22948.2 and to recover the greater of three
times the amount of actual damages or five thousand dollars ($5,000)
per violation.
(b) The Attorney General or a district attorney may bring an
action against a person who violates or is in violation of Section
22948.2 to enjoin further violations of Section 22948.2 and to
recover a civil penalty of up to two thousand five hundred dollars
($2,500) per violation.
(c) In an action pursuant to this section, a court may, in
addition, do either or both of the following:
(1) Incre
I'll give one example from my local newspaper. Someone at the local high school snapped some pictures of a girl he disliked, her naked and I don't know what else, and he put that on the internet.
OK, then where did that naked picture come from in the first place? And just because it's on the Internet doesn't mean that everybody in the world saw it. This is no different than if somebody just passed along photocopies of compromising information and handed them out to people.
Believe it or not, the Prepaid Legal Services people sell their product through network marketing. They get a commission every time they purchase the product, and there are the usual chains and trickle down commissions in network marketing. See this link. I'd pick some other company to avoid supporting folks like them.
The Geo Metro used to do 58 mpg highway before they made it safer. Not 65 but pretty close. 5 speed manual transmission, no AC, rack and pinion steering, no airbags, and three cylinders with a 1 liter engine. I don't think the car ran faster than 70 mph.
Actually, a lot of government agencies provide electric car chargers, especially in California. The chargers all still function, too, despite having no vehicles plugged into them for a few years. The parking spaces also often happen to be right in front of the building, instead of having to park all the way in the boonies.
Of course, if I started doing it, then others would catch on and pretty soon I'd lose my nice parking spot. (At my work the electric car charging is right next to the spots for "employee of the month").
Handel on the Law
You know this violates the Americans with Disabilities Act, right?
Talk to a manager at the store. Then, no matter what the response, complain to the Justice Department. Despite the Bush administration, they still do accomplish a lot of good work.
Then how come Whole Foods makes all this open?
Or the government.
The Canadians have it for now.
The Canadians have it for now.
I can't believe no one has mentioned the Tax Calculator. It uses Excel spreadsheets (which work in OpenOffice) for all schedules and most of the major supplemental forms to produce IRS forms with all the math done correctly. Don't download it now, but wait a month or so while the spreadsheet is being refined. It's probably the best tax software that works on all platforms, and it's completely free. As long as you can read IRS instructions, this works great.
Apartment glut, Craigslist doom fees for service
Listing services, which typically charge tenants a set fee, also have succumbed to the great equalizer known as Craigslist.com. The familiar online clearinghouse lets visitors advertise apartments, used furniture, concert tickets or themselves for free. Only employers posting jobs pay fees.
A boon to consumers, Craigslist has proven a thorny problem for those who try to make money by publishing ads for workaday necessities.
"You can't compete with free," [Dana] Goodell said. "Our market niche is over."
Too bad the Rental List Association of America didn't exist. Maybe the NAA will be a little better.
Then you do a trusted post thing with moderation of the first post an individual makes and whitelisting them assuming they turn out OK. Or at least explain why you are doing this in the description.
I think that freecycle deserves a mention to help people dispose of stuff that has too little monetary value to hassle a price with it, but yet want to keep it out of the dumpster.
Yeah, but why do they moderate most of the groups so that you can't subscribe without giving a reason? Without giving a reason as to why they ask for that information. Generally I act fairly insolent toward those requests.
Changing the bar code to a single number everyone uses is way better and much simpler.
Uh, it's been done already.
Suprnova was in Hungary.
No, Suprnova was from Slovenia. Close enough though.
For starters, "sloncek"'s identity was essentially revealed by the Slovakian magazine Mladina.
It gave his initials (A and P), the high school he went to (which meant which town he lived in), and basically everything short of an online map to his house. In a small country like Slovenia, if the authorities know who the culprit is, it's very easy for them to put some pressure on "sloncek" to make him go away so that little Slovenia won't be declared a member of the Axis of Evil. I doubt that sloncek is going to jail, but he might have decided that cooperating is better than having his life made hell for the next few years like DVD Jon.
How do you get there from http://traffic.iteris.com?
Through a Google search. The link is nowhere on the traffic.iteris.com site; you just have to know about it or find it through Google.
Any more I missed for Los Angeles area?
Iteris Traffic has drive times for freeway segments. It's where KFWB gets the drive time predictions.
Ask yourself: what questions can a blind person answer that a spambot can't?
Audio questions. Livejournal (blech) uses that for registration.
15% of all Jennings shows have had one contestant not participate in Final Jeopardy. That's way more than the usual amount which is closer to 5%. It should be noted that the cream rate dropped in Season 2 (remember than first two weeks of season 2 are actually technically taped in Season 1 due to the preproduction wait) as people who knew about Jennings and wondered WTF he was still on decided to play a bit more conservatively. (All episodes after Day 40 are in Season 2.)
From what I understand, they film a week's worth of episodes (or more, if it's on on-site thing, like the College Championship) on a Saturday, then if you make it through to the next week, they fly you back the next Staurday to start the new week.
However, there is a few month delay as they do post-production and editing for everything.
You can tell this by the timing of the Seinfeld plug in tonight's episode. The Seinfeld DVD was scheduled to be released November 23 (last Tuesday). So they probably decided to shove Kids Week in October to pad out the Jennings phenomenon. If, say, he had lost in Game 100, then Game 75 would have aired last Tuesday and we would be probably be counting down until February as Jeopardy pads out its season so that the end comes during sweeps.
In fact, she won't be a five day champion.
No, she's from Canada.