TFA mentions that the use of the most recent citizenship or residency is the *current* situation, not the recommendation. The recommendation is that the process should be amended to look at the subject's country of birth:
Use of Foreign National's Country of Birth as Criterion for Deemed
Export License Requirement
Current BIS deemed export license requirements are based on a foreign national's most recent citizenship or permanent residency. The OIG expressed concern that this policy allows foreign nationals originally from countries of concern to obtain access to controlled dual-use technology without scrutiny if they maintain current citizenship or permanent resident status in a country to which the export of the technology would not require a license. For example, transfer of technology to an Iranian who has established permanent residency or citizenship in Canada would be treated, for export licensing purposes under the existing guidelines, as a deemed export to a Canadian foreign national. This policy is described in the deemed export guidance provided on the BIS Web site at: http://www.bis.doc.gov/DeemedExports/DeemedExports FAQs.html.
The OIG recommended that BIS amend its policy to require U.S. organizations to apply for a deemed export license for employees or visitors who are foreign nationals and have access to dual-use controlled technology if they were born in a country where the technology transfer in question would require an export license, regardless of their most recent citizenship or permanent residency.
The government won't solve the problem. It doesn't threaten the lives of U.S. citizens. And on top of that, any money allocated to such research would come from budgets deemed non-critical to the nation's safety, such as the National Endowment for the Arts or the Department of Education. No Money Left Behind, and such.
I wonder why Kavli chose nanotech as an award field. It is hot these days, but will it be important in a decade or two.
Ask that question in a decade or two, when all the "safe experiments" have gotten out of control and either unleashed hell on earth or turned the planet into gray goo. We'll be glad to have award-winning nanotechnologists then, I'll wager.
That's what's been missing all this time! Instead of American Idol, we should be broadcasting Nobel Scientist! All the scientists would perform by replicating previous experiments and adding their own "personal" touches, then each would present their own research at the end of the season. Along the way, the audience gets to vote for their favorite. Who will survive this week? Will the physicist defeat the chemist in the Rube-Goldberg challenge? Stay tuned and find out, only on FOX.
These days, research is required to be funded by large corporations with an overwhelming urge to squeeze every last penny out of anything they get their hands on. Pure research has been outlawed because of the possibility that something useful might eventually be made generally available to the public for low or no cost.
I absolutely agree with your point about the term "hacker". However, I don't think he could be called a "cracker" unless or until he actually "cracks" something. From what I've gleaned from TFA, this guy probably has a tough time going through revolving doors, let alone trying out some l33t h4x. I would call him a "wannabe" at the most.
One joke from the book sums up why the movie will be dumbed down for the masses:
"It's unpleasantly like being drunk."
"What's so unpleasant about being drunk?"
"Go and ask a glass of water."
Personally, I think it's a shame that things like that more than likely either never made it into the movie or ended up on the cutting-room floor. If I'm wrong, I'll be pleasantly surprised and not ashamed at all. But even if it's not everything I hoped for, I'm sure I'll still enjoy it. At any rate, there's no point in blaming the people who made it, because you always have the choice of not watching it.
I'd rather not have it end up being an intergalactic Three Stooges episode (not that there's anything wrong with the Stooges), but it'll be worth it if there are people who develop an interest in Adams' work because of this movie (or in spite of it, as some of us might say). Think of it as a stepping-stone: "Like the movie? Well, you'll love the books!"
I understand your point about giving the people what they want, but sometimes it's difficult to determine what it is the people want.
Sure, the Star Wars milieu is rich in variety of many sorts. But does that mean Lucas must "milk it till he dies"? There will come a point when the law of diminishing returns catches up to Star Wars and it will not be as entertaining or enlightening as it once was. People get burned out. Some would say we've reached that point already, but I digress.
I'll use Trek as an example. I'm a long-time Star Trek fan, but each successive series made me lose interest in the thing as a hole (although I still enjoy TOS and some TNG). If Roddenberry were alive, do you think he'd want to churn out more? That verb phrase itself, "churn out", is indicative of pulp fiction or run-of-the-mill pop music. Roddenberry considered himself an artist and visionary, someone who I imagine would be extremely put off at being asked to "churn out" some more Trek stuff, as if the point were merely to con viewers out of their loot.
I imagine Lucas feels the same way. He wants to create art for art's sake that may not be as pleasing to the masses, but he is banking on the fact that there is a core of Lucas aficionados that will enjoy things like rich plots and deep character development, things that make a story great.
And if that craps out, he can always fall back on mind-bending special effects.:)
A good thing would be to life guarantee the possible exchange of your broken/damaged CD/DVD, thus allowing them to be protected and uncopy-able.
Imagine the pain in the ass of having to send back a broken/defective DVD as "proof of damage" in order to receive a replacement. What would be worse is that the media corporations would offload such a responsibility to independent fulfillment houses, similar to the way rebates work today. Some of these fulfillment houses are not very scrupulous to begin with, and even those that are honest can be hell to deal with.
The name of the bill is the Family Entertainment and Copyright Act. So that means if you get caught with downloaded movies, you're being tried on FECAl matters.
Slashdot Mirror
(cue Edgar Winter Group)
The government won't solve the problem. It doesn't threaten the lives of U.S. citizens. And on top of that, any money allocated to such research would come from budgets deemed non-critical to the nation's safety, such as the National Endowment for the Arts or the Department of Education. No Money Left Behind, and such.
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Sounds fishy to me. Just food for thought.
Why can't the other Scout know? Doesn't social engineering count toward l33tness these days?
No, the MPA believes that the easiest way to learn about IP is to compose cease & desist letters.
Sure, you just get a little more static than we do.
- A vehicle may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
- A vehicle must obey orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
- A vehicle must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.
Apologies to Mr. Asimov.I wonder why Kavli chose nanotech as an award field. It is hot these days, but will it be important in a decade or two.
Ask that question in a decade or two, when all the "safe experiments" have gotten out of control and either unleashed hell on earth or turned the planet into gray goo. We'll be glad to have award-winning nanotechnologists then, I'll wager.
That's what's been missing all this time! Instead of American Idol, we should be broadcasting Nobel Scientist! All the scientists would perform by replicating previous experiments and adding their own "personal" touches, then each would present their own research at the end of the season. Along the way, the audience gets to vote for their favorite. Who will survive this week? Will the physicist defeat the chemist in the Rube-Goldberg challenge? Stay tuned and find out, only on FOX.
To be followed by the Shatner double-whammy: the Kirk Medal for excellence in shipcaptainry, and the T.J. Hooker "Cop of the Year" Award.
Here is a good example of a co-op broadband outfit. They've been going for quite a few years now, I believe.
These days, research is required to be funded by large corporations with an overwhelming urge to squeeze every last penny out of anything they get their hands on. Pure research has been outlawed because of the possibility that something useful might eventually be made generally available to the public for low or no cost.
It also reasons that if I run an FTP server and password protect it (jim:jim), then it isn't "accessible to members of the public".
Of course it's not accessible, you didn't tell us the IP address...
Now what is it?
Will it run Linux?
I absolutely agree with your point about the term "hacker". However, I don't think he could be called a "cracker" unless or until he actually "cracks" something. From what I've gleaned from TFA, this guy probably has a tough time going through revolving doors, let alone trying out some l33t h4x. I would call him a "wannabe" at the most.
Personally, I think it's a shame that things like that more than likely either never made it into the movie or ended up on the cutting-room floor. If I'm wrong, I'll be pleasantly surprised and not ashamed at all. But even if it's not everything I hoped for, I'm sure I'll still enjoy it. At any rate, there's no point in blaming the people who made it, because you always have the choice of not watching it.
I'd rather not have it end up being an intergalactic Three Stooges episode (not that there's anything wrong with the Stooges), but it'll be worth it if there are people who develop an interest in Adams' work because of this movie (or in spite of it, as some of us might say). Think of it as a stepping-stone: "Like the movie? Well, you'll love the books!"
I understand your point about giving the people what they want, but sometimes it's difficult to determine what it is the people want.
:)
Sure, the Star Wars milieu is rich in variety of many sorts. But does that mean Lucas must "milk it till he dies"? There will come a point when the law of diminishing returns catches up to Star Wars and it will not be as entertaining or enlightening as it once was. People get burned out. Some would say we've reached that point already, but I digress.
I'll use Trek as an example. I'm a long-time Star Trek fan, but each successive series made me lose interest in the thing as a hole (although I still enjoy TOS and some TNG). If Roddenberry were alive, do you think he'd want to churn out more? That verb phrase itself, "churn out", is indicative of pulp fiction or run-of-the-mill pop music. Roddenberry considered himself an artist and visionary, someone who I imagine would be extremely put off at being asked to "churn out" some more Trek stuff, as if the point were merely to con viewers out of their loot.
I imagine Lucas feels the same way. He wants to create art for art's sake that may not be as pleasing to the masses, but he is banking on the fact that there is a core of Lucas aficionados that will enjoy things like rich plots and deep character development, things that make a story great.
And if that craps out, he can always fall back on mind-bending special effects.
And please, please, please, keep your hands and feet away from the bars at all times.
Not many, particularly among female 15-16yr olds.
"Can we have those tapes now, Mr. Nixon?"
Am I the only one tired of another BitKeeper story?
Yeah, let's do something fresh and new...like a story about Google!
Well, which is it? "eComNetStation" or something marketable?
A good thing would be to life guarantee the possible exchange of your broken/damaged CD/DVD, thus allowing them to be protected and uncopy-able.
Imagine the pain in the ass of having to send back a broken/defective DVD as "proof of damage" in order to receive a replacement. What would be worse is that the media corporations would offload such a responsibility to independent fulfillment houses, similar to the way rebates work today. Some of these fulfillment houses are not very scrupulous to begin with, and even those that are honest can be hell to deal with.
The name of the bill is the Family Entertainment and Copyright Act. So that means if you get caught with downloaded movies, you're being tried on FECAl matters.