I believe someone already has done something like this with Linux, called "Cl33n Linux" http://cl33n.com/index.html
It allows browsing and only uses Web Applications and Web Mail if the user wants to do some other type of work.
Although it doesn't include Flash, you might be able to include that in a variation.
Then install it in kiosks.
Hope this helps you in your search.
The only other options would be Internet Appliances, such as Compaq's old IA or WebTV.
...For all of these gadgets we carry around with us. I have several belt-clips already, might as well wear a "pistol-belt" with military-style pouches for all of these things.
One early morning, back in the early days of debit cards, I inserted what I thought was my debit card into the ATM. It asked for, and accepted my PIN, gave me account options, then, after a short delay, said that there was no such account and returned my card to me. As I pulled the card out, I realized that I had inserted my Driver's License into the machine, instead of the debit card. I had always thought that the two should work together, as it appears that such interaction had been pre-built into the ATM software, even back then.
... is teaching the basics, how to read, write, mathmatics, to properly prepare everyone for their future, be it further education or a career. Too many students are promoted to the next grades, lacking the skills to even complete the grade that they just "completed". Those who struggle with learning, may need to take remedial classes. Today's schools need to update education for today's world, rather than continuing to use the current trends of their teaching.
You have it, exactly, how does one punish those who are willing to die for their cause? Quite impossible, as they kill themselves in the process. But to pile on extra laws that take away liberties and freedoms punishes everyone else, thus the terrorist's cause wins. Of course, the one who kills himself loses.
Requiring a National ID "to fight terrorism" is like punishing everyone for the offense of one. Many corporations are like that, the military is like that, and too many governments are adopting that practise. One person (or a small number) does something wrong, and suddenly there are procedures made that everyone must follow "to prevent the acts" of the few (look at the airports). How about punishing those who commit the offenses in such a way as to eliminate the desire of those, who would follow them, to commit the offense? In the USA, States need to fight for the States' Rights as Maine just did, and as Wisconsin did by outlawing mandatory chipping of people. This "pervasive" form of governing, or ruling, seems to becoming more and more "invasive". Some would argue, "...if you have nothing to hide, then what are you afraid of?" , of which my argument is, "I am a good civilian, so leave me alone." Of course, all of my comments are IMHO.
The royalty schedule was implemented to encourage artists to continue with music by being able to make a reasonable living of the trade. These payments were increased so that the artists would actually receive money, instead of constantly owing the recording companies and thus being enslaved by them. The companies also, for years, "enslaved" the songwriters by signing them to publishing contracts, then claiming the works as IP. This is why I support independent musicians and songwriters. By lowering the royalties that are currently being paid, grudgingly by the recording companies to the artists involved, would be yet another huge backward step in the creative arts. Quite sad to see these sort of things in the works. I hope those pushing for the reductions fail in their quest. Would also be great if it was reversed, and increases in royalties paid to the artists resulted.
,... also, what's with these "agencies" of the RIAA and MPAA? They don't want to allow fair-use copying of digital media, yet, when a movie comes out on DVD, or an advertised CD is released, all of the commercials say, "Own it today". This should be considered false advertising, because one doesn't actually "own" the movie or music one buys, despite the commercials. I continue to be disgusted by their tactics.
I think that we'll just keep seeing more and more of this sort of thing in the news, as it seems that personal information is what the government wants to hoard. They will continue to push this "lost" information as potential ammo for identity theft. This way they can get more and more folks to buy into the manufactured "crisis" and get those people to reveal more and more of their own personal information to government databases for their own "personal security". This will lead to more people accepting the idea of being chipped with trackable implants, so that they won't be robbed of their identity. Give up liberties and privacy for security, yep, we all know where that leads. Look around today, are we freer than we were?
(IMHO)
Absolutely, open/read receipts are turned off, as I am as paranoid as we all are. I have gotten weary of having to go to court as a witness to an incident that happened outside the courtroom of another incident that I was a witness to. Talk about being in the wrong places at the wrong times.
I sure would hate to receive a subpoena via email, where just reading it constitutes being "served". I can see the ramifications of such emails, especially if it is sent to the wrong person or a "catch-all" email account.
One could have a bench warrant for not appearing, for whatever reason, when, in actuality, they really were never served.
Or someone else taps into the email, sees the subpeona, then deletes it, and the person it is intended for never sees it.
Okay, before you all get into the "security" and "email" thing, think that this could easily happen with a PC used by the whole family.
Hard drives may be better because of the bargain. But take into account the energy spent on keeping the drives spinning. Optical storage might be prone to damage, but backups can be checked periodically, and copied and reburned, if one finds damage. If an hard drive goes, the data is much harder to recover. I suppose one would have to take all of the pros and cons of each type of backup, and utilize the best and most economical hardware and media for their individual purposes.
With the very large capacity hard drives out there, this, although it looks expensive, just might be the lesser expensive way to back up one's entire system, or entire hard drives.
My comparison being the costs of these drives and media versus the costs of tape drives and media for massive backups.
Besides, the prices will drop drastically on these, rapidly, just as they did with CD and DVD burners and media.
This seems to me that artists could embed an RFID chip in their art, such as under paint, or even in a tatoo, to identify their work. Such a thin tag could be under the label layer in a CD/DVD/etc to identify the origin, to identify whether the work is original and/or authorized.
But, of course, someone will eventually find a way around this as they did with CSS and other encryption.
I've heard somewhere, in the past, that Terra and Luna would really qualify as a twin-planet system. Just because Earth is larger, doesn't mean that the Moon's gravitational pull doesn't affect the Earth's orbit. They both tend to cause each other to wobble, and not have a smooth orbit. Other "moons" should qualify as planets as well. The potato-shaped objects would either be moons or just asteroids, keeping the spherical objects as Planets, regardless as to whether or not they are orbiting a star or another planet.
Thanks, they started to speed up, but as I type this, I am at 21.1% done with 15:20 remaining. I'm sure it will speed up more with time, but it took several hours just to get to 1%. Made me wonder what was going on, as the Linspire site was slashdotted, means to me that a lot of folks had gotten the full download already.
Cheers!
Am on cable internet connection, but the torrent is crawling, slower than when I had dialup (just a few days ago).
Where are all the seeders/re-seeders?
I'm doing my part by re-seeding, c'mon everyone, please help out.
Thank you!
Cheers!
This earthquake didn't really rattle us very much locally (Eureka CA area), but it triggered the tsunami warning from 2001 to 2113 PDT, and was fully lifted at 2155 PDT. The warning came via email to those of us who subscribe to the Tsunami Warning Center emails. However, the email wasn't sent out until about 10 minutes after the quake, and didn't set off the Emergency Broadcast System on the radio for about another 5 minutes after the emails. Folks, in 15 minutes, a Tsunami could have already happened locally.
Even though the watch/warning was broadcast, most locals just shrugged it off, or didn't even hear about it until I mentioned it to them over an hour later.
The local supermarket has been promoting Emergency Awareness lately, but in view of the reaction of the people, we really aren't prepared should the epicenter of a 7+ quake happen under our feet, or should a Tsunami actually hit.
Fortunately, I live inland far enough and high enough to be above a wave line similar to that of the Indian Ocean tsunami of last December. But I don't live far enough away to not have to clean up bodies of non-prepared apathetic persons who become victims should one occur.
I did live right on the beach, previously, and had an evacuation package and procedure ready. Others along the Coast were ready, but not enough of them. Everyone should really do a self-preparedness check to see if they are indeed ready for such an emergency. This includes those who live in earthquake, tornado, flooding, mountains (slides and fires), and hurricane areas.
Prepare yourself and your neighbors today, should you have to help each other tomorrow.
Slashdot Mirror
I believe someone already has done something like this with Linux, called "Cl33n Linux" http://cl33n.com/index.html It allows browsing and only uses Web Applications and Web Mail if the user wants to do some other type of work. Although it doesn't include Flash, you might be able to include that in a variation. Then install it in kiosks. Hope this helps you in your search. The only other options would be Internet Appliances, such as Compaq's old IA or WebTV.
I wonder how much longer they'll be able to afford the bandwidth to keep that site online.
...For all of these gadgets we carry around with us. I have several belt-clips already, might as well wear a "pistol-belt" with military-style pouches for all of these things.
It seems to me that there are a whole lot more "major" ISPs than those listed in the article as being contacted. IMHO, it isn't a very complete study.
One early morning, back in the early days of debit cards, I inserted what I thought was my debit card into the ATM. It asked for, and accepted my PIN, gave me account options, then, after a short delay, said that there was no such account and returned my card to me. As I pulled the card out, I realized that I had inserted my Driver's License into the machine, instead of the debit card. I had always thought that the two should work together, as it appears that such interaction had been pre-built into the ATM software, even back then.
... is teaching the basics, how to read, write, mathmatics, to properly prepare everyone for their future, be it further education or a career. Too many students are promoted to the next grades, lacking the skills to even complete the grade that they just "completed". Those who struggle with learning, may need to take remedial classes. Today's schools need to update education for today's world, rather than continuing to use the current trends of their teaching.
Just a mention of the study by Barry Fell called "America B.C., Ancient Settlers In The New World" that folks might find interesting. Book link: http://www.amazon.com/America-B-C-Ancient-Settlers -World/dp/0671555030/sr=8-1/qid=1172451097/ref=sr_ 1_1/002-9487846-1462453?ie=UTF8&s=books
You have it, exactly, how does one punish those who are willing to die for their cause? Quite impossible, as they kill themselves in the process. But to pile on extra laws that take away liberties and freedoms punishes everyone else, thus the terrorist's cause wins. Of course, the one who kills himself loses.
Requiring a National ID "to fight terrorism" is like punishing everyone for the offense of one. Many corporations are like that, the military is like that, and too many governments are adopting that practise. One person (or a small number) does something wrong, and suddenly there are procedures made that everyone must follow "to prevent the acts" of the few (look at the airports).
How about punishing those who commit the offenses in such a way as to eliminate the desire of those, who would follow them, to commit the offense?
In the USA, States need to fight for the States' Rights as Maine just did, and as Wisconsin did by outlawing mandatory chipping of people.
This "pervasive" form of governing, or ruling, seems to becoming more and more "invasive". Some would argue, "...if you have nothing to hide, then what are you afraid of?" , of which my argument is, "I am a good civilian, so leave me alone."
Of course, all of my comments are IMHO.
This might bring back the old use of Cod Liver Oil. Our Grandmothers weren't stupid, they knew its health benefits.
The royalty schedule was implemented to encourage artists to continue with music by being able to make a reasonable living of the trade. These payments were increased so that the artists would actually receive money, instead of constantly owing the recording companies and thus being enslaved by them. The companies also, for years, "enslaved" the songwriters by signing them to publishing contracts, then claiming the works as IP. This is why I support independent musicians and songwriters. By lowering the royalties that are currently being paid, grudgingly by the recording companies to the artists involved, would be yet another huge backward step in the creative arts. Quite sad to see these sort of things in the works. I hope those pushing for the reductions fail in their quest. Would also be great if it was reversed, and increases in royalties paid to the artists resulted.
,... also, what's with these "agencies" of the RIAA and MPAA? They don't want to allow fair-use copying of digital media, yet, when a movie comes out on DVD, or an advertised CD is released, all of the commercials say, "Own it today". This should be considered false advertising, because one doesn't actually "own" the movie or music one buys, despite the commercials. I continue to be disgusted by their tactics.
I think that we'll just keep seeing more and more of this sort of thing in the news, as it seems that personal information is what the government wants to hoard. They will continue to push this "lost" information as potential ammo for identity theft. This way they can get more and more folks to buy into the manufactured "crisis" and get those people to reveal more and more of their own personal information to government databases for their own "personal security". This will lead to more people accepting the idea of being chipped with trackable implants, so that they won't be robbed of their identity. Give up liberties and privacy for security, yep, we all know where that leads. Look around today, are we freer than we were? (IMHO)
Absolutely, open/read receipts are turned off, as I am as paranoid as we all are. I have gotten weary of having to go to court as a witness to an incident that happened outside the courtroom of another incident that I was a witness to. Talk about being in the wrong places at the wrong times.
I sure would hate to receive a subpoena via email, where just reading it constitutes being "served". I can see the ramifications of such emails, especially if it is sent to the wrong person or a "catch-all" email account. One could have a bench warrant for not appearing, for whatever reason, when, in actuality, they really were never served. Or someone else taps into the email, sees the subpeona, then deletes it, and the person it is intended for never sees it. Okay, before you all get into the "security" and "email" thing, think that this could easily happen with a PC used by the whole family.
Hard drives may be better because of the bargain. But take into account the energy spent on keeping the drives spinning. Optical storage might be prone to damage, but backups can be checked periodically, and copied and reburned, if one finds damage. If an hard drive goes, the data is much harder to recover. I suppose one would have to take all of the pros and cons of each type of backup, and utilize the best and most economical hardware and media for their individual purposes.
With the very large capacity hard drives out there, this, although it looks expensive, just might be the lesser expensive way to back up one's entire system, or entire hard drives. My comparison being the costs of these drives and media versus the costs of tape drives and media for massive backups. Besides, the prices will drop drastically on these, rapidly, just as they did with CD and DVD burners and media.
This seems to me that artists could embed an RFID chip in their art, such as under paint, or even in a tatoo, to identify their work. Such a thin tag could be under the label layer in a CD/DVD/etc to identify the origin, to identify whether the work is original and/or authorized. But, of course, someone will eventually find a way around this as they did with CSS and other encryption.
They're on to the Play-doh trick. I think I'll just switch to Silly Putty.
Just think, after digestion, they'll be able to track the food all the way to the sewage plant.
I've heard somewhere, in the past, that Terra and Luna would really qualify as a twin-planet system. Just because Earth is larger, doesn't mean that the Moon's gravitational pull doesn't affect the Earth's orbit. They both tend to cause each other to wobble, and not have a smooth orbit. Other "moons" should qualify as planets as well. The potato-shaped objects would either be moons or just asteroids, keeping the spherical objects as Planets, regardless as to whether or not they are orbiting a star or another planet.
They'll have to update the book "101 Uses For A Dead Cat" http://www.undergroundhumor.com/books/101_uses_dea d_cat.htm now, to keep it accurate.
Your copy is now outdated.
Thanks, they started to speed up, but as I type this, I am at 21.1% done with 15:20 remaining. I'm sure it will speed up more with time, but it took several hours just to get to 1%. Made me wonder what was going on, as the Linspire site was slashdotted, means to me that a lot of folks had gotten the full download already. Cheers!
Am on cable internet connection, but the torrent is crawling, slower than when I had dialup (just a few days ago). Where are all the seeders/re-seeders? I'm doing my part by re-seeding, c'mon everyone, please help out. Thank you! Cheers!
This earthquake didn't really rattle us very much locally (Eureka CA area), but it triggered the tsunami warning from 2001 to 2113 PDT, and was fully lifted at 2155 PDT. The warning came via email to those of us who subscribe to the Tsunami Warning Center emails. However, the email wasn't sent out until about 10 minutes after the quake, and didn't set off the Emergency Broadcast System on the radio for about another 5 minutes after the emails. Folks, in 15 minutes, a Tsunami could have already happened locally. Even though the watch/warning was broadcast, most locals just shrugged it off, or didn't even hear about it until I mentioned it to them over an hour later. The local supermarket has been promoting Emergency Awareness lately, but in view of the reaction of the people, we really aren't prepared should the epicenter of a 7+ quake happen under our feet, or should a Tsunami actually hit. Fortunately, I live inland far enough and high enough to be above a wave line similar to that of the Indian Ocean tsunami of last December. But I don't live far enough away to not have to clean up bodies of non-prepared apathetic persons who become victims should one occur. I did live right on the beach, previously, and had an evacuation package and procedure ready. Others along the Coast were ready, but not enough of them. Everyone should really do a self-preparedness check to see if they are indeed ready for such an emergency. This includes those who live in earthquake, tornado, flooding, mountains (slides and fires), and hurricane areas. Prepare yourself and your neighbors today, should you have to help each other tomorrow.