Ya, I would say the main giveaway of it being a porn site is the big notification that says "this is a porn site, you must be 18 to enter" that all porn sites are required to have.
If a website does not advertise itself as a porn site that sells porn to people, then it's not a porn site by my definition.
To revise my original idea slightly, I wouldn't mind if the school districts blocked any websites that require their users to be 18+. If the creators of the website don't think that it is appropriate for children to view, then it probably isn't.
Also, I learned how to make pipe bombs from a school computer. Interesting stuff, but not particularly useful. Of course mein kampf and stormfront should not be blocked. One important task for schools it to train children to be bullshit resistant, and hiding them from radical thinking does not help anyone.
Sure, I am fine with pornography being blocked. As long at it is actually pornography, and not "pornography" like art/planned parenthood/occult/hacking websites etc. All of which I have heard referred to as pornography for some reason..
What I am really opposed to is when they start blocking research, communication, and collaboration tools, such as wikis, chat rooms, and social networks etc.
These are the tools that successful companies in the real world use today to get stuff done, and if kids don't learn how to use these tools today, how are they going to be able to learn to effectively use the next generation of research, communication, and collaboration tools?
I was lucky enough to have come from a school district that invested heavily in technology. It's not just about learning to type, it's about learning modern research, communication, and collaboration methods.
Computers cost less than text books these days, and the Internet provides a bottomless wealth of information to feed a child's curiosity.
Upgrading computers falls right in line with using updated textbooks. It's true that some smart people 50 years ago used 50 year old research tools to thrive in the workforce from 50 years ago. That doesn't mean that a student today would be able to get anything out of 50 year old research materials.
What exactly is it that makes you think that the only way to boost one economy is to fuck over another one? Economics is not a zero sum game. There can be gains for everyone.
In my opinion (as a computer scientist, not an economist), the biggest problem with todays global economy is the belief that the only way to gain wealth is to take it from someone else.
It's not that big of a stretch to think about. Look at how the entire global economy just fell on its ass. In a healthy global economy, every country rises and falls together. Unless (god forbid) a mutual hostility is declared, what's good for China is good for the US, and vice versa.
How many times has an attractive woman looked at the customized UI for your software and thought "Wow. There's a guy I'd like to get it on with". (Answer: Zero)
Sorry, but any girl that is not turned on by sexy UI themes is not worth hooking up with.
Of course corporate licenses are significantly worse than the GPL. I just think it's dumb that gs devs don't go after Linux distros etc when often times they also do not provide the source with the disk.
Not that I am a huge fan of voter fraud, but it looks to me that Diebold is being taken to court just because some of the gs authors don't like the company itself.
It seems hypocritical to be writing "free software" and then try to dictate who gets to use your work.
I think a majority of people who publish under GPL do so because it is the only license they know, and it's popular.
GPL is not only viral, it is weaponized, so you can use it to fuck over or shut down projects and companies you don't like. I doubt that is what most people have in mind when selecting their licence, but it seems to be all the licence is used for these days.
Maybe I am wrong, maybe that is what people are looking for, but it is a concept that I have never quite been able to grasp.
Seriously, why do people still publish under the GPL?
These ridiculous lawsuits scare the crap out of anyone who would want to legitimately use open source software, and they completely go against the idea of freedom.
Every time a lawsuit like this happens, it is a huge setback to the open source community. If someone wants to use your software, you have succeeded. Isn't that enough? Software will never be free until this damned license warfare comes to an end.
Except that none of his quotes from that source mention the assault weapon ban.. The only mention comes from the commentary put in by the journalist. (I have no problem with people owning assault weapons, I have many friends with collections they are quite fond of)
I suggest you gather a few more sources besides fox news and NRA mailers if you want people to take you seriously.
Every time I have heard him talk, he has talked about how gun regulations at a federal level are completely infeasible, and it should be up to the cities themselves to determine how gun control issues should be handled.
It's obvious that a set of restrictions in Chicago aren't necessarily going to be as effective in Dallas or Los Angeles etc.
I need to learn to read all the way to the end of the story. Looks like, for some reason, some guy at the company named Daniel Harrington was keeping a USB stick full of passwords, security notes, and source code.
The stick contained passwords, notes on the security system, and source code for major components of the system. Just throwing this out there, but aren't there pretty good odds that this USB stick didn't actually belong to the company?
Looks more to me like the stuff someone would keep around during an "unscheduled pentest". My wild speculation is that someone got deep into this company (atos origin), and rather than the *fuck shit up* approach, decided to expose the company's security flaws in such a way that maybe they would work towards fixing them.
No more than anyone would be able to sue for the re-use of the word "midori". Midori is green, azure is blue, they are colors and no one is going to sue anyone.
Um, if the cloud is inside your corporate network, you have significantly lower risk of data loss if things like laptops are stolen.
Also, it seems that the stricter control on software deployment would greatly reduce the risk of viral outbreaks etc.
If Microsoft does it right, they could make a much safer environment for enterprise workstation deployments. Google offers their services as internal appliances for enterprise customers, so what makes you think that Microsoft wouldn't do the same?
1. A good friend of mine who is a practicing Muslim is openly gay, and from what I understand, neither his parents, nor anyone that he worships with sees it as any sort of problem.
2. I have many Christian friends, and even the most liberal of them don't "discard" the old testament. There is a significant group that not only believe in the teachings of books such as Leviticus, but they believe everything there is the literal truth.
My point is that fundamentalist conservatism sucks in any religion, especially when it is abused by politicians.
From the looks of it, the one who got in trouble was not the one that gained access, but the one that took the screenshots and returned the account back to Palin.
1. show an example of a for loop 2. explain what all the parts mean 3. give the class some problems that can be solved with that knowledge
Following those steps over and over again for more complex concepts until the class is comfortable with turning algorithms into code. This is what computer science is.
Once people get the basics of algorithms, you can expand out into various practical applications. Classes on web design, network programming, operating systems, etc, but that fundamental base is critical.
Until the process of iterative and recursive problem solving makes sense, all practical application will just be seen as magical gimmickry.
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How hard is it to write AI that puts everyone on the review board into the list of references?
This is why I only go to conferences that contain heavy concentrations of drunk hackers.
Ya, I would say the main giveaway of it being a porn site is the big notification that says "this is a porn site, you must be 18 to enter" that all porn sites are required to have.
If a website does not advertise itself as a porn site that sells porn to people, then it's not a porn site by my definition.
To revise my original idea slightly, I wouldn't mind if the school districts blocked any websites that require their users to be 18+. If the creators of the website don't think that it is appropriate for children to view, then it probably isn't.
Also, I learned how to make pipe bombs from a school computer. Interesting stuff, but not particularly useful. Of course mein kampf and stormfront should not be blocked. One important task for schools it to train children to be bullshit resistant, and hiding them from radical thinking does not help anyone.
Sure, I am fine with pornography being blocked. As long at it is actually pornography, and not "pornography" like art/planned parenthood/occult/hacking websites etc. All of which I have heard referred to as pornography for some reason..
What I am really opposed to is when they start blocking research, communication, and collaboration tools, such as wikis, chat rooms, and social networks etc.
These are the tools that successful companies in the real world use today to get stuff done, and if kids don't learn how to use these tools today, how are they going to be able to learn to effectively use the next generation of research, communication, and collaboration tools?
I was lucky enough to have come from a school district that invested heavily in technology. It's not just about learning to type, it's about learning modern research, communication, and collaboration methods.
Computers cost less than text books these days, and the Internet provides a bottomless wealth of information to feed a child's curiosity.
Upgrading computers falls right in line with using updated textbooks. It's true that some smart people 50 years ago used 50 year old research tools to thrive in the workforce from 50 years ago. That doesn't mean that a student today would be able to get anything out of 50 year old research materials.
What exactly is it that makes you think that the only way to boost one economy is to fuck over another one? Economics is not a zero sum game. There can be gains for everyone.
In my opinion (as a computer scientist, not an economist), the biggest problem with todays global economy is the belief that the only way to gain wealth is to take it from someone else.
It's not that big of a stretch to think about. Look at how the entire global economy just fell on its ass. In a healthy global economy, every country rises and falls together. Unless (god forbid) a mutual hostility is declared, what's good for China is good for the US, and vice versa.
Awesome! That's the best argument so far for global warming being directly caused by man.
Sorry for my ignorance, but what exactly about this family makes them nuclear? Did they have glowing laser eyes, or some other superpowers?
I read through the articles waiting for the crazy scifi-ish punchline (this is slashdot), but I was highly disappointed.
MST3k didn't turn 20, it died at 11.
The Simpsons recently turned 20, and Meet the Press just turned 61.
Great idea, now craigslist get to take calls from the DA about prostitution AND cc fraud.
Most likely though, sketchy posters will probably just start posting on w4m, ths, lss, etc.
How many times has an attractive woman looked at the customized UI for your software and thought "Wow. There's a guy I'd like to get it on with". (Answer: Zero)
Sorry, but any girl that is not turned on by sexy UI themes is not worth hooking up with.
Of course corporate licenses are significantly worse than the GPL. I just think it's dumb that gs devs don't go after Linux distros etc when often times they also do not provide the source with the disk.
Not that I am a huge fan of voter fraud, but it looks to me that Diebold is being taken to court just because some of the gs authors don't like the company itself.
It seems hypocritical to be writing "free software" and then try to dictate who gets to use your work.
I think a majority of people who publish under GPL do so because it is the only license they know, and it's popular.
GPL is not only viral, it is weaponized, so you can use it to fuck over or shut down projects and companies you don't like. I doubt that is what most people have in mind when selecting their licence, but it seems to be all the licence is used for these days.
Maybe I am wrong, maybe that is what people are looking for, but it is a concept that I have never quite been able to grasp.
Seriously, why do people still publish under the GPL?
These ridiculous lawsuits scare the crap out of anyone who would want to legitimately use open source software, and they completely go against the idea of freedom.
Every time a lawsuit like this happens, it is a huge setback to the open source community. If someone wants to use your software, you have succeeded. Isn't that enough? Software will never be free until this damned license warfare comes to an end.
Except that none of his quotes from that source mention the assault weapon ban.. The only mention comes from the commentary put in by the journalist. (I have no problem with people owning assault weapons, I have many friends with collections they are quite fond of)
I suggest you gather a few more sources besides fox news and NRA mailers if you want people to take you seriously.
I figure providing a counter source will be more effective than modding you down.
http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/nra_targets_obama.html
Every time I have heard him talk, he has talked about how gun regulations at a federal level are completely infeasible, and it should be up to the cities themselves to determine how gun control issues should be handled.
It's obvious that a set of restrictions in Chicago aren't necessarily going to be as effective in Dallas or Los Angeles etc.
Crap, sorry mod me down :-(
I need to learn to read all the way to the end of the story. Looks like, for some reason, some guy at the company named Daniel Harrington was keeping a USB stick full of passwords, security notes, and source code.
The stick contained passwords, notes on the security system, and source code for major components of the system. Just throwing this out there, but aren't there pretty good odds that this USB stick didn't actually belong to the company?
Looks more to me like the stuff someone would keep around during an "unscheduled pentest". My wild speculation is that someone got deep into this company (atos origin), and rather than the *fuck shit up* approach, decided to expose the company's security flaws in such a way that maybe they would work towards fixing them.
No more than anyone would be able to sue for the re-use of the word "midori". Midori is green, azure is blue, they are colors and no one is going to sue anyone.
Um, if the cloud is inside your corporate network, you have significantly lower risk of data loss if things like laptops are stolen.
Also, it seems that the stricter control on software deployment would greatly reduce the risk of viral outbreaks etc.
If Microsoft does it right, they could make a much safer environment for enterprise workstation deployments. Google offers their services as internal appliances for enterprise customers, so what makes you think that Microsoft wouldn't do the same?
Is there a chance the track could bend?
What the crap are you talking about?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooklyn_bridge
The bridge was purchased by the city for 15.5 million dollars.
1. A good friend of mine who is a practicing Muslim is openly gay, and from what I understand, neither his parents, nor anyone that he worships with sees it as any sort of problem.
2. I have many Christian friends, and even the most liberal of them don't "discard" the old testament. There is a significant group that not only believe in the teachings of books such as Leviticus, but they believe everything there is the literal truth.
My point is that fundamentalist conservatism sucks in any religion, especially when it is abused by politicians.
Also, why the hell did they release this picture?
http://img.trekmovie.com/images/st09/aicnkirkspock.jpg
I seriously thought that Sylar had broken onto the enterprise, and the new movie would be some sort of heroes mashup.
From the looks of it, the one who got in trouble was not the one that gained access, but the one that took the screenshots and returned the account back to Palin.
The scope is simple. Teach what they need to pass the AP computer science test.
http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/ap/sub_compscia.html
1. show an example of a for loop
2. explain what all the parts mean
3. give the class some problems that can be solved with that knowledge
Following those steps over and over again for more complex concepts until the class is comfortable with turning algorithms into code. This is what computer science is.
Once people get the basics of algorithms, you can expand out into various practical applications. Classes on web design, network programming, operating systems, etc, but that fundamental base is critical.
Until the process of iterative and recursive problem solving makes sense, all practical application will just be seen as magical gimmickry.