How long was your friend able to keep his check. I assume that he was sued for preferential treatment by the bankruptcy trustees and his 50 grand was appropriated to pay for lawyers fees?
I hate to be critical. That being said, when a post discusses grammar and contains a glaring error, I have to respond. The use of "there's" and "there are" is incorrect. I am sure just a typo, but if you are going to nitpick, then nitpick without commiting the same type of sins. Just in case it wasn't a typo, here is a link discussing subject verb agreement. http://webster.commnet.edu/grammar/sv_agr.htm
While no one will argue that if something is in plain sight the law shouldn't be able to react, this case is scary because it appears the suspicious files were NOT in plain sight. Still if you want privacy, encrypt things. The slippery slope that allows a technician to snoop on a pc, will eventually lead to criminalizing personal encryption tools.
Sadly the "kick in the pants" has always been things like a world war or having a well funded arch enemy, like the old US vs. USSR enimity. Adversity breeds inovation. Prosperity breeds complacency. So, be careful what you wish for.
Is it just me, or should Slashdot only review books that are in print and available for purchase. The link to by it from Barnes and Noble says that the book isn't available yet. Amazon says it is available in August. Not a good way for Slashdot to make money off the purchase if you can't purchase it.
I wasn't the parent poster, but I agree with you regarding lobbyists. But I do have an issue when you state that "anyone is free to donate to an organization which will do it for them." Often people contribute to lobbying efforts inadvertantly. My mother in law was a teacher for 25 years. She is politically very conservative, yet her union dues went to support canidates and positions she disliked. AARP members may join for economic benefits, such as discounts, yet their fees are supporting political positions. In a better world, possibly, no group, corporation, or organization could donate to any party/lobbyist. Make donations totally under the control of the individual.
To further the tin foil hat ramblings, let us consider this situation. Dell/Lenovo/Big PC manufacturer decides to start promoting Linux as well as windows. Microsoft then decides to start marking the OM licenses for said company, and randomly identifies certain keys as pirated. End user consumers are pretty forgiving of shitty tech support etc, as long as teh price is right, but just imagine if Microsoft said to these same people that they had to shell out another hundred dollars because their new PC had pirate software. Just imagine the customer backlash and the tech support nightmare for the manufacturer.
Skimmed the article, and it doesn't say if they blocked the IP or just the domain name. If you can get to the numeric IP then they really aren't "blocking" anything.
Not to be assinine, but I think that this "weapon" is designed to be used when the rioters ARE firing back. Armed rioters are dangerous to the soldiers and to themselves. What is dangerous is force escalation. Throwing rocks and petrol bombs is one thing, but if the rioters ahve firearms, there is a big chance that the soldiers will use deadly force. It takes a lot of discipline and selkf control for soldiers to not escalate to deadly force, because that is their most effective weapon. Anything that gives them a less deadly choice than a bullet will save lives.
Although fictional, I still have vivid memories of reading Lord of the Flies in high school. That comes close to what you mentioned. But I agree that the terms are loaded and a poor comparison in real life.
ALmost every home has cable TV or satellite TV access, but you are absolutely correct on portable TVs. I have one with a 2 1/2 inch screen, all it needs now are AA batteries, extend the antenna, and I can watch a ball game anywhere. Are there any units out there that can do this? Also what do you do with all the televisions on boats and RVs, they wil have to get the conversion widgets. They can't connect to cable, and it must be difficult to orient a dish from a boat or an RV.
The Ramones stopped being cool when Blitzkrieg Bop became a commercial anthem for cell phones and pepsi cans. Kinda like when I heard Led Zeplin music in the background of a Cadilac commercial.
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The fact that the parent has been modded up gives me hope. I would have expected that anyone saying such things that hit too close to home would be attacked. Parents need to be involved. Basically parents need to parent, and not shirk their collective responsibility onto schools or day cares. Parents need to talk with their kids teachers, and get as involved as possible. Kids will realize what the parents value, and if the parents only give lip service to school the kids won't take it seriously. Having children is a tremendous responsibility, and I can't think of anything more important that ensuring that they grow up as educated ethical individuals.
The sentiment behind doing away with grade levels is very sound. But in practice this is very difficult. In junior high school, I was in what they called cross-graded English class for 7th and 8th grade. They took some of the brightest 7th and 8th graders and the worst performing 7th and 8th graders and mixed us up. The previously poorer performing students did better, because they had role models, the brighter kids did better because we knew we were there because we were bright. The expirement worked well, but it hinged on the capabilities of the two teachers who taught the course. The teachers were excellent, and we learned.
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If only I had mod points - the parent post states succinctly something that I was always amazed at. That the "poor" pay a premium for distraction. I never understood why the people with the least disposable income seem to "squander" it on lottery tickets, drugs, flashy jewelry, overprice automobile accessories, etc. But the parent post summed it up well, these things all give you a momentary jolt from your painful circumstances. I can see the same parallels with the "poor" kids of decades ago seeking escape in libraries. Would we begrudge a child ten paperback books or a bargain basement Dell pc?
Microsoft should share responsibility, but so should the users and admins who don't patch their systems, don't use firewalls, and click on every stupid shiny link just to turn their mouse cursor into a smily face. Seriously, how sympathatic can you be to the user who does unsafe things. A kitchen knife is a generally safe tool, but if I insist on picking it up by the blade end just because it is easier and more convenient, I deserve some responsibilty when I get cut.
Here's just a shot in the dark, but how about we x-ray and sniff volatile compounds from everything getting on the plane in the first place. I would think that preventing the explosive from getting on the plane in the first place is a bit better way of preventing explosions that waiting ten minutes to disable their wifi connection. It is NOT an unreasonable search to check everything getting on a plane, and it would be far more effective. But the FBI doesn't really want to protect you from terrorists - they want to catch garden variety criminals. They want to catch your everyday mafia types, under the guise of keeping us safe from terror.
There is definite proscribed conduct for collection agencies, but you are absolutely right that they often disregard it. What they count on is that the debtor does not even look at any mail that he thinks is a bill. What amazes me is how people can just ignore bills and collection efforts. A friend does collection work for a home heating oil company. She sends numerous letters leading up to a summons to court. Often people don't respond to anything, until they get a summons. Then they act like idiots in front of the small claims magistrate. All these people had to do was dispute the debt before it got to court and they would be home free.
Actually you will have a hard time getting banks to take ANY third party checks these days. In the normal course of my business I would routinely take third party checks endorsed to me as payment. I would also issue Western Union and Comchek money transfer checks. We also cashed employee paroll checks for our own employees at no cost. My main bank refused to honor any third party checks because of their interpretation of the Patriot Act clause requiring banks to identify the payee on checks. The bank even refused to take in deposit third party payroll checks drawn from the SAME account! We actually pulled our business from this bank and tried three others before we found a bank which would do what we needed.
Actually, in my local town in Massachusetts the Chief of Police installed GPS units in all the cruisers. The patrolman's union fought it, but the units were installed. The chief's reason was to track his patrolman and make sure that they weren't camping out some where when they were supposed to be doing traffic enforcement.
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How long was your friend able to keep his check. I assume that he was sued for preferential treatment by the bankruptcy trustees and his 50 grand was appropriated to pay for lawyers fees?
I hate to be critical. That being said, when a post discusses grammar and contains a glaring error, I have to respond. The use of "there's" and "there are" is incorrect. I am sure just a typo, but if you are going to nitpick, then nitpick without commiting the same type of sins. Just in case it wasn't a typo, here is a link discussing subject verb agreement. http://webster.commnet.edu/grammar/sv_agr.htm
While no one will argue that if something is in plain sight the law shouldn't be able to react, this case is scary because it appears the suspicious files were NOT in plain sight. Still if you want privacy, encrypt things. The slippery slope that allows a technician to snoop on a pc, will eventually lead to criminalizing personal encryption tools.
Sadly the "kick in the pants" has always been things like a world war or having a well funded arch enemy, like the old US vs. USSR enimity. Adversity breeds inovation. Prosperity breeds complacency. So, be careful what you wish for.
Is it just me, or should Slashdot only review books that are in print and available for purchase. The link to by it from Barnes and Noble says that the book isn't available yet. Amazon says it is available in August. Not a good way for Slashdot to make money off the purchase if you can't purchase it.
I agree - very much like secrateries as well. Which is why there is a "secretaries day" as well. But why then isn't there a Janitor's Day?
From what I understand Adobe photoshop and Canon brand copiers already refuse to allow you to scan and/or print US banknotes http://www.inventionandtechnology.com/xml/2005/1/i t_2005_1_feat_1.xml
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=13522
I wasn't the parent poster, but I agree with you regarding lobbyists. But I do have an issue when you state that "anyone is free to donate to an organization which will do it for them." Often people contribute to lobbying efforts inadvertantly. My mother in law was a teacher for 25 years. She is politically very conservative, yet her union dues went to support canidates and positions she disliked. AARP members may join for economic benefits, such as discounts, yet their fees are supporting political positions. In a better world, possibly, no group, corporation, or organization could donate to any party/lobbyist. Make donations totally under the control of the individual.
To further the tin foil hat ramblings, let us consider this situation. Dell/Lenovo/Big PC manufacturer decides to start promoting Linux as well as windows. Microsoft then decides to start marking the OM licenses for said company, and randomly identifies certain keys as pirated. End user consumers are pretty forgiving of shitty tech support etc, as long as teh price is right, but just imagine if Microsoft said to these same people that they had to shell out another hundred dollars because their new PC had pirate software. Just imagine the customer backlash and the tech support nightmare for the manufacturer.
Of course "pendantic" just means that he is hanging like a pendulum over his every word??
Skimmed the article, and it doesn't say if they blocked the IP or just the domain name. If you can get to the numeric IP then they really aren't "blocking" anything.
Not to be assinine, but I think that this "weapon" is designed to be used when the rioters ARE firing back. Armed rioters are dangerous to the soldiers and to themselves. What is dangerous is force escalation. Throwing rocks and petrol bombs is one thing, but if the rioters ahve firearms, there is a big chance that the soldiers will use deadly force. It takes a lot of discipline and selkf control for soldiers to not escalate to deadly force, because that is their most effective weapon. Anything that gives them a less deadly choice than a bullet will save lives.
Cue the Charlton Heston voice - They can take my Internet from my cold dead hands.
Although fictional, I still have vivid memories of reading Lord of the Flies in high school. That comes close to what you mentioned. But I agree that the terms are loaded and a poor comparison in real life.
What is scary is that I read it as "sights" = "eyes" And the "aghast" as "avast". Sounded way too piratical for me.
ALmost every home has cable TV or satellite TV access, but you are absolutely correct on portable TVs. I have one with a 2 1/2 inch screen, all it needs now are AA batteries, extend the antenna, and I can watch a ball game anywhere. Are there any units out there that can do this? Also what do you do with all the televisions on boats and RVs, they wil have to get the conversion widgets. They can't connect to cable, and it must be difficult to orient a dish from a boat or an RV.
The Ramones stopped being cool when Blitzkrieg Bop became a commercial anthem for cell phones and pepsi cans. Kinda like when I heard Led Zeplin music in the background of a Cadilac commercial.
The fact that the parent has been modded up gives me hope. I would have expected that anyone saying such things that hit too close to home would be attacked. Parents need to be involved. Basically parents need to parent, and not shirk their collective responsibility onto schools or day cares. Parents need to talk with their kids teachers, and get as involved as possible. Kids will realize what the parents value, and if the parents only give lip service to school the kids won't take it seriously. Having children is a tremendous responsibility, and I can't think of anything more important that ensuring that they grow up as educated ethical individuals.
The sentiment behind doing away with grade levels is very sound. But in practice this is very difficult. In junior high school, I was in what they called cross-graded English class for 7th and 8th grade. They took some of the brightest 7th and 8th graders and the worst performing 7th and 8th graders and mixed us up. The previously poorer performing students did better, because they had role models, the brighter kids did better because we knew we were there because we were bright. The expirement worked well, but it hinged on the capabilities of the two teachers who taught the course. The teachers were excellent, and we learned.
If only I had mod points - the parent post states succinctly something that I was always amazed at. That the "poor" pay a premium for distraction. I never understood why the people with the least disposable income seem to "squander" it on lottery tickets, drugs, flashy jewelry, overprice automobile accessories, etc. But the parent post summed it up well, these things all give you a momentary jolt from your painful circumstances. I can see the same parallels with the "poor" kids of decades ago seeking escape in libraries. Would we begrudge a child ten paperback books or a bargain basement Dell pc?
Microsoft should share responsibility, but so should the users and admins who don't patch their systems, don't use firewalls, and click on every stupid shiny link just to turn their mouse cursor into a smily face. Seriously, how sympathatic can you be to the user who does unsafe things. A kitchen knife is a generally safe tool, but if I insist on picking it up by the blade end just because it is easier and more convenient, I deserve some responsibilty when I get cut.
Here's just a shot in the dark, but how about we x-ray and sniff volatile compounds from everything getting on the plane in the first place. I would think that preventing the explosive from getting on the plane in the first place is a bit better way of preventing explosions that waiting ten minutes to disable their wifi connection. It is NOT an unreasonable search to check everything getting on a plane, and it would be far more effective. But the FBI doesn't really want to protect you from terrorists - they want to catch garden variety criminals. They want to catch your everyday mafia types, under the guise of keeping us safe from terror.
There is definite proscribed conduct for collection agencies, but you are absolutely right that they often disregard it. What they count on is that the debtor does not even look at any mail that he thinks is a bill. What amazes me is how people can just ignore bills and collection efforts. A friend does collection work for a home heating oil company. She sends numerous letters leading up to a summons to court. Often people don't respond to anything, until they get a summons. Then they act like idiots in front of the small claims magistrate. All these people had to do was dispute the debt before it got to court and they would be home free.
Actually you will have a hard time getting banks to take ANY third party checks these days. In the normal course of my business I would routinely take third party checks endorsed to me as payment. I would also issue Western Union and Comchek money transfer checks. We also cashed employee paroll checks for our own employees at no cost. My main bank refused to honor any third party checks because of their interpretation of the Patriot Act clause requiring banks to identify the payee on checks. The bank even refused to take in deposit third party payroll checks drawn from the SAME account! We actually pulled our business from this bank and tried three others before we found a bank which would do what we needed.
Actually, in my local town in Massachusetts the Chief of Police installed GPS units in all the cruisers. The patrolman's union fought it, but the units were installed. The chief's reason was to track his patrolman and make sure that they weren't camping out some where when they were supposed to be doing traffic enforcement.