If minor parties steal elections or "drain votes", then you have made the assumption that all votes "belong" to the major parties by default and then are taken away by other people who run for office. I wonder how many of Nader's votes Gore "stole" by running. How many Gore voters would have voted for Nader?
When all is said and done, the basic assumption is that minor party candidates can't win and that they have no business giving voters an alternative to the major party candidates. Indeed, voters are not supposed to be even given a chance to vote for a minor party candidate because they shouldn't be given the chance to make that mistake. That, to me, is very anti-democratic and not consistent with the principles this government was founded upon.
And if you believe the major 2 are better than the minors, then I'm not really talking to you. I'm trying to win over the people who don't like the status quo. Indeed, if you think we've done well voting for shit or piss, then keep voting your conscience.
I recall a poll that was taken a few years back in the UK. The poll question was something along the lines of "Would you vote for the Liberal Democrats if you thought they had a chance of winning?" A majority polled said they would.
The UK has figured out how to get a third party in the government (actually, they have 11), so I'd think we could do the same thing.
And until our voting system is completely overhauled, only two of them are electable. That's the reality of it. If you don't like it (and I don't), press your congresscritter for reform of our voting laws. Even then, why do they want to change the system that keeps them in power?
Which is why you need to vote for a minor party. I can guarantee to you that they'll get to changing things.
So only 2 parties are electable and neither will fix the problem. I submit to you that you must vote for an unelectable party in order to get things changed.
With respect to Lincoln, the Congress wasn't really fully functioning with southern members absent. And, of course, it was an actual case of insurrection and rebellion (and I would argue that the public safety did require it). None of these issues are at hand today.
That being said, Lincoln did not have the power to suspend habeas corpus, so he should have been impeached and removed from office.
The scary thing about that period of time is that the executive branch would simply ignore court decisions they didn't like. In Ex parte Merryman, the SCOTUS ruled that the suspension was not in consultation with Congress, and was therefore unconstitutional. If the tribunals come before the SCOTUS again and are ruled unconstitutional, Bush can really ignore the decision. I highly doubt there are enough Republicans to break rank and remove Bush in an impeachment proceeding.
I don't know Ian, his UID is lower than yours, so the onus is on you to disprove his remarks.
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Re:Can ARC4 be used properly at all?
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The problems with WEP have nothing to do with RC4. The problem is that the initialization vectors end up being reused because they are only 24 bits. Reusing IVs is a major no-no when dealing with a stream cipher. And to compound that, the implementation allows for a 50% chance to use the same IV after only 5000 packets. (see wikipedia)
RC4 is still just as secure as it was before these WEP attacks.
Is there a way to tell Turnitin to just check your paper against the database without adding that paper to the database? That would give a professor what they wanted as well as respect the rights of the creator.
If the teacher/professor forces you to do that, than that's where the problem is.
Indeed. That would seem to be the real problem. I wonder how that would play out in court. The school would effectively be forcing a student to give up his/her rights under copyright to a private company.
Google is similar, but different enough that I don't think they would be considered the same.
Google indexes pages. That is they basically tell you where to go to get them. Turnitin keeps entire works on file in a database somewhere.
Google also does cache pages. Arguably this is a non-commercial fair use. Even if it isn't, you can tell Google not to cache your pages. I cannot tell Turnitin to do the same (in fact their business model would crumble if they couldn't have these works on demand).
You're asking the wrong question. The question is not "why wouldn't you want to deter cheaters from using your work". The question is "why would you want to let other people make money off of deterring cheaters by using your work - without you seeing a penny of the profit".
In essence, Turnitin is making a good deal of money by using other people's work. If those people want a cut of the proceeds, I don't see a problem with that.
Can you show me a cite that backs up your position or did you just pull that out of your ass? That might be the case in Canada (I noticed the.ca email address), but this is a case in the states.
I signed no contract in primary or secondary school that said my work is the property of the school, and copyright law has no provision that makes such a theory true. The closest thing that comes to mind is works for hire. And I don't think any copyright attorney would argue such an asinine position.
He also argues that putting the onus of spotting infringement onto the content providers represents an undue burden on them.
Hey, you're the ones who bought the DMCA. If you feel you're not getting your money's worth, then go make some more well placed contributions and I'm sure you can put the onus on the webhost rather than you.
Don't whine when your law doesn't work anymore because of changing technology.
As an aside, the fact that your content is so easily reproducible might be a sign that our copyright laws are outdated. A hefty fine made sense when you had to press your own vinyl or own a printing press to copy something. Now copying a work costs nearly nothing. Perhaps the fines should be scaled down as well.
I'm just about done with my degree and I'm heading home as soon as school gets out. My situation is like yours although I'm leaving the "big city" (Dayton, OH) to go back to my country roots (Willard, OH -- pop. 7000).
whoever was simply hosting the content gained any sort of rights to that content for their own sale and redistribution
Worse yet, every company who passed on a packet of data could claim rights. Owning stock in level 1 ISPs is looking really good right now. They'd have rights to pretty much everything on Youtube.
Look to your own house, rigged elections, unethical treatment of prisoners, a base of lies and innaccuracies supporting a personal vendetta/private war.
Yeah, we have problems, but this is a bit more important. This, my friend, is copyright legislation!
In the same vein, I might mention the PSEO (Post Secondary Education Option) program that exists in Ohio (and likely several other states under various names). Students with a high GPA can actually attend a local college/university and have the classes count as both college and high school credit. I went to a local community college and took a few general education classes that gave me a head start.
At my university (Wright St.), every campus PC has the exact same Windows XP key. All students up to a certain point were also allowed to check out a copy of XP for free. This "deal" expired (afaik) awhile back.
Part of the license agreement we had to sign was to agree to use the license only so long as we were students of the university. If you wanted a better license, you had to pay for XP (but at a very reduced charge).
To this day, many people on campus can recite the key from memory due to how much it got passed around.
The American people are not rebelling (although, they might want to take a look at it) and we are not being invaded. No, a handful of religious fanatics does not constitute a rebellion.
Therefore, the suspension of habeas corpus Congress has passed is unconstitutional.
I want to know where you live. Where I'm from, you're worthless if you don't have a certification. There are plenty of jobs where people want an associates in "network engineering". Whereas I have (well, will have in a few months) a Bachelors in math. These people won't give me the time of day because I don't have some piece of paper that says CCNA on it. Nevermind I have ample experience...they need the piece of paper.
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If minor parties steal elections or "drain votes", then you have made the assumption that all votes "belong" to the major parties by default and then are taken away by other people who run for office. I wonder how many of Nader's votes Gore "stole" by running. How many Gore voters would have voted for Nader?
When all is said and done, the basic assumption is that minor party candidates can't win and that they have no business giving voters an alternative to the major party candidates. Indeed, voters are not supposed to be even given a chance to vote for a minor party candidate because they shouldn't be given the chance to make that mistake. That, to me, is very anti-democratic and not consistent with the principles this government was founded upon.
Really? A vote for the Constitution Party is a vote for a Republican?
And if you believe the major 2 are better than the minors, then I'm not really talking to you. I'm trying to win over the people who don't like the status quo. Indeed, if you think we've done well voting for shit or piss, then keep voting your conscience.
I recall a poll that was taken a few years back in the UK. The poll question was something along the lines of "Would you vote for the Liberal Democrats if you thought they had a chance of winning?" A majority polled said they would.
The UK has figured out how to get a third party in the government (actually, they have 11), so I'd think we could do the same thing.
So only 2 parties are electable and neither will fix the problem. I submit to you that you must vote for an unelectable party in order to get things changed.
With respect to Lincoln, the Congress wasn't really fully functioning with southern members absent. And, of course, it was an actual case of insurrection and rebellion (and I would argue that the public safety did require it). None of these issues are at hand today.
That being said, Lincoln did not have the power to suspend habeas corpus, so he should have been impeached and removed from office.
The scary thing about that period of time is that the executive branch would simply ignore court decisions they didn't like. In Ex parte Merryman, the SCOTUS ruled that the suspension was not in consultation with Congress, and was therefore unconstitutional. If the tribunals come before the SCOTUS again and are ruled unconstitutional, Bush can really ignore the decision. I highly doubt there are enough Republicans to break rank and remove Bush in an impeachment proceeding.
Is that you again, Michael? ;-)
I don't know Ian, his UID is lower than yours, so the onus is on you to disprove his remarks.
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The problems with WEP have nothing to do with RC4. The problem is that the initialization vectors end up being reused because they are only 24 bits. Reusing IVs is a major no-no when dealing with a stream cipher. And to compound that, the implementation allows for a 50% chance to use the same IV after only 5000 packets. (see wikipedia)
RC4 is still just as secure as it was before these WEP attacks.
Google is similar, but different enough that I don't think they would be considered the same.
Google indexes pages. That is they basically tell you where to go to get them. Turnitin keeps entire works on file in a database somewhere.
Google also does cache pages. Arguably this is a non-commercial fair use. Even if it isn't, you can tell Google not to cache your pages. I cannot tell Turnitin to do the same (in fact their business model would crumble if they couldn't have these works on demand).
Technically I believe you can, but minors can break contracts for any reason or some other such reason.
You're asking the wrong question. The question is not "why wouldn't you want to deter cheaters from using your work". The question is "why would you want to let other people make money off of deterring cheaters by using your work - without you seeing a penny of the profit".
In essence, Turnitin is making a good deal of money by using other people's work. If those people want a cut of the proceeds, I don't see a problem with that.
Can you show me a cite that backs up your position or did you just pull that out of your ass? That might be the case in Canada (I noticed the .ca email address), but this is a case in the states.
I signed no contract in primary or secondary school that said my work is the property of the school, and copyright law has no provision that makes such a theory true. The closest thing that comes to mind is works for hire. And I don't think any copyright attorney would argue such an asinine position.
Don't whine when your law doesn't work anymore because of changing technology.
As an aside, the fact that your content is so easily reproducible might be a sign that our copyright laws are outdated. A hefty fine made sense when you had to press your own vinyl or own a printing press to copy something. Now copying a work costs nearly nothing. Perhaps the fines should be scaled down as well.
Go back to where you will be happy.
I'm just about done with my degree and I'm heading home as soon as school gets out. My situation is like yours although I'm leaving the "big city" (Dayton, OH) to go back to my country roots (Willard, OH -- pop. 7000).
Modern jurisprudence puts treaties below the Constitution. There was a SCOTUS case that dealt with this (but I can't find a citation at the moment).
In the same vein, I might mention the PSEO (Post Secondary Education Option) program that exists in Ohio (and likely several other states under various names). Students with a high GPA can actually attend a local college/university and have the classes count as both college and high school credit. I went to a local community college and took a few general education classes that gave me a head start.
At my university (Wright St.), every campus PC has the exact same Windows XP key. All students up to a certain point were also allowed to check out a copy of XP for free. This "deal" expired (afaik) awhile back.
Part of the license agreement we had to sign was to agree to use the license only so long as we were students of the university. If you wanted a better license, you had to pay for XP (but at a very reduced charge).
To this day, many people on campus can recite the key from memory due to how much it got passed around.
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The American people are not rebelling (although, they might want to take a look at it) and we are not being invaded. No, a handful of religious fanatics does not constitute a rebellion.
Therefore, the suspension of habeas corpus Congress has passed is unconstitutional.
True again. I should just give up tonight.
There is a port of Linux that will run on some microcontrollers, and ELKS, which is "sort-of Linux" aims to run on the 8086 and the 286.
Hey, I'm working 3rd shift!
Yeah, I deserved that one.
If you're going to troll at least make sense. Gentoo (and in general, Linux) won't compile on a 286. You'd need at least a 386.