Most people forget that a passport is a relatively recent "invention" of governments. Prior to the 20th Century, and even throughout most of the 20th Century, most ordinary citizens did not have a passport when traveling between countries. This was originally a device to indicate some sort of diplomatic status and to certify that status on an official basis.
While I do agree with most of your post, I had to question this one aspect. The term/word passport is a modern one, the working concept of 'passports' is an old one dating back to at least 450 B.C. in the Persian Empire. Maybe even older for all we/I know. You are correct in stating that it was mostly a diplomatic status and to certify that status on an official basis until recently, but not a new concept.:-)
This said, telling somebody from a law-enforcement agency that they don't need to see your identification is generally frowned upon as those in law enforcement love to be in charge and in control. A lack of ID puts the officer at a distinct disadvantage as they simply don't know how to react to a perfect stranger with no background as to who that person might be.
Yes, and yes. However, in the USA(IIRC), unless you are operating a motor vehicle** on the gov't. owned roads, you have no legal obligation to show ID to law enforcement on demand.If they feel they have reason to arrest you, it is still their burden to establish who you are for booking you...no matter what tripe they try on you about how it is illegal to deny them your identity.(and they will try this!!!)
Because of all of the fscked laws enacted here in the USA, it can be a grey area and huge can of worms to sort out(see: vagrancy laws), but bottom line is you do not have to ID yourself by Fed. law(which trumps State law) unless you are served with a warrant. Having said this, it is usually cheaper/easier to cooperate on the ID thing, but YMMV GREATLY! Hint: check your Federal, State, and Local laws...do some research if it matters to you, and 'stick by yer guns!' *disclaimer: IANAL*
**In the USA, almost all, if not all States require signing a waiver when you get your Driver's License to agree to show your ID when requested by a law enforcement officer when operating a motor vehicle on the public roadways-it is a requirement...no debate...it is a condition that must be met to keep your driver's license valid.(However, the passengers do not have this same onerous requirement most places, depending on circumstances...again, YMMV)
Well, chrome** is a vital component to go faster, but add racing stripes(the more, the better), fart-can tailpipe extensions(the more, the better), and a red paint job(the redder, the better) and then you can leverage the synergy of value added Go Faster 2.0 ®!
You have to look at the big picture here, and not get bogged down in the details for this stuff to work. But you are on the right track.
**If you need welding goggles to protect your eyes from the glare when you open the hood, you might have enough chrome...again: the more, the better!
That is exactly what I was thinking when I RTFA. (yeah, yeah, I know...and no, I'm not new here)
The other statement that jumped out at me from TFA, was this:
Publishers in a number of countries have complained about Google News, saying few readers bother to click through from the blurbs to their own Web sites.
"live by the sword, die by the sword" seems to apply here.
They (news media) have been playing games with soundbites for long enough, now that's what most people are used to. The blurbs give them that soundbite summary that they have been trained to expect...why would you expect them to actually click on the link to actually RTFA?
What I don't seem to see mentioned anywhere is what happens when some event happens that causes everyone to go running to their computers to visit the latest fat "web 2.0" sites and suddenly 1000 or 10,000 different users are asking for massive additional capacity from the cloud?
That's why I'm developing "Storm Cloud 3.0 ®" technology. It leverages the power of botnets and other online zombied PC's for a synergistic value added service for distributed computing.
Here at Storm Cloud 3.0 ® Central Ministry, our motto is: "All your box belong to us" You can trust us. Really!;-)
Thank you, good sir! Since MS has such a dominance, hopefully they will keep copying the features of GNU/Linux and keep improving their own OS at the same time. Win for all!
*wakes up* Meh, just a dream...
I was not sure enough about it to post what you did, but thought so. I castigate myself for being too lazy to research it, but thanks to you, I am saved. Beware the Tux, do not take the Penguin/Taz for granted!
I tip my hat to you, sir! That is one of the most concise, insightful, and informative comments on this thread. Very well done.
We can probably assume the attackers seized the first opportunity to create a back door that they could use in the event the passwords were changed, so a rotating password would have had no effect on them.
When you are pwned, you are owned. When you are owned, you are pwned. You can either admit it and change it, or hook your ankles behind your ears and enjoy it. [think: goatse]
...our boxes were locked down so badly that telling the browser that the cert's OK didn't survive a reboot, meaning you had to go through the same song-and-dance several times a day.
I would have asked you if you worked for Creative Labs, but the ISP bit shot that down.:-)
What you describe is what I went through at CL. Knowledge Base web pages that did not have the URLs whitelisted in the proxy we used, boxes locked down tight**, 8 minute maximum call time allowed per call for tech support...including the 2-3 minutes needed for the required interrogation about the 'problem' product, etc....
**except for the USB ports! I put Damn Small Linux in a bootable partition on a USB stick to get away from WinXP and IE that was imaged onto all of our Dell workstations. Unfortunately, I was found out by management after about 4 months when they were doing a routine 'call monitoring', and heard me offering Linux support for a customer with a Creative Labs Nomad. I was still a n00b in the tech support scam, and was actually trying to offer real tech support for our customers...silly me! I was asked to resign in lieu of being sacked.:-)
[I grin because that was the only job I held in my life, that I felt I needed to keep a shotgun at the front door of the house...I could force myself to leave the house for work if need be!]
*me:Go to work, or I'll Dick Cheney your face! also me:Okay, I'm going to work, asshole! me:Damn...I just concocted a special rocksalt load with White Phosphorous[Willy Peter for you military fans] to try on you! also me:Shit!...Decisions, decisions....Rocksalt and Willy Peter to the face, or go to work at Creative Labs again....Hmmmm...Hey, is this a trick question?!?!?!?*
Yes, the article does say what size they were. FTFA:
Both Cryptomartus hindi and Eophrynus prestivicii were around the size of a 50 pence piece and they roamed the Earth during the Carboniferous period, 359 - 299 million years ago.
[my emphasis]
50 pence piece== 27.3mm, or a 'hair bigger than an inch'[for those in the USA]. A one inch spider hardly qualifies as being 'giant'.
*disclaimer* I am a NASA brat, and worked for NASA myself for two years prior to entering the US Army in 1977. [NTTF** building at Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, USA] I used to 'play astronaut' in the Mercury and Gemini capsules they had mounted in front of the Control Center building my father worked in when I was a kid. [it still amazes me to this day: my wondering how two astronauts in their bulky spacesuits could fit in the Gemini capsule...they must have lubed them and used shoehorns and hydraulic presses to fit them in!] */disclaimer*
As far as my recollection goes, your comment may be the most insightful, informative, imbued with common sense, and under-rated yet on this subject here on/..
[rhetorical question] How did this escape 'through the roof' style positive mod points? [/rhetorical question]
In typical/. meme fashion... I would like to subscribe to your newsletter!
**NTTF=Network Test and Training Facility...I was actually a subcontractor working for 'Bendix Field Engineering Corp' as a 'Logistics Specialist'[think glorified parts-counter clerk]. The CSC [Computer Science Corporation] and the Communications section were required to be manned 24/7 so we were required to be there in case they needed parts to keep those mission critical operations running. Yes, I was that annoying guy at the parts counter that always wanted the 'make, model number, and serial number' to help you.:-) Actually, they usually came in with the part an/or a FSN [Federal Stock Number], and the process was much easier than getting a part for your car
I ran across your comment while metamoderating, and had to just say this:
[rhetorical question] How did your post not get modded +5 insightful, interesting, or something positive??!?!? WTF?!?!?!? Moderators on crack, racing down the road texting their dealer to meet up for another $20-rock?[/rhetorical question]
I like, approve, and endorse your suggestions, good sir!
I give your post 'two thumbs up!' in lieu of mod points, sadly. A 'tip of the hat' and a hearty 'Well Done' is also in order.:-)
Not bad, kid. Not bad at all. You could have also went with a Beowolf cluster of children running Linux on toasters to manage the babby-cloning MonkeyNinjaRobots in the Underground Lab, guarded by sharks with frikkin' lazers, while in Soviet Russia: DHS attacks Giant Monster, while old people in Korea email about having to get off someone's lawn, and pirates have them walking the plank while claiming IANAL...Arrgghh!
So many memes, so little time.... I am sure I missed quite a few, though doubtless many others will chime in here to point out my deficiency.;-)
*apply [not-serious/offtopic/oh-the-irony!] to the above*:-)
That's either the funniest crapload of hogwash ever, or the scariest brainwash detergent yet!
I'm torn between shitting myself in fear for the fate of humanity, or an Epic ROFLCOPTER®! I'm afraid to try both at once though...
Reminds me of Flip Wilson in drag claiming:"The Devil made me do it!"
From the above wiki link:
His characters included Reverend Leroy, pastor of the Church of What's Happening Now; and his most popular character, Geraldine, whose line "The devil made me do it" became a national expression.
In 1970, Wilson won a Grammy Award for his comedy album The Devil Made Me Buy This Dress.
[Offtopic] I used to love watching the "Flip Wilson Show" for it's irreverent humor, and just outrageous general behavior...Good Times! [George Carlin and Flip Wilson were the writers for the show!-see above wiki link for citation]
That comment caused my parrot to fall off the poop deck in laughter whilst trying to add the wooden knobs to the Sea Monster cables, you insensitive clod!
May your sea-fairing, peg-legged ass be keel-hauled for this!...it was a good parrot, mate, and I'll miss it a lot!
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While I do agree with most of your post, I had to question this one aspect. The term/word passport is a modern one, the working concept of 'passports' is an old one dating back to at least 450 B.C. in the Persian Empire. Maybe even older for all we/I know. :-)
You are correct in stating that it was mostly a diplomatic status and to certify that status on an official basis until recently, but not a new concept.
This said, telling somebody from a law-enforcement agency that they don't need to see your identification is generally frowned upon as those in law enforcement love to be in charge and in control. A lack of ID puts the officer at a distinct disadvantage as they simply don't know how to react to a perfect stranger with no background as to who that person might be.
Yes, and yes.
However, in the USA(IIRC), unless you are operating a motor vehicle** on the gov't. owned roads, you have no legal obligation to show ID to law enforcement on demand.If they feel they have reason to arrest you, it is still their burden to establish who you are for booking you...no matter what tripe they try on you about how it is illegal to deny them your identity.(and they will try this!!!)
Because of all of the fscked laws enacted here in the USA, it can be a grey area and huge can of worms to sort out(see: vagrancy laws), but bottom line is you do not have to ID yourself by Fed. law(which trumps State law) unless you are served with a warrant.
Having said this, it is usually cheaper/easier to cooperate on the ID thing, but YMMV GREATLY!
Hint: check your Federal, State, and Local laws...do some research if it matters to you, and 'stick by yer guns!'
*disclaimer: IANAL*
**In the USA, almost all, if not all States require signing a waiver when you get your Driver's License to agree to show your ID when requested by a law enforcement officer when operating a motor vehicle on the public roadways-it is a requirement...no debate...it is a condition that must be met to keep your driver's license valid.(However, the passengers do not have this same onerous requirement most places, depending on circumstances...again, YMMV)
Well, chrome** is a vital component to go faster, but add racing stripes(the more, the better), fart-can tailpipe extensions(the more, the better), and a red paint job(the redder, the better) and then you can leverage the synergy of value added Go Faster 2.0 ®!
You have to look at the big picture here, and not get bogged down in the details for this stuff to work. But you are on the right track.
**If you need welding goggles to protect your eyes from the glare when you open the hood, you might have enough chrome...again: the more, the better!
That is exactly what I was thinking when I RTFA. (yeah, yeah, I know...and no, I'm not new here)
The other statement that jumped out at me from TFA, was this:
Publishers in a number of countries have complained about Google News, saying few readers bother to click through from the blurbs to their own Web sites.
"live by the sword, die by the sword" seems to apply here.
They (news media) have been playing games with soundbites for long enough, now that's what most people are used to.
The blurbs give them that soundbite summary that they have been trained to expect...why would you expect them to actually click on the link to actually RTFA?
You see it here on /. every day.
Where do you think green cheese comes from.
My fridge?
*looks in fridge*
Yeah, definitely my fridge.
It can't be aimed at the tech-savvy crowd, they all know that the "DRM issue" is a non-issue.
Which alternate reality are you posting from?
Not this one, for sure.
Then I dual boot installed Ubuntu (8.9 I think).[...]Just to clarify, I am a Linux guy.
No, you are not a 'Linux guy'.
At least get your distro versions straight before trolling in the future.
Here is a cheat sheet:
x.04 are LTS versions, and x.10 are cutting edge versions of **buntu...there has never been an 8.9 version, 'Linux guy'.
Until there is 'blackjack and hookers' up there, you are doomed to watch them pass you by on their way back to Earth for R&R.
What I don't seem to see mentioned anywhere is what happens when some event happens that causes everyone to go running to their computers to visit the latest fat "web 2.0" sites and suddenly 1000 or 10,000 different users are asking for massive additional capacity from the cloud?
That's why I'm developing "Storm Cloud 3.0 ®" technology.
It leverages the power of botnets and other online zombied PC's for a synergistic value added service for distributed computing.
Here at Storm Cloud 3.0 ® Central Ministry, our motto is: ;-)
"All your box belong to us"
You can trust us. Really!
Gahhh!
No!
How did this happen?!?!?
I'm not ready for Geritol parties!
Damn, seems like just yesterday we were inventing dirt...
Does anybody remember "My favorite Martian"?
Yeah...at the time, I thought that was the coolest space ship ever portrayed on screen. (it seemed a little too small, though)
Damn I feel old now!
Apparently Hustler thought so too:
"Who's Nailin' Palin?:[NSFW]
Stillwater, yes.
2004-2005 I think was the time frame.
why not? Just a thought.
Two words:
Gummy Bears.
Fingerprints/readers are easy to spoof.
Thank you, good sir!
Since MS has such a dominance, hopefully they will keep copying the features of GNU/Linux and keep improving their own OS at the same time. Win for all!
*wakes up*
Meh, just a dream...
I was not sure enough about it to post what you did, but thought so.
I castigate myself for being too lazy to research it, but thanks to you, I am saved.
Beware the Tux, do not take the Penguin/Taz for granted!
How I wish I had not used up my mod points!
I tip my hat to you, sir!
That is one of the most concise, insightful, and informative comments on this thread. Very well done.
We can probably assume the attackers seized the first opportunity to create a back door that they could use in the event the passwords were changed, so a rotating password would have had no effect on them.
When you are pwned, you are owned. When you are owned, you are pwned.
You can either admit it and change it, or hook your ankles behind your ears and enjoy it. [think: goatse]
...our boxes were locked down so badly that telling the browser that the cert's OK didn't survive a reboot, meaning you had to go through the same song-and-dance several times a day.
I would have asked you if you worked for Creative Labs, but the ISP bit shot that down. :-)
What you describe is what I went through at CL.
Knowledge Base web pages that did not have the URLs whitelisted in the proxy we used, boxes locked down tight**, 8 minute maximum call time allowed per call for tech support...including the 2-3 minutes needed for the required interrogation about the 'problem' product, etc....
**except for the USB ports! :-)
I put Damn Small Linux in a bootable partition on a USB stick to get away from WinXP and IE that was imaged onto all of our Dell workstations. Unfortunately, I was found out by management after about 4 months when they were doing a routine 'call monitoring', and heard me offering Linux support for a customer with a Creative Labs Nomad. I was still a n00b in the tech support scam, and was actually trying to offer real tech support for our customers...silly me! I was asked to resign in lieu of being sacked.
[I grin because that was the only job I held in my life, that I felt I needed to keep a shotgun at the front door of the house...I could force myself to leave the house for work if need be!]
*me:Go to work, or I'll Dick Cheney your face!
also me:Okay, I'm going to work, asshole!
me:Damn...I just concocted a special rocksalt load with White Phosphorous[Willy Peter for you military fans] to try on you!
also me:Shit!...Decisions, decisions....Rocksalt and Willy Peter to the face, or go to work at Creative Labs again....Hmmmm...Hey, is this a trick question?!?!?!?*
Yes, the article does say what size they were.
FTFA:
Both Cryptomartus hindi and Eophrynus prestivicii were around the size of a 50 pence piece and they roamed the Earth during the Carboniferous period, 359 - 299 million years ago.
[my emphasis]
50 pence piece== 27.3mm, or a 'hair bigger than an inch'[for those in the USA].
A one inch spider hardly qualifies as being 'giant'.
*disclaimer*
I am a NASA brat, and worked for NASA myself for two years prior to entering the US Army in 1977. [NTTF** building at Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, USA]
I used to 'play astronaut' in the Mercury and Gemini capsules they had mounted in front of the Control Center building my father worked in when I was a kid. [it still amazes me to this day: my wondering how two astronauts in their bulky spacesuits could fit in the Gemini capsule...they must have lubed them and used shoehorns and hydraulic presses to fit them in!]
*/disclaimer*
As far as my recollection goes, your comment may be the most insightful, informative, imbued with common sense, and under-rated yet on this subject here on /..
[rhetorical question]
How did this escape 'through the roof' style positive mod points?
[/rhetorical question]
In typical /. meme fashion...
I would like to subscribe to your newsletter!
**NTTF=Network Test and Training Facility...I was actually a subcontractor working for 'Bendix Field Engineering Corp' as a 'Logistics Specialist'[think glorified parts-counter clerk]. The CSC [Computer Science Corporation] and the Communications section were required to be manned 24/7 so we were required to be there in case they needed parts to keep those mission critical operations running. :-)
Yes, I was that annoying guy at the parts counter that always wanted the 'make, model number, and serial number' to help you.
Actually, they usually came in with the part an/or a FSN [Federal Stock Number], and the process was much easier than getting a part for your car
I ran across your comment while metamoderating, and had to just say this:
[rhetorical question]
How did your post not get modded +5 insightful, interesting, or something positive??!?!?
WTF?!?!?!?
Moderators on crack, racing down the road texting their dealer to meet up for another $20-rock?[/rhetorical question]
I like, approve, and endorse your suggestions, good sir!
I give your post 'two thumbs up!' in lieu of mod points, sadly. :-)
A 'tip of the hat' and a hearty 'Well Done' is also in order.
Didn't I just see this on 'Warehouse 13'?
*Spoiler Warning!!!*
Hint:
He loved puzzles, look for secret compartments!
Not bad, kid. Not bad at all.
You could have also went with a Beowolf cluster of children running Linux on toasters to manage the babby-cloning MonkeyNinjaRobots in the Underground Lab, guarded by sharks with frikkin' lazers, while in Soviet Russia: DHS attacks Giant Monster, while old people in Korea email about having to get off someone's lawn, and pirates have them walking the plank while claiming IANAL...Arrgghh!
So many memes, so little time.... ;-)
I am sure I missed quite a few, though doubtless many others will chime in here to point out my deficiency.
*apply [not-serious/offtopic/oh-the-irony!] to the above* :-)
I just checked the link you provided.
That's either the funniest crapload of hogwash ever, or the scariest brainwash detergent yet!
I'm torn between shitting myself in fear for the fate of humanity, or an Epic ROFLCOPTER®!
I'm afraid to try both at once though...
Reminds me of Flip Wilson in drag claiming:"The Devil made me do it!"
From the above wiki link:
His characters included Reverend Leroy, pastor of the Church of What's Happening Now; and his most popular character, Geraldine, whose line "The devil made me do it" became a national expression.
In 1970, Wilson won a Grammy Award for his comedy album The Devil Made Me Buy This Dress.
[Offtopic]
I used to love watching the "Flip Wilson Show" for it's irreverent humor, and just outrageous general behavior...Good Times! [George Carlin and Flip Wilson were the writers for the show!-see above wiki link for citation]
And yes, I am that old, you insensitive clod!
That's one of the negative aspects of touch screens becoming so prominent.
That comment caused my parrot to fall off the poop deck in laughter whilst trying to add the wooden knobs to the Sea Monster cables, you insensitive clod!
May your sea-fairing, peg-legged ass be keel-hauled for this!...it was a good parrot, mate, and I'll miss it a lot!
Dude, apparently the moderators have no imagination or sense of humour.
I hereby give you an honorary +1 FUNNY, in lieu of mod points I don't have currently. :-)