I thought it was illegal in the united states for any organization to keep a file on a person, without that person being able to see the contents of that file on demand? Obvious exceptions being ongoing law enforcment investigations and 'National Security'
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The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) (20 U.S.C. 1232g; 34 CFR Part 99) is a Federal law that protects the privacy of student education records. The law applies to all schools that receive funds under an applicable program of the U.S. Department of Education.
FERPA gives parents certain rights with respect to their children's education records. These rights transfer to the student when he or she reaches the age of 18 or attends a school beyond the high school level. Students to whom the rights have transferred are "eligible students."
Parents or eligible students have the right to inspect and review the student's education records maintained by the school. Schools are not required to provide copies of records unless, for reasons such as great distance, it is impossible for parents or eligible students to review the records. Schools may charge a fee for copies.
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also...
TITLE 18 > PART I > CHAPTER 121 > 2701
(the good bits)
2701. Unlawful access to stored communications
(a) Offense.-- Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section whoever--
(2) intentionally exceeds an authorization to access that facility;
(2) in any other case--
(A) a fine under this title or imprisonment for not more than 1 year or both, in the case of a first offense under this paragraph; and
(HOWEVER...)
(c) Exceptions.-- Subsection (a) of this section does not apply with respect to conduct authorized--
(2) by a user of that service with respect to a communication of or intended for that user; or
It seems the law I was thinking of applys only to government agencies. So it would depend on if the school recieved funds from particular government programs. But, what they did probably wasn't illegal, or at least I doubt they would be convicted.
I'd suggest you try Half-Life 2 then. The physics model is like your own little science lab.
At one point you have to weigh down one end of a plank with cinder-blocks in order for the other end to support you.
I used to hate trying to parrellell park (can't even spell it!) in reality, but after practicing with manuvering the dune buggy in Half-Life 2 my vehicle steering skills have improved so I can do it easily.
you can also be creative in acheving the goals of the game. At one point you have to disable an electronic gate, instead of killing the guards, and fighting my way to the switch, I sniped a wooden block holding a generator trailer in place, so it rolled away, then drove at high speed through the gate without killing anyone.
A better simulation of the real world means video game skills can translate into real skills.
An attorney I know had an ex-client register a website in his name, basically to defame him
(same fellow also has another web site against another laywer, the local phone company, and a charity that's he's under investigation for. my laywer friend quit representing him after he vandalized the prosecutors office, forged documents from a witness who appeared in court saying the documents were false, possessed forgery specific equipment, and raped my laywer friends wife.)
I'm a tech guy, and he's a law guy, but neighter of us know the best way to ask the hosting provider to kill the site, and/or get control of the domain name (it's www.firstnamelastname.com)
no details for obvious reasons, any suggestions on handling this kind of thing?
Sounds like I good idea: write a program that whenever it's probed by a zombie, returns the probe with a LAND attack.
also serve a single web page, stating "LAND vulnerablity test server: to test you machine for vulnerability, open a connection to port XXX at this IP."
I stopped using Blockbuster when they started harrasing me for over $30 in late fees for a movie that I had returned on time. in fact I returned it less than 4 hours after renting it...
But then I'm local the Scarecrow Video, who stock damn near every movie ever committed to tape.
Perhaps if they crashed airplanes into farmhouses in the Midwest.
People in large cities voted overwhelmingly for Kerry, the rural folks, who are NOT in harms way, and the older/richer people who would NEVER be drafted, voted for Bush.
I clicked the ad for Doom 3 that appeared with this article, and spotted this in the readme for the download...
D. Admin Rights Needed To Load and Play On Windows(r) 2000 or XP
If you are running Windows(r) 2000 or Windows(r) XP, you must have Administrator rights to properly install and play the game.... Why should you need Admin/root style access to play a game?, Does DirectX require it?, or is iD doing something retarded?
One of the biggest security 'Don'ts' is to run applications without access restrictions.
The owner of a Trademark is required to enforce it in a timely manner, and if it's not defended, it is lost. The plantiff has a legal responsability to mitigate the damages.
As an example, you you cut yourself on the hand on a sharp object in a store, but then don't take care of the wound, and it gets infected, and they end up having to amputate your hand, the store is not responsible for the loss of your hand.
The defendants should be able to point out to the Judge that the holder of a Patent took absolutly no action to prevent their so-call 'damages', were not dilligent in protecting their assets, did not notify the defendants in any way that they were potentially infringing, and therefore are wholly responsible for the result.
A preceedent exists in Common Law, called an 'easement'. For example, if a neighbors driveway cut across the corner of your property for the last 20 years, and it's the only way to their garage, you cannot build a fence to stop them from accessing their own property. If you allow someone to access your property long enough, you lose the right to bar them from it.
If the Plainiffs can show that they atteptment to enforce the patent prior to this then they should have a case, if not, it is clearly their own negligence that lead to their loss of property, and their own stockholders should sue them for not following their fiduciary responsability.
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The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) (20 U.S.C. 1232g; 34 CFR Part 99) is a Federal law that protects the privacy of student education records. The law applies to all schools that receive funds under an applicable program of the U.S. Department of Education.
FERPA gives parents certain rights with respect to their children's education records. These rights transfer to the student when he or she reaches the age of 18 or attends a school beyond the high school level. Students to whom the rights have transferred are "eligible students."
Parents or eligible students have the right to inspect and review the student's education records maintained by the school. Schools are not required to provide copies of records unless, for reasons such as great distance, it is impossible for parents or eligible students to review the records. Schools may charge a fee for copies.
"
also...
TITLE 18 > PART I > CHAPTER 121 > 2701
(the good bits)
2701. Unlawful access to stored communications
(a) Offense.-- Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section whoever--
(2) intentionally exceeds an authorization to access that facility;
(2) in any other case--
(A) a fine under this title or imprisonment for not more than 1 year or both, in the case of a first offense under this paragraph; and
(HOWEVER...)
(c) Exceptions.-- Subsection (a) of this section does not apply with respect to conduct authorized--
(2) by a user of that service with respect to a communication of or intended for that user; or
It seems the law I was thinking of applys only to government agencies. So it would depend on if the school recieved funds from particular government programs. But, what they did probably wasn't illegal, or at least I doubt they would be convicted.
"Metheny also noted that individuals could only access their own personal admissions responses--not those of other applicants."
I'd suggest you try Half-Life 2 then. The physics model is like your own little science lab.
At one point you have to weigh down one end of a plank with cinder-blocks in order for the other end to support you.
I used to hate trying to parrellell park (can't even spell it!) in reality, but after practicing with manuvering the dune buggy in Half-Life 2 my vehicle steering skills have improved so I can do it easily.
you can also be creative in acheving the goals of the game. At one point you have to disable an electronic gate, instead of killing the guards, and fighting my way to the switch, I sniped a wooden block holding a generator trailer in place, so it rolled away, then drove at high speed through the gate without killing anyone.
A better simulation of the real world means video game skills can translate into real skills.
An attorney I know had an ex-client register a website in his name, basically to defame him
(same fellow also has another web site against another laywer, the local phone company, and a charity that's he's under investigation for. my laywer friend quit representing him after he vandalized the prosecutors office, forged documents from a witness who appeared in court saying the documents were false, possessed forgery specific equipment, and raped my laywer friends wife.)
I'm a tech guy, and he's a law guy, but neighter of us know the best way to ask the hosting provider to kill the site, and/or get control of the domain name (it's www.firstnamelastname.com)
no details for obvious reasons, any suggestions on handling this kind of thing?
Sounds like I good idea: write a program that whenever it's probed by a zombie, returns the probe with a LAND attack.
also serve a single web page, stating "LAND vulnerablity test server: to test you machine for vulnerability, open a connection to port XXX at this IP."
SCO would probably sue them for $2 billion in Slander/Libel damages if they printed that SCO dosn't own jack squat.
...and how many HDTV sets are produced by american companies and in america?
what if an american company wanted to make HDTV sets for Export?
lost jobs, lost tax dollars, and loss of freedom.
Hopefully this will allow more open technologies, like SVG to get a better hold.
Squidi is gonna sue their asses.
or 'Spamming'
packet from a common worm? main CPU never sees it.
ping? main CPU never sees it.
heck give it enough scratch ram, and maybe host your main page directly on the NIC.
I stopped using Blockbuster when they started harrasing me for over $30 in late fees for a movie that I had returned on time. in fact I returned it less than 4 hours after renting it...
But then I'm local the Scarecrow Video, who stock damn near every movie ever committed to tape.
Can a member of a class object against the class?
recall folks buying tickets to Wing Commander, just to see the trailer for the new Star Wars movie?
But, if you start saying "So, lets kill tribe A."; you'll generally have more problems.
*cough* Republican *cough* /flamebait
Perhaps people should avoid sorting information about political groups in their own country...
It was in the United States' military interest to have an amiable relationship with Turkey... Kind of like China having 'Most Favored' trading status.
Just because a politican says something, dosn't make it true. In fact, the more they say it, the less likely it is true.
This is the news.
Mother, Sister, or Aunt?
Perhaps if they crashed airplanes into farmhouses in the Midwest.
People in large cities voted overwhelmingly for Kerry, the rural folks, who are NOT in harms way, and the older/richer people who would NEVER be drafted, voted for Bush.
My word for that is Cowardice.
I clicked the ad for Doom 3 that appeared with this article, and spotted this in the readme for the download...
... Why should you need Admin/root style access to play a game?, Does DirectX require it?, or is iD doing something retarded?
D. Admin Rights Needed To Load and Play On Windows(r) 2000 or XP
If you are running Windows(r) 2000 or Windows(r) XP, you must have Administrator rights to properly install and play the game.
One of the biggest security 'Don'ts' is to run applications without access restrictions.
You are SO going to Hell, Express Ticket.
/. wipes your comment text if you typed it to fast or to slow, super-lame)
(I hate how
The owner of a Trademark is required to enforce it in a timely manner, and if it's not defended, it is lost. The plantiff has a legal responsability to mitigate the damages.
As an example, you you cut yourself on the hand on a sharp object in a store, but then don't take care of the wound, and it gets infected, and they end up having to amputate your hand, the store is not responsible for the loss of your hand.
The defendants should be able to point out to the Judge that the holder of a Patent took absolutly no action to prevent their so-call 'damages', were not dilligent in protecting their assets, did not notify the defendants in any way that they were potentially infringing, and therefore are wholly responsible for the result.
A preceedent exists in Common Law, called an 'easement'. For example, if a neighbors driveway cut across the corner of your property for the last 20 years, and it's the only way to their garage, you cannot build a fence to stop them from accessing their own property. If you allow someone to access your property long enough, you lose the right to bar them from it.
If the Plainiffs can show that they atteptment to enforce the patent prior to this then they should have a case, if not, it is clearly their own negligence that lead to their loss of property, and their own stockholders should sue them for not following their fiduciary responsability.
EQ2's target market, as stated by Sony, is People who tried EQ1, and left.
It's a different game.