Some legislators don't really care about Constitutionality. Such as Nancy Pelosi, who when asked where the Constitution gave Congress the power, simply asked if the reporter was serious, and moved on. It's on youtube, etc.
I would have to cede the oil vs. trees point. BP was legally drilling though...
OTOH, to me... negligence would be a big issue in there, and would cause culpability on BP and other companies that may have also been negligent. And also those that were supposed to be regulating, it seems they were negligent, too.
Maybe we should make BP pay and make the government/regulatory body actually change, not just rename itself. Oh, and at least fire anyone that was accepting bribes or whatever else. And also at least fire those giving the bribes. Somehow, I doubt all that will happen, unfortunately.
So, on one hand, I agree with you. What you imply you want to see seems "fair" in an idealistic way.
On the other hand, this is a lot more confusing. Let's say you own a hotel on a beach, but I own the property between you and the beach. I decide I like trees, so I plant some. They grow. They ruin your hotel's view of the beach.
Can you sue me for the next X years of losses because of people who don't come to your hotel because it now lacks a view?
I assume you'll probably say "no." If you say "yes," I'd have to ask - since when is it illegal for me to plant trees on my own property!
If you say "no," then clearly this is a muddled affair that requires a lot of thought. BP may have been negligent, so there is that to consider - my example was not criminal in any way, that I know of.
Even more muddled: what about street cleaners that are now out of work because the hotels are less busy and thus the tourists have made fewer messes? Just how many paths are we going to go down? I mean, eventually, 50% of the US could claim indirect monetary losses...
note: 50% figure pulled out of hat along with white rabbit.
But it seems like the reference implemenntations end up being marketed and the full spec is finalized much after the reference has essentially been adopted. Hopefully, the reference was correct...
I can't think of any open source project where it was completely community designed/programmed from the beginning. Most communities don't care enough to do that, bicker too much to do that, would have way too many different ideas to do that, etc.
I can be corrected, of course... but aren't most open-source projects started with just a couple people?
This isn't a symptom of closed or open development model. This is a symptom of young, inexperienced programmers who, frankly, it seems don't really even care about the security holes as much. Sounds kinda like Facebook?
Shocking, I know, but most young people don't care about security or privacy holes. Until something bad happens, of course.
Maybe the "community" could have helped, but I didn't see any highly experienced and wise open source programmers begging to spend their time (for free) programming this... I'd assume most of them have other things on their list of things to do, and an even longer list of things they want to do eventually. Diaspora, a Facebook-ish application that appeals to young people, probably isn't high on either of those lists:)
I live in a rural area about 10 minutes from a commuter town which is about 20 minutes from a city of a ~1mil... my broadband is pretty bad. It's line of sight wireless and it's $70/mo for 512k/256k (384 down for $50).
I'm not complaining, I do know where I live and I knew the limitations. But the "pft, move to town, stupid" argument only works if people are not convinced that it's their "right" to have broadband access. With all the recent talk about broadband being like electricity and how we should give everyone access to affordable broadband, etc... I'm not convinced that people realize there are still tradeoffs in life.
It's somewhat similar to health care, too. You don't want to pay for my broadband services due to MY choice of where I live. I don't want to pay for your unhealthy eating habits due to YOUR choice of what you eat.
Of course, there are exceptions all over the place, but you know.
And by the way, us rural folks don't always appreciate those city folks that go live in the "country"... and then build their multi-million dollar homes with huge lawns (and deep wells to water their huge lawns which they pay gardeners to cut and take away the clippings, as opposed to like... raising, I don't know, animals on it...), buy tons of land to do nothing with, etc. But then again, it's a free country, and I'm glad they are just as free to do that as I am to live on it.
Unless, of course, the EPA gets involved because there's an endangered frog that lives on your property.;)
This is basically exactly my situation. I use Ubuntu 10.04 on two laptops (work laptop and a home laptop I use just for listening to music and playing DVDs or even youtube/hulu). I have Win 7 at home for my don't-work-on-Linux programs like Sibelius, Oblivion, LOTRO (Elendilmir), Age of Empires, Reaper, and a few other programs.
I have to be fair though: Ubuntu 10.04 is the first Linux distro I've tried (and I've tried a lot...) that my wife said it was sufficiently easy to use that she felt moderately comfortable using it for web browsing and stuff.
Except for one thing: wireless configuration. In order to connect to my hidden home network, it prompts for the root password. It also occasionally flips out and disconnects every 5-10 minutes or so. Sigh. Older card, so probably the driver won't be worked on much either...
So video games affect our brains but violent video games don't.
I hope Slashdot responds with the same correlation != causation responses that accompany any "violent video games cause insert something here" claims...:)
Unless I can be shown where this actually IS proven causation...
define: zero day
Pertaining to the day on which software is released; New; as yet unpatched
So it sounds like zero day means that it was present in the unpatched version?
That said, the summary says nothing about patched vs. unpatched. There would be a great outcry if a vulnerability in Linux/OSS was exploited, even though that vulnerability was already patched, and the summary failed to mention that the only reason it was exploited was because the system was NOT patched...
Yeah... I also have two other laptops and my desktop in the house, so I don't need the battery. And I'm cheap... so I just leave it sitting near my living room soundsystem, plugged in, and use it to watch movies, surf, etc.
I'm not sure this is meant to be an iPad killer... it's meant to give you the option of using your laptop(/netbook) like a tablet if you want to do so.
And iPad cannot be used as a laptop, even if you want to do so.
It would not be much of a shock if the battery life of a netbook is about the same as other netbooks, nor much of a shock if the weight of a netbook is heavier than that of a big iPhone:)
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She could have said that just as easily, then ;)
Your AV doesn't check your e-mail/downloads automatically?
Yes...
Some legislators don't really care about Constitutionality. Such as Nancy Pelosi, who when asked where the Constitution gave Congress the power, simply asked if the reporter was serious, and moved on. It's on youtube, etc.
Actually you can't even ruin the view from someone's house without risking being brought to civil court
Individuals should be allowed to do this, in a civil court... which is where you are supposed to take civil disputes, not criminal activity, right?
Companies should not be allowed to steamroll the civil court to get the citizen to do what it wants.
I don't know enough about the courts to know if the above two things are actually the way it works, though.
I would have to cede the oil vs. trees point. BP was legally drilling though...
OTOH, to me ... negligence would be a big issue in there, and would cause culpability on BP and other companies that may have also been negligent. And also those that were supposed to be regulating, it seems they were negligent, too.
Maybe we should make BP pay and make the government/regulatory body actually change, not just rename itself. Oh, and at least fire anyone that was accepting bribes or whatever else. And also at least fire those giving the bribes. Somehow, I doubt all that will happen, unfortunately.
So, on one hand, I agree with you. What you imply you want to see seems "fair" in an idealistic way.
On the other hand, this is a lot more confusing. Let's say you own a hotel on a beach, but I own the property between you and the beach. I decide I like trees, so I plant some. They grow. They ruin your hotel's view of the beach.
Can you sue me for the next X years of losses because of people who don't come to your hotel because it now lacks a view?
I assume you'll probably say "no." If you say "yes," I'd have to ask - since when is it illegal for me to plant trees on my own property!
If you say "no," then clearly this is a muddled affair that requires a lot of thought. BP may have been negligent, so there is that to consider - my example was not criminal in any way, that I know of.
Even more muddled: what about street cleaners that are now out of work because the hotels are less busy and thus the tourists have made fewer messes? Just how many paths are we going to go down? I mean, eventually, 50% of the US could claim indirect monetary losses...
note: 50% figure pulled out of hat along with white rabbit.
Clearly, minesweeper is a big security hole. ;)
I understand the idea of a reference...
But it seems like the reference implemenntations end up being marketed and the full spec is finalized much after the reference has essentially been adopted. Hopefully, the reference was correct...
I may just have an idealistic view, though. :)
I couldn't find a permanent google link, but here's a youtube video. :)
Implementing stuff before the spec is finalized. That just seems weird. :P :)
I can't think of any open source project where it was completely community designed/programmed from the beginning. Most communities don't care enough to do that, bicker too much to do that, would have way too many different ideas to do that, etc.
I can be corrected, of course... but aren't most open-source projects started with just a couple people?
This isn't a symptom of closed or open development model. This is a symptom of young, inexperienced programmers who, frankly, it seems don't really even care about the security holes as much. Sounds kinda like Facebook?
Shocking, I know, but most young people don't care about security or privacy holes. Until something bad happens, of course.
Maybe the "community" could have helped, but I didn't see any highly experienced and wise open source programmers begging to spend their time (for free) programming this... I'd assume most of them have other things on their list of things to do, and an even longer list of things they want to do eventually. Diaspora, a Facebook-ish application that appeals to young people, probably isn't high on either of those lists :)
hehe, yeah I hate it when the horse gets in front of my cart. :P :)
except the city customer subsidies your connection. A lot.
Hmmm. How? I pay more than my DSL-equivalent in the city...
... like health care.
I live in a rural area about 10 minutes from a commuter town which is about 20 minutes from a city of a ~1mil... my broadband is pretty bad. It's line of sight wireless and it's $70/mo for 512k/256k (384 down for $50).
I'm not complaining, I do know where I live and I knew the limitations. But the "pft, move to town, stupid" argument only works if people are not convinced that it's their "right" to have broadband access. With all the recent talk about broadband being like electricity and how we should give everyone access to affordable broadband, etc... I'm not convinced that people realize there are still tradeoffs in life.
It's somewhat similar to health care, too. You don't want to pay for my broadband services due to MY choice of where I live. I don't want to pay for your unhealthy eating habits due to YOUR choice of what you eat.
Of course, there are exceptions all over the place, but you know.
And by the way, us rural folks don't always appreciate those city folks that go live in the "country" ... and then build their multi-million dollar homes with huge lawns (and deep wells to water their huge lawns which they pay gardeners to cut and take away the clippings, as opposed to like ... raising, I don't know, animals on it ...), buy tons of land to do nothing with, etc. But then again, it's a free country, and I'm glad they are just as free to do that as I am to live on it.
Unless, of course, the EPA gets involved because there's an endangered frog that lives on your property. ;)
Was the distance measured by roads, or as-the-crow-flies?
That does not make my statement false. I did note the time. I figured it'd still be worth mentioning...
What I actually didn't notice was the thread starting post. Oops.
I'm looking at it right now, there's a big Download link in the top right...
This is basically exactly my situation. I use Ubuntu 10.04 on two laptops (work laptop and a home laptop I use just for listening to music and playing DVDs or even youtube/hulu). I have Win 7 at home for my don't-work-on-Linux programs like Sibelius, Oblivion, LOTRO (Elendilmir), Age of Empires, Reaper, and a few other programs.
I have to be fair though: Ubuntu 10.04 is the first Linux distro I've tried (and I've tried a lot...) that my wife said it was sufficiently easy to use that she felt moderately comfortable using it for web browsing and stuff.
Except for one thing: wireless configuration. In order to connect to my hidden home network, it prompts for the root password. It also occasionally flips out and disconnects every 5-10 minutes or so. Sigh. Older card, so probably the driver won't be worked on much either...
Someone should tell wiktionary.
So video games affect our brains but violent video games don't.
I hope Slashdot responds with the same correlation != causation responses that accompany any "violent video games cause insert something here" claims... :)
Unless I can be shown where this actually IS proven causation...
When not four, 4 is 2 B.
... or maybe ! 2 B.
(zero-day can also mean an unpatched bug I guess, too. weird.)
define: zero day
Pertaining to the day on which software is released; New; as yet unpatched
So it sounds like zero day means that it was present in the unpatched version?
That said, the summary says nothing about patched vs. unpatched. There would be a great outcry if a vulnerability in Linux/OSS was exploited, even though that vulnerability was already patched, and the summary failed to mention that the only reason it was exploited was because the system was NOT patched...
Yeah... I also have two other laptops and my desktop in the house, so I don't need the battery. And I'm cheap... so I just leave it sitting near my living room soundsystem, plugged in, and use it to watch movies, surf, etc.
I'm not sure this is meant to be an iPad killer... it's meant to give you the option of using your laptop(/netbook) like a tablet if you want to do so.
And iPad cannot be used as a laptop, even if you want to do so.
It would not be much of a shock if the battery life of a netbook is about the same as other netbooks, nor much of a shock if the weight of a netbook is heavier than that of a big iPhone :)