slashdot is the only blog I have ever subscribed to, and I only did that because a good friend of mine pointed me to it. I am now wondering if all blogs are set up like this one. I mean, do they all give points for interesting posts, and take away points for stupid posts?
For people who have a hard time getting their point accross, (like me) I wonder if there are any other blogs out there that offer a little better service to their subscribers, such as not cutting them out of the picture because some "Balls-Gone" modifier didn't get what the person said about this "Stuff That Matters".
I haven't really found another blog to get info on, and this one seems to dupe as often as the fucking traveling circus.
Can anyone help a brother out?
Proving my point like this, is about the same as slashdot headlining about blogs, isn't it?
Does this sound like the actions of a free country to any of you? I was under the impression that they got some sort of independance here recently. Am I wrong?
I guess this could be a valid attempt to keep the people calm in reguards to the most recent debate with Korea.
The Bill sets out a number of purposes for the Card and the Register. Some are more open-ended than others. For example, the scheme is described as "a convenient method for such individuals to prove registrable facts about themselves to others". The Bill also says that the card scheme will allow "the provision of a secure and reliable method for registrable facts about such individuals to be ascertained or verified wherever that is necessary in the public interest."
"Public Interest" has a number of dimensions. Clause 1(4) of the Bill defines it as being "in the interests of national security", "for the purposes of the prevention or detection of crime", "for the purposes of the enforcement of immigration controls", "for the purposes of the enforcement of prohibitions on unauthorised working or employment" and "for the purpose of securing the efficient and effective provision of public services."
On the face of it, this definition would imply that the card and the register would be necessary to seek employment, to gain access to health, benefits and other services, and that it would be used by police, security and immigration officers in the course of their functions. However the words "for the purposes of the prevention or detection of crime" could be connected to financial control and money laundering regulations to provide a means by which the ID system can be used for an almost limitless range of purposes. The could include operating a bank account, using professional services such as a solicitor or accountant, applying for a permit or license, internal travel, buying property, stocks or shares, applying for credit or using large amounts of cash.
It is likely that the card and register may ultimately be used to verify entitlement to most if not all public services while the Bill and the Regulatory Impact Assessment paves the way for widespread use by the private sector. The Assessment states that the government will "work closely with private sector organisations to ensure that the [ID card] scheme develops along lines which will meet their business requirements". This means that links and transactions within private sector records are likely to appear alongside the government-held registrable facts associated with an individual.
The Home Office recently stated: "We are proposing to make online checks against the register the norm, except in those low risk/low value cases where a visual check is judged to be sufficient". Responding to a question of whether libraries and video rental shops might require the card the Home Secretary told the Home Affairs Committee: "Wherever someone is required to prove their identity and those operating that particular service have registered so they can use a reader then that would be fine".
I don't see what all the fuss is about. This would have been very helpful back in the day when they were burning women at the stake for being a witch.
I know chicks don't sit on the toilet seat in public restrooms, they "squat".
Hell, I don't even like touching pay-phones, much less a keyboard.
I wonder if people who really use public terminals would be the same people who would worry about information being observed, or copied. I think if you have this question to ask, then you won't get an answer that will suite you.
...it won't suite you because you're a fregin id10t
You're right. I just think that those numbers are far to small, and should be higher. I was unaware of what actions AARP are taking. Well, good for them. Maybe we won't lose the wisdom of our elders after all.
I mean, the combonation of wisdom and technology is what we are trying for, right guys?
I've heard that everyone that's gone into space, end up getting sick, due to the lack of gravity, and some inner-ear problems. Do any of you guys know if this would apply? I can't remember if it's the space-ship that has been used, and the pure force that it creates, or the gravity thing. You guys are smart, does anyone here know? It'd suck to go into orbit just to watch vomit float.
K'Breel's people know that he's full of shit. He and Bush have been at this for about 15 years. Man-kind and the tendrils of Mars have been swapping planets every 2000 years, for the last 5T-quardants.
It's just another way of trying to get us to turn to the dark side.
Don't trust AOL. This new service is only cool to those that know the whole functionality of it. I think most AOL users do not know the whole functionality of ANYTHING, nor do they care. So surely this is a stunt to try to get half-wit geeks, like myself, to join the dark side. That and all these free AOL CDs.
Off topic, but does anyone remember when the US postal service tried to get a special tax established in order to cover the money they were losing, because of e-mail, and IMing? Then you go into the US Post office, and there they are, the free AOL CDs. It's a 'sham' I tell ya.
I have Windows XP Pro, on a 2003 server. I've updated IE6.0 and keep my computer updated regularly. I also have the new Microsoft pop-up blocker. Also I have the corporate version of Symantec Antivirus. AND I don't look at porn.
The only problem I really have is my karma on Slashdot. I don't know which is worse.
Come on man. This can't die. It doesn't exist like big companies, who live off of money. They exist as a source. That cannot die, because, they are the source.
It's comparable to anyone who works for free. You can't fire them, because they're not really "working". If they could be "killed" they would have never been able to be "born".
No way dude. Didn't you read the article? Man these guys are gunna take over the world. Look here, from TFA:
The power to control the press and the skills contained in this organization are likely capable of disrupting travel, power grids and other broad national infrastructure systems if their demands are not met.
At present, providing enough battery life is a problem. But battery technology is improving all the time, and Mr Bryant does not see it as a major obstacle.
Yeah we can get a shit-load of power. Once we figure out a way that we could get it for more then 25 seconds, and once we get a battery to propell the thing that would weigh less than 700lbs, we'll be in business.
I'm wondering if they accually have a prototype yet, or is all this just on paper? Seems like they'd have more info.
Or do you think it could be a way to get money out of the oil industry? I say that because it seems like they wouldn't tell anyone about it until they worked all the problems out.
...we could just burn our own CDs to listen to in our cars...legally?
I wonder if you brodcast your music, and someone behind you recieves that transmission, could you both be arrested and fined for it? All these different laws are confusing. Can anyone help me out?
Let's just go ahead and build the prison there. We can put the criminals on the moon, and build a resort on Mars. That way, when the rich folks go to Mars, they can pass the moon, and "moon" the convicts.
I think there should just be 2 teams. These 2 teams will try their best to "hack" or do whatever it takes to break down the infostructure of the other company.
...we could do this from any stand-point, be it, by physical violence, handy-dandy computer tatcis, or even by publicity stunts like this one.
Couldn't this be a scam? I mean, her and her boyfirend could just be in it together.
It does bring up a valid point, and many others have commented on it already, but how many girls have let their boyfriends take nude pics of them? I know a few wives, and husbands, but no boyfriend/girlfriends.
They were probably sitting around the house one day after posting the pics, and started thinking, "What if we were broke up? Yahoo wouldn't know. We could sue them."
...long period of silence...
Man suddenly jumps up, "Honey! I've got an idea..."
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For people who have a hard time getting their point accross, (like me) I wonder if there are any other blogs out there that offer a little better service to their subscribers, such as not cutting them out of the picture because some "Balls-Gone" modifier didn't get what the person said about this "Stuff That Matters".
I haven't really found another blog to get info on, and this one seems to dupe as often as the fucking traveling circus.
Can anyone help a brother out?
Proving my point like this, is about the same as slashdot headlining about blogs, isn't it?
...if we get to see old episodes of "The Young Ones"
I guess this could be a valid attempt to keep the people calm in reguards to the most recent debate with Korea.
The Bill sets out a number of purposes for the Card and the Register. Some are more open-ended than others. For example, the scheme is described as "a convenient method for such individuals to prove registrable facts about themselves to others". The Bill also says that the card scheme will allow "the provision of a secure and reliable method for registrable facts about such individuals to be ascertained or verified wherever that is necessary in the public interest." "Public Interest" has a number of dimensions. Clause 1(4) of the Bill defines it as being "in the interests of national security", "for the purposes of the prevention or detection of crime", "for the purposes of the enforcement of immigration controls", "for the purposes of the enforcement of prohibitions on unauthorised working or employment" and "for the purpose of securing the efficient and effective provision of public services." On the face of it, this definition would imply that the card and the register would be necessary to seek employment, to gain access to health, benefits and other services, and that it would be used by police, security and immigration officers in the course of their functions. However the words "for the purposes of the prevention or detection of crime" could be connected to financial control and money laundering regulations to provide a means by which the ID system can be used for an almost limitless range of purposes. The could include operating a bank account, using professional services such as a solicitor or accountant, applying for a permit or license, internal travel, buying property, stocks or shares, applying for credit or using large amounts of cash. It is likely that the card and register may ultimately be used to verify entitlement to most if not all public services while the Bill and the Regulatory Impact Assessment paves the way for widespread use by the private sector. The Assessment states that the government will "work closely with private sector organisations to ensure that the [ID card] scheme develops along lines which will meet their business requirements". This means that links and transactions within private sector records are likely to appear alongside the government-held registrable facts associated with an individual. The Home Office recently stated: "We are proposing to make online checks against the register the norm, except in those low risk/low value cases where a visual check is judged to be sufficient". Responding to a question of whether libraries and video rental shops might require the card the Home Secretary told the Home Affairs Committee: "Wherever someone is required to prove their identity and those operating that particular service have registered so they can use a reader then that would be fine".
I don't see what all the fuss is about. This would have been very helpful back in the day when they were burning women at the stake for being a witch.
Hell, I don't even like touching pay-phones, much less a keyboard.
I wonder if people who really use public terminals would be the same people who would worry about information being observed, or copied. I think if you have this question to ask, then you won't get an answer that will suite you.
...it won't suite you because you're a fregin id10t
I mean, the combonation of wisdom and technology is what we are trying for, right guys?
....guys?
Elder folks need this, but they cannot use computers. When will it end?
I've heard that everyone that's gone into space, end up getting sick, due to the lack of gravity, and some inner-ear problems. Do any of you guys know if this would apply? I can't remember if it's the space-ship that has been used, and the pure force that it creates, or the gravity thing. You guys are smart, does anyone here know? It'd suck to go into orbit just to watch vomit float.
...or help find a cure for slashdotting.
K'Breel's people know that he's full of shit. He and Bush have been at this for about 15 years. Man-kind and the tendrils of Mars have been swapping planets every 2000 years, for the last 5T-quardants.
Either way, AOL going to open-source is like a hunter owning a deer, in my eyes.
Don't trust AOL. This new service is only cool to those that know the whole functionality of it. I think most AOL users do not know the whole functionality of ANYTHING, nor do they care. So surely this is a stunt to try to get half-wit geeks, like myself, to join the dark side. That and all these free AOL CDs.
Off topic, but does anyone remember when the US postal service tried to get a special tax established in order to cover the money they were losing, because of e-mail, and IMing? Then you go into the US Post office, and there they are, the free AOL CDs. It's a 'sham' I tell ya.
yeah, somehow my "SARCASM" tags got removed, along with a little karma, I'm sure...NOBODY gets me.
yeah and what happens when a "bot" gets wiped by the real owner? Do you get your 5 cents back?
I have Windows XP Pro, on a 2003 server. I've updated IE6.0 and keep my computer updated regularly. I also have the new Microsoft pop-up blocker. Also I have the corporate version of Symantec Antivirus. AND I don't look at porn. The only problem I really have is my karma on Slashdot. I don't know which is worse.
heh, they gave you a "redundant" marking! Maybe they'll give me a +5 "informative".
I never saw their slogan, but I bet it isn't "Do no evil".
It's comparable to anyone who works for free. You can't fire them, because they're not really "working". If they could be "killed" they would have never been able to be "born".
What next? A search engine that offers you the ability to overcome your online fears by only searching trusted sites?
This has "Limit me" written all over it
The power to control the press and the skills contained in this organization are likely capable of disrupting travel, power grids and other broad national infrastructure systems if their demands are not met.
Be afraid. Be very afraid.
Yeah we can get a shit-load of power. Once we figure out a way that we could get it for more then 25 seconds, and once we get a battery to propell the thing that would weigh less than 700lbs, we'll be in business.
I'm wondering if they accually have a prototype yet, or is all this just on paper? Seems like they'd have more info.
Or do you think it could be a way to get money out of the oil industry? I say that because it seems like they wouldn't tell anyone about it until they worked all the problems out.
I wonder if you brodcast your music, and someone behind you recieves that transmission, could you both be arrested and fined for it? All these different laws are confusing. Can anyone help me out?
Let's just go ahead and build the prison there. We can put the criminals on the moon, and build a resort on Mars. That way, when the rich folks go to Mars, they can pass the moon, and "moon" the convicts.
I think there should just be 2 teams. These 2 teams will try their best to "hack" or do whatever it takes to break down the infostructure of the other company.
...we could do this from any stand-point, be it, by physical violence, handy-dandy computer tatcis, or even by publicity stunts like this one.
Who do YOU think will win?
It does bring up a valid point, and many others have commented on it already, but how many girls have let their boyfriends take nude pics of them? I know a few wives, and husbands, but no boyfriend/girlfriends.
They were probably sitting around the house one day after posting the pics, and started thinking, "What if we were broke up? Yahoo wouldn't know. We could sue them."
...long period of silence...
Man suddenly jumps up, "Honey! I've got an idea..."