First of all metering has nothing to do with net neutrality. Secondly, the ISPs are perfectly well equipped to do it but they know that any such move will be unpopular with customers and their rivals would have a field day.
Have you actually tried hiring a $100 contractor to do a $15,000 site? You may find the occasional bargain, but the more experienced that use elance rarely take the lowest bid. The work produced is garbage. Pay $29.99 for a web site and you will get a $29.99 web site.
There is still PLENTY of web work out there. The trick is to make yourself efficient with your chosen language, tools and libraries so you can turn around hence make a good profit.
As for doing supply chain management, YAWN. What a dull job. It's well paid but, according to the people I know that do it, soul destroying.
You need to limit your career, it's called giving it direction. If you are any good then you will find work in which-ever language you choose, unless it is really obscure. If you are a talentless VB monkey then moving to C# and.NET may be considered a step up.
I am with the poster, I will never ever touch.NET. Microsofties have been saying VB (or its latest incarnation.NET) will kill all the other languages for decades. Still hasn't happened and it won't. It is ok for SME owners wanting to put a nice GUI on their Access database, but real software engineers do not get held hostage unnecessarily by a monopolist. For web based apps, look at PHP and Python, possibly Ruby.
It was a joke. Everybody but you and the judge knows it is a joke. And you are both retarded. It would be a pretty prima donna terrorist that would say "I will blow up the airport, but only if my flight is delayed or cancelled this weekend". The district judge Jonathan Bennett has obviously poorly qualified counselors advising him as he really messed things up on this one.
I agree with MoonBuggy, "Our system is slightly less broken that yours" is not a bragging right. Both nations can be justifiably proud a system that has had excellent human rights and freedom of speech, both of which have been eroded by the past couple of governments. The time is now to correct the downwards trend.
I don't know about the USA, but in general in the UK obstruction of justice is frowned upon. If you deliberately wipe your hard drive to erase evidence you will probably get punished. If you have data on an encrypted volume and refuse to hand over the key, you will go to jail for a long time even if you have done nothing wrong.
1. One of the purposes of handing down a sentence is as a deterrent to others, so the "making an example" is easier if there is a lot of coverage. This can also work against somebody rich or famous, as sometimes the courts will want to make an example that nobody is "above the law". An Olympic athlete failing getting caught for a drug offense may well get a harsher sentence, for example.
2. As mentioned elsewhere, the sentence was for obstruction of justice and not for accessing the email. However, certainly the impact makes a difference. For instance if you hack your neighbours email and get reported then you may get a slap on the wrists. Unless you happen to be a stalker with a restraining order, in which case it may be taken much more seriously. In general, there will probably be a general punishment for the computer misuse, along with another separate punishment for whatever caused the "impact" (invasion of privacy, blackmail, harassment, etc).
Or overly harsh penalties for non-violent crimes in general. In general, putting people in jail serves three purposes, (a) to protect the public from this person, (b) teach the person a lesson, and (c) serve as a deterrent to others. If it is a crime where the perpetrator is actually pretty low-risk to the public, it seems to make sense to examine how we can adjust (b) and (c) appropriately because sending people to jail tends to turn them into institutionalised criminals (not to mention becoming a burden on the tax payer).
The question is, what is the best way they can "pay back" their debt to society, whilst serving as a lesson to others. It seems to me Community Service, doing litter picking etc, along with a criminal record is going along the right lines. When it appears that a rapist is serving less time than somebody that has downloaded a few tunes for private enjoyment, then it is clear some form of reform is needed.
The title had my hopes up that the result of the Boughton-Under-Blean council by-election was in. With the LibDem promise to increase bin collections to once a week, there is a real risk of a shock result. However, the Labour incumbent promises to reinstate the Faversham flower show and he may well buy the election with this flagant abuse of tax-payers money. How soon voters forget the scandal of the last show, where Mrs Miggins was rumoured to have put steroids in her compost to produce her prize winning marrow.
And all I get is people yammering about "Republicans", which I presume is something to do with the Americans. They seem awfully excited about it, looking at the number of comments. Rum show.
I don't know if they still do it, but when I was in London the newspapers were stacked next to a coin bin. This way a busy commuter can just pick up the paper and would be expected to throw the appropriate amount in. Seemed to be doing ok when I was there.
Do I think WebM will be better able to defend itself against patent trolls just because Google has an army of lawyers and money in the bank?
Um... yes? Plus the due diligence they did to ensure it was not infringing before they bought it.
As far as I am concerned, this planet may not be habitable after an asteroid hits until it gets tested. However, if you are going to live your life in fear then you will never get anything done.
I agree with Google that the recording and playing back of moving images and sound is too fundamental to society and to the web to put a toll gate in front of.
The best I've found so far is gqueues. It integrates into Gmail and is simple with drag and drop. Other interesting ones are Thinking Rock (desktop app), php-gtd and gtdify, there is a new one coming out Nirvana. None of them are really what I am looking for though, they all miss something (clean interface, can add attachments, inter-task dependencies, drag and drop between unlimited sub-folders, etc).
1) Attracting a redneck fundamentalist middle-American crowd may require a slightly less subtle journalistic bent than a mainly University educated and/or atheist Slashdot crowd. If they try applying the same journalistic standards then they will die the same death as Digg. 2) There may well be US haters here on Slashdot, but many of them are in the US. The second largest readership is Europe and we have enough of our own problems to worry about. Though the UK is also famous for running down its own government, not matter how well or badly they do.
There is a difference between whistle-blowing, and full transparency. The former is internal, and can help stop systematic abuses. The latter gives the enemy more information which can be turned against us. The military could use more transparency for contracts, budgets, etc, but ground operations?
Let me rephrase: the crazy people that are going to blow themselves up may use this as an excuse instead of the other one they were going to use anyway.
Not sure why you are abusing clarkkent09, what he said is perfectly reasonable. Having spoken to some Brits that served in Kosovo, I don't think the general public really do want to know the gory details of each and every atrocity. It's not very beneficial for anyone.
As for war being sanitised over a decade, try adding a couple of extra thousand years on that. Go to any museum, or read any ancient literature, and it tends to be filled with glorious battles with victors sitting proud on their horses with all the troops 100% behind them. Hardly the case, was it?
If the American people think they can occupy an entire sovereign nation, with insurgents, agitators from neighbouring countries, etc, without a single accident happening then they have to be pretty retarded. But they don't, only you.
Funny you should say that, the UK are trying to extradite a KGB assassin at the moment. Though he is just giving us the two fingers, as Russia are condoning it.
You say that pointing out the bad things that happen in war is wrong because in war they are inevitable, well they are not.
But they are. Or do you think we deliberately shoot down our own planes, or crash our own helicopters?
The real issue is that the war was illegal, injustified (unless lies are currently a justification for anything), and in direct violation of international law.
When you grow up, you will find that when it comes to a last resort like war there is no such thing as legal or illegal.
Even enemy soldiers getting killed is a tragedy and worth speaking up about
Your only sensible statement.
Also, the idea that you should silence the critics of war in order to have a rational debate about atrocities committed is absurd, I hope you realise this.
Unfortunately it is the case in an ongoing war. I am not going to debate the rights and wrong of this, simply point out it has been going on for thousands of years. Even the Romans needed propaganda to keep support for their campaigns abroad.
The problem is even worse today, when we place so much value on a single life and information can spread globally in an instant. It can distort the bigger picture. Hell, in the UK the papers went crazy recently over a cat being put in a dustbin.
The fact is we want people to defend our country and our interests, but we really don't want to know the dirty details of how its done. Half the people reading this probably buy meat in the supermarket but wouldn't know how to slaughter a calf. We hire people to do a tough job and protect us from the messy side of things. We start putting them unfairly under the microscope and it will make their job tougher.
Of course if the leaks show systematic abuse then this needs to be dealt with. Otherwise let's recognise the situations in context, and as you say have a rational debate.
Your post doesn't make any sense. Invading Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11. The invasion due to WMD was already a UN passed motion. There were a number of pre-requisites for halting the first Gulf War, one of which was weapons inspections for WMD. Saddam pretended to have an arsenal of nuclear and chemical WMD and refused to let in inspectors in contravention of the ceasefire agreement. The French and Russians were owed billions in arms sales, which would be written off if Saddam was deposed, so they nixed the fulfilling of the resolution by using the veto. The war wasn't illegitimate in the UK as it was passed by parliament. Not in the US as far as I know. So they did what they thought they had to do.
If the States had helped us out in Europe earlier we could have saved hundreds of thousands of lives. Instead they sat back and did nothing, well until the war was already practically over for us, then did a little mopping up at the end for which they tried to claim an inordinate amount of credit.
If we'd sat back and let Hitler take over then a lot of people would still be alive today. Instead there was carnage all over Europe. Afterward, Germany went through a terrible depression. As did some other countries. We only paid off our debt to the States a few years ago for the war loans, and Germany has only just paid off its war debts in the past year or so.
The point is we won't know if things will turn out for the better for maybe 10-20 years. The key thing is keeping the disruptive outside influences out so that the Iraqi people can determine their own future. The new government will make mistakes, it's inevitable, but at least they now have the chance to truly shape how their country develops.
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First of all metering has nothing to do with net neutrality. Secondly, the ISPs are perfectly well equipped to do it but they know that any such move will be unpopular with customers and their rivals would have a field day.
Phillip.
Have you actually tried hiring a $100 contractor to do a $15,000 site? You may find the occasional bargain, but the more experienced that use elance rarely take the lowest bid. The work produced is garbage. Pay $29.99 for a web site and you will get a $29.99 web site.
There is still PLENTY of web work out there. The trick is to make yourself efficient with your chosen language, tools and libraries so you can turn around hence make a good profit.
As for doing supply chain management, YAWN. What a dull job. It's well paid but, according to the people I know that do it, soul destroying.
Phillip.
You need to limit your career, it's called giving it direction. If you are any good then you will find work in which-ever language you choose, unless it is really obscure. If you are a talentless VB monkey then moving to C# and .NET may be considered a step up.
Phillip.
I am with the poster, I will never ever touch .NET. Microsofties have been saying VB (or its latest incarnation .NET) will kill all the other languages for decades. Still hasn't happened and it won't. It is ok for SME owners wanting to put a nice GUI on their Access database, but real software engineers do not get held hostage unnecessarily by a monopolist. For web based apps, look at PHP and Python, possibly Ruby.
Phillip.
It was a joke. Everybody but you and the judge knows it is a joke. And you are both retarded. It would be a pretty prima donna terrorist that would say "I will blow up the airport, but only if my flight is delayed or cancelled this weekend". The district judge Jonathan Bennett has obviously poorly qualified counselors advising him as he really messed things up on this one.
Phillip.
I agree with MoonBuggy, "Our system is slightly less broken that yours" is not a bragging right. Both nations can be justifiably proud a system that has had excellent human rights and freedom of speech, both of which have been eroded by the past couple of governments. The time is now to correct the downwards trend.
Phillip.
Read the threads above, he wasn't thrown in jail for computer trespass.
Phillip.
I don't know about the USA, but in general in the UK obstruction of justice is frowned upon. If you deliberately wipe your hard drive to erase evidence you will probably get punished. If you have data on an encrypted volume and refuse to hand over the key, you will go to jail for a long time even if you have done nothing wrong.
Phillip.
1. One of the purposes of handing down a sentence is as a deterrent to others, so the "making an example" is easier if there is a lot of coverage. This can also work against somebody rich or famous, as sometimes the courts will want to make an example that nobody is "above the law". An Olympic athlete failing getting caught for a drug offense may well get a harsher sentence, for example.
2. As mentioned elsewhere, the sentence was for obstruction of justice and not for accessing the email. However, certainly the impact makes a difference. For instance if you hack your neighbours email and get reported then you may get a slap on the wrists. Unless you happen to be a stalker with a restraining order, in which case it may be taken much more seriously. In general, there will probably be a general punishment for the computer misuse, along with another separate punishment for whatever caused the "impact" (invasion of privacy, blackmail, harassment, etc).
Phillip.
Or overly harsh penalties for non-violent crimes in general. In general, putting people in jail serves three purposes, (a) to protect the public from this person, (b) teach the person a lesson, and (c) serve as a deterrent to others. If it is a crime where the perpetrator is actually pretty low-risk to the public, it seems to make sense to examine how we can adjust (b) and (c) appropriately because sending people to jail tends to turn them into institutionalised criminals (not to mention becoming a burden on the tax payer).
The question is, what is the best way they can "pay back" their debt to society, whilst serving as a lesson to others. It seems to me Community Service, doing litter picking etc, along with a criminal record is going along the right lines. When it appears that a rapist is serving less time than somebody that has downloaded a few tunes for private enjoyment, then it is clear some form of reform is needed.
Phillip.
The title had my hopes up that the result of the Boughton-Under-Blean council by-election was in. With the LibDem promise to increase bin collections to once a week, there is a real risk of a shock result. However, the Labour incumbent promises to reinstate the Faversham flower show and he may well buy the election with this flagant abuse of tax-payers money. How soon voters forget the scandal of the last show, where Mrs Miggins was rumoured to have put steroids in her compost to produce her prize winning marrow.
And all I get is people yammering about "Republicans", which I presume is something to do with the Americans. They seem awfully excited about it, looking at the number of comments. Rum show.
Phillip.
I don't know if they still do it, but when I was in London the newspapers were stacked next to a coin bin. This way a busy commuter can just pick up the paper and would be expected to throw the appropriate amount in. Seemed to be doing ok when I was there.
Phillip.
He has a mailing list of 105,000 gullible customers, who will pay money when they can get a superior product for free elsewhere.
That list alone must have some value!
Phillip.
Do I think WebM will be better able to defend itself against patent trolls just because Google has an army of lawyers and money in the bank?
Um... yes? Plus the due diligence they did to ensure it was not infringing before they bought it.
As far as I am concerned, this planet may not be habitable after an asteroid hits until it gets tested. However, if you are going to live your life in fear then you will never get anything done.
I agree with Google that the recording and playing back of moving images and sound is too fundamental to society and to the web to put a toll gate in front of.
Phillip.
The best I've found so far is gqueues. It integrates into Gmail and is simple with drag and drop. Other interesting ones are Thinking Rock (desktop app), php-gtd and gtdify, there is a new one coming out Nirvana. None of them are really what I am looking for though, they all miss something (clean interface, can add attachments, inter-task dependencies, drag and drop between unlimited sub-folders, etc).
Phillip.
1) Attracting a redneck fundamentalist middle-American crowd may require a slightly less subtle journalistic bent than a mainly University educated and/or atheist Slashdot crowd. If they try applying the same journalistic standards then they will die the same death as Digg.
2) There may well be US haters here on Slashdot, but many of them are in the US. The second largest readership is Europe and we have enough of our own problems to worry about. Though the UK is also famous for running down its own government, not matter how well or badly they do.
Phillip.
Real old-school, like back in September 2010.
There is a difference between whistle-blowing, and full transparency. The former is internal, and can help stop systematic abuses. The latter gives the enemy more information which can be turned against us. The military could use more transparency for contracts, budgets, etc, but ground operations?
Phillip.
Er I think you are confused between "wasn't such a coward" and "was a dictator"? Or is due legal process an inconvenience?
Phillip.
Let me rephrase: the crazy people that are going to blow themselves up may use this as an excuse instead of the other one they were going to use anyway.
Phillip.
Not sure why you are abusing clarkkent09, what he said is perfectly reasonable. Having spoken to some Brits that served in Kosovo, I don't think the general public really do want to know the gory details of each and every atrocity. It's not very beneficial for anyone.
As for war being sanitised over a decade, try adding a couple of extra thousand years on that. Go to any museum, or read any ancient literature, and it tends to be filled with glorious battles with victors sitting proud on their horses with all the troops 100% behind them. Hardly the case, was it?
If the American people think they can occupy an entire sovereign nation, with insurgents, agitators from neighbouring countries, etc, without a single accident happening then they have to be pretty retarded. But they don't, only you.
Phillip.
Funny you should say that, the UK are trying to extradite a KGB assassin at the moment. Though he is just giving us the two fingers, as Russia are condoning it.
Phillip.
One of the best incoherent posts I've read. Lots of interesting ideas, lots of sense, could be structured into rather a good article.
Phillip.
You say that pointing out the bad things that happen in war is wrong because in war they are inevitable, well they are not.
But they are. Or do you think we deliberately shoot down our own planes, or crash our own helicopters?
The real issue is that the war was illegal, injustified (unless lies are currently a justification for anything), and in direct violation of international law.
When you grow up, you will find that when it comes to a last resort like war there is no such thing as legal or illegal.
Even enemy soldiers getting killed is a tragedy and worth speaking up about
Your only sensible statement.
Also, the idea that you should silence the critics of war in order to have a rational debate about atrocities committed is absurd, I hope you realise this.
Unfortunately it is the case in an ongoing war. I am not going to debate the rights and wrong of this, simply point out it has been going on for thousands of years. Even the Romans needed propaganda to keep support for their campaigns abroad.
The problem is even worse today, when we place so much value on a single life and information can spread globally in an instant. It can distort the bigger picture. Hell, in the UK the papers went crazy recently over a cat being put in a dustbin.
The fact is we want people to defend our country and our interests, but we really don't want to know the dirty details of how its done. Half the people reading this probably buy meat in the supermarket but wouldn't know how to slaughter a calf. We hire people to do a tough job and protect us from the messy side of things. We start putting them unfairly under the microscope and it will make their job tougher.
Of course if the leaks show systematic abuse then this needs to be dealt with. Otherwise let's recognise the situations in context, and as you say have a rational debate.
Phillip.
Your post doesn't make any sense. Invading Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11. The invasion due to WMD was already a UN passed motion. There were a number of pre-requisites for halting the first Gulf War, one of which was weapons inspections for WMD. Saddam pretended to have an arsenal of nuclear and chemical WMD and refused to let in inspectors in contravention of the ceasefire agreement. The French and Russians were owed billions in arms sales, which would be written off if Saddam was deposed, so they nixed the fulfilling of the resolution by using the veto. The war wasn't illegitimate in the UK as it was passed by parliament. Not in the US as far as I know. So they did what they thought they had to do.
Phillip.
If the States had helped us out in Europe earlier we could have saved hundreds of thousands of lives. Instead they sat back and did nothing, well until the war was already practically over for us, then did a little mopping up at the end for which they tried to claim an inordinate amount of credit.
If we'd sat back and let Hitler take over then a lot of people would still be alive today. Instead there was carnage all over Europe. Afterward, Germany went through a terrible depression. As did some other countries. We only paid off our debt to the States a few years ago for the war loans, and Germany has only just paid off its war debts in the past year or so.
The point is we won't know if things will turn out for the better for maybe 10-20 years. The key thing is keeping the disruptive outside influences out so that the Iraqi people can determine their own future. The new government will make mistakes, it's inevitable, but at least they now have the chance to truly shape how their country develops.
Phillip.