Interesting how they always include the word "people" in anything that is really not of the people. Note these names...
Peoples Republic of China: The formal name of China is supposed to be a republic ran by people. In reality (outside of Hong Kong), the government of China is mostly a corrupt, power-hogging group of politicians.
Supreme People's Procuratorate: The leading prosecutor in China, the name implies that this prosecutor is of and by the people of China. In reality, this prosecutor is nothing more then a judicial puppet for the Chinese Communist Party and their whims.
People's Liberation Army: The main army in China. Of course all armies in the world have had their own share of bad raps and human rights abuses, and the PLA is no different. While the name implies it is for the public good, they are merely the the stick that the Chinese Communist Party uses to enforce their nationalistic laws (along with the police of course). This can be seen in the Tiananmen Square Massacre of 1989. Also evident is the behind-the-scenes labor camps that MANY political dissidents are sent to, and these are rated below even the worst US prisons.
It is no surpise to me how they pepper their press release with things like "toward serving the people " or "maintaining national and public interests." This sounds too earily of 1984:
Is it just me, or is the world forgetting Isaac Asimov's laws of robotics?:
Isaac Asimov's "Three Laws of Robotics"
asimov
1. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
2. A robot must obey orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.
It seems to me that this is a casebook example of such discrase for these laws. We have forgotten what these rules, layed down by father of robotics over half a decade ago. It is sad to see how we have used something like the robot to simply continue the cycle of ever-more expensive and bloody cycle of militery technology, and now with AI to go with it
at my computer, waiting for that inevitable day when, some time in the near or distant future, this things' great-great-great-great grandson will come into my office and shoot me, on its war for earth. Until then, I'll just sit here with my fantasies about a world without such robots...
As a privacy safeguard, no single person or agency will be able to access all contents of
a file. But organizations can raise "red flags" in the dossier to caution other agencies
about problems
And so what if one malicious worker has exclusive rights to view several hundred
children? It doesn't matter if they have access to the whole database or not, even a "small
pecentage" could be several hundred or thousand children. This is a pedaphile's ultimate
dream.
The intention is to protect troubled children, Brouwer said. Until now, schools and
police have been unable to communicate with each other about truancy records and
criminality, which are often linked. "Child protection services will say, 'Hey, there's a
warning flag from the police. There's another one from school. There's another one from the
doctor," Brouwer said. "Something must be going on and it's time to call the parents in for
a meeting."
And how long exactly will these records be kept? Also, this would be a good way to usher
in a country-wide database of this sortfor every citizen. Start with the children, saying
its "for the good of the kids", and then slowly introduce a more inclusive database, which
would go under some other guise. It would seem that a database of children "for their
safety" might be easier to pull of then a citizenry-wide database at first.
Every child will get a Citizens Service Number, making it easier to keep track of
children with problems even when their families move.
This could have good uses, and assuming it was used exactly for the intent
stated, this would be an excellent service. BUT, more often then not, these kinds of things
get abused in some form or another. In every government there is some malicious back-room
government worker who goes below the radar. These kinds of things get abused, and when it is
a child at stake, the risks are even higher.
I wonder how big this thing is going to be. I mean, this is probably going to be the biggest, most bloated office product on the market. I am not knocking its features, but just looking at the system requirements for the previous Office XP, 2003, 2000, etc., this will be one BLOATED office product.
#2) Going into a shady carding IRC channel, telling everyone there that you are an undercover FBI agent, and then saying "you are all dumb! Hack me! HAHAHHHA!!!"
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Technical Assistance:
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Assuming they destroy all unindexed information, that means that the existance of all school work will cease to exist! But then again, that could be really bad. Since they can only index online or digital things, that means:
it would destroy my entire library; Anything that I write down would be immediately destroyed; Any checks I right would spontaneously combust. And (GASP!), Since they would be unable to index my paycheck, which is technically information, I would (GASP!!) not be paid!! You can also make the technical and far-out assumption that since EVERYTHING is technically "information", including the arrangements of the atoms of the universe, and all this information can't possibly be archived on 10000 machines, the MAJORITY of the universe would be gone! Poof! Destroyed!! Kaput! History! Annilated! Ahhhhhh!!.....[runs for the hills]
the Chinese youth don't only speak pure Chinese. There are literally millions of Chinese youth also visit english sites. Chinese sites obviously will get the majority of China traffic, but English is also a strong influence in Chinese Youth.
It would seem that blocking China's IP block might in some cases cause collateral damage when it comes to accessing certain sites. While it is true that blocking the entire China IP block would get rid of a LOT of spam that comes from Chinese bullet-proof ISPs, there is also a side effect. Ordinary people who try to connect to a network from inside China would also be blocked as well, and this cause a lot of collateral damage in terms of the average Chinese web browsing population.
It would though depend on the size and usage of the network you would be blocking Chineses traffic from. If you're a small buisness with absolutely no connection to China whatsoever, you might be ok blocking the entire IP block to protect your network from spammers. But, even an average size network might have some sort of Chinese connection, either from the outside in or vis versa. Lots of companies and people inside China that try to access that network would effected, not just the spammers.
I guess it should be better defined. It is talking about two different diamond states. 1) There is the natural, mined diamond you get from the Earth. 2) This artificial, human-created diamond-type substance that is made from diamond. In essense they are both just really hard carbon structures, with different atomic states.
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Why not just move the entire Google code base to Microsoft Cluster Server? I know it would mean a complete rewrite from the bottom up, and would require a whole new training program. You would also have to worry about serious security issues in the OS because you can't inspect the code. You would have to rely on a competitor to patch up problems. You would have to wait during "patch turnround time" which could be months (or never if Microsoft thinks its not really a big deal). You would have to be forced in to doing things the way Microsoft wants you to do things, and use their own "Super Secure" programs. And thats just the OS. You would have to pay through the nose on those pesky Site licences. To upgrade, theres another several hundred thousand (or millions) of dollars. And when they release Version 2.0, you have to go around and upgrade all the machines the way Microsoft wants you too.
But! You would have the comfort of knowing that you are running a Certified Microsoft(R) Product!
The Penguins are a miraculous species, capable of extreme heroism, self-sacrifice, sorrow and unshakable love."
Now you know why the Penguin is Linux's mascot. It is reliable, unshakable, self-sacrificing (think of all those selfless developers working night and day around the world), extreme heroism (ok, that might be taking it a little too far...)
If Microsoft comes out with a weak set of titles at launch Sony could delay and build a larger launch library to lay the smack down on Microsoft."
[subconscious rant]so it is all about who can make the biggest buck!?! I know I may be playing against the grain, but is money all they really think about these days?! What about the 12 year olds who were dying for this on their next birthday, and they will have to wait another year, just because of the bottom line! Insane I tell you![/subconscious rant]
From the BBC article: "Sadly however, the media interest is likely to attract pet owners keen to re-create their much loved pets..... However, another member of the cloning team, Dr Gerald Schatten from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, US, said they are not in the business of cloning pets. "The overall objective of this programme is to learn about the root causes of diseases," he told the BBC.
This one particular team is doing cloning simply for medical disease research. What makes this kind of news most disturbing though is that with such wide publicity, you will have lots of people saying to themselves that they would absolutely love to have fido back from the dead. The demands from these owners, no matter how much the debate may say that it is unethical, will drive pop-up commercial biotechs looking for a quick cloning buck. Even though only a few of these dog owners could pay the hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars that a cloning company would charge for such a service, just that is enough to bring such an industry alive. It has already happened with CC the cat (mentioned in the article), and I have no doubt will happen in the near future with a dog (even though the risks are so high). Some rich dog owner out there will probably be willing to pay through the nose to have his fido back, and his money will grease the commercial biotechs to find a way.
How exactly do they check for it being a pirated copy? I mean other then checking their database of registered windows users and comparing it to the computer, how do they know the difference?
newsman:We would like all of you to remember to turn your clocks backward one hour tonight before you go to bed.
newsman:Oh yes, and remember to download the very latest Microsoft Critical DST patch for your computer, so tomarrow your Outlook email stamp will be the same time as the rest of the country.
It all depends on density of the transistors. You can squeeze 1 square mile into a 1 inch cube, but it will take 334,540,800 individual layers to do so.
It seems like they are a true, domestic manufacturer. They are very well known (not necessarily to everyone, but to a lot of people) for their custom image clothing. They say that they can get it to your house in 3-4 days. If they can do this, it sounds like it is not coming on the slow boat from some Chinese sweatshop (Nike, hint hint), but rather good ol' Made in the USA.
We need a different energy source other then gasoline. Yes, I know that is the easiest answer to give, but it is definitally a true one.
In terms of gasoline addatives, I think we should use Ethanol. I mean, Ethanol is an alcohol, which is somewhat toxic, but it isn't nearly as poisonous as MTBE. Also, the article isn't talking about toxicity, but rather about amount of fossil fuel needed to produce it. So, my bottom line for this is: Even if ethanol really doesn't save more on gasoline, it is still far better solution then polluting the ground water and soil with MTBE
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Peoples Republic of China: The formal name of China is supposed to be a republic ran by people. In reality (outside of Hong Kong), the government of China is mostly a corrupt, power-hogging group of politicians.
Supreme People's Procuratorate: The leading prosecutor in China, the name implies that this prosecutor is of and by the people of China. In reality, this prosecutor is nothing more then a judicial puppet for the Chinese Communist Party and their whims.
People's Liberation Army: The main army in China. Of course all armies in the world have had their own share of bad raps and human rights abuses, and the PLA is no different. While the name implies it is for the public good, they are merely the the stick that the Chinese Communist Party uses to enforce their nationalistic laws (along with the police of course). This can be seen in the Tiananmen Square Massacre of 1989. Also evident is the behind-the-scenes labor camps that MANY political dissidents are sent to, and these are rated below even the worst US prisons.
It is no surpise to me how they pepper their press release with things like "toward serving the people " or "maintaining national and public interests." This sounds too earily of 1984:
war is peace, fear is love, lie is truth
Isaac Asimov's "Three Laws of Robotics" asimov
1. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
2. A robot must obey orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.
It seems to me that this is a casebook example of such discrase for these laws. We have forgotten what these rules, layed down by father of robotics over half a decade ago. It is sad to see how we have used something like the robot to simply continue the cycle of ever-more expensive and bloody cycle of militery technology, and now with AI to go with it
at my computer, waiting for that inevitable day when, some time in the near or distant future, this things' great-great-great-great grandson will come into my office and shoot me, on its war for earth. Until then, I'll just sit here with my fantasies about a world without such robots...
And so what if one malicious worker has exclusive rights to view several hundred children? It doesn't matter if they have access to the whole database or not, even a "small pecentage" could be several hundred or thousand children. This is a pedaphile's ultimate dream.
The intention is to protect troubled children, Brouwer said. Until now, schools and police have been unable to communicate with each other about truancy records and criminality, which are often linked. "Child protection services will say, 'Hey, there's a warning flag from the police. There's another one from school. There's another one from the doctor," Brouwer said. "Something must be going on and it's time to call the parents in for a meeting."And how long exactly will these records be kept? Also, this would be a good way to usher in a country-wide database of this sortfor every citizen. Start with the children, saying its "for the good of the kids", and then slowly introduce a more inclusive database, which would go under some other guise. It would seem that a database of children "for their safety" might be easier to pull of then a citizenry-wide database at first.
Every child will get a Citizens Service Number, making it easier to keep track of children with problems even when their families move.This could have good uses, and assuming it was used exactly for the intent stated, this would be an excellent service. BUT, more often then not, these kinds of things get abused in some form or another. In every government there is some malicious back-room government worker who goes below the radar. These kinds of things get abused, and when it is a child at stake, the risks are even higher.
Whenever I see "Dvorak", I can't help but think of the Dvorak Keyboard. I don't know what's gotten into me...
I wonder how big this thing is going to be. I mean, this is probably going to be the biggest, most bloated office product on the market. I am not knocking its features, but just looking at the system requirements for the previous Office XP, 2003, 2000, etc., this will be one BLOATED office product.
placing a company data server out on your front lawn with a "FREE" sign on it.
#1) Posting your password on a forum
#2) Going into a shady carding IRC channel, telling everyone there that you are an undercover FBI agent, and then saying "you are all dumb! Hack me! HAHAHHHA!!!"
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from the above link:
Written Correspondence: FEMA P.O. Box 10055 Hyattsville, MD 20782-7055 Fax: (800) 827-8112
If FEMA has requested information from you in writing, you may send it to the address or fax number listed above. Please include your name, social security number, and Registration ID number on all correspondence.Technical Assistance: (800) 745-0243 Monday- Friday, 8:00am - 5:00pm ET The technical helpdesk provides technical support for the on-line registration and user account creation applications and cannot answer disasters assistance related questions.
Please though, remember these people are a federal aid agency working overtime. PLEASE BE CORTEOUS when asking them.
Hmm.. around here troll-techs are usually not seen, as they are below the threashold, but Trolltech is about to go public?
it would destroy my entire library; Anything that I write down would be immediately destroyed; Any checks I right would spontaneously combust. And (GASP!), Since they would be unable to index my paycheck, which is technically information, I would (GASP!!) not be paid!! You can also make the technical and far-out assumption that since EVERYTHING is technically "information", including the arrangements of the atoms of the universe, and all this information can't possibly be archived on 10000 machines, the MAJORITY of the universe would be gone! Poof! Destroyed!! Kaput! History! Annilated! Ahhhhhh!!.....[runs for the hills]
the Chinese youth don't only speak pure Chinese. There are literally millions of Chinese youth also visit english sites. Chinese sites obviously will get the majority of China traffic, but English is also a strong influence in Chinese Youth.
It would though depend on the size and usage of the network you would be blocking Chineses traffic from. If you're a small buisness with absolutely no connection to China whatsoever, you might be ok blocking the entire IP block to protect your network from spammers. But, even an average size network might have some sort of Chinese connection, either from the outside in or vis versa. Lots of companies and people inside China that try to access that network would effected, not just the spammers.
I guess it should be better defined. It is talking about two different diamond states. 1) There is the natural, mined diamond you get from the Earth. 2) This artificial, human-created diamond-type substance that is made from diamond. In essense they are both just really hard carbon structures, with different atomic states.
Yo've captchaed me in de act of subvirt'n a Captcha! How'dar yo try'n expos' mi meth'd of get'n aeroun'd de Captchas!! Yo nit! How'dar yo expos' dis meth'd!
But! You would have the comfort of knowing that you are running a Certified Microsoft(R) Product!
Now you know why the Penguin is Linux's mascot. It is reliable, unshakable, self-sacrificing (think of all those selfless developers working night and day around the world), extreme heroism (ok, that might be taking it a little too far...)
[subconscious rant]so it is all about who can make the biggest buck!?! I know I may be playing against the grain, but is money all they really think about these days?! What about the 12 year olds who were dying for this on their next birthday, and they will have to wait another year, just because of the bottom line! Insane I tell you![/subconscious rant]
(Or maybe a free slashdotting, depending on your view)
"Sadly however, the media interest is likely to attract pet owners keen to re-create their much loved pets.
This one particular team is doing cloning simply for medical disease research. What makes this kind of news most disturbing though is that with such wide publicity, you will have lots of people saying to themselves that they would absolutely love to have fido back from the dead. The demands from these owners, no matter how much the debate may say that it is unethical, will drive pop-up commercial biotechs looking for a quick cloning buck. Even though only a few of these dog owners could pay the hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars that a cloning company would charge for such a service, just that is enough to bring such an industry alive. It has already happened with CC the cat (mentioned in the article), and I have no doubt will happen in the near future with a dog (even though the risks are so high). Some rich dog owner out there will probably be willing to pay through the nose to have his fido back, and his money will grease the commercial biotechs to find a way.
How exactly do they check for it being a pirated copy? I mean other then checking their database of registered windows users and comparing it to the computer, how do they know the difference?
newsman:We would like all of you to remember to turn your clocks backward one hour tonight before you go to bed.
newsman:Oh yes, and remember to download the very latest Microsoft Critical DST patch for your computer, so tomarrow your Outlook email stamp will be the same time as the rest of the country.
It all depends on density of the transistors. You can squeeze 1 square mile into a 1 inch cube, but it will take 334,540,800 individual layers to do so.
It seems like they are a true, domestic manufacturer. They are very well known (not necessarily to everyone, but to a lot of people) for their custom image clothing. They say that they can get it to your house in 3-4 days. If they can do this, it sounds like it is not coming on the slow boat from some Chinese sweatshop (Nike, hint hint), but rather good ol' Made in the USA.
In terms of gasoline addatives, I think we should use Ethanol. I mean, Ethanol is an alcohol, which is somewhat toxic, but it isn't nearly as poisonous as MTBE. Also, the article isn't talking about toxicity, but rather about amount of fossil fuel needed to produce it. So, my bottom line for this is: Even if ethanol really doesn't save more on gasoline, it is still far better solution then polluting the ground water and soil with MTBE