wasn't there a wesley crusher newsgroup that wreaked havoc b/c of an excessively long name? Something like: ensign.wesley.crusher.must.die.die.die.die.die.die.die...
"Olbermann: And lastly, as promised, a Special Comment tonight on the signing of the Military Commissions Act and the loss of Habeas Corpus...We have handed a blank check drawn against our freedom..."
...from which one can be expelled for any number of "bad" things done outside of school grounds and hours, all on the basis of being a bad influence to others. Case in point: group of seniors at the home of one of the group, drinking beer, parent present. Word got back to the school. Group suspended, then expelled - no questions asked.
I know - not the same thing, being a private school. But, it was a high school, and the school did have indirect control of actions outside of school.
a few of the replies are already pointing to the human element. a while back, someone made an information security analogy to the use of seat belts.
it went kinda like this:
- used to be that seat belts did not exist, yet cars could travel pretty fast (40-50mph). back then, if you crashed you pretty much assumed you ate the dash.
- then seat belts were created, but people still ate the dash.
- then belts were required in all cars, but the dash still tasted good.
- then belts were required for use,
- and air bags came out (ha ha).
--> ok. i got no stats, but it's possible that less people eat dash today because of better default "security" settings in cars *and* better use by the users. oh, and some where along the way, drinking and driving was considered bad.
(pretty sure i first saw this example in a presentation by m. ranum)
Ahh, it seems we have been to the end of the sidewalk on this topic, and though we seemed to have checked all the right boxes, we are still inclined to leverage past efforts in our own way.
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Let's repeat The Non-Conformist's Oath:
I promise to be different. I promise to be unique. I promise not to repeat things other people say.
-- Steve Martin
"Seeing a murder on television... can help work off one's antagonisms. And if you haven't any antagonisms, the commercials will give you some."
- Alfred Hitchcock
Slashdot Mirror
http://www.tampabay.com/opinion/columns/primary-purpose-of-education-learning-how-to-learn/1200122
Rob Rivest presented on this topic - his position was clear: "The risks of "internet voting" more than negate any possible benefits from an increase in franchise." Reference: http://csrc.nist.gov/groups/ST/UOCAVA/2010/Presentations/RIVEST_2010-08-05-uocava.pdf/
wasn't there a wesley crusher newsgroup that wreaked havoc b/c of an excessively long name? Something like: ensign.wesley.crusher.must.die.die.die.die.die.die.die...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisdom_of_crowds
...from which one can be expelled for any number of "bad" things done outside of school grounds and hours, all on the basis of being a bad influence to others. Case in point: group of seniors at the home of one of the group, drinking beer, parent present. Word got back to the school. Group suspended, then expelled - no questions asked.
I know - not the same thing, being a private school. But, it was a high school, and the school did have indirect control of actions outside of school.
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I promise to be different...
a few of the replies are already pointing to the human element. a while back, someone made an information security analogy to the use of seat belts.
it went kinda like this:
- used to be that seat belts did not exist, yet cars could travel pretty fast (40-50mph). back then, if you crashed you pretty much assumed you ate the dash.
- then seat belts were created, but people still ate the dash.
- then belts were required in all cars, but the dash still tasted good.
- then belts were required for use,
- and air bags came out (ha ha).
--> ok. i got no stats, but it's possible that less people eat dash today because of better default "security" settings in cars *and* better use by the users. oh, and some where along the way, drinking and driving was considered bad.
(pretty sure i first saw this example in a presentation by m. ranum)
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"I promise to be different..."
but the footprint of these is smaller than what I've seen before
...yes, here it is: http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/04/11/17 0215 Is Corporate Speak Invading Your IT Department?
Ok. Smaller. Sure. The guy in TFA looks like Tick's sidekick Arthur. As noted earlier, not cool.
And "footprint"? Wasn't there something about business speak earlier? Hang on a sec...
Ahh, it seems we have been to the end of the sidewalk on this topic, and though we seemed to have checked all the right boxes, we are still inclined to leverage past efforts in our own way.
--
Let's repeat The Non-Conformist's Oath:
I promise to be different. I promise to be unique. I promise not to repeat things other people say. -- Steve Martin
"Seeing a murder on television... can help work off one's antagonisms. And if you haven't any antagonisms, the commercials will give you some."
- Alfred Hitchcock