Do you have *any* idea what your talking about?
RFID tags aren't like some chemical or something. They're just electronic barcodes.
I never heard anyone complain about the ecological impact of barcodes.
I read a star trek book once called "The Joy Machine"
It was about a society in which they had a machine to make people happy, and it totally screwed up their society.
I am Australian, and me and most of the Australians I know hate our government too. Somewhere there must be some massive demographic that actually voted them in, but I don't have any contact with them.
(also, crocodile dundee is an idiot)
VeriSign runs.com and.org, and they're a private company also.
The government/legal system has no control over.com/.org domains. It wouldn't require a law to stop porn from using.com. All that has to happen is for ICANN (or VeriSign, or whoever else runs the database) to start deleting people's domains.
I think ICANN is technically owned by the US Government, but they operate as an independent organisation.
But there would still be free speech, it would just be in the.xxx domain.
Just because what you're allowed to do is restricted in one domain, doesn't make it a violation of free speech.
In my opinion, this would be even worse than the current system. I think the DNS should provide a logical hierarchy by which sites can be organised, similar to the way newsgroups are organised. The system you are proposing would mean the DNS had essentially no logical structure to it, because anyone could create any TLD they wanted.
There are no laws about this as such. Verisign has signed a contract with ICANN that they will provide DNS for.com and.net. Prices might be in the terms of the contract, I don't know. Basically it all comes down to whether ICANN cares or not.
The current system of TLDs is mostly not very useful. I mean, do you organise your files by which ones were created by companies and which ones were created by non-profit organisations? Almost certainly not. It makes no sense for the internet to be organised this way. I think a better system would be something similar to the system for newsgroups, with the domains reflecting what the subject of the site is, instead of giving useless information.
Yes, despite all your attempts to educate them, they still click OK when it asks if they want to install Windows. No wonder your network has problems.
Even though what I said before about Windows being better sometimes is true, *nix is still more secure in a network environment.
Windows is easier to use for a lot of things, has more drivers, less configuration issues, and the reason it has so many security holes is because it has so much useful stuff in it for people to exploit.
A Linux system with as many features, applications, as much usability etc as a Windows system will probably have nearly the same amount of security holes. Then you have to consider the fact that hackers target Windows because everyone uses it.
If everyone used Linux, the situation would be just as bad.
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...you mean like windows system restore points? Maybe Microsoft will sue God for patent infringement.
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The world's first macro virus was made for HyperCard, an Apple product.
shit, i should have left school at 15, and got more sex. now i'm educated so i'm doomed to be a geek for the rest of my life.
Put it into a big ball, and drop it on someone! yay!
Do you have *any* idea what your talking about? RFID tags aren't like some chemical or something. They're just electronic barcodes. I never heard anyone complain about the ecological impact of barcodes.
Why did you put them in your ass anyway?
You might as well say, "Why have a camera at all when you can just use pov-ray?"
I read a star trek book once called "The Joy Machine" It was about a society in which they had a machine to make people happy, and it totally screwed up their society.
My sister is way hotter than any NZ chick...
I am Australian, and me and most of the Australians I know hate our government too. Somewhere there must be some massive demographic that actually voted them in, but I don't have any contact with them. (also, crocodile dundee is an idiot)
In Australia, anything that's not dial-up is called "broadband". Even 128kbps.
VeriSign runs .com and .org, and they're a private company also.
The government/legal system has no control over .com/.org domains. It wouldn't require a law to stop porn from using .com. All that has to happen is for ICANN (or VeriSign, or whoever else runs the database) to start deleting people's domains.
I think ICANN is technically owned by the US Government, but they operate as an independent organisation.
What about the NetBSD toaster?
You might as well say that being banned from slashdot is a violation of free speech.
The majority of the public wouldn't even understand what ICANN does.
It must be more positive than negative, otherwise they wouldn't have a computer.
But there would still be free speech, it would just be in the .xxx domain.
Just because what you're allowed to do is restricted in one domain, doesn't make it a violation of free speech.
In my opinion, this would be even worse than the current system. I think the DNS should provide a logical hierarchy by which sites can be organised, similar to the way newsgroups are organised. The system you are proposing would mean the DNS had essentially no logical structure to it, because anyone could create any TLD they wanted.
There are no laws about this as such. Verisign has signed a contract with ICANN that they will provide DNS for .com and .net. Prices might be in the terms of the contract, I don't know. Basically it all comes down to whether ICANN cares or not.
The current system of TLDs is mostly not very useful. I mean, do you organise your files by which ones were created by companies and which ones were created by non-profit organisations? Almost certainly not. It makes no sense for the internet to be organised this way.
I think a better system would be something similar to the system for newsgroups, with the domains reflecting what the subject of the site is, instead of giving useless information.
I have prevented any lame trolls from getting the first post.
Yes, despite all your attempts to educate them, they still click OK when it asks if they want to install Windows. No wonder your network has problems. Even though what I said before about Windows being better sometimes is true, *nix is still more secure in a network environment.
Windows is easier to use for a lot of things, has more drivers, less configuration issues, and the reason it has so many security holes is because it has so much useful stuff in it for people to exploit. A Linux system with as many features, applications, as much usability etc as a Windows system will probably have nearly the same amount of security holes. Then you have to consider the fact that hackers target Windows because everyone uses it. If everyone used Linux, the situation would be just as bad.
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