BBC has a great live stream with commentary by their journalists & random twitters...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/default.stm
They usually post the link on the Americas page about at least 30 minutes before the start of the debate.
I'm actually surprised at this claim.
It would be nice if they posted some additional info, like their sample size, etc.
Sorry, I just seriously can't believe that 9 out of 10 people would maliciously act in this manner.
Snooping over the network out of curiosity, I'll buy that one.
No offense, but using a java ide to edit text files doesn't seem like the most efficient way to do things, especially dealing with 32mb files (I find most of the java-based ide's i've used tend to choke on large files... Sure, the diff viewer is part of the whole bundle, but for the subversion functionality, TortoiseSVN is a decent windows client, as it sounds like the person inquiring is a more non-technical user. Of course, I'm not sure if you actually mean a true OSS way of doing this, or if you're just looking for a free way to do so...
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If you had read the article instead of simply scrambling to get the first post filled with nothing but your pre-conceptions and derogatory generalization of the people who live in one particular state, you would have noticed that the study made no attempt to use this as an excuse, but rather proposed that this may be a contributing factor. From TFA:
"The nearly simultaneous increase in the prevalence of obesity in most countries of the world is difficult to explain by changes in food intake and exercise alone, and suggest that adenoviruses could have contributed," the study said. "The role of adenoviruses in the worldwide epidemic of obesity is a critical question that demands additional research."
And just to avoid any more of your preconceptions, I am:
In this case, the company storing this information is basically being criminally negligent.
There are laws that address the practices of institutions & business that house these types of personal information. I currently work in IT at a large insurance company, and each company wireless router is specifically configured in a secure fashion.
Businesses have an obligation to secure confidential information.
The problem is that we're talking about the impact on individuals.
What more is there to say? These were created after the patches were released to fix vulnerabilities. This was malicious code that's intention was to exploit a recognized bug before everyone had the chance to apply the patch.
Yes, at this level, school is baby-sitting. This is because for most kids, school is involuntary education.
Ideas such as distance education only become more viable options when you start to talk about voluntary education such as College/University-Level education.
I agree that distance education simply is not an option for younger students for these reasons and more. The Universities are where technologies can be used in this manner. The article mentions that:
With the ever-rising costs of fuel, we seem to forget those that are truly having problems affording it. No, not the homeless, but our own kids. 'Kids,' you ask?
I think the focus is misdirected, because the plain and simple fact is that the costs of public education at this level are almost entirely on the taxpayers. Riding the bus at this stage in one's life is usually free. The children themselves don't have to afford anything.
College-Level Students are the ones who have historically been both on their own and broke. I fund my college education with no help from my parents. This means that if I want to maintain my enrollment, I need to work a lot of hours just to scrape by. My location is in a "college town", a place with a small population that doubles during the fall and spring semester. I drive 35 minutes each way to work, as no employer in town is willing to pay wages that I could survive upon. If distance learning were a more viable option for this level of education (and a lot of universities have dabbled in the idea), then one could theoretically live further from the university, at least after the first year or two, but there are issues with this too.
What do you have against teens making out in theatres?
If anything, those are the kids that sit in the back and don't say a word the entire movie. I'd rather have a teenage couple making out in the back row than sitting in the row in front of me and causing a ruckus.</humor>
Also, the cell phone issue is addressed in most theatres (which I base upon the 4 or so different theatres that I attend in this area). The big problem is not having cellular phones in a theatre (in some cases, its avoidable, esp. when I'm on call), the problem is that the cell phones are not on Silent mode. Usually, if a cell phone goes off, the disruption is not intentional, the person just forgot to switch to silent. The way this is dealt with in most theatres is not to ban them, but rather to display a reminder right after the commercials, but before the movie begins.
I'll agree that adult showings are a great idea (because many 13-15 year old groups do tend to be rude more often than older groups), but that is partially taken care of by the rating system. If you attend a G or PG movie, don't be surprised if there are baby/toddler sounds throughout... if you go to a PG-13 movie, expect their will be early teens being who they are at this point in their lives. If you go to an R-rated movie, you should expect a respectful audience.
If you company uses commercial software to filter websites, its true that you may not be able to access the website directly.
However, this might just be the trick for you. I know that this works at the company I'm at. Here's how it goes:
1. Go to Google's translator page (or alta vista's babelfish). http://www.google.com/language_tools/
2. Select Chinese to English (ensures that none of the words on a page will actually be translated) on "Translate a web page"
3. ???
4. Access (probably without the images, depending on the blocking software)
So, basically Google's servers access the content, do the translation, and feed it to you through their site's url. Again, this may or may not work. It all just depends on your company. I should also note that you should be careful, because this may be a terminable offense at your employer.
If the purpose of DRM is to basically limit how someone may use said media, and Open Source means that everyone gets to look at the protection method being used, doesn't this just encourage the "protection" to be cracked even more quickly?
I'm probably looking at the situation in the wrong manner... The article really wasn't much of an article, more like a vague summary...
The US Postal workers are going to come by and swipe your furniture?
Better yet, get the police to do that... I can just imaging the report they'd file:
"Upon receiving a warrant, we proceeded to enter the suspect's home. We arrested him for hoarding a large supply of shipping goods (which were confiscated and returned to their rightful owner)"
I explored both his site and the fedex site... seems to get the boxes from fedex, you need an account... the good new? the USPS will send you free shipping supplies:)
I agree that they may not have the legal ground to take these actions, but I acknowledge this as a sign that artists aren't going to sit by the side and be docile. Artists need to take back some of their power.
It would be best through legal means, but its still a great sign.
Its about time artists started to stand up to the recording industry for their rights.
Now, if only the artists received fair compensations from the sales of their music.
"I feel that we need to individually work on putting good things on [the web], finding ways to protect ourselves from accidentally finding the bad stuff"
And who is to decide good vs. bad?
Parents should supervise/restrict their children's browsing habits, but I for one value sites such as http://www.erowid.org/ which is a site that contains information about drugs... There are plenty of "bad" websites out there that are labeled as "bad" because they offend people who are closed-minded...
I don't know what kind of office you work in, but one things I've learned in the working world is that there are just some people you don't want to see like that...
There are many different types of barcodes (UPC, ISBN, etc) that are constructed using different formats and standards... If I were to draw random lines on a piece of paper, the odds of it scanning would be very low... In the same manner, an artist's representation of a barcode on paper would not scan unless it was in a valid format...
If one were to print a valid barcode and apply it to the skin in the form of a temporary tattoo, my hypothesis is that it would scan... If this were true, then it is no stretch to assume that a real tattoo could be imprinted which would also be scannable...
Slashdot Mirror
BBC has a great live stream with commentary by their journalists & random twitters... http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/default.stm They usually post the link on the Americas page about at least 30 minutes before the start of the debate.
Also helpful is to contact a techie contracting agency, just be sure to know what you're worth walking in the door.
Prospective employee's WORK PERFORMANCE should be the measure of employment, not that person's PERSONAL life.
Identity management firm Cyber-Ark conducted the survey of 300 IT professionals in its annual review 'Trust, Security & Passwords'.
I'm actually surprised at this claim. It would be nice if they posted some additional info, like their sample size, etc. Sorry, I just seriously can't believe that 9 out of 10 people would maliciously act in this manner. Snooping over the network out of curiosity, I'll buy that one.
No offense, but using a java ide to edit text files doesn't seem like the most efficient way to do things, especially dealing with 32mb files (I find most of the java-based ide's i've used tend to choke on large files... Sure, the diff viewer is part of the whole bundle, but for the subversion functionality, TortoiseSVN is a decent windows client, as it sounds like the person inquiring is a more non-technical user. Of course, I'm not sure if you actually mean a true OSS way of doing this, or if you're just looking for a free way to do so...
In this case, the company storing this information is basically being criminally negligent.
There are laws that address the practices of institutions & business that house these types of personal information. I currently work in IT at a large insurance company, and each company wireless router is specifically configured in a secure fashion.
Businesses have an obligation to secure confidential information.
The problem is that we're talking about the impact on individuals.
What more is there to say? These were created after the patches were released to fix vulnerabilities. This was malicious code that's intention was to exploit a recognized bug before everyone had the chance to apply the patch.
Yes, at this level, school is baby-sitting. This is because for most kids, school is involuntary education.
Ideas such as distance education only become more viable options when you start to talk about voluntary education such as College/University-Level education.
I think the focus is misdirected, because the plain and simple fact is that the costs of public education at this level are almost entirely on the taxpayers. Riding the bus at this stage in one's life is usually free. The children themselves don't have to afford anything.
College-Level Students are the ones who have historically been both on their own and broke. I fund my college education with no help from my parents. This means that if I want to maintain my enrollment, I need to work a lot of hours just to scrape by. My location is in a "college town", a place with a small population that doubles during the fall and spring semester. I drive 35 minutes each way to work, as no employer in town is willing to pay wages that I could survive upon. If distance learning were a more viable option for this level of education (and a lot of universities have dabbled in the idea), then one could theoretically live further from the university, at least after the first year or two, but there are issues with this too.
What do you have against teens making out in theatres?
If anything, those are the kids that sit in the back and don't say a word the entire movie. I'd rather have a teenage couple making out in the back row than sitting in the row in front of me and causing a ruckus.</humor>
Also, the cell phone issue is addressed in most theatres (which I base upon the 4 or so different theatres that I attend in this area). The big problem is not having cellular phones in a theatre (in some cases, its avoidable, esp. when I'm on call), the problem is that the cell phones are not on Silent mode. Usually, if a cell phone goes off, the disruption is not intentional, the person just forgot to switch to silent. The way this is dealt with in most theatres is not to ban them, but rather to display a reminder right after the commercials, but before the movie begins.
I'll agree that adult showings are a great idea (because many 13-15 year old groups do tend to be rude more often than older groups), but that is partially taken care of by the rating system. If you attend a G or PG movie, don't be surprised if there are baby/toddler sounds throughout... if you go to a PG-13 movie, expect their will be early teens being who they are at this point in their lives. If you go to an R-rated movie, you should expect a respectful audience.
It seems that I made the mistake of adding the / onto the end of the tag in an attempt to follow XML syntax made my URL invalid
http://www.google.com/language_tools
If you company uses commercial software to filter websites, its true that you may not be able to access the website directly.
However, this might just be the trick for you. I know that this works at the company I'm at. Here's how it goes:
1. Go to Google's translator page (or alta vista's babelfish). http://www.google.com/language_tools/
2. Select Chinese to English (ensures that none of the words on a page will actually be translated) on "Translate a web page"
3. ??? 4. Access (probably without the images, depending on the blocking software)
So, basically Google's servers access the content, do the translation, and feed it to you through their site's url. Again, this may or may not work. It all just depends on your company. I should also note that you should be careful, because this may be a terminable offense at your employer.
If the purpose of DRM is to basically limit how someone may use said media, and Open Source means that everyone gets to look at the protection method being used, doesn't this just encourage the "protection" to be cracked even more quickly?
I'm probably looking at the situation in the wrong manner... The article really wasn't much of an article, more like a vague summary...
The US Postal workers are going to come by and swipe your furniture?
Better yet, get the police to do that... I can just imaging the report they'd file:
Here's that USPS URL:
n _ssl/home.jsp
http://shop.usps.com/cgi-bin/vsbv/postal_store_no
I explored both his site and the fedex site... seems to get the boxes from fedex, you need an account... the good new? the USPS will send you free shipping supplies :)
I agree that they may not have the legal ground to take these actions, but I acknowledge this as a sign that artists aren't going to sit by the side and be docile. Artists need to take back some of their power.
It would be best through legal means, but its still a great sign.
Its about time artists started to stand up to the recording industry for their rights. Now, if only the artists received fair compensations from the sales of their music.
"I feel that we need to individually work on putting good things on [the web], finding ways to protect ourselves from accidentally finding the bad stuff" And who is to decide good vs. bad? Parents should supervise/restrict their children's browsing habits, but I for one value sites such as http://www.erowid.org/ which is a site that contains information about drugs... There are plenty of "bad" websites out there that are labeled as "bad" because they offend people who are closed-minded...
agreed, with phishing scams, we can blame the users who fall for the scheme... it seems these techniques are undetectable to the end user...
and dinner has now been served...
There are many different types of barcodes (UPC, ISBN, etc) that are constructed using different formats and standards... If I were to draw random lines on a piece of paper, the odds of it scanning would be very low... In the same manner, an artist's representation of a barcode on paper would not scan unless it was in a valid format... If one were to print a valid barcode and apply it to the skin in the form of a temporary tattoo, my hypothesis is that it would scan... If this were true, then it is no stretch to assume that a real tattoo could be imprinted which would also be scannable...