Except that PATRIOT sections 505 (overturned) and 215 (still valid), et al, include gag rules:
"No person shall disclose to any other person (other than those persons necessary to produce the tangible things under this section) that the Federal Bureau of Investigation has sought or obtained tangible things under this section."
In plain English, this means that if the FBI raids your info, you are not allowed to talk about it to anyone else, much less file a public complaint.
Says the Founding Fathers. The whole point of the House/Senate duality was to prevent fickle desires from quickly becoming law when the greater national interest is not being served.
As a Marylander and a rabid Bush-hater, I am not a big fan of Mikulski's aggressively pork-filled political record, no matter how much it benefits me personally.
Barb's #1 legislative priority is Maryland jobs. If a proposal has impact on local employment, she will vote accordingly. Only if the bill is relatively job-neutral will she consider other factors (good of the nation, desires of constituents, party philosophy, etc).
For example, up until a few months ago when GM finally closed the AstroVan factory, Barb was notorious for giving Detroit big slobbering rim jobs at every opportunity.
While that might be a tolerable trait in a state official or a House Rep, Senators are *supposed* to look at the bigger picture and Do the Right Thing.
Personally, I don't know if repairing Hubble is a good idea or not. But I know for sure Senator Barb doesn't care about that at all, not while STSCI employs dozens of Marylanders.
This is false. The SpamHaus list shows the USA hosts more spammers than the other countries put together.
the FBI who has bigger fish to fry
This is somewhat true. We won't put a dent in spam from a legal perspective until a federal agency devotes some serious infrastructure to the job.
That's mainly due to lack of willpower and expertise rather than funding, however. A competent "Spam Czar" armed with the authority to seize spammer's personal assets could easily achieve self-funded operation within a year.
Nope, false. Kodak did not have a patent monopoly. In fact, they LOST patent suits to the inventors of celluloid film (Goodman) and instant cameras (Polaroid).
I hate the way that IRV advocates like to say there should be more than two choices in the voting booth, yet they are only willing to consider two choices for voting systems.
Yes, IRV is slightly better than Plurality. But if you're going to bother with complex ranked ballots, you may as well go whole hog with Condorcet. IMO, Approval Voting beats IRV by a wide margin and is several-fold simpler to implement.
The most common citation is an Atrios article which refers to data from TaxFoundation. Indeed, state & local tax rates are higher in Georgia than they are in Mass. It would be even worse, except that Massachussets is a net federal donor that subsidizes a bunch of other states.
No, they don't. As a CONVICTED MONOPOLIST they are explicitly prohibited from forcing owners of one of their products (such as Office) to use another of their products (specifically Windows).
The stated purpose (to pay for road usage) is preposterous. Simply raising the gas tax would accomplish the same goal and with more appropriate weighting (larger vehicles do more damage) and a much Much MUCH lower administrative cost (net change of zero, since gas tax is already being collected).
Therefore, the stated purpose is false, and there is another reason for this method. To subsidize SUV owners? Police surveillance? Bribe from GPS makers?
Sheesh, those are all just plain weird. It must be the RAND corporation, in conjunction with the reverse vampires...
By intentionally corrupting the error-correction data on DVDs (same as most CD protection rackets), the consumer gets inferior merchandise. Not only is it more difficult to make a backup copy, but it also means that dust and scratches on the disk surface are more likely to cause playback errors. A scuff that would be irrelevant on a normal DVD could render a "protected" DVD unplayable.
So what are you supposed to do when that happens? Buy another copy of the DVD, of course! It's win-win for the MPAA, lose-lose for the consumer.
Nuclear first strike plans targeted at weaker nations, who might not have nukes and/or long range missiles, is a new policy.
Calling for "mini nukes" to be included as a standard munition , not just as in a thought experiment but as in "we should do this", is also a new policy.
I've experienced this bug about once a month since I got my AlBook. It happens rarely, intermittently, and only when I put it to sleep while attached to an external display. Based on the comments here that sounds like the crucial factor.
I'll definitely install 10.3.8 now. But I wonder if unplugging the DVI and doing a Detect Displays *BEFORE* sleep might be a repeatable workaround...
FWIW, I've seen variants with either a black screen (powered off) or an empty background screen (thinks it's a secondary monitor), and the following results:
fixable by closing, re-sleeping and reopening
fixable by twiddling the brightness and/or display mirroring function keys
DoD's 2002 Nuclear Posture Review document calls for the creation of tactical nukes deployed on the battlefield, and for war plans that include US nuclear first strike. Also, Bush officials have made public statements that implicitly disavow Resolution 984, in which nuclear-armed nations pledge not to use nukes against non-nuclear nations.
Furthermore, we've seen what happens to evil dictators who DON'T have nukes.
Last, the US currently doesn't have enough available troops to conquer North Korea by conventional means. So what can we conclude?
Even if he were sane, which he probably isn't, Kim Jong Il would have good reason to believe the US might just bomb him no matter what he does. Therefore, that's a strong incentive to build nukes.
When two nutjobs play chicken together, the result is a huge wreck.
I haven't tried sending a raw executable in Mail.app, but I did try.scpt attachments. They open in Script Editor.
No warning message even.
That definitely shouldn't happen. 10.3.recent added a warning dialog for the first time you run an application. If Mail.app doesn't do it, that's a security bug that should be reported.
Social infection is one step harder on a Mac. An attachment sitting in your mailbox (or a download from a web site) cannot be an executable. It has to be a document/archive format.
In the case of AppleScript, you would either need to zip/sit/dmg/gz the runtime script (extract then execute) or send the source file (open in Script Editor then press Run)
Are most users dumb enough to take that extra step? Yes probably. But it's not just a "one click and you're hosed" process.
Yep. The majority of computer users are dangerously oblivious to the possible consequences of installing something. Remember that many viruses in the Klez family require an absurdly long chain of user actions...
receive infected email on an unprotected PC
believe its contents
download the attached zip file
extract the zip (sometimes even password protected)
run the resulting executable
...and these buggers infected hundreds of thousands of PCs.
So yes, if a web site promises all sorts of cool stuff if only the user will add their site to the XPI trusted list, then install, plenty of people will do it.
I dispute your unique orbit criterion. It wouldn't be impossible for two substantial planets to form at L4/L5 points. Note: the masses have to differ by at least 25x or random perturbation will eventually collide them. That leaves plenty of room for pairings, e.g. a Saturn-size gas giant and a rocky world 3x the mass of earth could share an orbit.
No, that's irrelevant. What PMF means is that if God's visiting nephew were to squish a planetoid like PlayDoh into some other shape (such as a cube), gravity would collapse it back into a spheroid (modulo rotation, tidal pulls, and minor surface features). There is an upper bound to the mass of arbitrarily-shaped solids, beyond which they can't support their own weight. That bound marks a planetoid, IMO.
Further, I propose that a planetoid large enough to hold a substantial atmosphere is a planet. Yes, this excludes Mercury and Pluto. Nyah nyah.
In theory some insane Niven Puppeteer could construct an aerogel pyramid as big as a star and more mass than Earth. If we ever find such a construct, I'll concede the definition is flawed. Until then, I think it works well.
Sadly, waynelorentz was only making a joke. The actual search for hit men in Chicago, IL returns a grill at the ballpark, local theater, a PR firm, etc. The only actual hit man on the list was a 66 year old former mobster, now retired.
However, I give Google an A for effort. They even offer a friendly spellcheck: "Did you mean: hitmen".
lordsilence was obviously talking about individual consumer customers, not corporate hosting. There's no reason a standard $10-20/month account should send email on that scale.
BTW, if you provision a company of 13000+ users, why aren't they on a separate dedicated mailserver from your Aunt Tilly types?
If Gentoo wants to add a TCPA compatibility module, have fun. But absolutely do NOT call it "Trusted Gentoo" when its actual meaning is "Gentoo that doesn't trust YOU".
Gentoo's public communications guy needs to read some George Lakoff. It's a wonderful life, folks. Every time you use their words, a devil gets his pitchfork.
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In plain English, this means that if the FBI raids your info, you are not allowed to talk about it to anyone else, much less file a public complaint.
Tackhead, do you like apple cheeks? They got your number. How do you like THEM apple cheeks?
very few states that get as much or more from the Federal government as they pay
False. Most states receive more from DC than they pay to it. Here's a complete list, with reference.
Says who?
Says the Founding Fathers. The whole point of the House/Senate duality was to prevent fickle desires from quickly becoming law when the greater national interest is not being served.
As a Marylander and a rabid Bush-hater, I am not a big fan of Mikulski's aggressively pork-filled political record, no matter how much it benefits me personally.
Barb's #1 legislative priority is Maryland jobs. If a proposal has impact on local employment, she will vote accordingly. Only if the bill is relatively job-neutral will she consider other factors (good of the nation, desires of constituents, party philosophy, etc).
For example, up until a few months ago when GM finally closed the AstroVan factory, Barb was notorious for giving Detroit big slobbering rim jobs at every opportunity.
While that might be a tolerable trait in a state official or a House Rep, Senators are *supposed* to look at the bigger picture and Do the Right Thing.
Personally, I don't know if repairing Hubble is a good idea or not. But I know for sure Senator Barb doesn't care about that at all, not while STSCI employs dozens of Marylanders.
Most spammers are not in U.S.
This is false. The SpamHaus list shows the USA hosts more spammers than the other countries put together.
the FBI who has bigger fish to fry
This is somewhat true. We won't put a dent in spam from a legal perspective until a federal agency devotes some serious infrastructure to the job.
That's mainly due to lack of willpower and expertise rather than funding, however. A competent "Spam Czar" armed with the authority to seize spammer's personal assets could easily achieve self-funded operation within a year.
Nope, false. Kodak did not have a patent monopoly. In fact, they LOST patent suits to the inventors of celluloid film (Goodman) and instant cameras (Polaroid).
I hate the way that IRV advocates like to say there should be more than two choices in the voting booth, yet they are only willing to consider two choices for voting systems.
Yes, IRV is slightly better than Plurality. But if you're going to bother with complex ranked ballots, you may as well go whole hog with Condorcet. IMO, Approval Voting beats IRV by a wide margin and is several-fold simpler to implement.
The most common citation is an Atrios article which refers to data from TaxFoundation. Indeed, state & local tax rates are higher in Georgia than they are in Mass. It would be even worse, except that Massachussets is a net federal donor that subsidizes a bunch of other states.
No, they don't. As a CONVICTED MONOPOLIST they are explicitly prohibited from forcing owners of one of their products (such as Office) to use another of their products (specifically Windows).
The stated purpose (to pay for road usage) is preposterous. Simply raising the gas tax would accomplish the same goal and with more appropriate weighting (larger vehicles do more damage) and a much Much MUCH lower administrative cost (net change of zero, since gas tax is already being collected).
Therefore, the stated purpose is false, and there is another reason for this method. To subsidize SUV owners? Police surveillance? Bribe from GPS makers?
Sheesh, those are all just plain weird. It must be the RAND corporation, in conjunction with the reverse vampires...
By intentionally corrupting the error-correction data on DVDs (same as most CD protection rackets), the consumer gets inferior merchandise. Not only is it more difficult to make a backup copy, but it also means that dust and scratches on the disk surface are more likely to cause playback errors. A scuff that would be irrelevant on a normal DVD could render a "protected" DVD unplayable.
So what are you supposed to do when that happens? Buy another copy of the DVD, of course! It's win-win for the MPAA, lose-lose for the consumer.
Nuclear first strike plans targeted at weaker nations, who might not have nukes and/or long range missiles, is a new policy.
Calling for "mini nukes" to be included as a standard munition , not just as in a thought experiment but as in "we should do this", is also a new policy.
I'll definitely install 10.3.8 now. But I wonder if unplugging the DVI and doing a Detect Displays *BEFORE* sleep might be a repeatable workaround...
FWIW, I've seen variants with either a black screen (powered off) or an empty background screen (thinks it's a secondary monitor), and the following results:
He's not dropping 'the bomb' on anyone
DoD's 2002 Nuclear Posture Review document calls for the creation of tactical nukes deployed on the battlefield, and for war plans that include US nuclear first strike. Also, Bush officials have made public statements that implicitly disavow Resolution 984, in which nuclear-armed nations pledge not to use nukes against non-nuclear nations.
Furthermore, we've seen what happens to evil dictators who DON'T have nukes.
Last, the US currently doesn't have enough available troops to conquer North Korea by conventional means. So what can we conclude?
Even if he were sane, which he probably isn't, Kim Jong Il would have good reason to believe the US might just bomb him no matter what he does. Therefore, that's a strong incentive to build nukes.
When two nutjobs play chicken together, the result is a huge wreck.
And you've tried it?
.scpt attachments. They open in Script Editor.
I haven't tried sending a raw executable in Mail.app, but I did try
No warning message even.
That definitely shouldn't happen. 10.3.recent added a warning dialog for the first time you run an application. If Mail.app doesn't do it, that's a security bug that should be reported.
Social infection is one step harder on a Mac. An attachment sitting in your mailbox (or a download from a web site) cannot be an executable. It has to be a document/archive format.
In the case of AppleScript, you would either need to zip/sit/dmg/gz the runtime script (extract then execute) or send the source file (open in Script Editor then press Run)
Are most users dumb enough to take that extra step? Yes probably. But it's not just a "one click and you're hosed" process.
So yes, if a web site promises all sorts of cool stuff if only the user will add their site to the XPI trusted list, then install, plenty of people will do it.
And it will be Firefox's fault of course.I dispute your unique orbit criterion. It wouldn't be impossible for two substantial planets to form at L4/L5 points. Note: the masses have to differ by at least 25x or random perturbation will eventually collide them. That leaves plenty of room for pairings, e.g. a Saturn-size gas giant and a rocky world 3x the mass of earth could share an orbit.
No, that's irrelevant. What PMF means is that if God's visiting nephew were to squish a planetoid like PlayDoh into some other shape (such as a cube), gravity would collapse it back into a spheroid (modulo rotation, tidal pulls, and minor surface features). There is an upper bound to the mass of arbitrarily-shaped solids, beyond which they can't support their own weight. That bound marks a planetoid, IMO.
Further, I propose that a planetoid large enough to hold a substantial atmosphere is a planet. Yes, this excludes Mercury and Pluto. Nyah nyah.
In theory some insane Niven Puppeteer could construct an aerogel pyramid as big as a star and more mass than Earth. If we ever find such a construct, I'll concede the definition is flawed. Until then, I think it works well.
Ah, you meant search for Hit men, not search for "Hit men" (almost identical to Hit-men). Quotes are significant characters in Google search.
Sadly, waynelorentz was only making a joke. The actual search for hit men in Chicago, IL returns a grill at the ballpark, local theater, a PR firm, etc. The only actual hit man on the list was a 66 year old former mobster, now retired.
However, I give Google an A for effort. They even offer a friendly spellcheck: " Did you mean: hitmen ".
lordsilence was obviously talking about individual consumer customers, not corporate hosting. There's no reason a standard $10-20/month account should send email on that scale.
BTW, if you provision a company of 13000+ users, why aren't they on a separate dedicated mailserver from your Aunt Tilly types?
Could you explain what you mean by this? em/ex, %, and even pt sound a lot like non-pixel measurements.
If Gentoo wants to add a TCPA compatibility module, have fun. But absolutely do NOT call it "Trusted Gentoo" when its actual meaning is "Gentoo that doesn't trust YOU".
Gentoo's public communications guy needs to read some George Lakoff. It's a wonderful life, folks. Every time you use their words, a devil gets his pitchfork.