...but I don't mind some of the more paranoid folks keeping them honest. If they have to explain to an angry person every time they collect a piece of info...
I like the way you think. Delegate some of your responsibility. Shows true managerial potential.......
I don't know how they are for US shipments (as they are based in Canada local to me). They are great. Vendors reps from places like OCZ hang out on their forums.
Perhaps they are a good reseller, but hear my experience. On my notebook PC, each day a pop-under browser (FF) window appears for NCIX. I've scanned the machine with every known spyware application and can't find anything, yet the pop-under continues. Even when I blocked the domain through OpenDNS, it continued to appear, so now I have added NCIX.Com to my hosts file(ncix.com->127.0.0.1) and while the window appears, it doesn't resolve. There is an affiliate ID attached to the URL when the window opens. Maybe I'll let them know someday, or maybe I'll just reformat and reinstall XP (it's time, over four years now) but I'm unlikely to ever do business with them.
Anyone has any constructive thoughts about this, please post 'em.
Which is exactly why electrical engineers most certainly DO NOT write electrical codes. They're written by electricians. Really.
And, much of the impetus for changing codes comes from the electrical manufacturing business....really. When new products are developed, manufacturers go to the various code agencies to get their product approved for use. Let's not be naive though. There's a lot of politics at that level.
Codes are as specific to a local area as a fingerprint is to you. There is a National code, which most sates adopt, then modify for the State codes. Finally, local codes can be implemented. The wild card in the code process is four letters: LAHJ. This stands for Local Authority Having Jurisdiction, in other words, the building, electrical, plumbing or other inspectors. They have the power to disallow any method of construction or materials if they feel using such methods or materials present a public safety hazard. While the majority of inspectors aren't ball busters out to flaunt their authority, there are some that are and all the guys in the construction business have stories about them.
(I'm talking about not just the folks in DC - but at the state level. Look at MA - $25B to build a three mile tunnel under the city to the airport? WTF?)
Not to be too nitpicky....
the total for the Big Dig is still at $15 Billion, not 25. It's expected to rise to possibly $18 billion, but that's still a way from $25.
And, to make the quota of off-topic stuff, the entire project was planned and promoted by Mike Dukakis, Fred Salvucci and Tip O'Neil, Democrats all. What they gave the unions was a giant wet kiss so every carpenter, iron worker and Boston cop could earn enough overtime to finally buy that house on the Cape. In the end, the damn thing has relieved much of the traffic problems, but at a very unacceptable cost, including the death of some very unlucky woman who just happened to be traveling through a section when a ceiling panel fell on her car and killed her.
When my last kid is out of school in a few years, we are so outta this suck ass state.
Ironically, Newegg charges NJ residents sales tax legitimately... their big east coast warehouse is in Monroe, NJ.
It's not irony. It's called "nexus". Because NewEgg has a presence in NJ, they are required to collect the sales tax for in-state orders, even if the sale occurred at the business headquarters in another state.
The state of New Hampshire, a non-sales tax state, is on the northern border of Massachusetts. For the residents of those cities on the MA border, where do you think they do most of their shopping? There's even a shopping mall that straddles the MA/NH border. On one end of the mall, the few stores in that section collect taxes. On the other, they don't. Which end do you think the Circuit City and Sears stores are located in?
Use taxes are generally only a business concern. While a state can require all residents to file use tax payments for out of state purchases, how many people are really going to comply? If a business undergoes a tax audit by the state revenue department, and they find sales tax hasn't been paid on certain items, they will collect and fine the business.
I believe a major part of the problem with Fios in bigger cities is the fiber itself. Last year, Corning announced development of a bendable fiber, which will help the installation in multi-family homes.
Not having ever had any experience as a fiber installer, I don't know if this is BS or not, but it seems Verizon is now making plans to penetrate the bigger cities.
The difference is in who owns the mail. Send a personal letter, your company can't open it. Send a letter on company letterhead and they can.
Ownership is not the test. Let's say you bring a utility bill to work with the intention of purchasing a stamp for the letter. Your boss sees the envelope and demands to see it. Until it has a stamp on it, the boss could insist on opening and examining the envelope to insure it doesn't contain any trade secrets. Once a stamp is on it, it gains Federal protection, in most cases. Certain high security places would prohibit personal mail of any kind and could demand to open the envelope, if you agreed to such during the hiring process. It doesn't have to pass through the USPS first, the stamp is the protection.
In reality, few of us are ever going to be in such a situation. I've learned over the last few years that the days when doing personal business at work are quickly disappearing. While the employer probably would be in the wrong to crack your personal web email account, the simplest way to avoid an issue is to not read your personal email at work. If one can afford it, receive personal stuff on your cell phone. But, as we know, there are places where cell phones are banned too, mostly due to the cameras in phones.
Best bet is to leave the personal stuff at home or find a more open-minded employer.
Way to miss the point. OP was saying in essences, "email should get the same protection snail mail gets". A common sense solution, IOW. Sadly (as your post illustrates), common sense just isn't all that common.:( In any event, the perp had to commit fraud in order to read his coworker's email, and there are certainly laws against that.
US Courts have already held that a business can view an employee's email account, and that the employee has no right to privacy. That doesn't mean anyone in the business can read another employee's email, but trying to give employer-owned email the same kind of protection afforded US Mail isn't going to happen anytime in the foreseeable future.
The gov't gets involved because they back student loans. Lots of defaults on student loans.
Defaults happen with greater regularity with students that attend commercial trade schools. For example, a school offers a course in food preparation, which could lead to the student being employed in a hotel or fine restaurant. Problem is, during the first few years, the pay rate for entry level jobs in some occupations doesn't pay enough for someone to pay student loans and have a few other simple things, like a place to live or an auto.
This is a fact that needs to be addressed. Unfortunately, many students fail to realize this when being given the full court press by an "admissions" officer.
Unfortunately this is not a new problem. About four years ago, I purchased an HP desktop for my then-high school age son, mostly because I was too busy to build him one. The shipment arrived in two cartons - one contained the CPU and cables. The other package - a corrugated carton measuring approximately 9x12x3, contained the "extended warranty" paperwork.
It was at that point I thought a change in career would be a lucrative decision. I figured if I could be the corrugated supplier for HP, I'd be all set.
Obscurity? You don't know Usenet if you think it's on its way to obscurity.
Usenet is bigger than ever and there's more traffic than there's ever been. While P2P might be the choice for some, Usenet providers like Giganews provide far more content - including text groups - than P2P will ever provide and at very good speeds, without crushing your residential cable or DSL connection.
Giganews just announced 240 day binary retention. See if P2P can match that.
Slashdot Mirror
Easy solution, use OpenDNS. Oh wait, they also do that.
Yes they do, but it's the user's choice to see the ads and in exchange, get a damn reliable DNS.
I thought by now the concept of internet==$0.00 was over but I guess not.
This one I have personal knowledge of works well
A Google search shows these:
This is one
And so is this
Well, that's the way it's worked for most people here on /. because peer review will always be better than a moderated forum.
Peer review? Does this mean I have no peers if I don't wear a tinfoil hat?
Maybe I am just getting old.
C'mon, have some pride.
Seasoned......not old.
I like the way you think. Delegate some of your responsibility. Shows true managerial potential.......
Yes. That's an unreserved YES!
Me too, unless the uniform included a red shirt.
NCIX.com
I don't know how they are for US shipments (as they are based in Canada local to me). They are great. Vendors reps from places like OCZ hang out on their forums.
Perhaps they are a good reseller, but hear my experience. On my notebook PC, each day a pop-under browser (FF) window appears for NCIX. I've scanned the machine with every known spyware application and can't find anything, yet the pop-under continues. Even when I blocked the domain through OpenDNS, it continued to appear, so now I have added NCIX.Com to my hosts file(ncix.com->127.0.0.1) and while the window appears, it doesn't resolve. There is an affiliate ID attached to the URL when the window opens. Maybe I'll let them know someday, or maybe I'll just reformat and reinstall XP (it's time, over four years now) but I'm unlikely to ever do business with them.
Anyone has any constructive thoughts about this, please post 'em.
Which is exactly why electrical engineers most certainly DO NOT write electrical codes. They're written by electricians. Really.
And, much of the impetus for changing codes comes from the electrical manufacturing business....really. When new products are developed, manufacturers go to the various code agencies to get their product approved for use. Let's not be naive though. There's a lot of politics at that level.
Codes are as specific to a local area as a fingerprint is to you. There is a National code, which most sates adopt, then modify for the State codes. Finally, local codes can be implemented. The wild card in the code process is four letters: LAHJ. This stands for Local Authority Having Jurisdiction, in other words, the building, electrical, plumbing or other inspectors. They have the power to disallow any method of construction or materials if they feel using such methods or materials present a public safety hazard. While the majority of inspectors aren't ball busters out to flaunt their authority, there are some that are and all the guys in the construction business have stories about them.
(I'm talking about not just the folks in DC - but at the state level. Look at MA - $25B to build a three mile tunnel under the city to the airport? WTF?)
Not to be too nitpicky....
the total for the Big Dig is still at $15 Billion, not 25. It's expected to rise to possibly $18 billion, but that's still a way from $25.
And, to make the quota of off-topic stuff, the entire project was planned and promoted by Mike Dukakis, Fred Salvucci and Tip O'Neil, Democrats all. What they gave the unions was a giant wet kiss so every carpenter, iron worker and Boston cop could earn enough overtime to finally buy that house on the Cape. In the end, the damn thing has relieved much of the traffic problems, but at a very unacceptable cost, including the death of some very unlucky woman who just happened to be traveling through a section when a ceiling panel fell on her car and killed her.
When my last kid is out of school in a few years, we are so outta this suck ass state.
but I'm interested to find out what Palin is like in more detail -- something I'm sure we'll be soon learning.
She belongs to the NRA, packs a gun, shoots better than Cheney and plays hockey - what more does anyone need to know?
Ironically, Newegg charges NJ residents sales tax legitimately ... their big east coast warehouse is in Monroe, NJ.
It's not irony. It's called "nexus". Because NewEgg has a presence in NJ, they are required to collect the sales tax for in-state orders, even if the sale occurred at the business headquarters in another state.
The state of New Hampshire, a non-sales tax state, is on the northern border of Massachusetts. For the residents of those cities on the MA border, where do you think they do most of their shopping? There's even a shopping mall that straddles the MA/NH border. On one end of the mall, the few stores in that section collect taxes. On the other, they don't. Which end do you think the Circuit City and Sears stores are located in?
Use taxes are generally only a business concern. While a state can require all residents to file use tax payments for out of state purchases, how many people are really going to comply? If a business undergoes a tax audit by the state revenue department, and they find sales tax hasn't been paid on certain items, they will collect and fine the business.
I believe a major part of the problem with Fios in bigger cities is the fiber itself. Last year, Corning announced development of a bendable fiber, which will help the installation in multi-family homes. Not having ever had any experience as a fiber installer, I don't know if this is BS or not, but it seems Verizon is now making plans to penetrate the bigger cities.
I don't see what the problem is. My neighbor has one in his yard, and I don't mind at all.
You must be one of those NIMFYs (not in MY front yard)
Wait until the guards get a look at at this event.
Imagine the terror of 5,500 instilled by photographers - oh the humanity.....
Hate to be a spelling nazi but what is the DCMA? Isn't it DMCA, because that's what TFA says.
Review this summary of photographer's rights
Hey call your shots before linking to a damn PDF.
It's PETA. Not Pain In The Ass (although some do feel that way about them); People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.
People Eating Tasty Animals
The percentage must be higher on /. Why else would we keep returning here every day?
The difference is in who owns the mail. Send a personal letter, your company can't open it. Send a letter on company letterhead and they can.
Ownership is not the test. Let's say you bring a utility bill to work with the intention of purchasing a stamp for the letter. Your boss sees the envelope and demands to see it. Until it has a stamp on it, the boss could insist on opening and examining the envelope to insure it doesn't contain any trade secrets. Once a stamp is on it, it gains Federal protection, in most cases. Certain high security places would prohibit personal mail of any kind and could demand to open the envelope, if you agreed to such during the hiring process. It doesn't have to pass through the USPS first, the stamp is the protection.
In reality, few of us are ever going to be in such a situation. I've learned over the last few years that the days when doing personal business at work are quickly disappearing. While the employer probably would be in the wrong to crack your personal web email account, the simplest way to avoid an issue is to not read your personal email at work. If one can afford it, receive personal stuff on your cell phone. But, as we know, there are places where cell phones are banned too, mostly due to the cameras in phones.
Best bet is to leave the personal stuff at home or find a more open-minded employer.
Way to miss the point. OP was saying in essences, "email should get the same protection snail mail gets". A common sense solution, IOW. Sadly (as your post illustrates), common sense just isn't all that common. :( In any event, the perp had to commit fraud in order to read his coworker's email, and there are certainly laws against that.
US Courts have already held that a business can view an employee's email account, and that the employee has no right to privacy. That doesn't mean anyone in the business can read another employee's email, but trying to give employer-owned email the same kind of protection afforded US Mail isn't going to happen anytime in the foreseeable future.
Where is my tinfoil hat? I know I left it right near the computer. Did someone steal it???
Nothing sinister here. You can remove the tin foil hat.
What fun would that be? How would /. survive without the tinfoil hat brigades?
You DEFINITELY must be new here.
The gov't gets involved because they back student loans. Lots of defaults on student loans.
Defaults happen with greater regularity with students that attend commercial trade schools. For example, a school offers a course in food preparation, which could lead to the student being employed in a hotel or fine restaurant. Problem is, during the first few years, the pay rate for entry level jobs in some occupations doesn't pay enough for someone to pay student loans and have a few other simple things, like a place to live or an auto.
This is a fact that needs to be addressed. Unfortunately, many students fail to realize this when being given the full court press by an "admissions" officer.
It was at that point I thought a change in career would be a lucrative decision. I figured if I could be the corrugated supplier for HP, I'd be all set.
Obscurity? You don't know Usenet if you think it's on its way to obscurity.
Usenet is bigger than ever and there's more traffic than there's ever been. While P2P might be the choice for some, Usenet providers like Giganews provide far more content - including text groups - than P2P will ever provide and at very good speeds, without crushing your residential cable or DSL connection.
Giganews just announced 240 day binary retention. See if P2P can match that.