The mayor of Indianapolis has been working for something similar to this, as well. I believe it got knocked down by the courts, and the state legislature is trying to draft something up.
Here in Indiana, the legislature tried to sneak through a law protecting the privacy of their emails - but the newspapers picked up the story and are having a field day. If you're on the job, the boss (in this case, We The People) have a right to that information. At home, that's another story - but of course in the President's case, we're talking about the ultimate Home Office.
Why are TLD's necessary, anyway? They seem to me that they are an unnecessary complication of the domain-naming convention. What is, after all, the point of having www.yadayada.com www.yadayada.org www.ya dayada.net, and www.yadayada.edu?
Why not just have the domain name an alphanumeric string, and let these sites delineate themselves as
yadayadaCorporation TheyadayadaFoundation ya dayadaNetworking, or yadayadaUniversity?
Most content sites simply aren't WORTH paying for - that's the plain truth. The amount of information available for free is astounding, making the pay-for-access model look increasingly less attractive as time goes on.
If the scaler vs. list issue was essentially a misunderstanding that was eventually explained away by the CS teacher, that's not really the crux of the whole deal. Basically, the headline should deal more with the crushing of dissent than a Perl goof...
Along a similar vein, I find that while I don't plan on purchasing many new CD's with Napster on hand, my interest in music has gone way up, and I definitely plan on attending more concerts this year (which is where the artists make their money, anway).
Screw the RIAA - they're nothing more than a modern equivalent of the Horse & Buggy industry before Henry Ford came along.
That's the gist of it - they're not going to snoop 24/7 (too expensive), but if a particular neighborhood keeps raising complaints about speed, for example, they could look around and see that somebody's hogging the network and/or creating other problems. Without the TOS, they'd have no recourse to boot the troublemaker off the service and keep everybody else happy.
The question, of course, becomes "what constitutes a troublemaker."
I wouldn't worry that much about - basically these TOS's serve as the provider's backup should they need it to kick a troublesome user off the network. Remember the stink over @Home's TOS, that restricted telecommuting? Our tech manager at work called to give them hell, since us programmers are going to do our on-call support via VPN. Their response is that they don't snoop around for every violation of the TOS, but have it in place in case they need it.
These companies have better things to do, anyway - like come up with hours and hours of Muzak to numb your brain while waiting on hold...
I ain't no lawyer, but I suspect your friend has been sniffing too much gunpowder.
This is a private contract, not a government regulation. In exchange for subscribing to their service, you agree to their terms of service. After all, you could view Non-Disclosure Agreements as a restriction of one's First Amendment rights - that doesn't make them illegal.
Basically, they can kick you off their service for violating their rules. Of course, it also sounds like they can send a smelly, greasy, installation guy over to your house anytime they like! That could be worse...
Maybe Shakespeare isn't on the list because HE DIDN'T WRITE BOOKS! I'm sure he'd be at the top of many "best theatrical plays of the millenium" lists...
1) Companies come out with "Best of" lists because they get people talking. I think they certainly accomplished that objective!
2) Isn't J.K. Rowling female?
quibble) The Iliad would be a great pick for the B.C. list, but not a the current Millenial one (unless of course, you're talking about a particular translation).
If they went page-by-page, the movie would run approximately 32.4 hours! Tom's a swell guy (and probably rolls a mean doobie), but decisions have to be made. Does anybody know if Ghan-buri-ghan (sp) is still in?
You could bring a couple of these developers in, turn a camera on, and ask just why they decided to contribute to the project. Voila! Instant promotional material for your product, your company, and your relationship with the open source community. Give them a reasonable fee for the promotional spot, and make a donation to a charity of their choosing in their name to boot.
According to the article, this is an option that can be turned on or off - so in the appropriate setting, this is actually a very useful feature. Far be it from me, however, to let the facts get in the way of a sensational headline...
The Democratic National Committee said it started receiving complaints from voters that the actual ballot was very confusing. Basically, voters said, the hole punch for Gore on the ballot was so close to that of Buchanan that many voters weren't sure who they had voted for.
"By Gore there were two holes... I had to figure out which one," said voter Lena Fransetta. "I asked one of the ladies for help and she didn't know. When I left I figured out I voted wrong."
Another voter, May Cohen, said, "I don't know if I voted wrong... Republicans had only one hole, Gore-Lieberman had two. I think I did right, but it was very confusing."
It sounds like not even the poll worker was able to help the one lady. Seriously, I doubt anything could (or should) be done to address this situation in the present vote, but I would think a standard should be developed with maximum clarity and ease-of-use the focal point of ballots. With all the local offices and referendums appearing around the country, I could see how some people could get confused.
"And to force you to ride public transit with the lice-infested hotel chambermaids and convenience store clerks of the world."
Having exclusively used the public transit system during my first years as a programmer (quite happily, mind you), I'll kindly ask you to go suck an egg for posting such narrow-minded stereotypical crap. I actually agree with just about everything else you said, but that kind of garbage only serves to undermine your message.
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Or did They simply snip out that reference without you even knowing???
The mayor of Indianapolis has been working for something similar to this, as well. I believe it got knocked down by the courts, and the state legislature is trying to draft something up.
On that score, internet journalism is no worse than print or TV...
Here in Indiana, the legislature tried to sneak through a law protecting the privacy of their emails - but the newspapers picked up the story and are having a field day. If you're on the job, the boss (in this case, We The People) have a right to that information. At home, that's another story - but of course in the President's case, we're talking about the ultimate Home Office.
www.yadayada.com
www.yadayada.org
www.y
www.yadayada.edu?
Why not just have the domain name an alphanumeric string, and let these sites delineate themselves as
yadayadaCorporationa dayadaNetworking, or
TheyadayadaFoundation
y
yadayadaUniversity?
Most content sites simply aren't WORTH paying for - that's the plain truth. The amount of information available for free is astounding, making the pay-for-access model look increasingly less attractive as time goes on.
The Constitution outlines the restrictions on government's power - not private relationships amongst people, corporations, or other private entities.
If the scaler vs. list issue was essentially a misunderstanding that was eventually explained away by the CS teacher, that's not really the crux of the whole deal. Basically, the headline should deal more with the crushing of dissent than a Perl goof...
Along a similar vein, I find that while I don't plan on purchasing many new CD's with Napster on hand, my interest in music has gone way up, and I definitely plan on attending more concerts this year (which is where the artists make their money, anway). Screw the RIAA - they're nothing more than a modern equivalent of the Horse & Buggy industry before Henry Ford came along.
This should have been retitled, "Side which won previous round in court battle proclaims that judge impartial." Wow, that's a shocker...
how much would they be willing to pay for the return trip?
With all these servers that you were running, were you purchasing their residential or business service?
The question, of course, becomes "what constitutes a troublemaker."
These companies have better things to do, anyway - like come up with hours and hours of Muzak to numb your brain while waiting on hold...
I ain't no lawyer, but I suspect your friend has been sniffing too much gunpowder. This is a private contract, not a government regulation. In exchange for subscribing to their service, you agree to their terms of service. After all, you could view Non-Disclosure Agreements as a restriction of one's First Amendment rights - that doesn't make them illegal.
Basically, they can kick you off their service for violating their rules. Of course, it also sounds like they can send a smelly, greasy, installation guy over to your house anytime they like! That could be worse...
and you can find it here.
Maybe Shakespeare isn't on the list because HE DIDN'T WRITE BOOKS! I'm sure he'd be at the top of many "best theatrical plays of the millenium" lists...
2) Isn't J.K. Rowling female?
quibble) The Iliad would be a great pick for the B.C. list, but not a the current Millenial one (unless of course, you're talking about a particular translation).
If they went page-by-page, the movie would run approximately 32.4 hours! Tom's a swell guy (and probably rolls a mean doobie), but decisions have to be made. Does anybody know if Ghan-buri-ghan (sp) is still in?
You could bring a couple of these developers in, turn a camera on, and ask just why they decided to contribute to the project. Voila! Instant promotional material for your product, your company, and your relationship with the open source community. Give them a reasonable fee for the promotional spot, and make a donation to a charity of their choosing in their name to boot.
There have been periodic resets as the game has developed - remember that Blacknova is in beta still...
According to the article, this is an option that can be turned on or off - so in the appropriate setting, this is actually a very useful feature. Far be it from me, however, to let the facts get in the way of a sensational headline...
It sounds like not even the poll worker was able to help the one lady. Seriously, I doubt anything could (or should) be done to address this situation in the present vote, but I would think a standard should be developed with maximum clarity and ease-of-use the focal point of ballots. With all the local offices and referendums appearing around the country, I could see how some people could get confused.
Having exclusively used the public transit system during my first years as a programmer (quite happily, mind you), I'll kindly ask you to go suck an egg for posting such narrow-minded stereotypical crap. I actually agree with just about everything else you said, but that kind of garbage only serves to undermine your message.