I'm still a bit confused. Maybe I missed it in the torrent (:P) of articles and comments, but while I understand that the **AA are claiming TPB is responsible for copyright material, who is saying that they are not responsible for the paedo material? (And why?!?)
I go to a pharmacy in Canada to fill my prescriptions, and I end up paying probably half what the drugs cost in the US. It's even covered by my insurance!
I can (presumably) have multiple/. accounts and post from them as I choose. I can post anonymously on/. if I wanted to.
Generally speaking, people aren't posting people's photos on/., unless they're in the news or pulling a Streisand. The friend/foe feature is sorta like this, I guess, but it's hard to get any useful information from that, since different people use it differently.
And even though my comments stay indefinitely, I believe I can change my user settings to display/change/remove my signature and e-mail address, and this will change for all my previous posts.
Facebook, OTOH, well I don't know because I don't use the damn thing for just the type of concern raised in TFA(S).
Finally, if they claim that this is really for VIP's under high risk of an assassination attempt, and not for military/police, then the device would probably have to be invisible. I don't think Obama or Bill Gates wants to walk around with a huge thingamajig on his head (remember "Child abduction is not funny"?).
Well, if he can hide this motherfucker in his motorcade, there's probably room for a radar system, too.
OTOH, another post suggested that modern technology is sufficiently precise that one pass will do it. While I'm far from being an expert, this suggests to me that older devices may indeed be readable with only one pass.
Assuming so, if anyone's going to have such older devices, it would be the federal government. It's easier to train data security lackeys to follow one blanket policy (even if it's an outdated one) that will cover all devices, than to say "one pass is fine... UNLESS it's an old drive."
And even if this article is accurate, do you really expect the government to update their IT policies today based on an article published last Thursday?
Sure, the government does a lot of stupid stuff (both individuals and as a collective), but be reasonable.
Wikipedia is hardly the only project that Wikimedia Commons hosts. There is also WikiBooks, Wikiversity, and in addition to the instructional videos that could supplement those projects, new multimedia capabilities could even bring to life a "Wikimentary" project ("Wikumentary"? Some portmanteau of "Wiki" and "documentary").
It would be very awesome if this led to collaborative video technologies, such as the ability to caption videos (and edit captions) without downloading the whole file, adding stuff to the edges of the file, then reuploading it, or to even add alternate soundtracks (i.e. different languages) to certain parts.
There are plenty of nonreligious non-profit organizations out there that do charitable activities.
The fact that the groups are nonreligious does not make them "atheistic"; religious and nonreligious people alike can participate, and not be immersed in an environment that preaches things they don't believe, (except for those people who consider absence of preaching of their religious view to be a form of preaching).
And before you go calling me a hypocrite, I don't like corporate branding either. The Ronald McDonald foundation has done much less [i]for[/i] children than McDonald's restaurants have done [i]to[/i] children.
I don't get what all the hate is about for Mozilla doing this. It's Google's protocol, which they are deprecating, if TFAS is accurate. All Mozilla is doing is keeping people from inevitably getting "cannot connect to anti-phishing server" messages once Google discontinues it.
Just tell them that NARA needs liberating, and that a precise attack using the Bush administration's archives will save them.
Tell them that 200-300TB of data will be necessary. They'll go in with 140TB and no exit strategy, and their e-mails will be in the archives for decades to come.
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I'm still a bit confused. Maybe I missed it in the torrent (:P) of articles and comments, but while I understand that the **AA are claiming TPB is responsible for copyright material, who is saying that they are not responsible for the paedo material? (And why?!?)
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He said "India", not "Indians".
Yes, and he also said "retardation", suggesting that Indians (i.e. people from India) are retarded.
Or is it only racist to suggest that North American Indians are retarded?
Geez! I guess I just don't understand!
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(look at the history of the colonisation of the Americas).
Yeah, that never worked, did it?
- RG>
I go to a pharmacy in Canada to fill my prescriptions, and I end up paying probably half what the drugs cost in the US. It's even covered by my insurance!
Of course, it helps that I live here.
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so exactly what's so evil about the new ToS?
Privacy?
I can (presumably) have multiple /. accounts and post from them as I choose. I can post anonymously on /. if I wanted to.
Generally speaking, people aren't posting people's photos on /., unless they're in the news or pulling a Streisand. The friend/foe feature is sorta like this, I guess, but it's hard to get any useful information from that, since different people use it differently.
And even though my comments stay indefinitely, I believe I can change my user settings to display/change/remove my signature and e-mail address, and this will change for all my previous posts.
Facebook, OTOH, well I don't know because I don't use the damn thing for just the type of concern raised in TFA(S).
- RG>
Finally, if they claim that this is really for VIP's under high risk of an assassination attempt, and not for military/police, then the device would probably have to be invisible. I don't think Obama or Bill Gates wants to walk around with a huge thingamajig on his head (remember "Child abduction is not funny"?).
Well, if he can hide this motherfucker in his motorcade, there's probably room for a radar system, too.
- RG>
They continue to hire us back for work today,
Can't they just schedule their own fire drills?
- RG>
Oh yeah? What if he discovers a way to stop time? Then he'll be able to make all sorts of breakthroughs between now and tomorrow noon!
- RG>
OTOH, another post suggested that modern technology is sufficiently precise that one pass will do it. While I'm far from being an expert, this suggests to me that older devices may indeed be readable with only one pass.
Assuming so, if anyone's going to have such older devices, it would be the federal government. It's easier to train data security lackeys to follow one blanket policy (even if it's an outdated one) that will cover all devices, than to say "one pass is fine... UNLESS it's an old drive."
And even if this article is accurate, do you really expect the government to update their IT policies today based on an article published last Thursday?
Sure, the government does a lot of stupid stuff (both individuals and as a collective), but be reasonable.
- RG>
Once you've upgraded to the 2.1 year old, you gotta do *something* with the old model.
- RG>
C-SPAN also streams its three TV feeds and radio feed in both WMV and RealMedia:
http://www.c-span.com/Watch/C-SPAN_wm.aspx
I know it's an MS alternative to MS Silverlight, but it's an alternative nonetheless. Also, it's not restricted to US IP addresses.
- RG>
Wikipedia is hardly the only project that Wikimedia Commons hosts. There is also WikiBooks, Wikiversity, and in addition to the instructional videos that could supplement those projects, new multimedia capabilities could even bring to life a "Wikimentary" project ("Wikumentary"? Some portmanteau of "Wiki" and "documentary").
It would be very awesome if this led to collaborative video technologies, such as the ability to caption videos (and edit captions) without downloading the whole file, adding stuff to the edges of the file, then reuploading it, or to even add alternate soundtracks (i.e. different languages) to certain parts.
- RG>
But I want my music back now!
- RG>
The facts are that the goal is within spitting distance. They're 97% of the way [there]
Not only that, but their fundraising goal for this year is about 60% higher then what they raised last year.
- RG>
Are you kidding? It would take over five football fields to calculate the conversion of something that big into Libraries of Congress!
- RG>
This would be neat if true -- a garbage disposal sized obvject providing 40 days of cooking gas
Another Hanukkah miracle!
- RG>
The rebuttal to that would be that without capitalism, no one would be wealthy enough to afford to donate a $10M prize.
- RG>
No planets with super-volcanic mountains that peak just slightly shy of orbit?
Just one nitpick (and I stand to be corrected): orbit is based on trajectory/velocity, not altitude.
- RG>
There are plenty of nonreligious non-profit organizations out there that do charitable activities.
The fact that the groups are nonreligious does not make them "atheistic"; religious and nonreligious people alike can participate, and not be immersed in an environment that preaches things they don't believe, (except for those people who consider absence of preaching of their religious view to be a form of preaching).
And before you go calling me a hypocrite, I don't like corporate branding either. The Ronald McDonald foundation has done much less [i]for[/i] children than McDonald's restaurants have done [i]to[/i] children.
- RG>
...two hours after first clicking on that link, I finally get off my Star Trek Wikipedia/Memory Alpha binge!
- RG>
I think the new name is a very novial idea!
- RG>
Yeah, but just wait until his next article on improving aerodynamics and fuel efficiency by removing side the mirrors from your car...
- RG>
I have never had a PC or a Laptop which was able to reliably "Suspend" or "UnSuspend" Never in my life.
And I have. Two, in fact.
But thanks anyway for your anecdote.
- RG>
I don't get what all the hate is about for Mozilla doing this. It's Google's protocol, which they are deprecating, if TFAS is accurate. All Mozilla is doing is keeping people from inevitably getting "cannot connect to anti-phishing server" messages once Google discontinues it.
- RG>
Just tell them that NARA needs liberating, and that a precise attack using the Bush administration's archives will save them.
Tell them that 200-300TB of data will be necessary. They'll go in with 140TB and no exit strategy, and their e-mails will be in the archives for decades to come.
- RG>