what're they going to do, arrest everyone? Stupidity.
No. They will just arrest you when you stick your neck out and speak up. If everyone's a criminal, selective prosecution against your political enemies becomes easy (whether they be the enemies of the RIAA or the Republicrats).
See also: war on drugs, 3rd party candidates arrested at the presidental debates, etc.
I was driving home from work today when KQED aired The California Report. They had a segment on E-Voting. See link above for audio stream.
E-Voting
In the November election, nearly a third of California voters will cast their ballot on a touch screen voting machine. And virtually every vote cast in California will be counted electronically, even in those counties using punch card ballots. County officials often praise the machines. But electronic voting activists warn e-voting technology can't be trusted.
I don't know if anyone remembers this, but there was a series of stories on Slashdot about a guy that was taking high-quality photos of the California coastline to study erosion. He was sued by Barbra Streissand or someone for taking photos of her house. Anyway, his camera system recorded the location that the photos were taken using GPS. You should talk to him to see what he did.
Here is the list of vulnerabilities. For more information (including a list of effected versions), see the Apache Week listing.
Does anyone have any information about whether the mod_ssl DoS vuln effects Apache 1.3.x as well? Thanks. -molo
An input validation issue in IPv6 literal address parsing which can result in a negative length parameter being passed to memcpy. [CAN-2004-0786]
A buffer overflow in configuration file parsing could allow a local user to gain the privileges of a httpd child if the server can be forced to parse a carefully crafted.htaccess file. [CAN-2004-0747]
A segfault in mod_ssl which can be triggered by a malicious remote server, if proxying to SSL servers has been configured. [CAN-2004-0751]
A potential infinite loop in mod_ssl which could be triggered given particular timing of a connection abort. [CAN-2004-0748]
A segfault in mod_dav_fs which can be remotely triggered by an indirect lock refresh request. [CAN-2004-0809]
Maybe if we start comparing the government to a family that's making $110,000 a year, but is $74,000 in debt, we could have a real national debate about government spending.
While I do think that the defecit it somehting that needs to be taken care of, I don't think this method will work. A family with that kind of income usually will have a mortgage and at least a car or school loan to pay off.. hundreds of thousands of dollars.
US Consumer debt rose to $1.98 trillion in October 2003 - this number includes credit cards and car loan debt, but excludes mortgages. The average family has about $18700 in this kind of debt. Taking credit card debt alone, the average family has $12000 in debt.
What I don't get is why I'm seeing this article at all. I had disabled the Anime topic in my preferences, and it seemed to work. I havn't seen Anime stories in many many months.. but wtf, now this one shows up?
Fiber is too easy to break. Drop a wrench on it, and its shot. It would have to be heavily insulated or encased or something for its entire run.. bulky, heavy. Not so good.
Living on campus is a money racket for colleges. Rent housing in a nearby ghetto (there's always one) and get broadband. You'll enjoy yourself much more not living beneath the college administration's thumb, you'll receive a basic instruction in how things work, and you may not even need roommates to pay for your dwelling.
I agree and disagree. Yes, its a money racket. Yes, you'll enjoy the freedoms of being off campus. However, I highly recommend you spend at least a year or two on campus. Its a lot easier to meet people in the dorms. Socially, it provides a much richer experience. Also, its nice to be able to roll out of bed and walk two blocks to your class instead of dealing with traffic and parking. YMMV.
A double envelope is not a secret ballot because others can demand to see it before you seal it. Vote buying and coercion I consider basicly the same. A secret ballot thwarts vote buying because the buyer has no way of knowing if you actually voted the way he wanted you to. Same thing for coercion.
There is nothing to prevent those abuses, except that absentee ballots are typically a small percentage of the votes. Even if you buy 100% of the absentee ballots, it often won't change the outcome of the election. The margin of victory is often larger than the number of absentee ballots outstanding. (Florida and New Mexico not withstanding)
This is why it is important that our primary voting method (in-person polling) remains a secret ballot.
Do not abuse absentee ballots. Let them be used by those out of the country, away at college, or too sick to go to their local polling station.
Absentee ballots are typically not anonymous. Otherwise anyone could send in a ballot.. or multiple ballots. This is considered a reasonable sacrifice for the convenience of not going to a polling station.
Automatic shoulder belts are a poor solution for a regulatory problem. The US mandated that all cars must have an automatic restraint system in '93 or so. They meant airbags, but the manufacturers didn't have time to retool all of their vehicles before the deadline. The result was the automatic shoulder restraints. The following year, the cars came with airbags.
I agree, the automatic shoulder restraints suck ass.
I wouldn't expect to see MS modifying and sharing any GPL code anytime soon, but they have used BSD code in the past, and I have no doubt they do use binaries of GPL'd projects (but would naturally avoid tainting themselves by looking, let along modifying, sources).
They already distribute GPL licensed code. See Windows Services for UNIX 3.5. It includes gcc, g++, make, rcs, awk, grep, sed, tar, cpio, etc.
If he can ping the machine, the kernel is still functional. If he can ssh in, then userspace is still functional and X or the console is locked up.
Is he using X, a framebuffer console or a standard VGA console? I've had plenty of times where X locked up on me and I wasn't able to recover the video device. This is not uncommon on some hardware. Best bet at that point is to ssh in and reboot.
If X locks up, there is nothing to be logged. The kernel sees it as just another userspace process.
3. Ok, seemingly hard lockups are out - but these are more and more uncommon with 2.6 - but nearly everything else is dumpable, unless it screws with the NIC driver itself? I'll have to check out that watchdog, that sounds useful.
4. Thanks for the info, I'll have to read up on that.
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what're they going to do, arrest everyone? Stupidity.
No. They will just arrest you when you stick your neck out and speak up. If everyone's a criminal, selective prosecution against your political enemies becomes easy (whether they be the enemies of the RIAA or the Republicrats).
See also: war on drugs, 3rd party candidates arrested at the presidental debates, etc.
-molo
do your 2D with OpenGL (textured polys).
FYI, this is what the Quake series does. It ends up being highly portable.
-molo
"Canola" stands for "CANadian Oil Low Acid". Source: Wikipedia
I wish the US would send the IRS to space. :)
-molo
The report was fairly critical, but balanced.
-molo
This is very interesting, and can be an important distinction from theft. What are the typical punishments for Twoccing? Thanks.
-molo
I don't know if anyone remembers this, but there was a series of stories on Slashdot about a guy that was taking high-quality photos of the California coastline to study erosion. He was sued by Barbra Streissand or someone for taking photos of her house. Anyway, his camera system recorded the location that the photos were taken using GPS. You should talk to him to see what he did.
-molo
Does anyone have any information about whether the mod_ssl DoS vuln effects Apache 1.3.x as well? Thanks. -molo
Maybe if we start comparing the government to a family that's making $110,000 a year, but is $74,000 in debt, we could have a real national debate about government spending.
While I do think that the defecit it somehting that needs to be taken care of, I don't think this method will work. A family with that kind of income usually will have a mortgage and at least a car or school loan to pay off.. hundreds of thousands of dollars.
US Consumer debt rose to $1.98 trillion in October 2003 - this number includes credit cards and car loan debt, but excludes mortgages. The average family has about $18700 in this kind of debt. Taking credit card debt alone, the average family has $12000 in debt.
Perhaps that would make a better comparison?
-molo
What I don't get is why I'm seeing this article at all. I had disabled the Anime topic in my preferences, and it seemed to work. I havn't seen Anime stories in many many months.. but wtf, now this one shows up?
Is this a bug in slashcode?
-molo
Fiber is too easy to break. Drop a wrench on it, and its shot. It would have to be heavily insulated or encased or something for its entire run.. bulky, heavy. Not so good.
-molo
Its a CHANGE in frequency! Like change in velocity is measured per second.. i.e., 9.8 m/s^2.
So 8 Hz/s = 8 1/s^2
-molo
A navigational Beacon? Rotating on a repair facility? Made to cover as much of an area as possible in times of distress?
/me runs
Maybe a hollow sphere or ring rotating for artifical gravity? ie. DEATH STAR.
-molo
Living on campus is a money racket for colleges.
Rent housing in a nearby ghetto (there's always one) and get broadband. You'll enjoy yourself much more not living beneath the college administration's thumb, you'll receive a basic instruction in how things work, and you may not even need roommates to pay for your dwelling.
I agree and disagree. Yes, its a money racket. Yes, you'll enjoy the freedoms of being off campus. However, I highly recommend you spend at least a year or two on campus. Its a lot easier to meet people in the dorms. Socially, it provides a much richer experience. Also, its nice to be able to roll out of bed and walk two blocks to your class instead of dealing with traffic and parking. YMMV.
-molo
A double envelope is not a secret ballot because others can demand to see it before you seal it. Vote buying and coercion I consider basicly the same. A secret ballot thwarts vote buying because the buyer has no way of knowing if you actually voted the way he wanted you to. Same thing for coercion.
-molo
This is an interesting story. Where can I read more about it? I noticed you didn't give any names.
-molo
Yes, there are ways to do this. Note that I said typically. However, also note that this is not a secret ballot and cannot prevent vote buying.
-molo
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Yes, there are ways to do this. Note that I said typically. However, also note that this is not a secret ballot and cannot prevent vote buying.
-molo
There is nothing to prevent those abuses, except that absentee ballots are typically a small percentage of the votes. Even if you buy 100% of the absentee ballots, it often won't change the outcome of the election. The margin of victory is often larger than the number of absentee ballots outstanding. (Florida and New Mexico not withstanding)
This is why it is important that our primary voting method (in-person polling) remains a secret ballot.
Do not abuse absentee ballots. Let them be used by those out of the country, away at college, or too sick to go to their local polling station.
-molo
Absentee ballots are typically not anonymous. Otherwise anyone could send in a ballot.. or multiple ballots. This is considered a reasonable sacrifice for the convenience of not going to a polling station.
-molo
Automatic shoulder belts are a poor solution for a regulatory problem. The US mandated that all cars must have an automatic restraint system in '93 or so. They meant airbags, but the manufacturers didn't have time to retool all of their vehicles before the deadline. The result was the automatic shoulder restraints. The following year, the cars came with airbags.
I agree, the automatic shoulder restraints suck ass.
-molo
I wouldn't expect to see MS modifying and sharing any GPL code anytime soon, but they have used BSD code in the past, and I have no doubt they do use binaries of GPL'd projects (but would naturally avoid tainting themselves by looking, let along modifying, sources).
They already distribute GPL licensed code. See Windows Services for UNIX 3.5. It includes gcc, g++, make, rcs, awk, grep, sed, tar, cpio, etc.
-molo
If he can ping the machine, the kernel is still functional. If he can ssh in, then userspace is still functional and X or the console is locked up.
Is he using X, a framebuffer console or a standard VGA console? I've had plenty of times where X locked up on me and I wasn't able to recover the video device. This is not uncommon on some hardware. Best bet at that point is to ssh in and reboot.
If X locks up, there is nothing to be logged. The kernel sees it as just another userspace process.
-molo
Does anyone know if this works with the m500 series with SD slots as well? (running PalmOS 4.x)
Thanks,
-molo
3. Ok, seemingly hard lockups are out - but these are more and more uncommon with 2.6 - but nearly everything else is dumpable, unless it screws with the NIC driver itself? I'll have to check out that watchdog, that sounds useful.
4. Thanks for the info, I'll have to read up on that.
-molo