I think that argument is bunk, but agree that there needs to be oversight on people in authoritative positions. The site is not illegal, it is making use of the Freedom of Information Act to gain public knowledge about police officers. Of course there may be trolls who just post "fuck pigs" or whatever, but it's in essence a review of officers, much like a review of auto shops. If you think one is unreliable and underhanded you will know to cover all your bases if you happen to cross paths with that cop. It's the ones who have that above the law mentality who are the ones this is designed for. It's weird that from forum that cops are worried about people having their public information, yet at their fingertips is a database of private information, that has the potential to be abused. (and to save some people the trouble, this isn't bashing all cops so don't post "not all cops are like that" responses)
That wasn't the average. He simply said one day had 80,000 views and the next day had 400,000. If had that many for 30 consecutive days then you may be right.
Quite true. I'm not sure I would really classify these as true answers rather than a vague press release-esque style maybe meant to show some sort of transparency to/.ers. Although I didn't expect much from a military man.
You have a two party system because the system is built in a way to favor a two party system, smaller parties have huge barriers of entry and they cannot gain traction.
No, actually, it's really not inherently set up that way. Read this info about how loosely-organized parties are.
Yes, actually it is. You aren't aware of the public funding that the federal government does for the "major" parties, i.e. the dems and repubs, during presidential elections. The federal government may have a loose hold on how the parties are organized but are heavily involved in perpetuating which ones and how many there are. That is why you don't see as many parties that are involved in many European elections, because of that federal fund-matching that the "major" parties get in the US.
The rules are basically (directly from the FEC website) that candidates must
seek nomination by a political party to the office of President.
establish eligibility by showing broad-based public support.
raise in excess of $5,000 in each of at least 20 states (i.e., over $100,000). Although an individual may contribute up to $2,300 to a primary candidate, only a maximum of $250 per individual applies toward the $5,000 threshold in each state.
In my eyes it is a system that has the potential to never be broken. The parties that are well known have the money, and the money is given to the parties that are well known. That is how things have gone since 1976 and will probably go for another decade.
The phone companies were also still on the case. Referring to Matt by his initials, because of his underage status, Lynd wrote, "I was contacted multiple times by employees of both AT&T and Verizon and was told that the illegal activity was continuing and was now being orchestrated by M.W. and other unindicted co-conspirators."
Complicating matters in Matt's case is that there's no federal law against pretext phone calls. So in court filings in related cases, the feds have invented a novel legal theory just for the blind hacker. Matt, they argue, violated the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act by persuading phone company workers to access their computers on his behalf. He hacked by proxy, using his voice instead of a computer.
That may be where the complications arise, either that or he was used as an informant by the FBI to prosecute other swatters. Either way he turns 18 in April so they won't have to see if they can try him as a minor.
I gotta agree with you on this. Whether or not he can see doesn't change the fact that he put innocent lives in danger by doing this. It isn't like the early days of phreaking where you made long distance calls for free. Spoofing calls about an insane gunman is completely justified for this kid to get charged with some sort of crime. There was another story I read about swatting where they wanted the culprit charged with assault with a deadly weapon and false imprisonment by violence, both by proxy, which are unprecedented, and I have to disagree that he should be charged with those.
"If (the Eee PC from) Asus starts to do well, we are all in trouble. That's just a race to the bottom," said Mike Abary....If the Eee PC just catches on with Linux developers, enthusiasts, and the tech-savvy early adopter crowd, that's fine by him. "But if mainstream buyers buy it, then, whoa," Abary said.
I see that quote coming from the mouth someone so high up in Sony as actually having some sort of scare effect on the industry, albeit very little. His candor is appreciated, since most goons within the industry will pound some idea that nothing is wrong, so at least this guy has a clear head about it all, but what affect this will have on the laptop industry may be smaller than he thinks. While I don't see users who still want a high-performing laptop will jumping ship for it, it opens the possibility for another "demographic" of users who want a decently performing laptop for a fraction of the standard costs, as well as reigniting that $100 laptop for developing countries effort.
DigiTimes has it that Asus actually sold through 350,000 Eee PCs in a single quarter, beating industry expectations by a solid 50,000 units.
But since that number is 300k more than expected, I could be flat out wrong, especially since Asus wants to sell them in best buys. I for one would welcome cheaper laptops, and may even consider one of these since I have a 2 desktops that are solid, performance wise.
From my point of view, it's because I don't care about the iPhone. It's an overpriced gadget that does stuff that I don't really need. My phone does what I need it to do. Whereas I actually use the winblows OSs, and considered using vista. I also think you're comparing apples and oranges here. If Apple had done the same with Leopard I think people would have grabbed on to it, just the same as with Vista, but Leopard has been pretty stable (except for one upgrade about a month ago my roommate had problems with) and hasn't got such the flux of bad press that vista has. I'm even considering using a partition to try out Leopard.
Machines purchased prior to 2006 probably aren't all that attractive as candidates for a Vista upgrade. "I guess at the end of the day anything that makes Vista a little bit more accessible is probably a good thing," he said, but added that a cut in the price computer makers pay would have a far bigger impact, given new PC licenses account for 80 percent of Vista sales. "The whole notion of upgrading PCs has sort of fallen by the wayside."
While that may apply to Joe Blows who aren't tech savvy, I wouldn't say that it applies to all customers. Those who actually build (assemble) their own computers know the importance of hardware upgrades. I recently acquired my brother's old setup (AMD X2 4200+) with a 7900GTOC, which is a pretty good upgrade from my old CPU/mobo/GPU as well as 3 more gigs of memory, but rather than try out the 64 bit version of Vista (which I was tempted to do) it just didn't seem worth it to me with all the lack of hardware drivers, and software compatibility issues so I just did a fresh install of XP Pro (with fedora 8 on the 1st partition) rather than deal with the headache of trying to fix any issues that would arise.
What I think makes the brunt of those new sales is that people who have the money to shell out for what the salesman at best buy tells them to get, will also shell out for the newest thing, which in this case is vista in terms of OSs. I will personally feel fine using XP until Vista's issues are either resolved or it's put in the ground.
while a wire routed from the back of a mounted Dione PED to a recorder unit under the counter will not be detected unless the cardholder conducts a very close inspection - and knows what to look for.
At least I now know what to look for. The paper has pictures and examples of the exploits in the designs and lack of security. Either way I'll be carrying more cash from now on.
whoops, didn't even see that second link. my bad, it must have been blocked by the military when I first browsed it. well then it is granted that the military is going way too far to "protect" the morale? or prevent them from viewing possible dissension about the war.
"Often, we block first and then review exceptions," said Tech. Sgt. Christopher DeWitt, a Cyber Command spokesman.
Nice policy there. Why allow unbiased info to get through that filter when you can just carpet bomb it all without batting an eye.
The U.S. Army has ordered soldiers to stop posting to blogs or sending personal e-mail messages, without first clearing the content with a superior officer, Wired News has learned.
Is that not what they do when soldiers write letters? I thought the military screens, and sometimes redacts parts of letters that reveal information that they don't think should be freely disclosed. But the summary goes a little far. The soldiers aren't limited to what blogs they can read. It simply limits which ones they can register for and/or post info. I would hope this is limited to military personnel and not journalists who are with soldiers.
This does however remind me of that story a while back about soldiers trading pretty grotesque pictures for access to pr0n sites.
So, without going into too much detail, he said he expects a technology revolution, during which proprietary and innovative approaches to Terabit Ethernet will rule, at least at first.
At first? With the way patent trolling is going right now, I wonder if anyone will see it all, but I commend him for trying to break out of the strangle hold that corps have on the standards in favor of innovation rather than profit and stifling competition.
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was a museum dedicated to bigfoot and the lock ness monster since I thought it read cryptobiologic museum.
I think that argument is bunk, but agree that there needs to be oversight on people in authoritative positions. The site is not illegal, it is making use of the Freedom of Information Act to gain public knowledge about police officers. Of course there may be trolls who just post "fuck pigs" or whatever, but it's in essence a review of officers, much like a review of auto shops. If you think one is unreliable and underhanded you will know to cover all your bases if you happen to cross paths with that cop. It's the ones who have that above the law mentality who are the ones this is designed for. It's weird that from forum that cops are worried about people having their public information, yet at their fingertips is a database of private information, that has the potential to be abused. (and to save some people the trouble, this isn't bashing all cops so don't post "not all cops are like that" responses)
That wasn't the average. He simply said one day had 80,000 views and the next day had 400,000. If had that many for 30 consecutive days then you may be right.
Quite true. I'm not sure I would really classify these as true answers rather than a vague press release-esque style maybe meant to show some sort of transparency to /.ers. Although I didn't expect much from a military man.
The rules are basically (directly from the FEC website) that candidates must
- seek nomination by a political party to the office of President.
- establish eligibility by showing broad-based public support.
- raise in excess of $5,000 in each of at least 20 states (i.e., over $100,000). Although an individual may contribute up to $2,300 to a primary candidate, only a maximum of $250 per individual applies toward the $5,000 threshold in each state.
In my eyes it is a system that has the potential to never be broken. The parties that are well known have the money, and the money is given to the parties that are well known. That is how things have gone since 1976 and will probably go for another decade.Then I could collect social security!
Then you better prepare for an indictment by getting a lawyer as well.
from TFA he turns 18 in April, so what are the facilities like for disabled adults?
I gotta agree with you on this. Whether or not he can see doesn't change the fact that he put innocent lives in danger by doing this. It isn't like the early days of phreaking where you made long distance calls for free. Spoofing calls about an insane gunman is completely justified for this kid to get charged with some sort of crime.
There was another story I read about swatting where they wanted the culprit charged with assault with a deadly weapon and false imprisonment by violence, both by proxy, which are unprecedented, and I have to disagree that he should be charged with those.
how is my post modded as overrated, when that's the sole moderation it gets? that boggles my mind. nice use of mod points there.
From my point of view, it's because I don't care about the iPhone. It's an overpriced gadget that does stuff that I don't really need. My phone does what I need it to do. Whereas I actually use the winblows OSs, and considered using vista. I also think you're comparing apples and oranges here. If Apple had done the same with Leopard I think people would have grabbed on to it, just the same as with Vista, but Leopard has been pretty stable (except for one upgrade about a month ago my roommate had problems with) and hasn't got such the flux of bad press that vista has. I'm even considering using a partition to try out Leopard.
Check out the RIAA radar site out to see what labels are associated with the RIAA too.
What I think makes the brunt of those new sales is that people who have the money to shell out for what the salesman at best buy tells them to get, will also shell out for the newest thing, which in this case is vista in terms of OSs. I will personally feel fine using XP until Vista's issues are either resolved or it's put in the ground.
When does the case take place? B/c right now it's only 7:05am on the west coast.
This does however remind me of that story a while back about soldiers trading pretty grotesque pictures for access to pr0n sites.
Is Bush going to come out in a month and give a 'mission accomplished' speech after we defeat all the blogs?