Very simple. You post illegal stuff online, its still free speech, but its the same as walking into a police station and shouting that you committed crime x, y and z. You just confessed, unchoresed(SP?) in public domain. Its out there, you most likely (As many myspace whores do) posted pictures of you committing said crime. There you go, proof. I know many people wouldn't go up to a teacher and say "Dude, I was sooo wasted this weekend". How is this any different in the sense that ANYONE can read what you type?
However, you don't sell a programming language, at least not the open-source ones. I think this would require a new law vendetta by a lawmaker, don't you?
Why does this begin to smell more and more like the Prohibition era of the '20s again? Why go after the criminals, lets just ban something that the general public can easily be persuaded to believe is evil. Paranoia is setting in. I truly feel bad for UK Citizens. First your guns, next your private keys, then perl. What else can they take away. Also, how long before the US Gov't takes notice, breaks out the paedophile excuse and does the same?
Its not that they trust the user necessairally, but rather, they don't trust the user's technical knowledge. I know there are some people even in my own house who I wouldn't trust on my computer, with root(Admin) access. I simply don't trust their judgement as far as to what e-mails to open, what to click yes and no too. Even on a non-admin level, much dammage could be done if someone opens the wrong file or even clicks the wrong link via an instant message. Hundreds of what would be privlaged documents could be sent to the wrong person.
Simple enough, its like what a parent says to their teen that just started driving:
"Its not you that we don't trust, its the other people out there that you have to watch out for"
Aren't e-mail messages private, as in, privlaged information? Isn't it a violation of privacy to divulge them? Aren't the ISPs, by conforming with this act, opening themselves up to suits from people who are in fact having their privacy violated? And where exactly is the government getting the subpeonas for these fishing expeditions, anyways? I guess it shows what kind of judges we have on the courts these days. =/
No, they aren't immune from the law, however, when Micro$oft decides to sue because we're taking money away from them with something that was developed without their source, or their product period, is completely ludacris and frivilous.
From what I've read on other sources as well as in the article (I know, How un/. of me, I actuially read the article), austrailia currently has an opt-in system for ISP blocking. Why mess with that? Why not attempt to advertise it more, or require it to be a free, OPTIONAL, DEFAULT OFF, service.
Now, I could see the opt-out being a huge problem. ISPs could easily publish lists of those who chose to opt out, or choose to charge those who opt-out more in "Content Delivery" charges. I mean, why wouldn't they choose to charge more for those who want to view porn, or "Violent" Movies.
Final thing, here. What exactly are we calling "Pornographic"? Would this include medical photos, paintings as well as your hardcore jailhouse porno flick? There's just too much her e to be left open for interpretation. If the austrailian people have any type of collective common sense whatsoever, they'll say no to this.
From my personal experience, a stable CentOS release is great for a Cpanel/WHM server environment. Its relatively easy to setup and has been pretty much problem free for me.
"Anything you submit to law enforcement may help later if an investigation occurs," he said. "Chances are, though, it will just be filed away in a database."
I'm forced to wonder here. Why exactly won't Law Enforcement take care of a case that they're handed? I mean, last time I checked, someone handing you your entire case takes no effort whatsoever to investigate. If you take down some of these botmasters, you may see alot of people start backing off as they'll realise that people committing the crime are in fact being procecuted.
Then again, this is the US Government we're talking about here.
Heh. Slashdot effect at work on the front page.
For those of you who diddn't get to read the article, here is the mirror of the website, courtesy of MirrorDot. http://www.mirrordot.org/stories/f34848c5ef9f30457 f6369132c5921d9/index.html
As for the entire article, its a horrid example of what people get when they browse the AP for news. It offers no insight or objectible reasons as to why you would choose one over the other. Simply someone showing what they know about OSes.
It looks like the state is trying to investigate leaks from inside its offices. Last time I checked, wasn't there some sort of confidentiality/privlage attached when you're an "Unnamed Source" for a paper? Wouldn't this be violating a few people's Constitituinal rights?
essentially, the doj wants this data to make a point about child porn online. they are not investigating any violations of any law. this is not an issue where a warant even *could* be issued
The query by the US Department of Justice has nothing to do with Illegal Child Pornography. They are attempting to see how easily it is for children to access any type of legal, adult pornography no matter how immoral it may be.
Even though I am morally against pornography and believe it should be ban as well as being a staunch conservative, what the DoJ is doing is completely horrendous. They're attempting to blaitently violate the privacy of the users of Google, who believe they have an expectation of privacy. If I were the Federal Judge, I would give them the search terms used and the pages returned, but NO USER INFORMATION whatsoever. If the DoJ wants to go on a lock-me-up-for-looking-at-porn crusade, they can do it with federal warrents for violating a law that doesn't exist. Then again, the NSA has a way of doing these things all the time.
Ever since I can remember, I've had windows pounded into me at school. I'm currently a 11th grade AP Computer Science student at my local public high school. Now I know from being to several board meetings and talking to several tech guys from our district's tech office, that due to liscensing costs for Windows, we are unable to afford upgrades for our current hardware or even to buy addittional computers when we're so desperatly in need of them. Our windows servers are constantly failing and whenever I see one of our tech support guys, they're always doing eith
A) Spyware Removal
B) Virus Removal
C) Complete system overhaul from students randomly gaining access higher then what they should have, to files they shouldn't have.
Wouldn't Linux solve alot of these issues above? If introduced like I was at age 5 to computers in school, (Windows 3.1), I'm sure they would inherently grasp the usability of a Linux Based OS. It works in the same point-and-click way for normal, non root users essentally the same as windows. Open Office is nearly the same as MS Word in many of its features. We finally don't have to worry about students not having the correct programs for projects, either. The school can simply pass out a free LiveCD for student use at home, eliminating alot of the headaches that come from "I don't have that program". As for letter C, The way in which linux is setup wouldn't allow for this to happen. Normal users won't be able to access root files, let alone delete them from the PC. This in turn saves alot of work with our tech guys.
I generally use AWT or Swing. I use AWT for the main reason that it was what I had originally learned when I started using java and had no idea how inheritance worked. I now find using Swing alot easier and alot more user friendly. Its a much more powerful widget set and why shouldn't I use it? Its the upgrade to AWT. Hopefully they'll phase out AWT in the near future.
Woohoo. Lets see if google can pull this off better then freewebs. I hope google is prepared to deal with millions of 12 year olds creating seizure pages =D.
We have to look at the different types of Nuclear waste as well. There are two different types. The first type requires short-term storage. The low level radioactive waste consist of Cooling water pipes, radiation suits, reactor parts. These things, and mind you there's going to be a mass influx of them in the next few years as the operating liscenses are set to expire on several plants, are required to be stored for approximatly 10-50 years before they decay to a normally-disposable level. Now on the other side, you have the actual nuclear pellets. These things as we all know take well over 5 thousand years to decay. So what do we plan to do with these things again? I doubt anyone will notice if we dump it in the ocean again. *Whistles*
Slashdot Mirror
... The US has utlimate control seeing as Al Gore invented that new fangled contraption called the intraweb...
In all seriousness, we think the great wall of china is bad... we haven't seen anything yet
Very simple. You post illegal stuff online, its still free speech, but its the same as walking into a police station and shouting that you committed crime x, y and z. You just confessed, unchoresed(SP?) in public domain. Its out there, you most likely (As many myspace whores do) posted pictures of you committing said crime. There you go, proof. I know many people wouldn't go up to a teacher and say "Dude, I was sooo wasted this weekend". How is this any different in the sense that ANYONE can read what you type?
However, you don't sell a programming language, at least not the open-source ones. I think this would require a new law vendetta by a lawmaker, don't you?
Why does this begin to smell more and more like the Prohibition era of the '20s again? Why go after the criminals, lets just ban something that the general public can easily be persuaded to believe is evil. Paranoia is setting in. I truly feel bad for UK Citizens. First your guns, next your private keys, then perl. What else can they take away. Also, how long before the US Gov't takes notice, breaks out the paedophile excuse and does the same?
FIRST COMMENT Never thought I'd see the day, well, yeah i did. Props to he who did it. Lets see if these types begin to run rampant.
That doesn't differ from my daily routine anyways. Why pay 4300 for something I already do for free over the summer?
Its not that they trust the user necessairally, but rather, they don't trust the user's technical knowledge. I know there are some people even in my own house who I wouldn't trust on my computer, with root(Admin) access. I simply don't trust their judgement as far as to what e-mails to open, what to click yes and no too. Even on a non-admin level, much dammage could be done if someone opens the wrong file or even clicks the wrong link via an instant message. Hundreds of what would be privlaged documents could be sent to the wrong person.
Simple enough, its like what a parent says to their teen that just started driving: "Its not you that we don't trust, its the other people out there that you have to watch out for"
That is what you get for running Windows, IE and Norton at the same time =)
Aren't e-mail messages private, as in, privlaged information? Isn't it a violation of privacy to divulge them? Aren't the ISPs, by conforming with this act, opening themselves up to suits from people who are in fact having their privacy violated? And where exactly is the government getting the subpeonas for these fishing expeditions, anyways? I guess it shows what kind of judges we have on the courts these days. =/
No, they aren't immune from the law, however, when Micro$oft decides to sue because we're taking money away from them with something that was developed without their source, or their product period, is completely ludacris and frivilous.
I thought windows already was a game O_o
...They only managed to poorly rip the looks of OSX. Maybe they should take a hint, try to rip the security features next time instead.
Now, I could see the opt-out being a huge problem. ISPs could easily publish lists of those who chose to opt out, or choose to charge those who opt-out more in "Content Delivery" charges. I mean, why wouldn't they choose to charge more for those who want to view porn, or "Violent" Movies.
Final thing, here. What exactly are we calling "Pornographic"? Would this include medical photos, paintings as well as your hardcore jailhouse porno flick? There's just too much her e to be left open for interpretation. If the austrailian people have any type of collective common sense whatsoever, they'll say no to this.
From my personal experience, a stable CentOS release is great for a Cpanel/WHM server environment. Its relatively easy to setup and has been pretty much problem free for me.
Then again, this is the US Government we're talking about here.
And of course, this will be in beta for the next 50 years, as every other google service is :).
Heh. Slashdot effect at work on the front page. For those of you who diddn't get to read the article, here is the mirror of the website, courtesy of MirrorDot. http://www.mirrordot.org/stories/f34848c5ef9f30457 f6369132c5921d9/index.html
As for the entire article, its a horrid example of what people get when they browse the AP for news. It offers no insight or objectible reasons as to why you would choose one over the other. Simply someone showing what they know about OSes.
Wait.... ...Aren't we helping them with their google rank now? Slashdotting someone has to help their page rank in some way, shape or form.
It looks like the state is trying to investigate leaks from inside its offices. Last time I checked, wasn't there some sort of confidentiality/privlage attached when you're an "Unnamed Source" for a paper? Wouldn't this be violating a few people's Constitituinal rights?
Even though I am morally against pornography and believe it should be ban as well as being a staunch conservative, what the DoJ is doing is completely horrendous. They're attempting to blaitently violate the privacy of the users of Google, who believe they have an expectation of privacy. If I were the Federal Judge, I would give them the search terms used and the pages returned, but NO USER INFORMATION whatsoever. If the DoJ wants to go on a lock-me-up-for-looking-at-porn crusade, they can do it with federal warrents for violating a law that doesn't exist. Then again, the NSA has a way of doing these things all the time.
The scan itself is not illegal. However, they're asking the students to go much further then the scan itself.
Ever since I can remember, I've had windows pounded into me at school. I'm currently a 11th grade AP Computer Science student at my local public high school. Now I know from being to several board meetings and talking to several tech guys from our district's tech office, that due to liscensing costs for Windows, we are unable to afford upgrades for our current hardware or even to buy addittional computers when we're so desperatly in need of them. Our windows servers are constantly failing and whenever I see one of our tech support guys, they're always doing eith A) Spyware Removal B) Virus Removal C) Complete system overhaul from students randomly gaining access higher then what they should have, to files they shouldn't have. Wouldn't Linux solve alot of these issues above? If introduced like I was at age 5 to computers in school, (Windows 3.1), I'm sure they would inherently grasp the usability of a Linux Based OS. It works in the same point-and-click way for normal, non root users essentally the same as windows. Open Office is nearly the same as MS Word in many of its features. We finally don't have to worry about students not having the correct programs for projects, either. The school can simply pass out a free LiveCD for student use at home, eliminating alot of the headaches that come from "I don't have that program". As for letter C, The way in which linux is setup wouldn't allow for this to happen. Normal users won't be able to access root files, let alone delete them from the PC. This in turn saves alot of work with our tech guys.
I generally use AWT or Swing. I use AWT for the main reason that it was what I had originally learned when I started using java and had no idea how inheritance worked. I now find using Swing alot easier and alot more user friendly. Its a much more powerful widget set and why shouldn't I use it? Its the upgrade to AWT. Hopefully they'll phase out AWT in the near future.
Woohoo. Lets see if google can pull this off better then freewebs. I hope google is prepared to deal with millions of 12 year olds creating seizure pages =D.
We have to look at the different types of Nuclear waste as well. There are two different types. The first type requires short-term storage. The low level radioactive waste consist of Cooling water pipes, radiation suits, reactor parts. These things, and mind you there's going to be a mass influx of them in the next few years as the operating liscenses are set to expire on several plants, are required to be stored for approximatly 10-50 years before they decay to a normally-disposable level. Now on the other side, you have the actual nuclear pellets. These things as we all know take well over 5 thousand years to decay. So what do we plan to do with these things again? I doubt anyone will notice if we dump it in the ocean again. *Whistles*