Ok, i may be blind to the threat here, but how is this different from just eliminating TLDs altogether and simply raising the price of registration?
Do TLDs really carry THAT much goodwill in people's eyes anymore? How is iam.malware.ebay.xxx any worse than the spoofed iam.malware.ebay.com? Or worse yet the hijacked ebay.com and a redirection?
Does having different options suddenly mean worse outcomes when both sides are open ended? We have near-infinite options both ways.
what's that old saying? If you build it, they will come...
You find that software company and I'll have them 2 clinics lined up and waiting.
This seems like a perfect place to test medical software without the risk of HIPPA and the mess that follows... If i were a software dev, I'd likely have worked on this problem by now.... maybe one of the slashdot community already has?
Ok, for starters, both my wife's parents are Vets, as is my Bosses wife. I've been involved in quite a few talks with veterinarians about their plans for web-presence and their use of technology in the workplace.
You think modern hospitals are behind the times lacking electronic medical records and requiring warehouses full of paperwork, you'd be amazed at the antiquated systems used in vet offices. A 15 year old PC is not quite what my in-law's office uses, but they ARE still running Win98 on 10+ year old hardware. They needed a backup solution a few years back that demanded a CD burner... It was a nightmare. The installation process had a few moments where I was certain I'd have to tell my father-in-law that I had lost all his scheduled appointments and customer contact info. That all makes the point that, vets don't generally respect the power of technology, nor do they understand it's potential.
The entire lack of modern hosted services for veterinarians and just daily-use software is pathetic as well, but what can you do... they don't want to pay for the services, so they suffer the lack of options...
Why not launch a mass of adhesive into the old satellite's orbit? I'm thinking something like rubber cement for space.
The better part of the debris field is along the same orbital corridor, so the orbit of the cleanup "goo ball" (or whatever you want to call it) could be made to cover the better part of that corridor over and over...
I recognize that it'd be expensive, and that the maths behind orbit-after-impact would be tough, but it seems that if you are going relatively the same speed and direction as the original satellites, (so you'd need two "goo balls") you'd only have impacts with the forces imparted during the original collision, not the km/sec velocities from crossing orbits.
Also, the idea of goo balls being used to clean up space is my IP and I hereby demand compensation if said idea is ever used...
The reason science is so flexible and strong is that it rarely is affected by politics (for long). It has powerful self-correction mechanisms that push it toward a more truthful conclusion. As we look at this evidence, let's not be afraid of what the loonies will say on either side of the argument. Instead, let's look at what the science is telling us and move forward toward the facts.
I know it's hard to deal with these shrieking morons, but, whether they believe it or not, their "facts" will some day be questioned in a way that they can't just make up an excuse for. That day likely won't be in our lifetimes, but it's our job to set the precedent for the future science-minded to be able to make assertions based on evidence rather than superstition.
You, sir, are a schmuck. If you aren't willing to shake things up and go look for a job that doesn't require 24/7/365 work hours, maybe you need to just quit whining. I personally have a shift in a 24 hour on-call rotation that is shared between number of colleagues. If I'm asked to work outside of the normal schedule, I'm paid for it (as I should be). There is nothing tying you to an abusive work environment aside from your personal preferences and maybe laziness.
If you think unions will solve your problem for you, then you have another thing coming. Check out Detroit. Check out the airlines. These industries are hobbled by the fact that the labor groups have fucked with the free market (not to say that the free market is ideal, just better than the unionized "organized" market). The good thing for those unions is that it's hard to replace their labor force. In IT, it's so simple that companies are doing it now WITHOUT your insane outside pressures.
I have to say that I wish you luck on your job search, but I fear your attitude and weakness will likely not help you in the long run. If you want an easy profession, become a writer (or better yet a/. editor).
Police never = Productive. The point of the police is to impede things, not make them happen. If your police force is being productive, then they aren't ding their job correctly.
So you are saying that it is a valid and reasonable argument that we should give up privacy because someone COULD commit a crime? I think this is the root of the problem many folks see with monitoring today. People like you, who are presumably good folks, think that it's cool if the gov't looks over your shoulder and watches everything you do. Others, presumably good folks too, want to have a private and less-observed life away from the cameras, recorders, logs, biometric-scanners, and databased-identities of your Orwellian dream. Monitoring never directly prevented crime, it has only been used to established that a crime was committed. If you want to prevent crime by monitoring, I hope you have no problem with the gov't putting GPS in your car to make sure you drive the speed limit, then mailing you a ticket when you do. If you want to prevent crime by monitoring, you better hope that camera on your street corner jumps in the way of the bullet before it hits you in the chest, cause all it's likely to do is tell them a person in a hoodie blasted you. (Not a threat on you at all, i don't even know you...)
Does that clear up how monitoring goes afoul? Does that show you how monitoring isn't going to HELP you? If not... Then I guess I have failed here.
I do have to say, your soapbox points have a bit of merit, if slighly off topic.
What you have to understand is that, unlike you and your kin, the world's science community cannot focus on a single issue. We have hundreds of great minds and thousands of average ones studying many different problems at any given time. While some see fit to study ways to make GE'd crops sterile, others study ways to make similar GE'd crops yield 2x as much. You cannot say that either side is bad, both are looking out for their best intrests and may have consequences outside of their realm of influence. Such is the way of the world today.
We cannot stand still and expect the old ways of business to take care of tomorrows problems. The population of the world is growing. 6.5 billion today, 7 billion in a few years... 8 isn't too far away. You cannot claim that technology like this is bad if you can't see the big picture.
Slashdot Mirror
Link aggregation FTW! My recently deployed backup server uses LACP to get max performance out of the network... AND it's redundant too.
To stay on topic though, we use new cables for new installs. It's technician judgment on preexisting wiring.
Overworked Atheist Security Experts to the rescue?
The lack of religious holidays would likely foil most attempts to catch them with their pants down...
Ok, i may be blind to the threat here, but how is this different from just eliminating TLDs altogether and simply raising the price of registration?
Do TLDs really carry THAT much goodwill in people's eyes anymore? How is iam.malware.ebay.xxx any worse than the spoofed iam.malware.ebay.com? Or worse yet the hijacked ebay.com and a redirection?
Does having different options suddenly mean worse outcomes when both sides are open ended? We have near-infinite options both ways.
what's that old saying? If you build it, they will come...
You find that software company and I'll have them 2 clinics lined up and waiting.
This seems like a perfect place to test medical software without the risk of HIPPA and the mess that follows... If i were a software dev, I'd likely have worked on this problem by now.... maybe one of the slashdot community already has?
Ok, for starters, both my wife's parents are Vets, as is my Bosses wife. I've been involved in quite a few talks with veterinarians about their plans for web-presence and their use of technology in the workplace.
You think modern hospitals are behind the times lacking electronic medical records and requiring warehouses full of paperwork, you'd be amazed at the antiquated systems used in vet offices. A 15 year old PC is not quite what my in-law's office uses, but they ARE still running Win98 on 10+ year old hardware. They needed a backup solution a few years back that demanded a CD burner... It was a nightmare. The installation process had a few moments where I was certain I'd have to tell my father-in-law that I had lost all his scheduled appointments and customer contact info. That all makes the point that, vets don't generally respect the power of technology, nor do they understand it's potential.
The entire lack of modern hosted services for veterinarians and just daily-use software is pathetic as well, but what can you do... they don't want to pay for the services, so they suffer the lack of options...
Let the idiot speak
We certainly seem to do that here on /.
See parent as citation.
It's not new, since RIAA and DRM and interchangeable with Nazis in most internet discussions.
Why not launch a mass of adhesive into the old satellite's orbit? I'm thinking something like rubber cement for space.
The better part of the debris field is along the same orbital corridor, so the orbit of the cleanup "goo ball" (or whatever you want to call it) could be made to cover the better part of that corridor over and over...
I recognize that it'd be expensive, and that the maths behind orbit-after-impact would be tough, but it seems that if you are going relatively the same speed and direction as the original satellites, (so you'd need two "goo balls") you'd only have impacts with the forces imparted during the original collision, not the km/sec velocities from crossing orbits.
Also, the idea of goo balls being used to clean up space is my IP and I hereby demand compensation if said idea is ever used...
Anything that blows up is probably a Chemistry experiment, not a Physics experiment.
It's all physics... or stamp collecting.
If only they were made by North Central Positronics.
We finally have a method of male contraception that doesn't involve surgery, abstinence, or a woman's permission!
It's already been done, it's called homosexuality.
The reason science is so flexible and strong is that it rarely is affected by politics (for long). It has powerful self-correction mechanisms that push it toward a more truthful conclusion. As we look at this evidence, let's not be afraid of what the loonies will say on either side of the argument. Instead, let's look at what the science is telling us and move forward toward the facts.
I know it's hard to deal with these shrieking morons, but, whether they believe it or not, their "facts" will some day be questioned in a way that they can't just make up an excuse for. That day likely won't be in our lifetimes, but it's our job to set the precedent for the future science-minded to be able to make assertions based on evidence rather than superstition.
You RTFA? I try not the even RTFS when it's got "Blu-Ray" in the title...
You, sir, are a schmuck. If you aren't willing to shake things up and go look for a job that doesn't require 24/7/365 work hours, maybe you need to just quit whining. I personally have a shift in a 24 hour on-call rotation that is shared between number of colleagues. If I'm asked to work outside of the normal schedule, I'm paid for it (as I should be). There is nothing tying you to an abusive work environment aside from your personal preferences and maybe laziness.
If you think unions will solve your problem for you, then you have another thing coming. Check out Detroit. Check out the airlines. These industries are hobbled by the fact that the labor groups have fucked with the free market (not to say that the free market is ideal, just better than the unionized "organized" market). The good thing for those unions is that it's hard to replace their labor force. In IT, it's so simple that companies are doing it now WITHOUT your insane outside pressures.
I have to say that I wish you luck on your job search, but I fear your attitude and weakness will likely not help you in the long run. If you want an easy profession, become a writer (or better yet a /. editor).
Police never = Productive. The point of the police is to impede things, not make them happen. If your police force is being productive, then they aren't ding their job correctly.
So you are saying that it is a valid and reasonable argument that we should give up privacy because someone COULD commit a crime? I think this is the root of the problem many folks see with monitoring today. People like you, who are presumably good folks, think that it's cool if the gov't looks over your shoulder and watches everything you do. Others, presumably good folks too, want to have a private and less-observed life away from the cameras, recorders, logs, biometric-scanners, and databased-identities of your Orwellian dream. Monitoring never directly prevented crime, it has only been used to established that a crime was committed. If you want to prevent crime by monitoring, I hope you have no problem with the gov't putting GPS in your car to make sure you drive the speed limit, then mailing you a ticket when you do. If you want to prevent crime by monitoring, you better hope that camera on your street corner jumps in the way of the bullet before it hits you in the chest, cause all it's likely to do is tell them a person in a hoodie blasted you. (Not a threat on you at all, i don't even know you...)
Does that clear up how monitoring goes afoul? Does that show you how monitoring isn't going to HELP you? If not... Then I guess I have failed here.
I'm from Texas and I take offense to that.... We haven't convicted a household pet of a crime in over 7 years...
or spore colonies
This is the funniest thing I've read so far today... great job.
I do have to say, your soapbox points have a bit of merit, if slighly off topic.
What you have to understand is that, unlike you and your kin, the world's science community cannot focus on a single issue. We have hundreds of great minds and thousands of average ones studying many different problems at any given time. While some see fit to study ways to make GE'd crops sterile, others study ways to make similar GE'd crops yield 2x as much. You cannot say that either side is bad, both are looking out for their best intrests and may have consequences outside of their realm of influence. Such is the way of the world today.
We cannot stand still and expect the old ways of business to take care of tomorrows problems. The population of the world is growing. 6.5 billion today, 7 billion in a few years... 8 isn't too far away. You cannot claim that technology like this is bad if you can't see the big picture.
Careful taking this guy's point-of-view seriously.... if you don't want to take my word for it, read the smoke and mirrors his sig links to...