We all know electing the president via the internet won't be happening any time soon, even if the man who invented it gets into office.
Maybe we could start trying it though. What's the harm in trying to run a secure internet election poll that doesn't count? Maybe the government could do it. Results should be compared to those of real election, for research purposes. There are many factors to consider, maybe we'll find online citizens are more likely to vote for some party, etc. If we start now, we might have 20 or 30 years of meaningful data for when the country is really ready to consider an Internet election. A faux election would never be the same as a real election, but it may provide us with some insights.
I can't get the link to load to see if this is covered, but I had an idea which involved creating an DNS Encoding Algorithm where you can take a text file and convert it into a bunch of strings 67 characters in length, all characters valid for encoding. You then register these non-sense domain name and each one links to the next.
I figured you could encode the C Version of deCSS into 300 strings 67 characters long. That's about $3,000. I was thinking of having a page where people could sponsor a domain, and at the end I'd register a bunch and release the algorithm. But then I thought it was a stupid idea and nobody would do it.
Would the courts be able to shutdown those domains? It might bring the issue of hyperlinking closer to deCSS's legality.
Well, this is obvious, but they are. I imagine a room full of 10 of them running might be a little annoying, even without much typing. Add typing and things really get noisy. Personally, I'm used to sleeping in a room with 2-3 workstations running (yes, my life is that exciting), so I can tolerate a bit of a hum, but for many people, and sometimes myself at times, it makes it hard to concentrate.
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Are you saying watching a lot of movies is better than playing a lot of computer games?
IMHO, of course.:)
As much as I'm a fan of socialistic practices providing a good number of necessary and semi-necessary services to people, I think the whole capitalism and entrepreneurial aspect of America is which drives our productivity. While it's capitalism that is pushing us, I think it's creating an almost socialistic type of education system. As many have noted, US companies sponsor so much research and education. You don't even have to be working with cutting edge technologies or even working with pure science, corporate support is there at many levels.
Our government isn't too far behind, growing support for tax credits for sending your children to alternate schools, if you don't think they'll get the best education through the public system. My parents sacrified a lot to send me to a private school. My alternative was going to the local public school, where the few friends I had who went there dropped out, which was the site of so much violence, police officers were assigned to the building at all times in addition to security guards, metal detectors and removal of student lockers (often stashes of drugs and weapons).
Whether it's the government or the many companies benefiting from that system of government which pay for your education, it really doesn't matter too much. We don't have much more ways to go from our education system from being practically socialized to totally socialized. I think this is good, it means our society recognizes the importance of education. One post mentioned how culture and history are sacrificed for this, and while I may not understand the processes behind that, I'd have to agree because we can see those results. Our culture is somewhat lacking, to put it mildly.
I agree with all the posts I've read here so far, and agree that the factors mentioned are important ones as well, but I think captialism provides the strongest push.
I have a heard enough time trying to recall my dreams with a non-injured brain (mother dropping my on my head aside), even within the few minutes after waking up.
What kind of Amnesiacs were able to recall dreaming of playing Tetris?
Any chance we might see this? You know, "Weebles wobble, but they don't fall down?". Does anyone know of a kit that will put a rounded "Weeble" bottom on your computer? I keep knocking mine over and this would be a great help.
Yeah right, genuine curiosity from someone who thinks lions live in laptops. Were you making some kind of metaphor, because lions don't even use batteries.
I can understand someone thinking the movie was overrated, and maybe not liked it due to stylistic preferences and the like, but I don't know how anyone could say it 'sucked ass'. It had a cool idea, it was presented with a consistent theme. What exactly didn't you like about it?
Well said, I'm glad there Indians out there who realize the situation they're in. I'm not Indian myself, but I have worked with half a dozen or so over the last year. Before I get into this discussion, please know this isn't a flame on Indians in anyway, and that I know I couldn't work half as well as the ones I've worked with if I was working in their country.
The largest problem I find is communication. It's a serious problem, I've lead a team of two Indian programmers and one of them would say yes to everything I said, but never really understand it. He may be very intelligent, but he had a hard time conveying that. I've only been working in the field for 3 years, but it seems to me that communication skills are as important as programming ability, though my work usually involves constant communication with clients and users of what I'm developing, I know not all programming jobs are like this.
Another issue is that many Indians don't speak up and sometimes very meek. This may be a cultural issue or a result of communication skills. This is not necessarily a 'fault', but it is a definite disadvantage in the American workplace, where nobody else is going to speak up for you, because dispite the friendly atomosphere your employer may try to create, all it really is a facade so that they can get the most work out of you for the least amount of money. As I've said, this isn't a fault, I myself am meek at times, but I have to constantly remind myself of these things, that I should not do charity work in the form of unpaid overtime for a multi billion dollar company. Having to think like this is part of the 'soul selling' that people talk about when you enter the corporate world. I never thought this way until a few years after college where I found I was generating 5+ times my salary in revenue for my small company and was never offered a raise. There are some exceptions to this, and luckily for me, I've found a few employers who really are my friends, and I hope you do too.
1. Create an encoding algorithm which breaks up any file into strings of 67 characters in length, all characters must be valid for use in a domain name. Publish this encoding algorithm somewhere so folks can use it anytime they want
2. encode decss using the above algorithm
3. register each of the 67 character length strings as domain names
4. find a nice starting site, and link away
We have done some research and found that you have never written a game in your entire pathetic life. We, at the institute, also have learned that you have scored poorly on several IQ test, yet you keep trying to take them. Our records also contain several refrences of you trying to get into intellectual and aristocratic parties, often only to be refused based on poor grooming.
Sell crazy somewhere else, we're all stocked up here.
I can count on the fingers of one hand the number of times I've actually been given a specification for a project, or even a reasonable list of requirements.
I kind of like working with no spec. Almost all the projects I work on, there is not much more than a verbal spec.
Instead of a spec, I work closely with the people who will be using the software. We constantly go back and forth with reviews of what I've done, what they need. Often, they only get a real grip what's possible and what's not only halfway though the project. I'm sure many can contest that often businesses do not know what they really want, even if they have a spec. I get no satisfaction out of following a spec to the letter, only to produce something nobody ends up using. I don't get code reviews, but the client knows what they like and they test it.
I'm not saying this is the best or only good way to work, but I think there are a number of businesses who like to work like this, maybe due to the rising number of small businesses.
Admittidly, I work in small groups, often I'm the only developer, but that is not to say the projects are simple or small. I'm not sure how I would handle a 20 person development team (I've done it, but not enough to really know). I like working like this however, I feel like I add more to a project and it's less boring since I get to work on many aspects instead of a few, and I become less replacable (or more important) to the client because I have specific knowledge about what they want to do.
I was going for humor.. no, I don't think people who buy Microsoft products aren't as bad as child mosletors! I have a Linux box, but I haven't turned it on for a few months. But with the Linux Zealoutry (new word for me, well new usage) that abounds on Slashdot, I could see how you might think I was serious!
I say we force anyone who buys MSOffice for Linux to be on a public list, and ban these people from the community.
All I know is MSOffice isn't worth $500 to me on Windows, which I use very often, it sure ain't going to be worth that to me on Linux. Unless Ma and Pa really start using Linux, I don't see these products going anywhere, because I don't imagine any significant amount of current non MSOffice/nonWindows using Linux users buy it.
This may help fight greenhouse effects which are expected to alter rain distribution across the globe. Many say these effects have already been seen in recent weather. Unfortunately there is a great potential for misuse. To make matters worse, I imagine it is very hard to prove someone tampered with the weather. Because of that I'm almost certain it will see some misuse by our government.
If perhaps we could put web cams on the satellites and allow people to see raw unencoded data (actual data would be encrypted so that others couldn't send their own commands) sent to the satellites to control them, it would allow the public to verify what the weather control satellites are doing. The weather satellites should never do anything that the public is unaware of.
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I think fashion model waifs have already been using this product. It may explain how they keep so thin if they can't carry energy around their body. It also explains how they keep their nice Anemic and sickly look that make all the boys swoon.
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We all know electing the president via the internet won't be happening any time soon, even if the man who invented it gets into office.
Maybe we could start trying it though. What's the harm in trying to run a secure internet election poll that doesn't count? Maybe the government could do it. Results should be compared to those of real election, for research purposes. There are many factors to consider, maybe we'll find online citizens are more likely to vote for some party, etc. If we start now, we might have 20 or 30 years of meaningful data for when the country is really ready to consider an Internet election. A faux election would never be the same as a real election, but it may provide us with some insights.
I can't get the link to load to see if this is covered, but I had an idea which involved creating an DNS Encoding Algorithm where you can take a text file and convert it into a bunch of strings 67 characters in length, all characters valid for encoding. You then register these non-sense domain name and each one links to the next.
I figured you could encode the C Version of deCSS into 300 strings 67 characters long. That's about $3,000. I was thinking of having a page where people could sponsor a domain, and at the end I'd register a bunch and release the algorithm. But then I thought it was a stupid idea and nobody would do it.
Would the courts be able to shutdown those domains? It might bring the issue of hyperlinking closer to deCSS's legality.
Well, this is obvious, but they are. I imagine a room full of 10 of them running might be a little annoying, even without much typing. Add typing and things really get noisy. Personally, I'm used to sleeping in a room with 2-3 workstations running (yes, my life is that exciting), so I can tolerate a bit of a hum, but for many people, and sometimes myself at times, it makes it hard to concentrate.
Are you saying watching a lot of movies is better than playing a lot of computer games?
IMHO, of course. :)
As much as I'm a fan of socialistic practices providing a good number of necessary and semi-necessary services to people, I think the whole capitalism and entrepreneurial aspect of America is which drives our productivity. While it's capitalism that is pushing us, I think it's creating an almost socialistic type of education system. As many have noted, US companies sponsor so much research and education. You don't even have to be working with cutting edge technologies or even working with pure science, corporate support is there at many levels.
Our government isn't too far behind, growing support for tax credits for sending your children to alternate schools, if you don't think they'll get the best education through the public system. My parents sacrified a lot to send me to a private school. My alternative was going to the local public school, where the few friends I had who went there dropped out, which was the site of so much violence, police officers were assigned to the building at all times in addition to security guards, metal detectors and removal of student lockers (often stashes of drugs and weapons).
Whether it's the government or the many companies benefiting from that system of government which pay for your education, it really doesn't matter too much. We don't have much more ways to go from our education system from being practically socialized to totally socialized. I think this is good, it means our society recognizes the importance of education. One post mentioned how culture and history are sacrificed for this, and while I may not understand the processes behind that, I'd have to agree because we can see those results. Our culture is somewhat lacking, to put it mildly.
I agree with all the posts I've read here so far, and agree that the factors mentioned are important ones as well, but I think captialism provides the strongest push.
I have a heard enough time trying to recall my dreams with a non-injured brain (mother dropping my on my head aside), even within the few minutes after waking up.
What kind of Amnesiacs were able to recall dreaming of playing Tetris?
I know, this is a little bit of a flame, but I really liked it. Maybe I should start reading your stuff again.
You'd think with 25 million dollars you could afford to have your own ranch with your own mares to have sex with.
Any chance we might see this? You know, "Weebles wobble, but they don't fall down?". Does anyone know of a kit that will put a rounded "Weeble" bottom on your computer? I keep knocking mine over and this would be a great help.
Yeah right, genuine curiosity from someone who thinks lions live in laptops. Were you making some kind of metaphor, because lions don't even use batteries.
Get a clue.
I can understand someone thinking the movie was overrated, and maybe not liked it due to stylistic preferences and the like, but I don't know how anyone could say it 'sucked ass'. It had a cool idea, it was presented with a consistent theme. What exactly didn't you like about it?
The fact that you're from the US doesn't invalidate the possiblity that you hate people from the US.
Well said, I'm glad there Indians out there who realize the situation they're in. I'm not Indian myself, but I have worked with half a dozen or so over the last year. Before I get into this discussion, please know this isn't a flame on Indians in anyway, and that I know I couldn't work half as well as the ones I've worked with if I was working in their country.
The largest problem I find is communication. It's a serious problem, I've lead a team of two Indian programmers and one of them would say yes to everything I said, but never really understand it. He may be very intelligent, but he had a hard time conveying that. I've only been working in the field for 3 years, but it seems to me that communication skills are as important as programming ability, though my work usually involves constant communication with clients and users of what I'm developing, I know not all programming jobs are like this.
Another issue is that many Indians don't speak up and sometimes very meek. This may be a cultural issue or a result of communication skills. This is not necessarily a 'fault', but it is a definite disadvantage in the American workplace, where nobody else is going to speak up for you, because dispite the friendly atomosphere your employer may try to create, all it really is a facade so that they can get the most work out of you for the least amount of money. As I've said, this isn't a fault, I myself am meek at times, but I have to constantly remind myself of these things, that I should not do charity work in the form of unpaid overtime for a multi billion dollar company. Having to think like this is part of the 'soul selling' that people talk about when you enter the corporate world. I never thought this way until a few years after college where I found I was generating 5+ times my salary in revenue for my small company and was never offered a raise. There are some exceptions to this, and luckily for me, I've found a few employers who really are my friends, and I hope you do too.
1. Create an encoding algorithm which breaks up any file into strings of 67 characters in length, all characters must be valid for use in a domain name. Publish this encoding algorithm somewhere so folks can use it anytime they want
2. encode decss using the above algorithm
3. register each of the 67 character length strings as domain names
4. find a nice starting site, and link away
Try to find thier recent "Don't Cross in the Middle' song on Napster though!
Nonsense? Hey, now that you mention it...
I will not recognize your existence beyond this post.
Ah, but will Slashdotters recognize you amoungst the sea of 'You Lose', 'Imagine a Beowulf cluster of these', and 'Beer is good' posts?
I make quite a bit of money, writing Ass-Recognition software for high tech toilets which automatically clean the arse just in the right spots.
We have done some research and found that you have never written a game in your entire pathetic life. We, at the institute, also have learned that you have scored poorly on several IQ test, yet you keep trying to take them. Our records also contain several refrences of you trying to get into intellectual and aristocratic parties, often only to be refused based on poor grooming.
Sell crazy somewhere else, we're all stocked up here.
I can count on the fingers of one hand the number of times I've actually been given a specification for a project, or even a reasonable list of requirements.
I kind of like working with no spec. Almost all the projects I work on, there is not much more than a verbal spec.
Instead of a spec, I work closely with the people who will be using the software. We constantly go back and forth with reviews of what I've done, what they need. Often, they only get a real grip what's possible and what's not only halfway though the project. I'm sure many can contest that often businesses do not know what they really want, even if they have a spec. I get no satisfaction out of following a spec to the letter, only to produce something nobody ends up using. I don't get code reviews, but the client knows what they like and they test it.
I'm not saying this is the best or only good way to work, but I think there are a number of businesses who like to work like this, maybe due to the rising number of small businesses. Admittidly, I work in small groups, often I'm the only developer, but that is not to say the projects are simple or small. I'm not sure how I would handle a 20 person development team (I've done it, but not enough to really know). I like working like this however, I feel like I add more to a project and it's less boring since I get to work on many aspects instead of a few, and I become less replacable (or more important) to the client because I have specific knowledge about what they want to do.
I was going for humor.. no, I don't think people who buy Microsoft products aren't as bad as child mosletors! I have a Linux box, but I haven't turned it on for a few months. But with the Linux Zealoutry (new word for me, well new usage) that abounds on Slashdot, I could see how you might think I was serious!
I say we force anyone who buys MSOffice for Linux to be on a public list, and ban these people from the community.
All I know is MSOffice isn't worth $500 to me on Windows, which I use very often, it sure ain't going to be worth that to me on Linux. Unless Ma and Pa really start using Linux, I don't see these products going anywhere, because I don't imagine any significant amount of current non MSOffice/nonWindows using Linux users buy it.
I see the other 2 folks who replied didn't bother to read the first comment.
This may help fight greenhouse effects which are expected to alter rain distribution across the globe. Many say these effects have already been seen in recent weather. Unfortunately there is a great potential for misuse. To make matters worse, I imagine it is very hard to prove someone tampered with the weather. Because of that I'm almost certain it will see some misuse by our government.
If perhaps we could put web cams on the satellites and allow people to see raw unencoded data (actual data would be encrypted so that others couldn't send their own commands) sent to the satellites to control them, it would allow the public to verify what the weather control satellites are doing. The weather satellites should never do anything that the public is unaware of.
I think fashion model waifs have already been using this product. It may explain how they keep so thin if they can't carry energy around their body. It also explains how they keep their nice Anemic and sickly look that make all the boys swoon.
That might his point?!