Such speech, threats/extortion, were never constitutionally protected.
Nor should it be. I was talking about the due process or restrictions against violating other constitutional rights once you've been accused of the above act. Now you can be wiretapped without a court order, have a sneak and peak search warrant ordered on your house, or be held without bail or legal representation indefinately.
Thus the several levels of problems we have with interpretation of the laws and administrative rules concerning terrorism. By this definition the sentence "I will damage your property if you don't comply" is an act of terrorism and is a waiver of any and all constitutional protection. How many illegal acts do not constitute terrorism with only the slightest stretch of the definition? Consider that any damaging act can be considered an implied threat.
Any illusion people had about the constitution protecting them should have been thrown out as soon as the people stopped protecting the constitution.
What a relief. This will bring us one step closer to our goal of identifying mammoth diseases before we lose any treatment options. My prediction: Due to this new research not a single mammoth will die in 2006.
"Why isn't using an antispyware program to delete cookies considered "actively deleting cookies"? Just because you use software that accomplishes the same thing doesn't mean the cookies aren't getting deleted. That percent is probably accurate."
It doesn't count unless you wrote the software yourself, and even then only if it's in assembly. Just like I didn't really make my web page.
"To be honest, its my personal feeling that Windows is better suited to desktops"
People seem to say that a lot, but I've had a different experience. I'm NOT a computer professional by any means, but I use KDE on my desktop and Windows on my laptop. Windows is usually just fine.. it doesn't crash all the time etc. The problem I have is when I want to work on a project. If I have a research paper to do and I have multiple search windows open then they stack on top of each other on the task bar and it's hard to sort them out. When I'm using Linux/KDE I have my taskbar arranged just the way I like it and I have multiple desktops to avoid clutter. I run Windows because I hear it's a pain in the ass to get my wireless card working with linux, linux doesn't run World of Warcraft (ok, I admit it), and doesn't run my anatomy lab software. Other than that, I prefer the look/feel/functionality of Linux/KDE. Same software (Open Office and the Gimp), but nicer interface in my opinion. I also enjoyed using Superkaramba, which you could not do with Windows unless you payed. I also don't feel safe unless I have an anti virus, anti-spyware, and firewall. Linux is closer to being secure out of the box.
"Even if we were, we could not give useful advice without full details.
Talk to a lawyer."
Just stop right there mister. This is slashdot. Giving legal advice without being lawyers and without full details is what we do best.. other than bashing Microsoft.
I wear a copyrighted tee-shirt to the Sears Tower and then sue them when they sell me a picture of it at the end of the tour. I'll be laughing all the way to Giordanos.
The only explanation I could come up with for Signs was that the aliens were not invading. They were actually just dropping off their retarded. Once you realize the aliens are mentally handicapped it all makes sense.
"I hate to answer my own posts but you MUST download this and this!"
I think we all know what kind of effect that posts like this have on people's bandwidth issues. If you have any compassion or empathy for your fellow man, and the target of your post is the MPAA, RIAA, SCO, or the BSA PLEASE try to get these things to the front page. When the BSA servers start a fire that burns down their empire... and a daycare next door, but don't sweat the small stuff... you will know you made a difference. Don't you owe it to yourself?
"It looks like you're trying to dereference a null pointer during global destruction. Would you like to start the debugger?"
Well, this is a snippet from a response, but it really gets the core of the issue. Global destruction is a very stressful time to do just about anything. I'm by no means a programmer, and I have no idea what you're talking about, but don't you have better things to do when the end of the world comes? I'm even more alarmed if your 'threads' are actually causing global destruction. I beg of you, please stop programming!
"You can keep saying it's unrealistic to expect users to help fix problems with OSS software, but the fact is that only people who do put in the effort make any difference.
The only people who can effect changes are people who do code, who don't accept this defeatist version of 'reality'. If everyone simply accepted it was unrealistic to be able to personally contribute to anything, well, this world would be a much worse place."
While I applaud the coders above all, as they certainly are the core of the open source community I have to say I don't think you need to be a coder to make a difference. I'm a linux enthusiast myself, and I have been helped by many people from linuxquestions.org, irc channels, and my local LUG who I feel make a very real difference. These people are necessary for the movement of Linux into the mainstream (people like me). It is also people like these that provide valuable bug reports and feedback on useability that also make a difference. I've never been able to write useful code, but that won't stop me from contributing to the community whether it's helping a friend learn to use the GIMP or being an associate member of the FSF. If you can code, then by god do it, but if you can't you are far from useless.
"From what I hear, it's when Microsoft release patches. Many Patches. In one day. Imagine rushing around, trying to patch all of your computers. *THAT* is Black Tuesday."
"off, gets lost, sometimes for days on end wondering the streets. IMHO the most valuable part of a system like this would be the ability to trigger an alarm if patients cross a pre-defined boundary."
Most Alzheimers units are lockdown units, and those that aren't have a wrist band(probably similar in size to what they would have to wear for this thing) that sets off an alarm when the resident tries to leave.
"It did, however, mention that it records the exact time employees enter and leave the facility, so that they only get paid for the time they actually work. The infrastructure and underlying components seem to be there, but it seems to me like they are more interested in protecting their money than their residents. "
I find this more likely. When we installed cameras where I work it was with the assurance that it was to keep track of residents, but while I haven't seen it used much for residents I have seen multiple instances of using them to keep track of staff. We have changed administrators three times since the cameras were installed, and no one remembers being promised that the cameras were to be for resident safety only. That's another issue: Are we eliminating resident privacy for necessary safety reasons, or staff convenience? These people have the right to live as close to a normal life as possible. It's not normal to be watched at all times.. unless you're in the UK, where it's OK.
"Wasn't there an article many months (years?) ago about how to circumvent this kind of thing by holding "shift" as you insert the disc? Yes, that's a Windows-only solution, but I don't see this kind of problem affecting Macs or Linux machines."
I'd like to see them try to install something on my linux machine. Hell, I can't install anything when I'm trying.
Doubtless the people at Bletchley could have done many things without Turing.. eventually, but would they have done it in sufficient time? The intelligence game during WWII was a race against time and the information was important enough to lend credence to the argument that without Turing the war may have been lost.
I don't know what you're trying to say here, but admit it: It's perfectly possible for a nuclear reaction to cause massive growth in a lizard. Godzilla could have happened and may be happening right now!
"Gentoo really is a great operating system, and maybe even for beginners."
Not for beginners. It took me a long time to install gentoo and it still didn't work. I don't think I've ever been so pissed at a distro. I wasn't pissed because it didn't work, because I didn't pay for it, but because so many people said it was easy. Bullshit. It might be easy if you're used to things like compiling your kernel and editing your fstab file, but for those of us who are used to Redhat, Suse, Mandrake etc it is an incredible pain in the ass. Beginners: don't let this guy fool you, anyone who is not intimately familiar with Linux should stay the hell away from gentoo unless they like headaches and swearing at their computer.
It's a good thing you posted that.. I was grabbing the first two CD's of test 2 off one mirror and the second 2 CD's of test 1 off another.. I only double checked because of what you said.
This post is clearly off topic... the poster is clearly not talking about Iraq or gay marriages or the state of the economy. He is talking about broadband connections, which have nothing to do with... oh wait.
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Such speech, threats/extortion, were never constitutionally protected.
Nor should it be. I was talking about the due process or restrictions against violating other constitutional rights once you've been accused of the above act. Now you can be wiretapped without a court order, have a sneak and peak search warrant ordered on your house, or be held without bail or legal representation indefinately.
Thus the several levels of problems we have with interpretation of the laws and administrative rules concerning terrorism. By this definition the sentence "I will damage your property if you don't comply" is an act of terrorism and is a waiver of any and all constitutional protection. How many illegal acts do not constitute terrorism with only the slightest stretch of the definition? Consider that any damaging act can be considered an implied threat.
Any illusion people had about the constitution protecting them should have been thrown out as soon as the people stopped protecting the constitution.
What a relief. This will bring us one step closer to our goal of identifying mammoth diseases before we lose any treatment options. My prediction: Due to this new research not a single mammoth will die in 2006.
"Why isn't using an antispyware program to delete cookies considered "actively deleting cookies"? Just because you use software that accomplishes the same thing doesn't mean the cookies aren't getting deleted. That percent is probably accurate."
It doesn't count unless you wrote the software yourself, and even then only if it's in assembly. Just like I didn't really make my web page.
"To be honest, its my personal feeling that Windows is better suited to desktops"
People seem to say that a lot, but I've had a different experience. I'm NOT a computer professional by any means, but I use KDE on my desktop and Windows on my laptop. Windows is usually just fine.. it doesn't crash all the time etc. The problem I have is when I want to work on a project. If I have a research paper to do and I have multiple search windows open then they stack on top of each other on the task bar and it's hard to sort them out. When I'm using Linux/KDE I have my taskbar arranged just the way I like it and I have multiple desktops to avoid clutter. I run Windows because I hear it's a pain in the ass to get my wireless card working with linux, linux doesn't run World of Warcraft (ok, I admit it), and doesn't run my anatomy lab software. Other than that, I prefer the look/feel/functionality of Linux/KDE. Same software (Open Office and the Gimp), but nicer interface in my opinion. I also enjoyed using Superkaramba, which you could not do with Windows unless you payed. I also don't feel safe unless I have an anti virus, anti-spyware, and firewall. Linux is closer to being secure out of the box.
"Even if we were, we could not give useful advice without full details.
Talk to a lawyer."
Just stop right there mister. This is slashdot. Giving legal advice without being lawyers and without full details is what we do best.. other than bashing Microsoft.
The good news is that we will finally be able to SSH over to one of those refrigerators that run Linux.
I wear a copyrighted tee-shirt to the Sears Tower and then sue them when they sell me a picture of it at the end of the tour. I'll be laughing all the way to Giordanos.
"A bit of Sun bashing, and voilá, instant karma."
Sun sucks.
"Will I be extradited for having had sex with a 16-year-old (illegal in the US)?"
16 is legal in Mississippi and Alabama as I learned on my last vacation. Happy..er.. statutory.
Politics + Programming = GNU
It is the perfect combination. Politics and Sex on the other hand... baaad combination.
The only explanation I could come up with for Signs was that the aliens were not invading. They were actually just dropping off their retarded. Once you realize the aliens are mentally handicapped it all makes sense.
"I hate to answer my own posts but you MUST download this and this!"
I think we all know what kind of effect that posts like this have on people's bandwidth issues. If you have any compassion or empathy for your fellow man, and the target of your post is the MPAA, RIAA, SCO, or the BSA PLEASE try to get these things to the front page. When the BSA servers start a fire that burns down their empire... and a daycare next door, but don't sweat the small stuff... you will know you made a difference. Don't you owe it to yourself?
"It looks like you're trying to dereference a null pointer during global destruction. Would you like to start the debugger?"
Well, this is a snippet from a response, but it really gets the core of the issue. Global destruction is a very stressful time to do just about anything. I'm by no means a programmer, and I have no idea what you're talking about, but don't you have better things to do when the end of the world comes? I'm even more alarmed if your 'threads' are actually causing global destruction. I beg of you, please stop programming!
"You can keep saying it's unrealistic to expect users to help fix problems with OSS software, but the fact is that only people who do put in the effort make any difference.
The only people who can effect changes are people who do code, who don't accept this defeatist version of 'reality'. If everyone simply accepted it was unrealistic to be able to personally contribute to anything, well, this world would be a much worse place."
While I applaud the coders above all, as they certainly are the core of the open source community I have to say I don't think you need to be a coder to make a difference. I'm a linux enthusiast myself, and I have been helped by many people from linuxquestions.org, irc channels, and my local LUG who I feel make a very real difference. These people are necessary for the movement of Linux into the mainstream (people like me). It is also people like these that provide valuable bug reports and feedback on useability that also make a difference. I've never been able to write useful code, but that won't stop me from contributing to the community whether it's helping a friend learn to use the GIMP or being an associate member of the FSF. If you can code, then by god do it, but if you can't you are far from useless.
"From what I hear, it's when Microsoft release patches. Many Patches. In one day. Imagine rushing around, trying to patch all of your computers. *THAT* is Black Tuesday."
I thought that was BLUE Tuesday.
My computer can get 1700 MPGs.
"off, gets lost, sometimes for days on end wondering the streets. IMHO the most valuable part of a system like this would be the ability to trigger an alarm if patients cross a pre-defined boundary."
Most Alzheimers units are lockdown units, and those that aren't have a wrist band(probably similar in size to what they would have to wear for this thing) that sets off an alarm when the resident tries to leave.
"It did, however, mention that it records the exact time employees enter and leave the facility, so that they only get paid for the time they actually work. The infrastructure and underlying components seem to be there, but it seems to me like they are more interested in protecting their money than their residents. "
I find this more likely. When we installed cameras where I work it was with the assurance that it was to keep track of residents, but while I haven't seen it used much for residents I have seen multiple instances of using them to keep track of staff. We have changed administrators three times since the cameras were installed, and no one remembers being promised that the cameras were to be for resident safety only. That's another issue: Are we eliminating resident privacy for necessary safety reasons, or staff convenience? These people have the right to live as close to a normal life as possible. It's not normal to be watched at all times.. unless you're in the UK, where it's OK.
"Wasn't there an article many months (years?) ago about how to circumvent this kind of thing by holding "shift" as you insert the disc? Yes, that's a Windows-only solution, but I don't see this kind of problem affecting Macs or Linux machines."
I'd like to see them try to install something on my linux machine. Hell, I can't install anything when I'm trying.
Doubtless the people at Bletchley could have done many things without Turing.. eventually, but would they have done it in sufficient time? The intelligence game during WWII was a race against time and the information was important enough to lend credence to the argument that without Turing the war may have been lost.
"down! Soon there will be no more fat geeks, and then the geeks will marry, and then what will happen to Slashdot!?"
I take it you've never been married?
I don't know what you're trying to say here, but admit it: It's perfectly possible for a nuclear reaction to cause massive growth in a lizard. Godzilla could have happened and may be happening right now!
"Gentoo really is a great operating system, and maybe even for beginners."
Not for beginners. It took me a long time to install gentoo and it still didn't work. I don't think I've ever been so pissed at a distro. I wasn't pissed because it didn't work, because I didn't pay for it, but because so many people said it was easy. Bullshit. It might be easy if you're used to things like compiling your kernel and editing your fstab file, but for those of us who are used to Redhat, Suse, Mandrake etc it is an incredible pain in the ass. Beginners: don't let this guy fool you, anyone who is not intimately familiar with Linux should stay the hell away from gentoo unless they like headaches and swearing at their computer.
It's a good thing you posted that.. I was grabbing the first two CD's of test 2 off one mirror and the second 2 CD's of test 1 off another.. I only double checked because of what you said.
This post is clearly off topic... the poster is clearly not talking about Iraq or gay marriages or the state of the economy. He is talking about broadband connections, which have nothing to do with... oh wait.