Comment Gonna be a lot of conflicted hippies... (Score 1) 306
The next Dead or Phish show will be soooooo filled with guilt....
Submission + - Govt. liability when providing online services?
jbwiv writes: Today, I went to my state's sex offender database to perform a search (http://sexoffender.ncdoj.gov). Surprisingly, when I searched my home address, the map was completely empty, although I know for a fact that there are registered offenders within a few blocks. I quickly zoomed out and realized the map was completely empty. Obviously, a problem with their service.
So I called the NC Dept of Justice and eventually made it through to a person who helped me trouble shoot the problem. Everything was showing up fine for her, but even after a browser restart, nothing on my end. Suddenly, I got that all too familiar feeling...one I haven't felt in a long time. I fired up a Windows VM, and sure enough, everything works fine there. Strangely enough, it's not an IE versus Firefox thing...it even works well in Firefox, but ONLY on Windows.
This is a big deal for me. My entire household is Linux-based. My wife uses Ubuntu to do her daily computer chores and, though really not a techie, she gets along quite well. What if an offender had moved in across the street, and we didn't know because we don't run Windows? Shouldn't a state government use a technology that insures compatibility across ALL major platforms? Could the state be legally liable in cases like these? And regardless of liability, how can I force them to change?
So I called the NC Dept of Justice and eventually made it through to a person who helped me trouble shoot the problem. Everything was showing up fine for her, but even after a browser restart, nothing on my end. Suddenly, I got that all too familiar feeling...one I haven't felt in a long time. I fired up a Windows VM, and sure enough, everything works fine there. Strangely enough, it's not an IE versus Firefox thing...it even works well in Firefox, but ONLY on Windows.
This is a big deal for me. My entire household is Linux-based. My wife uses Ubuntu to do her daily computer chores and, though really not a techie, she gets along quite well. What if an offender had moved in across the street, and we didn't know because we don't run Windows? Shouldn't a state government use a technology that insures compatibility across ALL major platforms? Could the state be legally liable in cases like these? And regardless of liability, how can I force them to change?
Comment Re:You could roll your own. (Score 3, Informative) 517
The problem with that is power consumption. Build your own, and you'll be burning a lot of power unnecessarily because it's overkill. Contrast that with the ReadyNas Duo, which I own, that pulls on average around 30-40W. Much better and green.
