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In NYC it is the other way around. With a large immigrant population , almost 600,000 university students, and 35.6% of over-25 population who have degrees, your average high school graduate from staten island is very much lacking in relevant life experience. At least the PDNY isn't as stupid as the cops in Boston, but still there seems to be an attitude of "anything I don't understand must be illegal".
The NY Times and The New Yorker aren't particularly liberal if you live in NYC, it's about the only way to get reasonably complete movie and show listings without all the ads for transvestite hookers.
If you listed the wall street journal, the national review
I once saw a guy excused for not watching television.
If you had a PhD. in comparative literature ( I don't BTW ), it would be the prosecutor who would be kicking you out.
In NYC Voir Dire , they always seem to ask what magazines or newspapers you read. Mention the NY Times , Nature , The New Yorker , IEEE Spectrum , or the Economist and you will never be on a jury.
ok so you are a troll but assuming you know what free speech is , and you speak english
liberal:
–adjective
1. favorable to progress or reform, as in political or religious affairs.
2. (often initial capital letter) noting or pertaining to a political party advocating measures of progressive political reform.
3. of, pertaining to, based on, or advocating liberalism.
4. favorable to or in accord with concepts of maximum individual freedom possible, esp. as guaranteed by law and secured by governmental protection of civil liberties.
5. favoring or permitting freedom of action, esp. with respect to matters of personal belief or expression: a liberal policy toward dissident artists and writers.
6. of or pertaining to representational forms of government rather than aristocracies and monarchies.
7. free from prejudice or bigotry; tolerant: a liberal attitude toward foreigners.
8. open-minded or tolerant, esp. free of or not bound by traditional or conventional ideas, values, etc.
9. characterized by generosity and willingness to give in large amounts: a liberal donor.
10. given freely or abundantly; generous: a liberal donation.
11. not strict or rigorous; free; not literal: a liberal interpretation of a rule.
12. of, pertaining to, or based on the liberal arts.
13. of, pertaining to, or befitting a freeman.
–noun
14. a person of liberal principles or views, esp. in politics or religion.
15. (often initial capital letter) a member of a liberal party in politics, esp. of the Liberal party in Great Britain.
Origin:
1325–75; ME L lberlis of freedom, befitting the free, equiv. to lber free + -lis -al 1
Related forms:
liberally, adverb
liberalness, noun
Synonyms:
1. progressive. 7. broad-minded, unprejudiced. 9. beneficent, charitable, openhanded, munificent, unstinting, lavish. See generous. 10. See ample.
Antonyms:
1. reactionary. 8. intolerant. 9, 10. niggardly.
broad: showing or characterized by broad-mindedness; "a broad political stance"; "generous and broad sympathies"; "a liberal newspaper"; "tolerant
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having political or social views favoring reform and progress
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tolerant of change; not bound by authoritarianism, orthodoxy, or tradition
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a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties
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big: given or giving freely; "was a big tipper"; "the bounteous goodness of God"; "bountiful compliments"; "a freehanded host"; "a handsome allowance"; "Saturday's child is loving and giving"; "a liberal backer of the arts"; "a munificent gift"; "her fond and openhanded grandfather"
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a person who favors an economic theory of laissez-faire and self-regulating markets
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free: not literal; "a loose interpretation of what she had been told"; "a free translation of the poem"
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Liberalism is a broad class of political philosophies that considers individual liberty and equality to be the most important political goals.
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The Liberal magazine is a quarterly literary and political publication "devoted to promoting liberalism around the world".
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The Liberal Party was one of the two major British political parties from the mid 19th century until the rise of the Labour Party in the 1920s
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One with liberal views, supporting individual liberty (see Wikipedia on Liberalism for a description of the various and diverging trends of
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Of or relating to the Liberal party, its membership, or its platform, policy, or viewpoint; Liberal Party; A member or supporter of a Liberal Party; A member or supporter of the Liberal Pary of Canada, or its predecessors, or provincial equivalents, or their predecessors; A Liberal Democrat
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liberally - freely in a nonliteral manner; "he embellished his stories liberally"
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liberally - in a generous manner; "he gave liberally to several charities"
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liberalness - liberality: an inclination to favor progress and individual freedom
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The attitude of an engineer - don't accept things without question, see how things can be changed -
That's an architect or a designer not an engineer , although many architects and designers are also engineers.
Seems like it is the right wing fundamentalists that are trying to attack the liberal 'free speech' societies. The left-wing socialist professors are the ones they are the most angry at.
The topic is "Best Tool For Remembering Passwords?"
The original poster wants to avoid using a physical object or specific software, and is looking for a mnemonic device to help them store and retrieve (remember) passwords.
The question as it was posted:
"The ideal tool in my mind should be something that is independent of any application, browser, or computer; something that is easily carried, but which if lost poses no risk of compromise. What does the Slashdot crowd like in password tools?"
Seems pretty obvious that the poster wants to remember passwords. Seems pretty obvious that the poster wants to not use software.
So it boils down to:
How can I retrieve my password from somewhere or something that is secure without having to remember the password itself?
If you are going to use a tool, you have to remember what the tool is, even if it is a post-it on the screen. Obviously if the poster can't memorize that there is this thing called a computer that involves a thing called a password, they aren't going to remember what tool they are using or that there is even a tool.
If the poster can't remember that they have a password, a tool for remembering it, and what the tool is, then asking the Slashdot community is pointless.
In my post I proposed a tool in case you have forgotten the original question , "that is independent of any application, browser, or computer; something that is easily carried, but which if lost poses no risk of compromise" that allows the poster to not have to remember the password, but to remember only the tool.
The first line of my post said that the special case of thinking up something that is hard to guess but easy to remember is difficult, as opposed to memory in general like remembering that you have money, remembering it's in a bank, remembering you can get to it online etc.
If your reading comprehension isn't good enough for all that try this
If you can remember that you have a tool for remembering, and you can remember what the tool is and how to use it, than any tool will work.
If you can't remember that you have a tool for remembering, or you can't remember what the tool is and how to use it, than no tool will work, and you probably wouldn't remember the answers here on Slashdot or even remember asking the question if you were the original poster.
There is a case where remembering what the tool is is enough. It's sort of like remembering that you tattooed your password on your arm, but without the tattoo or the arm.
Instead of trying to remember the password itself, remember the description of the password.
Descriptions of passwords include:
what I get when I click on the button in program X
what's tattooed on my arm
what's written on a piece of paper in my wallet
the first letters of the words in the first two lines of the Swedish national anthem
The first two lines of the Swedish national anthem are Du gamla, du fria, du fjällhöga Nord, du tysta, du glädjerika sköna! , so the password would be DgdfdfNdtydgs
I don't have to remember the Swedish national anthem, I can look it up, OR the password, in fact I'm pretty sure I wouldn't be able to. The memory requirements are no greater than having to remember what scrap of paper you wrote your password on, and you have the advantage being unlikely to accidently divulge the password.
My example of an obscene phrase has an advantage that it is unlikely to be repeated accidentally and it is easy to remember, but remembering that your password is the first letter of the streets that intersect Broadway in Manhattan below Houston street would do just as well.
Like I said, Memorizing isn't hard, thinking up something that is hard to guess but easy to remember is. I personally can not remember any of my passwords but I can remember what tool I use to remember them.
Memorizing isn't hard, thinking up something that is hard to guess but easy to remember is . Think of a really obscene sentence , involving for instance your siblings, parrents, two supreme court justices and a vat of yak butter.
I'll bet whatever you came up with is pretty easy to remember, and not the sort of thing you will want to write down or say out loud. Use the second letter of each word in the sentence as your password.
That's not a link to my site, it's a link to a digg story that links to another site that in turn links to a site that has a link to my site.
If you are too lazy to find my site I really don't care if you can find it, on the other hand you are actually interested and take the effort find it, fine.
Anyway I think you meant spammer, not troll. Trolls are generally anonymous posters of unfounded or ignorant (did you click the link?) claims and general snarkiness.
I filter both out of my blog, and no I'm not linking to that here either.
Hackers of the world, unite!