I'm not sure what being American has to do with anything.
Americans work some of the longest hours around, and probably caffeine fueled hacking is probably more of an American tradition. Red Bull has been banned on and off, on health grounds, in various European countries, for example.
However, mods defintitely need to sit down, pour themselves another large glass of wine, and have another piece of cheese, before indulging in lazy cultural stereotyping. Cheers!
(8) In proceedings against any person for the offence of failing to produce a licence it shall be a defence for him to show that—
(a) within seven days after the production of his licence was required he produced it in person at a police station that was specified by him at the time its production was required
Seems to me they mostly get used to run multiple OS's that each run a single main app. Last time I looked modern OS's are quite capable of running multiple apps at the same time..then what exactly is the point?
It can make management of large numbers of machines easier. If you've got half a dozen applications on a machine, owned by different groups, it can be a nuisance to manage upgrade cycles. Some groups may buy their own little servers to get around the problem: with virtualization, you can let the development folk can run their server, *and* host it in the data centre.
Another useful thing is splitting off the hardware support issues from the application support ones. Need to roll out a critical BIOS update across a bunch of servers: live migrate the running VMs off to a spare host, put them back afterwards.
Do the English still recognize RP and "the Queen's English" as official, or is that no longer politically correct?
No, they probably aren't. Fowler's, probably, would be the usual reference.
I notice another post references the Cambridge Dictionary of American Idioms. So the answer to the original poster's question is: "No don't do it, because you might be mistaken for an American".
If you acted in good faith you don't get prosecuted, you just lose your stuff.
As the original article says, the majority of mules know they are doing something slightly shady. They just don't know exactly what. I think it's reasonable to prosecute and let the court decide the degree of culpability.
Why is coalition government called "risk"? It's quite common in continental Europe and in European Parliament too. What is the problem here?
Essentially because it's not stable with a first past the post election system. It's easier for the two major parties to decide to reroll, and go back to business as usual.
What I find most interesting about this case is that the initial sentence is up to 1 year for the unauthorized access itself and 20 years for the "obstruction of justice". I just can't see how that punishment fits the crime.
Well it doesn't, obviously. However, obstruction of justice is a very wide ranging offence exactly because of the magnitude of the crime that is being covered up will itself vary widely. So, one would hope that a judge would take that into account when sentencing.
Trying to fix this, by reducing a judge's power to exercise discretion when sentencing, makes it more likely that you end up with punishments that don't fit the crime.
This terms of use agreement is subject to change at any time without notice. It is your responsibility to check the license page periodically for changes.
Lots of 'agreements' have terms like that. In a lot of jurisdictions they carry no weight at all.
However, I will always fondly remember those hefty manuals that you used to get with a huge role-playing game like Baldur's Gate. I loved flipping through those and reading up on the lore or finding out about an aspect of the game I didn't know about from reading just the basic instructions.
It was the Ultima series for me: the manuals, the lore, not to mention the cloth maps and little trinkets. Going forth to do battle with yet another incompatible DOS memory manager. Happy times!
I blame Mattel for changing the Scrabble rules to allow proper nouns. Within a couple of weeks of them doing it we have a volcano in Eyjafjallajokull, and the Kyrgyz president fleeing the country. Coincidence, I think not.
Now we can end racism and breed everyone into one uniform Grey Race that will be the future of humankind. We will preserve diversity by creating uniformity.
If you start believing that races are pure things, and mixing them will just level things down to homogenous mush, you'll end up sleeping with your cousin and passing down all kinds of inherited disorders.
However, genetics doesn't really work like that. We are, after all, all descended from Africans in the end.
Sigh. The UK government has never ignored a ECHR ruling. Not once. It can be a little slow getting round to enforcing a judgement that it doesn't like; that is sadly common, in that the court lacks effective ways of enforcing it itself. Not unique to the UK though.
Its her right to use Wifi. If he becomes sick from it, thats his problem, not hers.
You have no right to do something that causes acute physical harm to others except in self-defence and similar circumstances. If he can establish a causal relationship then he should be able to get a court order to stop her.
"You said this router's at the South Pole, right? So that means it's at very high altitude, with very little ozone shielding, right?" "Umm, yeah." "Well there you go. There's a lot more radiation at that altitude than at sea level.
His explanation sounds a bit off; a few molecules of ozone may be good for stopping UV but I doubt it makes a lot of difference to cosmic rays.
Just being at the South Pole is a much greater risk factor than mere altitude though, because it's where the magnetosphere funnels all the crap.
You're buying something used meaning that you're risking acquiring a compromised product.
I don't think it's reasonable for the buyer to take the risk when buying a boxed set at near full retail price. Really though, the publisher should makes it clear that they intend to screw the used market on the box. Free downloadable content (offer open to original purchaser only). Problem solved.
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Just curious, what jurisdiction, and what laws were broken, and are those laws punishable by jail time?
In most European jurisdictions, probably. In the UK, it probably counts as an unlawful intercept under RIPA. Yes, you can get two years for it.
I'm not sure what being American has to do with anything.
Americans work some of the longest hours around, and probably caffeine fueled hacking is probably more of an American tradition. Red Bull has been banned on and off, on health grounds, in various European countries, for example.
However, mods defintitely need to sit down, pour themselves another large glass of wine, and have another piece of cheese, before indulging in lazy cultural stereotyping. Cheers!
Sorry to troll, but what exactly is a "strict superset"?
Well, the strict definition is that it's a superset, and it's not an identical set.
You probably want the non-strict definition which is "we haven't given up on compatibility with C, like the C++ folks did".
Road Traffic Act 1988, section 164 (8)
(8) In proceedings against any person for the offence of failing to produce a licence it shall be a defence for him to show that—
(a) within seven days after the production of his licence was required he produced it in person at a police station that was specified by him at the time its production was required
Seems to me they mostly get used to run multiple OS's that each run a single main app. Last time I looked modern OS's are quite capable of running multiple apps at the same time..then what exactly is the point?
It can make management of large numbers of machines easier. If you've got half a dozen applications on a machine, owned by different groups, it can be a nuisance to manage upgrade cycles. Some groups may buy their own little servers to get around the problem: with virtualization, you can let the development folk can run their server, *and* host it in the data centre.
Another useful thing is splitting off the hardware support issues from the application support ones. Need to roll out a critical BIOS update across a bunch of servers: live migrate the running VMs off to a spare host, put them back afterwards.
Do the English still recognize RP and "the Queen's English" as official, or is that no longer politically correct?
No, they probably aren't. Fowler's, probably, would be the usual reference.
I notice another post references the Cambridge Dictionary of American Idioms. So the answer to the original poster's question is: "No don't do it, because you might be mistaken for an American".
When was the last time anyone heard of a TV Network going dark for an hour?
Hmm, let me think. How about yesterday?
If you acted in good faith you don't get prosecuted, you just lose your stuff.
As the original article says, the majority of mules know they are doing something slightly shady. They just don't know exactly what. I think it's reasonable to prosecute and let the court decide the degree of culpability.
I'm still wondering whether stock photo girl got the election result she wanted.
Why is coalition government called "risk"? It's quite common in continental Europe and in European Parliament too. What is the problem here?
Essentially because it's not stable with a first past the post election system. It's easier for the two major parties to decide to reroll, and go back to business as usual.
I think they take a charge and their shareholders eat much of the cost this time. No way around it.
I think the only question is how much they are going to be able to sue the other players for.
What I find most interesting about this case is that the initial sentence is up to 1 year for the unauthorized access itself and 20 years for the "obstruction of justice". I just can't see how that punishment fits the crime.
Well it doesn't, obviously. However, obstruction of justice is a very wide ranging offence exactly because of the magnitude of the crime that is being covered up will itself vary widely. So, one would hope that a judge would take that into account when sentencing.
Trying to fix this, by reducing a judge's power to exercise discretion when sentencing, makes it more likely that you end up with punishments that don't fit the crime.
This terms of use agreement is subject to change at any time without notice. It is your responsibility to check the license page periodically for changes.
Lots of 'agreements' have terms like that. In a lot of jurisdictions they carry no weight at all.
However, I will always fondly remember those hefty manuals that you used to get with a huge role-playing game like Baldur's Gate. I loved flipping through those and reading up on the lore or finding out about an aspect of the game I didn't know about from reading just the basic instructions.
It was the Ultima series for me: the manuals, the lore, not to mention the cloth maps and little trinkets. Going forth to do battle with yet another incompatible DOS memory manager. Happy times!
Is this not the goal of code re-use? I mean, if there is no copyright violations, that's what ppl should do...
If they are habitual liars and pass off other peoples work as their own, they're going to be a liability to anyone that employs them.
There hasn't been any weatherballoons or similar testing by the governments right after closing the airspace.
The NERC have been flying aircraft and taking samples since the start.
I blame Mattel for changing the Scrabble rules to allow proper nouns. Within a couple of weeks of them doing it we have a volcano in Eyjafjallajokull, and the Kyrgyz president fleeing the country. Coincidence, I think not.
Now we can end racism and breed everyone into one uniform Grey Race that will be the future of humankind. We will preserve diversity by creating uniformity.
If you start believing that races are pure things, and mixing them will just level things down to homogenous mush, you'll end up sleeping with your cousin and passing down all kinds of inherited disorders.
However, genetics doesn't really work like that. We are, after all, all descended from Africans in the end.
Of course, the UK government has a track record of completely ignoring the ECHR.
Sigh. The UK government has never ignored a ECHR ruling. Not once. It can be a little slow getting round to enforcing a judgement that it doesn't like; that is sadly common, in that the court lacks effective ways of enforcing it itself. Not unique to the UK though.
Its her right to use Wifi. If he becomes sick from it, thats his problem, not hers.
You have no right to do something that causes acute physical harm to others except in self-defence and similar circumstances. If he can establish a causal relationship then he should be able to get a court order to stop her.
However, he's a nutjob, so won't be able to.
"You said this router's at the South Pole, right? So that means it's at very high altitude, with very little ozone shielding, right?" "Umm, yeah." "Well there you go. There's a lot more radiation at that altitude than at sea level.
His explanation sounds a bit off; a few molecules of ozone may be good for stopping UV but I doubt it makes a lot of difference to cosmic rays.
Just being at the South Pole is a much greater risk factor than mere altitude though, because it's where the magnetosphere funnels all the crap.
But why is the PTR so damn verbose?
Delegation without a hack like RFC 2317.
You're buying something used meaning that you're risking acquiring a compromised product.
I don't think it's reasonable for the buyer to take the risk when buying a boxed set at near full retail price. Really though, the publisher should makes it clear that they intend to screw the used market on the box. Free downloadable content (offer open to original purchaser only). Problem solved.
The UK just had to cut down a bunch of trees because people were 'dogging,' or having public sex there.
You shouldn't believe everything you read in the funny papers.
None of the proposals call for charging consumers for traditionally free game demos."
Evil doesn't mean stupid.