Actually, technically, there should be no spaces before or after, but it should be repeated--like this. A "-" is a hyphen, not a dash. A double-hyphen is the standard replacement for a dash, when dashes are unavailable due to character set.
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It was/.'d within 5 minutes after it appeared! Amazing.
Empeg Auto Theft Problems?
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Considering the problem with people breaking into cars just to steal the stereo... (Happened twice with one of my friends!) If these things become popular enough for theives to recognize them, won't they be even more likely to be stolen since they're so expensive? Removable faceplate empegs? It'd still be worth it to steal the harddrive...
I like that idea. It's like those watches that get charged just by your movement. I mean, you can power it without doing much extra work.
how much? 15000 pounds
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One article (forget where) said on the order of 15,000 pounds, which is about as much as a decent car. Expensive, but totally affordable.
Definitely not astronomical
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If you read one of the previous BBC articles on this, Arthur C Clarke is quoted as talking about how space debris is definitely a problem. There's lots of small, REALLY FAST junk out there.
Astronauts know the chances they're taking to do what they do (see Challenger), but if hundreds of civilians are going to be up there, they'll want much better standards of safety.
I agree. I think the infinitive splitting rule is as stupid as the "Don't end a sentence with a preposition" rule. As that swell fellow Winston Churchill said, "This is a rule up with which I will not put!"
>if guns don't solve anything, then why do the >police carry them?
Well, they don't in London! I don't know how well that is working, alas, but the concept does exist.
I do actually agree with most of what you said. M.A.D. certainly was an interesting situation, but it was rooted in the fact that both countries were fanatical enough to consider the use of nuclear arms in the first place! What we need to work toward is a world where we wouldn't even contemplate such a thing, making M.A.D. useless.
What bothers me are terrorists.. And by terrorists I hereby loosely define them as a small group of people not representing the views of a large group. That is, a small group of wackos are going to have the ability to inflict serious casualties, and even MAD can't save us then.
Yes.. I never said China was perfect, only that it is getting better slowly.
Of course, most US citizens are only concerned about "worker protection" when the workers are American. US companies exploit people in other countries routinely.. perhaps the worst, even.. and those who protest it are all too often seen as troublemakers.
I recall a quote from one major US company after being complained to about its treatment of workers in other countries (forget which it was, alas), who said "Well, that's unfortunate just the state of the global economy at the moment." Bull.
>>The point is that they build back doors into everything, so that access is guaranteed if they want it. It seems to me that the article is saying that, with a warrant, the cops could modify that SPECIFIC COPY of the software.. like installing a bug, not installing bugs in ALL software.
I'm not certain of which the article was talking about, but I would be in favor of the former, though not the latter.
Excuse me, but have you actually BEEN to China? I was born there, moved to the US when I was 6, but have visited a couple of times.. and I can tell you that it is hardly the hellhole the American media portrays it to be. In terms of commerce, China in many respects is even more freely capitalistic than the US.
But more importantly, remember those 1989 student protests in Tiananmen Square? I can tell you that they had a DEFINITE effect in convincing the government to be progressively more and more liberal in its policies. And I don't it's so bad for the policies to change gradually.
Even the student leaders of that protest agree that no one wants China to "go democratic" the way the Soviet Union did.
Note the key phrase: "which clearly should be subject to warranting provisions"
If they were allowed to modify anything they wished, that's one thing. But compromising privacy after obtaining an court-approved warrant is not very different from compromising privacy via a warranted wiretap, etc.
I'm still not necessarily for it, but I'm just pointing out that if it's only legal after getting a warrant, I would not be immediately against it.
I personally don't agree with "the right to bear arms". The intention of it is that the people can then have a chance at militant rebellion if a dictatorial government should arise. (NOT, btw, so people can fight vigilante-style against criminals.)
Ever heard of Gandhi, people? I don't believe in militant rebellion. There are always better ways, especially in a modern society like the U.S., to fight the government.
I mean, honestly, with today's weapons, even if it's possible to fight militaristically against the U.S. Armed Forces, there'd be a helluva lot of bloodshed, which could be avoided by non-violent rebellion.
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I for one am going to see what Apple actually does before juding anything.
This is what portals were MEANT to be!
Actually, technically, there should be no spaces before or after, but it should be
repeated--like this.
A "-" is a hyphen, not a dash. A double-hyphen is the standard replacement for a dash, when dashes are unavailable due to character set.
Then use the new /. blocking feature to block out Star Wars articles!
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Amazing.
Considering the problem with people breaking into cars just to steal the stereo... (Happened twice with one of my friends!)
If these things become popular enough for theives to recognize them, won't they be even more likely to be stolen since they're so expensive?
Removable faceplate empegs?
It'd still be worth it to steal the harddrive...
I think it'd be pretty awesome to have a windup version of a portable MP3 player than can play 35 hours of music.
It'd make hiking a lot more fun.
Didn't this get posted a few weeks ago:
"Clueful Crypto Legislation"
I like that idea. It's like those watches that get charged just by your movement. I mean, you can power it without doing much extra work.
One article (forget where) said on the order of 15,000 pounds, which is about as much as a decent car.
Expensive, but totally affordable.
Definitely not astronomical
If you read one of the previous BBC articles on this, Arthur C Clarke is quoted as talking about how space debris is definitely a problem. There's lots of small, REALLY FAST junk out there.
Astronauts know the chances they're taking to do what they do (see Challenger), but if hundreds of civilians are going to be up there, they'll want much better standards of safety.
I still like:
"Hey, baby, what's your cosine?"
I agree. I think the infinitive splitting rule is as stupid as the "Don't end a sentence with a preposition" rule. As that swell fellow Winston Churchill said, "This is a rule up with which I will not put!"
>if guns don't solve anything, then why do the
>police carry them?
Well, they don't in London!
I don't know how well that is working, alas, but the concept does exist.
I do actually agree with most of what you said. M.A.D. certainly was an interesting situation, but it was rooted in the fact that both countries were fanatical enough to consider the use of nuclear arms in the first place!
What we need to work toward is a world where we wouldn't even contemplate such a thing, making M.A.D. useless.
What bothers me are terrorists.. And by terrorists I hereby loosely define them as a small group of people not representing the views of a large group. That is, a small group of wackos are going to have the ability to inflict serious casualties, and even MAD can't save us then.
Yes.. I never said China was perfect, only that it is getting better slowly.
Of course, most US citizens are only concerned about "worker protection" when the workers are American.
US companies exploit people in other countries routinely.. perhaps the worst, even.. and those who protest it are all too often seen as troublemakers.
I recall a quote from one major US company after being complained to about its treatment of workers in other countries (forget which it was, alas), who said "Well, that's unfortunate just the state of the global economy at the moment." Bull.
>>The point is that they build back doors into everything, so that access is guaranteed if they want it.
It seems to me that the article is saying that, with a warrant, the cops could modify that SPECIFIC COPY of the software.. like installing a bug, not installing bugs in ALL software.
I'm not certain of which the article was talking about, but I would be in favor of the former, though not the latter.
Excuse me, but have you actually BEEN to China?
I was born there, moved to the US when I was 6, but have visited a couple of times.. and I can tell you that it is hardly the hellhole the American media portrays it to be. In terms of commerce, China in many respects is even more freely capitalistic than the US.
But more importantly, remember those 1989 student protests in Tiananmen Square? I can tell you that they had a DEFINITE effect in convincing the government to be progressively more and more liberal in its policies.
And I don't it's so bad for the policies to change gradually.
Even the student leaders of that protest agree that no one wants China to "go democratic" the way the Soviet Union did.
http://www.house.gov/lofgren/ (Click "Contact")
and
http://www.house.gov/dreier/talkto.htm
(Unfortunately, Goodlatte's website doesn't accept email outside his district.)
And don't forget to mention your support of the bill to YOUR district rep!
http://www.house.gov/house/MemberWWW.html
Note the key phrase: "which clearly should be subject to warranting provisions"
If they were allowed to modify anything they wished, that's one thing. But compromising privacy after obtaining an court-approved warrant is not very different from compromising privacy via a warranted wiretap, etc.
I'm still not necessarily for it, but I'm just pointing out that if it's only legal after getting a warrant, I would not be immediately against it.
I personally don't agree with "the right to bear arms". The intention of it is that the people can then have a chance at militant rebellion if a dictatorial government should arise. (NOT, btw, so people can fight vigilante-style against criminals.)
Ever heard of Gandhi, people? I don't believe in militant rebellion. There are always better ways, especially in a modern society like the U.S., to fight the government.
I mean, honestly, with today's weapons, even if it's possible to fight militaristically against the U.S. Armed Forces, there'd be a helluva lot of bloodshed, which could be avoided by non-violent rebellion.