You shouldn't depend on any local environment (standardised or not). Just implement one simple rule: to accept any code it has to build (and work) correctly on a standardised, external system. Your developers can use whatever tools they want, just provide them with an access to a developer instance of said standardised system (be it either dev server or a simple VM image).
Many people believe in many things regardless of how realistic they are. For example, it appears that many Americans believe that 9/11 was an inside job [1]. In Poland, according to the most recent poll [2] (in Polish), 22% Poles believe in Smolesk conspiracy. Interesting thing is that out of those 22%, some believe it was Russian job while others think that it was perpetrated by the ruling party.
Majority agrees with the official polish report that blames multiple factors (on both the Polish and the Russian side) as it's often the case in aviation accidents. And let's be painfully blunt - neither Russia nor the ruling party did benefit from the accident. Quite the opposite.
And trust me, crashing anyone in a plane is never a solution. I won't even mention the moral and humanitarian aspects as they are (hopefully) obvious. Even from a Machiavellian point of view, it useless - dead leaders will get replaced by their (often more paranoid) associates, some people will believe in conspiracy theories and radicalise themselves and it will be a lot harder to reach any consensus or change anything.
Ideas that were also present, at one point, in a certain country to the west of Poland that eventually went to war with the Soviet Union (after signing a deal with the Soviet Union to carve up Poland), so it's not as if this behavior is obviously "soviet" or "pro-Russian".
Both the nazi germany and soviet union shared many authoritarian ideas. Still, I believe that's irrelevant to the original subject.
I fully agree that the ideas I mentioned earlier, don't make PiS 'pro-Russian' per se. However, because it is widely said that PiS looks up to the Hungarian and Russian governments for inspiration, some people assume that PiS is pro-Russian. It is not. It just reuses the ideas.
Because those ideas stand against EU ideals, Poland might get alienated and drift in the general direction of Russia, just as Hungary did. No, it won't leave EU or anything like that. But this drift might weaken EU and people's rights in Poland.
While Poland has some difficult history with Russia and while our geopolitical interest are often contradictory, Poles don't 'hate' Russians. Don't confuse politics with normal people.
PiS admires the Russian form of a 'strong government'. While it doesn't try to implement a carbon copy of it, PiS borrows some 'bright' ideas from both the Russian and Hungarian systems (nationalism, 'strong leader' with much power, mythical 'they' who are always to blame for the failures, etc.). Recent changes in wire-tapping law, seem to be similar to the ones mentioned in the article.
While at the moment PiS is not pro-Russian, changing political situation might push it in that direction (Hungary already paved the way).
Can't you just push all your photos, movies, etc to the iCloud? Buying the 16GB version will force people to use it. Seems like a well thought out strategy to me...
The only problem with Ubuntu versus some other offerings like Red Hat is that the support time of the LTS version of Ubuntu is pretty short (only 5 years). It really depends on your project whether this is good enough for your situation. Debian doesn't even have such a LTS version. You only have to guess when Debian stops supporting their OS.
Debian does have LTS support [1] which means that stable releases are supported for (at least) 5 years. You also don't have to 'guess' anything - EOL dates are also provided at [1] (and in a few other places).
Mandatory? No. If I want to run WEP or no encryption at all, I have the right to do so. Making WPA turned on by default is another thing - cost doesn't change but you can use your AP the way you like it, not the way someone tells you to do.
If I understand correctly, you are trying to build some kind of a static radar gun. I'm afraid that legal part of this venture is much more tricky than the technical stuff. In most countries I've visited, such a device must be officially approved and regularly calibrated. Have you checked if your device has to pass any tests to be allowed to produce evidence? What you must also consider is the way it will record offenders - it's likely this is also subject to some legal requirements. And then comes the support part - someone has to support it (which can be a pain under working conditions you mentioned) and someone has to take the evidence from it and issue a speeding ticket - in Poland, where I currently live, police was forced to hire new workers just to be able to send tickets to some offenders (plus keep in mind that there must be a way to identify them in a reasonable time frame). A lot of things to consider (and check) before you even start planning the tech part of this idea:)
Solaris VII rules were supposed to be used during "arena" games, not normal multi mech engagements. Mechwarrior series was based on the CBT (Classical BattleTech) board game which allows customizing as well as building new mechs from scratch. While it may lead to creation of some... well... monsters, it's fun and adds to gameplay. Besides, if you simply want to customize a bit, nothing holds you back - you don't have to build a multi PPC behemoth and you can stick to "canon flavors". So what is the point of taking this possibility away (if I recall correctly devs were explaining this as "it's weird to see lasers shooting from LRM racks")?
Ah, and as for small laser firing as often as gauss - keep in mind that in CBT board game 1 turn = 10 seconds. Don't try to imagine 1 turn of small laser fire as a single shot (as a matter of fact, multiple war games use "1 turn of shooting != 1 shot" principle) - it simply means that during one turn small laser will do that much damage and produce some heat, regardless of how many times it really did shoot. The same applies to ammo - 1 ammo round means that a weapon can fire during 1 turn - be it one gauss shell or designers-know-how-many machine gun rounds.
Now that I think about it, I wonder if the fast firing weapons in MW aren't more powerful than in a board game - they fire more often and probably deal the "1 turn damage" during a single shot...
Just keep in mind that while downloading from such a site you are not making any content "available" (which, to my understanding, is the main issue with all those copyright trials). Whether this is enough to protect yourself from any legal problems depends on laws in your country. For example, here (Poland) it is not illegal to download (and posses) copyrighted music/movies/etc. (software excluded!) so it's most likely safer to download from such a site than from p2p.
"Entrepreneur, Nandan Nilekani has been chosen to lead the ambitious project which will be the second largest citizens' database in a democracy, with China being the biggest."
I wonder if they are implying that China is a democracy or just saying that they have the biggest database...
Of course, one of the biggest obstacles to linux adoption is that Windows is effectively "open source".
He called it "open source" not an open source.
Just look at it from outside - if we forget about the open source part (that is the ability to look at the code) what is left? On window$ you can use any media player you desire, even if this means breaking several licenses/laws. In fact, you can usually use any software you desire - many open projects have their windows ports and many windows apps cannot be run (without problems) on open platforms. Of course you will be using several layers of code that is closed but simply - most people don't care. And don't forget that for many users window$ is also a "free" software - either by cracking it or by getting it "for free" with a new pc. So if people don't care about ability to see the code, get windows for "free" and can run more things than on a truly open platform - why choose linux (or any other free os)?
I believe that those 64 cameras are connected to a system capable of scanning 15000 faces total - not 15000 from each camera. 15000/64 gives us about 235 faces per camera which is quite possible when using high resolution wide-angle cameras. Besides think about the future - you can easily double the amount of cameras and the system will still work without any upgrades.
v 1.9.2.6
+ NoScript now automatically removes the controversial "NoScript
Development Support Filterset" deployed with NoScript 1.9.2.3 and
above on startup, permanently and with no questions asked.
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+ One-time startup prompt to ask users if they wants to install/keep
the AdBlock Plus "NoScript Development Support Filterset" deployed
with NoScript 1.9.2.3 and above
While I'll most likely check the changelog before applying new NoScript version, I doubt I'll stop using it. I have mixed feelings about this situation but at least author warned us about what he was doing and broke nothing. Some of you may remember what happened with Fast Dial - it added some spam links, which completely broke user bookmarks. While its author also informed about this change in changelog, he forgot to mention that it will totally break your bookmarks.
The concern that I have is how did this get past the QA testers at CCP and into a production build?
Good question. While I doubt that this patch was not tested at all, it's possible (but unlikely) that none of their testers used XP. I'd rather say that while the new version was somewhat tested, some minor last-moment changes were made into the final version without being retested.
If I understand correctly the "damages" are being paid to compensate for a possible loss and are not supposed to be a fine (on a side note, she hasn't gained anything by sharing, so the possible fine shouldn't be that hard on her anyway). So the 9250$/song figure is the base value of a "per song" loses. If we assume that a normal CD has 8 tracks this makes 74000$ per CD. Then, with the 15$ price tag on a single cd (20$ for a new one, 10$ for older one - I suppose there was a mix of those) we get the approximate number of 5000 CDs. Since the whole case is about 24 mp3s this makes 15000 CDs total.
If she was the one who released those before the official release date, I'd say those damages are not high enough. However, if she was just sharing files available from multiple other sources then... well, those 15000 CDs could make even 5% or more of officially sold CDs. Catch a few more sharers and you can get platinum just for getting them sued. I'd love to see how did they come up with those numbers...
Anyway, I have better idea - check the number of available sources and divide the potential loses by their number for a more accurate "damages";)
Ah, and on another side note - I wonder if the artists will get their share of those 15000 "sold" CDs...
If your father's condition is so serious that you need to be on-call 24 hours a day, you shouldn't be leaving him alone while you go to the movies in the first place. Yes, if my fathers condition would be serious I wouldn't go there. Still, ICE is supposed to work on many diffrent occasions - including accidents or other random situations (like heart stroke and so on). I can't really foresee them and if I'm out of range, the whole ICE idea won't work.
I really don't mind creating "no phone talking" spots and strongly enforcing this policy. However, if that is not technically possible I'd still prefer to hear "rude" conversation rather than endanger anyone.
And what about text messaging or 3G internet modems... Using the is also "rude"?
And what about those ICE (In Case of Emergency) numbers? If I'm being called in order to obtain some important information about my fathers health I should be able to respond as soon as possible. Not after an hour when I get out - this hour may mean life or death.
As for that BTW: Copper mesh shielding covers only closly selected area (like some rooms in theater) while active jammer can be moved or its power (and thus, range) may fluctuate. Besides, it works in all directions, which may interfere with someone trying to use that phone on another floor - copper won't be a problem in such a case, while jammer may pose a problem. It's a simple matter of being able to cover only specific area (copper can be shaped in a multiple ways) versus just being able to set it to cover only approximate area (I belive the jammer will cover the spherical area).
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You shouldn't depend on any local environment (standardised or not). Just implement one simple rule: to accept any code it has to build (and work) correctly on a standardised, external system. Your developers can use whatever tools they want, just provide them with an access to a developer instance of said standardised system (be it either dev server or a simple VM image).
Many people believe in many things regardless of how realistic they are. For example, it appears that many Americans believe that 9/11 was an inside job [1]. In Poland, according to the most recent poll [2] (in Polish), 22% Poles believe in Smolesk conspiracy. Interesting thing is that out of those 22%, some believe it was Russian job while others think that it was perpetrated by the ruling party.
Majority agrees with the official polish report that blames multiple factors (on both the Polish and the Russian side) as it's often the case in aviation accidents. And let's be painfully blunt - neither Russia nor the ruling party did benefit from the accident. Quite the opposite.
And trust me, crashing anyone in a plane is never a solution. I won't even mention the moral and humanitarian aspects as they are (hopefully) obvious. Even from a Machiavellian point of view, it useless - dead leaders will get replaced by their (often more paranoid) associates, some people will believe in conspiracy theories and radicalise themselves and it will be a lot harder to reach any consensus or change anything.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
[2] http://wyborcza.pl/1,75478,177...
Ideas that were also present, at one point, in a certain country to the west of Poland that eventually went to war with the Soviet Union (after signing a deal with the Soviet Union to carve up Poland), so it's not as if this behavior is obviously "soviet" or "pro-Russian".
Both the nazi germany and soviet union shared many authoritarian ideas. Still, I believe that's irrelevant to the original subject.
I fully agree that the ideas I mentioned earlier, don't make PiS 'pro-Russian' per se. However, because it is widely said that PiS looks up to the Hungarian and Russian governments for inspiration, some people assume that PiS is pro-Russian. It is not. It just reuses the ideas.
Because those ideas stand against EU ideals, Poland might get alienated and drift in the general direction of Russia, just as Hungary did. No, it won't leave EU or anything like that. But this drift might weaken EU and people's rights in Poland.
While Poland has some difficult history with Russia and while our geopolitical interest are often contradictory, Poles don't 'hate' Russians. Don't confuse politics with normal people.
PiS admires the Russian form of a 'strong government'. While it doesn't try to implement a carbon copy of it, PiS borrows some 'bright' ideas from both the Russian and Hungarian systems (nationalism, 'strong leader' with much power, mythical 'they' who are always to blame for the failures, etc.). Recent changes in wire-tapping law, seem to be similar to the ones mentioned in the article.
While at the moment PiS is not pro-Russian, changing political situation might push it in that direction (Hungary already paved the way).
Can't you just push all your photos, movies, etc to the iCloud? Buying the 16GB version will force people to use it. Seems like a well thought out strategy to me...
The only problem with Ubuntu versus some other offerings like Red Hat is that the support time of the LTS version of Ubuntu is pretty short (only 5 years). It really depends on your project whether this is good enough for your situation. Debian doesn't even have such a LTS version. You only have to guess when Debian stops supporting their OS.
Debian does have LTS support [1] which means that stable releases are supported for (at least) 5 years. You also don't have to 'guess' anything - EOL dates are also provided at [1] (and in a few other places).
[1] https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
While I haven't experienced this problem myself, I've come across this thread: http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?p=1147506 - it is possible that it can be of some use to you.
I wonder if modding up your comment would make me an accessory to murder... Anyway, good luck and get some sleep :)
/Minor moderation fix/ Sorry, miss-clicked an option in my mod drop-down - just cleaning it.
Mandatory? No. If I want to run WEP or no encryption at all, I have the right to do so. Making WPA turned on by default is another thing - cost doesn't change but you can use your AP the way you like it, not the way someone tells you to do.
If I understand correctly, you are trying to build some kind of a static radar gun. I'm afraid that legal part of this venture is much more tricky than the technical stuff. In most countries I've visited, such a device must be officially approved and regularly calibrated. Have you checked if your device has to pass any tests to be allowed to produce evidence? What you must also consider is the way it will record offenders - it's likely this is also subject to some legal requirements. And then comes the support part - someone has to support it (which can be a pain under working conditions you mentioned) and someone has to take the evidence from it and issue a speeding ticket - in Poland, where I currently live, police was forced to hire new workers just to be able to send tickets to some offenders (plus keep in mind that there must be a way to identify them in a reasonable time frame). A lot of things to consider (and check) before you even start planning the tech part of this idea :)
Solaris VII rules were supposed to be used during "arena" games, not normal multi mech engagements. Mechwarrior series was based on the CBT (Classical BattleTech) board game which allows customizing as well as building new mechs from scratch. While it may lead to creation of some... well... monsters, it's fun and adds to gameplay. Besides, if you simply want to customize a bit, nothing holds you back - you don't have to build a multi PPC behemoth and you can stick to "canon flavors". So what is the point of taking this possibility away (if I recall correctly devs were explaining this as "it's weird to see lasers shooting from LRM racks")?
Ah, and as for small laser firing as often as gauss - keep in mind that in CBT board game 1 turn = 10 seconds. Don't try to imagine 1 turn of small laser fire as a single shot (as a matter of fact, multiple war games use "1 turn of shooting != 1 shot" principle) - it simply means that during one turn small laser will do that much damage and produce some heat, regardless of how many times it really did shoot. The same applies to ammo - 1 ammo round means that a weapon can fire during 1 turn - be it one gauss shell or designers-know-how-many machine gun rounds.
Now that I think about it, I wonder if the fast firing weapons in MW aren't more powerful than in a board game - they fire more often and probably deal the "1 turn damage" during a single shot...
Just keep in mind that while downloading from such a site you are not making any content "available" (which, to my understanding, is the main issue with all those copyright trials). Whether this is enough to protect yourself from any legal problems depends on laws in your country. For example, here (Poland) it is not illegal to download (and posses) copyrighted music/movies/etc. (software excluded!) so it's most likely safer to download from such a site than from p2p.
"Entrepreneur, Nandan Nilekani has been chosen to lead the ambitious project which will be the second largest citizens' database in a democracy, with China being the biggest."
I wonder if they are implying that China is a democracy or just saying that they have the biggest database...
Hey, itsbetterwithoutwindows.com is free to register! Let's show them how a proper advertising site should look like! ;)
Of course, one of the biggest obstacles to linux adoption is that Windows is effectively "open source".
He called it "open source" not an open source.
Just look at it from outside - if we forget about the open source part (that is the ability to look at the code) what is left? On window$ you can use any media player you desire, even if this means breaking several licenses/laws. In fact, you can usually use any software you desire - many open projects have their windows ports and many windows apps cannot be run (without problems) on open platforms. Of course you will be using several layers of code that is closed but simply - most people don't care. And don't forget that for many users window$ is also a "free" software - either by cracking it or by getting it "for free" with a new pc. So if people don't care about ability to see the code, get windows for "free" and can run more things than on a truly open platform - why choose linux (or any other free os)?
I believe that those 64 cameras are connected to a system capable of scanning 15000 faces total - not 15000 from each camera. 15000/64 gives us about 235 faces per camera which is quite possible when using high resolution wide-angle cameras. Besides think about the future - you can easily double the amount of cameras and the system will still work without any upgrades.
v 1.9.2.6
+ NoScript now automatically removes the controversial "NoScript Development Support Filterset" deployed with NoScript 1.9.2.3 and above on startup, permanently and with no questions asked.
v 1.9.2.5
+ One-time startup prompt to ask users if they wants to install/keep the AdBlock Plus "NoScript Development Support Filterset" deployed with NoScript 1.9.2.3 and above
While I'll most likely check the changelog before applying new NoScript version, I doubt I'll stop using it. I have mixed feelings about this situation but at least author warned us about what he was doing and broke nothing. Some of you may remember what happened with Fast Dial - it added some spam links, which completely broke user bookmarks. While its author also informed about this change in changelog, he forgot to mention that it will totally break your bookmarks.
Good question. While I doubt that this patch was not tested at all, it's possible (but unlikely) that none of their testers used XP. I'd rather say that while the new version was somewhat tested, some minor last-moment changes were made into the final version without being retested.
If I understand correctly the "damages" are being paid to compensate for a possible loss and are not supposed to be a fine (on a side note, she hasn't gained anything by sharing, so the possible fine shouldn't be that hard on her anyway). So the 9250$/song figure is the base value of a "per song" loses. If we assume that a normal CD has 8 tracks this makes 74000$ per CD. Then, with the 15$ price tag on a single cd (20$ for a new one, 10$ for older one - I suppose there was a mix of those) we get the approximate number of 5000 CDs. Since the whole case is about 24 mp3s this makes 15000 CDs total. ;)
If she was the one who released those before the official release date, I'd say those damages are not high enough. However, if she was just sharing files available from multiple other sources then... well, those 15000 CDs could make even 5% or more of officially sold CDs. Catch a few more sharers and you can get platinum just for getting them sued. I'd love to see how did they come up with those numbers...
Anyway, I have better idea - check the number of available sources and divide the potential loses by their number for a more accurate "damages"
Ah, and on another side note - I wonder if the artists will get their share of those 15000 "sold" CDs...
I really don't mind creating "no phone talking" spots and strongly enforcing this policy. However, if that is not technically possible I'd still prefer to hear "rude" conversation rather than endanger anyone.
And what about text messaging or 3G internet modems... Using the is also "rude"?
And what about those ICE (In Case of Emergency) numbers? If I'm being called in order to obtain some important information about my fathers health I should be able to respond as soon as possible. Not after an hour when I get out - this hour may mean life or death.
As for that BTW: Copper mesh shielding covers only closly selected area (like some rooms in theater) while active jammer can be moved or its power (and thus, range) may fluctuate. Besides, it works in all directions, which may interfere with someone trying to use that phone on another floor - copper won't be a problem in such a case, while jammer may pose a problem. It's a simple matter of being able to cover only specific area (copper can be shaped in a multiple ways) versus just being able to set it to cover only approximate area (I belive the jammer will cover the spherical area).