I have to do a lot with a swiss army knife because in the UK it is illegal to carry a leatherman in public without a good reason that the police will accept.
I've got several small scars as a result of keeping the world safe from knife crime:(
Not many professional photographers compose shots with the optical viewfinder anymore
Really? Citation desperately needed because all of the pros and semi pros that I know use the optical view finder for 99% of their work. There is _some_ macro work where using Liveview or your brand equivalent is useful, but especially for sports and people photography, the viewfinder is still king.
Ah, but there lies the evil of the IP salesman. It's nearly impossible to fork Java because of all of the patents that Oracle owns. See, if you fork it and aren't 100% compliant with their license (i.e. you want to do something useful that goes outside the spec), you violate their patents. If you violate their patents, you get sued.
You don't seem to understand the difference between copyrights and licenses. The GPL is a license that code is distributed under. That license covers what you can and can't do with the code. As a high-level for-instance, the GPL stops you taking code and including it in your own product without releasing the code for your product.
Copyright still plays a BIG part though. Say I release something under the GPL version 2 and later I want to change this license to GPL version 3. I can do this because I own the copyright for the code.
Now say 100 different people have copyright on various bits of a big project. Even though the project is released under GPL v2, that doesn't mean I can just go and apply GPL v3 restrictions to it. I have to get the permission of every one of the copyright holders of that code to change the license. The same goes if I want to start dual-licensing (GPL and some closed source license to a company); I have to get permission of all copyright holders to make that change.
Killing people in the queue would cause people to stop flying until the security theater adapted and moved out a level to the airport entrance. That would devastate large parts of the economy.
If you're into terror and mayhem, that sounds like a win to me.
Actually, the police do not give fondlings all the time. The supreme court actually defined a pat-down, and it is quite clear that it does not allow groping.
A full search by a police officer, which is _not_ carried out that often is closer to what this is.
Interesting.... I buy games from Amazon.co.uk and sell them back to Game (the UKs biggest game retailer). As an example, I recently paid GBP34 for Fable III and sold it for GBP24 to Game. That's a lot more than a tenth of my money back!
The best news is that you're charging tourists $5 a time for this. How many of those do you think will come back after having their children sexually molested by a man or woman in uniform ?
Having a private screening room doesn't make the required sexual assault any more fun. I'd prefer it in public so I can moan and thrust at your cow-orkers and embarrass them like they're embarrassing me.
What about the situation where a bona fide pilot gets a call to say that the bad guys have his family hostage and will kill them if he doesn't carry Object ScaryAsShit through security and give it to ReallyBadGuy on the other side.
It won't take his plane down, his family get let go, and some other bunch of saps die. No incentive_not_ to cooperate, is there ?
So yeah, pilots should be searched if any of us should be searched.
If he does not receive a criminal conviction for this, it will be further proof that there is one law for them and one for the rest of us here.
If you can get a criminal conviction for making a frustrated joke about an airport, then you should get the same for asking someone to be stoned to death.
RIAA didn't get really worried until we were able to make unlimited perfect copies for essentially nothing
Really? Because I'm pretty sure the RIAA were behind the whole 'Home taping is killing music' campaign - they seemed plenty worried from where I was sitting.
Just out of curiosity, do you actually know anything about Apple, or do you just like to repeat what you've heard? Apple actually make significant contributions both to open source projects and international standards. Just because they lock down _some_ things, doesn't mean that this is their attitude to everything.
Just a couple of points... One, I'm not a Brit, I just live here now.
I'm not boasting, I'm just pointing out that America as a nation is cowardly today. The reason I choose not to visit America any more because of the increased security isn't because it scares me; it's just because I don't voluntarily put myself into humiliating and abusive situations. That's revenue loss of note.
Finally, I did point out the response of a number of countries and the fact that we all got on with life until America started imposing global security standards that out government love because like all governments, they love power and abuse.
Firstly, you might note that I mentioned more than just Britain. Secondly, the kneejerk fear was only carried out by Mr Bush's poodle and his successor. This is a recent thing.
And regardless of the government and the meeeja, did you see how many people were on the tubes on 8/7 and 9/7 and every day after that ?
You Americans are so cute with your fear of terrorists. You're quite happy for thousands of people to die on the roads, but one itty bitty terrorist attack and you go cower indoors.
Home of the brave my ass - you should try living somewhere with a real history of terrorism and you'd see we pretty much just get on with our lives. Some idiots blow up the tubes yesterday? Ah well, as long as mine is still running, I'll use it today with no changes to security. The IRA blow up another pub? Well, this one is still standing, so I'll have a pint. ETA blowing up shit all over the place? Can't let the fuckers win, so we'll get on with our lives.
But no. America has ONE attack on their own soil and they go mental.
Holy christ - Ok, we're just not posh enough. I could probably afford the occasional night out with 12 quid drinks, but I have a sneaking suspicion that I wouldn't enjoy the kind of place that charges that kind of money:D
There are still plenty of civilised bars in the city where drinks don't cost the earth, but at the same time you're not spending the evening with the yobs:)
Plus, most of my mates are foreign imports, so we're not precious about people 'having to stand their round'. I'd rather my brother in law save the cash for my sister than buying drinks:D
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I have to do a lot with a swiss army knife because in the UK it is illegal to carry a leatherman in public without a good reason that the police will accept.
I've got several small scars as a result of keeping the world safe from knife crime :(
Not many professional photographers compose shots with the optical viewfinder anymore
Really? Citation desperately needed because all of the pros and semi pros that I know use the optical view finder for 99% of their work. There is _some_ macro work where using Liveview or your brand equivalent is useful, but especially for sports and people photography, the viewfinder is still king.
Ah, but there lies the evil of the IP salesman. It's nearly impossible to fork Java because of all of the patents that Oracle owns. See, if you fork it and aren't 100% compliant with their license (i.e. you want to do something useful that goes outside the spec), you violate their patents. If you violate their patents, you get sued.
You don't seem to understand the difference between copyrights and licenses. The GPL is a license that code is distributed under. That license covers what you can and can't do with the code. As a high-level for-instance, the GPL stops you taking code and including it in your own product without releasing the code for your product.
Copyright still plays a BIG part though. Say I release something under the GPL version 2 and later I want to change this license to GPL version 3. I can do this because I own the copyright for the code.
Now say 100 different people have copyright on various bits of a big project. Even though the project is released under GPL v2, that doesn't mean I can just go and apply GPL v3 restrictions to it. I have to get the permission of every one of the copyright holders of that code to change the license. The same goes if I want to start dual-licensing (GPL and some closed source license to a company); I have to get permission of all copyright holders to make that change.
Killing people in the queue would cause people to stop flying until the security theater adapted and moved out a level to the airport entrance. That would devastate large parts of the economy.
If you're into terror and mayhem, that sounds like a win to me.
Actually, the police do not give fondlings all the time. The supreme court actually defined a pat-down, and it is quite clear that it does not allow groping.
A full search by a police officer, which is _not_ carried out that often is closer to what this is.
It's ok - we'll just wait for the TSA to leak them. It WILL happen at some point.
Singapore is hardly a new offshoring location. Banks have been moving huge amounts of staff out there for at least half a decade now.
Interesting.... I buy games from Amazon.co.uk and sell them back to Game (the UKs biggest game retailer). As an example, I recently paid GBP34 for Fable III and sold it for GBP24 to Game. That's a lot more than a tenth of my money back!
The best news is that you're charging tourists $5 a time for this. How many of those do you think will come back after having their children sexually molested by a man or woman in uniform ?
Having a private screening room doesn't make the required sexual assault any more fun. I'd prefer it in public so I can moan and thrust at your cow-orkers and embarrass them like they're embarrassing me.
They don't even allow the scanners!
Not only do we allow the scanners, we have no opt-out. If you refuse the scan, you cannot fly. There is no pat down option.
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What about the situation where a bona fide pilot gets a call to say that the bad guys have his family hostage and will kill them if he doesn't carry Object ScaryAsShit through security and give it to ReallyBadGuy on the other side.
It won't take his plane down, his family get let go, and some other bunch of saps die. No incentive_not_ to cooperate, is there ?
So yeah, pilots should be searched if any of us should be searched.
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If he does not receive a criminal conviction for this, it will be further proof that there is one law for them and one for the rest of us here.
If you can get a criminal conviction for making a frustrated joke about an airport, then you should get the same for asking someone to be stoned to death.
RIAA didn't get really worried until we were able to make unlimited perfect copies for essentially nothing
Really? Because I'm pretty sure the RIAA were behind the whole 'Home taping is killing music' campaign - they seemed plenty worried from where I was sitting.
Linux != unix though. So all findings from that assumption are wrong.
Just out of curiosity, do you actually know anything about Apple, or do you just like to repeat what you've heard? Apple actually make significant contributions both to open source projects and international standards. Just because they lock down _some_ things, doesn't mean that this is their attitude to everything.
We are always prepared for the LAST threat!
Nope - handguns are not legal at all. That's why our Olympic team have to train outside the country.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/olympics_2012/4162498.stm
Just a couple of points... One, I'm not a Brit, I just live here now.
I'm not boasting, I'm just pointing out that America as a nation is cowardly today. The reason I choose not to visit America any more because of the increased security isn't because it scares me; it's just because I don't voluntarily put myself into humiliating and abusive situations. That's revenue loss of note.
Finally, I did point out the response of a number of countries and the fact that we all got on with life until America started imposing global security standards that out government love because like all governments, they love power and abuse.
Firstly, you might note that I mentioned more than just Britain. Secondly, the kneejerk fear was only carried out by Mr Bush's poodle and his successor. This is a recent thing.
And regardless of the government and the meeeja, did you see how many people were on the tubes on 8/7 and 9/7 and every day after that ?
You Americans are so cute with your fear of terrorists. You're quite happy for thousands of people to die on the roads, but one itty bitty terrorist attack and you go cower indoors.
Home of the brave my ass - you should try living somewhere with a real history of terrorism and you'd see we pretty much just get on with our lives. Some idiots blow up the tubes yesterday? Ah well, as long as mine is still running, I'll use it today with no changes to security. The IRA blow up another pub? Well, this one is still standing, so I'll have a pint. ETA blowing up shit all over the place? Can't let the fuckers win, so we'll get on with our lives.
But no. America has ONE attack on their own soil and they go mental.
Holy christ - Ok, we're just not posh enough. I could probably afford the occasional night out with 12 quid drinks, but I have a sneaking suspicion that I wouldn't enjoy the kind of place that charges that kind of money :D
There are still plenty of civilised bars in the city where drinks don't cost the earth, but at the same time you're not spending the evening with the yobs :)
Plus, most of my mates are foreign imports, so we're not precious about people 'having to stand their round'. I'd rather my brother in law save the cash for my sister than buying drinks :D