Re:Things like this are easy to fix.
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4. Participant agrees not to do the following, except with the advanced review and written approval of Google: (a) issue or release any articles, advertising, publicity, or other matter relating to this Agreement (including the fact that a meeting or discussion has taken place between the parties) or mentioning or implying the name of Google."
4. Participant agrees not to do the following, except with the advanced review and written approval of Google: (a) issue or release any articles, advertising, publicity, or other matter relating to this Agreement (including the fact that a meeting or discussion has taken place between the parties),* or mentioning or implying the name of Google."
*The fact that that comma isn't there in the original means that mentioning and implying the name of Google isn't a standalone statement. To me, it looks like not only can you not issue or release any articles, advertising, publicity, or other matter relating to the agreement, but you cannot issue or release any articles, advertising, publicity, or other matter mentioning or implying the name of Google.
Looks like Google employees don't get to make insiders blogs, spoof commercials, viral marketing resources, or slap the name Google on the things they do on their own, including the one day a week of your own projects, until you get some review and approval.
Looks reasonable to me.
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I'm even worse than you. I have a cordless drill, and have seen 'Uncle Buck.' I've got dozens of bladed implements, ranging from saws, to kitchen knives, to pocket knives, to a couple of swords. I've got guns of many different varieties, including shotguns, scoped rifles, a handgun, and a couple airsoft and paintball guns. I've got a couple crowbars, JUST LIKE THE ONES IN Half-Life! I've got books outlining ways crimes can be committed (Network Security books). I keep volatile chemicals in my garage (gasoline) and in my basement (fireworks). I'm in my 20's, and play video games. Clearly, I am a danger to everyone around me.
Or, I hunt occasionally, and have begun receiving my grandfather's guns in a manner planned to avoid estate taxes when he kicks the bucket. His tools too. I enjoy cooking, and prefer to have the right tools for whatever job I need to do (whisk cannot be replaced by a fork, heathens!) I work as a network administrator for a local real estate place, and take security seriously. Oh yes, and I celebrate Independence Day.
Someone needs to slap that school board into shape.
As far as illness is concerned, you're right. But we're already jettisoning the dead into space, after cremating them. Come to think of it, cremation would be a decent way of breaking down the physical body into something easier to store. Not sure if the rocket would smell like BBQ for the rest of the trip, though.
No chance that the 'evil' flashing banner ads are going to be replaced with subdued Google ads, then? I occasionally have to use the web from a computer other than the ones I've put filters on, and those things just piss me right off. I like this deal, because the acquirer is less irritating than the soon to be adjusted acquiree. Kinda like how spreading out across the Wild West didn't cause New York and Boston to grow tumbleweeds and shootouts.
Cars have a lot more problems than rockets do, but generally lower level problems. If you're in a car, and there's a problem, you're probably safe, although the car may be fucked. Rockets are technologically superior. However, a rocket with a problem is probably going to kill everyone onboard, and maybe a bunch of innocent bystanders too.
Google isn't diversifying rapidly. Google employees are. All this cool stuff starts as a pet project. Google puts it up when it's hit a beta-worthy point. When something is being used enough, Google starts working on it as a core function. Google doesn't have to waste a bunch of resources coming up with projects like Picasa or Earth or whatever. It just has to host the projects its employees think up, and watch to see which ones are good. I wouldn't be surprised if there was some sort of bounty program in place to support the employees that come up with something that gets more than 1,000,000 distinct users, or something like that.
Google is doing this in the best way anyone ever has. Don't worry about the focus, it's still right where it belongs.
Virtual Worlds aren't just for gaming. They're also great for simulations, especially physics and collisions. Military uses this to do training when live-fire might not be possible or would be prohibitively expensive. This would also be pretty awesome for engineering, both civil and hardware.
Yes, I do realize I've used VR gaming and world design for my two examples. So sue me.
Faulty logic. By that reasoning, Australia is full of criminals, because that's how it was years ago when the British Empire dumped them there. When the United States and it's manifest destiny started moving out to absorb the 'Wild West,' that was just the beginning of the end for civilization, because you have to average the levels of civilization, rather than accept that the acquirer will adjust the acquiree to be more like itself. What I see from this deal is a probable decrease in the number of flashing banner ads I see when I'm browsing on a less filtered machine.
::Shakes head:: Replying to an AC, what am I coming to?
I approved of the war in Iraq. I felt it was a good thing for us to go there and get Saddam. The way this war has been carried out, however, is a failure. Guantanamo is one of the colossal failures. The fact that it took that long to remove the leaders was a failure. We are the US. We should be able to gather all the intel we need before we take military action. We should have been able to take out everyone in our deck of cards during the first week. We didn't, and now I believe that we have completed our mission in Iraq, and need to withdraw.
Wouldn't it be easier just to measure the amount of time it takes to type in your password a few times, and any password entry that takes more than a couple standard deviations from that is nulled? After all, brute-forcing types of programs enter passwords a hell of a lot faster than I do, even with muscle memory.
Really, if there's a way to guarantee that keys are being pressed, that'd even be good enough for that. There's not a hacker in the world that's going to run a brute-force attack manually.
It's not a big surprise that genes fire during the learning process. There's gotta be something happening chemically, otherwise none of the drugs that actually help would. Do they actually know which genes do what, as far as the learning is concerned? Or is this just a 'hey, let's formally announce this so it looks like we're making progress' type of thing?
If you haven't gathered the information, how do you know how to camouflage the sensors? And if the sensors aren't camouflaged, how are you going to keep the 'War of the Worlds' (panic associated with original radio broadcast) from happening. Do we just guess that 'planet x' probably has cockroaches?
I am employed, but not self employed. In this, I am taking advantage of my employer. Look at my skill set, heavy on the technical things like configuring networks, light on finding people who would like to pay me to configure their networks. Comparing the money that was coming into my bank account when I was a freelancer, and the money that comes into my bank account with a boss, the boss has been a net gain for me. You look at the boss, and you see that he gains, so you call the relationship parasitic, but if you looked at yourself, you'd call it symbiotic instead. You even admitted as much, stating that you're having problems finding the work you need now that you're unemployed.
My point was that monetary gain is not the only reason for things to be done. Look at just about every hobby. People don't expect to get rich from stamp collecting. Likewise, there is hacking done out of boredom rather than profit. The form of hobbyist hacking depends on the person, as I mentioned in the other thread.
Also, there are psychopathic and sociopathic black hatters, as well as ones who do it for practice, even when they aren't getting paid, so they can get paid later.
Assuming greed as the motivation for every action is as foolish as assuming altruism.
Nope, after the sun sets you leave "In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king." behind, and go to "In times of darkness, look to the blind. In times of madness, look to the insane."
I have a hard time seeing a judge thinking about things this deeply, meaning (a) he'll say, "you're full of crap. no dice.", or (b) he'll say, "wow, you're right. no program may read another program's data, whether on the harddrive, or in memory, because that implicitly involves some level of copying of information, and we must protect copyright."
That choice is why this will never see court. Blizzard wants to keep it's ability to scan user's computers. If this case is decided that there is no violation here, Blizzard has to sit down and shut up. If the judge says there is a violation here, Blizzard is open for a vicious counterstroke with lawsuits from everyone who has a program running when Blizzard's Warden program starts making copies.
IIRC, there was a time when most maps included a location or feature that didn't really exist. If I further recall correctly, one of those locations was a partial inspiration for R'lyeh, an island that was only there on the map. The whole point of this was to force other cartographers to explore for themselves instead of just copying the map. If someone else's map had your R'lyeh, you can sue them for copyright violation. Looks like that's what's happening here.
The hijacked planes weren't at cruising altitudes. Cruising altitudes have the benefit of flying over buildings. If the people who worked there would be able to use their cell phones, the planes would be well within coverage.
Less worry about laser range finders, more worry about guided missiles. On airborne things, like fighters or bombers, there's really no nearby mass to aim at if you can't get a return off the plane itself.
From the other side, if these can be made cheap, why not put them on missiles to prevent AM systems from shooting them down?
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4. Participant agrees not to do the following, except with the advanced review and written approval of Google: (a) issue or release any articles, advertising, publicity, or other matter relating to this Agreement (including the fact that a meeting or discussion has taken place between the parties)
*The fact that that comma isn't there in the original means that mentioning and implying the name of Google isn't a standalone statement. To me, it looks like not only can you not issue or release any articles, advertising, publicity, or other matter relating to the agreement, but you cannot issue or release any articles, advertising, publicity, or other matter mentioning or implying the name of Google.
Looks like Google employees don't get to make insiders blogs, spoof commercials, viral marketing resources, or slap the name Google on the things they do on their own, including the one day a week of your own projects, until you get some review and approval.
Looks reasonable to me.
It worked for the BOFH. Knobface.
I'm even worse than you. I have a cordless drill, and have seen 'Uncle Buck.' I've got dozens of bladed implements, ranging from saws, to kitchen knives, to pocket knives, to a couple of swords. I've got guns of many different varieties, including shotguns, scoped rifles, a handgun, and a couple airsoft and paintball guns. I've got a couple crowbars, JUST LIKE THE ONES IN Half-Life! I've got books outlining ways crimes can be committed (Network Security books). I keep volatile chemicals in my garage (gasoline) and in my basement (fireworks). I'm in my 20's, and play video games. Clearly, I am a danger to everyone around me.
Or, I hunt occasionally, and have begun receiving my grandfather's guns in a manner planned to avoid estate taxes when he kicks the bucket. His tools too. I enjoy cooking, and prefer to have the right tools for whatever job I need to do (whisk cannot be replaced by a fork, heathens!) I work as a network administrator for a local real estate place, and take security seriously. Oh yes, and I celebrate Independence Day.
Someone needs to slap that school board into shape.
Double Secret Probation.
As far as illness is concerned, you're right. But we're already jettisoning the dead into space, after cremating them. Come to think of it, cremation would be a decent way of breaking down the physical body into something easier to store. Not sure if the rocket would smell like BBQ for the rest of the trip, though.
No chance that the 'evil' flashing banner ads are going to be replaced with subdued Google ads, then? I occasionally have to use the web from a computer other than the ones I've put filters on, and those things just piss me right off. I like this deal, because the acquirer is less irritating than the soon to be adjusted acquiree. Kinda like how spreading out across the Wild West didn't cause New York and Boston to grow tumbleweeds and shootouts.
I win, by using fundamental forces. I knocked a box full of hard drives off a desk. Gravity FTW.
PCs are like cars. Mac's are like rockets.
Cars have a lot more problems than rockets do, but generally lower level problems. If you're in a car, and there's a problem, you're probably safe, although the car may be fucked. Rockets are technologically superior. However, a rocket with a problem is probably going to kill everyone onboard, and maybe a bunch of innocent bystanders too.
Google isn't diversifying rapidly. Google employees are. All this cool stuff starts as a pet project. Google puts it up when it's hit a beta-worthy point. When something is being used enough, Google starts working on it as a core function. Google doesn't have to waste a bunch of resources coming up with projects like Picasa or Earth or whatever. It just has to host the projects its employees think up, and watch to see which ones are good. I wouldn't be surprised if there was some sort of bounty program in place to support the employees that come up with something that gets more than 1,000,000 distinct users, or something like that.
Google is doing this in the best way anyone ever has. Don't worry about the focus, it's still right where it belongs.
Virtual Worlds aren't just for gaming. They're also great for simulations, especially physics and collisions. Military uses this to do training when live-fire might not be possible or would be prohibitively expensive. This would also be pretty awesome for engineering, both civil and hardware.
Yes, I do realize I've used VR gaming and world design for my two examples. So sue me.
Security is a shield, malware is a weapon. Now, who can tell me who wins in the eternal race between better guns and better armor?
Malware wins. And it always will.
Faulty logic. By that reasoning, Australia is full of criminals, because that's how it was years ago when the British Empire dumped them there. When the United States and it's manifest destiny started moving out to absorb the 'Wild West,' that was just the beginning of the end for civilization, because you have to average the levels of civilization, rather than accept that the acquirer will adjust the acquiree to be more like itself. What I see from this deal is a probable decrease in the number of flashing banner ads I see when I'm browsing on a less filtered machine.
Russia's closer to China than Antarctica is.
::Shakes head:: Replying to an AC, what am I coming to?
I approved of the war in Iraq. I felt it was a good thing for us to go there and get Saddam. The way this war has been carried out, however, is a failure. Guantanamo is one of the colossal failures. The fact that it took that long to remove the leaders was a failure. We are the US. We should be able to gather all the intel we need before we take military action. We should have been able to take out everyone in our deck of cards during the first week. We didn't, and now I believe that we have completed our mission in Iraq, and need to withdraw.
Hawt Botnet on Botnet Action!
Wouldn't it be easier just to measure the amount of time it takes to type in your password a few times, and any password entry that takes more than a couple standard deviations from that is nulled? After all, brute-forcing types of programs enter passwords a hell of a lot faster than I do, even with muscle memory.
Really, if there's a way to guarantee that keys are being pressed, that'd even be good enough for that. There's not a hacker in the world that's going to run a brute-force attack manually.
It's not a big surprise that genes fire during the learning process. There's gotta be something happening chemically, otherwise none of the drugs that actually help would. Do they actually know which genes do what, as far as the learning is concerned? Or is this just a 'hey, let's formally announce this so it looks like we're making progress' type of thing?
If you haven't gathered the information, how do you know how to camouflage the sensors? And if the sensors aren't camouflaged, how are you going to keep the 'War of the Worlds' (panic associated with original radio broadcast) from happening. Do we just guess that 'planet x' probably has cockroaches?
You only see one side of the coin.
I am employed, but not self employed. In this, I am taking advantage of my employer. Look at my skill set, heavy on the technical things like configuring networks, light on finding people who would like to pay me to configure their networks. Comparing the money that was coming into my bank account when I was a freelancer, and the money that comes into my bank account with a boss, the boss has been a net gain for me. You look at the boss, and you see that he gains, so you call the relationship parasitic, but if you looked at yourself, you'd call it symbiotic instead. You even admitted as much, stating that you're having problems finding the work you need now that you're unemployed.
My point was that monetary gain is not the only reason for things to be done. Look at just about every hobby. People don't expect to get rich from stamp collecting. Likewise, there is hacking done out of boredom rather than profit. The form of hobbyist hacking depends on the person, as I mentioned in the other thread.
Also, there are psychopathic and sociopathic black hatters, as well as ones who do it for practice, even when they aren't getting paid, so they can get paid later.
Assuming greed as the motivation for every action is as foolish as assuming altruism.
Nope, after the sun sets you leave "In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king." behind, and go to "In times of darkness, look to the blind. In times of madness, look to the insane."
IIRC, there was a time when most maps included a location or feature that didn't really exist. If I further recall correctly, one of those locations was a partial inspiration for R'lyeh, an island that was only there on the map. The whole point of this was to force other cartographers to explore for themselves instead of just copying the map. If someone else's map had your R'lyeh, you can sue them for copyright violation. Looks like that's what's happening here.
The hijacked planes weren't at cruising altitudes. Cruising altitudes have the benefit of flying over buildings. If the people who worked there would be able to use their cell phones, the planes would be well within coverage.
Less worry about laser range finders, more worry about guided missiles. On airborne things, like fighters or bombers, there's really no nearby mass to aim at if you can't get a return off the plane itself. From the other side, if these can be made cheap, why not put them on missiles to prevent AM systems from shooting them down?