Actually you can build a sub-machine gun in your garage....AK-47 was designed in the 1940's and is so widely used because it is so easy to manufacture and maintain....and the ammo is simple and easy to make as well....
Nuclear weapons are a completely different matter the theory is (relatively) simple, but the practice is complicated, lengthy and requires a lot of technical expertise...
...but of course terrorists do not *need* to make a working nuclear bomb, a conventional explosives dirty bomb will do.
The panic and cleanup after a large conventional bomb with nuclear material packed round it would make a large city grind to a halt for an extended time, they don't care if the buildings are still standing and the majority of the people are still alive if the economy is in meltdown...
The point of a nuclear missile is *not* to fire it but to stop the USA invading you, if you fire it at an enemy they will retaliate, and no-one will assist you, if however you just prove you have nuclear weapons everyone will leave you alone...
Oohhh Shiny sells for the first week but then people discover if the game play is any good and the late adopters depend on recommendations and experience on friends systems to decide if they are going to buy...
Some games require detailed graphics (or the game is unplayable) some work fine without the highest level (many Wii games) some work fine with almost none (many early console games, Tetris!) If I have to upgrade my PC or Buy a new console just to get some pretty graphics I won't bother, if however the game is fun to play as well then....
You have the right to say what you want and they have the right to be suspicious....
Your personal effects can be searched and they can be seized if they have reason to charge you with a criminal offence...
"It has already been ruled by the supreme court that the 5th amendment applies to password to encrypted data" - but does this apply to customs searches?
"I have encrypted drug running plans on my laptop" can we have the password "No" In that case we arrest you and seize the laptop
1st does not apply at customs - you can say something to raise the suspicions of customs officials and they do have the right to stop and search you and your belongings
4th does not apply at customs - your papers and personal effects can be searched for anything that illegal to bring into the country, and can be seized for further investigation or if found to be or contain anything illegal
5th does not apply at customs - encrypting data should raise the suspicions of customs officials and cause them to ask for the password, in the same way that if you lock you baggage they will ask you to unlock it or force the lock...
By travelling abroad you tacitly agree to abide by customs regulations which include the right of customs officials to search you and your property
No you are missing the point - they can search you and your property for anything that might be illegal to bring into the country
If what you have is Government secrets then either you are breaking the law by carrying them on an international flight, or they are in the diplomatic baggage (which customs cannot search)
You have three options
1) do not carry anything you don't want customs to look at 2) do not travel internationally 3) expect customs to look at what you are carrying...
The performance is not tangible , the ticket that gets me in is...a CD or DVD (and the packaging, inserts etc..) it comes with is tangible the contents is just data
Boxed software on a CD/DVD is tangible, a support contract allowing upgrades and new versions is tangible, the software itself is just data...
Most specialised commercial software is sold as a "system" most of the costs are planning, installation, , customisation, maintainence, support etc.. and only a small part is the licence, copying the software would not get you the system so is not done...
Asking politely to not use phones/cameras, and then embarrassing the hell out of them when they do is much more effective than any blocking technology could be...
Social pressure and fear of punishment stops most crimes
Or you could go elsewhere and get arrested by the USA, held without charge, tortured outside the reach of US or international law...
Or you could go to the USA, get arrested for a crime not committed on US soil, outside US duristriction, and for something that is not illegal where you did it (Dmitry Sklyarov)....
Outlook - Stores your mail either in a modified Access MDB database (offline PST) or a full SQL database (Online - Exchange server) so why are both slower at searching than Thunderbird which stores mail in textfiles!
The Pre-SUV's were always thought to be safe becuae they were big and solidly built e.g. Volvo Estate but in a crash test with a modern city car the Volvo came off far worse
The only reason modern SUV's are safe is because they are designed to be safe for the occupants, but not for the person/vehicle they have hit....
Since they have tried to sue people with no internet connection, and tried to sue people for sharing music they obviously have no interest in....yes
They don't look for people sharing RIAA members music, they just look for P2P connections
They are not a government organisation They do not represent the music industry They do not represent the artists They cannot arrest you It is not stealing (it is licence infringement) It is not piracy
Ever tried writing on iron? - Yes thank you... it's quite easy engineers do it all the time with pencils and pens.... the only downside is that being dark it can be hard to get contrast...
They are (mostly) not proper offroad vehicles and are almost exclusively driven in town...these are the hated ones... as practical as driving a Sherman tank around town
The proper offroad vehicles driven by people who actually need them and use them are fine
The problem with SUV's are they are marketed at people who drive them into the countryside once a year and never leave the road... an ordinary family car (luxury or basic) would do them fine...
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Actually you can build a sub-machine gun in your garage ....AK-47 was designed in the 1940's and is so widely used because it is so easy to manufacture and maintain ....and the ammo is simple and easy to make as well ....
...
Nuclear weapons are a completely different matter the theory is (relatively) simple, but the practice is complicated, lengthy and requires a lot of technical expertise
...but of course terrorists do not *need* to make a working nuclear bomb, a conventional explosives dirty bomb will do.
...
The panic and cleanup after a large conventional bomb with nuclear material packed round it would make a large city grind to a halt for an extended time, they don't care if the buildings are still standing and the majority of the people are still alive if the economy is in meltdown
The point of a nuclear missile is *not* to fire it but to stop the USA invading you, if you fire it at an enemy they will retaliate, and no-one will assist you, if however you just prove you have nuclear weapons everyone will leave you alone...
For real computing power use a proper chipset not the crippled, still compatible with a chip designed in 1978, garbage that Intel peddles....
Oohhh Shiny sells for the first week but then people discover if the game play is any good and the late adopters depend on recommendations and experience on friends systems to decide if they are going to buy ...
....
Some games require detailed graphics (or the game is unplayable) some work fine without the highest level (many Wii games) some work fine with almost none (many early console games, Tetris!) If I have to upgrade my PC or Buy a new console just to get some pretty graphics I won't bother, if however the game is fun to play as well then
You have the right to say what you want and they have the right to be suspicious....
...
Your personal effects can be searched and they can be seized if they have reason to charge you with a criminal offence
"It has already been ruled by the supreme court that the 5th amendment applies to password to encrypted data" - but does this apply to customs searches?
"I have encrypted drug running plans on my laptop"
can we have the password
"No"
In that case we arrest you and seize the laptop
...and I use a Creative Zen and rip my CD's to mp3 ...
1st does not apply at customs - you can say something to raise the suspicions of customs officials and they do have the right to stop and search you and your belongings
...
4th does not apply at customs - your papers and personal effects can be searched for anything that illegal to bring into the country, and can be seized for further investigation or if found to be or contain anything illegal
5th does not apply at customs - encrypting data should raise the suspicions of customs officials and cause them to ask for the password, in the same way that if you lock you baggage they will ask you to unlock it or force the lock
By travelling abroad you tacitly agree to abide by customs regulations which include the right of customs officials to search you and your property
If you cross an international border then you just gave up those rights ... US citizen or not
"...but we couldn't catch the drug smugglers because they were US citizens and so we couldn't search their luggage..."
No you are missing the point - they can search you and your property for anything that might be illegal to bring into the country
If what you have is Government secrets then either you are breaking the law by carrying them on an international flight, or they are in the diplomatic baggage (which customs cannot search)
You have three options
1) do not carry anything you don't want customs to look at
2) do not travel internationally
3) expect customs to look at what you are carrying...
The performance is not tangible , the ticket that gets me in is ...a CD or DVD (and the packaging, inserts etc ..) it comes with is tangible the contents is just data
...
...
Boxed software on a CD/DVD is tangible, a support contract allowing upgrades and new versions is tangible, the software itself is just data
Most specialised commercial software is sold as a "system" most of the costs are planning, installation, , customisation, maintainence, support etc.. and only a small part is the licence, copying the software would not get you the system so is not done
iTunes is tied to iPod and tied to iTunes service - they are made deliberately incompatible with anything else ....
... debateable ... no
This is what proprietary means
Is an iPod the best MP3 player
Is iTunes the best interface for an MP3 player - many think not
Is the iTunes service ideal
Only together are they the (current) best solution
Asking politely to not use phones/cameras, and then embarrassing the hell out of them when they do is much more effective than any blocking technology could be ...
Social pressure and fear of punishment stops most crimes
Mobile phone blockers already exist ... and are banned because they might effect equipment outside your property
.. it's an all or nothing
Unless a government embraces this technology it is also likely to be banned
Or you could go elsewhere and get arrested by the USA, held without charge, tortured outside the reach of US or international law ...
....
Or you could go to the USA, get arrested for a crime not committed on US soil, outside US duristriction, and for something that is not illegal where you did it (Dmitry Sklyarov)
No but Cricket does .... ..and so does Rugby (American "Football" without the padding, or a break every 5 minutes)
I stand corrected .... no wonder it's slow ...
WinFS - Done for BeOS (BFS) and the makers of this say that Microsoft are doing it the wrong way (which is why they can't get it to work...)
Microsoft : Employs the world best programmers and they only seem to produce broken copies of other peoples ideas, what does MSFT do to people...
Outlook - Stores your mail either in a modified Access MDB database (offline PST) or a full SQL database (Online - Exchange server) so why are both slower at searching than Thunderbird which stores mail in textfiles!
But if you don't set it default to RTF (TNEF) which is unreadable by anything else but Outlook
...
All appointments, journals, meeting requests, calendars etc are also in TNEF format and so only compatible with Outlook....
Don't you just love proprietary formats
Outlook as an Email Client is frankly rubbish
Outlook as a PIM without Exchange is still rubbish
Outlook as a front end to Exchange is quite good and the best there is currently....
The Pre-SUV's were always thought to be safe becuae they were big and solidly built e.g. Volvo Estate but in a crash test with a modern city car the Volvo came off far worse
....
The only reason modern SUV's are safe is because they are designed to be safe for the occupants, but not for the person/vehicle they have hit
Have you American not heard of estate cars... you know those ones with 5 seats and a trunk ...
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No 4 wheel drive that you don't need for urban driving
No Towing bar that you don't need
No Massive off road types
Just a lighter, more fuel efficient car? With all the leg/head room you need and plenty of space
And hybrids gain on fuel efficiency by being hybrids and lose it again because of the extra weight
Microsoft was a two man garage business writing basic interpreters then ....
Founded 1975
Bought DOS - and licensed it to IBM 1981
They were not a IDE/Compiler company until the 1990's
IDE's - VB/VC++ 1991-1992 unless you count The Various Basics which did not even have autocompletion?
Since they have tried to sue people with no internet connection, and tried to sue people for sharing music they obviously have no interest in....yes
They don't look for people sharing RIAA members music, they just look for P2P connections
They are not a government organisation
They do not represent the music industry
They do not represent the artists
They cannot arrest you
It is not stealing (it is licence infringement)
It is not piracy
It is however a crime!
Ever tried writing on iron? - Yes thank you ... it's quite easy engineers do it all the time with pencils and pens .... the only downside is that being dark it can be hard to get contrast ...
In the UK SUV's are called Chelsey Tractors ..
...these are the hated ones ... as practical as driving a Sherman tank around town
... an ordinary family car (luxury or basic) would do them fine ...
They are (mostly) not proper offroad vehicles and are almost exclusively driven in town
The proper offroad vehicles driven by people who actually need them and use them are fine
The problem with SUV's are they are marketed at people who drive them into the countryside once a year and never leave the road