Public Domain is even easier, anyone can do anything they want and no arguments at all....
But that is not the point of either the BSD licence or the GPL....the point of both of these is to stop people doing things you don't want, the list of things people cannot do are just different, and since this is a legal matter people will argue about the complex or borderline cases...
It sounds like it is a problem with firewire and therefore any system which uses it?
Not to say it should not be patched in all systems, but surely this would have had to be written into the driver deliberately for it to work, so the real question is why firewire requires direct access to the system memory (and potentially passes this onto the external device) when USB does not?
Go and look at the areas of Physics that don't have a sound basis in Maths, there are the ones that don't work yet, don't actually predict anything, and are often put down as speculative.... the various Sting theories spring to mind...
Whereas many new theories in Physics that were based on well known maths (or were found to be...) very quickly became applicable in the real world and are now used in everyday life not just in physics labs or physicts heads...experiemt is all very well but unless you know what to try then how do you start experimenting?
Windows NT was multiuser from it's first release - and kept all it's system databases as Access MDB files which had to be taken offline and compacted once a month, and this was considered "normal"
You are not the only person who uses Linux - Half the internet servers do so and so do a lot of users (just not a large percentage)
The Model T ford was sold in many colours, black was not even an option on the early models, and the later ones were always offered in multiple colours in all countries...?
The problem is that the alternative to XP was Mac (not then considered a viable alternative) Linux (not then considered a viable alternative) or Windows 2000 (XP Improved on it without adding too many annoyances)
The alternative to Vista is OSX (a viable alternative for most users) Linux (An viable alternative in for some users) or XP (it's not worse in most things people care about, and is less annoying)
Yes that rarefied quantum tunnelling... that makes semiconductors work... that make the computer you typed this on work.....and you do realise that most physicists work with this kind of mundane problem as their job...?
If I hear him yelling "RUUUUUNNNNN!!!!!!!" then he is almost certainly joking because I would have been evacuated from the blast radius and too far away to hear him, or he would be my trusted collegue (and not "Da Man") and I would run....?
The problem with all of these is that they were all by people who thought of themselves as loyal American citizens, and were not by people trying to bring down the government...? So are not really relevant to the current campaign...
By "The Embassy bombings" I assume you mean one of the many bombings of US embassies abroad... does this really count as "in the USA" ? I know it is technically but...?
In the last two decades... Besides 9/11...
26 February 1993: First World Trade Center bombing killed six
19 April 1995: Oklahoma City bombing: killing 168
27 July 1996: Centennial Olympic Park bombing One person was killed
May 2002 Mailbox Pipe Bomber: 0 Killed
3 Home grown 1 "War on Terror" target...? and not exactly large numbers compared to shootings, car crashes etc...
Evolution is not "Completely random" You cannot turn Cats into Dogs - Evolution says you can't, ID says you can if God wants you to.. So no proof either way
The problem with ID is you can't prove or disprove it.. Since God can, by definition, do anything, he can fake the evidence so perfectly you can't tell the difference, so no evidence is trustworthy, this is the problem with trying to prove anything where one of the axioms is an omnipotent being, all evidence can be faked (if the deity wants) and the laws can be changed on a whim so the only thing left is faith...
Religion and Science do not conflict they just give different answers to different questions....unless you ask a question they cannot answer (Ask Religion how did this species come about, ask Science why....)
If its a hijack attempt would it not be better to disarm the hijacker on the ground before they endanger the plane?
If it's a bomb would it not be better to not allow the plane to be blown up by not allowing the hijacker to put the bomb on the plane in the first place?...And yes the cockpit is busy all the time... they are busy monitoring, checking etc... all low level, routine, and deathly boring... until it gives an early warning that something is about to go wrong..again I challenge anyone to stay awake alert and ready for *instant* action for any long haul flight... that is why there are co-pilots , but apparently these air-marshals are superhumans who can stay alert all the time spring instantly into action, overpower any number of hijackers, disarm them, and diffuse any number of bombs, so airport checks are no longer required?
It costs more to dial a mobile number... because it actually costs the phone company more to connect you.. In Europe the caller pays (but can see they are dialling a mobile because the number ranges are distinct) in the US the owner of the mobile pays because there are no separate mobile number ranges and so the caller cannot tell they are dialling a mobile and so cannot be forced to pay the extra
The cost of local or even national (within one carrier) calls is minimal, the same as the cost of SMS text messages are minimal, the phone companies just charge what they can get away with...
The cost of land to mobile calls, mobile to mobile between networks and international (or maybe interstate calls) cost the phone company a significant amount because they are cross network and the other network will charge them to connect the call, so they have to pass the cost onto someone...
Sharepoint cheats... everything is online, but some is online on a local server and some is online on a distant server and everything is synched whenever possible...?
It is also the most locked in system from Microsoft yet... try running a non-Microsoft service with sharepoint... and then look at the effort they have gone to to duplicate well known systems inside the sharepoint system
BT Wholesale, who in the UK actually supply the broadband capacity for most ISPs in the UK, *do* charge per GB, so all the ISPs who use them have to as well... the few who don't use BT Wholesale charge per GB because everyone expects them to....
That's why in the small print of most UK broadband adverts you get a statement like "Requires BT line rental" or similar because they are not providing the broadband themselves just buying capacity off BT Wholesale...
Java Byte Code = Machine code
? = Assembly language
Java = System programming language (as low level as C (or maybe even lower) but a more advanced language)
The problem was that there is no assembly language for the Java machine, the only people who deal with the machine itself are the people who write the VM's and those who write bytecode compilers
If there was a real java machine then an assembly language probably would get written so that people could program the machine directly and to make writing the bytecode simpler...
Since the optimisation of code to the VM may not work if you are using a different VM (e.g. using MS JVM, IcedTea etc..) the only thing worth optimising is the Java bytecode compiler (not assembler level...), and the compiler (a task beyond most people)
If people get hold of any nuclear material (e.g. granite contains radioactivity) and concentrate it to produce a dirty bomb then this is always a possibility...
If people have *any* access to cyberspace then security will be compromised....
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Public Domain is even easier, anyone can do anything they want and no arguments at all ....
....the point of both of these is to stop people doing things you don't want, the list of things people cannot do are just different, and since this is a legal matter people will argue about the complex or borderline cases ...
But that is not the point of either the BSD licence or the GPL
Apparently your comment was by an insightful, funny, troll .. ... Sarcasm does not come across in plain text ...
What is ID? and why are you using it to measure sarcasm ...?
Fingers, Fingers do my bidding ..... no, well maybe next time ....?
That's an easy one : China
How good are the Air force at hitting Suicide bombers, without killing civilians?
How good are they against submarines
How good are they against ICBMs
Go and put the Jingoism away and realise and airforce cannot win any war on their own, and do not even have a role in many battles?
As a representative of the law abiding citizens
Tailgating is illegal
Agressive and intimidating driving is illegal
Speeding is illegal
When is your licence being revoked so the rest of us can get on with driving leagally..?
It sounds like it is a problem with firewire and therefore any system which uses it?
Not to say it should not be patched in all systems, but surely this would have had to be written into the driver deliberately for it to work, so the real question is why firewire requires direct access to the system memory (and potentially passes this onto the external device) when USB does not?
Go and look at the areas of Physics that don't have a sound basis in Maths, there are the ones that don't work yet, don't actually predict anything, and are often put down as speculative.... the various Sting theories spring to mind...
...experiemt is all very well but unless you know what to try then how do you start experimenting?
Whereas many new theories in Physics that were based on well known maths (or were found to be...) very quickly became applicable in the real world and are now used in everyday life not just in physics labs or physicts heads
Windows NT was multiuser from it's first release - and kept all it's system databases as Access MDB files which had to be taken offline and compacted once a month, and this was considered "normal"
Two corrections :
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You are not the only person who uses Linux - Half the internet servers do so and so do a lot of users (just not a large percentage)
The Model T ford was sold in many colours, black was not even an option on the early models, and the later ones were always offered in multiple colours in all countries
The problem is that the alternative to XP was Mac (not then considered a viable alternative) Linux (not then considered a viable alternative) or Windows 2000 (XP Improved on it without adding too many annoyances)
The alternative to Vista is OSX (a viable alternative for most users) Linux (An viable alternative in for some users) or XP (it's not worse in most things people care about, and is less annoying)
Yes that rarefied quantum tunnelling ... that makes semiconductors work ... that make the computer you typed this on work ... ..and you do realise that most physicists work with this kind of mundane problem as their job ...?
The problem is the RIAA do not represent the Artists, and do not care about the buyers of music
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They represent the Big Four music producers, and are only answerable to them
That is the problem - They have no Copyright (of their own) to defend, they have no customers to care about....
If I hear him yelling "RUUUUUNNNNN!!!!!!!" then he is almost certainly joking because I would have been evacuated from the blast radius and too far away to hear him, or he would be my trusted collegue (and not "Da Man") and I would run ....?
The problem with all of these is that they were all by people who thought of themselves as loyal American citizens, and were not by people trying to bring down the government ...? So are not really relevant to the current campaign...
... does this really count as "in the USA" ? I know it is technically but ...?
... Besides 9/11 ...
...? and not exactly large numbers compared to shootings, car crashes etc ...
By "The Embassy bombings" I assume you mean one of the many bombings of US embassies abroad
In the last two decades
26 February 1993: First World Trade Center bombing killed six
19 April 1995: Oklahoma City bombing: killing 168
27 July 1996: Centennial Olympic Park bombing One person was killed
May 2002 Mailbox Pipe Bomber: 0 Killed
3 Home grown 1 "War on Terror" target
Problems with this ...
.. So no proof either way
.. Since God can, by definition, do anything, he can fake the evidence so perfectly you can't tell the difference, so no evidence is trustworthy, this is the problem with trying to prove anything where one of the axioms is an omnipotent being, all evidence can be faked (if the deity wants) and the laws can be changed on a whim so the only thing left is faith ...
....unless you ask a question they cannot answer (Ask Religion how did this species come about, ask Science why....)
Evolution is not "Completely random"
You cannot turn Cats into Dogs - Evolution says you can't, ID says you can if God wants you to
The problem with ID is you can't prove or disprove it
Religion and Science do not conflict they just give different answers to different questions
For a normal distribution half the people are not dumber than that ... a large number are the same as that and some are dumber ....
Number of people in the USA who died in terrorist attacks in the last 100 years : 2,974 (but that was all in one day...)
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Number of people in the USA who died after being struck by lightning in the last 100 years : ~7500 (spread over the 100 years)
Number of people in the USA who died in a car accident in the last year : ~40,000
Says it all really
If its a hijack attempt would it not be better to disarm the hijacker on the ground before they endanger the plane?
...And yes the cockpit is busy all the time ... they are busy monitoring, checking etc ... all low level, routine, and deathly boring ... until it gives an early warning that something is about to go wrong ..again I challenge anyone to stay awake alert and ready for *instant* action for any long haul flight... that is why there are co-pilots , but apparently these air-marshals are superhumans who can stay alert all the time spring instantly into action, overpower any number of hijackers, disarm them, and diffuse any number of bombs, so airport checks are no longer required?
If it's a bomb would it not be better to not allow the plane to be blown up by not allowing the hijacker to put the bomb on the plane in the first place?
It costs more to dial a mobile number ... because it actually costs the phone company more to connect you .. In Europe the caller pays (but can see they are dialling a mobile because the number ranges are distinct) in the US the owner of the mobile pays because there are no separate mobile number ranges and so the caller cannot tell they are dialling a mobile and so cannot be forced to pay the extra
...
The cost of local or even national (within one carrier) calls is minimal, the same as the cost of SMS text messages are minimal, the phone companies just charge what they can get away with
The cost of land to mobile calls, mobile to mobile between networks and international (or maybe interstate calls) cost the phone company a significant amount because they are cross network and the other network will charge them to connect the call, so they have to pass the cost onto someone...
Sharepoint cheats ... everything is online, but some is online on a local server and some is online on a distant server and everything is synched whenever possible ...?
... try running a non-Microsoft service with sharepoint ... and then look at the effort they have gone to to duplicate well known systems inside the sharepoint system
It is also the most locked in system from Microsoft yet
BT Wholesale, who in the UK actually supply the broadband capacity for most ISPs in the UK, *do* charge per GB, so all the ISPs who use them have to as well ... the few who don't use BT Wholesale charge per GB because everyone expects them to ....
...
That's why in the small print of most UK broadband adverts you get a statement like "Requires BT line rental" or similar because they are not providing the broadband themselves just buying capacity off BT Wholesale
Pilots, busy?
... Put plane on autopilot, keep awake, take plane off autopilot, land ....
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...?
Take off
Busy Busy Busy
Now if something goes wrong, then they are Busy!, but most of the time it is just routine
And if you can keep alert enough to spot "something dodgy" and react *before it is too late* on a long haul flight
Thanks to wireless Broadband in the UK a lot of people have a hardware firewall (mostly running Linux) in their homes without them even knowing it ....
Sorry my analogy was one step away ....
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Java Byte Code = Machine code
? = Assembly language
Java = System programming language (as low level as C (or maybe even lower) but a more advanced language)
The problem was that there is no assembly language for the Java machine, the only people who deal with the machine itself are the people who write the VM's and those who write bytecode compilers
If there was a real java machine then an assembly language probably would get written so that people could program the machine directly and to make writing the bytecode simpler
Since the optimisation of code to the VM may not work if you are using a different VM (e.g. using MS JVM, IcedTea etc
the only thing worth optimising is the Java bytecode compiler (not assembler level...), and the compiler (a task beyond most people)
* Prevent nuclear terror
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* Secure cyberspace
Both of these are impossible
If people get hold of any nuclear material (e.g. granite contains radioactivity) and concentrate it to produce a dirty bomb then this is always a possibility
If people have *any* access to cyberspace then security will be compromised