These human supremacists don't want the soft liberal peace and love Federation of Kirk and the Next Generation's universe coming into fruition, and are planning to push it down a route which will leave the Earth absolute master of a million worlds.
I'm tired of all this pinko-liberal, bleeding-heart, self-abasing BS! What's wrong with being a human? It's like they're taking this whole myth that white, hetro males are responsible for all the evils in the world and are extending it into a multi-species universe where humans can only "redeem" themselves by engaging in some twisted form of self-abasement! So humans want to be in charge?? So what! Bring it on! I wish this parallel universe really did exist and I could get to it because I'm real sick of the snivelling, bleeding-heart pathetic excuses for humans we have in this one!
Linux hacker and Builder of Violator - Linux powered BattleBot that competed in May
Somebody needs to build an NT powered battlebot, then we can have a serious NT vs Linux battle. (Of course the bastard will probably bluescreen as soon as the competition heats up...)
I can see a potential for even more widespread abuse. Couldn't searching for keywords give some bloodthirsty prosecutor the ability to present a biased, subjective, out-of context version of what was communicated? We already know of several instances where a lack of understanding of the technology coupled with a lack of understanding of the context under which a message was communicated has led to abuse by those in positions of authority.
Some of the my most memorable journeys have been long train trips. So what if it takes you three days to travel coast to coast? You get to relax, get up, walk around, meet some of your fellow travellers...it's great fun and a hell of a lot more civilized than being strapped into a supersonic missile like so many Aztec sacrifices...
Besides, you know how much we get pissed-off when some Yuppie asshole's cell-phone starts ringing when we are trying to enjoy a nice restaurant or theatre performance? "Look at me! I'm so fucking important that I need to disturb everyone around me!" Well that's just going to get a whole lot worse. "Look at me! I'm so fucking important that I need to smash out everyone's windows as I race off to yet another "important" meeting!"
Anyone know where I can get a Patriot missile battery cheap?
For one thing, because UWB pulses don't actually use a traditional radio signal, called a carrier, UWB transmissions don't take up any of the radio spectrum. Spectrum is limited, and demand for it is growing fast. That's one reason for the FCC interest: UWB would allow a whole new class, and volume, of voice and data communications that, in effect, wouldn't take up any more "space" in the crowded radio spectrum.
But there is concern that UWB transmissions, especially for UWB devices that will operate below about 2 GHz, will interfere with other broadcasts. These include the Global Positioning System (GPS), public safety nets, air traffic, marine navigation and communications, AM and FM radio, and television broadcasts, to name just a few.
Where do they get these guys? First he says that it doesn't use any spectrum...then he says that anything below 2 GHz will interfere with existing Nav and Comm systems. Gotta be one or the other. Can't be both.
(BTW pulse transmissions do take up spectrum, even if they don't have a carrier...)
Either the link is incorrect or the site has been slashdotted already by geeks who are looking for another way to make money for doing nothing after the demise of all the "get paid to surf" schemes.
Actually the meter is supposed to be 1/10000000th of the distance between the equator and the north pole. A bar of metal was cut to represent this unit of measure. However, when measurments became capable on greater precision, it was discovered that the bar itself that had been the standard wasn't exactly the 1/10000000th they'd thought it was. Hence the wavelength of ____atom standard, followed by the distance light travels in 1/299792458 of 1 second.
...and/or companies, one for servers and one for workstations, or they should get out of the server market altogether. Whatever is chosen, my point is never the twain should meet. Reason being is most of the security issues with M$ products stem from their desire to give users the so-called usability features that they scream for, usually at the expense of security. These features don't belong in servers, so why use a slightly differently build of what is basically the same O/S for a server as a workstation?
As far as the ebook thing is concerned, so what? Near my home is a place called a library, and in it is a device called a photocopier. I've been able to make copies of books electronically for years. Next please.
I guess I don't represent the average user with my browsing habits. I don't visit AOL/TimeWarner or Yahoo sites if I can avoid it and only visit M$ to download patches. I quit using most of the search-scam engines about two years ago when I realised that I was better off trying to randomly guess the URL of the site I was looking for than ask one of them to find it for me.
However, theis article isn't telling us anything we didn't already know. The same thing thing is true of any media type. Take TV for example: 90% of the viewers tune in to either NBC, ABC, or CBS (or FOX if you really want to kill brain cells) and receive their dose of mindless pap, and a few in the minority will look for something a little more intellectually stimulating aired by an independant. Movies can be categorised in much the same way. So can radio, books, etc... So what? When the majority flocks to the big-media spawned garbage that calls itself "entertainment" or "information", it is more of an indictment of human nature than it is an indication of a conspiracy on the part of corporate interests to squeeze the internet into some kind of ugly, corporate-controlled, profit generating monster.
The cradle of the new wave of laws mandating free software appears to be Brazil, where four cities--Amparo, Solonopole, Ribeirao Pires and Recife--have passed laws giving preference to or requiring the use of "software libre." Other municipalities, states and the national government have mulled similar legislation.
So now...is their BSA (Brasillian Software Agengy, maybe?) going to send out nasty form letters demanding that they cease and desist using licensed software?
I hearby move that two new moderation categories be added to the choices for moderation. The categories I would like to see are FUD (-1) and BULLSHIT (also -1).
What would you rather have: Big business protecting shitty copy protection schemes with stupid laws or big business employing effective copy protection, maybe even coercing their friends in the Senate to force hardware manufacturers to hard code some kind of copy protection into the hardware we've all come to depend on?
I don't know about you guys, but If I had to pick, I'd take the former. Don't get me wrong, I hate the DMCA just as much as the next guy, but the alternatives are frightening.
Even better would be to avoid the problem altogether by building a spacecraft that spins, generating artificial gravity, said Marsh Cuttino...
Uhhh, just how much spin would be needed to generate enough simulated gravity to cancel the onset of osteoporosis, and can you imagine the havoc that would play on the spacecraft's structure over time? Hell of an engineering problem to wrestle with...
On the other hand can you imagine a year of zero G sex?
...Your system positively will not crash, for the Great Programmer knows that if you install Windows, your security holes are bound to be opened and you are bound to become like the Great Programmer, knowing good viruses from bad ones...
Consequently, the user began to gaze upon the O/S and saw that it was something desirable to the eyes and she began installing it on her PC. Also she gave unlicensed copies to her friends...
The FBI posed as employees of the Poteau Daily News and asked West about dedicated internet access (T1 or better). They called for the best time to come visit him at Cwis Internet Services, the company where he works. After setting up a meeting, the FBI arrived on Feb. 11, 2000. When the FBI, posing as the 'main office' of the Poteau Daily News, asked about the problem with the pdns.com site, West explained the details regarding the pdns.com (Poteau Daily News) website, including how to fix the server misconfiguration. At this time, he did not know they were FBI agents. As part of the explanation, West clicked edit in IE to show them how the bug worked. As it happened, the site was still wide open, two weeks after he had explained the vulnerability and how to fix it to the editor-in-chief of the paper, Wally Burchett.
I'd be tempted to call this entrapment...except for the fact that he didn't actually commit a crime.
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These human supremacists don't want the soft liberal peace and love Federation of Kirk and the Next Generation's universe coming into fruition, and are planning to push it down a route which will leave the Earth absolute master of a million worlds.
I'm tired of all this pinko-liberal, bleeding-heart, self-abasing BS! What's wrong with being a human? It's like they're taking this whole myth that white, hetro males are responsible for all the evils in the world and are extending it into a multi-species universe where humans can only "redeem" themselves by engaging in some twisted form of self-abasement! So humans want to be in charge?? So what! Bring it on! I wish this parallel universe really did exist and I could get to it because I'm real sick of the snivelling, bleeding-heart pathetic excuses for humans we have in this one!
Signed, a disgusted, white, hetro, male!
Linux hacker and Builder of Violator - Linux powered BattleBot that competed in May
Somebody needs to build an NT powered battlebot, then we can have a serious NT vs Linux battle. (Of course the bastard will probably bluescreen as soon as the competition heats up...)
I can see a potential for even more widespread abuse. Couldn't searching for keywords give some bloodthirsty prosecutor the ability to present a biased, subjective, out-of context version of what was communicated? We already know of several instances where a lack of understanding of the technology coupled with a lack of understanding of the context under which a message was communicated has led to abuse by those in positions of authority.
...you know the rest. Besides, pilots are like any other user. They get used to a certain type of display and moan like hell if it's changed.
Some of the my most memorable journeys have been long train trips. So what if it takes you three days to travel coast to coast? You get to relax, get up, walk around, meet some of your fellow travellers...it's great fun and a hell of a lot more civilized than being strapped into a supersonic missile like so many Aztec sacrifices...
Besides, you know how much we get pissed-off when some Yuppie asshole's cell-phone starts ringing when we are trying to enjoy a nice restaurant or theatre performance? "Look at me! I'm so fucking important that I need to disturb everyone around me!" Well that's just going to get a whole lot worse. "Look at me! I'm so fucking important that I need to smash out everyone's windows as I race off to yet another "important" meeting!"
Anyone know where I can get a Patriot missile battery cheap?
You will be assimilated...
resistance is futile!
For one thing, because UWB pulses don't actually use a traditional radio signal, called a carrier, UWB transmissions don't take up any of the radio spectrum. Spectrum is limited, and demand for it is growing fast. That's one reason for the FCC interest: UWB would allow a whole new class, and volume, of voice and data communications that, in effect, wouldn't take up any more "space" in the crowded radio spectrum.
But there is concern that UWB transmissions, especially for UWB devices that will operate below about 2 GHz, will interfere with other broadcasts. These include the Global Positioning System (GPS), public safety nets, air traffic, marine navigation and communications, AM and FM radio, and television broadcasts, to name just a few.
Where do they get these guys? First he says that it doesn't use any spectrum...then he says that anything below 2 GHz will interfere with existing Nav and Comm systems. Gotta be one or the other. Can't be both.
(BTW pulse transmissions do take up spectrum, even if they don't have a carrier...)
I can just imagine one day hearing that sinister, yet all-to-familiar voice inside my head...
How are you Gentlemen...
All your brains are belong to us...
Hahaha!
Come to think of it, the voice kinda sounds like Stephen Hawking! You don't think...
Either the link is incorrect or the site has been slashdotted already by geeks who are looking for another way to make money for doing nothing after the demise of all the "get paid to surf" schemes.
Actually the meter is supposed to be 1/10000000th of the distance between the equator and the north pole. A bar of metal was cut to represent this unit of measure. However, when measurments became capable on greater precision, it was discovered that the bar itself that had been the standard wasn't exactly the 1/10000000th they'd thought it was. Hence the wavelength of ____atom standard, followed by the distance light travels in 1/299792458 of 1 second.
A kilogram is a unit of mass not weight. Weight is dependant on gravity. Mass is not.
By this time amendments to the DMCA will probably allow them to have potential litigants summarily thrown in jail.
As far as the ebook thing is concerned, so what? Near my home is a place called a library, and in it is a device called a photocopier. I've been able to make copies of books electronically for years. Next please.
I guess I don't represent the average user with my browsing habits. I don't visit AOL/TimeWarner or Yahoo sites if I can avoid it and only visit M$ to download patches. I quit using most of the search-scam engines about two years ago when I realised that I was better off trying to randomly guess the URL of the site I was looking for than ask one of them to find it for me.
However, theis article isn't telling us anything we didn't already know. The same thing thing is true of any media type. Take TV for example: 90% of the viewers tune in to either NBC, ABC, or CBS (or FOX if you really want to kill brain cells) and receive their dose of mindless pap, and a few in the minority will look for something a little more intellectually stimulating aired by an independant. Movies can be categorised in much the same way. So can radio, books, etc... So what? When the majority flocks to the big-media spawned garbage that calls itself "entertainment" or "information", it is more of an indictment of human nature than it is an indication of a conspiracy on the part of corporate interests to squeeze the internet into some kind of ugly, corporate-controlled, profit generating monster.
The cradle of the new wave of laws mandating free software appears to be Brazil, where four cities--Amparo, Solonopole, Ribeirao Pires and Recife--have passed laws giving preference to or requiring the use of "software libre." Other municipalities, states and the national government have mulled similar legislation.
So now...is their BSA (Brasillian Software Agengy, maybe?) going to send out nasty form letters demanding that they cease and desist using licensed software?
I hearby move that two new moderation categories be added to the choices for moderation. The categories I would like to see are FUD (-1) and BULLSHIT (also -1).
...especially when the CD-R's work quite fine thank-you in audio CD players...
Shutup!
What would you rather have: Big business protecting shitty copy protection schemes with stupid laws or big business employing effective copy protection, maybe even coercing their friends in the Senate to force hardware manufacturers to hard code some kind of copy protection into the hardware we've all come to depend on?
I don't know about you guys, but If I had to pick, I'd take the former. Don't get me wrong, I hate the DMCA just as much as the next guy, but the alternatives are frightening.
Even better would be to avoid the problem altogether by building a spacecraft that spins, generating artificial gravity, said Marsh Cuttino...
Uhhh, just how much spin would be needed to generate enough simulated gravity to cancel the onset of osteoporosis, and can you imagine the havoc that would play on the spacecraft's structure over time? Hell of an engineering problem to wrestle with...
On the other hand can you imagine a year of zero G sex?
...Your system positively will not crash, for the Great Programmer knows that if you install Windows, your security holes are bound to be opened and you are bound to become like the Great Programmer, knowing good viruses from bad ones...
Consequently, the user began to gaze upon the O/S and saw that it was something desirable to the eyes and she began installing it on her PC. Also she gave unlicensed copies to her friends...
Great! Now I won't have to waste as much time sitting through all those painfully slow Windows re-boots!
Oh so THAT'S why my karma is now 105,000!
Give 'em a whiff of the grape! (or at least the "slashdot effect"!)
The FBI posed as employees of the Poteau Daily News and asked West about dedicated internet access (T1 or better). They called for the best time to come visit him at Cwis Internet Services, the company where he works. After setting up a meeting, the FBI arrived on Feb. 11, 2000. When the FBI, posing as the 'main office' of the Poteau Daily News, asked about the problem with the pdns.com site, West explained the details regarding the pdns.com (Poteau Daily News) website, including how to fix the server misconfiguration. At this time, he did not know they were FBI agents. As part of the explanation, West clicked edit in IE to show them how the bug worked. As it happened, the site was still wide open, two weeks after he had explained the vulnerability and how to fix it to the editor-in-chief of the paper, Wally Burchett.
I'd be tempted to call this entrapment...except for the fact that he didn't actually commit a crime.