(in case you missed it, the last UK Government under Gordon Brown sold the 310 tons of gold in reserve to the Chinese at the 1925 Bullion Standard, which is £3s20d10.5/oz (or when he did it, a hair under £4). Nobody seems to know where that money has gone. I wonder if either the US preceded with a similar act or followed soon after?).
Microsoft pro privacy? Last I looked their mainstay platform was vulnerable to keyloggers, backdoors (some installed during development at the behest of the US GOVERNMENT), over a quarter million malware strains... with those kind of numbers I don't think it was sloppy coding that did it, I think it was done deliberately. If they were concerned about security and privacy we wouldn't have an anti-malware industry that sucks in more money than the SOHO industry because it'll've been done right at RTM and there'd be no need for Symantec, Sophos, AVG or McCrappy.
Well, we do have a written Constitution - although you're taught in school that we don't. From the lies we're told in school, this is the one thing that follows through adulthood - if it's not specifically allowed, then it's illegal. As opposed to the sane way of doing things - if it's not specifically prohibited then it's legal.
Follows (and this is one of my favourite phrases): any activity which requires a license* to be legal, must be fundamentally LAWFUL.
*read: permission slip. Are you children? Do you need to ask permission to do something which by now is likely second nature (ie operating a radio, TV, car, firearm) to you?
Well, in an ideal world you'd be right on point #1, but this isn't an ideal world, we (in the UK) have a clause in the Computer Misuse Act 1990 (section 1(a) and 1(b) in fact), that instantly criminalises the capture of (ANY) data by an unauthorised person - which makes wardriving illegal, more than that it makes scanning for local wifi networks illegal - unless you knock all your neighbours and ask them permission first!
The planes can fly without the guns. There are some cracking examples which are part of the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight. All it needs is for someone to take a hacksaw to the guns and they're permanently disabled. From weapons of war to wing weights in ten minutes.
Better yet, borite plugs. Disabling automatic rifles for collectors since the year Tet.
the planes still belong to the RAF. There's a small matter of pride here, the RAF are not going to just let them go. As for it being military hardware; OK technically you're right but what hope do you reckon those Spits'll have against even, oh, an F86 Sabre? Ignore the fact that the B52 has been flying for 60 years and ask yourself; could you consider a 70 year old airframe that is so hopelessly obsoleted by what we now consider to be training aircraft, as a viable piece of military hardware? Most of the rest of the world considers it at best a functioning work of art, at worst an historical curio.
If DC can actually engage his brain for a minute here, I think he could see to getting those aircraft and as a gesture of goodwill, simply give the Burmese some much needed medical and food supplies as a gesture of thanks for looking after these aircraft. It's what I'd do.
There's visual hints in that show from very early on, that even in orbits at the same altitude, minor deviations in orbital trajectory can cause objects moving at the same speed to close at ludicrous speed (for a pair of objects in LEO, each travelling at 17,500mph, the maximum mutual closing speed is 35,000mph - they're head-on. Even at only slightly tangential orbits of a fraction of a degree apart, they will close pretty fast. Possibly too fast to detect visually before a collision. A venture such as this will require very precise tracking of the debris (ground based?) and very precise maneuvering of the recovery vehicle to avoid a high speed collision which for anything larger than a panel pin would be a mission ender).
well, no... as I said in a previous post on another thread, I purchase digital content from unencumbered sources. To justify: I donate on a regular basis to Project Gutenberg and the eTree audio archive (and the Moving Image Archive, both part of the whole that is the Internet Archive). Because their content is not DRM encumbered, donations are voluntary (and tax deductible), and their licensing is practically open (you can redistribute freely, as long as you nod the source), it's a trio of sources I've found far better value than the DRM-crippled stuff.
As physical media goes, for years since I found out that some CDs and DVDs wouldn't play in my computers, as to why: the standard for audio CDs is Redbook; any CD not compliant with Redbook is not an audio CD and has no business being advertised as such - this was settled in court some years ago although I am having trouble finding a link. For a DVD to carry the DVD Video logo it must be compliant with one of three standards: Books 3, Book B or DVD Video Recording Book. In no other circumstances can it be advertised or sold as a DVD video. They preempted any potential suits over standards and playability there by establishing the standards, logo and conditions before the media went mainstream.
I take a netbook with an optical drive to ensure I'm getting what I pay for with audio CDs because there are still some publishers that print non-standard discs (Sony!). Needless to say, with current tech that's a rare thing these days. Usually when I take a netbook out it doesn't have an optical drive rattailed to it and it's already loaded with music.
From some of the comments I've read, the banks are responsible for the stupidity of individuals? Am I reading that correctly?
That it falls to a court to decide that in fact the opposite is true, and that just maybe for one tiny moment common sense kicks in and the court says "Actually, you did a dumb thing, despite the warnings all over your account literature, newspapers and broadcast media, now eat the consequences of your ill-considered actions", and the bandwagon collapses under the weight of people who bleat as one "But it's all the banks' fault! They can eat the losses!" Maybe they can, but then if one pensioner does it, and the bank eats it, how many more before it becomes too many and "too big to fail" actually... fails?
Unbefuckinglievable.
I'm with the court on this one. Idiot did idiot thing, idiot can reap the consequences.
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Newsflash: the Chinese now have most of the gold.
(in case you missed it, the last UK Government under Gordon Brown sold the 310 tons of gold in reserve to the Chinese at the 1925 Bullion Standard, which is £3s20d10.5/oz (or when he did it, a hair under £4). Nobody seems to know where that money has gone. I wonder if either the US preceded with a similar act or followed soon after?).
Microsoft pro privacy? Last I looked their mainstay platform was vulnerable to keyloggers, backdoors (some installed during development at the behest of the US GOVERNMENT), over a quarter million malware strains... with those kind of numbers I don't think it was sloppy coding that did it, I think it was done deliberately. If they were concerned about security and privacy we wouldn't have an anti-malware industry that sucks in more money than the SOHO industry because it'll've been done right at RTM and there'd be no need for Symantec, Sophos, AVG or McCrappy.
Commence to modding down, but you know I'm right.
Oh, whatever. Never let facts get in the way of a convenient truth, eh?
Well, we do have a written Constitution - although you're taught in school that we don't. From the lies we're told in school, this is the one thing that follows through adulthood - if it's not specifically allowed, then it's illegal. As opposed to the sane way of doing things - if it's not specifically prohibited then it's legal.
Follows (and this is one of my favourite phrases): any activity which requires a license* to be legal, must be fundamentally LAWFUL.
*read: permission slip. Are you children? Do you need to ask permission to do something which by now is likely second nature (ie operating a radio, TV, car, firearm) to you?
technically - yes!
No, I'm pretty sure I didn't imagine it.
strange, when I was in Bad Salzig for a week we ate Berliners which were chopped and formed beef and pork cut into slices and smoked.
I guess the Germans must be wrong!
Well, in an ideal world you'd be right on point #1, but this isn't an ideal world, we (in the UK) have a clause in the Computer Misuse Act 1990 (section 1(a) and 1(b) in fact), that instantly criminalises the capture of (ANY) data by an unauthorised person - which makes wardriving illegal, more than that it makes scanning for local wifi networks illegal - unless you knock all your neighbours and ask them permission first!
Obama ate a Kennedy?
"Ich bin ein Berliner" does not mean what a lot of people think it means.
Ergo;
"Ich"=I "bin"=am "ein"=a "Berliner"=sausage. ::takes a bow:: I'm here all week.
The planes can fly without the guns. There are some cracking examples which are part of the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight. All it needs is for someone to take a hacksaw to the guns and they're permanently disabled. From weapons of war to wing weights in ten minutes.
Better yet, borite plugs. Disabling automatic rifles for collectors since the year Tet.
the planes still belong to the RAF. There's a small matter of pride here, the RAF are not going to just let them go. As for it being military hardware; OK technically you're right but what hope do you reckon those Spits'll have against even, oh, an F86 Sabre? Ignore the fact that the B52 has been flying for 60 years and ask yourself; could you consider a 70 year old airframe that is so hopelessly obsoleted by what we now consider to be training aircraft, as a viable piece of military hardware? Most of the rest of the world considers it at best a functioning work of art, at worst an historical curio.
If DC can actually engage his brain for a minute here, I think he could see to getting those aircraft and as a gesture of goodwill, simply give the Burmese some much needed medical and food supplies as a gesture of thanks for looking after these aircraft. It's what I'd do.
There's visual hints in that show from very early on, that even in orbits at the same altitude, minor deviations in orbital trajectory can cause objects moving at the same speed to close at ludicrous speed (for a pair of objects in LEO, each travelling at 17,500mph, the maximum mutual closing speed is 35,000mph - they're head-on. Even at only slightly tangential orbits of a fraction of a degree apart, they will close pretty fast. Possibly too fast to detect visually before a collision. A venture such as this will require very precise tracking of the debris (ground based?) and very precise maneuvering of the recovery vehicle to avoid a high speed collision which for anything larger than a panel pin would be a mission ender).
Planetes
or the NTSF:SD:SUV one which goes something like "DIEEEEEEEEEE-GOOOOOO!
...right down the tubes if your bionic eye suddenly decides to start humming Bjork tunes and your Google phone joins in...
A slashdot thread that Godwins itself?
is a word.
...Marvin shoots the video cover for Big Time Sensuality.
um...
well, no... as I said in a previous post on another thread, I purchase digital content from unencumbered sources. To justify: I donate on a regular basis to Project Gutenberg and the eTree audio archive (and the Moving Image Archive, both part of the whole that is the Internet Archive). Because their content is not DRM encumbered, donations are voluntary (and tax deductible), and their licensing is practically open (you can redistribute freely, as long as you nod the source), it's a trio of sources I've found far better value than the DRM-crippled stuff.
As physical media goes, for years since I found out that some CDs and DVDs wouldn't play in my computers, as to why: the standard for audio CDs is Redbook; any CD not compliant with Redbook is not an audio CD and has no business being advertised as such - this was settled in court some years ago although I am having trouble finding a link. For a DVD to carry the DVD Video logo it must be compliant with one of three standards: Books 3, Book B or DVD Video Recording Book. In no other circumstances can it be advertised or sold as a DVD video. They preempted any potential suits over standards and playability there by establishing the standards, logo and conditions before the media went mainstream.
I take a netbook with an optical drive to ensure I'm getting what I pay for with audio CDs because there are still some publishers that print non-standard discs (Sony!). Needless to say, with current tech that's a rare thing these days. Usually when I take a netbook out it doesn't have an optical drive rattailed to it and it's already loaded with music.
I mean, we were only talking about this yesterday!
...when is Samsung going to launch the SHDTV with the 3.2GP "lookback" feature?
From some of the comments I've read, the banks are responsible for the stupidity of individuals? Am I reading that correctly?
That it falls to a court to decide that in fact the opposite is true, and that just maybe for one tiny moment common sense kicks in and the court says "Actually, you did a dumb thing, despite the warnings all over your account literature, newspapers and broadcast media, now eat the consequences of your ill-considered actions", and the bandwagon collapses under the weight of people who bleat as one "But it's all the banks' fault! They can eat the losses!" Maybe they can, but then if one pensioner does it, and the bank eats it, how many more before it becomes too many and "too big to fail" actually... fails?
Unbefuckinglievable.
I'm with the court on this one. Idiot did idiot thing, idiot can reap the consequences.
what, you mean like the source code for the NT kernel?
The Chinese have that, too.
Are you going to stop using Windows?
...how any company thinks placing industrial secrets on a World-facing node can in any way be described as a smart decision?
Or was it done deliberately?