Faster than the speed of light. It's a tachyon memo from now to 2003.
Just think! Once they receive the memo, 2003 and onward will happen with the new memo. Thus, the present will be altered, and we'll have all the benefits of the new memo being in effect for 6 full year.
The TSA and their guidelines are no longer private by any means. They are thoroughly up the government's ass.
The constitution says ol' Uncle Sam can't perform unreasonable searches or seizures without a warrant, and that to issue a warrant they need probable cause. Probable cause must be supported by things that have happened or someone testifies has happened (see oath or affirmation) regarding the specific person. FUD about terrorism does not count, no matter how real the threat is.
Now before you try to dodge simple facts with bullshit about no one forcing you to board a plane...
1 - Commercial air travel is the only method of air travel available to 99.999% of people. Going by boat, by car, or on foot will often result in similar infringements upon your rights. Hell, you don't even have to be crossing a national or even state border to be subjected to this shit. Just drive anywhere near the US border and your rights are fucking GONE in the interest of "national security".
2 - Something something Pursuit of Happiness something something. Seems to me the restrictions and "security" put in place constitute significant barriers to a person's basic freedom of movement if they wish to avoid said searches. Well of course they do - that's the goal. Keep you in your densely packed urban center, try to squash "suburban sprawl", and in general, exercise as much control over you as possible.
3 - Get up to the security checkpoint at an airport, ticket in hand. When you're next in line to go through the various scanners, give a wave to the friendly TSA employee, put your shoes back on, grab your stuff, turn around, and leave. Explain that you decided you did not want to be searched today. You'll be free to leave, right?
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
If 99% of planes got hijacked and crashed, it would still be unconstitutional.
By having read the vaguest of descriptions of unknown accuracy from a random slashdotter, you are as qualified as any Wikipedia editor. Your source is even modded +5, that's better than 99% of Wikipedia sources!
What about a giant phallic symbol driven violently and repeatedly into the ground of another nation?
Of course, rockets, lighthouses, obelisks, whatever are NOT phallic symbols. I know ACs have trouble finding theirs, but if you look at an actual penis, it doesn't look like any of those things. It carries a vague resemblance only in regards to it being longer in one dimension than it is in the others. Of course that resemblance is coincidental - that shape serves a purpose both for a penis and for a structure.
Non news is a "hey guys Ubuntu has something new too" cry for attention amidst the Win 7 release.
Ubuntu is great and all, but this article is crap.
It barely gets around to mentioning: "Built on the latest Linux 2.6.31.1 kernel, Ubuntu 9.10 offers faster boot times, an improved user interface and programming tools for easier software development, according to Canonical."
Bits/bytes have NEVER been used to measure bandwidth. Baud has.
Anyone using bits/bytes for bandwidth is an idiot.
Bits/bytes are for throughput.
And yes - people still lie in this measurement to make it look bigger.
Hard drive capacity is driven by the same bullshit marketing.
Optical media is the same. Hell, they even include a lot of overhead and unusable space - DVD-5 and DVD-9.
File sizes are reported PROPERLY, using 1024, in any competent program/OS.
The only people who are confused are the idiots who insist on 1000.
No, I'm not confusing anything. And you've got it wrong - we don't measure bits, we count them. This is where you and all other SI proponents fail. Bits are quantum and are counted - they are not measured classically. Hybrid derivative? 1024 is a power of two that is a convenient size to work with. 1000 is a power of 10 that is a convenient size to work with.
The explicit distinction was made after decades of work and science had been done using 1024. Changing the fucking meaning to 1000 CAUSES confusion when you look at any work done before the change.
1024 is correct, and always has been. 1000 is wrong, and always will be. It's not an SI unit, it's not meant to be. It doesn't step on the toes of any SI units. If there's a b or B, it's using 1024, and for good reason.
If you're confused, don't work with computers.
Quick, how many 100 MB files fit onto a 4.377 GB DVD?
Man you just proved that you don't get it. What were you trying to prove with that? That the ibi bullshit is easier to work with? But it means the exact same thing as the correct scalar prefixes do.
And even in your magical land of KB = 1000 B and KiB meaning 1024 B, the question is just as quickly answered because you have the same base (1000 vs 1024) on either side.
QUICK! How many 22 ButtLoad morans fit into a 52 ShitLoad box!?
Wrong. TB: 1,099,511,627,776 bytes. TiB: Made up bullshit.
TB is not stepping on the toes of any sacred "standard" prefix. There is no confusion.
If there's a B, b, or a reference to bits or bytes, then it's in powers of 2. It's its own unit. Completely separate, though similar in scale, to the "classical" scalar prefixes.
It is IMPERATIVE to measure bits in (base 2) exponential terms because bits are quantum logical units. We count them, and we are concerned with possible comibnations in a given number of bits.
Even if I were quoting a sentence, quotation marks are supposed to contain exactly what was written, said, etc. Even if it's another quotation. No, you don't get to alternate between single quotes and double quotes. Yes, it is ambiguous and often impossible to parse.
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Because the code will be developed by an outside contractor, and the copyright will be held by them.
Faster than the speed of light.
It's a tachyon memo from now to 2003.
Just think! Once they receive the memo, 2003 and onward will happen with the new memo.
Thus, the present will be altered, and we'll have all the benefits of the new memo being in effect for 6 full year.
I think you meant "Colonel Panic".
Just when did scanners that reveal nude images of people become reasonable?
Especially considering the fact that there is no demonstrable increase in actual security due to the added efforts.
The TSA and their guidelines are no longer private by any means. They are thoroughly up the government's ass.
The constitution says ol' Uncle Sam can't perform unreasonable searches or seizures without a warrant, and that to issue a warrant they need probable cause. Probable cause must be supported by things that have happened or someone testifies has happened (see oath or affirmation) regarding the specific person. FUD about terrorism does not count, no matter how real the threat is.
Now before you try to dodge simple facts with bullshit about no one forcing you to board a plane...
1 - Commercial air travel is the only method of air travel available to 99.999% of people. Going by boat, by car, or on foot will often result in similar infringements upon your rights. Hell, you don't even have to be crossing a national or even state border to be subjected to this shit. Just drive anywhere near the US border and your rights are fucking GONE in the interest of "national security".
2 - Something something Pursuit of Happiness something something. Seems to me the restrictions and "security" put in place constitute significant barriers to a person's basic freedom of movement if they wish to avoid said searches. Well of course they do - that's the goal. Keep you in your densely packed urban center, try to squash "suburban sprawl", and in general, exercise as much control over you as possible.
3 - Get up to the security checkpoint at an airport, ticket in hand. When you're next in line to go through the various scanners, give a wave to the friendly TSA employee, put your shoes back on, grab your stuff, turn around, and leave. Explain that you decided you did not want to be searched today. You'll be free to leave, right?
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
If 99% of planes got hijacked and crashed, it would still be unconstitutional.
Yes someone could.
You could.
By having read the vaguest of descriptions of unknown accuracy from a random slashdotter, you are as qualified as any Wikipedia editor. Your source is even modded +5, that's better than 99% of Wikipedia sources!
One question: Why is the building a TUBE, and not a rotating triangular prism, like a Toblerone box?
Surely fast wind would pass a big ROTATING TRIANGULAR PRISM easier than a tube shaped building.
Bloody obvious design idea? Or is it harder to build a giant rotating triangular prism?
What about a giant phallic symbol driven violently and repeatedly into the ground of another nation?
Of course, rockets, lighthouses, obelisks, whatever are NOT phallic symbols. I know ACs have trouble finding theirs, but if you look at an actual penis, it doesn't look like any of those things. It carries a vague resemblance only in regards to it being longer in one dimension than it is in the others. Of course that resemblance is coincidental - that shape serves a purpose both for a penis and for a structure.
Oh please.
We all know the real science is being done in military black ops... to prepare for the next war.
Remember kids! Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran^H are political occupations, not wars!
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HEY WORLD: GET IT RIGHT.
"My eyes! The goggles do nothing!"
Here's a Venn diagram.
[(.)]
[] = Every thing.
() = Every X (kid).
. =Every X (kid) that is Y (in Latvia).
News would entail what's new in this version.
Non news is a "hey guys Ubuntu has something new too" cry for attention amidst the Win 7 release.
Ubuntu is great and all, but this article is crap.
It barely gets around to mentioning:
"Built on the latest Linux 2.6.31.1 kernel, Ubuntu 9.10 offers faster boot times, an improved user interface and programming tools for easier software development, according to Canonical."
Since someone was trying to sell a book.
Sweet.
Mine ends in 000!
Base 10 moran is wrong again.
Bits/bytes have NEVER been used to measure bandwidth. Baud has.
Anyone using bits/bytes for bandwidth is an idiot.
Bits/bytes are for throughput.
And yes - people still lie in this measurement to make it look bigger.
Hard drive capacity is driven by the same bullshit marketing.
Optical media is the same. Hell, they even include a lot of overhead and unusable space - DVD-5 and DVD-9.
File sizes are reported PROPERLY, using 1024, in any competent program/OS.
The only people who are confused are the idiots who insist on 1000.
No, I'm not confusing anything. And you've got it wrong - we don't measure bits, we count them. This is where you and all other SI proponents fail. Bits are quantum and are counted - they are not measured classically. Hybrid derivative? 1024 is a power of two that is a convenient size to work with. 1000 is a power of 10 that is a convenient size to work with.
The explicit distinction was made after decades of work and science had been done using 1024. Changing the fucking meaning to 1000 CAUSES confusion when you look at any work done before the change.
1024 is correct, and always has been.
1000 is wrong, and always will be.
It's not an SI unit, it's not meant to be.
It doesn't step on the toes of any SI units. If there's a b or B, it's using 1024, and for good reason.
If you're confused, don't work with computers.
Quick, how many 100 MB files fit onto a 4.377 GB DVD?
Man you just proved that you don't get it.
What were you trying to prove with that? That the ibi bullshit is easier to work with? But it means the exact same thing as the correct scalar prefixes do.
And even in your magical land of KB = 1000 B and KiB meaning 1024 B, the question is just as quickly answered because you have the same base (1000 vs 1024) on either side.
QUICK! How many 22 ButtLoad morans fit into a 52 ShitLoad box!?
Duh, 52 / 22 * ShitLoad / ButtLoad
= 2.36... AssLoad morans
You're an idiot.
A bit is a quantum logical unit.
It's not a buzzword. It's what it is.
The RJ series of course, refers to the JACK, and not the cable or wiring standard.
But carry on.
Wrong.
TB: 1,099,511,627,776 bytes.
TiB: Made up bullshit.
TB is not stepping on the toes of any sacred "standard" prefix. There is no confusion.
If there's a B, b, or a reference to bits or bytes, then it's in powers of 2. It's its own unit. Completely separate, though similar in scale, to the "classical" scalar prefixes.
It is IMPERATIVE to measure bits in (base 2) exponential terms because bits are quantum logical units. We count them, and we are concerned with possible comibnations in a given number of bits.
You're wrong.
Even if I were quoting a sentence, quotation marks are supposed to contain exactly what was written, said, etc. Even if it's another quotation. No, you don't get to alternate between single quotes and double quotes. Yes, it is ambiguous and often impossible to parse.
You wrote "shit eating" when you should have written "shit-eating".
You're an idiot.
The registry hives are horrible. There's no reason to have a separately managed, obscure, messy dump of files.
The lack of a package manager, for whatever reason, is a serious fault.
I am not bitching about windows, nor do I ever.
All around, it is the best OS there is. (SHOCK!)
Stay on topic.
Stay on topic.
You trolled from, behind!
People turning 16 or 18 depending on gender have been using a joystick for 16 or 18 years.
keyboards to mice, mice to pen interfaces, touch interfaces, and multi-touch interfaces.
ALL OF THESE ARE TERRIBLE CHANGES.
Mouse in ADDITION to keyboard is okay.