I am not sure what you mean by a non-linear operator. Certainly there are numerous ways of approximating various NP problems with different degree of accuracy.
Well, it is conceivable that NP is solvable using quantum computers in poly time, while pretty much everyone believes that P!=NP for ordinary computors.
As far as I know, it is not known whether quantum computers can solve NP-hard problems in polynomial time. To say that they fail at NP-problems may be premature.
Well, people certainly _are_ making their service available, even if unintentionally.
I think your power outlet is a decent analogy. You cannot just come to my house and plug into my outlet since the outlet is on my property.
However suppose I put an outlet in the street near my house with a big sign "power outlet" and suppose I don't get charged for extra electricity consumption. In that case it would not be unreasonable for another person to conclude that I am making it available.
> They are NOT being made freely available to you, they are simply not secured.
They are certainly ipso facto made freely (but perhaps unintentionally) available to me.
If the owner does not wish to broadcast the availability of the service over the radio waves, there are certainly many ways to do so.
Imagine that I am in a coffee shop with free internet access -- should it still be my responsibility to make sure that my computer does not accidentally switch to your network?
You are seriously sayings that turning my computer on and having it automatically connect to the first available network (yours) is parallel to taking a piss in another person's house?
Why cannot I use services, which you make freely available to me? If I use my computer in a coffee shop, every time I turn it on, I should make sure I don't accidentally connect to your wireless router?
I think you are right, I ave an extended life battery. Well 8hours is very decent, although it will probably be 6-7 hours in practice. I would expect slightly more from the SSD, on the other hand the monitor is 13 inches vs 12 on X60.
Moreover, I get 5-6hours of battery life out of my x60s. 4 hours is not very impressive, especially considering that it has SSD, which supposedly improves battery life.
This is a tax. Flat dollar rates for taxes are NOT egalitarian, percentages of income are.
Reinventing the definition?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egalitarianism Egalitarianism (derived from the French word égal, meaning equal or level) is a political doctrine that holds that all people should be treated as equals from birth. Generally it applies to being held equal under the law, the church, and society at large.
A ten dollar per head tax is regressive. A ten percent tax per head is egalitarian.
Progressive/regressive has nothing to do with elitarian/egalitarian.
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A brilliant idea indeed! For example if you sue DELL for selling you a defective product and lose, you pay all of DELL's legal fees in the case.
I am not sure what you mean by a non-linear operator. Certainly there are numerous ways of approximating various NP problems with different degree of accuracy.
Well, it is conceivable that NP is solvable using quantum computers in poly time, while pretty much everyone believes that P!=NP for ordinary computors.
As far as I know, it is not known whether quantum computers can solve NP-hard problems in polynomial time. To say that they fail at NP-problems may be premature.
I do not think that just because something bad on unpleasant is plausible should make it immoral, much less illegal.
Suppose I _want_ to share my Internet connection, how should I go about that if just making it freely available is not enough?
> Common morality then, not decency, though I hasten to add that you were the one that labelled it as decency.
To lie is immoral, should it be illegal? To cheat on your wife is immoral, should we put people in jail for that?
> Considering that using someone's wireless is:
>a) Equal to theft if the owner pays extra for bandwidth;
Almost nobody pays for extra bandwidth nowdays, although that is your strongest argument.
>b) Equal to fraud if you perform any action online while using an IP address assigned to someone else's name;
Your statement is ridiculous. It is not fraud as long as you do not pretend to be that person.
>c) Antisocial as it can cause inconvenience and annoyance for another member of your society
Again a ridiculous argument. Talking loudly in public can cause inconvenience and annoyance. Should it be illegal?
I see that you know your manners well, Sergeant Hartman.
You make no distinction between these two notions? Everything that is not decent should be prohibited?
The discussion is not about decency but about legality. Why is it hard to understand?
Well, people certainly _are_ making their service available, even if unintentionally.
I think your power outlet is a decent analogy. You cannot just come to my house and plug into my outlet since the
outlet is on my property.
However suppose I put an outlet in the street near my house with a big sign
"power outlet" and suppose I don't get charged for extra electricity consumption. In that case it would not be
unreasonable for another person to conclude that I am making it available.
> They are NOT being made freely available to you, they are simply not secured.
They are certainly ipso facto made freely (but perhaps unintentionally) available to me.
If the owner does not wish to broadcast the availability of the service over the radio waves,
there are certainly many ways to do so.
Imagine that I am in a coffee shop with free internet access -- should it still be my responsibility to make sure that
my computer does not accidentally switch to your network?
You are seriously sayings that turning my computer on and having it automatically connect to the first available
network (yours) is parallel to taking a piss in another person's house?
Are radio waves your property?
Why cannot I use services, which you make freely available to me?
If I use my computer in a coffee shop, every time I turn it on, I should make sure
I don't accidentally connect to your wireless router?
What is "perfectly reasonable" about that law?
"Does Magna Carta mean nothing to you? Did she die in vain?"
Newton said the Earth was not the center of the Universe?
You are not confusing him with Copernicus, by any chance?
I think you are right, I ave an extended life battery. Well 8hours is very decent, although it will probably be 6-7 hours in practice. I would expect slightly more from the SSD, on the other hand the
monitor is 13 inches vs 12 on X60.
Lists of predictions by 2050. Not bad.
Moreover, I get 5-6hours of battery life out of my x60s. 4 hours is not very impressive, especially considering that it has SSD, which supposedly improves battery life.
Unfortunately, some people may not like a chimney attached to the motherboard of their computer, especially a laptop.
You launch them, after that they can fly for hours using rising air streams to get higher.
Have you heard of gliders?
> The idea is that you would fill the car with distilled water, and get hydrogen from a self sustaining > hydrogen burn.
How about a self-sustaining crack pipe?
Finally it would be clear what exactly the RIAA "executives" do.
This is a tax. Flat dollar rates for taxes are NOT egalitarian, percentages of income are.
Reinventing the definition?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egalitarianism
Egalitarianism (derived from the French word égal, meaning equal or level) is a political doctrine that holds that all people should be treated as equals from birth. Generally it applies to being held equal under the law, the church, and society at large.
A ten dollar per head tax is regressive. A ten percent tax per head is egalitarian.
Progressive/regressive has nothing to do with elitarian/egalitarian.