In the US yes, not so much in Third World countries. Been to many places that there is a local building with a couple shelves of well worn donated paperbooks to serve as a local library. The locals read the books and make sure they get returned. Honduras comes to mind.
I understand why Slashdot has started implemented the ability to delete posts and I agree they should have the capability.. Two ssues I see is if they now are looked at as a moderated site. Sometimes different legal rules apply to moderated vice unmoderated site. Also just hope they don't go overboard on the deleting.
Check your local library's web site. Many public libraries now have the capability to check out e-books for up to three weeks. My local library has them in.mobi,.pdf and recently added Kindle formats.
Plus if you go into the library your friendly librarian might be able to recommend material you would never have thought to read. That's how I found "The Windup Girl"
If someone deliberately steals the seed, yes Monsanto should be able to recover damages, BUT not if the genetic material gets into field through external forces: pollination by wind, insects etc.
Except Monsanto doesn't sample the fields. Usually they wait until you have harvested the corn and takes a sample from your storage bin. Know way to know what part of the field it came from once it's in the bin. Now I will agree with an above poster that plenty of farmers will do almost anything to save a buck including using unauthorized seed but Monsanto is not interested in determining how you got their patented DNA into your field just that you did.
The ability to patent seed and other living things is another thing that is wrong with our patent system but that is another discussion.
Anecdotal I know, but growing up on the farm when I showed up with a load of chopped corn the cows came running just as fast and ate just as much whether it was out of the non-GM fields (our fields) or a load that we bought the crop from the neighbor that only grew corn (GM).
Their might be some types of GM that the animals can detect (maybe the natural pesticides that some GMs produce) but they sure cannot detect all the GM crops.
If the drive is truly "refurbished" NewEgg or its supplier should be testing the drive and in the process of testing the data should be wiped. Yes, I know that a "refurbished" drive has not been fixes but at least it should be tested and wiped to ensure that it meets OEM specifications.
Hopefully you got a chuckle. I only use that line when pointing out that someone tried to correct someone else and got it wrong.
Grammar mistakes don't really bother me, I make plenty and we usually know what the original poster means. It just bugs me when someone acts all high and mighty correcting an error and gets it wrong.
Actually several booksellers have tried to license books and prohibit resell. See Bobbs-Merrill Co. v. Straus. Courts refused to honor the license and uphrlr the first sale doctrine. Some still try. A few of the scam artists sell do-it-yourself get rich books have a license inside trying to prevent you selling or even giving away copies.
Better yet move your stuff to the ABL. Not even DISA owned. Can't provide a cost list to host stuff (6 months ago)? But lets move everything there because it will save money.
Gotta agree. I know of more than one USAF owned Data Center that have less than 25% usage. Instead of consolidating USAF resources into the unused and almost brand new datacenter on an USAF owned and operated installation we are putting resources into the IBM owned and operated ABL and paying IBM for the privilege.
Why not consolidate into your own facilities? Because the US CIO made some off-hand comment about the ABL and consolidating into and all of a sudden that is the directive when the CIO meant consolidate intelligently and if it makes sense use the ABL.
As an IT guy associated with USAF IT for 20+ years I can assure that the Scott AFB data center has nothing to do with Obama being president. The Air Force Communications Agency (under many names) has been located at Scott for over 30 years and the Communications Agency folks naturally favor putting this kind of stuff close to where they live. In one form or an other that data center has been there since the seventies. Also probably related to the number of communications lines that go through the region to cross the Mississippi on the St Louis bridges.
No he lined the pockets of his buddy contractors. To the tune of billions. And all of it as emergency appropriations not as part of the regular budget. Republicans didn't have a problem with the deficit when the money was going to their buddies.
And please explain to me how the millions that were given to Solyndra come close to comparing to the billions that Bush and his Republican mates gave to the contractors to carry out the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. At least Solyndra did not result in thousands of dead Iraqi and Afghani along with burning through the good will we might have had from the rest of the world after 9-11.
Remember that the Democrats and Republicans actually cooperated on a few things in the 90s, created a pretty good economy and had us showing a surplus paying down the debt, then Bush came in and all the changed. Bush even insisted that the entire Iraq war was and emergency that shouldn't show up in the normal budget, kind of disingenuous don't you think.
Actually it might if you use the full disk encryption part of the endpoint. I do and it absolutely sucks, including the fact that if I boot my laptop on the docking station I have to open the laptop to do the initial login as my external keyboard does not work before the encryption is unlocked. Symantec Endpoint just plain sucks.
NO, the reason most IT workers are against unions is because most IT workers think of themselves as above average (big Egos abound in IT) and presume that if a union negotiates their salary they personally will be getting screwed. Guess what not all of us are above average (I AM) but not the rest of you. By the way unions do one hell of a lot more than negotiate salaries, they negotiate working conditions. You know weekends, 8 hour days, vacation time lots of those things you would never if union workers hadn't fought for and in some cases died for.
No such thing as vaccine resistant. The vaccine actually attacks the body stimulating it to produce anti-bodies, you might argue that this produces anti-body resistant bacteria but that has always been the case, if a bacteria could attack faster than the body reacted it survived, also if the body could not produce effective anti-bodies the bacteria lived. This has been going on since bacteria attacked other living things, not just since humans were around. If the anti-body to bacteria battle could produce a super-germ we would have seen one by now.
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Used to be that way. Not so much anymore that's why the daily paper is $1 and so thin a lot less advertising.
The big publisher's would if they could.
In the US yes, not so much in Third World countries. Been to many places that there is a local building with a couple shelves of well worn donated paperbooks to serve as a local library. The locals read the books and make sure they get returned. Honduras comes to mind.
I understand why Slashdot has started implemented the ability to delete posts and I agree they should have the capability.. Two ssues I see is if they now are looked at as a moderated site. Sometimes different legal rules apply to moderated vice unmoderated site. Also just hope they don't go overboard on the deleting.
Check your local library's web site. Many public libraries now have the capability to check out e-books for up to three weeks. My local library has them in .mobi, .pdf and recently added Kindle formats.
Plus if you go into the library your friendly librarian might be able to recommend material you would never have thought to read. That's how I found "The Windup Girl"
If someone deliberately steals the seed, yes Monsanto should be able to recover damages, BUT not if the genetic material gets into field through external forces: pollination by wind, insects etc.
Except Monsanto doesn't sample the fields. Usually they wait until you have harvested the corn and takes a sample from your storage bin. Know way to know what part of the field it came from once it's in the bin. Now I will agree with an above poster that plenty of farmers will do almost anything to save a buck including using unauthorized seed but Monsanto is not interested in determining how you got their patented DNA into your field just that you did.
The ability to patent seed and other living things is another thing that is wrong with our patent system but that is another discussion.
I call BS on this.
Anecdotal I know, but growing up on the farm when I showed up with a load of chopped corn the cows came running just as fast and ate just as much whether it was out of the non-GM fields (our fields) or a load that we bought the crop from the neighbor that only grew corn (GM).
Their might be some types of GM that the animals can detect (maybe the natural pesticides that some GMs produce) but they sure cannot detect all the GM crops.
yeah like how the free market brought electriciry to the hinterlands in the 30's. Oh wait it ddn't.
http://tiles.mapbox.com/fcc/map/mobility-fund-phase-1-potentially-eligible-areas
If the drive is truly "refurbished" NewEgg or its supplier should be testing the drive and in the process of testing the data should be wiped. Yes, I know that a "refurbished" drive has not been fixes but at least it should be tested and wiped to ensure that it meets OEM specifications.
Hopefully you got a chuckle. I only use that line when pointing out that someone tried to correct someone else and got it wrong.
Grammar mistakes don't really bother me, I make plenty and we usually know what the original poster means. It just bugs me when someone acts all high and mighty correcting an error and gets it wrong.
Actually it is QUEUE as in "line up fan boy".
not cue as in here is your line to say or the stick you use in billards.
Your friendly neighborhood grammar nazi.
Actually several booksellers have tried to license books and prohibit resell. See Bobbs-Merrill Co. v. Straus. Courts refused to honor the license and uphrlr the first sale doctrine. Some still try. A few of the scam artists sell do-it-yourself get rich books have a license inside trying to prevent you selling or even giving away copies.
Except we do manage to use ships when we launch from the Eastern Range of the US.
Tip my cows and you'll be dodging rock salt from my shotgun.
Did you keep a straight face while typing that?
Better yet move your stuff to the ABL. Not even DISA owned. Can't provide a cost list to host stuff (6 months ago)? But lets move everything there because it will save money.
Gotta agree. I know of more than one USAF owned Data Center that have less than 25% usage. Instead of consolidating USAF resources into the unused and almost brand new datacenter on an USAF owned and operated installation we are putting resources into the IBM owned and operated ABL and paying IBM for the privilege.
Why not consolidate into your own facilities? Because the US CIO made some off-hand comment about the ABL and consolidating into and all of a sudden that is the directive when the CIO meant consolidate intelligently and if it makes sense use the ABL.
As an IT guy associated with USAF IT for 20+ years I can assure that the Scott AFB data center has nothing to do with Obama being president. The Air Force Communications Agency (under many names) has been located at Scott for over 30 years and the Communications Agency folks naturally favor putting this kind of stuff close to where they live. In one form or an other that data center has been there since the seventies. Also probably related to the number of communications lines that go through the region to cross the Mississippi on the St Louis bridges.
No he lined the pockets of his buddy contractors. To the tune of billions. And all of it as emergency appropriations not as part of the regular budget. Republicans didn't have a problem with the deficit when the money was going to their buddies.
And please explain to me how the millions that were given to Solyndra come close to comparing to the billions that Bush and his Republican mates gave to the contractors to carry out the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. At least Solyndra did not result in thousands of dead Iraqi and Afghani along with burning through the good will we might have had from the rest of the world after 9-11.
Remember that the Democrats and Republicans actually cooperated on a few things in the 90s, created a pretty good economy and had us showing a surplus paying down the debt, then Bush came in and all the changed. Bush even insisted that the entire Iraq war was and emergency that shouldn't show up in the normal budget, kind of disingenuous don't you think.
Actually it might if you use the full disk encryption part of the endpoint. I do and it absolutely sucks, including the fact that if I boot my laptop on the docking station I have to open the laptop to do the initial login as my external keyboard does not work before the encryption is unlocked. Symantec Endpoint just plain sucks.
NO, the reason most IT workers are against unions is because most IT workers think of themselves as above average (big Egos abound in IT) and presume that if a union negotiates their salary they personally will be getting screwed. Guess what not all of us are above average (I AM) but not the rest of you. By the way unions do one hell of a lot more than negotiate salaries, they negotiate working conditions. You know weekends, 8 hour days, vacation time lots of those things you would never if union workers hadn't fought for and in some cases died for.
No such thing as vaccine resistant. The vaccine actually attacks the body stimulating it to produce anti-bodies, you might argue that this produces anti-body resistant bacteria but that has always been the case, if a bacteria could attack faster than the body reacted it survived, also if the body could not produce effective anti-bodies the bacteria lived. This has been going on since bacteria attacked other living things, not just since humans were around. If the anti-body to bacteria battle could produce a super-germ we would have seen one by now.