Belonging to "the Jedi religion" need not be the same as being a Jedi, just as belonging to "the Christian religion" is not the same as being Christ.
You're comparing Apples to Hydrogen. Believing you are a Jedi, you try the mind trick. It doesn't work. That doesn't mean you aren't a Jedi, it just means you are bad at the mind trick. If a Christian can't turn water into wine, all that means is that the Christian simply isn't the second coming of Christ. It doesn't mean that he doesn't believe in the Christ.
And the Christ wasn't a member of the Christian religion ethier. By all accounts, he was a Jewish carpenter, possibly a Rabii. Perhaps the first Jedi will turn out to be a Hindu cab driver.
Guess some guy named Mark is gonna get hammered for registering "ZILLA.COM".
Makes me want to run out and register "DRCALEBZILLA.COM". Perhaps if everyone registers a "ZILLA.COM" address we can do the reverse/. effect, and tie the lawyers up for years trying to track every one down.
The United States is the one making a very large donation to a poor company for almost no (if any) self-benifit,
Which United States do you live in? Last month at the G8 summit, the topic of discussion for the second day was to be aid for Africa, and investment in Africa. All Pres. Bush wanted to discuss was getting support from the G8 to bomb Iraq into a new stone age.
Prime Minister Cretien commited to $150 million in aid and development, plus increasing trade with Africa, but Bush wouldn't commit to anything.
The PM doesn't want to give them the proverbial fish, he wants to teach them to fish, and promises to buy those fish later. Sending these people corn won't solve their problems (corrupt governments), there needs to be a long term solution, which the U.S. won't commit to.
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If they gave us quality at a fair price, people wouldn't feel the need to steal, they'd buy more as a result.
Right now, restricting our rights is the only way they can force us to buy their drivel, so that's the road they've taken. I believe if they didn't have to, they wouldn't bother.
Public domain is another story. That's just a limited monopoly on information, because they fear they aren't creative enough to come up with something original.
i've been trying to log in to my account for two days now.
Check your [Caps Lock]
/humour. It's been one of those days.
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Ahhhh! Organized religion!
I don't think they are trying to regulate or legislate morality. At least I hope not!! I believe the easiest way to get us to do what they want us to do, is give us what we want, at a price we're willing to pay (see: capitalism).
Give us secure, reliable software (see: myths and legends) that we don't have to miss a car payment to buy, and an album with more that 1 good track on it (or bring back the EP) and we'd forget about P2P and warez and spend a little cash.
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While your arguement is essentially correct, that wasn't the point of the article.
It wasn't about piracy or illegal reproduction and distribution of I.P. or copyrighted material, it was about fair use, and how the DMCA has squashed it.
It's about how now everything is 'Intellectual Property' and how anyone using something deemed to be IP, even in a fair use situation, must defend themselves in court. It's about how, because of the DMCA, it becomes a battle of 'our corporate lawyers are better than your court appointed lawyer'.
I find it handy to turn whatever they are selling against them.
Telemarketer: We'd like to give you free, any room in your house, a carpet shampoo! Me: I have hardwood floors. (Substitute "I'm in Jail right now" for laughs) Telemarketer: How about your furniture? Me: Leather.
Or:
TeleM: We'd like to give you 5 pounds of fresh meat, delivered to your door! Me: I'm vegetarian. And I don't like people coming to my door. TeleM: How about frozen vegetables? Me:...And a devout member of the OTC (The Church of Satan) and the NRA. TeleM: *click*
TeleM: We'd like to offer you our exclusive low long distance rates! Me: I don't call anyone. TeleM: You don't have any family in other parts of the country? Me: I did, but they were slaughtered by pirates off the coast of China...(supressing a sob)*sniff*
I used that feature to be able to hide directories.
If you tried in dos to ATTRIB +H [directory] dos would crap all over you, same if you tried to change the hidden attribute of a directory. So what you could do is write a quick little C program that would use umbrella interrupt 20 to get a files' attributes, unset the directory bit, set the hidden bit, then set the directory bit back. *poof* A hidden directory!
And who follows them around all day with a pen and paper recording everything they are recording about you?
It's just a way for the govenerdment to make the citizens think that are doing something about security. If they were actually doing something to protect the people, the "Office of Homeland Security" would call the Department of Transport and tell them to enforce seatbelt laws. How many lives a day would that save? How many lives a day will be saved by my mail headers and URLs being monitored?
By incorporating a switching mode power supply for the tube circuitry that can truly rival solid-state amplifiers, then employing A Maxim 668 DC-DC voltage converter to provide ample voltage for the tube to function under optimal conditions
....with minimum 50,000 MTBF hours on the motherboard, and 35,000 MTBF hours on the tube circuitry (Tube itself will have about 4,000 to 5,000 hours, depends on operating conditions...
If I got only 5000 hours of driving in my car before it went *(poof)*, I wouldn't buy it. I don't care if they gave me a traditional Geshia for 5000 hours, the MoBo isn't worth it.
Thanks, I don't like the slide/. has taken in recent years, so I try to not participate in that aspect.
No, you won't find a verifiable external source for that number. I worked at Syncrude for several years, and still have friends there. It is posted on an active page on their intranet, along with a running total of barrels produced since midnight last night. The cost changes per minute, based on a calculation of running costs such as energy usage and #people currently on the job. Tres Cool! Info like that isn't generally made public, but it isn't considered secret ethier.
Syncrude is joint venture, a private company owned by Alberta Energy Commission, Petro-Canada, BHP Shell etc, so you might find info in those companies financial statements, as they are public. However I suspect that all you may find is an average cost to produce a barrel per year.
Unfortunately I think you may have to go with "I heard it from someone who knows someone working there today...". Better than getting laughed at for quoting/.:)
But let me give you a little bit of my experience. I worked in the oil sands for the better part of a decade. Back then, the oil cost about $17 a barrel to produce, and production was around 100,000 barrels a day. Now it's $7 a barrel to produce and about 400,000 barrels a day. In the next year or two when some new projects are finished, it will half the price, and double production again.
Oil sand does have to be strip mined, but it used to be a process using large draglines. Now the "Truck and Shovel" method is more economical. As well, for deep deposits, SAGD (Steam Assisted, Gravity Driven) is the preferred process. Basically, drill a hole, pump down steam, melt the tar and suck up the liquid.
If you want to further your reading, check:
http://www.syncrude.com/
http://www.suncor.com/bins/content_page.asp?cid=54
http://www.shell.ca/code/products/oilsands/dir_oil sands.html
I'm sure the US has it's eye on us, because soon we will be a swing producer.
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Holy shit man, you must splice cable really fast! Want a job, for say 230ms or so?
Those were software interrupts used to access the umbrella interrupts of DOS/BIOS. AFAIK, Linux does not use the BIOS interrupts.
You're comparing Apples to Hydrogen. Believing you are a Jedi, you try the mind trick. It doesn't work. That doesn't mean you aren't a Jedi, it just means you are bad at the mind trick. If a Christian can't turn water into wine, all that means is that the Christian simply isn't the second coming of Christ. It doesn't mean that he doesn't believe in the Christ.
And the Christ wasn't a member of the Christian religion ethier. By all accounts, he was a Jewish carpenter, possibly a Rabii. Perhaps the first Jedi will turn out to be a Hindu cab driver.
They didn't lie on their census forms.*waves hand*
Makes me want to run out and register "DRCALEBZILLA.COM". Perhaps if everyone registers a "ZILLA.COM" address we can do the reverse /. effect, and tie the lawyers up for years trying to track every one down.
You read the article, right? No, me nethier.
Which United States do you live in? Last month at the G8 summit, the topic of discussion for the second day was to be aid for Africa, and investment in Africa. All Pres. Bush wanted to discuss was getting support from the G8 to bomb Iraq into a new stone age.
Prime Minister Cretien commited to $150 million in aid and development, plus increasing trade with Africa, but Bush wouldn't commit to anything.
The PM doesn't want to give them the proverbial fish, he wants to teach them to fish, and promises to buy those fish later. Sending these people corn won't solve their problems (corrupt governments), there needs to be a long term solution, which the U.S. won't commit to.
Right now, restricting our rights is the only way they can force us to buy their drivel, so that's the road they've taken. I believe if they didn't have to, they wouldn't bother.
Public domain is another story. That's just a limited monopoly on information, because they fear they aren't creative enough to come up with something original.
I don't think they are trying to regulate or legislate morality. At least I hope not!! I believe the easiest way to get us to do what they want us to do, is give us what we want, at a price we're willing to pay (see: capitalism).
Give us secure, reliable software (see: myths and legends) that we don't have to miss a car payment to buy, and an album with more that 1 good track on it (or bring back the EP) and we'd forget about P2P and warez and spend a little cash.
It wasn't about piracy or illegal reproduction and distribution of I.P. or copyrighted material, it was about fair use, and how the DMCA has squashed it.
It's about how now everything is 'Intellectual Property' and how anyone using something deemed to be IP, even in a fair use situation, must defend themselves in court. It's about how, because of the DMCA, it becomes a battle of 'our corporate lawyers are better than your court appointed lawyer'.
Telemarketer: We'd like to give you free, any room in your house, a carpet shampoo!
Me: I have hardwood floors. (Substitute "I'm in Jail right now" for laughs)
Telemarketer: How about your furniture?
Me: Leather.
Or:
TeleM: We'd like to give you 5 pounds of fresh meat, delivered to your door! ...And a devout member of the OTC (The Church of Satan) and the NRA.
Me: I'm vegetarian. And I don't like people coming to my door.
TeleM: How about frozen vegetables?
Me:
TeleM: *click*
TeleM: We'd like to offer you our exclusive low long distance rates!
Me: I don't call anyone.
TeleM: You don't have any family in other parts of the country?
Me: I did, but they were slaughtered by pirates off the coast of China...(supressing a sob)*sniff*
If it was - Ohhhh the sweet sweet irony!
If you tried in dos to ATTRIB +H [directory] dos would crap all over you, same if you tried to change the hidden attribute of a directory. So what you could do is write a quick little C program that would use umbrella interrupt 20 to get a files' attributes, unset the directory bit, set the hidden bit, then set the directory bit back. *poof* A hidden directory!
It's just a way for the govenerdment to make the citizens think that are doing something about security. If they were actually doing something to protect the people, the "Office of Homeland Security" would call the Department of Transport and tell them to enforce seatbelt laws. How many lives a day would that save? How many lives a day will be saved by my mail headers and URLs being monitored?
Much like reading books on cars and how to fix them doesn't make you a mechanic. You gotta get greasy!
If I got only 5000 hours of driving in my car before it went *(poof)*, I wouldn't buy it. I don't care if they gave me a traditional Geshia for 5000 hours, the MoBo isn't worth it.
No, you won't find a verifiable external source for that number. I worked at Syncrude for several years, and still have friends there. It is posted on an active page on their intranet, along with a running total of barrels produced since midnight last night. The cost changes per minute, based on a calculation of running costs such as energy usage and #people currently on the job. Tres Cool! Info like that isn't generally made public, but it isn't considered secret ethier.
Syncrude is joint venture, a private company owned by Alberta Energy Commission, Petro-Canada, BHP Shell etc, so you might find info in those companies financial statements, as they are public. However I suspect that all you may find is an average cost to produce a barrel per year.
Unfortunately I think you may have to go with "I heard it from someone who knows someone working there today...". Better than getting laughed at for quoting /. :)
Boy, did he get you guys!
But let me give you a little bit of my experience. I worked in the oil sands for the better part of a decade. Back then, the oil cost about $17 a barrel to produce, and production was around 100,000 barrels a day. Now it's $7 a barrel to produce and about 400,000 barrels a day. In the next year or two when some new projects are finished, it will half the price, and double production again.
Oil sand does have to be strip mined, but it used to be a process using large draglines. Now the "Truck and Shovel" method is more economical. As well, for deep deposits, SAGD (Steam Assisted, Gravity Driven) is the preferred process. Basically, drill a hole, pump down steam, melt the tar and suck up the liquid.
If you want to further your reading, check:4 l sands.html
http://www.syncrude.com/
http://www.suncor.com/bins/content_page.asp?cid=5
http://www.shell.ca/code/products/oilsands/dir_oi
I'm sure the US has it's eye on us, because soon we will be a swing producer.