That's not cyber-war. That's good old fashioned war. We are not at war with any technologically advanced power, there is no cyber-war.
Now, we should look at wartime cyber considerations, but looking at cybercrime will be far more productive, and probably yield lessons that will easily translate to a war.
Actually, we're well past that where I work. Nowadays the issues are less localized. I regularly hear in staff meetings "X works in IE7 and Firefox 2-3, but there's an issue with 3.5+."
We don't even touch on IE8 at the moment. IE8 is really rather ridiculous to aim at, since you can have an able web browsing experience, while still working just fine with all MS crapware by just using Firefox, and then IE7 when necessary.
The other day there was a Chrome problem (which was completely ignored as not a problem.)
There do exist microwave antennas that will literally boil your blood if you stand in front of them. So the OP is not an entirely crazy question.
As far as the mice, I'm inclined to believe the studies that claim cell phone proximity has no measurable effects on biochemistry. But the source cell tower, that's another story.
There's no guarantee that it's totally random, as that would require each of the 5 numbers be totally random (and likely they are not seeded individually, so they're all the result of the same input to a pseudo-random number generator.)
Actually it sounds to me like a computer could be made to recognize this as well as a human pretty easily. It's just statistics. But I must be missing something, because an economist would certainly have as good an understanding of the Turing Test as I do of economics.
And yes, there is a tremendous difference in the amount of work you can get done with an editor which supports mouse-driven copy/paste, and one that does not.
Actually, they offer linux for free. They sell support contracts.
The successful ones. There are plenty of companies that actually do sell Linux however. Caldera comes to mind. You could argue that they weren't selling the Linux kernel, but they were selling an OS/userspace suite that used Linux at the core, which unless you want to be a GNU stalwart is equivalent to selling Linux.
The point is that this is basically a writeup of what Microsoft does for law enforcement. As such, it should be a matter of public record. There's not sufficient "transformative work" by Microsoft to justify saying that this is uniquely Microsoft's property - it's a step-by-step description of their legal obligations under U.S. law.
It seems pretty clear to me that some lawyer at Microsoft screwed up. I do not think that this was a justified use of the DMCA. Just because Microsoft quickly withdrew it does not make the original action proper. The DMCA is for preventing the copying of things that a company offers for sale.
This document, I would say, is more of a trade secret than a work you can seriously copyright.
Health care is the only problem. Fix that and you're good. The BS about contracting is just that, BS. If you're making any kind of money as a programming contractor, you can afford to hire someone to handle your taxes (or you're intelligent enough to handle them yourself, and freelancing means you ought to have the free time.)
The difference between a slipcover and a netbook, however, is that the panel covering the screen is significantly thinner and can be folded behind the device.
And it's also better at protecting the device from scratches? What about bending? A keyboard serves to brace the screen so it's not going to bend (I don't recall anything about the iPad having a flexible screen, and if it did, then I would know it's going to have a short shelf life.)
Thin case, it takes less for something to tear through and scratch the screen.
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That's happened to me like 3 times, ever. And I've always agreed that the subject wasn't that important.
So they've ripped off the Always Innovating Tablet and are calling it their idea?
And somehow I don't think the Always Innovating tablet was the first.
That's not cyber-war. That's good old fashioned war. We are not at war with any technologically advanced power, there is no cyber-war.
Now, we should look at wartime cyber considerations, but looking at cybercrime will be far more productive, and probably yield lessons that will easily translate to a war.
Actually, we're well past that where I work. Nowadays the issues are less localized. I regularly hear in staff meetings "X works in IE7 and Firefox 2-3, but there's an issue with 3.5+."
We don't even touch on IE8 at the moment. IE8 is really rather ridiculous to aim at, since you can have an able web browsing experience, while still working just fine with all MS crapware by just using Firefox, and then IE7 when necessary.
The other day there was a Chrome problem (which was completely ignored as not a problem.)
I'd like to put together a kitchen computer with a camera/barcode reader to keep track of what's in my fridge.
If food came RFID tagged, it would work even better. Of course RFID & food don't mix too well.
Bonus points if you disallow pastels.
Next site I do, I'm making purple, orange, and professional my only design goals.
Both are significantly faster and easier than a book.
Individual cities are very autonomous. You can't really extrapolate from local ordinances.
Are you talking about a solved problem or blithely claiming that one of the top programming languages currently in use is dead?
That's inevitable. It's certainly better than write everywhere, test everywhere.
There do exist microwave antennas that will literally boil your blood if you stand in front of them. So the OP is not an entirely crazy question.
As far as the mice, I'm inclined to believe the studies that claim cell phone proximity has no measurable effects on biochemistry. But the source cell tower, that's another story.
Flash doesn't work half the time on my Linux 64 box, but it never crashes (crashes were very regular on 32-bit.)
But I'm using npviewer, not the native 64-bit Flash.
There's no guarantee that it's totally random, as that would require each of the 5 numbers be totally random (and likely they are not seeded individually, so they're all the result of the same input to a pseudo-random number generator.)
Actually it sounds to me like a computer could be made to recognize this as well as a human pretty easily. It's just statistics. But I must be missing something, because an economist would certainly have as good an understanding of the Turing Test as I do of economics.
If you had a decent girlfriend, you'd be in just the same boat.
And there's where I realized you were trolling...
The successful ones. There are plenty of companies that actually do sell Linux however. Caldera comes to mind. You could argue that they weren't selling the Linux kernel, but they were selling an OS /userspace suite that used Linux at the core, which unless you want to be a GNU stalwart is equivalent to selling Linux.
Companies do offer Linux for sale.
The point is that this is basically a writeup of what Microsoft does for law enforcement. As such, it should be a matter of public record. There's not sufficient "transformative work" by Microsoft to justify saying that this is uniquely Microsoft's property - it's a step-by-step description of their legal obligations under U.S. law.
It seems pretty clear to me that some lawyer at Microsoft screwed up. I do not think that this was a justified use of the DMCA. Just because Microsoft quickly withdrew it does not make the original action proper. The DMCA is for preventing the copying of things that a company offers for sale.
This document, I would say, is more of a trade secret than a work you can seriously copyright.
Health care is the only problem. Fix that and you're good. The BS about contracting is just that, BS. If you're making any kind of money as a programming contractor, you can afford to hire someone to handle your taxes (or you're intelligent enough to handle them yourself, and freelancing means you ought to have the free time.)
Wait, what's this article thing you're talking about? I thought this was Slashdot.
I think you overestimate the diversity of life on Earth when compared to a hypothetical alien life.
And it's also better at protecting the device from scratches? What about bending? A keyboard serves to brace the screen so it's not going to bend (I don't recall anything about the iPad having a flexible screen, and if it did, then I would know it's going to have a short shelf life.)
Thin case, it takes less for something to tear through and scratch the screen.
You have to start somewhere. It's not my first choice, but it's more than the jackasses in Congress are willing to do.