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Using an analogy from cable modems/dsl and windows networking; if I go into Network Neighborhood on my 98 box and see thirty other machines (as was the case three years ago when I first got my cable modem connection), that's not hacking. The connection was not voluntary, so to speak, and I didn't make an active connection to any of them. If, however, I double-clicked on one of them and looked at the unsecured network shares, I was illegally trespassing on that computer.
That definition would make use of any such network (one that communicates access ability only upon attempt) illegal. If the only way to determine whether the other side of a door is public or restricted space is to open the door, then making it illegal to open a door to a restricted place is essentially guilt by random lottery.
Likewise, if a premise is broadcasting an unsecured network on public spectrum but not providing any indication that it is illegal to access it, then the only way you'll know it's a crime is to be accused of committing it!
Somehow I was under the impression that wasn't how the U.S. justice system was supposed to work.
Hmm. On a re-read of the thread, I can see what you mean, though I still think you over-reacted. OTOH I guess part of your comment hit a sore point with me and I may have been a bit harsh on you too. Thankyou for the clarification.
PS. Ouch! Whoever modded your reply to me was more than a bit harsh... '-1 Troll'?! No way!
But then some yutz comes along and, like a fresh-hatched cuckoo, opens his mouth wide and peeps, "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!" Thanks, but I have no particular interest in feeding leeches.
The dude asked for help. If you can't or won't help, leave it at that. Ranting at him for being a sheep not only doesn't help him, it hurts you. Someday you might need a wool coat to help keep out the cold.
If you want to understand the preceding command, RTFM. And if you want to accomplish this task on Windows 2000, pay somebody. Linux is an OS for builders, for creators, for makers of things. Windows is an OS for consumers. If you want to act like a consumer, then get out that credit card.
Windows is an OS for people who are builders, creators and makers of things IN FIELDS OTHER THAN PROGRAMMING! There are plenty of folks too busy working at their own specialties to learn ours, from farmers to firefighters. The "but it is so simple for ME" attitude is one more reason why Linux is having such a hard slog at displacing Windows.
So who do you give (or rather, sell) mtv.tm to? The MTV from the US, the MTV from Italy, or the MTV from Brazil? A generic homepage with a link to each and every such trademark registered, along with a small description of the company (location, market)? Actually, that's an idea. But then how do you order the links? More money gets you on top?
The generic homepage with links idea sounds good. Order the links first-come-first-served by default, and allow visitors to choose a sorting option if they want.
The only legitimate use I can think of for bnetd is if Blizzard someday stops supporting their older games on battle.net. But that hasn't happened yet.
Of course, if the bnetd developers waited until then, they wouldn't be able to reverse engineer the packets - because with the servers gone there wouldn't *be* any packets to examine...
Dungeon Siege, is one of the most beautiful 3D games I've ever seen, but reading on forums about it I realized that even a Geforce3 with a killer Athlon XP system would still only let the game run around 20-30 fps.
Well, I've only played the demo, but it's solid at 60fps on my Athlon XP 1600+ w/ GeForce2Ti. So unless something's horribly broken in the full version of the game, I'd call bullshit on those claims.
From the readme doc accompanying the demo:
Reduced Visual and Audio Quality
In order to compress Dungeon Siege to a reasonable demonstration size, many textures and
sounds have been heavily degraded from the retail version. The differences are most noticeable
on high-end systems that have premium sound and graphics. Please note that the retail version
of Dungeon Siege may look and sound much better, depending on your system.
The above may help explain your super-high-fps experience with the demo. But heck, the demo looks fabulous even with the heavily degraded features, doesn't it.:)
1) the interest we're still paying on the debt for the Marshall plan to rebuild the economy you use to make your contributions?
2) the 1945-1990 expenditures for the U.S. for troops & materiel in Europe (including supporting infrastructure and retirement payments for the next 50 years)
3) Current U.S. spending for world security (believe it or not, we are still isolationist my nature, and don't *want* to be the world cop, but at the moment, we're offered plenty of "help" in deciding *what* to do, but (for the most part) token resources
Hey mate, that'd all be bloody fine, but stone the crows - it's not your government that the ISPs in Africa and Europe and Australia and every other darn country on Earth are paying for the international links, it's a tight-assed bunch of money-grubbing corporations that don't want to share their trough full of money.
It is NOT "Africa wants the USA to subsidise them".
It is "when Africa downloads data from the United States, Africa has to pay, and that's fine, BUT when the United States downloads data from Africa, AFRICA PAYS FOR THAT TOO."
Instead of a fair trade, the USA gets a totally free ride. And it's not just Africa. It's every country in the world that deals with the USA.
If you're wondering why your USA ISP has to pay for its data: your ISP is not a Tier One provider (don't confuse this with a T1 line!). Tier One providers are the bloody big telcos at the top of the USA food chain, providing the backbone links and connecting the USA to the rest of the planet.
In theory anyone with a big enough network, from any country, can become a Tier One provider. In practice the existing Tier One providers have no wish to let anyone else, even from their own country, come and feed at the money trough...
Is it absolutely, utterly, beyond your imagination that the US Government just might, in one small, tiny possible way, be composed of largely, basically, good people, trying to undertake simple, prudent measures to increase our safety?
I believe (dunno about the original poster) the vast majority of US Government personnel are basically good people, and that a majority of those may even be fundamentally good people.
I believe that a minority at the top are not fundamentally good, and possibly not even basically good (eg: the congress critters who kowtow to corporate bribes, er, campaign donations). This minority has power far beyond its numbers, as it can enact law.
I know that a series of minor evils can be made by people, knowingly or not, who'd never commit one great evil.
I know that humans are fallible; the larger and more powerful the organisation, the more numerous and consequential the number of mistakes it can make. The US Government is very large and powerful indeed.
In other words - trust people, not government. The founders knew that all too well.
Just a FYI: the planes had to fly well below the height required for depressurisation to occur (else obviously they could not have impacted any buildings, as even the towers weren't anywhere near that high). Holes in the fuselage would not have resulted in the passengers being asphyxiated.
Hyperbole is a poor debating tactic in this context; we are not (I hope) that gullible, nor are you wielding a Presidential campaign fund.:)
After reading these posts, circle, I'd say you're not going to be effective convincing people by RANTING IN CAPS and claiming things that aren't true. Guns DO have more purposes than to kill, they ARE made for purposes other than killing. Heck, shooting is an OLYMPIC SPORT. I've read of guns that, over a century old, have NEVER been fired in anger, have NEVER claimed a life. And yet there are ten year old kids found guilty of murder with not a firearm in sight.
Sigh. Look, I don't own any guns. I'm not fond of the unethical uses to which some are put. But neither you nor anyone else is going to win me over by spouting partial truths when I know you're deliberately ignoring or avoiding the other side of the argument. If you're going to go that route, you might as well start pulling statistics out of your nether regions, the same way the RIAA gets its losses to piracy statistics.
Are you happy gun owners so omnipotent that you can guarantee the safety of yourself and everyone around your gun?
Are you, a happy computer owner, so omnipotent as to can guarantee nobody will use it to pirate CDs? No? Then you won't mind if we replace your PC with a RIAA/MPAA-approved TV.
Fact: guns invite terrible consequences in situations where no access to guns would mean the situation would end with much less bodily harm: to yourself, an enemy, to anyone! How can you possibly deny that logic?
Fact: knives.... etc. fists.... etc. free will.... etc. To try to stay on-topic, computers.... etc (before anyone says computers can't be used to harm anyone - they can and they have)
use your dang imagination to figure out the real majority of gun usage.
No need for imagination. The real majority: killing people in wars, incidentally littering vast amounts of landscape with missed rounds. It's terrible that people are so inconsiderate and not using swords or clubs, which don't pollute nearly as much as firearms.:p
It'd be much better still if folks skipped the whole ugliness of war and settled their affairs with a Counter-Strike tournament or something. But if we were nice enough to do that, we wouldn't need to do it.
Do this country a favor and lose the Beavis and Butthead fascination with things that make loud noises and save this country thousands of lives each year, ok?
Stupid people are the ones least likely to pay attention to reasonable arguments. This is why MANY more thousands of people lose their lives to intoxicated drivers. Nobody's banning cars yet just because of stupid people, and if all one truly cares about is saving lives...
Likewise, the RIAA/MPAA is not about to pay attention to reasonable arguments about the price of CDs/DVDs, when they can make more profits by ripping off artists, price gouging customers and enforcing arbitrary region controls and restraint of trade. Only the muzzle of a retail disc burner gets their attention.
And in a hypothetical future where guns are outlawed in this country, gun ownership would be a red flag for the criminal behavior they usually are involved in
You mean, being a police officer or a soldier or a secret service agent? I guess they'll have to lose their guns too. After all, only "gunhead morons" want to have guns, yes? And if nobody had a disc burner then all CDs and DVDs would be cheap and region-free?
Confidential to the asshole who marked me flamebait: go ahead and mark me flamebait again, I've got 49 more karma points to waste and a big chip on my shoulder.
Personally, I'd've marked you Offtopic. Could have, too. If you can't stick at least vaguely on-topic, find a different thread to post in, 'kay?
I think they intentionally wired it so that you'd have to buy their cable.
Correct. While externally identical, APC's cables are proprietary with their own internal wiring and resistance scheme. They are also, of course, hellaciously more expensive than a standard RS232C serial cable.
It is possible to wire your own cable; depending on your model of UPS and whether your computer asserts DTR on powerup you may not be able to achieve full functionality. Eg, http://www.eng.auburn.edu/users/doug/ups.html
You may also like to google for "APC" "wiring scheme", as quite a few people have tackled rolling their own cables and code for this problem.
I like the part about it being on the top floor. Seems to me that if you wanted to HERF gun the place you know where to point it now.
So how easy is it to get a window washing job in Herndon, VA?:-)
Who needs to be up close? You could do the frying from across the street (or suburb, I suppose, if you didn't mind collateral damage - haven't been following how 'good' these gadgets are getting in ages).
Ah. Actually, didn't really have his citizenship in mind, was speaking somewhat generically. I guess then one can say the U.S. legal system is making life difficult for everyone?:p
In other words, once again the U.S. legal system is making life difficult for its citizens. No wonder U.S. folks on slashdot comment about emigrating and the increasing risk of a 'brain drain' to other countries.
So this kid has been "an avid Mac evangelist" since he was 6!? I'm getting so tired of hearing young people complain how the get no respect and then tout themselves as having 9 years of experience because they've owned a computer that long.
Sir, look up "evangelist" in a dictionary. Now look up "experience". Different? Damn straight. Think before you post. So few do.
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Likewise, if a premise is broadcasting an unsecured network on public spectrum but not providing any indication that it is illegal to access it, then the only way you'll know it's a crime is to be accused of committing it!
Somehow I was under the impression that wasn't how the U.S. justice system was supposed to work.
PS. Ouch! Whoever modded your reply to me was more than a bit harsh... '-1 Troll'?! No way!
The worst happens to people who wait for it.
Still think it's such a fair thing now?
It is NOT "Africa wants the USA to subsidise them".
It is "when Africa downloads data from the United States, Africa has to pay, and that's fine, BUT when the United States downloads data from Africa, AFRICA PAYS FOR THAT TOO."
Instead of a fair trade, the USA gets a totally free ride. And it's not just Africa. It's every country in the world that deals with the USA.
If you're wondering why your USA ISP has to pay for its data: your ISP is not a Tier One provider (don't confuse this with a T1 line!). Tier One providers are the bloody big telcos at the top of the USA food chain, providing the backbone links and connecting the USA to the rest of the planet.
In theory anyone with a big enough network, from any country, can become a Tier One provider. In practice the existing Tier One providers have no wish to let anyone else, even from their own country, come and feed at the money trough...
I believe that a minority at the top are not fundamentally good, and possibly not even basically good (eg: the congress critters who kowtow to corporate bribes, er, campaign donations). This minority has power far beyond its numbers, as it can enact law.
I know that a series of minor evils can be made by people, knowingly or not, who'd never commit one great evil.
I know that humans are fallible; the larger and more powerful the organisation, the more numerous and consequential the number of mistakes it can make. The US Government is very large and powerful indeed.
In other words - trust people, not government. The founders knew that all too well.
Hyperbole is a poor debating tactic in this context; we are not (I hope) that gullible, nor are you wielding a Presidential campaign fund. :)
(couldn't resist... and yes, I know it should be Luke, but if I had my choice of love interest in A New Hope it wouldn't be him :p)
Don't remember any equivalent of The Force in FG, just space opera tech (indistinguishable from magic anyway)?
Sigh. Look, I don't own any guns. I'm not fond of the unethical uses to which some are put. But neither you nor anyone else is going to win me over by spouting partial truths when I know you're deliberately ignoring or avoiding the other side of the argument. If you're going to go that route, you might as well start pulling statistics out of your nether regions, the same way the RIAA gets its losses to piracy statistics.
Sounds like the judge weren't too bright either. How does one warn an idiot that can't be warned?
It'd be much better still if folks skipped the whole ugliness of war and settled their affairs with a Counter-Strike tournament or something. But if we were nice enough to do that, we wouldn't need to do it.
Stupid people are the ones least likely to pay attention to reasonable arguments. This is why MANY more thousands of people lose their lives to intoxicated drivers. Nobody's banning cars yet just because of stupid people, and if all one truly cares about is saving lives...Likewise, the RIAA/MPAA is not about to pay attention to reasonable arguments about the price of CDs/DVDs, when they can make more profits by ripping off artists, price gouging customers and enforcing arbitrary region controls and restraint of trade. Only the muzzle of a retail disc burner gets their attention.
You mean, being a police officer or a soldier or a secret service agent? I guess they'll have to lose their guns too. After all, only "gunhead morons" want to have guns, yes? And if nobody had a disc burner then all CDs and DVDs would be cheap and region-free? Personally, I'd've marked you Offtopic. Could have, too. If you can't stick at least vaguely on-topic, find a different thread to post in, 'kay?It is possible to wire your own cable; depending on your model of UPS and whether your computer asserts DTR on powerup you may not be able to achieve full functionality. Eg, http://www.eng.auburn.edu/users/doug/ups.html
You may also like to google for "APC" "wiring scheme", as quite a few people have tackled rolling their own cables and code for this problem.
Ah. Actually, didn't really have his citizenship in mind, was speaking somewhat generically. I guess then one can say the U.S. legal system is making life difficult for everyone? :p
In other words, once again the U.S. legal system is making life difficult for its citizens. No wonder U.S. folks on slashdot comment about emigrating and the increasing risk of a 'brain drain' to other countries.
That is an *awful* pun. Kudos. Someone +1 Funny that dude.
Fortunately, just like one can clone an animal from a few cells, one would vat-grow meat the same way. No killing or amputation involved.