Shut them down before they did anything wrong? Or not let them start up because a new unforeseen problem cropped up that needs reviewing to ensure the proper regulation of the industry? Contrary to what you appear to believe, these companies cannot just go wherever they want and start drilling. There are regulations that must be followed to ensure the proper functioning of these rigs.
Now maybe the order to stop the exploratory drilling came down in the wrong manner, but that's not my point. My point is simply that there are perfectly valid reasons to issue such an order.
Curious, what do you consider a "variable string" that is not also "real data"? Is a last name real data? First name? Address? City? State? Do you have one "Person" table and then one table for a KeyId and list of last names, KeyId and list of first names, etc? If you do, well, sounds a little inefficient, but then I'm not a DBA. Otherwise, my point was simply that there once was a time when you had to apply limits because otherwise if someone happened to come along with an 8000 character name, then you wouldn't be able to store their address.
Didn't the Mythbusters prove that something like you could be sealed inside an 8' x 8' x 8' room for 8 hours and be perfectly fine? It was the episode where they showed you couldn't expel so much methane in your sleep so as to kill you, which how they tested it seemed to imply what I'd just stated.
Do you know how much more dangerous it is to drive at 40mph than 30mph in terms of pedestrian casualties? [...] I'm fed up with naïve people who think these things are just cash machines on sticks
That's ok, I'm fed up with people who cannot grasp that highways are not residential roads, and should not be treated as such.:)
Right, because highway driving and residential driving are completely the same thing.
GP may not have explicitly stated they were talking about highways, but I cannot believe anyone out there thinks speed limits should be removed everywhere, including residential neighborhoods.
I am driving in Germany for the past half a year, and there is nothing special about the Autobahn that makes it so much different from most US/Canadian highways, in fact Autobahn is much more narrow than many highways that I normally drive in Canada on.
Also, the autobahn is supposed to be a much sturdier road. Thicker, able to take more weight, less likely to develop pot holes, and when pot holes do start to develop I believe they tend to be quickly repaired.
You could have probably done equally well with a taser. Less messy and more fun watching him twitch.
Unless if "by the throat" GP meant the attacker had a knife at her throat. In which case you could end up with a convulsing attacker and a dead GF from the convulsing causing her throat to be slit.
If someone just entered "Alex", the same 4 bytes will be actually used in the database, regardless if the field is a defined as maximum 4, 32, 256 or 2000 characters. But nah, he has to put some restrictive number there, 'cause it looks more like he's doing some smart job.
There once was a time (at least in MS SQL world) where each record was limited to 8000 characters max. So sure, you could set all fields in a table to varchar(8000), but if someone came along with an 8000 character name, well, you're fucked with trying to store anymore info about them in the same table.
Sure, just as they could also use their own laptop to do non-work things with. Far easier I think to have just 1 of each device, with a sort of "work/personal" toggle to it so you don't get into the whole "invading privacy" issue by only monitoring the device when in "work" mode.
Hmm. "A method of linking a single phone with two separate accounts". "A method of dual-booting a laptop that allows for booting up of the secondary OS without shutting down from the first". Someone should patent those.;)
No. 1.0: Don't quote me regulations! I co-chaired the committee that reviewed the recommendation to revise the color of the book that regulation's in.
[hardens his tone]
No. 1.0: We kept it gray!
As I understand it, generally DSi-compatible flash cards are shipped completely incompatible with the DSi. It is up to the end user to pull the secret code from a legit card and place that on the flash card.
I seem to recall the manufacturers doing this precisely so they cannot be sued on the basis that they are distributing copywritten code, though I do not have the time to find a source for that.
But if Websense involves using a list of sites someone else maintains, my point stands. If it functions via keyword filter, we all know how well those work in practice (either filters out too much, or some things slip through). If it's neither of those, I'd be interested in knowing just how it works.
Unlike the Secretary General of Australia, Google Chrome has had many stories on/. about it, the first of which plainly states that it will be open source.
Now if this had been an Australian site with many stories mentioning the Secretary General, you may have a point. But it isn't.
and a faxed or emailed scan has always worked for me
Printing out a document, signing it, and then either faxing it or scanning and emailing it is not a "digital signature" of the nature that I believe GP is referring to.
I don't think you're a nutter for saying it, I just think you're a nutter for saying it now. The idea of remotely controlling ones electricity usage is nothing new. BGE routinely bugs me about offers of installing a thermostat that they can remotely control to reduce load on the grid during peak times (supposedly I can override their control, but I'm not real interested in having it in the first place so haven't looked into it). The only difference is this is about a different appliance than the AC/Furnace.
But government can because government is not bound by contractual obligations. The paper means nothing.
You truly are a moron. Many people have said it before, including in reply to this post, but it bears repeating again.
Oracle broke the fucking contract. Oracle and the government both agreed to a contract, and Oracle ignored the terms of that contract. I'll bet you think it's acceptable when a corporation does that to an individual too.
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I didn't realize 360's were meant to be portable. :P
And yet Craftsman and their lifetime warranty hasn't seemed to impact their sale of hand tools.
And yet Jansport and their lifetime warranty hasn't seemed to impact their sale of backpacks.
There may be others, but those are the only two I've had personal experience with.
But when you intentionally code the program to fail at certain intervals you are cheating the customers.
Unless the contract stipulated that you only licensed it for use for x amount of time.
Which, yeah, doesn't sound like that's what happened here, but just saying.
Shut them down before they did anything wrong? Or not let them start up because a new unforeseen problem cropped up that needs reviewing to ensure the proper regulation of the industry? Contrary to what you appear to believe, these companies cannot just go wherever they want and start drilling. There are regulations that must be followed to ensure the proper functioning of these rigs.
Now maybe the order to stop the exploratory drilling came down in the wrong manner, but that's not my point. My point is simply that there are perfectly valid reasons to issue such an order.
Curious, what do you consider a "variable string" that is not also "real data"? Is a last name real data? First name? Address? City? State? Do you have one "Person" table and then one table for a KeyId and list of last names, KeyId and list of first names, etc? If you do, well, sounds a little inefficient, but then I'm not a DBA. Otherwise, my point was simply that there once was a time when you had to apply limits because otherwise if someone happened to come along with an 8000 character name, then you wouldn't be able to store their address.
how does that shake out?
I suspect it will go in whatever manner the RIAA instructs their puppet congresscritters to make it go.
essentially leaves the schools with no choice but to block access to the apps they have come to rely on.
I like how you don't consider it an option to stop using your product, or others like it. :P
(I do, however, recognize that not using filtering services may be a decision the school is not allowed to make, but that then ruins the joke.)
Didn't the Mythbusters prove that something like you could be sealed inside an 8' x 8' x 8' room for 8 hours and be perfectly fine? It was the episode where they showed you couldn't expel so much methane in your sleep so as to kill you, which how they tested it seemed to imply what I'd just stated.
Do you know how much more dangerous it is to drive at 40mph than 30mph in terms of pedestrian casualties? [...] I'm fed up with naïve people who think these things are just cash machines on sticks
That's ok, I'm fed up with people who cannot grasp that highways are not residential roads, and should not be treated as such. :)
Right, because highway driving and residential driving are completely the same thing.
GP may not have explicitly stated they were talking about highways, but I cannot believe anyone out there thinks speed limits should be removed everywhere, including residential neighborhoods.
I am driving in Germany for the past half a year, and there is nothing special about the Autobahn that makes it so much different from most US/Canadian highways, in fact Autobahn is much more narrow than many highways that I normally drive in Canada on.
Also, the autobahn is supposed to be a much sturdier road. Thicker, able to take more weight, less likely to develop pot holes, and when pot holes do start to develop I believe they tend to be quickly repaired.
Source, Modern Marvels on The History Channel.
Exactly. They certainly have the right to watch these tornadoes.
...until it gets in the way of someone elses safety.
(Variation on "the freedom to swing your fist ends where my nose begins", at least that's what I was going for.)
You could have probably done equally well with a taser. Less messy and more fun watching him twitch.
Unless if "by the throat" GP meant the attacker had a knife at her throat. In which case you could end up with a convulsing attacker and a dead GF from the convulsing causing her throat to be slit.
If someone just entered "Alex", the same 4 bytes will be actually used in the database, regardless if the field is a defined as maximum 4, 32, 256 or 2000 characters. But nah, he has to put some restrictive number there, 'cause it looks more like he's doing some smart job.
There once was a time (at least in MS SQL world) where each record was limited to 8000 characters max. So sure, you could set all fields in a table to varchar(8000), but if someone came along with an 8000 character name, well, you're fucked with trying to store anymore info about them in the same table.
Sure, just as they could also use their own laptop to do non-work things with. Far easier I think to have just 1 of each device, with a sort of "work/personal" toggle to it so you don't get into the whole "invading privacy" issue by only monitoring the device when in "work" mode.
;)
Hmm. "A method of linking a single phone with two separate accounts". "A method of dual-booting a laptop that allows for booting up of the secondary OS without shutting down from the first". Someone should patent those.
No. 1.0: Don't quote me regulations! I co-chaired the committee that reviewed the recommendation to revise the color of the book that regulation's in.
[hardens his tone]
No. 1.0: We kept it gray!
As I understand it, generally DSi-compatible flash cards are shipped completely incompatible with the DSi. It is up to the end user to pull the secret code from a legit card and place that on the flash card.
I seem to recall the manufacturers doing this precisely so they cannot be sued on the basis that they are distributing copywritten code, though I do not have the time to find a source for that.
No I haven't.
But if Websense involves using a list of sites someone else maintains, my point stands. If it functions via keyword filter, we all know how well those work in practice (either filters out too much, or some things slip through). If it's neither of those, I'd be interested in knowing just how it works.
Unlike the Secretary General of Australia, Google Chrome has had many stories on /. about it, the first of which plainly states that it will be open source.
Now if this had been an Australian site with many stories mentioning the Secretary General, you may have a point. But it isn't.
My rifle and ammunition say that those canned beans are mine, and that you are zombie food. :P
It's not difficult. Is it?
What, maintaining an up-to-date list of every single porn and radio site? Nah, I'm sure it's easy. :P
and a faxed or emailed scan has always worked for me
Printing out a document, signing it, and then either faxing it or scanning and emailing it is not a "digital signature" of the nature that I believe GP is referring to.
I wonder how many papers you'd need to sign before the wacom option becomes cheaper than printing, and if the device would wear out before then...
I don't think you're a nutter for saying it, I just think you're a nutter for saying it now. The idea of remotely controlling ones electricity usage is nothing new. BGE routinely bugs me about offers of installing a thermostat that they can remotely control to reduce load on the grid during peak times (supposedly I can override their control, but I'm not real interested in having it in the first place so haven't looked into it). The only difference is this is about a different appliance than the AC/Furnace.
But government can because government is not bound by contractual obligations. The paper means nothing.
You truly are a moron. Many people have said it before, including in reply to this post, but it bears repeating again.
Oracle broke the fucking contract. Oracle and the government both agreed to a contract, and Oracle ignored the terms of that contract. I'll bet you think it's acceptable when a corporation does that to an individual too.