Wait just a minute! A "God Box" wasn't mentioned in the article summary. This can only mean one thing... Zonk must have read the article before posting. What is this world coming to?
That's the beauty of the evolution of open source software. Unneeded features that slow development can be dropped just as easily (if not easier) as new features can be added. If there is a strong enough demand for that particular feature, the users can maintain their own fork or pay someone to do it for them. No one should expect a free ride, let alone make demands on the developers.
One thing the users of the feature might consider is contacting Oracle. Let them know that the reason they are using their database is because of application X, and application X will soon no longer support Oracle. If this happens, they will no longer be able to continue to use Oracle. See if Oracle can devote some man-hours to contributing patches for their database.
If not, remember that you get what you pay for. You are shelling out $$$ for Oracle, but not spending any on your app. Consider an appropriately-sized "donation" to a project developer to keep the feature that keeps you in business.
They are basing their argument on a flawed assumption. They assume that the first chicken would have had to come from an egg because its genetic material says that it grows from an egg. It is entirely possible that the first chicken was born of a non-egg and of course without changing its genetic makeup, laid the first egg. There are examples of animals with multiple reproductive paths to the same result. Think of hydras, jellyfish, yeasts, fungi, aphids, slime molds and sea anemones to name a few.
I still believe that the first chicken was actually born of the very last chicken egg in existence, transported back in time by his noodly appendage.
Teachers and administrative staff were held to the same accountability
There was proper oversight and an established appeals process just in case one creative "student" were to, for example, frame another student or administrator.
I know that if this kind of thing went on at a school I attended, for some reason all the administrators BSDM sites would be "leaked" to the rest of the school.
For those of you not immediately familiar with exactly what a Neptune-sized object is, it is about 12.645679 sextillion Volkswagens (go ahead, look it up. I have time). Now, as to why they would categorize an object that is 41 light-years away as 'nearby' is another question.
(Go ahead, tell me the tale of how immensely huge the universe is and how 41 light-years away can only be described as nearby. Then tell me you won't mind helping me move if it's 'nearby')
Seriously, if this is anything big enough to where you have investors, let your friend be the CEO. Go ahead and take on the role of CTO or whatever 3-initial title you find appropriate.
You're going to have enough on your hands just making sure that your idea gets implemented correctly. Let someone else handle the issues of licensing, stocks, quarterly filings and investor reports. Do what you each do best. Don't let your friend muck with the servers, and don't you go stepping in the books.
That doesn't mean that you should give him free reign or that he is more valuable. Make sure that if you agreed to split 50/50 in the beginning, that you are still split 50/50 as far as profitability and ownership goes. Just make sure that you're clear that if there is a technical issue to be resolved, you are the final word. Also make sure that you understand that a Finance Major should have the final word on financial matters.
As far as splitting "ownership, power, etc" don't bother. Again, let each of you do what he/she does best. Let your friend have all the "power" on the corporate side of things, and you have all the "power" on the technical implementation side of things. Leverage your strengths and don't let jealousy get in the way of bringing something to life.
And remember - keep him away from the damn servers!
The kernel is GPL2 without the "or a later version" wording. All the contributions are GPL2. In order to convert the kernel to GPL(!2), you need to get approval from every single contributor to the kernel whose code is in any way in the kernel. Now, let's say you manage to do this, including approval from the executors of the estates of contributors who have passed on, you still need approval from Linus himself. Linus has already stated that he has no intentions of converting to GPL(!2).
Now, you could of course pseudo-fork the kernel by managing to get approval for all contributors, living and dead, aside from Linus. You could then re-write any code worked on by Linus (which, still, is a very substantial amount) and have a Linux-like system under the GPL(!2). Now, you just have to get approval to use the Linux trademark. Somehow, I doubt that will happen.
*For finite values of 'ever.' Restricted to this universe.
Just like DMCA-takedown notices that Google uses to highlight the fact that you are missing content (and additionally direct you to the content you are missing), simply put a banner on the search results for any Verizon customer that says something similar to:
Your Internet Service Provider has intentionally degraded the speed at which this page loads. If you would like your search results at full speed, please contact Verizon at 800-483-4000.
McBride, however, disagreed, saying litigation doesn't benefit artists.
"Litigation is not 'artist development,'" McBride said. "Litigation is a deterrent to creativity and passion and it is hurting the business I love. The current actions of the RIAA are not in my artists' best interests."
So now I'm supposed to cheer for someone named McBride?
Project 1: Gather up all the cast-off caps, surface mount parts, bits of stripped wire, and dust bunnies on the floor. Place them into a cylindrical faraday cage, lined with an insulative material, and leave the top off the cage so the odd gamma ray strikes them. See if they self-assemble into something interesting
Project 2: Perform high-energy tests of the superstring theory in the ovens. In order to assure that you have the required symmetries, you're going to have to use a bit of that easy-off and clean the gunk off the inside of the ovens first.
Project 3: Test for new low-temperature superconductors. Remember that you're going to have to refill all the empty CO2 canisters first.
Project 4: Perform a detailed analysis of the wave reflection properties of aluminum vs. tin foil. To ensure an accurate reading, recalibrating the electron microscope is going to be necessary. It's a 10-hour job, so make sure you start the minute you get off of work.
I'm sure I can come up with more projects for you. Let me know when you've finished these first.
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Hot water vs cold water freezing is simple. The hot water freezes faster.
The reason this happens is that the hot water begins to evaporate reducing its volume (and cooling off very quickly) so there is less water to actually freeze. Less water freezes faster. Grab yourself a couple 9x12 baking pans, fill one with hot water and one with cold water and place outside in some snow (or in your freezer, but keep in mind if your freezer isn't a frost-free model, this is generally a bad idea) and wait until one freezes. It will be the hot water pan.
Now, if you are freezing water with the intention of making ice, use cold water as you will end up with more of it.
If Rose was able to destroy the Daleks by simply having a long look at the TARDIS core, then why did the entire Gallifreyian species die out in the Dalek conflict? Were none of them able to do the same?
Remember, the Doctor's TARDIS is unique. It's also possible that there are some causality issues that we are unaware of.
Why was the Doctor able to survive the exposure?
He didn't.
Ok, I know he kind of did. Remember, the exposure he got was second-hand.
Why did Rose choose the words "Bad Wolf?" Why were they significant? Was there any useful meaning?
That's impossible to determine from what we saw. We know that the name of the corporation on the ship where the Dalek's invaded was called "Bad Wolf" but without knowing more information on the origination of the predestination paradox, we can't be certain if this is the cause of or a result of the "Bad Wolf."
Why would the Autons, the Rift, the Slovenes, the gas creatures, and Rose's home all be in Cardiff? I'd never heard of this place before; the coincidence strains credulity.
You mean aside from the cost of production?;) The rift was there because of the gas creatures. The Slithienes (sp?) were there because of the rift. The Auton's were most likely also there because of the rift (you have to power that dish somehow). Rose's home was in Cardiff by default, as we wouldn't be asking this question if the Doctor wasn't in Cardiff fighting the Autons who were there because of the rift which was there because of the gas creatures which brought thier own distruction by opening the rift near Rose's home.
Actually, I rather enjoy the writing. As you said, the interpersonal elements are very well done. As far as any perceived problem with "some kind of big beam from the sky hitting the Tardis as a way of resolving the plot" you need to realize that that particular part isn't as important.
Take what is quite possibly the world's greatest plot device - the Sonic Screwdriver (tm). There are many things that get in the Doctor's way. People, Daleks, the gap of the emotional understanding and motivations of the human species. Those are interesting challenges and make for good television. Opening a locked door isn't as interesting.
The Bad Wolf plot was not a let down for me. Remember the episode where Rose saved her father and caused a temporal paradox (sorry if there is a better term, years of Star Trek have embedded that one in me.)? It showed that normally there is a limit that you can mess around with the timeline at. Again, it wouldn't be much of a show if you could just go back in time and accidently land the TARDIS on top of the creator of your greatest enemy before he creates them. What the Bad Wolf episode also showed is that those paradoxes can be resolved. What can be more dramatic than Rose desperately trying to get the TARDIS flying on what she knows may be a one-way trip to her death for the slight chance that she can do something to save "her Doctor."
Again, simple matters of how to open a door don't make for good drama. Telling a crazed, alien-nanite infused, scared, lethal, 6-year old to go to his room in a convincing manner... Sacrificing yourself to time-eating demons to defend your (relatively) innocent companion... Flying the TARDIS into a Dalek ambush to turn certain death into a fighting chance for life... brilliant!
The problem is all the arctic ice ABOVE the water level. Do they not teach logic in schools any more?
Sadly, it appears they do not. The position of the ice either above or below the water level has absolutely nothing to do with its displacement. If the ice is floating in water, when it melts it will take exactly the same amount of volume as the volume of water it displaces.
A really cool guy named Archimedies figures this out a long time ago. You might want to read up on his work. This is a good start.
Now, as far as the reflection of radiant and such, I never said that it wouldn't change anything. I just don't believe it will cause a cascading death spiral resulting in the extinction of mankind by mutant polar bears.
Remember, the north pole is cold for a reason. It gets very little direct sunlight. During the 6 months that it gets any sunlight at all, it is at a very low angle. The amount of heat absorbed or reflected by seawater vs ice sheets at that angle is much smaller than you lead people to believe.
Ice is less dense than water, so we might even see sea levels *decline*
Sadly, no. The difference in density between ice and water is manifested in the ice that is above the water line. Grab yourself a tall clear glass, fill it half way with water and add a big ice cube. Mark the water line. Come back in an hour once the ice cube melts and check the water line. It will be in exactly the same place.
Remember, the ability of an object to float is not (directly) related to its density. Its related to its ability to displace water and its mass. The reason submarines float (or sink) is because their shape displaces a greater mass of water than the equivalent mass of water that would fill their volume.
If you take a piece of steel and put it in a bucket, it sinks and raises the volume of the bucket by the volume of the steel. Take that same piece of steel and form it into a boat hull and it will float -- and the volume of the bucket will increase by exactly the same amount even though all of the steel is not submerged.
Well, the melting of the Arctic ice cap would be annoying to several dozen polar bears, and it will have a very strong effect on Greenpeace members. As to its effect on sea levels, that's something a little less strong.
For something to float, it must displace an equal mass of whatever its floating in. By definition, the north polar ice cap is displacing exactly its own mass in water. If it were to melt, the displaced water would take exactly the same amount of volume as the submerged ice. This would cause the world's ocean levels to rise by the exact amount of zero plus the volume of several dozen annoyed polar bears.
Now, if the Antarctic ice cap were to melt, we'd be in a world of hurt. The southern ice cap does not float in water, it is on top of land which means that the entire volume of any melted ice is added to the seas.
As far as its immediate effect, salinity in the local area would be impacted if we say, microwaved it away from space in the span of a month. And although IANAOS (oceanographic scientist), if it were to slowly melt away over a century, the salinity shouldn't be a factor. And if it becomes a factor for some reason, we have time to dump barges of salt.
Of course, there is always the outside possibility of the lowered salinity disrupting the gulf stream and turning the entire earth into an ideal habitat for the polar bears, who experience a rapid genetic mutation from the additional UV radiation from the depleted ozone layer and hunt mankind to extinction for getting them all wet in the first place.
Hmm... looks like a personal page. Not too sure what to make of the comic. Anyway, let's move on to..
Step 2: Let's look at his author page. Some interesting stuff here, including three separate e-mail addresses (which I won't post here. You're welcome:)
A-ha! There is a link to his employer! It's Economic History Services. And what do you know... there are a significant number of pages (especially under abstracts and book reviews) that seem to come straight out of a word processor, only with extensive cleaning. A quick look at the source reveals something interesting. It's clean. Very clean. We're talking on the level of I-use-vim-for-my-webpage-editor clean. Nice job.
Anyway, it looks like it was done by hand. I'm not saying its not good work (quite to the contrary), but I can see your need for an automated solution.
There is no way that MS wrote that page. Let's look at why:
There is dynamic content on the page AND it works in Firefox.
If you click on the "Start" button in the upper left, they list Slashdot as a "staff pick" feed.
I know that I might be on some kind of illicit substance here, but if you click on the "we're hiring" link at the bottom... they use transparent PNG's!
Aside from the domains and content, the only thing that makes it look like MS designed the page is the fact that it fails the W3C validator. Even then, it fails on rather irrelevant items.
I think MS just hired away some Google programmers out of China without them knowing about it.
I seriously hope that this causes no end of headaches for people across the world. I know of at least one system that I have at my office that is 100% legitimate and licensed, but will fail the authenticity check. It's a boxed Dell with the windows xp pro hologram sticker with the cd key on its side. At one point, the system was hosed to the point of needing reinstalling. I had just taken the job and there were no system images or proper cd's around. The sticker said WinXP sp1 and had its cd key. All the cd's at the office were either Compaq branded or WinXP sp2. So, I install with SP2 expecting my hologram'd sticker with the cd key to work. It didn't. Some fairy dust later and everything was installed and running.
So here I had a legitimate paid licensed Windows XP Professional computer which will not pass the windows licensing scheme. I'll have to dig out a SP1 cd sometime and reinstall with the actual key so it will pass.
I'm not saying its Microsoft's fault that the business didn't keep track of the original cd's. I'm just saying that I seriously hope this scenario is played out millions of times across the globe.
I'm off to ssh into my home computer and emerge sync && emerge world -uD right now.
Yeah.... sorry about that one. There is at least one additional rule that goes along with innocent until proven guilty. It's guilty until proven American.
Innocent until proven guilty. Although that statement is ignored just as often in the US as it is in England, laws that we pass try to at least give the impression that we respect it. So, here is how things go if this passes...
GoodGuy has a friend who is in some domestic trouble and is hiding some of his assets in off-shore accounts. He keeps his friends account information in an encrypted folder on his computer because his friend doesn't want to lose it and trusts him.
EvilAgentMan thinks GoodGuy is a terrorist planning on taking over the world, due to his recent purchase of a salt water aquarium, baby sharks, laser pointers and duct tape. He charges GoodGuy as being a EvilDoer(TM) and puts him in jail. While looking for evidence, he notices an encrypted folder on GoodGuy's computer. He tells GoodGuy that he must hand over his encryption keys or be charged with the crime of not handing over his encryption keys. He must decide on going to jail for something he is completely innocent of, or releasing potentially incriminating evidence on his friend....Time to get pricing on high speed internet access on the moon I guess. This planet's done for.
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Does this mean that Amazon will send me free cookies with a card reminding me to check out my gold box?
If so, I'm all for it!
That's the beauty of the evolution of open source software. Unneeded features that slow development can be dropped just as easily (if not easier) as new features can be added. If there is a strong enough demand for that particular feature, the users can maintain their own fork or pay someone to do it for them. No one should expect a free ride, let alone make demands on the developers.
One thing the users of the feature might consider is contacting Oracle. Let them know that the reason they are using their database is because of application X, and application X will soon no longer support Oracle. If this happens, they will no longer be able to continue to use Oracle. See if Oracle can devote some man-hours to contributing patches for their database.
If not, remember that you get what you pay for. You are shelling out $$$ for Oracle, but not spending any on your app. Consider an appropriately-sized "donation" to a project developer to keep the feature that keeps you in business.
I think what the GP poster was saying amounts to:
If you find a trillion dollar miracle cure from my dirt, what do I get out of it?
They are basing their argument on a flawed assumption. They assume that the first chicken would have had to come from an egg because its genetic material says that it grows from an egg. It is entirely possible that the first chicken was born of a non-egg and of course without changing its genetic makeup, laid the first egg. There are examples of animals with multiple reproductive paths to the same result. Think of hydras, jellyfish, yeasts, fungi, aphids, slime molds and sea anemones to name a few.
I still believe that the first chicken was actually born of the very last chicken egg in existence, transported back in time by his noodly appendage.
So, what does a mobius chicken taste like?
I know that if this kind of thing went on at a school I attended, for some reason all the administrators BSDM sites would be "leaked" to the rest of the school.
For those of you not immediately familiar with exactly what a Neptune-sized object is, it is about 12.645679 sextillion Volkswagens (go ahead, look it up. I have time). Now, as to why they would categorize an object that is 41 light-years away as 'nearby' is another question.
(Go ahead, tell me the tale of how immensely huge the universe is and how 41 light-years away can only be described as nearby. Then tell me you won't mind helping me move if it's 'nearby')
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Seriously, if this is anything big enough to where you have investors, let your friend be the CEO. Go ahead and take on the role of CTO or whatever 3-initial title you find appropriate.
You're going to have enough on your hands just making sure that your idea gets implemented correctly. Let someone else handle the issues of licensing, stocks, quarterly filings and investor reports. Do what you each do best. Don't let your friend muck with the servers, and don't you go stepping in the books.
That doesn't mean that you should give him free reign or that he is more valuable. Make sure that if you agreed to split 50/50 in the beginning, that you are still split 50/50 as far as profitability and ownership goes. Just make sure that you're clear that if there is a technical issue to be resolved, you are the final word. Also make sure that you understand that a Finance Major should have the final word on financial matters.
As far as splitting "ownership, power, etc" don't bother. Again, let each of you do what he/she does best. Let your friend have all the "power" on the corporate side of things, and you have all the "power" on the technical implementation side of things. Leverage your strengths and don't let jealousy get in the way of bringing something to life.
And remember - keep him away from the damn servers!
How else could people post articles in The Mysterious Future?
Ever.*
The kernel is GPL2 without the "or a later version" wording. All the contributions are GPL2. In order to convert the kernel to GPL(!2), you need to get approval from every single contributor to the kernel whose code is in any way in the kernel. Now, let's say you manage to do this, including approval from the executors of the estates of contributors who have passed on, you still need approval from Linus himself. Linus has already stated that he has no intentions of converting to GPL(!2).
Now, you could of course pseudo-fork the kernel by managing to get approval for all contributors, living and dead, aside from Linus. You could then re-write any code worked on by Linus (which, still, is a very substantial amount) and have a Linux-like system under the GPL(!2). Now, you just have to get approval to use the Linux trademark. Somehow, I doubt that will happen.
*For finite values of 'ever.' Restricted to this universe.
I've got a couple project ideas for you!
Project 1: Gather up all the cast-off caps, surface mount parts, bits of stripped wire, and dust bunnies on the floor. Place them into a cylindrical faraday cage, lined with an insulative material, and leave the top off the cage so the odd gamma ray strikes them. See if they self-assemble into something interesting
Project 2: Perform high-energy tests of the superstring theory in the ovens. In order to assure that you have the required symmetries, you're going to have to use a bit of that easy-off and clean the gunk off the inside of the ovens first.
Project 3: Test for new low-temperature superconductors. Remember that you're going to have to refill all the empty CO2 canisters first.
Project 4: Perform a detailed analysis of the wave reflection properties of aluminum vs. tin foil. To ensure an accurate reading, recalibrating the electron microscope is going to be necessary. It's a 10-hour job, so make sure you start the minute you get off of work.
I'm sure I can come up with more projects for you. Let me know when you've finished these first.
Hot water vs cold water freezing is simple. The hot water freezes faster.
The reason this happens is that the hot water begins to evaporate reducing its volume (and cooling off very quickly) so there is less water to actually freeze. Less water freezes faster. Grab yourself a couple 9x12 baking pans, fill one with hot water and one with cold water and place outside in some snow (or in your freezer, but keep in mind if your freezer isn't a frost-free model, this is generally a bad idea) and wait until one freezes. It will be the hot water pan.
Now, if you are freezing water with the intention of making ice, use cold water as you will end up with more of it.
He didn't.
Ok, I know he kind of did. Remember, the exposure he got was second-hand.
That's impossible to determine from what we saw. We know that the name of the corporation on the ship where the Dalek's invaded was called "Bad Wolf" but without knowing more information on the origination of the predestination paradox, we can't be certain if this is the cause of or a result of the "Bad Wolf."
You mean aside from the cost of production?
Actually, I rather enjoy the writing. As you said, the interpersonal elements are very well done. As far as any perceived problem with "some kind of big beam from the sky hitting the Tardis as a way of resolving the plot" you need to realize that that particular part isn't as important.
Take what is quite possibly the world's greatest plot device - the Sonic Screwdriver (tm). There are many things that get in the Doctor's way. People, Daleks, the gap of the emotional understanding and motivations of the human species. Those are interesting challenges and make for good television. Opening a locked door isn't as interesting.
The Bad Wolf plot was not a let down for me. Remember the episode where Rose saved her father and caused a temporal paradox (sorry if there is a better term, years of Star Trek have embedded that one in me.)? It showed that normally there is a limit that you can mess around with the timeline at. Again, it wouldn't be much of a show if you could just go back in time and accidently land the TARDIS on top of the creator of your greatest enemy before he creates them. What the Bad Wolf episode also showed is that those paradoxes can be resolved. What can be more dramatic than Rose desperately trying to get the TARDIS flying on what she knows may be a one-way trip to her death for the slight chance that she can do something to save "her Doctor."
Again, simple matters of how to open a door don't make for good drama. Telling a crazed, alien-nanite infused, scared, lethal, 6-year old to go to his room in a convincing manner... Sacrificing yourself to time-eating demons to defend your (relatively) innocent companion... Flying the TARDIS into a Dalek ambush to turn certain death into a fighting chance for life... brilliant!
A really cool guy named Archimedies figures this out a long time ago. You might want to read up on his work. This is a good start.
Now, as far as the reflection of radiant and such, I never said that it wouldn't change anything. I just don't believe it will cause a cascading death spiral resulting in the extinction of mankind by mutant polar bears.
Remember, the north pole is cold for a reason. It gets very little direct sunlight. During the 6 months that it gets any sunlight at all, it is at a very low angle. The amount of heat absorbed or reflected by seawater vs ice sheets at that angle is much smaller than you lead people to believe.
Remember, the ability of an object to float is not (directly) related to its density. Its related to its ability to displace water and its mass. The reason submarines float (or sink) is because their shape displaces a greater mass of water than the equivalent mass of water that would fill their volume.
If you take a piece of steel and put it in a bucket, it sinks and raises the volume of the bucket by the volume of the steel. Take that same piece of steel and form it into a boat hull and it will float -- and the volume of the bucket will increase by exactly the same amount even though all of the steel is not submerged.
Well, the melting of the Arctic ice cap would be annoying to several dozen polar bears, and it will have a very strong effect on Greenpeace members. As to its effect on sea levels, that's something a little less strong.
For something to float, it must displace an equal mass of whatever its floating in. By definition, the north polar ice cap is displacing exactly its own mass in water. If it were to melt, the displaced water would take exactly the same amount of volume as the submerged ice. This would cause the world's ocean levels to rise by the exact amount of zero plus the volume of several dozen annoyed polar bears.
Now, if the Antarctic ice cap were to melt, we'd be in a world of hurt. The southern ice cap does not float in water, it is on top of land which means that the entire volume of any melted ice is added to the seas.
As far as its immediate effect, salinity in the local area would be impacted if we say, microwaved it away from space in the span of a month. And although IANAOS (oceanographic scientist), if it were to slowly melt away over a century, the salinity shouldn't be a factor. And if it becomes a factor for some reason, we have time to dump barges of salt.
Of course, there is always the outside possibility of the lowered salinity disrupting the gulf stream and turning the entire earth into an ideal habitat for the polar bears, who experience a rapid genetic mutation from the additional UV radiation from the depleted ozone layer and hunt mankind to extinction for getting them all wet in the first place.
Hmmm... sounds like a challenge to me. Let's see what we can dig up.
:)
Step 1: Let's look at his user page
Ahh! He put in a website with his profile. Let's all go and check out http://fennec.homedns.org/
Hmm... looks like a personal page. Not too sure what to make of the comic. Anyway, let's move on to..
Step 2: Let's look at his author page. Some interesting stuff here, including three separate e-mail addresses (which I won't post here. You're welcome
A-ha! There is a link to his employer! It's Economic History Services. And what do you know... there are a significant number of pages (especially under abstracts and book reviews) that seem to come straight out of a word processor, only with extensive cleaning. A quick look at the source reveals something interesting. It's clean. Very clean. We're talking on the level of I-use-vim-for-my-webpage-editor clean. Nice job.
Anyway, it looks like it was done by hand. I'm not saying its not good work (quite to the contrary), but I can see your need for an automated solution.
Aside from the domains and content, the only thing that makes it look like MS designed the page is the fact that it fails the W3C validator. Even then, it fails on rather irrelevant items.
I think MS just hired away some Google programmers out of China without them knowing about it.
I seriously hope that this causes no end of headaches for people across the world. I know of at least one system that I have at my office that is 100% legitimate and licensed, but will fail the authenticity check. It's a boxed Dell with the windows xp pro hologram sticker with the cd key on its side. At one point, the system was hosed to the point of needing reinstalling. I had just taken the job and there were no system images or proper cd's around. The sticker said WinXP sp1 and had its cd key. All the cd's at the office were either Compaq branded or WinXP sp2. So, I install with SP2 expecting my hologram'd sticker with the cd key to work. It didn't. Some fairy dust later and everything was installed and running.
So here I had a legitimate paid licensed Windows XP Professional computer which will not pass the windows licensing scheme. I'll have to dig out a SP1 cd sometime and reinstall with the actual key so it will pass.
I'm not saying its Microsoft's fault that the business didn't keep track of the original cd's. I'm just saying that I seriously hope this scenario is played out millions of times across the globe.
I'm off to ssh into my home computer and emerge sync && emerge world -uD right now.
There is at least one additional rule that goes along with innocent until proven guilty. It's guilty until proven American.
Innocent until proven guilty. Although that statement is ignored just as often in the US as it is in England, laws that we pass try to at least give the impression that we respect it. So, here is how things go if this passes...
...Time to get pricing on high speed internet access on the moon I guess. This planet's done for.
GoodGuy has a friend who is in some domestic trouble and is hiding some of his assets in off-shore accounts. He keeps his friends account information in an encrypted folder on his computer because his friend doesn't want to lose it and trusts him.
EvilAgentMan thinks GoodGuy is a terrorist planning on taking over the world, due to his recent purchase of a salt water aquarium, baby sharks, laser pointers and duct tape. He charges GoodGuy as being a EvilDoer(TM) and puts him in jail. While looking for evidence, he notices an encrypted folder on GoodGuy's computer. He tells GoodGuy that he must hand over his encryption keys or be charged with the crime of not handing over his encryption keys. He must decide on going to jail for something he is completely innocent of, or releasing potentially incriminating evidence on his friend.