So the suits can include it in their TPS reports. Seriously, you can always erase data; you can't un-erase data you never had to begin with. Therefore, if you're in doubt as to whether you'll need it in the future, you might as well save it.
Except why would the A.G. want God to grant any sort of mercy, spiritual or otherwise, to the convicted murderer? Wouldn't it make sense for the A.G. to want God to not grant him mercy?
If it's public then what's wrong with capturing it?
but also samples of payload data transmitted over these networks
If it was unencrypted data, then it's fair game. After all, if you choose to set up an unencrypted network, you are actively broadcasting your data to the world. That's your problem.
Another option: cross out the fine print that you don't understand, or which is not in your favor. The seller can either accept your alterations, negotiate them on a case-by-case basis, or reject them entirely. But either way, you had more than a simple choice to "take it or leave it".
That taught me a valuable lesson - not everything disappears.
Let's see if I have this right: you posted to a nationwide network of computers, whose primary purpose is to store and disseminate information posted to it, and you think entropy will somehow cause it to disappear magically?
So now I only post under fake names. I doubt I'll ever be a political appointee, but the future is always surprising. If I ever do have that kind of job where ALL my life's work becomes relevant, and people start digging through the web, I don't want some ancient Slashdot or Usenet posts to come back and haunt me.
What if you're asked to provide the IP addresses from which you posted anything in the past? More likely, what if your ISP gives you up? I hope you're using a proxy.
I already have a Star Trek replicator: it's called a DVD burner. I use it to replicate all my Star Trek movies.
In any case, Star Trek doesn't have a cultural monopoly on the idea of a replicator, or a transporter for that matter. Stop calling it a "Star Trek replicator" when it's really just a "replicator."
My thoughts exactly. Every time I pass a certain billboard, it seems to "know" I'm there and always shows me the same message. And it's not even one of those newfangled computer screen billboards.
It seems MS randomly selected the random-number generator. The next iteration will produce different results; you just need to wait for an alternate reality to see them.
Jason Scott and the Archive Team spent a chunk of time and energy trying to archive all Geocities content a couple of months ago. I applaud their efforts; it's only after the dust has cleared that we'll know whether or how valuable any of that info is.
The concept of rating something based on the weighted reputation of those entities that endorse it ("endorse" being used in the general sense) has been around, well, forever. People do it all the time when they decide who to trust. TFA should have been titled, "Brin and Page Rediscover Leontief-Type Algorithm from the 1940s" with the subtitle, "Journalists Finally Put Two and Two Together."
Why don't the airlines make a few "XL" sized seats, which they could even sell at a premium (like business class, only they'd be in coach)? If nobody paid extra, the airline would have to sell them at regular prices. That way people like Mr. Smith could reserve them (if they were still available).
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So the suits can include it in their TPS reports. Seriously, you can always erase data; you can't un-erase data you never had to begin with. Therefore, if you're in doubt as to whether you'll need it in the future, you might as well save it.
Make it 15 years from the time it was created or something.
Naah, that would only give people incentive to invent a time machine so they could jump forward 15 years.
Except why would the A.G. want God to grant any sort of mercy, spiritual or otherwise, to the convicted murderer? Wouldn't it make sense for the A.G. to want God to not grant him mercy?
I could care less.
Nothing new here. For years, the smells along the NJ Turnpike have been subliminally advertising BP.
If it's public then what's wrong with capturing it?
If it was unencrypted data, then it's fair game. After all, if you choose to set up an unencrypted network, you are actively broadcasting your data to the world. That's your problem.
Another option: cross out the fine print that you don't understand, or which is not in your favor. The seller can either accept your alterations, negotiate them on a case-by-case basis, or reject them entirely. But either way, you had more than a simple choice to "take it or leave it".
We need to resurrect NAPLPS. If it was good enough for Prodigy...
That taught me a valuable lesson - not everything disappears.
Let's see if I have this right: you posted to a nationwide network of computers, whose primary purpose is to store and disseminate information posted to it, and you think entropy will somehow cause it to disappear magically?
So now I only post under fake names. I doubt I'll ever be a political appointee, but the future is always surprising. If I ever do have that kind of job where ALL my life's work becomes relevant, and people start digging through the web, I don't want some ancient Slashdot or Usenet posts to come back and haunt me.
What if you're asked to provide the IP addresses from which you posted anything in the past? More likely, what if your ISP gives you up? I hope you're using a proxy.
Wouldn't that be the Edsel?
Yes, they need to "eat mor chikn."
They should replace "2.0" with "Freedom."
I've heard of 3G programming languages (remember those from the 1980s?) but how do you program something in 4D?
I already have a Star Trek replicator: it's called a DVD burner. I use it to replicate all my Star Trek movies. In any case, Star Trek doesn't have a cultural monopoly on the idea of a replicator, or a transporter for that matter. Stop calling it a "Star Trek replicator" when it's really just a "replicator."
Yeah, but she hates men. That's hot.
That would be a denasal of service.
My thoughts exactly. Every time I pass a certain billboard, it seems to "know" I'm there and always shows me the same message. And it's not even one of those newfangled computer screen billboards.
It seems MS randomly selected the random-number generator. The next iteration will produce different results; you just need to wait for an alternate reality to see them.
Jason Scott and the Archive Team spent a chunk of time and energy trying to archive all Geocities content a couple of months ago. I applaud their efforts; it's only after the dust has cleared that we'll know whether or how valuable any of that info is.
As a hairy Canadian geek I say woohoo!
But why can't I get laid?
There's your problem right there.
The concept of rating something based on the weighted reputation of those entities that endorse it ("endorse" being used in the general sense) has been around, well, forever. People do it all the time when they decide who to trust. TFA should have been titled, "Brin and Page Rediscover Leontief-Type Algorithm from the 1940s" with the subtitle, "Journalists Finally Put Two and Two Together."
Why don't the airlines make a few "XL" sized seats, which they could even sell at a premium (like business class, only they'd be in coach)? If nobody paid extra, the airline would have to sell them at regular prices. That way people like Mr. Smith could reserve them (if they were still available).
Isn't every politician running for office attempting to seize control of the government?
"Super Bowl" may be copyrighted but "super Bowl" isn't. I'm having a super Bowl party.
You did know that practice of law or practice of medicine without a license is a crime, right?
I am not a lawyer, yet I'm allowed to act act as my own defense attorney, thus practicing law without a license.