Except when the electrical grid breaks down hospitals, banks, and everyone else that runs something important has generators to make up for it. They don't have a generator that will let them access the database on the Internet a few thousand miles away though.
Openly auditable doesn't make it foolproof; there are ways to obfuscate things enough that people wouldn't pick up on them right away. Much like is done with certain things in public records already.
Many states, and the federal government are working on modifying current punishments for offenses. Mostly due to overcrowding in prisons due to the thousands of drug users that are filling them up at the moment.
So, eventually drug use may only carry a fine, or probation/house arrest, rather than jail time.
Of course, attorney's general (whether federal or state) tend to choose to pursue those crimes that will make them look the best in the light of the public for political reasons. Therefore you will more often see them go after high profile things like this, (ooo, cyber-crime, people will think we're doing good if we do that), or murders, rapes, those kinds of things that really piss people off, but affect very few of us.
All of this while they ignore nearly all white-collar crime. Why? Because people are worried about violent crime, and could care less if some CEO cheated us all out of a few billion.
This is a rare instance where you will see someone in his position pursuing something other than drugs or violent crime with vigor. I chalk it up to the newness of the cyber-crime initiative, and that it can be thrown around as a buzzword to make people think they give a damn about it.
New? He's been around for quite awhile, search for him in the users on slashdot and pick the Bruce Perens with the lowest user ID; it's him. There's a link to his bio that will tell you what he's been up to.
He used to reply to stories and comments quite often on here.
Well, the Native Americans probably didn't already have words for the people from those countries, or if they did they would have sounded too similar to the actual word. So, they came up with something that would be easy to remember.
How would you identify a person from Japan as being from Japan if you couldn't use the words Japan, Asia, Orient, or other similar words?
$38,000 CAD would be about $5,000 CAD in income taxes, so you take home $33,000 CAD or about $25,000 USD. Enough for $2000 USD a month.
I guess for a single person with no dependants that's livable. If you have any dependants you'd be screwed. The cost of living in Edmonton is slightly higher than that in Indianapolis (which is not too bad, you can get a two-bedroom apartment for $800-1000 in decent places)
Most libraries keep archives of old newspapers indefinitely. You can go there now and probably find any New York Times paper since it has existed in one form or another. (not necessarily in paper form, but maybe microfiche?)
So, if I want to listen to their music, I have to pay $15 for a cd. If I want to actually support them so they can make more music, I have to send $15 to their house?
Here's a better idea. Give them 50% of the original $15.
But how do I give this money to artists directly? Everytime I try to it seems like this mysterious group of people wearing black coats that say things like "MPAA", "Producer", "Agent", and "Record Label" mug me and take 99% of the money away. By the time I get to the artists house to give my voucher to him, all he gets is a little nip off the corner.
The Wachowski bothers have a thing for anagrams throughout all the movies. I.E. Neo = One.
There are also many references to Chicago (where they are from) The Loop is another word for the downtown chicago area. Wells and Lake is an intersection in Chicago, etc.
If you're going to argue that there could be a matrix within a matrix you might as well also argue that the whole movie is just a dream, and that this entire world is just a pretend world within another.
While it is indeed possible, there is no reason to believe that it is true, since it has no real bearing on the story. In fact, believing that it were true would make the entire story irrelevant and pointless.
Except the future sequels would more than likely repeat a similar plot as the first 3. War starts again, people are unplugged from the matrix to help fight the machines, etc. etc.
The only thing I wasn't certain on is whether Neo is dead or returned to battery status.
The programs were Indian, not the programmers. Although you could assume that the programs were written by other programs and therefore those programs would also be programmers.
What gets me is the people that continue through after the light turns red for so long that everyone who has a green light has to wait on them, so then the people after then going the other way have to wait again. In the end there is no net advantage to anyone except the first person to do it.
Because most of the ads on TV are from well established companies. Those on the web are not, and half the time are from companies also supported by advertising.
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Except when the electrical grid breaks down hospitals, banks, and everyone else that runs something important has generators to make up for it. They don't have a generator that will let them access the database on the Internet a few thousand miles away though.
Openly auditable doesn't make it foolproof; there are ways to obfuscate things enough that people wouldn't pick up on them right away. Much like is done with certain things in public records already.
Many states, and the federal government are working on modifying current punishments for offenses. Mostly due to overcrowding in prisons due to the thousands of drug users that are filling them up at the moment.
So, eventually drug use may only carry a fine, or probation/house arrest, rather than jail time.
Of course, attorney's general (whether federal or state) tend to choose to pursue those crimes that will make them look the best in the light of the public for political reasons. Therefore you will more often see them go after high profile things like this, (ooo, cyber-crime, people will think we're doing good if we do that), or murders, rapes, those kinds of things that really piss people off, but affect very few of us.
All of this while they ignore nearly all white-collar crime. Why? Because people are worried about violent crime, and could care less if some CEO cheated us all out of a few billion.
This is a rare instance where you will see someone in his position pursuing something other than drugs or violent crime with vigor. I chalk it up to the newness of the cyber-crime initiative, and that it can be thrown around as a buzzword to make people think they give a damn about it.
Queer eye for the linux guy?
Queer eye for the GUI?
New? He's been around for quite awhile, search for him in the users on slashdot and pick the Bruce Perens with the lowest user ID; it's him. There's a link to his bio that will tell you what he's been up to.
He used to reply to stories and comments quite often on here.
Looks after-market to me.
I would imagine tapes went quicker; there were very few cars manufactured eight track players, and probably none with LP's.
It is notable that many retail places no longer even sell movies on VHS, but still sell music on cassette.
Well, the Native Americans probably didn't already have words for the people from those countries, or if they did they would have sounded too similar to the actual word. So, they came up with something that would be easy to remember.
How would you identify a person from Japan as being from Japan if you couldn't use the words Japan, Asia, Orient, or other similar words?
$38,000 CAD would be about $5,000 CAD in income taxes, so you take home $33,000 CAD or about $25,000 USD. Enough for $2000 USD a month.
I guess for a single person with no dependants that's livable. If you have any dependants you'd be screwed. The cost of living in Edmonton is slightly higher than that in Indianapolis (which is not too bad, you can get a two-bedroom apartment for $800-1000 in decent places)
The librarians were the among the first to fight the Patriot Act, I imagine they will continue to fight until the bloody end if need be.
Most libraries keep archives of old newspapers indefinitely. You can go there now and probably find any New York Times paper since it has existed in one form or another. (not necessarily in paper form, but maybe microfiche?)
The moon does have an atmosphere, just not very much of one really.
So, if I want to listen to their music, I have to pay $15 for a cd. If I want to actually support them so they can make more music, I have to send $15 to their house?
Here's a better idea. Give them 50% of the original $15.
But how do I give this money to artists directly? Everytime I try to it seems like this mysterious group of people wearing black coats that say things like "MPAA", "Producer", "Agent", and "Record Label" mug me and take 99% of the money away. By the time I get to the artists house to give my voucher to him, all he gets is a little nip off the corner.
Abolition of private property doesn't mean that people will automatically ignore the right that they believe they have to acquire it.
The Wachowski bothers have a thing for anagrams throughout all the movies. I.E. Neo = One.
There are also many references to Chicago (where they are from) The Loop is another word for the downtown chicago area. Wells and Lake is an intersection in Chicago, etc.
If you're going to argue that there could be a matrix within a matrix you might as well also argue that the whole movie is just a dream, and that this entire world is just a pretend world within another.
While it is indeed possible, there is no reason to believe that it is true, since it has no real bearing on the story. In fact, believing that it were true would make the entire story irrelevant and pointless.
Except the future sequels would more than likely repeat a similar plot as the first 3. War starts again, people are unplugged from the matrix to help fight the machines, etc. etc.
The only thing I wasn't certain on is whether Neo is dead or returned to battery status.
The programs were Indian, not the programmers. Although you could assume that the programs were written by other programs and therefore those programs would also be programmers.
You can blame the politicans who dropped the bomb on Japan, but at some point it was a geek who invented the damn thing.
Put the blame where it is due.
Fuck the MPAA, sure; but don't fuck copyright laws.
What gets me is the people that continue through after the light turns red for so long that everyone who has a green light has to wait on them, so then the people after then going the other way have to wait again. In the end there is no net advantage to anyone except the first person to do it.
Because most of the ads on TV are from well established companies. Those on the web are not, and half the time are from companies also supported by advertising.
Exchanging advertisements between businesses for mutual benefit is not a good way to ensure continued success anyway.