Accelerating anything charged will get you that synchronous radiation. Electrons, muons or protons. Now, there are neutral muons that don't have this problem, but how would you accelerate those? They don't respond to the electromagnetic forces used to accelerate charged particles . . .
Skiing is definitely separated by sex! In cross-country skiing, men have the same advantages over women as in running. Look up the timing, men are faster. In downhill skiing, strength is needed to withstand several G when turning quickly. Men has a big advantage because they are stronger.
The only cases where gender separation isn't needed, would be those where neither strength nor endurance matters. Maybe shooting, where good aim is what you need?
"So make your document on A4 and print it on A3 at 141%."
That doesn't work well, fonts cannot be scaled like that. At least the good ones has different glyphs for different sizes. Well, perhaps word don't take advantage of that...
The purpose of a course may very well be something like "learn math up to some level, _and_ prepare the student for more advanced work". Obligatory latex exercises can very well be part of the latter.
The math in some course may be doable in word, but teachers know it'll be way too much work to get right later on.
What mineral would anyone want to go to the moon for? Shipping gold or diamonds are not worthwhile, the shipping cost alone is more than the stuff is worth.
Not needing to reinstall at all, is one of the nice things with linux. Just upgrade now and then - for years and years. An upgrade normally "just works" and you don't have to re-do any customizations.
And in the rare occations when there is some trouble, just paste the error message into google and find how to fix it.
DLL Hell? Debian seems to get this right - using package dependencies.
Upgrading an app may pull in a new version of some library. This, in turn, pulls in newer versions of 15 other apps using the same library. So the upgrade got bigger than expected, but it works.
If someone steals my car then they are responsible for whatever wrong they use it for, even with broken brakes. But there are laws about securing dangerous equipment. I cannot legally store a gun where someone can steal it without breaking something to get at it. A criminal would be responsible for abusing the gun, but I'd be guilty of not securing it.
So the question is, how dangerous is a networked pc?
DeCSS is not a problem, just as xerox machines aren't a problem. Either may be used to make legal copies, either may be used to make illegal copies of copyrighted stuff.
DeCSS don't make illegal copies of other people's work - people do.
I totally agree that if you buy a commercial product at a fair price, you have the right to do whatever you want with it because you paid for the hardware and own it.
Good. People bought the camera, and so they have the right to take it apart and and use the parts for their own purposes. Ritz can change business model or price if they don't like this.
However, the business model of providing a product at cost or a loss in order to sell consumables or service is (IMHO) vital to getting technology and higher ticket items into the hands of those who cannot afford it and don't have the credit to finance it. Now inkjets are a bad example because (again, IMO) they try to make too much on the cartridges. But what about broadband? How far would we be if ISP's hadn't ponied up the $$$ for the cable and dsl modems? It was easy for them, because of the "last mile" monopolies, there was little chance the hardware would be used for any other service or purpose. But Ritz tried to bring this business model into an area where consumers are paying more than they need to for film and developing, in many cases because they can't afford a digital camera and printer.
Wrong. Ritz sold the camera. If they did so at a loss it is their problem and they don't need "protection". It is their problem if they go bankrupt for doing something stupid when the masses unexpectedly take advantage of it. Assuming that everybody is too dumb for such a hack is stupid business - it only takes one to make a crack for everybody.
They could have a safe business model by renting out those cameras instead. They could forbid modifications to the camera they own, and withdraw it if used in "inappropriate" ways. (ADSL providers where I live use this model - they don't sell ADSL modems, they merely let you use them for a fee.)
There is no ethic problem whatsoever, even if someone starts a shop doing mass-modification on such cameras. Sure, Ritz will have to stop selling them for $10 then. They can still rent them out for $10 - essentially the same business model but now they retain ownership.
If O2 is the problem - store the dvd's (and player) in a "gas chamber" free of O2. One of those portable containers meant for keeping food cold should be fine. Put some dry ice in it and there won't be any O2 inside. Nitrogen is cheap too.
Things don't necessarily get "newbie-friendly" just because you make it web-based. Consider web-based bash, where you submit commands one at a time, and the rest of the page is the resulting output. Web-based but no improvement whatsoever over telnet.
<i>If somebody gets $10,000 worth of equipment for $10 by price-changing the order form, all the company has to do to justify legal action is demonstrate to the court that the purchaser deliberately intended to defraud the company. Editing the html to change the hidden price fields is a pretty clear intent. </i> <p> Try it. You can't prove that someone edited the html tags. They'll just say "I placed an order using my browser, sure - it was dead cheap - I though it was a special offer or something."
Trivial. You prepare new prices. You bring down the webserver, do the price update, and bring it up again. A few people have to reconnect. You don't have to change store prices every hour, so this is not a problem. (You may want to sit all day and enter new prices, but you don't need to update the DB continuously)
Same thing for credit agencies -- when someone runs a credit report on me, I get notification of that fact, and maybe even a copy of their credit report to boot. At their expense, of course -- they initiated it!
Yuk. I don't want to get spammed with credit reports about all sorts of salesmen...
I can't tell you how many times I've wanted to strangle the lady two rows back that is having a loud conversation with someone about her self-actualization "techniques"
Start talking loudly to no-one in particular about the problem of rude cell-phone users. Be loud enough that the lady hears it.
or the guy who is completely in love with himself and is bullshitting some poor soul over the phone about his "excellent" career
A jammer won't stop him, cause his phone isn't on anyway. Maybe its a fake phone even. He's just trying to be cool.
I can see why you don't like "nigger" or "fag" used for this purpose - but whats wrong with asshole? These phone people are assholes, and nobody cares if "asshole" is used in a negative manner.
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Accelerating anything charged will get you that synchronous radiation. Electrons, muons or protons. Now, there are neutral muons that don't have this problem, but how would you accelerate those? They don't respond to the electromagnetic forces used to accelerate charged particles . . .
Skiing is definitely separated by sex! In cross-country skiing, men have the same advantages over women as in running. Look up the timing, men are faster. In downhill skiing, strength is needed to withstand several G when turning quickly. Men has a big advantage because they are stronger.
The only cases where gender separation isn't needed, would be those where neither strength nor endurance matters. Maybe shooting, where good aim is what you need?
If the music won't last forever, how about paying with money that won't last forever either. Bad music paid with bad cheques . . .
"So make your document on A4 and print it on A3 at 141%."
That doesn't work well, fonts cannot be scaled like that. At least the good ones has different glyphs for different sizes. Well, perhaps word don't take advantage of that...
The purpose of a course may very well be something like "learn math up to some level, _and_ prepare the student for more advanced work". Obligatory latex exercises can very well be part of the latter.
The math in some course may be doable in word, but teachers know it'll be way too much work to get right later on.
First line tech support for dummy users - for life.
What mineral would anyone want to go to the moon for? Shipping gold or diamonds are not worthwhile, the shipping cost alone is more than the stuff is worth.
Not needing to reinstall at all, is one of the nice things with linux. Just upgrade now and then - for years and years. An upgrade normally "just works" and you don't have to re-do any customizations.
And in the rare occations when there is some trouble, just paste the error message into google and find how to fix it.
DLL Hell?
Debian seems to get this right - using package dependencies.
Upgrading an app may pull in a new version of some library. This, in turn, pulls in newer versions of 15 other apps using the same library. So the upgrade got bigger than expected, but it works.
Having a well paying job isn't all that impressive by itself. I quit a job when they wanted to do a big project in VB - couldn't stand it.
So why didn't he check in advance wether this was ok with them? These bases aren't commercial airports after all.
A pilot that hits a penguin is in serious trouble.
So the question is, how dangerous is a networked pc?
DeCSS don't make illegal copies of other people's work - people do.
Good. People bought the camera, and so they have the right to take it apart and and use the parts for their own purposes. Ritz can change business model or price if they don't like this.
However, the business model of providing a product at cost or a loss in order to sell consumables or service is (IMHO) vital to getting technology and higher ticket items into the hands of those who cannot afford it and don't have the credit to finance it. Now inkjets are a bad example because (again, IMO) they try to make too much on the cartridges. But what about broadband? How far would we be if ISP's hadn't ponied up the $$$ for the cable and dsl modems? It was easy for them, because of the "last mile" monopolies, there was little chance the hardware would be used for any other service or purpose. But Ritz tried to bring this business model into an area where consumers are paying more than they need to for film and developing, in many cases because they can't afford a digital camera and printer.
Wrong. Ritz sold the camera. If they did so at a loss it is their problem and they don't need "protection". It is their problem if they go bankrupt for doing something stupid when the masses unexpectedly take advantage of it. Assuming that everybody is too dumb for such a hack is stupid business - it only takes one to make a crack for everybody.
They could have a safe business model by renting out those cameras instead. They could forbid modifications to the camera they own, and withdraw it if used in "inappropriate" ways. (ADSL providers where I live use this model - they don't sell ADSL modems, they merely let you use them for a fee.)
There is no ethic problem whatsoever, even if someone starts a shop doing mass-modification on such cameras. Sure, Ritz will have to stop selling them for $10 then. They can still rent them out for $10 - essentially the same business model but now they retain ownership.
If O2 is the problem - store the dvd's (and player) in a "gas chamber" free of O2. One of those portable containers meant for keeping food cold should be fine. Put some dry ice in it and there won't be any O2 inside. Nitrogen is cheap too.
The nazis obeyed the Geneva convention? Perhaps for some POWS, certainly not all. Eastern european POWs fared no better than the jews...
Whilst I'm not on his side for the airport incident, this point is a fair one.
A store isn't necessarily fair. They own the shop - they set the rules. If you don't like them, go shop somewhere else.
Things don't necessarily get "newbie-friendly" just because you make it web-based. Consider web-based bash, where you submit commands one at a time, and the rest of the page is the resulting output. Web-based but no improvement whatsoever over telnet.
<i>If somebody gets $10,000 worth of equipment for $10 by price-changing the order form, all the company has to do to justify legal action is demonstrate to the court that the purchaser deliberately intended to defraud the company. Editing the html to change the hidden price fields is a pretty clear intent. </i>
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Try it. You can't prove that someone edited the html tags. They'll just say "I placed an order using my browser, sure - it was dead cheap - I though it was a special offer or something."
Trivial. You prepare new prices. You bring down the webserver, do the price update, and bring it up again. A few people have to reconnect. You don't have to change store prices every hour, so this is not a problem. (You may want to sit all day and enter new prices, but you don't need to update the DB continuously)
Yuk. I don't want to get spammed with credit reports about all sorts of salesmen...
Start talking loudly to no-one in particular about the problem of rude cell-phone users. Be loud enough that the lady hears it.
or the guy who is completely in love with himself and is bullshitting some poor soul over the phone about his "excellent" career
A jammer won't stop him, cause his phone isn't on anyway. Maybe its a fake phone even. He's just trying to be cool.
I don't think so. The mugger will simply smash or steal the phone as part of the mugging. Why bother jamming it?
And what if jamming muggers become common? cops can pick up the jamming signal and get the muggers loacation.
I can see why you don't like "nigger" or "fag" used for this purpose - but whats wrong with asshole? These phone people are assholes, and nobody cares if "asshole" is used in a negative manner.