Well the lawyers seemed to have jumped the gun a little bit too though.
Don't you think lawyers should... I don't know... ASK where they got the copyrighted material from, before threatening to sue?
Maybe copyright Lawyers might be able to find the big distributors and shut THEM down if they simply traced it all the way back. I'm going to guess theres more money in having more infringements though.
I was going to write a big long thing about how I made the conscious decision to change my personality when I was a teen, but I suppose it'll all boil down to statistical outlier and anecdotal evidence stuff.
In all honesty though - perhaps its only true in the environment they tested it in. I mean todays schools pretty much reinforce the claim: those quiet and shy will remain so throughout their school years because of the loud and proud psychologically keeping them in that place. Then once you remain the same for the most influential part of your life, it's difficult to change afterwards.
Suppose you put these kids in an environment where introverts were more encouraged by their peers to try being outgoing every once in a while, and inversely the extroverts were more encouraged to be passive and reflective here and there - perhaps you'd see a change in their personality. As it stands, the conditions kids grow up in usually force them to remain the same person they've always been.
Growing up around the same kids for 12 or so years of your life tends to have this effect. I remember wanting to change myself from being that shy kid when I went to High School, because it meant I would be around new people. I didn't see the point in trying to be outgoing with the people who already labelled me as a nerd - but if no one knew I was a nerd they would treat me differently based on the first impression I give them.
Your password is only stored on your local machine - but the algorithm to get the long encryption key from your short passphrase will have to be available to everyone - since it's on the web - thus rendering it a weak point in the system.
You are mostly wrong. Pro atheletes and other people can withdraw from those contracts, they simply forfeit the money they would be paid to them. And you can move out of your apartment early upon forfeiting your damage deposit (and other terms depending on where you live). Non compete clauses usually have more to do with you sharing information with competitors, not you actually leaving your boss.
However, in the military, breaching your contract can end up in confinement. Does that not seem immoral? Why does wishing to fight WITH the military mean signing your life away? Isn't it the officer's job to ensure that he can rely on his troops, and if he feels he can't - then he should send them away?
Like deserting or going AWOL getting you court-martialed and either put in confinement for a month or 2/3rds of your pay or something like that. If you don't want to be there, shouldn't you be allowed to leave? Maybe thats why people end up so messed up in the military, because leaving when they know its unhealthy for them is pretty much an illegal act.
You know, that undefined blob of mental mass that you can blame everything on and assign as the cause and/or solution to all of yours and the world's problems.
You are just lining yourself up for a "Your Mom" joke, by the way.
Look, I know that IT professionals get stereotyped as the guys who ruin peoples lives by either making their work a living hell with Windows Updates breaking every application - or by exposing some personal emails that shouldn't have been sent on your work outlook account, or even by neglecting to upgrade you off of that old Windows NT box.
But really, how bad does it have to get before you start suspecting that someone might have planted an explosive on your car?
That won't keep things private forever, especially if people are trying to get access to it.
And Whatever web based system you use - they write the method to encrypt your data, so all they need to figure out is your passphrase. Which, to a skilled decryptor, wouldn't take too long.
Radioactive materials is a very specialized and odd situation. Keep in mind naturally occuring radioactive minerals and materials have been around for ages, it's only the last few centuries that we've noticed they have a radioactive effect. I think it was a discovery by accident, actually, someone had placed Uranium or Plutonium on some film in a dark drawer, and when he found that his film was already developed and ruined he was quite upset, and that sparked the interesting idea that the paperweight he used to hold his film down was developing the film.
But even spring water has a naturally occuring radioactive effect. Nothing to be lethal or anything but it IS radioactive.
So, I mean, your neighbour is housing some weapons grade plutonium in his back shed? You're actually probably still okay - that stuff is pretty stable. It's when you set it off in a Nuke or have it go through a nuclear reaction at a plant that it becomes terribly cancer inducing.
However, possessing it still wouldn't be considered the illegal part, it'd be where he was storing it. If he were possessing it in a deep underground lead lined bunker, it would be no harm to anyone. If he were possessing it right along your fence, he probably would be. It's kind of like how you can't park your car anywhere you want to - but owning the car itself isn't illegal, its where you leave it.
How much does a bar cost? Maybe $30 How much does replacing a window cost? More than that.
The real question is, Do you want to work out the cost of replacing your TV, Computer, home stereo, DVD collection, Silverware and whatever else a thief might steal?
In that case, those bars for $30 each seem more costly.
And if you get insurance for it all, why bother with any of it?
His point is that possession of anything doesn't harm anything. Plutonium, Anthrax, and nuclear accelerators are harmless in possession, but upon their use they are dangerous.
That's why possession of Marijuana/Childporn/explosives shouldn't be illegal. Having MJ in my pocket is not a danger to anyone, not even myself. Hell, in some countries, it grows as a WEED - hence the slang term for it. Just like having childporn on a computer does no harm to anyone, its the production, distribution, and use of such items that are detrimental to society.
Why is it considered a random phenomenon when a player makes decisions in chess?
When it comes to something like Poker, you don't know that you will ever get a good hand, you are stuck trying to play against your opponent. You can go through the entire game without getting a solid winning hand compared to your opponent, and if your opponent pushes you at every turn - you've already lost and no matter how "skillful" you are, your bad luck would cause a lost even if your opponent plays stupidly calling bluffs all the time.
In Chess there isn't anything like that. You can't be dealt a bad hand, you can't NOT predict the future. Chess masters often think around 16 to 20 moves ahead of where they are in the game. They know that when they make a certain move, their opponent will usually go down 1 of 3 or 4 routes. It's so NOT random there is a high amount of predictability in Chess. This is why most chess masters try their best to be unpredictable instead of making "the right" move.
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Well the lawyers seemed to have jumped the gun a little bit too though.
Don't you think lawyers should... I don't know... ASK where they got the copyrighted material from, before threatening to sue?
Maybe copyright Lawyers might be able to find the big distributors and shut THEM down if they simply traced it all the way back. I'm going to guess theres more money in having more infringements though.
So you're talking about encrypting it BEFORE it even hits the webservice - not the topic of the discussion.
I was going to write a big long thing about how I made the conscious decision to change my personality when I was a teen, but I suppose it'll all boil down to statistical outlier and anecdotal evidence stuff.
In all honesty though - perhaps its only true in the environment they tested it in. I mean todays schools pretty much reinforce the claim: those quiet and shy will remain so throughout their school years because of the loud and proud psychologically keeping them in that place. Then once you remain the same for the most influential part of your life, it's difficult to change afterwards.
Suppose you put these kids in an environment where introverts were more encouraged by their peers to try being outgoing every once in a while, and inversely the extroverts were more encouraged to be passive and reflective here and there - perhaps you'd see a change in their personality. As it stands, the conditions kids grow up in usually force them to remain the same person they've always been.
Growing up around the same kids for 12 or so years of your life tends to have this effect. I remember wanting to change myself from being that shy kid when I went to High School, because it meant I would be around new people. I didn't see the point in trying to be outgoing with the people who already labelled me as a nerd - but if no one knew I was a nerd they would treat me differently based on the first impression I give them.
Are you kidding? You expect him to talk to a girl?
He actually only needs to know how to unhook a bra because it's currently holding a bundle of Cat6 together.
Easy.
Step 1:
Unhook the bra
It's all relative - what do you consider 1 move? I came across this argument during my first DnD session, and subsequently, haven't played it since.
Your password is only stored on your local machine - but the algorithm to get the long encryption key from your short passphrase will have to be available to everyone - since it's on the web - thus rendering it a weak point in the system.
You are mostly wrong. Pro atheletes and other people can withdraw from those contracts, they simply forfeit the money they would be paid to them. And you can move out of your apartment early upon forfeiting your damage deposit (and other terms depending on where you live). Non compete clauses usually have more to do with you sharing information with competitors, not you actually leaving your boss.
However, in the military, breaching your contract can end up in confinement. Does that not seem immoral? Why does wishing to fight WITH the military mean signing your life away? Isn't it the officer's job to ensure that he can rely on his troops, and if he feels he can't - then he should send them away?
That usually isn't as much of a problem when the soldiers support the cause of the war.
Always seemed to confuse me.
Like deserting or going AWOL getting you court-martialed and either put in confinement for a month or 2/3rds of your pay or something like that. If you don't want to be there, shouldn't you be allowed to leave? Maybe thats why people end up so messed up in the military, because leaving when they know its unhealthy for them is pretty much an illegal act.
You know, that undefined blob of mental mass that you can blame everything on and assign as the cause and/or solution to all of yours and the world's problems.
You are just lining yourself up for a "Your Mom" joke, by the way.
And "The Children!"
Look, I know that IT professionals get stereotyped as the guys who ruin peoples lives by either making their work a living hell with Windows Updates breaking every application - or by exposing some personal emails that shouldn't have been sent on your work outlook account, or even by neglecting to upgrade you off of that old Windows NT box.
But really, how bad does it have to get before you start suspecting that someone might have planted an explosive on your car?
That won't keep things private forever, especially if people are trying to get access to it.
And Whatever web based system you use - they write the method to encrypt your data, so all they need to figure out is your passphrase. Which, to a skilled decryptor, wouldn't take too long.
Eh, if it improves the MPG, why not?
What if your battery was charging based on the air around it - and the air it comes in contact with is constantly changing since you are moving?
The idea has SOME merit, though they are no where near that stage.
Radioactive materials is a very specialized and odd situation. Keep in mind naturally occuring radioactive minerals and materials have been around for ages, it's only the last few centuries that we've noticed they have a radioactive effect. I think it was a discovery by accident, actually, someone had placed Uranium or Plutonium on some film in a dark drawer, and when he found that his film was already developed and ruined he was quite upset, and that sparked the interesting idea that the paperweight he used to hold his film down was developing the film.
But even spring water has a naturally occuring radioactive effect. Nothing to be lethal or anything but it IS radioactive.
So, I mean, your neighbour is housing some weapons grade plutonium in his back shed? You're actually probably still okay - that stuff is pretty stable. It's when you set it off in a Nuke or have it go through a nuclear reaction at a plant that it becomes terribly cancer inducing.
However, possessing it still wouldn't be considered the illegal part, it'd be where he was storing it. If he were possessing it in a deep underground lead lined bunker, it would be no harm to anyone. If he were possessing it right along your fence, he probably would be. It's kind of like how you can't park your car anywhere you want to - but owning the car itself isn't illegal, its where you leave it.
How much does a bar cost? Maybe $30 How much does replacing a window cost? More than that.
The real question is, Do you want to work out the cost of replacing your TV, Computer, home stereo, DVD collection, Silverware and whatever else a thief might steal?
In that case, those bars for $30 each seem more costly.
And if you get insurance for it all, why bother with any of it?
His point is that possession of anything doesn't harm anything. Plutonium, Anthrax, and nuclear accelerators are harmless in possession, but upon their use they are dangerous.
That's why possession of Marijuana/Childporn/explosives shouldn't be illegal. Having MJ in my pocket is not a danger to anyone, not even myself. Hell, in some countries, it grows as a WEED - hence the slang term for it. Just like having childporn on a computer does no harm to anyone, its the production, distribution, and use of such items that are detrimental to society.
I'd bet it has succeeded in the past, repeatedly.
Without a doubt in my mind.
Oh man, and I thought MY post was clever.
This made my day.
You can't expect everyone to have working technical knowledge in cryptographic systems and anonymity
And a few hundred years ago you couldn't expect everyone to read and write.
But here we are.
I have the perfect answer to ALL of those:
Sensors & Ejector seat.
Even the first one: You won't die INSIDE the car.
I still think it makes you less of a target not having one if everyone else does.
It means 90% of the houses are worth breaking into, while yours is not.
There was a bug in the bug submit form. I couldn't check off the box at the bottom that said "Wants Cash".
Does that form work in Netscape?
Why is it considered a random phenomenon when a player makes decisions in chess?
When it comes to something like Poker, you don't know that you will ever get a good hand, you are stuck trying to play against your opponent. You can go through the entire game without getting a solid winning hand compared to your opponent, and if your opponent pushes you at every turn - you've already lost and no matter how "skillful" you are, your bad luck would cause a lost even if your opponent plays stupidly calling bluffs all the time.
In Chess there isn't anything like that. You can't be dealt a bad hand, you can't NOT predict the future. Chess masters often think around 16 to 20 moves ahead of where they are in the game. They know that when they make a certain move, their opponent will usually go down 1 of 3 or 4 routes. It's so NOT random there is a high amount of predictability in Chess. This is why most chess masters try their best to be unpredictable instead of making "the right" move.