Yes, but if you were awake in economics class, you'll remember that there are some services which are better allocated by governments. For example, how would we decide who has to pay to defend the country were it invaded? Does everyone have the station mercenaries on their front yard?
There's something called externalities. This is a term for when the benefit to society can not be fully measured by the exchange of utility from supplier to demander. For example, when a person gets a flu shot, we all benefit because there is one less carrier. The theory goes that the government should therefore step in and compensate those who do get flu shots (by subsidizing some of the cost) for helping us all out. Roads are the same way. Our interstates are mostly not toll roads, and as a result, we can can ship products from point a to point b cheaper. WiFi would help the growth of business.
No one advocates PhDs for everyone because as a society, we only need so many PhDs around. However, for a modern society to function, its citizenry must have some basic education. We all benefit from the increase in productivity. We all benefit when the people around us are able to make educated decisions.
Hmm... I as I recall it is the 'War on Terror'. Not the 'War on Some Kinds of Terror'. In fact, it is the policy of the administration (rightfully so) that this war is _not_ about islamic terrorism, but rather all terrorism. I don't know about everyone else, but I find NK+Nukes=Pretty Damn Terrifying.
Well of course the founder wasn't sacked. That does make any sense. You know why? Because he is a major controlling interest in google. In other words, google exists to make money for him (in a pretty legally binding way, actually). That is one of the advantages you get in an equity transaction.
My whole point is that the kosher meal part probably wouldn't led to a much different list than one that just considered the other factors. Of course, I'm sure now the terrorists will be sure to carry lugagge, pay with credit cards, etc. because they know these things are being watched.
Cell phone conversations will be held at whisper quiet levels.
Based on my study of human behavior, I think it is most likely that people will _still_ yell (I guess so everyone around can know how important/angry/busy they are). The difference is that it will be much harder to spot the trully insane wandering the streets.
Firstly, there's that. Secondly, it _was_ the most secure OS ever created, because it was one of the first to be designed with multiple users/networked use in mind. However, keep in mind that it was built with 1960s computer science, 1960s ciphertech, without the lessons learned over the next 40 some odd years, for use on machines with _very_ limited computing power. In other words, it doesn't hold a candle to modern secure operating systems, except for the security by obscurity that comes from not being able to find anyone to work the damn thing.
At risk of sounding 'weak on crime', which is no-no, I would point out something. If your goal is to stop repeat offenses, life in prison with no possibility of parole would work just as well.
Well, most libertarians realize that there are somethings that _must_ be handled by government. One is regulation of interstate commerce (to prevent states from levying taxes on goods from other states). The other are 'community services' which include police, fire departments, garbage collection (no, not that garbage collection) and the military.
I don't suppose _anyone_ advised them that this is impossible. I mean, really, truly, impossible. Given an arbitrary stream of bits, there is no way to tell if it is copyrighted material. Even combined with a known format for the stream (one that supports rights management even!), I can just fool the program into using another representation. No presently availible DRM technology is impossible to break. So, what if I break the file, reencode it to give me distribution rights? Does J. Random Coder get sued?
Seriously. Since when does taking the kosher option on a plane make you a potential terrorist? There must be such a large number of people who do that compared to the number of terrorists that going through that list really wouldn't reduce the complexity of the problem. Not to mention, it would eliminate terrorists of non-abrahamic traditions. Furthermore, it should be obvious by now that if you want to launch a surprise attack, you try to blend in. Abortion clinic bombers probably don't carry their bibles and picket signs when they plant the bombs.
You know... I don't recall it having a footprint that big. I'm without a windows box right now, but on by iBook, the BT client with a transfer running is using 8 megs. Sounds like the problem is in the specific widget library used for the windows version (which happens to be written in C++). Of course, considering the possiblity that something is wrong with a specific library or program is the rational thing to do. Do you think anyone designs an interpreter (especially one that implements garbage collection!) that is just going to allocate 23 megs of memory and do nothing with it?
Another thing to consider is this: given the choice between getting something done and having it be slightly inefficient and having a great unimplemented specification, I'll take the program over the wishware. If it is more likely to get done with python, then that might be the right choice.
Actually, it is even worse than that, because locking ones windows and doors is common sense. Everyone knows to do that. Not everyone understands the finer points of computer security, because the vast majority of people didn't have that kind of information drilled into them while growing up.
"When Grsecurity was having serious funding problems last summer Brad was forced to sell new vulnerabilities from Linux kernel code to unmentioned blackhat companies."
Whoa, whoa whoa. Where did you get this information? Anyone else heard anything about this?
Of course, generally vulnerabilities in open source software get patched faster than _two months_. That's right, this was reported months ago, and there is still no patch.
Won't simple economics dictate that one person would not spend a good portion of life working on an operating system/a novel, when he could be working on an operating system or a novel for money? That would ensure that people have to pay for good(more complicated) operating systems and novels, and compensate these people for the staggering amount of effort that must surely go into designing a good operating system/novel.
Or, perhaps you are forgetting that sometimes people do things for personal enjoyment? Sometimes people even do things independently simply because they don't like the way all the 'big players' do it.
Actually, under a lot of free licenses, that would be perfectly acceptible. In most cases, the original copyright statements would have to stay intact. In some cases, there would be limitations on what the new project could be licensed under. However, I'm not aware of any free license that prevents you from making your own version with its own name-- that is a big part of what free software is about. After all, taking the source and starting a new project with different features and a different name happens enough that we have a name for it: "forking"
I dunno, maybe because you are trespassing on private property? Certainly you have particular terms to decide who can and can't enter your home. They have terms to decide who can and can't enter their theaters.
Simply because you would put form those terms for the use of your creations doesn't mean everyone would or should. A creative work always begins life as a piece of private property, and it is up to the owner of that property to set the terms by which the rest of us can use it.
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Yes, but if you were awake in economics class, you'll remember that there are some services which are better allocated by governments. For example, how would we decide who has to pay to defend the country were it invaded? Does everyone have the station mercenaries on their front yard?
There's something called externalities. This is a term for when the benefit to society can not be fully measured by the exchange of utility from supplier to demander. For example, when a person gets a flu shot, we all benefit because there is one less carrier. The theory goes that the government should therefore step in and compensate those who do get flu shots (by subsidizing some of the cost) for helping us all out. Roads are the same way. Our interstates are mostly not toll roads, and as a result, we can can ship products from point a to point b cheaper. WiFi would help the growth of business.
No one advocates PhDs for everyone because as a society, we only need so many PhDs around. However, for a modern society to function, its citizenry must have some basic education. We all benefit from the increase in productivity. We all benefit when the people around us are able to make educated decisions.
Aww, I'm so sorry someone disagreed with you.
Getting off of slashdot and at least doing _something_ about the situation would help.
Hmm... I as I recall it is the 'War on Terror'. Not the 'War on Some Kinds of Terror'. In fact, it is the policy of the administration (rightfully so) that this war is _not_ about islamic terrorism, but rather all terrorism. I don't know about everyone else, but I find NK+Nukes=Pretty Damn Terrifying.
You know, judges, when making legal rulings, are _supposed_ to have bias on the side that is right. :)
Umm... those groups have power exactly _because_ they are shareholders and exercise shareholder's rights...
Well of course the founder wasn't sacked. That does make any sense. You know why? Because he is a major controlling interest in google. In other words, google exists to make money for him (in a pretty legally binding way, actually). That is one of the advantages you get in an equity transaction.
he/she'll...
or maybe it'll...
certainly not they'll because that is plural
My whole point is that the kosher meal part probably wouldn't led to a much different list than one that just considered the other factors. Of course, I'm sure now the terrorists will be sure to carry lugagge, pay with credit cards, etc. because they know these things are being watched.
Cell phone conversations will be held at whisper quiet levels.
Based on my study of human behavior, I think it is most likely that people will _still_ yell (I guess so everyone around can know how important/angry/busy they are). The difference is that it will be much harder to spot the trully insane wandering the streets.
http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/history/karg74.p df
Firstly, there's that. Secondly, it _was_ the most secure OS ever created, because it was one of the first to be designed with multiple users/networked use in mind. However, keep in mind that it was built with 1960s computer science, 1960s ciphertech, without the lessons learned over the next 40 some odd years, for use on machines with _very_ limited computing power. In other words, it doesn't hold a candle to modern secure operating systems, except for the security by obscurity that comes from not being able to find anyone to work the damn thing.
Well, dude, this does appear to be a user submitted piece. You never really know who that user is. Therefore, take it all with a grain of salt.
A: Don't sell us our culture!
B: Don't buy it!
IIRC, there are also some stem cells in umbilical cords which might be useful for research.
At risk of sounding 'weak on crime', which is no-no, I would point out something. If your goal is to stop repeat offenses, life in prison with no possibility of parole would work just as well.
Well, most libertarians realize that there are somethings that _must_ be handled by government. One is regulation of interstate commerce (to prevent states from levying taxes on goods from other states). The other are 'community services' which include police, fire departments, garbage collection (no, not that garbage collection) and the military.
I don't suppose _anyone_ advised them that this is impossible. I mean, really, truly, impossible. Given an arbitrary stream of bits, there is no way to tell if it is copyrighted material. Even combined with a known format for the stream (one that supports rights management even!), I can just fool the program into using another representation. No presently availible DRM technology is impossible to break. So, what if I break the file, reencode it to give me distribution rights? Does J. Random Coder get sued?
Seriously. Since when does taking the kosher option on a plane make you a potential terrorist? There must be such a large number of people who do that compared to the number of terrorists that going through that list really wouldn't reduce the complexity of the problem. Not to mention, it would eliminate terrorists of non-abrahamic traditions. Furthermore, it should be obvious by now that if you want to launch a surprise attack, you try to blend in. Abortion clinic bombers probably don't carry their bibles and picket signs when they plant the bombs.
You know... I don't recall it having a footprint that big. I'm without a windows box right now, but on by iBook, the BT client with a transfer running is using 8 megs. Sounds like the problem is in the specific widget library used for the windows version (which happens to be written in C++). Of course, considering the possiblity that something is wrong with a specific library or program is the rational thing to do. Do you think anyone designs an interpreter (especially one that implements garbage collection!) that is just going to allocate 23 megs of memory and do nothing with it?
Another thing to consider is this: given the choice between getting something done and having it be slightly inefficient and having a great unimplemented specification, I'll take the program over the wishware. If it is more likely to get done with python, then that might be the right choice.
Actually, it is even worse than that, because locking ones windows and doors is common sense. Everyone knows to do that. Not everyone understands the finer points of computer security, because the vast majority of people didn't have that kind of information drilled into them while growing up.
"When Grsecurity was having serious funding problems last summer Brad was forced to sell new vulnerabilities from Linux kernel code to unmentioned blackhat companies."
Whoa, whoa whoa. Where did you get this information? Anyone else heard anything about this?
Of course, generally vulnerabilities in open source software get patched faster than _two months_. That's right, this was reported months ago, and there is still no patch.
Won't simple economics dictate that one person would not spend a good portion of life working on an operating system/a novel, when he could be working on an operating system or a novel for money? That would ensure that people have to pay for good(more complicated) operating systems and novels, and compensate these people for the staggering amount of effort that must surely go into designing a good operating system/novel.
Or, perhaps you are forgetting that sometimes people do things for personal enjoyment? Sometimes people even do things independently simply because they don't like the way all the 'big players' do it.
Actually, under a lot of free licenses, that would be perfectly acceptible. In most cases, the original copyright statements would have to stay intact. In some cases, there would be limitations on what the new project could be licensed under. However, I'm not aware of any free license that prevents you from making your own version with its own name-- that is a big part of what free software is about. After all, taking the source and starting a new project with different features and a different name happens enough that we have a name for it: "forking"
I dunno, maybe because you are trespassing on private property? Certainly you have particular terms to decide who can and can't enter your home. They have terms to decide who can and can't enter their theaters.
Simply because you would put form those terms for the use of your creations doesn't mean everyone would or should. A creative work always begins life as a piece of private property, and it is up to the owner of that property to set the terms by which the rest of us can use it.
oh yeah, url: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Microsystems