But also very sad, it seems Nigeria has the IP rights (SCO-style) on corruption (and is clearly not able to enforce them).
It is such a rich country in many aspects, diverse cultures, fertile nature and lots of oil and gas.
Yet as long as the western world does not act against these utterly corrupt leaders Nigeria will remain in its present state were even universities have difficulty to, for example, accessing the internet.
It is nice to see projects like this were the needed information still reaches the students.
But knowing Nigeria I wonder for how long these hard disks will remain at the university.
And what about (the still standing) order to German ISP's to block access to the reprint of a radical German magazine via a private Home Page on Dutch provider xs4all.nl?
Some German ISP's went as far as blocking access to *all*.nl sites.
Not long ago someone reported there are *still* internet cafes in Germany having xs4all in their host file.
Yet it only took a few days at the most to have redirects (no not just mirrors) in place all over the net.
Of course this particular item was *really* about free spreech, there was no abuse of helpless minors involved but it showed the (in)ineffectness of this type of blocking.
The kiddie porn scumbags are pretty good at finding the niches of the net and I believe that the list of banned sites is going to be a prime commodity for them!
If you aquired it for free from an OEM, it isn't legal.
This might be true in some obscure legal system where companies think they can write their own laws.
In Europe it is generally accepted that once you bought it it is legally yours and you can do with it as you please. (like re-selling)
You own the right to run 1 copy of software product X and that is it.
There is no significant difference between the OEM or the full retail versions of the product so the differentiation Microsoft makes lives entirely in their own fantasie.
The GPL is a different matter as it *does* fit in an existing legal framework
2 1/2 months ago I bought a 60Gb HD for my PIII 500MHz Toshiba laptop. Originally it came with a 6Gb disk and the (Dutch) Toshiba Importer simply denied the possibility to have the BIOS recognise anything bigger.
The friendly chap that runs a small computer shop in town said we will just try it, no risk.
After the disk was put in he used an XP-PRO disk to format it to a single 60 Gb partition.
Regretfully as NTFS, so once at home I used the Toshiba OEM W98 disk to reformat the drive to FAT32, still 60 Gb and no problem.
Once I had W98 up and running I downloaded Fedora Core 1 and used it's tools to repartition the disk and make it dual boot.
So I'm not 100% sure W98 would work on a virgin disk but it sure was able to reformat the 60Gb NTFS partition to FAT32.
Yet I *could* imagine there is a difference between a "greater than 4Gb partition" and a "greater than 4Gb file".
Where do you get that State-politicians would be any better/worse than Federal politicians?
Wake up!
As a European I believe you'd better hve such a program run by independant beaurocrats than For Profit commercial interests.
And than elect thrustworthy officials to contral the beaurocrats.
But with so few going to the polls, who can complain about the politicians?
Last November I was shopping around for a camera and found the (by far) lowest price in Europe with Austrian web shops.
about 2 months ago a Europe-wide consumer organisation found the same, for camera's you shop in Austria. (No, not the Skippy place you moron)
It is indeed frustrating to see how prices are manipulated in Europe, it is clearly not (just) tax that makes the difference.
But then in Europe just about every stand-alone DVD player is Region Free (tm) or can be made to be.
And that's the way we like it!
For years this is a big thing in Germany and many people have changed to other fillings. (AFAIK more than in any other country)
Yet there is no evidence there is less incidence of the desease than in countries where this 'hype' has not been promoted.
My brother in law who is a dentist thinks it has mainly been promoted by money hungry German dentists as the procedure is expensive and the alternative fillings need more repairs.
Seeing 'back in time' has little or nothing to do with magnification.
The important factor is collecting enough light from a very faint source.
So the area of the mirror, the sensitivity of the camera and the directional stability of the system over time are what counts.
If you had read the article and the various links you would not have talked so much shit.
There (I>is no evidence at all that cell phones (mobiles) can ignite fuel fumes.
Don't get me started on where else they are lethal such as on aircraft,
Indeed a (strong) RF signal can cause errors in sensitive electronic systems.
Yet essential systems like on aircraft have been pretty well protected against the type of influence a low power (typically 2 Watts) cell phone could have.
The Urban Legend in this case has been brought on by people not (or only partially) RTFM of the telephone company/ phone manufacturer.
Cell phones used at high altitudes are 'seen' by many base stations and can/will thus upset the system by occupying a particular frequency in many cells symultainously.
This defeats the sytem of *cell* telephony.
And at the same time as a frequent flyer I see it as a *great good* that cell phone use is not allowed in plane cabins.
Europe has quite the history of countries invading each other.
And now you bring it up: we (the Dutch) have had most wars with the British that in the OP were mentioned as our protection...
For number of wars with the Dutch the French are high on the list as well, Germany only attacked once. (but then they only became united as a country in the 19th. century).
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This article/solution is about *Light armour*
But also very sad, it seems Nigeria has the IP rights (SCO-style) on corruption (and is clearly not able to enforce them).
It is such a rich country in many aspects, diverse cultures, fertile nature and lots of oil and gas.
Yet as long as the western world does not act against these utterly corrupt leaders Nigeria will remain in its present state were even universities have difficulty to, for example, accessing the internet.
It is nice to see projects like this were the needed information still reaches the students.
But knowing Nigeria I wonder for how long these hard disks will remain at the university.
All kinds of things have different meanings for differnt folks.
The analogy can be a great help to bring all in line.
The bible already understood this thousands of years ago.
And an important part of the American Legal System is based on it in the shape of, among others, "precedent".
I agree with you the centre is more to the (top and left of the drawn lines.
I hope you are right, but the story of the internet cafe is giving me an other indication...
I'll bother google about this.
Some German ISP's went as far as blocking access to *all* .nl sites.
Not long ago someone reported there are *still* internet cafes in Germany having xs4all in their host file.
Yet it only took a few days at the most to have redirects (no not just mirrors) in place all over the net.
Of course this particular item was *really* about free spreech, there was no abuse of helpless minors involved but it showed the (in)ineffectness of this type of blocking.
The kiddie porn scumbags are pretty good at finding the niches of the net and I believe that the list of banned sites is going to be a prime commodity for them!
Lol happens to be a valid Dutch word meaning *fun* or *pleasure*.
I take you never realised you spoke Dutch :-)
This might be true in some obscure legal system where companies think they can write their own laws.
In Europe it is generally accepted that once you bought it it is legally yours and you can do with it as you please. (like re-selling)
You own the right to run 1 copy of software product X and that is it.
There is no significant difference between the OEM or the full retail versions of the product so the differentiation Microsoft makes lives entirely in their own fantasie.
The GPL is a different matter as it *does* fit in an existing legal framework
I think I will just keep that FAT32 partition for storage.
That is what we all prefer is it not?
Much safer than clicking on some fuzzily-defined button!
The friendly chap that runs a small computer shop in town said we will just try it, no risk. After the disk was put in he used an XP-PRO disk to format it to a single 60 Gb partition.
Regretfully as NTFS, so once at home I used the Toshiba OEM W98 disk to reformat the drive to FAT32, still 60 Gb and no problem. Once I had W98 up and running I downloaded Fedora Core 1 and used it's tools to repartition the disk and make it dual boot.
So I'm not 100% sure W98 would work on a virgin disk but it sure was able to reformat the 60Gb NTFS partition to FAT32.
Yet I *could* imagine there is a difference between a "greater than 4Gb partition" and a "greater than 4Gb file".
Wake up!
As a European I believe you'd better hve such a program run by independant beaurocrats than For Profit commercial interests.
And than elect thrustworthy officials to contral the beaurocrats.
But with so few going to the polls, who can complain about the politicians?
Fox news is to News what the WWF is to Sport.
Or McDonalds to Gourmet Dining
If it's this simple why has no-one done this earlier??
In other countries this was the first action taken! And it was successfull
US legislators (too often lawyers) have to be told to fix a system that seemingly only allows 'justice' for the (extremely) rich.
about 2 months ago a Europe-wide consumer organisation found the same, for camera's you shop in Austria. (No, not the Skippy place you moron)
It is indeed frustrating to see how prices are manipulated in Europe, it is clearly not (just) tax that makes the difference.
But then in Europe just about every stand-alone DVD player is Region Free (tm) or can be made to be.
And that's the way we like it!
Yet there is no evidence there is less incidence of the desease than in countries where this 'hype' has not been promoted.
My brother in law who is a dentist thinks it has mainly been promoted by money hungry German dentists as the procedure is expensive and the alternative fillings need more repairs.
Do a search on 'the shape of the universe' and you'll find answers.
And that's a problem, a question with more than one answer...
Seeing 'back in time' has little or nothing to do with magnification.
The important factor is collecting enough light from a very faint source.
So the area of the mirror, the sensitivity of the camera and the directional stability of the system over time are what counts.
As you can see by my sig I'm not a fan of the company.
I would say a nice short name like 'Leach' would cover the contents.
There (I>is no evidence at all that cell phones (mobiles) can ignite fuel fumes.
Hmm, tiger shit...
Indeed a (strong) RF signal can cause errors in sensitive electronic systems.
Yet essential systems like on aircraft have been pretty well protected against the type of influence a low power (typically 2 Watts) cell phone could have.
The Urban Legend in this case has been brought on by people not (or only partially) RTFM of the telephone company/ phone manufacturer.
Cell phones used at high altitudes are 'seen' by many base stations and can/will thus upset the system by occupying a particular frequency in many cells symultainously.
This defeats the sytem of *cell* telephony.
And at the same time as a frequent flyer I see it as a *great good* that cell phone use is not allowed in plane cabins.
And now you bring it up: we (the Dutch) have had most wars with the British that in the OP were mentioned as our protection...
For number of wars with the Dutch the French are high on the list as well, Germany only attacked once. (but then they only became united as a country in the 19th. century).
The prime example is (pixelised) Japaneese porn, there are depixelised copies being made that are near perfect.