I didn't notice any specific difficulty accessing US sites, but that was probably because NTL's cable internet service was entirely down all night (certainly in Nottingham) last night. I assume it was unrelated to this.
On the other hand, multiple variations mean that exploits fixed in one variation aren't neccessarily cascaded through to others. Having just one common version would mean that all security efforts would be focused on this one rather than being diluted.
But there's considerably less than 1,000 words in the picture. You need the text to explain what the picture is attempting to show, so surely this is disproving the arguement.
But there are digital TVs available and, at least in the UK, set top boxes that get digital TV. Are there really no digital TV stations in the US?
There's plenty of other industries that face a chicken and egg situation - take CDs for instance. There was never any legislation that insisted that all new hi-fis sold had to have a CD player.
Isn't this meant to be a 'free market'? Why should the courts step in and force manufacturers to support a particular standard/format? If there's demand for digital TV from consumers, then people will make TV sets with digital tuners in. There's no 'harm' arguement (like low emission legislation for cars), it's simply about using the law to create a market for digital TV stations.
OK. I should have said a significant amount of the Western media that I've seen, which is mostly UK and American. How about the IRA attacks then? Any reports not describing them as terrorist?
Settlements are expanding, and in nearly all cases they are expanding to undeveloped land
Did you know that the Israelis have forcfully evicted over 730,000 Palestinians and destroyed over 500 Palestinian villages since 1948? And much of the land in the occupied territories is former Palestinian farms and olive groves that have been illegally siezed. Read the Monthly Reports on recent settler activities in seizing land.
I didn't see a significant improvement in the Palestinian situation during the ceasefire prior to the current Intifada.
Dictionary.com defines terrorism as "The unlawful use or threatened use of force or violence by a person or an organized group against people or property with the intention of intimidating or coercing societies or governments, often for ideological or political reasons." There's nothing in there that says a goverment can't be the organised group.
The difference between a "terrorist" and a "freedom fighter" is choice of targets, IMHO.
Shall we discuss Dresden, Hiroshima, Vietnam, or the bombing of the TV station in Serbia?
Most people in the Western media are certainly classifying attacks on US troops in Iraq, and IRA attacks like the ones in Hyde Park and Regents Park in 1982 as terrorist.
and their idea of a better world is most certainly different from ours.
In what way? Assuming that you are classing people like the PLO and the IRA as terrorists, then you don't think that the world would be a better place if people weren't forced to live under incredible, and institutionalised, religious or racial prejudice?
You may not agree with their methods (personally, I'm not sure how they are usually much worse than the methods used by governments to get their way), but I'd be worried if too many people disagreed with many of their motives.
Of course, there are terrorist organisations that aren't fighting for any good cause at all, but don't just group all 'terrorists' together as fighting against what you believe in.
When was the last time a terrorist helped a little old lady cross the road?
Probably as recently as a non-terrorist. Many 'terrorists' are pretty normal people caught up in situations where they see no option but to turn to violence in order to resist what they see as unbearable injustice. You may see people who are categorised as terrorists as automatically evil, but what would you do if your country had been occupied by a foreign power for the past 50 years, who treated you as a second class citizen, and was able to shoot people, such as your brother, without any form of punishment?
It shouldn't. If you click on the popup button, you can enable popups for the entire site, or you can ctrl-click on a link and it will allow popups on the next page.
On a side note, is there such thing as a legitimate popup?
I've had two different iPaqs over the past 3 years, and apart from the size, they are pretty good. They've got pretty good handwriting recognition (I've tried to go back to Graffiti on Palms, but it's painful in comparison - don't know whether the latest ones have addressed that). The apps pretty much do what I want from an organiser. They are certainly not perfect (size, as mentioned, and build quality - my first one died 3 days after the 1 year warrenty ran out), but they are certainly not flaming pieces of shit.
Not particularly. There's a bit difference between not watching their every move and not giving a flying fuck about what they do.
Not sure where the XBox thing came from, as I thought this was a discussion about using near-monopoly power to get BIOS manufacturers to make MS-only BIOSes.
The market put them there, so I don't give a flying fuck
Oh yes. The *free* market. Do you ever consider that they may have used anti-competitive means to consolidate their position in the market? Does this not bother you? Are you not concerned that they might be using their size to unfairly trample the opposition?
The previous poster's question wasn't really the one that needs answering. It's not how much power that they have, but how much abuse of that power are you prepared to put up with before deciding to act?
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I didn't notice any specific difficulty accessing US sites, but that was probably because NTL's cable internet service was entirely down all night (certainly in Nottingham) last night. I assume it was unrelated to this.
The two aren't particularly equivalent - i.e. is short for id est - meaning "that is", or "that is to say".
Modus operandi, on the other hand, means "the way of working", not really applicable in your message.
Don't let Microsoft make you misuse your Latin abbreviations.
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This is why I turn to Slashdot - to dumb down these things to a level that I can just about grasp.
Powered flight?
First man in space/on the moon?
Can you use IIS commercially without having to purchase a separate licence? I have real difficulty understanding MS's various licencing models.
On the other hand, multiple variations mean that exploits fixed in one variation aren't neccessarily cascaded through to others. Having just one common version would mean that all security efforts would be focused on this one rather than being diluted.
But there's considerably less than 1,000 words in the picture. You need the text to explain what the picture is attempting to show, so surely this is disproving the arguement.
But there are digital TVs available and, at least in the UK, set top boxes that get digital TV. Are there really no digital TV stations in the US?
There's plenty of other industries that face a chicken and egg situation - take CDs for instance. There was never any legislation that insisted that all new hi-fis sold had to have a CD player.
Isn't this meant to be a 'free market'? Why should the courts step in and force manufacturers to support a particular standard/format? If there's demand for digital TV from consumers, then people will make TV sets with digital tuners in. There's no 'harm' arguement (like low emission legislation for cars), it's simply about using the law to create a market for digital TV stations.
OK. I should have said a significant amount of the Western media that I've seen, which is mostly UK and American. How about the IRA attacks then? Any reports not describing them as terrorist?
Did you know that the Israelis have forcfully evicted over 730,000 Palestinians and destroyed over 500 Palestinian villages since 1948? And much of the land in the occupied territories is former Palestinian farms and olive groves that have been illegally siezed. Read the Monthly Reports on recent settler activities in seizing land.
I didn't see a significant improvement in the Palestinian situation during the ceasefire prior to the current Intifada.
Dictionary.com defines terrorism as "The unlawful use or threatened use of force or violence by a person or an organized group against people or property with the intention of intimidating or coercing societies or governments, often for ideological or political reasons." There's nothing in there that says a goverment can't be the organised group.
They don;t exactly do a lot to minimise civilian deaths while they do it though. /a> 1,500 left homeless and two children killed, or how about this?,or this?
As you were evidently being sarcastic, what would you do? Sit back and let them continue to bulldoze your houses to make way for their settlements?
Shall we discuss Dresden, Hiroshima, Vietnam, or the bombing of the TV station in Serbia?
Most people in the Western media are certainly classifying attacks on US troops in Iraq, and IRA attacks like the ones in Hyde Park and Regents Park in 1982 as terrorist.
In what way? Assuming that you are classing people like the PLO and the IRA as terrorists, then you don't think that the world would be a better place if people weren't forced to live under incredible, and institutionalised, religious or racial prejudice?
You may not agree with their methods (personally, I'm not sure how they are usually much worse than the methods used by governments to get their way), but I'd be worried if too many people disagreed with many of their motives.
Of course, there are terrorist organisations that aren't fighting for any good cause at all, but don't just group all 'terrorists' together as fighting against what you believe in.
Probably as recently as a non-terrorist. Many 'terrorists' are pretty normal people caught up in situations where they see no option but to turn to violence in order to resist what they see as unbearable injustice. You may see people who are categorised as terrorists as automatically evil, but what would you do if your country had been occupied by a foreign power for the past 50 years, who treated you as a second class citizen, and was able to shoot people, such as your brother, without any form of punishment?
"Extremist Christian in the U.K" is just as silly a concept as Extreme Ironing.
Have you ever been to Northern Ireland, or Glasgow?
Unlike the US's (or the UK's) extemist Christian leader, huh?
It shouldn't. If you click on the popup button, you can enable popups for the entire site, or you can ctrl-click on a link and it will allow popups on the next page.
On a side note, is there such thing as a legitimate popup?
The weather channel pop-ups get blocked by Google toolbar on my PC. Maybe you've got an older version.
I've had two different iPaqs over the past 3 years, and apart from the size, they are pretty good. They've got pretty good handwriting recognition (I've tried to go back to Graffiti on Palms, but it's painful in comparison - don't know whether the latest ones have addressed that). The apps pretty much do what I want from an organiser. They are certainly not perfect (size, as mentioned, and build quality - my first one died 3 days after the 1 year warrenty ran out), but they are certainly not flaming pieces of shit.
Not sure where the XBox thing came from, as I thought this was a discussion about using near-monopoly power to get BIOS manufacturers to make MS-only BIOSes.
Oh yes. The *free* market. Do you ever consider that they may have used anti-competitive means to consolidate their position in the market? Does this not bother you? Are you not concerned that they might be using their size to unfairly trample the opposition?
The previous poster's question wasn't really the one that needs answering. It's not how much power that they have, but how much abuse of that power are you prepared to put up with before deciding to act?
When ever I hear the term cyber terrorism, I just assume that the Cybermen are about to invade, but then I am rather sad like that.