If you jump out of a dark space into a light area you're going to be blinded. It's going to be really bright until your eyes adjust
Is this really any different than flashbang grenades we've seen in CS?
But is QoS really that special? Don't most of these hardware firewalls allow for setting QoS? I honestly don't know, I use a linux box as a firewall, so I can do all this. I guess you could say that it comes preconfigured with QoS settings for a lot of current/popular games, but $120USD seems pretty high for that.
Well if we want to rehash old rivalries, we could bring vi vs. emacs in, or one of the numerous others that has been flogged to death over the years. However, its not like we'll get to see emacs running around with a VI t-shirt, so I guess the *IT rivalry is more entertaining.
Yes, but the closest thing to a recognizeable "female" was not something most men would have found attractive... its obvious this is meant to replace Princess Lea in the slave outfit.
Okay, maybe offtopic, but we see this come up in a lot of YRO topics. The question is, how do we interpret Your Rights Online?
as - Your Rights Online
About your rights in the online world - is it illegal to spam, download music, etc.
as - Your Rights Online
Discussing your rights in an online discussion group instead of at a coffee shop
Personally, I sort of see it as the second one... its a place for discussing people's rights, not just their rights in the "online" world. It just happens that we discuss it on a website.
This is the first post I've seen with a reasonable alternative to the sentence. Bankrupt the guy. Unless he can provide documentation of other sources of income, take every dime. If he can provide documentation, make sure the IRS goes over his records with a fine tooth comb. Ban him from all telecommunications usage except telephone. He can have a cell phone, but he cannot have any type of data service on it, including text messageing. Finally, a significant number of hours of community service. These of course could be instead served as jail time, but would be up to defendant.
Exactly. I shouldn't need a computer (or some sort of power outlet to USB converter) to charge my PDA, RIM device, Cell phone, portable gaming device, etc. It would be nice to have both, but lets face it, on something like a cellphone, its not like I want a bunch of different connectors which will just make the thing larger.
I don't have a Whirley Pop, mine's a different brand name, but the same thing. By far the best popcorn maker I've ever had. A little oil and the seends makes great popcorn. You can also add a variety of spices to the oil and flavour the popcorn as it cooks.
I was in Mexico (Huatulco) and at one bar we frequented, they served popcorn made in oil. The thing was, they fried up peanuts and peppers (that they also served) and then cooked the popcorn in this oil. Gave the popcorn a slightly spicy, but very tasty flavour. I really have to try this myself sometime
A lot of people have responded to your post with a variety of reasons on why not to go to a permanent time. All my life I have lived in Saskatchewan (just north of Montana and North Dakota). We do not change times, and are one of the few places in North America that doesn't. Usually every spring there's talk about it and without fail, the government decides to just leave things alone.
Yes, this means that children to go to school when its dark. No, this typically does not mean that more are getting hit by cars. Farmers typically don't start work at a given time, they start with the dawn and finish when its to dark to see properly. The only reason they worry about the time is when they need parts to continue harvest/seeding/etc. Most parts places around here are starting to have extended hours during the seeding and harvest seasons.
It does cause a little confusion at times. Most of our TV channels will start an hour earlier/later. If you're doing business outside of the province you have to be aware of the local time.
Personally, I love the fact that regardless of the time of year, I can say that we are GMT -6. When a story gets posted that mentions an ecllipse or meteor shower, I can quickly determine the best viewing times from almost any summary.
In Canada, the CRTC just ruled that VoIP providers must provide Basic 911 within 90 days of the ruling (the ruling was Apr 4/2005). Well, if you get down to the meat of it, some will have to provide Enhanced 911 services, but I don't know of any VoIP providers that would fit this category. Most will need to provide Basic 911 service:
Basic 9-1-1 service connects the caller to a central call centre which then connects the call to the correct emergency response centre, at which point the caller must identify his or her location in order for an emergency response service to be dispatched
Google turned up an answer in less time than it took to type your question. Basically, yes a layer 3 switch will route packets based on IP addresses. Apparently there are layer 4 switches as well (think protocols like HTTP, FTP, SMTP, etc)
Okay, but I (and many other people) have a cat. I don't try and keep up on every new improvement in cat food, and what type of food I should use for a slightly heavy, somewhat active middle age cat. Instead, I talk to my vet, who suggested a few different brands.
The general public out there doesn't see their computer as something that needs securing and constant care to remain safe. They see it as a VCR. To most people, their computer is just another (confusing) appliance. Help desk folks have been trying for years to educate their users (I know, I've been there). It doesn't work. If the general public isn't interested learning (and for the most part they're not) than you can't teach them anything. Instead, provide them with what they want. Simple, clear instructions on what to do.
Insanity - doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results
I wouldn't necessarily agree. Trying to train someone who doesn't want to learn.... well lets just say they're not going to learn anything.
Instead, alerts and so forth that the general public would see should stop using those terms. Instead of saying there's a new phishing scam going around about $somebank, the article should be about counterfit emails trying to get people to give out their account information. Then give very simple and straightforward adivce on avoiding the issue, for example explaining that they should not click the link in the email if they wish to visit their bank, instead they should type in www.$somebank.com
Same thing for viruses/trojans. Instead of arguing about if the latest outlook exploit should be called a worm/trojan/virus/etc. make alerts simple and clear. For general alerts, stick to one term, probably virus (most computer users are probably at least somewhat familiar with this one). The alerts should be simple, and probably skip, or at least not highlight the name. The general public isn't going to care that variant G of MyDumbExploit is now in the wild. Instead, the alert should be simple, and inform users to make sure they are running anti-virus software and to make sure it is up to date.
Now of course some of us are going to want more details and such, and the alerts should contain links to more detailed information. However, the general public will get confused if too much detail is given.
To put this in perspecitve, I don't know much about cars. I got a recall notice not that long ago on my car that told me something could happen with the transmission under certain conditions. I don't care if its actually a bolt that was tightened a little too much, or a bad gasket, just tell me the conditions to avoid and where I can book an appointment to get it fixed.
1. its not about the judge being swayed, its about the jury
2. The ban will be lifted after jury is sequestered
3. Yes, because its in the interest of a fair trial
4. See number 1
5. Lets see, is the right of one person to a fair and impartial jury more important than my right to review records immediately after they are produced as evidence? I'd rather live in a country that ensures a fair trial, and lets the public wait so the trial can begin with an untainted jury releasing the records. Oh wait I do, I live in Canada.
Before you get critical of it, you better understand the ban. Read a summary of it here: http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/groupaction/time line.html
The question becomes, how is the 4 million being spent? I can't see there being a lot of equipment upkeep involved, just some receiving equipment. I wonder how much course correction if any is being done. I guess what I'm getting at, is could this be something that could be run like open source with the exception of the receiving equipment? If there is no data being sent to voyager, then maintenance of the receiving equipment could be the only cost. Suppose this equipment could be maintained, and setup in such a way as to provide the data being returned in a free and open matter (XML, raw data, etc). Like the pics that were published first by amateurs not that long ago (I believe from Titan, but I'm too lazy to search for it), the interested people on the interent would surely spend time analyzing and releasing reports/images/summaries for the scientific community, including NASA.
Just a thought, but I think the real question is, if a fund were setup, would NASA and/or the US government let this equipment be run by the public, and what are the real costs.
I didn't see where it said 802.11 was the technology there were considering, though it is a possibility. I personally would rather see 802.16 (WiMax). It has a greater distance and more bandwidth. If a city were to build something like this and bring in business to help offset the costs, a wonderful, high speed network could be created with little or no ongoing costs to the public.
I think if someone were to register somecompany-sucks.com (or similar) and put up a site that very much resembles somecompany, and use that site for commercial purposes, like linking heavily to somecompany's competitor(s) than it is infringement.
However, if I were to register somecompnay-sucks.com and use the site to criticize said company and share experiences with other unhappy customers, then this is very much fair use. As WIPO has stated, no fluent English speaking person would reasonably think that somecompany.com and somecompany-sucks.com would both be the same site.
Have a look at Saskatchewan sometime, and realize that places like Tisdale, Prince Albert, etc. have high speed internet access. Yes, most of the population lives within a couple hundred Kms of the border, but I didn't say that x% of the population has high speed. Remember, Saskatchewan is mostly farmland, which means there are little towns spread out across the entire province, and most have high speed access, and more will soon have it.
Canada has a population nearing 30 million, and a land mass significantly larger than the US. Yet, we have two Satellite television providers. In the province I live in (Saskatchewan) anyone in a city with a population of around 1000 people has access to high speed internet. The local telco has also started offering wireless which means anyone living within I believe about 30Km of selected spots, will also have high speed available.
The thing is, around here, a lot of money was invested in the infrastructure for many years. If the copyright holders would begin to allow us to download our favourite shows (for a fee) then we certainly have the infrastructure to support it.
As for Austrailia, if the government can (and has the money to) get involved, there are a lot of new technologies coming out such as WiMax that can begin to offer high speed internet without the infrastructure costs normally associated with something like expanding DSL to a new area.
Then the question becomes, if it is temporary is it censorship? That's definitely an arguable point in my books, though I would tend to say its not censorship if it is only a temporary hold on publication presumably for the greater good.
This of course raises the real issue, which an AC brought up below. In this case, we have to balance the rights of the accused to have a fair and impartial jury versus the public's right to the information as it becomes available. I would side with the accused. A person's right to a fair, impartial jury is more important then my right to know the details of the case immediately
In any case, I can't disagree with the publication ban, when its temporary, and the rights of an indvidual may be jeopardized by publishing them early. The public will have a chance to see the evidence at a later date.
I see your point, but I don't think I can call this censorship based on the fact that once the trial is over, the ban will be lifted and all information and trial proceedings can (and will be) published. This is not about denying the publics right to view information, its about trying to protect the rights of the accused (ie a fair trial).
Its interesting that they went with WiFi - and thus end up with a pretty limited area. Of course WiMax equipment is quite ready for the masses, though it is being rolled out in some areas.
As a developer I would agree that this is where most of the time lies. Allowing 1 week for testing andf fixes for an application with > 500,000 lines of code and interoperations with 4 or 5 different systems is not adequate. If the project took 3 or 4 months (at least) to build, don't expect it to be launch read a week later.
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If you jump out of a dark space into a light area you're going to be blinded. It's going to be really bright until your eyes adjust Is this really any different than flashbang grenades we've seen in CS?
But is QoS really that special? Don't most of these hardware firewalls allow for setting QoS? I honestly don't know, I use a linux box as a firewall, so I can do all this. I guess you could say that it comes preconfigured with QoS settings for a lot of current/popular games, but $120USD seems pretty high for that.
Well if we want to rehash old rivalries, we could bring vi vs. emacs in, or one of the numerous others that has been flogged to death over the years. However, its not like we'll get to see emacs running around with a VI t-shirt, so I guess the *IT rivalry is more entertaining.
Yes, but the closest thing to a recognizeable "female" was not something most men would have found attractive... its obvious this is meant to replace Princess Lea in the slave outfit.
Okay, maybe offtopic, but we see this come up in a lot of YRO topics. The question is, how do we interpret Your Rights Online?
About your rights in the online world - is it illegal to spam, download music, etc.
Discussing your rights in an online discussion group instead of at a coffee shop
Personally, I sort of see it as the second one... its a place for discussing people's rights, not just their rights in the "online" world. It just happens that we discuss it on a website.
This is the first post I've seen with a reasonable alternative to the sentence. Bankrupt the guy. Unless he can provide documentation of other sources of income, take every dime. If he can provide documentation, make sure the IRS goes over his records with a fine tooth comb. Ban him from all telecommunications usage except telephone. He can have a cell phone, but he cannot have any type of data service on it, including text messageing. Finally, a significant number of hours of community service. These of course could be instead served as jail time, but would be up to defendant.
Exactly. I shouldn't need a computer (or some sort of power outlet to USB converter) to charge my PDA, RIM device, Cell phone, portable gaming device, etc. It would be nice to have both, but lets face it, on something like a cellphone, its not like I want a bunch of different connectors which will just make the thing larger.
I don't have a Whirley Pop, mine's a different brand name, but the same thing. By far the best popcorn maker I've ever had. A little oil and the seends makes great popcorn. You can also add a variety of spices to the oil and flavour the popcorn as it cooks.
I was in Mexico (Huatulco) and at one bar we frequented, they served popcorn made in oil. The thing was, they fried up peanuts and peppers (that they also served) and then cooked the popcorn in this oil. Gave the popcorn a slightly spicy, but very tasty flavour. I really have to try this myself sometime
A lot of people have responded to your post with a variety of reasons on why not to go to a permanent time. All my life I have lived in Saskatchewan (just north of Montana and North Dakota). We do not change times, and are one of the few places in North America that doesn't. Usually every spring there's talk about it and without fail, the government decides to just leave things alone.
Yes, this means that children to go to school when its dark. No, this typically does not mean that more are getting hit by cars. Farmers typically don't start work at a given time, they start with the dawn and finish when its to dark to see properly. The only reason they worry about the time is when they need parts to continue harvest/seeding/etc. Most parts places around here are starting to have extended hours during the seeding and harvest seasons.
It does cause a little confusion at times. Most of our TV channels will start an hour earlier/later. If you're doing business outside of the province you have to be aware of the local time.
Personally, I love the fact that regardless of the time of year, I can say that we are GMT -6. When a story gets posted that mentions an ecllipse or meteor shower, I can quickly determine the best viewing times from almost any summary.
In Canada, the CRTC just ruled that VoIP providers must provide Basic 911 within 90 days of the ruling (the ruling was Apr 4/2005). Well, if you get down to the meat of it, some will have to provide Enhanced 911 services, but I don't know of any VoIP providers that would fit this category. Most will need to provide Basic 911 service:
Basic 9-1-1 service connects the caller to a central call centre which then connects the call to the correct emergency response centre, at which point the caller must identify his or her location in order for an emergency response service to be dispatchedGoogle turned up an answer in less time than it took to type your question. Basically, yes a layer 3 switch will route packets based on IP addresses. Apparently there are layer 4 switches as well (think protocols like HTTP, FTP, SMTP, etc)
Okay, but I (and many other people) have a cat. I don't try and keep up on every new improvement in cat food, and what type of food I should use for a slightly heavy, somewhat active middle age cat. Instead, I talk to my vet, who suggested a few different brands.
The general public out there doesn't see their computer as something that needs securing and constant care to remain safe. They see it as a VCR. To most people, their computer is just another (confusing) appliance. Help desk folks have been trying for years to educate their users (I know, I've been there). It doesn't work. If the general public isn't interested learning (and for the most part they're not) than you can't teach them anything. Instead, provide them with what they want. Simple, clear instructions on what to do.
Insanity - doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results
I wouldn't necessarily agree. Trying to train someone who doesn't want to learn.... well lets just say they're not going to learn anything.
Instead, alerts and so forth that the general public would see should stop using those terms. Instead of saying there's a new phishing scam going around about $somebank, the article should be about counterfit emails trying to get people to give out their account information. Then give very simple and straightforward adivce on avoiding the issue, for example explaining that they should not click the link in the email if they wish to visit their bank, instead they should type in www.$somebank.com
Same thing for viruses/trojans. Instead of arguing about if the latest outlook exploit should be called a worm/trojan/virus/etc. make alerts simple and clear. For general alerts, stick to one term, probably virus (most computer users are probably at least somewhat familiar with this one). The alerts should be simple, and probably skip, or at least not highlight the name. The general public isn't going to care that variant G of MyDumbExploit is now in the wild. Instead, the alert should be simple, and inform users to make sure they are running anti-virus software and to make sure it is up to date.
Now of course some of us are going to want more details and such, and the alerts should contain links to more detailed information. However, the general public will get confused if too much detail is given.
To put this in perspecitve, I don't know much about cars. I got a recall notice not that long ago on my car that told me something could happen with the transmission under certain conditions. I don't care if its actually a bolt that was tightened a little too much, or a bad gasket, just tell me the conditions to avoid and where I can book an appointment to get it fixed.
1. its not about the judge being swayed, its about the jurye line.html
2. The ban will be lifted after jury is sequestered
3. Yes, because its in the interest of a fair trial
4. See number 1
5. Lets see, is the right of one person to a fair and impartial jury more important than my right to review records immediately after they are produced as evidence? I'd rather live in a country that ensures a fair trial, and lets the public wait so the trial can begin with an untainted jury releasing the records. Oh wait I do, I live in Canada.
Before you get critical of it, you better understand the ban. Read a summary of it here: http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/groupaction/tim
The question becomes, how is the 4 million being spent? I can't see there being a lot of equipment upkeep involved, just some receiving equipment. I wonder how much course correction if any is being done. I guess what I'm getting at, is could this be something that could be run like open source with the exception of the receiving equipment? If there is no data being sent to voyager, then maintenance of the receiving equipment could be the only cost. Suppose this equipment could be maintained, and setup in such a way as to provide the data being returned in a free and open matter (XML, raw data, etc). Like the pics that were published first by amateurs not that long ago (I believe from Titan, but I'm too lazy to search for it), the interested people on the interent would surely spend time analyzing and releasing reports/images/summaries for the scientific community, including NASA.
Just a thought, but I think the real question is, if a fund were setup, would NASA and/or the US government let this equipment be run by the public, and what are the real costs.
I didn't see where it said 802.11 was the technology there were considering, though it is a possibility. I personally would rather see 802.16 (WiMax). It has a greater distance and more bandwidth. If a city were to build something like this and bring in business to help offset the costs, a wonderful, high speed network could be created with little or no ongoing costs to the public.
I think if someone were to register somecompany-sucks.com (or similar) and put up a site that very much resembles somecompany, and use that site for commercial purposes, like linking heavily to somecompany's competitor(s) than it is infringement.
However, if I were to register somecompnay-sucks.com and use the site to criticize said company and share experiences with other unhappy customers, then this is very much fair use. As WIPO has stated, no fluent English speaking person would reasonably think that somecompany.com and somecompany-sucks.com would both be the same site.
Have a look at Saskatchewan sometime, and realize that places like Tisdale, Prince Albert, etc. have high speed internet access. Yes, most of the population lives within a couple hundred Kms of the border, but I didn't say that x% of the population has high speed. Remember, Saskatchewan is mostly farmland, which means there are little towns spread out across the entire province, and most have high speed access, and more will soon have it.
Canada has a population nearing 30 million, and a land mass significantly larger than the US. Yet, we have two Satellite television providers. In the province I live in (Saskatchewan) anyone in a city with a population of around 1000 people has access to high speed internet. The local telco has also started offering wireless which means anyone living within I believe about 30Km of selected spots, will also have high speed available.
The thing is, around here, a lot of money was invested in the infrastructure for many years. If the copyright holders would begin to allow us to download our favourite shows (for a fee) then we certainly have the infrastructure to support it.
As for Austrailia, if the government can (and has the money to) get involved, there are a lot of new technologies coming out such as WiMax that can begin to offer high speed internet without the infrastructure costs normally associated with something like expanding DSL to a new area.
Then the question becomes, if it is temporary is it censorship? That's definitely an arguable point in my books, though I would tend to say its not censorship if it is only a temporary hold on publication presumably for the greater good.
This of course raises the real issue, which an AC brought up below. In this case, we have to balance the rights of the accused to have a fair and impartial jury versus the public's right to the information as it becomes available. I would side with the accused. A person's right to a fair, impartial jury is more important then my right to know the details of the case immediately
In any case, I can't disagree with the publication ban, when its temporary, and the rights of an indvidual may be jeopardized by publishing them early. The public will have a chance to see the evidence at a later date.
I see your point, but I don't think I can call this censorship based on the fact that once the trial is over, the ban will be lifted and all information and trial proceedings can (and will be) published. This is not about denying the publics right to view information, its about trying to protect the rights of the accused (ie a fair trial).
Its interesting that they went with WiFi - and thus end up with a pretty limited area. Of course WiMax equipment is quite ready for the masses, though it is being rolled out in some areas.
As a developer I would agree that this is where most of the time lies. Allowing 1 week for testing andf fixes for an application with > 500,000 lines of code and interoperations with 4 or 5 different systems is not adequate. If the project took 3 or 4 months (at least) to build, don't expect it to be launch read a week later.
Mozilla blocks refers from slashdot... you'll have to copy and paste the links to anyting at mozilla.org
Hopefully your ISP isn't keeping logs of the IPs your using... oh wait, they probably are... even here in Canada.