Because 'your' and 'you're' are pronounced identically, as are the there-their-they're triplet. If you're writing as you speak, it's a very easy mistake.
I predict that before a week has passed, someone will be claiming Obama personally rigged the study as part of a deliberate attempt to sabotage the oil industry.
It happens a lot when both sides have the funds to draw things out, or when politics get involved. The civil action between Microsoft and Novel over Windows 95 only concluded this year, and the Mount Soledad cross fiasco has been going on since 1989.
The Mount Soledad case is a good example of how a case can be endlessly stalled - it's been going on so long because there is a political involvement too, which means the state and federal congress have both had to intervene. They can't overrule the constitution which poses the real issue, but they were able to use tricks like transfering ownership of the property (Three times!) in order to invalidate the case or change jurisdiction and force everyone to start over. Right now it's being delayed by inaction: The state lost the last ruling, but managed to get an stay that delays the need to implement the ruling until after they have appealed it once more - and have been writing the document to file that appeal for the last five months. So long as the paperwork isn't submitted, the case cannot progress.
DVD rippers are trivial to use. Insert disc, run program, click 'rip.' The public doesn't use them much because of what they produce: A rather large set of VOB files. You can't even burn them to a new disc, because they are almost always dual-layer discs that won't fit on a single-layer DVD-R.
Blu-ray ripping is a rather more involved process though - you need to put some effort into that.
The crime thing is quite common in Europe. It's a rehabilitation thing - once prisoners have been out for long enough (Exact time depends on crime) they are able to keep their criminal past a secret even from employers (With some exceptions). It's intended to avoid the problem of unemployability forcing them back into crime again to make a living. Compare to the US, where it's very, very difficult for a felon to get a job - the only real possibility is if they personally know someone who will look past the big black mark on their record. That means for many who have served their time, the options are crime or starvation.
And both Regan and his Russian counterparts were sensible enough not to start a war - they were just very concerned the other side might, so prepared regardless and put defenses on a hair-trigger.
The cold war may be over, but Russia still has a decently impressive military, and the confidence that the most NATO will do is take back anywhere they invade. It'd be insane t actually try to invade Russia: The territory is inhospitable to anyone not extensively experienced, and if there is any prospect of them actually losing then Putin might be just desperate enough to fire off all those ICBMs he keeps around. All Russia would be risking is the cost of a war and some diplomatic fallout, both temporary problems. They have the strategic advantage here.
There are proposed systems that require expensive-to-generate signatures - something where sending an email might require a minute or so of processor time. Not a real problem for most uses, but a serious hold-up for spammers. Never took off though, and there are some issues - it just gives spammers an incentive to control a botnet, and the calculation intended to be a minor inconvenience for desktops can be a serious problem for mobile devices.
There isn't much that can be done in response to Russia. Military action is out of the question: One does not start an open war with a nuclear superpower lightly. Economic sanctions hurt both sites, and Europe needs Russia as much as Russia needs Europe. They supply the gas that keeps the lights on.
A loud noise sounds! Your neighbours all ignore it - probably a false alarm - and the burgler goes about his business. Even if someone does call the police, plenty of time to grab the obvious valuables and load up his car to escape before the police could arrive. It can't hurt, but don't depend on it.
Some sort of camera system recording to a remote server (encrypted, of course) might help. It wouldn't deter any thieves, because they wouldn't know about it, but it would give you some tiny sliver of hope getting things back. Maybe you'll get lucky and the police will recognise someone with priors. Don't expect them to send out the forensics team and run prints against the database unless you are rich and/or famous, but it'd be better than nothing.
Also, offsite records of all serial numbers, and apply indelible security marks in visible places. Good for patrolling eBay to see if your stuff turns up, proving ownership and such. Plus you can report it to the manufacturers, who usually have a list of stolen serials - that way if the sucker who buys the stolen goods ever tries to get a warranty claim it'll be flagged.
The (largely theoretical) cost savings come from utilisation. If you run the servers, you need to have peak capacity on hand - your website needs to be ready to handle being linked to from slashdot or a major news site, your fileservers need to be up to the task of everyone logging on in the morning, and you need enough storage always to hand to be ready when that guy down in PR starts work on his 1080p raw video for the new advertisment project. That means that most of the time your servers are sitting largely idle. With a cloud setup, the operator can rely on few of those peaks coinciding between customers - allowing for servers to be run closer to full utilization, and thus reducing the number of servers needed in total.
No, HTML isn't too hard for me. This is a secondary school. Student time is limited - the objective of the web-dev module is to get them to produce a simple website that ticks a list of point-getting boxes off the examination list. The examiners don't care how ugly the code is, and we haven't time to teach the students HTML - it's a lot quicker to get them using a WYSIWYG editor, then they can just put together something in a reasonable time. It'd be completly unacceptable in the real world, but as long as it ticks all the 'demonstrate feature, get mark' boxes it'll be good enough.
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Here's a radical idea: Tie progress to achievement in some way, rather than 'get a year older, go up a class.'
Salt water attenuates all radio quite effectively, except for VLF, which is cumbersome to work with.
Could build the input stage with valves. It'll make your location sound better.
Not here. Must be different regional accents.
Because 'your' and 'you're' are pronounced identically, as are the there-their-they're triplet. If you're writing as you speak, it's a very easy mistake.
I predict that before a week has passed, someone will be claiming Obama personally rigged the study as part of a deliberate attempt to sabotage the oil industry.
To rip, yes. To transcode a DVD from MPEG2 to h264? Anywhere from twenty minutes to three days, depending on what settings you use.
You'd usually want to transcode a blu-ray from h264 to lower-bitrate h264 too, as a simple remux is about fifty gig.
He is clearly describing a program that transcodes (probably to h264). You are being confused by a difference in terminology.
It happens a lot when both sides have the funds to draw things out, or when politics get involved. The civil action between Microsoft and Novel over Windows 95 only concluded this year, and the Mount Soledad cross fiasco has been going on since 1989.
The Mount Soledad case is a good example of how a case can be endlessly stalled - it's been going on so long because there is a political involvement too, which means the state and federal congress have both had to intervene. They can't overrule the constitution which poses the real issue, but they were able to use tricks like transfering ownership of the property (Three times!) in order to invalidate the case or change jurisdiction and force everyone to start over. Right now it's being delayed by inaction: The state lost the last ruling, but managed to get an stay that delays the need to implement the ruling until after they have appealed it once more - and have been writing the document to file that appeal for the last five months. So long as the paperwork isn't submitted, the case cannot progress.
DVD rippers are trivial to use. Insert disc, run program, click 'rip.' The public doesn't use them much because of what they produce: A rather large set of VOB files. You can't even burn them to a new disc, because they are almost always dual-layer discs that won't fit on a single-layer DVD-R.
Blu-ray ripping is a rather more involved process though - you need to put some effort into that.
The crime thing is quite common in Europe. It's a rehabilitation thing - once prisoners have been out for long enough (Exact time depends on crime) they are able to keep their criminal past a secret even from employers (With some exceptions). It's intended to avoid the problem of unemployability forcing them back into crime again to make a living. Compare to the US, where it's very, very difficult for a felon to get a job - the only real possibility is if they personally know someone who will look past the big black mark on their record. That means for many who have served their time, the options are crime or starvation.
And both Regan and his Russian counterparts were sensible enough not to start a war - they were just very concerned the other side might, so prepared regardless and put defenses on a hair-trigger.
The cold war may be over, but Russia still has a decently impressive military, and the confidence that the most NATO will do is take back anywhere they invade. It'd be insane t actually try to invade Russia: The territory is inhospitable to anyone not extensively experienced, and if there is any prospect of them actually losing then Putin might be just desperate enough to fire off all those ICBMs he keeps around. All Russia would be risking is the cost of a war and some diplomatic fallout, both temporary problems. They have the strategic advantage here.
Use Retroshare.
There are proposed systems that require expensive-to-generate signatures - something where sending an email might require a minute or so of processor time. Not a real problem for most uses, but a serious hold-up for spammers. Never took off though, and there are some issues - it just gives spammers an incentive to control a botnet, and the calculation intended to be a minor inconvenience for desktops can be a serious problem for mobile devices.
There isn't much that can be done in response to Russia. Military action is out of the question: One does not start an open war with a nuclear superpower lightly. Economic sanctions hurt both sites, and Europe needs Russia as much as Russia needs Europe. They supply the gas that keeps the lights on.
Perhaps not so much the latter case.
Until you try to impliment them on hardware that can exist in the real world.
A loud noise sounds! Your neighbours all ignore it - probably a false alarm - and the burgler goes about his business. Even if someone does call the police, plenty of time to grab the obvious valuables and load up his car to escape before the police could arrive. It can't hurt, but don't depend on it.
Some sort of camera system recording to a remote server (encrypted, of course) might help. It wouldn't deter any thieves, because they wouldn't know about it, but it would give you some tiny sliver of hope getting things back. Maybe you'll get lucky and the police will recognise someone with priors. Don't expect them to send out the forensics team and run prints against the database unless you are rich and/or famous, but it'd be better than nothing.
Also, offsite records of all serial numbers, and apply indelible security marks in visible places. Good for patrolling eBay to see if your stuff turns up, proving ownership and such. Plus you can report it to the manufacturers, who usually have a list of stolen serials - that way if the sucker who buys the stolen goods ever tries to get a warranty claim it'll be flagged.
It would cause a lot of problems in doing business with EU companies, many of whom would wish to purchase advertising services.
It was the cloud before someone invented the term.
The (largely theoretical) cost savings come from utilisation. If you run the servers, you need to have peak capacity on hand - your website needs to be ready to handle being linked to from slashdot or a major news site, your fileservers need to be up to the task of everyone logging on in the morning, and you need enough storage always to hand to be ready when that guy down in PR starts work on his 1080p raw video for the new advertisment project. That means that most of the time your servers are sitting largely idle. With a cloud setup, the operator can rely on few of those peaks coinciding between customers - allowing for servers to be run closer to full utilization, and thus reducing the number of servers needed in total.
No, HTML isn't too hard for me. This is a secondary school. Student time is limited - the objective of the web-dev module is to get them to produce a simple website that ticks a list of point-getting boxes off the examination list. The examiners don't care how ugly the code is, and we haven't time to teach the students HTML - it's a lot quicker to get them using a WYSIWYG editor, then they can just put together something in a reasonable time. It'd be completly unacceptable in the real world, but as long as it ticks all the 'demonstrate feature, get mark' boxes it'll be good enough.
I meant to ask for an alternative to dreamweaver, got them mixed up, but... meh. Same basic purpose.
I get the impression some PHB decided that The Cloud* was going to be the next big thing and demanded it be incorporated somehow.
*Sarcasm capitals.
Goodbye, Adobe. Hello... hmm. What's a good alternative, preferably open source, to Frontpage?
And no, don't say HTML. This isn't for web-dev, it's for teaching a load of students to pretend they know what they are doing.