The state has a clear incentive to make sure the prisoners don't offend again: Each prisoner means more expense, and politicians (well, in theory) don't like wasteful spending. Thus they have a reason to focus on rehabilitation - getting the prisoners educated, keeping them from creating a prison culture that glorifies crime, controlling gangs. Private prisoners, on the other hand, get paid by the prisoner - they have no incentive for rehabilitation. Quite the opposite: If a prisoner serves his time, is released, reoffends... that's just another profitable inmate the prison will get paid for.
The real situation is more complicated though. There are other factors too, not least of which is the public bloodlust: People have a sense of social justice and a desire to see offenders suffer, so rehabilitation often faces political opposition.
Population is the elephant in the room of environmentalism. It's the root of almost all other problems, perhaps the most serious one of all. At the same time, the only ways to fix it would face massive public opposition to the point that the environmental movement as a whole would suffer from the backlash. So the problem is ignored, on the grounds that there are no politically viable solutions. China excepted, but them only because their government doesn't have to care how unpopular it's programs are.
Cable TV is sent via broadcast (Or multicast in IP packets, dependings where you are, not sure what Comcast does) - very efficient indeed. You can't do that for VoD though, at least not without major network redesign work and equipment replacement.
That, and it gives them another incentive to provide poor service. So long as they keep their caps low enough, it'll be impossible for customers to effectively use any media service other than their own.
They can always arrest you for breaking some other law. Not sure which? Oh, there will be one, somewhere. Everyone is a potential criminal, it's just a matter of hunting hard enough. Ever dropped some litter and been caught on CCTV? How many times? I'm sure those fines all add up to a fair bit.
There are only 9!+8!+7!+6!+5!+4!+3!+2+1 possible combinations. That's... 409113.
409k combinations. It may sound like a lot, but in computer terms that's less than 2^19.
From experience with no-ip.org being blocked in the same way, even when neither side is using the official MSM client (Does anyone?) the message is still blocked - so, no, it isn't client-side.
They also block all posts containing the string 'no-ip.org' - I've ran into it myself, as I use my home server on a no-ip.org dynamic IP to host the occasional game and transfer files via HTTP. I just have to specify it by IP instead to get around the block. I don't know exactly why Microsoft blocks mention of no-ip.org, but it is concieveable that it might be used to host malware downloads which are then advertised via IM-spamming, so there is grounds for some legitimate reason there. Even if it does inconvenience me personally.
In the case of TPB though, there is no such excuse. If TBP hosts malware (And I'm sure there are a few files, given the volume there), it'll have to be something that requires downloading a torrent(/magnet) - and if you can't get infected just by visiting a browser-exploiting website, it fails as malware. Besides, anyone uneducated enough to follow IM spam links isn't going to know what a torrent client is. It seems far more likely that Microsoft are just doing a corporate favor for either an external company they want to maintain a good relationship with or one of their own divisions concerned about piracy.
That's the ideal, yes. In practice things don't always work out that way. For one, health insurance in the US is often tied into employment: The potential patent isn't choosing their provider there, the decision is made for them by someone who won't have to deal with the consequences directly.
The SIM is a smartcard with plastic bits trimmed off. The micro-SIM is a SIM with plastic bits trimmed off. By the nano-SIM they are on to trimming off bits of the metal too, though this does mean you can no longer mod a larger size with scissors to make it fit.
This may be modded funny, but I was serious... this is exactly the type of 'well, it could happen' hypothetical attack that the TSA and it's counterparts around the world would take seriously. Recall that for a time (was it ever reversed?) passangers were forbidden from carrying their own drinks onto the flight out of a fear that the bottles could contain a liquid explosive?
The voiceover on the MM show mentioned this: He said that any time it appears to be done with a live audience, the audience is in on it.
A TV magician doesn't really need an audience though. If you just intercut the trick with *any* audience shots, even from another trick or another show entirely, I doubt the viewers at home would realise.
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The state has a clear incentive to make sure the prisoners don't offend again: Each prisoner means more expense, and politicians (well, in theory) don't like wasteful spending. Thus they have a reason to focus on rehabilitation - getting the prisoners educated, keeping them from creating a prison culture that glorifies crime, controlling gangs. Private prisoners, on the other hand, get paid by the prisoner - they have no incentive for rehabilitation. Quite the opposite: If a prisoner serves his time, is released, reoffends... that's just another profitable inmate the prison will get paid for.
The real situation is more complicated though. There are other factors too, not least of which is the public bloodlust: People have a sense of social justice and a desire to see offenders suffer, so rehabilitation often faces political opposition.
Population is the elephant in the room of environmentalism. It's the root of almost all other problems, perhaps the most serious one of all. At the same time, the only ways to fix it would face massive public opposition to the point that the environmental movement as a whole would suffer from the backlash. So the problem is ignored, on the grounds that there are no politically viable solutions. China excepted, but them only because their government doesn't have to care how unpopular it's programs are.
Private prisons do create some conflict of interest. Repeat offenders mean repeat customers.
Oh, I see what you mean... and yes, you are quite right.
Mine doesn't repeat, but remember the gestures can be from one to nine points long. Those nine factorials are the nine possible combination lengths.
Activation? What activation? None of my images ever asked for activation...
Well, it's certainly not stopping any pirates.
I'm not so sure. They picked up a lot of evil-points from Secure Boot, remember
You seem to be confused: The UK *won* that war. Quite easily, actually.
Cable TV is sent via broadcast (Or multicast in IP packets, dependings where you are, not sure what Comcast does) - very efficient indeed. You can't do that for VoD though, at least not without major network redesign work and equipment replacement.
That, and it gives them another incentive to provide poor service. So long as they keep their caps low enough, it'll be impossible for customers to effectively use any media service other than their own.
"Acres of empty boxes on display with all the stock stashed in couple of drawers at the back."
Common anti-shoplifting measure.
They can always arrest you for breaking some other law.
Not sure which? Oh, there will be one, somewhere. Everyone is a potential criminal, it's just a matter of hunting hard enough. Ever dropped some litter and been caught on CCTV? How many times? I'm sure those fines all add up to a fair bit.
There are only 9!+8!+7!+6!+5!+4!+3!+2+1 possible combinations. That's... 409113.
409k combinations. It may sound like a lot, but in computer terms that's less than 2^19.
Twenty-bit encryption. Hmm. Unimpressive.
Unless you can quantify honesty, it's a distribution around the mode.
MSM might actually be more appropriate: Microsoft Messanger is the only component left of what was once the Microsoft Network.
From experience with no-ip.org being blocked in the same way, even when neither side is using the official MSM client (Does anyone?) the message is still blocked - so, no, it isn't client-side.
They also block all posts containing the string 'no-ip.org' - I've ran into it myself, as I use my home server on a no-ip.org dynamic IP to host the occasional game and transfer files via HTTP. I just have to specify it by IP instead to get around the block. I don't know exactly why Microsoft blocks mention of no-ip.org, but it is concieveable that it might be used to host malware downloads which are then advertised via IM-spamming, so there is grounds for some legitimate reason there. Even if it does inconvenience me personally.
In the case of TPB though, there is no such excuse. If TBP hosts malware (And I'm sure there are a few files, given the volume there), it'll have to be something that requires downloading a torrent(/magnet) - and if you can't get infected just by visiting a browser-exploiting website, it fails as malware. Besides, anyone uneducated enough to follow IM spam links isn't going to know what a torrent client is. It seems far more likely that Microsoft are just doing a corporate favor for either an external company they want to maintain a good relationship with or one of their own divisions concerned about piracy.
That's the ideal, yes. In practice things don't always work out that way. For one, health insurance in the US is often tied into employment: The potential patent isn't choosing their provider there, the decision is made for them by someone who won't have to deal with the consequences directly.
The SIM is a smartcard with plastic bits trimmed off. The micro-SIM is a SIM with plastic bits trimmed off. By the nano-SIM they are on to trimming off bits of the metal too, though this does mean you can no longer mod a larger size with scissors to make it fit.
This may be modded funny, but I was serious... this is exactly the type of 'well, it could happen' hypothetical attack that the TSA and it's counterparts around the world would take seriously. Recall that for a time (was it ever reversed?) passangers were forbidden from carrying their own drinks onto the flight out of a fear that the bottles could contain a liquid explosive?
Do they still let sandwiches and apples on? A determined terrorist could disquise plastic explosive as mustard and blow out a window.
Handegg. It's a descentant of rugby, but with more padding and lawyers.
The 'outright lying' has been a part of magic since the very beginning. The tricky part is getting the audience to believe the lie.
The voiceover on the MM show mentioned this: He said that any time it appears to be done with a live audience, the audience is in on it.
A TV magician doesn't really need an audience though. If you just intercut the trick with *any* audience shots, even from another trick or another show entirely, I doubt the viewers at home would realise.