The smart people either can't even get dates or are smart enough to realize that raising kids costs too much in time and money.
Re:Who's right is it anyway?
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No, the politicians are keen on their rights. I don't think they're too keen on the rights of every other American citizen. Case in point: anything and everything John Ashcroft has proposed, spoken, or thought, since he was appointed Attorney General.
I didn't read the whole Patriot Act, and it's mostyle faded from memory, but I don't remember seeing "Muslims" spelled out anywhere in there, and if it's not, that means it applies to EVERYBODY for now, until they review it in however many years they decided on. Would you like to spend X years in prison until somebody actually listens to you?
I guess it depends on your time zone;) It's really 5:04 in NY.
Re:In use at the Javits Convention Center
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No, they weren't really Newton's, they were cleverly disguised carnivore boxes that the FBI placed there so they could track all the terrorists, er.., uh.., Linux users.
You use your work password at home? I did that for about 2 days until I realized that I didn't want to get nailed with some keystroke logger at home and then have comprimised our entire network at work, on which I have admin rights on all the servers.
The only thing I have a problem with is when I think of my monthly $75 cable bill as one big bill, instead of two really separate services. I only pay $40/month though, but I think I'd pay $60 if it came to it (which it may, my provider is Adelphia).
I work for a small ISP and one of our competitors thats much larger than us is going to start offering cable broadband through Time Warner. From what I understand, Time Warner provides the actual hookup and hardware, and then the ISP would provide mail, DNS, and tech support. The ISP would get $5 per month, per user that chooses the ISP.
That's the beauty of the current administration. They don't have to do a damn thing they don't want to no matter who requests it. Nor do they have to ask for permission to do anything they want to.
Anytime I have to learn something new related to computers, I head over to groups.google.com and look up "[fancy-new-product] sucks" and read the results. Saves many hours later on.
Simple question to ask the interviewee: To find the answer to a technical problem, do you consult the 1000+ page spec book, or head to groups.google.com?
The college kids with no practical experience will go for the books. People that have enough experience to realize that the implementation never matches the specs go to google.
I didn't read through the entire judgement, but does this nullify the patent, or can only the patent office revoke a patent? And if so, based on the judgement, is that enough for them to do so?
BT argues that Prodigy infringes the Sargent patent through its business activities as an Internet Service Provider. BT contends that Prodigy's web servers provide access to information in a manner that literally infringes the Sargent patent.
BT also alleges that the Internet infringes the Sargent patent and that Prodigy facilitates infringement by its subscribers by providing them with access to the Internet. BT contends that Prodigy contributorily infringes or actively induces the infringement of the Sargent patent by providing the necessary software and encouraging its subscribers to access pages of information from Web servers maintained by third parties. Therefore, BT argues, even if Prodigy's servers do not infringe the Sargent patent as a matter of law, summary judgment should be denied because Prodigy infringes the '662 patent by making and using infringing remote terminals.
Based on that last paragraph, it sounds like BT was trying to pull a XXAA and declare the whole Internet as illegal.
First off, most/.ers don't read the articles to begin with. Secondly, we all know that there won't be any cool pictures in that article or any other CNet article. Third, keep in mind that CNet also runs download.com which I'm sure has a million users a day, all tranferring complete applications measureable in megabytes, where as the webpage is probably only 50k or so. I doubt they even noticed the blip on the OC999999999 utilization graphs.
Based on what I've seen in the market, there's a high demand for people with 10+ years of Java experience. But you usually also need about 20 years of VB experience in OS development.
How do you secure a physical medium from interception? If you intercept a signal, can't you just rebroadcast the same signal back out as long as it was read correctly in the first place? Isn't the real security in the encryption of the data being transmitted over the medium?
Actually, the article also stated that when he ripped the CDs he could have turned off the DRM features if he had gone into Tools | Options. This option is probably turned on by default though.
Yep. I was happy to get one for Christmas, and after about 30 minutes of constant dying because it wasn't responsive enough, and because the shoddy sensors kept falling off the TV, I was happy to put it in the closet.
Great, another 32MB MP3 player. Gee, a guess I gotta go get another one to sit in a drawer, because this new 32MB model will be so much better than the 32MB models from the last couple years, especially since it will play cassette quality audio in a cassette player. That's innovation, and dammit, that's what consumers want.
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I have a 4 year old. You obviously have a <1 year old. Don't forgot to post an update to your parenthood experiences in 3 years ;)
The smart people either can't even get dates or are smart enough to realize that raising kids costs too much in time and money.
No, the politicians are keen on their rights. I don't think they're too keen on the rights of every other American citizen. Case in point: anything and everything John Ashcroft has proposed, spoken, or thought, since he was appointed Attorney General.
I didn't read the whole Patriot Act, and it's mostyle faded from memory, but I don't remember seeing "Muslims" spelled out anywhere in there, and if it's not, that means it applies to EVERYBODY for now, until they review it in however many years they decided on. Would you like to spend X years in prison until somebody actually listens to you?
I guess it depends on your time zone ;) It's really 5:04 in NY.
No, they weren't really Newton's, they were cleverly disguised carnivore boxes that the FBI placed there so they could track all the terrorists, er.., uh.., Linux users.
You use your work password at home? I did that for about 2 days until I realized that I didn't want to get nailed with some keystroke logger at home and then have comprimised our entire network at work, on which I have admin rights on all the servers.
The only thing I have a problem with is when I think of my monthly $75 cable bill as one big bill, instead of two really separate services. I only pay $40/month though, but I think I'd pay $60 if it came to it (which it may, my provider is Adelphia).
I work for a small ISP and one of our competitors thats much larger than us is going to start offering cable broadband through Time Warner. From what I understand, Time Warner provides the actual hookup and hardware, and then the ISP would provide mail, DNS, and tech support. The ISP would get $5 per month, per user that chooses the ISP.
And it's down again. They must have at least one server working.
It's already back up.
No, slashdot would be more like setting off a few nukes right on top of a fault line.
That's the beauty of the current administration. They don't have to do a damn thing they don't want to no matter who requests it. Nor do they have to ask for permission to do anything they want to.
Anytime I have to learn something new related to computers, I head over to groups.google.com and look up "[fancy-new-product] sucks" and read the results. Saves many hours later on.
Simple question to ask the interviewee: To find the answer to a technical problem, do you consult the 1000+ page spec book, or head to groups.google.com?
The college kids with no practical experience will go for the books. People that have enough experience to realize that the implementation never matches the specs go to google.
I didn't read through the entire judgement, but does this nullify the patent, or can only the patent office revoke a patent? And if so, based on the judgement, is that enough for them to do so?
Based on that last paragraph, it sounds like BT was trying to pull a XXAA and declare the whole Internet as illegal.
Just wait till you start getting porn spam for Hardcore Penguin Farm Sex.
Hmmm, I didn't notice your name signed at the bottom of the original FAQ document like you've done in your post.
First off, most /.ers don't read the articles to begin with. Secondly, we all know that there won't be any cool pictures in that article or any other CNet article. Third, keep in mind that CNet also runs download.com which I'm sure has a million users a day, all tranferring complete applications measureable in megabytes, where as the webpage is probably only 50k or so. I doubt they even noticed the blip on the OC999999999 utilization graphs.
Based on what I've seen in the market, there's a high demand for people with 10+ years of Java experience. But you usually also need about 20 years of VB experience in OS development.
How do you secure a physical medium from interception? If you intercept a signal, can't you just rebroadcast the same signal back out as long as it was read correctly in the first place? Isn't the real security in the encryption of the data being transmitted over the medium?
Actually, the article also stated that when he ripped the CDs he could have turned off the DRM features if he had gone into Tools | Options. This option is probably turned on by default though.
Yep. I was happy to get one for Christmas, and after about 30 minutes of constant dying because it wasn't responsive enough, and because the shoddy sensors kept falling off the TV, I was happy to put it in the closet.
What no complaints in the last 30 seconds about my technical spec fauz pas? Lazy ACs.
Great, another 32MB MP3 player. Gee, a guess I gotta go get another one to sit in a drawer, because this new 32MB model will be so much better than the 32MB models from the last couple years, especially since it will play cassette quality audio in a cassette player. That's innovation, and dammit, that's what consumers want.