Who cares if it can detect box cutters? How much easier is it to kill someone with a box cutter than it is with a nice sharpened pencil? Hell, probably even a really dull pencil. Hell, hit someone the right way with your bare hands and you can kill them!
Now that we can't have nail clippers on planes, what makes you think we're really any safer? At best, we won't have to worry about sitting on fingernail clippings....
So do all the parents agree that this is a good idea? For those that do: fine, let their children be cattle.
For those that disagree with this policy...send your kids to school with a note that says you don't allow them to take their RFID tag to school.
If the school doesn't like that attitude...raise a stink! Make people aware of the slope they're leading their kids down. Or take the easy route and find someplace better. I don't think either is a wrong answer at this point.
Depending on how old your kid is, you could try explaining too why this whole system is a bad idea, too.
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Basically, we spend so much time trying to keep our incomes up
Well, the goal there, I think, is (or should be) to save up enough money to be able to retire comfortably. Work while you can, so you can afford to be comfortable when you can't.
Maybe you're new here, but "white hat" hacking is dangerous. Just look at the Welchia worm. Someone tried to fix computers infected with Blaster, but their "white hat" hacking worm only made things worse.
Good intentions doesn't always mean you let it slide when someone breaks the law.
I am betting they are paying out pretty close to 0 in reimbursements (which is why they are advertising this)- how much of your salary will it take to make the product even slightly more secure ?
How long will the company stay in existence to pay this poor guy's salary if someone discovers and exploits the vulnerability? Do they have the cash reserves to pay off these reimbursements if they start coming in, or will they just fold into bankruptcy?
Heck, RFID tags are just the first step. Next thing will be miniature wireless computers in every soft-drink can. And with the onboard GPS equipment, we'll be able to track every soda can out there, whether it's at the factory, in the trash, or floating around in space...
But the real question here is how whether they're implying that the civilians could be detonated too, separately without the munitions, now that we'll have got a big friggin' laser gun...
Ok, I thought if anything, I'd be moderated +1, Funny, or -1, Dipwad, for that comment. Apparently someone thought it was interesting..I guess it would be Discovery Channel-worthy if people could be detonated like bombs...harnessing their e=mc^2 or something...ah whatever.
"... it could avoid civilians while predetonating munitions miles away..."
So it can avoid civilians who are miles away from the munitions? Even the few dumb bombs dropped on Iraq avoided most citizens in Kuwait...
I think (that you know) that it means munitions miles away from the LASER could be predetonated (pre- as in before the enemy sends them our way).
But the real question here is how whether they're implying that the civilians could be detonated too, separately without the munitions, now that we'll have got a big friggin' laser gun...
Wait, so every drop of alcohol in the entire state goes through one warehouse, and the state is in charge of running this warehouse? And this seemed like a good idea?
You beat me to it. Why does the government of Mississippi distribute all the liquor in the state? Wouldn't having multiple independent distributors be a good way to prevent disasters like this? People need their whiskey, for goodness sake!
Another idea has recently been patented (USP#6,446,731), whereby a truck mounted high capacity fan is used to remove smoke and heat from burning buildings through the use of an extensible tube. This could make it much easier and safer for firefighters to rescue building occupants and put out the fire.
Now I haven't read the patent, but wouldn't such a system cause a negative pressure situation in the building, causing it to pull in more fresh air, thus fanning the flames?
Maybe I'll go read the patent and see how they deal with that...
I believe they're referring to some mainframes, in which there are bays of CPUs/RAM that can be swapped in and out while the system is running.
CPU hotplug support is not designed for removing the processor from your single-CPU x86 box.
Ok, now why is a "well duh!" comment being rated as "Informative"? Hello?! If anything, rate it what it is...Funny...especially when you picture some moron configuring his kernel for CPU hotplug support, then poppin' that thing out of its socket while the system is cranking away with Seti@Home...
I don't think a substance that is stable for only a trillionth of a second should be classified as an element. Most of these 100+ table 'elements' are like that.
"A 'superheavy' atom of element number 114, created in a research reactor in Russia, has a 'half-life' of 30 seconds... This sounds short, but most such artificially created superheavy atoms decay into lighter elements in a matter of milliseconds. By the standards of the field, element 114 lasts for a long time."
I tell her that the surviellance bosses may tune her machine to pay out more than normal because she is so talkative and charming, that they know she will talk the other guests into putting more into the machines...
On the other hand, maybe she just doesn't like to talk about her losses (who wants to be seen as a loser?) and only talks about her wins...
Rest assured, brothers, your files have not been deleted; they have been martyred and are currently being serviced by 72 virgins.
Does this take inflation into account? I don't know about you, but I just don't think seventy-two virgins is quite as much as it used to be in the old days....
Use an email address on your website that you don't use anywhere else. If you do start to collect spam there, change to a different email address.
Might be interesting to try encoding the month and year into the email address, and change the address each month. That way you could get some measurements of how much those addresses are being harvested for spam. Who knows, maybe you'd find out October is a big spam harvesting month, when you get deluged with spam to me-oct2003@blahblahblah.com over Thanksgiving break...
With an all-income-tax system, everyone bears the burden of taxation equally. Sales tax makes the poor bear the burden more than the rich.
I think you're wrong.
If I'm making $500,000 per year, I'm not spending the bare minimum on life essentials and stuffing the rest into a savings account or my mattress. I'm spending a lot more money too.
So I buy a a new $10,000 bedroom set. I end up paying about $700 in taxes (or more, depending on locality). You got your hand-me-down set from your parents for about $0. Maybe you bought one at a rummage sale. You still paid no taxes. Or maybe you had some cash and went to Walmart. You spent $500, and paid something like $35 in taxes.
Who's bearing the burden of the sales taxes? Hmmm..
Just because the poor *may* be getting more of an adverse effect from the sales taxes doesn't mean it's not affecting the rich.
'infringed IBM's copyrights by distributing IBM's contributions to Linux after SCO had violated its Linux license by claiming a copyright on parts of Linux.'
I read and re-read it and I can't make heads or tails out of what they are saying. Reminds me of this thread. Sure glad they aren't after me.
SCO disagreed with the GPL (and declared it void). That means they aren't allowed the benefits it provides (redistribution). They continued (probably still on their FTP site) to distribute Linux.
IBM has the copyright to part of the Linux source code. Their work is being distributed counter to the terms they offer it under (the GPL). IBM sues SCO under copyright law for infringement.
Many localities require you (or maybe just your children) to wear a helmet when you ride a bike or skate, in order to protect your head from injury. Because people are too stupid or too beautiful to decide to wear a helmet on their own.
I'm not in favor of pumping more laws out there (100 years from now...people will be reading section 520.C subparagraph 5, sentence 2: "All Segway riders shall be required to wear proper helmets" to which our future friends will say "what the f**k is a Segway?")....so....
Why can't the CPSC just tell consumers that it's in their best interests to wear a helmet when they ride their Segway, and if they don't and they get injured, then they can just f**king deal with it.
Seriously, you don't even need to be a "determined hacker" to get music off a somewhat-CD-compatible disc. Play the thing in your Discman, but instead of using headphones, just plug it into the line-in on your computer. Record it there.
Hell, you could plug it into your tape deck and record to cassette tapes. Or to your VCR and tape it on VHS. Don't know why you'd want to, but it's plenty easy.
When given the choice of buying a CD, or screwing over the bastard record companies who pull crap like this...I'm sure there's plenty who would sacrifice a small amount of quality for a "free" MP3 file.
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Who cares if it can detect box cutters? How much easier is it to kill someone with a box cutter than it is with a nice sharpened pencil? Hell, probably even a really dull pencil. Hell, hit someone the right way with your bare hands and you can kill them!
Now that we can't have nail clippers on planes, what makes you think we're really any safer? At best, we won't have to worry about sitting on fingernail clippings....
So do all the parents agree that this is a good idea? For those that do: fine, let their children be cattle.
For those that disagree with this policy...send your kids to school with a note that says you don't allow them to take their RFID tag to school.
If the school doesn't like that attitude...raise a stink! Make people aware of the slope they're leading their kids down. Or take the easy route and find someplace better. I don't think either is a wrong answer at this point.
Depending on how old your kid is, you could try explaining too why this whole system is a bad idea, too.
Basically, we spend so much time trying to keep our incomes up
Well, the goal there, I think, is (or should be) to save up enough money to be able to retire comfortably. Work while you can, so you can afford to be comfortable when you can't.
Maybe you're new here, but "white hat" hacking is dangerous. Just look at the Welchia worm. Someone tried to fix computers infected with Blaster, but their "white hat" hacking worm only made things worse.
Good intentions doesn't always mean you let it slide when someone breaks the law.
I am betting they are paying out pretty close to 0 in reimbursements (which is why they are advertising this)- how much of your salary will it take to make the product even slightly more secure ?
How long will the company stay in existence to pay this poor guy's salary if someone discovers and exploits the vulnerability? Do they have the cash reserves to pay off these reimbursements if they start coming in, or will they just fold into bankruptcy?
Heck, RFID tags are just the first step. Next thing will be miniature wireless computers in every soft-drink can. And with the onboard GPS equipment, we'll be able to track every soda can out there, whether it's at the factory, in the trash, or floating around in space...
"They could always just fax over a copy of the license."
Wire fraud.
"Or heck, for the $699 fee, they could hire a courier to hand-deliver the license paper."
Plain old ordinary every day fraud.
Well I don't know about wire fraud, but "plain old ordinary every day fraud" isn't a federal crime, as far as I know. That's all my point was.
actually sold any licenses. It's called mail fraud.
They could always just fax over a copy of the license. Or heck, for the $699 fee, they could hire a courier to hand-deliver the license paper.
But the real question here is how whether they're implying that the civilians could be detonated too, separately without the munitions, now that we'll have got a big friggin' laser gun...
Ok, I thought if anything, I'd be moderated +1, Funny, or -1, Dipwad, for that comment. Apparently someone thought it was interesting..I guess it would be Discovery Channel-worthy if people could be detonated like bombs...harnessing their e=mc^2 or something...ah whatever.
"... it could avoid civilians while predetonating munitions miles away..."
So it can avoid civilians who are miles away from the munitions? Even the few dumb bombs dropped on Iraq avoided most citizens in Kuwait...
I think (that you know) that it means munitions miles away from the LASER could be predetonated (pre- as in before the enemy sends them our way).
But the real question here is how whether they're implying that the civilians could be detonated too, separately without the munitions, now that we'll have got a big friggin' laser gun...
Wait, so every drop of alcohol in the entire state goes through one warehouse, and the state is in charge of running this warehouse?
And this seemed like a good idea?
You beat me to it. Why does the government of Mississippi distribute all the liquor in the state? Wouldn't having multiple independent distributors be a good way to prevent disasters like this? People need their whiskey, for goodness sake!
K9 huh? Do we need a ziplock baggy when it takes a core dump?
ziplock? do you save the poop you pick up? want to keep it from getting freezer burn or something?
Just use an old grocery bag, or the little neighborhood blue poop bags, for goodness sake!
Another idea has recently been patented (USP#6,446,731), whereby a truck mounted high capacity fan is used to remove smoke and heat from burning buildings through the use of an extensible tube. This could make it much easier and safer for firefighters to rescue building occupants and put out the fire.
Now I haven't read the patent, but wouldn't such a system cause a negative pressure situation in the building, causing it to pull in more fresh air, thus fanning the flames?
Maybe I'll go read the patent and see how they deal with that...
I believe they're referring to some mainframes, in which there are bays of CPUs/RAM that can be swapped in and out while the system is running.
CPU hotplug support is not designed for removing the processor from your single-CPU x86 box.
Ok, now why is a "well duh!" comment being rated as "Informative"? Hello?! If anything, rate it what it is...Funny...especially when you picture some moron configuring his kernel for CPU hotplug support, then poppin' that thing out of its socket while the system is cranking away with Seti@Home...
I don't think a substance that is stable for only a trillionth of a second should be classified as an element. Most of these 100+ table 'elements' are like that.
... This sounds short, but most such artificially created superheavy atoms decay into lighter elements in a matter of milliseconds. By the standards of the field, element 114 lasts for a long time."
Not quite the case...From this Nature article:
"A 'superheavy' atom of element number 114, created in a research reactor in Russia, has a 'half-life' of 30 seconds
Scientific progress goes "BOINC"?
For those who don't get it, you should be ashamed!
I tell her that the surviellance bosses may tune her machine to pay out more than normal because she is so talkative and charming, that they know she will talk the other guests into putting more into the machines...
On the other hand, maybe she just doesn't like to talk about her losses (who wants to be seen as a loser?) and only talks about her wins...
I suppose we could always go back to reading tealeaves. Or chicken entrails, if it comes to that.
Or just picking fleas out of each other's fur; that used to be fun.
Used to be? You're missing out man! I highly suggest you do some nit-picking every day, at least once a day...
I, for one, welcome our new BIOS controlling overlords.
I, for one, welcome the day when people realize that joke just isn't funny anymore.
All your overload joke are belong to us!
Rest assured, brothers, your files have not been deleted; they have been martyred and are currently being serviced by 72 virgins.
Does this take inflation into account? I don't know about you, but I just don't think seventy-two virgins is quite as much as it used to be in the old days....
Use an email address on your website that you don't use anywhere else. If you do start to collect spam there, change to a different email address.
Might be interesting to try encoding the month and year into the email address, and change the address each month. That way you could get some measurements of how much those addresses are being harvested for spam. Who knows, maybe you'd find out October is a big spam harvesting month, when you get deluged with spam to me-oct2003@blahblahblah.com over Thanksgiving break...
Just a thought.
With an all-income-tax system, everyone bears the burden of taxation equally. Sales tax makes the poor bear the burden more than the rich.
I think you're wrong.
If I'm making $500,000 per year, I'm not spending the bare minimum on life essentials and stuffing the rest into a savings account or my mattress. I'm spending a lot more money too.
So I buy a a new $10,000 bedroom set. I end up paying about $700 in taxes (or more, depending on locality). You got your hand-me-down set from your parents for about $0. Maybe you bought one at a rummage sale. You still paid no taxes. Or maybe you had some cash and went to Walmart. You spent $500, and paid something like $35 in taxes.
Who's bearing the burden of the sales taxes? Hmmm..
Just because the poor *may* be getting more of an adverse effect from the sales taxes doesn't mean it's not affecting the rich.
'infringed IBM's copyrights by distributing IBM's contributions to Linux after SCO had violated its Linux license by claiming a copyright on parts of Linux.'
I read and re-read it and I can't make heads or tails out of what they are saying. Reminds me of this thread. Sure glad they aren't after me.
SCO disagreed with the GPL (and declared it void). That means they aren't allowed the benefits it provides (redistribution). They continued (probably still on their FTP site) to distribute Linux.
IBM has the copyright to part of the Linux source code. Their work is being distributed counter to the terms they offer it under (the GPL). IBM sues SCO under copyright law for infringement.
Many localities require you (or maybe just your children) to wear a helmet when you ride a bike or skate, in order to protect your head from injury. Because people are too stupid or too beautiful to decide to wear a helmet on their own.
I'm not in favor of pumping more laws out there (100 years from now...people will be reading section 520.C subparagraph 5, sentence 2: "All Segway riders shall be required to wear proper helmets" to which our future friends will say "what the f**k is a Segway?")....so....
Why can't the CPSC just tell consumers that it's in their best interests to wear a helmet when they ride their Segway, and if they don't and they get injured, then they can just f**king deal with it.
Seriously, you don't even need to be a "determined hacker" to get music off a somewhat-CD-compatible disc. Play the thing in your Discman, but instead of using headphones, just plug it into the line-in on your computer. Record it there.
Hell, you could plug it into your tape deck and record to cassette tapes. Or to your VCR and tape it on VHS. Don't know why you'd want to, but it's plenty easy.
When given the choice of buying a CD, or screwing over the bastard record companies who pull crap like this...I'm sure there's plenty who would sacrifice a small amount of quality for a "free" MP3 file.