Um, are you aware that those are produced by the U.S. Mint? They are legal tender, technically, although nobody would ever use them as legal tender because their metal content is worth far more than their face value.
Never mind. Your point is a fair one: for a typical user's floppy disk drive, no malware would be able to propagate itself over a write-protected floppy disk.
However I don't see that it's a terribly significant point since they'd probably be putting a write-enabled floppy into the drive pretty often anyway.
If the Notch was NOT covered over, then the disk was automatically Write Protected. The rationale was that a sticker can NEVER "fall ON". I would imagine that whatever evil engineer inverted that logic did it because he was either pressured to, or was tired to digging around to find write-enable stickers...
More likely they wanted a way to "write-protect" a disk in such a way that the user couldn't* make the disk writable again. Yep, that's right... DRM.
Sorry if this comes across as a rant, I'm only allowed to post two times a day. This is because of the BIG PHARMA drug pushers who constantly vote me down rather than have a proper, adult discussion with me.
No, it's because you come across as a rant and that's why you're voted down. That, and batshit crazy.
I understand perfectly. Perhaps YOU do not understand.
The W/P switch in old floppy disks was just a "request not to write" because, although the floppy drives themselves (if they were correctly engineered) implemented this in such a way that the write hardware was actually disabled if that latch couldn't close, there is absolutely nothing preventing the floppy disk from being written if the floppy drive doesn't care whether the write-protect tab is closed.
The floppy drive might have made it physically impossible to write to a floppy if the write-protect switch/tab on the floppy was opened, but the floppy itself did not. Stick that floppy in a drive that has been hacked to not care about the write protect switch, and you will find that it is not "physically" impossible to change the contents of that floppy.
No; it gives Congress the power to set the value of "Money".
You can have whatever value you want for your private currency, but you can't force anybody else to value it similarly or at all. That's the point. You can value your private currency however you wish, but you can't force your landlord to accept it as your rent payment.
The point is that the ROM doesn't need to be infected. The system has to load into RAM to actually run, and if you can't patch the OS (easily or at all) you can't fix things like remotely-exploitable buffer underruns.
Then you just end up with malware that network-boots: as soon as you fire up your pristine kernel and connect it to the network, one of the other infected machines on the network re-infects it and the malware is free to do whatever it wants in user-space (send spam, data-mine, participate in a DDOS, and try to spread itself to the other computers on the network). If you can't patch the hole that's being used as an infection vector, you're basically SOL.
Purely on the basis of resemblance of Liberty Dollars to actual US Dollars.
Using the word "dollar", stamping them with "USA", etc. all implies very clearly that they are US currency. They are not US currency. Hence the problem.
Even though Liberty Services repeatedly stated that they are not legal tender and encourages use solely as barter, as one would barter a rare metal medal for something.
But they are not valued on the basis of their rare metal content. They are valued much more highly than their actual value because they've been stamped into a shape that resembles currency, and the law says that the only entity that is allowed to do that is the Federal Reserve.
If you coin money, your money is worthless and you aren't allowed to claim it's legal tender. Other than that, you're welcome to print worthless Monopoly money, though.
The main difference between them is that the silver basically doesn't seem to ever leave the body whereas the yellow stuff from the carrots does, slowly. So for the silver dose, it's basically the cumulative life-long amount that really matters, whereas with the carrots a diet that frequently includes carrots is still fine as long as you don't consume excessive amounts of them.
The point is that they can't issue coins and then call them legal tender. Only the Federal Reserve can print or mint legal tender.
Coins stamped out of precious metals, OTOH, will always have intrinsic value regardless of whether they are legal tender, so as long as you market them on the basis of their intrinsic value rather than trying to pass them as legal tender, you're okay.
Colloidal silver is considered a "health drink" by some, however, imbibing too much or taking it too frequently causes your skin to turn a very noticeable grey.
Yes, and carrot juice is also considered a "health drink" by some, however, imbibing too much or taking it too frequently causes your skin to turn a very noticeable yellow. It is called carotenemia.
Yet carrots are still generally considered to be healthful.
Note that both conditions are purely cosmetic and neither is actually harmful to you, other than to your social life. And the solution to either of them is simply to avoid consuming excessive amounts of that substance before it starts making your skin change color.
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Under the direct authorization of the U.S. Mint. Did YOU even look at MY link? Here, I'll quote it for you:
American Eagle Silver Proof Coins
Year: 1986-Present
Public Law: 99-61 (Liberty Coin Act)
Obverse:
Designer: Adolph A. Weinman
Description: "Walking Liberty", from Weinman's Walking Liberty Half Dollar, minted from 1916-1947.
Reverse:
Engraver: John Mercanti
Description: Heraldic Eagle with Shield, symbolizing strength and endurance.
You just claimed that you were doing nothing but trolling, all along.
I did nothing of the sort, and you know it. But you're still replying.
Have a nice day, dimwit.
I'd tell you to look in the mirror, but that would require the little light bulb coming on.
Um, are you aware that those are produced by the U.S. Mint? They are legal tender, technically, although nobody would ever use them as legal tender because their metal content is worth far more than their face value.
Those aren't legal tender.
If you're trying to say that nobody could actually, legitimately be that crazy, I might have some bad news for you.
My word is my currency and it is backed by nothing, and as that's the way you prefer it, I have a bridge I'd like to sell you...
More like a barrel of oil, actually.
Never mind. Your point is a fair one: for a typical user's floppy disk drive, no malware would be able to propagate itself over a write-protected floppy disk.
However I don't see that it's a terribly significant point since they'd probably be putting a write-enabled floppy into the drive pretty often anyway.
If the Notch was NOT covered over, then the disk was automatically Write Protected. The rationale was that a sticker can NEVER "fall ON". I would imagine that whatever evil engineer inverted that logic did it because he was either pressured to, or was tired to digging around to find write-enable stickers...
More likely they wanted a way to "write-protect" a disk in such a way that the user couldn't* make the disk writable again. Yep, that's right... DRM.
*Except with a hole-punch.
Sorry if this comes across as a rant, I'm only allowed to post two times a day. This is because of the BIG PHARMA drug pushers who constantly vote me down rather than have a proper, adult discussion with me.
No, it's because you come across as a rant and that's why you're voted down. That, and batshit crazy.
I understand perfectly. Perhaps YOU do not understand.
The W/P switch in old floppy disks was just a "request not to write" because, although the floppy drives themselves (if they were correctly engineered) implemented this in such a way that the write hardware was actually disabled if that latch couldn't close, there is absolutely nothing preventing the floppy disk from being written if the floppy drive doesn't care whether the write-protect tab is closed.
The floppy drive might have made it physically impossible to write to a floppy if the write-protect switch/tab on the floppy was opened, but the floppy itself did not. Stick that floppy in a drive that has been hacked to not care about the write protect switch, and you will find that it is not "physically" impossible to change the contents of that floppy.
A simple mechanical switch the only thing standing between a determined user and his/her screensavers/wallpaper/cursor pack?
*shudder*
No; it gives Congress the power to set the value of "Money".
You can have whatever value you want for your private currency, but you can't force anybody else to value it similarly or at all. That's the point. You can value your private currency however you wish, but you can't force your landlord to accept it as your rent payment.
The point is that the ROM doesn't need to be infected. The system has to load into RAM to actually run, and if you can't patch the OS (easily or at all) you can't fix things like remotely-exploitable buffer underruns.
Then you just end up with malware that network-boots: as soon as you fire up your pristine kernel and connect it to the network, one of the other infected machines on the network re-infects it and the malware is free to do whatever it wants in user-space (send spam, data-mine, participate in a DDOS, and try to spread itself to the other computers on the network). If you can't patch the hole that's being used as an infection vector, you're basically SOL.
Well and good until somebody hacks a floppy drive to bypass it.
It's not like the floppies that made it physically impossible to write by literally turning off the ability to write.
Which floppies were those?
Purely on the basis of resemblance of Liberty Dollars to actual US Dollars.
Using the word "dollar", stamping them with "USA", etc. all implies very clearly that they are US currency. They are not US currency. Hence the problem.
Even though Liberty Services repeatedly stated that they are not legal tender and encourages use solely as barter, as one would barter a rare metal medal for something.
But they are not valued on the basis of their rare metal content. They are valued much more highly than their actual value because they've been stamped into a shape that resembles currency, and the law says that the only entity that is allowed to do that is the Federal Reserve.
See also: http://www.coinworld.com/articles/liberty-dollars-legal-to-collect-official-say/
TFA.
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/05/16/space-shuttle-endeavour-blasts-final-flight/
Taco somehow removed the link.
Yes it does, right there:
regulate the Value thereof
If you coin money, your money is worthless and you aren't allowed to claim it's legal tender. Other than that, you're welcome to print worthless Monopoly money, though.
Hence why I said before your skin changes color.
The main difference between them is that the silver basically doesn't seem to ever leave the body whereas the yellow stuff from the carrots does, slowly. So for the silver dose, it's basically the cumulative life-long amount that really matters, whereas with the carrots a diet that frequently includes carrots is still fine as long as you don't consume excessive amounts of them.
But when someone says something is 30c, I have no idea if that's hot or cold.
Double it and add 30; that gets you close enough for most normal temperatures.
0C = about 30F (32F, to be exact)
20C = about 70F (68F)
40C = about 110F (104F)
The point is that they can't issue coins and then call them legal tender. Only the Federal Reserve can print or mint legal tender.
Coins stamped out of precious metals, OTOH, will always have intrinsic value regardless of whether they are legal tender, so as long as you market them on the basis of their intrinsic value rather than trying to pass them as legal tender, you're okay.
Colloidal silver is considered a "health drink" by some, however, imbibing too much or taking it too frequently causes your skin to turn a very noticeable grey.
Yes, and carrot juice is also considered a "health drink" by some, however, imbibing too much or taking it too frequently causes your skin to turn a very noticeable yellow. It is called carotenemia.
Yet carrots are still generally considered to be healthful.
Note that both conditions are purely cosmetic and neither is actually harmful to you, other than to your social life. And the solution to either of them is simply to avoid consuming excessive amounts of that substance before it starts making your skin change color.
The guy who was printed Liberty Coins (99% pure silver)
No wonder ink cartridges cost so much.
Personally I'm wondering just exactly how much sugar they were planning on adding to the typical American diet.
It's not like antibiotic prescriptions always used to come with strict instructions to not eat any sugar...