That wouldn't be considered a cure, that would be perfect prevention,which we can never achieve (well, maybe with some heavy duty genetic engineering). However, I cannot believe that it would be impossible to CURE existing cases of cancer someday.
Yeah but if you want to talk about bio innovations, when was the last time a cure was developed for any disease? That cure for cancer thats been promised since the 50's isn't here yet, and we've still got dozens of other diseases that rank as the top killers (not to mention the thousands of other more obscure diseases that are out ther) As Chris Rock says, we've got plenty of treatments but no cures. So I actually give innovation the bio and medical fields a big zero until I see some cures for common diseases.
I'd code this myself if I could, but couldn't someone write a simple file encryption program that uses a large prime to do the encrypting. The large prime is kept in a separate file and the prime that is distributed with the software is the DeCSS prime. That way there is another useful purpose for this prime and you can't use arguments that its ONLY purpose is decrypting DVD's (the main argument against DeCSS in the beginning).
I had a legit comment there, the US WAS founded on breaking laws you didn't like or breaking the law as a protest (Boston Tea Party anyone). Jerk moderator.
Its probably doing well for the same reason that Hubbard's books are still selling well: the Scientologists have their followers buy a lot of them at the store, then they repackage them and send them off to the distributers again. Its a money loser obviously, but it keeps their brilliant leader's books in the best seller lists even when they are utter drivel.
I never understood laws like that. Speaking hypothetically, has someone commited a greater crime b/c they commited a burglery w/ a screw driver as opposed to with their bare hands? No, but the police have what I refer to as "bullshit laws" to throw at you to add extra time to a crime. Like how murdering someone with a gun is worse than doing it with a spoon (I forget what the exact charge is). Shit anyone can kill someone with a gun, I'd say the guy who can do it with a spoon is WAY more dangerous to society. And of course the ever famous doing whatever "across state lines", like you've suddenly become a worse person for crossing a state line during a crime as opposed to sticking in your home state.
Yeah but ASP-Javascript is really cool. Every Micrsoft basher always forgets that you can use Javascript with ASP. And if you code your modules correctly, it makes fo ran easy conversion to C/C++/Java at a later date.
Well, each time the money changes hands it is considered income, so if you count that as being taxed twice money could only be taxed the first time it was used after beign printed. I don't mind my money being taxed when it comes into my pockets as income, as long as I'm not also taxed on its way out of my pocket.
Of course if you buy from Barnes and Noble.com should you pay tax or not? They might not be based in your state, but they probably have a retail presence in it.
Don't they see, state residents HATE sales tax. McCain got it right people are trying to "escape" sales tax because they view it as a great annoyance. I personally don't see how sales tax can even be legal, it seems to me that they get to tax the same money twice (ie in PA they get 6% of a 100 purchase from me, plus they get to tax the retailer for the income). I am hoping the internet manages to completely wreck the current sales tax system, after all several states get along quite well without it. Delaware's economy is doing great, much better than neighboring PA. And even though DE income taxes are higher, when you add up income, property and sales taxes, DE is still cheaper than PA, NJ and MD to live in.
Yes, they are not as stable as Unix, however I would characterize the user interface of Unix as "user hostile". After 30 years, the fact that no one has come up with a better interface is disappointing. If interracting with a Unix system on the command line is the be all and end all of computer systems I think I'll be switching careers.
I think IT and computer companies ahve done mor over the years to make computers easier to use than the academic world. Its certainly a case of the pot calling the kettle black. After all, industry gave us Windows and the Mac, the academic world saddled us with Unix.
Actually, the MAc way has its flaws, since 3 different JPGs can end up associated with different programs depending on what program created them. BeOS has the best design, where its all mime based and you can right click and choose which program to open the file with. It will only list programs that are able to edit that Mime type as well, sort of a super "Send To" menu. The only flaw is I would like an option in Be to also include an extension with new files, for when they are moved to different OS's
Except it won't be equal on all sides liek your predict. Companies will be able to find out anything about you, but youwon't be able to find out nearly as much about corporations or politicians. Sort of like how t is now.
I'd love to have the cash to put a PI on McNealy 24-7 and post all of live on a web site. See how he would like really having no privacy, maybe then he'd change his tune.
For those who are wondering, yes, Enos Root did die in Sweden in 1944 only to reappear 50 years later in a prison in the Philippines.
You know, I didn't get ths part at all. Did he fake his own death? Was I reading this part too late at night and I missed something? Mod me off-topic, just answer me:)
I've already seen this, whatever cops ripoff that The Learning Channel was running a while back showed a police chase that ended in the cops shooting the driver. It was shot from above in a helicopter, so you couldn't see the actual body, but I am sure if they found clear footage of the cops shooting someone they'd show it.
Thats a pretty bad lawyer that would have allowed his client (your old boss) to sign something that even he didn't understand the ramifications of. Sounds like my lawyer.
All these people that get bent out of shape about how "hacker" is used for cracking don't seem to get that language evolves and changes over time. You can't fight it, you just sound like a bunch of nit-pickers. Its like the French trying to keep foreign words out of their language, you just can't fight it if thats how millions of people choose to communicate an idea.
Is a license like this really enforcable? Or would a judge rule in the magazines favor eventually, but only after MS bankrupted them with legal fees? Too bad an individual doesn't publish a test like this on their own then get help from the EFF.
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That wouldn't be considered a cure, that would be perfect prevention,which we can never achieve (well, maybe with some heavy duty genetic engineering). However, I cannot believe that it would be impossible to CURE existing cases of cancer someday.
Yeah but if you want to talk about bio innovations, when was the last time a cure was developed for any disease? That cure for cancer thats been promised since the 50's isn't here yet, and we've still got dozens of other diseases that rank as the top killers (not to mention the thousands of other more obscure diseases that are out ther) As Chris Rock says, we've got plenty of treatments but no cures. So I actually give innovation the bio and medical fields a big zero until I see some cures for common diseases.
I'd code this myself if I could, but couldn't someone write a simple file encryption program that uses a large prime to do the encrypting. The large prime is kept in a separate file and the prime that is distributed with the software is the DeCSS prime. That way there is another useful purpose for this prime and you can't use arguments that its ONLY purpose is decrypting DVD's (the main argument against DeCSS in the beginning).
I had a legit comment there, the US WAS founded on breaking laws you didn't like or breaking the law as a protest (Boston Tea Party anyone). Jerk moderator.
In the US, the best way to eliminate this kind of legalized extortion is through your legislative representation.
That right folks, save up your pennies and eventually you might be able to compete with the lobbiests and buy your own laws too.
Its probably doing well for the same reason that Hubbard's books are still selling well: the Scientologists have their followers buy a lot of them at the store, then they repackage them and send them off to the distributers again. Its a money loser obviously, but it keeps their brilliant leader's books in the best seller lists even when they are utter drivel.
I never understood laws like that. Speaking hypothetically, has someone commited a greater crime b/c they commited a burglery w/ a screw driver as opposed to with their bare hands? No, but the police have what I refer to as "bullshit laws" to throw at you to add extra time to a crime. Like how murdering someone with a gun is worse than doing it with a spoon (I forget what the exact charge is). Shit anyone can kill someone with a gun, I'd say the guy who can do it with a spoon is WAY more dangerous to society. And of course the ever famous doing whatever "across state lines", like you've suddenly become a worse person for crossing a state line during a crime as opposed to sticking in your home state.
Yeah but ASP-Javascript is really cool. Every Micrsoft basher always forgets that you can use Javascript with ASP. And if you code your modules correctly, it makes fo ran easy conversion to C/C++/Java at a later date.
Well, each time the money changes hands it is considered income, so if you count that as being taxed twice money could only be taxed the first time it was used after beign printed. I don't mind my money being taxed when it comes into my pockets as income, as long as I'm not also taxed on its way out of my pocket.
Of course if you buy from Barnes and Noble.com should you pay tax or not? They might not be based in your state, but they probably have a retail presence in it.
Don't they see, state residents HATE sales tax. McCain got it right people are trying to "escape" sales tax because they view it as a great annoyance. I personally don't see how sales tax can even be legal, it seems to me that they get to tax the same money twice (ie in PA they get 6% of a 100 purchase from me, plus they get to tax the retailer for the income). I am hoping the internet manages to completely wreck the current sales tax system, after all several states get along quite well without it. Delaware's economy is doing great, much better than neighboring PA. And even though DE income taxes are higher, when you add up income, property and sales taxes, DE is still cheaper than PA, NJ and MD to live in.
Yes, they are not as stable as Unix, however I would characterize the user interface of Unix as "user hostile". After 30 years, the fact that no one has come up with a better interface is disappointing. If interracting with a Unix system on the command line is the be all and end all of computer systems I think I'll be switching careers.
I think IT and computer companies ahve done mor over the years to make computers easier to use than the academic world. Its certainly a case of the pot calling the kettle black. After all, industry gave us Windows and the Mac, the academic world saddled us with Unix.
Actually, the MAc way has its flaws, since 3 different JPGs can end up associated with different programs depending on what program created them. BeOS has the best design, where its all mime based and you can right click and choose which program to open the file with. It will only list programs that are able to edit that Mime type as well, sort of a super "Send To" menu. The only flaw is I would like an option in Be to also include an extension with new files, for when they are moved to different OS's
Except it won't be equal on all sides liek your predict. Companies will be able to find out anything about you, but youwon't be able to find out nearly as much about corporations or politicians. Sort of like how t is now.
I'd love to have the cash to put a PI on McNealy 24-7 and post all of live on a web site. See how he would like really having no privacy, maybe then he'd change his tune.
For those who are wondering, yes, Enos Root did die in Sweden in 1944 only to reappear 50 years later in a prison in the Philippines.
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You know, I didn't get ths part at all. Did he fake his own death? Was I reading this part too late at night and I missed something? Mod me off-topic, just answer me
I've already seen this, whatever cops ripoff that The Learning Channel was running a while back showed a police chase that ended in the cops shooting the driver. It was shot from above in a helicopter, so you couldn't see the actual body, but I am sure if they found clear footage of the cops shooting someone they'd show it.
Thats a pretty bad lawyer that would have allowed his client (your old boss) to sign something that even he didn't understand the ramifications of. Sounds like my lawyer.
You know, that reads like Catch-22, scary.
But doesn't this fall into the same area as the Library of Congress?
All these people that get bent out of shape about how "hacker" is used for cracking don't seem to get that language evolves and changes over time. You can't fight it, you just sound like a bunch of nit-pickers. Its like the French trying to keep foreign words out of their language, you just can't fight it if thats how millions of people choose to communicate an idea.
Did he get all his confiscated stuff back?
Thanks Lars.
Is a license like this really enforcable? Or would a judge rule in the magazines favor eventually, but only after MS bankrupted them with legal fees? Too bad an individual doesn't publish a test like this on their own then get help from the EFF.