4) If they really needed a few human-built pyramids to navigate with - why are these structures limited to central america and the middle east? there have been tons of human civilizations capable of creating pyramids - and theoretically the aliens would want navigation beacons spread all over the world - why only these two places?
For the same reason rocket-laucnching sites have always been built in equtorial regions: You need less fuel to escape the Earth.
As people have said, you need:
- some hardware giving a location you can't tamper with. Even a phone number can be enough to identifty a location (beware of forwarding, though).
- something that is attached to the person and that can't be used remotely (eg: you can't use voice-recognition because it's easy to transport sound). Fingerprints/retina scan comes to mind.
- make them interract somehow to prove they are together.
...because the BSA have no f*cking rights to do it.
They can't search my home or office because they will never get a search warrant. Can I search your home?
They can't fine me because they're not the police. Can I fine you?
They can't judge me because they're not the DoD. Can I send you to prison?
The BSA is just a subsidiary of M$ and friends. They have no official law enforcement mission. All they can do is threaten you or ask the real cops to get you.
In most (all?) countries, DVD region codes are not backed up by any single law, it's just some technical limitation put on purpose into the player for marketting reasons.
So, dezoning your player is not illegal. It's just like hacking an i-opener or a:Cue Cat.
Local root exploit are quite common, and tend to be fixed late compared to remote root exploits. Some admins think they should only mind about remote exploits because they trust their users. Statistics show how wrong they are. And even if you can trust your users, can you trust what they get in the mail?
Ths next step in this marketing stupidity will be when we will create countries and carefully choose their name to get a cool TLD.
I'll create a country named South Eastern Xanadu and get a.sex TLD to become a zillionaire!
Ok, so I can't use the toilet during the break because that would be abusing the company's property. I guess I can't shit on my chair also.
Is this the solution, then?
Sneeking into my data is a violation of my privacy. It is especially dangerous since you have no way of knowing if your mail has been read.
I think it should be allowed, but employees should be warned explicitly in their contracts that their mail can be monitored. Obviously, many people would refuse to work there.
I prefer email because I've had e-nough of those e-nonsense...
BTW, who cares, and how will it change my life if I write e-mail?
Here in France, this would well be qualified as an "enculage de mouches". Feel free to translate...
They plan to release 16 next year (read: maybe 10)
They speak of 100 percent Linux-for-desktop applications, not 100 Linux-for-desktop applications
The journalist speaks of more than 100 desktop Linux apps, without any time frame. I beleive journalists even less than lawers.
And their website is nearly empty. Who said vaporware?
When there is an intersection, 2D comes into play, and most of the road signs, and a large part of the regulations are only here to deal with the mess this other dimension brings along.
Now, here comes this flying thing. We would probably go on really travel along 1D highways (just like planes do today), but intersections will be even more trouble. And how do you put a sign floating in the sky?
Just compare a 3D maze (quake) to a 2D maze (doom). The complexity is an order of magnitude greater.
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Well, that may not be true for long.
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EuroLinux
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Yes. If it can't run Strcraft, it's doomed!
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Would Microsoft have bought microsoft.xxx to avoid cybersquatting ?
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4) If they really needed a few human-built pyramids to navigate with - why are these structures limited to central america and the middle east? there have been tons of human civilizations capable of creating pyramids - and theoretically the aliens would want navigation beacons spread all over the world - why only these two places?
For the same reason rocket-laucnching sites have always been built in equtorial regions: You need less fuel to escape the Earth.
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And let's not forget that five computer is about all what will be needed for the entire world.
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There is a .us
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As people have said, you need: - some hardware giving a location you can't tamper with. Even a phone number can be enough to identifty a location (beware of forwarding, though). - something that is attached to the person and that can't be used remotely (eg: you can't use voice-recognition because it's easy to transport sound). Fingerprints/retina scan comes to mind. - make them interract somehow to prove they are together.
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RMS would still be at MIT and nobody would know about him.
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...because the BSA have no f*cking rights to do it.
They can't search my home or office because they will never get a search warrant. Can I search your home?
They can't fine me because they're not the police. Can I fine you?
They can't judge me because they're not the DoD. Can I send you to prison?
The BSA is just a subsidiary of M$ and friends. They have no official law enforcement mission. All they can do is threaten you or ask the real cops to get you.
BTW, fp!
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They can't.
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DOS was just a rip-off of CP/M
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In most (all?) countries, DVD region codes are not backed up by any single law, it's just some technical limitation put on purpose into the player for marketting reasons. :Cue Cat.
So, dezoning your player is not illegal. It's just like hacking an i-opener or a
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If you h4x0r3d it, could you please post the 2.4 source code?
We've been waiting for it for soooo long...
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FYI, fixes for installation problems (including a problem with CUPS) are here
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Go there : http://www.linmodems.org/
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Local root exploit are quite common, and tend to be fixed late compared to remote root exploits. Some admins think they should only mind about remote exploits because they trust their users.
Statistics show how wrong they are. And even if you can trust your users, can you trust what they get in the mail?
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You can fork the implementation (ie: the code of the "compiler" and the JVM).
If you fork the language, it isn't Java anymore, so you can't.
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Ths next step in this marketing stupidity will be when we will create countries and carefully choose their name to get a cool TLD. .sex TLD to become a zillionaire!
I'll create a country named South Eastern Xanadu and get a
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Ok, so I can't use the toilet during the break because that would be abusing the company's property.
I guess I can't shit on my chair also.
Is this the solution, then?
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They own the hardware. I own the data.
Sneeking into my data is a violation of my privacy. It is especially dangerous since you have no way of knowing if your mail has been read.
I think it should be allowed, but employees should be warned explicitly in their contracts that their mail can be monitored. Obviously, many people would refuse to work there.
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No, it's émail, not email. But the fish ignores the acute is needed and helps the lazy guys typing.
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Do you write smail or s-mail?
I prefer email because I've had e-nough of those e-nonsense...
BTW, who cares, and how will it change my life if I write e-mail?
Here in France, this would well be qualified as an "enculage de mouches". Feel free to translate...
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They'll be releaseing 4 next week.
They plan to release 16 next year (read: maybe 10)
They speak of 100 percent Linux-for-desktop applications, not 100 Linux-for-desktop applications
The journalist speaks of more than 100 desktop Linux apps, without any time frame. I beleive journalists even less than lawers.
And their website is nearly empty. Who said vaporware?
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Roads are 1D. Ok
When there is an intersection, 2D comes into play, and most of the road signs, and a large part of the regulations are only here to deal with the mess this other dimension brings along.
Now, here comes this flying thing. We would probably go on really travel along 1D highways (just like planes do today), but intersections will be even more trouble. And how do you put a sign floating in the sky?
Just compare a 3D maze (quake) to a 2D maze (doom). The complexity is an order of magnitude greater.
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