Sounds more to me like a policy governing their use, which is a little more comforting than a "plan to use them" (my paraphrase).
As long as such a policy is public, the populace knows what may be coming. If it's debatable in the public view, the voter can show their approval of it.
Mind you, I don't see either of these things happening, but at least there's some disclosure occuring.
...I think you meant "a bit moot", not "a bit mute".
Moot is a term sometimes used to describe a point or question while, which debatable, is insignificant or of little value. Interesting history of this word's entymology at Dictionary.com.
Most interesting is that the term originally meant the opposite (and in a Law sense, still may); that the point was open to debate.
I focus primarily on Microsoft's misunderstanding of open-source software.
Forgive me, but I feel it unwise to assume MS doesn't understand such
concepts as OSS and what the GPL represents. In fact, I think their understanding
of them is why they attack them - they rightly perceive them as a threat
to their business model.
They commonly misrepresent and/or inaccuratley describe such concepts in
these speeches, but I think that is primarily intended to foster a misunderstanding
of the subject in the audience - which is far more insidious, and far more
dangerous.
I just/have/ to mention that there are many award-winning single-malt Scotches with agings of less than 16 years.
The Macallan 12yr is one that springs immediately to mind. Highland Park 12 is also very good.
I think there is a business behind this - at least that's the impression I get from Counterpane's site.
They provide outsource "monitoring services" that seem like they'd cover the detection and response parts of your security program.
Fellow Slashdotter Doodman and I figured out a neat trick you can do with this thing - use it and a convenient barcode (maybe one you have dangling from your keyring for a video store etc.) to generate a physical access password.
Since the device sends a unique ID as the first part of it's string, the password would require access to both that "random" barcode and your individual:CueCat.
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Switzerland also does a lively business in the banking field.
I'm reasonably certain thier GNP doesn't rest on the fate of Rolex's bottom line.
From the article:
"These examples do not necessarily suggest that the abandonment of patent protection is an essential precondition for development."
So, no. They're not suggesting that.
Stuff a cell phone into this thing, and I'd think it was perfect.
Sounds more to me like a policy governing their use, which is a little more comforting than a "plan to use them" (my paraphrase).
As long as such a policy is public, the populace knows what may be coming. If it's debatable in the public view, the voter can show their approval of it.
Mind you, I don't see either of these things happening, but at least there's some disclosure occuring.
Moot is a term sometimes used to describe a point or question while, which debatable, is insignificant or of little value. Interesting history of this word's entymology at Dictionary.com.
Most interesting is that the term originally meant the opposite (and in a Law sense, still may); that the point was open to debate.
Ack.
The "same thing" link is actually here.
Sorry about that. =)
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I've got a Dell Inspiron 5000 as my laptop - but I didn't buy it from Dell - I got it from TuxTops (when they still sold hardware. Sigh.)
You can get the Inspiron 5000 form factor from ASL with a 1400x1050 screen currently. Their model is the Excalibur LT-420.
Looks like TuxTops moved their hardware sales to QLITech, where you can get the same thing.
Both the ASL and the TuxTops machines are relabeled ChemBooks, which Dell still uses for some of the Inspiron line.
I focus primarily on Microsoft's misunderstanding of open-source software.
Forgive me, but I feel it unwise to assume MS doesn't understand such concepts as OSS and what the GPL represents. In fact, I think their understanding of them is why they attack them - they rightly perceive them as a threat to their business model.
They commonly misrepresent and/or inaccuratley describe such concepts in these speeches, but I think that is primarily intended to foster a misunderstanding of the subject in the audience - which is far more insidious, and far more dangerous.
I just /have/ to mention that there are many award-winning single-malt Scotches with agings of less than 16 years.
The Macallan 12yr is one that springs immediately to mind. Highland Park 12 is also very good.
I think there is a business behind this - at least that's the impression I get from Counterpane's site. They provide outsource "monitoring services" that seem like they'd cover the detection and response parts of your security program.
Fellow Slashdotter Doodman and I figured out a neat trick you can do with this thing - use it and a convenient barcode (maybe one you have dangling from your keyring for a video store etc.) to generate a physical access password. Since the device sends a unique ID as the first part of it's string, the password would require access to both that "random" barcode and your individual :CueCat.