In some places (Connecticut, and Britain, I think, and surely others) it is illegal to flash your headlights at another motorist to warn him of a speed trap. Outrageous but true!
Are you aware that the link you provided says the exact opposite of what you claim?
Hardly. A 4 or 5 digit PIN is hardly the most secure thing in the world. And the fingerprint can never be revoked. You have to constantly worry about your PIN being compromised, rather than being able to call the bank and get a new account number if you have even a reasonable suspicion of compromise. It's a step backwards from a more secure system to a less secure one.
My girlfriend is responsible for grocery purchases of our shared expenses. Sometimes if I need to run out to get some things, I grab her debit card, since I know the PIN.
1) That would be a bug. You would not be at fault, nor would the person sending the packet be at fault (unless they did so purposely and maliciously). Messenger, on the other hand, is operating exactly as it is intended to do. It's an optional feature. Turn it on, it receives messages. Turn it off, it doesn't. Sure the messages are sometimes spam, like email spam. Your email program isn't buggy because you receive spam, and no one is "hacking" you when they send spam to your mailbox, even if you run your own mailserver. That was my point, that no one is "hacking" your computer, that's the phrasing I objected to.
2) Someone brought a suit. So? You can sue for anything. If it's ever judged (not settled) in favor of the plaintiff, then it would have some relevance.
There are various levels depending on how many movies you want to have out at a time. The standard level is your $19.95, allowing 3 out at a time with no monthly limit. There is a lower level $13.95 plan which allows 2 out at a time, and only 4 rentals per month total. The poster you replied to has the $29.95 plan which allows 5 out at a time. There's one level above that as well, $39.95, which allows 8 out.
No one's "hacking into" any computers. Do you "hack into" the webserver when you request a page? Your computer has to be listening on port 139 for these messages to have any effect. If you're going to open up port 139 to the world, you have to expect people sending packets to it. It's no different than any other service.
So those almost 20% of people who prefer XP can go jump in a lake? Because 25% of people prefer KDE, everyone must use KDE with no alternatives allowed? Some of those XP 20% can't be allowed to create an interface for the rest of that 20%? Sheesh, what about those people who like Gnome, BeOS of OS X? Do they have to switch to KDE too? Or maybe they have to switch to XP because it's more popular than their choice?
They are his wife's children from a previous marriage (there are two: Nolan and Ryan. Yes, named after the pitcher). They do sit around playing PS2 games though. I believe Tony Hawk is a favorite. Couldn't tell you about their snack food preference though.
sudden and large cash withdrawals, one-way air or rail travel, rental car transactions and purchases of firearms
My paycheck is direct deposited, but other than that I deal almost entirely in cash, so I make "large" withdrawals every week. Three times this year I've purchased a one-way rail ticket for a 300 mile journey to meet up with friends and travel back with them by car. I've rented a car once this year. I have a collection of firearms.
If you're going to nitpick, you might at least want to get it right. Did you even look at a calendar when you wrote that? If Thanksgiving were on the "third Thursday after the first Wednesday" it would fall on the 21st this year. You may have noticed Thanksgiving isn't tomorrow, but rather next week, the 28th.
This explicit constitutional protection specifies that no government under its jurisdiction can do blanket searches of papers and effects
That's not at all what it says. Did you even read it first? It explicitly prohibits unreasonable searches. It also expressly grants a mechnism for permitting searches, that is, the Warrant. If a law enforcement officer can prove probable cause (that would be the no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause part) describing what he's looking for and where he wants to look (that's the particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized part) the Court can grant a Warrant for him to do so. That process is what makes the search "reasonable," as opposed to "unreasonable."
Does your microwave spotaneously start microwaving things on its own? Mine requires that I set the desired cooking time and push the Start button. This allows me to only activate the microwave when no other appliances that would pop a breaker are on. I think you have a tad too much automation in your life.
Replay TV has a free monthly service but you pay outragous prices to get it.
Hmm...you have to pay outrageous prices to get a free service. Does that make any sense to you? Did you stop to think that maybe the service is "free" because you pay for it up front? You can do that with TiVo too if you want, $250 for the lifetime of the box.
BTW, the TiVo service is far more than "channel listings."
You can assure me all you like, can you provide a actual regulation I can look up placing the 500's frequencies mentioned in the article in the emergency band? The restricted bands are too numerous to reproduce here, but they are available here. The 500 range is not a restricted band. It is also worth noting that Part 15.242, which covers the band in question, makes long and specific mention of "biomedical telemetry devices," and that they must accept any interference and must not cause interference to TV stations operating on the same frequency. Also, while it's not an FCC link but an ARRL one, this section makes specific mention of land mobile transmitters belonging to fire, police, maritine and nautical safety services falling under Part 15. And finally, there is a huge difference between jamming and unintentional interference.
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They are? Damn those dictionary people!
What purpose will that serve? It only takes one person to rip and share a CD.
Yep, Leisure Suit Larry players generally were "dating themselves." If that's what you want to call it. :)
Are you aware that the link you provided says the exact opposite of what you claim?
Hardly. A 4 or 5 digit PIN is hardly the most secure thing in the world. And the fingerprint can never be revoked. You have to constantly worry about your PIN being compromised, rather than being able to call the bank and get a new account number if you have even a reasonable suspicion of compromise. It's a step backwards from a more secure system to a less secure one.
And the original victim gets to find out a high-res scan has been uploaded to the net and that it's very difficult to get a new thumb.
My girlfriend is responsible for grocery purchases of our shared expenses. Sometimes if I need to run out to get some things, I grab her debit card, since I know the PIN.
2) Someone brought a suit. So? You can sue for anything. If it's ever judged (not settled) in favor of the plaintiff, then it would have some relevance.
There are various levels depending on how many movies you want to have out at a time. The standard level is your $19.95, allowing 3 out at a time with no monthly limit. There is a lower level $13.95 plan which allows 2 out at a time, and only 4 rentals per month total. The poster you replied to has the $29.95 plan which allows 5 out at a time. There's one level above that as well, $39.95, which allows 8 out.
No one's "hacking into" any computers. Do you "hack into" the webserver when you request a page? Your computer has to be listening on port 139 for these messages to have any effect. If you're going to open up port 139 to the world, you have to expect people sending packets to it. It's no different than any other service.
You're a jackass.
Well, Microsoft and Nullsoft have already posted fixes, so I wouldn't draw attention to that difference too much. :)
As someone has already pointed out, Neil Armstrong was a Naval officer.
The last man on the moon was Gene Cernan, who was also a Naval officer.
They do have one thing in common though, they both graduated from Purdue University, and only one year apart (Armstrong '55, Cernan '56).
"readying for?" Heroes 4 was released back in March or April. Where did you plagiarise this piece from?
Umm, yes, it did: "Freddy's computerised brain has a complicated programme for creating the designs"
They are his wife's children from a previous marriage (there are two: Nolan and Ryan. Yes, named after the pitcher). They do sit around playing PS2 games though. I believe Tony Hawk is a favorite. Couldn't tell you about their snack food preference though.
My paycheck is direct deposited, but other than that I deal almost entirely in cash, so I make "large" withdrawals every week. Three times this year I've purchased a one-way rail ticket for a 300 mile journey to meet up with friends and travel back with them by car. I've rented a car once this year. I have a collection of firearms.
Yep. Terrorist.
In 1941 Congress set the official Thanksgiving holiday as the fourth Thursday in November.
That's not at all what it says. Did you even read it first? It explicitly prohibits unreasonable searches. It also expressly grants a mechnism for permitting searches, that is, the Warrant. If a law enforcement officer can prove probable cause (that would be the no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause part) describing what he's looking for and where he wants to look (that's the particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized part) the Court can grant a Warrant for him to do so. That process is what makes the search "reasonable," as opposed to "unreasonable."
Does your microwave spotaneously start microwaving things on its own? Mine requires that I set the desired cooking time and push the Start button. This allows me to only activate the microwave when no other appliances that would pop a breaker are on. I think you have a tad too much automation in your life.
Hmm...you have to pay outrageous prices to get a free service. Does that make any sense to you? Did you stop to think that maybe the service is "free" because you pay for it up front? You can do that with TiVo too if you want, $250 for the lifetime of the box. BTW, the TiVo service is far more than "channel listings."
You can assure me all you like, can you provide a actual regulation I can look up placing the 500's frequencies mentioned in the article in the emergency band? The restricted bands are too numerous to reproduce here, but they are available here. The 500 range is not a restricted band. It is also worth noting that Part 15.242, which covers the band in question, makes long and specific mention of "biomedical telemetry devices," and that they must accept any interference and must not cause interference to TV stations operating on the same frequency. Also, while it's not an FCC link but an ARRL one, this section makes specific mention of land mobile transmitters belonging to fire, police, maritine and nautical safety services falling under Part 15. And finally, there is a huge difference between jamming and unintentional interference.
Emergency radio equipment is typicaly Part 15. it must accept any interference, and may not cause interference.
Like the article says, the TV station is broadcasting in the 506 through 512Mhz range.
Umm, yes. It says that in the article.