Then this bill is unconstitutional
The Federal government can not take away
rights from the states, nor can it prevent
the citizens of those states from taking
action against the spammers.
Amendment X
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.
It really does screw up your system. But that is
a good thing, really. If you know someone that
is having problems with their Windows machine
(I'm sure you do), and it has Gator installed,
then usually the non-technical user starts to
believe they need a new computer. Now this is
a good thing! Really. If you boot up Knoppix
on the same machine, and everything works fine,
then you can show the non-technical user that
the hardware is ok, but it's really Windows
that is malware. So, maybe they will get interested
in Linux and decide they don't need to fight
the malware problem, or, they decide to get
a new machine and maybe you will get the old
one that they think is broke.
Your paper roll that gets hidden won't work.
There is no proof that the entire roll is actually
counted. In order to be properly be verifiable,
you need to be know if *all* votes are counted,
and also that all votes are counted correctly.
Only then does it make sense that a voter could
verify their vote.
While I can sense the motive here, preventing
the users from being able to cleanup does not help.
If someone were to write a worm that was
informative but did *NO* damage, people might
start getting the message about securing their
machines. For example, a worm that periodically
checks if the user has any security holes, and
if so, pops up a window that says 'Your machine
is still not secure!'. But when a worm causes
damage, and lost time and money, the users frustration typically keeps them from seeing
the bigger picture, which is that their machine
was not secure in the first place.
No, most clueless Windows users these days
don't even have the option to re-install.
They bought a pre-loaded machine and did
*not* receive all of the CDs needed to reload.
You are incorrect. First there is no 'kernel license'. Second, GPL is also used for user-land
applications. Third, Linus has no 'interpretation'
of the GPL. Forth, there are no exemptions.
9/24/2003 update: I'm in the middle of moving Politech to Mailman, so the usual archive below is not up-to-date.
Instead see the temporary Mailman archives. Thanks, Declan
His last article there was 2003-09-15.
He received a letter from the FBI on 2003-09-19.
Coincidence?
So in short, no I believe less and less companies are researching before they file suits.
Likely true, and just as likely is less and less companies have enough
clueful management to stop their in-house lawyers
from filing frivolous lawsuits.
hda: WDC WD400AW-00DDK0, ATA DISK drive
hdb: WDC WD400BB-00DEA0, ATA DISK drive
ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
hda: max request size: 128KiB
hda: 78165360 sectors (40020 MB) w/2048KiB Cache, CHS=65535/16/63, UDMA(33)
hdb: max request size: 128KiB
hdb: Host Protected Area detected.
current capacity is 66055248 sectors (33820 MB)
native capacity is 78165360 sectors (40020 MB)
hdb: 66055248 sectors (33820 MB) w/2048KiB Cache, CHS=65531/16/63, UDMA(33)
I didn't see the 'Host Protected Area detected' crap before which is obviously the problem.
According to google, this had a patch to the
kernel (which Erik Andersen cleaned up), and I must enable CONFIG_IDEDISK_STROKE
to allow the full use of this disk.
Still sucks that it's not fully usable out of the box. The box should say 32GB then instead of 40GB.
I guess Windows users would not notice.
The hard drive manufacturers are not trying to mislead anybody.
Then 'splain this Lucy:
Two Western Digital Drives, both advertised as 40GB.
Out of the box, one has 37GB usable, the other has 32GB usable.
The difference? The smaller one was 7200RPM.
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Amendment X
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.
Until the next Microsoft monthly patch which will intentionally break it in some manner.
OK, maybe it will take a couple of months.
To the astroturfing moderator that marked this troll the first time...
This was not a troll. It's a fact. So waste some more mod points again. Go ahead, make my day.
Until the next Microsoft monthly patch which will intentionally break it in some manner.
OK, maybe it will take a couple of months.
So, long live Gator!!!
Your paper roll that gets hidden won't work. There is no proof that the entire roll is actually counted. In order to be properly be verifiable, you need to be know if *all* votes are counted, and also that all votes are counted correctly. Only then does it make sense that a voter could verify their vote.
HAL really got into those episodes.
Can *you* tell the difference listening to marketing folks?
It also will become the largest collector of e-mail addys to sell to spammers.
IE does FTP just well enough to download Mozilla. That is the *only* time you should ever use IE.
Software firewalls such as ZoneAlarm can't be totally secure because ultimately that can't control every packet coming into the machine.
While I can sense the motive here, preventing the users from being able to cleanup does not help. If someone were to write a worm that was informative but did *NO* damage, people might start getting the message about securing their machines. For example, a worm that periodically checks if the user has any security holes, and if so, pops up a window that says 'Your machine is still not secure!'. But when a worm causes damage, and lost time and money, the users frustration typically keeps them from seeing the bigger picture, which is that their machine was not secure in the first place.
No, most clueless Windows users these days don't even have the option to re-install. They bought a pre-loaded machine and did *not* receive all of the CDs needed to reload.
The parent is already moderated 'Funny', but it also could be moderated 'Informative'.
Thanks for playing.
Apparently that link is now slashdotted.
How old again?
No. Where do you want to go today?
Oops, sorry, wrong OS.
Last I heard, 'Ted Bridis' is NOT 'Declan McCullagh'.
Also note from Declan's website:
9/24/2003 update: I'm in the middle of moving Politech to Mailman, so the usual archive below is not up-to-date. Instead see the temporary Mailman archives. Thanks, Declan
His last article there was 2003-09-15. He received a letter from the FBI on 2003-09-19. Coincidence?
Likely true, and just as likely is less and less companies have enough clueful management to stop their in-house lawyers from filing frivolous lawsuits.
Try searching for kexec.
Hey moderators, I realize the quality of education has fallen in the past 30 years, but if you don't understand the joke, don't moderate it.
Actually, it is SCO that is in an uncertain state, and we only have to open the box, and SCO will be dead!
hda: WDC WD400AW-00DDK0, ATA DISK drive
hdb: WDC WD400BB-00DEA0, ATA DISK drive
ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
hda: max request size: 128KiB
hda: 78165360 sectors (40020 MB) w/2048KiB Cache, CHS=65535/16/63, UDMA(33)
hdb: max request size: 128KiB
hdb: Host Protected Area detected.
current capacity is 66055248 sectors (33820 MB)
native capacity is 78165360 sectors (40020 MB)
hdb: 66055248 sectors (33820 MB) w/2048KiB Cache, CHS=65531/16/63, UDMA(33)
I didn't see the 'Host Protected Area detected' crap before which is obviously the problem. According to google, this had a patch to the kernel (which Erik Andersen cleaned up), and I must enable CONFIG_IDEDISK_STROKE to allow the full use of this disk.
Still sucks that it's not fully usable out of the box. The box should say 32GB then instead of 40GB. I guess Windows users would not notice.
Relevant thread here.
No, with VOIP, the marketing will not be as heavy at dinnertime.
Then 'splain this Lucy:
Two Western Digital Drives, both advertised as 40GB.
Out of the box, one has 37GB usable, the other has 32GB usable.
The difference? The smaller one was 7200RPM.