As the targets of the program are terrorist or their affiliates, no reasonable person could argue that an enemy combatant, using domestic communications of the enemy they wish to harm, would expect that no one would listen. This may be a benefit of a U.S. citizen, but not the enemy.
If the President is as certain as you are that the people being wiretapped are genuine terrorists, then why doesn't he obtain the required FISA warrants?
I do not know the context of the current debate, but after reading some of it, it seems it doesn't have anything to do with fork at all. I believe everyone agrees COW for fork() is good.
Actually, part of the contest rules was that you had to be the first to post the instructions to the onmac.net forums. For the sake of transparency, it's a good idea.
Hmm, I wonder if they will drop the Mac version of office? Can they afford to? If they do where would that leave the corporate Mac users that have become dependent on MS Office?
Um, buying Windows licenses for their new Intel Macs?
Of course, two of these can fall within the safe harbor of 512(b). One of these can't. If the books were already online, Google would have a far stronger case.
512(b) seems to be specific to "system caching", probably intended for ISP caching HTTP proxies. How would it provide safe harbor for Google Web indexing?
The Congress shall have Power... To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries;
If that really has been interpreted by judges to only apply to patents, that's a pretty gross misinterpretation, wouldn't you say?
Myopic statements. During the Earth's history, it's had cooling and warming. Much cooler and much warmer. Many, many times.
You're right, and I actually knew that, so let me clarify a bit. The OP was attempting to make the argument that global warming was not real, because there's lots of ice at the poles and that implies cooling over a long period of time. I was attempting to show (and not very well, apparently) what a ridiculous argument it was, because he was taking too much time into account. By saying that Global Warming is a short term phenomenon, I don't mean to say that it has never happened before, but that it happens over thousands of years, not billions.
This is nothing new. The only new variable is just how much we are contributing and what influence that has.
Probably not much.
We've been in a warming ramp for the last several decathousands of years. Is it a surprise that this continues just because we're observing and recording this now?
Not at all. But that doesn't change the fact that we're in the middle of it, and will have to deal with it one way or another.
Sure. Starting from the time when the Earth was formed to present day, the Earth has cooled significantly. This doesn't mean that there is no such thing as Global Warming, because Global Warming is a relatively short term phenomenon!
Furthermore, there is no debate about the increase in temperature. It's documented and proven. As far as I'm concerned, the only debate is whether money is better spent at trying to reverse the warming trend, or building dikes around major cities.
How about taking control of your life rather than blaming the government, corporations, and rich people for everything.
You know, I'm really sick and tired of hearing this from conservatives. As if liberals are incapable of taking control of their own lives or have nothing better to do than to sit around and talk shit about the government and corporations.
I would like to hold my elected officials accountable for what I perceive as their failings. I'd like to do the same for our corporate executives too, like those involved in the Enron scandle. Have I got better things to do? Probably, but damnit, I just happen to give a crap!
When John Kerry is president next year, and he raises your taxes*, something tells me you won't be singing this tune of "taking control of your own life rather than blaming the government", but rather screaming bloody murder when you don't get your $300 check in the mail.
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It's only so long till most Americans start ignoring the terror alerts as things now stand, something that would be very bad.
I've been ignoring them from the beginning. So far, everything seems to have worked out fine.
If you ask me, the purpose of the terror alert levels is to give the appearance of transparency and accountability, while actually providing neither. It reminds me of the constant state of war in 1984, so I refuse to let it affect me.
All an irate webmaster would have to do is say that Slashdot essentially copied his page (cache or no) and benefitted from it for their own subscribers. Smells like a lawsuit. Now you know why Slashdot doesn't cache.
I understand the reasoning for "playing it safe", but the slashdot effect is nothing to be taken lightly. It's really an "unintended" DDoS. Someday Slashdot is going to get sued because of it, and I'll be glad, because only then will we actually get some sort of mirror or cache links. The editors wield the power of the slashdot effect irresponsibly and recklessly.
What Slashdot ought to do is train (gasp!) their editors to evaluate each story they post and decide if there ought to be a mirror or cache provided. They could even contact the author or webmaster of the site before they post it!
Based on my basic mistrust of the gub'mint, I'd think someone in California would have to go to court over it.
No. If Hiible wins this case, and the US Supreme Court agrees that it was an unconstitutional, it will retroactively make California's law null and void.
The parties have their own databases of member email addresses, and candidates have their own databases of supporter addresses. I signed up as a Dean supporter, and I get email announcements from the campaign. When I signed up, I fully expected and wanted announcements from the campaign.
The big question is whether or not Dean will give his > 600K supporter database to the Democratic party for these purposes. I hope he doesn't, because I do not support the Democratic party in its current form.
It's not even very interesting. First off, even if the author manages to produce working code (as well he should, IMO), it will only work on AAC's that you are licensed to play and export.
So its only interesting if it allows people to decode protected AACs that someone else bought? It's called QTFairUse, not QTStealOtherPeople'sLegallyPurchasedMusic.
This is not exactly a "crack" in the DRM scheme.
What? Sure it is. It's the vulnerability in every DRM scheme. The content has to be decoded in order to be played.
In commissioner Copp's dissent, he claimed that all the people (citizens) he talked to, not one was for more media consolidation. It could simply be the democratic processes at work: do what your constituents want, and get reelected.
I like the fact that they actually use the extra space for a numeric pad on the keyboard, whereas the Toshiba just wastes the extra space.
It wouldn't surprise me if Apple and Toshiba decided to excluded the numeric keypad from their 17" laptops because it forces the user to be off-center when they use it, or to put their right hand at an angle. Something like that would drive me crazy.
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If the President is as certain as you are that the people being wiretapped are genuine terrorists, then why doesn't he obtain the required FISA warrants?
Except the vegans.
Actually, part of the contest rules was that you had to be the first to post the instructions to the onmac.net forums. For the sake of transparency, it's a good idea.
Looks like the SCotUS determined it was unconstitutional and killed it.
Um, buying Windows licenses for their new Intel Macs?
eBay didn't buy Verisign's accounting department, they bought Verisign Payment Services.
Indeed.
512(b) seems to be specific to "system caching", probably intended for ISP caching HTTP proxies. How would it provide safe harbor for Google Web indexing?
The Constitution:
If that really has been interpreted by judges to only apply to patents, that's a pretty gross misinterpretation, wouldn't you say?
Have you got any sources?
You're right, and I actually knew that, so let me clarify a bit. The OP was attempting to make the argument that global warming was not real, because there's lots of ice at the poles and that implies cooling over a long period of time. I was attempting to show (and not very well, apparently) what a ridiculous argument it was, because he was taking too much time into account. By saying that Global Warming is a short term phenomenon, I don't mean to say that it has never happened before, but that it happens over thousands of years, not billions.
Probably not much.
Not at all. But that doesn't change the fact that we're in the middle of it, and will have to deal with it one way or another.
Sure. Starting from the time when the Earth was formed to present day, the Earth has cooled significantly. This doesn't mean that there is no such thing as Global Warming, because Global Warming is a relatively short term phenomenon!
Furthermore, there is no debate about the increase in temperature. It's documented and proven. As far as I'm concerned, the only debate is whether money is better spent at trying to reverse the warming trend, or building dikes around major cities.
You know, I'm really sick and tired of hearing this from conservatives. As if liberals are incapable of taking control of their own lives or have nothing better to do than to sit around and talk shit about the government and corporations.
I would like to hold my elected officials accountable for what I perceive as their failings. I'd like to do the same for our corporate executives too, like those involved in the Enron scandle. Have I got better things to do? Probably, but damnit, I just happen to give a crap!
When John Kerry is president next year, and he raises your taxes*, something tells me you won't be singing this tune of "taking control of your own life rather than blaming the government", but rather screaming bloody murder when you don't get your $300 check in the mail.
*John Kerry will probably not raise your taxes.
I've been ignoring them from the beginning. So far, everything seems to have worked out fine.
If you ask me, the purpose of the terror alert levels is to give the appearance of transparency and accountability, while actually providing neither. It reminds me of the constant state of war in 1984, so I refuse to let it affect me.
So much for posting anonymously.
All an irate webmaster would have to do is say that Slashdot essentially copied his page (cache or no) and benefitted from it for their own subscribers. Smells like a lawsuit. Now you know why Slashdot doesn't cache.
I understand the reasoning for "playing it safe", but the slashdot effect is nothing to be taken lightly. It's really an "unintended" DDoS. Someday Slashdot is going to get sued because of it, and I'll be glad, because only then will we actually get some sort of mirror or cache links. The editors wield the power of the slashdot effect irresponsibly and recklessly.
What Slashdot ought to do is train (gasp!) their editors to evaluate each story they post and decide if there ought to be a mirror or cache provided. They could even contact the author or webmaster of the site before they post it!
Go ahead, mod me down.
The GIMP's plugin is called Digital Signature. Looks pretty neat.
Based on my basic mistrust of the gub'mint, I'd think someone in California would have to go to court over it.
No. If Hiible wins this case, and the US Supreme Court agrees that it was an unconstitutional, it will retroactively make California's law null and void.
The parties have their own databases of member email addresses, and candidates have their own databases of supporter addresses. I signed up as a Dean supporter, and I get email announcements from the campaign. When I signed up, I fully expected and wanted announcements from the campaign. The big question is whether or not Dean will give his > 600K supporter database to the Democratic party for these purposes. I hope he doesn't, because I do not support the Democratic party in its current form.
How come so many people are down on Reloaded? It kept me thinking and second guessing myself long after I saw it.
Revolutions, on the other hand, answered none of the questions that Reloaded brought up. I'd vote Revolutions most disappointing movie of 2003.
Maybe I was just reading too much into Revolutions, who knows.
It's not even very interesting. First off, even if the author manages to produce working code (as well he should, IMO), it will only work on AAC's that you are licensed to play and export.
So its only interesting if it allows people to decode protected AACs that someone else bought? It's called QTFairUse, not QTStealOtherPeople'sLegallyPurchasedMusic.
This is not exactly a "crack" in the DRM scheme.
What? Sure it is. It's the vulnerability in every DRM scheme. The content has to be decoded in order to be played.
I certainly don't think it was a scam all along, but if the law is overturned, I doubt there is anything to stop telemarketers from using this list.
No person may operate an unmanned free balloon
You may, however, operate a manned free balloon. See Lawn Chair Larry.
In commissioner Copp's dissent, he claimed that all the people (citizens) he talked to, not one was for more media consolidation. It could simply be the democratic processes at work: do what your constituents want, and get reelected.
I like the fact that they actually use the extra space for a numeric pad on the keyboard, whereas the Toshiba just wastes the extra space.
It wouldn't surprise me if Apple and Toshiba decided to excluded the numeric keypad from their 17" laptops because it forces the user to be off-center when they use it, or to put their right hand at an angle. Something like that would drive me crazy.
I did something like this for an English course entitled "Hypertext Writing." It's a bit of a hack, but it works.
Fully Connected
Source code is available too.
We now have pictures of the protest and our talk with Valenti.