In my opinion, this doesn't seem like it'll get too far. They need to apply their energies somewhere with a far greater chance of success (video/audio copyprotection that prevents consumers from viewing/listening to products they purchase). It may just be that I don't read the right news sites, but it seems to me that this area has largely been ignored. People complain about the dmca, but they don't seem to want to challenge it in court on valid points. For example, I bought a dvd, i happen to like freebsd, and I don't own a dvd player up at school except for the one on my computer. What happens when I want to view it? I'm not allowed to? Didn't I purchase the right to view that dvd? I didn't purchase the right to copy it and give it to all my friends, that is illegal, and is made illegal under existing laws. The DMCA is redundant and excessive. They make it illegal not just to copy something but to have the means to copy something. Should photocopiers and printers be made illegal? I can scan in and print out a copyrighted book and distribute it to my friends using these tools. The problem is that our nation has become a nation of corporations and organizations. We are a nation of individuals with individual rights. The government has no business making it illegal to do things that have been legal since the beginning of our nation. We have always been allowed to read books, and until recently we have been allowed to view and listen to movies and music which we purchase.
Hmm, this turned into a bit of a rambling rant, sorry.
there intent is not to get wireless networking everywhere. just to specific locations such as airports. be patient, infrastructures take time to develop, they also require a clear need. unless companies think they'll make a good profit off of it they won't be quick in development.
The only valid argument that I've ever heard (and I don't know how much research has gone into it) is the potential for earthquakes. While I was living in Las Vegas (1998-2000) there was an earthquake about halfway between us and LA, I believe it was around 4 or 5 at the epicenter. The fault was supposed to be inactive. If I'm not mistaken one of the advantages of the Yucca Mountain site was it's relative stability, so even this argument is a moot point if the governments geologists and designers did their homework and studied the fault lines in the area, and properly designed the facility to withstand a significant earthquake.
You probably wouldn't want to add them together, you would want to multiply the 2 primes together, then you would have a number that (when factored) provides the source and tables.
His sig quote come from Kang or Krodos from the Simpsons Tree House of Horror (Some roman numeral here) from '96(Is this the right year?). They had taken over the bodies of Dole and Clinton, and one of them (It's been a couple of weeks since I saw the episode) says that during a speech.
Sorry I can't be more specific, but I can't remember much past this morning.
Another alternative to providing security for your country though is the possibility of a nation disrupting (international) communications. If they can disable a spy satelite, then they can disable anything. Though could potentially attack, say, the space shuttle, the ISS, or anything else that they wanted to. This is not something that will only be used for good (or at least justified) purposes. If you recall from Desert Storm, one of the first things the US did was to attack the modes of communication in Iraq. Now, this could be done in space to cutoff military troops from their headquarters on the other side of the globe.
Hey. I am not going to serve in the military. But it was not my choice, I wanted to go into the Airforce. But they wouldn't have me b/c there is the potential for me to go blind in the next year or so b/c I am extremely myopic (-10.75 diopters in my left eye and my right eye is not much better for those who know what these numbers mean. I don't except that it means my eyes are really bad and my retina can become stretched thin and tear. That's what the Doc's told me when I went in to try to get a waiver). So do I not have a right to be here?
Another thing, most people who join the military have one of the following reasons:
1) They need the money (I know quite a few young men who dropped out of college b/c of lack of scholarship money and enlisted. From good schools too, Northwestern and Northern Arizona at Flagstaff are the two that come to mind right now.)
2) They are truly patriotic. Not me, but some people. Personally I think that this country is really fucked up. But it could be worse so I won't complain too much.
3) They want a cool job. My father wanted to be a pilot (specifically he wanted to be a helicopter pilot, that turned into being a CSAR (Combat Search And Rescue) H60 pilot, squadron commander, and now a deputy wing commander.)
They want something to get them through college, and then get enough experiencde to do really well for themselves in private industry. Actually, that would be most fixed wing pilots, doctors, quite a few others. It sounds like you fall into this one as well. Since you only stayed in for 10 years.
Now that I have ranted on and on. Don't be such an isolationist ass-hole. This country has gone through periods in the past where it was isolationist. But that was in the past. We are now too powerful and too big to continue to think along those lines. If you can't see this then you might try looking past the end of your nose. Our purpose is not to conquer, but to help. And if you can still remember any of the doctrine you were taught in basic training you would know this.
Alright, I'm done for now. Before you post anything again think about what you are saying. I'm tired of people like you making the rest of this country and the military look like a bunch of idiots.
Can you say "Idiot".
Just b/c the whole continent was not unified under one government, and they didn't (actually I should say don't) believe in the exact same things that you or I do does not make them backwards.
And even if the statement that they are backwards were true, it doesn't legitimate the genocide of many peoples.
OL2000 also sends out your password in plain text when you are checking your e-mail. Netscape will encrypt it. I don't know how many ofyou care about your privacy, but personally I like the idea of not transmitting my password to everyone else.
Probably just me.
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In my opinion, this doesn't seem like it'll get too far. They need to apply their energies somewhere with a far greater chance of success (video/audio copyprotection that prevents consumers from viewing/listening to products they purchase). It may just be that I don't read the right news sites, but it seems to me that this area has largely been ignored. People complain about the dmca, but they don't seem to want to challenge it in court on valid points. For example, I bought a dvd, i happen to like freebsd, and I don't own a dvd player up at school except for the one on my computer. What happens when I want to view it? I'm not allowed to? Didn't I purchase the right to view that dvd? I didn't purchase the right to copy it and give it to all my friends, that is illegal, and is made illegal under existing laws. The DMCA is redundant and excessive. They make it illegal not just to copy something but to have the means to copy something. Should photocopiers and printers be made illegal? I can scan in and print out a copyrighted book and distribute it to my friends using these tools.
The problem is that our nation has become a nation of corporations and organizations.
We are a nation of individuals with individual rights.
The government has no business making it illegal to do things that have been legal since the beginning of our nation. We have always been allowed to read books, and until recently we have been allowed to view and listen to movies and music which we purchase.
Hmm, this turned into a bit of a rambling rant, sorry.
there intent is not to get wireless networking everywhere. just to specific locations such as airports. be patient, infrastructures take time to develop, they also require a clear need. unless companies think they'll make a good profit off of it they won't be quick in development.
The only valid argument that I've ever heard (and I don't know how much research has gone into it) is the potential for earthquakes. While I was living in Las Vegas (1998-2000) there was an earthquake about halfway between us and LA, I believe it was around 4 or 5 at the epicenter. The fault was supposed to be inactive. If I'm not mistaken one of the advantages of the Yucca Mountain site was it's relative stability, so even this argument is a moot point if the governments geologists and designers did their homework and studied the fault lines in the area, and properly designed the facility to withstand a significant earthquake.
They've been working on this thing since at least 98 or 99 (can't remember which, everything before now has merged together).
You probably wouldn't want to add them together, you would want to multiply the 2 primes together, then you would have a number that (when factored) provides the source and tables.
His sig quote come from Kang or Krodos from the Simpsons Tree House of Horror (Some roman numeral here) from '96(Is this the right year?). They had taken over the bodies of Dole and Clinton, and one of them (It's been a couple of weeks since I saw the episode) says that during a speech.
Sorry I can't be more specific, but I can't remember much past this morning.
Another alternative to providing security for your country though is the possibility of a nation disrupting (international) communications. If they can disable a spy satelite, then they can disable anything. Though could potentially attack, say, the space shuttle, the ISS, or anything else that they wanted to. This is not something that will only be used for good (or at least justified) purposes. If you recall from Desert Storm, one of the first things the US did was to attack the modes of communication in Iraq. Now, this could be done in space to cutoff military troops from their headquarters on the other side of the globe.
Another thing, most people who join the military have one of the following reasons:
1) They need the money (I know quite a few young men who dropped out of college b/c of lack of scholarship money and enlisted. From good schools too, Northwestern and Northern Arizona at Flagstaff are the two that come to mind right now.)
2) They are truly patriotic. Not me, but some people. Personally I think that this country is really fucked up. But it could be worse so I won't complain too much.
3) They want a cool job. My father wanted to be a pilot (specifically he wanted to be a helicopter pilot, that turned into being a CSAR (Combat Search And Rescue) H60 pilot, squadron commander, and now a deputy wing commander.)
They want something to get them through college, and then get enough experiencde to do really well for themselves in private industry. Actually, that would be most fixed wing pilots, doctors, quite a few others. It sounds like you fall into this one as well. Since you only stayed in for 10 years.
Now that I have ranted on and on. Don't be such an isolationist ass-hole. This country has gone through periods in the past where it was isolationist. But that was in the past. We are now too powerful and too big to continue to think along those lines. If you can't see this then you might try looking past the end of your nose. Our purpose is not to conquer, but to help. And if you can still remember any of the doctrine you were taught in basic training you would know this.
Alright, I'm done for now. Before you post anything again think about what you are saying. I'm tired of people like you making the rest of this country and the military look like a bunch of idiots.
Can you say "Idiot".
Just b/c the whole continent was not unified under one government, and they didn't (actually I should say don't) believe in the exact same things that you or I do does not make them backwards.
And even if the statement that they are backwards were true, it doesn't legitimate the genocide of many peoples.
Which idiots?
OL2000 also sends out your password in plain text when you are checking your e-mail. Netscape will encrypt it. I don't know how many ofyou care about your privacy, but personally I like the idea of not transmitting my password to everyone else.
Probably just me.