I've developed a habit of deliberately defying that rule. The reason is that I write a lot of technical documentation that gives instructions to (not too computer literate) computer users. Often times the instructions consist of statements like
Using explorer, go to the directory called "My documents".
If I put a period inside the quotes, it's possible the user will expect to see (or type, if I'm giving them a command to type) the period in the filename.
Any technical data can be covered by export regulations. Under ITAR it can be (and currently is) considered a service.
My company builds satellite tracking systems. You can control it from a serial terminal using a simple command set (an "interface") but we are not allowed to give our international customers that command set without State Dept. clearance, which can take six months to get.
Furthermore, we need to know who our customers intend to allow to see that information (like subcontractors).
ITAR compliance is a bitch. It's deliberately vague so they can apply it flexibly.
However, within the scam is our salvation: Two thirds of the senate must ratify a treaty, and that kind of majority is notoriously difficult to get, especially in these rigidly partisan times.
That is the reason that we don't do treaties much anymore. Instead, we make "agreements". Agreements only require a simple majority to ratify.
Or alternatively, put the numbers out there on a phone number linked to by an obscure ad on Craigslist, and get other websites, like homelandstupidity.us, to copy them for you so your contact has multiple paths to the information.
Like I said in my original post, I may, by the time I got results, have been using some variation on those phrases (e.g. "kill americans" instead of "kill an american"). I do remember having to refine the search as I went. I don't remember exactly what finally gave me results, only that the results disappeared after a few minutes.
I have only one rug and it has tassles. And they get caught in our regular vacuum cleaner all the time (a Kirby with a rug beater). Such a bother that I've considered amputating the tassles.
So the Roomba would be fine if you had rugs with no tassles or no rugs at all?
and there have been times I've looked at my Roomba and had a tear over how the lil' guy saved my life by making sure my floors were properly kept clean:-) I haven't used him since moving into my new house with almost all hardwood floors
OK, I have to ask an OT question: What's wrong with a Roomba on hardwood floors? We've got all hardwood (and some vinyl) floors and I've been considering buying a Roomba. Hard floors still get dusty and dirty, especially under beds and such.
I know that Google censors certain results, usually to avoid lawsuits or because of DMCA takedown notices, but something interesting happened to me a couple of weeks ago.
I wanted to find a quote that I had heard years ago. It ran along the line of "Imagine a million screaming Mexicans running across the border with one thing on their minds: kill an American." (I know it sounds inflamitory. The quote was supposedly a threat made by an "Aztlan" type of activist.)
So I did the obvious - I googled it. I submitted the terms "screaming mexicans" and "kill an american" (or close variations on those phrases). I got around eight pages of results.
I scanned the first page and didn't see what I wanted. Go to the second page. Still not what I want. Click to the third page. "Your search -"... "- did not match any documents."
What? Back up using the browser "back" button. Yep, 8 pages of results.
So on a whim, I simply resubmit the search to start from the beginning (I figured maybe I hit it in the middle of a index update or something). "Your search -"... "- did not match any documents."
For the rest of the day, those two terms would not yield any result.
It made me wonder if Google is checking for inflamitory search arguments and flagging them for examination by an operator, who can simply disable results for given parameters.
That's rather strange. I have an iPaq and have no problem running Active Sync from my limited user account. My one problem has been AvantGo. Supposedly it works from userland, but I can't seem to get any content on my PDA unless I run as an administrator.
I did get a USB cable for my cellphone, along with software that would sync it to Outlook, only to discover that the software will only work from an administrator level account (and the company seems to make no apology for it). But BitPIM works just fine at user level, so I use that.
<side-rant> I'm a sotware engineer and work with a bunch of tech-savvy people. Interestingly, and rather alarmingly, I am the only person I know who takes pains to work as a regular user instead of an administrator - both on Windows and QNX. Everyone else just seems to run as root all the time. </side-rant>
This is so depressing. Not because I just got Blue Frog set up this last weekend, but because, well, quite literally "the terrorists have won".
I see little recourse but to join a network of DDoS-bots that bombs the spam zombies off the net, and http requests any websites their email links to into oblivion.
Slashdot Mirror
They shoulda' named it Gaypal.
Or maybe not.
I was trying to convert this to libraries-of-congress/gallon, but I just plain gave up.
I'm not licking this toad, I'm welcoming it as my new overlord!
You had particles?! We shoulda' been so lucky...
Ha! They could've done it in 3 if they'd used APL.
Any technical data can be covered by export regulations. Under ITAR it can be (and currently is) considered a service.
My company builds satellite tracking systems. You can control it from a serial terminal using a simple command set (an "interface") but we are not allowed to give our international customers that command set without State Dept. clearance, which can take six months to get.
Furthermore, we need to know who our customers intend to allow to see that information (like subcontractors).
ITAR compliance is a bitch. It's deliberately vague so they can apply it flexibly.
I think what you are looking for is ITAR.
ITAR restricts both goods and services. Supplying information is considered a service.
Yeah, but you've got Quebec. Get rid of that and we'll consider assimilating the rest of you into our collective.
However, within the scam is our salvation: Two thirds of the senate must ratify a treaty, and that kind of majority is notoriously difficult to get, especially in these rigidly partisan times.
That is the reason that we don't do treaties much anymore. Instead, we make "agreements". Agreements only require a simple majority to ratify.
Well, why not? They've been screwing us for decades.
I think we deserve a little payback.
I haven't read the EULA in a long time (ever?), but imagine if Google merged with, say, Aetna (my medical ins. company) or some other big insurer.
Or alternatively, put the numbers out there on a phone number linked to by an obscure ad on Craigslist, and get other websites, like homelandstupidity.us, to copy them for you so your contact has multiple paths to the information.
Like I said in my original post, I may, by the time I got results, have been using some variation on those phrases (e.g. "kill americans" instead of "kill an american"). I do remember having to refine the search as I went. I don't remember exactly what finally gave me results, only that the results disappeared after a few minutes.
I have only one rug and it has tassles. And they get caught in our regular vacuum cleaner all the time (a Kirby with a rug beater). Such a bother that I've considered amputating the tassles.
So the Roomba would be fine if you had rugs with no tassles or no rugs at all?
I know that Google censors certain results, usually to avoid lawsuits or because of DMCA takedown notices, but something interesting happened to me a couple of weeks ago.
... "- did not match any documents."
... "- did not match any documents."
I wanted to find a quote that I had heard years ago. It ran along the line of "Imagine a million screaming Mexicans running across the border with one thing on their minds: kill an American." (I know it sounds inflamitory. The quote was supposedly a threat made by an "Aztlan" type of activist.)
So I did the obvious - I googled it. I submitted the terms "screaming mexicans" and "kill an american" (or close variations on those phrases). I got around eight pages of results.
I scanned the first page and didn't see what I wanted. Go to the second page. Still not what I want. Click to the third page. "Your search -"
What? Back up using the browser "back" button. Yep, 8 pages of results.
So on a whim, I simply resubmit the search to start from the beginning (I figured maybe I hit it in the middle of a index update or something). "Your search -"
For the rest of the day, those two terms would not yield any result.
It made me wonder if Google is checking for inflamitory search arguments and flagging them for examination by an operator, who can simply disable results for given parameters.
That's rather strange. I have an iPaq and have no problem running Active Sync from my limited user account. My one problem has been AvantGo. Supposedly it works from userland, but I can't seem to get any content on my PDA unless I run as an administrator.
I did get a USB cable for my cellphone, along with software that would sync it to Outlook, only to discover that the software will only work from an administrator level account (and the company seems to make no apology for it). But BitPIM works just fine at user level, so I use that.
<side-rant> I'm a sotware engineer and work with a bunch of tech-savvy people. Interestingly, and rather alarmingly, I am the only person I know who takes pains to work as a regular user instead of an administrator - both on Windows and QNX. Everyone else just seems to run as root all the time. </side-rant>
Did anyone notice that Google Notebook has gone live?
So I'm gonna write a 'bot that automatically short sells any stock that gets advertised in a spam message.
I'll make millions!
So, the spammers win.
This is so depressing. Not because I just got Blue Frog set up this last weekend, but because, well, quite literally "the terrorists have won".
I see little recourse but to join a network of DDoS-bots that bombs the spam zombies off the net, and http requests any websites their email links to into oblivion.
Where do I sign up?
Everyone knows about your phone sex habit.
Henceforth, the paging system is to be used for work related purposes only.
I, for one, welcome our cliche nazi overlords.
I remember seeing this movie before.
Can't Hollywood do anything original anymore?
Thank you.
I didn't know such a FF extension existed. I don't need it too much with GMail, but I'll be installing this at home tonight.