Right on! Lets level the transport of content out from the content itself. The two are separate issues. Your ability to legally transfer content is not restricted by the speed at which you get it. That would be like saying "all downloads under 10kb/s are legally obtained." Clearly, transfer speed does not confer a right or permission.
Just because your beloved OS vendor isn't making very much news, you choose to grouse about one that does? Maybe you have chosen to follow the wrong crowd and you're whining because it makes you feel inferior? Open Source has done great things, true but has accomplished few innovations. Technology and news is lead by innovators, not copiers, or knock offs. You should be excited to see what you'll be copying next!
Flame bait, maybe, depending on who you are routing for. But I really think its just an observation back up with facts. At the very least it is am amusing zinger. It only hurts because its true!:-)
Well, this would put a damper on quite a few things if the government's motion is granted.
And what is the implication if I just keep marking things as unread?
4th Amendment:The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
It does not say that papers and effects in our houses are protected. Rather it treats them separately, with no distinguishment between them. Also, "effects" does not solely mean "possessions" though it does certainly include them. I would contend that email is an 'effect'.
They have a book on basic (analog) electronics, a digital electronics book that covers digital, and a communications book that include RF and amplifier design (classes A-D). The basic one is really good. It takes you through a NP junction, complete with holes and depletion zones, explaining diodes, then transistors, NPN and PNP and goes over other basic circuit components. As someone who was not new to computers or general electronics, I found these three books from RadioShack of all places to be exactly what I needed to get down to business. I would highly recommend them.
Jobs: If you see a stylus or a task manager, 'they blew it'
Google: If you see a proprietary, locked-down OS and App Store which may not support your model in three years, 'they [Apple] blew it'
There is so much potential to blow the iPad out of the water: - Dual cameras for video Skyping, - non-Integrated obsolescence (at least not having your hardware vendor determine what updates you get) - Open App store - Google voice / Apps.
Though I still think that the most open phone platform is still Maemo5/Meego. There are rumors to the affect that Nokia is also planning a tablet... But Nokia's execution has always left something to be desired. (In what they envision isn't want is actually delivered)
Actually what your parent is talking about is the Sunflower, which follows the sun daily, not over the long term. If we could harness the same technique we could have tracking systems that are basically free.
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Tested and works. The WIFI-only unit was able to identify my position.
Given that bits in the CPU correspond to physical wires coming on and off to control something, you can't really checksum your output all the time. The ECU will use a wire as in injector control. If this line gets set to HI all the time, then you're constantly squirting. The car also needs one other thing to accelerate - and that is the throttle plate position has to be correctly opened. Normally, this plate is physically connected to the pedal. Let off and it slams shut. If your injector is stuck, your engine will bog and you'll lose power, which is what is supposed to happen. But in the Prius, the throttle plate is also electronically controlled because it saves gas to have the computer control it. Now you have a problem - the injector and the throttle plate are computer controlled. That is the issue.
One central updater.. for everything! Plus its Linux, so its not like there's malware there anyway.
I did notice one time though that the Ubuntu updater did update Firefox and a bunch of things stopped working. I had to reboot to clear it. I tracked it down to a library that had been updated, that apparently was confusing ld or something. Would have been nice to have been warned...
Anyway, the fact that there is only one updater is a win for Linux.
That isn't actually a bad idea, save for the legit emails that do use it.
Here's my idea: Take a html-to-jpg converter that will render the email as it is intended to be rendered. This converter should be sandboxed in a way as to not infect itself. Then on any suspected spam message, or any message at all, have the mail client load it as a JPG. This will kill the links, and prevent any kind of JavaScript hacks. Then in order to actually interact with the mail (copy text, etc) have the user "unlock" it at which time it will be replaced with the original HTML. It seems silly to me to have every message stored as active HTML (with JS, remote links, etc) when most people just read it and never do anything with it.
There are a small amount of user-interface issues like choosing default colors and fonts, but for HTML email, the message will most liekly specify it anyway. By the mail provider butting this click-barrier in, it should kill the click-through rates for anything but the most legitimate interest.
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Well, you have to foregive my brevity. It was written for ADD-enhanced Slashdotters. I avoid the detailed discussion.
While I won't run down the list exactly, but the general principal is that: Personal choice that increases risk will have to be judged accordingly. If a behavior marginally increases cancer rates then it should be covered. If a behavior markedly increases rates then it should not be covered in the national coverage. What this is exactly, but 5% seems a good cut-off. Also to be balanced with this is by how many people are engaging in the behavior. If we all do it as Americans, then monetarily it makes sense to include it in the national policy.
Then your questions dive into gunshots crashes. These are not medical conditions. These are discrete unpredictable events requiring medial treatment. The insurance industry has already made the actuarial tables and decided what factors are statistically relevant to the premium. We can simply re-use these.
Yes, over time the plan will change. The government will try to reduce coverage, but it also will be balanced by keeping the costs low. If the government sheds responsibility, then we transition back closer to where we are today. But remember, the insurance companies don't want to pay out, so they will push coverage back on the government. I expect that we would be informed by people crusading for coverages to be added to the plan that "Coverage for XXX will save $YYYM by including it in the national plan". And I expect that the hallmark of the national plan is that it would provide the widest services at a lower premium than the insurance companies can provide today.
There will never be an end to the debate of what the national plan covers, and that is just how it is. It will allow it to change to meet the needs of Americans, as those needs change over time.
There is no "perfect" plan, and I don't for an instant think this is perfect. But it is a compromise that will be effective. If you read the current bill, and compare with what I describe here, which do you want to vote for?
But look at what this sets up - some framework for government coverage, which is competitive and expandable, while capturing the best of both sides.
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I don't know why the democrats have pursued the avenue that they have. It makes the least amount of sense. Its is basically an adaptation of Massachusetts' mandated program. "Have health care or else" If you do not have health care then the IRS can withhold your tax refund. I am a libertarian, fiscally conservative but socially progressive. The USA should be able to use its wealth provide healthcare and make this an even better country. It is inevitable that the more prosperous a country the better it should treat its inhabitants. health care is a human issue (not a right but a privilege) but that should not stop us fro having a common-sense plan.
I have constructed a simple plan that would give everyone in the nation health care at a level that will appease liberals while not irritating conservatives. It is a simple 3 part plan, with Step 4 being profit.
1. Collect a tax that is proportional to the expected premium for the nation, for the given coverage. Define the coverage as only those MOST COMMON things that we need/are entitled to. This means basic and routine care, emergency hospital visits and life-necessary prescription medications.
2. Contract out the policies to several insurance carriers. Per annum, review the policies, and compare the expected coverage with the provided coverage. With clear benchmarks to provide treatment, award those companies that both provided the expected level of care with how cheaply they were able to do it. Re balance the policies between the providers such that the cheapest insurers are rewarded with more customers.
3.Finally leave all controversial services to be paid for by a private supplemental policy. Viagra, abortions, cosmetic procedures, lifestyle liabilities (lung cancer of smokers) would all be paid by the optional private policy
4. Profit!
Using that system has several advantages:
The most common problems of everyone are taken care of. People involved in accidents are afforded the best change of reattachment surgery to keep them productive in society. This is the moral argument of the left
No one is put in the position for paying for someone's lifestyle choice or mistake, or to fund a morally reprehensible act (as they see it) This is the moral argument of the right
It preserves competition among the insurers. By awarding more policies to the cheaper, less wasteful insurers. This is the fiscal argument of the right.
The government can use its size to negotiate competitive rates, which is much better than private companies that under the current plan would have to find and negotiate their own policy rates. This is the fiscal argument of the left
The insurers can still sell directly to customers, with policies for the optional coverage, which everyone should be arguing for.
This works with the least amount of changes needed to our insurance industry.
Few trespasses and usurpations are as flagrant as this. Watch this one carefully.
McCain is now broadening the term of "enemy combatant" to "enemy belligerent" which includes U.S. Citizens. Legally speaking, they couldn't be father a part right now, but due to a phonetic relationship, the two are being bridged. Right now I am a citizen and cannot be held indefinitely. I have a right to speedy a trial. But if the government chooses to label me as a "enemy belligerent" I can be held indefinitely and subject to torture.
"An individual, including a citizen of the United States, determined to be an unprivileged enemy belligerent under section 3(c)(2) in a manner which satisfies Article 5 of the Geneva Convention Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War may be detained without criminal charges and without trial for the duration of hostilities against the United States or its coalition partners in which the individual has engaged, or which the individual has purposely and materially supported, consistent with the
law of war and any authorization for the use of military force provided by Congress pertaining to such hostilities."
"(B) has purposely and materially supported hostilities against the United States or 3 its coalition partners"
I can't see how much farther this erosion of rights can go. When you couple the discussed bombing, with the idea that any
I don't think flicker is the problem I think its the temperature. They have a narrow frequency range. The PWM control method has been used for years, and is in use on automotive tail lights. I think its more of a question of how the duty cycle is set. PWM also lets the element cool (yes, LEDs do generate heat) Maybe what you need is a multiple led arrangement with alternating LEDs activation so that it looks more uniform?
Lets contemplate and "electron striking metal". Given that the metal is in a simple case, made of a singular type of atom, which contains a vast amount pf empty space, electrons, neutrons and protons, and that it already travels at or near the speed of light, how much energy in excess of the norm can it it impart? Also, one it enters the lattice of the metal, why would it not just be integrated into the electron shells? Every atom should be a giant magnet and effectively absorb the electron.
I thought I saw somewhere there was a site you could use to trash your data and close the account, or something to that effect. I can't remember where it was posted. I thought here. Anyone know what I'm talking about?
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Right on! Lets level the transport of content out from the content itself. The two are separate issues. Your ability to legally transfer content is not restricted by the speed at which you get it. That would be like saying "all downloads under 10kb/s are legally obtained." Clearly, transfer speed does not confer a right or permission.
How to get Ahead in Advertising is also a movie that a few people here will appreciate. (Yes, on topic)
You offend me sir! I am an astrophysicist and my science and I do operate in a vacuum!
Still better than Kansas, Texas, and Dover, PA, because they clearly label their take on creation as 'myth'.
Just because your beloved OS vendor isn't making very much news, you choose to grouse about one that does? Maybe you have chosen to follow the wrong crowd and you're whining because it makes you feel inferior? Open Source has done great things, true but has accomplished few innovations. Technology and news is lead by innovators, not copiers, or knock offs. You should be excited to see what you'll be copying next!
Flame bait, maybe, depending on who you are routing for. But I really think its just an observation back up with facts. At the very least it is am amusing zinger. It only hurts because its true! :-)
Well, this would put a damper on quite a few things if the government's motion is granted.
And what is the implication if I just keep marking things as unread?
4th Amendment:The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
It does not say that papers and effects in our houses are protected. Rather it treats them separately, with no distinguishment between them. Also, "effects" does not solely mean "possessions" though it does certainly include them. I would contend that email is an 'effect'.
No Canada is the made up of 13 states. Duh!
(My apologies to my Canadian girlfriend)
They have a book on basic (analog) electronics, a digital electronics book that covers digital, and a communications book that include RF and amplifier design (classes A-D). The basic one is really good. It takes you through a NP junction, complete with holes and depletion zones, explaining diodes, then transistors, NPN and PNP and goes over other basic circuit components. As someone who was not new to computers or general electronics, I found these three books from RadioShack of all places to be exactly what I needed to get down to business. I would highly recommend them.
Jobs: If you see a stylus or a task manager, 'they blew it'
Google: If you see a proprietary, locked-down OS and App Store which may not support your model in three years, 'they [Apple] blew it'
There is so much potential to blow the iPad out of the water:
- Dual cameras for video Skyping,
- non-Integrated obsolescence (at least not having your hardware vendor determine what updates you get)
- Open App store
- Google voice / Apps.
Though I still think that the most open phone platform is still Maemo5/Meego. There are rumors to the affect that Nokia is also planning a tablet... But Nokia's execution has always left something to be desired. (In what they envision isn't want is actually delivered)
Actually what your parent is talking about is the Sunflower, which follows the sun daily, not over the long term. If we could harness the same technique we could have tracking systems that are basically free.
Tested and works. The WIFI-only unit was able to identify my position.
So are these new terahertz scanners FDA approved? FDA has guidelines and limits for any radiation exposure events.
Obviously if you run the same code on the same data you will get the same result But what happens when you run it on the other data?
Its been joked about but they actually did it!
How do you checksum an injector pulse width?
Given that bits in the CPU correspond to physical wires coming on and off to control something, you can't really checksum your output all the time. The ECU will use a wire as in injector control. If this line gets set to HI all the time, then you're constantly squirting. The car also needs one other thing to accelerate - and that is the throttle plate position has to be correctly opened. Normally, this plate is physically connected to the pedal. Let off and it slams shut. If your injector is stuck, your engine will bog and you'll lose power, which is what is supposed to happen. But in the Prius, the throttle plate is also electronically controlled because it saves gas to have the computer control it. Now you have a problem - the injector and the throttle plate are computer controlled. That is the issue.
One central updater.. for everything! Plus its Linux, so its not like there's malware there anyway.
I did notice one time though that the Ubuntu updater did update Firefox and a bunch of things stopped working. I had to reboot to clear it. I tracked it down to a library that had been updated, that apparently was confusing ld or something. Would have been nice to have been warned...
Anyway, the fact that there is only one updater is a win for Linux.
Since we just got a 10 fold increase in galaxies.
I think that moves us from 0.006 to 0.06, (plus one obviously)
Does that mean TSA agents will eat ticks if they find any, and does your monkey have to return the inspection favor?
That isn't actually a bad idea, save for the legit emails that do use it.
Here's my idea:
Take a html-to-jpg converter that will render the email as it is intended to be rendered. This converter should be sandboxed in a way as to not infect itself. Then on any suspected spam message, or any message at all, have the mail client load it as a JPG. This will kill the links, and prevent any kind of JavaScript hacks. Then in order to actually interact with the mail (copy text, etc) have the user "unlock" it at which time it will be replaced with the original HTML. It seems silly to me to have every message stored as active HTML (with JS, remote links, etc) when most people just read it and never do anything with it.
There are a small amount of user-interface issues like choosing default colors and fonts, but for HTML email, the message will most liekly specify it anyway. By the mail provider butting this click-barrier in, it should kill the click-through rates for anything but the most legitimate interest.
Well, you have to foregive my brevity. It was written for ADD-enhanced Slashdotters. I avoid the detailed discussion.
While I won't run down the list exactly, but the general principal is that:
Personal choice that increases risk will have to be judged accordingly. If a behavior marginally increases cancer rates then it should be covered. If a behavior markedly increases rates then it should not be covered in the national coverage. What this is exactly, but 5% seems a good cut-off. Also to be balanced with this is by how many people are engaging in the behavior. If we all do it as Americans, then monetarily it makes sense to include it in the national policy.
Then your questions dive into gunshots crashes. These are not medical conditions. These are discrete unpredictable events requiring medial treatment. The insurance industry has already made the actuarial tables and decided what factors are statistically relevant to the premium. We can simply re-use these.
Yes, over time the plan will change. The government will try to reduce coverage, but it also will be balanced by keeping the costs low. If the government sheds responsibility, then we transition back closer to where we are today. But remember, the insurance companies don't want to pay out, so they will push coverage back on the government. I expect that we would be informed by people crusading for coverages to be added to the plan that "Coverage for XXX will save $YYYM by including it in the national plan". And I expect that the hallmark of the national plan is that it would provide the widest services at a lower premium than the insurance companies can provide today.
There will never be an end to the debate of what the national plan covers, and that is just how it is. It will allow it to change to meet the needs of Americans, as those needs change over time.
There is no "perfect" plan, and I don't for an instant think this is perfect. But it is a compromise that will be effective. If you read the current bill, and compare with what I describe here, which do you want to vote for?
But look at what this sets up - some framework for government coverage, which is competitive and expandable, while capturing the best of both sides.
I don't know why the democrats have pursued the avenue that they have. It makes the least amount of sense. Its is basically an adaptation of Massachusetts' mandated program. "Have health care or else" If you do not have health care then the IRS can withhold your tax refund. I am a libertarian, fiscally conservative but socially progressive. The USA should be able to use its wealth provide healthcare and make this an even better country. It is inevitable that the more prosperous a country the better it should treat its inhabitants. health care is a human issue (not a right but a privilege) but that should not stop us fro having a common-sense plan.
I have constructed a simple plan that would give everyone in the nation health care at a level that will appease liberals while not irritating conservatives. It is a simple 3 part plan, with Step 4 being profit.
emergency hospital visits and life-necessary prescription medications.
Using that system has several advantages:
That may seem ok, but consider this:
Few trespasses and usurpations are as flagrant as this. Watch this one carefully.
McCain is now broadening the term of "enemy combatant" to "enemy belligerent" which includes U.S. Citizens. Legally speaking, they couldn't be father a part right now, but due to a phonetic relationship, the two are being bridged. Right now I am a citizen and cannot be held indefinitely. I have a right to speedy a trial. But if the government chooses to label me as a "enemy belligerent" I can be held indefinitely and subject to torture.
"An individual, including a citizen of the United States, determined to be an unprivileged enemy belligerent under section 3(c)(2) in a manner which satisfies Article 5 of the Geneva Convention Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War may be detained without criminal charges and without trial for the duration of hostilities against the United States or its coalition partners in which the individual has engaged, or which the individual has purposely and materially supported, consistent with the
law of war and any authorization for the use of military force provided by Congress pertaining to such hostilities."
"(B) has purposely and materially supported hostilities against the United States or 3 its coalition partners"
I can't see how much farther this erosion of rights can go. When you couple the discussed bombing, with the idea that any
I don't think flicker is the problem I think its the temperature. They have a narrow frequency range. The PWM control method has been used for years, and is in use on automotive tail lights. I think its more of a question of how the duty cycle is set. PWM also lets the element cool (yes, LEDs do generate heat) Maybe what you need is a multiple led arrangement with alternating LEDs activation so that it looks more uniform?
Lets contemplate and "electron striking metal". Given that the metal is in a simple case, made of a singular type of atom, which contains a vast amount pf empty space, electrons, neutrons and protons, and that it already travels at or near the speed of light, how much energy in excess of the norm can it it impart? Also, one it enters the lattice of the metal, why would it not just be integrated into the electron shells? Every atom should be a giant magnet and effectively absorb the electron.
I thought I saw somewhere there was a site you could use to trash your data and close the account, or something to that effect. I can't remember where it was posted. I thought here. Anyone know what I'm talking about?