Who initiated the attack? If you don't know, it's probably a good idea to say so instead of leaving people to try inferring it. Who is the target of the attack? What does Cyberbunker do?
The dispute started when the spam-fighting group Spamhaus added the Dutch company Cyberbunker to its blacklist, which is used by e-mail providers to weed out spam.
How? All of those laws worked in the UK. No-one* smokes indoors now. No-one* drives without a seatbelt. And so on.
*Yes, of course some will flout a new law (or an old one). The majority, if the law is a good one, don't. But just because a new law may not reach that - what? - 10% is no reason to declare it a non-starter.
Most of these trivial activities are don't fall under federal law and none carry punishment that match what this guy got.
They're not supposed to match it. I was just giving examples, as asked, of laws which (in the UK at least) have had exactly the effect they were implemented to produce.
I used to sell phones for Verizon. There is a 'Block Premium Text Messaging' account option. I selected it for every subscriber I signed up by default unless they indicated otherwise.
What kind of accuracy would be required to hit a pilot in the eye from 100m away? The pupil has a radius of probably 5 mm.
Simple trig fails because a laser doesn't project an infinitesimal point, especially at 100m. And even if it did, you only need to hit your target for a moment to cause temporary blinding. Just the dazzle of a powerful laser as it reflects off various surfaces (or refracts through the glass) within the cockpit is probably enough to disorientate a pilot, so you don't even need to aim anywhere near their eyes.
The law is stupid because the idea that laws serve as an effective deterrent is stupid.
No it isn't.
Remember when they passed that law against __________, and now no one does __________ anymore?
smoking in indoor public places driving without a seatbelt leaving dog poop on the pavement corporal punishment in schools child labour
If "laser strikes" are now a potential safety hazard, and the government wants to "do something" about them, they should start requiring pilots to wear appropriate safety gear to protect themselves against laser strikes.
So, your answer to the problem of, say, graffiti would be to coat every wall with teflon, instead of punishing those responsible? How about mandatory burkas instead of those silly anti-rape laws?
What makes this so different from, say, creating a hollow cube with some very fine polymer for the vertices, with the faces and interior remaining empty? If something's full of holes, is its density still measurable in a meaningful way? A battleship is less dense than water in this sense, but the material it's made from isn't.
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Wouldn't this foam work better if the empty spaces were filled with a compressible liquid?
How about gas?
What do you think the "empty" space in a foam is filled with?
Sounds like you have a bee in your bonnet about this.
Damn should have read it first.
Damn, yes you should have.
I saw a press release or something
That sounds like the new "bloke down the pub said."
Funny, I don't remember ticking "post anonymously." Oh well. That was me.
The dispute started when the spam-fighting group Spamhaus added the Dutch company Cyberbunker to its blacklist, which is used by e-mail providers to weed out spam.
Which of the two is "which" supposed to refer to?
It’s the ultimate answer to the question of whether art or technology is the most important part of creating a visually excellent game
Oh, yeah? Ultimate answer you say? So that's all decided now and no-one need every argue over it again?
Except of course that the answer appears to be "Hmm, yeah, kinda both."
Hey, you're that guy! Hey everyone, it's that guy! You know, the one who has the only opinion worth anything!
Where've you been, man? Got a lot of people needing your help...
You realise this guy's a loon and posts the same thing under every story? Mods, please mod this and parent down, not up.
How? All of those laws worked in the UK. No-one* smokes indoors now. No-one* drives without a seatbelt. And so on.
*Yes, of course some will flout a new law (or an old one). The majority, if the law is a good one, don't. But just because a new law may not reach that - what? - 10% is no reason to declare it a non-starter.
Most of these trivial activities are don't fall under federal law and none carry punishment that match what this guy got.
They're not supposed to match it. I was just giving examples, as asked, of laws which (in the UK at least) have had exactly the effect they were implemented to produce.
I used to sell phones for Verizon. There is a 'Block Premium Text Messaging' account option. I selected it for every subscriber I signed up by default unless they indicated otherwise.
And is that why you no longer work for Verizon?
Do not look into laser with remaining eye.
What kind of accuracy would be required to hit a pilot in the eye from 100m away? The pupil has a radius of probably 5 mm.
Simple trig fails because a laser doesn't project an infinitesimal point, especially at 100m. And even if it did, you only need to hit your target for a moment to cause temporary blinding. Just the dazzle of a powerful laser as it reflects off various surfaces (or refracts through the glass) within the cockpit is probably enough to disorientate a pilot, so you don't even need to aim anywhere near their eyes.
The law is stupid because the idea that laws serve as an effective deterrent is stupid.
No it isn't.
Remember when they passed that law against __________, and now no one does __________ anymore?
smoking in indoor public places
driving without a seatbelt
leaving dog poop on the pavement
corporal punishment in schools
child labour
If "laser strikes" are now a potential safety hazard, and the government wants to "do something" about them, they should start requiring pilots to wear appropriate safety gear to protect themselves against laser strikes.
So, your answer to the problem of, say, graffiti would be to coat every wall with teflon, instead of punishing those responsible? How about mandatory burkas instead of those silly anti-rape laws?
After his ex-wife ripped him a new one? Pretty deep.
How long did it take to potty train that little guy? Straight to his newspaper!
Let the apostrophes pay the apostrophe tax. I pay the Homer tax!
What makes this so different from, say, creating a hollow cube with some very fine polymer for the vertices, with the faces and interior remaining empty? If something's full of holes, is its density still measurable in a meaningful way? A battleship is less dense than water in this sense, but the material it's made from isn't.
lol its sad that i get this.
*facepalm*
Ma'm/Sir, you made me squirt my breakfast out of my nose
Ah. You must be the warm-up act.
According to Garrett, storage space constraints in UEFI storage variables is the reason Samsung laptops end up bricking themselves.
Is? Is?
I'm a very new user to Linux looking for a distro that allows me to control and customize
As opposed to...?
but a mid-sized Alberta bungalow has people around the world buzzing today
s/buz/snoo
Which begs the question of why you felt the need to post, thus bringing us full circle.