IIRC, Navajo had no written language, that was one reason why it was chosen. It also had wide variations in pronunciation. The codetalkers used in WW2 were all from one family group/region and so could understand one another. Even Navajos from other regions had difficulty understanding them.
I can break all the US laws I want when I'm in Sweden, without you being able to extradite me.
They don't have to extradite, in 1992 the US Supreme Court ruled that the United States was entitled to kidnap criminal suspects from foreign countries for the purpose of prosecuting them in the U.S.
I recently read about a Mexican doctor that was kidnapped by bounty hunters for the DEA. His kidnapping was deemed illegal (and he'd already been found not guilty of the alleged crimes anyway) but he spent two years in gaol before he was freed.
I've found and article that describes the events. I'm sure there are others.
"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it" (George Santayana)
"I've got news for Mr. Santayana: we're doomed to repeat the past no matter what. That's what it is to be alive."
- Borrowed from a bit of dialogue from Kurt Vonnegut's Bluebeard, p.91
"History doesn't repeat itself - at best it sometimes rhymes." -- Mark Twain
P.S.- In America denying someone the chance to put down their religion, whatever it is, would be unconstituational.. is something like this the case in Australia?
I believe this is the relevant article in the Australian Consitution:
116. The Commonwealth shall not make any law for establishing any religion, or for imposing any religious observance, or for prohibiting the free exercise of any religion, and no religious test shall be required as a qualification for any office or public trust under the Commonwealth.
In some Asian countries practically everything you can buy is pirated.
In Singapore, which is considered to be a first world nation, they have shops (sometimes 2-3 in a row) in the major arcades that just sell pirated software. It's all quite open and seemingly accepted. The only time I ever saw anything to the contrary was when all the pirate shops suddenly shut down at once. Apparently they'd been tipped off about a raid.
I can't imagine a "less developed nation" wanting to, or being able to, enforce IP law, if a technological mecca like Singapore can't manage it.
The real problem is that they're not a crime reducing remedy. It doesn't stop anyone from committing crime. It just increases their chances of being caught. If you want to reduce crime put an armed cop with orders to shoot to kill on every corner.
As an aside, the cameras have proved so ineffectual in the nightclub district of Perth, Australia, that they're turned off at night and replaced by 50-100 armed cops.
God forbid a hacker be portrayed as somebody with outside hobbies *Shock* *Shock* *Horror* *horror*
Real hackers don't have time for hobbies.
Real hackers have too much code to fix and optimise to have time for anything else.
Real hackers believe that so-called necessities, like food and sleep, are signs of weakness.
Real hackers don't watch movies. They live them.
And I'll just somehow magically hide the "OFF" button while I'm at work until 6:30pm and my kids get home at 2:15.
You obviously don't believe your children are disciplined enough to watch the television programs you have deemed suitable while you are sbsent, so I must ask, who is supervising your children during those four hours? If you have a sitter, then obviously they're the one that must magically hide the "OFF" button. If you don't have a sitter then your kids could do a lot worse than sitting down and watching four hours of tv. If your kids aren't mature enough to watch tv responsibly by themselves then you're failing in your duty of care in not providing alternative adult supervision.
Whether you are a Fundamentalist or believe simply in inspiration, I believe that the Bible is simply saying that we need to exercise self-control and to honor those to whom we have committed.
I believe Abe Lincoln summed this up in two points:
1. Be excellent to each other; and,
2. PARTY ON DUDE!!
In Finland all the technological universities have a long tradition in jäynäs.
Yeah the Fins are fairly funky about that. One practical joke I read a while ago involved a Finnish guy that coded up an entire unix-like operating system for the PC and then gave it away free. Absolutely hilarious. Those Fins are funky people.
There is NO PROOF that speeding is a direct cause of excessive fatalities.
If you would like proof, try this layman's scientific experiment:
1. Walk into a wall at your normal walking speed.
2. Now sprint at top speed into the wall.
3. Repeat until you have proven that speed makes no difference or until you get a clue.
It's because people are sheep that such measures are necessary. How many people die in your state, province or city from speeding or drunk driving? Everyone knows that speeding or driving under the influence radically increases the chances of an accident but there are still thousands that do it. What do you do? Education hasn't stopped the problem. Higher penalties haven't either. Preventing the problem altogether is something we should be examining instead of crying about civil liberties. It's awfully hard to care about having civil liberties when you're dead.
After they get these in place, they'll have a means whereas patrol cars can stop your car remotely in any instance. Will bring a new meaning to "fascist state"
They said similar stuff about traffic lights and seat belts.
...of installing speed limiters. Even they (as clueless as they are) understand there are times when it is safer to exceed the speed limit (overtaking road trains on dual lane country roads for instance). Of course there aren't that many road trains in Britain so they can't use that excuse =).
Personally, I'd rather see breathalysers installed that won't allow the car to start if the driver's blood alcohol exceeds the legal limit. That'd be a better way to reduce the road toll.
One way to reduce the road toll is to educate. When that fails technology gets its chance.
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IIRC, Navajo had no written language, that was one reason why it was chosen. It also had wide variations in pronunciation. The codetalkers used in WW2 were all from one family group/region and so could understand one another. Even Navajos from other regions had difficulty understanding them.
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They don't have to extradite, in 1992 the US Supreme Court ruled that the United States was entitled to kidnap criminal suspects from foreign countries for the purpose of prosecuting them in the U.S.
I recently read about a Mexican doctor that was kidnapped by bounty hunters for the DEA. His kidnapping was deemed illegal (and he'd already been found not guilty of the alleged crimes anyway) but he spent two years in gaol before he was freed.
I've found and article that describes the events. I'm sure there are others.
skribe
"I've got news for Mr. Santayana: we're doomed to repeat the past no matter what. That's what it is to be alive." - Borrowed from a bit of dialogue from Kurt Vonnegut's Bluebeard, p.91
"History doesn't repeat itself - at best it sometimes rhymes." -- Mark Twain
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Australia, New Zealand and the rest of the, now, Commonwealth were involved in the european war long before it spread.
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So, I guess they contract out to M$ then, huh?
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Hmmm, must be cold in that part of cyberspace.
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Boiling water impares the taste - Too cold and you don;t extract all thr flavour.
The grind of the beans and the relative humidity also affects the flavour. High humid days and a small grind can result in the coffee tasting burnt.
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None of which are acronyms. They're abbreviations. An acronym is a word formed from the initial letters of other words. eg RADAR.
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The story is here
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Two go in. One comes out!
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I believe this is the relevant article in the Australian Consitution:
116. The Commonwealth shall not make any law for establishing any religion, or for imposing any religious observance, or for prohibiting the free exercise of any religion, and no religious test shall be required as a qualification for any office or public trust under the Commonwealth.
In some Asian countries practically everything you can buy is pirated.
In Singapore, which is considered to be a first world nation, they have shops (sometimes 2-3 in a row) in the major arcades that just sell pirated software. It's all quite open and seemingly accepted. The only time I ever saw anything to the contrary was when all the pirate shops suddenly shut down at once. Apparently they'd been tipped off about a raid.
I can't imagine a "less developed nation" wanting to, or being able to, enforce IP law, if a technological mecca like Singapore can't manage it.
skribe
...but newsgroups posts has to contain a sender (thus a valid e-mail), right ?
I've used fake sender and reply addresses on usenet since about 1995. The only trouble I've encountered is posting to moderated groups.
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Apart from that, what's the problem?
The real problem is that they're not a crime reducing remedy. It doesn't stop anyone from committing crime. It just increases their chances of being caught. If you want to reduce crime put an armed cop with orders to shoot to kill on every corner.
As an aside, the cameras have proved so ineffectual in the nightclub district of Perth, Australia, that they're turned off at night and replaced by 50-100 armed cops.
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If you didn't smoke around people who didn't want to breathe smoke, no one would care!
I'd care. I'm sick of paying higher health insurance premiums because of smokers.
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God forbid a hacker be portrayed as somebody with outside hobbies *Shock* *Shock* *Horror* *horror*
Real hackers don't have time for hobbies.
Real hackers have too much code to fix and optimise to have time for anything else.
Real hackers believe that so-called necessities, like food and sleep, are signs of weakness.
Real hackers don't watch movies. They live them.
skribe
And I'll just somehow magically hide the "OFF" button while I'm at work until 6:30pm and my kids get home at 2:15.
You obviously don't believe your children are disciplined enough to watch the television programs you have deemed suitable while you are sbsent, so I must ask, who is supervising your children during those four hours? If you have a sitter, then obviously they're the one that must magically hide the "OFF" button. If you don't have a sitter then your kids could do a lot worse than sitting down and watching four hours of tv. If your kids aren't mature enough to watch tv responsibly by themselves then you're failing in your duty of care in not providing alternative adult supervision.
skribe
Whether you are a Fundamentalist or believe simply in inspiration, I believe that the Bible is simply saying that we need to exercise self-control and to honor those to whom we have committed.
I believe Abe Lincoln summed this up in two points:
1. Be excellent to each other; and,
2. PARTY ON DUDE!!
And, for that matter, who are you to ridicule somebody for their religious beliefs, as your post implies?
Belief is one thing but when you preach, it becomes doctrine and therefore open to debate and, sometimes, ridicule.
In Finland all the technological universities have a long tradition in jäynäs.
Yeah the Fins are fairly funky about that. One practical joke I read a while ago involved a Finnish guy that coded up an entire unix-like operating system for the PC and then gave it away free. Absolutely hilarious. Those Fins are funky people.
There is NO PROOF that speeding is a direct cause of excessive fatalities.
If you would like proof, try this layman's scientific experiment:
1. Walk into a wall at your normal walking speed.
2. Now sprint at top speed into the wall.
3. Repeat until you have proven that speed makes no difference or until you get a clue.
skribe
It's because people are sheep that such measures are necessary. How many people die in your state, province or city from speeding or drunk driving? Everyone knows that speeding or driving under the influence radically increases the chances of an accident but there are still thousands that do it. What do you do? Education hasn't stopped the problem. Higher penalties haven't either. Preventing the problem altogether is something we should be examining instead of crying about civil liberties. It's awfully hard to care about having civil liberties when you're dead.
skribe
After they get these in place, they'll have a means whereas patrol cars can stop your car remotely in any instance. Will bring a new meaning to "fascist state"
They said similar stuff about traffic lights and seat belts.
skribe
...of installing speed limiters. Even they (as clueless as they are) understand there are times when it is safer to exceed the speed limit (overtaking road trains on dual lane country roads for instance). Of course there aren't that many road trains in Britain so they can't use that excuse =).
Personally, I'd rather see breathalysers installed that won't allow the car to start if the driver's blood alcohol exceeds the legal limit. That'd be a better way to reduce the road toll.
One way to reduce the road toll is to educate. When that fails technology gets its chance.
skribe