Whether or not LucasArts would have any legal basis to sue probably wouldn't affect them if they wanted to unleash their attack lawyers. It's a rare open source project that can afford to fight off a legal challenge, even a baseless one.
Eh, sorry, missed the context of "anonymous to prosecutors". This does raise the issue of anon remailers etc. -- if the source provides enough corroborating evidence but doesn't want their identity known to anyone (even the reporters), there are likely still some news sources out there who would take the bait.
If the reporters do know the identity of the source, it doesn't matter how good the technology is, the courts aren't likely to find that protecting that privacy is in the public interest if the crimes that have been committed warrant further investigation (especially if the communication with reporters is itself the crime). So the reporters will still be facing jail -- it's either that or publish material the sources aren't willing to put their names to.
I'd say that guaranteeing future oil supply even if OPEC starts getting shitty is probably worth the loss of life for the US. After all, I can't imagine a "democratically elected" Iraqi government telling them where to go at any point in the next 25 years...
Maybe we'll invade another country in twenty years under the premise that their citizens are "deprived of a free press and subjected to a singular propagandic source of news?
Only if there's enough oil there to make it worthwhile.
Any webmaster who uses browser sniffing is a moron.
Normally I'd agree with you, but there are times when you have to sniff to avoid bugs in the browsers, without disadvantaging people whose browsers actually work (e.g. IE's handling of MIME content headers can be a little weird, but sometimes works better from a HTTP redirect). If the client browser is claiming to be something it isn't, is it unreasonable to expect it to be fully bug-for-bug compatible in its HTML parsing with the browser it claims to be?
Obviously you don't run your own business. The customer is always right, even when they're being grossly stupid; you let them know that you think they're doing the wrong thing, but you don't die in a ditch over their desire to pay you for it.
The Nvidia drivers crash for me within 30 minutes using NVAGP, or 5 minutes using AGPGART. This is using an NForce2-based chipset and a 6600, so it's not like they can't replicate the setup.
People should be careful what they buy; if it's not open, there are no guarantees that it will work or that it will continue to work in the future.
Now they've finaly have gotten the Disney animated movie formula perfected to where they bash everybody, stick mediocure artwork on the screen, back it with pathetic pop music that adds nothing to the movie and still manage to insert 12 minutes of story into a 120 minute feature.
Sounds like Shrek 1 & 2. I guess the apple doesn't fall too far from the tree...
The Third Man in Vienna (most famously in the sewers).
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However if I alt-tab away from my Eclipse window for a while then come back to it to do more coding, it seems to be reloading itself and acts very slow for a minute or two. It drives me crazy.
Apparently Windows is very aggressive about forcing all memory allocated by minimized windows out into VM. There's an attempt at a fix for this in the latest milestone (3.1M7)...
Quoting Wikipedia (never extremely reliable, but I also remember seeing this in the obits when he died...)
Throughout his musical career, Shaw would take sabbaticals where he would quit the business. He credited his time in the navy as a period of renewed introspection. He began psychoanalysis and began to pursue a writing career. In 1954, Shaw stopped playing the clarinet, citing his own perfectionism, which, he later said, would have killed him. He focused on writing, concentrating on semi-biographical fiction.
I saw him interviewed, and footage of him playing, in a documentary a while back... very talented (also from Wikipedia, "[he] was also a precision marksman, at one point ranking 4th in the United States") and a very intense guy.
I had thought it was photography, but now I'm thinking there's another artist/writer I'd read about recently who'd switched to that... my memory has been pretty poor lately. It's very annoying.:/
He thought the crowds who bought records and propelled pop icons were senseless and unable to appreciate music.
I'm not disagreeing with him there... Sturgeon's Law holds almost everywhere, after all.
Didn't Artie Shaw give up playing the clarinet for many years because he was obsessed with perfection, and realised he'd never be able to attain it? Hardly comparable to Lucas, who even at his best was never a great artist.
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Dice rolls were useful... for intimidating the players, if you made the rolls behind a screen and then made the appropriate noises.
Whether or not LucasArts would have any legal basis to sue probably wouldn't affect them if they wanted to unleash their attack lawyers. It's a rare open source project that can afford to fight off a legal challenge, even a baseless one.
Eh, sorry, missed the context of "anonymous to prosecutors". This does raise the issue of anon remailers etc. -- if the source provides enough corroborating evidence but doesn't want their identity known to anyone (even the reporters), there are likely still some news sources out there who would take the bait.
If the reporters do know the identity of the source, it doesn't matter how good the technology is, the courts aren't likely to find that protecting that privacy is in the public interest if the crimes that have been committed warrant further investigation (especially if the communication with reporters is itself the crime). So the reporters will still be facing jail -- it's either that or publish material the sources aren't willing to put their names to.
Woodward, Bernstein and Bradlee knew who Deep Throat was though. He wasn't anonymous to them.
It also is more customisable then Google's (three skins, all very much the same except for a little colour difference).
They didn't bother setting a background colour on any of those skins, though. Looks a little funny with my default gray background...
In the grand scheme of things $10 billion is not a lot of money.
In the grand scheme of things, when can I expect you to deposit $10 billion in my bank account?
Heck, why call it Windows Vista, when Windows Fiesta! sounds even worse?
How about "Windows Fiasco!"?
Now if they could just fix their driver so that using a 6600 on an NForce2-based motherboard wouldn't crash with AGP switched on, I'd be happy.
I thought goOgle, myself.
I'd say that guaranteeing future oil supply even if OPEC starts getting shitty is probably worth the loss of life for the US. After all, I can't imagine a "democratically elected" Iraqi government telling them where to go at any point in the next 25 years...
Maybe we'll invade another country in twenty years under the premise that their citizens are "deprived of a free press and subjected to a singular propagandic source of news?
Only if there's enough oil there to make it worthwhile.
Better for you, maybe. Doesn't necessarily mean better for everyone.
Any webmaster who uses browser sniffing is a moron.
Normally I'd agree with you, but there are times when you have to sniff to avoid bugs in the browsers, without disadvantaging people whose browsers actually work (e.g. IE's handling of MIME content headers can be a little weird, but sometimes works better from a HTTP redirect). If the client browser is claiming to be something it isn't, is it unreasonable to expect it to be fully bug-for-bug compatible in its HTML parsing with the browser it claims to be?
Want to sign opinions like that with a name?
Obviously you don't run your own business. The customer is always right, even when they're being grossly stupid; you let them know that you think they're doing the wrong thing, but you don't die in a ditch over their desire to pay you for it.
The Nvidia drivers crash for me within 30 minutes using NVAGP, or 5 minutes using AGPGART. This is using an NForce2-based chipset and a 6600, so it's not like they can't replicate the setup.
People should be careful what they buy; if it's not open, there are no guarantees that it will work or that it will continue to work in the future.
You have to be born into the right family. Otherwise you'll never be King... er, President.
Now they've finaly have gotten the Disney animated movie formula perfected to where they bash everybody, stick mediocure artwork on the screen, back it with pathetic pop music that adds nothing to the movie and still manage to insert 12 minutes of story into a 120 minute feature.
Sounds like Shrek 1 & 2. I guess the apple doesn't fall too far from the tree...
and then watch American Idol until my brain falls out
Sounds like a precondition, not a postcondition.
The French Tower? Makes up for all those 'freedom fries'...
concentrating the radio beams from outer space
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Maybe they're trying to listen to the aliens, and all the local radio chatter is muffling the message the aliens have for them?
The Third Man in Vienna (most famously in the sewers).
However if I alt-tab away from my Eclipse window for a while then come back to it to do more coding, it seems to be reloading itself and acts very slow for a minute or two. It drives me crazy.
Apparently Windows is very aggressive about forcing all memory allocated by minimized windows out into VM. There's an attempt at a fix for this in the latest milestone (3.1M7)...
I saw him interviewed, and footage of him playing, in a documentary a while back... very talented (also from Wikipedia, "[he] was also a precision marksman, at one point ranking 4th in the United States") and a very intense guy.
I had thought it was photography, but now I'm thinking there's another artist/writer I'd read about recently who'd switched to that... my memory has been pretty poor lately. It's very annoying.
He thought the crowds who bought records and propelled pop icons were senseless and unable to appreciate music.
I'm not disagreeing with him there... Sturgeon's Law holds almost everywhere, after all.
Didn't Artie Shaw give up playing the clarinet for many years because he was obsessed with perfection, and realised he'd never be able to attain it? Hardly comparable to Lucas, who even at his best was never a great artist.
Are most people in the USA overweight or in really great shape?
:)
There's your answer.
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