Hmm, let's see. If your credit card is stolen, you're obligated to call the credit card company as soon as possible to inform them that your (erm, I mean, their) card has been lost or stolen. If you don't, then you're going to have a hard time explaining to them that someone stole your card and used it inappropriately.
Suppose that a thief uses your card before you get a chance to call the credit card company. Then when you get the charge on your card, you call them and tell them that you didn't make that purchase. They would reimburse the money to you. At this point it's not really your concern any more. It's the credit card company's issue. And if the receipt they have has a signature for "Donald Duck" on it, then they may have an issue to take up with the store. But you don't really.
Of course, I don't work for a credit card company, nor have I ever had my card stolen. But, as far as I know, if you follow the card company's rules you should be pretty safe.
Listen, I'm not going to lie to you. Those are all superior machines. But if you like to watch your TV, and I mean really watch it, you want the Carnivalé. It features two-pronged wall plug, pre-molded hand grip well, durable outer casing to prevent fallapart...
Well, if that's adequate for you, then you should really use the Preferences Toolbar. It gives you the Fonts/Colors/Images/JavaScript/User Agent configuration in your toolbar.
I think the point though was that you can't do that until the tab is loading or loaded.
Well, that's alright, except you would have to go to the bus stop to see that information, wouldn't you? And, well, London in winter is nothing like Winnipeg in winter (not that I've actually experienced either, but I'm sure no one will disagree).
Where I live, there are telephone numbers you can call for each bus stop, and it will tell you when the next 3 buses or so are coming, and what routes they are.
I guess you haven't been paying attention. Scott McNealy and Sun have made Microsoft an enemy, much as Larry Ellison and Oracle have. This decision is not based on bettering Sun as a corporation, but sticking it to the Man (Microsoft) in any way possible. The fact that this gesture is unlikely to harm Microsoft at all just serves to make this action even more irrational than it already is.
Regardless, you shouldn't look a gift horse in the mouth. Although many would say that Solaris X86 isn't much of a gift.
Did you actually read the article? Or are you just making assumptions based on the synopsis, which on this site are known to be highly inaccurate?
Quote the article: Plans to send tourists into space have been frozen by Russia after the Columbia shuttle disaster left its Soyuz capsules as the only working link between Earth and the International Space Station.
The point is not that space is any more dangerous as a result of the Columbia disaster. Since NASA has put flights on hold, Russia needs to use more room on the Soyuz capsules to pick up the slack. That leaves less rooms for space tourists. As quoted in the article, a Russian space agency spokesman said, "Space tourism is not a priority. State interests must come first, then commercial interests."
I know that many people on Slashdot don't actually read the articles, but it sure helps to clear up a lot of confusion.
Scott/tiger is used for diagnostic purposes, but that user does not have any real power. "System/manager" is one of the default accounts. I believe that another is "sys/change_on_install" or some such.
I seem to remember a couple of years ago working with 3com switches which had default passwords set on them. Whoever actually installed the switches had neglected to change this password on the majority of them. I rectified that fact, but still...
I think the thing is that when you are buying a $3000 switch, you are expected to be intelligent enough to read the documentation and not leave them wide open. It would be kind of like setting up an Oracle server, leaving it wide open to the internet, and leaving changing the "system" password as "manager". Or, on MSSQL, leaving "sa" without a password.
See, there are lots of situations where a password is required, but there is no safe way to communicate this password to the end user. Of course, home users would not understand this in most cases anyway.
Really? I would think that the most obvious answer is that PowerPC is an IBM product. If you're going to build a design spec, then you might as well make sure it lines your own pockets.
The fact that it has lower power consumption is a nice "public" explanation.
However, the GPL licence: It requires that Microsoft give back; the thing to remember is that Microsoft is like a roach motel for source code -- it checks in, but it doesn't check out.
Sorry, I hate to be picky, but don't you mean that Microsoft checks code out but it doesn't check in?
There's fair use and then there's copyright infringement. Give it a rest. The NY Times has plenty of bandwidth, so it's not like you're mirroring due to the a potential Slashdotting. You are just blatantly stealing content.
"Singapore has developed a robotic brain surgeon. The interesting bit: based on a Linux platform. Well, what else? Who in his right mind would like to have his brain fondled by a MS product?"
A robotic brain surgeon isn't interesting? How is the fact that it is based on a Linux platform more interesting than that? Personally, I would have thought it would run on a custom OS.
The answer may be simpler than that. Electrostatic Discharge, or ESD. A simple shock should fry these chips. Wald on a carpet, and touch any suspect item. POP! No RFID chip.
Of course, that relies on actually knowing where the RFID device is embedded in the clothing. If it really is the size of a grain of sand, how would you know? I vote for the brute force microwave (BFM) method.
So basically it's alot like taxes, the idea being to extort an extremely large sum of money a little bit at a time so people won't notice as much?
You could call it that, but in this case it's a voluntary tax. If you want access to content then you need to pay. You can sign up for the monthly subscription service which gives you access to all of the information we have as much as you want for $x per month. If you really don't want that and you just want access to one piece of information one time, then you can pay us $y one time and download what you need. The point is that y is much less than x. In the long run, if you want a lot of information from the site on a regular basis, then the subscription service is worthwhile to you. Like most things that you buy, the more you buy the less you pay per unit.
Imagine that you could have a one-time-use disposable telephone (do they have disposable cellphones yet?), that costs you $0.50 to use, and when the call is done it's trash. On the other hand, you can get a non-disposable phone that costs you a flat rate of $20/month to use. It doesn't take a genius to understand that if you make more than 40 calls per month then you should get the non-disposable phone, long-distance charges and convenience notwithstanding.
The problem with that is something that every Slashdot reader should be familiar with: copyright infringement.
As mentioned in the BBC article about Pepys' diaries, "Copyright isn't a problem; the remarkable Project Gutenberg, a community effort to make electronic texts of copyright-free books available to everyone, has produced a version of the diary dating from 1893."
Slashdot Mirror
Wee more copyright infringement to the ACs!
Hmm, let's see. If your credit card is stolen, you're obligated to call the credit card company as soon as possible to inform them that your (erm, I mean, their) card has been lost or stolen. If you don't, then you're going to have a hard time explaining to them that someone stole your card and used it inappropriately.
Suppose that a thief uses your card before you get a chance to call the credit card company. Then when you get the charge on your card, you call them and tell them that you didn't make that purchase. They would reimburse the money to you. At this point it's not really your concern any more. It's the credit card company's issue. And if the receipt they have has a signature for "Donald Duck" on it, then they may have an issue to take up with the store. But you don't really.
Of course, I don't work for a credit card company, nor have I ever had my card stolen. But, as far as I know, if you follow the card company's rules you should be pretty safe.
Not just a same day dupe
Listen, I'm not going to lie to you. Those are all superior machines. But if you like to watch your TV, and I mean really watch it, you want the Carnivalé. It features two-pronged wall plug, pre-molded hand grip well, durable outer casing to prevent fallapart...
Well, if that's adequate for you, then you should really use the Preferences Toolbar. It gives you the Fonts/Colors/Images/JavaScript/User Agent configuration in your toolbar.
I think the point though was that you can't do that until the tab is loading or loaded.
Nothing makes me hit the back button faster than the realization that I've just clicked on a link to a PDF. Come on! Can't you at least warn us?
Well, that's alright, except you would have to go to the bus stop to see that information, wouldn't you? And, well, London in winter is nothing like Winnipeg in winter (not that I've actually experienced either, but I'm sure no one will disagree).
Where I live, there are telephone numbers you can call for each bus stop, and it will tell you when the next 3 buses or so are coming, and what routes they are.
I guess you haven't been paying attention. Scott McNealy and Sun have made Microsoft an enemy, much as Larry Ellison and Oracle have. This decision is not based on bettering Sun as a corporation, but sticking it to the Man (Microsoft) in any way possible. The fact that this gesture is unlikely to harm Microsoft at all just serves to make this action even more irrational than it already is.
Regardless, you shouldn't look a gift horse in the mouth. Although many would say that Solaris X86 isn't much of a gift.
Did you actually read the article? Or are you just making assumptions based on the synopsis, which on this site are known to be highly inaccurate?
Quote the article: Plans to send tourists into space have been frozen by Russia after the Columbia shuttle disaster left its Soyuz capsules as the only working link between Earth and the International Space Station.
The point is not that space is any more dangerous as a result of the Columbia disaster. Since NASA has put flights on hold, Russia needs to use more room on the Soyuz capsules to pick up the slack. That leaves less rooms for space tourists. As quoted in the article, a Russian space agency spokesman said, "Space tourism is not a priority. State interests must come first, then commercial interests."
I know that many people on Slashdot don't actually read the articles, but it sure helps to clear up a lot of confusion.
Scott/tiger is used for diagnostic purposes, but that user does not have any real power. "System/manager" is one of the default accounts. I believe that another is "sys/change_on_install" or some such.
I seem to remember a couple of years ago working with 3com switches which had default passwords set on them. Whoever actually installed the switches had neglected to change this password on the majority of them. I rectified that fact, but still...
I think the thing is that when you are buying a $3000 switch, you are expected to be intelligent enough to read the documentation and not leave them wide open. It would be kind of like setting up an Oracle server, leaving it wide open to the internet, and leaving changing the "system" password as "manager". Or, on MSSQL, leaving "sa" without a password.
See, there are lots of situations where a password is required, but there is no safe way to communicate this password to the end user. Of course, home users would not understand this in most cases anyway.
I think that the manufacturer of the locks should sue AT&T under the DMCA for exposing weaknesses in an access control device.
I know you're not serious, but exactly what part of the system being circumvented is digital?
Really? I would think that the most obvious answer is that PowerPC is an IBM product. If you're going to build a design spec, then you might as well make sure it lines your own pockets.
The fact that it has lower power consumption is a nice "public" explanation.
Sorry, I hate to be picky, but don't you mean that Microsoft checks code out but it doesn't check in?
There's fair use and then there's copyright infringement. Give it a rest. The NY Times has plenty of bandwidth, so it's not like you're mirroring due to the a potential Slashdotting. You are just blatantly stealing content.
On the upside, the DJ had a good stream of music, there were more women than you'd expect, and some in small metal bras.
Come now, don't disappoint the Slashdot community. Where did you post the pictures?
"Singapore has developed a robotic brain surgeon. The interesting bit: based on a Linux platform. Well, what else? Who in his right mind would like to have his brain fondled by a MS product?"
A robotic brain surgeon isn't interesting? How is the fact that it is based on a Linux platform more interesting than that? Personally, I would have thought it would run on a custom OS.
The answer may be simpler than that. Electrostatic Discharge, or ESD. A simple shock should fry these chips. Wald on a carpet, and touch any suspect item. POP! No RFID chip.
Of course, that relies on actually knowing where the RFID device is embedded in the clothing. If it really is the size of a grain of sand, how would you know? I vote for the brute force microwave (BFM) method.
For example, what good is a technologically sound voting system when all the candidates are shit?
I ask myself that question every day. It's universally applicable, not just in Brazil.
1000 minutes per month is only about 30 minutes per day. That's not practically unlimited. It all depends on how you use it though.
Isn't this what the Amazon Honor System is all about?
So basically it's alot like taxes, the idea being to extort an extremely large sum of money a little bit at a time so people won't notice as much?
You could call it that, but in this case it's a voluntary tax. If you want access to content then you need to pay. You can sign up for the monthly subscription service which gives you access to all of the information we have as much as you want for $x per month. If you really don't want that and you just want access to one piece of information one time, then you can pay us $y one time and download what you need. The point is that y is much less than x. In the long run, if you want a lot of information from the site on a regular basis, then the subscription service is worthwhile to you. Like most things that you buy, the more you buy the less you pay per unit.
Imagine that you could have a one-time-use disposable telephone (do they have disposable cellphones yet?), that costs you $0.50 to use, and when the call is done it's trash. On the other hand, you can get a non-disposable phone that costs you a flat rate of $20/month to use. It doesn't take a genius to understand that if you make more than 40 calls per month then you should get the non-disposable phone, long-distance charges and convenience notwithstanding.
The problem with that is something that every Slashdot reader should be familiar with: copyright infringement.
As mentioned in the BBC article about Pepys' diaries, "Copyright isn't a problem; the remarkable Project Gutenberg, a community effort to make electronic texts of copyright-free books available to everyone, has produced a version of the diary dating from 1893."
I thought that was already legal without any extra levies on blank media. I thought the levy was just an extra money-grab.