Encrypt and copy the data to a memory card and delete it from your laptop. Put the memory card in your wash bag - where they will probably not look for it. When they search your laptop - voila there is nothing interesting there.
It sounds like it accomplishes the same task. Is there a particular reason that you advocate priorities over protectbase? Priorities allows you to have a heirarchy of levels, protectbase is either on or off.
Were there lots/little/none ? Oh, come on - that would be one of the most interesting things to tell us. We are all so worried about ''nuclear power fading your genes'' - we now have a 60 year experiment that could tell us about long term effects but they are silent.
But he's only famous/infamous for his atheism He has published a set of
highly readable books on evolution over many years.
He certainly wouldn't be invited to be on "Dr. Who" if he wasn't an Atheist. Where is your evidence for this statement ?
I find it sad that those of religious pursuasion are prepared to make definitive statements without the facts to back them up.
Theists do better in society, Again: evidence ?
put the 500GB drive into your bottom drawer... the unused disk will break when thrown out by your great great grand kids - who will simultaneously wonder if you really did use storage of such tiny capacity.
The article is very short on specifics, what was covered ?
''User interfaces'' are similar across desktops on the major operating systems MS/Mac/Linux, so if MS infringes then Mac/Linux ones are potential targets.
OK: I am talking the talk of the idealist here but we can dream...
The trouble with all of this is that any organisation that deals internationally (ie have a web site visible globally) needs to check that it is compliant in all 195 countries in the world - both in terms of web-site/mail-order/dealing-with-customers/... and in terms of corporate governance [think accounts, anti-monopoly, reporting,... legislation].
We could really do with agreed international standards - so that I know that if I am compliant by one set of rules that I can download/read/... then I am OK everywhere.
OK: it would be a long haul, but we could start with web sites & web trading. One size would not fit all, but if I could to choose from a half dozen or so standard terms and conditions that I could display/link on my web site (with standard/authorised translations into all languages) then: I would know where I stand as would my customers. Be honest: do you always read/understand the terms and conditions from every web site that you visit ? I have refused to deal with some places (eg ebay) because the T&Cs were too long/complicated.
The main people to loose would be charlatans and solicitors - neither of who I care much about; both are usually scum.
The chances of this coming to be in my lifetime are small. unfortunately.
collect and dupe up some DNA which could be planted at crime scenes, not that hard to do.
But you say: how could that incriminate someone to link someone to random crime, surely alibis would get him off ?
True, but targetted, specific crimes - a but of DNA attached to a hair (or something) would indicate that someone was there.
Maybe that is the solution: have copies of lots of people's DNA scattered in all sorts of incriminating places - make it useless as a ''he was there'' indicator.
Whereas I do not doubt that everything shown in the film has happened, I do think that it is highly selective; someone trying to stir up trouble against Muslims.
There are people on both sides of this who are stirring the pot. I do not think that most muslims are seeking Jihad, however some are.
I don't know enough about it. It is an error to put all muslims into one group, there are many different sects with different views, some benign, some not so.
Whatever you do: don't take everything at face value.
I seem to remember the story about one Richard Stallman setting up the Free Software Foundation as a result of frustration with not being able to modify a printer driver because the source code was not available.
It looks as if the UK is going to do the same, in spite of the technical committee being against it.
I sent the following yesterday to:
Mike Low <mike.low@bsi-global.com>
Jean Stride <Jean.stride@bsigroup.com
Adrian Stokes <Adrian.Stokes@cat-ltd.demon.co.uk>
I have not received a reply.
UKUUG is seeking a member who will represent them on the tech advisory committee as our current rep no longer has the time.
**** email sent ****
I am writing is my capacity as Chairman of the UKUUG (UK's Unix & Open Systems User Group).
I was appalled to hear it rumoured that the BSI is intending to approve the fast tracking of the
Microsoft sponsored OOXML format (DIS29500) while there are still so many outstanding questions
about the draft standard. In this letter I make no comment about the long term suitability
of OOXML as an ISO standard, my main issue today is that fast tracking it is wrong.
An ISO standard should be well defined and capable of multiple independent implementations.
The whole point is to allow users of the standard to have products from different vendors
work together just as well as a product from a single vendor. If an ISO standard is
insufficiently precise to allow this then the reputation of ISO as a standards setting
body will suffer severely; with a consequential effect on International trade.
With this in mind, if BSI approves the fast tracking of OOXML it will do severe damage
users' confidence in standards in general and to the reputations of those organisations
who have approved this broken standard: BSI and ISO.
Technical people will regard standards less highly leading to a long term
erosion of use of standards. Do you personally want to be responsible for this ?
I thought that BSI meetings were open, but now find that they are secret. I find this
astounding, it makes me wonder what really happens in those meetings. Will you publish
unedited minutes and allow independent observers in the future ?
The last time that this was aired in public, I remember a BSI member commenting that the number
of comments about this was unprecedented. This shows that there is a great public interest
in this issue and that fast tracking would not meet public approval; people will wonder
who you represent and whose interests you serve.
On the standard itself: I am aware that some of the problems have been addressed, but that
there are large numbers of other ones that are still contentious. There are many parts
that are not properly defined. For these reasons OOXML is not fit for purpose as it stands.
It is possible that these problems may be fixed by the standard being fully discussed,
IE the fast tracking is not appropriate for OOXML.
I call on BSI to act in the interests of the UK public and say 'No to fast tracking of OOXML'.
If I can be of any assistance, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Turn his reasoning on his article, how can we subvert it? Was the message that he gave a real one or was he trying to make us believe something and for who's benefit ?
Seriously: I agree with a lot of what he has to say. I am amazed at the number of programmers who do not follow Henry Spencer's 6th commandment for C programmers - check function return codes, they simply assume that it will work correctly.
If something can go wrong - it will, and often at the most inconvenient time.
Mail the Olympic committee, tell them what they are doing, demand that they take it down until a license is negotiated; demand payment for the use that they have already had; demand a reply within 7 days. State that unless they come to an agreement that you will extract compensation by using copyrighted Olympic material for your business. Put in a court claim in your country.
The chances are that the Chinese will ignore the mail and the court claim.
Put up some copyrighted Olympic stuff to the advantage of your business, have a link explaining what you are doing.
If they sue in China: ignore them.
If they sue in your home country then join your court claim to theirs.
Slashdot Mirror
Will that be enough to make the M$ share price recover ?
Encrypt and copy the data to a memory card and delete it from your laptop. Put the memory card in your wash bag - where they will probably not look for it. When they search your laptop - voila there is nothing interesting there.
Were there lots/little/none ? Oh, come on - that would be one of the most interesting things to tell us. We are all so worried about ''nuclear power fading your genes'' - we now have a 60 year experiment that could tell us about long term effects but they are silent.
2,843.4 miles long - all the way down ?
I accept that I misunderstood the OPs point -- sorry.
- Quoting from a 2000 year old book of myths ?
- Being able to run/jump/swim faster that some other people ?
- Opening your mouth to music and making a noise that some people think better than the rest of us ?
- Having a pretty face ?
- Having appeared in a few films ?
We all have people who we admire, we all have different criteria. At least Dawkins is rational and uses his brain.does this mean that their TV ads, etc, are going to have to stop showing people doing on line banking ?
put the 500GB drive into your bottom drawer ... the unused disk will break when thrown out by your great great grand kids - who will simultaneously wonder if you really did use storage of such tiny capacity.
''User interfaces'' are similar across desktops on the major operating systems MS/Mac/Linux, so if MS infringes then Mac/Linux ones are potential targets.
The trouble with all of this is that any organisation that deals internationally (ie have a web site visible globally) needs to check that it is compliant in all 195 countries in the world - both in terms of web-site/mail-order/dealing-with-customers/... and in terms of corporate governance [think accounts, anti-monopoly, reporting, ... legislation].
We could really do with agreed international standards - so that I know that if I am compliant by one set of rules that I can download/read/... then I am OK everywhere.
OK: it would be a long haul, but we could start with web sites & web trading. One size would not fit all, but if I could to choose from a half dozen or so standard terms and conditions that I could display/link on my web site (with standard/authorised translations into all languages) then: I would know where I stand as would my customers. Be honest: do you always read/understand the terms and conditions from every web site that you visit ? I have refused to deal with some places (eg ebay) because the T&Cs were too long/complicated.
The main people to loose would be charlatans and solicitors - neither of who I care much about; both are usually scum.
The chances of this coming to be in my lifetime are small. unfortunately.
While they are out extracting taxes from the rich: it is about time that they tax those in the black (cash) economy who don't pay tax at all.
But you say: how could that incriminate someone to link someone to random crime, surely alibis would get him off ? True, but targetted, specific crimes - a but of DNA attached to a hair (or something) would indicate that someone was there.
Maybe that is the solution: have copies of lots of people's DNA scattered in all sorts of incriminating places - make it useless as a ''he was there'' indicator.
Whereas I do not doubt that everything shown in the film has happened, I do think that it is highly selective; someone trying to stir up trouble against Muslims.
There are people on both sides of this who are stirring the pot. I do not think that most muslims are seeking Jihad, however some are. I don't know enough about it. It is an error to put all muslims into one group, there are many different sects with different views, some benign, some not so.
Whatever you do: don't take everything at face value.
How things have not changed since then :-(
I sent the following yesterday to:
Mike Low <mike.low@bsi-global.com>
Jean Stride <Jean.stride@bsigroup.com
Adrian Stokes <Adrian.Stokes@cat-ltd.demon.co.uk>
I have not received a reply.
UKUUG is seeking a member who will represent them on the tech advisory committee as our current rep no longer has the time.
**** email sent ****
I am writing is my capacity as Chairman of the UKUUG (UK's Unix & Open Systems User Group).
I was appalled to hear it rumoured that the BSI is intending to approve the fast tracking of the
Microsoft sponsored OOXML format (DIS29500) while there are still so many outstanding questions
about the draft standard. In this letter I make no comment about the long term suitability
of OOXML as an ISO standard, my main issue today is that fast tracking it is wrong.
An ISO standard should be well defined and capable of multiple independent implementations.
The whole point is to allow users of the standard to have products from different vendors
work together just as well as a product from a single vendor. If an ISO standard is
insufficiently precise to allow this then the reputation of ISO as a standards setting
body will suffer severely; with a consequential effect on International trade.
With this in mind, if BSI approves the fast tracking of OOXML it will do severe damage
users' confidence in standards in general and to the reputations of those organisations
who have approved this broken standard: BSI and ISO.
Technical people will regard standards less highly leading to a long term
erosion of use of standards. Do you personally want to be responsible for this ?
I thought that BSI meetings were open, but now find that they are secret. I find this
astounding, it makes me wonder what really happens in those meetings. Will you publish
unedited minutes and allow independent observers in the future ?
The last time that this was aired in public, I remember a BSI member commenting that the number
of comments about this was unprecedented. This shows that there is a great public interest
in this issue and that fast tracking would not meet public approval; people will wonder
who you represent and whose interests you serve.
On the standard itself: I am aware that some of the problems have been addressed, but that
there are large numbers of other ones that are still contentious. There are many parts
that are not properly defined. For these reasons OOXML is not fit for purpose as it stands.
It is possible that these problems may be fixed by the standard being fully discussed,
IE the fast tracking is not appropriate for OOXML.
I call on BSI to act in the interests of the UK public and say 'No to fast tracking of OOXML'.
If I can be of any assistance, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Regards
Read the Risk report: Three years of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 that was published a few weeks ago.
If you feel that you are vulnerable to this sort of thing - the solution is simple: text only email/attachments.
Text contains all the information that you want. It is sometimes nicer to make things look prettier, but give me sunstance over style all the time.
Access times, seeks, etc ?
Seriously: I agree with a lot of what he has to say. I am amazed at the number of programmers who do not follow Henry Spencer's 6th commandment for C programmers - check function return codes, they simply assume that it will work correctly.
If something can go wrong - it will, and often at the most inconvenient time.
If you say you have not then you are probably either: utterly boring; or lying.
All this ''record mistakes and label someone for life'' is stupid. It means that huge numbers are regarded as potential crims and becomes useless.
George Orewell was wrong - he chose a date 25 years too early.
Most you you in the USA write it that way, most of the rest of the world writes day/month.
The chances are that the Chinese will ignore the mail and the court claim.
Put up some copyrighted Olympic stuff to the advantage of your business, have a link explaining what you are doing.
If they sue in China: ignore them.
If they sue in your home country then join your court claim to theirs.