Large numbers of people believing something is NOT proof that something is true. What is needed is evidence that can be independently checked/tested.
Look at the huge number of people who believe in some sort of god, life after death,... where is the proof ?
This does not mean that something did or did not happen at Roswell: we need the evidence.
Have governments covered up ? I don't know, but if they have I would like to know: why and how ?
Why would a government (or more likely - many governments round the world) want to suppress this over many decades and why would this be agreed by many different colours of political opinion.
How could many governments manage to stop all of it's personnel involved from smuggling out any piece of hard evidence ? I love a consiracy theory as much as the next man; however I don't believe that there exists total cooperative multi country control of media to prevent this getting out.
At least twice this year I have had someone from the bank 'phone me up out of the blue, say that they are from Nat West Bank and that the need to talk to me about something... but first would I prove who I was by answering some questions.
My reply: certainly, but they must prove who they are first.
Oh, no - that is not the way that they do things, I must prove who I am first -- by answering exactly the same security questions that someone phishing would want to know. Needless to say: I refused.
I then took this as a complaint to the bank chairman - and have received platitudes as to how they take security seriously, burble, burble,...
I'm not going to let this go: I shall chase them. I should be OK since I won't give the information out, but many people will do so.
That assumes that it is exported from the USA. If I were to export it from the UK it would be OK -- the UK tends to take the pragmatic opinion that if something is publically and easily available (as much GPL s/ware is) then it will not restrict exports.
Ah, one way in which competition is better in the UK. You can be broadband off a cable company (if you subscribe) or over the British Telecom 'phone lines - in which case you have dozens of ISPs to choose from.
I may not often agree with Gordon Brown: but him objecting to Sarkozy's attempt to remove 'competition' as a basic tenet of the EU was 100% correct. Protectionism, in the long term, hurts all consumers.
I decided a couple of years ago that the USA was not a country that I wanted to visit: too much invasion of privacy; the country that has sponsored more terrorism than any other over the last 50 years; ignores any responsibility under Kyoto/global-warming; attempts to export its own laws to other countries; abuses power of trade for its own ends - doesn't play by the rules...
Unfortunately: the UK seems to be following the USA; maybe a new prime minister will have more of a mind of his own - but I suspect that we need a new government to get that.
I doubt it... whoever was responsible for the inside job at the twin towers would have given the hijackers the keys to the door.
See: http://911proof.com/ and for mreresearch and studies.
Did you know that the building called World Trade Center 7 also collapsed in spite of not being hit by a jet and being 370 yards away ?
I would like to say so, however I am forever getting letters from my bank saying how they have changed the terms on my bank account & credit card, all because the initial contract that I signed with them 30 years ago allows them to unilaterally change the terms of the contract. You can't get an account with a bank that does not do this.
Google is very keen to make the world's information open and accessible to all; however it is very coy about saying anything about itself -- how many data centers; how many servers; etc, etc.
When will Google be a bit more open about itself ?
It is useful to have the communication between the server and web browser encrypted, this is what https (port 443) is all about. It would be useful to be able to ensure that you are surfing the web site that you think you are... https purports to do this, but does not do it well - as others have said.
The problem is that if you want encryption, you either buy a certificate or you have the user presented with a misleading dialogue box that suggests that you are not trustworthy... or rather the reverse is not true: just because you have a certificate does not mean that you are trustworthy.
Joe Sixpack does not understand the difference - which is only good for the profits of Versign and friends.
It would be nice if the two could be somehow unlinked.
Now if only I can learn how to use those 2 extra time dimensions, I might get the extra month that I need to complete the project before it is due tomorrow.
Great news for project planners everywhere!
How do we redraw gantt charts to represent these extra dimensions ?
I assume that if you wear one of these then you see nothing from 'outside' at that particular shade of red.
So if they succeed in making one that works at all wavelengths of visible light - one could not see out.
However: imperfections would let some light leak in, but the direction that it came from might be distorted and so give a very blurred view of the rest of the world.
and many things that die have a very loooong decline. ''When did the decline start?'', you can argue that for ever.
Paul Graham will be proven right - eventually, but when? -- No one knows - but Paul will be there saying ''I told you so !''.
No it does not. The free licenses allow you to inspect the code, understand how it works and use that knowledge elsewhere -- including for building closed source software. There is a big difference between reading the code and copying it.
It is evident that the money is not the real issue for M$ here. If it was they would have complied with the EU order a long time ago rather than pay 2 million Euros per day. The real issue is preventing the competition from competing fairly - in particular Open Source.
Note that M$ gets the benefits of using other protocols for free, eg: the Open System protocols (described in POSIX); the Internet protocols (described in RFCs); Open Source implemented stuff (just read the code)[**].
It could get quite interesting if the Antigua spat with the USA over gambling gets worse [[The WTO order has been ignored by the USA]]. The result will be that Antigua will be allowed to take retaliation - which means ignoring protection on USA goods. If Antigua was to get a copy of the M$ protocols specification it could release it free to use by everyone - legally.
[**] Yes it is quite legal for M$ to read Open Source code, deduce the protocols and write closed source software - just as long as they don't copy the code. This is as it should be.
The support that I want Dell to do is to: help the kernel developers to support their devices/hardware.
Everything else can be done through normal channels.
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This does not mean that something did or did not happen at Roswell: we need the evidence. Have governments covered up ? I don't know, but if they have I would like to know: why and how ?
Why would a government (or more likely - many governments round the world) want to suppress this over many decades and why would this be agreed by many different colours of political opinion.
How could many governments manage to stop all of it's personnel involved from smuggling out any piece of hard evidence ? I love a consiracy theory as much as the next man; however I don't believe that there exists total cooperative multi country control of media to prevent this getting out.
My reply: certainly, but they must prove who they are first.
Oh, no - that is not the way that they do things, I must prove who I am first -- by answering exactly the same security questions that someone phishing would want to know. Needless to say: I refused.
I then took this as a complaint to the bank chairman - and have received platitudes as to how they take security seriously, burble, burble, ...
I'm not going to let this go: I shall chase them. I should be OK since I won't give the information out, but many people will do so.
Banks are crap.
BTW: US laws don't (yet) apply in the UK.
Oh, so how will they keep it cool until then ? Not switch it on perhaps ?
I may not often agree with Gordon Brown: but him objecting to Sarkozy's attempt to remove 'competition' as a basic tenet of the EU was 100% correct. Protectionism, in the long term, hurts all consumers.
There needs to be a new column in all those ISP comparison charts ... so we get to see who the clean ISPs are.
Hit them where it hurts: right where people are deciding which ISP to go with.
I decided a couple of years ago that the USA was not a country that I wanted to visit: too much invasion of privacy; the country that has sponsored more terrorism than any other over the last 50 years; ignores any responsibility under Kyoto/global-warming; attempts to export its own laws to other countries; abuses power of trade for its own ends - doesn't play by the rules ...
Unfortunately: the UK seems to be following the USA; maybe a new prime minister will have more of a mind of his own - but I suspect that we need a new government to get that.
Cost of fixing the bust PC: $200
Cost of lost sales due to bad publicity: $200,000
How does that make sense ?
that makes how many watts per square inch ?
See: http://911proof.com/ and for mreresearch and studies .
Did you know that the building called World Trade Center 7 also collapsed in spite of not being hit by a jet and being 370 yards away ?
After I read the article I realised that they meant the marine predator; from the headline I thought that they meant lawyers!
I wonder if the top brass at Novell had this as their intention, or if it was an accident ?
I would like to say so, however I am forever getting letters from my bank saying how they have changed the terms on my bank account & credit card, all because the initial contract that I signed with them 30 years ago allows them to unilaterally change the terms of the contract. You can't get an account with a bank that does not do this.
Scientology is dangerous, a few links for you copied from my web site: here, here, here, here, here, and here.
That will confuse the morons who assume that every Muslim is a terrorist.
When will Google be a bit more open about itself ?
The problem is that if you want encryption, you either buy a certificate or you have the user presented with a misleading dialogue box that suggests that you are not trustworthy ... or rather the reverse is not true: just because you have a certificate does not mean that you are trustworthy.
Joe Sixpack does not understand the difference - which is only good for the profits of Versign and friends.
It would be nice if the two could be somehow unlinked.
RIAA has got them beat in some places when it comes to extortion.
Now if only I can learn how to use those 2 extra time dimensions, I might get the extra month that I need to complete the project before it is due tomorrow.
Great news for project planners everywhere!
How do we redraw gantt charts to represent these extra dimensions ?
So if they succeed in making one that works at all wavelengths of visible light - one could not see out. However: imperfections would let some light leak in, but the direction that it came from might be distorted and so give a very blurred view of the rest of the world.
and many things that die have a very loooong decline. ''When did the decline start?'', you can argue that for ever. Paul Graham will be proven right - eventually, but when? -- No one knows - but Paul will be there saying ''I told you so !''.
No it does not. The free licenses allow you to inspect the code, understand how it works and use that knowledge elsewhere -- including for building closed source software. There is a big difference between reading the code and copying it.
It is evident that the money is not the real issue for M$ here. If it was they would have complied with the EU order a long time ago rather than pay 2 million Euros per day. The real issue is preventing the competition from competing fairly - in particular Open Source.
Note that M$ gets the benefits of using other protocols for free, eg: the Open System protocols (described in POSIX); the Internet protocols (described in RFCs); Open Source implemented stuff (just read the code)[**].
It could get quite interesting if the Antigua spat with the USA over gambling gets worse [[The WTO order has been ignored by the USA]]. The result will be that Antigua will be allowed to take retaliation - which means ignoring protection on USA goods. If Antigua was to get a copy of the M$ protocols specification it could release it free to use by everyone - legally.
[**] Yes it is quite legal for M$ to read Open Source code, deduce the protocols and write closed source software - just as long as they don't copy the code. This is as it should be.
Dell is a big enough customer to the component suppliers that they would provide the specs - something that some are coy about.
The support that I want Dell to do is to: help the kernel developers to support their devices/hardware.
Everything else can be done through normal channels.