You cut out the part where I mentioned that the same problem exists in the GP's referer-based "solution."
But EOT actually has other functionality that makes it harder to just borrow someone else's font like you'd borrow their images today: subsetting. Of course, back in the bad old days when only Microsoft knew how to make an EOT font, that was a big pain for the person creating the website, but now that the file format is public there should presumably be all manner of tools that can automatically subset fonts as needed.
Or, well, there would be if some browser besides IE supported EOT.
That's a problem that's already been solved for people using subsetted fonts in the EOT format, to the extent that you can trust the user's web browser (which is also true of anyone checking referers.)
Obviously, you only give out example+real@gmail.com to those you trust.
Who then put it in their address books, which get sent to the spammers regularly thanks to all that spyware they're running.
I get spam to hundreds of addresses at my domain that have never existed, because those addresses were forged as the senders on spam email. Someone out there is harvesting email addresses from people's inboxes, or that wouldn't happen.
The announcement showed up on Newsguy's servers, too. Seriously, if AT&T sucked so bad at Usenet that they couldn't keep their 'private' announcements in-house, maybe it's just as well.
Speaking of which, Newsguy is pretty darned awesome, in my experience (which is admittedly limited, in that I've only had an account with them since Scumcast dropped their Usenet service a little under a year ago.)
Because the relevant statutes all say "coins and currency." I'm sure "currency" is defined somewhere, but I gave up before I found the definition. In any case, if coins were included in the definition, they wouldn't use the phrase "coins and currency" everywhere.
The parts of the Windows mainland who install security patches are also amused. I'm sure we'll all be amused right up until the Internet we all share with the infected losers goes all wonky.
I have this set that seems a little better suited to working on laptops. It comes with a wider variety of the smaller screw sizes you see in such applications, including the tiny Torx bits and the triwing bit.
Note, too, that the bits in this set are smaller than the standard 1/4" hex shank - these are 5/32" - so they're more likely to fit in the smaller spaces you get in laptops.
And, replying to what another poster has said, if the hardness of the steel is a problem for you in a tiny application like this, you're probably torquing the screws a bit too hard.
Are we talking about the same OS here? I'm talking about the Windows version of iTunes, same as the grandparent post. I just logged in to my wife's account, started iTunes, and told it to check for updates. It found one, and displayed the same dialog I'm used to seeing on my own desktop. I told it to go ahead and install the updates.
It did some stuff with a progress bar, got about halfway, and stopped with an error dialog that says "Errors occurred while installing the updates. If the problem persists, choose Tools > Download Only and try installing manually." It did not ask for an admin password. It didn't even detect that the problem was a lack of permissions.
It does pop up at random times when you don't have iTunes running.
I don't use iTunes. Never have. It's installed on my computer because my wife uses it, but she has her own account. I still get the stupid updater asking if I want to update iTunes and all the cruft that comes with it.
Worse, I use a non-admin account for day-to-day stuff. Even if I did want to update iTunes, the account I'm logged in to doesn't have the privileges to do so. You'd think someone would have thought to check that.
Well, sure. Since you are a slashdot poster, your girlfriend is obviously imaginary. Therefore, if one manages to give something to her, that thing also becomes imaginary. Makes perfect sense.
As it happens, I was browsing the laws for my state of residence (Indiana) last night, looking for something else entirely, and I came across this:
IC 24-4.8-2-2
Sec. 2. A person who is not the owner or operator of the computer may not knowingly or intentionally:
(1) transmit computer software to the computer; and
(2) by means of the computer software transmitted under subdivision (1), do any of the following: [...]
(D) Use intentionally deceptive means to prevent reasonable efforts by an owner or operator to block or disable the installation or execution of computer software.
(E) Knowingly or intentionally misrepresent that computer software will be uninstalled or disabled by an owner or operator's action. [...]
(I) Prevent reasonable efforts by an owner or operator to block or disable the installation or execution of computer software by:
(i) presenting an owner or operator with an option to decline installation of computer software knowing that the computer software will be installed even if the owner or operator attempts to decline installation; or
(ii) falsely representing that computer software has been disabled.
(The bit about "transmit computer software to the computer" is defined to include providing a DVD or other physical media.)
I'm not sure what legal recourse it provides, but it seems like a start anyway.
It's worse than that: astronomical noon here (eastern Indiana) yesterday was at 12:53 EST. At the summer solstice, astronomical noon will be at 1:42 EST, or 2:42 EDT.
Indiana should be entirely in the Central time zone, but as another poster here already mentioned, we adopted DST year-round so long ago that apparently our politicians have forgotten it.
You suspect incorrectly, then. With three satellites, the best your GPS receiver can do is place you somewhere on a curve in spacetime. It has to make an additional assumption in order to compute a fix. The standard assumption, as I recall, is that you are on the surface of the geoid. While the general idea is that the geoid surface is close to the actual surface of the earth, it can be off by quite a bit depending on local terrain, and that can make a significant difference in the accuracy of your lat/long values depending on where that four-dimensional curve intersects the geoid.
Slashdot Mirror
You cut out the part where I mentioned that the same problem exists in the GP's referer-based "solution."
But EOT actually has other functionality that makes it harder to just borrow someone else's font like you'd borrow their images today: subsetting. Of course, back in the bad old days when only Microsoft knew how to make an EOT font, that was a big pain for the person creating the website, but now that the file format is public there should presumably be all manner of tools that can automatically subset fonts as needed.
Or, well, there would be if some browser besides IE supported EOT.
That's a problem that's already been solved for people using subsetted fonts in the EOT format, to the extent that you can trust the user's web browser (which is also true of anyone checking referers.)
Who then put it in their address books, which get sent to the spammers regularly thanks to all that spyware they're running.
I get spam to hundreds of addresses at my domain that have never existed, because those addresses were forged as the senders on spam email. Someone out there is harvesting email addresses from people's inboxes, or that wouldn't happen.
The announcement showed up on Newsguy's servers, too. Seriously, if AT&T sucked so bad at Usenet that they couldn't keep their 'private' announcements in-house, maybe it's just as well.
Speaking of which, Newsguy is pretty darned awesome, in my experience (which is admittedly limited, in that I've only had an account with them since Scumcast dropped their Usenet service a little under a year ago.)
Though that's not stated in the GPL in so many words it is stated in the FAQ.
(Also, it's worth nothing that GPLv3 does away with the term 'distribution.' There's a FAQ about that, too.)
You found a utility company that's honest and up front about its prices? Where?
So what's the interesting product? The summary makes them sound like just another vanity publisher, albeit on bits instead of on paper.
(I confess I didn't actually look at their site, as I generally don't follow links when the summary looks so much like a regurgitated press release.)
Because the relevant statutes all say "coins and currency." I'm sure "currency" is defined somewhere, but I gave up before I found the definition. In any case, if coins were included in the definition, they wouldn't use the phrase "coins and currency" everywhere.
That said, however, they are still legal tender.
Pennies aren't currency.
The parts of the Windows mainland who install security patches are also amused. I'm sure we'll all be amused right up until the Internet we all share with the infected losers goes all wonky.
People seriously come to Slashdot looking for an intellectually honest discussion? Is this some kind of April Fool's joke?
OMG Pandas!
I have this set that seems a little better suited to working on laptops. It comes with a wider variety of the smaller screw sizes you see in such applications, including the tiny Torx bits and the triwing bit.
Note, too, that the bits in this set are smaller than the standard 1/4" hex shank - these are 5/32" - so they're more likely to fit in the smaller spaces you get in laptops.
And, replying to what another poster has said, if the hardness of the steel is a problem for you in a tiny application like this, you're probably torquing the screws a bit too hard.
Are we talking about the same OS here? I'm talking about the Windows version of iTunes, same as the grandparent post. I just logged in to my wife's account, started iTunes, and told it to check for updates. It found one, and displayed the same dialog I'm used to seeing on my own desktop. I told it to go ahead and install the updates.
It did some stuff with a progress bar, got about halfway, and stopped with an error dialog that says "Errors occurred while installing the updates. If the problem persists, choose Tools > Download Only and try installing manually." It did not ask for an admin password. It didn't even detect that the problem was a lack of permissions.
It does pop up at random times when you don't have iTunes running.
I don't use iTunes. Never have. It's installed on my computer because my wife uses it, but she has her own account. I still get the stupid updater asking if I want to update iTunes and all the cruft that comes with it.
Worse, I use a non-admin account for day-to-day stuff. Even if I did want to update iTunes, the account I'm logged in to doesn't have the privileges to do so. You'd think someone would have thought to check that.
Well, sure. Since you are a slashdot poster, your girlfriend is obviously imaginary. Therefore, if one manages to give something to her, that thing also becomes imaginary. Makes perfect sense.
As it happens, I was browsing the laws for my state of residence (Indiana) last night, looking for something else entirely, and I came across this:
(The bit about "transmit computer software to the computer" is defined to include providing a DVD or other physical media.)
I'm not sure what legal recourse it provides, but it seems like a start anyway.
They wouldn't know what to do with it anyway. They're just singers in a rock & roll band.
I came here to make exactly that post, and I find that someone's already done it. Kudos to you.
I know what you mean. Personally, everyone I know doesn't own a PS3.
Also, as any fool knows, you can tile a floor with pentagons.
It's worse than that: astronomical noon here (eastern Indiana) yesterday was at 12:53 EST. At the summer solstice, astronomical noon will be at 1:42 EST, or 2:42 EDT.
Indiana should be entirely in the Central time zone, but as another poster here already mentioned, we adopted DST year-round so long ago that apparently our politicians have forgotten it.
You suspect incorrectly, then. With three satellites, the best your GPS receiver can do is place you somewhere on a curve in spacetime. It has to make an additional assumption in order to compute a fix. The standard assumption, as I recall, is that you are on the surface of the geoid. While the general idea is that the geoid surface is close to the actual surface of the earth, it can be off by quite a bit depending on local terrain, and that can make a significant difference in the accuracy of your lat/long values depending on where that four-dimensional curve intersects the geoid.
the placement of the 3 satellites needed to position accurately
Four satellites for a 3D fix. A 2D fix is practically useless most places.