In my case, I had wrist pain after typing for more than 15 minutes. I switched keyboard layouts to Dvorak and the pain has been gone for a long time. The first week of the switch was murder, being reduced from around 40 wpm to hunt and peck, but I'm now back to touch typing.
The only problem is typing on a keyboard with a qwerty layout. I'm much slower and make many more mistakes than I did before the switch. Still, it's not hard to change the layout if the computer hasn't been locked down too much.
Mars won't work for several reasons. First, from our point of view, Mars is already too cold. Second, unlike Earth, Mars has no oceans to help redistribute heat. This would change the equation dramatically. There is little atmosphere on Mars compared to Earth. This will also affect the equation. And for those thinking we could simply adjust our models to take those factors into account, take a look at the weather forecasts. We can't predict with any accuracy more than a few days out. What makes you think we can do years to decades out?
Finally, Mars is a lot further away than Earth is. The costs of even a minimal experiment would be prohibitive.
...He's got every right (IMO) to do what he damn well pleased with it.
Having a right and the ability to enforce said right are two very different things. Kinda like the line from the Crow:...you've made your decision, now let's see you enforce it...
In this case, he won't win this fight. The best course of action at the point the FBI showed up is to hand it over.
Especially since 9% would only be the start. Once a tax exists people will always find ways to increase it.
How true. I remember reading (offline source) that when the income tax amendment was passed, it was promised that only the top 1% of earners would pay any tax. It's amazing how that number has grown over the years.
I hope this measure gets defeated. Introduce it and it will be there forever. According to the book I'm currently reading, Last Call, the income tax was imposed to offset the loss of liquor tax income from Prohibition. Well, Prohibition is long gone, but the income tax is still here.
Airbus may be able to make a plane like this. I doubt that they'll sell many to commercial airlines, due to liability concerns over people with acrophobia. There may be a niche market for sightseeing etc...
I don't know. It might be great for in-flight sales of alcohol and valium like drugs.
Unfortunately it's likely not. Evolution or God (your choice) rarely gives something for nothing. This gene is likely there for a reason. Disabling it will have some drawback, and it may not be an obvious connection.
I remember watching a show about genetics. They were talking about how humans have a genetic defect in a gene which governs the size of our jaw muscles. This defect means we bite with far less force than a chimp. But the show pointed out that a smaller jaw muscle, due to the physical attachments, allowed our skull to grow larger and with it our brain. Considering how well chimps are doing as compared to humans, I'd say the defect was actually a good thing.
Really sure I don't trust this. It's bad enough with all the mistakes doctors make now. Now add to it the possibility of service interruption (cut cables, DOS attacks). Then add what could happen if the computers involved become infected with malware. If the systems were isolated, then *maybe* they could be trusted, but in this case, they are not. Then factor in whether or not the doctor is licensed to operate in a particular country...
So you get around this by having a competent team standing by to take over. But in that case, there's very little potential benefit.
Well, I would watch episodes of the Daily Show, which uses flash, on Linux just fine. However, I do agree Adobe needs to fix flash on Linux. It runs better on a Windows VM hosted with Linux than it does natively.
But then flash does run on Linux, albiet poorly compared to Windows, and silverlight does not. I have to keep a windows box around just for Netflix. And I've already tried moonlight and Netflix refuses to touch it.
Even though it connects to the phone company, it is the ISP that defines how the packets are treated
Of course, the phone company can have problem after problem hooking you up. I work for a small ISP, but ATT does the last mile connection to the customer and we've lost countless customers because ATT keeps screwing up the hook-ups. Complaining to ATT does absolutely nothing, and we couldn't win a lawsuit (justice to the highest bidder). And ATT can easily outbid us; hell, just cut off while the case winds it way through the courts. No customers, no income, we can't pay the lawyers, we lose. We know, we already talked with multiple lawyers and none are willing to take on ATT.
...That's hearsay in this country and is inadmissible in court...
Not exactly true. Hearsay is admissible under the right conditions. One example I know of (maybe the only one, maybe not; IANAL) is the police. In America one of the rights they read you says something like, "You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law."
Anything you say to the police after your rights are read (and maybe even before; again IANAL) is admissible by the prosecution even though it is hearsay. Of further note, it is only admissible by the prosecution, not the defense.
...the same level of protections for those assholes should be afforded to the individual as well...
True, except this is America, with justice for all...who can afford it. Depending on the size of the company, they could easily bury you in legal fees so deep, even a best case win and they don't appeal would be little more than a pyrrhic victory.
...Sue. Have you the time, money and will to go that path?
Don't forget that if you do go down that path, and they don't settle right away, expect them to make the discovery and deposition process as painful as possible. And they can make it quite painful.
Another thing to consider is damages. Unless you registered the works, you can only sue for actual damages IIRC. Of course I also remember something about you can register before you do anything, then, if the violation occurs (or continues to occur) after said registration, then you can go for statutory damages. Statutory damages might interest a lawyer a lot more than actual, which will probably be too small for anything but small claims. Just remember that judges can and have adjusted the statutory damages down.
...She sent fake harassing text messages to herself and her ex-boyfriend was arrested three times before the police finally investigated to see that all the text messages were sent close to where the woman worked...
Actually, if you RTFA carefully, you'll see it was the victims that did the investigating first, and then took their findings to the police, who then ran with it.
Or maybe not...Think about the fear value. You don't have to nail every pirate. Just scare enough potential pirates to reduce piracy enough that the lawsuits are paid for.
Yes, I know that won't happen in this case, but that could be their thinking.
A couple of years back, there were loads of lists of open proxies circulating around. Many were located in China. Out of curiosity, I connected through one of these, and started googling for Tienanmen, Tibet, and other assorted keywords. All sites were accessible... So, if there is a Great Wall of Fire, it must be very leaky.
Tin foil hat time. They may have been honeypots run by the Chinese government for at least two reasons. First, anyone in China using one of these to access restricted information (by Chinese government standards) can be tracked and gets a free visit to a "re-education" center. Second reason could be economic espionage. Can we pick up interesting info to pass on to Chinese companies???
In both cases, they want the site to be open as a closed or restricted site won't get the traffic an open one will. More traffic, more useful info.
...it's been my experience that ClamWin misses more malware than it catches...
Mine too. About 2 years ago I personally tested 10 different scanners, including Clam. I was hoping to use those tests to promote Clam, i.e I was trying to create evidence that Clam was as good as some of the commercial products. In the end, the article came out with Clam in the "not recommended" category. Since then, if I have time, I run it against some other malware I clean off client computers, and the results so far have not change my opinion. I also found it [clamwin] slow, with only AVG being slower.
Yes, I do try to submit the samples Clam misses, but they want only 2/day, so if hit a heavily infected computer, it can take a week or more to give them all the samples.
...I know that I can't carry a child or breastfeed...
Actually, you're wrong on the breastfeed part. It's not well known, but males have fully functional chests. The reason it's not well known is few men manage to turn them on, and the few that do, almost always by accident, hide the fact.
I would be more embarrassed to admit to someone that I worked as a telemarketer than I would be to admit that I was a drug dealer. There are some people who LIKE drugs. Nobody likes a telemarketer. -- Mike Helan
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In my case, I had wrist pain after typing for more than 15 minutes. I switched keyboard layouts to Dvorak and the pain has been gone for a long time. The first week of the switch was murder, being reduced from around 40 wpm to hunt and peck, but I'm now back to touch typing.
The only problem is typing on a keyboard with a qwerty layout. I'm much slower and make many more mistakes than I did before the switch. Still, it's not hard to change the layout if the computer hasn't been locked down too much.
True, but plants doing the fixing are not distributed evenly around the earth. How many plants are in the Sahara fixing carbon?
Mars won't work for several reasons. First, from our point of view, Mars is already too cold. Second, unlike Earth, Mars has no oceans to help redistribute heat. This would change the equation dramatically. There is little atmosphere on Mars compared to Earth. This will also affect the equation. And for those thinking we could simply adjust our models to take those factors into account, take a look at the weather forecasts. We can't predict with any accuracy more than a few days out. What makes you think we can do years to decades out?
Finally, Mars is a lot further away than Earth is. The costs of even a minimal experiment would be prohibitive.
Having a right and the ability to enforce said right are two very different things. Kinda like the line from the Crow: ...you've made your decision, now let's see you enforce it...
In this case, he won't win this fight. The best course of action at the point the FBI showed up is to hand it over.
Especially since 9% would only be the start. Once a tax exists people will always find ways to increase it.
How true. I remember reading (offline source) that when the income tax amendment was passed, it was promised that only the top 1% of earners would pay any tax. It's amazing how that number has grown over the years.
I hope this measure gets defeated. Introduce it and it will be there forever. According to the book I'm currently reading, Last Call, the income tax was imposed to offset the loss of liquor tax income from Prohibition. Well, Prohibition is long gone, but the income tax is still here.
Airbus may be able to make a plane like this. I doubt that they'll sell many to commercial airlines, due to liability concerns over people with acrophobia. There may be a niche market for sightseeing etc...
I don't know. It might be great for in-flight sales of alcohol and valium like drugs.
Unfortunately it's likely not. Evolution or God (your choice) rarely gives something for nothing. This gene is likely there for a reason. Disabling it will have some drawback, and it may not be an obvious connection.
I remember watching a show about genetics. They were talking about how humans have a genetic defect in a gene which governs the size of our jaw muscles. This defect means we bite with far less force than a chimp. But the show pointed out that a smaller jaw muscle, due to the physical attachments, allowed our skull to grow larger and with it our brain. Considering how well chimps are doing as compared to humans, I'd say the defect was actually a good thing.
Really sure I don't trust this. It's bad enough with all the mistakes doctors make now. Now add to it the possibility of service interruption (cut cables, DOS attacks). Then add what could happen if the computers involved become infected with malware. If the systems were isolated, then *maybe* they could be trusted, but in this case, they are not. Then factor in whether or not the doctor is licensed to operate in a particular country...
So you get around this by having a competent team standing by to take over. But in that case, there's very little potential benefit.
Well, I would watch episodes of the Daily Show, which uses flash, on Linux just fine. However, I do agree Adobe needs to fix flash on Linux. It runs better on a Windows VM hosted with Linux than it does natively.
But then flash does run on Linux, albiet poorly compared to Windows, and silverlight does not. I have to keep a windows box around just for Netflix. And I've already tried moonlight and Netflix refuses to touch it.
A desperate for work idiot.
Even though it connects to the phone company, it is the ISP that defines how the packets are treated
Of course, the phone company can have problem after problem hooking you up. I work for a small ISP, but ATT does the last mile connection to the customer and we've lost countless customers because ATT keeps screwing up the hook-ups. Complaining to ATT does absolutely nothing, and we couldn't win a lawsuit (justice to the highest bidder). And ATT can easily outbid us; hell, just cut off while the case winds it way through the courts. No customers, no income, we can't pay the lawyers, we lose. We know, we already talked with multiple lawyers and none are willing to take on ATT.
Not exactly true. Hearsay is admissible under the right conditions. One example I know of (maybe the only one, maybe not; IANAL) is the police. In America one of the rights they read you says something like, "You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law."
Anything you say to the police after your rights are read (and maybe even before; again IANAL) is admissible by the prosecution even though it is hearsay. Of further note, it is only admissible by the prosecution, not the defense.
True, except this is America, with justice for all...who can afford it. Depending on the size of the company, they could easily bury you in legal fees so deep, even a best case win and they don't appeal would be little more than a pyrrhic victory.
Don't forget that if you do go down that path, and they don't settle right away, expect them to make the discovery and deposition process as painful as possible. And they can make it quite painful.
Another thing to consider is damages. Unless you registered the works, you can only sue for actual damages IIRC. Of course I also remember something about you can register before you do anything, then, if the violation occurs (or continues to occur) after said registration, then you can go for statutory damages. Statutory damages might interest a lawyer a lot more than actual, which will probably be too small for anything but small claims. Just remember that judges can and have adjusted the statutory damages down.
Actually, if you RTFA carefully, you'll see it was the victims that did the investigating first, and then took their findings to the police, who then ran with it.
Yes, but it weakens the plant. From the plant's point of view, it is not beneficial.
Or maybe not...Think about the fear value. You don't have to nail every pirate. Just scare enough potential pirates to reduce piracy enough that the lawsuits are paid for.
Yes, I know that won't happen in this case, but that could be their thinking.
A couple of years back, there were loads of lists of open proxies circulating around. Many were located in China. Out of curiosity, I connected through one of these, and started googling for Tienanmen, Tibet, and other assorted keywords. All sites were accessible... So, if there is a Great Wall of Fire, it must be very leaky.
Tin foil hat time. They may have been honeypots run by the Chinese government for at least two reasons. First, anyone in China using one of these to access restricted information (by Chinese government standards) can be tracked and gets a free visit to a "re-education" center. Second reason could be economic espionage. Can we pick up interesting info to pass on to Chinese companies???
In both cases, they want the site to be open as a closed or restricted site won't get the traffic an open one will. More traffic, more useful info.
Mine too. About 2 years ago I personally tested 10 different scanners, including Clam. I was hoping to use those tests to promote Clam, i.e I was trying to create evidence that Clam was as good as some of the commercial products. In the end, the article came out with Clam in the "not recommended" category. Since then, if I have time, I run it against some other malware I clean off client computers, and the results so far have not change my opinion. I also found it [clamwin] slow, with only AVG being slower.
Yes, I do try to submit the samples Clam misses, but they want only 2/day, so if hit a heavily infected computer, it can take a week or more to give them all the samples.
The collections (real-life) I've seen don't need blood. They just swab the inside of your mouth.
Actually, you're wrong on the breastfeed part. It's not well known, but males have fully functional chests. The reason it's not well known is few men manage to turn them on, and the few that do, almost always by accident, hide the fact.
No, it wreaks of someone getting a kickback under the table.
I think the following quote sums it up nicely.
I would be more embarrassed to admit to someone that I worked as a telemarketer than I would be to admit that I was a drug dealer. There are some people who LIKE drugs. Nobody likes a telemarketer. -- Mike Helan
It's better to vote for what you want and not get it than to vote for what you don't want and get it.- E. Debs