he is extending the test function h from [ tech ] to [ tech2 ] by [ tech 3 ] and then using Fourier transform... This cannot work and [ tech ] form a set of measure 0 [ tech 4 ] (unlike what happens when one only deals with finitely many places).
When he moved from one set to another and did the Fourier transform, he forgot that he ended up with an empty set instead of a finite number of points because that's apparently a property of whatever the hell he was talking about.
This is why I stopped playing games on the PC. I just didn't want to spend the $400 a year keeping my system up to the point it could play the latest game. I plan on never buying a video card again, and I'm happy about it.
BTW, The N64 did have a RAM cartridge that you had to buy if you wanted to play a few of the games.
Your FISA court allows a warrant to be obtained after the wiretaps. They have three days to get the warrant after the tap is in place.
So if there's a dire emergency, they can tap immediately then get a warrant later. The rule of law still applies to these emergency wiretaps. That's a good thing.
The only reason to grant immunity retroactively then forbid investigation is that some illegal wiretapping went on and someone doesn't want you to find out what it was.
If they put in one bit and call it a "copyright protection device", you can't copy it or you're breaking the law. It doesn't have to DO anything, just be called a "copy protect flag". If no devices exist that support it, then you have to buy a new compliant device. Otherwise, that's circumventing.
Geist is right. It passes the law onto the companies instead of to the courts.
Actually, it's probably somewhat safer than a metal car. Here's why:
1. The underlying cage structure of any car is what takes the brunt of the damage. The shell can be made of metal, plastic, fiberglass, CF, or cloth, and it won't change the underlying cage.
2. Ripped metal makes shards. Ripped cloth makes rags.
3. The cloth isn't tshirt material. Think of it as "ultrakelvar" or "blastweave". It's tough stuff.
Yes, I remember that game and the spell book. I agree with you. I knew that it was for copy protection, but I didn't mind. It added to the game because it was in theme.
Of course, I pirated about 50% of my Sierra games. I have only myself to blame for the lack of adventure games, I suppose. In my defence, I was a teenager. I didn't have a lot of spare income to spend on computer games.
Oh, and the change to the point and click interface from the command line. That's what probably did them in:
insted ov puzlle solvage me clik many thing untuil puzzl over! ha me win!
Imagine that I typed that really heavily, like a really dumb guy trying to mash the message into the computer.
One of my professors at University uses MATLAB a lot. He works with DSP, so it's a daily thing for him.
He bought a full copy, of course, but the problem is that it wouldn't run about half the time. It had something to do with the verification and requiring internet access.
He downloaded a cracked version which worked flawlessly every time. Technically, he was using a legitimate copy, since he bought the software, but he had to d/l a pirated version to get any work done.
Didn't Rockstar basically incorporate the no CD crack into GTAIII for the PC because it made it run so much better than the legit copy?
As with most treaties, they don't usually bother enforcing some of the more arcane provisions until some nit complains that you're violating them. Which is the best thing that can happen to us.
If a law isn't enforced in Canada, it becomes void. I don't know the exact term for it, but it's true. (I studied this about 2 months ago) You can't get caught on a minor, obscure technicality here.
Also, SCC = 7 figures. Good luck with that.
It's best to call the NDP and Liberals to tell them what's going on. With the current scandal, this might be enough to topple to Conservatives.
Oh, don't forget the Bloc. I'm sure they'd love to have their content controlled by the Americans.
An out-of-control car crushed my kids when it hit their stroller. The stroller was ripped out of my wife's hands. Her friend (pushing two kids in a stroller, and wearing one in a backpack) was pinned against the wall. My daughter was crushed under the car; my son (4 months) was thrown 20 feet.
Due to a finite non-zero probability, neither kid was killed.
Since my wife not killed, the insurance company is saying that she has no psychological injuries. Therefore, there's no reason to pay her any money for pain and suffering.
That was two years ago this summer. I still can't tell people, even family members, how the kids are doing, except, "They're alive. We won't know about neural damage for twenty years."
"Our backups mitigated the serious breach to a minor inconvenience"
both totally fuck up your civil action.
"How can a minor inconvenience be worth $50 million? You were fully recovered until you posted to/., and THAT, not this so-called DOS attack, is what actually caused your problem."
But really, who cares? If someone wants to play Red Steel instead of learning how to fence, that's their prerogative too. Surgeons don't get uppity about Trauma Centre, do they?
I've been playing Baritone for almost 20 years. I guarantee you that there's a community band out there who would like to have another percussionist join. Heck, we'd like to see someone whose interest in music has been kindled by the fun they had playing Rock Band or GH:WT.
Should I tell you that several of the people I'm in the band with get together and play RB? I'm a reasonably good singer, too - I spent 8 years in a Convert Choir and have nearly perfect pitch. (Thanks to a quirk in my physiology, my natural speaking voice is a perfect D.)
And for those who enjoy irony, I sing baritone. When I sing, I can't read treble clef. When I'm playing brass, I can't read bass clef.
Revision 3 should have just sued, and sued BIG. By discussing it so glibly, and in such detail, on their blog they're jeopardizing their case...
How so? The facts have not changed just because they've talked about it in a blog. If it was illegal before, it's still illegal. IANAL, but I can't imagine a law that says you can't talk about it when someone commits a crime such as this against you...
Can you expand your comments on this to include a reason such a thing as you propose would be true?
The most important thing in legal matters is that you don't discuss a damned thing without talking to your lawyer first.
Let's use a hypothetical example: I've been injured by, let's say, "Mike Dammit!" (MD for short). Let's say MD stabs me in the arm.
I usually carry a small aid kit, so let's also assume that I manage to give myself First Aid and stop the bleeding. In the meantime, MD had stabbed four other people and run off before the cops arrive.
Someone then asks me how I'm doing. I say, "I'm fine."
Later, MD's lawyer will do their damned best to find anyone, anywhere, where I've said, "I'm fine." The goal is to make it look like I've suffered less than I actually have.
"After all, Mr. Beardo, if that IS your real name, if you were suffering so greatly, why did you tell the Paramedic that you were, in your words, 'fine'.?
"In fact, your injuries were so light that you were able to treat them yourself, isn't that right? So why should my client be forced to pay you more than an hour's last wages and the reimbursement for your first aid kit?"
It's not logic, it's the law.
I have a great real life example that, under the advice of my legal councel, I cannot share.
Technically, he could be leasing that Mercedes and writing it off as a business expense.
I bought my new vehicle outright, but leasing or financing at 0% were strong incentives to buy the newest 2008 model instead of the appallingly old 2007 model. (Which was new, and has 400 km on it as of today.)
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Use the "Star Trek" filter:
he is extending the test function h from [ tech ] to [ tech2 ] by [ tech 3 ] and then using Fourier transform ... This cannot work and [ tech ] form a set of measure 0 [ tech 4 ] (unlike what happens when one only deals with finitely many places).
When he moved from one set to another and did the Fourier transform, he forgot that he ended up with an empty set instead of a finite number of points because that's apparently a property of whatever the hell he was talking about.
It's called "Proof by Intimidation":
using the formula:
[ some formula ]
it is trivial to see that:
[ some other formula out of nowhere ]
therefore, combining the above, we can arrive at the easily obtained answer:
[ some MATLAB result ]
Don't forget, it works both ways; the people marking your assignment don't want to admit that they can't see the so-called "trivial" derivation.
This is why I stopped playing games on the PC. I just didn't want to spend the $400 a year keeping my system up to the point it could play the latest game. I plan on never buying a video card again, and I'm happy about it.
BTW, The N64 did have a RAM cartridge that you had to buy if you wanted to play a few of the games.
It's why I moved all my purchasing from debit to credit.
The dispute resolution for M/C is a lot easier:
"I didn't buy this."
"Okay, reversed."
vs. the bank:
"I didn't make that withdrawal."
"Well, we'll have to review the security tapes, check your whereabouts, and in 12-16 months, we'll credit your account."
Also, I get 1% cash back on the M/C. And no, I don't carry a balance.
Yes, George is in Heaven now, with Isaac and Kurt. They're all playing pool with Jesus.
Your FISA court allows a warrant to be obtained after the wiretaps. They have three days to get the warrant after the tap is in place.
So if there's a dire emergency, they can tap immediately then get a warrant later. The rule of law still applies to these emergency wiretaps. That's a good thing.
The only reason to grant immunity retroactively then forbid investigation is that some illegal wiretapping went on and someone doesn't want you to find out what it was.
Nixon resigned.
You forgot nuclear power.
I usually play red when playing a board game or a video game, if the choice is available.
I dislike hiding my pieces in the background. Red always stands out.
Even worse.
If they put in one bit and call it a "copyright protection device", you can't copy it or you're breaking the law. It doesn't have to DO anything, just be called a "copy protect flag". If no devices exist that support it, then you have to buy a new compliant device. Otherwise, that's circumventing.
Geist is right. It passes the law onto the companies instead of to the courts.
Actually, it's probably somewhat safer than a metal car. Here's why:
1. The underlying cage structure of any car is what takes the brunt of the damage. The shell can be made of metal, plastic, fiberglass, CF, or cloth, and it won't change the underlying cage.
2. Ripped metal makes shards. Ripped cloth makes rags.
3. The cloth isn't tshirt material. Think of it as "ultrakelvar" or "blastweave". It's tough stuff.
I remember an ad on TV a few years ago. There was a guy at the gas station filling up a compact car and a guy filling up an SUV.
The compact car guy leaned over and said,
"Chug a lug, chug a lug, chug a lug, WOW! You might as well be taking a PLANE!"
Tell that to Boeing.
/. article this morning about paper being stronger that cast iron?
They make 787s out of carbon fiber.
Admittedly, it's $130 million for a 787, but the point is that you can get CF on a large scale.
Wait a moment - wasn't there a
Yes, I remember that game and the spell book. I agree with you. I knew that it was for copy protection, but I didn't mind. It added to the game because it was in theme.
Of course, I pirated about 50% of my Sierra games. I have only myself to blame for the lack of adventure games, I suppose. In my defence, I was a teenager. I didn't have a lot of spare income to spend on computer games.
Oh, and the change to the point and click interface from the command line. That's what probably did them in:
insted ov puzlle solvage me clik many thing untuil puzzl over! ha me win!
Imagine that I typed that really heavily, like a really dumb guy trying to mash the message into the computer.
One of my professors at University uses MATLAB a lot. He works with DSP, so it's a daily thing for him.
He bought a full copy, of course, but the problem is that it wouldn't run about half the time. It had something to do with the verification and requiring internet access.
He downloaded a cracked version which worked flawlessly every time. Technically, he was using a legitimate copy, since he bought the software, but he had to d/l a pirated version to get any work done.
Didn't Rockstar basically incorporate the no CD crack into GTAIII for the PC because it made it run so much better than the legit copy?
If a law isn't enforced in Canada, it becomes void. I don't know the exact term for it, but it's true. (I studied this about 2 months ago) You can't get caught on a minor, obscure technicality here.
Also, SCC = 7 figures. Good luck with that.
It's best to call the NDP and Liberals to tell them what's going on. With the current scandal, this might be enough to topple to Conservatives.
Oh, don't forget the Bloc. I'm sure they'd love to have their content controlled by the Americans.
An out-of-control car crushed my kids when it hit their stroller. The stroller was ripped out of my wife's hands. Her friend (pushing two kids in a stroller, and wearing one in a backpack) was pinned against the wall. My daughter was crushed under the car; my son (4 months) was thrown 20 feet.
Due to a finite non-zero probability, neither kid was killed.
Since my wife not killed, the insurance company is saying that she has no psychological injuries. Therefore, there's no reason to pay her any money for pain and suffering.
That was two years ago this summer. I still can't tell people, even family members, how the kids are doing, except, "They're alive. We won't know about neural damage for twenty years."
Yes, but:
/., and THAT, not this so-called DOS attack, is what actually caused your problem."
"We recovered in 24 hours"
or
"Our backups mitigated the serious breach to a minor inconvenience"
both totally fuck up your civil action.
"How can a minor inconvenience be worth $50 million? You were fully recovered until you posted to
It's not really masturbation.
It's Simon with a really intricate skin.
But really, who cares? If someone wants to play Red Steel instead of learning how to fence, that's their prerogative too. Surgeons don't get uppity about Trauma Centre, do they?
I've been playing Baritone for almost 20 years. I guarantee you that there's a community band out there who would like to have another percussionist join. Heck, we'd like to see someone whose interest in music has been kindled by the fun they had playing Rock Band or GH:WT.
Should I tell you that several of the people I'm in the band with get together and play RB? I'm a reasonably good singer, too - I spent 8 years in a Convert Choir and have nearly perfect pitch. (Thanks to a quirk in my physiology, my natural speaking voice is a perfect D.)
And for those who enjoy irony, I sing baritone. When I sing, I can't read treble clef. When I'm playing brass, I can't read bass clef.
Can you expand your comments on this to include a reason such a thing as you propose would be true?
The most important thing in legal matters is that you don't discuss a damned thing without talking to your lawyer first.Let's use a hypothetical example: I've been injured by, let's say, "Mike Dammit!" (MD for short). Let's say MD stabs me in the arm.
I usually carry a small aid kit, so let's also assume that I manage to give myself First Aid and stop the bleeding. In the meantime, MD had stabbed four other people and run off before the cops arrive.
Someone then asks me how I'm doing. I say, "I'm fine."
Later, MD's lawyer will do their damned best to find anyone, anywhere, where I've said, "I'm fine." The goal is to make it look like I've suffered less than I actually have.
"After all, Mr. Beardo, if that IS your real name, if you were suffering so greatly, why did you tell the Paramedic that you were, in your words, 'fine'.?
"In fact, your injuries were so light that you were able to treat them yourself, isn't that right? So why should my client be forced to pay you more than an hour's last wages and the reimbursement for your first aid kit?"
It's not logic, it's the law.
I have a great real life example that, under the advice of my legal councel, I cannot share.
I think /. should have a "+1, Wrong" rating for moderation.
That way, if you make a mistake, it gets modded up and people will have to learn from their mistakes.
Like "funny", it should have no effect on karma.
Yep, I was about to say the same thing. You'd probably just get something similar to the bends.
The same pressure differential exists between space and sea level (1 - 0 = 1 atm) as sea level and 33 feet under. (2 - 1 = 1 atm)
Of course, you require air and an exposure suit to live in both situations.
Technically, he could be leasing that Mercedes and writing it off as a business expense.
I bought my new vehicle outright, but leasing or financing at 0% were strong incentives to buy the newest 2008 model instead of the appallingly old 2007 model. (Which was new, and has 400 km on it as of today.)
I don't either.
I go to the tap and turn it on.
It's like magic.
No, really, to most of the world throughout history, it really is like magic.