The terrorists win when the rulers use security as an excuse to monitor their subjects.
Actually, the terrorists win when they knock down your office building on your head, or blow up the bus you are riding in, and you DIE. That's how the terrorists win.
Please tell me....how does one forget to fly to Asia? Does one hide their tickets in their underwear drawer and forget about it? Does one's manager not say, "I'm really exited about the new sample you're flying out to get next week... Can't wait to see it!" Did one neglect to write the trip in one's calendar?
What kind of `libertarian' is against private ranking services? Aren't they in fact the ultimate free speech / free market solution for site filtering?
I consider myself a libertarian and I am against private ranking services.
They claim to be providing the "choice" to parents &c to be able to filter "bad" info from their children, but even suggesting the need for this choice implies that:
o some things are objectively bad o children should be shielded from some things o it's okay for parents to censor what kids see o etc.
I reject those ideas.
I don't think they should (or can) be prevented from doing what they do, but I do think they are part of the problem, not the solution. Promoting self-censorship solutions only propogates ideas of the "children seeing naked people is bad!" variety. That's not the direction society should move.
then again, it's not just things that are on-board that are a potential problem. what if someone takes a directional satellite uplink or some other trasmission source and aims "problemmatic signals" at common air corridors?
if any important devices are senstive to external interference, they need to be made more robust. yes, it might be expensive, but it's safety. i'm sure any rational person would pay a little bit more for an airplane ticket knowing that their flight is safe, especially if they then get the extra perk of being able to use their walkmen/laptops/whatever during the flight.
In the current economic climate for airlines, upgradeing fleets to meet modern standards, let alone to eliminate future risk is just not viable in direct cost or the cost of having aircraft grounded for long periods.
Why? They have to bring them in for maintenance anyways to replace the cockpit doors with something more secure. Why can't they make other fixes at the same time?
It states that the blanket ban on all devices in necessary because flight crews do not have the knowledge to differentiate between standard notebooks and ones with UWB devices.
That doesn't indicate that a blanket ban is "necessary". That implies just that a blanket ban is either easier or cheaper for the airline than actually training their flight crews how to differentiate.
You don't need to block light or change lighting facility-wide... Just set up some cubicles or temporary walls around you coders. As long as they are high enough to block some of the light they will block some of the light.
But this begs the question: What's the business justification for releasing a movie in Europe 6-9 months after it's released in the U.S.?
I know that, in quite a few cases, it's because they used the same reels of film. After they finished showing them in the US, they packed them up and shipped them out to theatres overseas.
Apparently it's expensive to make and distribute lots of copies of a movie.
I know we all enjoy going to to the bookstore and browsing books, but I've seen some new books on the shelves that are really torn apart from in-store reading, to the point of being unsellable. If the publishers or stores feel they need to shrink-wrap books to ensure that we get a "newish" looking book when we buy a new book, I'll support them.
I might be less likely to impluse buy books that look good if I can't peek inside first, but I'd rather not pay "new" prices for "used" books.
My question is, are spammers restricted to sending spam to certain edus?
Nah, they just don't expect students to have any money to take up their offers. Either that, or they use some sort of simple "ends in.com" filter on the harvested addresses to rule out fake ones.
World Series (baseball) got its name from the New York World, the newspaper that originally sponsored it; so to use it as an example of American arrogance is as inaccurate as it is tedious
CD-ROM record? as in "A disk designed to be played on a phonograph."? Okay, I'll buy "CD-ROM album". But they didn't use a music album -- they used a Corel disc.
That's it -- a CD-ROM disc. That sounds much better.
Anyway, here [pimprig.com] is a direct link to the image. You can find a more reliable link (tho the picture is smaller) here [216.239.33.100], just scroll down the page.
I can't imagine any conceivable situation in which someone would be put in a situation where a million dollars would be tied to pushing a button and killing someone. Especially if it's as easy as pushing a button -- why pay someone a million dollars for something you could just as simply be yourself?
Rivard was one of several to point out that MSNBC says software sucks... MSNBC points out that just one of Microsoft's poor design decisions has cost consumers $8.75 billion, and wonders why nobody has sued.
Circuit City is becoming the first of the mass merchants to state its intent to discontinue sales of the aging video format.
Oooh, intent. They've also stated that they "strive to offer low, competitive prices, high service standards, and a wide selection of products to meet all consumer needs."
Have you ever found a Circuit City with low prices, wide production slection, and a high standard of service?
Slashdot Mirror
Nope.
Different versions of the same OS aren't different operating systems.
Actually, the terrorists win when they knock down your office building on your head, or blow up the bus you are riding in, and you DIE. That's how the terrorists win.
Please tell me....how does one forget to fly to Asia? Does one hide their tickets in their underwear drawer and forget about it? Does one's manager not say, "I'm really exited about the new sample you're flying out to get next week... Can't wait to see it!" Did one neglect to write the trip in one's calendar?
Enquiring minds want to know.
What kind of `libertarian' is against private ranking services? Aren't they in fact the ultimate free speech / free market solution for site filtering?
I consider myself a libertarian and I am against private ranking services.
They claim to be providing the "choice" to parents &c to be able to filter "bad" info from their children, but even suggesting the need for this choice implies that:
o some things are objectively bad
o children should be shielded from some things
o it's okay for parents to censor what kids see
o etc.
I reject those ideas.
I don't think they should (or can) be prevented from doing what they do, but I do think they are part of the problem, not the solution. Promoting self-censorship solutions only propogates ideas of the "children seeing naked people is bad!" variety. That's not the direction society should move.
then again, it's not just things that are on-board that are a potential problem. what if someone takes a directional satellite uplink or some other trasmission source and aims "problemmatic signals" at common air corridors?
if any important devices are senstive to external interference, they need to be made more robust. yes, it might be expensive, but it's safety. i'm sure any rational person would pay a little bit more for an airplane ticket knowing that their flight is safe, especially if they then get the extra perk of being able to use their walkmen/laptops/whatever during the flight.
In the current economic climate for airlines, upgradeing fleets to meet modern standards, let alone to eliminate future risk is just not viable in direct cost or the cost of having aircraft grounded for long periods.
Why? They have to bring them in for maintenance anyways to replace the cockpit doors with something more secure. Why can't they make other fixes at the same time?
collision-avoidance systems and ... instrument landing systems
These sound like mission-critical systems. Perhaps they be appropriaty shielded to block interference from other electronic devices?
It states that the blanket ban on all devices in necessary because flight crews do not have the knowledge to differentiate between standard notebooks and ones with UWB devices.
That doesn't indicate that a blanket ban is "necessary". That implies just that a blanket ban is either easier or cheaper for the airline than actually training their flight crews how to differentiate.
You don't need to block light or change lighting facility-wide... Just set up some cubicles or temporary walls around you coders. As long as they are high enough to block some of the light they will block some of the light.
Problem solved.
For example, The Sum of All Fears STILL isn't out over here, it comes out in September last I heard
Came out last week here in Ireland.
But this begs the question: What's the business justification for releasing a movie in Europe 6-9 months after it's released in the U.S.?
I know that, in quite a few cases, it's because they used the same reels of film. After they finished showing them in the US, they packed them up and shipped them out to theatres overseas.
Apparently it's expensive to make and distribute lots of copies of a movie.
Somewhere along the way, modern industrial culture lost the ability or the desire to build anything that isn't a piece of crap
That's why he said "trying to" recreate the 1910-era buildings, rather than "recreating" the 1910-era buildings.
I know we all enjoy going to to the bookstore and browsing books, but I've seen some new books on the shelves that are really torn apart from in-store reading, to the point of being unsellable. If the publishers or stores feel they need to shrink-wrap books to ensure that we get a "newish" looking book when we buy a new book, I'll support them.
I might be less likely to impluse buy books that look good if I can't peek inside first, but I'd rather not pay "new" prices for "used" books.
Well, they had to practice before declaring bankruptcy. To make sure they did it right and all.
Nah, they just don't expect students to have any money to take up their offers. Either that, or they use some sort of simple "ends in .com" filter on the harvested addresses to rule out fake ones.
Of course, your mail of explaination would be unsolicited as well.
from the Guardian (UK) newspaper style guide:
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World Series
(baseball) got its name from the New York World, the newspaper that originally sponsored it; so to use it as an example of American arrogance is as inaccurate as it is tedious
http://www.guardian.co.uk/styleguide/page/0,581
well, all we need is some way to indicate that we're referring to the physical item itself, and not it's digital content.
"the CD-ROM itself"
"the CD-ROM medium"
hmm.
The Case of the Exploding CD-ROM Record
CD-ROM record? as in "A disk designed to be played on a phonograph."? Okay, I'll buy "CD-ROM album". But they didn't use a music album -- they used a Corel disc.
That's it -- a CD-ROM disc. That sounds much better.
What sort of idiots are these people anyways?
Anyway, here [pimprig.com] is a direct link to the image. You can find a more reliable link (tho the picture is smaller) here [216.239.33.100], just scroll down the page.
You might choose to redefine "more reliable."
Maybe I'm reading some other article at the given link, but I don't see any mention of controversy surrounding ebay.
I can't imagine any conceivable situation in which someone would be put in a situation where a million dollars would be tied to pushing a button and killing someone. Especially if it's as easy as pushing a button -- why pay someone a million dollars for something you could just as simply be yourself?
Rivard was one of several to point out that MSNBC says software sucks ... MSNBC points out that just one of Microsoft's poor design decisions has cost consumers $8.75 billion, and wonders why nobody has sued.
Several pointed this out???
MSNBC does not say software sucks. MNSBC is a content re-provider, printing a piece by journalists, Charles Mann, who was writing for (Copyright © 2002 Technology Review) Technology Review magazine.
The opinions expressed by blah blah are not necessary representative of blah blah MSNBC.
Jeesh.
Circuit City is becoming the first of the mass merchants to state its intent to discontinue sales of the aging video format.
Oooh, intent. They've also stated that they "strive to offer low, competitive prices, high service standards, and a wide selection of products to meet all consumer needs."
Have you ever found a Circuit City with low prices, wide production slection, and a high standard of service?
yes, it is possible to write malicious code. But to be a virus it has to be self-replicating.
Virus = malicious + self-replicating.
Worm = only self-replicating
Trojan Horse = only malicious