M16A1: Triangular handguard. M16A2: Round. ( Also somewhat heavier barrel ). M4: Shorter carbine version of M16A2 with frame strengthening for additional attachments.
I'm not sure they'd protect the author, although I do see your point about preventing "brand dilution".
It would probably boil down to a cost/benefit ratio: Kill the artist and the work becomes public domain. Would the work make enough money to overcome the expense of paying the artist? If yes, kill the artist. If no, don't.
Just a matter of getting the expenses low enough and the sales high enough.
The daleks trundling about would look pretty pathetic to modern kids.
Well, if you left them just as they were 20+ years ago when I was watching them on PBS ( Yeah I know. Old. ) then sure. Same with the cybermen, the sontarans, et. al.
In concept, the daleks could be GREAT villians. Genetically modified humans with squishy emotions ( charity, pity, mercy ) strained out. Armored and armed mobility device. Tell me a CGI / special effects group wouldn't go nuts with that.
If you're convinced that a dalek just has to be a trash can with a plunger stuck out of it, perhaps you're right; kids won't get it. If, however, you update the daleks along with everything else they'd probably work well.
Would just a backup tape really prove that SMS message X came from user Y? I'm not overly familiar with how SMS messages work, but am familiar with spoofed emails, partial restores gone bad, etc.
Even then, wouldn't a court just be able to prove that a particular SMS message came from a particular phone? Not necessarily from a particular person? Unless the SMS message was cryptographically signed, and even then that would depend on the configuration of the client ( i.e. requiring a passphrase to send each SMS message, which seems impractical ).
I can almost see where you'd want someone with a english / philosophy background for a barista job ( provided they have the time to interact with customers, natch ).
Provided, of course, that an english / philosophy background makes one a good conversationalist.
One coffee shop I went to had a habit of hiring younger perky blonde women. It was a university town so getting guys to stop in for (lots) of coffee was the idea.
Current coffee shop I frequent is run by the same guys who run a piercing parlor, so most of the coffee shop employee tend towards the studded and ecclectic.
Sounds like some of the other English majors I've run into. One BA works retail at a bed, bath & beyond, A MA works at a market research firm. My stepbrother did work for NYT Online, but now is a high school teacher in NYC.
Odd that. I realize advanced degrees aren't supposed to be job training, but you'd think that an investment of that much time, energy and money would pay off a little better.
Perhaps it's that I've yet to run into a "Properly engineered" application, but everything I've seen written in Java has been, well, slow.
There is improvement in some applications; the Oracle enterprise manager in the 9i client does have a much better feel than the 8i client for instance.
Still, comparing a web application (for instance) written in.jsp/java beans with one written in perl/php/asp/ColdFusion/et. al. usually results in scrapping the.jsp/java beans code.
So I'll agree that there have been some speed improvements, but I haven't seen much. That could be from improvements in the JVM, the language itself, or better engineering but it doesn't feel wide spread (yet?).
The first is more sci-fi / noir, although there are some Very bloody torture and violence scenes. Broken Angels is more a sci-fi war story, with elements of vodun thrown in with slow death from radiation.
Both very good, both horrific in their own way. I've never made any allowances for either book based on it's genere.
With the internal ATAPI drive as a bootable partition, it seems you could get very good security by keeping everything ( OS, swap area, et. al. ) on removable media. Lock up disk in safe when not in use, so even malicious access to hardware becomes more difficult.
I still sometimes miss the Tokyo subway system. Efficient, clean, quiet and wrecks / fatalities are rare enough to make the national news. And if there isn't a right to drive, perhaps there isn't a right to own a car either?
Many home users won't buy the new version. Note the prevalence of Win98.
Home users do notice the registration in XP when their PC fails to work after a time if left unregistered.
On security in general, there is a level of fear out there from some users. I can't speak to prevalence, but if Tony Sopranno mentions being worried about cookies, the idea is out there. The more regular people are worried about Microsoft registration, the less inclined they would be to use pirated copies of XP. This is a good thing, IMHO. Once they see the price tag of Microsoft, Linux looks even better.
Some corporations, however, almost seem duty bound to get the latest offerings from Microsoft whether or not the latest offerings provide needed enhancements. Not all corporations of course.
I wonder how much this has to do with XP licensing
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With XP calling home to register itself, word about the holes that come with the XP firewall, etc. I can see where Linux looks much more attractive ( hell, some home users might have to BUY it;) ).
Similarly, the increasing cost of XP/Office XP with little or no percieved increase in value *cough*software assurance*cough* has got to be grating the nerves of even a few PHB's.
Either way, it's good to see Linux making some inroads into corporate desktops.
I agree, but sadly we'll continue to try to solve the social problem by technical means.
Take movie theaters. Problem: too many people talking during the movie. Solution? Turn up the volume. This just seems an extention of that idea; modify behavior through environmental control.
The only thing which might stop it is the fear of the jammer getting sued in the event of a customer emergency (i.e. your example of father in an accident).
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M16A1: Triangular handguard.
M16A2: Round. ( Also somewhat heavier barrel ).
M4: Shorter carbine version of M16A2 with frame strengthening for additional attachments.
Me: Gun Nerd.
It would probably boil down to a cost/benefit ratio: Kill the artist and the work becomes public domain. Would the work make enough money to overcome the expense of paying the artist? If yes, kill the artist. If no, don't.
Just a matter of getting the expenses low enough and the sales high enough.
Well, if you left them just as they were 20+ years ago when I was watching them on PBS ( Yeah I know. Old. ) then sure. Same with the cybermen, the sontarans, et. al.
In concept, the daleks could be GREAT villians. Genetically modified humans with squishy emotions ( charity, pity, mercy ) strained out. Armored and armed mobility device. Tell me a CGI / special effects group wouldn't go nuts with that.
If you're convinced that a dalek just has to be a trash can with a plunger stuck out of it, perhaps you're right; kids won't get it. If, however, you update the daleks along with everything else they'd probably work well.
I'd happily put up with Star Wars without Jar-Jar.
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the only problem with this comment is it was modded Funny, not insightful.
Would just a backup tape really prove that SMS message X came from user Y? I'm not overly familiar with how SMS messages work, but am familiar with spoofed emails, partial restores gone bad, etc.
Even then, wouldn't a court just be able to prove that a particular SMS message came from a particular phone? Not necessarily from a particular person? Unless the SMS message was cryptographically signed, and even then that would depend on the configuration of the client ( i.e. requiring a passphrase to send each SMS message, which seems impractical ).
Provided, of course, that an english / philosophy background makes one a good conversationalist.
One coffee shop I went to had a habit of hiring younger perky blonde women. It was a university town so getting guys to stop in for (lots) of coffee was the idea.
Current coffee shop I frequent is run by the same guys who run a piercing parlor, so most of the coffee shop employee tend towards the studded and ecclectic.
Odd that. I realize advanced degrees aren't supposed to be job training, but you'd think that an investment of that much time, energy and money would pay off a little better.
So the telecom was hiring english majors?
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The portrait of a robot dressed in a vaguely naval uniform entitled "Commodore LXIV".
Same episode had Uncle Vladimir's nephew Tandy wearing a t-shirt that said eruo-TRaSh-80.
I laughed, I cried, I wet my pants.
Provided that user doesnt have the root password, that user can not install malware.
No privacy issues if the hiker initiates the device, although it looks like you should stick with the newer 406 MHz devices. The newer devices include a GPS signal, making recovery easier.
Might have these available for use at Ranger stations, although they are on the pricy side. I'd suggest some form of deposit.
There is improvement in some applications; the Oracle enterprise manager in the 9i client does have a much better feel than the 8i client for instance.
Still, comparing a web application (for instance) written in
So I'll agree that there have been some speed improvements, but I haven't seen much. That could be from improvements in the JVM, the language itself, or better engineering but it doesn't feel wide spread (yet?).
So THATS why it's bad to get into a drinking contest with Canadians! We're counting gallons, they're counting liters!
Check out Altered Carbon and Broken Angels by Richard Morgan.
The first is more sci-fi / noir, although there are some Very bloody torture and violence scenes. Broken Angels is more a sci-fi war story, with elements of vodun thrown in with slow death from radiation.
Both very good, both horrific in their own way. I've never made any allowances for either book based on it's genere.
With the internal ATAPI drive as a bootable partition, it seems you could get very good security by keeping everything ( OS, swap area, et. al. ) on removable media. Lock up disk in safe when not in use, so even malicious access to hardware becomes more difficult.
10. Public transit.
I still sometimes miss the Tokyo subway system. Efficient, clean, quiet and wrecks / fatalities are rare enough to make the national news. And if there isn't a right to drive, perhaps there isn't a right to own a car either?
Home users do notice the registration in XP when their PC fails to work after a time if left unregistered.
On security in general, there is a level of fear out there from some users. I can't speak to prevalence, but if Tony Sopranno mentions being worried about cookies, the idea is out there. The more regular people are worried about Microsoft registration, the less inclined they would be to use pirated copies of XP. This is a good thing, IMHO. Once they see the price tag of Microsoft, Linux looks even better.
Some corporations, however, almost seem duty bound to get the latest offerings from Microsoft whether or not the latest offerings provide needed enhancements. Not all corporations of course.
With XP calling home to register itself, word about the holes that come with the XP firewall, etc. I can see where Linux looks much more attractive ( hell, some home users might have to BUY it ;) ).
Similarly, the increasing cost of XP/Office XP with little or no percieved increase in value *cough*software assurance*cough* has got to be grating the nerves of even a few PHB's.
Either way, it's good to see Linux making some inroads into corporate desktops.
I agree, but sadly we'll continue to try to solve the social problem by technical means.
Take movie theaters. Problem: too many people talking during the movie. Solution? Turn up the volume. This just seems an extention of that idea; modify behavior through environmental control.
The only thing which might stop it is the fear of the jammer getting sued in the event of a customer emergency (i.e. your example of father in an accident).
He definitely, ah, favors Microsoft. :-) Very unusual for a security guy.
;-)
Not really. Our security guy favors Microsoft; this way there's always something around to monitor / patch.
Perhaps you're thinking of the Posse Comitatus Act?
Isnt this why people used to go to Howard Dean rallies?
Not a vampire.
Embalmed.
Hearing words not spoken isn't so new. My girlfriend has been doing that for a while now.