> This case has huge implications for OSS projects with coders in the U.S., as > it may inhibit, among other things, the ability of American coders to > contribute to projects that violate U.S. software patents."
According to the article the case has to do specifically with object code.
The scam was run via snail-mail before the Internet. It's Nigerian because it originally involved the cooperation of officials of the Nigerian central bank. It's 419 because that number is in some way associated with the Nigerian law the scammers are violating.
Some credit card issuers already do this. Consequently when you suddenly have to fly to Seattle to take care of your sick mother after years of no travel you get off the plane, try to rent a car, and find that your credit card has been frozen because buying a plane ticket is "abnormal activity".
You don't want a dead-man switch. You want a watchdog: a device which will send a message if you fail to reset it by pressing a button at least once an hour.
> Don't know where you'd buy one, but they certainly can be (and have been) > made.
There are devices that are marketed as propane fuel cells, but they are actually hydrogen fuel cells with reformer front-ends to produce hydrogen from propane.
> Propane fuel cell gave us 12 v DC for a small black and white TV.
Are you sure it was a fuel cell?
> Yes, we had fire, but it was black-and-white fire --- I don't remember > color TV until I was rather older.
> One thing I would like to hear is if you really get much better results with > this and hydrogen-oxygen fuel cells than you would get with a propane-oxgen > fuel cell.
> Maybe what you're trying to do is to set up a centrist blog.
But everybody thinks he's a centrist. No matter where you place yourself on any issue there will be extremists who will label you "leftist" or "rightist" (or "uppist" or "downist") because you are not as extreme as they are.
> How soon should such a company let its customers know that their data has > been compromised?
They will do so shortly after you go public with their name. Don't you think you should tell us who they are so we will know who not to do business with?
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> This case has huge implications for OSS projects with coders in the U.S., as
> it may inhibit, among other things, the ability of American coders to
> contribute to projects that violate U.S. software patents."
According to the article the case has to do specifically with object code.
And "sending a couple of guys over" is what thugs do.
It is my understanding that it is best to leave no more money than absolutely necessary with the reach of PayPal.
The scam was run via snail-mail before the Internet. It's Nigerian because it originally involved the cooperation of officials of the Nigerian central bank. It's 419 because that number is in some way associated with the Nigerian law the scammers are violating.
> Imagine that being used by a bank.
Some credit card issuers already do this. Consequently when you suddenly have to fly to Seattle to take care of your sick mother after years of no travel you get off the plane, try to rent a car, and find that your credit card has been frozen because buying a plane ticket is "abnormal activity".
anonymous@example.com is a member. His "fav" site is www.example.com
You don't want a dead-man switch. You want a watchdog: a device which will send a message if you fail to reset it by pressing a button at least once an hour.
> Don't know where you'd buy one, but they certainly can be (and have been)
> made.
There are devices that are marketed as propane fuel cells, but they are actually hydrogen fuel cells with reformer front-ends to produce hydrogen from propane.
> Propane fuel cell gave us 12 v DC for a small black and white TV.
Are you sure it was a fuel cell?
> Yes, we had fire, but it was black-and-white fire --- I don't remember
> color TV until I was rather older.
Young, aren't you?
Synthesizing hydrocarbons is quite straightforward. It just requires a lot of energy (and a supply of carbon and hydrogen, of course).
> One thing I would like to hear is if you really get much better results with
> this and hydrogen-oxygen fuel cells than you would get with a propane-oxgen
> fuel cell.
Where do I get a propane-oxygen fuel cell?
> Maybe what you're trying to do is to set up a centrist blog.
But everybody thinks he's a centrist. No matter where you place yourself on any issue there will be extremists who will label you "leftist" or "rightist" (or "uppist" or "downist") because you are not as extreme as they are.
That's pedantic.
> Even a cursory glance at the article would have been enough to convince
> anyone that it's unintelligible garbage.
Only if the person doing the glancing understands elementary physics. That lets out the Slashdot editors (and most of the posters as well).
> If he's willing to get outside review already, then I at least will
> acknowledge that he is an honest crackpot rather than a snake oil salesmen.
Sounds like he's already sold £250,000 worth of snake oil.
> ...a reporter who doesn't understand what he's being told...
The usual kind. This one seems thicker than most: he doesn't even understand how a rocket works.
> These spam floods aren't necessarily from breaches, but from sharing with
> partner companies.
Same thing.
> How soon should such a company let its customers know that their data has
> been compromised?
They will do so shortly after you go public with their name. Don't you think you should tell us who they are so we will know who not to do business with?
> Whoever makes these ATMs deserves all the bad publicity that they get.
Might it be Diebold, by any chance?
You got it. This survey tells us nothing about who cheats. It only tells us who says they cheat.
> What is wrong with you people. My right to extend my arm ends when it hits
> your face, not before.
But your right to yammer on your phone extends right inside my ear?
> Net crime is absolutely rampant, and there's virtually no law enforcement
> agency that can do anything about it.
_Will_ do anything about it.
> ...considering that jet engines are solid state and have no moving parts (and
> most definitely don't spin).
What planet did you study engineering on?
> I would imagine changing an intake air filter on one of these things could
> require use a clean room...
No.Just a two stage filter.
An excellent idea, but it would require construction of more nuclear power plants. The anti-nuclear fanatics will not permit that.
That diesel engine is also almost certainly a two-cycle engine.