I'm sure there's a temperature below which a mixture of matter and antimatter would be stable, but I haven't a clue as to what it is (other than that it is likely to be low).
Might be some really interesting chemistry here...
...only Apple has had theirs certified by the Open Group, which makes it not just Unix but Unix(tm).
No. That makes it Unix(tm) but not Unix. With a hacked Mach kernel, a modified BSD userland, and a totally custom GUI it is considerably less like Unix than is Linux. BSD, on the other hand, is a direct descendant of Seventh Edition Unix. The fact that Open Group was willing to sell Apple a trademark license shows just how worthless that trademark is.
I think your calendar software simply scheduled the events for the specified number of seconds in the future, correctly using the tzdata in effect at the time to convert the user's input from local time. Then when the tzdata changed it correctly converted the timestamps using the new tzdata. To solve this "problem" the program would need to retroactively alter existing timestamps when tzdata changed. What if it rescheduled a conference call with someone in a different jurisdiction where there was no change? Seems fraught with possibilities for error. Better to accept that if you suddenly decide to start work an hour earlier you are going to have an extra hour before your first meeting for a few weeks.
All DRM does is inconvenience legitimate users, pirates will just download media that is not drm encumbered and have a better user experience.
As long as DRM is effective enough to keep the "pirates" in the minority it will be worthwhile. If it serves to keep the average teenager from making copies for her friends it's working. The purpose of the DMCA anti-circumvention provision is to prevent the commercial distribution of circumvention technology. While the publishers would rather you weren't able to get at their stuff for free, they can live with it (despite their hysterical claims to the contrary).
DRM can be effectively and easily implemented by XORing a Copyright Notice on top of the data. it's as good a measure as any, costs virtually nothing in terms of performance, does not interfere with distribution mechanisms (IP Multicast for example), can be "claimed" to be "encryption" under the DMCA...
Not likely. Technical measures must be effective in order to qualify.
...and makes it bluntly, bluntly clear that anyone dumb enough to remove it and spread the resultant file around the internet is DEFINITELY violating Copyright.
A simple copyright notice does that. The intent of DRM is to prevent copying, not to warn against it.
It is not as simple as spraying krylon chrome paint on a substrate to create a laser mirror and cooling is an issue but even high power lasers utilize mirrors in the optical cavity
Yes of course they do but the beam is not focused on those mirrors.
Mirrors don't work against extremely high power lasers. The electric field strength at the focal point is such that electrons are ripped directly out of the atoms. This forms a plasma which is an efficient absorber regardless of how shiny the surface originally was.
Growth increases national wealth. Security expenditures never do that. At best they consume a portion of the national wealth in order to protect the remainder from enemies. These, of course, won't even do that.
The problem is 'suggesting they changed the password' is proof that although you no longer work for them, you tried using your credentials to regain access to their system.
You can remind them that the password should have been changed without implying that you know that it hasn't.
> but is it my responsibility to suggest they change the password?
You should do so for your own protection. Do it in writing. Don't check to see if the password has been changed, however: you could be accused of "breaking in". Just send them a letter reminding them to make the change.
> especially since a 'professional' it outsourcing company took it over?
Which may look around for a scapegoat after they screw up. You really don't want them to discover that a break-in occured via an account for which you, a "disgruntled former employee", had a password.
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I'm sure there's a temperature below which a mixture of matter and antimatter would be stable, but I haven't a clue as to what it is (other than that it is likely to be low).
Might be some really interesting chemistry here...
...control "conservation" in King County?
No. That makes it Unix(tm) but not Unix. With a hacked Mach kernel, a modified BSD userland, and a totally custom GUI it is considerably less like Unix than is Linux. BSD, on the other hand, is a direct descendant of Seventh Edition Unix. The fact that Open Group was willing to sell Apple a trademark license shows just how worthless that trademark is.
I think your calendar software simply scheduled the events for the specified number of seconds in the future, correctly using the tzdata in effect at the time to convert the user's input from local time. Then when the tzdata changed it correctly converted the timestamps using the new tzdata. To solve this "problem" the program would need to retroactively alter existing timestamps when tzdata changed. What if it rescheduled a conference call with someone in a different jurisdiction where there was no change? Seems fraught with possibilities for error. Better to accept that if you suddenly decide to start work an hour earlier you are going to have an extra hour before your first meeting for a few weeks.
FTFY.
As long as DRM is effective enough to keep the "pirates" in the minority it will be worthwhile. If it serves to keep the average teenager from making copies for her friends it's working. The purpose of the DMCA anti-circumvention provision is to prevent the commercial distribution of circumvention technology. While the publishers would rather you weren't able to get at their stuff for free, they can live with it (despite their hysterical claims to the contrary).
Not likely. Technical measures must be effective in order to qualify.
A simple copyright notice does that. The intent of DRM is to prevent copying, not to warn against it.
Magma at these depths is not generally hot enough to melt steel.
Is your pool the size of the Indian Ocean? If not you're still quite a few orders of magnitude low.
> A 500kV accelerator on it's own isn't all that impressive,
A 500kV accelerator with a beam current of 1 microamp isn't all that impressive. A 500kV accelerator with a beam current of 1A is.
Yes of course they do but the beam is not focused on those mirrors.
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And while they are concentrating all their antiship resources on one US carrier, what are the other US carriers doing?
Or maybe you do want the other side to spend time and money working on countermeasures (besides, the other side is going to know about it anyway).
You confound average power with peak pulse power.
You have to admit that a sea-skipping missile would be hard to hit, though. Of course, it might also be a bit inaccurate...
Mirrors don't work against extremely high power lasers. The electric field strength at the focal point is such that electrons are ripped directly out of the atoms. This forms a plasma which is an efficient absorber regardless of how shiny the surface originally was.
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"We"?
Growth increases national wealth. Security expenditures never do that. At best they consume a portion of the national wealth in order to protect the remainder from enemies. These, of course, won't even do that.
Perhaps it is supposed to do more but is buggy?
You can remind them that the password should have been changed without implying that you know that it hasn't.
> but is it my responsibility to suggest they change the password?
You should do so for your own protection. Do it in writing. Don't check to see if the password has been changed, however: you could be accused of "breaking in". Just send them a letter reminding them to make the change.
> especially since a 'professional' it outsourcing company took it over?
Which may look around for a scapegoat after they screw up. You really don't want them to discover that a break-in occured via an account for which you, a "disgruntled former employee", had a password.
Just want to be sure no patents are being infringed here...
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