Don't let the lawyer thing get in your way - the US Constitution is meant to be read and understood by average citizens. Any interpretation that requires judicial contrivances is bound to be wrong.
The US Government, as constituted since the 1960's has claimed that the 4th Amendment does not apply in many circumstances. That in no way affects the original meaning, only the validity of the current government.
For instance, it claims that government agents are authorized to stick their (perhaps gloved) hand up your ass if they have "reasonable suspicion" but no warrant. You wouldn't want to get between Aaron Burr and such a bureaucrat.
It says nothing about the rights of Citizens, either.
I didn't intend to make a 14th Amendment argument, rather the antecedent of the people is usually considered to be The People, from the introduction. Just using 'Citizens' in the colloquial sense, not the formal.
On a moral justifications ground, though, there's certainly no reason to limit protection of natural rights to participating members.
but what happens when the decryption mechanism or the OS crashes?
It sounds like you haven't tried it and don't really understand the mechanisms (understandable).
The answer is you carry a rescue disc/USB, same as always if you want to be able to deal with eventualities on the road./boot needs to be unencrypted anyway, so you can keep a rescue kit there as well.
I don't think I've ever heard of anybody losing their data because LUKS failed. The filesystems you put on top of the encryption layer, sure, they're as fragile or stable as ever, but the encryption is transparent to them. Layers are useful sometimes.
Then there's a strong pro-environment reason to make the switch. "Sorry Adobe, we can't support continued burning of that much coal for your un-optimized decoder."
+ ability to download videos (i'm on a slow gprs and not being able to download them makes it almost impossible to watch);
hit pause, watch the progress bar finish, and then look at:/tmp/Flash*
I have to do this on my netbook, not because of my network connection, but because Flash Player takes my entire CPU and does maybe 2 FPS, whereas mplayer will show me the files normally with about 20% CPU.
Tell us how getting government out of business is going to prevent a little thing like people dying from organ failure for eating Monsanto's frankencorn?
Partners (owners) would be personally liable for whatever ill Monsanto reigns down without Corporate protections. Hence they'd very likely not release a known-harmful product. See also big tobacco, asbestos, etc.
Government effectively gives them a license to kill.
This is why we need regulations. Now, to you "free marketers" out there, how am I supposed to make an informed decision when there are no data showing what products have GM corn and what products have normal, non GM corn? Your god of commerce fails here, and we need "socialist" regulations badly.
Stop patching government-created problems with government-created problems.
Who is it that created this Monsanto mega-corporation monster, a fictional superhuman with 'natural' rights and no consequences?
Hint: corporations were effectively banned in the first nearly 100 years of the USA, except for limited times and for public benefit. John D. Rockefeller and Standard Oil got corrupt politicians to 'fix' that.
Well, since smacking the pack of cigarettes does nothing
Not true - each unique attribute of the experience enhances addiction. The sound of the wrapper, the smell of the tobacco, etc. Nicotine on its own isn't the major addictant.
Maybe they could hire back some of the control hysteresis experts they fired from the ATG group before writing OSX. System 7 really got these things right.
Point is, they aren't changing the existing system, merely adding onto it.
Right, I think I've posted here before wishing for a system that allows you to switch window focus with eye tracking - especially useful in a multi-monitor setup (I always get hosed up with that).
But $7500 gear isn't the way to do this. Stereo cheap-ass CMOS 'webcam' sensors on the sides of the monitor and a whole bunch of GPU number crunching should do the work just fine (and also get us video conferencing where you can look at the 'center' of the screen (through still more processing) without really having to put any cameras into the screen.
Cheap hardware + massive image processing seems to be winning nearly every fight.
Maybe you can explain how overpaying "offers a competitive edge"?
Very few people pay for gold-plated laptops, and I would argue only the painfully ignorant overpay at all.
Many will pay for features that may not have mass-market appeal but offer them an advantage. Good quality parts, ruggedness, etc. often aren't on a spec sheet. Some people will pay quite a bit for a Macintosh because they find themselves more productive on Apple's OS and their laptops are the requisite hardware dongles.
For another example, I can't tell on NewEgg how good the type action quality is from a spec sheet, but I do know that more expensive laptops typically have better keyboards. I might go to a retail store to try keyboards and then buy one there at mark-up. If you're a writer, all things being equal, having a better keyboard on your laptop may be well worth a dollar a day, especially if you're prone to RSI.
Certainly you don't think there's zero difference between a $1000 laptop and a $3000 laptop, do you?
If you are able to source all of your own food, and products you buy, good for you. The rest of have to have some group that checks on companies and products to make sure they are following the rules.
Right, and the government has failed at that. Without taking a position on your reasoning for why that is, if it's true then they government cannot be trusted to do so because its operations are subject to political whims.
Compare your favorite government regulator with Underwriters Labs, for instance. The "Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval" used to carry similar weight for consumer goods, though most now think it's a for-sale joke. Consumer Reports, Edmunds, CSPI - there are several examples of independent evaluators that work well, and member organizations like UL, Chambers of Commerce, BBB, etc. They operate on ever-present market pressures, not fickle politicians and bureaucrats.
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So there is no true free market. So why do the corporate Ferengis keep blathering on about the free market?
Surely the Ferengi must have a Rule of Commerce about 'useful idiots'?
Don't let the lawyer thing get in your way - the US Constitution is meant to be read and understood by average citizens. Any interpretation that requires judicial contrivances is bound to be wrong.
The US Government, as constituted since the 1960's has claimed that the 4th Amendment does not apply in many circumstances. That in no way affects the original meaning, only the validity of the current government.
For instance, it claims that government agents are authorized to stick their (perhaps gloved) hand up your ass if they have "reasonable suspicion" but no warrant.
You wouldn't want to get between Aaron Burr and such a bureaucrat.
ah, but with my gprs longer videos fail to download completely.
Is your ISP killing long connections? Might be worth debugging - I don't think YouTube is doing this.
YouTube mid-stream resume is certainly often broken, though. Another good reason for them to get out from under Flash Server.
It says nothing about the rights of Citizens, either.
I didn't intend to make a 14th Amendment argument, rather the antecedent of the people is usually considered to be The People, from the introduction. Just using
'Citizens' in the colloquial sense, not the formal.
On a moral justifications ground, though, there's certainly no reason to limit protection of natural rights to participating members.
but what happens when the decryption mechanism or the OS crashes?
It sounds like you haven't tried it and don't really understand the mechanisms (understandable).
The answer is you carry a rescue disc/USB, same as always if you want to be able to deal with eventualities on the road. /boot needs to be unencrypted anyway, so you can keep a rescue kit there as well.
I don't think I've ever heard of anybody losing their data because LUKS failed. The filesystems you put on top of the encryption layer, sure, they're as fragile or stable as ever, but the encryption is transparent to them. Layers are useful sometimes.
Fraunhofer [wikipedia.org]. Even if you'd try to read your version phonetically, it would be incorrect. Just saying.
Spelling -> Phoenetics is a many-to-one mapping.
The tag doesn't specify a particular format (JPEG, GIF, PNG, etc.).
Your 'etc.' belies the difficulty. Maybe IE also support .bmp, but that's about it.
It cuts cpu usage in half too.
Then there's a strong pro-environment reason to make the switch. "Sorry Adobe, we can't support continued burning of that much coal for your un-optimized decoder."
+ ability to download videos (i'm on a slow gprs and not being able to download them makes it almost impossible to watch);
hit pause, watch the progress bar finish, and then look at: /tmp/Flash*
I have to do this on my netbook, not because of my network connection, but because Flash Player takes my entire CPU and does maybe 2 FPS, whereas mplayer will show me the files normally with about 20% CPU.
Aren't border crossings an exception to the Fourth Amendment, or rather, a circumstance where any search is considered "reasonable" by default?
I don't see that in the plain and clear text of the Fourth Amendment restrictions.
Citizens rights are not to be abridged, full stop.
Tell us how getting government out of business is going to prevent a little thing like people dying from organ failure for eating Monsanto's frankencorn?
Partners (owners) would be personally liable for whatever ill Monsanto reigns down without Corporate protections. Hence they'd very likely not release a known-harmful product. See also big tobacco, asbestos, etc.
Government effectively gives them a license to kill.
This is why we need regulations. Now, to you "free marketers" out there, how am I supposed to make an informed decision when there are no data showing what products have GM corn and what products have normal, non GM corn? Your god of commerce fails here, and we need "socialist" regulations badly.
Stop patching government-created problems with government-created problems.
Who is it that created this Monsanto mega-corporation monster, a fictional superhuman with 'natural' rights and no consequences?
Hint: corporations were effectively banned in the first nearly 100 years of the USA, except for limited times and for public benefit. John D. Rockefeller and Standard Oil got corrupt politicians to 'fix' that.
What games can you remember that Actually had a decent ending?
Sierra games were particularly well-done.
Well, since smacking the pack of cigarettes does nothing
Not true - each unique attribute of the experience enhances addiction. The sound of the wrapper, the smell of the tobacco, etc. Nicotine on its own isn't the major addictant.
What's the fourth dimension? Time?
That's the funniest part of the whole Avatar in 3D craze - photographs are 2D, movies are 3D, 'IMAX 3D' is 4D.
Amazing how somebody missed this in 1952 and everybody else just went with it.
It would be possible, but tricky.
Maybe they could hire back some of the control hysteresis experts they fired from the ATG group before writing OSX. System 7 really got these things right.
Point is, they aren't changing the existing system, merely adding onto it.
Right, I think I've posted here before wishing for a system that allows you to switch window focus with eye tracking - especially useful in a multi-monitor setup (I always get hosed up with that).
But $7500 gear isn't the way to do this. Stereo cheap-ass CMOS 'webcam' sensors on the sides of the monitor and a whole bunch of GPU number crunching should do the work just fine (and also get us video conferencing where you can look at the 'center' of the screen (through still more processing) without really having to put any cameras into the screen.
Cheap hardware + massive image processing seems to be winning nearly every fight.
Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you... Spider-Mouse.
Wolverine with sporks.
Expect to see a lot of this in the coming years. The money from these franchises is just too sweet a pie.
It was a long road from Batman to Batman Begins, but worth the wait.
in fact, it may turn out that they need you more than you need them. wouldn't THAT be a nice thing to know!
Right, but that's exactly why Google shouldn't just try to shut it down.
Fine, it's making a statement, ballsy, etc.
But everybody gains more by Google making the incremental play. Seeing just how far the boundaries can be stretched.
Because if Google can stretch those boundaries over to the 'not evil' side, then all junks are lifted.
Thanks for the recommendations - I somehow missed the SuperBible last time around. I believe I have a Borders gift card to burn on that one. :)
And the last Computer Graphics book I read pre-dated OpenGL, so _good_ idea!
Maybe you can explain how overpaying "offers a competitive edge"?
Very few people pay for gold-plated laptops, and I would argue only the painfully ignorant overpay at all.
Many will pay for features that may not have mass-market appeal but offer them an advantage. Good quality parts, ruggedness, etc. often aren't on a spec sheet. Some people will pay quite a bit for a Macintosh because they find themselves more productive on Apple's OS and their laptops are the requisite hardware dongles.
For another example, I can't tell on NewEgg how good the type action quality is from a spec sheet, but I do know that more expensive laptops typically have better keyboards. I might go to a retail store to try keyboards and then buy one there at mark-up. If you're a writer, all things being equal, having a better keyboard on your laptop may be well worth a dollar a day, especially if you're prone to RSI.
Certainly you don't think there's zero difference between a $1000 laptop and a $3000 laptop, do you?
If you are able to source all of your own food, and products you buy, good for you. The rest of have to have some group that checks on companies and products to make sure they are following the rules.
Right, and the government has failed at that. Without taking a position on your reasoning for why that is, if it's true then they government cannot be trusted to do so because its operations are subject to political whims.
Compare your favorite government regulator with Underwriters Labs, for instance. The "Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval" used to carry similar weight for consumer goods, though most now think it's a for-sale joke. Consumer Reports, Edmunds, CSPI - there are several examples of independent evaluators that work well, and member organizations like UL, Chambers of Commerce, BBB, etc. They operate on ever-present market pressures, not fickle politicians and bureaucrats.
you can pump data faster than on any type of existing system of delivery.
yeah, but the latency is a bitch.
He seems to think it needs heroes, and that the rest of us plebes need someone to follow before we can get anything useful done.
Ah, and so if he filed that role in early MySQL, then he's a hero.
Interesting insight - I guess some people need to have something to delude their time after they've sold out.
Folks like Woz spend it volunteering at schools, perhaps others should magnanimously follow suit.