You would end up with a large number of top-level posts, and no threads. It might be a good way to prime the discussion, but it also might not work so well.
In the UK, I have seem the cost of hashish fall from about £120 per ounce in the mid-late 80s to about £30-£40 now. Partly that is a result of getting older, and therefore having better contacts, but I also strongly suspect that so much is getting through that the price has fallen through the floor. If it was legal, you can be sure that the tax payable would rise each year, just as they do with tobacco.
The only other market where I have seen prices fall as fast is in computer hardware.
No, it's good that there is no oil up there. The last thing we want to do is make more oil available. What's good for the economy and cushy lifestyles, ain't necessarily what's best for the planet.
Oh, I doubt it. China could hit back, and hard. If the US/UK aim is to persuade all 'evil' countries that they need a credible nuclear deterrent, then they are doing a grand job.
I don't think they intend to use the M-PAN as an ID number. Rather, their ID number will link a name to an M-PAN (effectively an address). Even if several people use one meter, it will still be able to link someone with a particular building, which might be enough for a quick address check.
Getting a new storecard etc in the UK usually requires production of photo-ID and two recent utility bills as proof of address. With a little human flexibility built into the verification system, I'm sure that addresses with shared meters will still check out.
Not entirely sure about this, but in the UK I think one can appeal to an independant arbiter if the landlord is charging an exessive rate for power. A crooked meter would constitute fraud anyway.
You are right, an M-PAN is a universal number which identifies an electricity board meter. There is nothing to prevent a landlord installing additional meters.
(This is not entirely accurate, the M-PAN identifies a unique connection onto the electricity company's network. One of a number of operators can install a meter there. I coordinated these connections a couple of years back, hence the lame nick. And yes, the job sucked).
It just boils down to 'Is calling your product LindowsOS likely to confuse Joe Public into thinking it is a version of Microsoft Windows?' I'd say no, but that's just me.
Doing that might just piss off the overseeing court. I imagine that some judge somewhere is the final arbiter of what is or is not Windows as far as the antitrust case goes, or did they manage to define that in court?
Well, the correct name is 'Microsoft SQL Server', so they haven't appropriated the generic term 'SQL server'. Seems fair enough to me, it does exactly what it says on the tin.
How is it reasonable for Lexmark to forbid others from operating in the refill market? It's not like they are preventing the sale of forged Lexmark products, rather they are trying to stop consumers reusing their cartridges.
Ford cannot stop other manufacturers offering alternative filter elements for their carburettors, for example. Why should a printer manufacturer be any different?
I wonder how many queries are for localdomain? I have an entry in/etc/hosts for my NAT box's internal interface. If there was no such entry, would locally generated lookups for my private name hit a root server?
What do you mean 'that's why they let sites like Slashdot live'. Do you seriously believe they have the power and inclination to take a popular site offline? Maybe they would launch a DOS from Redmond? Get the site declared illegal? I don't think so. Big firms may not give a shit, that's not the same as being Big Brother.
Slashdot Mirror
An interpreted language.
You would end up with a large number of top-level posts, and no threads. It might be a good way to prime the discussion, but it also might not work so well.
In the UK, I have seem the cost of hashish fall from about £120 per ounce in the mid-late 80s to about £30-£40 now. Partly that is a result of getting older, and therefore having better contacts, but I also strongly suspect that so much is getting through that the price has fallen through the floor. If it was legal, you can be sure that the tax payable would rise each year, just as they do with tobacco.
The only other market where I have seen prices fall as fast is in computer hardware.
First you say that swimming pools in Arizona don't affect anyone else, the next sentence you mention the Hoover Dam.
No, it's good that there is no oil up there. The last thing we want to do is make more oil available. What's good for the economy and cushy lifestyles, ain't necessarily what's best for the planet.
For another couple of years, unless this is really what the electorate want. Scary thought, that.
Oh, I doubt it. China could hit back, and hard. If the US/UK aim is to persuade all 'evil' countries that they need a credible nuclear deterrent, then they are doing a grand job.
I don't think they intend to use the M-PAN as an ID number. Rather, their ID number will link a name to an M-PAN (effectively an address). Even if several people use one meter, it will still be able to link someone with a particular building, which might be enough for a quick address check.
Getting a new storecard etc in the UK usually requires production of photo-ID and two recent utility bills as proof of address. With a little human flexibility built into the verification system, I'm sure that addresses with shared meters will still check out.
Am I, in the US, going to need this silly number to read BBC News or buy something from them?
Unlikely, according to the BBC story the ID number will allow third parties to verify that a named individual is registered to a particular address.
Not entirely sure about this, but in the UK I think one can appeal to an independant arbiter if the landlord is charging an exessive rate for power. A crooked meter would constitute fraud anyway.
You are right, an M-PAN is a universal number which identifies an electricity board meter. There is nothing to prevent a landlord installing additional meters.
(This is not entirely accurate, the M-PAN identifies a unique connection onto the electricity company's network. One of a number of operators can install a meter there. I coordinated these connections a couple of years back, hence the lame nick. And yes, the job sucked).
It just boils down to 'Is calling your product LindowsOS likely to confuse Joe Public into thinking it is a version of Microsoft Windows?' I'd say no, but that's just me.
Doing that might just piss off the overseeing court. I imagine that some judge somewhere is the final arbiter of what is or is not Windows as far as the antitrust case goes, or did they manage to define that in court?
Yes, it would be confusing for consumers since calling it that would be clearly intended to deceive.
LindowsOS vs WindowsXP. It seems to me that they suggest different products offering similar functionality, which is correct.
Well, the correct name is 'Microsoft SQL Server', so they haven't appropriated the generic term 'SQL server'. Seems fair enough to me, it does exactly what it says on the tin.
It took them 14 months to think of this, or perhaps it took 14 months before a methodical search of previous case law hit the Apple/MS case.
I just hope that the court at least considers the case logically, if not idealistically. Either way, I reckon MS is in the wrong on this one.
Well at least they haven't surrendered to Washington yet.
Nah, you can still get a shell. Config files should be in the usual places, you don't need to use a GUI if you don't want to.
Not quite that easy, at least on Debian:
Type root password for single-user access, or press CTRL-D for normal startup.
That isn't an exact quote, but the gist is correct. A CMOS reset and boot media would defeat this, though.
Perhaps he'd be better firing the guy who keeps hiring the wrong people.
How is it reasonable for Lexmark to forbid others from operating in the refill market? It's not like they are preventing the sale of forged Lexmark products, rather they are trying to stop consumers reusing their cartridges.
Ford cannot stop other manufacturers offering alternative filter elements for their carburettors, for example. Why should a printer manufacturer be any different?
I wonder how many queries are for localdomain? I have an entry in /etc/hosts for my NAT box's internal interface. If there was no such entry, would locally generated lookups for my private name hit a root server?
Keep an eye on alt.binaries.drwho, the entire series gets posted about twice a year.
What do you mean 'that's why they let sites like Slashdot live'. Do you seriously believe they have the power and inclination to take a popular site offline? Maybe they would launch a DOS from Redmond? Get the site declared illegal? I don't think so. Big firms may not give a shit, that's not the same as being Big Brother.