AGW isn't greenhouse gases getting warmer than any other gases. It's because they absorb and emit thermal infrared radiation. Light from the sun passes through the greenhouse gases, then is absorbed by the earth's surface and re-emitted as thermal infrared, which is then partially absorbed and scattered by the greenhouse gases, with some of it being scattered back to the earth and thus trapped. Heat capacity is, I think, more or less irrelevant.
First, hack the account. Change the password. Second, post a fake tweet or five, make them obvious and crass. Third, post that the account has been brought back under the control of Fox News and locked down while the hack is investigated. Change the password again. Finally, start posting some more fake tweets an hour or so later, but be more subtle about it.
Ironically, Google Toolbar is the only thing that stops me from switching from Firefox to Chrome. If Chrome could access my Google bookmarks as easily as Firefox could, I'd switch in a heartbeat. But every time I launch Chrome, it says I should import my bookmarks from Google Toolbar. I click on the option to do that, and it doesn't do it.
I'm still holding off upgrading to FF5, as it says my Google Toolbar will not work. Whether I stick with FF or not depends on whether or not Google Toolbar gets updated to work. If it does, I go with FF5. If it doesn't, or of Chrome gets fixed, I'll switch to Chrome.
Being able to customise their device and install any old rubbish on it would ruin the device. I am convinced that a mobile device can only be as slick and solid as Apple's devices by being within a walled garden. As soon as you knock down the walls, it is inevitable that weeds will get in. Or, is the state of Android not as bad as it seems? I'm willing to change my mind if I'm wrong.
I have four browsers installed on my home laptop (5 if you count Internet Explorer, but it won't run for some reason, it crashes immediately). I use two of them every day, as I log in to two email accounts and the new Gmail interface doesn't allow that in one browser. So I have Firefox for most purposes as that has good support for Google Bookmarks, and Chrome for checking my other email address that is linked to a Google Apps account. I'd switch to Chrome if it had Google Toolbar.
Everyone should have at least two browsers installed in my opinion, so if a site doesn't work in one then you can try another, and if you want to log in as two users you can just run two different browsers (I know you can set up profiles, but that's a load of hassle).
That depends. Do you love Apple products and think that they provide a slick, productive, secure intrrface? If so, this is wonderful news. Do you hate Apple and everything they stand for, and detest the idea of compromising your freedom for the safety of a walled garden? If so, this is draconian fascism that threatens the foundation of western freedom.
I think that you gain copyight over the broadcast that you made, so no-one can take your broadcast and redistribute it. If they have an original source that they did not get from you, this does not prevent them from distributing that. In other words, you own the copyright on the re-encoding that you did, but not the underlying content. There isn't enough detail in the articles that I can find to clarify this, though.
a. OK my bad. b. A propeller on a helicopter is usually called a rotor. Sure, there are a few propeller aircraft that can do crazy stunts, but it isn't the norm, nor is it efficient. c. Landing on a moving ship in a storm is the example use case, but you're right, it is of limited value. Maybe you could flip upside down and land on the ceiling like a fly...:)
Not flaming: I am an iPhone4 and iPad2 owner, and I love them. But, I feel a little guilty about it. I an in a walled garden, my freedom is curtailed, etc. etc., and as a geek, I feel guilty about that. So, I don't spend any more money than I need to within this walled garden, and I don't speak up about it very often.
If I had an Android device, I would be much more vocal and enthusiastic about it, I would buy more apps, and probably be inclined to rate them more often and more highly, because I would be getting a "feel good" factor for being on a platform that has more "geek cred" than the iOS.
About a year ago, I told my brother that my next phone would probably be an Android, and I expected that it would be around about now that I would be looking for one. One week later I accidentally dropped and smashed my iPhone3 so I went out and got an iPhone4 the next day because I didn't have the luxury of a period of time in which to transfer my important habits and data over to the new platform. Since my new iPhone4 is likely to still be useful this time next year, I expect maybe I will get something else, maybe Android, around Christmas 2012.
A new kind of engine doesn't have to be better in every way than all existing engines in order to be interesting. When petrol engines were invented, they were significantly inferior to steam engines. Also, propeller engines can't hover, and helicopters can't thrust upwards. I expect this will find a niche. Or maybe not. Maybe it will vanish without a trace, but it's still interesting.
Any website could block the default Android browser as well. Or Firefox. Sure, you could criticise Apple for not including agent spoofing, but absence of one obscure feature in one piece of software is hardly a crisis. I'd also say that user agent spoofing on a mobile device is likely to be more problematic than on a desktop PC, since it is more important that web sites customise themselves for the limited capabilities of a small touch device. Google Maps, for instance, is totally unusable on an iPhone without a heavily customised interface.
Well, since both countries are signatories to the Berne Convention... technically, by treaty the US is legally entitled to ask for the extradition.
Does the Berne convention support extradition for a civil offence? Or are they claiming that posting a URL is "circumvention of protection measures", which is now criminal under the EUCD?
Thinking about it, I suppose there's no reason that the notification has to come from any specific computer, so long as the crypto key matches that client's public key.
"A good practice is to keep at least two wallets, one as a "current account" for everyday transactions and one as a "savings account" where you store the majority of your Bitcoins.
The "savings account" wallet should be backed up in encrypted form only and all plaintext copies of this wallet should be erased. In case someone gains unauthorised access to your computer (either by physically stealing it or by exploiting a system vulnerability via the internet), they will only be able to spend the coins in your "current account" wallet. "
From what little I know, the bitcoin system is decentralised and based on network consensus. Does that mean that bitcoin clients need to be online all the time in order to keep up to date on what's happening, and does that mean that your wallet.dat needs to be accessible to the client all the time? If so, storing it on a USB stick isn't going to work. Sounds like the network consensus model requires this element of vulnerability, in a similar way that a modern jet fighter can only manoeuvre because it is aerodynamically unstable.
I've been saying for a long time that any code in italics should be treated as a comment, and anything in bold should be an assertion. Rather than insist that it all be indented the same like Python does, just colour your lines in the same colour as the condition or loop.
"Roll the entire network back"? No, I managed to take your bitcoin off you by using a quantum computer to predict your crypto, and I refuse to roll back my bitcoins to you. There is no central bank that tracks who owns which bitcoins.
I probably would have done the same, but the AC clearly felt that foregoing a million dollars was worth it to prove a point to a millionaire, that their cash can't buy everything. I don't know, maybe proving that point to an evidently wealthy and possibly influential person might have a payback for society that is worth his individual sacrifice. Not everyone concentrates on the "me, now" side of an equation, and the world is a better place because of those who do not.
This is hilarious, considering that the sandbox is the only true thing. Patching is known to break things continually (and done to break things - hello anti-jailbreak?), apple doesn't vet third party apps - you think they vet the browsers or MS office on mac?
Mac? This is iOS he's talking about. I am interested though, what apps have been broken by patches apart from jailbreaking?
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AGW isn't greenhouse gases getting warmer than any other gases. It's because they absorb and emit thermal infrared radiation. Light from the sun passes through the greenhouse gases, then is absorbed by the earth's surface and re-emitted as thermal infrared, which is then partially absorbed and scattered by the greenhouse gases, with some of it being scattered back to the earth and thus trapped. Heat capacity is, I think, more or less irrelevant.
First, hack the account. Change the password.
Second, post a fake tweet or five, make them obvious and crass.
Third, post that the account has been brought back under the control of Fox News and locked down while the hack is investigated. Change the password again.
Finally, start posting some more fake tweets an hour or so later, but be more subtle about it.
Ironically, Google Toolbar is the only thing that stops me from switching from Firefox to Chrome. If Chrome could access my Google bookmarks as easily as Firefox could, I'd switch in a heartbeat. But every time I launch Chrome, it says I should import my bookmarks from Google Toolbar. I click on the option to do that, and it doesn't do it.
I'm still holding off upgrading to FF5, as it says my Google Toolbar will not work. Whether I stick with FF or not depends on whether or not Google Toolbar gets updated to work. If it does, I go with FF5. If it doesn't, or of Chrome gets fixed, I'll switch to Chrome.
Being able to customise their device and install any old rubbish on it would ruin the device. I am convinced that a mobile device can only be as slick and solid as Apple's devices by being within a walled garden. As soon as you knock down the walls, it is inevitable that weeds will get in. Or, is the state of Android not as bad as it seems? I'm willing to change my mind if I'm wrong.
I have four browsers installed on my home laptop (5 if you count Internet Explorer, but it won't run for some reason, it crashes immediately). I use two of them every day, as I log in to two email accounts and the new Gmail interface doesn't allow that in one browser. So I have Firefox for most purposes as that has good support for Google Bookmarks, and Chrome for checking my other email address that is linked to a Google Apps account. I'd switch to Chrome if it had Google Toolbar.
Everyone should have at least two browsers installed in my opinion, so if a site doesn't work in one then you can try another, and if you want to log in as two users you can just run two different browsers (I know you can set up profiles, but that's a load of hassle).
That depends. Do you love Apple products and think that they provide a slick, productive, secure intrrface? If so, this is wonderful news. Do you hate Apple and everything they stand for, and detest the idea of compromising your freedom for the safety of a walled garden? If so, this is draconian fascism that threatens the foundation of western freedom.
I think that you gain copyight over the broadcast that you made, so no-one can take your broadcast and redistribute it. If they have an original source that they did not get from you, this does not prevent them from distributing that. In other words, you own the copyright on the re-encoding that you did, but not the underlying content. There isn't enough detail in the articles that I can find to clarify this, though.
I think it is a breach of copyright to do that.
My original expectation was partly based on the scare stories I'd heard about Android malware, and the hope that they would do something to fix that.
a. OK my bad. :)
b. A propeller on a helicopter is usually called a rotor. Sure, there are a few propeller aircraft that can do crazy stunts, but it isn't the norm, nor is it efficient.
c. Landing on a moving ship in a storm is the example use case, but you're right, it is of limited value. Maybe you could flip upside down and land on the ceiling like a fly...
He means pigs, I think.
Yup.
I restored my data using iTunes without even having to press any buttons, that's how it's faster and easier.
Not flaming: I am an iPhone4 and iPad2 owner, and I love them. But, I feel a little guilty about it. I an in a walled garden, my freedom is curtailed, etc. etc., and as a geek, I feel guilty about that. So, I don't spend any more money than I need to within this walled garden, and I don't speak up about it very often.
If I had an Android device, I would be much more vocal and enthusiastic about it, I would buy more apps, and probably be inclined to rate them more often and more highly, because I would be getting a "feel good" factor for being on a platform that has more "geek cred" than the iOS.
About a year ago, I told my brother that my next phone would probably be an Android, and I expected that it would be around about now that I would be looking for one. One week later I accidentally dropped and smashed my iPhone3 so I went out and got an iPhone4 the next day because I didn't have the luxury of a period of time in which to transfer my important habits and data over to the new platform. Since my new iPhone4 is likely to still be useful this time next year, I expect maybe I will get something else, maybe Android, around Christmas 2012.
A new kind of engine doesn't have to be better in every way than all existing engines in order to be interesting. When petrol engines were invented, they were significantly inferior to steam engines. Also, propeller engines can't hover, and helicopters can't thrust upwards. I expect this will find a niche. Or maybe not. Maybe it will vanish without a trace, but it's still interesting.
Any website could block the default Android browser as well. Or Firefox. Sure, you could criticise Apple for not including agent spoofing, but absence of one obscure feature in one piece of software is hardly a crisis. I'd also say that user agent spoofing on a mobile device is likely to be more problematic than on a desktop PC, since it is more important that web sites customise themselves for the limited capabilities of a small touch device. Google Maps, for instance, is totally unusable on an iPhone without a heavily customised interface.
Well, since both countries are signatories to the Berne Convention ... technically, by treaty the US is legally entitled to ask for the extradition.
Does the Berne convention support extradition for a civil offence? Or are they claiming that posting a URL is "circumvention of protection measures", which is now criminal under the EUCD?
Thinking about it, I suppose there's no reason that the notification has to come from any specific computer, so long as the crypto key matches that client's public key.
Does that work? Can a transaction be carried out in private and only notified to the network by one party?
Hm, he should have read this:
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Securing_your_wallet
"A good practice is to keep at least two wallets, one as a "current account" for everyday transactions and one as a "savings account" where you store the majority of your Bitcoins.
The "savings account" wallet should be backed up in encrypted form only and all plaintext copies of this wallet should be erased. In case someone gains unauthorised access to your computer (either by physically stealing it or by exploiting a system vulnerability via the internet), they will only be able to spend the coins in your "current account" wallet. "
From what little I know, the bitcoin system is decentralised and based on network consensus. Does that mean that bitcoin clients need to be online all the time in order to keep up to date on what's happening, and does that mean that your wallet.dat needs to be accessible to the client all the time? If so, storing it on a USB stick isn't going to work. Sounds like the network consensus model requires this element of vulnerability, in a similar way that a modern jet fighter can only manoeuvre because it is aerodynamically unstable.
I've been saying for a long time that any code in italics should be treated as a comment, and anything in bold should be an assertion. Rather than insist that it all be indented the same like Python does, just colour your lines in the same colour as the condition or loop.
"Roll the entire network back"? No, I managed to take your bitcoin off you by using a quantum computer to predict your crypto, and I refuse to roll back my bitcoins to you. There is no central bank that tracks who owns which bitcoins.
Principles are a good thing, but so is moderation.
Wrong. This is the internet. All opinions must be exaggerated to a ridiculous extreme. DIAF plz.
I probably would have done the same, but the AC clearly felt that foregoing a million dollars was worth it to prove a point to a millionaire, that their cash can't buy everything. I don't know, maybe proving that point to an evidently wealthy and possibly influential person might have a payback for society that is worth his individual sacrifice. Not everyone concentrates on the "me, now" side of an equation, and the world is a better place because of those who do not.
This is hilarious, considering that the sandbox is the only true thing. Patching is known to break things continually (and done to break things - hello anti-jailbreak?), apple doesn't vet third party apps - you think they vet the browsers or MS office on mac?
Mac? This is iOS he's talking about. I am interested though, what apps have been broken by patches apart from jailbreaking?