Thats not true though. A high voltage capacitor is one that doesn't short when a high voltage is applied to it. Capacitors work by bringing two conductors very very close together, but insulating the space between them. If one is not meant to have a high voltage, having one will cause the conductors to come together and short, destroying the capacitor.
I have comcast internet access at my home. It is unfortunately the only broadband available in my town. I'd love to try to tell them what I think of decisions like this by switching, but its just not an option, as without them, I'd be without broadband (God Forbid!).
How can a good slashdot geeks in my position give comcast a piece of their minds in terms they can understand?
I would tend to agree. Apple takes the same philosophy it has in its OS and computer designs and applies it to the iPod... The result of which strikes me as a shiny coaster.
The iPod still works well as an MP3 player, which is why I have no real qualms with those who shell out the rediculous prices for them, but for me, if I'm going to spend that much on a music player, it better have spiffy blue LEDs, like the iHP-120. =)
A random mix of one's favorite songs seems to me like something most would enjoy. For myself, however, the most common reason I use shuffle is because I've been too lazy to put my latest favorite songs into a playlist, or I want to hear some songs that I may not have listened to lately.
In many cases, I think these black boxes are integral to some of the safety systems in the car, unless you'd rather be without airbags.
Myself, I don't see a problem with them, at least not in this context. It could be an issue if they can get at this information on a whim, but thats not what happened here. The data was used to convict someone who I'd say, in this case, was quite solidly guilty. If these boxes are sending out your driving habits to your the police or your insurance company, that would be one thing, but the last 5 seconds before an accident? That could actually be some useful data to have.
Well, if you plan on using this to cool your PC in a convection fashion, this could actually be superior. The lower specific heat just means the part close to say your processor would heat faster, causing larger differences in temperature, and encouraging convection. But yes, you would need more of it, as it would have a higher tendency to heat up.
To address your link to plagiarism, the university takes a very hard line against plagiarism, the college of engineering for example requiring an honor pledge for all new students and on all exams and major papers. The LS&A (the largest college at the university) also has an honor board that takes care of all plagiarism cases. Any student convicted of such is subject to very severe penalties, not limited to being kicked out of the school indefinitely. As far as plagiarism in respect to file sharing, the two really have absolutely nothing in common, in respect to network enforcement or even mindsets involved. They are not both instances of intellectual property theft per se, as in the case of plagiarism, the intellectual property is in the public domain, you just cannot claim it as your own without citing it.
Saying your tax dollars are supporting networks used for file sharing is preposterous. The university provides an unrestricted network in the interest of freedom of information, a belief which the internet was founded on. Restricting any facet of the legal use of the network could be seen as diminishing the usefulness of the internet as a tool for education. Thats not to say allowing it to be used illegally is ok, which is why the U bans those who use it as such from the network. Unfortunately you follow the all-to-common mindset that file sharing is innately wrong, when in fact, there are plenty of legitimate uses for it, which is precisely why there should be no restrictions (beyond perhaps packet scheduling and shaping) placed upon it.
The agreement I was referring only to the (relatively) short summary of the AUP you agree to by registering for ethernet access in the dorms. The excerpt I was referring to was:
"I understand that the security of my computer system is my responsibility, and that I am responsible for all activity originating from my computer system, including but not limited to: a) traffic generated by viruses; b) the sharing of music or other media files; and c) other users who have gained access to my computer."
As for your statements about file sharing, you describe an issue not at all unique to Ann Arbor and the University of Michigan. There is a large change going on in how people aquire their media. People, poor students especially, don't want to pay for their music/movies/tv shows etc., and as long as there is an easy and (again relatively) safe way to do this, they will. We've already seen that the attempted solution of scare tactics and law suits isn't stopping the flow of copyrighted material. Yes, the result is businesses will fail. There is less need for record companies and record stores. Is this the end of the world? No. The media industries will be forced to adapt, and eventually, I have to believe, they begrudgingly will. Thats the way the world works.
I know several people who have been fined (assessed fees on their student accounts) for continuing to transfer copyrighted material (most for the Windows source code debacle), so I can assure you it has indeed happened.
Finally, I don't work in any area that handles intellectual property concerns, and the organization I work for (CAEN) has only around 200 employees, most of which are TEMP students. I was merely giving a perspective of how the university has been taking care of intellectual property concerns thus far.
I got in as well, and I'm currently a student there. I still don't condone affirmative action though, as it does in fact descriminate. Sure, it does it with good intentions, but nevertheless...
On the other hand, we have enough idiots here, if a few aren't accepted, no skin off my teeth.
I am currently a student at the University of Michigan. I also work for their Engineering Network (not the organization involved in this case).
I think that so far the UofM has handled itself quite well as far as file sharing is concerned. It's true that they have refused to block ports or obtrusive firewalls, and have refused to give up the names of students so far...
Sharing copyrighted material is of course covered in the AUP for the campus network, the main points of which are highlighted when every student registers to use the network.
The current way complaints about file sharing are handled is: 1) for the first offense, student is warned and forwarded the complaint. Student has 24 hours to reply to the University claiming they have stopped their illegal activity. 2) for the second offense, student is temporarily banned from the network for a week and fined $20. 3) third and subsequent requests result in longer bans and larger fines.
"Yes, I don't like the idea that cops can ask for ID, but how the hell are they suppose to tell who's the suspect without ID?"
How would Mr. Hiibel's ID have been useful in determining whether or not he was a suspect? There's no comments about the officer knowing ahead of time who he was looking for.
"besides if you have nothing to worry about then what's the harm in giving them your ID?"
Unfortunately it's opinions like that that get our civil liberties taken away from us to begin with. It's our right to not to have to show every swaggering cop our ID on a whim, and that attitude will give them precisely that ability. Granted, the policeman in this case had a reason for being there, but I'd say that few would say that he did a good job of it, as he failed to even ask Mimi Hiibel to see if she was alright.
While I wouldn't necessarily recommend any plan costing $7,000 to wirelessly connect a 4 story apartment, I don't see how telling the person that his idea is dumb is even close to on topic, as well as in bad taste. If he wants to spend his money on a wireless network, let him. If he wanted advice as to what to do with it, he probably wouldn't have asked slashdot.
Perhaps the real problem is you're too old. Thanks to the wonderful (semi)-new subscription system, pages can be slashdotted by the priveledged "few" before we the peasants have our turn.
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Yeah, you're right. 1000MB should be enough for anyone.
Thats not true though. A high voltage capacitor is one that doesn't short when a high voltage is applied to it. Capacitors work by bringing two conductors very very close together, but insulating the space between them. If one is not meant to have a high voltage, having one will cause the conductors to come together and short, destroying the capacitor.
Not if you're catholic. They eat stale crackers made out of Jesus all the time.
Are you sure you can't store 8 of them then?
Yeah, well in soviet russia, pizza ends up with something you call Domino's!!
I have comcast internet access at my home. It is unfortunately the only broadband available in my town. I'd love to try to tell them what I think of decisions like this by switching, but its just not an option, as without them, I'd be without broadband (God Forbid!).
How can a good slashdot geeks in my position give comcast a piece of their minds in terms they can understand?
Wait, so does that mean slashdot is oil based?!
The same time Visual Studio .NET 2003 became the absolute best developer tool.
I would tend to agree. Apple takes the same philosophy it has in its OS and computer designs and applies it to the iPod... The result of which strikes me as a shiny coaster.
The iPod still works well as an MP3 player, which is why I have no real qualms with those who shell out the rediculous prices for them, but for me, if I'm going to spend that much on a music player, it better have spiffy blue LEDs, like the iHP-120. =)
Yeah, April 16th is April Dupe's Day.
A random mix of one's favorite songs seems to me like something most would enjoy. For myself, however, the most common reason I use shuffle is because I've been too lazy to put my latest favorite songs into a playlist, or I want to hear some songs that I may not have listened to lately.
In many cases, I think these black boxes are integral to some of the safety systems in the car, unless you'd rather be without airbags.
Myself, I don't see a problem with them, at least not in this context. It could be an issue if they can get at this information on a whim, but thats not what happened here. The data was used to convict someone who I'd say, in this case, was quite solidly guilty. If these boxes are sending out your driving habits to your the police or your insurance company, that would be one thing, but the last 5 seconds before an accident? That could actually be some useful data to have.
At least he didn't ask if it was flammable!
Well, if you plan on using this to cool your PC in a convection fashion, this could actually be superior. The lower specific heat just means the part close to say your processor would heat faster, causing larger differences in temperature, and encouraging convection. But yes, you would need more of it, as it would have a higher tendency to heat up.
To address your link to plagiarism, the university takes a very hard line against plagiarism, the college of engineering for example requiring an honor pledge for all new students and on all exams and major papers. The LS&A (the largest college at the university) also has an honor board that takes care of all plagiarism cases. Any student convicted of such is subject to very severe penalties, not limited to being kicked out of the school indefinitely. As far as plagiarism in respect to file sharing, the two really have absolutely nothing in common, in respect to network enforcement or even mindsets involved. They are not both instances of intellectual property theft per se, as in the case of plagiarism, the intellectual property is in the public domain, you just cannot claim it as your own without citing it.
Saying your tax dollars are supporting networks used for file sharing is preposterous. The university provides an unrestricted network in the interest of freedom of information, a belief which the internet was founded on. Restricting any facet of the legal use of the network could be seen as diminishing the usefulness of the internet as a tool for education. Thats not to say allowing it to be used illegally is ok, which is why the U bans those who use it as such from the network. Unfortunately you follow the all-to-common mindset that file sharing is innately wrong, when in fact, there are plenty of legitimate uses for it, which is precisely why there should be no restrictions (beyond perhaps packet scheduling and shaping) placed upon it.
The agreement I was referring only to the (relatively) short summary of the AUP you agree to by registering for ethernet access in the dorms. The excerpt I was referring to was:
"I understand that the security of my computer system is my responsibility, and that I am responsible for all activity originating from my computer system, including but not limited to: a) traffic generated by viruses; b) the sharing of music or other media files; and c) other users who have gained access to my computer."
As for your statements about file sharing, you describe an issue not at all unique to Ann Arbor and the University of Michigan. There is a large change going on in how people aquire their media. People, poor students especially, don't want to pay for their music/movies/tv shows etc., and as long as there is an easy and (again relatively) safe way to do this, they will. We've already seen that the attempted solution of scare tactics and law suits isn't stopping the flow of copyrighted material. Yes, the result is businesses will fail. There is less need for record companies and record stores. Is this the end of the world? No. The media industries will be forced to adapt, and eventually, I have to believe, they begrudgingly will. Thats the way the world works.
I know several people who have been fined (assessed fees on their student accounts) for continuing to transfer copyrighted material (most for the Windows source code debacle), so I can assure you it has indeed happened.
Finally, I don't work in any area that handles intellectual property concerns, and the organization I work for (CAEN) has only around 200 employees, most of which are TEMP students. I was merely giving a perspective of how the university has been taking care of intellectual property concerns thus far.
On the other hand, we have enough idiots here, if a few aren't accepted, no skin off my teeth.
I am currently a student at the University of Michigan. I also work for their Engineering Network (not the organization involved in this case).
I think that so far the UofM has handled itself quite well as far as file sharing is concerned. It's true that they have refused to block ports or obtrusive firewalls, and have refused to give up the names of students so far...
Sharing copyrighted material is of course covered in the AUP for the campus network, the main points of which are highlighted when every student registers to use the network.
The current way complaints about file sharing are handled is: 1) for the first offense, student is warned and forwarded the complaint. Student has 24 hours to reply to the University claiming they have stopped their illegal activity. 2) for the second offense, student is temporarily banned from the network for a week and fined $20. 3) third and subsequent requests result in longer bans and larger fines.
Correction, fifty ninth graders and one gullable paralegal.
Well, you can use third party mice with Macs, including ones with multiple buttons. You're not limited to just the one button ones anymore.
Sorry but try as you might, /. is never gonna institute the "-1 Karma Whore" mod, so get over it.
How would Mr. Hiibel's ID have been useful in determining whether or not he was a suspect? There's no comments about the officer knowing ahead of time who he was looking for.
"besides if you have nothing to worry about then what's the harm in giving them your ID?"
Unfortunately it's opinions like that that get our civil liberties taken away from us to begin with. It's our right to not to have to show every swaggering cop our ID on a whim, and that attitude will give them precisely that ability. Granted, the policeman in this case had a reason for being there, but I'd say that few would say that he did a good job of it, as he failed to even ask Mimi Hiibel to see if she was alright.
Agreed.
While I wouldn't necessarily recommend any plan costing $7,000 to wirelessly connect a 4 story apartment, I don't see how telling the person that his idea is dumb is even close to on topic, as well as in bad taste. If he wants to spend his money on a wireless network, let him. If he wanted advice as to what to do with it, he probably wouldn't have asked slashdot.
You don't have to pay for it, just look at all the intelligent commentary you get on each topic for free!
I for one welcome our new pay-to-be-the-first-to-slashdot overloards!
Perhaps the real problem is you're too old. Thanks to the wonderful (semi)-new subscription system, pages can be slashdotted by the priveledged "few" before we the peasants have our turn.