This is what the US federal government should have done instead of pushing idiotic "cybersecurity" legislation like CISPA. Make all government, DoD, DoE, contractor machines run on a different ISA and chipset. Not that the ISA would be a secret from any foreign governments, or anyone else, just that malware would have to be specially written to target it, and existing and new malware targeted at commercial and home users wouldn't run on it.
How do you exchange the money? How do you keep from getting ripped-off, or sued for the return of the $1B? Do you need to find a white-shoe law firm? If so, how much do they cost?
Actually there are two legal reasons to write the obviously futile letter to the company. The first is mitigation of damages: you have to give the wrongdoer the opportunity to stop the wrongdoing (and to stop running up the plaintiff's damages tab). The second is scienter; if they receive this letter and keep on with the wrongdoing even now, after they can be proved to have knowledge of it, this raises the inference that the wrongdoing is intentional (as opposed to merely negligent) and this could be the basis for a claim for punitive damages.
"Thank you for putting this illegal activity, that we've been quietly doing for years under the table, into writing. We really appreciate that you've opened us up now to criminal liability and that your complaint will cost us a fortune. We're so glad that you did this instead of looking the other way and keeping your fucking mouth shut like everyone else in the company. Here's your bonus!"
He had to write it. Otherwise he would sue, and their lawyers would say, "Heavens to Betsy, who knew? Why didn't you tell us?"
Little wee babies. I would have the little suckers adding, substracting, and two's-complementing numbers before they are weaned. U.S. domination of the tech sector to follow in 18-20 years.
When they take the humans out of the B-52s, somebody is going to swipe the survival kits.
In them you'll find: one forty-five caliber automatic; two boxes of ammunition; four days' concentrated emergency rations; one drug issue containing antibiotics, morphine, vitamin pills, pep pills, sleeping pills, tranquilizer pills; one miniature combination Russian phrase book and Bible; one hundred dollars in rubles; one hundred dollars in gold; nine packs of chewing gum; one issue of prophylactics; three lipsticks; three pair of nylon stockings. Shoot, a fella' could have a pretty good weekend in Vegas with all that stuff.
I would love to have more clients who completely disregard my advice. People who sign contracts without reading them, people who blab their hearts out to the police and who consent to searches, people who drink and drive over and over and over again. Clients like these are my bread and butter. What's not to like?
Otherwise they will owe FB a zillion dollars in attorney fees. The law they are suing under, Cal. Civil Code Section 3344, is one of a very few California statutes that provide for a mandatory attorney fee award against a losing plaintiff or plaintiffs.
In nearly all other types of lawsuits brought under California law, there is no award of attorney fees against losing plaintiffs unless there is an attorney fee clause in a contract, or the lawsuit is deemed legally frivolous.
1. Hardware. Canon ImageClass D1120 multifiunction ($299 or less at Fry's after rebates). Yeah, it jams sometimes, but not very often.
2. Software. Nothing beats eFax Messenger, free with monthly subscription to eFax service. It's great for scanning and for marking up scanned documents. Maybe it's even free with a free eFax account.
One side of every electrical circuit is connected to a cold water pipe. And all the cold water pipes are connected to the earth's mantle. This is why there is electricity in the earth's mantle. The solution? Just connect your circuits to an antenna instead of grounding them. This way all the electrons will be radiated into the ionosphere, and you'll once again be able to touch the earth's mantle without getting a nasty shock.
I would like to have an office on a train such that I have a workspace and internet connection and a window. I don't care if the train takes a long time to get to the destination, or if there is a destination. I envision trains for devs that are full of compartments for this purpose. Maybe an entire development team on a private railroad car.
As an example consider the proposals for high speed trains, say, between Las Vegas and Los Angeles. The most recent Amtrak passenger service on the route was criticized because, due to noncooperation by the freight railroads, the trip would take eight hours. But that was before the internet. Internet access, if available, changes the nature of train trips for people who can telecommute. An eight-hour train trip, or even a ten-hour trip, with a comfortable workspace and internet access is uptime, as opposed to a five-hour drive.
These third world peasants are supposed to drive tractors and get maimed on punch presses all day? While we first-worlders occupy Wall Street while sipping cappucino?
How about something to enrich their leisure time? An open-source microbrew machine? A ??
And my phone is more reliable, the battery life is longer, I never run out of memory, I can view my mail and news sites in the browser, and I can use Maps. Since I don't use Market, I don't have to enter a Google email address so that those evil Googlers can track my every move.
And then there are the Android app developers. Invariably they want access to my contacts, they want to impersonate me, they want real-time access to my GPS location, even for apps as simple as Droid Flashlight.
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More water in the Salton Sea at +7M you could argue. Where would the water come from to accumulate in Death Valley??
This is what the US federal government should have done instead of pushing idiotic "cybersecurity" legislation like CISPA. Make all government, DoD, DoE, contractor machines run on a different ISA and chipset. Not that the ISA would be a secret from any foreign governments, or anyone else, just that malware would have to be specially written to target it, and existing and new malware targeted at commercial and home users wouldn't run on it.
How do you exchange the money? How do you keep from getting ripped-off, or sued for the return of the $1B? Do you need to find a white-shoe law firm? If so, how much do they cost?
Now I can quit stealing copper piping and switch to light bulbs!
Actually there are two legal reasons to write the obviously futile letter to the company. The first is mitigation of damages: you have to give the wrongdoer the opportunity to stop the wrongdoing (and to stop running up the plaintiff's damages tab). The second is scienter; if they receive this letter and keep on with the wrongdoing even now, after they can be proved to have knowledge of it, this raises the inference that the wrongdoing is intentional (as opposed to merely negligent) and this could be the basis for a claim for punitive damages.
"Thank you for putting this illegal activity, that we've been quietly doing for years under the table, into writing. We really appreciate that you've opened us up now to criminal liability and that your complaint will cost us a fortune. We're so glad that you did this instead of looking the other way and keeping your fucking mouth shut like everyone else in the company. Here's your bonus!"
He had to write it. Otherwise he would sue, and their lawyers would say, "Heavens to Betsy, who knew? Why didn't you tell us?"
How is this better than a dog? My dog 1) is 100% effective at detecting intruders; and 2) if I were to fall, he would come and lick me in the face.
Constructed in secret, Cameron's undersea craft is really propelled by a Johnson outboard motor.
Stealing an item of personal property is larceny. Add the use of force or fear and it's robbery. Robbery is always a felony because of the inherent risk that someone could be injured or killed. That's why Jerry Dewayne Williams is serving 25-to-life for stealing a slice of pizza.
Little wee babies. I would have the little suckers adding, substracting, and two's-complementing numbers before they are weaned. U.S. domination of the tech sector to follow in 18-20 years.
But what's the over/under?
When they take the humans out of the B-52s, somebody is going to swipe the survival kits.
In them you'll find: one forty-five caliber automatic; two boxes of ammunition; four days' concentrated emergency rations; one drug issue containing antibiotics, morphine, vitamin pills, pep pills, sleeping pills, tranquilizer pills; one miniature combination Russian phrase book and Bible; one hundred dollars in rubles; one hundred dollars in gold; nine packs of chewing gum; one issue of prophylactics; three lipsticks; three pair of nylon stockings. Shoot, a fella' could have a pretty good weekend in Vegas with all that stuff.
I would love to have more clients who completely disregard my advice. People who sign contracts without reading them, people who blab their hearts out to the police and who consent to searches, people who drink and drive over and over and over again. Clients like these are my bread and butter. What's not to like?
Otherwise they will owe FB a zillion dollars in attorney fees. The law they are suing under, Cal. Civil Code Section 3344, is one of a very few California statutes that provide for a mandatory attorney fee award against a losing plaintiff or plaintiffs.
In nearly all other types of lawsuits brought under California law, there is no award of attorney fees against losing plaintiffs unless there is an attorney fee clause in a contract, or the lawsuit is deemed legally frivolous.
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1. Hardware. Canon ImageClass D1120 multifiunction ($299 or less at Fry's after rebates). Yeah, it jams sometimes, but not very often.
2. Software. Nothing beats eFax Messenger, free with monthly subscription to eFax service. It's great for scanning and for marking up scanned documents. Maybe it's even free with a free eFax account.
If you work for the Homeland Security, do you get access to the All-22 Shot?
One side of every electrical circuit is connected to a cold water pipe. And all the cold water pipes are connected to the earth's mantle. This is why there is electricity in the earth's mantle. The solution? Just connect your circuits to an antenna instead of grounding them. This way all the electrons will be radiated into the ionosphere, and you'll once again be able to touch the earth's mantle without getting a nasty shock.
Why not build the entire data center out of CMOS so it uses no power?
I would like to have an office on a train such that I have a workspace and internet connection and a window. I don't care if the train takes a long time to get to the destination, or if there is a destination. I envision trains for devs that are full of compartments for this purpose. Maybe an entire development team on a private railroad car.
As an example consider the proposals for high speed trains, say, between Las Vegas and Los Angeles. The most recent Amtrak passenger service on the route was criticized because, due to noncooperation by the freight railroads, the trip would take eight hours. But that was before the internet. Internet access, if available, changes the nature of train trips for people who can telecommute. An eight-hour train trip, or even a ten-hour trip, with a comfortable workspace and internet access is uptime, as opposed to a five-hour drive.
My time is valuable.
I won't click 10 times to read something that could have been put on a single page.
Not photo essays, top 10 lists, bottom 10 lists, quizzes, nada.
If it's not all on one page I just click the big X.
See, this is the problem. A human can milk a cow within about 15 minutes.
After 9 1/2 years or so of being robo-milked, a typical cow is udderly exhausted.
These third world peasants are supposed to drive tractors and get maimed on punch presses all day? While we first-worlders occupy Wall Street while sipping cappucino?
How about something to enrich their leisure time? An open-source microbrew machine? A ??
Except for small, hard rubber spheres, they haven't made a ball that my dog can't tear to shreds.
And my phone is more reliable, the battery life is longer, I never run out of memory, I can view my mail and news sites in the browser, and I can use Maps. Since I don't use Market, I don't have to enter a Google email address so that those evil Googlers can track my every move.
And then there are the Android app developers. Invariably they want access to my contacts, they want to impersonate me, they want real-time access to my GPS location, even for apps as simple as Droid Flashlight.
Fuck'em.