That's what I used to think, but my work computer got infected last year because I ran an infected installer from a shared directory with lax permissions.
Are you claiming that LZIP always produces shorter output? This is impossible - no compression algorithm can produce shorter output for more than half the possible input sequences of any given length (assuming binary encoding).
Since electricity typically travels at about 2/3 c and a cycle takes 1/60 s so there should be a whole cycle difference across 3333 km. There must be at least 1/3 cycle difference across the Pool itself! I suspect the problem is this difference across regions and not a difference between regions, which could be fixed by a small temporary speed adjustment (and with 3-phase power, it would only be necessary to get to exactly 1/3 cycle difference).
I had the same concern about libstdc++ and reported the ambiguous licence as a bug. The libstdc++ developers have since clarified that it's covered by a much less restrictive licence.
They even had shitty TV adverts back in 2001, saying that "some things are just cool", like James Dean, blah blah blah, and LA, and obviously a.la domain would be cool too. Looks like that didn't work very well, given that they're re-launching now and pretending that never happened.
It's a relatively victimless crime (or rather, its victims, with the exception of those companies who run the huge backbones, are at most marginally impacted by the problem)
Tell that to the people whose genuine addresses have been used as return addresses by spammers.
1) This is really the only reason I need to be stating. "Every body has access to it". Other government agencies and/or anti-government/terrorist organizations could easily search the code for exploits and vulnerabilities that would allow them to attack government computers.
Unlike proprietary software such as Lotus Notes or IIS, I suppose.
2) Although one may argue that it would be wasting government money to buy software, they have the money anyway and it'll be better than just keepin it in a vault.
Better still, they could pay off some debt or reduce the next year's tax level. Even money kept "in a vault" will earn interest. Why spend money just for the sake of it?
The argument goes that because you must copy software into memory (and usually onto your hard disk, first) before you use it, buying the package does not by itself allow you to use it and you need a licence. This is a similar issue to that of copying web pages in order to read them, and that seems to have been determined not to require a licence. Also, some jurisdictions have determined that making a backup copy of software does not of itself require a licence. So EULAs in off-the-shelf software are on pretty shaky legal ground and copyright holders that use them have been reluctant to test them in court. UCITA was what they needed before they could attempt enforcement. EULAs for downloadable software are another matter, though, as you can't get the bits without agreeing to the contract.
In my experience, every package sent internationally has a customs form attached to it stating what's inside and what it's worth. Hint: estimate as low as possible. FedEx are still chasing my wife for duty on some Christmas presents her mother sent because they were over some duty-free limit.
Heatsinks can come loose during shipping, apparently. I'm not sure how - those things clip tight enough to make me worried I'm going to snap the processor or motherboard when putting them on.
Age 15?! That's shockingly late. Plenty of kids will have actually had sex by that time! Sex education needs to start some time before puberty so that it isn't too traumatic.
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What RM monopoly? I never heard of them having much success after the old Nimbus sorta-PCs.
This is Slashdot - no-one follows links!
They ordered 41 aircraft, but "only" 21 A380s.
That's what I used to think, but my work computer got infected last year because I ran an infected installer from a shared directory with lax permissions.
Are you claiming that LZIP always produces shorter output? This is impossible - no compression algorithm can produce shorter output for more than half the possible input sequences of any given length (assuming binary encoding).
Since electricity typically travels at about 2/3 c and a cycle takes 1/60 s so there should be a whole cycle difference across 3333 km. There must be at least 1/3 cycle difference across the Pool itself! I suspect the problem is this difference across regions and not a difference between regions, which could be fixed by a small temporary speed adjustment (and with 3-phase power, it would only be necessary to get to exactly 1/3 cycle difference).
Guess who runs the company that made the film of Fight Club?
Thanks for the information. Unfortunately that's not much use to those of us outside the US.
I had the same concern about libstdc++ and reported the ambiguous licence as a bug. The libstdc++ developers have since clarified that it's covered by a much less restrictive licence.
They even had shitty TV adverts back in 2001, saying that "some things are just cool", like James Dean, blah blah blah, and LA, and obviously a .la domain would be cool too. Looks like that didn't work very well, given that they're re-launching now and pretending that never happened.
The fine isn't large enough. I suspect it's possible to make well over £5000 by spamvertising a premium rate number before getting caught.
Tell that to the people whose genuine addresses have been used as return addresses by spammers.
The early web browsers used the OS 3.0 datatypes system for image decoding, rather than their own built-in datatypes.
Unlike proprietary software such as Lotus Notes or IIS, I suppose.
Better still, they could pay off some debt or reduce the next year's tax level. Even money kept "in a vault" will earn interest. Why spend money just for the sake of it?
The argument goes that because you must copy software into memory (and usually onto your hard disk, first) before you use it, buying the package does not by itself allow you to use it and you need a licence. This is a similar issue to that of copying web pages in order to read them, and that seems to have been determined not to require a licence. Also, some jurisdictions have determined that making a backup copy of software does not of itself require a licence. So EULAs in off-the-shelf software are on pretty shaky legal ground and copyright holders that use them have been reluctant to test them in court. UCITA was what they needed before they could attempt enforcement. EULAs for downloadable software are another matter, though, as you can't get the bits without agreeing to the contract.
You have to check shipping rates for each country now, don't you? Can't you check tax rates at the same time (maybe even in the same place)?
In my experience, every package sent internationally has a customs form attached to it stating what's inside and what it's worth. Hint: estimate as low as possible. FedEx are still chasing my wife for duty on some Christmas presents her mother sent because they were over some duty-free limit.
Lichtenstein, Luxembourg, what's the difference?
That's income tax you're thinking of. VAT is a recent innovation.
I'm impressed that they managed to report on this back in May 2000.
Heatsinks can come loose during shipping, apparently. I'm not sure how - those things clip tight enough to make me worried I'm going to snap the processor or motherboard when putting them on.
This is a joke, right? Can someone please mod this Funny?
Age 15?! That's shockingly late. Plenty of kids will have actually had sex by that time! Sex education needs to start some time before puberty so that it isn't too traumatic.