Facebook? When it first started, by many accounts sounded a lot like a fly by night company and people were giving them all kinds of personal information.
I have a linux box that I leave on 24/7 which also runs as my web server. Unfortunately, my ISP keeps dropping the connection. Sometime multiple times a day. dyndns.org is the only way for me.
The problem is after-news sites like Slashdot. The
original was linked and the slashdot
story mentioned the complete misunderstanding of what KDE and Gnome were by the witness. This wasn't mentioned at all in the updated article.
which if we're only talking about 'Mericans, means
roughly 200,000 South Carolinians (Senator Holling's home state) that the Senator has named as thieves. If each of them and 10 friends realise this.... well that's 2.2 million people the senator doesn't want voting for him. Oops, that's over half the state.
And that "scary amount of power" is what makes sure we avoid things like the Nov 2000 US Elections. If there's a question as to who has won an election the GG decides, end of story. (Ok, the loser might try the courts, and be promptly shown the constitution, and Quebec'll figure some way to use the "notwithstanding" clause to make the loser win in Quebec unless the GG picked their (gov't's) favourite).
The other thing that that "scary amount of power" does is keep the dictators at bay. Anyone attempting a coup should get his hand slapped by a righteously outraged GG (and if the GG doesn't do it the Monarch most likely will, backed by the rest of the commonwealth).
The US has it's checks and balances in gov't, which don't seem to apply to corps. Canada has a citizen with absolute power that they're not allowed to use, but hopefully will if other's try to take it from them.
I'm suprised no one's commented on the phrasing near the bottom: "computers and video devices must be prepared to react to instructions embedded in the film." To me that sound like the ability to add scripting and such like to films: one little security hole and bam, movie viruses.
Probably because when advertisers put ads on tv, people start buying the things they're advertising. And they're not actually trying to get you to pay attention to the ad. They merely want you to be aware of the name.
If you walk into a corner store and see two brands of something you want, which one do you choose? The one with the name that you've heard of. Despite the fact the contents of the package might be identical. You've heard of this brand so you 'trust' it.
Actually, if you think about the colonisation of North America you'll see many parallels. There was little to no help from back home. Few that came brought pioneering skills, they learned after they arrived. Indeed, a number of colonies were started, then died out. Interstellar colonisation is not that much different. A number of colonies will likely die out, but the few that do survive will be tough, and ready to accept new colonists from back home.
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Facebook? When it first started, by many accounts sounded a lot like a fly by night company and people were giving them all kinds of personal information.
I have a linux box that I leave on 24/7 which also runs as my web server. Unfortunately, my ISP keeps dropping the connection. Sometime multiple times a day. dyndns.org is the only way for me.
This is a big deal to after-news sites.
... Cause I don't see anything that looks like elves.
Or better: The BNetD people probably didn't know it was a bug and merely copied the (mis)functionality.
which if we're only talking about 'Mericans, means roughly 200,000 South Carolinians (Senator Holling's home state) that the Senator has named as thieves. If each of them and 10 friends realise this.... well that's 2.2 million people the senator doesn't want voting for him. Oops, that's over half the state.
Sssh, don't give them any ideas.
Just for the fun of it:
And that "scary amount of power" is what makes sure we avoid things like the Nov 2000 US Elections. If there's a question as to who has won an election the GG decides, end of story. (Ok, the loser might try the courts, and be promptly shown the constitution, and Quebec'll figure some way to use the "notwithstanding" clause to make the loser win in Quebec unless the GG picked their (gov't's) favourite).
The other thing that that "scary amount of power" does is keep the dictators at bay. Anyone attempting a coup should get his hand slapped by a righteously outraged GG (and if the GG doesn't do it the Monarch most likely will, backed by the rest of the commonwealth).
The US has it's checks and balances in gov't, which don't seem to apply to corps. Canada has a citizen with absolute power that they're not allowed to use, but hopefully will if other's try to take it from them.
I'm suprised no one's commented on the phrasing near the bottom: "computers and video devices must be prepared to react to instructions embedded in the film." To me that sound like the ability to add scripting and such like to films: one little security hole and bam, movie viruses.
Probably because when advertisers put ads on tv, people start buying the things they're advertising. And they're not actually trying to get you to pay attention to the ad. They merely want you to be aware of the name.
If you walk into a corner store and see two brands of something you want, which one do you choose? The one with the name that you've heard of. Despite the fact the contents of the package might be identical. You've heard of this brand so you 'trust' it.
If they "took no legal action", does that mean everything they did was illegal?
Sorry, it had to be said.
Actually, if you think about the colonisation of North America you'll see many parallels. There was little to no help from back home. Few that came brought pioneering skills, they learned after they arrived. Indeed, a number of colonies were started, then died out. Interstellar colonisation is not that much different. A number of colonies will likely die out, but the few that do survive will be tough, and ready to accept new colonists from back home.
Actually, what it says is that this is on "certain middleware." That certainly doesn't sound like Operating Systems to me.