Cases in point: Gun control, DMCA, PATRIOT Act, Copyright extensions, broadcast flag (you know it's going to pass), DRM (Sony's rootkit wouldn't have gotten press if it didn't introduce security holes), All those bits of PATRIOT II that got slipped into other bills...the list would go on and on if I had bothered to divide DRM and gun control into passed and pending legislation.
All you have to do is tug on their heartstrings, or put the fear of death in them, and they'll support whatever agenda you propose.
It's political micro-minorities and activist groups that end up defending their own rights. The "silent majority" doesn't silently support or silently oppose; It just doesn't care.:-(
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Just telling it like it is, more or less. Really, it's sad how a person capable of intelligent discourse in person can devolve into "im hot 4 u" online.
It's not very likely that two cars picked at random will be on the road at the same time.
Now, you might make an inference based on the adress the plate is registered to. But that would mean you'd get flagged every time you went on a long trip.
Oh, and privacy yadayada. But I've about given up arguing about that.
Why does Xorg leave it to the dsitros and the end-user??
OK, which toolkit do you want it for? Gtk+, integrated with GNOME? Qt, integrated with KDE? GNUStep, integrated with wmaker? Whatever it is they use for Enlightenment? Tk, so it looks equally cruddy on all desktops?
Or how about ncurses, so it'll work on the console when you totally screw over your config files despite having a pretty interface?
THEY are the experts on the conf file format, so they should provide a way to change individual settings without disturbing the others.
Not sure what you mean...the config file's already very modular, internally.
QBASIC and Forth don't require compiling. But I never said anything about parsing.
Part of the annoyance is that some bugs only show up once in a blue moon, so rerunning the program multiple times can be necessary to be sure they're fixed. perlcc might speed up that process...I'll have to look into it.
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...that we never hear from the "current" head of Cybersecurity?
All these intelligent remarks seem to come from former heads.
People don't value their freedoms.
:-(
Cases in point: Gun control, DMCA, PATRIOT Act, Copyright extensions, broadcast flag (you know it's going to pass), DRM (Sony's rootkit wouldn't have gotten press if it didn't introduce security holes), All those bits of PATRIOT II that got slipped into other bills...the list would go on and on if I had bothered to divide DRM and gun control into passed and pending legislation.
All you have to do is tug on their heartstrings, or put the fear of death in them, and they'll support whatever agenda you propose.
It's political micro-minorities and activist groups that end up defending their own rights. The "silent majority" doesn't silently support or silently oppose; It just doesn't care.
Check back in 20 years, and see if I'm not right.
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That could probably be more accurately stated, "Only 1% of Americans admit to not using a toothbrush daily."
Secret warrants have been legal since 1978, and have nothing to do with the Patriot Act.
You're thinking about FISA.
And we know the majority would NEVER play partisan politics to get what they want.
They don't have to...unless they get a Presidential veto. Then the Senate needs 66 votes out of 100 to override.
But when the House, Senate and Presidential office are held by the same party, there's not much worry over vetos.
That's a pretty good argument for software distribution models like Steam. Make refunds easy. Or at least let you preview the EULA.
It's not very likely that two cars picked at random will be on the road at the same time.
Now, you might make an inference based on the adress the plate is registered to. But that would mean you'd get flagged every time you went on a long trip.
Oh, and privacy yadayada. But I've about given up arguing about that.
Doh. link.
Here's the compatibility chart they've compiled.
They weren't able to get Maniac Mansion working, but it looks like it may have been a problem with the cartridge.
I so want one of these.
There's no EFF action alert yet, and I can't find the bill's title to send a fax.
No more half-gallons of orange juice every couple days. Better lay off the egg-nog, too.
Debian potato, then sarge, here.
/usr/bin/X11R6/*, while everything else was put in /usr/bin.
I think all the core X11 stuff was put in
Why does Xorg leave it to the dsitros and the end-user??
OK, which toolkit do you want it for? Gtk+, integrated with GNOME? Qt, integrated with KDE? GNUStep, integrated with wmaker? Whatever it is they use for Enlightenment? Tk, so it looks equally cruddy on all desktops?
Or how about ncurses, so it'll work on the console when you totally screw over your config files despite having a pretty interface?
THEY are the experts on the conf file format, so they should provide a way to change individual settings without disturbing the others.
Not sure what you mean...the config file's already very modular, internally.
The math is real easy, and probably trivial to do in hardware. (Which I expect they do for tablet PCs)
(x,y) -- Normal
(-y,x) -- Rotated 90 degrees
(-x, -y) -- Rotated 180 degrees
(y, -x) -- Rotated 270 degrees
(x, y) -- Rotated another 90 degrees...back where we started.
Does this mean all those binaries under /usr/bin/X11R6 are going to be moved to /usr/bin/X11R7?
/usr/bin or /usr/bin/X11R6?
For that matter, what was the criteria between whether something was put in
The user can obfuscate transmitted information faster than our government can decode it.
Then they'll regulate obfuscation, like they do with ham radio.
It's funny, though. There's a potentially huge market for these things.
After all, how many people do you know who hunt and peck? This kind of keyboard would cut down on the hunting side of things for them.
Apparently, the AC in current humvees causes the engine to overheat. (source)
Ever use a GPS? Or, for that matter, a road map? Freeways? Potato-chip bags?
There's others...I'm just too lazy to try to remember them.
QBASIC and Forth don't require compiling. But I never said anything about parsing.
Part of the annoyance is that some bugs only show up once in a blue moon, so rerunning the program multiple times can be necessary to be sure they're fixed. perlcc might speed up that process...I'll have to look into it.
Doesn't help much in the development process. :-/
Perl is compiled every time you run a Perl program. It causes an annoying slowdown in my programs.
Doom was available for the Sega 32X and, later, the Super NES.