Why do we need to go there at all? So we can turn off switches that fail on the stuff we bring there to do actual work cause it is too harsh for people to do? I would like it if someone could give a real scientific or at least monetary reason to send people to mars.
My mother works at a law firm that brings about 100 programmers a month from india to the US. The law firm is VERY small, only three lawyers. While it might not be easy to get a work visa for the US it is no impossible as the parent of your reply indicated it was for an american to go to india(which I don't know to be true). Basically while this may be anecdotal, I don't think that it as hard as you are making it out to be. That said, if you are in india and already have a computer much less a programming degree you are much better off then the majority there.
While I agree with you that management can and does make some horrible decisions that kill people; looking at the site of the foam impact and seeing a hole would have ment that the astronauts could choose to die in space or coming back to earth, not that they could have survived. There was no way to fix the shuttle one in orbit and no way to send someone up with what was needed in the ammount of time they had. Also I am sure that some of the management sorts you seem to think are so evil are engineers by trade.
I think that there is an undertone that you might be missing: many here are worried about the "current state of the laws in the country." As a poster aboved mentioned this type of "crime" was a civil matter and used to be handled by civil courts. Now, however, federal, state, and local governments are doing the grunt work and paying to enforce these new laws.
Also I don't think you are correct in your assertion that the same laws are protecting the linux kernel, the laws being used here are criminal laws that are very specificly targeted a distribution of content, in various ways.
But why? In all seriousness what reason do we have to go to Mars? The moon is a much better astronomy platform since it has no atmosphere and lower gravity, plus it is much easier to get to.
So what purpose does going to Mars serve? I am a physicist btw, working on GLAST for what is is worth.
How is this in any way "unlimited bandwidth?" I am not sure exactly what that would be either, you obviously have an specific connection to the internet that doesn't allow for "unlimited bandwidth."
The problem with your statement is that if you signed a contract with your ISP which stated you had "unlimited" usage of your DSL/Cable/whatever connection at a predetermined rate they have no right to then decide that you are using "too much" of unlimited.
While I don't think it is fair to the other customers using the service to check their email, when they can't cause someone else is downloading 100Gb of porn on the same node it also isn't fair to say that it is the fault of the person getting the porn cause they paid for their service to. If the ISP doesn't provide to either customer what they stated they would then they and only they are at fault.
I would be very scared if something like this occured in the criminal courts system. While the defendant has a right to a speedy trial they should also have a right to gather as much evidence as possible to defend themselves. Usually there are limits imposed by the judges so it does not become a stalling tactic but it seems possible that one might need more than two years to get all the evidence if you have to deal with other companies or entities not wanting to give it to you.
Now for civil cases it is another story but again setting hard limits is almost always a bad idea IMHO.
I think that iTunes updated how windows accessed the iPod, before installing iTunes I had three programs installed for working with the iPod now I only have on in the install list. Perhaps Musicmatch hasn't updated their software to work with the new method? Just a thought.
It seems people think that we made this virus, if you go to the link in the overview you will see that:
3. What is the reovirus
Reovirus stands for Respiratory Enteric Orphan Virus. The reovirus is a naturally occurring virus to which most of us have been exposed in our lifetime. It is a non-pathogenic virus, meaning that it is not usually associated with any illness. Between 70 and 100 per cent of the population show signs of previous reovirus infection, which is usually confined to the respiratory or gastrointestinal systems in the body.
4. Where does the reovirus come from?
Reovirus is found naturally in shallow pools of water, lakes or streams or in the sewage system.
Did you read what the webpage is about? Here is a direct link if you couldn't find it from the links provided: DirectTV Defense
And just in case you don't read the article here is a little quote:
People who intercept DirectTV's satellite signal are breaking the law. However, DirecTV's cease and desist letter campaign does not distinguish the legitimate users from the thieves.
what exactly do you think a blog does? Unless you know the poster to ANY blog in person and know that what they are writting is the truth there is no way to know that they are not submitting fiction. Simply putting a name next to a post doesn't mean it is truth.
When I was in highschool and playing WH and the like there was a big split in Games Workshop that resulted in the creation of Warzone which is basically a WH clone but the cost of the figures was MUCH cheaper and the quality much higher. Games Workshop drove their modelers from their company by making the game too expensive to be played by your average High School student and making the working environment intollerable.
Games Workshop seems to think they can do whatever they want and the customers will still buy their overpriced product and up till now they have been correct, maybe this will be the straw that broke the camels back.
Question: How does this look on a legal front? How can a distributer say that the location of a store is grounds for not distributing to that store? I don't know anything about the relevent laws and thought someone might.
You should pick a better example than Einstein, he thought(perhaps righfully) that the US should not develop nuclear weapons although he knew that Germany was developing them at the same time. In fact he refused to work on the project all together.
I don't get what all the hipe if for. They say for themselves:
"It is very satisfying to learn that electrostatic rotation can be predicted by the simple laws of voltage and force that date back at least 200 years," Wistrom said.
Doesn't that mean that all they did was come up with a system that will make something turn with only DC current? What is so amazing about this. If the laws of E&M can explain it and it follows all laws of thermodynamics then this isn't useful. We don't have a lot of need for rotating systems where there is no friction,e.g. we want to rotate something in against friction to get energy or to move something.
Newton's laws are simple, definitive, and we're unlike to find anything that contradicts them--relativity deals with the shape of space, not how objects react to motion, and quantum mechanics, as far as they effect "objects", are just another force.
Classic Physics are undisputable--they can be observed by anyone with about thirty minutes of free time (or less). Relativity, on the other hand, has a rather smaller set of supporting data, and thus calling it a "law" isn't quite accurate just yet.
I beg to differ with you: GENERAL Relativity deals with the curvature of spacetime, SPECIAL relativity is base on very few postulates the main of which is that the speed of light is constant in all frames. This has very real and observable consequences, like the fact that you cannot transmit information faster than the speed of light, this affects your everyday life.
Classical Physics is undisputed within a certain range of energies/time difference, but you cannot explain light causing a measurable pressure with newtons laws nor can you explain doppler shifts exactly.
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Why do we need to go there at all? So we can turn off switches that fail on the stuff we bring there to do actual work cause it is too harsh for people to do? I would like it if someone could give a real scientific or at least monetary reason to send people to mars.
My mother works at a law firm that brings about 100 programmers a month from india to the US. The law firm is VERY small, only three lawyers. While it might not be easy to get a work visa for the US it is no impossible as the parent of your reply indicated it was for an american to go to india(which I don't know to be true). Basically while this may be anecdotal, I don't think that it as hard as you are making it out to be. That said, if you are in india and already have a computer much less a programming degree you are much better off then the majority there.
While I agree with you that management can and does make some horrible decisions that kill people; looking at the site of the foam impact and seeing a hole would have ment that the astronauts could choose to die in space or coming back to earth, not that they could have survived. There was no way to fix the shuttle one in orbit and no way to send someone up with what was needed in the ammount of time they had. Also I am sure that some of the management sorts you seem to think are so evil are engineers by trade.
I think that there is an undertone that you might be missing: many here are worried about the "current state of the laws in the country." As a poster aboved mentioned this type of "crime" was a civil matter and used to be handled by civil courts. Now, however, federal, state, and local governments are doing the grunt work and paying to enforce these new laws.
Also I don't think you are correct in your assertion that the same laws are protecting the linux kernel, the laws being used here are criminal laws that are very specificly targeted a distribution of content, in various ways.
But why? In all seriousness what reason do we have to go to Mars? The moon is a much better astronomy platform since it has no atmosphere and lower gravity, plus it is much easier to get to.
So what purpose does going to Mars serve? I am a physicist btw, working on GLAST for what is is worth.
How is this in any way "unlimited bandwidth?" I am not sure exactly what that would be either, you obviously have an specific connection to the internet that doesn't allow for "unlimited bandwidth."
The problem with your statement is that if you signed a contract with your ISP which stated you had "unlimited" usage of your DSL/Cable/whatever connection at a predetermined rate they have no right to then decide that you are using "too much" of unlimited.
While I don't think it is fair to the other customers using the service to check their email, when they can't cause someone else is downloading 100Gb of porn on the same node it also isn't fair to say that it is the fault of the person getting the porn cause they paid for their service to. If the ISP doesn't provide to either customer what they stated they would then they and only they are at fault.
I would be very scared if something like this occured in the criminal courts system. While the defendant has a right to a speedy trial they should also have a right to gather as much evidence as possible to defend themselves. Usually there are limits imposed by the judges so it does not become a stalling tactic but it seems possible that one might need more than two years to get all the evidence if you have to deal with other companies or entities not wanting to give it to you. Now for civil cases it is another story but again setting hard limits is almost always a bad idea IMHO.
I think that iTunes updated how windows accessed the iPod, before installing iTunes I had three programs installed for working with the iPod now I only have on in the install list. Perhaps Musicmatch hasn't updated their software to work with the new method? Just a thought.
Sorry didn't get the reference; still don't remember it. Since your original post is now moded "insightful" I don't think others got it either.
Hope this clarifies things.
Did you even read the overview? What part of: "this naturally occuring virus" means we created this?
I think you mean 3x3 matrix. You did RTA didn't you?!
So you are saying that if we increase global warming it will get cooler for my stay in Italy?
My god is it hot here!
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And just in case you don't read the article here is a little quote:
I hope this cleared things up.
Nope . . . $250 is not free as in beer.
Did you read the whole post? what about the "Maclike" comment? didn't the poster already say this?
what exactly do you think a blog does? Unless you know the poster to ANY blog in person and know that what they are writting is the truth there is no way to know that they are not submitting fiction. Simply putting a name next to a post doesn't mean it is truth.
But that is the best way! Since now it is /.ed no one will see it!
When I was in highschool and playing WH and the like there was a big split in Games Workshop that resulted in the creation of Warzone which is basically a WH clone but the cost of the figures was MUCH cheaper and the quality much higher. Games Workshop drove their modelers from their company by making the game too expensive to be played by your average High School student and making the working environment intollerable. Games Workshop seems to think they can do whatever they want and the customers will still buy their overpriced product and up till now they have been correct, maybe this will be the straw that broke the camels back. Question: How does this look on a legal front? How can a distributer say that the location of a store is grounds for not distributing to that store? I don't know anything about the relevent laws and thought someone might.
You should pick a better example than Einstein, he thought(perhaps righfully) that the US should not develop nuclear weapons although he knew that Germany was developing them at the same time. In fact he refused to work on the project all together.
Here is a link to the actual patent.
Also wouldn't this mean that we have to have some storage device in the machine? Could we still boot off a network connection if we didn't have a HD?
Classical Physics is undisputed within a certain range of energies/time difference, but you cannot explain light causing a measurable pressure with newtons laws nor can you explain doppler shifts exactly.