Because if it's "Bigger" it must be "safer" of course! Never mind the rollovers, which simply don't happen in smaller cars. I know someone who saw a collision between a ford explorer and a Civic. The Civic t-boned the ford and the thing rolled over and then collapsed. The chick (who ran a red light) had to go to the hospital, while the people in the civic walked away.
But feel free to risk your life on simple approximations when real data (govt. and insurance crash test ratings) is easily available...
The interesting thing about patents (and copyrights) is that you can enforce them selectively. Unlike trademarks, you can sue whoever you want whenever you want. Look at how Unisys didn't even mention their GIF patent until two years before it expired.
So, anyone with $700 to blow might could think up some random tech just to prevent Microsoft from using it, if they wanted too. If Eolas doesn't need to go after mozilla or any other browser if they don't want to.
(I'm also mentioning this because I keep seeing people post who believe you have to 'actively' enforce copyright and patent rights or lose them, and this annoys me.)
An ISP is not a common carrier, it is a business. If they're breaking a contract, the wronged party should hold them to the agreement, possibly escalating to a lawsuit. Blame the one breaking the contract, do not blame a blocklist the ISP uses. If they're not breaking a contract, and not breaking any laws or regulations, one can only vote with those methods available, like one's feet.
That's fantastic. Perhaps one day you will learn the diffrence between 'illegal' and 'immoral'
I say we should kick you out, you xenophobic fuck. Wanting to punish all Indians because of their government policies (when most of the h1b's want to become US citizens anyway) isn't any diffrent then Al-Quada wanting to punsh all Americans for the actions of our government.
Read the article more carefully. The guy tried to get a job with Tata Consulting, an Indian-owned firm operating in the USA that places staff at USA-based clients. They apparently refused to hire him for this work in the USA because they do not hire Americans.
Most countries don't just let people move there to work without lengthy immigration procedures. Certainly not the good 'ole USA. Perhaps if Americans didn't work so hard to keep foreigners out this would be noteworthy, but then we probably wouldn't have an outsourcing 'problem' anyway.
I have the freedom to associate with whomever I want. So do you. Do not our servers have the right to associate with whichever servers we choose? Apparently not, in your opinion.
It depends on who uses your servers. If you run an ISP and have a service contract to provide email to people, then you don't have the right to arbitrarily censor people's email, in my opinion. SPEWS blocks more then Spam, they pretty open about blocking all mail from organizations that aren't as zealous about preventing Spam in order to cause economic pressure. They can and do prevent people from receiving email that is not Spam. That shouldn't ever happen. Boycott whatever you like, but it's immoral to boycott on other people's behalf just because you can.
I'm all for suing spammers, or even killing them. But SPEWS sucks ass, they are a bunch of arrogant jackasses, and a lot of people are chosing to block email to people other themselves based on spews (like say, an Admin blocking email for everyone who uses a service). I'm glad they're being DDoSed. bleh.
But they should probably not be open by default. If I were running an ISP I'd close off all ports and give users a web page where they could open the ports that they wanted. (as well as 'groups' like "everything" "common vulnerabilities" etc).
I've heard on/. that no one is loaning SCO shares to sell short. Also, Unlike buying positive stock, you can lose an unlimited amount of money on the stock. If it whent up to $100 for some reason, you'd be out thousands of dollars. If it when to zero, you'd only double your money.
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Um, excuse me, but it's very possible to create full-featured applications in assembly in just a couple of kB of flash memory. And in case you hate assembly, you can do the same thing in C++ for around 500 kB, and it will run faster than Java. Remember, embedded devices don't have the screaming fast processors that are needed to make Java appear fast. And they're not likely to have the few hundred megs of RAM that a JVM seems to think it needs, either.
500k for a C++ app? Maybe if you go template crazy or something, but if something only takes up a few k of assembly code, it should only take a few k of compiled C++ as well. And half a meg is huge on an embedded device that could have 8 megs or less, including storage, runtime, and OS.
And given that embedded devices are often used for critical infrastructure (i.e. utilities, aircraft, nuclear plants, etc...), I'm not sure if I'd trust someone who can't master assembly to write code that controlled a something that could get me killed if an unexpected Out of Memory Exception was raised.
Well fuck. I know I'd trust my own java code more then my own ASM code! You'll need a lot more ASM code to do the same thing you could do in just a bit of java/C++/whatever. And in order to understand ASM code you need to emulate the chip in your own head, perfectly. With most languages, you can divine the meaning much more simply. Asm errors are harder to see, and you have way more code that could have errors in it.
I've used VB.net and it seemed to have as much ease as vb6. Just point+click+fill in event handlers, exactly the same way.
Yeah, you have to learn some new things, but the new way of doing things is way better then the old way.
(not to mention the IDE doesn't debug in the same thread as the editor, so if your program gets into an unbound loop it doesn't crash the IDE causing you to lose any unsaved work...)
I actually tried VB.net a while ago. I wanted to write a simple GUI app to go along with a C++ program I was writing in Visual Studio and I figured I could just add the VB stuff to the same project.
Anyway, it actually doesn't suck. You get to use the "normal" File IO, you can instantiate forms like normal objects, you get full OO style. It's actually pretty nice. The only thing that sucks is the low-level syntax (I mean, it's still BASIC).
I ended up switching to C# for the core subroutine, though, since I didn't want to deal with writing complex code in VB.
The VB and OO coders can finally work together and speak the same APIs
Well, VB always had the ability to call C++ DLLs, and COM objects. Anyway, what difference does it make? VB coders by definition suck (if they were any good they would know more then VB, and if they had any sense they would prefer not to use it for anything other then the simplest GUI tasks)
I will say that VB.net doesn't suck nearly as much ass as VB = 6, though. But anyone calling themselves a "VB Coder" is a retard.
I got a CD from a kid on my dorm floor last year of his punk-ish band. He only charged $5 and this was a nice printed CD in a jewel case. I don't even think it was a gold CD.
I wonder how hard it is to 're-apply' DRM to these music files? It should be legal to transfer the DRM license after all, via the right of first sale. I could see a service, call it "aftertunes" or something where people can trade files legaly, for pay.
That would be pretty sweet. If I had a mac and a couple hundred thousand in VC funding, I'd set it up:P
Well, the draft is authorized by the orgional constitution (before any amendments). It would be intresting to see if the XIIIth invalidates that, but I suspect that issue has already been worked out in favor of the draft by the SC, seeing as we had a draft for several decades in the last centry...
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Because if it's "Bigger" it must be "safer" of course! Never mind the rollovers, which simply don't happen in smaller cars. I know someone who saw a collision between a ford explorer and a Civic. The Civic t-boned the ford and the thing rolled over and then collapsed. The chick (who ran a red light) had to go to the hospital, while the people in the civic walked away.
But feel free to risk your life on simple approximations when real data (govt. and insurance crash test ratings) is easily available...
A pair of Nike's also goes a long way.
Yup, a long way to exploiting 3rd world orphans!
Well, I don't know about speed but the Honda Civic Hybrid looks exactly like a regular Civic, which is pretty nice looking
There are plenty of standard cars with 4-wheel drive. Most Audis are, and so are Mitsubishi Lancers.
The interesting thing about patents (and copyrights) is that you can enforce them selectively. Unlike trademarks, you can sue whoever you want whenever you want. Look at how Unisys didn't even mention their GIF patent until two years before it expired.
So, anyone with $700 to blow might could think up some random tech just to prevent Microsoft from using it, if they wanted too. If Eolas doesn't need to go after mozilla or any other browser if they don't want to.
(I'm also mentioning this because I keep seeing people post who believe you have to 'actively' enforce copyright and patent rights or lose them, and this annoys me.)
An ISP is not a common carrier, it is a business. If they're breaking a contract, the wronged party should hold them to the agreement, possibly escalating to a lawsuit. Blame the one breaking the contract, do not blame a blocklist the ISP uses. If they're not breaking a contract, and not breaking any laws or regulations, one can only vote with those methods available, like one's feet.
That's fantastic. Perhaps one day you will learn the diffrence between 'illegal' and 'immoral'
I say we should kick you out, you xenophobic fuck. Wanting to punish all Indians because of their government policies (when most of the h1b's want to become US citizens anyway) isn't any diffrent then Al-Quada wanting to punsh all Americans for the actions of our government.
Read the article more carefully. The guy tried to get a job with Tata Consulting, an Indian-owned firm operating in the USA that places staff at USA-based clients. They apparently refused to hire him for this work in the USA because they do not hire Americans.
I very much doubt this is legal.
Most countries don't just let people move there to work without lengthy immigration procedures. Certainly not the good 'ole USA. Perhaps if Americans didn't work so hard to keep foreigners out this would be noteworthy, but then we probably wouldn't have an outsourcing 'problem' anyway.
I have the freedom to associate with whomever I want. So do you. Do not our servers have the right to associate with whichever servers we choose? Apparently not, in your opinion.
It depends on who uses your servers. If you run an ISP and have a service contract to provide email to people, then you don't have the right to arbitrarily censor people's email, in my opinion. SPEWS blocks more then Spam, they pretty open about blocking all mail from organizations that aren't as zealous about preventing Spam in order to cause economic pressure. They can and do prevent people from receiving email that is not Spam. That shouldn't ever happen. Boycott whatever you like, but it's immoral to boycott on other people's behalf just because you can.
Is this...
Yes, everyone who likes porn and does not like SPEWs is obviously a troll. All right thinking people love spews and hate porn, I forgot.
In extreme cases (porn sent to childrens email address, etc.) the spammer is sent to a federal -pound me in the ass- prison.
I just want you to know that I sincerely hope one day you're arrested for something you didn't do, and analy raped in prison by someone with AIDS.
I'm all for suing spammers, or even killing them. But SPEWS sucks ass, they are a bunch of arrogant jackasses, and a lot of people are chosing to block email to people other themselves based on spews (like say, an Admin blocking email for everyone who uses a service). I'm glad they're being DDoSed. bleh.
Where I work they don't even check up on how many hours you work.
Then again I'm working through the University, so they probably could get access to my school records, and I'm only making $9 an 'hour'
But they should probably not be open by default. If I were running an ISP I'd close off all ports and give users a web page where they could open the ports that they wanted. (as well as 'groups' like "everything" "common vulnerabilities" etc).
I've heard on /. that no one is loaning SCO shares to sell short. Also, Unlike buying positive stock, you can lose an unlimited amount of money on the stock. If it whent up to $100 for some reason, you'd be out thousands of dollars. If it when to zero, you'd only double your money.
Um, excuse me, but it's very possible to create full-featured applications in assembly in just a couple of kB of flash memory. And in case you hate assembly, you can do the same thing in C++ for around 500 kB, and it will run faster than Java. Remember, embedded devices don't have the screaming fast processors that are needed to make Java appear fast. And they're not likely to have the few hundred megs of RAM that a JVM seems to think it needs, either.
500k for a C++ app? Maybe if you go template crazy or something, but if something only takes up a few k of assembly code, it should only take a few k of compiled C++ as well. And half a meg is huge on an embedded device that could have 8 megs or less, including storage, runtime, and OS.
And given that embedded devices are often used for critical infrastructure (i.e. utilities, aircraft, nuclear plants, etc...), I'm not sure if I'd trust someone who can't master assembly to write code that controlled a something that could get me killed if an unexpected Out of Memory Exception was raised.
Well fuck. I know I'd trust my own java code more then my own ASM code! You'll need a lot more ASM code to do the same thing you could do in just a bit of java/C++/whatever. And in order to understand ASM code you need to emulate the chip in your own head, perfectly. With most languages, you can divine the meaning much more simply. Asm errors are harder to see, and you have way more code that could have errors in it.
I've used VB.net and it seemed to have as much ease as vb6. Just point+click+fill in event handlers, exactly the same way.
Yeah, you have to learn some new things, but the new way of doing things is way better then the old way.
(not to mention the IDE doesn't debug in the same thread as the editor, so if your program gets into an unbound loop it doesn't crash the IDE causing you to lose any unsaved work...)
I actually tried VB.net a while ago. I wanted to write a simple GUI app to go along with a C++ program I was writing in Visual Studio and I figured I could just add the VB stuff to the same project.
Anyway, it actually doesn't suck. You get to use the "normal" File IO, you can instantiate forms like normal objects, you get full OO style. It's actually pretty nice. The only thing that sucks is the low-level syntax (I mean, it's still BASIC).
I ended up switching to C# for the core subroutine, though, since I didn't want to deal with writing complex code in VB.
The VB and OO coders can finally work together and speak the same APIs
Well, VB always had the ability to call C++ DLLs, and COM objects. Anyway, what difference does it make? VB coders by definition suck (if they were any good they would know more then VB, and if they had any sense they would prefer not to use it for anything other then the simplest GUI tasks)
I will say that VB.net doesn't suck nearly as much ass as VB = 6, though. But anyone calling themselves a "VB Coder" is a retard.
That was just so lame.
I got a CD from a kid on my dorm floor last year of his punk-ish band. He only charged $5 and this was a nice printed CD in a jewel case. I don't even think it was a gold CD.
I wonder how hard it is to 're-apply' DRM to these music files? It should be legal to transfer the DRM license after all, via the right of first sale. I could see a service, call it "aftertunes" or something where people can trade files legaly, for pay.
:P
That would be pretty sweet. If I had a mac and a couple hundred thousand in VC funding, I'd set it up
Well, the draft is authorized by the orgional constitution (before any amendments). It would be intresting to see if the XIIIth invalidates that, but I suspect that issue has already been worked out in favor of the draft by the SC, seeing as we had a draft for several decades in the last centry...