I think the difference is that with the silly string, you SEE the trip wire without actually setting off the IED. This helps prevent you from being only one coat hanger away when it goes off.
Umm. Not to editorialize but...How do terrorists "meat" us in the meadow? The terrorists called and said they would be OK with this proposal so long as the meat isn't pork.
WHOA! SOmeone not claiming our soldiers are morons, on this site? Thats new.
Whatever. I havn't seen anyone claim that, ever. It isn't the soldiers fault they're fighting a pointless war that their leaders forced them into. They volunteered.
I think that Apple probably is trying to come up with some strategy to address the problem of not enough games for the Mac. I don't think they will make a separate video game console. I think they will do some things to try to make the mac more attractive to game developers and maybe they will create some games of their own for the Mac.
There is nothing in the law that prevents a parent or guardian from intentionally exposing their children to the naked human body. Yeah, you try that in the US, I'm SURE you will land in jail and on the list of registered sex offenders blazingly fast.
I wish it were as easy as blocking the Mississippi. The corps of engineers has successfully blocked the Mississippi from changing courses for about 100 years.
As for buying spammed products, I've long held the opinion that no one need to buy any products for the spam to keep flowing. Much like the pump and dump schemes, I get the feeling that a lot of spam originates from people paying for 'internet marketing' services touted in various 'get rich on the internet' programs. So the actual money-making product is the 'service' that's being sold to those down the chain. Since no one is buying the product, I wish they would just take the advertiser's money and NOT send the spam. Maybe the government should do stings on people who want to buy spam. Like maybe they could advertise spam sending services and then jail anyone who tries to buy the service. That way people would be too afraid to contact these services.
They use these tactics in the war on drugs, so they ought to be legal. I think spam is a much more serious problem than drugs.
Gates promised the end of spam by 2006. He still has one month to succeed. It is still possible. I'm waiting. I really want to see that. Thanks, Bill. When he made that promise, it was a great example of win-win. Either we get rid of spam or we have another point for bashing Microsoft. Either way its a good thing.
I didn't post my work address on usenet and I get a ton of spam on it. My company uses Exchange - the latest version of exchange that doesn't work with apple's mail client, so I get the joy of using web based mail.
Also, most of my legitimate email from outside the company winds up in the spam folder while most of the spam gets through to my inbox.
Some people need to send attachments that aren't photos.
This morning a guy I work with emailed me and said, "Hey I'm at our customer's site. Can you send me the latest build of the Windows app so I can test it in their network environment today while I'm here?"
We should probably have a secure FTP site for this kind of thing, but we don't.
"I predict you would have little success running for public office with this talking point."
Well, maybe they shouldn't enact a tax on kids..but, for sure they shouldn't get a tax break, which in essence is making people without kids pay the extra for the ones that do.
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Yeah, I know...wouldn't be too popular...but, it sure isn't fair the way it stands right now.
I shouldn't be penalized for being someone who chooses not to have kids...because he doesn't want them.
The tax incentive you are talking about is simply the concept of claiming dependents on one's income tax. If you end up (for whatever reason) taking care of an elderly relative, you would qualify for the same tax break.
I certainly would have no problem with eliminating all income tax and just eliminating the pork in the federal budget to pay for it (kill NASA, Amtrak, no optional wars, get rid of most federal workers, etc.)
Way to set them up for computer litterate jobs in the real world.:rolleyes: You don't need to use Windows XP in order to be able to use future computers that will run something else anyway. Lots of kids grew up with Apple IIs and use computers (of all kinds) in the workforce today.
They really should tax you for children...rather than give you a tax break. I predict you would have little success running for public office with this talking point.
"Via the DMCA, they made it illegal to upload DVDs or next-generation audio formats to an iPod (unless you've re-purchased it specifically..."
Can you point out the parts of that that make it illegal to do what you just mentioned? What audio formats am I prevented from putting on my iPod?
What prevents me from putting my DVD onto my iPod? I think fair use covers me for backing up my DVD's and watching them where I want to (interoperability).
I think I'm safe just as long as I don't circulate methods of circumventing CSS. I don't believe anything says I can't use it for personal use....??
IANAL, but I believe that the DMCA prohibits you from cracking CSS, not just from distributing cracking tools.
Hillary will cancel all space programs when she gets elected. The Chinese won't go to the Moon for all their bluster, the Russian have no cash and the Euros are only interested in commercial satellites.
You won't see another Moon landing.
You won't see any Mars landing.
Your hopes and dreams are dead.
Deal with it.
I sure hope you are right. The last thing we need is more wasteful NASA programs.
-- Everything I needed to know about life, I learnt from Blake's Seven I love your sig. Does it mean that you learned that really cool spaceships just fall into your lap whenever you need one?
Anyone remember the movie Minority Report? Things didn't end up too well after that was over. I think this is probably a bad idea. I don't think that a movie counts as if it were some kind of social experiment.
From what I hear, europe has a big problem with muslim extremists knifing people. I don't think I would like that.
Plus, I don't like having my house broken into. In the US, people don't break into houses when they know the owner is home because the owner probably has a gun.
The scary thing is that half of the people in this country would seriously agree with you 100%. I haven't been attacked by Elephants since Bush got elected. He sure is doing a great job keeping those elephants from attacking me.
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I think the difference is that with the silly string, you SEE the trip wire without actually setting off the IED. This helps prevent you from being only one coat hanger away when it goes off.
Whatever. I havn't seen anyone claim that, ever. It isn't the soldiers fault they're fighting a pointless war that their leaders forced them into. They volunteered.
I think that Apple probably is trying to come up with some strategy to address the problem of not enough games for the Mac. I don't think they will make a separate video game console. I think they will do some things to try to make the mac more attractive to game developers and maybe they will create some games of their own for the Mac.
I have no problem with the government censoring things, just so long as they also censor christianity as hate speech.
I think a lot of what is wrong with United States would be fixed if the constitution had lots of curse words in it.
Or the XBox: "Dude, lets make a game system like everyone else."
I get 20-30 unsolicited spams per day. Most are stock "tips" or written in chinese.
I wish it were as easy as blocking the Mississippi. The corps of engineers has successfully blocked the Mississippi from changing courses for about 100 years.
They use these tactics in the war on drugs, so they ought to be legal. I think spam is a much more serious problem than drugs.
I didn't post my work address on usenet and I get a ton of spam on it. My company uses Exchange - the latest version of exchange that doesn't work with apple's mail client, so I get the joy of using web based mail.
Also, most of my legitimate email from outside the company winds up in the spam folder while most of the spam gets through to my inbox.
Thanks, Microsoft!
Some people need to send attachments that aren't photos.
This morning a guy I work with emailed me and said, "Hey I'm at our customer's site. Can you send me the latest build of the Windows app so I can test it in their network environment today while I'm here?"
We should probably have a secure FTP site for this kind of thing, but we don't.
Well, maybe they shouldn't enact a tax on kids..but, for sure they shouldn't get a tax break, which in essence is making people without kids pay the extra for the ones that do.
Yeah, I know...wouldn't be too popular...but, it sure isn't fair the way it stands right now.
I shouldn't be penalized for being someone who chooses not to have kids...because he doesn't want them.
The tax incentive you are talking about is simply the concept of claiming dependents on one's income tax. If you end up (for whatever reason) taking care of an elderly relative, you would qualify for the same tax break.I certainly would have no problem with eliminating all income tax and just eliminating the pork in the federal budget to pay for it (kill NASA, Amtrak, no optional wars, get rid of most federal workers, etc.)
Can you point out the parts of that that make it illegal to do what you just mentioned? What audio formats am I prevented from putting on my iPod?
What prevents me from putting my DVD onto my iPod? I think fair use covers me for backing up my DVD's and watching them where I want to (interoperability).
I think I'm safe just as long as I don't circulate methods of circumventing CSS. I don't believe anything says I can't use it for personal use....??
IANAL, but I believe that the DMCA prohibits you from cracking CSS, not just from distributing cracking tools.You won't see another Moon landing.
You won't see any Mars landing.
Your hopes and dreams are dead.
Deal with it.
I sure hope you are right. The last thing we need is more wasteful NASA programs.
From what I hear, europe has a big problem with muslim extremists knifing people. I don't think I would like that.
Plus, I don't like having my house broken into. In the US, people don't break into houses when they know the owner is home because the owner probably has a gun.