I think you're forgetting that it erases it's cache when a page goes away (at least the next time it goes to refresh it does) so it doesn't really have vrey much info that hasn't been available on the web within the last 4 weeks or so. Newgroups are another matter though. But why would you post in a newsgroup if you don't want people to know what you posted?
I believe it was dark sienna and titanium white applied with a knife and pulled across the tree with a slight downward sweep to create the rounded effect on trees close enough to the viewer to warrant it.
Yes, the parent really is a reference to something (though I suspect that many/.'ers have watched the movie more than once while working late on a project).
Not exactly. How do you think that you can take your car to a body shop and have the paint touched up with a perfect match? What do you think would happen to almost any new car that has plastic parts if it was put in the 400 degree powdercoat over to cure? Cars are not powdercoated. Some metal parts are (mostly aftermarket) but not the body usually and certainly not from the factory.
But they don't have to hook it up to the Internet. Yes, that would be a dumb move, but all the US has to do is obtain 1 network node by force in operating condition and hack from there. Remember that "Just unplug it from the Internet" security is only as strong as the physical security of your weakest network access point.
Actually, you can. You see, with quantum entaglement the latency if your "teleporter" is a known constant. You just have to send packes x units of time earlier than they need to arrive where x is the known constant delay. This is because the delay comes only from the encoding and decoding process and not from the transfer itself (as opposed to TCP/IP where the transfer can be delayed).
the energy of a photon has a mass equivalence, but it does not have mass
This is actually very simple to understand. It's just like at your job. Most likely if you work for the government they do not consider you a "full time employee" but a "full time equivalent". What they are saying is that they are allowed to have one full time employee to do what you do - and they have chosen you to fulfill that position for the time being. You are only an equivalent because you can be replaced - with say two "half time equivalents" who are each paid only $5.65 an hour (or less). You see, you are not an employee because that would engender some committment to you which they do not desire.
So, a mass equivalent basically is something which we assign to it but are not committed to just in case we change our minds.
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The verse you are referring to is: 1 Corinthians 6:19 - Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own?
What most people forget is the verse before that which states: 1 Corinthians 6:18 - Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a man commits are outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body.
Which clearly states that the verse following it refers ONLY to sexual sins, not smoking/drinking/drugs/etc.
Ever wonder why the US has the most powerful military (arguably) in the world? I guess it is a trade-off. I'd rather have a more functional military and less functional cell phone than the other way around (as in Europe).
It's that military that keeps me free to use my cell phone in relative security. Oh yeah, one more thing... read this statement by Col Skinner if you want to understand more aobut military spectrum requirements.
The point, however, is that the legal contract (EULA) entitles the user to a refund. End of story. It does not matter what other choices you had - if the contract says you can have a refund, then you can.
Actually, most places which sell motor oil and do service work will accept used motor oil. In fact a 1991 South Carolina law prohibits the disposal of used oil in landfills, on the ground, or in waterways. Over 60% of used motor oil is recycled and most of it at no cost to the user (call Jiffy Lube - they'll take your oil for free). I'm not saying that this is the way it should be by law, but it is an option... if PC manufacturers started making PC's recyclable, it would pay them to accept them back. So maybe the answer isn't to require them to accept PC's, but to require all PC parts to be recyclable to some extent.
Upholding a lower court ruling does not overturn a law. The appelate courts do not work in that way. You are not going to have the Supreme Court say to WalMart... "Well, you've brought this case up here and we agree with FatWallet. In fact, we agree so much we're going to overturn the law that we agree with." Remember, FatWallet is arguing that the DMCA does not allow these to be protected. They are saying that the DMCA is good but you can't use it this way. Basically.
I think the plan here, though, is to win the case (hav the court say they overstepped the DMCA). That, however, is not the best solution. The best solution would be to "lose" the case, and have the DMCA tossed on appeal. At least, that's the way it seems to me. Opinions?
I'm really amazed at the number of "ten years ago this technology sucked so it must still suck" posts. Open your eyes - ten years ago PC hardware "sucked" (as did *nix) compared to what they are today. You have to realize that technology changes.
The hypocrisy of people complaining that P2P companies are stealing from affiliates (allowing them to steal from artists) or the fact that no one seemed to notice they were a hypocrite.
If you currently have Sprint as your local telco, you needn't worry about bandwidth shortage. Sprint has recently (1 year ago) launched a C2P initiative for their entire local telephone network. They're converting entirely to a packet-switched network. Here is what I know about the project:
- Budget of $4 Billion
- Expected savings of over $2 Billion / year upon completion
- Timeline 8 years (compared to 20 converting from analog to digital)
- Using Cisco WAN switches (ATM upgradable to TCP/IP)
- ATM/Frame Relay based (not TCP/IP because not enough prioritization available - for now)
- Will allow broadband Internet to EVERY home serviced by Sprint (regardless of distance, location)
See http://www.lantimes.com/98/98jun/806b001c.html for more information about this plan.
This frees up a lot of dead space in voice and data calls to handle other communications - rather than tying up a circuit for each call. They claim up to 70% cost decrease from a traditional circuit based network. Assuming that even a modest 50% of this cost cut is passed on to consumers, bandwidth will cost 35% less than before, not more.
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How is 802.11a's range limited? From what I've read it seems that at any given distance, 802.11a outperforms 802.11b. Is that not correct? Of course, that's up to the maximum distance you can send it (within legal power limits). Any idea where I could get more info on the topic?
Actually, if you want a good comparison, here's an idea of the SNR for several home audio components:
Telephone 35db
Phonograph 45db
Cassette Tape 73db
VCR Audio 86db
CD 96db
SB Extigy 100db
DTS Audio Disk 120db
DVD Player 144db
That means - there's better out there, but for a computer? Not too shabby. (of course, as was pointed out before, it is only theoretical - or is it? Creative claims >=100 not 100. Sounds to me like they mean in practice.)
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I think you're forgetting that it erases it's cache when a page goes away (at least the next time it goes to refresh it does) so it doesn't really have vrey much info that hasn't been available on the web within the last 4 weeks or so. Newgroups are another matter though. But why would you post in a newsgroup if you don't want people to know what you posted?
I believe it was dark sienna and titanium white applied with a knife and pulled across the tree with a slight downward sweep to create the rounded effect on trees close enough to the viewer to warrant it.
Yes, the parent really is a reference to something (though I suspect that many /.'ers have watched the movie more than once while working late on a project).
Not exactly. How do you think that you can take your car to a body shop and have the paint touched up with a perfect match? What do you think would happen to almost any new car that has plastic parts if it was put in the 400 degree powdercoat over to cure? Cars are not powdercoated. Some metal parts are (mostly aftermarket) but not the body usually and certainly not from the factory.
But they don't have to hook it up to the Internet. Yes, that would be a dumb move, but all the US has to do is obtain 1 network node by force in operating condition and hack from there. Remember that "Just unplug it from the Internet" security is only as strong as the physical security of your weakest network access point.
Actually, you should see the real answer when you enter french military victories in Google here. Read the first result carefully.
... French Military Victories. Wednesday, Jan 29 | 12:31 am. ... PermaLink to: French Military
Victories | More from the Humor category
As seen on Google (link above):
chrisruzin.net
Actually, you can. You see, with quantum entaglement the latency if your "teleporter" is a known constant. You just have to send packes x units of time earlier than they need to arrive where x is the known constant delay. This is because the delay comes only from the encoding and decoding process and not from the transfer itself (as opposed to TCP/IP where the transfer can be delayed).
the energy of a photon has a mass equivalence, but it does not have mass
This is actually very simple to understand. It's just like at your job. Most likely if you work for the government they do not consider you a "full time employee" but a "full time equivalent". What they are saying is that they are allowed to have one full time employee to do what you do - and they have chosen you to fulfill that position for the time being. You are only an equivalent because you can be replaced - with say two "half time equivalents" who are each paid only $5.65 an hour (or less). You see, you are not an employee because that would engender some committment to you which they do not desire.
So, a mass equivalent basically is something which we assign to it but are not committed to just in case we change our minds.
The verse you are referring to is:
1 Corinthians 6:19 - Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own?
What most people forget is the verse before that which states:
1 Corinthians 6:18 - Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a man commits are outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body.
Which clearly states that the verse following it refers ONLY to sexual sins, not smoking/drinking/drugs/etc.
Of course, if you read about this you would see that Lycos is providing the banner displays for free. As a public service.
Ever wonder why the US has the most powerful military (arguably) in the world? I guess it is a trade-off. I'd rather have a more functional military and less functional cell phone than the other way around (as in Europe).
It's that military that keeps me free to use my cell phone in relative security. Oh yeah, one more thing... read this statement by Col Skinner if you want to understand more aobut military spectrum requirements.
The point, however, is that the legal contract (EULA) entitles the user to a refund. End of story. It does not matter what other choices you had - if the contract says you can have a refund, then you can.
The problem (hypocrisy) is that the same Slashdot crowd who complain "You can't hold us liable to a click-through EULA - I didn't even read it" then complain when Dell doesn't want to be held to it either.
Actually, most places which sell motor oil and do service work will accept used motor oil. In fact a 1991 South Carolina law prohibits the disposal of used oil in landfills, on the ground, or in waterways. Over 60% of used motor oil is recycled and most of it at no cost to the user (call Jiffy Lube - they'll take your oil for free). I'm not saying that this is the way it should be by law, but it is an option... if PC manufacturers started making PC's recyclable, it would pay them to accept them back. So maybe the answer isn't to require them to accept PC's, but to require all PC parts to be recyclable to some extent.
Upholding a lower court ruling does not overturn a law. The appelate courts do not work in that way. You are not going to have the Supreme Court say to WalMart... "Well, you've brought this case up here and we agree with FatWallet. In fact, we agree so much we're going to overturn the law that we agree with." Remember, FatWallet is arguing that the DMCA does not allow these to be protected. They are saying that the DMCA is good but you can't use it this way. Basically.
I think the plan here, though, is to win the case (hav the court say they overstepped the DMCA). That, however, is not the best solution. The best solution would be to "lose" the case, and have the DMCA tossed on appeal. At least, that's the way it seems to me. Opinions?
I'm really amazed at the number of "ten years ago this technology sucked so it must still suck" posts. Open your eyes - ten years ago PC hardware "sucked" (as did *nix) compared to what they are today. You have to realize that technology changes.
Actually, all the article says is that they have finally realized that Douglas Adams is right.... the last line of the proof is:
= 42
The hypocrisy of people complaining that P2P companies are stealing from affiliates (allowing them to steal from artists) or the fact that no one seemed to notice they were a hypocrite.
If you currently have Sprint as your local telco, you needn't worry about bandwidth shortage. Sprint has recently (1 year ago) launched a C2P initiative for their entire local telephone network. They're converting entirely to a packet-switched network. Here is what I know about the project:
- Budget of $4 Billion
- Expected savings of over $2 Billion / year upon completion
- Timeline 8 years (compared to 20 converting from analog to digital)
- Using Cisco WAN switches (ATM upgradable to TCP/IP)
- ATM/Frame Relay based (not TCP/IP because not enough prioritization available - for now)
- Will allow broadband Internet to EVERY home serviced by Sprint (regardless of distance, location)
See http://www.lantimes.com/98/98jun/806b001c.html for more information about this plan.
This frees up a lot of dead space in voice and data calls to handle other communications - rather than tying up a circuit for each call. They claim up to 70% cost decrease from a traditional circuit based network. Assuming that even a modest 50% of this cost cut is passed on to consumers, bandwidth will cost 35% less than before, not more.
How is 802.11a's range limited? From what I've read it seems that at any given distance, 802.11a outperforms 802.11b. Is that not correct? Of course, that's up to the maximum distance you can send it (within legal power limits). Any idea where I could get more info on the topic?
Actually, if you want a good comparison, here's an idea of the SNR for several home audio components:
Telephone 35db
Phonograph 45db
Cassette Tape 73db
VCR Audio 86db
CD 96db
SB Extigy 100db
DTS Audio Disk 120db
DVD Player 144db
That means - there's better out there, but for a computer? Not too shabby. (of course, as was pointed out before, it is only theoretical - or is it? Creative claims >=100 not 100. Sounds to me like they mean in practice.)