So if we'd stumbled across an Iraqi lab which had been doing the exact same research, Bush would have just ignored it because it was defensive research only?
What exactly did you think was going to happen?? Why do you think the rest of the world was saying to Bush "we don't think this is a good idea". Saddam was pretty much contained and not much of a real threat to anyone, and then you had to go in, make a lot of noise, and piss everyone off by shooting everything that moved.
Now unfortunately, having an Islamic fundamentalist government in Iraq, who hates the west with a passion, seems to only be a matter of time. They're just waiting until the US pulls out and there is a fledgling democracy too weak to defend itself.
In the mean time America seems to be determined to spend its way back to recession and massive budget deficit, and once that is done, you'll have a brand new member of the axis of evil to deal with.
But that was never really about religion. It was about the Pro-union Scottish protestants who were shipped in by the English to give the rebel Irish Catholics a good kicking and ended up staying in charge for a couple of hundred years. The catholic/protestant thing was how you could recognise either side, but it wasn't the cause of the problem.
On the other hand, there really are lessons that can be learnt from Northern Ireland that can be applied to reducing the threat of terrorism and inter-community hatred. For example, de-escalating tension through a softly softly approach to policing is more conducive to progress in political talks than a harsh crackdown on dissident groups.
Actually I think he has decided that if you live in London you must attempt to sound as much like hugh grant as possible in all forms of communication. Either that or he's trying to write the next four weddings sequel.
I don't understand this thing about microsoft always changing API's. They can't do it simply because their customers wouldn't stand for them dropping support for existing API's every few years. OK sure, they introduce new ones for new functionality with OS releases, but then you'd expect that. Now we read the Longhorn isn't expected until 2006, and I don't expect to see a dramatic change in API's until then, and perhaps even after that. I see the benefit of Mono is to make it easy for windows programmers to make the switch to linux and see stuff they can identify and understand without having to go back to square one.
IIRC in russia they are doing open heart surgery by packing the patient in ice and cooling the body down to a point where the heart is only beating a few times a minute. At that point they are able to stop the heart and perform the surgery and then restart the heart sometime later, all without damaging the patient and without the need for expensive machines to keep the blood flowing.
I've prefered using multiple monitors ever since I started programming on OpenVMS using a pair of VT220 terminals. One had the debugger in and the other the program output. I still do the same today on windows. One monitor had visual studio on, and the other has my app, winamp, slashdot, email etc.
Do you have an electricity meter in your house? What about a gas meter or water etc? You cannot modify those without facing criminal charges, or having your services cut off. The same is true of a music client or a video on demand client. What about a cable or satelite TV decoder? These decrypt signals in your home, but if you try to modify them you could face fraud and DMCA charges.
I'm a gamer. I play Ghost Recon online and an a moderator for a well respected community/clan (WGC). Our major problem is cheaters and Team killing smacktards who come in under random IP addresses, random names etc. With a decent trusted computing environment we could deny access to people who were running unverified mods or cheats or who were known to be arseholes.
That's not to say I support TCPA exactly, but when software is client side the server has to be able to trust that the client has lived up to its side of the deal, and if a trust relationship can be set up in a secure way that gives service providers a way to be certain that the client is who and what they say they are then I'm in favour so long as there are legal protections in force that prevent it being used as a way to limit competition through arbitrary assertions. i.e. checks against OS or other peripheral factors. Also if a service is paid for providers should be forced to provide validation for 3rd party apps and an SDK for anyonewho wants one at a reasonable price.
I actually managed to get my windows XP box infected with MSBLAST before I'd finished installing windows.
I had my cable modem plugged in during the install and did the WPA thing at the same time. By the time I got into windows proper the first time, MSBLAST was already running.
not 74 odd GB that his OS tells him. We all use base 10 as out natural number base, no wonder this sudden and unannounced change to base 2 confuses people. People generally understand that Giga means billion, and that billion is a thousand million. Anything else is confusing.
There is also the situation when an emergency vehicle (ie ambulance, fire engine or police car) comes up behind you at a red light trying to get past. In britain your are obliged to get out of their way even if it means going through a red light. Also, you are allowed to speed whilst overtaking and if significant harm could be caused to you or another person if you do not exceed the speed limit. Ie you are driving someone to hospital. How would an automated system cope with these exceptions?
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So if we'd stumbled across an Iraqi lab which had been doing the exact same research, Bush would have just ignored it because it was defensive research only?
not actually true. Iraq used chemical weapons during the Iran/Iraq war and everyone used mustard gas during WWI
I've got a solution. Have a website who's sole job is to search new stories on slashdot for links, and then mirror whats there.
What exactly did you think was going to happen?? Why do you think the rest of the world was saying to Bush "we don't think this is a good idea". Saddam was pretty much contained and not much of a real threat to anyone, and then you had to go in, make a lot of noise, and piss everyone off by shooting everything that moved.
Now unfortunately, having an Islamic fundamentalist government in Iraq, who hates the west with a passion, seems to only be a matter of time. They're just waiting until the US pulls out and there is a fledgling democracy too weak to defend itself.
In the mean time America seems to be determined to spend its way back to recession and massive budget deficit, and once that is done, you'll have a brand new member of the axis of evil to deal with.
Congratulations on a job well done.
But that was never really about religion. It was about the Pro-union Scottish protestants who were shipped in by the English to give the rebel Irish Catholics a good kicking and ended up staying in charge for a couple of hundred years. The catholic/protestant thing was how you could recognise either side, but it wasn't the cause of the problem.
On the other hand, there really are lessons that can be learnt from Northern Ireland that can be applied to reducing the threat of terrorism and inter-community hatred. For example, de-escalating tension through a softly softly approach to policing is more conducive to progress in political talks than a harsh crackdown on dissident groups.
many a true word is spoken in jest.
To every problem there is a solution which is simple, obvious and wrong.
Actually I think he has decided that if you live in London you must attempt to sound as much like hugh grant as possible in all forms of communication. Either that or he's trying to write the next four weddings sequel.
you're not licensing the dog, tv etc. You are licenced a right to own a dog, tv etc.
The wired article is OK, but for a really good piece on just how currupt the whole thing is check out this article at the independent
I actually submitted this as a story on tuesday, and thought it was so important I made it my sig.
I don't understand this thing about microsoft always changing API's. They can't do it simply because their customers wouldn't stand for them dropping support for existing API's every few years. OK sure, they introduce new ones for new functionality with OS releases, but then you'd expect that. Now we read the Longhorn isn't expected until 2006, and I don't expect to see a dramatic change in API's until then, and perhaps even after that. I see the benefit of Mono is to make it easy for windows programmers to make the switch to linux and see stuff they can identify and understand without having to go back to square one.
Thanks. I needed that.
IIRC in russia they are doing open heart surgery by packing the patient in ice and cooling the body down to a point where the heart is only beating a few times a minute. At that point they are able to stop the heart and perform the surgery and then restart the heart sometime later, all without damaging the patient and without the need for expensive machines to keep the blood flowing.
I've prefered using multiple monitors ever since I started programming on OpenVMS using a pair of VT220 terminals. One had the debugger in and the other the program output. I still do the same today on windows. One monitor had visual studio on, and the other has my app, winamp, slashdot, email etc.
Do you have an electricity meter in your house? What about a gas meter or water etc? You cannot modify those without facing criminal charges, or having your services cut off. The same is true of a music client or a video on demand client. What about a cable or satelite TV decoder? These decrypt signals in your home, but if you try to modify them you could face fraud and DMCA charges.
Repeat after me. You have NO right to modify copyrighted material.
I'm a gamer. I play Ghost Recon online and an a moderator for a well respected community/clan (WGC). Our major problem is cheaters and Team killing smacktards who come in under random IP addresses, random names etc. With a decent trusted computing environment we could deny access to people who were running unverified mods or cheats or who were known to be arseholes.
That's not to say I support TCPA exactly, but when software is client side the server has to be able to trust that the client has lived up to its side of the deal, and if a trust relationship can be set up in a secure way that gives service providers a way to be certain that the client is who and what they say they are then I'm in favour so long as there are legal protections in force that prevent it being used as a way to limit competition through arbitrary assertions. i.e. checks against OS or other peripheral factors.
Also if a service is paid for providers should be forced to provide validation for 3rd party apps and an SDK for anyonewho wants one at a reasonable price.
you really need to lay off the caffine.
it's extremely helpful if you get a 6 figure payout.
I also thought blaming other people was the American national hobby, via the medium of litigation.
You go and kill someone? Blame a computer game, or music, or TV. In short anyone but yourself.
Hooray for you!! Good rant sir.
I actually managed to get my windows XP box infected with MSBLAST before I'd finished installing windows.
I had my cable modem plugged in during the install and did the WPA thing at the same time. By the time I got into windows proper the first time, MSBLAST was already running.
except that clock speeds are already counted in base 10. They can stay.
Yes, by OS people.
80 GB == 80 *10^9 bytes
not 74 odd GB that his OS tells him. We all use base 10 as out natural number base, no wonder this sudden and unannounced change to base 2 confuses people. People generally understand that Giga means billion, and that billion is a thousand million. Anything else is confusing.
There is also the situation when an emergency vehicle (ie ambulance, fire engine or police car) comes up behind you at a red light trying to get past. In britain your are obliged to get out of their way even if it means going through a red light. Also, you are allowed to speed whilst overtaking and if significant harm could be caused to you or another person if you do not exceed the speed limit. Ie you are driving someone to hospital. How would an automated system cope with these exceptions?