Did you ever happen to notice the numbers on the ballets that just happen to be the same as the number on the slip you sign your name to state that you voted?
At least in Michigan they have this setup. Supposedly in case there is a case of fraud, otherwise the records are sealed.
Such a setup could easily work with Asymmetric keys.
If you are getting mailed a voter card that sure sounds like you are already registered. What happens if you move? Let me guess, you notify the government and they update your registration. Not much different then what goes on in the US.
Take another look at those specs yourself. The SGI is only 17.3" diagonal (136 square inches) vs the new Apple display at 22" diagonal (220 square inches). Big difference.
BlueBox is the run in the window thing. Carbon is a library that contains almost all of the toolbox but applications linked with it can run under Mac OS 8, 9 and X. Only under X will the code run preemptive with memory protection.
And for all those people out there predicting the end of the world with a crash landing of Pu don't seem to realize that its happened at least twice already on the US side and I don't know how many times on the Russian side.
There already is an allocation system setup. Check with the specs to see the details. Offhand there is the geographic layout that you suggest but the preferred addressing scheme at this point is based on provider. This greatly simplifies the routing since the address acts as a builtin list of directions over the internet's true topology.
The fields are already of variable bit length.
The design is intended to allow multiple addresses for each interface that corresponds to a different provider. This way the routers can get the clients to switch providers based on who has the cheapest rates at the time of connection.
Apple got the IPv6 stack as part of its OpenTransport streams architecture from Mentat. It was demoed a few years ago but hasn't yet been released into the official MacOS.
Actually I think its a map of fiber landing points the world over. If you look at it closely there are dots concentrated on the shores of every other continent shown.
Thats a big step I'm not taking at this point. I'm all for the carrier companies charging for the use of their lines. Just that they can't use them for their own content services. A smart company would only install lines with a few long term contracts with service providers to pay off the install costs.
Similar to the way long distance phone service is/was set up in the US. From the switch to the home phone there is one set of lines provided by one company which carry all the local telephone traffic. All the long distance carriers can pay to use those lines for calls through their service. But the local telephone companies were prevented from offering long distance on their lines.
The point is to keep the product support and the product in the hands of different companies. Sorta like keeping the OS and application codes in different companies. This forces standards to be put in place for products to interface with their support mechanisms.
Whoa there, who do you think let them use the land that they put there cables into. Except for the last few feet to the house most cables are placed on public land.
If there is one place that should have a monopoly standing is the cable/telephone/electrical wire infrastructures. Otherwise we would have wires all over the place. Personally I think that the companies who own and maintain the actual wires shouldn't be allowed to transmit any content over those wires beyond that needed for maintence. All the bandwidth would then be sold on a commodity basis. That would insure a minimum of wires and provide access to anyone who wants to buy bandwidth.
As for the problems associated with having a monopoly I still haven't decided if the best solution is close government monitoring, government ownership, or a two company duopoly like they have with cell phones in the US.
I think we should start working now on grabbing that 'near miss' asteroid that'll approach in about 30 years. Put it in high earth orbit and make a space station/research center out of that. If we can process the metals up in orbit you've eliminated one of the largest costs involved in spacecraft. Plus the living quarters in the center might actually be shielded enough to survive a solar storm.
Right now most of our manned orbits are still dependent on the Earth's radiation shielding. Repairing the Hubble telescope has been the only recent mission that required an orbit outside this protection. Any manned missions outside the Earth's protection needs to have consideration of the radiation hazards. We were lucky with the Apollo missions.
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Did you ever happen to notice the numbers on the ballets that just happen to be the same as the number on the slip you sign your name to state that you voted?
At least in Michigan they have this setup. Supposedly in case there is a case of fraud, otherwise the records are sealed.
Such a setup could easily work with Asymmetric keys.
If you are getting mailed a voter card that sure sounds like you are already registered. What happens if you move? Let me guess, you notify the government and they update your registration. Not much different then what goes on in the US.
Take another look at those specs yourself. The SGI is only 17.3" diagonal (136 square inches) vs the new Apple display at 22" diagonal (220 square inches). Big difference.
BlueBox is the run in the window thing. Carbon is a library that contains almost all of the toolbox but applications linked with it can run under Mac OS 8, 9 and X. Only under X will the code run preemptive with memory protection.
Did you even attempt to read the manual? Take a look at http://www.linuxppc.org/userguide/of.html.
Amen,
And for all those people out there predicting the end of the world with a crash landing of Pu don't seem to realize that its happened at least twice already on the US side and I don't know how many times on the Russian side.
For all the regulations in effect check here. I don't think part 1331 has gone into effect yet (Oct 1999 I believe) so thats why its not listed.
OS 9 is already trademarked by another company. Sonata, the NT sytle multiuser MacOS, might be OS 9 if they clear up the legal blocks.
There already is an allocation system setup. Check with the specs to see the details. Offhand there is the geographic layout that you suggest but the preferred addressing scheme at this point is based on provider. This greatly simplifies the routing since the address acts as a builtin list of directions over the internet's true topology.
The fields are already of variable bit length.
The design is intended to allow multiple addresses for each interface that corresponds to a different provider. This way the routers can get the clients to switch providers based on who has the cheapest rates at the time of connection.
Apple got the IPv6 stack as part of its OpenTransport streams architecture from Mentat. It was demoed a few years ago but hasn't yet been released into the official MacOS.
There is a shortcut. All the null sequences can be left out. So your addresses are:
AAAA:3FFE:B00:C18:1::10
AAAA:2010:836B:4179::836B:4179
AAAA::836B:4179
AAAA:3FFE:1200:2001:1:8000::1
Actually I think its a map of fiber landing points the world over. If you look at it closely there are dots concentrated on the shores of every other continent shown.
Thats a big step I'm not taking at this point. I'm all for the carrier companies charging for the use of their lines. Just that they can't use them for their own content services. A smart company would only install lines with a few long term contracts with service providers to pay off the install costs.
Similar to the way long distance phone service is/was set up in the US. From the switch to the home phone there is one set of lines provided by one company which carry all the local telephone traffic. All the long distance carriers can pay to use those lines for calls through their service. But the local telephone companies were prevented from offering long distance on their lines.
The point is to keep the product support and the product in the hands of different companies. Sorta like keeping the OS and application codes in different companies. This forces standards to be put in place for products to interface with their support mechanisms.
Whoa there, who do you think let them use the land that they put there cables into. Except for the last few feet to the house most cables are placed on public land.
If there is one place that should have a monopoly standing is the cable/telephone/electrical wire infrastructures. Otherwise we would have wires all over the place. Personally I think that the companies who own and maintain the actual wires shouldn't be allowed to transmit any content over those wires beyond that needed for maintence. All the bandwidth would then be sold on a commodity basis. That would insure a minimum of wires and provide access to anyone who wants to buy bandwidth.
As for the problems associated with having a monopoly I still haven't decided if the best solution is close government monitoring, government ownership, or a two company duopoly like they have with cell phones in the US.
I think we should start working now on grabbing that 'near miss' asteroid that'll approach in about 30 years. Put it in high earth orbit and make a space station/research center out of that. If we can process the metals up in orbit you've eliminated one of the largest costs involved in spacecraft. Plus the living quarters in the center might actually be shielded enough to survive a solar storm.
Right now most of our manned orbits are still dependent on the Earth's radiation shielding. Repairing the Hubble telescope has been the only recent mission that required an orbit outside this protection. Any manned missions outside the Earth's protection needs to have consideration of the radiation hazards. We were lucky with the Apollo missions.
Anyone know what percentage is spent on debt interest?