All you need to do is wait for human nature to take over. Even with such a wide range of IPs to choose from, the nature of humans will be to use sequential numbering at some point so once you have a good IP, just move up and down from their sequentially and you have a very good chance of hitting another good IP.
So I looked at that article you linked. And I find NOTHING bashing or otherwise putting down linux. In fact, the only two places where linux is mentioned in the WHOLE article is the title and the bio. In fact, I see more negatives about OS X than I do about Linux in that article. Never mind that the article is a reprint from a UUG and not something written by apple AND that apple has a corporate policy of not bashing competitor products. I think you're just paranoid.
Shouldn't your users be looking at the top most active window, not the top most visible window for their cues as to which application they're currently in?
The original post suggested that with digital data, all one should have to do is copy it to their new drive, and it should work with their new system.
My point is that digital data is no different from physical data in that it still must be converted, translated or otherwise updated for modern systems and so no, it is not as easy and never was and never will be as easy as just copying the data from point A to point B.
You have effectively gone and reenforced that point.
I made no statements to how trivial it would be in relation to physical data my point was you still need to convert or use old equipment at some point.
Irellevant to the argument I was making. Please please please read the whole conversation BEFORE replying. To quote the person I was originaly responding to:
But digital _IS_ different. The promise of digital data of all sorts is that you should be able to keep it around forever. You might have to transfer it to your new holographic 20 terabyte drive at some point, but that should just copying files over, which is trivial provided you do it before your obsolete hardware fails. To believe that this is just like any other "format war" is to buy into the premise of DRM.
The point was digital was not forever without work. Saying that AAC or WMV or whatever other file du jour is bad because 20 years from now you won't be able to play it is ridiculous given that conversion or specialized equipment is always nessecary. People who want to play AAC 20 years from now (assuming Apple is gone or players no longer are made) will either need to convert or use their old equipment just like you need to for records, casettes and 8 tracks.
Digital is forever my ass. Go ahead, just try to open the documents you created on your old comodore 64 on a new machine without any special software or conversion. Hell, just try and get the original software to run. Digital is only as forever as you're willing to translate and emulate and convert.... just like the real world.
No, because the official name is Microsoft Windows XP. This guy's software was called Windows Defender not Microsoft Windows Defender.
I realize that, but part of trademark law has to do with potential customer confusion. Despite Microsoft Windows XP being the official and full name it is commonly reffered to as Windows XP, much like Chevrolet is commonly reffered to as Chevy.
Furthermore, note that you yourself say that I can not make a COMPUTER PRODUCT using Windows XP. Note the developer in question made a computer product, and more specifically a software product, hence the GGPs note that a consumer could reasonably think that Windows Defender was microsoft software. As pointed out, software like Windows Media Player lead a customer to reasonably believe this.
I dunno about you, but when I upgrade the mobo and processor on my PC (upgrading arcitectures), I tend to buy new RAM (after all, whats the point of using a new system with 3 year old RAM?) Generaly by that point, especially if I'm playing games, the GPU needs to be upgraded too.
The don't have to impose, it will happen naturaly in an age where tollerance more and more frequently means banning that which someone finds offensive.
The difference is, Nazi's aren't lawyers. If no lawyer ever took a case they didn't think was quite right, no one would ever have a defense lawyer. Not everyone accused is guilty.
Because the problem arises when you try to figure out where the seller is. Take Apple computer for example. If you buy from their online store, where should the taxes be calculated? Probably california right since that's where Apple is head quartered. But what about purchases from their other online stores. Click on the links to go to one of their retail store websites and there will be a link to buy online from their retail stores and things get shipped. It's also worth noting that this stock does not come from the store inventory because you can order stuff there that isn't availible in the actual retail store. Now where is the seller located? Where the retail store is, or in california? Then ask yourself if it's based still in california, why the retail stores should pay local state sales tax since they're merely a brick and mortar interface to their sales which are headquartered in california.
Um, no. We don't need your permission or help to be on the internet. If you hadn't opened it up in the first place, we would have built our own networks and linked them together without you. We use the American-created internet, because we can and there's no reason not to.
But now we're on it, you're doing nothing more for us - we don't need your constant help to stay on the internet. If you stopped "cooperating" tomorrow, all we'd notice would be that we couldn't reach Slashdot any more!
Which then leads me to ask why it's so important to you that ICANN relinquish it's control of the TLDs to the UN? If US involvement is marginal, unimportant and it's perfectly reasonable and easy to set up and alternative system, why is it so important that control be shifted?
I can't believe you can miss the point so completely. The point is that the internet is used by people all over the world. From the point of view of everyone who is not a US citizen, the US Government is an undemocratic body filled with unelected members!
But that doesn't matter because as you said: "we don't need your constant help to stay on the internet. If you stopped "cooperating" tomorrow, all we'd notice would be that we couldn't reach Slashdot any more!"
You developed it. The whole world benefits. And it just doesn't make sense for you to try to hang onto control of it any more. Seriously, I haven't seen any argument other than "it's ours, why do you want to steal our internet?". I ask you: how does the world benefit from American control of the internet? Come to that - how does America actually benefit?
The real question is how does the world benefit from passing a working system from a functional private entity to one of the more complex and corrupt beuracracies in the world?
Er, I don't think you read the article. According to said article (which by the way was not published in the US) the US government had been asking ICAAN to release the TLD back to Iraq.
So explain to me how taking control of the internet from a single and largely private organization and giving it to the largest beauracratic organization without any real legal authority but heavily controled and influenced by world governments will eliminate and or prevent fragmentation?
And on what things in recent history has the UN actually been united on? The UN has become a bloated body with no legitimate power except that which it's member states give it and in case you haven't noticed, it's member states aren't giving it much. Efficieny and unitedness are not things the UN is particularly known for.
The problem is, and university degree proves nothing of the sort. A BS is as worthless as a highschool diploma these days. The students don't understand the theory because there were no teacher to explain and teach the theory. Finaly, your ability to work towards a goal is entirely tempered by your desire to meet that goal. Every minute you spend in college these days is having it hammered into your head that you don't want to meet that goal.
You however, already know the material. The engineering students on the other hand do not. This means, when there's a disconnect between you and the person you're communicating with, it's merely a language barrier, which is very easy to over come when you both know what you're talking about. For the student and the shitty TA, it's not only a language barrier but a concept barrier as well. This makes things exponentialy harder.
The problem is, it seems like the engineering departments are getting more restrictive with this "well rounded education". Where I went to school, the engineering department has a specific list of courses that you had to choose your free electives from, and you needed a certain number of each type, and oh yeah, half of them were only offered once a year. And last I heard, they cut that list in half recently. I'm all for a well rounded education, but that's not what students are being given anymore.
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All you need to do is wait for human nature to take over. Even with such a wide range of IPs to choose from, the nature of humans will be to use sequential numbering at some point so once you have a good IP, just move up and down from their sequentially and you have a very good chance of hitting another good IP.
So I looked at that article you linked. And I find NOTHING bashing or otherwise putting down linux. In fact, the only two places where linux is mentioned in the WHOLE article is the title and the bio. In fact, I see more negatives about OS X than I do about Linux in that article. Never mind that the article is a reprint from a UUG and not something written by apple AND that apple has a corporate policy of not bashing competitor products. I think you're just paranoid.
Shouldn't your users be looking at the top most active window, not the top most visible window for their cues as to which application they're currently in?
God damn I hate having to spell this shit out.
The original post suggested that with digital data, all one should have to do is copy it to their new drive, and it should work with their new system.
My point is that digital data is no different from physical data in that it still must be converted, translated or otherwise updated for modern systems and so no, it is not as easy and never was and never will be as easy as just copying the data from point A to point B.
You have effectively gone and reenforced that point.
I made no statements to how trivial it would be in relation to physical data my point was you still need to convert or use old equipment at some point.
Irellevant to the argument I was making. Please please please read the whole conversation BEFORE replying. To quote the person I was originaly responding to:
But digital _IS_ different. The promise of digital data of all sorts is that you should be able to keep it around forever. You might have to transfer it to your new holographic 20 terabyte drive at some point, but that should just copying files over, which is trivial provided you do it before your obsolete hardware fails. To believe that this is just like any other "format war" is to buy into the premise of DRM.
The point was digital was not forever without work. Saying that AAC or WMV or whatever other file du jour is bad because 20 years from now you won't be able to play it is ridiculous given that conversion or specialized equipment is always nessecary. People who want to play AAC 20 years from now (assuming Apple is gone or players no longer are made) will either need to convert or use their old equipment just like you need to for records, casettes and 8 tracks.
Digital is forever my ass. Go ahead, just try to open the documents you created on your old comodore 64 on a new machine without any special software or conversion. Hell, just try and get the original software to run. Digital is only as forever as you're willing to translate and emulate and convert.... just like the real world.
No, because the official name is Microsoft Windows XP. This guy's software was called Windows Defender not Microsoft Windows Defender.
I realize that, but part of trademark law has to do with potential customer confusion. Despite Microsoft Windows XP being the official and full name it is commonly reffered to as Windows XP, much like Chevrolet is commonly reffered to as Chevy.
Furthermore, note that you yourself say that I can not make a COMPUTER PRODUCT using Windows XP. Note the developer in question made a computer product, and more specifically a software product, hence the GGPs note that a consumer could reasonably think that Windows Defender was microsoft software. As pointed out, software like Windows Media Player lead a customer to reasonably believe this.
So Windows XP is software for windows?
I dunno about you, but when I upgrade the mobo and processor on my PC (upgrading arcitectures), I tend to buy new RAM (after all, whats the point of using a new system with 3 year old RAM?) Generaly by that point, especially if I'm playing games, the GPU needs to be upgraded too.
The don't have to impose, it will happen naturaly in an age where tollerance more and more frequently means banning that which someone finds offensive.
Problem with your argument is, Apple already does pay the RIAA for the songs.
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The difference is, Nazi's aren't lawyers. If no lawyer ever took a case they didn't think was quite right, no one would ever have a defense lawyer. Not everyone accused is guilty.
Because then no one would ever have access to a defense lawyer.
Was the recall volunatary? I somehow doubt based on your description of the events that the recall was court ordered.
No, she needs to obey the law, and the constitution, not her conscience.
Because the problem arises when you try to figure out where the seller is. Take Apple computer for example. If you buy from their online store, where should the taxes be calculated? Probably california right since that's where Apple is head quartered. But what about purchases from their other online stores. Click on the links to go to one of their retail store websites and there will be a link to buy online from their retail stores and things get shipped. It's also worth noting that this stock does not come from the store inventory because you can order stuff there that isn't availible in the actual retail store. Now where is the seller located? Where the retail store is, or in california? Then ask yourself if it's based still in california, why the retail stores should pay local state sales tax since they're merely a brick and mortar interface to their sales which are headquartered in california.
Um, no. We don't need your permission or help to be on the internet. If you hadn't opened it up in the first place, we would have built our own networks and linked them together without you. We use the American-created internet, because we can and there's no reason not to.
But now we're on it, you're doing nothing more for us - we don't need your constant help to stay on the internet. If you stopped "cooperating" tomorrow, all we'd notice would be that we couldn't reach Slashdot any more!
Which then leads me to ask why it's so important to you that ICANN relinquish it's control of the TLDs to the UN? If US involvement is marginal, unimportant and it's perfectly reasonable and easy to set up and alternative system, why is it so important that control be shifted?
I can't believe you can miss the point so completely. The point is that the internet is used by people all over the world. From the point of view of everyone who is not a US citizen, the US Government is an undemocratic body filled with unelected members!
But that doesn't matter because as you said: "we don't need your constant help to stay on the internet. If you stopped "cooperating" tomorrow, all we'd notice would be that we couldn't reach Slashdot any more!"
You developed it. The whole world benefits. And it just doesn't make sense for you to try to hang onto control of it any more. Seriously, I haven't seen any argument other than "it's ours, why do you want to steal our internet?". I ask you: how does the world benefit from American control of the internet? Come to that - how does America actually benefit?
The real question is how does the world benefit from passing a working system from a functional private entity to one of the more complex and corrupt beuracracies in the world?
Er, I don't think you read the article. According to said article (which by the way was not published in the US) the US government had been asking ICAAN to release the TLD back to Iraq.
So explain to me how taking control of the internet from a single and largely private organization and giving it to the largest beauracratic organization without any real legal authority but heavily controled and influenced by world governments will eliminate and or prevent fragmentation?
And on what things in recent history has the UN actually been united on? The UN has become a bloated body with no legitimate power except that which it's member states give it and in case you haven't noticed, it's member states aren't giving it much. Efficieny and unitedness are not things the UN is particularly known for.
The problem is, and university degree proves nothing of the sort. A BS is as worthless as a highschool diploma these days. The students don't understand the theory because there were no teacher to explain and teach the theory. Finaly, your ability to work towards a goal is entirely tempered by your desire to meet that goal. Every minute you spend in college these days is having it hammered into your head that you don't want to meet that goal.
You however, already know the material. The engineering students on the other hand do not. This means, when there's a disconnect between you and the person you're communicating with, it's merely a language barrier, which is very easy to over come when you both know what you're talking about. For the student and the shitty TA, it's not only a language barrier but a concept barrier as well. This makes things exponentialy harder.
The problem is, it seems like the engineering departments are getting more restrictive with this "well rounded education". Where I went to school, the engineering department has a specific list of courses that you had to choose your free electives from, and you needed a certain number of each type, and oh yeah, half of them were only offered once a year. And last I heard, they cut that list in half recently. I'm all for a well rounded education, but that's not what students are being given anymore.