Well, maybe we should start saving and chilling our urine for use in PC cooling systems... I figure it'll take me about a week to fill up the reservoir..
Ahhh... but what about DeCSS? If we as group argue that our website is a file and not speech, we cannot also argue that raw code is speech and not a file. We can't have it both ways.
A hallmark of a Republican Administration??? Gee, I could have sworn that most of the RIAA and MPAA favoring laws that do exactly what you describe were introduced by Democrat legislators.
Spent much time as a professional mechanic? I have. I can assure you that most torque converters will work backwards, however inefficiently. It is possible to pull start a car with an automatic transmission. Get it up to about 30 mph with the key off, then turn the key on. Done it many times. It's not good for them, but it works.
Heck, I'd just be happy if every traffic light that worked on a sensor was adjusted to where it would reliably detect a motorcycle, unlike many of the lights I have to deal with in the Austin area.
Copyright law says, at root, that if I own create/own a work, then nobody else can use it without my permission.
No, it doesn't. If you choose to sell it or otherwise allow it into someone else's possession, it is theirs to use however they like. If you create a painting and sell it to me, and I choose to hang it upside down or use it as a covering to protect a table, I can do that. Copyright means "the right to create a copy", that's all. It has nothing to do with use of the item in question. In the case of software, in order to use it, I must possess a copy of it. If I made that copy by downloading it from some warez site, then I have violated the copyright, plain and simple. US copyright law has some provisions for fair use, such as allowing backup copies of VHS, timeshifting networking programming, quoting an article or book, using a movie/video clip in a classroom environment, etc. These do not invalidate the copyright that the original copyright holder has.
For someone who is obviously not an American (and barely an english speaker), you presume to know an awful lot about typical American attitudes. You are so far off on so many counts, it's not even worth talking about. Perhaps you should try getting your information from more sources than CNN and Michael Moore.
Actually, sunglasses may make the job easier. Depending on the color of the lenses, reflections might show up better. There is also the fact that sunglasses lenses have a much larger surface area then the eye, making it more likely that an image could be captured from an image taken at a farther distance. The original technique, remember, is adapted from the use of lenses and mirrors in traditional camera systems; it just needs an adequate reflective surface.
Actually, sunglasses wouldn't give the key information, which precisely what direction the eyes were pointing. According to the article, they use the "bump" around the iris/pupil are to determine the eye's exact position/direction in relation to the reflected image, so while sunglasses might give more information, it won't necessarily be better information.
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Did you RTFA? The "cleaning" was paid for by Smirnoff and was a Smirnoff ad.
That has to be one of the most asinine comments I've ever read on/. You made two completely opposite points on completely unrelated topics. Whether it is guns or spam, the root problem is the people, not the process. I've read CowboyNeal poll options that made more sense.
A brand new motocycle can be had for under 5 grand that that is highly reliable, a reliable used bike for far less. They typically fuel efficient and can carry most of the things people commute with, take up less road space and parking space. Mine is slightly larger than average and I can carry almost a week's worth of groceries for my family of four.
Well, that works real well unless your friends/neighbors happen to know that you work for a relatively well known company that happens to sell those Windows boxes that people have in their houses. Then they tend to be a little less believing when you say you can't fix them, and they look at you funny if you tell them to buy a Mac.
My parents just bought a Compaq... It contained more than zero spyware blobs direct from Compaq.
So yes, Compaq, and Dell, and HP, and any other companies that have decided to reduce costs by sleeping with the enemy
Call me crazy, but that looks like one heck of a leap in logic. Hpaq does x, therefore Dell does x. Has it ever occurred to you that different companies may do things differently?
Most hard drives are rated to take a shock of 150-200 Gs when operating, much higher than that when operating. Jogging probably won't damage the drive, but a drop from any height when the drive happened to be running could ruin it.
Don't forget slot machines. All slot machines accept $20 bills. I wonder if they can be mass-updated? They are mostly just special purpose computers now, and I believe they are mostly connected to a central computer.
Obviously (leaving out the console price) there is no shortage of people who are willing to shell out 50 bucks (or more) for a game and then paying a monthly fee to play it.
The biggest reason that these have some secondary effects of rising crime rates is because they are illegal. The same thing happened with alcohol during prohibition in the US. The large crime syndicates of the 30's rose out of bootlegging alcohol. If you make something illegal that a significant portion of your population wants to do, then someone will provide those that wish to indulge the opportunity to do so. By providing this opportunity, they have by default become criminals, and will further their endeavors through criminal means if necessary.
I agree with your statement, but I really only want to comment on the last line. I applaud you for wanting to wait until you feel more responsible to take on the challenge of shaping another person's life. If only I had done that, perhaps I wouldn't have made so many mistakes. Don't get me wrong, my kids are generally pretty good kids, but looking back there are so many things I could have done better, and so many ways that I failed them.
You are certainly right on one count. I'm glad you brought up China, because I didn't want to be the first. There is definitely an example of an Eastern country willing to "SOLVE them (problems) ruthlessly at little expense. For instance, the problem with a large group of citizens expressing disagreement with government policies. Just shoot them or run over them with tanks, that'll solve that problem.
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It's a joke... it's sarcasm... or did you believe that the poster also believed that vinyl stickers help with heat dissipation?
Well, maybe we should start saving and chilling our urine for use in PC cooling systems... I figure it'll take me about a week to fill up the reservoir..
Granted, I am not talking about a modern era car with all the controls that are now commonplace, I'm talking about 70's era cars.
Ahhh... but what about DeCSS? If we as group argue that our website is a file and not speech, we cannot also argue that raw code is speech and not a file. We can't have it both ways.
A hallmark of a Republican Administration??? Gee, I could have sworn that most of the RIAA and MPAA favoring laws that do exactly what you describe were introduced by Democrat legislators.
Spent much time as a professional mechanic? I have. I can assure you that most torque converters will work backwards, however inefficiently. It is possible to pull start a car with an automatic transmission. Get it up to about 30 mph with the key off, then turn the key on. Done it many times. It's not good for them, but it works.
Heck, I'd just be happy if every traffic light that worked on a sensor was adjusted to where it would reliably detect a motorcycle, unlike many of the lights I have to deal with in the Austin area.
It was in "News of the Weird", the September 12 edition.
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Look for the "least competent criminals" heading.
You're absolutely right. You're being a pedantic jackass.
For someone who is obviously not an American (and barely an english speaker), you presume to know an awful lot about typical American attitudes. You are so far off on so many counts, it's not even worth talking about. Perhaps you should try getting your information from more sources than CNN and Michael Moore.
Did you RTFA? The "cleaning" was paid for by Smirnoff and was a Smirnoff ad.
That has to be one of the most asinine comments I've ever read on /. You made two completely opposite points on completely unrelated topics. Whether it is guns or spam, the root problem is the people, not the process. I've read CowboyNeal poll options that made more sense.
A brand new motocycle can be had for under 5 grand that that is highly reliable, a reliable used bike for far less. They typically fuel efficient and can carry most of the things people commute with, take up less road space and parking space. Mine is slightly larger than average and I can carry almost a week's worth of groceries for my family of four.
Well, that works real well unless your friends/neighbors happen to know that you work for a relatively well known company that happens to sell those Windows boxes that people have in their houses. Then they tend to be a little less believing when you say you can't fix them, and they look at you funny if you tell them to buy a Mac.
Nope, wrong twice. FAT32 supports up to a 2 TB partition.
Most hard drives are rated to take a shock of 150-200 Gs when operating, much higher than that when operating. Jogging probably won't damage the drive, but a drop from any height when the drive happened to be running could ruin it.
Don't forget slot machines. All slot machines accept $20 bills. I wonder if they can be mass-updated? They are mostly just special purpose computers now, and I believe they are mostly connected to a central computer.
Obviously (leaving out the console price) there is no shortage of people who are willing to shell out 50 bucks (or more) for a game and then paying a monthly fee to play it.
The biggest reason that these have some secondary effects of rising crime rates is because they are illegal. The same thing happened with alcohol during prohibition in the US. The large crime syndicates of the 30's rose out of bootlegging alcohol. If you make something illegal that a significant portion of your population wants to do, then someone will provide those that wish to indulge the opportunity to do so. By providing this opportunity, they have by default become criminals, and will further their endeavors through criminal means if necessary.
I agree with your statement, but I really only want to comment on the last line. I applaud you for wanting to wait until you feel more responsible to take on the challenge of shaping another person's life. If only I had done that, perhaps I wouldn't have made so many mistakes. Don't get me wrong, my kids are generally pretty good kids, but looking back there are so many things I could have done better, and so many ways that I failed them.
You are certainly right on one count. I'm glad you brought up China, because I didn't want to be the first. There is definitely an example of an Eastern country willing to "SOLVE them (problems) ruthlessly at little expense. For instance, the problem with a large group of citizens expressing disagreement with government policies. Just shoot them or run over them with tanks, that'll solve that problem.