Sounds just fine to me. You never bought a CD, you bought the right to own and listen to the music.
Nah, you bought the CD. Since it got damaged, you could go to Canada and legally copy your friend's CD or you could just do it in the USA. If anybody asks, the CD was damaged after you copied it.
Last I checked, format shifting was legal in the USSA. In Canada, you can copy a friend's CD and use that copy legally, but you can't make a copy for your friend.
Then the simple act of severing a tether (sending up a nuke or car full of C4 and detonating it some way up) would cause massive damage in economic and sociological terms, not just the purely physical ones.
Big deal. Blow one up, you still have 20 or 30 left over. Once you've built one, building more is super-cheap.
That's why I didn't quote the original statistic, which says that guns are 22 times more likely to be used against family members than against an intruder.
I believe the stats actually are for acquaintances, which would include a dealer killing another dealer. In 2003, there were 16000 total murders.Handgun murders were some portion of that. Non-shooting uses aren't tracked quite as accurately, but I would expect them to be higher. It's also worth noting that handgun murders are generally done with illegal guns, so the net result of any ban is to disarm the populace.
Finally, I'll end with this point. If you truly need a handgun for protection, law enforcement notwithstanding, then something else is seriously wrong,
One example would be living in New Jersey. Guns won't solve the underlying problem, but they can help you avoid becoming a statistic.
In my mind, there's a huge difference between a gun that is being carried for protection by someone who actually has a reasonable expectation of harm (e.g. by a police officer) and one sitting in somebody's bedside table unloaded. One has probably a 20% chance of getting used in a year. The other has more like one in ten thousand, and half of those uses tend to be the neighbor's kid getting his/her hands on it and accidentally killing someone. One is legitimately serving for protection. The other is a glorified security blanket that statistically does more harm than good. There have been countless studies to back that up.
You're wrong. That's all there is to it.
You completely missed the case where a gun owner wields a gun in self defense, scaring a would-be assailant away without firing it. This is far more common than actually firing the gun. The rest of your paragraph reads like ill-informed hysteria - most gun violence is black on black violence, frequently as part of gang or drug wars. The incidence of kids finding their dad's gun is comparatively low. I and all responsible gun owners object to being somehow irresponsible or in need of a security blanket. It colors the debate and adds nothing.
Now, if I had a gun and a kid in the same house, one of the first things I would do is impress upon him that this is a potentially dangerous tool, not a toy. This can be accomplished through gun safety courses and some time on a firing range.
But handguns---with the exception of use by police---are pretty much useless for protection. If you keep them loaded, they are a serious risk unless you never have kids in the house.
The NRA would take exception with this for reasons I mentioned above. Also, keep in mind that the police will not protect you any better than a gun. By the time they get there, one of you may be dead or the robber may have run off. Guns, used properly, will improve your chances of surviving such an encounter.
Anybody who believes that it is possible to safely keep a handgun for protection in a family situation is kiddimg him/herself.
Final point: shotguns work much better for home defense - shotguns are scary, and if you miss, it won't penetrate as much.
It's safe to say that most handguns are used overwhelmingly for illegal activity. Most handguns are sitting idle waiting to protect someone who will never actually be attacked. The ones that are actually being used are predominantly being used to do the attacking....
This is a pretty bold claim - care to back it up with anything at all?
It's also safe to say that most computers are used overwhelmingly for illegal activity, since the vast majority of traffic on the internet is illegal downloads.
The majority of traffic on the internet appears to be SPAM at the moment.
It's also safe to say that most automobiles are driven over the speed limit. Not a lot over, but most people do drive slightly above the posted speed limit.
So what? Speed limits are generally set to generate revenue. People will drive the speed they are comfortable with, regardless of limits.
What in the hell are you talking about? The Saddam/911 thing was but one in a string of lies meant to justify our invasion. Other knee-slappers include the WMD hoax and the whole 'liberation' thing, wherein we liberated the oil ministry but left the museums wholly unguarded and failed to restore electricity for over a year.
This modern, caring, liberal considers the whole exercise a massive waste of money, life, and time that's left us poorer and weaker with nothing gained.
MS *created* their own document format (.doc). It's theirs to use. No other company has the RIGHT to inherently have their products work with it.
This is true. What is also true is that other companies can decide an interchange format is in their best interests and pressure MS to support it. This is, in effect, what Massachussetts is doing.
Kind of like how Apple actively sabotaged Real's technique of getting their files to play on an iPod?
Their perogative. However, I will point out that the lockin is much less severe - you can get mp3s from plenty of places and play them on either device. I am unaffected, as I play mostly ripped mp3s from my own CDs.
Power Generation: This Honda Generator for reliability and gas efficiency, 20hrs of code at a time. (note: after viewing the power consumption of this solution, you may require a second generation unit or higher model number)
Why not get a Prius? Then you can drive your generator home with you.
The article is about users feeling emboldened to download risky stuff because the computer isn't their property and IT will fix it. Most users I know don't have servers, but instead have desktops.
The GP wasn't addressing Linux on thr desktop, and the idea of it is sufficiently odd that people still refer to it specifically when they're talking about it.
The point about bizapps stands unless the company moves its apps to intranet servers, which is happening a fair bit. An Imac + webapp makes for a fairly nice, secure setup.
You will also need an SGI, an Alpha, an HPPA box, some of which should be SMP, so you can test for odd bugs which only show up on some platforms, or only in 64 bit platforms, or on architectures which are unkind to misaligned data, etc.
Screw that - get a Solaris box and a dualie opteron, stuff then in a datacenter because boy howdy will they be loud. Of course, this begs the question of whether what you build will ever run on a platform like that - perfect correctness is counterproductive. Better to pick stuff that you're likely to hit in the future, which is why I chose Solaris and AMD. Unless you're already on a MIPS box (or build cell phones), you probably won't be.
Guess who gets reamed by the CEO because the package didn't go out? Usually the IT department. "Why was the printer broken? Why couldn't you fix it?"....not, "Bob, why did you wait until 5 minutes before your deadline?"
Sure boss, I fixed the printer. It took 15 minutes because I had to go downstairs to get more toner. Bob missed the pickup, but oddly enough, wasn't around to trot the package down to the fedex shop that was open until 6.
Yes, Windows has a whole heap of shortcomings and everybody loves to hate it. For the corporate world's desktops, its the only game in town.
Who said anything about desktops? Linux works great on the server side. Also, since you brought it up, sure Apple hardware costs more, but it also lasts longer and works better (albeit slower). Maybe it works just fine for some companies - there's no excuse for recommending Windows only out of inertia.
Just because most computer "R&D" work (in quotes because most of it is almost entirely "D" without a whole lot of "R") offers only minor improvements on existing systems doesn't mean all of it is that way.
Just because a particular bit of computer work is obvious and trivial (or at least very simple) doesn't mean it need not be written or that it lacks value. The world needs accounting programs as much as it needs FEA modellers.
it's not up to the parents whether they feed or ignore their kids, or whether they deprive them of proper education
That doesn't really compare to video games, which aren't proven to harm kids. Also, please respond to the fact that video games are singled out, while violent movies are still legal to sell to a ten year old.
There is no ABS system I know of that treats each wheel seperately.
My car (2001 MR2) has 4 channel ABS. Correct me if I'm wrong, but that means that each wheel is free to lock independently, and I have felt it do just that.
ABS does *not* do threshhold braking. It locks the wheels, then releases them again, rapidly. This gives you a good percentage of threshold braking, but your still spend a lot of time with no braking at all. A good driver can do significantly better, even without mastering the hand brake.
I never claimed otherwise. I will take issue with your assertion that ABS leaves you brakeless - that comes down to the quality of the implementation. My car does quite well, while the WRX has a nasty habit of ABS freakouts on bumpy roads.
I am actually quite surprised your manual doesn't include tire balance and rotation to be considered standard maintenance
My manual specifically says not to rotate my tires (directional and all that), but doesn't seem to mention a maintenance schedule. Guess I just have to keep on top of my tire pressure.
ABS doesn't do much for those who know how to manually pump the brakes when you are locking up. The "idiots" as you refer to them are the average motorist; hardly anyone I've asked knows about proper braking.
Yes it can. If you have ABS, you can deal with small icy patches, having a wheel in gravel, or any other situation where traction varies. ABS will treat each wheel independently and improve your braking in such conditions.
I left my car locked with the key in it for several days. I was using it for emergency electric power. I did not run out of gas. I also did not refill it.
I'll have to remember this next time the Hybrid Cost-benefit argument shows up on my fave car forum.
You can also go to a number of auto parts stores (Pep Boys is one) and have them pull the codes for free. From what I've heard, Congress is currently fighting to require auto makers to release to code books for a reasonable fee instead of the $700 I heard quoted upthread.
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Sounds just fine to me. You never bought a CD, you bought the right to own and listen to the music.
Nah, you bought the CD. Since it got damaged, you could go to Canada and legally copy your friend's CD or you could just do it in the USA. If anybody asks, the CD was damaged after you copied it.
Could you name one place where this is legal?
Last I checked, format shifting was legal in the USSA. In Canada, you can copy a friend's CD and use that copy legally, but you can't make a copy for your friend.
Then the simple act of severing a tether (sending up a nuke or car full of C4 and detonating it some way up) would cause massive damage in economic and sociological terms, not just the purely physical ones.
Big deal. Blow one up, you still have 20 or 30 left over. Once you've built one, building more is super-cheap.
That's why I didn't quote the original statistic, which says that guns are 22 times more likely to be used against family members than against an intruder.
I believe the stats actually are for acquaintances, which would include a dealer killing another dealer. In 2003, there were 16000 total murders.Handgun murders were some portion of that. Non-shooting uses aren't tracked quite as accurately, but I would expect them to be higher. It's also worth noting that handgun murders are generally done with illegal guns, so the net result of any ban is to disarm the populace.
Finally, I'll end with this point. If you truly need a handgun for protection, law enforcement notwithstanding, then something else is seriously wrong,
One example would be living in New Jersey. Guns won't solve the underlying problem, but they can help you avoid becoming a statistic.
Food for thought: Handgun crime has plummeted in the last decade.
In my mind, there's a huge difference between a gun that is being carried for protection by someone who actually has a reasonable expectation of harm (e.g. by a police officer) and one sitting in somebody's bedside table unloaded. One has probably a 20% chance of getting used in a year. The other has more like one in ten thousand, and half of those uses tend to be the neighbor's kid getting his/her hands on it and accidentally killing someone. One is legitimately serving for protection. The other is a glorified security blanket that statistically does more harm than good. There have been countless studies to back that up.
You're wrong. That's all there is to it.
You completely missed the case where a gun owner wields a gun in self defense, scaring a would-be assailant away without firing it. This is far more common than actually firing the gun. The rest of your paragraph reads like ill-informed hysteria - most gun violence is black on black violence, frequently as part of gang or drug wars. The incidence of kids finding their dad's gun is comparatively low. I and all responsible gun owners object to being somehow irresponsible or in need of a security blanket. It colors the debate and adds nothing.
Now, if I had a gun and a kid in the same house, one of the first things I would do is impress upon him that this is a potentially dangerous tool, not a toy. This can be accomplished through gun safety courses and some time on a firing range.
But handguns---with the exception of use by police---are pretty much useless for protection. If you keep them loaded, they are a serious risk unless you never have kids in the house.
The NRA would take exception with this for reasons I mentioned above. Also, keep in mind that the police will not protect you any better than a gun. By the time they get there, one of you may be dead or the robber may have run off. Guns, used properly, will improve your chances of surviving such an encounter.
Anybody who believes that it is possible to safely keep a handgun for protection in a family situation is kiddimg him/herself.
Final point: shotguns work much better for home defense - shotguns are scary, and if you miss, it won't penetrate as much.
It's safe to say that most handguns are used overwhelmingly for illegal activity. Most handguns are sitting idle waiting to protect someone who will never actually be attacked. The ones that are actually being used are predominantly being used to do the attacking....
This is a pretty bold claim - care to back it up with anything at all?
It's also safe to say that most computers are used overwhelmingly for illegal activity, since the vast majority of traffic on the internet is illegal downloads.
The majority of traffic on the internet appears to be SPAM at the moment.
It's also safe to say that most automobiles are driven over the speed limit. Not a lot over, but most people do drive slightly above the posted speed limit.
So what? Speed limits are generally set to generate revenue. People will drive the speed they are comfortable with, regardless of limits.
She quoted that 90% of Chinese citizens that come here on visas to learn end up staying here, which is a big problem for the Chinese
Maybe they like the fact that they can get rich over here and not worry about being arrested for making the government look bad.
What in the hell are you talking about? The Saddam/911 thing was but one in a string of lies meant to justify our invasion. Other knee-slappers include the WMD hoax and the whole 'liberation' thing, wherein we liberated the oil ministry but left the museums wholly unguarded and failed to restore electricity for over a year.
This modern, caring, liberal considers the whole exercise a massive waste of money, life, and time that's left us poorer and weaker with nothing gained.
MS *created* their own document format (.doc). It's theirs to use. No other company has the RIGHT to inherently have their products work with it.
This is true. What is also true is that other companies can decide an interchange format is in their best interests and pressure MS to support it. This is, in effect, what Massachussetts is doing.
Kind of like how Apple actively sabotaged Real's technique of getting their files to play on an iPod?
Their perogative. However, I will point out that the lockin is much less severe - you can get mp3s from plenty of places and play them on either device. I am unaffected, as I play mostly ripped mp3s from my own CDs.
Power Generation: This Honda Generator for reliability and gas efficiency, 20hrs of code at a time. (note: after viewing the power consumption of this solution, you may require a second generation unit or higher model number)
Why not get a Prius? Then you can drive your generator home with you.
The article is about users feeling emboldened to download risky stuff because the computer isn't their property and IT will fix it. Most users I know don't have servers, but instead have desktops.
The GP wasn't addressing Linux on thr desktop, and the idea of it is sufficiently odd that people still refer to it specifically when they're talking about it.
The point about bizapps stands unless the company moves its apps to intranet servers, which is happening a fair bit. An Imac + webapp makes for a fairly nice, secure setup.
You will also need an SGI, an Alpha, an HPPA box, some of which should be SMP, so you can test for odd bugs which only show up on some platforms, or only in 64 bit platforms, or on architectures which are unkind to misaligned data, etc.
Screw that - get a Solaris box and a dualie opteron, stuff then in a datacenter because boy howdy will they be loud. Of course, this begs the question of whether what you build will ever run on a platform like that - perfect correctness is counterproductive. Better to pick stuff that you're likely to hit in the future, which is why I chose Solaris and AMD. Unless you're already on a MIPS box (or build cell phones), you probably won't be.
Bah. xterms + emacs is all you really need.
Guess who gets reamed by the CEO because the package didn't go out? Usually the IT department. "Why was the printer broken? Why couldn't you fix it?"....not, "Bob, why did you wait until 5 minutes before your deadline?"
Sure boss, I fixed the printer. It took 15 minutes because I had to go downstairs to get more toner. Bob missed the pickup, but oddly enough, wasn't around to trot the package down to the fedex shop that was open until 6.
Yes, Windows has a whole heap of shortcomings and everybody loves to hate it. For the corporate world's desktops, its the only game in town.
Who said anything about desktops? Linux works great on the server side. Also, since you brought it up, sure Apple hardware costs more, but it also lasts longer and works better (albeit slower). Maybe it works just fine for some companies - there's no excuse for recommending Windows only out of inertia.
Just because most computer "R&D" work (in quotes because most of it is almost entirely "D" without a whole lot of "R") offers only minor improvements on existing systems doesn't mean all of it is that way.
Just because a particular bit of computer work is obvious and trivial (or at least very simple) doesn't mean it need not be written or that it lacks value. The world needs accounting programs as much as it needs FEA modellers.
it's not up to the parents whether they feed or ignore their kids, or whether they deprive them of proper education
That doesn't really compare to video games, which aren't proven to harm kids. Also, please respond to the fact that video games are singled out, while violent movies are still legal to sell to a ten year old.
Neither is it the games industry's place to subvert parental control.
When have they done that? From what I've seen, the problem is that parents don't pay attention.
Hey, This isn't a Troll! Surgeons really don't take the Hippocratic oath
There is no ABS system I know of that treats each wheel seperately.
My car (2001 MR2) has 4 channel ABS. Correct me if I'm wrong, but that means that each wheel is free to lock independently, and I have felt it do just that.
ABS does *not* do threshhold braking. It locks the wheels, then releases them again, rapidly. This gives you a good percentage of threshold braking, but your still spend a lot of time with no braking at all. A good driver can do significantly better, even without mastering the hand brake.
I never claimed otherwise. I will take issue with your assertion that ABS leaves you brakeless - that comes down to the quality of the implementation. My car does quite well, while the WRX has a nasty habit of ABS freakouts on bumpy roads.
I am actually quite surprised your manual doesn't include tire balance and rotation to be considered standard maintenance
My manual specifically says not to rotate my tires (directional and all that), but doesn't seem to mention a maintenance schedule. Guess I just have to keep on top of my tire pressure.
ABS doesn't do much for those who know how to manually pump the brakes when you are locking up. The "idiots" as you refer to them are the average motorist; hardly anyone I've asked knows about proper braking.
Yes it can. If you have ABS, you can deal with small icy patches, having a wheel in gravel, or any other situation where traction varies. ABS will treat each wheel independently and improve your braking in such conditions.
I left my car locked with the key in it for several days. I was using it for emergency electric power. I did not run out of gas. I also did not refill it.
I'll have to remember this next time the Hybrid Cost-benefit argument shows up on my fave car forum.
You can also go to a number of auto parts stores (Pep Boys is one) and have them pull the codes for free. From what I've heard, Congress is currently fighting to require auto makers to release to code books for a reasonable fee instead of the $700 I heard quoted upthread.
However, the doctors oath says "do no harm", so you trust that he/she is always doing what is in your best interests
Um, Surgeons don't take the Hippocratic oath. It kind of forbids what they do.