Still, the M.A.D. doctrine rests upon the idea that the people in charge of nuclear nations will act in a rational and sane way. The probability for this to fail increases with every new nuclear nation. The way to go is incredibely hard : to encourage nations to abandon their nuclear programs, like Libya did.
And I really think that China relies on North Korea to the fear-mongering it can't afford to.
Anyway, the number of representative presents do not really matter, the majority party is backing up (kind of timidly but still backing up) this dumb project. Most people think that it will never be used and yes, this is a scary way of functioning. I am really afraid of the path my country takes. The HADOPI law is one of the less scary aspects, what happens to justice, press freedom and the banking institutions make me wonder if we will really have a chance to vote this guy out.
I would add that we have to expect Conficker-related news today... or the usual slashdot lag could factor in and we will get itneresting articles in 2 or 3 days.
Good point. We should be looking for a common cause, something that causes BOTH autism AND vinyl flooring.
Like a specific character in parents ? That both makes them like the easy-to-clean vinyl flooring and autism in their kids ?
Or possibly that autism causes pre-emtive vinyl flooring
Heh, don't dismiss that so easily. There could have been a popular book about autist kids raising that would suggest that carpets floor are bad for them, that vinyl is better, and urge parents to provide such an environment. Okay, that is a bit improbable, but don't forget to consider these things, possibilities exist.
That's why we need to begin to care for the trust metrics along all the chain of people who could blow our privacy : ISPs, web hosts, Echelon-guy, Google, the Firefox team...
I beg to differ. Differences do exist, and we have no idea what differences there will be under Moon's gravity. Will it be enough for the plants to recognize the vertical orientation ? Will they grow 6 times higher ? Same height ? Will the stem be thiner ? thicker ?
We can make educated guesses, but we are almost guaranteed to have surprises.
Wikipedia I can understand, it is probably the most important website out there (IMHO)
But twitter ? Everytime I read something about twitter I have the feeling that I missed something... I thought it was just a gimmick to enter a short message, timestamp it and put it on a website. Is there something I am missing ? Why is it called a social network ?
The powerful want to make money or get more power by restricting someone else's freedom.
I used to think that was the point of the fight, but now I really have the impression that it is the clueless desperately trying to give the image that he is in control.
Or maybe it is the people on slashdot who should get the word out. You know, actually making a fuss about the issue, talking to (gasp) political organizations, complain to your local representatives...
Sometimes a regular poster says something that could be held against him by his company/government/stepmother. It is occasional, but the 1% of times it is used for insightfulness is worth the 99% it is used for trolls. Just browse at +1 if you are really annoyed. Don't look at it and it will go away. Slashdot used to have far more noise in the -1 realm.
First, some exploits are made through reverse engineering of MS patches and then targets unpatched machines. This procedure has even been automatized, meaning that a virus could be created in the very first minutes a patch is rolled out of Redmond.
Second, the general ethics about flaws disclosure is to inform the manufacturer first, but to keep in mind that even if you are a talented security researcher, there are numerous malicious talented security researcher and that if the manufacturer doesn't react, there is a moral duty to inform users that some software in some configuration might be at risk. If you are a small guy with little reputation, you have to release details in order to be taken seriously.
Do you remember how it all started ? People sharing disk space and bandwidth ? If you don't need to pay royalties, it is not hard to have movies sharing websites. Look at the first bittorrent tracker that's available. Would it be made legal, many open source solutions would appear to maintain the video memory of the 20th century (that is slowly fading, that will never become 'culture' as the XIXth is today)
The real money behind facebook is not online ads, it is consumers database.
I agree that facebook and twitter are unnecessary and should not even exist.
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Still, the M.A.D. doctrine rests upon the idea that the people in charge of nuclear nations will act in a rational and sane way. The probability for this to fail increases with every new nuclear nation. The way to go is incredibely hard : to encourage nations to abandon their nuclear programs, like Libya did.
And I really think that China relies on North Korea to the fear-mongering it can't afford to.
Anyway, the number of representative presents do not really matter, the majority party is backing up (kind of timidly but still backing up) this dumb project. Most people think that it will never be used and yes, this is a scary way of functioning. I am really afraid of the path my country takes. The HADOPI law is one of the less scary aspects, what happens to justice, press freedom and the banking institutions make me wonder if we will really have a chance to vote this guy out.
A short 20 minutes nap OR a cup of coffee. Now who hasn't coffee at work ?
I would add that we have to expect Conficker-related news today... or the usual slashdot lag could factor in and we will get itneresting articles in 2 or 3 days.
And men obviously don't...
Good point. We should be looking for a common cause, something that causes BOTH autism AND vinyl flooring.
Like a specific character in parents ? That both makes them like the easy-to-clean vinyl flooring and autism in their kids ?
Or possibly that autism causes pre-emtive vinyl flooring
Heh, don't dismiss that so easily. There could have been a popular book about autist kids raising that would suggest that carpets floor are bad for them, that vinyl is better, and urge parents to provide such an environment. Okay, that is a bit improbable, but don't forget to consider these things, possibilities exist.
Only men are involved this time, and no alcohol.
I wonder, why only men and not a 100% women experiment ?
(Hmmm, there's already a webcam, let's add alcohol to the mix...)
Seriously, is there a reason ?
Well sure, but you are the one planning to live less than 500 years
That's why we need to begin to care for the trust metrics along all the chain of people who could blow our privacy : ISPs, web hosts, Echelon-guy, Google, the Firefox team...
US Senator : "Look what they did in UK! It works perfectly, they are at the forefront of cyber-security, we should imitate them !"
Fighting for freedom of speech must be done before it is threathened in your own country.
Almost. It has no chance at all to pass, but a small group of religious monarchies wanted to make their point.
I beg to differ. Differences do exist, and we have no idea what differences there will be under Moon's gravity. Will it be enough for the plants to recognize the vertical orientation ? Will they grow 6 times higher ? Same height ? Will the stem be thiner ? thicker ?
We can make educated guesses, but we are almost guaranteed to have surprises.
It seems to me that it capitalize on the value people give to false friendship...
Well, the trouble is : what happens to the third world nuclear plants when the ground begins to leak thousands of volts ?
Wikipedia I can understand, it is probably the most important website out there (IMHO)
But twitter ? Everytime I read something about twitter I have the feeling that I missed something... I thought it was just a gimmick to enter a short message, timestamp it and put it on a website. Is there something I am missing ? Why is it called a social network ?
The powerful want to make money or get more power by restricting someone else's freedom.
I used to think that was the point of the fight, but now I really have the impression that it is the clueless desperately trying to give the image that he is in control.
And that some guy has bigger guns than we have.
Ender used the Dr Device on a planet, but how would a star react ?
They run BOINC or SETI@home or Folding@home
Or maybe it is the people on slashdot who should get the word out. You know, actually making a fuss about the issue, talking to (gasp) political organizations, complain to your local representatives...
You're doing it wrong : you are applying a moral and rational reasoning to business.
Sometimes, they ignore you, then laugh at you, then fight you, then you lose. Just remember this as well.
Sometimes a regular poster says something that could be held against him by his company/government/stepmother. It is occasional, but the 1% of times it is used for insightfulness is worth the 99% it is used for trolls. Just browse at +1 if you are really annoyed. Don't look at it and it will go away. Slashdot used to have far more noise in the -1 realm.
First, some exploits are made through reverse engineering of MS patches and then targets unpatched machines. This procedure has even been automatized, meaning that a virus could be created in the very first minutes a patch is rolled out of Redmond.
Second, the general ethics about flaws disclosure is to inform the manufacturer first, but to keep in mind that even if you are a talented security researcher, there are numerous malicious talented security researcher and that if the manufacturer doesn't react, there is a moral duty to inform users that some software in some configuration might be at risk. If you are a small guy with little reputation, you have to release details in order to be taken seriously.
And it works. Most of the time.
Do you remember how it all started ? People sharing disk space and bandwidth ? If you don't need to pay royalties, it is not hard to have movies sharing websites. Look at the first bittorrent tracker that's available. Would it be made legal, many open source solutions would appear to maintain the video memory of the 20th century (that is slowly fading, that will never become 'culture' as the XIXth is today)
The real money behind facebook is not online ads, it is consumers database.
I agree that facebook and twitter are unnecessary and should not even exist.
...and thanks for all the tuna !