What I don't understand is why they need to link the Flood to dinosaur extinction. I mean, I'm fairly sure that an omnipotent God could create the earth with the dinosaur fossils in place. Why would he bother?? Well, the same omnipotent god would know that eventually Man would develop a profession called "archeologist", and he figured it would be nice for them to actually have something worth digging up...:)
That reminds me of something I sometimes wonder about - as a non-citizen Green-card-holder, am I entitled to own firearms?? I probably wouldn't, even if I could, so I haven't put much effort into finding out...:)
making it a civil issue would go too far in the other direction. Doing so would put the onus of enforcement on the owners of the WiFi
And when the WiFi owner doesn't realy care much, why was this even pursued at all?? Waste of the court's time, I think. From TFA:
Indeed, neither did Donna May, the owner of the Union Street Cafe. "I didn't know it was really illegal, either," she told the TV station. "If he would have come in (to the coffee shop), it would have been fine."
This is just pretty bizarre, like the "this site is best viewed in XXXX x XXXX resolution..." I've never understood why people did that.
Maybe that was because they didn't want to have to deal with text wrapping differently in different resolutions and different browser aspect ratios?? In my experience, those kind of sites tended to want to make the browser window full-screen regardless of my own preferences.
For me, it seems like the majority of sites I visit that happen to have flash elements still seem to layout the page correctly, but with a "click here to download a required plugin" box. As far as I'm concerned, that's just fine. I don't often come across sites where the whole page is flash and therefore completely broken. I appreciate that that may just be due to my own personal browsing preferences.
It's when a site renders with the fonts just a little out of whack, or images oddly placed that irritate me. For example, there's a website I've had to visit recently that has a login page with an image - in IE the 3 entry fields are nicely lined up with a logo image to one side, but in Firefox the image overlays the third field & the submit button. Once logged-in on the site, the pages render fine, except that Firefox doesn't show *any* of the input boxes on a multi-tabbed form page. There're about 700 form fields, that appear or disappear depending on the tab you click and it's complete crap in Firefox. I don't actually care though, as I'm crawling through the HTML anyway, not looking at the rendered page very much. I *think* it's mostly an internal website, so maybe the company standard desktop mandates the use of IE...
So really, the only reason a modern site would be developed for IE only is gross ignorance on the part of company executives.
Around here, a lot of the company internal websites are tagged IE-only. Personally, I believe it's because the company mandates Microsoft desktops & laptops, and the website developer tools are generally part of the package. They'll develop pages in a Microsoft tool, test it in IE, and call it good. If the tool generates a page that doesn't work properly in another browser they don't have to care and they don't have to fix it.
The real fight is exposing and getting the general population to recognize that due the nature of software it is simply not patentable and any organization supporting software patents are commiting fraud against others
Well, I think that fight is just about over, if Vonage is forced to close down operations. If that happens, the smart thing for Vonage to do would be to mail out letters to all their subscribers telling them they've been screwed over by the patent system. The smart thing for Verizon to do would be to quietly absorb all Vonage subscribers, without a rate hike or loss of functionality. I'm not holding my breath waiting for either of those, though.
Hopefully Vonage can get the prior art in front of a reasonable judge and persuade him/her that multiple VOIP competitors is a good thing.
About 20-something years ago a car magazine ran an article about a diesel-engined Citroen AX that they fitted up with all the economizing gadgets that were available. They supposedly were getting about 120 miles per gallon. I think it was a 4 or 5 seater, and that wasn't just highway milage.
The only thing I'm not sure of is whether they were talking Imperial gallons or US gallons.
No, first you need to figure out a way to make the RIAA/MPAA think your attacker is hosting vast amounts of pirated music and movies. Let *them* get the subpoenas and harass your attacker with frivolous lawsuits...
My new work laptop (2GHz Dell D810) seems to bring up Windows pretty fast, but then it spends about 3 minutes "applying security policies", "running startup scripts", etc, before I even get the option to ctrl-alt-del to get the login screen. I have no idea what it's doing in the background, but it seems to have to do it every damn time it starts up... Still, it gives me time to go get coffee.:)
The overwhelming majority of US cell phone users have no clue that it's different in Europe. Why would they?? It'll probably never make the news because it's not exactly sensational, is it?? You can buy a phone at any number of consumer electronics stores if you want to, then get a plan with one of the carriers. That phone will be unlocked, and the purchaser won't know it. I'd venture to guess that for most people, getting a cell phone follows on from seeing an ad on TV that advertises "Free Phone!!!" without listing what you *can't* do with it. Or maybe their kid's friend has one, so their kid obviously has to have one from the same carrier "'cos it's *sooo* cool!!!"
My wife recently signed us up with T-Mobile and we got free Motorola RAZRs (with discounts and mail-in rebates). I noticed the RAZR has a mini-usb port just like my camera, so I plugged in the cable to see what my Linux laptop could see. Apparently it looks just like a modem, and the moto4lin package seems to be able to access everything. If I want the space back, I can even throw away all the builtin background images and ringtones that I'll never use. I can certainly download/upload photos - the alternative being to send them as messages at 10 cents a shot. From what I've read about Motorola phones, I should be able to replace the startup/shutdown images too, and not even Motorola Phone Tools will let you do that...:)
One day when I bored and feeling adventurous I might play with the SEEM editor and see what else I can do.
Supposedly not true of Siemens phones. At least, not the T-Mobile Siemens phone my daughter had. Couldn't get that one unlocked by T-Mobile *or* by the local cell phone repair company, and *they* claim they can unlock any damn thing. The guy took one look and said "nope, can't unlock that" without even touching it... Some joker on eBay claims to be able to do it for some $$ but we're not that desperate yet.
School I went to actually provided the weapons... There were bullying incidents anyway, but not very many. However, there were absolutely *NO* weapon-related incidents of any kind. Everyone was taught how to handle firearms safely and had plenty of opportunity, so nobody felt the need to bring Daddy's handgun to school to show around. Hell, we had r.303 rifles, Sterling submachineguns, Bren guns, 2-inch mortars, several type of 9mm &.38 handguns and a 6-inch rocket launcher. *Nobody* had better stuff at home...:)
Unfortunately, the allure of the "just one more law will fix everything" siren is, for most people, irresistable.
Make that "for most politicians". Lawmakers are out there to make up laws about doing or not doing stuff. If there's nothing to legislate against, they'll make shit up, just to justify their jobs...
has anybody tried just asking them if they wouldn't mind merging their nuclei?
Been there, done that. Unfortunately my sample of hydrogen seems to be contaminated with Administratium so the hydrogen formed a number of subcommittees to research the proposal. The initial reports look favourable, but it could be several years before a conclusion is reached...
No, no, no, that's *why* there'd be a bandwidth crisis - not enough pigeons left to carry the traffic... Right now I'm investing in African Swallows. Apparently they can carry more than the common European kind.:)
The fact that you pay native workers the same means that you are reducing US worker salary to the H1B level.
When an employer applies for an H1B visa, they have to satisfy the Dept of Labor that the job opening has been advertised at the going market rate for that particular area. That means advertising the position for at least a couple of months at the pay scale set by the Dept of Labor. If anyone is "reducing US worker salary to the H1B level" it would be the DoL, not the employer...
In related news, there's been a sudden drop in convictions for burglary in Germany. Instead of secretly hacking into a suspect's PC, they could simply have it stolen, "find" it in a raid, clone the disk and get it back to the grateful owner...
next drinking age, it makes sense after all to protect the children
Yep, setting the drinking and smoking ages to 21 protects the children. So why are kids of 16 allowed to drive?? In a school district near here, any kid that doesn't drive him/her self to school on his/her 16 birthday in a brand new Mustang (or similar) is a social outcast. On the other hand, 18-year-old kids are deemed responsible enough to be handed a gun and sent into a warzone. If the current war continues or even expands, there's the possibility the draft might get reinstated, and then the 18-21 non-drinking, non-smokers will be pressured into taking up arms.
So, maybe the drinking age isn't really to protect the children...
I think the sheer amount of "hostile" traffic online has taken *everybody* by surprise.
Shouldn't have been all *that* much of a surprise. Back in 1988, there was this little thing that became known as the Internet Worm. I don't suppose it matters what version of Windows Microsoft were working on - it wouldn't have had network access without third-party help in those days...
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As long as the Flat Earth looks like Discworld, I'm all for it!! Where do I make a donation?? :)
What I don't understand is why they need to link the Flood to dinosaur extinction. I mean, I'm fairly sure that an omnipotent God could create the earth with the dinosaur fossils in place. Why would he bother?? Well, the same omnipotent god would know that eventually Man would develop a profession called "archeologist", and he figured it would be nice for them to actually have something worth digging up... :)
Wanna bet that this "no-work" database will be used to promote the RealID card?? Not an SSN, more modern technology, etc...
That reminds me of something I sometimes wonder about - as a non-citizen Green-card-holder, am I entitled to own firearms?? I probably wouldn't, even if I could, so I haven't put much effort into finding out... :)
And when the WiFi owner doesn't realy care much, why was this even pursued at all?? Waste of the court's time, I think. From TFA:
Maybe that was because they didn't want to have to deal with text wrapping differently in different resolutions and different browser aspect ratios?? In my experience, those kind of sites tended to want to make the browser window full-screen regardless of my own preferences.
It's when a site renders with the fonts just a little out of whack, or images oddly placed that irritate me. For example, there's a website I've had to visit recently that has a login page with an image - in IE the 3 entry fields are nicely lined up with a logo image to one side, but in Firefox the image overlays the third field & the submit button. Once logged-in on the site, the pages render fine, except that Firefox doesn't show *any* of the input boxes on a multi-tabbed form page. There're about 700 form fields, that appear or disappear depending on the tab you click and it's complete crap in Firefox. I don't actually care though, as I'm crawling through the HTML anyway, not looking at the rendered page very much. I *think* it's mostly an internal website, so maybe the company standard desktop mandates the use of IE...
Around here, a lot of the company internal websites are tagged IE-only. Personally, I believe it's because the company mandates Microsoft desktops & laptops, and the website developer tools are generally part of the package. They'll develop pages in a Microsoft tool, test it in IE, and call it good. If the tool generates a page that doesn't work properly in another browser they don't have to care and they don't have to fix it.
Well, I think that fight is just about over, if Vonage is forced to close down operations. If that happens, the smart thing for Vonage to do would be to mail out letters to all their subscribers telling them they've been screwed over by the patent system. The smart thing for Verizon to do would be to quietly absorb all Vonage subscribers, without a rate hike or loss of functionality. I'm not holding my breath waiting for either of those, though.
Hopefully Vonage can get the prior art in front of a reasonable judge and persuade him/her that multiple VOIP competitors is a good thing.
The only thing I'm not sure of is whether they were talking Imperial gallons or US gallons.
No, first you need to figure out a way to make the RIAA/MPAA think your attacker is hosting vast amounts of pirated music and movies. Let *them* get the subpoenas and harass your attacker with frivolous lawsuits...
My new work laptop (2GHz Dell D810) seems to bring up Windows pretty fast, but then it spends about 3 minutes "applying security policies", "running startup scripts", etc, before I even get the option to ctrl-alt-del to get the login screen. I have no idea what it's doing in the background, but it seems to have to do it every damn time it starts up... Still, it gives me time to go get coffee. :)
The overwhelming majority of US cell phone users have no clue that it's different in Europe. Why would they?? It'll probably never make the news because it's not exactly sensational, is it?? You can buy a phone at any number of consumer electronics stores if you want to, then get a plan with one of the carriers. That phone will be unlocked, and the purchaser won't know it. I'd venture to guess that for most people, getting a cell phone follows on from seeing an ad on TV that advertises "Free Phone!!!" without listing what you *can't* do with it. Or maybe their kid's friend has one, so their kid obviously has to have one from the same carrier "'cos it's *sooo* cool!!!"
One day when I bored and feeling adventurous I might play with the SEEM editor and see what else I can do.
Supposedly not true of Siemens phones. At least, not the T-Mobile Siemens phone my daughter had. Couldn't get that one unlocked by T-Mobile *or* by the local cell phone repair company, and *they* claim they can unlock any damn thing. The guy took one look and said "nope, can't unlock that" without even touching it... Some joker on eBay claims to be able to do it for some $$ but we're not that desperate yet.
Who polices that?? And how?? How long before bullies are fabricating "evidence" against their victims and getting *them* listed on the register??
School I went to actually provided the weapons... There were bullying incidents anyway, but not very many. However, there were absolutely *NO* weapon-related incidents of any kind. Everyone was taught how to handle firearms safely and had plenty of opportunity, so nobody felt the need to bring Daddy's handgun to school to show around. Hell, we had r.303 rifles, Sterling submachineguns, Bren guns, 2-inch mortars, several type of 9mm & .38 handguns and a 6-inch rocket launcher. *Nobody* had better stuff at home... :)
Make that "for most politicians ". Lawmakers are out there to make up laws about doing or not doing stuff. If there's nothing to legislate against, they'll make shit up, just to justify their jobs...
Been there, done that. Unfortunately my sample of hydrogen seems to be contaminated with Administratium so the hydrogen formed a number of subcommittees to research the proposal. The initial reports look favourable, but it could be several years before a conclusion is reached...
No, no, no, that's *why* there'd be a bandwidth crisis - not enough pigeons left to carry the traffic... Right now I'm investing in African Swallows. Apparently they can carry more than the common European kind. :)
You're overthinking it. Just leave it at "we hate Bush" and never mind which of a dozen reasons applies today.
When an employer applies for an H1B visa, they have to satisfy the Dept of Labor that the job opening has been advertised at the going market rate for that particular area. That means advertising the position for at least a couple of months at the pay scale set by the Dept of Labor. If anyone is "reducing US worker salary to the H1B level" it would be the DoL, not the employer...
In related news, there's been a sudden drop in convictions for burglary in Germany. Instead of secretly hacking into a suspect's PC, they could simply have it stolen, "find" it in a raid, clone the disk and get it back to the grateful owner...
Yep, setting the drinking and smoking ages to 21 protects the children. So why are kids of 16 allowed to drive?? In a school district near here, any kid that doesn't drive him/her self to school on his/her 16 birthday in a brand new Mustang (or similar) is a social outcast. On the other hand, 18-year-old kids are deemed responsible enough to be handed a gun and sent into a warzone. If the current war continues or even expands, there's the possibility the draft might get reinstated, and then the 18-21 non-drinking, non-smokers will be pressured into taking up arms.
So, maybe the drinking age isn't really to protect the children...
Shouldn't have been all *that* much of a surprise. Back in 1988, there was this little thing that became known as the Internet Worm. I don't suppose it matters what version of Windows Microsoft were working on - it wouldn't have had network access without third-party help in those days...