How bad is Internet security really? I work with computers for a living, I'm on the Internet almost constantly, and I don't think my life would be noticeably different if the Internet were 100% secure tomorrow. (Except that any practical means to accomplish complete security would probably be very unpleasant in itself).
Others suggested projectors. This is also done, there is special software used in planetariums to properly crop and distort the images fed to a large handful of projectors. The point is that the planetiarium can show video on the ceiling instead of just points of light or slides.
Are you sure you aren't just growing up? When I was 12 I just sort of assumed there really *was* a big party going on down at the radio station 24/7. Now it seems awfully phony. When you liked pop music, did your parents? (No.) So of course you won't when your kids do.
No, it is not a commercial site. However, the copyright owner still had requirements (registration), which Hatch's staff did not meet. But the fact that registration rather than money was required is immaterial. (If not, the GPL is certainly null and void, since it doesn't require payment either)
He was in violation of the software license. Obviously nobody on slashdot has ever violated a software license (if not please direct me to all that shareware you registered in under 30 days).
Umm, we're not the ones advocating blowing up computers of infringers.
It certainly DOES damage his stance. I can't imagine he knew about the violation, which is a great argument against his idea. There are a lot of parents out there who don't particularly want their computers to explode, even if their kids are making unauthorized copies of intellectual property.
The argument I've heard is that the film's directors disapprove of their work being "altered" so as to change the artistic vision.
Even if this is the real motivation, who cares? Ford would probably prefer people keep their Ford automobiles clean and shiny to project a better brand image, but nobody thinks to listen to them.
But for those who do buy it, it will make driving safer. It provides a visual and audible warning when it thinks a collision is likely. If you don't respond, it provides a tactile warning (tighten seatbelt, tap brakes). That should be enough to jolt you out of your daydream (or cause you to look up from whatever you are doing which took your eyes off the road).
Your own little backseat driver, built right under the hood. I worry about the annoyance owning such a car. Safety is not the only consideration.
If it determines a collision is unavoidable, it does what it can to reduce impact on the passengers within -- tightens seatbelts and brakes with force. At this point, if the engineers at Honda have done their jobs, the car
is going to crash, it's just trying to make it easier for you to survive the impact.
Correction, at that point, the car *thinks* you're going to crash. It's not the same thing. People have been killed unnecessarily by airbags. In the case of airbags, that risk is more than offset by the increased safety, but will the same hold for anti-collision and other new systems? Each must stand on its own merits, and ultimately nobody will know until after thousands have been sold.
George Boole wasn't out in the woods fiddling with abstract mathematics at all. He was a 19th century rationalist who hoped to reduce every decision (political, philosophical...) down to mathematics. In other words, he was application-driven. The modern use of boolean logic in computers is hardly different at all from what he originally intended.
I still haven't bought a DVD player because they can't arbitrarily fast-forward and rewind. I'm not bitching, but it seems like if this were really a free market economy, somebody would come along to sell me an unrestricted DVD player. And I mean "unrestricted" as an advertised feature, not some chip I have to solder in.
Realistically, how much extra vacation time might they give? 12x7=84, that's TWO 42 hr/week jobs for the six weeks. A bonus, maybe, but will they *double* his pay? Some time off, maybe, but the six weeks off he's earned? No way.
That sounds like a good reason to go open source - COTS is never quite what you want, and for the 1/10 the price of a million MS Word licenses, you could get any customization you wanted for OpenOffice.
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Nope, government is a 100% complete %^&*&**( about it, too much money to be made keeping it illegal and keeping the drug war hype going
Why blame the govt.? Marijuana legalization does come up for a vote once in a while, and loses, though that Alaska margin in fairly slim.
Also, I wonder if the drug war would really be all that different if marijuana were legalized... In fact here in NM every summer there's a "smoke-in" where people sit in the park and openly smoke marijuana, and the police just stand by and make sure nothing gets out of hand. There would still be a drug war because I can't see heroin or crack being legalized anytime soon, and our dealings with all those corrupt South American govts are mostly about cocaine, not marijuana.
But at that point there's a serious question as to whether all that security is paying for itself.
Call up a company, promise them anonymity, and ask them how much hackers cost them last year, and they'll throw out some exorbitant figure. The best indicator to their *real* losses, though, is how much they spend on computer security, which in the view of computer security experts is never "enough" - i.e. the computer security experts overestimate the problem.
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How bad is Internet security really? I work with computers for a living, I'm on the Internet almost constantly, and I don't think my life would be noticeably different if the Internet were 100% secure tomorrow. (Except that any practical means to accomplish complete security would probably be very unpleasant in itself).
Others suggested projectors. This is also done, there is special software used in planetariums to properly crop and distort the images fed to a large handful of projectors. The point is that the planetiarium can show video on the ceiling instead of just points of light or slides.
All the large and small planes I've heard didn't have very interesting noises. More like annoying in fact.
Are you sure you aren't just growing up? When I was 12 I just sort of assumed there really *was* a big party going on down at the radio station 24/7. Now it seems awfully phony. When you liked pop music, did your parents? (No.) So of course you won't when your kids do.
They did. Nobody cared.
Is the eMac the Apple equivalent to an eMachine? If so, $799 is way too much...
No, it is not a commercial site. However, the copyright owner still had requirements (registration), which Hatch's staff did not meet. But the fact that registration rather than money was required is immaterial. (If not, the GPL is certainly null and void, since it doesn't require payment either)
It certainly DOES damage his stance. I can't imagine he knew about the violation, which is a great argument against his idea. There are a lot of parents out there who don't particularly want their computers to explode, even if their kids are making unauthorized copies of intellectual property.
Well what is the "2.0" designation good for, then? What is the distinction over 1.1?
George Boole wasn't out in the woods fiddling with abstract mathematics at all. He was a 19th century rationalist who hoped to reduce every decision (political, philosophical...) down to mathematics. In other words, he was application-driven. The modern use of boolean logic in computers is hardly different at all from what he originally intended.
Apparently the "choice" is between Coke and a Pepsi can full of Coke.
I still haven't bought a DVD player because they can't arbitrarily fast-forward and rewind. I'm not bitching, but it seems like if this were really a free market economy, somebody would come along to sell me an unrestricted DVD player. And I mean "unrestricted" as an advertised feature, not some chip I have to solder in.
Ah, this should come in awfully handy.
Realistically, how much extra vacation time might they give? 12x7=84, that's TWO 42 hr/week jobs for the six weeks. A bonus, maybe, but will they *double* his pay? Some time off, maybe, but the six weeks off he's earned? No way.
That sounds like a good reason to go open source - COTS is never quite what you want, and for the 1/10 the price of a million MS Word licenses, you could get any customization you wanted for OpenOffice.
Also, I wonder if the drug war would really be all that different if marijuana were legalized... In fact here in NM every summer there's a "smoke-in" where people sit in the park and openly smoke marijuana, and the police just stand by and make sure nothing gets out of hand. There would still be a drug war because I can't see heroin or crack being legalized anytime soon, and our dealings with all those corrupt South American govts are mostly about cocaine, not marijuana.
I hope you're joking. The elderly are *statistically* lousy drivers, and are protected by sheer political will (AARP).
Call up a company, promise them anonymity, and ask them how much hackers cost them last year, and they'll throw out some exorbitant figure. The best indicator to their *real* losses, though, is how much they spend on computer security, which in the view of computer security experts is never "enough" - i.e. the computer security experts overestimate the problem.
Sounds like the fundamental problem is that NZ telecomm is dominated by a loosely regulated privately owned monopoly. What a nightmare.
Sounds like a pretty one-sided "contract" then.... you're obliged to adhere to it, unless they decide to cancel it?