Your argument assumes that someone willing to commit murder has planned to do so for long time rather than just happened to have a gun when especially angry and drunk.
Would you accept a duel where you are armed with a pocket knife and a lithium battery and your opponent has a nice AK47? That is, even if games like Doom and shows like Law and Order gave you extensive preparations for using either of these items in combat.
Well yes. Most people buy guns before they go insane and just happen to have access to them at an unfortunate moment. Even illegal dealers will not sell a gun to someone who is likely to get caught and tell it all. Anyway, if there are 10% of guns in US compared to now, an person is 10 times less likely to get a hold of one.
So I should trust you, your spouse and your children based on this single post on slashdot? Even if I own a gun, it wouldn't be practical to carry it with me all the time. For example, my company might ask me to check in my AK47 before entering the workplace. I don't want one of my thousands of coworkers - possibly your relative - to go bezerk and mow me down with a gun he somehow smuggled through the back entrance.
If I was a word processing company, would I port my product to Windows? If I wanted to process online payments, would I accept Visa? If my co-worker is a competitor for the same promotion, would I come to him/her for work issues?
When you make a decision to get involved with a 3rd party, 99% percent of the time you should just try to get a better deal in that particular transaction rather than considering potential competition through several layers of indirection. Otherwise, you will end up not getting a good deal for anything. A while ago, Slashdot covered popularity of iPod among Microsoft employees and their extensive use of google to search MSDN. Good for them!
Which is Ok, because its just one kind of software. Internet users have a variety of needs - gaming, peer to peer, video-conferencing, remote control of medical or other equipment. None of this is addressed by HTML forms or perhaps even current Internet infrastructure. Let the companies who can not make profit on another search engine or web mail client innovate. After all, IBM and DEC used to hold monopoly on web forms (known as intelligent terminals at that time) and look what happened.
Companies should start by doing a background check of their CEOs and promptly fire them if any irregularities like a previous arrest or drug/alchohol violations are found. Once the people who could really do a lot of damage, like violate US/EU business laws, are investigated and dismissed, the company will be justified in asking rank and file to give up their privacy.
These problems are still there with us in C++ or Java, as NULL only applies to pointers, not integers and not every special case of computation should throw an exception.
This makes me wonder if floating point calculations should be always done on ranges. This will make them completely accurate given a conservative choice of bounds in the result. And instead of checking for unreliable equality, one can test if the ranges overlap. Nullity will be the range between minus infinity and infinity.
America would be much better if people stopped believing everything that "someone says". Just because Richard Stallman says my code is derivative work doesn't make it so any more than making brief references to Harry Potter in my own book makes it property of J.Rowing. People have been saying lots of things - "I didn't have sex with this woman", "There are no american soldiers in Iraq" and "more doctor's smoke Malboros". If a court case came up where I was asked to turn over my source code just because I was calling someone's APIs, I would win based on fair use, or unfair contract or something.
I don't have to follow other people's license for writing my own code. Compaq clean room re-implementation of IBMs BIOS is a case in point. Mere APIs can not be copyrighted and its a good thing, otherwise we surely wouldn't see Wine. Think of it as another example of fair use.
Why would you want to sue people for writing their own code and releasing it under whatever license they choose? That would be like Microsoft going after people writing GPLed software with Visual Studio - unethical and stupid.
You may be able to leave a two floor residence in 15 seconds - if you are prepared to start running every time of day or night. As it is, you probably wouldn't even realize what is happening before the wave hits. In highrise office buildings, there is no chance you can get out of elevator in time.
Re:Great job, now to clean up XML itself
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LISP -> XML alternative == Postscript -> PDF. You don't always want to execute your data, especially with today's abundance of malware.
1. mov ebx, offsetof cconst$129 2. Java chip instruction reference 3. Can you answer offhand how processors do integer division? (I can) 4.... in which order a processor will execute a given series of instructions? (I can't)
People only need to learn something they use for work, or something they are curious about. It sounds like the later is the case with your coworkers, and you should give them a curiosity-satisfying explanation about memory being one big byte array and \0-terminated strings. As for people who are not curious and don't write native code, so what if they don't know what is a processor and what is memory?
Great job, now to clean up XML itself
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With a notation similar to RELAX NG compact syntax. XML has been a killer of readable formats like windows-style ini files. It tries to be readable by both human and machine and succeeds at neither. It's like programming in assembler, because it can be read by a human better than machine code and compiled faster than C.
In this case you do get something for putting up with popup ads - you get a free operation system, ultimate edition at that. I would imagine uninstalling it (format c:) removes the ads as well, so what do you have to complain about?
And just throw out the case. Court cases have been dismissed because of much smaller irregularities. SCO kept changing its claims, making unreasonable evidence requests and then failing to produce their own part of evidence. They are trying to profit by presenting an undecided court case as fact and selling their "indemnity licenses". Let them appeal if they want - either they'll get their shit together and be clear on what they are claiming that didn't get heard, or the appeal will be thrown out as well.
It's already the case that people can't gain access to this information without your permission.
Not if pretexting remains legal. Your employer can call you and pretend to be your insurance company in order to obtain your driving record. "Tricked" != "Permission".
Oh and it's not just truck drivers. If you have any cause to drive a company vehicle they'd have a right to look at your DMV record. Though, I'll agree, the use of credit for employment is bullshit and needs to end.
Still most jobs don't require driving company vehicles, and it has to be a legitimate part of your work and not just a farfetched scenario as an excuse to get your records.
I bolded the part that raises concern. I am one of the biggest supporters of privacy rights around but you don't see a problem with that? "indirect acts"? Forget credit scoring, what about checking references? You realize that wording would probably make it illegal for me to ask another landlord about his history with a certain tenant? You realize it would outlaw the sharing of DMV information with insurance companies and employers?
Yes, until I explicitly authorize the other landlord to share the information or call DMV and tell them to transmit my records to your insurance company. Of course, you can refuse to rent/insure or I can accept a higher initial rate and get a good reference from you next time around. In addition, it should be illegal for employees to obtain your DMV information unless you are a truck driver.
It would outlaw checking a credit history without person's consent, or for irrelevant purpose such as employment. I can decline to give you access to my credit history and you can decline to give me a loan. You can not, however, use pretexting to obtain my credit history. Got any problem with that?
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Your argument assumes that someone willing to commit murder has planned to do so for long time rather than just happened to have a gun when especially angry and drunk.
Now I'm not saying that guns are responsible for all the shootings
*Cough* Well, actually...
Would you accept a duel where you are armed with a pocket knife and a lithium battery and your opponent has a nice AK47? That is, even if games like Doom and shows like Law and Order gave you extensive preparations for using either of these items in combat.
Is he actually going to warn me before shooting rather than just putting a bullet in the back of my head?
Well yes. Most people buy guns before they go insane and just happen to have access to them at an unfortunate moment. Even illegal dealers will not sell a gun to someone who is likely to get caught and tell it all. Anyway, if there are 10% of guns in US compared to now, an person is 10 times less likely to get a hold of one.
So I should trust you, your spouse and your children based on this single post on slashdot? Even if I own a gun, it wouldn't be practical to carry it with me all the time. For example, my company might ask me to check in my AK47 before entering the workplace. I don't want one of my thousands of coworkers - possibly your relative - to go bezerk and mow me down with a gun he somehow smuggled through the back entrance.
If I was a word processing company, would I port my product to Windows?
If I wanted to process online payments, would I accept Visa?
If my co-worker is a competitor for the same promotion, would I come to him/her for work issues?
When you make a decision to get involved with a 3rd party, 99% percent of the time you should just try to get a better deal in that particular transaction rather than considering potential competition through several layers of indirection. Otherwise, you will end up not getting a good deal for anything. A while ago, Slashdot covered popularity of iPod among Microsoft employees and their extensive use of google to search MSDN. Good for them!
Which is Ok, because its just one kind of software. Internet users have a variety of needs - gaming, peer to peer, video-conferencing, remote control of medical or other equipment. None of this is addressed by HTML forms or perhaps even current Internet infrastructure. Let the companies who can not make profit on another search engine or web mail client innovate. After all, IBM and DEC used to hold monopoly on web forms (known as intelligent terminals at that time) and look what happened.
previous arrest and drug/alcohol records
Companies should start by doing a background check of their CEOs and promptly fire them if any irregularities like a previous arrest or drug/alchohol violations are found. Once the people who could really do a lot of damage, like violate US/EU business laws, are investigated and dismissed, the company will be justified in asking rank and file to give up their privacy.
These problems are still there with us in C++ or Java, as NULL only applies to pointers, not integers and not every special case of computation should throw an exception.
This makes me wonder if floating point calculations should be always done on ranges. This will make them completely accurate given a conservative choice of bounds in the result. And instead of checking for unreliable equality, one can test if the ranges overlap. Nullity will be the range between minus infinity and infinity.
America would be much better if people stopped believing everything that "someone says". Just because Richard Stallman says my code is derivative work doesn't make it so any more than making brief references to Harry Potter in my own book makes it property of J.Rowing. People have been saying lots of things - "I didn't have sex with this woman", "There are no american soldiers in Iraq" and "more doctor's smoke Malboros". If a court case came up where I was asked to turn over my source code just because I was calling someone's APIs, I would win based on fair use, or unfair contract or something.
I don't have to follow other people's license for writing my own code. Compaq clean room re-implementation of IBMs BIOS is a case in point. Mere APIs can not be copyrighted and its a good thing, otherwise we surely wouldn't see Wine. Think of it as another example of fair use.
Why would you want to sue people for writing their own code and releasing it under whatever license they choose? That would be like Microsoft going after people writing GPLed software with Visual Studio - unethical and stupid.
You feeling is wrong.
You may be able to leave a two floor residence in 15 seconds - if you are prepared to start running every time of day or night. As it is, you probably wouldn't even realize what is happening before the wave hits. In highrise office buildings, there is no chance you can get out of elevator in time.
LISP -> XML alternative == Postscript -> PDF. You don't always want to execute your data, especially with today's abundance of malware.
"how the processor loads strings into registers"
... in which order a processor will execute a given series of instructions? (I can't)
1. mov ebx, offsetof cconst$129
2. Java chip instruction reference
3. Can you answer offhand how processors do integer division? (I can)
4.
People only need to learn something they use for work, or something they are curious about. It sounds like the later is the case with your coworkers, and you should give them a curiosity-satisfying explanation about memory being one big byte array and \0-terminated strings. As for people who are not curious and don't write native code, so what if they don't know what is a processor and what is memory?
With a notation similar to RELAX NG compact syntax. XML has been a killer of readable formats like windows-style ini files. It tries to be readable by both human and machine and succeeds at neither. It's like programming in assembler, because it can be read by a human better than machine code and compiled faster than C.
In this case you do get something for putting up with popup ads - you get a free operation system, ultimate edition at that. I would imagine uninstalling it (format c:) removes the ads as well, so what do you have to complain about?
And just throw out the case. Court cases have been dismissed because of much smaller irregularities. SCO kept changing its claims, making unreasonable evidence requests and then failing to produce their own part of evidence. They are trying to profit by presenting an undecided court case as fact and selling their "indemnity licenses". Let them appeal if they want - either they'll get their shit together and be clear on what they are claiming that didn't get heard, or the appeal will be thrown out as well.
It's already the case that people can't gain access to this information without your permission.
Not if pretexting remains legal. Your employer can call you and pretend to be your insurance company in order to obtain your driving record. "Tricked" != "Permission".
Oh and it's not just truck drivers. If you have any cause to drive a company vehicle they'd have a right to look at your DMV record. Though, I'll agree, the use of credit for employment is bullshit and needs to end.
Still most jobs don't require driving company vehicles, and it has to be a legitimate part of your work and not just a farfetched scenario as an excuse to get your records.
I bolded the part that raises concern. I am one of the biggest supporters of privacy rights around but you don't see a problem with that? "indirect acts"? Forget credit scoring, what about checking references? You realize that wording would probably make it illegal for me to ask another landlord about his history with a certain tenant? You realize it would outlaw the sharing of DMV information with insurance companies and employers?
Yes, until I explicitly authorize the other landlord to share the information or call DMV and tell them to transmit my records to your insurance company. Of course, you can refuse to rent/insure or I can accept a higher initial rate and get a good reference from you next time around. In addition, it should be illegal for employees to obtain your DMV information unless you are a truck driver.
It would outlaw checking a credit history without person's consent, or for irrelevant purpose such as employment. I can decline to give you access to my credit history and you can decline to give me a loan. You can not, however, use pretexting to obtain my credit history. Got any problem with that?