Until I read this, I didn't know that the wikimedia foundation had even registered the.com domain (though, it does make sense). It appears to be nothing more than a redirect to wikipedia.org.
Smoking, alcohol, and sex are already off-limits or difficult.
Alcohol is relatively easy to get ahold of on a plane. You just need to be willing to buy it from the airline. Sure, the prices aren't great, but they're fairly competitive with most bars.
But they'll change that as soon as they need to install some drivers etc.
Short term administrator usage to install a driver isn't that big of a threat. The real problem will be legacy applications that won't run without administrator priviledges. That's what keeps most people from running everything as a user.
52% use IE 6
54% use IE 7
93% use firefox 1.5
93% use opera 8.5
96% use opera 9
As a result, most web sites (96%) look good in opera 9, making it the most compliant browser. Unfortunately, the other 292% of web sites look pretty bad in it.
No person shall circumvent a technological measure that effectively controls access to a work protected under this title.
Clearly, CSS doesn't meet this criteria, so it's fine to circumvent. Really, with this wording, the DMCA can only be used to prevent circumvention of DRM technology that can't be circumvented.
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I also invented an algorithm that I need to patent. I call it "quicksort".
Until I read this, I didn't know that the wikimedia foundation had even registered the .com domain (though, it does make sense). It appears to be nothing more than a redirect to wikipedia.org.
No, but they're windows users. A person can have 10 years of experience with windows and not really know how it works.
How many clueless debian users do you know?
You know, this might sound a little crazy, but maybe they'll actually hire new support staff, preferably people with experience using debian.
Supposedly, they've rehired Bruce Perens to operate the 1-man call center.
Suddenly forcing readers to view a 300K ad before the article doesn't seem like such a good idea.
ARTHUR: Then who is your lord?
WOMAN: We don't have a lord.
ARTHUR: What?
DENNIS: I told you. We're an anarcho-syndicalist commune. We take it in turns to act as a sort of executive officer for the week.
ARTHUR: Yes.
DENNIS: But all the decision of that officer have to be ratified at a special biweekly meeting.
ARTHUR: Yes, I see.
DENNIS: By a simple majority in the case of purely internal affairs,--
ARTHUR: Be quiet!
DENNIS: --but by a two-thirds majority in the case of more--
ARTHUR: Be quiet! I order you to be quiet!
WOMAN: Order, eh -- who does he think he is?
ARTHUR: I am your king!
WOMAN: Well, I didn't vote for you.
Why is it called "Linux", when it could just as easily be refered to as "Operating System Kernel"?
Well, in that example, there would be nothing stopping the end users from reverse-engineering the hardware and duplicating the proprietary tool chain.
Alcohol is relatively easy to get ahold of on a plane. You just need to be willing to buy it from the airline. Sure, the prices aren't great, but they're fairly competitive with most bars.
A workstation.
The web already has a Lisp dialect. It's called XML.
Short term administrator usage to install a driver isn't that big of a threat. The real problem will be legacy applications that won't run without administrator priviledges. That's what keeps most people from running everything as a user.
These numbers are based on web developer usage.
52% use IE 6
54% use IE 7
93% use firefox 1.5
93% use opera 8.5
96% use opera 9
As a result, most web sites (96%) look good in opera 9, making it the most compliant browser. Unfortunately, the other 292% of web sites look pretty bad in it.
I simply shall perish without a glass of buttermilk!
Remember this moment, people: 80 past 2 on April 47th.
Having consulted Britain's most qualified expert on doomsdays, he says this:
Doomsday = ((y/12)+y%12+(y%12)/4)%7+anchor
Of course, by that math, Tuesday is doomsday, and the point in time when we're all doomed. Kinda sucks to be us.
Someone set up us the COM!
If only slashdot had some sort of moderation system...
for a good time, tag it as backwash. it's made even funnier by the water cooler icon.
By that reasoning, they should be fine encrypting everything in rot13.
r00t access?
Clearly, CSS doesn't meet this criteria, so it's fine to circumvent. Really, with this wording, the DMCA can only be used to prevent circumvention of DRM technology that can't be circumvented.
I'm sure their lawyer will "party like a rockastar" tonight!
I think most of Keanu's fans would lose respect for him if he acted in a movie with Matt Damon.