Actually, it would make the Gnutella network stronger since you could use the authentication system to refuse to give shit to people who did not contribute anything. Leeches who do not run their servers 24/7 are the biggest problem with Gnutella today.
Imagine that -- a community based on the desire to have all the music you want for free attracts people who want it...for free. If you're going to argue that you have the right to trade music, or software, or whatever, that other people have worked to make, don't get all snippy when other people try and take advantage of what you've done.
The actual meaning of "an eye for an eye" in its original context is: ONLY an eye for an eye -- that is, proportional punishment, not a life for an eye. It didn't mean "be sure to give them everything that's coming to them".
Others have handled the "Yes, you just need a bigger gun" answer; let me also respond that any mechanism that makes this true will also produce the result that you can't enforce a *just* law on an armed man.
>If you'll recall, those assholes at Columbine also weilded pipe bombs. The reason there was no outcry to ban pipe bombs is because they were already illegal. If the guns they used were illegal, they still would have had the bombs!
It might be relevant that the pipe bombs did not work, because the guys didn't make them right; the guns did work.
Is Israel one of the countries that will not extradite anyone for a crime that has the death penalty in the place that's asking for them? That might be what happened.
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Although altavista.babelfish doesn't list it as an option, you should be able to use machine translation technology to translate English directly to English -- that is, English to internal representation to English -- which should give you some flattening effect with the fewest number of steps. This might be enough for "real" applications.
Indeed. Note that myfavoritepc.com requires you to buy an actual computer or monitor; the MicroCenter online deal, like the in-store deal, can be applied to any $400 worth of stuff you happen to want.
You can get $400 worth of free stuff at MicroCenter, IF you have another $1000 you're willing to invest in ETRADE stuff.
The deal, extended through the end of January, is this: you buy $400 worth of stuff of MicroCenter. At checkout time you ask for the ETRADE deal. They give you a special application form, and you open an account at ETRADE for $1000 or more. You can put that money into anything you want, including any mutual or money-market fund.
A couple of months later (after they've verified that you haven't returned all your MicroCenter stuff), they give you a $400 ETRADE credit. Unless I've misread the info, you can't lose.
One more caveat: you must keep the ETRADE account for one year. New accounts only. Gee, I sound like a spam, but I'm not.
In this case I'd say the interface, documented though it is, is what's at fault, because it's just stupid. WHY does it return year-minus-1900? In what context would you want that? If you want a two-digit year, you want a function that returns year%100. If you want a function that sorts properly across the 99-00 line, you want one that returns the 4-digit year. What they've given us was guaranteed to lead to the misinterpretation that in fact occurred.
I am reminded of Niven's story INCONSTANT MOON, about a night when the moon really does become amazingly bright. While most people are wandering around enjoying the spectacle, the ones who know science realize where moonlight comes from, and what must be about to happen when the Sun comes up in the morning.
>Williams can't help but lapsing into the most >wide-eyed, saccharine dialogue and >character-development.
He might be able to help being wide-eyed, but if the dialogue and character development are in the script, then no, he can't help them, because ACTORS DON'T WRITE THE SCRIPT!
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Actually, it would make the Gnutella network stronger since you could use the authentication system to refuse to give shit to people who did not contribute anything. Leeches who do not run their servers 24/7 are the biggest problem with Gnutella today.
Imagine that -- a community based on the desire to have all the music you want for free attracts people who want it...for free. If you're going to argue that you have the right to trade music, or software, or whatever, that other people have worked to make, don't get all snippy when other people try and take advantage of what you've done.
The actual meaning of "an eye for an eye" in its original context is: ONLY an eye for an eye -- that is, proportional punishment, not a life for an eye. It didn't mean "be sure to give them everything that's coming to them".
Also, check the last movement of Dvorak's New World Symphony for the source of the Triumphal March or whatever it's called.
In other words the story was about the friend of a friend, or FOAF. That doesn't qualify as "really happened" beyond the usual UL doubt.
>You can't enforce an unjust law on an armed man.
Others have handled the "Yes, you just need a bigger gun" answer; let me also respond that any mechanism that makes this true will also produce the result that you can't enforce a *just* law on an armed man.
>If you'll recall, those assholes at Columbine also weilded pipe bombs. The reason there was no outcry to ban pipe bombs is because they were already illegal. If the guns they used were illegal, they still would have had the bombs!
It might be relevant that the pipe bombs did not work, because the guys didn't make them right; the guns did work.
Is Israel one of the countries that will not extradite anyone for a crime that has the death penalty in the place that's asking for them? That might be what happened.
Although altavista.babelfish doesn't list it as an option, you should be able to use machine translation technology to translate English directly to English -- that is, English to internal representation to English -- which should give you some flattening effect with the fewest number of steps. This might be enough for "real" applications.
The Dr. Strange movie was only a made-for-TV, which is another reason it's obscure. I agree that it's surprisingly good.
Indeed. Note that myfavoritepc.com requires you to buy an actual computer or monitor; the MicroCenter online deal, like the in-store deal, can be applied to any $400 worth of stuff you happen to want.
You can get $400 worth of free stuff at MicroCenter, IF you have another $1000 you're willing to invest in ETRADE stuff.
The deal, extended through the end of January, is this: you buy $400 worth of stuff of MicroCenter. At checkout time you ask for the ETRADE deal. They give you a special application form, and you open an account at ETRADE for $1000 or more. You can put that money into anything you want, including any mutual or money-market fund.
A couple of months later (after they've verified that you haven't returned all your MicroCenter stuff), they give you a $400 ETRADE credit. Unless I've misread the info, you can't lose.
One more caveat: you must keep the ETRADE account for one year. New accounts only. Gee, I sound like a spam, but I'm not.
In this case I'd say the interface, documented though it is, is what's at fault, because it's just stupid. WHY does it return year-minus-1900? In what context would you want that? If you want a two-digit year, you want a function that returns year%100. If you want a function that sorts properly across the 99-00 line, you want one that returns the 4-digit year. What they've given us was guaranteed to lead to the misinterpretation that in fact occurred.
I am reminded of Niven's story INCONSTANT MOON, about a night when the moon really does become amazingly bright. While most people are wandering around enjoying the spectacle, the ones who know science realize where moonlight comes from, and what must be about to happen when the Sun comes up in the morning.
The outside-world answer is that Asimov wrote the story starting with the title, to celebrate the US bicentennial in 1976.
The in-story answer, at least in the short story, is that Andrew lives 200 years.
>Williams can't help but lapsing into the most >wide-eyed, saccharine dialogue and >character-development.
He might be able to help being wide-eyed, but if the dialogue and character development are in the script, then no, he can't help them, because ACTORS DON'T WRITE THE SCRIPT!
Sorry, just one of my things.