I bought a Sony receiver last night, but none of my radio stations are coming out in Japanese. They must have some auto-translator built in, or something.
Vint Cerf, often refered to as the Father of the Internet (didn't he invent Web Cerfing?) defended Al Gore, and spoke of his great contribution (not a technical contribution).
But I think that the Internet would not exist without one key technology - the Algorithm, obviously named after Al himself.
98.6 degrees is the temperature of certain orifices in your body.
Actually, it's been said that 98.6 is an over-precise statement of the average body temperature. 37 degrees celcius converts to 98.666..., but 37 degrees is only accurate to the one's place.
This means that the actual average body temperature is between 36.5 (inclusive) and 37.5 (exclusive). Greater than or Equal to 36.5 and Less than 37.5
After conversion, this puts us at the average being between 97.7 and 99.5
So if you have a temperature of 99.2, don't sweat it, so to speak.
I wonder, if you tell the police that your name is Bob Jones (which is just an unusual pronunciation of your actual name F-r-e-d S-m-i-t-h), if that is breaking the law.
They can't charge you for how you PRONOUNCE your name, can they?
You can build or buy a stereoscope. See this link for some sample antique stereoscopes. The concept is that you have a card that is about 10 inches from your eyes. On the card is the two pictures, one for each eye. Then the stereoscope separates your vision so that each eye sees a different image. This is the 19th century version of the Viewmaster.
The antiques might work well if you print your images side-by-side.
Prohibited and Restricted Items > Stocks and Other Securities
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission regulates the sale of stocks and other security interests that represent a current investment ownership interest in an entity, and efforts by individuals to raise money or find investors for businesses. Such regulations place substantial restrictions on an individual's ability to sell such items on the Internet through eBay, and therefore eBay does not permit the sale of "securities" on its site. Examples of items not allowed on eBay:
All stocks, bonds, and investment interests in any entity or property, including but not limited to corporations or partnerships, other than the exceptions permitted below for cancelled certificates and single-share gifts.
Credit (for example, you may not sell $1000 in credit to a buyer).
Solicitations to invest money in any business venture.
Any portion of an ongoing business.
100% of any ongoing business if the sale involves a transfer of any stock in that business.
Documentation that represents proof of a current investment interest in any entity.
Notes (except as specifically permitted under our Real Estate Rules).
Some business related items are not "securities" and may be listed on eBay. Examples of items that can be sold:
100% of the assets of a business (inventory, lease, good will) where no transfer of stock is involved.
Information about how to start a business.
Any sale of inventory, leases, fixtures.
"Turn key" businesses such as vending machines, windshield repair kits, and breathalyzyer machines.
Tools used for a business, such as silk screening machines, photo mug equipment, business card makers.
Websites or domain names.
Old or collectible stock certificates, provided that such stock certificates are cancelled or represent an interest in an entity that no longer legally exists.
Single-share stock certificates marketed for gift purposes rather than investment purposes, provided that the certificates are marked and advertised as non-transferable, the ownership is not transferred into the name of the purchaser, and the minimum sale price is more than twice the current exchange trading price of the underlying single share security.
Slashdot headline: New Largest Prime Found: Over 7 Million Digits
Perfectly Scientific Homepage (they sell the poster): We have a physical poster of all (over) 7.2 million decimal digits available.
Poster Caption: The largest known (November 2003) explicit prime number 2^20996011-1, having more than 6.3 million decimal digits
We really don't know how many digits it has... But it's lots! (Seems to me it would be =20996011/(LN(10)/LN(2)), which is 6.320429 Million Digits, not 7 Million!)
Reading comments in favor of the lawsuit crack me up. Like "It's like a cop following you to work and handing you 20 tickets when you get there".
In reality, the student got what he paid for - class instruction - for years. He doesn't have that coming back to him. He paid tuition for a service (instruction), and he received that service.
The fact that he is unable to complete his degree puts him in the same category as all the drop-out and flunk-out "students". Should they be refunded their tuition, simply because they cannot finish? Doubtful.
Court adjourned; ruling in favor of the defendant, in summary judgment.
Certainly all of the major ISP's and telecommunications companies understand that their lines are being used CURRENTLY to transmit copyrighted materials in violation of the license.
Using the "Mule" analogy, AOL, AT&T, Level(3), etc, all would be held accountable for transporting. In fact, more so, because they KNOW that it's going on.
If the purpose of the technology (such as MUTE) is solely for sharing copyrighted materials, then it's likely going to be problematic. If it has other legitimate uses (as Freenet, BitTorrent, AOL, normal Internet Fiber lines, etc), then it's not as likely that you'll get implicated simply for using the product. Which is why they should get their Metallica RIAA example off their home page.
Advertise a bong as a drug device, and you'll get shut down. Advertise it as a Middle-Eastern flower pot and you'll probably be able to sell it.
Of course, once kiddie porn starts floating around on that network, ask yourself if you want to risk "forwarding" it on. Then you aren't violating copyrights, you may breaking the law! Sure, AOL, AT&T, etc, are also parties to the forwarding, but who do you think the law will go after?
The card holder has to punch in a PIN on a keypad, as discussed in the article (hence my previous comment to RTFA).
Perhaps you should read the article.. or look at the pretty pictures. There is no mention to keying in a PIN. In fact, it says
The transaction then proceeds through the credit card network just as if the card had been swiped.
I don't know where you are from, but in the US, I NEVER EVER key in a PIN on my credit cards. I don't even know if my credit cards HAVE a PIN. And so if the transactions proceed through the network as if the card had been swiped, then this implies that there is no PIN (since there is no PIN-check on a swiped card).
The picture shows NO keypad, and they make reference to the system being similar to ExxonMobil Speedpass and similar to the tags in supermarket discount programs, neither of which use PINS.
So you missed the boat on that one.
And nice try on guessing that I am ignorant of how cryptosystems work, since I originally pointed out the flaws in 802.11B 128-bit security, which was supposedly flawless and couldn't be reversed (and yet I performed the work in less than an hour of data collection).
Go ahead and blindly trust them. I don't really care. But get your facts straight.
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Imagine my disappointment when I found out that my "Digital Prostate Exam" didn't mean that it was computerized.
What a pain in the a$$.
I bought a Sony receiver last night, but none of my radio stations are coming out in Japanese. They must have some auto-translator built in, or something.
But I think that the Internet would not exist without one key technology - the Algorithm, obviously named after Al himself.
Actually, it's been said that 98.6 is an over-precise statement of the average body temperature. 37 degrees celcius converts to 98.666..., but 37 degrees is only accurate to the one's place.
This means that the actual average body temperature is between 36.5 (inclusive) and 37.5 (exclusive). Greater than or Equal to 36.5 and Less than 37.5
After conversion, this puts us at the average being between 97.7 and 99.5
So if you have a temperature of 99.2, don't sweat it, so to speak.
In Iraq, when a program bombs, it REALLY bombs....
They can't charge you for how you PRONOUNCE your name, can they?
Very true, and bandwidth is measured in "how many complete copies of the Library of Congress can be transmitted per second".
The antiques might work well if you print your images side-by-side.
Our heavy traveling stuff weighs pounds or tons, and only travels in miles per hour.
Prohibited and Restricted Items > Stocks and Other Securities
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission regulates the sale of stocks and other security interests that represent a current investment ownership interest in an entity, and efforts by individuals to raise money or find investors for businesses. Such regulations place substantial restrictions on an individual's ability to sell such items on the Internet through eBay, and therefore eBay does not permit the sale of "securities" on its site. Examples of items not allowed on eBay:
- All stocks, bonds, and investment interests in any entity or property, including but not limited to corporations or partnerships, other than the exceptions permitted below for cancelled certificates and single-share gifts.
- Credit (for example, you may not sell $1000 in credit to a buyer).
- Solicitations to invest money in any business venture.
- Any portion of an ongoing business.
- 100% of any ongoing business if the sale involves a transfer of any stock in that business.
- Documentation that represents proof of a current investment interest in any entity.
- Notes (except as specifically permitted under our Real Estate Rules).
Some business related items are not "securities" and may be listed on eBay. Examples of items that can be sold:- 100% of the assets of a business (inventory, lease, good will) where no transfer of stock is involved.
- Information about how to start a business.
- Any sale of inventory, leases, fixtures.
- "Turn key" businesses such as vending machines, windshield repair kits, and breathalyzyer machines.
- Tools used for a business, such as silk screening machines, photo mug equipment, business card makers.
- Websites or domain names.
- Old or collectible stock certificates, provided that such stock certificates are cancelled or represent an interest in an entity that no longer legally exists.
- Single-share stock certificates marketed for gift purposes rather than investment purposes, provided that the certificates are marked and advertised as non-transferable, the ownership is not transferred into the name of the purchaser, and the minimum sale price is more than twice the current exchange trading price of the underlying single share security.
Wonder how this will come out!From the article:
* 19:00 Building the Office
* 19:30 Kick-off party
* 19:45 International expansion
* 22:00 Concepts and planning
* 02:00 Nightly coding
* 14:00 Milestone 1
* 15:00 Milestone 2
* 16:00 Milestone 3
* 16:50 Milestone 4
* 17:00 Press conference
* 18:00 Final candidate 1
* 18:30 Release Party
* 19:00 Final release
* 18:59 Launch, IPO on eBay
They forgot to apply for a patent!
Read carefully! (I know, I should never expect a slashdot user to actually READ).
The question is OPPOSITE (what's keeping you ON vs. OFF Windows).
oops... thanks... don't I feel like a dope. At least my formula was correct (or close).
Perfectly Scientific Homepage (they sell the poster): We have a physical poster of all (over) 7.2 million decimal digits available.
Poster Caption: The largest known (November 2003) explicit prime number 2^20996011-1, having more than 6.3 million decimal digits
We really don't know how many digits it has... But it's lots! (Seems to me it would be =20996011/(LN(10)/LN(2)), which is 6.320429 Million Digits, not 7 Million!)
In reality, the student got what he paid for - class instruction - for years. He doesn't have that coming back to him. He paid tuition for a service (instruction), and he received that service.
The fact that he is unable to complete his degree puts him in the same category as all the drop-out and flunk-out "students". Should they be refunded their tuition, simply because they cannot finish? Doubtful.
Court adjourned; ruling in favor of the defendant, in summary judgment.
A very efficient algorithm for you is to do a google search and you have a solution.
Google: thousands of times faster than Assembler.
I can see it now:
V.ote for me.... your V ia gra can.didate ___________________________________ xzpoasd
click here to unsubscribe. (fake link on purpose)
Using the "Mule" analogy, AOL, AT&T, Level(3), etc, all would be held accountable for transporting. In fact, more so, because they KNOW that it's going on.
If the purpose of the technology (such as MUTE) is solely for sharing copyrighted materials, then it's likely going to be problematic. If it has other legitimate uses (as Freenet, BitTorrent, AOL, normal Internet Fiber lines, etc), then it's not as likely that you'll get implicated simply for using the product. Which is why they should get their Metallica RIAA example off their home page.
Advertise a bong as a drug device, and you'll get shut down. Advertise it as a Middle-Eastern flower pot and you'll probably be able to sell it.
Of course, once kiddie porn starts floating around on that network, ask yourself if you want to risk "forwarding" it on. Then you aren't violating copyrights, you may breaking the law! Sure, AOL, AT&T, etc, are also parties to the forwarding, but who do you think the law will go after?
ok, I checked it. Looked ok to me. elgoog was one of the first links in the article. what did you see what was wrong with it?
Slashdot Japan (July 11, 2002 and Sept 9, 2002)
Since Slashdot doesn't allow dupes, I submitted this as anonymous.
It basically does this.
Google Cache to the rescue. What do I win?
I can't believe he'd go through all this trouble, and fail to install the most popular Operating System in the world.
Perhaps you should read the article.. or look at the pretty pictures. There is no mention to keying in a PIN. In fact, it says
The transaction then proceeds through the credit card network just as if the card had been swiped.
I don't know where you are from, but in the US, I NEVER EVER key in a PIN on my credit cards. I don't even know if my credit cards HAVE a PIN. And so if the transactions proceed through the network as if the card had been swiped, then this implies that there is no PIN (since there is no PIN-check on a swiped card).
The picture shows NO keypad, and they make reference to the system being similar to ExxonMobil Speedpass and similar to the tags in supermarket discount programs, neither of which use PINS.
So you missed the boat on that one.
And nice try on guessing that I am ignorant of how cryptosystems work, since I originally pointed out the flaws in 802.11B 128-bit security, which was supposedly flawless and couldn't be reversed (and yet I performed the work in less than an hour of data collection).
Go ahead and blindly trust them. I don't really care. But get your facts straight.
ok, now it's clear. Thank you!