Satellite images may tell you there is a building, but a man on the street with a GPS can tell you exactly what the building is for, and who is going in and out of it.
That depends. If your goal is to just eliminate people, then the bullet is probably most effective. However if your goal is to eliminate their influence, the bullet may even be counter-productive.
Open Source and Free Software differ in the philosophy, but not in the licenses. The government should not decide on the philosophy of the developer, because that's none of the government's business and would be contrary to the freedom of opinion (it would not be much different to e.g. a Democratic US president deciding that only software produced by Democrats should be used by the government). Therefore "Open Source" would in this case the more appropriate term.
Another requirement should be that the supplier allows the government to inspect the source code in order to make sure there are no backdoors in the code. With Open Source, this is automatic; for Closed Source solutions, it would be an additional requirement in the contract.
You just mandated open source. You are clearly not basing this on what is the best tool (even if the open source happens to be the best tool). I am a fan of open source, but we shouldn't be mandating EITHER way. The best tool is the best tool, the type of source code is irrelevant.
As I understand it, it means "if two products are equally suitable for the given purpose, but one is open source and the other isn't, then choose the open source one." Not too different to the rules for employing women or people with disabilities, where you also are not disallowed to employ men or people without disabilities.
You are not locked in because one of the things you can buy with bitcoins are dollars. And those dollars can then be used to buy about anything that can be bought at all.
That picture only shows the outer border of the USA. But isn't a border also at every single international airport? After all, those airports have border controls,. So add to the graphics a 100 mile radius circle around every international airport.
"Seriously, the Oceana launch that happened today is having exactly the same problems..."
That is because this is NOT about DRM--this is about killing the Used PC Game market. The server connection is to verify first-install. After that, the game will not work on any other machine (or be whittled down to Demo functionality). That being said, all EA PC games will have this "feature" from this time forward as they and every other major game developer/publisher are all involved in a major assault on First Sale doctrine.
Corporate Gaming is dying...don't throw it a life-preserver by purchasing their bullshit. There are a TON of Emulators and Kickstart projects out there--give THOSE folks your money.
What you are describing is DRM.
From Wikipedia: Digital rights management (DRM) is a class of controversial access control technologies that are used by hardware manufacturers, publishers, copyright holders, and individuals with the intent to limit the use of digital content and devices after sale.
Having the game playable only on the computer you first installed it on clearly limits the use of the game, therefore this fits exactly the definition.
You don't usually type much when gaming (unless it's a text adventure, of course). That it's the "WASD" keys that were worn out is a strong hint that he was gaming a lot. "WASD" are the typical game "arrow keys".
Then the phishing will just use another vector. Say, trick the user into installing some extension (yes, the browser will warn about a potential insecurity, but it also does so when you install known good extensions right from Mozilla's extensions page, so the user will just ignore the warning and install anyway). Or send a file format which the browser cannot handle, so the user saves it and opens it directly, without the sandbox.
The idea of man's creation growing beyond man's control is quite old. Just what exactly it is that gets out of control (magic, robots, genetics,...) changed over time. It may be that it is only in the western tradition, but it isn't genuinely tied to robots (indeed, I doubt that the idea of robots was even known to the ancient Greeks).
The day a robot can post this comment will be the day we really have artificial intelligence.
I didn't know it's that easy to create AI.
OK, here's the crucial code snippet to include in your robot to make it a true AI:
#include <slashdot.h>
#define MESSAGE "Speak for yourself meatbag! I mean, uhh- gross! Ew, yeah that's, that's sure not, what I would want. A human, an ordinary everyday human. Nothing different about me. All glory to the humans, down with those dirty disgusting robots! That I'm not one of, by the way."
int main() {
comment* c = slashdotGetRandomComment()
reply(comment, MESSAGE); }
Of course you'll additionally have to implement slashdot.h and slashdot.c.
Slashdot Mirror
So can a man on the street without a GPS.
But how to tell the delivery men where they should not go?
Oh wait, I've got the solution: Give them the GPS coordinates to avoid! :-)
That depends. If your goal is to just eliminate people, then the bullet is probably most effective. However if your goal is to eliminate their influence, the bullet may even be counter-productive.
That's because Netcraft didn't confirm it.
Open Source and Free Software differ in the philosophy, but not in the licenses. The government should not decide on the philosophy of the developer, because that's none of the government's business and would be contrary to the freedom of opinion (it would not be much different to e.g. a Democratic US president deciding that only software produced by Democrats should be used by the government). Therefore "Open Source" would in this case the more appropriate term.
Another requirement should be that the supplier allows the government to inspect the source code in order to make sure there are no backdoors in the code. With Open Source, this is automatic; for Closed Source solutions, it would be an additional requirement in the contract.
As I understand it, it means "if two products are equally suitable for the given purpose, but one is open source and the other isn't, then choose the open source one." Not too different to the rules for employing women or people with disabilities, where you also are not disallowed to employ men or people without disabilities.
Well, the app could improve the image. In most cases you'd not be able to check anyway. :-)
In other words, a RAID.
You are not locked in because one of the things you can buy with bitcoins are dollars. And those dollars can then be used to buy about anything that can be bought at all.
Suspiscious???
Also known as fishy. :-)
That picture only shows the outer border of the USA. But isn't a border also at every single international airport? After all, those airports have border controls,. So add to the graphics a 100 mile radius circle around every international airport.
Named after your mood when you are forced to use it? :-)
He probably was glad for this great excuse to install Linux on his Grandma's computer.
"Seriously, the Oceana launch that happened today is having exactly the same problems..."
That is because this is NOT about DRM--this is about killing the Used PC Game market. The server connection is to verify first-install. After that, the game will not work on any other machine (or be whittled down to Demo functionality). That being said, all EA PC games will have this "feature" from this time forward as they and every other major game developer/publisher are all involved in a major assault on First Sale doctrine.
Corporate Gaming is dying...don't throw it a life-preserver by purchasing their bullshit. There are a TON of Emulators and Kickstart projects out there--give THOSE folks your money.
What you are describing is DRM.
From Wikipedia:
Digital rights management (DRM) is a class of controversial access control technologies that are used by hardware manufacturers, publishers, copyright holders, and individuals with the intent to limit the use of digital content and devices after sale.
Having the game playable only on the computer you first installed it on clearly limits the use of the game, therefore this fits exactly the definition.
Actually, they'll have one of the roles being played by a Ford car.
You don't usually type much when gaming (unless it's a text adventure, of course). That it's the "WASD" keys that were worn out is a strong hint that he was gaming a lot. "WASD" are the typical game "arrow keys".
Do those people happen to have an ill kidney?
I didn't know that restaurants commonly use atomic bombs to prepare dinner. :-)
That's why God invented the dark energy. It will make sure that the universe keeps expanding, and the humans cannot find Him.
So it's only the left churches that are opposed to sex?
Then the phishing will just use another vector. Say, trick the user into installing some extension (yes, the browser will warn about a potential insecurity, but it also does so when you install known good extensions right from Mozilla's extensions page, so the user will just ignore the warning and install anyway). Or send a file format which the browser cannot handle, so the user saves it and opens it directly, without the sandbox.
The idea of man's creation growing beyond man's control is quite old. Just what exactly it is that gets out of control (magic, robots, genetics, ...) changed over time. It may be that it is only in the western tradition, but it isn't genuinely tied to robots (indeed, I doubt that the idea of robots was even known to the ancient Greeks).
I tried, but I keep failing to create the big bang.
I mean, I just could take existing matter, but that would be cheating, right?
The day a robot can post this comment will be the day we really have artificial intelligence.
I didn't know it's that easy to create AI.
OK, here's the crucial code snippet to include in your robot to make it a true AI:
Of course you'll additionally have to implement slashdot.h and slashdot.c.