Well, I know that whenever I deal with buying stuff from another country (even the US, I'm Canadian, but it's not as bad as Europe) - dealing with freight, insurance, currency conversion, tax conversion, etc can be a nightmare. Slap on the weird new VAT (Value-Added-Tax) rules that Europe has recently applied to the internet, and doing business overseas is a real pain.
Don't take it as a directed insult, think of it more in the business sense:
They're not ignoring you, just not including you due to costs and hassle.
I am surprised at the hassle you have getting computer hardware such as laptops though. Do you have any friends/family that can receive the item and ship it over for you?
That my phone has the ability to work in encrypted and non-encrypted mode? Does the phone automatically join the non-encrypted session without warning, or will it balk?
Really, it would be a good idea to have some sort of *privacy off* icon or something like that on most phones (I think some Nokias I've seen have this).
Not trying to troll, but we mention a lot of Via VS Intel here, how about AMD?
I've never been a big Intel fan to begin with, but how does the VIA chipset and Linux support stack up against AMD? How friendly are they to open-source in comparison?
a)We didn't know
b)If it's important to you, post a link to something that gives us more info. Linkless stories don't usually get posted
c)Pro-American regimes are what we're fighting against in many cases (or the degredation of Americanistic countries).
d)We can't post everything everytime
e)I think I've just fed a troll...
That being said. I'm a Canadian... the above mark my respect for the intent of the American forefathers. Since when is Thailand pro-American? Heck, even Canada isn't really that pro-American anymore (bush is a moron ring a bell?)
Heck, even America isn't that pro-Amearican anymore... as civil liberties are starting to mean jack sh*t nowadays
However, the lawsuit wasn't about the spilling of the coffee, or the lack of warning. It was about the fact that MacDonalds knew their coffee was at such a temperature (greater than most other restaurants/fast-food/etc) that it would quickly burn a person were it to make contact with skin.
If the coffee had been knocked off or something similar it would be the same thing, it was known to be too hot.
I used to laugh at the coffee-lap incident too, until I got more of the facts.
Ever tried iceWM? It can be fairly light, is windows-ish, and looks quite stylin' when themed. I used it with DFM (which I'm not really happy with) as a desktop.
Well... first before I get flamed to death, I will note that I am writing from MozillaFirebird on X11 with a lot of nice graphics support (GL, etc).
That being said, however, one of the nice things about 'nix is that you can trim down the graphics or the GUI (as above, not to indicate that linux can't do advanced GUI). With windows, you're looking at the latest OS every now-and-then just to make sure it runs on your hardware... which usually included a bevy of bloated and distasteful GUI crapulence.
Now, for payroll, we're talking money, calculation, etc... a simple GUI (widget-wise, not necessarily design wise) is all that's needed for the client-side. For the server-side, no GUI needed at all... we're just processing more or less straight numerical data, except for strings on names, account ID's, etc.
As always, the beauty of linux is choice. For your accounting system, you can eliminate a lot of headache by not using the unnecessary GUI components. In windows, you often don't have as many options in that direction (except disabling "fade effects" and other silliness).
I fully expect linux to take root and grow within the financial sector more and more as time passes - as long as you don't have MS-only software, there's just no need for an MS Operating System in such an environment.
Battery life (and generally heat) often have a direct relation to how "powerful" a computer is. Faster CPU, uses more juice. Bigger screen, brighter, fancy colours... sucks more power.
Arguing an old 486 or less CPU against a modern Athlon/Pentium is like wondering why your 150W bulbs give you a higher power bill over the 40W ones.
Of course, modern CPU's also seem to be very inefficient, with large amounts of power being (presumably) lost as heat. As cores, etc improve we should see heat decrease in relation to efficiency?
When an company or gov't entity hides or covers up their own sensitive information, I could see this being classification.
However, when they make a private individual or entity cover up such information, wouldn't it better be called "supression", "oppression", or something similar?
How can they make a private indivual cover up information not gained from already-classified sources?
I've seen physically "different" kids that are perfectly accepted among their peers, and I've also seen physically "normal" kids labeled nerds, geeks, etc. and shunned
Yes, but it's one thing to be bullied on an aspect you can change (clothes, hairstyle, BO due to lack of showering) - and another to be picked on because of something you cannot change.
Of course, it's also one of the most common practices. Anything that makes a target is fair game, and the more pronounced the better.
Still, it is not so much a question of "what" is being picked on, as "why." And most "why's" are not a good enough reason to make somebody's life a living hell. I would know, I was infamously unpopular (everybody knew me well enough to shun me) in High School.
It's also a cycle. I never had a chance to become more popular in school, so I was never ever to develop overly many friends and greater social habits. After HS, things changed a lot though, as I escaped my isolated reputation and built a better one. Hell, I've even got laid a few times, and I'm a sysadmin/programmer.
I'll always carry a certain inherant distrust/wariness of others - and I especially find the opposite sex better for friendship, I'm still not great with "the guys" - but it could have been worse.
I never blew any heads off, though I will admit that the feeling of helplessness made any possible retribution slightly attractive. Perhaps what these kids need to learn is that "High School does not last forever." You can't make them popular as getting rid of bullies does not remove the seclusion/isolation issues, but you can give them hope for the future (I hope).
Hmm... Decision Matrix... Matrix. I can already see the relevance in regards to the code that has supposedly been copied by Linux...
"Unfortunaly, no one can be told what the source code is. You have to see it for yourself. After signing our huge NDA, of course! Linux user? Just follow the agen... er gentleman in the dark suit"
Somehow I think that SCO took the wrong pill, they're still a bit out-of-touch with reality:-)
This guy had it right. Patents could still apply to software, just in a fashion that is limited to prevent the current idiocy of everything-under-the-sun patententing
Patenting "implementation" good, concept bad. While a short concept copyright wouldn't be too bad, allowing people to sit on them is completely idiotic. There should be a short time-span and/or "concept-to-action" phase for the person to actually try and implement on the bright ideas.
BTW, I like the fact that your email address isn't shown and your website has no information about you, yet.
A "whois" for the admin contact will net you that. Putting an email on the cover page is baaaad - though I could make a "mail me" script I suppose.
Then again, if I had time to bother with "mail me" scripts, I'd probably have time to develop that "about me" section that's been sitting in the void for so long hehe
I think to a certain degree software should be patentable. If you go out and develop new, innovative, and suddenly popular software - you should have a time when you don't have to worry about being deluged with copycats. That being said, a more intelligent idea might be to have time limits with variance per the item being copyrighted.
Software (methodology) patents could be what, a few years, and business methods perhaps one. It allows the creator to enjoy the fruits of his/her labour for awhile, while still allowing competition to foster and innovation to flourish in later years.
Oh yes, and you should not be allowed to patent something that already exists in a previous medium (online XYZ based on real XYZ).
How about chats, how about culteral diversity? I've met tons of people in "real life" from online. Some gamers, some chatters, etc etc.
Heck, I've learned tons about other countries from the "online experience" that I would never have known. When I travel, if I run near somebody who I know online I might just arrange to stop and visit.
Now, some people may use the 'net to hide because a veil on anonymity, but many of us use it to find - besides fresh meaty noobs for the slaughter - people with similar interests.
No, I don't go down to the nearest gym or basketball court and meet people. Those things don't interest me (other recreation such as blading does, but most of that is solo). Meeting people online gives me a little social interaction - and lets me meet a diverse range of people. When it comes to people I do meet in real life, I know a bit more about them, and know that we at least have some common interests.
Where would you rather meet somebody... in a bar pissed out of his/her mind, or in a chatroom or online game session? Not everybody hides who they are... you'd be surprised at the amount who are quite more open online, which makes meeting them much better than the bar/etc.
That they perhaps have a flatscreen or low-radiation monitor. Even that doesn't really help against the oncoming shortsightedness.
No, this isn't to mock using PC's at an early age, it's personal experience. A few years of working in dimly lit rooms in front of screens leaves me squinting more in bright light or requiring shades. After years of screen-watching, only by changing my habits (eye-distance to screen, etc) did I prevent totally screwing up my vision.
If I were the type that wears glasses/contacts all the time I'd be worse, but luckily I take them off at the PC (ever notice that not wearing glasses constantly decreases how your vision goes downhill, seems your eyes adjust to the assistance and get lazier).
Computers are a great learning tool for kids and adults alike, but it's a good idea to be aware of the physical side-effects that are often overlooking in leui of the psychological ones.
How does this apply to out-of-state offenders Vs in-state recipients, or in-state offenders Vs out-of-state recipients. I've never really figured out how US law works... too many different states with local discrepencies:-)
Would sure be nice if you could nail any spammer from anywhere in the US if you're a Michigan system... I bet it'd be a good place to set up an email server too.
The problem with this is that email is a directed delivery system, whereas with anon FTP it can be a real pain to have failes that can only be read by certain users/groups.
For example, if I am sending a zipped copy of my financial reportsto a remote location, or something like that. How do I put the files on the anon FTP without everyone in the company (assuming FTP is restricted to internals) being able to read the file - unless you have little sandboxes for individual FTP recipients (upload OK, read requires proper userID).
Of course, if you have a system with login-names, etc associated with FTP then it's good - but in that case you could just use a fileserver location with Samba, NFS, etc.
As far as I can tell, in the U.S., if you throw something away, the police don't need a search warrant to obtain it. They can go through your trash all they want.
I think, however, you will find legal issues with tracking the individuals to obtain said DNA in the first place. Police harrassment perhaps? Remember, for these people the only indicator of guilt is close proximity, which could happen to anyone.
Just like if you throw a murder weapon with your fingerprints on it into your trash, I think you're "discarding" your DNA if you were to, say, have children.
But not all 20 individuals threw away a "murder weapon?" It's a bit different in this case... as non-incriminatory items were being collected. Sure, I'm all for catching the actual person at fault, but the other 19 still don't deserve the scrutiny they were put under.
All-in-all, the perp should be arrested and booked accordingly, but those other 19 who were also being examined when the refused the test should be pressing suits again the police for the invasion of their privacy, etc.
More like, the person who would be viewing said billboard signed an agreement he/she didn't understand, and the advertised glued a competitors ad onto the glasses/eyeballs of the viewer.
Remember, this is all happening on the side of the client, and only with people dumb enough (computer dumb anyhow, which is unfortunately the general populace) to accept such agreements.
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Well, I know that whenever I deal with buying stuff from another country (even the US, I'm Canadian, but it's not as bad as Europe) - dealing with freight, insurance, currency conversion, tax conversion, etc can be a nightmare. Slap on the weird new VAT (Value-Added-Tax) rules that Europe has recently applied to the internet, and doing business overseas is a real pain.
Don't take it as a directed insult, think of it more in the business sense:
They're not ignoring you, just not including you due to costs and hassle.
I am surprised at the hassle you have getting computer hardware such as laptops though. Do you have any friends/family that can receive the item and ship it over for you?
That my phone has the ability to work in encrypted and non-encrypted mode? Does the phone automatically join the non-encrypted session without warning, or will it balk?
Really, it would be a good idea to have some sort of *privacy off* icon or something like that on most phones (I think some Nokias I've seen have this).
Not trying to troll, but we mention a lot of Via VS Intel here, how about AMD?
I've never been a big Intel fan to begin with, but how does the VIA chipset and Linux support stack up against AMD? How friendly are they to open-source in comparison?
Electrons flowing from catheon to anion constitute moving parts, as well as a power supply
Last time I checked, we didn't classify power-lines as having "moving parts" either though?
a)We didn't know
b)If it's important to you, post a link to something that gives us more info. Linkless stories don't usually get posted
c)Pro-American regimes are what we're fighting against in many cases (or the degredation of Americanistic countries).
d)We can't post everything everytime
e)I think I've just fed a troll...
That being said. I'm a Canadian... the above mark my respect for the intent of the American forefathers. Since when is Thailand pro-American? Heck, even Canada isn't really that pro-American anymore (bush is a moron ring a bell?)
Heck, even America isn't that pro-Amearican anymore... as civil liberties are starting to mean jack sh*t nowadays
However, the lawsuit wasn't about the spilling of the coffee, or the lack of warning. It was about the fact that MacDonalds knew their coffee was at such a temperature (greater than most other restaurants/fast-food/etc) that it would quickly burn a person were it to make contact with skin.
If the coffee had been knocked off or something similar it would be the same thing, it was known to be too hot.
I used to laugh at the coffee-lap incident too, until I got more of the facts.
Ever tried iceWM? It can be fairly light, is windows-ish, and looks quite stylin' when themed. I used it with DFM (which I'm not really happy with) as a desktop.
Well... first before I get flamed to death, I will note that I am writing from MozillaFirebird on X11 with a lot of nice graphics support (GL, etc).
That being said, however, one of the nice things about 'nix is that you can trim down the graphics or the GUI (as above, not to indicate that linux can't do advanced GUI). With windows, you're looking at the latest OS every now-and-then just to make sure it runs on your hardware... which usually included a bevy of bloated and distasteful GUI crapulence.
Now, for payroll, we're talking money, calculation, etc... a simple GUI (widget-wise, not necessarily design wise) is all that's needed for the client-side. For the server-side, no GUI needed at all... we're just processing more or less straight numerical data, except for strings on names, account ID's, etc.
As always, the beauty of linux is choice. For your accounting system, you can eliminate a lot of headache by not using the unnecessary GUI components. In windows, you often don't have as many options in that direction (except disabling "fade effects" and other silliness).
I fully expect linux to take root and grow within the financial sector more and more as time passes - as long as you don't have MS-only software, there's just no need for an MS Operating System in such an environment.
Battery life (and generally heat) often have a direct relation to how "powerful" a computer is. Faster CPU, uses more juice. Bigger screen, brighter, fancy colours... sucks more power.
Arguing an old 486 or less CPU against a modern Athlon/Pentium is like wondering why your 150W bulbs give you a higher power bill over the 40W ones.
Of course, modern CPU's also seem to be very inefficient, with large amounts of power being (presumably) lost as heat. As cores, etc improve we should see heat decrease in relation to efficiency?
When an company or gov't entity hides or covers up their own sensitive information, I could see this being classification.
However, when they make a private individual or entity cover up such information, wouldn't it better be called "supression", "oppression", or something similar?
How can they make a private indivual cover up information not gained from already-classified sources?
I've seen physically "different" kids that are perfectly accepted among their peers, and I've also seen physically "normal" kids labeled nerds, geeks, etc. and shunned
Yes, but it's one thing to be bullied on an aspect you can change (clothes, hairstyle, BO due to lack of showering) - and another to be picked on because of something you cannot change.
Of course, it's also one of the most common practices. Anything that makes a target is fair game, and the more pronounced the better.
Still, it is not so much a question of "what" is being picked on, as "why." And most "why's" are not a good enough reason to make somebody's life a living hell. I would know, I was infamously unpopular (everybody knew me well enough to shun me) in High School.
It's also a cycle. I never had a chance to become more popular in school, so I was never ever to develop overly many friends and greater social habits. After HS, things changed a lot though, as I escaped my isolated reputation and built a better one. Hell, I've even got laid a few times, and I'm a sysadmin/programmer.
I'll always carry a certain inherant distrust/wariness of others - and I especially find the opposite sex better for friendship, I'm still not great with "the guys" - but it could have been worse.
I never blew any heads off, though I will admit that the feeling of helplessness made any possible retribution slightly attractive. Perhaps what these kids need to learn is that "High School does not last forever." You can't make them popular as getting rid of bullies does not remove the seclusion/isolation issues, but you can give them hope for the future (I hope).
Hmm... Decision Matrix... Matrix. I can already see the relevance in regards to the code that has supposedly been copied by Linux...
:-)
"Unfortunaly, no one can be told what the source code is. You have to see it for yourself. After signing our huge NDA, of course!
Linux user? Just follow the agen... er gentleman in the dark suit"
Somehow I think that SCO took the wrong pill, they're still a bit out-of-touch with reality
This guy had it right. Patents could still apply to software, just in a fashion that is limited to prevent the current idiocy of everything-under-the-sun patententing
Patenting "implementation" good, concept bad. While a short concept copyright wouldn't be too bad, allowing people to sit on them is completely idiotic. There should be a short time-span and/or "concept-to-action" phase for the person to actually try and implement on the bright ideas.
BTW, I like the fact that your email address isn't shown and your website has no information about you, yet.
A "whois" for the admin contact will net you that. Putting an email on the cover page is baaaad - though I could make a "mail me" script I suppose.
Then again, if I had time to bother with "mail me" scripts, I'd probably have time to develop that "about me" section that's been sitting in the void for so long hehe
I should correct this to "how do the normal office drones put the files on anon FTP..."
:-)
Using the words "PGP" and "encrypt" would be likely to cause heads to explode if I were to explain it to some people.
I think to a certain degree software should be patentable. If you go out and develop new, innovative, and suddenly popular software - you should have a time when you don't have to worry about being deluged with copycats. That being said, a more intelligent idea might be to have time limits with variance per the item being copyrighted.
Software (methodology) patents could be what, a few years, and business methods perhaps one. It allows the creator to enjoy the fruits of his/her labour for awhile, while still allowing competition to foster and innovation to flourish in later years.
Oh yes, and you should not be allowed to patent something that already exists in a previous medium (online XYZ based on real XYZ).
How about chats, how about culteral diversity? I've met tons of people in "real life" from online. Some gamers, some chatters, etc etc.
Heck, I've learned tons about other countries from the "online experience" that I would never have known. When I travel, if I run near somebody who I know online I might just arrange to stop and visit.
Now, some people may use the 'net to hide because a veil on anonymity, but many of us use it to find - besides fresh meaty noobs for the slaughter - people with similar interests.
No, I don't go down to the nearest gym or basketball court and meet people. Those things don't interest me (other recreation such as blading does, but most of that is solo). Meeting people online gives me a little social interaction - and lets me meet a diverse range of people. When it comes to people I do meet in real life, I know a bit more about them, and know that we at least have some common interests.
Where would you rather meet somebody... in a bar pissed out of his/her mind, or in a chatroom or online game session? Not everybody hides who they are... you'd be surprised at the amount who are quite more open online, which makes meeting them much better than the bar/etc.
The time conversion on that? I'll have to make sure that any Thai players are on the opposite team when I'm playing warcraft etc.
10:00pm rolls around...
Thaidude has left the game
Thaichick has left the game
Thaipl8r hs left the game
Heck, I could time this to make sure I get at least one win in a day.
That they perhaps have a flatscreen or low-radiation monitor. Even that doesn't really help against the oncoming shortsightedness.
No, this isn't to mock using PC's at an early age, it's personal experience. A few years of working in dimly lit rooms in front of screens leaves me squinting more in bright light or requiring shades. After years of screen-watching, only by changing my habits (eye-distance to screen, etc) did I prevent totally screwing up my vision.
If I were the type that wears glasses/contacts all the time I'd be worse, but luckily I take them off at the PC (ever notice that not wearing glasses constantly decreases how your vision goes downhill, seems your eyes adjust to the assistance and get lazier).
Computers are a great learning tool for kids and adults alike, but it's a good idea to be aware of the physical side-effects that are often overlooking in leui of the psychological ones.
How does this apply to out-of-state offenders Vs in-state recipients, or in-state offenders Vs out-of-state recipients. I've never really figured out how US law works... too many different states with local discrepencies :-)
Would sure be nice if you could nail any spammer from anywhere in the US if you're a Michigan system... I bet it'd be a good place to set up an email server too.
The problem with this is that email is a directed delivery system, whereas with anon FTP it can be a real pain to have failes that can only be read by certain users/groups.
For example, if I am sending a zipped copy of my financial reportsto a remote location, or something like that. How do I put the files on the anon FTP without everyone in the company (assuming FTP is restricted to internals) being able to read the file - unless you have little sandboxes for individual FTP recipients (upload OK, read requires proper userID).
Of course, if you have a system with login-names, etc associated with FTP then it's good - but in that case you could just use a fileserver location with Samba, NFS, etc.
As far as I can tell, in the U.S., if you throw something away, the police don't need a search warrant to obtain it. They can go through your trash all they want.
I think, however, you will find legal issues with tracking the individuals to obtain said DNA in the first place. Police harrassment perhaps? Remember, for these people the only indicator of guilt is close proximity, which could happen to anyone.
Just like if you throw a murder weapon with your fingerprints on it into your trash, I think you're "discarding" your DNA if you were to, say, have children.
But not all 20 individuals threw away a "murder weapon?" It's a bit different in this case... as non-incriminatory items were being collected. Sure, I'm all for catching the actual person at fault, but the other 19 still don't deserve the scrutiny they were put under.
All-in-all, the perp should be arrested and booked accordingly, but those other 19 who were also being examined when the refused the test should be pressing suits again the police for the invasion of their privacy, etc.
"I still live in my parent's basement. Burrow. Whatever"
More like, the person who would be viewing said billboard signed an agreement he/she didn't understand, and the advertised glued a competitors ad onto the glasses/eyeballs of the viewer.
Remember, this is all happening on the side of the client, and only with people dumb enough (computer dumb anyhow, which is unfortunately the general populace) to accept such agreements.