Every person I know says "March fourteenth two thousand nine"
Then by your own metric (largest to smallest), every person you know is wrong.
Luckily, most of the rest of the world (and plenty of Americans -- Ron Kovic being an obvious example) format their dates in a more sensible way. Not quite as sensible as the ISO way, but considerably more sensible than the American way.
In fact, the GNU General Public License needs an explicit exception to keep the copyleft in a GPL application from spreading to non-free system libraries.
What? You're suggesting that if it didn't have that clause, any library it linked against would have to turn GPL?
Why not write a small GPL app that runs on.NET, then get in touch with Microsoft to tell them they have to open source the whole framework?
you respond by killing and/or imprisoning those responsible.
Actually, I think you'll find you respond by getting quite close to killing and/or imprisoning those responsible, but then pulling out all your troops and going off to fight your daddy's oil war.
What on earth are you talking about? The facial recognition system is the exact opposite of relying on the student not purposefully submitting false information, because the student has to be present, unlike with the piece of paper on which anyone can write anything.
It's been a while since I've seen an argument so ass-backwards as yours, and on Slashdot that's really saying something.
Why? Does it not just take the part of the "central server" in the system you describe, from which the "fire module" laptops pull their updated registration information every minute?
I'm not a lawyer, but I'm given to understand that under Work For Hire, your employer is not just the copyright holder but actually the legal author of the work.
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That's like saying he spends $200 on a meal for two at his local French restaurant, so $50 for two McDonalds Happy Meals seems pretty reasonable.
you can do more things with e. [2 things].
Are you suggesting you can only do 1 thing with Pi?
Every person I know says "March fourteenth two thousand nine"
Then by your own metric (largest to smallest), every person you know is wrong.
Luckily, most of the rest of the world (and plenty of Americans -- Ron Kovic being an obvious example) format their dates in a more sensible way. Not quite as sensible as the ISO way, but considerably more sensible than the American way.
Just get used to the ISO way of formatting dates, and celebrate PI day on 14th March (with fireworks at 16:33:05).
It's a hell of a lot more logical a sorting order than Mar 14 2009!
When you say "plus" do you mean "in addition to what you said"? In which case you are wrong.
and if follows logically with the next smaller time measurement in each position
It still might confuse Americans, who are illogical enough to use a middle-endian date system.
"Outperforms"? In what sense?
If the iPhone where the ONLY phone on the market, yes a case can be made
Why would that differ? You still don't have to buy a phone.
In fact, the GNU General Public License needs an explicit exception to keep the copyleft in a GPL application from spreading to non-free system libraries.
What? You're suggesting that if it didn't have that clause, any library it linked against would have to turn GPL?
Why not write a small GPL app that runs on .NET, then get in touch with Microsoft to tell them they have to open source the whole framework?
If I were you, I'd do it like this guy suggests.
Now, my Web-based board gets slammed by people from all over the world
Have you never wondered what "www" stands for?
Why would you want to smoke something that causes you to behave in a way of which you are clearly critical?
In the UK (and other EU countries), Google can't host videos and defer liability that easily
They'll just have to make sure they host them from the US, then?
Fine. Next time you jaywalk, be prepared for a bullet in the head.
you respond by killing and/or imprisoning those responsible.
Actually, I think you'll find you respond by getting quite close to killing and/or imprisoning those responsible, but then pulling out all your troops and going off to fight your daddy's oil war.
Please stop telling that joke: it really isn't funny any more, if indeed it ever was.
What do you mean by "it's still grounds for discrimination"? Do you mean that you think it is, or that you think that it ought to be, or both?
What on earth are you talking about? The facial recognition system is the exact opposite of relying on the student not purposefully submitting false information, because the student has to be present, unlike with the piece of paper on which anyone can write anything.
It's been a while since I've seen an argument so ass-backwards as yours, and on Slashdot that's really saying something.
And for heavens sake, ban the "1984" book.
Don't worry -- nobody's actually read it anyway.
Bags I the candlestick maker!
Don't worry about kettles of worms -- they're much easier to close again.
Then there isn't a problem, is there? If you choose not to expose your face at registration time, you choose not to attend this particular college.
This system with the face recognition is a POS.
Why? Does it not just take the part of the "central server" in the system you describe, from which the "fire module" laptops pull their updated registration information every minute?
I'm not a lawyer, but I'm given to understand that under Work For Hire, your employer is not just the copyright holder but actually the legal author of the work.
See http://www.stopworkforhire.com/site2/why-work-for-hire-hurts/