So just because the government doesn't prosecute you, breaking a law isn't your fault? I'm sorry, but lack of enforcement of a crime does not absolve you of it -- it merely means you are not punished.
Thus, moral indignation at Microsoft is completely warranted, since it has committed anti-competitive actions. Whether or not the Feds dismantle them is irrelevant.
This project has been around since 2001; probably a dup/. article somewhere... Anyway, here is the NASA website, which gives more details on the mission.
The problem is that the process of turning source code into binary code is opaque to the developer. He puts some code through the compiler and some binary object code pops out.
Interpreted environments have the additional benefit that they run inside of a sandbox that is abstracted from the hardware by some large degree. Because of this, the running code never actually touches the CPU directly.
So is being distanced from the hardware good or bad? If anything, interpreted languages put the programmer more distant from the operating hardware.
The problem with compiled languages like C(++) are that you DO have to deal with memory management directly, thus creating buffer overflow exploits. However, all languages are vulnerable to input verification problems, of which buffer overflows are a subset. The problem is sloppy programmers, not bad languages, compiled or otherwise.
Also, no offense, but compilers are pretty damn smart pieces of software. Almost all security problems arise from the application software, not the compiler/interpreter.
Furthermore, the difference between compilation and interpretation is not particularly distinct these days, anyway, especially when dealing with VMs. You "compile" Java into bytecodes, which are executed by the Java VM, which in turn compiles and executes native code for the host machine. Conversely, many processors perform on the fly "translation" of instructions from one ISA to another.
Several students (who also happened to be hams) have gone to the FCC about this for arbitration, because no one but the FCC can regulate radio spectrum.
So, any hams out at UT Dallas might want to look into appealing directly to the FCC.
I'm going to get modded a troll for this, but it needs said anyway.
The US was not founded as a democracy. Read the original Constitution: states select electors, who appoint a President, who appoints judges for life. Senators are selected by the state legislatures. The only arm of the federal government democratically elected were the members of the House of Representatives.
The Constitutional Convention put those restrictions there for a good reason, too -- they were afraid of the tyranny of the majority. Judges appointed for life could protect liberty without being held to popular opinion; an Executive selected by electors would be less likely to be a popular tyrant oppressing the freedom of the minority. The only example they had of a democracy up to that point was Athens, and it eventually failed because of people voting for their self-interest rather than the good of the state. Madison, et al., sought elected Representatives who would make the best decisions for the whole rather than their re-election -- i.e., a republic rather than a democracy.
In the time since 1789, most of these protections have been removed in the name of democratic reform: the President is now (almost) popularly elected, Senators are elected in statewide elections, etc. Never forget, however, that democracy is not the cure for all evils befalling a society -- as many popular revolutions can tell us, the majority can be dead wrong in what it decides is best for a nation.
I'm all for some democracy. I want a say in how my government is run, since it only rules with my authority (and that of all other citizens). However, I am not about to cede all government to the will of the majority, since they are apt to deprive me of my freedom if it does not benefit their self-interest.
I am not a doctor, but I think its an inguinal hernia, where the intestines bulge out from the abdominal muscle walls, generally in the groin area.
It's unusual in females, but it happens. More often, it occurs in males -- hence the "Turn your head and cough" test the doctor does during a general checkup. Since the herniation will bulge more when you cough, they can usually catch the small ones before they get worse.
Danger's Hiptop is great for this. Its GPRS, so it should work across the ocean there. T-Mobile's the provider here in the states, I'm not sure who would be doing it over there, but that's the place I would start.
The Hiptop has built in IM clients, web browser, and email client capabilities in addition to being a cell phone. The latest software update allows you dowload a ssh client as well. You can also register and download the development kit from Danger to be able to put any sort of software on it.
Its wonderfully portable and the UI is snazzy with a wheel to control menus and a better-than-average thumbpad for text entry. I'm getting on as soon as I can get my grubby arse out of my current cell contract.
Apples to oranges. The Opteron and Athlon 64 will run both 32-bit and 64-bit apps fine, just as the G4 will run older PPC code. Just because Windows XP 64 doesn't have DOS app compatibility mode doesn't mean that the chips can't run it.
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Natural Rights/Human Rights- Rights granted by virtue of existence
Civil Rights- Rights granted by virtue of citizenship
Civil Liberties- Rights granted by virtue of legislative fiat
If you are suggesting that the "civil liberties" that the ACLU defends are arbitrary rights designated by a government body, you need to go back to POL101. Read some Locke and Hobbes as well.
According to people like Hobbes and Locke, freedom is the natural state of man. Governments, created by the people, impose certain restrictions on that freedom to further the goals of order and prosperity. It wouldn't do a society much good to have everyone killing each other.
Thus, your definitions fail since all rights are natural rights. Of course, this argument assumes you agree with social compact theory.
This has been a problem in traditional photography for some time. Distortion for wide angle shots always occurs for any wide angle shot -- try a 28mm lense sometime and see for yourself.
Special lenses do exist to correct for this. However, the are very expensive. Generally, only architecture photographers and other professionals have them.
You'll probably want a better lens anyway for doing any sort of quality photography. Oh, and as for fixing it with a filter, good luck. Its not as easy as just applying a transform as the person with the graph paper suggests. The warping depends on distance from the lens.
This would work, except for the fact that most of the header information in spam is thoroughly spoofed and sent through open mail relays. In fact, spammers ofter use legitimate email addresses as the reply-to address, meaning some unwitting soul wakes up with 10,000 angry replies and 20,000 more undeliverable messages.
Thus, replying to the email doesn't work./.'ing their website, however...
Big blue supports it, Dell supports it, and now HP is supporting it. More and more, sounds to me like its taking the Microsoft and Unix world by storm.
X11 *had* a consistent copy/paste scheme going for years. Then all the MS Windows converts bitched about Ctrl-C, Ctrl-X, and Ctrl-V not behaving correctly, so developers bowed and started including them as copy/paste actions in their apps. Support, however, has been spotty at best, leading to the lack of consistency you point out. I say we should stick with the standard X11 mouse button copy/paste system, as it tends to be faster than groping for the keyboard.
This inconsistency has lead to interesting side effects, however, most notably two completely separate text clipboards--one for standard X11 apps and ones that use the Ctrl-[CXV] style.
These lasers are not meant for shooting down surface to air missiles. This laser is designed to kill much larger and (initially) slower targets like ICBMs.
Here at Georgia Tech, the primary campus Unix machines (acmex, acmey, and acmez) go through a "round-robin" DNS resolution process. Each time someone digs to acme.gatech.edu, they get one of the three machines, depending on conditions. Helps load balance the servers and protect against one of them being down, say by a systems student "accidently" fork-bombing the server...
Looking at bugtraq, RedHat, Mandrake, SuSE, Connective, IBM's AIX, FreeBSD, and SGI also updated their sendmail packages. They've all had much advance notice for this, so it is no big surprise they have updates soon (i.e., simulaneously with the release from sendmail.org).
What would have been more interesting was if Apple hadn't updated their sendmail packages. With them advertising Xserve's as big iron, I would hope they would be quick with the patches.
You obviously don't no a thing about the law, as is aparent from your post.
First off, the "unalienable rights" you are quoting comes from the Declaration of Independence, not the Constitution. The Tenth Ammendment states, "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people."
Secondly, how can an amendment to the Constitution be unconstitutional? By definition it is part of the document and hence the supreme law of the land. Also, if you knew anything about law or government, you'd know that the 10th ammendment was placed as an appeasement to the states during the ratification of the Constitution. It has seen little or no use since the Civil War.
Next off, the state of California has made no claims to owning earthquake waves. Anyone can study earthquakes and geology to their hearts content and publish said reseach. However, the moment you begin trading your reseach and expertise for profit, the state of California has reserved the right to regulate that commerce. There is ample precedent for this in the law: lawyers, engineers, and doctors all have certifications they must pass before they can practice their profession. This is the guarntee the state gives its citizens that when they go out and get advice from a professional, they are getting someone with real credentials. Also, note that this is governed by the states and the states' constitutions, not the US Constitution.
Next time, know WTF you are talking about before you go trolling. Please don't compare rational laws and law-making to an Orwellian dictatorship.
Terrasoft makes PowerPC Linux machines, called briQ's with a 5.25" form factor. Come with a 500Mhz G4 or G3, laptop (2.5") HDD, etc.--and only manage to chew up 40W. They also managed to cram in a PCI slot somewhere...
Theoretically, you could cram a full-tower case full of these babies, thus having your Mac 'n AMD or whatever.
Wonder if that comes close to SGI's computing power per unit volume record...
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So just because the government doesn't prosecute you, breaking a law isn't your fault? I'm sorry, but lack of enforcement of a crime does not absolve you of it -- it merely means you are not punished. Thus, moral indignation at Microsoft is completely warranted, since it has committed anti-competitive actions. Whether or not the Feds dismantle them is irrelevant.
This project has been around since 2001; probably a dup /. article somewhere... Anyway, here is the NASA website, which gives more details on the mission.
http://deepimpact.jpl.nasa.gov/
So is being distanced from the hardware good or bad? If anything, interpreted languages put the programmer more distant from the operating hardware.
The problem with compiled languages like C(++) are that you DO have to deal with memory management directly, thus creating buffer overflow exploits. However, all languages are vulnerable to input verification problems, of which buffer overflows are a subset. The problem is sloppy programmers, not bad languages, compiled or otherwise.
Also, no offense, but compilers are pretty damn smart pieces of software. Almost all security problems arise from the application software, not the compiler/interpreter.
Furthermore, the difference between compilation and interpretation is not particularly distinct these days, anyway, especially when dealing with VMs. You "compile" Java into bytecodes, which are executed by the Java VM, which in turn compiles and executes native code for the host machine. Conversely, many processors perform on the fly "translation" of instructions from one ISA to another.
Several students (who also happened to be hams) have gone to the FCC about this for arbitration, because no one but the FCC can regulate radio spectrum.
So, any hams out at UT Dallas might want to look into appealing directly to the FCC.
I'm going to get modded a troll for this, but it needs said anyway.
The US was not founded as a democracy. Read the original Constitution: states select electors, who appoint a President, who appoints judges for life. Senators are selected by the state legislatures. The only arm of the federal government democratically elected were the members of the House of Representatives.
The Constitutional Convention put those restrictions there for a good reason, too -- they were afraid of the tyranny of the majority. Judges appointed for life could protect liberty without being held to popular opinion; an Executive selected by electors would be less likely to be a popular tyrant oppressing the freedom of the minority. The only example they had of a democracy up to that point was Athens, and it eventually failed because of people voting for their self-interest rather than the good of the state. Madison, et al., sought elected Representatives who would make the best decisions for the whole rather than their re-election -- i.e., a republic rather than a democracy.
In the time since 1789, most of these protections have been removed in the name of democratic reform: the President is now (almost) popularly elected, Senators are elected in statewide elections, etc. Never forget, however, that democracy is not the cure for all evils befalling a society -- as many popular revolutions can tell us, the majority can be dead wrong in what it decides is best for a nation.
I'm all for some democracy. I want a say in how my government is run, since it only rules with my authority (and that of all other citizens). However, I am not about to cede all government to the will of the majority, since they are apt to deprive me of my freedom if it does not benefit their self-interest.
Don't forget about the Old Ones rising again.
I am not a doctor, but I think its an inguinal hernia, where the intestines bulge out from the abdominal muscle walls, generally in the groin area.
It's unusual in females, but it happens. More often, it occurs in males -- hence the "Turn your head and cough" test the doctor does during a general checkup. Since the herniation will bulge more when you cough, they can usually catch the small ones before they get worse.
Danger's Hiptop is great for this. Its GPRS, so it should work across the ocean there. T-Mobile's the provider here in the states, I'm not sure who would be doing it over there, but that's the place I would start.
The Hiptop has built in IM clients, web browser, and email client capabilities in addition to being a cell phone. The latest software update allows you dowload a ssh client as well. You can also register and download the development kit from Danger to be able to put any sort of software on it.
Its wonderfully portable and the UI is snazzy with a wheel to control menus and a better-than-average thumbpad for text entry. I'm getting on as soon as I can get my grubby arse out of my current cell contract.
Apples to oranges. The Opteron and Athlon 64 will run both 32-bit and 64-bit apps fine, just as the G4 will run older PPC code. Just because Windows XP 64 doesn't have DOS app compatibility mode doesn't mean that the chips can't run it.
Civil Rights- Rights granted by virtue of citizenship
Civil Liberties- Rights granted by virtue of legislative fiat
If you are suggesting that the "civil liberties" that the ACLU defends are arbitrary rights designated by a government body, you need to go back to POL101. Read some Locke and Hobbes as well.
According to people like Hobbes and Locke, freedom is the natural state of man. Governments, created by the people, impose certain restrictions on that freedom to further the goals of order and prosperity. It wouldn't do a society much good to have everyone killing each other.
Thus, your definitions fail since all rights are natural rights. Of course, this argument assumes you agree with social compact theory.
You've just demonstrated the halting problem. Congrats, now go read up some more on CS theory.
This has been a problem in traditional photography for some time. Distortion for wide angle shots always occurs for any wide angle shot -- try a 28mm lense sometime and see for yourself.
Special lenses do exist to correct for this. However, the are very expensive. Generally, only architecture photographers and other professionals have them.
You'll probably want a better lens anyway for doing any sort of quality photography. Oh, and as for fixing it with a filter, good luck. Its not as easy as just applying a transform as the person with the graph paper suggests. The warping depends on distance from the lens.
So I guess this chip has its own liquid cooling system.
Ok, this guy is offering *compilation* services over the web.
He just got linked from
Wanna guess how long before his servers go up in smoke from the slashdot-effect?
Stop filtering, and just hit REPLY
This would work, except for the fact that most of the header information in spam is thoroughly spoofed and sent through open mail relays. In fact, spammers ofter use legitimate email addresses as the reply-to address, meaning some unwitting soul wakes up with 10,000 angry replies and 20,000 more undeliverable messages.
Thus, replying to the email doesn't work. /.'ing their website, however...
I love the the classifications of developer they offer:
* Hobbyist
* Open Source
* Professional
* Corporate
* Malicious Hacker
Gee, I wonder if the last one flags me as a terrorist... *grin*
Big blue supports it, Dell supports it, and now HP is supporting it. More and more, sounds to me like its taking the Microsoft and Unix world by storm.
X11 *had* a consistent copy/paste scheme going for years. Then all the MS Windows converts bitched about Ctrl-C, Ctrl-X, and Ctrl-V not behaving correctly, so developers bowed and started including them as copy/paste actions in their apps. Support, however, has been spotty at best, leading to the lack of consistency you point out. I say we should stick with the standard X11 mouse button copy/paste system, as it tends to be faster than groping for the keyboard.
This inconsistency has lead to interesting side effects, however, most notably two completely separate text clipboards--one for standard X11 apps and ones that use the Ctrl-[CXV] style.
These lasers are not meant for shooting down surface to air missiles. This laser is designed to kill much larger and (initially) slower targets like ICBMs.
Here at Georgia Tech, the primary campus Unix machines (acmex, acmey, and acmez) go through a "round-robin" DNS resolution process. Each time someone digs to acme.gatech.edu, they get one of the three machines, depending on conditions. Helps load balance the servers and protect against one of them being down, say by a systems student "accidently" fork-bombing the server...
Don't check the box that says "Reacts violently to stupid questions."
Should my apt-get upgrade cost as much as a wget http://sluts-r-us.com/big/ass/movie/archive/hillar y_clinton.mpg?
I don't know about you, but think the latter should be so heavily taxed that it never gets downloaded, if only for the sake of humanity at large...
Looking at bugtraq, RedHat, Mandrake, SuSE, Connective, IBM's AIX, FreeBSD, and SGI also updated their sendmail packages. They've all had much advance notice for this, so it is no big surprise they have updates soon (i.e., simulaneously with the release from sendmail.org).
What would have been more interesting was if Apple hadn't updated their sendmail packages. With them advertising Xserve's as big iron, I would hope they would be quick with the patches.
You obviously don't no a thing about the law, as is aparent from your post.
First off, the "unalienable rights" you are quoting comes from the Declaration of Independence, not the Constitution. The Tenth Ammendment states, "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people."
Secondly, how can an amendment to the Constitution be unconstitutional? By definition it is part of the document and hence the supreme law of the land. Also, if you knew anything about law or government, you'd know that the 10th ammendment was placed as an appeasement to the states during the ratification of the Constitution. It has seen little or no use since the Civil War.
Next off, the state of California has made no claims to owning earthquake waves. Anyone can study earthquakes and geology to their hearts content and publish said reseach. However, the moment you begin trading your reseach and expertise for profit, the state of California has reserved the right to regulate that commerce. There is ample precedent for this in the law: lawyers, engineers, and doctors all have certifications they must pass before they can practice their profession. This is the guarntee the state gives its citizens that when they go out and get advice from a professional, they are getting someone with real credentials. Also, note that this is governed by the states and the states' constitutions, not the US Constitution.
Next time, know WTF you are talking about before you go trolling. Please don't compare rational laws and law-making to an Orwellian dictatorship.
Terrasoft makes PowerPC Linux machines, called briQ's with a 5.25" form factor. Come with a 500Mhz G4 or G3, laptop (2.5") HDD, etc.--and only manage to chew up 40W. They also managed to cram in a PCI slot somewhere...
Theoretically, you could cram a full-tower case full of these babies, thus having your Mac 'n AMD or whatever.
Wonder if that comes close to SGI's computing power per unit volume record...