Presumably, there will be some period of time allowed for the pilot to respond. During this time they will penetrate further and further into the no-fly zone. (I'm taking a SWAG that this might be a minute or two. At jet speeds, that's about 17 miles.) This means a delay before fighters are launched.
Won't this mean larger no-fly zones (e.g., +17 miles in all directions) to give the fighter pilots more time for the intercept?
They just made a sale. I've been pricing SFF PCs to build a game system for my son (MAME, PyDance, etc). I'd resigned myself to having to add an ATI or NVidia card to get the graphics acceleration. Now, I'm looking at an EPIA M10000. They get some money. I save some money (no extra video card). We both win.
That I can now have acceleration on my laptop is just more sugary goodness.
The performance problem is really due to video card manufacturers refusing to provide programming details for their products. Without this information, X cannot use the acceleration capabilities of these cards. Without a proper driver, it's not far removed from running MS Windows with the standard svga driver.
... you had to walk miles everyday to get food, or move to a place with food or water, etc
Hey, I'll have you know the vending machine is *all the way* on the *other* side of the building. As soon aa a cube over there frees up, I'm outta here. Hmm, it might speed things up if I push Joe in front of that next mammoth.
Unless you expect your end users to be pulling out forensic analysis tools, a simple reformat should suffice.
Now, if you're actually disposing of the disks that's a different story. Wiping will be fine for that, unless the drive is already unusable. Then you'll need to go the physical destruction route.
If you were dealing with extremely sensitive data (missile launch codes, biowarfare research, etc) then physical destruction would be your only choice.
Despite what some have said, this isn't about foreigners being untrustworthy. This is about good ol' fashioned greed.
Imagine US call center workers... Let's say they make ~$35K/year.
How much do they need to be offered before they'll break the law? 2x salary? 3x? more? Remember, the workers are withing US jurisdiction and will probably be identified. It needs to be enough money to "get away." Let's say 3x salary.
$105K (3x salary) is almost 30 percent of what the thieves stole.
Now, export that job to someone getting paid $8K/year and it not only makes it cheaper for the company outsourcing the work, it also makes it cheaper for the thieves. 3x salary would only be 6% of the take.
And, it may not even require that much money. Being overseas places the call center staff well out of US jurisdiction. Unless the offense is something particularly vile, nations (US included) will generally protect their own.
The legislation took until the late 80's because the industry fought vehemently against airbags and passive restraints. NHSTA wanted initial deployment of them in 1973 with further safeguards by 1975.
The patent law changes pretty much dropped depth charges on the submarine patent scam. Patents used to be valid for 17 years from the issue date. So companies would hold off on filing the last document until their invention was widely used. Then:
1 file the last document,
2 get the patent, and
3 profit!
This workked so well because until that last document was filed, the patent number wasn't issued, making submarine patents all but impossible to look up.
Now the patent lifespan is 3 years longer, but the clock and the visibility of the patent starts as soon as the first document is filed.
A patent is only good for 20 years from the first filing. Apparently, Sony believes this tech will be possible within that timeframe.
If you really think teleporters will be feasible withing 20 years, I'd say go for it. But remember Allen Breed. He's the fellow who patented the first automobile airbag in 1968. When did the automotive industry make airbage generally available? 1988. Do the math.
Fortunately, Breed kept inventing and does hold active patents on the second generation airbags as well as other automotive safety systems.
I'm not trying troll - but usually "conservative" and proponent of "Total Information Awareness" doesn't go together. I mean, I'm a liberal and I can remember a time "conservatives" were for more privacy rights (ok, forget the fight over sodomy laws).
It seems the dividing lines have been redrawn... and it looks like it's now in crayon.
The "Conservatives" still favor privacy and minimal intervention *if* you are a corporation. If you're an individual, you need to be watched to make sure you don't endanger the corporations.
On the flip side, the "Liberals" want to protect individuals from the corporations. However, this leaves them in a sticky situation because, like it or not, the corporations are a (if not *the*) major source of campaign financing.
1. Why would a judge be swayed by public opinion? Isn't that the fear here, that public opinion will be bad against the current government?
It has not about the judge, it's about the jurors. The judge doesn't want the pool of potential jurors being contaminated by hearsay.
2. When will the ban be lifted? Will it be after the citizens vote in elections, perhaps?
Probably as soon as the court either dismisses the case or determines that there is sufficient evidence to proceed to trial. Sometimes, if sensitive information is involved, a judge may choose to seal the records. I don't believe that is very common and most of the time only portions of the record are sealed (
eq.
3. Just because a judge does it, it's okay?
It's a condition of the press being admitted to the courtroom. Just as a jury is not to allowed discuss a case they are currently hearing or deliberating. This raises the question of whether bloggers are members of the press, whether blogging is "publishing", etc.
4. How is a persons right to a fair trial compromised by posting public transcripts?
You're assuming the transcript is accurate and is presented in context without the addition of the reporter's opinions. Courtroom transcripts can amount to hundreds of pages of text. The judge can direct the jury to disregard unsubstantiated testimony or evidence that is improperly acquired. That's much harder to do if that information has already become public knowledge.
5. Is it worth protecting the right of one person to be protected from bad publicity if it keeps citizens uninformed about serious, deep running corruption?
Alleged corruption. Notice how the media does always use that word? They might have video footage of the crime, but the perp is always the alleged
whatever. "Innocent until proven guilty." (At least I don't believe Canada haa a Napoleonic justice system.)
Cases have been overturned on appeal on the basis of a biased jury. These restrictions serve to protect both the defendant (should they turn out to be innocent) and the prosecution's case.
Dead bird thing is mostly a myth. You will kill a thousand times more birds of prey by putting in a highway & getting them hit while munching on roadkill. Radio towers and bridges are just as dangerous as wind tubines to birds.
Pedantic nitpick: a bird "munching roadkill" is carrion feeder, not a bird of prey (raptor). Raptors will only rarely eat something they have not killed.
an awful lot like a real home, only cheap and portable as well as low-impact
Well, technically it's portable. It takes 3 or more people, a trailer, and a several hours of work to move a yurt. A basic yurt (without solar panels, batteries, water bags) requires a rather large trailer. The rafters (uni) are a bit less than the radius of the yurt and the collapsed lattice walls (qana) are about 110% of the height of the yurt. Add all of that to the roof ring (toghona) and the covering (isegei) and you have a bundle roughly 5'x9'x4'. Double that if you want a hard floor (instead of bare ground covered with tarps). Then add batteries, solar panels and something to support the water bags. I'm sure filling the water bags is endless fun. Assuming you cover all sides and not just the southern exposure, you're probably looking at several tons of water.
Assembled yurts are very confortable and roomy. Much nicer than tents or teepees.
Unassembled yurts are a source of muscle aches, back strains, grumblings, and the occasional splinter and/or cursing (often related to said splinter).
I'm trying to decide if you're serious or if this is just a [tt] comment.
I saw one of these pop ups the other night. It was just a box in the lower left quarter of my screen that indicated I should press the "thumbs up" button if I wanted more information. It wasn't all that offensive. I was startled when it showed up, but it's by no means the end of the world. I have no objection to these popups as long as they remain silent and unanimated. (I have Adblocker installed in Firefox, but generally only block things that blink, dance, make noise, etc. I don't have a problem with ads that just sit there.)
I think trying to categorize TiVo or any other commercial PVR company as "Good Guys" or "Evil" is naive. They are in business to make money. If you don't like it, you're free to build a Myth or Sage TV.
Be warned though, you'll be buying all your parts in qty 1. You'll likely pay more. It's not so bad if you don't mind a mini-tower sitting next to your TV. But as soon as you want something that looks like A/V hardware, your options become limited and price shopping becomes harder. BTW, I'd be delighted to be proved wrong. Show me a list of parts & vendors that will let me build a sub $400 Myth/Sage TV. It's not as easy as it sounds.
I don't think we accept airplane crashes. We don't even accept space shuttle crashes. We want 0 crashes, it's not like "it's ok to have a crash each x number of flights"
"Want" and "Tolerate" are quite different things. We "Want" no crashes, but what is "Tolerated" is quite another thing. The space shuttle program has been grounded for 2 years now. Tolerance there, clearly zero. What would happen if that tolerance was applied to air travel?
I expect much of that is influenced by the media. The space shuttle crashes and you'll see the footage played again and again for days. A major airliner crash will make the evening news for 2, maybe 3 days. Automobile fatalities will rarely make the news at all.
The folks over at Trolltech make the Qt framework that is the foundation of KDE.
If you use their framework to develop opensource projects, you qualify for their OpenSource Edition License. However, if you want to keep the sources all to yourself you can, but it will cost.
This allows Trolltech to make money and stay in business while still supporting the FOSS community.
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Ok, sir. No one wants to get hurt. Just put down the espresso and just step away.
I suspect they were shooting for definition 6 (under adverb):
But doesn't definition 3 seem a better fit?Nah, your packets are just being blocked by a Remington firewall.
A quick read of the specs leads me to believe those wacky MIT students have been running SCIgen again
Won't this mean larger no-fly zones (e.g., +17 miles in all directions) to give the fighter pilots more time for the intercept?
That I can now have acceleration on my laptop is just more sugary goodness.
The performance problem is really due to video card manufacturers refusing to provide programming details for their products. Without this information, X cannot use the acceleration capabilities of these cards. Without a proper driver, it's not far removed from running MS Windows with the standard svga driver.
Hey, I'll have you know the vending machine is *all the way* on the *other* side of the building. As soon aa a cube over there frees up, I'm outta here. Hmm, it might speed things up if I push Joe in front of that next mammoth.
Now, if you're actually disposing of the disks that's a different story. Wiping will be fine for that, unless the drive is already unusable. Then you'll need to go the physical destruction route.
If you were dealing with extremely sensitive data (missile launch codes, biowarfare research, etc) then physical destruction would be your only choice.
Imagine US call center workers... Let's say they make ~$35K/year.
How much do they need to be offered before they'll break the law? 2x salary? 3x? more? Remember, the workers are withing US jurisdiction and will probably be identified. It needs to be enough money to "get away." Let's say 3x salary.
$105K (3x salary) is almost 30 percent of what the thieves stole.
Now, export that job to someone getting paid $8K/year and it not only makes it cheaper for the company outsourcing the work, it also makes it cheaper for the thieves. 3x salary would only be 6% of the take.
And, it may not even require that much money. Being overseas places the call center staff well out of US jurisdiction. Unless the offense is something particularly vile, nations (US included) will generally protect their own.
A interesting read: Frontline: nixon & detroit: inside the oval office.
1 file the last document,
2 get the patent, and
3 profit!
This workked so well because until that last document was filed, the patent number wasn't issued, making submarine patents all but impossible to look up.
Now the patent lifespan is 3 years longer, but the clock and the visibility of the patent starts as soon as the first document is filed.
If you really think teleporters will be feasible withing 20 years, I'd say go for it. But remember Allen Breed. He's the fellow who patented the first automobile airbag in 1968. When did the automotive industry make airbage generally available? 1988. Do the math.
Fortunately, Breed kept inventing and does hold active patents on the second generation airbags as well as other automotive safety systems.
Seeing goatse and tubgirl are bad enough. But, Smells??!
You'll need to be brainwashed just to feel clean after that.
It seems the dividing lines have been redrawn... and it looks like it's now in crayon.
The "Conservatives" still favor privacy and minimal intervention *if* you are a corporation. If you're an individual, you need to be watched to make sure you don't endanger the corporations.
On the flip side, the "Liberals" want to protect individuals from the corporations. However, this leaves them in a sticky situation because, like it or not, the corporations are a (if not *the*) major source of campaign financing.
Just never, ever, ever put the chip in backwards. I lost a living room, half a dining room, and 3 cats that way.
1. Why would a judge be swayed by public opinion? Isn't that the fear here, that public opinion will be bad against the current government?
2. When will the ban be lifted? Will it be after the citizens vote in elections, perhaps? 3. Just because a judge does it, it's okay? 4. How is a persons right to a fair trial compromised by posting public transcripts? 5. Is it worth protecting the right of one person to be protected from bad publicity if it keeps citizens uninformed about serious, deep running corruption? Cases have been overturned on appeal on the basis of a biased jury. These restrictions serve to protect both the defendant (should they turn out to be innocent) and the prosecution's case.Did some one just use "don't jump to conclusions?"
With Slashdot?
Next thing ya know people will be expected to RTFA!
Hey, I want to install DRM on my implant so people will stop stealing my ideas!
Pedantic nitpick: a bird "munching roadkill" is carrion feeder, not a bird of prey (raptor). Raptors will only rarely eat something they have not killed.
Well, technically it's portable. It takes 3 or more people, a trailer, and a several hours of work to move a yurt. A basic yurt (without solar panels, batteries, water bags) requires a rather large trailer. The rafters (uni) are a bit less than the radius of the yurt and the collapsed lattice walls (qana) are about 110% of the height of the yurt. Add all of that to the roof ring (toghona) and the covering (isegei) and you have a bundle roughly 5'x9'x4'. Double that if you want a hard floor (instead of bare ground covered with tarps). Then add batteries, solar panels and something to support the water bags. I'm sure filling the water bags is endless fun. Assuming you cover all sides and not just the southern exposure, you're probably looking at several tons of water.
Assembled yurts are very confortable and roomy. Much nicer than tents or teepees.
Unassembled yurts are a source of muscle aches, back strains, grumblings, and the occasional splinter and/or cursing (often related to said splinter).
Prognosticator that I am, I predict that MySQL 5 will achieve release status between April 18 and 21.
I saw one of these pop ups the other night. It was just a box in the lower left quarter of my screen that indicated I should press the "thumbs up" button if I wanted more information. It wasn't all that offensive. I was startled when it showed up, but it's by no means the end of the world. I have no objection to these popups as long as they remain silent and unanimated. (I have Adblocker installed in Firefox, but generally only block things that blink, dance, make noise, etc. I don't have a problem with ads that just sit there.)
I think trying to categorize TiVo or any other commercial PVR company as "Good Guys" or "Evil" is naive. They are in business to make money. If you don't like it, you're free to build a Myth or Sage TV.
Be warned though, you'll be buying all your parts in qty 1. You'll likely pay more. It's not so bad if you don't mind a mini-tower sitting next to your TV. But as soon as you want something that looks like A/V hardware, your options become limited and price shopping becomes harder. BTW, I'd be delighted to be proved wrong. Show me a list of parts & vendors that will let me build a sub $400 Myth/Sage TV. It's not as easy as it sounds.
"Want" and "Tolerate" are quite different things. We "Want" no crashes, but what is "Tolerated" is quite another thing. The space shuttle program has been grounded for 2 years now. Tolerance there, clearly zero. What would happen if that tolerance was applied to air travel?
I expect much of that is influenced by the media. The space shuttle crashes and you'll see the footage played again and again for days. A major airliner crash will make the evening news for 2, maybe 3 days. Automobile fatalities will rarely make the news at all.
If you use their framework to develop opensource projects, you qualify for their OpenSource Edition License. However, if you want to keep the sources all to yourself you can, but it will cost.
This allows Trolltech to make money and stay in business while still supporting the FOSS community.