521.126. ELECTRONICALLY READABLE INFORMATION. (a) The department may not include any information on a driver's license, commercial driver's license, or personal identification certificate in an electronically readable form other than the information printed on the license and a physical description of the licensee.
(b) Except as provided by Subsections (d), (e), and (g), a person commits an offense if the person:
(1) accesses or uses electronically readable information derived from a driver's license, commercial driver's license, or personal identification certificate; or
(2) compiles or maintains a database of electronically readable information derived from driver's licenses, commercial driver's licenses, or personal identification certificates.
(c) An offense under Subsection (b) is a Class A misdemeanor.
The exemption (d) is for databases used for government purposes, exemption (e) is for financial instituions for identification and can't be stored without written permission, and exemption (g) is for people in charge of maritime ports.
Don't know what state you live in, but you may want to check for a similar laws.
Those other three, you probably don't want to be stuffing the turkey with, though.
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The pong minigame was in Keen 4 thru 6. Six was published by a company called 'Formgen', and is thus unavailable for sale. Last I knew, you could buy Keen 1 thru 5 on cd from Apogee.
Keen Dreams was made by id to meet a quota for a number of games, and was then dumped into being freeware or somesuch. It had a completly different interface to it, that included a mouse cursor and buttons. The plot was rather humorous, but you didn't have your neural blaster with you. So, you had to collect little flashing objects and throw them at enemies to temporarily disable them. I'm not aware of any minigames within Keen Dreams.
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Ack. I admit being wrong. I never noticed that part of the penal code, it goes 100% against what they taught us in the CHL class. (And what the questions from the test, too.)
However, keep in mind part 3, that the deadly force must be the completly last resort. If you think you can possibly tackle the guy without sustaining serious bodily injury/death, then you can't shoot him.
That is a myth. Texas does not allow the utilization of deadly force to stop property damage. The worst you can do, is point a gun at them and say "Stop, or I'll shoot.", but you could be charged with manslaughter/murder/etc if you shoot them.
In the Texas Penal Code, deadly force is only authorized to prevent either illegal deadly force (Or to include a reasonable threat. If he says he's going to kill you, you can shoot him. If he tries to kill him, you can shoot him.) or some specific crimes being commited. Rape, kidnapping when a threat is involved, etc. If he grabs you by your arm and says "Come with me, or I'll kill you." you can shoot him.
For more information, take a course on concealed carry in the appopriate state if available.
Testing usually does more damage, more time, and is generally harder than what they expect in the field. (Colt 1911s had around six thousand rounds fired thru them during testing.)
Odds are, there are going to be people trained to use WidgetX before they take it into the field. This is to include going out on an exersize for a week in just short of realworld conditions. At the very least, it would be noticed that during training WidgetX became less and less reliable over time, and either they'd train ways around the flaw or they'd go back to the designs in an attempt to explain for the failure.
So, the govn't may end up with a few lots of quasi-defective hardware, but some field testing and a firmware flash later things would hopefully be fixed.
If these things are so small as to require an electron microscope to see, why arn't they simply vaporized/melted as soon as they find themselves shoved between two (relativly) massive wires?
You'd think that a microscopic piece of zinc would go before a macroscopic fuse/chunk of copper/etc. And since it's alot of single pieces blown around, it's not like several million are all going to do it at exactly the same time.
I've melted zinc, and it's pretty snappy, (Pennies after 1982 are mostly Zinc. When you melt them, you get a cool copper-skin effect going on.), but with the same torch ($15 propane torch) I was unable to even visibly affect the copper.
Yes, but how long until innocent people (Whom corrupt cops/politicians/etc don't like) are accused of being 'sickos'?
As long as they follow the due process, this can't go very far in theory. If they start to make exceptions to due process for the "sicko crimes", then anyone the Government will become a "sicko", and thus waive their own due process.
Personally, I find the differences in how the two engines handle bold text to be most interesting. If only for that, I'd stick to Google.
Most pages that have 17 occurences of your search text in bold are only going to be Porn sites ((unrelated to your search)) or Spam sites ((unrelated to your search)).
Can you see installing TurboTax onto your brain, in that manner?
"Oh, this portion of the brain isn't known to be used. We'll write our copy protection code there.", at which point you a)find squirrels strangly sexy, b)only see green, or c)discover the virtue of/, trolls and set your life goal to marrying one.
When you get the bank account, what if you enter into the agreement that/all/ records of your actions remain your property?
You grant the bank permission to keep, access, modify, etc the records all they want. But, it's still your information. I would like to think this would place it all directly under the juristiction of the 4th Amendment's protections of your personal "papers".
I don't see the ease of getting a bank in on this, but if you're a)big customer, or b)friends with local bankowner then you may stand a chance.
Easiest place to find is proably a "Wal-Mart Tire and Lube" or similar. Keep asking random employees until they agree to take the batteries.;>
Failing that, any sort of car place that sells batteries may be able to take them, though they may charge some sort of disposal fee. (Wal-Mart possibly should, but random employee number seven doesn't know that.;>)
You're thinking of one of the later models of the Compaq Portable. Likely the 386 version, which was about the size of a mini AT tower case, only a little shorter and a little fatter, unless you attatched the piggy-back ISA expansion box.(Sidenote:The Portable 386's had an actual socket-ed 386DX (Not ZIF, though) processor. First 32bit PC's, but were too expensive. 386SX was soon released, for price cut.)
The elder Compaq Portable was an old 8088, which used an actual CRT for the screen, nice and green. Was the size of a large suitcase, and weighed in accordingly. (The entire thing was made of sturdy steel within a plastic shell.. I've used mine for a stepping stool before)
Idle trivia, from rumors I've heard. The Compaq Portable was originally scribbled into existence on a cocktail nampkin, and the prototype was shown to investors while perched on a toilet seat. The only three prong outlet in the hotel room they were in was in the bathroom. (Rumors, take with salt.)
Sounds like a nifty piece of hardware. Put one at the front of your network, and reduce internal bandwidth wastage from propogation of virii/worms inward.
Even if all your stuff is patched, this could help keep all your servers from having to listen to the worms and script kiddies several hundred times a second.;>
No offense meant, but you don't understand Ballistic Fingerprinting. The ammo itself is not logged, it's the barrel's impression on the bullet.
To avoid the pot-hole of fingerprinting, a criminal spends ten minutes filing the inside of the barrel lightly with a round file, and that gun is essentially a new gun. (This is unlike creating a new accnt every time you view a NYTimes article. This is one-time energy, anonmous gun until caught.)
Criminals are also highly unlikely to bring their guns in for registration, so you've a large bloc of non-cataloged guns. While those will run out eventually, it's easy enough to alter the fingerprint of your new weapon of choice.
I am pro-gun. I do not fight against making it easier to catch criminals, I fight against cloaked anti-gun legislation. Ballistic Fingerprinting will have neglible effect on tracing of criminal's guns. It will give the Government a list of privately owned guns, which is one of those "slippery slope" deals. First they get the list, then they start squeezing moreso than the would otherwise. (Happened in CA, with SKS Sporters.)
There are degrees to which one should not give up freedom for security, very much so when that security is vaporware.
Isn't that how Consoles usually work? Each new console is (in theory) a significant jump in technology, with nothing inbetween?
(Personally, I went from NES to PSX, and havn't budged yet.)
From what I read, it looks like Microsoft is saying "Yeah, Win9x has all the security of a convertable with the top down and keys in the ignition, but that's what people wanted.", but are now noticing that people will pay a few more bucks to get a secure system.
I don't think it's that Microsoft is going to charge more for a secure version, or charge for security features, it looks like they are either going to charge more for the product overall while adding security to make it worth it, or they've realized that an actually secure Windows would be more valuable to customers, and may not actually change the price. (Give customers more for same amount, and keep them buying MS for a few more years.)
I'd point out that roads are of public benefit, and those who view roads as evil are quite few. However, with Stem Cell reasearch, there is a good about of debate and dissagreement. Solution? You can do it with your own money, but not with public money. Anyone willing to cough up the money can do it, but those against it arn't forced to pay taxes towards it. I'm happy.
I didn't read thru the entire patent (too lazy), but just from the start of it, you could interpet my Web Browser being an IM client (Sending a message of "GET"), and any http server as the "Im bot" (forming a reply that has to do with my message and sending it back thru the Im Client)... Doesn't this sound extremly vague? Will they attack the ICQ network's user-search system, if it uses ICQ protocols to communicate beneath the User's view? And how many of ya'll already made similar things? I've been working on a Tic-Tac-Toe game might fit the critera for that patent.
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Seems like a bit passive-aggressive, but somewhat reasonable action on their part.
If I was a customer, I'd be angry that my box wasn't on the channel I left it.
I concur! All those non-sixers, they are either too new to Slashdot or stuck around for too long.
521.126. ELECTRONICALLY READABLE INFORMATION. (a) The
department may not include any information on a driver's license,
commercial driver's license, or personal identification
certificate in an electronically readable form other than the
information printed on the license and a physical description of
the licensee.
(b) Except as provided by Subsections (d), (e), and (g), a
person commits an offense if the person:
(1) accesses or uses electronically readable
information derived from a driver's license, commercial driver's
license, or personal identification certificate; or
(2) compiles or maintains a database of electronically
readable information derived from driver's licenses, commercial
driver's licenses, or personal identification certificates.
(c) An offense under Subsection (b) is a Class A
misdemeanor.
The exemption (d) is for databases used for government purposes, exemption (e) is for financial instituions for identification and can't be stored without written permission, and exemption (g) is for people in charge of maritime ports.
Don't know what state you live in, but you may want to check for a similar laws.
Tin is not toxic.
MSDS here.
Those other three, you probably don't want to be stuffing the turkey with, though.
The pong minigame was in Keen 4 thru 6. Six was published by a company called 'Formgen', and is thus unavailable for sale. Last I knew, you could buy Keen 1 thru 5 on cd from Apogee.
Keen Dreams was made by id to meet a quota for a number of games, and was then dumped into being freeware or somesuch. It had a completly different interface to it, that included a mouse cursor and buttons. The plot was rather humorous, but you didn't have your neural blaster with you. So, you had to collect little flashing objects and throw them at enemies to temporarily disable them. I'm not aware of any minigames within Keen Dreams.
Ack. I admit being wrong. I never noticed that part of the penal code, it goes 100% against what they taught us in the CHL class. (And what the questions from the test, too.)
However, keep in mind part 3, that the deadly force must be the completly last resort. If you think you can possibly tackle the guy without sustaining serious bodily injury/death, then you can't shoot him.
That is a myth. Texas does not allow the utilization of deadly force to stop property damage. The worst you can do, is point a gun at them and say "Stop, or I'll shoot.", but you could be charged with manslaughter/murder/etc if you shoot them.
In the Texas Penal Code, deadly force is only authorized to prevent either illegal deadly force (Or to include a reasonable threat. If he says he's going to kill you, you can shoot him. If he tries to kill him, you can shoot him.) or some specific crimes being commited. Rape, kidnapping when a threat is involved, etc. If he grabs you by your arm and says "Come with me, or I'll kill you." you can shoot him.
For more information, take a course on concealed carry in the appopriate state if available.
Testing usually does more damage, more time, and is generally harder than what they expect in the field. (Colt 1911s had around six thousand rounds fired thru them during testing.)
Odds are, there are going to be people trained to use WidgetX before they take it into the field. This is to include going out on an exersize for a week in just short of realworld conditions. At the very least, it would be noticed that during training WidgetX became less and less reliable over time, and either they'd train ways around the flaw or they'd go back to the designs in an attempt to explain for the failure.
So, the govn't may end up with a few lots of quasi-defective hardware, but some field testing and a firmware flash later things would hopefully be fixed.
"...our favorite galaxies appear in our favorite episodes."
;>
I think he's counting the number of times they appear outside the windows of the ship, or in the background of the views from outside the ships.
If these things are so small as to require an electron microscope to see, why arn't they simply vaporized/melted as soon as they find themselves shoved between two (relativly) massive wires?
You'd think that a microscopic piece of zinc would go before a macroscopic fuse/chunk of copper/etc. And since it's alot of single pieces blown around, it's not like several million are all going to do it at exactly the same time.
I've melted zinc, and it's pretty snappy, (Pennies after 1982 are mostly Zinc. When you melt them, you get a cool copper-skin effect going on.), but with the same torch ($15 propane torch) I was unable to even visibly affect the copper.
Yes, but how long until innocent people (Whom corrupt cops/politicians/etc don't like) are accused of being 'sickos'?
As long as they follow the due process, this can't go very far in theory. If they start to make exceptions to due process for the "sicko crimes", then anyone the Government will become a "sicko", and thus waive their own due process.
RTFM, Yahoo is switching to their own engine.
Personally, I find the differences in how the two engines handle bold text to be most interesting. If only for that, I'd stick to Google.
Most pages that have 17 occurences of your search text in bold are only going to be Porn sites ((unrelated to your search)) or Spam sites ((unrelated to your search)).
Quote:"[...] all users are different, and there are too (damn) many of them (grumble grumble)."
;>
I daresay, that Skynet must have been set upon the goal of the perfect GUI all along, no? Difficult puzzles require innovative solutions.
Can you see installing TurboTax onto your brain, in that manner?
/, trolls and set your life goal to marrying one.
"Oh, this portion of the brain isn't known to be used. We'll write our copy protection code there.", at which point you a)find squirrels strangly sexy, b)only see green, or c)discover the virtue of
When you get the bank account, what if you enter into the agreement that /all/ records of your actions remain your property?
You grant the bank permission to keep, access, modify, etc the records all they want. But, it's still your information. I would like to think this would place it all directly under the juristiction of the 4th Amendment's protections of your personal "papers".
I don't see the ease of getting a bank in on this, but if you're a)big customer, or b)friends with local bankowner then you may stand a chance.
Easiest place to find is proably a "Wal-Mart Tire and Lube" or similar. Keep asking random employees until they agree to take the batteries. ;>
;>)
Failing that, any sort of car place that sells batteries may be able to take them, though they may charge some sort of disposal fee. (Wal-Mart possibly should, but random employee number seven doesn't know that.
Orange plasma screen?
You're thinking of one of the later models of the Compaq Portable. Likely the 386 version, which was about the size of a mini AT tower case, only a little shorter and a little fatter, unless you attatched the piggy-back ISA expansion box.(Sidenote:The Portable 386's had an actual socket-ed 386DX (Not ZIF, though) processor. First 32bit PC's, but were too expensive. 386SX was soon released, for price cut.)
The elder Compaq Portable was an old 8088, which used an actual CRT for the screen, nice and green. Was the size of a large suitcase, and weighed in accordingly. (The entire thing was made of sturdy steel within a plastic shell.. I've used mine for a stepping stool before)
Idle trivia, from rumors I've heard. The Compaq Portable was originally scribbled into existence on a cocktail nampkin, and the prototype was shown to investors while perched on a toilet seat. The only three prong outlet in the hotel room they were in was in the bathroom. (Rumors, take with salt.)
Sounds like a nifty piece of hardware. Put one at the front of your network, and reduce internal bandwidth wastage from propogation of virii/worms inward. Even if all your stuff is patched, this could help keep all your servers from having to listen to the worms and script kiddies several hundred times a second. ;>
Well, it can't be that bad, the "Reserve your copy" on Amazon.com gives it five stars!
No offense meant, but you don't understand Ballistic Fingerprinting. The ammo itself is not logged, it's the barrel's impression on the bullet.
To avoid the pot-hole of fingerprinting, a criminal spends ten minutes filing the inside of the barrel lightly with a round file, and that gun is essentially a new gun. (This is unlike creating a new accnt every time you view a NYTimes article. This is one-time energy, anonmous gun until caught.)
Criminals are also highly unlikely to bring their guns in for registration, so you've a large bloc of non-cataloged guns. While those will run out eventually, it's easy enough to alter the fingerprint of your new weapon of choice.
I am pro-gun. I do not fight against making it easier to catch criminals, I fight against cloaked anti-gun legislation. Ballistic Fingerprinting will have neglible effect on tracing of criminal's guns. It will give the Government a list of privately owned guns, which is one of those "slippery slope" deals. First they get the list, then they start squeezing moreso than the would otherwise. (Happened in CA, with SKS Sporters.)
There are degrees to which one should not give up freedom for security, very much so when that security is vaporware.
Isn't that how Consoles usually work? Each new console is (in theory) a significant jump in technology, with nothing inbetween? (Personally, I went from NES to PSX, and havn't budged yet.)
Police later searched for the closest respawn point in hopes of getting more answers to no avail.
From what I read, it looks like Microsoft is saying "Yeah, Win9x has all the security of a convertable with the top down and keys in the ignition, but that's what people wanted.", but are now noticing that people will pay a few more bucks to get a secure system. I don't think it's that Microsoft is going to charge more for a secure version, or charge for security features, it looks like they are either going to charge more for the product overall while adding security to make it worth it, or they've realized that an actually secure Windows would be more valuable to customers, and may not actually change the price. (Give customers more for same amount, and keep them buying MS for a few more years.)
I'd point out that roads are of public benefit, and those who view roads as evil are quite few. However, with Stem Cell reasearch, there is a good about of debate and dissagreement. Solution? You can do it with your own money, but not with public money. Anyone willing to cough up the money can do it, but those against it arn't forced to pay taxes towards it. I'm happy.
I didn't read thru the entire patent (too lazy), but just from the start of it, you could interpet my Web Browser being an IM client (Sending a message of "GET"), and any http server as the "Im bot" (forming a reply that has to do with my message and sending it back thru the Im Client)... Doesn't this sound extremly vague? Will they attack the ICQ network's user-search system, if it uses ICQ protocols to communicate beneath the User's view? And how many of ya'll already made similar things? I've been working on a Tic-Tac-Toe game might fit the critera for that patent.