I guess it all hinges on to what "communication" refers. From reading the posts it seems as if most people think it refers to e-mail, for example, with the origin being the sender and the destination being the recipient. I think "communication" refers to the travel of data from the person/customer/end user to the service provider (ISP, satellite TV company). Perhaps a prohibited device would be something like pay-per-view filters.
We'll see what comes of it all...clearly the law needs to be clarified in some places. Thanks for the intelligent discussion.
NAT is theft of service, at least as defined by the Comcast user agreement:
Theft of Service: You will not connect the Service or any Comcast Equipment to more computers, either on or outside of the Premises, than are reflected in your account with us.
I'm sure others are the same. Also under "prohibited uses of the service" is "an end-point on a non-Comcast local area network or wide area network."
Now let me put the reading burden back on you. The TX bill reads, "A person commits an offense if, with the intent to harm or defraud a communication service provider, the person possesses or uses a communication device or unauthorized access device..." So yes, you are right, possession is an offense. You left off the crucial part, however, the "intent to harm or defraud" phrase. Same thing is in the MA bill, just in a lot more words.
...settle down. Did you actually read the bills? As in, click on the link, read them, think about what they mean? Or did you rely on the third hand summary?
The bills are intended to prevent theft of service or service disruption, not keep you from having a home network or sending encrypted e-mail. Now put your knees back down, go read the bills, then find something real to worry about.
I see your point. And in the context of slashdot, Cool Hand Luke is probably underappreciated. Just think if it caught on, though. Geek conventions would start having egg eating contests. That I would pay to see:)
Not really underappreciated by the world at large, but I'll bet many on slashdot haven't seen it.
It's a documentary about 2 surfers traveling the world looking for great waves. It has a great narrative and photograpy. It's not like a documentary though...much more entertaining than that (the narrative is pretty humorous). Just an easy film to watch. I don't surf and I watch it whenever it comes on A&E. Watching this movie will bring you peace...netflix has it so you have no excuse not to see it. I pity the fool who doesn't use netflix...
Yes. Write your own player. That's the great thing about the Linux community and open source. If there's not a solution, anyone can make one. If there's a bug, anyone can fix it.
Are you insane? Oh wait, you're a guy who dresses as a woman...don't bother answering that question. What post were you reading?
If there was any "judgement" it was where I wrote, "Brilliant designer". There wasn't anything judgemental about my comment that he looked ok as a woman (unlike certain others, ahem).
Brilliant designer...I still have my original playable copy of mule for the Atari 800 and my pirated version of 7 cities (sorry Dan...I buy all my games now though)
...this is selected? It's not even news (he "may" pull out but he hasn't...whoopee...it's vapor news) but even more so, why is this slashdot newsworthy?
Well, since we're all here anyway, as a service to slashdot's heterosexual male readers I present Mary Jane (safe for work):
File formats aren't your primary concern (As a meteorologist, when you say "full featured" I think of plotting surface and upper air observations and model output). You should be able to get by with processing text (station and upper air output) and GRIB format data. There are numerous GRIB readers available (except maybe for Java). A couple of places I'd suggest looking are:
www.weathergraphics.com - I'd make it a link but it's not coming up right now. Tim Vasquez wrote the popular "Digital Atmosphere". You can look to his site to see where to get data.
Unidata Community Portal (free reg required). Go to "downloads" and look at GEMPAK. The IDV is written in Java and could be a jumping off point but it uses the VisAD library which has a huge learning curve. There are other downloads which may be of interest to you as well.
For those that don't want to worry about when the satellite is passing overhead and happen to live in the US (or thereabouts), consider EMWIN, the Emergency Managers' Weather Information Network. You can receive data by satellite, radio, or Internet. NOAA has links to schematics, free software (with source) and other good information.
No longer will they have to have their bikes collect dust or sell them on ebay. Hell, hide the motor, pedal slowly, and amaze people with your large size and 20mph transit. Just please don't wear any lycra...
You'd think a guy who wrote, "With little disposable income and a Damaclese Sword of imminent homelessness perched perpetually over my head..." would be trying to get a job. Instead of a long page of things he wants people to donate he should have a long page of why someone should hire him to work from home.
Maybe it would be good for him to end up homeless. When he realizes his "illness" doesn't kill him, he could make some money appearing in "Bumfights".
And a boy's gotta ride: "converted conventional vehicle, new or used, with factory installed interior replaced with non-toxic materials and air purifier unit added."
Since he's got all this time on his hands and the job assembing radios fell through, perhaps he can become an EQ god and sell items on e-bay, or maybe just pimp his skills on a site like elance.
I guess that would be too easy and would require him to take personal responsibility. After all, everything is not his fault...
"Hand holding"? IDEs not only enhance productivity (in our Java shop I use netbeans and I like being able to add 3rd party APIs to the parser database so the methods and members show up in the code completion list) but I think they can aid learning. When using an API you still need to know how to put an application together - no IDE will take the place of that. I'm sure architecture schools don't consider CAD software to be hand holding - I think that's analagous to IDEs.
I work with people who use IDEs (Netbeans, Eclipse) and those who prefer a text editor. I've found there is no correlation between the skill of the coder and the tool used.
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Here's the announcement in a forum...
I guess it all hinges on to what "communication" refers. From reading the posts it seems as if most people think it refers to e-mail, for example, with the origin being the sender and the destination being the recipient. I think "communication" refers to the travel of data from the person/customer/end user to the service provider (ISP, satellite TV company). Perhaps a prohibited device would be something like pay-per-view filters.
We'll see what comes of it all...clearly the law needs to be clarified in some places. Thanks for the intelligent discussion.
NAT is theft of service, at least as defined by the Comcast user agreement:
Theft of Service: You will not connect the Service or any Comcast Equipment to more computers, either on or outside of the Premises, than are reflected in your account with us.
I'm sure others are the same. Also under "prohibited uses of the service" is "an end-point on a non-Comcast local area network or wide area network."
Now let me put the reading burden back on you. The TX bill reads, "A person commits an offense if, with the intent to harm or defraud a communication service provider, the person possesses or uses a communication device or unauthorized access device..." So yes, you are right, possession is an offense. You left off the crucial part, however, the "intent to harm or defraud" phrase. Same thing is in the MA bill, just in a lot more words.
...settle down. Did you actually read the bills? As in, click on the link, read them, think about what they mean? Or did you rely on the third hand summary?
The bills are intended to prevent theft of service or service disruption, not keep you from having a home network or sending encrypted e-mail. Now put your knees back down, go read the bills, then find something real to worry about.
I see your point. And in the context of slashdot, Cool Hand Luke is probably underappreciated. Just think if it caught on, though. Geek conventions would start having egg eating contests. That I would pay to see
Not really underappreciated by the world at large, but I'll bet many on slashdot haven't seen it.
It's a documentary about 2 surfers traveling the world looking for great waves. It has a great narrative and photograpy. It's not like a documentary though...much more entertaining than that (the narrative is pretty humorous). Just an easy film to watch. I don't surf and I watch it whenever it comes on A&E. Watching this movie will bring you peace...netflix has it so you have no excuse not to see it. I pity the fool who doesn't use netflix...
What we have here, is a failure to communicate...
I love that movie too, but it's not underrated. It's a classic. Well, if you can whip out a classic, so can I. The Caine Mutiny with Humphrey Bogart.
Count me in...definitely a favorite of mine.
Yes. Write your own player. That's the great thing about the Linux community and open source. If there's not a solution, anyone can make one. If there's a bug, anyone can fix it.
Go forth and do your part.
As opposed to other rapes, which you want to last as long as possible?
Are you insane? Oh wait, you're a guy who dresses as a woman...don't bother answering that question. What post were you reading?
If there was any "judgement" it was where I wrote, "Brilliant designer". There wasn't anything judgemental about my comment that he looked ok as a woman (unlike certain others, ahem).
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Brilliant designer...I still have my original playable copy of mule for the Atari 800 and my pirated version of 7 cities (sorry Dan...I buy all my games now though)
Well, since we're all here anyway, as a service to slashdot's heterosexual male readers I present Mary Jane (safe for work):
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File formats aren't your primary concern (As a meteorologist, when you say "full featured" I think of plotting surface and upper air observations and model output). You should be able to get by with processing text (station and upper air output) and GRIB format data. There are numerous GRIB readers available (except maybe for Java). A couple of places I'd suggest looking are:
www.weathergraphics.com - I'd make it a link but it's not coming up right now. Tim Vasquez wrote the popular "Digital Atmosphere". You can look to his site to see where to get data.
Unidata Community Portal (free reg required). Go to "downloads" and look at GEMPAK. The IDV is written in Java and could be a jumping off point but it uses the VisAD library which has a huge learning curve. There are other downloads which may be of interest to you as well.
Good luck!
For those that don't want to worry about when the satellite is passing overhead and happen to live in the US (or thereabouts), consider EMWIN, the Emergency Managers' Weather Information Network. You can receive data by satellite, radio, or Internet. NOAA has links to schematics, free software (with source) and other good information.
No longer will they have to have their bikes collect dust or sell them on ebay. Hell, hide the motor, pedal slowly, and amaze people with your large size and 20mph transit. Just please don't wear any lycra...
You'd think a guy who wrote, "With little disposable income and a Damaclese Sword of imminent homelessness perched perpetually over my head..." would be trying to get a job. Instead of a long page of things he wants people to donate he should have a long page of why someone should hire him to work from home.
Maybe it would be good for him to end up homeless. When he realizes his "illness" doesn't kill him, he could make some money appearing in "Bumfights".
He seems reasonable...all he wants is a completely self-contained home with "satellite broadband service". Oh, don't forget the "Buckminster Fuller Dymaxion Bathroom Unit"
And a boy's gotta ride: "converted conventional vehicle, new or used, with factory installed interior replaced with non-toxic materials and air purifier unit added."
Since he's got all this time on his hands and the job assembing radios fell through, perhaps he can become an EQ god and sell items on e-bay, or maybe just pimp his skills on a site like elance.
I guess that would be too easy and would require him to take personal responsibility. After all, everything is not his fault...
"Hand holding"? IDEs not only enhance productivity (in our Java shop I use netbeans and I like being able to add 3rd party APIs to the parser database so the methods and members show up in the code completion list) but I think they can aid learning. When using an API you still need to know how to put an application together - no IDE will take the place of that. I'm sure architecture schools don't consider CAD software to be hand holding - I think that's analagous to IDEs.
I work with people who use IDEs (Netbeans, Eclipse) and those who prefer a text editor. I've found there is no correlation between the skill of the coder and the tool used.
Man, you got ripped on the moderation. Flamebait? It was on topic for the discussion, which was on topic for the article...
I suppose he was carrying his comments on 2 stone tablets... Let's see, what did he spake unto us? "Ho humm..." Wow...words to live by.
You are correct. Too bad you posted anonymously...doesn't anyone want potentially inflammatory remarks attributed to them? Geez...
And when you leave the computer you have a banner shaped hole in your field of view...
Funny, I never see them. Oh, maybe that's because I use the free Proxomitron. It's the ultimate in configurability. Windows only, sorry...
You didn't put hyperlinks to the White House, Cisco, or HP! That's too bad...You were closing in on the record for hyperlinks in a single submission.