We'll see if this goes trough. I can assume the this credit rating amendment process, CRAP to be short, will likely die a quick death in congress. I mean, why should "you", of all people, be able to easily challenge the accuracy of "your" personal information that three corporations maintain on you without your consent to begin with really. I'm sure, in America at least, that if you arbitrarily started compiling information on addresses, and names of your neighbors for example and where they shopped etc., and if this came to light, you'd be quickly found to be facing jail time. But this is what the credit rating agencies does to everyone in America unless you opt out. Even if you "opt out", you still "not out" per say as a file is still maintained on you.
Found the quote on wikiquote:
I laid out memory so the bottom 640K was general purpose RAM and the upper 384 I reserved for video and ROM, and things like that. That is why they talk about the 640K limit. It is actually a limit, not of the software, in any way, shape, or form, it is the limit of the microprocessor. That thing generates addresses, 20-bits addresses, that only can address a megabyte of memory. And, therefore, all the applications are tied to that limit. It was ten times what we had before. But to my surprise, we ran out of that address base for applications within--oh five or six years people were complaining.
No, this technology allows the Air Force to be a step ahead of the ARMY in terms of bragging rights but at the same time provides no real security improvements to the overall networked system.
Now we're talking about dragonfly size? AND outdoors? It's, unfortunately, not a reality. At least in my opinion.
What you would need to do, from a technological stand point, is mimic the flight of a dragonfly. I mean, have you ever seen dragonfly hover stationary in the air even though it is completely windy... that is in my view amazing...
I will be driving in my Gmobile supported entirely by add revenue and the occasional mandatory detours to "suggested vendors" while en route to my destination, using of course, Gmaps. But on the way there, I need to fuel my Gmobile with some environmentally friendly and sustainable/renewable Gfuel, which is supported solely from advertising revenues which I'm forced to watch at the pump station. But before I leave the pump station, I plan to make a visit with my Gdoctor of course which the appointment has already been setup for me through Google calendar as Google knows my schedule by now anyway. I didn't need to confirm this, nor even ask for the appoint thanks to Gpsychic. The Gdoctor knows all my medical needs thanks to Grecords, all of which is sponsored by tailored advertising supported by the drug manufacturing consortium. I'm even planning on selling my Ghouse next week, to by a bigger house, for which G mortgage will help me out on the loan....
Jon Callas, CTO and CSO of PGP Corp., responded that this feature was required by unnamed customers and that competing products have similar functionality.
I wonder how this "undocumented feature" became a requirement? The article was vague about this and so was Mr. Callas's response. My tinfoil hat definition of "requirement" in this case is that a confidential US government agency swooped in and told them, make a back door or else... [insert some political pressure argument here]. The more rational and corporate version explanation I can think of is that certain people feared that losing the pass phrase will essentially lose everything which is not acceptable.
If the requirement is a legal requirement a la Patriot Act or whatever, it should have been mentioned by Mr. Callas. I don't see how he can be compelled without some legal reason to provide what is essentially a back door for the product on which his corporation relies on for its business, especially considering the potential loss in consumers confidence that there are no additional "undocumented feature(s)" in the product.
I'd like to hear the IBM "engineer" describe that he holds a "patent" during a conversation at some party:
IBM Guy: Hey man, you know I have an patent?
Party Dude: Really? What does it pertain to?
IBM Guy: The "check box".
Party Dude: The check box? Is that a new microchip technology.
IBM Dude: No man... it's the box, that, you check... on forms 'n shit
Party Dude: Really? That's not that novel...
IBM Dude: Check it... you are on a computer and if you want to indicate that an item needs to be checked... you click on this little box, and, it totally gets checked-off... Way cool, cutting edge shit...
Party Dude: Cool man. Need to get away, um, I mean some beer. Check you later.
However I believe the authorities (campus police, event security, etc.) shouldn't behaved in ways that only enticed Meyers even more to act more ridiculous. This is similar to a parent and a little child...
What "should" have happened is the following:
1. Event staffer should have been proactive, and shouldn't have let Meyers cut in line... This is the first cause of things getting out of control because there is no control upfront.
2. Kerry was willing to entertain his ramblings, Kerry isn't some ordained priest or a king, and from the video, it looked like Kerry was willing to respond like a true politician. It is not as if he wasn't used to this sort of thing given his position, etc.
3. Even in the escalation erratic behavior on part of Meyers, you don't defuse the situation by springing into action, making the situation worse and egging Meyers on (I can only assume he was on an adrenaline trip at this point). You don't try to grab the jumper, that would make the person jump. I've seen the cops in my town (Seattle) just confront the "subject" by standing calmly and asking questions in a normal voice.
4. My last point is that all the police had to do to defuse the "situation", a situation caused by more aggravation is to act in a professional manner. To accomplish this the police simply had to say something on the order of "Sir, leave the venue, I have reason to believe that you may cause harm to the audience, to you, and to me. Please come with me outside."
... Two minutes of yelling "Help!" as if he was being wronged by being removed from the microphone, as if the gathered students might join him in a glorious revolution. Two minutes of pure, textbook, resisting arrest...
Being arrested for:
a) Not sticking with the "usual" fluff questions.
b) Being annoying?
c) Making a scene (move along folks, nothing here to see)?
d) Being arrested in anticipation of resisting arrest?
Let me know when you get hauled off "for resisting arrest" because I'll be there in protest.
Wow, this article goes on complain about the lack of rural broadband access... Oh criminy, I guess I'll just do some fishing/hiking/gardening/whatever as a trade off. I would like to see an article about how there is lower population, and, coincidently fewer residences, in rural areas and what incentive certain private corporations have stringing a couple miles of coax up to Cleetus's moonshine shack. Better yet, how about an article about what rural is and means.
Let me be the first to say...
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That I am totally surprised by this turn of events! I was completely convinced that SCO had the legitimate claim to the Linux IP. Wow, what do I do with my SCO server coupons now? Oh, wait maybe Novell can still honor them somehow...
actually ignite a match like that? I didn't know that 2 AA batteries could put out that much power in a laser beam... this is clearly a lot more powerful than your standard run-of-the-mill laser pointer used in presentations. I'm so tempted on doing this.
Sorry, I couldn't resist, it was going to come up anyway... I can probably say the supercomputer won't run anything made by Microsoft. Who knows, maybe the next M$ os version will have minimum system requirements of a super computer.
At work where I occasionally do some minor CAD work, but mostly typing, I find my Logitech Marble Mouse USB track ball to be excellent. I find the lack of a mouse cord pulling your pointer around when doing CAD drawings essential. An added bonus of using this type of mouse at work is that when your "coworkers" want to "show" you something, they automatically begin to use the track ball as a traditional mouse but quickly find out that there is something wrong, and they can't cope with it.
At home, where I do some gaming, but mostly clicking around sites and music editing, I find my wireless mouse to be excellent. Again the lack of a cord is perhaps the best feature of a wireless mouse. Also, since the wireless mouse is heavier than a traditional corded mouse, you burn more calories...
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See cid=20905389: I was just joking about this, but maybe I should start a checklist.
- Bill Gates At the launch of MSX in 1983
No, it stems from the "16,400 is more than what you'll ever need" argument.
Interesting how she is pleading to the public for here to be freed even tough she is not imprisoned.
No, this technology allows the Air Force to be a step ahead of the ARMY in terms of bragging rights but at the same time provides no real security improvements to the overall networked system.
Does this posting count as spam, or is it a fake?
What you would need to do, from a technological stand point, is mimic the flight of a dragonfly. I mean, have you ever seen dragonfly hover stationary in the air even though it is completely windy... that is in my view amazing...
I will be driving in my Gmobile supported entirely by add revenue and the occasional mandatory detours to "suggested vendors" while en route to my destination, using of course, Gmaps. But on the way there, I need to fuel my Gmobile with some environmentally friendly and sustainable/renewable Gfuel, which is supported solely from advertising revenues which I'm forced to watch at the pump station. But before I leave the pump station, I plan to make a visit with my Gdoctor of course which the appointment has already been setup for me through Google calendar as Google knows my schedule by now anyway. I didn't need to confirm this, nor even ask for the appoint thanks to Gpsychic. The Gdoctor knows all my medical needs thanks to Grecords, all of which is sponsored by tailored advertising supported by the drug manufacturing consortium. I'm even planning on selling my Ghouse next week, to by a bigger house, for which G mortgage will help me out on the loan....
I wonder how this "undocumented feature" became a requirement? The article was vague about this and so was Mr. Callas's response. My tinfoil hat definition of "requirement" in this case is that a confidential US government agency swooped in and told them, make a back door or else... [insert some political pressure argument here]. The more rational and corporate version explanation I can think of is that certain people feared that losing the pass phrase will essentially lose everything which is not acceptable.
If the requirement is a legal requirement a la Patriot Act or whatever, it should have been mentioned by Mr. Callas. I don't see how he can be compelled without some legal reason to provide what is essentially a back door for the product on which his corporation relies on for its business, especially considering the potential loss in consumers confidence that there are no additional "undocumented feature(s)" in the product.
IBM Guy: Hey man, you know I have an patent?
Party Dude: Really? What does it pertain to?
IBM Guy: The "check box".
Party Dude: The check box? Is that a new microchip technology.
IBM Dude: No man... it's the box, that, you check... on forms 'n shit
Party Dude: Really? That's not that novel...
IBM Dude: Check it... you are on a computer and if you want to indicate that an item needs to be checked... you click on this little box, and, it totally gets checked-off... Way cool, cutting edge shit...
Party Dude: Cool man. Need to get away, um, I mean some beer. Check you later.
If I had moderation points right now... I'd mod the parent +5... great insight with cynical humor.
What's more ironic is that the long distance carrier the "blue box" worked on was Bell, formerly AT&T !
Do you ever notice that articles or post beginning with a question in the leader are crap?
However I believe the authorities (campus police, event security, etc.) shouldn't behaved in ways that only enticed Meyers even more to act more ridiculous. This is similar to a parent and a little child...
What "should" have happened is the following:
1. Event staffer should have been proactive, and shouldn't have let Meyers cut in line... This is the first cause of things getting out of control because there is no control upfront.
2. Kerry was willing to entertain his ramblings, Kerry isn't some ordained priest or a king, and from the video, it looked like Kerry was willing to respond like a true politician. It is not as if he wasn't used to this sort of thing given his position, etc.
3. Even in the escalation erratic behavior on part of Meyers, you don't defuse the situation by springing into action, making the situation worse and egging Meyers on (I can only assume he was on an adrenaline trip at this point). You don't try to grab the jumper, that would make the person jump. I've seen the cops in my town (Seattle) just confront the "subject" by standing calmly and asking questions in a normal voice.
4. My last point is that all the police had to do to defuse the "situation", a situation caused by more aggravation is to act in a professional manner. To accomplish this the police simply had to say something on the order of "Sir, leave the venue, I have reason to believe that you may cause harm to the audience, to you, and to me. Please come with me outside."
... Two minutes of yelling "Help!" as if he was being wronged by being removed from the microphone, as if the gathered students might join him in a glorious revolution. Two minutes of pure, textbook, resisting arrest...Being arrested for:
a) Not sticking with the "usual" fluff questions.
b) Being annoying?
c) Making a scene (move along folks, nothing here to see)?
d) Being arrested in anticipation of resisting arrest?
Let me know when you get hauled off "for resisting arrest" because I'll be there in protest.
Just as a FYI, if you prefer the wikipedia summary, here it is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiibel_v._Sixth_Judic ial_District_Court_of_Nevada
Wow, this article goes on complain about the lack of rural broadband access... Oh criminy, I guess I'll just do some fishing/hiking/gardening/whatever as a trade off. I would like to see an article about how there is lower population, and, coincidently fewer residences, in rural areas and what incentive certain private corporations have stringing a couple miles of coax up to Cleetus's moonshine shack. Better yet, how about an article about what rural is and means.
actually ignite a match like that? I didn't know that 2 AA batteries could put out that much power in a laser beam... this is clearly a lot more powerful than your standard run-of-the-mill laser pointer used in presentations. I'm so tempted on doing this.
Sorry, I couldn't resist, it was going to come up anyway... I can probably say the supercomputer won't run anything made by Microsoft. Who knows, maybe the next M$ os version will have minimum system requirements of a super computer.
For those of you researching bug #263160, click on the link provided.
Note to moderator, I recommend the "insightful" tag for this response.
At work where I occasionally do some minor CAD work, but mostly typing, I find my Logitech Marble Mouse USB track ball to be excellent. I find the lack of a mouse cord pulling your pointer around when doing CAD drawings essential. An added bonus of using this type of mouse at work is that when your "coworkers" want to "show" you something, they automatically begin to use the track ball as a traditional mouse but quickly find out that there is something wrong, and they can't cope with it.
At home, where I do some gaming, but mostly clicking around sites and music editing, I find my wireless mouse to be excellent. Again the lack of a cord is perhaps the best feature of a wireless mouse. Also, since the wireless mouse is heavier than a traditional corded mouse, you burn more calories...