You are in many ways correct. The UN is losing creditability. Many are responsible for this but I won't point any fingers now. However, at this time the UN is the only truly global organization that we have that has at least the facade of power to enforce anything globally. The UN most likely does need to do some rethinking and introspection but that is another topic. To implement any of my suggestions globally things must change first.
The purpose of my post was to suggest HOWTO not WHOWILL.
This is a very good idea. Although It would only be easy to enforce on computer equipment built purchased distributed and consumed within one country. The computer industry is Global. In the future perhaps a global organization (most likely UN related) could collect a prepaid disposal fee for all computer/electronic equipment manufactured, and arrange for disposal/recycling of same.
If succesfull such a program could work for other types of waste. If all nations running nuclear reactors for power generation were required to pay into a disposal fund and deliver all waste to the world disposal agency then there would be no legal way to use that waste for refinement into weapons grade material. This should go over well with anyone interested in their homeland security.
Unfortunately I cannot at this time think of a really good way to prepay waste disposal for fossil fuels other than perhaps collecting funds for tree planting programs and funding alternative energy solutions such as wind, solar and hydro......
Products packaged in any disposable wrapping should recieve a tarrif which could be used to credit shipping costs for reusable refillable containers back to their respective manufacturers.
Chain your employees to their work stations. That way you know where they are at all times. It's also easier to get them to work overtime with no notice.
If the wildcard resulted in a list of all registrars for that TLD so a prospective domain name buyer could do some comparison shopping. Another usefull feature would be a list of links to similarly spelled domains.
The original specification was probably written with a magic marker on a napkin. After the beer spilled the Command-V could have looked like a blob-U. Try testing the Command-V again.
It would also be defeatable by running the source through a script to have its variable names search-and-replaced with similar names (such as replacing every variable name with a new name consisting of the old name plus "_newname")....
When I steal code I use names from the phone book for the variables.
That was a very informative comment Mr. McBride. Now that I know this intellectual property of yours, does that mean that SCO owns my brain and any IP it produces from now on?
You are doing this with computers therefore you are using SCO IP(Idiotic Property). You must purchase a Unixware license for each student and each of their relatives to which they may relate the contents of your brodcasts.
You can use a device called a candle to provide heat to allow colours to be mixed thereby producing other colours. However, there have been some reports of technical difficulties with LCD displays.
You do realize that emulating any decrepit UNIX machine must be a rusult of running ancient code that has now been copied into SCO Unixware. You would then be using SCO IP (Idiotic Property). You will have to pay them 100 trillion dollars plus $699 for the Linux.
I have a dog, four cats a wife two daughters and a niece. If it comes off the ground with more than 5 hairs or if a hair is more than 5 inches it's no good.
This system works for me. I usually remember about when I received something so I stand a very great chance of finding it by doing a chronological search. I never delete anything that is not an obvious spam. I do make copies of some things into appropriate folders, but I want the chronological record intact so that nothing can get lost by being missfiled.
I do, however, make a point of regularly moving things off the server and onto the local HD and then later move it onto CD.
To avoid losing data you need at least one index that is complete and uncorrupted. If you move emails willy nilly into folders based on whatever whim it seems to apply to. You will spend much more time thinking of which of the various issues or persons the email applied to or came from then you would use doing an educated search of a large list with a known key such as date received.
I find that using even a primitive search tool such as the human brain I can usualy find things pretty quickly. Pick two well remembered emails that you think you know came before and after the one you think your looking for or pick two dates that you believe it lies within. If possible limit the search to one sender. Recursively narrow your search parameters.
Bring the thing onto the plane without fuel. This will get you past security. Then after takeoff dump an airline bottle of vodka into the tank. Boot up start Doom xxx or Duke Nukem When Never, and you can have as much virtual inflight violence as your heart desires.
Oh yeah, you could also finess that report your boss wants.
If anyone is interested in such a project then I would suggest politely asking EA if they could open source any code that is not encumbered by other license agreements. Alternatively, it may or may not be possible for them to privide some documentation that could aid in reverse engineering a clean room implemention for those extream diehards out there.
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I can't find creating in my dictionary.
what does it mean?
Good point.
Individuals definitely should have a say in their global representation. Unfortunately we do not have such an organization yet.
You are in many ways correct. The UN is losing creditability. Many are responsible for this but I won't point any fingers now. However, at this time the UN is the only truly global organization that we have that has at least the facade of power to enforce anything globally. The UN most likely does need to do some rethinking and introspection but that is another topic. To implement any of my suggestions globally things must change first.
The purpose of my post was to suggest HOWTO not WHOWILL.
This is a very good idea. Although It would only be easy to enforce on computer equipment built purchased distributed and consumed within one country. The computer industry is Global. In the future perhaps a global organization (most likely UN related) could collect a prepaid disposal fee for all computer/electronic equipment manufactured, and arrange for disposal/recycling of same.
If succesfull such a program could work for other types of waste. If all nations running nuclear reactors for power generation were required to pay into a disposal fund and deliver all waste to the world disposal agency then there would be no legal way to use that waste for refinement into weapons grade material. This should go over well with anyone interested in their homeland security.
Unfortunately I cannot at this time think of a really good way to prepay waste disposal for fossil fuels other than perhaps collecting funds for tree planting programs and funding alternative energy solutions such as wind, solar and hydro......
Products packaged in any disposable wrapping should recieve a tarrif which could be used to credit shipping costs for reusable refillable containers back to their respective manufacturers.
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It's dead Jim.
Chain your employees to their work stations.
That way you know where they are at all times.
It's also easier to get them to work overtime with no notice.
Well there is an obvious solution for the help. They could try an animated staple.
If the wildcard resulted in a list of all registrars for that TLD so a prospective domain name buyer could do some comparison shopping. Another usefull feature would be a list of links to similarly spelled domains.
The original specification was probably written with a magic marker on a napkin. After the beer spilled the Command-V could have looked like a blob-U. Try testing the Command-V again.
Or is the reverse true. Hyperactive children grow up and create better video games.
It would also be defeatable by running the source through a script to have its variable names search-and-replaced with similar names (such as replacing every variable name with a new name consisting of the old name plus "_newname")....
When I steal code I use names from the phone book for the variables.
For the numeric constants I use phone numbers.
If it was full of bugs before then you will have something else to blame.
That was a very informative comment Mr. McBride. Now that I know this intellectual property of yours, does that mean that SCO owns my brain and any IP it produces from now on?
You are doing this with computers therefore you are using SCO IP(Idiotic Property). You must purchase a Unixware license for each student and each of their relatives to which they may relate the contents of your brodcasts.
I don't use a computer for FPS games. I use a flintlock.
You can use a device called a candle to provide heat to allow colours to be mixed thereby producing other colours. However, there have been some reports of technical difficulties with LCD displays.
There is a company that has a product that can produce any desired colours on any screen. I believe their name is Crayola.
You do realize that emulating any decrepit UNIX machine must be a rusult of running ancient code that has now been copied into SCO Unixware. You would then be using SCO IP (Idiotic Property). You will have to pay them 100 trillion dollars plus $699 for the Linux.
You are probably better off as you are.
I have been able to touch type for 25 years.
Now I type much faster than I can think.
I have a dog, four cats a wife two daughters and a niece. If it comes off the ground with more than 5 hairs or if a hair is more than 5 inches it's no good.
This system works for me. I usually remember about when I received something so I stand a very great chance of finding it by doing a chronological search. I never delete anything that is not an obvious spam. I do make copies of some things into appropriate folders, but I want the chronological record intact so that nothing can get lost by being missfiled.
I do, however, make a point of regularly moving things off the server and onto the local HD and then later move it onto CD.
To avoid losing data you need at least one index that is complete and uncorrupted. If you move emails willy nilly into folders based on whatever whim it seems to apply to. You will spend much more time thinking of which of the various issues or persons the email applied to or came from then you would use doing an educated search of a large list with a known key such as date received.
I find that using even a primitive search tool such as the human brain I can usualy find things pretty quickly. Pick two well remembered emails that you think you know came before and after the one you think your looking for or pick two dates that you believe it lies within. If possible limit the search to one sender. Recursively narrow your search parameters.
Bring the thing onto the plane without fuel. This will get you past security. Then after takeoff dump an airline bottle of vodka into the tank. Boot up start Doom xxx or Duke Nukem When Never, and you can have as much virtual inflight violence as your heart desires.
Oh yeah, you could also finess that report your boss wants.
If anyone is interested in such a project then I would suggest politely asking EA if they could open source any code that is not encumbered by other license agreements. Alternatively, it may or may not be possible for them to privide some documentation that could aid in reverse engineering a clean room implemention for those extream diehards out there.
At least it can't hurt to ask.
Dude, you're getting alot of Dell's!!!!!
Up here in The Great White North we send everything by dog sled.