I think what he is saying (not that I necessarily agree with it) is that badly worded legislation would prohibit networks from prioritizing traffic at all. (i.e. You couldn't prioritize UDP over TCP or vice-versa.) This word limit innovation at the network core.
Yes, for the following reason: Any DRM would involve someone else having control over what a piece of hardware that I own could and could not do. I paid for it, I should be the one deciding what it should and should not do.
DRM is like a car that is speed-limited at 65 mph. It can go faster, but it just refuses to. Nobody wants that.
When was the last time you saw shiny, reflective sand or dust? (Ok, sand can be a little shiny, but I don't think it would have as much contrast against the plain old martian ground)
But, I agree, let's send someone up to take a look and find out.
only one of them reported that he experienced some crashes, but only when playing this one particular hockey game.
This is an example of Microsoft's greatest coup. By getting the vast majority of the computer-using population used to its buggy software, we now expect software to crash and are happy when it only crashes some of the time. You are making the GP's point for him. Good software should not crash. Period.
Since the book of Revelation is in the New Testament not the Old Testament, it doesn't make sense to think 666 is as a hebrew number. Instead, you should picture it as a roman numeral, in which case it is the roman equivalent if 54321 (500+100+50+10+5+1) or DCLXVI.
I doubt it was the radiation that was causing your headache. There are no pain receptors in the brain; most headaches are in fact skin irritations or neck aches. The headache was probably not from the radiation from your cell phone but the angle in which you were holding your head to talk on it. When you switched to a headset, you began holding your head at a normal angle when talking so your headaches went away.
Uh, upon what will the laptop with the Radioisotope Thermal Generator be sitting? There are some things very near my lap that I would prefer not to expose to high-energy radiation thank you very much.
Actually, if you where doing high precision scientific applications, it seems this type of behavior would be preferred. Because of the leap second there was not 2 seconds between 11:59:59 and 12:00:01 last night. So, using the NTP behavior if I want a timestamp that was exactly 10000000 seconds ago, I get one that represents 10000000 actually elapsed seconds.
Just because everybody agrees to change their clocks doesn't mean time actually slows down or speeds up.
One potential hitch in the program: You have to apply to the service in order to receive your indictment electronically
You have got to be kidding...
Next year...
South Korea embarks on a new plan to save law enforcement costs. South Korean police will no longer make arrests. Offenders will simply recieve an email instructing them to report to their nearest police station.
Who pays $200 a month for home internet service? I can think of high bills for those who live in remote areas, but satellite is at most $100 a month ($60, if you don't rent the equipment). I know, I checked into getting it before the phone company made DSL available where I live. Even the small business commerical service in my area is less than $100.
And you won't get an IP address. Alsee has explained why ISPs will want to make a working TPM a condition of providing Internet access.
Yeah, here's the thing: My computer doesn't directly connect to the internet. My router does and hands out IP addresses to the computers in my household (which aren't all solely used by me).
Doesn't it seem that the second law directly contradicts the first. If a is the same for large groups as well as small then a can be easily predicted in the general population by finding a for a small population.
Additionally, it seems that as a corrollary to the first law a must be 100% as that is the only value of a which is underestimated by all others.
The danger lies not in a central government keeping track of 50 different cards, but a central authority controlling one. I don't mind government issued ID cards when the control is split 50 different ways; power is most dangerous when it is focused.
This would open the door to other companies selling ID cards. Eventually there would be enough producers of these cards to allow disreputable produces to slip through. A few of these would be discovered thereby reducing the credability of them all. Causing the government to take over.
In short, this is just a step in the road to government issued ID cards.
I have a working KayPro 64. It runs an OS called CP/M. I don't use it for anything practical, just when I feel nostalgic for the click of the old Teletype keyboards.
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I think what he is saying (not that I necessarily agree with it) is that badly worded legislation would prohibit networks from prioritizing traffic at all. (i.e. You couldn't prioritize UDP over TCP or vice-versa.) This word limit innovation at the network core.
Yes, for the following reason: Any DRM would involve someone else having control over what a piece of hardware that I own could and could not do. I paid for it, I should be the one deciding what it should and should not do.
DRM is like a car that is speed-limited at 65 mph. It can go faster, but it just refuses to. Nobody wants that.
Ummm... shouldn't your sig either be:
There are 10 kinds of cars in the world. The General Lee, and everything else.
-or-
There is 01 kind of car in the world. The General Lee.
10 binary = 2 decimal
01 binary = 01 decimal
I had to look it up myself as well: Luke 22:36.
When was the last time you saw shiny, reflective sand or dust? (Ok, sand can be a little shiny, but I don't think it would have as much contrast against the plain old martian ground)
But, I agree, let's send someone up to take a look and find out.
the curriculum would have most likely turned me into an excellent programmer, but nothing more.
Wait... there is more?
Could this just be a hoax website (a la Bonzi Kittens)? I think Pop. Mech. just got suckered into this one.
From the Article:
...and burrowed through a mass of grapefruit-sized plastic spheres.
What, he went to Chuck E. Cheese?
only one of them reported that he experienced some crashes, but only when playing this one particular hockey game.
This is an example of Microsoft's greatest coup. By getting the vast majority of the computer-using population used to its buggy software, we now expect software to crash and are happy when it only crashes some of the time. You are making the GP's point for him. Good software should not crash. Period.
OT but,
Since the book of Revelation is in the New Testament not the Old Testament, it doesn't make sense to think 666 is as a hebrew number. Instead, you should picture it as a roman numeral, in which case it is the roman equivalent if 54321 (500+100+50+10+5+1) or DCLXVI.
I doubt it was the radiation that was causing your headache. There are no pain receptors in the brain; most headaches are in fact skin irritations or neck aches. The headache was probably not from the radiation from your cell phone but the angle in which you were holding your head to talk on it. When you switched to a headset, you began holding your head at a normal angle when talking so your headaches went away.
Uh, upon what will the laptop with the Radioisotope Thermal Generator be sitting? There are some things very near my lap that I would prefer not to expose to high-energy radiation thank you very much.
Actually, if you where doing high precision scientific applications, it seems this type of behavior would be preferred. Because of the leap second there was not 2 seconds between 11:59:59 and 12:00:01 last night. So, using the NTP behavior if I want a timestamp that was exactly 10000000 seconds ago, I get one that represents 10000000 actually elapsed seconds.
Just because everybody agrees to change their clocks doesn't mean time actually slows down or speeds up.
One potential hitch in the program: You have to apply to the service in order to receive your indictment electronically
You have got to be kidding...
Next year...
South Korea embarks on a new plan to save law enforcement costs. South Korean police will no longer make arrests. Offenders will simply recieve an email instructing them to report to their nearest police station.
Who pays $200 a month for home internet service? I can think of high bills for those who live in remote areas, but satellite is at most $100 a month ($60, if you don't rent the equipment). I know, I checked into getting it before the phone company made DSL available where I live. Even the small business commerical service in my area is less than $100.
Unless said nuke is used to deflect an asteriod about to destroy Earth.
And you won't get an IP address. Alsee has explained why ISPs will want to make a working TPM a condition of providing Internet access. Yeah, here's the thing: My computer doesn't directly connect to the internet. My router does and hands out IP addresses to the computers in my household (which aren't all solely used by me).
OT but, that is the single greatest sig I have ever seen on Slashdot. I almost fell out of my chair I laughed so hard.
To quote Larry Wall, "the three great virtues of a programmer are Laziness, Impatience and Hubris".
177 Record for car audio!
Sounds intresting. Do you have a link?
Doesn't it seem that the second law directly contradicts the first. If a is the same for large groups as well as small then a can be easily predicted in the general population by finding a for a small population.
Additionally, it seems that as a corrollary to the first law a must be 100% as that is the only value of a which is underestimated by all others.
The danger lies not in a central government keeping track of 50 different cards, but a central authority controlling one. I don't mind government issued ID cards when the control is split 50 different ways; power is most dangerous when it is focused.
This would open the door to other companies selling ID cards. Eventually there would be enough producers of these cards to allow disreputable produces to slip through. A few of these would be discovered thereby reducing the credability of them all. Causing the government to take over.
In short, this is just a step in the road to government issued ID cards.
Is that a GTA:VC reference?
I have a working KayPro 64. It runs an OS called CP/M. I don't use it for anything practical, just when I feel nostalgic for the click of the old Teletype keyboards.