I mailed the helpdesk again with my findings, and with the little script I wrote to disable NetworkManager, bring up wlan0 manually, and run udhcpc. They seemed very glad to have a solution.
Ha! I tried the same thing at my old university and they yelled at me for trying to "hack the network" and strongly suggested that if I didn't want trouble I shouldn't mention my "workaround" to anyone else. I suppose it was silly of me to suppose that my tuition would go to pay for something I could actually use without getting into trouble...
Quite true. Years ago when I lived in the States a mate working security in a shopping centre rang one of his colleagues in the back room to "follow" us out into the car park to make sure we got to our cars alright. Laugh it up if you must, but it was a dodgy part of town and people liked ganging up and messing with the rent-a-cops.
Ah, but we aren't talking about private security over personal property. There's no problem with someone having cameras in their own home/business to protect their own property; they can watch it as often or as rarely as they like. Public cameras on the other hand don't have clear rules as to who can watch them, when to watch them, or what to report while watching them.
Even still we have councils using CCTV feeds to fine people for leaving their dogs' poo. How often is that the 1/1000 "crime" that's solved?
One huge difference: cameras can't actually apprehend anybody. There are cases upon cases of crimes being commited directly under watch of a camera that are never solved. Whether it's because the perp is wearing a hat or they never return to the city or whatever, were there an actual officer there it could have been stopped then and there: the crime would be prevented AND the perp could be taking directly to gaol, no passing GO.
A woman being assaulted and saying "oh, we got it on camera so we/might/ be able to catch the guy" isn't going to feel any better until he's actually caught. Telling her they can't catch him because he was wearing a hat or the camera was turned 5 degrees too far to the left is just pouring salt into the wound.
Why do you suggest discrimination is only a legal term? Discrimination is something that happens, whether it is legal or not. I may discriminate against someone based on their clothes or the type of car they drive or the colour of their shoes: it's still discrimination. If anyone is trying to make up the meaning of the word, it's you saying it only applies in a legal sense.
Being that whoever replaces him will have a direct impact on future Supreme Court cases, I think we should all be interested. This includes all upcoming Electronic Rights cases that Slashdotters are oh-so-impacted by. Will his replacement be more interested in Electronic Privacy or Government insight into our personal lives? That's the type of question we should all be asking. I know for a fact that a large portion of us are members of the EFF after all.
A friend of mine works for a small computer repair shop that sells a few boxes on the side. He has started playing with Linspire to see how well it works. His idea is to use Linspire as the base OS on lower-end desktops and offer Windoze as an upgrade. It'll be interesting to see how it plays out with Dell doing this too now.
What scares me is that theatre employees have the right to detain you, "in a reasonable manner and for a reasonable time, any person suspected of a violation" to wait for the cops/feds/whoever. They also "shall not be held liable in any civil or criminal action arising out of a detention under paragraph."
Whoah. Now who's to say what's a reasonable manner? And all they have to do is suspect you. This seems to allow any popcorn-buttering jerk to jump and beat you and hold down for as long as they want, just for the hell of it. Then, all they have to say is they saw you cell phone (or anything else for that matter) and thought it was a camcorder. And you can't sue him for *$417*.
I thought about the propeller myself. How different would the design have to be to accomodate a rear-propulsion system, i.e. jet engines in the two legs?
So, what does M$ have to say about this? Will they be in favor of open-sourcing Java, or will Steve pull the "open-source-is-dangerous" rabbit back out?
I must agree to an extent. Even Opera, my browser of choice in Windows, isn't nearly as efficient in OS-X. I really think more attention needs to paid to the Macintosh world of internet users.
Wow, incredible! Thank you for showing me the light. I'm sure that was the most reasonable argument I've ever seen. Gee, and I though I was straight all along; I'm glad you proved me wrong.
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So, when do I have to start paying "Percentage-of-Revenue royalty payments" on the lemonade stand in my front yard.....?
Just to see what kind of time frame we're looking at here, I called my local Apple Store asking a projected date for 10.2.2 availability on Software Update. Interestingly enough, the employee denied any knowledge of the release of such an update. Is Apple really this wary of public knowledge of updates, or is there just no 10.2.2? I wonder.....
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I mailed the helpdesk again with my findings, and with the little script I wrote to disable NetworkManager, bring up wlan0 manually, and run udhcpc. They seemed very glad to have a solution.
Ha! I tried the same thing at my old university and they yelled at me for trying to "hack the network" and strongly suggested that if I didn't want trouble I shouldn't mention my "workaround" to anyone else. I suppose it was silly of me to suppose that my tuition would go to pay for something I could actually use without getting into trouble...
That's the idea: they don't want to pay into the government-run system, so they're given a chance to recoup some of what they've paid in as a voucher.
Quite true. Years ago when I lived in the States a mate working security in a shopping centre rang one of his colleagues in the back room to "follow" us out into the car park to make sure we got to our cars alright. Laugh it up if you must, but it was a dodgy part of town and people liked ganging up and messing with the rent-a-cops.
Ah, but we aren't talking about private security over personal property. There's no problem with someone having cameras in their own home/business to protect their own property; they can watch it as often or as rarely as they like. Public cameras on the other hand don't have clear rules as to who can watch them, when to watch them, or what to report while watching them.
Even still we have councils using CCTV feeds to fine people for leaving their dogs' poo. How often is that the 1/1000 "crime" that's solved?
One huge difference: cameras can't actually apprehend anybody. There are cases upon cases of crimes being commited directly under watch of a camera that are never solved. Whether it's because the perp is wearing a hat or they never return to the city or whatever, were there an actual officer there it could have been stopped then and there: the crime would be prevented AND the perp could be taking directly to gaol, no passing GO. A woman being assaulted and saying "oh, we got it on camera so we /might/ be able to catch the guy" isn't going to feel any better until he's actually caught. Telling her they can't catch him because he was wearing a hat or the camera was turned 5 degrees too far to the left is just pouring salt into the wound.
Why do you suggest discrimination is only a legal term? Discrimination is something that happens, whether it is legal or not. I may discriminate against someone based on their clothes or the type of car they drive or the colour of their shoes: it's still discrimination. If anyone is trying to make up the meaning of the word, it's you saying it only applies in a legal sense.
Being that whoever replaces him will have a direct impact on future Supreme Court cases, I think we should all be interested. This includes all upcoming Electronic Rights cases that Slashdotters are oh-so-impacted by. Will his replacement be more interested in Electronic Privacy or Government insight into our personal lives? That's the type of question we should all be asking. I know for a fact that a large portion of us are members of the EFF after all.
A friend of mine works for a small computer repair shop that sells a few boxes on the side. He has started playing with Linspire to see how well it works. His idea is to use Linspire as the base OS on lower-end desktops and offer Windoze as an upgrade. It'll be interesting to see how it plays out with Dell doing this too now.
Who hasn't already?!? I mean really....
Whoah. Now who's to say what's a reasonable manner? And all they have to do is suspect you. This seems to allow any popcorn-buttering jerk to jump and beat you and hold down for as long as they want, just for the hell of it. Then, all they have to say is they saw you cell phone (or anything else for that matter) and thought it was a camcorder. And you can't sue him for *$417*.
Sounds kinda like a ski lift. I still don't see any way to get it to work with just the one ribbon....
Why would it have to be mirrored outside the US? Just because CNN won't say who they are, why shouldn't we be able to publish a list?
I thought about the propeller myself. How different would the design have to be to accomodate a rear-propulsion system, i.e. jet engines in the two legs?
Really, I mean, nobody but the cop even stopped to look at any of them funny. And he was just adjusting his sleeve anyway.
They all seemed to be pretty close to me (if not exactly the same). The German site was the only one that was really all that different.
So, what does M$ have to say about this? Will they be in favor of open-sourcing Java, or will Steve pull the "open-source-is-dangerous" rabbit back out?
Hey, there's nothing wrong with Jewish programmers. We're just as talented as the rest of you. And Pascal ain't so bad neither.
Unethical?!? Since when did ethics come into question with Macs? Ask yourself whether Microsoft® is ethical and come back to me....
I must agree to an extent. Even Opera, my browser of choice in Windows, isn't nearly as efficient in OS-X. I really think more attention needs to paid to the Macintosh world of internet users.
Wow, incredible! Thank you for showing me the light. I'm sure that was the most reasonable argument I've ever seen. Gee, and I though I was straight all along; I'm glad you proved me wrong.
So, when do I have to start paying "Percentage-of-Revenue royalty payments" on the lemonade stand in my front yard.....?
Just to see what kind of time frame we're looking at here, I called my local Apple Store asking a projected date for 10.2.2 availability on Software Update. Interestingly enough, the employee denied any knowledge of the release of such an update. Is Apple really this wary of public knowledge of updates, or is there just no 10.2.2? I wonder.....