So.. poorer countries spend a larger portion of their (relatively smaller) wealth than the US on foreign aid. It hurts them even more, but they still do it.
Percentage of budget of US foreign aid: 1.0% (dead last among western nations).
Percentage of that dedicated to military aid to allies: ~50%
Percentage of total aid that comes directly back to US companies: ~70%
Percentage of people polled that think we spend too much on foreign aid: 75%
Average response to the question, "how much should we spend on foreign aid?": 8.4%
If some program tries to open a socket through the Windows TCP/IP stack, and you have configured it (in Internet Options) to dial when needed, Winsock will do so.
This has got nothing to do with this particular worm. It doesn't know wether the line is a t1 or a 33.6 modem line.
As far as I know, Java haven't got any DRM capabilities.
As for the security of Java, I've singlehandedly hacked the VM to be able to get at private functions and variables of other peoples classes. If I can do that, then who knows what evil hackers might do?
Think about it.. what if the only security your bank is utilizing is that your PIN is a private class variable?
Do their heads hurt when they watch tv? Or when they watch fluroescent light tubes? Or when they drive on a flood lighted road by night?
Don't be a stupid geek. Don't invent silly "I'm more sensitive than you and need more expensive equipment" mindsets which ultimately drives up the price for the rest of us.
Not a high priority I think. Warfare is already almost hundred percent clean already.
Also, while civillian losses are officillay dreaded, it gives our boys much needed targetting practice. Unemployment rates in liberated countries are also positively influenced. Anyway, chances are high that civillians caught in cross fire really aren't civillians at all (not in our sense of the word civilized that is).
Well, short of a "nucular" war, they are very much superior and can do pretty much what they want in that department. Sorry, that's just the way it is.
Of course, having these kinds of weapons are one of the few ways of defending yourself against them. There's a reason Pakistan weren't part of the "axis of evil", even though they had supported Al-Queda.
You haven't been following politics lately, have you? The EU (in general) aren't going to trust the US again in the near future. Most Europeans are fed up with their arrogance, and scared by their military superiority. Also, the US "democracy" is converging to a plutocracy, or in the best case a corporate police state. Not something you would like to be dependant on.
The EU doesn't trust the US, and have good reasons not to. Would you like to tell me how it's a waste for the EU to have a military too? The US already got that part covered, don't they?
Non military GPS is already +/- 1 meter, isn't it?
I'm not sure what "robber oil barons" are, or how they're supposed to gain from a greater resolution than said 1 meter. Seeing that you're from the UK, might you be talking about Norway and their presence in the North Sea?
If weapons manufacturers were to make GPS guided missiles with higher accuracy, then so what? Haven't you learned anthing from CNN the last ten years? "Surgical precision bombing saves civillian lives". Now, why the US is claiming to use surgical bombing while at the same time utilizing cluster bombs (which are banned by most other countries) is beyond me.
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However, the danger level is very low after three days of being unplugged (or at least low enough to not be life-threatening).
If anyone has experiences/info to the contrary, I'd appreciate hearing it.
I waited five days, and it completely killed me.
So.. poorer countries spend a larger portion of their (relatively smaller) wealth than the US on foreign aid. It hurts them even more, but they still do it.
What's your point?
Woz was blue boxing (a felony btw), but he did not invent it.
Here's the real story of the blue box.
Supercomupters and Olympic Arnold Schwarzeneger stadiums (in Graz).
Other countries should do more to help also
Percentage of budget of US foreign aid: 1.0% (dead last among western nations).
Percentage of that dedicated to military aid to allies: ~50%
Percentage of total aid that comes directly back to US companies: ~70%
Percentage of people polled that think we spend too much on foreign aid: 75%
Average response to the question, "how much should we spend on foreign aid?": 8.4%
If some program tries to open a socket through the Windows TCP/IP stack, and you have configured it (in Internet Options) to dial when needed, Winsock will do so.
This has got nothing to do with this particular worm. It doesn't know wether the line is a t1 or a 33.6 modem line.
A much better solution than b), is to completely remove Outlook. Especially if you're only using it as a mail reader.
Sendo isn't good at making friends. Just as important in business as elsewhere.
They probably need cash bad.
Any bigger than that and I would have to work hard keeping the chickens out.
No need to stop there. I've got a friend who works with a big pipe provider. He intentionally throttles traffic from Europe when nobody notices.
Just doing his little part in the fight against the Eurotrash commies.
Great initiative. I'm all for keeping Slashdot eurotrash free.
Eurotrash: make your own Slashdot, you can call it MonarchyDot or BadGenePoolDot or something similar.
My appartment is about 1800 cubic feet.
There are exactly zero chikens in my appartment.
So: chiken density = 0 / 1800 = 0 = chicken vacuum
As far as I know, Java haven't got any DRM capabilities.
As for the security of Java, I've singlehandedly hacked the VM to be able to get at private functions and variables of other peoples classes. If I can do that, then who knows what evil hackers might do?
Think about it.. what if the only security your bank is utilizing is that your PIN is a private class variable?
Do their heads hurt when they watch tv? Or when they watch fluroescent light tubes? Or when they drive on a flood lighted road by night?
Don't be a stupid geek. Don't invent silly "I'm more sensitive than you and need more expensive equipment" mindsets which ultimately drives up the price for the rest of us.
And why would "IRC junkies" want big screens?
Anybody else noticed the red bar?
Or have I got a virus?
Not a high priority I think. Warfare is already almost hundred percent clean already.
Also, while civillian losses are officillay dreaded, it gives our boys much needed targetting practice. Unemployment rates in liberated countries are also positively influenced. Anyway, chances are high that civillians caught in cross fire really aren't civillians at all (not in our sense of the word civilized that is).
Tilting up in the north and down in south won't change this. If it had been the other way around though..
Unless of course you think that going north on a map is going down for some reason.
To quote the Kopyright Liberation Front (The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu):
Bolton, Barnsley, Nelson, Colne, Burnley Bradford, Buxton, Crewe, Warrington, Widnes, Wigan, Leeds, Northwich, Nantwich, Knutsford, Hull, Sale, Salford, Southport, Leigh, Derby, Kearsley Keighley Maghull, Harrogate, Huddersfield, Oldham, Lancs, Grimsby, Glossop, Hebden Bridge, It's Gay Up North
All art is worthless. The only thing that's really beautiful today, are the Doom 3 or Unreal 2 rendering engines. And Propaganda desktop themes.
You should check out Pierre Bastien on Rephlex.
He's built an orchestra out of meccano robots, called the Meccanium, and it's not just a gimmick. It sounds great.
And what happens when WinBJ controlled RealDoll goes into a BJOD? Ouch.
Well, short of a "nucular" war, they are very much superior and can do pretty much what they want in that department. Sorry, that's just the way it is.
Of course, having these kinds of weapons are one of the few ways of defending yourself against them. There's a reason Pakistan weren't part of the "axis of evil", even though they had supported Al-Queda.
I'm not saying the US is arrogant about their military capabilities.
Most Europeans perceive Americans as arrogant for a lot of other reasons.
Their paranoia?
You haven't been following politics lately, have you? The EU (in general) aren't going to trust the US again in the near future. Most Europeans are fed up with their arrogance, and scared by their military superiority. Also, the US "democracy" is converging to a plutocracy, or in the best case a corporate police state. Not something you would like to be dependant on.
The EU doesn't trust the US, and have good reasons not to. Would you like to tell me how it's a waste for the EU to have a military too? The US already got that part covered, don't they?
Non military GPS is already +/- 1 meter, isn't it?
I'm not sure what "robber oil barons" are, or how they're supposed to gain from a greater resolution than said 1 meter. Seeing that you're from the UK, might you be talking about Norway and their presence in the North Sea?
If weapons manufacturers were to make GPS guided missiles with higher accuracy, then so what? Haven't you learned anthing from CNN the last ten years? "Surgical precision bombing saves civillian lives". Now, why the US is claiming to use surgical bombing while at the same time utilizing cluster bombs (which are banned by most other countries) is beyond me.
And "eruo-gps" is supposed to be hundred percent commercial. If the military want to use it, they'll have to pay like everybody else.
How's that for free market, US?