Look at the flight control software for military aircraft and spacecraft. In the Apollo days the number of bugs in the Lunar Module software could be counted on one hand and the astronauts knew what they were and the work arounds.
Yeah, and they had a major one show up during the landing, that the astronauts didn't know the workaround to. Too many interrupts or something like that...
But the point is that yahoo.fr did not accept nazi memorabilia for auction. The French court ruled against yahoo.com, which was a US site based in the US, breaking no US law.
It's an attempt to enforce French sovereignty over the US. How would the French like it if a Saudi court ruled that a something.something.fr site had to be shut down because it was showing the unclothed female body, in violation of Saudi law?
Back in '83-'84, this debate was going on at UC Santa Cruz... The students formed "CISSA" (the CIS Student's Assn.) to influence the department. CISSA wanted more applications oriented teaching. The department wanted theory.
The department was correct, of course, but I think we actually struck a happy medium... We got a few application oriented electives, but the core remained theoretical.
The big classes were Algorithms/Data Structures, Language series (Parsing/Semantics/Compiler Design), OS Theory (not a specific OS, either!), and Digital Logic. A good base, for the upper division theoretical courses and for Real LifeTM.
First of all, IIRC, the ruling was not just against yahoo.fr, which had agreed to stop accepting Nazi paraphernalia, but against yahoo.com, which is US based.
That said, I'd love to see a ruling against a french porn site (and you know there have to be a ton of these) by a Saudi complaintant in a Saudi court. Maybe then Monsieur Gomez would get the point.
Back in the '80s CompuServe had GIF files on their servers that were downloaded to a user's computer to be decompressed and displayed. And even if the patent is for a single program to do that (I don't read legalese), the old Compuserve Navigator program did just that.
I don't have the reference in front of me, but John Gribbin refers to it in Schroedinger's Kittens. Essentially, the rules for disassembling a unit sphere and reassembling it into two unit spheres models some nuclear process (which I cannot remember).
If you'll post a (spam-proof) email, I'll send you the relevant quotes from the text.
And some of the most obscure set theory stuff, the Banach-Tarski Theorems, which were thought to be completely abstract actually help describe the Eightfold way of quark theory.
Other "useless" stuff, but of more interest to/.'ers: Number theory was thought to be the "queen of mathematics", unspeakably pure. Of course, now it's the workhorse of crypto.
The big issue is just in jurisdication of the tax. Do I pay Massachusettes sales tax when I live in Los Angeles and the merchant is in Boston? Or do I pay California sales tax? And, if it's California, does that mean that the merchant has to keep seperate books for all 50 states?
It's worse than that. Remember, different areas have different sales taxes. LA County has a higher sales tax than Ventura County. I seem to recall that there are somewhere in the vicinity of 10,000 different sales tax authorities in the US.
American Express has been doing this for a while. And while the silly plugin makes it easier, you don't need to use it. I've been using their service (sans plugin) for about 5 months. I think it's great.
Sorry, dude, but I suspect Congress actually would have a leg to stand on here.
While it's usually used in an overbroad sense, I'd say that the Interstate Commerce Clause would apply here, and legitimately, too!
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Should Einstein be held responsible for the development of the A-bomb?
I assume that you are referring to E=MC^2. No, Einstein should not be held responsible for the development of the A-bomb because he showed the equivalence of matter and energy.
HOWEVER, Einstein did write a letter to FDR, urging that the US engage on an A-Bomb program to get it before the Nazis did. Therefore, yes he should held responsible for the development of the A-bomb.
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I believe the title was "The Exploration of Space". I used to own it, years ago, but it got lost in a move. Highly prescient book.
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Yes, they landed safely, but it was serious enough for them to consider aborting.
And user error shouldn't cause a problem like that!
Don't buy from software companies with such a discalaimer.
Can you say "Microsoft"? Somehow, I can't see Corporate America dropping MS for that.
Look at the flight control software for military aircraft and spacecraft. In the Apollo days the number of bugs in the Lunar Module software could be counted on one hand and the astronauts knew what they were and the work arounds.
Yeah, and they had a major one show up during the landing, that the astronauts didn't know the workaround to. Too many interrupts or something like that...
The biggest innovation of all is from Microsoft. Just ask them.
It's Microsoft... err... ummm... uhh... Well, I know it's SOME Microsoft product!
I noticed that if you "agree" to the license, you agree to be bound by the relevant VA law. UCITA anyone?
Of course, AOL is based in VA, so I guess it makes some sort of sense...
But the point is that yahoo.fr did not accept nazi memorabilia for auction. The French court ruled against yahoo.com, which was a US site based in the US, breaking no US law.
It's an attempt to enforce French sovereignty over the US. How would the French like it if a Saudi court ruled that a something.something.fr site had to be shut down because it was showing the unclothed female body, in violation of Saudi law?
The more things change...
Back in '83-'84, this debate was going on at UC Santa Cruz... The students formed "CISSA" (the CIS Student's Assn.) to influence the department. CISSA wanted more applications oriented teaching. The department wanted theory.
The department was correct, of course, but I think we actually struck a happy medium... We got a few application oriented electives, but the core remained theoretical.
The big classes were Algorithms/Data Structures, Language series (Parsing/Semantics/Compiler Design), OS Theory (not a specific OS, either!), and Digital Logic. A good base, for the upper division theoretical courses and for Real LifeTM.
Besides, auctions on yahoo.fr banned Nazi items. The ruling was against yahoo.com, a US website, operating in the US, violating no US laws.
Yes, I agree that yahoo.fr was subject to French law, but yahoo.com should not be.
Here we go. Gribbin talks about it in Schroedinger's Kittens, but also discusses it on his web page.
Hope this helps....
First of all, IIRC, the ruling was not just against yahoo.fr, which had agreed to stop accepting Nazi paraphernalia, but against yahoo.com, which is US based.
That said, I'd love to see a ruling against a french porn site (and you know there have to be a ton of these) by a Saudi complaintant in a Saudi court. Maybe then Monsieur Gomez would get the point.
Those who can, do.
Those who can't, teach.
Those who can't teach, buy patents and sue everyone else.
Back in the '80s CompuServe had GIF files on their servers that were downloaded to a user's computer to be decompressed and displayed. And even if the patent is for a single program to do that (I don't read legalese), the old Compuserve Navigator program did just that.
I don't have the reference in front of me, but John Gribbin refers to it in Schroedinger's Kittens. Essentially, the rules for disassembling a unit sphere and reassembling it into two unit spheres models some nuclear process (which I cannot remember).
If you'll post a (spam-proof) email, I'll send you the relevant quotes from the text.
And some of the most obscure set theory stuff, the Banach-Tarski Theorems, which were thought to be completely abstract actually help describe the Eightfold way of quark theory.
/.'ers: Number theory was thought to be the "queen of mathematics", unspeakably pure. Of course, now it's the workhorse of crypto.
Other "useless" stuff, but of more interest to
LA county is 8.25% still. About 20 years ago, they voted a 0.25% local sales tax for transit purposes. You can see what good THAT's done!
The big issue is just in jurisdication of the tax. Do I pay Massachusettes sales tax when I live in Los Angeles and the merchant is in Boston? Or do I pay California sales tax? And, if it's California, does that mean that the merchant has to keep seperate books for all 50 states?
It's worse than that. Remember, different areas have different sales taxes. LA County has a higher sales tax than Ventura County. I seem to recall that there are somewhere in the vicinity of 10,000 different sales tax authorities in the US.
This would also make a good weapon in a Zero-G environment, again, no chemical reaction required.
No it wouldn't. You ever hear of a guy called Newton? You'd still go backwards with the equivalent force you sent the shell out with.
Newton's third law.
What is DDR?
It's the German initials for what used to be East Germany.
American Express has been doing this for a while. And while the silly plugin makes it easier, you don't need to use it. I've been using their service (sans plugin) for about 5 months. I think it's great.
Sorry, dude, but I suspect Congress actually would have a leg to stand on here.
While it's usually used in an overbroad sense, I'd say that the Interstate Commerce Clause would apply here, and legitimately, too!
Should Einstein be held responsible for the development of the A-bomb?
I assume that you are referring to E=MC^2. No, Einstein should not be held responsible for the development of the A-bomb because he showed the equivalence of matter and energy.
HOWEVER, Einstein did write a letter to FDR, urging that the US engage on an A-Bomb program to get it before the Nazis did. Therefore, yes he should held responsible for the development of the A-bomb.