Nope, I never said that. It's true that other countries have done nasty things too, but it's no excuse for what the US is still doing.
Right now, the US is still the biggest bully on the block. You're supposed to be the good guys, you (the US) like to remind the world of that as often as possible. Start acting like it.
If you think it's not a good idea to have a military, start coming up with damn good reasons not to have them. And make sure you include among those reasons "no other country would attack us, not now, not ever, no matter what our national policies are." Until you can say that, you need the military.
You need the military because the US uses the military to piss off other countries by interfering with stuff that's none of it's business anyway. You need the military to defend against people like osama bin laden, a person who has been trained by your own CIA and funded with 3 billion of your taxpayers money You need the military because saddam hussein has too many weapons, which he bought with the billions of US taxpayer money your government gave him. You need the military because having a military creates a need for a military.
The US are supposed to be the good guys, start behaving like that and you'll see that there will be a lot less hard feelings against the US. stop bullying the world and you'll see that in a few decades you won't need a military anymore.
And before you start preaching on how 'good' the US is, read this list and weep.
Ahh yes, because we all know that that's all the military does, and we've never gone as a presence for peaceful observation, we never delivered food to Haiti and other countries, and we never cleaned up after Hurricane Andrew, Ice Storm 98, and other natural disasters. The National Guard never helped out with the relief efforts for any earthquake in California, and we all know that only civilians cleaned up the rubble and looked for survivors in the World Trade Center wreckage.
One more question: could you please explain to me why you need to have an expert training in handling guns, combat skills and killing people to do all of the above ?
I would have, but that's not the "sole purpose" of the military, and I'm really fed up with people like you who don't bother to point out that the military has plenty of other jobs besides killing people.
Watch the documentary'bowling for columbine'
Sure the US army has done some 'good' stuff. but most of it is because it is for the US's own benefit. e.g. 'free' kuwait by removing one dictator and restoring the previous dictator (who is more willing to supply the US with oil)
That's 10-50 billion spent between now and 2010, at least it makes a lot more sense than spendig $360 billion of the taxpayers money per year on people and technology whose sole purpose it is to kill other human beings.
You mean all numbers between 0 and 2^2048 are prime?
No, but is there a list of all prime numbers between 0 and 2^2048 ? The computer doesn't know which numbers are prime, so it has to at least check 2^2048 numbers to see if they are prime and if they are it takes a bit longer to check if it's the right prime. you'll still end up checking all numbers.
if you just try all possible keys, it would take 2^2048 attempts to try them all. it could be the first key you try but it could also be the last. on average you need (2^2048)/2 tries. you can measure how long it takes on average to try 1 key. multiply that by the number of tries, divide by the number of machines trying codes. and you'de get an estimate.
The fun starts when you forget your key and get locked out of your house.
You could get arrested for picking your own lock.
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From the article:
With hopes dashed of having a strong copyright law in place for the start of 2003, media and software companies complain that they are largely unprotected from digital piracy
I don't get this, making copies of copyrighted content was already illegal, why would they need extra laws for digital content ? Why would a law that forbids decrypting data protect them any more than they are now ? It's not like the pirates are suddenly going to care about the fact that what they doing is illegal.
"If you see somebody in an airport in London, or someplace down in Peru or something, and you see an Apple tag on their bag, or an Apple T-shirt, it's like the Deadheads... you have an instant friend," Chris Espinosa, one of Apple's earliest employees, told Stanford Library. "Most likely, you share something very core to your being with this person, which is a life outlook, a special vision."
I'm afraid you quite missed out on many of the things that make us a great nation.
To what things are you referring ? The lack of freedom in the US ? The fact that the US is run by corporations instead of by representatives of the people ? I actually can't think of anything that makes the US 'better' than europe. I as a european can't think of a single thing in which I envy US-ians.
What's the point of making something that is unsupported by a large chunk of today's software
Because you end up with a CPU that has layers of compatibility upon layers of compatiblity. you'll have real mode, protected mode and now probably something like 64 bit mode. imho it's better to get rid off all the old junk and start over once in a while.
Don't you have that "crazy" per-minute charge for local calls on your land lines? We don't here.
Yes we do, but I don't ever use land lines. can't remember the last time I did, almost everyone has got a cellphone. the local university here even hands out cellphones to all students, no monthly charge and 100 minutes free calls per month.
I myself pay 9 euro per month, including 40 minutes free calls, and I never ever exceeded those 40 minutes. for me , a cellphone is cheaper then a land line (which cost more per month, excluding calls).
so yes, land lines are charged per minute (per second actually) , do I care ? no!
What I would like to contruct some time (don't know how difficult it is tho) is a intrusion detection system that works on air pressure. after turning on the system air is pumped into the case (which is air-tight) randomly to increase the air pressure to a random value (should only be known to the hardware in the box and not readable by the computer or whatever). now, measure the pressure inside with a sensitive air pressure sensor. when the case is penetrated in any way the sensor would register the change in pressure and send the intrusion signal. since the pressure inside is unknown it would be nearly impossible (depending on the sensitivity of the pressure sensor) to put the case in a pressured box with exactly the same pressure.
any reasons why this is an impossible or crazy thing to do ??
Xine supports the Creative DXR3 and the sigma designes hollywood+
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Also, you have to wonder how half the news on the front page has been reported weeks before by other news organizations, yet stories like this that would probably be best reported late are always reported early.
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The United States of America ... the land of the free.
Uh huh. All other countries are perfect.
Nope, I never said that. It's true that other countries have done nasty things too, but it's no excuse for what the US is still doing.
Right now, the US is still the biggest bully on the block. You're supposed to be the good guys, you (the US) like to remind the world of that as often as possible. Start acting like it.
If you think it's not a good idea to have a military, start coming up with damn good reasons not to have them. And make sure you include among those reasons "no other country would attack us, not now, not ever, no matter what our national policies are." Until you can say that, you need the military.
You need the military because the US uses the military to piss off other countries by interfering with stuff that's none of it's business anyway.
You need the military to defend against people like osama bin laden, a person who has been trained by your own CIA and funded with 3 billion of your taxpayers money
You need the military because saddam hussein has too many weapons, which he bought with the billions of US taxpayer money your government gave him.
You need the military because having a military creates a need for a military.
The US are supposed to be the good guys, start behaving like that and you'll see that there will be a lot less hard feelings against the US.
stop bullying the world and you'll see that in a few decades you won't need a military anymore.
And before you start preaching on how 'good' the US is, read
this list and weep.
Ahh yes, because we all know that that's all the military does, and we've never gone as a presence for peaceful observation, we never delivered food to Haiti and other countries, and we never cleaned up after Hurricane Andrew, Ice Storm 98, and other natural disasters. The National Guard never helped out with the relief efforts for any earthquake in California, and we all know that only civilians cleaned up the rubble and looked for survivors in the World Trade Center wreckage.
One more question: could you please explain to me why you need to have an expert training in handling guns, combat skills and killing people to do all of the above ?
I would have, but that's not the "sole purpose" of the military, and I'm really fed up with people like you who don't bother to point out that the military has plenty of other jobs besides killing people.
Watch the documentary'bowling for columbine'
Sure the US army has done some 'good' stuff. but most of it is because it is for the US's own benefit.
e.g. 'free' kuwait by removing one dictator and restoring the previous dictator (who is more willing to supply the US with oil)
That's 10-50 billion spent between now and 2010, at least it makes a lot more sense than spendig $360 billion of the taxpayers money per year on people and technology whose sole purpose it is to kill other human beings.
You mean all numbers between 0 and 2^2048 are prime?
No, but is there a list of all prime numbers between 0 and 2^2048 ?
The computer doesn't know which numbers are prime, so it has to at least check 2^2048 numbers to see if they are prime and if they are it takes a bit longer to check if it's the right prime. you'll still end up checking all numbers.
All we need now is an xbox version of this distributed computing client. I'd love to see the xbox key cracked by a modchipped xbox.
if you just try all possible keys, it would take 2^2048 attempts to try them all. it could be the first key you try but it could also be the last. on average you need (2^2048)/2 tries. you can measure how long it takes on average to try 1 key. multiply that by the number of tries, divide by the number of machines trying codes. and you'de get an estimate.
The fun starts when you forget your key and get locked out of your house.
You could get arrested for picking your own lock.
From the article:
With hopes dashed of having a strong copyright law in place for the start of 2003, media and software companies complain that they are largely unprotected from digital piracy
I don't get this, making copies of copyrighted content was already illegal, why would they need extra laws for digital content ? Why would a law that forbids decrypting data protect them any more than they are now ? It's not like the pirates are suddenly going to care about the fact that what they doing is illegal.
From the article:
... you have an instant friend," Chris Espinosa, one of Apple's earliest employees, told Stanford Library. "Most likely, you share something very core to your being with this person, which is a life outlook, a special vision."
"If you see somebody in an airport in London, or someplace down in Peru or something, and you see an Apple tag on their bag, or an Apple T-shirt, it's like the Deadheads
Isn't the same true for Linux ?
Why put your servers in a building that burns that well?
They were already planning a new NOC, which should have become operational in a couple of months.
How many Joe Schmo consumers do you know who have mod-chipped their set-top DVD players with DeCCS?
Not a single one, because it's not necessary.
Most cheap DVD players sold nowadays are region free and play whatever you feed them.
How about OEone's HomeBase DESKTOP
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I'm afraid you quite missed out on many of the things that make us a great nation.
To what things are you referring ? The lack of freedom in the US ? The fact that the US is run by corporations instead of by representatives of the people ?
I actually can't think of anything that makes the US 'better' than europe. I as a european can't think of a single thing in which I envy US-ians.
Is it just me or did Tux gain weight ?
I feel so sorry for this guy:
... NOT!
one spammer whines, "My operating costs have gone up 1,000 percent this year, just so I can figure out how to get around all these filters."
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What's the point of making something that is unsupported by a large chunk of today's software
Because you end up with a CPU that has layers of compatibility upon layers of compatiblity.
you'll have real mode, protected mode and now probably something like 64 bit mode.
imho it's better to get rid off all the old junk and start over once in a while.
Don't you have that "crazy" per-minute charge for local calls on your land lines? We don't here.
Yes we do, but I don't ever use land lines. can't remember the last time I did, almost everyone has got a cellphone. the local university here even hands out cellphones to all students, no monthly charge and 100 minutes free calls per month.
I myself pay 9 euro per month, including 40 minutes free calls, and I never ever exceeded those 40 minutes. for me , a cellphone is cheaper then a land line (which cost more per month, excluding calls).
so yes, land lines are charged per minute (per second actually) , do I care ? no!
In the netherlands it's even better, there's a mobile operator that actually pays you 0,03 euro per minute when someone calls you.
That's why most cities have places where you can donate your old phones (sans card), that they give to the elderly or homeless.
How does a homeless person recharge his cellphone battieries ?
What I would like to contruct some time (don't know how difficult it is tho) is a intrusion detection system that works on air pressure. after turning on the system air is pumped into the case (which is air-tight) randomly to increase the air pressure to a random value (should only be known to the hardware in the box and not readable by the computer or whatever). now, measure the pressure inside with a sensitive air pressure sensor. when the case is penetrated in any way the sensor would register the change in pressure and send the intrusion signal.
since the pressure inside is unknown it would be nearly impossible (depending on the sensitivity of the pressure sensor) to put the case in a pressured box with exactly the same pressure.
any reasons why this is an impossible or crazy thing to do ??
Xine supports the Creative DXR3 and the sigma designes hollywood+
Also, you have to wonder how half the news on the front page has been reported weeks before by other news organizations, yet stories like this that would probably be best reported late are always reported early.
Does the name "murphy" ring a bell ?