Actually the content of an automotive airbag after deployment is mostly nitrogen, from the combustion (detonation?) of sodium azaide:
This causes the solid chemical propellant sealed inside the inflator, principally sodium azide, to undergo a rapid chemical reaction. This reaction produces primarily nitrogen gas.
From Airbag Guidelines. None of this, of course, necessarily has any bearing on the Mars landers, nor would the extremely rapid inflation typical of automotive airbags be necessary. Something like a small cylinder of compressed nitrogen would do nicely.
Pardon? Darwinis opensource, and contains the BSD source you allege they "closed off." In addition, Apple has given back to numerous other opensource projects, including KHTML (the rendering engine for the now-default Safari browser).
...or it could be simply because they do most of their US computer industry reporting through their Seattle office, in the belief that Microsoft is relevant in a general sense to the computer industry as a whole.
Perhaps cases involving IBM directly would be reported out of NY, while those involving Apple would come from CA, etc. But I doubt they have a Salt Lake City office with tech-savvy editors. Then again, this particular article seems not to have been proofread by such an editor either.
Just guessing; I have no clue on how many bureaus Reuters has and what their respective areas of competence are. Always look for the mundane explanation, though.
I'm not sure that SCO's expectations matters as far as a potential [attempted] extortion charge goes. They're apparently demanding licensing fees. If I pulled a gun on you and demanded all of your base (so they'd belong to us) while knowing you had none, I'd still be tried for [attempted] armed robbery.
I basically agree with your assessment though, assuming they don't expect to collect from Google. If they don't, I see only two possible motives (aside from crack-induced delusions):
They're just yet again generating publicity, likely to boost their stock price;
It's a deliberate attempt to harm Google, for whatever reason (MS peeved over Google rejecting purchase attempt?)
In either case, SCO is digging their own grave ever deeper.
Use their feedback form. I did, noting that the one-paragraph sentence "Lindon, Utah-based SCO claims that parts of Linux were directly copied from Unix, which SCO owns." was woefully incomplete and suggesting a couple of alternates which would have been more balanced.
Probably best to be polite in what you say, though. Coming off as a raving lunatic would play right into SCOs hands.
It's pretty easy to spoof DNS responses. Plus, DNS data tends to get cached.
Wouldn't this also open a potenial for a DOS attack, by providing false SPF records to cause legitamate mail from ABC.com to XYZ.net to be discarded? I imagine that might appeal to some people in specific cases...
I've paid for my last two cars in cash so not much to dig up on me
Actually, I believe the legislation in question defines an automobile dealer as a "financial institution" for purposes of the FBI whispering "National Security" to itself and giving itself permission to examine records pertaining to you.
a little guerilla action which probably helped encourage Apple
You mean vandalism where the children involved filmed themselves, like that movie of teenagers trashing a nearly-complete house... or the idiots who filmed themselves shooting pedestrians with paintballs from a car?
I seriously doubt Apple took them seriously, or that their documentary of their petty criminal acts had much impact beyond a lot of endless yammering on the internet. NYC, though, should prosecute them under the local grafitti laws; perhaps 40 hours of community service scrubbing spraypaint off assorted buildings, sidewalks, park benches, etc. would help them grow up a bit.
If we are going to stand up in front of the world with a holier-than-thou attitude...The standards are somewhat lower for having a holier-than-SCO attitude.
But, I repeat again, if the highway speed is unreasonable low then you should use your democracy, with which you are so proud you have it, and change the speed limit signs.
You must not be a US citizen, or have not read the Diebold memos. Democracy in the US now consists of being able to buy politicans with campaign contributions.
You'd need a commercial purpose, I think. Perhaps offer to sell them "For Sale to Highest Bidder" buttons, noting that they seem to have a need for such...
How many ebay cookies do you have? I got a vaguely similar error (not via squid) when tossing junk cookies from 2o7.net at it, but it was able to steal cookies when I chose another domain that had only set one cookie... consistent with teh "Request too large" listed as a possible cause of the error.
Um... why couldn't you just swipe a credit card and give them your e-mail address? What is the point of the USB-fob? Seems unnecessary,
That was my initial reaction as well on reading SMOC's post. On further reflection, though, I see a few advantages to the method:
encapsulation of user-defined data: the user could program it with any email address he wishes, for example.
seperation from actual credit card: a parent could program in a cap and loan it to their teenager as she heads off to a concert so they could buy the album if they enjoyed the concert.
ability to use without a credit card by pre-paying. I'm imagining something like a USB based programmable phone card where the balance can't be tampered with, but the user can program email address, per-transaction, per-date and other such limits into it.
more likely "impulse" buying because (to some folks) it will seem "less like spending money". Remember, 50% of people are of below-average intelligence!
All that said, though, I don't see a need for the email phase of the original scenario. At POS, just load a URL and a key into the fob. Much preferable, I think; using the email address would create a "business relationship" and no doubt result in spam. Such a scheme would need to be looked at carefully though, to ensure it provides at least the modest degree of privacy found in normal credit-card transactions.
It's a.sig it should be neither the basis for moderation nor the spawning of an offtopic thread. It's irrelevant except that it might be thought provoking to someone. There's a reason they're limited to 120 characters: to discourage editorializing on unrelated subjects. This seems lost on some people, though...
I am quite sure if I were to put that in my sig that I would be modded off-topic or troll here
No, most people here (even the Usual Suspect trolls and flamebaiters) recognize a.sig for what it is: irrelevant to the topic at hand... sometimes humorous, sometimes expressive of a political viewpoint, often stupid. It means about as much as a bumpersticker you see on the highway... and if you get this excited about them, I suggest some anger management seminars.
I might well have spoken imprecisely in labeling it as "lobbying". However they are one of a few providers of filtering software mandated for use in libraries, and they are apparently being politically biased in what they filter.
One has an expectation that the Bush Administration will be politically biased (gee, ya think?!?!) but one presumes a lack of biases in what is available in a publicly funded library. I demand political neutrality there. If ever there were a time to invoke Godwins' law with a book burning reference, this would be it...
Symantec is perfectly free to make their filters default to blocking anything they wish, but if they stray into the realm of filtering based on political content, that's a wholly inappropriate use of taxpayer money.
It says "well regulated" not "well armed". If the intent were to ensure that the milita itself would have access to arms, there would have been far clearer ways to say so.
The armed citizenry exists to provide regulation of the militia, by being able to take up arms against the militia should they run amok. The same applies to the police... how many incidents of frustrated cops going on shooting sprees would we have if they didn't fear that some nearby civilian might have a handgun and intervene?
The ACLU is irrelevant here, I think. By giving preference to one side of a political debate by blocking only those sites with opposing views, Symantec is acting as a political lobbyist. Thier page of legal notices fails to note this. I believe places them in violation of Federal Election Commission rules. The best place to start tearing them to pieces over this would probably be with rural librarians.
Apple does in fact give "direct" credit. In the case of the most recent patch, it may be found here, and they've done so at least since 10.2.4 as indicated here.
It's a bit more like, not having the right to break a window to get into a rented car.
If I lock the keys in a car I rented while in a remote area, I think I have a right to break the window. I also know that I have an obligation to pay for the damage.
Enough with the automotive analogies; none of them work.
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Pardon? Darwin is opensource, and contains the BSD source you allege they "closed off." In addition, Apple has given back to numerous other opensource projects, including KHTML (the rendering engine for the now-default Safari browser).
Perhaps cases involving IBM directly would be reported out of NY, while those involving Apple would come from CA, etc. But I doubt they have a Salt Lake City office with tech-savvy editors. Then again, this particular article seems not to have been proofread by such an editor either.
Just guessing; I have no clue on how many bureaus Reuters has and what their respective areas of competence are. Always look for the mundane explanation, though.
I basically agree with your assessment though, assuming they don't expect to collect from Google. If they don't, I see only two possible motives (aside from crack-induced delusions):
- They're just yet again generating publicity, likely to boost their stock price;
- It's a deliberate attempt to harm Google, for whatever reason (MS peeved over Google rejecting purchase attempt?)
In either case, SCO is digging their own grave ever deeper.Probably best to be polite in what you say, though. Coming off as a raving lunatic would play right into SCOs hands.
Ah, I misread; my apologies. Many people seemed to be missing the absurdly broad definition of "financial insitution.
I seriously doubt Apple took them seriously, or that their documentary of their petty criminal acts had much impact beyond a lot of endless yammering on the internet. NYC, though, should prosecute them under the local grafitti laws; perhaps 40 hours of community service scrubbing spraypaint off assorted buildings, sidewalks, park benches, etc. would help them grow up a bit.
If we are going to stand up in front of the world with a holier-than-thou attitude...The standards are somewhat lower for having a holier-than-SCO attitude.
It was more like 32 inches; different areas got the worst of the two consecutive storms.
You must not be a US citizen, or have not read the Diebold memos. Democracy in the US now consists of being able to buy politicans with campaign contributions.
You'd need a commercial purpose, I think. Perhaps offer to sell them "For Sale to Highest Bidder" buttons, noting that they seem to have a need for such...
How many ebay cookies do you have? I got a vaguely similar error (not via squid) when tossing junk cookies from 2o7.net at it, but it was able to steal cookies when I chose another domain that had only set one cookie... consistent with teh "Request too large" listed as a possible cause of the error.
By refusing to give the password, you buy time to try to have the subpoena quashed on merits (or lack thereof).
- encapsulation of user-defined data: the user could program it with any email address he wishes, for example.
- seperation from actual credit card: a parent could program in a cap and loan it to their teenager as she heads off to a concert so they could buy the album if they enjoyed the concert.
- ability to use without a credit card by pre-paying. I'm imagining something like a USB based programmable phone card where the balance can't be tampered with, but the user can program email address, per-transaction, per-date and other such limits into it.
- more likely "impulse" buying because (to some folks) it will seem "less like spending money". Remember, 50% of people are of below-average intelligence!
All that said, though, I don't see a need for the email phase of the original scenario. At POS, just load a URL and a key into the fob. Much preferable, I think; using the email address would create a "business relationship" and no doubt result in spam. Such a scheme would need to be looked at carefully though, to ensure it provides at least the modest degree of privacy found in normal credit-card transactions.It's a .sig it should be neither the basis for moderation nor the spawning of an offtopic thread. It's irrelevant except that it might be thought provoking to someone. There's a reason they're limited to 120 characters: to discourage editorializing on unrelated subjects. This seems lost on some people, though...
One has an expectation that the Bush Administration will be politically biased (gee, ya think?!?!) but one presumes a lack of biases in what is available in a publicly funded library. I demand political neutrality there. If ever there were a time to invoke Godwins' law with a book burning reference, this would be it...
Symantec is perfectly free to make their filters default to blocking anything they wish, but if they stray into the realm of filtering based on political content, that's a wholly inappropriate use of taxpayer money.
The armed citizenry exists to provide regulation of the militia, by being able to take up arms against the militia should they run amok. The same applies to the police... how many incidents of frustrated cops going on shooting sprees would we have if they didn't fear that some nearby civilian might have a handgun and intervene?
The ACLU is irrelevant here, I think. By giving preference to one side of a political debate by blocking only those sites with opposing views, Symantec is acting as a political lobbyist. Thier page of legal notices fails to note this. I believe places them in violation of Federal Election Commission rules. The best place to start tearing them to pieces over this would probably be with rural librarians.
Apple does in fact give "direct" credit. In the case of the most recent patch, it may be found here, and they've done so at least since 10.2.4 as indicated here.
Enough with the automotive analogies; none of them work.