I think it's like trying to block anything else, there will be ways around it.
Can you imagine if ISPs were told to block P2P traffic or web sites that advocated violence? This has been tried before many times, in many different countries.
There will always be people who figure out a way to code around it, or other international sites that act as proxies.
3 : UNUSUAL -a very unique ball-point pen- -we were fairly unique, the sixty of us, in that there wasn't one good mixer in the bunch -- J. D. Salinger-
What we need now is something that can learn what a commercial is and automatically skip it.
It shouldn't be too hard, maybe using some of the techniques now used for spam. Maybe figuring out a way to share a known list of commercials with others.
Forget about LiIon batteries, how about a cigarette lighter. This thanks to lobbying by the tobacco companies who want their customers to be able to smoke right away in the destination airport.
I think what's needed in this area is more devolution.
Speaking as a both a developer that hated my system administrators and a system administrator that hated (at least some of) the developers around me, I think there needs to be more voluntary separation.
There needs to be more emphasis on a personal desk top systems that developers can do what ever they want to, including rebuilding and fixing as necessary, and shared systems that they are not allowed to touch the internals of.
The only way to allow both developers and system administrators to see the world in their own way, is to keep them apart.
First the Stanford graduate finishes. He goes to the sink and washes himself with excess water, soap and paper towels. "At Stanford they taught me to be clean!", he proclaims.
Next the Berkeley grad finishes. He goes to the sink and washes himself with a modest amount of water, soap and paper towels. He proudly declares "At Berkeley they taught me to be clean and thrifty!"
The Chico grad walks past them both, straight out the door, past the sinks and mutters, "At Chico they taught me not to piss on my hands."
I'm an expat American living in Europe, so I'm sure I've done all the math right.
I drive a Diesel car that optimally gets about 70 mpg on the highway, and about 60 in the city. It never gets less than 50 mpg.
It has a top speed of about 115mph, and really good acceleration.
It's a Seat Toledo. Seat is owned by Volkswagen, and you could compare this car with a Volkswagen Jetta. It's very good quality car, that's solid, practical and not expensive.
It's not true anymore that diesels are slow, smokey and vibrate excessively.
It's not necessary to drive a car this efficient. It's also not necessary to drive a diesel, or a small car instead of an SUV. It's not necessary to drive a hybrid or electric car. There is no reason for anyone to drive any vehicle, of any sort, that gets less than 50 mpg.
If Americans demanded the big automakers produce 50 mpg SUVs, they would. The technology is there. Driving an efficient car does not mean driving a crappy car.
Making the best use of current technology now, would do much more to conserve resources than investing huge amounts of money on using alternative sources of fuels.
I noticed that line on their web site too. I was thinking to myself, just how many spams do I need to receive in order for it to justify one full time paid position for the person sending them. Would this be like 10 trillion emails or so?
What's more important than the level of your degree, is what you want to do and if your background prepares you for it.
There is no shortage of jobs in IT that require skills that can be picked up on the fly, or in short term intensive training. A PhD isn't going to be an asset for a job like this.
I would say if you don't know what your are going to use the degree for, there isn't much point in getting it just for the sake of it.
In the Netherlands, at the plant in Groningen and many others, biomass plays an important role not only in the energy production in the Netherlands but also in waste management. Most of the household waste in the country is burned to generate electricity.
The problem comes when you burn the wrong thing, for example PVC plastic can turn into PCBs and common batteries can give off heavy metals when they burn. This is a problem for the companies that operate these plants, and a lot of effort has to go into risk management.
If personal biomass units become popular, and people use them to burn the wrong things, it could become a major source of pollution.
I started taking the EFF less seriously when they started taking the position that spam was an example of free speech.
It's not that they haven't done a lot of great things, and continue to do them, but I have to wonder what other positions they will take that clearly go against the majority of the people they are trying to represent.
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I think it's like trying to block anything else, there will be ways around it.
Can you imagine if ISPs were told to block P2P traffic or web sites that advocated violence? This has been tried before many times, in many different countries.
There will always be people who figure out a way to code around it, or other international sites that act as proxies.
It's time for a decentralized Open Source solution, with open standards. Let's let the FCC try to impose wire tapping requirements on this.
3 : UNUSUAL -a very unique ball-point pen- -we were fairly unique, the sixty of us, in that there wasn't one good mixer in the bunch -- J. D. Salinger-
Did you notice too the company web site says it requires a 220v 60 amp circuit!
That's 13200W, certainly more than all the rest of my appliances combined...
What we need now is something that can learn what a commercial is and automatically skip it.
It shouldn't be too hard, maybe using some of the techniques now used for spam. Maybe figuring out a way to share a known list of commercials with others.
Or a lighter and a bottle of duty free vodka.
Forget about LiIon batteries, how about a cigarette lighter. This thanks to lobbying by the tobacco companies who want their customers to be able to smoke right away in the destination airport.
I wonder of solid granite is strong enough to protect against social engineering...
I think what's needed in this area is more devolution.
Speaking as a both a developer that hated my system administrators and a system administrator that hated (at least some of) the developers around me, I think there needs to be more voluntary separation.
There needs to be more emphasis on a personal desk top systems that developers can do what ever they want to, including rebuilding and fixing as necessary, and shared systems that they are not allowed to touch the internals of.
The only way to allow both developers and system administrators to see the world in their own way, is to keep them apart.
Personally, I'm ready to find another career.
All three go into the mens room to take a leak.
First the Stanford graduate finishes. He goes to the sink and washes himself with excess water, soap and paper towels. "At Stanford they taught me to be clean!", he proclaims.
Next the Berkeley grad finishes. He goes to the sink and washes himself with a modest amount of water, soap and paper towels. He proudly declares "At Berkeley they taught me to be clean and thrifty!"
The Chico grad walks past them both, straight out the door, past the sinks and mutters, "At Chico they taught me not to piss on my hands."
No, no, no!
The mathematician says "There exists a solution."
Does PostNuke have any active current development?
I looked at it a few months ago, and didn't see many signs that anyone was fixing old problems or introducing new features.
If you follow the link to the software page, you will notice his email address at the bottom.
I'm an expat American living in Europe, so I'm sure I've done all the math right.
I drive a Diesel car that optimally gets about 70 mpg on the highway, and about 60 in the city. It never gets less than 50 mpg.
It has a top speed of about 115mph, and really good acceleration.
It's a Seat Toledo. Seat is owned by Volkswagen, and you could compare this car with a Volkswagen Jetta. It's very good quality car, that's solid, practical and not expensive.
It's not true anymore that diesels are slow, smokey and vibrate excessively.
It's not necessary to drive a car this efficient. It's also not necessary to drive a diesel, or a small car instead of an SUV. It's not necessary to drive a hybrid or electric car. There is no reason for anyone to drive any vehicle, of any sort, that gets less than 50 mpg.
If Americans demanded the big automakers produce 50 mpg SUVs, they would. The technology is there. Driving an efficient car does not mean driving a crappy car.
Making the best use of current technology now, would do much more to conserve resources than investing huge amounts of money on using alternative sources of fuels.
The real question is which OS needs to be patched faster.
I noticed that line on their web site too. I was thinking to myself, just how many spams do I need to receive in order for it to justify one full time paid position for the person sending them. Would this be like 10 trillion emails or so?
I've always thought burning seti work units was one of the most cozy ways to stay warm on a cool winter evening...
The costs of running seti one or two computers computers may not be that great, but what about the combined costs of all seti users?
What about the environmental impact of generating all that electricity?
I wouldn't say running seti like prorgams is really free.
How many seti packets can it do in an hour?
I wonder how toxic that stuff was!
What's more important than the level of your degree, is what you want to do and if your background prepares you for it.
There is no shortage of jobs in IT that require skills that can be picked up on the fly, or in short term intensive training. A PhD isn't going to be an asset for a job like this.
I would say if you don't know what your are going to use the degree for, there isn't much point in getting it just for the sake of it.
Maybe Micorsoft should write their own worms, to update their own bugs!
In the Netherlands, at the plant in Groningen and many others, biomass plays an important role not only in the energy production in the Netherlands but also in waste management. Most of the household waste in the country is burned to generate electricity.
The problem comes when you burn the wrong thing, for example PVC plastic can turn into PCBs and common batteries can give off heavy metals when they burn. This is a problem for the companies that operate these plants, and a lot of effort has to go into risk management.
If personal biomass units become popular, and people use them to burn the wrong things, it could become a major source of pollution.
It's not that they haven't done a lot of great things, and continue to do them, but I have to wonder what other positions they will take that clearly go against the majority of the people they are trying to represent.