Also, the poor guy admitted to using the connection too (unauthorized access to a computer network, which is a third degree felony according to the article). Now, if he would have just asked for a lawyer and then shut up, he probably would have gotten off with just a warning.
The solution to that is really simple. Park outside their business with a stronger access point using the same SSID. When they connect, have *them* arrested for unauthorized access to a computer network. Poetic justice is sweet sometimes.
The much liked OpenBSD wireframe demon head T-shirt is not longer being made and they now have a wireframe puffy shirt which in my opinion does not look anywhere near as good.
I hadn't noticed the wireframe demon version, but I do like the puffy logo and the wireframe version of it. That's got character and it's a perfect subject for OpenBSD's focus on security. FreeBSD, being rather generic in focus, is a tougher one to design for. Maybe the guy who owns the beastie copyright will transfer it to FreeBSD (or grant unlimited license, etc.) and beastie will become official.
And what they don't need is something that looks like a generic flag. Sorry, but I don't find NetBSD's logo (as linked in the summary) to be very creative. Maybe someone said the same thing about the Nike swoosh or McDonald's golden arches originally, but time will tell whether NetBSD's stands the test of time. Perhaps with enough marketing dollars thrown at it (hah!) it will last.
To me atheisim suffers from the same problem religion does, the unexplained.
There are two versions of the meaning of atheist. One is the technical one, as the word is really a-theist meaning not theist or without theism. So if you are not a theist, you are an atheist. Similar to amoral (not moral), atypical (not typical), asexual (without sexuality), etc.
The other is the non-technical one which some label themselves and claim "I believe there is no God". Since that involves active belief, it is faith-based (just of an opposite nature) but isn't strictly atheism.
Since I do not hold the belief that there is one or more gods or goddesses, I am not a theist therefore I classify myself as an atheist.
This representation must be a program that, taking no outside inputs, produces the exact sample it compressed.
And this defined intelligence? What a load of shit! I can't even reproduce the exact sample from an arbitrarily large corpus of writings. Are you telling me that your contest will declare gzip more intelligent than I?
As a commercial venture, I'd have to agree with you. However, if this were some guy's hack I'd be impressed and would applaud the effort that went into it. Unless it is based upon SSIDs (yeah, right... found 18 "Linksys" at this location...) or MAC address (much better) the accuracy is sure going to suffer.
True, you can sue anyone, anytime, for just about any reason. Going through the paperwork is the easy part. Showing up in front of a reasonable judge and demonstrating the merits of your case is another matter.
I really wonder how well such an agreement would protect anyone anymore. Don't you just have to convince a jury that the agreement is 51% unfair? IANAL BTW.
In a free market (non-monopoly) you are able to choose any provider you wish for your email service. If you choose one and agree to the terms provided in the service agreement, it is by its very nature a fair deal barring any terms and conditions which are unlawful. If you had no choice in providers, or if all providers implemented spam blocking uniformly, then you could perhaps argue that it's unfair.
On the other hand, why would someone sue over this? If someone feels their provider is being unfair, switch providers. There are quite literally thousands and thousands of companies willing to provide email services with varying levels of spam and virus blocking, from none at all to very aggressive. Or someone could pick up a book, buy a computer, and get a raw internet feed and learn to do it themselves.
Yeah, well I hope none of them pay you for email, because if I did and you were causing my email to be dropped, I'd cancel service. And if your rash and careless action had caused me to lose money because of dropped business mail, I'd sue you.
If you were careless enough to not do your homework and sign up with a provider that implements filtering and then you try to sue but you can't because the license agreement you accepted requires you to waive the right to any action, then you deserve to lose a few emails.
All I know is that [javascript] has pissed me off more than any other "top 5" languages in the work place.
And how many other languages do you use to write client-side code for web browsers? The problem is that the browsers don't all implement the same standards for their internal object models... but this is a result of using JavaScript to implement differing browser APIs, not a failure in JS itself. It's like saying that ANSI C is lousy because the same code for a graphical app will create errors if you compile it under Windows, Linux, and Mac. The language is fine it's just that those platforms, much like the browsers, implement different graphics APIs.
Why not? A lot of companies use GPL software on their websites to run services and make boatloads of profit. How many Fortune 500 companies have benefited from Linux internally? Or GCC? Or numerous other GPLed software which, because they don't distribute it, they haven't provided source code?
I guess you can take the exclusionist approach or maybe consider that one project's advances will help the whole industry, both commercial and non-commercial without regards to any particular political ideology.
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Also, the poor guy admitted to using the connection too (unauthorized access to a computer network, which is a third degree felony according to the article). Now, if he would have just asked for a lawyer and then shut up, he probably would have gotten off with just a warning.
The solution to that is really simple. Park outside their business with a stronger access point using the same SSID. When they connect, have *them* arrested for unauthorized access to a computer network. Poetic justice is sweet sometimes.
Yeah, pretty soon the next story will be about men exploding onto the porn scene or something.
By letting her play Quake, you're telling her that sex, guns, and violence are all OK issues with no complications.
Sex in Quake? Did you play the same game I did? Granted, some of the weapons are rather phallic in nature but calling it sex is one hell of a stretch!
The much liked OpenBSD wireframe demon head T-shirt is not longer being made and they now have a wireframe puffy shirt which in my opinion does not look anywhere near as good.
I hadn't noticed the wireframe demon version, but I do like the puffy logo and the wireframe version of it. That's got character and it's a perfect subject for OpenBSD's focus on security. FreeBSD, being rather generic in focus, is a tougher one to design for. Maybe the guy who owns the beastie copyright will transfer it to FreeBSD (or grant unlimited license, etc.) and beastie will become official.
And what they don't need is something that looks like a generic flag. Sorry, but I don't find NetBSD's logo (as linked in the summary) to be very creative. Maybe someone said the same thing about the Nike swoosh or McDonald's golden arches originally, but time will tell whether NetBSD's stands the test of time. Perhaps with enough marketing dollars thrown at it (hah!) it will last.
You forgot some notable others:
.NET? no... mono
* Microsoft Office? no... OpenOffice.org
* Outlook? no... Thunderbird/Sunbird
* Windows? no... WINE
*
Anyhoo, I understand your point about compatibility but Microsoft's goal isn't to be compatible, rather to ensure their own profit.
Plus the "A" in "RAZR" was donated by Apple.
You forgot to mention MFM... man, I remember when $10/MB was a great price for a hard drive.
You forgot to mention OpenBSD.
The proper place to ask "WTF is ____" is Google. But hey... got you a first post, didn't it?
It was more like 36 hours.
Was that by design, so that only the groups which were on the ball would qualify?
To me atheisim suffers from the same problem religion does, the unexplained.
There are two versions of the meaning of atheist. One is the technical one, as the word is really a-theist meaning not theist or without theism. So if you are not a theist, you are an atheist. Similar to amoral (not moral), atypical (not typical), asexual (without sexuality), etc.
The other is the non-technical one which some label themselves and claim "I believe there is no God". Since that involves active belief, it is faith-based (just of an opposite nature) but isn't strictly atheism.
Since I do not hold the belief that there is one or more gods or goddesses, I am not a theist therefore I classify myself as an atheist.
This representation must be a program that, taking no outside inputs, produces the exact sample it compressed.
And this defined intelligence? What a load of shit! I can't even reproduce the exact sample from an arbitrarily large corpus of writings. Are you telling me that your contest will declare gzip more intelligent than I?
So what about RAVE -- Redundant Array of VEllum?
Or RASTA -- Redundant Array of Stone TAblets?
Free fiber? I'd rather tap into a free beer connection.
As a commercial venture, I'd have to agree with you. However, if this were some guy's hack I'd be impressed and would applaud the effort that went into it. Unless it is based upon SSIDs (yeah, right... found 18 "Linksys" at this location...) or MAC address (much better) the accuracy is sure going to suffer.
True, you can sue anyone, anytime, for just about any reason. Going through the paperwork is the easy part. Showing up in front of a reasonable judge and demonstrating the merits of your case is another matter.
I really wonder how well such an agreement would protect anyone anymore. Don't you just have to convince a jury that the agreement is 51% unfair? IANAL BTW.
In a free market (non-monopoly) you are able to choose any provider you wish for your email service. If you choose one and agree to the terms provided in the service agreement, it is by its very nature a fair deal barring any terms and conditions which are unlawful. If you had no choice in providers, or if all providers implemented spam blocking uniformly, then you could perhaps argue that it's unfair.
On the other hand, why would someone sue over this? If someone feels their provider is being unfair, switch providers. There are quite literally thousands and thousands of companies willing to provide email services with varying levels of spam and virus blocking, from none at all to very aggressive. Or someone could pick up a book, buy a computer, and get a raw internet feed and learn to do it themselves.
What? The fact that there are complaints about the harmful effects of X means that X works?
Maybe English isn't your native language, but the full expression is to "squeal with delight", not "squeal in anger" or something.
Yeah, well I hope none of them pay you for email, because if I did and you were causing my email to be dropped, I'd cancel service. And if your rash and careless action had caused me to lose money because of dropped business mail, I'd sue you.
If you were careless enough to not do your homework and sign up with a provider that implements filtering and then you try to sue but you can't because the license agreement you accepted requires you to waive the right to any action, then you deserve to lose a few emails.
Plus this code has a bug. If the element doesn't exist, you get different values (undefined or null) depending on the codepath.
That's why we have this companion function:
function bad(n) { return n == undefined ? true : n == null ? true : false; }
All I know is that [javascript] has pissed me off more than any other "top 5" languages in the work place.
And how many other languages do you use to write client-side code for web browsers? The problem is that the browsers don't all implement the same standards for their internal object models... but this is a result of using JavaScript to implement differing browser APIs, not a failure in JS itself. It's like saying that ANSI C is lousy because the same code for a graphical app will create errors if you compile it under Windows, Linux, and Mac. The language is fine it's just that those platforms, much like the browsers, implement different graphics APIs.
Tarbash the Egyptian Magician? Did he bring his mountain lion to maul the students? (reference)
Why not? A lot of companies use GPL software on their websites to run services and make boatloads of profit. How many Fortune 500 companies have benefited from Linux internally? Or GCC? Or numerous other GPLed software which, because they don't distribute it, they haven't provided source code?
I guess you can take the exclusionist approach or maybe consider that one project's advances will help the whole industry, both commercial and non-commercial without regards to any particular political ideology.
Get rid of that lousy Skype name and replace it with a quality, easy to remember Google name such as... Orkut?!?