If I could answer you specifically, I probably wouldn't have asked in the first place. My degree is in CS. It just seems that modifying multicellular organisms with non-natural amino acids might create a whole new class of threat. Say, a hardy, prolific insect with an insatiable appetite for all cereal grasses. Could there be naturally mutated single celled organism that would do the same? I suppose, but now the possibilities are growing.
I don't mean like haha, "I, for one, welcome our new C. elegans overlords" or tagging the story with whatcouldpossiblygowrong. I mean The Stand. Could somebody with a reasonable knowledge of GM organisms please offer some reassurance that this technique couldn't backfire in some disastrous way?
My personal fave is strncpy(), which will silently not terminate the string if the buffer is too small, but if you give it a huge buffer it punishes you by NUL padding the string all the way to the end of the buffer.
It can't. The the national minimum drinking age was established via the back door: The feds told the states that unless they raised the drinking age to 21, they would lose their federal highway funding.
The same thing happened 10 years earlier with the 55-mph speed limit.
Pretty clever, eh? The feds take money from the states (mainly in the form of fuel taxes) for highway funding, then give the money back to states that promise to be good little boys.
What can't be spoofed, and why you shouldn't try CID spoofing on, say, ransom demands, is Automatic Number Identification. ANI (not CID) is used by telcos for billing purposes, so spoofing is not allowed, and it is stored for long periods. ANI is also passed to 800 numbers, and to E911 services, so spoofing and *67 are of no use there.
The problem is that telemarketers and fraudsters don't call 911 or 1-800 numbers, and it generally takes a subpoena to get telcos to release ANI information to anyone else.
Try reading the National Electrical Code online. First, start at the NFPA site. Then, spend a few fun minutes trying to find the link to the NEC. Then register. Then, if you're lucky, you can use "RealRead" to view the Code. As the NFPA puts it, This document is designed to be viewed online: there are no "print", "save", "cut and paste", or "search" options.
What happens if one of my desktop devices is not working properly?
You can place a call to iCloud technical support at (insert number) to begin the problem solving process. We will try to correct the situation over the phone. If we cannot solve the problem on the initial call, we will deliver and configure a new device to your location.
I remember two horrible early sites, PSUVM, where EVERYBODY USED ALL CAPS, and "the well", (the "whole earth 'lectronic link"). They brought in undergrads and flower children, and demonstrated that diversity is not always a good thing.
Carrot and stick? I got a fucking draft notice ("Greetings!"). The 'stick' was that I could enlist, maim myself, go to jail, or flee the country. At that point, the G.I. Bill 'carrot' wasn't much of a consideration.
But if there's one thing I'd change, it would be this: Spend a little more time & money on psychological screening of recruits. I don't see any other way to weed out potential basket cases. I can't imagine that any amount of live-fire exercises can prepare you to face an enemy that you know really wants to kill you.
The nation was very schizophrenic regarding servicemen during the "Vietnam Conflict." I tried not to wear my uniform off base if I didn't have to, because I never knew if an approaching stranger was going to shake my hand and thank me for my service, or spit on me and call me a baby killer. It's possible that the government was trying to make up for that.
When I got out of the service in 1974, the G.I. Bill paid me almost $700/mo (about $3000/mo today), tax-free, while I was in school. It enabled me to go to a real university, not some community college or third-rate state school. I didn't consider that a boot up my ass.
Also, thanks to the Veterans' Preference Act, I am entitled to (but have never used) preferential hiring for federal civil-service jobs.
Not that I think that handling credit card payments for spammers is a good thing, but are these middlemen actually violating any laws that would justify shutting them down?
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From now on, thanks to your misspelling and their behavior, I'll just call them Dumpstersoft.
That's what concerns me. If my ISP ever blocks (or redirects) access to the root servers, there goes djbdns and unbound.
If I could answer you specifically, I probably wouldn't have asked in the first place. My degree is in CS. It just seems that modifying multicellular organisms with non-natural amino acids might create a whole new class of threat. Say, a hardy, prolific insect with an insatiable appetite for all cereal grasses. Could there be naturally mutated single celled organism that would do the same? I suppose, but now the possibilities are growing.
I don't mean like haha, "I, for one, welcome our new C. elegans overlords" or tagging the story with whatcouldpossiblygowrong. I mean The Stand. Could somebody with a reasonable knowledge of GM organisms please offer some reassurance that this technique couldn't backfire in some disastrous way?
My personal fave is strncpy(), which will silently not terminate the string if the buffer is too small, but if you give it a huge buffer it punishes you by NUL padding the string all the way to the end of the buffer.
I think his joke was very close to being right.
Personally, I would have chosen "fascist", but facist works, too.
This is all about politics and scaring older voters.
"Sorry, sir, but we've determined that you're likely to commit a crime soon. Please come with us. Thank you for your cooperation."
Urophagia!
It's not just for perverts anymore!
It seems that thanks to the economy, you'll also be competing with older workers for those internships now.
It can't. The the national minimum drinking age was established via the back door: The feds told the states that unless they raised the drinking age to 21, they would lose their federal highway funding.
The same thing happened 10 years earlier with the 55-mph speed limit.
Pretty clever, eh? The feds take money from the states (mainly in the form of fuel taxes) for highway funding, then give the money back to states that promise to be good little boys.
What can't be spoofed, and why you shouldn't try CID spoofing on, say, ransom demands, is Automatic Number Identification. ANI (not CID) is used by telcos for billing purposes, so spoofing is not allowed, and it is stored for long periods. ANI is also passed to 800 numbers, and to E911 services, so spoofing and *67 are of no use there.
The problem is that telemarketers and fraudsters don't call 911 or 1-800 numbers, and it generally takes a subpoena to get telcos to release ANI information to anyone else.
Try reading the National Electrical Code online. First, start at the NFPA site. Then, spend a few fun minutes trying to find the link to the NEC. Then register. Then, if you're lucky, you can use "RealRead" to view the Code. As the NFPA puts it, This document is designed to be viewed online: there are no "print", "save", "cut and paste", or "search" options.
I hope I never have to call their Tech Support.
I remember two horrible early sites, PSUVM, where EVERYBODY USED ALL CAPS, and "the well", (the "whole earth 'lectronic link"). They brought in undergrads and flower children, and demonstrated that diversity is not always a good thing.
Hey, it worked for AT&T from 1885-1968.
Google thinks many people don't care. They're ignoring the remainder.
Carrot and stick? I got a fucking draft notice ("Greetings!"). The 'stick' was that I could enlist, maim myself, go to jail, or flee the country. At that point, the G.I. Bill 'carrot' wasn't much of a consideration.
But if there's one thing I'd change, it would be this: Spend a little more time & money on psychological screening of recruits. I don't see any other way to weed out potential basket cases. I can't imagine that any amount of live-fire exercises can prepare you to face an enemy that you know really wants to kill you.
The nation was very schizophrenic regarding servicemen during the "Vietnam Conflict." I tried not to wear my uniform off base if I didn't have to, because I never knew if an approaching stranger was going to shake my hand and thank me for my service, or spit on me and call me a baby killer. It's possible that the government was trying to make up for that.
When I got out of the service in 1974, the G.I. Bill paid me almost $700/mo (about $3000/mo today), tax-free, while I was in school. It enabled me to go to a real university, not some community college or third-rate state school. I didn't consider that a boot up my ass.
Also, thanks to the Veterans' Preference Act, I am entitled to (but have never used) preferential hiring for federal civil-service jobs.
According to this week-old story
"Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not tried."
--G.K. Chesterton
Not that I think that handling credit card payments for spammers is a good thing, but are these middlemen actually violating any laws that would justify shutting them down?