This is classic asymetric warfare. It is how the US was beaten in Vietnam and it is how the US is likely to be beaten in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Rather ironic since, if I am not mistaken (and I am not a scholar of US history), weren't asymmetric techniques pioneered by the US in the revolutionary war/war of independence?
So does their device withstand extremes of temperature duration both
operation and storage? High humidity? Is it impervious to dust?
How does it handle shock and vibration?
Which is better: a theoretical device that has not been delivered, or a real device that may be unreliable?
There are many reasons why some military equipment should withstand such environmental stresses, but applying the same rules to all equipment makes little sense if the end result is that the US army does not readily have the equipment. Sometimes, it is better to have access to many units at a cost effective price and time than a much smaller numer of no-more capable (albeit more reliable) units. I think the Israeli forces have recognised this.
Net Neutrality does not mean that your ISP cannot impose caps. If you use too much bandwidth and they cut you off, there may be other laws or policies that your ISP violates, but not net neutrality. Net Neutrality means treating all packets the same, irrespective of origin or type. If your ISP cuts off all packets, they are treating all packets the same.
Now, if your ISP cut you off for using Vonage, or they imposed traffic shaping so that Vonage did not work well, those would be examples of violating net neutrality principles.
Real techies use bare wires and a screwdriver to open ground, remove the screwdriver and the socket holds the wires in place.
Yes, until your 10-year old son who does not understand voltages sees you do it and does the same. I was that son, and I guess that I am lucky to be alive.
I have never understood how religions can be recognised the the IRS and others (including hate-crime laws that specifcally protect religions) without falling foul of the constitutional ban on "establishment or religion".
Funny, but inaccurate. The tattoo belongs to the person who paid the tatter. The tattoo is a piece of art created for the express purpose of allowing the owner to show it.
I don't think you quite understand my point. Imagine that you buy a painting -- yes, you can show it to people, but this does not give you the right to make copies of it. Copyright would still be owned by the copyright holder unless there was a transfer in writing of the copyright. Posting a photo of the picture on the web surely violates the original artist's copyright.
I believe that a tattoo would be the same -- if the image is one that the artist has created (and not copied from somewhere else), then the artist still owns the copyright and the person with the tattoo has no right to make copies.
You are absolutely correct. Just last week, I was exchanging emails with someone who wanted to try Linux but could not find a suitable machine. I pointed him to the fact that the Ubuntu CDs can be run without installing. A short time later, he was enthusing to me about how well it worked (even his wireless card!)
I doubt you can "backup" WebMail without removing it from the web service.
Wrong. If you turn on the POP option in Gmail, there is another option as to whether the emails should be deleted after they have been downloaded or retained
I have Yahoo WebMail and when you connect with POP3, your Webmail Inbox gets emptied.
Wrong again. All you have to do with Yahoo mail is to configure your POP client to not delete emails off the server.
I have to ask myself what sort of people would subject themselves to this sort of abuse. It has just been getting worse since the days of Windows 95. Every new release of Windows comes with some new anti-piracy hassle, and every time it seems to cause major problems.
They just don't think there is an alternative. They are so used to Windows that they think a Mac would be difficult to use, and as for Linux: "it's just for hackers and geeks isn't it?"
Look on the newsgroup alt.os.linux.gentoo -- there was a posting just today from someone who has this MB working with 2 disks in a RAID1 configuration. He doesn't use the on-board RAID, instead he uses dm-raid.
Or in other words, "I didn't do, but even if I did they made me do it, and never told me not to, and it was a long time ago, and, like, even if I had it the music was legal because it was someone else's." Sorry, but it sounds like he's squirming like a little kid caught with his hand the cookie jar, throwing out every excuse and rationalization he can come up with.
Sorry, but that is the way the US legal system works. Everyone wants to win and they are going to use every argument possible that will help them win. In addition, you can't raise defenses later, if you did not raise them at the proper time. Anyway, it seems to me that the argument that he did not download the music is not just rationalization. If the RIAA has accused him of downloading and he (or his sister) actually bought the music, what has he done wrong?
Internet access from provider 1: $40/month Internet access from provider 2: $10/month (see note)
Note: hidden in our contract is a disclaimer that Internet access does not mean access to all the Internet at reasonable speeds -- only access to our "partners" is guaranteed.
Comcast users usually don't see an IP change unless they powercycle their modem and restart their computer or router. When I was on ATTBI, my IP remained the same until we switched to Comcast's IP block.
Well, I have Comcast cable and neither rebooting, nor powercycling the cable modem will get a new IP address. I think it is tied to the computer's MAC address. When we moved house, I got a new Cable account, a new cable modem and even then, I still got the same IP address at my new house (I think it was still ATTBI then).
The BSA still needs some evidence (other than a lack of response) in order to initiate an action. Discovery rules in the UK do not allow the types of fishing expeditions that are common in US civil court proceedings. I wonder if Microsoft takes a detailed look at their logs from update servers and WGA servers to identify pirated systems?
Other than that, perhaps some PHBs make ill-advised decisions to comply and allow audits?
So why did this guy refuse the prize two or more years before it would have had any financial impact on him? Why didn't he look into any professional options for writing off the tax? Good question. My guess is either very bad tax advice or sheer lack of courage.
Or he hopes that the publicity will encourage Oracle to pay the taxes also?
If you have more than one server, the best way to manage updates is to have one server (preferably non-production) on which you build and install binary package updates.
These binary updates can be pushed out to other machines and installed once any config file issues have been ironed out on your package-build machine. For extra kudos, all machines can be used as distcc-servers so that package compilation can be accelerated.
Finally, to reduce load on gentoo's servers and to help keep the machines in sync, the machine on which the packages are built should be the only machine that syncs to Gentoo's servers. All other machines should be configured to get their portage updates from your local build machine.
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There are many reasons why some military equipment should withstand such environmental stresses, but applying the same rules to all equipment makes little sense if the end result is that the US army does not readily have the equipment. Sometimes, it is better to have access to many units at a cost effective price and time than a much smaller numer of no-more capable (albeit more reliable) units. I think the Israeli forces have recognised this.
Yes, you are misunderstanding net netrality.
Net Neutrality does not mean that your ISP cannot impose caps. If you use too much bandwidth and they cut you off, there may be other laws or policies that your ISP violates, but not net neutrality. Net Neutrality means treating all packets the same, irrespective of origin or type. If your ISP cuts off all packets, they are treating all packets the same.
Now, if your ISP cut you off for using Vonage, or they imposed traffic shaping so that Vonage did not work well, those would be examples of violating net neutrality principles.
I had a laptop that would crash after some time of use. Blowing the dust out of the system with a high pressure hose fixed the problem.
I have never understood how religions can be recognised the the IRS and others (including hate-crime laws that specifcally protect religions) without falling foul of the constitutional ban on "establishment or religion".
I believe that a tattoo would be the same -- if the image is one that the artist has created (and not copied from somewhere else), then the artist still owns the copyright and the person with the tattoo has no right to make copies.
The site is now down. Was this ever a serious threat to start a lawsuit?
You are absolutely correct. Just last week, I was exchanging emails with someone who wanted to try Linux but could not find a suitable machine. I pointed him to the fact that the Ubuntu CDs can be run without installing. A short time later, he was enthusing to me about how well it worked (even his wireless card!)
To use an old truism: "the devil you know
Look on the newsgroup alt.os.linux.gentoo -- there was a posting just today from someone who has this MB working with 2 disks in a RAID1 configuration. He doesn't use the on-board RAID, instead he uses dm-raid.
Anyway, it seems to me that the argument that he did not download the music is not just rationalization. If the RIAA has accused him of downloading and he (or his sister) actually bought the music, what has he done wrong?
Internet access from provider 1: $40/month
Internet access from provider 2: $10/month (see note)
Note: hidden in our contract is a disclaimer that Internet access does not mean access to all the Internet at reasonable speeds -- only access to our "partners" is guaranteed.
Rather fitting message from /.
The BSA still needs some evidence (other than a lack of response) in order to initiate an action. Discovery rules in the UK do not allow the types of fishing expeditions that are common in US civil court proceedings. I wonder if Microsoft takes a detailed look at their logs from update servers and WGA servers to identify pirated systems?
Other than that, perhaps some PHBs make ill-advised decisions to comply and allow audits?
If you have more than one server, the best way to manage updates is to have one server (preferably non-production) on which you build and install binary package updates.
These binary updates can be pushed out to other machines and installed once any config file issues have been ironed out on your package-build machine. For extra kudos, all machines can be used as distcc-servers so that package compilation can be accelerated.
Finally, to reduce load on gentoo's servers and to help keep the machines in sync, the machine on which the packages are built should be the only machine that syncs to Gentoo's servers. All other machines should be configured to get their portage updates from your local build machine.