Well, just think if this guy's router had been used to download music and movies from bittorrent! The RIAA wouldn't have allowed that whole "It must have been someone else using my router" excuse and the guy would be on the hook for millions.
Wyden and Merkley (Senators from Oregon) both deserve praise for their efforts to put the people back in control of our government and preserve our rights. Merkley (the freshman senator) particularly has shown a strength of character that is unexpected for a first-timer.
Let's hope they stand as an example to the bought-and-paid-for corporatist weasels that currently hold the seats from many other states.
That's an idiotic statement. You are required to use professional resources and citations when writing papers in any reputable college; using an editor to make suggestions on how the paper can be improved (or running it through some of the automated grammar/plagiarism systems that some universities are providing) is no more "cheating" than using a spell checker in your word processor -- or for that matter, using a computer word processor to format your work as the computer is "doing it for you" and you aren't aligning your text with the margins manually.
Now, if her suggestions came in the form of "here's a new paragraph to replace yours", that's a different story -- but that's not what the GP indicated. I myself kept getting the same sort of treatment in college because of similar situations: my spelling was too good, or my grammar was too "proper" to be written by my own hand. I blame it on the fact that my "peers" were too highly concentrated with the "texting generation".
I have a feeling you'd be disappointed. Have you ever seen groups of women, focused on academia, who aren't competing over men?
It's somewhat like the nude beach dream... once you've been to one, you really never want to go back. The ratio of attractiveness to people who should never be seen in public without a full coat is far too low.
So according to the fundamentalists, when we observe something that doesn't conform to what we expected to see, or we have to rewrite a substantial section of our understanding of physics, that's just God, retconning his pre-observed backhistory!
We need a better red-shirt guy at Astrophysicscon.
Well, the virus has to be in the person's system in some form for it to be spread from one person to another, though... so it doesn't go completely dormant, does it?
I was thinking this was more along the lines of a permanent medication/supplement that the person takes daily (hourly) to kill any free-floating (non-encoded, pre-payload delivery through the cell membrane) virus in the system so it can no longer be spread and the infection wouldn't get worse (eventually be killed off as cells are activated and destroyed), and the possibility for a person who is engaging in risky practices or exposed to a population that is a risk factor to take it pre-emptively. I guess the question is, "What does one consider a 'cure'". At the very least, it seems it may be developed into a method to stop the spread of infection.
Yes, but doesn't that mean that the virus won't infect any more cells, as any cells that begin replicating the virus would only produce more virus that would then be killed in the host system on release?
Essentially, cells infected are "lost" or considered lost, but the original production of uninfected white blood cells continues? Or does the HIV virus infect the originating factories?
I admit, my knowledge of biology is rather armchair-level.
I'm not a biologist, but in my health class studies I seem to remember that the virus' RNA encoded into the genome of the cell turns the cell into a factory to replicate more virus once it is infected. Eventually, the virus production overwhelms the cell, which bursts, and the virus is released into the greater system to infect more cells.
The problem with HIV is it does thise to the white blood cells themselves, which keep them from generating a proper immune response to other diseases (and the HIV virus), which usually are what kill the host.
Destroying the virus won't save the cells already infected, but it will keep the virus from infecting more cells by destroying the virus released before it can infect new cells. Not all cells are infected simultaneously, or HIV would be an instantly fatal disease (which it isn't) and suppressive drugs would have no effectiveness (which they generally do, for a time).
In 2009, an escaped criminal used Facebook to taunt police while on the lamb, posting pictures of himself flaunting his freedom--before he was soon caught.
I really don't want to know what he was flaunting while on a lamb... and I certainly don't want to see pictures.
Indeed... once you pop one of the corners out with a flathead screwdriver, the rest come out pretty easily.
The bad part is that after a few times doing this, the plastic becomes a bit worn and the edges won't hold the cubes in as well. It becomes patently obvious that the cube has been disassembled; a few more times and the cube starts to fall apart when turned and twisted normally.
Or maybe I just got cheap models as a kid.
Further back even... while they were "loans", it was still interfering with "private enterprise" to pass the Rural Electrification Act in 1936. I imagine that electrical power would still be in much the same state that broadband to rural communities is today without it.
Peter: Well unfortuantely Lois, there's just no more room on the schedule. We just gotta accept the fact that FOX has to make room for terrific shows like Dark Angel, Titus, Undeclared, Action, That 80's Show, Wonder Falls, Fast Lane, Andy Richter Controls The Universe, Skin, Girl's Club, Cracking Up, The Pitts, Firefly, Get Real, Freaky Links, Wanda At Large, Costello, The Lone Gunman, A Minute with Stan Hooper, Normal Ohio, Pasadena, Harsh Realm, Keen Eddy, The Street, American Embassy, Cedric The Entertainer, The Tick, Louie, And Greg The Bunny....
Lois: Is there no hope?
Peter: Well I suppose if ALL those shows go down the tubes we might have a shot.
I can see a use for this in some fields, such as welding or repairs on oil derricks or the sides of larger ships, or even painting/cleaning of cruise liners. Of course, this is all dependant on how fine the control is, and the device's ability to hover in one place in heavier seas.
Sure would beat having to climb over and attach yourself to the side of something, and this could certainly get to tighter places than a helicopter. And think about the possibilities of sea rescue, being able to lift people to a helicopter rather than having to hoist them up -- though I'm not sure how much weight one of these things can lift. I certainly wouldn't want someone who wasn't really, really good at piloting one to try to get themselves up to a hovering rescue helicopter, what with the possibility of overshot... ok, maybe that particular application isn't such a good idea.
For the most part, I'd agree with you -- EULAs are really annoying in that regard, and if it were just someone who bought the game without realizing that you needed an online account or something, I'd say that they should have every right to return it, and that's generally difficult or impossible.
However, in WoW's case, they are given a month to connect free with purchase of the game, then are required to decide if they wish to continue playing, all with consenting to the ToS when playing. I don't think it would be right to accept the ToS, pay (and play) for three months, and then complain that you didn't really want to agree to the ToS.
But like I said, in general, I agree with ToS being overly draconian and leaving the software purchaser with limited recourse, and backing them into a corner.
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Well, just think if this guy's router had been used to download music and movies from bittorrent! The RIAA wouldn't have allowed that whole "It must have been someone else using my router" excuse and the guy would be on the hook for millions.
It's not Darwinism unless he dies before managing to reproduce.
I'd say there's likely a good chance of that now, being (likely) penniless and without a girlfriend...
For Slashdot points, I will now note that what this guy planted was a logic bomb, not a virus.
I'm guessing Detective Sherlock here didn't read the title.
And I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that Watson here didn't RTFA. :)
They recycled The Core?
Yeah, on the DVD box was ME-MA-NY-OR-IA-HI-VT-CT 5c MI 10c; why Michigan would pay 10 cents for that movie is anyone's guess.
Wyden and Merkley (Senators from Oregon) both deserve praise for their efforts to put the people back in control of our government and preserve our rights. Merkley (the freshman senator) particularly has shown a strength of character that is unexpected for a first-timer.
Let's hope they stand as an example to the bought-and-paid-for corporatist weasels that currently hold the seats from many other states.
That's an idiotic statement. You are required to use professional resources and citations when writing papers in any reputable college; using an editor to make suggestions on how the paper can be improved (or running it through some of the automated grammar/plagiarism systems that some universities are providing) is no more "cheating" than using a spell checker in your word processor -- or for that matter, using a computer word processor to format your work as the computer is "doing it for you" and you aren't aligning your text with the margins manually.
Now, if her suggestions came in the form of "here's a new paragraph to replace yours", that's a different story -- but that's not what the GP indicated. I myself kept getting the same sort of treatment in college because of similar situations: my spelling was too good, or my grammar was too "proper" to be written by my own hand. I blame it on the fact that my "peers" were too highly concentrated with the "texting generation".
I have a feeling you'd be disappointed. Have you ever seen groups of women, focused on academia, who aren't competing over men?
It's somewhat like the nude beach dream... once you've been to one, you really never want to go back. The ratio of attractiveness to people who should never be seen in public without a full coat is far too low.
Perhaps it's because peer review would reveal "statistical anomalies" in their algorithms... :)
Wow, you have a naked blacklight sitting at eye level? Crazy... hope you don't run that thing often while gaming.
So according to the fundamentalists, when we observe something that doesn't conform to what we expected to see, or we have to rewrite a substantial section of our understanding of physics, that's just God, retconning his pre-observed backhistory!
We need a better red-shirt guy at Astrophysicscon.
Well, the virus has to be in the person's system in some form for it to be spread from one person to another, though... so it doesn't go completely dormant, does it?
I was thinking this was more along the lines of a permanent medication/supplement that the person takes daily (hourly) to kill any free-floating (non-encoded, pre-payload delivery through the cell membrane) virus in the system so it can no longer be spread and the infection wouldn't get worse (eventually be killed off as cells are activated and destroyed), and the possibility for a person who is engaging in risky practices or exposed to a population that is a risk factor to take it pre-emptively. I guess the question is, "What does one consider a 'cure'". At the very least, it seems it may be developed into a method to stop the spread of infection.
Yes, but doesn't that mean that the virus won't infect any more cells, as any cells that begin replicating the virus would only produce more virus that would then be killed in the host system on release?
Essentially, cells infected are "lost" or considered lost, but the original production of uninfected white blood cells continues? Or does the HIV virus infect the originating factories?
I admit, my knowledge of biology is rather armchair-level.
I'm not a biologist, but in my health class studies I seem to remember that the virus' RNA encoded into the genome of the cell turns the cell into a factory to replicate more virus once it is infected. Eventually, the virus production overwhelms the cell, which bursts, and the virus is released into the greater system to infect more cells. The problem with HIV is it does thise to the white blood cells themselves, which keep them from generating a proper immune response to other diseases (and the HIV virus), which usually are what kill the host. Destroying the virus won't save the cells already infected, but it will keep the virus from infecting more cells by destroying the virus released before it can infect new cells. Not all cells are infected simultaneously, or HIV would be an instantly fatal disease (which it isn't) and suppressive drugs would have no effectiveness (which they generally do, for a time).
In 2009, an escaped criminal used Facebook to taunt police while on the lamb, posting pictures of himself flaunting his freedom--before he was soon caught.
I really don't want to know what he was flaunting while on a lamb... and I certainly don't want to see pictures.
Indeed... once you pop one of the corners out with a flathead screwdriver, the rest come out pretty easily. The bad part is that after a few times doing this, the plastic becomes a bit worn and the edges won't hold the cubes in as well. It becomes patently obvious that the cube has been disassembled; a few more times and the cube starts to fall apart when turned and twisted normally. Or maybe I just got cheap models as a kid.
Of course, it could also be that he was so ahead of his time he referred to himself as "The Church, yo".
Further back even... while they were "loans", it was still interfering with "private enterprise" to pass the Rural Electrification Act in 1936. I imagine that electrical power would still be in much the same state that broadband to rural communities is today without it.
Obviously, it's a server that's installed in a hairpiece.
Yeah, but that's called "voiding their bladder" or the even more unpleasant related process.
For all intensive purposes, "whom" is no longer a word. That begs the question, "who cares?"
"For all intents and purposes..."
...to define all those TLAs and FLAs PDQ, or anyone reading this article summary are SOL. LOL.
Peter: Well unfortuantely Lois, there's just no more room on the schedule. We just gotta accept the fact that FOX has to make room for terrific shows like Dark Angel, Titus, Undeclared, Action, That 80's Show, Wonder Falls, Fast Lane, Andy Richter Controls The Universe, Skin, Girl's Club, Cracking Up, The Pitts, Firefly, Get Real, Freaky Links, Wanda At Large, Costello, The Lone Gunman, A Minute with Stan Hooper, Normal Ohio, Pasadena, Harsh Realm, Keen Eddy, The Street, American Embassy, Cedric The Entertainer, The Tick, Louie, And Greg The Bunny....
Lois: Is there no hope?
Peter: Well I suppose if ALL those shows go down the tubes we might have a shot.
Question: How high does one have to go before hitting the water is pretty much the same as hitting the concrete anyway? I'm too tired to do the math.
What happens if the engine sucks up some floating detritus and jams? Food for thought.
I can see a use for this in some fields, such as welding or repairs on oil derricks or the sides of larger ships, or even painting/cleaning of cruise liners. Of course, this is all dependant on how fine the control is, and the device's ability to hover in one place in heavier seas.
Sure would beat having to climb over and attach yourself to the side of something, and this could certainly get to tighter places than a helicopter. And think about the possibilities of sea rescue, being able to lift people to a helicopter rather than having to hoist them up -- though I'm not sure how much weight one of these things can lift. I certainly wouldn't want someone who wasn't really, really good at piloting one to try to get themselves up to a hovering rescue helicopter, what with the possibility of overshot... ok, maybe that particular application isn't such a good idea.
Yeah, sorry, overreaction on my part.
For the most part, I'd agree with you -- EULAs are really annoying in that regard, and if it were just someone who bought the game without realizing that you needed an online account or something, I'd say that they should have every right to return it, and that's generally difficult or impossible.
However, in WoW's case, they are given a month to connect free with purchase of the game, then are required to decide if they wish to continue playing, all with consenting to the ToS when playing. I don't think it would be right to accept the ToS, pay (and play) for three months, and then complain that you didn't really want to agree to the ToS.
But like I said, in general, I agree with ToS being overly draconian and leaving the software purchaser with limited recourse, and backing them into a corner.