Forward a pointer to the bogus site to Microsoft's legal department. Notice the name? Notice the font used? Doesn't it look like it's designed to resemble Microsoft's logo? This is precisely the type of thing Microsoft Legal prosecutes with a vengeance.
Hey, just because you hate Microsoft doesn't mean you can't use them to your advantage occasionally...
My first experience with a "real" CPU was a RCA 1802-based Elf computer I built (from a kit) when I was 13. From the article:
Where is it now?
Sadly, the RCA chip was a spectacular market failure due to its slow clock cycle speed.
The slow clock speed (and static CMOS design) were actually blessings in disguise. With a simple bit of hardware logic, you could stop the clock, and single-step the CPU at the clock-cycle level. In fact, this was the standard way to debug code on the Elf -- it had only a 16-key hex keyboard and two-digit hex display. Those were the days...
...deployment in an attitude other than level flight may yield deployment characteristics other than those described above...
Uhh...no shit.
My main concern with this device is a general fear that it will become a crutch. I can easily imagine some idiot thinking "Yeah, there are some icing reports today, and my plane isn't certified for known icing, but what the heck, I've got a 'chute, let's go!".
I also have a general fear that these will eventually become mandatory. Some "high profile" celebrity/politician pilot will die in a stupid accident and there will be a "knee jerk" reaction to require 'chutes in all light planes.
And one last observation -- I suggest that anyone who flies with one of these 'chutes in an area near large bodies of water also keep a life raft and/or life vests in their plane...
The odds of experiencing a major structural failure in a properly maintained airplane are extremely low, practically down in the statistical noise.
I bought a Cessna 182 because (a) it has one of the best safety records of any plane ever built, and (b) it can carry a lot of stuff. I am not be willing to compromise (b) by adding alleged "safety" equipment that will have a negligible effect on (a).
No, but I know the recovery procedure. Frankly, I doubt if this parachute device has been tested in those conditions. The rocket fires "up", out of the rear window. What happens when activated in an inverted spin? Would the plane fall onto the 'chute? If so, this could completely prevent any normal spin recovery procedure. Of course, this is all just a WAG on my part.
Had I been alone in there, I would have reached for a parachute without a second thought.
This runs contrary to everything I learned during my pilot training. My instructor's mantra was "never stop flying the plane". Your odds of survival are much greater in a controlled landing than in an uncontrolled landing. And that's what this parachute provides -- an uncontrolled landing.
If you wanna risk your life, that's your call.
If the risks of flying a small plane ever become too great for me, I'll stop flying.
The security token looks something like a small calculator. To turn it on, you must enter a PIN. During an online transaction, the web site provides a challenge number (8 digits, I think). You enter the challenge number into the token, and it provides a response (another 8 digit number). You type the response into an edit field on the web form, press "submit" (or whatever), and the transaction completes. Very easy, as long as you don't lose your security token...
As a pilot (ASEL, IA) and owner (Cessna 182), I'm not convinced I could ever "pull the lever" on this thing. Once this device is deployed, you are no longer the pilot -- you are just a passenger with no control over where or how the plane will land.
Flying a small plane is not risk-free, and it never will be.
But, given the nature of Bittorrent, these sites do not actually contain the copyrighted material, just references.
Assume a guy goes to a bar, meets a prostitute, takes her out to his car, has a bit of fun, then pays her.
A crime has been committed. Is the bartender liable? Is the owner of the bar liable? Most bars have a "we reserve the right to refuse service to anyone" sign at the front door. Does this effect their liability?
The bar itself (and the bartender, and the owner) were not part of the crime. The bar just provided a place for a) someone wanting an illegal service to meet b) someone providing the illegal service. Kind of like a Bittorrent site providing a place for a) someone wanting illegal copies of copyrighted material to meet b) someone providing illegal copies of copyrighted material. The people acquiring and providing the illegal material are the ones committing the crime.
Of course, this discussion is moot. I'm sure the MPAA's hyena^H^H^H^H^Hlawyers are fully prepared to dry fuck these site operators into the next century if they don't comply ASAP...
Last I checked piracy was still piracy. What gives you the right to faciliate piracy?
Yes, and murder is still murder, but AT&T is not responsible when someone uses a telephone to conspire to commit murder. IANAL (nor do I want to be), but I would think the "common carrier" laws that protect the phone companies should also protect these sites. But then again, the MPAA has More Money than I, so they are obviously More Right (in the US, at least).
If I'm buying something I've never used before (software, home electronics, kitchen appliance, whatever), then I: a) research it to death on the Internet, b) research it to death at the library/book store, c) research it to death by pestering my friends, then d) go to a store and make an impulse buy.
If it's something new to me, then I always read at least parts of the manual. How much of the manual (and how closely I read it) is usually determined by the complexity of the product. Did I read the manual when I bought my first USB pen drive? No way. Did I read it when I bought my first DVD player? Somewhat. Did I read it when I bought my first wireless access point? You bet.
If I'm upgrading something, then I may or may not read anything. Did I read the release notes when upgrading from Mozilla 1.7.3 to 1.7.5? No. Did I read them when upgrading from Fedora Core 2 to Fedora Core 3? Of course.
But really, we cry "unfair" over what they did to Netscape. Rightly so; it was unfair.
In other words, Microsoft abused their monopoly position and freely gave away their browser, and this somehow competed unfairly with Netscape's plan to freely give away its browser?
What about the growing number of airports that use GPS-only instrument approaches? Geezsh, why doesn't he just shut down the VOR and NDB systems while he's at it.
Besides, a Determined Terrorist could build their own ground-based DGPS-like system for specific targets without too much difficulty.
If you have the time, try building your own kernel. I'm running FC3 with a "vanilla" 2.6.9 kernel from kernel.org. I disabled a bunch of crap I know I don't need -- including, as Linus called it once, the horror that is the 4G/4G patch. The system is much faster, and more importantly, it feels much "snappier".
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Forward a pointer to the bogus site to Microsoft's legal department. Notice the name? Notice the font used? Doesn't it look like it's designed to resemble Microsoft's logo? This is precisely the type of thing Microsoft Legal prosecutes with a vengeance.
Hey, just because you hate Microsoft doesn't mean you can't use them to your advantage occasionally...
100mW? Ha!
My first experience with a "real" CPU was a RCA 1802-based Elf computer I built (from a kit) when I was 13. From the article:
The slow clock speed (and static CMOS design) were actually blessings in disguise. With a simple bit of hardware logic, you could stop the clock, and single-step the CPU at the clock-cycle level. In fact, this was the standard way to debug code on the Elf -- it had only a 16-key hex keyboard and two-digit hex display. Those were the days...
FWIW: Laurie Litwack is Canadian, Tokuro Yamashiro is of Asian heritage, and Jim Allchin is from another planet.
Uhh...no shit.
My main concern with this device is a general fear that it will become a crutch. I can easily imagine some idiot thinking "Yeah, there are some icing reports today, and my plane isn't certified for known icing, but what the heck, I've got a 'chute, let's go!".I also have a general fear that these will eventually become mandatory. Some "high profile" celebrity/politician pilot will die in a stupid accident and there will be a "knee jerk" reaction to require 'chutes in all light planes.
And one last observation -- I suggest that anyone who flies with one of these 'chutes in an area near large bodies of water also keep a life raft and/or life vests in their plane...
The odds of experiencing a major structural failure in a properly maintained airplane are extremely low, practically down in the statistical noise.
I bought a Cessna 182 because (a) it has one of the best safety records of any plane ever built, and (b) it can carry a lot of stuff. I am not be willing to compromise (b) by adding alleged "safety" equipment that will have a negligible effect on (a).
This brings up another issue. The activation lever for this device damn well better be located such that it cannot be reached by nervous passengers.
No, but I know the recovery procedure. Frankly, I doubt if this parachute device has been tested in those conditions. The rocket fires "up", out of the rear window. What happens when activated in an inverted spin? Would the plane fall onto the 'chute? If so, this could completely prevent any normal spin recovery procedure. Of course, this is all just a WAG on my part.
This runs contrary to everything I learned during my pilot training. My instructor's mantra was "never stop flying the plane". Your odds of survival are much greater in a controlled landing than in an uncontrolled landing. And that's what this parachute provides -- an uncontrolled landing.
If the risks of flying a small plane ever become too great for me, I'll stop flying.
No.
The security token looks something like a small calculator. To turn it on, you must enter a PIN. During an online transaction, the web site provides a challenge number (8 digits, I think). You enter the challenge number into the token, and it provides a response (another 8 digit number). You type the response into an edit field on the web form, press "submit" (or whatever), and the transaction completes. Very easy, as long as you don't lose your security token...
Perhaps the artitle title should have been "U.S. Banks Finally Begin To Use RSA Keys"...
Banks in Poland have been using physical security tokens for online access for a few years. Yawn...
Hmm... Under "Services Available", the page lists "Seller's Standard Rate". The mind boggles.
As a pilot (ASEL, IA) and owner (Cessna 182), I'm not convinced I could ever "pull the lever" on this thing. Once this device is deployed, you are no longer the pilot -- you are just a passenger with no control over where or how the plane will land.
Flying a small plane is not risk-free, and it never will be.
But, given the nature of Bittorrent, these sites do not actually contain the copyrighted material, just references.
Assume a guy goes to a bar, meets a prostitute, takes her out to his car, has a bit of fun, then pays her.
A crime has been committed. Is the bartender liable? Is the owner of the bar liable? Most bars have a "we reserve the right to refuse service to anyone" sign at the front door. Does this effect their liability?
The bar itself (and the bartender, and the owner) were not part of the crime. The bar just provided a place for a) someone wanting an illegal service to meet b) someone providing the illegal service. Kind of like a Bittorrent site providing a place for a) someone wanting illegal copies of copyrighted material to meet b) someone providing illegal copies of copyrighted material. The people acquiring and providing the illegal material are the ones committing the crime.
Of course, this discussion is moot. I'm sure the MPAA's hyena^H^H^H^H^Hlawyers are fully prepared to dry fuck these site operators into the next century if they don't comply ASAP...
Yes, and murder is still murder, but AT&T is not responsible when someone uses a telephone to conspire to commit murder. IANAL (nor do I want to be), but I would think the "common carrier" laws that protect the phone companies should also protect these sites. But then again, the MPAA has More Money than I, so they are obviously More Right (in the US, at least).
You're right. Slashdot usually acts like a million people with one brain and a million voices...
In other words, Microsoft abused their monopoly position and freely gave away their browser, and this somehow competed unfairly with Netscape's plan to freely give away its browser?
Someone must have put it on inside-out...
What about the growing number of airports that use GPS-only instrument approaches? Geezsh, why doesn't he just shut down the VOR and NDB systems while he's at it.
Besides, a Determined Terrorist could build their own ground-based DGPS-like system for specific targets without too much difficulty.
Maybe this disclaimer should appear at the end of every article summary...
Some tips on getting dhcpd and bind to "play nicely together" would be useful. It's not rocket science, but it's not exactly obvious, either.
Indiana Jones and the Clear and Present Danger?
All your oil are belong to us.
If you have the time, try building your own kernel. I'm running FC3 with a "vanilla" 2.6.9 kernel from kernel.org. I disabled a bunch of crap I know I don't need -- including, as Linus called it once, the horror that is the 4G/4G patch. The system is much faster, and more importantly, it feels much "snappier".