And even when you are sampling music it usually makes you realize that the original was better.
But when writing a book, sampling has occurred before, but then usually mostly in the form of short quotes from other sources. To pick large sections of a story is another issue, but it's nothing new.
And one striking section is when you read The Last Castle by Jack Vance, and then Kirlian Quest by Piers Anthony. They do share a section that is very similar in plot and performance. (I leave it up to the reader to find it...)
But if it in that case was "sampling" or if it was a joint work on that section by the two authors is another question.
And if they can't get it they will write their own encryption.
It's a lot harder to decipher something that's encrypted than to apply a simple algorithm to it. If you do encounter something that's encrypted you will first have to figure out how it is encrypted before you even start to look for the key.
And steganography is another way of doing exchange of information. Who knows - some pr0n may actually contain hidden messages.
And then - people are surprised that the quality of education is getting worse.
The copyright and patent issues seems to put a blanket over everything, so soon is the western world going down the drain while countries where copyright and patents are weak will outpace the western world.
And the difference here is that an ebook requires technology to be read, and the DRM surrounding ebooks is a catch for readers. The ability to upgrade reader and transfer your books to the new reader etc. And what to do when there is a malfunction.
A major difference is that IE is integrated deeper with the operating system, which means that flaws in IE can go deeper and have more serious effects.
But the core problem lies in the fact that applications aren't normally started in an isolated sandbox with controlled access to the surroundings but with the access of the logged in user. So an user with full privileges will always get all apps having full privileges too, which they normally doesn't need.
There was some trivia aired around the Lynch movie saying that 8 hours was cut from the film.
I just wonder if making a re-cut of the film would make more sense when it comes to the plot. (if the material still exists.)
Anyway - the "feeling" of the Lynch film is "Dune", but you will need to read the book to appreciate it. Of course - the sandworms were poorly done, which is sad, but a bad special effect doesn't cause the whole film to go bad. The acting was really good, and with nerve. But considering the actors Patrick Stewart (Captain Picard), Linda Hunt (Hetty in NCIS LA), Max von Sydow (Emperor Ming, and playing chess with Death in The Seventh Seal) and Sting (The Police) you had really something to go on. Mind that Patrick Stewart wasn't Captain Picard yet.
And yes - I have seen the miniseries too, and that was just flat. No real feeling to it all.
You forget the lower level of the governmental world where nothing is changed until there is a landslide or other issue that requires a replacement of the computer and subsequently a software upgrade.
Realize that the majority in the governmental and municipial services are a decade behind on any technology and method. I wouldn't even be surprised to find Novell and DOS services in those areas.
Just be effective and quickly agree to either guilty or innocent.
And if you are for jury duty there is as far as I know no demand that you do take a shower or change clothes. So if the process is prolonged too much you will have one stinking jury.
Catch the bullies and make them understand that there is no excuse for bullying. Not everyone can be the same, have the same social pattern and use the same body language.
Kids can be outsiders just because they have a different accent, funny ears or whatever. And as a kid you can't help what you inherit from your parents.
And you should also realize that there are many organizations that still are stuck with IE6.
I'm working on a web-based application and the clients accessing it are more then 70% IE6, 23% IE 7 and 3% IE8. The remaining are the other browsers. But this application I work with is not placing demands on which web browser to use, it only takes statistics of the user agent and is designed to be W3C compliant through the HTML Validator.
And it's also easy to see that there are still clients out there running Windows 2000 and Pre-SP2 Windows XP. (information that is provided through the user agent string).
And newer cars today are also incorporating it as an electrical feature and not mechanical, so when you have an electrical fault you are definitely on your own.
Even automatic gearboxes with a stick are electrical these days.
And there is electric servo steering.
However "Brakes failed" may be incorrect, it's probably the fact that the servo assist didn't get any vacuum to help the driver push the pedal, but even then the brakes shall be able to stop the car. The only catch is that the driver has to push harder on the pedal.
Maybe it's time to demand an emergency stop button in the cars that cuts all power to the engine and places the gearbox into neutral.
But many drivers today are too pampered, and when things go wrong they will either panic or ignore any warning signs. "Oh - that red lamp, I thought it was only a warning that it was time for an oil change..."
I wouldn't say that you are abnormal, but I foresee that browsers in the future will look into having stealth options to remove all identifiable information from the HTTP requests and randomize what can't easily be filtered out.
Of course - there are details that are a bit more tricky to fiddle with - like originating IP address.
I'm more thinking that there is one or more machines behind his firewall that were in the process of sending spam or were infected by a bot of some type during the times where there was a cross country stripe, and that made his IP address visible to the world, and that in turn started probes back, or even that it was bot control attempts that then did show up as country specific stripes.
So I would suggest a check of all machines behind the firewall for virus infections as a first measure.
What can be seen in the log is just the symptom, not the cause.
And I'm not surprised that this happens - it was just a question of time before items were starting to behave on their own.
OK - in a limited manner for this item. But I'm just waiting for a self-propelling intelligent device - what we think of as the fictional robots we see in Science Fiction.
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And even when you are sampling music it usually makes you realize that the original was better.
But when writing a book, sampling has occurred before, but then usually mostly in the form of short quotes from other sources. To pick large sections of a story is another issue, but it's nothing new.
And one striking section is when you read The Last Castle by Jack Vance, and then Kirlian Quest by Piers Anthony. They do share a section that is very similar in plot and performance. (I leave it up to the reader to find it...)
But if it in that case was "sampling" or if it was a joint work on that section by the two authors is another question.
Skip the red bar, if there is something in your W3C-compliant code that doesn't render correctly then the user has to live with it.
There are so many sites out there today that do have a crappy design anyway so IE glitches won't make a difference.
And if they can't get it they will write their own encryption.
It's a lot harder to decipher something that's encrypted than to apply a simple algorithm to it. If you do encounter something that's encrypted you will first have to figure out how it is encrypted before you even start to look for the key.
And steganography is another way of doing exchange of information. Who knows - some pr0n may actually contain hidden messages.
To be sure to get a new IP address you will have to forcibly unregister the old address - like in Windows with the "ipconfig /release" command.
And how many cases have we seen of batteries actually starting to burn by themselves?
Known cases have been when the battery has been in the device itself, or while it was charged. Not when it was alone.
Giving us even more reason to nuke our browser cookies frequently and refresh our IP address randomly on a daily basis.
In that case I can as well deliver the document in person instead of sending a fax since the header is printed on the receiving end.
And then - people are surprised that the quality of education is getting worse.
The copyright and patent issues seems to put a blanket over everything, so soon is the western world going down the drain while countries where copyright and patents are weak will outpace the western world.
And the difference here is that an ebook requires technology to be read, and the DRM surrounding ebooks is a catch for readers. The ability to upgrade reader and transfer your books to the new reader etc. And what to do when there is a malfunction.
Paper books don't require power to use.
A major difference is that IE is integrated deeper with the operating system, which means that flaws in IE can go deeper and have more serious effects.
But the core problem lies in the fact that applications aren't normally started in an isolated sandbox with controlled access to the surroundings but with the access of the logged in user. So an user with full privileges will always get all apps having full privileges too, which they normally doesn't need.
And when I send a fax - how do I know if it is printed upside down or not at the receiving end? Not all faxes behaves the same way.
There was some trivia aired around the Lynch movie saying that 8 hours was cut from the film.
I just wonder if making a re-cut of the film would make more sense when it comes to the plot. (if the material still exists.)
Anyway - the "feeling" of the Lynch film is "Dune", but you will need to read the book to appreciate it. Of course - the sandworms were poorly done, which is sad, but a bad special effect doesn't cause the whole film to go bad. The acting was really good, and with nerve. But considering the actors Patrick Stewart (Captain Picard), Linda Hunt (Hetty in NCIS LA), Max von Sydow (Emperor Ming, and playing chess with Death in The Seventh Seal) and Sting (The Police) you had really something to go on. Mind that Patrick Stewart wasn't Captain Picard yet.
And yes - I have seen the miniseries too, and that was just flat. No real feeling to it all.
And what's cause and what's effect?
What if heavy internet usage is caused by being depressed rather than causing it?
You forget the lower level of the governmental world where nothing is changed until there is a landslide or other issue that requires a replacement of the computer and subsequently a software upgrade.
Realize that the majority in the governmental and municipial services are a decade behind on any technology and method. I wouldn't even be surprised to find Novell and DOS services in those areas.
Just be effective and quickly agree to either guilty or innocent.
And if you are for jury duty there is as far as I know no demand that you do take a shower or change clothes. So if the process is prolonged too much you will have one stinking jury.
I can agree to that.
Catch the bullies and make them understand that there is no excuse for bullying. Not everyone can be the same, have the same social pattern and use the same body language.
Kids can be outsiders just because they have a different accent, funny ears or whatever. And as a kid you can't help what you inherit from your parents.
And you should also realize that there are many organizations that still are stuck with IE6.
I'm working on a web-based application and the clients accessing it are more then 70% IE6, 23% IE 7 and 3% IE8. The remaining are the other browsers. But this application I work with is not placing demands on which web browser to use, it only takes statistics of the user agent and is designed to be W3C compliant through the HTML Validator.
And it's also easy to see that there are still clients out there running Windows 2000 and Pre-SP2 Windows XP. (information that is provided through the user agent string).
And newer cars today are also incorporating it as an electrical feature and not mechanical, so when you have an electrical fault you are definitely on your own.
Even automatic gearboxes with a stick are electrical these days.
And there is electric servo steering.
However "Brakes failed" may be incorrect, it's probably the fact that the servo assist didn't get any vacuum to help the driver push the pedal, but even then the brakes shall be able to stop the car. The only catch is that the driver has to push harder on the pedal.
Maybe it's time to demand an emergency stop button in the cars that cuts all power to the engine and places the gearbox into neutral.
But many drivers today are too pampered, and when things go wrong they will either panic or ignore any warning signs. "Oh - that red lamp, I thought it was only a warning that it was time for an oil change..."
I prefer 'bc'. Maybe because I like the "Before Christ" association.
Of course the ISP can block whatever they want, but they can't control everything or they will have no customers.
Bittorrent will if blocked be replaced by something more sneaky when it comes to filtering data. So it's not really useful to block it.
I wouldn't say that you are abnormal, but I foresee that browsers in the future will look into having stealth options to remove all identifiable information from the HTTP requests and randomize what can't easily be filtered out.
Of course - there are details that are a bit more tricky to fiddle with - like originating IP address.
I wouldn't be surprised if that happened!
I'm more thinking that there is one or more machines behind his firewall that were in the process of sending spam or were infected by a bot of some type during the times where there was a cross country stripe, and that made his IP address visible to the world, and that in turn started probes back, or even that it was bot control attempts that then did show up as country specific stripes.
So I would suggest a check of all machines behind the firewall for virus infections as a first measure.
What can be seen in the log is just the symptom, not the cause.
And I'm not surprised that this happens - it was just a question of time before items were starting to behave on their own.
OK - in a limited manner for this item. But I'm just waiting for a self-propelling intelligent device - what we think of as the fictional robots we see in Science Fiction.