What frustrates me as a voter/citizen. Is that I'm basically a libertarian, and I see the republicans representing, pushing, and courting the religious right and democrats wanting to "help me" by spending (my?) money on stuff I have virtually no say over.
But what about all the people whose firewalls block port 80 outgoing?! What are they to do?
Seriously, selectively blocking outgoing ports is the most useless form of TCP/IP security, if the user has control over the server [s]he wants to connect to. If they do, then they will just connect over the ports you allow out.
The only useful egress port to block would be port 80, because the vast majority of the web operates on those ports. Then again, there are proxy servers etc...
If I could create a high potential difference across my fingertips at will, I could use it to stop someone's heart, or shock the crap out of their neck. This would only burn my finger tips and cause no damage to my heart as the current would not be going across my chest cavity.
Clearly there could be other problems of course, like it might give new meaning to giving your gf "the shocker."
I am not an expert. But no one replied and the thread is probably stale so here are my thoughts.
RGB cameras don't focus on physical accuracy anymore. They try to store an image that matches what we see (has to do with how we see green light).
You can destructively map rgb to cmyk, but that is not a competitive option to working in the same space you want to print in.
If there are colors in the rgb space that don't exist in cmyk, then they can't be represented accurately. It is not a question of algorithms, it is a physical impossibility.
(just a guess) I think this is why pantone inks exists. To broaden the possible rgb->cmyk mapable color palette.
Asking a printer to work in RGB and print to CMYK, would be like asking a sound producer to work with 44.1 khz mp3s but listen to 36khz oggs. Would you want your Wilhelm scream to have transformation artifacts in it?
...but surely the translation from RGB to CMYK is a purely mechanical process
That is where you've assumed wrongly. There are colors in RGB display colorspace that basically don't exist in CMYK print colorspace.
The short version:
Because things are printed in CMYK, and the colorspace is different for cmyk and rgb, it could very well print differently than it looked on your computer screen. So if you want what you print on paper, to be the same as how it was previewed on screen, than you need to preview and work in cmyk natively.
"Industrial diamonds - In 2004 De Beers pleaded guilty and paid a $10 million fine to the United States Department of Justice to settle a 1994 charge that De Beers had conspired with General Electric to fix the price of industrial diamonds.[24][25]" - wikipedia
Whoops..sorry. But they are certainly a monopoly and and have price fixed and probably continue to do so. And as long as women demand diamonds...noone can stop them...
but what happens when you run out of gas to sell? then you have to go to the good'ole boys and buy some gas. But they won't sell it to you at a 'fair' price because you've been undercutting their friends.
If the distributors collude, you lose.
It happened in the diamond industry. Which is why de-beers can't operate directly on US soil. Or they would be sued under anti-trust laws. While diamonds and gasoline are completely different, I wouldn't be surprised if it happened.
Even ram companies got busted just a little bit ago for price-fixing.
...However, you don't even need a majority to stop something. Cutting off funds for the war falls under the category of stopping.
And it is still not that simple.
Currently in the senate: 49 Republicans, 2 independents, 49 democrats. So how big of a majority do the democrats have?
House: 233 democrats, 202 republicans but there are 47 bluedogs in the house so again, veto proof is a pipe dream, a solid majority is still questionable given that everyone really just wants to be re-elected.
If it is a typically conservative state that has democratic senator (virginia, etc) then you know "support our troops" will be the rallying cry his/her challenger if they vote against war funding. I think I've heard "the troops need body armor but ______ doesn't want to give it to them."
I am pissed at the amount of spending in Washington that has occured during this administration; but sadly, it is just not that simple.
But we wouldn't be here if your continent wasn't so opressive... wait, but we also wouldn't be here if noone found it because Europe was so obsessed with colonialism... wait, but-
It is about money, power, and sex, and always had been. When its not about that, its needless harm coming from misplaced good intentions to save the children, the cheerleader, and the world, from X.
But as long as there are addicts someone will blame gambling/mj/alcohol. But sometimes addiction is genetic so that kind of sucks.
It is not necessarily wrong; language evolves by its use. It is called a synecdoche: "a term denoting a specific class of thing is used to refer to a larger, more general class.
If you google the term, you should be able to print out the definition and xerox it for the world to see.
Despite Apple's tight fist of control, they are still the underdog in the PC market by a factor of 10. They only dominate the music player market in the 70's[%]. I like healthy competition, as it benefits everyone. I actually don't own anything made by apple, but I will still root for them when they come out with innovative products in anyway. Why? Because that will push the market.
They've also missed the deadline for running as write-ins. They should rightfully face the same penalties Barr would have to if he made the same mistakes.
You've been modded insightful but I demand proof. What you say makes no sense.
The deadline is for being put on the ballot. The write-in line is blank. I can legally write any name in there if they fulfill the various requirements of being over 35 and an American citizen.
If a kid doesn't have parents, suggesting parental involvement whatsoever is akin to Racism, especially in sub-communities where children often are raised by someone other than a parent.
I disagree. An educator doesn't care who is involved just that there is someone. Whether they the biological parent or not. If that person is taking an active and positive role in the childs life, that caretaker is the parent (or 'in loco parentes').
Additionally, young black people are educated to reject schooling, and becoming productive in our society. This is done by a bias that doing so will make them "uncle toms" and a traitor to the "White Slave Traders".
I'm sure you can point to a place where this is true, but you still shouldn't say it as a universal, as I can point out a non-insignificant number of examples to the contrary.
As to the rest, it seems as ridiculous as you point out. But for every ridiculous example the entertaining circus media puts on to get viewship, I meet 2 'normal' persons on the street or through work, or social situations that want what I want: A 'good' life, and a better future. Call me an optimist, but I'm just not that worried about it. When it comes to teachers, it usually only takes one or two great ones to really motivate a kid. And when someone is self-motivated, no silly culture will hold them back in the parts of the US I've lived (east cost). And there are plenty of people of all races there.
"In education (USA), kids with involved parents do better across the board because it is reinforced at home. This is sought after and encouraged in elementary/middle school education."
In some circles, that comment will get you called all sorts of names, like Racist or at least "culturally insensitive". In other circles, it will get you called "uncle tom", or "traitor to your race".
being a jealous curmudgeonly skeptic, i have to ask: what are the careers of his parents?
i tend to observe suspicious correlations between kids that win science fairs and kids with parents that are scientists or engineers.
That is why kids are questioned without their parents present at science fairs.
It is not perfect, but it is sometimes hard to prove the difference between a parent who teaches their kid lots of science which puts there kid years ahead of their classmates, and a project that was simply done for them.
You wouldn't want to penalize someone who simply had scientific parents who are active in their kids education, would you?
In education (USA), kids with involved parents do better across the board because it is reinforced at home. This is sought after and encouraged in elementary/middle school education.
Seriously though, how often do criminals invade your house with the intent to the hurt people inside? If someone tries to steal your stuff and they think you might have a gun, they have a lot of incentive to shoot first.
I'd rather get my stuff stolen than get in a firefight.
Nothing I own is worth the potential loss of my life (or the thief's life, unless they be stealing a bottle of bitter lemon), and if I don't offer resistance then the person who is stealing my stuff has no reason to kill me....
1) Since you asked, the chance of my house getting robbed based on only my zipcode is.09%
I don't know if that is high, but with any risk, you take precautions.
I understand the concept of escalation, but I fear that you trust criminals too much. In this scenario the person has already chosen to break-in to your (presumably locked) home. And you trust this person to value your life high enough that he won't violate your person despite the fact that he has chosen to violate your property.
I feel that our argument, which has occured by others before, is more of a ghandi versus 0-tolerance approach to defence of self and property. Ghandi is admirable, but he was prepared to die for his cause, and that moved a nation, and he used his non-violence to show the British the error of their ways.
But a criminal has already accepted the error of his ways, and rationalized them. I believe you will not change a criminal once he has made that choice to violate you. And I am not willing to die to show criminals that they are wrong.
I also am currently poor and so everything but the laptop I type this on is replaceable. Presumably, as time passes, I will acquire something that I would rather not part with at which point I will either have to subscribe to one or the other. Perhaps I will bake some cookies everyday, and offer that to the first criminal who breaks in. [s]he will hopefully be so overwhelmed with my generosity, that [s]he will leave me. But what if they want some milk too?
For the rabid gun keepers out there who misuse or play with these things at home, well, think of it as evolution in action.
And what about for the man who wants one gun (a shotgun) to defend his family with? Not to hunt no other purpose; than self-defence.
Also, your argument is far from complete (but I'm sure you knew that). While it addresses the means, it does not address the motive. Most crimes are crimes of opportunity. If a criminal is more certain that he can get away with a crime, [s]he is more likely to commit it. If the criminal thinks [s]he will be greeted by a double barrel, then the likelihood drops considerably.
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I have a pierced ears, so technically I'm not, but I still thought it was funny.
What frustrates me as a voter/citizen. Is that I'm basically a libertarian, and I see the republicans representing, pushing, and courting the religious right and democrats wanting to "help me" by spending (my?) money on stuff I have virtually no say over.
All I do know is it really couldn't get much worse.
Please don't tempt fate.
I don't see how that is any better than using a hidden volume.
http://www.truecrypt.org/hiddenvolume.php
How would that be better than truecrypt?!
and
"...Rubberhose is currently available for Linux 2.2."
hahaha
Nothing, but the corresponding Daily Show with John Stewart would be hilarious!
But what about all the people whose firewalls block port 80 outgoing?! What are they to do?
Seriously, selectively blocking outgoing ports is the most useless form of TCP/IP security, if the user has control over the server [s]he wants to connect to. If they do, then they will just connect over the ports you allow out.
The only useful egress port to block would be port 80, because the vast majority of the web operates on those ports. Then again, there are proxy servers etc...
If I could create a high potential difference across my fingertips at will, I could use it to stop someone's heart, or shock the crap out of their neck. This would only burn my finger tips and cause no damage to my heart as the current would not be going across my chest cavity.
Clearly there could be other problems of course, like it might give new meaning to giving your gf "the shocker."
accurately
I am not an expert. But no one replied and the thread is probably stale so here are my thoughts.
RGB cameras don't focus on physical accuracy anymore. They try to store an image that matches what we see (has to do with how we see green light).
You can destructively map rgb to cmyk, but that is not a competitive option to working in the same space you want to print in.
If there are colors in the rgb space that don't exist in cmyk, then they can't be represented accurately. It is not a question of algorithms, it is a physical impossibility.
(just a guess) I think this is why pantone inks exists. To broaden the possible rgb->cmyk mapable color palette.
Asking a printer to work in RGB and print to CMYK, would be like asking a sound producer to work with 44.1 khz mp3s but listen to 36khz oggs. Would you want your Wilhelm scream to have transformation artifacts in it?
...but surely the translation from RGB to CMYK is a purely mechanical process
That is where you've assumed wrongly. There are colors in RGB display colorspace that basically don't exist in CMYK print colorspace.
The short version:
Because things are printed in CMYK, and the colorspace is different for cmyk and rgb, it could very well print differently than it looked on your computer screen.
So if you want what you print on paper, to be the same as how it was previewed on screen, than you need to preview and work in cmyk natively.
Just a quick google
http://www.printernational.org/rgb-versus-cmyk.php
I did read that 2 years ago when I proposed and was researching diamonds...but wikipedia says you are right.
I swore it was here: http://www.edwardjayepstein.com/diamond/prologue.htm
but I didn't see it and don't have time to read the whole thing right now.
"Industrial diamonds - In 2004 De Beers pleaded guilty and paid a $10 million fine to the United States Department of Justice to settle a 1994 charge that De Beers had conspired with General Electric to fix the price of industrial diamonds.[24][25]" - wikipedia
There are multiple locations in the us accoriding to: http://www.debeers.com/page/storelocator
Whoops..sorry. But they are certainly a monopoly and and have price fixed and probably continue to do so. And as long as women demand diamonds...noone can stop them...
but what happens when you run out of gas to sell? then you have to go to the good'ole boys and buy some gas. But they won't sell it to you at a 'fair' price because you've been undercutting their friends.
If the distributors collude, you lose.
It happened in the diamond industry. Which is why de-beers can't operate directly on US soil. Or they would be sued under anti-trust laws. While diamonds and gasoline are completely different, I wouldn't be surprised if it happened.
Even ram companies got busted just a little bit ago for price-fixing.
...However, you don't even need a majority to stop something. Cutting off funds for the war falls under the category of stopping.
And it is still not that simple.
Currently in the senate: 49 Republicans, 2 independents, 49 democrats. So how big of a majority do the democrats have?
House: 233 democrats, 202 republicans
but there are 47 bluedogs in the house so again, veto proof is a pipe dream, a solid majority is still questionable given that everyone really just wants to be re-elected.
If it is a typically conservative state that has democratic senator (virginia, etc) then you know "support our troops" will be the rallying cry his/her challenger if they vote against war funding. I think I've heard "the troops need body armor but ______ doesn't want to give it to them."
I am pissed at the amount of spending in Washington that has occured during this administration; but sadly, it is just not that simple.
Then maybe this will make you laugh:
http://www.explosm.net/comics/1398/
But we wouldn't be here if your continent wasn't so opressive...
wait, but we also wouldn't be here if noone found it because Europe was so obsessed with colonialism...
wait, but-
It is about money, power, and sex, and always had been. When its not about that, its needless harm coming from misplaced good intentions to save the children, the cheerleader, and the world, from X.
But as long as there are addicts someone will blame gambling/mj/alcohol. But sometimes addiction is genetic so that kind of sucks.
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It is not necessarily wrong; language evolves by its use. It is called a synecdoche: "a term denoting a specific class of thing is used to refer to a larger, more general class.
If you google the term, you should be able to print out the definition and xerox it for the world to see.
Despite Apple's tight fist of control, they are still the underdog in the PC market by a factor of 10. They only dominate the music player market in the 70's[%]. I like healthy competition, as it benefits everyone. I actually don't own anything made by apple, but I will still root for them when they come out with innovative products in anyway. Why? Because that will push the market.
heh, make sure you don't miss the first two lines when reading that "article."
May 13, 2005
Satire by David Albrecht
They've also missed the deadline for running as write-ins. They should rightfully face the same penalties Barr would have to if he made the same mistakes.
You've been modded insightful but I demand proof. What you say makes no sense.
The deadline is for being put on the ballot. The write-in line is blank. I can legally write any name in there if they fulfill the various requirements of being over 35 and an American citizen.
If a kid doesn't have parents, suggesting parental involvement whatsoever is akin to Racism, especially in sub-communities where children often are raised by someone other than a parent.
I disagree. An educator doesn't care who is involved just that there is someone. Whether they the biological parent or not. If that person is taking an active and positive role in the childs life, that caretaker is the parent (or 'in loco parentes').
Additionally, young black people are educated to reject schooling, and becoming productive in our society. This is done by a bias that doing so will make them "uncle toms" and a traitor to the "White Slave Traders".
I'm sure you can point to a place where this is true, but you still shouldn't say it as a universal, as I can point out a non-insignificant number of examples to the contrary.
As to the rest, it seems as ridiculous as you point out. But for every ridiculous example the entertaining circus media puts on to get viewship, I meet 2 'normal' persons on the street or through work, or social situations that want what I want: A 'good' life, and a better future. Call me an optimist, but I'm just not that worried about it. When it comes to teachers, it usually only takes one or two great ones to really motivate a kid. And when someone is self-motivated, no silly culture will hold them back in the parts of the US I've lived (east cost). And there are plenty of people of all races there.
"In education (USA), kids with involved parents do better across the board because it is reinforced at home. This is sought after and encouraged in elementary/middle school education."
In some circles, that comment will get you called all sorts of names, like Racist or at least "culturally insensitive". In other circles, it will get you called "uncle tom", or "traitor to your race".
Can you please explain that to me.
being a jealous curmudgeonly skeptic, i have to ask: what are the careers of his parents?
i tend to observe suspicious correlations between kids that win science fairs and kids with parents that are scientists or engineers.
That is why kids are questioned without their parents present at science fairs.
It is not perfect, but it is sometimes hard to prove the difference between a parent who teaches their kid lots of science which puts there kid years ahead of their classmates, and a project that was simply done for them.
You wouldn't want to penalize someone who simply had scientific parents who are active in their kids education, would you?
In education (USA), kids with involved parents do better across the board because it is reinforced at home. This is sought after and encouraged in elementary/middle school education.
Seriously though, how often do criminals invade your house with the intent to the hurt people inside? If someone tries to steal your stuff and they think you might have a gun, they have a lot of incentive to shoot first.
I'd rather get my stuff stolen than get in a firefight.
Nothing I own is worth the potential loss of my life (or the thief's life, unless they be stealing a bottle of bitter lemon), and if I don't offer resistance then the person who is stealing my stuff has no reason to kill me....
1) Since you asked, the chance of my house getting robbed based on only my zipcode is .09%
I don't know if that is high, but with any risk, you take precautions.
I understand the concept of escalation, but I fear that you trust criminals too much. In this scenario the person has already chosen to break-in to your (presumably locked) home. And you trust this person to value your life high enough that he won't violate your person despite the fact that he has chosen to violate your property.
I feel that our argument, which has occured by others before, is more of a ghandi versus 0-tolerance approach to defence of self and property. Ghandi is admirable, but he was prepared to die for his cause, and that moved a nation, and he used his non-violence to show the British the error of their ways.
But a criminal has already accepted the error of his ways, and rationalized them. I believe you will not change a criminal once he has made that choice to violate you. And I am not willing to die to show criminals that they are wrong.
I also am currently poor and so everything but the laptop I type this on is replaceable. Presumably, as time passes, I will acquire something that I would rather not part with at which point I will either have to subscribe to one or the other. Perhaps I will bake some cookies everyday, and offer that to the first criminal who breaks in. [s]he will hopefully be so overwhelmed with my generosity, that [s]he will leave me. But what if they want some milk too?
As in, where do you draw the line?
For the rabid gun keepers out there who misuse or play with these things at home, well, think of it as evolution in action.
And what about for the man who wants one gun (a shotgun) to defend his family with? Not to hunt no other purpose; than self-defence.
Also, your argument is far from complete (but I'm sure you knew that). While it addresses the means, it does not address the motive. Most crimes are crimes of opportunity. If a criminal is more certain that he can get away with a crime, [s]he is more likely to commit it. If the criminal thinks [s]he will be greeted by a double barrel, then the likelihood drops considerably.