In 2004 the Dutch laboratory TNO investigated the influence of UMTS and GSM radiation on two groups of people, one with health complaints they ascribed to GSM base stations and one without. The tests were double blind.
For both groups a small, but statistically significant relationship was found between exposure to "UMTS-like" radiation and the sense of wellbeing reported by the subjects.
This result was a disappointment to the Dutch government, that had commissioned this investigation. They had subsequent research done by a Swiss institution which did not confirm the findings.
Anayway, the city of Hoofddorp, where I live, forbids the placement of cellular base station antennas on top of residential buildings. I support this policy; better safe than sorry.
I'm sure we'll develop something that can shift us around the universe - even if it's just building a generation-ship, but will it be big enough to take *everyone*?
Then it should be a lot bigger than the previous one.
According to ancient sources, it only had space for one family and one pair of each animal species (or seven pairs for clean beasts and fowl)
Not enabling scripting by default is *exactly* what is implemented in OpenOffice.org.
The user has to explicitly allow macros to be executed before such a "virus" could do any damage or spread itself. So this "bad bunny" hardly poses any threat.
These are not microprocessors, and the achievement is not the amount of computing power you can get from them but the extremely high frequency of the signal they can generate. And that is not something you can increase by adding more chips!
Which percentage of *men* were able to judge the men with the highest testosterone levels by looking at the photographs? I would not be surprised if guessing this by looking at someone's physical traits (jaw squareness, beard growth,...) does not require some special capability specific to women.
How do you know the executable is not included? And if you are correct, this would mean that only this specific version of LAME can be recognized. That does not make sense.
It won't be so easy to copy an RFID credit card as many people here seem to think.
ISO14443 RFID cards have been on the market for years and are often used in public transportation. These have a range of at most 10 cm and implement challenge handshake encryption such as triple DES.
So you can only communicate with such a card if you have the proper encryption key. And if you manage to intercept the communication between such a card and a legitimate reader, it will contain no meaningful information unless you are somehow able to break the encryption.
when it comes to software professionals, there is no such argument. Any software that they write, irrespective of whether it is during or outside normal working hours, legally belongs to their employer.
Based on what law? In any case that is not universally so, not here in the Netherlands for example.
And by the way, quite a lot of programmers are hired by their employers (Sun, IBM, Novell, Red Hat,...) to contribute to OSS in the first place.
Maybe this IBM veteran is attracted to designing a lead chip, but there will be no market for it in Europe. Chips containing lead will be banned next year due to the RoHS directive...
Except for the European telecommunications regulations that don't allow operation of a broadcast band transmitter (no matter how low powered) without a license...
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No specific law has been passed, and the levy on MP3 players is just a proposal.
However, similar regulations already exist for blank CD-ROMs, tapes, and photocopiers, because it is assumed that these are (partly) used for the copying of copyrighted material.
Such copying is legally allowed, the levy exists as a compensation for the copyright holders.
I think it is possible that a levy on MP3 players will come into existence but at much lower sums than now proposed.
I design readers for both ISO14443 and ISO15693 tags, so I should know.
ISO 14443 and ISO 15693 operate on the same principles, the essential difference is that the ISO14443 protocol allows a higher data bandwidth which results in shorter maximum range (ca. 10cm instead of ca 1m).
In general, ISO14443 chips are less low-cost, able to store more data and supporting cryptographic capabilities. But this has more to do with the market that they target than with technical issues.
What about a program that enables you to automatically send fake responses to a 419-scam e-mail, using different FROM: addresses and variable contents, so they cannot be easily identified as such?
Imagine a 419-scammer sitting in an internet café in Lagos, getting thousands and thousands of mails appearing to be from people genuinely interested in the proposal, and having to follow up on them all just in case one or two are from real persons...
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He was speeding as a result of a post on an online message board?
In 2004 the Dutch laboratory TNO investigated the influence of UMTS and GSM radiation on two groups of people, one with health complaints they ascribed to GSM base stations and one without. The tests were double blind. For both groups a small, but statistically significant relationship was found between exposure to "UMTS-like" radiation and the sense of wellbeing reported by the subjects. This result was a disappointment to the Dutch government, that had commissioned this investigation. They had subsequent research done by a Swiss institution which did not confirm the findings. Anayway, the city of Hoofddorp, where I live, forbids the placement of cellular base station antennas on top of residential buildings. I support this policy; better safe than sorry.
>poof<
How can you ripoff something that is freely given to all to use as they see fit as long they follow it's simple terms?
By refusing to follow those terms?
I'm sure we'll develop something that can shift us around the universe - even if it's just building a generation-ship, but will it be big enough to take *everyone*?
Then it should be a lot bigger than the previous one.
According to ancient sources, it only had space for one family and one pair of each animal species (or seven pairs for clean beasts and fowl)
See Genesis 7...
Well, they DIDN'T.
The default behaviour of OpenOffice.org with a document containing macros is that the user has to explicitly allow them to run.
Not enabling scripting by default is *exactly* what is implemented in OpenOffice.org. The user has to explicitly allow macros to be executed before such a "virus" could do any damage or spread itself. So this "bad bunny" hardly poses any threat.
These are not microprocessors, and the achievement is not the amount of computing power you can get from them but the extremely high frequency of the signal they can generate. And that is not something you can increase by adding more chips!
In the Netherlands we have a saying that can be translated into English as "The way the innkeeper is himself, he suspects his guests"...
Which percentage of *men* were able to judge the men with the highest testosterone levels by looking at the photographs? I would not be surprised if guessing this by looking at someone's physical traits (jaw squareness, beard growth, ...) does not require some special capability specific to women.
OOo developers have definitely worked on accessibility. But there is still ample room for improvement. See: http://ui.openoffice.org/accessibility/
How do you know the executable is not included? And if you are correct, this would mean that only this specific version of LAME can be recognized. That does not make sense.
ISO14443 RFID cards have been on the market for years and are often used in public transportation. These have a range of at most 10 cm and implement challenge handshake encryption such as triple DES.
So you can only communicate with such a card if you have the proper encryption key. And if you manage to intercept the communication between such a card and a legitimate reader, it will contain no meaningful information unless you are somehow able to break the encryption.
when it comes to software professionals, there is no such argument. Any software that they write, irrespective of whether it is during or outside normal working hours, legally belongs to their employer.
Based on what law? In any case that is not universally so, not here in the Netherlands for example. And by the way, quite a lot of programmers are hired by their employers (Sun, IBM, Novell, Red Hat, ...) to contribute to OSS in the first place.
Maybe this IBM veteran is attracted to designing a lead chip, but there will be no market for it in Europe. Chips containing lead will be banned next year due to the RoHS directive...
How much less virtual is the money in your bank account?
Except for the European telecommunications regulations that don't allow operation of a broadcast band transmitter (no matter how low powered) without a license...
However, similar regulations already exist for blank CD-ROMs, tapes, and photocopiers, because it is assumed that these are (partly) used for the copying of copyrighted material.
Such copying is legally allowed, the levy exists as a compensation for the copyright holders.
I think it is possible that a levy on MP3 players will come into existence but at much lower sums than now proposed.
No need to drill holes, there are several places on the earth's crust where the Moho is spilling right out...
One day before ...?
It's a funny idea, but don't expect anywhere near decent audio quality.
Not sillier than sending them to humans, who we already know don't have pen!ses.
ISO 14443 and ISO 15693 operate on the same principles, the essential difference is that the ISO14443 protocol allows a higher data bandwidth which results in shorter maximum range (ca. 10cm instead of ca 1m).
In general, ISO14443 chips are less low-cost, able to store more data and supporting cryptographic capabilities. But this has more to do with the market that they target than with technical issues.
Imagine a 419-scammer sitting in an internet café in Lagos, getting thousands and thousands of mails appearing to be from people genuinely interested in the proposal, and having to follow up on them all just in case one or two are from real persons...
He sure was a hoopy frood.