where copyright terms are constantly extended. Disney built their empire off the works of the Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Anderson, Mark Twain, etc. But, congress forbid that an old black and white Mickey Mouse cartoon should ever likewise fall into the public domain.
The real theft is being done by the copyright holders, they're stealing our culture from us.
So, MS has basically thrown in the towel, admitting that they can't fix the root problem and therefore have reverted to trying to fix the symptoms.
BTW, I'm not sure you're correct. I'm currently on Win7, and have never had any issue with modifying the hosts file with no special effort, in 95/2K/XP/7, if I have admin rights.
So fantasizing about chopping peoples' heads off is "talking about anything freedom related" now?
"Off with their heads!" - the Red Queen, Alice's Adventures In Wonderland, Lewis Carroll
That's from 1865. Doesn't sound very freedom related to me, so the whole "freedom" thing must be new. OTOH, C L Dodgson didn't get thrown in jail for what he wrote.
"a lot of sites use SMS for some sort of authentication, Google, and Blizzard among them"
Their problem. They have poorly designed systems. The spoof mentioned is no different from what anyone can do with email, simply.
There are legitimate reasons to allow a sender to signify a different "from" number. One example might be someone using Google Voice, where they want to send an SMS via the carriers network (where a different phone number is associated), but have it appear as coming from the GV number to the recipient (or same, via an SMS gateway from a PC, etc.).
For security, similar to the common password reset procedures via email, sites might accept a request via SMS, but then return a necessary confirmation code to the "from" number. Even if you can send an SMS which appears to be from an arbitrary number, you can't get the reply (and confirmation code) unless you're actually associated with that number.
BTW, self defense is a natural right, our Constitution simply codifies it. Calling the loss of your rights "evolving" is just Orwellian Newspeak. There are a few ex-despots displaced by the Arab Spring who certainly wish they had more effective gun control.
"they are sticking to inconvenience by not just working out of the box like most other USB devices"
You're misplacing the blame. It's probably the generic "USB" charger which wasn't following specs and causing problems. The RAZR, as I recall, didn't have any standard USB modes (it wouldn't act like a disc drive, etc.). Therefore, in order for it to talk to a PC, the PC needed a driver. Without talking to the PC, a device isn't allowed to draw more than a trickle of power.
But, some manufacturers tend to play loose with the rules, which may make some things work, but ends up breaking other things.
I'm not sure you're correct. The USB spec only allows a powered device to draw 100 mA without enumerating. Most devices don't bother, and will simply try to pull a full 500 mA from a regular USB port, in violation of the spec.
Likewise, the USB charging spec says the data lines must be shorted by no more than 200 Ohms, in order to signal to a device that it may draw up to 1.5 A. Again, many devices (both USB chargers and PDs) ignore it. I've had a couple of Android phones which follow one part but not the other, they'll draw up to 500 mA from either type of port, but insist on the data line short before they'll draw more.
I suspect Motorola was simply following the specification, as everyone should.
There is no such "mandate." The EU encouraged, and some set of cell phone manufacturers voluntarily agreed to, the adoption of the micro USB connector for charging. I don't know if Apple was part of that group, I suspect not. It's not required by law, although Apple does provide an adapter which allows using micro USB chargers.
The premises of the mission shall be inviolable. The agents of the receiving State may not enter
them, except with the consent of the head of the mission.
In a broad sense, being focused on change, it may be reasonable to call it calculus, but it doesn't involve the symbolic manipulation of formulae. I think most people associate "calculus" with the modern calculus of Newton/Liebniz.
More to the point of the original question, a programmer need know nothing about calculus to intuitively understand keeping track of how much water is put into, or taken out of, a bucket.
Except battery drain/charge doesn't follow a known curve, the future curve can't be accurately predicted (only based on assumptions), and computers operate in discrete steps. You're not dealing with infinitesimals or limits, and therefore not true calculus. More like, measure the current draw and voltage every x time, convert to energy (mAh or Joules), and add or subtract from the current battery charge level (coulomb counting). Reset to full or empty when appropriate. Similar in concept to integrals, but implemented discretely.
Many batteries now have "fuel gauge" ICs in them, which handle much of this automatically, and even accommodate changes in battery capacity with temperature or age. Some may even use integrating capacitors to track energy movement in hardware.
In any case, there's no direct use of calculus in software, just a similar concept.
No, the term "high power rifle" doesn't come from the name of a pistol. "High power rifle" is commonly associated the the NRA competition class of the same name, and the term is used to distinguish it from.22 rimfire ("smallbore") competition. One commonly used high power rifle, the M1 Garand, only holds 8 rounds. High power rifles generally need to be reasonably accurate to 600 yards, although there are long range courses of fire going out to 1000 yards. Try that with your 9mm.
"Solar is, and will continue to be, nowhere near it's full potential until battery technology catches up."
You appear to be ignorant of the many other forms of grid energy storage which are available. Also, electrical energy could be converted to other useful forms, such as hydrogen, to replace existing hydrocarbon uses.
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where copyright terms are constantly extended. Disney built their empire off the works of the Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Anderson, Mark Twain, etc. But, congress forbid that an old black and white Mickey Mouse cartoon should ever likewise fall into the public domain.
The real theft is being done by the copyright holders, they're stealing our culture from us.
You do realize that those are federal and state programs, respectively, and that federal and state powers differ, don't you?
Your sarcasm detector is broken, another obvious failure of the US healthcare system.
A hollow voice says "Plugh."
"Become invisible, wear solid black (or white) clothing, no logos, brands or anything else immediately identifiable."
IOW, try to stand out in the crowd?
"I do not speak another language besides English"
/., so that has to count!
The summary said "you are able to speak one language apart from good English."
Are you sure you don't speak C or some other programming language? This is
"That I am NOT special despite it clearly saying so on my corporate mug? "
Don't worry. You're a totally special, unique individual, just like everybody else.
So, MS has basically thrown in the towel, admitting that they can't fix the root problem and therefore have reverted to trying to fix the symptoms.
BTW, I'm not sure you're correct. I'm currently on Win7, and have never had any issue with modifying the hosts file with no special effort, in 95/2K/XP/7, if I have admin rights.
"Off with their heads!" - the Red Queen, Alice's Adventures In Wonderland, Lewis Carroll
That's from 1865. Doesn't sound very freedom related to me, so the whole "freedom" thing must be new. OTOH, C L Dodgson didn't get thrown in jail for what he wrote.
"a lot of sites use SMS for some sort of authentication, Google, and Blizzard among them"
Their problem. They have poorly designed systems. The spoof mentioned is no different from what anyone can do with email, simply.
There are legitimate reasons to allow a sender to signify a different "from" number. One example might be someone using Google Voice, where they want to send an SMS via the carriers network (where a different phone number is associated), but have it appear as coming from the GV number to the recipient (or same, via an SMS gateway from a PC, etc.).
For security, similar to the common password reset procedures via email, sites might accept a request via SMS, but then return a necessary confirmation code to the "from" number. Even if you can send an SMS which appears to be from an arbitrary number, you can't get the reply (and confirmation code) unless you're actually associated with that number.
I knew someone would bring this up, since the article is obviously a veiled defense of Fareed Zakaria's plagarized editorial extolling gun control.
BTW, self defense is a natural right, our Constitution simply codifies it. Calling the loss of your rights "evolving" is just Orwellian Newspeak. There are a few ex-despots displaced by the Arab Spring who certainly wish they had more effective gun control.
"they are sticking to inconvenience by not just working out of the box like most other USB devices"
You're misplacing the blame. It's probably the generic "USB" charger which wasn't following specs and causing problems. The RAZR, as I recall, didn't have any standard USB modes (it wouldn't act like a disc drive, etc.). Therefore, in order for it to talk to a PC, the PC needed a driver. Without talking to the PC, a device isn't allowed to draw more than a trickle of power.
But, some manufacturers tend to play loose with the rules, which may make some things work, but ends up breaking other things.
I'm not sure you're correct. The USB spec only allows a powered device to draw 100 mA without enumerating. Most devices don't bother, and will simply try to pull a full 500 mA from a regular USB port, in violation of the spec.
Likewise, the USB charging spec says the data lines must be shorted by no more than 200 Ohms, in order to signal to a device that it may draw up to 1.5 A. Again, many devices (both USB chargers and PDs) ignore it. I've had a couple of Android phones which follow one part but not the other, they'll draw up to 500 mA from either type of port, but insist on the data line short before they'll draw more.
I suspect Motorola was simply following the specification, as everyone should.
There is no such "mandate." The EU encouraged, and some set of cell phone manufacturers voluntarily agreed to, the adoption of the micro USB connector for charging. I don't know if Apple was part of that group, I suspect not. It's not required by law, although Apple does provide an adapter which allows using micro USB chargers.
Well, this is what happens when you countdown 5...4...3...2...0! Things get confused.
In a broad sense, being focused on change, it may be reasonable to call it calculus, but it doesn't involve the symbolic manipulation of formulae. I think most people associate "calculus" with the modern calculus of Newton/Liebniz.
More to the point of the original question, a programmer need know nothing about calculus to intuitively understand keeping track of how much water is put into, or taken out of, a bucket.
Except battery drain/charge doesn't follow a known curve, the future curve can't be accurately predicted (only based on assumptions), and computers operate in discrete steps. You're not dealing with infinitesimals or limits, and therefore not true calculus. More like, measure the current draw and voltage every x time, convert to energy (mAh or Joules), and add or subtract from the current battery charge level (coulomb counting). Reset to full or empty when appropriate. Similar in concept to integrals, but implemented discretely.
Many batteries now have "fuel gauge" ICs in them, which handle much of this automatically, and even accommodate changes in battery capacity with temperature or age. Some may even use integrating capacitors to track energy movement in hardware.
In any case, there's no direct use of calculus in software, just a similar concept.
No, the term "high power rifle" doesn't come from the name of a pistol. "High power rifle" is commonly associated the the NRA competition class of the same name, and the term is used to distinguish it from .22 rimfire ("smallbore") competition. One commonly used high power rifle, the M1 Garand, only holds 8 rounds. High power rifles generally need to be reasonably accurate to 600 yards, although there are long range courses of fire going out to 1000 yards. Try that with your 9mm.
"This was just the equivalent of a book club"
The first rule of book club is: You do not talk about book club.
The second rule of book club is: YOU DO NOT TALK ABOUT BOOK CLUB...
Caffeine in the water? This should be a wake up call!
Well, no. Excel and PowerPoint came first on the Mac. Word and Outlook came first on PC.
"Solar is, and will continue to be, nowhere near it's full potential until battery technology catches up."
You appear to be ignorant of the many other forms of grid energy storage which are available. Also, electrical energy could be converted to other useful forms, such as hydrogen, to replace existing hydrocarbon uses.
"4G users never had the option for unlimited plans so they are not optimized."
You are incorrect. Until very recently (around the beginning of June), there were unlimited 4G plans, and they have never been throttled.
You don't know the difference between morals and ethics, do you?