I've got a Rb oscillator (and Efratom FRS, easily found for less than $200), which I will guarantee is much more accurate than any mechanical timekeeper. Stability of +- 1e-10/yr., which is better than 3 ms the first year, 6, the second, etc.
There's nothing in the article to indicate what it uses as a timebase, except a comment about an "electric motor." AC line frequency, the same as my bedroom alarm clock? European line frequency can vary by seconds per day.
Exactly what was your "guarantee," because I think you owe me.
doesn't mean that you can force your speech upon me. That's what spam does. Even if it's non-commercial, you have no right to send me anonymous email, unless I've specifically said or implied I want such - such as by "opting in" to a list server or publishing my email address on a website with an open invitation to send me email.
Is the Court truely so clueless ("were the 'Federalist Papers' just being published today via e-mail, that transmission by Publius would violate the [current Virginia] statute.")?
The Federalist Papers were never forced upon unwanting recipients who had to pay for their receipt, they were made available to those who wanted to read them. There was choice involved.
The Federalist Papers were originally published in newspapers, so there's absolutely no parallel to spam. In modern terms, it would be a better comparison to blogs or websites. That can be done anonymously.
the services work over _public_ airwaves (don't get me started on the fallacy of airwave "sales/auctions"), which are naturally constrained. This is one industry which is under-regulated.
and if anyone doesn't like leap seconds, all they have to do is use one of the time scales which don't use them, like TAI.
It's exceedingly silly and stupid for people to keep trying to change UTC so it doesn't track solar time. That what it was intended to do. If you made the wrong choice, live with it, or change time scales. If it's being forced on you, quityerbitchin', and convince whoever decided on UTC to change. Stop trying to turn UTC into something it isn't, there are other people out there who made an intelligent decision, and depend on it's characteristics.
I don't have Comcast, but my cable Internet is the only "high speed" service available to me - I'm too far from a CO for any sort of DSL. FIOS is only a dream.
If you want to fund the difference between my cable Internet bill and a channelized DS-3 (I only need ~6 DS-1s to equal cable), I'll be glad to follow your advice.
perhaps I should have also added "after the delivery/sale."
Offer and acceptance occurs at that time. Even if you adhere to the belief that consideration is necessary to a contract, it also occurs at that time. An EULA is a coercive attempt to apply terms AFTER a contract has been finalized, and unilaterally, to boot. Forget the "return for refund" clauses - I've already spent valuable time, effort, and cost of money, and my terms for revisiting an already existing contract are refund plus $100K. Otherwise, don't bother me. If you allow me to run your software when there's a sticky above the "OK" button which says "Provided for use with no conditions," then that's your problem.
What's fair for the goose, is fair for the gander.
how many of those pictures are printed (vs. "old-fashioned" chemical photo prints)? Sure, you could half-tone print using good inks on quality paper, and you'd get images like found in 25 year old magazines. But do you want to trust a modern photo printer, using very recent technology, with the only assurance of long term stability being some accelerated aging tests based on assumptions instead of real-world empirical evidence?
the Zephyr's reported flight times didn't meet all criteria laid down by The World Air Sports Federation -- the governing body for air sports and aeronautical world records -- and will probably remain unofficial.
If I get to set my own rules, I can break records, too.
is significantly different than "without their permission." One might be given account/password info for good cause, but the account holder may not be aware of every access. That would constitute "without their knowledge," but implies no impropriety.
if you want to burn 4 addresses for every host (host, router, subnet, and broadcast - a ".252"), have a router which can support enough interfaces/VLANs, and want to take the time to configure all that.
are really only switched between different speed segments. I.e., they might bridge (switch) between a 10 mb segment and a 100 mb segment, but they're only repeaters (hubs) on each.
...such as "consumers were very happy to embrace the DVD standard when it came about because it brought a huge jump in quality over VHS."
I'm not so sure that's the reason for consumer adoption - DVDs are more compact, less fragile, and you don't have to rewind them. I think it's all about convenience, not quality. Quality is just a bonus.
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Spock or T'Pol?
CSO means "Chief Science Officer," right? Because the article doesn't bother to define it.
that if the Supremes say that green is in fact red, it's true?
BS, and BS to Wickard v Filburn, too. We are not a nation of law, and haven't been for many years. It's all a disingenuous, self-serving scam to keep the proles in their place.
The 10th Amendment, and the fact that the Federal Government has no Constitutional authority to prohibit growing crops for personal use (or even for intrastate commerce), and the the 9th Amendment (growing plants/crops on one's own land is a completely natural right).
State law takes precedence, according to our Constitution. Unfortunately, our Federal courts are self-serving, and the Feds have bigger guns, so when they say that growing plants in your backyard for your own use is "interstate commerce," no one argues.
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I've got a Rb oscillator (and Efratom FRS, easily found for less than $200), which I will guarantee is much more accurate than any mechanical timekeeper. Stability of +- 1e-10/yr., which is better than 3 ms the first year, 6, the second, etc.
There's nothing in the article to indicate what it uses as a timebase, except a comment about an "electric motor." AC line frequency, the same as my bedroom alarm clock? European line frequency can vary by seconds per day.
Exactly what was your "guarantee," because I think you owe me.
"Maybe NASA is planning on paying us back?"
Free Tang for everyone!
doesn't mean that you can force your speech upon me. That's what spam does. Even if it's non-commercial, you have no right to send me anonymous email, unless I've specifically said or implied I want such - such as by "opting in" to a list server or publishing my email address on a website with an open invitation to send me email.
Is the Court truely so clueless ("were the 'Federalist Papers' just being published today via e-mail, that transmission by Publius would violate the [current Virginia] statute.")?
The Federalist Papers were never forced upon unwanting recipients who had to pay for their receipt, they were made available to those who wanted to read them. There was choice involved.
The Federalist Papers were originally published in newspapers, so there's absolutely no parallel to spam. In modern terms, it would be a better comparison to blogs or websites. That can be done anonymously.
Big FAIL for the Court.
the services work over _public_ airwaves (don't get me started on the fallacy of airwave "sales/auctions"), which are naturally constrained. This is one industry which is under-regulated.
and if anyone doesn't like leap seconds, all they have to do is use one of the time scales which don't use them, like TAI.
It's exceedingly silly and stupid for people to keep trying to change UTC so it doesn't track solar time. That what it was intended to do. If you made the wrong choice, live with it, or change time scales. If it's being forced on you, quityerbitchin', and convince whoever decided on UTC to change. Stop trying to turn UTC into something it isn't, there are other people out there who made an intelligent decision, and depend on it's characteristics.
That's actual measured performance, not the cable company stated "bandwidth." Of course, I don't get near that in upload speeds.
I don't have Comcast, but my cable Internet is the only "high speed" service available to me - I'm too far from a CO for any sort of DSL. FIOS is only a dream.
If you want to fund the difference between my cable Internet bill and a channelized DS-3 (I only need ~6 DS-1s to equal cable), I'll be glad to follow your advice.
perhaps I should have also added "after the delivery/sale."
Offer and acceptance occurs at that time. Even if you adhere to the belief that consideration is necessary to a contract, it also occurs at that time. An EULA is a coercive attempt to apply terms AFTER a contract has been finalized, and unilaterally, to boot. Forget the "return for refund" clauses - I've already spent valuable time, effort, and cost of money, and my terms for revisiting an already existing contract are refund plus $100K. Otherwise, don't bother me. If you allow me to run your software when there's a sticky above the "OK" button which says "Provided for use with no conditions," then that's your problem.
What's fair for the goose, is fair for the gander.
I always make it a point to alter the EULA to my terms. Really, if a forced, non-negotiated contract can be valid, I've got them by the balls.
A simple yellow Post-It note with my terms stuck to the screen allows me to click "OK" to the presented terms.
I'm not sure how I'm going to get Google to send me all of their 2008 profits in exchange for testing their browser, though.
and if you're cheap, people will actually pay you to take PCBs off their hands.
but the summary did say that Microsoft money (via a level of indirection) was involved, so "good enough" is in its genes.
how many of those pictures are printed (vs. "old-fashioned" chemical photo prints)? Sure, you could half-tone print using good inks on quality paper, and you'd get images like found in 25 year old magazines. But do you want to trust a modern photo printer, using very recent technology, with the only assurance of long term stability being some accelerated aging tests based on assumptions instead of real-world empirical evidence?
as your own cite says: the FAI "sanctions all record attempts." It's not a record, especially since they apparently self-officiated.
If I get to set my own rules, I can break records, too.
is significantly different than "without their permission." One might be given account/password info for good cause, but the account holder may not be aware of every access. That would constitute "without their knowledge," but implies no impropriety.
if you want to burn 4 addresses for every host (host, router, subnet, and broadcast - a ".252"), have a router which can support enough interfaces/VLANs, and want to take the time to configure all that.
are really only switched between different speed segments. I.e., they might bridge (switch) between a 10 mb segment and a 100 mb segment, but they're only repeaters (hubs) on each.
...such as "consumers were very happy to embrace the DVD standard when it came about because it brought a huge jump in quality over VHS."
I'm not so sure that's the reason for consumer adoption - DVDs are more compact, less fragile, and you don't have to rewind them. I think it's all about convenience, not quality. Quality is just a bonus.
Spock or T'Pol?
CSO means "Chief Science Officer," right? Because the article doesn't bother to define it.
that if the Supremes say that green is in fact red, it's true?
BS, and BS to Wickard v Filburn, too. We are not a nation of law, and haven't been for many years. It's all a disingenuous, self-serving scam to keep the proles in their place.
just a couple of major details.
The 10th Amendment, and the fact that the Federal Government has no Constitutional authority to prohibit growing crops for personal use (or even for intrastate commerce), and the the 9th Amendment (growing plants/crops on one's own land is a completely natural right).
For those who don't know what you're referring to, like the AC who commented: search in this for "evil bit".
I don't see dope mentioned anywhere in what you cite.
State law takes precedence, according to our Constitution. Unfortunately, our Federal courts are self-serving, and the Feds have bigger guns, so when they say that growing plants in your backyard for your own use is "interstate commerce," no one argues.