So, the ethics somehow change just because "international conventions," created by those who are advantaged by them, exist? You're confusing law and ethics.
No, it's not just "big pharma." This has been happening for a very long time, including with supposedly reputable research institutions, like Johns Hopkins. Ref: Henrietta Lacks.
So, by your definition a monitor is not an output device, because "in the general sense of the word, you won't be storing or sending data to another standard device" with it. OK, whatever.
Assuming the discussion is regarding the usual keyboards used with IBM type PCs, the indicator lights are under control of the computer, and not just simple local indicators.
EVERY cert test I've ever taken tests not knowledge of the subject/product, but the ability to do rote memorization of the training materials, even if it's wrong. It's all a moneymaking scam.
"I think it would be considerably easier if SMTP was updated to require not only a reverse DNS arpa pointer record of the sending server, but the reverse DNS record must also have a matching MX record. "
So, break virtually all MUAs (which send using SMTP), and force everyone to use webmail? Good luck with that.
Same reason some people actually pay for shirts with "Abercrombie," "Old Navy," "Aeropostale," etc. on them. I could never figure it out - if you're advertising for them, the shirts should be free.
You're a hypocrite. You argue that "idiot" can change meaning depending on the speaker. Then, so can "offensive" and 'hate." Who are you to tell someone what either means or that they're wrong in how they're using the term?
"NASA is thinking about making these companies take out insurance policies"
Who do you think can make a better actuarial judgment of the risk, NASA or an insurance company? The government is certainly large enough to be self insured, which is in the long run cheaper than paying an insurance company which intends to make a profit to assume the risk.
And, forcing the private launch service companies to take out insurance adds even more cost, by adding another level of administration to pass the money through.
"In ham radio command and control over remote digital ground stations all have clear text passwords because it's against the law to encrypt on ham radio bands. "
No, it isn't, at least in the US. It's illegal to use transmit "messages encoded for the purpose of obscuring their meaning," but the meaning of a password exchange is not obscured when it's encrypted. The meaning is user authentication, not the actual text of a password.
"The total resources of 300 million people is taxed and at the disposal of under 1000 elected people..."
...at the Federal level.
And that's the fundamental problem - the government which should have the most influence, and over which the electorate should have the most control, should start at the local level.
We're supposed to be the United States, but the Feds have used the supremacy clause to take over almost everything with real significance, ignoring the 9th and 10th Amendments, which are treated as an inconvenient speed bump.
IMHO, the biggest problem with the Constitution is that the Supremes should really be under the direct control of the States, instead of the Feds deciding what the Feds can do.
"Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, â" That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government,"
"Apple is like Santa Claus, descending yearly to give us some much-anticipated presents, with no forewarning about which of our wishes he'll grant this year."
Here's a lump of coal. You'll like it. We'll send you the bill later.
(Apple has always been like that - they Think Different)
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So, the ethics somehow change just because "international conventions," created by those who are advantaged by them, exist? You're confusing law and ethics.
No, it's not just "big pharma." This has been happening for a very long time, including with supposedly reputable research institutions, like Johns Hopkins. Ref: Henrietta Lacks.
" Person was saying he was using NetBIOS, not over TCP/IP. This almost certainly means over NetBEUI, requiring actual stupid hubs, not switches."
Hubs? Where does one get a hub which supports IBM PC Network (Sytek)?
Nope. If a computer can turn an LED on/off, that's an output device. How it's normally used doesn't matter, it's how it _can_ be used.
So, by your definition a monitor is not an output device, because "in the general sense of the word, you won't be storing or sending data to another standard device" with it. OK, whatever.
Assuming the discussion is regarding the usual keyboards used with IBM type PCs, the indicator lights are under control of the computer, and not just simple local indicators.
EVERY cert test I've ever taken tests not knowledge of the subject/product, but the ability to do rote memorization of the training materials, even if it's wrong. It's all a moneymaking scam.
I was saying the the OP was an unworkable solution. You seem to be arguing something completely different.
"I think it would be considerably easier if SMTP was updated to require not only a reverse DNS arpa pointer record of the sending server, but the reverse DNS record must also have a matching MX record. "
So, break virtually all MUAs (which send using SMTP), and force everyone to use webmail? Good luck with that.
" Who keeps their phone in a front pants pocket?"
People who've broken a phone by sitting on it while it's in their back pocket.
Same reason some people actually pay for shirts with "Abercrombie," "Old Navy," "Aeropostale," etc. on them. I could never figure it out - if you're advertising for them, the shirts should be free.
You're a hypocrite. You argue that "idiot" can change meaning depending on the speaker. Then, so can "offensive" and 'hate." Who are you to tell someone what either means or that they're wrong in how they're using the term?
The statement said "offensive," not "hate," so you're arguing a red herring.
"Ellen made all the hard changes, like clamping down on politically incorrect speech."
FTFY.
"NASA is thinking about making these companies take out insurance policies"
Who do you think can make a better actuarial judgment of the risk, NASA or an insurance company? The government is certainly large enough to be self insured, which is in the long run cheaper than paying an insurance company which intends to make a profit to assume the risk.
And, forcing the private launch service companies to take out insurance adds even more cost, by adding another level of administration to pass the money through.
Yep, this in particular...
...reminds me of Animal House - "Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son."
"In ham radio command and control over remote digital ground stations all have clear text passwords because it's against the law to encrypt on ham radio bands. "
No, it isn't, at least in the US. It's illegal to use transmit "messages encoded for the purpose of obscuring their meaning," but the meaning of a password exchange is not obscured when it's encrypted. The meaning is user authentication, not the actual text of a password.
"The total resources of 300 million people is taxed and at the disposal of under 1000 elected people..."
...at the Federal level.
And that's the fundamental problem - the government which should have the most influence, and over which the electorate should have the most control, should start at the local level.
We're supposed to be the United States, but the Feds have used the supremacy clause to take over almost everything with real significance, ignoring the 9th and 10th Amendments, which are treated as an inconvenient speed bump.
IMHO, the biggest problem with the Constitution is that the Supremes should really be under the direct control of the States, instead of the Feds deciding what the Feds can do.
FCK THE NSA.
"Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, â" That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government,"
"Apple is like Santa Claus, descending yearly to give us some much-anticipated presents, with no forewarning about which of our wishes he'll grant this year."
Here's a lump of coal. You'll like it. We'll send you the bill later.
(Apple has always been like that - they Think Different)
Life must be difficult for you, being unable to derive meaning from context.
"things like fruits and clothes"
How many calories in a pound of cotton?
"see all the fallout style mutations"
Cue the "Total Recall" references.
1. Build cheap WiFi AP with poor output/range.
2. Market as "pregnant woman mode."
3. ???
4. Profit!