It sounded to me more like the download was actually a program, not a picture. Once downloaded, when the user tried to view it, it actually just displayed an image already on the 'perps' hard drive. So the kid never had or posted any illegal pics, just the trojan. That is how I read it... or am I missing something?
In practice the Queen has zero political power in Canada, its all symbolic and traditional nothing more.
In day to day practise yes, but in truth the Governor General and in turn the Queen do have some very important political power. The powers that the GG (and the Queen) hold are part of the checks and balances of government in Canada preventing an "unscrupulous Prime Minister" from doing too much harm.
The GG (as the representative of the head of state) and the head of state (currently the Queen, but will be a King) are the only ones allowed to dissolve parliament and call an election. The Prime Minister is not allowed. The GG also gives Royal Ascent to new laws. By tradition the GG will dissolve parliament and pass Royal Ascent when the Prime Minister asks so that a new federal election can be called and new laws can come into effect. Theoretically the Queen (by way of the GG in Canada and other commonwealth nations) can dissolve parliament at any time and can withhold Royal Ascent. But like in England, if this happened there would be a political firestorm kicked up. This happened once in Canada in 1926 when the GG did not dissolve a minority government as requested by the Prime Minister. In Australia where the GG has the same role, their GG dissolved the government in 1975 due to a crisis in government. In both cases this kicked up a lot of debate on the role of the GG.
Only the Queen (or King) can appoint a GG, but by tradition appoints someone suggested by the PM.
The understanding I get is that this is so manufacturers can include the Linux drivers with the devices when they are purchased. After purchasing and installing most devices now-a-days the users generally have the option of registering their purchase with the manufacturer for warranty purposes (and which is probably also used by marketing types as well... which is good in this case). The manufacturers registration web pages often ask what operating system it is being used with... As long as Linux users made sure to register their purchase it would be a way to show the market potential.
I know that there will be many who will download to retroactively upgrade to manufacturers certified drivers. But you have to start somewhere. The initial downloads should be an indication of the potential market. The registration of new devices would be the ongoing part. Note that I actually don't like using 'should', 'would', 'could'... but this is all hypothetical BS'ing anyway.:-)
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Are you posting anonymously so no-one will threaten you? You troll like a fisherman.
I used to work in Chemical/Process Engineering before I moved into software and have seen this before. That is the point I was trying to make... people have been doing this for decades. The reason it was offered by the power company (at least on the project I worked on, oh about 18 years ago) was that they wanted to balance the power load on the grid, and so they tried to encourage major users to consume on normally off peak hours by offering cheaper rates at those times. This gave the power company a buffer so as to not have to increase capacity as much as they would otherwise would have had to (for increasing population and industry expansion). Basically the same thing as this scheme (cool extra hard at night using a lot of power when no-one else is, and use little during the day) but in this case I don't know if they are giving cash breaks. You can also see this done on really hot summer days when the grid is overwhelmed due to air conditioners. They try to get people and businesses to operate electrical equipment/appliances at staggered hours as the grid reaches capacity (e.g. Toronto the last couple of summers).
Since we are talking about wind power in this particular case, I don't know how we are conserving anything. The power is generated as long as the wind is blowing and isn't really being stored anywhere to be conserved in. If anything you are just balancing demand so that you don't have to build as many windmills. But you are still stuck if the wind doesn't blow as they aren't storing any energy with this scheme. And don't get me wrong, I agree it is a good idea... albeit an old one repackaged.
The problem with wind power is that there isn't always wind. This made it sound like they found a way to store power to use when the wind isn't blowing hard enough to generate the energy required by the grid. The story turns out to show us a possible different alternative: that they should instead redirect the wind that the author is trying to blow up our asses. And why is this a 'wow'. Drawing electricity for power intensive use during off peak hours is old news.
Since this seems to be the 'cynical' thread, I'll add this here: But this only looks at the people who got caught. What about others who didn't get caught because nobody bothered looking at them because they didn't fit a preconceived notion of what a guilty person looks like? I think we need to ramp up our paranoia a bit more so that management can figure out how to piss everyone off so they'll get the whole demographic in and won't miss these cases.
Maybe... but a lot of people don't seem to like the nature of GPL v3 as it has been previewed so far, otherwise we wouldn't have seen so much debate on it. I'm not saying it will, but if something like this did happen (a Novell GPLv2 branch), could we see a split in the open source community along GPVv2 versus GPLv3 lines? Just a thought. If someone doesn't like something in a software program, they usually don't use it. Maybe the same could happen with a license. If I recall correctly, Linus Torvalds has said he doesn't agree with GPLv3 and will continue releasing the kernel under GPLv2, so already there is a split. Having Stallman make it even more restrictive might encourage more.
fellowship training in which I made $50K for 80 hour weeks + overnight in hospital calls and every third weekend on call
My understanding is that when you are learning, you need to take a break every 50 or 60 minutes to let things absorb. Now I know it is not exactly the same thing when you are doing your fellowship (isn't that really like a doctor's apprenticeship?), but how the hell does keeping someone in a perpetual state of exhaustion aid the learning process? I certainly think it doesn't help the patients you are treating at that time. I've been on software projects where these kind of hours are pushed at 'crunch time' and it reaches a point where you are so tired you can't figure out the solution to the simplest problem. You get 8 hours sleep, come in and look at it again and solve it in the 5 minutes it should have taken the first time with your now rested brain. So why are we supposed to feel confident that the medical system is doing us justice when they are having exhausted interns treating us some days? Especially true in the emergency departments where often the sickest patients are found. BTW, I refuse to work those kind of hours any more. Life is too short and nobody tacks on a few hours to the end for me if I spend extra time at work.
No... you go into a trance and say, "I don't need a life, I don't need a family, I have my company, I have my coworkers." Otherwise your boss will hit you with a chair.
As I recall and FWIW from my organic chemistry classes: 2,2,4 Trimethylpentane defines the 100 octane point... quick check, fwiw Wikipedia says the same thing. They also use alcohol as an octane booster as well... what a waste.
I had my credit card number stolen and used by someone. It is the same reason I like the idea of caning thieves and vandals like they do in Singapore. I make no bones about and no apologies for this belief.
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I am wondering if you have a large population centre like say the Bay Area or L.A. if there would be a significant rain shadow like on the lee side of a mountain range. So areas to the east would see significantly less rain than they do now.
We know that a large city produces a localized heating effect. So I would bet it is possible. It is always hotter in a city due to the concentrated human activity than outside the city several klicks or miles. On the prairies in winter this is fairly noticeable and can be quite a few degrees C difference.
But let's see if this is real or just someone trying to advertise for investors on Slashdot.
Yes, especially in Canada. If you think your local Canadian parliamentarian (representative) will listen to his/her constituents over what the Prime Minister desires, you are completely delusional.
In Canada, the party whips are very powerful. For example, if Steven Harper (the current Prime Minister) comes up with a new law and wants it passed, it is passed. The only way it wouldn't pass is if there were a minority government and the opposition parties ganged up to defeat the motion (there is currently a minority government but historically this is a rare occurrence). A bill/motion would never fail to pass due to fellow party member voting against it for reasons such as a) they didn't agree with or like the new bill/motion or b) the member actually respected the wishes of his/her constituents who said they didn't want the member to vote for it. The same holds true for opposition party members when their leaders either want them to vote for or against a motion. Independent members of the house have very little influence on anything. At least as a back bencher in a party, someone senior in cabinet might listen to you now and again.
To not vote for what the Prime Minister wants draws the likely response of you being kicked out of caucus (out of the party). A very good example of this is John Nunziata. He didn't agree with John Chretien's (the Prime Minister at the time) 1996 budget, voted against it, and was subsequently kicked out of the Liberal Party. Mr Chretien (I hold him to be neither 'right' nor 'honorable'... my opinion only) had promised to axe the GST (a tax) and didn't. Nunziata didn't agree that the budget should be passed if Chretien didn't honour his election promise.
Canadians like to disparage the American political system, however in terms of partisanship, it is much better. Even in todays world of the neo-con and ultra liberals. The party whips hold much less power and you are not likely to be kicked out of your party if you vote for a bill proposed by a member of the other party. In fact there are many examples of bills presented (and passed) that are authored by two or more members who belong to opposing sides. Something that would be very refreshing to see in Canada, but highly unlikely unless momentous changes are made.
As a side note, the Canadian Senate is an ineffective body full of appointees whose opinion on matters is usually moot. Similar for the Governor General of Canada (as the Queen's representative in Canada, the titular head of state). Except that the GGoC is the only one who can dissolve parliament, so actually has some power in the checks and balances arena to ensure that the PM can't go completely out of control. Unless there is a minority government, the Prime Minister of the party winning an election is granted a virtual five year limited dictatorship.
What if it was credit card information. The time it takes to contact the site owner could result in millions of dollars of theft. On a case by case basis, it makes sense to do this. Sometimes time is what they don't have. Given the high profile MySpace has received around predictors etc, maybe they felt it was prudent to do this. Granted I might not like it if it happened to me, but at the same time, it is understandable. I am all for free information, as long as it doesn't open things up to the criminal element.
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It sounded to me more like the download was actually a program, not a picture. Once downloaded, when the user tried to view it, it actually just displayed an image already on the 'perps' hard drive. So the kid never had or posted any illegal pics, just the trojan. That is how I read it... or am I missing something?
Another can break. So it might be the best... for now.
Argh! Yes.
In day to day practise yes, but in truth the Governor General and in turn the Queen do have some very important political power. The powers that the GG (and the Queen) hold are part of the checks and balances of government in Canada preventing an "unscrupulous Prime Minister" from doing too much harm.
The GG (as the representative of the head of state) and the head of state (currently the Queen, but will be a King) are the only ones allowed to dissolve parliament and call an election. The Prime Minister is not allowed. The GG also gives Royal Ascent to new laws. By tradition the GG will dissolve parliament and pass Royal Ascent when the Prime Minister asks so that a new federal election can be called and new laws can come into effect. Theoretically the Queen (by way of the GG in Canada and other commonwealth nations) can dissolve parliament at any time and can withhold Royal Ascent. But like in England, if this happened there would be a political firestorm kicked up. This happened once in Canada in 1926 when the GG did not dissolve a minority government as requested by the Prime Minister. In Australia where the GG has the same role, their GG dissolved the government in 1975 due to a crisis in government. In both cases this kicked up a lot of debate on the role of the GG.
Only the Queen (or King) can appoint a GG, but by tradition appoints someone suggested by the PM.
Yes, but you're assuming the earth is made of silicon... ummmm... never mind.
The understanding I get is that this is so manufacturers can include the Linux drivers with the devices when they are purchased. After purchasing and installing most devices now-a-days the users generally have the option of registering their purchase with the manufacturer for warranty purposes (and which is probably also used by marketing types as well... which is good in this case). The manufacturers registration web pages often ask what operating system it is being used with... As long as Linux users made sure to register their purchase it would be a way to show the market potential.
I know that there will be many who will download to retroactively upgrade to manufacturers certified drivers. But you have to start somewhere. The initial downloads should be an indication of the potential market. The registration of new devices would be the ongoing part. Note that I actually don't like using 'should', 'would', 'could'... but this is all hypothetical BS'ing anyway. :-)
Are you posting anonymously so no-one will threaten you? You troll like a fisherman.
That reminded me of two Robert A. Heinlein quotes (in the voice of Lazarus Long):
"Democracy is based on the assumption that a million men are wiser than one man. How's that again? I missed something."
"Autocracy is based on the assumption that one man is wiser than a million men. Let's play that over again, too. Who decides?"
I used to work in Chemical/Process Engineering before I moved into software and have seen this before. That is the point I was trying to make... people have been doing this for decades. The reason it was offered by the power company (at least on the project I worked on, oh about 18 years ago) was that they wanted to balance the power load on the grid, and so they tried to encourage major users to consume on normally off peak hours by offering cheaper rates at those times. This gave the power company a buffer so as to not have to increase capacity as much as they would otherwise would have had to (for increasing population and industry expansion). Basically the same thing as this scheme (cool extra hard at night using a lot of power when no-one else is, and use little during the day) but in this case I don't know if they are giving cash breaks. You can also see this done on really hot summer days when the grid is overwhelmed due to air conditioners. They try to get people and businesses to operate electrical equipment/appliances at staggered hours as the grid reaches capacity (e.g. Toronto the last couple of summers).
Since we are talking about wind power in this particular case, I don't know how we are conserving anything. The power is generated as long as the wind is blowing and isn't really being stored anywhere to be conserved in. If anything you are just balancing demand so that you don't have to build as many windmills. But you are still stuck if the wind doesn't blow as they aren't storing any energy with this scheme. And don't get me wrong, I agree it is a good idea... albeit an old one repackaged.
The problem with wind power is that there isn't always wind. This made it sound like they found a way to store power to use when the wind isn't blowing hard enough to generate the energy required by the grid. The story turns out to show us a possible different alternative: that they should instead redirect the wind that the author is trying to blow up our asses. And why is this a 'wow'. Drawing electricity for power intensive use during off peak hours is old news.
Since this seems to be the 'cynical' thread, I'll add this here: But this only looks at the people who got caught. What about others who didn't get caught because nobody bothered looking at them because they didn't fit a preconceived notion of what a guilty person looks like? I think we need to ramp up our paranoia a bit more so that management can figure out how to piss everyone off so they'll get the whole demographic in and won't miss these cases.
Maybe... but a lot of people don't seem to like the nature of GPL v3 as it has been previewed so far, otherwise we wouldn't have seen so much debate on it. I'm not saying it will, but if something like this did happen (a Novell GPLv2 branch), could we see a split in the open source community along GPVv2 versus GPLv3 lines? Just a thought. If someone doesn't like something in a software program, they usually don't use it. Maybe the same could happen with a license. If I recall correctly, Linus Torvalds has said he doesn't agree with GPLv3 and will continue releasing the kernel under GPLv2, so already there is a split. Having Stallman make it even more restrictive might encourage more.
My understanding is that when you are learning, you need to take a break every 50 or 60 minutes to let things absorb. Now I know it is not exactly the same thing when you are doing your fellowship (isn't that really like a doctor's apprenticeship?), but how the hell does keeping someone in a perpetual state of exhaustion aid the learning process? I certainly think it doesn't help the patients you are treating at that time. I've been on software projects where these kind of hours are pushed at 'crunch time' and it reaches a point where you are so tired you can't figure out the solution to the simplest problem. You get 8 hours sleep, come in and look at it again and solve it in the 5 minutes it should have taken the first time with your now rested brain. So why are we supposed to feel confident that the medical system is doing us justice when they are having exhausted interns treating us some days? Especially true in the emergency departments where often the sickest patients are found. BTW, I refuse to work those kind of hours any more. Life is too short and nobody tacks on a few hours to the end for me if I spend extra time at work.
Thank you.
AT&T or Southwest Bell or the "New" AT&T? AT&T died as a result of their management and got bought out by one of their progeny Baby Bells.
No... you go into a trance and say, "I don't need a life, I don't need a family, I have my company, I have my coworkers." Otherwise your boss will hit you with a chair.
As I recall and FWIW from my organic chemistry classes: 2,2,4 Trimethylpentane defines the 100 octane point... quick check, fwiw Wikipedia says the same thing. They also use alcohol as an octane booster as well... what a waste.
Haliburton is watching you, and Dick Cheney has a gun.
I had my credit card number stolen and used by someone. It is the same reason I like the idea of caning thieves and vandals like they do in Singapore. I make no bones about and no apologies for this belief.
Of interest: An inch of water over 1 acre is 27,154 U.S. gallons and weighs about 113 (short) tons.
I am wondering if you have a large population centre like say the Bay Area or L.A. if there would be a significant rain shadow like on the lee side of a mountain range. So areas to the east would see significantly less rain than they do now.
We know that a large city produces a localized heating effect. So I would bet it is possible. It is always hotter in a city due to the concentrated human activity than outside the city several klicks or miles. On the prairies in winter this is fairly noticeable and can be quite a few degrees C difference.
But let's see if this is real or just someone trying to advertise for investors on Slashdot.
Ahhhhh... you are thinking 'herb'.
Yes, especially in Canada. If you think your local Canadian parliamentarian (representative) will listen to his/her constituents over what the Prime Minister desires, you are completely delusional.
In Canada, the party whips are very powerful. For example, if Steven Harper (the current Prime Minister) comes up with a new law and wants it passed, it is passed. The only way it wouldn't pass is if there were a minority government and the opposition parties ganged up to defeat the motion (there is currently a minority government but historically this is a rare occurrence). A bill/motion would never fail to pass due to fellow party member voting against it for reasons such as a) they didn't agree with or like the new bill/motion or b) the member actually respected the wishes of his/her constituents who said they didn't want the member to vote for it. The same holds true for opposition party members when their leaders either want them to vote for or against a motion. Independent members of the house have very little influence on anything. At least as a back bencher in a party, someone senior in cabinet might listen to you now and again.
To not vote for what the Prime Minister wants draws the likely response of you being kicked out of caucus (out of the party). A very good example of this is John Nunziata. He didn't agree with John Chretien's (the Prime Minister at the time) 1996 budget, voted against it, and was subsequently kicked out of the Liberal Party. Mr Chretien (I hold him to be neither 'right' nor 'honorable'... my opinion only) had promised to axe the GST (a tax) and didn't. Nunziata didn't agree that the budget should be passed if Chretien didn't honour his election promise.
Canadians like to disparage the American political system, however in terms of partisanship, it is much better. Even in todays world of the neo-con and ultra liberals. The party whips hold much less power and you are not likely to be kicked out of your party if you vote for a bill proposed by a member of the other party. In fact there are many examples of bills presented (and passed) that are authored by two or more members who belong to opposing sides. Something that would be very refreshing to see in Canada, but highly unlikely unless momentous changes are made.
As a side note, the Canadian Senate is an ineffective body full of appointees whose opinion on matters is usually moot. Similar for the Governor General of Canada (as the Queen's representative in Canada, the titular head of state). Except that the GGoC is the only one who can dissolve parliament, so actually has some power in the checks and balances arena to ensure that the PM can't go completely out of control. Unless there is a minority government, the Prime Minister of the party winning an election is granted a virtual five year limited dictatorship.
I found it interesting that the bubble on the arrow said 'Niagra Falls, U.S.A.' and pointed to the Canadian side of the falls.
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What if it was credit card information. The time it takes to contact the site owner could result in millions of dollars of theft. On a case by case basis, it makes sense to do this. Sometimes time is what they don't have. Given the high profile MySpace has received around predictors etc, maybe they felt it was prudent to do this. Granted I might not like it if it happened to me, but at the same time, it is understandable. I am all for free information, as long as it doesn't open things up to the criminal element.