I believe Spain would be more likely to harbor Islamic terrorists. Morrocco is a peaceful, tolerant country (by Arabic standards) and has some of the nicest people I've met anywhere.
I don't know about you, but I am not prepared to argue with an MIT Professor of Linquistics over anything related to language. Certainly not the titles of his papers. That would be sort of like trying to argue morality with a nun, you just can't win.
The problem I have is that the speeding regulations are not, in effect, used fairly. In my state, Texas, there is no law that states you must obey speed limit signs, with the obvious and justified exception of school zones. There is a law that states you must obey warning signs, but a speed limit sign is not a warning sign. (Warning signs are orange) There is also a law that states that you must drive in accordance with the current conditions of the road.
So, what happens is that police officers give out citations based on the posted speed limits. Wealthier people have a lawyer to get the citation thown out on the grounds that they were driving in a manner commensurate with conditions at the time, regardless of the posted speed limit, and therefore there was no crime. People of fewer means, on the other hand, typically just pay the fine and the increased insurance costs that result from it.
IANAL, but this is the way it was explained to me. The moral of this story, of course, is that any time you get a ticket, hire a lawyer to defend you. It'll cost you about as much (more or less) and you won't have to deal with the fallout.
This is a horrible idea because it destroys anonymity. Giving the voters something to take away from the polling place that identifies them with a particular vote simply paves the way to voting abuse. Think of thugs standing outside a poor district's voting place demanding to see the identifying key in your example. The people watching this may decide to cast votes according to the perceived wishes of the thugs rather than risk abuse.
Yes, this is an extreme example, but don't think it could never happen. History plainly shows that if a voting process can be corrupted in any way, it will be. Strong-arm tactics included.
A paper trail is a good idea, just not one that the voter carries away with him. Ideally, the voting machine would print out a receipt which the voter would then place into a ballot box for safe keeping in case it is needed for a recount.
Mozilla Mail/News supports standard POP3 and IMAP clients. There is little to no chance that it will ever interoperate with a proprietary MS mail server unless it supports POP3 or IMAP standards. SPA is not a POP3 or IMAP standard.
If you are being forced to use a SPA server, then I recommend that you complain to whoever makes those decisions. Not that it'll do you any good, but doing nothing won't do you any good either.
The artist doesn't need the advance to finance the album, the record company can do that. Or the artist can record at a home studio - the equipment to do that is rapidly approaching accessible price points for just about any artist. Many artists do this already. Marketing is already taken care of by the record company - including tours and album promotion and distribution.
I think Jobs got it exactly right. There is no justifiable reason for large advances. They serve only to keep record prices high at our expense and at the expense of other deserving artists.
Hence my continued employment. Don't get me wrong, I'm proud of some of the work I've done, but I'd rather accept half of what I think I'm worth than sit around jobless because nobody will hire me at my asking price. Even if I'm not paid as much as a lot of other folks doing my job, programming still pays somewhat better than my other options and it's a hell of a lot more interesting.
This is Mandrake's first foray into live CDs. It makes sense for them to start with ordinary CD-ROM format first because most computers (in current use) still do not have DVD drives. Probably they will eventually release a DVD version if this product is received well.
It was evident early on that most FTAA opponents had no desire to clash with police. But small groups of black-shirted anarchists and other protesters who did seek confrontations found they were no match for thousands of officers from some 40 state, local and federal agencies who barricaded intersections, parked imposing tanks and water cannon on city streets and moved quickly to squash trouble.
You can think whatever you like of the police response to the protesters, but they do have tanks, and they did use them.
The software IS free. You, as a developer of GPL'd software, are not. You must ensure that the code remains free. The GPL includes terminology that makes it illegal for you to hide the code. That is what makes the code free. You could say it is encumbered if you find the licensing odious, but even encumbered, GPL'd code remains free because it cannot be incorporated in non-GPL code. Not legally anyway.
The GPL is intuitive, and does have precedent. It is merely the application of the scientific principle of peer review to the software development model. Nearly all social and scientific progress has been achieved solely by building upon the past efforts of others, the results of which were made freely available in the interest of the 'common good'. The steam engine, the light bulb, and yes, the computer too; they all started life as an idea built upon the earlier ideas of other people. The GPL is an attempt to carry this process over to software development.
Since when was Linux World considered a reputable news source? These guys are as bad as Newsforge about printing nearly anything supporting Linux, regardless of veracity or merit. They make slashdot look like a paragon of journalistic integrity.
I'm all for advocacy, especially regarding Linux, but let's not confuse it with journalism. Linux World is the paparazzi of tech; while they may occasionally print something worthwhile, all of their commentary should be considered suspect in light of their obvious bias.
I agree wholeheartedly, but it seems that hardware manufacturers do not. Currently, most hardware manufacturers only support one operating system for their particular product. Presumably, this is because it costs money to hire software developers to write drivers. Since each operating system requires it's own driver for any given product, it follows that each operating system the manufacturer wants to support will require additional resources. Therefore, manufacturers will not commit to any operating system unless it feels that the cost of developing drivers for it is outweighed by the profits generated from it.
My take is that by putting forth the effort now, hardware manufacturers can remove some of the barriers preventing wider adoption of competing operating systems, thereby increasing demand for hardware as competition in the operating systems market drives down the cost of software.
Although referer headers are not mandatory, all the popular browsers use them by default. Since the victims of these attacks are not likely to possess advanced computer skills, it is reasonable to assume that many of them did not change the default http referer setting.
It is also true that web server software logs are configurable. Citibank runs Netscape Enterprise on Solaris according to NetCraft. That particular server most certainly can be configured to track referers. I was not able to determine in my brief search whether referes are included in the logs by default. However, it does not seem likely that a company like Citibank would pass up the chance to gather more information on their customers.
Ergo, the referer entries most likely ARE in Citibank's logs.
Sort of. Apple produces it's own hardware. They are not pressuring OEMs to bundle certain packages.
Why can't we have an operating system (*cough-linux-cough*) that lets you choose which programs you want installed on it? It could even include competing products.
Now that would be something cool to see in a MS product.
Of particular interest is the following paragraph:
(from ChillingEffects.org) In addition, we want your help. We are gathering a searchable database of Cease and Desist notices sent to Internet users like you. We invite you to input Cease and Desist letters that you've received into our database, to document the chill. We will respond by linking the legalese in the letters to FAQs that explain the allegations in plain English.
Why oh why is this so difficult? Press a button, tally a vote.
The source code for the voting software is closed-source, and regarded as a trade secret so that even county officials can't look at it. How are we to know that only one vote was cast, or even that it was counted correctly for the right candidate? Hell, even the testing that election committees do on these things doesn't answer that question. These systems cannot be audited effectively and are easily compromised. If such standards were used in financial accounting systems, they would be illegal.
I've heard too many stories from election workers about how paper elections can be rigged and all too often are. The new electronic systems do nothing to allay those concerns.
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I believe Spain would be more likely to harbor Islamic terrorists. Morrocco is a peaceful, tolerant country (by Arabic standards) and has some of the nicest people I've met anywhere.
I don't know about you, but I am not prepared to argue with an MIT Professor of Linquistics over anything related to language. Certainly not the titles of his papers. That would be sort of like trying to argue morality with a nun, you just can't win.
The problem I have is that the speeding regulations are not, in effect, used fairly. In my state, Texas, there is no law that states you must obey speed limit signs, with the obvious and justified exception of school zones. There is a law that states you must obey warning signs, but a speed limit sign is not a warning sign. (Warning signs are orange) There is also a law that states that you must drive in accordance with the current conditions of the road.
So, what happens is that police officers give out citations based on the posted speed limits. Wealthier people have a lawyer to get the citation thown out on the grounds that they were driving in a manner commensurate with conditions at the time, regardless of the posted speed limit, and therefore there was no crime. People of fewer means, on the other hand, typically just pay the fine and the increased insurance costs that result from it.
IANAL, but this is the way it was explained to me. The moral of this story, of course, is that any time you get a ticket, hire a lawyer to defend you. It'll cost you about as much (more or less) and you won't have to deal with the fallout.
Not necessarily true, you insensitive clod. He might be rich enough to own a private road on which to drive his... uh... '94 Escort.
This is a horrible idea because it destroys anonymity. Giving the voters something to take away from the polling place that identifies them with a particular vote simply paves the way to voting abuse. Think of thugs standing outside a poor district's voting place demanding to see the identifying key in your example. The people watching this may decide to cast votes according to the perceived wishes of the thugs rather than risk abuse.
Yes, this is an extreme example, but don't think it could never happen. History plainly shows that if a voting process can be corrupted in any way, it will be. Strong-arm tactics included.
A paper trail is a good idea, just not one that the voter carries away with him. Ideally, the voting machine would print out a receipt which the voter would then place into a ballot box for safe keeping in case it is needed for a recount.
Short answer: no.
Mozilla Mail/News supports standard POP3 and IMAP clients. There is little to no chance that it will ever interoperate with a proprietary MS mail server unless it supports POP3 or IMAP standards. SPA is not a POP3 or IMAP standard.
If you are being forced to use a SPA server, then I recommend that you complain to whoever makes those decisions. Not that it'll do you any good, but doing nothing won't do you any good either.
The artist doesn't need the advance to finance the album, the record company can do that. Or the artist can record at a home studio - the equipment to do that is rapidly approaching accessible price points for just about any artist. Many artists do this already. Marketing is already taken care of by the record company - including tours and album promotion and distribution.
I think Jobs got it exactly right. There is no justifiable reason for large advances. They serve only to keep record prices high at our expense and at the expense of other deserving artists.
Xouvert includes MAS giving the X server its very own sound server.
Just in time for X-MAS. How convenient.
Hence my continued employment. Don't get me wrong, I'm proud of some of the work I've done, but I'd rather accept half of what I think I'm worth than sit around jobless because nobody will hire me at my asking price. Even if I'm not paid as much as a lot of other folks doing my job, programming still pays somewhat better than my other options and it's a hell of a lot more interesting.
This is Mandrake's first foray into live CDs. It makes sense for them to start with ordinary CD-ROM format first because most computers (in current use) still do not have DVD drives. Probably they will eventually release a DVD version if this product is received well.
You can think whatever you like of the police response to the protesters, but they do have tanks, and they did use them.
The software IS free. You, as a developer of GPL'd software, are not. You must ensure that the code remains free. The GPL includes terminology that makes it illegal for you to hide the code. That is what makes the code free. You could say it is encumbered if you find the licensing odious, but even encumbered, GPL'd code remains free because it cannot be incorporated in non-GPL code. Not legally anyway.
The GPL is intuitive, and does have precedent. It is merely the application of the scientific principle of peer review to the software development model. Nearly all social and scientific progress has been achieved solely by building upon the past efforts of others, the results of which were made freely available in the interest of the 'common good'. The steam engine, the light bulb, and yes, the computer too; they all started life as an idea built upon the earlier ideas of other people. The GPL is an attempt to carry this process over to software development.
At least, that's how I see it.
Since when was Linux World considered a reputable news source? These guys are as bad as Newsforge about printing nearly anything supporting Linux, regardless of veracity or merit. They make slashdot look like a paragon of journalistic integrity.
I'm all for advocacy, especially regarding Linux, but let's not confuse it with journalism. Linux World is the paparazzi of tech; while they may occasionally print something worthwhile, all of their commentary should be considered suspect in light of their obvious bias.
> > "When your only tool is a hammer, every problem starts to look like a nail".
> When your only tool is an axe, every problem starts to look like hours of fun.
When your only tool is a shotgun, every problem starts to look for the closest exit.
In other words: Nobody RTFA!
And what's wrong with drugs and sex, anyway? I mean I could understand being against sex addiction, but drugs?
Oh wait, that came out all wrong...
Uncle Tom, is that you?
I agree wholeheartedly, but it seems that hardware manufacturers do not. Currently, most hardware manufacturers only support one operating system for their particular product. Presumably, this is because it costs money to hire software developers to write drivers. Since each operating system requires it's own driver for any given product, it follows that each operating system the manufacturer wants to support will require additional resources. Therefore, manufacturers will not commit to any operating system unless it feels that the cost of developing drivers for it is outweighed by the profits generated from it.
My take is that by putting forth the effort now, hardware manufacturers can remove some of the barriers preventing wider adoption of competing operating systems, thereby increasing demand for hardware as competition in the operating systems market drives down the cost of software.
Although referer headers are not mandatory, all the popular browsers use them by default. Since the victims of these attacks are not likely to possess advanced computer skills, it is reasonable to assume that many of them did not change the default http referer setting.
It is also true that web server software logs are configurable. Citibank runs Netscape Enterprise on Solaris according to NetCraft. That particular server most certainly can be configured to track referers. I was not able to determine in my brief search whether referes are included in the logs by default. However, it does not seem likely that a company like Citibank would pass up the chance to gather more information on their customers.
Ergo, the referer entries most likely ARE in Citibank's logs.
Sort of. Apple produces it's own hardware. They are not pressuring OEMs to bundle certain packages.
Why can't we have an operating system (*cough-linux-cough*) that lets you choose which programs you want installed on it? It could even include competing products.
Now that would be something cool to see in a MS product.
That does not mean one should go around criticizing the unorganized, tackily decorated ones.
Actually, maybe somebody should criticize tacky houses. Maybe there should even be a website devoted to it. Anyone got a digicam and webspace?
Smartness has very little to do with taste!
Spot on, brother.
That's a little presumptuous, don't you think? I mean, he might be trying to work the bugs in. As far as bugs go, those are pretty outstanding.
Of particular interest is the following paragraph:
(from ChillingEffects.org)
In addition, we want your help. We are gathering a searchable database of Cease and Desist notices sent to Internet users like you. We invite you to input Cease and Desist letters that you've received into our database, to document the chill. We will respond by linking the legalese in the letters to FAQs that explain the allegations in plain English.
Why oh why is this so difficult? Press a button, tally a vote.
The source code for the voting software is closed-source, and regarded as a trade secret so that even county officials can't look at it. How are we to know that only one vote was cast, or even that it was counted correctly for the right candidate? Hell, even the testing that election committees do on these things doesn't answer that question. These systems cannot be audited effectively and are easily compromised. If such standards were used in financial accounting systems, they would be illegal.
I've heard too many stories from election workers about how paper elections can be rigged and all too often are. The new electronic systems do nothing to allay those concerns.