"make it exactly the same except made of maple wood to get around the patent"
That's almost exactly how hardware patents work. If your patent states "a method to make oak-wood gizmo", then a maple-wood gizmo won't violate it.
There are ways to work around this, for example patenting "a method to create a gizmo using knobs frobbing". But they can be worked around by using "frob knobbing" even if it's a trivial replacement.
There's really not a single shred of evidence that torture helped to prevent a single attack.
Of course, it might be classified, but I'm certain that neocons would have cried on every corner about their success if they had a single case to tell us about.
"That's hardly fair to the driver, as being stuck in a traffic jam costs them more - and there are plenty of unforeseen events, such as detours for construction work or accidents."
Unforeseen events tend to average out. So taxi company just adds a couple of percents to the price to compensate for it.
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If you want to spend money to employ people - ask them to dig canals with toothpicks. It's about just as effective.
How is your null-homosexuality going? Have you stopped null-raping your underage daughter?
Oh, and for FSM's sake - stop smoking that null-weed.
"as secure as a wired network"
Considering that you can tap wired network just by cutting a cable and connecting it through a hub - your brochure was quite correct.
Yet most people do not use PC to watch TV. And most people nowdays will just buy a console rather than build a gaming PC.
That's what grandparent was talking about.
So instead of 1 daemon I'll now get 3-4 running daemons interacting in strange ways? Thanks, that's exactly what I need.
How about scriptability and/or custom resolvers? Nope, none of this.
Oh well, probably I should switch to DJBDns. It also uses a ton of daemons, but at least it's architectured properly.
"and have advanced payloads identifying actual threats versus civilians"
Probably that's why we have so little civilian casual...
Oh, wait?
"It's not about finding one on the street and saying he's a bad guy, kill him."
Uhm. It's exactly about it. You happen to work in Afghanistan and live near the local warlord?
Congratulations! You're now eligible as a target, even if you don't carry weapons.
Actually, you already have one: SAE J1772 ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAE_J1772 ).
Which is going to be used in GM Volt and Nissan Leaf.
Read links in my first message. KSM hijacks were not prevented using torture.
"make it exactly the same except made of maple wood to get around the patent"
That's almost exactly how hardware patents work. If your patent states "a method to make oak-wood gizmo", then a maple-wood gizmo won't violate it.
There are ways to work around this, for example patenting "a method to create a gizmo using knobs frobbing". But they can be worked around by using "frob knobbing" even if it's a trivial replacement.
Nope. Bruce Perens is right.
You can't mix really high-speed (i.e. 500km/h) and freight trains. In your article 'high-speed' means "sub 200km/h".
Russia got the same exact problem on Moscow-Saint-Petersburg line, for example.
Yes, thanks for correction. That's what I wanted to say.
No, no. That wasn't caused by Democrats. These attacks were caused by Republican opposition, obviously.
See? It's absolutely logical!
Newsflash: there was an attack during the Republican administration.
Ergo, Republicans cause terrorist attacks.
Like here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2004/oct/03/world.guantanamo
Or a nice writeup here: http://scienceblogs.com/dispatches/2010/01/kiriakou_retracts_claims_on_wa.php
Or here: http://scienceblogs.com/dispatches/2009/04/about_that_library_tower_plot.php
Etc.
There's really not a single shred of evidence that torture helped to prevent a single attack.
Of course, it might be classified, but I'm certain that neocons would have cried on every corner about their success if they had a single case to tell us about.
Newsflash: torture doesn't prevent and hasn't prevented any terrorist attacks since 9/11.
Moreover, torture only weakens image of USA in the world, probably provoking MORE attacks.
Because it's easier and a couple of percents of additional pay doesn't bother anyone?
Uhm. But you can get stuck in a traffic jam and pay a lot of money, even if you ride once a year.
"That's hardly fair to the driver, as being stuck in a traffic jam costs them more - and there are plenty of unforeseen events, such as detours for construction work or accidents."
Unforeseen events tend to average out. So taxi company just adds a couple of percents to the price to compensate for it.
And most certainly, drivers do make money.
Yup. That's how taxi works here in Kiev (Ukraine).
When I order a taxi over the phone, I'm immediately told what the price is going to be, so you pay exactly this sum to the driver (+tips).
And now it's the driver's problem to chose the shortest and fastest route. If we get stuck in a jam - I'm not paying more.
Yes, but if you refuse to vaccinate and your child gets ill and infects someone, should you be liable to pay damages?
Google voice does not forward calls.
I'm using http://didww.com/ for this exact purpose.
Two words: browser exploits.
There's MonoXNA ( http://code.google.com/p/monoxna/ ) already. But it's nowhere close to complete or even usable state.
My rough guesstimate gives about 30 man-years to produce a near-complete XNA implementation.
Yeah, an Earth collapsed to a black hole of 2 cm radius should stop spouting off!