The summary is really unclear (I'm a native Russian speaker, BTW).
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Majordomo has nothing to do with this extortion scam.
I lived through the whole "shock therapy" thing. Corruption was predictable and it was _encouraged_ (and a much more sensible http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/500_Days economic program has not been implemented). I still remember Chernomyrdin's ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_Chernomyrdin ) speech in which he said that "a little crime is OK if it leads to faster privatisation".
As a result this led to capital flight (estimated at two _trillion_ dollars) and to almost complete disintegration of economics in the late 90s.
The trend has been reversed by the crisis of 98s when unfavorable exchange rates made imported goods too expensive here (encouraging local production).
Western recommendations led to the economic crisis of 1998 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_financial_cr isis) and to to a great crime uprise before that.
And don't get me started on privatization (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_post-Sovi et_Russia#The_.22loans_for_shares.22_scheme_and_th e_rise_of_the_.22oligarchs.22) which was suggested and supported by the Western "advisors".
I live in Russia and I don't really want my country to join the WTO, and it's a very widespread attitude here. WTO imposes too much unpopular restrictions (for example, we'd have to raise internal prices on gas and petrol).
_Concentrated_ acids (and I'm speaking about fuming sulphiric acid and 70% nitric acid) are tightly regulated, because they are used to produce explosives.
You can try to distillate battery acid, but there are more pleasant ways of suicide.
We used iron oxalate to produce iron powder (by heating oxalate in a sealed tube), it combusted almost spontaneousely (even from air friction). We never stored it for more than some hours.
Well, I think _all_ male chemists made explosives at some time during their career. It's generally nothing to be afraid of, but with the current terroris scare...
It's almost impossible to do this in a regular school chemical lab (you'll need very concentrated nitric and sulfuric acids which are regulated).
But you can make a lot of other fun substances: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acetone_Peroxide (it's rumored to pass through airport scanners), iodine azide (FUN!), lead azide, cuprum azide, etc.
Pyrophorous metals are also fun (do you know that fine _iron_ powder _burns_ at the room temperature?).
Yes, USSR was not very attentive to human needs (I live in Russia, BTW). But it doesn't mean that medical science in USSR was not good.
I know about phage therapy from a personal experience, it was used to save my cousin after he had suffered a massive chemical burn complicated by skin infection (his kidneys and liver were overstrained by the burn so antibiotics could not be used).
Of course, phage therapy has many shortcomings (nothing is perfect, after all). But I think it could be possible to create a "gene-modified" phage to combat bacteria. And natural selection works in our favor this time (phages can mutate faster than bacteria).
There's "bacteriophage therapy" ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacteriophage_therapy ) which really works (it was successfully used BEFORE the invention of antibiotics) and doesn't produce resistant bacteria.
What if these modules would reside on the same CD as the kernel, and the script simply copies them from a specific directory instead of copying them from a server?
GPL allows 'mere aggregation' on the same media. So it's fine.
I'm from Russia. And here it's illegal to broadcast ANY image of a person without his/her consent (with some exceptions for images of large groups of people).
but here in the civilized world unauthorized surveillance of a private area is an unlawful intrusion no matter where the camera is
Is it as illegal as a total wiretapping of phone calls?
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Can you say "kickback"?
EJB 2.0 is just a part of CORBA 3.0 specification :)
So it's easy to understand why there is no a single CORBA 3.0 implementation.
Majordomo has nothing to do with this extortion scam. [b]GoDaddy[/b] blocked accounts of Majordomo's clients.
The summary is really unclear (I'm a native Russian speaker, BTW).
Majordomo uses GoDaddy for international domain registrations for some of their clients. GoDaddy has blocked 1399 accounts of Majordomo clients because of spam suspicions.
Majordomo has nothing to do with this extortion scam.
Yes, and you can avoid paying taxes if you resign yor citizenship and live in sea.
I lived through the whole "shock therapy" thing. Corruption was predictable and it was _encouraged_ (and a much more sensible http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/500_Days economic program has not been implemented). I still remember Chernomyrdin's ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_Chernomyrdin ) speech in which he said that "a little crime is OK if it leads to faster privatisation".
As a result this led to capital flight (estimated at two _trillion_ dollars) and to almost complete disintegration of economics in the late 90s.
The trend has been reversed by the crisis of 98s when unfavorable exchange rates made imported goods too expensive here (encouraging local production).
Western recommendations led to the economic crisis of 1998 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_financial_cr isis) and to to a great crime uprise before that.
i et_Russia#The_.22loans_for_shares.22_scheme_and_th e_rise_of_the_.22oligarchs.22) which was suggested and supported by the Western "advisors".
And don't get me started on privatization (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_post-Sov
Why was the parent marked as a flaimbait?
I live in Russia and I don't really want my country to join the WTO, and it's a very widespread attitude here. WTO imposes too much unpopular restrictions (for example, we'd have to raise internal prices on gas and petrol).
Actually, there's Russian AOMP3 site: http://account.allofmp3.com/shares/setencode.html? changeencode_mss=RUS
_Concentrated_ acids (and I'm speaking about fuming sulphiric acid and 70% nitric acid) are tightly regulated, because they are used to produce explosives.
You can try to distillate battery acid, but there are more pleasant ways of suicide.
We used iron oxalate to produce iron powder (by heating oxalate in a sealed tube), it combusted almost spontaneousely (even from air friction). We never stored it for more than some hours.
Well, I think _all_ male chemists made explosives at some time during their career. It's generally nothing to be afraid of, but with the current terroris scare...
It's almost impossible to do this in a regular school chemical lab (you'll need very concentrated nitric and sulfuric acids which are regulated).
But you can make a lot of other fun substances: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acetone_Peroxide (it's rumored to pass through airport scanners), iodine azide (FUN!), lead azide, cuprum azide, etc.
Pyrophorous metals are also fun (do you know that fine _iron_ powder _burns_ at the room temperature?).
You can't recharge battaries without access to electrical outlet. Try to recharge your laptop during a Moscow-Sidney flight.
Besides, you can use a hybrid system: battery for the first 30-40 minutes and only then start fuel cells.
The last time I was on an biological research expedition, for example.
n =0.199758,0.726471&t=k&om=1 ).
We had to use solar cells, but they are not very useful on high longitudes in spring and autumn (we were here http://maps.google.com/?ll=67.399308,68.139267&sp
Methanol is dirt-cheap (about $2 per one litre). One litre should be enough for 100 hours of continuous use, so price of fuel is not an issue.
Yes, USSR was not very attentive to human needs (I live in Russia, BTW). But it doesn't mean that medical science in USSR was not good.
I know about phage therapy from a personal experience, it was used to save my cousin after he had suffered a massive chemical burn complicated by skin infection (his kidneys and liver were overstrained by the burn so antibiotics could not be used).
Of course, phage therapy has many shortcomings (nothing is perfect, after all). But I think it could be possible to create a "gene-modified" phage to combat bacteria. And natural selection works in our favor this time (phages can mutate faster than bacteria).
Actually, you can patent DNA sequences (in genetic modified products, bacteria, etc). See Monsato, for example.
There's "bacteriophage therapy" ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacteriophage_therapy ) which really works (it was successfully used BEFORE the invention of antibiotics) and doesn't produce resistant bacteria.
Sadly, there's almost no research on this topic.
There's a MUCH better library for Python-C++ integration. See http://boost.org/libs/python/doc/index.html
Nowdays one can use annotations in Java to replace almost all XML configuration files.
Frankly, I don't see why Ruby is superior to Tapestry+Hibernate.
Is it as illegal as a total wiretapping of phone calls?
That's called a 'hyperbole'.
But let's consider a real situation: your house may be a private space and out-of-bounds for cameras, but all exits will be constantly monitored.
I don't intrude to your private space, I just use a camera in a public place.
It happens to look into your window while you're cheating your wife? Tough luck.