I saw that statement when I installed FC1 a while back.
Besides the fact that it should be common knowledge... you don't ever install bleeding edge in a production environment... hell Apache 2 even has a similar warning.
Let's sit around offering measly rewards so some rich nutter can get his rocks off (bearly) blasting into space, instead of pooling our resources to eradicate world hunger, fix the shody environment, promote sustainable living, or indeed travel the solar system (screw mars).
If any alien race is watching us, they're surely having a grand old time watching us scrap for unsutainable resources, obsess ourselves with personal status and basically flush the only planet we have down the toilet.
No disrespect to Rutan et al., but does the x-prize really matter? So rich old guys can waste just as much money as the government, whoopty fricken doo.
It's truely time for us to get our act together a little more before we get all star-struck, IMO.
The only time our species ever gets around to utilizing our true potential is to kill each other. That's a sad state of affairs. We don't deserve to leave this planet until we can correct that.
Now, granted my knowledge of railguns is limited to what I remember from Grade 10 Science, but where would the "kick" come from, exactly?
The projectile moving "forward" is a result of the differing magnetic charges on the "sides" of the gun itself, correct? Is this not more like converting "static" energy from the magnetic field to the kinetic moving projectile?
I don't see anything that would produce a "kick".
You do have to identify yourself to police in Canada, that is true.
You DO NOT have to empty your pockets. That is a search, and a search is conducted after an arrest.
Any cop who tells you otherwise is just utilizing your ignorance of the laws to his/her advantage. There must be reason for an arrest (albeit, not much - anything deemed "reasonable" by a court will suffice) before a search can be conducted.
I'm reminded of a quite infamous case in Ontario where a cop who had issued a speeding ticket to a person noticed a shiny new SLR on the passenger seat. Being a bit of a photo bug himself, the officer starts chatting and eventually asks to see the camera. Apon moving said camera, out pops some cocaine - man is arrested. Man is found not guilty due to illegal search. The officer had no grounds to search the vehicle.
Canadian and US laws are quite similar in this respect, actually.
Be careful, there's a fine line between "asking" you to show him what's in you pockets, and arresting you and searching those pockets.
I hate to tell you this, because I sympathize, but until people like you stop doing such tremendous amounts of work for 35K companies won't stop paying that.
Consider yourself too valuble for 35K, even if it means moving on.
The BBC article makes two glaring errors in the first paragraph, after which I stopped reading.
1. The U2 is not of a stealth design, unless you consider all gliders as stealth aircraft. The U2 was disigned to fly adjecent to enemy territory, and not over it... which is why the russians had no problems shooting down Gary Powers in one when he "got lost".
2. The SR-71 is the fastest production plane ever built, and travelled at Mach 3+. It was designed to do one thing - go fast. The faster you go, the hotter you get. Good luck keeping a monsterous semi-molten speeding aircraft off of a radar screen, regardless of it's shape.
The "first" stealth aircraft was the F-117 which entered service in the 70's, followed by the B-2 which joined in the early 90's.
To claim otherwise is to talk out of your ass, which is normal for reporters I guess.
Windows is more than adequate for keeping out RPC worms and the like all by itself, IF YOU KEEP IT PATCHED!
For email virii, you need an anti-virus, and to defeat so more of the more elaborate intrusions, a firewall. XP's built in one is great for most folk, others may have to do something drastic and download Zone Alarm. God forbid.
You definatley can lock the doors on windows. You just have to learn how to do it.
Windows Automatic Updates can be scheduled to run whenever... it even reboots your machine for you. No browser, no buttons, no user intervention required.
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You're worrying about consistancy from a story that has an intergalactic starship called (United States Ship) Enterprise?
and he's talking about people complaining about linux.
I hope you're joking there...
You'd think that a geek CMS system would recognize the importance of being standards compliant.
/. isn't alone in using invalid and outdated code. Both Kuro5hin (scoop) and Metafilter crap out too.
Unfortunately
I'm not in any way related to them, but Drupal not only validates, but is XTML 1.0 Strict!
is a plus in my books.
It doesn't support PNG transparency though.
I guess hatch would support a bill allowing victims to sue gun makers then?
After all...it's pretty much the same thing, if you discount the small fact that copyright infringment never killed anyone.
because right now that would be the size of a laptop. :-)
I saw that statement when I installed FC1 a while back.
Besides the fact that it should be common knowledge... you don't ever install bleeding edge in a production environment... hell Apache 2 even has a similar warning.
I think the idea is that the malware creator owns a 900 number in the countries listed, so he makes a buck from the telco.
Kinda pointless if you're not getting any money.
That was only ONE of the options given.
That's way too intellegent an idea to be put into practice... go back to school until you learn to think like the rest of us.
Let's sit around offering measly rewards so some rich nutter can get his rocks off (bearly) blasting into space, instead of pooling our resources to eradicate world hunger, fix the shody environment, promote sustainable living, or indeed travel the solar system (screw mars).
If any alien race is watching us, they're surely having a grand old time watching us scrap for unsutainable resources, obsess ourselves with personal status and basically flush the only planet we have down the toilet.
No disrespect to Rutan et al., but does the x-prize really matter? So rich old guys can waste just as much money as the government, whoopty fricken doo.
It's truely time for us to get our act together a little more before we get all star-struck, IMO.
The only time our species ever gets around to utilizing our true potential is to kill each other. That's a sad state of affairs. We don't deserve to leave this planet until we can correct that.
Now, granted my knowledge of railguns is limited to what I remember from Grade 10 Science, but where would the "kick" come from, exactly? The projectile moving "forward" is a result of the differing magnetic charges on the "sides" of the gun itself, correct? Is this not more like converting "static" energy from the magnetic field to the kinetic moving projectile? I don't see anything that would produce a "kick".
You do have to identify yourself to police in Canada, that is true.
You DO NOT have to empty your pockets. That is a search, and a search is conducted after an arrest.
Any cop who tells you otherwise is just utilizing your ignorance of the laws to his/her advantage. There must be reason for an arrest (albeit, not much - anything deemed "reasonable" by a court will suffice) before a search can be conducted.
I'm reminded of a quite infamous case in Ontario where a cop who had issued a speeding ticket to a person noticed a shiny new SLR on the passenger seat. Being a bit of a photo bug himself, the officer starts chatting and eventually asks to see the camera. Apon moving said camera, out pops some cocaine - man is arrested. Man is found not guilty due to illegal search. The officer had no grounds to search the vehicle.
Canadian and US laws are quite similar in this respect, actually.
Be careful, there's a fine line between "asking" you to show him what's in you pockets, and arresting you and searching those pockets.
I hate to tell you this, because I sympathize, but until people like you stop doing such tremendous amounts of work for 35K companies won't stop paying that. Consider yourself too valuble for 35K, even if it means moving on.
We're both a little off...
I found this, which should shed a little light on things.
The BBC article makes two glaring errors in the first paragraph, after which I stopped reading.
1. The U2 is not of a stealth design, unless you consider all gliders as stealth aircraft. The U2 was disigned to fly adjecent to enemy territory, and not over it... which is why the russians had no problems shooting down Gary Powers in one when he "got lost".
2. The SR-71 is the fastest production plane ever built, and travelled at Mach 3+. It was designed to do one thing - go fast. The faster you go, the hotter you get. Good luck keeping a monsterous semi-molten speeding aircraft off of a radar screen, regardless of it's shape.
The "first" stealth aircraft was the F-117 which entered service in the 70's, followed by the B-2 which joined in the early 90's.
To claim otherwise is to talk out of your ass, which is normal for reporters I guess.
If only they can take all that engineering power and design a decent website...
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In memory of Ronald Wilson Reagan. We will never forget you.
Am I the only one who sees the irony here?
WIPO is a capitalist invention by definition.
The Article never mentions Microsoft, yet this post mentions Microsoft 3 times.
I know this is an informal forum, but do the editors not at least share some responsiblity in not fabricating stories?
That title should and the post should be edited immediately before Microsoft lawyers wander by, and decide to sue.
Opinions are one thing, the outright fabrication of fact is another.
set the program to inform you when updates are ready to install maybe?
um... did you not read my post?
Windows is more than adequate for keeping out RPC worms and the like all by itself, IF YOU KEEP IT PATCHED!
For email virii, you need an anti-virus, and to defeat so more of the more elaborate intrusions, a firewall. XP's built in one is great for most folk, others may have to do something drastic and download Zone Alarm. God forbid.
You definatley can lock the doors on windows. You just have to learn how to do it.
So when's the last time you used Windows? 1993?
Windows Automatic Updates can be scheduled to run whenever... it even reboots your machine for you. No browser, no buttons, no user intervention required.