In Planck units it should be something like 538.4 gigaLp / Tp. I've always thought Goddess measured everything in Planck elemental units. For, you know, consistency...
Just a last effort and we'll agree on the meaning of the sentence;) With an added emphasis "instead of trying to punish more and more" becomes clearer. For example look at the legislation the RIAA and MPAA are pushing into the US justice system: do you seriously think it is reasonable to jail someone 5 years for bringing a digital recording device in a theater ? Even if there is no proof of actual usage of the device ? Not only this is completely out of proportion but it is near unenforceable as well, and a blatant example of why there should be other methods used rather than just piling more jail threat for more acts.
The bounties proposed for the heads of hackers allegedly responsible for viruses should instead go to hackers who find bugs in the software. That is an example of a "carrot".
Please point at the part of my comments that state my opposition to existing justice system. Oops, there aren't...
I never said we should get rid of jails, I said we needed to explore methods of preventing crimes instead of limiting ourselves to punishing crime by increasing/adding jail time (I am not formally against it, but I think it will inevitably reach an efficiency limit anyway). Some people think transparent societies are one such prevention method. Some people disagree, others propose to tag everyone with RFIDs or to brainwash people into valuating virginity, etc...
And you did not get my point about A Clockwork Orange, which actually shows that the lack of a punishment for crimes does not work either.
Well, I just checked, and it appears that the threat of jailtime did not stop rape completely in the US.So it is not that preventive, eh ? My point is that instead of trying to punish more and more it might be a good idea to start using carrots instead of getting a bigger stick.
A crime is the result of motivation and occasion. Instead of trying to extinguish motivation through fear of jail (which does not stop crime entirely) why not add other methods, or work on preventing occasions (transparent societies) ?
Besides, if you think the whole justice system isn't there mainly to bring vengeance to victims and their relatives, you need to go watch A Clockwork Orange.
Bounties are not incentives to play nice, they don't stop crime. They only make it easier for payback. Seriously, how is that gonna stop anyone from defacing a website or wiping someone's hard drive ? It can only help bringing online miscreants to justice, and that ultimately amounts to more litigation, not more security.
So what ? Television can sustain itself without the revenue from advertising ? Then too bad for the broadcasters, but they don't have a protected right to a profitable state of business. I, for one, am looking forward to the death of advertisement.
A lot of people don't realize that calling yourself an 'engineer' carries the same sort of weight and responsibility as calling yourself a doctor or a lawyer.
In Italy you have to "Ingeniere" before the name of engineers just like you add "Dottore" to the names of people with a PhD. In many european countries the schools have to be granted the right to deliver engineer diplomas by a governmental commission.
Does it mean I can now order some Fugu sashimi from the local chemist ?
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I think "free fall" is an acceptable term as well, and describes more accurately the situation. After all, gravity isn't reduced that much in LEO, but staying in orbit really means falling down the horizon.
"Station crews have more than 250 food and beverage items they can select from the U.S. and Russian food systems, but they have to make their selections as early as a year before their flight," Kloeris said. "The choices range from barbecued beef to baked tofu, with probably the most popular item being shrimp cocktail," she said.
They even have a wider range of available food than I do, and I live at a 5 minutes walk from the local supermarket...
From the article, they claim the cells did change into neural cells (among other types of cells). This could mean the end of Alzheimer syndromes and sclerosis, and a cure for paralysed people.
It cannot be kept a trade secret if it is hard to believe technology. There's the same problem with "free energy" devices and antigravity devices, they require repeated reproduced experiments to be taken seriously, which can't happen if they won't tell you how to do it.
randomly generating cells isn't going to recreate the same organ after all
IANACellBiologist, but from my knowledge on the subject, replacing randomly the cells of a dying organ DOES replace it efficiently. It'd take a continuous, regular treatment over a few years but it would most probably work. From the article, TriStem managed to cure diabetic and immunodeficient mice with this method, ergo they managed to replace pancreas and bone marrow.
The 10.3.1 patch corrects this flaw, but there is still no patch available for 10.2. This flaw was mentioned a month ago on various Mac websites, I should have done my homework.
The keystrokes are transmitted to the front application behind the screen saver only if you are fast. They get transmitted during the load time of the prompt window and during the activation time of the screen saver (between the moment it is started and the moment it starts drawing).
IIRC there IS now a login prompt before accessing single-user mode. And there is a free utility that lets you password-protect the OpenFirmware, which prevents you from booting from a CD or in single-user mode.
But in any case, having physical access to any machine WILL give you admin access anyway. If you really want the data, just crack the case open and pick the hard drive up.
The real issue is REMOTE security, and MacOS X has a wonderful track record on that. The flaw mentionned in the article is hardly exploitable even when all the (numerous) conditions are met.
Root account is disabled by default. Apple has chosen to make the users do all administrative tasks via sudo instead, which makes sense in the case of your clueless friends.
Freedom, Egality, Due process, Right to protect one's home, Right to own weapons, Pursuit of happiness...
Can't find "Corporate Profits" anywhere. It's about time politicians in the US realise that corporations don't have a voting right, and thus are not full citizens.
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And MacOS X comes bundled with the Mac.
In Planck units it should be something like 538.4 gigaLp / Tp. I've always thought Goddess measured everything in Planck elemental units. For, you know, consistency...
I personnally find the hypothesis that the energy of the Zero Point field is the substance of God more plausible than "Intelligent Design".
Just a last effort and we'll agree on the meaning of the sentence ;) With an added emphasis "instead of trying to punish more and more" becomes clearer. For example look at the legislation the RIAA and MPAA are pushing into the US justice system: do you seriously think it is reasonable to jail someone 5 years for bringing a digital recording device in a theater ? Even if there is no proof of actual usage of the device ? Not only this is completely out of proportion but it is near unenforceable as well, and a blatant example of why there should be other methods used rather than just piling more jail threat for more acts.
The bounties proposed for the heads of hackers allegedly responsible for viruses should instead go to hackers who find bugs in the software. That is an example of a "carrot".
Please point at the part of my comments that state my opposition to existing justice system. Oops, there aren't...
I never said we should get rid of jails, I said we needed to explore methods of preventing crimes instead of limiting ourselves to punishing crime by increasing/adding jail time (I am not formally against it, but I think it will inevitably reach an efficiency limit anyway). Some people think transparent societies are one such prevention method. Some people disagree, others propose to tag everyone with RFIDs or to brainwash people into valuating virginity, etc...
And you did not get my point about A Clockwork Orange, which actually shows that the lack of a punishment for crimes does not work either.
Well, I just checked, and it appears that the threat of jailtime did not stop rape completely in the US.So it is not that preventive, eh ? My point is that instead of trying to punish more and more it might be a good idea to start using carrots instead of getting a bigger stick.
A crime is the result of motivation and occasion. Instead of trying to extinguish motivation through fear of jail (which does not stop crime entirely) why not add other methods, or work on preventing occasions (transparent societies) ?
Besides, if you think the whole justice system isn't there mainly to bring vengeance to victims and their relatives, you need to go watch A Clockwork Orange.
I'm afraid it wouldn't help with decayed teeth either :/
Bounties are not incentives to play nice, they don't stop crime. They only make it easier for payback. Seriously, how is that gonna stop anyone from defacing a website or wiping someone's hard drive ? It can only help bringing online miscreants to justice, and that ultimately amounts to more litigation, not more security.
The velocity of an object in a stable orbit a r distance from the center of a massive object is v = sqrt(GM / r)
Here r = 6370000 m
G = 6.67 * 10^-11 Nm^2 / kg^2
M = 5.98 * 10^24 kg
So v = 7913.05 m / sec
That's 28486.98 km / h or 17701 mph.
So what ? Television can sustain itself without the revenue from advertising ? Then too bad for the broadcasters, but they don't have a protected right to a profitable state of business. I, for one, am looking forward to the death of advertisement.
A lot of people don't realize that calling yourself an 'engineer' carries the same sort of weight and responsibility as calling yourself a doctor or a lawyer.
In Italy you have to "Ingeniere" before the name of engineers just like you add "Dottore" to the names of people with a PhD. In many european countries the schools have to be granted the right to deliver engineer diplomas by a governmental commission.
Does it mean I can now order some Fugu sashimi from the local chemist ?
I think "free fall" is an acceptable term as well, and describes more accurately the situation. After all, gravity isn't reduced that much in LEO, but staying in orbit really means falling down the horizon.
"Station crews have more than 250 food and beverage items they can select from the U.S. and Russian food systems, but they have to make their selections as early as a year before their flight," Kloeris said. "The choices range from barbecued beef to baked tofu, with probably the most popular item being shrimp cocktail," she said.
They even have a wider range of available food than I do, and I live at a 5 minutes walk from the local supermarket...
From the article, they claim the cells did change into neural cells (among other types of cells). This could mean the end of Alzheimer syndromes and sclerosis, and a cure for paralysed people.
It cannot be kept a trade secret if it is hard to believe technology. There's the same problem with "free energy" devices and antigravity devices, they require repeated reproduced experiments to be taken seriously, which can't happen if they won't tell you how to do it.
randomly generating cells isn't going to recreate the same organ after all
IANACellBiologist, but from my knowledge on the subject, replacing randomly the cells of a dying organ DOES replace it efficiently. It'd take a continuous, regular treatment over a few years but it would most probably work. From the article, TriStem managed to cure diabetic and immunodeficient mice with this method, ergo they managed to replace pancreas and bone marrow.
If this is true then we very well may be the last generation to have to die.
The 10.3.1 patch corrects this flaw, but there is still no patch available for 10.2. This flaw was mentioned a month ago on various Mac websites, I should have done my homework.
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The keystrokes are transmitted to the front application behind the screen saver only if you are fast. They get transmitted during the load time of the prompt window and during the activation time of the screen saver (between the moment it is started and the moment it starts drawing).
I just tested it. It is real.
FileVault is the correct answer, password-protecting the OpenFirmware can be bypassed by removing / rearranging some of the RAM.
IIRC there IS now a login prompt before accessing single-user mode. And there is a free utility that lets you password-protect the OpenFirmware, which prevents you from booting from a CD or in single-user mode.
But in any case, having physical access to any machine WILL give you admin access anyway. If you really want the data, just crack the case open and pick the hard drive up.
The real issue is REMOTE security, and MacOS X has a wonderful track record on that. The flaw mentionned in the article is hardly exploitable even when all the (numerous) conditions are met.
Root account is disabled by default. Apple has chosen to make the users do all administrative tasks via sudo instead, which makes sense in the case of your clueless friends.
Freedom, Egality, Due process, Right to protect one's home, Right to own weapons, Pursuit of happiness...
Can't find "Corporate Profits" anywhere. It's about time politicians in the US realise that corporations don't have a voting right, and thus are not full citizens.