Ouch, that's even worse. Wishing to be perfectionist?;-) -- By the way, I'd be angrier over a 1580 if I had one than what I actually got (1520): I'd feel like I was capable of a 1600 and I barely missed it. Now I feel like I'm capable of a 1600 but I needed a lot more work on it. Yet in another sense, I'd of course be happier if I had a 1580 instead....
which of course means I'll be unhappy with anything other than a 1600, and I'll be unhappy if it's a rounded 1600 (I think you're allowed to miss one verbal). So I sympathize completely.
Although you ought to do something about those classes. I hope your teachers know about your PSAT score; explain your problem, ask nicely, and they ought to understand that someone as smart as you shouldn't be failing. They'll help you somehow, if you ask. Perhaps they don't know you have a problem, and think that you're showing your true ability in class?
That's not the all-important. Remember that "WMD" is a vague category. If I remember correctly, some car bomber was arrested (domestic crime) a few years ago for a WMD.
Saddam's WMDs, regardless of whether they existed or whether they now exist, were not as threatening to an invading army as Kim's. Moreover, Kim is in an excellent position to destroy US overseas interests (much of the Asian economy, and US Pacific bases) at the first sign of trouble.
We really didn't have any chance of losing to Iraq. That's the all-important difference.
Remember the phrase "the war to end all wars"? We all know how that worked out. I don't think it's safe to trust that same strategy with nuclear weapons.
What is your opinion on free licensing (GFDL, Creative Commons, voluntary public domain in the spirit of open source) for non-software content? The freely editable Wikipedia, for example, is a definite success in terms of the amount of information it contains, regardless of whether it contains inaccuracies or not. Do you think that references, works of art, research, even video games, etc. should be openly licensed?
What is your opinion on the state of the US Patent Office? What do you think about Microsoft's aggressive patenting strategy?
What do you think about the DMCA and the recent extension of copyrights? Is the public domain a benefactor or a detriment to innovation?
I'm sure you've noticed that many in the free software camp feel a moral hatred - an odium theologicum, if you will - towards Microsoft's "evil" behavior. Do you see a lot of Microsoft supporters detesting Linux people in the same way?
Why don't you post two links: one with the referrer, and one without? That way people know that you're not posting only to make money from them, yet a few people (probably the majority of those who'd buy anyway) will use your referral link to give you some money?
E.g., "A relevant book to this discussion is Whatever Book (my affiliate link); the book talks about..." or something roughly like that.
Especially when you're submitting a story, this'll go a long way towards your credibility without significantly harming your account.
Suppose some large object swings by Earth's orbit and tears it away from the solar system into some random trajectory (or even an orbit around this object). Would Earth then cease to be a planet?
--
Let me suggest another definition, just for the fun of it: A planet is an object in space that, after appropriate terraforming that doesn't change the internal structure of that object, can support intelligent life.
Huh? I'm not understanding the "wow"; sorry if I misphrased my original post. I was trying to imply I didn't want a fresh install.
I've got Apache, MySQL, ASP.NET, VNC, QuickTime, Real, Mozilla, and all that fun stuff loaded either at logon or at boot. I'd guess it takes 1-2 minutes to boot and another minute to log on.
Please tell us what you did to your computer to ensure that figure (well, short of a fresh install with no 3rd-party applications). Mine easily takes 1-2 minutes - and this is without malware.
The Punycode standard says that a URL starting with xn-- is actually in an encoded form of Unicode. It takes the "pypal", renders that in ASCII, and converts the "4ve" to the Russian letter identical to the normal (Latin) "a".
Depending on your browser, you may or may not see the proper conversion. On IE 5 on Win '98, I see it in the status bar at the bottom, but the page itself refuses to load.
Which is kinda my original question: if the company still has the original information and only loses their exclusive ownership and distribution ability, then has the information been stolen?
It's the same situation with copyrighted materials: you didn't steal the material, you took away their exclusive right to copy. So why isn't that called "stealing"?
I was waiting for this, because I wanted to see how you'd attack his idea. It seemed reasonable...Here are my possible defenses.
(X) Mailing lists and other legitimate email uses would be affected You shouldn't sign up for the mailing list with your non-subaddress account.
(X) Users of email will not put up with it Why? It should be automatic. If done on a massive scale (de-facto industry standard), people can believe that it'll take two weeks to convert, and then spam will be gone. They will put up with it.
(X) Many email users cannot afford to lose business or alienate potential employers If this is done on a large scale, everyone will expect it as commonplace. Many e-mail users cannot afford to have legitimate business buried under Nigerian spam (either in an unfiltered inbox or thanks to an overzealous filter).
Specifically, your plan fails to account for nothing. That's a good sign. Maybe the Slashdot groupthink can suggest improvements?
(X) Ideas similar to yours are easy to come up with, yet none have ever been shown practical Where? The only impracticality is forcing large-scale adoption. That is a problem. In particular, I don't think his ideas on "partially-locked" addresses and such have been seen before.
(X) Whitelists suck Why? They're not mandatory. Few people will use them. For example, I'd use them, but only as much as I have a "whitelist" to redirect some e-mail to my cell phone. This is e-mail I'd want to get immediately.
(X) Temporary/one-time email addresses are cumbersome They aren't temporary. For each person, they should be permanent. I should be able to e-mail myfriend;a2b2c2@example.com for the rest of my life.
(X) Sorry dude, but I don't think it would work. True; the only problem is that half the inconvenience comes from assuming limited adoption, and the other half comes from large-scale adoption. But spam is like a toothache. Something will be inconvenient, until we finally put a deep stop on spam.
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Many people wish they were perfectionists.
;-)
Ouch, that's even worse. Wishing to be perfectionist?
--
By the way, I'd be angrier over a 1580 if I had one than what I actually got (1520): I'd feel like I was capable of a 1600 and I barely missed it. Now I feel like I'm capable of a 1600 but I needed a lot more work on it. Yet in another sense, I'd of course be happier if I had a 1580 instead....
which of course means I'll be unhappy with anything other than a 1600, and I'll be unhappy if it's a rounded 1600 (I think you're allowed to miss one verbal). So I sympathize completely.
Although you ought to do something about those classes. I hope your teachers know about your PSAT score; explain your problem, ask nicely, and they ought to understand that someone as smart as you shouldn't be failing. They'll help you somehow, if you ask. Perhaps they don't know you have a problem, and think that you're showing your true ability in class?
That's not the all-important. Remember that "WMD" is a vague category. If I remember correctly, some car bomber was arrested (domestic crime) a few years ago for a WMD.
Saddam's WMDs, regardless of whether they existed or whether they now exist, were not as threatening to an invading army as Kim's. Moreover, Kim is in an excellent position to destroy US overseas interests (much of the Asian economy, and US Pacific bases) at the first sign of trouble.
We really didn't have any chance of losing to Iraq. That's the all-important difference.
Remember the phrase "the war to end all wars"? We all know how that worked out. I don't think it's safe to trust that same strategy with nuclear weapons.
What is your opinion on free licensing (GFDL, Creative Commons, voluntary public domain in the spirit of open source) for non-software content? The freely editable Wikipedia, for example, is a definite success in terms of the amount of information it contains, regardless of whether it contains inaccuracies or not. Do you think that references, works of art, research, even video games, etc. should be openly licensed?
What is your opinion on the state of the US Patent Office? What do you think about Microsoft's aggressive patenting strategy?
What do you think about the DMCA and the recent extension of copyrights? Is the public domain a benefactor or a detriment to innovation?
I'm sure you've noticed that many in the free software camp feel a moral hatred - an odium theologicum , if you will - towards Microsoft's "evil" behavior. Do you see a lot of Microsoft supporters detesting Linux people in the same way?
Why don't you post two links: one with the referrer, and one without? That way people know that you're not posting only to make money from them, yet a few people (probably the majority of those who'd buy anyway) will use your referral link to give you some money?
E.g., "A relevant book to this discussion is Whatever Book (my affiliate link); the book talks about..." or something roughly like that.
Especially when you're submitting a story, this'll go a long way towards your credibility without significantly harming your account.
-orbits a fusor
Suppose some large object swings by Earth's orbit and tears it away from the solar system into some random trajectory (or even an orbit around this object). Would Earth then cease to be a planet?
--
Let me suggest another definition, just for the fun of it: A planet is an object in space that, after appropriate terraforming that doesn't change the internal structure of that object, can support intelligent life.
There are starving people in America too. I don't see anyone attacking the computer industry here....
Two words: local calls.
Two more: unlimited minutes (for a certain type of call).
Huh? I'm not understanding the "wow"; sorry if I misphrased my original post. I was trying to imply I didn't want a fresh install.
I've got Apache, MySQL, ASP.NET, VNC, QuickTime, Real, Mozilla, and all that fun stuff loaded either at logon or at boot. I'd guess it takes 1-2 minutes to boot and another minute to log on.
Don't forget the rap version of it: "2-Pi Shakur."
My suggestion:
"Xbox 2*Pi Radians"
Doesn't "radian" sound high-tech and next-gen (well, provided you don't know what it means)?
XP takes 6 seconds to boot (and become usable)
Please tell us what you did to your computer to ensure that figure (well, short of a fresh install with no 3rd-party applications). Mine easily takes 1-2 minutes - and this is without malware.
Of course; it has to say hello to about 600 million more people! (6.3E9 - 5.7E9)
The Punycode standard says that a URL starting with xn-- is actually in an encoded form of Unicode. It takes the "pypal", renders that in ASCII, and converts the "4ve" to the Russian letter identical to the normal (Latin) "a".
Depending on your browser, you may or may not see the proper conversion. On IE 5 on Win '98, I see it in the status bar at the bottom, but the page itself refuses to load.
When you see a duped story, immediately go and submit it again! Maybe they'll actually listen to our complaining, if we send it in that way. En masse.
If the editors won't Slashdot, Slashdot the editors....
permit 'buddies' to know when other 'buddies' are playing games online
Is there anything to permit 'editors' to know when other 'editors' are posting articles online?
That joke would've been funny and (barely) acceptable if it were off-topic.
Think about it. Twenty young kids who have to live with this for the rest of their lives. You wouldn't want to be one of those kids, would you?
did you have to encourage the Roomba to come out of the closet?
You can steal a trade secret
Which is kinda my original question: if the company still has the original information and only loses their exclusive ownership and distribution ability, then has the information been stolen?
It's the same situation with copyrighted materials: you didn't steal the material, you took away their exclusive right to copy. So why isn't that called "stealing"?
Of course we shouldn't. There's nothing wrong with allowing us to buy tobacco: at worst, we'd kill ourselves.
But we shouldn't be allowed to buy violent games. At worst, we'll kill a few others.
If you agree that tobacco should be banned to us for our own good, why don't you agree that violent games should be banned for everyone else's good?
interstate transportation of stolen property
But he didn't steal it! He infringed a trade secret! He didn't take anything away from AOL; he just made a copy! Why do we misuse --
Who cares? This guy deserves the word "thief."
beaked beans
Quack!
The phrase "frivolous asbestos claims" doesn't mean that all asbestos claims are frivolous.
I was waiting for this, because I wanted to see how you'd attack his idea. It seemed reasonable...Here are my possible defenses.
(X) Mailing lists and other legitimate email uses would be affected
You shouldn't sign up for the mailing list with your non-subaddress account.
(X) Users of email will not put up with it
Why? It should be automatic. If done on a massive scale (de-facto industry standard), people can believe that it'll take two weeks to convert, and then spam will be gone. They will put up with it.
(X) Many email users cannot afford to lose business or alienate potential employers
If this is done on a large scale, everyone will expect it as commonplace. Many e-mail users cannot afford to have legitimate business buried under Nigerian spam (either in an unfiltered inbox or thanks to an overzealous filter).
Specifically, your plan fails to account for nothing. That's a good sign. Maybe the Slashdot groupthink can suggest improvements?
(X) Ideas similar to yours are easy to come up with, yet none have ever
been shown practical
Where? The only impracticality is forcing large-scale adoption. That is a problem. In particular, I don't think his ideas on "partially-locked" addresses and such have been seen before.
(X) Whitelists suck
Why? They're not mandatory. Few people will use them. For example, I'd use them, but only as much as I have a "whitelist" to redirect some e-mail to my cell phone. This is e-mail I'd want to get immediately.
(X) Temporary/one-time email addresses are cumbersome
They aren't temporary. For each person, they should be permanent. I should be able to e-mail myfriend;a2b2c2@example.com for the rest of my life.
(X) Sorry dude, but I don't think it would work.
True; the only problem is that half the inconvenience comes from assuming limited adoption, and the other half comes from large-scale adoption. But spam is like a toothache. Something will be inconvenient, until we finally put a deep stop on spam.