If the big fears come to pass on this, perhaps an anonymous development model could be made using currently-developing P2P encryption models.
You mean IBM, Novell, Mozilla Foundation, Red Hat, Apple, the OSDL, the FSF, Google and other groups will just go underground and not let anyone know they are using software which violates numerous patents? The problem isn't development; the problem is that all corporate financial backing for open source projects would evaporate. Now, I think this is all FUD and will never come to pass; I'm merely arguing within your framework.
is there really an expectation (whether FOSS or Closed Source) that it should be secure?
You missed the point entirely. Freenode is an IRC server FOR FOSS software which runs on the same server software as nearly all other major IRC servers. The summary is misleading, making readers think that Freenode is the only IRC server running on FOSS software, when really it's the largest server which focuses on supporting FOSS software (channels include #firefox, #python, #php, #linux, #gentoo, #ubuntu, #geoshell, etc.).
What the hell is a "news" page for on http://www.freenode.net/ if you're not going to put, "WARNING: Do not identify with a password on IRC right now!!" on the page. The last news posted is from early May!
I can't help but feel that it's because of me that the show has been optioned (correct word usage?): You see, I bought the first two DVD sets just over a week ago, right before the actors were re-signed! *takes a bow*
It is upon this occasion that I will venture to make the obligatory reference: woop woop woop *scuttles* woop woop woop *scuttles*
You cannot cotton ball children, or chain them up and make them do what you want.[...] The next thing you'll know, mr/miss, is they're face'll be on the news found dead somewhere.
You, sir, are absolutely correct: if you punish your kids, they will die a violent death. Absolutely fucking brilliant.
And don't give me that bullshit about how the military won't be willing to fire on its own civilians. Thousands of years of history have shown otherwise, and there's no reason at all to believe that the U.S. military is so special that it's an exception.
I'll agree with you on this; the military would simply send soldiers from NY to CA, from CA to TX, and from TX to NY. These staters don't see the respective states as the same people anyways. A New Yorker would be much more willing to shoot someone who lives over a thousand miles away rather than someone who may be a neighbor. I think the Romans used to do this to quell uprisings, but I'm not sure. However, it would be nigh impossible to truly occupy and be victorious over a state like Texas, where so many residents possess multiple guns. You think Iraq is bad? Try taking a state full of your own citizens, armed more heavily than Iraqis, with a better health infrastructure than Iraqis. I'd be willing to bet that Texans on the whole are better-trained as well, what with many of us growing up really using our guns on a weekly basis to hunt and kill (admittedly not humans).
I'll admit that I really have no idea about the training of the average Iraqi, but I'd be willing to bet that more Texan women can use a gun than Iraqi women due to religious practices. Texas is also larger than the whole of Iraq by a good 100,000 km^2 or so.
I could block IFRAME elements with that, but seemingly cannot in Opera
You can go to site-specific settings and block all IFRAME elements on the page as long as all IFRAMEs on the page are ones you want to block. Otherwise, there may be some UserJS script you can use.
I'm pretty sure that would be a breach of the agreement between Apple Corps and Apple Computer; from what I understand (I cannot find a copy of their agreement, only snippets of it: most likely it is private), Apple Computer has the rights to distribution of digital media (which got them off the hook in this last round of lawsuits), but Apple Corps has the exclusive right to use the trademark Apple in conjunction with creative works of principally musical content[1]. I know for a fact that the agreement includes the statement that Apple Computer is expressly forbidden from distributing CDs or other physically recorded media[1], and I'm sure there are very few artists on the planet that are ready to completely abandon physical media.
That can be done with JavaScript (and thus within Opera). Just do something with this pseudocode:
1. Get all embed src, img src, and a href links stored to an array -- simple with regex and the DOM functions 2. (optional) Remove htm, html, pl, php, py, asp urls from the array (or just remove all that are not from some predefined list of desired filetypes) -- this can be done with the regex commands of JS 3. Create an html page in a new window with form code which lists with checkboxes each of the links in the array.
You're done! I'm actually surprised no one has done this for Opera yet. I imagine a simple modification of this script would work wonders. Now, I'm not sure if opening a new window and pasting the generated content in it is possible, so instead one might try
3. Store the current page in a string and then replace the current page with the form with checkboxes. 4. When the user wants to go back to the page, in the form page there can be a hypertext reference with <a href="javascript:document.body.innerHTML=StringWhi chHoldsTheOriginalPage;"> or whatever the proper function call is
What program do you use for video editing in Linux? I've been hoping to do some video editing in Linux because Adobe Premiere keeps crashing in XP while trying to import huge DV AVI files.
Personally, I think the fine for running a red light should be a 90 day license suspension on the first offense, increasing exponentionally with each subsequent.
Holy shit! I don't know a single person who doesn't accidentally run a red light every once in a while. I define "run a red light" as an event when one is anywhere in the intersection while the light is red, which includes being almost through the intersection when it turns red.
Let me tell you a story: in my hometown, there is a certain time in between when you get a yellow light and when it becomes red. In Houston, TX, the length of the yellow light is longer. My first time driving in Houston, I frequently was at a complete stop at a yellow light with people getting pissed off behind me because of the timing difference. This kind of strictness with regards to yellow and red lights is a problem.
Of course, I would agree with you if you defined "run a red light" as the event in which one enters an intersection already marked with a red light.
I really hate it when people verbize nouns. Just stop it.
So people hundreds of years ago were allowed to verbify the nouns (or nominalize the verbs) "stop" and "hate", but we aren't now? In any case, "performancing" wouldn't be a verb, anyways; it is the "gerund", which is categorized as a noun.
Pi is not a letter in English; it is a symbol representing the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter. We don't write out some Greek guy's name in English documents using π we use the English letter 'p' instead. Similarly, we use the ampersand as a symbol which represents the concept of "and"; one could, however, make the argument that it is included as a holdover of the old-English alphabet: in 1100 CE, the English alphabet included the ampersand after 'z', and, additionally, thorn and a few other letters which may still be seen in Icelandic. Interestingly enough, one of the old English letters which shares a common ancestor with Ø is not allowed on Slashdot, yet the Ø is.
Under Norwegian law, for example, you can only fire people if a) they failed to do their job or otherwise to uphold their part of the work-agreement. b) The job they are doing is no longer going to be done and you can't possibly use them in some other position in your company. Or c) Your company is experiencing a lack of business and needs to reduce the workstaff to stay in the black.
Yes, and look what happened to Norway the other day: God threw a big fucking meteor at you guys...as a warning...
10 bucks says the definition is broad enough to include Pluto but narrow enough to exclude any other "extraplanetary" bodies in our Solar System; they want to preserve the status quo of the Solar System, don't they?
So why can we use these non-English characters, but cannot use Japanese or Korean characters? They, after all, offer as much information to English speakers as "Ø" does. I sure as hell don't know how to pronounce that letter.
Now, if someone says that Norwegians do know the pronunciation, well then I'd counter with the fact that Japanese know how to pronounce Japanese characters, but that never stopped the editors from banning them from Slashdot. Allow all non-ASCII characters, or none at all, please.
And Wikipedia tells me: Ø is basically equivalent to 'o' with an umlaut from German, so I can only deduce that the proper Anglification of the letter would be "oe", as in my last name. This letter does not exist in the English language at all, so I assert that it has as much right to be in English documents as Korean characters do.
Where do you fly to and from? I've been to Japan and back four times, and have never had to wait more than 15 minutes at customs. Are some countries just that inefficient at customs checks?
I went from England to holland and never had to show anything but the colour of my passport
It should be noted that when travelling between EU-member countries, one does not have to show their passport. However, the UK and Republic of Ireland are different, and require one to present their passport when entering and exiting these two countries (however, there is no requirement to present documentation when traveling from the UK to Ireland and back). There are also a few other countries included in this passportless travel agreement (the Schengen Agreement).
Why the hell does he rate/.ing for an article any articulate 8th grader could have put together? Simple: because he is arguably the second most important person on TWiT behind Leo Laporte. I wouldn't say Kevin Rose is, because he's not on as frequently anymore.
Do people really take pictures using the preview LCD? Yes, literally every person in Texas except for me. It blows my mind. I have a Kodak DX4900 which has a viewfinder and LCD, but I choose to use the viewfinder because it uses less battery that way. However, every person whom I ask to use my camera takes one look at it and says, "How do I take a picture? The LCD thingy isn't on?" to which I respond, "You look through the viewfinder and press the button, just like it's been for the last hundred fucking years."
Actually, when the jackpot passes a certain monetary value, it makes probabilistic sense to buy a ticket; in fact, not buying a ticket is even dumber (because jackpot/ticketPrice > oddsOfWinning).
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It is a well-reasoned argument against the idea that FFVII was revolutionary; sure, it was a great game, but it sure as hell wasn't revolutionary.
What the hell is a "news" page for on http://www.freenode.net/ if you're not going to put, "WARNING: Do not identify with a password on IRC right now!!" on the page. The last news posted is from early May!
I can't help but feel that it's because of me that the show has been optioned (correct word usage?): You see, I bought the first two DVD sets just over a week ago, right before the actors were re-signed! *takes a bow*
It is upon this occasion that I will venture to make the obligatory reference: woop woop woop *scuttles* woop woop woop *scuttles*
I'll admit that I really have no idea about the training of the average Iraqi, but I'd be willing to bet that more Texan women can use a gun than Iraqi women due to religious practices. Texas is also larger than the whole of Iraq by a good 100,000 km^2 or so.
Just chalk this whole post up to statist pride
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What program do you use for video editing in Linux? I've been hoping to do some video editing in Linux because Adobe Premiere keeps crashing in XP while trying to import huge DV AVI files.
Let me tell you a story: in my hometown, there is a certain time in between when you get a yellow light and when it becomes red. In Houston, TX, the length of the yellow light is longer. My first time driving in Houston, I frequently was at a complete stop at a yellow light with people getting pissed off behind me because of the timing difference. This kind of strictness with regards to yellow and red lights is a problem.
Of course, I would agree with you if you defined "run a red light" as the event in which one enters an intersection already marked with a red light.
Pi is not a letter in English; it is a symbol representing the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter. We don't write out some Greek guy's name in English documents using π we use the English letter 'p' instead. Similarly, we use the ampersand as a symbol which represents the concept of "and"; one could, however, make the argument that it is included as a holdover of the old-English alphabet: in 1100 CE, the English alphabet included the ampersand after 'z', and, additionally, thorn and a few other letters which may still be seen in Icelandic. Interestingly enough, one of the old English letters which shares a common ancestor with Ø is not allowed on Slashdot, yet the Ø is.
10 bucks says the definition is broad enough to include Pluto but narrow enough to exclude any other "extraplanetary" bodies in our Solar System; they want to preserve the status quo of the Solar System, don't they?
Now, if someone says that Norwegians do know the pronunciation, well then I'd counter with the fact that Japanese know how to pronounce Japanese characters, but that never stopped the editors from banning them from Slashdot. Allow all non-ASCII characters, or none at all, please.
And Wikipedia tells me: Ø is basically equivalent to 'o' with an umlaut from German, so I can only deduce that the proper Anglification of the letter would be "oe", as in my last name. This letter does not exist in the English language at all, so I assert that it has as much right to be in English documents as Korean characters do.
A-ha. First, I see that you answered the question in your post: Los Angeles. Second, I did not specify what "and back" meant: "back to the US".
Where do you fly to and from? I've been to Japan and back four times, and have never had to wait more than 15 minutes at customs. Are some countries just that inefficient at customs checks?
Actually, I think it would be a DDoS, as there would be more than one "attacker".
Why the hell does he rate /.ing for an article any articulate 8th grader could have put together?
Simple: because he is arguably the second most important person on TWiT behind Leo Laporte. I wouldn't say Kevin Rose is, because he's not on as frequently anymore.
Do people really take pictures using the preview LCD?
Yes, literally every person in Texas except for me. It blows my mind. I have a Kodak DX4900 which has a viewfinder and LCD, but I choose to use the viewfinder because it uses less battery that way. However, every person whom I ask to use my camera takes one look at it and says, "How do I take a picture? The LCD thingy isn't on?" to which I respond, "You look through the viewfinder and press the button, just like it's been for the last hundred fucking years."
Actually, when the jackpot passes a certain monetary value, it makes probabilistic sense to buy a ticket; in fact, not buying a ticket is even dumber (because jackpot/ticketPrice > oddsOfWinning).
I still don't play the lottery, though.