It may have been said before in this thread, and it's certainly been said before elsewhere on this site, but I'll say it again, because the same damn mistake has been made in word choice again:
COPYRIGHT. INFRINGEMENT. IS. NOT. STEALING.
No one has been permanently deprived of anything. There was no intent to permanently deprive the theater of anything. Therefore, no theft, no larceny, and no stealing has occurred.
SO QUIT FRAKING CALLING IT THAT!
Christ Almighty, I've had it with this Newspeak shite.
Dude, there are a bunch of big differences between attempted murder and attempted copyright infringement, the biggest being that one has an actual victim.
No, the ACLU defends anyone whose civil rights are being violated, "scumbag" or not. The fact that they've very firmly stuck to their guns for decades should be commended, not sneered at.
Actually, it's not always the science and engineering programs that are the greatest draw on a school's resources. Speaking as a recent Ithaca College graduate, the communications school siphons more of the College's money than all four other schools put together, because they get immediate approval every time they want to buy a brand-new, HD, high-res, 3-chip, CCD, digital video camera that costs $65,000. Or when they want to put ten $10,000 plasmatron TVs in the building's lobby.
On the flip side, the science departments have to beg, borrow, and occasionally steal to get glassware for the labs.
In this case, having the communications students pay a premium for their degree would be a good thing, because 1) the equipment costs an arseload of money, 2) a communications degree from Ithaca is *immensely* valuable 'cause of the College's name recognition in the field and the fact that they do, in fact, run a pretty good school.
Um... Mr. Fusion powers the time circuits AND the flux capacitor.
The flux capacitor consumes most of the 1.21 GW generated from Mr. Fusion, whereas the time circuits are just one circuit board or jerry-rigged system of vacuum tubes mounted to the hood of the DeLorean; they consume a relatively insignificant amount of additional power.
If you are transporting such a large amount of sensitive data via sneakernet, that shit needs to be handcuffed to the fraking courier's wrist and travel with at least one, preferably two guys in suits and sunglasses.
Of course, that amount of security still invites theft, but said theft would be in a much more spectacular fashion than a simple car break-in.
Bones are not pleasant to rub against. In fact, doing so can be rather painful; they are hard and sometimes pointy depending on the angle of impact. Ergo: stick-thin, model-type chicks, while (possibly) pleasing to the eye, are not good companions when actual physical contact is involved, because you will get poked. (I speak from experience.)
There is a reason why humans have at least some body fat: cushioning!
Stupid question (and more math): Would using a remote keyboard and mouse contribute significantly to that 2.37 Gbps figure? I don't think a keyboard would, cause that would be...
70 WPM for a fast typist * 5 average characters per word * 8 bits per character (assuming just ASCII characters for simplicity's sake) = 46 bps
I wonder if they're actually going to film the series in Ithaca. I went to college there and always thought it'd be a cool location for a movie/TV show/etc. (During the summer, at least. In the winter, it's a post-apocalyptic nuclear-winter hellscape.)
Plus, having the recording crew in town would give the city some impetus to get its act together and finish up the construction projects that have closed 3/4 of the streets, so the local populace would love it.
Plus, there'd be tons of film students at Ithaca College who would jump at the chance to work on the show, so there'd be no shortage of crew members, extras, and so forth.
I, for one, look forward to watching it when it comes out.
Unless a sizable portion of the crowd has undergone mental training to steel themselves against fear. Any responsible protester would 1) know the weapons likely to be used against them and 2) how to counteract the effects of said weapons, if possible.
For example, now: the police tend to use tear gas against protesters. So you carry a bandana, goggles, and a bottle of water, protest with a group so you have buddies to help you out if you go down, and keep an eye out for the nearest escape route at all times.
You have to think of it like a battle, because it essentially is. That includes knowing your enemy.
I'd be worried that somebody figures out some way to REVERSE the action of the proteins involved in this process; to GENERATE fear rather than CURE it.
I'd be more worried if that person happens to be a psychologist who calls himself "Scarecrow".
Not because he'd release his fear-weapon into the water mains, but because life isn't supposed to imitate art THAT closely.
If you're interested in reading about some of their current practices, read Craig Rosebraugh's "Burning Rage of a Dying Planet". Rosebraugh was the de facto "spokesman" for the ELF (back before 9/11, when they still existed), but committed no actual crimes. He discusses at length the tactics the FBI/ATF/NSA used to try to get him to snitch... it's a decent read.
IIRC, they actually did find some nebula out there that contained significant concentrations of ethanol. So... beer in space, no, but 200-proof liquor, YES!
Gives a whole new meaning to the word "moonshine"...
Well, it depends on where the meter is in the line. I have no idea how gas pumps work, but there has to be something that measures how much gas is going through the hose. We'll pretend, for sake of argument, that it is a small propeller-like thingy that spins at a predictable rate.
So if the propeller thingy is here (at the x):
[] []x----------------]> []
then when you finish filling your tank, the propeller will read (capacity of gas tank + amount in hose), and you have every right to dump the gas out of the droop.
Whereas if the propeller thingy is here:
[] []---------------x-]> []
it will read (capacity of gas tank), because the fuel in the hose hasn't reached the propeller thingy yet. In which case you'd be thieving if you dumped the gas out of the droop.
I think the pumps are more like the first case than the second, because I don't see a wire going back down the hose from the pump handle, and I assume the propeller thingy would need to communicate with the pump somehow.
Of course, there's nothing saying that a malware process can't either kill Process Explorer as soon as you run it, take steps to keep itself off the process list, masquerade as a necessary process, unsuspend its codependent process, etc.
Actually, before I made The Switch, I encountered a piece of malware that did kill Process Explorer right after you opened it. Luckily, it was not very well-written, because if you could kill it within about a half-second, it would not reappear.
I was quite proud of myself when I finally succeeded:^D
But I recall reading somewhere about a "mark" that people would have to have in order to transact business. IIRC, this was supposed to be a harbinger of very bad things. Anybody else hear of something like that?
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Point taken. Bad choice of words on my part. But I'm glad you have the brainpower to get the idea, unlike the flamebait GP above :^D
It may have been said before in this thread, and it's certainly been said before elsewhere on this site, but I'll say it again, because the same damn mistake has been made in word choice again:
COPYRIGHT. INFRINGEMENT. IS. NOT. STEALING.
No one has been permanently deprived of anything. There was no intent to permanently deprive the theater of anything. Therefore, no theft, no larceny, and no stealing has occurred.
SO QUIT FRAKING CALLING IT THAT!
Christ Almighty, I've had it with this Newspeak shite.
Dude, there are a bunch of big differences between attempted murder and attempted copyright infringement, the biggest being that one has an actual victim.
No, the ACLU defends anyone whose civil rights are being violated, "scumbag" or not. The fact that they've very firmly stuck to their guns for decades should be commended, not sneered at.
Actually, it's not always the science and engineering programs that are the greatest draw on a school's resources. Speaking as a recent Ithaca College graduate, the communications school siphons more of the College's money than all four other schools put together, because they get immediate approval every time they want to buy a brand-new, HD, high-res, 3-chip, CCD, digital video camera that costs $65,000. Or when they want to put ten $10,000 plasmatron TVs in the building's lobby.
On the flip side, the science departments have to beg, borrow, and occasionally steal to get glassware for the labs.
In this case, having the communications students pay a premium for their degree would be a good thing, because 1) the equipment costs an arseload of money, 2) a communications degree from Ithaca is *immensely* valuable 'cause of the College's name recognition in the field and the fact that they do, in fact, run a pretty good school.
Just my $.02
Um... Mr. Fusion powers the time circuits AND the flux capacitor.
The flux capacitor consumes most of the 1.21 GW generated from Mr. Fusion, whereas the time circuits are just one circuit board or jerry-rigged system of vacuum tubes mounted to the hood of the DeLorean; they consume a relatively insignificant amount of additional power.
So, Anonymous is the US version of Goldstein?
(You know, from 1984. The subject of the Two Minutes Hate.)
"You think I'm going up in that thing sober?"
If you are transporting such a large amount of sensitive data via sneakernet, that shit needs to be handcuffed to the fraking courier's wrist and travel with at least one, preferably two guys in suits and sunglasses.
Of course, that amount of security still invites theft, but said theft would be in a much more spectacular fashion than a simple car break-in.
It's that Japan is so far ahead of us that it just seems that way.
This is true. Especially on trampolines.
You make a good point. I'll add to it:
Bones are not pleasant to rub against. In fact, doing so can be rather painful; they are hard and sometimes pointy depending on the angle of impact. Ergo: stick-thin, model-type chicks, while (possibly) pleasing to the eye, are not good companions when actual physical contact is involved, because you will get poked. (I speak from experience.)
There is a reason why humans have at least some body fat: cushioning!
I haven't RTFA (after all, this is Slashdot), but are all OSes equally vulnerable?
Stupid question (and more math): Would using a remote keyboard and mouse contribute significantly to that 2.37 Gbps figure? I don't think a keyboard would, cause that would be...
.000000046 Gbps. Essentially nothing.
70 WPM for a fast typist * 5 average characters per word * 8 bits per character (assuming just ASCII characters for simplicity's sake) = 46 bps
OK, yeah, that's
But how about a mouse? I have no idea how data is transmitted from those suckers. Is it even the same order of magnitude?
(in Homer voice) Mmmmmmm, Short Stop..... *drools*
I wonder if they're actually going to film the series in Ithaca. I went to college there and always thought it'd be a cool location for a movie/TV show/etc. (During the summer, at least. In the winter, it's a post-apocalyptic nuclear-winter hellscape.)
Plus, having the recording crew in town would give the city some impetus to get its act together and finish up the construction projects that have closed 3/4 of the streets, so the local populace would love it.
Plus, there'd be tons of film students at Ithaca College who would jump at the chance to work on the show, so there'd be no shortage of crew members, extras, and so forth.
I, for one, look forward to watching it when it comes out.
Unless a sizable portion of the crowd has undergone mental training to steel themselves against fear. Any responsible protester would 1) know the weapons likely to be used against them and 2) how to counteract the effects of said weapons, if possible.
For example, now: the police tend to use tear gas against protesters. So you carry a bandana, goggles, and a bottle of water, protest with a group so you have buddies to help you out if you go down, and keep an eye out for the nearest escape route at all times.
You have to think of it like a battle, because it essentially is. That includes knowing your enemy.
I'd be worried that somebody figures out some way to REVERSE the action of the proteins involved in this process; to GENERATE fear rather than CURE it.
I'd be more worried if that person happens to be a psychologist who calls himself "Scarecrow".
Not because he'd release his fear-weapon into the water mains, but because life isn't supposed to imitate art THAT closely.
If you're interested in reading about some of their current practices, read Craig Rosebraugh's "Burning Rage of a Dying Planet". Rosebraugh was the de facto "spokesman" for the ELF (back before 9/11, when they still existed), but committed no actual crimes. He discusses at length the tactics the FBI/ATF/NSA used to try to get him to snitch... it's a decent read.
IIRC, they actually did find some nebula out there that contained significant concentrations of ethanol. So... beer in space, no, but 200-proof liquor, YES!
Gives a whole new meaning to the word "moonshine"...
Well, it depends on where the meter is in the line. I have no idea how gas pumps work, but there has to be something that measures how much gas is going through the hose. We'll pretend, for sake of argument, that it is a small propeller-like thingy that spins at a predictable rate.
So if the propeller thingy is here (at the x):
[]
[]x----------------]>
[]
then when you finish filling your tank, the propeller will read (capacity of gas tank + amount in hose), and you have every right to dump the gas out of the droop.
Whereas if the propeller thingy is here:
[]
[]---------------x-]>
[]
it will read (capacity of gas tank), because the fuel in the hose hasn't reached the propeller thingy yet. In which case you'd be thieving if you dumped the gas out of the droop.
I think the pumps are more like the first case than the second, because I don't see a wire going back down the hose from the pump handle, and I assume the propeller thingy would need to communicate with the pump somehow.
Actually, before I made The Switch, I encountered a piece of malware that did kill Process Explorer right after you opened it. Luckily, it was not very well-written, because if you could kill it within about a half-second, it would not reappear.
I was quite proud of myself when I finally succeeded
But I recall reading somewhere about a "mark" that people would have to have in order to transact business. IIRC, this was supposed to be a harbinger of very bad things. Anybody else hear of something like that?
That is a truly, truly frightening thought.