what do you think is going to happen when Grandma can't play her grandchildren's DVDs anymore? Nothing. Grandma will call her grandchildren and they will come fix the issue, as they always do, being nice grandchildren. If said DVD's are "unlawful" copies, well... Also, I meant media created by companies, not individuals.
And exactly how will Microsoft prevent someone from releasing a non-DRM video player? Development is possible, perhaps. Deployment, not so, if M$ refuses to grant a valid key, you won't be able to run the potentially-infringing software on TPM'd, M$-infected computers. And refuse they will . Read more about TPM before spouting off, mmkay?
(Although for material objects, they will have been crushed and distorted beyond recognition. This may be a stupid question, but... Is this matter compressed from its own frame of reference, or just from ours? It's something I've never quite understood.
From the tone, UID and nick, I assume you're about 16 years old, so not necessarily trollish, just misinformed. Here's a free geopolitics lesson, kiddo: if the US embargoes China, Walmart goes titsup. Last I checked, that's the largest employer in the country. Dig?
I'm sorry, what intricate geometry? I had assumed it's just a tube, vaguely conical. Also, afaik there are solid fuel ramjets in testing/operation (the fuel for ramjet operation is packed along the inner wall and burns in controlled spurts, as dictated, say, by the way the nose cone alters the shockwave). I doubt a two-stage solid/fuel-air engine would be that much harder. If you're concerned about the shape of the fuel, well, you can insert some filler material between your perfectly cylindrical classical rocket at the centre and your oh-so-fancily shaped solid fuel wall to be burned in hypersonic flight.
Ohh.. ok. Here we go, once again, with gusto, for the morons who modded this insightful.
The DRM in Vista is NOT there because the RIAA lobbied for it. It is there because Microsoft wants to do an end-run around the content distribution and software industries and establish themselves as gatekeepers to all PC-based media&software and, with the eventual rise of the M$ home media/entertainment hub (complete with wmv-squirting, color-coordinated Zunes and souped-up, remanufactured Xboxes), of all media full-stop. They plan to do this (at some point in the next five-six years, when Vista and Vienna are sufficiently prevalent) by simply turning off the tap and not allowing ANY non-DRM-ed media or software play/run on their boxes - 'cause by that point they will be THEIR boxes, not yours anymore. Does the last computer you bought come with a TPM chip? How about the next one you'll buy?
This, incidentally, is Microsoft ripping off yet another page from Apple's playbook. Oh the delicious irony - Steve Jobs, hoist by his own platform-lockdown petard.
Wish I had mod points. Yes, it was a PS2 ad, featuring this really creepy girl with a paranoid stare and a very calm, very flat tone of voice saying "and conquered worlds". A similarly hair-raising moment can be found at the end of Dune, the movie.
But seriously, now, and back to the subject on hand... what kind of a retard would care about age? Alexander the Great, anyone? TA Edison? Need I say more? Suck it up, stick to text if immersion is THAT important to you and give the kid due respect, is what I say. The author of the article is going to find far more 20-something male n00bz posing as elven rangers than competent 10-year-old raid leaders anyway.
Insightful? pah. mods on crack, as ever. Tell me, mr Good Troll, how do you propose to verify that those coming in for an abortion have used the technique? What if there are false negatives to the test you apply? Even one case would cause mayhem. Who's to monitor all this? What about abortions for medical reasons, like oh, I dunno, for those pregnancies which threaten the life of the mother or for those which are known to produce children with grave genetic defects?
"To which you gladly participate in now. Apparently, threatening an entire continent is NOT an escalation, but kicking someone out of the G8 is." The anti-missile missile bases are a military threat to Russia. It was met with an equal and opposite reaction. Now, the US has three options: 1. escalate (push for the exclusion of russia from G8, announce future deployment of IRBM's in Poland, whatever) 2. stand down (withdraw the missiles, obviously) 3. Stop. Only option 2 brings us (as in, the world) back to the same tension level as before the deployment was announced.
"Plus, how stupid are you--do you honestly believe a nuclear aka multiple warhead FUSION bombs is going to have a limited impact over a military target?" Never said that, or anything of the kind. Straw man.
"if we don't put up a defense shield there, we lose the progress those countries have made" How so?
"Frankly speaking, the Czechs and Polish want us there, because it was Russia and THEIR DIRECT ACTIONS IN THE RECENT PAST where they were abused." What actions? What remains, if that is true, of US claims that the missiles are there to protect EU and CONUS from Iranian and North Korean launches? You are contradicting yourself.
"Can you name a single Islamic country that has done this from within in the modern age?" Turkey, Egipt, Palestine, Lybia, Syria... shall I go on?
"Which led to starvation, a DMZ, a nuclear weapons program gone bad...umm, yeah." The DMZ is there ever since the Korean war. This sentence of yours pretty much shows how much you know about NK.
"You think the US is putting a roadblock to China invading NK? Are you mad?" There is even a treaty provision (afaicr) saying that Chinese troops crossing into NK is a big no-no.
"using some stupid NK v. UK conflict." huh? when did the UK come into play?
"The real threats are Iran and NK. " You are restating my claims as if they somehow validate yours.
To sum this up: you are ignorant, abusive, narrow-minded and yet... not much of a troll. You failed at being the dregs of the Internet. I should go hide under a rock if I were you.
That is not true. You can use GPL software as long as you like and not even look at the GPL, much less "agree" to it. The GPL is not a contract. It is a license (i.e. a statement by the copyright holders about what you are and aren't alowed to do with their work, wrt COPYing and MODIFYing, not to USE). The GPL applies even if you don't know it exists.
Contrariwise, the EULA in question is a supplemental contract regulating the USE of something you just got for free which is only called a license because of a lawyerly whim to spread FUD. The EULA applies (maybe) only if you explicitly agree to it.
"First of all it's Central Europe, the very geographic center of Europe is just outside Ledec in the Czech Republic" That makes you special how?
"I do not seek any sort of revenge against russians" The tone of your previous post and the fact that it expresses your support for a policy which is overtly aggressive towards Russia would seem to imply otherwise.
"would love to see russia transformed into a democratic and prosperous modern European country" So would I. Keep dreaming, something may come out of it in the end.
"And yes, I do feel a lot better being a potential target for russian nukes then I would have felt during the cold war when there were soviet tanks on the streets here." No comments.
Yes, fellow Eastern European. We should all be free to choose our masters, but riddle me this:
Do you feel better now, that your country is on the target list of Russian nukes, than you felt during the cold war (assuming you were alive and sentient back then), when you were a target for US and British nukes?
I can understand the depth of anti-russian sentiment in the former Eastern bloc. I actually feel all the same feelings, including the wish for historical revenge. Yet, I still think that policy decisions should not be based on hatred, but rather on cold examination of how they affect your chances as a people to survive and prosper.
Erm... A couple thousand RPG's, a hundred or so MANPADS and an couple dozen "civilian" "advisors" would have added up to a nice gesture, bloodbath or no. Who said start WW3 over it? It was all done (properly) in Afghanistan twenty-something years later and it worked like a charm, even though Russia had immensely more nukes and a much more capable army than in 1956.
BTW, there WAS a bloodbath after the Russkies rolled in... short and intense, just like Machiavelli recommends.
You see, these things get overlooked and rationalised away, but if the "containment" policy hadn't existed (i.e. defend everything you can and hope their system collapses from the inside), the URSS might have collapsed in the '60s. The existence of stiff, but static, opposition probably propped it up.
Nonono... GP poster is speaking about the Americans not invading (or providing any sort of aid, really) AFTER having promised to help and support the revolution.
When the Kremlin threatens nuclear annihilation against Eastern Europe, the very least that we can do is to expel Russia from the G-8. That's exactly the kind of escalation mentality that brought us the Cold War. Russia is NOT threatening Eastern Europe with nuclear annihilation. Putin simply stated that the missile defense bases will be included in the Russian military's nuclear target list. That makes a lot of sense and is actually a measured response. If the Russians planted anti-missile-missile batteries around Guadalajara tomorrow, Bush would have them bombed the day after. Putin simply cannot afford that US military types begin to believe they could "win" a nuclear exchange because that would threaten the very existence of Russia. That is the only button you can push to make him behave aggressively right now, and Bush is pushing it, hard. Witness Putin's lame reaction when US troops landed in Afghanistan - Russia does not want conflict and cannot afford conflict even if it wanted it.
Speaking as someone who's directly interested in this: the best you (Americans) can do (as a nation) is stop threatening Russia (with starvation or nukes) and normalize your relations with China while you're at it. No-one much minds that you're carrying a big stick, as long as you walk softly. Build missile defense if you so wish - on your own territory. Try to change mentalities and regimes if you so wish - but not by force of weapons. And finally, and most importantly, _bring_the_boys_back_home. The US military, as it is now deployed, seems ready to make war on the whole world. That is insane.
Take down the morons running America, get a new government that is strong enough to afford putting the leash on Israel, effect regime change in Iran (no, nuking Teheran does not count as regime change, yes, it is possible and has been done before, no, bringing back the Shah's cronies is also not an option) and re-instate the kind of policy that has kept NK in check for as long as Kim Ir Sen was in power. Better yet, give China carte blanche in NK - they'd like nothing more than to serve Kim Jong Il the traditional last cup o' tea, if only paranoid americans would not fear them more than they fear the Koreans. Those are the real nuclear threats, not the two paper-tiger ex-superpowers.
The short and curly of this paper is that the Curie temp for Fe(2)Nd is 250 degrees Celsius. An electric heater/oven should do the trick quite nicely. Dunno what happens to the platters at that temp, though.
So? Betcha the "core" (base system, whatever) packages of ANY linux distro have had at least that many bugs filed (and closed) in six months. Many hands make light work.
HOMM3 is/was ported by Loki software to linux and runs beautifully on my box at home. YMMV and you may have to use an OSS wrapper to get sound (aoss or similar).
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From the tone, UID and nick, I assume you're about 16 years old, so not necessarily trollish, just misinformed. Here's a free geopolitics lesson, kiddo: if the US embargoes China, Walmart goes titsup. Last I checked, that's the largest employer in the country. Dig?
I'm sorry, what intricate geometry? I had assumed it's just a tube, vaguely conical. Also, afaik there are solid fuel ramjets in testing/operation (the fuel for ramjet operation is packed along the inner wall and burns in controlled spurts, as dictated, say, by the way the nose cone alters the shockwave). I doubt a two-stage solid/fuel-air engine would be that much harder. If you're concerned about the shape of the fuel, well, you can insert some filler material between your perfectly cylindrical classical rocket at the centre and your oh-so-fancily shaped solid fuel wall to be burned in hypersonic flight.
Ohh.. ok. Here we go, once again, with gusto, for the morons who modded this insightful.
The DRM in Vista is NOT there because the RIAA lobbied for it. It is there because Microsoft wants to do an end-run around the content distribution and software industries and establish themselves as gatekeepers to all PC-based media&software and, with the eventual rise of the M$ home media/entertainment hub (complete with wmv-squirting, color-coordinated Zunes and souped-up, remanufactured Xboxes), of all media full-stop. They plan to do this (at some point in the next five-six years, when Vista and Vienna are sufficiently prevalent) by simply turning off the tap and not allowing ANY non-DRM-ed media or software play/run on their boxes - 'cause by that point they will be THEIR boxes, not yours anymore. Does the last computer you bought come with a TPM chip? How about the next one you'll buy?
This, incidentally, is Microsoft ripping off yet another page from Apple's playbook. Oh the delicious irony - Steve Jobs, hoist by his own platform-lockdown petard.
Wish I had mod points. Yes, it was a PS2 ad, featuring this really creepy girl with a paranoid stare and a very calm, very flat tone of voice saying "and conquered worlds". A similarly hair-raising moment can be found at the end of Dune, the movie.
But seriously, now, and back to the subject on hand... what kind of a retard would care about age? Alexander the Great, anyone? TA Edison? Need I say more? Suck it up, stick to text if immersion is THAT important to you and give the kid due respect, is what I say. The author of the article is going to find far more 20-something male n00bz posing as elven rangers than competent 10-year-old raid leaders anyway.
Nonono... any LISP programmer could have told you this... the code IS the data. And viceversa, ofcourse.
Insightful? pah. mods on crack, as ever.
Tell me, mr Good Troll, how do you propose to verify that those coming in for an abortion have used the technique? What if there are false negatives to the test you apply? Even one case would cause mayhem. Who's to monitor all this? What about abortions for medical reasons, like oh, I dunno, for those pregnancies which threaten the life of the mother or for those which are known to produce children with grave genetic defects?
"To which you gladly participate in now. Apparently, threatening an entire continent is NOT an escalation, but kicking someone out of the G8 is."
The anti-missile missile bases are a military threat to Russia. It was met with an equal and opposite reaction. Now, the US has three options:
1. escalate (push for the exclusion of russia from G8, announce future deployment of IRBM's in Poland, whatever)
2. stand down (withdraw the missiles, obviously)
3. Stop.
Only option 2 brings us (as in, the world) back to the same tension level as before the deployment was announced.
"Plus, how stupid are you--do you honestly believe a nuclear aka multiple warhead FUSION bombs is going to have a limited impact over a military target?"
Never said that, or anything of the kind. Straw man.
"if we don't put up a defense shield there, we lose the progress those countries have made"
How so?
"Frankly speaking, the Czechs and Polish want us there, because it was Russia and THEIR DIRECT ACTIONS IN THE RECENT PAST where they were abused."
What actions? What remains, if that is true, of US claims that the missiles are there to protect EU and CONUS from Iranian and North Korean launches? You are contradicting yourself.
"Can you name a single Islamic country that has done this from within in the modern age?"
Turkey, Egipt, Palestine, Lybia, Syria... shall I go on?
"Which led to starvation, a DMZ, a nuclear weapons program gone bad...umm, yeah."
The DMZ is there ever since the Korean war. This sentence of yours pretty much shows how much you know about NK.
"You think the US is putting a roadblock to China invading NK? Are you mad?"
There is even a treaty provision (afaicr) saying that Chinese troops crossing into NK is a big no-no.
"using some stupid NK v. UK conflict."
huh? when did the UK come into play?
"The real threats are Iran and NK. "
You are restating my claims as if they somehow validate yours.
To sum this up: you are ignorant, abusive, narrow-minded and yet... not much of a troll. You failed at being the dregs of the Internet. I should go hide under a rock if I were you.
That is not true. You can use GPL software as long as you like and not even look at the GPL, much less "agree" to it. The GPL is not a contract. It is a license (i.e. a statement by the copyright holders about what you are and aren't alowed to do with their work, wrt COPYing and MODIFYing, not to USE). The GPL applies even if you don't know it exists.
Contrariwise, the EULA in question is a supplemental contract regulating the USE of something you just got for free which is only called a license because of a lawyerly whim to spread FUD. The EULA applies (maybe) only if you explicitly agree to it.
"First of all it's Central Europe, the very geographic center of Europe is just outside Ledec in the Czech Republic"
That makes you special how?
"I do not seek any sort of revenge against russians"
The tone of your previous post and the fact that it expresses your support for a policy which is overtly aggressive towards Russia would seem to imply otherwise.
"would love to see russia transformed into a democratic and prosperous modern European country"
So would I. Keep dreaming, something may come out of it in the end.
"And yes, I do feel a lot better being a potential target for russian nukes then I would have felt during the cold war when there were soviet tanks on the streets here."
No comments.
Yes, fellow Eastern European. We should all be free to choose our masters, but riddle me this:
Do you feel better now, that your country is on the target list of Russian nukes, than you felt during the cold war (assuming you were alive and sentient back then), when you were a target for US and British nukes?
I can understand the depth of anti-russian sentiment in the former Eastern bloc. I actually feel all the same feelings, including the wish for historical revenge. Yet, I still think that policy decisions should not be based on hatred, but rather on cold examination of how they affect your chances as a people to survive and prosper.
I meant "kept in check" as in "prevented from developing nukes and buying IRBM tech".
Erm... A couple thousand RPG's, a hundred or so MANPADS and an couple dozen "civilian" "advisors" would have added up to a nice gesture, bloodbath or no. Who said start WW3 over it? It was all done (properly) in Afghanistan twenty-something years later and it worked like a charm, even though Russia had immensely more nukes and a much more capable army than in 1956.
BTW, there WAS a bloodbath after the Russkies rolled in... short and intense, just like Machiavelli recommends.
You see, these things get overlooked and rationalised away, but if the "containment" policy hadn't existed (i.e. defend everything you can and hope their system collapses from the inside), the URSS might have collapsed in the '60s. The existence of stiff, but static, opposition probably propped it up.
Nonono... GP poster is speaking about the Americans not invading (or providing any sort of aid, really) AFTER having promised to help and support the revolution.
Speaking as someone who's directly interested in this: the best you (Americans) can do (as a nation) is stop threatening Russia (with starvation or nukes) and normalize your relations with China while you're at it. No-one much minds that you're carrying a big stick, as long as you walk softly. Build missile defense if you so wish - on your own territory. Try to change mentalities and regimes if you so wish - but not by force of weapons. And finally, and most importantly, _bring_the_boys_back_home. The US military, as it is now deployed, seems ready to make war on the whole world. That is insane.
Take down the morons running America, get a new government that is strong enough to afford putting the leash on Israel, effect regime change in Iran (no, nuking Teheran does not count as regime change, yes, it is possible and has been done before, no, bringing back the Shah's cronies is also not an option) and re-instate the kind of policy that has kept NK in check for as long as Kim Ir Sen was in power. Better yet, give China carte blanche in NK - they'd like nothing more than to serve Kim Jong Il the traditional last cup o' tea, if only paranoid americans would not fear them more than they fear the Koreans. Those are the real nuclear threats, not the two paper-tiger ex-superpowers.
The short and curly of
this paper is that the Curie temp for Fe(2)Nd is 250 degrees Celsius. An electric heater/oven should do the trick quite nicely. Dunno what happens to the platters at that temp, though.
No thanks, I like my profile just the way I set it up... ricer flags and all. vimdiff all the way, baby.
Ac'lly, you could have a small team of lawyers and coders compile a "what to look for"/TODO list first.
Show me the money or the rabbit gets it!
So? Betcha the "core" (base system, whatever) packages of ANY linux distro have had at least that many bugs filed (and closed) in six months. Many hands make light work.
HOMM3 is/was ported by Loki software to linux and runs beautifully on my box at home. YMMV and you may have to use an OSS wrapper to get sound (aoss or similar).
When one of those vocal morons happens to be the elected leader of the country, the confusion is hard to avoid.
Politeness is a rare commodity in this day and age, yet you seem to posess so much of it... Accepted, of course.