Actually MAC stands for a few things:
Military Airlift Command
maximum allowable concentration
a waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric
Got all those nifty things from Dictionary.com, oh and look it includes MAC (yes in capitals) and says Macintosh...darn
You would lose that bet...I didn't invest in a virus protection or firewall until windows 98. The reason I knew I didn't have a virus on windows 95, is because I did the upgrade from 95 to 98 (those upgrade disks) and then I scanned.
Espranto and Mac.Simpsons affect OS X (according to f-secure.com and a couple of other websites.
I don't care of Renopo effects other OS's, the fact is MAC does have viruses affecting it. And it will have more as more hackers target it - this not even you can deny.
As for MCSE - yes that was a wonderful birthday present...that I gave to my Systems Engineer.
I will call it MAC and if you don't like it tough shit. I will use Apple and MAC interchangeably, and if you still don't like it, refer to my above statement. Other then that, you should really stop trying to introduce Red Herring's into our debate.
I will not provide a link to an actual virus, trojan worm or malware. That does not help the situation - plus it puts me at risk. Also, the fact that OS X is not as popular (by FAR) as Windows means there are fewer people trying to target OS X.
Some OS X viruses/worms/etc
Renepo worm (aka Opener)
Esperanto
Mac.Simpsons
Interesting, I have been running windows sun Win95 and have never run into a virus on my computer. I have gotten some spyware, but no viruses or trojans. Mind you I surf pr0n with the best of them. I d/l from "shady" websites but nothing has yet to infect my computer.
What are you talking about? OS X does have viruses, trojans, etc. Why do you think MAC takes such strides to protect itself. OS X also suffers from malware/spyware. Hell just read some of the news posts on Here
As for Unix/Linux - here is some articles you can check out Here
No, his company didn't make anything. Bad hackers exploited the program(s). The fault resides SOLELY with those hackers. Windows is spending millions of dollars trying to prevent these holes, fix these holes, and stop those who are exploiting them. Sometimes its not even holes. It is not MS's fault when someone downloads a virus from a website. That is 100% user fault.
People need to stop pointing the finger at MS and start pointing the finger at the malicious hackers, and then themselves.
Bill Gates owes the planet nothing. Any charities they perform they are not obligated to. Their only obligations are to their share holders, employees, government taxes, and to those who are under warranty.
Radio Shack used to (probably still does) sell the system you named - download from satellite, upload through phone line (which is not bad if you look at a typical users upload rate). However, in the recent few years (probably 3-4) they came out with an newer home satellite which uploads and downloads via the satellite. Radio Shack always tried to get me onto the service, and I refused. I like my Cable modem, followed by DSL.
Dude, just say thank you and be done with it. Bill doesn't owe you, New York or anyone else any money for things like Spam. He did not create it. Just appreciate the fact he is doing this.
DvDs are sold at different prices in different countries. Also, some DvDs are released to some countries, and not to others...then there are DvDs that offer some features in some countries, but not to others.
This may come from gov't law, from negotiations (or the lack there-of).
Last I heard, the producers of the DvD content are not obligated to sell to you their product. When they sell it, they have the right to put certain reasonable restrictions on it. You are also not obligated to buy it. But if you buy it, you are agreeing to their terms (and lets not start the argument that you didn't sign anything, we are not in a vaccuum).
Watching your DvD however you like was never the problem (unless you allowed people into your house and started charging them for it)...putting it on a P2p server, giving copies to your friends, etc is the problem. You *may* not be doing this yourself, but you damn well know that it happens and it happens in masse.
So get off that high horse before it buckles underneath your bloated weight.
In the case of DVDs, I don't think there should be a license of any kind.
Why offcourse there shouldn't be. They should also make everything open source. That way, a company that spends millions in developing a product can give it away for free - w/o recouping any of their costs. Silly people trying to earn a living.
I want to make sure I can monitor my kid's activities, so unless their highschool requires it (some elite schools do) then they will not get it until their senior year. I was thinking after graduation - so they have a few months to get familiar with it before college, but I would rather they get more time to become familiar with the laptop. So probably mid-way to HS, and urge them to utilize it to get ready for interviews. Definitly not before then, as the kids could be sitting anywhere on the net without my supervision - and there are too many psychos out there.
The neighbors tree is causing damage to my property. His problem. The law doesn't care if it is roots or branches. Here is an excerpt from an article:
Noting that Pennsylvania's streets, yards, sidewalks, and neighborhoods are full of unruly trees whose branches and roots cross property lines heedlessly, the Pennsylvania court declined to extend the law of prescriptive easements to tree growth. The court wisely concluded that the encroachment of trees or vegetation from one person's land to another's land does not create any permanent right to continue the encroachment in the future.
If tree branches from neighboring properties overhang your property, you are entitled to "compel" their removal. Overhanging tree branches from adjacent property are legally considered a trespass. It is prudent to speak to the tree owner first and resolve the problem. But if overhanging tree branches pose a danger to you or your property, you are entitled to remove them as long as you can do so without trespassing on your neighbor's property. If the problem cannot be resolved by agreement or by your safe removal of the objectionable growth, the courts will compel a landowner to trim or remove trees that encroach on your land.
Just to note, the tree's are damaging the property by staining it with their berries and by attracting bugs (which I am allergic to bee's).
If enforced, these patents could shut down almost every dynamic site on the Internet, including the USPTO
Maybe this wouldn't be such a bad thing after all? I mean I am sure we could figure away against the suit, but in the mean-time the USPTO would have to reconsider their effectiveness.
You know what would happen to those nations that support terrorists if the US didn't get involved? Israel would blow them to hell and back.
I would watch Fahrenheit 911, but for the fact there was a lot of trash in it to sensationalize the authors message....in essence it was biased.
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You, obviously, have not dealt with terrorism enough to know they do not care if you retaliate or not - they will continue to attack you until you do what they want without any question - and even then they still might kill you. They have no loyalty to anyone but their cause - so you may be their friend today, but tomorrow you are not.
Software wise: They paid around 80 million (or some high number in that range) and gave away their anti-spyware software free. And no, MS did not create this spyware
Charity -Bill & Melinda Gates charity which has done things like give money for AIDs research
DigiGirlz High Tech Camp - an MS initiative where it gives girls hands on training in an industry that is dominated by men
Bottlenecks in space? Hmm... I didn't know space gets narrow at points
Ok, whats to keep these debris in low earth orbit? As it is, our satellites have to continuously correct themselves so they don't reenter the atmosphere and fall to the ground.
I also wasn't mentioning throwing debree in low Earth orbit...and anything outside of Earths orbit is most likely going to float away and away and away - to be encountered by a starship, where three of the bridge crew will get stuck in a Casino book story, that has terrible dialogues from the people who inhabit this casino.
While the Manifesto is an interesting read, and the signers is an impressive list - I will be more impressed when it is in our Constitution.
Yes we are thought of as the world police, and more then just by us. A lot of people do. Then again - a lot of countries also ask for our aid (both money, food, medical, etc.). So when you ask for our aid, it is not a free lunch it comes with a price. Sort of like living in your parents house - you gotta play by their rules. Or a better example: You want your income tax return each year? You gotta go through certain circles.
I do not want the US to be a world "Emperer" but I do realize the US as the leader of democracy, as the most powerful (arguable maybe) nation, as the richest nation, etc does have a responsibility for all the good and bad.
A great example: WW2 and Hitler. Imagine if the US got involved in the beginning instead of at the end? How many millions would be spared. That is the mindset behind this country, the fear of the next Hitler.
The not striking back does not work. Look at Israel. Terrorists attack them all the time. When they are convinced to not strike back, you know what happens? The terrorists continue to attack - they don't stop. So should a people just stand by and let themselves get attacked without retaliation?
I know I am allowed to cut the branches, even the neighbor told me this. The point is, why should *I* have to go to the expense and hassle of removing this when it is the neighbors responsibility.
Last I heard, this nation has been "gung-ho" since oh, since the Declaration of Independence. Actually, come to think about it, before that - while we were still British property. And even the Brits were gung-ho, and before them so were the Romans, and every other major society in our history.
Let's face it - fighting is human nature and it gets things done. It may be ugly, but people won't move until someone moves them. For instance, my neighbor has a tree that drops berries on my porch and my other neighbors porch (brand new). These berries are staining our porches, attracting bugs, etc. I asked him to remove it and he refused saying that it is *MY* responsibility. Now I have to go hire a lawyer. Now the reason this guy will listen to the lawyer, is because he will have to spend money in court and if he goes to court he will lose. If he does not pay then, he will have to deal with the police.
To link it to places like Iraq: Unfortunately, you could throw all the lawyers that you want at people like Saddam and it wouldn't matter. They would laugh at you, so then you resort to our police force (read: military).
The US is not appointed as ruler (self or otherwise), but that does not mean the US is not allowed to put up equipment to disable others in the case of war. Lets face it, unchecked (hell even checked) countries will create weapons and some of these countries are a bit too trigger happy. At least we are trigger happy when we feel threatened (and yes we did feel threatened) - but some countries will blow you up because you are an "American Infidel"
cause distress to many who feel that space should be kept pure, untouched by the dirty and unwholesome aspects of human existence.
$500 litering fine, in space:)
Us polluting space is like me spitting into the ocean. The size and vaccuum of space does not really care to much about our PUNY attempts at pollution. With laws of conservation and energy, we are just moving an object from one area to the next - it was already there.
Presently there is absolutely nothing we can do to harm space. Even if we managed to create a black hole (as attempts have been made) the worst we could do (assuming we could muster enough energy, which we can't) is destroy our planet, maybe annoy the Sun. Oh wait, we can already obliterate life on this planet...
The illusion that the arms race ever ended is a joke. The US and Russians came in first (you can argue who got there first), now the other guys are trying to finish the race. Once this happens, we will "need" other ways to defend ourselves. In this case, you destroy an enemies methods of communications/information gathering and you destroy their ability to effectively use these weapons. It would be kind of hard for a country to target a strategic point if it can't see it. W/O a satellite you cannot see it. Even if you have recon forces on the ground pointing their laser device at the target, how is the information going to get bounced back accross the world? Satellites...without them the information does not get there...Though a semi-intelligent enemy will bounce the information off cell phone satellites.
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And MAC stands for Media Access Control
Actually MAC stands for a few things:
Military Airlift Command
maximum allowable concentration
a waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric
Got all those nifty things from Dictionary.com, oh and look it includes MAC (yes in capitals) and says Macintosh...darn
You would lose that bet...I didn't invest in a virus protection or firewall until windows 98. The reason I knew I didn't have a virus on windows 95, is because I did the upgrade from 95 to 98 (those upgrade disks) and then I scanned.
Espranto and Mac.Simpsons affect OS X (according to f-secure.com and a couple of other websites.
I don't care of Renopo effects other OS's, the fact is MAC does have viruses affecting it. And it will have more as more hackers target it - this not even you can deny.
As for MCSE - yes that was a wonderful birthday present...that I gave to my Systems Engineer.
I will call it MAC and if you don't like it tough shit. I will use Apple and MAC interchangeably, and if you still don't like it, refer to my above statement. Other then that, you should really stop trying to introduce Red Herring's into our debate.
I will not provide a link to an actual virus, trojan worm or malware. That does not help the situation - plus it puts me at risk. Also, the fact that OS X is not as popular (by FAR) as Windows means there are fewer people trying to target OS X.
Some OS X viruses/worms/etc
Renepo worm (aka Opener)
Esperanto
Mac.Simpsons
Interesting, I have been running windows sun Win95 and have never run into a virus on my computer. I have gotten some spyware, but no viruses or trojans. Mind you I surf pr0n with the best of them. I d/l from "shady" websites but nothing has yet to infect my computer.
What are you talking about? OS X does have viruses, trojans, etc. Why do you think MAC takes such strides to protect itself. OS X also suffers from malware/spyware. Hell just read some of the news posts on Here
As for Unix/Linux - here is some articles you can check out Here
Maybe you should modify your sig?
It is 100% BillG/MS's fault that a user CAN download a virus from a website,
Yes because with each copy of windows, you get an MS technicion who stands behind you to hit you over the head when you go to do something stupid.
There are several OSes out there that this can't happen.
What OS has zero spyware/virus/worms/etc targetting it?
No, his company didn't make anything. Bad hackers exploited the program(s). The fault resides SOLELY with those hackers. Windows is spending millions of dollars trying to prevent these holes, fix these holes, and stop those who are exploiting them. Sometimes its not even holes. It is not MS's fault when someone downloads a virus from a website. That is 100% user fault.
People need to stop pointing the finger at MS and start pointing the finger at the malicious hackers, and then themselves.
Bill Gates owes the planet nothing. Any charities they perform they are not obligated to. Their only obligations are to their share holders, employees, government taxes, and to those who are under warranty.
Radio Shack used to (probably still does) sell the system you named - download from satellite, upload through phone line (which is not bad if you look at a typical users upload rate). However, in the recent few years (probably 3-4) they came out with an newer home satellite which uploads and downloads via the satellite. Radio Shack always tried to get me onto the service, and I refused. I like my Cable modem, followed by DSL.
Why is this person modded insightful?
Dude, just say thank you and be done with it. Bill doesn't owe you, New York or anyone else any money for things like Spam. He did not create it. Just appreciate the fact he is doing this.
DvDs are sold at different prices in different countries. Also, some DvDs are released to some countries, and not to others...then there are DvDs that offer some features in some countries, but not to others.
This may come from gov't law, from negotiations (or the lack there-of).
Last I heard, the producers of the DvD content are not obligated to sell to you their product. When they sell it, they have the right to put certain reasonable restrictions on it. You are also not obligated to buy it. But if you buy it, you are agreeing to their terms (and lets not start the argument that you didn't sign anything, we are not in a vaccuum).
Watching your DvD however you like was never the problem (unless you allowed people into your house and started charging them for it)...putting it on a P2p server, giving copies to your friends, etc is the problem. You *may* not be doing this yourself, but you damn well know that it happens and it happens in masse.
So get off that high horse before it buckles underneath your bloated weight.
In the case of DVDs, I don't think there should be a license of any kind.
Why offcourse there shouldn't be. They should also make everything open source. That way, a company that spends millions in developing a product can give it away for free - w/o recouping any of their costs. Silly people trying to earn a living.
I want to make sure I can monitor my kid's activities, so unless their highschool requires it (some elite schools do) then they will not get it until their senior year. I was thinking after graduation - so they have a few months to get familiar with it before college, but I would rather they get more time to become familiar with the laptop. So probably mid-way to HS, and urge them to utilize it to get ready for interviews. Definitly not before then, as the kids could be sitting anywhere on the net without my supervision - and there are too many psychos out there.
The neighbors tree is causing damage to my property. His problem. The law doesn't care if it is roots or branches. Here is an excerpt from an article:
Noting that Pennsylvania's streets, yards, sidewalks, and neighborhoods are full of unruly trees whose branches and roots cross property lines heedlessly, the Pennsylvania court declined to extend the law of prescriptive easements to tree growth. The court wisely concluded that the encroachment of trees or vegetation from one person's land to another's land does not create any permanent right to continue the encroachment in the future. If tree branches from neighboring properties overhang your property, you are entitled to "compel" their removal. Overhanging tree branches from adjacent property are legally considered a trespass. It is prudent to speak to the tree owner first and resolve the problem. But if overhanging tree branches pose a danger to you or your property, you are entitled to remove them as long as you can do so without trespassing on your neighbor's property. If the problem cannot be resolved by agreement or by your safe removal of the objectionable growth, the courts will compel a landowner to trim or remove trees that encroach on your land.
Just to note, the tree's are damaging the property by staining it with their berries and by attracting bugs (which I am allergic to bee's).
Really? You want to prove this PA law? Because I know differently.
If enforced, these patents could shut down almost every dynamic site on the Internet, including the USPTO
Maybe this wouldn't be such a bad thing after all? I mean I am sure we could figure away against the suit, but in the mean-time the USPTO would have to reconsider their effectiveness.
Actually, by law it is his problem. *His* tree is invading my property - and to boot it is causing damage.
You know what would happen to those nations that support terrorists if the US didn't get involved? Israel would blow them to hell and back.
I would watch Fahrenheit 911, but for the fact there was a lot of trash in it to sensationalize the authors message....in essence it was biased.
. You, obviously, have not dealt with terrorism enough to know they do not care if you retaliate or not - they will continue to attack you until you do what they want without any question - and even then they still might kill you. They have no loyalty to anyone but their cause - so you may be their friend today, but tomorrow you are not.
Software wise: They paid around 80 million (or some high number in that range) and gave away their anti-spyware software free. And no, MS did not create this spyware
Charity -Bill & Melinda Gates charity which has done things like give money for AIDs research
DigiGirlz High Tech Camp - an MS initiative where it gives girls hands on training in an industry that is dominated by men
If you want more, go to google.
Bottlenecks in space? Hmm... I didn't know space gets narrow at points
Ok, whats to keep these debris in low earth orbit? As it is, our satellites have to continuously correct themselves so they don't reenter the atmosphere and fall to the ground.
I also wasn't mentioning throwing debree in low Earth orbit...and anything outside of Earths orbit is most likely going to float away and away and away - to be encountered by a starship, where three of the bridge crew will get stuck in a Casino book story, that has terrible dialogues from the people who inhabit this casino.
While the Manifesto is an interesting read, and the signers is an impressive list - I will be more impressed when it is in our Constitution.
Yes we are thought of as the world police, and more then just by us. A lot of people do. Then again - a lot of countries also ask for our aid (both money, food, medical, etc.). So when you ask for our aid, it is not a free lunch it comes with a price. Sort of like living in your parents house - you gotta play by their rules. Or a better example: You want your income tax return each year? You gotta go through certain circles.
I do not want the US to be a world "Emperer" but I do realize the US as the leader of democracy, as the most powerful (arguable maybe) nation, as the richest nation, etc does have a responsibility for all the good and bad.
A great example: WW2 and Hitler. Imagine if the US got involved in the beginning instead of at the end? How many millions would be spared. That is the mindset behind this country, the fear of the next Hitler.
The not striking back does not work. Look at Israel. Terrorists attack them all the time. When they are convinced to not strike back, you know what happens? The terrorists continue to attack - they don't stop. So should a people just stand by and let themselves get attacked without retaliation?
I know I am allowed to cut the branches, even the neighbor told me this. The point is, why should *I* have to go to the expense and hassle of removing this when it is the neighbors responsibility.
While crashing airplanes into buildings is nasty, causes a lot of destruction and is demoralizing - it is by no means a weapon of mass destruction.
And why must it be university students? What they went from hippy loving, do drugs and have sex, to lets blow shit up?
Last I heard, this nation has been "gung-ho" since oh, since the Declaration of Independence. Actually, come to think about it, before that - while we were still British property. And even the Brits were gung-ho, and before them so were the Romans, and every other major society in our history.
Let's face it - fighting is human nature and it gets things done. It may be ugly, but people won't move until someone moves them. For instance, my neighbor has a tree that drops berries on my porch and my other neighbors porch (brand new). These berries are staining our porches, attracting bugs, etc. I asked him to remove it and he refused saying that it is *MY* responsibility. Now I have to go hire a lawyer. Now the reason this guy will listen to the lawyer, is because he will have to spend money in court and if he goes to court he will lose. If he does not pay then, he will have to deal with the police.
To link it to places like Iraq: Unfortunately, you could throw all the lawyers that you want at people like Saddam and it wouldn't matter. They would laugh at you, so then you resort to our police force (read: military).
The US is not appointed as ruler (self or otherwise), but that does not mean the US is not allowed to put up equipment to disable others in the case of war. Lets face it, unchecked (hell even checked) countries will create weapons and some of these countries are a bit too trigger happy. At least we are trigger happy when we feel threatened (and yes we did feel threatened) - but some countries will blow you up because you are an "American Infidel"
cause distress to many who feel that space should be kept pure, untouched by the dirty and unwholesome aspects of human existence.
:)
$500 litering fine, in space
Us polluting space is like me spitting into the ocean. The size and vaccuum of space does not really care to much about our PUNY attempts at pollution. With laws of conservation and energy, we are just moving an object from one area to the next - it was already there.
Presently there is absolutely nothing we can do to harm space. Even if we managed to create a black hole (as attempts have been made) the worst we could do (assuming we could muster enough energy, which we can't) is destroy our planet, maybe annoy the Sun. Oh wait, we can already obliterate life on this planet...
The illusion that the arms race ever ended is a joke. The US and Russians came in first (you can argue who got there first), now the other guys are trying to finish the race. Once this happens, we will "need" other ways to defend ourselves. In this case, you destroy an enemies methods of communications/information gathering and you destroy their ability to effectively use these weapons. It would be kind of hard for a country to target a strategic point if it can't see it. W/O a satellite you cannot see it. Even if you have recon forces on the ground pointing their laser device at the target, how is the information going to get bounced back accross the world? Satellites...without them the information does not get there...Though a semi-intelligent enemy will bounce the information off cell phone satellites.
it is difficult conceive of ways that such a robot could be used today. "It's an engineering feat really
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