Also, in a statement addressed directly to the California Attorney General Bill Lockyer, Diebold Vice President Thomas Swidarski said , "It isn't our fault that you didn't make sure to Lockyer voting systems!"
Wow! Someone finally solved the paincare conjecture... wait, didn't morphine do that? and the Christian Scientists?
A Christian Scientist from Theale
Said, "Though I know that pain isn't real,
When I sit on a pin
And it punctures my skin
I dislike what I fancy I feel".
Please take off the tin foil hat; it is causing brain wave interference.
"There is this issue of proprietary formats, that only gets more serious now. OK you can keep your files, but how to read your.doc v9 document if Word v9 is only available on subscription, and you don't have a subscription?"
Do you think that this new model will automatically kill Open Source? You'll "read your.doc v9" with Open Office.
"without at least a freely downloadable reader for your own data it won't take off"
What's to say that they won't create a free viewer? They have one with the owned software model already. With the rented software model it would be even easier: go to a website to open your document; nothing to download.
Arghhh!! Don't say that!! "It is the duty of citizens who feel that laws are unjust to break them." Don't you know how powerful the RIAA is? They have powers that governments don't have! They could be outside your house right now! I know that they are ev...
I think this article was presented a bit out of context. (i.e. "how the RIAA skews its sales statistics while strangling fair use.") This is after all an organization that "handles royalties for radio play". This does nothing to counteract the argument that piracy is hurting music sales. This is the profits of playing music on the radio, which would logically be greater, because of file sharing not less.
I think the problem the RIAA has with file sharing is that is shifts the profits an artist receives to being funneled through (with usual middleman skim-off) BMI type companies instead of BMG (RIAA) type companies. This article isn't and shouldn't be about RIAA type sales not decreasing; it is about the revenue, that music lovers direct to artists, shifting to other industries as a result of technological evolution.
"Er, yes," said the Captain, "yes, it's all part of the plan I
think. There was a terribly good reason for it which I can't
quite remember at the moment. It was something to with... er..."
Ford exploded.
"You're a load of useless bloody loonies!" he shouted.
"Ah yes, that was it," beamed the Captain, "that was the reason."
I am afraid you are just plain wrong on your perception of the word insecure. I looked up insecure in my six-inch thick, "Webster's New Twentieth Century Dictionary Unabridged Second Edition" with copyrights from 1904.
Its definition of insecure is:
a. not secure; specifically, (a) not safe from danger; unprotected; (b) feeling more anxiety than seems warranted; (c) not firm or dependable; unreliable
Amadeus definitely doesn't use Interbase. I am not familiar with the other RES/CRS systems such as Sabre, Apollo, Galileo, and Worldspan; they may use or have used Interbase. My very unscientific and informal observation of Interbase would make it seem to me it would not be as well suited to running as the back-end for a RES system. Amadeus, Sabre, and Apollo are all terminal window type applications. (I do know this for a fact; when our Amadeus contract was up, we looked at going with Apollo or Sabre) The terminal windows, over the years have evolved a useful GUI, but it is still at it's heart, a terminal window. This would not seem to be a fitting application for Interbase. TRAMS on the other hand, which uses Interbase, is a total GUI; basically structured in the same way as our VBA/MS Access frontend that we use to connect to our SQL database.
Saying all that to say: 1. Amadeus doesn't use Interbase 2. That while I don't have experience in the other RES/CRS systems, they wouldn't seem to lend themselves to be using Interbase as a backend 3. Being that TRAMS DOES use Interbase, and is exclusively a Travel Agent CRM system, (it is used by over 90% of Travel Agencies, I believe) that is probably what you were thinking of
The best example of this has been the Borland Interbase database. This was used for airline reservations, and had a trojan horse buried in it for 6 to 9 years while it was a proprietary product. The door could have been found by anyone who did an ASCII dump of the product, but those who did kept it secret, and probably took a lot of free flights.
That is not accurate. I am the computer guy for a travel agency. The Borland Interbase system is merely the back-end for TRAMS, a CRM program for travel agents. The actual airline reservations are with a totally different program; we use Amadeus. There are multiple RES systems out there. Interbase has nothing to do with the actual reservations systems.
"but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation"
The PATRIOT Act falls under that aegis. You have the probable cause, and supported by the FBI's affirmation (just how many scandals have there been when a gov agency has used it's power wrongfully?; let's just say that homo sapiens with a mere ten digits would need more to count them. My point: Scandals always comes out to that agency's detriment. As a result government agencies tend to be reticent about using those powers. (cover your own rear mentality) Therefore that affirmation is carefully given. Besides, PATRIOT Act uses are subject to post-operation review by bi-partisan Congressional intelligence committees.) The Constitution says absolutely nothing about judicial approval being necessary in Amendment IV.
In Amendment V once again you ignore the "but clause:"
"except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia"
How could you not describe the Guantanamo detainees as falling under this clause? They were detained by the military in Afghanistan or Iraq!!
Lastly, and most clearly Amendment VI:
"In all criminal prosecutions,"
Guantanamo is clearly not a crimnal prosecution. It is entirely a war and military matter.
"Moreover, in searching for a radar-resistant material, the Swedes seem to have stumbled across a technology that could offer improved strength and rigidity, lower weight and better shock and flame resistance than steel."
Even better: Make a worm that silently spreads using all the tried and true Netsky, MyDoom, etc... methods. Initiate a downloader that downloads and installs a package of AVG, ZoneAlarm, Ad-Aware, and SpyBot. Make full protection and automatic updates the default. Make so that the AVG portion would not install if any other AV is detected.
There would be the problem of attempts to take down the download site. With all the vulnerabilities out there, surely it could be set up so that it would dynamically change from host to host, maybe even use P2P technology. It would be in the interest (it prevents viruses by using a competitor's product: takes away business) of Norton and McAfee to block the "worm," so they probably would. New variants would have to be released.
Disclaimer: This is all a hypothetical, intellectual discussion, not an advocacy for it, nor an intention to carry it out.
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there is no account of Jesus having anything to do with sheep.
Such ignorance begs to be corrected.
Read John 10:11 in which Jesus says: "I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep." He says again in verse 14: "I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me."
That is merely a small portion of that passage. The passage is entitled "The Shepherd and His Flock." Almost the whole chapter of John 10 deals with Jesus and sheep.
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You're right about hobbies. But this was not presented as a hobby. It was presented as practical.
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Also, in a statement addressed directly to the California Attorney General Bill Lockyer, Diebold Vice President Thomas Swidarski said , "It isn't our fault that you didn't make sure to Lockyer voting systems!"
Diebold CEO, Bob Urosevich, announced, "Like our motto says, 'We won't rest!' We will fight this lawsuit until we win! For us, it is do or die bold!"
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A Christian Scientist from Theale
Said, "Though I know that pain isn't real,
When I sit on a pin
And it punctures my skin
I dislike what I fancy I feel".
Oh! It's poincare... forget it...
Please take off the tin foil hat; it is causing brain wave interference.
Do you think that this new model will automatically kill Open Source? You'll "read yourOf course not! Until it gets to 1.0, it isn't a stable build and not meant for the general public.
I think the problem the RIAA has with file sharing is that is shifts the profits an artist receives to being funneled through (with usual middleman skim-off) BMI type companies instead of BMG (RIAA) type companies. This article isn't and shouldn't be about RIAA type sales not decreasing; it is about the revenue, that music lovers direct to artists, shifting to other industries as a result of technological evolution.
You RTFA? You must be new here...
>> On second thought, this is as stupid as it appears.
Yeah, can't you see that jet-powered wheelchair hanging in the air just the way that yellow Vogon ships don't?
I was thinking last words/actions more along these lines:
"Er, yes," said the Captain, "yes, it's all part of the plan I think. There was a terribly good reason for it which I can't quite remember at the moment. It was something to with ... er ..."
Ford exploded.
"You're a load of useless bloody loonies!" he shouted.
"Ah yes, that was it," beamed the Captain, "that was the reason."
>> Oh, and here I was thinking he was shooting for a Darwin Award.
Yeah, my first thought was that this is a potentially classic case of natural selection.
Also remember that the right to bear "region free dvd players" is not in the Constitution.
Its definition of insecure is:
Saying all that to say:
1. Amadeus doesn't use Interbase
2. That while I don't have experience in the other RES/CRS systems, they wouldn't seem to lend themselves to be using Interbase as a backend
3. Being that TRAMS DOES use Interbase, and is exclusively a Travel Agent CRM system, (it is used by over 90% of Travel Agencies, I believe) that is probably what you were thinking of
That is not accurate. I am the computer guy for a travel agency. The Borland Interbase system is merely the back-end for TRAMS, a CRM program for travel agents. The actual airline reservations are with a totally different program; we use Amadeus. There are multiple RES systems out there. Interbase has nothing to do with the actual reservations systems.
Coffee machine out of sugar?? That is definitely a different coffee machine...
In Amendment V once again you ignore the "but clause:"
How could you not describe the Guantanamo detainees as falling under this clause? They were detained by the military in Afghanistan or Iraq!!Lastly, and most clearly Amendment VI:
Guantanamo is clearly not a crimnal prosecution. It is entirely a war and military matter.RTFA!!
There would be the problem of attempts to take down the download site. With all the vulnerabilities out there, surely it could be set up so that it would dynamically change from host to host, maybe even use P2P technology. It would be in the interest (it prevents viruses by using a competitor's product: takes away business) of Norton and McAfee to block the "worm," so they probably would. New variants would have to be released.
Disclaimer: This is all a hypothetical, intellectual discussion, not an advocacy for it, nor an intention to carry it out.
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Such ignorance begs to be corrected.
Read John 10:11 in which Jesus says: "I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep." He says again in verse 14: "I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me." That is merely a small portion of that passage. The passage is entitled "The Shepherd and His Flock." Almost the whole chapter of John 10 deals with Jesus and sheep.