the LHC will be the most powerful particle accelerator ever built and will be used to investigate why particles have mass
It's at this point I realise how amazingly little I know about particle physics. In my ignorance I always thought that having mass was an inherant property of being.
Here in the UK they have a number of 'cover all' charges. The one that was used against me was 'behaviour likely to cause a breach of the peace'.
Next morning, tired and battered from a night in the cells, are you going to accuse a police officer of lying or are you going to take 'being bound over to keep the peace' for the sake of a quiet life. Believe me, it's a no brainer when you're there.
The UCITA also provides a procedure for "electronic self-help" - that is, the termination of access or use of the software without a court order. The first thing to note is that, in Maryland at least, the law expressly notes that, "electronic self-help is prohibited in mass-market transactions." Microsoft's EULA is undoubtedly a mass-market transaction, and therefore Microsoft may be prohibited from exercising self-help in Maryland. Moreover, even in non mass-market transactions, before you can resort to self-help, the contract must provide notice that self help will be used, who will be told about the exercise of self help, and provide other notice. The Maryland law also provides that "electronic self-help may not be used if the licensor has reason to know that its use will result in substantial injury or harm to the public health or safety or grave harm to the public interest substantially affecting third persons not involved in the dispute."
This is just a short extract. TFA is quite clear that in Maryland and Washington there may well be situations where M$ have opened themselves up to punative damages. IANAL - but the guy who wrote the article is.
Seriously. The older a drive is, in my experience the less likely it is to die. The first six months are the worst.
This is known as the bathtub curve. If you plot failures against time then there is a high level at the beginning (the tap end) which decreases quickly as any weak or substandard components fail. Then there is a long flat bit as everything runs as normal with a (hopefully) low chance failure rate. Finally, as the components reach their end of life the failure rate begins to rise giving the shape (well, use your imagination) of a bathtub.
With hard drives the far end of the bathtub tends to be obscured by obsolescence.
So if Ford created a car that would only use Ford tyres, only burn Ford petrol, etc. you would be OK with that? This parallel is not trivial. Over her in the UK there was an attempt by motor manufacturers to claim that new car warranties were only valid if the cars were serviced by authorised (read overpriced) dealers. The EU stopped that in exactly the same way as they are attempting to stop Microsoft from trying to prevent, for example, Open Office from reading MS Office documents.
So, who does it help? Me, the EU citizen. I may not be the greatest EU fan but they've got this one right.
The odd bits of garbage thrown overboard are a minimal risk compared to the number of satalites we have up there. I know space is *BIG* but the number of satalites is large and increasing.
Well, er, it's also about the polution. At the end of the day, as long as you're burning a carbon based fuel, you're going to produce carbon dioxide. Sure it can be done 'cleaner' but you're still up against the twin problems
Limited availability, it may outlast me (I'm 53), it may outlast my children, but it won't go on forever. Tha't your point but it's only half the equation
Greenhouse Effect - as long as we go on producing the enormous amounts of carbon dioxide we will continute to contribute to climate change. Whilst the science on this is still a bit flakey there are very few reputable authorities who are not very concerned.
"It is fascinating that plants and animals have evolved the same anti-predatory mechanism to generate noxious sensations," Julius said.
c.f. the similarities between the human eye and the squid eye. Given the phase space it's not totally surprising that different organisms evolved similar solutions. Or maybe the flying spaghetti monster intelligently designed it that way!
As you can see all these projects are a far cry from what DARPA wants. But given time and money something more advanced would surely come out and eventually would be available for civilian use as well.
Well, err, yes, but, I have enough difficulty understanding Jordies and Glaswegans, and they're speaking the same language as me (nominally). Understanding 200 or so words when carefully spoken is a huge step from simultaneously interpreting random speech and I'm sure the problems will rise exponentially. File this one under the 'maybe, someday, but don't hold your breath' dept.
This is the natural outcome of a confrontational legal system. Lawyers are proud of getting verdicts that are contrary to the truth, but in their clients best interests. This makes going to court an extremely unpleasant experience for us mere mortals who have not sold our souls to Satan
Back when the term was coined there came along with it 'hacker ethics' and a massive discussion about what was, and was not, ethical. This is all in the Wikipedia article I referenced. Once the non techie media got hold of it it was twisted to mean only those who use computers for wrongdoing.
When the tabloid press misuse the word then, OK, I'll live with it but when Newsforge misuses it, or should I say uses it with its now accepted tabloid meaning, I feel a twinge of regret for the passing of an age.
In computer programming, a hacker is a software designer and programmer who builds elegant, beautiful programs and systems.
Well, that's what it used to mean. Someone who was close to the metal, not some jumped up script kiddie with no morals. now even Newsforge is using it in its pejorative form. Personally I think they mean crackers.
I realise that damage != power but if you'd followed the links I'd posted you would have seen
April 10, 1992: A large bomb explodes in St Mary Axe in the City of London killing three people and injuring 91. Many buildings are heavily damaged and the Baltic Exchange is completely destroyed.
as just one of the eleven bombs planted by the IRA in seven years (1990 - 1996 inc) in London alone.
I, and many of us Londoners who lived through all that, refuse to get worked up about a bomb which breaks one plate glass window and has no casualties to the people working inside - even if it is a company with heavy IT connections.
I don't know about elsewhere but in the UK the standard post box has to be able to withstand quite a bit to prevent theft by someone with, for example, a sledgehammer. So, I'm not sure about the neutronium but there are plenty of post boxes >100 years old so they'll probably capable of out lasting me and you.
"Whatever caused this was pretty strong,' said San Jose Fire Department Capt. Jose Guerrero. "It's tough to break one of these windows."
Er... As someone who lived in the UK during the IRA bombing campaign I can suggest that if the 'bomb' only broke a few windows then it wasn't exactly huge. Consider this atrocity
Looks more like the sort of thing I used to knock up as a teenager - Sodium Chlorate and sugar anyone?
News - Ok, so you log on to bbc.co.uk but I listen to it first in the car
Music that you might not otherwise listen to - catching a late night DJ who was the only thing on at the time has led me down some very interesting new directions
I love listening to the radio because it doesn't give me what I ask for; rather I get an endless supply of surprises, some of which are life enhancing.
And the FAA has banned computerized flight control. The turnabout came after a group called We Don't Trust Flight Control Computers protested the vulnerability of electronic flight control to terrorists' hacking or manipulation.
If a group published a method whereby terrorists could take over the flight computer remotely there would be an outcry and you would expect the FAA to act. I'm glad the Dutch government is taking seriously the exposure of a risk to their democratic process.
Google tries to make sure their tools are running everywhere. In around mid-2006, according to their internal numbers 60 Million Google Packs had been installed, but they still want to increase the deployment... especially for "novice users."
Doesn't that sound awfully like
A PC on every desk, and that PC running Microsoft software
Slashdot Mirror
Next morning, tired and battered from a night in the cells, are you going to accuse a police officer of lying or are you going to take 'being bound over to keep the peace' for the sake of a quiet life. Believe me, it's a no brainer when you're there.
With hard drives the far end of the bathtub tends to be obscured by obsolescence.
So, who does it help? Me, the EU citizen. I may not be the greatest EU fan but they've got this one right.
Whichever branch of maths you follow it encourages logical thought.
The odd bits of garbage thrown overboard are a minimal risk compared to the number of satalites we have up there. I know space is *BIG* but the number of satalites is large and increasing.
I use chmor all the time along with grpe, another favourite of mine!
When the tabloid press misuse the word then, OK, I'll live with it but when Newsforge misuses it, or should I say uses it with its now accepted tabloid meaning, I feel a twinge of regret for the passing of an age.
I totally agree that the war is lost, but it's a sad day when a title I used to aspire to becomes a pejorative term on Newsforge
I know I'll get modded off topic but I just had to say thanks for giving me a wonderful Friday afternoon laugh!
I, and many of us Londoners who lived through all that, refuse to get worked up about a bomb which breaks one plate glass window and has no casualties to the people working inside - even if it is a company with heavy IT connections.
I don't know about elsewhere but in the UK the standard post box has to be able to withstand quite a bit to prevent theft by someone with, for example, a sledgehammer. So, I'm not sure about the neutronium but there are plenty of post boxes >100 years old so they'll probably capable of out lasting me and you.
- Enniskillen
- Warrington
- London, London, London
and you can see why I don't get very worked up about something that manages to smash one window, however strong.Looks more like the sort of thing I used to knock up as a teenager - Sodium Chlorate and sugar anyone?
- Good drama
- Comedy - HHG, for example
- News - Ok, so you log on to bbc.co.uk but I listen to it first in the car
- Music that you might not otherwise listen to - catching a late night DJ who was the only thing on at the time has led me down some very interesting new directions
I love listening to the radio because it doesn't give me what I ask for; rather I get an endless supply of surprises, some of which are life enhancing.