I never claimed to get the last laugh. I was mearly demonstrating that even following a reasonable procedure of reporting a flaw, then demonstrating upon request was still asking for trouble. The only reason I was not expelled was that the DA said there was no case for prosocution. -nB
There is lots of existing precedent for distributing "templates" etc. to alter (c) content. For example, one of my favorite maps in the game Halo is an alteration of a map created by Bungie. If the author or I were to hand out the whole map file we would receive a C&D to stop distributing the (C) file (and rightly so). However, giving out a PPF that can be applied to the map is perfectly OK. The same applies here. Putting up a "fixed" server would be (C) infringement, while distributing the tool would be no problem at all. A grayer area (though still legal by precedent) would be to have a proxy server that applied the changes in real time. Then anyone could access Slashdot through it regardless of their browser settings. -nB
Also I don't even see the $200 working out. most cases for ITX are at least $80 and usually around $120+ Only the bottom of the barrel Via systems are $120.
While Via wins in uLow power and most options in uATX size, have you ever done something requiring lots of FP math on a C3 CPU? The processor draws so little current because it sucks (as far as a CISC GP CPU). As an embedded CPU for a media center, file/print/gateway server, or other non CPU intensive tasks it is a fine system. As a number cruncher it is the bottom of the pile. Get the right tool for the job:
I think you have to report them. I suppose I could have simply changed my grades and made myself look better, and that would have haunted me for a long time, even if no one ever found out.
~/spend/spent/ (It wasn't me. I used preview. Cmdr Taco is out to get me. . . it's in the slashcode) -nB
Suspended for 5 days pending expulsion. DA wouldn't do anything b/c he said there was no case. (Didn't seem to matter to the school district though, and no I was not expelled.) -nB
I spend time in the back of a squad car for stating there were security problems at my school (back in 93, I was a Jr.) The Principal did not believe me, and I was asked by the "computer teacher" to demonstrate, which I did. Upon completing the demo, a change of my grade (downward, ironicaly) I was detained in the office pending arrival of the authorities.
I now have a job where I get paid for those same skills, and the thread starter is correct about paying the students. The problem is that HS staff does not like being shown that their charge (the students) have more power than them, which this demonstrates. -nB
FWIW, hard drives haven't used head stepper motors for a _very_ long time. They use Voice coil actuators, which are more accurate, and incedentally use more powerful magnets, but contained in Mu metal housings that form and contain the magnetic field. -nB
I'm not going to say that no textbook was ever wrong, nor that no teacher was ever infallible, however, un-fortified soy does not contain B12, and the link you posted doesn't show that silk does. you simply linked to their homepage. A vegitarian diet is healthy, but only if one is mindful of keeping a balence in that diet, which is more work to do than in an omnivorous diet, and may require some supplimentation with synthetic vitamins (which are not as well absorbed by the body). -nB
Bullshit, I've been Vegan for 12 years and don't take any vitamin supplements and I'm perfectly healthy (and yes I've had blood tests). So before you repeat what you've read on the Internet check your facts.
Funny, I'm taking a nutrition class (part of a RN nursing program) right now and we just finished covering vegan Vs. vegitarian, Vs. omnivore diet. In a strict vegan diet there is _no_ source of B12. It is an animal derived (or synthetic) material. If you consume enough enriched vegitarian (not vegan) foods you'd be fine as a later post points out you loose very little over time.
IIRC challenger was not supposed to launch according to its engineers. It was management that overrode the engineering staff about O-ring stability at too low temperatures. So lay off the engineering.
As to destroying stuff, I'd like to see you (even with a bigger budget than NASA) design from scratch a space program as advanced and have fewer failures. Bleeding edge science nearly requires some ammount of failures. The earlier the failure is found the cheaper (in all costs $$ / Time / Human) it is to fix. While it is sad that we've lost people (and equipment), it would be sadder if we lost Kevlar, PyroCeram, and other space program derivitives because we were afraid to do the research. If you were interested PyroCeram plates are awesome! Just don't put them in a microwave oven.
Oh, and on another note: I was one of those kids (6th grade) rooting for the first teacher in space. I (and my class, teachers, and parents) saw it blow up. . . live. My teacher started crying, as did most of us. It was a tough day, but as a result my class did a lot of research and learned a great deal. Something else that would have likely not happened if this desaster did not befall. -nB
"Maybe I give people more credit than they deserve."
Yup. Most people, if you were to ask them if it were dangerous would rightly say yes. However in their day to day thoughts think of it as glamerous, not dangerous. -nB
So if I say "Why don't Europeans wear clothes like we do in the US and elsewhere?" and you say "BECAUSE THEIR POLITICIANS ARE IDIOTS!!!" that makes sense to you as well?
Funny way of joking. Jokes are only funny if there's some truth behind them, friend."
But that makes no sense. My joke was based on political doings (changing the time) while your example is a Non Sequitur. -nB
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I never claimed to get the last laugh.
I was mearly demonstrating that even following a reasonable procedure of reporting a flaw, then demonstrating upon request was still asking for trouble. The only reason I was not expelled was that the DA said there was no case for prosocution.
-nB
Bingo (as far as I could tell in my case).
-nB
Actually it's not a slippery slope at all.
There is lots of existing precedent for distributing "templates" etc. to alter (c) content.
For example, one of my favorite maps in the game Halo is an alteration of a map created by Bungie. If the author or I were to hand out the whole map file we would receive a C&D to stop distributing the (C) file (and rightly so). However, giving out a PPF that can be applied to the map is perfectly OK. The same applies here. Putting up a "fixed" server would be (C) infringement, while distributing the tool would be no problem at all. A grayer area (though still legal by precedent) would be to have a proxy server that applied the changes in real time. Then anyone could access Slashdot through it regardless of their browser settings.
-nB
I love your sig, man.
-nB
Just how is around $100 == to $200?
Also I don't even see the $200 working out.
most cases for ITX are at least $80 and usually around $120+ Only the bottom of the barrel Via systems are $120.
-nB
They can make more money by fording you to buy new OSes.
"This version of windows in unsupported and will no longer receive AV updates, please upgrade to the newest OS"
Nevermind that you can't load another AV package because the M$ one interferes with it!
-nB
Which is 2x what you said earlier . . .
While Via wins in uLow power and most options in uATX size, have you ever done something requiring lots of FP math on a C3 CPU? The processor draws so little current because it sucks (as far as a CISC GP CPU). As an embedded CPU for a media center, file/print/gateway server, or other non CPU intensive tasks it is a fine system. As a number cruncher it is the bottom of the pile. Get the right tool for the job:
A/V work: Intel
Game box: AMD
Media PC: C3
That's really all there is to it.
-nB
screwed!
-nB
friggern 2 min timeout. Should be 2 min per thread.
I think you have to report them. I suppose I could have simply changed my grades and made myself look better, and that would have haunted me for a long time, even if no one ever found out.
~/spend/spent/ (It wasn't me. I used preview. Cmdr Taco is out to get me. . . it's in the slashcode)
-nB
Suspended for 5 days pending expulsion. DA wouldn't do anything b/c he said there was no case.
(Didn't seem to matter to the school district though, and no I was not expelled.)
-nB
Then you are the exception.
I spend time in the back of a squad car for stating there were security problems at my school (back in 93, I was a Jr.) The Principal did not believe me, and I was asked by the "computer teacher" to demonstrate, which I did. Upon completing the demo, a change of my grade (downward, ironicaly) I was detained in the office pending arrival of the authorities.
I now have a job where I get paid for those same skills, and the thread starter is correct about paying the students. The problem is that HS staff does not like being shown that their charge (the students) have more power than them, which this demonstrates.
-nB
FWIW, hard drives haven't used head stepper motors for a _very_ long time.
They use Voice coil actuators, which are more accurate, and incedentally use more powerful magnets, but contained in Mu metal housings that form and contain the magnetic field.
-nB
I'm not going to say that no textbook was ever wrong, nor that no teacher was ever infallible, however, un-fortified soy does not contain B12, and the link you posted doesn't show that silk does. you simply linked to their homepage. A vegitarian diet is healthy, but only if one is mindful of keeping a balence in that diet, which is more work to do than in an omnivorous diet, and may require some supplimentation with synthetic vitamins (which are not as well absorbed by the body).
-nB
Bullshit, I've been Vegan for 12 years and don't take any vitamin supplements and I'm perfectly healthy (and yes I've had blood tests). So before you repeat what you've read on the Internet check your facts.
Funny, I'm taking a nutrition class (part of a RN nursing program) right now and we just finished covering vegan Vs. vegitarian, Vs. omnivore diet. In a strict vegan diet there is _no_ source of B12. It is an animal derived (or synthetic) material. If you consume enough enriched vegitarian (not vegan) foods you'd be fine as a later post points out you loose very little over time.
My facts are fine, you're just being an ass.
-nB
They're extreme alright.
Eating meat is good for you. Vegans run the risk of B vitamin deficiencies (esp. B12)
-nB
" he should be confined to a keyboard and required to press delete once for each unsolicited message he has sent"
Awesome. That would likely be an excellent deterrant to other spammers (more so than jail time too). Even if it was once foe every 10 e-mails sent.
I wonder if that would be considered cruel?
-nB
Give him1 second of jail time per e-mail sent :-p
The accountants.
-nB
IIRC challenger was not supposed to launch according to its engineers. It was management that overrode the engineering staff about O-ring stability at too low temperatures. So lay off the engineering.
As to destroying stuff, I'd like to see you (even with a bigger budget than NASA) design from scratch a space program as advanced and have fewer failures. Bleeding edge science nearly requires some ammount of failures. The earlier the failure is found the cheaper (in all costs $$ / Time / Human) it is to fix. While it is sad that we've lost people (and equipment), it would be sadder if we lost Kevlar, PyroCeram, and other space program derivitives because we were afraid to do the research. If you were interested PyroCeram plates are awesome! Just don't put them in a microwave oven.
Oh, and on another note: I was one of those kids (6th grade) rooting for the first teacher in space. I (and my class, teachers, and parents) saw it blow up. . . live. My teacher started crying, as did most of us. It was a tough day, but as a result my class did a lot of research and learned a great deal. Something else that would have likely not happened if this desaster did not befall.
-nB
And you sir are a tard.
While many there are rocket scientists, the people doing the downplaying are PR people A.K.A. politicians by a different name.
-nB
"Maybe I give people more credit than they deserve."
Yup.
Most people, if you were to ask them if it were dangerous would rightly say yes. However in their day to day thoughts think of it as glamerous, not dangerous.
-nB
" oh right.
So if I say "Why don't Europeans wear clothes like we do in the US and elsewhere?" and you say "BECAUSE THEIR POLITICIANS ARE IDIOTS!!!" that makes sense to you as well?
Funny way of joking. Jokes are only funny if there's some truth behind them, friend."
But that makes no sense. My joke was based on political doings (changing the time) while your example is a Non Sequitur.
-nB
I'm a little confused by your posts.
It sounds like you are down on people who post anon at first, but then don't mind as long as they tell the truth?
-nB
dude,
it was a joke, jeeze. (hence the smiley face?)
-nB
Either way it isn't NASA.
I think that social security does need an overhaul.
That the military could use one as well is just fine with me.
-nB