It's like a choice between one group thst wants to shoot your dog in the leg, and the other who just wants to put him in the wood chipper.
No, it's more like this: Democrats: want to shoot your dog in the leg to prevent it being a potential menace Republicans: want to require YOU to shoot your dog in the leg, because it has obviously done something wrong Green: want to take your dog and shoot YOU in the leg to prevent the Dems and Reps from shooting the dog, but will put it all under the title "dog protection" Libertarian: will sell licenses for anyone to shoot your dog in the leg for sport Independent: will talk about how government needs to be reformed, and how everyone should be thinking about the dogs in THEIR constituency, but won't really do anything one way or the other.
Have to second this--while there is such a thing as "Sound" cloud architecture, it exists only in theory because it's astronomically expensive to put into practice, enormously difficult to keep going, and (here's the killer) completely fails to account for human stupidity. To get metaphorical: Amazon is the best at cloud architecture because they've got massive amounts of RAID arrays on steroids, but they cannot account for human stupidity and/or ignorance. Most cloud providers run on a far less complex set-up of RAID arrays with tape backups. They basically run a mainframe in a cost effective manner, and have traded a certain amount of risk in exchange. This means they *will* go down at some point, despite their claims to the contrary, because they are running a mainframe system. And all systems fail.
And that's just looking at the storage an availability side of things. The other thing about cloud anything is authentication -- either you have a single point of authentication which can fail, or you have multiple points of authentication, which are a security nightmare. In reality, the cloud is usually both filled with single points of failure AND security nightmares; you never know who has access to your data, where it is stored, or when it will be available to you.
Cloud systems are an excellent fallback solution (so locally encrypted cloud backup is often a good thing) but I have yet to see a "cloud" solution that forces you to store data according to its rules and the applications are driven from cloud data that is cheaper/more trustworthy in the long run than just doing it all locally.
In Canada, you have the right to make a digital copy of someone else's CD for personal use. In most cases, downloading does not infringe. It's all about the distribution. In the US, you have the right to possess copies of just about anything besides child porn, but cannot distribute, and in some cases cannot receive without copyright permission. In the UK, it's tied to the physical copy. Any duplication is infringement unless specifically exempted by law or agreement with the rights holder. Other countries may vary.
Except for the part where it degrades slightly every time you play it.
Kids these days...
Back when pretty much everything was on vinyl, everybody already knew about that. Plus the albums were inconvenient because you had to be so careful with the sleeves, the turntable, keeping the needle fresh and clean, etc.
While me and many of my friends settled on was cassette tapes. The first play of the album was used to record the whole thing to a convenient little cassette tape that would play the same hundreds of times, and you could even take it with you to play in the car (or your "walkman"). If the tape got lost or damaged, you can always make another from the vinyl.
This worked so well for so long, I didn't even buy anything on CD until it started getting difficult to find vinyl any more...
This. I actually almost missed the CD era altogether, but then went back and bought CDs due to storage issues/lack of LPs AFTER the MP3 came out. the old LP/chromium tape dance is pretty much what I did with CDs/MP3s as well.
Then eventually I realized that with lossless digital recording, I wasn't getting out my LPs or CDs for years on end. Now I just do automated backups from HDD to HDD and even my portable player has enough storage to keep most of the music I actually listen to on it. as an extra backup.
I thought the loudness wars ended over a decade ago? So if the remaster is from the last 5 years, you'd THINK they'd be remastering to reclaim the full dynamic range...
That said, I've had the same experience that digitally remastered stuff appears to have gone through a pretty strenuous envelope filter followed by a compressor. Is that really what people want?
Not only is there wear over time, non-archived vinyl tends to degrade over time (just look at vinyl flooring) -- it gets brittle AND warps. So what you really want is a platinum LP in a sealed cover (so no dust gets in) and then read it to a non-lossy digital format with a laser, after which you apply a digital transform to bring the "warmth" back. Then keep the platinum LP archived in a temperature, presure, and humidity-controlled room.
One of the effects you can see on older (and newer) CDs is that the plastic itself yellows with age, which of course affects the optical properties of the data layer sandwiched in between.
And any disc that is a foil layer printed onto a plastic disc is essentially disposable.
I just finished re-importing my CD collection and getting rid of the originals -- despite being in properly stored CD binders (sealed with no-scratch cloth pockets and rarely seeing the light, a few were starting to show signs of aging. I've now got everything stored on multiple HDDs instead of questionable optical disks -- which, while not having the same physical appeal, means I'll likely have my music itself (plus all the metadata that the originals never had) for decades to come.
Well, I'm confused; that poll appears to back up what I said (although re-reading, I see I swapped my east and west for Russia/Poland).
the Ukraine doesn't want to go back to being part Russia (west) and part Poland (east), even if there are some who might make some noise about who they'd prefer as their allies.
Seems to line up with that poll. ALTHOUGH, that poll seems to imply that 44% don't want to be part of the EU, which is too bad.
However, I'd say that it's *possible* that
I have yet to see one objective news article about the whole thing
now appears to be at least partially wrong, even if there's some subjective spin. They at least present decent poll questions and results prior to the spin. Kudos for that:)
I do not see how anyone can even look at the other side objectively.
I guess you don't see how anyone can look at either view objectively then....
Objective is different from "agree with". But you're right; it's all subjective.
Personally, it looks to me as if a) Russia is fed up with being pressured by the US to use the "Made in America" solutions when Russia has its own and b) the situation in the Ukraine is extremely complex and the only people with everything to lose are those who actually live there.
The US has successfully aided an overthrow of the previous government that was backed by Russia, and Russia is seeing that their seaport might be taken away, as well as their influence in that area, which is right on their border (think US and Mexico, or US and Canada). Both the US and Russia have dirty hands, and yes, there are Russian and US sympathizers living in Ukraine, with the Russian ones predominantly in the west, and the US ones predominantly in the east. Most of the citizens just want to get on with life. There are also US operatives working with the current government, and Russian operatives working inside west Ukraine to try and set up another government.
The Russians are getting heavily into the newspeak to try and get internal and external support, and guess what? So is the US. I have yet to see one objective news article about the whole thing, as everyone seems to have turned it into a bipartisan-style issue (even outside Russia and the US).
One thing I'm certain of: the Ukraine doesn't want to go back to being part Russia (west) and part Poland (east), even if there are some who might make some noise about who they'd prefer as their allies.
You honestly think telcos don't know how many subscribers they have? Everybody I know from age 10 and up has one and personally I've got two phones, one for home and one for work. In my case it's because my employer's policy is very strict on mixing work related records with random apps that could compromise the phone. So does a friend of mine so he can hand the "work phone" to someone else when he's away, because that's the number many people call. It doesn't take many of us to add up to >100% of the population.
I think telcos know how many subscribers they have -- I also think telcos don't know how many telcos there are globally. Among other things I think, I think this is likely the number of SIM cards produced to date, not active subscribers, and I think that people who work for telcos probably have a disproportionately large number of subscriptions.
I really have no problem with the stats on phone subscriptions, even though I'm pretty sure it's a projection that treats all parts of the world equal. However, their jump to "almost every person in the world has a phone" is silly, as I'm pretty sure that, just pulling a figure out of my head, that at least 40% of the people in the world don't have a cell phone. This number is borne out by the fact that there are many people who have two, and many businesses have "fleet subscriptions" that are not all in use. Plus you have to factor in all the test subscriptions, phone cards sold at 7-11, lost/stolen/abandoned phones that have a stored value subscription but aren't actually in use, etc.
I know of at least 8 people who don't have a cell phone, and at least 8 people who have 2+.
What IS interesting, is that cellphones have somehow become the great equalizer. they cross all ethnicity/education/location/wealth barriers -- even homeless people have cell phones these days.
However, if the telcos are trying to paint this as "look at this great market!" I'd like to point out that capitalism works by exploiting new growth markets. Sounds like what they're saying is that the market is almost saturated -- which if true (it isn't, but follow along) means that telcos are about to flatline on profits. No more YoY growth. This should be somewhat worrying to them.
I think you missed the point, so I'll put it in other terms.
You stab your hand with a knife; everyone sees you do it. You then run around yelling that your enemy stabbed you in the hand with a knife, because everyone knows he'd do it if he had the opportunity.
Meanwhile, you do nothing to stop the blood flowing out of your hand, and deny that you stabbed it... even while your enemy is sneaking up to stab you in the foot.
In other words, who cares about whether China is doing this or not? The US is doing it, has been proved to be doing it, and is doing nothing to fix the situation, instead either saying "It's OK, everyone does it" or "Look at them! They're worse!"
Once the US cleans up its own act, THEN it can help the rest of the world with the specks in their own eyes.
Or to put it more bluntly: in these situations, the US government is its own worst enemy, and needs no help from others who would see it come to harm, whether they're getting said help or not.
"96 kilograms or 6 percent of the U-233 produced is not accounted for."
Yeah, real hard to acquire.....
"not accounted for" is entirely different than "gone missing".
I really don't think there's much agenda left to push here, unless someone with a secret containment facility has been sitting on the U-233 since someone first noticed discrepancies in the books.
Hey... you could even apply this to movie shorts, where the viewer moves through the scene and the force feedback lines up. Movie Theatres meet Roller Coasters... hmm:)
The idea was that once they had the track synched, they could change the virtual world they were moving through (airforce dogfight, space shooter, ride in a barrel down some rapids, etc). The visuals would be more entertaining, but the force feedback would fit perfectly.
Actually, I can see this being a great ride at a coaster park -- keep one coaster, but everyone dons a headset so you can cycle through a bunch of "experiences" using the same track. Keeps people coming back for more.
The only tricky bit would be ensuring that the ORs didn't fly off and cause damage. I bet they could be mounted to the restraint though.
I'm sure that shit you scratch up on a 3-D printer is just as safe and effective as something that's had several thousand hours of clinical trials. Absolutely. The FDA couldn't possibly be there to protect people; it's only to crush the little guy.
I'm still at a loss as to why the Food and Drug Administration is in charge of approving wearable robots. Now if we were talking true cybernetics where installation was an invasive procedure... actually, even then I can't see why people in charge of regulating what we consume should be regulating; Isn't there some more appropriate office for this stuff?
Why is it up to UL and Co. to regulate if a person has all their body parts, but as soon as you're considered malformed, the FDA steps in?
What does it matter? Both parties serve the corporations.
They serve different corporations, and that is why they fight against each other. Republicans are oil and military. Democrats are internet and entertainment. Of course there is overlap, but if I had to choose, Republican would lose every time.
Hmm... so Republicans = the rich who control the physical, and Democrats = the rich who control the ephemeral.
Actually, looking at it that way, giving Democrats absolute control seems more scary; if you're with the Republicans, they'll back you up, but if you're with the Dems, they'll just change your mind.
That's about the only benefit to the two-party system, that those two power bases have to spend time combatting each other for power so they can't fully bring it to bear on their userbase.
How are the Green party and the Pirate party doing in the US? Have they tried kickstarter campaigns like LL?
I am no longer interested in this cheat infested type FPS's. I totally lost interest in deluging a person with a rocket launcher only to be killed by him with a knife. Best of luck folks.
So you're saying his skill won out over your cheats?
Exactly. It's protected by copyright. Whether the copyright holders have granted the public permission to copy their content and use it for commercial gain is another issue (that is going before the courts).
Based on their web site and description, "OSVD" may have started out as an "open source database", but now it seems to have morphed into something that is effectively a commercial data aggregator and vendor hiding behind a non-profit and giving out limited, free samples. In any case, whatever it is, their database clearly is not "open".
They're "open sourced" not "OSS" -- meaning that they show their sources and allow community input, not that their product is free as in speech. Summary made a typo and left out the D.
it would seem like it's probably not protected by copyright under US law, since it is most likely a collection of data lacking originality.
Any original (non-plagiarized) content is copyrighted by default. Further, if the site has an account signup license that states that "vulnerability report submitter assigns his/her posts' copyright to website so that it can modify, reproduce that post as it sees fit," then yes, you cannot mass copy the database freely without violating copyright laws.
You cannot because it's not possible. A 'base' is the number of unique symbols in the number system. You can't have partial symbols; you can have 3 symbols for base 3, and 4 symbols for base 4, but you cannot have 3.1415xxx symbols for base Pi.
You might as well ask what it would be like to have a "base yellow" number system or a "base CmdrTaco" number system. Meaningless.
You appear to be assuming that a number system must consist of discrete objects (such as fingers) that can be reorganized in interesting ways. That's using integers, but that's only one way to look at the universe.
If, for example, you went with base yellow, you'd have a very rich number system, which for humans would be an instantly comprehensible Real number system stretching from Red to Violet, with Yellow as the base point. You'd really be basing it on temporal frequency, which would have all sorts of neat results that you wouldn't have to define after the fact, because they'd be a built-in part of the system. So for example, you could say "It's going to be this colour orange out today" and people would know exactly what temperature you were talking about -- in fact, we already use "heat graphs" because they're so much better at conveying quantifiable information in some situations than decimal numbers.
However, if you've settled on a base of Yellow (think white balance in photography), then you can also use this system to measure differences in weight and even discrete numbers of objects, albeit in a more abstract sense.
Another place you can see this is in an analog clock. Sure, it's got either roman or decimal numbers on it usually, but you can also think of it as a representation of either Pi or Rad, and the full circle lends itself much better to this than to dividing it up into an infinite number of discrete slices. So when we say "It's ten o'clock" we're actually making a flawed approximation to the actual time, based on the best accuracy we can make with a decimal number system. Using this argument, you can say that using a number system to track time isn't possible, as you can't accurately represent the passage of time with integers. And yet we do it every day.
The language systems you use (including number systems) heavily influence the way you think and see the world around you. There are some cultures in the world that don't have words for certain objects and concepts -- they get along by using the other concepts to approximate the missing one, or they just don't think about that concept in the first place.
By painting the box that says "a number system's base must be integral" you are severely limiting the way you observe the world around you.
ridiculous, That only applies to numbers in base 10
Just imagine a number system of base-pi, or possibly base-rad. Of course, then people would be debating how many digits "10" should be approximated to for useful work (like counting your fingers).
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It's like a choice between one group thst wants to shoot your dog in the leg, and the other who just wants to put him in the wood chipper.
No, it's more like this:
Democrats: want to shoot your dog in the leg to prevent it being a potential menace
Republicans: want to require YOU to shoot your dog in the leg, because it has obviously done something wrong
Green: want to take your dog and shoot YOU in the leg to prevent the Dems and Reps from shooting the dog, but will put it all under the title "dog protection"
Libertarian: will sell licenses for anyone to shoot your dog in the leg for sport
Independent: will talk about how government needs to be reformed, and how everyone should be thinking about the dogs in THEIR constituency, but won't really do anything one way or the other.
Did I miss anything?
Have to second this--while there is such a thing as "Sound" cloud architecture, it exists only in theory because it's astronomically expensive to put into practice, enormously difficult to keep going, and (here's the killer) completely fails to account for human stupidity. To get metaphorical: Amazon is the best at cloud architecture because they've got massive amounts of RAID arrays on steroids, but they cannot account for human stupidity and/or ignorance. Most cloud providers run on a far less complex set-up of RAID arrays with tape backups. They basically run a mainframe in a cost effective manner, and have traded a certain amount of risk in exchange. This means they *will* go down at some point, despite their claims to the contrary, because they are running a mainframe system. And all systems fail.
And that's just looking at the storage an availability side of things.
The other thing about cloud anything is authentication -- either you have a single point of authentication which can fail, or you have multiple points of authentication, which are a security nightmare. In reality, the cloud is usually both filled with single points of failure AND security nightmares; you never know who has access to your data, where it is stored, or when it will be available to you.
Cloud systems are an excellent fallback solution (so locally encrypted cloud backup is often a good thing) but I have yet to see a "cloud" solution that forces you to store data according to its rules and the applications are driven from cloud data that is cheaper/more trustworthy in the long run than just doing it all locally.
Which rights would those be?
In Canada, you have the right to make a digital copy of someone else's CD for personal use. In most cases, downloading does not infringe. It's all about the distribution.
In the US, you have the right to possess copies of just about anything besides child porn, but cannot distribute, and in some cases cannot receive without copyright permission.
In the UK, it's tied to the physical copy. Any duplication is infringement unless specifically exempted by law or agreement with the rights holder.
Other countries may vary.
Except for the part where it degrades slightly every time you play it.
Kids these days...
Back when pretty much everything was on vinyl, everybody already knew about that. Plus the albums were inconvenient because you had to be so careful with the sleeves, the turntable, keeping the needle fresh and clean, etc.
While me and many of my friends settled on was cassette tapes. The first play of the album was used to record the whole thing to a convenient little cassette tape that would play the same hundreds of times, and you could even take it with you to play in the car (or your "walkman"). If the tape got lost or damaged, you can always make another from the vinyl.
This worked so well for so long, I didn't even buy anything on CD until it started getting difficult to find vinyl any more...
This. I actually almost missed the CD era altogether, but then went back and bought CDs due to storage issues/lack of LPs AFTER the MP3 came out.
the old LP/chromium tape dance is pretty much what I did with CDs/MP3s as well.
Then eventually I realized that with lossless digital recording, I wasn't getting out my LPs or CDs for years on end. Now I just do automated backups from HDD to HDD and even my portable player has enough storage to keep most of the music I actually listen to on it. as an extra backup.
I thought the loudness wars ended over a decade ago? So if the remaster is from the last 5 years, you'd THINK they'd be remastering to reclaim the full dynamic range...
That said, I've had the same experience that digitally remastered stuff appears to have gone through a pretty strenuous envelope filter followed by a compressor. Is that really what people want?
Not only is there wear over time, non-archived vinyl tends to degrade over time (just look at vinyl flooring) -- it gets brittle AND warps. So what you really want is a platinum LP in a sealed cover (so no dust gets in) and then read it to a non-lossy digital format with a laser, after which you apply a digital transform to bring the "warmth" back. Then keep the platinum LP archived in a temperature, presure, and humidity-controlled room.
No kidding.. I thought that's what the moderators were doing before they posted the articles...
You must be new here.
One of the effects you can see on older (and newer) CDs is that the plastic itself yellows with age, which of course affects the optical properties of the data layer sandwiched in between.
And any disc that is a foil layer printed onto a plastic disc is essentially disposable.
I just finished re-importing my CD collection and getting rid of the originals -- despite being in properly stored CD binders (sealed with no-scratch cloth pockets and rarely seeing the light, a few were starting to show signs of aging. I've now got everything stored on multiple HDDs instead of questionable optical disks -- which, while not having the same physical appeal, means I'll likely have my music itself (plus all the metadata that the originals never had) for decades to come.
Well, I'm confused; that poll appears to back up what I said (although re-reading, I see I swapped my east and west for Russia/Poland).
the Ukraine doesn't want to go back to being part Russia (west) and part Poland (east), even if there are some who might make some noise about who they'd prefer as their allies.
Seems to line up with that poll. ALTHOUGH, that poll seems to imply that 44% don't want to be part of the EU, which is too bad.
However, I'd say that it's *possible* that
I have yet to see one objective news article about the whole thing
now appears to be at least partially wrong, even if there's some subjective spin. They at least present decent poll questions and results prior to the spin. Kudos for that :)
I do not see how anyone can even look at the other side objectively.
I guess you don't see how anyone can look at either view objectively then....
Objective is different from "agree with". But you're right; it's all subjective.
Personally, it looks to me as if
a) Russia is fed up with being pressured by the US to use the "Made in America" solutions when Russia has its own and
b) the situation in the Ukraine is extremely complex and the only people with everything to lose are those who actually live there.
The US has successfully aided an overthrow of the previous government that was backed by Russia, and Russia is seeing that their seaport might be taken away, as well as their influence in that area, which is right on their border (think US and Mexico, or US and Canada). Both the US and Russia have dirty hands, and yes, there are Russian and US sympathizers living in Ukraine, with the Russian ones predominantly in the west, and the US ones predominantly in the east. Most of the citizens just want to get on with life. There are also US operatives working with the current government, and Russian operatives working inside west Ukraine to try and set up another government.
The Russians are getting heavily into the newspeak to try and get internal and external support, and guess what? So is the US. I have yet to see one objective news article about the whole thing, as everyone seems to have turned it into a bipartisan-style issue (even outside Russia and the US).
One thing I'm certain of: the Ukraine doesn't want to go back to being part Russia (west) and part Poland (east), even if there are some who might make some noise about who they'd prefer as their allies.
You honestly think telcos don't know how many subscribers they have? Everybody I know from age 10 and up has one and personally I've got two phones, one for home and one for work. In my case it's because my employer's policy is very strict on mixing work related records with random apps that could compromise the phone. So does a friend of mine so he can hand the "work phone" to someone else when he's away, because that's the number many people call. It doesn't take many of us to add up to >100% of the population.
I think telcos know how many subscribers they have -- I also think telcos don't know how many telcos there are globally. Among other things I think, I think this is likely the number of SIM cards produced to date, not active subscribers, and I think that people who work for telcos probably have a disproportionately large number of subscriptions.
I really have no problem with the stats on phone subscriptions, even though I'm pretty sure it's a projection that treats all parts of the world equal. However, their jump to "almost every person in the world has a phone" is silly, as I'm pretty sure that, just pulling a figure out of my head, that at least 40% of the people in the world don't have a cell phone. This number is borne out by the fact that there are many people who have two, and many businesses have "fleet subscriptions" that are not all in use. Plus you have to factor in all the test subscriptions, phone cards sold at 7-11, lost/stolen/abandoned phones that have a stored value subscription but aren't actually in use, etc.
I know of at least 8 people who don't have a cell phone, and at least 8 people who have 2+.
What IS interesting, is that cellphones have somehow become the great equalizer. they cross all ethnicity/education/location/wealth barriers -- even homeless people have cell phones these days.
However, if the telcos are trying to paint this as "look at this great market!" I'd like to point out that capitalism works by exploiting new growth markets. Sounds like what they're saying is that the market is almost saturated -- which if true (it isn't, but follow along) means that telcos are about to flatline on profits. No more YoY growth. This should be somewhat worrying to them.
I think you missed the point, so I'll put it in other terms.
You stab your hand with a knife; everyone sees you do it. You then run around yelling that your enemy stabbed you in the hand with a knife, because everyone knows he'd do it if he had the opportunity.
Meanwhile, you do nothing to stop the blood flowing out of your hand, and deny that you stabbed it... even while your enemy is sneaking up to stab you in the foot.
In other words, who cares about whether China is doing this or not? The US is doing it, has been proved to be doing it, and is doing nothing to fix the situation, instead either saying "It's OK, everyone does it" or "Look at them! They're worse!"
Once the US cleans up its own act, THEN it can help the rest of the world with the specks in their own eyes.
Or to put it more bluntly: in these situations, the US government is its own worst enemy, and needs no help from others who would see it come to harm, whether they're getting said help or not.
"96 kilograms or 6 percent of the U-233 produced is not accounted for."
Yeah, real hard to acquire.....
"not accounted for" is entirely different than "gone missing".
I really don't think there's much agenda left to push here, unless someone with a secret containment facility has been sitting on the U-233 since someone first noticed discrepancies in the books.
Hey... you could even apply this to movie shorts, where the viewer moves through the scene and the force feedback lines up. Movie Theatres meet Roller Coasters... hmm :)
The idea was that once they had the track synched, they could change the virtual world they were moving through (airforce dogfight, space shooter, ride in a barrel down some rapids, etc). The visuals would be more entertaining, but the force feedback would fit perfectly.
Actually, I can see this being a great ride at a coaster park -- keep one coaster, but everyone dons a headset so you can cycle through a bunch of "experiences" using the same track. Keeps people coming back for more.
The only tricky bit would be ensuring that the ORs didn't fly off and cause damage. I bet they could be mounted to the restraint though.
I'm sure that shit you scratch up on a 3-D printer is just as safe and effective as something that's had several thousand hours of clinical trials. Absolutely. The FDA couldn't possibly be there to protect people; it's only to crush the little guy.
I'm still at a loss as to why the Food and Drug Administration is in charge of approving wearable robots. Now if we were talking true cybernetics where installation was an invasive procedure... actually, even then I can't see why people in charge of regulating what we consume should be regulating; Isn't there some more appropriate office for this stuff?
Why is it up to UL and Co. to regulate if a person has all their body parts, but as soon as you're considered malformed, the FDA steps in?
Does this make Dean Kamen Darth Vader? After all, he created Luke.
What does it matter? Both parties serve the corporations.
They serve different corporations, and that is why they fight against each other. Republicans are oil and military. Democrats are internet and entertainment. Of course there is overlap, but if I had to choose, Republican would lose every time.
Hmm... so Republicans = the rich who control the physical, and Democrats = the rich who control the ephemeral.
Actually, looking at it that way, giving Democrats absolute control seems more scary; if you're with the Republicans, they'll back you up, but if you're with the Dems, they'll just change your mind.
That's about the only benefit to the two-party system, that those two power bases have to spend time combatting each other for power so they can't fully bring it to bear on their userbase.
How are the Green party and the Pirate party doing in the US? Have they tried kickstarter campaigns like LL?
Quick sanity test: is the New York Times a liberal newspaper?
I don't :)
If you don't know, then you are dangerously uninformed.
Dangerously uninformed, or just don't read the NYT?
The Grey Lady itself answered in the affirmative.
Which proves...?
Anyone who thinks the NYT is objective is a freaking idiot.
Anyone who thinks news reporting is objective needs to study history a bit.
Plus, objectivity = liberal like holding your breath = conservative.
Pretty much everything mainstream in the US is way right of center.
I am no longer interested in this cheat infested type FPS's. I totally lost interest in deluging a person with a rocket launcher only to be killed by him with a knife.
Best of luck folks.
So you're saying his skill won out over your cheats?
Exactly. It's protected by copyright. Whether the copyright holders have granted the public permission to copy their content and use it for commercial gain is another issue (that is going before the courts).
Based on their web site and description, "OSVD" may have started out as an "open source database", but now it seems to have morphed into something that is effectively a commercial data aggregator and vendor hiding behind a non-profit and giving out limited, free samples. In any case, whatever it is, their database clearly is not "open".
They're "open sourced" not "OSS" -- meaning that they show their sources and allow community input, not that their product is free as in speech. Summary made a typo and left out the D.
Any original (non-plagiarized) content is copyrighted by default. Further, if the site has an account signup license that states that "vulnerability report submitter assigns his/her posts' copyright to website so that it can modify, reproduce that post as it sees fit," then yes, you cannot mass copy the database freely without violating copyright laws.
FTFY
You cannot because it's not possible. A 'base' is the number of unique symbols in the number system. You can't have partial symbols; you can have 3 symbols for base 3, and 4 symbols for base 4, but you cannot have 3.1415xxx symbols for base Pi.
You might as well ask what it would be like to have a "base yellow" number system or a "base CmdrTaco" number system. Meaningless.
You appear to be assuming that a number system must consist of discrete objects (such as fingers) that can be reorganized in interesting ways. That's using integers, but that's only one way to look at the universe.
If, for example, you went with base yellow, you'd have a very rich number system, which for humans would be an instantly comprehensible Real number system stretching from Red to Violet, with Yellow as the base point. You'd really be basing it on temporal frequency, which would have all sorts of neat results that you wouldn't have to define after the fact, because they'd be a built-in part of the system. So for example, you could say "It's going to be this colour orange out today" and people would know exactly what temperature you were talking about -- in fact, we already use "heat graphs" because they're so much better at conveying quantifiable information in some situations than decimal numbers.
However, if you've settled on a base of Yellow (think white balance in photography), then you can also use this system to measure differences in weight and even discrete numbers of objects, albeit in a more abstract sense.
Another place you can see this is in an analog clock. Sure, it's got either roman or decimal numbers on it usually, but you can also think of it as a representation of either Pi or Rad, and the full circle lends itself much better to this than to dividing it up into an infinite number of discrete slices. So when we say "It's ten o'clock" we're actually making a flawed approximation to the actual time, based on the best accuracy we can make with a decimal number system. Using this argument, you can say that using a number system to track time isn't possible, as you can't accurately represent the passage of time with integers. And yet we do it every day.
The language systems you use (including number systems) heavily influence the way you think and see the world around you. There are some cultures in the world that don't have words for certain objects and concepts -- they get along by using the other concepts to approximate the missing one, or they just don't think about that concept in the first place.
By painting the box that says "a number system's base must be integral" you are severely limiting the way you observe the world around you.
ridiculous, That only applies to numbers in base 10
Just imagine a number system of base-pi, or possibly base-rad. Of course, then people would be debating how many digits "10" should be approximated to for useful work (like counting your fingers).