The State of Colorado has clearly qualified for an In Capus Rectum award. They do not need any help from/.ers. Move on to issues. Stupidity and ignorance are too easy as targets.
The Carterphone case was covered in my college telecommunications course. Dr. Baker made two points not mentioned in Slashdot. First, Tom Carter knew he did not have the resources to fight Ma Bell (AT&T for the nickname challenged). He asked the oil drilling industry for help, and received all he needed. The Carterphone was critical to the drilling business. Second, Dr. Baker stated that AT&T had a history of fighting the wrong lawsuits for the wrong reasons. Had they simply allowed acoustic coupling with no electronic attachment, the Carterphone would have satisfied customer needs, and the attached equipment monopoly would still exist. AT&T fought it, lost heavily, made unwelcome enemies, and left themselves open to the later lawsuit which destroyed their communications monopoly.
This is simply another attempt by our federal government to regulate morality, which is known to be an impossible task. The resulting wireless internet access will be free, and worth every penny.
Millimeter wave scanning technology is more proof that the incompetent and unnecessary TSA suffers from the same advanced constipation as any bureaucracy. Puritans are educated people, and should not be associated with the stupid security dullards claiming to protect me from an enemy they do not know.
Unscientific observation of many years leads to some conclusions. Conservatives born with intelligence tend to nourish and preserve it. Liberals born with intelligence are unsure how to deal with it, and prefer to give it away before losing it. A San Fernando Valley newspaper(California, USA for our foreign slashdotters) once pointed out that Conservatives were for everything that was right, and Liberals were for whatever was left. Outraged liberals are hereby notified that this point was made in a comic strip.
Half way in this case refers to yet another instance of a bureau of the US Government (FCC this time) implementing a vast project with half-vast methods.
Notice that the Mayor has banned Boing Boing in Boston. Publications coveted this distinction in the past because it guaranteed huge extra sales. Boing Boing may suffer meltdown (Dare I say slashdotting?) from this free publicity.
If I want the opinion of the PTC about what I should watch on television, I will be delighted to beat it out of them. This comment cheerfully stolen from a kung-fu actor, who said nearly the same thing about some group years ago.
I bought HP PCs with Windows installed. Being totally uninterested in politics, I use it where convenient. Each HP computer also has a version of Linux installed by me for doing real work. The dual boot works quite well.
The Air Force Academy issued a Zenith 80286 computer to each student when I visited there with my wife. They were justly proud of their campus-wide network. All this was about 1990. The 80386 did not exist yet.
Back in ancient history (1985) I treasured a Texas Instruments Personal Computer. It had a Harris Communications 8088 processor, an IIT 8087 math coprocessor, and an "Intel Inside" sticker that was given to me by a pretty Intel lady at a NTPCUG meeting. I was so impressed by Intel that I now purchase computers with AMD processors. The dual-core AMD 64 is in my in latest computer.
I will be ready to use air travel when TSA is assigned to wind up the rubber bands necessary to power safe aircraft. In the meantime they may continue to function in the manner of the old army: the incompetent telling the unwilling to do the unnecessary inefficiently. They cost me time and money and contribute exactly zero to the safety of air travel. The airline executive that expects me to willingly suffer the indignities of TSA, reduced service, lack of meals, and higher fares in the name of security should have no reason to complain about the bankruptcy the airline is facing.
The correct answer to Microsoft from Korea, in my poor Romanization of Korean, would be,"Annyonghi kasipsio", the polite form of,"Go in peace." My own answer would be, "Kara!" a low politeness form of the same thing, meaning,"Go!" or "Get lost!", correctly used with animals, small children, and foreigners.
This is an old pattern. The bad guys (Spammers this time) inflict themselves on the public. Authority is asked to help, but cannot or will not do so. Victims then search for their own solutions. Authorities see their monopoly threatened and cry,"Vigilantes!" The authorities, whether government or private concerns, feel they have more to gain protecting their monopoly than by fighting the problem, and victims are an easier target than organized thugs. Notice that their protests against the victims do not offer a better solution, only name-calling and threats.
Don't worry. if the quality of information from this reporter is indicated by his (lack of) knowledge of firearms, the article will be totally worthless to the bad guys. They already know law enforcement people hate them.
My laptop came with a "recovery CD" set. Two different Microsoft upgrades have required me to use it. Installing a real operating system to dual boot with XP required me to reactivate (painlessly). So far, I have been able to get Microsoft Windows XP going again, even after it ruined communication with my ISP for a few months. Microsoft never seems to realize that, if forced to choose, Microsoft goes to the wastebasket. It happened with NT years ago, and XP for a few months, until I found a fix. The computers belong to me, not some arrogant twit in Redmond (or India).
Writing your own would be reinventing the wheel. Go to http://www.jerrypournelle.com and check on Roberta Pournelle's reading program. It works, and the Pournelles are rather proud ofit.
The feds could not produce the warrant when requested. It was unnecessary, because this was a firearms violation, and at least one resident in the compound had a Federal Firearms License. Koresh did not torch his own compound, and the man proving this was killed before he could produce the evidence, which he extracted from analog video tapes. The federal agents did not have a warrant. One had been written, but they left it behind. The raid was not necessary. The sheriff and David Koresh could have settled the matter in minutes, with no gunfire, no teargas, and no military hardware. Agreed that David Koresh was not a nice person, but an armed raid using firearms, gas, and military hardware was not necessary, and the police are supposed to serve notice before searching. A few have died for ignoring this minor point.
McVeigh's target was a courthouse full of innocent people. He was as unconcerned about their guilt as the federal agents were about the children at Mt. Carmel, a point he made brutally clear.
And finally, your "facts" are the government approved version, which no thinking man accepts at face value, especially when blatant coverup and clear violations of the law are obvious to even casual observers.
The federal agents shoot an unarmed woman carrying a child in her arms. They later pay big bucks to her husband, who was guilty of a misdemeanor. The wife was just there at the wrong time.
Federal agents burn a church congregation in the process of serving a warrant. The warrant was not necessary. The county sheriff offered to serve the warrant, but was refused. The Army was called in illegally. Evidence of illegal firearms seized during the raid is never shown to the public. People are jailed for protecting their property from armed trespassers. A young man eventually blows up a courthouse in protest, killing even more people.
A federal agent appears on television to talk about a misguided man travelling across much of the country to take potshots at the president. The agent feels many people knew what was happening, but nobody informed the government. He then demanded more respect for federal law enforcement. He never explained how federal law enforcement was earning this respect.
Now we have federal agents raiding schools for copyright violations. They apparently feel that the students, forbidden to bear arms, will not shoot them on sight. The terrorists that are planning the next big extermination can rest easy. They know the federal agents have no interest in anyone that might sue them or shoot them. Hitmen and suicide bombers need not fear the police, who are too busy terrifying school teachers and school kids to do any real work.
I know of a group of shooters that use pistols for 500 yard bench rest shooting. I also know that their opinion of people that use firearms for oppression or illegal gain is unfit for publication. Their opinion of people that protest anything by walking away from it is not any higher.
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Adam Nelson has some good advice, and shows more knowledge than whoever wrote the article. The most efficient fuel mixture for high speed will use all the fuel for speed, leaving none for cooling. Engine heads turn red hot in a hurry. Figuring the correct mix is a fine art. Dragster guru Don Garlits was a master at this, and could tweak to perfection for each run. Wannabes without his extensive experience may expect to sacrifice some efficiency or lose a few engines while learning.
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A comparison chart drawn by Microsoft? Ho-hum.
The State of Colorado has clearly qualified for an In Capus Rectum award. They do not need any help from /.ers. Move on to issues. Stupidity and ignorance are too easy as targets.
The Carterphone case was covered in my college telecommunications course. Dr. Baker made two points not mentioned in Slashdot. First, Tom Carter knew he did not have the resources to fight Ma Bell (AT&T for the nickname challenged). He asked the oil drilling industry for help, and received all he needed. The Carterphone was critical to the drilling business. Second, Dr. Baker stated that AT&T had a history of fighting the wrong lawsuits for the wrong reasons. Had they simply allowed acoustic coupling with no electronic attachment, the Carterphone would have satisfied customer needs, and the attached equipment monopoly would still exist. AT&T fought it, lost heavily, made unwelcome enemies, and left themselves open to the later lawsuit which destroyed their communications monopoly.
This is simply another attempt by our federal government to regulate morality, which is known to be an impossible task. The resulting wireless internet access will be free, and worth every penny.
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Millimeter wave scanning technology is more proof that the incompetent and unnecessary TSA suffers from the same advanced constipation as any bureaucracy. Puritans are educated people, and should not be associated with the stupid security dullards claiming to protect me from an enemy they do not know.
Unscientific observation of many years leads to some conclusions. Conservatives born with intelligence tend to nourish and preserve it. Liberals born with intelligence are unsure how to deal with it, and prefer to give it away before losing it. A San Fernando Valley newspaper(California, USA for our foreign slashdotters) once pointed out that Conservatives were for everything that was right, and Liberals were for whatever was left. Outraged liberals are hereby notified that this point was made in a comic strip.
Half way in this case refers to yet another instance of a bureau of the US Government (FCC this time) implementing a vast project with half-vast methods.
Notice that the Mayor has banned Boing Boing in Boston. Publications coveted this distinction in the past because it guaranteed huge extra sales. Boing Boing may suffer meltdown (Dare I say slashdotting?) from this free publicity.
If I want the opinion of the PTC about what I should watch on television, I will be delighted to beat it out of them. This comment cheerfully stolen from a kung-fu actor, who said nearly the same thing about some group years ago.
I bought HP PCs with Windows installed. Being totally uninterested in politics, I use it where convenient. Each HP computer also has a version of Linux installed by me for doing real work. The dual boot works quite well.
The Air Force Academy issued a Zenith 80286 computer to each student when I visited there with my wife. They were justly proud of their campus-wide network. All this was about 1990. The 80386 did not exist yet.
Back in ancient history (1985) I treasured a Texas Instruments Personal Computer. It had a Harris Communications 8088 processor, an IIT 8087 math coprocessor, and an "Intel Inside" sticker that was given to me by a pretty Intel lady at a NTPCUG meeting. I was so impressed by Intel that I now purchase computers with AMD processors. The dual-core AMD 64 is in my in latest computer.
I will be ready to use air travel when TSA is assigned to wind up the rubber bands necessary to power safe aircraft. In the meantime they may continue to function in the manner of the old army: the incompetent telling the unwilling to do the unnecessary inefficiently. They cost me time and money and contribute exactly zero to the safety of air travel. The airline executive that expects me to willingly suffer the indignities of TSA, reduced service, lack of meals, and higher fares in the name of security should have no reason to complain about the bankruptcy the airline is facing.
The correct answer to Microsoft from Korea, in my poor Romanization of Korean, would be,"Annyonghi kasipsio", the polite form of,"Go in peace." My own answer would be, "Kara!" a low politeness form of the same thing, meaning,"Go!" or "Get lost!", correctly used with animals, small children, and foreigners.
I will file news of the "Play Once Only" DVD in the Write Only Memory on my home network.
This is an old pattern. The bad guys (Spammers this time) inflict themselves on the public. Authority is asked to help, but cannot or will not do so. Victims then search for their own solutions. Authorities see their monopoly threatened and cry,"Vigilantes!" The authorities, whether government or private concerns, feel they have more to gain protecting their monopoly than by fighting the problem, and victims are an easier target than organized thugs. Notice that their protests against the victims do not offer a better solution, only name-calling and threats.
Don't worry. if the quality of information from this reporter is indicated by his (lack of) knowledge of firearms, the article will be totally worthless to the bad guys. They already know law enforcement people hate them.
My laptop came with a "recovery CD" set. Two different Microsoft upgrades have required me to use it. Installing a real operating system to dual boot with XP required me to reactivate (painlessly). So far, I have been able to get Microsoft Windows XP going again, even after it ruined communication with my ISP for a few months. Microsoft never seems to realize that, if forced to choose, Microsoft goes to the wastebasket. It happened with NT years ago, and XP for a few months, until I found a fix. The computers belong to me, not some arrogant twit in Redmond (or India).
Writing your own would be reinventing the wheel. Go to http://www.jerrypournelle.com and check on Roberta Pournelle's reading program. It works, and the Pournelles are rather proud ofit.
I'm just sorry he missed the Boston to Washington flight that landed in Pennsylvania.
The feds could not produce the warrant when requested. It was unnecessary, because this was a firearms violation, and at least one resident in the compound had a Federal Firearms License. Koresh did not torch his own compound, and the man proving this was killed before he could produce the evidence, which he extracted from analog video tapes. The federal agents did not have a warrant. One had been written, but they left it behind. The raid was not necessary. The sheriff and David Koresh could have settled the matter in minutes, with no gunfire, no teargas, and no military hardware. Agreed that David Koresh was not a nice person, but an armed raid using firearms, gas, and military hardware was not necessary, and the police are supposed to serve notice before searching. A few have died for ignoring this minor point.
McVeigh's target was a courthouse full of innocent people. He was as unconcerned about their guilt as the federal agents were about the children at Mt. Carmel, a point he made brutally clear.
And finally, your "facts" are the government approved version, which no thinking man accepts at face value, especially when blatant coverup and clear violations of the law are obvious to even casual observers.
The federal agents shoot an unarmed woman carrying a child in her arms. They later pay big bucks to her husband, who was guilty of a misdemeanor. The wife was just there at the wrong time.
Federal agents burn a church congregation in the process of serving a warrant. The warrant was not necessary. The county sheriff offered to serve the warrant, but was refused. The Army was called in illegally. Evidence of illegal firearms seized during the raid is never shown to the public. People are jailed for protecting their property from armed trespassers. A young man eventually blows up a courthouse in protest, killing even more people.
A federal agent appears on television to talk about a misguided man travelling across much of the country to take potshots at the president. The agent feels many people knew what was happening, but nobody informed the government. He then demanded more respect for federal law enforcement. He never explained how federal law enforcement was earning this respect.
Now we have federal agents raiding schools for copyright violations. They apparently feel that the students, forbidden to bear arms, will not shoot them on sight. The terrorists that are planning the next big extermination can rest easy. They know the federal agents have no interest in anyone that might sue them or shoot them. Hitmen and suicide bombers need not fear the police, who are too busy terrifying school teachers and school kids to do any real work.
I know of a group of shooters that use pistols for 500 yard bench rest shooting. I also know that their opinion of people that use firearms for oppression or illegal gain is unfit for publication. Their opinion of people that protest anything by walking away from it is not any higher.
Adam Nelson has some good advice, and shows more knowledge than whoever wrote the article. The most efficient fuel mixture for high speed will use all the fuel for speed, leaving none for cooling. Engine heads turn red hot in a hurry. Figuring the correct mix is a fine art. Dragster guru Don Garlits was a master at this, and could tweak to perfection for each run. Wannabes without his extensive experience may expect to sacrifice some efficiency or lose a few engines while learning.
Darl will get a return on his SCOX paper. It might be zero, or a small sum from a waste paper collector, but a return, nevertheless.