Re:It's called the tenth amendment.
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From Wikipedia:
For many years, the English government had used a "general warrant" to enforce its laws. These warrants were broad in nature and did not have specifics as to why they were issued or what the arrest was being made for. A general warrant placed almost no limitations on the search or arresting authority of a soldier or sheriff. This concept had become a serious problem when those in power issued general warrants to have their enemies arrested when no wrongdoing had been done. During the mid-18th century, the English government outlawed all general warrants. This study of the history of England made the American Founding Fathers ensure that general warrants would be illegal in the United States as well when the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified in 1791.
'n' sku validation was a small part of a small teams job. I was once a contractor on that team (working next to the n guys, but not on it directly.), and I know that the full time employees who did the job for XP/Vista moved to other teams by the time 7 rolled around, and a lot of the knowledge must have been poorly transitioned. I wouldn't be surprised it they just forgot to assign the job to anyone.
There was a BIG push at the time of "ONLY test YOUR areas, other parts of Windows are not your job, don't bother filing bugs on them."
And it WAS tightly integrated, Windows back then was a mess that made cooked spaghetti look tiny.
A Specific Example:
The Help system required Internet Explorer, to render documentation. Internet Explorer required the TCP/IP stack, to go to non-local pages. TCP/IP required the Help system, to explain what a DNS server, Default Gateway, etc. was.
Windows, pre-Vista was riddled with circular dependencies like that, where every piece depended on others in a loop.
Microsoft has been redesigning Windows since then in Layers, and no (new) module is allowed to have a dependency in a higher or equal layer.
So NOW, yes, they can flip IE on and off like a switch; but back then, it was an insane design change to make under the given time pressure.
And do you know how many Copies of XP 'n' (the one without IE) were sold?
Less than 2,000. Mostly by mistake, by people who didn't know what they were buying.
Noone actually wanted it, they just wanted to screw the big American corporation.
No, it makes the difference between a frivolous suit which will get their lawyers sanctioned, and paying your court costs VS 'We thought it was reasonable given this case law.'
Anyone care to enlighten us on which international subs will be forking over the money, and how the transaction will be structured to avoid paying any taxes?
It WILL have a huge 'Chilling Effect' though, even if you are in the right, and it is fair use, can you afford to defend against a huge corporation suing you?
Or, specifically, which ethnic groups are mostly likely to have it or not?
I can imagine the researchers refusing to study that aspect of it because of the potential 'justifying racism' accusations.
I would laugh at all the white supremacists if it ended up being exclusive to blacks tho.
(My personal opinion is that any so called 'pure' race is just a lesser form of inbreeding. Believing in 'miscegenation' is just a couple steps away from having sex with your own sister.)
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From Wikipedia:
For many years, the English government had used a "general warrant" to enforce its laws. These warrants were broad in nature and did not have specifics as to why they were issued or what the arrest was being made for. A general warrant placed almost no limitations on the search or arresting authority of a soldier or sheriff. This concept had become a serious problem when those in power issued general warrants to have their enemies arrested when no wrongdoing had been done. During the mid-18th century, the English government outlawed all general warrants. This study of the history of England made the American Founding Fathers ensure that general warrants would be illegal in the United States as well when the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified in 1791.
But has that actually been tested?
So just tax electricity.
Good /GrumpyCat
There was a thing a few years ago where Chinese prison guards were forcing prisoners to farm WoW gold for them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
I would think a limit of downmodding a particular poster once per day per user would be reasonable.
'n' sku validation was a small part of a small teams job. I was once a contractor on that team (working next to the n guys, but not on it directly.), and I know that the full time employees who did the job for XP/Vista moved to other teams by the time 7 rolled around, and a lot of the knowledge must have been poorly transitioned. I wouldn't be surprised it they just forgot to assign the job to anyone.
There was a BIG push at the time of "ONLY test YOUR areas, other parts of Windows are not your job, don't bother filing bugs on them."
No, it wouldn't have, the court (in the WMP case) provided a list of files to remove.
With multi-million dollar per day fines for arguing with them.
Oops, small mistake (4 am here...) XP 'n' was the one without Windows Media Player, not without Internet Explorer.
And it WAS tightly integrated, Windows back then was a mess that made cooked spaghetti look tiny.
A Specific Example:
The Help system required Internet Explorer, to render documentation.
Internet Explorer required the TCP/IP stack, to go to non-local pages.
TCP/IP required the Help system, to explain what a DNS server, Default Gateway, etc. was.
Windows, pre-Vista was riddled with circular dependencies like that, where every piece depended on others in a loop.
Microsoft has been redesigning Windows since then in Layers, and no (new) module is allowed to have a dependency in a higher or equal layer.
So NOW, yes, they can flip IE on and off like a switch; but back then, it was an insane design change to make under the given time pressure.
And do you know how many Copies of XP 'n' (the one without IE) were sold?
Less than 2,000. Mostly by mistake, by people who didn't know what they were buying.
Noone actually wanted it, they just wanted to screw the big American corporation.
They would have already sold their power tools for crack/meth money.
Safe should be bolted to the structure with bolts that can only be undone from the inside.
the 'Whales' wouldn't have anyone to call otherwise, however.
I find your ideas intriguing, and wish to subscribe to your newsletter.
Like Netflix on Xbox requiring Live...
tax write off for them at full price?
... but good luck getting an analog signal for it to receive.
You're already flagged by my asshole filter, so your opinion means...
That's roughly how I felt when I found out that modern 'savings' accounts offer 0.01% interest...
No, it makes the difference between a frivolous suit which will get their lawyers sanctioned, and paying your court costs VS 'We thought it was reasonable given this case law.'
Anyone care to enlighten us on which international subs will be forking over the money, and how the transaction will be structured to avoid paying any taxes?
But you have no place calling yourself an 'engineer' if you don't have the will and ability to stand up to the boss/client and say 'No.'
It WILL have a huge 'Chilling Effect' though, even if you are in the right, and it is fair use, can you afford to defend against a huge corporation suing you?
Or, specifically, which ethnic groups are mostly likely to have it or not?
I can imagine the researchers refusing to study that aspect of it because of the potential 'justifying racism' accusations.
I would laugh at all the white supremacists if it ended up being exclusive to blacks tho.
(My personal opinion is that any so called 'pure' race is just a lesser form of inbreeding. Believing in 'miscegenation' is just a couple steps away from having sex with your own sister.)
and nothing to watch.