If you're in a position the get tax credit/deductions for your transportation expenses, can you isolate that portion of your electric bill used to charge your car?
I think the general principle behind obscene material not being copyright protected is that the courts will not support an illegal enterprise. In this context, 'obscene' is whatever has been otherwise determined to already be illegal material in the jurisdiction of the court.
You can't sue for an getting ripped off by your drug dealer. You can't sue because you didn't get your agreed cut of the bank robbery proceeds. You can't sue for copyright because someone put your copyrighted child porn on the internet.
Setting aside that you would get listed on the 'dumbest criminal' website for any of those; since there are many people in prison who spend their copious free time filing frivolous suits, they might not be bringing any new evidence to the courts attention, but instead just intentionally wasting the courts time and money.
Now, in my state as least, there is a provision that it's not a fraud on the court is both parties agree to a 'proxy' description. That is, if the above bank robbers can't agree on a fair split of the proceeds, they can go to court with the metaphor of 'we baked a pie' and are deciding slice sizes to share, and it would explicitly not be perjury.
That's because most commercial PC games are coded for an XBox 360 level of CPU, most of what the better GPU does is push the same image to more pixels. If a game could use more CPU for anything aside from eye candy, it could end up affecting the gameplay itself in unpredictable ways; like when I tried playing Wing Commander on a modern CPU... Undock and WOOOOOOOSH SMASH! into an asteroid instantly; or 'El Fish', which on a 386 took 10-15 minutes to generate a fish... tried it on a modern CPU, when it starts it divides some number by the number of minutes to generate a fish... less than 1 minute? divide by zero crash.
Turn based games like Civ 4 fortunately scale very well, I no longer have time to get a snack waiting for the computer controlled civs until the endgame.
Although ideally more of the Graphics pipeline can be offload to the GPU hardware instead of the driver software leaving a smidgen more CPU for the game code itself.
The thought occurred to me that maybe we are being a little too paranoid about our security; or at least the bank people might see it that way.
You don't need to be frisked/microwave scanned/background checked/sniffed by dogs/racially profiled to walk into a bank where there might be a few million dollars ready to be dispensed on payday.
So, do we really need encryption that would take a billion years to crack to protect each virtual bank account?
There is always risk. You might make a robbery-proof bank (scaring away all the customers...) only to have the building swallowed by a sinkhole. And you could require 32 character passwords and surgically implanted access tokens only to have someone come up with a fast factoring method (maybe something quantum based?), or a $5 pair of pliers applied to the testicles. To a big bank, that's what insurance and risk pools are for. I think more money has been lost by rogue traders who were given access, bad investments, etc. than lost to external hackers. Or did hackers cause the big Mortgage Crisis?
I love to study encryption as a hobby, but I'm also careful to watch out for thinking things need more nails, just because I happen to have a hammer.
The only reason I would go for this over the game running on my local machine is that it could make it much more difficult to cheat in multiplayer games.
Lie 'aimbots' that read the games state, and fake input to automatically shoot opponents; 'warping', where fake movement commands are sent to the server; 'wallhacking' where obstacles are rendered transparent, etc.
Some automation would still be possible, with image recognition and virtual input device drivers, but at least the bots couldn't do anything the players couldn't, and simply changing the textures/model occasionally would screw with that.
Even locked down platforms like XBox 360 and PS3 have hackers cheating on them from what I hear; you just can't trust the client end.
I work on a major website that allows free trials, since an account includes an e-mail address, sometimes spammers will try to sign up large numbers of accounts.
So sometimes; but not usually (I don't know the trigger) you get prompted for a phone number to have an SMS/voice call sent to, to validate your sign up.
Just like Google sometimes requires a CAPTCHA to do a search, if your queries look like they might be automated.
You are better off re-installing to a freshly created partition, not cloning an existing disc. There are disk-block alignment issues that may occur otherwise (where a logical block occupies parts of two memory blocks), increasing the wear rate, and thus lowering the life of the SSD. The performance won't noticeably suffer at first (It'll still be damn faster than disc) but it's better for the health of the drive in the long term.
This research may also prove valuable for returning war veterans, who were exposed to concussive explosions repeatedly; which also causes long term brain injury.
Do 4 times the pixels need 4 times the bandwidth? I would think larger blocks of solid colors, simple gradients, etc. would compress much at a much higher ratio than smaller ones. Or do they still encode the same size of pixel blocks as the old standards?
As for digital artifacts, I find that applying a very light noise filter (artificial 'film grain') conceals obvious banding, blockyness, etc. improving perceived (but not actual) quality.
People who only know how to cut costs; but don't increase productivity in any way. Doing retarded things like laying off higher paid experienced staff and hiring under-skilled workers; 'streamlining', 'downsizing', etc.
Nobody was lending money to ANYBODY at the time; the market was paralyzed by fear, causing the liquidity crisis. The government action was needed to get things moving again, like a fiscal laxative.
Question; is there a differance between 'effective' encryption, and 'HIPAA Approved' encryption?
From a legal standpoint, would cheap/free encryption like Truecrypt/PGP be acceptable, or do you need HIPAA certified encryption with enterprise key management, etc. for $1000 a seat?
What stops your medical records being 'encrypted' with ROT13?
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Can't water my lawn due to a 'water shortage', is a "First World Problem" if I ever heard one.
If you're in a position the get tax credit/deductions for your transportation expenses, can you isolate that portion of your electric bill used to charge your car?
I think the general principle behind obscene material not being copyright protected is that the courts will not support an illegal enterprise. In this context, 'obscene' is whatever has been otherwise determined to already be illegal material in the jurisdiction of the court.
You can't sue for an getting ripped off by your drug dealer. You can't sue because you didn't get your agreed cut of the bank robbery proceeds. You can't sue for copyright because someone put your copyrighted child porn on the internet.
Setting aside that you would get listed on the 'dumbest criminal' website for any of those; since there are many people in prison who spend their copious free time filing frivolous suits, they might not be bringing any new evidence to the courts attention, but instead just intentionally wasting the courts time and money.
Now, in my state as least, there is a provision that it's not a fraud on the court is both parties agree to a 'proxy' description. That is, if the above bank robbers can't agree on a fair split of the proceeds, they can go to court with the metaphor of 'we baked a pie' and are deciding slice sizes to share, and it would explicitly not be perjury.
... for our corporate overlords, and may also be useful to the elected government, as they serve those overlords.
As I learned from Civ 4:
"Compound interest is the greatest force in the universe" - Albert Einstein.
That's because most commercial PC games are coded for an XBox 360 level of CPU, most of what the better GPU does is push the same image to more pixels. If a game could use more CPU for anything aside from eye candy, it could end up affecting the gameplay itself in unpredictable ways; like when I tried playing Wing Commander on a modern CPU... Undock and WOOOOOOOSH SMASH! into an asteroid instantly; or 'El Fish', which on a 386 took 10-15 minutes to generate a fish... tried it on a modern CPU, when it starts it divides some number by the number of minutes to generate a fish... less than 1 minute? divide by zero crash.
Turn based games like Civ 4 fortunately scale very well, I no longer have time to get a snack waiting for the computer controlled civs until the endgame.
Although ideally more of the Graphics pipeline can be offload to the GPU hardware instead of the driver software leaving a smidgen more CPU for the game code itself.
No, the Beatles song is actually about the end of the world, as Sol expands into a red giant and engulfs the earth.
"Here comes the sun Here comes the sun It's all right It's all right"
"I propose to implement a business method by which you don't have to live on this planet anymore - ON A COMPUTER!"
It's called an MMO.
The thought occurred to me that maybe we are being a little too paranoid about our security; or at least the bank people might see it that way.
You don't need to be frisked/microwave scanned/background checked/sniffed by dogs/racially profiled to walk into a bank where there might be a few million dollars ready to be dispensed on payday.
So, do we really need encryption that would take a billion years to crack to protect each virtual bank account?
There is always risk. You might make a robbery-proof bank (scaring away all the customers...) only to have the building swallowed by a sinkhole. And you could require 32 character passwords and surgically implanted access tokens only to have someone come up with a fast factoring method (maybe something quantum based?), or a $5 pair of pliers applied to the testicles. To a big bank, that's what insurance and risk pools are for. I think more money has been lost by rogue traders who were given access, bad investments, etc. than lost to external hackers. Or did hackers cause the big Mortgage Crisis?
I love to study encryption as a hobby, but I'm also careful to watch out for thinking things need more nails, just because I happen to have a hammer.
Does ctrl-esc work for that?
I'm actually using a keyboard without a 'Windows' (or generic OS) key (IBM-OEM Model M)
I've been on /. a long time (lost my 3 digit...), and this is probably the nerdiest post I have ever seen.
The only reason I would go for this over the game running on my local machine is that it could make it much more difficult to cheat in multiplayer games.
Lie 'aimbots' that read the games state, and fake input to automatically shoot opponents; 'warping', where fake movement commands are sent to the server; 'wallhacking' where obstacles are rendered transparent, etc.
Some automation would still be possible, with image recognition and virtual input device drivers, but at least the bots couldn't do anything the players couldn't, and simply changing the textures/model occasionally would screw with that.
Even locked down platforms like XBox 360 and PS3 have hackers cheating on them from what I hear; you just can't trust the client end.
So, you only visit website for which you have a written invitation?
As a business, if your front door is open, it's an invitation to come in and browse.
If an attacker has enough access to fill all the address space of a 64 bit process, it sounds like they are already in too much control.
"It rather involved being on the other side of this airtight hatchway."
Windows 8 is more 6.2 than 7.1.
I would consider "Gourmet" and "Mass produced by Machine" to be mutually exclusive; no matter how good the food is.
It's like a "Limited Time Offer" that's always available, "Exclusive Benefits" for anyone with a pulse, etc.
Yes, gamma radiation and magic are incompatible; that's why The Hulk was able to beat Loki so easily.
I work on a major website that allows free trials, since an account includes an e-mail address, sometimes spammers will try to sign up large numbers of accounts.
So sometimes; but not usually (I don't know the trigger) you get prompted for a phone number to have an SMS/voice call sent to, to validate your sign up.
Just like Google sometimes requires a CAPTCHA to do a search, if your queries look like they might be automated.
You are better off re-installing to a freshly created partition, not cloning an existing disc. There are disk-block alignment issues that may occur otherwise (where a logical block occupies parts of two memory blocks), increasing the wear rate, and thus lowering the life of the SSD. The performance won't noticeably suffer at first (It'll still be damn faster than disc) but it's better for the health of the drive in the long term.
This research may also prove valuable for returning war veterans, who were exposed to concussive explosions repeatedly; which also causes long term brain injury.
Do 4 times the pixels need 4 times the bandwidth? I would think larger blocks of solid colors, simple gradients, etc. would compress much at a much higher ratio than smaller ones. Or do they still encode the same size of pixel blocks as the old standards?
As for digital artifacts, I find that applying a very light noise filter (artificial 'film grain') conceals obvious banding, blockyness, etc. improving perceived (but not actual) quality.
I contracted at MS testing Messenger 1.0; it was so nice back then, 100 KILObyte install, unicode native, just plain worked.
Then the Bloat...
The problem is not Lawyers, it's MBAs.
People who only know how to cut costs; but don't increase productivity in any way. Doing retarded things like laying off higher paid experienced staff and hiring under-skilled workers; 'streamlining', 'downsizing', etc.
Nobody was lending money to ANYBODY at the time; the market was paralyzed by fear, causing the liquidity crisis. The government action was needed to get things moving again, like a fiscal laxative.
Question; is there a differance between 'effective' encryption, and 'HIPAA Approved' encryption?
From a legal standpoint, would cheap/free encryption like Truecrypt/PGP be acceptable, or do you need HIPAA certified encryption with enterprise key management, etc. for $1000 a seat?
What stops your medical records being 'encrypted' with ROT13?