(sarcasm)
Well, the obvious solution is to prosecute Randy for violation of some type of copyright/jail-breaking/illegal use law. If we don't have one yet for this -- we can write one quickly! No need to have people worry about this type of stuff.
Our economy is in shambles, we need people to use their cards! You can't grow GDP without breaking a few eggs!
(/sarcasm)
I'm scandalized. Thank God the Government stepped in to control this type of fraternizing with students!
But it doesn't make sense, they can still be friends "offline"??? Should the Government allow that?
It really should be studied. What about being friendly outside of school -- sounds questionable. Could
be risky.....
I just love to hear that disclosure was voluntary when you were interviewing for a job! Sure, it's voluntary, don't tell us and you don't get the job.
I'm not sure about private companies making that "voluntary" request -- but certainly not a government agency.
Folks,
You just got to believe that some parents are "relieved" to have a misbehaving child
diagnosed as ADHD and medicated. Then, it is not their fault. They can tell all
their friends, "Johnny was acting out at school for a while, but he has ADHD and is
now on medication..."
Like everyone else is saying I also would have put on drugs. All my elementary
report cards said, "Johnny talks to much in class!" With enough positive and
negative reinforcement -- I learned to control my behavior.
I was an Honor Graduate of the Air Force Academy and a jet instructor pilot -- and
a programmer in my later years! I hate to think what would have happened if I'd
been drugged.
What! You mean all the money I spent on getting that great degree in Hotel Front Desk Administration isn't worth $80,000! But all the commercials said it was.... maybe I should have gone for that Computer Science major after all!
Seriously - nothing wrong with being a receptionist or a lot of other jobs. But college catalogs seem to be more like vocational training schools -- just a lot more expensive!
Technically, yes it is possible. However, it would require a massive amount of delta-v to rendezvous with a significant number of enemy sats. And, that doesn't provide any reason to make something that can return to earth. You could launch a vehicle capable of your proposed mission on a normal rocket. Also, the enemy would notice that you launched something that is visiting all of their sats. At least, they would know you were doing close-pass espionage runs. They will be monitoring the space near their sats to see if anything is on an intersecting orbit that they need to maneuver away from in order to avoid a collision.
You don't have to visit all of them in one mission and given the complexity -- why not reuse the vehicle (it would be cheaper). Regarding ground radar, it is not as easy as you think to keep a continual monitor and we probably have the best system there is. The X-37B also has a stealthy shape. The dual rudders is pure F-22. They said it was to fit into the nose of the Atlas for launch -- but it may also reduce radar signature.
This is just conjecture. On a 'big' war day we are going to want to disable enemy satellites. We have ground based interceptors -- but there can be delays in launch windows, plus the 'bad' guys are going to be on guard and can take some evasive actions.
How about our little X-37 with a cargo bay and manipulator arm goes and pays those 'nasty' satellites a visit right now and attaches a few pounds of high explosive with a radio detonator. When the war starts you push a button and they all disappear!
Just in case they send a maintenance flight up, our little bomblets can also be equipped with a radio controlled 'spring' that detaches them from the satellite. No one is the wiser.
This person is quite correct. I'm amazed people think that if I pay you to develop some software some scratch -- that you OWN the result?
It is "work made for hire" and the person that pays, owns by default.
Normally, when I'm involved in this type of work for a customers I'll add a clause that at least says I have the right to "reuse" portions of the code in other work -- most don't have a problem with that.
Folks,
I read the petition before commenting. There are options on what to do, and one of them is to release it to an independent entity "MySQL must be divested to a suitable third party that can continue to develop it under the GPL."
That certainly doesn't have to be him. It does provide a very effective low cost alternative and I can't see Oracle putting a lot of effort into a competing product.
Folks,
I think they new they had to make a strategic move to keep/increase market share. If they do deliver and make it a great open source platform running Linux -- they could have a LOT of applications.
Could be a fun device!
I remember a grad class that went into circuit design and register transfer language. I was amazed how opcodes could be made to twiddle bits.
We just had a software simulator to try our designs -- I admire this guy for building it. Cool!
Oh, I meant to write a little more in my original posting but there was a knock at my door.
A nice man from the government came. He said they just want to install a camera in my living room, that it will help keep everyone safe, and of course, anything they see will be kept very confidential! Just looking for those bad terrorists!
The amount of intrusion by government in a computer driven world is amazing -- and nobody really seems too upset about 'privacy' if you can convince them their 'security' is at steak!
People seem so upset about how this kind of stuff
can go on? Well, how can billions of people in
China live under authoritarian rule? Now we know...
Right now it only bothers us enough to make 'postings' on a BLOG. When we begin to take real
action on behalf of our beliefs -- then they mean
something!
I went to the ICANN link,
http://www.icann.org/transfers/policy-12jul04.htm
and actually read the policy. It certainly DOES NOT
mean that you will lose control of your domain name without your explicit permission as the owner.
It seemed to say that if a registrar does not reply to a request for a registrar transfer in five days, the move will be approved. This may not be smart either -- but not as bad as some folks made it sound.
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(sarcasm) Well, the obvious solution is to prosecute Randy for violation of some type of copyright/jail-breaking/illegal use law. If we don't have one yet for this -- we can write one quickly! No need to have people worry about this type of stuff. Our economy is in shambles, we need people to use their cards! You can't grow GDP without breaking a few eggs! (/sarcasm)
I'm scandalized. Thank God the Government stepped in to control this type of fraternizing with students! But it doesn't make sense, they can still be friends "offline"??? Should the Government allow that? It really should be studied. What about being friendly outside of school -- sounds questionable. Could be risky.....
I just love to hear that disclosure was voluntary when you were interviewing for a job! Sure, it's voluntary, don't tell us and you don't get the job. I'm not sure about private companies making that "voluntary" request -- but certainly not a government agency.
Like everyone else is saying I also would have put on drugs. All my elementary report cards said, "Johnny talks to much in class!" With enough positive and negative reinforcement -- I learned to control my behavior.
I was an Honor Graduate of the Air Force Academy and a jet instructor pilot -- and a programmer in my later years! I hate to think what would have happened if I'd been drugged.
Seriously - nothing wrong with being a receptionist or a lot of other jobs. But college catalogs seem to be more like vocational training schools -- just a lot more expensive!
Technically, yes it is possible. However, it would require a massive amount of delta-v to rendezvous with a significant number of enemy sats. And, that doesn't provide any reason to make something that can return to earth. You could launch a vehicle capable of your proposed mission on a normal rocket. Also, the enemy would notice that you launched something that is visiting all of their sats. At least, they would know you were doing close-pass espionage runs. They will be monitoring the space near their sats to see if anything is on an intersecting orbit that they need to maneuver away from in order to avoid a collision.
You don't have to visit all of them in one mission and given the complexity -- why not reuse the vehicle (it would be cheaper). Regarding ground radar, it is not as easy as you think to keep a continual monitor and we probably have the best system there is. The X-37B also has a stealthy shape. The dual rudders is pure F-22. They said it was to fit into the nose of the Atlas for launch -- but it may also reduce radar signature.
This is just conjecture. On a 'big' war day we are going to want to disable enemy satellites. We have ground based interceptors -- but there can be delays in launch windows, plus the 'bad' guys are going to be on guard and can take some evasive actions.
How about our little X-37 with a cargo bay and manipulator arm goes and pays those 'nasty' satellites a visit right now and attaches a few pounds of high explosive with a radio detonator. When the war starts you push a button and they all disappear!
Just in case they send a maintenance flight up, our little bomblets can also be equipped with a radio controlled 'spring' that detaches them from the satellite. No one is the wiser.
Possible?
This person is quite correct. I'm amazed people think that if I pay you to develop some software some scratch -- that you OWN the result? It is "work made for hire" and the person that pays, owns by default. Normally, when I'm involved in this type of work for a customers I'll add a clause that at least says I have the right to "reuse" portions of the code in other work -- most don't have a problem with that.
Yes, set a goal of getting to Mars and get the equipment in place to get it done. Our goal is to colonize another planet.
Folks, I read the petition before commenting. There are options on what to do, and one of them is to release it to an independent entity "MySQL must be divested to a suitable third party that can continue to develop it under the GPL." That certainly doesn't have to be him. It does provide a very effective low cost alternative and I can't see Oracle putting a lot of effort into a competing product.
Folks, I think they new they had to make a strategic move to keep/increase market share. If they do deliver and make it a great open source platform running Linux -- they could have a LOT of applications. Could be a fun device!
I remember a grad class that went into circuit design and register transfer language. I was amazed how opcodes could be made to twiddle bits. We just had a software simulator to try our designs -- I admire this guy for building it. Cool!
A nice man from the government came. He said they just want to install a camera in my living room, that it will help keep everyone safe, and of course, anything they see will be kept very confidential! Just looking for those bad terrorists!
People seem so upset about how this kind of stuff can go on? Well, how can billions of people in China live under authoritarian rule? Now we know...
Right now it only bothers us enough to make 'postings' on a BLOG. When we begin to take real action on behalf of our beliefs -- then they mean something!
I went to the ICANN link, http://www.icann.org/transfers/policy-12jul04.htm and actually read the policy. It certainly DOES NOT mean that you will lose control of your domain name without your explicit permission as the owner. It seemed to say that if a registrar does not reply to a request for a registrar transfer in five days, the move will be approved. This may not be smart either -- but not as bad as some folks made it sound.