... and perchlorates, etc. Yes.... I know I wasn't being technically correct, but seen in the context of "enough oxygen", they'll ban my favorite chemical drink, dihydrogen monoxide.
The argument is that the liquids they are afraid of are volatile and hard to contain in cans, and thus you would see condensation on the inside of the bag. Not all liquid explosives are volatile, but it helps. Anything with enough nitrogen content is able to be turned into an explosive, it's just a matter of how much work is involved for each compound.
That being said, suffice it to say that I managed to get a can of lighter fluid on a plane, even after they put the restrictions on liquids in place. And I wasn't even trying to get it on the plane, it was just in a bag I was carrying and I didn't even think about. But apparently, it was missed by the screeners who were far more interested in stealing my bottles of Pantene and my can of Axe.
This could be a bizarre coincidence, or it might be something that we had no idea about before. There have been previous studies that included dogs and other pets that have found similar correlations. The basic idea that many believe is the cause of such correlations is that having a loving pet helps to reduce stress, which, of course, has been proven to reduce the chance of heart attack and stroke.
So, IOW, anything you might do to relieve stress -- pet your cat (or other pet), exercise (good one with additional proven health and heart benefits), shoot your mother-in-law, etc, is good for your heart.
If we're going to ban software used in identity theft I guess we can kiss the browser and e-mail client goodbye. Along with image editing program and a slew of other apps. But why stop at software? We should ban printers! Can't make a fake ID with a good printer!
Heck with it, let's just ban computers altogether! Are you with me?
It doesn't fucking matter what the intentions are of the person leaving the sofa.. if you picked up the sofa - REGARDLESS OF WHY IT WAS THERE - that's theft. You obtained something you where not otherwise permitted to have. THATS THE FUCKING THEFT. Actually, it's not. Courts have consistently ruled that anything sitting out on the curb is fair game. For one, the ground in front of the curb isn't private property, it's part of what's called the 'right-of-way' -- IOW, it's, in essence, public property. Furthermore, and this is why the courts rule this way, anything sitting out on the curb is assumed to be refuse. Trash. By throwing something away, you're telling the world that you don't want it anymore. And that is implicit permission.
Anyay, whether you 'should' or 'shouldn't' have something isn't so easy to define. Just because someone is making money off of something, that doesn't mean that obtaining that something for free is wrong. Pepsi and Coke make money by putting water into bottles and selling it, yet I can get water almost anywhere for free.
No, I think this is a case where the good people have nothing to fear, because if you're not doing anything wrong, then you have no reason to worry about your electronic rights. I hate this argument. I really do hope you're being facetious. Anyway, it's quite easy to refute: 'anything wrong' is a relative term. Whether you're doing anything wrong or not depends on who's watching. What if I'm an ardent follower of His Noodliness? I might believe that your use of a cable tie eliminates Spaghettiness and is therefore morally reprehensible. Hence, wrong.
First of all, don't assume that that everyone who thinks the Earth is older than 6,000 years is an atheist. Albert Einstein, for instance, was certainly not an atheist.
Secondly, this argument:
The billions of years claimed today are based almost exclusively upon the radiometric dating techniques
holds absolutely no water. They even have to couch it by saying 'almost'. There are dating techniques other than radiometric dating that actually corroborate the accuracy of radiometric dating. Secondly, there's nothing wrong with radiometric dating -- it's the most accurate and consistent method of dating available, but it is far from the only method of dating.
...concatenated with Jesus' age when he died is (by no mere coincidence) 2288333 1/3! Whoa! Hold on there, eldavojohn! How do you know God does math in Base 10?
IBM doubts the future of the "personal computer" Actually, that was Xerox and maybe some factions at IBM back in the day. But various factions at IBM were watching the young 'personal computer' (they were called 'home computers' back then) market to see when the best time to jump in would be.
Those limitations aren't really limitations. They're just no-brainers. There is almost nothing you can't do with the SDK. You have to either be kidding or you're on Steve Jobs fairy dust. IT organizations absolutely cannot adopt a device for their company that requires applications to be installed exclusively through third-party servers (iTMS) that they have absolutely no control over. There is NO WAY to retain a quality of infrastructure integration within a company without the ability for IT organizations to test and control the release of these applications prior to rollout. This means that there is also only a SINGLE VENDOR from which software can be obtained. Forget about competitive bidding, negotiating the best package price, etc.
Forget it. Medium-to-Large companies will NEVER go for this.
Does this apply to single processor machines with dual cores or just multiple processors? Interesting point, but from the OS kernel's point-of-view a single-processor, dual-core machine looks exactly like a machine with two processors. So it runs the same code to support SMP whether we're talking single-processor dual-core or multiple processors.
IOW, if there is a performance difference, I would expect it to show up exactly the same in both FreeBSD and Linux (as well as any other OS that supports SMP).
I'd be interested to see results from pre-CFS kernels.
Not that FreeBSD hasn't made major performance improvements.
Also, I think that a database test isn't a complete picture. For example, some OSes like IRIX or Mac OS X perform very well on streaming of local video and audio, but I wouldn't benchmark Oracle or PostgreSQL on either.
Now we're on the verge of seeing each others dreams. Hmmmm...well, your brain literally doesn't know the difference between what it 'sees' and what it 'remembers'. Dreams are generally a kind of "mix-tape" of various memories -- they're constructed from memories. So when you dream, your visual cortex is stimulated in the same way as when you 'remember' and when you 'see'. IOW, the same tech should, in theory, be able to read your dreams.
That's an accurate description of the history of the general political unrest in the Middle East that has been occurring since the end of World War II. My comments were more centralized around current events in a particular region.
You seriously think that we "walked over Iraq"? Perhaps it escaped your attention but we are still fighting there, and we have not won yet. I suggest you read more newspapers. While I agree with your sentiment, I feel I have to point that we did "win" in Iraq. The regime in Iraq changed. We defeated the Iraqi military. What we're still fighting over there, though, isn't so much as the "enemy" as it is just basically mass chaos, which either U.S. military intelligence either knew or should have known would happen in a country splintered and segregated along ethnic, religious and cultural divisions. After all, isn't that why there's never been any significant time of peace in the nation of Israel since its founding in the first half of the last century? (Not to mention that other people from outside of Iraq are capitalizing on this chaos and taking pot shots at the U.S. military whenever possible.)
Y'all have to look past the rhetoric coming from both sides of the political aisle and see the situation for what it is: fubar'd.
Oh please, "security breaches"? What enemy could possibly challenge the US air force? China. North Korea. Iran. North Vietnam. Palestine.
Basically any country with nukes or that has close ties with a country with nukes. Of those, the most credible threats are probably from China and North Korea.
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You send all the account executives, telephone sanitizers, etc. to Golgafrincham.
... and perchlorates, etc. Yes.... I know I wasn't being technically correct, but seen in the context of "enough oxygen", they'll ban my favorite chemical drink, dihydrogen monoxide.
That being said, suffice it to say that I managed to get a can of lighter fluid on a plane, even after they put the restrictions on liquids in place. And I wasn't even trying to get it on the plane, it was just in a bag I was carrying and I didn't even think about. But apparently, it was missed by the screeners who were far more interested in stealing my bottles of Pantene and my can of Axe.
So, IOW, anything you might do to relieve stress -- pet your cat (or other pet), exercise (good one with additional proven health and heart benefits), shoot your mother-in-law, etc, is good for your heart.
Heck with it, let's just ban computers altogether! Are you with me?
Oh, wait...
Oh, well, that just makes it all better now, doesn't it? Miguel says he's sorry, guys. Will you forgive him?
Anyay, whether you 'should' or 'shouldn't' have something isn't so easy to define. Just because someone is making money off of something, that doesn't mean that obtaining that something for free is wrong. Pepsi and Coke make money by putting water into bottles and selling it, yet I can get water almost anywhere for free.
First of all, don't assume that that everyone who thinks the Earth is older than 6,000 years is an atheist. Albert Einstein, for instance, was certainly not an atheist.
Secondly, this argument:
The billions of years claimed today are based almost exclusively upon the radiometric dating techniques
holds absolutely no water. They even have to couch it by saying 'almost'. There are dating techniques other than radiometric dating that actually corroborate the accuracy of radiometric dating. Secondly, there's nothing wrong with radiometric dating -- it's the most accurate and consistent method of dating available, but it is far from the only method of dating.
You do realize, sir, that this revelation officially makes you older than dirt?
...concatenated with Jesus' age when he died is (by no mere coincidence) 2288333 1/3! Whoa! Hold on there, eldavojohn! How do you know God does math in Base 10?Overrated != 'I don't agree with you because I'm an Apple fanboi and I dream of sucking Steve Jobs' cock everyday!'
Forget it. Medium-to-Large companies will NEVER go for this.
IOW, if there is a performance difference, I would expect it to show up exactly the same in both FreeBSD and Linux (as well as any other OS that supports SMP).
I'd be interested to see results from pre-CFS kernels.
Not that FreeBSD hasn't made major performance improvements.
Also, I think that a database test isn't a complete picture. For example, some OSes like IRIX or Mac OS X perform very well on streaming of local video and audio, but I wouldn't benchmark Oracle or PostgreSQL on either.
That's an accurate description of the history of the general political unrest in the Middle East that has been occurring since the end of World War II. My comments were more centralized around current events in a particular region.
Uhhhhh...OMG! *Google's Rachel Marsden* Uhhhhh....Hey, Rachel! It's over between us!
Y'all have to look past the rhetoric coming from both sides of the political aisle and see the situation for what it is: fubar'd.
Hmmmm...remind me to use wxWidgets on my next cross-platform application, k?
Basically any country with nukes or that has close ties with a country with nukes. Of those, the most credible threats are probably from China and North Korea.
Oh, wait...were you joking?