The FBI does have certain, specific areas of jurisdiction. Ever read the FBI website? They say with specificity what their areas of jurisdiction and current criminal priorities are.
All crimes or suspected crimes deserve thorough investigation. Ruling certain kinds of crimes out-of-reach of the FBI simply due to resource-constraints is equivalent to encouraging the said crimes.
Right. Because the FBI is out investigating every single federal crime within their jurisdiction, right?
No. Because the FBI does have limited resources, cases not specifically brought to their attention by promising, credible leads -- or at least serious media attention -- don't get investigated. Those with credible leads that may not look so promising might sit on the backburner -- often for months or years.
While the FBI does investigate people who turn out to not have been criminals, that's more the exception than the rule.
Most porn sites nowadays have intro pages that ask the user to confirm if he/she is over 18. Would eliminating this law mean that those sites are no longer required to have these intro pages?
They never were required to have them, at least not by any federal statute. Porn sites did this of their own (or their lawyers') volition.
On the other hand, I am still trying to find a way to get away from Verizon and onto AT&T or T-Mobile, because their phones are mediocre, customer service is below par, and they restrict their devices.
And AT&T and T-Mobile don't restrict their devices?
Let's see, so far, computer models have failed to accurately manage loan portfolios to higher risk buyers, failed to manage risk books for hedge funds, could not capture currency trading, can't predict the weather and are probably wrong about climate. Sure, let's have them predict nobel prize winners while we are at it!
Well, it's certainly easier than trolling Nostradamus' quatrains in search of a prediction, now isn't it?;)
Anybody could have hacked Congress for any number of reasons. Why did Mitnick hack the phone system? Why does anybody attempt to gain unauthorized access to systems they're not supposed to be messing with?
Many years ago, when I was a youngster, people were doing it just to prove they could.
10. Firefox and Thunderbird are GTK+ 9. Konqueror and KHTML, without WebKit, is hobbled by severe rendering and JavaScript bugs 8. GIMP is GTK+ 7. The OOo KDE integration, last I checked anyway, was nowhere near as good as the GNOME integration. 6. Pidgin is GTK+ and Kopete is still very immature compared to it. 5. Inkscape is a GTK+/GNOME app. 4. Audacity is GTK+ 3. Most of the popular major distros have GNOME as the default desktop (Ubuntu, Fedora, Mandriva, Debian, etc.) 2. GNOME is easier to use than KDE
and the number one reason GNOME isn't going anywhere:
Your Web browser has this amazing feature called 'copy and paste'. You highlight the text and then right click and choose 'Copy'. Then you open a terminal window and right click and choose 'Paste'. The text you highlighted then magically appears in the terminal window!
I disagree. Most guides out there for ubuntu involve terminal commands.
Commands that say things like this?
sudo apt-get install foo
Yeah. That's because it's easier and faster to write that than say 'Click System | Administration | Synaptic Package Manager.' Click the 'Search' button and type 'foo' and hit enter. Right click the 'foo-1.0' package and click 'Install'. When prompted, enter your password.
Ok but save for a few high-profile projects like Mozilla's suite and OOo, the open source community doesn't use waterfall either. In fact, isn't the Linux kernel's model itself somewhat closer to agile?
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It's like being an undercover mob boss. Except you don't get to: Bang models on their way to the street, Drown rats or wear a cool ring.
Also the risk of being shot and your body left in the Everglades for the alligators to eat is significantly lower.
Mod parent +5 insightful. Cash is accepted everywhere and stolen cash can't be used for identity theft.
The FBI does have certain, specific areas of jurisdiction. Ever read the FBI website? They say with specificity what their areas of jurisdiction and current criminal priorities are.
All crimes or suspected crimes deserve thorough investigation. Ruling certain kinds of crimes out-of-reach of the FBI simply due to resource-constraints is equivalent to encouraging the said crimes.
Right. Because the FBI is out investigating every single federal crime within their jurisdiction, right?
No. Because the FBI does have limited resources, cases not specifically brought to their attention by promising, credible leads -- or at least serious media attention -- don't get investigated. Those with credible leads that may not look so promising might sit on the backburner -- often for months or years.
While the FBI does investigate people who turn out to not have been criminals, that's more the exception than the rule.
Okay, but AT&T and T-Mobile won't actually sell you an unlocked phone. You have to buy it 3rd party, which means you're going to be paying full price.
Most porn sites nowadays have intro pages that ask the user to confirm if he/she is over 18. Would eliminating this law mean that those sites are no longer required to have these intro pages?
They never were required to have them, at least not by any federal statute. Porn sites did this of their own (or their lawyers') volition.
Um, couldn't you just buy your own device and use whatever carrier you want?
Not from the U.S., I take it?
On the other hand, I am still trying to find a way to get away from Verizon and onto AT&T or T-Mobile, because their phones are mediocre, customer service is below par, and they restrict their devices.
And AT&T and T-Mobile don't restrict their devices?
Let's see, so far, computer models have failed to accurately manage loan portfolios to higher risk buyers, failed to manage risk books for hedge funds, could not capture currency trading, can't predict the weather and are probably wrong about climate. Sure, let's have them predict nobel prize winners while we are at it!
Well, it's certainly easier than trolling Nostradamus' quatrains in search of a prediction, now isn't it? ;)
Next week: Steve Ballmer himself visits the White House...
Anybody could have hacked Congress for any number of reasons. Why did Mitnick hack the phone system? Why does anybody attempt to gain unauthorized access to systems they're not supposed to be messing with?
Many years ago, when I was a youngster, people were doing it just to prove they could.
Without which, Ubuntu Mobile couldn't possibly exist as they wouldn't be able to rip-off most of the work of the Debian packagers. ;)
*ducking*
Ok, I'll bite.
Top 10 Reasons GNOME isn't going anywhere:
10. Firefox and Thunderbird are GTK+
9. Konqueror and KHTML, without WebKit, is hobbled by severe rendering and JavaScript bugs
8. GIMP is GTK+
7. The OOo KDE integration, last I checked anyway, was nowhere near as good as the GNOME integration.
6. Pidgin is GTK+ and Kopete is still very immature compared to it.
5. Inkscape is a GTK+/GNOME app.
4. Audacity is GTK+
3. Most of the popular major distros have GNOME as the default desktop (Ubuntu, Fedora, Mandriva, Debian, etc.)
2. GNOME is easier to use than KDE
and the number one reason GNOME isn't going anywhere:
1. Germans just love David Hasselhoff!
Hello? Linus Torvalds? Is that you?
The so-called 'strange padding fetish' is mostly a GNOME thing. It's possible to use GTK on small screen sizes without so much padding.
No, I think that was just ESR making sure he gets his order in...
Yes..
Your Web browser has this amazing feature called 'copy and paste'. You highlight the text and then right click and choose 'Copy'. Then you open a terminal window and right click and choose 'Paste'. The text you highlighted then magically appears in the terminal window!
Why don't you give it a try now?
To anyone not overly familiar with ... the Constitution
Yep. That would be Chief Justice John G. Roberts. Glad to know it wasn't an imposter up there.
I'll take those, thank you very much.
Works for all of my nVidia cards. I've never tried with an ATI/AMD card.
I disagree. Most guides out there for ubuntu involve terminal commands.
Commands that say things like this?
sudo apt-get install foo
Yeah. That's because it's easier and faster to write that than say 'Click System | Administration | Synaptic Package Manager.' Click the 'Search' button and type 'foo' and hit enter. Right click the 'foo-1.0' package and click 'Install'. When prompted, enter your password.
Yes. See 'restricted drivers manager'.
Ok but save for a few high-profile projects like Mozilla's suite and OOo, the open source community doesn't use waterfall either. In fact, isn't the Linux kernel's model itself somewhat closer to agile?
Hello? Tim Berners-Lee? Is that you?