You can't entirely "withhold" the information. If the CEO of a company suddenly dumps stocks in his own company, that should be a signal that something is up.
If we are interested in "Wild West" trading systems, I think the CEO could have a lot of fun and profit with this, by suddenly dumping stocks in his own company and buying them back shortly after the announcement. Once this had happened a few times, the insider trading announcements would be useless.
Wouldn't the air force have to claim that they were in fact the copyright owner of this video to file a DMCA notice? Doesn't that mean YouTube or the person who posted it could actually just go ahead and file suit against the government since this is a false claim?
Technically, yes, many people will avoid quibbling over legal details when dealing with a heavily armed organisation that thinks it's above the law.
In the same way, it takes bravery to say no when mafia or radical religious groups issue a "take down notice".
Yup. Part of the construction at one airport a couple of years ago (I think Oakland) put a couple of hundred people waiting at the baggage claim in a relatively small room with a hundred people waiting to get through security. I told my wife, "If these people are smart, they won't bother with the planes; there's a 747-load right here."
Sure, but that wouldn't hurt the capitalist system where it really counts: the cost of replacing an airliner.
Really? How about a simple email to support, or a form in your app that allows them to setup a username/password in the event that happens? Doesn't seem like that's a big deal. And you've determined its undesirable for your users, assuming that its more desirable for them to setup yet another login that they need to store/remember for your site.
I don't think it would be very secure, if anybody can request a new username/password for an account. Why bother with passwords at all?
I don't find it very desirable to set up yet another login. In fact I was hoping to avoid the need to code a username/password system at all, and rely completely on OpenID. However it was the thought of having to use a 3rd party authentication system, even for my own login to my own site, that made me reconsider. Sites on the Internet come and go, and OpenID itself may fall into disuse some day.
If I also have to set up my own login system, as backup for OpenID, then supporting OpenID doesn't save any work after all.
This isn't a trivial thing to understand and I encourage you to read up on OpenID.
I read up on OpenID and considered implementing it on a website. However I came to the conclusion that it was undesirable, since a user would be completely dependent on their OpenID provider. If it was off-line, or closed down for good, they would lose their access to my site too.
Did you try it on the comics? Did it work? Why doesn't Microsoft offer it for installation when you click the "Get Microsoft Silverlight" link on their web page, when using a unix-like env?
In those cases, someone gives you currency, and they become poorer, wealth is then exchanged into your hands. Poverty is a direct result of wealth.
If they give you currency and get nothing in return they would become poorer. But since you are selling them something, which they value more highly than the currency, they become richer.
In practice this means "you can only download legal music and software from our approved stores.
If legislation was enacted to force ISPs to filter certain specified copyrighted material, and if I was running an ISP, I'd make sure the material was filtered properly: there would certainly not be an exception for an "approved store" site. If they want to hang themselves, I'll hand them the rope.
Is it possible that they aren't "buying" these domains at all, but "reserving" them for their customers? I know this may sound a little far fetched to those who have no experience with customer service, but perhaps they are trying to provide a better customer experience by reserving names immediately when you search for it, so if it is available, you can buy it (and from them). They could be opening themselves to lawsuits if you searched for the domain, they said it was available, and then 12 hours later you couldn't buy it from them because they hadn't reserved it.
No, because they don't reserve the domain for the person who originally enquires about it. Anybody can register the domain, but for a few days they are forced to do it through Network Solutions.
I'd like to see a system where the supporters can get involved too, not just the candidates. That would more accurately reflect the "civil war" or "Coup d'état" systems that would normally be used to replace the government in the absence of elections.
Ideally, this would be some kind of non-violent game, since otherwise you may as well just have the civil war.
The Australian system is worthless, since many parties are still ridiculously under-represented in parliament. Check out the House of Representatives results, e.g., at Wikipedia. The Australian Greens, for example, received 7.79 percent of the votes, and 0 seats in the house.
I suspect that it's not the development that's the limitation with the next-gen OS, it's the users. If it's not Linux, MacOS or Windows, it doesn't have much chance of gaining a significant user base in 2008.
I suppose it could have been worse. A few years ago it seemed like only Windows would be on the list.
An internet service (web site, chat room, etc) cannot possibly be expected to accurately determine anything about an internet user. Even credit card verification doesn't work, since any kid can borrow their parents' credit card and any identity thief can supply someone else's stolen credit card information.
I'd say it's even worse than that. Any ID that provides age verification is also likely to be useful for the scam/phishing websites. What confidence would you have, when surfing to a random porn site, that uploading a photo of your driver's licence or passport is a good idea?
This doesn't encourage sustainable agriculture. How much ethanol will it take to produce the extra industrial fertilizers that are needed if "leftover waste materials" aren't recycled back into the soil?
It's not hard to conclude that you should sell a stock when its overvalued. The real problem is deciding what's good value vs overvalued.
You can get lucky buying at 19 and selling at 26, but you could buy them back at 25 and see them go down to 17. Or perhaps the price will never get down to 25 and you'd have to buy back at 35 if you wanted to trade that stock again.
People forget how to make money in stock. Buy low and sell high.
True, but people also forget how money is lost in stock. Buy low and the price goes lower. Or sell high and watch the price go even higher.
The basic problem is that the future stock price can't be predicted, and can sometimes defy your expectations for months or years.
Don't forget the "Enron" factor either.
All you need is a cooperating SMTP server (directing to/dev/null) and a generator of random giant crap headers, using two german ISPs. I suppose the ISPs would kick them off soon enough.
The thing that happens when you're 18 or older, though, is that you then have to be responsible for your decisions. When you're less than 18, the consequences get handled by society at large.
I have an alternative argument.
If the government tried to enforce a total ban, the most likely result would be a massive black market in cigarettes and a loss of tax revenue.
A ban on under 18s, on the other hand, may simply make cigarettes more attractive to those who are supposedly prevented from smoking, but who in practice will be able to find a way of getting hold of the things. This will tend to increase addiction and tax revenue.
From the government's point of view, therefore, the limited ban is far more profitable.
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Technically, yes, many people will avoid quibbling over legal details when dealing with a heavily armed organisation that thinks it's above the law.
In the same way, it takes bravery to say no when mafia or radical religious groups issue a "take down notice".
No, this is just a symptom of the biggest problem, which is that the people at the top are completely clueless.
Check out this article which shows just how bad it's getting.
No, a respectable provider, like Network Solutions for example, would find a way to dish up adverts.
I don't think it would be very secure, if anybody can request a new username/password for an account. Why bother with passwords at all?
I don't find it very desirable to set up yet another login. In fact I was hoping to avoid the need to code a username/password system at all, and rely completely on OpenID. However it was the thought of having to use a 3rd party authentication system, even for my own login to my own site, that made me reconsider. Sites on the Internet come and go, and OpenID itself may fall into disuse some day.
If I also have to set up my own login system, as backup for OpenID, then supporting OpenID doesn't save any work after all.
Did you try it on the comics? Did it work? Why doesn't Microsoft offer it for installation when you click the "Get Microsoft Silverlight" link on their web page, when using a unix-like env?
If legislation was enacted to force ISPs to filter certain specified copyrighted material, and if I was running an ISP, I'd make sure the material was filtered properly: there would certainly not be an exception for an "approved store" site. If they want to hang themselves, I'll hand them the rope.
No, because they don't reserve the domain for the person who originally enquires about it. Anybody can register the domain, but for a few days they are forced to do it through Network Solutions.
I'd like to see a system where the supporters can get involved too, not just the candidates. That would more accurately reflect the "civil war" or "Coup d'état" systems that would normally be used to replace the government in the absence of elections.
Ideally, this would be some kind of non-violent game, since otherwise you may as well just have the civil war.
The Australian system is worthless, since many parties are still ridiculously under-represented in parliament. Check out the House of Representatives results, e.g., at Wikipedia. The Australian Greens, for example, received 7.79 percent of the votes, and 0 seats in the house.
I suspect that it's not the development that's the limitation with the next-gen OS, it's the users. If it's not Linux, MacOS or Windows, it doesn't have much chance of gaining a significant user base in 2008.
I suppose it could have been worse. A few years ago it seemed like only Windows would be on the list.
I'd say it's even worse than that. Any ID that provides age verification is also likely to be useful for the scam/phishing websites. What confidence would you have, when surfing to a random porn site, that uploading a photo of your driver's licence or passport is a good idea?
This doesn't encourage sustainable agriculture. How much ethanol will it take to produce the extra industrial fertilizers that are needed if "leftover waste materials" aren't recycled back into the soil?
VMWARE, INC.
Market Cap: 30.77B
P/E (ttm): 160.72
Even after the "tumble", I wouldn't be rushing to invest in this one.
It's not hard to conclude that you should sell a stock when its overvalued. The real problem is deciding what's good value vs overvalued.
You can get lucky buying at 19 and selling at 26, but you could buy them back at 25 and see them go down to 17. Or perhaps the price will never get down to 25 and you'd have to buy back at 35 if you wanted to trade that stock again.
True, but people also forget how money is lost in stock. Buy low and the price goes lower. Or sell high and watch the price go even higher. The basic problem is that the future stock price can't be predicted, and can sometimes defy your expectations for months or years. Don't forget the "Enron" factor either.
All you need is a cooperating SMTP server (directing to /dev/null) and a generator of random giant crap headers, using two german ISPs. I suppose the ISPs would kick them off soon enough.
As I read the article, they aren't logging individual packets.
I have an alternative argument.
If the government tried to enforce a total ban, the most likely result would be a massive black market in cigarettes and a loss of tax revenue.
A ban on under 18s, on the other hand, may simply make cigarettes more attractive to those who are supposedly prevented from smoking, but who in practice will be able to find a way of getting hold of the things. This will tend to increase addiction and tax revenue.
From the government's point of view, therefore, the limited ban is far more profitable.
I don't follow the reasoning either. If they tax this, why not prerecorded CDs?