Having the TV stored in the attic with the mains plug removed does seem to appease them though.
Yes, the legislation says that TV sets require a licence if they are "installed and used" to receive TV broadcasts. I think you can read this as giving two opportunities for prosecution: proving that somebody has a TV "installed" to receive broadcasts, i.e., connected to an antenna and tuned to local frequencies, or that somebody has a TV which is "used" to received broadcasts, i.e., they catch them watching TV.
Microsoft is way out of line on this one. 'Release Candidate' obviously means it's a candidate to be released, and if this wasn't the case it shouldn't have been labelled that way. It doesn't exactly inspire confidence in the company (not that I had any in any case).
If you log into gmail then won't your search be linked anyway? (since mail.google.com would be proxied)
Before using gmail, start a new browser session. Log into gmail and read mail, and don't do any searching in this session. Close the browser to clear out the session cookies. Is that sufficiently paranoid?
So after a couple of centuries we're back at the original definition.
More or less, depending on who is doing the defining. An alternative definition of "terrorism" is the performing of acts that governments think should be reserved for themselves.
No doubt somewhere in the contract is a clause that such driver stupidity as losing a key, or leaving it sitting in the ignition, also invalidates the contract.
The moral of the story for me is that I don't really need to buy a car. For people who really need a car, the moral is don't waste money on theft insurance, since you probably won't be able to claim in any case.
Apparently she described "waterboarding" at torture. Presumably the CIA practices waterbording and says it's not torture.
Speaking out against the corporate line on a sensitive topic is an invitation to be sacked, or worse, e.g., waterboarded!
A license, if it was going to be a reliable legal construct, would be a document on paper that said "I, Microsoft Corporation, hereby grant a license to Joe Blogs to use one copy of Microsoft Office Super Pro on the computer with ethernet card MAC Address ############ and CPU ID ################## subject to the following extensive limitations..." and signed by an authorised representative of Microsoft Corp.
If the license isn't exactly in this form, it should somehow be logically equivalent to this form using information which would be valid in a court of law at each step.
It would bounce gently and harmlessly off the ISS and float away, probably to fall back to earth within a year. The Shuttle and ISS in this scenario are in the same orbit, so the relative speed between the two is small.
You have a good point.
I don't think you have any concept of how big space is. The shuttle would be literally dozens (perhaps hundreds) of miles away from the ISS before things get interesting, and it would probably be travelling dozens or hundreds of miles per hour in the opposite direction. I'd rather be on the ISS than on the ground when they attempt this; if you're on Earth, you have some chance of getting hit by falling debris.
I wasn't worried about the shuttle spontaneously exploding and knocking out the ISS. Rather, what if no rescue craft is forthcoming and the equipment on the ISS is looking a bit dodgy? I'd take my chances on the shuttle.
Yes, like so-called "intellectual property" rules. E.g., inadvertently using a trademark or patent claimed by a large and litigious corporation. I'm sure this wouldn't apply in the case of a forward thinking company like Sun, however. They would surely never sue over their Java trademark, for example.
The engine is not so important for an anime vehicle. I wouldn't be surprised if it goes just as fast when gliding as it does when using the jet engine.
I don't have anything against humanity, in particular. I don't think humans act any better or worse than any other of the Earth's species would do, if they reached this level of ability first. It's just nature taking its course.
Humanity is unlikely to survive in its current form for long, even without a disaster. Natural evolution would probably modify it significantly within a few million years. But with the introduction of intelligent machines, nanotechnology and genetic engineering it's hard to predict even the next century.
Humanity will accept destruction, if saving itself costs too much. Space exploration certainly comes into this category, and so does taking a more cautious attitude to modifying the Earth's environment. There is always somebody who would rather take the short term profit.
fun fact: slashdot is written in an interpreted language (perl).
I don't think it's true to describe Perl as an "interpreted language". Firstly because it's compiled, at run time before execution. Secondly, and more importantly, it's not a language. It's line noise.
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Microsoft is way out of line on this one. 'Release Candidate' obviously means it's a candidate to be released, and if this wasn't the case it shouldn't have been labelled that way. It doesn't exactly inspire confidence in the company (not that I had any in any case).
Isn't ICANN a central governing authority?
Webcollage is that type of program, although it's not specifically targetted towards searching on Google.
No doubt somewhere in the contract is a clause that such driver stupidity as losing a key, or leaving it sitting in the ignition, also invalidates the contract.
The moral of the story for me is that I don't really need to buy a car. For people who really need a car, the moral is don't waste money on theft insurance, since you probably won't be able to claim in any case.
I'd have more sympathy for the waterboarding victims if I wasn't caught in the middle of a heatwave.
Apparently she described "waterboarding" at torture. Presumably the CIA practices waterbording and says it's not torture. Speaking out against the corporate line on a sensitive topic is an invitation to be sacked, or worse, e.g., waterboarded!
A license, if it was going to be a reliable legal construct, would be a document on paper that said "I, Microsoft Corporation, hereby grant a license to Joe Blogs to use one copy of Microsoft Office Super Pro on the computer with ethernet card MAC Address ############ and CPU ID ################## subject to the following extensive limitations..." and signed by an authorised representative of Microsoft Corp.
If the license isn't exactly in this form, it should somehow be logically equivalent to this form using information which would be valid in a court of law at each step.
I don't want to end up like this guy.
What if a tile falls off the shuttle and hits the ISS?
Provided the original inhabitants of the ISS were given priority to the escape pod in the event of an emergency, it shouldn't be a big deal.
But worryingly, the summary says:
The astronauts would take refuge on the ISS while mission control in Houston attempt to land a damaged Shuttle.
If I was an astronaut I'd prefer that the damaged Shuttle was landed only after I'd departed on an alternative landing craft.
Yes, like so-called "intellectual property" rules. E.g., inadvertently using a trademark or patent claimed by a large and litigious corporation. I'm sure this wouldn't apply in the case of a forward thinking company like Sun, however. They would surely never sue over their Java trademark, for example.
Why do you want a satellite picture? Try this.
True, "Download for Windows or Mac" puts me right off. Even if there is a Linux port, it's no doubt implemented as an afterthought with Wine.
The argument doesn't make any sense at this point. A bank isn't some sort of vault, the money that's taken in is loaned out to somebody else.
The engine is not so important for an anime vehicle. I wouldn't be surprised if it goes just as fast when gliding as it does when using the jet engine.
Humanity is unlikely to survive in its current form for long, even without a disaster. Natural evolution would probably modify it significantly within a few million years. But with the introduction of intelligent machines, nanotechnology and genetic engineering it's hard to predict even the next century.
Yes, I know. It doesn't bother me.
Humanity will accept destruction, if saving itself costs too much. Space exploration certainly comes into this category, and so does taking a more cautious attitude to modifying the Earth's environment. There is always somebody who would rather take the short term profit.
Go back to your video games and Star Trek, people.
I don't think it's true to describe Perl as an "interpreted language". Firstly because it's compiled, at run time before execution. Secondly, and more importantly, it's not a language. It's line noise.
I suppose the longer version "United States American" could be used if there's scope for confusion.