Google Street View has made their property a much more attractive target to terrorists! "Look Omar, we can easily cause maximum damage by lighting fire to this pile of discarded lumber next to the garage!"
In fact, a really good terrorist attack would cut down on the demand for water and electricity, and make things much better for the remaining Californians! Are you listening, Al Qaeda? Attacking California could only make the situation there better, not worse!
"Hmm... it's blurred on Google Earth... it MUST be a good target!"
But seriously, if you can tell from Google Earth what the target is, then you already know enough about it to be able to determine whether or not it would make a good target.
And while we're at it, statistics show that 98% of all rapes are performed with a penis, so merely by eliminating penises, we can eliminate 98% of rapes! Ban them immediately! Think of the children, women, and particularly wimpy men! Take away these "assault penises", the weapon of choice of rapists everywhere! And especially the sawed-off versions, which are easily concealed in one's clothing! Sorry, I got a little carried away there...
Prof. Oppenheimer, on the other hand ascended to work on the Manhattan Project though in graduate school he had tried to poison his adviser.The difference is... an extreme personability in Oppenheimer, which is said to show that success is not a function of hard work or even genius but more of likability and the ability to empathize. I don't know about you, but trying to poison your adviser doesn't sound like evidence of "extreme personability", "likability", or "ability to empathize" to me. Sounds more like "being a sociopath" is an important contributing factor to success! "Lickability", on the other hand, is an important contributing factor in choosing a significant other.
If we changed the licenses (e.g. GPL) to specifically forbid the distribution or use of the software in East Texas, would patent trolls still be able to file lawsuits there? It seems to me the "patent plaintiff-friendly" court's business plan has a serious design flaw...
If they are a patent troll, then they don't need and probably don't even have a web site to attack. They only need a web site if they have a legitimate product that they need to market and sell -- in which case they probably also have a right to protect their patent.
Stop using your real name on the web! Hint: I am NOT ex-governor of Washington State Gary Locke! I have a relatively uncommon name, but there are at least 6 other people in the US with the same exact name -- why should I be held responsible for anything embarrassing these other people do?
You're supposed to use a "power hitter" to give nose-hits to your cat... and you don't do it because they're hyper, you do it because it's really funny to watch them walk around stoned!
What bothers me is systems like MS Access, which effectively have 3 different types of null, each of which must be tested for separately. Now that is a billion-dollar design mistake!
If it costs you over $70 million to figure out how being acquired by Microsoft would effect your agreements with Google, shouldn't you begin to suspect your agreements with Google are too fucking complicated? Especially when a simple Google search would tell you how Microsoft feels about Google
Sure, piracy funds terrorism, but if you actually give money to the record companies, most of it winds up in the hands of Columbian drug cartels! You don't think they get DJs to play the latest pop stars they are pushing by appealing to their musical tastes, do you? Nope, it's mostly nose candy under the table.
I wouldn't mind getting towed so much if the towing companies weren't so obviously in collusion with law enforcement, and thus are allowed to charge you $150 for moving your car a few blocks, plus allowed to charge you 2 days storage for having your car half an hour on the basis of "we brought it in before midnight, and you didn't show up to claim it until after midnight."
Nothing wrong with being bi-lingual. Your English is flawless, so you're obviously not part of the problem. Part of the problem is that most French Canadians consider Canada a bi-lingual country, while English Canadians consider Canada an English-speaking country. The other part of the problem is that some Quebecois still think Quebec should be French only. Like most conflicts, a few asshats on both sides of the issue make things hard for everyone else.
And the correct response to the question "How Long is a Chinese man?" is "Yes, he is." But I suspect law enforcement, and judges in particular, are not amused by cleverness. I once told a police officer who pulled me over at 3am for driving away from an ATM with my lights off, "Officer, I'm not drunk, I'm just stupid!" He didn't even crack a smile (but I hope he got some mileage out of telling the story back at the station house.)
Know what you're talking about before trying to be funny.
This is slashdot... since when has that been a requirement? Thank for at least recognizing that I was trying to be funny, which justifies some 'artistic license'. Yes, I suspected all government documents in Canada were required to be bi-lingual. France and the US are really very similar, which was sort of the point of the movie Les Triplettes de Belleville. France was once a dominant world power, just as the US is now. But now French speakers appear to be pissed off that French is no longer the "Lingua Franca" of business, and that (bad) English currently is. But in a few years, it will be some other language (probably Chinese), and English speakers will be in the same position that French speakers are now in. By the way, my wife spent 16 months as a refugee in Guinea, so she learned to speak French to survive. The Quebecois have been in an English speaking country for what, about 150 years now? Although there is nothing wrong with preserving your own language and culture, isn't it about time they all learned English?
Did he cooperate with the border agents before or after he was informed of his Miranda rights? As a general rule, you should always plead the 5th as soon as you are read your rights, whether you are innocent or not. IANAL, but I'm not sure if they can use your cooperation before they read you your rights against you in court.
I always set my password to "confidential". Then when they ask me what my password is, I can truthfully reply, "It's 'confidential'!" And when they try to put me in jail, I can truthfully say, "I told you what my password was!" (True story: many years ago, the admins at Amdahl UTS sent out an email to all developers stating "We've changed the root password for the system and we can't tell you what the new password is because it's a secret". I of course immediately tried logging in as root using variants of "asecret" for a password, and sure enough -- it worked!)
Steganography
Is "I forgot" or "I never knew the password in the first place" considered a valid defense?
One of the problems with compelling people to produce passwords is that it assumes they know the password.
Spending months in jail for failure to produce information you don't know would really suck.
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Google Street View has made their property a much more attractive target to terrorists! "Look Omar, we can easily cause maximum damage by lighting fire to this pile of discarded lumber next to the garage!"
In fact, a really good terrorist attack would cut down on the demand for water and electricity, and make things much better for the remaining Californians! Are you listening, Al Qaeda? Attacking California could only make the situation there better, not worse!
And while we're at it, statistics show that 98% of all rapes are performed with a penis, so merely by eliminating penises, we can eliminate 98% of rapes! Ban them immediately! Think of the children, women, and particularly wimpy men! Take away these "assault penises", the weapon of choice of rapists everywhere! And especially the sawed-off versions, which are easily concealed in one's clothing! Sorry, I got a little carried away there...
Prof. Oppenheimer, on the other hand ascended to work on the Manhattan Project though in graduate school he had tried to poison his adviser.The difference is... an extreme personability in Oppenheimer, which is said to show that success is not a function of hard work or even genius but more of likability and the ability to empathize. I don't know about you, but trying to poison your adviser doesn't sound like evidence of "extreme personability", "likability", or "ability to empathize" to me. Sounds more like "being a sociopath" is an important contributing factor to success! "Lickability", on the other hand, is an important contributing factor in choosing a significant other.
If we changed the licenses (e.g. GPL) to specifically forbid the distribution or use of the software in East Texas, would patent trolls still be able to file lawsuits there? It seems to me the "patent plaintiff-friendly" court's business plan has a serious design flaw...
If they are a patent troll, then they don't need and probably don't even have a web site to attack. They only need a web site if they have a legitimate product that they need to market and sell -- in which case they probably also have a right to protect their patent.
Stop using your real name on the web! Hint: I am NOT ex-governor of Washington State Gary Locke! I have a relatively uncommon name, but there are at least 6 other people in the US with the same exact name -- why should I be held responsible for anything embarrassing these other people do?
We prefer to be called a "gravitational mass challenged planet", you insensitive clod!
Is that targeted at starship captains that frequently date outside their species? 'Cause that seems like a pretty small market segment!
You're supposed to use a "power hitter" to give nose-hits to your cat... and you don't do it because they're hyper, you do it because it's really funny to watch them walk around stoned!
After Intel acquired Mobilian, they were still using TSMC to fab their 802.11/Bluetooth chips for a couple of years afterwards.
What bothers me is systems like MS Access, which effectively have 3 different types of null, each of which must be tested for separately. Now that is a billion-dollar design mistake!
Is Diebold completely incompetent when it comes to software QA, or does the voting machine work exactly as designed?
Yeah, but if you get the generic placebos, they are a lot cheaper!
If it costs you over $70 million to figure out how being acquired by Microsoft would effect your agreements with Google, shouldn't you begin to suspect your agreements with Google are too fucking complicated? Especially when a simple Google search would tell you how Microsoft feels about Google
No, it was a British comment, and they forgot the apostrophe -- it should have read "Buzz 'as been buildin', mate!"
Sure, piracy funds terrorism, but if you actually give money to the record companies, most of it winds up in the hands of Columbian drug cartels! You don't think they get DJs to play the latest pop stars they are pushing by appealing to their musical tastes, do you? Nope, it's mostly nose candy under the table.
I wouldn't mind getting towed so much if the towing companies weren't so obviously in collusion with law enforcement, and thus are allowed to charge you $150 for moving your car a few blocks, plus allowed to charge you 2 days storage for having your car half an hour on the basis of "we brought it in before midnight, and you didn't show up to claim it until after midnight."
You could always "Say it with dead flowers" Does anybody know of a florist that will deliver them?
Nothing wrong with being bi-lingual. Your English is flawless, so you're obviously not part of the problem. Part of the problem is that most French Canadians consider Canada a bi-lingual country, while English Canadians consider Canada an English-speaking country. The other part of the problem is that some Quebecois still think Quebec should be French only. Like most conflicts, a few asshats on both sides of the issue make things hard for everyone else.
And the correct response to the question "How Long is a Chinese man?" is "Yes, he is." But I suspect law enforcement, and judges in particular, are not amused by cleverness. I once told a police officer who pulled me over at 3am for driving away from an ATM with my lights off, "Officer, I'm not drunk, I'm just stupid!" He didn't even crack a smile (but I hope he got some mileage out of telling the story back at the station house.)
Know what you're talking about before trying to be funny.
This is slashdot... since when has that been a requirement? Thank for at least recognizing that I was trying to be funny, which justifies some 'artistic license'. Yes, I suspected all government documents in Canada were required to be bi-lingual. France and the US are really very similar, which was sort of the point of the movie Les Triplettes de Belleville. France was once a dominant world power, just as the US is now. But now French speakers appear to be pissed off that French is no longer the "Lingua Franca" of business, and that (bad) English currently is. But in a few years, it will be some other language (probably Chinese), and English speakers will be in the same position that French speakers are now in. By the way, my wife spent 16 months as a refugee in Guinea, so she learned to speak French to survive. The Quebecois have been in an English speaking country for what, about 150 years now? Although there is nothing wrong with preserving your own language and culture, isn't it about time they all learned English?
Did he cooperate with the border agents before or after he was informed of his Miranda rights? As a general rule, you should always plead the 5th as soon as you are read your rights, whether you are innocent or not. IANAL, but I'm not sure if they can use your cooperation before they read you your rights against you in court.
I always set my password to "confidential". Then when they ask me what my password is, I can truthfully reply, "It's 'confidential'!" And when they try to put me in jail, I can truthfully say, "I told you what my password was!" (True story: many years ago, the admins at Amdahl UTS sent out an email to all developers stating "We've changed the root password for the system and we can't tell you what the new password is because it's a secret". I of course immediately tried logging in as root using variants of "asecret" for a password, and sure enough -- it worked!)
Steganography
Is "I forgot" or "I never knew the password in the first place" considered a valid defense? One of the problems with compelling people to produce passwords is that it assumes they know the password. Spending months in jail for failure to produce information you don't know would really suck.