Uh, if they are repeat offenders, shouldn't we just keep them locked up? Isn't that the only way of really preventing them from preying on any more people?
That being said, "sex offender" is really too broad and ambiguous a term. Remember, if you are 18 and have sex with a 17 year old a day before her 18th birthday, you are classified as a sex offender... even if you later go on to marry the woman. I think we need to draw a distinction between consensual and non-consensual sex. And please don't give me any BS about 16 year olds being incapable of informed consent!
Microsoft is inevitably going to release a version of Windows for the Cell Processors--they'd be stupid not to do so. No, that would piss Intel off. Why do you think Windows only runs on x86? Because right now, Intel does a lot of Microsoft's development for them, then gives it to them for free. Microsoft has very strong economic incentives to not support anything other than Intel (and by extension AMD) processors. Why do you think they dropped support for Alpha?
My only problem with the theory of evolution is that it states that evolution is random. It seems to me that one of the first things that organisms would develop after sexual reproduction would be the ability to make choices of mates based on whose traits combined with one's own would offer the best chances for survival. This may be why we are attracted to some individuals and not others.
How many hours does it take to clean the damn thing? Yeah, that's what I thought. That's the problem with juicers in general -- it takes significantly longer to clean them out than it does to make juice. So unless your getting continuous use out of it, it's not worth it. While this might work well in a restaurant setting, you don't want one in your home.
It's slower on MIPS too... yes I believe the optimizations in 4.0 still need some work. However, if code is re-written to use the vector (SIMD) intrinsics, some algorithms may be faster.
With a negative array index, yes. But most buffer overrun exploits are due to string copies (eg. strcat or strcpy) not bothering to check for buffer length. In which case, the return value you are overwriting must be ABOVE the string buffer in memory.
The issue is whether the stack grows downwards (from higher memory address to lower) or upwards (from lower memory addresses to higher). If the stack grows downwards, then overrunning an array allocated on the stack (due to missing bounds check, which is bad programming) can overwrite a return address on the stack. Then the function can return to an arbitrary address. If the stack grew upwards, this would not be possible. No, the compiler cannot insulate you from basic CPU design. On the other hand, not bounds checking array accesses should always be considered a "bug".
So, why didn't Bill just pull $80 million out of his wallet and slip it into the till to make it balance? He must carry at least that much in spare change! (Anybody who doesn't understand what I'm saying has obviously never worked as a cashier.;-)
I wonder what the consequences would be if SCO actually won the case? Well, for one thing, I'll be really, really happy that I've cornered the heating oil market in Hades!
SCO sees Linux as a derivative work of Unix because it implements the same interfaces. How can you be Posix compliant and NOT implement the same interfaces? Does this mean that Windows is a Unix derivative, in as much as it supplies a "Posix compliant" interface?
They are not doing it for your convenience. They are doing it to prevent you from loaning or selling your gym membership card to somebody else. Fingerprints are non-transferable.
Original post said "LISP", not "Common Lisp", and I was responding based on my experience with Lisp, not Common Lisp. I used a Xerox Interlisp D machine to verify that ACC's implementation of XNS was compatible with Xerox's back in the '80s. No, I have not used Common Lisp.
There are people in the world malicious enough to suicide bomb Mosques full of innocent people... prank calling sort of pales by comparison, doesn't it?
GPS only works if you can receive signal from multiple GPS satellites. E.g. it does not work in tunnels, underground, in large builings, in some valleys surrounded by steep mountains, etc. And yet people still assume GPS can track you anywhere...
Telling your street address in Los Angeles to the 911 dispatcher in Boston doesn't really do you that much good... VOIP needs to have some idea of where you are BEFORE it can determine the correct 911 operator to connect you to, doesn't it?
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Lisp implements everything as a binary tree. It does not distinguish between code and data, thus it is easy to write self-modifying code. Automatic garbage collection is included as part of the language. None of these features give it any advantages over Python, Java, or a host of other newer languages. (Yes, I've developed software in Lisp, Python, and Java.) If you really want to learn a new language, I'd suggest Python or Ruby.
In essence the University is witness to a crime, and it is refusing to testify. Not quite. The university is witness to a civil matter, and is refusing to cooperate. Criminal charges have not been filed; the RIAA is trying to extort money from these students, not put them in jail.
TFA says the universities were given a subpeona... that would be a "court order", wouldn't it? Now I'm confused... would legal basis do they have for refusing a subpeona? Are they arguing that the subpeona is invalid?
CopyNight, a monthly gathering of people interested in restoring balance in copyright law, is hosting a get-together tonight in various cities throughout the U.S. Cool! Does that get-together include a CD/DVD swap session?
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Charged with sexual abuse of children for abusing herself?!? WTF?!?
That being said, "sex offender" is really too broad and ambiguous a term. Remember, if you are 18 and have sex with a 17 year old a day before her 18th birthday, you are classified as a sex offender... even if you later go on to marry the woman. I think we need to draw a distinction between consensual and non-consensual sex. And please don't give me any BS about 16 year olds being incapable of informed consent!
Microsoft is inevitably going to release a version of Windows for the Cell Processors--they'd be stupid not to do so. No, that would piss Intel off. Why do you think Windows only runs on x86? Because right now, Intel does a lot of Microsoft's development for them, then gives it to them for free. Microsoft has very strong economic incentives to not support anything other than Intel (and by extension AMD) processors. Why do you think they dropped support for Alpha?
Now people will assume that any blogger that says nice things about Longhorn is being payed to do so... even if they aren't!
My only problem with the theory of evolution is that it states that evolution is random. It seems to me that one of the first things that organisms would develop after sexual reproduction would be the ability to make choices of mates based on whose traits combined with one's own would offer the best chances for survival. This may be why we are attracted to some individuals and not others.
Yeah, but what I can't figure out is... where did Cain and Able's wives come from?
How many hours does it take to clean the damn thing? Yeah, that's what I thought. That's the problem with juicers in general -- it takes significantly longer to clean them out than it does to make juice. So unless your getting continuous use out of it, it's not worth it. While this might work well in a restaurant setting, you don't want one in your home.
It's slower on MIPS too... yes I believe the optimizations in 4.0 still need some work. However, if code is re-written to use the vector (SIMD) intrinsics, some algorithms may be faster.
With a negative array index, yes. But most buffer overrun exploits are due to string copies (eg. strcat or strcpy) not bothering to check for buffer length. In which case, the return value you are overwriting must be ABOVE the string buffer in memory.
What? That's only 800 $100,000 bills (which were last printed in 1934 and never circulated). Are you saying Bill's wallet is bigger than your till? ;-)
The issue is whether the stack grows downwards (from higher memory address to lower) or upwards (from lower memory addresses to higher). If the stack grows downwards, then overrunning an array allocated on the stack (due to missing bounds check, which is bad programming) can overwrite a return address on the stack. Then the function can return to an arbitrary address. If the stack grew upwards, this would not be possible. No, the compiler cannot insulate you from basic CPU design. On the other hand, not bounds checking array accesses should always be considered a "bug".
So, why didn't Bill just pull $80 million out of his wallet and slip it into the till to make it balance? He must carry at least that much in spare change! (Anybody who doesn't understand what I'm saying has obviously never worked as a cashier. ;-)
I wonder what the consequences would be if SCO actually won the case?
Well, for one thing, I'll be really, really happy that I've cornered the heating oil market in Hades!
SCO sees Linux as a derivative work of Unix because it implements the same interfaces. How can you be Posix compliant and NOT implement the same interfaces? Does this mean that Windows is a Unix derivative, in as much as it supplies a "Posix compliant" interface?
They want all that information so that they can't track you down and make you pay later...
They are not doing it for your convenience. They are doing it to prevent you from loaning or selling your gym membership card to somebody else. Fingerprints are non-transferable.
Original post said "LISP", not "Common Lisp", and I was responding based on my experience with Lisp, not Common Lisp. I used a Xerox Interlisp D machine to verify that ACC's implementation of XNS was compatible with Xerox's back in the '80s. No, I have not used Common Lisp.
There are people in the world malicious enough to suicide bomb Mosques full of innocent people... prank calling sort of pales by comparison, doesn't it?
GPS only works if you can receive signal from multiple GPS satellites. E.g. it does not work in tunnels, underground, in large builings, in some valleys surrounded by steep mountains, etc. And yet people still assume GPS can track you anywhere...
Telling your street address in Los Angeles to the 911 dispatcher in Boston doesn't really do you that much good... VOIP needs to have some idea of where you are BEFORE it can determine the correct 911 operator to connect you to, doesn't it?
Lisp implements everything as a binary tree. It does not distinguish between code and data, thus it is easy to write self-modifying code. Automatic garbage collection is included as part of the language. None of these features give it any advantages over Python, Java, or a host of other newer languages. (Yes, I've developed software in Lisp, Python, and Java.) If you really want to learn a new language, I'd suggest Python or Ruby.
In essence the University is witness to a crime, and it is refusing to testify.
Not quite. The university is witness to a civil matter, and is refusing to cooperate. Criminal charges have not been filed; the RIAA is trying to extort money from these students, not put them in jail.
TFA says the universities were given a subpeona... that would be a "court order", wouldn't it? Now I'm confused... would legal basis do they have for refusing a subpeona? Are they arguing that the subpeona is invalid?
Googling for "Longhorn" returns 46,600 images...
CopyNight, a monthly gathering of people interested in restoring balance in copyright law, is hosting a get-together tonight in various cities throughout the U.S.
Cool! Does that get-together include a CD/DVD swap session?