I'd rather it be along the lines of "What is commonly used in the world today by infantry troops" so we at least have a fair selection of weaponry, domestic and foreign. A nice side effect of this would be increased trade in rare and unusual weapons, and even foreign imports will boost the economy. Sensible laws are essential to a healthy economy.
Worm - sub-class of virus, doesn't require any interaction.
Also - the STONED virus spread just by inserting a floppy disk into a drive and simply moving to the drive letter in DOS. I've still got a copy if it floating around somewhere on a hard drive from the 80s.
For non-violent felons? Say, those who got a charge of conspiracy to witness? (It exists in Mississippi, and carries a greater penalty than actually doing the crime itself.)
The simple act of accessing a floppy drive could infect a computer - there was no execution needed in the case of many viruses. It was hidden on track 0 and loaded the moment a: was typed.
"the toner, which is black plastic ground into fine powder."
you forgot the iron and carbon black. Also, it's not really a plastic, it's more like a wax. You can use a block of it at room temperature just like a crayon.
Jut go to any store that sells computer power supplies. Look at the box. Do you see 80 certified anywhere on that (you should see it on most boxes.)
That means the power supply converts at least 80% of the power drawn from the outlet into usable energy for the computer. So, if you have a 200 watt power supply, making 200 the 80%, you would be drawing around 250 watts of power.
And just for additional reference : "In order to replicate itself, a virus must be permitted to execute code and write to memory." Most modern OS and filesystems prevent this, but in the days of DOS, a virus would spread, copy itself to disk without your knowledge, and upon accessing that disk, the virus copies itself. Back then, you didn't need to give permission, DOS already handed it to the virus.
to write a malicious virus for the express purpose of screwing up any other computer that information gets on. Hell, one could feign ignorance and smake it look like the laptop just had a bad spyware infection that brought lots of crap to its knees.
Thank you for giving us yet ANOTHER WEAKNESS TO FIX, USGOVT. We'll be sending you the bill in a month.
"Sexual intercourse is meant to be an act performed in private for the two parties that love and care for each other deeply enough to create a stronger bond."
Umm, yea, right. That's why dogs, squirrels, cats, and other animals go into a private place to fuck, right?
Seriously, if you think that is what sex is for, remove yourself from the gene pool now.
I heartily suggest everyone here take a piece from his live act of "Class clown" - the bit about popping your cheek and he gets the whole audience to do it at once.
In other words, sit down, toke one up for the man (because he DAMNS "The Man") in tribute and go about your lives.
And, like he would say, you can't 'Keep him in your thoughts' so you should remind yourself about him now and then instead.
Glass does flow at room temperature. It would just take millions of years instead of a thousand years for you to notice. Glass at room temperature has a viscosity so high you can't perceive the flow without an electron microscope. Get that glass to about 1300 degrees Fahrenheit and you can mold it like slightly-hard silly putty.
Not true. At room temp it would take MILLIONS of years for the glass to distort, not a mere few thousand. This can be tested by checking the viscosity of glass at different temperatures.
"Read your contract - the ISP may say unlimited; but the DON'T guarantee a bandwidth."
Actually, most ISPs I've ever used, from Bellsouth to TW to Verizon to Comcast, guarantee you the bandwidth rate *TO THEIR SERVERS AND ROUTERS* and from there they can't guarantee jack shit. To their routers and servers and to other computers inside of their network, I've almost always obtained maximum data throughput. Get outside of that network and my average speed drops to about 3mbit.
1972 RFI bill, first one ever introduced, if I remember correctly. Or at least it started the path to the ruling. It's been awhile since I brushed up on my communications history.
You're allowed to do whatever with any signal that crosses into your domain - your property. That includes respond to it, modify it, or record it, if it's OTA and unencrypted (certain licensing restrictions may apply.)
did you call up Google or Yahoo or your ISP or whoever provides it and ask them if you had permission to connect to their server? Did you call the person hosting TFA before clicking on the link asking if you had permission to access their server?
Obviously not, any more than I asked permission to enter a store. A web server is a lot different than a WAP in function and in intent. An unlocked door at a business and an unlocked door at a residence are similar. Except Windows XP's default for Zero Wireless config is to connect to the first available WAP, without any user interaction. The average user isn't quite aware of the internal things that happen that make their internet work, and wouldn't know how to connect to their own network and only their own network unless they were instructed to do so by a technician.
You are free to do anything with any signal that reaches your property, including responding to it or blocking it altogether. I believe there are FCC rulings that back that up as well.
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I'd rather it be along the lines of "What is commonly used in the world today by infantry troops" so we at least have a fair selection of weaponry, domestic and foreign. A nice side effect of this would be increased trade in rare and unusual weapons, and even foreign imports will boost the economy. Sensible laws are essential to a healthy economy.
Worm - sub-class of virus, doesn't require any interaction.
Also - the STONED virus spread just by inserting a floppy disk into a drive and simply moving to the drive letter in DOS. I've still got a copy if it floating around somewhere on a hard drive from the 80s.
For non-violent felons? Say, those who got a charge of conspiracy to witness? (It exists in Mississippi, and carries a greater penalty than actually doing the crime itself.)
Umm, mine has 8 12v rails, two for CPU and 6 for SATA/IDE drives. It's a 700w PSU.
The simple act of accessing a floppy drive could infect a computer - there was no execution needed in the case of many viruses. It was hidden on track 0 and loaded the moment a: was typed.
"the toner, which is black plastic ground into fine powder."
you forgot the iron and carbon black. Also, it's not really a plastic, it's more like a wax. You can use a block of it at room temperature just like a crayon.
Jut go to any store that sells computer power supplies. Look at the box. Do you see 80 certified anywhere on that (you should see it on most boxes.)
That means the power supply converts at least 80% of the power drawn from the outlet into usable energy for the computer. So, if you have a 200 watt power supply, making 200 the 80%, you would be drawing around 250 watts of power.
And just for additional reference : "In order to replicate itself, a virus must be permitted to execute code and write to memory." Most modern OS and filesystems prevent this, but in the days of DOS, a virus would spread, copy itself to disk without your knowledge, and upon accessing that disk, the virus copies itself. Back then, you didn't need to give permission, DOS already handed it to the virus.
Viruses most certainly do not. A virus acts and spreads on its own without outside interference. Trojans, malware, etc, require active participation.
to write a malicious virus for the express purpose of screwing up any other computer that information gets on. Hell, one could feign ignorance and smake it look like the laptop just had a bad spyware infection that brought lots of crap to its knees.
Thank you for giving us yet ANOTHER WEAKNESS TO FIX, USGOVT. We'll be sending you the bill in a month.
"Sexual intercourse is meant to be an act performed in private for the two parties that love and care for each other deeply enough to create a stronger bond."
Umm, yea, right. That's why dogs, squirrels, cats, and other animals go into a private place to fuck, right?
Seriously, if you think that is what sex is for, remove yourself from the gene pool now.
"Come on, who's better at pissing people off than a smug, whiny hippie like me?"
A smug, whiny, know-it-all smartalec like me.
Fool, go to a pipe shop - most blowers don't wear gloves.
I heartily suggest everyone here take a piece from his live act of "Class clown" - the bit about popping your cheek and he gets the whole audience to do it at once.
In other words, sit down, toke one up for the man (because he DAMNS "The Man") in tribute and go about your lives.
And, like he would say, you can't 'Keep him in your thoughts' so you should remind yourself about him now and then instead.
Now then, time to get inebriated.
Glass does flow at room temperature. It would just take millions of years instead of a thousand years for you to notice. Glass at room temperature has a viscosity so high you can't perceive the flow without an electron microscope. Get that glass to about 1300 degrees Fahrenheit and you can mold it like slightly-hard silly putty.
Not true. At room temp it would take MILLIONS of years for the glass to distort, not a mere few thousand. This can be tested by checking the viscosity of glass at different temperatures.
I will kill whomever you desire if you can actually create that.
Ever hear of a design patent?
"Read your contract - the ISP may say unlimited; but the DON'T guarantee a bandwidth."
Actually, most ISPs I've ever used, from Bellsouth to TW to Verizon to Comcast, guarantee you the bandwidth rate *TO THEIR SERVERS AND ROUTERS* and from there they can't guarantee jack shit. To their routers and servers and to other computers inside of their network, I've almost always obtained maximum data throughput. Get outside of that network and my average speed drops to about 3mbit.
So by that I have the legal right to run a server and I can tell my ISP to fuck off and die?
1972 RFI bill, first one ever introduced, if I remember correctly. Or at least it started the path to the ruling. It's been awhile since I brushed up on my communications history.
Satellite stuff is encrypted. Normal OTA transmissions are not. That's what I refer to.
You're allowed to do whatever with any signal that crosses into your domain - your property. That includes respond to it, modify it, or record it, if it's OTA and unencrypted (certain licensing restrictions may apply.)
Obviously not, any more than I asked permission to enter a store. A web server is a lot different than a WAP in function and in intent. An unlocked door at a business and an unlocked door at a residence are similar. Except Windows XP's default for Zero Wireless config is to connect to the first available WAP, without any user interaction. The average user isn't quite aware of the internal things that happen that make their internet work, and wouldn't know how to connect to their own network and only their own network unless they were instructed to do so by a technician.
You are free to do anything with any signal that reaches your property, including responding to it or blocking it altogether. I believe there are FCC rulings that back that up as well.