You send your "identification" in the form of IP, browser user agent string and what not to virtually any site you visit, without "agreeing" to this every time. Why is nobody whining about this?
Because many of these people change their user agent string, use TOR and "what not" while browsing. I suppose that these are also the folks for whom firewalls will catch and optionally block this traffic as well, so they might be complaining out of principle. I'm not entirely sure I detect the hypocrisy.
I think your decision to vocally (so to speak) say "no" is a good one. I hope it is heard.
I used to have a programmable calculator that emitted enough RF for me to "play" it on a radio. The pitch changed with which functions were being performed, so I could tell what it was thinking, too. (If I were skilled, I'm sure I could have made it play music.) And this was decades ago.
From the suggestion at El Reg, I recommend that there be a write in campaign for Nathan Fillion as James Tiberius Kirk in the new movie. Matt Damon would not be a my favourite choice.
Would buy (one) of our dusty new exoplanetary overlords a drink. (Before they obliterate us for our water.)
The lack of water on these planets is interesting. While the articles indicate that the water may just be masked by higher atmospheric layers, one would think that there would be some water to be found.
Yes, Cutler was the main designer of both. But that doesn't mean he actually managed to carry over the benefits of VMS. Had you actually ever used VMS, you'd know that it trumps the security of Windows NT hundreds of times over.
How ? Please give details.
The big win would be tiered privileges - you can grant a user or process (or program) certain priv's to access resources. It is a powerful tool and coupled with ACLs (access control losts) made the security of VMS hard to beat. (In theory, anyway - there were still cock-ups in programs that leaked priv's or allowed exploits, but the security platform was better than most out there.)
The problem of unauthorized camcording of films in Canadian theatres is now nearing crisis levels
What is a "crisis level" for camcorders in movie theatres? Is that where the people behind you start attacking you for using a camera that makes too much noise (or gives off too much light, or what)?
Nonetheless, if this sanction was imposed, Canada could retaliate by putting the Yanks on the list of countries to whom they won't export oil or uranium. Then the Americans would have to nicer to Chavez... (This won't happen. By "this" I mean Canada blocking energy exports. The Canadians put up with a lot.)
My "anti-virus" package warned me about that nasty virus-laden installer for Adobe Acrobat Reader 8, which I had downloaded - or tried to - to fix a vulnerability. There was another security patch for which I had to disable the scanner in order to download. This was in about the same time period. (I'm sorry, I've forgotten which product or patch.)
On the other hand, one of my email providers was running a virus scanner that seemed to let almost through. (It's been fixed.)
At least with the fail-safe scanner, I had the option to knowingly disable the virus checker and download and install the files, albeit while the scanner and MicroSoft popped up big warning balloons announcing the computer's imminent demise from my folly.
You can't that old, if you don't recall that the best quality was from audiophile records. No reduction of quality to 44 kHz - the full audio range was available.
Of course, I'm now too old to appreciate the higher quality, so CDs are about as good as it gets for me...
And yes, I have purchased entire albums (vinyl or otherwise) for one good track!
I don't know about stiffness, but diamonds are definately not *tough*.
Diamond is very stiff. It has a Young's modulus of about 1000 GPa. Compare this to steel at about 200 GPa, titanium at about 100 GPa or aluminum at about 70 GPa. Silicon carbide is about 450 GPa.
But yes, the toughness isn't good - the cleavage planes are easy to split.
Not to knock the experiment though, it seems interesting, and I'm sure there are all sorts of new exotic materials on the horizon.
It is certainly an interesting development - actively using the residual strains in the material to enance the stiffness. If the temperature window was wider, and closer to usable temperatures, it might be useful.
I'd like to see the relationship between the apparent Young's modulus and temperature, at least for -40C to +40C. Seeing that the matrix is tin, I'm guessing that high temperature applications are completely out of the question.
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Because many of these people change their user agent string, use TOR and "what not" while browsing. I suppose that these are also the folks for whom firewalls will catch and optionally block this traffic as well, so they might be complaining out of principle. I'm not entirely sure I detect the hypocrisy.
I think your decision to vocally (so to speak) say "no" is a good one. I hope it is heard.
It is an interesting quote and goes along nicely with the payola scam posted on the front page.
I used to have a programmable calculator that emitted enough RF for me to "play" it on a radio. The pitch changed with which functions were being performed, so I could tell what it was thinking, too. (If I were skilled, I'm sure I could have made it play music.) And this was decades ago.
I don't follow this - could you please fix the language issues, and repost? Both Firefox and Opera have spell checkers.
From the suggestion at El Reg, I recommend that there be a write in campaign for Nathan Fillion as James Tiberius Kirk in the new movie. Matt Damon would not be a my favourite choice.
I am surprised that this project implementing RFC 1149 has not been cited yet.
Okay, then answer the more interesting question: "when will the Americas be de-populated?"
The lack of water on these planets is interesting. While the articles indicate that the water may just be masked by higher atmospheric layers, one would think that there would be some water to be found.
The big win would be tiered privileges - you can grant a user or process (or program) certain priv's to access resources. It is a powerful tool and coupled with ACLs (access control losts) made the security of VMS hard to beat. (In theory, anyway - there were still cock-ups in programs that leaked priv's or allowed exploits, but the security platform was better than most out there.)
Um. Put them on the Progress and toast them on re-entry? RTFA
I'm just against the idea of "daylight savings" time. Moronic concept.
I'm more reminded of G'Kar and his detachable artificial eye from Babylon Five.
Pick up chicks, and party like it's 4004 B.C.! Now guess what God would do in my position.
For some reason, I find this incongruous coming from "Anonymous".
What is a "crisis level" for camcorders in movie theatres? Is that where the people behind you start attacking you for using a camera that makes too much noise (or gives off too much light, or what)?
Nonetheless, if this sanction was imposed, Canada could retaliate by putting the Yanks on the list of countries to whom they won't export oil or uranium. Then the Americans would have to nicer to Chavez ... (This won't happen. By "this" I mean Canada blocking energy exports. The Canadians put up with a lot.)
In Soviet Internet, the sick chicken chokes the internet pr0n?
Descramble as you wish ...
On the other hand, one of my email providers was running a virus scanner that seemed to let almost through. (It's been fixed.)
At least with the fail-safe scanner, I had the option to knowingly disable the virus checker and download and install the files, albeit while the scanner and MicroSoft popped up big warning balloons announcing the computer's imminent demise from my folly.
Otherwise, you just get a snarky message.
Thanks for the effort, WalMart, but you might be a bit off-base on this.
Of course, I'm now too old to appreciate the higher quality, so CDs are about as good as it gets for me ...
And yes, I have purchased entire albums (vinyl or otherwise) for one good track!
U2 sux. (waiting for the moderators to club this post to oblivion ... whoa that was quick - I haven't even posted yet)
Diamond is very stiff. It has a Young's modulus of about 1000 GPa. Compare this to steel at about 200 GPa, titanium at about 100 GPa or aluminum at about 70 GPa. Silicon carbide is about 450 GPa.
But yes, the toughness isn't good - the cleavage planes are easy to split.
It is certainly an interesting development - actively using the residual strains in the material to enance the stiffness. If the temperature window was wider, and closer to usable temperatures, it might be useful.
I'd like to see the relationship between the apparent Young's modulus and temperature, at least for -40C to +40C. Seeing that the matrix is tin, I'm guessing that high temperature applications are completely out of the question.
Bring on the titanium matrix!
However, a lot of the Vista advantage seems to stem from the inclusion of MS IE 7.
That was my thought as soon as I read this as well. I guess that Californians don't have to worry about heating anything.
You were able to put that into a Windows MetaFile? Cool. It's good that it's not in a WMV file.