Yeah, that's my favourite argument when the issue comes up too. I was about to reply to another post with it when I noticed yours... won't bother now. Cheers, dude.
Not necessarily... if they were just trading stuff already available, it hurts noone. And anyway, even if they do make the vids &c. themselves, it's not the wireless internet sharing it about that hurts people, it's the acts depicted in the crap they're sharing.
I can't see the final drives not being a sealed environment, so maybe it won't need it. After all, the lube being replaced via the tubes has to go somewhere when it condenses... why can't it be directed back into the reservoir? Not sure how you'd do this, but it seems plausible to me.
Dude, I love you! Nobody ever writes et cetera using the & ligature... I avoid it myself just because not many seem to know what it means. Anyway, nice to see it being used.
That the US wouldn't sign the landmine ban is a travesty.
No, that they keep using them is the travesty. Refusing to sign the ban is just honesty.
Seriously, do you think that just because one Administration signed a ban on mines no future one will use them? The way I see it is this: if they give their word not to then do anyway, they look worse than if they just keep on doing it as they were. Once you formalise something like that, you're in a lot more trouble if you renege on the deal. Of course, I'm fairly being utilitarian about the matter...
Nope, because I've been doing it now for quite some time. Your comment did inspire me to go out & check a few more search engines than I normally do. I found myself on Yahoo, but nowhere else, & it won't be long until I've dropped out of their cache either now.
As novus ordo mentioned above, the Internet Archive is bad for this... you can have pages removed, but that only works if it was your page to begin with. Even if it was your page, it's removal only, no alteration.
Eh... removing the various pseudonyms I use is another matter entirely.
The people who call them campers are just sore... why don't they try doing it themselves? The sniper is ridiculously underpowered in UT2004. I dunno... I just liked the spammy version more.:(
Too right! I'm coming from a NSW, Australia perspective, but I know just what you mean, my mother being a teacher. Parents who won't listen when you tell them their kid's a brat, & useless bosses. Incompetence rises, etc.
There are some teachers who are utter pushovers though too, & they don't help matters. Apparently one fad is to clap part of an ad jingle & get your class to repeat the rest... it works wonderfully, until they go to another teacher who tries telling them to be quiet instead. It's kind of like Pavlov's dogs... they're not trained to know & think of what they're supposed to do, it's just a hear jingle, shut up relationship. Terrible for learning.
A photon does travel faster than c, true, but that doesn't defy relativity. It's just that c is standardised on the wrong measurement - specifically the speed of light in a vacuum. Light in a vacuum is always switching between a photonic state & an electron-positron pair, which travels slower than photons do, giving a net speed loss. I don't remember how (it's been a while since I've thought about this), but you can make light spend more time in the photon stage than it usually does in a vacuum, which makes it faster than c.
Again, it's just that c should really be standardised on the speed of a photon, which is the actual limit.
True. And it makes even more sense for the patch to block the current doorway by simply moving it. Then everyone with current knowledge of the exploit will be locked out, but certain select associates can be quietly notified of an "upgrade".
With proprietary, closed source, you and I have no defense against this.
But at least in this case, Gibson or someone like him will be all over the patch, so if there's anything even slightly fishy going on it'll be exposed in no time.
There are many good business reasons for expecting this, not the least of which is a desire to remain immune from further antitrust prosecution.
Ummm... sorry, you lost me there. How does leaving a new backdoor help Microsoft avoid antitrust prosecution? Or am I just reading it wrongly?
I made a post higher up about Isaac Asimov's work not long ago, so I've got him stuck in my head; anyway, what you said about Japanese innovation being driven by scarce resources reminded me of his Foundation series. Great books.
Actually, as far as science goes water isn't wet. The scientific definition of a liquid being 'wet' is that it spreads to cover all the surface area it can. Get a bit of metho, & drop some on a plate - it'll do that, so it's wet. But water forms droplets, so it isn't.
Obviously in colloquial terms water is most definately wet, but science as an institution & as a practice tends to be a lot pickier.
I can't skip "unskippable" bits in DVDs using the Apple software. Yes, that's DRM - I no longer have the "right" to skip past something I don't wish to see - it's just got nothing to do with copying.
Since it's not copying-related, surely the DMCA's anti-circumvention provisions mean, well, jack-shit? Just thinking, but shouldn't it be perfectly legal to ignore that stuff & even strip it out of the file?
Going further, if stripping it out involves unavoidable collateral damage (in the form of removed copy-preventions), might you be able to use that as a loophole? Eh... the first thing seems fairly plausible to me; this one has an ice-block's chance in hell*.
* Since the Nordic idea of hell was usually freezing, it might work under the EUCD implementations in some Scandinavian countries:)
Can't say I've tried buffalo, unfortunately. But if you get the chance, try some kangaroo - it beats any cattle steak I've ever eaten by a long shot. Great stuff.
Natural? Who cares if it's natural? Why do you think humanity invents... well... stuff? It's to get away from nature, to improve on it, or even to beat it! My favourite example is lighting; it means we can live independant of the day/night cycle (trust me, I'm staying awake 24+ hours & sleeping 12+ lately - nothing to do until uni is great).
I agree with what you said about meat though. I'm not usually a great fan, just because most doesn't taste that nice IMO, but it's the only food that'll really keep you going strong.
Note: I've just realised you were probably refering to the "It's more natural" argument for veganism, but I was focussed on the moral "I don't want to kill" angle when I read your post & it didn't occur to me. I stand by what I wrote about being natural though, so I'm still going to post it.
The end result is a general breakdown in respect for the law. People no longer feel that they are "UNDER" the law but that they are equal to it and have the right to choose which laws to obey and which to disobey.
I've got to admit, I feel that way. It's not just a general "I can do what I want" attitude, but more of a "This is stupid, STFU n00b!" one. If that makes any sense. When the law loses people's respect, there's a faint possibility that rather than the people being disrespectful louts, the law doesn't deserve said respect, though the reverse could also be true.
Soon we get to the point we are at now where most of us are technically criminals and will break any "minor/stupid" law as long as we think we won't get caught. More and more lawyers are needed to keep from getting caught and there is no longer any right or wrong.
There's still right & wrong, it's just that they no longer line up with the law. That's the whole reason the law loses the respect it used to have.
Sheesh... reading this over, it makes me sound like some 15 year old wannabe rebel, fighting the man & all that crap:(
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To show virtual memory in Task Manager, go to Options > Select Columns..., then check the VM size option. 'Base Priority' is another handy one.
About the rest... I don't know, but like you, I'm highly curious.
Yeah, that's my favourite argument when the issue comes up too. I was about to reply to another post with it when I noticed yours... won't bother now. Cheers, dude.
Not necessarily... if they were just trading stuff already available, it hurts noone. And anyway, even if they do make the vids &c. themselves, it's not the wireless internet sharing it about that hurts people, it's the acts depicted in the crap they're sharing.
Just being a pedant...
I can't see the final drives not being a sealed environment, so maybe it won't need it. After all, the lube being replaced via the tubes has to go somewhere when it condenses... why can't it be directed back into the reservoir? Not sure how you'd do this, but it seems plausible to me.
Dude, I love you! Nobody ever writes et cetera using the & ligature... I avoid it myself just because not many seem to know what it means. Anyway, nice to see it being used.
Ahem... errr... okay, now I feel kinda awkward...
Bye bye... *runs away*
No, that they keep using them is the travesty. Refusing to sign the ban is just honesty.
Seriously, do you think that just because one Administration signed a ban on mines no future one will use them? The way I see it is this: if they give their word not to then do anyway, they look worse than if they just keep on doing it as they were. Once you formalise something like that, you're in a lot more trouble if you renege on the deal. Of course, I'm fairly being utilitarian about the matter...
Nope, because I've been doing it now for quite some time. Your comment did inspire me to go out & check a few more search engines than I normally do. I found myself on Yahoo, but nowhere else, & it won't be long until I've dropped out of their cache either now.
As novus ordo mentioned above, the Internet Archive is bad for this... you can have pages removed, but that only works if it was your page to begin with. Even if it was your page, it's removal only, no alteration.
Eh... removing the various pseudonyms I use is another matter entirely.
The people who call them campers are just sore... why don't they try doing it themselves? The sniper is ridiculously underpowered in UT2004. I dunno... I just liked the spammy version more. :(
Too right! I'm coming from a NSW, Australia perspective, but I know just what you mean, my mother being a teacher. Parents who won't listen when you tell them their kid's a brat, & useless bosses. Incompetence rises, etc.
There are some teachers who are utter pushovers though too, & they don't help matters. Apparently one fad is to clap part of an ad jingle & get your class to repeat the rest... it works wonderfully, until they go to another teacher who tries telling them to be quiet instead. It's kind of like Pavlov's dogs... they're not trained to know & think of what they're supposed to do, it's just a hear jingle, shut up relationship. Terrible for learning.
Just out of interest, what are the concepts behind Swing? I've never written anything in Java, so I don't know it's GUI kits at all...
A photon does travel faster than c, true, but that doesn't defy relativity. It's just that c is standardised on the wrong measurement - specifically the speed of light in a vacuum. Light in a vacuum is always switching between a photonic state & an electron-positron pair, which travels slower than photons do, giving a net speed loss. I don't remember how (it's been a while since I've thought about this), but you can make light spend more time in the photon stage than it usually does in a vacuum, which makes it faster than c.
Again, it's just that c should really be standardised on the speed of a photon, which is the actual limit.
Just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean they're not out to get you :)
I like your second reason... it's paranoid, but it's feasible.
But at least in this case, Gibson or someone like him will be all over the patch, so if there's anything even slightly fishy going on it'll be exposed in no time.
Ummm... sorry, you lost me there. How does leaving a new backdoor help Microsoft avoid antitrust prosecution? Or am I just reading it wrongly?
I made a post higher up about Isaac Asimov's work not long ago, so I've got him stuck in my head; anyway, what you said about Japanese innovation being driven by scarce resources reminded me of his Foundation series. Great books.
Just what I was about to say - Jander in The Robots of Dawn.
Actually, as far as science goes water isn't wet. The scientific definition of a liquid being 'wet' is that it spreads to cover all the surface area it can. Get a bit of metho, & drop some on a plate - it'll do that, so it's wet. But water forms droplets, so it isn't.
Obviously in colloquial terms water is most definately wet, but science as an institution & as a practice tends to be a lot pickier.
Well, when you can basically write the damn things that attitude kind of makes sense.
(I know that's a fairly enormous exaggeration, but you get what I mean.)Since it's not copying-related, surely the DMCA's anti-circumvention provisions mean, well, jack-shit? Just thinking, but shouldn't it be perfectly legal to ignore that stuff & even strip it out of the file?
Going further, if stripping it out involves unavoidable collateral damage (in the form of removed copy-preventions), might you be able to use that as a loophole? Eh... the first thing seems fairly plausible to me; this one has an ice-block's chance in hell*.
* Since the Nordic idea of hell was usually freezing, it might work under the EUCD implementations in some Scandinavian countries :)
You're welcome; sorry it's not the right thing. I feel I've read how once before anyway, quite a while ago, but I'm probably imagining it :(
See the posts by sgunhouse on this thread: http://my.opera.com/community/forums/topic.dml?id= 73577. Some are just forum administration details, but a couple have the info you want.
Can't say I've tried buffalo, unfortunately. But if you get the chance, try some kangaroo - it beats any cattle steak I've ever eaten by a long shot. Great stuff.
Now I'll have to get some buffalo somewhere...
Natural? Who cares if it's natural? Why do you think humanity invents... well... stuff? It's to get away from nature, to improve on it, or even to beat it! My favourite example is lighting; it means we can live independant of the day/night cycle (trust me, I'm staying awake 24+ hours & sleeping 12+ lately - nothing to do until uni is great).
I agree with what you said about meat though. I'm not usually a great fan, just because most doesn't taste that nice IMO, but it's the only food that'll really keep you going strong.
Note: I've just realised you were probably refering to the "It's more natural" argument for veganism, but I was focussed on the moral "I don't want to kill" angle when I read your post & it didn't occur to me. I stand by what I wrote about being natural though, so I'm still going to post it.
Leading to the inevitable conclusion that Google's Summer of Code has cub fruit with the Blender 2.40 release.
Even better: http://www.realhamster.com/
I've got to admit, I feel that way. It's not just a general "I can do what I want" attitude, but more of a "This is stupid, STFU n00b!" one. If that makes any sense. When the law loses people's respect, there's a faint possibility that rather than the people being disrespectful louts, the law doesn't deserve said respect, though the reverse could also be true.
There's still right & wrong, it's just that they no longer line up with the law. That's the whole reason the law loses the respect it used to have.
Sheesh... reading this over, it makes me sound like some 15 year old wannabe rebel, fighting the man & all that crap :(