Anyone with half a brain and even moderate computer skills knows that using a web browser to access unprotected content is one thing. Telnetting into a machine, password or no, is a completely different matter.
Assuming you're one of those with one half of a brain, can you explain to me how those two actions are a completely different matter in the court of law?
I hear ya. I remember that from Mario Kart. You drive a terrible first few laps but you still win the race because instead of capitalizing on their lead the NPCs adapt their speed to your average speed. On the other side of the coin, if you drive a fantastic first few laps the NPCs adapt to your speed as well, so if you then drive a mediocre last lap you'll be one of the last to finish.
I think it's arguably the only real flaw in Super Mario Kart (SNES).^^
who wants to invest into bird flu treatment when it is clear that the governments and other firms will violate the patents?
Who? Governments and other firms, i.e. joint venture or cooperation. Not every undertaking has to be purely capitalistic in nature. Every citizen on this planet would have interest in a cure against H5N1, so surely it should be possible for society to aptly reward those who try to develop such a cure. If governments can fund HIV research, then surely they can fund H5N1 research as well.
I would setup an underground production with underground distribution channels for those, who are willing to pay well. The others would have to get by on their own somehow.
So you encourage making a profit at the expense of other people's lives? Geee... you are about as altruistic as a serial killer. Merry Christmas.
Wikipedia is a very easily accessible free source of information with just as much reliability as any other non-peer-reviewed source. Would we somehow be better off if Wikipedia didn't exist at all? Of course not. I can only assume the bad press is fueled by ulterior motives.
by 60 km, they mean either a radius, or diameter, in which case the coverage of a single aircraft would be either 11,300 sq km, or 2800 sq km respectively.
I'd say the 60 km mentioned refers to radius, because that's approximately the range of WiMAX.
the cashier asked me: "Do you know your PIN number?". If I'd said no, I could just have signed whatever.
Really? Well, there's no way you'd get away with that on this side of the North Sea! Maybe the cashiers in the UK haven't been properly trained yet?
thieves are quickly adapting to new technologies such as chip-and-pin credit cards
Everyone here in the Netherlands has been using PIN cards since about 1970(?). These cards also include "Chip" chips since 1996.
These cards are much less a liability than credit cards of the American type. It's about time you get with the program people (;
That 'wall' must include small inland dikes as well then (the Great Wall of China stretches for nearly 4000 miles and the Netherlands really isn't that big).
As a Dutchie I think part of New Orleans' problem lies in still using pomps from 1928. I also recommend building (higher) dikes. It's not rocket science really...
Poor English spelling and grammar annoys me just as much as the person who submitted this story. English is my third language.
I used to think that one's grasp of a language was almost solely determined by the amount of exposure one had to it. By that same reasoning I assumed people who use only one language would have to know that one language exceptionally well. That's what I thought before I got an Internet connection...
So maybe... maybe not having to go through the 'hardship' of learning another language makes you take too much for granted the value of coherent speech. Maybe not. Maybe you Americans are just too damn lazy. (;
I think many of us remember the Slashdot Article on this last month.
There are various reasons why this won't work any time soon. I'll just do a quick quote of two different slashdotters here:
from Bun:
"There is no mention of the power delivered by the battery - only its lifetime. It doesn't take much to run a pacemaker, but a laptop might require a battery the size of a loaf of bread, for all we know. Also, while tritium isn't all that dangerous, it IS radioactive, and carries all of the regulatory baggage that goes with that designation, so great care would have to be taken to prevent leakage during its lifetime, which wouldn't be easy."
from kravlor:
"This seems like a rather nifty extention of the technology. However, note that the fuel source, tritium, is rather hard and expensive to come by. (The total world supply of the stuff is 40 kg.) So I see this as a great boon for, say, space probes or other fancy applications where getting your hands on some tritium gas aren't the biggest of concerns on the budget."
Hours have gone by now but the blurb remains unedited.
I seriously begin to think Slashdot stories are intentionally wrong to generate more visits. Isn't it funny how the errors being made always happen to make the story more sensational and never less sensational?
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Anyone with half a brain and even moderate computer skills knows that using a web browser to access unprotected content is one thing. Telnetting into a machine, password or no, is a completely different matter.
Assuming you're one of those with one half of a brain, can you explain to me how those two actions are a completely different matter in the court of law?
I hear ya. I remember that from Mario Kart. You drive a terrible first few laps but you still win the race because instead of capitalizing on their lead the NPCs adapt their speed to your average speed. On the other side of the coin, if you drive a fantastic first few laps the NPCs adapt to your speed as well, so if you then drive a mediocre last lap you'll be one of the last to finish.
I think it's arguably the only real flaw in Super Mario Kart (SNES).^^
Freedom to run means nothing if the exercise of such right excludes people who do not possess high technical knowledge or advanced skills sets.
All the freedoms provided by FOSS are accessible by the freedom to learn. Case dismissed!
who wants to invest into bird flu treatment when it is clear that the governments and other firms will violate the patents?
Who? Governments and other firms, i.e. joint venture or cooperation. Not every undertaking has to be purely capitalistic in nature. Every citizen on this planet would have interest in a cure against H5N1, so surely it should be possible for society to aptly reward those who try to develop such a cure. If governments can fund HIV research, then surely they can fund H5N1 research as well.
I would setup an underground production with underground distribution channels for those, who are willing to pay well. The others would have to get by on their own somehow.
So you encourage making a profit at the expense of other people's lives? Geee... you are about as altruistic as a serial killer. Merry Christmas.
Not to mention: stolen hardware, secondhand hardware, rerouting/spoofing techniques, etc.
Identity thieves will have a long field day..
Wikipedia is a very easily accessible free source of information with just as much reliability as any other non-peer-reviewed source. Would we somehow be better off if Wikipedia didn't exist at all? Of course not. I can only assume the bad press is fueled by ulterior motives.
Last time I checked you could install more than one OS on a computer..
Of course, ReactOS will be installed in a dual-boot with the latest Linux
Dual-boot? Yuck! That's so last century.
How about using Reactos and your latest Linux with Xen? Now that's convenient!
by 60 km, they mean either a radius, or diameter, in which case the coverage of a single aircraft would be either 11,300 sq km, or 2800 sq km respectively.
I'd say the 60 km mentioned refers to radius, because that's approximately the range of WiMAX.
With billions of $, there are no nightmares. If A is no longer profitable you just reinvest your $ in B.
The Launch Loop seems to be a variation to the Space Fountain concept.
Some more info: Wikipedia
the cashier asked me: "Do you know your PIN number?". If I'd said no, I could just have signed whatever.
Really? Well, there's no way you'd get away with that on this side of the North Sea! Maybe the cashiers in the UK haven't been properly trained yet?
thieves are quickly adapting to new technologies such as chip-and-pin credit cards
Everyone here in the Netherlands has been using PIN cards since about 1970(?). These cards also include "Chip" chips since 1996.
These cards are much less a liability than credit cards of the American type. It's about time you get with the program people (;
That 'wall' must include small inland dikes as well then (the Great Wall of China stretches for nearly 4000 miles and the Netherlands really isn't that big).
As a Dutchie I think part of New Orleans' problem lies in still using pomps from 1928. I also recommend building (higher) dikes. It's not rocket science really...
IANAL but to me it seems like region codes are an obstruction of free trade. Why wouldn't any judicial or legislative body speak out against this?
It probably has something to do with Linux distros still not providing a very smooth Japanese localization.
Poor English spelling and grammar annoys me just as much as the person who submitted this story. English is my third language.
I used to think that one's grasp of a language was almost solely determined by the amount of exposure one had to it. By that same reasoning I assumed people who use only one language would have to know that one language exceptionally well. That's what I thought before I got an Internet connection...
So maybe... maybe not having to go through the 'hardship' of learning another language makes you take too much for granted the value of coherent speech. Maybe not. Maybe you Americans are just too damn lazy. (;
Does this mean I can send random poor fools to jail by owning their windoze boxen and cleverly send my spam from there?
I think many of us remember the Slashdot Article on this last month.
There are various reasons why this won't work any time soon. I'll just do a quick quote of two different slashdotters here:
from Bun:
"There is no mention of the power delivered by the battery - only its lifetime. It doesn't take much to run a pacemaker, but a laptop might require a battery the size of a loaf of bread, for all we know. Also, while tritium isn't all that dangerous, it IS radioactive, and carries all of the regulatory baggage that goes with that designation, so great care would have to be taken to prevent leakage during its lifetime, which wouldn't be easy."
from kravlor:
"This seems like a rather nifty extention of the technology. However, note that the fuel source, tritium, is rather hard and expensive to come by. (The total world supply of the stuff is 40 kg.) So I see this as a great boon for, say, space probes or other fancy applications where getting your hands on some tritium gas aren't the biggest of concerns on the budget."
Why?
I hope for M$ it doesn't break when knocked over...
Hours have gone by now but the blurb remains unedited.
I seriously begin to think Slashdot stories are intentionally wrong to generate more visits. Isn't it funny how the errors being made always happen to make the story more sensational and never less sensational?
@_@
Affirmation of the parent's point aside, the article is not that informative by now, is it?