Let's get this out of the way first. To all of you cat lovers, I'm sorry for being an insensitive clod.
If I have local access to a computer, in many cases I can just use a Live Linux CD to gain access to just about anything I'd want on the box. For more badness later, couldn't I also then move or rename the right security files, reboot and insert an exploit, reboot with the CD again to restore the security files, reboot again without the CD, and be on my way without leaving a trail? I've never tried such a thing (really), but wouldn't someone with enough motivation and talent be able to do that to almost any computer?
I can break a password protected Excel file in 30 hours max with this computer, and a 10000 core chip might reduce this to 43 seconds, but other than that, what difference is it going to make?
Isn't this just overclocking the human body? Seriously, as a narcoleptic "friend" tells me, his Modafinil overrides normal sleep deprivation effects. His body then allows him to continue on an artificially acceptable minimum sleep level. The problem is that just a few days of this leads to strange headaches and moods. The only way to set things straight is to actually *sleep*. How novel!
I have a 17-mile (27 km) round-trip commute every weekday. I imagine that there are millions more like me who need an enclosed vehicle for short daily commutes like that. Do you know (from your research on e-cars) why there isn't a mass-produced 100% electric car on the roads today? What exactly is the hang-up with plugging the car in at night?
I'd be willing to attempt to build one from a kit if it could be street-legal. I wouldn't need to go any faster than 50 mph (80 km/h). Anyone know of something like that?
No, you obviously don't understand... It's only illegal if you circumvent well-implemented DRM's. Those sucky ones don't count. In fact, there is a simple key combination you can type to see if the DRM sucks enough:
up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, B, A, , ,
If the DRM sucks, the GPL pops up and you're good to go. You may want to print this out on (non-DRM'd) paper for future reference.
For one thing, consider how the balance of the Supreme Court may affect future rulings of interest to nerds in particular regarding: DMCA, centralized databases of personal information (medical, financial, etc.), monopolies, free speech (like this forum).
The Florida Supreme Court completely ignored the Florida state constitution, thereby placing their rulings above the law rather than simply applying the rule of law. They, therefore, placed themselves above the Florida state legislature (and so above the people by whose consent their powers are derived). States' rights? Whose rights are we discussing here anyway? The "states' rights" phrase which so many people toss around today refers to the people of the *state* of Florida, and their right to justice via the rule of law. What happened to *their* rights?
Florida law had in place specific deadlines and procedures to follow which would have covered all of the contentions of both sides, if only the law had been allowed to run its course. Counting ALL of the counties was not an option according to _that_state's_laws_, nor was any recount of any county lawful after the deadline clearly spelled out in *their* constitution (reminder: states' rights).
It was illegal for the Florida Supreme Court to overstep their bounds (squashing the state's rights *of the people*) when they extended the non-negotiable deadline for certification of the votes.
SCOTUS should not have been dragged into the whole mess where they did not belong either, but once an oligarchy forms (FL Supreme Court) and upsets the checks and balances within a state, only a stronger oligarchy (SCOTUS) can restore order. Unfortunately, our system of checks and balances in the USA has been discarded, without the consent of the governed. [Sorry, Benjamin Franklin, we were not able to keep the Republic you wrought.]
If the people of the states think their systems are broken, they should elect representatives to change the laws, not appeal to the judges to break them. If you think hemp (for paper, plastics, textiles, oil, medicine, recreation, etc.) should be freed from its unreasonable chains, vote for representatives who agree with you (and me). If you think physician assisted suicide should be legal, do the same. If one state has better laws than another (according to your tastes), then move there, or vote your own state into becoming better. The federal government should not be micromanaging the nation (states' rights again), nor does the judiciary at any level have any business writing law by ruling contradictory to standing law and setting unlawful precedents (e.g. absurd applications of eminant domain).
What makes this recounting (pun intended) of recent history so on-topic is that Bush ought to nominate for the SCOTUS individuals who will uphold the laws enumerated in Constitution of the United States of America, no more and no less.
For the record, I agree that it would be a scary place if everybody "walked in lock step with Bush," or, for that matter, Clinton, Bush (41), Reagan, Carter, Ford, Nixon, etc., but that is a discussion for a different thread.
It seems you are already brainwashed. The memo did NOT say that the hijacked plane would be used as a weapon of destruction. It claimed that the plane would be used as a bartering tool to gain the release of the Blind Shaykh "and other US-held extremists."
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Oh, snap. You got hexed by an AC.
I'm a so-called "right wing fundie christian nutjob," you insensitive clod, and btw, all my kids are fully vaccinated.
My kid rides the short bus, you insensitive clod!
Let's get this out of the way first. To all of you cat lovers, I'm sorry for being an insensitive clod.
If I have local access to a computer, in many cases I can just use a Live Linux CD to gain access to just about anything I'd want on the box. For more badness later, couldn't I also then move or rename the right security files, reboot and insert an exploit, reboot with the CD again to restore the security files, reboot again without the CD, and be on my way without leaving a trail? I've never tried such a thing (really), but wouldn't someone with enough motivation and talent be able to do that to almost any computer?
RTFA, you simply stop eating the mice.
How does a file system have a Russian bride?
I can break a password protected Excel file in 30 hours max with this computer, and a 10000 core chip might reduce this to 43 seconds, but other than that, what difference is it going to make?
29 hours 59 minutes 17 seconds?
On my old Intel the difference was 287 years.
In 2045, the debut of Longhorn will take care of this.
Isn't this just overclocking the human body? Seriously, as a narcoleptic "friend" tells me, his Modafinil overrides normal sleep deprivation effects. His body then allows him to continue on an artificially acceptable minimum sleep level. The problem is that just a few days of this leads to strange headaches and moods. The only way to set things straight is to actually *sleep*. How novel!
I'd be willing to attempt to build one from a kit if it could be street-legal. I wouldn't need to go any faster than 50 mph (80 km/h). Anyone know of something like that?
"Leave off the last 's' for savings!" Sounds like a sale.
I've thrown out five already!
-or both?
Whoops, it's probably /.'d by now...
No, you obviously don't understand... It's only illegal if you circumvent well-implemented DRM's. Those sucky ones don't count. In fact, there is a simple key combination you can type to see if the DRM sucks enough: up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, B, A, , , If the DRM sucks, the GPL pops up and you're good to go. You may want to print this out on (non-DRM'd) paper for future reference.
Are you kidding?! I can't type *that* fast!
No, the protective injection was a blood transfusion for Harry. You see, the half blood prince leaked.
At least he didn't say "gonorrhous."
RTFA! To quote: "Happy Days" BitTorrent...
What if they don't find a US flag up there?
Stuff that Matters...
For one thing, consider how the balance of the Supreme Court may affect future rulings of interest to nerds in particular regarding: DMCA, centralized databases of personal information (medical, financial, etc.), monopolies, free speech (like this forum).
Florida law had in place specific deadlines and procedures to follow which would have covered all of the contentions of both sides, if only the law had been allowed to run its course. Counting ALL of the counties was not an option according to _that_state's_laws_, nor was any recount of any county lawful after the deadline clearly spelled out in *their* constitution (reminder: states' rights).
It was illegal for the Florida Supreme Court to overstep their bounds (squashing the state's rights *of the people*) when they extended the non-negotiable deadline for certification of the votes.
SCOTUS should not have been dragged into the whole mess where they did not belong either, but once an oligarchy forms (FL Supreme Court) and upsets the checks and balances within a state, only a stronger oligarchy (SCOTUS) can restore order. Unfortunately, our system of checks and balances in the USA has been discarded, without the consent of the governed. [Sorry, Benjamin Franklin, we were not able to keep the Republic you wrought.]
If the people of the states think their systems are broken, they should elect representatives to change the laws, not appeal to the judges to break them. If you think hemp (for paper, plastics, textiles, oil, medicine, recreation, etc.) should be freed from its unreasonable chains, vote for representatives who agree with you (and me). If you think physician assisted suicide should be legal, do the same. If one state has better laws than another (according to your tastes), then move there, or vote your own state into becoming better. The federal government should not be micromanaging the nation (states' rights again), nor does the judiciary at any level have any business writing law by ruling contradictory to standing law and setting unlawful precedents (e.g. absurd applications of eminant domain).
What makes this recounting (pun intended) of recent history so on-topic is that Bush ought to nominate for the SCOTUS individuals who will uphold the laws enumerated in Constitution of the United States of America, no more and no less.
For the record, I agree that it would be a scary place if everybody "walked in lock step with Bush," or, for that matter, Clinton, Bush (41), Reagan, Carter, Ford, Nixon, etc., but that is a discussion for a different thread.
Recommended Reading:
The Law, by Fredrick Bastiat (something old)
http://www.constitution.org/law/bastiat.htm
Men In Black, by Mark Levin (something new)
... just like Homer Simpson opening his beer by shooting it.
It seems you are already brainwashed. The memo did NOT say that the hijacked plane would be used as a weapon of destruction. It claimed that the plane would be used as a bartering tool to gain the release of the Blind Shaykh "and other US-held extremists."