(I'm assuming developing nations who have computers with internet access)
Uhm, care to name any of the nations that do not have computers with Internet access? Although 90% of the population of a country live in horrendous poverty, there are still those who have net access.
Sure. I doubt any particular number of bits is meaningful for quantum computing though; with such a small number of bits available it becomes a question of how many bits it takes to run an algorithm on a dataset, without any compelling reason to group the bits into anything larger.
The thing is, why would the international authority on top level domains listen to US evangelical christians? Doesn't this prove ICANN is controlled by the US government and that this is a problem?
TFA doesn't specify what Kazaa has done wrong. The second link talks about "authorizing" users to infringe copyright. In the US, at least, the DMCA had some kind of "safe harbor" provision for search engines. Is the music industry going "It's illegal; we'll write the law later" and paying the judge to look the other way, or?
The beauty of Yining's comment is that he takes such laws as accepted truths, and uses it to disprove the BBC's claim the same way a physicist would disprove a certain claim using Newton's or Einstein's theories.
Yes, there could not be more than 300 bloggers there. That would be illegal.
Stormtrooper: There are more than 300 of you here.
Rebel: There are less than 200 here. Any more would be illegal.
Stormtrooper: There are less than 200 here.
Rebel: You don't need to see our papers.
Stormtrooper: Wee don't need to see you papers.
Rebel: You were mistaken.
Stormtrooper: My mistake, carry on.
That's the distinction the grandparent was talking about. Linus studied at the University of Helsinki, while this discovery was made at the Helsinki University of Technology.
Which makes it even less likely Linus will have any strong opinions on this.
5adly, in some countries we no longer have the option of using shift keys. 1've managed to come up with some workarounds, though. 7hankfully most sentences can be worked around to start with a letter easily replaced by a number. 3asy 0nce you get the h4ng 0f it. 0f c0urse, 17'5 4 b17 0f 4 h455l3 to le4rn, bu7 y0u g37 u53d t0 17.
I agree. A ringtone is something you show off, not something you buy to listen to. A T-shirt with a witty slogan is worth far more than a page of a book containing the same slogan.
No more than the rest of Slashdot. The difference is, most of us are afraid of a future where billions of Sony Sexbots (tm) roam the streets searching for analog holes to plug.
There have been claims that the software introduces noise into any CD ripped with the computer. If true, and if it's a feature rather than a bug, they'd need a (broken) encoder.
This is a shining example of something that can only be accomplished by taxation. Most of us want everyone to pollute less, even if it costs them money. No one wants to be the only one to pollute less, if it costs them money.
Given what we know already, a more serious reply to "What's next". Those ActiveX controls left by the "uninstaller" could be exploitable to install malicious software, setting up zombie networks for spam, DDOS attacks etc.
So, next on the list is
- Sony rootkit blackmails Sony, then launches DDOS attack against its creator.
Ok, does this mean what I think it means? Any website can force the poor Sony customer's Windows machine to reboot now? This is getting so out of hand it's not even funny.
You may be right. My point was that there is a difference in how specific the incitement has to be to be illegal; conspiracy likely requires more direct involvement.
Likely we'll get more info on what was said and what French law says about the issue soon.
American law is different. Generally inciting violence is illegal in France, whereas it would likely have to be a more specific connection to a particular crime in the US.
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I suspect that the outcome of this "review" will be my descendants owning this post long after I am dead.
Well, as long as they can't sue me for quoting you...
(I'm assuming developing nations who have computers with internet access)
Uhm, care to name any of the nations that do not have computers with Internet access? Although 90% of the population of a country live in horrendous poverty, there are still those who have net access.
Sure. I doubt any particular number of bits is meaningful for quantum computing though; with such a small number of bits available it becomes a question of how many bits it takes to run an algorithm on a dataset, without any compelling reason to group the bits into anything larger.
Likely they've tried to get as many bits as possible and just now reached eight. Since eight bits are a byte, eight bits are a newsworthy milestone.
The thing is, why would the international authority on top level domains listen to US evangelical christians? Doesn't this prove ICANN is controlled by the US government and that this is a problem?
TFA doesn't specify what Kazaa has done wrong. The second link talks about "authorizing" users to infringe copyright. In the US, at least, the DMCA had some kind of "safe harbor" provision for search engines. Is the music industry going "It's illegal; we'll write the law later" and paying the judge to look the other way, or?
The beauty of Yining's comment is that he takes such laws as accepted truths, and uses it to disprove the BBC's claim the same way a physicist would disprove a certain claim using Newton's or Einstein's theories.
Yes, there could not be more than 300 bloggers there. That would be illegal.
Stormtrooper: There are more than 300 of you here.
Rebel: There are less than 200 here. Any more would be illegal.
Stormtrooper: There are less than 200 here.
Rebel: You don't need to see our papers.
Stormtrooper: Wee don't need to see you papers.
Rebel: You were mistaken.
Stormtrooper: My mistake, carry on.
Wikipedia explains.
I just realized I've studied at both but graduated from neither. How did you collapse those wavefunctions again?
That's the distinction the grandparent was talking about. Linus studied at the University of Helsinki, while this discovery was made at the Helsinki University of Technology.
Which makes it even less likely Linus will have any strong opinions on this.
5adly, in some countries we no longer have the option of using shift keys. 1've managed to come up with some workarounds, though. 7hankfully most sentences can be worked around to start with a letter easily replaced by a number. 3asy 0nce you get the h4ng 0f it. 0f c0urse, 17'5 4 b17 0f 4 h455l3 to le4rn, bu7 y0u g37 u53d t0 17.
I agree. A ringtone is something you show off, not something you buy to listen to. A T-shirt with a witty slogan is worth far more than a page of a book containing the same slogan.
I assume spending time researching and cleaning out the rootkit is damage in itself.
No more than the rest of Slashdot. The difference is, most of us are afraid of a future where billions of Sony Sexbots (tm) roam the streets searching for analog holes to plug.
There have been claims that the software introduces noise into any CD ripped with the computer. If true, and if it's a feature rather than a bug, they'd need a (broken) encoder.
Sony's official list. 52 records.
This is a shining example of something that can only be accomplished by taxation. Most of us want everyone to pollute less, even if it costs them money. No one wants to be the only one to pollute less, if it costs them money.
Given what we know already, a more serious reply to "What's next". Those ActiveX controls left by the "uninstaller" could be exploitable to install malicious software, setting up zombie networks for spam, DDOS attacks etc.
So, next on the list is
- Sony rootkit blackmails Sony, then launches DDOS attack against its creator.
Luckily I don't fall to pieces over dupes. I'm just going to write something sarcastic.
Not that there's anything wrong with that.
Ok, does this mean what I think it means? Any website can force the poor Sony customer's Windows machine to reboot now? This is getting so out of hand it's not even funny.
I hear Mike Hunt applied for the job but wasn't taken seriously.
van Zant: Get right with the man. It's not looking good for the artists...
You may be right. My point was that there is a difference in how specific the incitement has to be to be illegal; conspiracy likely requires more direct involvement.
Likely we'll get more info on what was said and what French law says about the issue soon.
American law is different. Generally inciting violence is illegal in France, whereas it would likely have to be a more specific connection to a particular crime in the US.