You often hear about people that have had their ATM cards wiped by the magnets used to disable the security tags in stores. Many stores have 'Don't place cards here' signs to prevent this. If the hotels had 'Please place keycards here' on a similar magnet when you sign out then that would wipe them and problem solved.
There is one caveat: Symantec counts only those security flaws that have been confirmed by the vendor. According to security monitoring company Secunia, there are 19 security issues that Microsoft still has to deal with for Internet Explorer, while there are only three for Firefox.
Simple way to look good in this report, deny the existence of the flaws!
I agree that the use of 'intellectual property' is more often than not misused and perhaps I have in this post.
IMO the point trying to be made is that by Google abusing their trademark on G-Mail it will affect all their IP relating to it.
I wonder if they have any patents or copyrights that relate to the G-Mail trademark? Losing the trademark would potentially cost them for the investments they've made in those patents/copyrights?
The Victoria & Albert Museum in London is hosting an exhibition of high-fashion hearing aids, called Hearwear, in a bid to rehabilitate the devices and make them seem more attractive to those who might need them.
... we're also pushing the food chain that sustains us... It's not unlikely that the ocean food chain will collapse in our lifetime.
When will we become one planet rather than many competeing nations? Until we can effectively manage our planetary resources we will continue to produce enough food to feed everyone but fail to do so because it doesn't have the correct geographical distribution and the producers are more concerned about the economic return than feeding everyone.
It's tough for a predominatly capitalist society to become truly altruistic and forgoe profit for the greater good.
Wow! A list of experiences from people that should know what they are doing but made a mistake once or twice as opposed to the usual funny list of stupid things people have done to their computer because they didn't know better.
does ANYONE deserve a 20 YEAR monopoly on ipod-like devices? No.
Does anyone deserve a monopoly that long be it a software patent or copyright? The Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act of 1998 extended copyright terms in the United States by 20 years.
The tiles don't expand themselves but the airframe of the shuttle does so they have to be able to move independantly of each other or be ripped of the super structure.
Since the tiles thermally expand or contract very little compared to the orbiter structure, it is necessary to leave gaps of 25 to 65 mils between them to prevent tile-to-tile contact. Nomex felt material insulation is required in the bottom of the gap between tiles. It is referred to as a filler bar.
They should all conform to standards.
Yes in and in that perfect world we'd also have standard units of measurement; currencies; plug sockets; sides of the road to drive on!
Is there a defintion of a test that a robot would have to pass to be a convincing human? All the senses would need to be covered, sight, sound, touch, smell and even taste! The Turing Test does the job for sound, the Loebner Prize rewards anyone that can accomplish this. Perhaps there should be prizes for the other senses as well?
But our concern is that file-sharers' expenditure on music overall is down, a fact borne out by study after study.
So we must always spend more on music not less! How dare we as consumers decide to spend less of our disposable income on something other than music.
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You often hear about people that have had their ATM cards wiped by the magnets used to disable the security tags in stores. Many stores have 'Don't place cards here' signs to prevent this. If the hotels had 'Please place keycards here' on a similar magnet when you sign out then that would wipe them and problem solved.
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There is one caveat: Symantec counts only those security flaws that have been confirmed by the vendor. According to security monitoring company Secunia, there are 19 security issues that Microsoft still has to deal with for Internet Explorer, while there are only three for Firefox.
Simple way to look good in this report, deny the existence of the flaws!
Security can be examined in a similar way to risk analysis, the likelihood of something happening multiplied by the magnitude of the affect it has.
Your very likely to pick up tracking cookies but the affect to your system is minimal and can be easily remedied.
Your chances of picking up a virus are less but the affect they have on your system is much greater.
What are the chances of a buffer overflow exploit being applied to your PC? Small I'd hope, but the affect could be catastrophic.
The vunerability to a security exploit should be balanced by the likelihood of actual exploitation.
I agree that the use of 'intellectual property' is more often than not misused and perhaps I have in this post.
IMO the point trying to be made is that by Google abusing their trademark on G-Mail it will affect all their IP relating to it.
I wonder if they have any patents or copyrights that relate to the G-Mail trademark? Losing the trademark would potentially cost them for the investments they've made in those patents/copyrights?
Someone is already thinking about this ...
Deaf charity wants high fashion hearing aids
The Victoria & Albert Museum in London is hosting an exhibition of high-fashion hearing aids, called Hearwear, in a bid to rehabilitate the devices and make them seem more attractive to those who might need them.
When will we become one planet rather than many competeing nations? Until we can effectively manage our planetary resources we will continue to produce enough food to feed everyone but fail to do so because it doesn't have the correct geographical distribution and the producers are more concerned about the economic return than feeding everyone.
It's tough for a predominatly capitalist society to become truly altruistic and forgoe profit for the greater good.
ZDNet.com.au Maybe not /.'d yet?
Wow! A list of experiences from people that should know what they are doing but made a mistake once or twice as opposed to the usual funny list of stupid things people have done to their computer because they didn't know better.
Slashdot - The Nuts and Volts of News for NerdsQ. Is this news?
I reckon the romans would give them a good run for their money!
Some of the car taxes in Japan are based on the weight of the vehicle so having a smaller car saves money on this as well as on fuel.
does ANYONE deserve a 20 YEAR monopoly on ipod-like devices? No.
Does anyone deserve a monopoly that long be it a software patent or copyright? The Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act of 1998 extended copyright terms in the United States by 20 years.
As a consequence of the act, under current law, no copyrighted works will enter into the public domain in the United States until January 1, 2019 at the earliest, when the copyright on works created in 1923 would expire.
It just about making money!
The tiles don't expand themselves but the airframe of the shuttle does so they have to be able to move independantly of each other or be ripped of the super structure.
A Redneck delight - nice crisp bit of BBQ deer once you land.
Since the tiles thermally expand or contract very little compared to the orbiter structure, it is necessary to leave gaps of 25 to 65 mils between them to prevent tile-to-tile contact. Nomex felt material insulation is required in the bottom of the gap between tiles. It is referred to as a filler bar.
They should all conform to standards. Yes in and in that perfect world we'd also have standard units of measurement; currencies; plug sockets; sides of the road to drive on!
Is there a defintion of a test that a robot would have to pass to be a convincing human? All the senses would need to be covered, sight, sound, touch, smell and even taste! The Turing Test does the job for sound, the Loebner Prize rewards anyone that can accomplish this. Perhaps there should be prizes for the other senses as well?
Bugger missed the double negative!
But our concern is that file-sharers' expenditure on music overall is down, a fact borne out by study after study. So we must always spend more on music not less! How dare we as consumers decide to spend less of our disposable income on something other than music.
Once deployed, SuitSat is expected to orbit the planet for several weeks before burning up when it enters Earth's atmosphere.