More likely, when we detect proof positive of alien life someplace in the galaxy the world's religions will unite in burning books, killing people, and doing anything they can repress that information. Finding alien intelligence or even life in an age where 90% of the population are religious is pretty much guaranteed to start off another dark ages.
Atheists frequently say that but I have yet to hear a good explanation for religion being opposed to aliens. The development of intelligent life is such an unlikely coincidence that the fact that it happened more than once could be seen as the ultimate proof of a God. Belief in God and belief in aliens are actually pretty similar. Both are matters of faith that cannot be proven scientifically. Both propose that the human race is not alone in the universe and that there are higher forms of life out there with something to teach us.
Also, you can't reasonably expect any privacy in email unless you encrypt its contents.
Applying a technical solution to social/political problem should always be the last resort. Besides, it can backfire on you. Encrypted emails are likely to be flagged as suspicious; and if you think the government can't break garden-variety public-key encryption, you're just fooling yourself.
A friend of mine who also had to use Open Office when he worked with me once figured out that most compatibility problems we had in terms of document layout were due to Open Office assuming different defaults than MS Word for certain things... so, if you explicitly set certain properties you wouldn't normally bother with, your document would look the same when opened in MS Word. However, it's not worth neither the effort nor the risk to do this.
When I need to send someone a doc file I've created in OOo, I always check it in the free Word viewer first. There are often some little formating differences that can be fixed by replacing indents with tabs (or vise versa). Like you say, probably an issue with different default settings. Also, when people ask for doc, I save in Word97 format which seems to be the lowest common denominator amongst Word users.
It's funny that anytime this sort of thing pops up, most people are heavily debating how to defeat the system, rather than worrying about their own original content (or parody content/etc.) getting falsely flagged.
I'm worried. Any system that is tolerant enough to be immune to the king of circumvention techniques mentioned would also create a huge number of false positives, especially if the analysis length was short. I'd hate for Star Wars Kid to get taken down because it was flagged as a clip from The Phantom Menace.
You realise that this redistribution of wealth requires increased government borrowing.
And you realize that's a crock right? Lots of countries with public health care run balanced budgets (Canada, New Zealand, etc). It's not about borrowing, it's about priorities. If the US wasn't flushing money down the toilet in Iraq, you could fund public health care and have money left over for a decent education system without a running a deficit.
Religions like Christianity and Islam, and liberal free society are fundamentally incompatible. We elected leaders who ascribe to this, so our freedoms, such as our private telephone conversations are going to be monitored to keep an eye on the population of 'good Christians'.
You're right! We should elect atheist leaders like Stalin and Mao, they were really into freedom.
I think you are confusing religion with nationalistic paranoia. They are not the same thing.
I wonder if Apple are going to keep playing "cat and mouse", and try to bring legal action to bear against these "vile hackers", or if they're going to take the hint that you can't stop us all?
If you want them to "take the hint" then stop buying their locked-down, over-priced, eye-candy and support companies that make more open smart phones. By the way, whatever happened to the much-lauded Apple security? Could it be that the only reason MacOS wasn't hacked was that no one could be bothered hacking a unpopular system and now that Apple has something hackers are interested in there are security holes-a-plenty?
The truly sad thing is that most of the new music I'm exposed to is initially through TV commercials (further proof that record labels are not the only way to promote new music) rather than on the radio. The fact that several websites exist (like adtunes and whatsthatcalled) to help people find out the names of the artists and songs from their favorite TV ads indicates that I'm not the only one.
Portable Freeware is my favorite site for programs that will run on a USB flash drive (or floppy if they're small enough) without the need to install on the host machine and create registry entries and the like. The focus of the site is portability, but generally speaking that also means bloat-free.
I think it [the skycar] looks a lot more feasable than other flying cars.
That's a bit like saying the Star Trek Enterprise's warp engines look a lot more feasible than other types of faster-than-light travel like those totally unbelievable Hyperdrives from Star Wars.
Contract law does change a number of things, but it doesn't cause EULA's to vaporize. They are after all "End User License *Agreements*" where "Agreement" is used to imply a contract relationship.
A contract requires the informed consent of both parties entering the agreement. It has yet to be proven in a court of law that clicking an 'OK' button equates to informed consent, especially if the terms of the "agreement" are not presented prior to the purchase.
Let the Swiss sue J&J... after all, the swiss flag is the same, except that the colors are inverted. An "obvious attempt to hide a blatant ripoff of Swiss cultural heritage".
In the meantime it might be helpful to bring attention to the absolutely abysmal state of mental health care in this country. Something you won't know about unless you or a close relative has a serious mental illness. Half the people you see living on the street are there because they have mental illness and can't navigate the byzantine legal process to get disability benefits. Apparently the right wing thinks they're faking so they not work and drink all day...If they don't have health insurance they'll get a T&R (treat and release) and that's how they end up on park benches.
The problem is a little more complicated (and less political) than that. Even in Canada where we have free health care, the problem is much the same. Since the late 70's, to be institutionalized (i.e. treated against their will) a mental patient must be an immediate danger to themselves or others. Most don't fall into that category, and if you ask a crazy person if they want treatment, most will tell you "I'm not crazy!" Even those who agree to treatment take their drugs long enough to start feeling better, then stop taking them because they think they are cured, then get worse and refuse to take them again (and you can't force them to unless they are an immediate danger to themselves or others).
Is this situation better than the previous system of forced treatments including shock therapy, lobotomies and sterilization? Certainly. Did we create a new problem by giving freedom of choice to people without the mental faculties to use it wisely? Definitely. Can the situation be solved by throwing more money at it? I doubt it.
They would be far closer to replacing exchange if they supported Exchange. The Evolution Exchange plugin has been open sourced for ages now, porting it the cross platform Thunderbird and Sunbird would make the suite hugely more attractive to enterprises locked into MS Office for their client software.
I imagine it would also make it an attractive target for Microsoft patent lawyers.
Yeah but even then, that's when the beauty of Linux kicks in. If someone discovers, for example, a buffer overflow in the app, they're still facing an unknown kernel version, distro filesystem, and GCC version
So you're saying Linux is secure because it's hard to develop for?
There's a difference between a 22KHz sine wave, square wave, sawtooth wave, etc. which you're not going to capture by sampling at the Nyquist frequency
Yes, but the difference between a 22kHz sine wave and a 22kHz square wave is that the pure sine wave has content only at 22kHz whereas the square wave also has content at odd harmonics of 22kHz (66kHz, 110kHz, etc). Unless you can hear those frequencies (and you can't), a 22kHz square wave sounds exactly like a 22kHz sine wave.
If playing Grand Theft Auto encourages kids to become murdering auto thieves, then this game must encourage kids to become [shudder] politicians. I say, ban it.
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Sorry, but I feel obliged to point out that the word is point.
You mean like on the flip-phones that currently make up about 50% of the market?
Atheists frequently say that but I have yet to hear a good explanation for religion being opposed to aliens. The development of intelligent life is such an unlikely coincidence that the fact that it happened more than once could be seen as the ultimate proof of a God. Belief in God and belief in aliens are actually pretty similar. Both are matters of faith that cannot be proven scientifically. Both propose that the human race is not alone in the universe and that there are higher forms of life out there with something to teach us.
Applying a technical solution to social/political problem should always be the last resort. Besides, it can backfire on you. Encrypted emails are likely to be flagged as suspicious; and if you think the government can't break garden-variety public-key encryption, you're just fooling yourself.
When I need to send someone a doc file I've created in OOo, I always check it in the free Word viewer first. There are often some little formating differences that can be fixed by replacing indents with tabs (or vise versa). Like you say, probably an issue with different default settings. Also, when people ask for doc, I save in Word97 format which seems to be the lowest common denominator amongst Word users.
I'm worried. Any system that is tolerant enough to be immune to the king of circumvention techniques mentioned would also create a huge number of false positives, especially if the analysis length was short. I'd hate for Star Wars Kid to get taken down because it was flagged as a clip from The Phantom Menace.
And you realize that's a crock right? Lots of countries with public health care run balanced budgets (Canada, New Zealand, etc). It's not about borrowing, it's about priorities. If the US wasn't flushing money down the toilet in Iraq, you could fund public health care and have money left over for a decent education system without a running a deficit.
You're right! We should elect atheist leaders like Stalin and Mao, they were really into freedom.
I think you are confusing religion with nationalistic paranoia. They are not the same thing.
If you want them to "take the hint" then stop buying their locked-down, over-priced, eye-candy and support companies that make more open smart phones. By the way, whatever happened to the much-lauded Apple security? Could it be that the only reason MacOS wasn't hacked was that no one could be bothered hacking a unpopular system and now that Apple has something hackers are interested in there are security holes-a-plenty?
The truly sad thing is that most of the new music I'm exposed to is initially through TV commercials (further proof that record labels are not the only way to promote new music) rather than on the radio. The fact that several websites exist (like adtunes and whatsthatcalled) to help people find out the names of the artists and songs from their favorite TV ads indicates that I'm not the only one.
Portable Freeware is my favorite site for programs that will run on a USB flash drive (or floppy if they're small enough) without the need to install on the host machine and create registry entries and the like. The focus of the site is portability, but generally speaking that also means bloat-free.
That's a bit like saying the Star Trek Enterprise's warp engines look a lot more feasible than other types of faster-than-light travel like those totally unbelievable Hyperdrives from Star Wars.
While you're there, could you pick me up a copy of the James Cameron directed remake of Planet of the Apes starring Schwarzenegger?
A contract requires the informed consent of both parties entering the agreement. It has yet to be proven in a court of law that clicking an 'OK' button equates to informed consent, especially if the terms of the "agreement" are not presented prior to the purchase.
Color-blind trademark lawyers will also be going after Blue Cross and Green Cross.
The problem is a little more complicated (and less political) than that. Even in Canada where we have free health care, the problem is much the same. Since the late 70's, to be institutionalized (i.e. treated against their will) a mental patient must be an immediate danger to themselves or others. Most don't fall into that category, and if you ask a crazy person if they want treatment, most will tell you "I'm not crazy!" Even those who agree to treatment take their drugs long enough to start feeling better, then stop taking them because they think they are cured, then get worse and refuse to take them again (and you can't force them to unless they are an immediate danger to themselves or others).
Is this situation better than the previous system of forced treatments including shock therapy, lobotomies and sterilization? Certainly. Did we create a new problem by giving freedom of choice to people without the mental faculties to use it wisely? Definitely. Can the situation be solved by throwing more money at it? I doubt it.
Volcanoes? That's impossible! Al Gore told me that excess CO2 can only come from SUVs.
The "why should you have to?" is in reference to paying for channels that you have blocked or don't watch. I have to agree with him on that.
You could say the same thing to Apple; if you don't agree with what free software "stands for", then DON'T USE IT IN YOUR PRODUCTS!
I imagine it would also make it an attractive target for Microsoft patent lawyers.
So you're saying Linux is secure because it's hard to develop for?
Do you know how many millions of dollars a year the pyramids generate in tourism? Sounds like lasting national infrastructure to me.
Yes, but the difference between a 22kHz sine wave and a 22kHz square wave is that the pure sine wave has content only at 22kHz whereas the square wave also has content at odd harmonics of 22kHz (66kHz, 110kHz, etc). Unless you can hear those frequencies (and you can't), a 22kHz square wave sounds exactly like a 22kHz sine wave.
If playing Grand Theft Auto encourages kids to become murdering auto thieves, then this game must encourage kids to become [shudder] politicians. I say, ban it.
...I was hoping for a story about a malware attack that involved the use of Michael Caine and numerous Minis.