government censorship will arrive in the EU before it arrives in the US on any comparable scale.
[...] the EU is based on the notion that people can not govern themselves, and the elite must assume this burden.
Speaking as a citizen of a member country, my country isn't based on that notion, but one similar to the US: that the people governs itself (through representatives, of course). On paper, the crown still has power, but in practice that power is irrelevant because it isn't wielded.
If we let the "EU Elite" govern us too much, it's because we (The People) failed to step out of a system which doesn't respect our need to govern ourselves.
In unity lies strength, but in false unity lies divisiveness.
If it increases at 1 percentage point per year (which is what is has increased in the whole of its life so far), we'll reach 100% a lot later than 2024
So if 100% is required, Windows isn't "On The Desktop". Try saying that ten times fast with a straight face.
Even if we set the threshold at 10%, we'd say that OS X isn't "On The Desktop".
This brief examines the motives for hacking, in the sense of trespassing against another person's computer. [...] The modification or impairment of data is an offence if [...]
I think "modification of data" should be understood in the context of "trespassing against another person's computer".
My understanding (IANAL, TINLA): it's illegal for me to root your box and photoshop in a llama dick on your wedding pictures.
It's not illegal for me to run Registry Cleaner or something which modifies my own registry. Even if it interferes with the functioning of third-party software.
Similar in spirit, I don't think it's illegal for me to intentionally mis-render the HTML that's sent to me (which is the ultimate goal of ABP), nor mis-execute the javascript that's sent to me.
I'm having a hard time seeing how NoScript modifying ABP can be said to be illegal. If I intentionally install (or, possibly just store) a virus on my computer, and my anti-virus software destroys it against my wishes, wouldn't that be kinda' the same thing?
Which happens to be the day of the year when the WWII Nazis officially lost their control over Denmark (actually May 4th, late evening, but we celebrate on May 5th).
Not wanting to Godwin the thread or anything, but this invites so many jokes...
the Wiimote definitely [senses]. [...] [parent also implies that all Wii motion-sensing is done with IR and that isn't the case. The Wiimote has an accelerometer that can detect movement on 3 axes.
Keeping up with "your post doesn't contradict this", I want to add:
The accelerometers sense differential data (motion), whereas the IR camera senses static data (direction towards IR light).
If you assume that there are only two infrared sources out in the world (in either end of the sensor bar) and they don't move, you can use your camera reading to infer your angle in the horizontal plane as long as you can see the infrared sources. Using that, plus the strength of gravity at different points on the wiimote, you can compute its three-dimensional angle at any time.
If you knew your position at time t0 and all motion afterwards (but no IR camera information), you could in theory compute your position at all later times; in practice, due to the relatively low resolution (1 byte per accelerometer per (ISTR) 100hz sample), this doesn't work so well, so you need the IR camera.
And if I own the killer app, can you please explain to me why I don't offer it over via IPv4 also, and multiply my ad revenue by $BIGNUM?
Maybe if I'm someone like Mark Shuttleworth who is willing to gamble money on cool technology with a hope (but no certainty) of making it self-sustaining (or possibly breaking even).
Others figure that if it's over a year away, it really does not matter because it won't impact their bonus this year, so it may not work, but we can hope.
Emphasis mine. Don't they think about next year's bonus too?
I don't know about you guys, but my attitude to work is this: do good work that's valuable to your employer for a reasonable compensation, and prefer to do The Right Thing(tm) when justifiable.
If your rendering is only correct if it matches pixel-for-pixel the benchmark rendering, does this mean that console browsers[1] can't be standards compliant? I'm no web developer; what's the exact significance of the Acid test? Surely you can offer the same ecmascript feature as everyone else, and ignore the css and have something that works?
Before going out and buying anything, ask yourself why you want wireless.
I've been using a Marble Mouse---don't let the name fool you, it's a wired trackball---for some years now. In normal use, my wire just lies still on my table.
If getting rid of wires is a Good Thing with mice, I assume it's because when you move the mouse you also move the wire, and the movement (not the mere presence) of the wire is what's really annoying. That's how I remember my personal experience too, but don't trust my memory too much:)
So, if you want to get rid of moving wires, trackballs are also worthy of consideration.
And really, isn't that all you want from a wireless mouse: not having the wire move? Or do you want to point and click while lying in your couch? I can recommend a wiimote for that, use some candles or other infrared sources as a sensor bar:)
This particular algorithm's security comes not from [...]
Agreed, you rely on the strong RSA assumption.
Further, because new pairs can be picked by each side for every transmission, one cannot utilize knowledge from a previous transmission to decrypt a new session, so a single security breach does not render the algorithm useless for later transmissions.
Don't you get the same thing with any good ol' block cipher mode-of-operation? That individual blocks don't leak anything about any other block?
Okay, so you don't make assumptions about block cipher security, you only make the strong RSA assumption. Is that really worth paying a heavy performance penalty for?
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government censorship will arrive in the EU before it arrives in the US on any comparable scale.
[...] the EU is based on the notion that people can not govern themselves, and the elite must assume this burden.
Speaking as a citizen of a member country, my country isn't based on that notion, but one similar to the US: that the people governs itself (through representatives, of course). On paper, the crown still has power, but in practice that power is irrelevant because it isn't wielded.
If we let the "EU Elite" govern us too much, it's because we (The People) failed to step out of a system which doesn't respect our need to govern ourselves.
In unity lies strength, but in false unity lies divisiveness.
If it increases at 1 percentage point per year (which is what is has increased in the whole of its life so far), we'll reach 100% a lot later than 2024
So if 100% is required, Windows isn't "On The Desktop". Try saying that ten times fast with a straight face.
Even if we set the threshold at 10%, we'd say that OS X isn't "On The Desktop".
This brief examines the motives for hacking, in the sense of trespassing against another person's computer. [...] The modification or impairment of data is an offence if [...]
I think "modification of data" should be understood in the context of "trespassing against another person's computer".
My understanding (IANAL, TINLA): it's illegal for me to root your box and photoshop in a llama dick on your wedding pictures.
It's not illegal for me to run Registry Cleaner or something which modifies my own registry. Even if it interferes with the functioning of third-party software.
Similar in spirit, I don't think it's illegal for me to intentionally mis-render the HTML that's sent to me (which is the ultimate goal of ABP), nor mis-execute the javascript that's sent to me.
I'm having a hard time seeing how NoScript modifying ABP can be said to be illegal. If I intentionally install (or, possibly just store) a virus on my computer, and my anti-virus software destroys it against my wishes, wouldn't that be kinda' the same thing?
Grow some minerals and say "I'll have to charge you more vespene gas"
Starcrafted that for you.
Bill Mensch went on to start his own company designing successors to the 6502.
Cyberdyne Systems?
the reason for a generation of hippie children called things like Pippin Galadriel Moonchild
People have been giving their children weird names all the time; it's quite a Neverending Story.
Really, someone should put an Ende to it.
What's next, Virtual Tax Filing and Online Toilet Sanitation?
Why not? We're already doing Virtual Off-Shoring of Gold Farming.
If you like it, but don't want to pay for it, just pirate it.
Watch out! The Swedish chapter of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry might sue you for accessory to copyright infringement!
iamhigh> I have stopped [smoking weed] for years when necessary with no trouble.
You off the weed right now?
The public beta will be out May 5th
Which happens to be the day of the year when the WWII Nazis officially lost their control over Denmark (actually May 4th, late evening, but we celebrate on May 5th).
Not wanting to Godwin the thread or anything, but this invites so many jokes...
"Meet the new boss, same as the old boss" ;)
See also http://xkcd.com/528/
So, if Linux is going to make any inroads into this small but important market
Why is this market important? To what end is it important to make inroads in this market?
Is it because all the media production people are rabid $OS fanboys for the subjectively best value of OS, and so they'll help convert others? ;)
Or... please explain. Thank you :)
If you want to be a pathetic niche
But I like Beethoven's Pathétique, you insensitive clod!
they'll just go to the market and buy a bootleg for 40 rupees
So are we going to see Zelda players farm Dollars and trade them for real-world money? :)
the Wiimote definitely [senses]. [...] [parent also implies that all Wii motion-sensing is done with IR and that isn't the case. The Wiimote has an accelerometer that can detect movement on 3 axes.
Keeping up with "your post doesn't contradict this", I want to add:
The accelerometers sense differential data (motion), whereas the IR camera senses static data (direction towards IR light).
If you assume that there are only two infrared sources out in the world (in either end of the sensor bar) and they don't move, you can use your camera reading to infer your angle in the horizontal plane as long as you can see the infrared sources. Using that, plus the strength of gravity at different points on the wiimote, you can compute its three-dimensional angle at any time.
If you knew your position at time t0 and all motion afterwards (but no IR camera information), you could in theory compute your position at all later times; in practice, due to the relatively low resolution (1 byte per accelerometer per (ISTR) 100hz sample), this doesn't work so well, so you need the IR camera.
IPv6 needs [...] a killer app
And if I own the killer app, can you please explain to me why I don't offer it over via IPv4 also, and multiply my ad revenue by $BIGNUM?
Maybe if I'm someone like Mark Shuttleworth who is willing to gamble money on cool technology with a hope (but no certainty) of making it self-sustaining (or possibly breaking even).
But there are only so many of those people.
Others figure that if it's over a year away, it really does not matter because it won't impact their bonus this year, so it may not work, but we can hope.
Emphasis mine. Don't they think about next year's bonus too?
I don't know about you guys, but my attitude to work is this: do good work that's valuable to your employer for a reasonable compensation, and prefer to do The Right Thing(tm) when justifiable.
Do PHBs have a different attitude?
When IPv6 was announced, one of the benefits was that everything could have its own IP address; even your toaster!
Wait a minute... Is IPv6 just a clever marketing scheme for NetBSD?
It struck me:
If your rendering is only correct if it matches pixel-for-pixel the benchmark rendering, does this mean that console browsers[1] can't be standards compliant? I'm no web developer; what's the exact significance of the Acid test? Surely you can offer the same ecmascript feature as everyone else, and ignore the css and have something that works?
[1] such as lynx, elinks, w3m-mode
Didn't Google Chrome 2.0.176.0 get a 100/100, and Opera 10.0? Why do we care
$ apt-get install chrome
fail
$ apt-get install opera
fail
$ apt-get install firefox
You win an intarnets
[why bad] The proper name is Hungarian Line Noise
Why do you hate Perl? :(
See this older post: http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/08/11/1754253
Before going out and buying anything, ask yourself why you want wireless.
I've been using a Marble Mouse---don't let the name fool you, it's a wired trackball---for some years now. In normal use, my wire just lies still on my table.
If getting rid of wires is a Good Thing with mice, I assume it's because when you move the mouse you also move the wire, and the movement (not the mere presence) of the wire is what's really annoying. That's how I remember my personal experience too, but don't trust my memory too much :)
So, if you want to get rid of moving wires, trackballs are also worthy of consideration.
And really, isn't that all you want from a wireless mouse: not having the wire move? Or do you want to point and click while lying in your couch? I can recommend a wiimote for that, use some candles or other infrared sources as a sensor bar :)
Sup, dawg! We heard you like buzzwords, so we put a framework in your immersion so you can leverage while you enterprise.
This particular algorithm's security comes not from [...]
Agreed, you rely on the strong RSA assumption.
Further, because new pairs can be picked by each side for every transmission, one cannot utilize knowledge from a previous transmission to decrypt a new session, so a single security breach does not render the algorithm useless for later transmissions.
Don't you get the same thing with any good ol' block cipher mode-of-operation? That individual blocks don't leak anything about any other block?
Okay, so you don't make assumptions about block cipher security, you only make the strong RSA assumption. Is that really worth paying a heavy performance penalty for?
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I'll raise you two kilograms!