No wait.. what you seem to want is to stop work at 4pm instead of 5pm but you still want to call it 5pm? Then, you want to start work at 8am instead of 9am but you want to call it 9am? I think I'm getting this now.. so you want to have lunch at 12noon but call it 1pm!?
Of course, some people don't have friendly employers and require that the government mandate the hours that they work.. but it sounds like a pretty hackish solution..
Even homicidal dictators need some small reason to do what they do.
They are homicidal dictators, they don't need reasons!
Mugabe has just been handed one on a plate by Wikileaks and its kiddy followers.
Well now, an excuse, is not the same as a reason.. Incitement to riot is not a reason to riot. You can point and say 'They made me do it' but you know what? As an adult, you are going to be responsible for your own actions..
Ok then, the first hit from "openbsd auditing" leads to an OpenBSD Security page which has a section claiming that OpenBSD has a continual audit process and that it is successful..
I'm not necessarily thinking the opposite, but is OpenBSD really that much audited? Are we talking about the kernel? The network stack? Or the encryption protocols?
As I understand it, OpenBSD refers to the whole release, everything they ship.
Now, I'm not sure if claims from the OpenBSD marketing department actually translates to a citation.. I am of the feeling that an "audit" would imply that there were specific procedures followed (searching for particular algorithms known to be problematic for instance) and specific records kept of the results but I have never been able to find public records of those.. Yes, there is the OpenBSD CVS repository but that includes things which are not part of any audit. I found a quote from Theo de Raadt "Most bugs in software are the same ten to fifteen mistakes made over and over" but I don't know what he thinks those mistakes actually might be.
So in conclusion I [as a NetBSD devloper] would be interested to see such records.. I know that many open source projects are subject to Coverity scans which are more public, though it seems that OpenBSD is not listed at this time..
I have had the same thing with Orange and T-Mobile internet access in the past, their 'adult' filter is on until you call customer services and get them to turn it off. Weirdly I hit false positives right away on such things as slashdot articles, BBC news pages, and a page referring to EU legislation about boats as I recall and I hadn't even started looking up adult stuff..
They have found a way to end run the First Sale Doctrine, by controlling right after the purchase.
They haven't found a way to control your rights, they have found a way to restrict your access.. You still have the right, but you don't have the means..
"Tell me, Mr. Anderson... what good is a phone call... if you're unable to speak?"
I find this a little scary too, but if they're smart/geeky enough to even want to try this at home, don't you think they'd also take some appropriate cautionary measures? After all, the first person in the line of fire is themself if something goes wrong..
You would certainly think so but lets not forget about David Hahn who actually didn't..
On the other anecdotal hand, British Airways (a big airline) does not use any method like this, and according to Wikipedia there was an incident in 1974 and a "Kenyan student with a mental illness" in 2000..
Perhaps the fact that the Israeli official position on hijackings is that there will be no negotiation and moreover a team of crack commandos will be visiting the plane with live ammo and a shoot to kill policy in the very near future has something to do with the lack of incidents on El-Al airplanes?
So maybe we should let patents expire once R&D costs are covered (plus some percentage maybe to create an incentive) instead of a fixed period of time.
So yeah, these companies would never make a profit, just like hollywood movies never seem to make a profit..
A fixed time period is the only way. I don't even want pay-to-extend that people suggest for extending copyrights. I think that the date of creation is the date of creation and if we (society) want to grant exclusive rights for a period of time, it should be up when its up so there can be no doubt.
Considering that old franchises like The Lord of the Rings and even Sherlock Holmes are still making money for their rights holders thanks to copyright extensions, that would be a slow ticking clock.
J.R.R.Tolkien died in 1973 so thats just over halfway into the post-death years of life+70, but Arthur Conan Doyle died in 1930 and his works are available at Project Gutenberg now. Philip K Dick died 28 years ago (1982) and he was never as popular as either of them, and is unlikely to get more popular as time goes by. Even 'Blade Runner' is rarely known as anything but a Ridley Scott or Harrison Ford film and that is probably the most well known derivation.
What I find interesting in the portugese case is that probably its not the legalisation of the drugs that makes the difference, its the way that the establishment treats drug users that causes drug use to drop. Being offered treatment for your dependency is not going to glamorise that dependency at all, whereas keeping your habit out of sight because the man is going to come down on you like a ton o bricks is much more likely to be cool.
"Hey man, I'm doing something that is not allowed! What you doin?"
but its that pesky nuclear poison that will slowly kill everything within 1000 km that causes problems.
Normally, I'd agree with you - but even TFS mentioned the cod that was so numerous it caused problems obtaining the readings.. in fact, if we just treated the site like a poisonous area like around Chernobyl, it might be a useful fisheries buffer zone..
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perhaps "Years of the City" by Fred Hoyle, an excellent read..
How would Sony not gain from this? What is the cost to them of selling 1700 consumer PS3's and what would the equivalent advertising cost them?
"My sisters birthday was last week. Next saturday I will be going shopping"
No wait.. what you seem to want is to stop work at 4pm instead of 5pm but you still want to call it 5pm? Then, you want to start work at 8am instead of 9am but you want to call it 9am? I think I'm getting this now.. so you want to have lunch at 12noon but call it 1pm!?
Of course, some people don't have friendly employers and require that the government mandate the hours that they work.. but it sounds like a pretty hackish solution..
Yes, but to whom??
It is pretty nice, see the Magic Mouse from, you guessed it, Apple.
No. (The Mote in God's Eye is the book that introduced the concept)
They are homicidal dictators, they don't need reasons!
Well now, an excuse, is not the same as a reason.. Incitement to riot is not a reason to riot. You can point and say 'They made me do it' but you know what? As an adult, you are going to be responsible for your own actions..
Ok then, the first hit from "openbsd auditing" leads to an OpenBSD Security page which has a section claiming that OpenBSD has a continual audit process and that it is successful..
As I understand it, OpenBSD refers to the whole release, everything they ship.
Now, I'm not sure if claims from the OpenBSD marketing department actually translates to a citation.. I am of the feeling that an "audit" would imply that there were specific procedures followed (searching for particular algorithms known to be problematic for instance) and specific records kept of the results but I have never been able to find public records of those.. Yes, there is the OpenBSD CVS repository but that includes things which are not part of any audit. I found a quote from Theo de Raadt "Most bugs in software are the same ten to fifteen mistakes made over and over" but I don't know what he thinks those mistakes actually might be.
So in conclusion I [as a NetBSD devloper] would be interested to see such records.. I know that many open source projects are subject to Coverity scans which are more public, though it seems that OpenBSD is not listed at this time..
I have had the same thing with Orange and T-Mobile internet access in the past, their 'adult' filter is on until you call customer services and get them to turn it off. Weirdly I hit false positives right away on such things as slashdot articles, BBC news pages, and a page referring to EU legislation about boats as I recall and I hadn't even started looking up adult stuff..
Yeah but this one powers the worlds smallest electric violin,
and it's playing the worlds saddest tune today,
for the worlds second smallest battery..
..and meanwhile, the kids are all playing online games and using chatrooms?
(I don't work in a school, but I see this at the library which is subject to the same restrictions)
They haven't found a way to control your rights, they have found a way to restrict your access.. You still have the right, but you don't have the means..
"Tell me, Mr. Anderson... what good is a phone call... if you're unable to speak?"
I see what you are thinking, but a pendulum swinging in a vacuum still follows a curved path..
You would certainly think so but lets not forget about David Hahn who actually didn't..
On the other anecdotal hand, British Airways (a big airline) does not use any method like this, and according to Wikipedia there was an incident in 1974 and a "Kenyan student with a mental illness" in 2000..
Perhaps the fact that the Israeli official position on hijackings is that there will be no negotiation and moreover a team of crack commandos will be visiting the plane with live ammo and a shoot to kill policy in the very near future has something to do with the lack of incidents on El-Al airplanes?
I think you will find that the feds are master baiters themselves..
So yeah, these companies would never make a profit, just like hollywood movies never seem to make a profit..
A fixed time period is the only way. I don't even want pay-to-extend that people suggest for extending copyrights. I think that the date of creation is the date of creation and if we (society) want to grant exclusive rights for a period of time, it should be up when its up so there can be no doubt.
So.. are you suggesting that Han should do it first?
I mean, not sure thats going to fly.. but hey, give it your best shot!
J.R.R.Tolkien died in 1973 so thats just over halfway into the post-death years of life+70, but Arthur Conan Doyle died in 1930 and his works are available at Project Gutenberg now. Philip K Dick died 28 years ago (1982) and he was never as popular as either of them, and is unlikely to get more popular as time goes by. Even 'Blade Runner' is rarely known as anything but a Ridley Scott or Harrison Ford film and that is probably the most well known derivation.
So basically, Dick is dead and can't object, and the Trust is monetising his heritage while they still can because the clock is ticking..
What I find interesting in the portugese case is that probably its not the legalisation of the drugs that makes the difference, its the way that the establishment treats drug users that causes drug use to drop. Being offered treatment for your dependency is not going to glamorise that dependency at all, whereas keeping your habit out of sight because the man is going to come down on you like a ton o bricks is much more likely to be cool.
"Hey man, I'm doing something that is not allowed! What you doin?"
Yes they do (unless you log out first?)
They tried to kill him before the filing went through but the idiots in DHS got the wrong Michael..
Normally, I'd agree with you - but even TFS mentioned the cod that was so numerous it caused problems obtaining the readings.. in fact, if we just treated the site like a poisonous area like around Chernobyl, it might be a useful fisheries buffer zone..