As I understand it, the rings were not seen until the 1936 Olympics in Berlin. Alledgedly the NAZIs sneakingly engraved the rings into some stone in Greece and after that it became tradition.
Slander? Look back through my posts. I qualify all of my statements. I do not state them as fact. Calling for Linus to verify what appears to be the absurd is slander? You set a really low bar.
You don't happen to have a law practice in Australia specializing in trademark law, do you?
Thank you for providing those links, why didn't you do so in your first post and actually be of some use. Unlike you, I would not automatically believe press reports from the Orphan and Puppies Benevolent Society annoucing that they will now euthanize puppies (and orphans!) as soon as they are donated. Hearing of this trademark action by a Linux User group seemed so unlike the spirit of Open Source that I was skeptical. I may not have the benefit as you do of knowing personally members of this group, or several hours to manually crawl their site*.
* You're going to say, "Why didn't you click their press page." My answer: how do I know it's not generated automatically from a google news search? I've seen such before on websites.
Okay, how do you know that the people ZDNet spoke to are the real Linux Australia group, and that the lawyer who wrote the letters really represents the bonafide group? It's not hard to do some impersonation. It could be another group entirely trying to get a hold of the mark, since "Linux Australia" would not be trademarked yet either.
If this is a genuine initiative, why is there nothing about it on the site?
Libraries lend out original copies of books, and CDs, and DVDs, and other media. They don't seem to require special procedures due to the nature of the media.
This is because libraries can levy fines and make you pay for replacements, with the force of the local government behind them, usually. If someone gets pissed off at you who used to be your friend, it's hard to fine him, and not worth going to small claims court for $10.
This article, Suspicions fade over Linux trademark move on ZDNet Australia that I dug up claims that, "letters sent out by a lawyer acting on behalf of Linus Torvalds are part of a legitimate process to ensure the open source software's creator maintains control of the 'Linux' trademark."
Can someone please get LINUS to verify this preposterous claim? I would not be surprised if Linux Australia is not a legitimate user group at all.
Besides the obvious difficulties with temperature and low atmospheric pressure, chemical processes on Mars may be problematic. The lower gravity makes distillation towers quite impractical.
FPU on my k6-2 350 would break down and give errors (errors in 80 bit float precision) after about 15 minutes when running at 375. I imagine people have similar problems all the time with overclocking, but it is usually missed (the problems were on the 10th significant digit or so).
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Want to explain how being able to Write to the 5 1/4" floppy was going to unprotect it?
You can flip through paper in the John, paper doesn't get erased by viruses, and also, you can resell paper to the next person to take the course. I imagine these DRM textbooks probably cost just as much, however. If they're in pdf format, it is a waste.
You can modify them so that the default state is in fact the secured state. It is only by poor design that they come unsecured by default. It just requires a little more effort in developing the firmware writing process--it is flash memory normally, you just need to have a custom system to write a slightly different one for each unit (with a different SSID/passwords/checksum as necessary).
As for support, the support people could have a big database that could identify the passwords from your serial number (physically on the back of the device). This of course would be 100% different from the SSID so that some hackers could not just crack the database by breaking in to, say, Linksys, an then wardrive for SSID's and use the database to get instant access.
This isn't technology 20 years down the road, it can be implemented RIGHT NOW if anyone really gave the wireless router manufacturers a kick in the ass.
Why not mandate secure wireless routers right out of the box? It's easy to do--each wireless router would come with a different default admin password, and a different SSID and with WPA-PSK enabled, which would be random*, and would be printed on a slip in the box? SSID broadcast could still be left on so that Windows XP could find it. The user instructions would be to refer to the card for the password when Windows XP first connected. Would this be that hard?
* to make it a little easier, instead of being 1234lkasdF!@#$% you could do two random words (with some letters missing) and a separator character or two
They can do it the same way glquake was done in windows 95, you stick opengl32.dll in the game folder and have to change it for every game or graphics card.
I worked at a plant site where there was a hydrogen plant. It was flaring for a couple days straight. Beautiful purple flame at night, invisible during the day.
Never happen. Licensed takes precedence over unlicensed EVERY TIME. The FCC has used that rule of thumb ever since it was created as an agency. There is _no way_ that the FCC is going to give up that tool, as it is their lifeline to justification.
National security, and "Critical infrastructure" trumps all, no matter what. The FCC better make sure the door is tight. Unfortunately, after the approval of BPL the door is off its hinges.
WiFi is not for critical services. WiFi IS NOT for critical services. WIFI IS NOT FOR CRITICAL SERVICES.
It seems to me like the airport made sure to put something important over WiFi so that they could try to exclude everyone else. As far as I understand it, in Wifi interference is not a concern of the FCC, so long as you are below power limits. It is on an open band, and anyone can do anything there. Taking an unlicensed service and putting important infrastructure on it is an attempt to grab control of it for yourself only.
Now, someone please let BPL providers know about this too. I already heard musings about putting critical control systems on BPL, and I imagine in a few years HAM's will be getting nailed for causing interference from a licensed device (amateur radio) to an unlicensed.
The shuttle was originally to be the second stage of an Apollo V launcher. Why was it rejected? I bet it had more to do with politics and pork barreling than anything else. One advantage would have been less cross-sectional area for drag.
You think such things don't already exist? I am sure that they are deployed in small numbers on IRC servers. I imagine also that they do things like steal game cd-keys.
I don't work in IT, but I know people who do. The only real way to estimate this is by HTTP request logs
Here's how an IT manager would estimate this:
(proxy log, simplified for/.)
08:22:05 luser onto onto online banking page 08:22:25 luser logs off online banking page (has to click and send an http request) 08:27:05 luser loads cnn 08:27:25 luser clicks on a story on CNN 08:55:03 luser clicks on another story on CNN
Now you could claim that luser was on CNN for 32 minutes. Is it true? Probably not, they probably read a story on CNN, left the browser open, did a whole bunch of work, then went back to the window and clicked another story. There total time "Surfing" is probably 5 minutes, but IT manager will count it as half an hour.
There are also webpages that auto-refresh when you leave the browser open. CNN does it every 15 mintues.
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So basically it is just for benchmark cheating purposes then.
As I understand it, the rings were not seen until the 1936 Olympics in Berlin. Alledgedly the NAZIs sneakingly engraved the rings into some stone in Greece and after that it became tradition.
Slander? Look back through my posts. I qualify all of my statements. I do not state them as fact. Calling for Linus to verify what appears to be the absurd is slander? You set a really low bar.
You don't happen to have a law practice in Australia specializing in trademark law, do you?
Thank you for providing those links, why didn't you do so in your first post and actually be of some use. Unlike you, I would not automatically believe press reports from the Orphan and Puppies Benevolent Society annoucing that they will now euthanize puppies (and orphans!) as soon as they are donated. Hearing of this trademark action by a Linux User group seemed so unlike the spirit of Open Source that I was skeptical. I may not have the benefit as you do of knowing personally members of this group, or several hours to manually crawl their site*.
* You're going to say, "Why didn't you click their press page." My answer: how do I know it's not generated automatically from a google news search? I've seen such before on websites.
Okay, how do you know that the people ZDNet spoke to are the real Linux Australia group, and that the lawyer who wrote the letters really represents the bonafide group? It's not hard to do some impersonation. It could be another group entirely trying to get a hold of the mark, since "Linux Australia" would not be trademarked yet either.
If this is a genuine initiative, why is there nothing about it on the site?
Libraries lend out original copies of books, and CDs, and DVDs, and other media. They don't seem to require special procedures due to the nature of the media.
This is because libraries can levy fines and make you pay for replacements, with the force of the local government behind them, usually. If someone gets pissed off at you who used to be your friend, it's hard to fine him, and not worth going to small claims court for $10.
This article, Suspicions fade over Linux trademark move on ZDNet Australia that I dug up claims that, "letters sent out by a lawyer acting on behalf of Linus Torvalds are part of a legitimate process to ensure the open source software's creator maintains control of the 'Linux' trademark."
Can someone please get LINUS to verify this preposterous claim? I would not be surprised if Linux Australia is not a legitimate user group at all.
Besides the obvious difficulties with temperature and low atmospheric pressure, chemical processes on Mars may be problematic. The lower gravity makes distillation towers quite impractical.
FPU on my k6-2 350 would break down and give errors (errors in 80 bit float precision) after about 15 minutes when running at 375. I imagine people have similar problems all the time with overclocking, but it is usually missed (the problems were on the 10th significant digit or so).
Want to explain how being able to Write to the 5 1/4" floppy was going to unprotect it?
You can flip through paper in the John, paper doesn't get erased by viruses, and also, you can resell paper to the next person to take the course. I imagine these DRM textbooks probably cost just as much, however. If they're in pdf format, it is a waste.
You can modify them so that the default state is in fact the secured state. It is only by poor design that they come unsecured by default. It just requires a little more effort in developing the firmware writing process--it is flash memory normally, you just need to have a custom system to write a slightly different one for each unit (with a different SSID/passwords/checksum as necessary).
As for support, the support people could have a big database that could identify the passwords from your serial number (physically on the back of the device). This of course would be 100% different from the SSID so that some hackers could not just crack the database by breaking in to, say, Linksys, an then wardrive for SSID's and use the database to get instant access.
This isn't technology 20 years down the road, it can be implemented RIGHT NOW if anyone really gave the wireless router manufacturers a kick in the ass.
Why not mandate secure wireless routers right out of the box? It's easy to do--each wireless router would come with a different default admin password, and a different SSID and with WPA-PSK enabled, which would be random*, and would be printed on a slip in the box? SSID broadcast could still be left on so that Windows XP could find it. The user instructions would be to refer to the card for the password when Windows XP first connected. Would this be that hard?
* to make it a little easier, instead of being 1234lkasdF!@#$% you could do two random words (with some letters missing) and a separator character or two
They can do it the same way glquake was done in windows 95, you stick opengl32.dll in the game folder and have to change it for every game or
graphics card.
Of course, that method is prone to problems.
It's about time somebody got sent to jail for a LONG time for this kind of crap.
Preferably a LONG, HARD, STIFF time in one of those type of jails.
Do you call lots of UV light clean and safe?
I worked at a plant site where there was a hydrogen plant. It was flaring for a couple days straight. Beautiful purple flame at night, invisible during the day.
Never happen. Licensed takes precedence over unlicensed EVERY TIME. The FCC has used that rule of thumb ever since it was created as an agency. There is _no way_ that the FCC is going to give up that tool, as it is their lifeline to justification.
National security, and "Critical infrastructure" trumps all, no matter what. The FCC better make sure the door is tight. Unfortunately, after the approval of BPL the door is off its hinges.
WiFi is not for critical services.
WiFi IS NOT for critical services.
WIFI IS NOT FOR CRITICAL SERVICES.
It seems to me like the airport made sure to put something important over WiFi so that they could try to exclude everyone else. As far as I understand it, in Wifi interference is not a concern of the FCC, so long as you are below power limits. It is on an open band, and anyone can do anything there. Taking an unlicensed service and putting important infrastructure on it is an attempt to grab control of it for yourself only.
Now, someone please let BPL providers know about this too. I already heard musings about putting critical control systems on BPL, and I imagine in a few years HAM's will be getting nailed for causing interference from a licensed device (amateur radio) to an unlicensed.
http://redwing.hutman.net/~mreed/warriorshtm/bigdo gmetoo.htm
It's just like that, the USA is the Big Dog and Canada is "Me too!"
Who's charging this? These are the same maps that members can get in paper form for free at the AAA, are they not?
The shuttle was originally to be the second stage of an Apollo V launcher. Why was it rejected? I bet it had more to do with politics and pork barreling than anything else. One advantage would have been less cross-sectional area for drag.
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Please, this is important.
You think such things don't already exist? I am sure that they are deployed in small numbers on IRC servers. I imagine also that they do things like steal game cd-keys.
This is only useless if you give a shit about the people the weapon is directed at. In Iraq I don't think they do.
Given military -> civilian enforcement propagation of weapons, I'd give it 10 years before it is used stateside.
I don't work in IT, but I know people who do. The only real way to estimate this is by HTTP request logs
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Here's how an IT manager would estimate this:
(proxy log, simplified for
08:22:05 luser onto onto online banking page
08:22:25 luser logs off online banking page (has to click and send an http request)
08:27:05 luser loads cnn
08:27:25 luser clicks on a story on CNN
08:55:03 luser clicks on another story on CNN
Now you could claim that luser was on CNN for 32 minutes. Is it true? Probably not, they probably read a story on CNN, left the browser open, did a whole bunch of work, then went back to the window and clicked another story. There total time "Surfing" is probably 5 minutes, but IT manager will count it as half an hour.
There are also webpages that auto-refresh when you leave the browser open. CNN does it every 15 mintues.