Wikipedia has its own reference desk where you can ask questions. It's volunteer based and the quality of the answers varies greatly. The idea is to have virtual librarians pointing people to places which can answer more properly, but often the questions are simply answered.
Changing daylight savings time or y2k will be childsplay compared to the Year 2038 32-bit time_t overflow. That is a really big problem with no easy fix. 32-bit times/dates are in everything from VCRs and microwaves to servers and desktops. 2038 will be everything that Y2K wasn't.
In principle, Linux and friends can fix this by redefining time_t to 64-bit - but lots of communication protocols and even file formats like tar use 32-bit dates. Admittedly we have 30 years to fix it, but we will need all 30.
That said, they have got a player key now, so all disks published to date can be decoded.
Each player has its own player key, and each disk accepts any player key in its list (the player key is used to decode the volume key which decodes the film).
With this player key, they can decode any HD-DVD which has been printed already. However, as the key has now been compromised, future disks will not accept that player key. The software will have its player key updated, but the software will be tightened in an attempt to remove this loophole.
I suggest it is the theists' belief in a god which provides the purpose, rather than the god itself. It doesn't matter that the god is outside human experience, as the belief system is within human experience.
Theism - the belief in a god or gods - is quite the opposite of nihilism. Nihilism can be considered a small portion of atheism, although most atheists believe in society, the rule of law, common courtesy, rational and critical thinking, and so on.
Quite - installing software without consumer consent is pretty much the legal definition of computer hacking. If I was to do that, I'd go to prison. If this is what they did, why isn't Sony's execs in prison?
Ugh. I hate it when people mouth off PR for no justifiable reason. I shall defend. I'm not mouthing off PR - I fully agree that PR is better than FPTP. I'm just saying that STV is in my view better still.
I said that it maintained the links between the voters of an area and the elected person because for many PR schemes the electoral areas are much larger with several people in each area. That is when you don't see anyone, as instead of being in your town they are miles away. I actually do know who my MP is, and have spoken to him on occasion.
My example for tried and tested was poor - but STV is in common use too - such as the Irish Republic, Malta and Australia.
I included "not be too radical a change from the current system" because it means it is more likely that it will be adopted - governments who are elected by a system tend to like it, so a smaller change is more palatable than a large one.
I suspect it gets less attention because it is more complicated to explain (though I guess Peter Snow can explain anything;-)
I do wonder what the effect would be under the Condorcet system - would politicians only become worried about not offending anyone, even more so than they do at the moment. I agree that it is better than first past the post, but I don't know if it will reinvigorate the system as STV would. It is also more difficult to count, but that is a minor concern really.
Windows+L is LOCK, you retarded oaf. This only locks the terminal - you type your password and you get back to the desktop with all your programs still running. Same as Ctrl+Alt+L for Linux, and very useful if you're in a shared computing area and want to pop out briefly to get a cup of tea.
Mod parent up! The single transferable vote system would... * maintain the links between the voters of an area and the elected person (unlike the proportional representation elections the EU uses, where you vote for a list of people you've never heard of) * reduce the risk of someone being elected who most of the people who voted did not vote for * let smaller parties get some seats, creating wider debate in parliament and creating more interest in the general public * eliminate tactical voting, where people vote for the "less bad" option * not be too radical a change from the current system * are well tried and tested, having been in use for many University Guild of Students' elections for ages
From the article "Den Uyl declined to say what user-agent the Xenon software reports itself as." So that means it's "internet explorer" I guess.
As for the legality, if you or I were to spoof the UA and ignore robots.txt, then it would be illegal. If the government spies on it's own citizens, holds people without trial and sets up secret european prisons for torture, then that's legal.
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Wikipedia has its own reference desk where you can ask questions. It's volunteer based and the quality of the answers varies greatly. The idea is to have virtual librarians pointing people to places which can answer more properly, but often the questions are simply answered.
UnPlug, KeepVid, Ook Video Ook and Debian's youtube-dl are all free.
Not coralized, but Google cache is avaliable.
Somehow I think the lawyers will disagree....
How reliable is the source? No pages link to the blog, and the blog isn't listed on Google.
I smell something, and for one it isn't MAFIAA. Free advertising for ForrestBlog anyone!?
You mean,
"I'm going to f-ing bury that email, I have done it before and will do it again... I'm going to f-ing bury that email."
*throws chair*
Mod parent up!
Changing daylight savings time or y2k will be childsplay compared to the Year 2038 32-bit time_t overflow. That is a really big problem with no easy fix. 32-bit times/dates are in everything from VCRs and microwaves to servers and desktops. 2038 will be everything that Y2K wasn't.
In principle, Linux and friends can fix this by redefining time_t to 64-bit - but lots of communication protocols and even file formats like tar use 32-bit dates. Admittedly we have 30 years to fix it, but we will need all 30.
That's immoral and degrading. Now, if they could put it in the form of a suppository...
Have you even read the global warming article, or the evolution article!? They're damn good - in fact the science articles are some of the best.
Wikipedia is just like any other encyclopedia - it should not be used as evidence, but as a starting point to find out more.
Sorry everybody, but it's not.
That said, they have got a player key now, so all disks published to date can be decoded.
Each player has its own player key, and each disk accepts any player key in its list (the player key is used to decode the volume key which decodes the film).
With this player key, they can decode any HD-DVD which has been printed already. However, as the key has now been compromised, future disks will not accept that player key. The software will have its player key updated, but the software will be tightened in an attempt to remove this loophole.
Take a look at the archives of http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/ for a detailed discussion.
I suggest it is the theists' belief in a god which provides the purpose, rather than the god itself. It doesn't matter that the god is outside human experience, as the belief system is within human experience.
nihilistic views (in which I include theism)
Theism - the belief in a god or gods - is quite the opposite of nihilism. Nihilism can be considered a small portion of atheism, although most atheists believe in society, the rule of law, common courtesy, rational and critical thinking, and so on.
By "progressive metal", I guess he means Opeth.
If so, he has good taste.
Yes, write a song with hooker factories and beer volcanoes!
Another law explains it, Anti-trust.
All very good, sir, until they suspect that you are the terrorist. Then I suspect your views may change.
Yeah, it really just strikes me as desperation.
Quite - installing software without consumer consent is pretty much the legal definition of computer hacking. If I was to do that, I'd go to prison. If this is what they did, why isn't Sony's execs in prison?
Ugh. I hate it when people mouth off PR for no justifiable reason. I shall defend.
I'm not mouthing off PR - I fully agree that PR is better than FPTP. I'm just saying that STV is in my view better still.
I said that it maintained the links between the voters of an area and the elected person because for many PR schemes the electoral areas are much larger with several people in each area. That is when you don't see anyone, as instead of being in your town they are miles away. I actually do know who my MP is, and have spoken to him on occasion.
My example for tried and tested was poor - but STV is in common use too - such as the Irish Republic, Malta and Australia.
I included "not be too radical a change from the current system" because it means it is more likely that it will be adopted - governments who are elected by a system tend to like it, so a smaller change is more palatable than a large one.
I suspect it gets less attention because it is more complicated to explain (though I guess Peter Snow can explain anything ;-)
I do wonder what the effect would be under the Condorcet system - would politicians only become worried about not offending anyone, even more so than they do at the moment. I agree that it is better than first past the post, but I don't know if it will reinvigorate the system as STV would. It is also more difficult to count, but that is a minor concern really.
Windows+L is LOCK, you retarded oaf. This only locks the terminal - you type your password and you get back to the desktop with all your programs still running. Same as Ctrl+Alt+L for Linux, and very useful if you're in a shared computing area and want to pop out briefly to get a cup of tea.
Mod parent up! The single transferable vote system would...
* maintain the links between the voters of an area and the elected person (unlike the proportional representation elections the EU uses, where you vote for a list of people you've never heard of)
* reduce the risk of someone being elected who most of the people who voted did not vote for
* let smaller parties get some seats, creating wider debate in parliament and creating more interest in the general public
* eliminate tactical voting, where people vote for the "less bad" option
* not be too radical a change from the current system
* are well tried and tested, having been in use for many University Guild of Students' elections for ages
From the article "Den Uyl declined to say what user-agent the Xenon software reports itself as." So that means it's "internet explorer" I guess.
As for the legality, if you or I were to spoof the UA and ignore robots.txt, then it would be illegal. If the government spies on it's own citizens, holds people without trial and sets up secret european prisons for torture, then that's legal.
The Vatican is over 10 times the size.... Sealand on the other hand would fit over 50 times.