If you think it's controversial now, everyone on Slashdot just started dropping millions of pennies into the pockets of the Cameroon government. Gotta love the Internet
Use a scripting language like PHP, and pass "state" variables to it via the URL. For instance, mypage.php?state=15, might correspond to one of the x number of states you've determined your application is capable of. PHP generates the Javascript dependent upon this variable, and your AJAX reads from that. It's a primitive hack, but it would work in simple cases
Uh, if the sex was consensual I doubt you'd even be in court in the first place. All she would have to do is say "yeah, I had sex with him, but this other dude raped me." Of course, that would imply that women are capable of rational thought.
It's not about the money. If all I get is a "shiny nickel" from the MPAA and it stops them from suing the stuffing out of everyone with a shared IP address, it's a nickel well-earned. For that matter, lawyers have to make money too. It seems wrong to fault them for taking the lions' share of the settlement when they arguably do the lions' share of the work
I'd be happy as hell if the MPAA had to write me a 5 cent check and mail it to me. Not only do they have to pay someone to write the check, they have to buy an envelope, pay someone to stuff it, pay someone back for the gas and time to drop it off at the post office, and pay the 39 cents to mail it to me. That 5 cent check costs between $.50 and $1.00 to send to me - when I refuse to cash it by hanging it on my wall, it screws their books up.
Do you define it in terms of what the general public wants/needs to hear, or do you define it in terms of news in the personal sense? Arguably, my personal blog serves as a news outlet to those who know me - it's news about ME, and news that I choose to share with those who read my blog. Occasionally I'll pass on the story I read through a major news outlet, but mostly it's news about me that I want those close to me to know.
If its the same print every time its read, what's to keep someone from writing a program that stores the fingerprint and uses it as input every time its requested?
Your solution would baffle your average idiot computer user, but the true fraudsters aren't stupid - at the end of the day, you're making bits talk to other bits.
Come on. A "state agency" claiming they can instantaneously get around Facebook security without a subpeona in the course of a few days, and then claiming an act of Congress empowered them to do so? The article itself states that the interviewee had friends within the agency - more likely, they were pressed for the information, and the employer told the interviewee they had the power to do so through a well-known and controversial act in the hopes he'd buy into it. Apparently he did, and is left with the impression that his new employer has more power than they originally led him to believe.
One anecdote based on hearsay is hardly proof of wrongdoing. The far more likely explanation is the employer pressured his friend to do the search and lied about it. Show me another state agency that's claimed to have identical power, or better yet, the specific clause in the Patriot Act that would allow that kind of power.
If you only had the US Soccer(football) team to cheer for, would you? If you asked any American what they thought about their football team, most would probably ask "Which one?"
That's exactly why you don't want to kick the dog in the teeth.
These days most corporations have large divisions in Europe, or interact with counterparts in europe. If EU was forced to switch to anything but MS, large parts of the outside world would also.
is a bit of a misnomer, because large corporations with divisions in Europe likely have access to MS products elsewhere - the original theory was that MS wouldn't sell products in Europe, not use them. Besides, just because a European business can't go down the street to pick up a copy of XP doesn't mean they can't get it - this is the Internet, dude. As far as switching to anything but MS, it's not as simple as that. The cost of researching alternatives that work for your business, tearing down existing infrastructure, replacing it with new infrastructure, and testing it extensively until it works is exponentially exorbitant the larger your company is. Not to mention that your average employee in a large corporation is a complete idiot when it comes to computers, and more resources would have to be spent retraining them. Businesses could switch, or they could pay extra to import software from elsewhere. The cost of doing business would go up, but if the cause was MS pulling out of Europe as a direct result of the EU imposing a fine, who are they really going to resent?
3000 miles to the gallon is fine and dandy, but how fast can it go with a human occupant and her luggage? I also noticed the distinct lack of a CD player and cup holder - what the hell are we to do for those 3000 miles besides wish for the time we can exit the vehicle?
I suppose the driver could load up her iPod, assuming Creative hasn't sued it out of existance by the time something like this goes into production.
If you don't want your parents (or the NSA) tracking your every move, just leave the phone in your car, or in your locker at school. Or better yet, just turn it off, and turn it on only when you want to use it. Unless your mother is so OCD that she's constantly refreshing Verizon's tracking page every 5 seconds, your parents will never know where you are, short of the last known location.
Since when did the music industry "partly" blame piracy for their decline in sales? From what I've witnessed, they seem to be completely clueless to the fact that their product simply sucks - it's rarely worth purchasing, not to mention overpaying for it.
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If someone magically places a new keyboard on your desk, and you don't think something is amiss, you deserve what's coming to you.
If you think it's controversial now, everyone on Slashdot just started dropping millions of pennies into the pockets of the Cameroon government. Gotta love the Internet
Use a scripting language like PHP, and pass "state" variables to it via the URL. For instance, mypage.php?state=15, might correspond to one of the x number of states you've determined your application is capable of. PHP generates the Javascript dependent upon this variable, and your AJAX reads from that. It's a primitive hack, but it would work in simple cases
Well spoken, good sir
That understates the reaction quite a bit. Real is one of the worst things to hit the Internet since AOL, IMHO
Uh, if the sex was consensual I doubt you'd even be in court in the first place. All she would have to do is say "yeah, I had sex with him, but this other dude raped me." Of course, that would imply that women are capable of rational thought.
"I'm the only guy crazy enough to do this, because I'm not allowed to turn a profit."
Actually, you're not the first and only guy, and I doubt you'll be the last. Come on, this was only a year ago! Star Wars Revelations
If I'm not mistaken, that one sucked too
It's not about the money. If all I get is a "shiny nickel" from the MPAA and it stops them from suing the stuffing out of everyone with a shared IP address, it's a nickel well-earned. For that matter, lawyers have to make money too. It seems wrong to fault them for taking the lions' share of the settlement when they arguably do the lions' share of the work
I'd be happy as hell if the MPAA had to write me a 5 cent check and mail it to me. Not only do they have to pay someone to write the check, they have to buy an envelope, pay someone to stuff it, pay someone back for the gas and time to drop it off at the post office, and pay the 39 cents to mail it to me. That 5 cent check costs between $.50 and $1.00 to send to me - when I refuse to cash it by hanging it on my wall, it screws their books up.
Is he kidding? If he wins he's obligated to seek reimbursement for his attorney's fees.
Except they can't all be managers. Who will manage the peons if there are no peons?
Define "news".
Do you define it in terms of what the general public wants/needs to hear, or do you define it in terms of news in the personal sense? Arguably, my personal blog serves as a news outlet to those who know me - it's news about ME, and news that I choose to share with those who read my blog. Occasionally I'll pass on the story I read through a major news outlet, but mostly it's news about me that I want those close to me to know.
Damn! You beat me to it :-P
http://www.boingboing.net/2005/11/16/ibuzz_ipod_vi brator.html
The sorostitutes at Arizona State are going nuts over these.
An hour a day for research, the remaining seven go to World of Warcraft. At least his research grants bought him a nice computer system.
You put entirely too much thought into that, despite it being completely off-topic.
If its the same print every time its read, what's to keep someone from writing a program that stores the fingerprint and uses it as input every time its requested?
Your solution would baffle your average idiot computer user, but the true fraudsters aren't stupid - at the end of the day, you're making bits talk to other bits.
Come on. A "state agency" claiming they can instantaneously get around Facebook security without a subpeona in the course of a few days, and then claiming an act of Congress empowered them to do so? The article itself states that the interviewee had friends within the agency - more likely, they were pressed for the information, and the employer told the interviewee they had the power to do so through a well-known and controversial act in the hopes he'd buy into it. Apparently he did, and is left with the impression that his new employer has more power than they originally led him to believe.
One anecdote based on hearsay is hardly proof of wrongdoing. The far more likely explanation is the employer pressured his friend to do the search and lied about it. Show me another state agency that's claimed to have identical power, or better yet, the specific clause in the Patriot Act that would allow that kind of power.
If you only had the US Soccer(football) team to cheer for, would you? If you asked any American what they thought about their football team, most would probably ask "Which one?"
I hope they don't take Visa for that 30 cents
is a bit of a misnomer, because large corporations with divisions in Europe likely have access to MS products elsewhere - the original theory was that MS wouldn't sell products in Europe, not use them. Besides, just because a European business can't go down the street to pick up a copy of XP doesn't mean they can't get it - this is the Internet, dude. As far as switching to anything but MS, it's not as simple as that. The cost of researching alternatives that work for your business, tearing down existing infrastructure, replacing it with new infrastructure, and testing it extensively until it works is exponentially exorbitant the larger your company is. Not to mention that your average employee in a large corporation is a complete idiot when it comes to computers, and more resources would have to be spent retraining them. Businesses could switch, or they could pay extra to import software from elsewhere. The cost of doing business would go up, but if the cause was MS pulling out of Europe as a direct result of the EU imposing a fine, who are they really going to resent?
This is really a case of who blinks first.
3000 miles to the gallon is fine and dandy, but how fast can it go with a human occupant and her luggage? I also noticed the distinct lack of a CD player and cup holder - what the hell are we to do for those 3000 miles besides wish for the time we can exit the vehicle? I suppose the driver could load up her iPod, assuming Creative hasn't sued it out of existance by the time something like this goes into production.
Shhh. Don't tell China - they might invade
If you don't want your parents (or the NSA) tracking your every move, just leave the phone in your car, or in your locker at school. Or better yet, just turn it off, and turn it on only when you want to use it. Unless your mother is so OCD that she's constantly refreshing Verizon's tracking page every 5 seconds, your parents will never know where you are, short of the last known location.
Since when did the music industry "partly" blame piracy for their decline in sales? From what I've witnessed, they seem to be completely clueless to the fact that their product simply sucks - it's rarely worth purchasing, not to mention overpaying for it.
How does one dual with another lightsaber bearer then? Using nanites as you describe, the sabers would cut through each other.