The EULA doesn't state that you may not use it on NON-MS systems, it merely says that you may not license it (despite the fact that you spent $500 to "license" it, and the media and docs) without "owning" a license to any one of their Windows operating systems.
Second, when used in its most loose context, this licensing practice might just be considered bundling the software in such a way that gives microsoft a competitive edge over their "competitors" (abuse of its monopoly)
Before there was WINE or anything of the like, this provision was not necessary because it was not possible to run Office on anything but windows -- it was implied that windows was required because it was windows software (Not to mention it was *also* expressed on the packaging). Now that there is WINE, an open source implementation of the Windows API, Microsoft must eliminate the possibility that they might lose money to a competing product (Windows/WINE).
Windows does not require office.
Office requires Windows (or an implementation of - WINE) to function properly
Microsoft has created Office as a product separate of Windows. But when it is possible (as proven by WINE) to create an implementation of Windows, requiring the "original" is inappropriate.
for nearly 225 years, the United States Census was meant to assess the general population of its residents and where they are at. With this information, legislative and judicial district boundaries are set. This information also serves the purpose of assessing improvements of the overall population of the United States.
For any other federal agency to access these records would constitute a violation of the basic principles for which the United Census Beaureau stands for. This is nothing to jump over, because the Census Beaureau is probably one of the more respectable government agencies, IMHO.
I have much doubt that this is little more than hype neatly organized into an article which represents the opinions of a small percentage of those representing the agencies interested in the Census data.
I would be interested in hearing what steps you have taken to communicate the problem with your ISP and the steps they have taken to fix the problem.
Anyways, to answer your question, I have no problems with Yahoo! Mail and HoTMaiL but then again, the later violates your "secure" requirement as hotmail is notorious for accomodating even the simplest of security flaws.
If you haven't yet done so, It might be a good idea to talk to your ISP or pay them a visit to their offices or something. I wish you luck.
It's not illegal to make your software do whatever you'd like. What is illegal is introducing such features such that you are no longer competing with anybody because you've just kicked them down 40 flights of stairs where they must once again ascend.
The only option, to complete the analogy, for such a company would be to take the elevator maintained by the elevator engineer at the Top(microsoft) (negotiate with Microsoft to acquire said company).
Doesn't the Microsoft Office EULA specify that you may only license the software if you own a legitimate license for any of their Windows 9x - NT - 2000 software? Or is this just MSIE?
If so, it would have been nice for the DOJ to cover this.. then again, they may have..
With all of the various authentication systems emerging I sometimes tend not to think "Can this user be trusted" but "Can I trust the system?"
Example:
I use my smartcard to access a facility with the understanding that I trust that facility's access control system.
If the access control system has been compromised, somebody could make use of the data received by the reader and spit it out to another system therefore forging my identification.
(yes I understand that my example has to do with controlling access to a facility, but it introduces an interesting idea that more security is in fact less secure.)
Traditional authentication systems make use of material items which cannot be duplicated easily. I have a drivers' license. It cannot easily be duplicated by just anybody such that it is an exact replica. Many consider these to be analog authentication systems, where, after a period of use, the quality of the materials degrade.
Newer, digital authentication, is alleged to be even more secure but I must argue otherwise.
The quality of any material objects, such as a smart card, do not degrade with use.
In a digital format, a duplication can be made such that it is indistinguishable from the original.
Possibly a solution which makes use of digital and analog identification would be even more secure.
But hey, this is a topic that requires much more research than I have time.. so make what you will of this comment:-)
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I was greatly saddened by seeing this question when the obvious answer is YES!
When you vote, you're not voting for the candidate you think will win -- or even the candidate you think is most different. You're voting for the candidate whose views you most support.
The debates are pretty much a show to capture the vote of those who are undecided or not voting for the participating persons. Debates are where the candidates will say whatever they must to capture your vote. In the end, their party's platform and the candidate's political history will determine their credibility, ability, and willingness to execute any promises that had been made.
If you are undecided, the decision should be as simple as choosing whose platform you most support.
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I appologize for confusing Credability and Liability. But I still believe that, unless a view is represented by a person, it is not as credible as though that person were made known.
The only problem is that the there is a bit of hypocracy surrounding the issue of anonymity. Lots of people want a credible source or, as you have suggested, if anonymous, someone who has demonstrated his or herself to be reasonably accurate with their facts or reasonably persuasive with their views; Yet if what is said is inaccurate or inaccurately illegal (ie. defamation, libel, etc.) the same people will want to hold somebody accountable for the error.
I'd like to say more but I've little time to work out on paper my idea so as to better clarify it.
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Exactly! The main post claims "This seems like an abuse of the judicial system to me." I would argue differently. Since many publications have offered virtual anonymity, we have been lead to believe that anonymous speech is protected definately. With the rise of such cases challenging anonymous items, I would have to say that "This seems like the abuse of the previously tolerated anonymity is beginning to scratch at the itch too deep."
In support of the argument
An anonymous writing is similar to making a drawing an image with a pencil without paper or any material of the like. The credibility of the work is not represented by anybody but somebody who supposedly exists. Those who are anonymous are not necessarily writing for themselves. They are writing on behalf of those who do choose to assume the views of the writer and make themselves noticed.
Let's say person X writes something with complete anonymity. If publicly displayed, others may find it and agree with the views. Think of it this way: The drawing was created, but others who agree or disagree must formulate the paper and reapply the views to it. And without those people, who's to say that there is any credible source to represent the views expressed? It's as though it "never happened."
But I'm just writing about nothing and I'm glad you made it this far:-).
Maybe you should have a look at: Jabber.org and Jabber.com. There was also a nice feature on Jabber in August's (or was it September's?) issue of Linux Journal. Jabber has the potential to integrate all of the above and more.
Note that one item on the list of things you'll need is "[a] programmer that will program a PIC16C84 or 16F84 microprocessor." Often you can find these inside broken VCRs.
I must advise everybody without technical expertise: if the VCR was previously working and this chip is removed, the result will be a broken VCR *without* this item. Therefore, to retreive this chip from a VCR, the following condition must be met:
The VCR must have a *functional* PIC16C84 or 16F84 microprocessor within it.
In Illinois, the difference between the income and the payout of a particular Illinois State Lottery game automatically becomes funding for the public education within the state. I imagine there are lots more states, but which others do this?
I understand the joke. I also understand that a horribly large number of these jokes can confuse those not educated about many aspects of the original subject. Hitching a free ride with the karma whores(tm) helps me to better clarify the facts to those who would otherwise be confused.
I resort to this only because I find it difficult to participate in what I would like to be serious discussion. Many times, more serious responses are often lost in the clutter of the Funnies. Such a rider post gives serious messages a better chance at being seen.
I hope I've best explained why I do this, as it is the most effective way, given the current State of/.
Wow, I'm glad I reread your comment prior to responding to it because I read overestimate. I'd have called you an insane man but I thankfully spared being knighted as an "Ass." Then again, something like that coming from you would have deserved rereading;-)
That being said... I obviously agree with you!
Never before has a large corporation invested much money in a piece of software only to allow others in on the investment! This piece of software is, IMHO, a major contribution to the advancement of Open Source and the users. Because of the large scale of this project, I imagine SUN forsees great economical value in releasing the sou----
Wait, why am I telling you this?
---as I run away to the pen and paper to compose a post to Technocrat.net -- then again: you've probably gotten yours already written.. but I guess competition is good..;-)
I must say one thing in response to your ignorance. NOBODY is above the law. Judges and Police are obligated to obey the same laws as us.
That said, here's something which would probably be better if posted up a few threads.. but anyways..
I created a device, using my knowledge of how CSS supposidly works. Am I guilty of circumventing copyright measures to the disk? My device functions the same way as all the other "licenced" players. How could I be guilty of "circumventing" copyright measures?
From one point of view, I am copying information from the disk to the television screen I am watching, but isn't this a generally accepted practice because this is how the device was meant to function?
Like everybody else has been mentioning.. this is about control. They're making much money off licensing the information behind this technology. They control how I manufacture and to whom I manufacture to. If they were smart the first round, they'd have patented the technology rather than introduce extensions to Copyright law. They would have had better footing!
Those males who were fortunate to escape the supposed hell by colonizing Mars were faced with the fact that they could no longer return to their once pleasant, "earthly," planet.
millenia later, as civilization rebuilt itself, new religions were formed and everybody had long forgotten of the ancient migration to from Earth to Mars. As the "Martians" developed their own space technology, curiosity began to develop as to how their own religion actually began.
As the story goes, Stephen Hawking, a well known physicist, had lead many millions on a trip to Mars, their home planet, for their old planet had become hellish in a sort of way. He suggested that Men could not survive on such a hot planet as Earth was to become. Once most of the Men, and a smaller number of women had been transported, technology went away with those trained to use, develop, and manufacture who had died naturally.
The above describes the founding of the Hawkings religion. They believe that they must improve their kind such that they can return to the holy land of earth.
Because of the diverse number of minds, many parted the Hawkings group and founded the Earth religion, which asserted that Earth was not a hell, but almost heavin-ish. Their reasoning (thousands of years later): if the majority of the colonists were men, then Earth must contain a heavenly amount of beautiful women.
Am I being fooled into beliving CmdrTaco is getting more and more depressed by his creation, Slashdot? I know if this were my baby, knowing the effort I had put into it, and how it's become, I might even turn out the same way. My theory: as feul is consumed by the Slashdot engine, more feul is put out. Anyways.. back to the news..
Like all media, I must point out that Slashdot is not alone in titleing its posts. The title, while not entirely correct, does catch a visitors attention -- it did so mine.
Anyways, I should like to suggest that this is not an endorsement of Napster nor a bias in favor of Napster, but a stand for what is and ought to be RIGHT!
Something along the lines of the thinking of many corporations or universities influenced by many corporations:
My company publishes photos. Coincidentally, computers can be used as an application to scan and upload and redistribute photos. So I want your educational institution to ban the use of scanners because of the increased probability of somebody scanning and distributing our work.
While obviously ficticious, this analogy is not an exaggeration of how the corporations are influencing the schools.
Though, on the other hand, Napster's primary userbase trades encoded CD tracks, recordings, or otherwise contrary to the wishes of many copyright holders, without so much as contributing money to an artist (often) whose sole occupation is entertaining via their artistic talent.
"Your freedom to swing your arm ends where my nose begins."
--John Stuart Mill
The fact is that even commercial ventures may assume an identity. Trademark law is one such effort to give the machine that is a corporation a name. Likewise, these corporations must defend their names much in the same way you or I might have to do with our names.
Because I am still researching, I have only a simple understanding of this topic, but... here goes a try.. it most certainly won't be a hole-in-one!
We are given the freedom of speech in the form of the First Amendment of the United States Constitution, one of ten which make up the Bill of Rights. Throughout its existence, the wording of the First Amendment has not been modified; the meaning, however, has--based on numerous interpretations. Our Supreme Court has heard many cases involving Free Speech issues, each introducing new complexities, eaching requiring and interpretation of the Constitution so that it may be applied to the said case.
Ok, this is where i decided that I would be lazy and give up on typing this out (anybody wanna finish?).. I leave you with the following:
Defamation - attack on another person's good name and reputation
THE FACTS: The MilkyWay is often consumed into what may be considered a black hole. However, if this were indeed a black hole, the black hole would not appear to gain mass.
For instance, one 40-year-old male who had taken part in the study, funded by the United States Food and Drug Administration. Where a black hole would compress the matter to a mere geometric point, the black hole referred to in the study actually appeared to expand when the chocolate-malt product was consumed. When enough MilkyWay are regularly consumed, the subject will experience an increased capacity to eat; the capacity increasing with each sitting.
More concerned are the exercise professionals. "Those who consume too much of the product will put personal trainers out of business," suggests Jed Smith, Editor, American Human Body Focus. "People," he adds, "will no longer see a need to keep their bodies fit. Consumers are putting millions of professional trainers at risk of losing their job."
Cynthia Lamon, of the Maximum Performance Association of Athletic trainers (MPAA), has vowed to encourage US Congressional support of the Diet Manipulation Consumption Act (DMCA), currently a bill which was introduced and passed by the House. Pending the approval of the Senate, the President would then be asked for his approval.
The DMCA, if passed, require the millions who consume the MilkyWay chocolate-malt bar to accept the planned licensing agreement displayed on the outside of the packaging. Additionally, if the licensing provisions state so, those who wish to consume the sacred bar will be required to slice the bars only with Mars-KitchenWare utensils. Such sets of tools are alleged to offer technological advantages over traditional fork and knife sets.
The food items will also contain Crafted Structured Starch (CSS) technology, which would make splitting the food fibers impossible without the KitchenWare tools, which are able to unbind the additives which ensure the foods are sanitized.
Let's not forget that the great people and companies and institutions that offer this luxury, free to the users. If it weren't for the bandwidth and server donations, Debian couldn't justify offering the service at the cost it is now.
Of course, we must remember that openGL black holes are entirely theoretical. Though, I have witnessed the gullibility of those who believe they have seen a computer-generated black hole.
My friend was using his computer when all light focused as a line on the center of the screen, eventually folding into a small dot, eventually disappearing.. Little did he know the monitor's power supply failed causing an event not unlike turning off a television.
Of course us geeks know there's no such thing as emulating a black hole, right? WRONG!
The developers of early operating systems developed the theory that there was a place electrons would be able to go such that they no longer existed in their already near-nothing (comparative to our understanding size. This theory was in fact developed to the point that it became reality!
The/dev/null theory claims that each electron entering the theoretical "file" aren't destroyed, but in fact never exited.. It's kind of like dividing by Zero!
Black holes, on the other hand, as I've been lead to understand, focus all of the consumed matter/energy to one geometrical point which possibly even expands at another end in another dimension. Kinda like how my toilet water spins clockwise in the Northern hemisphere and counter-clockwise in the southern hemisphere of the Earth.
Of course, this wierdness could be attributed to the fact that the people in the Southern hemisphere walk at angles pointed downward! Though, I'm sure to have physicists complain to me that up is relative, well relative to me, those people are upside-down, so please don't use that defense!
anyways, I hope i have proved my point. if not, don't expect much.. it's not as if they cloned Einstein.
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The EULA doesn't state that you may not use it on NON-MS systems, it merely says that you may not license it (despite the fact that you spent $500 to "license" it, and the media and docs) without "owning" a license to any one of their Windows operating systems.
Second, when used in its most loose context, this licensing practice might just be considered bundling the software in such a way that gives microsoft a competitive edge over their "competitors" (abuse of its monopoly)
Before there was WINE or anything of the like, this provision was not necessary because it was not possible to run Office on anything but windows -- it was implied that windows was required because it was windows software (Not to mention it was *also* expressed on the packaging). Now that there is WINE, an open source implementation of the Windows API, Microsoft must eliminate the possibility that they might lose money to a competing product (Windows/WINE).
Microsoft has created Office as a product separate of Windows. But when it is possible (as proven by WINE) to create an implementation of Windows, requiring the "original" is inappropriate.
for nearly 225 years, the United States Census was meant to assess the general population of its residents and where they are at. With this information, legislative and judicial district boundaries are set. This information also serves the purpose of assessing improvements of the overall population of the United States.
For any other federal agency to access these records would constitute a violation of the basic principles for which the United Census Beaureau stands for. This is nothing to jump over, because the Census Beaureau is probably one of the more respectable government agencies, IMHO.
I have much doubt that this is little more than hype neatly organized into an article which represents the opinions of a small percentage of those representing the agencies interested in the Census data.
I would be interested in hearing what steps you have taken to communicate the problem with your ISP and the steps they have taken to fix the problem.
Anyways, to answer your question, I have no problems with Yahoo! Mail and HoTMaiL but then again, the later violates your "secure" requirement as hotmail is notorious for accomodating even the simplest of security flaws.
If you haven't yet done so, It might be a good idea to talk to your ISP or pay them a visit to their offices or something. I wish you luck.
It's not illegal to make your software do whatever you'd like. What is illegal is introducing such features such that you are no longer competing with anybody because you've just kicked them down 40 flights of stairs where they must once again ascend.
The only option, to complete the analogy, for such a company would be to take the elevator maintained by the elevator engineer at the Top(microsoft) (negotiate with Microsoft to acquire said company).
Doesn't the Microsoft Office EULA specify that you may only license the software if you own a legitimate license for any of their Windows 9x - NT - 2000 software? Or is this just MSIE?
If so, it would have been nice for the DOJ to cover this .. then again, they may have..
With all of the various authentication systems emerging I sometimes tend not to think "Can this user be trusted" but "Can I trust the system?"
Example:
(yes I understand that my example has to do with controlling access to a facility, but it introduces an interesting idea that more security is in fact less secure.)
Traditional authentication systems make use of material items which cannot be duplicated easily. I have a drivers' license. It cannot easily be duplicated by just anybody such that it is an exact replica. Many consider these to be analog authentication systems, where, after a period of use, the quality of the materials degrade.
Newer, digital authentication, is alleged to be even more secure but I must argue otherwise.
Possibly a solution which makes use of digital and analog identification would be even more secure.
But hey, this is a topic that requires much more research than I have time .. so make what you will of this comment :-)
I was greatly saddened by seeing this question when the obvious answer is YES!
When you vote, you're not voting for the candidate you think will win -- or even the candidate you think is most different. You're voting for the candidate whose views you most support.
The debates are pretty much a show to capture the vote of those who are undecided or not voting for the participating persons. Debates are where the candidates will say whatever they must to capture your vote. In the end, their party's platform and the candidate's political history will determine their credibility, ability, and willingness to execute any promises that had been made.
If you are undecided, the decision should be as simple as choosing whose platform you most support.
I appologize for confusing Credability and Liability. But I still believe that, unless a view is represented by a person, it is not as credible as though that person were made known.
The only problem is that the there is a bit of hypocracy surrounding the issue of anonymity. Lots of people want a credible source or, as you have suggested, if anonymous, someone who has demonstrated his or herself to be reasonably accurate with their facts or reasonably persuasive with their views; Yet if what is said is inaccurate or inaccurately illegal (ie. defamation, libel, etc.) the same people will want to hold somebody accountable for the error.
I'd like to say more but I've little time to work out on paper my idea so as to better clarify it.
Exactly! The main post claims "This seems like an abuse of the judicial system to me." I would argue differently. Since many publications have offered virtual anonymity, we have been lead to believe that anonymous speech is protected definately. With the rise of such cases challenging anonymous items, I would have to say that "This seems like the abuse of the previously tolerated anonymity is beginning to scratch at the itch too deep."
In support of the argument
An anonymous writing is similar to making a drawing an image with a pencil without paper or any material of the like. The credibility of the work is not represented by anybody but somebody who supposedly exists. Those who are anonymous are not necessarily writing for themselves. They are writing on behalf of those who do choose to assume the views of the writer and make themselves noticed.
Let's say person X writes something with complete anonymity. If publicly displayed, others may find it and agree with the views. Think of it this way: The drawing was created, but others who agree or disagree must formulate the paper and reapply the views to it. And without those people, who's to say that there is any credible source to represent the views expressed? It's as though it "never happened."
But I'm just writing about nothing and I'm glad you made it this far :-).
Maybe you should have a look at: Jabber.org and Jabber.com. There was also a nice feature on Jabber in August's (or was it September's?) issue of Linux Journal. Jabber has the potential to integrate all of the above and more.
The cost of ensuring protection of one's identity by indexing DNA comes at a cost.
You can probably understand any further problems, as the witness no longer has as much guaranteed secrecy as before.
Here's something that may complement your post:
I understand the joke. I also understand that a horribly large number of these jokes can confuse those not educated about many aspects of the original subject. Hitching a free ride with the karma whores(tm) helps me to better clarify the facts to those who would otherwise be confused.
I resort to this only because I find it difficult to participate in what I would like to be serious discussion. Many times, more serious responses are often lost in the clutter of the Funnies. Such a rider post gives serious messages a better chance at being seen.
I hope I've best explained why I do this, as it is the most effective way, given the current State of /.
this post wasn't created more than 20 minutes ago and yet the Casio site reports that it is not functioning!
/. crowd never fails to amaze me!!!
:-)Wow, I'm glad I reread your comment prior to responding to it because I read overestimate. I'd have called you an insane man but I thankfully spared being knighted as an "Ass." Then again, something like that coming from you would have deserved rereading ;-)
That being said ... I obviously agree with you!
Never before has a large corporation invested much money in a piece of software only to allow others in on the investment! This piece of software is, IMHO, a major contribution to the advancement of Open Source and the users. Because of the large scale of this project, I imagine SUN forsees great economical value in releasing the sou----
Wait, why am I telling you this?
---as I run away to the pen and paper to compose a post to Technocrat.net -- then again: you've probably gotten yours already written .. but I guess competition is good .. ;-)
I must say one thing in response to your ignorance. NOBODY is above the law. Judges and Police are obligated to obey the same laws as us.
That said, here's something which would probably be better if posted up a few threads.. but anyways ..
I created a device, using my knowledge of how CSS supposidly works. Am I guilty of circumventing copyright measures to the disk? My device functions the same way as all the other "licenced" players. How could I be guilty of "circumventing" copyright measures?
From one point of view, I am copying information from the disk to the television screen I am watching, but isn't this a generally accepted practice because this is how the device was meant to function?
Like everybody else has been mentioning.. this is about control. They're making much money off licensing the information behind this technology. They control how I manufacture and to whom I manufacture to. If they were smart the first round, they'd have patented the technology rather than introduce extensions to Copyright law. They would have had better footing!
Those males who were fortunate to escape the supposed hell by colonizing Mars were faced with the fact that they could no longer return to their once pleasant, "earthly," planet.
millenia later, as civilization rebuilt itself, new religions were formed and everybody had long forgotten of the ancient migration to from Earth to Mars. As the "Martians" developed their own space technology, curiosity began to develop as to how their own religion actually began.
As the story goes, Stephen Hawking, a well known physicist, had lead many millions on a trip to Mars, their home planet, for their old planet had become hellish in a sort of way. He suggested that Men could not survive on such a hot planet as Earth was to become. Once most of the Men, and a smaller number of women had been transported, technology went away with those trained to use, develop, and manufacture who had died naturally.
The above describes the founding of the Hawkings religion. They believe that they must improve their kind such that they can return to the holy land of earth.
Because of the diverse number of minds, many parted the Hawkings group and founded the Earth religion, which asserted that Earth was not a hell, but almost heavin-ish. Their reasoning (thousands of years later): if the majority of the colonists were men, then Earth must contain a heavenly amount of beautiful women.
Am I being fooled into beliving CmdrTaco is getting more and more depressed by his creation, Slashdot? I know if this were my baby, knowing the effort I had put into it, and how it's become, I might even turn out the same way. My theory: as feul is consumed by the Slashdot engine, more feul is put out. Anyways .. back to the news ..
Like all media, I must point out that Slashdot is not alone in titleing its posts. The title, while not entirely correct, does catch a visitors attention -- it did so mine.
Anyways, I should like to suggest that this is not an endorsement of Napster nor a bias in favor of Napster, but a stand for what is and ought to be RIGHT!
Something along the lines of the thinking of many corporations or universities influenced by many corporations:
My company publishes photos. Coincidentally, computers can be used as an application to scan and upload and redistribute photos. So I want your educational institution to ban the use of scanners because of the increased probability of somebody scanning and distributing our work.
While obviously ficticious, this analogy is not an exaggeration of how the corporations are influencing the schools.
Though, on the other hand, Napster's primary userbase trades encoded CD tracks, recordings, or otherwise contrary to the wishes of many copyright holders, without so much as contributing money to an artist (often) whose sole occupation is entertaining via their artistic talent.
"Your freedom to swing your arm ends where my nose begins."
--John Stuart Mill
The fact is that even commercial ventures may assume an identity. Trademark law is one such effort to give the machine that is a corporation a name. Likewise, these corporations must defend their names much in the same way you or I might have to do with our names.
Because I am still researching, I have only a simple understanding of this topic, but... here goes a try.. it most certainly won't be a hole-in-one!
We are given the freedom of speech in the form of the First Amendment of the United States Constitution, one of ten which make up the Bill of Rights. Throughout its existence, the wording of the First Amendment has not been modified; the meaning, however, has--based on numerous interpretations. Our Supreme Court has heard many cases involving Free Speech issues, each introducing new complexities, eaching requiring and interpretation of the Constitution so that it may be applied to the said case.
Ok, this is where i decided that I would be lazy and give up on typing this out (anybody wanna finish?).. I leave you with the following:
-Andrew Dvorak: Slashdot Critic
Once again, the Slashdot moderators have messed up the facts again. As stated (url: http://www.mars.com/facts.asp?op=milkyway ) here, the center of the MilkyWay is not a black hole.
THE FACTS: The MilkyWay is often consumed into what may be considered a black hole. However, if this were indeed a black hole, the black hole would not appear to gain mass.
For instance, one 40-year-old male who had taken part in the study, funded by the United States Food and Drug Administration. Where a black hole would compress the matter to a mere geometric point, the black hole referred to in the study actually appeared to expand when the chocolate-malt product was consumed. When enough MilkyWay are regularly consumed, the subject will experience an increased capacity to eat; the capacity increasing with each sitting.
More concerned are the exercise professionals. "Those who consume too much of the product will put personal trainers out of business," suggests Jed Smith, Editor, American Human Body Focus. "People," he adds, "will no longer see a need to keep their bodies fit. Consumers are putting millions of professional trainers at risk of losing their job."
Cynthia Lamon, of the Maximum Performance Association of Athletic trainers (MPAA), has vowed to encourage US Congressional support of the Diet Manipulation Consumption Act (DMCA), currently a bill which was introduced and passed by the House. Pending the approval of the Senate, the President would then be asked for his approval.
The DMCA, if passed, require the millions who consume the MilkyWay chocolate-malt bar to accept the planned licensing agreement displayed on the outside of the packaging. Additionally, if the licensing provisions state so, those who wish to consume the sacred bar will be required to slice the bars only with Mars-KitchenWare utensils. Such sets of tools are alleged to offer technological advantages over traditional fork and knife sets.
The food items will also contain Crafted Structured Starch (CSS) technology, which would make splitting the food fibers impossible without the KitchenWare tools, which are able to unbind the additives which ensure the foods are sanitized.
Let's not forget that the great people and companies and institutions that offer this luxury, free to the users. If it weren't for the bandwidth and server donations, Debian couldn't justify offering the service at the cost it is now.
Of course, we must remember that openGL black holes are entirely theoretical. Though, I have witnessed the gullibility of those who believe they have seen a computer-generated black hole.
Of course us geeks know there's no such thing as emulating a black hole, right? WRONG!
Black holes, on the other hand, as I've been lead to understand, focus all of the consumed matter/energy to one geometrical point which possibly even expands at another end in another dimension. Kinda like how my toilet water spins clockwise in the Northern hemisphere and counter-clockwise in the southern hemisphere of the Earth.
anyways, I hope i have proved my point. if not, don't expect much .. it's not as if they cloned Einstein.