Poor guy, he could have been first , if not for the long post .
We could implement a locking system , so that no one can start posting until the first person to begin writing posts . That way, it doesn't matter what you write , you will be first if you start first.
It may also lead to more interesting first posts , as the writers won't be stressed that they won't have a first post. Offcourse , we need to implement a sort of timeout , to prevent locking the thread in case the first poster decides not to post.
Well , what about people with back injuries , who are interested in recovering better , even if it does include some risks. I'm sure there are people enough who would volunteer , if it was sufficiently rewarded.
But this , offcourse , means it will cost more money . It's cheaper then kill rats than to lose money being honorable.
There's nothing wrong with rats , there are just misunderstood.
Harming any animal , just to get a little more profit , is wrong , and everyone knows it. But it is easier to close your eyes , and pretend it's not happening.
Cookies expire at end of session according to my preference.
That's fine for session management, but when sites start storing preferences, I get reset to the bone-headed defaults every time.
Then I leave and never return.
How else do you expect a site to store your preferences, then? I'd rather have a cookie on my computer than have the site force me to make an account (e-mail address and all) with them and store it on their server. (Of course, "bone-headed defaults" are another story...)
on a database , like it should ?
And then retrieve the preferences after logging in.
I don't see the problem.
There is another explanation ( related more to not find something , whether or not they are close ) :
Often , in stressfull situations , the mind will think the same over and over , rather than thinking about something else. It's the reason you keep opening that same closet , even though you look there a hundred times . Then , when you finally give up , your mind is free to think again , and you can remember it again.
This is because the brain makes various connections to areas in the brain , depending on past expierence. For instance , i might have gotten a drink , and then accidentally put my keys in top of the fridge. You might not remember this , until you give up your search , and pour out a drink , which may activate that part of the brain , making you remember.
Actually , i don't believe a soul is anything physical . It's has nothing to do with memories. You remember , because of your physical brain , but you are , because of your soul.
I'll have to read this article , because i'm somehow about this. Normally , a power supply contains a rectifier , so this should mean the signal can't be carried back.
Actually , that's just because we assume it like that. The fact is , that if a movie you download doesn't contain any message saying that you are not allowed to copy it , you can't know that , and thus you can assume you are allowed to copy it.
So you must be what , in your 30s ? As a 'tween' , i don't see how anyone can mistake the principle of mutually assured destruction. Basically , anyone who fires a nuke first, will get nuked as well , thus leaving no survivors and no winners.
However , these days , the MAD principle can be abused by terrorists : they just have to ensure that one nuke gets lauched at one side,and the other countries will respond , destroying everything.
And in a sense , it's not wrong to do so : GPL doesn't exist for no reason. It's just that most users won't need to read it . But for a developer that wants to reuse the software , it's certainly good that he knows the software is under GPL license , and what is meant by that.
The dual licensing approach is pretty common . It's one of the ways to make money with open source .
I don't know where you got the idea that you can't block encrypted traffic. It's not like you really even need a distinguishing attack, just block all high-entropy content. Sure, some merely compressed content will get caught aswell, but so what? Even if you allow it though if there's some known signature (PK, RAR, JFIF, etc), you have a system which only a few hundred people in the country will have the capability to penetrate, and when they do, they're effectively excluded from the 'mass market' (your twitter, facebook, youtube, etc).
1. Block ports used for encrypted traffic (ports 22,443), or only allow whitelisted ports.
2. Block protocols when they expose encryption negotiation (STARTTLS, DHKE in instant messaging, etc), or all protocols that aren't whitelisted
3. Block HTTP/SMTP with encryption signatures (PGP/GPG blocks)
4. Block non-whitelisted high entropy connections.
What you're left with is steganography, and that's astrology to cryptologys astronomy.
You are under the false impression that clear text protocols can't be used to send encrypted messages over. Encryption has nothing to do with the protocols used to transfer it from one place to another.
I can put some encrypted message right into a mail, without there being any signature in it.
As for high-entropy content , it's just a matter of making the content look less random. Just put some fake structure in it , which makes it look like normal content.
That's only if you use conventional encryption , and don't think about it further. You could easily modify encryption to spout out words instead of pure binary data . It will just make the mail longer.
You can even change do it in a way where it looks like it's a common sentence , but in reality , contains encrypted data.
Once DPI exists it is perfectly possible to just ban encrypted traffic to anything but a white list of banking sites etc, and then one has created a system where every letter can be read.
And exactly how are you going to ban 'encrypted traffic' . There is no way to define what encrypt traffic looks like , that's one off the advantages of encryption. The test 'In Russia , mails read the government' , could be a slashdot meme , but it could also mean something entirely different , as you could replace the words with completely different data.
If they really are going to try to crack every email , it would be fun to send a highly encrypted email , containg only large amounts of gibberish , to a friend everyday.
Then they would spend hours or days decrypting it , only to see a message , which they think might be a sort of encryption as well. They might try to construct a real message from it.
I don't see what the big deal is about ID cards, I don't mind having one.
There are other things that I consider more important aspects of freedom, and Belgium is quite free I think. Have a look at the Press Freedom Index http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reporters_Without_Borders#Worldwide_Press_Freedom_Index for example, where Belgium always scores amongst the top ranked countries. It also scored #1 place of all countries in the world for "children's educational well being" where the UK and US usually score the lowest of the OESO countries. These things matter to me more than whether or not I have an ID card.
Of course no country is perfect, Belgium has its share of problems in crime fighting and the eternal rivalries between the language groups, but as far as development and personal freedom goes, you could do a lot worse than Belgium.
True , the crime fighting is a problem, but i don't think Belgium is alone in this. The main problem is youth crime . Our laws ensure protecting of minor , even if they perform criminal acts. The criminals know this , and so they use minors to perform crimes.
About those 'internal rivalries between language groups' , it's not like we are at each others throat all the time
The problems are mainly caused by political decisions , that cause both sides to suffer . But aside from jokes about the other language groups , and the occasional vandalism , we get along pretty well.
In most EU countries , the same is going on as in the UK , just at a somewhat slower rate. I don't think the US is shining beacon of freedom these days.
My country , Belgium , is probably still pretty free , though. We just have some very silly laws that can be annoying (for instance , i man was fined lately for eating something while he waiting on a red light in his car ) , but nothing very serious anyway.
Also , we have a very lenient immigration system. Also , English is a third language here.
Only problem is the high taxes and the bad weather.
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Poor guy, he could have been first , if not for the long post .
We could implement a locking system , so that no one can start posting until the first person to begin writing posts . That way, it doesn't matter what you write , you will be first if you start first.
It may also lead to more interesting first posts , as the writers won't be stressed that they won't have a first post.
Offcourse , we need to implement a sort of timeout , to prevent locking the thread in case the first poster decides not to post.
mod parent up :-)
Well , what about people with back injuries , who are interested in recovering better , even if it does include some risks.
I'm sure there are people enough who would volunteer , if it was sufficiently rewarded.
But this , offcourse , means it will cost more money . It's cheaper then kill rats than to lose money being honorable.
There's nothing wrong with rats , there are just misunderstood.
Harming any animal , just to get a little more profit , is wrong , and everyone knows it.
But it is easier to close your eyes , and pretend it's not happening.
mod parent down
attempting to compensate
that doesn't make sense . You are comparing an object (frequencydoublingpackage ) to an primite type ( robustness) .
The correct code would be :
laser_diode.robustness > ( lase_ diode.robustness +frequency-doubling package of nonlinear crystals.robustness )
Which would suggest that frequency-doubling package of nonlinear crystals has a negative robustness.
Cookies expire at end of session according to my preference. That's fine for session management, but when sites start storing preferences, I get reset to the bone-headed defaults every time. Then I leave and never return.
How else do you expect a site to store your preferences, then? I'd rather have a cookie on my computer than have the site force me to make an account (e-mail address and all) with them and store it on their server. (Of course, "bone-headed defaults" are another story...)
on a database , like it should ? And then retrieve the preferences after logging in. I don't see the problem.
There is another explanation ( related more to not find something , whether or not they are close ) :
Often , in stressfull situations , the mind will think the same over and over , rather than thinking about something else.
It's the reason you keep opening that same closet , even though you look there a hundred times . Then , when you finally give up , your mind is free to think again , and you can remember it again.
This is because the brain makes various connections to areas in the brain , depending on past expierence.
For instance , i might have gotten a drink , and then accidentally put my keys in top of the fridge. You might not remember this , until you give up your search , and pour out a drink , which may activate that part of the brain , making you remember.
Is this some elaborate plot to kill everyone who respect lives ?
i compiled my kernel using that flag , and now it boots Windows instead.
Actually , i don't believe a soul is anything physical . It's has nothing to do with memories.
You remember , because of your physical brain , but you are , because of your soul.
I'll have to read this article , because i'm somehow about this.
Normally , a power supply contains a rectifier , so this should mean the signal can't be carried back.
I'll have to do some tests on this.
Actually , that's just because we assume it like that.
The fact is , that if a movie you download doesn't contain any message saying that you are not allowed to copy it , you can't know that , and thus you can assume you are allowed to copy it.
It's 'only outlaws will be free' . Get your memes straight :-)
'your girlfriend's face' .
You must be new here.
So you must be what , in your 30s ?
As a 'tween' , i don't see how anyone can mistake the principle of mutually assured destruction.
Basically , anyone who fires a nuke first, will get nuked as well , thus leaving no survivors and no winners.
However , these days , the MAD principle can be abused by terrorists : they just have to ensure that one nuke gets lauched at one side ,and the other countries will respond , destroying everything.
And in a sense , it's not wrong to do so : GPL doesn't exist for no reason.
It's just that most users won't need to read it . But for a developer that wants to reuse the software , it's certainly good that he knows the software is under GPL license , and what is meant by that.
The dual licensing approach is pretty common . It's one of the ways to make money with open source .
I don't know where you got the idea that you can't block encrypted traffic. It's not like you really even need a distinguishing attack, just block all high-entropy content. Sure, some merely compressed content will get caught aswell, but so what? Even if you allow it though if there's some known signature (PK, RAR, JFIF, etc), you have a system which only a few hundred people in the country will have the capability to penetrate, and when they do, they're effectively excluded from the 'mass market' (your twitter, facebook, youtube, etc).
1. Block ports used for encrypted traffic (ports 22,443), or only allow whitelisted ports.
2. Block protocols when they expose encryption negotiation (STARTTLS, DHKE in instant messaging, etc), or all protocols that aren't whitelisted
3. Block HTTP/SMTP with encryption signatures (PGP/GPG blocks)
4. Block non-whitelisted high entropy connections.
What you're left with is steganography, and that's astrology to cryptologys astronomy.
You are under the false impression that clear text protocols can't be used to send encrypted messages over.
Encryption has nothing to do with the protocols used to transfer it from one place to another.
I can put some encrypted message right into a mail, without there being any signature in it.
As for high-entropy content , it's just a matter of making the content look less random. Just put some fake structure in it , which makes it look like normal content.
That's only if you use conventional encryption , and don't think about it further.
You could easily modify encryption to spout out words instead of pure binary data . It will just make the mail longer.
You can even change do it in a way where it looks like it's a common sentence , but in reality , contains encrypted data.
Once DPI exists it is perfectly possible to just ban encrypted traffic to anything but a white list of banking sites etc, and then one has created a system where every letter can be read.
And exactly how are you going to ban 'encrypted traffic' . There is no way to define what encrypt traffic looks like , that's one off the advantages of encryption.
The test 'In Russia , mails read the government' , could be a slashdot meme , but it could also mean something entirely different , as you could replace the words with completely different data.
If they really are going to try to crack every email , it would be fun to send a highly encrypted email , containg only large amounts of gibberish , to a friend everyday.
Then they would spend hours or days decrypting it , only to see a message , which they think might be a sort of encryption as well.
They might try to construct a real message from it.
Could be fun
I don't see what the big deal is about ID cards, I don't mind having one.
There are other things that I consider more important aspects of freedom, and Belgium is quite free I think. Have a look at the Press Freedom Index http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reporters_Without_Borders#Worldwide_Press_Freedom_Index for example, where Belgium always scores amongst the top ranked countries.
It also scored #1 place of all countries in the world for "children's educational well being"
where the UK and US usually score the lowest of the OESO countries.
These things matter to me more than whether or not I have an ID card.
Of course no country is perfect, Belgium has its share of problems in crime fighting and the eternal rivalries between the language groups, but as far as development and personal freedom goes, you could do a lot worse than Belgium.
True , the crime fighting is a problem, but i don't think Belgium is alone in this. The main problem is youth crime . Our laws ensure protecting of minor , even if they perform criminal acts. The criminals know this , and so they use minors to perform crimes.
About those 'internal rivalries between language groups' , it's not like we are at each others throat all the time
The problems are mainly caused by political decisions , that cause both sides to suffer . But aside from jokes about the other language groups , and the occasional vandalism , we get along pretty well.
It most certainly does :-)
A freer country.
Let's see :
In most EU countries , the same is going on as in the UK , just at a somewhat slower rate.
I don't think the US is shining beacon of freedom these days.
My country , Belgium , is probably still pretty free , though.
We just have some very silly laws that can be annoying (for instance , i man was fined lately for eating something while he waiting on a red light in his car ) , but nothing very serious anyway.
Also , we have a very lenient immigration system.
Also , English is a third language here.
Only problem is the high taxes and the bad weather.