I've seen police states. I've had to pass through checkpoints and answer questions about where I was going, why I was going there and when I plan on being back. The US is not a police state.
You mean that you think I as a normal European wouldn't have to answer the exact same questions if I tried to enter the US?
Oh right, you said police state. The police has rules and regulations to follow, that makes them different from the border control.
I'd rather buy an OS that can play movies out of the box
I'd rather use an OS that gives me access to my files when I wish, and not having the possibility to block me from using it if some other company wants to.
What do the "worlds baddest guys" hate the most about America? Out Constitution.
Actually, no one outside the US cares about your constitution. We care more about how you randomly invade countries without reason, how you try to enforce your local laws and policy on weaker nations, and things like that.
People use webapps because the information is often centralized in places such as MySQL databases
So? There are a multitude of libraries for java, perl, python etc, to connect to mysql databases.
The "real" applications (gotta love that required platform lock-in, btw) you talk about would still need access to that centralized data.
Yes, the browser uses the system calls for connecting to the server, as much as other networked applications as all the networked games in existance, all ftp clients, etc. The platform lock-in would only happen if you would write it to be locked, not if you would write it in one of the languages mentioned above.
So because you decide to use the browser as some sort of generic code execution engine and GUI for your own hacks instead of writing your programs to run as a real application like everyone else, people browsing the web should remain a target for javascript abuse, bloat and exploits.
(3) some background credentials establishing your authority on the subject.
How is this relevant? Either you show verifiable documents about it, or you just pull some information from your hat. Doesn't really matter if you're the Queen of England or not.
One thing I hate is that they sometimes open my peacefully sleeping laptop for 2 seconds, so it will start to wake up, then close the lid, causing half of it to continue waking up and half of it to try to sleep again, wreaking havoc with my poor processes.
Who programmed that navigation system into its miniature brain?
No one.
No gradual processes over time can work here.
Why not?
The FIRST plover setting out has to make it
No.
because plovers can't swim.
Irrelevant.
no matter what the weather
The weather is most probably quite similar since they travel at the same time each year.
the amount of fuel a plover carries mandates that the individual bird would crash into the ocean about 800 miles short of its destination
If it was longer, it would carry more fat, and vice versa.
since they fly in flocks, in formation, only the lead bird has the full wind resistance load
They learnt to fly in flocks long before they started to do crazy 2500 mile migrations.
All this had to work the very first time.
Again, no. The first flocks that set out at random either end up in the ocean, or find land. Those that find land will do this because they had enough food to do this. If each bird in the flock that found land had a random amount of fat, half of them would drop to the ocean, but half would arrive and breed. They would get kids that had genes that would make them eat a little bit more than the imaginary kids from the birds that died. Now repeat for millions of generations, and you'll end up with something quite optimized.
Have you read what the TCPA chip does? It will make sure that the programs that you use are the programs that you installed. It's not supposed to encrypt your files. It's supposed to hash your "login.exe" and verify it's the same as last time.
The terms copy protection and DRM do not appear anywhere on www.trustedpc.org. They were not the main business objectives, and the resultant chip is not particularly suited to DRM, being poorly defended against owner tampering. The main goals are to secure the user's private keys and encrypted data against external software attack.
They have more reasons in that paper why their chip won't work with DRM.
I was recently invited to visit some family in the US of A, but because of things like this, I'm not sure it would be wise to go. I mean, I'm running linux on my laptop. Obviously I'm a terrorist and communist. I also have a metre of hair, but fortunately no beard. Maybe my blue eyes will get me a free pass though.
Well, the thing that they are able to stop people from entering the country isn't a problem. The thing that they can do this without any rational reason at all is.
Oooh.. that's really scary! I bet they were built from secret tax money that is somehow not registered in the budget as well, but also somehow magically gets deducted from your pay. In secret.
Don't really know what you are talking about here. I run my X40 with the fan disabled in 99% of the time. When I do start a long compile, the fan will kick in, but if you force the CPU to stay at 600MHz that wouldn't be a problem either.
Thinkpad X-series, maybe one of the T-series if you really need to burn stuff, but I wouldn't hesitate for a moment about taking my X40 anywhere. It's as rugged as you can get for that weight.
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Reminds me about a Swedish group called Hack'n'Trade...
I think they meant some other kind of trading though.
I got it! I got it! Neuromancer, William Gibson, 1984!
Where's my prize?
How does a carpenter do it, after they can no longer use their tools?
Well, what would the Bible be without the Devil...
Usually the business/home business accounts are slower, more expensive, but guaranteed bandwidth and service.
You mean that you think I as a normal European wouldn't have to answer the exact same questions if I tried to enter the US?
Oh right, you said police state. The police has rules and regulations to follow, that makes them different from the border control.
I'd rather use an OS that gives me access to my files when I wish, and not having the possibility to block me from using it if some other company wants to.
Because KVM requires hardware support for the virtualization, it won't work on any of my computers.
Xen does.
Actually, no one outside the US cares about your constitution. We care more about how you randomly invade countries without reason, how you try to enforce your local laws and policy on weaker nations, and things like that.
So? There are a multitude of libraries for java, perl, python etc, to connect to mysql databases.
The "real" applications (gotta love that required platform lock-in, btw) you talk about would still need access to that centralized data.Yes, the browser uses the system calls for connecting to the server, as much as other networked applications as all the networked games in existance, all ftp clients, etc. The platform lock-in would only happen if you would write it to be locked, not if you would write it in one of the languages mentioned above.
So because you decide to use the browser as some sort of generic code execution engine and GUI for your own hacks instead of writing your programs to run as a real application like everyone else, people browsing the web should remain a target for javascript abuse, bloat and exploits.
I can't say I agree.
At least one sane guy there, reading about Obama:
Reforming the U.S. Patent and Trademark OfficeSeems like that one is the geek choice.
How is this relevant? Either you show verifiable documents about it, or you just pull some information from your hat. Doesn't really matter if you're the Queen of England or not.
One thing I hate is that they sometimes open my peacefully sleeping laptop for 2 seconds, so it will start to wake up, then close the lid, causing half of it to continue waking up and half of it to try to sleep again, wreaking havoc with my poor processes.
I just can't understand why they do this at all.
No one.
No gradual processes over time can work here.Why not?
The FIRST plover setting out has to make itNo.
because plovers can't swim.Irrelevant.
no matter what the weatherThe weather is most probably quite similar since they travel at the same time each year.
the amount of fuel a plover carries mandates that the individual bird would crash into the ocean about 800 miles short of its destinationIf it was longer, it would carry more fat, and vice versa.
since they fly in flocks, in formation, only the lead bird has the full wind resistance loadThey learnt to fly in flocks long before they started to do crazy 2500 mile migrations.
All this had to work the very first time.Again, no. The first flocks that set out at random either end up in the ocean, or find land. Those that find land will do this because they had enough food to do this. If each bird in the flock that found land had a random amount of fat, half of them would drop to the ocean, but half would arrive and breed. They would get kids that had genes that would make them eat a little bit more than the imaginary kids from the birds that died. Now repeat for millions of generations, and you'll end up with something quite optimized.
Have you read what the TCPA chip does? It will make sure that the programs that you use are the programs that you installed. It's not supposed to encrypt your files. It's supposed to hash your "login.exe" and verify it's the same as last time.
As IBM says themselves in their paper Clarifying Misinformation on TCPA :
The terms copy protection and DRM do not appear anywhere on www.trustedpc.org. They were not the main business objectives, and the resultant chip is not particularly suited to DRM, being poorly defended against owner tampering. The main goals are to secure the user's private keys and encrypted data against external software attack.They have more reasons in that paper why their chip won't work with DRM.
I was recently invited to visit some family in the US of A, but because of things like this, I'm not sure it would be wise to go. I mean, I'm running linux on my laptop. Obviously I'm a terrorist and communist. I also have a metre of hair, but fortunately no beard. Maybe my blue eyes will get me a free pass though.
Well, the thing that they are able to stop people from entering the country isn't a problem. The thing that they can do this without any rational reason at all is.
How safe is your huge tank of extremely flammable gasoline in case of a car crash?
Oooh.. that's really scary! I bet they were built from secret tax money that is somehow not registered in the budget as well, but also somehow magically gets deducted from your pay. In secret.
Hm, I don't think I understand. How does all of this relate to a car?
Don't really know what you are talking about here. I run my X40 with the fan disabled in 99% of the time. When I do start a long compile, the fan will kick in, but if you force the CPU to stay at 600MHz that wouldn't be a problem either.
Thinkpad X-series, maybe one of the T-series if you really need to burn stuff, but I wouldn't hesitate for a moment about taking my X40 anywhere. It's as rugged as you can get for that weight.
Why did you not consider wind power? I'd imagine it would be quite strong and even winds there, and no neighbours to whine about the ruined view.
It saddens me to hear that you are not using MindGuard. Using only a tinfoil hat does not offer full protection!