Best thing since FM radios in cars. Don't like the factory "whatever"? Pull it out and put in your own.
Not so quick there cowboy. Many modern vehicles (GM specifically; I'm sure others) have the radio as part of the CANBUS system. Pulling the radio will create any number of problems for you. Often, the radio needs to stay, with another radio mounted elsewhere. Hardly an ideal solution.
...but come on, does anyone here really believe that if you choose to enable your Bluetooth device that others are not free to interface with your device to the extent that they can uniquely identify it? If you don't want to be tracked, maybe you should think twice about turning on Bluetooth.
...I think it's fundamentally flawed in that it would not take much to have a misaligned page sliced right out of the book. Certainly nothing I'd risk a book of any value over. Sorry, this one appears to be a non-starter (although it is rather novel, pun intended).
...I took my Comp Sci students on a tour of TI's DMOS6 fab in Richardson, TX last year. (Rather fascinating, BTW, largest completely automated fab in the world at the time, since replaced by a bigger TI fab!). At any rate, our tour guide (an engineering type) told us TI got out of the calculator business years ago. The only thing a TI calculator shares with TI the company is the name stamped on the case and a couple TI chips inside. They are designed and built by non-TI companies.
...from the active duty SEALs used in Act of Valor? Oh wait, I know the answer: Because Act of Valor was a nice little right-wing propaganda film that showed the Navy in their best light. And EA is just a gaming company. Or something like that.
...if air conditioning was an option. Seriously. I couldn't imagine being couped up in one of these things on a 100F day. Or pedaling one to work on a muggy 80F morning. That's the main reason I don't ride a bike to work (a couple miles away): Summer mornings are nasty hot, and I simply can't show up to work dripping in sweat as there is no shower.
Give them some climate control, then you might see more adoption.
...the EFF is willing to back me up with unlimited legal support when the FBI comes knocking at my door because my next door neighbors turn out to be pedos, I'm all for it.
(c) The use of force to resist an arrest or search is justified:
(1) if, before the actor offers any resistance, the peace officer (or person acting at his direction) uses or attempts to use greater force than necessary to make the arrest or search; and
(2) when and to the degree the actor reasonably believes the force is immediately necessary to protect himself against the peace officer's (or other person's) use or attempted use of greater force than necessary.
Not that you won't be beaten into the ground and probably lose some teeth in the process...
...since the TOS specifically prohibits copying data from the site:
"Our terms of use specify that users of the Wayback Machine are not to copy data from the collection. If there are special circumstances that you think the Archive should consider, please contact info at archive dot org. "
Warrick hasn't been taking new requests for months (and I'm sure it's more of a research tool than an actual service for the public), and the site effectively blocks attempts to backup data using wget. It makes me wonder who (or what) this archive really serves, because it's most certainly not the general public.
they know the "problem" is so widespread that it would take tens of millions of lawyers working around the clock and an equal number of judges, experts, juries, etc., at a cost of many billions of dollars to go after everyone legally
It's all fun and games until they choose you at random of which to make you an example. You might win the battle, but at significant monetary cost to you. I'm just saying...if you want to tweak the tiger's tail, make sure you've got the financial backing to back yourself up if the tiger decides to bite back.
...why these data cannot simply be processed in such a way that regularly-occurring outliers are identified automatically? How much more accurate is visual identification of magnitude changes over an automated process?
Plus, I think it would be more fun to simply give me some raw data to work with, and let me write my own algorithms for spotting possible transits, rather than inefficiently starting at a screen for hours at a time, clicking yes/no bubbles.
And in theory, any computer on the internet can display HTML pages correctly, yet there are still millions of MSIE users. Unless Microsoft installs it by default, there is very little chance of success.
And the success rate for returning a sample from Mars? 0%...guess that means NASA should give up on ever getting a sample from Mars?
Also; what's to stop OpenNIC from being abused by evil companies? Who decide who gets which domain(s)? How will people vet the billions of domains ranging from a.free to zzzzzzzzzzzzz.free that evil companies are destined to automatically submit every day?
Pretty much the same principles that keep open source from being abused by evil companies: Governance and oversight by those who want to see OpenNIC remain free and unencumbered. This might mean anything from limiting domain registrations on a per day basis to prohibiting automated registrations.
The point is that it's easy to be a naysayer, throw your hands up and announce "This isn't going to work." Those involved with OpenNIC choose not to adopt that attitude, and instead continue to fight for an alternative to ICANN (instead of just bitching about it on/.).
The point of a domain name is it should resolve correctly from on any computer on the internet. A domain that most users can't resolve is pretty much worthless.
Not unless people finally tire of the games ICANN plays and say enough is enough. BTW, any computer on the internet can resolve an OpenNIC TLD. It just needs a bit of configuration to do so. Of course, there will always be naysayers who say it's better to "stay the course," because we all know that alternatives are worthless.
OpenNIC isn't a for-profit entity. Rather, it's an open-source, democratic altroot that isn't interested in making money on TLDs. BTW, OpenNIC has been around now for 12 years or so. Interesting that they outlasted NewDotNet...
...that we really don't need ICANN when we have alternative democratic roots such as OpenNIC? Those who complain about the money-grubbing ways of ICANN really shouldn't complain if they haven't checked out the alternatives.
To bypass this nagging, just continue to use an old release of Firefox.
I use 3.5.7 (for various reasons, including better support for some protocols), and trust me, the nag dialog is there too. Got one yesterday before I read the/. article, was like "wtf?"...
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...which doesn't instill a lot of confidence in me as to the integrity of MSE. Maybe there's a good reason the certification was lost.
Best thing since FM radios in cars. Don't like the factory "whatever"? Pull it out and put in your own.
Not so quick there cowboy. Many modern vehicles (GM specifically; I'm sure others) have the radio as part of the CANBUS system. Pulling the radio will create any number of problems for you. Often, the radio needs to stay, with another radio mounted elsewhere. Hardly an ideal solution.
...but come on, does anyone here really believe that if you choose to enable your Bluetooth device that others are not free to interface with your device to the extent that they can uniquely identify it? If you don't want to be tracked, maybe you should think twice about turning on Bluetooth.
...by Sarah Stillman, I've come to the conclusion that cops are basically stupid.
...I think it's fundamentally flawed in that it would not take much to have a misaligned page sliced right out of the book. Certainly nothing I'd risk a book of any value over. Sorry, this one appears to be a non-starter (although it is rather novel, pun intended).
...I took my Comp Sci students on a tour of TI's DMOS6 fab in Richardson, TX last year. (Rather fascinating, BTW, largest completely automated fab in the world at the time, since replaced by a bigger TI fab!). At any rate, our tour guide (an engineering type) told us TI got out of the calculator business years ago. The only thing a TI calculator shares with TI the company is the name stamped on the case and a couple TI chips inside. They are designed and built by non-TI companies.
Thanks for taking the time to post this, it does clarify the distinction. I'd mod you up if I didn't blow my points on posting...
...from the active duty SEALs used in Act of Valor? Oh wait, I know the answer: Because Act of Valor was a nice little right-wing propaganda film that showed the Navy in their best light. And EA is just a gaming company. Or something like that.
...if air conditioning was an option. Seriously. I couldn't imagine being couped up in one of these things on a 100F day. Or pedaling one to work on a muggy 80F morning. That's the main reason I don't ride a bike to work (a couple miles away): Summer mornings are nasty hot, and I simply can't show up to work dripping in sweat as there is no shower.
Give them some climate control, then you might see more adoption.
Avast does this as well.
...the EFF is willing to back me up with unlimited legal support when the FBI comes knocking at my door because my next door neighbors turn out to be pedos, I'm all for it.
From Wikipedia: "[Interfaces that emulate] objects in the physical world."
Don't lie and say you knew what that meant. You didn't...
While in Texas:
(c) The use of force to resist an arrest or search is justified:
(1) if, before the actor offers any resistance, the peace officer (or person acting at his direction) uses or attempts to use greater force than necessary to make the arrest or search; and
(2) when and to the degree the actor reasonably believes the force is immediately necessary to protect himself against the peace officer's (or other person's) use or attempted use of greater force than necessary.
Not that you won't be beaten into the ground and probably lose some teeth in the process...
They have over 1.5 million unique audio files in the Live Music Archive alone.
Since they can't be copied per the terms of the TOS, what good do they serve? Why bother counting something you technically can't access?
...since the TOS specifically prohibits copying data from the site:
"Our terms of use specify that users of the Wayback Machine are not to copy data from the collection. If there are special circumstances that you think the Archive should consider, please contact info at archive dot org. "
Warrick hasn't been taking new requests for months (and I'm sure it's more of a research tool than an actual service for the public), and the site effectively blocks attempts to backup data using wget. It makes me wonder who (or what) this archive really serves, because it's most certainly not the general public.
Analog transistors change characteristics with age at elevated temperature, where elevated is anything over 20C.
Ever notice how hot wireless routers get, especially when they are stacked? I find this to be the most plausible explanation yet posted...
they know the "problem" is so widespread that it would take tens of millions of lawyers working around the clock and an equal number of judges, experts, juries, etc., at a cost of many billions of dollars to go after everyone legally
It's all fun and games until they choose you at random of which to make you an example. You might win the battle, but at significant monetary cost to you. I'm just saying...if you want to tweak the tiger's tail, make sure you've got the financial backing to back yourself up if the tiger decides to bite back.
...why these data cannot simply be processed in such a way that regularly-occurring outliers are identified automatically? How much more accurate is visual identification of magnitude changes over an automated process?
Plus, I think it would be more fun to simply give me some raw data to work with, and let me write my own algorithms for spotting possible transits, rather than inefficiently starting at a screen for hours at a time, clicking yes/no bubbles.
Having a bigger signal than the other guy is how a sat relay got hijacked in the 80s to transmit a foul mouthed Max Headroom.
Just a minor nit: It was actually a microwave link that was hijacked, not a sat link. Cite: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_iuZ0NCSpo&feature=related
And in theory, any computer on the internet can display HTML pages correctly, yet there are still millions of MSIE users. Unless Microsoft installs it by default, there is very little chance of success.
And the success rate for returning a sample from Mars? 0%...guess that means NASA should give up on ever getting a sample from Mars?
Also; what's to stop OpenNIC from being abused by evil companies? Who decide who gets which domain(s)? How will people vet the billions of domains ranging from a.free to zzzzzzzzzzzzz.free that evil companies are destined to automatically submit every day?
Pretty much the same principles that keep open source from being abused by evil companies: Governance and oversight by those who want to see OpenNIC remain free and unencumbered. This might mean anything from limiting domain registrations on a per day basis to prohibiting automated registrations.
The point is that it's easy to be a naysayer, throw your hands up and announce "This isn't going to work." Those involved with OpenNIC choose not to adopt that attitude, and instead continue to fight for an alternative to ICANN (instead of just bitching about it on /.).
The point of a domain name is it should resolve correctly from on any computer on the internet. A domain that most users can't resolve is pretty much worthless.
Not unless people finally tire of the games ICANN plays and say enough is enough. BTW, any computer on the internet can resolve an OpenNIC TLD. It just needs a bit of configuration to do so. Of course, there will always be naysayers who say it's better to "stay the course," because we all know that alternatives are worthless.
OpenNIC isn't a for-profit entity. Rather, it's an open-source, democratic altroot that isn't interested in making money on TLDs. BTW, OpenNIC has been around now for 12 years or so. Interesting that they outlasted NewDotNet...
...that we really don't need ICANN when we have alternative democratic roots such as OpenNIC? Those who complain about the money-grubbing ways of ICANN really shouldn't complain if they haven't checked out the alternatives.
To bypass this nagging, just continue to use an old release of Firefox.
I use 3.5.7 (for various reasons, including better support for some protocols), and trust me, the nag dialog is there too. Got one yesterday before I read the /. article, was like "wtf?"...
You can almost hear Dieter Stark screaming 'Helvetes jÃvlar!'"
Huh?