I really don't think that Powerset understood your question all that well. Its first answer: "Rob Malda (born May 10, 1976), also known as CmdrTaco, is the founder of the website Slashdot. He is a graduate of Hope College and Holland Christian High School."
But then look at its fourth answer, "Hope College
Rob "CmdrTaco" Malda, founder of Slashdot... * attended but did not graduate from Hope."
Amen....I remember researching something usually meant using several different search engines
At that point, I remember trying to use some of the meta-search engines--"Dogpile" is the only name that comes to mind. Their value was that they searched Google and Yahoo and Alta Vista, etc. up to 8 or 10 different search engines. You were lucky if they came up with anything more relevant than a search on just Google or Yahoo.
In addition to not giving us the URL, you didn't even tell us what the project is. For example, I might be interested in helping out on a program that makes some part of legal research easier but not on a physics project. If even the parameters of the project are this hush-hush, you aren't likely to get a lot of help from the FOSS community -- remember the "O" stands for "Open."
It's not better technology, it's better targeting. You mean they've really figured out a way to target downloaders without having a Media Sentry involved in unlicensed investigating?
Absolutely right, Coward. If one follows your link to the actual text of the regulations, it's clear that they are directed only at major banks and their subsidiaries. Further, these regulations are only designed to catch identity theft by making a bank where I'm opening an account or have an existing account ensure that I really have changed my address to somewhere in Transylvania.
In fact, the cumulative effect of this regulation when added to the numerous other identity checking rules established by the federal and state authorities may have more of an effect on consumers than on banks and other businesses. [sarcasm]Maybe we all need to have the "Real ID" chip containing all of our private information implanted in our left shoulder?'[end sarcasm]
From TFA, "From Monday 21st April you will be able can find this information as a
torrent file at..."
Apparently, if you're a Comcast customer, your chance of being able to download the torrent are probably very slim. Even though Cogeco is the highest-rated Canadian ISP in terms of resets, the top 20 list contains many different Comcast ISP ID's.
Actually, Duck Tape supports a variety of uses for its product. In fact, they're now running an annual contest for the best prom outfits made from Duck Tape. Some of the entries from previous years can be found at: http://www.ducktapeclub.com/contests/prom/archive.asp
There may be a simple solution: open the lid, hold the laptop upside down and firmly slap all over the bottom. If a stuck key is being caused by a lump of dirt, a crumb of food, or a couple of real bugs hiding out, this process will dislodge them thus magically unsticking the key(s). Obviously, those in "developed" countries could just use a can of pressurized air or a vacuum, but these kids probably don't have access to either.
Sorry, Z80, if I wasn't clear. First, some of the older worms took advantage of the fact that the typeface used in Task Manager made it virtually impossible to distinguish between lowercase l (ell) and uppercase I (eye), so that they could hide as something like dII.exe and be mistaken for dll.exe.
Also, shortly before I gave up on Windows, much was being made on the various windows discussion boards about the fact that SVC.host was not legitimate and svc.host was. As I recall, the defining factor turned out to be not the typeface as much as what directory it was in: if it was C:\WINDOWS it was good and if it was in C:\WINDOWS32, it was bad -- or maybe it was the other way around.
On the other hand, I've never once had to spend hours googling around trying to find out if it's ABC.dll or abc.dll that carries the virus and how I can get rid of it. And I don't have to spend time updating a firewall, a spy-catcher, an ad-catcher and a couple of anti-virus programs that I hope will catch anything that the other programs missed.
No, wait a minute -- if we let all those Windows folks start using our Linux distros, they'll probably bring their trojans, botnets, etc. with them. Let's leave Linux for us GEEKs.
Also, don't overlook the possibility that you and your goals/aims may change in the future. At the L.A. school, you can just go in an change your major; if you're at the IT school, you may have more trouble changing -- although I do know someone who majored in English at MIT.
Drivers had to weigh at least 50 kilograms = drivers must weigh => 50 kg.= drivers must weigh => 100 pounds.
So why is this modded "informative?"
Sorry it's too early for me to look up the code for the "equal to or greater than" symbol.
can all those who paid up because of their accusations counter sue and reclaim some of the damages paid?
No, the people who settled essentially paid to avoid going to trial so they don't get to change their minds and have a trial now just because they found out that they probably wouldn't have lost.
Thanks, nbert, I agree that the T-Mobile phone booth is bad, particularly in contrast with the more subtle colors of the SwissCom next to it. However, as to not "covering huge areas with pink anymore," this http://www.t-mobile.com/ should link you to the current US T-Mobile site.
I've been a T-Mobile subscriber for about 7 years now and am currently paying them for 4 phones on my family plan.* If asked prior to today, I would have said that "their color" was a shade of aqua-ish blue. When I went to the T-Mobile page after reading the engadget article, it was covered in that horrible magenta. Maybe they should rename the color to "OMG Ponies Pink."
*Now I'm sorry that I'm locked in for about 22 more months.
Yes, I started out on AOL in days when it was the only option where I lived. As I recall, you could pay something like $9.95 for five hours per month, but then you paid 25 or 30 cents for every minute you went over the five hours. It only took most of us one month of overage charges to decide that the $19.95 "unlimited" plan was much better.
And not one leak? Not one failed, incorruptible whistleblower?
Obviously, you didn't RTFA. The German, Norwegian and Croatian members whose votes were essentially negated have all blown the whistle and it's having just as much effect as the detailed account of Dubya's lies about Iraq has had on continuing the war he started. I think people in many countries, starting here in the good old USA, should start reading some history; e.g., "When in the course of human events...."
Perhaps the law should be changed and make it mandatory to store the devices (or a properly audited image) for a fixed period just like proper backups, for the purpose of keeping proper records of all government activity.
There is no change in the law needed. Title 44 of the US Code contains explicit laws regarding the proper storage and disposal of government records. Just a couple of examples:
Sec. 2202. Ownership of Presidential records
The United States shall reserve and retain complete ownership,
possession, and control of Presidential records; and such records shall
be administered in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
Sec. 3314. Procedures for disposal of records exclusive
The procedures prescribed by this chapter are exclusive, and records
of the United States Government may not be alienated or destroyed except
under this chapter.
In other words, this is just like Bush's "signing statements"; he has made it clear all along that he'll follow only those laws that allow him to do exactly what he wants.
Burying ourselves in mountains of information, a majority of it innocuous, might actually work against us.
It all depends on who you include in "us." If "us" is all of the people who might like to maintain our privacy just because it's not really the government's business what time we order pizza or what books we're reading today, having this overload of information might be helpful since the fusion centers could be so busy trying to organize it all that they'd never be able to interfere with our legal activities. On the other hand, if "us" is the general populace who would like to prevent terrorism, the masses of information would probably keep the centers from doing anything meaningful to prevent the mayhem. Remember that the various government offices had enough information to prevent 9/11, they just didn't have it correlated and/or they failed to believe it.
It's easy to take the moral high ground and say, "Don't rip off music that doesn't belong to you." But it really isn't that simple because it begs the question of when does the music "belong" to us. Some of the more senior among us may have bought a favorite song as a 45 rpm record, as part of an album, as a cassette (and if we hit the timing wrong, on an 8-track tape) and then as a CD album. Do you really think we should now go out an buy another version so that we can listen to the same song as an MP3? Many of us will do that or will make an MP3 from one of the versions we already own but, as I understand it, RIAA believes that even "ripping" an MP3 from one of the many versions we've already bought is "piracy." And, the RIAA is run for the benefit of the same group of companies that are telling the composers and performers that they're not due any royalties because the company mysteriously failed to make any profit from the 4 or 5 versions that we've already purchased.
Have you noticed the alarming "suicide" rate among the managers of Chinese factories which have been found to engage in practices like using lead paint on children's toys.
According to a front page story in today's Tampa Bay Times [http://www.tampabay.com/tbt/], on Saturday, Jimmy posted a notice in his Wikipedia entry that the romance with Rachel Marsden was over -- this was allegedly done prior to his sending her an IM informing her of the split. She is said to have retaliated by offering a shirt and jacket of Jimmy's for sale on eBay.
Thanks for historical updates, i.r.,
I guess some of that depends on your interpretation of which arms -- along the spectrum from derringers to Uzis -- citizens are allowed to own under the 2d amendment. But, even aside from that issue, I believe that our "well-armed militia" definitely includes the National Guard and the Armed Service Reserves and they're too busy being dispatched to the Mideast to be protecting us at home. Therefore, we're left with the 3d amendment as the only intact one.
Amd thanks for the nod to the Battle of Athens; I'd never heard of it before.
The last time I flew Southwest, there seemed to be an inordinately large number of people who had to board early because of "special needs" and, of course, each of them had to be accompanied by their entire group to help them. So here I was behind 7 little old people, each of whom was accompanied by up to 4 assistants. As might be expected, by the time the rest of us were able to board, we were stuck with middle seats and no overhead space available. But then, we must have flown high enough for God to see these poor unfortunates and cure their infirmities because they were all jerking their luggage out of the overheads and stampeding over the the rest of us when it came time to deplane.
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But then look at its fourth answer, "Hope College Rob "CmdrTaco" Malda, founder of Slashdot ... * attended but did not graduate from Hope."
At that point, I remember trying to use some of the meta-search engines--"Dogpile" is the only name that comes to mind. Their value was that they searched Google and Yahoo and Alta Vista, etc. up to 8 or 10 different search engines. You were lucky if they came up with anything more relevant than a search on just Google or Yahoo.
In addition to not giving us the URL, you didn't even tell us what the project is. For example, I might be interested in helping out on a program that makes some part of legal research easier but not on a physics project. If even the parameters of the project are this hush-hush, you aren't likely to get a lot of help from the FOSS community -- remember the "O" stands for "Open."
I don't know where all the pinball machines have gone, but the Glass Wax is still available from the Vermont Country Store. http://www.vermontcountrystore.com/shopping/product/detailmain.jsp?itemID=11768&itemType=PRODUCT&RS=1&keyword=glass+wax
In fact, the cumulative effect of this regulation when added to the numerous other identity checking rules established by the federal and state authorities may have more of an effect on consumers than on banks and other businesses. [sarcasm]Maybe we all need to have the "Real ID" chip containing all of our private information implanted in our left shoulder?'[end sarcasm]
Apparently, if you're a Comcast customer, your chance of being able to download the torrent are probably very slim. Even though Cogeco is the highest-rated Canadian ISP in terms of resets, the top 20 list contains many different Comcast ISP ID's.
Actually, Duck Tape supports a variety of uses for its product. In fact, they're now running an annual contest for the best prom outfits made from Duck Tape. Some of the entries from previous years can be found at: http://www.ducktapeclub.com/contests/prom/archive.asp
There may be a simple solution: open the lid, hold the laptop upside down and firmly slap all over the bottom. If a stuck key is being caused by a lump of dirt, a crumb of food, or a couple of real bugs hiding out, this process will dislodge them thus magically unsticking the key(s). Obviously, those in "developed" countries could just use a can of pressurized air or a vacuum, but these kids probably don't have access to either.
Also, shortly before I gave up on Windows, much was being made on the various windows discussion boards about the fact that SVC.host was not legitimate and svc.host was. As I recall, the defining factor turned out to be not the typeface as much as what directory it was in: if it was C:\WINDOWS it was good and if it was in C:\WINDOWS32, it was bad -- or maybe it was the other way around.
No, wait a minute -- if we let all those Windows folks start using our Linux distros, they'll probably bring their trojans, botnets, etc. with them. Let's leave Linux for us GEEKs.
Also, don't overlook the possibility that you and your goals/aims may change in the future. At the L.A. school, you can just go in an change your major; if you're at the IT school, you may have more trouble changing -- although I do know someone who majored in English at MIT.
Drivers had to weigh at least 50 kilograms = drivers must weigh => 50 kg.= drivers must weigh => 100 pounds. So why is this modded "informative?" Sorry it's too early for me to look up the code for the "equal to or greater than" symbol.
No, the people who settled essentially paid to avoid going to trial so they don't get to change their minds and have a trial now just because they found out that they probably wouldn't have lost.
Thanks, nbert, I agree that the T-Mobile phone booth is bad, particularly in contrast with the more subtle colors of the SwissCom next to it. However, as to not "covering huge areas with pink anymore," this http://www.t-mobile.com/ should link you to the current US T-Mobile site.
*Now I'm sorry that I'm locked in for about 22 more months.
Yes, I started out on AOL in days when it was the only option where I lived. As I recall, you could pay something like $9.95 for five hours per month, but then you paid 25 or 30 cents for every minute you went over the five hours. It only took most of us one month of overage charges to decide that the $19.95 "unlimited" plan was much better.
Obviously, you didn't RTFA. The German, Norwegian and Croatian members whose votes were essentially negated have all blown the whistle and it's having just as much effect as the detailed account of Dubya's lies about Iraq has had on continuing the war he started. I think people in many countries, starting here in the good old USA, should start reading some history; e.g., "When in the course of human events...."
There is no change in the law needed. Title 44 of the US Code contains explicit laws regarding the proper storage and disposal of government records. Just a couple of examples:
In other words, this is just like Bush's "signing statements"; he has made it clear all along that he'll follow only those laws that allow him to do exactly what he wants.
It all depends on who you include in "us." If "us" is all of the people who might like to maintain our privacy just because it's not really the government's business what time we order pizza or what books we're reading today, having this overload of information might be helpful since the fusion centers could be so busy trying to organize it all that they'd never be able to interfere with our legal activities. On the other hand, if "us" is the general populace who would like to prevent terrorism, the masses of information would probably keep the centers from doing anything meaningful to prevent the mayhem. Remember that the various government offices had enough information to prevent 9/11, they just didn't have it correlated and/or they failed to believe it.
It's easy to take the moral high ground and say, "Don't rip off music that doesn't belong to you." But it really isn't that simple because it begs the question of when does the music "belong" to us. Some of the more senior among us may have bought a favorite song as a 45 rpm record, as part of an album, as a cassette (and if we hit the timing wrong, on an 8-track tape) and then as a CD album. Do you really think we should now go out an buy another version so that we can listen to the same song as an MP3? Many of us will do that or will make an MP3 from one of the versions we already own but, as I understand it, RIAA believes that even "ripping" an MP3 from one of the many versions we've already bought is "piracy." And, the RIAA is run for the benefit of the same group of companies that are telling the composers and performers that they're not due any royalties because the company mysteriously failed to make any profit from the 4 or 5 versions that we've already purchased.
Have you noticed the alarming "suicide" rate among the managers of Chinese factories which have been found to engage in practices like using lead paint on children's toys.
According to a front page story in today's Tampa Bay Times [http://www.tampabay.com/tbt/], on Saturday, Jimmy posted a notice in his Wikipedia entry that the romance with Rachel Marsden was over -- this was allegedly done prior to his sending her an IM informing her of the split. She is said to have retaliated by offering a shirt and jacket of Jimmy's for sale on eBay.
Thanks for historical updates, i.r., I guess some of that depends on your interpretation of which arms -- along the spectrum from derringers to Uzis -- citizens are allowed to own under the 2d amendment. But, even aside from that issue, I believe that our "well-armed militia" definitely includes the National Guard and the Armed Service Reserves and they're too busy being dispatched to the Mideast to be protecting us at home. Therefore, we're left with the 3d amendment as the only intact one. Amd thanks for the nod to the Battle of Athens; I'd never heard of it before.
The last time I flew Southwest, there seemed to be an inordinately large number of people who had to board early because of "special needs" and, of course, each of them had to be accompanied by their entire group to help them. So here I was behind 7 little old people, each of whom was accompanied by up to 4 assistants. As might be expected, by the time the rest of us were able to board, we were stuck with middle seats and no overhead space available. But then, we must have flown high enough for God to see these poor unfortunates and cure their infirmities because they were all jerking their luggage out of the overheads and stampeding over the the rest of us when it came time to deplane.