In a corporate environment, the IT dept runs its own update server. Desktop machines do not connect to servers outside the corp to get updates. Everything is controlled.
Chances are that most of the 'children' on Myspace were adults and police posing as children to trap predators and they finally got tired of it and moved along...
The question revolves around the fact that a digital scan of a book, isn't a copy of a book, since it isn't paper. This is similar to taking a photo of a statue, which doesn't infringe copyright of the statue. Same with taking a photo of a painting, it doesn't infringe copyright, since a photo isn't a painting.
IM isn't point to point. It passes through a central IM server, which normally logs everything. Running a public IM server (AIM, MS IM) is a fantastic intelligence tool...
Yup, the only place a wind genny makes sense is at a holiday cottage on a windy coast with no electricity grid. In that case, a second hand car alternator coupled to a large cooling fan from a stationary motor and a truck battery, will make a setup good enough for 12V lights and a small TV.
With a simple setup like this, a 5 foot post mount is good enough, if it needs maintenance, you just lift it off. You need not even worry about slip rings - just keep some slack, unplug and unwrap the cable once a week, the wind doesn't go round and round all that much.
Due to low rotational speed the efficiency is low, but the wind is free and blows non-stop at the sea side. If the post is sturdy, it runs quiet - I filled a 4" steel pipe with cement, which ensured almost zero vibration. I have used it till the grid caught up to us a few years later. Anything bigger will cost big bucks to build and maintain.
You can't do this in the suburbs though - not enough wind amongst the houses and trees.
You are conveniently ignoring the Patriot Act. The USA is operating under a limited State of Emergency. That act grants the President and others extra powers. The situation is not normal, even though it has been the 'norm' for a few years now.
When everybody has to shell out for Windows, the attractiveness of Linux increases a lot. However, I doubt very much that it will stop pirating. It may delay the the release of an unlocked version by a few hours at most...
Ooooh, and without a paper trail, how do you prove that you did in fact vote, if your salary payment is suddenly stopped? Something tells me that mandatory voting may be the law, but it is not enforced.
I believe that one can program an off the shelf point of sale system to do a vote count without much effort. You don't even need to write any software. Just get something from Sharp, NCR, Citizen, Canon, or any other of a whole zoo of commercially available POS machines. Also, anyone that can do: "Ya'want fries wizzat?", can then run an election, but that would be real grass-roots democracy and we don't want that, now do we?
All you need is a printed paper trail. Then the system can be subjected to random inspections: Count the paper, look at the electronic tally and compare, to make sure it is within a margin of hand counting error. That is why Diebold *doesn't* want paper trails. They are afraid that it will show just how bad and unreliable their systems are.
Well, you don't need source code to install malware on a system. Think about all the zillions of Windoze viruses out there. Therefore, *not* having the source doesn't make you any more secure. However, having the source code, does make it easier to spot trouble and fix it.
No, they can't be opened with a key, but shortly after passing through passport control, you can find all your information online with Google. Very handy. Now you can never forget who you are...
I've had one of those weird donations happen to me. Got $5 from a Muslim Charity in Switzerland. Why would they want to give me money? I'm an atheist for all the gods' sake...
Slashdot Mirror
Here is a manufacturer of 12V and 24V DC cooling fans, up to 1.2kW:
http://www.electricfanengineering.com/offroad.htm
All you need is one of these 24V units, and a charge control circuit. The biggest one would provide several hundred Watt in a stiff breeze.
In a corporate environment, the IT dept runs its own update server. Desktop machines do not connect to servers outside the corp to get updates. Everything is controlled.
Chances are that most of the 'children' on Myspace were adults and police posing as children to trap predators and they finally got tired of it and moved along...
The question revolves around the fact that a digital scan of a book, isn't a copy of a book, since it isn't paper. This is similar to taking a photo of a statue, which doesn't infringe copyright of the statue. Same with taking a photo of a painting, it doesn't infringe copyright, since a photo isn't a painting.
IM isn't point to point. It passes through a central IM server, which normally logs everything. Running a public IM server (AIM, MS IM) is a fantastic intelligence tool...
Hmm, there is about $40 on that bill that you will have to pay even if your grid electricity use is zero.
Yup, the only place a wind genny makes sense is at a holiday cottage on a windy coast with no electricity grid. In that case, a second hand car alternator coupled to a large cooling fan from a stationary motor and a truck battery, will make a setup good enough for 12V lights and a small TV.
With a simple setup like this, a 5 foot post mount is good enough, if it needs maintenance, you just lift it off. You need not even worry about slip rings - just keep some slack, unplug and unwrap the cable once a week, the wind doesn't go round and round all that much.
Due to low rotational speed the efficiency is low, but the wind is free and blows non-stop at the sea side. If the post is sturdy, it runs quiet - I filled a 4" steel pipe with cement, which ensured almost zero vibration. I have used it till the grid caught up to us a few years later. Anything bigger will cost big bucks to build and maintain.
You can't do this in the suburbs though - not enough wind amongst the houses and trees.
You are conveniently ignoring the Patriot Act. The USA is operating under a limited State of Emergency. That act grants the President and others extra powers. The situation is not normal, even though it has been the 'norm' for a few years now.
I'll have temporary cancer", sang the bard.
Dunn however, really does have cancer, so if the proceedings are stretched out long enough, it will be a self correcting problem.
Scandal? Sure, but how can we program a voting machine to abuse little boys?
Oh my. That could be interesting...
When everybody has to shell out for Windows, the attractiveness of Linux increases a lot. However, I doubt very much that it will stop pirating. It may delay the the release of an unlocked version by a few hours at most...
You conveniently forgot about royalties.
Make 10 million widgets and pay $5 royalty per widget for your proprietary tools and suddenly your figures look very different.
I'm a scizophrenic, hiding behind a bluetooth headset, you insensitive clod!
Ooooh, and without a paper trail, how do you prove that you did in fact vote, if your salary payment is suddenly stopped? Something tells me that mandatory voting may be the law, but it is not enforced.
I believe that one can program an off the shelf point of sale system to do a vote count without much effort. You don't even need to write any software. Just get something from Sharp, NCR, Citizen, Canon, or any other of a whole zoo of commercially available POS machines. Also, anyone that can do: "Ya'want fries wizzat?", can then run an election, but that would be real grass-roots democracy and we don't want that, now do we?
All you need is a printed paper trail. Then the system can be subjected to random inspections: Count the paper, look at the electronic tally and compare, to make sure it is within a margin of hand counting error. That is why Diebold *doesn't* want paper trails. They are afraid that it will show just how bad and unreliable their systems are.
Well, you don't need source code to install malware on a system. Think about all the zillions of Windoze viruses out there. Therefore, *not* having the source doesn't make you any more secure. However, having the source code, does make it easier to spot trouble and fix it.
Hmm, the SNAFU is that your notebook is FUBAR and you are SOL. Makes me feel NAAFI.
Hmmm, looks like Sony beat the Chinese to it and developed the first fusion batteries...
How do you run Office 2003 on Linux? AFAIK CxOffice doesn't support it yet.
No, they can't be opened with a key, but shortly after passing through passport control, you can find all your information online with Google. Very handy. Now you can never forget who you are...
I've had one of those weird donations happen to me. Got $5 from a Muslim Charity in Switzerland. Why would they want to give me money? I'm an atheist for all the gods' sake...
Stereoscopic display for tri-eyed whores from Transylvania?
Much worse than that. This is the only planet with chocolate!