I went and had a look at the aforementioned article. I stand by what I said. The vaccine may not create HIV antibodies, but it still prevents the virus from progressing (maybe).
You can't have a vaccine against a syndrome, since by its definition, a syndrome is:
"In medicine and psychology, the term syndrome refers to the association of several clinically recognizable features, signs (observed by a physician), symptoms (reported by the patient), phenomena or characteristics that often occur together, so that the presence of one feature alerts the physician to the presence of the others. In recent decades the term has been used outside of medicine to refer to a combination of phenomena seen in association." (wikipedia, of course).
You immunize against a virus (however that may work) leading to a symptomatic disease, you TREAT the disease itself.
I'm not normally a stickler for these, but AIDS is a syndrome, HIV is the virus that causes it. The vaccine can prevent you from acquiring HIV and thence from developing AIDS. It's not a cure, it's a preventative measure.
This kind of airship will, once at operating altitude, be essentially be impossible to shoot down unless the enemy has a true SAM based defense (e.g. SA-11). SAM would have no problems locking on, as they tend to be driven by an active radar on the ground - I doubt you could hide something that big from radar in any useful way (although, I wonder if making it extra radar reflective might not actually work better since it would give the missile to large an area to aim for?).
Stingers have a useful ceiling of around 15,000 feet, and they're driven by infra-red, which means you probably wouldn't get a lock on.*
The only other thing that would work would be a proper flak gun at around 88mm. While there's a lot of those lying around Afghanistan, getting them in working order, manning them, and providing reliable ammo would all be very problematic. Remember that flak is only really useful if someone is manning it 24/7 - the ceiling might be enough, but the range is terrible.
* Of course, the problem with all this is that given the MOUNTAINS in Afghanistan, I wonder if there isn't a shoulder fired active radar missile available. The ceiling wouldn't have to be 20,000 feet, but rather 20,000 feet - the height of the mountain the defender is standing on.
Also, it looks gay.
After the outcry over the adblock plus filter snafu, NoScript has stopped adding any filters to adblocking extensions.
IIRC, there was a movement to vote NoScript down so that it would be required to undergo a full code review of each update. The author apologised and removed the offending code.
You show me a better protection from JS and other plugins and I'll install it. But you can't, because there isn't anything in NoScript's league.
"All it takes is seeing a co-worker having his ass kicked because a manager had his chewed off by an angry client"
Really? To each his own, but imagine the scene...
kaladorn is sitting at his desk, working on speeding up the database lookups for the new software. Suddenly, the manager walks in, accompanied by two burly police officers. They stop at Jeff's desk, with the officers taking up positions either side of his chair. Jeff looks at kaladorn, his eyes screaming for help. But kaladorn knows better; he's seen this too many times - nothing can help Jeff now.
Without warning, the officer on the left takes out his nightstick; a sickening thud resounds through the office as the baton hits Jeff in the temple, sending him to the floor.
They work quickly, and Jeff's screams become little more than a whimper. The manager, silent throughout, steps over to the crumpled, shaking figure on the floor and calmly pours his coffee on him.
The officers slip out of the room, and the manager calmly turns around and in a slight voice says "Simon, I'm going to need you to fill in for Jeff for the next few days. Remember everyone - we're shipping next Thursday. I think we all appreciate why this contract is so important."
New job much?
I don't know what kind of hardware you guys roll, but all my laptops have shared the same problem. If you use them as your main machine (i.e. Go to work, plug in, go to lunch take it with you, use it on the train) then the battery life goes down drmatically. My macbook pro was down to 65% charge capacity within 11 months. I was told by the nice person in the store that this was perfectly normal.
I can also see circumstances where the laptop might end up containing sensitive data - how happy will the owners be for it to disappear into the apple ether for a week while its baterry gets replaced.
The audit office specifically asked that they be sent only the national insurance numbers - with ALL personal data removed. This was very clearly stated in the debare in parliament. Their requirements for the data apprear to have been in order to set up an auditing algorithm that would allow them to then go on site and inspect the records. They felt (quite fairly I would argure) that the only impartial way to set up the audit would be to pick numbers at random, without any other information about what the numbers related to). The problem here is the fact that one, or at most a handful of people took it upon themselves to contravene exsiting rules (which are obviously unenforceable, since you'd expect the system to refuse to download a non-encrypted copy of the entire database) and deal with the request without actually doing any work (i.e. by dumping all the information).
Whether that is criminal or simply irresponsible is for a smarter person than me to answer.
Personally I would identify data security as the major problem with web applications. Features, speed and availability will all improve as bandwidth becomes less of an issue - and privacy is something that could arguably be easier to control in what is essentially a thin client application. However, integrity and the (current) lack of guarantees regarding backups and recovery are the real stumbling block. If this can be overcome (and it's only going to happen when people are willing to pay for these services) then I don't see why web applications shouldn't become as popular as desktop environments.
That's fair. I think we're running into semantic differences here - and we're not likely to agree anytime soon.
So in the words of Evelyn Beatrice Hall (NOT Voltaire) - "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."
Nice way to twist my meaning there. I had hoped that it was obvious that I was referring to companies like Google or Yahoo or, I don't know - wait! Slashdot. hmm.
I can certainly understand your POV. Perhaps "winning" was the wrong choice of word. My feeling is simply that the web (and arguably) the world is a better place for having choice and (at times overwhelmingly) more information than you might require.
I'll also point out one thing - consider how you heard about slashdot (or any one of the other websites you visit every day). Even if you found out about them from a friend I could argue that is simply a free form of (guerrilla?) advertising. I certainly hope you berate your friends every time they mention the latest Vaio or Zune or whatever - since that's information which you could have gone out and gotten yourself if it interested you enough.
Sorry about the Tom Cruise thing - I never really paid attention to Minority Report.
I certainly hope that they never come up with a legislative solution either -> that's the day I head for the hills.
Nevertheless, there must be some middle ground that allows sites (like slashdot) that a lot of people use to continue providing essentially free content while not having to resort to membership fees.
That's a fair point - and I can respect the fact that you're straightforward enough to understand the consequences of your POV.
However, you must concede that entrepreneurial instinct (which often involves "pushing" information or products at people when they don't really need or want them) has done a lot to forward technological advances.
So, you're not willing to pay for content - or to view ads to support free content. Hope I'm not pointing out the obvious - but how are providers supposed to pay for all the hardware (I'll be generous and assume everyone can use FOSS) that runs the websites? Finally, what's the "winning" scenario here - consumers (if they can be called that) - getting everything for free? And how is this related to Tom Cruise?
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I went and had a look at the aforementioned article. I stand by what I said. The vaccine may not create HIV antibodies, but it still prevents the virus from progressing (maybe). You can't have a vaccine against a syndrome, since by its definition, a syndrome is: "In medicine and psychology, the term syndrome refers to the association of several clinically recognizable features, signs (observed by a physician), symptoms (reported by the patient), phenomena or characteristics that often occur together, so that the presence of one feature alerts the physician to the presence of the others. In recent decades the term has been used outside of medicine to refer to a combination of phenomena seen in association." (wikipedia, of course). You immunize against a virus (however that may work) leading to a symptomatic disease, you TREAT the disease itself.
*bows before Lord Ender, retreats fearfully*
Jesus did - I quote: "Look after the shop, I'm just going to grab a pack of cigarettes."
I'm not normally a stickler for these, but AIDS is a syndrome, HIV is the virus that causes it. The vaccine can prevent you from acquiring HIV and thence from developing AIDS. It's not a cure, it's a preventative measure.
This kind of airship will, once at operating altitude, be essentially be impossible to shoot down unless the enemy has a true SAM based defense (e.g. SA-11). SAM would have no problems locking on, as they tend to be driven by an active radar on the ground - I doubt you could hide something that big from radar in any useful way (although, I wonder if making it extra radar reflective might not actually work better since it would give the missile to large an area to aim for?). Stingers have a useful ceiling of around 15,000 feet, and they're driven by infra-red, which means you probably wouldn't get a lock on.* The only other thing that would work would be a proper flak gun at around 88mm. While there's a lot of those lying around Afghanistan, getting them in working order, manning them, and providing reliable ammo would all be very problematic. Remember that flak is only really useful if someone is manning it 24/7 - the ceiling might be enough, but the range is terrible. * Of course, the problem with all this is that given the MOUNTAINS in Afghanistan, I wonder if there isn't a shoulder fired active radar missile available. The ceiling wouldn't have to be 20,000 feet, but rather 20,000 feet - the height of the mountain the defender is standing on. Also, it looks gay.
After the outcry over the adblock plus filter snafu, NoScript has stopped adding any filters to adblocking extensions.
IIRC, there was a movement to vote NoScript down so that it would be required to undergo a full code review of each update. The author apologised and removed the offending code.
You show me a better protection from JS and other plugins and I'll install it. But you can't, because there isn't anything in NoScript's league.
"All it takes is seeing a co-worker having his ass kicked because a manager had his chewed off by an angry client" Really? To each his own, but imagine the scene... kaladorn is sitting at his desk, working on speeding up the database lookups for the new software. Suddenly, the manager walks in, accompanied by two burly police officers. They stop at Jeff's desk, with the officers taking up positions either side of his chair. Jeff looks at kaladorn, his eyes screaming for help. But kaladorn knows better; he's seen this too many times - nothing can help Jeff now. Without warning, the officer on the left takes out his nightstick; a sickening thud resounds through the office as the baton hits Jeff in the temple, sending him to the floor. They work quickly, and Jeff's screams become little more than a whimper. The manager, silent throughout, steps over to the crumpled, shaking figure on the floor and calmly pours his coffee on him. The officers slip out of the room, and the manager calmly turns around and in a slight voice says "Simon, I'm going to need you to fill in for Jeff for the next few days. Remember everyone - we're shipping next Thursday. I think we all appreciate why this contract is so important." New job much?
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It's just you.
I don't know what kind of hardware you guys roll, but all my laptops have shared the same problem. If you use them as your main machine (i.e. Go to work, plug in, go to lunch take it with you, use it on the train) then the battery life goes down drmatically. My macbook pro was down to 65% charge capacity within 11 months. I was told by the nice person in the store that this was perfectly normal. I can also see circumstances where the laptop might end up containing sensitive data - how happy will the owners be for it to disappear into the apple ether for a week while its baterry gets replaced.
The audit office specifically asked that they be sent only the national insurance numbers - with ALL personal data removed. This was very clearly stated in the debare in parliament. Their requirements for the data apprear to have been in order to set up an auditing algorithm that would allow them to then go on site and inspect the records. They felt (quite fairly I would argure) that the only impartial way to set up the audit would be to pick numbers at random, without any other information about what the numbers related to). The problem here is the fact that one, or at most a handful of people took it upon themselves to contravene exsiting rules (which are obviously unenforceable, since you'd expect the system to refuse to download a non-encrypted copy of the entire database) and deal with the request without actually doing any work (i.e. by dumping all the information).
Whether that is criminal or simply irresponsible is for a smarter person than me to answer.
Personally I would identify data security as the major problem with web applications. Features, speed and availability will all improve as bandwidth becomes less of an issue - and privacy is something that could arguably be easier to control in what is essentially a thin client application. However, integrity and the (current) lack of guarantees regarding backups and recovery are the real stumbling block. If this can be overcome (and it's only going to happen when people are willing to pay for these services) then I don't see why web applications shouldn't become as popular as desktop environments.
That's fair. I think we're running into semantic differences here - and we're not likely to agree anytime soon. So in the words of Evelyn Beatrice Hall (NOT Voltaire) - "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."
Sorry, but DARPA had the drop on old Tim. The Aspen Movie Map was the first hypermedia application - and predated the web by two years.
Nice way to twist my meaning there. I had hoped that it was obvious that I was referring to companies like Google or Yahoo or, I don't know - wait! Slashdot. hmm.
I can certainly understand your POV. Perhaps "winning" was the wrong choice of word. My feeling is simply that the web (and arguably) the world is a better place for having choice and (at times overwhelmingly) more information than you might require. I'll also point out one thing - consider how you heard about slashdot (or any one of the other websites you visit every day). Even if you found out about them from a friend I could argue that is simply a free form of (guerrilla?) advertising. I certainly hope you berate your friends every time they mention the latest Vaio or Zune or whatever - since that's information which you could have gone out and gotten yourself if it interested you enough.
Sorry about the Tom Cruise thing - I never really paid attention to Minority Report. I certainly hope that they never come up with a legislative solution either -> that's the day I head for the hills. Nevertheless, there must be some middle ground that allows sites (like slashdot) that a lot of people use to continue providing essentially free content while not having to resort to membership fees.
I disagree, and would argue that the web started with DARPA.
That's a fair point - and I can respect the fact that you're straightforward enough to understand the consequences of your POV. However, you must concede that entrepreneurial instinct (which often involves "pushing" information or products at people when they don't really need or want them) has done a lot to forward technological advances.
So, you're not willing to pay for content - or to view ads to support free content. Hope I'm not pointing out the obvious - but how are providers supposed to pay for all the hardware (I'll be generous and assume everyone can use FOSS) that runs the websites?
Finally, what's the "winning" scenario here - consumers (if they can be called that) - getting everything for free? And how is this related to Tom Cruise?