Webster's is an abomination unto the Holy English Language - any dictionary that would allow "momentarily" as meaning "in a moment" rather than "for a moment" would be. Looks like others (Oxford) are also falling into this dangerous syncretism.
Personally, I don't think I'd like to be in a plane that takes off "momentarily"..
Only 1/2
That's certainly what people fear most: getting caught wearing glasses while watching porn.
No, I think what people fear most is what the previous user was doing when wearing it..
Well, he might have a defense given three of the four factors:
Wrong. From http://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/faq-protect.html:
How do I copyright a name, title, slogan or logo?
Copyright does not protect names, titles, slogans, or short phrases. In some cases, these things may be protected as trademarks. Contact the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, 800-786-9199, for further information. However, copyright protection may be available for logo artwork that contains sufficient authorship. In some circumstances, an artistic logo may also be protected as a trademark.
Vending machines rely on mechanical factors, mostly: Weight, size, metallic composition (measured by conductivity characteristics).
This one seems to focus on the graphics on the faces. It's complementary.
Totally impenetrable physical security doesn't exist, but totally impenetrable electronic security most certainly does. It's quite simple to make something completely immune to hacker attacks over the internet: disconnect it from the internet!
Which was exactly my instant reaction when I saw the story. The real problem, as mentioned by Congressman Langevin, is that most of the power providers are small private operators that swim in murky waters. They like the "convenience" of having their billing systems, control systems, and the secretary's network resources all on the same network ("easy to administer with one sysadmin", I suppose), and "just put a firewall" to protect the key systems.
Profit is everything when the profits tend to be razor-thin. It's the middlemen that make most of the money, not the producers.
Of course, our defense infrastructure isn't immune to this, either. The easiest "break-ins" are apparently by just leaving around USB keys in the parking lot, and depending on unsuspecting and greedy people picking them up and sticking it into their laptops or desktops to see what's on it (and whether they can nab it for themselves..)
You do realize that this is just another salvo in the Chinese effort to cripple American business productivity and efficiency, don't you? What little there is left of it, that is?
1. Only the inbox will download new messages, all other folders must be synchronized manually
Thank *goodness* it does it like that.
I normally get several hundred messages a day, most of which are boilerplate notifications from our SCCS, or bug system, or
This way, my iPhone isn't constantly beeping with dozens of messages every few minutes.
From the article:
> The system contains both a methanol fuel cell and a Li-on battery
The plus is that their judiciary, though as corrupt as the rest of the country, is under no political pressure.
... gasp! OK, I just picked myself off the floor after LMAO.
Of course they are vulnerable to political pressure: promotions to higher courts depends entirely on the current administration in charge.
Not to mention the threat of a "transfer" to the boondocks, where it's quite commonplace for judges to be menaced by local politicians and thugs (the same thing, really) into doing their bidding.
Anyways, I could care less.
For the win!
(excellent post!)
That was the first thought that crossed my mind, too..
If you have a procedure with 10 parameters, you probably missed some.
