From what I understand of their boxes, they are able to operate without communicating at all with Blue Coat. Syria doesn't have to sneakily do anything. And I doubt a country's ISP cares about cloud-based ANYTHING. They just want to configure a box to block traffic. What Syria is doing may be more advanced, but would you blame Cisco if someone set up a router not to route to select IPs?
That's cool; I like personal responsibility. Just don't expect my insurance premium to cover you. Please save up money for emphysema treatment or find a way to die before the more costly smoking-caused illnesses set in.
As usual, they're simply trying to make a statement in a controversial manner
And websites like Slashdot disseminate these articles on their behalf instead of more meaningful, less sensational ones. Unfortunately, these articles keep you and me coming back here to click on the ads (or Slashdot would still be a blog run by CmdrTaco).
this could be one of two things: wifi hotspots being found via a network of other iphones or
He filtered out wifi from the data before doing the analysis.
Ultimately every element that exists above the level of hydrogen was formed in a sun somewhere so nuclear power is stellar power.
But the only reason some stars eventually make higher elements is because of gravity. So really, nuclear power is fuelled by gravity.
Can we blame what happened to Hiroshima and Nagasaki on gravity?
The Debian project lead, Stefano Zacchiroli, is being terribly misquoted.
The numbers in the article do not address the common case of having one package maintainer for both distros. That 74% actually means that 74% of packages are *in common* between the distros. It is conceivable that much of that 74% is because of maintainers who contribute to both distributions. It isn't fair to say that Debian does all the work and Ubuntu merely takes advantage of it.
Seeing that the same package exists in both Debian and Ubuntu does not mean that the package originated in Debian and was taken without effort by an Ubuntu maintainer. Frequently, the same person creates a package for both. Either by creating an Ubuntu package and verifying that it works on Debian or the other way around.
Go look at the names of package maintainers. You'll see the same big group of people working on both projects.
Microsoft may have an exclusive deal with Netflix to have built-in Netflix support. Simply giving DVDs out with software for the other platforms *without* the possibility to install it may get around this agreement.
Right, good point, that's an example of where a fringe or elitist policy prescription would have counterproductive consequences. But I still think the government classified information system is out of control. Unfortunately it's hard to show the need for reform since it's largely invisible.
The patent system is a mess also, and it's also an invisible problem in the sense that it's partially beyond the technical comprehension of most people, but at least we can present data when we argue about it.
You don't have to "prove" anything to file a lawsuit, and Monsanto launches many civil lawsuits based on "raids" (i.e. blatant trespassing) and anonymous tips. Remember these are civil cases, and the cost of defending civil actions can be more than even a large farm can bear.
Read about Pilot Grove for a good example. The suit was settled last year.
No law requires taking people off the air due to what they say. That is done voluntarily by the broadcaster in question, because they don't want to lose their listeners or watchers.
"If it ain't broke, don't fix it." - Bert Lantz
