This is where the angst comes from. You are entirely right, but the whole "engineer" mindset hates that kind of limitation. "There's no reason I can't do that" is thought of because there is no... hrm.... tangible reason? This is the same phenomena that explains how vehemently some attack the "lockdowns" that folks like Apple and Sony place on their hardware. Does that help explain why you see this viewpoint so often in this arena?

I have to ask, because I've not interacted with very many.

Are all lawyers as reasonable as you? Where does that "reputation" come from if that IS true?

I'm pretty sure he has more to worry about from China than the US.

Indeed. For example, not many people realize that acetaminophen/paracetamol (Tylenol) can utterly destroy your liver... and it's not even difficult to reach the dosage to do that. Look here for some likely numbers.

I know I was close to the line when I was having some trouble with my teeth. I was keeping a running tally per 24-hour period. How many people do you think would do that?

Correct. The cultivars you are going to find at a home-and-garden are not going to be that efficient (intentionally or not).

I used to work with an idiot who was all into that. Pretty lame to hear him talking about it all the time. I'm surprised he didn't get busted.

So, why doesn't he keep the shit in a safe then?

I'm curious. What specifically is lacking in OpenJDK that causes your project to be incompatible? Finding out from someone who's been-there-done-that is much preferable to hitting that specific brick wall yourself.

I had thought it was only a few things that were different - sound (fixed), serial IO (fixed... I thought) for example.

That was odd. Slashdot ate the parameter from my anchor URL... Search for "lead free ammunition".

Damn Google, spoiling my joke.

Don't use lead, it's bad for the environment. Use this instead.

I love it when people romanize words from other scripts and totally ignore pronunciation. Why would you write "Navajo" when it sounds like "Nayiyee"? We have constructs that form that sound, so WTF would you choose something totally inappropriate?

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Lets add to that:

If you can control the area, you can pick out targets. If you smash the area and scatter everyone, your job just became much more difficult.

You are not required to hide the first 6 digits or the last 4. That part of the card is not "sensitive"

That's not a function of IE. It just happens to have a very stupid place to hold the setting.

Finish reading my post please. You didn't even look at the link did you? Note what operating system it applies to.

Unless you're telling me you're stuck on IE5 of all things, back on the win9x series...

Oh damn, that even works on XP. Guess you have no reason to bitch then!