Keep in mind that for a long time, Latin (and to some extent, Greek) was the language of information and international communication. If you didn't speak it, you were a nobody.
Kind of like English to a programmer. Imagine where Linux would be if Linus had commented the first tarball in Finnish.
I propose a ban on the words "science" and "scientist". It's so vague that the only time you can use it is when you want to obscure their qualifications.
Besides, if a "non-scientist" had done the same, would it be less newsworthy?
legally private, as opposed to "secure"
I'm not sure this term has any meaning when applied to information that is instantly, cheaply and undetectably duplicated, especially if this duplication is the whole fucking point. How many servers did that mail pass through while it got to the recipient?
What we really need is to define encryption as a basic human right.
If your enemy has zero, and you have any number greater than zero, you have a significant advantage
Unless you believe the enemy has way more than you. Then it doesn't matter how much they really have.
They're rich.
An elementary result of graph theory is that some graphs are not planar,
Don't bring math into a discussion about math. This is Slashdot.
Go ahead, say you've never broken the law and gotten away with it. Make yourself a liar.
That's more likely ignorance than an outright lie. Given enough laws, everyone is a criminal.
Alright, here's an idea:
1. Find those rare teachers who can teach in a manner interesting enough to hold everyone's attention
2. Record their lessons
3. Play those everywhere else.
Alternatively, sit the kids down in front of a computer with *only* Wikipedia, and tell them to write a report on any topic they want.
We're living in the age of supercomputers and Internet for god's sake, waaaaay beyond what science fiction writers thought possible even 30 years ago. Why not learn how to use it?
Since everyone in this thread distinguishes between Remocrats and Depublicans, calling doublethink on that particular factoid alone seems kind of pointless to me.
Flamewar time!
BSD is concerned about the end users: "I want Microsoft to ship my TCP stack with their OS. At least it'll have one part that works." Of course, the people involved often forget that so they end up both feeling smug about being "more free" than GPL and whining about getting ripped off.
GPL is concerned about the software development process: "I scratch your back, you scratch mine." Of course, the people involved often forget that so they end up both feeling smug about being "more free" than BSD and whining about how nobody else uses their code, and how the forest should be GPL because they saw a squirrel looking at their screen once.
Yes, it does have pretty charts.
I recommend fdisk.
A competitive market should result in enough profits going to owners of capital that keeping their capital in that market makes sense.
Staying in business is not guaranteed in a free market. A truly competitive market would result in minimal profit margins for all companies involved.
Back in high school, the cops did a drug sting on campus.
Thankfully, copyright infringement is not a criminal category yet.
They busted the drug dealers AND the people that told them how to find the drug dealers.
By that reasoning, we could lock up most politicians. They've been telling me there's child porn on the internet for years.
being part of the problem means you are part of the problem.
Are you sure?
Satellites are irregularly-shaped and have flat reflective surfaces.
How is this not +5 Insightful already? Does anyone really think we can split or stop metal parts by shining light on them? It was a slightly less retarded idea when all they wanted to do was burn a tiny little hole into aircraft and nukes, but this is ridiculous.
Since when does NASA take their knowledge of physics from Star Trek?
"Experience has proved that some people indeed know everything." -- Russell Baker
