Comment Re:Why didn't he just use (Score 1) 240
Why didn't he just use RFC 3514?
... That fact that his IP address was the offending IP Address was enough probable clause for an Arrest Warrant.
Not remotely.
But was it sufficient for a search warrant (which seems to be more on point than an arrest warrant)? That is, if the cops have reason to believe that a particular location (without regard to any person) is involved in illegal activity, is that sufficient to search that location? And, can we agree that IP number and ISP DHCP log files provide a reason to believe that a particular location is involved?
I don't even know what a Java Guido is!
It meant to say "Reactive HOOTERS at State & Main."
Except the Hooters restaurant in Champaign is at the corner of State & Fox.
Just because it's known to be satire doesn't mean that you're not going to be found to be harming somebody.
Yes, it does mean precisely that. RTFA.
[Section 528.5(a)]:
[Section 528.5(b)]: For purposes of this section, an impersonation is credible if another person would reasonably believe, or did reasonably believe, that the defendant was or is the person who was impersonated.
So, no, if it is known to be satire, then you cannot be guilty of this particular offense.
In the 80's I worked for a small (~ 40 person) software company. Back then all software was sold in boxes, with each box having a unique serial number.
The president of the company (I'll call him 'Richard', since that was his name) was sort of a nerd, and he liked to play head games. First, he bought one box / quarter from each of our competitors. From the (sequential) serial numbers, he could reliably estimate their sales rate. Also, all of our competitors started their serial numbers at 1, so he could estimate everyone's total sales.
Not satisfied at gathering intel on our competitors, Richard decided to plant some false intel of his own. Our serial numbers were strictly increasing, but they were not sequential. Richard could adjust the apparent sales rate of our product by choosing the interval between serial numbers. Also, the first box of each of our products was always serial #8386. And the first version of our products was always 1.4.
It is amazing what you can do with people's unstated assumptions about numbers. When a customer receives version 1.4, serial number 8386, he assumes that he has received a mature product. And when a competitor sees your serial number go from 8400 to 9000, he assumes you have sold 600 boxes.
I'm sorta glad that Richard wasn't a Nazi.
U0161 is Latin Small Letter S With Caron
While that may be true, TFA says that the open sarcasm mark is U+00A1, an upside-down exclamation point, to be used at the end of a sentence.
Graphically indistinguishable from U+00A1 () Temherte Slaqî differs in semantic use in Ethiopia. Temherte Slaqî will come at the end of a sentence (vs at the beginning in Spanish use) and is used to indicate an unreal phrase, often sarcastical in editorial cartoons. Temherte Slaqî is also important in children’s literature and in poetic use.
Giving it a robotic leg is just plane silly.
Which, for those of you not in the know, is less than car silly, but more than boat silly. Still, I think that method of comparing silly levels is plain silly.
No, you misunderstand. Plane silly is less than space silly, but more than line silly.
In fact, there is only one thing less then line silly, and beyond that there is no point.
Whether or not it's a "great idea" it's the newspaper's right as a private business
Whether or not it is the newspaper's right as a private business, it is everyone else's right to comment on whether or not it is a great idea.
Whether or not it is everyone else's right to comment on whether or not it is the newspaper's right as a private business to charge for comments, it is my right to comment on your comment commenting on everyone else's right to comment on whether or not it is the newspaper's right as a private business to charge for comments.
... bike lanes attracted female cyclists with huge boobies.
Where can I buy some paint?
aren't there only 2 or 3 urban areas in canada?
Yep -- Detroit and Buffalo.
Accurate. Time. Estimate. Pick Two.
Seriously, I can't do it. I can give you any of these:
But, I have never, in 25 years of programming and project management, found a way to tell you accurately, in advance, how long a non-trivial task would take.
Writing computer programs (at least in my experience) is not like building a house. Every new project is a voyage of discovery in which we invent a brand new thing. You may as well ask Edison how long it will take to invent the light bulb.
"horse manure was the catalyst for the automobile"
Just because it couldn't be more off-topic, The Horse & the Urban Environment describes this relationship quite well.
Cobol programmers are down in the dumps.
