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by dedward 14y ago
Pretend it's a real riot-starter you don't like and think about it. The internet changes nothing. It's not a free ticket to anonymity, any more than putting up posters in the middle of the night was. You run the risk of getting caught. Pri
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by dedward 14y ago
If a subpoena can identify that there is reasonable belief that those messages, specifically, exist (as opposed to broad fishing expiditions) then none of them are safe. Private email can be subpoenad under the right conditions.
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by dedward 14y ago
Got a citation for that last sentence? While I agree it's a valid counter to a subpoena, if you have evidence and a judge issues a subpoena ordering you to hand it over.. it's pretty clear cut if everything is done by the book. Why not go
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by dedward 14y ago
Whether the case should be prosecuted or not - let's leave that alone. Chain of custody - fair point, but realize that's the case with every piece of evidence. It only becomes very important, as I understand it, once it is in the hands o
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by dedward 14y ago
Google has a patent on pagerank? If their algorithm was patented, it would be open for anyone to read and understand - just not to use. My understanding is their ranking is something they keep a closely guarded secret, and to apply for a pa
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by dedward 14y ago
It's a preliminary injunction to prevent damages - the court has been convinced that this will go to court and that the damage done to apple during the time it takes to resolve the case warrants an injunction. They also wanted a bond from
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by dedward 14y ago
They are using the legal system - an important part of modern business. I can assure you in economies with inefficient or nonexistent legal systems, things get much worse and doing business is next to impossible. Should apple not do this? T
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by dedward 14y ago
Would that, without any configuration, actually fix this?
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by dedward 14y ago
so, no disrespect, innovate innovate innovate, keep on going, looks great. but. In general terms - what does a potential user of this service conclude if the server appears to be hosted on a single machine and the admin staff doesn't seem
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by dedward 14y ago
Why not... It's an age-old concept, one I've enforced over decades, but seriously..... nowadays, once you are in, you are in, and systems (at least the ones I've put together in recent yeras, I can only assume the same of others) are very r
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by dedward 14y ago
Indeed. I mean, it may very well be true, and without time to analyze, if you are highly confident in nginx and the rest of your server setup (it's not some other user definiable limit) you might as well. That said - building websites to
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by dedward 14y ago
You know it's odd. One one hand, the almost-greybeard in me wants people to stop screwing around with what I take to be standard unix concepts... what are the ephemeral ports, etc. On the other hand, when I take a close look at something li
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by dedward 14y ago
Well, those high-speed algoritms aren't investing -they're making money on split second changes... nothing long term, and in no way predicting long-term market changes. People do that.
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by dedward 14y ago
A more accurate description would be that you used available credit at the right time to help create a profitable asset, and it ended up highly profitable with low risk. (I guess I just have an issue with the concept of "buying a house" an
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by dedward 14y ago
I don't get how people rationalize calling it "owning" a house when they've only paid a few percent of it and they owe the bank the rest, plus interest. Legally they may "own" it, but the bank "owns" it too if they stop paying. From a prag
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by dedward 14y ago
Just to clarify - when you refer to buying (or not buying) a property - do you mean actually buying it, or taking out a loan (mortgage) to "buy" the property. I've noticed, especially in north america, people tend to refer to "buying" a h
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by dedward 14y ago
There are tons of reasons why Craigslist, as a business, may have taken this road, from a simple "less hassle for us" down the road to "we're building our own stuff" to. who knows. They're a private business - they can do what they want -
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by dedward 14y ago
But if that doesn't matter to Craig & co, and people still use the site, revenue still stays as expected, they can just NOT mess with it and go play video games or whatever.
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by dedward 14y ago
Call it whatever makes you happy I guess - but personally, as much as I might want to, I htink it's abad idea to burn bridges. "go fuck yourself boss" is the wrong mentality - if the place isn't for you, you just go, move on, and leave it
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by dedward 14y ago
To be honest I read Rich Dad/Poor Dad, stuck with cash because I was too lazy to manage a portfolio (which worked out well stress-wise) and didn't bow to pressure to borrow for cars and houses when my peers were because I'm stubborn and don
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by dedward 14y ago
I can see your point, given the audience here - but I'm in no way unbelievably rich. I'm not working poor, but I'm still freaked out at how I'm going to retire and pay for my kids education, etc. BUT People who live cheque to cheque, if gi
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by dedward 14y ago
yes, but you cant give other people the ability to compose (use) these fonts...... they aren't yours to license. They are licensed to you for use in your own apps, to display them, but you don't have the right to pass that on to others - pr
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by dedward 14y ago
I see lots of people blaming "the system" and whatnot for not teaching you to be rich..... and getting you into debt. And to be sure, the financial industry has been given too much rope to hand out credit without enough risk. But I seem to
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by dedward 14y ago
Don't risk your own money if you can risk someone elses under terms you can live with. The concept of an "exit" meaning success is odd.... on one hand, yes, someone started a business, got it going, and convinced someone (with deeper pocket
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by dedward 14y ago
Yes they can stop you - but to say it's routine sounds wrong - I will admit I haven't driven across the border in a long time, but when you head to the US, you don't normally deal with canadian border authorities, and vice-versa - you juts
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by dedward 14y ago
Why is the friend subject to export control? he's not in Iran - he's a person in the US. If he tries to take the prohibited items baack to Iran that's US Customs problem - not Apple's
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by dedward 14y ago
Selling something in a retail outlet in the US to a person physically there does not qualify as "exporting.". it's a nont-starter. It is not a salesperson's job to interrogate customers to ensure their intentions are not to export things. T
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by dedward 14y ago
I recall the newton did a better job of recognizing my handwriting than I did...... so that won't hold.
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by dedward 14y ago
A year ago you'd be right - but things are very, very rapidly shifting to tablets, including the ipad, with the appropriate corporate tools to manage/deploy/wipe/control/etc them.... It's going to change, and fast.
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by dedward 14y ago
as long as you have ECC ram. If not, you're at increased risk than most other filesystems (which are also at risk) - ZFS was designed with the requirement that RAM is reliable.

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