Why do you assume it’s an anti-computer event. I was under the impression that it is somewhat “pro-computers” – when used properly, and this event is supposed to teach us how to use it properly (filters, shmira, proper chinuch, etc).

I’ve seen a number of statements from R’ Matisyahu were he said that if he could make an effective ban of the internet he would. Even though this isn’t the goal of the asifa, it isn’t embracing the technology, just tolerating it.

It must be a slow day at the NY Post. This trojan is over 2 years old and isn’t much worse than alot of more current viruses. Just because a journalist gets a virus doesn’t make it significant.

Mods: Please close this thread.

So, let’s say, if some recording artist at, let’s say, Jewish Music, Inc., by the name of, let’s say, JJJ, uses a Carlbach tune without permission, as his own, and now Jewish Music, Inc. says it’s assur to copy; that’s ok? (All names are made up).

JJJ (or Jewish Music, Inc.) is required to get a mechanical license from whoever owns the Carlebach portfolio. JJJ (or Jewish Music, Inc.) owns the copyright for the new recording.

Mechanical licenses are mandatory so whoever own the Carlebach portfolio cannot deny it to JJJ. Going a step further you can get a mandatory mechanical licence for any publicly released music. (Even music that was just released.)

2. Its a small inconvenience affecting a small number of people.

It doesn’t matter. A resident of Sunset Park who wishes to travel to Midwood has a legaly recognized interest in the streets of Borough Park. Just like a resident of Borough Park who whishes to travel to Manhatten has an interest in the streets of Kensington.

This is what the swissair dot com website says:

Swissair

SWISS ab 2002

Swiss Air went out of business 10 years ago.

It is not the same city. At the time of the founding of the modern city there was an arab villige named Ibn Ibraq at the site of the ancient city which is now the Hiriya landfill.

Berachos 24a and Kiddushin 70a. If you need a Passuk, Song of Songs 2:14.

You have to admit, it is a good question.

so who oversees the financial and accounting on the township level?

The Office of the New Jersey State Comptroller is an independent office created to bring greater efficiency and transparency to the operation of all levels of New Jersey’s government.

The office audits government finances, reviews the performance of government programs and examines government contracts. It is responsible for conducting audits of the executive branch of state government, public institutions of higher education, independent state authorities and local governments and boards of education. The office also is responsible for the oversight of Medicaid funds and acts to detect and recover funds that are improperly expended.

Are the mods playing tricks with the approvals. I’m pretty sure that when I made my last post Kozov’s first post (368704) wasn’t there.

I eat gebrochts, but I totally get why the hotels do not serve them. If you have a guest who is a diabetic, if you make non-sweet, tasty low-carb food for the meal, everyone can safely eat and enjoy it. But if you make sweet-sauced foods, and other stuff that is sugary, the guest cannot partake. So yes, even though it might seem like catering to the diet of a minority of people, nevertheless you, the, knaidel-eater, can still eat ALL the food that is being prepared and served in the non-gebrochts hotel, whereas the reverse would not be true for the gebrochts-only consumer.

If the hotels only served diabetic foods, I’d accept your analogy.

There is no way to escape death but you don’t have to live a life full of fear.

Why doesn’t Vizhnitz eat fish on Pesach?

Because the Cheremosh River isn’t a good source for fish.

Regarding your third point lets take a hypothetical lottery where the chances for a $50,000,000 jackpot are 1:100,000,000. Most lottery players would treat the EV as $.50 (actualy most lottery players are too stupid to know what an EV is). However, if they actually had $50,000,000 it would be worth less to them so the EV really should be computed against what the perceived value of the jackpot would be if they actually had that much money. I’ll get back to you on how to calculate “perceived value” as one cannot just go to a billionaire and ask him how much $50,000,000 is worth.

Your math is wrong. The odds for Mega Millios is 1/(C(56,5)*46) or 1:175,711,536 making a positive expected value (ignoring shared jackpots) a common occurance.

Mods: Why is there no section for Gebrukts recipes? I eat Gebrukts but my Minhag is not to eat mushrooms so I’d like a non-mushroom section.

For Chinese auctions I use the “No purchase nessasary” option.

There are different Shittos in how Eruv Tavshilin works so if you can’t eat the food on Yom Tov, it’s not so clear whether it can be made for Shabbos.

dash: Is that the number of tickets needed or the number of combinations?

Dash- is that the reall #?

C(59,6)/2

Bourbon is a byproduct of Scotch production.

Bourbon can be produced anywhere in the United States. Tennessee Whiskey must be produced in Tennessee (and according to NAFTA Tenessee Whiskey is Bourbon because it complies with all the requirements for Bourbon).

Any filter can be defeated by a user with administrative access to a PC. For some people, physical access is as good as administrative access. The best filtering is through a gateway that the users do not have physical access to.

Vint Cerf.

i heard many many yeshivos will be attending

Dash why don”t u come attend?

I can’t make a decision to attend based on the limited information I found.