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What about 8 out of the 11 members of Yahoo's Board of DIrectors? The CEO is not "the power" at a company, they serve at the discretion of the Board.

The only conclusion that I can draw is that these major providers all use the same dynamic, or what they interpret as dynamic anyhow, IP lists and block based on them. I can understand that... the part that I have an issue with is that I have no recourse to have my IP reevaluated.

IME, it's unlikely that Hotmail and Yahoo do something in the same way; khasim is right, attach a firewall and have outgoing port 25 connections logged, then compare that log with your mail server's "official" log. That's the nasty side of remote control.

Subscribing to their FBL might also, occasionally, reveal unwanted activity. You need DKIM signatures for Yahoo. For Hotmail, you have to prepare a curl script that downloads their page every 12~24 hrs.

The board of directors might disagree.

What part of "no single position within the company over the CEO" did I not state clearly? Additionally, Ms. Mayer is on the board of directors So unless she catches a case of schizophrenia, it would be pretty heard for her to disagree with herself.

Yahoo financials are here.
2013 second quarter is here

Note that under assets in the balance sheet there is a line item for "Investments in equity interests"

And that in the statement of income there is a line item quite separate from income for operations: "Earnings in equity interests"

It's all very clearly laid out if you bother to do your homework.

And yes there will be a quiz this week.

Yahoo financials are here.
2013 second quarter is here

Note that under assets in the balance sheet there is a line item for "Investments in equity interests"

And that in the statement of income there is a line item quite separate from income for operations: "Earnings in equity interests"

It's all very clearly laid out if you bother to do your homework.

And yes there will be a quiz this week.

Owning a hand-held device capable of output power in excess of 1 watt requires proper handling and respect.

I own a hand held device with power output of 1800 (not-milli-)Watts. My wife uses it to dry her hair (and occasionally scare a misbehaving cat).

I hope I'm not the only one who finds it absolutely mind boggling what a difference it makes between concentrating energy from silver-dollar-sized thermal power source to a pencil-sized electromagnetic power source. After all, no one has been sent to jail for aiming a hair dryer at passing aircraft, and it's (tens-of? hundreds-of?) thousands of times more powerful than the laser this bozo used. Reading the article here, it doesn't get more specific than "a commercial-grade green laser", so it's probably in the 5mw class 3 variety the previous AC mentions (side note, on sale for $25; cheapest way I can recall to mail order yourself a felony...) (side note: I assume AC meant , not 3B - but I'm no expert).

That would still make my hair dryer 360,000 times stronger than his laser. Even if it were a 500mW behemoth of a laser, the hairdryer is still 3,600 times more powerful.

Mindboggling.

PS obligatory xkcd what-if about the ultra powerful hairdryer of doom.

http://demotivators.stores.yahoo.net/mediocrity.html

http://investor.yahoo.net/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=724306 will work better (without the trailing slash).

http://investor.yahoo.net/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=724306/

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"You sound fairly difficult to work with in general, I'm sceptical." - by Ash-Fox (726320) on Thursday October 04, @05:31PM (#41553321) Homepage

FIRST OF ALL: "Eat your words"

http://lib.store.yahoo.net/lib/superspeed/ScReadMe41.txt

Search my name (Alexander Peter Kowalski), there in the link above and EAT YOUR WORDS... lol!

So, you "eating your words" again vs. myself? Hey - not a "1st" for you vs. myself!

(Since I've already pointed out you having to do THAT VERY THING while you trolled me 3-4 times this month already... & you RAN from disproving my tech points in them too, lol!).

That's just fact already established here!

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SECONDLY: Answer the question in my subject-line

I ask it, since I heard a TEAM works on the SINGLE project you spoke of that you claim involvement with...

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"NDAs prevent me from talking about commercial solutions I've co-developed." - by Ash-Fox (726320) on Thursday October 04, @05:31PM (#41553321) Homepage

Sorry, THAT won't "cut it" & sounds like b.s.! Just to be BLATANTLY HONEST here on this...

So yes: I'd ALSO LIKE TO SEE PROOF, just as I put up above, OF YOUR INVOLVEMENT IN THAT "EXODUS VIEWER" AS A PROGRAMMER OF IT...

I haven't seen it... show me a link that proves it as I did for you above...

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"I wouldn't be surprised if I've been involved in more, but I haven't been counting" - by Ash-Fox (726320) on Thursday October 04, @05:31PM (#41553321) Homepage

Heck - I could cite 80++ vs. around 40-50, IF I counted all the information systems I've written professionally of "enterprise-class"/"mission-critical" nature that span into MILLIONS of lines of code, with many moving parts (code, stored procs, middleware, setup & more).

And?

Hey - I only cited shareware/freeware I did... albeit, 1 that was GOOD ENOUGH to be "bought out" by a certified MS partner since it made their already great ware GREATER by 40% in performance!

(Funniest part, I did THAT as far back as 1996... I'd wager YOU were STILL IN DIAPERS back then, lol!)

QUESTION: HAVE YOU DONE THE SAME? No, evidently!

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"More reading comprehension issues. I've done far more than just one project." - by Ash-Fox (726320) on Thursday October 04, @05:31PM (#41553321) Homepage

Heck, like I said above now? I could cite HUNDREDS (almost) since 1994... of varying natures!

APK

P.S.=> I'll be waiting... apk

This is one of the most important things you should know - independent of any other factors, such as getting regular exercise, etc., sitting for long stretches will increase your chance of a heart attack by 54 percent .

* Go for frequent short walks. Go to the water cooler a lot, drink lots, go to the toilet regularly.
* When you're on the phone, stand.

Other than that, sit in a good position - shoulders back, arms parallel to the desk, etc.

This is one of the most important things you should know - independent of any other factors, such as getting regular exercise, etc., sitting for long stretches will increase your chance of a heart attack by 54 percent .

* Go for frequent short walks. Go to the water cooler a lot, drink lots, go to the toilet regularly.
* When you're on the phone, stand.

Other than that, sit in a good position - shoulders back, arms parallel to the desk, etc.

"Yahoo! Board of Directors Forms Special Committee to Review CEO Academic Credentials"
http://pressroom.yahoo.net/pr/ycorp/233689.aspx?link_page_rss=233689

Can't add much more to the headline - expect this is generally the first step in firing the CEO..

These ousters are more interesting than they first appear...

Judging by this summary (now out of date) of the Yahoo board, 2 of the removed board members (Arthur Kern and Gary Wilson) were financial/investment guys (i.e. not technical people), 1 (Vyomesh Joshi) was a former "printer guy" from HP (whose technology credentials are highly suspect given his probable ties to Carly Fiorina), and 1 (Roy Bostock) was the current CEO.

Almost all of the people left on the board appear to have some decent technology credentials. If you wanted to "cut the fat" from the Yahoo board, you could do a lot worse than removing these four people.

I don't work for them -- I'm just a happy customer. Don't hang on to your Model M - get a new one in black with USB:

Unicomp Customizer

Unicomp SpaceSaver

I still use a wireless mouse, but ran an active USB cable to my comfey chair so I could put one of these beauties on my lap. Buckling springs FTW!

I don't work for them -- I'm just a happy customer. Don't hang on to your Model M - get a new one in black with USB:

Unicomp Customizer

Unicomp SpaceSaver

I still use a wireless mouse, but ran an active USB cable to my comfey chair so I could put one of these beauties on my lap. Buckling springs FTW!

And when you take a phone call, stand up. Studies have shown that sitting down increases your chance of a heart attack independent of other factors. That means if you exercise but sit down a lot, you're 54% more likely to have a heart attack than someone who exercises and doesn't sit down a lot.

Stand up, frequently. Take a walk to the printer. Take a walk to get a cup of water/tea/coffee twice an hour. I use a headset and almost always stand when I'm on the phone.

I believe the problem is that the computer input process doesn't suport efficient, fast input anymore. There is some type of computer psychosis that works against getting any work done. The whole, "type-a-little, stop, use-the-mouse, type-a-little" cycle is, IMO, detrimental to the whole thinking/producing process. The most productive programmers I know are the ones that use emacs or vi the most efficiently and have good typing skills. You can almost see the color changes in their faces when their skills are frustrated by some klutzy IDE. I suspect that the mental skills required to use things like Visual Studio and Eclipse are much different from the skills needed to think through and communicate thoughtful programming.

And that, to me, is the difference. Programming, for example, is a creative process using a high degree of problem-solving. The process of communicating this creativity to the system should not get in the way of purposeful thinking.

As for smartphones and tablets, etc., I have developed a rudimentary Morse code tab for my Windows 7 Tablet (Fujitsu convertible) that allows me to enter text at about 40 wpm through 4 "hot spots" on my touch screen. I just hate the gesture/ thumbpad interface provided by some systems. When it is done it should convert to a Windows 7 smartphone. I can teach Morse code to most people in less than 30 minutes.

FYI:

I learned to type in the early 60's on manual typewriters. My highest speed was around 90+ wpm achieved on an IBM Selectric that the Army had in our data center in Alaska. (Anybody remember that the input device on the IBM System 360 was a Selectric?) I had keypunching skills, teletype skills and tape-punching skills which were all relevant to computer programming and administration over the years. Commercial and military Morse code was transmitted by tape transport at a steady 60 wpm and if the printer was down I could listen and copy on the typewriter.

My skills have dropped drastically due, in the most part, to lack of drill. (I also have a little chronic numbness in my pinky and ring fingers on my left hand.

Also, I started turning off the screen when I was writing articles and stories to discourage my tendency to interrupt the flow of writing by immediately editing my typos and grammar. (I went from producing less than 1000 words per hour to producing about 4000 words per hour on first drafts.) Unfortunately, I developed a bad habit of looking at the keyboard which further deteriorated my touch-typing skills. Six months ago I was typing at an effective rate of 25wpm on my desktop, and less on lmy laptop. Through practice, I'm back up to about 70+wpm.

The keyboard seems to make a difference: I switched back to an IBM PC AT keyboard. It is heavier than hell, has spring-loaded keys and makes quite a bit of noise, but it feels like the old selectric keyboard and immediately increased my typing speed. I'm about to replace it with a Unicomp version that has the extra 2 function keys http://pckeyboards.stores.yahoo.net/customizer.html . I've also heard good things about the Cherry keyboards.

It's one of those awesome IBM keyboards. Found it at a thrift store for $1. But, a company called "Unicomp" bought the patent and still makes them. You can get knockoffs here: http://pckeyboards.stores.yahoo.net/

I have one right now, plus a spare. Here's the link for Unicomp: http://pckeyboards.stores.yahoo.net/

Not only are they still working fine, typing this on a Model M, but Unicomp still makes them. You can buy a brand new one if you want right now.

I've got one at home and will get one at work as soon as I kill the existing unit. Here's a link to their site.

I assume by your comment of "excessive sitting" you are referring to the recent study that says sitting behind a desk all day raises your chances of a fatal heart attack by 54%, independent of how much you exercise and whether you smoke.

Oh god, not this again.

http://pckeyboards.stores.yahoo.net/keyboards.html

This says it all:
http://lib.store.yahoo.net/lib/demotivators/governmentdemotivationalposter.jpg

I have GOT to get one of these.

I saw that Unicomp seems to be the place to get them now.

Which is the best one to get...?

Customizer 101, or the Customizer 104/105? Those look to be the most normal keyboard layouts?

But... how can you possibly get along without the "Windows key"????

I get along fine without a 'Windows Key', but if the 'Windows Key' is a must, there are these available from Unicomp: http://pckeyboards.stores.yahoo.net/customizer.html

Do I even really need to argue why? How would it feel even remotely close? How well will you feel what you touch or even more important that you're hitting the right key?

Since black look like trash:
* Microsoft Ergonomic 4000
* Unicomp SpaceSaver 104/105

Shitty quality of the first one but nicest typing experience so far. Don't really know if I want a straight keyboard any more. Not nice for the wrists.

boy, how I really do miss those clickidy-clackidy keyboards!

Buy a new one from Unicomp.

Only one thing I can thing of... IBM Model M It tends to have issues with PS/2 to USB adapters

Best thing I've found for this:

http://pckeyboards.stores.yahoo.net/customizer.html

It's essentially a marginally updated clone of the IBM Model M. Available in black, has a 104 key layout instead of 101, USB interface available, and a straight cord rather than the coiled annoying one from the original model M. I've got the Unicomp spacesaver version (same layout but less border plastic around the edges) as well as a real IBM Model M (as well as 2 other different brand mech switch keyboards), and the Unicomp and the IBM have an identical feel.

I won't ever be getting rid of my original unit, just for backup's sake, but the Unicomp unit is a good way to essentially get a Model M that works well on modern machines.

Side note: The old IBM buckling-spring keyboards are alive and well, built in Lexington Kentucky where IBM used to build their keyboards. The people who bought the old IBM equipment call themselves Unicomp, and their storefront is at http://pckeyboards.stores.yahoo.net/ and you get all the beautiful tactile feedback you can handle along with the wonderful clackity sounds.

Be polite. Buy your cubemates earplugs. :)

Although it lacks any special sort of strange shape that promotes ergonomic use of a keyboard, this keyboard is mechanical-switch, very large and sturdy, and a pleasure to type on: Customizer 104/105.

You can still buy them new from Unicomp: http://pckeyboards.stores.yahoo.net/keyboards.html

They even have models with the Windows key :-)

I keep meaning to buy some new ones but mine refuse to die.... (purchased in the mid '90s).

Goldline will happily list those coins, and even sell those coins...but that's not the coins they're selling to people who call in as 'investments'. These are the sort of coins they offer to 'investors' who call in.

That's a half oz of gold at 22 carats, $1,218.16 for $597 worth of gold, and not much collectible value at all. And you can buy them straight from a authorized dealer for $694.72.

That's 80% markup from the ask price. (Which already has the legit markup in it!) Seriously, look at their list vs. that legit dealer list.

No one's saying all their products are scams. But when people call in and don't know anything about gold, they talk long and hard about how gold is a good investment and how you should invest in coins instead of bars, and then they sell people 'investments' that can't ever make money. (Which is, incidentally, illegal.)

Oh, and they also promise to buy it back for the 'bid price', which of course everyone who calls in assumes is the price they're selling it for, because, unlike legit dealers, they don't display or tell the bid price in any way. Actually, they don't promise to buy it back for that, they say they're 'not allowed to promise' that, thus pretending to make a promise while not legally making one, but it's moot as the price they're promising to buy it back for is, unknown to everyone, much lower than the price they're selling for.

Goldline will happily list those coins, and even sell those coins...but that's not the coins they're selling to people who call in as 'investments'. These are the sort of coins they offer to 'investors' who call in.

That's a half oz of gold at 22 carats, $1,218.16 for $597 worth of gold, and not much collectible value at all. And you can buy them straight from a authorized dealer for $694.72.

That's 80% markup from the ask price. (Which already has the legit markup in it!) Seriously, look at their list vs. that legit dealer list.

No one's saying all their products are scams. But when people call in and don't know anything about gold, they talk long and hard about how gold is a good investment and how you should invest in coins instead of bars, and then they sell people 'investments' that can't ever make money. (Which is, incidentally, illegal.)

Oh, and they also promise to buy it back for the 'bid price', which of course everyone who calls in assumes is the price they're selling it for, because, unlike legit dealers, they don't display or tell the bid price in any way. Actually, they don't promise to buy it back for that, they say they're 'not allowed to promise' that, thus pretending to make a promise while not legally making one, but it's moot as the price they're promising to buy it back for is, unknown to everyone, much lower than the price they're selling for.

Hmm, I'd never heard of "Goldline" so I googled it and found their website which led me to their online store which lists 1 oz Krugerands for $1392 each. According to the 24 hour spot chart gold is currently at about $1309/oz. $1392/$1309 is about 1.06 -- a 6% markup.

Hmm, I'd never heard of "Goldline" so I googled it and found their website which led me to their online store which lists 1 oz Krugerands for $1392 each. According to the 24 hour spot chart gold is currently at about $1309/oz. $1392/$1309 is about 1.06 -- a 6% markup.

I'm surprised that they would be using ammonia coolants, rather than something more exotic and less toxic.

Less toxic? Ammonia, R-12, R-134a, etc are un-breathable. The least toxic is water, unless you drown in it.
How about... Something a little more high tech?

Meanwhile you can measure the generations by counting the number of adapters and dongles coming out of my Modem M.

If by "Modem M" you meant the IBM Model M keyboard for PC, consider the USB successor to the Model M.

They do, sorta.

The Unicomp board reviewed in TFA is a 104-key version of that in a different case: http://pckeyboards.stores.yahoo.net/en104wh.html

That exact board isn't made any more, though: http://pckeyboards.stores.yahoo.net/onthestick.html

They do, sorta.

The Unicomp board reviewed in TFA is a 104-key version of that in a different case: http://pckeyboards.stores.yahoo.net/en104wh.html

That exact board isn't made any more, though: http://pckeyboards.stores.yahoo.net/onthestick.html

A company called Unicomp is still making the Model M with the same gear IBM used to use in Lexington Kentucky back when they made the Model M. A few IBM retirees bought up the gear when IBM stopped making them, and have been making keyboards with it ever since. They are located at http://pckeyboards.stores.yahoo.net/index.html

The "classic" model M is now called the "Customizer", http://pckeyboards.stores.yahoo.net/cus101usenon.html

But they're not just making the old ones, they've been busy reworking the design. You can get one with a titmouse if you want. http://pckeyboards.stores.yahoo.net/en104wh.html

They don't only sell buckling spring, so look at the product descriptions carefully before you buy...

A company called Unicomp is still making the Model M with the same gear IBM used to use in Lexington Kentucky back when they made the Model M. A few IBM retirees bought up the gear when IBM stopped making them, and have been making keyboards with it ever since. They are located at http://pckeyboards.stores.yahoo.net/index.html

The "classic" model M is now called the "Customizer", http://pckeyboards.stores.yahoo.net/cus101usenon.html

But they're not just making the old ones, they've been busy reworking the design. You can get one with a titmouse if you want. http://pckeyboards.stores.yahoo.net/en104wh.html

They don't only sell buckling spring, so look at the product descriptions carefully before you buy...

A company called Unicomp is still making the Model M with the same gear IBM used to use in Lexington Kentucky back when they made the Model M. A few IBM retirees bought up the gear when IBM stopped making them, and have been making keyboards with it ever since. They are located at http://pckeyboards.stores.yahoo.net/index.html

The "classic" model M is now called the "Customizer", http://pckeyboards.stores.yahoo.net/cus101usenon.html

But they're not just making the old ones, they've been busy reworking the design. You can get one with a titmouse if you want. http://pckeyboards.stores.yahoo.net/en104wh.html

They don't only sell buckling spring, so look at the product descriptions carefully before you buy...

A research lab at one of the big chip makers issued me earmuffs, as they did to all employees. Note: This is a research lab, which looks a lot like any cubicle environment at a company like Google, Microsoft, etc. This worked very well, and to this day, I consider noise-blocking earmuffs to be part of my office supplies.

Good noise-blocking earmuffs are better than earplugs. If they are of good quality, they will be more comfortable than all but the best headphones. Be careful, because many of these earmuffs are designed to block loud noises like jet engines, while letting in conversations. You do not want something that lets conversations in, but instead, muffs that block everything.

The best set I have found (other than very expensive examples) are the Bilsom Viking V3 earmuffs. See http://earplugstore.stores.yahoo.net/bilsom-viking-v3-1.html as one example.

When I am wearing my earmuffs, I can barely hear my phone ring. If someone walks up behind me and talks to me, I do not know they are there.

-Todd

P.s. One more important consideration is one way to block noise is to block air movement. Some inexpensive earmuffs do this, but it causes pressure issues in your ears, similar to pushing your hands against your ears (painful!).

You can tell whether a set of earmuffs is good by putting them on and then pressing the muffs tighter into your head. If the pressure goes up like you are in an airplane, these are cheap. The Vikings will NOT do this.

There's a free version of the expensive OmniFind product by IBM available with a little bit of Yahoo branding (which can be removed). You can't really integrate it easily with local search but I would assume that your users know whether they want local or shared documents. If you need security/permissions around people being allowed to access certain documents you're going to need to buy something. Otherwise try: http://omnifind.ibm.yahoo.net/

Not a super good photo, looks kind of like an eSATA connector...?

Here, by the way, is the combined SATA connector: image. I've seen these with two cables or a single cable in, and without the gap so they can take a SAS or SATA drive. Here's the SAS and SATA drive connectors: image.

IBM OmniFind Yahoo Edition.

No charge (unless you want support). Install it on your shared fileserver, it will index the files on the server and provide a web interface for searching it.

It does need a reasonable server, though, if you have a lot of documents.

In twenty years I'm going to be pissing and moaning that I can't find a PS2 adapter for my IBM Model M keyboard.

You can post-pone your pissing and moaning by getting a model with USB rather than PS/2....

Yup, the security theater established in general by the airport authorities is laughable. And the USA is not alone in that. So far, I have passed through Germany, UK, France, Spain, Italy, among other airports (no USA as I do not want Amarican visa requirements).

I have a theory about how terrorists could get dangerous materials in an airplane (I hope the anti-terror officials have already though of this), here it goes:

Let's say some bad-guy gets a bag like this (laptop bag with wheels and extensible handle[made of metal]).
The same guy, gets some aluminum powder, iron oxide, one or two sparklers and a fire starter.

Then, the guy puts everything inside the extensible handler (some of them do not have anything inside) and takes it with him to the plane cabin. The cocktail is not shown in the x-ray because of the metallic nature of the handle).

To finalize, while in the plane, the guy can setup the cocktail in his seat and take it to the toilet. Inside there he uses the fire-starter to ignite the sparkler which will ignite the aluminium/iron mix and cause a thermite reaction.

As a possible modification, the cocktail could be covered with ice to make the thing explode.

WTH, I'll post it as anonymous if it helps of something. note that it is not my objective to give ideas to terrorists... it is just that every time I pass through the security check area I feel very uncomfortable knowing that this would be possible. BTW, this idea was based on a documentary I saw of one guy smuggling a knife in a commercial flight using this method.