Heck they were sinking U-Boats faster than the germans could build them
Getting way off topic here but...
The Germans for some odd reason didn't actually make many U boats, and assigned very little resources to U boat production (even though the crews were hailed as heros) as other areas were considered to be more important.
However had the Germans taken U boat war more seriously they would have had a much greater chance of sinking more boats than we could build (indeed they did for a shortwhile), which would have ultimatly won them the war.
It is true however that us Brits did mobalise for war better than the Germans
I seem to remember reading about this, or something very similar before.
The image depth relies on the system drawing the image on one of two physical layers and the distance between the two layers and the viewers position creates the 3D image.
Would there be any advantage in using more than two layers?
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As I said, we weren't wrongly listed... or... we were correctly listed.
Does your abuse@ and/or postmaster@ email addresses work? Does someone check them?
All day, everyday.
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A good admin would check the blocklists, at least weekly
Nah, most spammers would only find us by sheer chance (no website, small company etc). Checked monthly.
While that might sound arrogant and downright dangerous its the only practical solution given the resources made available to me. Having just checked, we are only listed on ORBZ... but thats only because they now list the whole 'net:)
The chances of getting any additional hardware (we're talking Windows platforms here, so don't expect any useful things like task schedulers capable of querying a website... how long would that take on a linux box? Some simple Perl and an email report?). The boss simply wouldn't understand why any extra investment would be needed, as a non technical person theres only a problem if it doesn't work for him.
Actually I suppose that raises a larger question, something I had to deal with recently. How to convince your boss to spend some money! I've had to give a talk about why we should upgrade our current 10+ year old phone system. Yes it works, and theres not been any problems with it. But, we don't have voice mail, direct dial, least cost routing is via a separate wall box. Hell there aren't even enough phones for everyone, and will they part with the money? Who knows! After giving them all the reasons to upgrade (including saving money...) they still don't appear to interested. We shall see.
*sigh*
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Practically everyone listed claims that they were "wrongly" listed (and maybe you were).
We weren't.
After having problems with our firewall blocking incoming emails we got it reconfigured (i.e. someone outside the company). Except once reconfigured it left port 25 wide open, so anyone could connect to our Exchange 5.5 (not my choice) server. Great.
Of course no ones configured the server to not accept relays. Why would they? Its blocked by the firewall....
So one day I'm bored at work and start entering some of our public IP addresses into samspade, and whoa! our server was listed.
El-prompto action commenced as the firewall was quickly secured, followed by some retesting, and de-listed within a week.
My only beef is we didn't get informed that we were being listed. Was only by sheer chance that I found out. Grrrr
I understand the reason for this is due to Zip applying the compression on a per file basis.
There was a compression program on the Amiga called Lzx, which worked slightly differently in that it 'grouped' files into set chunks of data and then compressed. Usually with much better results than Zip.
I understand that the Lzx algorithum is now used in the latest versions of MS cab format.
I can't remember specific examples of #1 right now, but I remember scenes in which people stood up, there was a cut, and suddenly they were halfway across a room.
I can tell you don't watch many movies... if all movies showed that kind of detail then they'd be:
a) Very long,
and
b) Very boring
The example of #2 that stands out is when Gimli is entering the forest and talking about the witch that lives there and bragging how she'll never enchant him. This is the setup for the punchline where he actually falls in (courtly) love with her and adopts her as his Lady. But the punchline was cut, leaving the setup hanging.
Because otherwise there would be no incentive for people to show up to court..
Effectivly they'd be assumed to be guilty then?
If I'm not mistaken (and I'm not expert on legal things) if you're arrested and charged you're only allowed to go free before trial if bail is granted, and skipping bail is an offence?
But of course bail is only granted if its deemed unlikely that the defendant will skip bail...?
You have to wonder what was put on the visa application.
"Reason for application: So I can defend myself against one of your crappy laws."
If he can't get back to the US, he won't be able to defend himself, and will be considered guilty
What?? If he's not present then how does that show his guilt?
Ok, the prosecution can make there case but he's entitled to a defence.
Whats to stop him just never going to the US anyway? So he'll get fined, wow big deal, how would they get the money off him if hes not even in the country.
A little while back a couple of young girls went missing in the UK, and among many different attempts to locate them the police and phone companies tried using triangulation to locate on of the girls mobile phones.
It didn't work as the phone was probably turned off. Although they did later arrest a couple of people for the murder of the girls.
At one point in the investiagtion (before any one was arrested) the police sent a text message to the phone with details of a direct line to the local head of police. Of course the murderer didn't phone the head of police, but it seems they did turn the phone on to look at the text message. Apparently it took all of 9 seconds to locate the phone.
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chicken_little.exe
Wasn't that chicken_lickin.exe?
Chicken Licken
"We don't use a firewall. We use an air gap."
Wireless network then? They can't be that far behind then?
We had them appear on a users machine at work recently.
Killed the programs, then killed the Gator cr@p, then ran ad-aware.
Job done
"Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, observe. He is black. Consider that fact when you consider the verdict."
they won't be limited to just showing what the big buys have churned out with all their money
You really thing the big boys will let them show the little boys films on the big boys kit??
Doesn't work if its not a competative product.
Chalk and cheese
Heck they were sinking U-Boats faster than the germans could build them
Getting way off topic here but...
The Germans for some odd reason didn't actually make many U boats, and assigned very little resources to U boat production (even though the crews were hailed as heros) as other areas were considered to be more important.
However had the Germans taken U boat war more seriously they would have had a much greater chance of sinking more boats than we could build (indeed they did for a shortwhile), which would have ultimatly won them the war.
It is true however that us Brits did mobalise for war better than the Germans
Do Cheaters Ever Prosper?
No-reg access to NYT... the answer must be a resounding yes then!
IIRC with Sky if you don't watch the program you don't get charged for it.
Its bugs from code Billy-boy wrote under a pseudonym
Free health care, schools that are better than many other countrys (ie, the US), lower poverty levels than the US, a welfare state etc etc....
Thats why we pay more tax.
I seem to remember reading about this, or something very similar before.
The image depth relies on the system drawing the image on one of two physical layers and the distance between the two layers and the viewers position creates the 3D image.
Would there be any advantage in using more than two layers?
As I said, we weren't wrongly listed... or... we were correctly listed.
Does your abuse@ and/or postmaster@ email addresses work? Does someone check them?
All day, everyday.
A good admin would check the blocklists, at least weekly
:)
Nah, most spammers would only find us by sheer chance (no website, small company etc). Checked monthly.
While that might sound arrogant and downright dangerous its the only practical solution given the resources made available to me. Having just checked, we are only listed on ORBZ... but thats only because they now list the whole 'net
The chances of getting any additional hardware (we're talking Windows platforms here, so don't expect any useful things like task schedulers capable of querying a website... how long would that take on a linux box? Some simple Perl and an email report?). The boss simply wouldn't understand why any extra investment would be needed, as a non technical person theres only a problem if it doesn't work for him.
Actually I suppose that raises a larger question, something I had to deal with recently. How to convince your boss to spend some money! I've had to give a talk about why we should upgrade our current 10+ year old phone system. Yes it works, and theres not been any problems with it. But, we don't have voice mail, direct dial, least cost routing is via a separate wall box. Hell there aren't even enough phones for everyone, and will they part with the money? Who knows! After giving them all the reasons to upgrade (including saving money...) they still don't appear to interested. We shall see.
*sigh*
Practically everyone listed claims that they were "wrongly" listed (and maybe you were).
We weren't.
After having problems with our firewall blocking incoming emails we got it reconfigured (i.e. someone outside the company). Except once reconfigured it left port 25 wide open, so anyone could connect to our Exchange 5.5 (not my choice) server. Great.
Of course no ones configured the server to not accept relays. Why would they? Its blocked by the firewall....
So one day I'm bored at work and start entering some of our public IP addresses into samspade, and whoa! our server was listed.
El-prompto action commenced as the firewall was quickly secured, followed by some retesting, and de-listed within a week.
My only beef is we didn't get informed that we were being listed. Was only by sheer chance that I found out. Grrrr
If you're packing more on then dust will have a much bigger impact on the readability of the disks?
Bring back caddys?
Nope. I think that became lha on the 'miggy, predating lzx.
Have a look at: The LZX page
I understand the reason for this is due to Zip applying the compression on a per file basis.
There was a compression program on the Amiga called Lzx, which worked slightly differently in that it 'grouped' files into set chunks of data and then compressed. Usually with much better results than Zip.
I understand that the Lzx algorithum is now used in the latest versions of MS cab format.
I got these Korea at a glance, 15 Fun Facts! Let me tell you, there are a lot of reasons to move there aside from the high bandwidth penetration
Penises have higher bandwidth than cable modems What? They cum more than everyone else?
I can't remember specific examples of #1 right now, but I remember scenes in which people stood up, there was a cut, and suddenly they were halfway across a room.
I can tell you don't watch many movies... if all movies showed that kind of detail then they'd be:
a) Very long,
and
b) Very boring
The example of #2 that stands out is when Gimli is entering the forest and talking about the witch that lives there and bragging how she'll never enchant him. This is the setup for the punchline where he actually falls in (courtly) love with her and adopts her as his Lady. But the punchline was cut, leaving the setup hanging.
You wouldn't know unless you've read the book.
But yeah, the ending was a bit of a let down.
Answering yes to questions of that sort (there are others: are you a smuggler, are you a spy, etc.) generally leads to a pretty swift refusal
As if anyone with bad intentions would answer truthfully.
I be the guys at the Embassy couldn't quiet beleive someone actually answerd yes!
Because otherwise there would be no incentive for people to show up to court..
Effectivly they'd be assumed to be guilty then?
If I'm not mistaken (and I'm not expert on legal things) if you're arrested and charged you're only allowed to go free before trial if bail is granted, and skipping bail is an offence?
But of course bail is only granted if its deemed unlikely that the defendant will skip bail...?
You have to wonder what was put on the visa application.
"Reason for application: So I can defend myself against one of your crappy laws."
If he can't get back to the US, he won't be able to defend himself, and will be considered guilty
What?? If he's not present then how does that show his guilt?
Ok, the prosecution can make there case but he's entitled to a defence.
Whats to stop him just never going to the US anyway? So he'll get fined, wow big deal, how would they get the money off him if hes not even in the country.
A little while back a couple of young girls went missing in the UK, and among many different attempts to locate them the police and phone companies tried using triangulation to locate on of the girls mobile phones.
It didn't work as the phone was probably turned off. Although they did later arrest a couple of people for the murder of the girls.
At one point in the investiagtion (before any one was arrested) the police sent a text message to the phone with details of a direct line to the local head of police. Of course the murderer didn't phone the head of police, but it seems they did turn the phone on to look at the text message. Apparently it took all of 9 seconds to locate the phone.
BBC News, has some info
I accept that using mobile phones to track your movements is a gross invasion of privacy, there are usefull benifits too.
You might be onto something here...
I've never seen any pr0n with chicks building computers.
I guess the sharp edges would burst their implants