well, yes you could do that but it is kind of mean. I prefer to give them a straight forward message with choices, such as this one: http://haystacksofgainesville.com/ (you will need to set your user agent to IE6 or use IE6 to see the message of course)
Well *someone* has to replace everyone's retinas when one of the nuke reactors melts down and causes a nuclear explosion leading to the "flash of death" which will be suffered by millions...
The shadow government is already doing this. They are feeding audio signals to my brain by using secret antennas they implanted in my teeth. Clearly they are ready to move on to the next step of their evil scheme because they are making me type this to you too!
True. I tried reporting a troublesome IP to comcast and their email address bounced as non-existent. I'm pretty sure they are supposed to keep those whois records up to date if they want to keep their domain, but hey, who follows the tld rules anymore? PS you can contact me at by sending mail to:
Proxy Domain nonsense 0 Null-ville Drive DROP TABLE `%`, IN 12345
you can also convert an old diesel Mercedes or truck engine with a large alternator for the job. Stay away from unleaded gas generators - the fuel is unstable and they are unreliable unless used regularly. If you can get natural gas at your location, they are a great option as well since you don't have to worry about running out of fuel or refilling for an extended outage. No matter what you use, be sure to set it up to run weekly for at least 10 or 15 minutes to insure it runs properly when it is actually needed.
I like my neckbeard thank you very much; it keeps me warm in the server room (the servers run linux btw). And no, I don't think that applying patches to the kernel on a live production machine is typically a good idea. Sorry if that makes me a worrywart.
NO NO NO! You can't do that! You'll fry the thing with static electricity, coffee, and dust. Everyone true nerd knows you've got to brown bag it. That's right, a quick trip to the feed supply for a burlap sack and you are working with some serious overclocking potential. It is breathable, protects from dust and light spills, and you can hatch chick on the heat sink...
If you are going to post sensationalist stories at least give them better headlines. How about "Microsoft charged with assault on battery"... or some such. Seriously though, this could be bad if the users don't turn out to be crazies that don't want to admit their batteries just went bad.
I think you are mixing up "warm up the engine" with "warm up the interior". If it is really cold most people don't want to try driving with frozen fingers and frosty windshields.
Clearly you aren't on a mac. I can tell a website is running flash with my eyes closed on my mac because the fans turn on. Other than rendering large amounts of video, flash is the ONLY thing that causes my fans to come on with any sort of regularity. This is not a browser specific issue, it is a adobe wrote and anwful flash implementation for mac. I am all for a javascript replacement for flash if it gets rid of the adobe crapware. Adobe flash for mac might actually be worse than real media player was on pc in the 90s.
Last time any company I was associated with did this they started losing entire departments of employees. The most common explanation on the exit interview: "I can't get anything done. Nothing is taken care of until it completely breaks, and event hen it sometimes takes days or weeks to be fixed. When I ask for help I can't understand the people I am talking to."
While that may have worked at your business I disagree. I recently had a discussion with someone at another IT company and we were bashing just this practice. It seems that every couple months there will be a round of paycuts or firings followed by bowling night/movie night/new fancy coffee maker and donuts in the break room... to the point that those who have been around a while shudder every time they see or hear about any "perks". This may work in some places, but in general engineers and IT people are not morons.... we can see a trojan horse when it is placed in the break room.
reader != flash, unless of course you use the definition of "slows down computer, decreases stability, and creates a security nightmare for IT" in which case, good job - you are dead on!
according to the usda's own website, in the pacific northwest salmon are doing very poorly.
The first reason they list is logging, which causes silt runoff into rivers and streams. This is just one example of many problems caused by logging.
This isn't to say we shouldn't cut down trees, but to replant entire forests as tree farms and call it unaffected is disingenuous. Just because there are deer and eagles doesn't mean there are the same levels of diversity and same types of animals in farmed forests as there would be in the native forests of that area. In fact the two animals you mentioned are probably a result of the ecosystem being out of whack. Deer love farmed forests because they have large straight runs to travel and plenty of underbrush to hide in. The eagles love to nest in the couple large trees that get left and like to be well above their surroundings.
Many slower growing fungi and other vital parts of the ecosystem are destroyed by clear-cut operations and can take hundreds of years to reestablish themselves. If the forest gets cut every 15 to 25 years they never have a chance and the ecosystem is permanently changed. Mosses, Fungi and Lichens don't just go across the road to another patch of land and then hop back when the cutting is done like deer and rabbits (especially since logging companies often spray pesticide and herbicides to keep the paths between the trees clear), but believe me, we'd all be in a heap of trouble if all of them were wiped out.
By the way, it is Weyerhaeuser, not Wyerhauser. At least get the name right if you are going to use them for your argument (by the way, I've seen Weyerhaeuser lands, they are no forest by any stretch of the imagination' i've seen more wildlife in a corn field.
trees != forest. Tree farms growing slash pine in rows for pulping don't create the same sort of environment as natural forests that have 300+ year old trees where the trees themselves have their own micro-ecosystems. Don't be ignorant.
That is fine and all... but why? Isn't that just more crap to break? What happened to the kiss principle? I'm fine with the telcos doing this on their end, but going digital all the way makes no sense unless you are upgrading the last mile in the process and providing some sort of SLA. POTS used to be very reliable, VOIP definitely is not. Is it cheaper to run and maintain and have better features? yes! Do I use it? yes! Do I think it is fair to make grandma add an electricity-eating privacy stealing converter box for every friggin thing she uses in her house without providing any benefit to her? Hell no!
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well, yes you could do that but it is kind of mean. I prefer to give them a straight forward message with choices, such as this one: http://haystacksofgainesville.com/ (you will need to set your user agent to IE6 or use IE6 to see the message of course)
About as trivial as rewiring a microchip. Unless you are this guy I don't think it is all that trivial.
Well *someone* has to replace everyone's retinas when one of the nuke reactors melts down and causes a nuclear explosion leading to the "flash of death" which will be suffered by millions...
The shadow government is already doing this. They are feeding audio signals to my brain by using secret antennas they implanted in my teeth. Clearly they are ready to move on to the next step of their evil scheme because they are making me type this to you too!
seriously, I have network cards that have both cat5 and coax connectors on them. Not that I still use them, but still.
True. I tried reporting a troublesome IP to comcast and their email address bounced as non-existent. I'm pretty sure they are supposed to keep those whois records up to date if they want to keep their domain, but hey, who follows the tld rules anymore? PS you can contact me at by sending mail to:
Proxy Domain nonsense
0 Null-ville Drive
DROP TABLE `%`, IN 12345
Clearly you haven't had it mixed with vienna sausages and anchovies. yum!
you can also convert an old diesel Mercedes or truck engine with a large alternator for the job. Stay away from unleaded gas generators - the fuel is unstable and they are unreliable unless used regularly. If you can get natural gas at your location, they are a great option as well since you don't have to worry about running out of fuel or refilling for an extended outage. No matter what you use, be sure to set it up to run weekly for at least 10 or 15 minutes to insure it runs properly when it is actually needed.
I think we may be missing the really amazing part of this; that penny is huge!
As someone who holds a degree in Anthropology I can assure you we keep backups you insensitive clod!
I'm going with B) there's and app for that.
::breaks internet::
Those phones are made in China right?
what's this button do
I guess I'll have to register in South Carolina now...
I like my neckbeard thank you very much; it keeps me warm in the server room (the servers run linux btw). And no, I don't think that applying patches to the kernel on a live production machine is typically a good idea. Sorry if that makes me a worrywart.
NO NO NO! You can't do that! You'll fry the thing with static electricity, coffee, and dust. Everyone true nerd knows you've got to brown bag it. That's right, a quick trip to the feed supply for a burlap sack and you are working with some serious overclocking potential. It is breathable, protects from dust and light spills, and you can hatch chick on the heat sink...
If you are going to post sensationalist stories at least give them better headlines. How about "Microsoft charged with assault on battery"... or some such. Seriously though, this could be bad if the users don't turn out to be crazies that don't want to admit their batteries just went bad.
I think you are mixing up "warm up the engine" with "warm up the interior". If it is really cold most people don't want to try driving with frozen fingers and frosty windshields.
it was sprint, and it was not a backdoor it was a GPS locating service they gave them an open door to access.
Clearly you aren't on a mac. I can tell a website is running flash with my eyes closed on my mac because the fans turn on. Other than rendering large amounts of video, flash is the ONLY thing that causes my fans to come on with any sort of regularity. This is not a browser specific issue, it is a adobe wrote and anwful flash implementation for mac. I am all for a javascript replacement for flash if it gets rid of the adobe crapware. Adobe flash for mac might actually be worse than real media player was on pc in the 90s.
Last time any company I was associated with did this they started losing entire departments of employees. The most common explanation on the exit interview: "I can't get anything done. Nothing is taken care of until it completely breaks, and event hen it sometimes takes days or weeks to be fixed. When I ask for help I can't understand the people I am talking to."
While that may have worked at your business I disagree. I recently had a discussion with someone at another IT company and we were bashing just this practice. It seems that every couple months there will be a round of paycuts or firings followed by bowling night/movie night/new fancy coffee maker and donuts in the break room... to the point that those who have been around a while shudder every time they see or hear about any "perks". This may work in some places, but in general engineers and IT people are not morons.... we can see a trojan horse when it is placed in the break room.
reader != flash, unless of course you use the definition of "slows down computer, decreases stability, and creates a security nightmare for IT" in which case, good job - you are dead on!
I can tell you care because you've got a screw too "loose".
according to the usda's own website, in the pacific northwest salmon are doing very poorly.
The first reason they list is logging, which causes silt runoff into rivers and streams. This is just one example of many problems caused by logging.
This isn't to say we shouldn't cut down trees, but to replant entire forests as tree farms and call it unaffected is disingenuous. Just because there are deer and eagles doesn't mean there are the same levels of diversity and same types of animals in farmed forests as there would be in the native forests of that area. In fact the two animals you mentioned are probably a result of the ecosystem being out of whack. Deer love farmed forests because they have large straight runs to travel and plenty of underbrush to hide in. The eagles love to nest in the couple large trees that get left and like to be well above their surroundings.
Many slower growing fungi and other vital parts of the ecosystem are destroyed by clear-cut operations and can take hundreds of years to reestablish themselves. If the forest gets cut every 15 to 25 years they never have a chance and the ecosystem is permanently changed. Mosses, Fungi and Lichens don't just go across the road to another patch of land and then hop back when the cutting is done like deer and rabbits (especially since logging companies often spray pesticide and herbicides to keep the paths between the trees clear), but believe me, we'd all be in a heap of trouble if all of them were wiped out.
By the way, it is Weyerhaeuser, not Wyerhauser. At least get the name right if you are going to use them for your argument (by the way, I've seen Weyerhaeuser lands, they are no forest by any stretch of the imagination' i've seen more wildlife in a corn field.
trees != forest. Tree farms growing slash pine in rows for pulping don't create the same sort of environment as natural forests that have 300+ year old trees where the trees themselves have their own micro-ecosystems. Don't be ignorant.
Well the ping times are still almost twice what they are for the old GTE/Verizon 4.2.2.1 4.2.2.2 and 4.2.2.3
That is fine and all... but why? Isn't that just more crap to break? What happened to the kiss principle? I'm fine with the telcos doing this on their end, but going digital all the way makes no sense unless you are upgrading the last mile in the process and providing some sort of SLA. POTS used to be very reliable, VOIP definitely is not. Is it cheaper to run and maintain and have better features? yes! Do I use it? yes! Do I think it is fair to make grandma add an electricity-eating privacy stealing converter box for every friggin thing she uses in her house without providing any benefit to her? Hell no!
This sounds like the Clipper Chip all over again.