At universtity, they ran a PAD system and to connect to your desired host, you had to type the name of the machine at the pad prompt (went something like PADDCA112>) before you could log on. So I changed my prompt to be the same as a PAD prompt.
I never used it for evil but it was quite amusing one time when a "know it all" decided he just had to show me something so barged me out of the way and then sat there confused wondering why he couldn't connect to a machine and kept getting "command not found" type errors
I'm not so sure the article on power poles is completely correct or at least doesn't explain things all the way to the consumer.
Having recently installed a power pole here, I can tell you that neutral is brought down from the main power line as the return path for the electricity. It could be that it is just fed directly to ground but I doubt it as it's well known that the voltage of ground between two different locations can vary quite significantly (That is why cat5 ethernet has no ground).
Looking out my window, it is impossible to tell exactly how many wires come from the main power station as it looks like they are all bundled into one. There are four wires running between the main poles but one of them is cable, one phone co and one is probably a protective ground.
Besides, I can tell you for a fact that when I lived in England, almost directly under some high tension power lines, the lines were bundled in groups of four with a small diamond shaped spacer at regular intervals. That's three phase and neutral.
Besides, there's something I don't quite understand about US voltages. I have one neutral, two live ('hot') wires coming into the house. neutral to live is 110V fair enough. However, hot to hot is supposed to be 240V. Now, if you have three phases, each at 110V to neutral and 180 degrees out of phase to each other then one phase to the other would be 190V (in the UK, it's 240V and 415V). The only way you get anywhere near 240V is if you have a two phase supply where the phases are 180 out of phase and then you get 220V.
So it appears that the electricity coming into the house is two phase. Not three as the article suggests.
Of course, there is something I could be missing. Sitting up on the main power pole is a transformer. I guess that could be taking one of the phases (indeed, it may be that the locality here is only served by one phase) and converting it to two feeds, each 180 out from each other. That would also account for the single wire between the main poles and would make the article correct (for as far as the local substation anyway). Three phase would certainly be more logical anyway.
Just for comparison, in the UK, most consumer power lines are laid underground and the homes are supplied with one neutral and only one live ('hot') wire so phases is not something we encounter often.
Security through obscurity fails to function with proprietary software, but even more so with open source software that nobody is permitted to fix. A security issue is discovered by code review but to remedy the issue is to breach the license terms.
Isn't that what we're coming to? Endless copyright fights over the images of famous people? Wouldn't it be hysterical if all the movie houses
started snapping up the copyrights to all famous people-- MGM gets the image of George Washington, Universal gets the Sta Puft
Marshmallow Man, etc.
A company (a charity) in the UK recently tried to copyright Princess Diana. Not specific images of Princess Diana but all and any images of her.
Their claim was that they wanted to protect her image from being debased by being associated with cheap souveneirs (read the directors wanted to sell expensive souveneirs and buy big cars and houses).
I think that the british courts told them where they could stick it. Noone has the right to control images of a dead person (other than that they own the copyright on specific images).
All this just further fed into my rising suspicion that most charities, despite any actual good they may do, are largely set up to provide a nice comfortable salary for their directors. This to the extent that I won't donate to any charity unless I know that all expenses (including salaries) are kept to a minimum (i.e. I haven't donated anything in a long time).
I mean, take a look at that box of girlscout cookies. It's made by a company somewhere. Do you think the director of that company is driving around in a Ford Escort? Is that really what you wanted your money to go towards? Do yourself and the girlscouts a favour and just cut them a check for the money you would have spent (unless you really dig the cookies)
People have rights, dead people are just lumps of meat in the ground.
It sometimes seems like there should be rights for dead people but once you start having rights for the dead, you run into huge problems. Not the least of which is the inability of people to waive those rights.
I mean it's already bad enough that copyright extends past a copyright holders death. I mean, how is that supposed to benefit the creator.
Many of us think that this is a big problem with giving corporations the same rights as an individual, that individuals have an expiry date wheras corporations can continue to monopolise parts of our shared cultures indefinitely (if the politicians keep extending copyright the way they do)
And anyway, in this case, the thing to remember is that the rights to the actors image is owned by the people with the rights to the image. Sure, the actor may have had a contract for recompense for use of that image but the image itself is not the property of the actor
When I first saw this ad, I thought it was strange as the Lara Croft character (or a close replica) has been advertising Lucozade (an energy drink) in the UK for some time now.
Man, if you think having sex is an 'ugly truth' then i suspect it is already too late for you.
Sex is one of the most beautiful ways two people can share their love for each other (It can also be meaningless and tawdry but that doesn't mean that seeing it is some traumatic experience).
To me, the whole point of higher resolution is to fit more on the screen. If everything scales then what's the point? When I code, I'm not particularly fussed how nice the fonts look, I want to work most efficiently.
It also ignores the fact that 1024x768 on a 21" monitor is substantially different from the same resolution on a 15" monitor.
So as you say, it should be a user preference. There should be a global scale multiplier. This would be useful also to allow for squeezing things up really tight on the odd occasion you find yourself sitting in front of a 640x480 monitor.
Please tell me what this is. My company budgeted $400/mo for my internet connection but so far, we have been unable to arrange anything other than standard (well, substandard at an average of 31200) dialup. We are currently looking at Starband but they have put a hold on new installations due to poor installer training.
Rich
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But he said "the people" not "people".
Companies benefitting may result in some individuals benefitting but society as a whole may be worse off.
I've just noticed as well that the tires on my minivan are, in fact, "Goodyear Invicta"s. And no, to the ACs who have guessed at the roots of the word, I don't think it has anyhting to do with Spanish or invitations. I think it comes from "in" for "not" (incapabale, invisible etc) and "vict" from the same as "victory". I.e. "No victory" or "unbeaten".
Don't know, probably Latin. It means "Unconquered" or something. It's very popular in Kent in the UK where some invading army failed to conquer Kent because of the "Men of Kent" or somesuch.
As I say, it's very popular, there are Invicta public houses, Invicta garages and even "Invicta FM" (often termed "Inflicta FM")
We recently had a "Active Learning day" at work. The staff was divided into two teams and various activities occurred throughout the day, the aim being to accumulate clues. When all clues were accumulated, you had to use them to open a briefcase which contained the final activity of the day.
The theory was that each teams set of data was incomplete so they would have to cooperate to get the suitcase open, thus teaching us the importance of acting as a whole team or something.
However, I have always had an interest in locks (and "unlocking" them) and the briefcase had those cheapy combo locks on it so I wandered over and had it open in 20 seconds.
Lesson: Teams are good but sometimes an individual makes the difference.
Unfortunately, because things had gone wrong, they decided to usurp my victory and give the final activity (locate an item in the woods) to both teams. My team lost. I'm not sure what the message there is but I chose to learn my own message which is "Messing around for the day is much more fun than sitting in an office working"
In the USA, it is implemented so that cellphones get a "real" area code. Other places in the world, it is implemented that the cellphone gets a special "cell phone" area code so that the people who call it know they will be paying more.
This is a *good thing*. Cell phones are expensive. If you don't have to pay for incoming calls, you can budget. Simplified budgeting means greater uptake of cell phones. Greater uptake of cellphones means more incentive for the cellphone companies to improve their coverage.
If you are someone who is frequently not near a landline, then by getting a mobile, you are providing others with the convenience of being able to get hold of you rather than having to speak to your answerphone. Sure, you may get the advantage of business you may have missed but it's not all one way. You can always put two numbers on your business card you know. And in the UK, you can attach 0800 (free) and 0845 (local toll) numbers to your mobile as well.
You may feel that the USA way of handling cell phone charges is better than the way other places do it but just look at the facts. Many parts of Europe are approaching and set to exceed 100% uptake whereas USA cellphone uptake is lying bleeding in a ditch.
What about areas where cell phhoines can't reach? Here in Boston, the entire subway system is
inaccessable to cell phones (no repeaters underground).
Can't reach or don't reach? In the UK, several underground stations and tunnels have repeaters for mobile phones.
The simple fact is that the USA blows goats when it comes to mobile phone service. It's like none of your companies are taking it seriously. Until coverage is ramped up (and I don't mean coverage that looks like someone tried to follow the highways on a map with a highlighter) and the charging for incoming calls is gone, cellphone uptake in the USA will continue to be worse than some third world countries.
I mean, there's still analogue phones for sale for gods' sake. They stopped seling those in the UK two years ago.
ArsDigita, its CEO Allan Shaheen and
the venture capitalists who took over ArsDigita
Corp., [...] are sueing Philip Greenspun and two other
co-founders of ArsDigita [...]
So the VCs are suing the cofounders. Clear enough.
Since the
VCs took over ArsDigita, many of their best developers and staff have
left the company or been fired, and now they are sueing their own
co-founders, who gave the company its vision
So the developers and staff are suing the co-founders? Rather, I think someone needs to learn how to use English before they hurt someone.
Now I can understand why they did it, and for new theatre releases they might have a good argument as
to why they should be allowed to do it
The "theatre release" based argument is based on the film companies finding it cheaper to release the films in the USA then, when the run is over, shipping the reels abroad to show there. This being cheaper than making reels for the whole world then trashing them in a couple of weeks.
Now, the question is, should the full legislative force of a government, particularly a "people's government" be brought into play to restrict citizens rights to save corporations a bit of cash?
And Sen. Kennedy had the cheek to ask Ashcroft if he thought we had a tyrranical government.
Actually, it's a typo. It should be "Thou shalt not cover thy neighbours wife."
Now, that may sound like an adminition not to put clothes on your neighbours spouse when she is running around the yard naked but what it actually means is that if she creates an act of performance (a song or music), you should not attempt to perform it yourself.
This is why the Jewish run entertainment industry pushes so hard for expansion of copyright laws. It's in their holy book you see. (Technically Christians too but to most Christians, the old testament is just a trailer for the good stuff)
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I never used it for evil but it was quite amusing one time when a "know it all" decided he just had to show me something so barged me out of the way and then sat there confused wondering why he couldn't connect to a machine and kept getting "command not found" type errors
Rich
Having recently installed a power pole here, I can tell you that neutral is brought down from the main power line as the return path for the electricity. It could be that it is just fed directly to ground but I doubt it as it's well known that the voltage of ground between two different locations can vary quite significantly (That is why cat5 ethernet has no ground).
Looking out my window, it is impossible to tell exactly how many wires come from the main power station as it looks like they are all bundled into one. There are four wires running between the main poles but one of them is cable, one phone co and one is probably a protective ground.
Besides, I can tell you for a fact that when I lived in England, almost directly under some high tension power lines, the lines were bundled in groups of four with a small diamond shaped spacer at regular intervals. That's three phase and neutral.
Besides, there's something I don't quite understand about US voltages. I have one neutral, two live ('hot') wires coming into the house. neutral to live is 110V fair enough. However, hot to hot is supposed to be 240V. Now, if you have three phases, each at 110V to neutral and 180 degrees out of phase to each other then one phase to the other would be 190V (in the UK, it's 240V and 415V). The only way you get anywhere near 240V is if you have a two phase supply where the phases are 180 out of phase and then you get 220V.
So it appears that the electricity coming into the house is two phase. Not three as the article suggests.
Of course, there is something I could be missing. Sitting up on the main power pole is a transformer. I guess that could be taking one of the phases (indeed, it may be that the locality here is only served by one phase) and converting it to two feeds, each 180 out from each other. That would also account for the single wire between the main poles and would make the article correct (for as far as the local substation anyway). Three phase would certainly be more logical anyway.
Just for comparison, in the UK, most consumer power lines are laid underground and the homes are supplied with one neutral and only one live ('hot') wire so phases is not something we encounter often.
Rich
Security through obscurity fails to function with proprietary software, but even more so with open source software that nobody is permitted to fix. A security issue is discovered by code review but to remedy the issue is to breach the license terms.
Rich
A company (a charity) in the UK recently tried to copyright Princess Diana. Not specific images of Princess Diana but all and any images of her.
Their claim was that they wanted to protect her image from being debased by being associated with cheap souveneirs (read the directors wanted to sell expensive souveneirs and buy big cars and houses).
I think that the british courts told them where they could stick it. Noone has the right to control images of a dead person (other than that they own the copyright on specific images).
All this just further fed into my rising suspicion that most charities, despite any actual good they may do, are largely set up to provide a nice comfortable salary for their directors. This to the extent that I won't donate to any charity unless I know that all expenses (including salaries) are kept to a minimum (i.e. I haven't donated anything in a long time).
I mean, take a look at that box of girlscout cookies. It's made by a company somewhere. Do you think the director of that company is driving around in a Ford Escort? Is that really what you wanted your money to go towards? Do yourself and the girlscouts a favour and just cut them a check for the money you would have spent (unless you really dig the cookies)
Anyway, gone off at a tangent a bit there.
Rich
It sometimes seems like there should be rights for dead people but once you start having rights for the dead, you run into huge problems. Not the least of which is the inability of people to waive those rights.
I mean it's already bad enough that copyright extends past a copyright holders death. I mean, how is that supposed to benefit the creator.
Many of us think that this is a big problem with giving corporations the same rights as an individual, that individuals have an expiry date wheras corporations can continue to monopolise parts of our shared cultures indefinitely (if the politicians keep extending copyright the way they do)
And anyway, in this case, the thing to remember is that the rights to the actors image is owned by the people with the rights to the image. Sure, the actor may have had a contract for recompense for use of that image but the image itself is not the property of the actor
Rich
Rich
Dude, that's a rule of life. *Nobody* ever has as much fun as they think their friends are having.
Rich
Rich
Man, if you think having sex is an 'ugly truth' then i suspect it is already too late for you.
Sex is one of the most beautiful ways two people can share their love for each other (It can also be meaningless and tawdry but that doesn't mean that seeing it is some traumatic experience).
Rich
People who are cheating on their wife probably do not have the time to watch pornography.
Conversely, people who view pornography may be too busy to cheat on their wife.
Rich
Rich
It also ignores the fact that 1024x768 on a 21" monitor is substantially different from the same resolution on a 15" monitor.
So as you say, it should be a user preference. There should be a global scale multiplier. This would be useful also to allow for squeezing things up really tight on the odd occasion you find yourself sitting in front of a 640x480 monitor.
Rich
Rich
Companies benefitting may result in some individuals benefitting but society as a whole may be worse off.
Rich
Probably at some point between when the lawyers started and finished writing it.
Rich
Rich
As I say, it's very popular, there are Invicta public houses, Invicta garages and even "Invicta FM" (often termed "Inflicta FM")
Rich
The theory was that each teams set of data was incomplete so they would have to cooperate to get the suitcase open, thus teaching us the importance of acting as a whole team or something.
However, I have always had an interest in locks (and "unlocking" them) and the briefcase had those cheapy combo locks on it so I wandered over and had it open in 20 seconds.
Lesson: Teams are good but sometimes an individual makes the difference.
Unfortunately, because things had gone wrong, they decided to usurp my victory and give the final activity (locate an item in the woods) to both teams. My team lost. I'm not sure what the message there is but I chose to learn my own message which is "Messing around for the day is much more fun than sitting in an office working"
Rich
Rich
This is a *good thing*. Cell phones are expensive. If you don't have to pay for incoming calls, you can budget. Simplified budgeting means greater uptake of cell phones. Greater uptake of cellphones means more incentive for the cellphone companies to improve their coverage.
If you are someone who is frequently not near a landline, then by getting a mobile, you are providing others with the convenience of being able to get hold of you rather than having to speak to your answerphone. Sure, you may get the advantage of business you may have missed but it's not all one way. You can always put two numbers on your business card you know. And in the UK, you can attach 0800 (free) and 0845 (local toll) numbers to your mobile as well.
You may feel that the USA way of handling cell phone charges is better than the way other places do it but just look at the facts. Many parts of Europe are approaching and set to exceed 100% uptake whereas USA cellphone uptake is lying bleeding in a ditch.
Rich
Can't reach or don't reach? In the UK, several underground stations and tunnels have repeaters for mobile phones.
The simple fact is that the USA blows goats when it comes to mobile phone service. It's like none of your companies are taking it seriously. Until coverage is ramped up (and I don't mean coverage that looks like someone tried to follow the highways on a map with a highlighter) and the charging for incoming calls is gone, cellphone uptake in the USA will continue to be worse than some third world countries.
I mean, there's still analogue phones for sale for gods' sake. They stopped seling those in the UK two years ago.
Oh, and sort out the HDTV while you're about it.
Rich
So the VCs are suing the cofounders. Clear enough.
Since the VCs took over ArsDigita, many of their best developers and staff have left the company or been fired, and now they are sueing their own co-founders, who gave the company its vision
So the developers and staff are suing the co-founders? Rather, I think someone needs to learn how to use English before they hurt someone.
Rich
The "theatre release" based argument is based on the film companies finding it cheaper to release the films in the USA then, when the run is over, shipping the reels abroad to show there. This being cheaper than making reels for the whole world then trashing them in a couple of weeks.
Now, the question is, should the full legislative force of a government, particularly a "people's government" be brought into play to restrict citizens rights to save corporations a bit of cash?
And Sen. Kennedy had the cheek to ask Ashcroft if he thought we had a tyrranical government.
Rich
Now, that may sound like an adminition not to put clothes on your neighbours spouse when she is running around the yard naked but what it actually means is that if she creates an act of performance (a song or music), you should not attempt to perform it yourself.
This is why the Jewish run entertainment industry pushes so hard for expansion of copyright laws. It's in their holy book you see. (Technically Christians too but to most Christians, the old testament is just a trailer for the good stuff)
Rich