The HP procurve 4000 and 4100 switches have an impressive BLPD ratio, I only wish we'd stuck the coms rack where it is more visible. The suits always seem more impressed with the floor wiring (lots of wires and blinkenlights) closets than with the server room.
I doubt the motors are more than 20% of the entire vehicle weight. Modern rare-earth electric motors are fairly light and efficient for their output power.
Older EV designs did generally use a single motor, but with current motor technology using a motor in each wheel is supposed to save weight and be more efficent than a single big motor.
Wrong, several UNIX variants had (or have) Y2K issues. For some systems it was just user level programs that had problems, for some it was much more serious requiring updates to the system libraries or kernel.
back in 1998 I was working for a HP VAR. We had several customers who could not upgrade their systems from HP-UX 9. Unfortunately HP's Y2K "solution" for HP-UX 9 was upgrading to HPUX 10 or 11. Most of these users were planning on setting the system clocks back 32 years.
There were a number of vile hacks put into place to get us past Y2K such as pivot dates and setting system clocks back. Hopefully these hacks won't come back to haunt us in a few years.
The worst part of an outage like this is the users always blame you for any connectivity problems. "I can't get to the D&B website, when are you going to have it fixed?", you patiently explain the circuits to your provider are fine, your provider's circuts are fine, and the problem is either with D&B's network or their provider. "Yeah, whatever, when are you going to have it fixed?", lusers are utterly hopeless, unfortunately you have to at least humor them when they sign your paychecks.
I just went to the Ad Council website and watched all of the ads. Scary thing is most of the ones that end with "what if America wasn't America" are already true. Some Muslims are holding secret church services in basements. The FBI is looking through library records and questioning people who check out "suspicious" material. Some medical students in Florida got in big trouble for a political conversation they had in a diner. I suspect in some parts of the country you would not want to get pulled over while carrying Arabic language newspapers.
Excuse me, I have to go, there are some men in dark suits knocking on my door....
So it would be like trying to order from the drive-through at the typical fast food joint. You order two bacon double cheeseburgers, two jumbo fries, and two large cokes and you end up with some random combination of items from the menu.
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The advertisements are part of a series called "Campaign for Freedom", they are funded by the The Advertising Council.
The ads are a continuation of the Ad Council's September 11th PSAs.
From the Ad Council's September 11th page: On September 11th, America was shattered by acts of terrorism. Our nation, our citizens, and the belief system upon which our country was founded were shaken.
The Ad Council returned to its wartime footing, developing messages that would help Americans remain strong throughout the war on terrorism, just as it had during World War II. Public service messages to help the country respond and recover from the attacks were also developed. The first PSA began running just 10 days after the attacks.
Early PSAs like "I am an American" celebrated the country's extraordinary diversity and reminded people of the values that make America so unique. Other early PSAs included Laura Bush encouraging parents to talk to their kids, and others emphasizing tolerance and the importance of going on with our lives by "Living Brave."
A short time later, the Ad Council announced its "Campaign for Freedom," an initiative developed on behalf of the entire advertising industry. This important campaign was designed to inform, involve, and inspire Americans to participate in activities that will strengthen our nation and help support the war on terrorism.
From the Ad Council's "Campaign for Freedom" page: Developed following the tragedies of September 11th, the Ad Council's Campaign for Freedom is an unprecedented volunteer effort from the advertising industry. The initiative is designed to assist Americans during the war on terrorism through the development of timely and relevant PSAs. This first round of PSAs has been created to celebrate our nation's freedom and remind Americans about the importance of freedom and the need to protect it for future generations. According to research, Americans are looking for messages that will inform, involve and inspire them during the war on terrorism. This inspirational campaign is advertising's gift to America. All of the ads conclude with the powerful tagline, "Freedom. Appreciate it. Cherish it. Protect it."
Hehe... Even my nerd friends haven't gone that far with their houses.
On the other hand if you are having someone in to re-wire your house it really doesn't cost much more to have an RJ45 jack put anywhere you might possibly need it and have cat5 pulled back to your wire center.
Along similar lines my boss had electrical outlets wired to an inside switch put under the eaves of his house for Christmas lights.
Well I don't know if you just say "Bill Gates" some people might think you are talking about the lawyer who happens to be the father of the Bill Gates who founded Microsoft.
Surely Nichia could have paid him the equivalent of a couple of million US in return for being quiet and going away. Before his breakthrough Nichia was a small chemical manufacturer specializing in phosphor compounds, afterward they became the world leader in blue, violet, and UV LEDs and laser diodes.
I've been guilty of using thru instead of through in business communications. I suspect this is going to become an acceptable spelling soon.
As for the others, I sometimes use "da" or "lite" but only in a humorous context such as "you da man", "Windows 2000 is UNIX-lite", or "lite-beer tastes like piss-water".
There are many different attitudes a network admin can have towards 3rd party access via their WAP:
1) Actively supports public use of their WLAN, probably put the warchalking marks around the AP. SSID is set to blank or otherwise indicate public access.
2) Doesn't intend to offer public access but doesn't care when they find out it is happening. Usually these are home users or some small businesses.
3) Doesn't intend to offer public access, has no real clue about how far their signal leaks or how easy it is to find a WAP left on default settings. When given clue, either begins to secure network or whines the g'ment needs to do something about these "evil hackers". Most open APs are in this category.
4) Doesn't intend to offer public access, takes steps to secure network. Can either be totally private or a pay network like the one at Starbucks.
The problem is you don't get to read the EULA before you open the box and you can't return the box after you open it. So if you do not like the contract terms you have no way of getting your money back.
Even worse are the EULAs that allow the manufacturer to amend the agreement at any time by posting a new EULA to some random obscure area of their web site without notifing you first. This is known as "sneakwrap"
Search Ed Foster's "Gripe Line" collumns on Infoworld's site for more on just how obnoxious EULAs and "sneakwrap" can be.
Are you aserting that the GPL is a signatureless contract? This is not exactly the case, it is simply the terms under which the copyright holder will allow you to do things not allowed under the default Bern Convention copyright rules. The GPL does not come into play unless you distribute or distribute a derivative work.
A shrinkwrap license is a whole different kettle of fish since the typical EULA completely ignores the doctrine of first sale.
In theory, yes the holders of the copyright to GIMP could sue you for copying their code and not releasing it under the GPL. But frankly anyone can sue you for anything, there is no 100% guarantee against someone filing a lawsuit against you. Oracle could sue you claiming you copied some part of their IP, it doesn't matter if you've never worked directly with an Oracle product in your life, it still would be a PITA to defend yourself against a lawsuit.
On the other hand there are steps one can take to make a lawsuit less likely. One factor is how litigious various parties involved are. It is far more likely that Oracle will sue you for "cross contamination" because you've seen their IP than anyone releasing open source software. People doing GPL code generally have better things to do with their time and money than filing lawsuits.
Unless you actually cut and paste GPL code into a non-GPL project it is highly unlikely you will ever be sued for violating the GPL. Even then the GPL community typically will contact the alleged violater first and try to work out a solution rather than resort to costly litigation.
Maria Cantwell was not the Real Networks CEO. She was the VP of Marketing, and later the Senior VP of the consumer and electronic commerce division at Real Networks.
But she is one of the most tech and internet savvy elected officials in DC.
Right now the best way to contact your Senators and Congressman is via phone. Postal mail sent to your represenatives DC offices is subject to long delays. From Senator Maria Cantwell's site:
"Mail service to my Washington, D.C. Senate office has resumed, but will be slowed down. It will take about three weeks for your letter to be delivered. I ask that you be patient with written correspondence to and from my office, and when possible use alternatives such as email, phone, or fax. Thanks."
Another alternative is to send postal mail to your representatives' district or state offices.
Ugh, so called "energy" bars and drinks are among the worst things the US has done to food and eating. I really don't understand how people can eat these things, the average "energy" bar has about as much flavor and as pleasant a texture as a chocolate covered piece of drywall.
If I need to snack I buy a bag of baby carrots or some fruit. If I have time to prep at home I'll take a bunch of carrot and celery sticks with hommade peanut-butter or a homemade fruit salad.
"Crossing Over" production costs $100,000 Advertising Revenue: $2M ROI 2000%
The Pseudo-science crap is also a much easier sell to the sort of people who watch "Touched by an Angel", "Jerry Springer", "As the World Turns", and professional wrestling.
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The HP procurve 4000 and 4100 switches have an impressive BLPD ratio, I only wish we'd stuck the coms rack where it is more visible. The suits always seem more impressed with the floor wiring (lots of wires and blinkenlights) closets than with the server room.
If you ignore the sponsored links that's not so bad. 5 of the first 10 results are anti-Co$ sites and 3 of the first 5 are anti-Co$.
This sentence no verb.
I doubt the motors are more than 20% of the entire vehicle weight. Modern rare-earth electric motors are fairly light and efficient for their output power.
Older EV designs did generally use a single motor, but with current motor technology using a motor in each wheel is supposed to save weight and be more efficent than a single big motor.
Wrong, several UNIX variants had (or have) Y2K issues. For some systems it was just user level programs that had problems, for some it was much more serious requiring updates to the system libraries or kernel.
back in 1998 I was working for a HP VAR. We had several customers who could not upgrade their systems from HP-UX 9. Unfortunately HP's Y2K "solution" for HP-UX 9 was upgrading to HPUX 10 or 11. Most of these users were planning on setting the system clocks back 32 years.
There were a number of vile hacks put into place to get us past Y2K such as pivot dates and setting system clocks back. Hopefully these hacks won't come back to haunt us in a few years.
The worst part of an outage like this is the users always blame you for any connectivity problems. "I can't get to the D&B website, when are you going to have it fixed?", you patiently explain the circuits to your provider are fine, your provider's circuts are fine, and the problem is either with D&B's network or their provider. "Yeah, whatever, when are you going to have it fixed?", lusers are utterly hopeless, unfortunately you have to at least humor them when they sign your paychecks.
I just went to the Ad Council website and watched all of the ads. Scary thing is most of the ones that end with "what if America wasn't America" are already true. Some Muslims are holding secret church services in basements. The FBI is looking through library records and questioning people who check out "suspicious" material. Some medical students in Florida got in big trouble for a political conversation they had in a diner. I suspect in some parts of the country you would not want to get pulled over while carrying Arabic language newspapers.
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Excuse me, I have to go, there are some men in dark suits knocking on my door
Yes it is the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILUW).
Here's an article on the situation from the Seattle P-I.
So it would be like trying to order from the drive-through at the typical fast food joint. You order two bacon double cheeseburgers, two jumbo fries, and two large cokes and you end up with some random combination of items from the menu.
The advertisements are part of a series called "Campaign for Freedom", they are funded by the The Advertising Council.
The ads are a continuation of the Ad Council's September 11th PSAs.
From the Ad Council's September 11th page:
On September 11th, America was shattered by acts of terrorism. Our nation, our citizens, and the belief system upon which our country was founded were shaken.
The Ad Council returned to its wartime footing, developing messages that would help Americans remain strong throughout the war on terrorism, just as it had during World War II. Public service messages to help the country respond and recover from the attacks were also developed. The first PSA began running just 10 days after the attacks.
Early PSAs like "I am an American" celebrated the country's extraordinary diversity and reminded people of the values that make America so unique. Other early PSAs included Laura Bush encouraging parents to talk to their kids, and others emphasizing tolerance and the importance of going on with our lives by "Living Brave."
A short time later, the Ad Council announced its "Campaign for Freedom," an initiative developed on behalf of the entire advertising industry. This important campaign was designed to inform, involve, and inspire Americans to participate in activities that will strengthen our nation and help support the war on terrorism.
From the Ad Council's "Campaign for Freedom" page:
Developed following the tragedies of September 11th, the Ad Council's Campaign for Freedom is an unprecedented volunteer effort from the advertising industry. The initiative is designed to assist Americans during the war on terrorism through the development of timely and relevant PSAs. This first round of PSAs has been created to celebrate our nation's freedom and remind Americans about the importance of freedom and the need to protect it for future generations. According to research, Americans are looking for messages that will inform, involve and inspire them during the war on terrorism. This inspirational campaign is advertising's gift to America. All of the ads conclude with the powerful tagline, "Freedom. Appreciate it. Cherish it. Protect it."
They should replace the flag logo with this one.
Hehe ... Even my nerd friends haven't gone that far with their houses.
On the other hand if you are having someone in to re-wire your house it really doesn't cost much more to have an RJ45 jack put anywhere you might possibly need it and have cat5 pulled back to your wire center.
Along similar lines my boss had electrical outlets wired to an inside switch put under the eaves of his house for Christmas lights.
Well I don't know if you just say "Bill Gates" some people might think you are talking about the lawyer who happens to be the father of the Bill Gates who founded Microsoft.
Surely Nichia could have paid him the equivalent of a couple of million US in return for being quiet and going away. Before his breakthrough Nichia was a small chemical manufacturer specializing in phosphor compounds, afterward they became the world leader in blue, violet, and UV LEDs and laser diodes.
I've been guilty of using thru instead of through in business communications. I suspect this is going to become an acceptable spelling soon.
As for the others, I sometimes use "da" or "lite" but only in a humorous context such as "you da man", "Windows 2000 is UNIX-lite", or "lite-beer tastes like piss-water".
There are many different attitudes a network admin can have towards 3rd party access via their WAP:
1) Actively supports public use of their WLAN, probably put the warchalking marks around the AP. SSID is set to blank or otherwise indicate public access.
2) Doesn't intend to offer public access but doesn't care when they find out it is happening. Usually these are home users or some small businesses.
3) Doesn't intend to offer public access, has no real clue about how far their signal leaks or how easy it is to find a WAP left on default settings. When given clue, either begins to secure network or whines the g'ment needs to do something about these "evil hackers". Most open APs are in this category.
4) Doesn't intend to offer public access, takes steps to secure network. Can either be totally private or a pay network like the one at Starbucks.
Karen Carpenter.
The problem is you don't get to read the EULA before you open the box and you can't return the box after you open it. So if you do not like the contract terms you have no way of getting your money back.
Even worse are the EULAs that allow the manufacturer to amend the agreement at any time by posting a new EULA to some random obscure area of their web site without notifing you first. This is known as "sneakwrap"
Search Ed Foster's "Gripe Line" collumns on Infoworld's site for more on just how obnoxious EULAs and "sneakwrap" can be.
I'm not sure where the parents say any of this.
Are you aserting that the GPL is a signatureless contract? This is not exactly the case, it is simply the terms under which the copyright holder will allow you to do things not allowed under the default Bern Convention copyright rules. The GPL does not come into play unless you distribute or distribute a derivative work.
A shrinkwrap license is a whole different kettle of fish since the typical EULA completely ignores the doctrine of first sale.
In theory, yes the holders of the copyright to GIMP could sue you for copying their code and not releasing it under the GPL. But frankly anyone can sue you for anything, there is no 100% guarantee against someone filing a lawsuit against you. Oracle could sue you claiming you copied some part of their IP, it doesn't matter if you've never worked directly with an Oracle product in your life, it still would be a PITA to defend yourself against a lawsuit.
On the other hand there are steps one can take to make a lawsuit less likely. One factor is how litigious various parties involved are. It is far more likely that Oracle will sue you for "cross contamination" because you've seen their IP than anyone releasing open source software. People doing GPL code generally have better things to do with their time and money than filing lawsuits.
Unless you actually cut and paste GPL code into a non-GPL project it is highly unlikely you will ever be sued for violating the GPL. Even then the GPL community typically will contact the alleged violater first and try to work out a solution rather than resort to costly litigation.
Maria Cantwell was not the Real Networks CEO. She was the VP of Marketing, and later the Senior VP of the consumer and electronic commerce division at Real Networks.
But she is one of the most tech and internet savvy elected officials in DC.
Right now the best way to contact your Senators and Congressman is via phone. Postal mail sent to your represenatives DC offices is subject to long delays. From Senator Maria Cantwell's site:
"Mail service to my Washington, D.C. Senate office has resumed, but will be slowed down. It will take about three weeks for your letter to be delivered. I ask that you be patient with written correspondence to and from my office, and when possible use alternatives such as email, phone, or fax. Thanks."
Another alternative is to send postal mail to your representatives' district or state offices.
Ugh, so called "energy" bars and drinks are among the worst things the US has done to food and eating. I really don't understand how people can eat these things, the average "energy" bar has about as much flavor and as pleasant a texture as a chocolate covered piece of drywall.
If I need to snack I buy a bag of baby carrots or some fruit. If I have time to prep at home I'll take a bunch of carrot and celery sticks with hommade peanut-butter or a homemade fruit salad.
"Crossing Over" production costs $100,000
Advertising Revenue: $2M
ROI 2000%
The Pseudo-science crap is also a much easier sell to the sort of people who watch "Touched by an Angel", "Jerry Springer", "As the World Turns", and professional wrestling.
Is 90% enough to be considered an illegal monopoly or trust?
DOJ vs. RIAA is an antitrust case I'd like to see. Maybe if the RIAA is broken up the artists can actually get paid.