If your gas furnace's blower and exhaust fans run on electricity, which I'm pretty sure they do, you're not going to get more than a minute or two out of a UPS. Those big fans push a lot of air and draw a lot of power. If you're really worried about staying warm, get a propane space heater and a 20lb tank. It will be enough to keep a room or two warm for a couple days.
I thought trademark was a right guaranteed with or without going through the trademark process. After her first "sale" (visit from an outsider), she would have held a trademark on her site.
Nope, that's copyright. Big difference. You definatly have to register your trademark, and even after it's registered, you need to actively defend it from falling into general vocabulary (like the lawsuits Jeep and Kleenex have filed over the years to preserve their trademarks).
katie.com was registered in the DNS system in 1996, not at the copyright office. Huge difference. Still, I'm pulling 100% for the original owner of the website.
I have yet to see any home printer that can take UV inks, so I'd be willing to bet that the reasources required to obtain one would mostly defeat the purpose of counterfeitting anyways.
I would guess that you could silk-screen some UV ink on quite easily and it wouldn't need to be that accurate if cashiers just briefly flash it under a lamp to check if there is UV ink in the right place. We did silk screening in a high school art class and it's really not difficult at all. It might take an hour to set up the mask, but it would only take a couple seconds per bill after that.
According to the BT researchers, the damage is caused by an increase in temperature that occurs when the power leaks out of the fiber at a bend and is absorbed by its coating. This either causes the fiber coating to burn off leaving the silica beneath exposed or if the temperature is high enough (around 1100C) the fiber itself deforms giving rise to a large permanent optical loss. The failure occurs more rapidly as the power level rises and the fiber diameter shrinks.
"A fairly small percentage of the power is absorbed but as it is absorbed it changes the structure of the coating causing some more absorption until there is a run away effect," said Sikora. "Depending on the input power the temperature can easily go up to 1000C or more."
Yes folks, that's all there was in the story that didn't get posted on the front page of slashdot. 2 more paragraphs and we wouldn't have even needed the link...
Really, it's the opposite of a turing test. Instead of a human attempting to determing whether he/she is talking to a machine, the machine is attempting to determine whether or not it is communicating with a human. Kind of like if the student gave the teacher a test, it would be the opposite of a typical exam.
Are you sure you have DMA enabled? Several distros (including RH 7.3 and 8, not sure about others) don't have DMA enabled by default. Log in as root and type "hdparm/dev/hd(a,b,c,d) and see if the using_dma flag is set to 0 (off) or 1 (on). If it's turned off, the -d flag toggles on/off for dma.
Ripping and encoding do not really cause heavy disk IO. It's all sequential. High CPU time no doubt, but not disk. I run a squid proxy for 5000 pr0n hungry college kids. That has high disk IO.
The math shows it's a bit more extreme than that. 1 mass unit x 20,000 velocity units x 20,000 more velocity units = 400,000,000 kinetic energy units. If we divide that by 20^2 velocity units (speed of other object), we find that the 1 gram spec of crud has the same kenetic energy as a 1,000,000 gram brick going 20 MPH.
It always amazes me when some student at my campus steals a lab computer and doesn't think that our DHCP server will let us know the next time it gets plugged back in to our network. Over half our stolen computers get recovered that way. Just last night, one was stolen (end of the academic year is always bad for theft) and the kid decides to plug it in in his room. He really should have waited 5 more days to use it and he would have graduated on time. Now he is facing expulsion. Idiots!
Yeah, some people really do want it there. Part of my job is configuring student owned computers for the campus ethernet, and I had a kid get all pissy because I uninstalled Gator for him while fixing his networking problems (corrupt tcp/ip stack...related? probably)
We also get idiots who have AOL installed and want to keep using it even though they have an always-on ethernet connection. They say they are "used to it" and "it's how they like to use the internet". To each their own, I guess.
while I think you have many excellent points, I believe that it's not true linux users so much as people who tried it for a little while then switched back who make those complaints. The thing is, people who try linux but don't use it as their primary OS both at work and at home don't even really have a chance to use such features as X's network transparency. They go shell out $100 for PC anywhere (or more likely, a copy that was duplicated without authorization) and think it's the greatest thing ever, not even realizing that it's been part of X forever.
what does NAT give you that a regular firewall would not?
Umm, about IP 2^24 IP addresses.
Yes, NAT causes problems. Fortunately, a competent admin can work around these problems. Just because you say that it is not good for security and traffic shaping doesn't mean it is true. Can you back that up?
No kidding. Switching to IPv6 is more work than it is worth right now, and the balance doesn't seem to be shifting. I remember about 5 years ago when a Prof told our class that we should invest in Cisco because everyone was going to have to replace all their network hardware to switch to IPv6. I've been following the stock since then for kicks, and you would have been much better off burying your money in the back yard.
Besides, we almost HAVE to use NAT to prevent p2p apps from completely swamping our tiny college connection, so we have unlimited IP addresses anyway.
The directive for controlling this is obvious to anyone that is
editing the apache.conf file. The question might as well be "where is
the apache conf file" because its self describingly obvious, IMO.
The apache.conf file is really called httpd.conf. Nice trick question! Will somebody hire me now? Oh, thanks anyways...
I also think you have a very unique perspective on Brave New World. A
perfect society!?? Out of interest, did you think 1984 depicted a
similarly perfect society?
I read Brave New World and 1984 around 8th grade. 1984 scared the shit
out of me, but Brave New World didn't sound that bad. Especially the
part where you get to squeeze boobies while your personal helicopter
is on autopilot.
If they have a range of 15 feet, you would only need a scanner every 30 feet, which is enough to cover a couple lanes of traffic. Also, this is the first generation of these devices. I'm sure that someday someone somewhere will be smart enough to figure out how to make the range larger.
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If your gas furnace's blower and exhaust fans run on electricity, which I'm pretty sure they do, you're not going to get more than a minute or two out of a UPS. Those big fans push a lot of air and draw a lot of power. If you're really worried about staying warm, get a propane space heater and a 20lb tank. It will be enough to keep a room or two warm for a couple days.
I thought trademark was a right guaranteed with or without going through the trademark process. After her first "sale" (visit from an outsider), she would have held a trademark on her site.
Nope, that's copyright. Big difference. You definatly have to register your trademark, and even after it's registered, you need to actively defend it from falling into general vocabulary (like the lawsuits Jeep and Kleenex have filed over the years to preserve their trademarks).
katie.com was registered in the DNS system in 1996, not at the copyright office. Huge difference. Still, I'm pulling 100% for the original owner of the website.
Yeah...that was such an advertisement for homosexuality! Sheesh...
I like my beer cold, my TV loud and my homosexuals FLAMING!
I have yet to see any home printer that can take UV inks, so I'd be willing to bet that the reasources required to obtain one would mostly defeat the purpose of counterfeitting anyways.
I would guess that you could silk-screen some UV ink on quite easily and it wouldn't need to be that accurate if cashiers just briefly flash it under a lamp to check if there is UV ink in the right place. We did silk screening in a high school art class and it's really not difficult at all. It might take an hour to set up the mask, but it would only take a couple seconds per bill after that.
According to the BT researchers, the damage is caused by an increase in temperature that occurs when the power leaks out of the fiber at a bend and is absorbed by its coating. This either causes the fiber coating to burn off leaving the silica beneath exposed or if the temperature is high enough (around 1100C) the fiber itself deforms giving rise to a large permanent optical loss. The failure occurs more rapidly as the power level rises and the fiber diameter shrinks.
"A fairly small percentage of the power is absorbed but as it is absorbed it changes the structure of the coating causing some more absorption until there is a run away effect," said Sikora. "Depending on the input power the temperature can easily go up to 1000C or more."
Yes folks, that's all there was in the story that didn't get posted on the front page of slashdot. 2 more paragraphs and we wouldn't have even needed the link...
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Really, it's the opposite of a turing test. Instead of a human attempting to determing whether he/she is talking to a machine, the machine is attempting to determine whether or not it is communicating with a human. Kind of like if the student gave the teacher a test, it would be the opposite of a typical exam.
eMight be able to get it to run under wine (yes I am joking).
Actually, SirCam runs fine under WINE, so it wouldn't surprise me if this could too. Wasn't one of Wine's goals "bug for bug compatability"?
Are you sure you have DMA enabled? Several distros (including RH 7.3 and 8, not sure about others) /dev/hd(a,b,c,d) and see if the using_dma flag is set to 0 (off) or 1 (on). If it's turned off, the -d flag toggles on/off for dma.
don't have DMA enabled by default. Log in as root and type "hdparm
Ripping and encoding do not really cause heavy disk IO. It's all sequential. High CPU time no doubt, but not disk. I run a squid proxy for 5000 pr0n hungry college kids. That has high disk IO.
Take a *deep* breath, *relax*, and *pull* the *stick* our of your *asterisk*.
The math shows it's a bit more extreme than that. 1 mass unit x 20,000 velocity units x 20,000 more velocity units = 400,000,000 kinetic energy units. If we divide that by 20^2 velocity units (speed of other object), we find that the 1 gram spec of crud has the same kenetic energy as a 1,000,000 gram brick going 20 MPH.
It always amazes me when some student at my campus steals a lab computer and doesn't think that our DHCP server will let us know the next time it gets plugged back in to our network. Over half our stolen computers get recovered that way. Just last night, one was stolen (end of the academic year is always bad for theft) and the kid decides to plug it in in his room. He really should have waited 5 more days to use it and he would have graduated on time. Now he is facing expulsion. Idiots!
Yeah, some people really do want it there. Part of my job is configuring student owned computers for the campus ethernet, and I had a kid get all pissy because I uninstalled Gator for him while fixing his networking problems (corrupt tcp/ip stack...related? probably)
We also get idiots who have AOL installed and want to keep using it even though they have an always-on ethernet connection. They say they are "used to it" and "it's how they like to use the internet". To each their own, I guess.
while I think you have many excellent points, I believe that it's not true linux users so much as people who tried it for a little while then switched back who make those complaints. The thing is, people who try linux but don't use it as their primary OS both at work and at home don't even really have a chance to use such features as X's network transparency. They go shell out $100 for PC anywhere (or more likely, a copy that was duplicated without authorization) and think it's the greatest thing ever, not even realizing that it's been part of X forever.
what does NAT give you that a regular firewall would not?
Umm, about IP 2^24 IP addresses.
Yes, NAT causes problems. Fortunately, a competent admin can work around these problems. Just because you say that it is not good for security and traffic shaping doesn't mean it is true. Can you back that up?
No kidding. Switching to IPv6 is more work than it is worth right now, and the balance doesn't seem to be shifting. I remember about 5 years ago when a Prof told our class that we should invest in Cisco because everyone was going to have to replace all their network hardware to switch to IPv6. I've been following the stock since then for kicks, and you would have been much better off burying your money in the back yard.
Besides, we almost HAVE to use NAT to prevent p2p apps from completely swamping our tiny college connection, so we have unlimited IP addresses anyway.
Note: for some reason the board wigged out with greater than and less than signes, so I had to leave those out. lt = less than
Try using < for < and > for >.
Yes, yes, offtopic...
Another one ring.net page has more details on the actual footage.
I bet KaZaA has more than just the details
The directive for controlling this is obvious to anyone that is
editing the apache.conf file. The question might as well be "where is
the apache conf file" because its self describingly obvious, IMO.
The apache.conf file is really called httpd.conf. Nice trick question! Will somebody hire me now? Oh, thanks anyways...
I also think you have a very unique perspective on Brave New World. A
perfect society!?? Out of interest, did you think 1984 depicted a
similarly perfect society?
I read Brave New World and 1984 around 8th grade. 1984 scared the shit
out of me, but Brave New World didn't sound that bad. Especially the
part where you get to squeeze boobies while your personal helicopter
is on autopilot.
electricity=~$.10 per kilowatt-hour (varies greatly per area, don't flame me)
$.10/kwh=.0001 cents per watt per hour
365 * 24 = 8760 hours per year
8760 * 0.0001 = 87.6 cents per year per watt
If they have a range of 15 feet, you would only need a scanner every 30 feet, which is enough to cover a couple lanes of traffic. Also, this is the first generation of these devices. I'm sure that someday someone somewhere will be smart enough to figure out how to make the range larger.
Many articles of clothing contain metal (buttons, zippers, eyelets) so the microwave probably wouldn't work too well.
Do you have any idea idea how many
100,000s of thousands died? No.
According to the first page returned by google.... (drum roll please)
The answer is only 0.02!
(0.02 x 100,000 x 1,000 = 2 million dead)
Doesn't sound so bad when we put that way, right?