Aah yes, the blue LED. Years ago, at a dot-Com I was working at, we got our first server rack (which was much nicer than setting the servers on tables in the office) and a KVM. The KVM had a huge, glaringly bright blue LED on it. When we finished racking everything up that night, we decided on a whim to lock the rack up. The next morning, the software developers that were in that room called and woke me up, needing the keys to get into the rack. I asked them what they needed, and I could probably do it from home and go back to sleep.. After a bit of dodging the question, they just wanted to see what the hell that light was.. It was intoxicating to them.. Like the siren's song.
You know, thats not true. In my area, I can choose Qwest DSL, charter cable, Clear-wire, small ISP's, etc. Every single one of them uses Qwest's fibers out of town. If Qwest gets into a spat with somebody, I can't access the internet, regardless of which ISP I am using locally. Keep in mind, I sit in a town that is on a main fiber route for williams, level 3, and a few others along the west coast, but none of them will sell any access locally. (were apparently too small of fish, which is a shame, williams cable has a set of buildings holding equipment about 100yards from where I am now sitting)
Or don't clear the logs and make sure they noticed you tampered with it. Then, they can't count any of the votes that the machine took, since they could be tampered. Make sure to to that in a location that is leaning towards your competitor. Maybe do it to a few polling places where your opponent is expected to get more votes.. TADA! You didn't rig the election so you win, you rigged the election so your opponent lost! (with the same end result)
Of course, I mean you would be paying a $20 price premium on your ipod to have all the music you could ever want.. Why would those greedy bastards want to pull the plug if I get a new player, and make me pay a whopping $20 again!?!?!
Or, the CEO of XYZ could tell everyone he is building his cabin, and "forgetting" to mention that the FBI and IRS have been coming into the company with warrants last week, taking boxes away. So he gets to sell at $50, and when the public find out, its at $20.
Actually a very valid question in OR. Our only "power generating" Nuclear reactor was shut down a decade ago. Trojan Nuclear power plant generated 12% of the state of Oregon's power supply when it was shut down. Most of the rest of the states power came from Dams (especially along the Columbia river). Now, in order to keep up with demand, and to replace Trojan's power generation capacity, many natural gas power plants have been built in the state, increasing emissions in the "green" state..
They are thinking routing information. They don't care about the physical layout. If your ISP has 3 cities that all share one connection out to the internet, and it has several IP ranges associated with it, then they can say that a client connecting from this range, should try to first connect to clients in the same range, or one of these other ranges. This will keep the traffic from going out on the actual "internet pipe" keeping which is usually the bottleneck for the ISP. All the ISP has to do is say "these ranges share the same pipe, and use the same backend, they should be grouped together"
Yes, but they need the US's Support in their endeavor, so they are appealing to the religious right in America. They are "Nuking the gay baby whales for jesus!"
Hopefully intel puts as much technical talent and care into the design of their Flash drives as they do into their totally kick ass intel graphics chips!
Actually, most of the cool features are built on the KML file format and RSS. If MS would support it, it would work on Virtual Earth. You could create a tool to do it. They are not loading up google with data, they are publishing the data in a very easy to read XML format, and suggest you use google earth to view it, since it is currently the best tool out there.
You MUST run iTunes Hmm.. My ipod I sync with Amarok (on ubuntu). Sure I can't download podcasts and stuff from the itunes store, but it will play any supported media on my player (mp3's).
My Fiancee has a laptop running windows 2000. Her brand new ipod nano requires version 7.4 of itunes, which won't run on windows 2000. She is doing fine using Winamp!.
Your logic is completely backwards. If i want DRM'd content from the apple store, I must use itunes, and an ipod. If I don't want to access that content, I don't! Just like if I want DRM'd content from Microsoft for a zune.
If I want to purchase MP3's legally online, I go to amazon.com, purchase the.mp3 file, and load it onto the player of my choice (including ipods)
The sad thing is, that 1% of the population is already in jail. The highest incarceration rate in the world. But we think were safer. Do you think a 10-fold increase in people in jail will lead to an overhaul of the system, or just become a nice way to ensure lots of jobs as Prison Guards for the local economies?
As a sysadmin, I have been in this position before. We had a department that wanted Macs. As much as I have been wanting a Mac for my own personal use, I had to tell them no. A few of the reasons: Compatibility: We have standarized email, calendar, and word processing tools. They don't run on macs. That means we have to train ourselves how to work with them, and train the users how to use the software that is completely different from what everyone else uses. Our trainer would have to spend x hours learning app1 to train 90% of our users, and the x hours learning app2 to train the other 10%. Basically doubling their time. Licensing: We would have to repurchase many software pieces that do run on macs, such as adobe stuff, in order to run it. Maintenance: We run a very lean IS dept. While I want to get a mac for my own personal use, our department doesn't have the time to learn how to troubleshoot problems and maintain/patch the systems, troubleshoot printing problems, etc. We've got too much shit to do. Swappability: If their Dell goes out, I can have it swapped and re-imaged in about 15 minutes. We have standardized desktops, this is very, very nice! With macs, We would have to keep around a spare machine just in case of this problem. With the Dells, We'll grab a users PC that is out on vacation, or on a trip for work or whatever, repourpose their machine, and the next day, get the parts from dell, and place the fixed machine back at the desk of the user we stole the working one from.
You must not be an American. In this country, we would obviously choose option 1, look how many jobs it would create in my congressional district! Not to mention so many new opportunities for increased "revenue" to the state.. You could tax the income of the construction workers, permits, fees, and taxes for the fuel companies, tax cars and fuel... its wonderful! Definitely makes too much sense for you to be American.
PBX's can be programmed to report any originating phone number
Which is a darn good thing. Sometimes, you call someone from your PBX, and if they see the number on the caller ID, you want it to be different. I want recipients calling my users back on their DID Number, not the number associated with the trunk the phone went out on. Banks want the call to look like its from their main 800 number, cause if the person calls back, you don't want it to go to someone that has gone home, you want them in a calling queue. And doctors offices don't want the number listed at all, because of privacy laws.. "Hey honey, why did the doctor call you?"
Sorry to double reply to you.. but a fun little fact.. go look at the Weight, HP, and torque ratings for a full size diesel truck. Find its HP/ per lbs and Tq/per lbs. Then look at a little VW TDI bug. Its pretty close to the same power/weight ratios... Actually a bit better..
The thing that ticks me off is that in other countries, like europe and argentina, you can buy Dakota's with a small diesel. I've read of guys that get something like 35mpg in their pickups with more power than I have in my 3.9L dakota that gets about 15-18MPG. I would trade in my pickup today for a new model with a small diesel in it. As to the other replier to this comment, do the math. A pickup that gets 35MPG using fuel that costs $4/gal is still much better than a pickup that gets 15MPG that uses fuel that costs $3/gal. Diesel is easier to refine and create, so prodcution can be ramped up quicker if it needs to be. It stores better, doesn't evaporate, and is less hazardous to transport. The only real problem with diesel is really cold weather, it gels, so you put "anti-gel" in your tank, and/or use a heater at night. Also, Biodiesel costs something like $3.25 a gallon, so it is cheaper (in my area), just harder to find.
Um, Jeep has a few models that they sell with diesel engines. Its not just large cars. My friend has a VW Golf TDI he bought 3 years ago, in PDX. Jeep made a liberty for a few years that had a diesel, but because of the switch to the ULSD, they pulled that option. (the new cherokee's have a different diesel engine.) Dodge has announced a diesel for its 1500 series pickups (not just the heavy duty ones). The biggest thing going for diesels is that most of the new engines are finally "California legal" so they can sell in all 50 states.
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the newest beta of Picasa for linux is much, much better. Importing from my camera via USB now works, uploading to web albums work now, the performance is almost as good as the "native" windows client, except for a delay in the startup. It takes a few seconds longer to start on my computer. the file management stuff is still a little weird.. Some places it opens up in its own "wine" file browser, others use Ubuntu. In fact, my only real complaint right now is the newest picasa beta for linux still doesn't work with videos. I use my camera alot to shoot short videos in AVI. The windows client has worked with them for quite some time.
But the problem is, the reactors should not shut down in that situation. If they just ramped up a little harder, the electrons could simply jump (some might say arc) the gaps in the broken transmission cables! Not to mention, they could fix that pesky little problem of Pensions and Medical benefits for the linemen!
You mentioned blue laws.. HAHA.. Here in Oregon, you cannot buy Liquor anywhere but at a state owned liquor store. The state owns the store, then leases it out to a private individual to run. You can buy beer and wine at grocery stores, but not between 1am and 9am. (which sucks when you try to go to the 24 hour supermarkets at 5am to avoid the crowds). All liquor stores close at 7pm, 8pm on friday and saturday nights, and they are closed on Sundays. The state sets the prices of the liquor, because they get a percentage of the prices in taxes. I'm 20 minutes from California border, and can get a fifth of Rum for about $9 from a grocery store down there, but have to pay about $16 for the same bottle in Oregon. Fortunately, a huge wholesaler, Costco is challenging the constitutionality of those laws in Oregon and Washington (which has similar laws) because they make so much money off of liquor in CA. I spent a few weeks in WI this summer, and was completely blown away by their state fair. Every food booth there sold beer along with food. (I imagine it had something to do with WI being the brewery state!). In Oregon, you have to have a fenced off area, with guards manning the entrance, ID'ing everyone that wants to walk in. My cousin couldn't enter the beer garden, because her 1 year old son was with her in a stroller, and they wouldn't let her in, she might give alcohol to a minor! Nice to know that Oregon is there to Protect you from yourself!
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Aah yes, the blue LED. Years ago, at a dot-Com I was working at, we got our first server rack (which was much nicer than setting the servers on tables in the office) and a KVM. The KVM had a huge, glaringly bright blue LED on it. When we finished racking everything up that night, we decided on a whim to lock the rack up. The next morning, the software developers that were in that room called and woke me up, needing the keys to get into the rack. I asked them what they needed, and I could probably do it from home and go back to sleep.. After a bit of dodging the question, they just wanted to see what the hell that light was.. It was intoxicating to them.. Like the siren's song.
You know, thats not true. In my area, I can choose Qwest DSL, charter cable, Clear-wire, small ISP's, etc. Every single one of them uses Qwest's fibers out of town. If Qwest gets into a spat with somebody, I can't access the internet, regardless of which ISP I am using locally. Keep in mind, I sit in a town that is on a main fiber route for williams, level 3, and a few others along the west coast, but none of them will sell any access locally. (were apparently too small of fish, which is a shame, williams cable has a set of buildings holding equipment about 100yards from where I am now sitting)
You'll notice that none of these are the faults of the technology, but the faults of the Humans (or lawyer/accountant equivalents).
Or don't clear the logs and make sure they noticed you tampered with it. Then, they can't count any of the votes that the machine took, since they could be tampered. Make sure to to that in a location that is leaning towards your competitor. Maybe do it to a few polling places where your opponent is expected to get more votes.. TADA! You didn't rig the election so you win, you rigged the election so your opponent lost! (with the same end result)
Of course, I mean you would be paying a $20 price premium on your ipod to have all the music you could ever want.. Why would those greedy bastards want to pull the plug if I get a new player, and make me pay a whopping $20 again!?!?!
Or, the CEO of XYZ could tell everyone he is building his cabin, and "forgetting" to mention that the FBI and IRS have been coming into the company with warrants last week, taking boxes away. So he gets to sell at $50, and when the public find out, its at $20.
Actually a very valid question in OR. Our only "power generating" Nuclear reactor was shut down a decade ago. Trojan Nuclear power plant generated 12% of the state of Oregon's power supply when it was shut down. Most of the rest of the states power came from Dams (especially along the Columbia river). Now, in order to keep up with demand, and to replace Trojan's power generation capacity, many natural gas power plants have been built in the state, increasing emissions in the "green" state..
They are thinking routing information. They don't care about the physical layout. If your ISP has 3 cities that all share one connection out to the internet, and it has several IP ranges associated with it, then they can say that a client connecting from this range, should try to first connect to clients in the same range, or one of these other ranges. This will keep the traffic from going out on the actual "internet pipe" keeping which is usually the bottleneck for the ISP. All the ISP has to do is say "these ranges share the same pipe, and use the same backend, they should be grouped together"
Yes, but they need the US's Support in their endeavor, so they are appealing to the religious right in America. They are "Nuking the gay baby whales for jesus!"
Hopefully intel puts as much technical talent and care into the design of their Flash drives as they do into their totally kick ass intel graphics chips!
Actually, most of the cool features are built on the KML file format and RSS. If MS would support it, it would work on Virtual Earth. You could create a tool to do it. They are not loading up google with data, they are publishing the data in a very easy to read XML format, and suggest you use google earth to view it, since it is currently the best tool out there.
You MUST run iTunes
.mp3 file, and load it onto the player of my choice (including ipods)
Hmm.. My ipod I sync with Amarok (on ubuntu). Sure I can't download podcasts and stuff from the itunes store, but it will play any supported media on my player (mp3's).
My Fiancee has a laptop running windows 2000. Her brand new ipod nano requires version 7.4 of itunes, which won't run on windows 2000. She is doing fine using Winamp!.
Your logic is completely backwards. If i want DRM'd content from the apple store, I must use itunes, and an ipod. If I don't want to access that content, I don't! Just like if I want DRM'd content from Microsoft for a zune.
If I want to purchase MP3's legally online, I go to amazon.com, purchase the
Thank you, you are correct. I imagine things would drastically change if a large percentage of children got locked up!
The sad thing is, that 1% of the population is already in jail. The highest incarceration rate in the world. But we think were safer. Do you think a 10-fold increase in people in jail will lead to an overhaul of the system, or just become a nice way to ensure lots of jobs as Prison Guards for the local economies?
As a sysadmin, I have been in this position before. We had a department that wanted Macs. As much as I have been wanting a Mac for my own personal use, I had to tell them no. A few of the reasons:
Compatibility: We have standarized email, calendar, and word processing tools. They don't run on macs. That means we have to train ourselves how to work with them, and train the users how to use the software that is completely different from what everyone else uses. Our trainer would have to spend x hours learning app1 to train 90% of our users, and the x hours learning app2 to train the other 10%. Basically doubling their time.
Licensing: We would have to repurchase many software pieces that do run on macs, such as adobe stuff, in order to run it.
Maintenance: We run a very lean IS dept. While I want to get a mac for my own personal use, our department doesn't have the time to learn how to troubleshoot problems and maintain/patch the systems, troubleshoot printing problems, etc. We've got too much shit to do.
Swappability: If their Dell goes out, I can have it swapped and re-imaged in about 15 minutes. We have standardized desktops, this is very, very nice! With macs, We would have to keep around a spare machine just in case of this problem. With the Dells, We'll grab a users PC that is out on vacation, or on a trip for work or whatever, repourpose their machine, and the next day, get the parts from dell, and place the fixed machine back at the desk of the user we stole the working one from.
If your interested in applying, call your mother and tell her.
You must not be an American. In this country, we would obviously choose option 1, look how many jobs it would create in my congressional district! Not to mention so many new opportunities for increased "revenue" to the state.. You could tax the income of the construction workers, permits, fees, and taxes for the fuel companies, tax cars and fuel... its wonderful! Definitely makes too much sense for you to be American.
Cause dammit, I want crisp, clear flames when I'm watching a 15 year old set himself on fire!
PBX's can be programmed to report any originating phone number
Which is a darn good thing. Sometimes, you call someone from your PBX, and if they see the number on the caller ID, you want it to be different. I want recipients calling my users back on their DID Number, not the number associated with the trunk the phone went out on. Banks want the call to look like its from their main 800 number, cause if the person calls back, you don't want it to go to someone that has gone home, you want them in a calling queue. And doctors offices don't want the number listed at all, because of privacy laws.. "Hey honey, why did the doctor call you?"
Sorry to double reply to you.. but a fun little fact.. go look at the Weight, HP, and torque ratings for a full size diesel truck. Find its HP/ per lbs and Tq/per lbs. Then look at a little VW TDI bug. Its pretty close to the same power/weight ratios... Actually a bit better..
The thing that ticks me off is that in other countries, like europe and argentina, you can buy Dakota's with a small diesel. I've read of guys that get something like 35mpg in their pickups with more power than I have in my 3.9L dakota that gets about 15-18MPG. I would trade in my pickup today for a new model with a small diesel in it. As to the other replier to this comment, do the math. A pickup that gets 35MPG using fuel that costs $4/gal is still much better than a pickup that gets 15MPG that uses fuel that costs $3/gal. Diesel is easier to refine and create, so prodcution can be ramped up quicker if it needs to be. It stores better, doesn't evaporate, and is less hazardous to transport. The only real problem with diesel is really cold weather, it gels, so you put "anti-gel" in your tank, and/or use a heater at night. Also, Biodiesel costs something like $3.25 a gallon, so it is cheaper (in my area), just harder to find.
Um, Jeep has a few models that they sell with diesel engines. Its not just large cars. My friend has a VW Golf TDI he bought 3 years ago, in PDX. Jeep made a liberty for a few years that had a diesel, but because of the switch to the ULSD, they pulled that option. (the new cherokee's have a different diesel engine.) Dodge has announced a diesel for its 1500 series pickups (not just the heavy duty ones). The biggest thing going for diesels is that most of the new engines are finally "California legal" so they can sell in all 50 states.
the newest beta of Picasa for linux is much, much better. Importing from my camera via USB now works, uploading to web albums work now, the performance is almost as good as the "native" windows client, except for a delay in the startup. It takes a few seconds longer to start on my computer. the file management stuff is still a little weird.. Some places it opens up in its own "wine" file browser, others use Ubuntu. In fact, my only real complaint right now is the newest picasa beta for linux still doesn't work with videos. I use my camera alot to shoot short videos in AVI. The windows client has worked with them for quite some time.
But the problem is, the reactors should not shut down in that situation. If they just ramped up a little harder, the electrons could simply jump (some might say arc) the gaps in the broken transmission cables! Not to mention, they could fix that pesky little problem of Pensions and Medical benefits for the linemen!
You mentioned blue laws.. HAHA.. Here in Oregon, you cannot buy Liquor anywhere but at a state owned liquor store. The state owns the store, then leases it out to a private individual to run. You can buy beer and wine at grocery stores, but not between 1am and 9am. (which sucks when you try to go to the 24 hour supermarkets at 5am to avoid the crowds). All liquor stores close at 7pm, 8pm on friday and saturday nights, and they are closed on Sundays. The state sets the prices of the liquor, because they get a percentage of the prices in taxes. I'm 20 minutes from California border, and can get a fifth of Rum for about $9 from a grocery store down there, but have to pay about $16 for the same bottle in Oregon. Fortunately, a huge wholesaler, Costco is challenging the constitutionality of those laws in Oregon and Washington (which has similar laws) because they make so much money off of liquor in CA.
I spent a few weeks in WI this summer, and was completely blown away by their state fair. Every food booth there sold beer along with food. (I imagine it had something to do with WI being the brewery state!). In Oregon, you have to have a fenced off area, with guards manning the entrance, ID'ing everyone that wants to walk in. My cousin couldn't enter the beer garden, because her 1 year old son was with her in a stroller, and they wouldn't let her in, she might give alcohol to a minor! Nice to know that Oregon is there to Protect you from yourself!