Our DNS runs on an old Solaris 2.5 server and basically never breaks. We actually had a hacker break in once, look at what OS we were running with a quick uname, and left to bother our RedHat servers where he knew what he was looking at. Kind of funny, really. For Spam filtering, spamassassin works fine on Solaris, and those Barracuda Spam Firewall appliances are fantastic.
It could also be that the towers aren't broadcasting at full strength yet. Around me, some channels look like ass juice unless a football game or Heroes is on. They crank the power up when popular stuff is on....
big machines like this always need to have time to ramp up and down. Coal burning power plants take several hours to warm up and cool down, and those are fairly commonplace. It does not surprise me in the least that this massive thing takes so long.
I actually had 3d glasses with Rad Racer on the original NES. There was a special game mode you could use to turn it on. Unfortunately, my little brother sat on the glasses and bent them, so I only got to use them a few times. If I remember right, the effect mostly just turned everything orange...
If the ad itself is being talked about, then it has been successful on some level.
You seem to forget that this is a business. Seinfeld was paid 10 million dollars for this ad. In order to be successful, they sort of need to increase sales by at least 10 million dollars. That means 10 million dollars more than what they would have made otherwise. I wonder if they are going to hit that? I somehow doubt it.
Established brands rarely tell you anything about the product unless they're introducing something new. For example, Coke commercials. They might have someone holding a coke bottle or maybe even taking a sip, but the commercial doesn't have any "information" about Coke. McDonald's is the same way. Unless they're introducing a new sandwich or something, they don't talk about the product. They just show someone holding the bag or taking a bite out of the sandwich. But you know what? Everyone who takes a bite of the Big Mac or a sip of that Coke have some things in common: They're happy and attractive and having fun!
Yes, all those Coke and McDonalds commercials don't talk about the product, but show the product being consumed by attractive happy people. This crap only shows the product twice (the xbox the kid is playing, although it's apparently a game that will never be released) and the logo at the end. So really, the real product is not ever shown in the video. "Microsoft" the company is represented by Bill Gates, I suppose, but he is neither happy or attractive, and neither are any of the other people in the ad. In fact, they all complain quite loudly the whole time until "Microsoft" is removed from the house by the little sister, who is then both happy and attractive (by comaprison). Sounds like the opposite of conventional advertising, and likely fails at the goal of advertising.
People will only pay attention to these commercials for the same reason they watch Nasa launches and Nascar, to see someone fail horribly and die a firey death.
Yes, but think of all the tardigrades that have suffered for our own psychotic experiments. And to what gain? To see how many can survive in space? That's like seeing how many human torsos a bullet can go through at point blank range.
Won't somebody think of the tardigrades?
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As a result, every web browser in existence lies in their user agent string.
Opera doesn't.
Unless you tell it to, you mean. In the network preferences there is an option "mask as" or "identify as" where you can tell it to pretend to be a different browser. Very helpful for some banks and other sites that look for certain user agents for no damn good reason at all.
It's not that dems are useless idiots, it's that congress critters are useless idiots. They should all be replaced, or at least have their corporate sponsors more clearly labelled so the average bears can see what's really happening.
Ad hoc standards? Interesting. If we can open source the code, and have an open standard, both of which are made up of volunteers' work, maybe we should open the standards bodies, as well? It's an interesting thought that if a standards body were to become corrupt, you could fork it and keep on truckin'....:)
Hm, and it seemed so simple when I took my little plastic rocket, filled it with water, pumped it full of air and let her fly. I guess my requirements were simpler when I was 8 years old...;)
I think you're on to something there. It's the "long enough" part that's the problem. You might be fooled for a little while, but then something will happen to jerk you back to reality. Maybe a mouth doesn't sync quite right, or a limb doesn't bend like it should, or hair doesn't flow quite right. Modelled physics are only a percentage of what real physics does in the world, not to mention the complexity of the human body...
I used a DB4 to reach 40 miles in Columbus and am now using rabbit ears with a UHF loop antenna to reach 40 miles in Long Beach. I am also using a nice 15Db amplifier.
In my experience, get a UHF antenna (any), since most HD channels are in UHF range, and a nice amplifier and you'll get any HD channels you're ever going to get.
Some broadcast towers simply aren't configured properly or have the power turned way down still, and you'll never get those channels no matter what you do (WFFT Fox in Fort Wayne, I'm talking to you, my dad can't watch family guy at bed time because of you).
Oh yeah, the quality of your tuner makes a big difference, too. My toshiba TV has a great tuner and I get channels my crappy hauppage digital/analog combo tuner can't.
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Our DNS runs on an old Solaris 2.5 server and basically never breaks. We actually had a hacker break in once, look at what OS we were running with a quick uname, and left to bother our RedHat servers where he knew what he was looking at. Kind of funny, really. For Spam filtering, spamassassin works fine on Solaris, and those Barracuda Spam Firewall appliances are fantastic.
What's an article?
It could also be that the towers aren't broadcasting at full strength yet. Around me, some channels look like ass juice unless a football game or Heroes is on. They crank the power up when popular stuff is on....
big machines like this always need to have time to ramp up and down. Coal burning power plants take several hours to warm up and cool down, and those are fairly commonplace. It does not surprise me in the least that this massive thing takes so long.
Return of the Killer Tomatoes was George Clooney's best work..
I actually had 3d glasses with Rad Racer on the original NES. There was a special game mode you could use to turn it on. Unfortunately, my little brother sat on the glasses and bent them, so I only got to use them a few times. If I remember right, the effect mostly just turned everything orange...
ew.
Who else would support social science research?
Nazis?
If the ad itself is being talked about, then it has been successful on some level.
You seem to forget that this is a business. Seinfeld was paid 10 million dollars for this ad. In order to be successful, they sort of need to increase sales by at least 10 million dollars. That means 10 million dollars more than what they would have made otherwise. I wonder if they are going to hit that? I somehow doubt it.
Established brands rarely tell you anything about the product unless they're introducing something new. For example, Coke commercials. They might have someone holding a coke bottle or maybe even taking a sip, but the commercial doesn't have any "information" about Coke. McDonald's is the same way. Unless they're introducing a new sandwich or something, they don't talk about the product. They just show someone holding the bag or taking a bite out of the sandwich. But you know what? Everyone who takes a bite of the Big Mac or a sip of that Coke have some things in common: They're happy and attractive and having fun!
Yes, all those Coke and McDonalds commercials don't talk about the product, but show the product being consumed by attractive happy people. This crap only shows the product twice (the xbox the kid is playing, although it's apparently a game that will never be released) and the logo at the end. So really, the real product is not ever shown in the video. "Microsoft" the company is represented by Bill Gates, I suppose, but he is neither happy or attractive, and neither are any of the other people in the ad. In fact, they all complain quite loudly the whole time until "Microsoft" is removed from the house by the little sister, who is then both happy and attractive (by comaprison). Sounds like the opposite of conventional advertising, and likely fails at the goal of advertising.
People will only pay attention to these commercials for the same reason they watch Nasa launches and Nascar, to see someone fail horribly and die a firey death.
How do we know he isn't phishing for email addresses right in the summary?
Yes, but think of all the tardigrades that have suffered for our own psychotic experiments. And to what gain? To see how many can survive in space? That's like seeing how many human torsos a bullet can go through at point blank range.
Won't somebody think of the tardigrades?
Opera doesn't.
Unless you tell it to, you mean. In the network preferences there is an option "mask as" or "identify as" where you can tell it to pretend to be a different browser. Very helpful for some banks and other sites that look for certain user agents for no damn good reason at all.
I suppose "having worked with her" and "I'd tap her" could be construed as redundant statements...
This is just the same thing over and over.
It's not that dems are useless idiots, it's that congress critters are useless idiots. They should all be replaced, or at least have their corporate sponsors more clearly labelled so the average bears can see what's really happening.
Ok, done ranting...
Ad hoc standards? Interesting. If we can open source the code, and have an open standard, both of which are made up of volunteers' work, maybe we should open the standards bodies, as well? It's an interesting thought that if a standards body were to become corrupt, you could fork it and keep on truckin'.... :)
Don't invite assholes to your parties.
Hm, and it seemed so simple when I took my little plastic rocket, filled it with water, pumped it full of air and let her fly. I guess my requirements were simpler when I was 8 years old... ;)
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I think you're on to something there. It's the "long enough" part that's the problem. You might be fooled for a little while, but then something will happen to jerk you back to reality. Maybe a mouth doesn't sync quite right, or a limb doesn't bend like it should, or hair doesn't flow quite right. Modelled physics are only a percentage of what real physics does in the world, not to mention the complexity of the human body...
I used a DB4 to reach 40 miles in Columbus and am now using rabbit ears with a UHF loop antenna to reach 40 miles in Long Beach. I am also using a nice 15Db amplifier.
In my experience, get a UHF antenna (any), since most HD channels are in UHF range, and a nice amplifier and you'll get any HD channels you're ever going to get.
Some broadcast towers simply aren't configured properly or have the power turned way down still, and you'll never get those channels no matter what you do (WFFT Fox in Fort Wayne, I'm talking to you, my dad can't watch family guy at bed time because of you).
Oh yeah, the quality of your tuner makes a big difference, too. My toshiba TV has a great tuner and I get channels my crappy hauppage digital/analog combo tuner can't.
So... it's just fleas all the way down?
Why don't I see big long strings of 3-pointers in basketball, then?
Last time I called MY ISP about a usenet problem, I had to explain to THEM what it was. Some support THAT is...