Do you live near the ocean? If so I'm surprised by this comment - it's not the wind or the rain that make this storm so dangerous (although the duration due to the size will be unusual) It's the storm surge and flooding. At high tide you're looking at 6-11 feet in some parts of NYC. If it hit the high side of that the subways and underground conduits will fill with seawater. I probably don't have to explain why thats a really, really bad thing.
Look at what's happened in the tech world during the last ten years... Hell, just look at the Linux world - who would have thought IBM would be selling Linux as the "never-get-fired-for choosing-IBM" mid-tier server option?
It's not just that our legal system can't keep up with the ever-increasing pace of change, It's having trouble staying in the same freaking decade. I fear the coming patent wars and their effect on innovation.
Hell, when this story broke I had a high/. UID.....
Anybody else here do NCGS in the 80's? As I recall there were two - East and West. East was the more "progressive". We had classes in meditation, punk rock and hitch-hiking as well as our core subject area. Was a great time, and changed my life - tax dollars well spent.
read all the way down to the -third- whole sentance which reads "And with touch-sensitive technology concealed under the seamless top shell, you get the programability of a four-button mouse in a single-button design. "
Jeez.
Is my blackberry to support iTunes. Bluetooth? Check. Email? Check. SSH and telnet? Check. Phone? Check. Sweet color screen? Check.
Music? BZZT.
How hard can it be?
I know that sounds harsh, but so many of us just sit around and let our bodies slowly degenerate. Then we look to science to make us super-human again. I've got news for you, it's amazing what the stock, off-the-shelf human is capable of. Three years ago I decided to "hack" myself - good foods, ton's of best-practices power and HR based training (running, swimming and cycling). The result? I lost 60 lbs, and last year I rode my bike 328 miles in 24 hours and ran a 40 mile ultra-marathon on dirt trails. Most of my coworkers think I'm some uber-athlete, but the truth is I just got off my ass and put my body to the use it was intended.
One of the best flight sims in the world is basicly the work of one guy (OK, he's gotten some help recently). Of course he did accidently upload all of his code to an ftp server by accident one night when he was drunk. And he's a bit, um, unique (comes with the territory I guess). But still, he's made enough money to drive a sweet car and own one of the best private aircraft available today (and own a Segway). So, yeah, it's still possible to live the lone coder dream...
I belong to a very rare subset of Geek known as the Tri-Geek. Guide to spotting the Tri-Geek - bike on car cost more than car, Wetsuit hanging in cube, funny tan lines, %10 body fat, empty Gu packs lying around instead of coffie cups and... an obsesive compulsive need to have the best, coolest, newest equipment available. I WILL have one of these! I don't care if it only holds 16 megs, they're going to sell a ton to people just like me. Now I'm off to find the credit card I hid from myself...
Many years ago I was working at a help desk for a major retailer. All of the terminals in our stores were IBM 3151's that weighed about 50 pounds and looked like a mailbox with an 8" screen on one end. At least once a day we'd get a call from a store to report a broken "lookup terminal". Our answer to this was to go unplug the thing, pick it up about 5" off the counter, then let go. This almost always worked. Why? The cards would work loose, and dropping the thing reseated them! The drop wouldn't hurt the rest of the thing because IBM seemingly made them to withstand a thermonuclear war back then. Ah, the good old days....
I believe in buying the absolute best when it comes to items I'm going to use every day (at the expense of things like, uh, food).
This bag has carried my Powerbook plus a ton of other junk to 17 different countries and almost a million frequent flier miles.
It has so many pockets and compartments I actually lost my keys in it for two days.
Please trust me here, spend the money get the best.
Actually, this was the first test to target the part of the leading edge that was hit during launch. The prevoius tests (which "only" caused cracks) were carried out at other points along the wing structure. So what this test really demonstrtes is that like most other NASA "disasters" several very unlikely events had to occur at exactly the wrong time and manner.
"Um, sorry but you don't know what you're talking about. The first Castle Wolfenstein game was made by id Software and was called "Wolfenstein-3D."
Um, sorry, but maybe you're just not as old as the rest of us. There was a 2-d Wolfenstien, It shipped in a clear plastic bag, and featured German soldiers shouting at you in German. In fact, the instruction manual even had a translation guide (like you could understand what was coming out of the Apple ]['s crappy little speaker.) This was the real precursor to W3D, and allowed you to pick up bulletproof vests, shoot nazi's, and steal gold. The objective was to find the secret war plans and escape from the castle.
First of all, they're a Canadian company. Secondly, it simply costs more to really authenticate most international entities. Of course they could follow Verisigns lead and issue certs to everyone and thier brother and thier brothers dog. Of course that would effectively negate the value of the Root authority. Hey wait....
We use self isued certs to authenticate users to our BtoB site. Better security than password/login, and when you tie all the legal agreements to the cert, non-repudiation becomes a lot less difficult. Of course we haven't had to put it to the test in court......
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Do you live near the ocean? If so I'm surprised by this comment - it's not the wind or the rain that make this storm so dangerous (although the duration due to the size will be unusual) It's the storm surge and flooding. At high tide you're looking at 6-11 feet in some parts of NYC. If it hit the high side of that the subways and underground conduits will fill with seawater. I probably don't have to explain why thats a really, really bad thing.
Look at what's happened in the tech world during the last ten years... Hell, just look at the Linux world - who would have thought IBM would be selling Linux as the "never-get-fired-for choosing-IBM" mid-tier server option? It's not just that our legal system can't keep up with the ever-increasing pace of change, It's having trouble staying in the same freaking decade. I fear the coming patent wars and their effect on innovation. Hell, when this story broke I had a high /. UID.....
Anybody else here do NCGS in the 80's? As I recall there were two - East and West. East was the more "progressive". We had classes in meditation, punk rock and hitch-hiking as well as our core subject area. Was a great time, and changed my life - tax dollars well spent.
read all the way down to the -third- whole sentance which reads "And with touch-sensitive technology concealed under the seamless top shell, you get the programability of a four-button mouse in a single-button design. " Jeez.
Is my blackberry to support iTunes. Bluetooth? Check. Email? Check. SSH and telnet? Check. Phone? Check. Sweet color screen? Check. Music? BZZT. How hard can it be?
worse than this story n /. would be a dupe of this story on /.
I know that sounds harsh, but so many of us just sit around and let our bodies slowly degenerate. Then we look to science to make us super-human again. I've got news for you, it's amazing what the stock, off-the-shelf human is capable of. Three years ago I decided to "hack" myself - good foods, ton's of best-practices power and HR based training (running, swimming and cycling). The result? I lost 60 lbs, and last year I rode my bike 328 miles in 24 hours and ran a 40 mile ultra-marathon on dirt trails. Most of my coworkers think I'm some uber-athlete, but the truth is I just got off my ass and put my body to the use it was intended.
One of the best flight sims in the world is basicly the work of one guy (OK, he's gotten some help recently). Of course he did accidently upload all of his code to an ftp server by accident one night when he was drunk. And he's a bit, um, unique (comes with the territory I guess). But still, he's made enough money to drive a sweet car and own one of the best private aircraft available today (and own a Segway). So, yeah, it's still possible to live the lone coder dream...
....Websuit? Hi pot, meet kettle....
I belong to a very rare subset of Geek known as the Tri-Geek. Guide to spotting the Tri-Geek - bike on car cost more than car, Wetsuit hanging in cube, funny tan lines, %10 body fat, empty Gu packs lying around instead of coffie cups and... an obsesive compulsive need to have the best, coolest, newest equipment available. I WILL have one of these! I don't care if it only holds 16 megs, they're going to sell a ton to people just like me. Now I'm off to find the credit card I hid from myself...
Has anybody considered that most skyscrapers are surrounded by -other- skyscrapers? Kind of cuts down on the whole direct sunlight thing......
Many years ago I was working at a help desk for a major retailer. All of the terminals in our stores were IBM 3151's that weighed about 50 pounds and looked like a mailbox with an 8" screen on one end. At least once a day we'd get a call from a store to report a broken "lookup terminal". Our answer to this was to go unplug the thing, pick it up about 5" off the counter, then let go. This almost always worked. Why? The cards would work loose, and dropping the thing reseated them! The drop wouldn't hurt the rest of the thing because IBM seemingly made them to withstand a thermonuclear war back then. Ah, the good old days....
You need the Brenthaven bag.
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I believe in buying the absolute best when it comes to items I'm going to use every day (at the expense of things like, uh, food). This bag has carried my Powerbook plus a ton of other junk to 17 different countries and almost a million frequent flier miles.
It has so many pockets and compartments I actually lost my keys in it for two days.
Please trust me here, spend the money get the best.
Jesus, -that- was funny.
Actually, this was the first test to target the part of the leading edge that was hit during launch. The prevoius tests (which "only" caused cracks) were carried out at other points along the wing structure. So what this test really demonstrtes is that like most other NASA "disasters" several very unlikely events had to occur at exactly the wrong time and manner.
Go to the Apple Store at Apple.com.
Click on the iMac.
Notice that not only is the 17" iMac for sale, but so is the "defunct" 15" model.
Just another tribute to the Slashdot school of journalism.
"Um, sorry but you don't know what you're talking about. The first Castle Wolfenstein game was made by id Software and was called "Wolfenstein-3D."
Um, sorry, but maybe you're just not as old as the rest of us. There was a 2-d Wolfenstien, It shipped in a clear plastic bag, and featured German soldiers shouting at you in German. In fact, the instruction manual even had a translation guide (like you could understand what was coming out of the Apple ]['s crappy little speaker.) This was the real precursor to W3D, and allowed you to pick up bulletproof vests, shoot nazi's, and steal gold. The objective was to find the secret war plans and escape from the castle.
Ah... I always wondered what Homer did after the PlowKing fiasco....
First of all, they're a Canadian company. Secondly, it simply costs more to really authenticate most international entities. Of course they could follow Verisigns lead and issue certs to everyone and thier brother and thier brothers dog. Of course that would effectively negate the value of the Root authority. Hey wait....
We use self isued certs to authenticate users to our BtoB site. Better security than password/login, and when you tie all the legal agreements to the cert, non-repudiation becomes a lot less difficult. Of course we haven't had to put it to the test in court......
We built our own PKI with Entrust products. Very good stuff. If they had a marketing department they'd be dangerous.....
In a lab I used to work in there was a sign posted that read "Do Not Look Into Laser With Remaining Eye". Pretty funny stuff.
Reminds me of an old joke:
Why do the English drink warm beer?
All the fridges use Lucas electrics.
The source is available on his site, I just posted the link to the binary.
It does come with .wav files.... But it's silent on my G4 too...