Why not install a switch between the chip and the antenna? Then you need to close the switch for the reader to access the chip contents - think "press to swipe".
While the switch would be a point of failure for the card, it seems to worse than using the magnetic strip in readers with dirty heads (i.e. most or all of them.)
The sense should be reversed - you should be required to specify "atime" in your mount options if you want it.
(atime hurts performance is because of the extra drag from the collapsing quantum wavefunctions.)
It's only occasionally a Bad Thing. I use ~x86 (or ~amd64) as the default ACCEPT_KEYWORDS setting; I've never broken anything I haven't been able to recover from.:-) (The worst were breaking gcc, and breaking python which is needed by portage.)
When updating packages, I prefer to use "emerge -uD foo" so that deep dependencies are checked.
I run "revdep-rebuild" after(to fix packages that were dependent on an old version of libraries etc.)
I also run "regenworld" occasionally. It seems that running "emerge -u foo" when foo hasn't been installed yet doesn't add it to the world file - this might be a bug.
Tridge reversed engineered BitKeeper in the same way I "reversed engineered" SMTP:
telnet <hostname> <portnumber> help
There are a bunch of developers saying "I told you so" to Linus; BitKeeper may have been a wonderful product, but it was a train wreck waiting to happen. If Tridge had done nothing, the result would have been the same except that Linus would have to find another scapegoat to take his frustration out on.
I've got Java (Blackdown); it's a different download to the x86 version, so I assume it's native 64-bit.
Despite enjoying the lack of Flash ads, more of the sites I want to visit are flash-only with not obvious way to get at the contents. I'll give gplflash another go, but it hasn't worked for me in the past.
I've got an African Grey parrot, they shed a talc like substance that fairly covers everything in his room.
Powder down - special feathers literally flake off the powder, which the bird uses to keep its feathers in good condition. Talc's a good description; birds which produce powder down use it use it in much the same way we use talc.
Slight nitpick: You should worry about whether it blew up 8,000 years ago - that's how long it will take for the light (and any GRB) to reach here. If it blew up tomorrow, we wouldn't know for another 8,000 years.
I did RTFA, and was well aware that it was a hospital. FYI, hospitals are not sterile, but parts of hospitals (e.g. surgical theatres) are. Finding superbugs in hospital keyboards is not more surprising that finding them on doctor's pens, desks, rubbish bins etc.
... [insert cleaning agent company here].
It might be a new spin on the story story by using an epidemiologist in a hospital, but it has all the hallmarks of the "dangerous germs found in public places" myth (and killed by [insert brand name here.])
What they fail to mention is this obsession with sterilizing everything in the home is actually breeding superbugs that eat [brand name] for breakfast, just like overuse and misuse of antibiotics and breeding the antibiotic-resistant superbugs mentioned in the article. The fact that keyboards are germ-heaven should be irrelevant if medical staff are performing the correct hygiene procedures.
The
Mythbusters did an interesting test of the "potty mouth toothbrushes" myth, which alleges that toilet water aerosols contaminate toothbrushes. Even their control toothbrushes, never used in a different room, contained (shock, horror) faecal bacteria in small amounts, but there was no difference between the different toothbrushes in the experiment. Busted!
Worse is when the put English subtitles on someone who is actually speaking English, only in a broad dialect (e.g. Scottish or Yorkshire) or strong accent (e.g. Strine.) That's the ultimate insult, IMHO.
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Why not install a switch between the chip and the antenna? Then you need to close the switch for the reader to access the chip contents - think "press to swipe".
While the switch would be a point of failure for the card, it seems to worse than using the magnetic strip in readers with dirty heads (i.e. most or all of them.)
They're keeping ten in reserve - just in case.
"You're on 10, all the way up, all the way up... Where can you go from there? Nowhere." - Nigel Tufnel.
That's not an oil leak - it's a corrosion inhibitor.
This report was written in April 2003, according to the first page.
Ah, that would explain why the Slashdot by-line now reads "Don't fear the Penguins" instead of "News for nerds. Stuff that matters."
Stuff for nerds. News that used to matter.
The "New Hope" is that Episode 4 will be better than Episode 3.
The sense should be reversed - you should be required to specify "atime" in your mount options if you want it.
(atime hurts performance is because of the extra drag from the collapsing quantum wavefunctions.)
What I'd give for a rock! We had to punch the nails in with bare knuckles, and if they bent we'd rip them out with our teeth.
But tell that to the kids of today, and they won't believe you...
Yup, a dupe from a post not 24 hours old.
Slashdot hasn't discovered article fusion yet.
which is a Bad Thing to Do.
It's only occasionally a Bad Thing. I use ~x86 (or ~amd64) as the default ACCEPT_KEYWORDS setting; I've never broken anything I haven't been able to recover from.
When updating packages, I prefer to use "emerge -uD foo" so that deep dependencies are checked.
I run "revdep-rebuild" after(to fix packages that were dependent on an old version of libraries etc.)
I also run "regenworld" occasionally. It seems that running "emerge -u foo" when foo hasn't been installed yet doesn't add it to the world file - this might be a bug.
"I plan to live forever! ... Or die trying." - Vila, Blake's 7.
Mr Faraday called; he said your data is fine so long as you leave it in its cage.
Tridge reversed engineered BitKeeper in the same way I "reversed engineered" SMTP:
There are a bunch of developers saying "I told you so" to Linus; BitKeeper may have been a wonderful product, but it was a train wreck waiting to happen. If Tridge had done nothing, the result would have been the same except that Linus would have to find another scapegoat to take his frustration out on.
I've got Java (Blackdown); it's a different download to the x86 version, so I assume it's native 64-bit.
Despite enjoying the lack of Flash ads, more of the sites I want to visit are flash-only with not obvious way to get at the contents. I'll give gplflash another go, but it hasn't worked for me in the past.
Maybe now we'll get a 64-bit Flash plugin for Linux?
I thought that lawyers were the salt of the earth, but I guess I'll have to make some room for CEOs, too.
More like the AYE-SPY act.
I've got an African Grey parrot, they shed a talc like substance that fairly covers everything in his room.
Powder down - special feathers literally flake off the powder, which the bird uses to keep its feathers in good condition. Talc's a good description; birds which produce powder down use it use it in much the same way we use talc.
Slight nitpick: You should worry about whether it blew up 8,000 years ago - that's how long it will take for the light (and any GRB) to reach here. If it blew up tomorrow, we wouldn't know for another 8,000 years.
I did RTFA, and was well aware that it was a hospital. FYI, hospitals are not sterile, but parts of hospitals (e.g. surgical theatres) are. Finding superbugs in hospital keyboards is not more surprising that finding them on doctor's pens, desks, rubbish bins etc.
... [insert cleaning agent company here].
It might be a new spin on the story story by using an epidemiologist in a hospital, but it has all the hallmarks of the "dangerous germs found in public places" myth (and killed by [insert brand name here.])
What they fail to mention is this obsession with sterilizing everything in the home is actually breeding superbugs that eat [brand name] for breakfast, just like overuse and misuse of antibiotics and breeding the antibiotic-resistant superbugs mentioned in the article. The fact that keyboards are germ-heaven should be irrelevant if medical staff are performing the correct hygiene procedures.
The Mythbusters did an interesting test of the "potty mouth toothbrushes" myth, which alleges that toilet water aerosols contaminate toothbrushes. Even their control toothbrushes, never used in a different room, contained (shock, horror) faecal bacteria in small amounts, but there was no difference between the different toothbrushes in the experiment. Busted!
Yes. This is an improvement from the 4 yr olds we had last year.
They probably are last year's 4 yr olds.
It's easier to tell the sexes apart than with dwarves and their beards?
Have we found an actual productive use for lusers?
You mean like this?
Or: Microsoft found guilty of anti-competitive behaviour in child porn industry
Worse is when the put English subtitles on someone who is actually speaking English, only in a broad dialect (e.g. Scottish or Yorkshire) or strong accent (e.g. Strine.) That's the ultimate insult, IMHO.