No MODEM using the standards indicated has worked at any speed greater than 2400 baud.
(That means 2400 transitions per second).
Many MODEMs work at 4800, 9600, 14400, 56000 bps (bits per second, or pieces of digital information per second).
What the MODEMs have done is use the ability to deliver multiple bits per such transition using FSK, QFSK,QAM, etc.
MODEMs at 2400baud or less did not require flow control -- they worked at serial line speed, and did not buffer. Modems at 4800bps and higher did buffering and would do various flow-control techniques.
Original MODEMs didn't start at 150baud, they started at 75baud, but lazy authors write lazy articles.
The acoustic-coupler worked great at 300baud (TI Silent 700), miserably at 600baud, and terribly at 1200baud.
Still this technology made itself obsolete. People were tying up VOICE channels on the PSTN switches and Telcos hated it,
so they created DSL to take data off the voice channels.
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P.S. The word MODEM (as the article indicates) represents MOdulatorDEModulator. Hence it should be capitalized. This is also try of enCOderDECoder (CODEC). Slightly less related yet as correct LASER and RADAR....
The point of my original comment wasn't to say there isn't similarity between Judaism, Christianity, and even Islam. It was to say that the expression "Judeo-Christian" is a nonsense creation of political correctness. If one is identifying a religious source for one's thoughts, stick to the religion it comes from.
Still, if you're going to use Wikipedia as a primary source... and suggest I go read it... perhaps rather than reading that blog I'll just share facts with you. And yes, I wish everyone a Merry Christmas.
Jesus was a Jew, but much of Christianity's teachings are in conflict with Judaism. "Judeo-Christian" is a mealy-mouth attempt to pretend they're still of the same ilk.
The OT teachings and the NT teachings are markedly different on many topics. This is why Jews are awaiting the arrival of the Messiah, and Christians are sure he came 2000 years ago. Also Jews are more "eye for an eye" and Christians are "turn the other cheek" (except in the Eastern District of Texas, it seems).
Jewish holidays have stayed where they were for thousands of years (not even using the Gregorian calendar). Christian holidays can't quite say that. As you like Wikipedia, feel free to look up "Yuletide". Next time someone pulls out "that ol' yule' log" reflect on the fact that the Romans sublimated local holidays to superimpose their Christian holidays on them.
Ehud
P.S. I meant no offense nor disrespect... but to re-emphasize, "judeo-christian" implies that specific subpart of the two religions which are similar. There is a very small element which fits that. To take the whole set of both religions and lump them together in that form is mere political correctness, but not accurate. Also, long live Wikipedia. I contribute to it, but it should never be a primary source of information.
He's the Au lawyer who really knows domain name law and has previously taken on AuDA. He's also the guy who
can authorize [authorise] whatever information deserves to be public.
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Full disclosure: I don't work for Erhan, CooperMills Lawyers, AuDA nor am I involved in any current aspect.
I was once an expert witness in a case where AuDA stole domains from someone who legitimately registered them.
AuDA is a fascist organization [organisation]. They do what they want, use their funds to hire high-powered lawyers, and out-spend those who seek to use their services within their fascist rules or even those used by the rest of the Internet world.
I think Australia is a beautiful wonderful place, and have many friends there. When they can free their government from AuDA and their Big-Content masters, it will be a better place.
Oh yeah I need a punchline to get the karma masters happy. AuDA and Australia fascists: step off.
There is no "1% Linux". Perhaps you're confused by the many distributions of Linux that offer you a choice between a Desktop (ubuntu), a server supporting the latest hardware (Fedora), a server which runs forever (CentOS), a bootable USB... well you get the point. With Linux you have choices.
So please take your attitude over to your 10% bing *LOL* (MSN search down 5 points in two months isn't a "win for bing", it's a LOSS for microsoft) with you and have a home professional ultimate day.
TSA Badges are issued by the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS). They only identify the person but do not grant them access to the SIDA or the Sterile areas.
Access to the Sterile areas (the area beyond the security check) is provided by the local management authority for the airport. This requires not only a background check, but fingerprints, training, and other things.
Access to the SIDA (the area where baggage is) is similarly provided by the local management authority for the airport, also requiring a background check, fingerprints, training, and other things.
We do know abuse is happening. It's being reported. I don't know what "OFTEN" means when thrown around so looselye.
There are plenty of private aircraft for hire. If you want to pay $2K per flight hour $5K minimum, you go right ahead, sir.
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P.S. Unless you're at a major hub, it's $2K/flthr + rt trp + $5K min + $500/day gnd time!
I hope so. He hasn't been kicked around at all. He can claim he did fine and the market / court system / other evil lawyers "done' did me in." I want him back so he can take his licking.
I won't repeat previous postings on/. and CNET and PCnews and... and... which have debunked BSA's "statistics."
Their first graph (which is in percentages, but they don't label the scale LOL) shows remarkably low rates of malware, and an alleged piracy rate (whatever that is) that is 4-10x higher.
Telling me how much I'm worth on the black market of identity theft begs the question of whether HOW SECURE AM I FROM IDENTITY THEFT and does nothing more than add FUD to the identity theft discussion.
If you don't want your identity stolen, the right way to do that is to PREVENT YOUR IDENTITY FROM BEING STOLEN, not buy more software that may or may not patch more holes in the software you already have.
Social networking sites aren't the problem. People who freely give out confidential information are the problem. Your computer isn't the problem. How you use it to make it easy for others to take your confidential information is the problem.
Norton can't fix all the malware problems, and they can only do so AFTER they see the malware (either in concept or in the wild). Too often that's many many days after the problem is already too late. Their suggestions to use firewalls do nothing to prevent spyware installed through any number of known windows/adobe/vendor-of-the-day-hole from stealing your data in real time and delivering it where it will be used immediately to drain your accounts.
Use linux. Use FireFox. Use anonymizers. Don't store passwords anywhere other than your head. Don't use Windows. Don't use Internet Explorer or Outlook. Don't keep all your passwords in the browser.
Here's an excellent example of a "strong password checker" that is in fact TERRIBLE: http://www.microsoft.com/protect/yourself/password/checker.mspx Hint: try aaaaaa$A There are two problems with this "strong password checker". The first is it assumes a password CANNOT be strong unless it has elements of letters, numbers, and either special characters or uppercase letters. The second is it assumes that at 8 characters a password containing members of those sets is strong, and that at 14 characters it is "the best". This implies that aaaaaaaaaaaa$A is a stronger password than "You'llneverguessmypassphrasebutI'llrememberit!"
Norton needs FUD so they can sell more of their products.
We as/. readers don't like FUD. Not from SCO, not from MS,...and not from Norton.
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MODEM is not an acronym.
CODEC is not an acronym
LASER, RADAR, and SCUBA are acronyms
Best.
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No MODEM using the standards indicated has worked at any speed greater than 2400 baud. (That means 2400 transitions per second).
Many MODEMs work at 4800, 9600, 14400, 56000 bps (bits per second, or pieces of digital information per second).
What the MODEMs have done is use the ability to deliver multiple bits per such transition using FSK, QFSK,QAM, etc.
MODEMs at 2400baud or less did not require flow control -- they worked at serial line speed, and did not buffer. Modems at 4800bps and higher did buffering and would do various flow-control techniques.
Original MODEMs didn't start at 150baud, they started at 75baud, but lazy authors write lazy articles.
The acoustic-coupler worked great at 300baud (TI Silent 700), miserably at 600baud, and terribly at 1200baud.
Still this technology made itself obsolete. People were tying up VOICE channels on the PSTN switches and Telcos hated it, so they created DSL to take data off the voice channels.
E
P.S. The word MODEM (as the article indicates) represents MOdulatorDEModulator. Hence it should be capitalized. This is also try of enCOderDECoder (CODEC). Slightly less related yet as correct LASER and RADAR....
Still, if you're going to use Wikipedia as a primary source... and suggest I go read it... perhaps rather than reading that blog I'll just share facts with you. And yes, I wish everyone a Merry Christmas.
Jesus was a Jew, but much of Christianity's teachings are in conflict with Judaism. "Judeo-Christian" is a mealy-mouth attempt to pretend they're still of the same ilk.
The OT teachings and the NT teachings are markedly different on many topics. This is why Jews are awaiting the arrival of the Messiah, and Christians are sure he came 2000 years ago. Also Jews are more "eye for an eye" and Christians are "turn the other cheek" (except in the Eastern District of Texas, it seems).
Jewish holidays have stayed where they were for thousands of years (not even using the Gregorian calendar). Christian holidays can't quite say that. As you like Wikipedia, feel free to look up "Yuletide". Next time someone pulls out "that ol' yule' log" reflect on the fact that the Romans sublimated local holidays to superimpose their Christian holidays on them.
Ehud
P.S. I meant no offense nor disrespect... but to re-emphasize, "judeo-christian" implies that specific subpart of the two religions which are similar. There is a very small element which fits that. To take the whole set of both religions and lump them together in that form is mere political correctness, but not accurate. Also, long live Wikipedia. I contribute to it, but it should never be a primary source of information.
PAGAN = NON-CHRISTIAN.
Jews have nothing to do with the word. It means "Non-Christian."
Merry Christmas, and use a dictionary.
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They don't want to be on the Internet. They want to be on a firewalled segment.
That's ok. They don't need all those globally-routable addresses.
The rest of the world can use those addresses to BE connected.
Hey China, next time you need concrete or steel fire up that ol' fax machine. Oooh. Sorry. We turned ours off because we have Internet.
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I have both, and while I love VZW's coverage, I love the N900 UI.
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P.S. I'm keeping the N900 for Intl travel... and using the VZW Droid for here where I need to be able to make and hold a call...
He's the Au lawyer who really knows domain name law and has previously taken on AuDA. He's also the guy who can authorize [authorise] whatever information deserves to be public.
E
Full disclosure: I don't work for Erhan, CooperMills Lawyers, AuDA nor am I involved in any current aspect.
AuDA is a fascist organization [organisation]. They do what they want, use their funds to hire high-powered lawyers, and out-spend those who seek to use their services within their fascist rules or even those used by the rest of the Internet world.
I think Australia is a beautiful wonderful place, and have many friends there. When they can free their government from AuDA and their Big-Content masters, it will be a better place.
Oh yeah I need a punchline to get the karma masters happy. AuDA and Australia fascists: step off.
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Nothing he's said and done qualifies as "devolving."
He's obviously worked HARD to avoid being a troll.
Have respect for your betters, or get better schooling.
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Go see a dictionary.
Oh. Wait. If you're retarded it all makes sense. Sorry, I didn't make it readable for retards.
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"Retarded Italian Prosecutors v Google airing retarded Italians" Happy TG E
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*sniffle*
You are thinking of the children, aren't you? Michael Jackson did.
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There is no "1% Linux". Perhaps you're confused by the many distributions of Linux that offer you a choice between a Desktop (ubuntu), a server supporting the latest hardware (Fedora), a server which runs forever (CentOS), a bootable USB... well you get the point. With Linux you have choices.
So please take your attitude over to your 10% bing *LOL* (MSN search down 5 points in two months isn't a "win for bing", it's a LOSS for microsoft) with you and have a home professional ultimate day.
Ehud
"Having money should never be confused for a license to be a fuckwit." - eg
Nathan Myhrvold should stick to what he does best.
Retirement.
Ehud
Access to the Sterile areas (the area beyond the security check) is provided by the local management authority for the airport. This requires not only a background check, but fingerprints, training, and other things.
Access to the SIDA (the area where baggage is) is similarly provided by the local management authority for the airport, also requiring a background check, fingerprints, training, and other things.
We do know abuse is happening. It's being reported. I don't know what "OFTEN" means when thrown around so looselye.
There are plenty of private aircraft for hire. If you want to pay $2K per flight hour $5K minimum, you go right ahead, sir.
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P.S. Unless you're at a major hub, it's $2K/flthr + rt trp + $5K min + $500/day gnd time!
They are not police, have no police powers, and are bullies and dragoons.
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P.S. I'm calling modified Godwin's Law on this.
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I hope so. He hasn't been kicked around at all. He can claim he did fine and the market / court system / other evil lawyers "done' did me in." I want him back so he can take his licking.
Way To Go Ray!
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Their first graph (which is in percentages, but they don't label the scale LOL) shows remarkably low rates of malware, and an alleged piracy rate (whatever that is) that is 4-10x higher.
Maybe they should check out http://garwarner.blogspot.com/
BSA+RIAA+MPAA=organizations that make up stories and wait for their fake "facts" to be reused by their legislative bought henchmen.
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No. You don't. Next bogus non-citation, please?
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Telling me how much I'm worth on the black market of identity theft begs the question of whether HOW SECURE AM I FROM IDENTITY THEFT and does nothing more than add FUD to the identity theft discussion.
If you don't want your identity stolen, the right way to do that is to PREVENT YOUR IDENTITY FROM BEING STOLEN, not buy more software that may or may not patch more holes in the software you already have.
Social networking sites aren't the problem. People who freely give out confidential information are the problem.
Your computer isn't the problem. How you use it to make it easy for others to take your confidential information is the problem.
Norton can't fix all the malware problems, and they can only do so AFTER they see the malware (either in concept or in the wild). Too often that's many many days after the problem is already too late. Their suggestions to use firewalls do nothing to prevent spyware installed through any number of known windows/adobe/vendor-of-the-day-hole from stealing your data in real time and delivering it where it will be used immediately to drain your accounts.
Use linux. Use FireFox. Use anonymizers. Don't store passwords anywhere other than your head.
Don't use Windows. Don't use Internet Explorer or Outlook. Don't keep all your passwords in the browser.
Here's an excellent example of a "strong password checker" that is in fact TERRIBLE: http://www.microsoft.com/protect/yourself/password/checker.mspx
Hint: try aaaaaa$A There are two problems with this "strong password checker". The first is it assumes a password CANNOT be strong unless it has elements of letters, numbers, and either special characters or uppercase letters. The second is it assumes that at 8 characters a password containing members of those sets is strong, and that at 14 characters it is "the best". This implies that aaaaaaaaaaaa$A is a stronger password than "You'llneverguessmypassphrasebutI'llrememberit!"
Norton needs FUD so they can sell more of their products.
We as /. readers don't like FUD. Not from SCO, not from MS, ...and not from Norton.
Stop the FUD when you see it.
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Good luck getting that from microsoft.
Then you wanted support AFTER your contract expired. You got none. That's expected.
This is not the "whine about Red Hat when you don't want to pay for their service" topic.
It's "Microsoft WGA is spyware."
Hijack another topic please. Not on slashdot.
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