There's also a really nifty new system called DNS.
For some reason many gamers (or game server admins) don't seem to realize its possible to use DNS. A few years back, I was running a Medal of Honor server and would confuse the hell out of people by telling them the server address was, for example, moh.mydomain.org. A number of folks wouldn't accept that at all and insisted on using the actual IP address.
The Speakeasy test regularly reports over 20Mbps on my Comcast connection. The "PowerBoost" feature allows basically uncapped speeds for the first ~15MB of a transfer, then it drops down to the normal 6Mbps. I can easily see this effect when doing large downloads with my UsenetServer account. It does inflate speed test results, but Comcast does not appear to be favoring the test sites in any way.
TFA has an error, this crash happened on the Garden State Parkway, not the New Jersey Turnpike. Both are toll roads operated by the NJ Turnpike Authority. The parkway has toll plazas in the main traffic lanes at a number of points, so if you were to drive the length of it, you might have to stop and pay a toll 5 or 6 times. Someone who becomes unconcious/asleep/etc while driving might easily smash into the tolls at full speed.
I haven't seen the latest Nokia boxes, but the ones we were running a few years back were just regular PC hardware running a BSD variant called IPSO. We had an awful lot of trouble with the Nokias and ended up dumping them in favor of PIX.
I can't say whether the Checkpoint software on other platforms is any good, but we had a lot of bad luck with the Nokia gear.
You can't claim the $100 unless the is a record of a drive failure in IBM's database, according to the claim form:
"To receive the 75GXP Cash Award, you must satisfy the requirements necessary to receive
the 75GXP Benefit (see below), AND: (a) have experienced a hard disk drive failure; AND
(b) not have received a non-75GXP replacement hard disk drive or a monetary credit
(whether from IBM or any other entity or person); AND (c) not have received a 75GXP
as a warranty replacement, or have received a 75GXP as a warranty replacement and document
that you reported to IBM a failure with the 75GXP warranty replacement hard disk
drive and did not seek, or were not offered, another warranty replacement (* attach the
documentation to the end of this form).
Whether you have experienced a hard disk drive failure is determined by the
Settlement Administrator, and means an actual, material performance problem with the
hard disk drive, as evidenced by a record in either: (a) IBM's Technical Support Center
database; (b) IBM's Return Material Authorization database; or (c) the "IBM 75GXP"
database maintained by the Sheller Ludwig & Badey law firm as of February 15, 2005."
If you have done all you can to fix the problem and someone still is using your number, we may assign you a new number. We cannot guarantee that a new number will solve your problem.
You cannot get a new Social Security number if:
* You filed for bankruptcy;
* You intend to avoid the law or your legal responsibility; or
* Your Social Security card is lost or stolen, but there is no evidence that someone is using your number.
The "B" release added USB and FAT32 file system support. I think IE3 was added as well. There was also an "A" version which is what you got when a service pack was applied to the original release, so those changes would have been in "B" too.
From what this says, it sounds like anyone who wants to "practice or offer to practice geology or geophysics for others", is required to register. In other words, you can practice geology, you just can't sell your services to the public without a license. Though the penalty seems relatively minor.
7841. An applicant for registration as a geologist shall have all the following qualifications:
(a) Not have committed any acts or crimes constituting grounds for denial of licensure under Section 480.
(b) Meet one of the following educational requirements fulfilled at a school or university whose geological curricula meet criteria established by rules of the board:
(1) Graduation with a major in geology.
(2) Completion of 30 semester units in geological science courses leading to a major in geology, of which at least 24 units are in the third or fourth year, or graduate courses.
(c) Have at least seven years of professional geological work which shall include either a minimum of three years of professional geological work under the supervision of a registered geologist or a registered civil or petroleum engineer, except that prior to July 1, 1970, professional geological work shall qualify under this subdivision if it is under the supervision of a qualified geologist or a registered civil or petroleum engineer, or a minimum of five years' experience in responsible charge of professional geological work. Professional geological work does not include routine sampling, laboratory work, or geological drafting.
Each year of undergraduate study in the geological sciences shall count as one-half year of training up to a maximum of two years, and each year of graduate study or research counts as a year of training.
Teaching in the geological sciences at college level shall be credited year for year toward meeting the requirement in this category, provided that the total teaching experience includes six semester units per semester, or equivalent if on the quarter system, of third or fourth year or graduate courses.
Credit for undergraduate study, graduate study, and teaching, individually, or in any combination thereof, shall in no case exceed a total of four years towards meeting the requirement for at least seven years of professional geological work as set forth above.
The ability of the applicant shall have been demonstrated by the applicant having performed the work in a responsible position, as the term "responsible position" is defined in regulations adopted by the board. The adequacy of the required supervision and experience shall be determined by the board in accordance with standards set forth in regulations adopted by it.
(d) Successfully pass a written examination that incorporates a national examination for geologists created by a nationally recognized entity approved by the board, and a supplemental California specific examination. The California specific examination shall test the applicant's knowledge of state laws, rules and regulations, and of seismicity and geology unique to practice within this state. The board shall use the national examination on or before June 30, 2000.
"Anyone in the world, can learn how to work in tech support. It's basic memorization, there is no real math or intelligence skills required. All you need a good solid 2 or 3 weeks of training and you can answer the phones too."
When I was "trained" for my tech support job, the training consisted of pretty much just "These are our policies, this is how our system works, now go kill the queue." I was expected to be able to troubleshoot problems and come up with solutions for them. While I admit, much of the problems I encounter can be remedied by a solution I have memorized, computer problems don't always follow the rules. Without some troubleshooting abilities (i.e., intelligence), my job would be impossible.
"They're not idiots, they just don't understand how a computer works internally."
That's true, to an extent. I hold nothing against people who don't understand how their computer works. I'm perfectly happy to explain everything in terms the customer can understand. However, It seems to me that a number of people lose all traces of common sense when they call tech support. Don't call me and tell me its my fault that your modem doesn't work after you dropped your computer down a flight of stairs.
"I use a toilet everyday but never has a plumber openly mocked me for not knowing how to fix a pipe."
But, I guarantee your plumber would mock you, though perhaps not openly, if you tried to flush, say, a side of beef down your toilet. Besides, plumbers aren't magically produced from "a good solid 2 or 3 weeks of training" like us techs are.
"Then people are going to find jokes about cup holders and foot pedals about as funny as I do."
Oddly enough, most non-techies I know find these jokes much more humorous than the techs I know do. Why? Because the techs I know laugh at things like User Friendly because we can look at it and think that its funny because it's true! While virtually every tech support situation in User Friendly has happened to me at some point, not once have I heard of a real person encountering the old "cup holder" problem. Yet other people laugh at these jokes because they find people who are dumber/more ignorant than they are to be funny. Its the same reason there are television shows like "The World's Dumbest Criminals." I could probably entertain my non-tech friends for hours with Tales from the Queue(tm), yet my co-workers would generally not be impressed.
Anyway, all I know is that User Friendly is one of the few things that keeps me from losing my mind when I'm at work. That,/. and a six-pack of Dr. Pepper...
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Mr. McKittrick, after very careful consideration, sir, I've come to the conclusion that your new defense system sucks.
Indeed, and Slashdot already covered this last year.
There was another kid in the 80s who used an IMSAI 8080 to break into the WOPR over at NORAD... It almost caused a global thermonuclear war.
There's also a really nifty new system called DNS.
For some reason many gamers (or game server admins) don't seem to realize its possible to use DNS. A few years back, I was running a Medal of Honor server and would confuse the hell out of people by telling them the server address was, for example, moh.mydomain.org. A number of folks wouldn't accept that at all and insisted on using the actual IP address.
The Speakeasy test regularly reports over 20Mbps on my Comcast connection. The "PowerBoost" feature allows basically uncapped speeds for the first ~15MB of a transfer, then it drops down to the normal 6Mbps. I can easily see this effect when doing large downloads with my UsenetServer account. It does inflate speed test results, but Comcast does not appear to be favoring the test sites in any way.
Set "keyword.enabled" to false.
TFA has an error, this crash happened on the Garden State Parkway, not the New Jersey Turnpike. Both are toll roads operated by the NJ Turnpike Authority. The parkway has toll plazas in the main traffic lanes at a number of points, so if you were to drive the length of it, you might have to stop and pay a toll 5 or 6 times. Someone who becomes unconcious/asleep/etc while driving might easily smash into the tolls at full speed.
I haven't seen the latest Nokia boxes, but the ones we were running a few years back were just regular PC hardware running a BSD variant called IPSO. We had an awful lot of trouble with the Nokias and ended up dumping them in favor of PIX.
I can't say whether the Checkpoint software on other platforms is any good, but we had a lot of bad luck with the Nokia gear.
Looks like this machine is manufactured by Clevo, the Clevo D900T... It's also sold by Alienware (Alienware Area-51 m7700) and probably a few other vendors
Huh, that's not what the Social Security Administration says:
Getting a new Social Security number
If you have done all you can to fix the problem and someone still is using your number, we may assign you a new number. We cannot guarantee that a new number will solve your problem.
You cannot get a new Social Security number if:
* You filed for bankruptcy;
* You intend to avoid the law or your legal responsibility; or
* Your Social Security card is lost or stolen, but there is no evidence that someone is using your number.
That wastes a byte for a newline! Try:
./tiny; echo $?
cowgod@kraken:~$ echo -n "exit 42" > tiny
cowgod@kraken:~$ chmod a+x tiny
cowgod@kraken:~$
42
cowgod@kraken:~$ wc -c tiny
7 tiny
Caterpillar makes a flywheel-based UPS system.
Jeebus, that would mean an average of about 2.6 gigabits per second over the course of the year.
Even at 5KB per spam, it would still be nearly 650 Mbits. That's more than the capacity of an OC-12.
That's a metric shitload of spam.
The "B" release added USB and FAT32 file system support. I think IE3 was added as well. There was also an "A" version which is what you got when a service pack was applied to the original release, so those changes would have been in "B" too.
Here's the contents of the disks I've got:
Windows 1.01 (files dated November 1985) - 5 360K floppies - 1,598K
Windows 2.03 (November 1987) - 9 360K floppies - 3,540K
Windows 3.0 (October 1990) - 7 720K floppies - 5,423K
Windows for Workgroups v3.11 (November 1993) - 8 1.44MB floppies - 12,215K
Windows 95 v4.00.950 (July 1995) - 34,621K
Windows 95 v4.00.950B (May 1997) - 45,169K
From what this says, it sounds like anyone who wants to "practice or offer to practice geology or geophysics for others", is required to register. In other words, you can practice geology, you just can't sell your services to the public without a license. Though the penalty seems relatively minor.
California Business & Professions Code Section 7841:
7841. An applicant for registration as a geologist shall have all
the following qualifications:
(a) Not have committed any acts or crimes constituting grounds for
denial of licensure under Section 480.
(b) Meet one of the following educational requirements fulfilled
at a school or university whose geological curricula meet criteria
established by rules of the board:
(1) Graduation with a major in geology.
(2) Completion of 30 semester units in geological science courses
leading to a major in geology, of which at least 24 units are in the
third or fourth year, or graduate courses.
(c) Have at least seven years of professional geological work
which shall include either a minimum of three years of professional
geological work under the supervision of a registered geologist or a
registered civil or petroleum engineer, except that prior to July 1,
1970, professional geological work shall qualify under this
subdivision if it is under the supervision of a qualified geologist
or a registered civil or petroleum engineer, or a minimum of five
years' experience in responsible charge of professional geological
work. Professional geological work does not include routine
sampling, laboratory work, or geological drafting.
Each year of undergraduate study in the geological sciences shall
count as one-half year of training up to a maximum of two years, and
each year of graduate study or research counts as a year of training.
Teaching in the geological sciences at college level shall be
credited year for year toward meeting the requirement in this
category, provided that the total teaching experience includes six
semester units per semester, or equivalent if on the quarter system,
of third or fourth year or graduate courses.
Credit for undergraduate study, graduate study, and teaching,
individually, or in any combination thereof, shall in no case exceed
a total of four years towards meeting the requirement for at least
seven years of professional geological work as set forth above.
The ability of the applicant shall have been demonstrated by the
applicant having performed the work in a responsible position, as the
term "responsible position" is defined in regulations adopted by the
board. The adequacy of the required supervision and experience shall
be determined by the board in accordance with standards set forth in
regulations adopted by it.
(d) Successfully pass a written examination that incorporates a
national examination for geologists created by a nationally
recognized entity approved by the board, and a supplemental
California specific examination. The California specific examination
shall test the applicant's knowledge of state laws, rules and
regulations, and of seismicity and geology unique to practice within
this state. The board shall use the national examination on or
before June 30, 2000.
http://www.bangkokpost.net/170 800/170800_News03.html
"Anyone in the world, can learn how to work in tech support. It's basic memorization, there is no real math or intelligence skills required. All you need a good solid 2 or 3 weeks of training and you can answer the phones too."
/. and a six-pack of Dr. Pepper...
When I was "trained" for my tech support job, the training consisted of pretty much just "These are our policies, this is how our system works, now go kill the queue." I was expected to be able to troubleshoot problems and come up with solutions for them. While I admit, much of the problems I encounter can be remedied by a solution I have memorized, computer problems don't always follow the rules. Without some troubleshooting abilities (i.e., intelligence), my job would be impossible.
"They're not idiots, they just don't understand how a computer works internally."
That's true, to an extent. I hold nothing against people who don't understand how their computer works. I'm perfectly happy to explain everything in terms the customer can understand. However, It seems to me that a number of people lose all traces of common sense when they call tech support. Don't call me and tell me its my fault that your modem doesn't work after you dropped your computer down a flight of stairs.
"I use a toilet everyday but never has a plumber openly mocked me for not knowing how to fix a pipe."
But, I guarantee your plumber would mock you, though perhaps not openly, if you tried to flush, say, a side of beef down your toilet. Besides, plumbers aren't magically produced from "a good solid 2 or 3 weeks of training" like us techs are.
"Then people are going to find jokes about cup holders and foot pedals about as funny as I do."
Oddly enough, most non-techies I know find these jokes much more humorous than the techs I know do. Why? Because the techs I know laugh at things like User Friendly because we can look at it and think that its funny because it's true! While virtually every tech support situation in User Friendly has happened to me at some point, not once have I heard of a real person encountering the old "cup holder" problem. Yet other people laugh at these jokes because they find people who are dumber/more ignorant than they are to be funny. Its the same reason there are television shows like "The World's Dumbest Criminals." I could probably entertain my non-tech friends for hours with Tales from the Queue(tm) , yet my co-workers would generally not be impressed.
Anyway, all I know is that User Friendly is one of the few things that keeps me from losing my mind when I'm at work. That,