If you enjoy something, why deprive yourself for 45 years for some mythical retirement fund. You may not live 45 more years.
And 30-35 years down the road you will be saying "Why didn't I save that money instead of spending it!"
The stock market can tank and take the money you saved with you.
Actually he didn't say "put it in the stock market" and the method proposed is one of the few that is pretty much guaranteed to provide a good return, regardless of short-term market conditions, if you have enough time.
I'm not saying that you shouldn't save. You should plan for the future. Just remember, you can always earn more money, time comes in a fixed amount.
That's absolutely correct... you can never get back those years you weren't saving! And if you think you can get it back by dumping a bunch of money into the savings account later, you need to roll the numbers and see how little difference that makes.
Milalwi
(Who hopes to be retiring in about ten years... and would have a bunch more money for it if they'd been smarter about saving in the early years!)
Ob on-topic: I think TW/AOL is going to have to adjust those numbers down a bit for most people.
The offending item in question is the section on the right hand of the page under 'Advertisement'. Sometimes it loads as a box of links that look like news. Sometimes it loads as something else that is obviously an ad.
Indeed. And in fact, these ads have been on Yahoo for quite some time, perhaps six months or more. I ignore them, for the most part. Now, those new X-10 ads that vibrate bother me. And since they are apparently served up directly from the x10.com servers they are slow as h*ll (for me, anyway) to load!
And the Sony ones which flash are quite annoying, too. Oh, well.
Milalwi
(Who at one time... long, long ago, before the ad blitz... was considering an x10 camera... not anymore!)
Some guy at Miramax is going to get his ass kicked for wanting to reduce LotR into one movie and driving Peter Jackson away to New Line Cinema, who were ready to fund three movies.
Sadly, probably not. It was a risk, a big one. They could've lost money big-time.
Hollyweird is very risk-adverse. Fortunately this risk has paid off in a big way.
Hmmm... Apparently these guys are talking about Dizney and Dizney alone. The animation houses in Japan have done a great deal to convert over to digital CG production without sacrificing the look of traditional animation.
Ummm. Diz-nee has for quite some time had a sophisticated layering/CGI product in-house. I believe it was first used extensively in "The Lion King". It allows the animators to have many more layers (since there isn't the problem of opacity you have with layers of cels) I read about it in Computer Graphics World, way back when, but now I can't find the article on-line. (It may not be online, as I think the article is from about 1994!)
Ahhhh, the sheer elegance of simple set design. These days it would all be several hundred hours of CGI dev time, depending on where you were going
But that CGI time cost much less than the time spent on the miniatures, especially when you consider inflation (time value of money, $$ spent in the '50s are worth more than $$ spent in the '00s). CGI is becoming popular in large part because it's cheaper. Remember, dollars drive Hollywood! That's not to say CGI doesn't allow for much more interesting visuals, as there are many camera angles which are pretty much impossible with miniatures. But the dollars are the driving force, especially with the knowledge that it's just getting cheaper every day. Babylon 5 was possible in 1992/93 because they were able to render thoses scenes on the Amigas, and therefore did not have to build models of the station, Starfuries, etc.
Of course you are right, for the time, building the miniatures like that was quite elegant.
i actually did buy my tickets about a week and a half ago (dork alert). i'll have to wait in line again unless i want to sit in the back corners next to the speakers, or in the front row with my neck craning up to see the screen.
Ha! We got our seats on the 3rd... and they're reserved, first row balcony, leather seats! No, I am not kidding! Woo-hoo! It's the first showing... at 12:01AM. Wednesday work should be interesting.:-)
The fact that IE sometimes ignores content-types and uses the file extension is not news.
This is something that I thought was general knowledge. I first ran across it trying to provide VMS DCL command files (.COM) via a web server (configured to pass.COM as text/plain). I guess no one had worked out the details of how to exploit it before.
Well, it's popular with managers at my company. A while back I was reviewing the firewall logs and noticed an huge number of attempted connects out to Kazaa.com on port 1214. When I checked the IP, I found it to be that of a high-level manager! I sent him a nice note pointing out that he really shouldn't be running that on the corporate network, and it wasn't going to work anyway, since the firewall blocks it.
The attempts just disappeared a few days later. He never even acknowledged my note.
A long time ago I learned that its better to get less money doing a job that you love than to get lots of money doing a job that you hate.
This is so true. I cannot agree with this enough. If you are doing something you like, you will perform better and enjoy what you are doing more. This nearly always translates into reward, both in $$ and personal satisfaction.
I have a fellow working for me who is very close to his degree in Nuclear Engineering. He is doing programming and analysis for me. He enjoys it, and he quite good at it. At this point, he may forgo finishing his degree to continue working as a engineering programming consultant. It's probably a good move for him.
What strikes me about these images is that the Aurora is very red in these images. The aurora was always green when I saw it. Rarely there would be a little red in it for a short time.
The red is caused by a higher energy effect. If I remember correctly, it is caused by Oxygen molecules. So during a CME it's not surprising you would see red aurora.
All-red auroras are seen near the beginnings of large magnetic storms, and only during some of these. At such times, large numbers of electrons originating on the sun stream into the high atmosphere. There they strike oxygen atoms resident at altitudes 200 to 500 km and cause them to emit quanta of pure red light. Normal green auroras and green auroras tinged with reddish lower borders occur at much lower altitude, typically near 100 km. The electrons that produce these auroras are more energetic than those creating blood-red auroras so they penetrate more deeply into the atmosphere. During their passage through the upper reaches, these electrons also cause red emissions from oxygen atoms but the red color usually is so much weaker than the green that it is detected only with special instruments.
Ahh, yes. I'm still waiting for a clear night with visible aurora in this solar cycle. During the last cycle on 13-March-1989, I saw one of the most amazing displays I have ever seen. If remember correctly my magnetic latitude is about 50degN. The display reached the zenith. I understand it was visible in the Caman Islands that night. I saw many displays growing up, as I lived quite a bit north of my present location. (About 60degN Magnetic)
If you're curious about what the aurora is doing, this is a good place to check. (If you're in the northern hemisphere)
Remember that aurora forecasts almost always list the magnetic latitude, so check to see if your location is expected to have visible aurora. For example, this forecast projects aurora at 50degN Magnetic and north (Yea!). You may (especially in North America) be further north (or south) than you think!
I suppose boycotts work better if you were actually intending to make a purchase. Damn the man, foiled again!
I realize this was intended (and is) funny, but...
I suspect that they're doing this with "teenie-bopper" CDs because they unlikely to care if they can't play it on a computer. Or that the numbers of people who don't care will overwhelm the people who do care. It gives them a foothold in the market.
Milalwi
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Unlike 'Code Red', Nimda does not spread by pushing the worm binary in the HTTP request. The worm uses HTTP to find a vulnerable IIS server, then causes the IIS server to make a TFTP request out to the attacking host to retrieve the ~64K binary.
Most normal 'secure firewall' products aren't tuned to block outbound requests from the protected servers to internet hosts.
I would hope that most firewall admins aren't allowing TFTP outbound!
If you don't need the service, turn it off. Only allow what is required.
Now if Nimda had used HTTP to retrive the Admin.dll file, many more folks would have been infected, as most firewalls do need to allow HTTP outbound.
What is the first thing that comes to mind if you receive a phone call at 2 AM?
That someone is trying to call the Baptist Church again.
Quite some time ago, a local telephone directory published my home phone number as the number for a local church. Although it was corrected a long time ago, I still get calls from time-to-time.
It has been a long time since I read LotR and the Hobbit, but I remember the Brothers Hildebrandt calendars as being quite strikingly beautiful.
There also seems to be a book out about their time doing those calendars. Has anyone seen Greg and Tim Hildebrandt: The Tolkien Years? Is it any good? Does it have most of the images from the '70s calendars? It would be nice to have a coffee table book of Tolkien artwork.
A flaw I see is that you did not specify the type of surface the machines were dropped onto. Was it concrete, asphalt, a sponge? And did you drop each machine onto the same surface? It looks like you're a Slackware/ReiserFS advocate!
I can't accept this research until it's been peer-reviewed.
Re-install? I can't believe a Linux advocate would suggest that. I'm not about to re-install, it doesn't need it. I probably should de-frag the C: drive, though.
Better yet, just go to Linux.
I have Linux box(es), thank you. (As well as NT and others) I have a number of things (including certain games) which require Windoze.
Oh, I forgot... Linux is the solution to everything!
Slashdot Mirror
I saw an ad for these on /. last night. Didn't "click through" though, so I guess the ad was worthless, eh? :-)
Milalwi
And 30-35 years down the road you will be saying "Why didn't I save that money instead of spending it!"
Actually he didn't say "put it in the stock market" and the method proposed is one of the few that is pretty much guaranteed to provide a good return, regardless of short-term market conditions, if you have enough time.
That's absolutely correct... you can never get back those years you weren't saving! And if you think you can get it back by dumping a bunch of money into the savings account later, you need to roll the numbers and see how little difference that makes.
Milalwi
(Who hopes to be retiring in about ten years... and would have a bunch more money for it if they'd been smarter about saving in the early years!)
Ob on-topic: I think TW/AOL is going to have to adjust those numbers down a bit for most people.
And the Sony ones which flash are quite annoying, too. Oh, well.
Milalwi
(Who at one time... long, long ago, before the ad blitz... was considering an x10 camera... not anymore!)
Based on what I've heard about MPEG, probably correct. Some of the spatial data gets lost.
Milalwi
Milalwi
No, B is not random. That is why you cannot continue this infinitely.
Milalwi
No, B is not random. That is why you cannot continue this infinitely.
Milalwi
Sadly, probably not. It was a risk, a big one. They could've lost money big-time.
Hollyweird is very risk-adverse. Fortunately this risk has paid off in a big way.
Milalwi
Milalwi
But that CGI time cost much less than the time spent on the miniatures, especially when you consider inflation (time value of money, $$ spent in the '50s are worth more than $$ spent in the '00s). CGI is becoming popular in large part because it's cheaper. Remember, dollars drive Hollywood! That's not to say CGI doesn't allow for much more interesting visuals, as there are many camera angles which are pretty much impossible with miniatures. But the dollars are the driving force, especially with the knowledge that it's just getting cheaper every day. Babylon 5 was possible in 1992/93 because they were able to render thoses scenes on the Amigas, and therefore did not have to build models of the station, Starfuries, etc.
Of course you are right, for the time, building the miniatures like that was quite elegant.
Milalwi
Milalwi
The fact that IE sometimes ignores content-types and uses the file extension is not news.
.COM as text/plain). I guess no one had worked out the details of how to exploit it before.
This is something that I thought was general knowledge. I first ran across it trying to provide VMS DCL command files (.COM) via a web server (configured to pass
Milalwi
I *knew* it! The origins of Chief Wiggum are revealed!
Milalwi
Well, it's popular with managers at my company. A while back I was reviewing the firewall logs and noticed an huge number of attempted connects out to Kazaa.com on port 1214. When I checked the IP, I found it to be that of a high-level manager! I sent him a nice note pointing out that he really shouldn't be running that on the corporate network, and it wasn't going to work anyway, since the firewall blocks it.
The attempts just disappeared a few days later. He never even acknowledged my note.
*chuckle*
Milalwi
I have a fellow working for me who is very close to his degree in Nuclear Engineering. He is doing programming and analysis for me. He enjoys it, and he quite good at it. At this point, he may forgo finishing his degree to continue working as a engineering programming consultant. It's probably a good move for him.
Milalwi
From Alaska.edu:
Milalwi
Easy to understand how they were confused...
VH-1 plays way more music than MTV these days.
Milalwi
Umm... no. Giga == 10**9 (or 10^9, if you'd like) 10^12 is Tera
Milalwi
Ahh, yes. I'm still waiting for a clear night with visible aurora in this solar cycle. During the last cycle on 13-March-1989, I saw one of the most amazing displays I have ever seen. If remember correctly my magnetic latitude is about 50degN. The display reached the zenith. I understand it was visible in the Caman Islands that night. I saw many displays growing up, as I lived quite a bit north of my present location. (About 60degN Magnetic)
If you're curious about what the aurora is doing, this is a good place to check. (If you're in the northern hemisphere)
Remember that aurora forecasts almost always list the magnetic latitude, so check to see if your location is expected to have visible aurora. For example, this forecast projects aurora at 50degN Magnetic and north (Yea!). You may (especially in North America) be further north (or south) than you think!
Milalwi
I realize this was intended (and is) funny, but...
I suspect that they're doing this with "teenie-bopper" CDs because they unlikely to care if they can't play it on a computer. Or that the numbers of people who don't care will overwhelm the people who do care. It gives them a foothold in the market.
Milalwi
I would hope that most firewall admins aren't allowing TFTP outbound!
If you don't need the service, turn it off. Only allow what is required.
Now if Nimda had used HTTP to retrive the Admin.dll file, many more folks would have been infected, as most firewalls do need to allow HTTP outbound.
Milalwi
That someone is trying to call the Baptist Church again.
Quite some time ago, a local telephone directory published my home phone number as the number for a local church. Although it was corrected a long time ago, I still get calls from time-to-time.
Milalwi
There also seems to be a book out about their time doing those calendars. Has anyone seen Greg and Tim Hildebrandt: The Tolkien Years? Is it any good? Does it have most of the images from the '70s calendars? It would be nice to have a coffee table book of Tolkien artwork.
Milalwi
A flaw I see is that you did not specify the type of surface the machines were dropped onto. Was it concrete, asphalt, a sponge? And did you drop each machine onto the same surface? It looks like you're a Slackware/ReiserFS advocate!
I can't accept this research until it's been peer-reviewed.
:-)
Milalwi
Re-install? I can't believe a Linux advocate would suggest that. I'm not about to re-install, it doesn't need it. I probably should de-frag the C: drive, though.
I have Linux box(es), thank you. (As well as NT and others) I have a number of things (including certain games) which require Windoze.
Oh, I forgot... Linux is the solution to everything!
Milalwi
Who can't believe he just responded to an AC.