law enforcement can peer into that private box whenever they want... it is easy to imagine it being used by every cop to peer right into the very center of our private lives while we are in our homes...
When they peer into the basement, chances are, they'll see a hand moving rapidly...
What? I'm referring to basement spring-cleaning, in time for the festive season! After all, we geeks really enjoy doing housework, don't we?
I have a Teletype Model 15, designed in 1930 and built during WWII... All mine needed was a thorough cleaning and oiling.... And the machine has over 500 oiling points...
I've read through the two links, and I'm amazed at the level of attention spent on the work.
2001-09-11 07:44:56 Arch [1404681] C ALPHA "Operations, New|Initial Escalation|Newton Building has lost power. Computer room has lost AC and is shutting down the unix and nt boxes.
It may be a mere thermometer, but the intelligence is really amazing. The people really planned for an unlikely event like this.
I've never seen a pager in real life or heard of anyone using one outside the US.
Hailing from somewhere in Asia. My first job as an IT technician involved a pager. It was a pain to carry, but it's better than staff contacting me on my mobile.
I realized that when people knew my mobile number, they tend to call me for small matters (e.g. "can you show me how to use VLOOKUP again? I've got these two lists of customer names to compare."). On the other hand, if they knew only my pager number, they tend not to page me unless it's important (e.g. "the POS system stopped working; all the 8 outlets are affected, and the lunch crowd is just starting to come in").
Thus, having a pager gives staff and management the feeling that I'm contactable, while actually shielding me from people bothering me for small reasons.
"two feet incoming web requests", which probably means "manually submitted web requests"
Makes sense. If signals move at 10% of c, then the user would have typed the manual web request in 20ns, such that the signals would have spread over 2 feet of wire.
Or did you mean actual electron movement? According to this article and footnote, electrons move at 8.42cm/hr, therefore the user would have spent 7 hours to type the manual web request...
... people don't have the sense to keep an unimportant document on disk until a final version is made.
Corrected it for ya. Not trying to nitpick, but occasionally there are some documents that absolutely must be checked thoroughly (e.g. contracts and financial figures).
Google is smart to take whatever market they can get in China, and as they gain influence, pressure the Chinese government (the way they pressure the US and EU) to do things the google way (open).
Just like the iTunes store. This is smart of Google.
The reasons why the RIAA gave in (allow non-DRM music to be sold), may not be applicable to the Chinese government, I suppose. I'd wait and see how Google handles this.
I assure you, in the case of speaking to Singaporeans, if you speak to them using proper English, they may not understand you immediately, and may re-parse your sentences mentally before they understand what you're saying.
(It also doesn't help that some Singaporeans are downright rude; speaking to them with broken English is necessary to reduce the sting of receiving rude replies from these people.)
Stop recommending products....Until you do this day in and day out please stop with the recommendations, as you are not helping anyone one bit.
I think TFA can be read as a reminder that we should not solely depend on one product. I think it's just a test, nothing more.
The company I work at uses a mix of various antivirus products - AVG, Avira, BitDefender, Kaspersky, McAfee, Norton, PC Tools, Trend Micro - trial, paid and free versions. (The need to uninstall them has caused me many hours of unpaid OT time.) I researched av-comparatives and toptenreviews, and ended up testing and recommending a product that was on neither list.
Reading these comparisons have made me realize something:
1. The range of products are incomplete, since only X number of brands are represented, and only 1 product from each company is represented.
2. Some comparisons can be biased, being advertising-supported.
3. Universities don't have the budget anymore to do and publish antivirus comparisons.:(
4. Antivirus protection is just a part of my company's computer security needs. Others stem from user behavior, data leakage, and so forth. A holistic implementation is needed.
I think other readers are smarter than to take these comparative reviews as gospel.
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Is there a "beginning of the internet" page?
law enforcement can peer into that private box whenever they want ... it is easy to imagine it being used by every cop to peer right into the very center of our private lives while we are in our homes ...
When they peer into the basement, chances are, they'll see a hand moving rapidly ...
What? I'm referring to basement spring-cleaning, in time for the festive season! After all, we geeks really enjoy doing housework, don't we?
I have a Teletype Model 15, designed in 1930 and built during WWII ... All mine needed was a thorough cleaning and oiling. ... And the machine has over 500 oiling points ...
I've read through the two links, and I'm amazed at the level of attention spent on the work.
You also built the ragdoll physics engine?
That's a porn channel in Taiwan named "Rainbow Channel".
F/OSS is the GOOD in the World. Linux is your salvation!
I think it's spelt "teh WINZ". And it's not Linux, it's OS/2 Warp.
(C) Rap 1990
Kudos to vosester and jesus666 for stating the main point: it's a joke article.
I think it's Slashdot's fault for treating this CNET article so seriously. Even CNET's graphics show it's obviously not meant to be taken seriously.
NOW I'm angry at Slashdot (not to mention trying to contain yesterday's dinner). This should be under Idle. (For once, kdawson is innocent!)
2001-09-11 07:44:56 Arch [1404681] C ALPHA "Operations, New|Initial Escalation|Newton Building has lost power. Computer room has lost AC and is shutting down the unix and nt boxes.
It may be a mere thermometer, but the intelligence is really amazing. The people really planned for an unlikely event like this.
I can't get to my E-mail today. I am calling Tom to stop is Town Hall meeting due to that fact. Who am I?????
I hope he saved lives by cancelling the meeting. Article
I've never seen a pager in real life or heard of anyone using one outside the US.
Hailing from somewhere in Asia. My first job as an IT technician involved a pager. It was a pain to carry, but it's better than staff contacting me on my mobile.
I realized that when people knew my mobile number, they tend to call me for small matters (e.g. "can you show me how to use VLOOKUP again? I've got these two lists of customer names to compare."). On the other hand, if they knew only my pager number, they tend not to page me unless it's important (e.g. "the POS system stopped working; all the 8 outlets are affected, and the lunch crowd is just starting to come in").
Thus, having a pager gives staff and management the feeling that I'm contactable, while actually shielding me from people bothering me for small reasons.
The TFA has a video clip of a F16 HUD.
Either the pilot's flying skills are like mine (in a simulator), or he's a top aerobic performer.
It's hard to hear the engine noise clearly, a real testament to the noise cancellation quality.
Hmm, he landed perfectly at first try. He's a real good pilot.
You reminded me of this article dating from 2004:
... some phone companies told Cisco that its routers were barely reliable enough to handle data, much less voice.
We're lucky routers are usually located at branch offices staffed with people, who can reboot them anytime.
"two feet incoming web requests", which probably means "manually submitted web requests"
Makes sense. If signals move at 10% of c, then the user would have typed the manual web request in 20ns, such that the signals would have spread over 2 feet of wire.
Or did you mean actual electron movement? According to this article and footnote, electrons move at 8.42cm/hr, therefore the user would have spent 7 hours to type the manual web request ...
Darn, I didn't recognize this quote at first, and went searching for the exact same quote to reply to you. I'm ashamed. Here's my geek card.
Slashdot - news for idiots, stuff that's obvious
But that still puts Slashdot out of league of 90% of the world's internet users.
... people don't have the sense to keep an unimportant document on disk until a final version is made.
Corrected it for ya. Not trying to nitpick, but occasionally there are some documents that absolutely must be checked thoroughly (e.g. contracts and financial figures).
Google is smart to take whatever market they can get in China, and as they gain influence, pressure the Chinese government (the way they pressure the US and EU) to do things the google way (open).
Just like the iTunes store. This is smart of Google.
The reasons why the RIAA gave in (allow non-DRM music to be sold), may not be applicable to the Chinese government, I suppose. I'd wait and see how Google handles this.
A most excellent and well researched post. Very very insightful. Thank you for spending the time to write this post.
I remember about 3 years ago, Acer sold laptops with a 3-month warranty including liquid spills. Warranty extension costs additional, of course.
I eventually got a Dell laptop instead for the dual core.
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Googling for this turns up "Principles of Time Delayed Feedback Control".
It's basically a tribal reflex.
I assure you, in the case of speaking to Singaporeans, if you speak to them using proper English, they may not understand you immediately, and may re-parse your sentences mentally before they understand what you're saying.
(It also doesn't help that some Singaporeans are downright rude; speaking to them with broken English is necessary to reduce the sting of receiving rude replies from these people.)
when something goes wrong with a computer (drive crash, corrupt registry, malware, whatever) they are back online in 15 minutes.
You are very lucky.
I am not allowed to format the machines. I have to remove viruses the hard way.
Stop recommending products. ...Until you do this day in and day out please stop with the recommendations, as you are not helping anyone one bit.
I think TFA can be read as a reminder that we should not solely depend on one product. I think it's just a test, nothing more.
The company I work at uses a mix of various antivirus products - AVG, Avira, BitDefender, Kaspersky, McAfee, Norton, PC Tools, Trend Micro - trial, paid and free versions. (The need to uninstall them has caused me many hours of unpaid OT time.) I researched av-comparatives and toptenreviews, and ended up testing and recommending a product that was on neither list.
Reading these comparisons have made me realize something: :(
1. The range of products are incomplete, since only X number of brands are represented, and only 1 product from each company is represented.
2. Some comparisons can be biased, being advertising-supported.
3. Universities don't have the budget anymore to do and publish antivirus comparisons.
4. Antivirus protection is just a part of my company's computer security needs. Others stem from user behavior, data leakage, and so forth. A holistic implementation is needed.
I think other readers are smarter than to take these comparative reviews as gospel.
The neighbor merely causes the windows to shatter.
The movie causes the walls and floors to rumble as well. You can tell by looking up - the ceiling paint will start falling.
Unfortunately, a lot of people don't understand that "the internet is not .com".
I wonder how many of us type "slashdot.com" to come here.