>> I've noticed the IPs trace back to Microsoft or Amazon domains
This is probably stuff running on VMs in Amazon or Azure cloud services. Users can create VMs with insecure passwords and they are often the target of attacks.
If they really want to simulate life on Mars they should set up an internet connection with realistic latency built in. I think after a few days of waiting 60 minutes for Twitter and Facebook refreshes they will be tearing the walls down to get back to civilization...
I pretty much only read 2nd hand paperbacks. You can pay a couple of $ per copy from a 2nd hand bookshop or charity shop, read them, then give them back. You support charity / the local economy, and its pretty much carbon neutral.
>>while consuming a whole bag of chips or having that bagel covered in cream cheese
I love American food...
I visited the US for a week a while ago, and gained 3 kg (5 lb), I was aiming for 5 kg. If you go to Prague you go an a beer binge, in Amsterdam its a drugs bunge, but if you go to the US you go on a food binge.
I worked out that if I lived there for a year I would weigh about 230 kb (460 lb).
I was at an open day at a wind turbine. They had a small cage lift that could take two people at a time to the top, it took a long time, and there were a few people in the queue. As a joke I asked the operator "Can I climb up the ladder? it will be quicker!". Instead of saying "No, don't be stupid!" he handed me a harness and said "Of course! Go ahead...". Not being one to turn down a challenge I put the harness on, cliped in, and headed up the ladder. It was hard work, and I was not carrying any tools. It was also a bit scary.
I'd take that job. The climb to work is good excercise, and the view from the top is amazing.
I love the feeling on a Friday afternoon when a training course has gone well, the students are happy, the course is over, and you have the weekend to relax.
If you can travel a bit then delivering a couple of 3 or 5 day IT training courses in different cities can set you up financially for the month.
I have a demo that I run in Windows Azure where I spin up 16 servers to render a 1500 frame animation in HD quality. I demo it an conferances and user group meetings, it fits nicely into a one-hour session. It takes about 10 minutes to provision the environment and around 20 minutes to render the animation.
The total cost for compute time, storage and data transfer is less than $2.
>>there's also cheap good stuff, in the $100 range, that at least matches the Bose.
Good point. After the fisrt pair I decided not to take the gamble though. I read some reviews and thwy were somewhat mixed for the cheaper phones. A ccouple of lont flights and the $300 feels like it was well spent.
>>is there a technical solution to the potential danger?"
I used my mp3 player on a couple of flights. When I into a quiet hotel room and used it again i was shocked at the volume level i had used on the flight. If you are on a plane (train or buss as well), you tend to play it loud to drown out the bakground noise.
As I fly quite a bit, i bought a pair of noise reduction headphones. I went for a $75 pair at first, as I could not see the point of spending $300 on the Bose headphones. The $75 pair were pretty rublish, not much effect at all, so I splashed out another $300 on a pair of Bose noise reduction phones. They may be expensive, but they are worth the money as you can use a much lower volume setting and still hear everything very clearly.
I really recommend them as a way to protect your ears if you travel by plane, train or bus a lot. The luxary of having a cocoon of tranquility on the flight is also very nice to have.
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>>End of show.
Maybe not. Even if May and Hammond quit, they still have The Stig.
Alright, he/she is not the most talkative presenter the BBC has, but it might just work...
"Some say he is a talented mime artist, and can accurately describe the attitude of a BMW driver by simply raising one finger."
I read it as:
EU Votes For Universal Phone Charger
The draft law was approved by an overwhelming majority: 550 volts to 12.
Hi,
>> I've noticed the IPs trace back to Microsoft or Amazon domains
This is probably stuff running on VMs in Amazon or Azure cloud services. Users can create VMs with insecure passwords and they are often the target of attacks.
If they really want to simulate life on Mars they should set up an internet connection with realistic latency built in. I think after a few days of waiting 60 minutes for Twitter and Facebook refreshes they will be tearing the walls down to get back to civilization...
Yes, you need square meals to make a well rounded diet.
I pretty much only read 2nd hand paperbacks. You can pay a couple of $ per copy from a 2nd hand bookshop or charity shop, read them, then give them back. You support charity / the local economy, and its pretty much carbon neutral.
>>while consuming a whole bag of chips or having that bagel covered in cream cheese
I love American food...
I visited the US for a week a while ago, and gained 3 kg (5 lb), I was aiming for 5 kg. If you go to Prague you go an a beer binge, in Amsterdam its a drugs bunge, but if you go to the US you go on a food binge.
I worked out that if I lived there for a year I would weigh about 230 kb (460 lb).
I was at an open day at a wind turbine. They had a small cage lift that could take two people at a time to the top, it took a long time, and there were a few people in the queue. As a joke I asked the operator "Can I climb up the ladder? it will be quicker!". Instead of saying "No, don't be stupid!" he handed me a harness and said "Of course! Go ahead...". Not being one to turn down a challenge I put the harness on, cliped in, and headed up the ladder. It was hard work, and I was not carrying any tools. It was also a bit scary.
I'd take that job. The climb to work is good excercise, and the view from the top is amazing.
Teaching or IT training is a good option.
I love the feeling on a Friday afternoon when a training course has gone well, the students are happy, the course is over, and you have the weekend to relax.
If you can travel a bit then delivering a couple of 3 or 5 day IT training courses in different cities can set you up financially for the month.
Its not that expensive.
I have a demo that I run in Windows Azure where I spin up 16 servers to render a 1500 frame animation in HD quality. I demo it an conferances and user group meetings, it fits nicely into a one-hour session. It takes about 10 minutes to provision the environment and around 20 minutes to render the animation.
The total cost for compute time, storage and data transfer is less than $2.
Is the Maker Movement Making [I]it Cool [F]for Kids [T]to [B]be Nerds?
After all that effort imagine his dissapointment when he rides it past a couple of hot chicks and they don't even notice (0:30).
"If You're Going To Kill It, Open Source It"
then
"Nokia Outsources Symbian OS Work"
>>He also managed to access three red-light cameras in a town in Texas, and while he didn't change any settings, he could have.
Oh, that kind of red-light, shame....
>>Rounds are going to be relatively expensive yes, but it's not as if you fire the thing full auto.
Hell yes, I'm gonna fire the thing on full auto.
I'm sure most level designers will ensure there are a reasonable number of ammo-backs lying around...
The first is out here.
>>they think they're just heading to a big warehouse in Arizona.
Ha ha ha ha.
Oh wait...
Too early...
I read that one wrong, sorry...
But why not just, you know, learn to play an actual guitar?
Because it's gay.
Hope its better than the last LOTR fan flick...
WHO let the pigs out? (Oink, Oink, Oink, Oink)
WHO let the pigs out? (Oink, Oink, Oink, Oink)
>>A torrent of innovative start-ups
Nice choice of words :-)
An old guy in his Volvo is driving home from work when his wife rings him on his carphone,
"honey", she says in a worried voice, "Be careful! There was a bit on the news just now, some lunitic is driving the wrong way down the motorway",
"It's worse than that!", he replies, "There are hundreds of them!"
... it gets posted here.
>>there's also cheap good stuff, in the $100 range, that at least matches the Bose.
Good point. After the fisrt pair I decided not to take the gamble though. I read some reviews and thwy were somewhat mixed for the cheaper phones. A ccouple of lont flights and the $300 feels like it was well spent.
>>is there a technical solution to the potential danger?"
I used my mp3 player on a couple of flights. When I into a quiet hotel room and used it again i was shocked at the volume level i had used on the flight. If you are on a plane (train or buss as well), you tend to play it loud to drown out the bakground noise.
As I fly quite a bit, i bought a pair of noise reduction headphones. I went for a $75 pair at first, as I could not see the point of spending $300 on the Bose headphones. The $75 pair were pretty rublish, not much effect at all, so I splashed out another $300 on a pair of Bose noise reduction phones. They may be expensive, but they are worth the money as you can use a much lower volume setting and still hear everything very clearly.
I really recommend them as a way to protect your ears if you travel by plane, train or bus a lot. The luxary of having a cocoon of tranquility on the flight is also very nice to have.