Inexperienced hot-pluggers often feel this way. First, and most importantly - there's absolutely nothing wrong with you - you are hot-pluggable. Don't let a bad initial experience convince you otherwise.
The realy problem here is with technique - jabbing is never recommended. You want to firmly grasp the peripheral near its end, then gently slide it into the port. Okay, try that a few times - firm grasp - good! - and gennnntly slide it in. Now withdraw the device, and gennnntly reinsert. In and out, in and out, over and over and over again. Excellent, now you're getting the hang of it.
Although it's sometimes normal to encounter resistance inserting a peripheral into a brand-new port, this friction should disappear with use. Be extra-gentle in these circumstances, and resist the urge to just jab a device into the slot. Again, slow and easy, gently sliding in and out. Yes...yessssss! Getting frustrated and randomly jabbing with your peripheral is unlikely to result in a successful connection, and can damage your peripheral unit or the slot. Overly forceful insertions have even caused the tip of a device to snap clean off - don't let this happen to you!
Deep sleep is a separate issue. It's normal not to sleep immediately after a peripheral is inserted - the unit is in active use, and sleeping would be undesirable. Wait until interactions with the device have ceased before entering sleep.
Hopefully this has cleared up some of your concerns. Remember that hot-plugging is a perfectly normal activity, one which anyone can learn to enjoy with a little practice.
..they could be correct. I don't know the law well enough to say - if memory serves correct, it gives some examples of things which are fair use, none of which include anything like backing up or shifting from one media to another for personal use.
Space shifting was previously ruled to be consistent with copyright law by the 9th Circuit US Court of Appeals in "RIAA v. Diamond Multimedia". A (horribly formatted - sorry) copy of the decision can be found on EFF's website. Excerpt from about 80% of the way down:
[10] In fact, the Rio's operation is entirely consistent with the Act's main purpose -- the facilitation of personal use. As the Senate Report explains, "[t]he purpose of[the Act] is to ensure the right of consumers to make analog or digital audio recordings of copyrighted music for their private, noncommercial use." S. Rep. 102-294, at *86 (emphasis added). The Act does so through its home taping exemption, see 17 U.S.C. S 1008, which "protects all noncommercial copying by consumers of digital and analog musical recordings," H.R. Rep. 102-873(I), at *59. The Rio merely makes copies in order to render portable, or "space-shift," those files that already reside on a user's hard drive. Cf. Sony Corp. of America v. Universal City Studios, 464 U.S. 417, 455 (1984) (holding that "time-shifting" of copyrighted television shows with VCR's constitutes fair use under the Copyright Act, and thus is not an infringement). Such copying is paradigmatic non-commercial personal use entirely consistent with the purposes of the Act.
For good measure, we could have a cartoon of Jesus using thumbscrews or having sex or something too.
Say, something like Martin Scorsese's movie The Last Temptation of Christ that included a (dream/temptation) scene of Jesus having sex with Mary Magdelene? At the time, that caused quite an uproar amongst certain Christian groups, although I can't remember any of the protesters using this as an excuse to riot. (Certainly death threats were made against Scorcese, and I believe a few theaters received bomb threats, but it's not as though there was anarchy in the streets from people opposed to the movie. Protests and pickets, yes - rampant violence, no.)
Yep, I'm afraid that's the way it goes - according to NAFTA, Canada gets first dibs on buying Democratic states exported from the USA, while Mexico picks up surplus Republican states. It's on page 857 - just after the section about tariffs on maple syrup.
Now the big question is: will anyone figure out that my original post was referring to gay marriage being legal in Massachusetts? (I think it may have been mentioned in the news once or twice.;-)
In other news, homosexual marriages in the United States are not legal, because "while you may be ok with it, some other people in the world, might not have your maturity level."
In late-breaking news, Massachusetts apparently no longer part of the United States. Governor Romney, along with all five of the other registered Republicans in the state, expressed surprise at the news, while the remainder of the population thought this had happened years ago. Said one Cambridge resident, "I thought we'd, like, seceded back in '98 after Dukakis lost. Aren't we part of Quebec or something now?"
I'm sorry, but "undervolting" is a perfectly cromulent word. I'd agree that percentage was a poor choice for expressing temperature differences, but the primary point remains - undervolting can embiggen battery life.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but exactly how is a terrorist going to hijack a spacecraft and crash it into even the approximate neighbourhood of Pennsylvania Avenue? It's not quite like 'oh there's the White House, change course', is it? You have to know where in the orbital path to fire the engines in order to land [...]
In other news, the Dept of Homeland Security announced it will be stepping up investigations of anyone playing Lunar Lander...
Deranged drivel from pointless pundit once again shown to have no basis in reality.
Next/. story: Dvorak unable to find posterior with both hands, proclaims demise of buttocks as we know them.
Next/. retraction: Arse in previous Dvorak stories positively identified, proven to exist. (Which, of course, is not to say that the disappearance of arses won't happen... just that it hasn't happened yet.)
People who hate Microsoft pirate Windows (see the first reply to this article) or refuse to authenticated it in an effort to defy the M$ empire and therefore cannot utilize the patches designed to keep their system safe from other Microsoft haters.
Let me see if I understand... So are you saying that the people who most hate Microsoft are also the ones most willing to go through the greatest lengths to obtain copies of Windows for use on their computers? And that as an additional act of defiance against the Microsoft "empire", these zealots attempt to give Microsoft the finger by...ummmm... keeping their computers patched?
Brain: Are you thinking what I'm thinking, Pinky?
Pinky: Yes, Brain, but where are we going to get a gorilla, a vat of kosher pickles, and a tub of whip cream at this hour of the night? And wouldn't a true anti-Microsoft zealot be repulsed at the very thought of running Windows, and instead use one of the many freely-available, freely-patchable Linux distros?
Brain: Odd, that last part almost sounded coherent.
That already exists. I forget what it's called, but there's a type of encryption where you actually encrypt two files into one, so if someone forces you to hand over the key, you give them a secondary one wich unencrypts the dummy files.
I'm not sure if we're thinking of the same project, but the one I knew was called "rubber hose". For a while, it was hosted at www.rubberhose.org, but that site dropped off the net several years ago, and to the best of my knowledge has not reappeared since.
A few sites still carry copies of the rubberhose 0.8.3 source - a quick Google
for the tarball returns a half-dozen or so hits, although some of the copies no longer exist.
The goal of the project was to allow a virtually unlimited number of encrypted filesystems to live on a drive, each with its own key. If someone attempts a "rubber hose" crypto attack (beating you with a rubber hose until you cough up a key), you can provide key(s) for accessing the sacrificial filesystem(s). Since there's no way for the attacker to know how many keys you may have created, there's no way for the attacker to be certain that you've handed over every single key. Conversely, there's also no way for you to prove that you've actually cooperated and turned over every key. The doc/beatings.txt file from the source tarball has some interesting thoughts about the implications of neither attacker nor defender being able to prove/disprove the existence of additional keys.
Sinus0idal: hmmm, I'm sure the whitehouse roof isn't quite that plain in real life:-)
ajm: Nor are the buildings next door a flat green color on top.
You're both quite correct. See the SecurityFocus article "Secret Service airbrushes aerial photos". Note that the link to the old vs new images has changed since the article was written - they're now here. You might notice a remarkable similarity between a couple of the retouched pictures and Google's White House imagery.
Appreciated your post - always nice to read something from a person who actually knows what's going on.:-)
Would you be able to do a rundown on some of the things that Red Hat objected to, and how you've resolved some of them? I'm sure there's one or two people reading/. that have thought about trying their hand at a Red Hat based distribution, and would benefit from and pointers you could provide about potential pitfalls and solutions.
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Geez, the government just can't get anything completed on schedule...
Odd - the ones I eat always seem to have a slick texture and an unpleasant papery aftertaste.
The realy problem here is with technique - jabbing is never recommended. You want to firmly grasp the peripheral near its end, then gently slide it into the port. Okay, try that a few times - firm grasp - good! - and gennnntly slide it in. Now withdraw the device, and gennnntly reinsert. In and out, in and out, over and over and over again. Excellent, now you're getting the hang of it.
Although it's sometimes normal to encounter resistance inserting a peripheral into a brand-new port, this friction should disappear with use. Be extra-gentle in these circumstances, and resist the urge to just jab a device into the slot. Again, slow and easy, gently sliding in and out. Yes...yessssss! Getting frustrated and randomly jabbing with your peripheral is unlikely to result in a successful connection, and can damage your peripheral unit or the slot. Overly forceful insertions have even caused the tip of a device to snap clean off - don't let this happen to you!
Deep sleep is a separate issue. It's normal not to sleep immediately after a peripheral is inserted - the unit is in active use, and sleeping would be undesirable. Wait until interactions with the device have ceased before entering sleep.
Hopefully this has cleared up some of your concerns. Remember that hot-plugging is a perfectly normal activity, one which anyone can learn to enjoy with a little practice.
Space shifting was previously ruled to be consistent with copyright law by the 9th Circuit US Court of Appeals in "RIAA v. Diamond Multimedia". A (horribly formatted - sorry) copy of the decision can be found on EFF's website. Excerpt from about 80% of the way down:
Say, something like Martin Scorsese's movie The Last Temptation of Christ that included a (dream/temptation) scene of Jesus having sex with Mary Magdelene? At the time, that caused quite an uproar amongst certain Christian groups, although I can't remember any of the protesters using this as an excuse to riot. (Certainly death threats were made against Scorcese, and I believe a few theaters received bomb threats, but it's not as though there was anarchy in the streets from people opposed to the movie. Protests and pickets, yes - rampant violence, no.)
Yep, I'm afraid that's the way it goes - according to NAFTA, Canada gets first dibs on buying Democratic states exported from the USA, while Mexico picks up surplus Republican states. It's on page 857 - just after the section about tariffs on maple syrup.
Now the big question is: will anyone figure out that my original post was referring to gay marriage being legal in Massachusetts? (I think it may have been mentioned in the news once or twice. ;-)
Dangit, and I even previewed the thing twice looking for tpyos before submitting. :-(
In late-breaking news, Massachusetts apparently no longer part of the United States. Governor Romney, along with all five of the other registered Republicans in the state, expressed surprise at the news, while the remainder of the population thought this had happened years ago. Said one Cambridge resident, "I thought we'd, like, seceded back in '98 after Dukakis lost. Aren't we part of Quebec or something now?"
I'm sorry, but "undervolting" is a perfectly cromulent word. I'd agree that percentage was a poor choice for expressing temperature differences, but the primary point remains - undervolting can embiggen battery life.
It's a parody of the "battle of wits" scene from The Princess Bride.
In other news, the Dept of Homeland Security announced it will be stepping up investigations of anyone playing Lunar Lander...
One to bring people good things, one to bring 'em coal. ;-)
Next /. story: Dvorak unable to find posterior with both hands, proclaims demise of buttocks as we know them.
Next /. retraction: Arse in previous Dvorak stories positively identified, proven to exist. (Which, of course, is not to say that the disappearance of arses won't happen ... just that it hasn't happened yet.)
In domains as in life - often requested, rarely granted.
Let me see if I understand... So are you saying that the people who most hate Microsoft are also the ones most willing to go through the greatest lengths to obtain copies of Windows for use on their computers? And that as an additional act of defiance against the Microsoft "empire", these zealots attempt to give Microsoft the finger by ...ummmm... keeping their computers patched?
Brain: Are you thinking what I'm thinking, Pinky?
Pinky: Yes, Brain, but where are we going to get a gorilla, a vat of kosher pickles, and a tub of whip cream at this hour of the night? And wouldn't a true anti-Microsoft zealot be repulsed at the very thought of running Windows, and instead use one of the many freely-available, freely-patchable Linux distros?
Brain: Odd, that last part almost sounded coherent.
Pinky: Snark!
Brain: Ah, that's better...
I'm not sure if we're thinking of the same project, but the one I knew was called "rubber hose". For a while, it was hosted at www.rubberhose.org, but that site dropped off the net several years ago, and to the best of my knowledge has not reappeared since.
A few sites still carry copies of the rubberhose 0.8.3 source - a quick Google for the tarball returns a half-dozen or so hits, although some of the copies no longer exist.
The goal of the project was to allow a virtually unlimited number of encrypted filesystems to live on a drive, each with its own key. If someone attempts a "rubber hose" crypto attack (beating you with a rubber hose until you cough up a key), you can provide key(s) for accessing the sacrificial filesystem(s). Since there's no way for the attacker to know how many keys you may have created, there's no way for the attacker to be certain that you've handed over every single key. Conversely, there's also no way for you to prove that you've actually cooperated and turned over every key. The doc/beatings.txt file from the source tarball has some interesting thoughts about the implications of neither attacker nor defender being able to prove/disprove the existence of additional keys.
A tiny script runs on the Opera web server...waiting...watching...
I think you underestimate the rate at which human brainpower is decreasing... ;-)
It wasn't the $2 bill they objected to - it was the way you kept trying to take a dollar change each time. ;-)
You're both quite correct. See the SecurityFocus article "Secret Service airbrushes aerial photos". Note that the link to the old vs new images has changed since the article was written - they're now here. You might notice a remarkable similarity between a couple of the retouched pictures and Google's White House imagery.
Mods, just a hint: read the PP's sig, follow the tt link, note that "tt" stands for "Troll Tuesday".
Now...are you sure that this post is actually +5 Informative material?
You're not alone - my computer used to be constantly infected with malware until I realized that I'd connected the modem to a box of Trix.
Appreciated your post - always nice to read something from a person who actually knows what's going on. :-)
Would you be able to do a rundown on some of the things that Red Hat objected to, and how you've resolved some of them? I'm sure there's one or two people reading /. that have thought about trying their hand at a Red Hat based distribution, and would benefit from and pointers you could provide about potential pitfalls and solutions.
Cheers, and good luck!
They were going to add more memory to the server, but figured it would make it even less able to cope with the strain. :-)