The United States is now home to some of the most unruly plants in the world, like Kudzu vine, which has caused farmers to abandon crops at first sight of the vines at field's edge. It can be seen sneaking across highways on the lightning wires over power lines, and creating strange sculptures of the barns, tractors, and forests it covers throughout the southeast. Florida has two of these plants, the Kajeput, and the Australian Pine (Aussies call it American Pine..Apparently, nobody wants it) Both of these trees were introduced by the US Army Corps of Engineers to perform some function ancillary to one or another of their endeavors, but now reviled as environmentally obnoxious in their ability to grow in any condition from standing water to alkali flat. Kajeput has the additional benefit of burning hot to its top (oily sap and leaves) thereby killing off the native palms that used to survive naturally occurring fires. Remember what Newton said, "Nature abhors a vacuum". And stuff like these plants, and some of the other, more mobile creatures that have apparently taken heart and moved on from their original, pest-opposed environments, are now enjoying the benefits of life with no natural opposition, except people.
I have found that my current ISP, Comcast, prevents competition by several means, and not just throttling torrents with Sandsnake. For yucks this week, I tried torrenting a show. I was kicked off the network five times while Azureus tried to get me a Jesse Stone movie. Since then, without Azureus running, no disconnects. Torrenting shows isn't an option for all of us.
Steve Gibson has posted a utility called "Shoot the Messenger" that makes the problem go away. He hjasn't demolished my machine with his code yet, and the little poppy things were getting annoying.Among other places, it's at: http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file_description/ 0,fid,23016,00.asp
I think they've been doing this in Hong Kong for over 10 years. Done originally with transponders installed like "Smart Pass" toll devices, and counted by sensors at city intersections. Methinks the local PI establishment is of mixed mind about this, but cops must love it.
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The United States is now home to some of the most unruly plants in the world, like Kudzu vine, which has caused farmers to abandon crops at first sight of the vines at field's edge. It can be seen sneaking across highways on the lightning wires over power lines, and creating strange sculptures of the barns, tractors, and forests it covers throughout the southeast. Florida has two of these plants, the Kajeput, and the Australian Pine (Aussies call it American Pine..Apparently, nobody wants it) Both of these trees were introduced by the US Army Corps of Engineers to perform some function ancillary to one or another of their endeavors, but now reviled as environmentally obnoxious in their ability to grow in any condition from standing water to alkali flat. Kajeput has the additional benefit of burning hot to its top (oily sap and leaves) thereby killing off the native palms that used to survive naturally occurring fires. Remember what Newton said, "Nature abhors a vacuum". And stuff like these plants, and some of the other, more mobile creatures that have apparently taken heart and moved on from their original, pest-opposed environments, are now enjoying the benefits of life with no natural opposition, except people.
"Shoes for Industry. Shoes for the Dead."
Did you have the vinyl of that?...I would have worn mine out, but had it memorized before then.
I wonder if Medium saw this coming...
I have found that my current ISP, Comcast, prevents competition by several means, and not just throttling torrents with Sandsnake. For yucks this week, I tried torrenting a show. I was kicked off the network five times while Azureus tried to get me a Jesse Stone movie. Since then, without Azureus running, no disconnects. Torrenting shows isn't an option for all of us.
Steve Gibson has posted a utility called "Shoot the Messenger" that makes the problem go away. He hjasn't demolished my machine with his code yet, and the little poppy things were getting annoying.Among other places, it's at: http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file_description/ 0,fid,23016,00.asp
Does anyone admit to remembering "Mr. Wizard"? Gee, it worked in the B&W nuke-fearing, pre-disney 50's.
I think they've been doing this in Hong Kong for over 10 years. Done originally with transponders installed like "Smart Pass" toll devices, and counted by sensors at city intersections. Methinks the local PI establishment is of mixed mind about this, but cops must love it.
Try "Pow" from AnalogX @ AnalogX.com. Runs in systray and as long as it's on, one can opt-out pop-ups, or unders once, then never see them again.