Actually, I knew a guy here at work that never once had any maintenance performed on his new cars -- he was proud of the fact that he could afford to just go trade in when the original tires wore out.
Then again, he was 40+ sharing an apartment with his brother.
Wonder what the dealer thought about a car that was driven over a year with the original oil never changed?
It does boggle the mind when you find people that are willfully ignorant about their computers. I can't tell you how many times I've asked my mother in law to stop forwarding these "cute little programs" that she gets. She gets them from god-knows-who, clicks on them to see what they are, and then forwards to everyone in her address book.
The response when I politely remind her that this is dangerous and she could be infecting her computer and passing on the infection on to all her contacts? "Well, I don't worry about things like that."
"This is not just a Kryptonite concern," a Kryptonite spokeswoman told Reuters. "This is an issue with some tubular cylinders, not all. Anything with a tubular cylinder could be a concern including vending machines, coin-operated machines, other security products."
A spokeswoman for Kryptonite's parent company, Ingersoll-Rand, said Kryptonite products account for less than 1 percent of Ingersoll-Rand's $10 billion in annual sales.
Oh, well -- they're such a behemoth that this is a mere annoyance.
That seems bizzare.
Hello, I'm calling from the New York Times regarding the story about the bike locks. Do you have any comment?
Yes, well... Kryptonite is a very small subsidiary. Their sales count for far less than one percent of our annual ten billion dollar global revenue.
The pellet with the poison's in the vessel with the pestle; the chalice from the palace has the brew that is true! (The Court Jester; writing credit: Melvin Frank and Norman Panama.)
yep, my granpa lived out on this rural route where there was one particular rise/dip that he would always hit in his 72 impala at just the right speed to induce a brief weightless sensation for us kids in the back seat.
it was many years later that I came to recognize that sensation in the pit of my stomach as weightlessness, the same from riding rollercoasters at six flags. I also came to realize what a reckless wacko grandpa was that he would accelerate his sled to 70 mph or so with three little kids in the back seat so he could launch over a rise on a 2-lane country road with a 30mph speed limit.
there was a junkyard wars episode where they had to build a rocket that would carry an ostrich egg and return it unbroken.
IIRC, the team that tried a radical teepee design lost because their parachute failed to open and the egg suspended in a pair of pantyhose in the crumpled nosecone got scrambled.
The winning team had a conventional design that had an impressive lift-off, had a nice recovery deployment and had a good payload compartment that protected the egg from the shock of landing.
>Instead, they pussy out and ban ALL privately-owned WAPs. Regardless of their configuration.
*sigh*
I normally don't reply to AC's, but I'll make this exception.
>If they wanted, they could actually put some effort into it and dedicate one or two channels for private WLANs and the rest for the Uni's network.
The AC obviously did not read the article because the University has just about done exactly that.
No 802.11b or 802.11g wireless access points may be installed within the Waterview Apartments by residents. Only 802.11a wireless access points will be allowed and those must be set only to the specific channels provided for that purpose (see list below). In other words, no access points using the 2.4GHz band may be used and only certain frequencies in the 5GHz spectrum.
Han Solo unsportingly blasted Greedo under the table. It makes Solo look like a cold-blooded killer.
Lucas wanted it changed in the special edition to make it look like Han shot in self-defense only after being shot at first. The scene looks like crap. Fans universally hate it.
Top 10 Other Things that Han Shot that Didn't Shoot at Him First
George Lucas thought the scene between Han Solo and Greedo in the cantina made Han cold blooded. Let's think about the original scene, shall we? Greedo the bounty hunter is holding Han at gunpoint and says in his gurgly argot that he is going to kill him. Han shoots Greedo through the table before Greedo can blow Han a new smuggling hatch. That's makes Han cool-- not cold.
Now let's look at the new scene. Greedo is sitting with Han at gunpoint again, only this time Greedo states his intent to kill Han and then shoots the wall. Han quickly avenges the stucco and blows away Greedo. Boy does the new scene stink! Even a stormtrooper could have hit Han at that distance! Perhaps Greedo turned to a life of crime after flunking out of Stormtrooper Academy.
>As long as they are not interfering with University communications
ah, but that is exactly what is happening
Some students in Waterview have been experiencing problems when trying to connect to the UTD Wireless Network. The reason has been found to be the result of over 100 wireless access points being set up by residents. ...
The problem this creates is interference or an actual denial of service to other students
No 802.11b or 802.11g wireless access points may be installed within the Waterview Apartments by residents. Only 802.11a wireless access points will be allowed and those must be set only to the specific channels provided for that purpose (see list below). In other words, no access points using the 2.4GHz band may be used and only certain frequencies in the 5GHz spectrum.
In fact...
The UTD Technology Store (BK1.3 or extension 6500) is working to offer 802.11a wireless access points to use in place of the 802.11b/g. The possibility even exists that they may offer a discount of some sort for newer 802.11b/g access points that are traded in on an 802.11a.
In this case, these devices are not being connected to the university network...
These access points are connecting to Comcast Cable Modems or to SBC DSL (or other providers) for their Internet access and then are being shared out to other residents within the same or adjacent suites.
So what? The problem is that it is preventing students from getting access to the campus network.
Some students in Waterview have been experiencing problems when trying to connect to the UTD Wireless Network. The reason has been found to be the result of over 100 wireless access points being set up by residents.
Someone already pointed out there are only so many channels available. If these 100 AP's are dominating the school's network, denying students access to the internal UDT network, I think they are correct to do something about it.
>it's impossible for a wireless router to get an IP address from DHCP
In this case, these devices are not being connected to the university network...
These access points are connecting to Comcast Cable Modems or to SBC DSL (or other providers) for their Internet access and then are being shared out to other residents within the same or adjacent suites.
So what? The problem is that it is preventing students from getting access to the campus network.
Some students in Waterview have been experiencing problems when trying to connect to the UTD Wireless Network. The reason has been found to be the result of over 100 wireless access points being set up by residents.
heh, reminded me of the scene in Galaxy Quest where they disarm the self-destruct with plenty of time to spare, but it keeps counting down to 2 seconds because that was the way it always worked in the show.
Well, it's a feel-good PR thing and it probably cost next-to-nothing relative to the overall project and it maybe it helped get the project through appropriations.
"Look, here's our interplanetary probe, and oh, we've engraved our likeness on a plaque with a greeting in case anyone finds it! *wink*"
"Remarkable! What do you think aliens would do if they found it?"
"Oh, it's likely that an intelligent alien civilization will want to find the makers of this probe and pay us a visit to share their knowledge. Isn't that nice!?"
meanwhile, just outside the orbit of Neptune...
"Hey Glargh, look at this..."
"Oh, how cute -- another one of those 'hey, we are here please come visit' things. What should we do?"
"You know standing order #412,323.443!"
"Oh, right -- let's make it look like an accident. Hey, here's a nice, big asteroid in a goofy orbit between the 4th and 5th planet -- just a little nudge... there. Now, in about 100 orbital rotations or so, they'll get a visit they'll never forget!"
"Glargh, its moments like these when it all seems worthwhile."
The Motion Picture and Television Fund was founded in 1921 by a group of Hollywood industry pioneers such as Mary Pickford, Charlie Chaplin, will Rogers, Cecil B. DeMille and Irving Thalberg. The MPTF opened the Motion Picture Country Home and Hospital in Woodland Hills in 1940. They operate health centers in Woodland Hills, Toluca Lake, Hollywood, West Los Angeles and Santa Clarita, staffed by physicians recently rated #1 in southern California by Blue Cross.
I was surprised to learn that he was in a bunch of westerns before doing trek:
Prior to donning the blue shirt that was the sign of a Starfleet medical officer, Kelley wore another kind of uniform--a cowboy get-up. He worked extensively in TV westerns of the 1950s and '60s, piling up credits on shows such as Rawhide, The Virginian and Zane Grey Theater.
I think you are confusing her with Marisa Tomei who was in my cousin vinny where Pesci played a lawyer defending his cousin (Ralph Macchio) who was being tried for murder and Tomei was Pesci's girlfriend Mona Lisa Vito and Fred Gwynne was the judge.
She was the one Vinny called to the witness stand as an expert on general automotive knowledge and she revealed that Macchio's character could not have commited the crime because his mint-green convertible had been mistaken for the real getaway car that left distincitive tire tracks because it has a positraction rear axle with independent suspension.
I love that movie.
Say you're a deer. You prance through the forest to a nice, clear stream and take a little drink from the cool sweet wather when, BAM! someone blows your fucking head off. I ask you, are you going to give a shit what the bastard was wearin?
>I bet someone with influence makes a phone call and the SS comes up with some rationale and then the door gets kicked down.
Kluepfel reported this to the Secret Service. Kluepfel had a positive history with the Secret Service, in that he had assisted them in prior investigations. The Secret Service agent handling the investigation, Agent Foley,...
Ah, sounds about like what I guessed. Agent Foley? Axel??
Bannana in the tailpipe? Naw, brother.. you gotta make it sound more natural. "Look man, I ain't gonna fall for no bananna in the tail pipe!"
Hmm, secret service has responsibility for just a few areas beyond guarding the president, IIRC. have to look it up -- thought counterfeiting was one...
The United States Secret Service is a United States federal government law enforcement agency originally created as part of the United States Department of the Treasury. On March 1, 2003, it was moved under the jurisdiction of the United States Department of Homeland Security. The Secret Service has primary jurisdiction over counterfeiting of currency and the protection or bodyguard of the President, Vice President, their immediate families, past presidents and their spouses, certain candidates for the offices of President and Vice President, and visiting foreign heads of state (all called "protectees"). It also investigates a wide variety of financial fraud crimes and identify theft and provides forensics assistance for some local crimes.
Sounds like they must have found some reason to include Steve Jackson Games thing in their fraud investigative jurisdiction? I bet someone with influence makes a phone call and the SS comes up with some rationale and then the door gets kicked down.
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EMP mine, and I'm there -- fry their $$$ overpowered vehicular nuisance generator, er car stereo.
"thump, thump, thu-bzzt"
No messy shrapnel or bits of bloody pulp, just electronics turned paperweight.
>We never hear this about their cars
Actually, I knew a guy here at work that never once had any maintenance performed on his new cars -- he was proud of the fact that he could afford to just go trade in when the original tires wore out.
Then again, he was 40+ sharing an apartment with his brother.
Wonder what the dealer thought about a car that was driven over a year with the original oil never changed?
It does boggle the mind when you find people that are willfully ignorant about their computers. I can't tell you how many times I've asked my mother in law to stop forwarding these "cute little programs" that she gets. She gets them from god-knows-who, clicks on them to see what they are, and then forwards to everyone in her address book.
The response when I politely remind her that this is dangerous and she could be infecting her computer and passing on the infection on to all her contacts? "Well, I don't worry about things like that."
bah
You must have missed the notice: Scientists have recently renamed the planet to put a stop to all the jokes once and for all.
this seems like a strange comment..
Kryptonite reacts
"This is not just a Kryptonite concern," a Kryptonite spokeswoman told Reuters. "This is an issue with some tubular cylinders, not all. Anything with a tubular cylinder could be a concern including vending machines, coin-operated machines, other security products."
A spokeswoman for Kryptonite's parent company, Ingersoll-Rand, said Kryptonite products account for less than 1 percent of Ingersoll-Rand's $10 billion in annual sales.
Oh, well -- they're such a behemoth that this is a mere annoyance.
That seems bizzare.
Hello, I'm calling from the New York Times regarding the story about the bike locks. Do you have any comment?
Yes, well... Kryptonite is a very small subsidiary. Their sales count for far less than one percent of our annual ten billion dollar global revenue.
I see. Thank you for your time.
Not at all, you're welcome.
I thought it was the chalice from the palace?
i on/english/br/brew.html
googles... ah, so it would seem:
The pellet with the poison's in the vessel with the pestle; the chalice from the palace has the brew that is true! (The Court Jester; writing credit: Melvin Frank and Norman Panama.)
http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/definit
God I love Danny Kay movies!
yep, my granpa lived out on this rural route where there was one particular rise/dip that he would always hit in his 72 impala at just the right speed to induce a brief weightless sensation for us kids in the back seat.
it was many years later that I came to recognize that sensation in the pit of my stomach as weightlessness, the same from riding rollercoasters at six flags. I also came to realize what a reckless wacko grandpa was that he would accelerate his sled to 70 mph or so with three little kids in the back seat so he could launch over a rise on a 2-lane country road with a 30mph speed limit.
Isn't there a vomit-fetish porno niche anyway?
there was a junkyard wars episode where they had to build a rocket that would carry an ostrich egg and return it unbroken.
IIRC, the team that tried a radical teepee design lost because their parachute failed to open and the egg suspended in a pair of pantyhose in the crumpled nosecone got scrambled.
The winning team had a conventional design that had an impressive lift-off, had a nice recovery deployment and had a good payload compartment that protected the egg from the shock of landing.
>Instead, they pussy out and ban ALL privately-owned WAPs. Regardless of their configuration.
*sigh*
I normally don't reply to AC's, but I'll make this exception.
>If they wanted, they could actually put some effort into it and dedicate one or two channels for private WLANs and the rest for the Uni's network.
The AC obviously did not read the article because the University has just about done exactly that.
No 802.11b or 802.11g wireless access points may be installed within the Waterview Apartments by residents. Only 802.11a wireless access points will be allowed and those must be set only to the specific channels provided for that purpose (see list below). In other words, no access points using the 2.4GHz band may be used and only certain frequencies in the 5GHz spectrum.
Han Solo unsportingly blasted Greedo under the table. It makes Solo look like a cold-blooded killer.
Lucas wanted it changed in the special edition to make it look like Han shot in self-defense only after being shot at first. The scene looks like crap. Fans universally hate it.
Top 10 Other Things that Han Shot that Didn't Shoot at Him First
http://www.fecundity.com/pmagnus/greedo.html
George Lucas thought the scene between Han Solo and Greedo in the cantina made Han cold blooded. Let's think about the original scene, shall we? Greedo the bounty hunter is holding Han at gunpoint and says in his gurgly argot that he is going to kill him. Han shoots Greedo through the table before Greedo can blow Han a new smuggling hatch. That's makes Han cool-- not cold.
Now let's look at the new scene. Greedo is sitting with Han at gunpoint again, only this time Greedo states his intent to kill Han and then shoots the wall. Han quickly avenges the stucco and blows away Greedo. Boy does the new scene stink! Even a stormtrooper could have hit Han at that distance! Perhaps Greedo turned to a life of crime after flunking out of Stormtrooper Academy.
>As long as they are not interfering with University communications
...
ah, but that is exactly what is happening
Some students in Waterview have been experiencing problems when trying to connect to the UTD Wireless Network. The reason has been found to be the result of over 100 wireless access points being set up by residents.
The problem this creates is interference or an actual denial of service to other students
good idea -- they thought of it too...
No 802.11b or 802.11g wireless access points may be installed within the Waterview Apartments by residents. Only 802.11a wireless access points will be allowed and those must be set only to the specific channels provided for that purpose (see list below). In other words, no access points using the 2.4GHz band may be used and only certain frequencies in the 5GHz spectrum.
In fact...
The UTD Technology Store (BK1.3 or extension 6500) is working to offer 802.11a wireless access points to use in place of the 802.11b/g. The possibility even exists that they may offer a discount of some sort for newer 802.11b/g access points that are traded in on an 802.11a.
nope, RTFA (first paragraph at least) ;-p
In this case, these devices are not being connected to the university network...
These access points are connecting to Comcast Cable Modems or to SBC DSL (or other providers) for their Internet access and then are being shared out to other residents within the same or adjacent suites.
So what? The problem is that it is preventing students from getting access to the campus network.
Some students in Waterview have been experiencing problems when trying to connect to the UTD Wireless Network. The reason has been found to be the result of over 100 wireless access points being set up by residents.
Someone already pointed out there are only so many channels available. If these 100 AP's are dominating the school's network, denying students access to the internal UDT network, I think they are correct to do something about it.
>it's impossible for a wireless router to get an IP address from DHCP
In this case, these devices are not being connected to the university network...
These access points are connecting to Comcast Cable Modems or to SBC DSL (or other providers) for their Internet access and then are being shared out to other residents within the same or adjacent suites.
So what? The problem is that it is preventing students from getting access to the campus network.
Some students in Waterview have been experiencing problems when trying to connect to the UTD Wireless Network. The reason has been found to be the result of over 100 wireless access points being set up by residents.
heh, reminded me of the scene in Galaxy Quest where they disarm the self-destruct with plenty of time to spare, but it keeps counting down to 2 seconds because that was the way it always worked in the show.
You know, it's made with 10% more love than the next leading brand
>Why bother?
Well, it's a feel-good PR thing and it probably cost next-to-nothing relative to the overall project and it maybe it helped get the project through appropriations.
"Look, here's our interplanetary probe, and oh, we've engraved our likeness on a plaque with a greeting in case anyone finds it! *wink*"
"Remarkable! What do you think aliens would do if they found it?"
"Oh, it's likely that an intelligent alien civilization will want to find the makers of this probe and pay us a visit to share their knowledge. Isn't that nice!?"
meanwhile, just outside the orbit of Neptune...
"Hey Glargh, look at this..."
"Oh, how cute -- another one of those 'hey, we are here please come visit' things. What should we do?"
"You know standing order #412,323.443!"
"Oh, right -- let's make it look like an accident. Hey, here's a nice, big asteroid in a goofy orbit between the 4th and 5th planet -- just a little nudge... there. Now, in about 100 orbital rotations or so, they'll get a visit they'll never forget!"
"Glargh, its moments like these when it all seems worthwhile."
>the Motion Picture and Television Country Home and Hospital in Woodland Hills, California
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that sounded fake (the idea of an old folks home for tv stars), so I looked it up - sure enough...
http://www.mpsc839.org/_Benefits/Benefits_h/gethe
The Motion Picture and Television Fund was founded in 1921 by a group of Hollywood industry pioneers such as Mary Pickford, Charlie Chaplin, will Rogers, Cecil B. DeMille and Irving Thalberg. The MPTF opened the Motion Picture Country Home and Hospital in Woodland Hills in 1940. They operate health centers in Woodland Hills, Toluca Lake, Hollywood, West Los Angeles and Santa Clarita, staffed by physicians recently rated #1 in southern California by Blue Cross.
also came across obits on Kelly (honestly didn't know he had died)
http://obits.com/kelleydeforest.htm
http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,4899,00.htm
I was surprised to learn that he was in a bunch of westerns before doing trek:
Prior to donning the blue shirt that was the sign of a Starfleet medical officer, Kelley wore another kind of uniform--a cowboy get-up. He worked extensively in TV westerns of the 1950s and '60s, piling up credits on shows such as Rawhide, The Virginian and Zane Grey Theater.
queue Thurston Howell:
Lovey, where are those Cognac glasses we bought from Tiffany's? I cahn't seem to find them ahnywhere!
Is this the same guy that was quoted saying something about "working stiffs" making only $100,000 and that wasn't much to live on?
Yeah, this guy is totally connected to reality.
>How long until the case is thrown out?
Oh, probably five minutes after the convention is over.
I think you are confusing her with Marisa Tomei who was in my cousin vinny where Pesci played a lawyer defending his cousin (Ralph Macchio) who was being tried for murder and Tomei was Pesci's girlfriend Mona Lisa Vito and Fred Gwynne was the judge.
She was the one Vinny called to the witness stand as an expert on general automotive knowledge and she revealed that Macchio's character could not have commited the crime because his mint-green convertible had been mistaken for the real getaway car that left distincitive tire tracks because it has a positraction rear axle with independent suspension.
I love that movie.
Say you're a deer. You prance through the forest to a nice, clear stream and take a little drink from the cool sweet wather when, BAM! someone blows your fucking head off. I ask you, are you going to give a shit what the bastard was wearin?
thanks
>I bet someone with influence makes a phone call and the SS comes up with some rationale and then the door gets kicked down.
Kluepfel reported this to the Secret Service. Kluepfel had a positive history with the Secret Service, in that he had assisted them in prior investigations. The Secret Service agent handling the investigation, Agent Foley,...
Ah, sounds about like what I guessed. Agent Foley? Axel??
Bannana in the tailpipe? Naw, brother.. you gotta make it sound more natural. "Look man, I ain't gonna fall for no bananna in the tail pipe!"
I love that movie.
thanks for the laugh -- have to clean up my keyboard and remind myself again to be careful about reading /. with a mouthful of coffee ;-)
Hmm, secret service has responsibility for just a few areas beyond guarding the president, IIRC. have to look it up -- thought counterfeiting was one...
_ Service
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Secret
The United States Secret Service is a United States federal government law enforcement agency originally created as part of the United States Department of the Treasury. On March 1, 2003, it was moved under the jurisdiction of the United States Department of Homeland Security. The Secret Service has primary jurisdiction over counterfeiting of currency and the protection or bodyguard of the President, Vice President, their immediate families, past presidents and their spouses, certain candidates for the offices of President and Vice President, and visiting foreign heads of state (all called "protectees"). It also investigates a wide variety of financial fraud crimes and identify theft and provides forensics assistance for some local crimes.
Sounds like they must have found some reason to include Steve Jackson Games thing in their fraud investigative jurisdiction? I bet someone with influence makes a phone call and the SS comes up with some rationale and then the door gets kicked down.
>Deckard, was not "just" a replicant, he was the sixth replicant from the crew.
Except Deckard did not show up on earth "a couple of nights ago"..
six replicants jumped a ship on an off-world colony, a couple of nights ago
I have to go back and watch it again this weekend, but I got the impression Decker had been around in this job on earth for a long time.