I doubt that. One of the advantages of a newspaper is its disposability. If you take it on the bus and leave it behind or it gets wet or dropped on the floor, no big deal. (Not to mention its uses for lining the bird cage and lining the floor while painting.)
Any wireless device will not have this, and I think it's a big part of the appeal of a newspaper. There's nothing there to keep track of or carry around, when you're done reading or tired of it you can just throw it away. Can't do that with your "free with subscription" device. Can't even spend 75c on the paper while waiting at the bus stop without planning ahead and bringing your evice with you.
I am trying to get a webhost (AT&T, incidentally) to give me permission to move a client's domain name onto one of my servers. AT&T is saying that they have to push the domain to my server.
If you own a domain name, you can (or at least, should be able to) point the DNS record to any IP address that you choose to enter. So, set up a webserver (mailserver,what-have-you), point the DNS record to the IP address of said server. Done.
Put whatever it is you want to time stamp, put it in an envelope, and mail it to youself. Keep everything sealed until the court unseals it.
No. You can mail yourself an unsealed envelope, then put whatever you want to inside of it and seal the envelope.
For more technical work, dated and countersigned notebooks can be helpful.
That's what Notaries are for. A Notary can give you a certified copy of anything you like, officially dated as of the day that you presented it to him.
If your user interface lags behind by two hours and the UI is the only way to find out about the extremely complicated and intricate details coming out of a myriad of sensors that are inaccessible to people for safety reasons... I suppose you might be entirely wrong.
Isn't that the premise of Heinlein's Blowups Happen? Or am I thinking of a different story...
Consider that even if they did have off-site backups (which are really the bare minimum, although a lot of small operations overlook it anyway), they probably don't physically possess any equipment to run it on or have an agreement with another colocation center to put that equipment in.
This sounds like a very small business that probably doesn't require Cisco gear and all the trimmings. A cable modem with a static IP and a computer purchased at Staples to run Centos, Apache and sendmail would carry the load for at least a short time. The owner could run it in his living room.
Even if it's slow, it's better than being out-of-business.
Once he's online again in any fashion at all, he has bought himself the time to find a "real solution", if he even requires one.
During the raid, CMG's owner, Joe Condit, says his website and business went down. "It's crippled us completely. Now that we don't have a website, we have no business, and a lot of speakers are without representation."
Without saying that this raid should have occurred in the way that it did, what's stopping this guy from setting up a webserver elsewhere and getting his business back online?
In an emergency, I'm pretty sure I could have a basic but "adequate" webserver for most small businesses up and running on just about any Internet connection within about 6 hours, even if I had to buy a new computer to install it on and find another Internet connection. Point the DNS records to the new address and he's back in business.
He would be in exactly the same situation if the colo building burned down. Why risk your business that way? If it's important to you, back it up and have some idea of what you're going to do if it goes down.
We asked if we could just drop it off at a Charter office or mail it in, but that was too simple, they said that equipment could only be returned in person at an equip office that was 60 miles from us
Wow. I do some occasional contract work for a cable tv/internet/phone company; I'm not even a regular employee or "office", but more of a fix-it guy and I recently became a sales drone (I can sign people up for the service). All along, if someone wanted to cancel their service all they have to do is drop off their equipment with me (modem, digital cable box, whatever) and I send an email to the company to tell them that I've got it. End of story. No hassle for the customer at all.
NoScript, AdBlock Plus, and Flashblock with FireFox,
It's my understanding that Flashblock works only on web pages that have Javascript enabled. And Noscript has its own capability to block Flash as well as Javascript. Therefore, Flashblock adds nothing useful if you already have Noscript installed.
However, Noscript does work with Adblock Plus.
privoxy can also provide a fairly fine-grained control of web browsing experience with any browser. I personally use and recommend Noscript and privoxy. Haven't needed Adblock Plus for my purposes (yet).
they're source (python files) Would be nice if someone could post a binary or other readymade app for the novices
Python is an interpreted language, not a compiled language. There is no "binary", as such. You need to install a Python interpreter and run the script through that.
When I come across an ebook in txt format that I want to read, I just load it into OpenOffice and save it as a html file. FBReader can read.bz2 files, so I keep the html files in that form. MobyDick.html.bz2 and so on.
I use fbreader to read books on my Fedora 10 netbook (Acer Aspire One) and my desktop computers. It's a wonderful program that does exactly what an ebook reader should do, and no more than that. The interface stays out of your way.
For Fedora, you can install it with "yum install fbreader" -- not sure how other Linux distributions handle it but it's probably in most repositories.
(the barcode should be placed differently on the back, etc).
You had to pay substantial bucks for the barcode, though? Or where/how did you get it otherwise?
Friends of mine run a small publishing company and I know that they paid at least hundreds of dollars and maybe thousands for bar codes for their products to some international registration outfit.
My Commodore 1701 monitor (the C64 version, not the 1901 C-128 one) is still in use as my television set, for the odd occasion that I actually turn it on to watch something on television.
It's been my TV for 20 years, and it's still doing just fine.
A friend of mine is a radio announcer, and has been doing it all his life. He has the most amazing speaking voice that I've ever had the pleasure of listening to.
He really "performs" material, varying his voice in ways that almost make him sound like several different people. And he has a knack for making the most mundane stuff sound downright exciting when he reads it.
I have noticed that when he's talking on the phone he uses his "radio voice". When you're talking to him directly, he's somewhat less animated though his diction is still exceptionally clear. You never have to ask him to repeat what he just said, ever.
Until Linux can be used without EVER needing ANY CLI interaction by the user, and that includes fixes to common problems, than I am sorry but Linux simply isn't ready for the desktops of the majority of PC users.
Have secretaries become dumber in the past 20 years? DOS was entirely command-line based, and "everyone" used WordPerfect and Lotus.
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They must be taking the story with a grain of salt....
Most COBOL books and tutorials are unavailable, out-of-print, or just plain gone.
What resources still exist for someone who wants to learn COBOL?
http://www.opencobol.org can easily be installed on Fedora Linux (for example) with a simple "yum install open-cobol", but what comes next?
Sask Tel is truly unlimited service. Access Communications has a cap. I'm not sure about Shaw.
E-Paper readers and wireless delivery.
I doubt that. One of the advantages of a newspaper is its disposability. If you take it on the bus and leave it behind or it gets wet or dropped on the floor, no big deal. (Not to mention its uses for lining the bird cage and lining the floor while painting.)
Any wireless device will not have this, and I think it's a big part of the appeal of a newspaper. There's nothing there to keep track of or carry around, when you're done reading or tired of it you can just throw it away. Can't do that with your "free with subscription" device. Can't even spend 75c on the paper while waiting at the bus stop without planning ahead and bringing your evice with you.
I am trying to get a webhost (AT&T, incidentally) to give me permission to move a client's domain name onto one of my servers. AT&T is saying that they have to push the domain to my server.
If you own a domain name, you can (or at least, should be able to) point the DNS record to any IP address that you choose to enter. So, set up a webserver (mailserver,what-have-you), point the DNS record to the IP address of said server. Done.
Put whatever it is you want to time stamp, put it in an envelope, and mail it to youself. Keep everything sealed until the court unseals it.
No. You can mail yourself an unsealed envelope, then put whatever you want to inside of it and seal the envelope.
For more technical work, dated and countersigned notebooks can be helpful.
That's what Notaries are for. A Notary can give you a certified copy of anything you like, officially dated as of the day that you presented it to him.
If your user interface lags behind by two hours and the UI is the only way to find out about the extremely complicated and intricate details coming out of a myriad of sensors that are inaccessible to people for safety reasons... I suppose you might be entirely wrong.
Isn't that the premise of Heinlein's Blowups Happen? Or am I thinking of a different story...
Consider that even if they did have off-site backups (which are really the bare minimum, although a lot of small operations overlook it anyway), they probably don't physically possess any equipment to run it on or have an agreement with another colocation center to put that equipment in.
This sounds like a very small business that probably doesn't require Cisco gear and all the trimmings. A cable modem with a static IP and a computer purchased at Staples to run Centos, Apache and sendmail would carry the load for at least a short time. The owner could run it in his living room.
Even if it's slow, it's better than being out-of-business.
Once he's online again in any fashion at all, he has bought himself the time to find a "real solution", if he even requires one.
During the raid, CMG's owner, Joe Condit, says his website and business went down. "It's crippled us completely. Now that we don't have a website, we have no business, and a lot of speakers are without representation."
Without saying that this raid should have occurred in the way that it did, what's stopping this guy from setting up a webserver elsewhere and getting his business back online?
In an emergency, I'm pretty sure I could have a basic but "adequate" webserver for most small businesses up and running on just about any Internet connection within about 6 hours, even if I had to buy a new computer to install it on and find another Internet connection. Point the DNS records to the new address and he's back in business.
He would be in exactly the same situation if the colo building burned down. Why risk your business that way? If it's important to you, back it up and have some idea of what you're going to do if it goes down.
I live in a town of 5000 people.
And yes, there's a movie on every night. And weekend matinees when I have a kids movie.
I own a movie theatre. My admission prices are $6 for adult admission, $4 for children 12 and under and seniors, and $4 for matinees.
I also sell popcorn for $2.50, $3.50 and $4.50, and soda for $1.50, $2.00 and $2.50.
We asked if we could just drop it off at a Charter office or mail it in, but that was too simple, they said that equipment could only be returned in person at an equip office that was 60 miles from us
Wow. I do some occasional contract work for a cable tv/internet/phone company; I'm not even a regular employee or "office", but more of a fix-it guy and I recently became a sales drone (I can sign people up for the service). All along, if someone wanted to cancel their service all they have to do is drop off their equipment with me (modem, digital cable box, whatever) and I send an email to the company to tell them that I've got it. End of story. No hassle for the customer at all.
Believe it or not, AOL Radio is great.
Why should a technology developed using a grant from the public (taxpayers) be patented? Shouldn't the folks who paid for it be able to use it freely?
Acrobat Reader is the only PDF reader that works with all PDF files. I don't like that fact either.
Here is an example that renders properly only with acroread:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=220983
NoScript, AdBlock Plus, and Flashblock with FireFox,
It's my understanding that Flashblock works only on web pages that have Javascript enabled. And Noscript has its own capability to block Flash as well as Javascript. Therefore, Flashblock adds nothing useful if you already have Noscript installed.
However, Noscript does work with Adblock Plus.
privoxy can also provide a fairly fine-grained control of web browsing experience with any browser. I personally use and recommend Noscript and privoxy. Haven't needed Adblock Plus for my purposes (yet).
they're source (python files) Would be nice if someone could post a binary or other readymade app for the novices
Python is an interpreted language, not a compiled language. There is no "binary", as such. You need to install a Python interpreter and run the script through that.
When I come across an ebook in txt format that I want to read, I just load it into OpenOffice and save it as a html file. FBReader can read .bz2 files, so I keep the html files in that form. MobyDick.html.bz2 and so on.
you can order physical CDs, DVDs, kindles,
The last time I looked, Kindles were not available for sale on amazon.ca (Canada) either.
http://www.fbreader.org/
I use fbreader to read books on my Fedora 10 netbook (Acer Aspire One) and my desktop computers. It's a wonderful program that does exactly what an ebook reader should do, and no more than that. The interface stays out of your way.
For Fedora, you can install it with "yum install fbreader" -- not sure how other Linux distributions handle it but it's probably in most repositories.
The person-in-law is the corporate entity (RIAA)
It's actually Capitol Records.
(the barcode should be placed differently on the back, etc).
You had to pay substantial bucks for the barcode, though? Or where/how did you get it otherwise?
Friends of mine run a small publishing company and I know that they paid at least hundreds of dollars and maybe thousands for bar codes for their products to some international registration outfit.
My Commodore 1701 monitor (the C64 version, not the 1901 C-128 one) is still in use as my television set, for the odd occasion that I actually turn it on to watch something on television.
It's been my TV for 20 years, and it's still doing just fine.
Good readers are rare, and amazing to listen to.
A friend of mine is a radio announcer, and has been doing it all his life. He has the most amazing speaking voice that I've ever had the pleasure of listening to.
He really "performs" material, varying his voice in ways that almost make him sound like several different people. And he has a knack for making the most mundane stuff sound downright exciting when he reads it.
I have noticed that when he's talking on the phone he uses his "radio voice". When you're talking to him directly, he's somewhat less animated though his diction is still exceptionally clear. You never have to ask him to repeat what he just said, ever.
Until Linux can be used without EVER needing ANY CLI interaction by the user, and that includes fixes to common problems, than I am sorry but Linux simply isn't ready for the desktops of the majority of PC users.
Have secretaries become dumber in the past 20 years? DOS was entirely command-line based, and "everyone" used WordPerfect and Lotus.