That would have been "Born Slippy" by Underworld, some time in late 1996 (I was a late adopter!). I had to downsample it quite significantly so that my 486DX4-133 could play it without clipping!
Interesting to note that one of the main reasons I spent a chunk of my student loan on a Pentium was so that I could play MP3s. (Quake being the other reason).
Considering that a good portion of populace is still fighting against evolution, I think it might be pathological at this point.
Point well taken... I was behind a good 'ole boy in a trans am earlier today complete with bumper stickers about evolution being a load of crap and marriage is meant for men and women; speak English or get out of my country, etc. etc. Pride of place was his Bush-Cheney '05 sticker in the center of his rear window. These kind of backwards thinking people really, really irritate me but they're entitled to their opinions. Personally, I think he if continues to slam his brakes on 5ft before every stop light instead of coming to a gentle stop like he's supposed to he's likely to win a Darwin Award. Which, would be oddly ironic.
When I first moved here, I was surprised by the lack of wide-screen programming, which is almost universal in the UK now. I did research, and the reason is because most a) Most people own regular P/S TVs and b) US TV owners therefore resent wide-screen because they like shows to take up their entire screen. I guess Europeans prefer seeing things in the proper aspect ratio. There's now an ongoing battle between myself and other household members (I'm the only English person) who insist on stretching P/S shows across the whole screen because they find the black bars on either side "distracting". Case in point, I guess:)
How the heck is a Firewall necessary to keep a default Windows box secure? In other words, if a Windows firewall is there to disallow services (or protocols) from receiving connections from the outside world, then what are these services, and why are they running in the first place?
Ever seen a default distro of Linux? It's quite interesting how much crap is turned on by default here as well. It's only a matter of time before the next root comprimise on a network port.
I never run a box on any OS without sticking it behind a firewall. If it's a server, the only ports open to the public are the ports necessary (in my case, smtp, web and dns). I still watch my logs in real time whenever I get the chance! Things like SSH are only open to places I want them to be open to.
Sure, UNIX derivatives may have a better track record than their Windows counterparts, but I don't take any chances. Nor should you.
- Treat all people no matter what their sickness or sexual conduct as God's children. - Suspend your criticism of other's sins unless you are without - Put other's well-being before your own - Live a life of spirituality, not wealth - Openly critize the leaders of your religion and texts - Refrain from any anger at any time except in the case when someone is profiting from your religion - Be willing to sacrifice yourself for what you believe in
The answer is: nobody can be like this, all of the time. Human spirit gets in the way. That's why every christian denomination has some kind of confession (Catholics confess through a Priest, Anglicans confess directly to God during group worship, etc.). The theory is you aspire to live your life as you interpret Christ feels you should, beg forgivness for your transgressions and if you're very, very lucky you'll get into Heaven at the end of it all. You can tell I was brought up in a strong Christian environment, can't you?
My personal belief is this: just try to live a good life and don't piss anyone else off in the process. It usually works out fairly well.
...the asshole next door starts using a poorly shielded power tool that messes up the FM reception so your Fit the Third tape is full of intermittent "hissssssSSSSSSSS". (Well, more hiss than usual)
Use the recovery console, it ignores NTFS file locks. I've had the same problem with daft things like MS Word files staying locked even in safe mode.
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I started typing on a manual typewriter at age 7, I was taught by my Mother who happened to be a professional typist. I started using BBC Micros at about the same time and translated my typing skills to that machine.
I also spent 2 years learning how to type properly for my GCSE's (got an A:-)) and then my first job was as a legal secretary typing 30-40 legal briefs a day. Really boring, but I left the job with a 145WPM typing speed.
The only time I've ever had trouble with my wrists was when:
a) I tried one of the MS Natural keyboard things for two weeks. I was in agony by the end of it and swore never to use one of the nasty things again.
b) To help my father-in-law out I spent 6 months working on a construction site using a hammer drill to drive 6" holes into concrete. Got some muscles and a nice tan out of it, however. My wrist and shoulders hated me for it.
The point is, if you are properly trained on how to use a keyboard and use sensible precautions I don't believe you will have any problems. The main thing to remember is to sit upright and not let your fingers curl.
I don't think this would be very helpful in Florida, but you never know. I wonder if the inventor has tried it in 100% humidity/100F+ weather?:-) The major sticking point is needing the ice water to begin with of course.
Being without A/C for a week after the hurricanes last year was no fun at all! I'm just glad our generator had enough juice to power a window air conditioner (but the gasoline cost a fortune:().
Building a home brew A/C that was energy effecient would be a very useful project this year, methinks.
Maybe they are not allowed to? Default setup for MS Exchange is to save everything on the server (which makes pretty good sense). You can configure Outlook to keep a cached copy on your local machine, but many places don't or have policies forbidding it. I'm sure most other groupware systems work the same way.
A better question is, why didn't they have a backup power solution?
I find it very difficult to believe that a cop would pull you over for doing 10 km/h over the limit.
I love this argument... would you go to a bank and still $5 and not expect to get prosecuted because it was "only" $5?
There is an urban myth in my locality that a cop will not ticket you for going less than 5 mph (or 10% of the speed limit, depending on who you ask). A huge number of the population believe in it as well. People are stupid.:-)
Heard the one about cops having a quota so you're more likely to be ticketed at the end of the month? Urban myth as well!
I don't have the scan of my $FAMILY_MEMBER's ticket from when she was doing 40 in a 35 mph zone, unfortunately
You are correct, most average users will not understand how to manipulate a zip file. (Incidentally.. what's a good FREE zip utility for Windows XP?). It is fairly trivial to repackage OO.org if you are demonstrating it to another user, my prefered way is to make an autorun.inf and burn it all to a CD.
My experience of deploying OO.org to regular users is that they don't care it's not a MS product, so long as it works. I build machines for people as a side business and always include OO.org. Only one person so far has complained and wanted me to replace it with a Microsoft product. Most where very complimentary about the software, especially the price tag!
Lock those machines down! Put in a good corporate firewall! Don't allow users to run as admin (never)! Don't allow users to install software, active-x or other junk.
Good luck, I've come to the conclusion that the only way to make Windows as secure as you're requesting is to... well, install another OS and use a third party terminal services client.:-) Citrix is good.
I've tried everything I can think of, involving months of research online on how to lock windows down. I've found a way around everything I've implemented within hours, and guess what - so have the users. Plus, many, many programs fail if they can't run as Administrator. It's a really stupid situation
Better still, a few blank unlabelled keys for all of your applications. I have a HP SK-2551 multimedia keyboard which has 4 extra keys you can program to use for anything you want. (gVim, Putty, RawWrite and Calculator in my case). Nice keyboard, too.
DING DING DING! Yes you got it. I can't describe how little I give a shit about watching tv on my cell phone, just like I didnt give a shit about taking pictures with my phone, using my phone as an organizer, or any of the other fucktarded things they've tried to get me to buy. I will admit text messaging is marginally useful, however, sprint (whose the devil) charges *$10 month* for unlimited text messaging... HOLY SHIT!
I agree with you on the TV front, I tried the MobiTV (or whatever they call it) that Sprint offered. I already pay my cable company a terrifying amount of money to watch crap TV interspresed with far too many adverts. MobiTV is worse.
The ability to take pictures is far more useful, it makes troubleshooting with someone in a different office for more simple. He can't describe what's wrong? Never mind, take a picture and send it to my phone. Brilliant! When not at work, I have a whole gallery full of pictures I've taken of my kid (2 years old) when he decided to do something cute. Sad, but true.
Harbor Federal is one that used too, and since they upgraded their online banking system doesn't anymore. Numerous complaints about this sad state of affairs have gone unanswered and the technical support reps are programmed to say "use Internet Explorer". They're a good bank, otherwise and it'd be a nuisance to switch banks just because of this.
On the other hand... Capital One deserve praise for quickly responding to, and FIXING the issues their online system had with Firefox.
Well done NASA and the MER team, you've really exceeded all expectations with this one! I'm really intrigued to see how long they'll continue to function. Aside from some minor issues, they're still in perfect working order.
Here's hoping they'll be getting another extension in September 2006!
Agreed, the images I pulled up of my house are from before August 2004. I know this because a) my roof isn't dark brown anymore (Charley ripped it off) and b) I don't have any trees in my garden (Charley blew them down). We sold the blue truck as well.
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That would have been "Born Slippy" by Underworld, some time in late 1996 (I was a late adopter!). I had to downsample it quite significantly so that my 486DX4-133 could play it without clipping!
Interesting to note that one of the main reasons I spent a chunk of my student loan on a Pentium was so that I could play MP3s. (Quake being the other reason).
I'm not, he just happened to be driving one (poorly). I based my view of his political stance on his bumper stickers. :P
Considering that a good portion of populace is still fighting against evolution, I think it might be pathological at this point.
:)
Point well taken... I was behind a good 'ole boy in a trans am earlier today complete with bumper stickers about evolution being a load of crap and marriage is meant for men and women; speak English or get out of my country, etc. etc. Pride of place was his Bush-Cheney '05 sticker in the center of his rear window. These kind of backwards thinking people really, really irritate me but they're entitled to their opinions. Personally, I think he if continues to slam his brakes on 5ft before every stop light instead of coming to a gentle stop like he's supposed to he's likely to win a Darwin Award. Which, would be oddly ironic.
When I first moved here, I was surprised by the lack of wide-screen programming, which is almost universal in the UK now. I did research, and the reason is because most a) Most people own regular P/S TVs and b) US TV owners therefore resent wide-screen because they like shows to take up their entire screen. I guess Europeans prefer seeing things in the proper aspect ratio. There's now an ongoing battle between myself and other household members (I'm the only English person) who insist on stretching P/S shows across the whole screen because they find the black bars on either side "distracting". Case in point, I guess
No, millions of people now have to buy (or more likely, rent from their cable companies) set top boxes that can convert the signal.
Besides, 4 years is ample time to save the money to buy a new TV.
I just wish they'd hurry up and add more HDTV channels and programming in the US. Why are Americans so resistant to change??
I am not a rocket scientist, but...:
a) If the thing blows up, it'll just kill a few sea creatures, not humans. This is not necessarily a good thing, depending on your outlook.
b) I'm guessing here but... Florida is closer to the equator so you get an extra push into orbit.
How the heck is a Firewall necessary to keep a default Windows box secure? In other words, if a Windows firewall is there to disallow services (or protocols) from receiving connections from the outside world, then what are these services, and why are they running in the first place?
Ever seen a default distro of Linux? It's quite interesting how much crap is turned on by default here as well. It's only a matter of time before the next root comprimise on a network port.
I never run a box on any OS without sticking it behind a firewall. If it's a server, the only ports open to the public are the ports necessary (in my case, smtp, web and dns). I still watch my logs in real time whenever I get the chance! Things like SSH are only open to places I want them to be open to.
Sure, UNIX derivatives may have a better track record than their Windows counterparts, but I don't take any chances. Nor should you.
"Surprisingly, a full six percent indicated that they'd rather watch TV from cable or satellite than eat or have sex."
Yes, but sex with whom?
Than as a Christian, prove you are _like_ Christ.
- Treat all people no matter what their sickness or sexual conduct as God's children.
- Suspend your criticism of other's sins unless you are without
- Put other's well-being before your own
- Live a life of spirituality, not wealth
- Openly critize the leaders of your religion and texts
- Refrain from any anger at any time except in the case when someone is profiting from your religion
- Be willing to sacrifice yourself for what you believe in
The answer is: nobody can be like this, all of the time. Human spirit gets in the way. That's why every christian denomination has some kind of confession (Catholics confess through a Priest, Anglicans confess directly to God during group worship, etc.). The theory is you aspire to live your life as you interpret Christ feels you should, beg forgivness for your transgressions and if you're very, very lucky you'll get into Heaven at the end of it all. You can tell I was brought up in a strong Christian environment, can't you?
My personal belief is this: just try to live a good life and don't piss anyone else off in the process. It usually works out fairly well.
...the asshole next door starts using a poorly shielded power tool that messes up the FM reception so your Fit the Third tape is full of intermittent "hissssssSSSSSSSS". (Well, more hiss than usual)
:)
Ah... childhood memories...
Use the recovery console, it ignores NTFS file locks. I've had the same problem with daft things like MS Word files staying locked even in safe mode.
I started typing on a manual typewriter at age 7, I was taught by my Mother who happened to be a professional typist. I started using BBC Micros at about the same time and translated my typing skills to that machine.
:-)) and then my first job was as a legal secretary typing 30-40 legal briefs a day. Really boring, but I left the job with a 145WPM typing speed.
I also spent 2 years learning how to type properly for my GCSE's (got an A
The only time I've ever had trouble with my wrists was when:
a) I tried one of the MS Natural keyboard things for two weeks. I was in agony by the end of it and swore never to use one of the nasty things again.
b) To help my father-in-law out I spent 6 months working on a construction site using a hammer drill to drive 6" holes into concrete. Got some muscles and a nice tan out of it, however. My wrist and shoulders hated me for it.
The point is, if you are properly trained on how to use a keyboard and use sensible precautions I don't believe you will have any problems. The main thing to remember is to sit upright and not let your fingers curl.
I don't think this would be very helpful in Florida, but you never know. I wonder if the inventor has tried it in 100% humidity/100F+ weather? :-) The major sticking point is needing the ice water to begin with of course.
:().
Being without A/C for a week after the hurricanes last year was no fun at all! I'm just glad our generator had enough juice to power a window air conditioner (but the gasoline cost a fortune
Building a home brew A/C that was energy effecient would be a very useful project this year, methinks.
Maybe they are not allowed to? Default setup for MS Exchange is to save everything on the server (which makes pretty good sense). You can configure Outlook to keep a cached copy on your local machine, but many places don't or have policies forbidding it. I'm sure most other groupware systems work the same way.
A better question is, why didn't they have a backup power solution?
I find it very difficult to believe that a cop would pull you over for doing 10 km/h over the limit.
:-)
I love this argument... would you go to a bank and still $5 and not expect to get prosecuted because it was "only" $5?
There is an urban myth in my locality that a cop will not ticket you for going less than 5 mph (or 10% of the speed limit, depending on who you ask). A huge number of the population believe in it as well. People are stupid.
Heard the one about cops having a quota so you're more likely to be ticketed at the end of the month? Urban myth as well!
I don't have the scan of my $FAMILY_MEMBER's ticket from when she was doing 40 in a 35 mph zone, unfortunately
No, the lameness filter removed my less than symbol :-) I know XP has one built in, I'm talking about alternate zip utilities.
You are correct, most average users will not understand how to manipulate a zip file. (Incidentally.. what's a good FREE zip utility for Windows XP?). It is fairly trivial to repackage OO.org if you are demonstrating it to another user, my prefered way is to make an autorun.inf and burn it all to a CD.
My experience of deploying OO.org to regular users is that they don't care it's not a MS product, so long as it works. I build machines for people as a side business and always include OO.org. Only one person so far has complained and wanted me to replace it with a Microsoft product. Most where very complimentary about the software, especially the price tag!
Lock those machines down! Put in a good corporate firewall! Don't allow users to run as admin (never)! Don't allow users to install software, active-x or other junk.
:-) Citrix is good.
Good luck, I've come to the conclusion that the only way to make Windows as secure as you're requesting is to... well, install another OS and use a third party terminal services client.
I've tried everything I can think of, involving months of research online on how to lock windows down. I've found a way around everything I've implemented within hours, and guess what - so have the users. Plus, many, many programs fail if they can't run as Administrator. It's a really stupid situation
Better still, a few blank unlabelled keys for all of your applications. I have a HP SK-2551 multimedia keyboard which has 4 extra keys you can program to use for anything you want. (gVim, Putty, RawWrite and Calculator in my case). Nice keyboard, too.
SPAM, I used too... haven't eaten it in a long time. It tastes great breaded or fried on toast. Nice, easy meal.
Maybe I'll buy some this week...
DING DING DING! Yes you got it. I can't describe how little I give a shit about watching tv on my cell phone, just like I didnt give a shit about taking pictures with my phone, using my phone as an organizer, or any of the other fucktarded things they've tried to get me to buy. I will admit text messaging is marginally useful, however, sprint (whose the devil) charges *$10 month* for unlimited text messaging ... HOLY SHIT!
I agree with you on the TV front, I tried the MobiTV (or whatever they call it) that Sprint offered. I already pay my cable company a terrifying amount of money to watch crap TV interspresed with far too many adverts. MobiTV is worse.
The ability to take pictures is far more useful, it makes troubleshooting with someone in a different office for more simple. He can't describe what's wrong? Never mind, take a picture and send it to my phone. Brilliant! When not at work, I have a whole gallery full of pictures I've taken of my kid (2 years old) when he decided to do something cute. Sad, but true.
Harbor Federal is one that used too, and since they upgraded their online banking system doesn't anymore. Numerous complaints about this sad state of affairs have gone unanswered and the technical support reps are programmed to say "use Internet Explorer". They're a good bank, otherwise and it'd be a nuisance to switch banks just because of this.
On the other hand... Capital One deserve praise for quickly responding to, and FIXING the issues their online system had with Firefox.
There's this invention. It's called a tooth brush. You couple it with another invention: tooth paste. You do brush after every meal right?
Of course, no amount of brushing is going to help someone who drinks several cokes a day, but once in a while coke is not going to kill you.
A Hollywood remake of Monty Python and the Holy Grail... que horror, eh?
It's called "Spamalot" and is currently on Broadway.
Well done NASA and the MER team, you've really exceeded all expectations with this one! I'm really intrigued to see how long they'll continue to function. Aside from some minor issues, they're still in perfect working order.
Here's hoping they'll be getting another extension in September 2006!
Agreed, the images I pulled up of my house are from before August 2004. I know this because a) my roof isn't dark brown anymore (Charley ripped it off) and b) I don't have any trees in my garden (Charley blew them down). We sold the blue truck as well.
Still, it's very impressive!