Did they save a list of the accounts that had the password stolen? The scumba^k^k^k^k^k "programmer" could have already downloaded the messages via POP before the author changed the account's password.
I was about to post how distorted the image is, when on a hunch I decided to unclick the "terrain" box on GE. The image becomes a LOT clearer, but I still don't think it is nearly clear enough to identify something as small as a 22" plane.
First off, I work for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
The UNDP organizes and help find financing for projects in developing countries. Helping organize local elections, find donors for a project to build a local road, get a good NGO to setup a National Park, find the right people and pay them to go train a local group on sustainable farming methods, and so on and so forth.
To claim that Vista is sending encrypted information to UNDP because UNDP is parent branch of the U.N. Informatics Division is beyond bogus. They saw the word "development" in the name and assumed it was in charge of "developing" the UN. Heck, UNDP doesn't even run most of its own servers! They are hosted with local ISPs.
I must call a New World Order Nuclear Shenanigan on the original article.
"but the fish didn't do so well due to lack of water."
To devise a fairer system of test, a team of our researchers spent eighteen months in Antarctica living like penguins, and subsequently dying like penguins - only quicker - proving that the penguin is a clever little sod in his own environment./python
I saw a TV show about this guy some time ago (PBS? Discovery? National Geographic?). Yes, he is awake, but the poor guy is in very bad shape. He has very limited use of his body; his brain is unable to store any new information for more than a few seconds; and his frontal lobe is basically gone so he has no sense of boundaries when communicating with people. His 20-year old daughter is his primary caretaker, and since he thinks he's a 19 year-old and is unable to remember that she is his daughter, he keeps asking her for sexual favors and groping her any chance he has. He is also very verbally abusive towards her and pretty much everyone else.
Yes, he's no longer in a coma, but he is far from functional.
Another interesting little tibbit: Doesn't matter how many times I set Thunderbird as my default email and usenet client, everytime I run Microsoft Update, the sytem re-sets itself to Outlook as my default client. Any little patch to IE, Office, or Outlook spam filters and I have to go and manually reset it so Outlook doesn't try to open when I click on an email address in a web page.
> as low as 1Hz. Typical subwoofers bottom out at 20Hz, and while the > human ear can barely hear below that point
Nobody can hear anything in frequencies that low. Even 20Hz is quite a stretch. A few people may be able to hear 20Hz, but those are very few. Its just like those tweeters you see advertized that can go as high as 50KHz, when only very few people, mainly very young girls, can hear as high as 20KHz.
> This particular woofer does not have an enclosure, instead relying on > a fan-like design, wafting a cone of modulated air into the room, and > effectively turning it into a resonating box, in its entirety!
Assuming the resonant frequency of the room is the same frequency of the sound being produced, that could work. But move to another room with a different resonant frequency, or try to produce other frequencies not in the room's resonant frequency range, and the sound quality deteriorates to crap.
I guess nobody stoped to think about this one. Tsunamis don't afect the deep sea. At deep sea, a tsunami is only a few centimeters tall (but several kilometers in lengh). You can be on a boat, or diving in the water, and you won't even notice it.
A team of our researchers spent eighteen months in Antarctica living like penguins, and subsequently dying like penguins - only quicker - proving that the penguin is a clever little bastard in his own environment.
What happens to Americans who live or work outside the USA? How are they supposed to read all the candidates' opinions first hand before making an informed decision?
Many non-US citizens living in the US will still have access to the site, but many thousands of Americans living abroad won't. Great move, folks!
The exploit hits are not from unpatched machines, but rather from people visiting infected websites. If you visit an infected website, the antivirus in your machines detects it, and sends a hit to the McAfee counter.
I saw this done over 20 years ago, but using posters rather than LCD screens. A friend of mine was living in a basement loft apartment here in NYC, so he placed some window frames over some beautiful landscape images of famous landmarks from around the world. It was quite cool, and much easier to do.
Yes, they were not the first. But they were the first to do it in such a huge scale. The others were copied to a handfull of groups, and then the provider would pull the plug on the spammers' accounts, and that was the end of it. But the C&S spam was copied to every single newsgroup several times per day, and kept on going for quite a while. Their provider couldn't pull the plug, since the "law firm" treatened to sue them if they did. I'm using the term "law firm" very losely, since they had both been dis-BARed well before they started spamming.
I spend a lot of time on high-performance Human Powered Vehicles (HPVs), and efficiency is a big thing among high-speed bikes. The main problem with these internally geared drivetrains is that they are not very efficient at all. They rob you one heck of a lot more power than chains and derailers. The regular chain and derailer design is something in the neighborhood of 97-98% efficient, while these geared drivetrains are about 70% or less.
The main advantage of the internal gears is for downhill mountain bikes. Drivetrain efficiency is not as much of an issue since gravity is doing most of the work, and there is no risk of losing your chain in mid air at 40mph.
Joao "member of far too many HPV and bicycle clubs and associations" de Souza
I remember some years back when I was young and stupid, and decided to waste my money on a Sound Engineer degree. One day the teacher showed-up with this "amazing 3-D sound effect recording", that presumably we could get the full 3-D effect while listening through regular stereo headphones. About 1/3rd of the students in the class actually heard the effect, while the rest of us just heard some random noises in stereo. And I'm sure some of the students who heard the full 3-D were just experiencing a good dose of placebo effect.
So, is now a good time to expect the Spanish Inquisition?
Re:True, you need to go to Brazil
on
239 MPG Car
·
· Score: 2
Funny you should mention that.
I'm currently on vacation here in Brazil (the country, not the movie;), and I'm pleasantly surprised to see the cars most people are driving. In the US, my Honda Civic was one of the smallest cars on the road, while down here, my dad's Civic is quite a lot larger than the local average. Sure, there are a few large cars around, including the occasional SUV. But the little ones, including the 1000 cc VWs and FIATs outnumber the larger vehicles by quite a wide margin.
Ps: Good info on SUVs is available at the website of the NPR radio show cartalk.
Anonymous Coward wrote: > > I really doubt you were there in the least. In > fact, the one time someone notably pushed the line, > they were arrested and held overnight for psych > evaluation at my request since our staff cordially > tried to stop their incursion first.
Nope. Sorry, but I was there. A bunch of us crossed the line on 23rd and Park Ave. There was only one guy there, and no physical barrier other than him. We all walked right by, just across the street from the tarmac full of fish. That block is the only entrance to the 23rd street Lexington avenue subway stop, it was rush hour, and in NYC for crying out loud! How do you expect to stop the flood of people? A handful of plain clothes officers won't cut it. Besides, you can't arrest people for walking on the sidewalk when there is no *official* police barricade. And "your staff" was far from cordial. If I remember correctly, the guy was being plain rude to everyone, and that's why we decided to ignore him and walk on. I got to work late that day because of that, and so did a lot of other people. Good folks might have lost their job that day because of a silly shot in a mediocre movie.
Slashdot Mirror
Did they save a list of the accounts that had the password stolen? The scumba^k^k^k^k^k "programmer" could have already downloaded the messages via POP before the author changed the account's password.
I was about to post how distorted the image is, when on a hunch I decided to unclick the "terrain" box on GE. The image becomes a LOT clearer, but I still don't think it is nearly clear enough to identify something as small as a 22" plane.
How about right here?
To claim that Vista is sending encrypted information to UNDP because UNDP is parent branch of the U.N. Informatics Division is beyond bogus. They saw the word "development" in the name and assumed it was in charge of "developing" the UN. Heck, UNDP doesn't even run most of its own servers! They are hosted with local ISPs.
I must call a New World Order Nuclear Shenanigan on the original article.
"but the fish didn't do so well due to lack of water." To devise a fairer system of test, a team of our researchers spent eighteen months in Antarctica living like penguins, and subsequently dying like penguins - only quicker - proving that the penguin is a clever little sod in his own environment. /python
I saw a TV show about this guy some time ago (PBS? Discovery? National Geographic?). Yes, he is awake, but the poor guy is in very bad shape. He has very limited use of his body; his brain is unable to store any new information for more than a few seconds; and his frontal lobe is basically gone so he has no sense of boundaries when communicating with people. His 20-year old daughter is his primary caretaker, and since he thinks he's a 19 year-old and is unable to remember that she is his daughter, he keeps asking her for sexual favors and groping her any chance he has. He is also very verbally abusive towards her and pretty much everyone else.
Yes, he's no longer in a coma, but he is far from functional.
J & R in New York City has the Sony BDP-S1 Blu-Ray for pre-order at US$999. See http://www.jr.com/JRProductPage.process?Product=40 92871 /not associated with J&R
Another interesting little tibbit: Doesn't matter how many times I set Thunderbird as my default email and usenet client, everytime I run Microsoft Update, the sytem re-sets itself to Outlook as my default client. Any little patch to IE, Office, or Outlook spam filters and I have to go and manually reset it so Outlook doesn't try to open when I click on an email address in a web page.
> as low as 1Hz. Typical subwoofers bottom out at 20Hz, and while the
> human ear can barely hear below that point
Nobody can hear anything in frequencies that low. Even 20Hz is quite a stretch. A few people may be able to hear 20Hz, but those are very few. Its just like those tweeters you see advertized that can go as high as 50KHz, when only very few people, mainly very young girls, can hear as high as 20KHz.
> This particular woofer does not have an enclosure, instead relying on
> a fan-like design, wafting a cone of modulated air into the room, and
> effectively turning it into a resonating box, in its entirety!
Assuming the resonant frequency of the room is the same frequency of the sound being produced, that could work. But move to another room with a different resonant frequency, or try to produce other frequencies not in the room's resonant frequency range, and the sound quality deteriorates to crap.
Since I work at the UN, I did a search at our library for any record of WIPO giving any kind of award to Shimon Gendlin. No records.
Maybe I'll contact WIPO directly since they won't be too happy about a scam artist infriging on their IP.
I guess nobody stoped to think about this one. Tsunamis don't afect the deep sea. At deep sea, a tsunami is only a few centimeters tall (but several kilometers in lengh). You can be on a boat, or diving in the water, and you won't even notice it.
A team of our researchers spent eighteen months in Antarctica living like penguins, and subsequently dying like penguins - only quicker - proving that the penguin is a clever little bastard in his own environment.
What happens to Americans who live or work outside the USA? How are they supposed to read all the candidates' opinions first hand before making an informed decision?
Many non-US citizens living in the US will still have access to the site, but many thousands of Americans living abroad won't. Great move, folks!
Just for the record, hurricane season lasts until the end of November.
The exploit hits are not from unpatched machines, but rather from people visiting infected websites. If you visit an infected website, the antivirus in your machines detects it, and sends a hit to the McAfee counter.
I saw this done over 20 years ago, but using posters rather than LCD screens. A friend of mine was living in a basement loft apartment here in NYC, so he placed some window frames over some beautiful landscape images of famous landmarks from around the world. It was quite cool, and much easier to do.
Yes, they were not the first. But they were the first to do it in such a huge scale. The others were copied to a handfull of groups, and then the provider would pull the plug on the spammers' accounts, and that was the end of it. But the C&S spam was copied to every single newsgroup several times per day, and kept on going for quite a while. Their provider couldn't pull the plug, since the "law firm" treatened to sue them if they did. I'm using the term "law firm" very losely, since they had both been dis-BARed well before they started spamming.
I spend a lot of time on high-performance Human Powered Vehicles (HPVs), and efficiency is a big thing among high-speed bikes. The main problem with these internally geared drivetrains is that they are not very efficient at all. They rob you one heck of a lot more power than chains and derailers. The regular chain and derailer design is something in the neighborhood of 97-98% efficient, while these geared drivetrains are about 70% or less.
The main advantage of the internal gears is for downhill mountain bikes. Drivetrain efficiency is not as much of an issue since gravity is doing most of the work, and there is no risk of losing your chain in mid air at 40mph.
Joao "member of far too many HPV and bicycle clubs and associations" de Souza
I remember some years back when I was young and stupid, and decided to waste my money on a Sound Engineer degree. One day the teacher showed-up with this "amazing 3-D sound effect recording", that presumably we could get the full 3-D effect while listening through regular stereo headphones. About 1/3rd of the students in the class actually heard the effect, while the rest of us just heard some random noises in stereo. And I'm sure some of the students who heard the full 3-D were just experiencing a good dose of placebo effect.
What about the A-12 nomenclature? that's what they call the Blackbird currently on display at the Intrepid Museum here in NYC.
So, is now a good time to expect the Spanish Inquisition?
Funny you should mention that.
;), and I'm pleasantly surprised to see the cars most people are driving. In the US, my Honda Civic was one of the smallest cars on the road, while down here, my dad's Civic is quite a lot larger than the local average. Sure, there are a few large cars around, including the occasional SUV. But the little ones, including the 1000 cc VWs and FIATs outnumber the larger vehicles by quite a wide margin.
I'm currently on vacation here in Brazil (the country, not the movie
Ps: Good info on SUVs is available at the website of the NPR radio show cartalk.
Great. Now can you tell us where we can get this brutalizer?
;-)
Lemme see... heading 0, pitch 0, about 1000 times the power. Watch the little guy do several flips in mid air as he flies off your screen!
I have been pondering this question for quite some time, and I think I finally found the one person who might give me the answer:
;-)
Dear Mr. Silverstein. If you could have everything, where would you put it?
Anonymous Coward wrote:
>
> I really doubt you were there in the least. In
> fact, the one time someone notably pushed the line,
> they were arrested and held overnight for psych
> evaluation at my request since our staff cordially
> tried to stop their incursion first.
Nope. Sorry, but I was there. A bunch of us crossed the line on 23rd and Park Ave. There was only one guy there, and no physical barrier other than him. We all walked right by, just across the street from the tarmac full of fish. That block is the only entrance to the 23rd street Lexington avenue subway stop, it was rush hour, and in NYC for crying out loud! How do you expect to stop the flood of people? A handful of plain clothes officers won't cut it. Besides, you can't arrest people for walking on the sidewalk when there is no *official* police barricade. And "your staff" was far from cordial. If I remember correctly, the guy was being plain rude to everyone, and that's why we decided to ignore him and walk on. I got to work late that day because of that, and so did a lot of other people. Good folks might have lost their job that day because of a silly shot in a mediocre movie.