I have owned a number of Mercedes-Benz and Mercedes-AMG vehicles over the years. I am presently the happy owner of an '06 SLK55 AMG and an '06 C280W4. I don't know where these self-proclaimed-expert publications come up with such nonsense! Sure, my cars have had their quirks over the years (Show me an brand/make that doesn't have the odd issue!) but I have NEVER EVER gotten "abysmal customer support" even from the worst of dealers in my area. Kia, by the way, is majority-owned by DaimlerChrysler, AG.
Top Gear is UK-based. I can't speak for the UK, but in my experience none of the MB dealers I have seen are deserving of the bad press they are being given.
On the voting side of things, you are not about to get an electronic voting machine that is free of possible rigging until State Governments start paying software engineers directly, to develop voting machines. Even then, physical security of the voting machines will need to be ensured up until (And even after!) the certified results. I completely agree with you on the need for openness and review for such machines. This includes a vote log which reduces the "Secret ballot" that we are said to currently have in districts that do paper voting.
If they are so concerned about passengers exchanging or placing collars in the trash in the sterile area, why don't they just embed the RFID tag in the boarding pass itself? The paper has the person's name on it, and you surely wouldn't want to trade that with a stranger, would you? After all, you can't get on your flight without it!
That would be Emmett Plant. He's a well-known member of the OSS community and a mighty fine guitarist.
As an ex-IRC Operator and DNS server sponsor for OpenProjects.NET, this news saddens me tremendously. Though at times I did not agree with what Rob Levin said or did, I still respect his tenacity and his drive. My best wishes go out to his son, wife and family.
I had fun working on dancer-ircd when it was still a patchset for hyb6. Those were good times!
Without meaning to sound anal, I do not think that the term "cracked" is adequate in this case: The encryption cyphers have not been compromised or factored.
This Python program fishes for frames in iTunes memory after the decryption and before the decoding process and writes them out to a file. This does yield an unencoded AAC file in the end, but the process is real-time and therefore very time-consuming for large libraries.
I decided to get a Samsung HLN617W (61.7") DLP back in 2003. While most of my friends had recommended against DLP, I was so impressed by the quality of the image and the workmanship of the unit that I went for it. I am currently using it to type this text.
My friends that went with plasmas are now on their second TVs and a couple have had heat issues with their newer units ($5k Pioneer & Toshiba units, vintage 2005, no less). Anyone that recommends plasma needs to get one and use it as a computer monitor for a few months. What you end up with is an image that is no longer as bright, and lovely screen burn in which isn't covered by the manufacturer's warranty (Remember that you're bombarding phosphorus on a plexi/glass plane).
As for LCD, I have heard a number of complaints about the viewing angle in mixed lighting. Colors morph as you rotate about the unit in a sunlit room. DLP too has issues with this sort of motion, but they are limited to the luminosity and not the hue of the picture (This is much less annoying and needs some getting used to).
LCD also has issues with bad pixels - It is bound to happen on any size screen based on the number of transistors that are backing the viewing pane (Usually 3 per pixel). The latency of LCD technology also causes a "ghosting" effect to manifest itself with fast-paced action shots. Manufacturers have put out displays that are much faster in the past couple of years but they are still a ways from making the overall problem disappear.
If I were chosing a TV today, I would go with DLP again.
I am looking forward to OLEDs being used in big screens: They're thin, much brighter, lighter, more flexible and less intrusive...
Who hundred of dollars. The same hundreds or even thousands of dollars people spend on all those HD-TV's? Every trash day you see those boxes. People seem t be spending a lot of money on those TV's. Why? They are not that much better then my PC tv card.
You are forgetting that computer video engineers have been more enlightened than your CE video guys for almost fifteen years. Most computer displays can handle 1280x1024 (I have two 2560x1600 30" Apple Displays on my desk), which is a tad bit under the 1080 lines are being offered by all of the "HD" standards.
1080i really isn't *that* high-def. I know I can't be the only one that waiting for 1600i...
From a business perspective, if someone is doing a job very well, why on Earth would you want to promote them out of that position?
Promoting talent should be in the form of having first-dibs on projects and a healthy bonus package, unless the person's skills can be adequately used in another position and a suitable replacement has been found.
I understand exactly what SCADA is. I was wondering if you are using it for local or remote network control. The extent of my SCADA experience has been interfacing with PLCs in large manufacturing and power generation.
For those looking to find out more about SCADA and/or OPC, you might want to have a look at the SCADA Working Group webpage or primers such as this one.
We update 50,000 points at the bottom of every minute, archive every 2 minutes and have SQL tables that are several trillion (Yes, trillion) rows long on COTS Dell servers with MSSQL 2000 and and a standard middleware approach.
Sounds to me like you're either not throwing the hardware you ought to at this project or you are looking at the wrong software.
SCADA is very versatile and powerful. Are you feeding data in mostly from local or remote RTU's?
It would appear that this is the first BSD with a fully-graphical installer. Kudos! When will we see this installer backported and available as an option during the CD-build process?:)
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I have owned a number of Mercedes-Benz and Mercedes-AMG vehicles over the years. I am presently the happy owner of an '06 SLK55 AMG and an '06 C280W4. I don't know where these self-proclaimed-expert publications come up with such nonsense! Sure, my cars have had their quirks over the years (Show me an brand/make that doesn't have the odd issue!) but I have NEVER EVER gotten "abysmal customer support" even from the worst of dealers in my area. Kia, by the way, is majority-owned by DaimlerChrysler, AG.
Top Gear is UK-based. I can't speak for the UK, but in my experience none of the MB dealers I have seen are deserving of the bad press they are being given.
Your humor was not lost on me... Two thumbs up! :)
The US is not a democracy. We are a republic!
On the voting side of things, you are not about to get an electronic voting machine that is free of possible rigging until State Governments start paying software engineers directly, to develop voting machines. Even then, physical security of the voting machines will need to be ensured up until (And even after!) the certified results. I completely agree with you on the need for openness and review for such machines. This includes a vote log which reduces the "Secret ballot" that we are said to currently have in districts that do paper voting.
If they are so concerned about passengers exchanging or placing collars in the trash in the sterile area, why don't they just embed the RFID tag in the boarding pass itself? The paper has the person's name on it, and you surely wouldn't want to trade that with a stranger, would you? After all, you can't get on your flight without it!
How did this get marked as a troll? I guess that hit a nerve. Let's face it, the truth hurts...
That would be Emmett Plant. He's a well-known member of the OSS community and a mighty fine guitarist.
As an ex-IRC Operator and DNS server sponsor for OpenProjects.NET, this news saddens me tremendously. Though at times I did not agree with what Rob Levin said or did, I still respect his tenacity and his drive. My best wishes go out to his son, wife and family.
I had fun working on dancer-ircd when it was still a patchset for hyb6. Those were good times!
Andre "andy" Guibert de Bruet - aguibert@oftc.net
Without meaning to sound anal, I do not think that the term "cracked" is adequate in this case: The encryption cyphers have not been compromised or factored.
This Python program fishes for frames in iTunes memory after the decryption and before the decoding process and writes them out to a file. This does yield an unencoded AAC file in the end, but the process is real-time and therefore very time-consuming for large libraries.
I decided to get a Samsung HLN617W (61.7") DLP back in 2003. While most of my friends had recommended against DLP, I was so impressed by the quality of the image and the workmanship of the unit that I went for it. I am currently using it to type this text.
My friends that went with plasmas are now on their second TVs and a couple have had heat issues with their newer units ($5k Pioneer & Toshiba units, vintage 2005, no less). Anyone that recommends plasma needs to get one and use it as a computer monitor for a few months. What you end up with is an image that is no longer as bright, and lovely screen burn in which isn't covered by the manufacturer's warranty (Remember that you're bombarding phosphorus on a plexi/glass plane).
As for LCD, I have heard a number of complaints about the viewing angle in mixed lighting. Colors morph as you rotate about the unit in a sunlit room. DLP too has issues with this sort of motion, but they are limited to the luminosity and not the hue of the picture (This is much less annoying and needs some getting used to).
LCD also has issues with bad pixels - It is bound to happen on any size screen based on the number of transistors that are backing the viewing pane (Usually 3 per pixel). The latency of LCD technology also causes a "ghosting" effect to manifest itself with fast-paced action shots. Manufacturers have put out displays that are much faster in the past couple of years but they are still a ways from making the overall problem disappear.
If I were chosing a TV today, I would go with DLP again.
I am looking forward to OLEDs being used in big screens: They're thin, much brighter, lighter, more flexible and less intrusive...
Who hundred of dollars. The same hundreds or even thousands of dollars people spend on all those HD-TV's? Every trash day you see those boxes. People seem t be spending a lot of money on those TV's. Why? They are not that much better then my PC tv card.
You are forgetting that computer video engineers have been more enlightened than your CE video guys for almost fifteen years. Most computer displays can handle 1280x1024 (I have two 2560x1600 30" Apple Displays on my desk), which is a tad bit under the 1080 lines are being offered by all of the "HD" standards.
1080i really isn't *that* high-def. I know I can't be the only one that waiting for 1600i...
Where do you people find such pizzas? :)
This sounds very similar to the mht file-type introduced by Microsoft in products like Internet Explorer and Publisher.
In my case, it wrongly sends me to google.co.uk when it should be keeping me on the US site.
Marc Andreesen and Eric Bina wrote NCSA's Mosaic and went on to start Netscape Communications Corp. Please stop the FUD and read up.
Results for OSX 10.4.3 Build 8F46:
/bin/*; do strings $i | grep BSD | tr -c 'BSDFreNtOpn' '\n' | grep BSD | sort -u ; done |sort | uniq -c
k@reboot$ uname -a; for i in
Darwin reboot.local 8.3.0 Darwin Kernel Version 8.3.0: Mon Oct 3 20:04:04 PDT 2005; root:xnu-792.6.22.obj~2/RELEASE_PPC Power Macintosh powerpc
17 FreeBSD
7 NetBSD
1 OpenBSD
From a business perspective, if someone is doing a job very well, why on Earth would you want to promote them out of that position?
Promoting talent should be in the form of having first-dibs on projects and a healthy bonus package, unless the person's skills can be adequately used in another position and a suitable replacement has been found.
My $0.02...
Court proceedings are public record. It usually costs about $15 (The price varies between States) to get a transcript.
Your tax loophole argument doesn't sound so convincing when you find out that the wealthiest 10% of Americans pay 90% of the taxes collected...
Where have you been? Xen works nicely with NetBSD as domain0.
I understand exactly what SCADA is. I was wondering if you are using it for local or remote network control. The extent of my SCADA experience has been interfacing with PLCs in large manufacturing and power generation.
For those looking to find out more about SCADA and/or OPC, you might want to have a look at the SCADA Working Group webpage or primers such as this one.
We update 50,000 points at the bottom of every minute, archive every 2 minutes and have SQL tables that are several trillion (Yes, trillion) rows long on COTS Dell servers with MSSQL 2000 and and a standard middleware approach.
Sounds to me like you're either not throwing the hardware you ought to at this project or you are looking at the wrong software.
SCADA is very versatile and powerful. Are you feeding data in mostly from local or remote RTU's?
Hell freezes over.
It would appear that this is the first BSD with a fully-graphical installer. Kudos! When will we see this installer backported and available as an option during the CD-build process? :)
Did taxpayers pay for this? ;-)
is rather simple!