But they have to get the card numbers every month to charge them!
Personally, I'd say just store the data on removable media, and every month just have a robot go through the stack. For normal days, there'd be a cartridge/whatever in the drive that gets changed every week, so l33t AOLuser f5cKm3Up! could get only the customer data from the last week, at worst. When a cartridge/whatever gets changed, it would be put into a separate, NON-INTERNET-CONNECTED box that would automagically add the data from that week to the cartridge for that month/quarter/year (depending on the volume of subscriptions). On billing day, the robot just pops the archive cartridges into the web server (or a separate billing server if you can afford it) and an automated script goes through the data and bills.
You could also just use some heavy-duty encryption and store the key split into multiple parts on USB keys given to the security officers or whatever.
People with very cluttered desktops, or people with almost empty desktops who complain a computer 'takes up too much space'. Yes, these people do exist, amazingly.
However, since you do work at a public-health-related lab, searches are something to be expected, since your field possibly deals with biological attacks. But getting searched on the way to a car is, well, rediculous. IANAL, but unless it's a government agency you should be able to refuse being searched. Perhaps you and your fellow scientists should organize a strike or something, like they recently did at a TLA, although I'm not sure which one.
And I'll have to second that. My IBM Thinkpad not only came with two normal manuals (the in-depth and quick start) it also came with the service manual!
I hope Microsoft becomes like IBM in its old age. Nowdays IBM makes great stuff, but remember how everybody used to hate it, even though IBM started the whole 'compatibility' thing? Who dosen't remember the original IBM PC? But IBM was 'the big monopoly', much like Microsoft, and was superseded eventually. Nowdays IBM makes the best laptops, bar none IMHO. Perhaps in ten years Microsoft will make the best flight simulators:-)
This is the perfect situation for all those people who like wireless networking to jump in-they need a flexible, field communications system! Lesse here... WAP11s (in repeater mode)linked to eachother with yagis or parabolics, and each having on the other connecter an omni (8dBi or so) for APs and some el-cheapo D-Link client cards... A network on a budget.
LOL, I was making a subtle joke. Glad you managed to vent though. To quote H2G2: "Stress is one of the major problems facing the known universe." (yeah I know I probably got it wrong but I don't exactly have the book open in front of me)
Well, yeah, but then you need a valve. Joe Average Lego User probably dosen't have all sorts of obscure Lego gear around, much less a Mindstorms-controllable valve. If you were talking about a hand-controlled valves, I've got a few, email me if you want a deal (two for an electronic one?):-D
If you want to use pneumatics, you *don't* need an air tank. You can build a compressor using a medium-sized pulley wheel, compressor cylinder, motor, and support beam (square rod with holes in it). The compressor cylinder is the one with only one place to attach a hose.
Personally, I like the compressor better, since you've got air on demand and don't have to worry about keeping the air tank filled. Of course, if you were to hook up the compressor to an air tank and use a rotation sensor to detect when the compressor has stopped rotating (maximum pressure reached) you could have it automagically fill the air tank.
Well, I don't think this'll be worth any karma since NO ONE looks through the YRO listings, but anyhoo...
It's a disturbing trend we're seeing here, where "anti-hacker" hype and other external factors, not to mention corporate influences are creating court verdicts and laws that are decidedly anti-freedom. There must be something we can do... I mean the tech sector IS a major part of the global economy, and most/.'ers probably fit into that category!
Well, the trouble is that that'll happen sometime near when the devil buys a snowmobile, a snowboard, and snowblower. Or when Jack Valenti becomes an anarchist.
Hey, you got a F-i-r-s-t P-o-s-t and didn't even put the obligatory f/p at the bottom of your message!
Since when is/. mature?
Your comment is really funny tho. Here, let me continue it:
Scarfo's 9 year old son: Hey, daddy, what's that icon with the FBI logo on it?
Scarfo: Uh, it's a buisiness spreadsheet database locator accessory. Don't touch it.
Kid: You mean it's where you keep your porn?
Scarfo *thwaps head* Damn kids. Only bad people look at porn, son. I'm not a bad person.
FBI Agents (together): Yeeaahhh riiighhht....
Kid: Oh, ok, so it's just the keylogger the FBI put on your machine?
Scarfo: Of course, what did I say it was? *mutters* Kids are so funny these days...
What about the other one, the non-G4? I bet it's not that pricey... Then again, it has Gigabit Ethernet, so it's probably more pricey. N/M.
Still, if space *is* at a premium (read: colocation/datacenter environment, where 1U is a couple hundred a month, you can pack at least three 5.25" embedded servers in the space of one (or two for 1/2U servers) And for things like DHCP, DNS, routing, NAT, maybe even Firewalling, where there's no need for a hard drive, these things are *perfect*.
You know, I wonder if you could fit those 5 1/4" systems into a regular (but tall) computer case. Imagine, your own Beowulf cluster, under your desk...
Seriously, though, it would come in handy for corporate server/low-U rackmount applications. Have all the cables/connections made inside the generic PC case, fill up the rest of the space with some network-storage (SnapIT type drives) hard drives, and you've got a server room in a tenth of the space. Of course, the servers in question would have to be DNS/DHCP/X/whatever that don't use large quantities of disk space (unless the disks are mounted via NFS, but then you pretty much need Gigabit Ethernet).
If you badly need wireless access, start supporting (or simply start) your local community wireless networking effort! Freenetworks.org lists the big ones.
Community wireless networks are groups of techies with 802.11b APs and cards connected together to form networks covering a large area, and eventually most of them plan to cover their respective cities.
One benefit: 802.11b offers speeds of up to 11MBps (like you didn't know that) which is a heck of a lot faster than Ricochet. Also, the Ricochet gear should be hitting the surplus market soon...
It'd be helpful for the linux newbies if you'd post instructions *how* to go about disabling only the pop-x ads, not all Java/JS and not only on certain domains.
Lets see here, assuming each obelisk weighs 1 ton, and considering how much the average, say, 3 sq. ft. kite pulls.... Those must have been *HUGE* kites... and if one got loose, well, whoever was holding the string would have to hope the wind dies down when the kite is near the ground...
Try KDE2. It solves the first two issues. However, I agree that there are WAY WAY too many ways to configure different components. The "System" "Settings" "Prefs" menus should be merged, no app should be named like it was the 'Universal' configurator...
Oh my god! JonKatz wrote an intelligent, interesting article and DIDN'T MENTION THE PERSECUTION OF GEEKS!/me thinks someone hacked his account and wrote this review for him:-)
Eric's Method of Generating Random, Easy-to-remember Passwords:
1. Start surfing the web. Find something arcane (ring-tailed lemur mating habits, for example).
2. Scroll down so the screen is as full of text as possible.
3. Point your finger at a random point on the screen that isn't the middle.
4. The word or phrase that is closest to the chosen point and also closest to your desired password length is your new password!
But according to the Microsoft world view, the true size of Linux is irrelevant, since it will be replaced soon enough anyway!
Seriously though, I never knew that Linux was that big... Now Linus has even more to brag about:
(secret phone transcript)
Linus: Nyah Nyah! My OS is bigger than your OS!
Bill: LOL! Prepare to be assimilated!
L: AAARGH!! I chose YOU, RMS!
B: I chose YOU, Mundie!
L: ESR-Use your secret pedant-o-propaganda attack!
B: AARGH! LOOK WHAT HE DID TO MUNDIE! *sobs* Poor guy...
L: Aww, I'm sorry. Shake on it?
*BZZZT*
B: Muahahaha... Nice guys finish last...
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But they have to get the card numbers every month to charge them!
Personally, I'd say just store the data on removable media, and every month just have a robot go through the stack. For normal days, there'd be a cartridge/whatever in the drive that gets changed every week, so l33t AOLuser f5cKm3Up! could get only the customer data from the last week, at worst. When a cartridge/whatever gets changed, it would be put into a separate, NON-INTERNET-CONNECTED box that would automagically add the data from that week to the cartridge for that month/quarter/year (depending on the volume of subscriptions). On billing day, the robot just pops the archive cartridges into the web server (or a separate billing server if you can afford it) and an automated script goes through the data and bills.
You could also just use some heavy-duty encryption and store the key split into multiple parts on USB keys given to the security officers or whatever.
People with very cluttered desktops, or people with almost empty desktops who complain a computer 'takes up too much space'. Yes, these people do exist, amazingly.
Has anyone ever tried the maglev fans sold by Cyberguys,such as this one?
Well, you could try telecommuting.
Only thing is how to bring the lab with you?
However, since you do work at a public-health-related lab, searches are something to be expected, since your field possibly deals with biological attacks. But getting searched on the way to a car is, well, rediculous. IANAL, but unless it's a government agency you should be able to refuse being searched. Perhaps you and your fellow scientists should organize a strike or something, like they recently did at a TLA, although I'm not sure which one.
And I'll have to second that. My IBM Thinkpad not only came with two normal manuals (the in-depth and quick start) it also came with the service manual!
:-)
I hope Microsoft becomes like IBM in its old age. Nowdays IBM makes great stuff, but remember how everybody used to hate it, even though IBM started the whole 'compatibility' thing? Who dosen't remember the original IBM PC? But IBM was 'the big monopoly', much like Microsoft, and was superseded eventually. Nowdays IBM makes the best laptops, bar none IMHO. Perhaps in ten years Microsoft will make the best flight simulators
This is the perfect situation for all those people who like wireless networking to jump in-they need a flexible, field communications system! Lesse here... WAP11s (in repeater mode)linked to eachother with yagis or parabolics, and each having on the other connecter an omni (8dBi or so) for APs and some el-cheapo D-Link client cards... A network on a budget.
LOL, I was making a subtle joke. Glad you managed to vent though. To quote H2G2: "Stress is one of the major problems facing the known universe." (yeah I know I probably got it wrong but I don't exactly have the book open in front of me)
Well, yeah, but then you need a valve. Joe Average Lego User probably dosen't have all sorts of obscure Lego gear around, much less a Mindstorms-controllable valve. If you were talking about a hand-controlled valves, I've got a few, email me if you want a deal (two for an electronic one?) :-D
If you want to use pneumatics, you *don't* need an air tank. You can build a compressor using a medium-sized pulley wheel, compressor cylinder, motor, and support beam (square rod with holes in it). The compressor cylinder is the one with only one place to attach a hose.
Personally, I like the compressor better, since you've got air on demand and don't have to worry about keeping the air tank filled. Of course, if you were to hook up the compressor to an air tank and use a rotation sensor to detect when the compressor has stopped rotating (maximum pressure reached) you could have it automagically fill the air tank.
Well, I don't think this'll be worth any karma since NO ONE looks through the YRO listings, but anyhoo...
/.'ers probably fit into that category!
It's a disturbing trend we're seeing here, where "anti-hacker" hype and other external factors, not to mention corporate influences are creating court verdicts and laws that are decidedly anti-freedom. There must be something we can do... I mean the tech sector IS a major part of the global economy, and most
Well, the trouble is that that'll happen sometime near when the devil buys a snowmobile, a snowboard, and snowblower. Or when Jack Valenti becomes an anarchist.
Hey, you got a F-i-r-s-t P-o-s-t and didn't even put the obligatory f/p at the bottom of your message! /. mature?
Since when is
Your comment is really funny tho. Here, let me continue it:
Scarfo's 9 year old son: Hey, daddy, what's that icon with the FBI logo on it?
Scarfo: Uh, it's a buisiness spreadsheet database locator accessory. Don't touch it.
Kid: You mean it's where you keep your porn?
Scarfo *thwaps head* Damn kids. Only bad people look at porn, son. I'm not a bad person.
FBI Agents (together): Yeeaahhh riiighhht....
Kid: Oh, ok, so it's just the keylogger the FBI put on your machine?
Scarfo: Of course, what did I say it was? *mutters* Kids are so funny these days...
And just when I used up my mod points. Someone send this up as +1, funny.
What about the other one, the non-G4? I bet it's not that pricey... Then again, it has Gigabit Ethernet, so it's probably more pricey. N/M. Still, if space *is* at a premium (read: colocation/datacenter environment, where 1U is a couple hundred a month, you can pack at least three 5.25" embedded servers in the space of one (or two for 1/2U servers) And for things like DHCP, DNS, routing, NAT, maybe even Firewalling, where there's no need for a hard drive, these things are *perfect*.
You know, I wonder if you could fit those 5 1/4" systems into a regular (but tall) computer case. Imagine, your own Beowulf cluster, under your desk... Seriously, though, it would come in handy for corporate server/low-U rackmount applications. Have all the cables/connections made inside the generic PC case, fill up the rest of the space with some network-storage (SnapIT type drives) hard drives, and you've got a server room in a tenth of the space. Of course, the servers in question would have to be DNS/DHCP/X/whatever that don't use large quantities of disk space (unless the disks are mounted via NFS, but then you pretty much need Gigabit Ethernet).
If you badly need wireless access, start supporting (or simply start) your local community wireless networking effort! Freenetworks.org lists the big ones. Community wireless networks are groups of techies with 802.11b APs and cards connected together to form networks covering a large area, and eventually most of them plan to cover their respective cities. One benefit: 802.11b offers speeds of up to 11MBps (like you didn't know that) which is a heck of a lot faster than Ricochet. Also, the Ricochet gear should be hitting the surplus market soon...
It'd be helpful for the linux newbies if you'd post instructions *how* to go about disabling only the pop-x ads, not all Java/JS and not only on certain domains.
Lets see here, assuming each obelisk weighs 1 ton, and considering how much the average, say, 3 sq. ft. kite pulls.... Those must have been *HUGE* kites... and if one got loose, well, whoever was holding the string would have to hope the wind dies down when the kite is near the ground...
Try KDE2. It solves the first two issues. However, I agree that there are WAY WAY too many ways to configure different components. The "System" "Settings" "Prefs" menus should be merged, no app should be named like it was the 'Universal' configurator...
Well, now those commercials for the "Wonder Anti-Gravity Bra" will look a whole lot better, not to mention the natural "face lift" :-)
Well, I'm glad. I can't wait till the nodes and modems hit the surplus market. If we all bought some cheap we could set up our OWN Ricochet...
Oh my god! JonKatz wrote an intelligent, interesting article and DIDN'T MENTION THE PERSECUTION OF GEEKS! /me thinks someone hacked his account and wrote this review for him :-)
Eric's Method of Generating Random, Easy-to-remember Passwords: 1. Start surfing the web. Find something arcane (ring-tailed lemur mating habits, for example). 2. Scroll down so the screen is as full of text as possible. 3. Point your finger at a random point on the screen that isn't the middle. 4. The word or phrase that is closest to the chosen point and also closest to your desired password length is your new password!
AAYARG! Damn formatting errors and slashdot delays! See my OTHER comment and mod this one into oblivion!
But according to the Microsoft world view, the true size of Linux is irrelevant, since it will be replaced soon enough anyway! Seriously though, I never knew that Linux was that big... Now Linus has even more to brag about: (secret phone transcript) Linus: Nyah Nyah! My OS is bigger than your OS! Bill: LOL! Prepare to be assimilated! L: AAARGH!! I chose YOU, RMS! B: I chose YOU, Mundie! L: ESR-Use your secret pedant-o-propaganda attack! B: AARGH! LOOK WHAT HE DID TO MUNDIE! *sobs* Poor guy... L: Aww, I'm sorry. Shake on it? *BZZZT* B: Muahahaha... Nice guys finish last...