I've found the best speedtest solution is to choose a couple of the major fileshare sites (ie. the ones that ISPs love to throttle or block). I then upload a non-compressible junk file of about 100MB and try downloading it directly and via a VPN. I then compare those results to my ISP's speedtest.
I've seen some impressive throttling or within-ISP network congestion/lack of interconnects.
I wouldn't be surprised if this is in part a way of ensuring that all data breach notification law requirements are met by broadcasting the notification in such a way that no agency or person can claim to have not been aware (even if they claim they didn't receive notification directly).
Each different type of bayonet mount will be patented - eg. Nikon F mount, Pentax K mount, Canon EF mount. Apple patenting a set of specifications for a mount is a perfectly understandable concept - they're not trying to patent a completely generic mount...
"Note for Americans and other aliens: Milton Keynes is a new city approximately halfway between London and Birmingham. It was built to be modern, efficient, healthy, and, all in all, a pleasant place to live. Many Britons find this amusing." -- T. Pratchett and N. Gaiman, Good Omens
We used to go bowling there when I was little as it was the only place within an hour's drive with a bowling alley... I mostly remember parts being very empty and then almost never-ending lines of roundabouts (although at least they were in straight lines unlike Swindon)...
When dealing with certain pieces of equipment, the cost of service contracts often gets renegotiated after each expires and if the vendor doesn't want to support it anymore they just jack up the price of the contract to a non-viable level. So then you just wait until the machine stops working before you upgrade. We had this happen with a Leica confocal microscope - the contract expired, and then the proprietary board that connected the scope to the computer died. Since no more boards existed world-wide the scope was useless as a confocal and so was eventually repurposed as a standard epi-fluorescence scope.
There are plenty of countries where teachers are actually respected, paid decent wages and supported by their schools - my little brother ended up in Australia, and even though he's not currently in a particularly nice school (inner city...) he still says it's a massive leap above most schools in the US/UK...
The linked article is a good start - my personal preference would be a panasonic GX1 at the moment - it offers enough control so that you can grow with it and the panasonic G series cameras have generally been of fairly high quality for the field.
If I didn't have a DSLR, I would probably get one of these as in most situations (especially when size is an issue when travelling) these cameras can produce images as good as a similar level DSLR.
There was an Iron Man storyline (Stark Resilient) not too long ago that had a game app being released that pretended that real missions were actually part of the game, with the players controlling UAVs...
The UK Data Protection Act can force them to delete any data they have on you even if they won't reveal exactly what it is (as long as they're not the government or someone you owe money to)...
Many recent phones/PDAs have a flight mode so that you can use the music/PDA functionality of the device while on a plane that doesn't allow cell phone use.
Wouldn't allowing remote circumvention of this flight mode be a safety risk in some cases, and if evidence of this kind were brought out in court, couldn't the defendant charge the law enforcement agency for reckless endangerment (or something similar) for making use of a device that had the potential to interfere with the navigation/takeoff/landing electronics of the aircraft.
Similarly, if the flight mode directly turned off the transmitter/receiver, unless the firmware had a built in time delay switch on or something like that, how would you remotely re-activate the phone?
For most of 2003 and 2004 I was working in rural Madagascar on a reef conservation project (as Diving Manager, Scientist and general tech guy).
We primarily used handheld GPS units (Garmin, Magellan) for mapping the outlines of the reefs. This was accomplished by attching the GPS in a waterproof bag to a float and towing it behind a diver. It was fairly effective, and provided data good enough for GIS work.
We also mapped the roads (read: dirt tracks) and trails in the local area, but the part that seems most approprate to this discussion was mapping the local fishing villages for socio-economic research.
We mapped out the main roads, the major buildings, and all of the houses that we interviewed people at so that we could build up a full profile of the village for input into our GIS work.
For most work, the most basic GPS units were fine (eg. Garmin Etrex, and 7x series - we also used a couple of Magellan and Silva units). Use rechargable NiMh batteries as although they don't last as long as alkalines, you can use a solar recharger to give you an endless supply. (As an aside, only the Garmins were able to run on the crappy local batteries).
As an idea of where we were - the nearest phone line was over 200 miles away, and the only reliable method of communication was satellite phone (radio messages could sometimes get through via several mission relays, but if the weather was off then no chance).
I used a couple of fairly old (P2 233) Toshiba Satellites as my data machines as they could take a beating and keep working (and were free). (Win 98 on both and a dual boot to RH 9 on one)
Open up the air hole on an old drive, and use a can of butane lighter fluid to fill the inside with a nice gas/air mix.
A bit of tape over the hole should seal it up so that I can get far enough away to light it. I think I might even try the trail of gasoline method of lighting as it only has to be hot enough to melt the tape.
We used to do this with old monitors (drill the face and pour gas in) but this sounds like fun...
Should wreck the platters and make a nice bang in the process. A brick wall to hide behind is always nice.
I'll post the pics when I get back to my supply of old drives;->
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Shouldn't this be: "The ingredient list read: affected customers...".
It's also a potentially useful canary phrase. If it disappears then...
However, by now I'm sure any warrant/order would contain language that prevents them from removing it.
Just make sure you multiply your estimates by a factor of four...
Read up on the British Expeditionary Force...
It wasn't a perfect response, but it was pretty much what was possible to put together considering the state of the British armed forces at the time.
I've found the best speedtest solution is to choose a couple of the major fileshare sites (ie. the ones that ISPs love to throttle or block). I then upload a non-compressible junk file of about 100MB and try downloading it directly and via a VPN. I then compare those results to my ISP's speedtest.
I've seen some impressive throttling or within-ISP network congestion/lack of interconnects.
I wouldn't be surprised if this is in part a way of ensuring that all data breach notification law requirements are met by broadcasting the notification in such a way that no agency or person can claim to have not been aware (even if they claim they didn't receive notification directly).
Each different type of bayonet mount will be patented - eg. Nikon F mount, Pentax K mount, Canon EF mount. Apple patenting a set of specifications for a mount is a perfectly understandable concept - they're not trying to patent a completely generic mount...
I did Linux Mint and MS Office using Crossover as it meant that she could keep using the MS apps, but had a safer stable base to work from.
And - so my littlest sister couldn't keep installing her toolbar / chat app of the week on it - those caused more problems than anything else.
"Note for Americans and other aliens: Milton Keynes is a new city approximately halfway between London and Birmingham. It was built to be modern, efficient, healthy, and, all in all, a pleasant place to live. Many Britons find this amusing." -- T. Pratchett and N. Gaiman, Good Omens
We used to go bowling there when I was little as it was the only place within an hour's drive with a bowling alley... I mostly remember parts being very empty and then almost never-ending lines of roundabouts (although at least they were in straight lines unlike Swindon)...
Yay! Haven't see this one posted for a long time ;->
When dealing with certain pieces of equipment, the cost of service contracts often gets renegotiated after each expires and if the vendor doesn't want to support it anymore they just jack up the price of the contract to a non-viable level. So then you just wait until the machine stops working before you upgrade. We had this happen with a Leica confocal microscope - the contract expired, and then the proprietary board that connected the scope to the computer died. Since no more boards existed world-wide the scope was useless as a confocal and so was eventually repurposed as a standard epi-fluorescence scope.
His shit wasn't fucked up - it was retarded...
And that's fine because plenty of tards can live kick-ass lives!
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I regularly read on my Kindle in the bath. I just double-bag with regular ziploc bags, and I've never had any issues.
There are plenty of countries where teachers are actually respected, paid decent wages and supported by their schools - my little brother ended up in Australia, and even though he's not currently in a particularly nice school (inner city...) he still says it's a massive leap above most schools in the US/UK...
The linked article is a good start - my personal preference would be a panasonic GX1 at the moment - it offers enough control so that you can grow with it and the panasonic G series cameras have generally been of fairly high quality for the field.
If I didn't have a DSLR, I would probably get one of these as in most situations (especially when size is an issue when travelling) these cameras can produce images as good as a similar level DSLR.
There was an Iron Man storyline (Stark Resilient) not too long ago that had a game app being released that pretended that real missions were actually part of the game, with the players controlling UAVs...
The UK Data Protection Act can force them to delete any data they have on you even if they won't reveal exactly what it is (as long as they're not the government or someone you owe money to)...
Many recent phones/PDAs have a flight mode so that you can use the music/PDA functionality of the device while on a plane that doesn't allow cell phone use.
Wouldn't allowing remote circumvention of this flight mode be a safety risk in some cases, and if evidence of this kind were brought out in court, couldn't the defendant charge the law enforcement agency for reckless endangerment (or something similar) for making use of a device that had the potential to interfere with the navigation/takeoff/landing electronics of the aircraft.
Similarly, if the flight mode directly turned off the transmitter/receiver, unless the firmware had a built in time delay switch on or something like that, how would you remotely re-activate the phone?
I have moderately large hands and I have found the most comfortable solution is actually a trackball (logitech marble mouse).
I can comfortably rest my hand on the table, use two fingers to move the ball, and have a finger and thumb on a button without having to stretch.
I also have access to scroll buttons with minimal movement.
For most of 2003 and 2004 I was working in rural Madagascar on a reef conservation project (as Diving Manager, Scientist and general tech guy).
We primarily used handheld GPS units (Garmin, Magellan) for mapping the outlines of the reefs. This was accomplished by attching the GPS in a waterproof bag to a float and towing it behind a diver. It was fairly effective, and provided data good enough for GIS work.
We also mapped the roads (read: dirt tracks) and trails in the local area, but the part that seems most approprate to this discussion was mapping the local fishing villages for socio-economic research.
We mapped out the main roads, the major buildings, and all of the houses that we interviewed people at so that we could build up a full profile of the village for input into our GIS work.
For most work, the most basic GPS units were fine (eg. Garmin Etrex, and 7x series - we also used a couple of Magellan and Silva units). Use rechargable NiMh batteries as although they don't last as long as alkalines, you can use a solar recharger to give you an endless supply. (As an aside, only the Garmins were able to run on the crappy local batteries).
As an idea of where we were - the nearest phone line was over 200 miles away, and the only reliable method of communication was satellite phone (radio messages could sometimes get through via several mission relays, but if the weather was off then no chance).
I used a couple of fairly old (P2 233) Toshiba Satellites as my data machines as they could take a beating and keep working (and were free). (Win 98 on both and a dual boot to RH 9 on one)
Hope this helps...
Dan.
The title says it all
(and a little CSS ad-blocking as a back-up_
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All Your Fish Are Belong To Us
I've noticed at least a few changes between the UK and US prints of the books.
Examples include:
UK : US
Mindbuggering : Mindboggling - in description of the Vogon Fleet
Fuck : Belgium - the most gratuitous use of the word **** in a serious screenplay
Does anyone know of a full list of these changes? I'd be interested to know just how many alterations were made.
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All Your Fish Are Belong To Us
I'm going to try something out when I get home.
;->
Open up the air hole on an old drive, and use a can of butane lighter fluid to fill the inside with a nice gas/air mix.
A bit of tape over the hole should seal it up so that I can get far enough away to light it. I think I might even try the trail of gasoline method of lighting as it only has to be hot enough to melt the tape.
We used to do this with old monitors (drill the face and pour gas in) but this sounds like fun...
Should wreck the platters and make a nice bang in the process. A brick wall to hide behind is always nice.
I'll post the pics when I get back to my supply of old drives
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All Your Fish Are Belong To Us
I've got a Shaw cable modem with no TV package in rural BC.
;->)
(They tried to charge $500 to run the cable to the cabin, but that's another story
No problem just getting the net service...
Actually VLC can fullscreen to any monitor - it's just a menu option away (Video device).
I've added a shortcut to my 2nd monitor so I can just open VLC, hit 2 key presses and have fullscreen playing on the second monitor.
AND VLC's fullscreen will keep going if you switch applications on your primary monitor - quicktime will go back to a window if you do that.