Dude, I got three kids from two baby mamas and although tough life does not suck. Perhaps your daddy didn't give you enough hugs. And, Drakkar Noir is awful pewww ugh!
just because something is closed source does not mean that the developers are incompetent. you are forgetting that the people working at microsoft are no different that you and me. the only difference is that the corporation has decided that it would like to have absolute control over the development direction of the product.
everything has its pros and cons; the open source community although having a more socialistic approach to software development will see its followers splintered and separate much like the church did over a difference of opinion - in computer software terms i think that's called a fork.
as this may be the case for consumer level notebooks this is not true specifically for hp business class notebooks (to this day we receive a kit with windows xp professional downgrade as well as the media for the currently shipping operating system - in this case windows 7 professional).
usually giving the support department a call we can come out triumphant by having a factory burned media kit shipped to us free of charge (we usually explain to the support rep that other vendors do it and that we believe _fill in the blank_ should too)
here is a quick tally of our results: - hp business notebooks include the media in the box nearly all the time - dell is good about shipping media for the operating system that was purchased (unless you paid for the downgrade right option dont bother asking for xp media) - apple we found would also ship media - fujitsu will also provide media but is a little hesitant, you have to talk them into it and even threaten to return the notebook - lenovo won't provide media at all
some background on our lenovo experience: we bought two lenovo notebooks (through the channel / not directly from the company). the notebooks were a x200-tablet for $1800 and a w510 notebook. the x200 came with both w7p and xpp as it advertised that downgrade rights were included (since when was this the choice of the manufacturer anyway?). the other notebook the w510 which was much did not come with any media whatsoever.
given the cost of producing media all manufacturers should include media...
"Failures which result from alteration, accident, misuse, introduction of liquid or other foreign matter into the unit, abuse, neglect, installation, maladjustment of consumer controls, improper maintenance or modification, use not in accordance with product use instructions"
That means that if your coffee somehow spills on the laptop and fries the motherboard Panasonic will not repair it under warranty!
On the other hand if you purchase a Dell or an HP ruggedized notebook with the accidental damage protection the notebook will be repaired with no questions asked.
Considering the cost of the Panasonic ToughBooks, I would take a Dell XFR + CompleteCare any day!
Besides, regardless of what notebook you own, if you roll over it with your vehicle (by accident) and it happens to break, would you not rather be covered?
one of our clients web hosting company was the victim of a similar attack. we were able to trace the attack back to an extremely out of date version of PHP.
check the versions of the software your web hosting company is running.
there is no reason for why you can't introduce a work out into your every day routine. for example, we installed a metal pipe (2" diameter) between two shelving units / racks at the office and resort to doing chin-ups and dropping to the floor for sit-ups, push-ups and for cardio one of the guys has resorted to walking up the stairs rather than taking the elevator.
surely you can find a way to introduce exercise into your routine.
just remember to stay hydrated... by drinking lots of water you will find that your metabolism will speed up and the frequent trips to the bathroom will give you a good excuse to get up and off of your computer and take a much needed break which a lot of us often forget to do. hope you don't have any bladder problems:-D
Security risk or not, most email programs Microsoft has put out already block potentially harmful files by blocking them from been executed by an uncanny user.
Having said that, why bother using double extension? If you are already hiding file extensions what is to stop you from creating an EXE file with the icon for a word document? That would avoid the mysterious trailing ".doc" on the file - oh no lock up your daughters and your wives!
I'm for having a good anti-virus program and educating users.
The real problem with Windows is that most users have administrator rights over their machine. Something which I.T. is completely at fault for not training users how on the safe way of operating a computer.
In Linux there is "sudo", in OSX the user is prompted for credentials when installing an application or changing the "locked" status on a control panel applet. In Windows the option is to use the "run as" option in the context menu. Something which we as computer geeks have failed to communicate and educate computer users.
Most of the time a computer has a problem with malware it is due to a problem with "layer 8" not having been trained properly.
Secunia keeps track of vulnerabilities in over 20,000 different software applications and operating systems. I would start there when comparing the relative security of an application - which I would not rate simply by whether it is closed or open source but by whether it is maintained, the severity of the vulnerabilities, and how many issues are outstanding.
The lecture was conducted in a very informal fashion; there were no hand outs or slide shows to download but I did manage to find this for you: http://www.unmuseum.org/dnadino.htm
I read the above article at unmuseum and it represents the meat of the lecture...
This weekend I had the opportunity to attend a brief lecture by the world renowned paleontologist Jack Horner. It was his team that made the discovery of this T-Rex which was actually discovered by a guy named Bob and thus he named it B-Rex! They did have a problem lifting the thigh bone from the sight so they did have to cut it and they did discover soft tissue; they also discovered that the dinosaur bones actually were more similar to the structure found in avains (birds, chickens, etc) after decalsifying the soft tissue they found blood vessels and inside the blood vessels they did find red blood cells.
From their discovery they were able to determine the sex of the dinosaur whose remains they had found (something to do with the build up of the bone and the soft tissue) - it was female. They also found that the bone structure had concentric circles much like a tree and thus they were able to tell the age of the dinosaur at the time of it's death (which was 18yrs old).
In the end he concluded that we would not be able to re-construct a dinosaur solely from the DNA found in the red blood cells since only a few of the DNA strands were intact enough to do a proper analysis and since chicken DNA has about a million different DNA strands that we'd be a long way from making a real dinosaur... not to mention that we do not currently have the know how on how to convert DNA into a living organism!
One thing to note is that IBM/Lenovo will not provide warranty on the product unless it is associated with a laptop or desktop computer (or server)... it really makes it a pain in the *** to deal with specially if you were the unlucky recipient of a keyboard that was DOA. I had my vendor fax in the invoice to IBM/Lenovo and they added it to my laptop's warranty and I was only then able to get a replacement:)
Otherwise, the keyboard is great; thin and light weight, full size keyboard with keypad. It has two pointing devices: a touch pad and a track point (the little pencil eraser like stuffed between the GHB keys...(no pun intended)... and two of each left and right mouse buttons... comes with a two port usb hub for your usb dongles and memory keys... the only thing this keyboard would be missing would be bluetooth and backlit keys.In the box you will find a useless driver cd and a set of rubber tips for the track point.
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Dude, I got three kids from two baby mamas and although tough life does not suck. Perhaps your daddy didn't give you enough hugs. And, Drakkar Noir is awful pewww ugh!
Has anyone tried ionization?
i presented something like this before
i had an old ti99 computer and asked the a/v department to bring me a t.v.
i hooked it all up and ran a few programs for them that drew shapes on the screen
might take a while if you want pretty colorful graphics but kids will understand the concept of:
lots of gibberish (code) = fun stuff!
if you are in the neighbourhood (vancouver, bc) and want my opinion or a job then send your resume to:
jobs@myamigo.ca
spanish language not required but a definitive asset ;-)
In revese
0100 = 4 = D (fourth letter in alphabet)
1001 = 9 = J
His first and last initial, but don't see what the M C are for...
1101 = 13 = M
0011 = 3 = C
The pattern repeats itself in reverse after the 17th digit:
1100 1011 1001 0010 1 0100 1001 1101 0011
just because something is closed source does not mean that the developers are incompetent. you are forgetting that the people working at microsoft are no different that you and me. the only difference is that the corporation has decided that it would like to have absolute control over the development direction of the product.
everything has its pros and cons; the open source community although having a more socialistic approach to software development will see its followers splintered and separate much like the church did over a difference of opinion - in computer software terms i think that's called a fork.
as this may be the case for consumer level notebooks this is not true specifically for hp business class notebooks (to this day we receive a kit with windows xp professional downgrade as well as the media for the currently shipping operating system - in this case windows 7 professional).
usually giving the support department a call we can come out triumphant by having a factory burned media kit shipped to us free of charge (we usually explain to the support rep that other vendors do it and that we believe _fill in the blank_ should too)
here is a quick tally of our results:
- hp business notebooks include the media in the box nearly all the time
- dell is good about shipping media for the operating system that was purchased (unless you paid for the downgrade right option dont bother asking for xp media)
- apple we found would also ship media
- fujitsu will also provide media but is a little hesitant, you have to talk them into it and even threaten to return the notebook
- lenovo won't provide media at all
some background on our lenovo experience:
we bought two lenovo notebooks (through the channel / not directly from the company). the notebooks were a x200-tablet for $1800 and a w510 notebook. the x200 came with both w7p and xpp as it advertised that downgrade rights were included (since when was this the choice of the manufacturer anyway?). the other notebook the w510 which was much did not come with any media whatsoever.
given the cost of producing media all manufacturers should include media...
We used to believe that the ToughBooks were the end all be all of ruggedized computers; that is until the day someone actually managed to break one!
If you read the warranty statement from Panasonic you will see the following under Section 3 - Limited Warranty Exclusions
"Failures which result from alteration, accident, misuse, introduction of liquid or other foreign matter into the unit, abuse, neglect, installation, maladjustment of consumer controls, improper maintenance or modification, use not in accordance with product use instructions"
That means that if your coffee somehow spills on the laptop and fries the motherboard Panasonic will not repair it under warranty!
On the other hand if you purchase a Dell or an HP ruggedized notebook with the accidental damage protection the notebook will be repaired with no questions asked.
Considering the cost of the Panasonic ToughBooks, I would take a Dell XFR + CompleteCare any day!
Besides, regardless of what notebook you own, if you roll over it with your vehicle (by accident) and it happens to break, would you not rather be covered?
ah, vice grips and mechanical punch machines: all are very large, noisy, and expensive.
try simply opening the drive and putting some sand in there. turn the drive back on for a few minutes and voila you have hard drive puree.
much more affordable, smaller footprint, and assured destruction!
just send royalties back to me if you use my method :-)
you first saw it on /.
one of our clients web hosting company was the victim of a similar attack. we were able to trace the attack back to an extremely out of date version of PHP.
check the versions of the software your web hosting company is running.
there is no reason for why you can't introduce a work out into your every day routine. for example, we installed a metal pipe (2" diameter) between two shelving units / racks at the office and resort to doing chin-ups and dropping to the floor for sit-ups, push-ups and for cardio one of the guys has resorted to walking up the stairs rather than taking the elevator.
surely you can find a way to introduce exercise into your routine.
just remember to stay hydrated ... by drinking lots of water you will find that your metabolism will speed up and the frequent trips to the bathroom will give you a good excuse to get up and off of your computer and take a much needed break which a lot of us often forget to do. hope you don't have any bladder problems :-D
stay fit and have fun!
Security risk or not, most email programs Microsoft has put out already block potentially harmful files by blocking them from been executed by an uncanny user.
Having said that, why bother using double extension? If you are already hiding file extensions what is to stop you from creating an EXE file with the icon for a word document? That would avoid the mysterious trailing ".doc" on the file - oh no lock up your daughters and your wives!
I'm for having a good anti-virus program and educating users.
The real problem with Windows is that most users have administrator rights over their machine. Something which I.T. is completely at fault for not training users how on the safe way of operating a computer.
In Linux there is "sudo", in OSX the user is prompted for credentials when installing an application or changing the "locked" status on a control panel applet. In Windows the option is to use the "run as" option in the context menu. Something which we as computer geeks have failed to communicate and educate computer users.
Most of the time a computer has a problem with malware it is due to a problem with "layer 8" not having been trained properly.
Secunia keeps track of vulnerabilities in over 20,000 different software applications and operating systems. I would start there when comparing the relative security of an application - which I would not rate simply by whether it is closed or open source but by whether it is maintained, the severity of the vulnerabilities, and how many issues are outstanding.
windows' built in offline files is great; i only started using it in the last year or two and i feel like i have come from hiding and into the light.
b rary/9dba5df2-0359-4fa4-bdcf-dd6ae5ca345e1033.mspx ?mfr=true
the system is configurable through group policy which makes it easy to setup the system throughout an enterprise.
here are some links:
how to use offline folders http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307853
in your case, there is a way to fix offline folder problems (when and if they occur) have a look at:
how to re-initialize offlines files cache: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/230738/en-us
last but not least, here is a link to group policy for offline folders: http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/en/li
Whatever you do, DO NOT USE BLARS he runs a pretty mean black list, so bad that he his website probably got pulled or he was forced to pull it
if you happen to be the mail admin i would suggest checking out mxtoolbox.com
The lecture was conducted in a very informal fashion; there were no hand outs or slide shows to download but I did manage to find this for you: http://www.unmuseum.org/dnadino.htm
I read the above article at unmuseum and it represents the meat of the lecture...
In response to some requests: the lecture was "How to Make a Dinosaur"
n g/index.htm
:)
I happen to look it up and found this: http://www.unmuseum.org/dnadino.htm
Here is yet another interesting link: http://www.cem.msu.edu/~cem181h/projects/97/cloni
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I wonder what dyno-burgers taste like
This weekend I had the opportunity to attend a brief lecture by the world renowned paleontologist Jack Horner. It was his team that made the discovery of this T-Rex which was actually discovered by a guy named Bob and thus he named it B-Rex! They did have a problem lifting the thigh bone from the sight so they did have to cut it and they did discover soft tissue; they also discovered that the dinosaur bones actually were more similar to the structure found in avains (birds, chickens, etc) after decalsifying the soft tissue they found blood vessels and inside the blood vessels they did find red blood cells.
From their discovery they were able to determine the sex of the dinosaur whose remains they had found (something to do with the build up of the bone and the soft tissue) - it was female. They also found that the bone structure had concentric circles much like a tree and thus they were able to tell the age of the dinosaur at the time of it's death (which was 18yrs old).
In the end he concluded that we would not be able to re-construct a dinosaur solely from the DNA found in the red blood cells since only a few of the DNA strands were intact enough to do a proper analysis and since chicken DNA has about a million different DNA strands that we'd be a long way from making a real dinosaur... not to mention that we do not currently have the know how on how to convert DNA into a living organism!
just downloaded the windows version of the browser and ran filemon to watch what it was doing.
it DOES use internet explorer's rendering engine... how can you tell?
because it SAVES all your browsing history to internet explorer's temporary internet files folder... DUH!
this reminds me of my programing windows course back in college (project #1 develop browser based on IE's api).
This is what they look like:m lookup/_31P8950?OpenDocument&sourcesite=lenovo
n t.do?lndocid=MIGR-45867
:)
http://www5.pc.ibm.com/lk/products.nsf/$wwwpartnu
and, here is a chart listing all the available part#'s; you are looking for the "marketing" part number for your product:
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/docume
One thing to note is that IBM/Lenovo will not provide warranty on the product unless it is associated with a laptop or desktop computer (or server)... it really makes it a pain in the *** to deal with specially if you were the unlucky recipient of a keyboard that was DOA. I had my vendor fax in the invoice to IBM/Lenovo and they added it to my laptop's warranty and I was only then able to get a replacement
Otherwise, the keyboard is great; thin and light weight, full size keyboard with keypad. It has two pointing devices: a touch pad and a track point (the little pencil eraser like stuffed between the GHB keys...(no pun intended)... and two of each left and right mouse buttons... comes with a two port usb hub for your usb dongles and memory keys... the only thing this keyboard would be missing would be bluetooth and backlit keys.In the box you will find a useless driver cd and a set of rubber tips for the track point.