Bingo! You've hit the real reason for this legislation. National pharmacy chains want to close the door on smaller pharmacies.
Of course, the other problem with this is that many drugs are not controlled substances and are legal to ship into and out of the US (of course, many others ARE controlled substances and are illegal to ship across the border).
It is (or was) perfectly legal to drive from the US into a store in Mexico and buy a bottle of, say amoxycillin with no prescription then take it with you back to the states. It should be legal to order the same bottle from a store in Mexico and have it sent via overnight delivery.
Not that I'd want to with that paticular antibiotic, as once it is mixed it really needs to be refridgerated, but you get the idea (substitute, say, predisone tablets, of which I need to keep a supply around all the time).
While the Kansas Board of Education did make a completely boneheaded decision, most people have no clue what decision they screwed up.
Most people are under the impression the board decided evolution should not be taught, or even that creationism should be taught. This is not the case.
The board decided that the standards would no longer REQUIRE that ALL students be taught evolution. Still boneheaded, but not nearly as bad as most people think.
It makes me sad to say I am a native Kansan and still reside here by choice. For the schools, no less. My district has the facilities for special needs children such as mine -- so much so people move here from hundreds of miles away for the schools.
Interestingly enough, the PADD is getting close to a reality. If someone could combine wireless networking and the Sun Ray 1 into a convenient hand held package with decent handwriting recognition input (no small trick), we'd be there.
There are two popular units out that are low power internet servers, but they may not fit your definition of cheap (although any corporation of more than two people would consider them practically free).
rebel.com's NetWinder line of StrongArm machines (15 watts power) . . .
Cobalt's Qube/RaQ series of machines . . .
Remote configuration/administration and already set up to be used in both cases. I use a NetWinder daily, nice little piece of kit.
OK, whenever somebody makes a really cool product that might steal from MS's software revenue stream, what happens?
MS announces a competing product . . . everybody waits to buy until they can compare the two "competing" products to see which one is better, then MS never has their product materialize.
This sounds like MS is trying to keep corporate dollars from going to Sun Ray 1 terminals and nifty Sun Ultra Servers . . .
I worked in a cube farm in a room that had been converted from a training/meeting room. The primary lighting was fluorescent. When the fluorescent lighting was the only light source, people startd developing headaches.
Interestingly enough, the people who were screaming in pain were those with 56 or 60 hz refresh rates on the monitors. Replacing the monitors with newer models capable of 72 hz or higher refresh rates eased the problem to tolerable levels.
We solved the problem by using the secondary light system as much as possible (low wattage incandescent floodlights). Management didn't like the "mood lighting" though and would turn on the fuorescents whenever they wandered by.
Eventually we used the ADA (only applies if you are in the US, but I'm sure many countries have similar legislation) to force the fluorescents off (one member of the group had chronic migraines triggered by harsh lighting, especially flickering). It's amazing what you can get declared "reasonable measures" to meet the needs of a "disabled" worker! The ADA is your friend!
My experience has been that CD-RW is rather particular about the drives used not just to write to them, but also about the drives used to read them (as in one CD-RW drive may not read disks created in a different one).
CD-R is much less particular. Most DVD-ROM drives won't read them (although that is improving with newer drives). I have CD-R media three years old (both data and audio), many of which have sat on the dashboard of my van for weeks or even months (not direct sunlight, but wildly varying temperatures, -10 up to 130F. I have yet to encounter any reported errors.
I am pretty dang careful in creation though... disks remain sealed until ready to be written to and are blown with canned air to remove any dust prior to being recorded.
I've used a few different versions of both for a while. They are about as similar as two versions of Unix-like OSes can be. People who live mostly in the X Windows System will probably never notice which is which.
When fiddling with init scripts, I prefer BSD. This is a very subjective thing and I think largely the preference is determined based on what you learned first...
When fiddling with devices, I prefer Linux -- BSD disk labels (somewhat like an alternate method of an extended partition on a PC, not really) are a little daunting for the uninitiated, IMHO.
When it comes to handling package management, Debian has the only Linux distribution that comes close to FreeBSD in terms of ease of use and power. For people who don't think much of package management (you Slackware guys), you might prefer NetBSD.
In general, physical access to the machine allows access to everything, typically through a method such as what you employed. BSD is no different from Linux (or DOS, or NT, or about anything else) in this regard.
Yes, a person could use a cryptographic hack to keep all file systems encrypted, but the performance hit is usually bad enough that most people find it far, far more economical (and effective) to lock the servers in a machine room with restricted access...
Ok, I'll admit to my ignorance. I don't know jack about Windows, WTF is WINS?
Speaking as someone who uses SMB over TCP/IP from Windows 95, Windows NT, FreeBSD, and most commonly, Linux. As near as I can tell, there are no WINS servers on our network (95 machines are set to use DNS, NT machines have blank WINS entries), but everything works fine.
Actually I like Debian's disk partition tool so much I keep a Debian "rescue floppy" around just to repair/build partition tables on machines, even if the machine is going to get Windows 95 installed on it.
Windows 95 fdisk can get awfully confused if a drive was set up in a machine with no/poor LBA support then moved into a machine with recent LBA support (or vice versa).
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Yes. You don't need to publish any of your changes to GPL'd software if you aren't distributing anything publicly, as in Corel's case, you can't currently get a copy of Corel Linux (short of stealing a demo CD/computer).
If you distribute (sell or give away) a product with GPL'd source code, THEN you are required to make the GPL'd source code available to the people you are distributing to. Note: you only need to provide the source to the GPL'd code and your modifications to same, and only to the people you are distributing to.
It is becoming increasingly evident that we must do something to stop the proliferation of personal automobiles.
It is not our intent to halt an individual's transportation rights, there already exists several means of transportation for individuals, such as the horse.
Personal automobiles are a threat to the public security, as they allow terrorists to rapidly move about with concealed packages (such as heavy weapons or even a thermonuclear bomb).
As you can see, this threat cannot be allowed to continue. It is time to purge our country of these risky machines!
It is becoming increasingly evident that we must do something to stop the proliferation of personal encryption.
It is not our intent to halt an individual's communication rights, there already exists several means of communication for individuals, such as the text.
Personal encryption programs are a threat to the public security, as they allow terrorists to rapidly discuss obscured plans (such as for heavy weapons or even a thermonuclear bomb).
As you can see, this threat cannot be allowed to continue. It is time to purge our country of these risky programs!
Uh, hello, anyone home? The car is out of the garage, everybody knows how to build one, you can't stuff it back in the garage!
Won't work very well, unfortunately. The MD5 algorithm (in fact, all such hashing routines), by necessity, produce radically different signatures for data that differs only slightly.
Since the data is being crunched on lots of different machines (with lots of different floating point units), the results of the FFTs are going to be slightly different on different machines, making hash comparison difficult.
Not impossible, but difficult. If the FFT results were all rouned to a small number of significant digits, then the hashes should be comparable,...
Uh, I've argued myself into agreeing with you. I hate it when that happens!:-)
I wonder how many of us have duct taped perl scripts together for our MP3 playing.
Guilty as charged. I spend most of my time in the X Window System, but running xTerms (or their equivalent). It's much easier to control my MP3 listening from a cobbled together Perl script than to switch to the mouse and manipulate a GUI player, then switch back to a keyboard and resume work...
I thought I was the only person silly enough to do this...
Uh, record profits for them, sure. Record LOWS for the two quarters prior to this one. MS would have been reporting LOSSES if it wasn't for the tremendous pull from cash reserves the company took to boost their numbers...
Keep up on current events...
Unfortunately, MS isn't losing out to anybody. The dip in profits is just due to nothing new and glitzy coming out in that period to get the PHBs to purchase site licenses for... I figure MS stands to make a mint off of W2K provided:
1) It ever comes to market
2) The license doesn't have the goofy clause about auto-reporting every bit of software you install to MS... (check some of the prior proposals for Office 2000 license wording, talk about invasion of privacy).
As I see some of the recent "computer" offerings like the Webzter and iToaster, I can't help but remember something the fortune program spits out on occasion...
...PCs will come with your breakfast cereal, you'll throw them away because your house will be littered with them...
I haven't quoted it exactly, nor do I know who to attribute it to (and I'm too lazy to check at the moment)... but the fellow seems to be right.
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Bingo! You've hit the real reason for this legislation. National pharmacy chains want to close the door on smaller pharmacies.
Of course, the other problem with this is that many drugs are not controlled substances and are legal to ship into and out of the US (of course, many others ARE controlled substances and are illegal to ship across the border).
It is (or was) perfectly legal to drive from the US into a store in Mexico and buy a bottle of, say amoxycillin with no prescription then take it with you back to the states. It should be legal to order the same bottle from a store in Mexico and have it sent via overnight delivery.
Not that I'd want to with that paticular antibiotic, as once it is mixed it really needs to be refridgerated, but you get the idea (substitute, say, predisone tablets, of which I need to keep a supply around all the time).
I remember, years ago (over a decade) seeing a robot maid on the gameshow "The Price is Right".
It was fashioned as a roughly human shaped object, although with blocky metallic contours (for instance, the "head" was a mostly featureless sphere).
I can't imagine they were very capable given the state of robotics back then (or even today).
Anybody know what happened to these things and the people/company manufacturing them?
I guess I should be a touch more specific...
Schools in Kansas are free to teach evolution, including making a requirement for graduation.
The state, however dropped it as a requirement for graduation (from high school).
I guess I should try and be clear the first time.
While the Kansas Board of Education did make a completely boneheaded decision, most people have no clue what decision they screwed up.
Most people are under the impression the board decided evolution should not be taught, or even that creationism should be taught. This is not the case.
The board decided that the standards would no longer REQUIRE that ALL students be taught evolution. Still boneheaded, but not nearly as bad as most people think.
It makes me sad to say I am a native Kansan and still reside here by choice. For the schools, no less. My district has the facilities for special needs children such as mine -- so much so people move here from hundreds of miles away for the schools.
Heh. PADD from Star Trek: The Next Generation?
Interestingly enough, the PADD is getting close to a reality. If someone could combine wireless networking and the Sun Ray 1 into a convenient hand held package with decent handwriting recognition input (no small trick), we'd be there.
There are two popular units out that are low power internet servers, but they may not fit your definition of cheap (although any corporation of more than two people would consider them practically free).
rebel.com's NetWinder line of StrongArm machines (15 watts power) . . .
Cobalt's Qube/RaQ series of machines . . .
Remote configuration/administration and already set up to be used in both cases. I use a NetWinder daily, nice little piece of kit.
OK, whenever somebody makes a really cool product that might steal from MS's software revenue stream, what happens?
MS announces a competing product . . . everybody waits to buy until they can compare the two "competing" products to see which one is better, then MS never has their product materialize.
This sounds like MS is trying to keep corporate dollars from going to Sun Ray 1 terminals and nifty Sun Ultra Servers . . .
Or am I way off base?
I worked in a cube farm in a room that had been converted from a training/meeting room. The primary lighting was fluorescent. When the fluorescent lighting was the only light source, people startd developing headaches.
Interestingly enough, the people who were screaming in pain were those with 56 or 60 hz refresh rates on the monitors. Replacing the monitors with newer models capable of 72 hz or higher refresh rates eased the problem to tolerable levels.
We solved the problem by using the secondary light system as much as possible (low wattage incandescent floodlights). Management didn't like the "mood lighting" though and would turn on the fuorescents whenever they wandered by.
Eventually we used the ADA (only applies if you are in the US, but I'm sure many countries have similar legislation) to force the fluorescents off (one member of the group had chronic migraines triggered by harsh lighting, especially flickering). It's amazing what you can get declared "reasonable measures" to meet the needs of a "disabled" worker! The ADA is your friend!
My experience has been that CD-RW is rather particular about the drives used not just to write to them, but also about the drives used to read them (as in one CD-RW drive may not read disks created in a different one).
CD-R is much less particular. Most DVD-ROM drives won't read them (although that is improving with newer drives). I have CD-R media three years old (both data and audio), many of which have sat on the dashboard of my van for weeks or even months (not direct sunlight, but wildly varying temperatures, -10 up to 130F. I have yet to encounter any reported errors.
I am pretty dang careful in creation though... disks remain sealed until ready to be written to and are blown with canned air to remove any dust prior to being recorded.
I've used a few different versions of both for a while. They are about as similar as two versions of Unix-like OSes can be. People who live mostly in the X Windows System will probably never notice which is which.
When fiddling with init scripts, I prefer BSD. This is a very subjective thing and I think largely the preference is determined based on what you learned first...
When fiddling with devices, I prefer Linux -- BSD disk labels (somewhat like an alternate method of an extended partition on a PC, not really) are a little daunting for the uninitiated, IMHO.
When it comes to handling package management, Debian has the only Linux distribution that comes close to FreeBSD in terms of ease of use and power. For people who don't think much of package management (you Slackware guys), you might prefer NetBSD.
So these storerooms full of Sun equipment... how well inventoried are they? :-)
Any chance my van could be used for, uh, off-site storage?
*chuckle*
In general, physical access to the machine allows access to everything, typically through a method such as what you employed. BSD is no different from Linux (or DOS, or NT, or about anything else) in this regard.
Yes, a person could use a cryptographic hack to keep all file systems encrypted, but the performance hit is usually bad enough that most people find it far, far more economical (and effective) to lock the servers in a machine room with restricted access...
Ok, I'll admit to my ignorance. I don't know jack about Windows, WTF is WINS?
Speaking as someone who uses SMB over TCP/IP from Windows 95, Windows NT, FreeBSD, and most commonly, Linux. As near as I can tell, there are no WINS servers on our network (95 machines are set to use DNS, NT machines have blank WINS entries), but everything works fine.
Actually I like Debian's disk partition tool so much I keep a Debian "rescue floppy" around just to repair/build partition tables on machines, even if the machine is going to get Windows 95 installed on it.
Windows 95 fdisk can get awfully confused if a drive was set up in a machine with no/poor LBA support then moved into a machine with recent LBA support (or vice versa).
Yes. You don't need to publish any of your changes to GPL'd software if you aren't distributing anything publicly, as in Corel's case, you can't currently get a copy of Corel Linux (short of stealing a demo CD/computer).
If you distribute (sell or give away) a product with GPL'd source code, THEN you are required to make the GPL'd source code available to the people you are distributing to. Note: you only need to provide the source to the GPL'd code and your modifications to same, and only to the people you are distributing to.
Turn off the silly graphics! It's an option in the GUI version...
Hell, my Pentium (no pro, no II, no III) 200MHz machine at work running Windows 95 can finish a block in under 30hrs...
BTW - Is it just me, or do many of us have far more computational horsepower personally than our employers provide...
It is becoming increasingly evident that we must do something to stop the proliferation of personal automobiles.
It is not our intent to halt an individual's transportation rights, there already exists several means of transportation for individuals, such as the horse.
Personal automobiles are a threat to the public security, as they allow terrorists to rapidly move about with concealed packages (such as heavy weapons or even a thermonuclear bomb).
As you can see, this threat cannot be allowed to continue. It is time to purge our country of these risky machines!
It is becoming increasingly evident that we must do something to stop the proliferation of personal encryption.
It is not our intent to halt an individual's communication rights, there already exists several means of communication for individuals, such as the text.
Personal encryption programs are a threat to the public security, as they allow terrorists to rapidly discuss obscured plans (such as for heavy weapons or even a thermonuclear bomb).
As you can see, this threat cannot be allowed to continue. It is time to purge our country of these risky programs!
Uh, hello, anyone home? The car is out of the garage, everybody knows how to build one, you can't stuff it back in the garage!
Won't work very well, unfortunately. The MD5 algorithm (in fact, all such hashing routines), by necessity, produce radically different signatures for data that differs only slightly.
...
:-)
Since the data is being crunched on lots of different machines (with lots of different floating point units), the results of the FFTs are going to be slightly different on different machines, making hash comparison difficult.
Not impossible, but difficult. If the FFT results were all rouned to a small number of significant digits, then the hashes should be comparable,
Uh, I've argued myself into agreeing with you. I hate it when that happens!
Us old folks read it just fine (I'm 33, which puts me slightly over the average age, but I FEEL old).
Surrounding a word or phrase in slashes means italics (the first slash pushes the letters over, the second holds them, or so it used to be said).
Surrounding a word or phrase in underscores indicates underlining (since most terminals don't deal with overstrike).
Various things have been used to indicate bold face, some examples: exclamation marks (bangs), asterisks (stars), and uppercase
I wonder how many of us have duct taped perl scripts together for our MP3 playing.
Guilty as charged. I spend most of my time in the X Window System, but running xTerms (or their equivalent). It's much easier to control my MP3 listening from a cobbled together Perl script than to switch to the mouse and manipulate a GUI player, then switch back to a keyboard and resume work...
I thought I was the only person silly enough to do this...
Are you sure you aren't thinking of the kid falling from the Timber Wolf (also a coaster at WoF)?
The articles in the Star praised the kids remaining in the fallen car for being calm during the rescue...
Besides, how can screwing with the safety harness make the coaster cars fall off the track?
Be careful about discussing "splitting the market". This is a BIG no-no according to anti-trust regulations...
Or Lotus 1-2-3
Or dBase III / IV / X
Or WordPerfect
Or PageMaker
Or Turbo Pascal / C
Or Watcom C
Or any other blinking x86 application
Sucks to go up against MS, doesn't it?
Uh, record profits for them, sure. Record LOWS for the two quarters prior to this one. MS would have been reporting LOSSES if it wasn't for the tremendous pull from cash reserves the company took to boost their numbers...
Keep up on current events...
Unfortunately, MS isn't losing out to anybody. The dip in profits is just due to nothing new and glitzy coming out in that period to get the PHBs to purchase site licenses for... I figure MS stands to make a mint off of W2K provided:
1) It ever comes to market
2) The license doesn't have the goofy clause about auto-reporting every bit of software you install to MS... (check some of the prior proposals for Office 2000 license wording, talk about invasion of privacy).
As I see some of the recent "computer" offerings like the Webzter and iToaster, I can't help but remember something the fortune program spits out on occasion...
...PCs will come with your breakfast cereal, you'll throw them away because your house will be littered with them...
I haven't quoted it exactly, nor do I know who to attribute it to (and I'm too lazy to check at the moment)... but the fellow seems to be right.