Cut him some slack? Why? Sure, the police can lie to you whenever they feel like, but if you let them spout horseshit to a reporter which is then published without any consequences, what is there to stop them from doing it over and over and having it repeated by other cops who will go "durrrr, dem pringles cans are illegal!" before they arrest you on bullshit charges that you can either plead guilty to or spend 4 months in jail while waiting for a trial?
An email apology (ok, ok, he never apologized) just doesn't quite cut it.
Of course, the rest of the article does make it sound like the "reporter" (perhaps no quotes are needed, given the "qaulity" of reporting recently) was at fault.
aio (psc, officejet, etc) mac drivers are written in india by either really busy or really stupid programmers which is why it takes forever to get an update, at which point it is put on the website before support is told or given any information about known issues. The scanner division has been fucking dismal since they stopped making scsi scanners (esp for mac), and wasn't all that great before that. drivers written in india too. there are a few engineers in the usa, but most of the people in the printer (esp the low end consumer market) divisions are outsourced employees or sales reps In a nutshell, the driver people are probably going to still be around and nothing will change for you...
Depends. In Oregon at least, it is legal to record a conversation on the phone without notifying anyone else, although I believe the justification behind the law goes back to the days of party lines.
I think the idea of having a 19" rack at home is every techs dream. This was also the case when I wanted to decomission my power hungry and space consuming server PCs and replace them with a 19" rack, but it seems that when ever the frase "19 inch" is added to any PC part the price skyrockets.
That was the end of my dream until a friend told me he was going to build a new 19" rack for his music equipment as his old rack was getting to small. So we looked into it and discovered it used the same dimensions as the PC racks.
Goals of the project:
* Low cost
* Space saving
* Low power consumption
* High disk space
* RAID1 space for importent data
I chose Mini ITX motherboards with their size (170mm x 170mm) and low power consumption they were perfect for this project. I only needed to buy extra controller cards for the extra harddrives everything else was onboard (NIC/GFX).
A little info! A "U" is the measured height of a server case 1U is 44.45mm (1.75inches) 19 inches is 482,6mm
Oh, and yes, a counter on the bottom spinning while the server bursts into flame.
ATI had some "extra crap that came with the video card drivers" that did that on my radeon 7500 (i.e. hydravision) that does the exact same thing. Also window fade in and transparant menus and ooh, shadows. Whether it actually increases productivity is up to some debate...
Something happened to the genre between Quake III and Doom 3 10 years? ok, ok, I jest... Seriously though, I played Doom 3 when it first came out, I think the whole horror thing was a bit overrated. It wasn't scary, it was "gee, its getting quiet and dark and.... oh look... the door is being beaten down by an imp." or "oh look, I opened that door and something jumped out at me (same as the last 30 fucking times)". It got old really quick - something that didn't happen with Doom 1. On the other hand, I really enjoyed HL 2, there were a bunch of scenes that got you jumping, but they kept it fresh, different enemies, something besides a darkened base, etc.
So, where do I get the amazing mental powers shared by you and Johnny Smith of Dead Zone fame that tell me that something was stolen or not. Sure, off the back of a truck, etc, is pretty obvious, but people post used stuff on craigslist etc all the time and you really can't tell.
Clearly allowing a low level employee to spend a couple hundred million without any oversight by anyone is a good idea because you can always fire them for making typos. Brilliant! Let me be the first to invite you to Mensa!
Not really debating your point, but you can buy tungsten carbide or steel core bullets here, although the ATF wants you to register when you buy them. Now, "cop killer" (a la the "oh nos Black Talon") is bullshit, as you say, but you can buy AP bullets and they are marketed as such. Of course, some things, like a.45-70 Sharps needs no advertising as to its armor defeating capabilities.
so, let's get this straight: in the united states, it's legal to sell armour-piercing ammuniction -- bullets whose sole purpose of design is to go through bullet proof vests; obviously a device designed to kill or maim human beings.
Actually, sales of armor peircing ammunition here are regulated quite strictly. Of course, this doesn't extend to the sale of ammo like the.45-70 or the.50bmg (or 12 gauge slugs for that matter), but that is the same situation as it is in Canada (except you need to have a PAL, but that goes for all ammo)
The thing is, if you have office 2k on win 2k, you don't get a nice dialogue box and it isn't 2%, but closer to 100%. Guess what we are running?:( XP boxes tend to not have the same amount of trouble with this.
It's nice to see that someone completely ignorant of the issues (and someone who has also not read the links) has posted.
The office issue is also seen in across the network installs, as apparantly there is some issue with it not actually seeing the shares. The office 2k installer is also a bit retarded in that it doesn't let you change the source, you have a oh so wonderful box with "retry" and "cancel"
Nor do you have a central applet that would allow you to disable the login "quick" scans. Symantec "wisely" handles these settings in as a registry entry in HKCU, not HKLM, so... yeah... By the way, if you do disable the quickscan feature using the.reg file on their site (check the links) it also blows away the custom / scheduled scans. Nice eh? Keep in mind that they have been promising a "maintenance release" for about a month now.
Uhh.. You may decide to change your statement once I tell you that the minuteman unlock (i.e. to launch) codes were set to 0000000 a couple decades ago.
You really have to look at what is considered "fair". People have gotten screwed in the past. I know being evicted and given $90,000 (just an example) isn't nothing, but if the price of homes in the area is $150,000+, that is a pretty shitty deal. The potential for abuse is there and there has been egregious abuse in the past. Under this new ruling, a city could take land from "undesirables" and something that is less costly than a highway (at least to the city) can be built there. If this was legal 40 years ago, would this have been abused in the Deep South? I think you have to answer "yes"...
They recently added sub meter true color imagery for all (most?) major cities and have had 1m usgs b&w imagery for the entire usa for quite some time. Also 2 sets of landsat data for the entire world and some other goodies. Really cool interface, although if you have an older video card, you might have some issues.
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Can I just call her a twat? Please?
Cut him some slack? Why?
Sure, the police can lie to you whenever they feel like, but if you let them spout horseshit to a reporter which is then published without any consequences, what is there to stop them from doing it over and over and having it repeated by other cops who will go "durrrr, dem pringles cans are illegal!" before they arrest you on bullshit charges that you can either plead guilty to or spend 4 months in jail while waiting for a trial?
An email apology (ok, ok, he never apologized) just doesn't quite cut it.
Of course, the rest of the article does make it sound like the "reporter" (perhaps no quotes are needed, given the "qaulity" of reporting recently) was at fault.
To be fair, it does deter pirates - but only for about 58 seconds before they find a crack online ;)
aio (psc, officejet, etc) mac drivers are written in india by either really busy or really stupid programmers which is why it takes forever to get an update, at which point it is put on the website before support is told or given any information about known issues. The scanner division has been fucking dismal since they stopped making scsi scanners (esp for mac), and wasn't all that great before that. drivers written in india too. there are a few engineers in the usa, but most of the people in the printer (esp the low end consumer market) divisions are outsourced employees or sales reps
In a nutshell, the driver people are probably going to still be around and nothing will change for you...
Depends. In Oregon at least, it is legal to record a conversation on the phone without notifying anyone else, although I believe the justification behind the law goes back to the days of party lines.
A dremel is great for "liberating" screws.
A little foreword
I think the idea of having a 19" rack at home is every techs dream. This was also the case when I wanted to decomission my power hungry and space consuming server PCs and replace them with a 19" rack, but it seems that when ever the frase "19 inch" is added to any PC part the price skyrockets.
That was the end of my dream until a friend told me he was going to build a new 19" rack for his music equipment as his old rack was getting to small. So we looked into it and discovered it used the same dimensions as the PC racks.
Goals of the project:
* Low cost
* Space saving
* Low power consumption
* High disk space
* RAID1 space for importent data
I chose Mini ITX motherboards with their size (170mm x 170mm) and low power consumption they were perfect for this project. I only needed to buy extra controller cards for the extra harddrives everything else was onboard (NIC/GFX).
A little info!
A "U" is the measured height of a server case
1U is 44.45mm (1.75inches)
19 inches is 482,6mm
Oh, and yes, a counter on the bottom spinning while the server bursts into flame.
umm.. no.
You can get a color laser for ~$250 USD, which is about the cost of 8-9 cartridges.
A current deal is Okidata C5150n (which has a network card in it too) for $300-coupons-$50 rebate, so some people are getting it for $235.
Because, you know, the FBI has never abused its powers. (See Also, J. Edgar Hoover, McCarthy, House Un-American Activities Committee)
ATI had some "extra crap that came with the video card drivers" that did that on my radeon 7500 (i.e. hydravision) that does the exact same thing. Also window fade in and transparant menus and ooh, shadows. Whether it actually increases productivity is up to some debate...
ATI had some "extra crap that came with the video card drivers" that did that on my radeon 7500 (i.e. hydravision)
Not terribly innovative . . .
Something happened to the genre between Quake III and Doom 3 .... oh look ... the door is being beaten down by an imp." or "oh look, I opened that door and something jumped out at me (same as the last 30 fucking times)".
10 years?
ok, ok, I jest...
Seriously though, I played Doom 3 when it first came out, I think the whole horror thing was a bit overrated. It wasn't scary, it was "gee, its getting quiet and dark and
It got old really quick - something that didn't happen with Doom 1.
On the other hand, I really enjoyed HL 2, there were a bunch of scenes that got you jumping, but they kept it fresh, different enemies, something besides a darkened base, etc.
So, where do I get the amazing mental powers shared by you and Johnny Smith of Dead Zone fame that tell me that something was stolen or not.
Sure, off the back of a truck, etc, is pretty obvious, but people post used stuff on craigslist etc all the time and you really can't tell.
Clearly allowing a low level employee to spend a couple hundred million without any oversight by anyone is a good idea because you can always fire them for making typos.
Brilliant! Let me be the first to invite you to Mensa!
ecnomics pwn j00?
Not really debating your point, but you can buy tungsten carbide or steel core bullets here, although the ATF wants you to register when you buy them. .45-70 Sharps needs no advertising as to its armor defeating capabilities.
Now, "cop killer" (a la the "oh nos Black Talon") is bullshit, as you say, but you can buy AP bullets and they are marketed as such.
Of course, some things, like a
so, let's get this straight:
in the united states, it's legal to sell armour-piercing ammuniction -- bullets whose sole purpose of design is to go through bullet proof vests; obviously a device designed to kill or maim human beings.
Actually, sales of armor peircing ammunition here are regulated quite strictly. Of course, this doesn't extend to the sale of ammo like the
A-fucking-greed.
The thing is, if you have office 2k on win 2k, you don't get a nice dialogue box and it isn't 2%, but closer to 100%. :(
Guess what we are running?
XP boxes tend to not have the same amount of trouble with this.
It's nice to see that someone completely ignorant of the issues (and someone who has also not read the links) has posted.
.reg file on their site (check the links) it also blows away the custom / scheduled scans.
The office issue is also seen in across the network installs, as apparantly there is some issue with it not actually seeing the shares. The office 2k installer is also a bit retarded in that it doesn't let you change the source, you have a oh so wonderful box with "retry" and "cancel"
Nor do you have a central applet that would allow you to disable the login "quick" scans.
Symantec "wisely" handles these settings in as a registry entry in HKCU, not HKLM, so... yeah...
By the way, if you do disable the quickscan feature using the
Nice eh?
Keep in mind that they have been promising a "maintenance release" for about a month now.
Uhh.. You may decide to change your statement once I tell you that the minuteman unlock (i.e. to launch) codes were set to 0000000 a couple decades ago.
Well, we started with 700-1ghz celerons w/ 128 mb of ram, so you can see how bad it has become :(
You really have to look at what is considered "fair". People have gotten screwed in the past. I know being evicted and given $90,000 (just an example) isn't nothing, but if the price of homes in the area is $150,000+, that is a pretty shitty deal. The potential for abuse is there and there has been egregious abuse in the past. Under this new ruling, a city could take land from "undesirables" and something that is less costly than a highway (at least to the city) can be built there.
If this was legal 40 years ago, would this have been abused in the Deep South?
I think you have to answer "yes"...
They recently added sub meter true color imagery for all (most?) major cities and have had 1m usgs b&w imagery for the entire usa for quite some time.
Also 2 sets of landsat data for the entire world and some other goodies.
Really cool interface, although if you have an older video card, you might have some issues.
I'll join in the chorus of "yeah, they were printed, and someone took them home to jack off over". Some people in photo labs are fucking pervs.