No problem. Got my Sierra Wireless MP200 CDPD modem working without a glitch. It uses a serial port and SLIP.. you connect it it, do "ATD123" (any telephone number will do, it ignores it), start up SLIP, and blammo! On the net. Aren't I cool?
Except the modem itself isn't too portable. It's a 3 watt beast the size of a small toaster that's installed under the back seat of my Cherokee. (One of the perks for working at a telco).
So my question is, how do you bend the rules to allow a CTO of a company to attend who isn't 18? I submit that it's probably harder than just saying "Come on in!".
The way everyone else gets around it: by using a permission slip from the parents or legal guardians.
I always thought L0pht was pronounced Low-Fat. It seemed logical, since "Low-fat Heavy Industries" seemed to make more sense than "Loft Heavy Industries."
Don't jump to conclusions and assume that it has to do with their browser product. It's quite possible that they are being sued over some server database app that does data mining, using techniques that NCR 'owns.' That's only a guess, though. Too bad the CNET article wasn't a little more detailed.
This reminds me of when the New York-based phone company Nynex (now Bell Atlantic) sent out a mass mailing to/all/ their subscribers containing a phone card and the matching pin #. Needless to say, many cards fell into the wrong hands, and all hell broke loose...
And people worry about electronic privacy. They should be more worried about gross ineptitude.
If you rearrange the letters in "Transmeta, Inc", you get "Intranet Scam." Sounds like a good investment.
Other possible letter rearrangements Martian Scent Instant Cream Semantic Rant (sounds like a good name for a band) Manic Rat Nest Transient Mac Men In Scat Art (ugh)
Once the V-Cchip is in place and the children are 'protected', TV producers begin increasing the amount of sex in their shows to compete with other networks' shows. In no time we'll be able to turn on any prime-time TV station, and watch full frontal nudity, or maybe even a little penetration (if we're over 18 that is). Hell, I wouldn't be suprised if the only resistance to the V-Chip comes from Pay channels, like HBO, Cinemax or Playboy.
Maybe they should've named it the P-Chip, and have South Park's Chef endorse it instead of Kermit The Frog... I can just hear the commercial jingle now.. "I'm gonna make love to ya woman..."
They'll never break into any new business markets (besides graphic design/publishing) unless the port their os to Intel (or give away hardware to IS departments). Yeah, I know.. Mac OS/X is supposed to be on Intel, but I'll believe that when I see it.
The next thing (and I *really* hope Apple is reading this) is Apple has to get into the job-security scam. They need to offer a 'Certified Apple Engineer" certificate, just like the Novell CNA or CNE certificate, or the microsoft MSCE certificate.
They're going to tax CDRs based on the idea that they are being purchased solely to record music. But what about recording just data? Am I really expected to pay an extra $3.70 per disk? If I were a system administrator using CDRs for backups, and I purchase a bulk supply of 1000, now I have to pay a few extra $3700? That's absolutely crazy.
The rumor I always heard was that the original NT developers, having come from the VMS development team, just humorously shifted the letters up by one to make WNT... The same way (supposedly) someone came up with the name HAL 9000 in the story 2001 -- by taking IBM and shifting the letters up by one.
I've been seeing some information about thsi floating around...
Interesting times we live in: I read this sentence, and immediately my mental english parser interpreted the typo "thsi" as an acronym and went to work on translating it.
("THreaded Semiconductor Integrated circuit" was my interpretation before I realized it was an error.)
Personally, my worst fear is that they'll put a tax on the vehicle of sending email. I can imagine them taxing any piece of software that, say, opens a connection to port 25. Imagine that -- a tax on SMTP. Creepy.
Of course some government official is probably reading this and saying "Hey, good idea. I didn't think of that." So if this ever happens, could some moderator go back and delete this post so I don't catch the blame:)
What would really impress me is if this sucker were hooked to a small CCD package.. I'm assuming the IP stack uses DHCP, so all you'd have to do is plug the thing into any Ethernet port and bang -- instant network webcam (or spycam, depending on your slant).
Slashdot Mirror
Does anyone know what they're running behind apache? Is it PHP, perl, servlets?
No problem. Got my Sierra Wireless MP200 CDPD modem working without a glitch. It uses a serial port and SLIP.. you connect it it, do "ATD123" (any telephone number will do, it ignores it), start up SLIP, and blammo! On the net. Aren't I cool?
Except the modem itself isn't too portable. It's a 3 watt beast the size of a small toaster that's installed under the back seat of my Cherokee. (One of the perks for working at a telco).
Wow, not counting the shipping charge, that's almost as cheap as Sun's free developer program version of Solaris :)
Imagine what it will look when people do to the 3d window managers what Enlightenment and others did to the 2d window managers...
You forgot the XXXML presentation.
So my question is, how do you bend the rules to allow a CTO of a company to attend who isn't 18? I submit that it's probably harder than just saying "Come on in!".
The way everyone else gets around it: by using a permission slip from the parents or legal guardians.
First he could simply draw/write all the information down and mail it to himself.
I heard that notorizing it is also effective (affective?)
(In a related story, retail porno shops are noticing a 60% drop in sales. Just kidding.)
Seriously, does anyone know what the literacy rate for the same area is?
I always thought L0pht was pronounced Low-Fat. It seemed logical, since "Low-fat Heavy Industries" seemed to make more sense than "Loft Heavy Industries."
How have they been serciving the open source community since 1994?
By not sueing anyone involved with Linux or Open Source.
Don't jump to conclusions and assume that it has to do with their browser product. It's quite possible that they are being sued over some server database app that does data mining, using techniques that NCR 'owns.' That's only a guess, though. Too bad the CNET article wasn't a little more detailed.
Throw all your harddrives into one file server, and turn the rest of the systems into diskless workstations..
This reminds me of when the New York-based phone company Nynex (now Bell Atlantic) sent out a mass mailing to /all/ their subscribers containing a phone card and the matching pin #. Needless to say, many cards fell into the wrong hands, and all hell broke loose...
And people worry about electronic privacy. They should be more worried about gross ineptitude.
If you rearrange the letters in "Transmeta, Inc", you get "Intranet Scam." Sounds like a good investment.
Other possible letter rearrangements
Martian Scent
Instant Cream
Semantic Rant (sounds like a good name for a band)
Manic Rat Nest
Transient Mac
Men In Scat Art (ugh)
Once the V-Cchip is in place and the children are 'protected', TV producers begin increasing the amount of sex in their shows to compete with other networks' shows. In no time we'll be able to turn on any prime-time TV station, and watch full frontal nudity, or maybe even a little penetration (if we're over 18 that is). Hell, I wouldn't be suprised if the only resistance to the V-Chip comes from Pay channels, like HBO, Cinemax or Playboy.
Maybe they should've named it the P-Chip, and have South Park's Chef endorse it instead of Kermit The Frog... I can just hear the commercial jingle now.. "I'm gonna make love to ya woman..."
They'll never break into any new business markets (besides graphic design/publishing) unless the port their os to Intel (or give away hardware to IS departments). Yeah, I know.. Mac OS/X is supposed to be on Intel, but I'll believe that when I see it.
The next thing (and I *really* hope Apple is reading this) is Apple has to get into the job-security scam. They need to offer a 'Certified Apple Engineer" certificate, just like the Novell CNA or CNE certificate, or the microsoft MSCE certificate.
They're going to tax CDRs based on the idea that they are being purchased solely to record music. But what about recording just data? Am I really expected to pay an extra $3.70 per disk? If I were a system administrator using CDRs for backups, and I purchase a bulk supply of 1000, now I have to pay a few extra $3700? That's absolutely crazy.
goddamn, what are they running their website on a palm device or something?
The rumor I always heard was that the original NT developers, having come from the VMS development team, just humorously shifted the letters up by one to make WNT... The same way (supposedly) someone came up with the name HAL 9000 in the story 2001 -- by taking IBM and shifting the letters up by one.
Of course I'm a bit gullible
I've been seeing some information about thsi floating around...
Interesting times we live in: I read this sentence, and immediately my mental english parser interpreted the typo "thsi" as an acronym and went to work on translating it.
("THreaded Semiconductor Integrated circuit" was my interpretation before I realized it was an error.)
Not with Intel investing over $200 million in Red Hat. /grin/
See the Red Hat Wealth Monitor
Personally, my worst fear is that they'll put a tax on the vehicle of sending email. I can imagine them taxing any piece of software that, say, opens a connection to port 25. Imagine that -- a tax on SMTP. Creepy.
:)
Of course some government official is probably reading this and saying "Hey, good idea. I didn't think of that." So if this ever happens, could some moderator go back and delete this post so I don't catch the blame
If I lived in Kansas, I would promptly leave.
Maybe that's their plan: drive out all the rational thinkers!
Elections for replacements for the vacated posts will be held during the upcoming general elections in November.
That's if they don't rule elections illegal first and institute some form of appointment-to-office-by-devine-intervention.
What would really impress me is if this sucker were hooked to a small CCD package.. I'm assuming the IP stack uses DHCP, so all you'd have to do is plug the thing into any Ethernet port and bang -- instant network webcam (or spycam, depending on your slant).