My computer thinks it's SCSI for some reason or another
IIRC, all CD burners emulate SCSI in the Linux environment. Try the CD Writing HOWTO for more information. It sounds like your burner is behaving normally.
ctually, "duh" and wrong, at least as far as Telnet goes. Telnet does not use the shell
Actually they were talking about Win2k so your parent post is correct. Under 9x telnet is a separate GUI application, but under Windows 2000 it is a command line utility. There are also other things under Win2k that must be done from a command line, ipconfig/renew comes to mind. There is no "winipcfg" utility in Win2k. Rather than weakening the command line interface in Win2k as suggested by the original poster, MS has expanded the command line. They claim you can do almost everything you can do from a GUI (system tasks) from the command prompt.
I hate to point this out, but Crichton has never written a good book.
I have to disagree with you on this point. I think The Andromeda Strain is well written and quite a good read. If you haven't ever read it, I would recommend you give it a try. I believe this was his first book that was made into a movie, and it has just been downhill from there. Hollywood has ruined him, he now writes his books like a screenplay, so they'll be easier to adapt to the screen. Hollywood should just hire him as a screenwriter and skip the painful step of the book. Maybe it would make the movies a little better.
Nevertheless, the fact remains that it is physically impossible for it to get going more that slightly faster than escape velocity from the sun,
Using lasers to boost it would be wildly inefficient
No, the theoretical maximum would be close to the speed of light, since your propulsion source is traveling at light speed. A laser can actually provide quite a bit of thrust and can be powered by more efficient means than a reaction-based spacecraft. For example, you could set up a solar array on the moon to power the laser. You can then add thrust to the spacecraft without it having to carry fuel. You could use the same solar array to power a mass driver to launch minerals (and perhaps water) out of the moon's gravity well. We need to start prospecting the moon and asteroid belt and quit tearing the earth apart.
Damn, looks like I wiped a whole database(not just a table) with a single command with no warning or confirm dialog. The point is any inept administrator can lose data. You mention replication, but what good does replication do in this instance? The database gets dropped from your replicated DB as well. Time to find the tapes....
What this smells like to me is an attempt by MySQL AB to shut down some competition
It is really competition if they are distributing YOUR product? I think your argument might be valid if the website was run by somebody like Oracle, but NuSphere is simply talking AB's product and marketing it. This is not a bad thing per se, but it is a bad thing if the site makes people think that they are the producers of said software. One of the major sticking points in most trademark cases is whether the infrigment causes consumers to be confused. I think in this case it does, and I think MySQL AB has a solid case.
I think comparing a very horrible, deadly disease to software problems is very tasteless.
I think that comparing copying software to robbery committed at sea (piracy) is very tasteless as well. However, the BSA and the huge software companies have made it common usage. When I think of a pirate, I envision a guy with an eyepatch and a parrot on his shoulder, not a teacher who installs MS Office on more than 1 computer. The language has been twisted by these companies to give a bad image to people who copy software. In my mind, calling these people pirates is analogous to calling people who run red lights rapists. If I was a large entity and used this terminology all the time, it would twist the meaning of the word and may fall into common usage, just as piracy has now. I don't think using unlicensed software is the right thing to do, but I am angry at the way the language has been manipulated to make it seem like a worse crime than it is.
There are methods for doing many untasteful things(i.e. building bombs, cooking methamphetamine, etc) freely available, but this does not mean that everyone is blowing up buildings. I don't think it causes harm to simply have the information available. Security by obscurity is no securtity at all.
Is that kilobits or kilobytes? If it is kilobytes, you are getting way better bandwidth than me. If it is kilobits, I pity you. I have a 128/kilobit cap (instituted recently) and I am missing my old upstream speeds. I used to be able to stream a video to work from my house, or sync my MP3 collection, but it just isn't possible anymore. Boo-hoo poor me:{
I believe the article said "advanced SAN". It also mentioned the reason they wanted to upgrade their SAN was because they had to take the SAN down when they take the servers down for an upgrade instead of failing over to backup servers.
..but Steve Bennett just might make it to space. Granted he does not have the technical knowledge or resouces of NASA or the ESA, but it certainly is a possibility that he will reach LEO. The components he is using are easy to use, mass produced and highly available. It is not too far-fetched to believe he could reach space. Once the feasablility of home-built rockets is proven, I think industry will be quicker to jump on the bandwagon and get all of us who would like to travel to space the opportunity. I would be delighted if Mr. Bennett were to win the X-prize. I see a parallel between these endevours and early aviation history. When airplanes were first being developed, large companies and governments were the only ones making progress in developing them. Normal citizens did not have much access to them. After the large entities had done the serious R&D in aerodynamics, citizens began building their own planes and flying them around. Granted, there is quite a leap between Orville and Wilbur Wright and NASA, but I totally believe that space flight is now within reach of the common man (like me!).
Yes, it is a little more convienient to have a single login across several sites. However, if the security of Passport(or one of the websites to which it connects) is comprimised, your access to all the sites is potentially comprimised. Why let them just get into your hotmail account when you can let them access you MSDN account, online banking accounts, IRA accounts and everything else that MS will have using Passport in the future? Several accounts may be a PITA, but a unified login opens up a much larger security hole if an exploit is found. And let's face it, MS has not always been the most security-conscious developer. The best alternative is quick development of biometric technologies. I would rather be authenticated by my fingerprints or retinas than entrust MS with my security.
But when i signed my messages "everyone" started asking about the strange text att the bottom of my messages
This is a good thing. If people ask about the text on the bottom of your message, then you can tell them about encryption and why it is a good idea to use it. It's not just that people don't want the hassle, some of them just may not know that encryption exists for the masses.
Unfortunately, Airswitch has changed to private IPs for customers, with the option of getting a public address forwarded back to your private one. They have also instituted many new regulations that their customers must follow, like bandwidth limits and limits on servers. I know quite a few people who have had the service in the past and have since left it due to the changes. The network was also starting to get congested.
The program is also executing around arbitrary data downloaded from the internet...
No, it is not executing arbitrary data, it is analyzing the data. The only thing that is executed is the program itself. It then performs a series of mathematical calculations on the data. The data is never executed, it would be very difficult if not impossible to compromise a SETI client with a simple man-in-the-middle attack.
When I went to read the article, the site (newscenter.verizon.com) tried set a cookie on my machine. The name of the cookie: PROACTIVE_ID. I'm just waiting for the PARADIGM_SID and SYNERGY_DYNAMICS cookies.
But how does these emissions differ materially from, say light bouncing off people in the midst of committing some heinous crime
I think the difference is you use your eyes to see someone commiting the "heinous crime", but you must use special equipment not available to the general public to scan for these heat signatures.
What I'd like to know is how many people convicted for drug offenses where the prosecution hinged on evidence obtained as a result of these scans will be released or offered new trials on evidence that was legally obtained.
IMHO, there will be quite a few. This is a quite common tactic among the police. If the heat scan was the only probable cause used to get a warrant to search the house, the conviction most likely would be overturned. I'll bet the guys at High Times are dancing in the streets;-)
what about a cop walking up to to your door and listening, or looking through the window?
You have a reasonable expectation of privacy on your private property. If an officer came onto your property for the express purpose of eavesdropping on you, the evidence gathered cannot be used against you in court. Now if he was there for some other reason (noise complaint, bad parking job, etc.), something he overhears (or I guess "oversmells" when you are talking about pot growers) would be admissible in court.
Netscape 6 is littered with hundreds of Netscape-specific links and services
Yes, but the Netscape links do not appear in the webpage you are viewing, they appear in the toolbar, sidebar, etc. No, I don't condone these links either (that's why I use Mozilla), but there is a world of difference between having a "search" button go to your site and editing ALL HTML pages to provide links to your site.
It's clear, to me at least, that microsoft is abusnig its monopoly again
When did they stop abusing their monopoly? They may have toned it down a bit during the trial, but they have never stopped their predatory practices. The only reason they aren't getting broken up right now is because of who is in the White House. They haven't changed at all, they don't need to. They can just BUY their freedom (through our wonderful political process).
These guys look like they will beat organic lcd's to market so lets see what happens.
Beat OLCDs to market? Organic LCDs are already on the market. They are being used in primarily cellphone displays, but I believe Sony has a car CD deck that uses one as well. The article said the paper would be on the market in ~2 years, so it ain't even close to OLCDs.
Seriously, any program that messes with network settings, etc. is a virus
Yeah I'm sick of those programs that keep messing with my settings. Like linuxconf, ifconfig, ipchains, netconfig and vi. Does anyone have a virus scanner that can get rid of these damnable programs?
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Try FAQs.org. Looks like they have everything HTMLized, much better than the plain text docs.
Enigma
IIRC, all CD burners emulate SCSI in the Linux environment. Try the CD Writing HOWTO for more information. It sounds like your burner is behaving normally.
Enigma
Actually they were talking about Win2k so your parent post is correct. Under 9x telnet is a separate GUI application, but under Windows 2000 it is a command line utility. There are also other things under Win2k that must be done from a command line, ipconfig /renew comes to mind. There is no "winipcfg" utility in Win2k. Rather than weakening the command line interface in Win2k as suggested by the original poster, MS has expanded the command line. They claim you can do almost everything you can do from a GUI (system tasks) from the command prompt.
Enigma
No, I don't think we are going to do that.
Enigma
I have to disagree with you on this point. I think The Andromeda Strain is well written and quite a good read. If you haven't ever read it, I would recommend you give it a try. I believe this was his first book that was made into a movie, and it has just been downhill from there. Hollywood has ruined him, he now writes his books like a screenplay, so they'll be easier to adapt to the screen. Hollywood should just hire him as a screenwriter and skip the painful step of the book. Maybe it would make the movies a little better.
Enigma
Using lasers to boost it would be wildly inefficient
No, the theoretical maximum would be close to the speed of light, since your propulsion source is traveling at light speed. A laser can actually provide quite a bit of thrust and can be powered by more efficient means than a reaction-based spacecraft. For example, you could set up a solar array on the moon to power the laser. You can then add thrust to the spacecraft without it having to carry fuel. You could use the same solar array to power a mass driver to launch minerals (and perhaps water) out of the moon's gravity well. We need to start prospecting the moon and asteroid belt and quit tearing the earth apart.
Enigma
mysql>show databases
LittleData
BigData
mysql
mysql>drop database BigData;
ok, 0 rows affected
mysql>show databases
LittleData
mysql
mysql>
Damn, looks like I wiped a whole database(not just a table) with a single command with no warning or confirm dialog. The point is any inept administrator can lose data. You mention replication, but what good does replication do in this instance? The database gets dropped from your replicated DB as well. Time to find the tapes....
Enigma
It is really competition if they are distributing YOUR product? I think your argument might be valid if the website was run by somebody like Oracle, but NuSphere is simply talking AB's product and marketing it. This is not a bad thing per se, but it is a bad thing if the site makes people think that they are the producers of said software. One of the major sticking points in most trademark cases is whether the infrigment causes consumers to be confused. I think in this case it does, and I think MySQL AB has a solid case.
Enigma
I think that comparing copying software to robbery committed at sea (piracy) is very tasteless as well. However, the BSA and the huge software companies have made it common usage. When I think of a pirate, I envision a guy with an eyepatch and a parrot on his shoulder, not a teacher who installs MS Office on more than 1 computer. The language has been twisted by these companies to give a bad image to people who copy software. In my mind, calling these people pirates is analogous to calling people who run red lights rapists. If I was a large entity and used this terminology all the time, it would twist the meaning of the word and may fall into common usage, just as piracy has now. I don't think using unlicensed software is the right thing to do, but I am angry at the way the language has been manipulated to make it seem like a worse crime than it is.
Enigma
I beg to differ. There are countless articles written on how to pick locks. Here is one that is written on the level of the layman:
How Stuff Works: Lock Picking.
There are methods for doing many untasteful things(i.e. building bombs, cooking methamphetamine, etc) freely available, but this does not mean that everyone is blowing up buildings. I don't think it causes harm to simply have the information available. Security by obscurity is no securtity at all.
Enigma
Is that kilobits or kilobytes? If it is kilobytes, you are getting way better bandwidth than me. If it is kilobits, I pity you. I have a 128/kilobit cap (instituted recently) and I am missing my old upstream speeds. I used to be able to stream a video to work from my house, or sync my MP3 collection, but it just isn't possible anymore. Boo-hoo poor me :{
Enigma
I believe the article said "advanced SAN". It also mentioned the reason they wanted to upgrade their SAN was because they had to take the SAN down when they take the servers down for an upgrade instead of failing over to backup servers.
Enigma
..but Steve Bennett just might make it to space. Granted he does not have the technical knowledge or resouces of NASA or the ESA, but it certainly is a possibility that he will reach LEO. The components he is using are easy to use, mass produced and highly available. It is not too far-fetched to believe he could reach space. Once the feasablility of home-built rockets is proven, I think industry will be quicker to jump on the bandwagon and get all of us who would like to travel to space the opportunity. I would be delighted if Mr. Bennett were to win the X-prize. I see a parallel between these endevours and early aviation history. When airplanes were first being developed, large companies and governments were the only ones making progress in developing them. Normal citizens did not have much access to them. After the large entities had done the serious R&D in aerodynamics, citizens began building their own planes and flying them around. Granted, there is quite a leap between Orville and Wilbur Wright and NASA, but I totally believe that space flight is now within reach of the common man (like me!).
Enigma
Yes, it is a little more convienient to have a single login across several sites. However, if the security of Passport(or one of the websites to which it connects) is comprimised, your access to all the sites is potentially comprimised. Why let them just get into your hotmail account when you can let them access you MSDN account, online banking accounts, IRA accounts and everything else that MS will have using Passport in the future? Several accounts may be a PITA, but a unified login opens up a much larger security hole if an exploit is found. And let's face it, MS has not always been the most security-conscious developer. The best alternative is quick development of biometric technologies. I would rather be authenticated by my fingerprints or retinas than entrust MS with my security.
Enigma
This is a good thing. If people ask about the text on the bottom of your message, then you can tell them about encryption and why it is a good idea to use it. It's not just that people don't want the hassle, some of them just may not know that encryption exists for the masses.
Enigma
Unfortunately, Airswitch has changed to private IPs for customers, with the option of getting a public address forwarded back to your private one. They have also instituted many new regulations that their customers must follow, like bandwidth limits and limits on servers. I know quite a few people who have had the service in the past and have since left it due to the changes. The network was also starting to get congested.
Enigma
No, it is not executing arbitrary data, it is analyzing the data. The only thing that is executed is the program itself. It then performs a series of mathematical calculations on the data. The data is never executed, it would be very difficult if not impossible to compromise a SETI client with a simple man-in-the-middle attack.
Enigma
When I went to read the article, the site (newscenter.verizon.com) tried set a cookie on my machine. The name of the cookie: PROACTIVE_ID. I'm just waiting for the PARADIGM_SID and SYNERGY_DYNAMICS cookies.
Enigma
I think the difference is you use your eyes to see someone commiting the "heinous crime", but you must use special equipment not available to the general public to scan for these heat signatures.
Enigma
IMHO, there will be quite a few. This is a quite common tactic among the police. If the heat scan was the only probable cause used to get a warrant to search the house, the conviction most likely would be overturned. I'll bet the guys at High Times are dancing in the streets ;-)
Enigma
You have a reasonable expectation of privacy on your private property. If an officer came onto your property for the express purpose of eavesdropping on you, the evidence gathered cannot be used against you in court. Now if he was there for some other reason (noise complaint, bad parking job, etc.), something he overhears (or I guess "oversmells" when you are talking about pot growers) would be admissible in court.
Enigma
Yes, but the Netscape links do not appear in the webpage you are viewing, they appear in the toolbar, sidebar, etc. No, I don't condone these links either (that's why I use Mozilla), but there is a world of difference between having a "search" button go to your site and editing ALL HTML pages to provide links to your site.
Enigma
When did they stop abusing their monopoly? They may have toned it down a bit during the trial, but they have never stopped their predatory practices. The only reason they aren't getting broken up right now is because of who is in the White House. They haven't changed at all, they don't need to. They can just BUY their freedom (through our wonderful political process).
Enigma
Beat OLCDs to market? Organic LCDs are already on the market. They are being used in primarily cellphone displays, but I believe Sony has a car CD deck that uses one as well. The article said the paper would be on the market in ~2 years, so it ain't even close to OLCDs.
Enigma
Yeah I'm sick of those programs that keep messing with my settings. Like linuxconf, ifconfig, ipchains, netconfig and vi. Does anyone have a virus scanner that can get rid of these damnable programs?
Enigma