Upon entering the Martian atmosphere, a parachute would deploy to slow the spacecraft down, and then airbags would inflate to cushion the 50-mph landing."
I do not have any good advise to offer. This issue is not cut & dried. I had to deal with the same thing a few years back, enabling internet access for a local college.
In that case I had to decide which news-groups to carry. Our lack of bandwidth ruled out the.binaries groups - an easy decision. The college's policy ruled out *.sex. Ended up going for five, Comp., News., Rec., Misc., IEEE., and alt.sysadmin.recovery for me.
In those days we were not running any kind of www proxy. The powers decided that the students had to sign an AUP before Internet access was granted. Part of the form said that there will be no viewing of P0rn. If this was violated, I had to pull the student's internet access and refer the person to the Dean. Always hated having to do this.
I guess the bottom line is that the college was paying my salary so they got their policys enforced. I do agree that viewing P0rn in a public lab is a bad thing (even though every student was > 18) but I did have a hard time justifying, to myself, the lack of a full newsfeed (except the binary groups). This issue still causes me a great deal of confusion. I am so glad I don't sysadmin for that place anymore.
Don't see why it wouldn't be. The FAQ on the site says that the board is running an unmodified version of SETI's client software. It also says if SETI updates the client you will have to D/L the new client from the People's Republic of Berkley. They have some kind of flash rom utility to install the new client.
any hard drive experts out there that know the physical limits?
Here is an article from Scientific American (May 2000) that discusses the theoretical storage limits on hard drive technology. (Think this page was also a/. story).
I do agree it would be sad to lose Corel. I like WordPerfect (version 8 - jury's still out on version 2k).
Corel is supporting Linux. There may be a lots of whining about their office product running under Wine. I ask what has Redmond done for Linux lately? Corel, at least, is making an effort.
What's up with that 30 minutes of advertising that was mentioned in one of the reviews? It it added by the theater or is it part of the film?
Either way, paying $9-10 to watch advertising is wrong. Except for the advertising awards films run at one our local theaters. With those you know what you are in for and the foreign ads can be very funny.
I'm a big fan of Repertory Theater. I really don't thank that downloading movies will be an adequate subsititute for this kind of theater. I have seen the movies on the TV before but I go to see the movies on the big screen. Ben Hur on the small screen is okay. Ben Hur on the big screen == awesome. Almost any movie shown on the big screen is better.
DVD comes comes the closest I've seen to trying to duplicate the big screen experience. Excellent picture quality and great sound. But there is still that small screen to deal with.
Downloading is a good way to preview a movie right now. After watching it you either say "I want to go see this" or "I'm glad I didn't pay money to watch this".
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I can just feel those radioactive betas & gammas crawling up on me right now.
This is not uncommon. Compaqs, ASTs, home builds, etcetera do this too. Don't know Packard Bell power supplies but replacing the fan is usually very easy ('cept AST cause they put goop on the fan's power plug). Five minute job to replace a fan (like to keep a couple of extra fans on hand).
Depends what you buy on-line. Software that you download directly is free of the GST[1].
Tangible goods ordered on-line are not. If the goods get physically shipped, good old Canada Customs will make sure that you pay the GST on them[2].
England's VAT is kinda weird though. I ordered some software from England last year and I still had to pay their VAT on it. Seems strange as I live "across the pond" as it were. Got away with not having to pay GST as the declared price on the package was in Pounds. Mr.Customs agent did not do the conversion 1 Pound == 2+ CDN. So the package was under the GST limit.
[1] The government might have different opinion. I'm sure I'm not going to tell them about this loophole.
[2] Only if the goods are above a certain value $20-$30 CDN AFAIK/IIRC.
>sound-abosrbing tiles that you find in an office >ceiling fastened about the entire inside of the
Hmm.... A case made out of Space Shuttle tiles?
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No it's not Bill Minder that is running all the time. Bill Minder starts, checks the database for bills that are due, then it shuts down again.
There is another program Quicken (Canadian Version - Quicken 2000) installs that does live in the startup group. Somthing called Quicken Startup (qwdlls.exe). Near as I can tell this "program" pre-loads Quicken's DLLs into memory. This is so the application starts faster.
It's similar to an M$ Office program called OSA.exe (called office startup? - nuked that shortcut long ago!) Real Player sort of does the same thing but at least Real has an option to disable this non-feature.
Found out about these non-features by examining every running process (in Wintop) and then searching for every file listed (had to get out the hex editor for a couple of them). Can anyone tell me what MPR.exe in win98. Me thinks its a multiprotocol router but need to know why that one is running.
"...the Interactive Digital Software Association is trying to shut down a different type of pirate: people who just want to play out-of-print games." WTF is wrong with the Interactive Digital Software Association? Smells like a group of layers that have nothing better to do with their time.
Sure "piracy" is bad and I do not condone it except for a case like this. All the games I have seen for download have been for the C64 (my area of interest). The C64 is a dead platform[1]. The software for the C64 has long been out of print. If I cannot buy copies of C64 software I will (and have) downloaded them. Perhaps the Interactive Digital Software Association can tell me where I can buy a copy of foo for the C64.
Thought not.
[1] http://www.comodore2000.com it this a revival?
Maybe I'm unclear on the concept...but in the time that I have been following the controversy I have never seen a point like this raised.
To me MP3s are not the same as CR-ROM originals. As every one knows, MP3 is a lossy compression format. So, you have a wav you extracted from an audio CD on your hard drive. You then convert the wav to an MP3. You then take the MP3 you created and convert it back to a wav. Now do a diff on the two files. They are not the same.
The real BIG stretch - I think this might qualify as repackaged. Hey look Hillary, the the copy is different from the original.
Side note for Canadians: We now have to pay a tax^H^H^Hlevy on blank CDRs (as well as audio CDRs, tapes etc). Does this mean I can now burn those illegal MP3 to CDR with impunity?
That is what the RIAA's web site implies. It is still "illegal" to put the MP3s on the hard drive first as the RIAA get no royalities from hard drive manufacturers.
Like I said I may be unclear on the concept. So what else is new?
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Upon entering the Martian atmosphere, a parachute would deploy to slow the spacecraft down, and then airbags would inflate to cushion the 50-mph landing."
Remember kids:
50-mph == 80.5-kph.
I do not have any good advise to offer. This issue is not cut & dried. I had to deal with the same thing a few years back, enabling internet access for a local college.
.binaries groups - an easy decision. The college's policy ruled out *.sex. Ended up going for five, Comp., News., Rec., Misc., IEEE., and alt.sysadmin.recovery for me.
In that case I had to decide which news-groups to carry. Our lack of bandwidth ruled out the
In those days we were not running any kind of www proxy. The powers decided that the students had to sign an AUP before Internet access was granted. Part of the form said that there will be no viewing of P0rn. If this was violated, I had to pull the student's internet access and refer the person to the Dean. Always hated having to do this.
I guess the bottom line is that the college was paying my salary so they got their policys enforced. I do agree that viewing P0rn in a public lab is a bad thing (even though every student was > 18) but I did have a hard time justifying, to myself, the lack of a full newsfeed (except the binary groups). This issue still causes me a great deal of confusion. I am so glad I don't sysadmin for that place anymore.
In the beginning the universe was created.
This has been regarded as a bad move as it has made a lot of people very angry.
-Douglas Adams
Don't see why it wouldn't be. The FAQ on the site says that the board is running an unmodified version of SETI's client software. It also says if SETI updates the client you will have to D/L the new client from the People's Republic of Berkley. They have some kind of flash rom utility to install the new client.
any hard drive experts out there that know the physical limits?
/. story).
Here is an article from Scientific American (May 2000) that discusses the theoretical storage limits on hard drive technology. (Think this page was also a
http://sciam.com/2000/0500issue/0500toi g.html
Here Here.
I do agree it would be sad to lose Corel. I like WordPerfect (version 8 - jury's still out on version 2k).
Corel is supporting Linux. There may be a lots of whining about their office product running under Wine. I ask what has Redmond done for Linux lately? Corel, at least, is making an effort.
What's up with that 30 minutes of advertising that was mentioned in one of the reviews?
It it added by the theater or is it part of the film?
Either way, paying $9-10 to watch advertising is wrong. Except for the advertising awards films run at one our local theaters. With those you know what you are in for and the foreign ads can be very funny.
I'm a big fan of Repertory Theater. I really don't thank that downloading movies will be an adequate subsititute for this kind of theater. I have seen the movies on the TV before but I go to see the movies on the big screen. Ben Hur on the small screen is okay. Ben Hur on the big screen == awesome. Almost any movie shown on the big screen is better.
DVD comes comes the closest I've seen to trying to duplicate the big screen experience. Excellent picture quality and great sound. But there is still that small screen to deal with.
Downloading is a good way to preview a movie right now. After watching it you either say "I want to go see this" or "I'm glad I didn't pay money to watch this".
--
I can just feel those radioactive betas & gammas crawling up on me right now.
Police Chief - From the Real Batman - 196?
Power supply fan seized.
This is not uncommon. Compaqs, ASTs, home builds, etcetera do this too. Don't know Packard Bell power supplies but replacing the fan is usually very easy ('cept AST cause they put goop on the fan's power plug). Five minute job to replace a fan (like to keep a couple of extra fans on hand).
Depends what you buy on-line. Software that you download directly is free of the GST[1].
Tangible goods ordered on-line are not. If the goods get physically shipped, good old Canada Customs will make sure that you pay the GST on them[2].
England's VAT is kinda weird though. I ordered some software from England last year and I still had to pay their VAT on it. Seems strange as I live "across the pond" as it were. Got away with not having to pay GST as the declared price on the package was in Pounds. Mr.Customs agent did not do the conversion 1 Pound == 2+ CDN. So the package was under the GST limit.
[1] The government might have different opinion. I'm sure I'm not going to tell them about this loophole.
[2] Only if the goods are above a certain value $20-$30 CDN AFAIK/IIRC.
>sound-abosrbing tiles that you find in an office
>ceiling fastened about the entire inside of the
Hmm....
A case made out of Space Shuttle tiles?
No it's not Bill Minder that is running all the time. Bill Minder starts, checks the database for bills that are due, then it shuts down again.
There is another program Quicken (Canadian Version - Quicken 2000) installs that does live in the startup group. Somthing called Quicken Startup (qwdlls.exe). Near as I can tell this "program" pre-loads Quicken's DLLs into memory. This is so the application starts faster.
It's similar to an M$ Office program called OSA.exe (called office startup? - nuked that shortcut long ago!) Real Player sort of does the same thing but at least Real has an option to disable this non-feature.
Found out about these non-features by examining every running process (in Wintop) and then searching for every file listed (had to get out the hex editor for a couple of them). Can anyone tell me what MPR.exe in win98. Me thinks its a multiprotocol router but need to know why that one is running.
Looking forward to being able to use a fuel cell for all my power needs.
http://www.fuelcells.org
>We (Canadians) don't need to buy health insurance, our taxes pay for that.
*cough* BullSh_t *cough*
Alberta health care $408 per year (manditory).
Dental not covered.
Blue Cross to cover all the stuff health care does not. Cost = ??? (I'm not a subscriber)
Restrictions on the amounts paid for Chyropractic and other services. Once you go over, you pay out of your own pocket. Been there done that.
>There are places in your cities where it is not safe to go ever; this is not true here.
Vancouver's east side?
Things like this really make my blood boil.
"...the Interactive Digital Software Association is trying to shut down a different type of pirate: people who just want to play out-of-print games."
WTF is wrong with the Interactive Digital Software Association? Smells like a group of layers that have nothing better to do with their time.
Sure "piracy" is bad and I do not condone it except for a case like this. All the games I have seen for download have been for the C64 (my area of interest). The C64 is a dead platform[1]. The software for the C64 has long been out of print. If I cannot buy copies of C64 software I will (and have) downloaded them. Perhaps the Interactive Digital Software Association can tell me where I can buy a copy of foo for the C64.
Thought not.
[1] http://www.comodore2000.com it this a revival?
Don't laugh. It may not be Linux but....
. html
http://www.choin.netsurf.de/~dallmann/lunix/lng
Lunix for the Commodore 64 and 128.
So much for all the media posturing being done by M$. "We propose to open up the operating system."
Ya right.
To Slashdot:
Never give up. Never surrender!
- GalaxyQuest
Oh damn that was copyright. Now I'm going to have the MPAA on my arse.
Maybe I'm unclear on the concept...but in the time that I have been following the controversy I have never seen a point like this raised.
To me MP3s are not the same as CR-ROM originals.
As every one knows, MP3 is a lossy compression format. So, you have a wav you extracted from an audio CD on your hard drive. You then convert the wav to an MP3. You then take the MP3 you created and convert it back to a wav. Now do a diff on the two files. They are not the same.
The real BIG stretch - I think this might qualify as repackaged. Hey look Hillary, the the copy is different from the original.
Side note for Canadians:
We now have to pay a tax^H^H^Hlevy on blank CDRs (as well as audio CDRs, tapes etc). Does this mean I can now burn those illegal MP3 to CDR with impunity?
That is what the RIAA's web site implies. It is still "illegal" to put the MP3s on the hard drive first as the RIAA get no royalities from hard drive manufacturers.
Like I said I may be unclear on the concept. So what else is new?