...until a senator can have a reasonable conversation with an average person and explain the entire context and impact of their proposed laws, why it is needed, and why it is better than the other alternatives, I claim that they are not informed enough and should not be allowed to decide if the proposed law is a good thing or not.
To paraphrase Dave Barry (he was referring to tax law, but I think it's still rather applicable): "We should take all the members of Congress, place them on a tropical island somewhere with an average guy named Bob. Every day, the group explains a section of Tax code to Bob, and if he understands it & thinks it's useful, then they get to eat." (Continuation of quote (irrelevant): "Or not, but that's not important. What is, is that you never let them back off the island...")
Replace tax code with proposed law, and I think we might be onto somtething here. Have them explain all aspects of proposed laws to a (few) average guy(s), and if they like it, great. If not, rework it. I think this might help a little with the way our laws recently have appeared to be corporate-centric, since it would allow for common review of the laws.
Of course, the problem with that is, how does "average Joe" know the senator is telling the truth? So, unless you hook the Senator up to a polygraph machine... but I think that may be a bit excessive.
(I know, replying to your own posts is lame. Sorry, deal.)
The registry key that has this (on 2k) is: \HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search . There are 2 keys here - Customize Search & Search Assistant. Both of them point to http://ie.search.msn.com/...
Now, I can't find the address you're supposed to change the references "to" (as in, at google), but that's where to change it "from".
IIRC, you can modify a registry setting to change where it looks by default. So, rather than it going to search.msn.com, you can change it to google.com.
Not sure if this still works, or if I'm misremembering. I'll have to dig through my notes and see.
Simple solution: Wire a normally open momentary contact switch in parallel with your brake switch (under the dash, there's a sensor for when the pedal is pushed. Wire it in parallel with that). When you press the button, your brake lights come on. When you press the brake, your brake lights come on. Keep the people behind you guessing... is he really braking? or is it Memorex?
While I agree with you that 150 MPH is a bit of overkill, what Honda may be planning for is the detection of oncoming traffic as well. For example: Suppose you snooze while driving down a 2 lane hwy, cruising at 55-60 MPH. And, during your nap, your car drifts over into the other lane, into oncoming traffic (where people are going the other way at 55-60 MPH). The system would detect an imminent collision @ 120 MPH, rather than 60 (since both of you are moving relative to each other). In this case, the gap is reasonable.
And, the tugging of the seatbelt might be enough to wake you up so you can avoid the other car...
No, what I was referring to was the original ad campaign for Win NT (3.1? 3.51?), calling it "Windows New Technology"... or something like that. Yes, that was 10 years ago, and no, it wouldn't be new any more...
So buy a ton of RAM, put your box on a big UPS and configure a huge RAM drive out of it. Possibly RAID 1 it (I think that was the one for "stripe - no parity") if you have problems like the MS ramdrive that can only be 32MB.
Of course, if you ever have to reboot, you're screwed, but it could make a nice "scratch" drive for you, allowing you to delay writes on the HD for a little while.
Woohoo. I think that's the first time NASA and "Metric" have been used in the same comment here, and it not been a slam about the Mars probes.
I agree that the shuttle should be retired, but what to replace it with?
Also, would it be worth it to double NASA's budget (1% of the defense budget, IIRC), with the goal of a space station / moon base / manned mission to mars? Do something politically like JFK did, and issue a mandate that by 2015 we should have men living on the moon... or living in space... or on Mars... or somewhere else upstairs. ("Here, NASA, we're giving you a billion dollars a year. put a man on mars by 2015, or we're shutting you down. have a nice day.")
Not to mention that you could "rescue" the various band members throughout the game, giving massive bonus points & a special "bonus level" / concert at the end of the game.
What's really sad is that I got to the point i could beat it on about $2.... all the way through (including bonus level).
Ah, the good old days, when I had more time than sense (or cents).
in one of his comedy bits about the English language, and the "beauty" of the word fuck(paraphrased from memory): It's the only word that is a noun, verb, adverb, and adjective all at the same time. This allows you to have sentences like: "Fuck the fucking fuckers."
And, if your work is very specialized, you may have trouble finding a position afterwards utilizing the same skills for the same (or better) $$. A basket company may have a need for a left-handeed underwater basket weaver, but a waste basket company wouldn't.
Many years ago, a CD shop I used to frequent had a policy that they would open CD's for you (advertised as a "convenience" for the customer). One day, I asked the store manager why they did it, and he told me that they were replacing CD cases, so they could ship back returned CD's. Of course, this was back in the days when the CD seal was a little foil strap across the opening, rather than a full length sticker across the top (and/or bottom). The store worker would remove the front of the case, fold it over & remove the CD & paperwork (front & back artwork, booklets, etc), and place them in another jewel case. This way, they could put returned CD's in those cases, and ship them back to the manufacturer for a refund.
Considering I recently bought a house in one of those "cookie-cutter neighborhoods", here's my experience:
The locks come with a "contractor key" and a "Owner key". Until the Owner key is used in the locks, the contractor key will open it. Once the Owner key is used, it breaks one (or more?) of the pins the contractor key uses to open it, rendering the "master" unusable.
Of course, I have added more locks since then, so it's not as big a deal if this didn't work...
Mitnick's return to the hearing room with the list generated a flurry of activity at Sprint's table; Ann Pongracz, the company's general counsel, and another Sprint employee strode quickly from the room -- Pongracz already dialing on a cell phone while she walked.
I'm thinking that she was calling the office to get those passwords changed (or to disable the access until they can be changed).
"And then there's the category "Stupid" for the zillions who use "Trustno1", "Swordfish", and "Password""
"Password" does not necessarily need to be a "stupid" password. I've used it on systems that have little access to anything else, or have meaningless data.Things that require passwords, yet don't have anything meaningful related to me. (i.e., "free" online services...) Alternately, I've used it in places that "casual" users wouldn't need access to, yet did not need full security (or main security was handled somewhere else). ex: password on a print server in a remote office.... for an account that only exists on that box, and has some local admin privledges, related to printing.
Now, using it for passwords on things I actually care about... that's completely different.
IIRC, the article mentions that for most 90 degree angles, they have to put in a via, which tend to take up space, not only on the current layer, but on the layers above and below you. So, removing even 20% of the 90 degree angles should greatly reduce the floorspace used on a chip. (less space = smaller chip -> faster system) But, it's been a while since I dealt with CPU/digital design, so I could be mistaken.
"Next on Bob Villa's Home Again, we'll be travelling to the ISS to visit the first off-planet furniture factory... The technicians here spend hours laboriously arranging spare parts to build a variety of tables, chairs, and barca-loungers..."
Or maybe Junkyard Wars... "Ok teams, you have 10 hours to build... a table."
I think it is definately a good sign for the space program in general, especially since it's generating good publicity. Also, perhaps they could find some new sponsors? "This wing sponsored by Home Depot..."
b. If you do build them in hot climates you should have to build a large solar panel array on the top of the facility.
That's great as a throw away comment. That solar array isn't going to give you nearly the power you need, nor produce it efficiently. Remember, it's the cost per megawatt that counts and solar isn't cost competative yet even if you could run a data center on only solar.
I don't believe he meant to only run the datacenter on solar. I read it as a way to offset the load on the grid by pulling some of the power you use in the datacenter / AC from the solar panels / batteries. No, it wouldn't be 100% of your power, but during the summer, when all the utility companies are struggling to provide enough electricity to run all the AC's in the warmer areas, it would help. (hint: California isn't the only place that has had brownouts... Lots of areas have them, especially during dry summers)
But what do I know? IANAEE. (Electrical Engineer... only got a minor in it)
Interesting site to check out, if you're interested in setting up your own "alternative energy" source: www.homepower.com. They have information about how to set up your own DIY renewable energy kits.
Or just do what I did: Remove the IR filter and flood the inside of the boat with IR light. The intruders won't see it but you'll have full view of them. I've done this to catch the neighbour's cat in my garbage and it works wonderfully.
...until they turn the lights on. It'd be best to set something up so, to turn the lights on, they have to go right by the camera.
Just another half baked idea from me, but why not remove only part of the IR filter? (i.e., leave the right half of the image filtered, but remove the left half.) Having never played with these cameras before, I have no experience with this, so I'm probably TOMA, but still.
Or, potentially have more than 1 cam? 1 w/o IR filter, 1 with filter, and have them very close together? (and overlay the image). Or, space them approx. 3" apart, and create stereograms from your images.
Well, it has been my experience that many CD retaillers won't accept returns if the case has been opened. If it has, all they will do is allow you to exchange for the same CD. And that's _with_ the receipt.
So, if you don't want to "damage" the CD (which sometimes doesn't work, you have to be careful to not make it obvious that _you_ were responsible...), then carefully open the case, pull the CD, try to crack it, then clean it and place it back in the case. Close the case and return it to the store.
Of course, your mileage may vary, depending on your local CD store. Not all of them are as anal as the ones here.
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To paraphrase Dave Barry (he was referring to tax law, but I think it's still rather applicable): "We should take all the members of Congress, place them on a tropical island somewhere with an average guy named Bob. Every day, the group explains a section of Tax code to Bob, and if he understands it & thinks it's useful, then they get to eat." (Continuation of quote (irrelevant): "Or not, but that's not important. What is, is that you never let them back off the island...")
Replace tax code with proposed law, and I think we might be onto somtething here. Have them explain all aspects of proposed laws to a (few) average guy(s), and if they like it, great. If not, rework it. I think this might help a little with the way our laws recently have appeared to be corporate-centric, since it would allow for common review of the laws.
Of course, the problem with that is, how does "average Joe" know the senator is telling the truth? So, unless you hook the Senator up to a polygraph machine... but I think that may be a bit excessive.
See my post here. Basically, it's a registry hack you have to make.
(I know, replying to your own posts is lame. Sorry, deal.)
The registry key that has this (on 2k) is: \HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search . There are 2 keys here - Customize Search & Search Assistant. Both of them point to http://ie.search.msn.com/...
Now, I can't find the address you're supposed to change the references "to" (as in, at google), but that's where to change it "from".
IIRC, you can modify a registry setting to change where it looks by default. So, rather than it going to search.msn.com, you can change it to google.com.
Not sure if this still works, or if I'm misremembering. I'll have to dig through my notes and see.
Simple solution: Wire a normally open momentary contact switch in parallel with your brake switch (under the dash, there's a sensor for when the pedal is pushed. Wire it in parallel with that). When you press the button, your brake lights come on. When you press the brake, your brake lights come on. Keep the people behind you guessing... is he really braking? or is it Memorex?
I read this somewhere once (I think it was at the DOT / DMV): 80% of all drivers consider themselves to be above average.
Personally, I consider myself below average, but I know I'm wrong.
While I agree with you that 150 MPH is a bit of overkill, what Honda may be planning for is the detection of oncoming traffic as well. For example: Suppose you snooze while driving down a 2 lane hwy, cruising at 55-60 MPH. And, during your nap, your car drifts over into the other lane, into oncoming traffic (where people are going the other way at 55-60 MPH). The system would detect an imminent collision @ 120 MPH, rather than 60 (since both of you are moving relative to each other). In this case, the gap is reasonable.
And, the tugging of the seatbelt might be enough to wake you up so you can avoid the other car...
Why yes, I am a moron, thanks for noticing.
No, what I was referring to was the original ad campaign for Win NT (3.1? 3.51?), calling it "Windows New Technology"... or something like that. Yes, that was 10 years ago, and no, it wouldn't be new any more...
But like I said, I'm just a moron.
But I thought the NT was supposed to stand for "New Technology"... Now you're telling me it's old?
Ah, well, time to fall back on the other definition for Win NT - Windows Not There.
So buy a ton of RAM, put your box on a big UPS and configure a huge RAM drive out of it. Possibly RAID 1 it (I think that was the one for "stripe - no parity") if you have problems like the MS ramdrive that can only be 32MB.
Of course, if you ever have to reboot, you're screwed, but it could make a nice "scratch" drive for you, allowing you to delay writes on the HD for a little while.
Woohoo. I think that's the first time NASA and "Metric" have been used in the same comment here, and it not been a slam about the Mars probes.
I agree that the shuttle should be retired, but what to replace it with?
Also, would it be worth it to double NASA's budget (1% of the defense budget, IIRC), with the goal of a space station / moon base / manned mission to mars? Do something politically like JFK did, and issue a mandate that by 2015 we should have men living on the moon... or living in space... or on Mars... or somewhere else upstairs. ("Here, NASA, we're giving you a billion dollars a year. put a man on mars by 2015, or we're shutting you down. have a nice day.")
Not to mention that you could "rescue" the various band members throughout the game, giving massive bonus points & a special "bonus level" / concert at the end of the game.
What's really sad is that I got to the point i could beat it on about $2.... all the way through (including bonus level).
Ah, the good old days, when I had more time than sense (or cents).
in one of his comedy bits about the English language, and the "beauty" of the word fuck(paraphrased from memory): It's the only word that is a noun, verb, adverb, and adjective all at the same time. This allows you to have sentences like: "Fuck the fucking fuckers."
And, if your work is very specialized, you may have trouble finding a position afterwards utilizing the same skills for the same (or better) $$. A basket company may have a need for a left-handeed underwater basket weaver, but a waste basket company wouldn't.
Alternately, there is a site out there - who owns what: http://www.cjr.org/owners/. It has a pretty good listing of who owns a variety of things.
Of course, I haven't looked too closely at it in a while, so I don't know how current / accurate the info is, but it used to be rather good.
Many years ago, a CD shop I used to frequent had a policy that they would open CD's for you (advertised as a "convenience" for the customer). One day, I asked the store manager why they did it, and he told me that they were replacing CD cases, so they could ship back returned CD's. Of course, this was back in the days when the CD seal was a little foil strap across the opening, rather than a full length sticker across the top (and/or bottom).
The store worker would remove the front of the case, fold it over & remove the CD & paperwork (front & back artwork, booklets, etc), and place them in another jewel case. This way, they could put returned CD's in those cases, and ship them back to the manufacturer for a refund.
Considering I recently bought a house in one of those "cookie-cutter neighborhoods", here's my experience:
The locks come with a "contractor key" and a "Owner key". Until the Owner key is used in the locks, the contractor key will open it. Once the Owner key is used, it breaks one (or more?) of the pins the contractor key uses to open it, rendering the "master" unusable.
Of course, I have added more locks since then, so it's not as big a deal if this didn't work...
I'm thinking that she was calling the office to get those passwords changed (or to disable the access until they can be changed).
"Password" does not necessarily need to be a "stupid" password. I've used it on systems that have little access to anything else, or have meaningless data.Things that require passwords, yet don't have anything meaningful related to me. (i.e., "free" online services...) Alternately, I've used it in places that "casual" users wouldn't need access to, yet did not need full security (or main security was handled somewhere else). ex: password on a print server in a remote office.... for an account that only exists on that box, and has some local admin privledges, related to printing.
Now, using it for passwords on things I actually care about... that's completely different.
IIRC, the article mentions that for most 90 degree angles, they have to put in a via, which tend to take up space, not only on the current layer, but on the layers above and below you. So, removing even 20% of the 90 degree angles should greatly reduce the floorspace used on a chip. (less space = smaller chip -> faster system) But, it's been a while since I dealt with CPU/digital design, so I could be mistaken.
"Next on Bob Villa's Home Again, we'll be travelling to the ISS to visit the first off-planet furniture factory... The technicians here spend hours laboriously arranging spare parts to build a variety of tables, chairs, and barca-loungers..."
Or maybe Junkyard Wars... "Ok teams, you have 10 hours to build... a table."
I think it is definately a good sign for the space program in general, especially since it's generating good publicity. Also, perhaps they could find some new sponsors? "This wing sponsored by Home Depot..."
I don't believe he meant to only run the datacenter on solar. I read it as a way to offset the load on the grid by pulling some of the power you use in the datacenter / AC from the solar panels / batteries. No, it wouldn't be 100% of your power, but during the summer, when all the utility companies are struggling to provide enough electricity to run all the AC's in the warmer areas, it would help. (hint: California isn't the only place that has had brownouts... Lots of areas have them, especially during dry summers)
But what do I know? IANAEE. (Electrical Engineer... only got a minor in it)
Interesting site to check out, if you're interested in setting up your own "alternative energy" source: www.homepower.com. They have information about how to set up your own DIY renewable energy kits.
Just another half baked idea from me, but why not remove only part of the IR filter? (i.e., leave the right half of the image filtered, but remove the left half.) Having never played with these cameras before, I have no experience with this, so I'm probably TOMA, but still.
Or, potentially have more than 1 cam? 1 w/o IR filter, 1 with filter, and have them very close together? (and overlay the image). Or, space them approx. 3" apart, and create stereograms from your images.
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TOMA - talking outta my arse.
Well, it has been my experience that many CD retaillers won't accept returns if the case has been opened. If it has, all they will do is allow you to exchange for the same CD. And that's _with_ the receipt.
So, if you don't want to "damage" the CD (which sometimes doesn't work, you have to be careful to not make it obvious that _you_ were responsible...), then carefully open the case, pull the CD, try to crack it, then clean it and place it back in the case. Close the case and return it to the store.
Of course, your mileage may vary, depending on your local CD store. Not all of them are as anal as the ones here.