Netflix will place whatever sized server is required in ISP's rack, eliminating the need for multiple streams being sent from Netflix to the ISP. Netflix pays for the server, and may also pay a negotiated space for the racks pace and power. This means the ISP does not have to pay for much of anything for carrying Neflix feeds. As well, the server is updated overnight by Netflix based upon projections of what customers will want. This may well be what those negotiations are, and Netflix may have agreed to pay rent for the server space and power or something like that so that boh sides save face, customers are happy, and the ISPs continue to keep their reputation and the evil bastards they are. Of course, apologies to all fine people who may have been born out of wedlock.
I seem to recall a or (the) winning plot was an airliner crash that was solved because one of the investigators noticed a particular type of butterfly - not often seen - was quite plentiful fluttering around one window of the airliner. It turned out the butterfly was attracted to a certain chemical (sodium something sticks in my mind) and that lead them to swab the surfaces which then lead to the eyeglass frames of the passenger in the seat by the window.
I have sleep apnea, and I use an "expensive" CPAP machine that does all sorts of amazing things including years worth of statistics on my sleeping. I sleep so much better with the machine that my compliance is nearly 100%, missing one night as I forgot to take the machine with me on an overnight trip. As my 67th birthday approaches in a few weeks, I slept an average of 6.5 hours per night during the past 30 days. I have good solid restful sleep.
I don't doze off during the day and the only naps I take during the day are at the suggestion of a lady who usually has other things on her mind.
The "expensive" machine is around $700 from an internet supplier in the USA. They're helpful, knowledgeable and very law-abiding. The same machine bought through a sleep clinic would run you over $2,000 in some cases.
Those of us who take sleep apnea seriously wouldn't go anywhere overnight without the machine.
To paraphrase an old ad slogan, "People who like Slashdot like it a lot." and that could underscore the reception that the new/. is receiving.
Maybe I haven't been paying as much attention as I should, but I'm unclear of the overwhelming need to redesign the forum. Can someone explain it a little?
I.e. are we facing a crisis of some sort (think of IPv6, Y2K, etc.)? Are we losing participants?
Reeves (the shooter) is 71. At that age, you have different rights in Florida than someone who hasn't become a senior citizen.
1. Assaults give you a right to defend yourself if you FEEL threatened. Throwing a container of popcorn at another person is an assault if it is done in anger.
2. According to the suspect's lawyer, the "Stand Your Ground" law would cover someone, aged 71 who is assaulted in a place he or she has a right to be.
3. The federal law covering retired police officers carrying firearms gives them the right to carry in most places, including places which post signs like the Cobb Theater has done which tell patrons that firearms are prohibited. Thus a seasoned police officer in Florida would likely be carrying his firearm all the time, as he was required to do during his career. There are provisions that the department where the officer last served must sign off on the retiree's qualifications annually, and the officer must re-qualify on the range as do serving officers.
4. Pasco Sheriff Chris Nocco spoke informally with the deputies at the scene and the consensus was to proceed with the murder 2 charge. But, a good case can be made by a good lawyer that the 71 year old man was within his rights to defend himself against an assault if he can convince a jury that he was in fear for his life or grievous bodily harm.
Much could be said about the rule in Alamo Drafthouse theaters where if you tell Siri you would like to send a text, she replies, "I'm very sorry but you're in an Alamo Drafthouse movie theater, and the use of phones is strictly prohibited. Please don't be rude."
This is an unfortunate case which has consequences for both families (The suspect's son is a serving Tampa Police officer).
This will be an interesting case if it goes to trial.
(FWIW, In the winter I live about ten miles or so from the Cobb Theatre, although I have never attended a movie there.)
The GPS in the cop car can be rigged to include accelerometer data from the seats. When the accelerometer indicates movement similar to that of sexual activity in the car, it will send an alert to the dispatcher and the unit commander. It could also activate a camera inside the car, and that could be financed through pay-per-view.
The demise of the drive-in movie came with the invention of panty-hose and smaller cars. There was a bit of an increase in attendance with the invention of the mini-van and the tilt steering wheel, along with full recliner seats.
But now, the fact that movies can be viewed in the privacy of a bedroom in far better quality than the drive-in is the real reason for the demise. I agree that they could turn into museums, but other for the occasional festival, I think the change bell is dinging away on the second to last reel.
They don't seem to have updated their catalog for newer devices, but what they do offer seems to fit right in with the tablet sized holster you're seeking: http://lileks.com/institute/dorcus/index.html
We know that Amazon has been looking for a way to have urban same day delivery for some purchases. Who has a somewhat efficient same day delivery system already in place? Newspapers do, and their equipment and certain systems may be adaptable to a system for delivering parcels at other times, or perhaps even in conjunction with dropping off the bales of papers and putting parcels in a secure facility at the same time.
The same-day delivery system could be the savior of daily newspaper deliveries, and it could become a profit center for newspapers - who would be part of the system of delivering Amazon packages.
Bezos thinks out of the box, and this is certainly an out of the box (so to speak) solution.
Most codes have a limit of 12 wired lamp fixtures or receptacles per 15 amp circuit. did that code exist in your jurisdiction and did you wire in compliance with that code?
Judging by what happened to Hostess, anyone who actually wants to keep that job.
I read somewhere that Hostess was ruined by a bunch of mostly Ding-Dongs and Twinkies. Word is there was at least one Ho in the building, but more likely two Hos. If so, no wonder they got in financial trouble. I heard one guy say they didn't have a Snowball's chance.
No one seems to have thought about the acquisition of performance rights which can be a substantial amount based on the gross revenues of the sightseeing company.
Look at it another way. You could easily end the problem by:
1. Explaining the cost of performance rights for any music played during the flight would increase ticket costs, and it would be impossible to have enough channels to deal with everyone's music tastes. We do not have flights that last several hours like airliners.
2. Explaining the rules under which we fly require that passengers be enabled to hear what the pilot is saying at all times. That is for YOUR safety. Our pilots are highly trained and can land this aircraft safely in nearly all emergencies. YOUR safety requires quick action and compliance with any instructions the pilot gives. (You may prefer to leave out descriptions of auto-rotation and the need to begin that process nearly immediately on flame-out.)
Give each passenger a card explaining these issues, and perhaps have a map of the route on the card and urge the passengers to pick out certain landmarks from the route. Get them looking out the windows and watching the show there. Give statistics on the flight, tell people how the helicopter works, talk about the training required to be licensed to fly a rotary wing aircraft. Promote your other tours, promote a flying school that offers FAM flights.
This is a classic case of someone misinterpreting the problem, not unusual with people who aren't used to critical thinking. Instead of complaints about preoccupied teenagers not being able to listen to their music, the question should more accurately be, "What can we do to make the flight more interesting for younger kids who are at the 'bored with everything' stage."
A few good ideas might even come from asking kids after the flight what they would do differently. You might get some ideas that could actually work.
But to go off on crusade to find music players overlooks a bunch of better solutions. Going on a search for music players is giving up in defeat and admitting our helicopter tours are so boring that kids would rather listen to music.
The tradition of judicial recusal (not refusal) is based on exactly what is seen here. By simply removing any implied connection between the authorities and the participants, the court is seen to function as it should, at arms-length from those involved.
This is a wise decision, and I am sure the favour would be returned if there were a similar situation in Canada.
The decision to invite the Canadian participation has nothing at all to do with the quality of U.S. investigators and those complaining about it should realize that it can only help get to the truth and not add ammunition to the conspiracy theorists, which I understand are rather plentiful in the United States.
Having grounds at a different potential can wreck havoc on signal circuits too. In the '70s I ran the newsroom of a Canadian radio station and we were getting hum on the phone lines, enough to make it annoying when we did interviews over the phone and then used the clips on the air. I spoke to our chief engineer and we went up to the phone distribution frame above the studio complex. I asked for his multimeter to check the ground on the power outlet against the ground on the phone company rack. Sure enough there was a 5 volt difference.
I said, "I bet if we tie those two grounds together with four gauge wire, the hum will disappear." The chief engineer looked at me funny, not realizing I had been tinkering with electronics most of my life, plus I studied electrical engineering and I had an FCC first phone ticket, but I liked news better, especially on rock and roll radio.
Of course he was also baffled when I asked for the cart machine cue lights to be displayed in the news booth. He said "There are six machines in the control room and I only have three pair going to the news booth." I drew him a quick diode array and said, "Here. You can do it on a pair and a half." He left scratching his head but built it and it worked.
There was a downside though when he came into my office in the newsroom two weeks later with a roll of blueprinted schematics and asked for help with the 50KW AM transmitter modulator circuit.
Slashdot Mirror
Netflix will place whatever sized server is required in ISP's rack, eliminating the need for multiple streams being sent from Netflix to the ISP. Netflix pays for the server, and may also pay a negotiated space for the racks pace and power. This means the ISP does not have to pay for much of anything for carrying Neflix feeds. As well, the server is updated overnight by Netflix based upon projections of what customers will want. This may well be what those negotiations are, and Netflix may have agreed to pay rent for the server space and power or something like that so that boh sides save face, customers are happy, and the ISPs continue to keep their reputation and the evil bastards they are. Of course, apologies to all fine people who may have been born out of wedlock.
F.
I seem to recall a or (the) winning plot was an airliner crash that was solved because one of the investigators noticed a particular type of butterfly - not often seen - was quite plentiful fluttering around one window of the airliner. It turned out the butterfly was attracted to a certain chemical (sodium something sticks in my mind) and that lead them to swab the surfaces which then lead to the eyeglass frames of the passenger in the seat by the window.
Oh - google is your friend:
https://www.schneier.com/blog/...
and
http://www.slate.com/articles/...
You're welcome!
F.
I have sleep apnea, and I use an "expensive" CPAP machine that does all sorts of amazing things including years worth of statistics on my sleeping. I sleep so much better with the machine that my compliance is nearly 100%, missing one night as I forgot to take the machine with me on an overnight trip. As my 67th birthday approaches in a few weeks, I slept an average of 6.5 hours per night during the past 30 days. I have good solid restful sleep.
I don't doze off during the day and the only naps I take during the day are at the suggestion of a lady who usually has other things on her mind.
The "expensive" machine is around $700 from an internet supplier in the USA. They're helpful, knowledgeable and very law-abiding. The same machine bought through a sleep clinic would run you over $2,000 in some cases.
Those of us who take sleep apnea seriously wouldn't go anywhere overnight without the machine.
F.
To paraphrase an old ad slogan, "People who like Slashdot like it a lot." and that could underscore the reception that the new /. is receiving.
Maybe I haven't been paying as much attention as I should, but I'm unclear of the overwhelming need to redesign the forum. Can someone explain it a little?
I.e. are we facing a crisis of some sort (think of IPv6, Y2K, etc.)?
Are we losing participants?
What pain is the redesign expected to cure?
Thanks!
Fred
I'm also concerned that the Salt Lake tribune uses all caps on a headline as if they're writing a title.
Pick up any major newspaper, I don't think you will see every significant word capitalized.
Arrgh!
Thank you for reading this.
ODF
Reeves (the shooter) is 71. At that age, you have different rights in Florida than someone who hasn't become a senior citizen.
1. Assaults give you a right to defend yourself if you FEEL threatened. Throwing a container of popcorn at another person is an assault if it is done in anger.
2. According to the suspect's lawyer, the "Stand Your Ground" law would cover someone, aged 71 who is assaulted in a place he or she has a right to be.
3. The federal law covering retired police officers carrying firearms gives them the right to carry in most places, including places which post signs like the Cobb Theater has done which tell patrons that firearms are prohibited. Thus a seasoned police officer in Florida would likely be carrying his firearm all the time, as he was required to do during his career. There are provisions that the department where the officer last served must sign off on the retiree's qualifications annually, and the officer must re-qualify on the range as do serving officers.
4. Pasco Sheriff Chris Nocco spoke informally with the deputies at the scene and the consensus was to proceed with the murder 2 charge. But, a good case can be made by a good lawyer that the 71 year old man was within his rights to defend himself against an assault if he can convince a jury that he was in fear for his life or grievous bodily harm.
Much could be said about the rule in Alamo Drafthouse theaters where if you tell Siri you would like to send a text, she replies, "I'm very sorry but you're in an Alamo Drafthouse movie theater, and the use of phones is strictly prohibited. Please don't be rude."
This is an unfortunate case which has consequences for both families (The suspect's son is a serving Tampa Police officer).
This will be an interesting case if it goes to trial.
(FWIW, In the winter I live about ten miles or so from the Cobb Theatre, although I have never attended a movie there.)
We're /.
The GPS in the cop car can be rigged to include accelerometer data from the seats. When the accelerometer indicates movement similar to that of sexual activity in the car, it will send an alert to the dispatcher and the unit commander. It could also activate a camera inside the car, and that could be financed through pay-per-view.
Technology solves another problem.
There may be a typo here, you probably meant "Dork" not "Turk"
So if I get one of these cars with a "Fully Assisted Parking Aid" will the car have any stickers saying it has a FAP Aid?
You'd think a big company like Ford would have someone who looks over names just to make sure ... oh... now I understand!
It looks like they already do. Good work Ford!
I'm assuming you meant lewd and not lewt, so could you tell me about the lewd sexual acts with Bucky Balls ?
If you have pictures, that would be helpful as well, just in the interests of science, of course.
Thank you
The demise of the drive-in movie came with the invention of panty-hose and smaller cars. There was a bit of an increase in attendance with the invention of the mini-van and the tilt steering wheel, along with full recliner seats.
But now, the fact that movies can be viewed in the privacy of a bedroom in far better quality than the drive-in is the real reason for the demise. I agree that they could turn into museums, but other for the occasional festival, I think the change bell is dinging away on the second to last reel.
They don't seem to have updated their catalog for newer devices, but what they do offer seems to fit right in with the tablet sized holster you're seeking:
http://lileks.com/institute/dorcus/index.html
If that does not work, you might want to check their computer deals pages, just in case they put it there:
http://lileks.com/institute/compupromo/1.html
Hope that helps!
Fred
We know that Amazon has been looking for a way to have urban same day delivery for some purchases. Who has a somewhat efficient same day delivery system already in place? Newspapers do, and their equipment and certain systems may be adaptable to a system for delivering parcels at other times, or perhaps even in conjunction with dropping off the bales of papers and putting parcels in a secure facility at the same time.
The same-day delivery system could be the savior of daily newspaper deliveries, and it could become a profit center for newspapers - who would be part of the system of delivering Amazon packages.
Bezos thinks out of the box, and this is certainly an out of the box (so to speak) solution.
F.
The French names sell - so how about calling it:
L'eau Merde
With sister brands:
Mon Petit Pet
Orina de Edad (actually a Spanish name)
Why doesn't the mayor sue the city for building the sidewalks too close to his arse?
I think he wants to ban the large cups because he can't see over the top of them if there's one on the table.
No short-arsed mayors were harmed in the writing of this post.
I'm just sayin'
If there are record runs - no wonder there is a shortage of toilet paper!
Will covering your arse protect you from airborne hemorrhoids?
Most codes have a limit of 12 wired lamp fixtures or receptacles per 15 amp circuit. did that code exist in your jurisdiction and did you wire in compliance with that code?
Just asking ;)
After all, they are French.
Judging by what happened to Hostess, anyone who actually wants to keep that job.
I read somewhere that Hostess was ruined by a bunch of mostly Ding-Dongs and Twinkies. Word is there was at least one Ho in the building, but more likely two Hos. If so, no wonder they got in financial trouble. I heard one guy say they didn't have a Snowball's chance.
Maybe I should pay better attention.
No one seems to have thought about the acquisition of performance rights which can be a substantial amount based on the gross revenues of the sightseeing company.
Look at it another way. You could easily end the problem by:
1. Explaining the cost of performance rights for any music played during the flight would increase ticket costs, and it would be impossible to have enough channels to deal with everyone's music tastes. We do not have flights that last several hours like airliners.
2. Explaining the rules under which we fly require that passengers be enabled to hear what the pilot is saying at all times. That is for YOUR safety. Our pilots are highly trained and can land this aircraft safely in nearly all emergencies. YOUR safety requires quick action and compliance with any instructions the pilot gives. (You may prefer to leave out descriptions of auto-rotation and the need to begin that process nearly immediately on flame-out.)
Give each passenger a card explaining these issues, and perhaps have a map of the route on the card and urge the passengers to pick out certain landmarks from the route. Get them looking out the windows and watching the show there. Give statistics on the flight, tell people how the helicopter works, talk about the training required to be licensed to fly a rotary wing aircraft. Promote your other tours, promote a flying school that offers FAM flights.
This is a classic case of someone misinterpreting the problem, not unusual with people who aren't used to critical thinking. Instead of complaints about preoccupied teenagers not being able to listen to their music, the question should more accurately be, "What can we do to make the flight more interesting for younger kids who are at the 'bored with everything' stage."
A few good ideas might even come from asking kids after the flight what they would do differently. You might get some ideas that could actually work.
But to go off on crusade to find music players overlooks a bunch of better solutions. Going on a search for music players is giving up in defeat and admitting our helicopter tours are so boring that kids would rather listen to music.
The men's birth control pill is rather large, about the size of a 1 cm gumball.
You don't take it orally, you just put it in your shoe and it makes you limp.
F.
The tradition of judicial recusal (not refusal) is based on exactly what is seen here. By simply removing any implied connection between the authorities and the participants, the court is seen to function as it should, at arms-length from those involved.
This is a wise decision, and I am sure the favour would be returned if there were a similar situation in Canada.
The decision to invite the Canadian participation has nothing at all to do with the quality of U.S. investigators and those complaining about it should realize that it can only help get to the truth and not add ammunition to the conspiracy theorists, which I understand are rather plentiful in the United States.
I believe the major difference between being a lawyer and being a prostitute is that after the client dies, the prostitute stops screwing him.
Having grounds at a different potential can wreck havoc on signal circuits too. In the '70s I ran the newsroom of a Canadian radio station and we were getting hum on the phone lines, enough to make it annoying when we did interviews over the phone and then used the clips on the air. I spoke to our chief engineer and we went up to the phone distribution frame above the studio complex. I asked for his multimeter to check the ground on the power outlet against the ground on the phone company rack. Sure enough there was a 5 volt difference.
I said, "I bet if we tie those two grounds together with four gauge wire, the hum will disappear." The chief engineer looked at me funny, not realizing I had been tinkering with electronics most of my life, plus I studied electrical engineering and I had an FCC first phone ticket, but I liked news better, especially on rock and roll radio.
Of course he was also baffled when I asked for the cart machine cue lights to be displayed in the news booth. He said "There are six machines in the control room and I only have three pair going to the news booth." I drew him a quick diode array and said, "Here. You can do it on a pair and a half." He left scratching his head but built it and it worked.
There was a downside though when he came into my office in the newsroom two weeks later with a roll of blueprinted schematics and asked for help with the 50KW AM transmitter modulator circuit.