4 bucks at Northern tool for just the glass, 4 bucks for welding goggles at Harbor Freight or 5 bucks for a flimsy paper pair of glasses. Going with the welding goggles.
And can re-use them later as a Steampunk Costume Prop. . .
Nostalgic me misses the old QBasic that came with DOS and early Win9x (I seem to recall that it went away after Win98). I taught my daughters their initial lessons in programming in QBasic. . .
. ..and if your existing router won't take, or doesn't have a DD-WRT or OpenWRT image available. . . . there's always Ebay. I built out an entire Legacy Systems lab off of Ebay purchases, after we got complaints from the field that the latest plastic fantastic software wouldn't run on their old Win7 or WinXP boxes. . .
Actually, read about some oddball "twistor" physics which proposed just that. Falling through vacuum after a generated physics event.
Of course, generating the "twistor" field that transposes your capsule into an alternate reality where Earth is not there, but "shadow gravity" from other realities is. . .
. . . or you're stuck in an area with low income to start with, and a single industry that's shut down. West Virginia coal-mining towns come to mind, when the mine shuts down, nobody has the cash to move elsewhere.
And, of course, HR types not even considering long-term unemployed compounds the problem. . .
. ..as opposed to those who believe technology does not advance, and something not particularly economically viable today, will always remain so.
Some of us remember when large-screen TVs and LCD monitors were not economically viable.. Heck I remember when personal computing was an expensive, niche hobby. . . .
. . . until you find yourself living in an neighborhood whose Homeowners Association has determined that clotheslines are an eyesore, and thus are banned because they "depress property values". You had to sign the covenant to buy. . . and THEN they tell you the additional regs.
Seriously. We finally moved out and sold that place,
On the other hand, when it's cloudy, wet, and cold for a week or more. . . a dryer is a needed backup. . .
CISSP is effectively a PMP cert for infosec. ISC2 has done an excellent job MARKETING it as the end-all/be-all, to the point where I see HR types going "What's a GIAC ? Don't you have a CISSP ?
As Sister Mary Elizabeth repeatedly told us at Holy Guardian Angels Elementary. . . . it makes Baby Jesus cry. . .
That's what I always thought. Of course, the Batman vs Superman movie retconned Metropolis and Gotham being on opposite sides of a body of water, as I recall. . .
Heck. at least a robotic gardener. Yes, I know about FarmBot. It's still small-scale, and limited to a single "box" garden. Ideally, a small robotic device that would seed, feed, and weed multiple types of plants Pest control would be a nice add-on ability. For a first-flight device, this looks interesting. but the 9 square meter range would tend to limit its' usability for any serious gardening, be it for flowers or for food.
. ..or perhaps they would prefer a different method of delivery. One that delivers only the content they choose, when they want it, and no bundling of other "services" to get it.
Imagine being able to binge-watch an entire season of your favorite series, without interruption or commercials of any type, when the season begins. After all, the content is already ready to go, the networks just want to dole it out one episode per week.
Or viewing a current movie without dealing with screaming babies, people on their phones, or overpriced snacks. And the ability to pause and replay a scene.
I'd pay good money for either of those, but nobody offers it.
. . . which would be a configuration change, and require yet ANOTHER audit and paper trail. . . Not that it would fix the actual problem, which is a latch that is easily and tracelessly jimmied with a simple screwdriver. . .
.. . . makes even PATCHING existing gear for security holes an extended and tedious process.
Consider, my eldest daughter was working as a ward admin, IT relied on her for backup, because for an entire 445 bed hospital. . . was two junior techs. The password on everything EXCEPT the email and timecard system. ..was "password".
And, of course, that didn't even include the systems you could physically exploit. . . like a "Pyxis" supply dispenser. The tool needed to "hack" it. . . is a flat-head screwdriver. . .
It would be nice if they allowed their Fire Tablets to access the Google ecosystem without having to root the devices, though. . ..They've sold a metric buttload of Kindle Fire Tablets. . .
Slashdot Mirror
. . . .why aren't the results available free for any citizen ? After all, we ALREADY paid for it !!
4 bucks at Northern tool for just the glass, 4 bucks for welding goggles at Harbor Freight or 5 bucks for a flimsy paper pair of glasses. Going with the welding goggles.
And can re-use them later as a Steampunk Costume Prop. . .
Or Shia LaBeouf's "He will not divide us" flag.
NEVER underestimate the power of Weaponized Autism. . . .
Having several different friends record prank calls on a boat, and then later calling each of them in ??
And how long will it be until someone codes a synthesizer or voice alteration software to spoof this ?
That's right off the top of my head. . .
Nostalgic me misses the old QBasic that came with DOS and early Win9x (I seem to recall that it went away after Win98). I taught my daughters their initial lessons in programming in QBasic. . .
. . .and if your existing router won't take, or doesn't have a DD-WRT or OpenWRT image available. . . . there's always Ebay. I built out an entire Legacy Systems lab off of Ebay purchases, after we got complaints from the field that the latest plastic fantastic software wouldn't run on their old Win7 or WinXP boxes. . .
Actually, read about some oddball "twistor" physics which proposed just that. Falling through vacuum after a generated physics event.
Of course, generating the "twistor" field that transposes your capsule into an alternate reality where Earth is not there, but "shadow gravity" from other realities is. . .
. . . .is left as an exercise for alert minds. . .
We have that. It's called the Interstate Highway System.
My guess is, someone agreed to read his proposal. Nothing more. . .
. . . or you're stuck in an area with low income to start with, and a single industry that's shut down. West Virginia coal-mining towns come to mind, when the mine shuts down, nobody has the cash to move elsewhere.
And, of course, HR types not even considering long-term unemployed compounds the problem. . .
. . .as opposed to those who believe technology does not advance, and something not particularly economically viable today, will always remain so.
Some of us remember when large-screen TVs and LCD monitors were not economically viable.. Heck I remember when personal computing was an expensive, niche hobby. . . .
. . . until you find yourself living in an neighborhood whose Homeowners Association has determined that clotheslines are an eyesore, and thus are banned because they "depress property values". You had to sign the covenant to buy. . . and THEN they tell you the additional regs.
Seriously. We finally moved out and sold that place,
On the other hand, when it's cloudy, wet, and cold for a week or more. . . a dryer is a needed backup. . .
Beat me to it. Massive hype, tiny production. That seems to be going around: the same thing is happening with the new Lego Saturn V. . .
Yes, Comcast **DOES** suck where I am. That would be Planet Earth. . . .
CISSP is effectively a PMP cert for infosec. ISC2 has done an excellent job MARKETING it as the end-all/be-all, to the point where I see HR types going "What's a GIAC ? Don't you have a CISSP ?
As Sister Mary Elizabeth repeatedly told us at Holy Guardian Angels Elementary. . . . it makes Baby Jesus cry. . .
That's what I always thought. Of course, the Batman vs Superman movie retconned Metropolis and Gotham being on opposite sides of a body of water, as
I recall. . .
Heck. at least a robotic gardener. Yes, I know about FarmBot. It's still small-scale, and limited to a single "box" garden. Ideally, a small robotic device that would seed, feed, and weed multiple types of plants Pest control would be a nice add-on ability. For a first-flight device, this looks interesting. but the 9 square meter range would tend to limit its' usability for any serious gardening, be it for flowers or for food.
. . .or perhaps they would prefer a different method of delivery. One that delivers only the content they choose, when they want it, and no bundling of other "services" to get it.
Imagine being able to binge-watch an entire season of your favorite series, without interruption or commercials of any type, when the season begins. After all, the content is already ready to go, the networks just want to dole it out one episode per week.
Or viewing a current movie without dealing with screaming babies, people on their phones, or overpriced snacks. And the ability to pause and replay a scene.
I'd pay good money for either of those, but nobody offers it.
. . . which would be a configuration change, and require yet ANOTHER audit and paper trail. . . Not that it would fix the actual problem, which is a latch that is easily and tracelessly jimmied with a simple screwdriver. . .
Pepperidge Farms Remembers! (grin)
.. . . makes even PATCHING existing gear for security holes an extended and tedious process.
Consider, my eldest daughter was working as a ward admin, IT relied on her for backup, because for an entire 445 bed hospital. . . was two junior techs. The password on everything EXCEPT the email and timecard system. . .was "password".
And, of course, that didn't even include the systems you could physically exploit. . . like a "Pyxis" supply dispenser. The tool needed to "hack" it. . . is a flat-head screwdriver. . .
And besides, the "International Decade of ME, Al Franken" expired sometime in the 1990s (Obscure Saturday Night Live reference. . . .)
. . .but does she constantly flash ID, saying "Theresa May, Prime Minister" ??
And if Terrorism was such a problem, why didn't she put Torchwood on it ???
Mind you, she is more than a little wibbly-wobbly. No word on if she's timey-wimey. . . .
It appears to be a space shuttle, scaled for squirrels. And it's classified.
So, obviously, it's OFFICIALLY a Secret Squirrel Program. . . .
It would be nice if they allowed their Fire Tablets to access the Google ecosystem without having to root the devices, though. . . .They've sold a metric buttload of Kindle Fire Tablets. . .