I agree. Anyone who turns up with an idea such as this must be pretty strange. I bet if you spoke with his ex-girlfriend, she'll tell you he's a stalker.
and I quote, In order to connect to the VPN, client systems must be running a Windows operating system.
Ironic isn't it? They're using PPTP and RAS to implement the VPN. My guess is, though, you might be able to get FreeSWAN running on it though. It is a 566Mhz Celeron with 128 or 256 of memory. And it appears to already be set up with Telnet. Instead of ssh. On a firewall. More Irony.
My hypothesis on how to deal with lining up an mp3 collection to work as a cd changer was to consider each subdirectory equivalent to one cd. Then you could use Artist - Album subdirs to divide the collection up.
Or perhaps some code which digs in each Artist subdir and collects all of the album subdirs? I never got that far. Still looking for pinout info and time.
I went into this one expecting to find a pc emulating an automobile CD changer. This is an idea I've been wanting to try out for a while. I've shelved it for a while because I have too many things going on, and lack of knowledge on my part.
Does anyone anything about emulating a cd changer's controls so I might plug a computer into the back of a stock car stereo with changer support, and fake it into driving an ogg player?
From what I gather, each system's pinout is different, but generally they all have to work the same, right?
Re:I'd like to take this oppertunity..
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Head First Java
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I'd like to take this opportunity to point you to IBM's SWT if you still think Java is slow as a client side app.
Just because Swing got into a politically driven quagmire, doesn't mean the language or runtime itself is hosed.
Here are some ideas which immediately come to mind. My assumption is that they aren't disallowing traffic a certain height above the city, just within a certain spherical radius.
Hacks: 1) Flights intended for an airport closed to the city can direct themselves at the city, and the perimiter will steer them off into a common pattern. Voila, lazy approach queuing. 2) Emit the soft-wall signal from inside the plane and steer! Fun for those long, drawn out trips.
Cracks: 1) Get above the city and nose dive into it in such a way way to make physics overload the aircraft's ability to turn itself in time.
2)Find two cities near each other and aim for the union of the two soft walls, where both cities cancel each other, and leave the attach to steer again.
3) I'm surprised they mentioned jamming GPS and falling back, since nothing prevents someone from jamming on several frequencies. Isolate the plane, and how can it tell where it is?
4) Some airports are too close to a city center (read Reagan Airport).
Partial Fixes: 1)User laser based deterrence. Emit a light from the highest structure in the city with timing information, so the plane can calculate how far away it is. No Jamming, but it is affected by weather.
2)Follow the leader. Jamming puts plane in a mode that causes it to follow an aircraft which shows up to escort it to a safe landing. That way, a person will always be in control of the plane one way or another.
slow day at work.
Oreilly written by someone else...
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You can find many links related to Struts on Ted Husted's page... the author of the O'Reilly thereon.
For everyone who was concerned with the risk that Microsoft would attempt to patent the 1 and 0, and that out pitiful system would accept it, there is now a prior art example.
They use the word plasma so many times in the last sentence of the first link, that for some strange reason (closely related to my sense of humor, I'm sure), I'm reminded of Monty Python and Spam:
A much faster, more complex version of a previously introduced "spam window" (see New Scientist, 12 April 2003), the spam valve is the latest example of novel uses of spam for particle-beam applications; other recent ones include spam acceleration of antimatter (Update 634), a spam lens (Update 508), and spam deflection of high-energy beams (Update 540).
Name 3 movies in the last 20 years that recieved lots of hype before launch, and ended up deserving it.
Technically the third isn't out, but Lord of the Rings. Plenty of hype, living up to it, and doing a respectful job of portraying Tolkien's novel on the big screen.
I think the Matrix is going to be lightning strike number two. It's nice to have a couple of movies you look forward to seeing over and over again, again. Just like being a kid during the original Star Wars era.
Not too long ago, I made a right-handed dvorak keyboard for my Dad, who had a stroke 3 years ago.
If you're in the US, just drop in on a Goodwill store and pick up a keyboard with interchangeable keys. Find your nearest flat-head screwdriver, and commence to modding.
If you need to get up to speed using it, check out KP Typing Tutor. It's free.
And I'm sure you can find a mod'able keyboard with a matching key cover as well;)
The Ultra-Spec uses extremely low temperatures -- within one degree of absolute zero, or -459 degrees Fahrenheit.....Put in the hands of people like police, firefighters and customs agents....
Something tells me that this won't be appreciated nearly as much as Mr. Labov suggests. Perhaps they want to work on a room temperature version before they go passing these things out. But then again, think of the overclocking possibilities...
I said our current leadership, not "it's the Republicans' fault". The title I submitted was a little less inflamatory as well. And it's the article's reference to the "Congressional Republicans" to which I referred in my article posting.
I personally believe the party system is way off course from what utility it used to bring to the table. That's all parties, btw. Not just any one. party.
Bah, who goes to the public library?! Online is where it's at! Right from your living room. This changes everything, I'm telling ya! Any moment now... people will stand up for their.... will... uh.... *looks at watch*... well....
Folks, this is the answer to our prayers! Once the masses can get to these documents via the web, they'll actually read about the rights they have and discover that they're being taken for a ride by any number of special interest groups, politicians, media conglomerates, Attorney Generals *cough*, little ole' ladies, etc.
Time for us to just sit back and enjoy the ride. Any moment now, the US population is going to wake up.
If you are interested in learning about the abusive mistreatment of women researchers look no further than The Double Helix.
This happened in the programming field as well. The first computer programmers were women. When photographs of the ENIAC were first taken, people would assume that the six women standing next to the racks flipping switches was just there for show. Betty Holberton was actually one of the programmers for the mother of all computers. Interesting short article in Science & Technology by Rachel K. Sobel. Forgot the issue.
There is also an interesting biography on Rosalind Franklin by Brenda Maddox as well.
Whatever. Sun Microsystems is trademarked. Coca Cola is trademarked. Coopers Tires, etc etc etc. All of these words have already existed. Google, when used to refer to searching, is trademarked.
Something you need to understand, is that a trademark protects use of a word in context. Could Google have trademarked it's name to refer to the number you mentioned? Absolutely not.
A good way to understand what it going on here is to fill out the form on the USPTO site to file a trademark. Try it.
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I agree. Anyone who turns up with an idea such as this must be pretty strange. I bet if you spoke with his ex-girlfriend, she'll tell you he's a stalker.
Three in one, cha-ching!
and I quote, In order to connect to the VPN, client systems must be running a Windows operating system.
Ironic isn't it? They're using PPTP and RAS to implement the VPN. My guess is, though, you might be able to get FreeSWAN running on it though. It is a 566Mhz Celeron with 128 or 256 of memory. And it appears to already be set up with Telnet. Instead of ssh. On a firewall. More Irony.
My hypothesis on how to deal with lining up an mp3 collection to work as a cd changer was to consider each subdirectory equivalent to one cd. Then you could use Artist - Album subdirs to divide the collection up.
Or perhaps some code which digs in each Artist subdir and collects all of the album subdirs? I never got that far. Still looking for pinout info and time.
I went into this one expecting to find a pc emulating an automobile CD changer. This is an idea I've been wanting to try out for a while. I've shelved it for a while because I have too many things going on, and lack of knowledge on my part.
Does anyone anything about emulating a cd changer's controls so I might plug a computer into the back of a stock car stereo with changer support, and fake it into driving an ogg player?
From what I gather, each system's pinout is different, but generally they all have to work the same, right?
I'd like to take this opportunity to point you to IBM's SWT if you still think Java is slow as a client side app.
Just because Swing got into a politically driven quagmire, doesn't mean the language or runtime itself is hosed.
It's just a matter of your choice of libraries.
This is the first time I've tried to look at a story with 63 comments with my threshold set to 5, no comments showed up!
Somehow I knew though, when the article starts with I decided to learn Java because Javascript wasn't good enough., that there would be trouble!
Begun, the Javascript != Java flamewars have.
Or more importantly, at a company picnic.
He probably won't, since his posts would be dwarfed by the number of responses.
There is an open source public branch exchange solution already. Supports SIP phones, conferencing, etc.
Check it out. It's stable, easy to work with, and the mailing list is very active.
Here are some ideas which immediately come to mind. My assumption is that they aren't disallowing traffic a certain height above the city, just within a certain spherical radius.
Hacks:
1) Flights intended for an airport closed to the city can direct themselves at the city, and the perimiter will steer them off into a common pattern. Voila, lazy approach queuing.
2) Emit the soft-wall signal from inside the plane and steer! Fun for those long, drawn out trips.
Cracks:
1) Get above the city and nose dive into it in such a way way to make physics overload the aircraft's ability to turn itself in time.
2)Find two cities near each other and aim for the union of the two soft walls, where both cities cancel each other, and leave the attach to steer again.
3) I'm surprised they mentioned jamming GPS and falling back, since nothing prevents someone from jamming on several frequencies. Isolate the plane, and how can it tell where it is?
4) Some airports are too close to a city center (read Reagan Airport).
Partial Fixes:
1)User laser based deterrence. Emit a light from the highest structure in the city with timing information, so the plane can calculate how far away it is. No Jamming, but it is affected by weather.
2)Follow the leader. Jamming puts plane in a mode that causes it to follow an aircraft which shows up to escort it to a safe landing. That way, a person will always be in control of the plane one way or another.
slow day at work.
You can find many links related to Struts on Ted Husted's page ... the author of the O'Reilly thereon.
Ted wrote Struts in Action actually.
Chuck Cavaness wrote the Oreilly book.
For everyone who was concerned with the risk that Microsoft would attempt to patent the 1 and 0, and that out pitiful system would accept it, there is now a prior art example.
They use the word plasma so many times in the last sentence of the first link, that for some strange reason (closely related to my sense of humor, I'm sure), I'm reminded of Monty Python and Spam:
A much faster, more complex version of a previously introduced "spam window" (see New Scientist, 12 April 2003), the spam valve is the latest example of novel uses of spam for particle-beam applications; other recent ones include spam acceleration of antimatter (Update 634), a spam lens (Update 508), and spam deflection of high-energy beams (Update 540).
Niiieeeeeeeeeeeeee!
Well, this guy is not very bright, for certain. Case and point:
while it was chained and locked in front of Valentine's condominium
Normally, he folds down the upright handle bar and takes the Segway inside.
So I'm guessing he put a chain loop around the... like I said, not very bright. He deserves to walk.
Name 3 movies in the last 20 years that recieved lots of hype before launch, and ended up deserving it.
Technically the third isn't out, but Lord of the Rings. Plenty of hype, living up to it, and doing a respectful job of portraying Tolkien's novel on the big screen.
I think the Matrix is going to be lightning strike number two. It's nice to have a couple of movies you look forward to seeing over and over again, again. Just like being a kid during the original Star Wars era.
Not too long ago, I made a right-handed dvorak keyboard for my Dad, who had a stroke 3 years ago.
;)
If you're in the US, just drop in on a Goodwill store and pick up a keyboard with interchangeable keys. Find your nearest flat-head screwdriver, and commence to modding.
If you need to get up to speed using it, check out KP Typing Tutor. It's free.
And I'm sure you can find a mod'able keyboard with a matching key cover as well
I dare you to prove me wrong.
I'll take you up on that. It's just going to take me a little time.
The Ultra-Spec uses extremely low temperatures -- within one degree of absolute zero, or -459 degrees Fahrenheit.....Put in the hands of people like police, firefighters and customs agents....
Something tells me that this won't be appreciated nearly as much as Mr. Labov suggests. Perhaps they want to work on a room temperature version before they go passing these things out. But then again, think of the overclocking possibilities...
Good thinking, or simply a Bad Idea(TM)?
Bad Idea: Here is where you are going wrong:
I've been installing [Microsoft software]
Stop doing this and you won't run into the issue any more. The people using the old p-200 systems will be particularly thankful.
I said our current leadership, not "it's the Republicans' fault". The title I submitted was a little less inflamatory as well. And it's the article's reference to the "Congressional Republicans" to which I referred in my article posting.
I personally believe the party system is way off course from what utility it used to bring to the table. That's all parties, btw. Not just any one. party.
I'm unaffiliated.
3:15am.
Then I re-read it. What do you call them?
Nevermind then. Wrong answer.
Bah, who goes to the public library?! Online is where it's at! Right from your living room. This changes everything, I'm telling ya! Any moment now... people will stand up for their.... will... uh.... *looks at watch*... well....
Folks, this is the answer to our prayers! Once the masses can get to these documents via the web, they'll actually read about the rights they have and discover that they're being taken for a ride by any number of special interest groups, politicians, media conglomerates, Attorney Generals *cough*, little ole' ladies, etc.
Time for us to just sit back and enjoy the ride. Any moment now, the US population is going to wake up.
If you are interested in learning about the abusive mistreatment of women researchers look no further than The Double Helix.
This happened in the programming field as well. The first computer programmers were women. When photographs of the ENIAC were first taken, people would assume that the six women standing next to the racks flipping switches was just there for show. Betty Holberton was actually one of the programmers for the mother of all computers. Interesting short article in Science & Technology by Rachel K. Sobel. Forgot the issue.
There is also an interesting biography on Rosalind Franklin by Brenda Maddox as well.
Whatever. Sun Microsystems is trademarked. Coca Cola is trademarked. Coopers Tires, etc etc etc. All of these words have already existed. Google, when used to refer to searching, is trademarked.
Something you need to understand, is that a trademark protects use of a word in context. Could Google have trademarked it's name to refer to the number you mentioned? Absolutely not.
A good way to understand what it going on here is to fill out the form on the USPTO site to file a trademark. Try it.