I went to university (computer systems engineering) and started doing work in that field after my second year of university. I found it changed my approach to many classes so that I could really focus on the parts that I thought were relavant... while also keeping up enough with the other stuff to keep the marks up:)
I probably could of stopped going to school and worked full-time but the company was very accomodating of my schedule and they encouraged me to finish my degree. Working and going to school full-time also teaches you how to manage your schedule well... especially if you want to maintain some semblance of a social life.
Plus in the event that jobs become tight, the guy with the degree will have an edge given similar work experience. You learn about stuff that doesn't seem necessary at the time but can be useful at surprising times in your future.
Actually with most movie "experts" the rating is generally backwards. The more they like the movie, the less likely the general public will. They couldn't like the same movies as the general public or they wouldn't be "experts".
I keep the virus software on my machines up to date and have never had any problems. What I find the most annoying is all the "There is a new virus that you need to know about... pass this along to everyone you know" emails. When a new virus hits CNN, there are more of these messages in my inbox than there is spam. On the other hand I've never had a virus emailed to me so maybe my informing these people of the need to use common sense and good virus software has helped:)
In Hondas the last 30 seconds before airbag deployment is stored... basically all the information that the cars computer has available to it. Officially it's only to be used for research and from talking to different people it hasn't been used against the driver... at least not yet.
It depends what you consider a large exhaust diameter. A Talon (or Eclipse) with some modifications to its turbo can easily benefit from a 3" diameter pipe... that's a huge pipe and it helps the power throughout the range.
At our office we have DSL which is targeted at business. It is NOT the tarted up residential DSL that is sold by the telco as 'business' DSL, and is not even sold by the same group. It costs significantly more than residential DSL (8x) is somewhat faster (3x) and the tech support is amazing. When it does go down (very rarely) they will often call me to let me know before one of my co-workers get a chance to. Not only that but the tech on the other end of the line really has a clue (which is extremely rare judging from my other experiences).
Around here I can walk into any store and take my pick of the three consoles. Some of the newer games can be hard to find but neither the console nor the games are sold out. I think the XBox DVD remote is the hardest thing to find.
I've used Paypal as a buyer on occassion and I have had successful transactions but I have heard several horror stories. Particularly with international customers trying to get money transferred back to their own personal accounts.
In light of this, what other online alternatives are there for international money exchange?
I use despammed.com and I have found their filters to be quite effective in preventing spam. Anytime I sign up for a site that account gets used and if I later trust them I may switch to one of my unblocked accounts.
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The first thing that came to mind when I read that was Logo:) Anyone having the problems I'm having with Activesync would understand!
Just today we received a Inspiron 8100 back with the hinges replaced and it was sent out Monday afternoon... great turnaround time. We had the same results with another 8100 a few months ago.
Now admittedly this doesn't say much for the initial quality but the servicing is good. We've had monitor problems also (21" Trinitrons) and they send a new one the next day. This is all in a small company without any fancy support contracts.
There are inherent limitations to the components of the technology. The system utilizes wireless technology (cellular) to communicate to and from the vehicle. Therefore, the vehicle must be within cellular coverage to communicate. Cellular covers approx. 95% of populated North America. Additionally, the GPS receiver must have a direct line of sight with the satellites to provide accurate location information.
CookiePal does just this, although it's a Windows only application.
I can deny all cookies from a domain, accept all cookies for a domain or view the cookie and decide if I want to accept it. I can see all the cookies that are set and delete them also.
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My guess is that they wouldn't get much (if any) of the money even if there are minimal (or no) administration charges.
The record companies have them tied in to such horrible deals that I would be highly surprised if they are even allowed to accept money gathered from this website. Though I'm sure Joe Blow, Record Exec would be happy to handle the check and make sure that it gets to the right place (ie. the record company's bank).
I came across this the other day when I was trying to differentiate between some of the licenses. It's not what you mention but it is definitely helpful.
Actually they closed it on Tuesday. The guy figured it's purpose had been served (ie. it was just a mirror) so he just left links up to the original and mirrors.
I guess I could have been clearer by saying 'ex-mirror' instead of 'old mirror'.
Stealing AOL usernames and passwords has been an ongoing story on the net for years. It was on Wired, CNN and others (Slashdot maybe?)
Here is a story from CNN. It's a different method than these spammers were supposed to be using but the end result is the same: bucketfulls of AOL usernames and passwords.
On a spam related note see what this guy did to some spammers that kept forging mail from his domain.
To summarize he went into the spammers computers and got everything personal he could find on them... including some interesting photos:) He sent AOL a complete list of hijacked accounts and all the necessary contact info for the spammers. It's really interesting!
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I went to university (computer systems engineering) and started doing work in that field after my second year of university. I found it changed my approach to many classes so that I could really focus on the parts that I thought were relavant... while also keeping up enough with the other stuff to keep the marks up :)
I probably could of stopped going to school and worked full-time but the company was very accomodating of my schedule and they encouraged me to finish my degree. Working and going to school full-time also teaches you how to manage your schedule well... especially if you want to maintain some semblance of a social life.
Plus in the event that jobs become tight, the guy with the degree will have an edge given similar work experience. You learn about stuff that doesn't seem necessary at the time but can be useful at surprising times in your future.
Actually with most movie "experts" the rating is generally backwards. The more they like the movie, the less likely the general public will. They couldn't like the same movies as the general public or they wouldn't be "experts".
I keep the virus software on my machines up to date and have never had any problems. What I find the most annoying is all the "There is a new virus that you need to know about... pass this along to everyone you know" emails. When a new virus hits CNN, there are more of these messages in my inbox than there is spam. On the other hand I've never had a virus emailed to me so maybe my informing these people of the need to use common sense and good virus software has helped :)
In Hondas the last 30 seconds before airbag deployment is stored... basically all the information that the cars computer has available to it. Officially it's only to be used for research and from talking to different people it hasn't been used against the driver... at least not yet.
It depends what you consider a large exhaust diameter. A Talon (or Eclipse) with some modifications to its turbo can easily benefit from a 3" diameter pipe... that's a huge pipe and it helps the power throughout the range.
At our office we have DSL which is targeted at business. It is NOT the tarted up residential DSL that is sold by the telco as 'business' DSL, and is not even sold by the same group. It costs significantly more than residential DSL (8x) is somewhat faster (3x) and the tech support is amazing. When it does go down (very rarely) they will often call me to let me know before one of my co-workers get a chance to. Not only that but the tech on the other end of the line really has a clue (which is extremely rare judging from my other experiences).
Around here I can walk into any store and take my pick of the three consoles. Some of the newer games can be hard to find but neither the console nor the games are sold out. I think the XBox DVD remote is the hardest thing to find.
I've used Paypal as a buyer on occassion and I have had successful transactions but I have heard several horror stories. Particularly with international customers trying to get money transferred back to their own personal accounts.
In light of this, what other online alternatives are there for international money exchange?
I use despammed.com and I have found their filters to be quite effective in preventing spam. Anytime I sign up for a site that account gets used and if I later trust them I may switch to one of my unblocked accounts.
The first thing that came to mind when I read that was Logo :) Anyone having the problems I'm having with Activesync would understand!
You can find some pretty durable stuff at Symbol. It's mostly commercial stuff but they have Pocket PC and PalmOS models and they're really durable.
Just today we received a Inspiron 8100 back with the hinges replaced and it was sent out Monday afternoon... great turnaround time. We had the same results with another 8100 a few months ago.
Now admittedly this doesn't say much for the initial quality but the servicing is good. We've had monitor problems also (21" Trinitrons) and they send a new one the next day. This is all in a small company without any fancy support contracts.
Some GPS systems have a gyro to try to guestimate what the car is doing when GPS is unavailable (such as in a tunnel).
:)
You could always customize it to contact you when it senses: stationary car + gyro movement
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From the AirIQ website:
There are inherent limitations to the components of the technology. The system utilizes wireless technology (cellular) to communicate to and from the vehicle. Therefore, the vehicle must be within cellular coverage to communicate. Cellular covers approx. 95% of populated North America. Additionally, the GPS receiver must have a direct line of sight with the satellites to provide accurate location information.
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IanO
CookiePal does just this, although it's a Windows only application.
I can deny all cookies from a domain, accept all cookies for a domain or view the cookie and decide if I want to accept it. I can see all the cookies that are set and delete them also.
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IanO
My guess is that they wouldn't get much (if any) of the money even if there are minimal (or no) administration charges.
The record companies have them tied in to such horrible deals that I would be highly surprised if they are even allowed to accept money gathered from this website. Though I'm sure Joe Blow, Record Exec would be happy to handle the check and make sure that it gets to the right place (ie. the record company's bank).
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IanO
This article at MP3.com details exactly what hoops an up and coming band has to go through to get on with a major label.
You would think some established bands that are now successful but were screwed over early on would come out against the record companies.
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Just to clarify: It is a fan made trailer. Still cool though.
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I just got this link for an Episode II trailer.
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I can picture the next headline in The Moscow Times: "Russian Internet Shut Down by Slashdotters".
:)
I don't know what kind of internet connectivity they have there but I'm sure this is not going to help the situation
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I came across this the other day when I was trying to differentiate between some of the licenses. It's not what you mention but it is definitely helpful.
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IanO
Actually they closed it on Tuesday. The guy figured it's purpose had been served (ie. it was just a mirror) so he just left links up to the original and mirrors.
I guess I could have been clearer by saying 'ex-mirror' instead of 'old mirror'.
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IanO
Stealing AOL usernames and passwords has been an ongoing story on the net for years. It was on Wired, CNN and others (Slashdot maybe?)
Here is a story from CNN. It's a different method than these spammers were supposed to be using but the end result is the same: bucketfulls of AOL usernames and passwords.
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IanO
There are mirrors at:
:)
http://elias.rhi.hi.is/premier.cl uelessfucks.com/
http://cow.org/~noise/belps.freewebsi tes.com/
http://homepages.manawatu.net.nz/~alanjb/
There is also some interesting posts at an old mirror here:
http://premier.cluelessfucks.com/ (gotta love that domain name!)
This is great information... where else could you find out how many freckles are on a spammer's ass
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IanO
On a spam related note see what this guy did to some spammers that kept forging mail from his domain.
:) He sent AOL a complete list of hijacked accounts and all the necessary contact info for the spammers. It's really interesting!
To summarize he went into the spammers computers and got everything personal he could find on them... including some interesting photos
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IanO