Wow, someone discoverd an old old well documented thermodynamic principal of why adding heat to boiling water does not railse it's temperature. Condensation returns the heat used in eveporation. Nice to see physics still can be verified from time to time.
Some street maps in the country as easments for future roads are in the map, even though they don't physically exist. The street next to a relative's of mine has that. The only indication in RL that a road exists is the power poles on the easment are 60 feet away from the fence in a field. The road passes between the poles in the filed and the fence. To use the "Road", you will need wire cutters to go through the barbed wire fence. There is not even a gate there.
The modern geek way is to clean up the act, keep it really funny, and promote it on Youtube. It worked for Jeff Dunham. Who hasn't heard of the dead terroist routine?
Linux is growing just the same as a little heard of seach engine from a few years ago when Yahoo was king of the heap, AOL was the top ISP, Dogpile was a search engine, and Bing didn't exist. I give Linux the same odds as we gave Google.
It works on the same principal as the collander attached to a photo copy machine with a paper with LIE in the scanner. As long as the subject believes it, the operator looks for the subjects reaction to it.
A normal tourisit or business traveler will pretty much ignore it and pass it off as yet another delay in boarding and nothing else. Others may display visable sweating, nervousness, etc and that is the indicator. A trained operator will look for the proper indicators. The fact the item is searchable and listed on the web as a real working bomb detector is a bonus. The recent exposure of the true nature greatly reduces it's effectiveness. Some still use it because they know many subjects are not positive if it works or not resulting in the response indicators they are looking for.
Google is competitive, and maybe placing itself in the path of court challanges for porviding free internet as an anti competitive move. For about the price of 3 months of a competitive providers triple play package, you can get a pay once lifetime connection. This would eliminate poaching and may be an issue that may produce court challanges. How do you compete against free?
What does Isreal's policy have to do with flying to the US? I suppose if you are from Isreal, and returning, you may be deported from your home country. Where would you go?
Personally, I have several email accounts. Not all of them are accessable from the web outside the office. One of them is used only for sailsmen, scam baits, web page registrations, and other junk. I have NO texting on my phone, so it has NO email.
You can check the phone rates to call many phone numbers that are not a 900 type number. Most likely the account was used to call friends and associates.
The fees are based on the termination charges of the destination phone number. Use this link to see charges for a typical VOIP provider (Skype carges considerably more than most other VOIP providers)
For rate comparisons, you can compare Diamondcard, VIATALK, IPPI.com and other VOIP providers to look up the numbers to see if they are an expensive chat line or just an expensive destination. Most destinations are under US 2 cents a minute. Many are under 1 cent per minute. Some are over 50 cents a minute.
You can tie up scammers on their home turf. It is called scam baiting. The scammer gets to spend time and money playing games with your bait instead of victims. I regularly write scammers back. I am most interested in my inheritance of 10.5 million.
I question my eligibility, write with a fake first name, no last name, and a bait email account with a free US DID phone number. They can email me, text me, call me, etc, while I continue to find out the name of the deceased before I fill out their form to file a claim. (the form is used to make a deceased you could be related to) By not filling it out and probing for the name of the ceceased first, you make them waste time trying to get your info first so the lawyer, barrister, etc can be hired..
Waste their time, if you have the time to waste on them. You can get free resources. A free email accout, a free VOIP SIP account, and a free DID phone number is a good start to make a fake persona.
If you don't like the direction Ubuntu is moving, try Mint instead. I have a machine on Ubuntu for the same reason many people have Windows XP. It runs their favorite aps and there are no binaries for Mint for many packages yet. I'm also running Mint and loving it.
It is easier to set up network printers in Ubuntu. It's easier to get Jack and synths working in Mint. Sorry Ubuntu Studio, you crash Jack on my hardware. Both run Audacity fine. Mint has trouble running RoseGarden. Installed it but can't find it in the menu.
Not everything works OK on Windows without tweaks either, so the above minor issues are not a showstopper. It runs my aps without flooding the desktop with ads and trialware, the biggest timewasters in Windows. Windows is clogged to death out of the box.
Actually Windows 95 is becomming secure because it is so obscure and limited that most current attacks are unable to run on it. Attacks that used to run on it are pretty much dead, much like Stoned for DOS is now officially no longer a threat to anyone. I remember seeing the article about a year ago, so sorry no current link to the story.
With Windows 8 out, more people are exposed to the alternatives.. Thanks Microsoft! I generaly attract attention with a netbook running Linux Mint. I use a Microsoft notebook mouse with it. They make some nice hardware.
People see the interface and ask what it is. I can then explain what works better in Linux.
Use a USB thumb drive and want to eject it.. It's on the desktop. Right click, Eject or safely remove.. Want to power down.. There are easy options.. Use the menu or hit the power button and choose hibernate, reboot, logout, power off.
You should not need Google to know how to eject a thumb drive, connect a printer, or power down the computer.
I won't list what all works better. I'm posting on Slashdot, not writing a full review.
Some things are still not easy such as using a USB MIDI keyboard, but that is not plug and play in Windows 8 either.
Doesn't matter how few KB it needs. Would you pay double your cell bill just so a console game can authorize once in a while? Didn't think so. You use the Android tablet instead. A few people buy the equipment and pay a subscription to Sat internet, but they have a different budget than I do.
I'm approaching retirement and have a motorhome. Not everyplace I travel to has a fast connecton or any connection. No, I'm not paying high prices for very limited caps and huge ping times for a sat dish for internet. Ever share a free wireless connection at at campground? Sometimes dial up is faster.
For the campers, sometimes out is about 95% of the time.
I do have a flatscreen in the motorhome. It doubles as a backup camera screen when traveling, GPS screen, TV, Wii screen, and larger laptop screen.
I have a WiMax modem, but it is out of range in any location that is not city. I like the no contract BYOD (Bring your own Device) service. A used Goodwill modem and if in a service area, pay for a month. If not, no expense for service you can't reach. http://www.clear.com/devices/byod
I guess travelers are not their intended audience. This is why smartphones are doing so well. They are better connected in most places.
I'm ex Navy too. Personally used the shredder. The dust had to fit through a metal screen before it could exit the shredding section. It would make great blown in insulation, except the flamibility factor. The shredder was larger than my car.
The way to do this is to have a netbook in the trunk with an encrypted hard drive. Use a wireless webcam up front. Discovery of the webcam and theft of the cam reveals nothing.. Tell them it is monitored at home for vehicle protection. The laptop will power down and lock itself when the battery is low. They are unlikely to discover it in time to return external power to prevent locking. If they do discover it, the locked screen saver proved a layer of protection. It is unlikely they will format your laptop or get past whole drive encryption.
Having seen a server demo with 3 10 core Xeon processors do raytrace rendering ( like Monsters Ink ) the idle power is just over 100 Watts. Full load 60 threads running is a little over a KW. If BC is ramping idle machines, you will have a power requirement to support it.
Server was similar to this one but three processor.. HP ProLiant DL980 G7 E7-4870 2.4GHz 10 Core 4p Server
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Now load that video onto your kid's ipad so he can watch it on your next long road trip.
Ever try to play your instant queue videos from Netflix on a road trip? Sorry, must stick to simple copy protection instead and take DVD's.
Wow, someone discoverd an old old well documented thermodynamic principal of why adding heat to boiling water does not railse it's temperature. Condensation returns the heat used in eveporation. Nice to see physics still can be verified from time to time.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latent_heat
Some street maps in the country as easments for future roads are in the map, even though they don't physically exist. The street next to a relative's of mine has that. The only indication in RL that a road exists is the power poles on the easment are 60 feet away from the fence in a field. The road passes between the poles in the filed and the fence. To use the "Road", you will need wire cutters to go through the barbed wire fence. There is not even a gate there.
In summary, users want a Google home page type desktop, not an AOL type home page with blink tags everywhere. Makes sense.
The modern geek way is to clean up the act, keep it really funny, and promote it on Youtube. It worked for Jeff Dunham. Who hasn't heard of the dead terroist routine?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uwOL4rB-go
Would I go see this guy, you bet.
Linux is growing just the same as a little heard of seach engine from a few years ago when Yahoo was king of the heap, AOL was the top ISP, Dogpile was a search engine, and Bing didn't exist. I give Linux the same odds as we gave Google.
Since Intel is invested in Open Source, this makes sense.
http://software.intel.com/en-us/oss
It works on the same principal as the collander attached to a photo copy machine with a paper with LIE in the scanner. As long as the subject believes it, the operator looks for the subjects reaction to it.
A normal tourisit or business traveler will pretty much ignore it and pass it off as yet another delay in boarding and nothing else. Others may display visable sweating, nervousness, etc and that is the indicator. A trained operator will look for the proper indicators. The fact the item is searchable and listed on the web as a real working bomb detector is a bonus. The recent exposure of the true nature greatly reduces it's effectiveness. Some still use it because they know many subjects are not positive if it works or not resulting in the response indicators they are looking for.
Google is competitive, and maybe placing itself in the path of court challanges for porviding free internet as an anti competitive move. For about the price of 3 months of a competitive providers triple play package, you can get a pay once lifetime connection. This would eliminate poaching and may be an issue that may produce court challanges. How do you compete against free?
What does Isreal's policy have to do with flying to the US? I suppose if you are from Isreal, and returning, you may be deported from your home country. Where would you go?
Personally, I have several email accounts. Not all of them are accessable from the web outside the office. One of them is used only for sailsmen, scam baits, web page registrations, and other junk. I have NO texting on my phone, so it has NO email.
Private personal email is just that, private.
A quick check of VIATALK rates to Philippines $0.2693
Nigeria $0.1905
Nigeria Cell typical, varies.. $0.1966 - $0.2505
You can check the phone rates to call many phone numbers that are not a 900 type number. Most likely the account was used to call friends and associates.
The fees are based on the termination charges of the destination phone number. Use this link to see charges for a typical VOIP provider (Skype carges considerably more than most other VOIP providers)
http://www.viatalk.com/tools/intrates/
VIATALK rates given for example. Other providers are similar.
For rate comparisons, you can compare Diamondcard, VIATALK, IPPI.com and other VOIP providers to look up the numbers to see if they are an expensive chat line or just an expensive destination. Most destinations are under US 2 cents a minute. Many are under 1 cent per minute. Some are over 50 cents a minute.
Be aware that many in West African countries don't have home phones or home internet. They may be someone renting a chair at an Internet Cafe.
http://nigeriamasterweb.com/Etc4/InternetSurfersCyberCafeNairobiKenya.jpg
You can tie up scammers on their home turf. It is called scam baiting. The scammer gets to spend time and money playing games with your bait instead of victims. I regularly write scammers back. I am most interested in my inheritance of 10.5 million.
I question my eligibility, write with a fake first name, no last name, and a bait email account with a free US DID phone number. They can email me, text me, call me, etc, while I continue to find out the name of the deceased before I fill out their form to file a claim. (the form is used to make a deceased you could be related to) By not filling it out and probing for the name of the ceceased first, you make them waste time trying to get your info first so the lawyer, barrister, etc can be hired..
Waste their time, if you have the time to waste on them. You can get free resources. A free email accout, a free VOIP SIP account, and a free DID phone number is a good start to make a fake persona.
Never send them any money.
If you don't like the direction Ubuntu is moving, try Mint instead. I have a machine on Ubuntu for the same reason many people have Windows XP. It runs their favorite aps and there are no binaries for Mint for many packages yet. I'm also running Mint and loving it.
It is easier to set up network printers in Ubuntu. It's easier to get Jack and synths working in Mint. Sorry Ubuntu Studio, you crash Jack on my hardware. Both run Audacity fine. Mint has trouble running RoseGarden. Installed it but can't find it in the menu.
Not everything works OK on Windows without tweaks either, so the above minor issues are not a showstopper. It runs my aps without flooding the desktop with ads and trialware, the biggest timewasters in Windows. Windows is clogged to death out of the box.
Actually Windows 95 is becomming secure because it is so obscure and limited that most current attacks are unable to run on it. Attacks that used to run on it are pretty much dead, much like Stoned for DOS is now officially no longer a threat to anyone. I remember seeing the article about a year ago, so sorry no current link to the story.
With Windows 8 out, more people are exposed to the alternatives.. Thanks Microsoft! I generaly attract attention with a netbook running Linux Mint. I use a Microsoft notebook mouse with it. They make some nice hardware.
People see the interface and ask what it is. I can then explain what works better in Linux.
Use a USB thumb drive and want to eject it.. It's on the desktop. Right click, Eject or safely remove..
Want to power down.. There are easy options.. Use the menu or hit the power button and choose hibernate, reboot, logout, power off.
You should not need Google to know how to eject a thumb drive, connect a printer, or power down the computer.
I won't list what all works better. I'm posting on Slashdot, not writing a full review.
Some things are still not easy such as using a USB MIDI keyboard, but that is not plug and play in Windows 8 either.
Doesn't matter how few KB it needs. Would you pay double your cell bill just so a console game can authorize once in a while? Didn't think so. You use the Android tablet instead. A few people buy the equipment and pay a subscription to Sat internet, but they have a different budget than I do.
I'm approaching retirement and have a motorhome. Not everyplace I travel to has a fast connecton or any connection. No, I'm not paying high prices for very limited caps and huge ping times for a sat dish for internet. Ever share a free wireless connection at at campground? Sometimes dial up is faster.
For the campers, sometimes out is about 95% of the time.
I do have a flatscreen in the motorhome. It doubles as a backup camera screen when traveling, GPS screen, TV, Wii screen, and larger laptop screen.
I have a WiMax modem, but it is out of range in any location that is not city. I like the no contract BYOD (Bring your own Device) service. A used Goodwill modem and if in a service area, pay for a month. If not, no expense for service you can't reach.
http://www.clear.com/devices/byod
I guess travelers are not their intended audience. This is why smartphones are doing so well. They are better connected in most places.
I'm ex Navy too. Personally used the shredder. The dust had to fit through a metal screen before it could exit the shredding section. It would make great blown in insulation, except the flamibility factor. The shredder was larger than my car.
Or will it shred?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQYPCPB1g3o
The way to do this is to have a netbook in the trunk with an encrypted hard drive. Use a wireless webcam up front. Discovery of the webcam and theft of the cam reveals nothing.. Tell them it is monitored at home for vehicle protection. The laptop will power down and lock itself when the battery is low. They are unlikely to discover it in time to return external power to prevent locking. If they do discover it, the locked screen saver proved a layer of protection. It is unlikely they will format your laptop or get past whole drive encryption.
Having seen a server demo with 3 10 core Xeon processors do raytrace rendering ( like Monsters Ink ) the idle power is just over 100 Watts. Full load 60 threads running is a little over a KW. If BC is ramping idle machines, you will have a power requirement to support it.
Server was similar to this one but three processor..
HP ProLiant DL980 G7 E7-4870 2.4GHz 10 Core 4p Server
http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2012-07-25/business/35488447_1_skype-law-enforcement-online-chats
Seems to be tight lipped on the ability, but MS has a history of cooporating with Law Enforcement.
Interesting that they left the identifying GPS coordinates in the video.
38:36:01N 121:23:21W
Suburb of Sacranento CA Arden-Arcade neighborhood
http://boulter.com/gps/#38%2036%2001N%20%20-121%2023%2021