Check out this site for an even more immersive (though theoretical) hardware. If you have the dough, looks like you can actually pick up something similar here.
Here's an article I saw this morning from ZDNet talking about Internet security protections against terrism. I'm baffled by the line:
"Some companies were at least taking the minimal step of blocking out encrypted e-mails to their networks, said Russ Cooper, surgeon general of TruSecure, a security services provider based in Herndon, Virginia."
How the hell can blocking encrypted e-mails improve a companies security against terrorism?
There are many people curious as to the why. Mostly because that Joe Sixpack, after hearing about what Open-Source is, wants to know the catch - he thinks there must be a catch, because if there is no catch, then everyone would be doing this.
There are some people that I've spoken to who don't switch to Linux because they believe that the only reason it's free, is to hook you so you can be charged later. No amount of explaining will change their opinion - they've been burned by corporations too many time.
This is an important point to be made to everybody (public officials theoretically being the representatives of 'everybody') - that there is no hidden agenda, no catch (unless you program), no hidden fees, no mandatory upgrades, nada, no, zip, none, uh-uh.
Because of the way [NAFTA's] Chapter 11 is being used, "the balance of power between sovereign nations and corporations has shifted against governments, providing significant economic and legal strategic leverage to corporations," said Lydia Lazar, assistant dean at Chicago-Kent College of Law and an expert on NAFTA law.
from the NAFTA index:
Percentage of Americans who believe that it is "very important" that environmental and labor standards are included in trade agreements: 72(44)
The number of months before Canada passed a public health law banning the import of the U.S.- based Ethyl Corporation's gasoline additive MMT that the company announced its intention to use NAFTA to sue Canada for damages, should it enact the legislation: 7(45)
The number of days after Canada banned the import of its gasoline additive, MMT, that Ethyl Corporation filed its suit: 5(46)
The amount of money the Canadian government paid the Ethyl Corporation in damages: $13 million(47)
Number of countries world-wide in which gasoline producers use the Ethyl Corporation's MMT: 1 (Canada)(48)
Number of known cases initiated NAFTA's investor right-to-sue-governments provisions, since the provision went into effect in 1996: 4(49)
Number of cases in which investor is challenging an environmental law: 4(50)
It seems that OWA uses authentication that requires IE. I can get my mail from my Solaris system (with IE) at home, but I have yet to find a Linux browser (Netscape, Konq, Moz) that will connect to OWA.
If this is just a re-config somewhere on the IIS server, I'd love it if you could point that out - I'll see if I can our NT dude into making the necessary changes. But so far, no dice...
I was in the Navy on board a ship. As part of damage control training, that quote was spouted many times by firefighters who didn't know a thing about electicity.
In the coming months, I overheard SEVERAL times, "The voltage doesn't matter, but how many amps are in that circuit?"
When I warned a guy about a live ciruit I was working near, and he asked me how many amps it had, I replied, "depends on how you touch it."
That said, yes it is technically accurate that the amps kill you, but it's a dis-service to tell that to people who don't know what makes an amp.
Just remember, its not the voltage that kills you, its the amperage.
I've heard this quote many times, it really bugs me because it 'short-circuits' common sense and usually leads a lay-man to ask "So, how many amps are in that circuit??"
AMPS = VOLTS x RESISTANCE
So, it ALL depends on two things, voltage and resistance. Higher voltage and/or lower resistance gives you higher amps. So boys and girls, how do we lower our resistance? Stand in water, use a paperclip, touch the metal part of the plug instead of the plastic part. Bingo! higher amps with the same voltage! Double the Volts means double the Amps and double the danger. Many people know this as common sense, but aren't as careful because "It's not the volts that will kill you...".
Small static charges won't kill you because they last only a fraction of a second and the peak current only flows through a very small part of your body. Sort of like the difference between a someone throwing a bullet at you vs. shooting you.
I spent a few years in the Navy living on-board a ship. We had fire drills almost daily at about 6 pm.
Then one day, we actaully had a fire, at about 6 pm. Three of us were containing it, and called the QuarterDeck (front office) to sound the alarm, which they did, except they announced that it was a drill!
Sooo, the people who usually run the drill (officers=managers) called the QuarterDeck and told them to cancel it because there was no drill for the day.
Needless to say, we spent a VERY LONG time on the phone before the QuarterDeck got the story right, and the fire crew finally arrived.
Moral of the story: Don't get so caught up in doing drills that you miss the actual fire!
Ahh, you would have a point if California's energy market were actually a deregulated market, but it's not.
Under the screwed up scheme that is currently in place, the HIGHEST bidder sets the energy price for everyone. For instance, if The PG&E Company buys power from provider A at $7, from provider B at $8, and provider C at $23, at the end of the day, the price for everyone is $23. It's a screwed up system that lends itself to abuse.
Now look for the abuse: PG&E Corporation owns The PG&E Company AND provider C (PG&E Corporation still owns most of the providers). It's not hard to see why PG&E Corporation just posted their highest earnings ever.
Oh yeah, by the way, when The PG&E Company was making money, that money went to PG&E Corporate, now that their losing money, PG&E Corporate has cut them off.
The crisis is clearly a manufactured one. The tool that PG&E used to make this crisis was (so-called) deregulation.
PG&E Corp makes money coming and going. They can't lose and they know it.
PG&E IN DEBT TO ITSELF
Critics say that PG&E is its own biggest debtor, with money flying out of one pocket and into the other and that nearly half of its debt is owed to itself. In the third quarter of 2000, the company reported a 22 percent increase in profits, with a net income of $225 million, while saying it expected California consumers to eventually pick up the tab for its debt.
Also from the article:
In addition to proceeds from the sale of power plants and other revenues that PG&E has forwarded on to its corporate parent, the utility has reaped windfall profits during the crisis from the generation and sale of electricity and has not applied those profits to its own debt. To do so would require an accounting rule change by the California Public Utilities Commission, but company officials have maintained that should not be done.
So, basically when The PG&E COMPANY makes money, that money goes back to PG&E CORPERATION, but when The PG&E COMPANY needs money, well I guess the state pays for it!
Another important difference that BBSes had was that they were NOT anonymous. Many boards did use handles, but the sysop knew who the person was (call back verifiers were magical things).
A good friend of mine ran a board that attracted a fair share of flamers. One day he got tired of the barrage of insults from one of his 13 year old users - so he went to the kids house and responded to his flame directly!
We sincerely regret the inconvenience caused by the continuing delays in launching this next generation product. We think you'll agree that this product was worth the wait.
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Check out this site for an even more immersive (though theoretical) hardware. If you have the dough, looks like you can actually pick up something similar here.
"Some companies were at least taking the minimal step of blocking out encrypted e-mails to their networks, said Russ Cooper, surgeon general of TruSecure, a security services provider based in Herndon, Virginia."
How the hell can blocking encrypted e-mails improve a companies security against terrorism?
There are some people that I've spoken to who don't switch to Linux because they believe that the only reason it's free, is to hook you so you can be charged later. No amount of explaining will change their opinion - they've been burned by corporations too many time.
This is an important point to be made to everybody (public officials theoretically being the representatives of 'everybody') - that there is no hidden agenda, no catch (unless you program), no hidden fees, no mandatory upgrades, nada, no, zip, none, uh-uh.
here and here.
from indymedia.org
from
the NAFTA index:
Tried this, didn't work.
It seems that OWA uses authentication that requires IE. I can get my mail from my Solaris system (with IE) at home, but I have yet to find a Linux browser (Netscape, Konq, Moz) that will connect to OWA.
If this is just a re-config somewhere on the IIS server, I'd love it if you could point that out - I'll see if I can our NT dude into making the necessary changes. But so far, no dice...
In the coming months, I overheard SEVERAL times, "The voltage doesn't matter, but how many amps are in that circuit?"
When I warned a guy about a live ciruit I was working near, and he asked me how many amps it had, I replied, "depends on how you touch it."
That said, yes it is technically accurate that the amps kill you, but it's a dis-service to tell that to people who don't know what makes an amp.
I've heard this quote many times, it really bugs me because it 'short-circuits' common sense and usually leads a lay-man to ask "So, how many amps are in that circuit??"
AMPS = VOLTS x RESISTANCE
So, it ALL depends on two things, voltage and resistance. Higher voltage and/or lower resistance gives you higher amps. So boys and girls, how do we lower our resistance? Stand in water, use a paperclip, touch the metal part of the plug instead of the plastic part. Bingo! higher amps with the same voltage! Double the Volts means double the Amps and double the danger. Many people know this as common sense, but aren't as careful because "It's not the volts that will kill you...".
Small static charges won't kill you because they last only a fraction of a second and the peak current only flows through a very small part of your body. Sort of like the difference between a someone throwing a bullet at you vs. shooting you.
If GPL is a Virus, than Microsoft's Shared-Source is Death!
Use GPL and contribute to the community. Use Shared-Source and go to jail!
Nice soundbite material, stuff the press can easily understand. Doesn't have to be inherently true, just argueable so.
Then one day, we actaully had a fire, at about 6 pm. Three of us were containing it, and called the QuarterDeck (front office) to sound the alarm, which they did, except they announced that it was a drill!
Sooo, the people who usually run the drill (officers=managers) called the QuarterDeck and told them to cancel it because there was no drill for the day.
Needless to say, we spent a VERY LONG time on the phone before the QuarterDeck got the story right, and the fire crew finally arrived.
Moral of the story: Don't get so caught up in doing drills that you miss the actual fire!
Under the screwed up scheme that is currently in place, the HIGHEST bidder sets the energy price for everyone. For instance, if The PG&E Company buys power from provider A at $7, from provider B at $8, and provider C at $23, at the end of the day, the price for everyone is $23. It's a screwed up system that lends itself to abuse.
Now look for the abuse: PG&E Corporation owns The PG&E Company AND provider C (PG&E Corporation still owns most of the providers). It's not hard to see why PG&E Corporation just posted their highest earnings ever.
Oh yeah, by the way, when The PG&E Company was making money, that money went to PG&E Corporate, now that their losing money, PG&E Corporate has cut them off.
The crisis is clearly a manufactured one. The tool that PG&E used to make this crisis was (so-called) deregulation.
PG&E Corp makes money coming and going. They can't lose and they know it.
From SF Gate:
Also from the article:
So, basically when The PG&E COMPANY makes money, that money goes back to PG&E CORPERATION, but when The PG&E COMPANY needs money, well I guess the state pays for it!
I have often said that it is a great travesty -
the person most able to win an election is not necessarily the best person for the job.
A good friend of mine ran a board that attracted a fair share of flamers. One day he got tired of the barrage of insults from one of his 13 year old users - so he went to the kids house and responded to his flame directly!
We sincerely regret the inconvenience caused by the continuing delays in launching this next generation product. We think you'll agree that this product was worth the wait.
uhhh... we're still waiting...