I have the ability and software to hook my police scanner to my computer and do VOX recording (actually nothing tricky, I plugged the scanner headphone jack into the line-in on the computer and found some freeware VOX software that will use any Windows installed codec for compression on the fly). Anyway.. During the sniper scare in DC last year I happened to catch a few of the incedents. I learned a lot about human nature listening to these recordings. You would not believe how many people were calling 911 with incedents of white vans cutting people off, speeding, driving erratic, reckless and suspicious after a shooting incedent. For those that do not live in this area, the police basically shut down every highway, exit, and bypass when these shootings happened and it basically shut down the Washington/Baltimore/Northern VA area everytime looking for a white van. It seems that every white van in the peoples eyes was doing something "wrong". Well in northern VA there are thousands and thousands of white vans, it is a booming contruction market here and they are everywhere. Human nature lead those that called to not see things as they really were but tainted by the hype of these crazy white vans, they were absolutely sure they had found the snipers and would stretch the truth to ensure they were heard by the police. IMHO, this was a major reason why it took so long to actually find the real snipers, everyone was so preoccupied with the white vans they saw nothing else that mattered, it turned out to be an old Chevy Impala. I do not believe the average person could monitor cameras or be in charge of determining security risks without too many false alarms. You can only cry wolf so many times.
What does your percieved knowledge of computers have to do with someone elses?
Could you act as a lawyer in a court case? Could you replace or repair your own HVAC system? Could you replace that timing belt on your car? Could you do a water analysis to determine bacteria levels?
These people that do the above are using computers on a daily basis and they do not give a crap about your computer godness, they just want to be protected from these viruses.
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I believe this will be introduced just after the duplicate story detector.
I wish I had something like this. Last weekend I fired up my string trimmer (weed whacker). I took the normal precautions like long sleeve shirt, pants, socks, boots, goggles, ivy block, immediate shower afterwards etc.. It did not help at all. This week I am completely covered in poision ivy. I am ichy as hell, can't sleep and my eyes were swelling shut. I already had to get a shot and am taking various pills and creams. I even had to take a sick day from work, my first one in over 1.5 years. I actually could have gone to work, I felt fine but I looked like a mutant. My reaction to it seems to get worse ever year. My next path is going to be chemicals. I am going to spray anything and everything within a foot of my fences and obstructions.
Considering it is traveling much faster then the speed of sound, I assume you would hear nothing if you were in front of it;) Eventually you would hear it but you would actually hear the sound from the end before you heard it at the starting point. It seems that you would detect the compressed shift but its arriving backwards... Whoa, I'm done, too early in the morning for me to think that one through.
use fiber to connect them to a central router for the T1
We are not talking about an office building here where most of the bandwidth is internal and there are central servers getting accessed. Do you really need fiber to provide a T1 line to the users? The distance would be useful but a 10mbit/FD connection should provide the distance and the 1.54mbits required bandwidth.
Of course if they all start sharing files with each other then maybe.
Not that fiber is not a good choice if available and within budget. Just a thought
Rockridge is an extention to the ISO standard, as is Joliet. I do not think RRidge is supported outside the *nix world as it is mainly for symbolic linking and mixed case filenames, the non unix sets will ignore them and use the Joliet (limited to 64) if possible or the plain ISO(1) limited to 8.3 or ISO(2) which is 32 characters.
I do not know what RR is limited to.
What you use really depends on what system you are starting with and what system will be using the files later.
but I still can't have filenames longer than 64 characters.:)
Use different software. DiscJuggler on W32 for example will allow you to override the normal file system limits to your desire. The resulting disc may not be compatible will all OS's but it will allow you to do it. Another solution is to pack up the files into an archive (gz, bz, zip, rar etc..) and just burn the packed file. Although the files are not directly accessible from the cd, it will maintain the names once extracted. The ability to maintain the filenames is sometimes more important then convenience.
From the current law firm site (linked in the article): MuseumTour.com's web site "has links on the left side that go to other web pages within the site but does not lose the left side navigation links."
I have used this these also. Infact I just had my windshield replaced, new headlights for my car (not the bulbs, the entire light assembly), and a new radiator for my other car. All from paid advertisements found from a Google searches. In fact I have found their ads matching to be better then the actual website hits for some things;)
Considering I use Opera without java, javascript, no plugins (flash shock etc..), I would not have even seen most ads from other sites. I can honestly tell you that I have NEVER ordered anything from any type of ad other then the ones from Google. In fact, the first step in I use when looking for something specific is Google. If not specific I use my old trusty sites like pricewatch, dealnews, and a few others.
My last IT manager was so anal about wires it was insane. We averaged 300 drops per communications room coupled with the wires that needed to run into the switches, it was a nightmare. He made us rewire the entire things and neaten up the wires. I'm not a neat freak but I am not a slob either. The way he wanted it done it was impossible to track down any wires or work on any wires without completely undoing the bundles and starting over. He wanted the closer wires to be shorter so they would not have to be looped around the tray so instead of using prefabbed wires we had to cut and crimp our own in roughly 6in increments (some 18in, 24in, 30in etc..) He did not give a crap about the router upgrades we did, the uptime charts we had, the firmware upgrades, the cooling system or the UPS's we installed to keep the equipment running, all he wanted was a clean looking room in case any of his bosses vistited our site and wanted to look around. It was very obvious he could not impress anyone with his technical ability or oversight, so he decided to go the "neat" route.
This would let you put brand X ink in the thing, and when brand X ink ruins the printer (that ink is corrosive, by the way) you sent the hole mess back to HP and demand a replacement or repair at HP's expense.
I very highly doubt that warranty claims are the reason for not wanting third party carts. Using the DJ 3300 as an example, the warranty is only 90 days (found in this PDF file). Also note the cart capacity in that PDF, a whopping 10ml.
Meaning Verizon itself or a customer using Verizon services for the initial internet connectivity? Very big difference. Claiming the provider responsible for the actions of specific users is a very sharp double edge sword that has far more reaching effects then spam.
They don't act on complaints, and willing let scumbags and thieves operate on their network.
Your perception of what they do behind the scenes may not be exactly what is going on. If that is the common practice of theirs, then it is a problem.
Fried the computer? Did he say it was because of his mechanic or did you assume it was because he had a remote starter installed? All a remote starter does is jumper around the key for various positions (Acc1, Acc2, Start, and Run), for some it can bypass the alarm or disable a factory alarm so the car can start. All it does is provide +12v and ground or open and close contacts via relays (high current) or a transistorized circuit (low current like less then 300ma). to simulate the key in the various positions. That being said.. I believe it IS possible for this to happen but you would have to be extremely unlucky based on what a remote starter actually does. I know it sounds cut and dry to you and remote starters sound complex but they are by no means an advanced electonic product.
Actually I did not forget LP's, I left them out on purpose because I know it is a touchy subject;)
Same with reel-to-reel players. I've had various levels of each and very good tape decks (several old Nakamachi's for example) in the past. I did like the quality of LP's but it really is a personal preference.
I've had very good luck with Telarc label CD's. About the best one I have ever heard is "California Project". It is a collection of Beach Boys songs done by Papa Do Run Run. One of the best recording I have ever heard, and I have never listened to or liked the real BB's. Well worth the price new or used. Not to change the subject but I took this cd and converted it to ~256VBR and ~192VBR (--r3mix) with Lame and EAC and there is an obvious difference in the quality compared to the original. Not really with artifacts but the dynamic range is just not there.
Number of computers in a home environment does not automatically mean more BW. It may come in spurts but not more overall. I go online and do certain things every day. I can do this before, after, or during the times the kids are on and use the same exact BW either way. My firewall is reject unless specifically allowed (limits trojans and spurious connections), I use squid and have every PC set to use it via a proxy.pac autoconfig (currently at over a 45% hit rate after 80k requests) and a caching DNS server.
Customer support (additional troubleshooting)
Maybe, maybe not, I also think this would reduce support as you can eliminate probles related to your PC as you can try another one, or blame it on the ISP.. I would also suggest that a person with a multipc setup is probably smarter then the average computer user and would call support less.
Security (more machines, more chance for trojans, etc)
This is laughable. It would be much safer to have 15 computers behind a NAT box/firewall then one Windows or misconfigured Linux machine directly connected.
Repairs (the guy with six people sharing a cable modem is going to expect instant service restoration, whether he's paying for it or not)
So what your saying is everyone with one computer should not expect good service and fast repairs? They just sit back and wait for the ISP to find the problem and they should not expect the service to work when they need it?
You do have points but those can not be seperated into those with and without NAT.
And frankly, it ain't your network. If you want to start up an "all the bandwidth you want for free" ISP, knock yourself out.
What do you mean set one up, they are everywhere. Check the advertisements for Comcast, RR, Verizon, Speakeasy, and many others. They all say pretty much the same... Unlimited internet and connected all the time so your online experience is fast and quick. Maybe they should change their tune. Kind of like my cell phone plan.. Unlimited nights and weekends, free long distance, unlimited phone to phone, and unlimited web access. Do you think I should feel guilty when I use it? I don't, that's what they are advertising and that's what I bought the damn things for. Sure as shit, I browse the web with the phone whenever i want, I call all my relatives after 9:00pm or any time during the weekend, and I call phone to phone just because I can.
The general public is getting more and more used to crappy-sounding recordings.
As compared to the higher quality content of cassettes and 8 tracks from the 60's and seventies.
Honestly though, I do agree that overall, the studios are putting out crappy recordings, or maybe that they have not increased the quality they are putting out in relation to the quality of the end media.
What if you wake up in the middle of the night and find someone in your house hurting a family member. You approach the situation and the person starts running away. I do not know exactly what I would do but there is a chance that the average person would be inclined to chase him down and cause great harm with any weapon they could find. Does that mean you'd be a potential harm to society and should be locked up? You were never a treat to the general public, only someone that was causing harm to your family. Granted the person was running away so technically you may still be able to claim self defense. There is no cookie cutter answer for every situation.
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Back in the 50's nuclear weapons were much less powerful and probably still being considered and designed for offensive weapons. Now they are just for a strategic deterent. With that in mind not making it "back" is a concept that any nuclear weapons platform deals with now. One ballistic missle submarine has the potential capability to wipe out any country in the world. If you actually had to fire any of them, there would be a great chance that once you did come back to the surface, there would be nothing left to go home too. At least in modern times, the weapons detonate at a much further distance from you so you are not killing yourself directly.
Standard Navy Disclaimer: I can neither confirm nor deny the presence of nuclear weapons on this or any US Navy vessel
For those that do not live in the Washington/Baltimore/Northern VA area..
WTOP is an excellent news, traffic, and weather radio station in the DC metro area. They broadcast on FM and two AM stations and have a very wide coverage area. They do have some "talk" style presentations but they are limited to select people, mostly politicians and other decision makers in the area (police chiefs, transportation board members, governors etc..), they call them "Ask the Governor" or similar. They are pretty much the standard in the area for non music information and are very respected by many in the area. I never was a news radio type of person but when I moved into the area I was very impressed with the presentation and now listen in either online or in the car. A good example is the traffic reports, most other stations simply spit out backup here and there. WTOP explains the backup, where it is at, possible workarounds and expected recovery times. Top notch. Of course, I know people who can;t stand to listen to it too.
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You mean like JS_NOCLOSE.E which is classified as a virus by TrendMicro? This is our most common "virus" detected on our network.
...for false allegations made by watchers
Actually I believe this..
I have the ability and software to hook my police scanner to my computer and do VOX recording (actually nothing tricky, I plugged the scanner headphone jack into the line-in on the computer and found some freeware VOX software that will use any Windows installed codec for compression on the fly). Anyway.. During the sniper scare in DC last year I happened to catch a few of the incedents. I learned a lot about human nature listening to these recordings. You would not believe how many people were calling 911 with incedents of white vans cutting people off, speeding, driving erratic, reckless and suspicious after a shooting incedent. For those that do not live in this area, the police basically shut down every highway, exit, and bypass when these shootings happened and it basically shut down the Washington/Baltimore/Northern VA area everytime looking for a white van. It seems that every white van in the peoples eyes was doing something "wrong". Well in northern VA there are thousands and thousands of white vans, it is a booming contruction market here and they are everywhere. Human nature lead those that called to not see things as they really were but tainted by the hype of these crazy white vans, they were absolutely sure they had found the snipers and would stretch the truth to ensure they were heard by the police. IMHO, this was a major reason why it took so long to actually find the real snipers, everyone was so preoccupied with the white vans they saw nothing else that mattered, it turned out to be an old Chevy Impala. I do not believe the average person could monitor cameras or be in charge of determining security risks without too many false alarms. You can only cry wolf so many times.
What does your percieved knowledge of computers have to do with someone elses?
Could you act as a lawyer in a court case? Could you replace or repair your own HVAC system? Could you replace that timing belt on your car? Could you do a water analysis to determine bacteria levels?
These people that do the above are using computers on a daily basis and they do not give a crap about your computer godness, they just want to be protected from these viruses.
I believe this will be introduced just after the duplicate story detector.
developing the next generation robotic weeder
Where was the first one?
I wish I had something like this. Last weekend I fired up my string trimmer (weed whacker). I took the normal precautions like long sleeve shirt, pants, socks, boots, goggles, ivy block, immediate shower afterwards etc.. It did not help at all. This week I am completely covered in poision ivy. I am ichy as hell, can't sleep and my eyes were swelling shut. I already had to get a shot and am taking various pills and creams. I even had to take a sick day from work, my first one in over 1.5 years. I actually could have gone to work, I felt fine but I looked like a mutant. My reaction to it seems to get worse ever year.
My next path is going to be chemicals. I am going to spray anything and everything within a foot of my fences and obstructions.
You know, I said the same thing the last time this was posted ;)
Considering it is traveling much faster then the speed of sound, I assume you would hear nothing if you were in front of it ;)
Eventually you would hear it but you would actually hear the sound from the end before you heard it at the starting point. It seems that you would detect the compressed shift but its arriving backwards... Whoa, I'm done, too early in the morning for me to think that one through.
use fiber to connect them to a central router for the T1
We are not talking about an office building here where most of the bandwidth is internal and there are central servers getting accessed. Do you really need fiber to provide a T1 line to the users? The distance would be useful but a 10mbit/FD connection should provide the distance and the 1.54mbits required bandwidth.
Of course if they all start sharing files with each other then maybe.
Not that fiber is not a good choice if available and within budget. Just a thought
Rockridge is an extention to the ISO standard, as is Joliet. I do not think RRidge is supported outside the *nix world as it is mainly for symbolic linking and mixed case filenames, the non unix sets will ignore them and use the Joliet (limited to 64) if possible or the plain ISO(1) limited to 8.3 or ISO(2) which is 32 characters.
I do not know what RR is limited to.
What you use really depends on what system you are starting with and what system will be using the files later.
Sorry, meant tgz..
but I still can't have filenames longer than 64 characters. :)
Use different software. DiscJuggler on W32 for example will allow you to override the normal file system limits to your desire. The resulting disc may not be compatible will all OS's but it will allow you to do it. Another solution is to pack up the files into an archive (gz, bz, zip, rar etc..) and just burn the packed file. Although the files are not directly accessible from the cd, it will maintain the names once extracted. The ability to maintain the filenames is sometimes more important then convenience.
Playing around on the wayback machine shows that their own law firm was once using something very similar to what this patent describes..
From the current law firm site (linked in the article):
MuseumTour.com's web site "has links on the left side that go to other web pages within the site but does not lose the left side navigation links."
I have used this these also. Infact I just had my windshield replaced, new headlights for my car (not the bulbs, the entire light assembly), and a new radiator for my other car. All from paid advertisements found from a Google searches. In fact I have found their ads matching to be better then the actual website hits for some things ;)
Considering I use Opera without java, javascript, no plugins (flash shock etc..), I would not have even seen most ads from other sites. I can honestly tell you that I have NEVER ordered anything from any type of ad other then the ones from Google. In fact, the first step in I use when looking for something specific is Google. If not specific I use my old trusty sites like pricewatch, dealnews, and a few others.
in a cosmetically clean room (wires are ugly)
HAHAHA
Spoken like typical non technical person..
My last IT manager was so anal about wires it was insane. We averaged 300 drops per communications room coupled with the wires that needed to run into the switches, it was a nightmare. He made us rewire the entire things and neaten up the wires. I'm not a neat freak but I am not a slob either. The way he wanted it done it was impossible to track down any wires or work on any wires without completely undoing the bundles and starting over. He wanted the closer wires to be shorter so they would not have to be looped around the tray so instead of using prefabbed wires we had to cut and crimp our own in roughly 6in increments (some 18in, 24in, 30in etc..) He did not give a crap about the router upgrades we did, the uptime charts we had, the firmware upgrades, the cooling system or the UPS's we installed to keep the equipment running, all he wanted was a clean looking room in case any of his bosses vistited our site and wanted to look around. It was very obvious he could not impress anyone with his technical ability or oversight, so he decided to go the "neat" route.
I picked up a LJ4+ with a +100k page count and a used toner about 2 years ago when my previous employer had a "fire" sale ;)
I found and added some old non EDO memory from my junk drawer and it has been trucking along fine after at least 5000 sheets.
This would let you put brand X ink in the thing, and when brand X ink ruins the printer (that ink is corrosive, by the way) you sent the hole mess back to HP and demand a replacement or repair at HP's expense.
I very highly doubt that warranty claims are the reason for not wanting third party carts. Using the DJ 3300 as an example, the warranty is only 90 days (found in this PDF file). Also note the cart capacity in that PDF, a whopping 10ml.
Verizon is one of the SOURCES of spam.
Meaning Verizon itself or a customer using Verizon services for the initial internet connectivity? Very big difference. Claiming the provider responsible for the actions of specific users is a very sharp double edge sword that has far more reaching effects then spam.
They don't act on complaints, and willing let scumbags and thieves operate on their network.
Your perception of what they do behind the scenes may not be exactly what is going on. If that is the common practice of theirs, then it is a problem.
Fried the computer? Did he say it was because of his mechanic or did you assume it was because he had a remote starter installed? All a remote starter does is jumper around the key for various positions (Acc1, Acc2, Start, and Run), for some it can bypass the alarm or disable a factory alarm so the car can start. All it does is provide +12v and ground or open and close contacts via relays (high current) or a transistorized circuit (low current like less then 300ma). to simulate the key in the various positions. That being said.. I believe it IS possible for this to happen but you would have to be extremely unlucky based on what a remote starter actually does. I know it sounds cut and dry to you and remote starters sound complex but they are by no means an advanced electonic product.
Actually I did not forget LP's, I left them out on purpose because I know it is a touchy subject ;)
Same with reel-to-reel players. I've had various levels of each and very good tape decks (several old Nakamachi's for example) in the past. I did like the quality of LP's but it really is a personal preference.
I've had very good luck with Telarc label CD's. About the best one I have ever heard is "California Project". It is a collection of Beach Boys songs done by Papa Do Run Run. One of the best recording I have ever heard, and I have never listened to or liked the real BB's. Well worth the price new or used. Not to change the subject but I took this cd and converted it to ~256VBR and ~192VBR (--r3mix) with Lame and EAC and there is an obvious difference in the quality compared to the original. Not really with artifacts but the dynamic range is just not there.
Bullshit..
Bandwidth (about $50-130/mb wholesale)
Number of computers in a home environment does not automatically mean more BW. It may come in spurts but not more overall. I go online and do certain things every day. I can do this before, after, or during the times the kids are on and use the same exact BW either way. My firewall is reject unless specifically allowed (limits trojans and spurious connections), I use squid and have every PC set to use it via a proxy.pac autoconfig (currently at over a 45% hit rate after 80k requests) and a caching DNS server.
Customer support (additional troubleshooting)
Maybe, maybe not, I also think this would reduce support as you can eliminate probles related to your PC as you can try another one, or blame it on the ISP.. I would also suggest that a person with a multipc setup is probably smarter then the average computer user and would call support less.
Security (more machines, more chance for trojans, etc)
This is laughable. It would be much safer to have 15 computers behind a NAT box/firewall then one Windows or misconfigured Linux machine directly connected.
Repairs (the guy with six people sharing a cable modem is going to expect instant service restoration, whether he's paying for it or not)
So what your saying is everyone with one computer should not expect good service and fast repairs? They just sit back and wait for the ISP to find the problem and they should not expect the service to work when they need it?
You do have points but those can not be seperated into those with and without NAT.
And frankly, it ain't your network. If you want to start up an "all the bandwidth you want for free" ISP, knock yourself out.
What do you mean set one up, they are everywhere. Check the advertisements for Comcast, RR, Verizon, Speakeasy, and many others. They all say pretty much the same... Unlimited internet and connected all the time so your online experience is fast and quick. Maybe they should change their tune. Kind of like my cell phone plan.. Unlimited nights and weekends, free long distance, unlimited phone to phone, and unlimited web access. Do you think I should feel guilty when I use it? I don't, that's what they are advertising and that's what I bought the damn things for. Sure as shit, I browse the web with the phone whenever i want, I call all my relatives after 9:00pm or any time during the weekend, and I call phone to phone just because I can.
The general public is getting more and more used to crappy-sounding recordings.
As compared to the higher quality content of cassettes and 8 tracks from the 60's and seventies.
Honestly though, I do agree that overall, the studios are putting out crappy recordings, or maybe that they have not increased the quality they are putting out in relation to the quality of the end media.
I agree to a certain extent but..
What if you wake up in the middle of the night and find someone in your house hurting a family member. You approach the situation and the person starts running away. I do not know exactly what I would do but there is a chance that the average person would be inclined to chase him down and cause great harm with any weapon they could find. Does that mean you'd be a potential harm to society and should be locked up? You were never a treat to the general public, only someone that was causing harm to your family. Granted the person was running away so technically you may still be able to claim self defense. There is no cookie cutter answer for every situation.
Currently modded as interesting? I was thinking + funny..
Back in the 50's nuclear weapons were much less powerful and probably still being considered and designed for offensive weapons. Now they are just for a strategic deterent. With that in mind not making it "back" is a concept that any nuclear weapons platform deals with now.
One ballistic missle submarine has the potential capability to wipe out any country in the world. If you actually had to fire any of them, there would be a great chance that once you did come back to the surface, there would be nothing left to go home too. At least in modern times, the weapons detonate at a much further distance from you so you are not killing yourself directly.
Standard Navy Disclaimer: I can neither confirm nor deny the presence of nuclear weapons on this or any US Navy vessel
For those that do not live in the Washington/Baltimore/Northern VA area..
WTOP is an excellent news, traffic, and weather radio station in the DC metro area. They broadcast on FM and two AM stations and have a very wide coverage area. They do have some "talk" style presentations but they are limited to select people, mostly politicians and other decision makers in the area (police chiefs, transportation board members, governors etc..), they call them "Ask the Governor" or similar.
They are pretty much the standard in the area for non music information and are very respected by many in the area. I never was a news radio type of person but when I moved into the area I was very impressed with the presentation and now listen in either online or in the car. A good example is the traffic reports, most other stations simply spit out backup here and there. WTOP explains the backup, where it is at, possible workarounds and expected recovery times. Top notch. Of course, I know people who can;t stand to listen to it too.
Just some background.
It's to hard to track and read various blogs, email reposts and the like during a flame war. I miss the good ole days of flaming in alt.fan.*