Correct me if I'm wrong, but it sounds like Ruby Ranch is a fairly well-to-do area that can support the costs of running an ISP. Do you think it is possible for community groups in low income areas to run co-op ISPs? Any advice pro or con?
Right on. If it's important to you than you really need to talk to her about it.
If you don't want to ruin the surprise of popping the question, then why not slip your concerns about diamonds into an innocent conversation, like when you walk past a jewelry store in the mall.
Also, many couples like to pick out the ring together after they are engaged. That way she gets to pick out exactly what she likes, and you'll be able to clear the air on diamonds before buying a ring. My husband and I went together to pick out a ring after we got engaged. First make an appointment with the jeweler and tell him ahead of time how much you can afford. Then he will already have the relevant diamond selection available and you don't have to discuss price out in the open.
Good luck!
BTW, do you really want to bring up resale value to your girlfriend? If you're planning on getting married and staying married, she would never want to sell it!
What great timing! The Bridges conference was just held this weekend. It's all about work like this--stuff that bridges between math, art, music, and science. Neat stuff!
Rational Visual Test(or Irrational Test as we often refer to it.)
<g> IIRC, it's called Visual Test because it used to be Microsoft Visual Test and was bundled with Visual Studio. Then they sold it (back?) to Rational.
Another ultraedit fan here. I think this is the only shareware app that I've ever paid for. When I used Windows I absolutely depended on it. Off the top of my head, here are some things that I liked about it:
tabbed editing windows
color coded syntax highlighting
regexp in search and replace
toggled hex editing
handles huge files easily (I once used it on a file (I think it was >1M) that was so big that it crashed Interdev--not that's it's so hard to crash Interdev, but ultraedit handled it beautifully)
Every once in a while there's a story that reminds me that I'm in what has to be the smallest slashdot demographic: I'm a Mom:). Here's what I made for dinner tonight, quick, easy and yummy.
1 lb. boneless skinless chicken breasts
1/2 cup bread crumbs (just toss a slice or two of old bread in the blender and pulverize)
1/4 cup ketchup
1/4 cup mayo
Spread bread crumbs on a plate. Mix ketchup and mayo in a bowl. If desired, flatten the chicken pieces by pounding them with a mallet or the palm of your hand. Dip chicken in ketchup-mayo mixture, then in bread crumbs. Arrange chicken pieces in a greased baking pan and bake at 375F for 20-30 minutes.
I really enjoyed reading Showstopper. It's very well written and tells interesting stories about the people behind NT. I was surprised by the amount of work and testing that went into NT. Actually raised my opinion of the lowly Microsoft coders (not the brass, though). The book also goes into the sordid history of how Microsoft shafted IBM and OS/2 by making NT for Windows only. Very good read.
Maybe, but nationally the story received very little coverage, except for all the "why does the Smart case get all the attention when the same thing happened in Milwaukee?" rants. There have been plenty media rants on that topic, which is how I found out about Alexis Patterson, and probably how Katz did too.
The first thing you need to decide is whether you want to use a hosted service where the service keeps track of your hits on their or a local app that runs on your server and analyzes your logs. I think that Webtrends has both versions, hence the very contradictory comments so far.
I have used the Webtrends hosted service, WebTrendsLive, and have no complaints.
It's easy to implement--just insert some javascript into each page you want to track and set a few variables to customize it.
As a hosted service, they keep track of all data and crunch the numbers, so there is no extra load on your servers.
The web interface is nice and provides all the info marketing wants and more.You can set up the service to email reports to your marketeers as often as they want.
However, with your level of hits, it will probably cost you big bucks.
Applications that run locally are much less expensive, but they put a bigger load on your servers (I don't have a lot of experience with them, though).
Okay, now that we've all gotten the "2GB" jokes out of our system, let's not beat up the author too much. This is a column in the business section, not a tech article. We all know the difference between column and article. The dude's an accountant, not a techie. Lay off!
I think there was some moderation and/or meta-moderation, to not let people answer questions with dummy answers.
Well, there was a priesthood that chose their favorites for the "Oracularities Digest" that were published at rec.humor.oracle, but only a select few were priests, so it wasn't really like modding. OTOH, anyone could rate the Oracularities so you could get a rating for your answer.
I kinda miss the Oracle. I think it's still around but it's just not the same since people who didn't realize it was meant to be humorous started flooding it with serious questions about how to use the web. Boy do I feel old.
I have to admit I don't understand why so many people consider/. to be "journalism".
The majority of/. stories are links to news, features, rumors, innuendo, etc. originating elsewhere on the web. Some links are to legitimate news stories and others are less so. The "editors" merely post links that they find interesting and add their own purely subjective opinions (they've never claimed to be objective). Then we all comment and discuss amongst ourselves.
The only/. stories that are actually original journalism are the features, including this one by Roblimo and, yes, JonKatz's articles. So if it's real journalism you want, read JonKatz.
The Senator is the best place to see it in Baltimore. This is a very cool independent theater that has survived since the 40s. There is only one screen so you get to see the movie in a huge hall together with 800 other screaming fans. The owner is a cool guy whose's a big Star Wars fan and gets up on stage to personally introduce each showing. It's a great experience.
Now what would really be amazing is if a search for 42 returned The Question:). And it looks like no one has bought the adword yet either. Anyone interested?
I'm curious if anyone out there uses PVCS or other Merant products. The company is now focused completely on content management (and source code control) and it's strange that no one has mentioned them yet.
[Disclaimer: I used to work for the company, which is why I'm curious what happened to them.]
I would be very wary of a company that forced me to be an independent contractor instead of a W2 employee, for a job that up until now had been done by an employee. It's basically a way for the company to save lots of money by having cheap employees and not have to provide benefits or (correct me if I'm wrong) pay payroll taxes.
As a contractor, I would have to pay for my own health insurance, etc. without the benefit of being part of a group policy. I'd have to contribute my own money to the unemployment fund, or else I wouldn't be eligible for unemployment benefits if I got laid off.
And all as a loophole to avoid paying for pirated software? Do I really want to work for a company like that? I wouldn't trust them for a minute.
2) Send an email to the webmaster stating that you are about to link to his site, thus throwing an ungodly amount of hits his way, and that you can toss up a mirror to reduce the strain on his poor, poor webservers.
But only if he pays the "protection fee," of course;). Hey, with that kind of revenue/. wouldn't need to sell subscriptions!
I'm not sure what to think about the fact that Sun has a "Chief Competitive Officer." Please tell me that there's more to the guy's job than spreading FUD about the competition.
The Vendor SHOULD ensure that programmers, designers, and testers
are knowledgeable about common flaws in the design and implementation
of products.
Rationale: Some classes of vulnerabilities are well-known and can be
easily exploited using repeatable techniques. Educated programmers,
designers, and testers can identify and eliminate vulnerabilities
before the product is provided to customers, or prevent their
introduction into the product in the first place.
I've been looking for books or other resources that explain how developers can avoid security flaws in their code. Can anyone recommend any resources? Good books?
Slashdot Mirror
Correct me if I'm wrong, but it sounds like Ruby Ranch is a fairly well-to-do area that can support the costs of running an ISP. Do you think it is possible for community groups in low income areas to run co-op ISPs? Any advice pro or con?
I want this for my new sig! What's the source of the quote? Thanks.
If you don't want to ruin the surprise of popping the question, then why not slip your concerns about diamonds into an innocent conversation, like when you walk past a jewelry store in the mall.
Also, many couples like to pick out the ring together after they are engaged. That way she gets to pick out exactly what she likes, and you'll be able to clear the air on diamonds before buying a ring. My husband and I went together to pick out a ring after we got engaged. First make an appointment with the jeweler and tell him ahead of time how much you can afford. Then he will already have the relevant diamond selection available and you don't have to discuss price out in the open.
Good luck!
BTW, do you really want to bring up resale value to your girlfriend? If you're planning on getting married and staying married, she would never want to sell it!
What great timing! The Bridges conference was just held this weekend. It's all about work like this--stuff that bridges between math, art, music, and science. Neat stuff!
<g> IIRC, it's called Visual Test because it used to be Microsoft Visual Test and was bundled with Visual Studio. Then they sold it (back?) to Rational.
Spread bread crumbs on a plate. Mix ketchup and mayo in a bowl. If desired, flatten the chicken pieces by pounding them with a mallet or the palm of your hand. Dip chicken in ketchup-mayo mixture, then in bread crumbs. Arrange chicken pieces in a greased baking pan and bake at 375F for 20-30 minutes.
Uh, John, Paul, George and Ringo?
<couldn't resist/>I really enjoyed reading Showstopper. It's very well written and tells interesting stories about the people behind NT. I was surprised by the amount of work and testing that went into NT. Actually raised my opinion of the lowly Microsoft coders (not the brass, though). The book also goes into the sordid history of how Microsoft shafted IBM and OS/2 by making NT for Windows only. Very good read.
Hear, hear! Folks, remember that this binary was found in the wild. The script kiddies already know what it is; the admins don't.
ba da da DUM ba da DUM
If you wanna deal, you gotta use SQL, cocaine
If you wanna get stoned, you gotta write the code, cocaine
Data mine, data mine, data mine, COCAINE
ba da da DUM ba da DUM
ba da da DUM ba da DUM...
Data mine, data mine, data mine, COCAINE
Maybe, but nationally the story received very little coverage, except for all the "why does the Smart case get all the attention when the same thing happened in Milwaukee?" rants. There have been plenty media rants on that topic, which is how I found out about Alexis Patterson, and probably how Katz did too.
I have used the Webtrends hosted service, WebTrendsLive, and have no complaints.
Applications that run locally are much less expensive, but they put a bigger load on your servers (I don't have a lot of experience with them, though).
<asbestos suit/>
Well, there was a priesthood that chose their favorites for the "Oracularities Digest" that were published at rec.humor.oracle, but only a select few were priests, so it wasn't really like modding. OTOH, anyone could rate the Oracularities so you could get a rating for your answer.
I kinda miss the Oracle. I think it's still around but it's just not the same since people who didn't realize it was meant to be humorous started flooding it with serious questions about how to use the web. Boy do I feel old.
Sort of the net equivalent of generating electricity by damming a large river, with the added bonus of improving the environment!
The majority of /. stories are links to news, features, rumors, innuendo, etc. originating elsewhere on the web. Some links are to legitimate news stories and others are less so. The "editors" merely post links that they find interesting and add their own purely subjective opinions (they've never claimed to be objective). Then we all comment and discuss amongst ourselves.
The only /. stories that are actually original journalism are the features, including this one by Roblimo and, yes, JonKatz's articles. So if it's real journalism you want, read JonKatz.
The Senator is the best place to see it in Baltimore. This is a very cool independent theater that has survived since the 40s. There is only one screen so you get to see the movie in a huge hall together with 800 other screaming fans. The owner is a cool guy whose's a big Star Wars fan and gets up on stage to personally introduce each showing. It's a great experience.
Now what would really be amazing is if a search for 42 returned The Question :). And it looks like no one has bought the adword yet either. Anyone interested?
[Disclaimer: I used to work for the company, which is why I'm curious what happened to them.]
As a contractor, I would have to pay for my own health insurance, etc. without the benefit of being part of a group policy. I'd have to contribute my own money to the unemployment fund, or else I wouldn't be eligible for unemployment benefits if I got laid off.
And all as a loophole to avoid paying for pirated software? Do I really want to work for a company like that? I wouldn't trust them for a minute.
...is here.
</tongueincheek>
I'm not sure what to think about the fact that Sun has a "Chief Competitive Officer." Please tell me that there's more to the guy's job than spreading FUD about the competition.