In fact, Wisconsin is not the #1 dairy producer in the United States. California is.
'Tis true. They have massive milk factories out there where the cows are treated terribly. (Despite the stupid "Happy Cows" commercials.) However, Wisconsin produces more cheese, and higher quality dairy products. Having lived in both states, I can honestly say that California cheese is garbage.
I never thought they were supposed to be nearly as directly analogous to LA and NYC as some people choose to think.
Gotham was a New York-like city, but Metropolis was actually supposed to be a Chicago-like city. i.e. The city itself is expansive, but it's surrounded by areas of farmland and the like. That's Illinois to a 'T' once you get out of Chicago. (Which is damned hard to do in a timely fashion. Chicago is BIG.)
Atlantis sucks... the acting is on par with B-movies like "The Toxic Avenger"
Are you kidding me? How can you not like Dr. McKay or Dr. Zilenka(sp?)? Especially when McKay gets on Sheppard's case about playing "Captain Kirk" with the alien ladies? Or when Zilenka gives his whole speech (in Polish, no less!) about Atlantis rising from the deep? ("You didn't say anything classified, did you?"... "Classified?")
Atlantis is great entertainment! Sure, it's not a gritty drama like BSG, but that's okay. Too much drama makes one depressed and boring. Try enjoying the lighter side of entertainment every once in awhile.:-)
For the record, they didn't remake Herbie. They merely picked up the series sometime after it last ended. But yes, I am annoyed that Disney is messing with my childhood memories.
the last few boxoffice productions out of Hollywood have been remakes
FWIW, the best of these is probably Batman Begins. If you haven't seen this movie, GO SEE IT NOW. All the previous Batman movies were lame, but this one was an absolute RIDE from beginning to end! The characters are believable, the story is solid, the plot is expansive, the effects are great, and Batman looks awesome! Not to mention that the Chicago vistas (presented as "Gotham City") are a great alternative to the constant New York/Time Square vistas we always see in movies.
I don't know what's going on in Hollywood lately, but there have been a few really amazing gems coming out. Especially in the comic book adaptions department.;-)
Don't forget to tune in at 8/7C for the start of Stargate SG1 and Atlantis as well! SciFi is running THREE FULL HOURS of rockin' new shows today! From their site:
Oh We're Not Gonna Take It no, We Ain't Gonna Take It oh We're Not Gonna Take It Anymore
we've Got The Right To Choose And there Ain't No Way We'll Lose It this Is Our Life, This Is Our Song we'll Fight The Powers That Be Just don't Pick Our Destiny 'cause you Don't Know Us, You Don't Belong
oh We're Not Gonna Take It no, We Ain't Gonna Take It oh We're Not Gonna Take It Anymore
By the time Longhorn is ready to ship, we won't be using monitors. The images will be beamed directly into our brains!
This just in from Microsoft. Apparently "your brain" will no longer be considered a DRM secure device. Be aware that any attempts to use "your brain" will be dealt with via a 3 second, 25KW shock to "your brain". Please prevent piracy and cease using "your brain" immediately!
Part 2: Refining the Ideas is now online. Feel free to sign up for the new mailing list if you want to hear about the article as soon as it's published. (Look for the white box on the left hand side.) Enjoy!:-)
Ok, a quick explanation of how this stuff works is in order. GPS stands for Global Positioning System. The system consists of 24 or so satellites that provide nearly complete coverage of the globe at any given time. By capturing signals from more than one of these satellites, your receiver can calculate your position based on the last known position of the sats. Thanks to the precision and accuracy of modern electronic hardware, this calculation can be accurate to within 20 meters or less.
So to answer your question, of course GPS equipment can't be used over there! They use 220V AC and we use 110V AC. Where do you think you're going to find a charger? You need to get yourself a step down transformer, or you'll never be able to charge the equipment! Yeash, what are they teaching you kids these days?
Fantastic. Now I will have [the Denver theme Song] stuck in my head the rest of the day.
Only Denver the Last Dinosaur? What about the "M-M-M-ask! MASK!" theme song, or the "Galaxy Rangers, No Guts, No Glory!" theme song? I currently have all three, plus transformers, plus a smidge of Centurions swirling through my head. They may not have known how to make a long lived cartoon show back then, but I'll be damned if they couldn't write theme songs!;-)
For the love of God, though, DO NOT get the damn Silver Hawks song stuck in your head! "Partly Metal, Partly Real..." Arrgghhh! The horror, the HORROR!
I was waiting for someone to mention that. You must understand that A.I. was not Speilburgs movie! The movie was Kubrick's, but he died before he could finish it. Out of professional curtesy and respect for Kubrick himself, Speilburg finished the movie.
I hate to break it to you but someone downloading that sweet screen saver someone sent them, or the newest update to their spreadsheet would dutifully type in their root password to view it if so required.
Perhaps they would, but it's difficult to say. On a Unix box, the users cannot run an email attachment. They must first download the file to disk, mark the file as executable, then attempt to run it. On OS X you can't even execute binaries directly from the GUI. They *must* come packaged as complete AppFolders, which places even more barriers in the path of malicious distribution and execution.
Haven't seen one of these in *years*. All office versions since 2000 have made major steps to reduce malicious code in documents, and they were few and far between in the first place.
They were anything *but* few and far between. Back when I worked at a help desk, we had an Excel virus that had been prevalent in the company for YEARS. Every so often someone would give us a call and say that all the info had been wiped from their Excel spreadsheet. And that's despite the fact that Norton Anti-Virus was blocking most of these viruses before the attachment could be downloaded from the mail server. And I've never seen a user pay much heed to the "This Document is Potentially Unsafe. Open? (Y/N)" prompt.
They are certainly less common, but they are far from gone.
There's been a huge upsurge lately in server side virus scanning for email, and you just don't see a lot of spyware in email.
The problem with these worms is less the corporate email system, and more the matter of users running them from personal email. GMail does an excellent job of sorting the little buggers out, yet it still manages to let a few slip through every once in awhile.
[RPC Vulnerabilities] Not really since windows 2000.
Sasser doesn't seem like it cared for your interpretation much.
How many XP machines do you see with IIS?
XP Professional and up. Thankfully most admins are replacing their servers with Win2003, which is somewhat less vulnerable to these exploits. Of course, SQL Server is still a problem with occasional flaws being found. (Why the blasted things were ever publically accessable, I'll never know.)
It's not that I'm disagreeing that IE is the biggest problem. I'm just saying that Windows has seen (and continues to see) a LOT more vulnerabilities than that. It just so happens that exploiting IE is en vouge right now, so that's what crackers do.
I agree completely. However, the issues like RPC and IIS viruses are ones that a Windows user has no direct defense against. All he can do is *try* to keep up with the next megaglob of security updates. Many users, however, get annoyed by these updates because they happen so often. And every time the updates are installed, the machine *must* be rebooted. (I've lost major time because Windows XP decided that it MUST auto-reboot whether I like it or not. God forbid that anyone keep notes on their screen, complex command lines in the buffer, or anything else transient in nature. Grrr...)
I'm not sure what Microsoft is shipping in its Windows XP boxes anymore, not having ever purchased a retail version of it.
Having just purchased an OEM copy for a custom built machine, I can answer this question. XP Professional tends to ship with SP2 preinstalled. XP Home, however, only comes with SP1 installed to provide for better compatibility for "home" programs. (read: Programs that didn't behave themselves in the first place.)
It means that Schwartz made a joke, and it had a very real effect on Sun's stock price. Even if Sun really was actually acquiring Novell, the executives have to be very careful about what they say. The wrong thing could be seen as stock manipulation, thus placing the exec in very deep legal trouble.
Half the point of getting an MBA is to learn how to avoid situations with the SEC and other regulatory commissions.
Google, secretive or not, is producing good software at an alarming rate (yes, alarming is the word to use here) and at this time should be invested in. While I don't write for the Economist, it's pretty obvious to me that it's not Google's "ambiguity" driving its value, it's Google's proven track record which is getting people interested.
The rate of software development *is* alarming to investors. Investors are primarily concerned with making money. The problem with Google's business model is that the "making money" part is very hard to nail down. It's definitely there, but it's always very clear how it works on existing software. Upcoming software is even more nebulous, especially given the fact that Google doesn't necessarily know themselves.
*That* is why Google has to be ambiguous. If they don't, investors will start demanding hard (read: easy to understand) money making products. As long as Google is a black box that grows money, however, the investors are happy.
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In fact, Wisconsin is not the #1 dairy producer in the United States. California is.
'Tis true. They have massive milk factories out there where the cows are treated terribly. (Despite the stupid "Happy Cows" commercials.) However, Wisconsin produces more cheese, and higher quality dairy products. Having lived in both states, I can honestly say that California cheese is garbage.
I never thought they were supposed to be nearly as directly analogous to LA and NYC as some people choose to think.
Gotham was a New York-like city, but Metropolis was actually supposed to be a Chicago-like city. i.e. The city itself is expansive, but it's surrounded by areas of farmland and the like. That's Illinois to a 'T' once you get out of Chicago. (Which is damned hard to do in a timely fashion. Chicago is BIG.)
Atlantis sucks...
... "Classified?")
:-)
the acting is on par with B-movies like "The Toxic Avenger"
Are you kidding me? How can you not like Dr. McKay or Dr. Zilenka(sp?)? Especially when McKay gets on Sheppard's case about playing "Captain Kirk" with the alien ladies? Or when Zilenka gives his whole speech (in Polish, no less!) about Atlantis rising from the deep? ("You didn't say anything classified, did you?"
Atlantis is great entertainment! Sure, it's not a gritty drama like BSG, but that's okay. Too much drama makes one depressed and boring. Try enjoying the lighter side of entertainment every once in awhile.
can anyone believe they remade Herbie?
;-)
For the record, they didn't remake Herbie. They merely picked up the series sometime after it last ended. But yes, I am annoyed that Disney is messing with my childhood memories.
the last few boxoffice productions out of Hollywood have been remakes
FWIW, the best of these is probably Batman Begins. If you haven't seen this movie, GO SEE IT NOW. All the previous Batman movies were lame, but this one was an absolute RIDE from beginning to end! The characters are believable, the story is solid, the plot is expansive, the effects are great, and Batman looks awesome! Not to mention that the Chicago vistas (presented as "Gotham City") are a great alternative to the constant New York/Time Square vistas we always see in movies.
I don't know what's going on in Hollywood lately, but there have been a few really amazing gems coming out. Especially in the comic book adaptions department.
By the time Longhorn is ready to ship, we won't be using monitors. The images will be beamed directly into our brains!
This just in from Microsoft. Apparently "your brain" will no longer be considered a DRM secure device. Be aware that any attempts to use "your brain" will be dealt with via a 3 second, 25KW shock to "your brain". Please prevent piracy and cease using "your brain" immediately!
No worries. As I said, you were just in time for the second part to be posted. :-)
Grr... too fast on the submit button:
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Part 2: Refining the Ideas is now online. Feel free to sign up for the new mailing list if you want to hear about the article as soon as it's published. (Look for the white box on the left hand side.) Enjoy! :-)
Hmmm.... someone is jumping the gun here. Only the first half of the followup is there. (Although it is a full article.)
:-)
Oh well. The second part of the followup is being published as we speak, so expect it online sometime tonight.
Which part of "It was a joke" did you not understand?
1. Different countries run different power. There are quite a few countries in Africa.
2. Quite a few modern pieces of electronic equipment already contain the necessary transformers to work in different parts of the world.
3. IT'S A JOKE! WHERE THE HECK IS YOUR SENSE OF HUMOR?
Yeash. You'd think the whole explanation of GPS as a setup would have tipped people off.
It's supposed to be funny. Laugh. :-)
does GPS equipment from the US work over there?
Ok, a quick explanation of how this stuff works is in order. GPS stands for Global Positioning System. The system consists of 24 or so satellites that provide nearly complete coverage of the globe at any given time. By capturing signals from more than one of these satellites, your receiver can calculate your position based on the last known position of the sats. Thanks to the precision and accuracy of modern electronic hardware, this calculation can be accurate to within 20 meters or less.
More info here
So to answer your question, of course GPS equipment can't be used over there! They use 220V AC and we use 110V AC. Where do you think you're going to find a charger? You need to get yourself a step down transformer, or you'll never be able to charge the equipment! Yeash, what are they teaching you kids these days?
Fantastic. Now I will have [the Denver theme Song] stuck in my head the rest of the day.
;-)
Only Denver the Last Dinosaur? What about the "M-M-M-ask! MASK!" theme song, or the "Galaxy Rangers, No Guts, No Glory!" theme song? I currently have all three, plus transformers, plus a smidge of Centurions swirling through my head. They may not have known how to make a long lived cartoon show back then, but I'll be damned if they couldn't write theme songs!
For the love of God, though, DO NOT get the damn Silver Hawks song stuck in your head! "Partly Metal, Partly Real..." Arrgghhh! The horror, the HORROR!
Right after they do Live Action movies for M.A.S.K., Centurions, Galaxy Rangers, and Denver the Last Dinosaur.
...
:-P
Actually, some of those could be pretty cool.
Let's hope it's not another AI flop.
I was waiting for someone to mention that. You must understand that A.I. was not Speilburgs movie! The movie was Kubrick's, but he died before he could finish it. Out of professional curtesy and respect for Kubrick himself, Speilburg finished the movie.
I hate to break it to you but someone downloading that sweet screen saver someone sent them, or the newest update to their spreadsheet would dutifully type in their root password to view it if so required.
Perhaps they would, but it's difficult to say. On a Unix box, the users cannot run an email attachment. They must first download the file to disk, mark the file as executable, then attempt to run it. On OS X you can't even execute binaries directly from the GUI. They *must* come packaged as complete AppFolders, which places even more barriers in the path of malicious distribution and execution.
Haven't seen one of these in *years*. All office versions since 2000 have made major steps to reduce malicious code in documents, and they were few and far between in the first place.
They were anything *but* few and far between. Back when I worked at a help desk, we had an Excel virus that had been prevalent in the company for YEARS. Every so often someone would give us a call and say that all the info had been wiped from their Excel spreadsheet. And that's despite the fact that Norton Anti-Virus was blocking most of these viruses before the attachment could be downloaded from the mail server. And I've never seen a user pay much heed to the "This Document is Potentially Unsafe. Open? (Y/N)" prompt.
They are certainly less common, but they are far from gone.
There's been a huge upsurge lately in server side virus scanning for email, and you just don't see a lot of spyware in email.
The problem with these worms is less the corporate email system, and more the matter of users running them from personal email. GMail does an excellent job of sorting the little buggers out, yet it still manages to let a few slip through every once in awhile.
[RPC Vulnerabilities] Not really since windows 2000.
Sasser doesn't seem like it cared for your interpretation much.
How many XP machines do you see with IIS?
XP Professional and up. Thankfully most admins are replacing their servers with Win2003, which is somewhat less vulnerable to these exploits. Of course, SQL Server is still a problem with occasional flaws being found. (Why the blasted things were ever publically accessable, I'll never know.)
It's not that I'm disagreeing that IE is the biggest problem. I'm just saying that Windows has seen (and continues to see) a LOT more vulnerabilities than that. It just so happens that exploiting IE is en vouge right now, so that's what crackers do.
I agree completely. However, the issues like RPC and IIS viruses are ones that a Windows user has no direct defense against. All he can do is *try* to keep up with the next megaglob of security updates. Many users, however, get annoyed by these updates because they happen so often. And every time the updates are installed, the machine *must* be rebooted. (I've lost major time because Windows XP decided that it MUST auto-reboot whether I like it or not. God forbid that anyone keep notes on their screen, complex command lines in the buffer, or anything else transient in nature. Grrr...)
I'm not sure what Microsoft is shipping in its Windows XP boxes anymore, not having ever purchased a retail version of it.
Having just purchased an OEM copy for a custom built machine, I can answer this question. XP Professional tends to ship with SP2 preinstalled. XP Home, however, only comes with SP1 installed to provide for better compatibility for "home" programs. (read: Programs that didn't behave themselves in the first place.)
But almost all of the current and recent vulnerabilities have somehow been related to IE.
Untrue. Other common vectors are:
1. Documents with embedded Macro viruses.
2. False email attachments
3. RPC Vulnerabilities
4. Buffer overflows on network services (e.g. IIS)
It means that Schwartz made a joke, and it had a very real effect on Sun's stock price. Even if Sun really was actually acquiring Novell, the executives have to be very careful about what they say. The wrong thing could be seen as stock manipulation, thus placing the exec in very deep legal trouble.
Half the point of getting an MBA is to learn how to avoid situations with the SEC and other regulatory commissions.
Google, secretive or not, is producing good software at an alarming rate (yes, alarming is the word to use here) and at this time should be invested in. While I don't write for the Economist, it's pretty obvious to me that it's not Google's "ambiguity" driving its value, it's Google's proven track record which is getting people interested.
The rate of software development *is* alarming to investors. Investors are primarily concerned with making money. The problem with Google's business model is that the "making money" part is very hard to nail down. It's definitely there, but it's always very clear how it works on existing software. Upcoming software is even more nebulous, especially given the fact that Google doesn't necessarily know themselves.
*That* is why Google has to be ambiguous. If they don't, investors will start demanding hard (read: easy to understand) money making products. As long as Google is a black box that grows money, however, the investors are happy.