A better solution is for each prisoner to just toggle the switch if this is the first visit, else leave it alone. Everyone can then count the state changes. As soon as the 100th guy changes the state, they ALL know it's gettin-out time. No need for a "master controller"
With the "master" counter, you'd have to wait for him to be picked again so he could state that they'd all visited.
Many people think Red Bull is loaded with caffeine. However, an 8.3-ounce can has just 80 milligrams of the stimulant, about the same amount in a mug of coffee -- and hardly enough to keep most people dancing until 5 a.m. So, where does the buzz come from? Red Bull says it's the result of two natural ingredients, amino-acid taurine and glucuronolacton. It's their reaction with caffeine that makes the product work, the company says. The end result, Red Bull's maker claims, is an invigorated state of body and mind, not to mention a boost in performance and longer endurance. And that's without the effects of the vodka.
Egg drop solution is interesting, but what about the potenial damage done to the egg - say it survives the first five drops, but breaks on the 60th floor. What if that egg would survive a first drop from the 60th, but not a fifth?
Anyway, we all know that eggs don't survive a drop of a couple of feet! (at least not onto my kitchen floor anyway)
The difference is, this was a Government Agency. The have the power to do that. You don't as a private citizen, but they do... In the UK, there's some very very scary legislation being proposed, even more dracionian than the scary RIP act which would give even more agencies such as the tax office, powers to access your internet traffic WITHOUT even a court order.
Yes I know, but the lame manager that sent that print job did it two hours ago, and there's a backlog of two hours worth of printing because everybody else just thought the printer was broken. It's even worse than that - phb will print something, see no paper coming out and try print it again. And Again. And Again. When someone like me with a clue comes up to collect hardcopy, there's a bazillion pages waiting to print before can get my 5 pages. THAT's what I'm griping about!
I have a red stapler and a red hole punch. Whooopdeee indeed.
I'm shaking my head in amazement that this made it to the front page. Obviously it's far mroe important than say, oh, I dunno, how about Gnutella developer shooting himself. Nah, that's not important at all...
Yup I submitted about the Gnutella developer who shot himself - I felt sure that would make it - but no, red staplers are obviously far more important than a story about a young talanted open source developer killing himself...
Or in the UK, we use A4 paper, and the DUMB MICROSOFT WORD and the DUMB PRINTER DRIVER insist on setting themselves up to print on letter sized, so if you do a default install, on your first print, you see the stupid "load letter" message. The number of times I've gone to an office printer to see "load letter" because someone's just had a new pc and desktop support forgot to set it up for A4 printing. I then have to wait ages for the backed up jobs behind to finish so I can get my print.
I'm with NTL cable for my internet connection. We can run servers just fine, with some slight restrictions (webservers must not be high traffic or pornographic, ftp servers must be password protected, and no VPN)
This is from their AUP...
17. Servers
(i) You are solely responsible for the setup and security of all servers that you may run on your PC. You are also responsible for all traffic that may pass through your PC. Please note that your account may be subject to immediate suspension or disconnection without notice, if any security breaches do occur or any server causes any degradation in network performance. You should also note that running servers on your PC may cause your own connection to operate in a less than optimal manner.
(ii) Webservers: see Para 8, Websites (this referes to them terminating your connection if there is excessivly high traffic, or pornography)
(iii) Remote Access: All remote access ( FTP; SSH ; PC Anywhere etc) must be password protected & the address must not be publicly advertised.
(iv) Game: If the game in question has a password/IP access restriction option this must be used. Your IP address must not be publicly advertised on Gaming sites etc.
(vi) Other: You may run other servers but be aware that ntl reserve the right to restrict access to them should they cause network problems or should we receive complaints.
(vii) We may, at our discretion, run manual or automatic systems to determine your compliance with our User Policy (e.g. scanning for "open mail relays"). You are deemed to have granted permission for this limited intrusion onto your network or machine.
Please note that should we receive any complaints about any server that you may be running that your Internet access may be suspended without notice pending further investigation.
18. Use of Virtual Private Network (VPN)
As stated above, the ntl Internet and/or Interactive Services are for residential use only and we do not support the use of VPN. If we find you are using VPN via the ntl IP network we may instruct you to stop using it and you must comply with this request. This is in order to prevent problems to ntl (eg network performance) and other Internet users.
I run a webserver and ftp server and have had no trouble at all with them. It's a great service!
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A better solution is for each prisoner to just toggle the switch if this is the first visit, else leave it alone. Everyone can then count the state changes. As soon as the 100th guy changes the state, they ALL know it's gettin-out time. No need for a "master controller"
With the "master" counter, you'd have to wait for him to be picked again so he could state that they'd all visited.
Maybe the Victorians did, but we Brits roast our beef theese days!
It ALSO contains caffeine...
from here...
Many people think Red Bull is loaded with caffeine. However, an 8.3-ounce can has just 80 milligrams of the stimulant, about the same amount in a mug of coffee -- and hardly enough to keep most people dancing until 5 a.m. So, where does the buzz come from? Red Bull says it's the result of two natural ingredients, amino-acid taurine and glucuronolacton. It's their reaction with caffeine that makes the product work, the company says. The end result, Red Bull's maker claims, is an invigorated state of body and mind, not to mention a boost in performance and longer endurance. And that's without the effects of the vodka.
If you hover, the ALT text says "NASA Simulation" - I guess the picture was provided by NASA actually.
Egg drop solution is interesting, but what about the potenial damage done to the egg - say it survives the first five drops, but breaks on the 60th floor. What if that egg would survive a first drop from the 60th, but not a fifth?
Anyway, we all know that eggs don't survive a drop of a couple of feet! (at least not onto my kitchen floor anyway)
AND is & of course
OR is |
The difference is, this was a Government Agency. The have the power to do that. You don't as a private citizen, but they do...
In the UK, there's some very very scary legislation being proposed, even more dracionian than the scary RIP act which would give even more agencies such as the tax office, powers to access your internet traffic WITHOUT even a court order.
Be afraid, be very afraid.
>>The ISP is the party that gets to choose who is authorized on their system, not the end user.
Not so. Government agencies can access your account. Here in the UK at least, they need a court order, but they CAN do it legally.
Running a server isn't illegal with my cable co (NTL in the UK)
Ummm no, that's a direct quote from the King James Bible. It's how it was spelt then, and still is in British English :)
As you can see, I speak typo fluently.
Let's try that again...
"And now for something completely different..." (cue music...)
The line was "And now for something COMPELTELY different" (cue music...)
That's three words actually :)
How Bizarre! My most moderated post ever
Moderation Totals: Offtopic=3, Flamebait=2, Insightful=2, Interesting=2, Total=9
NINE mod points, 4 positives, 5 negatives It's obviously something that has the moderators in two distinct camps. Very interesting!
Yes I know, but the lame manager that sent that print job did it two hours ago, and there's a backlog of two hours worth of printing because everybody else just thought the printer was broken. It's even worse than that - phb will print something, see no paper coming out and try print it again. And Again. And Again. When someone like me with a clue comes up to collect hardcopy, there's a bazillion pages waiting to print before can get my 5 pages. THAT's what I'm griping about!
yeah I know it was a joke, but was it REALLY worthy of the /. front page???
So does Gnutella but they didn't mentioned he shot himself.
Very Very sad.
I have a red stapler and a red hole punch. Whooopdeee indeed.
I'm shaking my head in amazement that this made it to the front page. Obviously it's far mroe important than say, oh, I dunno, how about Gnutella developer shooting himself. Nah, that's not important at all...
Yup I submitted about the Gnutella developer who shot himself - I felt sure that would make it - but no, red staplers are obviously far more important than a story about a young talanted open source developer killing himself...
ummm it means there's an error, internal to the server...
It happens if the CGI program crashes and didn't send any output. You see it a lot on servers running java servlets or jsp...
Or in the UK, we use A4 paper, and the DUMB MICROSOFT WORD and the DUMB PRINTER DRIVER insist on setting themselves up to print on letter sized, so if you do a default install, on your first print, you see the stupid "load letter" message. The number of times I've gone to an office printer to see "load letter" because someone's just had a new pc and desktop support forgot to set it up for A4 printing. I then have to wait ages for the backed up jobs behind to finish so I can get my print.
What's the big deal about a red stapler?
I've had a red stapler for years.
lol. The "score 1" and the sig kinad give it away for experienced /.'ers but what a cool handle!
I'm with NTL cable for my internet connection. We can run servers just fine, with some slight restrictions (webservers must not be high traffic or pornographic, ftp servers must be password protected, and no VPN)
This is from their AUP...
17. Servers
(i) You are solely responsible for the setup and security of all servers that you may run on your PC. You are also responsible for all traffic that may pass through your PC. Please note that your account may be subject to immediate suspension or disconnection without notice, if any security breaches do occur or any server causes any degradation in network performance. You should also note that running servers on your PC may cause your own connection to operate in a less than optimal manner.
(ii) Webservers: see Para 8, Websites (this referes to them terminating your connection if there is excessivly high traffic, or pornography)
(iii) Remote Access: All remote access ( FTP; SSH ; PC Anywhere etc) must be password protected & the address must not be publicly advertised.
(iv) Game: If the game in question has a password/IP access restriction option this must be used. Your IP address must not be publicly advertised on Gaming sites etc.
(vi) Other: You may run other servers but be aware that ntl reserve the right to restrict access to them should they cause network problems or should we receive complaints.
(vii) We may, at our discretion, run manual or automatic systems to determine your compliance with our User Policy (e.g. scanning for "open mail relays"). You are deemed to have granted permission for this limited intrusion onto your network or machine.
Please note that should we receive any complaints about any server that you may be running that your Internet access may be suspended without notice pending further investigation.
18. Use of Virtual Private Network (VPN)
As stated above, the ntl Internet and/or Interactive Services are for residential use only and we do not support the use of VPN. If we find you are using VPN via the ntl IP network we may instruct you to stop using it and you must comply with this request. This is in order to prevent problems to ntl (eg network performance) and other Internet users.
I run a webserver and ftp server and have had no trouble at all with them. It's a great service!
Why the concern with the TLD? the .net TLD has nothing in common whatsoever with Microsoft's .Net platform. Neither do MS control the .net TLD
.mac as a product name.
I fail to see why you think it would be confusing for Apple to use