Why are they now the most paranoid country in the world. Even Iran and N. Korea are not as bad as Britain, nor was the USSR. Perhaps it was the demise of Monty Python's Flying Circus that put them over the edge. I suppose that show would be illegal now along with Benny Hill. Too subversive, you know, the giant breasts and all.
Then epoxy it together. When I get to my location, I tear it apart and buy more cheap luggage. Problem solved. I suppose now someone will see this and make epoxy illegal.
Most new cabling, even high voltage up to a point is underground, ie no EMP. The EMP pulses are so short anyway (like ns) that they aren't likely to propagate very far on overhead wires either, as the energy is just radiated back out into space or turned into heat down the line a bit.
I would worry more about unshielded smaller scale electronics like server farms, consumer electronics, wireless communications of all types including public service. Anything that has an antenna that receives in the ns range will likely be fried.
However, those courageous hams who are still using vacuum tube equipment in their hobby will be unaffected. Ham radio will save the day again.
Just as the CBer with the 1000W mobile amp rolls down the street next to election headquarters, suddenly all the votes become write ins for Abraham Lincoln.
Meanwhile, in a nearby state, a high school student is tuning up his new Telsa coil for the school science fair. Election headquarters are just down the street, but suddenly become slot machines spewing out silver dollars. There is a mad dash while some woman screams "I'm voting for whoever did this!"
And the FCC lost the Federal Court case that the ARRL initiated. What a bunch of crooks and cronies. They don't work for us, but just like the rest of the government, whoever brings in the biggest suitcases of cash.
I think it is you who do not understand how successful businesses are run- via good customer service. Nobody gives a damn about the technical details except geekoids like you.
I guess the next time I install an OpenBSD or FreeBSD release, I will just buy the CD's. Anyway, it helps fund the projects- and don't forget about the great Blowfish T-shirts.
If I start downloading an iso image (and I used to get 500kb/s with my old Comcast installation, depending upon the ftp site) and suddenly the transfer speed drops to 25kb/s, I am really going to be pissed, and pull the plug on Comcast. But I think thats a moot point now that I got a letter from property management.
The property management here told me that I am responsible for any damage Comcast causes to the building. (turns out my cable line is dead/damaged) There is no way in hell that I am going to be held responsible for their incompetence after they start drilling holes all over the place.
The first place I ever lived where we planned to get Comcast, a couple of vans (independent contractors, not Comcast) showed up with looked like a load of teenagers. Plus we seriously believed they were on dope at the time, as when they left, wires were dangling from several places, and they left their ladder and some tools. What a mess.
Finally, real Comcast employees had to come mop up the damage and finish the install. I guess now I'm going for DSL.
he could probably get more valuable information about the economy from hookers. The oldest profession feels the pain. But its one thing that is harder to outsource- well except........ (countries deleted to keep this post from being labeled Flame Bait)
The NTIA. http://www.ntia.doc.gov/osmhome/osmhome.html They are the ultimate arbitrators of frequency spectrum management in the USA. That is because they work for the military and government agencies, who will never give up a single hertz of an incredibly valuable military and law enforcement resource on a PRIMARY basis.
The FCC is second fiddle to them in practice, but the government does give lip service to the idea that the FCC works hand in hand with the NTIA. In reality its not true.
For example, many amateur radio bands and other public services use radio frequency spectrum allocated on a SECONDARY basis, with the military and federal agencies coming first. The best example of this recently, was when suddenly garage door remotes stopped working withing a wide distance of a military base. The military was simply exercising their right to primary usage of that spectrum..
Even more recently a large number of ham radio VHF and/or UHF repeaters had to be moved in frequency to satisfy the military that they would not cause any interference to whatever government system was involved- and those repeaters were licensed by the FCC. So you can see that the FCC has little power in these disputes.
Manufacturers of gadgets can be incredibly ignorant, especially when they originate out of China, and the FCC just rubber stamps Part 15 approval on them, not really giving a damn what might happen in the future.
first 1000 people out of any phone book ran the country?" (paraphrasing) Although I imagine it was just a joke at a time, I am starting to believe more and more that it is true. It seems the problem of money and the unbelievable hassle of being vetted by the public simply drives away potentially excellent people from politics. Who wants your their life's history picked apart and every uncle, cousin, etc suddenly barraged by reporters to reveal everything about you that is really no one else's business?
Then where is the money going to come from? Well let see: one could align themselves with the MPAA, the RIAA, oil companies, pharmaceutical companies, and probably bring home suitcases full of cash as well as get their campaign funded.
I lump Apple, Microsoft and Google together these days. Same business practices and callousness to their customers and the public.
Well, who will be the next up and coming company that we can love and rely upon? - that is, until the lust for money drives them into the same above category.
I read about a hypnotist who used the computer paradigm to try and prove that hypnosis was real. You take a person and tell them to be on the internet for 10 minutes without any clocks around and removing any on the computer. Then after they decide they have had 10 minutes, they find out the real time. Well, it usually ends up being more than 1/2 hour. .
The brain when subjected to computer usage loses all track of time. It goes into warp speed. Anyway, I forget EXACTLY how he tied this to hypnosis, but I can kind of see what he was getting at. I suppose he was trying to say that the computer hypnotizes people as time shifts and people seem to want to believe everything they read on the internet ie. they are highly open to suggestion.
major ones in some peoples' eyes. First the business version came on my laptop, but since I had plenty of money at the time, I got the Ultimate upgrade. Well thats been a disappointment as my Sony VAIO laptop has two graphics chips in it. A high end NVidia one which makes the graphics scream, but makes the computer hotter than hell, and a then a slow Intel i810. So I always keep it on i810, esp since I'm running FreeBSD which doesn't have very much control over the ACPI, ie it gets hot anyway.
The second problem was the price for something that wasn't much of a difference from XP as far as I can see, but perhaps I just don't care about the advanced features. The Ultimate updates have really never come, so that upgrade was worthless.
But as far as the OS itself, I think they did a good job on it. I only ever had a couple blue screens which were caused by the USB subsystem and were patched quickly. I also found that the only programs that don't work on it (that don't need special drivers) are DOS programs that require full screen display. And finally now I even have a driver for my 10 year old printer. So in the end it hasn't worked out so bad.
But perhaps thats more a reflection on Sony providing all of the needed drivers, updating them, etc, and making a really good laptop. I try to use FreeBSD when ever possible, but I have a couple Windows-only engineering programs so I need the dual boot.
Actually I care more about those great BC seeds and "stuff" that comes over the border (here in OR). After a bit of that, I don't need to download anything- the music comes right out of my head.
As far as I know, the memory business is a giant scam. The high priced stuff like Kingston and some others have the least defects- thus are prime binned for a higher price, and the cheap stuff causes problems as soon as it is installed as it was sorted into bins that were under-spec. Memtest86 has consistently proven this to me.
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Why are they now the most paranoid country in the world. Even Iran and N. Korea are not as bad as Britain, nor was the USSR. Perhaps it was the demise of Monty Python's Flying Circus that put them over the edge. I suppose that show would be illegal now along with Benny Hill. Too subversive, you know, the giant breasts and all.
Then epoxy it together. When I get to my location, I tear it apart and buy more cheap luggage. Problem solved. I suppose now someone will see this and make epoxy illegal.
Most new cabling, even high voltage up to a point is underground, ie no EMP. The EMP pulses are so short anyway (like ns) that they aren't likely to propagate very far on overhead wires either, as the energy is just radiated back out into space or turned into heat down the line a bit.
I would worry more about unshielded smaller scale electronics like server farms, consumer electronics, wireless communications of all types including public service. Anything that has an antenna that receives in the ns range will likely be fried.
However, those courageous hams who are still using vacuum tube equipment in their hobby will be unaffected. Ham radio will save the day again.
more of those "Live On..." videos, I'm all for it. But then I believe those guys are jail now. As Forest would say "Jailbait is, as jailbait does."
Its called Ubuntu and he is supposed to be 60 years old and lives as a zoo keeper, naming all of his projects after various animals there.
Prepare to buy LOTS of velcro.and glue it to the walls.
Just as the CBer with the 1000W mobile amp rolls down the street next to election headquarters, suddenly all the votes become write ins for Abraham Lincoln.
Meanwhile, in a nearby state, a high school student is tuning up his new Telsa coil for the school science fair. Election headquarters are just down the street, but suddenly become slot machines spewing out silver dollars. There is a mad dash while some woman screams "I'm voting for whoever did this!"
The raw materials won't exist after 2020, or perhaps even before, as we are simply using up the entire worlds' supply.
So all this crap about LED lighting and revolutionary advances in solar cells is a giant bunch of BS.
And the FCC lost the Federal Court case that the ARRL initiated. What a bunch of crooks and cronies. They don't work for us, but just like the rest of the government, whoever brings in the biggest suitcases of cash.
I think it is you who do not understand how successful businesses are run- via good customer service. Nobody gives a damn about the technical details except geekoids like you.
I guess the next time I install an OpenBSD or FreeBSD release, I will just buy the CD's. Anyway, it helps fund the projects- and don't forget about the great Blowfish T-shirts.
If I start downloading an iso image (and I used to get 500kb/s with my old Comcast installation, depending upon the ftp site) and suddenly the transfer speed drops to 25kb/s, I am really going to be pissed, and pull the plug on Comcast. But I think thats a moot point now that I got a letter from property management.
The property management here told me that I am responsible for any damage Comcast causes to the building. (turns out my cable line is dead/damaged) There is no way in hell that I am going to be held responsible for their incompetence after they start drilling holes all over the place.
The first place I ever lived where we planned to get Comcast, a couple of vans (independent contractors, not Comcast) showed up with looked like a load of teenagers. Plus we seriously believed they were on dope at the time, as when they left, wires were dangling from several places, and they left their ladder and some tools. What a mess.
Finally, real Comcast employees had to come mop up the damage and finish the install. I guess now I'm going for DSL.
he could probably get more valuable information about the economy from hookers. The oldest profession feels the pain. But its one thing that is harder to outsource- well except ........ (countries deleted to keep this post from being labeled Flame Bait)
The NTIA. http://www.ntia.doc.gov/osmhome/osmhome.html They are the ultimate arbitrators of frequency spectrum management in the USA. That is because they work for the military and government agencies, who will never give up a single hertz of an incredibly valuable military and law enforcement resource on a PRIMARY basis.
The FCC is second fiddle to them in practice, but the government does give lip service to the idea that the FCC works hand in hand with the NTIA. In reality its not true.
For example, many amateur radio bands and other public services use radio frequency spectrum allocated on a SECONDARY basis, with the military and federal agencies coming first. The best example of this recently, was when suddenly garage door remotes stopped working withing a wide distance of a military base. The military was simply exercising their right to primary usage of that spectrum..
Even more recently a large number of ham radio VHF and/or UHF repeaters had to be moved in frequency to satisfy the military that they would not cause any interference to whatever government system was involved- and those repeaters were licensed by the FCC. So you can see that the FCC has little power in these disputes.
Manufacturers of gadgets can be incredibly ignorant, especially when they originate out of China, and the FCC just rubber stamps Part 15 approval on them, not really giving a damn what might happen in the future.
first 1000 people out of any phone book ran the country?" (paraphrasing) Although I imagine it was just a joke at a time, I am starting to believe more and more that it is true. It seems the problem of money and the unbelievable hassle of being vetted by the public simply drives away potentially excellent people from politics. Who wants your their life's history picked apart and every uncle, cousin, etc suddenly barraged by reporters to reveal everything about you that is really no one else's business?
Then where is the money going to come from? Well let see: one could align themselves with the MPAA, the RIAA, oil companies, pharmaceutical companies, and probably bring home suitcases full of cash as well as get their campaign funded.
Do they make voting machines as well? That would be 100 times more important than drunks. After all, Bush was a drunk and look now, he's president.
I lump Apple, Microsoft and Google together these days. Same business practices and callousness to their customers and the public.
Well, who will be the next up and coming company that we can love and rely upon? - that is, until the lust for money drives them into the same above category.
I read about a hypnotist who used the computer paradigm to try and prove that hypnosis was real. You take a person and tell them to be on the internet for 10 minutes without any clocks around and removing any on the computer. Then after they decide they have had 10 minutes, they find out the real time. Well, it usually ends up being more than 1/2 hour. .
The brain when subjected to computer usage loses all track of time. It goes into warp speed. Anyway, I forget EXACTLY how he tied this to hypnosis, but I can kind of see what he was getting at. I suppose he was trying to say that the computer hypnotizes people as time shifts and people seem to want to believe everything they read on the internet ie. they are highly open to suggestion.
major ones in some peoples' eyes. First the business version came on my laptop, but since I had plenty of money at the time, I got the Ultimate upgrade. Well thats been a disappointment as my Sony VAIO laptop has two graphics chips in it. A high end NVidia one which makes the graphics scream, but makes the computer hotter than hell, and a then a slow Intel i810. So I always keep it on i810, esp since I'm running FreeBSD which doesn't have very much control over the ACPI, ie it gets hot anyway.
The second problem was the price for something that wasn't much of a difference from XP as far as I can see, but perhaps I just don't care about the advanced features. The Ultimate updates have really never come, so that upgrade was worthless.
But as far as the OS itself, I think they did a good job on it. I only ever had a couple blue screens which were caused by the USB subsystem and were patched quickly. I also found that the only programs that don't work on it (that don't need special drivers) are DOS programs that require full screen display. And finally now I even have a driver for my 10 year old printer. So in the end it hasn't worked out so bad.
But perhaps thats more a reflection on Sony providing all of the needed drivers, updating them, etc, and making a really good laptop. I try to use FreeBSD when ever possible, but I have a couple Windows-only engineering programs so I need the dual boot.
"Smelly Skunk" since they never have patched my critical bug filed up in the 20,000's 3 release cycles ago.
but an oil filled tube!!! Several fibers travel along with it.
Electron Scanning Dildo is, let alone an ESM. (Hey don't knock it till you tried it- its that HV tickle that really gets you.
Actually I care more about those great BC seeds and "stuff" that comes over the border (here in OR). After a bit of that, I don't need to download anything- the music comes right out of my head.
As far as I know, the memory business is a giant scam. The high priced stuff like Kingston and some others have the least defects- thus are prime binned for a higher price, and the cheap stuff causes problems as soon as it is installed as it was sorted into bins that were under-spec. Memtest86 has consistently proven this to me.
I hope ithe mission is not at the peak of the Sunspot cycle, as their space vehicle will be turned into individual atoms floating in space.
For making my record industry stocks plummet. Now I will end up having to live in low income housing, and download my music for free.