Well, that explains how Scotty and other members of the Enterprise could reconfigure sensors to detect previously unknown substances with just a few keystrokes. Not even a reboot! It all makes sense...:-)
That's exactly right. In fact, Acrobat has indexing features that makes searching docs quick and easy. The full Acrobat costs around $250 U.S., and Acrobat Reader is free to use and distribute.
That's incredible that ~30 cups of coffee, according to this article, can kill.
Now I wonder how many coffee beans go into an average cup of coffee. I wonder this because I used to eat chocolate covered coffee beans by the handful. I would think that the amount of coffee beans, combined with the chocolate, could easily kill. I have to question these statistics.
Because right now, at least, they can't get the blue to last more than 1000 hours. This is fine for cell phones. But for desktops, that would mean replacing your monitor once every 4 months or so if you use a computer as much as I do. And since it still requires some chip manufacturing technology, it just wouldn't be practical. Maybe someday, but not today.
I am running for Alderman in a medium sized town. Turnout for my particular race should not exceed 2,000. I have a website with a news section, finance disclosure page, platform page, and soon, a slashdotesque weblog. What more can I add to enhance communications with my constituents, and do you feel the web can make an effective impact on local elections?
As we know Echelon has been a joint venture between European countries an the US, one wonders how that partnership will be affected.
Further, if something "bad" were to happen (i.e. plane blowing up), you know the US Gov't will blame the EU, saying that lift on encryption resulted in that tragedy. Lawsuit to follow?
It is sad to see how a company with such potential as LinuxCare has hit rocky seas. Let us hope this is not a harbinger of things to come for open-source service companies.
>Survey users will benefit the most because >they can average a number of readings.
Um, no. Surveyors will benefit very little from the end of SA as the equipment they use is already sub-centimeter and sometime sub-MILLImeter. To do this, they utlize other technologies such as RTK and post processing software to resolve any errors. Even w/ SA gone, they will still have to depend upon these technologies, unless they want to still be off by 10 meters or more. Not very accurate for even topo work, much less boundary surveys or stakeout.
Has MS set the industry back? Perhaps. But it is not the domain of the US Government to fix this. That is the duty of the consumer. And at least up till this point, the consumer (gasp) likes MS. I don't. You don't. But we shouldn't be running to hide behind government guns because we don't think they make a good product.
Not true. One of my clients is Geographic Measuring Systems (gmsgps.com). They are based in Nashville, TN (definitely not costal). They offer a DGPS system. DGPS is available within 100 miles of navigatable waterways, not just coasts. So, you were close, but....no cigar.
Not true. There are also dual frequency civ GPS units available (Trimble, Leica, Javad, etc). This, combined with DGPS (differential) and RTK (Real Time Kinematic) can result in SUB centimeter accuracies every 2 seconds. Of course, they ain't cheap (>$40k) but if you need that sort of thing. JL
In the many decades that I have been visiting/. ('bout a month after it changed from Chips n Dips, if memory serves correctly) I have *never* seen Rob respond to an article (that's not to say he never has, I just don't recall seeing it).
The one time I met Mr. Malda (summer 1998 Durham NC Linux Expo) he said, in response to a rabid fan/groupie as he autographed her backpack "All I do is post articles." Note that he never said he responds, just posts.
Flash forward to today. The High Commander has posted 5 (!) articles. Of course, they have all been moderated up. Which leads me to believe the following:
The VA Linux annexation of Andover was planned by an insider at Andover. Who, you ask? None other than Robert Q. Malda himself!
But what was his motive? I'll tell you. He needed an excuse to post a rely to an article. He knew this would get enough stirred up to justify his replying. So he coordinated with his secret operative at VA (I can't tell you his name, but I'll give you a hint: Geek with gun!) to leverage a synergistic buyout.
But the question remains--why would Malda even want to post a reply? High school, my dear Watson. If you've noticed, ALL of his posts have been moderated up (no doubt the work of that hemos person). I submit to you that CmdrTaco, aka Rob Malda, aka the Speaker of the Puruvian House of Commons, is a KARMA WHORE! Bwaa haa haa haaaaaa.
J.L. (feeling the energy from the 10 Penguin mints he downed courtesy of the fine folks at ThinkGeek)
Depends on your definition of "liberal". The term Classic Liberal is often synonymous with Libertarian. Then you have the liberals of the 1960's, who were alligned with equal rights and peace (something I hope we can all agree on). Sadly, the term has become tarnished due to the many psuedo-socialists who have adopted the term. However, I do hope Pulp leans to the classical side, rather than the modern version.
JL Culp Chairman, Libertarian Party of Sumner County http://sumnerlp.org
Perhaps I am cynical, but I can't help thinking this may have been done in an attempt to divert attention from all the further restrictions they're placing on us. Satellite phones are banned, NSA backdoors, etc. Just like the "tax cut": Take 47% of our money, then we should be happy when they give back 1%.
If we HAVE to have any government intervention at all, the least they could do is be consistent. Nevertheless, it IS a tiny step in the right direction.
This is one of the reasons why I became a computer consultant a couple of years back. I figured that, if I spend all this time on the computer as a HOBBY, something might be wrong with me. But when it became my JOB, suddenly I was just dedicated to my craft. Grab me another Coca Cola--I'm working overtime this week:-)
JL Culp Business technology Consultant Chairman, LPSC Jack of all Trades, Master of my Domain
Corel introduced the "Shadow Cursor" in WP8. MS copied that in Office2K with "Click and Type". The same feature w/ a different name. Does that mean Corel can sue MS?
You can't patent a feature any more than you can patent a "look and feel". Apple vs MS proved that.
>Now finally with South Park the danger is clear. >South Park is animated characters saying swear >words *out of context* it would certainly be rated >only R it is so offensive only because of the >ideas it presents.
Oh, come now. Next you'll be telling me that a country could ban an operating system because of language contained in...er, never mind:-)
"When every minute of downtime can mean millions of dollars in lost revenue, companies generally rely on applications that run on OS/390, Tandem NonStop Kernel, Digital OpenVMS, or Unix operating systems. But Windows NT is increasingly being deployed... so IT managers must find ways to increase the availability of their NT environments. To do it, they're adopting products and services that promise to provide extra protection..."
" 'Any system with lag time is unacceptable for running the application' says William Harris, NT Administrator for the Ohio Utilities. 'Money wasn't even a big deal. I's rather get quality and reliability and availability'. The organization...paid $75,000 to implement the (third party protection) system.
Translation (for those who need it): Management is telling IT they have to transition to NT. IT says, in order to be stable, we have to add third party help. Management says: "Here's a blank check."
It goes on to say that Unix, w/o third party software or service achieves "availability in the 99.9% range, as opposed to 97% for NT."
Now, what's the difference to a business between 97% and 99.9%?
IBM's NetFinity Availability Program guarantees 99.9 w/ NT. Cost: $220,000.
HP Mission Critical guarantees 99.9 with NT for a mere $300,000.
Imagine going to your boss and saying "Hey, how'd you like to save $300,000?"
JL Culp Business Technology Consultant Chair, LPSC
1. As experience increases, so does the storage capacity of the mind. Sure, we may forget one or two things from long ago, but many are retained for life.
2. At most, we use 10% of the mind consciously. Who knows what may be stored in the subconcious?
3. The most beautiful aspect of the mind is the ability to retain memories BEFORE they happen. i.e. imagination, fantasy, hallucination, and even deja vu. Try doing THAT with a Seagate, even at 7200 rpm.
It's published already in the US Government Code EXACTLY what NSA's parameters are: Can not operate against anything on American soil. And you think those of us conducting these operations just casually shake that off?
______________________________
Just as the BATF is restricted to enforcing warrants concerning alcohol, tobacco, and firearms (hence the name). And that is why 2/3 of the warrant they enforced at Waco concerned allegations of child abuse?
Just as our illustrious President of the US mysteriously "loses" 400 confidential FBI files only to find them on a White House coffee table later?
Just as National Guard members opened fire on college students at Kent State, killing four in 1970?
Just as we gave radioactive milk to pregnant mothers and retarded children in the 1950's. Just as we tested the effects of syphillis to unsuspected African Americans in the 1920's? Just as we now drop guided missles on innocent Serbs and Albanians? The list goes on and on.
Ahh yes, the US Government, always abides by their parameters. We can trust big brother, right? Who needs to get real?
JL Culp Chairman, Libertarian Party of Sumner County http://sumnerlp.org
the director of Central Intelligence, the director of NSA and the attorney general must submit a report within 60 days of the bill becoming law that outlines the legal standards being employed to safeguard the privacy of American citizens against Project Echelon... "This very straightforward amendment...will help guarantee the privacy rights of American citizens [and] will protect the oversight responsibilities of the Congress which are now under assault" by the intelligence community.
_____________________________
So some high level officials must submit a report, and suddenly the American people are protected? The NSA regularly violates the 4th amendment. The CIA does the same. And the current Attorney General authorized the unwarranted use of deadly force aganist American Citizens on at least two occasions (Waco, Ruby Ridge) and then lied about it during congressional hearings.
E-yeah. We're safe.
JL Culp Chairman, Libertarian Party of Sumner County http://sumnerlp.org
>The arguments that one should be paid for the information are basically invalid. The state of California has to use these revenues for it's own programs, meaning that the citizens of California will theoretically get more value from their state government. ________________
No value can be gained by a citizenry when their ruling body elects to sell private information given over by a trusting public that expects said data to remain confidential. Just as no value can be gained by a citizenry when they are forced to give over their hard earned wages in the form of taxes. Our government is far too large and intrusive now. As long as we allow a misguided and corrupt oligarchy to take our freedoms and funds, we will not be served.
JL Culp Chairman, Libertarian Party of Sumner County http://sumnerlp.org
If ye love wealth greater than liberty, the tranquility of servitude greater than the animating contest for freedom, go home from us in peace. We seek not your counsel, nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you; and posterity forget that ye were our countrymen. --Samuel Adams
Leaving a position due to creative differences is not a trait solely owned by OSS coders. And were I, like Raster, constantly slighted in spite of giving 100%, I would quit too. No one should stay where they are taken for granted.
Slashdot Mirror
No way, man! FLYING cars are the future. EVERY sci-fi flick shows them! :-)
JL
"Where are my flying cars?"--Cmdr Sisco, IBM commercial
Well, that explains how Scotty and other members of the Enterprise could reconfigure sensors to detect previously unknown substances with just a few keystrokes. Not even a reboot! It all makes sense... :-)
JL
That's exactly right. In fact, Acrobat has indexing features that makes searching docs quick and easy. The full Acrobat costs around $250 U.S., and Acrobat Reader is free to use and distribute.
Take care
JL
That's incredible that ~30 cups of coffee, according to this article, can kill.
Now I wonder how many coffee beans go into an average cup of coffee. I wonder this because I used to eat chocolate covered coffee beans by the handful. I would think that the amount of coffee beans, combined with the chocolate, could easily kill. I have to question these statistics.
JL
Because right now, at least, they can't get the blue to last more than 1000 hours. This is fine for cell phones. But for desktops, that would mean replacing your monitor once every 4 months or so if you use a computer as much as I do. And since it still requires some chip manufacturing technology, it just wouldn't be practical. Maybe someday, but not today.
JL
Sir:
I am running for Alderman in a medium sized town. Turnout for my particular race should not exceed 2,000. I have a website with a news section, finance disclosure page, platform page, and soon, a slashdotesque weblog. What more can I add to enhance communications with my constituents, and do you feel the web can make an effective impact on local elections?
Thanks
JL Culp
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem& item=345155543
As we know Echelon has been a joint venture between European countries an the US, one wonders how that partnership will be affected.
Further, if something "bad" were to happen (i.e. plane blowing up), you know the US Gov't will blame the EU, saying that lift on encryption resulted in that tragedy. Lawsuit to follow?
It is sad to see how a company with such potential as LinuxCare has hit rocky seas. Let us hope this is not a harbinger of things to come for open-source service companies.
>Survey users will benefit the most because >they can average a number of readings.
Um, no. Surveyors will benefit very little from the end of SA as the equipment they use is already sub-centimeter and sometime sub-MILLImeter. To do this, they utlize other technologies such as RTK and post processing software to resolve any errors. Even w/ SA gone, they will still have to depend upon these technologies, unless they want to still be off by 10 meters or more. Not very accurate for even topo work, much less boundary surveys or stakeout.
JL Culp
Has MS set the industry back? Perhaps. But it is not the domain of the US Government to fix this. That is the duty of the consumer. And at least up till this point, the consumer (gasp) likes MS. I don't. You don't. But we shouldn't be running to hide behind government guns because we don't think they make a good product.
It's that simple.
Not true. One of my clients is Geographic Measuring Systems (gmsgps.com). They are based in Nashville, TN (definitely not costal). They offer a DGPS system. DGPS is available within 100 miles of navigatable waterways, not just coasts. So, you were close, but....no cigar.
JL
Not true. There are also dual frequency civ GPS units available (Trimble, Leica, Javad, etc). This, combined with DGPS (differential) and RTK (Real Time Kinematic) can result in SUB centimeter accuracies every 2 seconds. Of course, they ain't cheap (>$40k) but if you need that sort of thing. JL
In the many decades that I have been visiting /. ('bout a month after it changed from Chips n Dips, if memory serves correctly) I have *never* seen Rob respond to an article (that's not to say he never has, I just don't recall seeing it).
The one time I met Mr. Malda (summer 1998 Durham NC Linux Expo) he said, in response to a rabid fan/groupie as he autographed her backpack "All I do is post articles." Note that he never said he responds, just posts.
Flash forward to today. The High Commander has posted 5 (!) articles. Of course, they have all been moderated up. Which leads me to believe the following:
The VA Linux annexation of Andover was planned by an insider at Andover. Who, you ask? None other than Robert Q. Malda himself!
But what was his motive? I'll tell you. He needed an excuse to post a rely to an article. He knew this would get enough stirred up to justify his replying. So he coordinated with his secret operative at VA (I can't tell you his name, but I'll give you a hint: Geek with gun!) to leverage a synergistic buyout.
But the question remains--why would Malda even want to post a reply? High school, my dear Watson. If you've noticed, ALL of his posts have been moderated up (no doubt the work of that hemos person). I submit to you that CmdrTaco, aka Rob Malda, aka the Speaker of the Puruvian House of Commons, is a KARMA WHORE! Bwaa haa haa haaaaaa.
J.L. (feeling the energy from the 10 Penguin mints he downed courtesy of the fine folks at ThinkGeek)
Depends on your definition of "liberal". The term Classic Liberal is often synonymous with Libertarian. Then you have the liberals of the 1960's, who were alligned with equal rights and peace (something I hope we can all agree on). Sadly, the term has become tarnished due to the many psuedo-socialists who have adopted the term. However, I do hope Pulp leans to the classical side, rather than the modern version.
JL Culp
Chairman, Libertarian Party of Sumner County
http://sumnerlp.org
Perhaps I am cynical, but I can't help thinking this may have been done in an attempt to divert attention from all the further restrictions they're placing on us. Satellite phones are banned, NSA backdoors, etc. Just like the "tax cut": Take 47% of our money, then we should be happy when they give back 1%.
If we HAVE to have any government intervention at all, the least they could do is be consistent. Nevertheless, it IS a tiny step in the right direction.
JL Culp
This is one of the reasons why I became a computer consultant a couple of years back. I figured that, if I spend all this time on the computer as a HOBBY, something might be wrong with me. But when it became my JOB, suddenly I was just dedicated to my craft. Grab me another Coca Cola--I'm working overtime this week :-)
JL Culp
Business technology Consultant
Chairman, LPSC
Jack of all Trades, Master of my Domain
Corel introduced the "Shadow Cursor" in WP8. MS copied that in Office2K with "Click and Type". The same feature w/ a different name. Does that mean Corel can sue MS?
You can't patent a feature any more than you can patent a "look and feel". Apple vs MS proved that.
JL Culp
Chair, LPSC
>Now finally with South Park the danger is clear. >South Park is animated characters saying swear >words *out of context* it would certainly be rated >only R it is so offensive only because of the >ideas it presents.
:-)
Oh, come now. Next you'll be telling me that a country could ban an operating system because of language contained in...er, never mind
JL Culp
Chairman, LPSC
From CMP's "Information Week" June 21, 1999:
"When every minute of downtime can mean millions of dollars in lost revenue, companies generally rely on applications that run on OS/390, Tandem NonStop Kernel, Digital OpenVMS, or Unix operating systems. But Windows NT is increasingly being deployed... so IT managers must find ways to increase the availability of their NT environments. To do it, they're adopting products and services that promise to provide extra protection..."
" 'Any system with lag time is unacceptable for running the application' says William Harris, NT Administrator for the Ohio Utilities. 'Money wasn't even a big deal. I's rather get quality and reliability and availability'. The organization...paid $75,000 to implement the (third party protection) system.
Translation (for those who need it): Management is telling IT they have to transition to NT. IT says, in order to be stable, we have to add third party help. Management says: "Here's a blank check."
It goes on to say that Unix, w/o third party software or service achieves "availability in the 99.9% range, as opposed to 97% for NT."
Now, what's the difference to a business between 97% and 99.9%?
IBM's NetFinity Availability Program guarantees 99.9 w/ NT. Cost: $220,000.
HP Mission Critical guarantees 99.9 with NT for a mere $300,000.
Imagine going to your boss and saying "Hey, how'd you like to save $300,000?"
JL Culp
Business Technology Consultant
Chair, LPSC
Items to consider:
1. As experience increases, so does the storage capacity of the mind. Sure, we may forget one or two things from long ago, but many are retained for life.
2. At most, we use 10% of the mind consciously. Who knows what may be stored in the subconcious?
3. The most beautiful aspect of the mind is the ability to retain memories BEFORE they happen. i.e. imagination, fantasy, hallucination, and even deja vu. Try doing THAT with a Seagate, even at 7200 rpm.
JL Culp
Chair, LPSC
It's published already in the US Government Code EXACTLY what NSA's parameters are: Can not operate against anything on American soil. And you think those of us conducting these operations just casually shake that off?
______________________________
Just as the BATF is restricted to enforcing warrants concerning alcohol, tobacco, and firearms (hence the name). And that is why 2/3 of the warrant they enforced at Waco concerned allegations of child abuse?
Just as our illustrious President of the US mysteriously "loses" 400 confidential FBI files only to find them on a White House coffee table later?
Just as National Guard members opened fire on college students at Kent State, killing four in 1970?
Just as we gave radioactive milk to pregnant mothers and retarded children in the 1950's. Just as we tested the effects of syphillis to unsuspected African Americans in the 1920's? Just as we now drop guided missles on innocent Serbs and Albanians? The list goes on and on.
Ahh yes, the US Government, always abides by their parameters. We can trust big brother, right? Who needs to get real?
JL Culp
Chairman, Libertarian Party of Sumner County
http://sumnerlp.org
the director of Central Intelligence, the director of NSA and the attorney general must submit a report within 60 days of the bill becoming law that outlines the legal standards being employed to safeguard the privacy of American citizens against Project Echelon...
"This very straightforward amendment...will help guarantee the privacy rights of American citizens
[and] will protect the oversight responsibilities of the Congress which are now under assault" by the
intelligence community.
_____________________________
So some high level officials must submit a report, and suddenly the American people are protected? The NSA regularly violates the 4th amendment. The CIA does the same. And the current Attorney General authorized the unwarranted use of deadly force aganist American Citizens on at least two occasions (Waco, Ruby Ridge) and then lied about it during congressional hearings.
E-yeah. We're safe.
JL Culp
Chairman, Libertarian Party of Sumner County
http://sumnerlp.org
>The arguments that one should be paid for the information are basically invalid. The state of California has to use these revenues for it's own programs, meaning that the citizens of California will theoretically get more value from their state government.
________________
No value can be gained by a citizenry when their ruling body elects to sell private information given over by a trusting public that expects said data to remain confidential. Just as no value can be gained by a citizenry when they are forced to give over their hard earned wages in the form of taxes. Our government is far too large and intrusive now. As long as we allow a misguided and corrupt oligarchy to take our freedoms and funds, we will not be served.
JL Culp
Chairman, Libertarian Party of Sumner County
http://sumnerlp.org
If ye love wealth greater than liberty, the tranquility of servitude greater than the animating contest for freedom, go home from us in peace. We seek not your counsel, nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you; and posterity forget that ye were our countrymen. --Samuel
Adams
Leaving a position due to creative differences is not a trait solely owned by OSS coders. And were I, like Raster, constantly slighted in spite of giving 100%, I would quit too. No one should stay where they are taken for granted.
JL Culp