The building prominently bears the inscription: Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds, which is frequently mistaken as an official motto of the United States Postal Service. It was actually supplied by William Mitchell Kendall of the firm of McKim, Mead & White, the architects who designed the Farley Building and the original Pennsylvania Station in the same Beaux-Arts style. The sentence is taken from Herodotus' Histories (Book 8, Ch. 98) and describes the faithful service of the Persian system of mounted postal messengers under Xerxes I of Persia. The USPS does not actually have an official motto or creed, but nonetheless the inscription on the building is often recognized as such. The inscription was carved by Ira Schnapp, who later designed the Action Comics logo and many other iconic logos for DC Comics.
and the USPS even used it in their own television spot (albeit in an altered form):
The commercial, which ran after the September 11, 2001, attacks and the anthrax mailings, featured no voiceover, only the following text interspersed on title cards: We are mothers and fathers. And sons and daughters. Who every day go about our lives with duty, honor and pride. And neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night, nor the winds of change, nor a nation challenged, will stay us from the swift completion of our appointed rounds. Ever.[2]
Note that the [2] link in the above quoted Wikipedia article takes you to this page on the USPS site quoting the exact text of the tvspot.
Yes, they have no Motto, but considering how much they use the meme, they might as well have one.
Then of course, there are the non-traditional rockets such as laser propulsion, where a laser is shined up from the ground to superheat the air in the rockets cone, which, in turn, produces thrust. And of course, my personal favorite, there's always Project Orion. Not the wimpy one NASA is using to get to the moon, I'm talking about the original Project Orion. As in, using thermonuclear bombs to launch a city sized spaceship into orbit.
Because JavaScript is fully standardized across browsers? Right. Good luck with that.
And before you make the same response as every other web monkey, that all you need to do is use XYZ library (which one? No one can decide which is why there are so many) to make your web app 'work' with most browsers. Oh, and you have to completely subvert the HTTP protocol, there's that too.
True. Thats one reason Flash is gaining popularity again. The latest rev of Flash has a scripting language very much like JavaScript, and with the plug-in available on most (desktop) systems, you are more sure of a "standardized environment".
One thing a little bothersome to me is that the summary mentions TiVo HD and TiVo HDXL only working with Cable. Not true. Yeah, they won't work with satellite, but they work fine for over the air signals also (like those new digital ones that are showing up).
Both have two tuners, each of which can record from any of the current sources at the same time, (so record 2 OTA, 2 Cable or 1 OTA and 1 Cable show, which watching another pre-recorded show and downloading a movie from Amazon... not bad for a little box under the TV).
Besides, if other countries are busy building our goods in factories, that leaves American workers free to, you know, do the thinking that's required to make these products. There's a reason we have Intel, Microsoft, Google, Apple, etc all based right here in the U.S. And it isn't because of silly trade barriers in the name of "national security"
Umm... China has a population of over a 1.3B people (versus the U.S. population of ~300M or.3B).
Think of it this way. If someone is "One in a million" then, assuming that is correct, there might be 300 of them in the U.S. and 1300 of them in China. To think that the population of China is incapable of competing in an intellectual arena is the hight of Hubris.
The easy example off the top of my head where China is disengaging from the Western World, and starting to utilize "home grown" resources is in in Red Flag Linux. They don't NEED MicroSoft anymore, so they are actively pushing to cut it off (even in a pirated form). I realize that MS probably doesn't see a lot of profit from China anyway, but realize that without that market, MS can no longer contribute toward a trade balance with China.
Given the opportunity, China will continue to eliminate any (and all) "not made here" products from its economy. This is as much a cultural issue as it is a political issue, and the fact the the U.S. has scrapped its manufacturing capability in place of buying cheaper goods, and exporting whatever wealth we have to foreign countries, won't help our long term financial health.
I had an Amiga 1200 with a full 68030 in it, and used Virtual Memory with it. Unlike Windows 3.1, I could do 3D ray-tracing with 128Mb of RAM (remember this is when 10Mb was considered massive) and *not notice any slowdown*.
I've had to wait 15 years, and only now is Vista even approaching the power I had back then - albeit once it has 80 time the memory and 100 times the hard drive space, with more memory on the gfx card alone than my Amiga had in total. Makes me weep, it really does.
Had an A1000 w/the 512K add-on (had a full 1MB of RAM:P ). I remember how incredible the graphics for some of those floppy games were compared to anything else at the time. (Defender of the Crown comes to mind for some reason:) )
You forgot about the Gnomes of Zurich who are plotting with the followers of Hudini's Ghost to back the Sons of Liberty, but only if the Gnomes can reach an agreement as to who will control the Tesla Ray Gun, which was responsible for the explosion in the Tunguska area of Siberia, once the Free Masons are finally defeated.
So far the only ones willing to relinquish control of the device are the underground Marxists let by the reanimated body of Carl. The ISS is naturally the place everyone is watching since the Free Masons boosted the weapon into orbit as part of the last "Hubble" mission, but the recent troubles and setbacks in the U.S. space program lead some to believe that the Greys are finally getting ready for their planned invasion of Earth, and that the Free Masons and the Tesla device may be mankind's best hope. Steve Jobs has been in contact with elements inside the White Lotus Society to help devise widespread warning and modeling system to predict the Greys actions. The Chinese have been supplying the hardware and software reverse-engineered from crashed UFO technology smuggled out of the U.S. from Rosewell to Beijing, and Apple has been responsible for distributing the hardware globally both for the distributed modeling, and for the hand-held sensor platform.
Of course the Chinese Chi-Master Astronauts disagree with the White Lotus Societies actions and have been working to curtail their power, so they may in fact have been supplying cut rate technology to Psystar to help undercut Apple's position.
I for one am greatly looking forward to the records produced during the "discovery" phase of the trial!
Not to mention the wonderful years of playing with your config.sys and autoexec.bat file so you could make sure all your drivers loaded right (or the bastardized add-on sound card I got for my first laptop that plugged into the parallel port with a pass-through for the printer, but drivers that needed to be loaded in DOS which squeezed the precious memory even more).
I think it gave an inherent understanding of the hardware to people who grew up with them (and used them).
I feel like the people who grew up repairing their cars and bemoaning how automated they have become.:)
Viruses and trojans (as opposed to worms) are a user stupidity issue. You can't fix that with technology. For a computer to be useful, it needs to run programs that the user launches. Trying to put something in the way to analyze whether what that user wanted to do is not what the user wanted to do is never going to be successful.
Yeah... try telling that to all the C?Os that clicked on the "NUDE_CELEB.EXE" link in their email.
If you are an intelligent user you shouldn't need anti-virus software to protect you from Trojans. If you are a less clue-full user, then a program that checks the program you are about to run against a list of "known Trojans" might be EXTREMELY helpful.
Something to bare in mind, that a lot of the security in a Unix system means that if you flub something and get hit with a Trojan or malware as a general user, your personal information might be at risk or infection/deletion, but the system is more likely to remain stable/secure.
The problem with this thought though is that the vast majority of unix systems are single user, where the users personal data is more valuable than the system stability/security.
Not saying unix isn't inherently more secure than windows, just that sometimes people overlook the tradeoffs in its security.
Pretty sure the GP was referring to zero-interaction attacks for OS X. As you mentioned, there have been quite a number of attacks, but they've almost exclusively targeted Windows or Windows related products (IE, IIS, MSSQL, etc.)
I'd be interested in buying Mac Antivirus software if any of the AV products for the Mac could point to a single Mac virus that they could prevent, or a single Mac security flaw that they provided a work-around before Apple fixed. The second is a lot easier than the first, but I don't see it in any adverts. With 10.5, Apple introduced a nice syscall interception framework and with 10.6 I expect to see it used by default for a lot more things (it already prevented an mDNS vulnerability being exploitable on 10.5).
Neat! It's nice to see OSes become more robust and secure without bothering the user as much. [allow] [deny]
This is becoming a thing of the past, the PS3 now requires installs for quite a few games. Nothing like sitting for 20mins waiting for a game to install. There is also the issue of having to micromanage game installs on a 60gb hard drive.
Don't worry, MS has "innovated" this feature also (mostly because customers complained their DVD drive sounded like a freight train), and it was added to the 360's firmware in the last Dash update. The only console that DOESN'T need installation is the one that skipped including a hard drive this generation (and is consequently also hitting problems with DLC content filling up 256MB flash cards, so its a bit of a trade-off).
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Sure, but it would have been easier if you had provided a link at least.
The motto will also continue to be mistaken for the motto of the USPS so long as the USPS does nothing to correct that.
The motto is prominently carved over the U.S. General Post Office in NYC
and the USPS even used it in their own television spot (albeit in an altered form):
Note that the [2] link in the above quoted Wikipedia article takes you to this page on the USPS site quoting the exact text of the tvspot.
Yes, they have no Motto, but considering how much they use the meme, they might as well have one.
This has usually been described as "its not SPAM if you have a pre-existing relationship with the person."
She is a representative of the Student government. The professors are part of the school faculty. That sounds like a pre-existing relationship.
What I haven't heard is wether she included an opt-out link (or "reply to me and I'll remove your name from any future email).
To quote Poul Anderson ... Orion Shall Rise. :)
True. Thats one reason Flash is gaining popularity again. The latest rev of Flash has a scripting language very much like JavaScript, and with the plug-in available on most (desktop) systems, you are more sure of a "standardized environment".
Exactly.
One thing a little bothersome to me is that the summary mentions TiVo HD and TiVo HDXL only working with Cable. Not true. Yeah, they won't work with satellite, but they work fine for over the air signals also (like those new digital ones that are showing up).
Both have two tuners, each of which can record from any of the current sources at the same time, (so record 2 OTA, 2 Cable or 1 OTA and 1 Cable show, which watching another pre-recorded show and downloading a movie from Amazon ... not bad for a little box under the TV).
Umm ... China has a population of over a 1.3B people (versus the U.S. population of ~300M or .3B).
Think of it this way. If someone is "One in a million" then, assuming that is correct, there might be 300 of them in the U.S. and 1300 of them in China. To think that the population of China is incapable of competing in an intellectual arena is the hight of Hubris.
The easy example off the top of my head where China is disengaging from the Western World, and starting to utilize "home grown" resources is in in Red Flag Linux. They don't NEED MicroSoft anymore, so they are actively pushing to cut it off (even in a pirated form). I realize that MS probably doesn't see a lot of profit from China anyway, but realize that without that market, MS can no longer contribute toward a trade balance with China.
Given the opportunity, China will continue to eliminate any (and all) "not made here" products from its economy. This is as much a cultural issue as it is a political issue, and the fact the the U.S. has scrapped its manufacturing capability in place of buying cheaper goods, and exporting whatever wealth we have to foreign countries, won't help our long term financial health.
Had an A1000 w/the 512K add-on (had a full 1MB of RAM :P ). I remember how incredible the graphics for some of those floppy games were compared to anything else at the time. (Defender of the Crown comes to mind for some reason :) )
You forgot about the Gnomes of Zurich who are plotting with the followers of Hudini's Ghost to back the Sons of Liberty, but only if the Gnomes can reach an agreement as to who will control the Tesla Ray Gun, which was responsible for the explosion in the Tunguska area of Siberia, once the Free Masons are finally defeated.
So far the only ones willing to relinquish control of the device are the underground Marxists let by the reanimated body of Carl. The ISS is naturally the place everyone is watching since the Free Masons boosted the weapon into orbit as part of the last "Hubble" mission, but the recent troubles and setbacks in the U.S. space program lead some to believe that the Greys are finally getting ready for their planned invasion of Earth, and that the Free Masons and the Tesla device may be mankind's best hope. Steve Jobs has been in contact with elements inside the White Lotus Society to help devise widespread warning and modeling system to predict the Greys actions. The Chinese have been supplying the hardware and software reverse-engineered from crashed UFO technology smuggled out of the U.S. from Rosewell to Beijing, and Apple has been responsible for distributing the hardware globally both for the distributed modeling, and for the hand-held sensor platform.
Of course the Chinese Chi-Master Astronauts disagree with the White Lotus Societies actions and have been working to curtail their power, so they may in fact have been supplying cut rate technology to Psystar to help undercut Apple's position.
I for one am greatly looking forward to the records produced during the "discovery" phase of the trial!
Okay ... that makes sense since it would have come after the "Attack of the Psystar Clones", but I'm not sure where the connection is.
Somehow, the only thing that makes sense seems like "The Revenge of Redmond".
(of course I'm a bit paranoid by nature :) )
I prefer Python on a Shuttle myself.
The Bytes must flow.
Besides which, didn't the Sopranos have HUGE delays between seasons? (which is what the GP was complaining SciFi did with BSG)
Were they concerned about him using a swear word, or a word they didn't understand? :)
Thanks, those links were informative.
I miss the 80's with their UFO's, Repressed memories, and abandoned mines filled with Stolen Nazi gold.
Nowadays the best we can hope for is the occasional time travel story "...As Rex and Gigi's feelings for one another continue to grow, Rex gets a warning from Madame Delphina that Bo Buchanan is headed towards danger, with major consequences. Saying goodbye to Gigi, Rex heads to Texas, where he fails to help Bo. The two are struck by lightning, and transported back to 1968. Teaming up with Delphina, Gigi makes her way back into time to rescue Rex before it is too late.
Of course the plot devices are certainly straight out of the 80's (now where's my darn DeLorean?)
Is it too late for Psytar to file for an exemption? ~
Not to mention the wonderful years of playing with your config.sys and autoexec.bat file so you could make sure all your drivers loaded right (or the bastardized add-on sound card I got for my first laptop that plugged into the parallel port with a pass-through for the printer, but drivers that needed to be loaded in DOS which squeezed the precious memory even more).
I think it gave an inherent understanding of the hardware to people who grew up with them (and used them).
I feel like the people who grew up repairing their cars and bemoaning how automated they have become. :)
I'll believe you on the ball bearings, bottlecaps shoes and bolts, but I'm afraid I'll need to see the Lesbians to believe them.
(just send them over and tell them to use the side entrance)
Yeah ... I remember how sad I was when I had to get rid of mine because all the new computers used expected everything to connect over USB.
I'm going to miss it when I build my WIn98 Gaming rig (because it seems to be the only way I'll be able to play those games once Vista takes hold :( ).
Is that a pr0n branded browser?
yes .. "Linux PC" really rolls off the tongue.
Yeah ... try telling that to all the C?Os that clicked on the "NUDE_CELEB.EXE" link in their email.
If you are an intelligent user you shouldn't need anti-virus software to protect you from Trojans. If you are a less clue-full user, then a program that checks the program you are about to run against a list of "known Trojans" might be EXTREMELY helpful.
Something to bare in mind, that a lot of the security in a Unix system means that if you flub something and get hit with a Trojan or malware as a general user, your personal information might be at risk or infection/deletion, but the system is more likely to remain stable/secure.
The problem with this thought though is that the vast majority of unix systems are single user, where the users personal data is more valuable than the system stability/security.
Not saying unix isn't inherently more secure than windows, just that sometimes people overlook the tradeoffs in its security.
Pretty sure the GP was referring to zero-interaction attacks for OS X. As you mentioned, there have been quite a number of attacks, but they've almost exclusively targeted Windows or Windows related products (IE, IIS, MSSQL, etc.)
Neat! It's nice to see OSes become more robust and secure without bothering the user as much. [allow] [deny]
Don't worry, MS has "innovated" this feature also (mostly because customers complained their DVD drive sounded like a freight train), and it was added to the 360's firmware in the last Dash update. The only console that DOESN'T need installation is the one that skipped including a hard drive this generation (and is consequently also hitting problems with DLC content filling up 256MB flash cards, so its a bit of a trade-off).