I, on the other hand, hate the stupid autoformatting crap so much that I write my docs in VI first. I then import into Word or OO and format. It saves me from battling all those "features."
I read an article a while ago while I was researching the effects of latency and bandwitdh on an Messaging/Voicemail/IVR systems. While the article is a bit old, the title is what makes it memorable: "It's the Latency, Stupid."
http://www.stuartcheshire.org/rants/Latency.html
It always irks me when people think throwing insane amounts of bandwith at problems will solve them. I've had much more success tuning a network (especially WANs) for latency than by spending big $$$ on more bandwidth.
I've been fortunate enough to still have a job after a year of rough layoffs. I've found that, not only am I the only one left of an IT staff of four, but I have become much more efficient in what I do, to the point that I have been able to work for the R&D department in addition to my duties (oh yeah, and more time to read/. too). I've found that in times like this, you're job-attitude changes. At first, it may seem that you will be swamped with extra work, but we humans are great at adapting, and it all sorts iself out in the end, often for the better.
We've seen time and time again as encryption gets stronger and better that breaking the 'impossibility' of breaking it merely depends on the computing power available.
Wow, and to think all these years I've been playing Tetris ever so diligently, trying to come up with all the combinations and permutations of the game just so I can prove the same thing by brute force.
I'm not sure I know what to do with my life anymore.
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More motivation for all the Twitter users to start using Flutter instead.
Nothing would ever get done.
You might be surprised why many, many laws are on the books to begin with: http://www.dumblaws.com/laws.php?site=laws&cid=184
The University of Victoria is heading the Canadian half of this project. More information can be found at the Neptune Canada site.
I, on the other hand, hate the stupid autoformatting crap so much that I write my docs in VI first. I then import into Word or OO and format. It saves me from battling all those "features."
I read an article a while ago while I was researching the effects of latency and bandwitdh on an Messaging/Voicemail/IVR systems. While the article is a bit old, the title is what makes it memorable: "It's the Latency, Stupid."
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http://www.stuartcheshire.org/rants/Latency.htm
It always irks me when people think throwing insane amounts of bandwith at problems will solve them. I've had much more success tuning a network (especially WANs) for latency than by spending big $$$ on more bandwidth.
I just realized... I'm sitting here reading Slashdot... at work. Hmmmm.
I've been fortunate enough to still have a job after a year of rough layoffs. I've found that, not only am I the only one left of an IT staff of four, but I have become much more efficient in what I do, to the point that I have been able to work for the R&D department in addition to my duties (oh yeah, and more time to read /. too). I've found that in times like this, you're job-attitude changes. At first, it may seem that you will be swamped with extra work, but we humans are great at adapting, and it all sorts iself out in the end, often for the better.
We've seen time and time again as encryption gets stronger and better that breaking the 'impossibility' of breaking it merely depends on the computing power available.
I wonder what they really mean by 'impossible'?
Hmmmmm.....
[me@myhost me]$ telnet mail.uruklink.net 110
Trying 62.32.60.16...
Connected to mail.uruklink.net.
Escape character is '^]'.
+OK X1 NT-POP3 Server mail.uruklink.net (IMail 7.07 39961-78)
user press
+OK send your password
pass press
-ERR Invalid userid/password
quit
+OK POP3 Server saying Good-Bye
Connection closed by foreign host.
[me@myhost me]$
Bummer.
"A piece of GPL software called Media Player"
Oh, I forgot. Media Player runs under Linux, right?
...doesn't mean they can design good computers. I think the having the Porche name attached to it is merely a gimmick.
Wow, and to think all these years I've been playing Tetris ever so diligently, trying to come up with all the combinations and permutations of the game just so I can prove the same thing by brute force.
I'm not sure I know what to do with my life anymore.