Those scientisits can make a switch for COMMON SENSE, which the majority of the posters here seem to be sorely lacking.
Uh... anyhow...
Unfortunately, the only "fireflys" I've ever seen, are the fake ones at Disneyland.
But here in the redwoods of California, we have this real cool crawly thing, that looks like an armoured caterpillar about two inches long, and it has blue glowing dots, two on each piece of "armour", for about eight to twelve per bug.
One can only see them at the new moon, when it's pitch black under the redwood canopy, and one's eyes are dark adapted.
But they are the coolest little things crawling around in the redwood duff around here at night, besides scorpions. I've never been able to identify them, any ideas?
I was able to find this cool photo of a hillside covered with glowing caterpillers.
We also have this waaay cool beautiful yellow/orange mushroom called the Jack-O-Lantern Omphalotus olivascens. It glows green/blue in the dark also, enough so, that one could read by the light it gives off!
No matter what all the jaded losers think, nature is cool!
Hams are cool, I'm a ham, my partner of six years is a ham( She got her "ticket, without telling me she was doing it! What a cool surprise for an OM! ).
My brother is a ham, and my dad used to be one.
I'm old (46), but not that old, and I ain't fat, my truck doesn't look like an angry porkupine, and I can carry on intellectually stimulating conversation with just about anybody, on just about any subject. Dare you... but not tonight since I just got off the air doing a four hour Reggae show on a commercial radio station here, and I'm beat (had a great time on the air though!).
There is something for everybody in ham radio, I'm not joking, check it out for yourself, there are many web sites dedicated to ham, radio, and many towns have clubs. (Watch out for all the old fat guys though. You might learn something...) (*SMIRK*)
But seriously... the club we used to belong to had old fat guys in it, and they were usually a wellspring of valuable information, as well as being interesting people to boot!
We lived in a remote area, and were able to help with emergency communications several times over the years. We performed a valuable service when "normal" means of communications broke down during a weather crisis.
Sorry boys... but the net is one of the first casualities (at least locally) during big emergencies. I know of hams who developed an internet/ham radio node using packet radio that was waaaaaay faster than any dial up connection at the time (about seven years ago.).
It goes on, and on... many hamsreallyare on the bleeding edge. But if you aren't a "do'er" than you will be just like all those hams(the fat old one's remember?) you are making fun of...
I'm not competitive at all, but I've always had alot of FUN during every Field Day I've ever attended (and stayed up all night operating). My wife and I were on a road trip once, and lamented that we were missing Field Day, when we saw a few cars in a parking lot of a remote park we were driving by, and when we saw the antennas, we knew it was other hams participating in Field Day.
We pulled into the gravel lot, and introduced ourselves as fellow hams. We recieved a warm welcome, and a chance to operate any number of the several frequencies, and mode's they had there.
Complete strangers, and instant friends, great conversation, the offer of cold beverages on an extremely hot day, all because of a shared love for radio. It don't get much cooler than that man.
By the way... while there arehams who fit the stereotype, I've noticed that there are waaaaaaaaaaaay more young, and skinny people who are lazy than old, fat people, you might want to examine your prejudgement of hams, and of old, and/or fat people, it seems to be faulty.
Ummm... they're NOT used in the kernel? Perhaps you missed the chart which showed all the languages (and lines of code for each) in the kernel? It's hardly written in "only" C and assembly.
Overall, a very interesting article (did you read the whole thing?), now I have some questions for the more savvy of you out there in geek land.
- I'm curious if any of you know why the more "obscure" languages were used in the kernel instead of C, or * shell, or assembly language. Is it because, as the author implies, that these languages are better at doing specific things?
- I see one of the major reasons that the kernal is so large because it needs to support so many different kinds of peripherals. Please excuse my ignorence, but why can't the dirvers be kept in an online database, with a user friendly menu, so the user could just download the mininum code to do the job. Aside from the work involved to set that up, it seems like a reasonable way to keep down kernal bloat. Is anybody doing this? Am I correct in assuming a smaller kernal is faster?
- I would propose the same "solution" for the "arch" CPU architecture code, if those two things were implmented, wouldn't it shrink the kernel size by more than 70%? Am I missing something big here, as to why this wouldn't be good?
Well, I've read the article and the posts up till now, and am surprised that nobody else caught this...
Right after it says this:
In what may have been the most significant lapse, the system being developed was not behind a firewall, a security element designed to keep out those who are not entitled to access.
Additionally, so-called tripwires that might have alerted agency security personnel to the unauthorized entry were nonexistent. Nor were there logs within the system that might have identified users entering the system as the infiltration was occurring, the report notes.
Sample, the security engineer who wrote the report, downplayed the potential threat and says:
The attack was "something that we've been anticipating."
Hmmmm....
They must have some "hot shot" security experts working there I guess...
I wonder what their security was like before they anticipated the compromise?!!!
Special coating allows you to see infrared light. Use to check remote controls, security systems, and more. Locates near-infrared radiation from laser or LED sources.
Now go on out and report back your findings, so we can know which stores are using this invasive technology.
And as far as sunglasses that block infrared, any "high end" pair should block at least 90% of the infrared spectrum. My prescription Revo's block more than 95%, plus they look sooooo cool.
I don't really want to "trash" John, but I have to agree with some of the "ugly" things being said about him, I HAVE met him, so I do know what I'm talking about to some degree.
Over twenty years ago, I used to do a radio show in SIlicon Valley, and for about four months John was one of my regular callers on my graveyard show (2-6am). We would usually talk an hour or more during my show. We talked allot about radio, and music, since we had dj backgrounds, and similar eclectic musical tastes, and I played stuff that even he hadn't heard. We also talked some about computers, Ham Radio, and phone phreaking. After weeks of invites, he eventually convinced me to come up to his place in the Oakland Hills to visit.
I had mentioned that I was bringing along my girlfriend, but it didn't get any response, so I figured it was cool... Wrong!
We arrived at his apt, and were greeted at the door by a young long blond haired, shirtless "boy" who finally let us in, and went to get John after "questioning" me repeatedly why we were there, and what "she" (My GF) was doing here. The house was crowded with young "beautiful" boys, in various states of undress, just shy of naked, some at computers, some exercising, some just walking around, and they ALL had this same "vacant" stare about them like they were drugged,, it was REALLY, REALLY WEIRD.
Shortly, a shirtless John arrived and greeted me, and NOT my GF, she didn't exist, it quickly became apparent. My GF was a classically beautiful auburn haired woman, who drew attention in public just through her good looks. It was a social situation I had never been in before (or since!) and I was unsure how to deal with it, so I dumbly kept on conversing with him, much to my GF's chagrin.
Within minutes, he was trying to get me to "come on down to the gym" to do "energy work" and "stretching excerises" with him. Now, I mean really pushing me, it was a very intimidating experience. This was NOT the same guy I had been talking with on Thursday mornings on my show, at least it sure didn't seem like it was.
I said "What about my GF?", and he said, "Oh, "she" can stay here". I was "tweaked out", my GF was tweaked out and pissed, and I ended the visit at that point. We couldn't wait to get out of there, he and his whole scene there was VERY CREEPY!!
At a party sometime later, I was talking to several dj's from other Bay Area stations , and discovered he apparently called other late night dj's and invited them up to his place too. That's when I first heard about "Crunch ups", and a bunch of other "icky" stuff about John.. I am not "homo phobic", I had gay and bi aquaintences, so to each their own, but it was clear that John didn't care for women, and was very pushy, and "unsettling" in person.
I do want to say that John is a very bright and intelligent person, and I truly enjoyed our long phone conversations, but he definetly is one strange dude that I don't want to associate with ever again.
I realize that there MUST be a few of you out there, who would rather be "proactive", and become a part of the solution, rather than just "place blame", and "point fingers", like most of the folks here, so follow this link to energy independence (or at least, reduction).
It is one of the best starting place's for learning about owning and building your very own "modular", "power station". You can become much more energy independent this way, and even remove yourself from the power grid, if you have the inclination, and money.
You will find is IMMENSELYsatisfying to have some (or all), of your abode's lighting, and electrical appliances working just fine, during a blackout.
You want to impress the neighbors? Just invite them over during a blackout to have some hot cocoa, and watch a video. And then the look on their faces after the video, when you turn the lights back on and they "remember" that it's a blackout... Priceless!. Of course, this is just a nice fringe benifit, "iceing" on the cake, as it were.
And to ALL of the renewable energy "detractors" out there, SHUT UP!
You haven't lived off the grid, so your opinions mean NOTHING!
If you aren't applying a solution, you are a part of the problem.
Dig it?
The positive experience of thousands of "off the gridders" speaks volumes about how well renewable energy works. All it takes is a change in thought, and some cash.
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Still fighting with your former bandmates?
I always thought you were computer illiterate....
And you should really preview your posts before submitting them, cause "ports" was supposed to be SPORTS, remember?
America's favorite pastime, for lazy idiots.
HA,HA,HA!
THANKS for that, I needed a laugh tonight.
That one is the first in a (so far) three part "series", I've recieved tonight, how about you?
By the way...
Just WAHT is the payload of that loaded attachment anyhow? I just delete them, and move on.
Propane powered vehicles have been around for decades.
Several cities around the world have propane powered transit busses.
Buring propane in vehicles produces quite a bit of CO2, which is a "bad" greenhouse gas.
It's also not as efficent a fuel as gasoline, the engine produces a less power when operated on propane.
But it's widely considered a "clean air" fuel.
-------------------
Hey, Ho, Let's Go!
R.I.P. Joey Ramone
Those scientisits can make a switch for COMMON SENSE , which the majority of the posters here seem to be sorely lacking.
Uh... anyhow...
Unfortunately, the only "fireflys" I've ever seen, are the fake ones at Disneyland.
But here in the redwoods of California, we have this real cool crawly thing, that looks like an armoured caterpillar about two inches long, and it has blue glowing dots, two on each piece of "armour", for about eight to twelve per bug.
One can only see them at the new moon, when it's pitch black under the redwood canopy, and one's eyes are dark adapted.
But they are the coolest little things crawling around in the redwood duff around here at night, besides scorpions. I've never been able to identify them, any ideas?
I was able to find this cool photo of a hillside covered with glowing caterpillers.
We also have this waaay cool beautiful yellow/orange mushroom called the Jack-O-Lantern Omphalotus olivascens. It glows green/blue in the dark also, enough so, that one could read by the light it gives off!
No matter what all the jaded losers think, nature is cool!
-------------------
Hey, Ho, Let's Go!
R.I.P. Joey Ramone
Man, what's the problem with Hams?
Chill brethren...
Hams are cool, I'm a ham, my partner of six years is a ham ( She got her "ticket, without telling me she was doing it! What a cool surprise for an OM! ).
My brother is a ham, and my dad used to be one.
I'm old (46), but not that old, and I ain't fat, my truck doesn't look like an angry porkupine, and I can carry on intellectually stimulating conversation with just about anybody, on just about any subject. Dare you... but not tonight since I just got off the air doing a four hour Reggae show on a commercial radio station here, and I'm beat (had a great time on the air though!).
There is something for everybody in ham radio, I'm not joking, check it out for yourself, there are many web sites dedicated to ham, radio, and many towns have clubs. (Watch out for all the old fat guys though. You might learn something...) (*SMIRK*)
But seriously... the club we used to belong to had old fat guys in it, and they were usually a wellspring of valuable information, as well as being interesting people to boot!
We lived in a remote area, and were able to help with emergency communications several times over the years. We performed a valuable service when "normal" means of communications broke down during a weather crisis.
Sorry boys... but the net is one of the first casualities (at least locally) during big emergencies. I know of hams who developed an internet/ham radio node using packet radio that was waaaaaay faster than any dial up connection at the time (about seven years ago.).
It goes on, and on... many hams really are on the bleeding edge. But if you aren't a "do'er" than you will be just like all those hams (the fat old one's remember?) you are making fun of...
I'm not competitive at all, but I've always had alot of FUN during every Field Day I've ever attended (and stayed up all night operating). My wife and I were on a road trip once, and lamented that we were missing Field Day, when we saw a few cars in a parking lot of a remote park we were driving by, and when we saw the antennas, we knew it was other hams participating in Field Day.
We pulled into the gravel lot, and introduced ourselves as fellow hams. We recieved a warm welcome, and a chance to operate any number of the several frequencies, and mode's they had there.
Complete strangers, and instant friends, great conversation, the offer of cold beverages on an extremely hot day, all because of a shared love for radio. It don't get much cooler than that man.
By the way... while there are hams who fit the stereotype, I've noticed that there are waaaaaaaaaaaay more young, and skinny people who are lazy than old, fat people, you might want to examine your prejudgement of hams, and of old, and/or fat people, it seems to be faulty.
73 - Kilo Echo Six Echo Bravo Zulu
-------------------
Hey, Ho, Let's Go!
R.I.P. Joey Ramone
Ummm... they're NOT used in the kernel? Perhaps you missed the chart which showed all the languages (and lines of code for each) in the kernel? It's hardly written in "only" C and assembly.
Let me refresh your "memory"...
SLOC Directory
SLOC-by-Language (Sorted)
2437470 kernel-2.4.2
ansic=2285657
asm=144411
sh=3035
perl=2022
yacc=1147
tcl=576
lex=302
awk=248
sed=72
Perhaps sed, awk, lex, tcl, and yacc aren't "obscure" to you, but they sure are to me.
-------------------
Hey, Ho, Let's Go!
R.I.P. Joey Ramone
Overall, a very interesting article (did you read the whole thing?), now I have some questions for the more savvy of you out there in geek land.
- I'm curious if any of you know why the more "obscure" languages were used in the kernel instead of C, or * shell, or assembly language. Is it because, as the author implies, that these languages are better at doing specific things?
- I see one of the major reasons that the kernal is so large because it needs to support so many different kinds of peripherals. Please excuse my ignorence, but why can't the dirvers be kept in an online database, with a user friendly menu, so the user could just download the mininum code to do the job. Aside from the work involved to set that up, it seems like a reasonable way to keep down kernal bloat. Is anybody doing this? Am I correct in assuming a smaller kernal is faster?
- I would propose the same "solution" for the "arch" CPU architecture code, if those two things were implmented, wouldn't it shrink the kernel size by more than 70%? Am I missing something big here, as to why this wouldn't be good?
Answers please.
-------------------
Hey, Ho, Let's Go!
R.I.P. Joey Ramone
Well, I've read the article and the posts up till now, and am surprised that nobody else caught this...
Right after it says this:
In what may have been the most significant lapse, the system being developed was not behind a firewall, a security element designed to keep out those who are not entitled to access.
Additionally, so-called tripwires that might have alerted agency security personnel to the unauthorized entry were nonexistent. Nor were there logs within the system that might have identified users entering the system as the infiltration was occurring, the report notes.
Sample, the security engineer who wrote the report, downplayed the potential threat and says:
The attack was "something that we've been anticipating."
Hmmmm....
They must have some "hot shot" security experts working there I guess...
I wonder what their security was like before they anticipated the compromise?!!!
If you REALLY want to find out what stores are using this technology, then spend $5.99 @ The Shack and go find out for yourself.
I had one of these in my junkbox (Oops, that just dated me, didn't it?) that I bought years ago, it works.
Infrared Sensor Card
Special coating allows you to see infrared light. Use to check remote controls, security systems, and more. Locates near-infrared radiation from laser or LED sources.
http://www.radioshack.com
Now go on out and report back your findings, so we can know which stores are using this invasive technology.
And as far as sunglasses that block infrared, any "high end" pair should block at least 90% of the infrared spectrum. My prescription Revo's block more than 95%, plus they look sooooo cool.
You know...
I started on usenet in 1989, but this is the first time I've baited a tRoLL.
I wanted to see what it was like, besides, he was one of the WORST one's I've ever seen!
Somehow I don't see this as all so wonderful...
Mars is going to get broadband before I do out here in the stix, damn!
It's NOT fair I tell you...
Didn't you READ what others are saying about him?
He's a SEXUAL PREDATOR!
Damn fool...
I don't really want to "trash" John, but I have to agree with some of the "ugly" things being said about him, I HAVE met him, so I do know what I'm talking about to some degree.
Over twenty years ago, I used to do a radio show in SIlicon Valley, and for about four months John was one of my regular callers on my graveyard show (2-6am). We would usually talk an hour or more during my show. We talked allot about radio, and music, since we had dj backgrounds, and similar eclectic musical tastes, and I played stuff that even he hadn't heard. We also talked some about computers, Ham Radio, and phone phreaking. After weeks of invites, he eventually convinced me to come up to his place in the Oakland Hills to visit.
I had mentioned that I was bringing along my girlfriend, but it didn't get any response, so I figured it was cool... Wrong!
We arrived at his apt, and were greeted at the door by a young long blond haired, shirtless "boy" who finally let us in, and went to get John after "questioning" me repeatedly why we were there, and what "she" (My GF) was doing here. The house was crowded with young "beautiful" boys, in various states of undress, just shy of naked, some at computers, some exercising, some just walking around, and they ALL had this same "vacant" stare about them like they were drugged,, it was REALLY, REALLY WEIRD.
Shortly, a shirtless John arrived and greeted me, and NOT my GF, she didn't exist, it quickly became apparent. My GF was a classically beautiful auburn haired woman, who drew attention in public just through her good looks. It was a social situation I had never been in before (or since!) and I was unsure how to deal with it, so I dumbly kept on conversing with him, much to my GF's chagrin.
Within minutes, he was trying to get me to "come on down to the gym" to do "energy work" and "stretching excerises" with him. Now, I mean really pushing me, it was a very intimidating experience. This was NOT the same guy I had been talking with on Thursday mornings on my show, at least it sure didn't seem like it was.
I said "What about my GF?", and he said, "Oh, "she" can stay here". I was "tweaked out", my GF was tweaked out and pissed, and I ended the visit at that point. We couldn't wait to get out of there, he and his whole scene there was VERY CREEPY!!
At a party sometime later, I was talking to several dj's from other Bay Area stations , and discovered he apparently called other late night dj's and invited them up to his place too. That's when I first heard about "Crunch ups", and a bunch of other "icky" stuff about John.. I am not "homo phobic", I had gay and bi aquaintences, so to each their own, but it was clear that John didn't care for women, and was very pushy, and "unsettling" in person.
I do want to say that John is a very bright and intelligent person, and I truly enjoyed our long phone conversations, but he definetly is one strange dude that I don't want to associate with ever again.
I realize that there MUST be a few of you out there, who would rather be "proactive", and become a part of the solution, rather than just "place blame", and "point fingers", like most of the folks here, so follow this link to energy independence (or at least, reduction).
www.homepower.com
It is one of the best starting place's for learning about owning and building your very own "modular", "power station". You can become much more energy independent this way, and even remove yourself from the power grid, if you have the inclination, and money.
You will find is IMMENSELY satisfying to have some (or all), of your abode's lighting, and electrical appliances working just fine, during a blackout.
You want to impress the neighbors? Just invite them over during a blackout to have some hot cocoa, and watch a video. And then the look on their faces after the video, when you turn the lights back on and they "remember" that it's a blackout... Priceless! . Of course, this is just a nice fringe benifit, "iceing" on the cake, as it were.
And to ALL of the renewable energy "detractors" out there, SHUT UP!
You haven't lived off the grid, so your opinions mean NOTHING!
If you aren't applying a solution, you are a part of the problem.
Dig it?
The positive experience of thousands of "off the gridders" speaks volumes about how well renewable energy works. All it takes is a change in thought, and some cash.