The GUI is not the only interface IIS has (at least 6 and later, 5 is a kludge at best, requiring a "registry editor" type app to modify).
Normally, one wouldn't edit them by hand, however, you can do all sorts of cool stuff with Perl and the XML files IIS6 uses for configuration. Back them up to move them (or just backup), run queries, etc.
Plus, there are VB hookups for command line changes if you want....
And, there is some sort of API to hook into it too. (Though I assume that is proprietary and hard to work with.)
Just because YOU think IIS is GUI only, doesn't mean it is.
I am sure there is a web page or GUI front end out there for Apache, does that make it GUI interface server software?
Yes, for certain tasks Apache is FAR better. However, not everybody is interested in those tasks, some just want to have a place to let the pointy hairs stick the "intranet" for their bathroom break policies or whatever.
And, by what magic of the new HTTP 2.0 protocol are you running two different server software types on the same IP and on the same port?
Counting by IP address is by far, more accurate than comparing hostnames and sites. So counting by IP is MORE VALID than the method they used. Despite your ignorant little point.
If you want to count individual BOXES, then IP is as close as you are going to get without doing a survey or special fingerprinting of the data to find differences in machines. (It will still be too big, I run 122 IPs with about 350 sites on them. The ratio changes all the time due to customers coming/going and reconfigurations...)
I am going to guess, that the fact that millions of "parking" domains are run for the most part on Apache causes the popularity of that particular activity of lowlife scum to weigh heavily in the Netcraft numbers.
That's only a fraction of the reason why the heat is there (as the other poster indicates).
Furthermore, you are not looking at the complete picture. Objects resting under high pressure (rock underground) do not generate heat. Heat can be generated by the ACTION of putting things under pressure, but once the pressure is stable, heat creation stops. (That's why SCUBA tanks don't stay hot forever, but quite a bit of heat is generated when compressing the gases to fill them.) The heat was generated by the potential energy of the original fall into a planet a long time ago. Mars had this heat too, and is now sporting a solid, cooled core because it dissipated long ago. (Ditto for the Moon.)
At this point in time, it's probably pretty safe to say 100% of the heat that keeps the insides of our planet alive is radioactively generated. Even if we cooled it completely to "surface average" of 68 degrees F, it would still heat up again later due to decay.
Yes, we do not want the liquid iron core to solidify, it runs our magnetic field, which in turn protects us from all sorts of nasty stuff coming off the sun and from deep space. But, we'll probably either a) colonize other planets b) blow each other up or go extinct for other reasons first.
Well, in the "sore back" example, often the initial problem with the patient is that there is not enough muscle mass around the spine to cope with daily living. The solution to that IS NOT less daily living. The solution is "muscle up your back a bit, moron". Which involves exercise and some pain.
IN ADDITION, there are very well documented scientifically done papers that strongly indicated that "my back hurts" is best cured by regular activity with pain management. Lying in bed prolongs the problem, doing extra, prolongs the problem. Doing normal stuff, cuts the recovery by something like 50%.
In other words, the exact opposite of what you are advocating.
WTF you talkin bout. Out of that list used as an example, 5 were PHP security problems (who has PHP installed on the local PC?) one was an odd but normal TLD. One was an executable file.
I'd like to know, how "just fix the software" works in a world where 60% of users don't know about updates, don't update when they do know, or use pirated software the vendor actively blocks from updates.
There are certain strings that have no legit business in MSN chat, that's true. In my opinion, that list doesn't have any of them, AND poses a threat to other stuff aside from the local computer.
What, are you suggesting that monkeys (who are probably cousins or something) learn SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENTLY from the next monkey in the line of cages?
Seriously, that's like assuming that one needs to make statistical surveys to realize that perhaps this animal has fur, or does not have fur?
It's not a drug trial, it's a learning study. Learning that is pretty much built in and hard wired and generally not a variable in most critters.
Unless you are one of those people that goes around believing the can of coke on the shelf needs to be tested before you can be assured it actually has coke in it rather than say, apple juice, a sample size of two is entirely appropriate.
Where's the proof to this theory?????????huh??????? Actually, the term you are looking for is "supported hypothesis".
Where, the "hypothesis" is the question "what if X?" and the support is some guy goes out and digs it up, graphs it out, discovers a new branch of math to show it, etc. and then publishes some papers about it saying so.
The fact you ask that dumb question without even understanding the basics of science as (supposedly) taught in 4th grade, makes you a troll.
The K-T boundary is not the only one with some pretty good geological/impact evidence to go along with it.
I recall reading about two separate other ones, T-P in particular comes to mind. Some just need the "gun" (a crater or volcano).
So, you sort of not only need to come up with a new theory, but come up with a new theory that better fits the time lines and the details of what we think happened better than the existing one. For T-P, there are volcanic deposits that could have been involved around that time. (And an impact in Antarctica that hasn't had it's date narrowed down well enough to be a contender without a big "?" after it.
The Japanese occupied part of Alaska for over a year in WW2. (Western most island, with no trees on it, not a feat anywhere near taking over a capital city.)
Not that I would call that an invasion... but if a statement of "most" or "best" or "largest" changes with the phrasing then it's not all that cut and dried.
Folks who clamor on about the war of 1812 forget that war was against the British, and that Canada didn't have true sovereignty until 1867 (55 years later), previously basically having to send a lot of government decisions to be made by the crown before then. (Earlier French, then later British.)
So, that's like saying "Italy conquered Britain" when it's more accurate to say "Romans conquered Saxon hordes".
The BRITS sacked Washington. Not the Canadians. Canadians just provided the manpower.
Actually, it makes a lot of sense if the only thing you care about is having a "disaster plan" that requires an "off site backup storage". The data is safe from loss due to fire, theft of the building, tornado, "dirty bomb downtown", etc. The IT guys would have something to work with should the original building, equipment and data be unavailable.
Sticking the tapes in a car to be driven home meets that criteria, is cheap, and can be taught to any monkey or VP (making it a flexible plan) in case someone is sick or whatever.
The fact that it is totally stupid from a security point of view is irrelevant. That's someone else's department. (Indeed, state governments tend to have "the guy that worries about security" somewhere, and you can GET IN TROUBLE for doing the security thinking yourself.)
Covering up the incident is bad, very bad. But the idea that they are doing something that they shouldn't is less clear.
That reminds me, I need to get the tapes out of the car. BRB.
Dude, don't categorically deny someone's assertion then go off on unrelated tangents to support your bogus view. Why don't you just say what you mean "DaTS RACIST!!!11"
Until 9/11 the biggest act of terror committed on US soil was the Oklahoma City bombing, committed by a right wing white supremacist. The act of terror that caused greatest loss of life in Europe is still the Bolgona railway station bombing perpetrated by a neo-facist right wing group.
Those are incidents. Not a count of terrorists. Those two incidents were done by a handful of people. But, that's not what's getting counted here is it. So it means nothing and supports nothing of your "your wrong, neener neener neener" type comment. If you had a magic filter, could line all the terrorists up, and count them. Most are islamic. Sure, most islamic terrorists are also pretty incompetent if you line up the piss-ass car bombs vs. OKC (a marvelous demonstration of American "can-do" attitude).
The PLO was secular
Again, so what? Or are you trying to say the PALISTINE LIBERATION ORGANIZATION is a bunch of Catholic terrorists? Wiccans maybe? Oh, so their stated purpose was secular, something about having a separate Palestine, but when that was offered they switched back to "da Jooos did it to us!!!11" That's not secular, that's just more plain muslem asshattery.
Most religious terrorism is sectarian, Catholics against Protestants, Protestants against Catholics, Sunni against Shi'ia, Shi'ia against Sunnis.
And, if you take all the "secretarian terrorists" (as you call them) and count them up, you get a few christians, some undeclared, and a whole metric assload of muslems. Again, irrelevant and not supporting your point. Which is what? Just rag on someone because you don't want pointing out the fact that most people making terrorist attacks are muslems? Face it, motherfucker, aside from the little war the US started, muslems are the ones blowing civilians up on daily basis.
And since we are on the subject of terrorism, what do you call a government that employs torture, detention without trial, starts wars, disregards international law and treaties? Perhaps the term is not terrorist, but the corrupt crew are still a bunch of totally evil bastards regardless.
That's fascism, idiot.
I am about as liberal as they come and hate the bush regime as much as anyone can, but man your twisted pile of shit mascaraeding as fact really pisses me off. Do me a favor, get your stupid ass off my side, you aren't helping do anything except give the Bill O'reilly fanboys an easy target.
How it works varies. Lots of the big cable internet conglomerates bought up smaller start ups a long time ago, and the head end is some legacy stuff.
It can work differently from neighborhood to neighborhood.
That said, you are right, some of them cue the MAC address of the cable modem to your account and often even your IP. (My IP has been the same for 3 years, despite being a "home user" account.) So, when the network sees your MAC, it knows you get X speed and hands you Y IP that you've had for a while.
If you move the modem to a house with no internet in your neighborhood, you get the same stuff.
They use MAC addresses on the descrambler boxes too. I know this cuz mine didnt work upon initial setup, they gave me a different one, but then messed up the billing when my original box got reprovisioned. I got charged for my proper account, plus whatever the new person signed up for because the MAC was set in the account, but not removed from my account.
It isn't always the tech's fault. First off, when you can LOSE YOUR JOB for talking about subjects not authorized by the PHBs you will run into that. That used to be the case back when AT$T was running national dial-up, they did not support the NT OS (because by their logic, it was therefore a work computer, and they could get in trouble with the employer). They had a special "mac group" of about five people that got the Mac calls.
So at the first hint of NT (usually when the user didnt realize Win 95 and 98 error messages were three digits, not one like NT) they had to terminate the call with "sorry we don't support NT".
Also, my recent experience with Mac users is they are in general, completely incapable of following instructions, know exactly zero about the internet, and couldn't read an error message "what's that? I told you it doesnt work!" even if someone had a gun to their head.
"Can you connect via FTP? Open your FTP program and try it"
"I don't know"
"You just told me five minutes ago you were editing this site for the past 5 months and were a "pro" at it, how were you editing?"
"FTP"
"Ok, open up the program you used"
"Ok, it doesn't work"
"Well, motherfucker, does it make the colors on the screen move? Are there words? Read them out loud please"
You ever tried to remove a US president from office? No? How about an entire corrupt regime? It's not very fucking easy, dude. I would go so far as to say that they shouldn't be. It's should be hard for a government to be changed. But it should be changeable (sorta like the one the US has eh?) If it was easy, we'd be all citizens of the Aryan Brotherhood/DeBeers gang already.
Make no mistake -- these planes are being deployed by the military power elite, without consultation, and without any prior announcement. The first any of us even heard about them was today. I know it's easier on a small mind to just think of all Americans as some kind of unitary blob, but it doesn't reflect reality at all. Oh please. Don't be deliberately stupid. Anybody slightly interested in this type of stuff has been hearing about them for years. The ONLY difference is this is a squadron, not single or dual contingents put in to work with a battalion. The first Predator confirmed kill heavily talked about on Slashdot, and the micro-plane drone story from a while back covered a lot of this too. Me, as a lowly geek with no power and no government job or clearance, has some passing knowledge of some 8 models of drone aircraft (armed and unarmed) plus seen concept designs for several underwater ones, micro-sized, nigh-invisible ones, stealh/supersonic/armed ones, etc. and that's just from various web sites and magazines you can pick up off the rack at any Borders.
You just don't know because you aren't paying attention.
Similarly, we all sit around and bitch and moan that the PHBs are idiots because they like to get their fingers in the default TTL on your DNS server without a clue what they are doing. Sometimes you leave the job to the fucking professionals, and that concept includes actions between nations. Some of the folks our nation needs specialize in "go over there and break shit". Why the bloody fuck you expect deployment of a new weapon system that will help save lives of OUR guys should be sent to a national referendum I have no idea.
They have "my home runway" locations programmed in.
If they lose communication, they go there and land.
I am sure the ranks of sand-farmer saudi insurgents in Iraq are full of cryptologist's that can easily break through any encryption the NSA has come up with for these things to operate with.
humans with a superhuman capacity for destruction God bless USMC eh?
People that complain about war being inhumane make no sense to me. That's like, part of the point you know? People that say such things I believe, simply do not know history. Some of the crap done during WWII (not even including the acts by the German, Italian, and Japanese governments on civilians in occupied territory) is way over the top brutal compared to the stuff people whine about now.
1) That's a radar dome up front. It opens up like a clamshell and there is a big radar set in there, the rest of the fuselage does not need to be that wide, thus the "dome" like look in front.
2) Cuz a prop complicates putting a big radar set in it, and in back is more fuel efficient than a front prop. (Front props are better when you do not have sophisticated flight control computers running the thing as they are a bit less stable... thus front is easier for manned flight.)
3) Some are sensors, not fins. And, sometimes the areodynamics are such you need to tack on extra "fins" to make it work. The computers that help generate the designs are not perfect. (Example, the wings on the underside of the F-16 are a "oops, stick wing there for stability" after-design change.)
4) The camera needs to look 360 degrees, slightly up, around, back and straight down. Figure out how to do that recessed and get back to us. (Or call the military, they want you to work for them.) The thing does not go over something like 150 mph, so it doesn't NEED to have a recessed area. The Navy is working on some stealth jet drones that do have recessed stuff. This one just doesn't need it. The jet powered "GlobalHawk" does need it (but that's radar only).
5) They also work on line of sight radio. So, the sats are only for the "control from Washington" part. They can still be adequately deployed without the sats. We too can take out sats, and I think the Chinese will find that if they took out one of ours their entire network (communication and otherwise) would evaporate pretty quickly. Seeing as that type of stuff is an act of war, probably quickly followed by evaporation of 400 million of their sea port living population too. They cant even intimidate the tiny island of Taiwan, and you think they can do something to the US?
The Dams Raid was, like many British air raids, undertaken with a view to the need to keep drawing German defensive effort back into Germany and away from actual and potential theatres of ground war, a policy which culminated in the Berlin raids of the winter of 1943-44. In May 1943 this meant keeping the Luftwaffe and anti-aircraft defence forces' effort away from the Soviet Union; in early 1944, it meant clearing the way for the aerial side of the forthcoming Operation Overlord. For you new generation folks:
The Dams Raid was, like many British air raids, basically base camping to keep the uber-GER clan from capping flags and holding the helo spawn point. Though the RUS clan was previously unimpressed, it let them get four levels higher on the PWNAGE ladder. Three BRIT-"lol-nub" team tipped the scales and made some righteous Fraps vids for Youtube.
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The GUI is not the only interface IIS has (at least 6 and later, 5 is a kludge at best, requiring a "registry editor" type app to modify).
Normally, one wouldn't edit them by hand, however, you can do all sorts of cool stuff with Perl and the XML files IIS6 uses for configuration. Back them up to move them (or just backup), run queries, etc.
Plus, there are VB hookups for command line changes if you want....
And, there is some sort of API to hook into it too. (Though I assume that is proprietary and hard to work with.)
Just because YOU think IIS is GUI only, doesn't mean it is.
I am sure there is a web page or GUI front end out there for Apache, does that make it GUI interface server software?
Yes, for certain tasks Apache is FAR better. However, not everybody is interested in those tasks, some just want to have a place to let the pointy hairs stick the "intranet" for their bathroom break policies or whatever.
And, by what magic of the new HTTP 2.0 protocol are you running two different server software types on the same IP and on the same port?
Counting by IP address is by far, more accurate than comparing hostnames and sites. So counting by IP is MORE VALID than the method they used. Despite your ignorant little point.
If you want to count individual BOXES, then IP is as close as you are going to get without doing a survey or special fingerprinting of the data to find differences in machines. (It will still be too big, I run 122 IPs with about 350 sites on them. The ratio changes all the time due to customers coming/going and reconfigurations...)
I am going to guess, that the fact that millions of "parking" domains are run for the most part on Apache causes the popularity of that particular activity of lowlife scum to weigh heavily in the Netcraft numbers.
Mod parent "WTF lol TimeCube" please.
I think the only scientific part of it was when he says "earth".
That's only a fraction of the reason why the heat is there (as the other poster indicates).
Furthermore, you are not looking at the complete picture. Objects resting under high pressure (rock underground) do not generate heat. Heat can be generated by the ACTION of putting things under pressure, but once the pressure is stable, heat creation stops. (That's why SCUBA tanks don't stay hot forever, but quite a bit of heat is generated when compressing the gases to fill them.) The heat was generated by the potential energy of the original fall into a planet a long time ago. Mars had this heat too, and is now sporting a solid, cooled core because it dissipated long ago. (Ditto for the Moon.)
At this point in time, it's probably pretty safe to say 100% of the heat that keeps the insides of our planet alive is radioactively generated. Even if we cooled it completely to "surface average" of 68 degrees F, it would still heat up again later due to decay.
Yes, we do not want the liquid iron core to solidify, it runs our magnetic field, which in turn protects us from all sorts of nasty stuff coming off the sun and from deep space. But, we'll probably either a) colonize other planets b) blow each other up or go extinct for other reasons first.
Well, in the "sore back" example, often the initial problem with the patient is that there is not enough muscle mass around the spine to cope with daily living. The solution to that IS NOT less daily living. The solution is "muscle up your back a bit, moron". Which involves exercise and some pain.
IN ADDITION, there are very well documented scientifically done papers that strongly indicated that "my back hurts" is best cured by regular activity with pain management. Lying in bed prolongs the problem, doing extra, prolongs the problem. Doing normal stuff, cuts the recovery by something like 50%.
In other words, the exact opposite of what you are advocating.
"Fix the vulnerabilities first"?
WTF you talkin bout. Out of that list used as an example, 5 were PHP security problems (who has PHP installed on the local PC?) one was an odd but normal TLD. One was an executable file.
I'd like to know, how "just fix the software" works in a world where 60% of users don't know about updates, don't update when they do know, or use pirated software the vendor actively blocks from updates.
There are certain strings that have no legit business in MSN chat, that's true. In my opinion, that list doesn't have any of them, AND poses a threat to other stuff aside from the local computer.
God Damn I hate bloggers.
Yup. That's what's done around here too. (Seat, and lid down.)
Lid stays down during flush unless it's an "at risk" flush that needs more than average attention.
Started doing this the first time my cat came to bed at 3 am, shook water off his paws all over my face.
15 minutes later, my sleepy brain thinks... "where did he get the water, drinking bowls are a long paw-drying walk from the bed"
Toilet bowl water all over the face in the middle of the night will get you to solve the problem quickly.
What, are you suggesting that monkeys (who are probably cousins or something) learn SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENTLY from the next monkey in the line of cages?
Seriously, that's like assuming that one needs to make statistical surveys to realize that perhaps this animal has fur, or does not have fur?
It's not a drug trial, it's a learning study. Learning that is pretty much built in and hard wired and generally not a variable in most critters.
Unless you are one of those people that goes around believing the can of coke on the shelf needs to be tested before you can be assured it actually has coke in it rather than say, apple juice, a sample size of two is entirely appropriate.
Where, the "hypothesis" is the question "what if X?" and the support is some guy goes out and digs it up, graphs it out, discovers a new branch of math to show it, etc. and then publishes some papers about it saying so.
The fact you ask that dumb question without even understanding the basics of science as (supposedly) taught in 4th grade, makes you a troll.
Now go back to Digg or something.
The K-T boundary is not the only one with some pretty good geological/impact evidence to go along with it.
I recall reading about two separate other ones, T-P in particular comes to mind. Some just need the "gun" (a crater or volcano).
So, you sort of not only need to come up with a new theory, but come up with a new theory that better fits the time lines and the details of what we think happened better than the existing one. For T-P, there are volcanic deposits that could have been involved around that time. (And an impact in Antarctica that hasn't had it's date narrowed down well enough to be a contender without a big "?" after it.
...and a really big box of paper.
Just use a small font and expand the margins a bit.
The Japanese occupied part of Alaska for over a year in WW2. (Western most island, with no trees on it, not a feat anywhere near taking over a capital city.)
Not that I would call that an invasion... but if a statement of "most" or "best" or "largest" changes with the phrasing then it's not all that cut and dried.
Folks who clamor on about the war of 1812 forget that war was against the British, and that Canada didn't have true sovereignty until 1867 (55 years later), previously basically having to send a lot of government decisions to be made by the crown before then. (Earlier French, then later British.)
So, that's like saying "Italy conquered Britain" when it's more accurate to say "Romans conquered Saxon hordes".
The BRITS sacked Washington. Not the Canadians. Canadians just provided the manpower.
Actually, it makes a lot of sense if the only thing you care about is having a "disaster plan" that requires an "off site backup storage". The data is safe from loss due to fire, theft of the building, tornado, "dirty bomb downtown", etc. The IT guys would have something to work with should the original building, equipment and data be unavailable.
Sticking the tapes in a car to be driven home meets that criteria, is cheap, and can be taught to any monkey or VP (making it a flexible plan) in case someone is sick or whatever.
The fact that it is totally stupid from a security point of view is irrelevant. That's someone else's department. (Indeed, state governments tend to have "the guy that worries about security" somewhere, and you can GET IN TROUBLE for doing the security thinking yourself.)
Covering up the incident is bad, very bad. But the idea that they are doing something that they shouldn't is less clear.
That reminds me, I need to get the tapes out of the car. BRB.
Dude, don't categorically deny someone's assertion then go off on unrelated tangents to support your bogus view. Why don't you just say what you mean "DaTS RACIST!!!11"
Until 9/11 the biggest act of terror committed on US soil was the Oklahoma City bombing, committed by a right wing white supremacist. The act of terror that caused greatest loss of life in Europe is still the Bolgona railway station bombing perpetrated by a neo-facist right wing group.
Those are incidents. Not a count of terrorists. Those two incidents were done by a handful of people. But, that's not what's getting counted here is it. So it means nothing and supports nothing of your "your wrong, neener neener neener" type comment. If you had a magic filter, could line all the terrorists up, and count them. Most are islamic. Sure, most islamic terrorists are also pretty incompetent if you line up the piss-ass car bombs vs. OKC (a marvelous demonstration of American "can-do" attitude).
The PLO was secular
Again, so what? Or are you trying to say the PALISTINE LIBERATION ORGANIZATION is a bunch of Catholic terrorists? Wiccans maybe? Oh, so their stated purpose was secular, something about having a separate Palestine, but when that was offered they switched back to "da Jooos did it to us!!!11" That's not secular, that's just more plain muslem asshattery.
Most religious terrorism is sectarian, Catholics against Protestants, Protestants against Catholics, Sunni against Shi'ia, Shi'ia against Sunnis.
And, if you take all the "secretarian terrorists" (as you call them) and count them up, you get a few christians, some undeclared, and a whole metric assload of muslems. Again, irrelevant and not supporting your point. Which is what? Just rag on someone because you don't want pointing out the fact that most people making terrorist attacks are muslems? Face it, motherfucker, aside from the little war the US started, muslems are the ones blowing civilians up on daily basis.
And since we are on the subject of terrorism, what do you call a government that employs torture, detention without trial, starts wars, disregards international law and treaties? Perhaps the term is not terrorist, but the corrupt crew are still a bunch of totally evil bastards regardless.
That's fascism, idiot.
I am about as liberal as they come and hate the bush regime as much as anyone can, but man your twisted pile of shit mascaraeding as fact really pisses me off. Do me a favor, get your stupid ass off my side, you aren't helping do anything except give the Bill O'reilly fanboys an easy target.
Stop being a fucking retard.
The summary looks like it was grabbed from a different article than the headline any way you interpret it. In other words, somebody fucked it up.
I popped in here to poke fun at the fuckup in the Slashdot database I was so convinced something had gone wrong.
It's just as stupid as:Find out how you can save hundreds of dollars on your car insurance.
How it works varies. Lots of the big cable internet conglomerates bought up smaller start ups a long time ago, and the head end is some legacy stuff.
It can work differently from neighborhood to neighborhood.
That said, you are right, some of them cue the MAC address of the cable modem to your account and often even your IP. (My IP has been the same for 3 years, despite being a "home user" account.) So, when the network sees your MAC, it knows you get X speed and hands you Y IP that you've had for a while.
If you move the modem to a house with no internet in your neighborhood, you get the same stuff.
They use MAC addresses on the descrambler boxes too. I know this cuz mine didnt work upon initial setup, they gave me a different one, but then messed up the billing when my original box got reprovisioned. I got charged for my proper account, plus whatever the new person signed up for because the MAC was set in the account, but not removed from my account.
It isn't always the tech's fault. First off, when you can LOSE YOUR JOB for talking about subjects not authorized by the PHBs you will run into that. That used to be the case back when AT$T was running national dial-up, they did not support the NT OS (because by their logic, it was therefore a work computer, and they could get in trouble with the employer). They had a special "mac group" of about five people that got the Mac calls.
So at the first hint of NT (usually when the user didnt realize Win 95 and 98 error messages were three digits, not one like NT) they had to terminate the call with "sorry we don't support NT".
Also, my recent experience with Mac users is they are in general, completely incapable of following instructions, know exactly zero about the internet, and couldn't read an error message "what's that? I told you it doesnt work!" even if someone had a gun to their head.
"Can you connect via FTP? Open your FTP program and try it"
"I don't know"
"You just told me five minutes ago you were editing this site for the past 5 months and were a "pro" at it, how were you editing?"
"FTP"
"Ok, open up the program you used"
"Ok, it doesn't work"
"Well, motherfucker, does it make the colors on the screen move? Are there words? Read them out loud please"
? seriously, WTF is wrong with you Mac users.
Feel free to use whatever definition your hippy-speak says you should use.
All NATO nations include "flying over combat zone" in "combat time." Try to keep that in your little mind the adults are talking. Mmmkay?
You just don't know because you aren't paying attention.
Similarly, we all sit around and bitch and moan that the PHBs are idiots because they like to get their fingers in the default TTL on your DNS server without a clue what they are doing. Sometimes you leave the job to the fucking professionals, and that concept includes actions between nations. Some of the folks our nation needs specialize in "go over there and break shit". Why the bloody fuck you expect deployment of a new weapon system that will help save lives of OUR guys should be sent to a national referendum I have no idea.
Predator Drone Discussion, Slashdot
Just put "Drone" in the search function and you will get at least 12 articles talking about this and similar technology.
No.
They have "my home runway" locations programmed in.
If they lose communication, they go there and land.
I am sure the ranks of sand-farmer saudi insurgents in Iraq are full of cryptologist's that can easily break through any encryption the NSA has come up with for these things to operate with.
People that complain about war being inhumane make no sense to me. That's like, part of the point you know? People that say such things I believe, simply do not know history. Some of the crap done during WWII (not even including the acts by the German, Italian, and Japanese governments on civilians in occupied territory) is way over the top brutal compared to the stuff people whine about now.
1) That's a radar dome up front. It opens up like a clamshell and there is a big radar set in there, the rest of the fuselage does not need to be that wide, thus the "dome" like look in front.
2) Cuz a prop complicates putting a big radar set in it, and in back is more fuel efficient than a front prop. (Front props are better when you do not have sophisticated flight control computers running the thing as they are a bit less stable... thus front is easier for manned flight.)
3) Some are sensors, not fins. And, sometimes the areodynamics are such you need to tack on extra "fins" to make it work. The computers that help generate the designs are not perfect. (Example, the wings on the underside of the F-16 are a "oops, stick wing there for stability" after-design change.)
4) The camera needs to look 360 degrees, slightly up, around, back and straight down. Figure out how to do that recessed and get back to us. (Or call the military, they want you to work for them.) The thing does not go over something like 150 mph, so it doesn't NEED to have a recessed area. The Navy is working on some stealth jet drones that do have recessed stuff. This one just doesn't need it. The jet powered "GlobalHawk" does need it (but that's radar only).
5) They also work on line of sight radio. So, the sats are only for the "control from Washington" part. They can still be adequately deployed without the sats. We too can take out sats, and I think the Chinese will find that if they took out one of ours their entire network (communication and otherwise) would evaporate pretty quickly. Seeing as that type of stuff is an act of war, probably quickly followed by evaporation of 400 million of their sea port living population too. They cant even intimidate the tiny island of Taiwan, and you think they can do something to the US?
You mean kPa (thousands pascal).
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PSI (pounds per square inch) normal ATM is 14.7 PSI.
You should stop using the gas station pump for your bike and use a hand pump with a gauge, then you would know that.
Reavers have taken over the quad at MIT, stolen an entire box of McDonalds ketchup packets to liven up the walls and and eaten four students alive.
The Dams Raid was, like many British air raids, basically base camping to keep the uber-GER clan from capping flags and holding the helo spawn point. Though the RUS clan was previously unimpressed, it let them get four levels higher on the PWNAGE ladder. Three BRIT-"lol-nub" team tipped the scales and made some righteous Fraps vids for Youtube.