I detest ringtones in the office, so my phone is always set to silent. My Pebble allows me to see my wife calling/texting me. This alone justifies the price. The Gear is overpriced for what it offers, and requires their phone to work. My Pebble works with android and iOS. (disclaimer, I only use mine with android) I can set the watch face to whatever I like, including the very useful Beer O'Clock face that a friend made. I prefer to check the time with a watch. Till I got my Pebble, I usually wore one of several Invicta chronographs that I own. I don't like digging a phone out of my pocket to verify the time, especially when in meetings. A quick glance is sufficient to tell when I am going to be late getting home, without the rudeness of pulling my phone out and conspicuously checking time.
I've been told by AT&T reps for months that LTE is coming to the Salt Lake City area Real Soon Now. I didn't know what I was missing till a recent trip to a few LTE cities. I would love to have LTE, but I am not holding my breath. It was scheduled for Spring, then Some Time over the Summer, and now Maybe By the End Of the Year.
I stumbled upon/. late in 1998 and found it immediately useful. CmdrTaco, thank you for all of the stories, the news and the humor that this site has given me over the years. I wish you good luck in the future and beg you to write a book. I'd love to read it.
This bill got passed thanks to some legislative tomfoolery that is apparently quite legal in Utah. The legislative leadership can bypass the normal process for introducing bills if it happens in the last days of legislation. This bill got fast tracked and bypassed normal debate. Once it was passed, the outcry was enough to have the Governor and some others think that it was worth a repeal. The working group to re-write the bill will hopefully not screw it up a second time.
Nor does it mean that when they lose a leg of power that it will cut over nice and neatly. Got bit by that a while back. Their power bump put the air handlers offline. Ten minutes later all of our servers went into thermal shutdown.
A lot of companies expend a great deal of resources in order to conform to PCI-DSS. The need for extensive testing, Web App Firewalls and the like is a pricey and time consuming activities for merchants dealing with PCI. When seasoned developers often forget to mask PANs, I wonder what the novice developer will do. I hope that this service will include some PCI guidelines so small merchants won't get bit in the ass by the certification bug.
You might consider that not only does the world around us inform the fiction that is written (consider Heinlein's social and political commentary in Starship Troopers) but that also Science Fiction informs our own world (see how innovation is sparked by what SciFi has given us. Also, the genres can be used to teach us about the past (Piers Anthony's Steppe) or give us a glimpse into the far future (Niven's Ringworld). There is quite a lot of SciFi in our daily lives, but our world is certainly present in our SciFi.
I want to know where this class was $Big_Num years ago. I would have jumped at the chance to participate in such a class.
Tourism is one of the largest industries in the state. Utah is home to many world class ski resorts. There are 7 of the top resorts in the world within an hour's drive of Salt Lake International Airport. Southern Utah brings many visitors from around the world to it's canyons and parks.
Utahn here. Here is a brief synopsis of what you can expect about drinking in Utah.
Taverns are bars that sell beer only. They do not require memberships, can only sell 3.2% alcohol content beer. Food is not required to be served. Pitchers of beer must be shared between at least two people.
Private Clubs are bars that can sell stronger beer and spirits. A membership is required, or to be the guest of a member. In practice many places don't pay a lot of attention to this requirement. Many offer a temporary membership for around $5. The average price for a year membership is $12. Only one mixed drink per person at a time can be served. Pitchers of beer must be shared between at least two people.
Restaurants. If a restaurant has a liquor license they can sell spirits and beer without requiring memberships. However, you have to purchase food at the same time. Some restaurants only have a tavern license and only offer beer pr wine.
Liquor stores are a state run monopoly. You have to go to the state package store in order to purchase wine, beer stronger than 3.2% or spirits. This is the only way to purchase these products.
This worm, while not as bad as some we've dealt with in the past (slammer/sapphire, code red, msblaster) is still a pain. It is still likely to cause huge spikes in network traffic for infected networks. I've already seen an intstance where hundreds of machines seemed to be infected and only the mitigation in place at the edge routing devices was able to stem the flow of traffic outbound.
This type of traffic has the potential to knock over routers/firewalls. I've seen it before and I have seen it this time as well.
but there will hopefully be a few lawsuits over this bullshit.
Come on. At most this guy deserves a refund for them charging for a service they had said they were going to do free of charge.
He has a right to lodge a complaint against the police for a bad arrest, but does he really deserve some huge settlement for it? If he did win a lawsuit against the department it would just effect the taxpayers of that area. Ever wonder why thing cost so much these days? It is because consumers have to bear the weight of these constant lawsuits.
I swear, the American facination for Free Money by way of suing someone disgusts me. That is the thing that most makes me embarrased about being an American. Everyone wants to make a quick buck for being wronged, but all that really happens is that the companies being sued pass on the expense to their consumers.
The drouge chutes failed to deploy correctly and the parafoil either sheared off or never deployed. They are concerned that the mortar used to deploy the drouge is still live, so they are treating the scene as a "Live Spacecraft".
I have been a firewall engineer for nearly four years. In that time I have come to the conclusion that you have a major trade off in the ultimate security of a system as compared to the usability of that system. An example is the explosion of VOIP and video conferencing in the last two years.
H.323, SIP, SKINNY etc. all require many ports to be used which is a nightmare to a firewall admin. As a result, firewalls are evolving to include support for these systems, but my fear is that the overly (in my opinion) permissive nature of firewalls which allows these connection, is ripe for exploitation by future crackers/hackers.
While I was supporting firewalls, my mantra was to close every damned thing I could and the users can suffer. But I also realize that in a modern network, usability is a major concern. Companies are deploying VIOP networks in record numbers while saving thousands of dollars each month. Companies need to reduce overhead to remain profitable, so they are looking at new technologies to help them. If the firewall industry cannot keep ahead of these technologies, it will ultimately fail.
I think that the time of using access-lists to controll traffic is nearing an end. This will result in slower overall performance of firewall solutions as application level firewalling becomes mandatory, rather than the past of transport layer firewalling.
I am afraid that I have no easy solutions, but I hope that the industry will be able to remain both secure *and* usable.
Hell, perhaps in the future security will be built into operating systems and network resources, rather than the reacitve nature that we enjoy today.
Ah, but I am being made redundant within the next fortnight. You can give me the jod instead.
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Perhaps it is a good thing that this company was not well known when Dave Hahn was working on his breeder reactor. http://www.dangerouslaboratories.org/rad scout.html
One thing to keep in mind is that LDS followers are not forbidden to view "R" rated films, they are discouraged to do so.
While I forgot that there was some nudity in Schindler's List, it is also true that *any* film with the "R" rating is to be avoided. It was a Suggestion from the First Presidency of the LDS faith. It was not a commandment.
Utah, and Utah County (the location of Clean Flicks) have a majority LDS community. The LDS faith has been instructed by it's leadership to avoid seeing rated "R" films. This is a moral decision made by the LDS leadership as a guideline for it's followers.
The down-side to this is that there are a number of good films that should not be viewed by LDS followers. "Schindler's List" is a great example of this. It was rated "R" for violence and mature themes. However, it is a powerfull film made to tell an important story. BYU, the LDS church owned university in Utah County, could not show this film to it's history students, due to it's graphical nature and it's violation of the honor code that the BYU students agree to. Given the import of that particular film, I would love to hear that an edited version could be made available for those who want to see it, without violating the guidelines their faith lays out for them. Given the particular moral outlook of the prominent faith in Utah, I think it is great that a good film can be made to conform to the expectations of the largest demographic in the community.
I live in Utah, but am not a follower of the LDS faith. Many of my friends are, and they will either not go to any "R" rated movie, or they tend to get a guilty feeling if they do. A few have made the decision to judge which films they will see (i.e. avoid films with the "R" rating for sexual scenes or foul language, but not for violence). The ability to make a decision that will not violate their beliefes is a good one. I support Clean Flicks, even though I would not use their service.
The MPAA and the film industry need to come to the realization that their current view on the "Ownership" of the film medium needs to be changed. Then Clean Flicks and other companies might not need to face stupid lawsuits or worse, legislation.
Before IPv6 can be deployed the vendors of the various routers etc. of hte internet will have to get fully tested and come in to line. Cisco, Nortel, Juniper et al must first finnish testing IPv6 on the hardware that currently creates the backbone of the new protocol.
While it is good to see someone pushing for this, it really will take the efforts of all major networking companies to make IPv6 a reality.
Really, I am not sure that this is a good idea. TCP includes error checking for a reason. I see this as a way to transmit corrupted files, not a way to speed up the internet experiance as a whole.
In addition to Terry Prachett, I would highly reecommend the Robert Asprin Myth series. They are very entertaining, but quite short. I read the entire series in a weekend.
I used to watch anything I could as long as it was animated. GI-Joe, He Man, Garfield, Thundercats... It was all my favourite escape on those early Saturday mornings. Many a morning were wasted on the boob tube. Afternoons were spent outside whenever possible, but the mornings were holy. Up early to see the latest adventures in cartoon land.
These days I find myself facinated with Anime. I have a moderate collection with a vast range of genres. I read the various magazines dedicated to the topic, and I have a very good relationship with my local Suncoast. I still love animation, but now I can see more serious stories than the latest Cobra plot to foil the intrepid GI-Joe heros. I also enjoy the work of Ralph Bakshi and his rotoscope visions of plots humourous and serious.
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I detest ringtones in the office, so my phone is always set to silent. My Pebble allows me to see my wife calling/texting me. This alone justifies the price. The Gear is overpriced for what it offers, and requires their phone to work. My Pebble works with android and iOS. (disclaimer, I only use mine with android) I can set the watch face to whatever I like, including the very useful Beer O'Clock face that a friend made.
I prefer to check the time with a watch. Till I got my Pebble, I usually wore one of several Invicta chronographs that I own. I don't like digging a phone out of my pocket to verify the time, especially when in meetings. A quick glance is sufficient to tell when I am going to be late getting home, without the rudeness of pulling my phone out and conspicuously checking time.
I've been told by AT&T reps for months that LTE is coming to the Salt Lake City area Real Soon Now. I didn't know what I was missing till a recent trip to a few LTE cities. I would love to have LTE, but I am not holding my breath. It was scheduled for Spring, then Some Time over the Summer, and now Maybe By the End Of the Year.
I stumbled upon /. late in 1998 and found it immediately useful. CmdrTaco, thank you for all of the stories, the news and the humor that this site has given me over the years. I wish you good luck in the future and beg you to write a book. I'd love to read it.
This bill got passed thanks to some legislative tomfoolery that is apparently quite legal in Utah. The legislative leadership can bypass the normal process for introducing bills if it happens in the last days of legislation. This bill got fast tracked and bypassed normal debate. Once it was passed, the outcry was enough to have the Governor and some others think that it was worth a repeal. The working group to re-write the bill will hopefully not screw it up a second time.
Nor does it mean that when they lose a leg of power that it will cut over nice and neatly. Got bit by that a while back. Their power bump put the air handlers offline. Ten minutes later all of our servers went into thermal shutdown.
A lot of companies expend a great deal of resources in order to conform to PCI-DSS. The need for extensive testing, Web App Firewalls and the like is a pricey and time consuming activities for merchants dealing with PCI. When seasoned developers often forget to mask PANs, I wonder what the novice developer will do. I hope that this service will include some PCI guidelines so small merchants won't get bit in the ass by the certification bug.
Ya know, that's been my sig here for years and I failed to notice it. Thanks for pointing it out.
And possibly a good example of how literature can inform the real world. Wikipedia http://www.wikipedia.org/ and H2G2 http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2 are both very similar to the notional Guide in HHGTTG.
You might consider that not only does the world around us inform the fiction that is written (consider Heinlein's social and political commentary in Starship Troopers) but that also Science Fiction informs our own world (see how innovation is sparked by what SciFi has given us. Also, the genres can be used to teach us about the past (Piers Anthony's Steppe) or give us a glimpse into the far future (Niven's Ringworld). There is quite a lot of SciFi in our daily lives, but our world is certainly present in our SciFi.
I want to know where this class was $Big_Num years ago. I would have jumped at the chance to participate in such a class.
Tourism is one of the largest industries in the state. Utah is home to many world class ski resorts. There are 7 of the top resorts in the world within an hour's drive of Salt Lake International Airport. Southern Utah brings many visitors from around the world to it's canyons and parks.
Utahn here. Here is a brief synopsis of what you can expect about drinking in Utah.
Taverns are bars that sell beer only. They do not require memberships, can only sell 3.2% alcohol content beer. Food is not required to be served. Pitchers of beer must be shared between at least two people.
Private Clubs are bars that can sell stronger beer and spirits. A membership is required, or to be the guest of a member. In practice many places don't pay a lot of attention to this requirement. Many offer a temporary membership for around $5. The average price for a year membership is $12. Only one mixed drink per person at a time can be served. Pitchers of beer must be shared between at least two people.
Restaurants. If a restaurant has a liquor license they can sell spirits and beer without requiring memberships. However, you have to purchase food at the same time. Some restaurants only have a tavern license and only offer beer pr wine.
Liquor stores are a state run monopoly. You have to go to the state package store in order to purchase wine, beer stronger than 3.2% or spirits. This is the only way to purchase these products.
I wrote this article years ago regarding drinking in Utah. http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A279731
When most loan fraud is done via identity theft, how does this initiative assist in finding the people committing actual fraud?
Yes, some fraud will certainly occur from within the industry, but the majority is done by people outside.
This worm, while not as bad as some we've dealt with in the past (slammer/sapphire, code red, msblaster) is still a pain. It is still likely to cause huge spikes in network traffic for infected networks. I've already seen an intstance where hundreds of machines seemed to be infected and only the mitigation in place at the edge routing devices was able to stem the flow of traffic outbound.
This type of traffic has the potential to knock over routers/firewalls. I've seen it before and I have seen it this time as well.
but there will hopefully be a few lawsuits over this bullshit.
Come on. At most this guy deserves a refund for them charging for a service they had said they were going to do free of charge.
He has a right to lodge a complaint against the police for a bad arrest, but does he really deserve some huge settlement for it? If he did win a lawsuit against the department it would just effect the taxpayers of that area. Ever wonder why thing cost so much these days? It is because consumers have to bear the weight of these constant lawsuits.
I swear, the American facination for Free Money by way of suing someone disgusts me. That is the thing that most makes me embarrased about being an American. Everyone wants to make a quick buck for being wronged, but all that really happens is that the companies being sued pass on the expense to their consumers.
The drouge chutes failed to deploy correctly and the parafoil either sheared off or never deployed. They are concerned that the mortar used to deploy the drouge is still live, so they are treating the scene as a "Live Spacecraft".
The way the timeline works (as far as I understood it) is that Mallrats is what happens the day *before* Clerks.
Chasing Amy has a reference to the pool girl(I believe she was one of the ex girlfriends of Alyssa).
I have been a firewall engineer for nearly four years. In that time I have come to the conclusion that you have a major trade off in the ultimate security of a system as compared to the usability of that system. An example is the explosion of VOIP and video conferencing in the last two years.
H.323, SIP, SKINNY etc. all require many ports to be used which is a nightmare to a firewall admin. As a result, firewalls are evolving to include support for these systems, but my fear is that the overly (in my opinion) permissive nature of firewalls which allows these connection, is ripe for exploitation by future crackers/hackers.
While I was supporting firewalls, my mantra was to close every damned thing I could and the users can suffer. But I also realize that in a modern network, usability is a major concern. Companies are deploying VIOP networks in record numbers while saving thousands of dollars each month. Companies need to reduce overhead to remain profitable, so they are looking at new technologies to help them. If the firewall industry cannot keep ahead of these technologies, it will ultimately fail.
I think that the time of using access-lists to controll traffic is nearing an end. This will result in slower overall performance of firewall solutions as application level firewalling becomes mandatory, rather than the past of transport layer firewalling.
I am afraid that I have no easy solutions, but I hope that the industry will be able to remain both secure *and* usable.
Hell, perhaps in the future security will be built into operating systems and network resources, rather than the reacitve nature that we enjoy today.
Ah, but I am being made redundant within the next fortnight. You can give me the jod instead.
Perhaps it is a good thing that this company was not well known when Dave Hahn was working on his breeder reactor.d scout.html
http://www.dangerouslaboratories.org/ra
One thing to keep in mind is that LDS followers are not forbidden to view "R" rated films, they are discouraged to do so.
While I forgot that there was some nudity in Schindler's List, it is also true that *any* film with the "R" rating is to be avoided. It was a Suggestion from the First Presidency of the LDS faith. It was not a commandment.
Utah, and Utah County (the location of Clean Flicks) have a majority LDS community. The LDS faith has been instructed by it's leadership to avoid seeing rated "R" films. This is a moral decision made by the LDS leadership as a guideline for it's followers.
The down-side to this is that there are a number of good films that should not be viewed by LDS followers. "Schindler's List" is a great example of this. It was rated "R" for violence and mature themes. However, it is a powerfull film made to tell an important story. BYU, the LDS church owned university in Utah County, could not show this film to it's history students, due to it's graphical nature and it's violation of the honor code that the BYU students agree to. Given the import of that particular film, I would love to hear that an edited version could be made available for those who want to see it, without violating the guidelines their faith lays out for them. Given the particular moral outlook of the prominent faith in Utah, I think it is great that a good film can be made to conform to the expectations of the largest demographic in the community.
I live in Utah, but am not a follower of the LDS faith. Many of my friends are, and they will either not go to any "R" rated movie, or they tend to get a guilty feeling if they do. A few have made the decision to judge which films they will see (i.e. avoid films with the "R" rating for sexual scenes or foul language, but not for violence). The ability to make a decision that will not violate their beliefes is a good one. I support Clean Flicks, even though I would not use their service.
The MPAA and the film industry need to come to the realization that their current view on the "Ownership" of the film medium needs to be changed. Then Clean Flicks and other companies might not need to face stupid lawsuits or worse, legislation.
Before IPv6 can be deployed the vendors of the various routers etc. of hte internet will have to get fully tested and come in to line. Cisco, Nortel, Juniper et al must first finnish testing IPv6 on the hardware that currently creates the backbone of the new protocol.
While it is good to see someone pushing for this, it really will take the efforts of all major networking companies to make IPv6 a reality.
Well, without error checking and session state.
Really, I am not sure that this is a good idea. TCP includes error checking for a reason. I see this as a way to transmit corrupted files, not a way to speed up the internet experiance as a whole.
In addition to Terry Prachett, I would highly reecommend the Robert Asprin Myth series. They are very entertaining, but quite short. I read the entire series in a weekend.
I used to watch anything I could as long as it was animated. GI-Joe, He Man, Garfield, Thundercats... It was all my favourite escape on those early Saturday mornings. Many a morning were wasted on the boob tube. Afternoons were spent outside whenever possible, but the mornings were holy. Up early to see the latest adventures in cartoon land.
These days I find myself facinated with Anime. I have a moderate collection with a vast range of genres. I read the various magazines dedicated to the topic, and I have a very good relationship with my local Suncoast. I still love animation, but now I can see more serious stories than the latest Cobra plot to foil the intrepid GI-Joe heros. I also enjoy the work of Ralph Bakshi and his rotoscope visions of plots humourous and serious.