I'll second that! I live in Waldorf, MD, less than 20 miles from the DC border; no high speed access at all. Weird, because that area is getting a lot of mid-30s couples that want to move away from the metro proper.
I'm moving to Alexandria later this month; I'm already signed up to have Roadrunner installed as soon as possible after move-in.
I've been using Dvorak for several years now (the mechanism is QWERTY, but the OS converts it into Dvorak for me...imagine the trouble I had with the CueCat until I remembered that..).
I'm a bit faster on the Dvorak, and a LOT more comfortable! Plus, it's a great security mechanism--even if they know your password, they can't type it.:)
Also, I can switch back and forth as needed, which (I'm sure) lowers my average typing speed for both. Still, I'm glad I learned.
We use Notes, too. Although I've seen the sign/encryption options in the setup (and I have signed checked), I'm hesitant to trust it. Here's why: I'm familiar with PGP and GPG, where you have to enter your passphrase, but Notes doesn't require that. (It's more of a personal expectation that causes me to hesitate rather than an actual problem.)
If I select encryption, will it automatically encrypt and decrypt the message? (I.e., the receipient will not have to do anything?) It's not encrypted from the sys admins using that scheme, right?
My mom got a virus on her computer (less than two weeks after I told her to be careful about opening attachments I might add), and they had to format and reinstall Windows. Dad installed Win98 SE instead of the Win95 that was originally there. Mom said that she got strange errors in Netscape, so I asked her to fire it up. While it was loading (this is a Pentium 200 with 24 megs of RAM and a 350 meg drive), she commented that it was an old version.
I know you have to try pretty hard to download an old version of Netscape from their site, so I figured she was mistaken.
Nope, she was right: It was Netscape 2.0! Apparently my dad installed it from the CD-ROM he'd received when he signed up with GTE many years ago.
I started to download a newer version, then stopped when I noticed she only had 6 megs free. Solution: remove Netscape 2.0 and use Internet Explorer, since it was already there.
The error? Some strange JavaScript error on a rather simple page...I didn't even bother to debug.
Not the last census. It's (hopefully) the last Census with the long form. The Census Bureau plans to replace the decennial long form with the American Communities Survey.
Beware that it isn't always available where you'd expect it! I live less than 20 miles outside Washington, DC...and no cable, no DSL. I assumed (two years ago) that a town with this proximity to DC would be wired. Nope.
Okay, I *am* a statistician, and I'm at work now. It's your lucky day.;)
Assuming the problems with the wire are independent (i.e., the fact that one has failed has no bearing on any other wire)...
How about this: The probability any one pair would fail is the probability that both wires in the pair would fail, which is 2*(1/1514)=0.0013, assuming independence.
It sounds right to me, but I'm not certain I've accounted for everything (I'm on lunch break). If I am right, the probability was 0.13% of failure, or (just to match everyone else) 1 in 757.
I believe that's roughly the probability of a frozen mass surviving in a very hot place, too. What a great coincidence.;)
That "Kitty Lick 3" ad has been up on The Corporation for at least 3 or 4 years. I remember writing on my webpage about 2 years ago that the site (The Corporation) hadn't been updated in several years...
They have some great "humor product", so it's too bad the creators cannot update it more frequently.
Well, if you read the MySQL home page, they clearly state that they created a database for their own use. Apparently, they didn't need the feature.
Not everyone needs a total heavyweight database system. Since I'm the only one accessing my databases, I didn't even realize it didn't do row-level locking.
Everyone is so harsh toward people who write a product and release it for free...I'm just glad these tools are available because it allows me to experiment and learn without spending thousands of dollars for hardware and software.
Just for the record--I've heard that calling them more than once could be construed as harassment. While I doubt they'd do anything or even track you (unless you got really out of hand), it's something to keep in mind.
I wouldn't want to go into court as the defendant, especially when my defense was, "Well, they sent me x emails!" It just doesn't seem solid.
This is interesting to me, because I'd like to move into the IT world eventually. Right now, I have a bachelors in mathematics and a masters in statistics, and I work as a statistician.
Now, I'm on a long-term project that I'd like to see through, but afterwards, I will seriously consider moving to the IT world. I can't help but wonder what my chances of actually landing a job (in IT), especially considering I'll be competing against many people with CS degrees. (I did take some CS classes as an undergrad, including Assembly Language and processor design.)
I'm curious to hear what people think on this--do I need the CS degree, or is the fact that I have a technical (and very related) degree the important part?
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I'll second that! I live in Waldorf, MD, less than 20 miles from the DC border; no high speed access at all. Weird, because that area is getting a lot of mid-30s couples that want to move away from the metro proper.
I'm moving to Alexandria later this month; I'm already signed up to have Roadrunner installed as soon as possible after move-in.
--RJ
I've been using Dvorak for several years now (the mechanism is QWERTY, but the OS converts it into Dvorak for me...imagine the trouble I had with the CueCat until I remembered that..).
:)
I'm a bit faster on the Dvorak, and a LOT more comfortable! Plus, it's a great security mechanism--even if they know your password, they can't type it.
Also, I can switch back and forth as needed, which (I'm sure) lowers my average typing speed for both. Still, I'm glad I learned.
--RJ
you can admire the idea and worry about the privacy implications at the same time! :)
--RJ
No, it isn't. Slackware-current has the same as Slackware-7.1 (gnome 1.2), according to the changelog.
:)
Good thing, actually--I just spent Sunday downloading all of those to install gnome on my system!
We use Notes, too. Although I've seen the sign/encryption options in the setup (and I have signed checked), I'm hesitant to trust it. Here's why: I'm familiar with PGP and GPG, where you have to enter your passphrase, but Notes doesn't require that. (It's more of a personal expectation that causes me to hesitate rather than an actual problem.)
If I select encryption, will it automatically encrypt and decrypt the message? (I.e., the receipient will not have to do anything?) It's not encrypted from the sys admins using that scheme, right?
--RJ
My mom got a virus on her computer (less than two weeks after I told her to be careful about opening attachments I might add), and they had to format and reinstall Windows. Dad installed Win98 SE instead of the Win95 that was originally there. Mom said that she got strange errors in Netscape, so I asked her to fire it up. While it was loading (this is a Pentium 200 with 24 megs of RAM and a 350 meg drive), she commented that it was an old version.
I know you have to try pretty hard to download an old version of Netscape from their site, so I figured she was mistaken.
Nope, she was right: It was Netscape 2.0! Apparently my dad installed it from the CD-ROM he'd received when he signed up with GTE many years ago.
I started to download a newer version, then stopped when I noticed she only had 6 megs free. Solution: remove Netscape 2.0 and use Internet Explorer, since it was already there.
The error? Some strange JavaScript error on a rather simple page...I didn't even bother to debug.
Not the last census. It's (hopefully) the last Census with the long form. The Census Bureau plans to replace the decennial long form with the American Communities Survey.
Beware that it isn't always available where you'd expect it! I live less than 20 miles outside Washington, DC...and no cable, no DSL. I assumed (two years ago) that a town with this proximity to DC would be wired. Nope.
RJ
Okay, I *am* a statistician, and I'm at work now. It's your lucky day. ;)
Assuming the problems with the wire are independent (i.e., the fact that one has failed has no bearing on any other wire)...
How about this: The probability any one pair would fail is the probability that both wires in the pair would fail, which is 2*(1/1514)=0.0013, assuming independence.
It sounds right to me, but I'm not certain I've accounted for everything (I'm on lunch break). If I am right, the probability was 0.13% of failure, or (just to match everyone else) 1 in 757.
I believe that's roughly the probability of a frozen mass surviving in a very hot place, too. What a great coincidence. ;)
RJWell, my rent bill for January, 2001 showed "January, 2000" and had the rent I was paying last year on it.
Naturally, I paid last year's (lower) amount. I can't wait to see their explanation.
--RJ
Try the freeciv Civilization clone. It's great, and still very addictive!
Are they buying them? I have one laying around I could get rid of... :)
The US Census Bureau has a decent site. They've won awards for accessibility, and there's a lot of information stashed in there.
So, the net effect is that the import taxes will be changed. Computers will be charged the same taxes as game consoles.
They may have sidestepped the issue this time, but that won't be a long term solution.
I hope you Europeans don't mind paying extra for your imported computers...
...and Patrick Steward and Marina Sirtis!
That "Kitty Lick 3" ad has been up on The Corporation for at least 3 or 4 years. I remember writing on my webpage about 2 years ago that the site (The Corporation) hadn't been updated in several years...
They have some great "humor product", so it's too bad the creators cannot update it more frequently.
--RJ
Well, if you read the MySQL home page, they clearly state that they created a database for their own use. Apparently, they didn't need the feature.
Not everyone needs a total heavyweight database system. Since I'm the only one accessing my databases, I didn't even realize it didn't do row-level locking.
Everyone is so harsh toward people who write a product and release it for free...I'm just glad these tools are available because it allows me to experiment and learn without spending thousands of dollars for hardware and software.
--RJ
Just for the record--I've heard that calling them more than once could be construed as harassment. While I doubt they'd do anything or even track you (unless you got really out of hand), it's something to keep in mind.
I wouldn't want to go into court as the defendant, especially when my defense was, "Well, they sent me x emails!" It just doesn't seem solid.
--RJ
I think the Borg are probably BSD-powered, though. :)
This is interesting to me, because I'd like to move into the IT world eventually. Right now, I have a bachelors in mathematics and a masters in statistics, and I work as a statistician.
Now, I'm on a long-term project that I'd like to see through, but afterwards, I will seriously consider moving to the IT world. I can't help but wonder what my chances of actually landing a job (in IT), especially considering I'll be competing against many people with CS degrees. (I did take some CS classes as an undergrad, including Assembly Language and processor design.)
I'm curious to hear what people think on this--do I need the CS degree, or is the fact that I have a technical (and very related) degree the important part?