There is some controversy about the use of the Tivo to skip advertisements. As you suggest, this gives "plausible deniability" that the feature is readily availble.
This is currently only a feasibilty study, and I gather the Germans in particular with thir own initiatives are quite strongly behind this.
However, many persons in the EU are aware of the perils of depending upon a single vendor and their propietary formats, and also how ill-served we are when pushing documents around between PCs configured for different languages.
The baseling is this: no other company has certified such a detailed procedure for assuring the ongoing security of their operating system products. Not linux, not BSD, no one. Windows 2000 is the first.
Probably not. I would guess that VMS came a lot earlier, and there were almost certainly others. The most important thing was that the documentation spelled out the importance of defining a policy, the system was only a tool for implementing that policy. All that, and about ten years ago.
Maybe with the IRS, but I put some severe cold weather gear through and the German Finanzamt (our IRS) accepted it. I was working out in Russia and -30C isn't unknown even in the big cities. It didn't seem to matter that the gear was also useful in the Alps when skiing.
Whoops I buggered up the html round the no and it didn't appear. I meant to say no faster than your bubbles.
Interesting though because some persons tell me that the free ascent is no longer mandatory for Open Water. BSAC definitely don't do it, but they have some other hard bits on their courses, which tend to be longer.
Yes, someone told me that it had been removed from the PADI curriculum. I had to do it though and for the most basic certification (Open Water) about 10 years ago. We were taught whistling and to rise faster than your bubbles. It isn't at all easy and I didn't altogether like it at the time.
From what I recall, free ascents from 10 metres used to be a standard part of diving training. At least for PADI certification. I don't know about BSAC though (the British Sub Aqua Club).
In the last 20 feet or so, air will expand by a factor of 1.6 times. This can kill. If the persons in the bell were trained and there were rescue divers nearby with spare second stages, any risk would be minimal.
Backups often happen at quiet times, i.e., about 1:00 in the morning. People are not at their most wide awake then and even experienced people make misteaks (sic). You therefore try to make as many checks as possible in your system, like identifying media both physically and electronically, using retention dates (as mentioned in my post). Of course, it is still possible to do something stupid, but as you make it easier to do the right thing and harder to screw up.
I learned this the hard way after working with night-shift operators in mainframe days.
CO2 is not poisonous. However, it displaces O2 and lack ofo2 causes problems. CO is because it competes with O2 for being taken up by Haemoglobin, however once bound, it is only slowly released.
Breathing high concentrations of CO2 can cause distress because the ph of the blood stream drops due to the presence of Carbonic acid which can't be eliminated as CO2 by the lungs.
The Rhino isn't that relevant unless the FCC controls the frequencies somewhat better than CB.
In Europe we already have combined GPS/GSM unit like the Benefon Esc! NT2002. The principle is so basic that they are even giving them to hunting dogs (who have a tendancy to get lost in the Finnish woods). True a glorified walkie-talkie requires no infrastructure and is cheaper to operate, but an infrastructure plus a pay per call means that the GPS solution will work in more places (try using a walkie-talkie around a mountain).
A long time ago, I was put on a fire-fighting course after some equipment started smoking.
Halon is not especially toxic (except to the Ozone layer). It is very difficult to breath but it is just about possible. I agree with you about smoke inhalation though. Server rooms have large quantities of plastics (especially as cable insulation). When burnt thius gives off all kinds of nasty crud, like cyanide and so on.
CO2 is bad when it goes off because the room fogs and you can't see the exit.
Whether or not this was real, you can use tape retention dates and labels to make it real difficult to load the wrong tape. We used to preinitialise all volumes with labels and to mark with a retention date which made it difficult to overwrite (needed a manual override) until that date had passed. It worked fine.
Isn't old lead for instrumentation? That is, so that there are no naturally ocurring radioactive isotopes in the lead which may interfere with measurements being taken.
If the habitation module was built in annular form, it would be possible to have on the outermost layers offices for administration (they get the windows) and keep the scientists/engineers in the middle. Thay way administration gets to absorb the radiation first (a nice radiation burn will add to their tan).
I have done this, used GPLed library code to prototype, then rewritten for production. GPL wasn't an option for the client, but at least it can help lever the prototype out the door. The fact that there is working code means that a rewrite is relatively easy and generally results in faster code.
Thanks for the hint. I would be particularly interested if it also works with multi-line cards such as those from EICON.
It then becomes interesting for me when I phase out my mini-PABX (8 internal analogue lines + 2 S0 busses). Slowly I need a much cleverer system which is expandable.
This is a good point. Full simulation is very difficult, but where are the manual tweaks on a protein molecule? Do we know the problem envelope well enough? There is a lot of 'domain knowledge' on airframe engineering, but are we there for protein molecule folding?
Yes, I get the architecture point but the the other one is control. When Oracle or Sybase go down the tube, how much support do I get? I have worked at an exchange that creates those massive data flows. Did we use a database?
Well no. Just a lot of flat files tied together by journalling. If something goes wrong, we have the source code and can fix it ourselves. With open source you can get the same benefit.
Hardwrae replication by itself is not an answer. You can't split an order book for a product up without an associated performance cost.
You raise a good point there, the value of the digital media may far exceed that of the system. Systems get replaced/upgraded, so there must be a workable key recovery system which can cope.
If a key recovery system is in place, then we have to factor in how many machines are replaced/repaired in a year. This is a lot, taken worldwide. What kinf of key recovery procedure would function for so many systems per year?
The issue judged by State is whether the person is visiting for the purpose stated and whether or not the person is likely to become a burden on the public purse.
There is a possibly that Dimitry finds himself in prison (a cost to the public purse). Under these grounds, State may refuse the visa.
I don't work for the gov, but a friend works at a US consulate in the visa department.
Ironically, unconvicted Russian Mafya goons, prostitutes and Islamic terrorists have no problems getting visas.
There is one major super market chain in Germany that regularly puts videos and DVDs out early. It seems to happen in more than one store so I guess it is policy.
Yes, there has always been some ideas about the use of ambient radiation from cellphone base stations and TV transmitters as a way of detecting stealth objects. The idea is that even if an object reflects nothing, it still creates a hole in the environment where there is no radiation. This can not be jammed and enables anything to be detected (including B1s, etc).
Roke Manor is the former research centre from Plessey and specialised in radar and communications.
Jackson's expressed views were not about the case as such but of Microsoft's and their consel's behaviour whilst presenting the case. If MS were stretching the bounds of good judicial behaviour, I don't see why Judge Jackson can't comment on it.
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There is some controversy about the use of the Tivo to skip advertisements. As you suggest, this gives "plausible deniability" that the feature is readily availble.
AFAIK, it is just a thin client. What is on their servers?
However, many persons in the EU are aware of the perils of depending upon a single vendor and their propietary formats, and also how ill-served we are when pushing documents around between PCs configured for different languages.
Probably not. I would guess that VMS came a lot earlier, and there were almost certainly others. The most important thing was that the documentation spelled out the importance of defining a policy, the system was only a tool for implementing that policy. All that, and about ten years ago.
Maybe with the IRS, but I put some severe cold weather gear through and the German Finanzamt (our IRS) accepted it. I was working out in Russia and -30C isn't unknown even in the big cities. It didn't seem to matter that the gear was also useful in the Alps when skiing.
Interesting though because some persons tell me that the free ascent is no longer mandatory for Open Water. BSAC definitely don't do it, but they have some other hard bits on their courses, which tend to be longer.
Yes, someone told me that it had been removed from the PADI curriculum. I had to do it though and for the most basic certification (Open Water) about 10 years ago. We were taught whistling and to rise faster than your bubbles. It isn't at all easy and I didn't altogether like it at the time.
In the last 20 feet or so, air will expand by a factor of 1.6 times. This can kill. If the persons in the bell were trained and there were rescue divers nearby with spare second stages, any risk would be minimal.
I learned this the hard way after working with night-shift operators in mainframe days.
Breathing high concentrations of CO2 can cause distress because the ph of the blood stream drops due to the presence of Carbonic acid which can't be eliminated as CO2 by the lungs.
In Europe we already have combined GPS/GSM unit like the Benefon Esc! NT2002. The principle is so basic that they are even giving them to hunting dogs (who have a tendancy to get lost in the Finnish woods). True a glorified walkie-talkie requires no infrastructure and is cheaper to operate, but an infrastructure plus a pay per call means that the GPS solution will work in more places (try using a walkie-talkie around a mountain).
Halon is not especially toxic (except to the Ozone layer). It is very difficult to breath but it is just about possible. I agree with you about smoke inhalation though. Server rooms have large quantities of plastics (especially as cable insulation). When burnt thius gives off all kinds of nasty crud, like cyanide and so on.
CO2 is bad when it goes off because the room fogs and you can't see the exit.
Whether or not this was real, you can use tape retention dates and labels to make it real difficult to load the wrong tape. We used to preinitialise all volumes with labels and to mark with a retention date which made it difficult to overwrite (needed a manual override) until that date had passed. It worked fine.
Isn't old lead for instrumentation? That is, so that there are no naturally ocurring radioactive isotopes in the lead which may interfere with measurements being taken.
If the habitation module was built in annular form, it would be possible to have on the outermost layers offices for administration (they get the windows) and keep the scientists/engineers in the middle. Thay way administration gets to absorb the radiation first (a nice radiation burn will add to their tan).
I have done this, used GPLed library code to prototype, then rewritten for production. GPL wasn't an option for the client, but at least it can help lever the prototype out the door. The fact that there is working code means that a rewrite is relatively easy and generally results in faster code.
It then becomes interesting for me when I phase out my mini-PABX (8 internal analogue lines + 2 S0 busses). Slowly I need a much cleverer system which is expandable.
The hardware doesn't do ISDN which is kind of a showstopper in most of Europe. even if the rest was approved.
This is a good point. Full simulation is very difficult, but where are the manual tweaks on a protein molecule? Do we know the problem envelope well enough? There is a lot of 'domain knowledge' on airframe engineering, but are we there for protein molecule folding?
Well no. Just a lot of flat files tied together by journalling. If something goes wrong, we have the source code and can fix it ourselves. With open source you can get the same benefit.
Hardwrae replication by itself is not an answer. You can't split an order book for a product up without an associated performance cost.
You raise a good point there, the value of the digital media may far exceed that of the system. Systems get replaced/upgraded, so there must be a workable key recovery system which can cope. If a key recovery system is in place, then we have to factor in how many machines are replaced/repaired in a year. This is a lot, taken worldwide. What kinf of key recovery procedure would function for so many systems per year?
There is a possibly that Dimitry finds himself in prison (a cost to the public purse). Under these grounds, State may refuse the visa.
I don't work for the gov, but a friend works at a US consulate in the visa department.
Ironically, unconvicted Russian Mafya goons, prostitutes and Islamic terrorists have no problems getting visas.
There is one major super market chain in Germany that regularly puts videos and DVDs out early. It seems to happen in more than one store so I guess it is policy.
Roke Manor is the former research centre from Plessey and specialised in radar and communications.
Jackson's expressed views were not about the case as such but of Microsoft's and their consel's behaviour whilst presenting the case. If MS were stretching the bounds of good judicial behaviour, I don't see why Judge Jackson can't comment on it.