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The new policy is much better than the old one. As long as you can remember to return your movie within 30 days, the most you have to pay is $1.50 in late fees.
Under the old system, I remember late fees costing more than the rental charges!
Florida permits 'irreconcilable differences' no-fault divorces. Contesting one is a Catch-22 because if the respondant claims a lack of irreconcilable differences, that in and of itself constitutes an irreconcilable difference.
Most states' divorce laws recognize the basic fact that no court is going to be able to preserve a doomed marriage with the stroke of a gavel.
that has always dumbfounded you? Clearly you haven't studied us hard enough.
Anyhow, divorce law varies wildly by state. For instance (and I am no expert in divorce so this could be old info now) in New York, there is no such thing as a no-fault divorce. You you get the absurd situation of a couple agreeing to make up a story about who was at fault just to get a divorce.
Pretty much everywhere else you can get a no-fault divorce for "irreconcilable differences". If one spouse sues the other for a no-fault divorce, it is impossible to lose because even if the other spouse claims that there are no irreconcilable differences, that in itself constitutes an irreconcilable difference. So the divorce will be granted.
If the couple agrees that they should split and can agree on how to divide up all their shit, divorces can happen real quick. Even if they can't agree, if all their assets are liquid, it's easy to split their shit in half and send them on their merry way. The problem is if there are kids and/or property, disputes can arise and that is where things tend to get ugly. Also, if the couple is pissed at each other, they can try to "win" and get more out of the settlement. This, unfortunately, happens frequently.
Fact of the matter is divorce sucks, and I would not wish divorce on anyone.
I don't understand how all this technology is any type of improvement over the "traditional" method of attendance taking. Years ago when I was in school, the teachers would simply get up in front of the class and say, "Look around you. Who is absent?" They would mark their little attendance book and that would be it.
What is the advantage to all this beaming? What problem does this technology solve?
My high school has 400+ students per grade. For someone to know every student at a 9-12 school, he would have to know over 1600 people. Not only that, he would have to remember who has graduated and shouldn't be in the school anymore, who was expelled for bringing a plastic knife to school in flagarant violation of the zero-tolerance weapons policy, who just moved to the area and is a new student, etc.
This is not possible for most humans. I certainly could not manage it. But I'd be interested to hear your solutions. There were high schools in my hometown that had over 2000 students.
How many people do you know at all, let alone whether or not they belong roaming the hallways?
"I want my kids supervised! But you don't get to track them."
"You should hire more teachers! But don't you dare raise my property taxes."
What, laughingcoyote, would you suggest that the schools do? Not that it matters, because whatever you suggest will be too strict for one of your neighbors and not strict enough for another neighbor.
The funny thing is that I have friends who are teachers and they all tell me that parents are morons. I used to think that they were exaggerating.
That does require you to be running all the calls to the same place, or at least to a single place that does fan-out;
It sounded like that is the situation at hand, no? A bunch of soldiers calling home? Sounds to me like an iax2 connection to NuFone who does the VoIP -> PSTN for you.
I was just assuming that Mommy wasn't going to get a SIP phone working without Junior's help.;) At any rate, I don't use IAX2 trunking because I have way more bandwidth than call volume, so I'm not super familiar with the ins and outs of it.
Geosynch satellites are at an altitude of ~22K miles. Round trip time is roughly 550ms.
Now most consumer-grade sat connections suck balls and have a high error rate. That is why you won't want to run VoIP over a cheap sat connection.
Now if you have the $$ for a decent connection (say, you're an ISP, or purchasing bandwidth from an ISP who has a good sat connection), you should be able to successfully route VoIP over it. Read comments like this comment for more details from people who are actually doing this.
According to this handy site, we can see that 7 conversations can fit on a 128kbps pipe using GSM, which I'm sure you know is a decent quality codec. And, yes, IAX2 trunking does some tricks to eliminate a lot of IP overhead.
If you're willing to tolerate it, you coud cram 18 or so simultaneous calls using the lpc10 codec. "Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto, Mata ah-oo hima de!"
Here is a guide for POSIX ACLs in Gentoo. From there, you should be able to do it easily in any other distro (in case you are not a Gentoo user). Basically, you get to recompile the kernel if POSIX ACLs for your filesystem are not already compiled in and then you have to remount your filesystems with the acl flag enabled. For bonus points, you should also install your distro's ACL manipulation tools.;)
The HOWTO that I linked to has a more detailed explanation of how to do it.
If you're already happy, then for fuck's sake, why would you want to switch?
Does CVS meet your needs? Keep it!
Others have responded with the advantages of SVN over CVS. Personally, I prefer SVN. For me, it boils down to the following:
Atomic repository commits. I can't tell you how sick and tired I am of checking out in the middle of someone else's commit and having the code fail to compile.
Moving of files. That's right. svn mv will move your file for you and keep all the file's history. If you do a timestamp checkout when the file was its original filename, you'll get the original filename. If you do a checkout of the head, you'll get the new filename. It just works. You can move files and directories that way. Refactoring is a breeze.
But, seriously man, it depends on what your requirements are.
My current project uses ClearCase and unreserved checkouts (basically, edit/conflict/merge because there is no exclusive locking). The most annoying thing with that is the lack of atomic commits.
With Subversion, your commit either succeeds or fails. And you have to have your repository up to date before it lets you commit. This is a good thing.
On my current project, I can't tell you how many times I've updated the code from clearcase, went to compile, and OOPS! Compile fails. I don't know if it's because somebody's commit half succeeded (I have had commits half succeed and then die off) or if I check out in the middle of someone's big commit. But it really irritates the hell out of me that the repository can so easily get into an inconsistent state.
I have never had svn do this to me because I never see somebody's half commit.
Are we sure it's only the personal data that was compromised? One would be more worried about what *else* was uncovered by whoever-did-this.
I did some work for another big defense contractor a while back, and I can tell you that it is extremely unlikely that any sensitive classified data was compromised. Obiously nothing is impossible, but there are many precautions taken with classefied materials.
For instance, at Booz Allen, it would not have been too difficult to walk off with an unclass computer or two, but to get to any classified materials, you would have had to get into the SIPR lab which does not have any windows, but it does have a reinforced door with multiple requirements to unlock it. Not everyone with clearance is even able to open it. And that room was like the Hotel California. Things may go into the lab, but nothing ever leaves.
So I agree that SAIC's handling of their employee's sensitive data was pretty pathetic, I'm just telling you that if they treated the US Government's sensitive data in such a manner, people would be in jail over it.
First of all, there is nothing that your parents can do to prevent the information from being used fraudulently. It sucks, but that's the system we've got.
Here is what they can do to minimize their pain:
Put a 90-day fraud alert on all three of their credit files. This can be done over the phone immediately using their automated system.
When they do this, they will get a free copy of their credit reports from all three bureaus. They need to read these reports with a fine-toothed comb and report any inaccuracies (reporting is a pain in the ass... sorry...)
Put a 7 year fraud alert on all three bureau files.
Repeat step 2 every six months (pulling a credit report and reporting any inaccuracies).
This regimen is not going to prevent any abuse of their identities. Even with the fraud alert, it's about 25% of the time that anyone even reads that when they pull my credit. But it helps a little. At any rate, this is how to minimize their headaches.
BTW, I know that there are services out there that promise to do all this for you. I don't know if they have gotten any better, but I used PrivacyGuard for a while, and they totally missed two fraudulent credit accounts getting opened in my name. So save your money and do the legwork yourself.:-(
Working nearly full time in a temporary position with no benefits isn't the same thing as being a consultant. It is called "temping.";-)
Making 5 times what I made as a vaunted Full Time Employee while working 2/3 the hours is called "good business practice". I'll leave the semantics to the philosophers.;-)
I've done audits for insurance policies, and I can tell you firsthand that NO inusrance company is going to insure you against loss of data on some unknown person's unknown computer without knowing ahead of time what's on that computer.
You can get a $2,000,000 Professional Liability insurance policy (including loss of customer data) for about $1000/year. I bill about 2000 hours per year, so that policy would cost me about $0.50/hr. (My current client already has an insurance policy for its consultants, so I don't need one.) This is a far cry from your $500/hr figure, Mr. Smarty.
I design complex, high availability, heavily loaded financial systems that require perfect reliability. I have never done tech support professionally in my life. Not Windows. Not Linux. Nothing.
But when my mom calls me because her Dell is messed up, you're goddamn right I help her. And when my dad calls because Excel won't save his file because he's anal and has a directory structure like 300 layers deep, you're goddamn right I tell him how to fix it.
It's the least I can do for them putting up with me as a teenager, putting me through college, buying me a car, and landing me my first financial services gig. I'm a firm believer that you can be a dick to anyone in the world except for 3 people: your mom, your dad, and your wife. When your parents ask for something, you fucking give it to them. It's the least you can do.
No mid to large sized company with half a "brain" is going to hire an independant consultant.
Please DO NOT tell my client that! They have a market cap in the $60B range and they are putting my children and my children's children through college right now.
I would really appreciate it if you could reply to this with your top 10 list. It would save me a ton of headaches and I would be eternally grateful.
In fact, just last night my mother called me with a computer issue. I told her to reboot and magically the problem was fixed. Would have been nice if the had that top 10 list sitting by her computer, though.
Is this the same Geek Squad who told my mother that it was impossible to transfer a HDD from an old computer to her new one?
Is this the same Geek Squad who came to "fix" my mother-in-law's home network, didn't actually fix the problem, but managed to F up her Outlook settings in the process? Is this the same Geek Squad who then refused to troubleshoot the Outlook issues over the phone that they created?
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Under the old system, I remember late fees costing more than the rental charges!
Most states' divorce laws recognize the basic fact that no court is going to be able to preserve a doomed marriage with the stroke of a gavel.
Anyhow, divorce law varies wildly by state. For instance (and I am no expert in divorce so this could be old info now) in New York, there is no such thing as a no-fault divorce. You you get the absurd situation of a couple agreeing to make up a story about who was at fault just to get a divorce.
Pretty much everywhere else you can get a no-fault divorce for "irreconcilable differences". If one spouse sues the other for a no-fault divorce, it is impossible to lose because even if the other spouse claims that there are no irreconcilable differences, that in itself constitutes an irreconcilable difference. So the divorce will be granted.
If the couple agrees that they should split and can agree on how to divide up all their shit, divorces can happen real quick. Even if they can't agree, if all their assets are liquid, it's easy to split their shit in half and send them on their merry way. The problem is if there are kids and/or property, disputes can arise and that is where things tend to get ugly. Also, if the couple is pissed at each other, they can try to "win" and get more out of the settlement. This, unfortunately, happens frequently.
Fact of the matter is divorce sucks, and I would not wish divorce on anyone.
What is the advantage to all this beaming? What problem does this technology solve?
This is not possible for most humans. I certainly could not manage it. But I'd be interested to hear your solutions. There were high schools in my hometown that had over 2000 students.
How many people do you know at all, let alone whether or not they belong roaming the hallways?
"You should hire more teachers! But don't you dare raise my property taxes."
What, laughingcoyote, would you suggest that the schools do? Not that it matters, because whatever you suggest will be too strict for one of your neighbors and not strict enough for another neighbor.
The funny thing is that I have friends who are teachers and they all tell me that parents are morons. I used to think that they were exaggerating.
I was just assuming that Mommy wasn't going to get a SIP phone working without Junior's help. ;) At any rate, I don't use IAX2 trunking because I have way more bandwidth than call volume, so I'm not super familiar with the ins and outs of it.
IAX uses a single UDP port: 4569. No TCP.
Now most consumer-grade sat connections suck balls and have a high error rate. That is why you won't want to run VoIP over a cheap sat connection.
Now if you have the $$ for a decent connection (say, you're an ISP, or purchasing bandwidth from an ISP who has a good sat connection), you should be able to successfully route VoIP over it. Read comments like this comment for more details from people who are actually doing this.
If you're willing to tolerate it, you coud cram 18 or so simultaneous calls using the lpc10 codec. "Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto, Mata ah-oo hima de!"
The HOWTO that I linked to has a more detailed explanation of how to do it.
Does CVS meet your needs? Keep it!
Others have responded with the advantages of SVN over CVS. Personally, I prefer SVN. For me, it boils down to the following:
- Atomic repository commits. I can't tell you how sick and tired I am of checking out in the middle of someone else's commit and having the code fail to compile.
- Moving of files. That's right. svn mv will move your file for you and keep all the file's history. If you do a timestamp checkout when the file was its original filename, you'll get the original filename. If you do a checkout of the head, you'll get the new filename. It just works. You can move files and directories that way. Refactoring is a breeze.
But, seriously man, it depends on what your requirements are.With Subversion, your commit either succeeds or fails. And you have to have your repository up to date before it lets you commit. This is a good thing.
On my current project, I can't tell you how many times I've updated the code from clearcase, went to compile, and OOPS! Compile fails. I don't know if it's because somebody's commit half succeeded (I have had commits half succeed and then die off) or if I check out in the middle of someone's big commit. But it really irritates the hell out of me that the repository can so easily get into an inconsistent state.
I have never had svn do this to me because I never see somebody's half commit.
Let me guess. You're from Iowa.
For instance, at Booz Allen, it would not have been too difficult to walk off with an unclass computer or two, but to get to any classified materials, you would have had to get into the SIPR lab which does not have any windows, but it does have a reinforced door with multiple requirements to unlock it. Not everyone with clearance is even able to open it. And that room was like the Hotel California. Things may go into the lab, but nothing ever leaves.
So I agree that SAIC's handling of their employee's sensitive data was pretty pathetic, I'm just telling you that if they treated the US Government's sensitive data in such a manner, people would be in jail over it.
Here is what they can do to minimize their pain:
- Put a 90-day fraud alert on all three of their credit files. This can be done over the phone immediately using their automated system.
- When they do this, they will get a free copy of their credit reports from all three bureaus. They need to read these reports with a fine-toothed comb and report any inaccuracies (reporting is a pain in the ass... sorry...)
- Put a 7 year fraud alert on all three bureau files.
- Repeat step 2 every six months (pulling a credit report and reporting any inaccuracies).
This regimen is not going to prevent any abuse of their identities. Even with the fraud alert, it's about 25% of the time that anyone even reads that when they pull my credit. But it helps a little. At any rate, this is how to minimize their headaches.BTW, I know that there are services out there that promise to do all this for you. I don't know if they have gotten any better, but I used PrivacyGuard for a while, and they totally missed two fraudulent credit accounts getting opened in my name. So save your money and do the legwork yourself. :-(
HTH. HAND.
But when my mom calls me because her Dell is messed up, you're goddamn right I help her. And when my dad calls because Excel won't save his file because he's anal and has a directory structure like 300 layers deep, you're goddamn right I tell him how to fix it.
It's the least I can do for them putting up with me as a teenager, putting me through college, buying me a car, and landing me my first financial services gig. I'm a firm believer that you can be a dick to anyone in the world except for 3 people: your mom, your dad, and your wife. When your parents ask for something, you fucking give it to them. It's the least you can do.
In fact, just last night my mother called me with a computer issue. I told her to reboot and magically the problem was fixed. Would have been nice if the had that top 10 list sitting by her computer, though.
Is this the same Geek Squad who came to "fix" my mother-in-law's home network, didn't actually fix the problem, but managed to F up her Outlook settings in the process? Is this the same Geek Squad who then refused to troubleshoot the Outlook issues over the phone that they created?
Customer service, indeed.
Never had a paper jam, never had toner smear, never had any problem with it. I've had it for about 1.5 years.
It's the shit inside the water that is conductive. Not the water.