I know this isn't ask slashdot or tech support but it's at least related to the subject. I have a new Macbook Pro with N wireless. Our local town has a small wireless LAN used for emergency services. In our last drill I brought my mbp with me but every time I fired up my wireless I would hang the Linksys WRT54G access point. I'm going to try and get them to flash their AP with newer Linksys firmware but they are reluctant to do this.
As others have already pointed out, hybrids could benefit from this too.
I have a prius. I have a 20+ mile commute one way. Yesterday I averaged 70.3 MPG for the trip home. I did this using manual "look ahead" and very carefully planning braking and coasting just to see how high I could get it. You can easily blow 10MPG with one bonehead maneuver from lack of attention but this manual concentration on mileage is probably as distracting as talking on a cell phone.
I'd welcome the technology in my prius or in my SUV. Both can benefit.
There needs to be a real discussion about copyright and fair use by the feds, hopefully SCOTUS. I don't see how a low resolution clip of "needs more cowbell" from SNL constitutes piracy.
Similarly, I don't torrent movies because I know that's infringement but I have NO problem downloading ANY over the air TV show that I want to watch (lost, 24, etc) even though I know that in the current framework that is considered to be infringing.
ianaEMT but I volunteer at our local ambulance service as the network admin. I heard about this study and others like it back in December. Due to the emphasis and effectivity of chest compressions, and the risk to the patient during the lapse of compressions when you are breathing, we looked at buying two of these units
You strap the patient to the board and it will do regular chest compressions for you. It is nothing short of amazing and the medics tell me that it is very effective. You can't do either breathing OR compressions when you are hauling a gurney down 3 flights of stairs.
I wish I'd known this before Zoll stock went from 24 to 80:(
Kind of a coincidence for me that this article came out today since I'd already planned on canceling my account tonight. I skilled up to get a retriever and whooot I can strip mine now. I've got 50 days left to get my Covetor and then....what exacty? I have found no meaningful group activities and mining is boring.
It's back to DaoC for me while I wait for Warhammer.
I'm an iTunes user with a video iPod. I'm comfortable with their pricing ($10 or $15 per movie) and I've had no problem buying, downloading or viewing a couple of movies. The speed is good, and the video quality is fine, and DRM has not (yet) gotten in my way.
The problem is that I have already run out of movies that I want to buy from iTunes. They need a library of 100X more in order to get a critical mass of users. If that doesn't happen, and soon, I will find another way to get viewable content onto my iPod in an equally easy/convenient way.
I'm DoD and got my mandated Common Access Card over a year ago. We PKI enabled almost everything. Besides a few inevitable rollout inconveniences (ran out of blanks once, way more people forgot their PINs than they expected, end user training and confusion) it was actually a VERY smooth transition. I'm glad they did it, I honestly think we are more secure because of it (server side, not client side)
My son has been "obsessively" been playing Dark Age of Camelot for 4+ years (since he was 12). I'd better not wake up some morning in a 'shroom field....damned chanters.
The Navy doesn't collect royalties, they collect license fees. Go here to browse some patents. If you license one of mine, I get a percentage of the fee:)
I know jack about EA, but I've been playing DaoC for 4.5 years. It has been fun as well as frustrating. At times I complain just as much about ToA, the well intentioned patched that is now blamed for pretty much every problem in the game. They've tweaked and rebalanced and patched enough that it shares very little with the original game. But I don't really think that matters even a bit. Did EA buy Mythic to get the DaoC cash cow? I don't think so. I just logged off a few minutes ago because we couldn't find any players to engage. The population has been on a very steady decline, punctuated by blips of interesting new content or events but thats about it. Some time ago they consolidated individual servers into clusters and the next obvious step is to make a super-server to shore up player interest...but even that is a bandAid.
I LOVE DaoC and I wish I could plan to play with my good friends for 4 more years but I will be VERY surprised if I'm still playing in a year.
Are you honestly trying to tell me that they'd let you install whatever you wanted on a sensitive network with no review process? That just sounds like a stupid and insecure system to me!
Yes, I'm honestly telling you that as an administrator I have not been told that I MUST do XYZ before I install software. There is even a large software repository on SIPRNET of generic windows/*nix/solaris stuff that I can install on a whim.
In the end I'm still responsible for my systems, my users and my security.
I have at least 30 different classified computers and have been managing secure LANs for years. I have never ever seen or heard of such a requirement. "Rigorous investigation" of software? Nope, never seen that either.
Speaking unofficially from an "unnamed branch of the U.S. Government", we can't switch as much as we'd like to. We are locked into Windows XP and we can only use the applications on the "gold disk". At least it's cheap, it only costs us $4,200 per year per low end laptop.
Thread contribution - I have a 2005FPW that I love. I found a sale at Dell for $380 shipped, and they apparently repeat that periodically. It looks great and I love the integrated USB. I game on it a lot and I've never noticed any stuck pixels or ghosts.
Threadjack - Randomly and annoyingly it will just go blank. I power it off/on and it will come on for 3 seconds and go off again, like it's in a powersave mode. Sometimes unplugging AC power will fix it, sometimes not. Sometimes I have to reboot, sometimes not. Sometimes I power down and unplug everything...thats the most extreme and most annoying fix. The thing is, I may go a month without a problem then it will happen twice per day for a week. Video, display, XP, and Motherboard updates are current and the problem persists. AFAIK every power saving feature is shut off. Help!
My dad has been kind of behind these stock methods for quite a few years. This http://www.tfnn.com/u_article06.php is specifically the method that he uses (yes, he's a subscriber to tfnn).
My dad is pretty analytical and does not adopt stuff blindly. From the trades he has shown me he has been quite successful using this method. One benefit is that at least you have clear entry/exit points, so you tend not to hold onto losers.
Now IANAL, but from what I've read it seems that you really DO NOT have the right to make copies of anything you buy/own. The act states that you will not be prosecuted for doing so.
At work I have a soft cert (pkcs12) and a "smart card" hard cert. Neither is really much of a PITA once you get used to using them. Browsing signed emails is s-l-o-w, at least with exchange. Maybe OCSP fixes that, I'm not sure.
I think the cost for a cert is between $50 and $120 or so. But issuing and managing can be a headache. I'll bet my office of about 3000 people has had *at least* a 50% password failure rate. The smart cards only give you 4 failures then they commit suicide and have to be reactivated manually.
We've had ours for over a year and love it. Yeah this is practically a testimonial. We try to keep our geek house pretty clean. We have three kids, a dog and a cat. We vacuum often and the house is generally picked up.
I won't repeat the other comments about roomba getting stuck under chairs (yes, it's annoying) and clogging on rug tassles (yup). The thing I want to add is that even after I vacuum the whole house, if I set roomba free for an hour it will ALWAYS amaze me at how much more stuff it picks up.
Roomba does not substitute for a real vacuum cleaning. But it does a fantastic auxilliary job. And this month they are introducing a model that washes floors!
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Has anyone seen N cards hanging G access points?
I know this isn't ask slashdot or tech support but it's at least related to the subject. I have a new Macbook Pro with N wireless. Our local town has a small wireless LAN used for emergency services. In our last drill I brought my mbp with me but every time I fired up my wireless I would hang the Linksys WRT54G access point. I'm going to try and get them to flash their AP with newer Linksys firmware but they are reluctant to do this.
As others have already pointed out, hybrids could benefit from this too.
I have a prius. I have a 20+ mile commute one way. Yesterday I averaged 70.3 MPG for the trip home. I did this using manual "look ahead" and very carefully planning braking and coasting just to see how high I could get it. You can easily blow 10MPG with one bonehead maneuver from lack of attention but this manual concentration on mileage is probably as distracting as talking on a cell phone.
I'd welcome the technology in my prius or in my SUV. Both can benefit.
There needs to be a real discussion about copyright and fair use by the feds, hopefully SCOTUS. I don't see how a low resolution clip of "needs more cowbell" from SNL constitutes piracy.
Similarly, I don't torrent movies because I know that's infringement but I have NO problem downloading ANY over the air TV show that I want to watch (lost, 24, etc) even though I know that in the current framework that is considered to be infringing.
ianaEMT but I volunteer at our local ambulance service as the network admin. I heard about this study and others like it back in December. Due to the emphasis and effectivity of chest compressions, and the risk to the patient during the lapse of compressions when you are breathing, we looked at buying two of these units
:(
You strap the patient to the board and it will do regular chest compressions for you. It is nothing short of amazing and the medics tell me that it is very effective. You can't do either breathing OR compressions when you are hauling a gurney down 3 flights of stairs.
I wish I'd known this before Zoll stock went from 24 to 80
Kind of a coincidence for me that this article came out today since I'd already planned on canceling my account tonight. I skilled up to get a retriever and whooot I can strip mine now. I've got 50 days left to get my Covetor and then....what exacty? I have found no meaningful group activities and mining is boring.
It's back to DaoC for me while I wait for Warhammer.
A bad metaphor is like a leaky screwdriver.
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I'm an iTunes user with a video iPod. I'm comfortable with their pricing ($10 or $15 per movie) and I've had no problem buying, downloading or viewing a couple of movies. The speed is good, and the video quality is fine, and DRM has not (yet) gotten in my way.
The problem is that I have already run out of movies that I want to buy from iTunes. They need a library of 100X more in order to get a critical mass of users. If that doesn't happen, and soon, I will find another way to get viewable content onto my iPod in an equally easy/convenient way.
I'm DoD and got my mandated Common Access Card over a year ago. We PKI enabled almost everything. Besides a few inevitable rollout inconveniences (ran out of blanks once, way more people forgot their PINs than they expected, end user training and confusion) it was actually a VERY smooth transition. I'm glad they did it, I honestly think we are more secure because of it (server side, not client side)
My son has been "obsessively" been playing Dark Age of Camelot for 4+ years (since he was 12). I'd better not wake up some morning in a 'shroom field....damned chanters.
The Navy doesn't collect royalties, they collect license fees. Go here to browse some patents. If you license one of mine, I get a percentage of the fee :)
I know jack about EA, but I've been playing DaoC for 4.5 years. It has been fun as well as frustrating. At times I complain just as much about ToA, the well intentioned patched that is now blamed for pretty much every problem in the game. They've tweaked and rebalanced and patched enough that it shares very little with the original game. But I don't really think that matters even a bit. Did EA buy Mythic to get the DaoC cash cow? I don't think so. I just logged off a few minutes ago because we couldn't find any players to engage. The population has been on a very steady decline, punctuated by blips of interesting new content or events but thats about it. Some time ago they consolidated individual servers into clusters and the next obvious step is to make a super-server to shore up player interest...but even that is a bandAid.
I LOVE DaoC and I wish I could plan to play with my good friends for 4 more years but I will be VERY surprised if I'm still playing in a year.
Yes, I'm honestly telling you that as an administrator I have not been told that I MUST do XYZ before I install software. There is even a large software repository on SIPRNET of generic windows/*nix/solaris stuff that I can install on a whim.
In the end I'm still responsible for my systems, my users and my security.
Find me a reference, I don't believe you.
I have at least 30 different classified computers and have been managing secure LANs for years. I have never ever seen or heard of such a requirement. "Rigorous investigation" of software? Nope, never seen that either.
possibly this one
http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks/8.77.html#subj6
Speaking unofficially from an "unnamed branch of the U.S. Government", we can't switch as much as we'd like to. We are locked into Windows XP and we can only use the applications on the "gold disk". At least it's cheap, it only costs us $4,200 per year per low end laptop.
Thread contribution - I have a 2005FPW that I love. I found a sale at Dell for $380 shipped, and they apparently repeat that periodically. It looks great and I love the integrated USB. I game on it a lot and I've never noticed any stuck pixels or ghosts.
Threadjack - Randomly and annoyingly it will just go blank. I power it off/on and it will come on for 3 seconds and go off again, like it's in a powersave mode. Sometimes unplugging AC power will fix it, sometimes not. Sometimes I have to reboot, sometimes not. Sometimes I power down and unplug everything...thats the most extreme and most annoying fix. The thing is, I may go a month without a problem then it will happen twice per day for a week. Video, display, XP, and Motherboard updates are current and the problem persists. AFAIK every power saving feature is shut off. Help!
better than a SELF JOIN
According to the rant, there is now something of a linux equivalent to the windows registry? Where is that exactly?
My dad has been kind of behind these stock methods for quite a few years. This http://www.tfnn.com/u_article06.php is specifically the method that he uses (yes, he's a subscriber to tfnn).
My dad is pretty analytical and does not adopt stuff blindly. From the trades he has shown me he has been quite successful using this method. One benefit is that at least you have clear entry/exit points, so you tend not to hold onto losers.
Now IANAL, but from what I've read it seems that you really DO NOT have the right to make copies of anything you buy/own. The act states that you will not be prosecuted for doing so.
How long after your death do you think your estate should be compensated for your writings?
At work I have a soft cert (pkcs12) and a "smart card" hard cert. Neither is really much of a PITA once you get used to using them. Browsing signed emails is s-l-o-w, at least with exchange. Maybe OCSP fixes that, I'm not sure.
I think the cost for a cert is between $50 and $120 or so. But issuing and managing can be a headache. I'll bet my office of about 3000 people has had *at least* a 50% password failure rate. The smart cards only give you 4 failures then they commit suicide and have to be reactivated manually.
I am pretty sure that the AHRA actually says "it's still illegal but we agree not to prosecute you". I'll try to find a real reference for that.
We've had ours for over a year and love it. Yeah this is practically a testimonial. We try to keep our geek house pretty clean. We have three kids, a dog and a cat. We vacuum often and the house is generally picked up.
I won't repeat the other comments about roomba getting stuck under chairs (yes, it's annoying) and clogging on rug tassles (yup). The thing I want to add is that even after I vacuum the whole house, if I set roomba free for an hour it will ALWAYS amaze me at how much more stuff it picks up.
Roomba does not substitute for a real vacuum cleaning. But it does a fantastic auxilliary job. And this month they are introducing a model that washes floors!