This has been tested by any number of Prius owners, and slow acceleration can actually hurt your milage.
The reason being that the Atkinson-cycle engine that the Prius uses is the most efficient at higher revs - so the best thing to do is to quickly accelerate up to speed, using the engine in it's optimum power band for the shortest possible time, then allowing the power to drop off quickly and make use of the hybrid system.
Unless that final paycheque is big, BIG bucks - walk out the door and don't come back.
Really, is the stress and bullshit worth the money? If it's gonna be a month or so, put your expenses on a credit card for a month (keep 'em reasonable), and just pay it off when you get the new job.
In the meantime, you owe yourself some R&R by the sound of it, so take a month (or whatever) off and enjoy life:P
You just reminded me of the Penn & Teller Bullshit! episode about creationism. They have some very, very good points in there and it's well-worth watching.
Any time you hear "intelligent design", you are really hearing people trying to masquerade religion as science - but as soon as they start trying to prove their "science", the whole thing falls apart. Science does not accept an "absence of evidence" as being proof for something.
I mean, the whole bit about the earth being created in 7 days (6 if you don't count the siesta), noah having every one of billions of forms of life on his ark, etc. It's all pure bullshit that even the most simple, uneducated mind should be able to see-through with a moment's rational thought.
But the problem is that they can't take the bible for what it is - a heavily edited compilation of stories based on numerous authors that suggests a moral guideline that people should use. They're petrified that if one part of the bible is found to be false, that their whole belief system will crumble. Maybe rather than basing their religion on poorly written pseudo-fiction, they should base it on something a little more concrete.
And you want to talk about god being an asshole (again from P&T), just remember how he kills every first-born child in egypt, floods-drowns-kills everyone in the world except Noah, etc... Hell, that's millions of times worse than the worst war-crimes ever committed on earth, but since it's "god", it's OK?
Well, they "tried" to get a "per gigabyte" dollar value, but the CPCC got turned-down.
Personally, if it passed, I'd just buy in the US and bring it into Canada (Canada Customs does NOT apply levies to purchases, just taxes). This sort of thing makes Canadian Retailers scream bloody murder.
But the fact remains, the music industry can't have it both ways. If I pay the "MP3 player/media tax", then I have no moral issue at all with downloading or sharing files. If they want to revoke the levy, then I won't download. Simple as that.
If they try and increase the levy AND ban file sharing, I'll buy my media/MP3 players out of the country AND still share files.
Where I work, I'm around cameras and computers all day long, so I love having a PocketPC device (iMate PDA2K) that does everything I want of it. The only downside is the camera is a bit shoddy.
I use it all the time for all kinds of things - it's an amazing tool. And it didn't hurt that I could watch a movie on the plane back from Vegas on it... and had enough free memory on the SD card for two more complete movies.
I still maintain that there should be three forms of copyright, and the authors/developers have to choose only 1 type for their product:
-Total digital lockdown. No copying, backing-up, or anything else. Plays only on the device it was registered on/licensed for. Choose this option and your copyright lasts for 5 years only. After that point, you're completely public domain. Milk it while it lasts folks!
-Mild copyright - public is allowed fair use rights, must be able to be format shifted, resold, etc. No 3rd party use permitted. 10 year limit, then the contents are public domain.
-Public copyright - free to do anything you want with the product as long as money isn't changing hands. Lasts for author's lifetime.
At any time, something that falls into the first or second category can be "promoted" by the author/developer into the 3rd category at their own discretion, and released of all previous rights.
Well, Americans also voted them back into office - and that's nothing they can blame on anyone but themselves...
So to the liberals, I say this, "Get your shit together and get them out of office next time..." For all of the liberal documentation of corruption, lies and deception, the republicans are far, far, FAR better at media manipulation than the liberals are. And until the liberals fix that oversight and work the "spin" a bit better, they're not going to be back in office.
Hell, Bush has done things a helluva lot worse than Clinton ever did, and he's getting away with it without a second glance by the media. They just label anyone who disagrees with Bush a "traitor" and move on... Nice "free" country...
BTW: Anyone notice how Bush's brother is going out of his way to start looking like the president? Similar hair/clothing styles, mannerisms, etc. Anyone wanna guess who the republicans are gonna try and field for the next election?
I rather think that Nikon will already be suffering. If all of this negative PR for Nikon doesn't drive away potential customers, I'd be amazed. The DSLR market is competitive enough between Canon and Nikon already that for one company to shoot themselves in the foot like this is rather ill-advised.
It's a telling point that not only does Canon not encrypt their raw data, but they also give you some very nice software FOR FREE when you buy their camera. They're not trying to gouge some extra $$$ out of you.
Now that said, I have a Nikon D70, and I love it - it takes great pictures and 95% of the time I shoot in JPG mode anyway, so the size of photos isn't an issue.
True, but it also should mean that DVD copying software and region-free, macrovision free players will be not only widely available (although they are already), but also will be legally available.
It would've been perhaps better if they had tried something a little different.
For example, while standing on a public street, shine a low-power laser pointer into an outside surveillance camera and blind it.
Some guys did this a while ago with small scopes designed for rifles (but with laser pointers as "the gun").
If you're on a public street, I think you'd have a much stronger case for shooting pictures of, or disrupting cameras that are recording you. You'd have as much right to "blind them" as they'd have to "record you".
Well, a lot of credit card companies will demand proof that you attempted to contact the business to terminate a repeating renewal contract.
If you send the company a registered letter telling them to cancel the renewal, you have proof (if they pick up the letter) that they saw your request, and if they still refuse to do it, you have perfect grounds for a lawsuit.
As far as the original poster goes, I'd do the same thing (if the site was valuable) - send registered betters to both network solutions and the registrar saying that you have requested a transfer for the domain and that failure to process the transfer, or if they allow the domain to lapse in the meantime, will be grounds for a lawsuit.
I'm willing to bet that it'll be done within a week.
No, they're not being assholes, but Sony did gamble that people paying $250 for a PSP were not going to grumble over a few dead pixels. By doing so, they can lower the tolerances for screens they accept from the manufacturer and reduce manufacturing costs.
They choose poorly. Of course people are going to want devices with flawless screens, especially if the people buying are early adopters who are notorious for demanding perfection. I never did hear back on my other post asking if Sony did indeed change screen manufacturers for their North American units as opposed to the Japanese units.
So now with all of the griping and complaining, Sony has a bit of a PR problem about their hot new units as well. They're getting hit with a "pay $250 for a flawed display" type press, which will likely cost them in terms of unit sales.
Will that offset the reduced cost of manufacturing if they get lots of returns, or people who are unwilling to buy a unit until the screens are improved? Only time will tell...
I'd be interested in picking a unit up, but I'll wait until there's more good software as well as fewer reports of flawed screens.
The next project I have is to make a 1/2 decent PVC ride-able track dolly. I've got some good ideas for building a fairly light and durable one - now I just have to make some time to actually assemble it:P
(the dolly part is pretty easy, but I want to make track sections that clamp/screw together to keep the joint between the pipes as seamless as possible). Again, I have some ideas that I hashed-out with a colleague of mine, but I need to move from the "planning" to "building" stage. Possibly this summer. Perhaps I'll write an article for them!
Not to mention that banks are insured, and, probably the more importatnt point - the president of a bank isn't gonna put his ass on the line for money that isn't his:P
And yet, if they're that short, they'll be blasted-apart by the password cracking software they use in only a few minutes/hours.
A lot of encryption programs now use passphrases, rather than passwords, and as such encourage (or mandate) the use of phrases over 20 or 30 characters. Combined with numbers/symbols/case changes/foreign words, it makes for a pretty secure authentication.
(of course, at which point the snoops will just break into your residence/place of business and put keylogging hardware or software into your PC), or in the case of the current US administration, work you over with rubber hoses and the like.
Well, our campus policy forces password changes every 90 days... And as a result, rather than people picking one good password, any number of people have passwords written down on post-it notes beside their terminals... I know of at least two in my (small) department alone.
So, did this improve, or decrease security...
As a followup to the original parent's post - years ago when I paid for a unix shell account on a local ISP, they screwed up their configuration and left the shadowed password file exposed. I prompty grabbed a copy then emailed the admin telling them about the problem (I suppose in hindsight it's entirely possible that they got hacked).
Just for fun, I ran the password file through crack, and had about a dozen passwords in 20 minutes (this was prior to salted passwords). I suppose the guy who picked "isopropanol" as his password thought he was being clever, but it didn't really work out that way...
I thought the new version of Photoshop was supposed to have a mode where you could (optionally) preserve full-resolution images through transforms and rotations and such.
So even if you took your 3000x3000 source image, and transformed it down to 150x150, and did a 45 degree rotation, then saved your file and quit Photoshop, you could re-open the file and transform/rotate it back to any larger size at full resolution without re-loading any original source files.
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This has been tested by any number of Prius owners, and slow acceleration can actually hurt your milage.
The reason being that the Atkinson-cycle engine that the Prius uses is the most efficient at higher revs - so the best thing to do is to quickly accelerate up to speed, using the engine in it's optimum power band for the shortest possible time, then allowing the power to drop off quickly and make use of the hybrid system.
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Here's my $0.02.
:P
Unless that final paycheque is big, BIG bucks - walk out the door and don't come back.
Really, is the stress and bullshit worth the money? If it's gonna be a month or so, put your expenses on a credit card for a month (keep 'em reasonable), and just pay it off when you get the new job.
In the meantime, you owe yourself some R&R by the sound of it, so take a month (or whatever) off and enjoy life
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While I would never, ever pay for a SA forum membership, I enjoy paying for the far more prestigious "TotalFark" membership :)
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You just reminded me of the Penn & Teller Bullshit! episode about creationism. They have some very, very good points in there and it's well-worth watching.
Any time you hear "intelligent design", you are really hearing people trying to masquerade religion as science - but as soon as they start trying to prove their "science", the whole thing falls apart. Science does not accept an "absence of evidence" as being proof for something.
I mean, the whole bit about the earth being created in 7 days (6 if you don't count the siesta), noah having every one of billions of forms of life on his ark, etc. It's all pure bullshit that even the most simple, uneducated mind should be able to see-through with a moment's rational thought.
But the problem is that they can't take the bible for what it is - a heavily edited compilation of stories based on numerous authors that suggests a moral guideline that people should use. They're petrified that if one part of the bible is found to be false, that their whole belief system will crumble. Maybe rather than basing their religion on poorly written pseudo-fiction, they should base it on something a little more concrete.
And you want to talk about god being an asshole (again from P&T), just remember how he kills every first-born child in egypt, floods-drowns-kills everyone in the world except Noah, etc... Hell, that's millions of times worse than the worst war-crimes ever committed on earth, but since it's "god", it's OK?
Pure Bullshit!
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Should I expect less if I make jerky motions into my pockets when a police officer pulls me over for a routine traffic accident?
That depends if you live in the US, or a civilized, non-gun-toting country.
Oh, BTW: Keep a careful eye on the CPCC - they try and raise the levy rates every year to try and slip one past Canadian consumers.
Music industry thievery must end!
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Well, they "tried" to get a "per gigabyte" dollar value, but the CPCC got turned-down.
Personally, if it passed, I'd just buy in the US and bring it into Canada (Canada Customs does NOT apply levies to purchases, just taxes). This sort of thing makes Canadian Retailers scream bloody murder.
But the fact remains, the music industry can't have it both ways. If I pay the "MP3 player/media tax", then I have no moral issue at all with downloading or sharing files. If they want to revoke the levy, then I won't download. Simple as that.
If they try and increase the levy AND ban file sharing, I'll buy my media/MP3 players out of the country AND still share files.
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Well sucks to be you doesn't it :P
Where I work, I'm around cameras and computers all day long, so I love having a PocketPC device (iMate PDA2K) that does everything I want of it. The only downside is the camera is a bit shoddy.
I use it all the time for all kinds of things - it's an amazing tool. And it didn't hurt that I could watch a movie on the plane back from Vegas on it... and had enough free memory on the SD card for two more complete movies.
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I was pondering mirroring the screenshots, but to be honest, there's nothing in them compelling enough to bother with.
Might as well just use one of the many "theme" generators for XP to create a longhorn theme and call it identical.
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I still maintain that there should be three forms of copyright, and the authors/developers have to choose only 1 type for their product:
-Total digital lockdown. No copying, backing-up, or anything else. Plays only on the device it was registered on/licensed for. Choose this option and your copyright lasts for 5 years only. After that point, you're completely public domain. Milk it while it lasts folks!
-Mild copyright - public is allowed fair use rights, must be able to be format shifted, resold, etc. No 3rd party use permitted. 10 year limit, then the contents are public domain.
-Public copyright - free to do anything you want with the product as long as money isn't changing hands. Lasts for author's lifetime.
At any time, something that falls into the first or second category can be "promoted" by the author/developer into the 3rd category at their own discretion, and released of all previous rights.
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Well, Americans also voted them back into office - and that's nothing they can blame on anyone but themselves...
So to the liberals, I say this, "Get your shit together and get them out of office next time..." For all of the liberal documentation of corruption, lies and deception, the republicans are far, far, FAR better at media manipulation than the liberals are. And until the liberals fix that oversight and work the "spin" a bit better, they're not going to be back in office.
Hell, Bush has done things a helluva lot worse than Clinton ever did, and he's getting away with it without a second glance by the media. They just label anyone who disagrees with Bush a "traitor" and move on... Nice "free" country...
BTW: Anyone notice how Bush's brother is going out of his way to start looking like the president? Similar hair/clothing styles, mannerisms, etc. Anyone wanna guess who the republicans are gonna try and field for the next election?
God (cawf cawf) help you all...
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I rather think that Nikon will already be suffering. If all of this negative PR for Nikon doesn't drive away potential customers, I'd be amazed. The DSLR market is competitive enough between Canon and Nikon already that for one company to shoot themselves in the foot like this is rather ill-advised.
It's a telling point that not only does Canon not encrypt their raw data, but they also give you some very nice software FOR FREE when you buy their camera. They're not trying to gouge some extra $$$ out of you.
Now that said, I have a Nikon D70, and I love it - it takes great pictures and 95% of the time I shoot in JPG mode anyway, so the size of photos isn't an issue.
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True, but it also should mean that DVD copying software and region-free, macrovision free players will be not only widely available (although they are already), but also will be legally available.
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Nothing MS can do to IE will make me change from Firefox at this point.
Firefox development would have to completely cease before I'd consider switching, and even then I'd investigate alternatives before going back to IE.
MS messed up, and they're gonna burn for it.
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I have this comment on Flash/animated ads:
I will block them. Every time, without fail.
Most static ads I don't block.
But then again, I can probably count the number of ads that I've "clicked through" in the last 10 years... on one hand...
So unless they count page loads (which the firefox extension will do anyway, and just mask them on my side), they're not losing any money from me.
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It would've been perhaps better if they had tried something a little different.
For example, while standing on a public street, shine a low-power laser pointer into an outside surveillance camera and blind it.
Some guys did this a while ago with small scopes designed for rifles (but with laser pointers as "the gun").
If you're on a public street, I think you'd have a much stronger case for shooting pictures of, or disrupting cameras that are recording you. You'd have as much right to "blind them" as they'd have to "record you".
N.
Well, a lot of credit card companies will demand proof that you attempted to contact the business to terminate a repeating renewal contract.
If you send the company a registered letter telling them to cancel the renewal, you have proof (if they pick up the letter) that they saw your request, and if they still refuse to do it, you have perfect grounds for a lawsuit.
As far as the original poster goes, I'd do the same thing (if the site was valuable) - send registered betters to both network solutions and the registrar saying that you have requested a transfer for the domain and that failure to process the transfer, or if they allow the domain to lapse in the meantime, will be grounds for a lawsuit.
I'm willing to bet that it'll be done within a week.
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Well, all they need to do is the same thing as the Canadian mint did...
Stop printing $1 bills. Eventually people will have to make the switch because there won't be any bills left after a few years.
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No, they're not being assholes, but Sony did gamble that people paying $250 for a PSP were not going to grumble over a few dead pixels. By doing so, they can lower the tolerances for screens they accept from the manufacturer and reduce manufacturing costs.
They choose poorly. Of course people are going to want devices with flawless screens, especially if the people buying are early adopters who are notorious for demanding perfection. I never did hear back on my other post asking if Sony did indeed change screen manufacturers for their North American units as opposed to the Japanese units.
So now with all of the griping and complaining, Sony has a bit of a PR problem about their hot new units as well. They're getting hit with a "pay $250 for a flawed display" type press, which will likely cost them in terms of unit sales.
Will that offset the reduced cost of manufacturing if they get lots of returns, or people who are unwilling to buy a unit until the screens are improved? Only time will tell...
I'd be interested in picking a unit up, but I'll wait until there's more good software as well as fewer reports of flawed screens.
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Fair enough :P
:P
The next project I have is to make a 1/2 decent PVC ride-able track dolly. I've got some good ideas for building a fairly light and durable one - now I just have to make some time to actually assemble it
(the dolly part is pretty easy, but I want to make track sections that clamp/screw together to keep the joint between the pipes as seamless as possible). Again, I have some ideas that I hashed-out with a colleague of mine, but I need to move from the "planning" to "building" stage. Possibly this summer. Perhaps I'll write an article for them!
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Not to mention that banks are insured, and, probably the more importatnt point - the president of a bank isn't gonna put his ass on the line for money that isn't his :P
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Yup, thus a nice encryption system known as "rubberhose":
t og raphy/filesystems/rubberhose/
http://www.mirrors.wiretapped.net/security/cryp
(the original site has unfortunately vanished)
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And yet, if they're that short, they'll be blasted-apart by the password cracking software they use in only a few minutes/hours.
A lot of encryption programs now use passphrases, rather than passwords, and as such encourage (or mandate) the use of phrases over 20 or 30 characters. Combined with numbers/symbols/case changes/foreign words, it makes for a pretty secure authentication.
(of course, at which point the snoops will just break into your residence/place of business and put keylogging hardware or software into your PC), or in the case of the current US administration, work you over with rubber hoses and the like.
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Well, our campus policy forces password changes every 90 days... And as a result, rather than people picking one good password, any number of people have passwords written down on post-it notes beside their terminals... I know of at least two in my (small) department alone.
So, did this improve, or decrease security...
As a followup to the original parent's post - years ago when I paid for a unix shell account on a local ISP, they screwed up their configuration and left the shadowed password file exposed. I prompty grabbed a copy then emailed the admin telling them about the problem (I suppose in hindsight it's entirely possible that they got hacked).
Just for fun, I ran the password file through crack, and had about a dozen passwords in 20 minutes (this was prior to salted passwords). I suppose the guy who picked "isopropanol" as his password thought he was being clever, but it didn't really work out that way...
N.
I thought the new version of Photoshop was supposed to have a mode where you could (optionally) preserve full-resolution images through transforms and rotations and such.
So even if you took your 3000x3000 source image, and transformed it down to 150x150, and did a 45 degree rotation, then saved your file and quit Photoshop, you could re-open the file and transform/rotate it back to any larger size at full resolution without re-loading any original source files.
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