It said "average". Sure, they have employees working all year long, but I'm sure they hire a crapload more for tax season only. I always see a ton of H&R Blocks open around new year (like in the shopping malls), then close down after April. A huge spike in Jan-April employment could shift the average quite a bit.
I heard on the radio this morning that their intention was to air the episode during sweeps week. If that's true, it doesn't seem like such a horrible ploy anymore.
Have you considered the long development cycle, and that perhaps paying their programmers and support staff for the extra year or two might be the reason for the increased price
If that's the case, I'm certainly not going to be able to afford Duke Nukem Forever.
He can't. Aren't his networks owned by Time Warner? Thats a publicly traded corporation, and the stockholders/board of directors would crucify him before he could do it.
I did the same thing with Vapor Trails... downloaded it a few week early, bought it the day it came out. The one thing that bugged me about doing this was that on the MP3 version, songs 13 and (I think) 8 were swapped. When the actual CD was released, I felt that these two songs were in the wrong order for the longest time.
Anyway, actually Rush did complain about the MP3's being released. I read in an interview or two how they were quite upset that it happened.
With active desktop, you can place any web site on your desktop (and then maximize it to make it effectively wallpaper). It's been in there since Windows 98 or 98SE (or maybe it came as part of IE 4...I don't recall).
Go into desktop properties Click on the "Web" tab Check "Show web content on my active desktop" Click "New" Enter the URL you want to show up on your desktop and click OK. In the listbox, check only those items you want to appear on your desktop (you can have more than one). Go back to your desktop and put your cursor near the top of the active desktop window. A caption bar will appear. Click the maximize button.
I agree with you. By VERY carefully following the instructions on the redepmtion form, I have never been denied a rebate...until this year. My wife wanted to try one of those Oral-B battery operated toothbrushes. It was free after rebate. They denied my rebate claim because they said I provided them with an invalid UPC code. The funny thing is, the rebate form is a little peel off sticker on the back of the package. It had the instruction and the part you fill out on one side, and on the other side....the UPC code. How in the world can I have an invalid UPC code for that rebate when it's printed on the same piece of paper as the rebate form? Needless to say the rebate company wouldn't help, Gillette would only pass me off to Oral-B, the Oral-B CSR said she would help me. First she said she'd send me a check. Then she comes back and says she can't send out a check. Instead, she said she would authorize the rebate the be processed by the rebate company. Before you know it, I am surprised to be talking to someone at the rebate company (whe didn't tell me she was going to make me talk to them) who wants me to mail him photocopies of everything. After arguing, I got him to admit that they wouldn't accept my rebate even if I resubmitted because of the UPC number.
Needless to say, it's been about 3 months and I have yet to purchase another Oral-B, Gillette, or Energizer product (all owned by Gillette). I've been a lifelong customer of 2 of those brands, and I can assure you in the last 3 months they've already lost more than the $5.99 rebate they didn't want to honor.
So the moral is: Yes, carefully following the instructions helps a lot, but it doesn't guarantee success.
I agree with you on the horizontal lines, but there is obviously something in there that I can't see...some type of ripple. Here is an article talking all about the gravitational ripples.
And I'm not looking forward to that day. The difference between the base2 TB that we typically use and the base10 TB that hard drive manufacturers use is 92 GB. That "missing" capacity is greater than the actual capacity I have in my brand new computer.
Actually, there was just a guy arrested in (I think it was) Israel a few weeks ago because he was planning to make an AIDS bomb like this. The thing is, the experts agreed that it would never have worked because the heat/pressure from the explosion would have sterilized the shrapnel.
Which is why, if you google a bit, you'll discover a multitude of sites that state that NiMH batteries are much less harmful to the environment that NiCad or lead-acid
In fact, many sites say that if there is no recycling program in your area, it is perfectly acceptable to just toss NiMH batteries in with the trash.
The west coast of North America and most of South America won't be able to see the transit
I'd like to know where you got that info, because you make it sound as if the eastern states WILL be able to see the event. However, the only references to location I can find on the site are this:
http://www.vt-2004.org/vt-intro.html "This very rare event... will be visible from most of Europe, Africa and Asia."
and this: http://www.vt-2004.org/faq/ "Many observations from all over Eurasia/Africa/Australia are needed..."
I can't see anywhere where it mentions it will be visible from any part of North America.
OK, so they forge the IP address. What does that accomplish? It doesn't open up the port for them, it opens it up for the other IP address. If I want to open up a port for someone else, I can just as well give them the password and let them do it themself. With port knocking, it would have been the same thing (I could have just given them the port sequence). This is no less secure than port knocking (and has the ability to be MORE secure, with encryption).
But guess what...if you have a port sequence that changes each time, or is based on the timestamp, or based on the IP......you can just as well have a password that changes each time, or based on the timestamp, or based on the IP address.
Think of it this way: A port number is is just an integer number. A password character is just an ASCII code which is just an integer number. As far as I know, and integer is just an integer. No matter which way you represent it (as a port number or as a password character) it's the exact same thing. Period!
But it does't slow them down one bit more than a password does. Each port that they have to knock is like another character in a password. If they can sniff a plaintext password, they can sniff a plaintext port sequence. If they can brute force a password, they can brute force a port sequence. The port sequence doesn't gain you one single bit of security over a password (other than that for the time being there will be fewer tools for hacking it with).
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Exactly, this whole idea is stupid. It's a password sent one character per packet instead of all in the same packet.
As I said the last time this idea appeared on slashdot, if you want to hide a port from someone but make is still accessible to people who know the "password", here is what you do.
1) stealth the port by default, so it accepts no TCP connections. 2) Have the port silently listen for UDP packets. UDP is fine, because no acknowledgement is sent to the sender, so they don't whether you recieved the packet and ignored it, or if it never got to you. 3)When you receive a UDP packet, see if it contains the correct password. If it does, than you start accepting TCP connections for that IP address only.
At this level, this is just as secure as port knocking (password=port sequence). However, it has an advantage that port knocking doesn't. You can encrypt the packet with the server's public key, so that only the server can get the password out of the packet. You can also require that the packet contain an IP address in addition to the password and then verify that the IP in the packet matches the IP the packet came from. This prevents people from intercepting and replaying the encrypted UDP packet.
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It said "average". Sure, they have employees working all year long, but I'm sure they hire a crapload more for tax season only. I always see a ton of H&R Blocks open around new year (like in the shopping malls), then close down after April. A huge spike in Jan-April employment could shift the average quite a bit.
Anakin? Nooooo! It can't be!!!! How come to good ones always go to the dark side? Well, at least we've still got the old wrinkled Senator on our side.
I heard on the radio this morning that their intention was to air the episode during sweeps week. If that's true, it doesn't seem like such a horrible ploy anymore.
Uh no, they don't....and they never have either
Except that people on FatWallet report them doing it routinely.
Have you considered the long development cycle, and that perhaps paying their programmers and support staff for the extra year or two might be the reason for the increased price
If that's the case, I'm certainly not going to be able to afford Duke Nukem Forever.
He can't. Aren't his networks owned by Time Warner? Thats a publicly traded corporation, and the stockholders/board of directors would crucify him before he could do it.
I did the same thing with Vapor Trails... downloaded it a few week early, bought it the day it came out. The one thing that bugged me about doing this was that on the MP3 version, songs 13 and (I think) 8 were swapped. When the actual CD was released, I felt that these two songs were in the wrong order for the longest time.
Anyway, actually Rush did complain about the MP3's being released. I read in an interview or two how they were quite upset that it happened.
With active desktop, you can place any web site on your desktop (and then maximize it to make it effectively wallpaper). It's been in there since Windows 98 or 98SE (or maybe it came as part of IE 4...I don't recall).
Go into desktop properties
Click on the "Web" tab
Check "Show web content on my active desktop"
Click "New"
Enter the URL you want to show up on your desktop and click OK.
In the listbox, check only those items you want to appear on your desktop (you can have more than one).
Go back to your desktop and put your cursor near the top of the active desktop window. A caption bar will appear. Click the maximize button.
But what about the audience? How do you keep them quiet?
Actually, I could do that with TiVo (at least for television).
I agree with you. By VERY carefully following the instructions on the redepmtion form, I have never been denied a rebate...until this year. My wife wanted to try one of those Oral-B battery operated toothbrushes. It was free after rebate. They denied my rebate claim because they said I provided them with an invalid UPC code. The funny thing is, the rebate form is a little peel off sticker on the back of the package. It had the instruction and the part you fill out on one side, and on the other side....the UPC code. How in the world can I have an invalid UPC code for that rebate when it's printed on the same piece of paper as the rebate form? Needless to say the rebate company wouldn't help, Gillette would only pass me off to Oral-B, the Oral-B CSR said she would help me. First she said she'd send me a check. Then she comes back and says she can't send out a check. Instead, she said she would authorize the rebate the be processed by the rebate company. Before you know it, I am surprised to be talking to someone at the rebate company (whe didn't tell me she was going to make me talk to them) who wants me to mail him photocopies of everything. After arguing, I got him to admit that they wouldn't accept my rebate even if I resubmitted because of the UPC number.
Needless to say, it's been about 3 months and I have yet to purchase another Oral-B, Gillette, or Energizer product (all owned by Gillette). I've been a lifelong customer of 2 of those brands, and I can assure you in the last 3 months they've already lost more than the $5.99 rebate they didn't want to honor.
So the moral is: Yes, carefully following the instructions helps a lot, but it doesn't guarantee success.
I agree with you on the horizontal lines, but there is obviously something in there that I can't see...some type of ripple. Here is an article talking all about the gravitational ripples.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5333700/
Now if it turns out they ARE talking about the horizontal lines, I'll die of hysterical laughter when they finally figure it out.
If your hard drive is skipping, the playback of your music is probably the least of your concern.
They'll start using TB when they hit 1TB
And I'm not looking forward to that day. The difference between the base2 TB that we typically use and the base10 TB that hard drive manufacturers use is 92 GB. That "missing" capacity is greater than the actual capacity I have in my brand new computer.
smear their blood on bomb shrapnel
Actually, there was just a guy arrested in (I think it was) Israel a few weeks ago because he was planning to make an AIDS bomb like this. The thing is, the experts agreed that it would never have worked because the heat/pressure from the explosion would have sterilized the shrapnel.
I can't download that torrent. I get an error about being rejected by tracker because my IP is not registered.
Which is why, if you google a bit, you'll discover a multitude of sites that state that NiMH batteries are much less harmful to the environment that NiCad or lead-acid
In fact, many sites say that if there is no recycling program in your area, it is perfectly acceptable to just toss NiMH batteries in with the trash.
if we are so 'green aware' why don't inkjet printers ever have green ink?
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You mean like this one:
http://www.usa.canon.com/html/conCprProductDetail
Black, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Photo Cyan, Photo Magenta, Red, and Green
The west coast of North America and most of South America won't be able to see the transit
... will be visible from most of Europe, Africa and Asia."
I'd like to know where you got that info, because you make it sound as if the eastern states WILL be able to see the event. However, the only references to location I can find on the site are this:
http://www.vt-2004.org/vt-intro.html
"This very rare event
and this:
http://www.vt-2004.org/faq/
"Many observations from all over Eurasia/Africa/Australia are needed..."
I can't see anywhere where it mentions it will be visible from any part of North America.
http://www.campchaos.com/cartoons/napsterbad/metal licops_56k.html
how are they going to get pictures of every nook and corner of every town and keep the database up-to-date
.... Good"
They'll just send the Verizon guy from the commercial around, snapping photos and saying "Can you find me now?
OK, so they forge the IP address. What does that accomplish? It doesn't open up the port for them, it opens it up for the other IP address. If I want to open up a port for someone else, I can just as well give them the password and let them do it themself. With port knocking, it would have been the same thing (I could have just given them the port sequence). This is no less secure than port knocking (and has the ability to be MORE secure, with encryption).
But guess what...if you have a port sequence that changes each time, or is based on the timestamp, or based on the IP......you can just as well have a password that changes each time, or based on the timestamp, or based on the IP address.
Think of it this way: A port number is is just an integer number. A password character is just an ASCII code which is just an integer number. As far as I know, and integer is just an integer. No matter which way you represent it (as a port number or as a password character) it's the exact same thing. Period!
But it does't slow them down one bit more than a password does. Each port that they have to knock is like another character in a password. If they can sniff a plaintext password, they can sniff a plaintext port sequence. If they can brute force a password, they can brute force a port sequence. The port sequence doesn't gain you one single bit of security over a password (other than that for the time being there will be fewer tools for hacking it with).
Exactly, this whole idea is stupid. It's a password sent one character per packet instead of all in the same packet.
As I said the last time this idea appeared on slashdot, if you want to hide a port from someone but make is still accessible to people who know the "password", here is what you do.
1) stealth the port by default, so it accepts no TCP connections.
2) Have the port silently listen for UDP packets. UDP is fine, because no acknowledgement is sent to the sender, so they don't whether you recieved the packet and ignored it, or if it never got to you.
3)When you receive a UDP packet, see if it contains the correct password. If it does, than you start accepting TCP connections for that IP address only.
At this level, this is just as secure as port knocking (password=port sequence). However, it has an advantage that port knocking doesn't. You can encrypt the packet with the server's public key, so that only the server can get the password out of the packet. You can also require that the packet contain an IP address in addition to the password and then verify that the IP in the packet matches the IP the packet came from. This prevents people from intercepting and replaying the encrypted UDP packet.