Yes, it was called the mondo card. Infact i still have one somewhere. You had athe card itself, and a little reader that was pocket sized that you could use to move "cash" between cards.
It failed miserably, mainly because the cards were corruptable, and non resilient. Credit/Debit cards are the way ahead.
according to this article The impact on wildlife and even humans is not as worse as people thought it would be.
For example: Years ago, some researchers theorized that a severe nuclear accident like the one at Chernobyl would cause such severe genetic damage that animals would be born showing drastic changes in appearance. So far, the Chernobyl accident has not borne that out, the researchers note. and "For instance, there are probably two million people in the contaminated areas, and only a few thousand are actually sick from diseases than can be reasonably linked to the high levels of radioactive contaminants. We really don't know why this is yet," said Dallas.
Sand cannot be used as it is a insulator, and they need to control the temperature inside the (admitedly devastated) core. Basically if they did this then there is a small chance the core could get hot enough for another release.
the UK government 'does not support human space flight and will not fund UK citizens to go through the official European astronaut training programme'.
This is the same UK Goverment that scrapped subsidies on University Tutor fees so that the load on the students doubled, the same UK government that doesnt support our athletes, all athletes have to get private sponsorship. This is the same UK Government which supports illegal asylum seekers better than its OAPs or people who really need the money! No wonder the UK is going down in the world.
No, hubble does not have that sort of resolution as has been stated before. Also the reflected light off of the moon would dazzle Hubbles collectors as it is not built for *that* amount of light.
There was a couple of shots released that were taken from another satalite telescope, but the pictures were so grainy, the apparent Apollo landing site was a blob, nothing distinguishable.
Our company is *very* employee centric. They practically go out of their way to make sure the employees are happy, and try to build as much of a family feeling as anything. Last year, i had a few personal problems and a couple of the directors spoke to me and offered help from them personally and the company.
As to what i got, since ive been with the company for over 1 christmas, i get £100 cash bonus. NExt year i get a 13 monthes wage. Oh and also we had a free christmas party with a few free drinks etc. The company also does a yearly profit share.
If it was victimless, then surely it wouldnt be a crime? I thought laws were there to protect potential victims, and if there was no victim then surely it isnt a crime? Theres no such thing as a victimless crime, only the worthyness of the victims to be called a victim. (Oh and since someone mentioned it above, ill reiterate it here. This wasnt some idiot after free speech or something, he was copying these dvds and cds wholesale. 35,000 cds! This is the sort of thing the authorities should be going after.)
If they dont get a view of the install, then how can they fair if they get free cds and want to install em? At least give em a peek at the instructor installing a system or two, make em pick up a few important points (partitioning on bsd or debian would help a lot). By all means, after that say "go find out how to install the rest", bu8t dont just drop them in it.
When i did a course in the local college, i was introduced to various "alternative"operating systems. These werent your Free OSes like nowadays, but stuff like UNIX, MacOS etc. It enlightened me a whole lot, as up until then i had only used Windows at school. Anyways, on with my answer:)
Ok, glad your covering Linux, a couple of standard distributions should do it like redhat (covers RPMs), gentoo (Source, also for the portage system, nice one to draw over to the BSD side), Debian (apt, and a different config layout etc). Next up is your BSDs, id say go mainly for FreeBSD, as this is your all rounder, then OpenBSD to show off the security benifits etc. NetBSD isnt really worth looking at as the other two cover it on x86 hardware. With the BSDs, show off the ports system, stuff like that.
Another thing to do is to show the kids the various editors, stressing that each to their own. I know a lot of people that would have killed to have someone sit by then the first time they used vi or emacs.
Id concentrate mainly on the command line, as anyone, especially kids, can pick up a gui easily, but when things break its the command line you turn too. Alsoo it wqould be a nice point to make out that some distros are more command line driven and some are gui driven, making some better for servers and others for desktops. Show em around a basic system, where the config files are, how the file system works etc.
As for giving away cds, do up a selection. CDs are cheap these days, so spread em around. See if you can get permission off Theo to distribute copied Openbsd cds, as these are copyrighted (as this is educational he may let you, hes nice like that). Hand out a covering letter with each cd pack, which tells the kids to get parents permission before using them etc etc. Also send letters home to the parents detailing that you are giving away free software, that its not pirated or stolen in any way. This will clear up a lot of problems, and also may get the parents interested.
Lastly, video tape a few sessions, put it on line, show other kids:)
I used to work for a UK supermarket in the Cash Office, and the PC that ran all the Checkouts and the SSM system (stock management) was a lowley 486-66 pc with 48mb ram, and it crawled. It took 4 hours to do a standard end-of-week data compile. It ran some wierd IBM Dos OS, and used green screens etc.
Then one day they replaced it with a PIII700 system, 128mb ram the works. Still ran this IBM Dos OS, but the end of week took seconds. Literally, we could no longer get away with a 4 hour break!
The same supermarket is still using this Dos OS on p4s now, so i wonder what the speed is like now.
Its been said before, I will say it again, Hubble does not have the resolution to take those sorts of pictures. Also the moon reflects so much light that it would dazzle hubbles collectors anyway. IIRC Nasa did release a rather grainy shot of one of the Apollo landing units still on the moon.
I cant answer your first questions but as for your latter questions:
Blame the movie Sum of all Fears for this curiosity. To ruin it for you, when the nuke goes off and it shows this big shockwave, I figured anything that gets hit by that is going to be contaminated. In my head this means you are going to get cancer sometime soon.
No, the shockwave is jsut a normal shockwave, nothing special about it. The radioactive fallout is more caused by dust and other particles being sucked into the core of the explosion after this shockwave has passed.
Also, slightly related, can someone explain the EMP to me? I thought Sum of all Fears really fucked that one up but some people have said the EMP is really weak and doesnt travel very far. In another movie, Broken Arrow, the EMP goes out for Miles and Miles. In True Lies, they land the planes and shit before the nuke goes off for which I assume was to avoid an EMP related crash.
Sum of All Fears actually got it more right than any other film. EMPs do not occur for ground detonations at all, they are an effect of detonating a nuclear device high in the atmosphere (ionosphere springs to mind, but im not certain). Broken Arrow got it totally wrong, there would have been no EMP from a underground explosion. Again, in True Lies, either they got it wrong, or they were landing the planes because of the shockwave.
As soon as you can find me a three-year old Linux distro STILL BEING SOLD AS NEW.
Microsoft could easily have patched their master disc and manufactured new Win2k Server CDs at any time during these three years since the initial release but they have not done so. They are still making and selling software that they know is defective without even a token attempt at fixing the most glaring security holes in their product. In my book, this not only borders on criminal negligence, it's a fucking full-scale invasion over said border.
Hrm, thats funny. I have win2kpro cds here that are naked, or have sp1 already integrated, or have sp1 and 2 integrated. I can choose which cd to use, and i usually go for the latest one. This also is the case with win2kserver, the ones we have here have sp1 integrated. So your wrong, buy Win2k (either version) and MS will have done what you are saying they havent, and upgraded the base OS installed.
If done right (and here is where MS may falter), there won't be a big outcry if they turn the option to disable Palladium off. Never underestimate the spinelessness of the average person.
Yes but it has to be done so perfectly, that i doubt it will happen. Look how many people still use word97 format.doc files, even when word has moved onby 2 versions. Try phasing them out.
The PC manufacturers (the ones who count, anyway) are already in their pocket. Both AMD and Intel have pledged support for Palladium. In the future there will be no PC manufacturers making "more free" PC's because doing so will prevent them from being profitable.
You really think so? In the same vein as it isnt profitable for Apple to make Macs, or Sun to make sparcs? No, there will always be an alternative, and there will always be unrestricted versions around, as people will always want them. The US isnt the world, remember that.
I'd rather "scare-monger" (as you call it) then leave people with a false sense of security by telling them things will be alright when they won't.
Ok, the Earth is about to be taken over by Aliens, the world is controleld by a central secret government, coca cola really is a chemical concoction which makes us susceptable to mind control. Grow up. People love to moan and winge about something, so i guess this is your something.
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Yes, it was called the mondo card. Infact i still have one somewhere. You had athe card itself, and a little reader that was pocket sized that you could use to move "cash" between cards.
It failed miserably, mainly because the cards were corruptable, and non resilient. Credit/Debit cards are the way ahead.
according to this article The impact on wildlife and even humans is not as worse as people thought it would be.
For example: Years ago, some researchers theorized that a severe nuclear accident like the one at Chernobyl would cause such severe genetic damage that animals would be born showing drastic changes in appearance. So far, the Chernobyl accident has not borne that out, the researchers note.
and
"For instance, there are probably two million people in the contaminated areas, and only a few thousand are actually sick from diseases than can be reasonably linked to the high levels of radioactive contaminants. We really don't know why this is yet," said Dallas.
Sand cannot be used as it is a insulator, and they need to control the temperature inside the (admitedly devastated) core. Basically if they did this then there is a small chance the core could get hot enough for another release.
Old Age Pensioner. Basically someone who is drawing their retirement pension.
the UK government 'does not support human space flight and will not fund UK citizens to go through the official European astronaut training programme'.
This is the same UK Goverment that scrapped subsidies on University Tutor fees so that the load on the students doubled, the same UK government that doesnt support our athletes, all athletes have to get private sponsorship. This is the same UK Government which supports illegal asylum seekers better than its OAPs or people who really need the money! No wonder the UK is going down in the world.
No, hubble does not have that sort of resolution as has been stated before. Also the reflected light off of the moon would dazzle Hubbles collectors as it is not built for *that* amount of light.
There was a couple of shots released that were taken from another satalite telescope, but the pictures were so grainy, the apparent Apollo landing site was a blob, nothing distinguishable.
Check my website, on the profile page and see who i work for. It truely is a good company :)
Our company is *very* employee centric. They practically go out of their way to make sure the employees are happy, and try to build as much of a family feeling as anything. Last year, i had a few personal problems and a couple of the directors spoke to me and offered help from them personally and the company.
As to what i got, since ive been with the company for over 1 christmas, i get £100 cash bonus. NExt year i get a 13 monthes wage. Oh and also we had a free christmas party with a few free drinks etc. The company also does a yearly profit share.
Its a great company to work for.
If it was victimless, then surely it wouldnt be a crime? I thought laws were there to protect potential victims, and if there was no victim then surely it isnt a crime? Theres no such thing as a victimless crime, only the worthyness of the victims to be called a victim. (Oh and since someone mentioned it above, ill reiterate it here. This wasnt some idiot after free speech or something, he was copying these dvds and cds wholesale. 35,000 cds! This is the sort of thing the authorities should be going after.)
yeah but where would you end up.... ?
If they dont get a view of the install, then how can they fair if they get free cds and want to install em? At least give em a peek at the instructor installing a system or two, make em pick up a few important points (partitioning on bsd or debian would help a lot). By all means, after that say "go find out how to install the rest", bu8t dont just drop them in it.
When i did a course in the local college, i was introduced to various "alternative"operating systems. These werent your Free OSes like nowadays, but stuff like UNIX, MacOS etc. It enlightened me a whole lot, as up until then i had only used Windows at school. Anyways, on with my answer :)
:)
Ok, glad your covering Linux, a couple of standard distributions should do it like redhat (covers RPMs), gentoo (Source, also for the portage system, nice one to draw over to the BSD side), Debian (apt, and a different config layout etc). Next up is your BSDs, id say go mainly for FreeBSD, as this is your all rounder, then OpenBSD to show off the security benifits etc. NetBSD isnt really worth looking at as the other two cover it on x86 hardware. With the BSDs, show off the ports system, stuff like that.
Another thing to do is to show the kids the various editors, stressing that each to their own. I know a lot of people that would have killed to have someone sit by then the first time they used vi or emacs.
Id concentrate mainly on the command line, as anyone, especially kids, can pick up a gui easily, but when things break its the command line you turn too. Alsoo it wqould be a nice point to make out that some distros are more command line driven and some are gui driven, making some better for servers and others for desktops. Show em around a basic system, where the config files are, how the file system works etc.
As for giving away cds, do up a selection. CDs are cheap these days, so spread em around. See if you can get permission off Theo to distribute copied Openbsd cds, as these are copyrighted (as this is educational he may let you, hes nice like that). Hand out a covering letter with each cd pack, which tells the kids to get parents permission before using them etc etc. Also send letters home to the parents detailing that you are giving away free software, that its not pirated or stolen in any way. This will clear up a lot of problems, and also may get the parents interested.
Lastly, video tape a few sessions, put it on line, show other kids
Whoa, buzzword attack!
/me gets tinfoil hat
Oh brilliant, not 20 posts to this story, and 99% of em are "Hey its another one!". Made me laff. Keep up the good work slashdot editors!
I used to work for a UK supermarket in the Cash Office, and the PC that ran all the Checkouts and the SSM system (stock management) was a lowley 486-66 pc with 48mb ram, and it crawled. It took 4 hours to do a standard end-of-week data compile. It ran some wierd IBM Dos OS, and used green screens etc.
Then one day they replaced it with a PIII700 system, 128mb ram the works. Still ran this IBM Dos OS, but the end of week took seconds. Literally, we could no longer get away with a 4 hour break!
The same supermarket is still using this Dos OS on p4s now, so i wonder what the speed is like now.
Its been said before, I will say it again, Hubble does not have the resolution to take those sorts of pictures. Also the moon reflects so much light that it would dazzle hubbles collectors anyway. IIRC Nasa did release a rather grainy shot of one of the Apollo landing units still on the moon.
I cant answer your first questions but as for your latter questions:
Blame the movie Sum of all Fears for this curiosity. To ruin it for you, when the nuke goes off and it shows this big shockwave, I figured anything that gets hit by that is going to be contaminated. In my head this means you are going to get cancer sometime soon.
No, the shockwave is jsut a normal shockwave, nothing special about it. The radioactive fallout is more caused by dust and other particles being sucked into the core of the explosion after this shockwave has passed.
Also, slightly related, can someone explain the EMP to me? I thought Sum of all Fears really fucked that one up but some people have said the EMP is really weak and doesnt travel very far. In another movie, Broken Arrow, the EMP goes out for Miles and Miles. In True Lies, they land the planes and shit before the nuke goes off for which I assume was to avoid an EMP related crash.
Sum of All Fears actually got it more right than any other film. EMPs do not occur for ground detonations at all, they are an effect of detonating a nuclear device high in the atmosphere (ionosphere springs to mind, but im not certain). Broken Arrow got it totally wrong, there would have been no EMP from a underground explosion. Again, in True Lies, either they got it wrong, or they were landing the planes because of the shockwave.
Hope that helps.
The ant piles gone tho......
since that was the intended result, id say it was effective.
As for collateral damage..........
Optimistic, you people are always optimistic.........
As soon as you can find me a three-year old Linux distro STILL BEING SOLD AS NEW. Microsoft could easily have patched their master disc and manufactured new Win2k Server CDs at any time during these three years since the initial release but they have not done so. They are still making and selling software that they know is defective without even a token attempt at fixing the most glaring security holes in their product. In my book, this not only borders on criminal negligence, it's a fucking full-scale invasion over said border.
Hrm, thats funny. I have win2kpro cds here that are naked, or have sp1 already integrated, or have sp1 and 2 integrated. I can choose which cd to use, and i usually go for the latest one. This also is the case with win2kserver, the ones we have here have sp1 integrated. So your wrong, buy Win2k (either version) and MS will have done what you are saying they havent, and upgraded the base OS installed.
Oh yes, that was my first forey into programming. Even tho i didnt know what i was doing :) Still, good fun!
Fixed to the ground eh? Good, no chance they can be flown into buildings.....
Ill have to find some other way to be classed as a terrorist then. Ah i know . That should do it.
Watch out for strange man eating plants!!!!
I have been looking for something like this for a while, as theres lots of linux coverage but very little actual coverage of other projects.
It costs very little, works out to about £15 so i think its worth a trial run of 12 months and have subscribed to show my support. Good luck!
If done right (and here is where MS may falter), there won't be a big outcry if they turn the option to disable Palladium off. Never underestimate the spinelessness of the average person.
.doc files, even when word has moved onby 2 versions. Try phasing them out.
Yes but it has to be done so perfectly, that i doubt it will happen. Look how many people still use word97 format
The PC manufacturers (the ones who count, anyway) are already in their pocket. Both AMD and Intel have pledged support for Palladium. In the future there will be no PC manufacturers making "more free" PC's because doing so will prevent them from being profitable.
You really think so? In the same vein as it isnt profitable for Apple to make Macs, or Sun to make sparcs? No, there will always be an alternative, and there will always be unrestricted versions around, as people will always want them. The US isnt the world, remember that.
I'd rather "scare-monger" (as you call it) then leave people with a false sense of security by telling them things will be alright when they won't.
Ok, the Earth is about to be taken over by Aliens, the world is controleld by a central secret government, coca cola really is a chemical concoction which makes us susceptable to mind control. Grow up. People love to moan and winge about something, so i guess this is your something.