I wasn't aware that manufaturers WEREN'T releasing those codes. While BMW uses a funky doodad to reset the oil usage timer, both my Corvette and PT cruiser can ofer up trouble codes via the dash display AND all of those codes are documented on the net.
The reason for this approach is not only obvious, but it's the same reason CC&R's are created. Property values.
I've got a different, less pessimistic, view of HOAs, It might even extend to the 'good neighborhood' that's being proposed by this draft.
Perhaps I'm a happy sheeple, but I don't find my CC&R's particularly draconian, nor do I find them elevating $tuff over people. The homebuilder offered one of 7 floor plans with one of 12 color schemes. If I didn't like that, I didn't have to buy the product. If there are restrictions in place to prevent my NEIGHBOR from affecting the value of my property, that's good too.
My CC&R's, loosely paraphrased, state that I need to keep the property up and maintained. I don't see a problem with that as I have a vested interest in keeping that property in good shape.
Now flip a coin and talk about the Internet(tm). I have NO qualms with maintaining a good network infrastructure (Firewall, Virus scanning) because if I and my neighbors are compelled to do so, the Network (neighborhood) as a whole benefits from it.
Last year Sobe had a 'vendo' in Munch's oddysee...gave you back your health. (What about truth in advertising?)
I'm 90% certain the Atari 2600 E.T. game had Reeses Pieces in it. (E.T. was supposed to be caught with M&M's, but Speilberg couldn't get the rights. Boy was THAT a bonehead move!)
But you've got nerds debating automotive design and mechanics. Talk about armchair quarterbacking. It's right up there with a blind guy trying to describe the color Teal.
I'm comfy in my stable IT based state job. I have seen the typical stereotypical government worker in BOTH sectors.
While there are some backwards, misdirected, IT shops in the state, OURS isn't one of 'em. I'm proud of the work and accomplishments my fellow cow-orkers and I have pulled off on a small budget and not enough people.
I appreciate the stability, and the pay has actually jumped up to equal the lower pre-dotcom network admin salaries. I appreciate the 40 hour work weeks, and the flex-time/place work environment. But I also know that my position is a unique one and there are a WHOLE LOT of state jobs I wouldn't want to have....but there are a bunch of those jobs in the PRIVATE sector too. The grass ain't greener on the other side, it's pretty much painted dead grass there too.
Will I be the next Bill Gates or Steve Jobs this way? Nope. But I'll have plenty of time to watch my kids grow up and _assist_in_that_process_.
I've learned reciently that being rich ain't all that. I'm pretty happy with slightly more money than I need to live on comfortably.
1. ya think maybe these guys want to recoupe their R&D costs? Think that might affect the price?
2. Hmm, 2 hours in 5 minutes charge, do you mind wearing a lead suit while filling up? And it'll probably cook your passenger if they don't stand back at a safe distance.
3. Must ont look like a plastic toy. Hmm. Based on battery technology, the REST of the car has to be THAT MUCH MORE efficient to make up for it. You just won't get a car you want, that goes as far as you want with a normal coefficient of Drag.
Go do a little research, heck, take a PHYSICS class before you make those statements. Try to understand the constraints involved, they ain't trivial.
Fuel Cell/Hydrogen is a very promising way to go. It's not really any more volatile than that tank of Unleaded you filled up with, and the reaction generates power and water. so why isn't it pervasive? Infrastructure. You can't drive a hydrogen car without a place to fill up (your 2 hours for 5 minutes would be doable with hydrogen), and you can't build a place to fill up without Hydrogen using cars!
We also discovered that all WiFi equipment is NOT created equal. The Orinico card I picked up for Netstumbling works a BUNCH better than the linksys stuff we originally purchased.
We'll be rolling out Cisco stuff inproduction due to it's additional (not quite yet standard) security features.
If a half dozen cubicle walls can drop WiFi to background noise, I have _no_ _idea_ what stone walls would do.
Can you beg borrow or steal a 2.5 Ghz cordless phone and see how well it works?
As far as exposed antennae, 802.11 basestations get along with 6" antennae. My unit works a good 1500 feet out the back of my house (wood structure) the unit sits on top of the Fridge, and there are quite a few windows on that side of the house.
Place the basestation on somebody's desk with a good view of the other buildings. I'll bet it'll jump the gap.
A card is less than $100, a Basestation is less than $180(us), have some fun running aroung the campus with netstumbler, it's good for a few days exercize.
I wanted to show you how it worked by creating an image that would animate as you used the down arrow to scroll down this discussion page but the crapfilter ate it.
1. 'When you first run Windows Media Player, it will ask if you want to keep copy protection on, and you can turn it off if you wish.'
and
2. 'We did anticipate this scenario and developed a tool to help them update their licenses: the Personal License Update Utility.'
What's the big deal here?
p.s. What's funny is, My Lyra requires a funky DRM'd MP3 format that only uses their propietary software to create it...those files won't work on anything else either. BUT, copy any kind fo WMA file directly to the CF card and it works fine.
Why would Alton be on Death row?
Oh, waitaminit, all those puppets and rubber eraser monster thingies in the yoghurt were really MANEFESTATIONS of his subconscious!
And then somebody nearby tried to make a merangue in a non-reactive bowl and he went postal.
(Just kidding Alton, you ROCK!)
I think Vegetarian food has lost the 'stigma' it once had. It's gotten to the point now where I'll frequently have a meal without meat and not think anything about it. (Certainly not "Hey! Look at that! I just ate something without MEAT in it!")
As far as doing it for your own political desires, have at it. I find it curious that much of the vegetarian food industry is devoted to foodstuff that looks and tastes like meat. There's a biological desire there to use meat as a source of protein. And really on a buch of levels, nothing beats a good Ribeye. (blah blah blah, 6 lbs of grain and 88 million gallons of water to make that ribeye, blah blah blah)
That's not to say I don't also love a good vegetable curry now and then.
Why? Because most people are sheep. They're also pretty stupid. Most can't figure out how to fix the flashing 12:00 on their VCRs. Look at TiVo's market penetration. It's pretty small compared to the number of TVs out there.
That's a lie wrapped around a falsity. _People_ aren't _sheep_. They just have different motiviations than you do.
It's the reason why Farmer John can buy a $40 cassette/am/fm radio at Wallgreens and Philip Greenspun can talk about loudspeakers for $50k a piece is: folks have different wants.
If the people can see the shows for a nominal fee, they'll be happy enough until a better cheaper alternative comes along.
I think this is a failing blip on the radar screen. If you look at the services now available to avoid spam and Telemarketers, I think you'll notice that it's a shrinking issue.
Living in Colorado, I've got the $3 caller ID service, and the $2 doo-dad that forces people with unknown caller ID tags to enter their number first...I've also joined the Colorado Do-Not-call list. I have had zero (0) solicitation calls in the past 6 months as a result.
I have three different active email addresses (none used for usenet, BTW) that get nearly no spam. The hotmail account gets one or two a week, but only because the name could be easily guessed by the spambots that string real user names together. I guess that's what I get for trying to create a name without a prime number after it. (Juser2309120@hotmail.com)
Otherwise, my life is pretty spam free, the filters catch a lot of the crap, and my subconscious catches the rest (Ctrl-click-click-click-click-delete)
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I wasn't aware that manufaturers WEREN'T releasing those codes. While BMW uses a funky doodad to reset the oil usage timer, both my Corvette and PT cruiser can ofer up trouble codes via the dash display AND all of those codes are documented on the net.
Like I don't hear enough Clearchannel radio in the CAR!
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Perhaps I'm a happy sheeple, but I don't find my CC&R's particularly draconian, nor do I find them elevating $tuff over people. The homebuilder offered one of 7 floor plans with one of 12 color schemes. If I didn't like that, I didn't have to buy the product. If there are restrictions in place to prevent my NEIGHBOR from affecting the value of my property, that's good too.
My CC&R's, loosely paraphrased, state that I need to keep the property up and maintained. I don't see a problem with that as I have a vested interest in keeping that property in good shape.
Now flip a coin and talk about the Internet(tm). I have NO qualms with maintaining a good network infrastructure (Firewall, Virus scanning) because if I and my neighbors are compelled to do so, the Network (neighborhood) as a whole benefits from it.
That doesn't sound like such a bad idea to me.
Obsessing over money 'we'* don't have?
Somebody over as OSDN must have had to pay bills last night.
* = That would be the Royal We.
Last year Sobe had a 'vendo' in Munch's oddysee...gave you back your health. (What about truth in advertising?)
I'm 90% certain the Atari 2600 E.T. game had Reeses Pieces in it. (E.T. was supposed to be caught with M&M's, but Speilberg couldn't get the rights. Boy was THAT a bonehead move!)
But you've got nerds debating automotive design and mechanics. Talk about armchair quarterbacking. It's right up there with a blind guy trying to describe the color Teal.
Count me as a second Civil Service person that takes pride in his work.
Listening to my wife, there are JUST as many doofuses at Her office (coding) as there are at mine.
I'm comfy in my stable IT based state job. I have seen the typical stereotypical government worker in BOTH sectors.
...but there are a bunch of those jobs in the PRIVATE sector too. The grass ain't greener on the other side, it's pretty much painted dead grass there too.
While there are some backwards, misdirected, IT shops in the state, OURS isn't one of 'em. I'm proud of the work and accomplishments my fellow cow-orkers and I have pulled off on a small budget and not enough people.
I appreciate the stability, and the pay has actually jumped up to equal the lower pre-dotcom network admin salaries. I appreciate the 40 hour work weeks, and the flex-time/place work environment. But I also know that my position is a unique one and there are a WHOLE LOT of state jobs I wouldn't want to have.
Will I be the next Bill Gates or Steve Jobs this way? Nope. But I'll have plenty of time to watch my kids grow up and _assist_in_that_process_.
I've learned reciently that being rich ain't all that. I'm pretty happy with slightly more money than I need to live on comfortably.
OR a dreamcast, toaster, hottub.
YOUR point?
a PC!
[No wait! Zot!] NO CARRIER
Is that is worked through walls!
1. ya think maybe these guys want to recoupe their R&D costs? Think that might affect the price?
2. Hmm, 2 hours in 5 minutes charge, do you mind wearing a lead suit while filling up? And it'll probably cook your passenger if they don't stand back at a safe distance.
3. Must ont look like a plastic toy. Hmm. Based on battery technology, the REST of the car has to be THAT MUCH MORE efficient to make up for it. You just won't get a car you want, that goes as far as you want with a normal coefficient of Drag.
Go do a little research, heck, take a PHYSICS class before you make those statements. Try to understand the constraints involved, they ain't trivial.
Fuel Cell/Hydrogen is a very promising way to go. It's not really any more volatile than that tank of Unleaded you filled up with, and the reaction generates power and water. so why isn't it pervasive? Infrastructure. You can't drive a hydrogen car without a place to fill up (your 2 hours for 5 minutes would be doable with hydrogen), and you can't build a place to fill up without Hydrogen using cars!
that $80,000 a year job at 40 hours a week is $40 bucks an hour. That sounds pretty good, right?
Work _80_ hours a week and you're only making _$20_ an hour. You're getting robbed if you're really worth $40 per.
Diskless customisable thin client with Netscape, VNC, Telnet, broadband, etc, and audio. $200 per unit plus some kind of monitor.
They're cheap, run linux and hard to hack. (Also largely valueless from a theft standpoint.)
Qustion is: Do they have enough horsepower for your needs?
The cubicles are primarily metal, yes.
We also discovered that all WiFi equipment is NOT created equal. The Orinico card I picked up for Netstumbling works a BUNCH better than the linksys stuff we originally purchased.
We'll be rolling out Cisco stuff inproduction due to it's additional (not quite yet standard) security features.
If a half dozen cubicle walls can drop WiFi to background noise, I have _no_ _idea_ what stone walls would do.
Can you beg borrow or steal a 2.5 Ghz cordless phone and see how well it works?
As far as exposed antennae, 802.11 basestations get along with 6" antennae. My unit works a good 1500 feet out the back of my house (wood structure) the unit sits on top of the Fridge, and there are quite a few windows on that side of the house.
Place the basestation on somebody's desk with a good view of the other buildings. I'll bet it'll jump the gap.
A card is less than $100, a Basestation is less than $180(us), have some fun running aroung the campus with netstumbler, it's good for a few days exercize.
I wanted to show you how it worked by creating an image that would animate as you used the down arrow to scroll down this discussion page but the crapfilter ate it.
Lessee:
1. 'When you first run Windows Media Player, it will ask if you want to keep copy protection on, and you can turn it off if you wish.'
and
2. 'We did anticipate this scenario and developed a tool to help them update their licenses: the Personal License Update Utility.'
What's the big deal here?
p.s. What's funny is, My Lyra requires a funky DRM'd MP3 format that only uses their propietary software to create it...those files won't work on anything else either. BUT, copy any kind fo WMA file directly to the CF card and it works fine.
You know, they DO make poles with attachments expressly for changing lightbulbs that are out of reach...
Why would Alton be on Death row? Oh, waitaminit, all those puppets and rubber eraser monster thingies in the yoghurt were really MANEFESTATIONS of his subconscious! And then somebody nearby tried to make a merangue in a non-reactive bowl and he went postal. (Just kidding Alton, you ROCK!)
I think Vegetarian food has lost the 'stigma' it once had. It's gotten to the point now where I'll frequently have a meal without meat and not think anything about it. (Certainly not "Hey! Look at that! I just ate something without MEAT in it!")
As far as doing it for your own political desires, have at it. I find it curious that much of the vegetarian food industry is devoted to foodstuff that looks and tastes like meat. There's a biological desire there to use meat as a source of protein. And really on a buch of levels, nothing beats a good Ribeye. (blah blah blah, 6 lbs of grain and 88 million gallons of water to make that ribeye, blah blah blah)
That's not to say I don't also love a good vegetable curry now and then.
Because for all our DRM and Govt. intervention issues, we're the guys that buy the stuff first at the highest cost because we've-gotta-have-it-now.
"The SpaMarketing Wars of the Early 21st century"
I think this is a failing blip on the radar screen. If you look at the services now available to avoid spam and Telemarketers, I think you'll notice that it's a shrinking issue.
Living in Colorado, I've got the $3 caller ID service, and the $2 doo-dad that forces people with unknown caller ID tags to enter their number first...I've also joined the Colorado Do-Not-call list. I have had zero (0) solicitation calls in the past 6 months as a result.
I have three different active email addresses (none used for usenet, BTW) that get nearly no spam. The hotmail account gets one or two a week, but only because the name could be easily guessed by the spambots that string real user names together. I guess that's what I get for trying to create a name without a prime number after it. (Juser2309120@hotmail.com)
Otherwise, my life is pretty spam free, the filters catch a lot of the crap, and my subconscious catches the rest (Ctrl-click-click-click-click-delete)