If we brought a drunken whore back to our university research labs, it would be a much, much better place. I'd even agree that it should be her intended environment.
"2) Vulnerabilities - Windows is like Swiss cheese with so many vulnerabilities that it's sick - you can't connect XP to a public Internet connection (i.e., behind a router is OK but direct to the net isn't). Ubuntu? It's Linux - no worries."
I call bullshit on the author being a Linux admin. I'm not trolling and this certainly isn't flamebait, only truth: "It's Linux - no worries" is a load of crap and everyone here knows it.
Get a huge antenna and an amplifier. Suddenly you have an advantage over your neighbors and can pick up tv stations that are farther away while your neighbors can't get them. How is that technically different than what they are claiming? You've broken "geographic boundaries." What is the MLB going to do, demand that you take down your antenna?
sgt_doom, I'm an American, born and raised in the midwest, and currently living in the heartland in small town Kansas. Every village (in every country) has it's idiot, this guy appears to be the one for Kansas City, MO. His nationality doesn't matter. Take what you want from your opinion polls and this idiot burning books, but please do not disregard the millions of us who can be intelligent, insightful, (as you kindly pointed out, thank you) and worldly. Many of us are quite cognizant of the terrible image many people have of Americans.
was Greensburg, KS. You know, that city that got wiped off the face of the earth a few weeks ago by an F5 tornado? The citizens are trying to rebuild, but they have nothing. Here's a perfect example of people in need of books, and this guy who is a few hours drive away burns them. What a waste.
I have written a thoughtful letter to the bookstore asking that instead of staging another burning, that he look around the Kansas City area to find an organization that would haul the books away to Greensburg to help them out. I live in Kansas, and when I get a few free days, I'd be more than happy to load up my station wagon with books and drive them down to Greensburg.
"I'd wager that the chipped keys fairly significantly reduce the rate of car theft which makes insuring said car cheaper."
Couldn't be farther from the truth. Look up the list of most stolen cars. A few use chipped keys. I'm particularly fond of Honda's idea of security, its downright idiotic. Honda has had chipped keys for 10 years. My mom's 1999 3.2TL has a simpler key than a generic padlock, and that is justified because the keys are chipped. However, looking at the top stolen cars, you'll see Honda Accord (which is what that Acura 3.2TL is based on) right up there. My 35 year old Mercedes on the other hand has an insanely complicated key, and you won't find Mercedes on any top stolen car list. If you want access to the ignition switch in the Honda, crack the steering column. If you want access to the ignition switch in the ancient Mercedes, you have to rip apart the dashboard, which is a lot more work. Also, the insurance on the more powerful, more reliable, head-turningly beautiful Mercedes (two-seat roadster) is $1200 less annually to insure than the Acura sedan.
Now, my Volvo uses chipped keys (2002 V70) but the keys are also mechanically complex. It costs $1000 more to insure annually than the Mercedes.
At least nowadays there are far more fun and entertaining ways to disable someone's car. I do it to drunk friends all the time. If they want to drive, I usually take their fuel injection system fuse. I'll have to add "fry nissan keys with cellphone" to my list of things to do to cars to keep them stationary.
In a perfect world on a new network setup, sure; but these networks were originally set up a long time ago, and and the IS/IT department can't just send out a memo stating "hey, we're reconfiguring the entire network this weekend" and then do it. Look at all the universities that do the exact same thing. Why do students in dorms need public ips? That's how the network was set up eons ago, and its easier to deal with it than attempt to revamp EVERYTHING.
Sure. Combined, Boeing, Spirit Aerosystems (formerly Boeing Commercial Aircraft), GE, and Ford have close to 780,000 employees. Give every employee a workstation, include parts of phone systems, various servers, redundant servers, R&D labs, manufacturing equipment, and you are well into the millions of IP addresses. There you go.
Because, you know, its not like Ford, Boeing, and GE are three of the largest [engineering] companies in the world. Its not like they need computers, right? You have clearly no idea how huge these companies are and what their assets are.
...in Lawrence, Kansas. Thanks to Lawrence Freenet, a 501c3 nonprofit, community organization, we have a wireless network covering almost the entirety of Douglas County. Downtown is one giant hotspot, local businesses have access points, and there are repeaters located on street lights, water towers, you name it. Not to mention their prices beat the local cable company, performance beats the DSL providers, and they are the ONLY provider of broadband for rural residents.
If your family can't afford the fees, they will provide the service for free and even provide you with a computer if your family can't afford that either. No ads, no secret agendas. Just a nonprofit partnership with the city to help people get connected.
No, I don't work for them, so this isn't a shameless plug. But, I was there at the beginning when we were hacking WRT54Gs to stick on street lights, making three mile long shots to test connection quality for rural customers, and getting the word out that this would be a good thing. A year and a half later, there are over 1,000 subscribers. Tell me again that municipal wi-fi is in trouble.
I'm certain the Cell could do wonders for modeling and simulation. I'd love to see the performance of programs like Unigraphics (NX), NASTRAN, or Fluent on a Cell compared with the multi-cpu Xeon boxen I have.
Actually, even with the high-amperage power requirements, its the easiest way to get a huge amount of RAM and processing power into one box for some scientific programs that really need to be run on something like the E10k or an Origin2000.
When one of the high-tech fanboy aerodynamics researchers around here (a university town) buys one, it will be entertaining to remind him that my $2000 Sun E10000 is still faster.
"So it's ok for a brutal dictator but not for a theocracy? "
Yep. When a brutal dictator says "I'm going to make life horrible for my own citizens" its ok. When a theocratic leader says "I'm going to nuke [Israel, US, any evil Western country] as soon as I get the chance because it is my duty to God" you have a little problem. You can at least try to reason with the brutal dictator. Try taking the theocracy's beliefs away, good luck with that.
It isn't just a petty squabble with the FAA that is keeping UAVs out of civil airspace. There are major legislative hurdles to overcome before government bodies can even get CLOSE to flying UAVs, let alone over populated areas. The military has an extremely difficult time getting COAs to fly their own equipment around, what makes you think that some police department is going to get away with it? Sure, you might think that the legislation will just get pushed through. You clearly underestimate the power of the AOPA and their lobbying skills.
The FAA puts up one hell of a fight to fly a proven, safe UAV *FIVE MILES* from a municipal airport in the middle of nowhere Kansas to a restricted airspace controlled by the military and not the DoD. Sorry, there is no "eye in the sky" coming for us anytime soon.
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If we brought a drunken whore back to our university research labs, it would be a much, much better place. I'd even agree that it should be her intended environment.
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"2) Vulnerabilities - Windows is like Swiss cheese with so many vulnerabilities that it's sick - you can't connect XP to a public Internet connection (i.e., behind a router is OK but direct to the net isn't). Ubuntu? It's Linux - no worries."
I call bullshit on the author being a Linux admin. I'm not trolling and this certainly isn't flamebait, only truth: "It's Linux - no worries" is a load of crap and everyone here knows it.
Come on, OSX is based on UNIX. Where's my _3 button_ trackpad!?
Get a huge antenna and an amplifier. Suddenly you have an advantage over your neighbors and can pick up tv stations that are farther away while your neighbors can't get them. How is that technically different than what they are claiming? You've broken "geographic boundaries." What is the MLB going to do, demand that you take down your antenna?
Hey now, I can write programs in BASIC on my Tandy Pocket Computer out of the box!
sgt_doom, I'm an American, born and raised in the midwest, and currently living in the heartland in small town Kansas. Every village (in every country) has it's idiot, this guy appears to be the one for Kansas City, MO. His nationality doesn't matter. Take what you want from your opinion polls and this idiot burning books, but please do not disregard the millions of us who can be intelligent, insightful, (as you kindly pointed out, thank you) and worldly. Many of us are quite cognizant of the terrible image many people have of Americans.
I've been around too many broken windows servers when I see "PDC" and think "primary domain controller."
Nope, registered and insured as a regular car. Too many restrictions on when and where it can be driven otherwise.
was Greensburg, KS. You know, that city that got wiped off the face of the earth a few weeks ago by an F5 tornado? The citizens are trying to rebuild, but they have nothing. Here's a perfect example of people in need of books, and this guy who is a few hours drive away burns them. What a waste.
I have written a thoughtful letter to the bookstore asking that instead of staging another burning, that he look around the Kansas City area to find an organization that would haul the books away to Greensburg to help them out. I live in Kansas, and when I get a few free days, I'd be more than happy to load up my station wagon with books and drive them down to Greensburg.
Nonsense, books go better with Bryant's Sweet Heat. :)
Personally, I can't think of a single person who would (in sober retrospect) rather get a DUI or kill someone than spend $100 for a new car key.
"I'd wager that the chipped keys fairly significantly reduce the rate of car theft which makes insuring said car cheaper."
Couldn't be farther from the truth. Look up the list of most stolen cars. A few use chipped keys. I'm particularly fond of Honda's idea of security, its downright idiotic. Honda has had chipped keys for 10 years. My mom's 1999 3.2TL has a simpler key than a generic padlock, and that is justified because the keys are chipped. However, looking at the top stolen cars, you'll see Honda Accord (which is what that Acura 3.2TL is based on) right up there. My 35 year old Mercedes on the other hand has an insanely complicated key, and you won't find Mercedes on any top stolen car list. If you want access to the ignition switch in the Honda, crack the steering column. If you want access to the ignition switch in the ancient Mercedes, you have to rip apart the dashboard, which is a lot more work. Also, the insurance on the more powerful, more reliable, head-turningly beautiful Mercedes (two-seat roadster) is $1200 less annually to insure than the Acura sedan.
Now, my Volvo uses chipped keys (2002 V70) but the keys are also mechanically complex. It costs $1000 more to insure annually than the Mercedes.
At least nowadays there are far more fun and entertaining ways to disable someone's car. I do it to drunk friends all the time. If they want to drive, I usually take their fuel injection system fuse. I'll have to add "fry nissan keys with cellphone" to my list of things to do to cars to keep them stationary.
In a perfect world on a new network setup, sure; but these networks were originally set up a long time ago, and and the IS/IT department can't just send out a memo stating "hey, we're reconfiguring the entire network this weekend" and then do it. Look at all the universities that do the exact same thing. Why do students in dorms need public ips? That's how the network was set up eons ago, and its easier to deal with it than attempt to revamp EVERYTHING.
Sure. Combined, Boeing, Spirit Aerosystems (formerly Boeing Commercial Aircraft), GE, and Ford have close to 780,000 employees. Give every employee a workstation, include parts of phone systems, various servers, redundant servers, R&D labs, manufacturing equipment, and you are well into the millions of IP addresses. There you go.
Because, you know, its not like Ford, Boeing, and GE are three of the largest [engineering] companies in the world. Its not like they need computers, right? You have clearly no idea how huge these companies are and what their assets are.
If they did want to throw the book at him, as a convicted felon he'd be unable to own a firearm or even vote because he used a coffee shop's wifi.
The punishment fits the crime how?
For DLP technology. There's just a spinning color wheel that doesn't have millions of colors on it. This lawsuit is crap.
...in Lawrence, Kansas. Thanks to Lawrence Freenet, a 501c3 nonprofit, community organization, we have a wireless network covering almost the entirety of Douglas County. Downtown is one giant hotspot, local businesses have access points, and there are repeaters located on street lights, water towers, you name it. Not to mention their prices beat the local cable company, performance beats the DSL providers, and they are the ONLY provider of broadband for rural residents.
If your family can't afford the fees, they will provide the service for free and even provide you with a computer if your family can't afford that either. No ads, no secret agendas. Just a nonprofit partnership with the city to help people get connected.
No, I don't work for them, so this isn't a shameless plug. But, I was there at the beginning when we were hacking WRT54Gs to stick on street lights, making three mile long shots to test connection quality for rural customers, and getting the word out that this would be a good thing. A year and a half later, there are over 1,000 subscribers. Tell me again that municipal wi-fi is in trouble.
I'm certain the Cell could do wonders for modeling and simulation. I'd love to see the performance of programs like Unigraphics (NX), NASTRAN, or Fluent on a Cell compared with the multi-cpu Xeon boxen I have.
I don't have a furnace, you insensitive clod! :)
Actually, even with the high-amperage power requirements, its the easiest way to get a huge amount of RAM and processing power into one box for some scientific programs that really need to be run on something like the E10k or an Origin2000.
When one of the high-tech fanboy aerodynamics researchers around here (a university town) buys one, it will be entertaining to remind him that my $2000 Sun E10000 is still faster.
"So it's ok for a brutal dictator but not for a theocracy? "
Yep. When a brutal dictator says "I'm going to make life horrible for my own citizens" its ok. When a theocratic leader says "I'm going to nuke [Israel, US, any evil Western country] as soon as I get the chance because it is my duty to God" you have a little problem. You can at least try to reason with the brutal dictator. Try taking the theocracy's beliefs away, good luck with that.
It isn't just a petty squabble with the FAA that is keeping UAVs out of civil airspace. There are major legislative hurdles to overcome before government bodies can even get CLOSE to flying UAVs, let alone over populated areas. The military has an extremely difficult time getting COAs to fly their own equipment around, what makes you think that some police department is going to get away with it? Sure, you might think that the legislation will just get pushed through. You clearly underestimate the power of the AOPA and their lobbying skills.
The FAA puts up one hell of a fight to fly a proven, safe UAV *FIVE MILES* from a municipal airport in the middle of nowhere Kansas to a restricted airspace controlled by the military and not the DoD. Sorry, there is no "eye in the sky" coming for us anytime soon.