There are so many variables that can cause changes in mileage -- altitude, ambient temperature, wind patterns, traffic, driving habits.
For me, the only way I have ever gotten close to the maximum EPA mileage was to make sure I slowed to a stop at red lights, never pressed the gas too hard and slowed when going up hills and sped up going down.
If this kind of ruling is upheld, look for public IP's to disappear and for ISP's to provide private IP's or at a bare minimum to do away with statics.
Stay FAR FAR away from Miktrotik. I could sit here and tell you horror stories about it that I have first hand but here are the highlights:
-Unpatched security holes known for YEARS. Run NMAP against a Mikrotik box and watch what happens (at least since the last time I used it).
-Unwillingness to provide source code to GPLed packages included (again since the last time I used it).
-Many failed upgrades rendering boxes usless despite following instructions to the letter.
-Unwillingness to refund money when new licenses had to be purchased for failed upgrades in the middle of the night.
-Poor documentation (it has gotten better)
It isn't all bad and does do some neat things but it is far surpassed in its usefulness by the introduction of Mesh technology such as this in my opinion.
Because Mesh can reduce the cost of proliferating wireless access over any area even and especially in a building and provide for high levels of administration. Consider:
-Mesh nodes have the power to be aware of other nodes and auto power so they don't cause excessive interference with each other.
-You only have to deploy one piece of equipment to spread the signal instead of running wires to the new location and/or having a wireless bridge connected to an AP.
-It is scalable and upgradable. You only need swap wireless devices or add in a new one to take advantage of new wireless technologies and/or have multiple frequencies in one device.
-They are completely flexible so that you can setup any network topology you want as opposed to off the shelf WAP's that are extremely limited in ability.
-The flexibility allows for amazing abilities to monitor and control all functions and activities on the APs.
Focus. The reason Bush said we just had to attack Iraq was of their current stockpiles that after a year of occupation haven't been found. Dont' take my word for it, here is straight from whitehouse.gov:
In 1995 . . . the regime was forced to admit . . . it had produced more than 30,000 liters of anthrax and other deadly biological agents . ..inspectors . . . concluded that Iraq . . . produced two to four times that amount. This is a massive stockpile of biological weapons that has never been accounted for, and capable of killing millions.
. . . surveillance photos reveal that the regime is rebuilding facilities that it had used to produce chemical and biological weapons.
After all of that hoopla, a few shells and some stuff in a sink was found? Yeah, that sounds like they really are on to something there. Not one shred of evidence o
Ok, it might be flamebait. But the quotes are straight from on camera comments by both. I feel the Bush supporters out en force to try to mod down comments like this.
Please see my comments regarding quotes from Donald Rumsfeld and Condi Rice. They ARE misleading. It isn't a guess or a hunch or an irrational bending of logic. Well hell, just for giggles I will put them here:
"We know where the weapons are . .." --Donald Rumsfeld (where are they then?)
"There is a definite link between Iraq and 9/11." --Condi Rice (commission just said the opposite. Iraq was not involved in 9/11.)
There are other things in the film I want to know how valid they are. I don't accept them at face value. But when you hear the words coming out of the horse's mouth, it is hard to refute.
Saddam had bigger things to worry about than trying to bomb NY city. He didn't even have a nuclear weapons program. At least not one that was anywhere near a bomb.
You have more to worry with Osama's bunch getting black market nuclear stuff smuggled out of Russia or surrounding provinces than Saddam. They just WANT you to think Iraq was a threat. When was the last time Iraq attacked the US? Answer: NEVER. When was the last time Osama's group did? 9/11.
We've found ten or twelve Sarin and Mustard rounds
That is such a small amount that hardly justifies the action taken. It is also not clear when or how those entered Iraq.
The way the Bush administration talked it up, there was just tons and tons of such weapons laying around. Hmmmm . ..
There were connections between al- Qaida and Saddam Hussein's government.
I never said this wasn't true. There is no connection with Iraq and 9/11. Period. The 9/11 commission was very clear on that point.
To date, there has not been an effort by the Bush administration to truly justify this war. They have just quipped sound bytes here and there. There were two reasons they tried to harp on to go to war:
1) Iraq had tons and tons of WMD in their possession and
2) Iraq was somehow INVOLVED with 9/11.
So far, neither arguments have held any water. After that became clear, the arguments then became, "Well, he was such a bad person anyway we have done the world a favor."
This war wasn't justified for the reasons it was started. The real question is were these the real reasons for war or was it more about oil and money as Moore and many many others suspect?
As I said in another post, I WANT someone to perform a thorough and unbiased validity check on his points. There are a few that need none as they are words STRAIGHT from the mouth of Bush officials. Such as:
"We know where the weapons are . .." --Donald Rumsfeld
Obvious Retort:
"After a year of occupation and unfettered access for searching, where are they?"
"There is a definite link between Iraq and 9/11." --Condi Rice
Obvious Retort:
"The 9/11 commission didn't find one after interviewing everyone including Rice."
Republicans attempted to impeach Clinton on misleading the American public about an extramarital affair. What is the appropriate response when an administration misleads the public and takes us to war over it?
I certainly don't accept it to all be true. Now that Moore has presented these "facts" I am hoping that someone in the media will pick it up and check out the validity.
If even one or two of the main points Moore makes is true, then Bush and his administration should not, in my humble opinion, be in charge of anything.
Sure, mod it flamebait. I am merely pointing out what was IN THE FILM and basing my opinon on it which is what this WHOLE thead was about in the first place.
Just a shot in the dark but I am going to guess the moderator that did that is a Bush supporter. Just a guess.
I sincerely hope that someone challenges Moore on the evidence he presents with clear, concise and truthful rebuttal. If not, we Americans should be outraged at how we have been manipulated, misled and lied to.
While there is a bit of this movie that isn't really informational and is meant to appeal to emotion, there are some VERY disturbing pieces of infomration given:
-21 members of the Bin Laden family were flown out of the country on special chartered flights on September 13 while all other flights were grounded. They were NEVER questioned on Osama at all and there is no clear reason why they were given free flight out without interrogation.
-Prior to the war in Afghanistan, there were plans on the board to put in a gas pipeline through the country. Members of the Taliban visited Texas regarding the issue. The project was abandoned after the US bombed Afghanistan in 1999. After the recent war, Hamid Karzai was made the leader. The papers were signed giving the green light for the pipline. Prior to being the leader, Karzai was a consultant for one of the companies trying to build the pipeline.
-Prior to 9/11, Bush had been on vacation over 40 percent of his time in office. During one of those vacations, he was given a security brief that outlined Osama bin Laden training his agents to fly planes in the US as tools of terror. Condi Rice talked about that memo in some of the investigations. Nothing was done about it.
-Pre 9/11, many Bush administration officials are ON THE RECORD as saying that Saddam Hussein didn't have any weapons of mass destruction nor was he capable and wasn't a threat. AFTER 9/11, their tune was exactly opposite. Why?
-Condi Rice is on camera saying "There is a definite connection between Iraq and 9/11." We now know that isn't true.
There are many more points he made that I think MUST be addressed by the Bush administration. If they cannot dispute them, then in my opinion any person with one ounce of thought ability should never consider voting for him.
Charity organizations or non-profits are always in need of people but don't have the funds. Volunteer as many hours a week you can offering your computer skills for free. Many of these organizations have in house networks that need occasional work.
If you are highly recommended by one of these organizations after a year or two of volunteering, you can bet that puts you up the ladder of resumes. It doesn't mean you worked 8 hours a day every day fo the week. While not working there, work wherever you can to make ends meet.
Simple. Because if people are infected and unable to get to your website because their computer is screwed, then you don't have them as a customer at the moment.
Also realize that it is possible that someone that hated CNN could easily create one of these viruses to redirect cnn.com to a competitor or to the localhost.
Urging customers to use products that keep them a customer is good business. Much like bars generally won't serve someone that is so drunk they can't stand up and sometimes (I have seen it) call a cab for someone they knew couldn't drive.
The price of restrictions on consumers is great for those that provide them. For example, the other day I opened a checking account. The bank officer was complaining about the PATRIOT act where he said, "Even if my mother were to come in here to open an account, I would have to photo copy her ID."
Someone has to pay for the extra measures set forth by these types of consumer restrictions. Inevitably it is the consumer, but in the short term it is the providers. In the end both lose.
Alternatively, I could argue that I hate being inside all day and wish I could be out enjoying the sun or even working in it and not sitting here messing my back up for years to come, increasing my chances of hemmoroids, heart disease, eye problems, carpal tunnel, hypertension and all the other crap that comes along with sitting for hours at a time with internal pressure mounting, unhappy customers, bitching managers and such.
Just because the environment is different doesn't mean it is better or worse. Remember, the grass is always greener.
I remember a manager of mine once said, "While working at a big company that was building a new facility, we programmers looked out and saw a big ass crane and said to each other 'wow, how neat would it be to be out there operating that big toy' while the crane operators were saying 'wow, how nice would it be to sitting at one of those air conditioned desks all day.'"
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I think there is an ongoing test in Cincinnati, Ohio. Anyone out there live there that knows if there have been similar complaints there?
There are so many variables that can cause changes in mileage -- altitude, ambient temperature, wind patterns, traffic, driving habits.
For me, the only way I have ever gotten close to the maximum EPA mileage was to make sure I slowed to a stop at red lights, never pressed the gas too hard and slowed when going up hills and sped up going down.
If this kind of ruling is upheld, look for public IP's to disappear and for ISP's to provide private IP's or at a bare minimum to do away with statics.
Stay FAR FAR away from Miktrotik. I could sit here and tell you horror stories about it that I have first hand but here are the highlights:
-Unpatched security holes known for YEARS. Run NMAP against a Mikrotik box and watch what happens (at least since the last time I used it).
-Unwillingness to provide source code to GPLed packages included (again since the last time I used it).
-Many failed upgrades rendering boxes usless despite following instructions to the letter.
-Unwillingness to refund money when new licenses had to be purchased for failed upgrades in the middle of the night.
-Poor documentation (it has gotten better)
It isn't all bad and does do some neat things but it is far surpassed in its usefulness by the introduction of Mesh technology such as this in my opinion.
Because Mesh can reduce the cost of proliferating wireless access over any area even and especially in a building and provide for high levels of administration. Consider:
-Mesh nodes have the power to be aware of other nodes and auto power so they don't cause excessive interference with each other.
-You only have to deploy one piece of equipment to spread the signal instead of running wires to the new location and/or having a wireless bridge connected to an AP.
-It is scalable and upgradable. You only need swap wireless devices or add in a new one to take advantage of new wireless technologies and/or have multiple frequencies in one device.
-They are completely flexible so that you can setup any network topology you want as opposed to off the shelf WAP's that are extremely limited in ability.
-The flexibility allows for amazing abilities to monitor and control all functions and activities on the APs.
-You control whether there are backdoor accounts.
That should get you started.
And not only that, but they are unwilling to admit it.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/10/20 021007-8.html
Its all in there.
Focus. The reason Bush said we just had to attack Iraq was of their current stockpiles that after a year of occupation haven't been found. Dont' take my word for it, here is straight from whitehouse.gov:
.inspectors . . . concluded that Iraq . . . produced two to four times that amount. This is a massive stockpile of biological weapons that has never been accounted for, and capable of killing millions.
/ 20 021007-8.html
In 1995 . . . the regime was forced to admit . . . it had produced more than 30,000 liters of anthrax and other deadly biological agents . .
. . . surveillance photos reveal that the regime is rebuilding facilities that it had used to produce chemical and biological weapons.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/10
Dated October 2002.
After all of that hoopla, a few shells and some stuff in a sink was found? Yeah, that sounds like they really are on to something there.
Not one shred of evidence o
Ok, it might be flamebait. But the quotes are straight from on camera comments by both. I feel the Bush supporters out en force to try to mod down comments like this.
Please see my comments regarding quotes from Donald Rumsfeld and Condi Rice. They ARE misleading. It isn't a guess or a hunch or an irrational bending of logic. Well hell, just for giggles I will put them here:
."
"We know where the weapons are . .
--Donald Rumsfeld (where are they then?)
"There is a definite link between Iraq and 9/11."
--Condi Rice (commission just said the opposite. Iraq was not involved in 9/11.)
There are other things in the film I want to know how valid they are. I don't accept them at face value. But when you hear the words coming out of the horse's mouth, it is hard to refute.
Saddam had bigger things to worry about than trying to bomb NY city. He didn't even have a nuclear weapons program. At least not one that was anywhere near a bomb.
You have more to worry with Osama's bunch getting black market nuclear stuff smuggled out of Russia or surrounding provinces than Saddam. They just WANT you to think Iraq was a threat. When was the last time Iraq attacked the US? Answer: NEVER. When was the last time Osama's group did? 9/11.
We've found ten or twelve Sarin and Mustard rounds
.
That is such a small amount that hardly justifies the action taken. It is also not clear when or how those entered Iraq.
The way the Bush administration talked it up, there was just tons and tons of such weapons laying around. Hmmmm . .
There were connections between al- Qaida and Saddam Hussein's government.
I never said this wasn't true. There is no connection with Iraq and 9/11. Period. The 9/11 commission was very clear on that point.
To date, there has not been an effort by the Bush administration to truly justify this war. They have just quipped sound bytes here and there. There were two reasons they tried to harp on to go to war:
1) Iraq had tons and tons of WMD in their possession and
2) Iraq was somehow INVOLVED with 9/11.
So far, neither arguments have held any water. After that became clear, the arguments then became, "Well, he was such a bad person anyway we have done the world a favor."
This war wasn't justified for the reasons it was started. The real question is were these the real reasons for war or was it more about oil and money as Moore and many many others suspect?
As I said in another post, I WANT someone to perform a thorough and unbiased validity check on his points. There are a few that need none as they are words STRAIGHT from the mouth of Bush officials. Such as:
."
"We know where the weapons are . .
--Donald Rumsfeld
Obvious Retort:
"After a year of occupation and unfettered access for searching, where are they?"
"There is a definite link between Iraq and 9/11."
--Condi Rice
Obvious Retort:
"The 9/11 commission didn't find one after interviewing everyone including Rice."
Republicans attempted to impeach Clinton on misleading the American public about an extramarital affair. What is the appropriate response when an administration misleads the public and takes us to war over it?
I certainly don't accept it to all be true. Now that Moore has presented these "facts" I am hoping that someone in the media will pick it up and check out the validity.
If even one or two of the main points Moore makes is true, then Bush and his administration should not, in my humble opinion, be in charge of anything.
Sure, mod it flamebait. I am merely pointing out what was IN THE FILM and basing my opinon on it which is what this WHOLE thead was about in the first place.
Just a shot in the dark but I am going to guess the moderator that did that is a Bush supporter. Just a guess.
If I had the funds to drop everything and do it, I would gladly dedicate my life to it. I don't. Maybe one day.
I suppose Moore made up the statements on camera about Saddam not having weapons pre-911.
From the movie a quote from Donald Rumsfeld in a television interview:
."
"We know where the weapons are . .
Really? Why haven't they found them after more than a YEAR of being there.
A quote from Condi Rice also in the movie from a briefing:
"There is a definite connection between Iraq and 9/11."
How interesting. The 9/11 commission just declared none.
These are facts. Aren't you upset that we have been misled?
I sincerely hope that someone challenges Moore on the evidence he presents with clear, concise and truthful rebuttal. If not, we Americans should be outraged at how we have been manipulated, misled and lied to.
While there is a bit of this movie that isn't really informational and is meant to appeal to emotion, there are some VERY disturbing pieces of infomration given:
-21 members of the Bin Laden family were flown out of the country on special chartered flights on September 13 while all other flights were grounded. They were NEVER questioned on Osama at all and there is no clear reason why they were given free flight out without interrogation.
-Prior to the war in Afghanistan, there were plans on the board to put in a gas pipeline through the country. Members of the Taliban visited Texas regarding the issue. The project was abandoned after the US bombed Afghanistan in 1999. After the recent war, Hamid Karzai was made the leader. The papers were signed giving the green light for the pipline. Prior to being the leader, Karzai was a consultant for one of the companies trying to build the pipeline.
-Prior to 9/11, Bush had been on vacation over 40 percent of his time in office. During one of those vacations, he was given a security brief that outlined Osama bin Laden training his agents to fly planes in the US as tools of terror. Condi Rice talked about that memo in some of the investigations. Nothing was done about it.
-Pre 9/11, many Bush administration officials are ON THE RECORD as saying that Saddam Hussein didn't have any weapons of mass destruction nor was he capable and wasn't a threat. AFTER 9/11, their tune was exactly opposite. Why?
-Condi Rice is on camera saying "There is a definite connection between Iraq and 9/11." We now know that isn't true.
There are many more points he made that I think MUST be addressed by the Bush administration. If they cannot dispute them, then in my opinion any person with one ounce of thought ability should never consider voting for him.
Charity organizations or non-profits are always in need of people but don't have the funds. Volunteer as many hours a week you can offering your computer skills for free. Many of these organizations have in house networks that need occasional work.
If you are highly recommended by one of these organizations after a year or two of volunteering, you can bet that puts you up the ladder of resumes. It doesn't mean you worked 8 hours a day every day fo the week. While not working there, work wherever you can to make ends meet.
Simple. Because if people are infected and unable to get to your website because their computer is screwed, then you don't have them as a customer at the moment.
Also realize that it is possible that someone that hated CNN could easily create one of these viruses to redirect cnn.com to a competitor or to the localhost.
Urging customers to use products that keep them a customer is good business. Much like bars generally won't serve someone that is so drunk they can't stand up and sometimes (I have seen it) call a cab for someone they knew couldn't drive.
The price of restrictions on consumers is great for those that provide them. For example, the other day I opened a checking account. The bank officer was complaining about the PATRIOT act where he said, "Even if my mother were to come in here to open an account, I would have to photo copy her ID."
Someone has to pay for the extra measures set forth by these types of consumer restrictions. Inevitably it is the consumer, but in the short term it is the providers. In the end both lose.
I guess engineering, design and programming can't possibly be art.
Alternatively, I could argue that I hate being inside all day and wish I could be out enjoying the sun or even working in it and not sitting here messing my back up for years to come, increasing my chances of hemmoroids, heart disease, eye problems, carpal tunnel, hypertension and all the other crap that comes along with sitting for hours at a time with internal pressure mounting, unhappy customers, bitching managers and such.
Just because the environment is different doesn't mean it is better or worse. Remember, the grass is always greener.
I remember a manager of mine once said, "While working at a big company that was building a new facility, we programmers looked out and saw a big ass crane and said to each other 'wow, how neat would it be to be out there operating that big toy' while the crane operators were saying 'wow, how nice would it be to sitting at one of those air conditioned desks all day.'"