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  1. Re:So the ultimate solution will be outsourcing on Email Offline At the Home of Sendmail · · Score: 4, Insightful

    One can have all the clue in the world, yet be powerless to prevent failures if not funded to purchase the appropriate equipment.

  2. Re:Oh good grief. on Should Composting Be Mandatory In US Cities? · · Score: 1

    No, not the diversion. That the money saved will be spent on better landfills, rather than just fewer.

  3. Re:Oh good grief. on Should Composting Be Mandatory In US Cities? · · Score: 1

    Because when you divert 75% of compostables and recyclables out of the landfill, not only do you need 75% less landfills, but you can afford to build them better.

    Oh, yeah...that sounds like something that will actually happen.

  4. Re:Oh good grief. on Should Composting Be Mandatory In US Cities? · · Score: 1

    And reducing groundwater contamination from leaking landfills, and reducing methane gas production that escapes even from landfills that attempt to recover methane.

    Look, I have no problem with doing this. I do it already and compost in my yard. But how does concentrating all the non-compostables in the landfill make it LESS toxic or likely to leak? Seems like it's just going to make landfills more toxic than they already are.

  5. Re:This is more proof on New Jersey DMV Employees Caught Selling Identities · · Score: 2

    I'm a competitive target shooter.

    Every last thing you listed is a bolt or semi that is under no regulation past any other long arms in most states. Same as a .22lr plinker rifle.

    Ever been involved in law enforcement? Because, with very few exceptions (larger departments) these guys only have the budget for Rem 700s in .308 done up by an outfit like Iron Brigare Armory. So your grandfather's 30-06 deer rifle has more muzzle energy.

  6. Re:This is more proof on New Jersey DMV Employees Caught Selling Identities · · Score: 3, Insightful

    "I'll take the sniper rifle and a couple of boxes of ammo. Am I convicted felon with a history of violence? No sir, I am not. Why thank you, you have a good day too!"

    This might be a convincing argument if it weren't for the fact that one can do this in most states legally for a private party face to face transfer. Also, "sniper rifles" aren't all that scary. They are typically nothing more than an off the rack deer rifle (that you can walk in and buy from Wal Mart) with a bipod and a different stock. Better ones have some accuracy work done to them, but it's really not much of a huge difference.

  7. Re:Its Life.Jim, but not as we know it on Restaurants Plan DNA-Certified Seafood Program · · Score: 2

    You damn well know what he is talking about. Claiming something was raised "organically" in the popularly understood sense of the word is quite profitable to abuse due to the fact that many people will pay more for it.

  8. Re:Time slicing backhaul on Ask Slashdot: Updating a Difficult Campground Wi-Fi Design? · · Score: 1

    In some places, an RV park is little more than a parking lot with a power pedestal, a water spigot, and a place to plop your sewage hose.

    And some hotels are little more than a filthy bed with a window that opens up to an alley where hobos sleep and you share a bathroom. There is a shitty variety of everything.....what's your point?

    RV-ing is definitely not camping, unless one is a boondocker, and has a rig capable of boondocking (the ideal is a truck camper or a nimble tent camper that the Aussies use behind their 4x4 vehicles. Second to that would be a "toy hauler" because those models tend to have larger water and waste water tanks, as well as a built in gasoline tank and generator [1].

    So you think a tent camper is best, but a gigantic thing with a bunch of presumably unused space in the back is the second best? And you think that toy haulers have larger fresh/gray/black tanks than a non-toy hauling travel trailer? I can see why you posted AC.

  9. Time slicing backhaul on Ask Slashdot: Updating a Difficult Campground Wi-Fi Design? · · Score: 1

    Ignore the haters. They don't understand that camping in an RV park is not the "camping" they are thinking of. It's more like a portable cabin, and it's a great way to get out for an inexpensive and hassle-free vacation especially when you have little ones. And you still have the option of remote camping with the same rig if you really want to disconnect. Or using it as a base camp to take tent camping excursions.

    Sounds like what you really need here is to separate your "backhaul" form the APs. Since you can't reasonably use cables, you'll want to look into bridges that use time slicing, preferably on a different band than your access points. This lowers contention and retransmissions from the many stations you have that can see the AP they have associated with but not each other (so they both talk at the same time). The more clients you add and the more traffic they send, the worse this problem gets. Time slicing radios were designed to solve this exact problem, and are getting less expensive these days.

  10. Re:Lost Channels on Failures Mark First National Test of Emergency Alert System · · Score: 1

    Then allow me to give you all the information you need to know on this topic so you know that leaving your torque wrench cranked up or a magazine loaded won't kill them: springs lose their form from use. Not from remaining compressed when stationary. This is why automobile springs don't sag based on how long a car has been on the ground and/or how much it weighs: they start to "sag" from mileage and rough roads.

  11. Re:Lost Channels on Failures Mark First National Test of Emergency Alert System · · Score: 1

    That is not how springs wear out. Please repeat high school physics.

  12. Re:the way to go on Tough Tests Flunk Good Programming Job Candidates · · Score: 1

    The problem with this is absolutely noone decent would even consider a temp to perm contract. We know that it's a way to try to underpay us for months while dangling a job under our nose at the end. The only candidates who apply for those are people who didn't read the fine print, the desperate, and the mediocre.

    I suppose you are a super starr who doesn't have to bend to the wills of those who might hire you.

    I have no problem finding candidates this way, especially since I explain WHY it's a 3 month contract. Good thing I'm not looking for prima donnas.

  13. Re:the way to go on Tough Tests Flunk Good Programming Job Candidates · · Score: 1

    This is why (even though the laws aren't so severe in the US) I like to hire people on temp-to-perm contracts. If they don't work out, they are gone when their contract ends. Call it a probationary period.....

    Thank you California labor laws for making me do this, and not being able to offer the bulk of these people who end up working out health insurance and other benefits as soon as possible.

  14. Re:Good for drivers, not for profits on IBM Launches Parking Meter Analytics System · · Score: 1

    Oh yeah? In Oakland they just take your car. Or was that something else that happened?

  15. Re:and how well will the sensors stand up to the w on IBM Launches Parking Meter Analytics System · · Score: 1

    Even in a small town, this is a known quantity.

    I live in a small town and do the IT support for the municipality on the side. The two guys at public works absolutely know exactly how many meters were defaced, and how much in parts and time each one cost to repair. You have to remember, municipalities work off of work orders and loads paperwork in general. This data exists. I can be collected and aggregated. For a single municipality like SF, it's probably its own budget line.

  16. Re:What will happen when they die? on Samsung Launches SSD 830 Drive · · Score: 3, Insightful

    This is about upgrading; why upgrade to a crappy technology just because it's faster?

    I see you haven't spent much time in the computer industry. Enjoy your Windows 95 and ham radio license.

  17. Re:What will happen when they die? on Samsung Launches SSD 830 Drive · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Virtually all SSDs do some form of wear leveling and are over-provisioned to ensure that no one erase block gets worn out early.

    Still a kludge. I'll be waiting for a technology that doesn't wear out at all - or at least not within a human lifetime. Flash memory is still half-baked IMHO.

    So what exactly are you doing for data storage right now? Surely not a regular hard drive, because that doesn't meet your criteria either. Are you carving things into brass plates?

  18. Re:to and extent.. on Why We Love Things We Build Ourselves · · Score: 1

    Yes, on my last furniture purchase I should have recognized what a crap-shack that Amish guy was running. The place didn't even have electricity for crying out loud.

  19. Re:to and extent.. on Why We Love Things We Build Ourselves · · Score: 1

    I can assure you that my furniture is in fact made of actual wood. And yes, imagine that.....you have to pay for quality.

  20. Re:to and extent.. on Why We Love Things We Build Ourselves · · Score: 1

    The quality is actually better than much of what you'll get at a "real" furniture store, as well.

    We must define "real" in terms of furniture much differently. Because my definition of real furniture from a real furniture store does not include any particle board.

  21. Re:You can do that right now on SignalGuru Helps Drivers Avoid Red Lights · · Score: 1

    No, your inside fan runs off of the battery. The compressor does not. Do you think your heat will continue to work without the motor running too?

  22. Re:You can do that right now on SignalGuru Helps Drivers Avoid Red Lights · · Score: 1

    This is not necessarily 100% true. A modern car does not "cut the fuel entirely" on engine braking.

    A modern car's idle is normally around 800-1000 RPM. Less on some smaller cars. (I've seen them idle as low as 650 without stutter or stall.) What will happen is that often times during an engine brake scenario your vehicle will be at a lower RPM than your normal idle. It's all dependent on how well your car is. Any form of vacuum leak etc and your idle may be higher than you want it to be. Also, just because you are running lower RPMs does not necessarily mean that you are consuming less gas. The load necessary to keep the engine running while engine braking is a bit higher than if you were NOT to engine brake.

    You're quite wrong. In nearly every modern car, there will be a full fuel cut when the RPMs are above the ECU called for idle and the TPS is fully closed. Anyone who does any fuel mapping work could tell you this.

  23. Re:You can do that right now on SignalGuru Helps Drivers Avoid Red Lights · · Score: 1

    Even earlier. Just about anything EFI will do this. Having a distributor has nothing to do with it. Not having a carburetor and having a TPS/fuel injectors/ECU is the distinction.

  24. Re:Poor Passswords are the problem on New Worm Morto Using RDP To Infect Windows PCs · · Score: 0

    And there's nothing particularly wrong with leaving it exposed if you configure it properly.

    Other than the history of RDP-vector exploits and giving someone basically unfettered access via the Internet to try to brute force your windows box. Sorry, but I've been in this business before RDP existed, so I've been around for it's entire history. It's not a service to be left open to the Internet on critical infrastructure. But those who don't have the perspective are often doomed to have to figure things out for themselves the hard way.

  25. Re:Poor Passswords are the problem on New Worm Morto Using RDP To Infect Windows PCs · · Score: 1

    I guess I've been working on real network for too many years. Even the with the small businesses I've done side work for, nothing like this is exposed. It's simply too cheap to do it the proper way, and to expensive not to.