The embodiment of the No-Contact Jacket is created intentionally for being worn by
a woman since women typically have more pronounced security concerns than men.
We specifically utilized a princess seam construction which is an apparel method
designed for the female form. We also incorporated smaller sizing and relatively narrow
armholes such that it would be unlikely to fit a man comfortably. This is an intentional
use of design to reduce the risk of men adopting the device. The No-Contact Jacket
is intended for non-aggressive passive defense and is not intended to proliferate
violence.
So, essentially, men are style-challenged brutes who can't be trusted with defensive technology, lest they turn it into a weapon. Way to strike a blow in the name of equality!
Although I do mostly agree with your lament regarding admins taking the iron-fisted quick-fix approach, I do have to point out an inaccuracy. Email, SMTP specifically, was concocted with relaying mail as an integral *feature*. It was designed so that anyone on the network in the chain from the sender to the recipient (including any sporadically connected hosts) could spool the mail. Many Internet protocols are based on the idea of keeping everythign working by exploiting the benefit that it's all running over a cooperative network. The most significant oversight was the nieve assumption that the network was indeed cooperative. Limiting an SMTP server to relay for systems you trust only became common practise *after* the spammers started exploiting it.
Hindsight being 20/20 and all, what would you have changed at MP3.com while you were there to have kept the balance between musicians and listeners while keeping the music industry lawyers off your back? Additionally, now that you've moved on and can see the game from the outside, what advice would you give MP3.com and companies of its ilk in the current climate?
I see it more as the people who give a shit enough to pay are the ones who will have the most input... either in terms of suggesting modifications to stories or ability to gather their thoughts and post before the usual deluge. I don't see the/. editors getting lazier as a result of this change (I mean, how could they really?)
Note: Bar codes still work without the human-readable numbers below them. I imagine what is most commonly used for the entry are those free plastic keyfob discount club barcodes, and the ones I have don't have a number readily visible on them (and judging by the length of the barcode it would be a difficult to remember number anyway). You can implement a mostly secure system this way if you keep your keys on your person (which is a good idea regardless of if they're notched metal or numbers).
Or you can save yourself $139 in rental fees by purchasing a player, keeping the reciept and all the packaging intact, and returning it to the store when you're done with your trip. Even if they charge you a 20% restocking fee it'll still be half the rental price.
Unfortunately for all of us, they ARE the USA network. That's SciFi's parent company, that's why you see ads for USA on SciFi all the time, and the face that The Dead Zone appears on both.
But my point is that a true geek wouldn't end up flipping burgers anyway, and would most likely end up getting paid far better to do a job that actually challenges him technically. As far as beowulf goes, are you not paying attention? It's tantamount to sacriledge to talk about large quantities of disposable income without at least mentioning making a beowulf cluster. If it were quantities in the millions, I would be forced to mention a trip to the ISS.:)
That's over $18,000 if you were paid minimum wage. I imagine you have at least a minimum of marketable skills above your average burger-flipper, seeing as you can operate a computer and read slashdot, you would likely be making much more than that. You could build your own beowulf cluster, or a really decent car. You could take a few months off and travel. Heck, you could put a down payment on a house.
I agree that there can be a valid argument there, I'll reprase my statement. I'd probably bitch about taxes if I won the lottery on a free ticket. Though more wordy, it's actually closer to the slashdot ideal.:)
Is it just me or does OpenAFS seem kludgy (at least on Windows)? In technical terms it did pretty much what I wanted, but the Windows 3.1-ishness of the install gave me an uneasy feeling, and the fact that it was very much mired in its own terminology for things is going to give it a high barrier of entry. Not to mention that my machine also felt significantly slower after installing it. Ideally I'd like something that just works, but it seems like the goals of distributing the data widely, and making sure the data is available are at odds in AFS making it slower and harder to administer.
Bah, don't mind me, I'm just a whining slashdotter. I'd probably bitch about the taxes if I won the lottery.
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From the No Contact web site...
So, essentially, men are style-challenged brutes who can't be trusted with defensive technology, lest they turn it into a weapon. Way to strike a blow in the name of equality!
Care to postulate the effects of a hammer time coating on a ramp-based fountain system?
Sorry bub, I've already pattented the process for getting a patent to patent the patent getting process. Now cough up the dough.
Although I do mostly agree with your lament regarding admins taking the iron-fisted quick-fix approach, I do have to point out an inaccuracy. Email, SMTP specifically, was concocted with relaying mail as an integral *feature*. It was designed so that anyone on the network in the chain from the sender to the recipient (including any sporadically connected hosts) could spool the mail. Many Internet protocols are based on the idea of keeping everythign working by exploiting the benefit that it's all running over a cooperative network. The most significant oversight was the nieve assumption that the network was indeed cooperative. Limiting an SMTP server to relay for systems you trust only became common practise *after* the spammers started exploiting it.
Hindsight being 20/20 and all, what would you have changed at MP3.com while you were there to have kept the balance between musicians and listeners while keeping the music industry lawyers off your back? Additionally, now that you've moved on and can see the game from the outside, what advice would you give MP3.com and companies of its ilk in the current climate?
In other other news, slashdot users were unaffected by the Amazon announcement due to caffein addiction and poor hygiene.
I see it more as the people who give a shit enough to pay are the ones who will have the most input... either in terms of suggesting modifications to stories or ability to gather their thoughts and post before the usual deluge. I don't see the /. editors getting lazier as a result of this change (I mean, how could they really?)
I thought you said humans produce ozone?
"Sliders" much? We ALL know how that turned out.
Interesting tidbit... Google seems to return the same results for
"Two words"
and
Two-words
You can now have an extra two keystrokes back!
Note: Bar codes still work without the human-readable numbers below them. I imagine what is most commonly used for the entry are those free plastic keyfob discount club barcodes, and the ones I have don't have a number readily visible on them (and judging by the length of the barcode it would be a difficult to remember number anyway). You can implement a mostly secure system this way if you keep your keys on your person (which is a good idea regardless of if they're notched metal or numbers).
Or you can save yourself $139 in rental fees by purchasing a player, keeping the reciept and all the packaging intact, and returning it to the store when you're done with your trip. Even if they charge you a 20% restocking fee it'll still be half the rental price.
Don't get me started about my indecent laptop.
If you buy a decent portable you're a third of the way to purchasing an inexpensive laptop with DVD drive and a much larger screen.
All of the consoles in every Star Trek series are filled with what appear to be lava rocks when they explode. Suppidat?
Can you imagine a Beowulf cluster of these?
More info at their site.
Unfortunately for all of us, they ARE the USA network. That's SciFi's parent company, that's why you see ads for USA on SciFi all the time, and the face that The Dead Zone appears on both.
But my point is that a true geek wouldn't end up flipping burgers anyway, and would most likely end up getting paid far better to do a job that actually challenges him technically. As far as beowulf goes, are you not paying attention? It's tantamount to sacriledge to talk about large quantities of disposable income without at least mentioning making a beowulf cluster. If it were quantities in the millions, I would be forced to mention a trip to the ISS. :)
That's over $18,000 if you were paid minimum wage. I imagine you have at least a minimum of marketable skills above your average burger-flipper, seeing as you can operate a computer and read slashdot, you would likely be making much more than that. You could build your own beowulf cluster, or a really decent car. You could take a few months off and travel. Heck, you could put a down payment on a house.
Don't foget that "hello" is a message object. :)
1. He already contacted the EFF.
2. DivX is based on MPEG4.
This has to be funny. The AC hadn't drank Avion in weeks.
I agree that there can be a valid argument there, I'll reprase my statement. I'd probably bitch about taxes if I won the lottery on a free ticket. Though more wordy, it's actually closer to the slashdot ideal. :)
Is it just me or does OpenAFS seem kludgy (at least on Windows)? In technical terms it did pretty much what I wanted, but the Windows 3.1-ishness of the install gave me an uneasy feeling, and the fact that it was very much mired in its own terminology for things is going to give it a high barrier of entry. Not to mention that my machine also felt significantly slower after installing it. Ideally I'd like something that just works, but it seems like the goals of distributing the data widely, and making sure the data is available are at odds in AFS making it slower and harder to administer.
Bah, don't mind me, I'm just a whining slashdotter. I'd probably bitch about the taxes if I won the lottery.